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It is likely that in the later period the vaiShNavas were ignorant on why the name pA~ncharatra came into being. This ignorance of the meaning of the name is plainly seen in the explanation provided by the prashna saMhitA and padma saMhitA of pA~ncharAtra, and the nAradIya pA~ncharAtra has only a vague memory regarding the cause of the name. The kashmirAcharyas of mahAbala paNDita's school and vidyAraNya yati cite a number of formulae of pA~ncharAtra vaiShNavism. But the kashmirAcharyas clearly explain the etymology by citing the vihagendra saMhitA and the sanatkumAra saMhitA. viShNu in course of the five night rite, in which puruSha nArAyaNa was invoked, lectured details on the pA~ncharAtric mantra shAstra to various recipients. As per the holy sanatkumAra saMhitA, which only survives in fragment the recipients of the lectures on the 5 nights were rudra, prajApati, indra, the R^iShis and bR^ihaspati. This knowledge was collected by the chitrashikhaNDins and provided as the vaiShNavAgamas. The same text mentions that viShNu also explained this knowledge (probably implying kR^iShNa) directly to the sAttvata heroes like sAtyaki, akrUra and kR^itavarman which came to be the sAttvata branch of pA~ncharatra. The vihagendra saMhitA states that the five recipients were ananta (=nAga), garuDa (=vihagendra), viShvaksena, rudra and prajApati, of which the vihagendra saMhitA is the collection of the lectures to garuDa. The Ishvara saMhitA mentions that the five recipients (at least in the R^iShi class) were brAhmaNas of the clans : shANDilya, aupagAyana, maunjAyana, kaushika and bhAradvAja. In addition to pa~ncharAtra the hayagrIva tantra remembers an independent tradition of tantric vaiShNavism termed saptarAtra, which was parallel to pA~ncharAtra, and contained the trailokyamohana viShNu tantra and hayagrIva tantra amongst others.
The sanatkumAra saMhitA is clearly divided into the 5 sections called rAtras with ten-eleven chapters in each, with each corresponding to the lecture of a night between viShNu and the recieving deity or sage (of them the bR^ihaspati ratra is lost). While it has some very late corruptions and extrapolations potentially attributable to the shrIvaiShNavas or mAdhvas, the sanatkumAra saMhitA by its content and memory of the actual origin of the term is close to the source. The sanatkumAra saMhitA assumes the coeaval presence of a text called nArada saMhitA (in part a potential precursor of the nAradIya pa~ncharAtra), mahendra saMhitA and padmodbhava saMhitA and the vihagendra saMhitA suggesting that these were composed together as a unit. The middle two could be internal citations to indra rAtra and prajApati rAtra (or more complete versions thereof).
The contents of the sanatkumAra saMhitA fragment as we know it are pretty remarkable. The first section, the rAtra of rudra: 1) yAgas to deities: agnI yAga, brahma yAga, vaishravaNa yAga, yAga for pacifying the vinAyaka and the uchChiShTa ulka, shrI/lakShmI oblations, the famed yaga to worship dhUrta skanda, saura prayogaM, rudra yAga, yaga to pacify various shaktis, sacrifice for yama, indra yAga, viShNu yAga, yaga for ashvins, worship of kAmadeva, soma offering. gAyatrIs for these deities and installation of their idols. 2) mantra-lakShaNaM 3) great nArayaNa mantras and gAyatrI. mAhAsudarshana mantra prayoga, the vaiShNava shmashAna prayogaM to capture and deploy yakShas and yakShiNis, rAkShasa shmashAna prayoga for sending rAkShasas aided with sudarshana, garuDa mantra prayogas, sarpa prayogas 4) invocation of 1008 gaNas of viShNu under viShvaksena, 5) harinivedana 6) flowers for viShNu worship 7) leaves for viShNu worship 8) bathing rites for idols 9) public festivals, balis and related rites 10) construction of yantras of viShNu.
The detailed tantric agnimukhaM yAgas with 4 fires for nArAyaNa and his vyUhas is provided in the brahma rAtra (this as far as my sources known is only available with some vaiShNava brAhmaNas in shrIrangaM as a manuscript).
Most interestingly the sanatkumAra saMhitA gives two forms of upanayanaM, the vedic form for dvijas and tantric agnimukhaM version for women and shUdras. On recieving that they may perform several rites, but the pA~ncharatric brahmin is still supposed to perform vaidika rites to various deities in addition to the internal pA~ncharatric sacrifices to vedic deities given in the rudra rAtra.


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The world champion became embroiled in a bizarre verbal spat with the Northern Irishman.
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One male was arrested in relation to this incident.
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Organic wines are made from grapes that are cultivated under organic, or biodynamic, conditions. Biodynamic practices ensure that the product to be consumed is free of chemicals, preservatives and other additives that are either manually added or transported into the grapevines through the soil.
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although "rust-free Fiat" is admittedly an oxymoron
Once. Just once, it is possible for a journalist not to fall back on old cliches and half truths when writing an article on vintage Fiats?
By Rich Taylor • Photography by Jean Constantine
In November of 1966, Fiat unveiled two new sports cars at Salone dell'automobile di Torino. Virtually identical in size and superficial specifications, both machines were designed and built by Pininfarina—and they couldn't be more different.
The 124 Sport Spider is an entry-level two-seater based on mechanical bits from the boxy little 124 Sedan and aimed at the MGB. The Dino Spider, the other release, is a limited-production exotic aimed at Porsche's 911 and powered by a landmark DOHC V6 shared with Ferrari's mid-engined Dino, which was introduced at the same 1966 Turin Auto Show.
Prices and production tell the story. The Fiat 124 Spider was made from 1966 through 1985 in nine slightly different models. Nearly 200,000 were built, and in 1973—when the car in our photos was purchased—the price was an economical $3259.
The Fiat Dino Spider was produced from 1966 through 1973 in two versions. Only 1587 were built, and when the car in our photos was purchased in 1972, the price was a steep $7830. Just for the sake of comparison, from 1971 to 1973, Ferrari sold 1274 mid-engined 246 GT Spyders—priced $2000 more than a Fiat Dino Spider powered by the same engine.
