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With immense patience over the conduct of certain elements that have been seen to create democratic instability in the country perhaps for the instant progress and prosperity to people of Pakistan which had long been unseen, had now become apparent of their pernicious conduct and attitude which is prima-facie detrimental to interest of Islamic Republic of Pakistan; and its Constitution.
The recent inimical and reckless take by leaders of certain political parties has not merely caused serious distress among the people of Pakistan but has also beleaguered epiphany over the masses as to whether there is an end-point to such irresponsible and reckless portraying of State Institutions.
Members of Parliament have long lost their way in achieving power and have started to hurl threats on State Institutions. On one side, Ruling Party has tried to bring Judiciary to ridicule for which they rightly face contempt charge as per Article 204 of the Constitution of Islamic Republic of Pakistan, 1973, whilst on the other side, leader of another Political Party, with eager political flight has lost all the patience and balance.
On 17.01.2018, Mr. Imran Khan cursed the Parliament, a State Institution of and for people of Pakistan through their chosen representatives. Mr. Imran Khan has not cursed the Parliament but this beloved country and its people who have voted for their chosen representatives. All Private Channels kept running the video throughout the day which drew strong criticisms from people from all walks of life, yet silence and inaction on part of Speaker National Assemble or PEMRA is of great concern. Imran Khan as member of the same Parliament enjoying all perks and privileges while referring to approval of Election Act 2017, which matter was than sub-judice before Honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan, cursed and flouted the dignity of Parliament which was telecasted and repeated without resile.
Not to forget that previously, Mr. Imran Khan advanced the word 'Shameful (Sharamnaak)' to Election Commission and Judiciary and was called for contempt by Supreme Court of Pakistan in case reported as PLD 2014 Supreme Court 367, however, he conveniently escaped out of threat by seeking unconditional apology from the Honorable Court, wherein however, the Honorable Court was pleased to observe as follow:
"Admittedly, Mr. Imran Khan is a public figure and duly elected member of National Assembly/Majlis-e-Shoora of Pakistan, who has not only been actively involved in politics for a considerable period, but is also the Chairman of a political party, P.T.I. In such circumstances, while considering his conduct, we also cannot lose sight of the provision of Articles-19 and 66 of our Constitution, relating to freedom of speech and the privileges of members of Majlis-e-Shoora (Parliament). Thus, at this juncture, as a note of caution, we may observe that politicians and other public figures having their say and a following amongst the public are expected to use more decent and guarded language and have to be more careful in the selection of words in public gatherings or press conferences so as to show their intellect, maturity of mind and wisdom qua respect to various national institutions, and to present themselves, as role model for the society at large."
Article 19 of the Constitution guarantees the freedom of Speech. However, it does not license any person to sabotage the integrity of the State Institutions and freedom of speech is subject to such restrictions as could be legitimately imposed under the law. Article 19, is reproduced herein below:-
"Every citizen shall have the right to freedom of speech and expression and there shall be freedom of the press, subject to any reasonable restrictions imposed by law in the interest of the glory of Islam or the Integrity, security or defence of Pakistan or any part thereof, friendly relations with foreign States, public order, decency or morality, or in relation to contempt of Court, defamation or incitement to an offence".
In a democratic system, freedom of speech/expression and freedom of press are the essential requirements of democracy and without this, the concept of democracy cannot survive. However, perusal of Article 19 makes it absolutely clear that above right is not absolute but subject to reasonable restrictions imposed by law. Reasonable classification is always permissible and law permits so. But in the light of Article 19, nobody is allowed to ridicule, disrespect or defame any person or Institution.
Any unconstitutional Act with intent to bring Integrity of Pakistan or its Institutions to disrespect squarely fall under the provision of Treason as enshrined under Article 6 of the Constitution.
In a similar case, Honorable Lahore High Court in WP 22093-15 titled "Sardar Aftab Ahmad Virk Vs. Prime Minister of Pakistan Etc" which is pari matria to case in hand, after extended hearing on the issue of hazardous and imbalanced speeches by notorious Altaf Hussain as Chief of Mutahida Qomi Movement Party was pleased to direct as follow:
"…In view of the arguments advanced by learned counsel for the petitioner and taking into consideration the submissions made by learned additional attorney general, as well as, learned Additional Advocate General, we are of the considered view that there is sufficient material available on record to issue direction to Chairman Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority, to completely black out the activities of Altaf Hussain/Respondent No.9 including hatred speeches, any news regarding his activities, as well as display of his picture on electronic media…"
Regardless of the fact that the notorious Altaf made condemnable speeches against Armed Forces of Pakistan is yet the prestigious Institution of State and it was still an act to bring disgrace to National Institutions. Disrespecting Parliament is akin to disrespecting and bringing to disgrace the very existence of holy mandate of Pakistan; the Constitution. Category of offence here also cannot be taken to condemn without their being use of law to bring such practice down to decimate.
That member of parliament enjoy certain privileges and immunities for his acts performed in or outside the parliament, thus if stern action in peculiar circumstances is not taken against these busybodies, this mischievous culture shall have never ending detrimental effect on image and dignity of Parliament. Significant to mention here that as per National Assembly Rules vis. Rules Of Procedure And Conduct Of Business In National Assembly 2007, to which each member is bound to comply have been mercilessly violated. Rule 30 of the Rules 2007 ibid are reproduced verbatim for assistance:
"30. Conduct of members while present in the Assembly.-…
(k) shall not act to erode the sanyity of the house or act in manner which lowers the dignity of the house.
Even otherwise, every member while taking oath as member of National Assembly declares on oath that he shall "bear true faith and allegiance to Pakistan and uphold the sovereignty and integrity of Pakistan..". Same declaration on oath was made by Mr. Imran Khan and his ally yet they have become fearlessly contemptuous in complete disregard of this declaration to the Pivotal Institution of Pakistan.
Parliament is one of the three major pillars of State whilst Constitution and its preamble believes in trichotomy of all three pillars as; Executive, Judiciary and Parliament. Needless to mention that Speaker of House as per vested scheme of Constitution not only administers the Session of National Assembly but is also empowered to hold members of the National Assembly accountable for their action not just in the parliament but also otherwise. However, in the present case neither House or its Joint Sitting or Committee took action against Mr. Imran Khan or his ally who acted in complete disregard and in violation of their Oath, Rules of Assemble or otherwise acted in manner prejudicial to interest as Member of Parliament.
In Pakistan, respect of the Parliament is often understood narrowly. But it is relevant to note that Parliament is formulated over chosen representatives of the People. Any disrespectful remarks about the parliament are remarks directly attributed to people of Pakistan who voted for their chosen representatives.
Cursing and disrespecting the State Institutions is not acceptable for any patriot, honest, ameen or respectable citizen. Patriotic slogan has remained an essence with every dominate nation which chapter of history is still unread among us.
The writer is a lawyer based in Lahore. He holds Masters in Law from Northumbria. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com


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As Russia pushes ahead with airstrikes on Syrian sites occupied by the Islamic State terror network, on-the-ground footage of the attacks' aftermath continue to emerge.
In dramatic footage captured from a country road north of Aleppo, firefighters struggle to contain a massive oil fire raging out of control.
The fire was sparked after three tankers said to be loaded with fuel were targeted in an air raid by Russian fighters.
It has been estimated that Russia has carried out 1458 airstrikes against terrorist sites in Syria during the past week.
Thick dark smoke is seen rapidly billowing skywards while fierce orange flames gush out of the broken shells of the trucks.
Despite their best efforts, firefighters, armed with one hose between them, try in vain to extinguish the enormous blaze.
It is believed that more than 15 rockets were unleashed on the oil convoy, including a number of bomb drops when ambulances arrived to administer aid to the trucks' drivers.
Russia has claimed that its airstrikes, which reportedly began on September 30, have been launched to target ISIL sites.
Last week, Russia was accused of dropping white phosphorous on civilian regions in northwest Syria.
White phosphorus is banned under the Geneva Convention due to its highly toxic and corrosive effects – it can burn through flesh and bone.
Late last month, a Russian fighter jet was shot down by Turkey on the edge of the Syrian border.
Moscow maintains the jet, which contained two pilots, was over Syria when it was downed, CNN reports.


