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Church Battle Abortion
February 5, 2010 Leave a comment
Quiapo church, located in the heart of Manila city, the home of the renowned Black Nazarene, battles abortion in front yard. Here are some brief excerpts from the local media about the history of Quiapo church:
The Black Nazarene statue was brought to Manila by the first group of Augustinian Recollect friars on May 31, 1606. The image was originally housed in the first Recollect church in Bagum-bayan (now part of the Rizal Park), which was established on September 10, 1606, and placed under the patronage of Saint John the Baptist.
In 1608, the image of the "Nazareno" was transferred to the second, bigger Recollect church dedicated to San Nicolas de Tolentino (Saint Nicholas of Tolentine). The Recollect Fathers dynamically promoted devotion to the Suffering of Our Lord represented by the image that in fifteen short years, the Cofradia de Santo Cristo Jesús Nazareno (Jesus of Nazareth) was established on April 21, 1621. The confraternity obtained Papal approval on April 20, 1650, from Pope Innocent X.
Sometime in the year 1787, then Archbishop of Manila, Basilio Sancho de Santas Junta y Rufina, ordered the transfer of the image of the Nazareno to the church in Quiapo, again providently placed under the patronage of SaintJohn the Baptist. The Black Nazarene made a lot of miraculous things. These are the survival of the image from the great fires that destroyed Quiapo Church in 1791 and 1929, the great earthquakes of 1645 and 1863, and the destructive Bombing of Manila in 1945 during World War II. Today the head and the cross stay on the Altar Mayor of the Minor Basilica, and the original body image of the Black Nazarene is used in the processions.
The Church
The church was surrounded by side-walk vendors of all kinds and they flock the church on Friday cause it is the day of the Black Nazarene. Vendors sells street foods, candle prayers(they buy candle and the vendor lights the candle for a certain request prayer), rosaries, flower sellers to the much infamous herbal stalls and the hex fortune tellers.
The herbal vendors sell medicinal herbs from common cold to flu, diarrhea, itch, bites, herbal teas for diabetes, roots and leaves that cures all and more. But the main attraction was herbs for miscarriage that sold like hot cakes on a casual manner. It all started an acrid potion for inducing menstruation. Originally devised to treat dysmenorrhea(menstrual cramps), it can trigger miscarriage in pregnant women when taken with the restricted anti-ulcer drug Cytotec.
"It all started in… 1995"
A loosed-lip peddler who claims she roamed Quiapo for forty years told the story.
A woman came. The woman told her story about Cytotec, prescribed to her by a doctor because she had ulcer and pregnant. She lost her baby. The story was spread around and many are looking for the pill.
Prostitutes, wives of contract workers overseas who miss their husband and commit adultery, wives of many children who don't want more and students. Many times the mother of very young daughters who got pregnant buys the pills or when rape or incest caused the pregnancy. Middle class women impregnated under sordid circumstances are not beyond turning to Cytotec in their hour of need, often with full support of husband or boyfriend.
The Pill
Methergine, a drug used in hospitals used to control the bleeding of the uterus and expels the placenta after a woman gives birth. Like a chaser. Methergine is always sold with Cytotec in Quiapo.
Little guilt is shown in taking the pills, which are simply seen as a means of getting one's period back after it stops due to fertilization. Never mind what else comes out when the flow comes gushing back.
What to expect after Abortion
A vendor describe the debris that comes with menstrual flow. "If the fetus is one month old, it will look like an egg yolk. If the fetus is two months old it will look like this". She hold up a hefty thumb, shaped like a chubby chorizo.
"If you put it in a small plate, it will be whole".
The vendor continues, "As much as possible, the fetus must be one to two months old," with warns. "At three months, it will already be human". Past six months of pregnancy, the fetus expelled by Cytotec may already be a mature baby that can survive outside the body.
When Cytotec fails to thoroughly expels the fetus and placenta, body parts and excess tissues are left inside the uterus. Curettage in the hospital is necessary to avoid infections and septic shock. Malfunction happens most of the time. Cytotec can also cause the entire uterus to rapture, that can lead to death and damage the whole reproductive system permanently. Future childbearing becomes impossible or a continuous pregnancy will result to a child born with serious mental and physical defects.
Sacred Shock Treatment
"Pregnant? Confused? Problems? We are ready to help"!
A poster say at the bulletin board at the entrance of Quiapo church. The church center for counseling contact numbers is printed at the bottom. At the middle is a picture of a blood-splattered fetus stuffed in a bowl with umbilical cord still attached. "This baby was killed by a self-poisoning abortion when the mother was 4 1/2 months pregnant".
At high noon on selected days, the video wall outside the church that is used to broadcast masses to the spillover crowd in Plaza Miranda airs ultrasound footage of an eleven-week-old fetus floating happily in its mother's womb while sucking its thumb. Suddenly, an abortionist's curette appears, and the fetus frantically tries to evade it. With nowhere to hide, the fetus is ultimately scraped out of the womb in bleeding chunks. Last to go is the head, which is crushed for easy removal. The footage is taken from the 1984 documentary The Silent Scream, spliced with even more graphic video of dismembered fetal limbs, heads, eyeballs, and the voice of a child dramatically pleading for its life in Filipino.
This are just a few radical steps to squelch Cytotec trade around Quiapo church.
Church vs State
The church agrees that the demand for abortion pills exist because of too many unwanted pregnancies, but are there too many unwanted pregnancies because of lack of knowledge or information about contraception?
"Unwanted pregnancies cause illegal abortions, that's a fact," the church says. "But are we now supposed to promote contraceptives? Contraceptives will produce more abortions. Contraceptives will create a [culture of irresponsibility and selfishness]. The more people engage in selfish sex acts, the more you produce unwanted pregnancies, because contraceptives are not 100% [foolproof]."
(Not that anyone needs another recap, but here's the gist of the tedious birth control debate: The Roman Catholic Church supports family planning, but only through natural means such as the withdrawal method and the Billings method. Advocates of artificial contraception in government and the medical community say this is unrealistic, because most people do not have the high degree of discipline and clockwork ovulation necessary to make natural family planning work.)
The church good explanation of their outlook is well said but a deeper philosophy, scientifically and spiritual concept is also needed. The roots of the problem must be explained elaborately.
Unwanted pregnancy roots from many grounds like premarital sex, free-sex, rape or incest and prostitution. But mainly on the diverted source of looking for
HAPPINESS : SEX! This is another great issue.
More Sex More Abortions
Around Metro Manila, fetuses were found on different places, in front of churches, trash cans, riversides, toilets in malls, cinemas, schools, hospitals, and backyards. They are just dump nonchalance.
A baby boy was found half-dead dumped in a park was revived and is now under the custody of the Department of Social Welfare. The alleged mother showed up in grief, despair, and full of regrets on what she did. Authorities is reviewing her case if they are going to file charges or not.
If women who use contraception have more sex, do they also have more abortions? Data from the 2008 report of the Guttmacher Institute and the UP Population Institute shows only 11% of the women who induced abortion were using artificial contraception when they conceived. Majority or 54% were not using any birth control method, while 35% were using natural family planning. The same study lists the chances of getting pregnant while using different contraceptive methods: 2% for IUDs (intra-uterine devices), 3% for injectables, 7% for birth control pills, 13% for condoms, 26% for withdrawal.
But the Church is immovable. "Sometimes we get into something because we think it's a good tool," the church said. "What we don't know is there's a whole culture behind that tool. Like computers. It can facilitate things, but there are dangers. Computers are now also being used to pollute the minds of the young, for the sex trade, for terrorism. There's a whole world behind the tool."
This abortion issue is centered only in Metro Manila. There are some news of fetus damping from rural places.
I will be posting issues on abortion on international cases, the roots explained and in depth analysis on prevention connecting thoughts on identity and spirituality.
Note: Some paragraph are excerpts from Special reports of our local networks.
Thank you.


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The healthcare system in the United States is abysmal, especially where mental health is concerned. As of 2014, almost 4 million citizens with mental illness still do not have health insurance, and paying for treatment can easily bankrupt some patients. Without insurance, a bipolar disorder patient can pay at least $500/month for minimum treatment. That's just for two bipolar disorder medications and one psychiatric meds-management appointment. Most patients need more than the minimum. It's just not feasible, but if you have bipolar disorder, you need treatment. Otherwise the outcome keeps getting worse. So what can you do before you have to decide between paying for food or paying for medication?
