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Heidrick & Struggles Launches New Dedicated Diversity & Inclusion Practice to Help Companies Accelerate Performance
Firm brings decades of D&I experience to companies seeking to attract, develop and retain diverse talent, and create inclusive cultures that innovate and accelerate performance
New global survey finds only 27% of executives consider their companies to be inclusive to a large extent, despite clear benefits
Heidrick & Struggles (NASDAQ: HSII), a global provider of executive search, leadership assessment and development, organization and team effectiveness, and culture shaping services, announced the launch of its newly formed Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Practice. The new practice brings together highly experienced Heidrick & Struggles consultants from executive search and consulting around the globe to help clients build diverse and inclusive leadership teams and organizations with a comprehensive, integrated suite of services across talent recruitment, leadership assessment and development, and organizational transformation.
"More so than at any other time, leaders today need to be agile, responsive and inclusive, seeking input from executives with different viewpoints, experiences and backgrounds," said Krishnan Rajagopalan, President and CEO, Heidrick & Struggles. "During this COVID-19 pandemic, we cannot overstate how critical it is to have diverse voices and inclusive leadership across an organization. Our newly launched D&I Practice brings our consultants' expertise in recruiting and developing top diverse talent together with our in-depth experience in creating inclusive leadership teams and workplace cultures to help organizations deliver demonstrable change and accelerate performance, both in times of crisis and for the future."
In a recent global survey conducted by Heidrick & Struggles, the firm explored how executives at large public and private companies in North America, Europe and Australia perceive the D&I efforts of their organizations, including contribution to business success. The survey specifically delved into how clearly companies have been defining and communicating D&I goals, linking them to strategy and assessing their contribution to business results, and creating inclusive cultures. Of the 412 executives surveyed, only 22% of respondents said they are seeing D&I efforts contribute to their companies' business success to a large extent – but one group of respondents more often saw a significant contribution. That subset of respondents said their organizations clearly define both diversity and inclusion, link them to business strategy, and assess their D&I efforts on a financial basis. Notably, their companies also generated a five-year revenue compound annual growth rate (CAGR) 62% higher than that of the other companies in the survey.
"Companies face unprecedented challenges right now, which only underscores the need to ensure D&I efforts are a tangible force for good and, ultimately, impactful for their business," said Lyndon Taylor, Managing Partner, Diversity & Inclusion Practice, Heidrick & Struggles. "Our experience suggests that while definitions and strategies for D&I are far more prevalent than they were even a decade ago, most still fall far short of committing to the breadth of change necessary to fundamentally shift an organization. To drive real change, the leaders of companies, specifically the C-suite, have to clearly link diversity and inclusion to their business strategies and model inclusive leadership behaviors."
Heidrick & Struggles' D&I Practice is uniquely positioned in the marketplace, integrating its executive search capabilities to help companies attract diverse leaders, with its in-depth consulting experience and data-driven approach to developing and retaining top diverse talent, and creating inclusive workplace cultures. With an expansive network of consultants across all major commercial sectors, the firm's D&I Practice works with companies seeking to link their D&I goals to their strategic business outcomes. The D&I Practice is led by Lyndon Taylor, along with Jennifer Flock, Partner, Europe D&I Practice Consulting Lead, and Christianne Garofalo, Partner, Americas D&I Practice Consulting Lead.
In addition to its new D&I Practice, Heidrick & Struggles continues to underscore its commitment to further promote diversity and inclusion at the top through its Board Diversity Pledge, a commitment to help boards diversify, and the Director Institute, an apprenticeship program designed to accelerate the development of diverse executives and prepare them for broader operating roles and corporate board service.


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MikMak for iOS is a video shopping app for the Vine generation
The days of infomercials commanding the home shopping market are no more. We spend a good chunk of our day looking at our phones, tablets and laptops for entertainment, work and of course, shopping. That's why companies like Instagram and Pinterest are starting to introduce shoppable content. They know what's up. However, they may have some competition from new video shopping platform MikMak. MikMak is specifically designed for the 'iPhone generation' and by taking notes from the success of informercials, as well as the meteoric rise of YouTube stars, the app looks like it's right on track to set a…
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Q1. | If I choose to meet the CPD requirements of one of the GAA institutes of which I am a member, can I be deemed to have met the CPD requirement for SD (Insolvency)? |
No. Holders of the SD (Insolvency) who satisfy the Institute's CPD requirements for certified public accountants by satisfying another GAA institute's CPD system are still required to undertake at least five verifiable CPD hours relating to insolvency for each CPD reporting year in order to satisfy the Institute's CPD requirements for SD (Insolvency) holders.
Q2. | Can I have at least 15 verifiable CPD hours relating to insolvency in a rolling three-year period instead of having at least five verifiable CPD hours relating to insolvency for each CPD reporting year? |
No. The minimum annual requirement for verifiable CPD hours relating to insolvency for holders of SD (Insolvency) is not counted on a three-year cumulative basis. It is an annual requirement.
Q3. | If I obtained my SD (Insolvency) partway through a CPD reporting year, how many CPD hours relating to insolvency do I have to complete during that year? |
Where a member registers as an SD (Insolvency) holder with the Institute during a CPD reporting year, the additional CPD requirement for SD (Insolvency) (i.e. minimum five verifiable CPD hours relating to insolvency) will normally start from the following CPD reporting year beginning 1 December. Please refer to the letter of acceptance to the SD (Insolvency) for exact dates.
It is the responsibility of SD (Insolvency) holders to exercise their professional judgment in deciding the type of CPD activities relating to insolvency. Such learning activities should maintain, deepen and extend the members' professional knowledge, skills and values in insolvency, and should be relevant to members' insolvency work and professional responsibilities, helping them to enhance their understanding of developments in the insolvency field.
Q5. | I serve on insolvency committees of the Hong Kong Institute of CPAs and other professional insolvency bodies, can this activity qualify for CPD hours relating to insolvency? |
Yes, participation in technical committees relating to insolvency may qualify as CPD hours relating to insolvency for SD (Insolvency) holders. The cardinal principle of considering what are relevant CPD activities is whether such activities are relevant to the individual's work as an insolvency practitioner. These learning activities should enhance and broaden the relevant knowledge and skills to enable insolvency practitioners to competently carry out their professional duties and responsibilities. CPD credit is counted on actual basis, including preparation work and attendance at the committee meetings.