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Hare Krishna,
Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu ki Jay, Srila Prabhupada ki Jay.
Is there any age limit for joining Krishna temple as Bramhachari?
If the person is 29 years old, and if he thinks to join Krishna ISKCON temple full time can he join after 35 years of his age?
Please forgive me for such a stupid question.
Also wanna know if joining a temple is decision taken by temple authorities or Guru or the person himself?
Hare Krishna, Hari Bol
Your servant


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Disclaimer: I am not payed by anyone to write this review. I also do not shoot test charts nor do I pixel peed. In this review I will share my experience shooting this camera and showcase what I can do with it.
Almost a year passed since my initial review of this camera. Ever since, I was using this specific camera extensively. I've used it for all my portraiture- and street work, shot the birth of my second daughter, a baptism, two weddings, used it in the desert and at the beach. Most camera reviews are published after using them for a couple of weeks, when the reviewer ist still in his honeymoon phase. If you use a camera daily for a really long time and shoot everything with it, you get to know it inside out. After almost 1.5 years and over 20 000 frames later, I think it's time to share my long-term experiences with this camera.
Let's dive right into it. I think it's best to start with the very few bad things first to get them out of the way.
The X100F ist the fourth iteration of the X100 series. With every iteration, FujiFilm improved the cameras design and functionality while at the same time, sticking to the original X100 design concept. True to the motto "don't fix it, if it isn't broken". I've shot with the "S", "T" and now "F" version of this camera. All in all, over the years, FujiFilm did a great job streamlining the design. However, there are a few things I rather dislike.
Firstly, the lack of a real manual focus lens (I am not complaining about the lens itself). All X100 iterations share the same lens construction; manual focus is done with "focus by wire". When you're turning the focus ring, you're sending an electronic signal to the camera to move the lens elements accordingly. With no marking on the lens, you can never tell the exact focusing distance just by looking at it. Sure, you can see some basic information of the back screen of the camera but this is hardly useful for those looking for precision work. At its core, the X100 is a street photographers camera. As one of those, I am a big fan of zone-focussing as I think this method is faster than any autofocus-system in the world. However, "focus by wire" makes zone-focussing a pain in the ass. I really hope, that FujiFilm will implement a real manual focus lens in an upcoming iteration of this camera.
FujiFilm is a company who listens to its customers. People complained about the autofocus for years; finally, they made the autofocus of the X100F quick and accurate. That's a really cool thing. In many online discussions, it became apparent, that people want the ability so witch between custom ISO presets. Hence, FujiFilm introduced the new "front selector" dial. In addition, they also introduced a customizable functional button in the OVF/EVF selector. Honestly, I never ever used this dial or selector. None of these wishes or new functions are unreasonable, it actually is a good thing that a company listens to its customers. Don't get me wrong here. But somehow, I am afraid, that the original simplistic concept will get lost in the upcoming iterations if FujiFilm keeps on adding new buttons and dials. It makes the whole X100-concept bloated and fiddly. I really hope, that they will go back to basics and keep this camera simple, plain simple. In my opinion, a street shooter just needs ISO, aperture, shutter speed and, as I already mentioned, a manual focus lens.
So that's it with the bad things. If you've made it this far, I'll go on with the awesome stuff which makes this camera so unique and a Swiss Army Knife in the camera world.
My Swiss Army Knife Camera
One thing that really stands out is that this camera doesn't get into my way of seeing. Ever since I am shooting with the X100 cameras, my vision enhanced and I never found myself in a situation which I couldn't shoot with this camera.
In the beginning I said that I also shoot wedding with this camera. You heard it, I shoot weddings with a fixed lens camera. If I need a 50 mm focal length I simply adapt the Fujinon tele conversion lens (click here to read my review of this lens). This setup proved itself, makes me inconspicious, enables me to get really close to the wedding couple and guests without even disturbing the scene (I always make sure that I am wearing inaudible shoes during the ceremony though). Another plus is the small size of the camera, even when the tele conversion lens is attached. Some other wedding guests bring their DSLRs and therefore I am not really noticed as being the official wedding photographer. That's a huge plus for me and my working style. I prefer to be unnoticed to capture unstaged situations.
After a while, I really understood how the jpg engine of the camera works and configured my own film simulation presets (mostly Acros and Classic Chrome). In my initial review, I stated that most of my pictures with this camera are out of camera (OOC) jpgs. Soon after that, I found myself using the OOC jpgs exclusively. I also shoot my weddings in jpg only. This simplified my workflow and therefore editing times a lot! The film simulations coupled with the outstanding lens rendering are just a dream.
Speaking of the lens, I have to say, I adore it. On the other hand, many people hate this lens. They will tell you that it is not sharp enough wide open, flares heavily, the usual mirco contrast bla bla and that the autofocus is not fast enough. I hope that FujiFilm never changes this lens (just make it a true manual focus lens though). It is simply perfect considering its tiny size. The new hi-res sensor also proved the lens capabilities. It's simply a perfect combination and offers a unique look. The pictures just stand out.
All in all, every camera has its shortcomings. There is no perfect camera and I think, there never will be such a thing. Photography is not about megapixels, sharp images, photographing brick walls, high ISO- and WiFi capabilities. It is about dedication and knowing your tool inside out and make the best out of it. Upgrading your camera every two years will certainly not make you a better photographer; in fact, you will most probably never really get to know your tool.
Would I buy this camera again? Hell, yes! Sure I would. However, I wouldn't upgrade for the next X100 iterarion as the current one is already perfect for my needs and I will shoot it, till it falls apart.


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A few weeks ago, I found myself wrapped up in some sweet, sweet data that the fine folks of TrailForks (a great trail map resource) rolled out in the form of Heat Maps. I uncovered some of the busiest trails in Squamish, Whistler, Pemberton and the Sea to Sky as a whole. As a member of Team Arbutus, a grassroots mountain bike race team based in Whistler, BC, we are encouraged to share our adventures and biking thoughts on the Arbutus Routes shop blog: Tails From the Trails. The blog is a perfect avenue to shed some light on the new TrailForks feature. Check out the full Arbutus post here.
After a few seasons of dabbling, this year I went all in and set a goal of racing the 50k distance in a local race. Nearly 520K and over 50 hours of training on snow later this is what I've learned.
Looking back on some of the beauty and humour of training for an off-road triathlon and Ironman 703. while traveling with the Crankworx World Tour.
Bike Packing in New Zealand on the Te Iringa Track.
Digging deep for triathlon training inspiration when Whistler serves us stormy weather and cold spells.
Tales From a Weekend of Trail Racing & our Whistler Off-Road Ironman.
In July 2017, I raced the Squamish Triathlon's first off-road event. Here is my race report and some on course thoughts.
I signed up for the XTERRA Motatapu as a goal race to train for in my first "Double Summer", back to back summer seasons. What seemed impossible, soon became a beautiful part of the journey.
From the moment we started riding through Ho Chi Minh's (Saigon) wild busy streets, we knew we had to absolutely send it straight into the cycle touring deep-end to enjoy Vietnam by bike. Our route took us through the Mekong Delta and we pieced it together on the fly. Here are the thoughts, maps and logistics of our trip.
On our first cycle touring trip, a couple of things left a profound impression on us. We now have hundreds of memories of Vietnam. Some we love and some better left in the Mekong Delta. Here are the top seven:
We just wrapped up the New Zealand portion of our adventure and dare I say it, we left very few stones unturned. To help future runners and bikers looking for trail information, here's a bite-sized trail report for White's Bay near Blenhiem on the South Island.


