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The Angel of Death by Blair Babylon
Rhiannon drew herself up to her full five feet plus two whole inches, lifted her pudgy chin and nose in the air, and walked into the conference room.
Inside, a black-suited security team stood behind five men sitting at a conference table. The seated guys looked like a staff meeting on Olympus: like the platinum-blond Sun God Apollo shone brilliant in his beauty beside radiant Eros, God of Love, who slept beside the seductive devil, black-haired Thanatos, who was the deification of Death, and two more blazingly beautiful demi-gods.
Rhiannon stopped hard, nearly catching her high heels on the carpeting.
Oh my God.
Those guys had been on the cover of last month's Rolling Stone—all shirtless in the cover photo because they were beyond ripped, they were frickin' shredded— because they had released two indie, MP3-only albums that had gone platinum.
The article's headline was War Breaks Out over Killer Valentine because three major-label recording companies had launched a vicious bidding war for their next work.
Holy cow.
Well, she wouldn't have to worry about anyone looking at her on the stage.
Brand-new New Adult Rock Star Romance from USA Today-Bestselling Author Blair Babylon!
Music is a bitch mistress.
When Rhiannon is hired as a back-up singer for Killer Valentine, the hottest breakout rock band on the planet, her contract includes an iron-clad no-fraternization clause. However, it doesn't take her long to figure out that Killer Valentine is falling apart from the stresses of touring and promotion. The band's manager Jonas Rees, a green-eyed star-maker, is frantically trying to prevent them from self-destructing during their grueling tour and right before their first major-label record deal, but neither Jonas nor Rhiannon can deny the attraction that flares between them.
When the band's problems threaten to derail the tour and Jonas slips and reveals their relationship, the lead singer demands that Rhiannon choose between music and love.
PUBLICATION DATE: September 23rd.
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Wordcount: 800000+ or about 3000 pages
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- Fierce (Clarissa Wild): Hot, brooding college bad-boy Hunter turns out to have more secrets up his sleeve than geeky book-worm Autumn can handle. Too bad for her he doesn't give up the fight easily.
- That First Kiss (J.C. Valentine): Playboy and rising author Tate Larson is focused on his work with no plans of settling down anytime soon… that is, until a chance encounter with Southern beauty Piper Donovan derails all his plans
- Slow Burn (V.J. Chambers): A college junior, in hiding from a corrupt shadow wing of an arms corporation, finds herself saddled with a restrained, no-nonsense bodyguard—who also happens to be jaw-droppingly gorgeous.
- Layers Deep (Lacey Silks): He needs her to save a friend. She needs him to plan her revenge. Their pasts scar them Layers Deep. Their passion distracts them… and distractions can be fatal.
- Learning Curves (Olivia Rigal): Ariane wanted to spice up the life of her cooking school but one of her American students may be hotter than she expected.
- Can't Shake You (Molly McLain): Carissa's gotten herself into a mess with an impromptu renovation project, and the only contractor available to help her out happens to be the one man she's never been able to forget. Josh is also her ex-boyfriend's best friend, therefore completely off-limits…unless they don't get caught.
- His Indecent Lessons (Sky Corgan): When Cheyenne started her first year of college, she didn't expect to fall head over heels for one of her professors. His interest is totally academic though, and he's going to give her private lessons she'll never forget.
- Sorority Pledge (Daizie Draper): Inexperienced college students, Addison and Logan, recognize the need for power play in one another when they first meet. But as they dive into a BDSM lifestyle while trying to balance college life, they discover their sizzle doesn't come without consequence.
- Rae Omnibus (Blair Babylon): Rae will do anything to stay in college and for her dream of a clinic for autistic kids, but when the sexy and mysterious owner of The Devilhouse offers her job, she realizes that her small-town definition of "anything" was far too limited.
Wordcount: 800000+ or about 3000 pages
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His Wicked Games by Ember Casey
That First Kiss by J.C. Valentine
Learning Curves by Olivia Rigal
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In our house...I've taught my kids the actual names of their anatomy. Some use "PP", "privates", "weener"...all the cutesy little names kids call their nether-regions. My parents called my vagina a "ya-ha". WTF? What the hell is a "ya-ha". Well, it is not uncommon in our house to hear the following phrases:
"Mom, she kicked me in my penis!"
"Mom, he threw the ball at my vagina!"
"Mom, there's something in my penis!" (see the post titled, 'There's a splinter in your WHAT?!?')
Anyway, I personally don't think there's anything wrong with kids saying 'penis' and 'vagina'. The same way saying stomach and tummy are the same...so are "PP" and 'penis'. Let me back up...my kids don't just run around the house yelling "PENIS, PENIS, PENIS, PENIS"...well, I mean, sometimes they do...but, they definitely don't do it in public. And, for pete's sake...they're not dropping F-bombs!! These are appropriate words for their anatomy.
A little while ago my kids were in the Kids Klub while I was teaching yoga...I went to pick them up and Avery was in time out. The
overworked, underpaid, wrung out looking pleasant child care worker explained to me that he had said the word "penis". I asked in what context and she said, "He came up to me and said that Jack hit him in his (she leans in to whisper the word) penis." I immediately turn to Avery and say, "Oh man, is your penis okay?" The lady didn't think it was very funny.
My point is, I think people are too sensitive to those words. Of course, there are times that using it is inappropriate...like if they run out of the bathroom right after a shower, jump in front of the tv, and with the carefree glee only a 4 year old possesses, they exclaim, "Look at my penis!" I agree, that is a little too much. And, in my defense, that is something that we're trying to stop Jack from doing. But in the appropriate context...I have no problems with my kids saying penis and vagina. In fact, I quite enjoy the look on people's faces when they hear my kids use those words.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Face it...boys have a penis and girls have a vagina
In our house...I've taught my kids the actual names of their anatomy. Some use "PP", "privates", "weener"...all the cutesy little names kids call their nether-regions. My parents called my vagina a "ya-ha". WTF? What the hell is a "ya-ha". Well, it is not uncommon in our house to hear the following phrases:
2 comments:
- Thomas said...
