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Teaching your child both Filipino and English can make them smarter
Did you know that kids who are fluent in both Filipino and English have the potential to do better in school? Read on to learn more!
Did you know that teaching your child both Filipino and English would be better compared to teaching them just one language exclusively?
There are some parents who think that in order for their children to have an easier time in school, it's important to teach their children English as a first language. And while it's true that in Philippine schools, English is the main form of instruction, they can be limited by the fact that Filipino is the main language of communication in the Philippines.
On the other hand, if your child isn't proficient in English, then they would have a hard time in school, since a lot of subjects are taught in English. That's why for kids to have the best of both worlds, parents should instead focus on making sure that their child grows up to be bilingual.
It's better for kids to be bilingual
Us Filipinos are lucky since we naturally speak both Filipino and English on a daily basis so being bilingual comes natural for us.
Additionally, researchers have found that children who speak 2 languages or more tend to be smarter compared to other children who only speak one language.
The reasoning behind this is that kids who were raised to speak 2 or more languages have learned the ability to quickly switch on the part of their brain that lets them understand another language. What this means is that their brains are more developed since it basically has to work harder to maintain an understanding of 2 languages.
No need to worry about speech delays
Learning a new language is hard. Any adult who has tried learning a new language can attest to the fact that it takes some skill and practice to get your brain used to thinking and speaking in different languages.
However, the amazing thing about kid's brains is that it's much easier for them to acquire language compared to adults. Children's brains are constantly trying to learn new things, and it's easier for them to understand new concepts that might be difficult for adults, such as learning a new language.
If you're worried that teaching your child to be bilingual might cause speech delays, rest assured that bilingual children can speak at the same pace as children who know only one language.
So instead of focusing on one language, why not try teaching your child both Filipino and English? They'll have the best of both worlds and do better in school compared to their peers who only know one language!
Source: parenting.com


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The American Spectator's Ross Kaminsky demonstrates that the Obama administration is violating the Hatch Act – the federal laws that forbid government employees from using government resources for partisan political purposes.
President Obama and Defense Secretary Hagel distributed through the Defense Department's communications systems a nakedly political appeal to all government employees. It is the most direct kind of politics – an attack on the political positions of the partisan opposition, rendered in unabashedly political terms. DoD employees are praised for performing their (well compensated) jobs
IN A POLITICAL CLIMATE THAT, TOO OFTEN IN RECENT YEARS, HAS TREATED YOU LIKE A PUNCHING BAG. YOU HAVE ENDURED THREE YEARS OF A FEDERAL PAY FREEZE, HARMFUL SEQUESTER CUTS, AND NOW, A SHUTDOWN OF OUR GOVERNMENT. [Caps in original.]
The fact that the Obama administration, the source of this message, is the actual cause of the ongoing partial shutdown of government is beside the point. The question of who is responsible for the shutdown (and the pay freeze, and the sequester cuts . . .) is patently political. This Obama message to all employees is a willfully partisan attempt to assign political blame to the authors' partisan opposition.
As Ross shows, the message proceeds to be even more unabashedly political:
THIS SHUTDOWN WAS COMPLETELY PREVENTABLE. IT SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CAN END IT AS SOON AS IT FOLLOWS THE SENATE'S LEAD, AND FUNDS YOUR WORK IN THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT WITHOUT TRYING TO ATTACH HIGHLY CONTROVERSIAL AND PARTISAN MEASURES IN THE PROCESS. [Emphasis added.]
Obviously, the House of Representatives is under the control of the administration's political adversary. The claim that the bill passed by the House is "highly controversial" and contains "partisan measures" is itself a palpably partisan Democratic contention – and a highly controversial one at that, given that the House bill would fund all of the government other than Obamacare (which the House undeniably has the constitutional authority to do). That is, the shutdown was also "completely preventable" because President Obama refuses to sign a readily available bill that would have kept the government running all along – a refusal attributable to his insistence that the "highly controversial and partisan" (and unpopular) Obamacare be preserved despite his own serial violations of Obamacare's terms.
The Hatch Act (5 U.S. Code, Sec. 7324) forbids the government officials to whom it applies – including the secretary of defense – from using the "any . . . instrumentality" of government to conduct "political activity," which Defense Department guidance defines as, among other things, "activity directed toward the success or failure of a political party." The appeal sent by Defense Department officials at the direction of President Obama and Secretary Hagel is clearly political activity for which instrumentalities of government were used for department-wide dissemination. That is a violation of federal law.
Nor is it the only one. The same communication – in the form of an October 1 letter from President Obama – was sent to employees of the Department of Labor. Here is the letter. Don't worry, though — I'm sure Eric Holder is on the case.
This is precisely what David French wrote about here last week: "The party of government an the government itself . . . start to merge into one seamless whole." This is the end of the civil service as originally conceived – as David put it: "something like a professional class of public servants . . . dedicated to the public good regardless of the party in power." The ruling party – and the Obama Democrats do very much see themselves as ruling rather than serving us – sees the federal bureaucracies as instrumentalities of its political campaigns, and as Mark Steyn and others here have shown, the bureaucracies are reciprocally content to serve the Democratic political agenda rather than the public.

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How to Display a Different Email Address in Microsoft Outlook
Small businesses often use multiple email addresses to route correspondence to the appropriate areas in the company, such as sales or general information. Responding to these queries from one umbrella email address can come across as unprofessional. However, Microsoft Outlook provides a way to handle multiple email accounts and addresses all on one machine.
Add Email Account
Click the "File" tab and select "Info."
Click the "Add Account" button under Account Information.
Follow the on-screen prompts to configure and add the new email address.
Change Display Address
Compose the message you want to send from a different email address.
Click the "From" button and select the account name you want to display when sending this message.
Click the "Send" button to transmit the message with the different display name.
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just not used to writing 2019 🙈 anyway, here's a fact about a big that wants to ruin burgers 😂
#tdil that there is a bug out there that has the power to turn you vegetarian 🍔.
tad mental that isn't it!? a small bug that can actually alter the way that you eat through the art of making you allergic to meat!
the creature in question is actually a little tick called the 'lone star tick' 🕷 . traditionally the little creature is from south-eastern us states but it has started poking up its little head all over the place (in the us) due to warmer weather.
so, just how does a tiny little tick make you allergic to meat? well, it's all down to a sugar molecule called alpha-1, 3-galactose (alpha-gal) that it carries around. this little molecule has the power to reprogram a person's immune system in such a way that they become allergic to meat – forever.
yep, you read that right – f o r e v e r 😭. it's all because of how your body reacts to the tick's bite and the subsequent exposure to alpha-gal that follows; as it should, your body's first reaction to the tick's bit is to create an antibody that combats the scary new molecule.
but, therein lies the problem – red meats also contain the same sugar molecule. this means that every time you consume red meat, you're exposed to alpha-gal again and your immune system instantly tries to fight off the molecule … this causes an allergic reaction.
you may find yourself asking whether you can just man up (woman up 💪🏻) and ignore the reaction – can't be that bad … can it!? well, symptoms can range in everything from hives and shortness of breath to fainting and, in serious cases, straight out difficulty breathing 😳 which isn't great when it comes to the whole not dying thing #notideal.
so, there you have it 🙃 you can now sleep well knowing that there is a small creature out there that wants to ruin steak and burgers for you! now, before you struggle to sleep, don't worry yourself too much – cases are still pretty rare thumbs up … but they are on the rise in the states … so, you know
night 🙂 #tdil
fancy reading something a bit happier? simply find yourself some more reading ->here<- (i can't promise you'll find anything less disturbing).
(that is an image of the lone star tick – it came from the cdc and a dude named james gathany … link to the page is ->here<- and the header is ->here<-)


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Lumwana Mining Company Ltd (LMC), a copper mining company owned by Barrick Gold Corporation is situated in the North Western region of Zambia, some 300 km west of the Zambian Copperbelt and 95 km south west of the provincial capital of Solwezi. The mine is a multi-pit, multi staged operation mining approximately 100MT of ore and waste per annum and producing copper concentrates containing an average of 120,000 tonnes of copper metal per year over a twenty (20) year mine life, making Lumwana the largest single open cut copper mine in Africa. Lumwana Mine Company is offering opportunities for internship development programme to highly committed persons to gain industrial experience under the Maintenance Department.
