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Boston Bruins: Treading Water Without Zdeno Chara
The Boston Bruins are trying to stay competitive without Zdeno Chara.The Bruins blueline has been struggling without their captain, and that pain has been exacerbated by the loss of defenseman John-Michael Liles.
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The Boston Bruins have been struggling without Zdeno Chara. They've lost three out of four games without him. While a lot of people didn't expect much from their 39-year old captain, Chara has proven he's still the B's number one defenseman. The Bruins blueline problem has only been exaggerated by the loss of John-Michael Liles, who is out indefinitely with a concussion.
So the Bruins have had no choice but to rely on Torey Krug to become the acting number one blueliner in Boston. For the most part, Krug has been a decent acting lead defenseman for the Black and Gold. While Krug has been doing the best he can, other players have found issues in the defensive zone. Those lapses have led to goals and lost games for the Bruins.
There's not much the Bruins can do right now. All they can do is hang in there and wait for Chara to come back. While Chara was on the ice with the team for Thursday practice, he wasn't going to be able to play against the Hurricanes.
Chara should be back in the lineup by this weekend or early next week.
"Obviously we have a huge void in our lineup with [Chara] out of it, but we've shown that we can get the job done," said Torey Krug. "Only two goals against Philly and only two goals against for Calgary and we played well against one of the best offenses in the league in Tampa, so we're showing that can do the job. Obviously it will be nice to have Zee back, but [you can survive] when you simplify things and guys play within themselves."
Claude Julien is doing his best to make the best of a bad situation. The Bruins bench boss knows it will be a defense by committee effort without Chara and Liles. He knows that he's got to work what he has and get the team to cut down on the rough errors that are costing the team points.
"We've hung in there. We gave up two early goals and then for the rest of the game we managed to shut them out," said Julien. "Good goaltending helps but I also think we really managed to minimize a scoring team's opportunities [against the Flyers].
"They didn't have as many scoring chances as they normally do. I credit our team, not just the back end, doing it by committee. The guys on the back end are part of that committee that's been doing a decent job."
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-The Disney Exchange is David Hodges, Lisa Green, and me, Nicholas Maglio
-Main Topic: The First Day of Your Walt Disney World Vacation
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Hello, I am a jackeroo on creating programs by using SKILL language. When I try to run a SKILL example called "axlform.il" which is in the Allegro 14.2 installation path, Allegro lists an error by using a string like the following: "E-*Error* axlFormDisplay: argument #1 should be an "other" atom (type template = "o")-nil". I can not understand what this error message means. Please experts help me. Thanks a lot! Tom
I'm not a SKILL expert, but Sourcelink solution 1841014 may help you.
Thank you! But I can not find the solution you mentioned. I inputted ""1841014"" into the ""Search for"" edit box and clicked the ""search"" button in SourceLink, but SourceLink told me that it found nothing. Could you tell me the solution's title or some words of the title? Tom
Tom, Hmmm ... I entered 1841014 in the ""Search for:"" field and I received this one result - ""Error When Running Skill On The Windows Platform."" You may need to open up the ""Search Within"" filters and use ""All Supported Releases"" and ""All Document Types"". Also, the Products choice value may need to be adjusted. Regardless, try entering some/all of the words in the phrase above. [u]Here's the content for Solution #1841014[/u]: ----- E- *Error* axlFormDisplay: argument #1 should be an ""other"" atom (type template = ""o"") - nil *Problem Statement: When trying the run a Skill program, in this case find_dlines.il (which finds the Dangling Lines in a database), you may see the above Error. For additional information concerning this refer to solution:# 1816559 Check for \tmp on the Drive where the *.brd files are, that didn't help. *Solution: In this case the problem was the FORMPATH statement. The FORMPATH didn't have a ""."" at the begin for the local directory, so when the Skill program ran it couldn't find the *.form file to create the form in Allegro.
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Monday 23 December 1974
It was Monday, under the sign of Capricorn. The US president was Gerald Ford (Republican).
Famous people born on this day include Agustin Delgado and Agustín Delgado.
In that special week of December people in US were listening to Angie Baby by Helen Reddy.
In UK Lonely This Christmas by Mud was in the top 5 hits.
Black Christmas, directed by Bob Clark, was one of the most viewed movies released in 1974
while A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius Ryan was one of the best selling books.
On TV people were watching Otpisani.
If you liked videogames you were probably playing Spasim or Qwak!.
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Machakhela Gun Road
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Machakhela Gorge is located to the south from Batumi close to the confluence of Machakhela and Chorokhi rivers. The gorge is primarily known for its gunmaking traditions - manufacturing of Machakhela guns and heirloom daggers. There are also lots of cultural and historical monuments, as well as national parks in Machakhela Gorge.
- Location: Municipality of Khelvachauri
- Start/end of the route:¬ÝBatumi / Zeda Chkhutuneti village
- Distance from Batumi: 47 km
- Duration: one day/several days
- Route type: car
- Route difficulty: easy
- Road type: asphalt and country road (17 km)
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- Machakhela gun monument
- Gvara fortress
- World War II gun in Skurdidi village
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In commemoration of Women's Month, Mall of the South hosted Mrs South Africa and its Real Woman Fashion Event at the mall's Platinum Court on Saturday 06 August.
Showcasing ladies wear and kids wear, the fashion show was an inspirational event with a bevy of beautiful women, spot prizes and of course fabulous fashion sponsored by Mall of the South's generous tenants.
Shoppers were able to meet Mrs South Africa 2016 and Mrs World 2016, Candice Abrahams who was the MC for the event. Motivating, Abrahams focused on encouraging women empowerment at the show.
