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DELHI CET 2011 Online Counseling Process
a) Counseling for admission to polytechnic will be totally web based.
b) Guidelines for Online Registration & Choice submission.
Candidate is required to deposit One time non refundable processing fees of Rs.700/- at any of the branch of corporation bank in Delhi/NCR then only candidate will gain access to Online registration.
Online Registration can be done through the Website URL: http://cetdelhi.nic.in from any of the Internet access points, like Cyber Café, residence, etc, during which the candidate is required to enter the details of their respective qualifying examination, category/sub-category, gender, address, mobile no./contact no. Region etc. Any incorrect entry will be the sole responsibility of the candidate and may disqualify him/her from counseling/admission.
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Candidate is required to login using his/her CET Roll no. as login ID and Password as generated by him/her during online registration for online choice submission.
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On clicking the "Fill Choices" the available choices specific to the candidate will be displayed in the left side frame and on clicking the "Add button" it will remove from the left frame and will be added into right frame. Here the candidate can move the choices, delete the choices, interchange the choices, modify and rearrange the choices as per his/her preference.
Candidate can submit his/her choices of Institute and discipline in the order of is preference.
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I was talking to the neighbor across the road one day last week and he asked me if by chance I knew whose funeral had been at Roselawn a day or two earlier in the week. He said the whole cemetery was full of cars and motorcycles (I wondered if maybe there were two simultaneous burials going on so it made it look really full?). He said there were also several aerial bucket trucks like a power lineman or a tree trimmer might use but he didn't notice any name on any of them. I haven't read the obituaries on the MonroeNews website since before we went to Illinois... I suppose it's possible I could be gone and I don't even know it yet!!!Anyway, if anyone has any thoughts on who it may have been please post or at least PM me. I think it was last Thursday or Friday.
Rich St Bernard's funeral.http://merklefh.com/tribute/details/4392/Richard-St-Bernard/obituary.html#tribute-start
I saw something strange right about that time today also. I first heard-- not a siren but another waling sound--from a sheriffs car going north on Telegraph rd heading past 7th street. He looked like he was escorting a big monster truck down Telegraph. I thought it strange that a sheriff car would be doing that sort of service but there it was. A little while later I saw a sheriff car pull back in the parking lot of Monroe Grill where the monster truck is housed regularly. I didn't watch to see what the sheriff was doing I just thought it odd the an official duty of the sheriff was to escort this truck to wherever it was going.Maybe a parade of some kind ? Football related ? homecoming maybe ?
Interesting that they are just now planning for some major repairs. I felt pretty safe both walking and driving it across it during our recent Labor Day trip!http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2017/10/29/mackinac-bridge-turning-60-and-still-looking-good-how-long-can-last/804222001/
We were there! just didn't get to walk it - as the new changes caught us and about 5k others off guardI see they are re-thinking the whole issue - as it was a cluster for how it occurred. Not sure why they didn't have the Ferries involved - as well as someone doing the Math... You'd think engineer's could determine X buses/hr and travel time = # of people able to make the walk in the new timeframe!

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Sunday, March 08, 2009
Mat Fox strikes again
1. Girl washes up minus body parts. Police chief gets nervous as swimmers decimated. Takes scientist & sailor out on small boat. BOOM! Shark dead.
2. Rosebud? What does it mean? Old man dies, was rich and powerful, had newspaper, and political aims. Affair ends those. Goes reclusive. (Was sled)
3. Big musical family get nanny in Austria. Father very strict but likes a sing-song. Nazis move in, curtains make nice suits. Escape and married
4. Boy and girl in love despite warring families. Have balcony tryst,marry. Is she dead? No! Poison suicide! Oops. She was not dead, but is now.
5. Asthmatic villain crosses galaxy chasing robot with vital blueprints. Hang on, that young man seems familiar - whoops, there goes my crib
6. Brrrr. Hate snow. Tempt enemies to clouds, appease mercenary, win major family argument - Fathers Day will never be the same from now on.
7. Getting back to nature - new crib nearly finished. Lightning strikes twice, told boss to stick job, family reunion goes better than expected
And who is this actor?
Scouse boy trains for God, fails. Starts pretending and hits big time in long scarf. Gains twilight fame with saucy voiceovers
10 comments:
- Persephone said...
Well, the first five are easy: Jaws, Citizen Kane, The Sound of Music, Romeo and Juliet, Star Wars... but #6? Uh, The Empire Strikes Back? King Lear?
Have no idea about # 7.
The final one has to be Tom Baker, surely?
- March 08, 2009 10:11 pm
- Debby said...
Er. Hamlet? No idea about number 7.
- March 09, 2009 12:44 am
- Stevyn Colgan said...
Perseph - you have them all except 6 and 7. And there's a bit of a trick here in that 5, 6 and 7 are the original Star Wars Trilogy - what now constitutes Episodes 4-6: A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi. And yes, it ws Tom Baker.
Debby - Good guess but no mention of Denmark. x
- March 09, 2009 12:53 am
- SweetPeaSurry said...
amazingly brilliant!
- March 09, 2009 5:04 am
- Mat said...
Awww shucks...
- March 09, 2009 11:44 am
- Mat said...
Steve forgot to post this one (probably 'grout fumes')...
Adultress wears red 'A' but keeps mum. Ex-hubby torments naughty vicar. Plans to escape dashed, minister fesses up then dies.
- March 09, 2009 3:43 pm
- Persephone said...
Actually I think I should get half credit for #6 because The Empire Strikes Back was one of my guesses....
- March 09, 2009 4:00 pm
- chris hale said...
Yo Stevyn!
I have tagged you over at my blog to provide some mundanity...when you have a mo.
- March 11, 2009 5:28 pm
- Jon M said...
I knew it was Tom Baker Honest gov!
- March 11, 2009 9:47 pm
- Stevyn Colgan said...
Chris - Will do.
Jon - Yes!
- March 12, 2009 12:38 pm