When I was 13 years old in summer camp, a 14-year-old boy told me I had a "big pee-pee". 14 years old and still calls a penis a pee-pee! If he were 3 or 4 years old, I would understand, but after about age 5-6, it doesn't sound right. I most certainly would not expect a teenager to call the genitalia such an infantile name. When I was 8 years old, a girl, then 6, said I have a wiener and she has a tee-tee, a word I have never heard before. She also showed me some pornography.
- December 22, 2008 at 7:32 AM
- KAL071203 said...
my children use the correct terms as well...and sometimes my four-year-old likes to act the same as yours...but we as well are trying to curb that...lol i think it's a boy thing!
- January 12, 2009 at 8:58 PM


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In the past few years there has been a growing recognition of the effect of peers on an individual's behaviour. Recent sociological literature has shown, for instance, that friends influence each other in areas such as smoking, drinking, and how much we exercise. In our recently published paper, we examine the influence of friends on an individual's decision to have a child. So far, research on fertility behavior has largely neglected the fact that people are embedded in social networks, thereby failing to acknowledge that couples do not make fertility choices in a vacuum.
Whereas in the past, family ties and ascribed relationships could be considered the main source of social influence on an individual's behavior, this is less true in today's advanced societies. We now live in societies characterized by greater individualism and mobility of individuals; therefore networks of voluntary relationships, such as friendships, have become increasingly influential, perhaps even more influential than kinship networks. It is therefore interesting to consider whether and how friends can affect an individual's fertility behavior.
We identify three main mechanisms by which friends might influence an individual's decision to have a child. First, people compare themselves to their friends. Being surrounded by friends who are new parents makes people feel pressure to have children as well. Second, friends are an important learning source. Becoming a parent is a radical life change. By observing their friends, people learn how to fulfill this new role. Lastly, having children at the same time as friends may bring many advantages — friends can share the childbearing experience and thus reduce the stresses associated with pregnancy and childrearing. It is also easier for people to remain friends when they are experiencing parenthood at the same time.
We use data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) on more than 1,700 American women who were tracked from when they were around 12/15-years-old through approximately age 30. We focus on dyads of friends who start their friendship during high school and remain friends also afterwards. Within each dyad, we examine whether a friend's childbearing increases the propensity of the other friend to have her first child. Studying friendships that were formed at the age of 15 allows us to distinguish influence from selection. Friendships that are formed later in life, when the individual is already an adult, may be formed because of similarities in family plans and attitudes. This would mean that friends may have similar fertility behaviors because they have chosen themselves as similar and not because they have influenced each other. By looking at friendships that are formed in early adolescence we avoid this ambiguity. It is indeed unlikely that girls at that early stage in life choose their friends because they share similar family plans.
We show that the likelihood of a woman having a first child increases after a friend gives birth, reaches a peak approximately two years later, and then decreases (see graph below). The contagion is negligible in the long run. The fact that the effect is not immediate is likely because it takes time to have a child, because there is a natural period before conception and because the desire to have a child develops over time. It also makes sense that we do not find an effect in the long run, insofar as cost-sharing dynamics may not occur if the distance between the two friends' childbearing experiences is large.
Overall, this research demonstrates that fertility decisions are not only influenced by individual characteristics and preferences, but also by the social network in which individuals are embedded. It is interesting that the contagion seems to occur only between intended pregnancies, meaning that friends influence each other predominantly when the fertility decision-making is rational and the choice deliberate.
This post has been jointly written by Nicoletta Balbo and Nicola Barban, Senior Research Associate, Department of Sociology, University of Oxford, UK.
Nicoletta Balbo & Nicola Barban, (2014), Does fertility behavior spread among friends? American Sociological Review, 79 (3), 412-431.


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Remarriage of Divorcees in Church
The PCC of St Andrew's, Handsworth discussed the issue at one of its scheduled PCC meetings.
We looked at the document produced by the Birmingham Diocesan Board of Social Responsibility and shared some of our own thoughts and experiences.
Our general conclusions are as follows;
St Andrew's has in the past re-married divorcees in Church and the PCC affirms this practice. It does so on the basis that the Church, while not condoning divorce, recognises that we are all fallible human beings and in need of forgiveness. The PCC felt quite strongly that offering re-marriage asserts the Christian principle of forgiveness.
The PCC acknowledged that there may be instances where re-marriage is not acceptable, but felt that any decision should be left to the discretion of the Priest. Although we recognise that this is arbitrary it was felt that this was the most practical way forward.
The PCC does not think that offering a blessing in Church after a civil wedding is the best way to deal with the re-marriage of divorcees, as it raises dangers of such blessings being seen as "second class" weddings, but of course, there may be circumstances where a couple asks specifically for a blessing and this should be accommodated.
This document was formally adopted by the PCC at its meeting on 21st November 2000.
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Sleeping with Bread
Sleeping with Bread:
That's the title of a book I came across recently. Sleeping with Bread. A strange title for a book, and here's the story behind it.
During the bombing raids of the second world war, thousands of children in Europe were orphaned and left to starve. The lucky ones were rescued and place in refugee camps where they received food and good care. But many of these children who had lost so much couldn't sleep at night. They feared waking up to find themselves once again homeless and without food. Nothing seemed to reassure them. Finally, someone hit upon the idea of giving each child a piece of bread to hold at bedtime. Holding their bread, these children could finally sleep in peace. All through the night, the bread reminded them; Today I ate, and I will eat again tomorrow.