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A pig that was saved from a slaughterhouse now spends her days creating artworks that sell for up to $ 2,000 (£ 1,600). Aptly named Pigcasso after her namesake Picasso, she started painting in October last year. She now has her own art gallery, with art collectors describing her pieces as "abstract".
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Anonymous warns world to 'prepare' for World War 3
According to Anonymous, President Trump's test of the Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile last week — coupled with a recent warning from Japanese officials to citizens, telling them to make preparations for a possible nuclear attack — are ultimately proof that all signs are pointing to a major conflict between the US and North Korea.
In addition, China reportedly has urged its citizens in the Hermit Kingdom to return home as tensions continue to escalate over their nuclear weapons program.
UPDATE 1: Alert Reader offers the following perspective:
Phi Beta Iota: We consider this to be fear-mongering and wish Anonymous would pay more attention to helping Vladimir Putin and others bury the Deep State that wants a third World War so as to reduce the population, increase the concentration of wealth, and further undermine governments.
See Also:
World Gets Behind Putin's Vow To Destroy New World Order
Putin has got the Illuminati running scared, which is why they are in propaganda overdrive, pumping the mainstream Western media full of scare stories and untruths in an attempt to blind the masses to what is really happening before their very eyes.
America's Top Scientists Confirm: U.S. Goal Now Is to Conquer Russia
ROBERT STEELE: The USA is incapable of defeating Russia or China. Anyone who suggests this is either an idiot or a traitor. It is my personal view that Russia almost certainly has ground-based launch detection systems in the USA (on our territory); that its satellite systems are more advanced than these guys realize; that our stuff is still spending too much time in flight, we are not hypersonic; that Russian anti-missile technology is more advanced than ours; and finally, believe it or not, that there is at least one extra-terrestial race with the ability to vaporize all of our missile in flight to prevent this insanity.
See Also:
Iran's Arsenal Of Sunburn Missiles Is More Than Enough To Close The Strait
Jim Dean: Asian Boomerang — China Calls for Security Alliance with Iran and Russia — Changes Dynamics for Afghanistan, Middle East, North Africa
Jim Dean: Iranian Defensive Weapons Update — PSYOP or Not, Iran is Not Iraq —
Owl: Disposable Drones to Assassinate Military-Industrial Complex Leaders and Bankers at Home — Panic, Anyone?
Robert Steele: Reinventing the US Army Part I – An American Grand Strategy
When a Chinese Submarine Appeared In The Middle Of A Carrier Battle Group


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How do you solve a problem like Shannon Ford?
Kristin Cavallari finds herself in this predicament in this clip from Sunday's all-new Very Cavallari. Despite being "really good at her job," it appears the Uncommon James employee is struggling to live up to expectations.
"Couple things…One is, have you checked Twitter or Pinterest?" The Hills alum asks her store manager Brittainy Taylor.
"Pinterest she put up the line, Twitter has been nothing," Kristin's right hand stoically reveals.
Understandably, this leaves Kristin visibly frustrated as "ninety percent of our sales come from social media."
"Shannon is, for all intents and purposes, the Uncommon James face—besides Kristin herself," Brittainy explains in a confessional. "She's really witty, she's smart."
"However, Shannon is a very strong personality and it takes a lot to corral her," the former MTV star adds. "I think it's gonna be an uphill battle."
As Kristin is swamped with work related to Uncommon James' expansion, it's up to Brittainy to lay down the law.
"How's like Twitter and all that?" Brittainy awkwardly asks Shannon during a meeting. "Because I've noticed that there hasn't been an update since like December."
"I send all the newsletters to Twitter now," Shannon pointedly defends.
Unimpressed with Shannon's update, Brittainy reminds her coworker that "Twitter should be its own feed of things" as to avoid "brand suicide."
"So I've been doing social media professionally forever," Shannon claps back later to the Very Cavallari cameras. "I'm good at making our social media look different from everyone else's."
The conversation certainly causes tension between the coworkers, as it results in Shannon defending that she is "good at her job" and Brittainy noting that she has a "job to do."
"I want to figure out what the disconnect is and like help get you to the next level," Brittainy concludes.
"I need to know expectations because I cannot read y'alls' minds," Shannon snaps back. "That's genuinely how I feel."
Watch the tense conversation play out in the clip above!
Watch a brand new episode of Very Cavallari Sunday at 10 p.m., only on E!


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Al Hadeel, Al Bandar, Al Raha Beach Abu Dhabi
The latest residential community to complement Al Bandar's suite of existing luxury residences, Al Hadeel sits on the seafront of Al Raha Beach. Redefining waterfront living, Al Hadeel is spectacularly designed, drawing inspiration from its premium address with a majority of homes overlooking the azure open water, Al Hadeel offers a choice of residential units including studios, 1-3 bedroom apartments and even spectacular 3-5 bedroom townhouses and duplexes.
Al Hadeel has urban conveniences on one hand, the serenity of the sea on the other and luxurious interiors at home. Designed with a magnificent view of the waterfront, both the living spaces and bedrooms enjoy large clear façades.
Glass fronted balconies further enhances the panorama with a majority of 3-bedroom apartments and enjoying larger set-back terraces from the water's edge. The open planned living, dining and kitchen serve to embellish the spacious feel while simultaneously enhancing the efficiency of master bedrooms, bathrooms and utility spaces
With attention to detail, homes in Al Hadeel make for a stunning living environment.
Al Hadeel caters to any family structure with a choice of residential units.
1 to 3 bedroom apartments
3 to 5 bedroom townhouses
Jogging paths run along with waterfront promenade that's also dotted with boutique cafés and restaurants. A shaded children's pool and play area can be found at ground level with ample seating for parents. With BBQ nooks nearby, also enjoy elevated views of the waterfront promenade.
Closer to home, an adult infinity pool is situated on the spacious roof terrace on the 10th floor. Surrounded by sunbeds and an adjoining lounge deck with spectacular panoramas, it's the perfect place to unwind, take in the sun, meet friends or just watch the sun set in the horizon.
A state of the art gym exclusively for residents is also located on the same level.
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My Pet's Brace featured in O&P Almanac article on veterinary O&P, September 2012
My Pet's Brace co-founder Jim Alaimo was interviewed for the September 2012 issue of O&P Almanac, for their story "Gone to the Dogs" about the growing interest in veterinary orthotics and prosthetics. Here are a few excerpt from the article, with a link at the bottom to read more.
"With more than 77 million dogs belonging to more than 43 million owners in the United States, dogs and other pets are no longer just companions; they are often considered a beloved member of the American family. Pet owners are willing to go above and beyond to care for their four-legged friends.
"Most O&P professionals spend time working on animals in training and early on in their careers, and many are taught that animals can operate just fine on three legs. While that may be true, it's also true that an existence on three legs ordinarily leads to limited mobility, limb breakdown, and severe pain issues. Over the past decade, further exploration into those issues and the evolution of specialized veterinary care has shown that orthotic and prosthetic solutions can improve the length and quality of life for injured and amputee animals."
"Many pet owners turn to orthotics and prosthetics as a more affordable or feasible alternative to expensive or risky surgeries. While one might think cost is the most noted deterrent keeping an owner from choosing pricey surgery for a pet, according to research by the American Pet Products Association, Americans will spend an estimated $52.87 billion on their pets in 2012, with $13.59 billion going toward medical care. Most often, an owner will turn to O&P because the animal has been deemed unfit for surgery due to its age or a severe medical condition. Ten or 15 years ago, sick and injured pets were often euthanized because no other alternatives were available, but V-OP provides a second chance at life—and a high-quality one at that."
"My Pet's Brace is one of just three businesses in the United States that provides orthotic and prosthetic strictly to animals."
"Orthotic braces are typically fabricated out of lightweight polypropylene, co-polymer, and polyethylene, which are durable, long-lasting, and easy to clean. Carbon graphite or pre-impregnated composites can be used in braces for extremely active dogs or those with weight issues. A typical brace can be provided to a dog with a knee injury for approximately $700; that's a viable option when you consider that surgery could cost upwards of $3,000. V-OP "gives owners and their pets another alternative that they never had before," says Alaimo. Plus, he adds, with surgery there are no guarantees. After the operation, a very active dog could easily blow out that knee again."