Here's a scenario: You're 27 and have been dropped from your parents' insurance. You were fortunate enough to be one of the 30% of people your age to get a bachelor's degree, but you have $35,000 in student loan debt, high credit card debt, car payments and housing payments. You have a full-time job with benefits, make around $35,000/year and your net worth is at around $8,000. Not a fantastic situation, but you're getting by. That's an average scenario.
People with bipolar disorder are not average.
Here's the revised scenario: You're still 27 and have been dropped by your parents' insurance. You attempted a college degree, but the academic and social stress triggered your first manic episode. You tried your absolute best to soldier on, but you're not one of the 16% of people with bipolar disorder who finish an undergraduate program. You still get the debt, though maybe less so depending on how long you were in school. You've managed to be in the 60% of people with bipolar disorder to be employed on a regular basis, but your symptoms are bad enough that you can only work part-time. You end up making only $300/week. You don't have health insurance.
There are ways to combat the financial costs of bipolar disorder. Here are a few:
The Affordable Care Act
Running the previous scenario through healthcare.gov using Austin, TX as a location, the cheapest plan came up at $0 monthly premium, $0 deductible and $850 maximum yearly out-of-pocket. Specialist visits are $25 and generic prescriptions are $10. For the two prescriptions/one visit minimum, that's $45/mo instead of $500. This will obviously vary depending on where you live and what your income and family situation are. Enrollment typically starts in November, but you can apply for special enrollment.
Our example individual would most likely qualify for Medicaid. Medicaid is a federal-state funded program for citizens or legal residents under 65 that provides health care for low-income individuals. Nationally, people with mental illness living at up to 133% of the poverty line will typically qualify for Medicaid. That's approximately $1300/mo for an individual.
Thirty-one states and the District of Columbia have enacted a Medicaid expansion, so in these states you can make a little more and still qualify. To see if you qualify, visit your state's health care website or healthcare.gov.
For citizens or permanent residents either over 65 or that have become chronically disabled by mental illness, you may qualify for Medicare and Social Disability Insurance. For insurance, you can expect to pay a premium, but there are supplemental insurance programs as well as disability. Disability benefits will help supplement lost income as well as provide health coverage. You can work while on disability, but only up to a certain income level.
Now, disability can be hard to get. It's a long and heavily scrutinized application process. Among the qualifications are two years of documented periods of unemployment due to symptoms as well as a limited ability to maintain social and occupational activity. I recommend having a lawyer or mental health social worker on hand to help with the application process.
Community Health Centers/Free clinics
Community health centers provide care to people who cannot otherwise afford it. There are no qualifications and no application processes. Generally, you pay what you can. Depending on the clinic, they may offer everything from family practice and pharmacy services to dental health care. Some also offer counseling. What services they provide depend on what staff and resources are available. To find one near you, you can either do a search for your location and "community health center" or "free clinic" or you can visit http://findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov/.
Make some phone calls
People generally want to help you out. Call your local psychiatric hospital for information on free services or support groups. You can also talk to your current doctors and pharmacists about discounts or payment plans if you can't afford the self-pay option. If you're a student, your school/university likely has resources for mental health care.
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Firemen rescued the man from Grave in Sulaibikhat
In a strange incident that happened at the Sulaibikhat Cemetery,
a Kuwaiti who fell into an open grave had to be rescued by firemen, reports Al-Rai daily. The daily said the Kuwaiti is overweight and had gone to the cemetery to pay his last respects to a friend and mistakenly slipped and fell into the grave.
After all attempts to pull the man out of the grave failed, firemen were called to rescue him. The man reportedly escaped unhurt.
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Last weekend, Theatre Morgan launched their 2016-2017 season with two one-act plays: Dutchman by Imanu Baraka and The Last Revolutionary by Levy Lee Simon.
Let me encourage you to come out and enjoy an evening at the theatre! In the words of Director Phillip Burgess:
"Dutchman and The Last Revolutionary tell the stories of the journey of the Black man in America Pre and Post signing of the Civil Rights Act in 1964. In Dutchman, Clay is a bright-eyed college student ready to take on the world when he encounters Lula, a temptress who lures Clay into a classic game of cat and mouse that ultimately leads to Clay's demise. Fifty years later we see Mac and Jack in 2013 where they have enjoyed the "freedoms"of the signing of the Civil Rights act. They both take clearly different paths to get to manhood but ultimately they realize they must unite and "arm" themselves and fight TOGETHER, if they are to win the battle."
I attended the opening night production and truly enjoyed both dramas. This Sunday's 3PM matinee performance is the last show. Come out and support Theatre Morgan!
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You do all that you can to take care of your teeth but sometimes things happen and you have to have oral surgery to fix the issue. Whether you are in need of a root canal or an extraction, you will need good dental services on your side. With the right services, you should feel little to no pain in the procedure. You will find that the right dentist will care about your pain level for sure.
Look to the services for oral surgery covina has available in the area. You will find the services you need if you do a little bit of searching online. Discover what good dental services are like if you have not up to this point. You can get that oral surgery and get on the right track with your smile again. Then you have to consider some additional options for tooth replacement.
After the extraction surgery is over, you will be missing a tooth. You may be missing more than one tooth and then you need to do something to replace the teeth that are missing. You have a few options at that point. You can get a bridge and a crown or you can get implants or you can get partial dentures if you would prefer that. But dental implants are the best way to go. Find out if your dental expert does implants as well.
All of it requires surgery that you will need a dental expert for. You can call the shots. If you want to have implants then you can have implants. If you want any other form of tooth replacement, you can have that too. It is all about your needs and the right dentist will deliver what you need when you need it. Just think what it will be like to have your dental problems ended.


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Physicians warned patients -- including those with a diagnosed skin disease -- to use sunscreen in less than 1% of visits, researchers found.
Pooled data from more than 20 years of physician visits showed that healthcare professionals mentioned sunscreen in roughly 0.07% of all visits, and in 0.9% of consultations with patients with skin disease, according to Scott Davis, MS, of Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C., and colleagues.
Although dermatologists were the healthcare professionals who most frequently cautioned patients to use sunscreen (86.4% of all visits associated with sunscreen), this recommendation was issued in only 1.6% of all dermatologist visits, they wrote online in JAMA Dermatology.
Action Points
- Physicians warned patients to use sunscreen in less than 1% of visits, including those with a diagnosed skin disease.
- Point out that although dermatologists were the healthcare professionals who most frequently cautioned patients to use sunscreen (86.4% of all visits associated with sunscreen), this recommendation was issued in only 1.6% of all dermatologist visits.
The authors noted that the incidence of skin cancer is on the rise and that ultraviolet radiation is the cause in up to 90% of melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancers. "However, sun-protection counseling ranks among the lowest topics of primary prevention discussed between physicians and patients," they added.
The FDA issued new labeling instructions to sunblock manufacturers in 2011. The new labeling reinforces the need for patients to apply enough sunscreen and remember to reapply periodically -- at least a half hour before and after every two hours of spending time in the sun.
The researchers collected data from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey from 1989 to 2010 to measure frequency of sunscreen recommendation across roughly 18.3 billion patient visits in the U.S.
The survey required participating healthcare professionals to record information about patient visits over a 1-week period, including data on patient demographics, insurance status, reason for visits, diagnoses, procedures, therapeutics, and referrals. The authors also looked specifically at data from patient visits involving those who were diagnosed with a skin disease, including history of skin cancer, actinic keratosis, and current skin cancer, as well as what category of physician the patient saw.
Of the 18.3 billion patient visits, practitioners made recommendations for sunscreen in 12.83 million.
Recommendations for sunscreen in white patients were nearly ten-fold that of black patients annually (237 visits per 100,000 visits versus 26 visits per 100,000 visits).
Healthcare professionals also were more likely to recommend sunscreen to patients 80 and older than to children younger than 10, with 0.08% of patients 80 to 89 receiving a recommendation and 0.1% of those 90 and older versus 0.01% of those 9 and younger.
Overall, "pediatricians recommended sunscreen at a trivial number of all visits and to 0.03% of patients with skin disease," they noted, adding that "the findings are concerning because children and adolescents get the most sun exposure of any age group" and that "up to 80% of sun damage is thought to occur before age 21."
They also noted that the study was limited by lack of patient data on whether or not the patient was already using sunscreen, potential lack of reporting in physician data, and the cross-sectional study design.
The study was supported by the Galderma Laboratories.
The authors received support from Abbott Labs, Amgen, Biogenldec, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Centocor, Conntics, Galderma, Genentech, Photomdex, Warner Chilcott, Astellas, Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Coria, GlaxoSmithKline, 3M, Novartis, Ortho Pharmaceuticals, Pharmaderm, Roche Dermatology, and Stiefel.