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The Investigative Committee of Russia launches new investigations on the death of civilians in the DPR as a result of criminal actions committed by Ukrainian nationalists
The Investigative Committee of Russia launched criminal investigations in accordance with Part 1, Article 356 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (ill-treatment of the civilian population, use of banned means and methods of warfare) against servicemen of the 30th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Mr. Alexander Zinevich, Mr. Nikolai Perestupnyak, 54th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Mr. Alexei Maistrenko, Mr. A. Golenko and the 56th separate motorized infantry brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of Mr. Sergei Sirchenko, Mr. Dmitry Gerasimenko, Mr. Vyacheslav Bugaychuk, Mr. Alexander Bondarenko, Mr. Miroslav Verkhovy, Mr. Artem Puchkov, Mr. on Gennady Boyko and other servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
According to the investigation, during the day on September 21, 2022, the mentioned above servicemen issued and executed criminal orders for targeted artillery shelling from heavy weapons, civilian infrastructure facilities in the cities of Donetsk, Gorlovka and Makeevka, as well as the settlements of Valerianovka and Makarovka of the Donetsk People's Republic. As a result of shelling, four civilians were injured, 18 houses and civilian infrastructure were damaged, including the hospital building.
In addition, according to the investigation, on September 22, 2022, at about 12:00, unidentified servicemen of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired from heavy weapons at the Central Market located in Voroshilovsky raion of Donetsk, as a result of which 6 civilians were killed and 6 were injured.
The Russian Investigative Committee continues to identify units of the Ukrainian armed formations and specific individuals involved in the shelling of civilians.
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Five facts calling Republicans to a sober take on last week's elections.
Why Republicans are nowhere near the point where we can start calling this a red wave.
Virginia and New Jersey are bellwethers for the 2022 mid-terms… if we can avoid walking right into traps set for us and snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. Here are five points calling for sober reflection in light of recently concluded elections. Trust me… I am saving the best one for last.
Sobriety Point #1: There are stories of the "soft racism of invisible barriers" that need to be told.
In the immediate aftermath of the Virginia election MSNBC's Joy Reid labeled the Republican party "dangerous to our national security" because of its embrace of "soft white nationalism," and of it: "…if people are tolerant of [soft white nationalism] in your party, they're tolerant of the soft racism."
I have argued elsewhere for a reframing of the national conversation on race around the "soft racism of invisible barriers" instead of "White privilege." As the Left is wont to do, Reid is actually stumbling right into a realization which ultimately undermines the fear-and-anger motif driving ratings for left-leaning outlets like MSNBC.
If you're White, all you have to do to understand this "soft racism of invisible barriers" is pretend you have a cut on your forehead. Find a Band-Aid of a suitable hue for the skin of a Black person, put that dark Band-Aid on your White forehead, and then try to talk to someone. You'll immediately understand what it means for the other person to be talking not to you but to the Band-Aid. If you try this experiment, just make sure to note how difficult finding that darker-colored Band-Aid turns out to be.
The vast majority of the White Republican electorate are open to hearing stories like this. In the context of the stories of people they know from their community or workplace, they are more than likely to be open to calling this "the soft racism of invisible barriers." What they are not open to is being charged an ideological price of admission to the national conversation on race. This is what happens when legitimate experiences of Black America which White America will never have are labeled "White Privilege." This insidious label does two things:
First, it undermines our democracy by implicitly delegitimizing any opinion which does not meet with the approval of a self-appointed clerisy John McWhorter has aptly named "the Elect." They are essentially grievance merchants selling "luxury beliefs" as if they were just another fashion accessory. Politics once was how we sought redress for grievances by reconciling conflicting philosophies, values, and priorities. The woke have turned it into the means by which those grievances are cemented in place to be incessantly monetized.
Second, it weaves into the social fabric the tendency to keep the Other at a distance while we nurture our suspicions. Nowhere was this result more tragically evident than in the encounter between George Zimmerman and Trayvon Martin. Both could have approached the Other to inquire into what the Other thought they were seeing. If the national conversation on race had taught them to do that, Martin would still be alive and we would have never heard about either. But it doesn't. Because if it did, the resulting reconciliation would rob the grievance merchants of their ability to profit from these grievances.
The stories of the soft racism of invisible barriers need to be told and heard. By labeling them as such, the conversation no longer turns on a "You Message" (Check your privilege.) but on an "I Message" (I'd like to tell some stories of my experiences of the soft racism of invisible barriers.) Conflict resolution experts know this pattern well: "I messages" lead to productive, healthy conversations. Too bad this is exactly what the grievance merchants want to prevent.
Sobriety Point #2: Young voters do not form their beliefs about politics like older votes.
The advent of Digital Media is the fulcrum of a shift in how beliefs are formed. This is as true of politics as it is of religion (see #3 below). We used to get our politics from the dinner table. From the sense of belonging at the dinner table we developed a sense of what we believed. Politics in the Pre-Digital Age was one of believing, then belonging (to a political party.)
I get the Rust Belt Obama-Trump voter because my dad explained - at the dinner table - that a kid from a family that did not have the means to send him(/her) to college were left with two choices. Either you apprenticed at the union shop or you signed up for ROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corp), went to college, and then served in the military.
Organized labor was the foundation of the middle class in those days. That foundation was laid by faithfulness to two core principles. The first was the union standard of excellence. The business community knew if they needed a job done right the first time, they hired union labor. This was the essential social contract - being a member of a union required you to meet that standard of excellence. In return you were paid a wage which allowed you to save up and make a down payment on a house. A child from a family who had always had to rent could climb the ladder of economic opportunity by saving from that union wage and becoming a homeowner. This "equal opportunity" to advance economically was the second principle - the other half of the social contract. If a union worker failed to uphold the union standard for quality, reliable work, "the Man" was the least of his problems. The union would basically tell him to get his act together or get out.
The 1960's and 1970's saw the slow deterioration of these commitments as communist ideologues targeted organized labor for takeover. The union standard of excellence was eventually cast aside in favor of political muscle. The commitment to equal opportunity was cast aside in favor of equal outcomes. Families like my parents watched with dismay as their Democratic Party - historically the party of blue-collar working families - left them. Ronald Reagan - himself disgusted by these developments - captured my parents' imagination and they became a quintessential example of the "Reagan Democrats."
These lessons from the dinner table reveal which among Trump's voters matter most. The math of the 2016 Electoral College tells the story: The Rust Belt unionized Obama-Trump voter concluded that the Democratic Party was split between a communist wing in Bernie Sanders and a corporatist wing in Hillary Clinton. The Clinton wing was especially odious as they were the ones who hollowed out the manufacturing base of the U.S. economy with policies falsely called "free trade." The people who made these policies were never the ones who suffered the consequences which followed. Peggy Noonan called this the rise of the Unprotected Class. Nassim Taleb calls the protected class "Intellectuals, Yet Idiots" with no "skin in the game" - meaning they never suffered the consequences of the bad ideas they pushed into public policy.
The fundamental lesson from the Trump years (which may not yet be over) is this: Those who have never faced the consequences of being wrong cannot be trusted to get public policy right. When one asks a farmer why she believes her decisions are right, you will not hear her appeal to some peer-reviewed paper. She will refer to lessons from past bad decisions which risked crop failure or some other bad outcome. She makes her decisions in immediate proximity to possible negative consequences. Compare this to asking questions of those in media, the faculty lounge, think tanks, or government. They will likely appeal to a peer-reviewed paper by a credentialed "expert" of one sort or another. Their decision-making, and the formation of the ideas which inform it, is entirely divorced from subsequent consequences.
Those of us who got our politics at a dinner table where smart phones didn't compete for our attention, and who voted for Trump, are simply pointing out that there are those who make things for a living and those who talk and write for a living. Those who make things (or grow them, husband livestock, etc.) pay a price when they are wrong. Those who talk and write for a living do not. Our vote simply said we no longer consent to being governed by the latter.
Today our challenge lies in understanding how the Digital Age voter has to wade through so much more noise to find the true signal. We have to allow for the fact they will not develop beliefs about politics like we did; the Digital Age is a day of belonging, then believing. Once they see in the Republican Party a place where the "signal" emerges in the belonging we once found at the dinner table, they will better be able to distinguish it from the "noise" coming from their smart phones or cable TV.
This leads us straight to...
Sobriety Point #3: An increasingly large segment of the Republican Party wants nothing to do with the intersection of religion and government.
Following from Point #2 above, the Pre-Digital Age Republican came of age during the heyday of the Moral Majority. The battle of this time was against attempts by Cultural Marxists to delegitimize faith communities by way of the courts. The particular fight that gave rise to the formation of the Moral Majority was a policy at Jerry Fallwell Sr.'s Liberty University banning inter-racial dating. The Left attempted to strip Liberty of its tax-exempt status because they disapproved of the beliefs behind the policy. As the husband of a Chinese wife, of course I find such beliefs and policies ridiculous. But as one well-educated on how Christian thought has evolved along with the discoveries of science, it is also clear to me that this reflected a sincerely held religious belief of earlier times when our understanding of the human person was not as well-formed as it is today.
That no one argues about this anymore is very much the point. So much of what we argued about back then has been overcome both by scientific discoveries (e.g., DNA) and the rise of a judicial philosophy called "textualism." The current makeup of the federal courts testifies to the success of patient debate and persuasion. Our Digital Age Republican youth must realize that they would not have religious liberties in any meaningful sense without the work of the Pre-Digital Age Republicans fighting off Statist Cultural Marxists in the public square.
Yet we - the very same Pre-Digital Age Republicans who successfully fought off Cultural Marxism in the courts - need to realize we will not succeed in the challenge of persuading our youth until we stop fighting yesterday's battles. Nowhere is this more important than the battle over gay marriage and gender expression. The Digital Age Republican has largely moved on from the older philosophical version of these "Culture Wars." Among our churched youth, the concern is less for how to argue with their gay neighbor (euphemistically called "Apologetics" in Sunday School) and more about discovering how to be a good neighbor to them. If our response to this is to argue that it should be "both-and" we have completely missed the point. For the Digital Age church-going "No Party Preference" (NPP) voter it simply isn't; they prefer to be a good neighbor over making a good argument. The sooner we get over it, the more likely we are to persuade the NPP young person to come join us in the GOP. (We might consider now calling it the "Great Opportunity Party." H/t to my friend Morgan Murtaugh - it was a great campaign slogan.)
Sobriety Point #4: When you answer a story with a statistic, you have lost before you are even done speaking (or before the ink is even dry on the page).
This, then, builds on Point #3. I write here about my friendship with a trans-gender woman who is such a remarkably calm, patient, kind, and gentle person - in addition to being a conservative Republican championship shooter and Second Amendment nut. Her story has transformed my Christian faith. Whether the topic is police misconduct or gender dysphoria, we see a pattern in our circles where a story like that of George Floyd is met with a statistic about Black-on-Black crime or the relatively few bad cops on our streets. This is like how my father once described (yes, at the dinner table) the unemployment rate. If you have a job, it might as well be 0%. If you're out of work and looking, it might as well be 100%.
What percentage of cops are bad cops? Who cares? For George Floyd's loved ones, that number might as well be 100%. If we respond to the story of someone who suffers from gender dysphoria with dry, meaningless statistics learned in Sunday School, we should not be surprised when a population who might otherwise work and vote together with us stays at home because we are too preoccupied with making a good argument to even bother trying to be a good neighbor.
Sobriety Point #5: We have not adequately explained the phenomenon that is Donald Trump.
In the Hebrew Bible one can read the story of the prophet Hosea. Israel had largely abandoned observance of the covenant between them and God. They had left to run after false gods like a prostitute running after her next John. So God tells the prophet to marry a whore(!). It sets up something from which you cannot turn away; a spectacle you cannot not see. Now imagine someone in Israel asking God: "Why do you think the whore will change anything?"
This is exactly what the Trump Voter hears when trying to explain his or her vote to their friends. I can practically hear the Media Left and the Never Trump Right laughing and asking whether Trump is the whore without realizing - as is typical of their lack of self-awareness - that they have walked right into a trap which will force that self-awareness upon them.
Yes, Donald Trump is Hosea's Whore! What the Media Left and Never Trump Right clearly don't grasp is this is not a statement about Donald Trump. Indeed, to understand the Trump Voter one must first understand the conversation cannot, and will not, be about Donald Trump. Hosea's Whore was the mirror in which Israel was forced to look at themselves! To say that Donald Trump is Hosea's Whore is to say the Trump Voter stuck a mirror in front of the Ruling Class and their media stenographers to force them to look at themselves for four glorious years! Every last thing they find so horrible about Trump is only a fraction of the vile, corrupt filth we see in them.
The real question is what the Republican Party will look like after Trump. What it cannot look like is the "deficits don't matter" corporatist war-mongering neoconservative filth like Liz Cheney in the House or Mitt Romney in the Senate. What it must look like is the true, historic conservatism of fiscal rectitude and foreign policy realism of someone like Dwight Eisenhower. Whether this is embodied in Senators Rand Paul, Mike Lee, Tim Scott - or governors like Kristi Noem or Ron DeSantis - is an open question.
Tomorrow's Republican Party must be able to reach the No Party Preference youth who know the Bernie Sanders free-everything promise is a pipe dream. Those of us who came of age before the advent of digital media just need to sober up and learn these essential lessons: It is not enough to be right; we must also be persuasive. And the route to persuasion is opposite the experience of those of us who came of age before the Internet; it is a path from belonging to believing.