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In Campbell-Ewald Co. v. Gomez, the U.S. Supreme Court held that an unaccepted Rule 68 offer of judgment does not moot a plaintiff's case. Relying on contract law principles, the Court concluded that "[a]n unaccepted settlement offer – like any unaccepted contract offer – is a legal nullity, with no operative effect." Although the Defendant's offer purported to provide complete relief to the Plaintiff, given that the Defendant continued to deny liability and Plaintiff remained "emptyhanded," the parties remained adverse and the district court retained jurisdiction under Article III's "case or controversy" requirement. The Court also held that Defendant's status as a government contractor did not entitle it to sovereign immunity from such litigation.
A copy of this opinion is available here.
Defendant (the Petitioner on appeal) contracted with the U.S. Navy to conduct a marketing campaign involving sending text messages for recruiting purposes. The Navy required that Defendant only send messages to those persons who had "opted in" to receive such texts, and within a specified age demographic. Defendant's subcontractor transmitted the text message to over 100,000 recipients, including Plaintiff.
Plaintiff asserted that he had not given prior express consent for such messages, and filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of a nationwide class of individuals who had received the text message without their consent. Plaintiff alleged that Defendant violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA"), 47 U.S.C. § 227(b)(1)(A)(iii), which prohibits "using any automatic telephone dialing system" to send a text message to a cell phone absent the recipient's prior express consent. Plaintiff sought treble statutory damages, costs, attorney's fees, and an injunction against further unsolicited messaging.
Defendant made an offer of judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 68, which offered to pay Plaintiff's costs (excluding attorney's fees, which Defendant asserted were not provided for under the statute), the treble damages claim, and proposed a stipulated injunction agreeing not send text messages in violation of the TCPA. However, the proposed injunction denied liability and disclaimed the existence of grounds for the imposition of an injunction. Plaintiff did not accept the offer, and allowed it to lapse. Defendant thereafter moved to dismiss the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, arguing that no Article III case or controversy remained because the Rule 68 offer had mooted Plaintiff's individual claim. Defendant further argued that the putative class claims were moot because Plaintiff had not yet moved for class certification. The district court denied Defendant's motion to dismiss, but granted it summary judgment on the grounds that, as a contractor acting on the Navy's behalf, it was protected by sovereign immunity.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit reversed summary judgment for Defendant, holding that it was not entitled to sovereign immunity. The Ninth Circuit further held that the unaccepted Rule 68 offer did not moot Plaintiff's individual claim. The Supreme Court granted certiorari to resolve a circuit split over the Rule 68 issue, as well as to address the sovereign immunity issue. Justice Ginsberg authored the Court's majority opinion, which affirmed the decision of the Ninth Circuit.
The Court first noted that, pursuant to Article III's "case or controversy" requirement for federal jurisdiction, if the plaintiff is deprived of a "personal stake in the outcome of the lawsuit . . . the action can no longer proceed and must be dismissed as moot." Op. at 6. "A case becomes moot, however, 'only when it is impossible for a court to grant any effectual relief whatever to the prevailing party.'" Op. at 6. The Court then considered whether a Rule 68 offer of complete relief could deprive a plaintiff of a "personal stake" and moot his claim, even if the offer was unaccepted. The Court concluded that it could not, and that "an unaccepted settlement offer or offer of judgment does not moot a plaintiff's case." Op. at 11.
Relying on contract principles, the Court explained that "[a]n unaccepted settlement offer—like any unaccepted contract offer—is a legal nullity, with no operative effect." Op. at 7. Thus, the Court determined that "[Plaintiff's] complaint was not effaced by [Defendant's] unaccepted offer to satisfy his individual claim." Op. at 8. Given that Defendant continued to deny liability, and with no settlement offer still operative, the parties remained adverse and retained the same stake in the litigation they had at its outset. Op. at 9. According to the Court, this conclusion was consistent with the language of Rule 68, which provides that an offer of judgment "is considered withdrawn" if not accepted within 14 days. Op. at 9. Thus, when the Rule 68 offer expired, Plaintiff "remained emptyhanded; his TCPA complaint, which [Defendant] opposed on the merits, stood wholly unsatisfied." Op. at 11.
The Court distinguished several cases cited by Defendant (and highlighted in a dissenting opinion). Those cases involved a dispute over state taxes that had been mooted because the defendant railroads had actually paid disputed amounts, and not merely offered to pay them. Op at 9-10. In contrast, when the Defendant's settlement offer expired, Plaintiff remained "emptyhanded." Op. at 11. However, the Court declined to decide "whether the result would be different if a defendant deposits the full amount of the plaintiff's individual claim in an account payable to the plaintiff, and the court then enters judgment for the plaintiff in that amount." Op. at 11.


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Barb - posted on 03/11/2012 ( 1 mom has responded )
I am 15 weeks tommorrow in my 2nd trimester. I thought the tiredness was suppose to go away it did with my first child. When did it go away from you in the 2nd trimester? Or did it stick around for some of you the whole time? I do have a 2 year, but she been very good with me not tiring me out.


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Thursday, 13 September 2012
Dusk in Afghanistan
He looks for beauty in this brutal game
Amongst the bitter dust of Helmand,
And finds it in the sun's splendour;
Its amber rays caressing the mountain range
As army boots leave prints in the earth,
As barren as unanswered wishes.
He finds no flower to press against his face and smell
Memories of his wife's perfume.
Waning daylight cling to rocks,
Holding back the invading night
Where silent terror lurks unseen.
And evil crouches, exhaling poison as it waits
Squabbling insects dance and torment,
Biting and sucking his pink-parched skin.
He thinks of England's gentle rain
Dimpling puddles under pewter skies,
And sighs.
Dusk creeps onwards darkening his thoughts,
As the Reaper hides nearby,
Planning a repulsive requiem,
Whilst searching for the next soul
To steal from loved-ones across the sea,
The soldier wipes his furrowed brow
Wrinkled like the wind-blown dunes.
Eyes raised, he looks into the navy sky;
A shared constellation with home.
Moving onwards
Past peripheral shadows of outcrops,
Like broken teeth in a rotting mouth.
Tears roll down the hardest face each silent night
In this foreign land, where each man dreams
Of going home.
By Angela Barton
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Drawing the Line on Acceptable Relative Humidity Fluctuations
The significance of environmental fluctuations is a frequent topic of discussion among conservators, registrars, curators, collection managers, and other preservation professionals. Traditional environmental guidelines emphasize "straight line" or stable conditions – with narrow bands of "acceptable" fluctuations in temperature and relative humidity – as critical to the long-term preservation of collections. The history of these prescribed environmental recommendations has been well documented in recent publications, primarily with the aim to address the need to re-evaluate the accepted standards and guidelines for temperature and relative humidity.1, 2, 3 The 2010 roundtable discussion, The Plus/Minus Dilemma: A Way Forward in Environmental Guidelines4, organized by International Institute for Conservation (IIC) and American Institute for Conservation (AIC) and the 2010 meeting Rethinking the Museum Climate,5 sponsored by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and the Getty Institute, are just two of the many recent conferences centered around this topic. While no new, specific recommendations have been accepted or published, the general consensus is that the traditional guidelines need to be reviewed, reconsidered and redefined to reflect the current scientific understanding of material behavior and response to environmental changes. Research suggests that most objects can safely withstand much wider fluctuations, especially in relative humidity, than previously accepted.6, 7, 8 The question is not only where to draw the line, but how? Either way, the line is unlikely to be "straight." One aspect of material behavior that will help inform the decision is how materials equilibrate to their environmental changes.
At any given moment, an active exchange of energy (heat) and moisture (if the material is hygroscopic) is occurring between an object and its environment. The amount of heat and moisture available for this exchange is determined by the temperature and relative humidity of the environment but, if given enough time, the object will eventually reach a point when it is neither gaining nor losing heat or moisture from this on-going exchange. At this point, the object has reached a state of equilibrium with its environment. For the collection manager, concerned with the care and preservation of the collection objects, this time-dependent relationship of equilibration is of particular interest:
- If the humidity suddenly changes in the collection storage room, will the materials be adversely affected?
- How long will it take for the collection object to fully adjust to changing environmental conditions?
To answer these questions, one must understand how materials equilibrate to the environment. Such an understanding will not only give the collection manager greater knowledge about the characteristics of the materials; it will also provide context for interpreting graphs of temperature and relative humidity and enable decisions about environmental management strategies.
The June 2009 issue of Climate Notes focused on thermal and moisture equilibration. To review the basic facts about the process of equilibration, refer to the articles in Equilibration: Rates and Responses to Environmental Changes. Typical equilibration behavior, however, can be summarized as follows:
Thermal equilibration (the process of the adjusting to the temperature of the environment) is relatively fast (generally occurring in a matter or hours) and is not significantly altered by enclosures.
- Moisture equilibration is much slower (generally requiring days, months, or years) and can be dramatically influenced by enclosures.
In the previous articles, the rate of moisture equilibration was discussed only for materials at a constant temperature and without enclosures. This depicts the general trends of moisture equilibration – including the material's inherent capacity to control diffusion of water vapor into or out of the object - but it does not characterize the process of moisture equilibration as it would occur in real-life storage situations, where objects are stored in enclosures or stacked tightly with other materials. To more accurately answer questions about the length of time required for materials to equilibrate to moisture changes, we must therefore consider the impact of enclosures on the rate of moisture equilibration.
Continue reading on The Moisture-Buffering Capacity of Enclosures...
[1] Erhardt, D, Tumosa, C and Mecklenburg, M. "Applying Science to the Question of Museum Climate." Museum Microclimates: Contributions to the Conference in Copenhagen, 19-23 November 2007. Copenhagen: National Museum of Denmark, 2007, pp. 11-18. http://www.natmus.dk/sw53828.asp
[2] Hatchfield, Pamela. "Crack Warp Shrink Flake: A New Look at Conservation Standards." Museum: American Association of Museums (AAM), January-February, 2011.
[3] Padfield, Tim. "The Role of Standards and Guidelines: Are They a Substitute for Understanding a Problem or a Protection Against the Consequences of Ignorance?" Durability and Change, Krumbein, W. E. et al (editors). Wiley 1994, pp191-99. http://www.padfield.org/tim/cfys/ppubs/dahlem.pdf
[4] The Plus / Minus Dilemma: The Way Forward in Environmental Guidelines. Dialogues for the New Century: Discussions on the conservation of cultural heritage in a changing world.International Institute for Conservation (IIC) and the American Institute for Conservation (AIC) of Historic and Artistic Works. Milwaukee, WI. May 13, 2010. http://www.iiconservation.org/dialogues/Plus_Minus_trans.pdf
[5] Rethinking the Museum Climate, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and The Getty Conservation Institute. Boston, April 12-13, 2010. http://blog.conservation-us.org/blogpost.cfm?threadid=2227&catid=175
[6] Erhardt, David and Marion Mecklenburg. "Relative Humidity Re-Examined." Preventive Conservation: Practice, Theory, and Research. Preprints of the Contributions to the Ottawa Congress. London: The International Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (IIC), 1994, pp. 32-38.
[7] Erhardt, D, Mecklenburg, M., Tumosa, C. and McCormick-Goodhard, M. "The Determination of Allowable RH Fluctuations." Newsletter: Western Association for Art Conservation. Vol 17, Number 1 (Jan 1995): p.19. http://cool.conservation-us.org/waac/wn/wn17/wn17-1/wn17-108.html
[8] Erhardt, D, Tumosa, C and Mecklenburg, M. "Applying Science to the Question of Museum Climate." Museum Microclimates: Contributions to the Conference in Copenhagen, 19-23 November 2007. Copenhagen: National Museum of Denmark, 2007, pp. 11-18. http://www.natmus.dk/sw53828.asp
Bigourdan, J.-L., P. Z. Adelstein, and J. M. Reilly, "Moisture and Temperature Equilibration: Behavior and Practical Significance in Photographic Film Preservation," La Conservation: Une Science en Evolution, Bilans et Perspectives, Actes des Troisiemes Journées Internationales d'Etudes de l'ARSAG, Paris, 21 au 25 Avril 1997, (Paris: Association pour la recherche scientifique sur les arts graphiques, 1997) pp. 154-164. (Open PDF file)
Bigourdan, Jean-Louis, and James M. Reilly. "Effects of Fluctuating Environments on Paper Materials- Stability and Practical Significance for Preservation." 2003.