Primary Source
JAMA Dermatology
Source Reference: Davis SA, et al "Trends in sunscreen recommendation among U.S. physicians" JAMA Dermatol 2013; DOI: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2013.4741.


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The 5 Nastiest Things Marianne Gingrich Has Ever Said About Newt
In August of 2010, when he was first contemplating a run for the Presidency, Esquire Magazine did a long profile of Newt Gingrich. Among the people interviewed for the profile was Newt's second wife Marianne Gingrich, who had some less-than-charitable things to say about him. Here are the choicest cuts.
1. When asked about Newt running for President:
"He could have been president. But when you try and change your history too much, and try and recolor it because you don't like the way it was or you want it to be different to prove something new … you lose touch with who you really are. You lose your way."
2. On his ethics:
"He believes that what he says in public and how he lives don't have to be connected. If you believe that, then yeah, you can run for president."
3. On her marriage to Newt:
"He asked me to marry him way too early. And he wasn't divorced yet. I should have known there was a problem."
"Within weeks."
"It's not so much a compliment to me. It tells you a little bit about him."
4. On his affair with Callista:
"I know. I asked him. He'd already asked her to marry him before he asked me for a divorce. Before he even asked."
5. When asked about Newt tearing up talking about his mother:
"He didn't talk to his mother much. He just didn't have patience with her. And she was pretty drugged up for a long time."
Andrew Kaczynski is a political reporter for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York.
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Cinnamon—From The Spice Cabinet To The Medicine Cabinet
by Tracey Pollack
Most of us think of cinnamon as a delicious topping for toast or as a spice in apple pie. But these are just a sprinkling of cinnamon's incredible uses. In addition to once being more valuable than gold to the Ancient Egyptians, cinnamon has been treasured in Ayurvedic medicine for centuries as a home remedy to treat digestive and respiratory ailments. And the spice has long been used as medicine by many cultures throughout the world. Cinnamon's medicinal properties come from special compounds and antioxidants found in the bark of the cinnamon tree, according to WebMD. These powerful components make it one of the healthiest spices on the planet. Today, research is catching up with history and showing that cinnamon can be good for more than just spicing up sweet treats. Discover how adding a dash of cinnamon to your life may also help protect your health.
- Cinnamon Balances Blood Sugar
Blood sugar spikes are a serious concern for the millions of people with diabetes. Even though cinnamon is often associated with sugar, research has shown that the spice may actually help balance our blood sugar levels. According to The National Institutes of Health, many studies have found that consuming cinnamon has resulted in a significant decline in blood sugar levels and better insulin resistance. This is all good news to people with diabetes that must manage their blood sugar every day. While more research is needed, cinnamon has continued to show promise for the sweet relief it provides to people that worry about their blood sugar.
- The Spice Fights Inflammation
Packed with more than 40 antioxidants, cinnamon is believed to be a powerful anti-inflammatory that can reduce the dangerous of inflammation on the body. Inflammation can lead to many serious medical conditions, such as cancer, heart disease and auto immune diseases. But the compounds found in cinnamon have been shown to help reduce levels of inflammation throughout the body and lower the risk of developing these serious ailments. Cinnamon's anti-inflammatory properties may make it useful for pain management and age-related ailments.
- Cinnamon Benefits Your Brain
Cinnamon may be a smart way to keep your brain functioning at its best and reduce your risk of experiencing cognitive decline and disorders. Research has indicated that the antioxidants in cinnamon may actually protect your brain cells from damage and self-destruction, which contributes to the development of Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease. As a result, cinnamon has shown the potential to help prevent and treat the neurological conditions that can develop as we age. Even just the sweet scent of cinnamon can dramatically boost your brain power, according to another study that found the fragrance of the spice to sharpen your memory, increase your attention and improve your visual-motor response. All of these health benefits make cinnamon a spice you'll want to remember to add to your meals.
- The Spice Protects You From Infections and Viruses
For centuries, many cultures have relied on cinnamon to naturally fight infections and viruses. Apparently, these cultures were wise beyond their years because science is now finding that the spice's essential oils give it natural anti-microbial, antibiotic and anti-viral powers. This makes cinnamon a natural way to fight infections and viruses, while boosting your immunity.
How to Spice Up Your Diet and Your Life with Cinnamon
It's easy and delicious to get the benefits of cinnamon in your meals and snacks. Try these inspired ideas to add a dash of health to your day.
- Sprinkle cinnamon over hot oatmeal or cold cereal.
- Mix cinnamon into yogurt or cottage cheese.
- Core an apple, sprinkle it with cinnamon, and bake it for a healthier version of apple pie.
- Fold cinnamon into muffin, cake and pancake batters to add sweetness and spice to your baked goods.
- Add cinnamon to coffee, tea or hot chocolate.
- Put a pinch of cinnamon in savory foods like soups, chili and curries.
- Sprinkle some cinnamon over fresh-popped popcorn or roasted vegetables.
No matter how you enjoy the spice, make a dash for the cinnamon to savor the healthy benefits.


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Some of the services offered by the Maltese Consulate in Kuala Lumpur.
Consulate Activities
- The Consulate does not issue entry visas to Malta however it is able to advice according to the circumstances at the time and purpose of visit including assistance with accommodation facilities.
- Malaysian, European Union and most Commonwealth citizens do not require a visa to enter Malta and can travel as tourists provided that a return ticked is available and other conditions are met.
- Visa application and instructions forms to visit Malta can be can be downloaded from the following website; then click the "service" icon followed by click on "Travelling to Malta" icon then click " Applications ".
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- Third Countries Nationals requiring a visa are shown in the following website:
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- Third Countries Nationals can apply at their country of origin as shown in the following website:
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Malta has a number of residence programmes and the Consulate can assist with the applications, details can be found from the Maltese government links:
- The Global Residence Programme:
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- High Net Worth Individuals.
- Malta Retirement Programme.
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- Individual Investor Programme.
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The Maltese Consulate will assist any interested parties in establishing education collaboration links between Malaysia and Malta including prospective students willing to study in Malta
University of Malta
Prospective students at undergraduate and post graduate level who wish to study at the University of Malta should in the first instance contact the sole agent in Malaysia and South east Asia, Galileo Enterprises and Consultancy Services firstname.lastname@example.com prior to applying to the University for further details and assistance. The University of Malta has its roots since 1592 and is one of the oldest universities in Europe. It has ten faculties offering graduate and postgraduate degree courses in Architecture and Civil Engineering, Arts, Dental Surgery, Economics, Management and Accountancy, Education, Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Medicine and Surgery, Law and Science and Technology and various Institutes and Centres. Classes are relatively small and the medium of teaching is English. The Malaysian Medical Council and Jabatan Perkhidmatan Awan (JPA) recognise the degree of Medical Doctor and Bachelor of Dentistry awarded by University of Malta (previously known as the Royal University of Malta). One of the well-known personalities at the university is Edward de Bone. The Edward de Born Institute of Thinking is a very active institute at University of Malta.
Education in Gerontology and Ageing Issues
The United Nations has established its International Institute on Ageing in Malta on the 15th April 1988 for the purpose of helping the developing countries. A limited number of scholarships are available to attend courses in Malta or in the base countries, associated with gerontology and other aging aspects. A number of Malaysians' citizens have already benefited and attended such courses held in Malta and other base countries.
Flights to and from Malta
Emirates Airlines offers return flights from KLIA to Malta with a stop at Dubai each way. One can also travel by MAS from KLIA to London Heathrow and other European cities and then to Malta by Air Malta as well as by a number of budget airlines from various airports in the United Kingdom. Malta has connections to all the major European cities and North African countries as well as their Embassies and Consulates.
Business with Malta
The Consulate can assist with:
- Business and commercial connections including import and export activities between Malta and Malaysia, and Malta and other South East Asian Countries.
- Setting up manufacturing and or marketing operations and facilities in Malta.
- Business in the EU. Malta is a full member of the European Union and therefore business activities could include all the European market. The currency used in Malta is the Euro.
- Business in North Africa. Malta's strategic position in the Mediterranean Sea makes it a very suitable business base to serve the emerging North African Markets as a whole.
Business within Malaysia
The main business activities in Malaysia are carried out by Galileo Enterprise and Consultancy Services see website for detail, together with other associates including Galileo Education Sdn Bhd, and various travel agents.


