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Addressing Ireland's retrofit challenge: a novel approach to building surveying
15 February 2017
Ireland's housing stock is amongst the poorest performing in Northern Europe [1], therefore tackling energy efficiency measures in the domestic sector is of extreme priority. Each year, an estimated 30,000 to 60,000 excess deaths occur in the UK, while in Ireland 1,500 to 2,000 excess deaths occur due to winter mortality caused by cold strain [2]. With 44% of the Irish housing stock built prior to any energy specific Building Regulation [3], it is no surprise that problems associated with mould and damp are widespread.
Subsequently, the retrofitting of the existing Irish Local Authority Housing (LAH) built stock would reduce unnecessary heat loss and improve exposed surface temperatures which eliminates or reduces the risk of condensation or mould growth.
A study carried out by Fisk et al [4] found that there was a 30% to 50% increase in respiratory and asthma related health outcomes in buildings with dampness and visible mould problems. Further, if a major reduction in energy consumption in the domestic sector is to be achieved, various researchers have suggested that this reduction will have to come from Energy Efficient Retrofit (EER) measures applied to the existing housing stock [5] [6] [7] [8].
In order to rank and prioritise potential high impact EER solutions, there must first be a detailed understanding of the existing housing stock thermophysical characteristics. This knowledge can also assist in resolving issues which contribute to problems such as visible mould, caused by unacceptably low surface temperatures.
Currently, no detailed database is in existence in Ireland which describes the geometrical and thermal configuration of the existing housing stock. The research discussed in this article set out to develop a high-speed remote cataloguing and geometrical data extraction methodology to build such a database. Replacing traditional measurement and surveying methods with a remote surveying approach allows for the rapid extraction of façade information, reducing the time and disruption normally involved in carrying out these surveys.
Virtual survey method
To provide an initial base level of information a remote surveying process was developed, named the Virtual Survey Method (VSM) [9], allowing a systematic classification of the various house types in the existing housing stock.Cork City's LAH stock was used as a case study to test the VSM application, although its potential for wider application is effectively global. The VSM combines user features of Google Earth, Google Street View and OSI online maps to catalogue and disaggregate the housing stock. 75 LAH developments were initially identified through collaboration with the Housing Department at Cork City Council.
A VSM application criterion was introduced using a vintage category from 1930 to 1982, as it was found that homes built from 1941 to 1979 have the highest number of fuel-poverty sufferers, affecting over 111,000 Irish homes.
The housing stock also had to be of terraced formation, as those experiencing fuel poverty are more likely to live in semi-detached or terraced house-types and are highest amongst tenants than home owners.
Having applied this criterion, Cork City LAH housing stock was refined to 36 LAH developments. Following a remote visual survey of the housing stock using Google Street View, some 18 different terraced-house typologies were identified, amounting to 10,487 LAH built units.
Figure 1 highlights the 36 Cork City developments used in the remote surveying process, along with the 18 house typologies defined following the VSM. Each LAH development was analysed remotely and disaggregated into a number of terraced typologies: number of units within each typology, end of terrace, mid terrace, semi-detached, orientation and elevation. Further details of this work can be found in [9, 10].
Remote cataloguing, measurement and mapping method
Building on the information platform produced by the VSM, a remote cataloguing, measurement and mapping method (RCMM) [10] was developed to remotely extract detailed geometrical information from each terrace typology. Using a remote feature-extraction methodology to obtain geometrical information, this study has produced a detailed building component database premised on stock aggregation theory [11].
The RCMM uses photogrammetric techniques for measurement extraction, through the use of static panoramic viewports from Google Street View (GSV) and aerial spot images from Google Earth (GE). This approach speeds up the survey process (shown to be up to 75% faster than traditional approaches [8]) and generates a classification of the housing stock, and geometrical database remotely. In effect, the surveyor never leaves their desk.
As building façades are premised on a Cartesian co-ordinate system [12], with each structure being orthogonal with one another, this offers itself to linear application of line primitive constraints [12]. The RCMM process is completed by utilising GE to extract roof measurements, using the GE distance finder, and GSV to obtain elevation information through a photogrammetric method.
The operator must move the GSV camera position to line up with parallel and perpendicular line primitives, which are generated using an in-built software application ('Rulers, Guides, Eye Dropper and Colour Picker 1.1.).