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a secret question is a device used by web sites as a backup in case a password is lost. when setting up the account the user is asked a personal question, such as mother's maiden name (not a good one because it's so commonly used), the street on which they grew up, their pet's name, and so on. if the user loses their password and can answer the question, typically the password will be reset and a new one sent to the user's e-mail address of record.


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GILBERT, Ariz. - VCU Field Hockey senior forward Emily McNamara was named a Longstreth/National Field Hockey Coaches Association Second Team All-American after a record-setting 2018 season in which she led the nation in goals with 27.
McNamara's distinction is the highest individual honor in program history and she became just the third VCU Field Hockey student-athlete to earn an NFHCA All-American distinction. VCU Athletics Hall of Fame member Alycia Yoder Wood was named to the NFHCA All-American Third Team in 1993 and Chelly Chamberlin earned Honorable Mention honors in 1988. Marle van Dessel was named a Second Team All-American by the now discontinued WomensFieldHockey.com in 2010.
McNamara led the country in goals in 2018 as she scored a program record 27 in 19 games. She also led the country in goals per game, scoring at a rate of 1.42 per contest. Her average of 3.00 points per game ranked second nationally and her 57 total points on the season led the Atlantic 10.
"It goes without saying that this is a incredible honor for Emily. It also a tremendous honor and recognition for her teammates and for our program," said head coach Stacey Bean.
She was named to the NFHCA All-South Region First Team as well as being named the Atlantic 10 Offensive Player of the Year. McNamara also earned First Team All-Atlantic 10 honors for the third consecutive season.
McNamara earned the NFHCA National Offensive Player of the Week on Sept. 19 and was named the A-10 Player or Co-Player of the Week four times in 2018. She also was selected for and played in the NFHCA Senior All-Star Game on Nov. 16.
McNamara finished her career holding the VCU school record in career goals with 75, shattering the previous mark of 53 set by Kelsey Scherrer (2009-13). She also set new VCU marks for total points in a career with 177 while breaking her own school records of goals in a season with 27 and total points in a season with 57.
McNamara helped VCU reach its first A-10 Championship match and the Rams posted a 7-1 record in the A-10 in 2018. The seven wins are a program record for conference wins in a season.
VCU also beat two ranked opponents during the regular season in 2018 NCAA Field Hockey Semifinalist Wake Forest as well as then-No. 11 Old Dominion. McNamara scored twice, including the game-winning goal, in the 3-1 win over the Demon Deacons and scored once in the 3-2 victory at ODU.