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Columbus, OH Join the Friends of Stone Laboratory and the Ohio Sea Grant College Program at their 7th Annual Winter Program and Silent Auction 7 – 9 p.m. on Wednesday, February 23, 2005 at Ohio State University's Fawcett Center. The feature presentation will be "The History of Stone Laboratory's Cooke Castle and Gibraltar Island" by Ohio State University's John Kleberg. Other speakers include Ohio Representative Robert Latta; Ohio Representative Chris Redfern; Shirley Bowser, Former Chair of OSU Board of Trustees; Dr. Rosanne Fortner, Professor Ohio State University; John Meyer, Associate Vice President of University Development; Charlene Prochazda, FOSL President; and Dr. Jeffrey Reutter; Director of Ohio Sea Grant and Stone Laboratory.
Learn more about Stone Lab's Summer College and Science Workshop Programs. Stone Laboratory displays and program materials will be available.
In addition, a silent auction will be held beginning at 7 p.m. to benefit the Friends of Stone Laboratory, a non-profit group that supports Stone Lab programs and scholarships. Auction items include certificates for fine dinning, vacation getaways, along with unique times such as framed signed prints and vintage lab equipment. (payment by cash or check please; credit cards cannot be accepted.) For more information about the event or a full listing of all auction items, go to the FOSL website
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Fawcett Center's Alumni Lounge
Ohio State University Columbus Campus
2400 Olentangy River Road (free parking available)
This Event is Free and Open to the Public.
Refreshments and door prizes will be provided (cash bar available).
Please RSVP (not required, but will help us in planning) by calling the Ohio Sea Grant office at 614.292.8949 or e-mail Bonita Cordi by February 21.
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Recently a sixth standard student was slapped with charges of sedition (waging a war against the country) and arrested by the Jammu & Kashmir police. 12 year old Faizan, a resident of Eidgah in Srinagar, was accused by police of "participating in the stone pelting and subsequent burning of a police vehicle" on the first day of Eid-ul-Fitr, after Eid prayers near Eidgah, Srinagar.
Violence had broken out right after Eid prayers near Eidgah, after most of the separatist leadership including Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (who was also supposed to lead the Eid prayers at Eidgah) had been barred from participating in Eid prayers and had been restrained in their homes by the state.
The boy was initially lodged at Safakadal Police station, after which he was ordered to be sent to juvenile home by the remand court in Srinagar. While at the juvenile home, the minor alleged to have been forced to clean toilets and subject to abuse. Soon the local court granted bail to 12 year old Faizan. The minor was booked under Section 307 (attempt to murder), 147 (punishment for rioting), 148 (rioting, armed with deadly weapon), 427 (mischief causing damage) and 435 (mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to cause damage). Having been virtually declared as 'an enemy of the state' by slapping him with sedition charges, when the kid would have hardly even understood what 'sedition' meant. These grave charges implicated against this minor did not point as much to the extent of the crime he has been accused by the police to have committed of, as much to the extent of iron hand that the state was ready to wield; age and case irrespective.
This was not the first time that minors had been booked in Kashmir and slapped with serious charges. While Faizan might have been lucky to be released on bail soon after social society outcry, others have not been. As per information given by Indian Home Ministry in response to an RTI filed by Advocate Babar Qadri, 70 % of the 5,504 protesters arrested in 2010 in Kashmir were minors. Most of these minors were not only lodged in adult jails but also in many cases their being minor was refused by the authorities. Since Jammu & Kashmir has no Juvenile Justice Board and Child Welfare Committee, these minors were often treated as adults in jail, sadly in some cases minors were even seen to have been handcuffed while being shifted to courts. In many cases the state has even refused to recognize or accept the authenticity of school certificates, certifying date of birth of these minors. Not only were these minors lodged with and treated as adults, exposing them to abuse, many of them had been charged under section 152 of RPC (Ranbir Penal Code) wherein the competence of bail only lies with the Principal Session Judge (or higher levels), making it extremely difficult for these minors to seek bail.
Kashmir has been passing through decades of conflict, sometimes waning and sometimes peaking; but a continued conflict nonetheless. This conflict has not only ensured that all state accountability systems have been thrown to winds, it has also put in place hollow political systems where in the divide between the common people and the political establishment is ever widening.
The disenchantment on the ground is not only because of non resolution of the Kashmir dispute, but also because of the indifference of the mainstream political class who are responsible for running governance systems, towards the plight of the common people. In spite of understanding the fact that 'sedition' and 'waging a war against the country' are unexplained and alien terms for these minors who come from bare backgrounds, they were treated by the state as a virtual enemy; state acts often seen as pressure tactics to seemingly 'punish a larger social group' and create a forceful deterrence. But did such iron fisted acts really create any deterrence?
Police accusations not withstanding, wheatear the child was actually a part of the protestors or not, the trauma in detention will surely ensure that he becomes a rebel against the state. When the protestor in Maharashtra or Haryana in India protests with a stone in his hand (whatever be his reason), the terms 'sedition' 'waging war against the country' are not slapped against him, not even when encroachers in the interiors of Dal lake (in the very rare encroachment removal drives by the state departments) fight against the local police, the charges of 'sedition' are not even thought of. This is a ridiculous political contrast adopted by state systems! Since the lake encroachers and squatters are a sure voter segment in a 'major election boycott adopting' Srinagar, hence they are extended the benefit of political doubt for obvious electoral gains. The other protestors seeking justice and redressal (who may use lesser degree of violent protests that the lake squatter or the Haryana farmers use), are not voters for the mainstream parties hence become an enemy of the state. When the state treats a minor (or even a major) as its enemy, he surely will become an enemy of the state in time.
The failure of political and accountability systems in the state affects everyone, especially the children of Kashmir. Not only have these children grown in unending conflict but most of them have seen first hand incidents of abuse and death at the hands of state forces. At such a tender age such incidents are sure to mould a young mind into denial of the state, into enforcing a redressal via protests. As if the systematic abuse of civilians seen during the conflict in Kashmir was not enough, the state has also been viewed as forcing a denial of justice for all the aggrieved, (among others) be it the killed of 2010 or the families of disappeared. Such continued impunity for the state arms and denial of justice by the state makes the state an alien for the young generation in Kashmir. Also the stifling of opposite political voices by the state apparatus in Kashmir has had its own effect in strengthening protesting voices. When voices are muted by force, the calm becomes a farce and seems to break at the slightest provocation.
Such alienation and stifling only sow's seeds of mistrust and inculcates a rebellious nature in them. When the state is seen to act like your enemy, you are forced to raise a fist. Of the thousands of minors arrested all these years (70 % of the 5,504 protesters arrested in 2010), all of them must have gone through unexplained trauma at such a tender age while in detention (or torture). After being exposed to such trauma and emotional exploitation behind bars, what would these kids come out as? Surely not 'refined' as per state convenience. As in all conflicts, in Kashmir too, the physical, mental and emotional violence to which children are exposed and subject to, forces a huge change in their outlook, changing their world in totality. Conflicts, especially where the state is seen as a party, undermines the very foundations of children's lives, alienating them and making them politically more aware.
Now there is talk of amending juvenile laws in the state. Such a talk would be only fruitful if the state systems were interested in following and accepting laws. In a situation where even the existing laws are brazenly violated by the same state arms that are supposed to enforce them, how do you expect them to adhere to new juvenile laws even if they were introduced on 'legislative paper'?
While bodily injuries are easy to treat in a war, it is the mental and the emotional trauma that takes a greater toll on such societies. Unfortunately instead of healing old wounds of the Kashmir conflict, the state is bent upon creating new ones, feeding this conflict in continuity.


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Can Square maintain the momentum it's seeing behind its peer-to-peer payments app?
Cash App, Square's (NYSE:SQ) consumer neobank app, was the highlight of its second-quarter earnings report. Active accounts climbed to 30 million by the end of June, and management said July was its best month of net additions ever. CEO Jack Dorsey told investors gross profit for Cash App grew more than 200% last month during the company's Q2 earnings call.
Renewed interest in bitcoin pushed Cash App's top-line growth significantly higher, up 367%. But even when removing bitcoin, where Square doesn't make very much profit, revenue increased 140% per year, reaching a $1.3 billion run rate.
There are three key drivers behind Cash App's growth, CFO Amrita Ahuja pointed out during the earnings call: accelerating customer acquisition, improved product adoption, and increased frequency and volume of spend. All three benefited from government stimulus efforts and tax refunds last quarter, but Square expects to maintain its momentum through the back half of the year.
Square's Cash Card. Image source: Square.
Accelerating customer acquisition
Square added 6 million net new active Cash App accounts over the first six months of the year. It added 9 million in all of 2019. And on top of that growth, it set a new record for net new active accounts for a month in July.
There are a few underlying factors driving customer acquisition. First is the network effect driven by the core peer-to-peer payment functionality. If someone wants to send money to a friend with Cash App, for example, they both need the app.