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Last year's web chat on a 'Happy Healthy Christmas' is available to view. It featured our accident and emergency matron who answered questions on a whole host of Christmas conundrums – from what to do about food poisoning to treating minor burns and overindulging – and is a useful at-a-glance guide to staying healthy over the festive period.
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Failure and setbacks in any area of life are the most challenging part of anyone's journey. Some people remember this phase later as the darkest phase of their lives, while some smile and thank all the challenges that served as a ladder for them to reach their goals.
Every successful person has a journey to share where they not only talk about their fruitful endeavors but also mention their failures.
Today, TedTalks and so many other discussions around the world are giving life to the right kind of attitude – people are beginning to accept their failures and the dark phases of their lives rather than continue dwelling in a state of victimhood.
All you need to be able to reach out to others engaged to survive their rainy days and become part of the experience-sharing is a dependable internet connection; we have been in the industry for over a decade now and the internet has always been our savior.
No doubt entrepreneurial failure is hard to digest, but failure is an integral part of the business at some level or the other.
If you learn the correct lessons at the right time, failure can come to serve as the foundation of your future success.
Several successful entrepreneurs have witnessed massive failures before manifesting their dreams. Therefore, some people understand disappointments are part of the game and almost a prerequisite for reaching their goal.
If anyone out there is feeling miserable by the thought of failing, they must view the following lessons learned from entrepreneurial disappointments and stand reintroduced to hope and positivity:
1. Redefine Your Vision and Reset the Focus
Answer the below-mentioned questions to help redefine your vision and refocus yourself:
1. What are the central beliefs of your business? Write some regulatory policies that define who you are as a group of individuals. This enables attracting compatible individuals to the business.
2. What is the main area of concentration? Make a report and enlist essentials that help you stay focused on your objectives.
3. Where do you see your business in the next 3 or 5 years? What is your roadmap? Examples of 5-year goals: Reach 25% of the target market, or expand to 2-4 countries. The 5-year aim should be thorough and achievable – one that has the power to encourage you and your workforce until it is achieved.
4. What is the marketing plan? Describe the target audience and how you intend to tell your audience why your business is exceptional.
5. What are the challenges? Pinpoint the possible obstacles that could probably stop you from achieving your objectives, and talk over how you will resolve them.
The world of the internet is tempting and once you have the necessary skills, you will feel the drive to work on multiple tasks and manage more than one business online. People do that.
However, this is not recommended when you are an internet entrepreneur – it is best to focus on one thing and build that first. If you have more than one idea, that can be incorporated or worked on later.
2. Don't Procrastinate
This point is for every one of us – almost – but as an internet entrepreneur, you have to follow the trends and get your ideas out without falling behind.
The digital world is very competitive and keeping up with online trends can be a challenge if you do not stay on your toes nearly always.
What you want today and your plan to execute your strategy may require some tweaking or alteration/modification in some areas tomorrow – simply due to new updates and rapid shifts which tend to occur frequently in the wide world of the internet.
It takes around 6 days to get the domain name registered, an additional 7 days for setting up the blog, a few more days for the design, and another week to write and publish the first blog post. Whether you are an influencer, blogger, vlogger, affiliate marketer, or digital strategist, the scenario is quite similar for all.
If only the internet entrepreneur does not procrastinate – a lot of time and already invested effort can be saved.
3. Get a Mentor
Everyone needs a teacher, rather someone more than just a teacher, more like a real-time guide who we can call a mentor. Most successful people have had mentors along their journey – and you can have more than one too.
Having a mentor certainly pushes you to go that extra mile and accomplish more. It also saves a lot of time, money, and energy because the mentee follows in the footsteps of an expert to achieve something productive.
Having a mentor can actually help avoid possible entrepreneurial failure and in case of failure is encountered, having a mentor can help you out effectively – it motivates you enough to turn that disappointment into a success story that goes on to inspire others undergoing something similar.
The good thing is mentors can be found in all places. We can find them on the internet, digital marketing platforms, or contact them directly through their blog.
Successful people are constantly helping others in their difficult times and always ready to give back to society. Their leadership and expertise can take you farther than you might have originally planned.
4. Choose Your Business Partner Wisely
Start by writing the names and traits of all the people you relished working with some time ago and all the skills that you admired in them.
Moreover, jot down technical or managerial skills as well as other qualities needed to run your business. For an online business, the core requirements differ from a conventional job. You might want your partner to look after the business and clients in your absence too.
Question yourself about your business needs, look at what your strength is, and where you need someone to assist you, and think of who can you partner with.
Don't be too quick to decide while selecting a co-founder or a team. Observe that person for a while before you pledge, make an offer, analyze the terms after the meeting(s) and then sign the papers.
5. Success Means Keeping Yourself Motivated
Entrepreneurship can be an emotional ride for some.
One day you may feel like you have an incredible idea, and the next day you could find yourself questioning the practicality and sustainability of that idea, and whether or not the entrepreneur lifestyle is for you.
Motivation is similar to any other assertive habit; we have to train ourselves daily, to keep going, and eventually stop waiting for external motivation.
The most popular practice is to listen to positive talks on podcasts or read something motivational daily. YouTube and Instagram are flooded with motivational content. Just google it when you need inspiration.
Exercise, eat healthily, feed your mind positivity, and meditate to clear the mind. Write down the goals and display them next to your monitor screen or somewhere you can see frequently.
6. Success Is Built on Failure
Failure is without a doubt disheartening and distressing, but not entirely bad.
If it teaches a fruitful lesson or helps you take away something valuable, entrepreneurial failure can come to serve as the foundation for a successful endeavor.
Becoming a successful internet entrepreneur usually doesn't cost an arm and a leg like any other traditional business. Some jobs can be done online and others that can be outsourced. Work smart and figure out what can be added or subtracted from the previous plan.
Focus on a positive approach, where you learn from your errors, and call upon your willpower to chase your business objectives – the essence of how anyone can get over failures or rough patches.
7. The Stability of Your Career Is Under Your Control
Some people are scared of going the entrepreneur direction due to the lack of stability and security associated with that. The repercussions are however somewhat manageable for internet entrepreneurs compared to those in conventional business.
Wise and calculated decisions save from failure in any field though. Doing something someone is passionate about outside the boundaries of a conventional job can be a source of great confidence. As an internet entrepreneur, you will control the inflow of work.
Entrepreneurs working online manage both advertising and customer satisfaction; they can change calculations and contributions to match supply and demand within the industry. They will be the ones to guarantee their achievement.


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1950s Volume 5 - Sunny Side Up
1950s Volume 5 - Sunny Side Up
1 Sunny Side Up (De Sylva, Brown, Henderson – arr. Robert Farnon)
2 Las Vegas (Bert Kaempfert)
BERT KAEMPFERT AND HIS ORCHESTRA ('BOB PARKER' on record label)
3 Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White (Luis Gugliemi, Jacques Larue, David Mack –
arr. John Gregory, real name Giovanni Gregori)
4 Baffi (Nino Ravasini)
5 Clown On The Eiffel Tower (Jacques Strop, Dany Michel)
6 My Friend Elizabeth (Robert Katscher)
7 Toot Sweet (Ira Lee)
8 Red Cloak (Ron Goodwin)
9 Bumps-a-Daisy (George Siravo)
10 The Telegraph Operator And The Chorus Girl (Bernie Wayne, real name Bernard Weitzner)
11 Pizzicato Waltz (Georges Boulanger)
12 Easy On The Eyes (Marvin M. Wright)
13 Vuelve (Noro Morales, arr. Laurie Johnson)
AMBROSE AND HIS ORCHESTRA WITH STRINGS Conducted by LAURIE
14 Madame Pompadour (Jack Say, real name Jacques Ysaye)
15 Starlight (Angela Morley)
DANISH STATE RADIO ORCHESTRA Conducted by ROBERT FARNON
16 Party Dress (Tony Tamburello, arr. Bruce Campbell)
TELECAST ORCHESTRA Conducted by ELLIOTT MAYES
17 Mischievous Mac (Ronald Binge)
18 Holiday On The Road (Peter (Gabriel Philippe) Pares, Roger Roger)
19 Lido Fashion Parade (Len Stevens)
20 Flat Spin (Cyril Watters)
21 Fairy Coach (Ernest Tomlinson)
22 Practical Joker (Van Phillips)
STUTTGART RADIO ORCHESTRA Conducted by KURT REHFELD
23 Bel Air (Frank Sterling, real name Dennis Berry)
London Transport Suite (Sidney Torch)
24 The Hansom Cab
25 Rosie The Red Omnibus
26 5.52 From Victorloo
DANISH STATE RADIO ORCHESTRA Conducted by ROBERT FARNON
27 My Last Love (Lewis, Cochrane)
28 Prairie Duster (Mahlon Merrick)
29 Orange (Nelson Riddle)
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Conducted by FRANK SINATRA
30 Dance Of Fury (Nacio Herb Brown)
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The human brain is – quite simply – amazing. Described in one dictionary as being a "convoluted nervous tissue in (the) skull of vertebrates", it is capable of a seemingly endless stream of thoughts and actions, and older people will often claim that experiences from previous decades are still locked in, just waiting for something to release them once again. Music can often trigger memories previously believed to be long forgotten, and some of the tracks in this collection may well provoke a glow of recognition among those hearing them for the second time around.