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Georgian Scottish Grandfather Clock
An 18th century Georgian Scottish mahogany brass dial grandfather clock.
The clock has an eight day striking movement with a brass dial that has a silverised chapter ring and a seconds dial.
The top of the dial has a silverised maker's name plaque 'Charles Farquharson Dundee' (formally from Edinburgh).
The mahogany case has a long slim door with quarter Corinthian columns at each side and stopped reeding.
The hood has a swan neck pediment with satin birch blind fret work decoration and a brass finial and patera.
The glazed door on the hood has a reeded Corinthian pillar to each side.
The clock has a wonderful 18th century Georgian mahogany case and is in good working condition. (Circa 1795)
Height 224cm (88.2 inches)
Width 52cm (20.5 inches)
Depth 24cm (9.4 inches)


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Do you want to have electronics skills? The best learning is making a simple electronic project. There are over 250+ posts on my site. I like the simple electronics projects worked surely. You also are like me. Because I know that you need to have a great experience.
Searching they as you want in categories, may be difficult for you. So, I will show you the top 100 list of projects.
I like small projects using simple and low cost. Like diodes, transistors, digital electronics ICs and more.
They are ideal for…
- Student schools
- ECE(Electronics and Communication Engineering)
- EEE(Electrical and Electronics Engineering) students
- Those who interested as a hobby. Some are over 60 years old love Electronics too.
- Also, study homeschooling the same us.
Good learning is to do!
If the project does not work, we learn the solution. It is not a failure, but it is another way of learning.
Most simple electronic circuits, we assemble on universal PCB Board. Because cheaper and faster than buy KITS.
If you try to create these electronic projects with the small circuits. And get the results out.
Please remember to share it with us.
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- Any Success or failure is a good learning
- Power Amplifiers
- TDA2050 amplifier stereo 35W-75W
- LM1875 Datasheet 30W HIFi audio amplifier circuit
- 3 Tone control circuits using op amp NE5532
- TDA2822 stereo amplifier circuit with pcb & datasheet
- 12V Car Audio amplifier circuit 50W-65W
- TDA2030 Bridge amplifier circuit
- 4 Preamplifier circuits using Transistors
- 300W – 1200W MOSFET Amplifier for professionals only
- TDA2030 Audio Amplifier Circuits
- TDA7052 amplifier | Low voltage 3V, 5V | 1 W BTL
- Inverters
- Power Supplies
- DC to DC converter
- Battery chargers
- Solar Cell
- Others audio system
- RF circuits
- Oscillator generator
- Dimmers and Controls
- Timer & Delay
- LED flasher, Lighting
- Digital circuits
- Meter, Detector
- VU-Meter
- Tester
- Tone Generator, Music, Melody
- Alarm
- Siren
- Protection
- Motor control
- Electronics Learning
Any Success or failure is a good learning
I tell you frankly that I did not test all the Electronic circuits Projects shown on this website. So there might be some circuits that do not work well as they should be.
Anyone who tests and finds some projects that do not work at all or do not work well. Please inform me so that we will find out together what the problems are.
Anyways, some friends have built some projects as same as those shown on the website. And found that they worked well.
I believe that any success and failure of the projects are all good learning.
Power Amplifiers
Do you want to listen to loud music? Yes, you need to use these power amplifiers. I collect them on this post so easy to read.
For example
TDA2050 amplifier stereo 35W-75W
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LM1875 Datasheet 30W HIFi audio amplifier circuit
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3 Tone control circuits using op amp NE5532
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TDA2822 stereo amplifier circuit with pcb & datasheet
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12V Car Audio amplifier circuit 50W-65W
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TDA2030 Bridge amplifier circuit
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4 Preamplifier circuits using Transistors
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300W – 1200W MOSFET Amplifier for professionals only
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TDA2030 Audio Amplifier Circuits
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TDA7052 amplifier | Low voltage 3V, 5V | 1 W BTL
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Power amplifier with PCB
If you want to convert a DC low voltage to AC volt output. For example:
- Simplest Inverter circuit using transistors
If you have only 5 minutes, but you need to use a small light bulb with a 12V battery. How to do it? This will show build the simplest inverter. Just 2 transistors, 2 resistors, and a transformer only.
- Small high volts shock
If you want to make a funny circuit for people. This circuit may make a laughter. It is a small high volts shock circuit. The output is low current. It is not harmful to people. On circuit has a few components just two small NPN transistors, 2 resistors, and a transformer. So easy to builds and inexpensive!
Look more :: Inverter Circuits
Power Supplies
I love energy every circuit need to use energy. So, I love to collect many power supply diagram. You may like them like that me.
12V to 5V converter step down regulator in many ways. To convert 12V source to 5V DC supply for digital circuit, microcontroller and More!
0-60V Dual Variable supply using LM317 & LM337—This is a 0-60V, Dual Variable power supply circuit using LM317 and LM337 at 1.5A current so can build to easy with PCB layout, adjustable voltage VR1, VR2
Look more: Power Supply Projects
DC to DC converter
- 1.5V to 5V boost converter circuit for micro computer—Small appliances have microcomputer that requires 5V power supply. Why it can use only 1.5V battery? The 1.5V to 5V boost converter circuit inside them.
- 12V to 5V Converter
How to reduce 12V battery or others to DC 5V regulator. In many ways, as you need or your load. It is choosing is suitable for a job. To save time and money.
- DC to DC step up converter voltage x2
- Simple DC to DC step up voltage x2
- DC to DC converter 12V to +/-40V
- Micro DC Converter 3V to 9V
- 5V USB to 12V Boost Converter
- Isolated DC Converter for Digital using 555
- DC to AC Converter circuit
- Simple 6V to 12V boost converter circuit
Battery chargers
- Automatic battery charger circuit This is Simple automatic battery charger circuit, using the small SCR and relay is cheap and can use all battery size by input source.
- LM317 Lead acid battery charger
- Automatic Ni-MH battery charger
- Portable power pack for mobile phones
- Make solar aa battery charger by TL497
- Converts a supply to automatic 12V charger
- Battery full charge alarm circuit
- Simple nicad battery charger circuit
Solar Cell
Others audio system
- Cheap&Small Hearing Aids project— Various sounds in this world are amazing. Want you to hear more Increase sound to a headphone with 1.5V AA battery.
- Transistor Intercom circuit —a few parts
- LM386 intercom circuits — louder sound and easy
- Micro mixer Projects
- The subwoofer simulator by LF347N
- Treble Boost up
- Super stereo digital echo
- Cheap Surround Sound System
- Add dimensional sound from 2ch to 4ch
RF circuits
Oscillator generator
- XR2206 Function Generator
- 60HZ CLOCK Pulse Generator by IC MM5369
- Time based clock generator using crystal for digital
- Sawtooth wave generator circuit using UJT
- 555 Pulse Generator circuit
Dimmers and Controls
- Simple Light Activated Relay Circuit—If you are looking for a circuit that turns on the relay when a light comes. It is a simple light activated relay circuit. It will control load on-off with light.
- 7 touch switch circuits projects—Many how to make a simple touch switch circuit project. To build easy. Using transistor and IC like 555 timer, 4011 CMOS, flip-flop IC.
- Super AC dimmer
- 5 AC Light Dimmers
- Analog signal selector switches
Timer & Delay
If you want to turn on a light for 2 hour. Or, you need limit time you kids watch the computer for 1 hour. These circuits may better tool for us. Look at below.
5-30 minuts timer circuit using IC 555
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LM8560 Digital clock circuit diagram with alarm
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CD4060 Timer Circuit 22 seconds to 4 hours
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LED flasher, Lighting
- LED Flashers Circuits and Projects—See many LED flasher or Blinking LED circuits with PCB layout using transistors astable multivibrator as a low-frequency oscillator.
- Simple 2 Lamp flasher circuit using MOSFET—I like a Simple 2 Lamp flasher circuit using MOSFET. Also, it is an Astable Multivibrator. When you want a high power lamp flasher. This is a better choice for you. Why?
- 4011 LED Flasher
- 1.5V LED Flasher circuits
- 1.5V LED torch
- High power 6 LED Flashlight
- Simple High power 40 LED Flashlight
- LM324 Two LED flashiner
- Simple AC mains voltage indicator circuit with LED—We have many ways to indicates an AC line. A good way, the AC mains voltage indicator circuit with a LED. It may be the best choice. It saves and to be easy.
- One LED flasher circuits
Digital circuits
- 16 key encoder using IC 74C922N
- A versatile and cheap digital counter circuits by CD4510 & CD4543
- Adjustable LED flasher-first potentiometer using Arduino
Meter, Detector
- Simple temperature sensor diode 1N4148—Here is temperature sensor diode 1N4148 silicon type and 741 op-amp, so easy. The Output to a voltmeter. You will learn why diode becomes a temperature sensor.
- 7107 Digital voltmeter circuit
- Digital multimeter circuit diagram
- The stray magnetic fields meter
- Measure the distance by bicycle
- Easy stereo VU-meter by KA2284
- LED Signal Meter using LB1409
- Analog 20 LED cheap VU-meter(stereo 40 LED
- Crystal tester circuits
- Signal injector using transistor
- TV test pattern generator
- Telephone line status indicator
Tone Generator, Music, Melody
- 4011 tone generator circuits There are many ways to make them. I often use it. Because of the small, wide voltage supply range, easy and cheap. You can use it as an inverter gate and make Simple clock sound effect.
- Even build Morning sun alarm circuit
- 5 Melody generator circuits using UM66T
With these you can make simple music midi like in many toys. This IC is so small
like a transistor.
- UM3561 Multi-Melody Sound Generator
- The small electronic drum by MC14046
- Simple soil moisture alarm
- Mosquito repellent circuit project—The mosquito repellent circuit to generates small sound frequency using transistors as bistable multivibrator. It is economical, safer than using chemicals.
- Mouse and insects repellent
- Ultrasonic motion detector project
- Car Burglar system with start delay
- 555 Siren sound Generator—Using 555 timer is siren sound generator circuit projects, suitable for beginners. Easy and widely applied. IC is used as an astable multivibrator. Continue Reading
- High power siren
- Transistor Sirens
- Speaker protection circuit
- Surge protector circuit —The bad electricity can destroy your expensive electrical appliances. This circuit will power a load slowly.
- Over & Under Voltage protection circuit
- Alarm when the supply to rack with 1N4001
- Overload protection circuit
Motor control
- PWM Control Speed Motor 12V-24V
- The 2 channel DC motor driver on saving model
- Fan controller by temperature sensor using LM393
- DC motor controller diagram with SCR and cmos IC
- Fan Speed over Ride Switch
- PWM Speed Rotation Forard-Reverse and Regenerative Braking
- MCU system Controller 12V DC Motor Speed and Direction using IRF150
- 24VDC Motor Speed Control with 20A Shot Circuit Protection
- Touch Motor Control by SCR and Schmitt Trigger
- ULN2003 Control Stepper Motor by Parallel Port
- 12V DC Motor Speed Controller by IC 4011
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Most Influential Filipinos in the Gulf – Kamil Roxas – Hipster Film Maker
A self-confessed movie junkie, Kamil Roxas has been drawn to the world of film-making even at a young age. His interest in films like Pulp Fiction has influenced him to pursue the art, and with stars aligning to his fate, he has been offered a scholarship to attend a the New York Film Academy after he won the Best Director award for 'Celebrate Life' at the first Middle East International Film Festival. And, that has signaled the beginning of a growing list of achievements that Kamil Roxas gained in the craft he so loves.
He has won the Best Documentary from the Commission on Overseas Filipino Media Awards for the film 'The Filipina on Top' that was produced in collaboration with Illustrado's Women of Substance advocacy. He has also bagged awards from the Dubai 48 Film Project and Nikon Film and Video Festival, and last year, his short film 'Shadows' won the Best Cinematography category at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival.
His latest achievement is the grand prize award at The Reel Dubai Short Film Competition organized by the Dubai International Film Festival, Dubai Tourism and Samsung. Mentored by renowned local filmmakers Nayla Al Khaja, Mohammad Saeed Harib and Ali F Mostafa, Kamil Roxas' entry of 'Hello World' has gained the critics' nods to the poetic narrative of the rise of Dubai shown in his film. This winning short film has been screened at the 68th Cannes Film Festival this year.
Now, Kamil Roxas continues to enjoy writing and directing for documentary work, commercial campaigns, TV series and occasional films and music videos. His most recognized commercial project would be the 30 episodes for a television series on Abu Dhabi TV documenting the work of Make-A-Wish Foundation UAE.