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Michael Tubbs, one of America's youngest mayors, aims to lift his hometown of Stockton
Michael Tubbs eased into the chair at Big Herk's Clippers and closed his eyes, hoping for a precious few moments of downtime under a blue barber's cape.
"Hello, Mr. Mayor!" a man boomed as Hynek Washington's electric shaver began buzzing.
"Mayor Tubbs!"
"Well, if it isn't the mayor."
Stockton's favorite son no longer is a relatively anonymous City Council member. His story has gone national. He is in demand as a speaker on radio programs and academic panels around the country. His constituents approach him at the gym, on the street and in the barber shop where he gets his weekly cut. They have questions about police tactics, crime and zoning regulations. They want answers.
"I am the mayor," Tubbs said on a recent day, his eyes widening. "Sometimes I have to pinch myself. It's such a huge honor."
In January, after four years of serving on the Stockton City Council, Tubbs was installed as mayor of the town where he was born to a teenaged mother and an imprisoned father. At 26, he is Stockton's first black mayor, and the youngest mayor in American history of a city with a population of at least 100,000, according to his staff. He oversees a diverse community of around 300,000 people, a place with big-city problems that include a high violent crime rate, a struggling school system and a growing homeless population.
Why would Tubbs, who graduated from Stanford University with bachelor's and master's degrees and a raft of academic and leadership awards, traveled the world and interned at the White House, choose to take his skills and intellect back to Stockton?
"When I first left Stockton for college, I thought, 'OK, I'm successful now,' " he explained. "I made it."
Then, in 2010, a cousin was murdered at a Halloween party, and his focus changed. Tubbs decided he did not want to be another educated young person fleeing his home city. He wanted to help change Stockton's fate. "I decided it would be cowardly for me to continue to do research and write essays about all of Stockton's problems and not try to do something about them," he said.
Tubbs has taken over an office that in the months preceding his election had been rocked by scandal and legal issues. Incumbent mayor Anthony Silva, who led the city during a turbulent four years marked by the recession and a prominent bankruptcy filing, has pleaded not guilty to felony charges including embezzlement, grand theft and misappropriation of public funds in connection with the nonprofit Stockton Kids Club. Prosecutors allege Silva used money from the organization to fund personal travel. Silva also is fighting misdemeanor charges related to his alleged recording of a 2015 strip poker game with teenage camp counselors.
Tubbs, supporters said, represents a fresh start for the city.
"He's a strong young man who has dedicated his life to Stockton," said Cindi Fargo, chief executive officer of the Downtown Stockton Alliance.
Tubbs is not without detractors, some of whom regularly line up at council meetings to blame him for the city's troubles, including a violent crime rate that is second only to Oakland's among California's larger cities. Of particular concern recently has been a string of confrontations between police officers and citizens in which residents have alleged excessive force.
"Our new mayor is down with the oppressors!" read a recent post on the website of Stockton's chapter of Black Lives Matter, written in response to the removal of vocal protesters from a recent council meeting.
The Democratic mayor defended the city's police, who he pointed out wear body cameras and have taken special training on tactics for defusing potentially violent encounters. Tubbs said he has been as transparent as possible with protesters, who include family members of people killed in confrontations with police.
"I can't take criticism personally," Tubbs said. "People are going to get upset and angry. I understand that. I didn't get elected mayor to make friends. I got elected to get stuff done. No one puts more pressure on me than I do on myself."
In his office on the second floor of City Hall, Tubbs has a whiteboard on which he has scribbled his priorities in orange, green and black ink. At the top, he has written "Hot Zones," referring to blighted areas of the city where crime is rampant. Tubbs is working with nonprofit groups, health organizations, police, educators and others to bring social services, youth programs and businesses into the areas.
The mayor also has listed "Small Business Entrepreneurs" and "Homelessness" as key issues. He updates the board daily, adding ideas, meetings, events.
His office remains sparsely decorated, with just a few photographs decorating the shelves. One pictures him with some of the people who helped shape his life, including his mother Racole Dixon; grandmother Barbara Nicholson; and fiancée Anna Malaika Nti-Asare, whom he met at Stanford and plans to marry in December.
Tubbs grew up in the working-class Nightingale area of Stockton. His mother was a teenager when he was born, and his father, for whom he was named, was incarcerated in a juvenile facility. His father was in and out of custody during most of Tubbs' childhood. Today, the elder Tubbs is locked up in California State Prison, Sacramento, serving a "third strike" life sentence for kidnapping, robbery and possession of a controlled substance.
Tubbs visited his father in prison only once, when he was about 12.
"I didn't like the way the guards treated everyone, all of the searching, the sadness of the kids," he recalled. "It was formative for me. I knew I didn't want to be caged."
His childhood, he said, revolved around church, curfew and education. "I enjoyed it," said Tubbs, who has a younger brother, Drevonte. "My mother and grandmother shielded us from some of the reality of the neighborhood." The women expected straight A's on Michael's report cards, and he rarely let them down.
Tubbs was a standout student at Franklin High School, from which he graduated with an international baccalaureate diploma before heading to Stanford. There, he earned a bachelor's degree in comparative studies and ethnicity and a master's in policy, leadership and organization studies.
On his first date with the woman he soon intends to marry, Tubbs mentioned he was thinking of running for a council seat in his hardscrabble hometown.
"It was not because he wanted power or money," said Nti-Asare. During internships at Google and the White House, Tubbs had met many powerful people. He had launched teaching programs for underprivileged students. He won prestigious awards. "He could have gone anywhere, done anything," she said. "He had a mission."
At age 21, he won his seat on the council, promising to "reinvent Stockton" and aggressively take on issues like gang violence and public safety.
Among those who helped get him elected was a high school friend, Lange Luntao. Tubbs lured Luntao away from Boston, where he was finishing his studies at Harvard University, to become his campaign field director. Now Luntao's photo is in the lobby of the San Joaquin Unified School District. He is a member of the Stockton school board, and his best friend Tubbs is the mayor.
Tubbs, Luntao said, serves as an inspiration for young people in the city. "A lot of us were inspired by Michael's decision to come back," said Luntao. "Years ago, I could count only a handful of young professionals who had returned to Stockton to work and lead. Now I see it on a regular basis. Mayor Tubbs is the best hope we have for ending the brain drain."
"Michael has a great brain for policy, and he's very good at bringing people in," Luntao said. "He does not claim to be able to fix everything. What he does is find a way to empower people."
Tubbs insists he feels no extra pressure from being the first African American to lead the city. "I appreciate the historical significance," he said. "But I have always been black. It's not something I think about every day."
He is not ready to commit to a lifetime of public service, he said. But he seems at ease in the role.
Striding through Stockton's downtown streets, dressed in slacks and a sweater, he flashes easy smiles to everyone who makes eye contact. He poses for selfies at nonprofit events, and dons a Stockton Ports baseball jersey and Jordan sneakers in preparation for throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at Banner Island Ballpark.
At the mayor's dais, Tubbs maintains a casual vibe, albeit in a suit and tie, and a sense of humor. He appears impatient at times, rolling his eyes at hecklers in the audience and politely imploring speakers not to exceed their allotted three minutes at the podium. "Come on, man!" he is likely to say when someone misbehaves.
On a recent Tuesday he weighed in on items ranging from a new appointment to the vector control board to a declaration of Women's History Month, glancing down occasionally to tap into his cellphone. He seemed genuinely touched when members of Victims of Violent Crime presented him with a plaque and a bouquet of flowers.
"We're proud of him," said Washington, the barber, as he perfected the mayor's fade haircut and chinstrap sideburns last week. "He's a great kid. He's consistent. He really listens and absorbs things. For him to come back to Stockton shows his heart."
And, Washington added, the mayor is good for business.
"He's on television a lot," he said with a smile. "Now people are coming in all the time and asking for the Michael Tubbs haircut."
Cynthia Hubert: 916-321-1082, @Cynthia_Hubert