Well, the book isn't about the war. It's about us – you and me – and our own lives now. It's about helping us to recognise and value what is most important in our lives – like that bread was to the children. And it gives a way – perhaps now, last thing at night – of looking back at the day that's just ending. So that we can hold on to what has been good today, and see what hasn't been so good.
The book suggests two simple questions to ask ourselves at the end of the day:
First: for what moment today am I most grateful?
And then: for what moment today am I least grateful?
You could ask the same questions in different ways. Like:
When was I happiest today?
When was I saddest?
What was today's high point?
What was today's low point?
For me, that's all about common sense – and faith. Common sense because it's good to remember the things from today which were the good moments. Someone we talked to perhaps, or a programme we really enjoyed. Something that made us feel alive or in touch. If you could relive just one moment from today, what would that be?
But it's important too to recognise the times that weren't so good – rather than just sweep them under the carpet. So a moment to recognise the moments today for which you were least grateful. Perhaps the moments that you felt sad, or helpless, or angry.
That may be harder, and that's where faith comes in. As a Christian, I see the love of God shown in the love of Jesus, who cares about the things that are difficult in my life, and wants to help me learn from them, and be made stronger by them. So I can look at the things that weren't so good today, and listen to how God is speaking through them. And that helps me. For one thing it helps me to make choices in life – to choose the things for myself that bring life and joy rather than the things which leave me feeling empty and unsatisfied.
Well, that's one way of praying, I guess. One way of ending the day by telling God about the best and worst moments. And, like the refugee children – you remember – who were given a bit of bread to hold last thing at night, Sleeping with Bread - we can hold on to the things that have been good for us today, and be confident that tomorrow is a day to be lived with God who will be there, whatever happens.
Reverend John Austen
(Sleeping with Bread by Dennis Linn is published by Paulist Press, USA. It's available in Britain through religious bookshops at about £10.00).
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Support Us All the Day Long
The Oratory, on Birmingham's Hagley Road, is a magnificent church, with other buildings where a community of priests live. Do try and visit the church one day – it's amazing. In the nineteenth century, the most well-known priest who lived there, for many many years, was Cardinal Newman. And one of the prayers he made famous was this:
O Lord support us all the day long of this troublous life, until the shadows lengthen and the evening comes, the busy world is hushed, the fever of life is over, and our work is done. Then Lord, in your mercy, grant us safe lodging, a holy rest, and peace at the last.
Well, the prayer itself may be very old, but those sentiments and hopes have been around so much these last few weeks. The feeling that life and the world is full of trouble. That life is often lived at fever pitch. That we all want safety and peace. And that very scary, panicky feeling that's been around, that nowhere is really that safe and secure anymore. Recently, I've talked to quite a lot of people who can remember the war that ended in 1945, and for some of them, the events of September 11th and afterwards have been particularly disturbing, bringing back all sorts of memories.
Our personal concern for peace is probably about wanting to feel safe when we go out, wanting to feel secure when we shut the door at night, hoping that the people we love are safe, too. But peace for the world means something more than that. Peace and justice are two sides of the same coin. So peace has to be about justice, about people having equal chances in life – not having to go through their lives with all the odds stacked against them. Sometimes it may be necessary to fight for those things. Sometimes it means changing things around in the world so that people have a fair chance of health and education, of good housing and food, of a fair day's pay for a fair day's work. That sort of peace can only come at a price.
I suppose that's the same in families too. If you want peace in a family, it can be real hard work, and things often have to change. Differences have to be accepted, and wrongs that can be dealt with have to be sorted. Old wounds get reopened, people get hurt. But that can be much better than papering over the cracks and pretending that nothing is wrong, or just cutting yourself off from the family, and saying that you are never going to have anything to do with them again. Peace that's worth anything has to be more than sitting on your own behind a door with five locks and saying: "They can't get me now".
Peace and justice. I always feel for the ordinary people caught up in every conflict. The people of Afghanistan, as the winter approaches. The kids, the older generation, the people we've seen on TV with so few possessions in a country which has become so barren.
And late at night I think particularly of the people who have to take responsibility of behalf of us all. Political and military leaders. The aid agencies, trying to push hard so that people don't starve in Afghanistan The politicians and leaders of all faiths and nations who can't just switch off the light and say ' Well, it isn't my problem'.
So it's a good time to remember that prayer which Cardinal Newman made famous:
O Lord support us all the day long of this troublous life, until the shadows lengthen and the evening comes, the busy world is hushed, the fever of life is over, and our work is done. Then Lord, in your mercy, grant us safe lodging, a holy rest, and peace at the last.
Reverend John Austen
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Description: Beautiful 2 Handled Round Clear Pink Serving Platter with Beautiful Handles and Cane Design in the Center. Serving Plate, Platter is from 1935 - 1938.
Size: 10 1/2" in length & width not including the handles; 12 1/2" in length with including handles.
Condition: Pre-owned; Good, no nicks or chips.
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Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of a PARP Inhibitor for the Treatment of BRCA-positive Advanced Breast Cancer (ICEBERG 1)
|The safety and scientific validity of this study is the responsibility of the study sponsor and investigators. Listing a study does not mean it has been evaluated by the U.S. Federal Government. Read our disclaimer for details.