Once symmetry has been achieved and the GSV image has been orthographically-rectified, the image can then be locked in place using a second software application ('Google Page Ruler 2.0.9').
Google Page Ruler locks the image in place and allows the operator to extract measurements from the image in pixel format, with geometric building lines either parallel or perpendicular to the applied line primitives. Geometrical information for each house type can then be extracted from GSV images and processed in the same way to generate each façade model.
The number of elevation images necessary is dependent on the length of the terrace and obstacles such as trees or cars. Figure 2 outlines an example of the RCMM in application. The RCMM has been shown to be sufficiently accurate for surveying purposes when compared to other methods.
RCMM, mapping and inventory system
A mapping and inventory system was also developed as part of this study to catalogue and quantify the disaggregation of the building envelope structure. A visual representation of the mapping of facades is outlined in Figure 3.
The mapping method allows low-level cataloguing of individual facades. It is a basic building-stock database component identification system that deconstructs the various façade geometries into retrievable numerical codes within a database (i.e. for example using a relational database search query). Referenced areas are used to locate terrace façade sections under evaluation. It also generates a referencing platform for systematic exercises such as materials costing, pre-works design analyses and EER decision support.
Referenced geometrical data from each terraced house typology can be identified, extracted and multiplied by totalised housing-unit values to support insights into the aggregated housing stock. The extracted information can then be used to calculate and quantify totalised values for an entire housing development.
The system specifically addresses the cataloguing of construction details that contribute to problems such as thermal bridging, etc. Detailed information on linear measurements associated with typical thermal bridges is necessary for calculating the extra heat loss through typical problematic construction details.
This information, in conjunction to construction detail quantity and location, make this a powerful tool for generating specific geometrical data and component area quantification for large-scale thermal modelling supporting high-level investment decisions across multiple housing developments.
The objective is to know precisely the position and quantity of wall detail, window and door location and type of detailed geometry of the terraced-house envelope under evaluation. Again, this is achieved remotely, so can be integrated with other decision support tools such as energy and financial modelling packages. Further details are available in [10].
The combined application of the VSM, RCMM and statistical modelling using 1551 BER data files from the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland's national BER research database [13] allowed the further distillation of all information related to the 10,487 houses into five representative house archetypes.
These were then used for stock aggregated modelling of energy and CO2 performance of an externally applied high-performance thermal envelope retrofit upgrade. Results from the modelling are of the five archetypes and further detailed analysis is available from [9, 10].
Discussion and conclusion
This study has produced a detailed disaggregated building component database for a total of 10,487 LAH units in Cork City represented by 18 terraced-house typologies and, with further data from the BER research portal, five representative archetypes. A detailed component identification system has also been designed to map each terrace-house façade.
The RCMM is suitable for integrating into any future automated process streamlining the surveying and information collection stages of database generation of a national building stock geometry. By embedding the mapping and inventory parts into the global framework it can be used as a basis for a building stock database retrieval system (coupled with photo and model libraries). The method is adaptable in structure and can be applied to a range of house type variations.
Data systems and detailed analysis need to be embedded into national housing stock databases. A higher quality of extracted low level building data can lead to increased accuracy in outputs from housing stock evaluation studies, giving more realistic results from modelling large scale urban level EER measures thus contributing to a reduction in the energy performance gap.
Primary author: Dr James Pittam
Secondary author: Mr Paul D O'Sullivan
Dr James Pittam currently works as a researcher at the zero 2020 testbed in CIT (nZEB). He completed his PhD research at MeSSO developing remote surveying, cataloguing and measurement techniques for the disaggregation of the local authority housing stock into representative archetypes to facilitate large scale thermal modelling. Prior to CIT, Dr Pittam worked in industry as a passive house consultant for WainMorehead Architects, while carrying out an MSc in passive-house retrofit and is certified as a passive-house designer. He has an excellent understanding of the structural composition of existing buildings due to extensive experience in the construction industry.
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For those of you who have no clue what an Asbestos Abatement process is or even what asbestos is. We are going to do a quick overview of the process. Usually, asbestos was applied by a spray and was widely used as a flame retardant and shingles. We say that they were because well, making them became illegal way back in the late 1970s at least in the United States. This court ruling though allowed companies that had asbestos to continue using them until the mid-'80s.
Why Is This Issue?