Thanks to an unprecedented rise in Ferrari values, today's 246 GTS prices range from $125,000 for a beater to $500,000 for a concours winner with "chairs and flares"—that's slang for the optional sport seats and rear fender add-ons. Fiat Dino Spiders are much rarer, though prices range from around $50,000 to $200,000.
Fiat 124 Spiders, on the other hand, are everywhere. The cheapest one currently available online is listed for $800, and you can snap up a concours winner for $15,000.
Conveniently, on the 2012 Mountain Mille, Malcolm Barksdale brought his perfectly restored Fiat Dino 2400 from San Diego, and Bernard Seneway drove his equally clean Fiat 124 Sport Spider from Highland, Maryland. Both cars completed the 1000-mile event in Virginia and West Virginia with no troubles. Even better, the Mountain Mille tour group spent one afternoon at Virginia International Raceway, where we were able to test drive and photograph both cars on track. Talk about a lucky break.
Look closely at a 124 Spider—especially around the "swallow-tail" rear fenders, taillights and sweeping side fender line—and you can recognize styling motifs borrowed from the Corvette Rondine concept shown by Pininfarina at the 1963 Paris Auto Show. The following year at the Paris show, Pininfarina showed the Ferrari 275 GTS, and you can see its influence on the 124 Spider in the overall proportion, shape of the bumpers, flare of the wheel openings, and the way the headlights cut into the fenders. Sergio Pininfarina claimed credit for designing the 124 Spider himself, and you have to admit, it still looks good today.
Pininfarina chopped 5.5 inches off the Fiat 124 sedan platform, then reinforced the chassis to compensate for losing the roof. The suspension received stiffer coil springs in the front and rear, four-wheel disc brakes and lightweight 13x5-inch Cromodora alloy wheels, while the gearbox was upgraded to a five-speed.
Legendary engineer Aurelio Lampredi created the Fiat engine family used to power the 124. Lampredi left Ferrari for Fiat in 1955 and was responsible for Fiat engines still being manufactured four decades later. The 124 sedan's little 1197cc four-cylinder engine was enlarged to 1438cc and given a double-overhead cam head. The cams were driven by a toothed rubber belt—a concept pioneered by car builder Bill Devin in 1956. Lampredi's DOHC Fiat was one of the first mass-production engines to adapt what has now become the standard way to drive overhead cams.
The 124 Spider had to be built down to a price, but the cost-cutting isn't obvious. Its twin-cam engine, five-speed gearbox and four-wheel disc brakes were already above and beyond the Fiat's contemporary competition, but it also featured full instrumentation and a well-designed convertible top. Inexpensive vinyl upholstery, thin carpets, easily corroded electrical connections and a lack of chassis rustproofing reveal its bargain-basement origins, however.
The 124 Spider engine was enlarged to 1608cc in 1970, 1756cc in 1974, and 1995cc in 1979. The Weber carburetor was replaced by Bosch fuel injection in 1980, and there were limited-production turbocharged and supercharged models in the '80s. Pininfarina, which had taken over sales and marketing in 1982, finally killed production in 1985 in order to free up factory space to build the Cadillac Allanté.
Like most sports cars from this era, the 124 Spider received ugly "impact bumpers" starting in 1974. From an aesthetic point of view, 1973-and-earlier cars are preferable. The later 2.0-liter cars were strangled with emissions gear but can also be easily retrofitted with a carburetor, intake and exhaust manifold from 1975-'79 models. If a numbers-matching restoration isn't a priority, the ultimate 124 Spider is probably a 1973 with a carbureted 2.0-liter engine.
The result is an inexpensive, easy-to-repair, fun-to-drive sports car with deeply ingrained Italian panache. There's more interior room than in an MGB, a rear seat that functions as a padded package shelf, and a large trunk.
The five-speed shifter is a joy, steering is light and precise, there's more than enough braking, and the Spider handles like a Ferrari on the track. It even returns 30 mpg on the highway. There wasn't enough horsepower even for the 1966 consumer, so by today's standards, acceleration is decidedly leisurely. But thanks to the aftermarket, that can be cured, too. Find a good example of the 124 Sport Spider—although "rust-free Fiat" is admittedly an oxymoron—and you'll be taking advantage of one of the best secret buys on the market.
In 1965, the FIA decreed that for the 1967 season, engines for Formula 2 would be based on 1.6-liter production models, of which at least 500 examples had to be built. Enzo Ferrari had no hope of quickly producing and selling 500 small cars. Enter Fiat.
Giovanni Agnelli of Fiat had been quietly underwriting Ferrari S.p.A. since the '50s, and in 1965 he was allowed to buy five percent of the company. By 1969, Fiat owned 50 percent of Ferrari. The two companies shared technology, parts and even assembly lines.
Ferrari engineer Franco Rocchi had 18 months to create a new engine and get at least 500 copies built. For sentimental reasons, if nothing else, Enzo Ferrari wanted the new engine derived from the 1.5-liter V6 Dino engine that had powered championship-winning Ferrari Formula 1 cars in the early '60s.
Rocchi came up with an all-aluminum DOHC, 65-degree V6 with wet cylinder liners. It also had the first production electronic ignition system, supplied by Magneti Marelli. The production version used an 86mm bore by 57mm stroke to displace 1987cc, which could be sleeved down to 77mm by 57mm to make a 1593cc race engine.
The original plan was that Ferrari would assemble these engines at Maranello and supply them not only for a new entry-level Ferrari sports car, but also for a less-expensive but presumably higher-volume Fiat model. As it turned out, Fiat took over engine production from the beginning because Ferrari simply didn't have the capacity to produce engines by the thousands.
Pininfarina was contracted to design both the Ferrari and Fiat cars, and experienced designer Aldo Brovarone was put in charge of both. His mid-engined Ferrari 206/246 is now considered a breakthrough, while the Fiat Dino Spider is just another pretty face. Originally, Pininfarina expected to produce both the Fiat Dino Spider and Fiat Dino Coupe, though the Coupe project was ultimately given to Bertone and designed by young Giorgetto Giugiaro.