This selection has been chosen with the aim of recalling the cheerful, bright and breezy style of music that – over fifty years later – our memories tell us seemed prevalent in the 1950s. Typically the entertainment profession at the time was trying to provide an antidote to the post-war misery and austerity that was still afflicting so many countries. Listening to these happy sounds one can be forgiven for forgetting that the early 1950s witnessed rationing and shortages of most luxury items, while the later years in the decade were overshadowed by the threat of global nuclear war. They were hardly the happiest of times to be alive, but you will find plenty of clues to suggest otherwise as you listen to this CD!
The title track Sunny Side Up sets the tone admirably, with a Robert Farnon (1917-2005) arrangement that was chosen as the play-out music for many of Kenneth Horne's shows on the BBC Light Programme. Usually only the first few bars were heard by listeners at home, which was a pity because this is a fine example of the way in which a full concert orchestra can be made to swing like a dance band. Farnon had learned this technique during his period as conductor of the Canadian Band of the Allied Expeditionary Forces in World War Two, and it was to be the kind of orchestration that would add such a tremendous backing to Tony Bennett when the two of them worked together on radio, television, records and in the concert hall in later years.
Bert Kaempfert (who was born Berthold Heinrich Kämpfert, 1923-1980) became one of Germany's most famous musicians on the international stage from the 1960s onwards. He could play the accordion, clarinet, piano and saxophone, but more importantly he was also a gifted composer and arranger. Working as a producer at Polydor in Hamburg he was ideally placed to promote his talents, but before his career really took off he was obliged to look after many of the label's top singers. Under the pseudonym 'Bob Parker' he made several orchestral records of his own compositions, and Las Vegas revealed that he was the equal of many writers working in a similar fashion in Europe and the USA at that time. As his career progressed he tended to move away from light music and achieved considerable success with an easy listening style that inclined towards jazz and often relied upon a rhythmic beat described in Germany as 'knackbass' (crackling bass).
Johnny Gregory (born Giovanni Gregori in London, 1924) is best known as a prolific arranger and conductor who worked for various British labels including Philips where his contract lasted for over 20 years. He is also a composer and has written the music for some 27 films, scored over 500 compositions and made numerous records which span the broad scope from light music to Latin American and Oriental. In 1976 he received an Ivor Novello Award for Introduction and Air to a Stained Glass Window and is generally recognised as one of the best orchestral and string ensemble composer/arrangers. His greatest international fame came from his many recordings of Latin American music as 'Chaquito'. In this collection he appears early in his career as the arranger of Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White for an album featuring Cyril Ornadel and his Orchestra for World Record Club before it was taken over by EMI. When first launched, it offered a cheap alternative to the major labels, and kept its costs low by selling its LPs in standard plastic sleeves with no individual covers.
Cyril Ornadel (b. 1924) rose to prominence in Britain during the 1950s, largely due to his weekly appearances conducting the orchestra for the popular television series "Sunday Night at the London Palladium". He was MD for numerous top musicals in London's West End, and his composing credits include the hit show "Pickwick" and the song Portrait of my Love which gave Matt Monro an international hit.
Franck Pourcel (1913-2000) was one of the leading light orchestra leaders in France, and thanks to his collaboration with Paul Mauriat (1925-2006) he became internationally famous with the song I Will Follow Him. Although some of Pourcel's recordings can be categorised as light music (and Clown On The Eiffel Tower is certainly one example), he later tended to veer towards jazz and rock following the pattern of some of his contemporaries. With hindsight one can ask which kind of audience he was really trying to attract, but his career flourished (he is said to have recorded over 2,000 songs) and he was held in the highest esteem in his own country.
The Synchro-Fox mood music library issued its first British mood music 78s in 1957, and we feature two of the early ones. Easy On The Eyes is by Marvin M. Wright whose credits include cues for the American TV series "Felony Squad" (1966-1969). The other title from Synchro-Fox brings us a typical Roger Roger (1911-1995) composition Holiday On The Road (Peter Pares is credited as co-composer) which sounds like it may have been recorded in Roger's own studio in Paris.
Cyril Watters (1907-1984) was highly respected within the music profession and, although from 1953 to 1961 he was chief arranger with Boosey & Hawkes, he often contributed to the recorded music libraries of many of the top London music publishers. One of his greatest successes was the wistful Willow Waltz (chosen as the theme for the television series "The World of Tim Frazer" in 1960) but he was equally at home with brighter, up-tempo numbers such as Flat Spin on this CD. For several years during the 1960s he guided The Light Music Society through a difficult period when broadcasters and record companies seemed to be turning their backs on the genre, but his quiet persuasion undoubtedly benefited many of his colleagues. He was a true gentleman, in every good sense of the word, and was widely admired by his friends and colleagues for his personal qualities, as well as his tuneful music.
Ernest Tomlinson(b.1924) is one of Britain's most talented composers, working mainly in light music, but also highly regarded for his choral works and brass band pieces. During a very productive career, he has contributed numerous titles to the recorded music libraries of many different publishers, often under the pseudonym 'Alan Perry'. One of his best-known numbers is Little Serenade, which he developed from a theme he wrote as incidental music for a BBC radio production "The Story of Cinderella" in 1955, and another piece from the same source is Fairy Coach on this CD. His suites of English Folk Dances have also become part of the standard light music repertoire. In recent years Ernest has worked hard to preserve thousands of music manuscripts that would otherwise have been destroyed, and he is the present Chairman of the Light Music Society.
The American Van Phillips (1905-1992) was a talented man whose achievements covered a wide variety of activities. He was brought to London by Carroll Gibbons (1903-1954) in 1925 to play saxophone in the Savoy Havana Band. A few years later he was a recording studio manager at Columbia Records, working with the bands of Jack Payne, Billy Cotton, Ambrose and Henry Hall. He also made 78s under his own name which were highly praised for their innovative arrangements and musicianship. His career soon involved West End shows ("Bow Bells" was his first musical show orchestration in 1931), and British films also used his skills – "Contraband" in 1934 was his first full score, to be followed by work for Richard Tauber and Jack Buchanan, among others. BBC broadcasts and a 39-week series for Radio Luxembourg further enhanced his public profile, and in the 1950s he composed the distinctive music for the landmark BBC Light Programme radio series "Journey Into Space". Phillips' contribution to this CD is his composition Practical Joker, which he wrote for the newly-launched Impress Mood Music Library in 1956. Comments at the time pointed to the similarity with well known works by Robert Farnon and Angela Morley (when she was working as Wally Stott), but no doubt this was at the insistence of the label's manager. Other works revealed his own particular style, which soon became recognisable to light music admirers. In later life his hobby of travel photography took over his life completely, and his 1966 "Traveller's Book of Photography" sold over 150,000 copies. He remained active in this field until 1987, when he finally retired from his travels at the age of 82.
Mahlon LeGrande Merrick (1900-1969) began his musical career as a saxophone player, but eventually he concentrated on working in radio, films and especially television. He was associated with a number of popular television series notably "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" and "The Jack Benny Program", remaining the musical director for the popular comedian for thirty years. A versatile composer, a number of his works appear under the pseudonym 'Gene LeGrande', and his best-known piece Look Sharp Be Sharp - also known as the Gillette Look Sharp March (played by the Boston 'Pops' Orchestra) is on Guild GLCD 5135. Prairie Duster comes from an album called "Seven Winds" he recorded for the small US label Urania in the mid-1950s.