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Our mission is to assist the organisations which provide this deeply needed support to young people in our communities.
We support a broad spectrum of organisations, focusing on the most vulnerable people in our communities. We feel passionately that those who are struggling should have the best chance of accessing the resources they need.
We normally provide financial grants of up to £30,000 to UK-based charities that operate in London and the South-East to help them overcome poverty, abuse and homelessness for the younger members of our society.
We are interested to hear from you if a grant from the Betsy Foundation could unlock your potential to deliver a vital project. These criteria would need to apply:
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The impact of the grant will help to alleviate the effects of poverty, abuse and homelessness as well as help recipients to overcome the causes e.g. to help them into more sustainable, safe and economically secure lives.
We understand that for any individual or group, poverty, abuse and homelessness are caused by complicated situations, including poor health and mental health, poor education, lack of opportunities including access to employment, stigma and racism, family and relationship breakdown. With this in mind, the Betsy Foundation provides grants to charities that are focused on addressing both the end results of such circumstances, or the situations that have led to them. The impact of the current pandemic have also increased insecurity for many people and exacerbated disadvantages across society, which is why we feel now it is more important than ever to attempt to relieve some of the financial burden so that those supporting people in need can continue their crucial work.
We believe that if we work together, we can make a big difference in the world to make it a better, gentler place for us all.
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Many of us cannot imagine starting the day without a cup of coffee. But brewing the perfect cup of joe is no easy feat.
The quality of coffee is tied closely to how it is brewed.
Now, Consumer Reports has tested and evaluated various types of coffee makers — more than 150 machines — and named the best of 2020.
CR test engineer Jenny Lui and her team did the testing. According to CR:
"In our coffee maker lab, Lui's team conducts a brew-performance test and measures contact time (how long water stays within the sweet spot of 195° F to 205° F for brewing) for each drip coffee maker. For single-serve (pod) machines, our engineers evaluate temperature consistency and size consistency of individual cups of coffee. For cold-brew coffee makers, our engineers judge ease of cleaning and our expert coffee taste tester judges the taste of each brew."
Below are some of their top choices. As of when this story was written, all cost less than $140 at one or more retailers. Click the name of a coffee maker to find out how much it costs at this moment.
- Cuisinart Coffee on Demand DCC-3000: This self-serve coffee maker — which pours freshly brewed coffee straight into your mug — gets high marks for reliability.
- Bunn HB Heat N Brew Programmable: Consumer Reports describes this drip machine's features as "a bit bare bones," but says it earns higher owner-satisfaction ratings.
- Ninja Specialty CM401: This all-in-one machine can brew up hot and iced coffee, lattes, macchiatos and more. According to CR, "It's one of the most versatile coffee makers we've tested."
- Cuisinart Premium Single-Serve Brewer SS-10: CR praises this machine for its convenience, and adds that it "offers great cup-size and temperature consistency."
- Hamilton Beach 12-cup Programmable 49465R: If you want something that costs much less than the other choices on this list, try this machine. Consumer Reports says it gives you "solid brew performance" in around 10 minutes.
- Primula Burke Cold Brew Coffee Maker PBPBK-5101: This cold-brew coffee maker scores big with CR. Not only is it the least expensive model tested, but CR also says it's "one of the best." Although it requires a full 24-hour brew time, CR says "you might find the results worth the wait."


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The air ambulance was called after a crash in Co Down on Saturday afternoon.
The crash involved a car and a motorcycle on the Ardglass Road in Downpatrick.
The motorcyclist was taken to hospital, however, his injuries are not thought to be serious.
A PSNI spokesman said: "Police are dealing with a collision involving a car and a motorcycle on Ardglass Road, Downpatrick.
"A male motorcyclist has been taken to hospital for injuries that are not thought to be life threatening."
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Former Vice President Joe Biden (D) won the presidential election in Virginia on November 3, 2020.
Biden won the Democratic primary on March 3, 2020.[1] The Republican Party voted to cancel its primary.
Virginia's 13 votes in the Electoral College were the 12th-most of any state. Virginia backed the Democratic presidential candidate in the three elections between 2008 and 2016 and the Republican candidate in the ten elections between 1968 and 2004. Between 1900 and 2016, Virginia backed the Democratic presidential candidate in 56.67% of elections and the Republican candidate in 43.33%.
In the 2016 election, Hillary Clinton (D) carried Virginia with 49.7% of the vote to Donald Trump's (R) 44.4%.
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The Australian Government is ensuring senior Australians get the services and assistance they need with a $2.5 million investment to extend and expand the Older Persons COVID-19 Support Line.
Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians, Richard Colbeck, said the support line will be extended until 30 June 2021.
"The Government will invest up to $2.5 million so senior Australians can continue to access information about the COVID-19 pandemic and get the support they need," Minister Colbeck said.
"Many vulnerable senior Australians may not have easy access to the internet or be able to readily access information about COVID-19.
"The support line has proved to be a very beneficial service for senior Australians who continue to face particular risks because of COVID-19, including social isolation and loneliness.
"Being able to pick up the phone and call someone, or receive calls from expert service providers, is proving to be very effective."
Between 22 April and 23 October 2020, the support line received more than 5000 inbound calls and provided more than 29,000 outbound calls.
The top five reasons for calls included:
- wellbeing checks
- information about COVID-19
- advice to vulnerable people
- travel restrictions
- access to new, or queries about existing, home care services.
The support service is a joint initiative of COTA Australia, Dementia Australia, National Seniors Australia and the Older Persons Advocacy Network. The expansion of the service will also include support from the Partners in Culturally Appropriate Care (PICAC) Alliance.
"We identified the need early on in the COVID-19 pandemic to provide targeted support for vulnerable senior Australians who are at greater risk of isolation, carer stress and elder abuse," Minister Colbeck said.
"The extension of this valuable service will now include outbound calls to carers of people living with dementia, as well as more specific community supports for culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) seniors.
"The Government's investment in the Older Persons COVID-19 Support Line means people have multiple ways to communicate their questions and concerns with trusted community organisations working with senior Australians."
"The additional services will be established as quickly as possible to ensure all senior Australians, no matter what their circumstances, can access the support they need, when they need it, in a way they prefer."
Senior Australians who would like information and support are encouraged to contact the Older Persons COVID-19 Support Line on 1800 171 866, Monday to Friday between 8:30am to 6pm (except public holidays).