Drawings by Brovarone show a coupe that has a Ferrari 330 GTC-style greenhouse on a Dino Spider body and obvious design cues from the Ferrari 275 GTB coupe. The bulging fenders, cutoff Kamm tail and round taillights are all motifs shared with contemporary Ferrari models, while the quad headlights and full-width grille are more in line with big Fiat sedans. In hindsight, Brovarone's never-built coupe design seems prettier than his Dino Spider and Giugiaro's Dino Coupe.
Aside from the V6, all mechanical parts are sourced from various Fiat models. The front suspension is from the Fiat 1500 sedan, and the rear axle and five-speed gearbox is from the Fiat 2300. Wheels are 14x6.5-inch versions of the same Cromodora design on the 124 Spider.
In 1969, Fiat made major improvements to the Dino. The V6 was bored and stroked to 92.5x60mm, displacing 2419cc, the engine block was switched from aluminum to cast iron, and the triple two-barrel Weber DCN carburetors were replaced with triple DCNFs. A stronger ZF five-speed replaced the Fiat transmission, and an independent rear suspension from the new Fiat 130 replaced the rigid axle.
These changes eliminated nearly all the complaints that had already besmirched the Fiat Dino reputation—creating a truly lovely machine—but the damage was done. Fiat was able to sell just 424 Dino 2400 Spiders in four years. Confusingly, the Dino 2400 models, though built of Fiat components, were assembled by Ferrari in the Maranello factory.
Driving a Dino 2400 is a joy. It has a typical arms-out, Italian driving position, light steering, pedals perfectly positioned for heel-and-toe downshifts, terrific brakes and balanced cornering that never loses its cool—even at racing speeds. The 65-degree V6 sounds like a miniature Ferrari V12 and whips the Dino to 60 mph in less than 8 seconds. Wonderful! Unlike the mid-engined Ferrari Dino, which bludgeons you with engine noise, the front-engine Fiat Dino keeps everything in proper balance.
Considering its rarity, the Dino 2400 is surprisingly easy to maintain. The ZF five-speed is also used in Aston Martin models, the Girling disc brakes are shared with the Lamborghini Miura and DeTomaso Pantera, and all the suspension parts and most hardware bits are from mass-production Fiats.
Engine parts, of course, are shared with the Ferrari Dino 246 and priced accordingly. After decades of neglect, the Fiat Dino Spider has finally taken its rightful place as a unique and special sports car—more powerful and more fun than a Fiat 124 Sport Spider, but significantly rarer and in many ways more pleasant than the far more expensive Ferrari Dino. In other words, right where it was intended to fit from the beginning.
The right choice for most of us will be dictated by budget. Looking for an inexpensive, timeless roadster? The 124 makes a great companion. It's light on its feet, enjoys plenty of aftermarket support today, and even has a roomy cockpit.
The Fiat Dino obviously offers much more exclusivity, performance and pedigree—but that comes with a major price premium. Here's the kicker, though: In today's scene, the Ferrari Dino is more of a bargain than nearly all the mid-engined supercars turned out by Italy.
although "rust-free Fiat" is admittedly an oxymoron
Once. Just once, it is possible for a journalist not to fall back on old cliches and half truths when writing an article on vintage Fiats?
I found a Fiat Dino coupe that I wasn't interested in so passed on to a friend. Should probably have kept it given subsequent prices. Sadly, quite a few engines were scavenged to replace the later Dino (not ever called Ferrari!) 246s, which IIRC had the cast iton block 2.4 version of the engines.
The 124 was a fun little car to drive around, I often drove my best friend's orange one back when it was new. A bit of trivia, the Fiat 124 was designed by Tom Tjaarda who also penned the De Tomaso Pantera.
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Sorry, not terribly polite - and this is quite a blunt post. But I've just heard too many stories this week of men messing up women's lives.
There's the ex-husband who banned his wife from wearing slippers around the house because "they weren't sexy enough".
There's the ex-husband who rang his wife continually when she was away from home in an attempt to prevent her from doing anything socially.
There's the ex-partner who pushed his girlfriend down the stairs and then kicked her in the head.
There's the ex-lover who for a year refused to allow his woman to describe herself as "his girlfriend" - she came to the conclusion eventually that she was his "bit on the side".
There's the guy who got involved with a woman whose lover had relatively recently died when he already had a steady girlfriend.
There's the guy who rang his wife up whilst she was doing a presentation to say: "The baby won't eat her food. What should I do?"
That's just stories that I have heard in the last week. What is it with men?
Well, here are two suggestions. The first is the sexual "liberation" of women, and the casualisation of sexual relationships. Women are now considered free by society to sleep with whomever they want to. What this actually means is that, in most cases, if they want to get the attention of men, they have to sleep with them. So the big biological motivator for men is now being offered them in most relationships, to actually get them into the relationship in the first place.
Of course, this is miles removed from the "slavish" "Victorian" Christian morality that prevailed even until about 30 years ago. I would suggest that, within this paradigm, "living together" - in the sense of sexual relationships which were beyond the most casual encounters - was basically something that, if it existed outside marriage, was something which marked the most committed relationships. So if men were to get their biological "payoff" (as one might coarsely put it) they already had to be pretty committed to their women. Women weren't expected to become sexually involved with somebody before they were pretty sure that they were "the right sort of person". Nowadays, in most cases, the relationship is built the other way round - sex in many cases comes pretty early on, and you find out what the person is like later. So women can easily find themselves involved with men who, with more than five minutes thought and a few milligrams less hormones, they know are basically not the sort of person they want to be involved with. And whereas men - in biological terms - don't seem to care who they sleep with, women - in biological terms - are designed to want sexual relationships to be of the stable, child-rearing (i.e. years rather than minutes) kind.
The second phenomenon is the breakdown of families. This has impacts in all sorts of areas. In many cases, the dads of teenage girls are no longer around. This takes away a huge source of tension, of course - how many slammed doors are directed from the teenager to her dad? how many shouts are directed from the dad to his teenage daughter? But the reason for this tension in many homes is the fact that the dad is trying to protect his daughter - something that, in many cases in later teenage years (and particularly when a girl leaves home), she comes to see and appreciate. (At least, I hope!) And even if the girl is frustrated and tries to break away from the straitjacket that she perceives her parents protection to be, it still places some constraints on her, and no matter how much she rejects her parents' attitudes, she will still be affected by their opinions of different boys that wander in and out of her life. I suspect that fathers, in particular, will indicate the sort of boy/man that they think is appropriate for their daughters - and this will, regardless of her protestations, shape her thoughts.