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Exodus 14:12
by Jesse Scott Owen
"I'm from Belleview," Jesse said, turning toward her, "If I convinced you to marry me, well, we couldn't wear wedding rings." Most girls he knew weren't okay with that. They were fine with the standards: no jewelry, no make-up, no cutting their hair, and all the rest. But, their churches were a bit more lenient; wedding rings were okay.
"I can deal with that."
Jesse walked quickly—the teenager's hair trimmed and neatly organized, a button-up shirt and a tie, cuff links, a black suit and sharp black dress shoes—navigating towards the side door through the throngs of people, several hundred Apostolic Pentecostal youth from around the state, and their youth pastors and some parents, milling about the huge dark church.
He turned when he heard his name. "Hey Sister Robbins!"
She hugged him, "Have you seen Natalie yet?"
"I haven't. I've been running all over."
"Well, she's around here somewhere."
He smiled. "I'm sure I'll run into her." He started away, but a deep voice stopped him.
Jesse turned to shake his hand. "Pastor Robbins."
The minister smiled, "What did I tell you about hugging my wife?"
She smiled and interrupted, looking up at him, "Have you seen Natalie?"
He looked at Jesse sternly, "Not since I got here. You looking for my daughter?"
He laughed. "I think she's practicing with the worship team."
Of course. "Well, I've got to keep moving. I'll see you both around." Jesse turned to leave, and the Robbins looked at each other.
"My dad likes you."
"Really? He always seems so brusque."
"He's that way with everyone. But he mentioned the other day that he likes you."
As armor bearer, Jesse sat on the platform behind the man himself. He stood and clapped and raised his hands at the appropriate times during worship service, but didn't let himself get too caught up in the music, in case the young evangelist needed a mint, or a water.
The sermon was amazing, as every sermon from every Lehman has been for a hundred years. As it came to a loud and energetic end, the worship team came back out and began to sing, and the hundreds of teenagers flooded the altar, standing, jumping, dancing, crying and speaking in tongues. The glistening, wild-eyed speaker walked down into the midst of it, planting his hand on people's heads and praying loudly in their ears, speaking words that would change their life.
The whole night had gone off without a hitch. Lehman was hydrated, minty-breathed, and handkerchiefed. The crowds were hysterical and filled with the Spirit. Once during service, Jesse even caught Natalie glancing over.
I stopped sweeping. I started again, and stopped. Nathan looked up. "Is everything okay?"
"What's up, Jesse?"
"It's all for real, isn't it, Duby?" I asked.
I had just left home, working as an assistant counselor at a sleep-away camp in Maryland.
Before I left, I told an old pastor about the job. He said, "Yeah, that sounds like a lot of fun. But that's dangerous. When you spend much time with other people who call themselves Christians, you start to think they're saved and going to Heaven as well."
If only I hadn't decided to brush up, to be strong in my faith before I left home. Reading the Bible, I began to see that my beliefs didn't match. I was perplexed by the notion that speaking in tongues and an apostate formula of baptism were more important than "Love God; love others." I had been the one twisting verses, not those Christians I thought were sinners.
So I was seventeen, and I was clotheslined. The foundations of my life crumbled in a matter of weeks. They crumbled, but I was still clinging to every piece. I was trying to hold them together. Away at camp, some things got away from me; others I let go. I wore short sleeves, people could see my elbows. I began to wear friendship bracelets, strictly forbidden in my growing-up years. I put my grandfather's dog tag from WWII on a piece of leather and tied it around my neck. Once I swore.
Most nights at camp, I stayed working late in the kitchen, cleaning with Duby.
"Talk to me," he said.
"God. Heaven, hell, Jesus, all of it. It's all real. I have to deal with this," I said. He put his mop into the bucket and walked over to me. "Nate," I asked, "What's a Christian?"
We sat in dry storage for hours and talked. For the first time in my life, I admitted, "I am not a Pentecostal." I didn't know what I was, but I knew what I wasn't.
If mainline Christianity has it right, then those who call upon the Lord will be saved. If my parents and the people I grew up with are right, then I'm going to hell, and so are most Christians, and so are a lot of the Pentecostals too. And everyone's at risk all the time.
So according to some insane Pascal's wager, my best bet is to go back to my roots, to repent of my backsliding (because that's what I'm doing; my mother almost certainly prays every night that I come back to Christ), and live as the song says, as a "one-God, Apostolic, tongue-talkin', liberated, born again believer in the power of Jesus' name." But I can't.
I can't, because I know better. I wish I didn't. I wish I could be oblivious again, attending Gateway Bible College—Bishop once said he'd pay my tuition—or maybe graduated already, engaged to Natalie, serving as children's pastor at her dad's church. People who know me now can't fathom it, but these were my plans, my hopes, my dreams. And I was well on my way, until I picked up a Bible.
Maybe that's why it took so long to pick one up again. The fear it might tear my life apart again.
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Wolst583.pdf. Index.php. WolstenholmeArchetypes.pdf. From SHIFT: My Three-Part Series on Complexity and Collapse. Graphic courtesy of SHIFT Magazine (click on the graphic to view full-screen) The third and final part of my series of articles on complexity and collapse is now up on the SHIFT Magazine site.
Here's a synopsis of all three parts, with links to the online versions of the articles: Part One: The Energy Predicament A look at our global energy and resource systems, and the complex relationship between resource prices, regulation, exploration, supply and demand, and how they are pushing us towards disastrous resource exhaustion. An overview of how the three systems — energy/resource, economic and ecological/climate — are related. Part Two: The Economic Predicament The complexities of our global economic systems, and an exploration of whether, although it won't 'save' civilization, the dismantling or crumbling of our current industrial growth economy, sooner rather than later, might lessen the hardship and suffering of drastic climate change that we and our descendants are likely to face. System dynamics. Dynamic stock and flow diagram of model New product adoption (model from article by John Sterman 2001) System dynamics is an approach to understanding the behaviour of complex systems over time.
It deals with internal feedback loops and time delays that affect the behaviour of the entire system.[1] What makes using system dynamics different from other approaches to studying complex systems is the use of feedback loops and stocks and flows. These elements help describe how even seemingly simple systems display baffling nonlinearity. Overview[edit] System dynamics (SD) is a methodology and mathematical modeling technique for framing, understanding, and discussing complex issues and problems. Convenient GUI system dynamics software developed into user friendly versions by the 1990s and have been applied to diverse systems. Feedback. "...'feedback' exists between two parts when each affects the other...
"[1](p53) Feedback is also a synonym for: Feedback signal – the measurement of the actual level of the parameter of interest.Feedback mechanism – the action or means used to subsequently modify the gap.Feedback loop – the complete causal path that leads from the initial detection of the gap to the subsequent modification of the gap.
History[edit] Self-regulating mechanisms have existed since antiquity, and the idea of feedback had started to enter economic theory in Britain by the eighteenth century, but it wasn't at that time recognized as a universal abstraction and so didn't have a name.[2] The verb phrase "to feed back", in the sense of returning to an earlier position in a mechanical process, was in use in the US by the 1860s,[3][4] and in 1909, Nobel laureate Karl Ferdinand Braun used the term "feed-back" as a noun to refer to (undesired) coupling between components of an electronic circuit.[5] Types[edit] System Archetypes - sys_archetypes.pdf.
Archetypes - Interaction Structures of the Universe. Interaction Structures of the Universe This article is essentially a continuation of Systems Thinking: An Operational Perspective of the Universe in which the Reinforcing and Balancing structures were developed.
This article develops a set of frequently recurring structures resulting from various combinations of Reinforcing and Balancing structures. This article essentially represents an elaboration of the work of Senge (1990) and Pegasus Communications (1989-1996). Note that all the archetype examples that were previously wired into this article are now accessible via theWay which is considered to provide a more comprehensive treatment of the archetypes, as well as a few additional ones, and uses the "+" and "-" influence notation.
Accidental Adversaries The Accidental Adversaries structure is a composed of three reinforcing loops and two balancing loops. Balancing Loop (^) The Balancing Loop attempts to move some current state to a desired or reference state though some action. Systems Archetypes v2. Success to the Successful. A Success to the Successful structure consists of two reinforcing structures which interact in such a way as for create a single reinforcing structure.
Consider a situation where there are two project managers, Jane and Tom, responsible for managing similar projects. Their manager, Sarah, has a fixed amount of resources which she allocates to their projects. Initially both projects are progressing equally well. Then, for some reason, Sarah chooses to allocate more resources to Jane's project than to Tom's. Accidental Adversaries Systems Archetype. Attractiveness Principle Systems Archetype. Dave Pollard's Series on Complexity and Collapse.