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False or misleading information about COVID-19 spread seemingly as fast as the disease itself. How bad is the problem?
A new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation found that nearly a third of adult Americans believed at least four of eight false statements about COVID-19 or vaccines for the disease (e.g., "The government is exaggerating the number of COVID-19 deaths"; "The COVID-19 vaccines have been shown to cause infertility"). Almost half of those surveyed believed one to three of the false statements were plausible.
This has contributed to rates of illness and death in the United States that are far higher than they should be, as people refuse to wear masks or get vaccinated.
Who tends to believe in fake or misleading news about COVID-19? Demographic factors like age and education play a role; so does political affiliation, with Republicans vastly more likely than Democrats to believe wrong information about the pandemic.
But there is one more factor that is gaining attention from researchers: intellectual humility.
How humility and health can go together
Intellectual humility is the "awareness of one's fallibility," writes Duke University researcher Mark Leary. "People who are intellectually humble know that their beliefs, opinions, and viewpoints are fallible because they realize that the evidence on which their beliefs are based could be limited or flawed or that they may not have the expertise or ability to understand and evaluate the evidence."
A series of studies recently published in Social Psychological and Personality Science examined how people with varying levels of intellectual humility responded to misleading headlines about COVID-19. Across three studies, the findings paint a clear picture: When presented with misinformation about COVID-19, people higher in intellectual humility are more likely to investigate further.
In the first two studies, researchers presented a total of 700 participants with fabricated headlines about COVID-19 that were ostensibly from news articles (e.g., "Sipping water every 15 minutes prevents a coronavirus infection," "Coronavirus cases keep rising; Social distancing is not working"). Then, participants reported whether they'd try to verify the information in the headline by, for example, fact-checking the claims, spending more time learning about the source, or even just reading the entire article. The researchers found that people higher in intellectual humility were more likely to say they would try to find out if the headline were true.
The final study went one step further by measuring people's behavior. Researchers showed 600 participants a fabricated news headline (e.g., "U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration warns that mask wearing can be dangerous and ineffective"), with the option to open a new tab in their internet browser to "learn more about this article." They found the same pattern of results as in the previous studies: People higher in intellectual humility were more likely to open the tab to learn more about the fabricated news.
For obvious reasons, this matters during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rampant mis- and dis-information are commonly cited causes for vaccine hesitancy in the United States, which has one of the lowest vaccination rates in Western Europe and North America. (Disinformation is fake news intentionally spread by bad-faith actors; misinformation is the result of mistakes in thinking or research.)
As vaccines became available earlier in the year, researchers at Texas A&M University tested 351 participants for intellectual humility and measured their attitudes toward vaccination. They found that people higher in intellectual humility have more positive attitudes toward the vaccines and are more likely to say they intend to get the jab. Importantly, this is true even when accounting for the effect of factors like education and political orientation.
That might be good news: There's not much we can do about people's education or politics as the pandemic rages on—but we can act now to help each other cultivate intellectual humility when learning about COVID-19.
Cultivating humility in the pandemic
So, how do you cultivate intellectual humility in the face of a global pandemic?
The core of intellectual humility is recognizing your own limitations as a human being, such as your training and education, or the bias created by your emotions.
If something "feels" true to you, then you might ask: Why might that be the case? For example, it is very understandable why we might seek out miracle preventatives or cures for COVID-19, like taking hydroxychloroquine or gargling salt water, because the wish for the pandemic to be over or easily defeated can be much stronger than the need to squarely face the dire reality of the situation. Scapegoating other people for the pandemic also contains a strong emotional appeal, since it is more satisfying to be angry at other people than at a disease that doesn't know you exist. One study found that depression and anxiety increased the likelihood that we'll believe false information about COVID-19.
Thus, the first question we might ask ourselves when hearing new information is this one: Does the message seem designed to appeal to my emotions? And are those emotions leading me to believe things that might not be true?
If so, then you might try a technique called "self-distancing," which basically involves trying to look at yourself from the outside. According to research, people who are able to do this while discussing a difficult event make better sense of their own reactions and are less emotionally distressed. In a paper published in 2011, psychologists Ethan Kross and Igor Grossman found that self-distancing was an effective way of cultivating intellectual humility.
Another key to intellectual humility, suggests Leary, is simply being patient as you gather information, keeping an open mind until you need to act.
"The brain evolved the capacity to think in order to guide our behavior in adaptive ways," says Leary. "If we assume that our understanding of almost anything, including COVID, improves over time, then there's no reason to draw a firm conclusion until we need to act on it. Then, we go with the best information—from the most credible sources—that we have."
You can also search public-health messages themselves for humility. In the article "11 Questions to Ask About COVID-19 Research," Greater Good's editors ask readers to look for signs of intellectual humility in communications about new pandemic insights: Do researchers, journalists, and politicians acknowledge limitations and entertain alternative explanations? Do they reference preceding findings? Are journalists and politicians, or even scientists, possibly overstating the result? If the message seems humble, it might be more reliable than other, more grandiose or emotional messages about COVID-19.
Indeed, the formula of scientific papers is designed to reflect humility, as the authors are forced to explain what the study didn't do and couldn't find out, and why their findings could be wrong. In a global pandemic, that's a formula we might all try to follow.


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For the second straight year, Paulo Lobo sent out a Brazilian-bred son of Agnes Gold to upset Keeneland's $750,000 "Win and You're In" for the Breeders' Cup Mile (G1) – for the same owners, Bonne Chance Farm and Stud R D I.
Last October, Ivar prevailed at 14.40-1 in the Shadwell Turf Mile (G1). In Saturday's rebranded Keeneland Turf Mile (G1), stablemate In Love did the honors as a 12.30-1 shot and booked his ticket to Del Mar. Ivar, a creditable fourth in his title defense, is likewise Breeders' Cup-bound.
One who did not follow 2020 precedent, however, was reigning Breeders' Cup Mile shocker Order of Australia. Bet down to 6-5 favoritism in his return to Keeneland, the Aidan O'Brien pupil came up empty on the far turn and faded to last.
"Going to the first turn we had a great spot," Hall of Famer John Velazquez said of Order of Australia, "but he didn't show up. Sometimes you get a good position and you ask them, but there's nothing."
In Love was reserved in midpack on the inside by Alex Achard, who also rode him to victory in his last pair – a July 25 Arlington allowance and Sept. 8 listed stakes at Kentucky Downs. Up front, longshot Brown Storm carved out fractions of :23.37, :47.30, and 1:11.58 on the good course, tracked by Diamond Oops.
Somelikeithotbrown, who had been stalking from the far outside post 12, ranged up turning for home and asserted at the top of the lane. Tell Your Daddy shifted out in pursuit, scrimmaging with Ivar as they fanned into contention.
But In Love had steered into the clear and gathered momentum by midstretch. Striding out with authority, the gelding drove 1 1/2 lengths clear in 1:34.84.
Somelikeithotbrown drifted out under pressure, inconveniencing Tell Your Daddy who in turn came over on Ivar. Tell Your Daddy still managed to best Somelikeithotbrown by a half-length for runner-up honors.
Ivar was just a head behind Somelikeithotbrown in fourth, and his owners claimed foul against Tell Your Daddy for interference. The stewards ruled that the original result should stand.
Space Traveller churned his way late into fifth, a neck off Ivar. Next came Front Run the Fed, Pixelate, Diamond Oops, Argentello, Monarchs Glen, Brown Storm, and Order of Australia. Field Pass was withdrawn.
Bred by Fazenda Mondesir and co-owner Stud Rio Dois Irmaos, In Love raced in Argentina in 2019. Coincidentally, he was second on debut to Imperador, now better known as Lobo's Breeders' Cup Turf (G1) hope after landing the "Win and You're In" Kentucky Turf Cup (G2). In Love switched to dirt at Palermo and placed at the Group 2 level. Once joining Lobo for 2020, he shaped with promise when landing a Keeneland allowance second off the bench.
In Love took longer to reach winning form this term, but the addition of blinkers has galvanized him. The five-year-old sports a mark of 13-5-2-2, $729,700.
"I think the big key was we went to Arlington and tried an easier spot, and he won the race," Lobo noted. "Then we put blinkers on him and he improved a lot, and running the one-turn mile – they are very unfamiliar in South America with that – and I think the horse is improving. You know, Kentucky Downs horses get very fit. And also he loves it here (at Keeneland). Last year he won an allowance very easy here, and I think the give in the ground helped him."
Lobo made sure to put in a good word for Ivar, who had not raced since his sixth in the Old Forester Turf Classic (G1) on Kentucky Derby Day.
"Also I liked a lot Ivar. I think he was fighting a lot off the long layoff. I think maybe we are going to have three horses in the Breeders' Cup (including Imperador)."
In Love's victory serves as a eulogy for sire Agnes Gold, a Japanese export by Sunday Silence, who passed away recently. In Love is a half-brother to Brazilian Group 1 vixen Last Kiss. Their dam is the Group 2-winning Know Heights mare Last Bet, from the family of Brazilian champions Oriental Flower and L'Amico Steve.