We are telling you all of this because asbestos were found to release toxins in the air that could be very harmful to humans. So, for the better part of basically 3 decades now people like us have been trying to remove all of the asbestos from homes or buildings that were built when using them was still legal. Now that you know that it may kind of make you wonder why the court order allowed home builders to still use them for almost ten years after their production was already banned.
Don't Panic
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Asbestos Abatement
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The dust is just about settling on an enthralling 2018/19 season across Europe – and there's been plenty of highs and lows for clubs and individuals.
Manchester City and Liverpool played out an epic battle for the Premier League crown in England, while Borussia Dortmund went toe to toe with Bavarian behemoths Bayern Munich in Germany, even though it looks like they'll come up just short.
Juventus proved their enduring class in Italy where they will hoist a record-extending eighth Scudetto. Likewise in France, Paris Saint-Germain lifted a sixth league crown in the last seven years. Meanwhile, in Spain, Barcelona also continued their recent dominance by winning an eighth La Liga title in the last 11 years.
But while there is much to celebrate in terms of title successes, what about teams that have surpassed all expectations? Maybe by finishing higher than anyone thought possible, qualifying for Europe or completely flipping their fortunes?
We pick out our top five overperformers from Europe's top five leagues.
High up in the hills of northern Italy, there is a story unfolding this season that – if realised – will seem taller than the mountainous Alps in which the city of Bergamo is situated.
However, it is very real, as the city's Atalanta football side sit perched on the cusp of true greatness. A maiden campaign of elite cross-continent football beckons next season as La Dea (the Goddess) dare to dream of a first brush with the Champions League.
One more victory from their remaining two games – admittedly they face a tall task in Turin this Sunday as they travel to Serie A champions Juventus – will likely be enough for Gian Piero Gasperini's side to claim fourth spot and send them into the Champions League. At the expense of national giants AC Milan, Roma and Lazio.
They finished fourth two seasons ago when it came with a Europa League berth – an end to a 27-year European drought was exciting enough. But this would mean so much more.
Gasperini's side are Italy's great entertainers. No-one has scored more goals (73) – not even Juve. But only Roma (47) have conceded more than their 44 in the top eight.
The sky is the limit.
Another epic story is being told in Spain this season, where Getafe go into the final day of the La Liga campaign needing to better the result of Valencia in order to make a maiden Champions League appearance.
It would bring European football to the Coliseum Alfonso Perez for just the third time after featuring in the Europa League in 2010/11 and its predecessor the UEFA Cup three years earlier.
It would be the biggest chapter yet to be written in the history of a fledgling club that is only 35-years-old, founded in 1983 beneath the shadows of mighty Madrid neighbours Real and Atletico.
Jose Bordalas' Azulones (Deep Blues) have lost only nine games this season – two fewer than Los Blancos – and conceded one less goal than champions Barcelona.
They are tied with Valencia on 58 points in a tussle for the final Champions League spot that could not be more tense ahead of the final day.
Two of Wolverhampton Wanderers' four previous Premier League campaigns ended with them finishing 20th and going straight back down – their other two visits yielded finishes of 15th and 17th.
On the last occasion that happened in 2011/12 they followed it up with successive relegations, to League 1.
Wolves have had to claw and scratch their way back to England's top table in the ensuing five years. How fitting then that a blistering return to the top-flight in 2018/19 might yet end in Europa League qualification.
Nuno Espirito Santo's side have taken four points from home and away meetings with Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea this season, as well as beaten Tottenham and drawn with champions Manchester City.
They have played a bold and brilliant counter-attacking style that many giants have been unable to trample – they even beat United and Liverpool on their way to the FA Cup semi-finals.
Wolves have shown plenty of bite and they will be howling at the moon with delight should City complete a domestic treble and beat Watford at Wembley on Saturday.
Amid all the hype – but mostly boredom – surrounding Paris Saint-Germain and their dominance of Ligue 1, many more interesting storylines often go unheard.
Take Lille for example. They've led a fairly mediocre existence since lifting their fifth French title eight years ago. 2010/11 ended a 57-year title drought – but since then the powerful Parisiens have lifted six trophies in eight years.
So bad had the malaise become for Lille, that they finished fourth from bottom and narrowly avoided facing a relegation play-off with the third-placed team in the second tier last year, finishing a point ahead of Toulouse.