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Parkinson's disease (PD) is characterized by resting tremor, bradykinesia, rigidity, and postural instability. These cardinal symptoms commonly affect gait performance and therefore researchers have been investigating techniques to manage and treat gait impairment in individuals with PD. This thesis explores a progressive approach to gait rehabilitation using a novel intervention that combines traditional gait cueing techniques with motor learning approaches to facilitate self-cued gait improvement. Five participants with PD-related gait impairment completed the home-based gait training intervention. This intervention included video footage of each individual participant walking with and without verbal instructional cues, audio coaching, and practice periods. Participants were given the video to practice at home for two-weeks. Kinematic parameters of gait were assessed pre-intervention, at two weeks post-intervention, and at two months post-intervention. Results indicate that individuals with PD are capable of learning verbal-cueing strategies and utilizing these to generate long-term gait improvements through self-cueing.
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André is the other half of our Duesseldorf dream team Aleks & André. Raised in the late eighties by classic Pop lovers who gave him "Grease" as his first album and the traditional Beatles education later on, André developed a sense for catchy melodies. Of course John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John mixed with the Fab Four lead to teenage rebellion: for young André it meant Ska, Hip Hop, Punk and a lot of guitar music.
André joined our team in 2013 and brings with him quite an impressive range of musical taste and knowledge, but his thing is the guitar - at least most of the time: "I like riffs, I like them crunchy, distorted or clean. But sometimes you need a synthesizer, a moog bass or some Andromeda pads. I really don't care if it's digital or analog. Modern or old school. I just care if it's good music."