In the summer of 1956 Frank Sinatra (1915-1998) conducted an album of orchestral music to celebrate the opening of the new Capitol Records Tower in Hollywood, supposedly built to resemble a stack of records. Critics have observed that by this time Sinatra will have regarded that his comeback was secure, thanks to his best-selling albums and critically acclaimed films. Like many creative artists before him, he wanted to do something completely different, so he engaged a team of top composers and arrangers to create short works based on poems by his radio scriptwriter, Norman Sickel. The poems were all about different colours, so the album was appropriately called "Tone Poems Of Color". Capitol assembled around sixty Hollywood musicians for their star singer, who proceeded to make one of the most unusual recordings of his long career. The line-up included some of Sinatra's well known arranger/conductors such as Nelson Riddle, Billy May, and Gordon Jenkins, as well as iconic figures like Elmer Bernstein and Andre Previn. Photos taken at the sessions reveal that Nelson Riddle was on hand (at least part of the time) in case he was needed, but seemingly Sinatra managed to cope although the resulting LP was hardly among the top ten favourites of his loyal fans, and it remained out of the catalogues for many years. The piece selected this time is Orange by Nelson Riddle (1921-1985) who was a trombonist during his early career, which could explain why that particular instrument was featured in some of his most inventive arrangements for Frank Sinatra. Riddle's scores also enhanced the recording careers of many top stars, from Nat 'King' Cole and Dean Martin to Judy Garland and Peggy Lee. He made a few instrumental albums on his own, but one is left with the impression that he could have achieved more in this area, had he not been so successful accompanying the finest singers around.
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Sorry I haven't written for a few days. I was on a much needed holiday with family who are visiting from the States. They invited us to join them, and their 3 children, to watch mother turtles bury their eggs in the sandy beaches of Ostinal, Costa Rica.
It was a fascinating experience for all of us! I assumed it would be a late night experience, but because the sun sets at 6 p.m. in Costa Rica, our 8:30 p.m. appointment was very enjoyable.
I think watching the mother turtle prepare her nest with a "thump, thump," as hard as she could pack the sand down upon her eggs, and then a slosh of the sand beneath her belly to camouflage the sand to look normal, was my favorite part. My kids enjoyed watching the mother return to the sea.
The next day, after having a blast at the beach making sand castles, taking family photos of our visitors, and just enjoying the amazingly peaceful day. . .
We came upon an early arrival to the beach. It was 2 hours before the mama turtles normally start to arrive, so we were surprised to see her and 3 others on the beach. We watched this turtle make a u-turn, out and back into the sea, but I loved that my kids got to see a turtle up close during the day. It brought everything together for us!
But this morning I woke up feeling exhausted! I had a headache in the mid-early morning and had to drink a full blender bottle full of water and rest sitting up for 30 minutes before I could lay down again and finish my needed sleep.
I have been on a bland, no dairy, no grain, low fiber diet for over 10 days now. Each time I tried to eat a cracker or pita bread or even plain rice cakes, I got sick almost immediately. It will be interesting to learn "why" this is happening to me, as well as why my body could only eat these specific foods once a day: a banana, an avocado, 1 hard boiled egg, 1 mug of hot gelatin from white cranberry juice, a bowl of instant potato chicken broth slurry, an aloe vera drink, cold coconut water (pipa fría), and LOTS of water? That's been my diet since a week ago Sunday. No wonder I am SO tired!
But I'm happy tired! 😊
I'm grateful for the strength I have been graced to endure these last 10 days. I am grateful for the opportunity to discover what is ailing me through modern medicine and a compassionate doctor.
I am also very grateful for 3 days of distractions before I venture into the unknown. So now, with only laxative mixed with juice and clear chicken broth to see me through the night, I'm off to see what cleaning my body brings. I started to drink this stuff at 5:45. I have had a "glass" once every 30 minutes, but so far nothing has happened. I do have grumbly movements and urges but nothing so far.
My Lubie Dubie 5 years ago. She was my snuggle partner every afternoon before I picked up the other kiddos from private school. I relish those days with her!
Did I mention that today also happens to be this munchkin's birthday!!! What a cutie pie! I hope she had a fun day?!? We had breakfast crepes for dinner last night with our visiting family (well, I didn't. I only prepared them). Then today, we took a ferry part way home from our field trip to see the turtles. I hope she has magical memories about this birthday!
It also happens to be our 5 year anniversary of moving to Costa Rica. We chose Curly Cook's birthday on purpose so that we could easily remember this date! This was us, 5 years ago, flying on her birthday.
Today, 5 years later, we are still here. That was never part of my plan, but life has a way of taking us places we never thought we would go.
Well, it's seems things are starting to work, so I'm going to go. I hope to fill you in tomorrow on what tomorrow brought.
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Ever wondered what goes on in the minds of the fashion industry's best experts? You're about to find out! Over the next few months, I'll be chatting all things fashion and beauty with some of the brightest minds in the industry. Up today? Dana Avidan Cohn, InStyle's Senior Market Editor.
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If I could, I would be tan all year round. I have an olive complexion and it looks the best in the summer. To keep that look up in the fall, I use a bronzer every day, and Giorgio Armani's 'Bronze' Palette is so natural looking.
I am really into a natural look and this nude lip from Dior gives just the right amount of tint.
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DAC: I love the simplicity of a well-fitted white shirt, actually. To make it feel new and modern, I would button the shirt to the top, tuck it into a patterned or textured skirt, and wear it with brogues. Or for a more relaxed look, I would open the collar, add a fun necklace and pair it with tailored boyfriend jeans and a colorful pump.
SK: Who's your celeb fashion crush?
DAC: Melanie Laurent, Alexa Chung, Emma Stone and Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are women I always look at.
SK: What's the best fashion tip you've picked up on the job?
DAC: Trust your instincts — if you don't feel good in something, don't wear it.
SK: What fall fashion trend are you most excited to work?
DAC: I am really into all the leather pieces in the market right now. My closet is starting to look like a biker bar.
SK: What's your bargain fashion guilty pleasure?
DAC: I love going into Opening Ceremony in SoHo for sneakers. They always have a really eclectic mix that is under $100. Also, Zara for everything else.
SK: Fashion Week is coming up! Whose show are you most excited to see?
DAC: I cover New York and London, so from those: 3.1 Phillip Lim, Altuzarra, SUNO, Christopher Kane and Burberry. From afar I will be admiring Chloe, Celine, Carven, and Stella!