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I am SO happy to have found this place. I'm in the neighborhood on a fairly regular basis but am usually on Fulton Street, a block away, and never spent much time walking around Livingston, which is much less interesting.
The store is consistently packed and it seems to be a staple in the community and I'm the only one new to the game. :) I usually get the banana/tofu yogurt/noni shake, which is spectacular. The small (8 oz, perhaps), is $3.25 and the large is around $5.75, which seem slightly pricey, but considering I don't buy shakes much, this may very well be normal.
I've gotten grocery items here and there, including Tofutti vegan cheese slices and I can't wait to try their frozen tofu yogurt, which they use in their shakes. Last time I was here, I was on my way to work but I will def be back to get it on my way home next time! I've also gotten some vitamins here, which seem to be pretty reasonably priced.
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Paranormal Tours
The Crumlin Road Gaol have been interconnected with Paranormal Activity since it closed its doors in 1996 with some prison officers and prisoners would suggest this relationship has been longer.
There have been sightings, noises and unexplained happenings within the walls that have seen 17 men executed over its 150 year history. This Paranormal tour will take you to the various hot spots of the Gaol where Paranormal Activity has been reported and the guide will tell you off the harrowing stories associated with these areas.
The places you will be taken include the condemned man's cell, execution chamber, the tunnel and the flogging room.
Paranormal Tours are carried out in low light conditions and are not for the faint hearted!
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Serge Ibaka is a 6ft 10inch Forward who brings his talents all the way from Brazzavila, Republic of Congo. He was drafted in 2008 and has been an amazing defensive addition to the Thunder. You can also find Ibaka on Twitter @SergeIbaka9. And ladies, this man can speak 4 different languages. Does it get any sexier? Make sure you follow him.
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Sangam Age : Sangam means confluence or assemblage of literary figures. This literature describes the origin and growth of Pandya, cholas, and chera. The language of Sangam literature was Tamil. Megasthene's indica referred about Pandya state. Hathigumpha inscription of king kharvela mentions about the league of three kings of Tamil Pradesh by king Kharvela.
Chera kingdom:
In Ashoka's inscription the Chera dynasty is referred as Keralaputra who ruled over the region which included north Travancore, Kochin, and Southern Malabar. Panji was the capital. Arrow and bow were the royal insignia of chera state. The chera rulers had trade relation, particularly with Roman empire. Mujiris was the famous port and a centre for indo-roman trade.
Chola dynasty:
Most prominent rulers of Sangam age. Their royal insignia was a tiger (Bagh). The chola state also called Cholamandalam was situated to the north east of Pandya kingdom between pennar and velar rivers. Which correspond to modern Tanjore and Tiruchirapalli district. Uraiyar was a trade centre.
Pandya Dynasty:
The Pandya ruled over the far south and south-east region of Indian peninsula which included present day Trinnevalli, Ramanad and Madura district of Tamilnadu. Madurai was their capital. Fish was their royal insignia. They had diplomatic relation with Roman Empire. They sent their ambassador to King Augustees court.
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- Peripuls gives a vivid description of foreign trade during Sangam age. Internal trade was carried on in a big way and on barter system.
- Murugan was the most famous god of Sangam age.
- The first Sangam was held in Madurai and presided by sage Agastya.
- The second Sangam was presided by Tolakappiya and was held at Kapatpuram.
- The third Sangam was presided over by Nakkiyar and was held at North Madurai.
- Tolkappiyam is the book of the grammar written by Tolkappiya.
- Sage Agastya has the credit of introducing Vedic culture in the south.
- llanngo Adigal written by Shilppadikaram is called lliad of Tamil and it discussed the love of Kovalan and Kannagi.
- Manimekalai is called the odyssey of Tamil, written by Sattanmar.
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How you can Get A Mobile Massage Therapist
Massage treatment helps in doing away with standard pains and also discomforts and also because of this your feeling solid and also fresh and also prepared to handle the world. For you to obtain the most effective solution, you should work with the appropriate mobile massage therapist. To be on the risk-free side, right here are things that you ought to try to find when working with:
Massage treatment is a varied area as well as the specialists originate from various instructional histories. When employing you must make certain that the therapist has the best training and also experience in providing the bodywork that you want.
All-natural questions
Excellent therapists pry naturally as well as working with an investigative specialist helps in making your massage session an enjoyable filled up task. This is due to the fact that the therapist will certainly be asking you just what you require and also whether you are pleased with the solution supplied.
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Happy Saturday, friends!
Today, I am spending the day working on all kinds of homework and personal projects, but before I jump into those things, I wanted to share a recipe with you that I made for breakfast! It's the most perfect choice for weekend breakfasts, late night snacks, and pretty much any other time that fits your schedule! This past week, I was pretty sick with some really bad throat pain. Because of that, I was on a pretty much liquid diet. However, I used some of my sick downtime to perfect my go-to recipe, the acai bowl.


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DIY Taco Night
Part of the reason why I began cooking was because I couldn't find certain items that I craved in Hong Kong. Exhibit A – decent tacos. Sure, there's been a few new taco joints that've opened in recent months, but none of them have been truly inspiring. Hence, I took matters into my own hands (literally) and decided to host a DIY taco night, where guests build their own tacos from a selection of standard ingredients. Our dinner ingredients included:
White Sangria (with a touch of Elderflower / rum)
Refried Beans
Shredded Cheese
Diced Tomatos / Lettuce
Mexican Rice
Grilled Chicken Breast
Minced Pork
A selection of hard and soft taco shells
I love these "build your own food" parties, because it's very social and gives everyone a chance to tailor to their own tastes. Plus, with a good flow of sangria and champagne, it's really a guaranteed fun night at home!
Nachos – always a great social snack.