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Charlaine Harris Talks True Blood and Sookie's Future
June 26, 2010 by Jaimie Dalton
Charlaine Harris co-headlined the Metro Library Network's Out Loud! Author series in Iowa City with Jace Everett, singer of the True Blood theme song "Bad Things" on June 17th. Harris sat down with the Huffington Post and answered questions about True Blood, what her kids think about her writing and what's in store for the ending of the Sookie Stackhouse books. Before signing books Harris answered some fan questions but started the question period off joking:
"Yes, I'm happy with Alan Ball's production of my novels. Also, if you ask me where I get my inspiration, I will spit on you."
During the interview Charlaine reveals that her male fan base has grown since the release of the True Blood television show. The Sookie Stackhouse novels already had a larger male fan base than her previous books but after the show came out more men showed up to her book signings. She may have fans all over the world but when asked what her kids thought of her very sexual books Charlaine replied:
"The show has given them brownie points with their friends, but only one of my kids reads my work."
One thing sure to get fans all worked up was Charlaine's comments at RT Booklovers Convention this year where she hinted that there is no happily ever after for Sookie. The Huffington Post asked her about this and she replied:
"I don't write absolutes. I don't write the kind of "happily ever after" that romance readers enjoy. I'm not saying that "happily ever afters" are a bad thing, and I'm not saying Sookie will never be happy … but she's not going to settle down and start a family and have the white picket fence."
Harris has said in the past that she will not "turn" Sookie so that leaves fans wondering how exactly this series will end. We know there are at least three more books to come in the series so hopefully the end is not something we will have to think about for a while!
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Gary Oldman's son, Gulliver Oldman, penned a lengthy statement slamming his mother — former model Donya Fiorentino — for an alleged domestic violence incident that he says never happened. He writes that she has been a very "troubled person most of her life."
"There is good reason that these specific articles and accusations subsided years ago. In my eyes it is disgusting that so called 'journalists' have seen fit to spread and perpetuate the lie.
"I can see how coming out with a statement to combat an allegation must look. However, I was there at the time of the 'incident,' so I'd like to make this radiantly clear: it didn't happen. Anyone who says it did is lying."
This statement comes a day after Daily Mail dug up a February interview with his mother, in which she called her four-year marriage to Oldman a "nightmare."
She also spoke to TMZ on Sunday, after the actor won an Oscar for his role in The Darkest Hour. She said: "I thought we had evolved. What happened to the #MeToo movement?"
Gulliver, 20, describes his father as a "one and true guiding light" and said he is "eternally grateful" to have gotten him as a father. The actor was granted sole custody of his two kids with Fiorentino after the divorce. "Custody of children is not given to a wife beater, and under most circumstances, hardly ever a man," Gulliver added.
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Dementia is associated with a sizeable public health burden that is growing rapidly as the population ages. In addition to cognitive impairments, individuals with dementia often come to clinical attention because of symptoms of a behavioral disturbance (e.g., irritability, agitation, aggression) or psychosis. The burden on caregivers is substantial and is increased when dementia is associated with behavioral and psychological symptoms, and particularly with agitation or aggression. Treatment of psychotic symptoms and agitation in individuals with dementia has often involved use of antipsychotic medications. In recent years, the risks associated with use of these agents in the older adult population have become apparent. There has been a growing need to develop guidelines for appropriate use of antipsychotic medications in dementia.
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Speak Up
FIU's troubles
I was stunned to read Colleen Wright's skillful summary of the palace intrigues at FIU in her June 20 article, "FIU's board isn't happy with the main campus' namesake. $100M might get them to change it."
FIU's board and administration have really lost their way. I thought their nadir was the divisive and doomed attempt to push the Dade County Fair off the only suitable location in the county. Then came the collapse of its ill-conceived triumphal entrance arch onto the Tamiami Trail.
But now FIU's board has taken an even darker and more damaging course in proposing the removal of Modesto Maidique's name from the central campus. Maidique's sin was criticizing the failed bridge fiasco. Is the board really so thin-skinned?
Maidique is an MIT-trained engineer and a former president of the university, credited with improving FIU by every metric. He has every right, and even a responsibility, to express his opinion. Does the FIU board have any awareness of the chilling effect implementing their vindictive proposal would have on the intellectual climate of the university or toward the recruitment of world class faculty?
I may have my disagreements with Maidique (whose partisan political sympathies I do not share), but if he has anything to say about the governance of FIU, I want to hear it, and the board and the community should want to hear as well.
His accomplishments cannot be erased by this or any future board just as the human cost of the failed bridge can never be erased from memory. When will FIU get the governance its students and the community deserve?
Bartholomew Motes, Coral Gables
FIU feud
Re the feud between FIU's board and Modesto Maidique: FIU would not be where it is today without the guidance and vision of Maidique.
It appears that this issue is purely a result of some FIU board members upset as a result of Maidique's criticism of the board and school. Perhaps that criticism is warranted.
Regardless, to seek to change the name of the campus purely for money, especially considering what Maidique did for the university, is somewhere between disrespectful and tacky.
William Rivenbark, Coral Gables
We're a country
Re Miami Mayor Suarez's June 22 letter, "U.S. mayors: Family separation is not a partisan issue."
The U.S.A. was founded by educated, decent immigrants. Those immigrants were followed by educated, decent America loving legal immigrants, and all those were followed by more U.S.A. loving immigrants with abilities that would contribute to improve the country.
Those decent, educated and willing to help the U.S.A. they love, have been demonized and even obliterated from American history by the groups of indecent, U.S.A. haters and illegal immigrants forcing their way into our homeland and provoking chaos in our society.
Miami has been turned into a foreign sewer. Perhaps that's why the mayor's thinking is from inside the anti-U.S.A. box of thought.
Brigida Gutierrez, Miami
Hitler analogy irks
The usual spate of dimwitted, anti-Trump nonsequitors in the Herald's Open Mic section is annoyingly inane, but the June 22 letter, "Just like Auschwitz," comparing Trump and his policies to Hitler and Auschwitz, are beyond obscene.
The worst I have heard about the children's detention center is that the eggs tasted bad. (Worse than the breakfasts at Auschwitz, you think?)
For a letter writer, such offensiveness might be attributed to ignorance; for the Herald to publish such desecration requires a profoundly noxious bias. One might expect a newspaper to be more responsible. Or not.
Stanley Spatz, Hollywood
Human rights
How ironic that America has pulled out of the U.N. Human Rights Council just as we face a humanitarian crisis at our southern border. President Trump and his administration's policy advocating the separation of innocent children from their parents is cruel and unjust. They have failed the litmus test for human rights — credibility, decency and compassion.
Decent Americans across our great land have shown overwhelming disdain for this draconian policy. Our voices and ultimately our votes can make a difference. We need leaders who reflect our shared values.
Laura Hyams, Miami
Voter information
Re the June 20 letter, "Voter's dilemma," I too, am upset about voting for our governor and his cannabis ideas.
As a lifelong Republican, what terrible fate could the writer possibly endure if he voted for a candidate who thinks as he does, if (the unthinkable) candidate is a Democrat?
It might feel good to use your brain instead of just blindly following tradition. Give it a try.
Phyllis Koplin, Pembroke Pines
Re-screen applicants
Re the June 21 article by Carol Marbin Miller, "Felony drug defendant tells shocked Miami judge: I work caring for kids seized at border."
I agree with the judge's response. Children who require supervision or care in any facility deserve the best caregivers, preferably with no criminal record.
It makes one wonder what kind of people made it through the job application process. I certainly hope that this is an eye-opener to many employers to re-screen the people they have employed working around our kids.
Sean Jagpersad, Boca Raton
Melania's jacket
I really do care. Perhaps that is why I am not wealthy. Perhaps that is why I did not marry for money. Perhaps that is why I did not set up a sham foundation and exploit it for my own advancement. Perhaps that is why I am not a self-centered, self-aggrandizing egotist.
In fact, perhaps this explains almost everything. I care. Do you?
Dirk Lorenzen, Coral Gables
Bad English
Can we give Melania Trump a break for the jacket she wore while visiting the detention center? It seems to be nothing more than a sarcastic comment directed at those who would believe that she doesn't care about the families being affected by the administration's zero-tolerance policy.
Of course, the jacket does not succeed at making a sarcastic comment, but sarcasm is often the single most difficult rhetorical device for a non-native speaker to master.
Her strangely named "Be Best" campaign proved that Melania is not a native speaker (and hinted that no one in the White House is vetting her decisions). Let's give her a break on this one.
Ron Bernard, Miami
Melania's message
We should give FLOTUS a break and re-interpret the message on her cheap jacket as: I Really Don't Care (what my husband says). Do U?
Bill Silver, Coral Gables


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Democrats in Congress are pumping the brakes on negotiations of a multinational trade pact, worried that a significant bloc of their base would leave the party should the agreement be approved before the November elections.
Reports out of Ottawa, where the latest round of Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations wrapped up on July 12, indicate that members of President Obama's own party are pressuring him to slow progress on the pact until after the November 4 elections for fear that environmental activists and labor unions who traditionally support Democrats would abandon the party over their opposition to the controversial 12-nation trade deal.
Before the eight-day meeting began, President Obama told U.S. negotiators that he hoped an initial agreement could be hammered out by the time the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum gets underway on November 10.
During the Ottawa meetings, reports indicated that many of the representatives in attendance were anxious to accelerate agreement on basic points of the TPP, but when word came from Washington, D.C., that plan came to an immediate halt.
The New American has reported since March of this year that key congressional Democrats have pressured the president to, in the words of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), "not push this [the TPP] right now."
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) joined Reid in encouraging Obama to hold off beating the TPP drum until the elections were over.
After being ordered to put off even preliminary approval of key provisions of the pact, negotiators from all member nations decided to aim to reconvene sometime between the day after U.S. election day and the APEC meeting.
Even if Democrats manage to hang on to a majority in the Senate, there are still sticking points that could potentially indefinitely stall the signing of the TPP. One of the main hang-ups is the tariff negotiations between the U.S. and Japan.
As the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports:
Officials in the negotiations echoed the view that unless the Japan-U.S. negotiations are concluded by the end of August, the whole of the TPP talks will be significantly delayed. This is because Canada, which wants to avoid opening its dairy product market as much as possible, and some other participating countries intend to decide their stances after seeing the final outcome of the Japan-U.S. negotiations.
In April, the Japanese and U.S. sides reached an effective agreement on lowering Japan's tariff rates on beef, pork and other key agricultural products. But work to decide such details as conditions to allow safeguard measures, which are emergency actions to raise the tariff rates to original levels if imports increase too rapidly, has been postponed because the U.S. side has been reluctant to reach a final-stage agreement due to strong pressure from the U.S. farming sector, including the livestock industry.
The Japanese and U.S. governments will resume their working-level negotiations in Washington. On Tuesday, Koya Nishikawa, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party's TPP affairs committee, will hold a meeting with U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman.
Compromise on the tariff issue will likely be the fulcrum upon which ultimate TPP approval turns.
Americans of all political persuasions need to understand particulars of the TPP that threaten not only the economic vitality of the United States, but the fundamental principles of elective government, as well.
In November 2013, portions of the TPP draft agreement published by WikiLeaks contained sketches of President Obama's plans to surrender American sovereignty to international tribunals.
Another WikiLeaks disclosure in January 2014 revealed that the president was attempting to surrender sovereignty over U.S. environmental policy to international bureaucrats interested in lowering those standards to mirror those of our TPP partner nations. Naturally, the green lobby criticized this concession, organizing demonstrations opposing the agreement.
U.S. copyright laws, Internet freedom, and web-based publishing would also be obliterated by the TPP, and, although it hasn't been widely reported, the TPP would give the global government sweeping surveillance powers, as well.
Although the American people (and the people of all nations involved in the pact) are prevented from seeing or commenting on the treaty being ostensibly negotiated on their behalf, multinational corporations have seats at the trading table.
While the TPP grants corporate giants such as Walmart and Monsanto the power to bypass Congress and the courts, the elected representatives of the American people are kept from even seeing the draft version of the agreement.
As with the multitude of similar trade pacts the United States has formed, the ultimate aim of the TPP is the creation of a regional super government, thus the stonewalling of federal lawmakers who dare seek to assert some sort of oversight.
In the case of the TPP, the zone would be called the Free Trade Area of the Asia Pacific (FTAAP). Members of the proposed "free trade" bloc include all the current TPP participants: Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Vietnam, Brunei, Australia, New Zealand, Peru, Mexico, Chile, Canada, and the United States. The regional trading partnership is intended to establish "a comprehensive free trade agreement across the region."
The ultimate goal of the TPP isn't just the creation of an FTAAP, though. Supporters of the deal insist that the TPP is a "trade agreement designed to achieve broad liberalization and a high degree of economic integration among the parties."
Integration is a word that is painful to the ears of constitutionalists and those unwilling to surrender U.S. sovereignty to a committee of globalists who are unelected by the American people and unaccountable to them. Integration is an internationalist tool for subordinating American law to the globalist bureaucracy at the United Nations.
Economic and political integration will push the once independent United States of America into yet another collectivist bloc that will facilitate the complete dissolution of our country and our states into no more than subordinate outposts of a one-world government.
Equally significant is that 600 industry lobbyists and "advisors," as well as unelected trade representatives, are at the table, while representatives from the public at large and businesses other than huge monopolies are conspicuously absent.
Each of the "partners" to the pact, including foreign corporations, would be exempted from abiding by American laws governing trade disputes. Moreover, the sovereignty of the United States and the Constitution's enumeration of powers would once again be sacrificed on the altar of global government by subordinating U.S. laws passed by duly elected representatives of the people to a code of regulations created by a team of unelected transnational bureaucrats.
Americans who study the subject realize that the redrawing of national boundaries and domestic legal processes being carried out in secret by the globalists sitting around the TPP negotiating table is an attack on American laws, American courts, American freedom of expression, American sovereignty, and the American Constitution.