Second is Square's marketing efforts, which mostly involve pushing Cash App into the cultural zeitgeist. Dorsey regularly points out how often Cash App gets mentioned in rap songs. He highlighted Cash App's sponsorship of NASCAR driver Bubba Wallace in this quarter's call.
Improved product adoption
Cash App has a growing ecosystem of services and more and more users are using more than one. "We saw an increase in the number of products customers adopted within their first month after activation," management wrote in Square's second-quarter letter to shareholders.
In particular, it saw strong Cash Card adoption, which has become one of the biggest sources for high-margin revenue. Square said it ended the quarter with 7 million Cash Card users, double the amount from this time last year. As a percentage of its user base, adoption climbed above 23% from around 20% in December.
Square has also made a concerted effort to drive direct deposit adoption, making the feature more prominent in the app and increasing its availability. Customers using the direct deposit feature keep more cash in their digital wallets, spend more on Cash Card, and therefore produce a much higher customer lifetime value.
Increased frequency and volume
Square said "active Cash App customers transacted more than 15x per month on average" during Q2. That's up 50% from last year. It exited the quarter with a revenue run rate approaching $45 per user, up from $30 at the end of last year.
Ahuja pointed out the resiliency of Cash Card spend during Q2. While overall spend on the major payments networks declined amid the pandemic, Cash Card spend increased 50% quarter over quarter.
A key factor in getting users to use Cash App's products more frequently is the ecosystem. Accounts that use more than one product show significantly higher frequency and volume compared to those that don't. That's particularly pronounced in the synergies between direct deposit and Cash Card.
What happens when the stimulus runs out?
Management was very up front that stimulus checks certainly provided a boost to its results in the second quarter. But it's taking its outperformance during the period and reinvesting it in growth. Management said it's committing $100 million in incremental spend to grow its businesses, particularly focused on sales and marketing.
Ahuja believes the fintech company's well positioned to capitalize on increased paid marketing for Cash App based on the momentum it's seeing in multiple-product adoption and improving customer lifetime value. Bringing new customers into the ecosystem — factor No. 1 — should allow factors 2 and 3 to take over and prove out a strong return on investment for Square's ad dollars.
Adam Levy has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool owns shares of and recommends Square and recommends the following options: short September 2020 $70 puts on Square. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.


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The global green packaging market size was estimated at USD 152.2 billion in 2016 and is expected to register a CAGR of 5.7% from 2016 to 2024. Growing consumer awareness and strict government regulations pertaining to protecting the environment are anticipated to propel industry growth. Edible packaging materials made from natural ingredients are anticipated to gain popularity in the coming years.
Key industry trends include downsizing or weight reduction, increasing recycling, and waste recovery, use of renewably sourced materials, and improvements in packaging and logistical efficiency. Favorable regulatory inclinations in Europe are anticipated to boost the bioplastics packaging market in the near future. For instance, the implementation of the Horizon 2020 strategy by the European Commission has resulted in increased development of new bio-based products. However, fluctuating raw material prices may hinder industry growth over the forecast period. The high cost of production also threatens to limit industry participation, especially smaller and newer players.
Carbon footprint is one of the major hazards associated with manufacturing plastics through crude oil. The use of bioplastics is expected to reduce carbon footprint substantially and is being promoted by major regulatory bodies around the world. In addition, with reference to COP21, the Paris Climate Agreement aims to reach "greenhouse gas emissions neutrality" between 2050 and 2100, which will open new market avenues for the packaging sector.
On the basis of packaging type, the industry can be segmented into recycled content, reusable, degradable, and other packaging solutions. The recycled content packaging segment held around 57.5% of the global market in 2015. The segment witnessed tremendous growth over the past few years owing to increasing demand from the food and beverages sector. The growing prominence of the foodservice industry owing to mushrooming restaurants, diners, etc. is likely to further boost the segment over the forecast period.
The reusable type is made up of durable materials and is specifically designed for reuse and extended life. Chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and bulk foods are often shipped in reusable and returnable containers. Key reusable types available in the market include drums, plastic boxes, containers, wooden pallets, industrial compressed gas cylinders, and reusable field bins for fruits.
Rising demand for bioplastics, owing to government regulations, is expected to favor industry growth over the forecast period. The degradable type uses materials that are decomposed by the action of natural forces such as air, light, and water or by the addition of certain chemicals. Recycled content uses materials that can be easily recycled, such as paper, plastic, metals, and glass.
Food and beverage, personal care, healthcare, and others are the four application areas within the green packaging market. In 2015, the food and beverage sector dominated the industry and held around 58.6% of the global market. Green packaging solutions are widely used in the foodservice industry. The rising prominence of this industry, backed by an increasing number of diners, restaurants, etc., are likely to be key sources driving demand over the forecast period.
Application in the healthcare sector is likely to observe stable growth over the forecast period. These packing solutions are widely used as a carrier for heavy, delicate, uniquely shaped objects by using less material. The segment is likely to be driven by increasing investments in the industry. However, investments in the sector are widely dependent on the country's economic strength. It has been anticipated that investment inequities in the industry are likely to persist and intensify further in the coming years.
Asia Pacific and Europe regions are likely to cater to the highest demand for the product and are estimated to emerge as the fastest-growing regions owing to increasing end-use applications in various sectors. In addition, UAE, and the U.S. are projected to cater to rising demand for the product on the heels of the increasing prominence of the foodservice industry.
In terms of region, Asia Pacific leads the market in 2015 and is anticipated to show the same trend over the foreseeable future. The North American market accounted for over 29.0% of the global market in 2015. Growing awareness among the middle-class population and rising demand for sustainable practices are anticipated to favor regional growth.
Asia Pacific is anticipated to be the fastest-growing market over the forecast period, owing to the presence of a large consumer base and increasing government focus on the adoption of eco-friendly solutions. Growth is relatively higher in China, India, and South Korea. Increasing demand for reusable and recyclable materials in developing economies, such as China and India, is expected to boost industry growth over the forecast period.
The European region is expected to present significant opportunities for industry expansion, owing to favorable government initiatives undertaken by the European Union in promoting the use of green packaging and creating a sustainable environment. In addition, the implementation of the Horizon 2020 strategy by the European Commission has resulted in increased development of new bio-based products, which is expected to have a positive impact on the bioplastics packaging market.
Packaging manufacturing companies such as Amcor, Mondi, DuPoint, Sealed Air, and Tetra Lava procure raw materials to manufacture finished products. These products are then supplied to end-use industries through various distribution channels, including vendors, wholesalers, and distributors. In certain cases, manufacturing companies have formed direct alliances and strategic partnerships with application industries. For instance, Unilever has collaborated with packaging suppliers such as ALPLA and MuCell Extrusion.
Various companies that use packaging include Avon Products; Procter & Gamble; Unilever; Oriflame Cosmetics; Revlon, Inc.; Kao Corporation; The Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.; Shiseido Corporation, Ltd.; and L'Oreal International. Integration has been observed by various companies such as Bemis Company and Mondi plc., from raw material to production, and by ITC, from the production stage to end-use industries.
This report forecasts revenue growth at global, regional, and country levels and provides an analysis of the latest industry trends in each of the sub-segments from 2015 to 2024. For the purpose of this study, Grand View Research has segmented the global green packaging market report on the basis of packaging type, application, and region:
Packaging Type Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2015 - 2024)
Recycled Content Packaging
Reusable Packaging
Plastic Container
Degradable Packaging
Application Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2015 - 2024)
Food and Beverage
Personal Care
Health Care
Regional Outlook (Revenue, USD Million, 2015 - 2024)
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Asia Pacific
Rest of the World (RoW)
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In the 90's I remember how important it was to make sure 90% of your website design was above the fold and laidout for either 640x480 or 800x600 pixel dimensions. Then we moved into the 21st Century and many monitors started becoming 19" and larger which allowed us to edit the dimension size of websites.
Although it isn't as important these days and mostly an afterthought since it has become so commonplace, we still run into some positioning issues. Over the last 5 to 10 years conversion has been a big goal for websites. The goal of course is lead generation and helping the website start and close more sales.
In order to do this your site needs to be nicely designed and also offering solutions that are good for customer usability. I recently talked to a prospect who was in need of an ecommerce solution. They hired a college kid to redesign their site and set up a way to collect payment for a mostly brick and mortar business. Although the site looked nice the shopping cart was weak. The client tried to revamp it and build a shopping cart by themselves. The customer usability was questionable in both revisions and so business is being lost.