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WEP Encryption Weaknesses
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Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company and one of the world's two largest networking companies, has joined the EnOcean Alliance as a participant member. When used together, the Aruba Wi-Fi infrastructure and EnOcean energy harvesting wireless IoT solutions enable customers to create 'hyperaware' smart buildings that are aware of, and responsive to, their changing operating environment and occupant needs.
Aruba, based in Santa Clara, California, is a leading provider of AI-powered network infrastructure for campus, data centre, branch and remote worker applications. Aruba delivers a cloud experience at the edge that can be consumed either as a service in the cloud or on-premises, as a managed service delivered through Aruba partners, or via network as a service through HPE GreenLake.
The EnOcean Alliance is an international association of over 400 leading companies in the building and IT industries founded in 2008. The non-profit organisation is committed to enabling and promoting interoperable, maintenance-free and proven ecosystems based on the wireless EnOcean radio standard (ISO/IEC 14543-3-10/11). The EnOcean Alliance ecosystem offers more than 5,000 multi-vendor interoperable sensors enabling data collection for multiple applications, such as room or desk/chair occupancy, temperature and air quality, energy usage and restroom usage.
Hyperaware buildings made easy
EnOcean Alliance member IoT devices are the eyes and ears of smart buildings. By securely interfacing those IoT devices with new and existing Aruba Wi-Fi 5 and Wi-Fi 6 Access Points via a plug-in USB 800/900MHz radio, building control and business applications can become hyperaware of their operating environments. This information can be used to better model cloud-based digital twins, and to optimise human activity monitoring, organisational redesign, augmented reality, human productivity, and occupant health & safety.
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"A building becomes smart by virtue of being instrumented with IoT devices, so applications are cognizant of the contextual status of the environment, occupants, energy requirements, service needs, security and safety," said Michael R. Tennefoss, Vice President of Strategic Partnerships at Aruba. "The richer the set of available IoT data, the more cognizant and adaptive the building and associated digital twins can become. The goal is to make hyperawareness simple and inexpensive, and that is what the mash up between Aruba and the EnOcean Alliance achieves. An inexpensive 800/900MHz plug-in radio brings existing and new Aruba customers access to thousands of IoT devices, including BACNet and multiple other protocol gateways, and software applications (both local and cloud based). In turn, Alliance members gain access to Aruba's installed base of education, enterprise, government, healthcare, hospitality, industrial, manufacturing, retail and transportation customers."
Graham Martin, Chairman & CEO of the EnOcean Alliance continues: "Our collaboration opens up exciting new market opportunities for the Alliance members and the Aruba community by combining Aruba's extensive network power and the flexibility of energy harvesting wireless sensors. The simplicity of the solution makes it now possible for facility, IT and other managers to easily add services, collecting data from 'peel and stick' sensors across an entire building, without pulling any new cables, nor ever having to change a battery."
Detailed information, including white papers, is available on the EnOcean Alliance website here: www.enocean-alliance.org/aruba
The technology behind self-powered IoT sensors
Energy harvesting wireless devices utilise the tiniest amounts of energy from their environment. Kinetic motion, pressure, light and differences in temperature can be converted into energy which, in combination with ultra-low power wireless technology, creates maintenance-free sensor solutions for use in smart buildings and the IoT. Founded in 2001, EnOcean is a pioneer of energy harvesting combined with wireless IoT communications, and delivers valuable data for the IoT with its resource-saving technology. With a simple USB device supporting the EnOcean interoperable wireless standard, Aruba and EnOcean enable the economical, reliable and safe use of energy harvesting sensors over building networks to make buildings smart and sustainable. "We're very happy to team up with Aruba to bring the entire ecosystem of EnOcean solutions to buildings in an easy and secure way," said Andreas Schneider, CEO of EnOcean.
EnOcean IoT starter kit
EnOcean has released a starter kit that simplifies the integration of EnOcean wireless sensors with Aruba Wi-Fi access points. Together, the two companies have partnered to facilitate the integration of IoT sensors into existing IT infrastructure, levering IT security mechanisms to protect IoT data and devices. Used in conjunction with a separately purchased Aruba access point, the new IoT starter kit (named EISKA for the European market and EISKU for the North American market) includes an EnOcean EMSIx multisensor, an Easyfit wireless switch, an EnOcean USB stick and demonstration software. All devices support the EnOcean radio standard (ISO/IEC 14543-3-10/11).
EnOcean USB sticks are available in both 868 MHz (Europe) and 902 MHz (USA/Canada) versions, and are compatible with any Aruba Wi-Fi 5 and Wi-Fi 6 access point with a USB port that is running ArubaOS 8.7 software. Aruba's Zero-Trust Network automatically establishes a secure data connection between EnOcean-compatible devices and the IoT application. The design eliminates the need for gateways, significantly reducing the cost of IoT projects.
"We have put together a kit that enables a quick and easy start to IoT applications with self-powered EnOcean devices. Customers only need to attach the included sensor and switch where they want to collect data and stick the USB device into their Aruba access point. On top of that, the included USB stick opens up the world to 5,000 products from members of the EnOcean Alliance, EnOcean's energy harvesting technology being the core of every product," Troy Davis, VP Sales North America West Region said. "We are very excited about this partnership as it opens up completely new opportunities for the IoT world."
EnOcean's energy harvesting sensors generate energy from light, movement or temperature, eliminating the need for batteries or power wiring. The EMSIx multisensor combines temperature, humidity, light level, acceleration and magnet contact sensors, making it well suited for a variety of IoT and smart building applications. An integrated near field communication (NFC) interface enables the multisensor to be configured and commissioned quickly and easily. The wireless Easyfit "Battery-free by EnOcean" energy harvesting switch can be placed anywhere lighting control is needed, including architecturally sensitive areas that are difficult to wire, such as glass, marble, reinforced concrete, and room dividers.
The IoT starter kit comes in two different versions for the European and North American markets. The European EISKA Starter Kit includes an EnOcean USB 300, a solar-powered EMSIA multisensor, and an Easyfit EWSDA double rocker switch. The North American EISKU Starter Kit includes an EnOcean USB 500U, the solar-powered EMSIU multisensor, an Easyfit EDRPU double rocker switch, an ETHSU temperature and humidity sensor, and an EMCSU magnet contact sensor. The demonstration software includes dashboards to show control activity in real-time. The IoT starter kits are available now in Europe from Arrow Electronics, and in North America from Ingram Micro. For more information on the EnOcean IoT starter kit and the partnership with Aruba, please visit www.enocean.com/en/aruba
About EnOcean Alliance
The EnOcean Alliance is an international association of leading companies in the building and IT industries founded in 2008. The open, non-profit organisation is committed to enabling and promoting interoperable, maintenance-free and proven eco-systems based on the wireless EnOcean radio standard (ISO/IEC 14543-3-10/11). With their decades of experience EnOcean Alliance members strive to co-create a healthy, safe and sustainable environment in smart homes, smart buildings and smart spaces for the benefit of all. The EnOcean Alliance headquarters are located in San Ramon, California.
About EnOcean
EnOcean is a pioneer of energy harvesting and wireless IoT communications. Headquartered in Oberhaching, near Munich, the company delivers valuable data for the Internet of Things (IoT) with its resource-saving technology. For nearly 20 years, EnOcean has produced maintenance-free wireless switches and sensors, which gain their energy from their surroundings – from movement, light or temperature. The combination of miniaturised energy converters, ultra-low power electronics and robust radio technology based on open standards (EnOcean, Zigbee and Bluetooth®) forms the foundation for digitized buildings, services and production processes in the IoT. The self-powered solutions are used in building automation, smart homes, LED lighting control and industrial applications. As an innovation driver, EnOcean is a strong partner for more than 350 leading product manufacturers and has already succeeded more than a million buildings worldwide with energy harvesting solutions.
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Self-care, work-life balance, and making time for family are all critical parts of managing stress.
But how often do you consider your home when it comes to managing stress? Everything from your outdoor space, to your interior decor, can either cause or help alleviate stress—and obviously, the latter is preferable!
Here are some tips to help you have a stress-free summer at home this year.
If you're working from home, give yourself dedicated work space.
Working from home certainly has its perks, but it can become a highly stressful situation if you're also sharing space with a partner, children, or even pets who like interrupting those Zoom meetings.
Another difficulty? Staying focused. If you're working in the middle of your kitchen, it can be hard not to feel like you just have to take care of those dirty dishes—and the crumbs on the counter, and probably sweep the floor, too.
That's why home offices are becoming more popular than ever. By building or creating a separate home office—even one in your own backyard!—you give yourself separate space that's just for work. You can create an even more pleasant working environment by choosing a space with lots of natural light or one that opens onto your backyard.
Tidy up your outdoor space
Creating a backyard oasis doesn't have to require extreme amounts of time, money, or effort.
By simply cleaning up your yard space—mowing and edging your lawn, removing any fallen branches, and keeping it tidy regularly—you'll make it much more inviting.
Add some simple outdoor seating, and you'll be able to go out and enjoy your own small bit of nature any time you're feeling stressed. With the right setup, you can even work outside, boosting your mood and giving you that daily dose of Vitamin D, too.
Go big with a swimming pool
If you're really looking to enhance your outdoor space this year, why not go big and put in a swimming pool?
According to insights from top agents in a recent HomeLight report, backyard pools are now a huge home value boon—which marks a big change for the real estate market. Even as recently as 2018, pools usually made homes harder to sell, as buyers saw them as an expensive liability.
Post-2020, however, backyard pools are getting a whole new reputation. You'll want to check with a trustworthy Realtor, to make sure that they're popular in your area, but in general, pools are fast becoming a buyer attraction.
They're expensive to maintain—that hasn't changed—but if you're feeling the urge, especially if you think you'll be selling your home in the next couple of years, this spring or summer may be the time to take the plunge!
According to multiple medical sources, including the respected Mayo Clinic, clutter can contribute heavily to stress. Having all that stuff to pick up, put away, and deal with all the time means you have less time for the things that are important to you—relaxation, stress relief, self-care, and family time, for instance.
Decluttering will also improve the appearance of your home, create a more peaceful and calm environment, and help lower your baseline stress levels.
In addition, if you're thinking of selling your home, decluttering is a home improvement project that will give you incredible ROI—432%, according to estimates from real estate agents.
Having a stress-free summer at home starts with a bit of cleaning and maintenance, but with just a bit of effort, you can create a peaceful oasis to return to (or rarely leave). Happy relaxing!