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The dollar steadied on Tuesday, recovering from a dip on fears that US President Donald Trump's focus on protectionism over fiscal stimulus suggested his administration might be content to gain a competitive advantage through a weaker currency.
The talk of trade wars came in the face of more data pointing to a revival in activity worldwide. A survey of Japanese manufacturing showed the fastest expansion in almost three years, as French business activity hit a 5-1/2 year peak.
European stocks gained 0.3 per cent as the upbeat data combined with a 2-1/2 year high in commodity stocks and on a 1 per cent jump in Italian stocks following a merger deal for two of its banks.
They made additional ground as Britain's top court ruled that the UK government must get parliamentary approval to start the Brexit process, though sterling briefly dipped on news Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland's assemblies would not have to give their assent.
It was largely fine-tuning however. Both the euro and sterling had already been pushed back by the dollar as it clawed back from an overnight tumble that had taken the dollar index below the 100 point threshold.
"Most of the PMIs around the world have been quite strong so there is no bad news here, but the protectionism above stimulus story (from Trump) has given the dollar bulls reason for pause," said Saxo bank's head of FX strategy John Hardy.
"The dollar rally needs to find some support pretty soon otherwise we are facing a potentially serious correction."
Sentiment had taken a knock on Monday when US Treasury Secretary nominee Steven Mnuchin told senators that he would work to combat currency manipulation but would not give a clear answer on whether he thought China was manipulating its yuan.
In written answers to a Senate Finance Committee, Mnuchin also reportedly said an excessively strong dollar could be negative in the short term.
The dollar duly skidded as far as 112.52 yen, breaking last week's trough and the lowest since late November. Its 1.7 per cent loss on Monday was the largest since July 29 though it had recovered to stand at 113.21 yen by 1015 GMT.
While Trump promised huge cuts in taxes and regulations on Monday, he also formally withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade deal and talked of border tariffs.
"It's interesting that markets did not respond positively to a reaffirmation of lower taxes and looser regulation, reinforcing the impression that all the good news is discounted for now," wrote analysts at ANZ in a note.
"As week one in office gets underway, there is a growing sense of scepticism, not helped by the tone of Friday's inaugural address and subsequent spat with the media."
Doubts about exactly how much fiscal stimulus might be forthcoming had helped Treasuries rally. Yields on 10-year notes steadied at 2.42 per cent in European trading, having enjoyed the steepest single-day drop since Jan. 5 on Monday.
Two-year yields were around 1.16 per cent, narrowing the dollar's premium over the euro to 183 basis points from a recent top of 207 basis points.
The recent drop in the dollar boosted industrial metals including copper and iron ore, while gold was near two-month high at $US1,212 an ounce.
Oil prices edged up too as signs that OPEC and non-OPEC producers were on track to meet output reduction goals largely overshadowed a strong recovery in US drilling.
US crude futures added 45 cents to $US53.19, while Brent crude eased 50 cents to $US55.71 a barrel.