Minced pork with a dab of fried beans to bind it all together.
Can't have Mexican without guacamole.
Choice of hard or soft tacos.
My first attempt at making sangria, not bad with an elderflower kick.
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I spent a weekend out of London with no plans and realised it is exactly what I've been needing. London can get pretty intense and when you suffer with anxiety that can get a little over-whelming. I told my mum I was going to come home but she told me they were all going camping on Saturday morning so wouldn't actually be there. This originally made me re-think whether I wanted to go but my boyfriend said he thought it would be good for me to have a chilled weekend on my own. So that's exactly what I did!
Despite being woken up by the insane thunder and lightening on Friday night the weather was still gorgeous when I woke up. I started Saturday morning off by sitting outside with a cup of tea. I love my garden at home. We're lucky enough to have a bit of outside space in London but there's nothing better than a grassy garden. It was so quiet and so I just sat and slowly enjoyed my tea.
For lunch I went to visit my nana and grandad who always want to take me out for lunch when I come home which is lovely! Their garden is absolutely gorgeous in summer so I took this snap just before we went to the pub. My lunch was an amazing steak and caramelised onion ciabatta, I was too hungry to take any pictures though!
Once I got home I decided I wanted to take advantage of the sunny afternoon so I grabbed a towel, my kindle and some suncream and went and lay outside for a couple of hours. It was so lovely and I ended up just lying watching the clouds go by.
I came inside a took a selfie for good measure ;) then I chilled on the sofa with another cuppa and watched 27 Dresses which is one of my fave films.
The sun was starting to set so I decided to go on a wander around the village. I was only walking for about half an hour but it was so peaceful and it made me remember why I love the countryside.
I honestly do love London but sometimes it really does get on top of me. I am always with people which is quite over-whelming, so spending this weekend largely on my own has been amazing.
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Kitten Care
Owning a kitten will be one of the most enjoyable and rewarding things you will ever do.
To enjoy all the benefits of owning a kitten, it is vital you take the steps to ensure he or she stays healthy and happy. This information guide will help you achieve this.
While it's exciting bringing a new kitten home, remember the environment is new and your kitten may be very apprehensive or scared. Act calm, not too rowdy, and provide a warm, soft and cosy area for your kitten to feel secure. Kittens are very curious creatures so let them explore everything in their own time.
Firstly, remember kittens are not puppies and should not be fed puppy food. They are 'obligate carnivores' and require more protein and other nutrients than dogs. Feed your kitten their current diet for the first week before aiming to integrate a premium quality kitten food over the following week (if your kitten is not already on one). Wet food is fine but it is important to always feed some dry food too, as it's much better for your kitten's teeth!
Feed your kitten four times per day until 12 weeks of age, then three times daily until they're five - six months old. Once or twice a day is fine from then on.
Premium kitten food is full of the right nutrients in the right proportions, unlike many supermarket foods. Make sure you give your cat the correct portion of food each day and avoid topping up the bowl every time they meow or ask for more, as this can easily make your cat overweight.
Usually your kitten can stay on a growth or kitten diet until 12 months of age before switching to an adult cat food.
TIP: After a kitten is weaned from their mother, there is no need to give milk. Fresh water is far better and helps with digestion.
Kittens are at risk of a number of serious diseases, including feline enteritis, feline respiratory diseases and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV) - similar to the AIDS virus. These diseases are debilitating and can be fatal so vaccinating against them is vital. Your vet will guide you on the right vaccination regime for your kitten.
The first vaccination is generally given at six - eight weeks of age, 12 weeks for the second vaccination and 14 - 16 weeks of age for the final vaccination. Boosters are then recommended yearly.
If your local petstock store offers a PETstock VET service you can get your kitten vaccinated conveniently in store.
TIP: FIV is a serious problem among the cat population. It is highly recommended you vaccinate against this deadly disease if your kitten has any outdoor contact. It is transmitted via biting and scratching and in some areas, up to 25% of outdoor cats are carrying this disease. FIV is extremely serious and can be prevented by vaccinations. Ask your vet for more information the next time you visit.
Your kitten should be treated for intestinal worms every two weeks until 12 weeks of age, then every four weeks until six months of age. After six months, worming should continue every three months for life.
The most common intestinal worms include roundworm, hookworm and tapeworm. Worm treatments are easy to administer and come in the form of a tablet, liquid or spot on.
TIP: 'All wormers' are a good way to protect your cat from all types of intestinal worms. Remember, some worms can transfer from cats to humans, so be diligent.
Fleas carry tapeworm and can cause severe scratching and allergic reactions, known as Flea Allergy Dermatitis.
Cover your kitten with a good quality flea control product on a monthly basis, all year round. You can start from six - eight weeks of age and continue for life.
Cats are about 2,000 times more resistant to heartworm than dogs, meaning the general consensus is that it's less vital to protect against it in cats.
However, heartworm disease has been associated with sudden death in cats, so prevention is available.
A microchip is a permanent identification device implanted under the skin, allowing a quick and easy return if your kitten ever gets lost.
Pet microchipping is mandatory in most Australian states, so ask a PETstock staff member or your local council if this is a requirement in your area.
Your kitten can be microchipped at any age but the earlier the better. Microchipping is quick and easy, causing very little discomfort.
If your local petstock store offers a PETstock VET service you can get your kitten microchipped conveniently in store.
TIP: It's essential to inform the microchip registry if you move, or your contact details change.
As well as microchipping, it's a good idea to purchase an I.D tag for your kitten's collar, engraved with their name and your contact number. This will also increase their chance of finding their way home if they ever get lost!