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Data is big business. Does your company really maximise this precious commodity and its 'critical data' or is it floating on excel sheets?
For the last 48 hours we have been focused on giving client value as we are putting the final touches to a big roll out here in the middle-east. (More on that in the following days !). My head is filled with thoughts of 'big data' a market which is predicted to be worth $187 billion by 2019 !I am wondering how many projects have been started on excel and never finished ! How many companies really manage the 'critical data' which is their people and what they do and the material, resource and machinery they work with?
The company we have partnered with has 3,000 + employees. They are now set to collect and organise their live 'critical data' on the EMEX platform in one place so they can manage it remotely and from multiple sites. Last night we unveiled the finished product to the CEO, Executive Board, Operations Directors or the EHS team.
The first reaction is disbelief. They see the 'CEO Dashboard' and their head explodes when they see all of their business critical data in one screen.The management can now view all the process data, incidents, red flag issues, training, people, material and logistics all in one place in real time. Its like moving from analog to digital. (want to see - then schedule a demo !)
Last week they were one of 65% of of global business Verdantixs identified as trying to manage their business critical data on excel. This week we are giving them a tool that will impact their strategy, change the company direction, drive efficiency across the business, improve the operations management and increase profit. This is all dependent on how they now manage their "critical data".
The perennial challenge for us as a company is to explain to companies what they can do with their "big data". The marketing industry gives us a great example. Marketing companies are great at using data. Douglas Rushkoff made this point in his 2016 book Throwing Rocks at the Google Bus. "Digital industrialisation turns human data into the new commodity. Those who market or analyse the data make money, while everyone else is shut out".
Think about it - in 2016 the digital economy 'data' is big business ($187 Billion by 2019). Take JAY - Z for example. Many know him as a musician. But when he and Samsung were publicly skewered for data mining becomes clear he actually makes more money from reselling data to research companies than he does from making music. Incredible!
Global behemoths like Facebook, linkedIN and Google hoover up data and the market research companies are quick slicing and dicing data. Salesforce and Hubspot provide marketing tools to track clients on company websites so targeted mails can be sent back to encourage consumers to buy. These guys have pioneered the slicing, dicing and segmentation of data. They have a very clear framework which other companies and even internal departments could benefit from copying or taking the best aspects from to segment and manage their 'critical data'.
These companies are the pioneers the question remains how good is the average company in understanding its "critical business data"? How many tonnes of excel sheets do they house on servers - lists the never end, graphs unrelated projects abandoned because the average employee cant make sense of the data?
As a business we have 20 years experience of managing and making sense of the data. We can pin point the companies that are working their 'critical data' efficiently but we have more to learn. The more global projects we roll out the more our understanding and insights we develop.
Trends start to emerge because we see the before and the after. Huge effort goes into the adoption of a new business tool. An equal amount of effort needs to go into managing and using the tool to gain the return on investment.
Want to chat about your "Critical Data" Managment - contact us for a demo
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Headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, EMEX is an EH&S software provider with almost 50 employees and offices in Dublin, Geneva, Houston, Dubai, Lagos, London and Moscow. Founded in 1998, the supplier's vision is centered on helping its customers establish a link between safety performance and financial performance through enhanced data management and analytics.
EMEX has a strong customer footprint in the Oil and Gas, Food Production, Logistics, Construction and Petrochemicals sectors and has also successfully won customers in regions such as Russia and the Niger Delta. Named EMEX customers include Gazprom, Rosneft, ENEO and Tullow Oil.


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We are a collective group of casuals comprised of (mostly) adults with real life commitments; jobs, kids, wives, and occasionally, when medically necessary, sleep. We have players from multiple time zones in the US and Down Under so joining/creating a game is easy. While we could list our average age, light level, and destinytracker data, really we are here to have fun. If this sounds like something you wish to participate in, awesome! Sign-up, say hi, and let's get something started.


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A few of the circuit class in the middle of it with sun and fresh air shooting in.
A reminder that we'll be closed on Labor Day (Monday September 5). We will however be open on Saturday the 3rd. For those of you making it a long weekend enjoy! If you got photos from your adventures using your fitness remember to send them to us and we'll get them up. We love seeing you do what you do outside of the gym too!


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When we moved into our house in 2015, we knew we had our work cut out for us. We've still got alot of projects around here but the kitchen is definitely something to be proud of. Also, it should be said that my husband is a miracle worker. Here are some before photos:
And here's what it looks like now (photos by Brittany Wood):
Tim painted all of the cabinets by hand and we found the new hardware at Ikea!
It's amazing what a fresh coat of paint can do. And I'm in love with the flooring that Tim and my brother-in-law installed.
That sweet man of mine has made my kitchen dreams come true - and all on a budget!