It also has an impact on men when they are growing. Dads who stay around are role models for sons. How does a man know how to respond to the woman he is in love with? Well, the most likely role models will be the men he has seen relating to women that they love. If his dad showed love, care and affection for his mum, then as like as not, he will see that this is good, and will treat the women he loves in the same way.
These aren't cast iron conclusions - people can overcome all sorts of different backgrounds to become good at relationships - and people who have had everything good can still be lousy at them. But I wonder to what extent these factors do have an impact.
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Yet another week gone by; how is it that the time goes so fast? Ah well, the week may be gone, but we here at UWG have a couple pieces of good news to share. First, we're that much closer to the releases of Pokemon X/Y and XCOM: Enemy Within. We don't know about all of you out there, but some of us are just beside ourselves with excitement! This is ground-breaking stuff when it comes to Pokemon, and a full-expansion for XCOM? How is that not cause for celebration? The second bit of news is even better because you don't have to wait for it! That's right we've got another round of excellent posts from CheeseToastie And Video Games, GIMMGP, and Simpleek! Linked here for your viewing pleasure. So please, take a look and make sure to show them your support while you wait for the new Pokemon to drop!
"The Infamous GameSpot GTA V Review or How the Sh*t Hit The Fan"
This week Sam touches on the reaction to Carolyn Petit's GTA V review and what it may indicate about the gaming community. She also discusses the nature of reviews themselves; questioning whether or not a review can be truly objective and whether or not that would even be a good thing. It's a great, though-provoking read. We highly recommend checking it out.
"Going Back to the House"
This week Chip regales us his with his teenage experiences in the horror genre and gives us some insight and background for the original Splatterhouse in particular. We are also treated to a brief review of the latest Splatterhouse from the perspective of one whose tastes in games have changed from those of their youth. See it here!
"Five Things All Convention Goers Must Know Before Attending One"
In this week's installment, Simpleek gives us several tips for making the most of any convention you might attend. They all sound like common sense, but you would be surprised a the sorts of things you don't stop to consider. Recommended reading for anyone considering attendance at a convention in the near-future. See it here!
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YEP field trip 2017: Day 2
Hello again! Another day, another adventure!
On the second day of the field trip, we had the pleasure of visiting two companies which are on the edge of their field: Intel and Sorek! While intel is a quite famous company, Sorek is a company which specialises in the desalination of water. In essence: How to make salt water drinkable and usable for agriculture.
While heading there, we did however had the pleasure of stopping at Bet Guvrin-Maresha National park, where a great deal of history in regards to the history of the Jews can be found. From the catacombs to the living quarters, it gave an insight to how these people lived, and how they honored their dead.
At Intels factory in Israel, they actually construct their famous processors on silicon wafers. The transistors for these are of a size of 22nm, which is currently the smallest in the world. However, they are currently trying to reach a size of 10nm, but is quite difficult as they now work on a molecular level (the size is roughly 200 molecules). Really gives some perspective on how Moores law might stop eventually.
As part of their production, Intel as five facilities in Israel, where they specialise on construction on wafers. This is quite essential for the nation, as it makes up 1% of the total GPD of Israel, and also because it is a country which focuses heavily on technology. However, the creation of processors is a global one, as the process to make silicon is mainly done in Japan, and it takes several steps through several different countries for the product to reach the consumer.
To make a processor at the facility usually takes around 35 days to complete, when working at high capacity. For new chips and technology, it might take up to 3 months. Due to this heavily detailed and intricate process, no person knows the it from beginning to end. After the wafer is complete, It's performance is checked, and then sent out for sorting. As such, they can produce up to 10 000 wafers a week with a 98-99% yield. Certainly a very interesting look into production of processors and embedded systems!
Sorek however, while very different from Intel, provides another a big challenge for the electrical engineer. With around 150 000 000 cubic meters of water produced per year using reverse osmosis, it is an essential part of the infrastructure of Israel. Also, with decreasing rainwater in the region due to climate change, desalination aquifers for shore, mountain & lake sources has become quite widespread. This water goes to a great deal of different interests: agriculture, industry & household use, where even 60% of water used in the agriculture comes from desalination. Israel currently hosts 5 plants in Israel, which can produce a total capacity of 590 000 000 cubic meters in a single year. This makes it the biggest way to produce fresh water to the nation, which is quite remarkable as it is an industry that was established in 2005. Now however, it dominates the industry.
To ensure that this is possible, the desalination plant not only has its own energy production from a gas/steam turbine cycle, it also requires a great deal of transformers, high voltage electrical engines and technology in regards to breakers and much more. To read more on the subject, please visit Soreks website: Sorek
So I hope that you have enjoyed this second blogg post in regards to our trip, and keep a lookout for the third which will come tomorrow!
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Something to Declare (part of the Sussex Border Stories series) is a very moving and well-written memoir, which also turns out to be a sweet and unique love story. It's a story replete with the ups and downs inherent in all close relationships, but with the special flavor that only a burgeoning relationship between a straight man and a transsexual woman can bring.
S. A. A. Calvert is an individual who, in addition to her interesting life as an avid cyclist, rock climber, violinist, retired rugby player and, as she so vividly describes, an avid beer drinker, is also an extremely accomplished writer. In her story, she delves deeply into issues of mental health, describing her triumph over depression, gaining self-confidence, and finally embracing her "felt" gender. As she moves through her transition to a female gender role, and with her increasing femininity, we watch in awe as the flower unfolds, cheering it on with every turn of the page.
Unlike some other books of this genre, the author adopts a rather shy, demur, and candid manner when it comes to things of an intimate nature, firmly closing the door to her bedroom, but providing enough gentle innuendo to allow the reader to guess what takes place on the other side. The same is true about most of the details of her transformation journey. However, what she doesn't omit, and actually portrays rather magnificently, are some rather graphic scenes related to criminal justice, the legal system, court hearings, and other events both important and of an everyday nature that are described quite eloquently.
The author also addresses the matters of PTSD and bigotry as they relate to her life, and the lives of her loved ones. With it all, as the author says, she writes about "love, friendship, family; all the things we need to keep the darkness away." And she does a great job at doing that.