Toilet training should start as early as possible and kittens usually learn to use a litter tray very quickly. Place the tray in a secluded, yet easily accessible place away from the kitten's bed and feeding areas. You should place your kitten in the tray every morning, night and after meals, until they get the hang of it.
If you are having trouble training your kitten, try a different type of litter, ensure the tray is in a quiet, secluded place and ensure you're cleaning it regularly.
Due to various health and behaviour problems it is highly recommended your cat is de-sexed at five - six months of age. This will not change the personality of your cat. Female cats can get pregnant as early as five months so it's best not to let them out doors until they are de-sexed.
TIP: Male cats must be de-sexed unless they are in a breeding colony. Otherwise, they can be uncontrollable in a normal household.
Male cats must be de-sexed unless they are in a breeding colony. Otherwise, they can be uncontrollable in a normal household.


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Why power prices turn negative
How does power trading work and how do negative prices occur?
Prices in the power market are determined by supply and demand.
On the German day-ahead power exchange EPEX Spot SE, power producers bid certain amounts of power for a certain price, while buyers lodge into the order book how much power they are willing to buy at a given price. This is done by 12 o'clock every day for all hours of the following day. When putting the bids for selling and buying in order, two curves can be drawn. The point where their trajectories meet, marks the market clearing price - the price that is paid to all successful bids (see Figure 1 and a real life auction curve here).
Negative power prices on the electricity exchange occur when a high and inflexible power generation appears simultaneously with low electricity demand. This is often the case on public holidays such as Christmas or Pentecost. Particularly in hours of (predictable) high renewable power supply (lots of wind and sun), power producers offer their electricity for negative prices on the exchange. This is often done by marketers of renewable power but also by conventional power stations like nuclear and lignite plants. In this event, the market clearing price can be set below zero (see Figure 2).
Production of power was so much higher than initial demand during 126 hours in 2015 that the power station operators had to pay those customers who were willing to take their power. The figure was up from 64 hours in 2014 but the average negative price was lower (minus 9 euro per megawatt-hour) compared to 2014 (minus 15.55 euro per megawatt-hour).
Why do power supply and demand have to be matched on the exchange?
Power can currently not be stored at a large scale in the German electricity system. To keep the power grid running stable at a frequency of 50 Hertz, the amount of electricity fed into the system and power demand have to be kept equal.
This balance has to be achieved by closely matching supply and demand – something that the power market has to deliver apart from its other purpose of shaping the trading price for electricity.
Reasons for negative power prices
Negative power prices were introduced to the German intraday-market in 2007 and to the German-Austrian day-ahead market in 2008.
Electricity exchange EEX points out that negative prices are not generally a bad thing – they give the market actors important signals and they can be an incentive to power station operators to invest in flexibility measures. At times of high production, producers should be stimulated to take capacity offline while consumers have the incentive of using more cheap power at such times and less at others.
Because negative power prices are a sign of very high supply at the market, additional "cheap" renewable power is often blamed for causing the electricity price to drop below zero. Renewables have priority in the power grid and therefore always come first in the merit order, making conventional electricity dispensable at times. Their share in electricity consumption has grown to 32.6 percent in 2015.
However, times featuring such strong wind and simultaneous high input from solar PV installations that all other power generation is superfluous are so far non-existent. The highest share of renewables in 2015 occurred on 23 August between 1-2pm when they covered 83.2 percent of electricity consumption. On 8 May 2016, renewables accounted for 86.3 percent of power consumption between 1-2 pm (See Factsheet Germany's renewable generation peaks remain shrouded in data fog). Consultancy Energy Brainpool and think tank Agora Energiewende* locate the origin of the issue just as much with the conventional power plants, i.e. hard-coal, lignite and nuclear power stations, which are not reducing their power generation enough at times of high renewable input.
A study by consultancy Consentec for the four German transmission grid operators showed in 2016 that even at times of negative prices, some 25-30 gigawatt of conventional capacity was feeding into the grid. Of those, just 5-10 gigawatt are considered the must-run base that is needed to keep the grid stable (balancing and re-dispatch power).
There are several reasons why conventional power station operators, which are either losing money or at least losing profit during times of negative prices, keep their plants running (See study by Energy Brainpool, page 4-5 and the 2016 results from Consentec). They can be technical, for example the power plant can be too inflexible to change its output, or the ramping or costs for shutting down and starting up can be too expensive. Another reason for keeping the plant running can be the obligation to provide contracted balancing power to keep the grid stable or provide re-dispatch power. Alternatively, it may be that a certain production has to be kept up to provide heat for a town household heating network. Those plant operators which have already sold their power at the longer term futures market face no extra costs when they let their units run – they are merely losing the profit that they could make by buying cheap power to supply their customers instead of producing their own.
Effects of negative power prices on consumer power prices
Renewable power producers receive guaranteed feed-in payments for every kilowatt-hour they produce. As their power is sold at the electricity market (either by transmission grid operators or directly by renewable marketers) part of this feed-in remuneration is covered from the market price for power. But whenever the wholesale price is lower than the feed-in tariff (which it is most of the time), the difference is made up from the renewable energy surcharge (EEG surcharge), a levy that almost all consumers pay with their power bills. When the wholesale electricity price is high, the EEG surcharge is low. But when the market prices drop below zero, the difference payable via the levy increases and therefore puts a burden on consumers.
The EEG-surcharge is fixed every year in advance, based on assumptions about future electricity generation and market prices (See factsheet Green Energy Account). The Renewable Energy Act (EEG) stipulates that large renewable installations do not receive feed-in tariffs anymore when the price on the exchange is negative for six consecutive hours.