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DOC is implementing wetland conservation initiatives under the Arawai Kākāriki wetland restoration programme.
These initiatives aim to:
- maintain or enhance water regimes,water quality and the condition of wetland habitat,
- maintain and enhance species diversity, including threatened species,
- increase community awareness and appreciation of the value of the wetlands,
- maximise community involvement in management, restoration and sustainable land use,
- improve facilities and opportunities for the public to visit the site,
- increase understanding of wetland function and management to develop good wetland restoration and monitoring tools.
DOC's highest priority for this site is protection of the fen and peat bog type of wetland.
- Fencing wetland boundary to exclude livestock.
- Finding and controlling plant pests.
- Intensive trapping of animal pests in the Northern part of the Wetland.
- Restoring areas bordering the wetland which have been retired from grazing.
- Advocating for wetland protection through education and statutory processes.
- Maintaining and monitoring the Whangamarino Weir, designed to retain proper groundwater level, so preventing summer dryness of swamp and marsh areas, dessication of the fen and bog areas and loss of wildlife habitat.
Research and monitoring
The following research and monitoring is being undertaken in Whangamarino:
- hydrological monitoring to help understand the wetland system and develop forecasting ability. Hydrology also has important implications for weed management, nutrient inputs and sediment deposition.
- sediment deposition monitoring to identify the main areas of deposition and the causes to enable better preventative management.
- monitoring of black mudfish and other native fish to create an inventory of the species and numbers present in the wetland.
- monitoring of cryptic birds (Australasian bittern, marsh crake, spotless crake, fernbird) to develop effective monitoring protocols.
- a four year research programme monitoring animal pests such as cats, mustelids and rats to validate small mammal monitoring techniques in a wetland environment. WaxTags® as a method of measuring rodent and hedgehog abundance and camera traps for dectecting the carnivores are being tested.
- vegetation plot monitoring to assess the condition of wetland plants.
- willow spraying trials (in conjunction with Landcare Research and NIWA) to evaluate the effects of spray on vegetation and aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates.
This will provide scientific data and baseline information for future management, both at this site and for application at other wetland sites (where applicable).
Community awareness and involvement
The Arawai Kākāriki wetland restoration programme has highlighted the need to do more to increase community awareness and appreciation of the value of wetlands; to maximize community involvement in management, restoration and sustainable land use and in particular, to engage and involve iwi in management of the wetland; and to improve facilities and opportunities for the public to visit Whangamarino.
Action includes:
- site visits to the wetland by iwi representatives
- discussions with the hunting fraternity
- acommunity survey undertaken to gain an understanding of how the community perceives and interacts with the wetland and the organisation involved in management
- community focus groups held to determine how DOC can better engage with residents in the Whangamarino area. The findings will feed into a communication strategy to encourage greater community involvement with the restoration and ongoing health of the wetland
- establishment of a page for Whangamarino Wetland on Wikipedia
- production of a brochure Mucking in for mudfish
- production of a wetland sticker book as an educational learning tool
- planting inititiatives with schools, hunters, Te Kauri Trust and other groups
- maintenance of two public boat ramps and car park areas with signage - including warnings about pest plants and fish in both English and simplified Chinese characters
- installation of a display panel in Te Kauwhata township profiling the Whangamarino Wetland and the Arawai Kākāriki project.
What can you do?
If you live near the wetland or are a regular visitor, there are a number of things that can be done to help protect the wetland:
- farmers can make a difference by ensuring their farming practices align with the actions. described in the Waikato Regional Council's Guidelines for landowners in peat lake catchments
- Ffshers can catch koi carp and catfish, which they must kill (it is illegal to release live fish)
- duckshooters can help control weeds and ensure maimais comply with standards
- visitors should ensure that any footwear or gear is clean and that you are not carrying seeds or particles of weed species
- visitors should adopt a take in, take home policy in relation to their rubbish.
There is scope, as part of the ecological restoration of Whangamarino, for organised groups to get involved in planting native trees and shrubs and also pest control programmes to protect bird populations.
If you are interested in establishing a care group for an area of the wetland, we would love to hear from you.
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Derrick Pierce
Derrick Pierce (born March 1, 1974) is an American porn actor. He began his career in 2005. Pierce was born in Massachusetts. He moved to California at a young age. He grew up in the Sylmar area of the San Fernando Valley.
As of 2008, Pierce has appeared in over 100 movies, including "Chemistry 3" which is a unique reality show type of production, and "Upload", an adult sci-fi thriller. He has worked for just about every company that makes adult movies.
Before he started working in the adult movie industry, Pierce worked as a martial arts instructor in Southern California.
In 2008, Pierce was nominated for "Best Actor", "Best BDSM Release", "Best Couples Sex Scene", "Best Supporting Actor" and "Best Threeway Sex Scene" (twice) in the AVN Awards.[1]
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The Guardian's sixth international development journalism competition, launched on Wednesday, is a great opportunity for aspiring journalists to write a feature that may be published in the Guardian. With skill and luck, you could even be sent on assignment to a developing country.
The competition was first set up by the Guardian in partnership with Marie Stopes International in 2008. It was started partly to provide coverage for, and encourage discussion on, some of the important issues in development that – outside the Guardian and a few other outlets – rarely get the media attention they deserve.
Some of these issues are more prominent than ever. We are now just two years away from the 2015 deadline for the millennium development goals. Any regular reader of the Global development site will know that in most regions, across most of the MDGs – and particularly in sub-Saharan Africa – targets are unlikely to be achieved.
Everyone who enters the competition is asked to write on one of 12 themes that cover key development issues. This time, the question of what happens after 2015 is looming large.
One of this year's competition themes is entitled: "Were the MDGs worth it?"; others focusing on what is going to happen next.
It is assumed by many that the private sector will play an increasing role in development, and that is reflected in some of this year's themes – which encompass unemployment, entrepreneurship and empowerment. Others look at some of the more sophisticated arguments surrounding development aid, and how it helps or hinders individuals and communities.
The competition's format has changed slightly this year. Most significant is the abolition of the categories of professional and amateur. In the past few years, the division between professional and amateur journalists has become much less hard and fast. Using the entry criteria of previous competitions, a professional journalist may have only had one piece of paid work published; an amateur journalist, however, may have a widely read blog, a job in the communications department of an NGO, or unpaid work experience at a news organisation. It seems fairer that individuals should be judged solely on the quality of their writing rather than corralled into categories that seem increasingly arbitrary.
So what about entering? The entry process is simple, but it does require some time, effort and research to write a good feature – which is why you should start now. On the competition website, you will see the 12 themes, each of which is sponsored by a different NGO. To enter, you need to write a feature, between 650 and 1,000 words, on your chosen theme. It must be submitted by 12 May 2013.
These entries – last year there were more than 450 - will be whittled down to a longlist of 40, which will all be featured on the website. This longlist will then be reduced to 12 by our panel of judges. The dozen shortlisted journalists will be sent on a trip to a developing country to work on a topic they haven't written about before. Their features will be published in a supplement and on the website in November. One journalist will be declared the overall winner.
So how can you maximise your chances of becoming a finalist? There is plenty of advice and information on the competition website for journalists with all levels of experience. In brief, the judges are looking for a lively, well-crafted feature, with facts, research and a good argument, that doesn't patronise its readers or those being written about, and is a piece of journalism, not an academic essay or rant.
This is a vibrant and important time in development. It's a subject that many people, not just those working in it professionally, find fascinating. Whether or not you are a finalist, entering the competition, which is open to UK residents, will give you the chance to really get behind some of the issues that still, so often, don't get the prominence they deserve.
• Sue George is the editor of the Guardian international development journalism competition and chairs the judging panel


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Never Ending Cadbury Egg #AnimatedGif
What's better than one Cadbury Egg? A never ending Cadbury Egg. How sweet would that be?
What's better than funny pictures? Funny pictures that animate!
What's better than one Cadbury Egg? A never ending Cadbury Egg. How sweet would that be?
How about some Christmas cheer in the form of some fun animated GIFs? What's your favorite Christmas animated GIF?
Halloween is coming. Candy is coming. Get ready for a sugar high! Dance kids. Dance!
No matter how crazy your dreams may be, go for it. Being happy matters so much more.
Remember ALF? The Alien Life Form that thought cats were tasty? Well he's back and he's abducting our cats!
For some reason, Wednesday is just the day that we tolerate. Nothing too exciting happens.
No matter who you are, if you have a pony like this, you're going to be cool! Fire mane, rainbow tail, laser eyes, all around amazing!
Star Wars. It's a thing. Either you like it, or you have no idea what's going on.
Are we evolving into zombies? Some would say yes! So be sure to keep an eye out as you never know what the guy in front of you is going to do. Maybe eat...
These Super Pugs are good at being super cute, not sure about super helpful though.


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Currently I am also working on the Piezoelectric Oligonucleotide Synthesizer and Microarrayer [POSaM] project. The POSaM is a bench top device that is capable of synthesizing 9800 different reporter sequences on modified silicon or glass microscope slides.
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Mallory store! I think this wristlet pouch is my favorite product yet! I have a limited amount listed for now. If you want to buy more of this or any other product email me & I'll see what I can do! Have I told you I'm also working on clothes for the store?! I'm beyond excited and cannot wait to share the designs with you. Sadly, it'll be a few weeks until you can have any real looks at what's to come. Until then, take advantage of promo code "friendsfam" for 15% off in the store. This is just for you lovely web friends (& my facebook friends). ♥ Mallory


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The Expatriate Archive Centre in The Hague is preserving a global memory of expat lives, writes Molly Quell.
Would you like to preserve your memories as an expat while helping academics with research into expatriate issues? The Expatriate Archive Centre is actively looking for new material to add to its collection.
Scrapbooks, diaries, even school reports and greetings cards are among the tangible evidence of mobile lives being collated at the centre in The Hague.
The EAC has its roots in the The Shell Ladies Project, an organisation of Shell wives who wanted to document the lives of the Shell employees who were frequently posted to various places in the world.
The group collected writings, poems and drawings from Shell families and published them in an anthology in 1993 entitled Life On The Move. It was such a success they followed with a second one in 1996.
Ultimately, a former Shell CEO donated an unused property in The Hague to the group and they were incorporated into the Shell Outpost. Eventually the organisation became an independent one, inaugurated by the mayor of The Hague in 2008.
The EAC has gone from a small project organised by the spouses of employees at a single company to a fully-fledged archive
'We started it not knowing where we would go… empty rooms with five hundred separate pieces of source material… And now it is absolutely in place as a top-notch… dedicated collection,' says EAC co-founder and former director Dewey White. Contributions to the collection originated from over 64 countries and are in 12 different languages.
The staff have been digitising the entire collection so it can be made accessible to academic researchers.
'It's a growing field. Our collection offers a uniquely rich picture of global expatriate life that could be useful to researchers in social history, migration studies, human geography, psychology and more,' says Kristine Racina, who is the centre's current director.
Counted in the collection are the detailed account of the voyage of a ship from the Netherlands to the Dutch East Indies in 1917 and the personal letters of the Verkerk family who worked for KLM in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey among others during the 1950s and 1960s.
Away from home
The collection isn't limited to traditional expats either. The centre defines an expatriate as 'someone who is temporarily outside the country that he/she considers to be his/her home country'.
Alongside the memories are items from au pairs from Thailand and cleaning staff from the Philippines. It also includes a selection of materials from migrant workers who came to the Netherlands, including those from southern Europe and later Turkey and Morocco.
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Get The Right Lawyer For Your Personal Injury With These Tips
You need to act immediately if you got hurt because of someone else. This article will help you through a rough time. Use what you learned here to give your case.
You should also include any lost income. This is a detailed account of how long you lost money due to your injury. You may also can total the money lost on paying for classes in which you ended up being unable to attend.
Personal injury law can be difficult. That means you should only use an experienced lawyer can be chosen for the case. Look for a lawyer with a great track record so you can be sure your case is presented at its best chances of coming out on top.
Look into how big the firm is prior to deciding on your lawyer. If you are facing a big suit, you may want the resources of a larger firm. However, if you're dealing with a smaller case, you might be able to save money by going with a smaller firm.
Be sure to document all matters related to your personal injury with photos prior to filing suit. Have someone else take pictures if you're not able to do so. This should be done as quickly after the injury as possible for the most accurate pictures.
Many lawyers abuse flashy advertisements to mask their inability to win cases.You should always meet a lawyer in-person interview before you make any final decisions.
If a personal injury changed your life, you need to start working on getting a compensation for the medical expenses and the income loss. You should make sure you're getting proper legal representation. Follow these tips to begin a successful personal injury lawsuit. The court process can be long and drawn out, but you must persevere to receive compensation.