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Bone Augmentation
The success of dental implants has resulted in greater demand from patients. However, there are circumstances that prevent ideal placement of implants due to soft- and hard-tissue defects. Such defects may arise as a result of infection, trauma, or prolonged tooth loss.
Various augmentation treatments are available to regain lost tissues for more aesthetic and predictable implant placement. In addition, if a site in the mouth is expected to contract, simple procedures can prevent such defects from occurring.
Figure A: If there is inadequate width and height in bone, it becomes unfeasible to place dental implants safely.
Figure B: A few months after the grafting procedure, implants can be placed successfully with the increase in bone.
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The US$8 trillion global supply chain is adapting to a post Covid-19 world becoming the new norm. Covid-19's global dislocation has further stressed the need for more robust supply chains that can react to vulnerabilities and bottlenecks. The pandemic has stressed the importance of increased connectivity through smart digital transformation technologies that result in access to real time insights and thus better decision making.
According to The Economist, the global food system, from field to fork, accounts for 10% of the worlds GDP and employs around 1.5 billion people. Global supply of food has tripled since 1970 as population has doubled in the same time. Food exports have grown so much that four fifths of people now live in part on calories produced in another country.
Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, Former Nigerian Agriculture Minister and World Food Prize Laureate 2017, states that the challenge of feeding our world is immense, with a need for rapid increases in food production. We will need to feed a global population that the UN estimates to grow to 9.8 billion people by 2050. Dr Adesina goes on to say that Africa holds the key to feeding Earth by 2050. Africa sits on more than 60% of the uncultivated arable land left in the world, so what it does with agriculture will determine the future of food in the world.
Despite Africa's vast tracts of underutilised land and other natural resources, it remains a net importer of food. Africa's apparent reliance on cheap food imports indicates a distressing missed economic opportunity on the continents biggest growth lever, its agricultural sector.
Africa will need to modernize its agriculture and increase investment across the agricultural value chain, including into the expansion of port facilities and transport infrastructure. Special economic zones with tax incentives need to be created that are geared to food-processing, facilitating efficient movement of produce from production zones and promoting exports. This will unlock agro-industrialisation and agro-exports from these African hubs, increasing the international competitiveness of African exports. This is a crucial element in creating a wealthy African continent. Rich nations are wealthy because they process all production before participating in the global value chain.
Crucial for an African agricultural framework is support for its rural farmers. According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, rural farmers produce three-quarters of the world's food yet constitute 80% of the world's poor.
Small holder farmers face daunting and often unpredictable challenges. Issues such as water scarcity, climate change, land tenure which is linked to an inability to access capital, lack of access to extension services, storage and packaging. Equally, lack of transport logistics to prevent food losses and wastage, access to markets and even basic inputs such as improved high-yield seeds and fertilizers. The use of middlemen who pay in cash before on-selling to producers or formal markets leaves rural farmers without a formal transaction record and much of the profits due to their poor negotiating position. Without this transaction history, rural farming communities also cannot access financial services that can help to uplift their economic situation. Cheap food imports also hurt the income of rural farmers. As Dr Adesina states, Africa needs to develop a new agragrian system, one that combines smallholder farmers with a new dynamic generation of medium and large commercial farmers.
Africa can learn from Brazil's emergence as an agro-export powerhouse over the past few decades. A strong government-backed investment strategy to develop ports and transportation infrastructure has resulted in lowering transport times, reducing food losses and wastage along the supply chain and export costs. Changes in the country's regulatory framework such as trade liberalisation and agri-policy support favouring public-private partnerships has helped develop capacities and facilitated the country's increased interaction with external markets. Adaptation of new technologies, research and development, modernisation of agriculture and mechanization have all contributed to establish Brazil success as a food export powerhouse.
Africa has launched the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), the objective of which is to create a continental market for goods and services, with free movement of people and capital, and pave the way for creating a Continental Customs Union. The AfCFTA will grow intra-African trade through better harmonization and coordination of trade across the continent.
The AfCFTA will provide the framework for trade liberalisation across 55 African countries once fully implemented. The member countries have an estimated combined GDP of US$2.5 trillion and a population of over 1.2 billion, making it the largest free trade area by population in the world and since the formation of the World Trade Organisation.
The AfCFTA has eight strategic objectives:
(1) creating a single market for goods and services, facilitated by the movement of people; (2) contributing to the movement of capital and people and facilitating investment; (3) creating a continental customs union; (4) expanding intra-African trade; (5) resolving the challenges of overlapping memberships in Regional Economic Arrangements; (6) promoting sustainable and inclusive economic development; (7) boosting industrial development; and (8) enhancing competitiveness.
Key opinions from an IMF staff discussion paper earlier this year highlight that the framework of the AfCFTA represents an opportunity to support post-pandemic recovery and to foster economic growth. AfCFTA will create a larger and more integrated African market that promotes intra-continental trading and a reduction in trade barriers and tariffs. Importantly, successful implementation of the AfCFTA will reduce uncertainty on trading relations within the continent. This has the potential to encourage both domestic and foreign investment and help to boost economic activity. Abrego and others (2019) estimate intra-African trade growth of more than 80 percent due to the AfCFTA, which represents an increase of US$60 billion to African exports.
According to Landry Signé, Senior Fellow Global Economy and Development Africa Growth Initiative, Africa's manufacturing sector is projected to double in size under AfCFTA, with annual output increasing to US$1 trillion by 2025 and create over 14 million jobs. Increased business-to-business spending will also improve African business' ability to specialize—an essential determinant of growth in manufacturing—as necessary inputs can be sourced from other businesses or neighbouring markets, rather than produced in-house. The projected increase in Africa's business-to-business spending in manufacturing is around US$200 billion, bringing the total to US$666.3 billion by 2030.
African intra-regional trade is dominated by food and manufactured goods. African nations are mostly integrated as upstream suppliers to global value chains. The AfCFTA's framework must support the development of supply chains that create value add from within the larger integrated African market. This will generate more downstream integration into global value chains, reaping more gains from African participation in global trading.