Means to prevent the occurrence of negative power prices
"More flexibility" is the key to preventing more hours of negative power prices in the future, a study by Fraunhofer ISI and other institutes for the Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) states. The supply side (e.g. more flexible conventional power plant ramping; renewable installations providing balancing power; non-fluctuating renewables like biogas and hydro-power) and the demand side (e.g. large industrial power consumers; power to heat options) could both become faster at adjusting to high input from renewable electricity generation. More cross-border grid connections with neighbouring countries could offer additional relief.
* Like the Clean Energy Wire, Agora Energiewende is a project funded by Stiftung Mercator and the European Climate Foundation.


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Guarantor MLAs property attached
Allahabad (PTI): The district administration has attached the properties of BSP legislator Muztaba Siddiqui for alleged non-payment of a loan by his relatives, official sources said.
A team of revenue officials on Tuesday attached the properties of the legislator and his brothers, including a petrol pump, a service station and ancestral land. A recovery certificate was served on them last month, the sources said.
The revenue department had also served two recovery certificates last year on the legislator and his relatives for alleged non-payment of Rs 4.96 crore as loan and its interest, but attachment proceedings were deferred due to political pressure, they said.
The MLA, representing Koraon Assembly constituency, was the main guarantor of the loan obtained by his brothers from a financial institution in 1996, the sources added.
Cars burn in donation clash
Gurgaon (PTI): A dispute over collection of donations sparked violence on Wednesday with a mob ransacking a factory and burning about a dozen cars and 30 two-wheelers, police said.
A clash had broken out between leaders of the Muslim community over the collection of donations just after Id prayers, when someone allegedly threw a metal-like object on the group.
The mob, suspecting that the object had come from the direction of the factory of Kabir Leather Exports, set the vehicles on the factory premises in Udyog Vihar ablaze.
The group also broke the windowpanes of the factory and set on fire the store units, the police said.
A police contingent along with fire brigade personnel managed to bring the situation under control. Kuldeep Singh Siag, the senior superintendent of police, Gurgaon, said five persons were arrested from the spot.
There was no communal angle to the violence as it was a dispute within the same community, he said.
On a complaint by Kabir Leather Exports officials, the police registered a case against the mob, he said.
Funeral for faithful dog
Kendrapara (PTI): A dog which played the role of a vigilant cop in the seaside village of Tarapada in the district for over a decade was accorded a funeral by tearful villagers on Tuesday.
About 500 people filed past the body of Bhallu, the male dog which had endeared itself to villagers by maintaining night-long vigil in the area.
The proposal to give the animal a funeral was mooted by some local youths and unanimously accepted by the palli sabha. In a short time, contributions were collected and the dog was taken out in a procession, Abhinandan Routray, a college student, said. The dog was then buried at the village burial ground amid chanting of mantras. Four youths even got themselves tonsured and a community feast was organised as part of the ceremony.
The villagers are now planning to erect a memorial for the loyal dog at the burial ground.
Cell card theft
Vijaywada (PTI): Police have arrested two persons with stolen prepaid cell phone cards worth Rs 2.45 lakh. The accused, hotel workers by profession, had stolen the prepaid cards at Cuddapah, police said.
Family charred
Azamgarh (PTI): Five members of a family a woman and four children were charred to death in a fire that destroyed their thatched house at Bankarkola village in the district. They were asleep when the fire broke out inside their house on Tuesday night. The blaze was apparently caused by earthen lamps inside the house.
Dornier contract
Bangalore (PTI): India plans to deliver an 18-seater Dornier, built by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), to Mauritius by March 2004 for reconnaissance purposes. The order is valued at Rs 30 crore, HAL sources said.
Dacoits nabbed
Coimbatore (PTI): Seven persons have been arrested for their involvement in a recent dacoity in Perumanallur, about 60 km from here. The gang had hit an old couple and threatened the inmates at knife point, before decamping with gold ornaments and cash from their house last Friday.
Khadims, the successors of the Sufi saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti, offered a black velvet chadar from Mecca and Madina at Ajmersharif the tomb of the saint. It is said anyone who passes through the jannati darwaza here is assured a place in heaven.


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Old Mutual Asset Management has launched a public offering of 13m ordinary shares to raise capital for "general corporate purposes", the firm has announced today.
The ordinary shares are being offered by Old Mutual through its subsidiary Old Mutual Group UK Limited.
Old Mutual is currently undergoing a "managed separation", which will see OMAM, as well as Old Mutual Wealth, Old Mutual Emerging Markets and Nedbank separated and two businesses listed on the London and Johannesburg stock exchanges.
It is expected to complete in 2018.
According to a statement on the London Stock Exchange, the underwriters have a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 1.95m shares at the public offering price, less the underwriting discount.
OMAM also agree to repurchase £6m shares directly from OM Group in a private transaction at the price per ordinary share sold to the public by OM Group in the public offering.
The closing of this repurchase transaction is subject to various conditions, including the closing of the public offering.
According to the statement, the proceeds to Old Mutual from the proposed offering and repurchase agreement are expected to be used for general corporate purposes.
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Low powered 30-06 loads
I've got an old 1903 Springfield and I'd like to shoot it but don't wish to push the old gun to it's limits. It was made in 1930 so it has a good receiver. I'm more worried about cracking the wood. I'll only be shooting at 100 yards on a paper target so as long as the bullet drop is not too bad I'll be fine.
Any ideas for a nice low powered load?
|April 6, 2011, 11:05 AM
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Try 12 grns of trailboss and the bullet that your gun likes the best.
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|April 6, 2011, 11:13 AM
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Kraig, have you noticed any problems or odd behavior when using Trail Boss with jacketed bullets?
|April 6, 2011, 11:25 AM
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None whatsoever. I've used it in '06, 308, 375 H&H, 416 Rigby, 44-90 Sharps, 45-70, 7.62X54R.