- Test your own site at Browsersize
- Focus on the top 80% and evaluate if all your important data falls within this area
- Make edits if need or do a total redesign
- Hire a professional if you are unable to do this yourself
- Then close more deals
- Continually test this and other area of your site for usability and SEO
The point here is this, even the most advanced web designers sometimes overlook usability basics so of course a novice is going to struggle in this area. So how can you fix this problem? How can you test your site to see if it is set up for the best user experience?
Well there are many high-paid experts that can help you, but there are also other tools. One free tool you might want to check out is one of google's very own tools called Browsersize. Here is a screenshot of Hubspot.com's website. They have done a great job of getting their most important content into areas where the top 80% of browser will see the info without scrolling. They have a few buttons and links that will drive most of the browsers to action and try things or start using their tool.
As I mentioned earlier the ecommerce prospect I was talking about has a site that is hard for a user to understand where to go to buy the products (poor usability). Worse yet, when you get to the shopping cart, maybe a half of an inch of the first product shows up in the 80% range. So if only 20% of people actually see the first product, you can see how this too would effect how much product you are able to sell.
As I reviewed amazon.com, I noticed they had 4 main product selections in the top 80%. This included their search engine so if you didn't see what you were looking for, you could easily search for anything very easily. This is part of the reason they are making millions of dollars consistently.
Best of luck and happy usability testing!


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Session I: Autonomous Systems and Robotics
Session II: Control and Optimisation for Smart Grids
Session III: Hybrid Systems and Control
Session IV: Software Engineering for CPS
Session VI: CPS Security and Anomaly Detection
Security of Cyber-Physical Systems
by P. R. Kumar (Texas A&M University)
Autonomous Systems and Robotics
Hardware-in-loop-simulation for multiagents
by Hemendra Arya (IIT Bombay)
Researchers are working actively in the area of robotics consisting of large agents. While developing theories and proofs simplified models are used and these form the basis for solving complex problems. To bring more realism, models close to reality are used in simulation. There are some real systems which are difficult to model. Such systems can be a real system as part of the simulation and this is called Hardware-in-loop-simulation.
Hardware-in-loop-simulation consists of virtual components as mathematical models and real components as actual hardware. These mathematical models may not be simple or may be distributed on multiple computers. Real components are embedded in synthetic environment which is close to real environment. Hardware-in-loop-simulation for multiagents poses many challenges:
a) Multiagent simulation: Agents may be heterogeneous and have models not executing on single computer: Agents may be ground vehicle/aerial vehicles/space vehicles etc. Mathematical models of these agents may be very simple like a point mass or full 6-DOF simulation. Resource requirement for execution of mathematical model will depend on the fidelity of the model.
b) Realtime: In Hardware-in-loop-simulation some of the components are real and these will operate at there own pace i.e. wall clock. To match the time of real system, synthetic environment has to execute at wall clock pace. Realtime execution of mathematical models for very fast system is a challenge.
c) Environment simulation: Agents motion is in some environment and this may be very complex e.g. simulating buildings or cities etc.
d) Sensor simulation: Agents may use variety of sensors and may need separate computer e.g. GPS simulators or ADC/DAC cards are not supported on computer where mathematical model is executed
e) Communication between agents: Communication can be one to one or one to many or many to one
f) Simulation facilities not collocated: Teams are not collocated and working on different platform on their models. These facilities are connected by dedicated communication lines or on shared lines
g) Hardware requirement: It increases as the number of agents increases: In general one computer is used for one agent and it is highly underutilised and for multiagents resource requirements may become unmanageable to simplify this multiple agents are executed on one computer and hence reducing the resource requirements. Another possibility is using single board computers which have low foot print and power consumption for single agent simulation.
In this talk few architectures for distributed Hardware-in-loop-simulation will be presented. These studies are aimed at reducing hardware for simulating large number of agents in near realtime environment. Agents used in this work are mini aerial vehicles and inter agent communication is wireless. Opensource JSBSIM flight mechanics simulator is used for vehicle simulation. Opensource software JSBSIM was tweaked to achieve better realtime performance. Realtime performance is characterised by measurement of jitter between two consecutive model simulations. Upto 16 mini aerial vehicles were simulated on a single computer, thus bringing down hardware for swarm simulation. This single computer executed 16 flight mechanics models, sensor output and actuator input by serial communication using multiport RS232 card. Pixhawk was used as onboard computer for control and guidance. Agents were communicating wirelessly, it was implemented using Xbee modules. Simple cyclic pursuit algorithm was implemented to demonstrate the capability of Hardware-in-loop-simulator. Another variant of this architecture was also implemented in which sensor simulation was executed on different computer connected over Ethernet. This architecture is useful when drivers for the interface cards are not available for a given platform. Performance in terms of jitter in achieving realtime execution and delay in sensor information was investigated.
Automated task and motion plan generation for multi-robot systems from complex specifications
by Indranil Saha (IIT Kanpur)
Autonomous multi-robot systems have tremendous potential to be useful in various applications including search and rescue, surveillance, law enforcement, precision agriculture and warehouse management. Given a high-level specification for a multi-robot system, it is technically challenging to determine the responsibilities of the individual robots and a plan for them to execute their responsibilities safely in such a way that the given specification is satisfied optimally. In this talk, I will present a task and motion planning framework for multi-robot systems where the desired behavior of a group of robots is specified using a set of linear temporal logic (LTL) properties. The method for generating task and motion plan for the robots in this framework relies on a library of motion primitives for the robots, using which we formulate the planning problem as an SMT solving problem and use an off-the-shelf SMT solver to generate safe trajectories for the robots. We will discuss various challenges that we face in scaling up our solution to large-scale multi-robot systems and describe how we address some of these challenges. As an example application, we will show how the multi-robot coverage problem can be effectively solved in our framework.
Control and Optimization for Smart Grids
Virtual energy storage for solar and wind power with distributed coordination of smart devices
by Prabir Barooah (University of Florida)
As we move away from fossil fuels toward renewable energy sources such as solar and wind, inexpensive energy storage technologies are required. This is so since renewable energy sources, such as solar and wind, are intermittent. An alternative to batteries – which are quite expensive – is "smart loads", such as air conditioners equipped with computation and communication capability. With appropriate software, the power consumption of air conditioning – and many other loads – can be varied around a baseline. This variation is analogous to the charging and discharging of a battery. Loads equipped with such intelligence have the potential to provide a vast and inexpensive source of energy storage.
Two principal challenges in creating a reliable virtual battery from millions of consumer loads include (1) maintaining consumers' Quality of Service (QoS) within strict bounds, and (2) coordinating the actions of loads with minimal communication to ensure accurate reference tracking by the aggregate. This talk describes our work in addressing these two challenges. Key ideas that underpin the proposed methodology include spectral decomposition for QoS-abiding resource classification, communication-free distributed control that exploits physical-signaling for coordination, and randomized control for reducing combinatorial problems to convex ones.
Microgrid-based operations: A new operating paradigm for utilities
by Anupama Kowli (IIT Bombay)
This talk introduces a new concept of microgrid-based operations for distribution networks to improve grid reliability. The key idea is to intelligently partition the distribution network into smaller microgrid cells that are capable of operating in tandem during normal operations and can function as islands during contingencies to minimize customer interruptions. The boundaries of these microgrids may be fixed based on a suitable supply adequacy criterion or may dynamically adapt to existing supply and demand conditions.
The talk will describe on-going efforts to devise partitioning schemes for both scenarios. The partitioning schemes form the backbone of the microgrid-based operational strategies which leverage the partitions to minimize the impact of disturbances on customers and maximize the deployment of renewable generation. Simulation results showcasing the benefits of these strategies to improve grid reliability will be presented. Prototype architectures for integrating these strategies into existing distribution management systems will also be discussed. Special emphasis will be on the technology enablers needed to deploy these operational strategies and potential vulnerabilities introduced as a result.
Analytics opportunities in the energy sector
by Vijay Arya (IBM India Research Labs)
The energy sector is on the cusp of a digital transformation. Utilities worldwide are undertaking advanced metering and smart grid initiatives to improve energy efficiency, reduce carbon footprint, and integrate distributed energy resources while improving the overall efficiency and reliability of the power system. This poses a number of interesting analytics and optimization challenges.
This presentation will provide a glimpse of real industry problems and solution covering different areas of the energy sector including distribution networks, renewable energy, demand response, unit commitment, storage, and microgrids.