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A fully comprehensive text for courses in electrical principles, circuit theory, and electrical technology, providing 800 worked examples and over 1000 further problems for students to work through at their own pace. This book is ideal for students studying engineering for the first time as part of BTEC National and other pre-degree vocational courses (especially where progression to higher levels of study is likely), as well as Higher Nationals, Foundation Degrees and first year undergraduate modules.Now in its third edition, this best-selling textbook has been updated with developments in key areas such as semiconductors, transistors, and fuel cells, along with brand new material on ABCD parameters and Fourier's Analysis. Greater emphasis is placed on real-world situations in order to ensure the reader can relate the theory to actual engineering practice. In addition, the text has been restructured throughout so that 175 Exercises now appear at regular intervals, which the student can work through to test their learning of essential concepts and check their progress.* New edition brought fully up to date with developments in key areas such as semiconductors, transistors, and fuel cells, containing brand new material on ABCD parameters and Fourier's Analysis.* Real-world examples maximise relevance to actual engineering practice for the student reader* Extensive Solutions Manual now available online (700 worked solutions)
Contents:PrefacePart 1 Basic electrical engineering principles 1 Units associated with basic electrical quantities 1.1 SI units 1.2 Charge 1.3 Force 1.4 Work 1.5 Power 1.6 Electrical potential and e.m.f. 1.7 Resistance and conductance 1.8 Electrical power and energy 1.9 Summary of terms, units and their symbols 2 An introduction to electric circuits 2.1 Standard symbols for electrical components 2.2 Electric current and quantity of electricity 2.3 Potential difference and resistance 2.4 Basic electrical measuring instruments 2.5 Linear and non-linear devices 2.6 Ohm's law 2.7 Multiples and sub-multiples 2.8 Conductors and insulators 2.9 Electrical power and energy 2.10 Main effects of electric current 2.11 Fuses 2.12 Insulation and the dangers of constant high current flow 3 Resistance v ariation 3.1 Resistor construction 3.2 Resistance and resistivity 3.3 Temperature coefficient of resistance 3.4 Resistor colour coding and ohmic values 4 Batteries and alternativ e sources of energy 4.1 Introduction to batteries 4.2 Some chemical effects of electricity 4.3 The simple cell 4.4 Corrosion 4.5 E.m.f. and internal resistance of a cell 4.6 Primary cells 4.7 Secondary cells 4.8 Cell capacity 4.9 Safe disposal of batteries 4.10 Fuel cells 4.11 Alternative and renewable energy sources Revision Test 1 5 Series and parallel networks 5.1 Series circuits 5.2 Potential divider 5.3 Parallel networks 5.4 Current division 5.5 Loading effect 5.6 Potentiometers and rheostats 5.7 Relative and absolute voltages 5.8 Earth potential and short circuits 5.9 Wiring lamps in series and in parallel 6 Capacitors and capacitance 6.1 Introduction to capacitors 6.2 Electrostatic field 6.3 Electric field strength 6.4 Capacitance 6.5 Capacitors 6.6 Electric flux density 6.7 Permittivity 6.8 The parallel plate capacitor 6.9 Capacitors connected in parallel and series 6.10 Dielectric strength 6.11 Energy stored 6.12 Practical types of capacitor 6.13 Discharging capacitors 7 Magnetic circuits 7.1 Introduction to magnetism and magnetic circuits 7.2 Magnetic fields 7.3 Magnetic flux and flux density 7.4 Magnetomotive force and magnetic field strength 7.5 Permeability and B-H curves 7.6 Reluctance 7.7 Composite series magnetic circuits 7.8 Comparison between electrical and magnetic quantities 7.9 Hysteresis and hysteresis loss Revision Test 2 8 Electromagnetism 8.1 Magnetic field due to an electric current 8.2 Electromagnets 8.3 Force on a current-carrying conductor 8.4 Principle of operation of a simple dc. motor 8.5 Principle of operation of a moving coil-instrument 8.6 Force on a charge 9 Electromagnetic induction 9.1 Introduction to electromagnetic induction 9.2 Laws of electromagnetic induction 9.3 Rotation of a loop in a magnetic field 9.4 Inductance 9.5 Inductors 9.6 Energy stored 9.7 Inductance of a coil 9.8 Mutual inductance 10 Electrical measuring instruments and measurements 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Analogue instruments 10.3 Moving-iron instrument 10.4 The moving-coil rectifier instrument 10.5 Comparison of moving-coil, moving-iron and moving-coil rectifier instruments 10.6 Shunts and multipliers 10.7 Electronic instruments 10.8 The ohm meter 10.9 Multimeters 10.10 Wattmeters 10.11 Instrument'loading'effect 10.12 The oscilloscope 10.13 Virtual test and measuring instruments 10.14 Virtual digital storage oscilloscopes 10.15 Waveform harmonics 10.16 Logarithmic ratios 10.17 Null method of measurement 10.18 Wheatstone bridge 10.19 D.C. potentiometer 10.20 A.C. bridges 10.21 Measurementerrors 11 Semiconductor diodes 11.1 Types of material 11.2 Semiconductor materials 11.3 Conduction in semiconductor materials 11.4 The p-n junction 11.5 Forward and reverse bias 11.6 Semiconductor diodes 11.7 Characteristics and maximum ratings 11.8 Rectification 11.9 Zener diodes 11.10 Silicon controlled rectifiers 11.11 Light emitting diodes 11.12 Varactor diodes 11.13 Schottky diodes 12 Transistors 12.1 Transistor classification 12.2 Bipolar junction transistors (BJT) 12.3 Transistor action 12.4 Leakage current 12.5 Bias and current flow 12.6 Transistor operating configurations 12.7 Bipolar transistor characteristics 12.8 Transistor parameters 12.9 Current gain 12.10 Typical BJT characteristics and maximum ratings 12.11 Field eftect transistors 12.12 Field efiect transistor characteristics 12.13 Typical FET characteristics and maximum ratings 12.14 Transistor amplifiers 12.15 Load lines Revision Test 3 Main formulae for Part 1 Part 2 Electrical principles and technology 13 D.c. circuit theory 13.1 Introduction 13.2 Kirchhoff's laws 13.3 The superposition theorem 13.4 General d.c. circuit theory 13.5 Theven in's theorem 13.6 Constant-current source 13.7 Norton's theorem 13.8 Thevenin and Norton equivalent networks 13.9 Maximum power transfer theorem 14 Alternating voltages and currents 14.1 Introduction 14.2 The a.c. generator 14.3 Waveforms 14.4 A.c. values 14.5 Electrical safety - insulation and fuses 14.6 The equation of a sinusoidal waveform 14.7 Combination of waveforms 14.8 Rectification 14.9 Smoothing of the rectified output waveform Revision Test 4 15 Single-phase series a.c. circuits 15.1 Purely resistive a.c. circuit 15.2 Purely inductive a.c. circuit 15.3 Purely capacitive a.c. circuit 15.4 R-L series a.c. circuit 15.5 R-C series a.c. circuit 15.6 R-L-C series a.c. circuit 15.7 Series resonance 15.8 Q-factor 15.9 Bandwidth and selectivity 15.10 Power in a.c. circuits 15.11 Power triangle and power factor 16 Single-phase parallel a.c. circuits 16.1 Introduction 16.2 R-L parallel a.c. circuit 16.3 R-C parallel a.c. circuit 16.4 L-C parallel a.c. circuit 16.5 LR-C parallel a.c. circuit 16.6 Parallel resonance and Q-factor 16.7 Power factor improvement 17 D.c. transients 17.1 Introduction 17.2 Charging a capacitor 17.3 Time constant for a C-R circuit 17.4 Transient curves for a C-R circuit 17.5 Discharging a capacitor 17.6 Camera flash 17.7 Current growth in an L-R circuit 17.8 Time constant for an L-R circuit 17.9 Transient curves for an L-R circuit 17.10 Current decay in an L-R circuit 17.11 Switching inductive circuits 17.12 The effect of time constant on a rectangular waveform 18 Operational amplifiers 18.1 Introduction to operational amplifiers 18.2 Some op amp parameters 18.3 Op amp inverting amplifier 18.4 Op amp non-inverting amplifier 18.5 Op amp voltage-follower 18.6 Op amp summing amplifier 18.7 Op amp voltage comparator 18.8 Op amp integrator 18.9 Op amp differential amplifier 18.10 Digital to analogue (D/A) conversion 18.11 Analogue to digital (A/D) conversion Revision Test 5 19 Three-phase systems 19.1 Introduction 19.2 Three-phase supply 19.3 Star connection 19.4 Delta connection 19.5 Power in three-phase systems 19.6 Measurement of power in three-phase systems 19.7 Comparison of star and delta connections 19.8 Advantages of three-phase systems 20 Transformers 20.1 Introduction 20.2 Transformer principle of operation 20.3 Transformer no-load phasor diagram 20.4 E.m.f. equation of a transformer 20.5 Transformer on-load phasor diagram 20.6 Transformer construction 20.7 Equivalent circuit of a transformer 20.8 Regulation of a transformer 20.9 Transformer losses and efficiency 20.10 Resistance matching 20.11 Auto transformers 20.12 Isolating transformers 20.13 Three-phase transformers 20.14 Current transformers 20.15 Voltage transformers Revision Test 6 21 D.c. machines 21.1 Introduction 21.2 The action of a commutator 21.3 D.c. machine construction 21.4 Shunt, series and compound windings 21.5 E.m.f. generated in an armature winding 21.6 D.c. generators 21.7 Types of d.c. generator