Crucially, creating a larger more integrated African market under the AfCFTA will require implementing a centralised digital trading ecosystem to facilitate increases in business-to-business interactions and trade. This marketplace must serve as a catalyst to enable a participative trading environment that can supply the AfCFTA market. In turn, this will promote industrialisation and productive capabilities across regional value chains. A continent-wide trade ecosystem will increase connectivity across African supply and value chains, with the additional benefit of increased exposure and accessibility to an interested global market.
OneAgrix is such an enabling trade ecosystem and is working towards positioning Africa as a better-connected global trading hub and a nexus for the development of African supply and value chains. Crucial to the success is collaboration at several levels of the supply and value chains and public private partnerships that connect multiple stakeholders. Investors and Financiers will be able to access and do business under a single set of AfCFTA trade and investment rules, benefiting from an integrated market, more trading, more robust African supply chains, economies of scale and a digital ecosystem facilitating the above.
Arancha González, Executive Director International Trade Centre, says that the growth of e-commerce is a unique opportunity to open access to international markets for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in developing and least developed countries (LDCs). E-commerce is estimated at US$15 trillion per annum for business to business transactions and over US$1 trillion for business to consumer trade. However, African enterprises share of this is only 2%, so it has enormous potential to grow.
A McKinsey & Company report (July 2014) indicated that e-commerce could account for 10% of retail sales in Africa's largest economies by 2025, which would translate into US$75 billion in annual revenue. In part, this will be the result of a decade of expected rapid economic growth on the continent, with consumer spending projected to exceed US$1 trillion annually by 2020.
E-commerce has been included in the agenda of the AfCFTA by the African Union Heads of State. The incorporation of e-commerce into the agenda has the potential to lead to an expanded market space under the larger continental market envisioned. The International Trade Centre (ITC) mentions that just 1% of Africa's e-commerce marketplaces are responsible for 60% of the marketplace traffic on the whole continent. Only 11% of the marketplaces' websites enable financial transactions (the rest are classified sites with sales made offline) which limits the possibilities of selling internationally. Small businesses that want to make online sales need to use transactional marketplaces with safe payment solutions.
The world's biggest marketplaces do not have a strong presence in Africa, which means there is more opportunity for local marketplaces. The ITC wanted to take advantage of this and find ways in which online marketplaces could support African businesses. As a result, OneAgrix has partnered with the ITC with the vision to support African businesses and farmers. OneAgrix aims to enable access and exposure into an integrated African market and outwards, address SME and farmers e-commerce barriers to trade and implement solutions on how to take its technologies to scale to reach tens of millions of participants.
E-commerce has the potential to contribute significantly to the economic activities of African countries. Increasing use and access to technology with a gravitation of shoppers and businesses towards e-commerce, increasing reach of internet connectivity and adoption of mobile money payment solutions all suggest that Africa is moving towards conducting business digitally.
According to the FAO, roughly one-third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year - approximately 1.3 billion tonnes - gets lost or wasted. Key findings from Think.Eat.Save of the Save Food Initiative, a partnership between UNEP and FAO, state that food losses and waste amount to roughly US$680 billion in industrialized countries and US$310 billion in developing countries.
The FAO states that an estimated 14 per cent of food, valued at an estimated US$400 billion, is lost between harvest and distribution. In Africa, inefficient processing and drying, poor storage, and insufficient infrastructure are instrumental factors in food waste. In Sub-Saharan Africa, post-harvest food losses are estimated to be worth US$4 billion per year - or enough to feed at least 48 million people. When food is lost or wasted, all the resources that were used to produce the food, including water, land, energy, labour and capital, are also wasted.
The Covid-19 pandemic has seen an increase in food wastage and losses as supply chains have been disrupted due to the lockdown measures implemented globally. Farmers are being forced to destroy their crops, dump milk and throw out perishable items that can't be stored as they face issues in selling food. The usual market for farmers - hotels, restaurants and café's - have all shut down and in supermarkets, many people have rushed to stock up on canned food and other non-perishable items in response to the global pandemic. Many fields are being ploughed under because of the expense of harvesting and the lack of profit. Farmers in America and Europe need over 1 million migrant workers from Mexico, north Africa and eastern Europe to bring in the harvest, but borders have been closed in many countries for the majority of this year.
In a post Covid-19 world, eliminating food waste can drastically improve the global food system, sustainability and food security. A marriage between IoT technology, blockchain and farm to fork supply-chain traceability solutions which are embedded in OneAgrix's ecosystem can bring order and transparency as food data moves seamlessly through the food chain. Enabling market access and improved logistics support are some of the ways that also help to prevent small holder farmers from post-harvest losses. As a response to a Nigerian poultry farmer having difficulty selling her eggs due to the pandemic, OneAgrix implemented an early geospatial tech solution on the platform that linked buyers in close proximity to the farmer. Ultimately, the geofencing tech was successful in assisting the agripreneur and eliminating an occurrence of food wastage. This is an example of one tech solution that can be scaled for many small holder farmers who are part of its ecosystem.
Interdependence, diversity, technology and increased connectivity are all contributors to a digital ecosystem that can address food safety and security and enable transparency and traceability in the global food chain. Notably, these are also in common with OneAgrix's vision to address UN Sustainable Development Goals of no poverty, zero hunger and responsible consumption and production.
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If you want stolen bases in 2019 Fantasy Baseball drafts, you will likely need to spend a high draft pick or pay up in an auction. Whit Merrifield is one example.
The Royals gave Merrifield a contract extension of four years for $16.25 million that covers his years of arbitration eligibility, and there's performance bonuses up to $2 million. Merrifield didn't reach the majors until 2016 when he was 27 years old.
Merrifield is coming off his best season with a slash line of .304/.367/.438 with 88 runs, 12 home runs, 60 RBIs and 45 stolen bases in 158 games. He led baseball with 192 hits, including 43 doubles. In 2017, Merrifield had a slash line of .288/.324/.460 with 80 runs, 19 home runs, 78 RBIs and 34 stolen bases. Merrifield is eligible at second base and outfield in most leagues and could be at first base in some. He played five games at first base in 2018.
Merrifield became a more patient hitter, increasing his walk rate from 4.6 percent in 2017 to 8.6 percent last year, although the strikeout rate increased by 2.1 percent to 16 percent. The hard-hit rate increased by 6.3 percent to 36.9 percent.