Hybrid Systems and Control
Formal synthesis of control strategies for dynamical systems
by Calin A. Belta (Boston University)
In control theory, complex models of physical processes, such as systems of differential equations, are analyzed or controlled from simple specifications, such as stability and set invariance. In formal methods, rich specifications, such as formulae of temporal logics, are checked against simple models of software programs and digital circuits, such as finite transition systems. With the development and integration of cyber physical and safety critical systems, there is an increasing need for computational tools for verification and control of complex systems from rich, temporal logic specifications.
In this talk, I will discuss a set of approaches to formal synthesis of control strategies for dynamical systems from temporal logic specifications. I will first show how automata games for finite systems can be extended to obtain conservative control strategies for low dimensional linear and multilinear dynamical systems. I will then present several methods to reduce conservativeness and improve the scalability of the control synthesis algorithms for more general classes of dynamics.
I will illustrate the usefulness of these approaches with examples from robotics and traffic control.
Wind farm controls: An industrial cyber-physical systems case study
by Venkatrao Ryali (GE Renewable Energy)
This talk presents a case study involving wind farm controls to highlight some critical challenges in the industrial application of cyber-physical system control concepts. The case study involves application of a networked control system to maximize the power output of a wind farm by minimizing inter-turbine wake losses, that occur when a velocity deficit created behind a turbine rotor reduces the wind available at downwind turbines, lowering overall plant-level energy production. Wakes often represent the largest source of power losses in a wind farm and are one of the most difficult losses to manage.
The wind farm wake control application presented here reduces these wake power losses through coordinated control of turbine set-points to trade-off power capture by upwind turbines with more wind downstream. The control objective requires the solving of a large-scale dynamic optimization problem involving real-time assessment of waking across the wind farm & appropriate modulation of turbine set-points over a communication network to minimize the overall farm-wide wake loss. This talk presents key challenges and approaches to solving the above control problem. The talk also highlights the need for research at the intersection of embedded sensing, online & real-time modeling, and adaptive controls that has potential not only for wind applications, but also for the broader industrial IoT application space.
Cross-domain solutions from a connected company
by Stefan Abendroth (Bosch)
As a connected company with strong roots in different domains, Bosch's objective in a connected world is not only to enable new applications, but to achieve a unique user experience with strong requirements regarding safety, security, quality of service, and interoperability.
In this talk, I present tangible examples of how new solutions can be brought into traditional domains in order to combine the best of both worlds: Flexible services enabled by communication networks on the one hand, dependable systems for demanding applications on the other hand. (1) With physical layer security technologies, we provide plug&secure communications both in wireless sensor networks and in vehicles. (2) New wireless technologies enable ultra-reliable, low latency industrial applications. (3) Service-oriented communication brings cloud based functions deeply into the vehicle.
Formal verification of robustness properties of hybrid control systems
by Pavithra Prabhakar (Kansas State University)
Cyber-physical systems (CPSs) consist of complex systems that combine control, computation and communication to achieve sophisticated functionalities as in autonomous driving in driverless cars and automated load balancing in smart grids. The safety criticality of these systems demands strong guarantees about their correct functioning. Formal verification is an area of computer science that deals with rigorous and automated methods for correctness analysis based on mathematical models of systems and correctness specifications. In this talk, we present an overview of our work on formal verification techniques for cyber-physical systems analysis using the framework of hybrid systems. Hybrid systems capture an important feature of CPSs, namely, mixed discrete-continuous behaviors that arise due to the interaction of complex digital control software (discrete elements) with physical systems (continuous elements).
We will focus on the formal verification of a fundamental property in control design, namely, stability. Stability is a robustness property that capture notions such as small perturbations to the initial state or input to a system result in only small variations in the behavior of the system. We will present a novel algorithmic approach to stability analysis based on model-checking and abstraction-refinement techniques. We highlight the technical challenges in the development of an algorithmic framework for stability analysis owing to the robustness aspect. We will present experimental results using our tool AVERIST (Algorithmic VERifier for STability), that illustrate the practical benefits of the algorithmic approach as compared to well-known deductive methods for automated verification of stability based on Lyapunov functions. Finally, we will present some future research directions including automated design of hybrid control systems and formal analysis of hybrid systems in the presence of uncertainties.
Software Engineering for CPS
Exploiting fog and edge resources for cloud-hosted cyber-physical system services
by Aniruddha Gokhale (Vanderbilt University)
Despite the known benefits of hosting cloud-based services, the longer and often unpredictable end-to-end network latencies between the end user and the cloud can be detrimental to the response time requirements of the interactive cloud-hosted applications. Existing efforts that exploit edge/fog technology to migrate services closer to clients in order to improve response times do not fully resolve this problem as they do not focus on performance and interference issues at the migrated locations. This talk proposes INDICES framework that addresses these limitations by providing a novel solution that determines when and to which MDC a service should be migrated to and thus provides the desired performance. Empirical results validating our claims are presented using a setup comprising a centralized cloud and MDCs composed of heterogeneous hardware.
Resource-efficient remote monitoring and diagnostics of cyber-physical systems
by Vinai Sundaram (SensorHound)
Cyber-physical systems (CPS) have the potential to bring about a revolution in efficiency, robustness, and safety in applications such as smart grids, health care, smart buildings, and advanced manufacturing. To unleash the potential of CPS, they must first be made robust themselves. In fact, given the huge responsibility placed on CPS, outages and failures in CPS applications can have drastic consequences. Despite careful design and validation, CPS are subject to complex runtime failures due to unexpected interaction with the environment and propagation of failures between physical and cyber domains, requiring runtime monitoring and diagnostic solutions.
Post-deployment monitoring and diagnosis of CPS is technically challenging because of stringent constraints on CPU, memory, permanent storage, energy, and network bandwidth. Prior attempts to monitoring of CPS are specialized for individual types of defects, require continuous manual intervention, or impose high overhead. In this talk, we will present novel tools and techniques that enable CPS developers to automatically detect anomalous behaviors in deployed systems, and will allow them to efficiently diagnose the problem such that it can be quickly and confidently corrected.
CPS Test Beds
The Internet of Everything and Industry 4.0 revolutions
by Ram D. Sriram (US National Institute of Standards and Technology – NIST)
The Internet, which has spanned several networks in a wide variety of domains, is having a significant impact on every aspect of our lives. These networks are currently being extended to have significant sensing capabilities, with the evolution of the Internet of Things (IoT). With additional control we are entering the era of cyber-physical systems (CPS). In the near future the networks will go beyond physically linked computers to include multimodal-information from biological, cognitive, semantic, and social networks. This paradigm shift will involve symbiotic networks of people (social networks), smart devices, and smart phones or mobile personal computing and communication devices that will form smart net-centric systems and societies (SNSS), which is also known as Internet of Everything in the U.S. and Industry 4.0 in Europe. These devices – and the network – will be constantly sensing, monitoring, interpreting, and controlling the environment. In this talk, I will provide a unified framework for Internet of Things, cyber-physical systems, and smart networked systems and societies, along with a brief introduction to Industry 4.0. I will discuss the various research issues and representative projects at NIST.
Category theory for CPS
by Eswaran Subrahmanian (Carnegie Mellon University and US National Institute of Standards and Technology – NIST)
The study of cyber physical systems (CPS) requires consideration of two distinct types of composition problems. First we must integrate existing approaches for analyzing physical dynamics and computational behavior (not to mention probability). This is essentially definitional for CPS. Second, most CPS are designed to interact via network processes, and this forces us to consider systems-of-systems composition, where one CPS (a car) is both a composed system in its own right (from engine, brakes, etc.) and a component of a larger system (traffic flow). We will motivate these two types of composition with examples from medicine, smart cities and the industrial internet.
We will argue that category theory (CT), a branch of abstract mathematics, provides the means to address both of these concerns. CT has played a unifying role in mathematics, providing a common language for studying other structures such as state charts and dynamical systems. This provides a common context in which the different methods required for CPS can interact. At the level of systems, CT provides a detailed specification for building compositional systems and analyses. Above all, CT has the potential to provide a rigorous and systematic foundation for engineering of CPS.
CPS Security and Anomaly Detection
On the resilience of cyber-physical systems
by Bruno Sinopoli (Carnegie Mellon University)
Recent advances in sensing, communication and computing allow cost effective deployment in the physical world of large-scale networks of sensors and actuators, enabling fine grain monitoring and control of a multitude of physical systems and infrastructures. Such systems, called cyber-physical, lie at the intersection of control, communication and computing. The close interplay among these fields renders independent design of the control, communication, and computing subsystems a risky approach, as separation of concerns does not constitute a realistic assumption in real world scenarios. It is therefore imperative to derive new models and methodologies to allow analysis and design of robust and secure cyber-physical systems (CPS). In this talk I will present an overview of recent research on the topic and discuss future directions.