and their characteristics 21.8 D.c. machine losses 21.9 Efficiency of a d.c. generator 21.10 D.c. motors 21.11 Torque of a d.c. machine 21.12 Types of d.c. motor and their characteristics 21.13 The efficiency of a d.c. motor 21.14 D.c. motor starter 21.15 Speed control of d.c. motors 21.16 Motor cooling 22 Three-phase induction motors 22.1 Introduction 22.2 Production of a rotating magnetic field 22.3 Synchronous speed 22.4 Construction of a three-phase induction motor 22.5 Principle of operation of a three-phase induction motor 22.6 Slip 22.7 Rotor e.m.f. and frequency 22.8 Rotor impedance and current 22.9 Rotor copper loss 22.10 Induction motor losses and efficiency 22.11 Torque equation for an induction motor 22.12 Induction motor torque-speed characteristics 22.13 Starting methods for induction motors 22.14 Advantages of squirrel-cage induction motors 22.15 Advantages of wound rotor induction motor 22.16 Double cage induction motor 22.17 Uses of three-phase induction motors Revision Test 7 Main formulae for Part 2 Part 3 Advanced circuit theory and technology 23 Rev ision of complex numbers 23.1 Introduction 23.2 Operations involving Cartesian complex numbers 23.3 Complex equations 23.4 The polar form of a complex number 23.5 Multiplication and division using complex numbers in polar form 23.6 De Moivre's theorem — powers and roots of complex numbers 24 Application of complex numbers to series a.c. circuits 24.1 Introduction 24.2 Series a.c. circuits 24.3 Further worked problems on series a.c. circuits 25 Application of complex numbers to parallel a.c. networks 25.1 Introduction 25.2 Admittance, conductance and susceptance 25.3 Parallel a.c. networks 25.4 Further worked problems on parallel a.c. networks 26 Power in a.c. circuits 26.1 Introduction 26.2 Determination of power in a.c. circuits 26.3 Power triangle and power factor 26.4 Use of complex numbers for determination of power 26.5 Power factor improvement Revision Test 8 27 A.c. bridges 27.1 Introduction 27.2 Balance conditions for an a.c. bridge 27.3 Types of a.c. bridge circuit 27.4 Worked problems on a.c. bridges 28 Series resonance and Q-factor 28.1 Introduction 28.2 Series resonance 28.3 Q-factor 28.4 Voltage magnification 28.5 Q-factors in series 28.6 Bandwidth 28.7 Small deviations from the resonant frequency 29 Parallel resonance and Q-factor 29.1 Introduction 29.2 The LR-C parallel network 29.3 Dynamic resistance 29.4 The LR-CR parallel network 29.5 Q-factor in a parallel network 29.6 Further worked problems on parallel resonance and Q-factor Revision Test 9 30 Introduction to network analysis 30.1 Introduction 30.2 Solution of simultaneous equations using determinants 30.3 Network analysis using Kirchhoff's laws 31 Mesh-current and nodal analysis 31.1 Mesh-current analysis 31.2 Nodal analysis 32 The superposition theorem 32.1 Introduction 32.2 Using the superposition theorem 32.3 Further worked problems on the superposition theorem 33 Thevenin's and Norton's theorems 33.1 Introduction 33.2 Thevenin's theorem 33.3 Further worked problems on Thevenin's theorem 33.4 Norton's theorem 33.5 Thevenin and Norton equivalent networks Revision Test 10 34 Delta-star and star-delta transformations 34.1 Introduction 34.2 Delta and star connections 34.3 Delta-star transformation 34.4 Star-delta transformation 35 Maximum power transfer theorems and impedance matching 35.1 Maximum power transfer theorems 35.2 Impedance matching Revision Test 11 36 Complex waveforms 36.1 Introduction 36.2 The general equation for a complex waveform 36.3 Harmonic synthesis 36.4 Fourier series of periodic and non-periodic fiinctions 36.5 Even and odd functions and Fourier series over any range 36.6 Rms value, mean value and the form iactor of a complex wave 36.7 Power associated with complex waves 36.8 Harmonics in single-phase circuits 36.9 Further worked problems on harmonics in single-phase circuits 36.10 Resonance due to harmonics 36.11 Sources of harmonics 37 A numerical method of harmonic analysis 37.1 Introduction 37.2 Harmonic analysis on data given in tabular or graphical form 37.3 Complex waveform considerations 38 Magnetic materials 38.1 Revision of terms and units used with magnetic circuits 38.2 Magnetic properties of materials 38.3 Hysteresis and hysteresis loss 38.4 Eddy current loss 38.5 Separation of hysteresis and eddy current losses 38.6 Non-permanent magnetic materials 38.7 Permanent magnetic materials Revision Test 12 39 Dielectrics and dielectric loss 39.1 Electric fields, capacitance and permittivity 39.2 Polarization 39.3 Dielectric strength 39.4 Thermal effects 39.5 Mechanical properties 39.6 Types of practical capacitor 39.7 Liquid dielectrics and gas insulation 39.8 Dielectric loss and loss angle 40 Field theory 40.1 Field plotting by curvilinear squares 40.2 Capacitance between concentric cylinders 40.3 Capacitance of an isolated twin line 40.4 Energy stored in an electric field 40.5 Induced e.m.f. and inductance 40.6 Inductance of a concentric cylinder (or coaxial cable) 40.7 Inductance of an isolated twin line 40.8 Energy stored in an electromagnetic field 41 Attenuators 41.1 Introduction 41.2 Characteristic impedance 41.3 Logarithmic ratios 41.4 Symmetrical T- and n-attenuators 41.5 Insertion loss 41.6 Asymmetrical T- and n -sections 41.7 The L-section attenuator 41.8 Two-port networks in cascade 41.9 ABCD 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Wave reflection and the reflection coefficient 44.8 Standing waves and the standing wave ratio 45 Transients and Laplace transforms 45.1 Introduction 45.2 Response of R-C series circuit to a step input 45.3 Response of R-L series circuit to a step input 45.4 L-R-C series circuit response 45.5 Introduction to Laplace transforms 45.6 Inverse Laplace transforms and the solution of differential equations 45.7 Laplace transform analysis directly from the circuit diagram 45.8 L-R-C series circuit using Laplace transforms 45.9 Initial conditions Revision Test 14 Main formulae for Part 3: Adv anced circuit theory and technologyPart 4 General reference Standard electrical quantities — their symbols and units Greek alphabet Common prefixes Resistor colour coding and ohmic values Index


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Windsor Telecom has announced the launch of its new reseller programme.
The scheme gives inbound resellers access to Windsor's vast portfolio of geographic and non-geographic numbers and online call management solutions. It is the first instalment of the company's new 'Partnerships' brand.
Neil Sherring, chief executive of the firm, said: "Windsor Telecom Partnerships has been in the pipeline for some time and we have now produced a very competitive offering which incorporates the valuable feedback we've obtained from inbound resellers over the last 12 months. One of the most exciting benefits for our resellers is that they can search, reserve and order products for their clients using a simple online platform which they can customise to suit their own brand. This means they'll have complete control over their own orders, from start to finish which we found was a massive priority for them."
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Several resellers have already signed up to the new scheme, including Glasgow-based GTI Telecom.
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With only Republican support, the House of Representatives on Thursday approved a bill to allow businesses to pay working students nearly $4 an hour less than the state's minimum wage, ostensibly to allow more students to find jobs.
House Bill 2523, sponsored by Rep. Travis Grantham, R-Gilbert, allows for full-time students under age 22 who work part-time or for intermittent periods to earn the federal minimum wage, which is $7.25 an hour.
Arizona's hourly minimum wage is $11 this year, and will rise to $12 next year. The state's minimum wage laws were passed by 58% of voters (1.4 million people) in 2016, and therefore changing or undermining them is unconstitutional.
Grantham insists his proposal doesn't conflict with the minimum wage laws, although a House lawyer said it does.
Republicans argued HB2523 would give unemployed youth a foot in the door by giving businesses a reason to hire them. Democrats say it's unconstitutional because it goes against the state's voter-protected minimum wage law, is a "slap in the face" of students and is discriminatory.
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AIDS Drug Antitrust Case on Shaky Ground
SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A federal judge dismissed with leave to amend an AIDS nonprofit's antitrust suit accusing pharmaceutical giant Gilead Sciences and its cronies of blocking a cheap HIV drug from reaching patients.
U.S. District Judge William Alsup gave AIDS Healthcare Foundation an opportunity to amend its monopolization, conspiracy and state law claims, but fully dismissed claims of patent invalidity and a Sherman Act claim that Gilead illegally tied sales of its drug to defendant Janssen Sciences Ireland and Japan Tobacco's drugs.