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Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu says insurgency has worsened since the inauguration of the present administration. He said Boko haram was already being rolled out of Nigeria before the elections but surprisingly they have increased their attacks and spread to other parts of Nigeria
"I am worried about the insurgence of the Boko Haram activities in Nigeria. Shortly before the inauguration of the present government, the country had almost rolled back Boko Haram and its activities in every part of Nigeria, from
Adamawa to Borno to Yobe. I was hoping that when we come back in the 8th Assembly, that I will work with our colleagues from the North-East to develop a plan of action that will help to rehabilitate that part of Nigeria. I feel so concerned about the suffering of our people from the North-East of Nigeria. I had hoped that by now we would be tasking ourselves on how best to rebuild that part of Nigeria. Regrettably the actions of Boko Haram seems to have resurfaced now not only in Borno, they have carried out their activities also in Plateau, they have gone to Adamawa, Kaduna. I am worried that if nothing is done, the next target would be Abuja. Maybe they start going to South. It is important for us as those in government, whether Executive or Legislature, to come together to find solutions to these problems." he told newsmen (Punch)


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Symptoms Of A Bad 6.0 Powerstroke EGR Valve (Explained)
6.0L Power Stroke EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) valve is an emission device that controls the number of exhaust gases that are reintroduced into the engine, essentially diluting the intake charge to reduce NOx emissions. But a failed 6.0 powerstroke EGR valve can contribute to reliability.
The users who have experienced 6.0 powerstroke EGR valve failure they could have prevented the problem if they were aware of the initial sign and symptoms to get a hint.
Therefore, in this very article, let's learn how to detect when your EGR valve needs immediate attention.
What Is The Sign Of A Faulty 6.0 Powerstroke EGR valve? The most common and obvious signs of 6.0 powerstroke EGR valve failure are soot buildup, a loss of power, excessive carbon buildup, and more.
6.0 Powerstroke EGR Valve Failure Symptoms:
There are other significant symptoms by which you can easily identify when your EGR valve needs proper inspection and repairing or replacement.
So, let's learn more about those symptoms and how to detect 6.0 powerstroke egr valve failure –
1. Issues with Engine Performance
If you face issues with your engine performance, this can be a symptom of a problem with the EGR valve. A malfunctioning or faulty EGR valve can mess with your vehicle's air-fuel ratio. And it can cause problems like reduction in power, fuel efficiency, and acceleration.
2. Rough Idle
Rough idle is one the most common symptoms to identify a bad EGR valve. EGR valves often get stuck in an open position when they malfunction. And by getting stuck, it can lead to exhaust gas circulation, which eventually causes rough idle.
To identify the problem, first put the vehicle in a parked position. Then look for a plunger shaft and, if possible, check for the valve positioning. Try to do that physically. There will be error codes in cases where the valve is stuck in an open position. You would just have to remove the plug and fill the empty spaces with carbon cleaner.
In case of EGR stuck closed position, first, you would have to check for error codes P014 and P1406 OBD ECU scan tool. Then if you hear any knocking sound from the engine, know that the valve has already been shut down.
3. Check Engine Light
If your vehicle's EGR valve has an issue and the computer detects that, it will set off the Check Engine Light on the dashboard to notify the issue. The Check Engine Light can also get set off for other issues with the engine.
But as the EGR valve is directly connected to the engine, bad valve setting the light on is often the case. Thus, it's one of the important symptoms to look at.
4. Smell of Fuel
When the EGR valve does not function properly, the engine takes up more fuel than it is supposed to.
For that, the hydrocarbon starts to leave the tailpipe. And this action causes fuel odor to increase.
Often the odor is irritating, and you can smell it from inside the vehicle, making it one of the symptoms of a bad EGR valve.
5. Emissions Test
If your vehicle fails the emission test that is taken every six months, this can be because of a bad EGR valve. And if you can find other symptoms along with failing the test, it's almost surely a problem of the EGR valve.
A smog test is really an effective way to detect a clogged EGR. If your EGR valve is clogged, it can no longer burn harmful emissions inside the combustion chamber and fails to emit NOx out of the exhaust pipe. And that will tell you if the EGR valve is in a good situation or bad.
6. Knocking Sound
Another symptom is the knocking sound of the engine. If your EGR valve is stuck in a closed position, the temperature inside the combustion chamber will be too high. And this ultimately leads to fuel igniting too early when the engine is at low RPM, causing the knocking sound from the engine.
These are the most commonly identified symptoms that indicate the EGR Valve failure condition. So, if you also own one of the 6.0 Powerstroke engines on your vehicle, make sure to keep them in mind.
What to Do When You Detect 6.0 Powerstroke EGR Valve Failure?
Whenever you encounter any symptoms indicating that your egr valve may fail or has any damage, make sure to follow the below instructions in order to fix the problem-
All the problems regarding EGR valves are generally caused by two different reasons and you will see different symptoms for each reason.
The valve either becomes stuck in the open position or in the closed position. So, you need to figure out the problem first to solve it.
You should get yourself an OBD (On-Board Diagnostics Device) and plug it into the vehicle to check the errors. The device will show different error codes when diagnosed to let you know about the problem.
EGR Valve Stuck in Open
Error code P0402 will be shown in this case. You'll have to remove the plug and fill the empty space with a carbon cleaner if it happens.
EGR Valve stuck in close
Code P0401 warns when the EGR valve is stuck in close. However, there's not an easy solution to this problem. First, you need to figure out the exact source of the problem and act according to it. In most cases, you'll need to remove the valve, and a valve removing kit will come in handy.
See a mechanic, and it can cost $150 to $750 to solve the problem.
Clogged EGR Valve
Error code P0401 can also be shown If the valve is blocked. Actually, this code refers to insufficient EGR flow. You'll need to remove the valve and clean it properly with a valve cleaning kit or throttle body cleaner.
While cleaning the valve, put on an acid-resistant pair of gloves and safety glasses. Spray the cleaner onto the carbon deposits and remove the carbon build-up with a pipe cleaning brush.
Wipe off the place with a clean cloth when all the carbon deposits are removed. If you find it hard to clean using the pipe brush, soak it in a cleaning solution for a few minutes before doing the brushing process.
Finally, replace the EGR valve, and it should solve the problem.
Is Replacing A 6.0 Powerstroke EGR Valve Typically Expensive?
First of all, a common question comes to mind – Repair or replacement?
Most of the egr valve-related problems like merely clogged or stuck open or closed due to soot particles can be solved by cleaning them. But you'll have to remove the valve and replace it for this.
So first, take the body and eye protection as mentioned earlier. Now start the removal process. You need to remove different electronic parts before removing the valve.
Carefully remove the rubber vacuum line that is connected to the EGR valve. If you find it broken or damaged, replace it. Otherwise, it can create different engine problems. Now disconnect all the electrical connections.
Make sure you don't use any corrosive chemical cleaner near the wiring. Then you'll have to unbolt the EGR valve from the assembly. If the valve doesn't come out even after removing nuts and bolts, give a slight tap with a tiny hammer to loosen it. Finally, remove the gasket. Replace it if it's torn. Now it's time to clean the valve.
Follow the above-mentioned process to clean the valve and reinstall it. Reattach the cacxum hose and electrical connections. Now you are ready to go!
For replacement, the estimated cost can reach be between $150 to $500, including both parts and labor.
The cleaning process can be done by yourself.
This should cost about $15 for the cleaner and between $70 to $490 for the part.
The Verdict
An EGR valve is an essential part of a vehicle's emission system by recirculating the exhaust back into the engine. A car with a faulty EGR valve could increase a car's pollution output and cause it to fail inspection.