|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00494234
Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting
First Posted : June 29, 2007
Results First Posted : January 26, 2015
Last Update Posted : December 11, 2019
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|Condition or disease
|Breast Neoplasms
|Drug: KU-0059436 (AZD2281) (PARP inhibitor)
|Phase 2
|Study Type :
|Interventional (Clinical Trial)
|Actual Enrollment :
|54 participants
|Intervention Model:
|Parallel Assignment
|None (Open Label)
|Primary Purpose:
|Official Title:
|A Phase II Open-label, Non-comparative, International, Multicentre Study to Assess the Efficacy and Safety of KU 0059436 (Olaparib) Given Orally Twice Daily in Patients With Advanced BRCA1 or BRCA2 Associated Breast Cancer
|Actual Study Start Date :
|June 15, 2007
|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|February 27, 2009
|Estimated Study Completion Date :
|December 31, 2020
|Experimental: KU-0059436 (AZD2281) 100 mg BID
Drug: KU-0059436 (AZD2281) (PARP inhibitor)
Other Name: Olaparib
|Experimental: KU-0059436 (AZD2281) 400 mg BID
Drug: KU-0059436 (AZD2281) (PARP inhibitor)
- Confirmed Objective Tumour Response (According to RECIST Criteria) [ Time Frame: Baseline, every 8 also at study termination or initiation of confounding anti-cancer therapy. Up to 2 years. ]Per Response Evaluation Criteria In Solid Tumors Criteria (RECIST v1.0) for target lesions and assessed by CT/MRI: Complete Response (CR), Disappearance of all target lesions; Partial Response (PR), >=30% decrease from baseline in the sum of the longest diameter of target lesions; Overall Response (OR) = CR + PR.
- Duration of Response to Olaparib [ Time Frame: Time from response (CR or PR) to progression per RECIST criteria ]
- The Clinical Benefit Rate (CBR) [ Time Frame: End of study ]The Clinical Benefit Rate (CBR) is defined as the percentage of patients with a RECIST tumour response of confirmed CR, PR or stable disease (SD) for ≥8 weeks +/- 1 week visit window.
- Best Percent Change in Tumour Size [ Time Frame: End of study ]The tumour size is defined as the sum of the longest diameters as measured among all target lesions.
- Progression-Free Survival (PFS) [ Time Frame: End of study ]PFS is defined as the time from first dose to the earlier date of radiologic progression (as per RECIST criteria) or death by any cause in the absence of objective progression. Those patients who were withdrawn from the study without disease progression were regarded as censored at their last evaluable RECIST assessment. Where patients had not progressed at the termination of the study, they were also regarded as censored at their last evaluable RECIST assessment.
- Change From Baseline in ECOG Performance Status: Improvement Rate [ Time Frame: At cycle 7 day 1 (ie, after completing 6 cycles of treatment) ]The change in ECOG performance status was defined as improved (meaning the ECOG score is less than the baseline value), no change (ECOG is same as at baseline), worsened (ECOG score is greater than the baseline value) or missing (the ECOG score is missing or was not recorded at baseline). If no measurement was recorded at Cycle 1 Day 1, the change was calculated in relation to the last recorded ECOG value prior to Day 1.
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|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 130 Years (Adult, Older Adult)
|Sexes Eligible for Study:
|Accepts Healthy Volunteers:
Inclusion Criteria:
- Advanced breast cancer with positive BRCA1 or BRCA2 status
- Failed at least one prior chemotherapy
- In investigators opinion, no curative standard therapy exists
- Measurable disease
Exclusion Criteria:
- Brain metastases
- Less than 28 days since last treatment used to treat the disease
- Considered a poor medical risk due to a serious uncontrolled disorder
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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00494234
|United States, California
|Research Site
|Los Angeles, California, United States, 90048
|United States, Massachusetts
|Research Site
|Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115
|United States, New York
|Research Site
|New York, New York, United States, 10065
|United States, Pennsylvania
|Research Site
|Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104-4322
|United States, Texas
|Research Site
|Dallas, Texas, United States, 75390
|Research Site
|Melbourne, Australia, 3000
|Research Site
|Randwick, Australia, 2031
|Research Site
|Köln, Germany, 50937
|Research Site
|Lund, Sweden, 221 85
|United Kingdom
|Research Site
|Cambridge, United Kingdom, CB2 0QQ
|Research Site
|London, United Kingdom, SE1 9RT
|Research Site
|Manchester, United Kingdom, M20 4BX
|Study Director:
|James Carmichael, BSc, MBChB, MD, FRCP
|KuDOS Pharmaceuticals Limited
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|Andrew Tutt, PhD MRCP FRCR
|Guy's and St Thomas's NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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|June 29, 2007 Key Record Dates
|Results First Posted:
|January 26, 2015
|Last Update Posted:
|December 11, 2019
|Last Verified:
|December 2019
Advanced breast cancer
Poly(ADP ribose) polymerases
AZD2281,KU-0059436 (olaparib)
BRCA1 protein
BRCA2 protein
Breast Neoplasms
Neoplasms by Site
Breast Diseases
Skin Diseases
Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors
Enzyme Inhibitors
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
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True to the history of other types of semiconductor products, LEDs offer better performance at a lower cost with every passing year.
So much so, in fact, that the other elements of a conventional LED lighting fixture – the housing, connectors, PCB, optics, and most of all, the power supply – have assumed a large share of the total system cost which five years ago would have been dominated by the cost of the LEDs alone.
This has driven attempts to create a far cheaper architecture, dramatically reducing the cost of the power supply. In luminaire types such as low-end downlighters, linear fixtures and bulkheads, low cost is the most important attribute to buyers. Here, the concept of 'AC-direct LED systems' has been developed to eliminate entirely the need for a conventional (but bulky and expensive) AC-DC switch-mode power supply (SMPS).
The first implementations of AC-direct LED systems, however, gave their designers tricky design problems to solve, and severely limited their freedom to optimise operational features and the luminaire's form factor.
Now an improved architecture for AC-direct LED systems appears to offer both competitive performance and design flexibility. But does it come at an acceptable cost?
Why design out the SMPS? A conventional high-brightness LED is a low-voltage device, typically having a forward voltage of around 3V. Mains power is supplied at approximately 120V or 240V, depending on which part of the world the user is in.
A luminaire therefore requires a way to step the AC mains voltage down to the DC forward voltage of an LED or string of LEDs, typically at below 60V.
The most common way to do this to date has been with an SMPS. The SMPS's chief advantage is its excellent efficiency, sometimes exceeding 90%, combined with its ability to provide electrical isolation (for safety purposes).