I think thats all, there may be others. I don't use it in pistol/revolvers, I don't see the need for me.
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|April 6, 2011, 03:30 PM
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You should be able to run up to 20 grains of Trail Boss in the '06, and still shouldn't break 1,500 fps.
I would start with 12-14 grains (70% of max case capacity), and work up to an accuracy load. The only applicable caveats: Do not compress Trail Boss. If you compress it and break the donuts, the burn rate becomes unpredictable (and faster).
However, your starting load velocity will be somewhere between 900 to 1,100 fps.
If you want something a little more along the lines of a reduced load, say 2,300-2,400 fps with a 165 gr bullet ...
I have a load I'm running with 165 gr Core-Lokts on top of 45.0 grains of IMR 4895. In LC 69 brass, it's running just under 2,400 fps, and has significantly less perceived recoil than full power stuff. But.. it's incredibly accurate in my rifle (even with factory-seconds Core-Lokts), and case-fill volume is still acceptable (75-80%).
I have a similar load running AA3100, which is about 91% fill in R-P brass. With 50 grains of AA3100, it's running about 2,300 fps with the same Core-Lokts.
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|April 6, 2011, 03:44 PM
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From Chuck Hawks Reduced Recoil page:
.30-06 Springfield - 150 grain Speer SP bullet, 28.0 grains of XMP 5744 powder, CCI 200 primer, Win. case. COL 3.250". MV 2052 fps in 22" barrel. (Based on the Speer Reloading Manual No. 13.)
.30-06 Springfield - 165 grain Speer SP bullet, 25.0 grains of SR 4759 powder, CCI 200 primer, Win. case. COL 3.250". MV 1941 fps in 22" barrel. (Based on the Speer Reloading Manual No. 13.)
See also: http://www.imrpowder.com/PDF/Youth%20Loads.pdf
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So today we did more of the same... hop on the bus hop off the bus. it was a good day. we woke up, walked to the grocery store and got bagels, juice, and other breakfast goods. then we walked to the bus stop to catch the tour bus. we took it all around the city and eventually got off at the stop that had a really cool open air market, was close to the library, and had lots and lots of good shops. we perused the market, walked down the 'library street' looking at shops and walked back to the stop to catch the bus. it took us next to the island that had the vasa museum (we saw that yesterday), skansen- the open air park, and tivoli: grona lund (a mini disney world complete with elephant and spinning tea cup rides).
we caught a taxi back to the hostel and went to bed. it was a good day. a long, full day. -rachel


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|As a trade buyer you know your customers and their objectives - and there is one place where you will find the latest trends in all footwear segments and answers to every shoe question: GDS 2013 - international event for shoes and accessories and GLOBAL SHOES 2013 - leading trade show for sourcing in Düsseldorf, Germany.
It's the international platform for shoes and accessories attracting over 1,100 exhibitors and around 22,000 trade visitors every season.
Held twice annually, the next staging of GDS will take place soon: from September 11 – 13 2013. And GDS has some outstanding highlights waiting for you – in addition to all the wonderful footwear collections - including the Fashion Shows, where shoes are presented as part of complete outfits. These Fashion Shows take place several times daily and provide you with the most important information for the new season, helping you to order more effectively and better advise your customers.
|In the special Design Attack segment with this year's slogan "BAHAMA MAMA!" about 100 designers and young entrepreneurs will showcase their unusual collections - it's the trendy place to be at GDS 2013.
Exhibitors and visitors can enjoy fresh fruit and tasty cocktails at beach bars. The atmosphere at Design Attack invites for a relaxing break during a tight schedule.
You can check out the featured labels, see videos of past shows and register for a free entrance pass at www.gds-online.com.
By the way: if you search for "Bahama Mama" on Google, you'll find some awesome cocktail recipes. Let us show you what a great combination shoes and cocktails are!


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NEW YORK, United States — A new report by wellness real estate company Delos reveals how owners of healthier buildings in the US are experiencing business benefits, including increased leasing rates and higher asset values.
'The Drive Toward Healthier Buildings 2016,' in partnership with insights provider Dodge Data & Analytics, also shows that the design and construction industry in the US is poised for wider adoption of building practices that prioritise the physical, mental and social wellbeing of tenants and occupants.
"The increased attention to building health impacts is just beginning," said Stephen A. Jones, Senior Director of Industry Insights at Dodge Data & Analytics.
"In a similar way several years ago, companies engaged in green construction because of the demonstrable business and financial benefits they were able to achieve. The findings of this report demonstrate that the focus on buildings that enhance the health and wellbeing of their occupants is likely to follow a similar trajectory, boosted by those who have committed to sustainability in their organizations," he added.
According to the report, the top five healthier building features currently being implemented include better lighting/daylighting exposure, products that enhance thermal comfort, spaces that enhance social interaction, enhanced air quality and products that enhance acoustical comfort.
The use of nearly all of these is expected to grow considerably along with further pioneering approaches like the use of biophilic design features, spaces that enhance tenant mood and opportunities for physical activity.
Speaking about the report, Delos Founder and CEO Paul Scialla argued that the findings illustrate how the design and construction industry is helping to drive efforts to introduce preventative medical intentions into the built environment.
"By focusing on people in design, construction, operations and development decisions, we have an unprecedented opportunity to drive innovation, add significant economic value to real estate assets, generate savings in personnel costs, and enhance the human experience," he explained.
And, while interior designers and architects are currently leading the industry in the use of the practices outlined in the report, Delos argues that strong owner interest is likely to increase engagement in the space even more, as the industry continues to gather data on the business and financial benefits of investing in healthier building practices.