Christophe Galtier, in his first full season in charge, has transformed the Great Danes – driving them to 34 more points than a year ago and firing them 15 places up the league table to second, and back into the Champions League, courtesy of the league's best defensive record.
It seems strange now that Gladbach announced in early April they would not be extending manager Dieter Hecking's contract, considering he has brought them to the cusp of Champions League qualification after two below par ninth-placed league finishes.
True, Die Fohlen (The Foals) need to beat Borussia Dortmund – who have an outside chance of winning the league title – on the Bundesliga's final day on Saturday in order to return to Europe's top table. But the fact they are even fighting for just a fourth shot at Champions League participation in its 27-year history is remarkable.
Alassane Plea's arrival from Nice last summer has paid off with 12 Bundesliga goals, while the younger Hazard brother, Thorgan, continues to shine, with 10 assists.
The hierarchy made the Hecking call when the club briefly slipped out of the top four for the first time since September in April. If he ends up leading them into the Champions League next season, it could prove a poor one.
The dust is just about settling on an enthralling 2018/19 season across Europe – and there's been plenty of highs and lows for clubs and individuals.
Manchester City and Liverpool played out an epic battle for the Premier League crown in England, while Borussia Dortmund went toe to toe with Bavarian behemoths Bayern Munich in Germany, even though it looks like they'll come up just short.
Juventus proved their enduring class in Italy, where they will hoist a record-extending eighth Scudetto. Likewise, in France, where Paris Saint-Germain lifted a sixth league crown in the last seven years. Meanwhile, in Spain, Barcelona also continued their recent dominance by winning an eighth La Liga title in the last 11 years.
But while there is much to celebrate, there are also plenty of shaking heads too. Just who has disappointed the most this term. We pick out our top five underperformers from Europe's top five leagues.
WHAT. A. MESS. You might well have thought United had been slowly stumbling toward a painful demise ever since the legendary Sir Alex Ferguson retired.
But in 2018/19 that decline rapidly accelerated. Things looked bleak in pre-season when, on the cusp of his dreaded third year in charge – the point at which disaster sets in at all his other clubs – Jose Mourinho appeared to be writing this season off before it had started.
He criticised the World Cup, a lack of transfer activity, youngsters he'd picked for the summer tour of America and even Anthony Martial's new-born baby as things he was irked by.
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer came in after Mourinho was eventually jettisoned in December and corrected the ship – the Norwegian's run of 14 wins and just one defeat in his first 17 games was arguably the brightest period since Fergie retired.
But a tumultuous end to the campaign has brought to light just how much of a shambles the club is really in. Ole's at the wheel, but can he steer the club off its current course towards utter disaster?
Another big club in a Real mess. Barcelona's continued dominance of La Liga masks the increasing fragility of an aging squad, which was brutally exposed by Liverpool in the Champions League semi-finals. And yet, despite how much the Blaugrana have regressed, Los Blancos remain on course to finish more points adrift of their great rivals than the 17 (they are currently 18 behind) they trailed behind a year ago.
Cristiano Ronaldo was the superhuman glue that somehow held this creaking ship together over the last three seasons but, with him gone, Real have sunk completely.
The ugliness of Julen Lopetegui's exit from the national team job to take over from Zinedine Zidane didn't bode well. And, after he was dispensed with, it became clear Santiago Solari was just a stop-gap. Even the fanfare over Zidane's return quickly dissipated as he's overseen just five wins in 10 games.
Karim Benzema has been the sole shining light in a season during which even 'old faithful', the Champions League, couldn't save them, as the old masters were blown away by Ajax's young guns.
Schalke have had a shocker. After hitting the heady heights of second in the Bundesliga a year ago, it's been a season of struggle for the Gelsenkirchen-based club.
Rookie Italian coach Domenico Tedesco was revered in Germany's North Rhine district when he led Schalke to runners-up spot behind Bayern Munich and the semi-finals of the DFB Pokal in his first season. But he was sacked in March following an 10-2 aggregate defeat to Manchester City in the Champions League round of 16.
From second, Schalke have unfathomably slipped to relegation contenders. They'll avoid the ignominy of a relegation play-off as they're five points clear of 16th-placed Stuttgart with a game to go. But, currently 15th, they've never finished lower than 14th in the 28 seasons they've featured in Germany's top-flight.