Its efficiency is an attribute of the switch-mode architecture, which saves energy in, and discharges energy from, inductors and capacitors at very high speed, thus storing power at the peak of the AC voltage swing rather than dissipating it, as a simple linear regulator does.
Unfortunately, an SMPS requires bulky inductors or transformers and capacitors. What is more, the electrolytic capacitor type used in power supplies has a much more limited lifespan than the other components – it is commonly the first component in an LED lighting system to fail. EMI counter-measures are also required, because SMPS normally switch at high frequencies of 20kHz or more.
And an SMPS cannot be mounted easily on the same PCB as the LEDs. A metal-core PCB's (MCPCB) single-sided copper construction makes SMPS circuit routing very difficult, and the passive devices required tend not to be available in surface-mount packages. FR4 (the most common PCB substrate type) offers more routing layers, but isolation and thermal management may become complicated with this type of PCB. In any case, the large passive components in an SMPS will create shadows if placed too close to the LEDs.
An SMPS, then, is bulky, creates some design difficulties, and is relatively expensive both in its bill-of-materials and assembly costs.
A simpler approach is to have no stepping down This gave manufacturers of power-regulation ICs the incentive to develop a simpler architecture which drives high-voltage LEDs directly from a mains voltage without stepping this voltage down.
The AC-direct regulation scheme manages to achieve this by switching on the LEDs in sequence following the mains sinusoidal voltage. Suitable LEDs for this application include the LUXEON 3535 HV from Lumileds, as well as the 5630 HV, 5250 HV and 3030N HV series from LG Innotek.
Figure 2: the AC-direct regulation IC progressively switches on each LED until all are illuminated at the mains voltage's peak
The AC mains voltage is rectified (so the negative half of the cycle becomes positive). This rectified output is a 100Hz half sine wave, typically swinging between 0V and around 325V if the nominal mains voltage is 230V.
In each half-cycle, the first high-voltage LED (or LED string) is switched on once the voltage has reached around 70V, the second is added at 140V, the third at 210V. All four LEDs are illuminated for as long as the voltage is at or above 280V.
This regulation scheme means that there is excess voltage which must be dissipated through a linear regulator, generating waste heat.
Such power losses necessarily reduce system efficiency when compared to an SMPS solution. But in practice, such an AC-direct LED design can achieve total system efficacy of as much as 100lm/W, compared to 130lm/W for an equivalent fixture using an SMPS.
In a simple, low-cost application such as a 600lm downlighter, perhaps a more instructive comparison is with the equivalent dichroic halogen bulb, which offers typical system efficacy of around 10lm/W: a huge reduction in power consumption is possible if such a bulb is replaced by an AC-direct high-voltage LED lamp.
And compared to the SMPS equivalent, the AC-direct design is much smaller, much simpler, and much easier to assemble, since it requires just a single PCB (see Figure 3).
Nevertheless, in addition to reduced efficacy, the simple form of AC-direct LED regulation has other drawbacks which assume considerable importance in some applications.
One is heat. As Figure 1 shows, current regulation and power dissipation are all concentrated in a single IC. In normal operation, this makes the IC an extreme 'hot spot'. This calls for special counter-measures to avoid the risk of over-temperature damage, including the use of an MCPCB and a board layout with wide gaps between other components and the regulation IC.
This centralised form of AC-direct regulation also lacks flexibility in terms of functionality and performance optimisation, as well as component selection. This is evident, for instance, in the constraints on board layout: the single regulator IC occupies a large board footprint, and is therefore difficult to accommodate in linear formats such as strip lights and fluorescent tube replacements. The scheme is also limited in its flexibility to implement functions such as dimming.
These drawbacks have led to the development of an enhanced version of the AC-direct LED regulation scheme: rather than the centralised implementation shown in Figure 1, power IC manufacturer Exar (through its iML subsidiary) has developed a distributed architecture. (Figure 4)
The principle of operation is the same as in a centralised control scheme: high-voltage LEDs are switched on and off in a sequence during each mains half-cycle. But in the distributed control scheme, a separate IC such as the iML8684 regulates each high-voltage LED string.
Balancing cost and efficacy, most implementations adopt a three-step regulation scheme (with three HV LED strings), but two- or four-step schemes, or even schemes with more than four steps, are also possible.
The prime advantage of the distributed control scheme is its design flexibility. The flexibility of the circuit topology, for instance, allows the system designer to accommodate various LED arrangements, and to achieve the best balance between performance, functionality and cost.
The distributed approach allows the selection of virtually any LED, both the classic low-voltage types as well as multi-junction high-voltage LEDs. This gives the designer a much wider choice of package styles and of performance specifications (flux, efficacy, colour temperature and colour rendering).
It also supports compact implementations using a small number of high-flux LEDs, as well as designs with a more diffuse light output using a higher number of lower-flux LEDs.
In addition, a reduction in flicker and phase-dimmer compatibility can both be obtained with the balanced circuit structure supported by the distributed architecture or by adding a single capacitor, and it is easy to add a bleeder for better compatibility with triac dimmer schemes.
The flexibility of the distributed architecture for AC-direct LED systems is also realised through the increased freedom to choose PCB type, form factor and layout.
Fig. 4: three-step regulation, with three regulator ICs and a ballast transistor, is the most common way to implement distributed AC-direct regulation
This is because the distributed architecture can readily be implemented entirely with surface-mount components, and its simple electrical circuit can relatively easily be laid out on a single-sided PCB. In the distributed architecture, heat is dissipated more widely by a larger number of driver ICs, eliminating the single hot spot found in conventional AC-direct LED systems.
This means that distributed schemes can often use an FR4 PCB, while achieving a more compact layout with smaller spacing between components. In addition, the small, low-profile components used in distributed schemes permit the designer to realise fixtures in any form factor, including linear strips and uniform diffuse light engines free of dark shadows.