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SARS is a potentially life-threatening infection, with an average death rate of 11 percent for the most severely affected areas. SARS is also associated with a number of serious complications, such as pneumonia. However, one third of people infected with the SARS virus have only mild symptoms.
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SARS was first reported in Asia in February 2003, after first appearing in southern China in November 2002. Over the next few months, SARS spread to more than two dozen countries in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia before the SARS global outbreak of 2003 was contained.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), a total of 8,098 people worldwide became sick with SARS during the 2003 outbreak. Of these, 774 died. Of the 774 deaths attributed to SARS, more than 50 percent occurred in people 65 years of age or older. Susceptibility decreased significantly with age, with children the least likely to acquire the disease.
In the United States, only eight people had laboratory evidence of a SARS virus infection, with no deaths. All of these people had traveled to other parts of the world with SARS. SARS did not spread more widely in the community in the United States.
The prompt recognition that SARS is caused by a new type of coronavirus is a tribute to the dedication of and collaboration by the world's medical researchers and public health experts. Much more research is needed, however, to develop ways to identify, treat, and prevent this deadly illness.
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You are what your e-mail says you are. You Twitter with your friends after instant messaging with your co-workers. You Tube your way through MySpace after checking out the latest stuff with your other friends over in Second Life.
But, do you talk with others very much? You know, like face-to-face or on the phone?
We've become so fixated on the social sites of the infamous Web 2.0 that we've lost sight of what being social really means.
I'll trade electrons with your electrons and then set up a WebEx and book it on Google's calendar where you share all of your online life, one appointment at a time.
We can't think creatively anymore without having a mind map putting structure around those random thoughts we get between messages from the ether.
If we aren't careful, all those great tools enable the creation of objects around the very people we're trying to communicate with just across the hall.
So get up out of your chair and go talk with those people instead of using tools that supposedly increase interactivity and instead reduce meaning. Or pick up the phone and make a call.
Where are you today? I mean physically. So we could talk. Face to face.
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They are 60 cm high, except Laughter who is a tiny 55 cm~ The width varies a bit from piece to piece. As a bonus there's an A4 sized mini-Ninavel for scale. There's small and big prints of all these other darlings, too!
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After a recent outbreak of E.coli, is it safe to eat romaine lettuce? Experts differ
If you are staying away from romaine lettuce because of an outbreak of E.coli, it's understandable. But at least one food safety expert says it may not be necessary.
The latest foodborne illness outbreak has caused the deaths of two people and made nearly 60 people sick in the United States and Canada.
Canadian health officials are blaming the outbreak on contaminated romaine lettuce while U.S. officials say there isn't enough evidence to make that link. At least not yet. Still, Consumer Reports is warning people not to eat romaine lettuce in the U.S., for now.
Consumer Reports' food safety experts are advising that consumers stop eating romaine lettuce until the cause of this E. coli outbreak is identified and the offending product is removed from store shelves. https://t.co/OTMdIX1Xzn— Consumer Reports (@ConsumerReports) January 4, 2018
Stay away from romaine lettuce, Consumer Reports advises https://t.co/uSZ91q6Fx5 pic.twitter.com/XNk4Qqq6Ec— NBC News (@NBCNews) January 5, 2018
But University of California food safety expert Trevor Suslow said it's unlikely the lettuce you buy at the grocery store these days is going to do you any harm. That's because the illnesses happened from Nov. 15 through Dec. 8. Lettuce sold during that period wouldn't be around anymore.
"It's not going to last that long, it's gone," Suslow said.
Also, none of the growers, packers or shippers of romaine lettuce in the U.S. have been contacted by any federal food safety agency. This time of year, 90 percent of the romaine consumed in the U.S. is coming out of the Imperial Valley in Southern California and Arizona. The desert season for romaine generally runs from November to March.
Industry officials say the call to stop eating the lettuce is beginning to have an effect on the marketplace.
"There are buyers who are scaling back their orders based on abundance of caution," said Scott Horsfall, chief executive officer of the Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement, an industry food safety program. "But the chances of any tainted produce still out there is very slim."
As of Friday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had the following message posted on their website: "Because we have not identified a source of the infections, CDC is unable to recommend whether U.S. residents should avoid a particular food. This investigation is ongoing, and more information will be released as it becomes available."
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Resident Evil VII: Biohazard has been unleashed on the world! The highly-anticipated sequel was released earlier this week and I haven't played anything else since. After the disappointment Resident Evil 6 left on the franchises name, I came into this experience with zero expectations. I am happy to say that I could not have been happier with what I got!
Ethan Winters receives a message from his wife Mia, who has been missing for three years. Determined to find out if his wife is still alive, Ethan sets out to Dulvey, Louisiana. Little does Ethan know he is about to step into the biggest nightmare of his life. Captured by the Bakers, a psychotic family that have strange strength and regenerative powers, Ethan must find a way out of their mansion alive. The Bakers, Jack, Marguerite and Lucas, each occupy a different section of the mansion. In the early game, Jack will stalk you through the main house shouting taunts as he searches for you and laughing at your attempts to subdue him. After escaping Jack, you will need to evade his wife Marguerite in the old house. Marguerite behaves like Jack calling out for your blood. Lucas on the other hand wants to run you around the entire estate like a rat in a maze letting the monstrous Molded, creatures created by the Bakers, do his fighting for him. Only after escaping the Bakers do you learn the horrifying truth of what is really happening in Dulvey, Louisiana.
Resident Evil VII is a callback to the classic Resident Evil trilogy from the PlayStation days. Aside from the perspective change, first person instead of third person with a fixed camera, and the newer graphics, this could be considered a continuation of the PS1 games. Ammo, health and inventory space are limited, even item boxes have returned to help you manage your meager space. Throughout the game, you will find backpacks that will help increase your item space. While Easy and Normal modes have unlimited saves and checkpoints, Madhouse will treat players to a full blown classic Resident Evil experience of needing to find cassette tapes to save. Even the setting being a derelict mansion is a callback to the Spencer estate from the original Resident Evil. Without a doubt, the biggest throwback is combat taking a back seat to puzzles and exploration.
Ethan is different than any other protagonist in the Resident Evil franchise. Ethan has had no formal combat training or experience with life threatening situations. These deficits come into play right from the first enemy encounter, featuring Ethan wielding a hatchet fighting for his life. Your swings are large and imprecise and the "creature" you face rushes through them attempting to kill you. Shortly after this encounter you find your first handgun; unfortunately, Ethan is not the best with a gun. Aiming is slow and can be imprecise at times. This all leads to an increased sense of tension knowing that, even with your weapons, you are still totally defenseless!
One of my favorite additions to Resident Evil VII is the inclusion of VHS tapes you find throughout the game. These tapes are playable flashbacks that help you fill in the backstory of what has happened at the mansion. Emblem hunting from Resident Evil 5 and 6 makes a return but this time in the form of bobble heads called Mr. Everywhere. Unfortunately, they serve as nothing but a collectible used to unlock achievements/trophies. For completionists, finding all the Mr. Everywhere will require a minimum of two playthroughs, one on easy or normal and one on the Madhouse difficulty. Capcom also plans to release several DLC episodes over the next few months to keep players coming back for more scares. With multiple endings and unlockable items, players should have no trouble sinking multiple playthroughs into Resident Evil VII in the meantime.
Being a first-person game I am glad there was not an obtrusive HUD during gameplay. Your current ammo count is displayed in the bottom right of your screen only while you aim. Your inventory pops up on the right side of your screen and doesn't block your view. Combining items is also easier than ever with a tab in the inventory that shows you exactly what you can make with your supplies on hand.
Resident Evil VII has some amazing lighting effects! Light and dark are the major theme of the game and it is fantastic to see it pulled off so well. Light coming through the slats of a boarded window or the shadows made from projectors and other light sources look stunning. Each of the Bakers look creepy and authentic and the mansion is a grotesque shadow of its former glory. The way the screen is blurred and has scanlines applied during VHS tape sequences is also an amazing touch of detail. While the texturing may not always be the best it totally fits the tone of the game.
Resident Evil VII has a perfect audio set! The creaks of the house, thumping on walls, footsteps and call outs from the Baker family all serve to immerse you in your surroundings and music is a perfect accompaniment to the creepy sounds littered throughout the game. I don't think I have been this creeped out by a games audio work since the original F.E.A.R. (2005)!
What could have been better
The constant pursuit by Jack and Marguerite start to lose their horror appeal after a few encounters and the game relies on jump scares to bring it back. While the jump scares are effective, I would have liked the encounter to remain frightful without them.
Resident Evil VII is exactly the entry the franchise needed to redeem the main numbered series after Resident Evil 6. The bar the series needs to beat has once again been set high. Aside from some minor annoyances with the Jack and Marguerite encounters, horror fans will be happy with what Resident Evil VII: Biohazard has to offer. Between the creepy setting the and the amazing lighting and sound I can't recommend this game enough! Even if it did scare the living bajebus out of me!


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The primary focus of the event will be "how the implementation of healthcare reform is impacting every facet of healthcare, and thus, healthcare and medical office real estate". Meadows & Ohly will be speaking on "How the Shift to Off-Campus, Free-Standing Out-Patient Facilities is Changing the Development Business". For more information, please visit www.interfaceconferencegroup.com.


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DIY 79p Macro Lens for the iPhone
If you are stuck with your existing iPhone contract for a while, but lust after the macro lens abilities of the 3GS then read on.
Pick up one of the Pocket Magnifiers (available at random places everywhere - mine cost 79p).
Keep it in your wallet until you come across those rare occasions when you need to take a close up photo then hold the magnifier against the iPhone lens and take your picture . The results aren't perfect, but should be good enough to ensure your iPhone has a much better chance of deciphering that barcode or QR code.


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- Research Guide
- How to Search for Library Materials
- Searching the Card Catalog
Searching the Card Catalog
- Not all materials acquired before FY1990 are in HERMES. If you cannot find an item using HERMES, please search the card catalog. It is located near the browsing area on the 1st floor of the main building.
- The usual procedure is to search for Japanese books by title, and foreign books by author.
- Card catalog information is not updated. Since call numbers given in the card catalog may not be accurate, please check HERMES as well when searching.
Types of Card Catalogs
|Material Type
|Last Updated
|Japanese books in the Kunitachi Classification
(divided between 1966 onwards and 1965 and earlier)
|Alphabetically by title and author (or co-author)
|February 1991
|Japanese books in the Kodaira Classification
|Alphabetically by title
|February 1991
|Chinese classics and Chinese books
|Alphabetically by Japanese reading of title/author (co-author)
Main Building Classification code order
|Korean books
|IIn Hangul Ganada order by title and author
Alphabetically for items translated into Japanese
(including master's theses and credit-earning theses for doctoral courses)
|Divided by department, and then arranged alphabetically by author
|February 1991
|Foreign books in the Kunitachi Classification or Kodaira Classification
|Alphabetically by author (co-author)
|February 1991
|Russian books
|Alphabetically by author (co-author)
Japanese titles and authors are romanized using the Hepburn system.
As a rule, Japanese and Chinese books are arranged in character order, while foreign books are arranged in alphabetical order.
Some foreign books may be arranged by title when the names of the author(s) are uncertain or multiple.
How to Read the Cards
The call number is written in the top left-hand corner of the card. This code will show you where the material is located.Floor Guide
Items marked with a "研" or "産研" stamp are held by the Institute of Economic Research Library and Institute of Innovation Research (collection inherited from the former Division of Industrial Management Research ) respectively.
After February 2017, books formery located in the Institute of Innovation Research have been shelved in the University Library. Back issues of periodicals of the Institute have been shelved in the Kodaira Research Library and Archives.
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