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Merrifield has an ADP of 31 in the National Fantasy Baseball Championship (NFBC) and 35 on fantrax.com. What? This is way too high. While stolen bases aren't as plentiful as they used to be, it doesn't mean you overpay to get them. It also means not as many stolen bases are needed to be in the top three to five. While it would be great to win every category, it's not necessary to win the league.
Merrifield led baseball with 45 stolen bases last season. The only others to reach 40 were Trea Turner (43) and Mallex Smith (40). Eleven players stole at least 30 bases in 2018.
While Merrifield's stolen bases are valuable, he doesn't do enough in home runs and RBIs. It's really difficult to spend an early pick on a player that likely won't hit 20 home runs or drive in 80 runs. While there's an advantage in stolen bases, you are chasing home runs and RBIs. Most RBIs come from the three and four hitters, and those players go early in drafts. The Royals aren't a good offense, and it's difficult to envision Merrifield being a boost in the counting stats.
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There are many ways to build a successful Fantasy Baseball team, and you can do it by drafting Merrifield, but it digs a hole. The way I build mine doesn't include a player with the profile of Merrifield.
I will not overpay for stolen bases and building an early base of home runs and RBIs is important. If there's no trading, getting stolen bases in the draft is more important, but overpaying should be avoided. Successful players who know the player pool well will find speed elsewhere.
Steamer projects Merrifield with a slash line of .275/.330/.406 with 84 runs, 12 home runs, 62 RBIs and 31 stolen bases in 2019. That's not good enough to be a second or third round pick. Merrifield is overvalued.
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Mike postle continues his fight to prevent a bankruptcy order become a reality as Véronique Brill and Todd witteles push to recoup their legal fees spent on the case. Postle owes the pair around $ 55,000 and has so far pulled all the stuff out of the book to avoid paying.
Last week Veronica Brill and Todd Witteles both had filed formal objections against Postles' attempt to have the case dismissed. He had had until mid-September to file his official response, which reads as nothing more than a lopsided attack on Brill's lawyer, Marc Randazza.
The first seven pages of the dossier just highlight how obsessed Postle has become with Randazza, while completely ignoring Witteles' lawyer, Eric Bensamochan.
"Sir. Randazza has exhibited incredibly unprofessional and unethical behavior and uses bankruptcy as a weapon of personal vendetta against me. He has attempted to use the bankruptcy process to publicly shame me and place its debt above my 15 other legitimate unrelated creditors at the minimum. "
This latest court request included Postle languishing, almost begging the court to feel sympathy for him, and also revealing the extent of his debts. A breathtaking total of $ 62,000 consumer credit value, and another $ 18,000 for his vehicle. Not what you would expect from someone who claims to be a successful poker player.
âI am a professional poker player of some reputation and have been for over seventeen years. It's a job that I love and that has allowed me to provide for my ten-year-old daughter, whom I have custody of.
He added that for Brill and Witteles to file a bankruptcy petition just 36 days after winning this hearing is ludicrous and makes a "Derision of the bankruptcy system".
No sympathy
Eric Bensamochan retaliated in the clearest possible way, insisting that his client, Todd Witteles, is right to force Mike Postle to pay him his debt.
"… tried to abuse the justice system for his own selfish ends and now that he faces the consequences of this decision he presents himself as a poor innocent victim."
Alex sheppard of Randazza Legal Group went further and really stuck the knife, publicly humiliate Postle for his many alleged transgressions.
âIt is true that Mr. Randazza does not like Postle. Postle cheats at cards, has beaten up his ex-wife, and seems obsessed with Mr. Randazza rather than his own actions. Nonetheless, unless he was working on this case directly, Mr. Randazza can barely remember Postle's name. Mr. Randazza resides for free in Postle's head, not the other way around.
The case will resume in a Sacramento court next week, when we may see this trial almost over and Mike Postle finally put in his shoes.
If you missed any of the dramas surrounding Postle, you can catch up below!
- Sick driver or sick cheater? StonesLive Player Suspicion
- Updates on the Mike Postle Poker Cheating Scandal at StonesLive
- Mike Postle denies cheating allegations on Embouchure podcast
- Is Mike Postle really a cheater?
- Mike Postle, Stones, Kuraitis named in $ 10million fraud scandal lawsuit
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- Post-Legislative Whistleblower Veronica Brill Reveals Inner Workings Of Stone Cheating Scandal
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- Alleged Poker Fraud Mike Postle Finally Acknowledges $ 10 Million Lawsuit
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- Mike Postle files response in poker cheating case
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- Mike Postle amends nonsuit motion in poker cheating case
- Plaintiffs call for sanctions against alleged poker fraud Mike Postle
- Mike Postle accused of dodging legal department in second poker cheating case
- Mike Postle Cheating Prosecution: Complainants File Response to Stones Disclaimer
- Stones Gambling Hall and Kings Casino file amended motions to dismiss post-legatee lawsuit
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- Leaked settlement talks between Stones Gambling Hall and alleged victims of fraud
- Veronica Brill shocked by Postlegate Netflix documentary claims
- Nevada-based lawsuit against Mike Postle dismissed for lack of jurisdiction
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- Mike Postle, Justin Kuraitis speak out as Mac Verstandig admits no forensic evidence of cheating
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- Postlegate gain $ 40,000 more than lawsuit damages
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- Mike Postle producer promises it's not just an innocence movie
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- Veronica Brill Launches GoFundMe Campaign for Legal Fees in Mike Postle's Defamation Lawsuit
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- Mike Postle case update: Veronica Brill's defense attorney Marc Randazza issues statement on HONR network involvement
- Mike Postle drops $ 330 million libel lawsuit against whistleblower Veronica Brill
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- Judge Orders Mike Postle To Pay $ 27,000 In Anti-SLAPP Decision
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- Mike Postle's ex-wife reveals everything to Veronica Brill
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- Whistleblower Veronica Brill receives $ 27,000 against Mike Postle in anti-SLAPP lawsuit judgment
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- Alleged poker cheater Mike Postle files new petition to avoid involuntary bankruptcy
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Cheap Pork Imports Continue to Cause ConcernUK - Another somewhat mixed day for sellers and although the DAPP continues to improve and now stands at 161.32p with the exception of Cranswick who are playing catch-up, all the other shout price buyers held their prices at last weeks levels, writes Peter Crichton.