The distributed scheme also offers other advantages over centralised regulation. The Exar topology has inherent high surge (transient voltage) immunity of >750V. In a centralised scheme, by contrast, surge immunity requires the addition of a large, discrete Metal-Oxide Varistor (MOV). An MOV is prone to long-term reliability problems as it has a finite ability to absorb the energy of the transient voltage surges that are common on AC mains. To make matters worse, these varistors are not always available in surface-mount versions, and are expensive.
Concerns over flicker In both centralised and distributed implementations of AC-direct LED regulation, lighting designers have expressed some concern over the issue of flicker. In both schemes, the LEDs go dark every mains half-cycle, (that is, every 1/100th of a second in a 50Hz mains system), when the voltage is at or near to 0V.
In fact, the flicker occurs for such a short interval that in most applications it will not be perceptible by any user. In the low-cost applications for which AC-direct regulation is intended, the low level of flicker will tend to be tolerable.
Adopting a balanced circuit topology, however, and adding a small reservoir capacitor can both mitigate flicker as well as improve efficacy and LED usage, thus balancing part of the extra bill-of-materials cost of the distributed architecture.
Distributed scheme: cost/performance trade-off The distributed version of AC-direct regulation pioneered and patented by Exar offers the designer a unique freedom to achieve design optimisation, as well as giving a large degree of control over the trade-offs between performance, functionality and cost.
The simplest implementation of the distributed solution tends to be cheaper than the centralised approach, while more sophisticated designs offer the opportunity to add valuable extra features. For example, functions such as presence detection or DALI dimming control may both be accommodated in a distributed AC-direct LED system.
Every application will have its own balance of performance and cost requirements, but the unparalleled design flexibility of the distributed approach merits consideration by system designers who want to implement AC-direct regulation in a new generation of low-cost LED fixtures.
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Main Factors Affecting Manure Composting Process
Livestock and poultry manure is an ideal kind of high-efficiency bio-organic fertilizers in agricultural production process. Appropriate application of livestock manure can improve soil, cultivate soil fertility and prevent soil degradation. However, the direct application would cause environmental pollution and decline agricultural products in quality. What's worse, for those towns, factories, schools and other surrounding areas with dense population, a large amount of manure produced by intensive and large scale livestock farm would not only cause serious pollution, but also bring disease spreading easily without proper treatment.
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◆ Carbon-nitrogen ratio: among the various elements required by microbiological decomposition, carbon and nitrogen are the most important parts. The ratio of carbon to nitrogen is related to the temperature of composting. If carbon-nitrogen ratio is too high, too much carbon would lead to the shortage of nitrogen raw material, and the growth of bacteria and other microorganisms would be limited, then decomposition speed of organic matter would be slow, finally composting and fermentation process would be long. In the meantime, it would make the finished compost fertilizer with high carbon nitrogen ratio, which would capture Nitrogen in soil, affecting crops growth. But if the ratio is too low, especially lower than 20:1, carbon available for consumption is not enough while nitrogen nourishment is relative surplus, easy to volatilize, lowering fertilizer efficiency. In order to make balance the microbial nutrition involved in organic matter decomposition, the composting carbon-nitrogen ratio should satisfy the best value 25-35:1. It is common to use raw materials with high carbon content (like straw) to adjust the ratio of carbon and nitrogen.
◆ Moisture content: the best moisture content of manure composting is usually 50%-60%. If lower than 30%, it would have a strong impact on life activities of microorganisms; if too high, moisture would squeeze out air and reduce the composting speed, producing odor and nutrient leaching. Composting materials water content is also closely related to its ventilation capacity and structural strength. Solid liquid separator is able to adjust water content of raw materials, reducing manure moisture to a great extent.
◆ Temperature: for composting, temperature is an important factor for the smooth progress of composting and fermentation because it has a significant role in microorganisms growth. It is generally believed that the degradation efficiency of organic matter by high temperature bacteria is higher than that of medium temperature bacteria. In the early days of compost, the temperature of piles is always consistent with the nearby environment temperature; after 1-2 days medium temperature bacteria action, compost pile temperature can reach the ideal high temperature bacteria at 50-65 Celsius. Under such high temperature and with the help of suitable compost turner machine, it only needs 5-6 days for manure composting to realize harmless requirement.
◆ Ventilation for oxygen: ventilation and oxygen supply is one of key factors for successful composting, which has a connection with organic matter content in the compost materials. More organic carbon would consume more oxygen. In the composting process, the appropriate oxygen rate is 18%. Once lower than 18%, the microbial life activities in the good composting fertilizer would be limited, and the compost would easily enter the anaerobic state to produce odor.
◆ pH value: as a crucial factor affecting the growth of microorganisms, pH value should not be too high or too low, and the optimum value of the general microorganisms is neutral or weakly alkaline. In addition, the pH also affects the loss of nitrogen. Therefore, when the pH is above 7.0, nitrogen is volatilized in the form of ammonia. But do not worry, under normal circumstances, the pH of livestock manure can meet the fermentation requirements.
◆ Particle size of manure composting: increasing the surface area of raw material particles can promote the activities of microorganisms and accelerate the composting process because microorganisms move through the surface of organic particles. Livestock and poultry manure themselves are thick slurry, which usually need to add large size organic materials to increase porosity.
In a word, it is quite essential to compost livestock and poultry manure properly before using them into crops and plants. In order to make manure compost faster and better, people also need to know the main factors affecting manure composting and fermentation process. Besides, for commercial and large scale composting business, professional compost turner machine is also of the essence in virtue of its outstanding turning efficiency, accelerating composting process significantly.
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Top 10 Programming Languages for 2019
- JavaScript
- Python
- Java
- Kotlin
- Swift
- Objective-C
How to Decide Which Programming Language to Consider in 2019?