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Lords Institute of Engineering and Technology was established in the year 2002 by Lords Educational Society at Hyderabad. It is a non minority institute approved by AICTE and affiliated to JNTUH. The college offers a total of 6 undergraduate and 8 post graduate programs.
About Us
Lords Institute of Engineering and Technology is one of the premier engineering colleges in the city of Hyderabad. It was established in the year 2001 by Lords Educational Society in order to meet the demands of the industry for quality engineers. The college is located in a calm and serene environment abutting the ORR and Military academy. Time and again the college has proven itself on the academic front is considered to be one of the top rated colleges in the state.
The college is located in 10 acre campus, close to the iconic Himayatsagar, and has a total built up area of over 2,00,000 sft. Apart from the prescribed infrastructure, to facilitate a quality experience for the students, some of the facilities in the college include
- E classrooms, equipped with LCD projectors, allow better understanding of the subject by the students.
- VSAT enabled classrooms allow experts from all over the country to teach students with the help of video conferencing facility.
- The digital libraries with access to number of national, international journals and AICTE INDEST consortium allow the students to be up to date with all the latest happenings around the world.
- With 10 Mbps of dedicated internet supply and Wi-Fi enabled campuses, the students can access the World Wide Web with the help of their laptops.
- Labs at the colleges are not only used for regular prescribed lab work but also for research and consulting purposes.
- Transport facility from all corners of the city
About Faculty
For any academic institution, the quality of faculty is of utmost importance. We, at LORDS, pride ourselves in having some very reputed and professionally accomplished leaders in their respective fields. They are known not only for their professional standards but also for their ethical and moral values.
The in-house faculty comprises of a team of dynamic, dedicated, motivated, well qualified and highly experienced personnel of the cadre of Doctorates, Professors, Associate Professors and Assistant Professors. The faculty is selected by an expert selection committee as per JNTUH and AICTE norms. Care is taken to select teachers who are motivating and sensitive to the present day needs of student community.
Why to join in our institute?
* Strategically located away from the hustle and bustle of the city but within the city of Hyderabad.
* 10 acres of state of the art campus to facilitate quality learning among students.
* VSAT enabled classrooms for teaching by experts from all over the country
* Training for leading industry recognized certifications such as Microsoft, Siemens, Oracle and Robhatah
MOUs with various companies such as IBM, Microsoft, NIIT, CAT Technologies etc to improve the quality of learning
* Student and Institution chapters of various professional societies
* Wi-Fi enabled campus
* Training for placements and counseling for higher education
* Regular industry institute interaction through research projects, industrial visits, seminars, workshops etc
* Faculty development programs for the faculty who in turn disseminate the information to students
Courses Offered
Undergraduate programs (UG):
- Civil Engineering (CE)
- Computer Science Engineering (CSE)
- Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE)
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE)
- Information Technology (CSIT)
- Mechanical Engineering (ME)
Postgraduate programs (PG):
- M Tech Computer Science
- M Tech Software Engineering
- M Tech Structural Engineering
- M Tech CAD/CAM
- M Tech Power Electronics
- M Tech Embedded Systems
- Master of Business Administration
Training and Placement Cell
For any student at under graduate level, there are basically three different roads one can take after graduating. One can either get absorbed in the corporate world or pursue further education or start one's own business. Keeping these options in mind, at Vidya Vikas, we have established the training and placement cell. As part of the activities of this cell, the student gets exposed to various avenues one can explore after graduation very early in their course. Some of the prestigious institutions where our students are placed include Reliance Communications, Visiontek, Mahindra Satyam, Infosys, Wipro, TCS, IBM, Accenture, ADP, CMC, Genpact, Convergys, Moldtek, IVRCl, NCC, Virtusa, HCL, HSBC, Zuti engineering, Lantic Solutions etc.
Contact Us
Lords Institute of Engineering and Technology
Survey no.32, near Police Academy, Himayatsagar, Hyderabad 500008
Website: www.lordsinstitute.in
Ph: 04065354838/9
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Powershot Pinball Constructor offers pinball with a twist - disrupt your opponent's game with the unique sabotage feature - shake their screen, invert their flippers or even deploy the penalty multi-ball!
Powershot Pinball Constructor also allows you to create and design your own customised pinball table. Share your creation with your friends by sending it wirelessly to their DS, then challenge them to a game and see who has got what it takes to reign supreme on the leader board!
Play it... with multiple modes. Create it... with the unique table editor. Share it... wirelessly with friends!
Powershot Pinball Constructor for the Nintendo DS will be available in-store on 28th March 2008.
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Award Winning Laboratory From Sheffield
Judges at the Private Laboratory Awards were impressed with the all new website developed by S4S they were awarded 1st Prize for Best Dental Laboratory Website.
S4S were shortlisted for every category at the inaugural event. Matt Norie being interviewed after being awarded 'Best Dental Laboratory Website' said "We were delighted to be shortlisted in every category, I think we were the only Lab at the awards who'd achieved that. To be awarded the top prize for best laboratory website was an amazing achievement. We have put in so much hard work into our new site and I think it shows. We were very proud to say that we had some really tough competition and say amongst some of the best dental technicians in the World let alone the UK!"
Matt Everatt went onto say, "We are very proud of our website, the google rankings and visits per day speak for the high quality content and features. We would like to thank Reflow Studio from Hathersage, Derbyshire. These guys are our web developers and owe much to them for their vision and input. Ben and Henry in particular for holding our hands through the early stages of our launch. We were up against tough competition and came out on top for Best Website."
"The Awards were a resounding success with over 200 attendees, S4S should be proud of their achievement for being shortlisted in each category, it shows just what a great team they have at their award winning laboratory in Sheffield." said Mr James McInnes guest of S4S at the awards and Consultant Maxillofacial Prosthetist at Wexham Park Hospital.