Quique Setien was being primed for a Barcelona blazer when his Betis side blew the Blaugrana away with a virtuoso display at the Camp Nou back in November.
A 4-3 triumph had vibrant Los Verdiblancos riding high in La Liga and the Benito Villamarin faithful dreaming of an even more glorious campaign than the one Setien led them to in 2017/18, when they finished sixth and qualified for the Europa League.
Hopes were high that Setien's stylish play could land them just a second bite at the Champions League in the club's history, and first in 13 years. But after that brilliant Barca display, their season has taken a bizarre twist, victorious in just nine of their ensuing 25 league games.
They're 13 points worse off than a year ago and are likely to finish 10th, while they crashed out of Europe at the last 32 stage to Rennes despite condemning AC Milan to a Europa League group stage exit.
A little harsh to put Fulham here for going straight back down after only gaining Premier League promotion a year ago?
Maybe, maybe not. Simply being relegated is not why they feature.
The Cottagers spent a huge amount of cash last summer in order to set up home in England's elite. But they struggled to settle from the off and many of their eye-catching acquisitions were flops – while they ended their campaign with former player Scott Parker as their third manager of the season.
Incredibly, Fulham were the third-highest Premier League spenders last summer, forking out £105.3m – becoming the first newly-promoted club to smash the £100m mark in a window.
They outspent the likes of United, City and Arsenal and yet failed to get out of the relegation zone after they were put there following a 4-2 defeat at Cardiff on October 20.
A player who can lay claim to being the world's best in his particular trade, and a few more who have the potential to be right up there all feature in the latest edition of Weekend Wonderkids.
The aim of this weekly column is to shed light on the players, aged 21 or under across Europe's top five leagues, who aspire to lead the game into a bold new era.
The likes of Kylian Mbappe, Marcus Rashford and Ousmane Dembele are sure to regularly pop up but as every week passes, we hope to sift out a few starlets who may have gone unnoticed.
Without further ado, here's our five picks from this weekend's action.
Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool) Age: 20 Position: RB
Key stat: 12 – record EPL assists for defender after 2-0 win v Wolves
If you were starting a new team from scratch and had the pick of any player in world football, is there any doubt who you'd select at right-back?
The thing with Trent is that he's not just a full-back. The 20-year-old seemingly spends as much time in the attacking third as he does deep in his own half, while his routine switches of play over to partner-in-crime Andy Robertson out on the left casts him as a playmaker as much as anything else.
Tough to take but we gave it everything. Thank you for your support this season. Congrats to @ManCity. Onwards to Madrid! 🔴 #YNWA pic.twitter.com/6dCpoiXJ6I— Trent Arnold (@trentaa98) May 12, 2019
Against Wolves, both these aspects combined. It was his speed of thought that saw him set up a one-two with Jordan Henderson as he bombed on before picking out Sadio Mane in the middle.
Liverpool may have finished second to Manchester City in the title race, but Trent at least has the make-up of a serial winner.
Kai Havertz (Bayer Leverkusen) Age: 19 Position: CM
Key stat: 7 – goals in nine games as winger after 1-1 draw v Schalke
Here's another stat for you. Even though Kai Havertz has been playing on the right of a 4-3-3 for the best part of three months, in each of his last three matches he has attained more than a 90 per cent pass completion rate.
A traditional touchline hugger he certainly isn't, but it speaks for how influential he is having taken nearly as many touches (86) as the central playmaker Julian Brandt (87) against Schalke.
5⃣ goals in another strong month for Kai #Havertz 🔥— Bundesliga English (@Bundesliga_EN) May 11, 2019
But is he your #BundesligaPOTM? 🗳👇https://t.co/N09DcPPw06@EASPORTSFIFA 💿 #FIFA19 pic.twitter.com/hHt06nFpxR
His nominal position change has allowed Leverkusen to become a little more rugged in midfield with usual right winger Karim Bellarabi out of action.
The 19-year-old certainly likes to drift in, but it's no surprise he is finding joy there – he has the complete arsenal for a modern footballer. He is 6ft1 with lightning feet, has the vision of an architect and has reached a top speed of 21.76 mph this year. The German can evidently score goals too, lashing home his 14th of the Bundesliga season on Saturday.
What a guy.