- App Purpose
- Language Characteristics
- Local Ecosystem
As the web and mobile solutions are becoming an indispensable part of every business, the programming world is also growing at a faster rate than ever before.
While on one hand, various new technologies and languages are getting into the limelight for making the different development processes more efficient. Whereas, on the other hand, many existing web and app development technologies are disappearing from the graph.
In a scenario like this, keeping yourself updated with what's the most popular programming language/s is necessary for both the developers and businesses to build profitable solutions.
Taking the same thought forward, here we have created a list of Top 10 Programming Languages for 2019, just as we covered last year in the listicle on the top 10 programming languages for 2018.
So, let's begin with the first.
1. JavaScript
Being one of the most in-demand programming languages for 2019 and beyond, JavaScript holds the first position in this list.
As per the StackOverflow's annual survey of 2018 , 69.8% of developers employ the language to build interactive web pages, exhibit dynamic content and make the transition from web to the mobile platform.
Besides, the language also provides developers with an exquisite collection of frameworks as shared in our JavaScript framework guide which increases its popularity in the market and makes it the right fit for Linux, Mac OS X, SunOS, and Android.
2. Python
Python, which received the recognition of 'Programming Language Hall of Fame' by TIOBE Index last year, has also proven to be one of the future proof programming languages with no sign of disappearing.
The language is used for creating scalable web solutions due to its characteristics such as easy-to-use, fast and easy-to-deploy, which made it the right tech stack for YouTube, Survey Monkey, and Pinterest.
Besides, it is also considered a prime choice for the sophisticated deep learning and machine learning app development processes.
3. Java
Just like Python, Java is also one of the top 10 most popular programming languages of 2019. It is mainly used for developing Android-based mobility solutions. But, it is also considered by Enterprise app development companies because of its impressive features like ease of use, enhanced performance, higher productivity, improved polyglot programming, etc.
4. Kotlin
From the day Kotlin was introduced as an official Android app development language, the language has enjoyed a skyrocketing rise in its popularity. It has not only become one of the top ten best programming languages but also found a place among the most loved languages by developers.
One of the biggest reasons behind this popularity is that it gives Android app developers an escape from the drawbacks of Java, and offers the feature of interoperability with Java codes, which also acted as the catalyst of making a number of famous apps migrate from Java to Kotlin.
5. Swift
Swift, introduced back in WWDC 2014, has also entered into the list of top trending programming languages for the year 2019 with a steep rise in its popularity as noted in the Google Trends graph below.
The programming language is faster, easy to learn, secure, and has various other features that make Swift supersedes languages like Objective-C for developing apps for iPhones, iPads, and macOS.
6. Objective-C
Since the day Swift was introduced as an official programming language, various developers have turned to converting Objective-C app into Swift. But, it is still one of the top used programming languages for iPhone application development because of its immersive ability to employ compilers and syntaxes based on different C-based languages.
C, also called the backbone of the software world, is still one of the top programming languages to learn this year. It gives deeper insights into how software actually functions on machines and thus, is used for building embedded systems and VR-based apps.
Besides, it delivers high-end performance, reliability, and variety of context: making it the first choice of reputed brands including Oracle, Microsoft, Adobe, and Paypal.
Despite the competition from different server-side environments like Node.js (as covered in our 'Node.js vs PHP' blog), PHP remains the star of the sector. Thanks to its impressive frameworks like Drupal and Laravel which are used by developers for scalable and robust apps and the fact that 83% of websites on Internet are based upon PHP, it has displaced R language in the Top 10 most used programming languages list for 2019.
Though various database technologies exist in the IT industry, SQL (Standard Query Language) is still one of the top programming languages in demand. It is simple, reliable and offers exclusive database management services to business developers.
MATLAB, the proprietary language of MathWorks, has also landed into this list of top programming languages.
It empowers the developers to plot functions and data, implement algorithms, create user interfaces, work with codes written in C, C++, C#, Java, Python, and Fortran, etc. which, in turn, helps them to build apps with high-end GUIs, Image recognition and Data analysis needs.
While these were the Top 10 Programming Languages for 2019, there are various other languages that are gaining huge momentum in the mobile industry and are supposed to join the league. Some of those prominent names are:-
A. Scala
Another language that might enter into this list of Top 10 programming languages of the future is Scala. The general multi-purpose language has reached to 28th position as recorded in TIOBE Index for January 2019 from 34th position noted in April 2018.
Besides, it lets you enjoy the perfect blend of Functional programming and Object-Oriented concepts and is showing a considerable elevation in its popularity (as you can see in the image below), which again indicates that overlooking the language would be unfair.
B. Ruby
Ruby is yet another most-loved, easy-to-use and user-friendly programming languages used for web development. It offers exclusive features like writing fewer line of code, getting sound community support and associated with top tech brands like Twitter, Shopify, Airbnb, and Bloomberg.
C. TypeScript
TypeScript, also known as 'JavaScript with Superpowers', is another programming language that has been predicted to join this list of top ten programming languages.
This open-source programming language is a good option for frontend development, backend development, hybrid mobile app development, and machine learning app development.
With such potential, it is gaining the attention of various reputed brands in the market, with one of the brands being Google itself.
Google considered TypeScript for its frontend development framework, Angular which helped to add a competitive advantage against React as we observed in our blog, React vs Angular: What to Choose for Your App.
D. Go
Also known as "Golang", the programming language will also make its way to enter the top web programming languages list this year. And this will all be possible because of its concise and easy-to-embrace syntax and faster compilation characteristics that makes it favourite of SoundCloud, Google, Netflix, and other such popular brands.
Now that we've covered the top programming languages used in industry, it's quite possible that you're confused with which programming language to use for your application.
Let's us help you pick the right programming language.