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Modern day CCD cameraĺs used by amateur astronomers are amazingly powerful and capable devices.
Placed at the prime focus of even very modest small aperture telescopes, a good CCD camera can produce breathtaking colour images that far outstrip anything that can be produced with a similar instrument using film, or that can be seen visually.
Here at IanKing Imaging we aim to demonstrate that taking high quality CCD images does not require lots of expertise or high end instrumentation. But by sticking to a set of basic principles virtually anyone, after a brief period of familiarisation, can be taking images similar in quality to those that often adorn the pages of the popular astronomy magazines.
One of the first questions beginning amateur imagers often ask is ôwhich CCD camera to purchase first?ö
Of course this will partly depend upon budget, but we hope that this article will give the reader some insight into how to choose a CCD camera.
CCD cameras offer numerous advantages over conventional film. The CCD is able to capture images with a far greater dynamic range than conventional film, giving the amateur the possibility of capturing high quality data even under light polluted skies. CCD cameras produce digital images.
A decent cooled CCD camera has certain advantages over uncooled low cost devices.
Most CCD CAmeras feature high graded CCDĺs with very low noise characteristics. By cooling the CCD to approx 30 degrees below the ambient temperature, these cameraĺs are able to produce higher quality images than low cost uncooled cameraĺs.
Some of the cameras we sell cool the sensor even further to approx -50 degrees celsius below ambient.
There are a number of factors to take into consideration when choosing a CCD camera.
1) The Physical size of the CCD. This will determine the field of view provided with any given focal length telescope. The larger the CCD the wider the field of view.
The following calculation will determine the field of view of a given CCD camera.
Field of View in arc minutes = 3438 x CCD Size in mm/focal length in mm
An example is as follows using a Starlight SXVR-H9 and 80mm F6 refractor
3438 x 9/480 = 64.4 arc minutes or a little over 1 degree
2) The Resolution or number and size of the pixels on the CCD. For example The SXVR-H9 has 1392 by 1040 6.45um pixels. Compare this to early CCD cameraĺs which typically used CCDĺs with 375 by 244 25um pixels. You can see from this that the modern SXV-H9 will provide far higher resolution images and can be used very successfully with short focal length instruments.
Conversley this sensor appears small compared to that found in a typical DSLR camera. However as many customers who upgrade from a DSLR to a typical cooled CCD Camera find - the much greater sensitivity, much lower noise, greater dynamic range and ability to make full use of narrow band filters allows a CCD Camera with a much smaller sensor to easily outperform a DSLR.
The resolution per pixel on the CCD is known as the sampling rate. The sampling rate in arc seconds can be determined by performing the following small calculation.
206265 x pixel size/focal length of telescope in mm
An example is as follows using an SXV-H9 and an 80mm F6 refractor
206265 x .00645/480 = 2.77 arc seconds
Cameraĺs with small pixels and lots of them, produce high sampling rates and give much better performance when used with short focal length small aperture instruments.
Remember! It is far easier to obtain quality images with perfect tracking by using a high quality short focal length and small aperture instrument, providing you use a CCD camera that provides a good enough sampling rate.
Imaging at much longer focal lengths is more demanding, particularly in terms of tracking accuracy required, and often takes much longer exposures.
3) CCD Noise Characteristics
Most deep sky targets are faint. Even the showcase targets like M42 and M31 have very faint outer components. Uncooled low cost imagers perform quite poorly when imaging faint data. High quality cooled CCD cameras are much lower noise devices and perform to a much higher level.
For example the current cameras from the likes of Starlight Xpress or ATIK using ultra low noise SOny Exview sensors have very low noise cooled CCDĺs. Under typical conditions with these cameras it is not even necessary to take a dark frame and subtract it from your main image providing you dither whilst guiding
4) Autoguiding
Autoguiding is a very important consideration. Due to their sensitivity CCD cameraĺs are capable of showing up small guiding errors with fiendish accuracy. Many imagers have found that the best results can be obtained by using an Autoguider to guide the mounting. Autoguiders come in various shapes and forms, from simple webcams to elaborate dedicated guiders. However most webcam based guiders have low sensitivity and struggle to guide on anything but bright stars.
Choosing a CCD camera with an optimised autoguider can make the difference between success and failure. Modern autoguiders are available in various forms. Guiding with a guidescope works well when imaging through telescopes with fixed and rigid optics. Current highly sensitive guiders such as the Starlight Xpress Lodestar work very well with Off Axis Guiders and using an OAG with a Lodestar is a superb way of achieving a self guiding camera and dispensing with the need to use a Guidescope.
The SBIG Self Guiding cameras now feature the guide sensor within the filter wheel and not behind the filters thus overcoming the main weakness of the original self guiding design where the guide sensor was behind the filters thus making guide star aquisition difficult at times.
5) Use Of Filters
Some of the easiest to obtain and best quality images are being taken by amateurs operating in highly light polluted locations using small aperture instruments and a CCD camera equipped with narrow band filters.
Narrow band filters allow only narrow select wavelengths of light to pass, but when used with a CCD camera that is sensitive to these wavelengths will produce very spectacular images that are completely impervious to light pollution or even in most cases moon light.
It is important therefore to choose a camera that has good sensitivity at the important narrow band wavelengths of Hydrogen Alpha (656nm) and Oxygen III (499nm and 501nm)
There are many hundreds of spectacular emission targets in the sky that emit strongly in these wavelengths and if imaged using the above filters can provide a spectacle that is almost impossible to obtain when using conventional LRGB filters or colour cameras.
Most of the modern CCD Cameras feature sensors that are ideal for imaging withg narrow band filters. The very popular Kodak 8300 and SOny 694 sensors for example are both very sensitive to the important narrow band wavelengths.
6) Mountings
And lastly no article on CCD imaging would be complete without mentioning the necessity to choose a decent quality mount.
With todays crop of high resolution CCD cameraĺs, many amateurs are finding that they have much greater success in producing high quality spectacular images by employing cameraĺs such as the SXV series with small aperture instruments placed on good quality portable mountings.
For example, a modern CCD Camera will produce highly resolved images even at the prime focus of an 80mm aperture refractor. Place this combination onto a decent mount and well guided images are virtually guaranteed.
Imaging with longer focal length telescopes is more demanding and requires a lot of guiding precision.
Mount technology has exploded in the last few years. Decent budget astro imaging mounts like SKywatchers NEQ6 have opened up doors to amateurs who previously would not have been able to afford a mount with enough precision and load bearing capacity for deep sky imaging. Advanced mounts likw the belt driven Avalon range or the encoder based 10 Micron range are at the forefront of modern mount technology and have the precision to cope with longer focal lengths.
Likewise Paramount have been the leaders in ultra high quality mounts for astro imaging for some years and their current MX and forthcoming MEII mounts are superb in every respect.
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text: Blog entry #3 Submitted by Mace on Sun, 03/22/2015 - 07:12 Monthly blog post With the Skywind team busy as always, the past month has brought with it an increased focus on environmental assets. Stones and various flora are being created for West Gash, Molag Amur and Sheogorad. These assets are important, because they are necessary for landscapers to make progress and to maintain a diversity in the different parts of the areas. Without these, the areas will appear empty and monotone, something we have no interest in. Armors and other 3D assets are less important at the moment, because other areas of the project are not dependent on these to continuously make progress. This also means we are looking for capable environmental artists to speed this progress up, and to avoid utilizing hard surface and artist modelers when their proficiency lies elsewhere. Expect to see more updates on landscaping assets in the coming months. Read more about Blog entry #36 commentsLog in or register to post comments


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