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LIMAGRAIN'S OSR breeder, Dr Vasilis Gegas gives us the lowdown on its new oilseed rape varieties, Aquila and Nikita, which have made it on to the Recommended List.
"The trend for producing higher yielding varieties with better disease resistance has been reflected in the oilseed rape recommendations this year, with two of the four varieties recommended coming from Limagrain's UK-focussed breeding programme.
"The restored hybrid, Aquila, has shown a gross output of 108%, and treated yield potential comparable to Elgar. On the basis of this, it has been placed onto the East/West list, although for growers in Scotland it's worth noting that is has also performed well in the North at 107%"
"Its agronomic characteristics make it suitable for a range of situations both in the south and further north. It is a vigorous variety, with a stiff stem and a very good disease resistance package with a 6 for light leaf spot and 8 for stem canker.
"This is one of the best combinations of yield and disease resistance on the RL, and makes the variety stand out well above over other hybrids such as Windozz, Alizze and Wembley and it has very good pod shatter tolerance."
On Nikita, he said: "After its excellent performance last season, in both North and East/West trials, Nikita has gained recommendation on both lists, after initially being approved just for the North, proving that is a UK-wide top performer.
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"The variety is backed up by robust genetics that suit a range of diverse conditions. Its light leaf spot rating of 7, makes it one of the highest on the Recommended List. Varieties with high LLS ratings show significantly better natural resistance compared to other varieties, providing that bit of breathing space required to treat crops.
"We have seen from the results of last season, that whilst the variety has a lower rating for phoma, this can be easily controlled with a good autumn spray programme, with no detrimental effect on yield."


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Cornmarket have now been appointed as a co provider of car and home insurance for PSEU members. This means that PSEU members now have greater choice and more ways to save on their insurance, and can avail of benefits only available as a result of Union membership.
For over 40 years Cornmarket has been harnessing the purchasing power of unions and Public Sector employees, to negotiate great deals with insurance companies and financial institutions exclusively on behalf of Public Sector employees.
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What's public for me is private for thee. At least that's what Monroe County, N.Y. believes when it comes to where you drive your car.
Monroe Police have been using high-speed cameras to capture license plates in order to log vehicle whereabouts. As of July, the County's database contained 3.7 million records, with the capability to add thousands more each day. The justification for cops having records of the whereabouts of law-abiding citizens is that the vehicles are driven in public and therefore drivers have no expectation of privacy. It's an argument that's at odds with the Supreme Court's 2012 ruling in U.S. v. Jones. In Jones, a GPS tracking case, the court held that individuals do have an expectation of privacy when it comes to their long-term whereabouts, even when using public roads.
If cops are determined to violate this privacy, then at least they could behave more consistently. Last summer, Rochester, N.Y.'s Democrat & Chronicle filed a state open records request — more commonly called a FOIL (for Freedom Of Information Law) — for information on seven of it's reporter's license plates as well as two city and county government vehicles. After all, if such information is public when collected, why would it change merely because it's sitting in a database?


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Opt for Christmas dresses that can make you look knockout, as this is the exact effect you need when attending a Christmas party. If not now then when? You have been working hard during the whole year and probably got tired of casual and office wear. So, you deserve to have a chance to show off that Goddess hidden inside you.
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Leaked Footage of Hilary Duff, America Ferrera & Other Disney Stars Reveals Drawing With Magic Wand Is Hard
Drawing with wands is more difficult than it looks! That's what we learned from watching this cache of behind-the-scenes footage from the making of those Disney Channel Magic Wand promos. Hilary Duff, Raven-Symoné, America Ferrera, and all of your TV-Y7 favorites each got a turn to twirl about a green screen stick to illustrate a set of Mickey ears.
Some went better than others, as we saw that Duff had perhaps never seen a mouse before. Her onscreen best friend, Lalaine, was likewise artistically challenged. Jake Thomas, who played Lizzie McGuire's little brother, tried to show off his skills, but found himself hoist by his own petard. As for Raven-Symoné, she was taught a valuable lesson that day: Never believe a director when he says, "Last one." The whole world suddenly went dark from that serious shade. And Beans from Even Stevens is… well… a delight.
These videos surfaced online one month ago on the YouTube page of an Atlanta "edit boutique" called Guillotine Post, but it was intrepid Twitter user @HollyLikeABlvd that tracked them down. Thankfully, she uploaded them to her own feed, because Guillotine Post has since made the original videos private, so enjoy them while you still can, people! Cherish them! Cherish what can never be replaced!
When Britney, JT, Xtina, and Ryan Joined 'The Mickey Mouse Club'…
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|When mistakes happen in your
company, who takes the blame?
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It is human nature to find a single cause of a problem, fix it, and assume everything is fine. In fact, the use of a scapegoat is documented in writings from four thousand years ago. All of the sins of a community were laid on the head of a single goat that was then driven into the wilderness, relieving every one of their problems. Four millennium later, we still believe in the power of the scapegoat to take away problems. When a product fails in the hands of a customer, triggering a recall or creating excessive warranty costs, companies quickly find a solution (or fire someone) and assume all is well. Mistakes are embarrassing and it is easier to assume they won't happen again. The GM recall case is a classic example of this. News articles focus on one or two issues: the engineer who signed off on the change or the automotive safety reporting requirements. Everyone is pointing a finger at each other.
The GM case is not unique. When a problem surfaces, firefighting teams typically investigate the production activities (e.g., suppliers, quality control, or production control). Rarely do organizations involve the original team in taking a hard look at all of the product development and launch activities. To fix the underlying causes, teams need to understand why the problem was allowed to be created and why it wasn't prevented from escaping. In addition, companies need to take a critical look at the cultural blind spots that allow teams to overlook potential failures. If these issues aren't addressed, companies end up playing the quality-whack-a-mole game (see my post on that topic).