How to Decide Which Programming Language to Consider in 2019?
The decision of which programming language to choose majorly depends on three factors, namely:-
1. App Purpose
The main reason why you want to develop an app is helpful in picking the right language.
For example, if you want to create your presence on the web, PHP is the right programming language to go with. If you need a programming language for database management, SQL is helpful. But, if you seek for a language to add AI features to your app, Python is a good option.
2. Language Characteristics
Are you developing a native mobile app or investing in Cross-platform app development? Are you looking for an open-source or licensed option? What type of technologies and features are you planning to introduce to your app development process? What level of security do you want to add to your mobility solution? These questions will help you to understand the technical requirements of your business app solution and thus, select the best programming language.
For example, suppose you want to build an app based on the Machine Learning concept. If you are looking for a programming language with years of existence, Python is the right choice. But, if you are ready to go with a newcomer based on the options it avails, TypeScript is apt for you.
Likewise, if you are planning for making your app available only on iOS, choosing Swift is a good decision. But, when it comes to making an app for both iOS and Android, going with JavaScript is a profitable deal.
3. Local Ecosystem
Last but not least, the decision of what language to prefer also depends on what language your inhouse or hired developers know.
If you choose a programming language out of this Top 10 Programming languages list that they have expertise in, you'll experience a smooth app development experience. Your app project will face lower challenges and reach to the market at the earliest.
But, on the flip side, the app development timeline might increase, hidden costs would more often be added to the overall app cost and your app might fail to take the best advantages of the chosen language if they do not have a sound knowledge of the language you choose.
With the aforementioned factors and knowledge of the top 10 Programming Languages for 2019, we hope that you will find it easier to take the right decision and build a successful approach to enter the mobile market. But, in case you encounter any challenge, feel free to contact our tech experts.
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E3 Journal of Business Management and Economics
E3 Journal of Business Management and Economics Vol. 8 (1) pp. 018-025, April 2017; © E3 Journals; ISSN 2141-7482
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18685/EJBME(8)1_EJBME-17-012
The role of education inequality in the growth-volatility relationship in MENA regionAmira Emara1 * , Engy Raouf1
1 Department of Economics and Foreign Trade Faculty of Commerce and Business Administration Helwan University
*Corresponding Author E-mail: email@example.com
Accepted 29 March 2017
The main objective of this paper is to investigate the impact of education inequality on the growth-volatility relationship for 12 MENA countries over the period 1970-2010. The study measured inequality of education by calculating an Education Gini Index, then estimate volatility using GARCH model. In order to achieve the main objective of this study, two different econometric techniques have been used- Generalized Method of Moments and the Pooled Mean Group- ARDL estimator. Then we compared the results of the two techniques. The empirical analysis shows that education inequality affects growth negatively. While the volatility has a positive impact on growth, its interaction with education inequality has a negative impact. These results suggest that when policymakers decide to increase investment in education, even during economic downturns, they should take into account the equal distribution of educational services.
Keywords: Educational inequality, Volatility, Economic growth, Education Gini index, MENA, GMM, GARCH, Pooled Mean Group- ARDL[Download Article - PDF]


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Received date: February 24, 2015
Accepted date: April 04, 2015
Published date: April 08, 2015
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"La madre del cordero" tells the story of Cristina (María Olga Matte), a 49-year-old woman who has spent her entire life taking care of her mother Carmen (Shenda Román). Cristina reunites with former classmate, Sandra, who, free of prejudices, will show her that there are others way to live. The film previously took part in the "work in progress" category in Viña del Mar Film Festival.
The San Sebastián Film Festival is one of the most important events in the European film industry and it is considered as the only A class film festival in Spain. The category Nuev@s Director@es (New filmmakers) was launched on 2013 with the aim of promoting "new cinematographic talent".
The San Sebastián International Film Festival will take place from September 19 to September 27.
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This morning, like most days, hundreds of students piled into the Benson Auditorium for daily chapel at 9 and 10 a.m. Like most days, students led songs, a prayer, a scripture and a devotional thought. But these students were a bit smaller than normal. Today, Harding Academy students led chapel.
Today is the National Day of Encouragement. It's my favorite day of the year.
Chapel was led by Academy students who went on a summer trip to Nicaragua as members of Team Arkansas USA and played baseball and soccer against Nicaraguan teams.
"If you were to ask me about the highlight of my summer, right off the bat, I would say my trip to Nicaragua," said Jayden Whilhite, who led the chapel devotional. "The most important thing for us to take away is: One, share with a smile on our face and grateful heart; two, thank God for everything, and be content; three, be loving, and be a servant; and four, go light our world."
The idea for a Day of Encouragement began in June 2007 when Dr. Andrew Baker, director of the Mitchell Center for Leadership and Ministry, met with high school students at the National Leadership Forum. Baker broke the students into groups and had them discuss what they believed to be the biggest problem facing today's high school students.
"A lot of them came back with different ideas, but one of those groups that day came back and said, 'We acknowledge that there are lots of problems, but we think there's something at the root of all of it — the amount of discouragement we feel every day,'" Baker said. "I said, 'I agree with you, but what are you going to do about it?' And they said, 'What if we created a National Day of Encouragement?'"
The focus of the day is on surrounding others with love and encouragement. The theme for this year is "The Power of a Smile." After the chapel devotional, Baker spoke to students about encouragement and the need to experience it and share it.
"A smile is the most universal gesture," he said. "The National Day of Encouragement is not complicated. It's really simple. It's in your DNA — the need for it and the ability to give it. Just encourage."
Baker urged the entire campus community to partake in the day and encourage someone. Students are writing notes of encouragement to others in the student center and sharing uplifting thoughts on social media.
Baker's son, Isaac, led a prayer to close the devotional. "Please be with all my friends in Nicaragua," he said, "and please help all these college kids to have a good day."
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