Therefore, any slight malfunctioning issue with the EGR valve is real bad news. Still, prevention can help you keep your valve healthy, and those above discussed symptoms will help keep a close eye on your EGR valve to prevent any severe issue.
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Foreign manufacturers of electric cars in China can own only minority shares and they must surrender intellectual property on at least one of what the government considers to be the three key enabling technologies for e-mobility. These are batteries, motors and control electronics. In exchange, foreigners gain access to a market they hope will be large enough to create cash flow that can be repatriated if the dominant partner approves. Unfortunately for them, electric bikes, and, at the other extreme, electric buses and trains consume one fifth of the energy per passenger kilometer of electric cars. Add to this the fact that China can never build enough roads, charging or parking places for cars and it is clear that the domestic car market in China must be treated with caution. That formidable country is actually creating, on the cheap, a huge export business in electromobility.
For those outside China, there is better news, however. Most countries have plenty of space for cars and there is reason to predict a robust business in all forms of electric vehicle, whether or not they are made in China. This is partially because the technology is changing very rapidly, giving an advantage to those doing major research and development. AC motors are often taking over from DC ones. The AC motor's electronic circuitry - a very different skill - is often replacing DC commutator metalwork. Electronic circuitry, including control electronics for EVs, is becoming laminated and even printed to save space, weight and cost and improve reliability. Batteries are going partly from inorganic to organic chemistry and back again in a very different form and here liquid handling giving way to printing and other deposition of solids. That addresses challenges such as improving safety and energy density (range) at the same time. Sion Energy and Planar Energy of the USA, Oxis Energy of the UK, and for key materials, The Dow Chemical Company of the USA are among the ones to watch here, as the West seeks to leapfrog the dominant East Asian Li-ion battery manufacturing.
There is more. A fourth key enabling technology has appeared. It is energy harvesting, converting ambient energy to electricity to charge the traction battery or at least run wireless sensors, lighting and actuators. This reduces weight to increase vehicle range and it increases space and improves safety. Previously, a photovoltaic roof on a car only provided 50 watts or so - certainly of no use in charging batteries. However, the small Asola Automotive Solar Deutschland GmbH silicon roof panel on the Fisker Karma hybrid sports car generates over 100 watts peak. The new bendable and sometimes flexible and conformal Dye Sensitised Solar Cells DSSC work well with low levels and angles of light and with polarised light off windows and water and even with infrared. Put them on the sides, undersides and even insides of electric vehicles and kilowatts are in prospect. New flexible copper indium gallium diselenide CIGS photovoltaics is already seen around complex shapes of aircraft and surface boats, such as those by Grove Boats and Kopf Solarschiff of Germany. The University of Michigan and the ENFICA-FC project in Italy funded by the European Commission are among those shaping solar panels onto unmanned electric aircraft.
Meanwhile, large and small electric vehicles on land and sea are showing the feasibility of electrodynamic energy harvesting generating up to a massive ten kilowatts or more. From the old bicycle dynamo we went to the now well understood technology of regenerative braking - motors of on-road vehicles working in reverse to grab back electricity during braking. Valence Technology of the USA with family yacht maker Beneteau of France has now moved on to do the equivalent thing with ocean going yachts. The propeller is dragged in reverse when the vessel is under sail, thus charging powerful lithium-ion batteries so they operate electrics silently when the craft is moored. Callender Designs of the UK has something similar in its superyachts combined with rigid solar sails.
Further, we now have superyachts scooping water into a hydro turbine when under sail to charge second generation, safer lithium-ion batteries. Indeed, the largest design of Paracas Yachts in Miami is a 48 meter superyacht that can produce enough stored electricity for its refrigeration, air conditioning and other "hotel facilities" for one week just by sailing for an afternoon. Hydro-Kinetic Designs in the USA is now moving such technology into working vessels. These and other craft innovate in many other ways thanks to electric drive systems. For example, the propellers are far more efficient because they are suspended in pods with their electric motors, there being no propeller shaft. Some ships and boats use electrodynamic harvesting in the form of computer controlled kites sweeping an optimal figure of eight to charge the traction batteries.
You can now buy an electric aircraft that soars as a glider to charge the batteries by reversing the propeller and a similar thing seems to be feasible with underwater electric vehicles. Some vehicles erect a wind turbine to charge the battery when they are stationary. However, the most widely applicable powerful energy harvesting is yet another electrodynamic option - the energy harvesting damper or shock absorber. A set on a bus or truck generates a very useful ten kilowatts. Leader here is Levant Power Corporation of the USA which also targets pure electric Autonomous Underwater Vehicles UAVs to benefit from their devices. Some AUVs already combine photovoltaics and wave harvesting. On the other hand, in its owner's 78 meter superyacht, Sauter Carbon Offset Design in Bali has a motion damping system that generates an incredible 100 kW. Here the lithium-ion battery is part of the damping pendulum employed. The humble bike dynamo has come a long way.
The closely linked energy storage is also rapidly evolving beyond batteries. While some concentrate on making third generation highest energy density batteries a safe reality, Elon Musk founder of Tesla Motors has expressed the opinion that supercapacitors (ultracapacitors) are key to future energy storage in electric vehicles, even replacing batteries. Indeed, it is already clear that, with them incorporated in electric bikes and buses to boost battery performance, there is more to come. Developers such as Nanotecture of the UK and OptiXtal of the USA are widening the repertoire to so- called asymmetric electrochemical supercapacitors (supercabatteries) combining the best of batteries and supercapacitors and OptiXtal describes wide area flexible ones that can form part of the skin of an electric vehicle and tiny microdot ones to incorporate in the plethora of wireless sensors and actuators in modern e-mobility. OptiXtal has pioneered the creation of low ESR, ultrathin, and flexible supercapacitors to optimally fill available space.
Multiple energy harvesting is now a key enabling technology for electric vehicles whether they travel on or off-road by land, on or under water or in the air. Just don't tell the Chinese.
All this and more will be aired at the unique electromobility event Electric Vehicles: Land, Sea & Air Europe 2011 in Stuttgart, Germany 28-29 June covering the whole subject for the first time. Most of the above companies will be presenting alongside a large number of other vehicle manufacturers, including Daimler AG, Tesla, Adam Opel and Tata Motors the largest automotive company in India in the form of Tata Motors Europe, and organisations leading the next wave of radically different electric vehicle technology, including start up CHE-EVC of the UK on a very different intelligent Li battery system and Mitsubishi Electric of Japan and Siemens AG of Germany on a totally new approach to charging systems.
Electric Vehicles: Land, Sea & Air Europe 2011 will include two full days of conference proceedings and an exhibition floor. In addition, there will be technical masterclasses, an awards dinner, and plenty of opportunities for networking. Never before has there been an opportunity in Europe for people in land, water and air electric vehicles and their components, infrastructure and test equipment to compare notes in one event. Delegates already signed up vary from Airbus, Hudson Power Sports and Hudson Yachts to Sony, the Bulgarian Electric Vehicle Association and Robert Bosch Venture Capital.
For full details on the event, please visit www.IDTechEx.com/evEurope.
For further information or to apply for a press pass, please contact Cara Harrington.
Electric Vehicles Land Sea & Air Europe 2011 ~ 28-29 June ~ Stuttgart, Germany ~ www.IDTechEx.com/evEurope.