Cyber security of cyber-physical critical infrastructures: A case for a schizoid design approach
by Sandeep Shukla (IIT Kanpur)
In the past, the design of cyber-physical systems (CPS) required a model based engineering approach – a design methodology consisting of physics based mathematical modeling of the physical system, and a control theoretic modeling of the control system put together in a formal or semi-formal framework. The designers would start from an abstract model, and refine it down to an implementation model in several steps, either formally or informally. The implementation model is then validated for functional correctness, and satisfaction of performance, real-time schedulability goals. Functional Safety, robustness to input assumptions, reliability under fault assumptions, and resilience to unknown adversities were considered as important design goals for safety-critical CPS.
With the increased use of networked distributed control of large and geographically distributed critical infrastructures such as smart grid and the exposure to cyber-attacks ushered in by the IP-convergence phenomenon – designers must now consider cyber-security and cyber defense as first class design objectives. However, in order to do so, designers have to don a dual personality – while designing for robustness, reliability, functional safety – a model driven engineering approach would work – for designing for cyber-security and defense, the designer has to enter the mindset of a malicious attacker. For instance, one has to consider the various observations or sampling points of the system (e.g. sensors to read or sample the physical environment), and think how an attacker might compromise the unobservability of those points without authentication, and what knowledge of the system dynamics or the control mechanism of the system might be actually reconstructed by the attacker. One also has to consider the actuation points of the system, and ponder the least number of such actuation points the attacker has to take over in order to disrupt the dynamics of the system enough to create considerable damage. One must envision how to obfuscate the dynamics of the system even when certain sensing or actuation points are compromised. Also, it is known that a large percentage of attacks are induced by insider or a collusion of internal and external agents. Thus, perimeter defense alone cannot defend the system. In such cases, the symptoms of an ongoing attack in the dynamics of the system itself must be discerned continually.
This approach to viewing the system from an adversarial position requires us to topple the design paradigm over its head, and we will need to build models from data, and not just generate data from models. The designer must observe a system in action – even through partial observations, and construct a model close enough to the real system model – and then use the partial access to create damages to the because the approximate model allows her to do so. Almost like a schizophrenic duality, the engineer also has to wear the designers hat, and consider a game in which the observations are obfuscated enough to render it impossible for an attacker to build any useful model to induce clever attacks. The designer has to worry if she can construct from unobfuscated observations, a dynamics quickly enough so that the difference between the expected dynamics and the real dynamics can trigger alarms to alert the system administrators. In this talk, while discussing this view of system design, we will also talk about VSCADA – a virtual distributed SCADA lab we created for modeling SCADA systems for critical infrastructures, and how to use such a virtual lab completely implemented in simulation – to achieve the cyber security and cyber defense objectives of critical infrastructures – through attack injections, attack detection, and experiments on new defense mechanisms. We will also discuss the real SCADA test bed we are building at our center for cyber security of critical infrastructures at IIT Kanpur.


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Free Advice for Foreigners
Free Movement (Vapaa liikkuvuus) gives advice to foreigners and their supporters. When giving advice we discuss for example the asylum process and the threat of deportation as well as the process of applying for a residence permit based on work, studies or family ties. The persons who give advice are activists who know how the migration administration functions.
If you want to discuss your situation in detail you should bring all the documents related to your case. All discussions at the advice are confidential – we do not share any information with third parties. The advice is mainly given in English and Finnish. If you want to get advice in another language, please bring an interpreter or contact us beforehand.
If you have questions related e.g. to residence permits, asylum or migrant rights in Finland, contact us through email (vapaaliikkuvuus(a)gmail.com), Facebook, or 040 241 0662 and book a time. Tell us if you need a translator. We'll call you back on Wednesday between 5 and 8 pm.
Tampere group provides advice in Tampere. You can reach us through Facebook by name Vapaa Liikkuvuus Tampere, by email counselingtampere (at ) riseup.net or through phone +358 (0) 402410662. We will get back to you as soon as possible and also face-to-face meetings are arranged when needed.
Why do we give advice?
Do you know how to get a work permit in Finland? Have you received a negative asylum decision and are afraid of deportation? Are you unsure about how to apply for a student permit extension? Do you want to know how family ties are defined by law in The Finnish Aliens Act? Do you find it difficult to fill out the Immigration office's forms?
The legislation, permit procedures and bureaucracy connected with immigration may sometimes feel too heavy and difficult to comprehend. Immigration officials' decisions may also cause anxiety and confusion.
It is easier to solve problems together with others! The best form of anti-racism is to build common networks, struggles and action with immigrants. Racism must be opposed in all its forms, also when it is hidden in the Aliens Act.
Who are we?
We are a network of migration activists that has been active since 2006. We have organised resistance against deportations, campaigned for asylum seekers' right of stay, and defended Roma migrants' right to accommodation in Helsinki.
We also provide and share information on migration controls and their consequences, as well as struggles against controls in Finland and around the world.
What kind of advice do we give?
We advise foreign citizens on questions related to residence permits and the Aliens Law. When necessary, we can consult a lawyer or direct you to legal counseling. Friends, relatives and supporters of foreign citizens are also welcome to ask about or discuss matters related to migration.
The advice is provided as voluntary work and is free of charge. We are a fully independent organisation and we have no ties to the immigration administration.
All discussions are confidential. We do not share any information concerning discussions with outsiders unless it is specifically agreed.
The primary languages of communication are English and Finnish. You can also bring along your own interpreter.


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Situation: A company has a network of regional offices, operating under loose oversight from the home office. Increasingly, large customers are asking for national service agreements, but the company struggles to coordinate uniform national service delivery. How do you shift from independent regional to coordinated national operations?
Advice from the CEOs:
- If you want to act like a national company, then organize like a national company. Create a national account office which will take the lead in negotiating national contracts. That office will then coordinate with the regional offices to assure that service delivery occurs according to contract.
- As the national office is built, it will be important for them to understand how service delivery may vary between states because of differences in state regulations. This will require a manager who is experienced and knowledgeable in your field. This may be a promising current regional manager or an outside individual from your industry.
- You will also want to define customer categories which will enable you to classify current and prospective customers as regional or national accounts. You may want to consider three customer categories, for example Regional, Emerging National and National Accounts.
- The key to success will lie in your incentive and professional development structures.
- If region managers receive their incentives and promotions primarily for developing regional business, then this is where they will focus.
- If you want the region managers to shift their activity and priorities to creating and servicing national contracts, then bias both your incentives and professional development programs accordingly.
- For region managers, continuity of business will be a top priority, as this enables them to maintain region performance. To come on-board with the new program, they must perceive a value for both themselves and their customers.
- Once you have determined your structure, look for high profile wins that drive the structure. Reward and promote those who produce these wins.
- These producers will become your champions for change.
- The message will spread quickly across the organization.


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Ever woken up in the airing cupboard? Then you're probably a sleepwalker.
1. Off you go again on an aimless night-time wander!
You have a very understanding partner! Many times you've woken them up in a daze or they've witnessed you get up and off on one of your forays, like trying to climb out of the window…
2. Where am I?
You've woken up wondering how you got there but have no recollection how or why… Storerooms, cupboards other peoples bedrooms. Watch out you're in zombie mode!
3. Breakfast in bed?
Sitting bolt upright in bed thinking you have a frying pan in your hand? 'What do you want for breakfast?' you ask your partner in a semi-conscious state then head off to the kitchen. A common occurrence where you start an activity in your dream state… it takes you a while to sense true reality again.
4. In the nude
Our advice would be to wear something to bed and when you're staying in a hotel remember to pack your PJs! Sleepwalking down corridors of hotels in the all together is amusing to others but not so much yourself!
5. Hotel options?
More hotel quandries…. Get a ground floor room for your own personal safety to stop sleep-you eyeing up a balcony. Although you could go through the embarrassment of walking through reception fast asleep, at least you won't go splat.
6. Drastic measures
If the above has happened try taping your hotel key to your arm before bed. At least you can get back in your room after the sleepwalking episode. Maybe you should wear a sign as well!?
7. Flatmates
You have to 'fess up with new housemates about your bizarre habit of walking around in the dark at all hours. Just so they know that when they see you standing at the end of their beds in the early hours that you're not a total weirdo and have an explanation.
8. Escape
You may well be a genius, even Macgyver can't break out of some rooms like you can… so invest in a door wedge that might fox you long enough even if a locked door won't!
9. How did you survive that!
You've crossed the road and been to the shop before you've came round to a lucid state… how scary is that!


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