Last weeks' levels are as follows: Woodhead 164p, Gills 162p, Tulip 161p, Cranswick 160p, Karro 160p.
The recent spell of better weather seems to have put more life back into the fresh meat market and some of the smaller wholesalers are reporting excellent sales and empty fridges, which is a good sign in the run up to the Bank Holiday, but on the other side of the coin foreign imports are continuing to undercut domestic prices with reports of yet more loads of Dutch and Belgium pigs heading for these shores.
Spot bacon was generally traded within a fairly narrow 163p–165p/kg range, but if demand improves we could see prices in this sector move well ahead of contract.
But one feature of the market was much improved demand from spot and contract buyers for Freedom Food finishers indicating that perhaps to some extent existing Freedom Food premiums are not high enough to reflect the additional costs of high welfare straw based breeding and finishing systems.
Further falls in cull sow values are also indicating troubled times ahead in the European mainland pig market. Most cull quotes dropped another 2p–3p/kg this week due to large volumes of manufacturing grade pigmeat in chillers across Europe coupled with financial pressures facing some of the larger scale EU mainland meat processors due to the high costs associated with maintaining large stock volumes in cold stores. Most UK sow quotes are now between 99p-102p/kg according to spec.
Despite the recent ECB decision to interest rates the value of the euro has remained virtually unchanged trading on Friday worth 84.3p.
Weaner prices are tending to improve especially for Freedom Food stock with standard Red Tractor weaners trading in the £47-£49/head mark and Freedom Food weaners worth £3–£4 ahead of this. The latest AHDB 30kg ex-farm weaner average which includes a cross section of Freedom Food and Red Tractor transactions now stands at £49.56/head.
Cereal markets have ended a reasonably stable week with ex-farm wheat quoted at £190/t and wheat futures prices between May and July in a relatively tight £192-£193/t range, although November is looking better value at £184.50/t but soya prices continue to soar due to lack of shipping space and hi-pro soya is now trading at up to £458/t.


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In the webinar the Henkel experts will talk about the definition of plasticizers and why they need to be considered. They will mention kinds of types and application fields as well as what the techniques and pitfalls are. An important topic will be the migrational behavior and assessments in current food regulations. They will also talk about Henkel's solutions for packaging applications.
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You will have heard of foresight and hindsight.
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"Mindsight is a kind of focused attention that allows us to see the internal workings of our own minds. It helps us to be aware of our mental processes without being swept away by them, enables us to get ourselves off the autopilot of ingrained behaviors and habitual responses, and moves us beyond the reactive emotional loops we all have a tendency to get trapped in. It lets us "name and tame" the emotions we are experiencing, rather than being overwhelmed by them...
You can also think of mindsight as a very special lens that gives us the capacity to perceive the mind with greater clarity than ever before... And it allows us to reshape and redirect our inner experiences so that we have more freedom of choice in our everyday actions, more power to create the future, to become the author of our own story. Another way to put it is that mindsight is the basic skill that underlies everything we mean when we speak of having social and emotional intelligence." (Siegal)
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BTS Army (and Cape Verde) help K-Pop stars break iTunes record
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Fan campaign makes Welsh-language song 'Yma O Hyd' an iTunes hit
Fancy starting the day with a sing-song? Come on then: "Ry'n ni yma o hyd / Ry'n ni yma o hyd / Er gwaetha pawb a phopeth…" Those are the words of 'Yma O Hyd', a track by Welsh folk artist Dafydd Iwan...
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What is Cloud telephony, How Cloud Telephony System Works
Cloud telephony, also known as cloud calling, is a type of unified communications as a service that offers voice communication services through a third-party host.
Let's Know First,
Cloud Telephony System made with 2 words Cloud and Telephony
- Cloud:- In telecommunications, a cloud is the unpredictable part of any network through which data passes between two endpoints.
- Telephony:- Telephony is the technology associated with the electronic transmission of voice, fax, or other information between distant parties using systems historically associated with the telephone, a handheld device containing both a speaker or transmitter and a receiver.
Cloud telephony is very similar to cloud computing. In cloud computing, you can access your document from the network cloud. And in the cloud-telephony, there is a virtual hosted system. Which transfer the audio data from one endpoint to another endpoint.
Cloud Telephony System is a technique used to deliver telephone applications on the cloud as a hosted solution. It is a messaging and voice service that does not require traditional business telephone systems such as PBX or EPBAX.
What is Cloud Telephony?
Cloud telephony or hosted telephony, is a voice and deneme bonusu messaging service that replaces the traditional business telephone equipment (for example, a PBX or Private branch exchange), with third-party VoIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol) service. Thus, it is a technology that moves your business phone system to the cloud.
In the cloud-telephony, all the calls are routed through Cloud Servers.
It is a mode by which enterprises and businesses could make or receive multiple voice calls and messages simultaneously, without investing in any additional capital infrastructure. Services like IVR, Call recording, Bulk messaging, Call conferencing, Custom greetings, Business hours etc. are only some of the many features cloud-telephony providers are offering now.
How Cloud Telephony System Works?
The call is made through the published number which is actually a Cloud-Telephony number. Actually, the customer is not calling your offices lines or on your mobile directly. There is the extension where the call actually lands. Basically, the entire process gets migrated to Cloud communications.
Cloud-Telephony can be used for incoming as well as outgoing calls. It is used primarily for Incoming calls.
People were aware of call routing, IVR, call recording, analytics but not cloud-telephony. Cloud PBX (Private branch exchange) system mainly and did not think beyond the simple call center use case.
Benefits of Cloud-Telephony Migration
- managing multiple systems and phones
- Scaling up or down, according to the demand and flow of staff
- Smartphones are an essential feature of modern business communications. Apps and the ability to take calls – on a work phone (so staff don't need to give out personal numbers)
- Business Continuity
- Toll-Free number
- cloud-based servers are capable of Call recording
Calls can be taken on:-
- Mobile Phone
- Landline
- Laptop
- System
Here Top 5 Companies Provide Best IVR Services Solution
Mostly These Companies that provide Services of cloud telephony in India
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