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Skin Science: Our top stories on cosmetic formulation and science
1 - Beauty with precision: Imagene Labs aiming to make genetic-beauty 'commonplace' in 5 years
Singapore-based genomics firm Imagene Labs is experiencing strong growth as personalised beauty continues to be in demand.
The company creates health, wellness and beauty products for consumers based on its proprietary DNA testing.
It currently offers a personalised serum that is based on the results of its skin test, oriSKIN, which consumers can purchase on its site.
The oriSKIN test kit assess DNA for 10 skin traits including premature collagen breakdown, impaired skin barrier function and UV damage risk.
Jia-Yi Har, senior vice president and general manager of Imagene Lab said the company had been spurred on by the increasing demand for personalised skin care.
2 - Chinese firm aiming to go global with its animal-free collagen alternative
Chinese firm Jland Biotech has developed an animal-free collagen to mimic and replenish the levels of type-3 collagen in skin.
Reallagen is created with yeast fermentation technology and is genetically engineered to imitate type-3 collagen.
It was designed to have the same structure as human collagen and has good compatibility with human skin.
Serene Yuan of Jland Biotech said Reallagen solves a real pain point in the cosmetics industry.
"In cosmetics, people are looking for animal-free ingredients. Our collagen follows that trend. It's safe for vegans and can be used for halal products. We believe it is the future," said Yuan.
3 - What does soil health have to do with the cosmetics industry?
A huge body of scientific evidence makes it hard to deny that pollution from the agricultural industry has contributed significantly to global climate change, but what might perplex some is how this is connected to the cosmetics and personal care industry.
The answer is simple, as our industry moves increasingly to eco-friendly and natural products, the more it is relying on the supply of raw materials from the agricultural sector, and, in turn the more this is adding to the pressure on agricultural resources.
Whether those materials are plant-, fruit- and vegetable-based ingredients that are playing a part in formulations, or natural materials used in packaging, the huge growth in the market for natural and organic products worldwide means our industry is relying more and more on agriculture crops.
In the grand scheme of things, the demands the cosmetics and personal care industry make on the agricultural sector will always pale in comparison to the food industry, but our industry should still be paying attention.
4 - Glitter gains: Award-winning eco-friendly product sparkles at China launch
What is claimed to be the world's first eco-friendly and biodegradable glitter has been launched in China at the PCHi exhibition, and won the event's Fountain Award for its plant-derived cosmetic glitter.
UK-based firm Ronald Britton Ltd launched Bioglitter last year at in-cosmetics Global where it picked up a Gold award.
It is now extending its reach into Asia by partnering with Hong Kong-based Sethic Innovations to distribute Bioglitter in mainland China, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan.
Florence Hong, product manager at Sethic Innovations, told CosmeticsDesign-Asia that the product reception at Personal Care and Homecare Ingredients (PCHi) 2019, has been very positive.
During the event, Bioglitter picked up the Fountain Award in the Green/Sustainable category.
5 - What current challenges face the fragrance industry? Disruptive innovation and collaboration needed, says expert
We caught up with Edison Diaz, who is director of applied research in EAME (Fragrance Division), Symrise, to discuss the current state of the fragrance industry, its present major challenges and how the industry can move forward.
Diaz, who, along with his role at Symrise is also the current president of the German Society of Perfumers, is a leading expert in the fragrance industry.
One key area he picked out as holding huge potential for the fragrance industry is the cross-over between fragrance and health: the neuroscience behind fragrance and how our memory responds to scents.
The biggest challenge, according to the fragrance expert, is that areas of potential disruptive innovation currently require extra or targeted resources and time to move forward. This is lacking at the moment due to various factors currently posing challenges to the industry.


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Proud to be in Visa's Christmas advertising
We deliver our food nationwide, but our store in Brighton is at the heart of our business. Three years ago, three friends decided that the only way we would be able to provide the very best for our dogs was to do it ourselves.
Every product we stock, every groom we do and all our foods meet our own high standards for our own dogs - and they have loved testing them all. We aren't a faceless brand and we don't have faceless shareholders so we can do things the right way, rather than always trying to make a "quick buck".
We simply believe that by putting dogs first and providing the best quality and service our company will go from strength to strength, it's that simple.
It's because of this ethos that we were chosen by VISA to be a part of their 2019 Christmas campaign features real independent shopkeepers to inspire the nation to visit their local high street and shop locally.
Excitingly, the campaign also features a nationwide competition inviting shopkeepers to warm up their vocal cords and recreate Visa's Christmas advert to show why 'Where You Shop Matters'. Here is our entry featuring Helen, our fabulously talented senior groomer


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In vitro Antimicrobial and Free Radical Scavenging Activities of the Total Flavonoid in Petal and Stamen of Crocus sativus
Key Laboratory of Bio-Resources and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
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Key Laboratory of Bio-Resources and Eco-Environment of Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
The aim of this study was to increase the overall profitability of Crocus sativus by evaluating the in vitro antimicrobial and radical scavenging activities of the total flavonoid from petal and stamen of Crocus sativus. There were 25 different microorganism strains used for the determination of antimicrobial activity by micro dilution method. The results showed the total flavonoid exhibited the strongest antimicrobial effect against oral bacteria. The lowest minimal inhibitory concentration value was 3.1 μg/ml observed on Porphyromonas gingivalis ATCC33277, indicating antimicrobial potential of the total flavonoid. The free radical scavenging activity on DPPH and ABTS+ was also measured. The total flavonoid exhibited a significant effect on free radical scavenging, especially on ABTS+ with the maximal inhibition value of 97.73%. This study suggested the total flavonoid from saffron petal and stamen could be used for disease treatment or as food supplement due to the very antimicrobial and antioxidant activities.


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7 May 2013 | Real Story Group's Updated Traction TeamPage Evaluation in Enterprise Collaboration and Social Software Report
The Real Story Group's Kashyap Kompella @kashyapkompella posted an update describing RSG's new version of their Enterprise Collaboration and Social Software Evaluations research covering twenty-five key software vendors. The new version includes a major update for the Traction® TeamPage section, including TeamPage project management, action tracking, TeamPage's ability to span and connect systems of record, and the ability to embed TeamPage discussions in other Web applications.
Kompella remarks that TeamPage is unique in that it's "best thought of as a platform to build custom collaboration applications around interconnected pieces of information." Check out Kompella's blog post, and follow the links to get the full report.
Our experience with customers reinforces the Real Story Group analysis of broad TeamPage scenario fits and strengths, including the ability to configure TeamPage to match the needs of specific business use case and organizations. TeamPage's architecture and Traction® Software's experience make it simple to configure TeamPage in days - not weeks or months - and easily extend TeamPage as desired.
See also Jordan Frank's Laser focused E2.0, without the risk? Get Traction! blog post on Real Story Group's E20 Marketplace Analysis.


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Hospital passes with flying colours!
Bourke Hospital has passed its accreditation with a perfect 10 out of 10 for all health industry standards. Of the 256 medical procedures examined only 1 required further improvement. Health Service Manager Pat Canty says she is thrilled with the result, and that all staff members are now celebrating after a job well done.
L-R: Justin Mackay, Lindsey Freeman, Pat Canty, Tanya Hollman, Danielle Whiting, Greg Willoughby, Kate Morris (behind), Tanya Nean (behind), Leanne Robinson, Christy Milgate, Heidi Maldisa, Toni Balomar, Jack Scott and Robert Elwood. PHOTO: WH


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Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
- WhizHack to set up a Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security at Teerthanker Mahaveer University
- Students from Moradabad can now take up Cyber Security as a vocation without having to travel to metro cities and incurring monthly establishment costs
WhizHack Technologies, India's first vertically Cyber Security organizations, announced a strategic partnership with Teerthanker Mahaveer University, a leading private University in Uttar Pradesh, to establish a Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security. This initiative is aimed at advancing research, education, and outreach in the field of Cyber Security, paving the way for a more secure digital future. The Centre of Excellence will focus on a wide range of topics, including network security, cryptography, secure software development, and threat intelligence, besides securing the University's own network.
As a part of the deal, Whizhack Technologies will undertake Faculty Development Programs for the University and will offer students certifications, integrated undergraduate and postgraduate courses with live projects, internships powered with Whizhack's labs, and WhizRange to practice, along with hosting various kinds of competitions like CTFs, Hackathons and AI Challenge events. WhizHack will provide infrastructure and expertise to train students of Teerthanker Mahaveer University who are aspiring to have a career in Cyber Security.
Mr. Kallol Sil, CEO of Whizhack Technologies said, "At WhizHack, we recognize the urgent need to develop a skilled workforce to tackle the growing cybersecurity challenges faced by individuals, organizations, and governments. Our Centre of Excellence will serve as a platform for universities to access the latest technology, research and development, and advanced teaching methods, enabling them to deliver high-quality education and training programs in Cyber Security. Through this initiative, we hope to bridge the significant skill gap in the field and nurture the next generation of Cyber Security professionals who will play a critical role in securing our digital future."
He added, "Most smaller cities and B Towns don't have access to Avant Garde training in Cyber Security. Students have to migrate to the nearest metro city to avail such facilities which in turn increases the education expenses of a household as it entails an additional establishment cost. An association with WhizHack's Centre of Excellence will help universities expand their horizon while students get to avail advanced education that fits their pockets."
Shri Suresh Jain, Chancellor Teerthanker Mahaveer University, said, "We are excited to partner with WhizHack Technologies to establish a Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security. This initiative will help our students gain a deep understanding of the Cyber Security landscape and equip them with the skills and expertise needed to address the challenges of the future. We look forward to working closely with WhizHack Technologies to build a more secure digital future."
The Centre of Excellence will play a pivotal role in the University's outreach to the school community in the geographical area, allowing more students to benefit from the latest technology, research, and development. With this partnership, WhizHack Technologies aims to bridge the huge skill gap in the domain of Cyber Security by providing access to advanced teaching methods, training programs, and bringing in the latest technology which is the cornerstone in the domain of Cyber Security.
About WhizHack Technologies Private Limited
WhizHack Technologies is the first truly Indian company creating a vertically integrated cyber ecosystem. WhizHack and IIT Jodhpur have an MoU for collaborating on innovations in Cyber Security, AI and IoT. WhizHack has capacity building programs starting from teenagers to Post Graduation in Cybersecurity. WhizHack security software aims to serve the global market in predicting and mitigating zero-day attacks.
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