To learn from failures, organizations need to shift their thinking from "which step failed?" to "every step failed!"
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In product development, a small percentage of resources are spent actually creating product and process definitions. In an ideal world, a single brilliant designer could define a problem, draw all of the parts and assemblies for a new product, and ship those drawings to a manufacturer. The manufacturer, in turn, would get the parts right the first time, assemble them correctly, package and ship them. The product would then work flawlessly for its entire life. Unfortunately, this ideal world does not exist other than in the mind of freshman engineering students (and sometimes marketing managers).
Rather, teams spend most of their product development resources on other activities. These activities define the problem being solved so everyone is on the same page, find and fix design weaknesses, prevent problems from being created during production, and ensure the project is on track. A majority of activities act as filters that find problems so they can be fixed before a customer has it in their hands.
| This diagram illustrates a small subset of the activities related to
finding and fixing problems before they get to the customer
For example, concept selection can have a significant impact on final product quality. If the wrong criteria are used in concept selection or concepts are selected without rigorous analysis, then the teams will struggle with problems throughout the rest of the design process. For example, in the Takata airbag recall, the choice of accelerant created long term quality and design problems. At the other end of the design process, if the product testing does not model the actual usage conditions, products pass functional tests but will fail in the field. I wonder if GM would have found the ignition problem earlier if they tested it with a very heavy key chain. The figure above lists a small subset of the activities related to finding and fixing problems before they get to the customer.
When a quality failure escapes, ALL of the product development activities have failed to catch it.
Let's take a semi-hypothetical example (every one of my clients will think I am talking about them). A product has been in the field for a year when suddenly customers from one region begin to complain about its performance. Nothing appears to have changed. The QA people can't find any changes in the incoming parts, everything is passing inspection, and the final functional tests are not finding the problem. After a long and painful investigation, the fire-fighting team figures out that a supplier made a change to the manufacturing process to decrease cycle time. The new process has an acceptable Cpk level but the investigation highlights that the original process had a much higher Cpk. The increased variability, combined with the higher temperatures in a specific region, reduced the performance enough to trigger a complaint. The team tightens the tolerance, imposes additional quality control, chastises the supplier and assumes the problem is fixed. The next year, a completely unrelated problem occurs when unexpected wear triggers a failure. The teams find the cause of that problem: using a new material with different mechanical properties. The sustaining engineering team fixes the problem using a running design change and replaces defective product as problems are found by customers.
Why did both of these failures make it to the customer? On the surface, they look like very different problems created and solved by different parts of the organization. One was a supplier problem, the other a design engineering oversight. However, when you take the view of what filters failed, similarities emerge. In both cases:
- The specification documents were very high level and didn't have detailed descriptions of the operating conditions. Because the operating temperature in the first product and the actual loads on the second were not specified, the teams were not able to translate the requirement into the proper tolerances and analyze the risks of performance across operating conditions. The supplier would have caught the problem if the appropriate tolerance was set for the specification. Testing at the proper loads would have highlighted the material problem earlier.
- The teams locked into both concepts early because of tight schedules. There was pressure to lock into a concept early to get tooling completed. Ironically in both cases, the schedules were pushed out anyway. The teams were forced to work with a concept that wasn't sufficiently evaluated and spent the "extra" time getting a sub-optimal idea to work.
- Design reviews were essentially status meetings. Especially in the second case, the teams were not familiar with the new material and assumed it would be fine. Design teams were unable to critically evaluate their own designs and were blind to the risks. No external reviewers were brought in to provide additional perspectives. When concerns were raised, teams dismissed them by either hypothesizing why the issue wasn't a problem or saying "we don't have time to test everything."
- There was insufficient engineering analysis and user testing. The team assumed that since the products worked well in the bench test and passed the standard suite of evaluations, the quality was sufficient. User testing was haphazard and didn't test across all of the use conditions. Even when products were found to fail, the failures were explained away. During pilot there were so many design changes, the teams assumed that they had fixed the failures that were identified.
- Design changes were made up to the start of production. Many of the rules for pilot process were circumvented to accommodate last minute minor changes to marginally improve performance. Late design changes were allowed to bypass testing and validation protocols.
- A combination of schedule, inexperience, language, cultural barriers and time zone differences meant that suppliers did not give and/or the feedback was not received on design for manufacturability. Suppliers were asked "can you make this?" and the answer was always yes.
While the technical root cause of the two failures look very different: one was a supplier change and one was a material specification problem. The activities (or lack of activities) that allowed that failure to escape to the customer had a lot of common ground. If the company continues with the existing product development approach, there is a high probability that another quality problem will emerge.
When there is a failure, organizations need to take a hard look at everyone's culpability in contributing to the problem. There is significant research that shows that companies that discuss and are open about failures, are less likely to repeat them. Often the laundry list of problems seems overwhelmingly large. However, for the next quality problem to be caught it only requires one of the filters to work.
The next time your organization has a quality failure, don't just stop once the technical cause is found. Look to all of the reasons why that problem wasn't found and try and fix at least one. In subsequent articles I will provide a framework for how to bring teams together to systematically evaluate the whole process.
Anna Thornton earned her B.S.E. from Princeton University, her Ph.D. from Cambridge University, and was an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT for six years. In 2000 she joined Analytics Operations Engineering (www.nltx.com) where she currently works with a wide variety of companies to develop new tools, methods and approaches to address a wide variety of problems in multiple global industries in the fields of product development, quality systems, and production systems. She is the author of Variation Risk Management and many other articles on product development and quality.
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