The foundation's general counsel Arti Bhimani said in an email that the organization would appeal the decision.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation claims Gilead, Japan Tobacco and Janssen Sciences manipulated the Food and Drug Administration's patent system to keep a prodrug of the HIV drug tenofovir, called TAF, off the market as a standalone, generic drug so they could continue profiting off their TAF patents and patents for another prodrug called TDF.
A prodrug is a medicine that is converted into its active form inside the body.
"Pharmaceutical companies should not be permitted to game the patent system to prolong profits at the expense of patient welfare," Bhimani said.
In 2015, Gilead sought FDA approval for three new combination drugs, which were identical to its existing drugs except that they substituted TAF for TDF, after it found that TDF causes bone and kidney toxicity. It then licensed TAF to Japan Tobacco and Janssen for use in combination drugs.
The FDA approved the new combination drugs, Genvoya, Descovy and Odefsey, in 2015 and 2016, and granted Gilead a five-year exclusivity period over TAF products — effectively blocking FDA approval of new generic TAF drugs until 2020.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation says Gilead violated unfair competition laws by waiting until 2011 to conduct clinical trials on TAF despite discovering TAF's safety benefits in 2004, purposely delaying FDA approval and the granting of exclusivity until just before its TDF patents expired. This delayed potential legal challenges to Gilead's TAF patents and forced patients to endure TDF's toxic side effects for longer than they had to, the foundation says.
But Alsup said in his decision that the foundation had failed to explain how that delay amounted to unfair competition.
"Gilead's patents gave it a monopoly over both TDF and TAF. It had no obligation to introduce the improved product at an earlier date," he said.
The foundation had also sought an order declaring five of Gilead's patents on its TAF combination drugs invalid.
In denying that claim, Alsup pointed to the Federal Circuit's finding that generic drug makers must wait to sue for patent invalidity until they can seek FDA approval because "there is significant uncertainty about the nature of any hypothetical product" that might be manufactured far into the future.
Gilead's exclusivity prevents generic drug makers from applying for FDA approval until 2019.
"In our opinion, AIDS Healthcare Foundation's complaint lacked merit and we believe our position has been validated," Gilead public affairs associate director Ryan McKeel said in an email.
Despite his finding, Alsup suggested the courts could reconsider the invalidity claims, but that the foundation would need to overcome significant roadblocks.
"If we were writing on a clean slate, this order would hold that AIDS Healthcare, at least as a purchaser seeking to encourage manufacturers to prepare to make TAF-containing products as soon as Gilead's NCE exclusivity expires, could pursue its invalidity theories in district court as the first step in solving a multilayered problem," Alsup said.
"But the slate isn't clean." The Federal Circuit's interpretation prevents challenges of patents in district court at least until a generic drug manufacturer has neared completion of a product," he said.
The foundation claims that the defendants stifled consumer demand for standalone TAF by tying Gilead's TAF sales to sales of Japan Tobacco's and Janssen's combination drugs. But Alsup countered that market demand for standalone TAF is irrelevant because the FDA prohibits its sale.
"Far from possessing appreciable economic power in the market for standalone TAF, Gilead lacks any power to sell standalone TAF until the FDA approves Gilead's NDA for that drug," he said.
However, Alsup did cite Gilead's timeline in applying for FDA approval of TAF in his discussion of consumer demand for the drug.
"True, Gilead elected not to seek approval of TAF until several months after it released the first combination drug containing TAF, but it had no duty to pursue FDA approval of the standalone version," he said.
The foundation had also accused Gilead of monopolizing the TAF market by combining TAF with other ingredients to protect its "weak" TAF patents from legal challenges.
In an email on Friday, Gilead's McKeel said that "ongoing collaboration with the medical and advocacy communities has always played a key role in helping inform our development programs and decisions."
Gilead is represented by Gary Frischling of Irell & Manella in Los Angeles. Japan Tobacco is represented by Charles Coleman of Holland & Knight in San Francisco. Janssen is represented by William Cavanaugh of Patterson Belknap in New York.
AIDS Healthcare Foundation is represented by staff attorney Liza Brereton in Los Angeles and by Dorian Berger, also in Los Angeles.


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Ashland School District No. 5, Jackson County, Oregon - The Board of Directors met in a work session on May 24, 2004, at 7:00 p.m. at the Ashland Middle School Library. Present were:
Amy Amrhein ) Chair
Chuck Keil )
Heidi Parker ) Board Members
Ellie Thivierge)
Juli Di Chiro, Superintendent
Jeanne Peterson, Executive Secretary
I. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 7:05 a.m. by Chair Amrhein.
II. Roll Check
A roll of the board was taken and all members were present with the exception of Director Littleton.
III. Review Ashland Quality Education Model
Juli Di Chiro reviewed enrollment projects, the districts 50 year facility study, maintenance evaluations of each elementary school site, and aerial photos of the school sites. She asked how the district should maintain current programs with declining enrollment, and what should the district do with its extra land.
Some suggestions made by community member included:
Lease all five elementary school playgrounds to the Parks and Recreation Department for five years through a city levy.
The school district should point out to the City the connection that parents and students are paying the price for lack of affordable housing.
If the district leans toward development of extra land, focus on family friendly housing rather than affordable housing.
Bring the privately schooled kids back into the school district.
When the district surveys the community, be sure to include people who live in the district but have their children attending schools outside the district.
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There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 9:07 p.m.
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A military unit commanded by one of Muammar Gaddafi's sons appears to have been responsible for the summary execution of dozens of detainees in a warehouse near Tripoli last week, a human rights organisation said on Monday.
Three days later the warehouse, which had been used as a prison, was set on fire but the cause was unknown, Human Rights Watch said.
Since the fall of Gaddafi just over a week ago, evidence has emerged of numerous killings. Dozens of bodies, some from Gaddafi's troops and others of detainees held by the ousted government, have been discovered in the Libyan capital.
Human Rights Watch said it inspected the charred skeletal remains of about 45 bodies, still smouldering, on Saturday. The remains were spread throughout the warehouse in the Khalida Ferjan neighbourhood in Salahaddin, south of Tripoli, adjoining the Yarmouk military base.
At least two more corpses were lying outside, unburned.
A statement from Human Rights Watch said members of the Khamis Brigade, a force commanded by Muammar Gaddafi's son Khamis, appeared to have carried out the killings on Aug. 23.
"Sadly this is not the first gruesome report of what appears to be the summary execution of detainees in the final days of the Gaddafi government's control of Tripoli," said Sarah Leah Whitson, Middle East and North Africa director at Human Rights Watch.
"These merciless murders took place in the midst of Ramadan and those responsible should be brought to justice and punished."
Human Rights Watch said it had been told by a survivor that guards at the warehouse read out 153 names of detainees in the roll call on the day of the killings.
He estimated that 20 escaped and around 125 of the 153 detainees were civilians.
One building in the compound had spray-painted on it "32nd Brigade", which is part of the Khamis Brigades.
The survivor, Abdulrahim Ibrahim Bashir, 25, said at sunset on Aug. 23 guards of the Khamis Brigade opened fire on him and the other detainees from the roof, shooting through the roof's tin sheeting, while another guard threw grenades in from the entrance. He survived by escaping over a wall while the guards were reloading their weapons.
Bashir said Khamis Brigade members had held him in the warehouse for three months after accusing him of being "one of the revolutionaries".
Bashir told Human Rights Watch: "Four soldiers climbed on the top of the warehouse, and another soldier opened the door. They started shooting at us through the roof. It was made of sheet metal. The guy at the door was throwing in grenades.
"I saw bullets and heard people saying Allahu Akbar, and that's all. I saw (eight people) fall down. When (the guards) were refilling their ammunition, I ran out the door and jumped over the wall. I was not wounded ... They just shot and killed us. After I escaped, I saw one of the soldiers finish off anyone who was wounded lightly."
Bashir said one of those killed had died in his arms.
Human Rights Watch said it was told by a rebel fighter that he and his military unit had found the smouldering warehouse when they seized the Yarmouk military base on Aug. 26.
He was quoted as saying that as his unit entered the base around noon, they went looking around.
"We smelled it," he said.
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