Ander Barrenetxea (Real Sociedad) Age: 17 Position: LW
Key stat: 1 – first goal of his career in 3-1 win over Real Madrid
There can't be many 17-year-olds to have scored against Real Madrid before, yet Ander Barrenetxea's exploits went relatively unnoticed during the weekend.
Much of the focus was of course on Real Madrid's demise – but onlookers may have been fooled by the fact that Barrenetxea looks like a fully grown man.
The Basque, who became the first player born in the 21st century to play in La Liga last year, is also pretty mature between the ears.
Sociedad's homegrown left flank has been impressive. Munoz (21), the left back, has played well all season. His season compared to Theo's is night and day difference. Looks a good player. Meanwhile LW, Ander Barrenetxea, is 17y/o, and causing Carvajal so many problems.— Matt Wiltse (@MattWiltse4) May 12, 2019
His simple passes back in the build-up for two goals – when he could have run at a defence weakened by the red card to Jesus Vallejo – deserves as much applause as his six successful dribbles.
Then came his crowning moment, smartly tucking away a rebound for his first-ever senior goal. Real Sociedad have a talent on their hands.
Louis Beyer (Borussia Monchengladbach) Age: 18 Position: RB
Key stat: 7 – successful tackles in 4-0 win v Nurnberg
The Bundesliga's answer to the Premier League's Aaron Wan-Bissaka? Louis Beyer has been remarkably sturdy whenever he has appeared for Gladbach this season.
It was nowhere more evident than at Nurnberg on the weekend, where the 18-year-old made a pressure-relieving seven successful tackles, as well as three interceptions.
BUNDESLIGA | Solid performance from Gladbach fullback 🇩🇪 Louis Beyer (18) today vs. Nürnberg ⤵— Football Wonderkidz (@FootWonderkidz) May 11, 2019
✅ 90 minutes
❌ Clean sheet
🎯 91.4% pass completion
⚔ 11/15 duels won
💪🏻 7/8 tackles won
🚫 4 interceptions
🔀 2/2 take ons
At 18, one of the top young defensive prospects in 🇩🇪! pic.twitter.com/mQZ5ckRlMp
In only his second appearance of the season, with Gladbach have recently reverted to a 4-4-2, the teenager has capitalised on recent injury problems for the experienced right-sided option in Michael Lang.
Houssem Aouar (Lyon) Age: 20 Position: CM
Key stat: 87% – Ligue 1 pass success rate for season after 3-0 win v Marseille
It was one of the goals of the weekend. Houssem Aouar extricated himself from the clutches of two Marseille players and found Tanguy Ndombele, whose outrageous flick reached Moussa Dembele in the box – and the ball proceeded to arc into the net.
That no one would bat an eyelid if the trio don't play for France speaks for how deep the talent runs in those parts. All have been linked with moves abroad, and Aouar's link to Liverpool makes the most sense.
If Liverpool lack anything it is genuine creativity from midfield and the 20-year-old is Adam Lallana at his peak – and then some.
Ingenuity, high work ethic – as he has shown in a two-man midfield – and a certain craftiness on the move, as exhibited again in Lyon's trouncing of Marseille, mark him out as a name to watch in the transfer window.


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Fruit Program News
2018 apple maturity report updated, 11-September
All observations from UMass Orchard, Belchertown, MA unless otherwise noted
Picking and handling tree-ripe peaches
Jon Clements
Extension Tree Fruit Specialist, UMass Amherst
Picking and handling tree ripe peaches (PDF)
It is not necessary to wait for peaches to soften before they are tree-ripe.
Here are a few pointers for picking tree-ripe peaches, and then for handling peaches when you get them home.
When picking peaches in the orchard:
- look for the absence of green skin/background color – any green will have changed to yellow (or white if it is a white-flesh peach) when the peach is tree-ripe; if there is still some green skin, let the peach stay on the tree to ripen more
- bright red-orange skin color is a good sign of ripeness, however, it depends on the variety – some are very red-orange, some less so; a fully yellow/white background (no green) is still the best indicator of tree-ripeness on peaches that don't have as much red-orange color
- If you must squeeze the peach to assess ripeness, don't squeeze too hard, that will result in an unsightly bruise
- larger peaches ripen first and peaches in the tops of the trees also ripen first
- a ripe peach will separate from the tree easily; if the peach is difficult to pick leave it on the tree to ripen longer
Once you get your peaches home, here is the proper way to handle and fully ripen them:
- Do not leave in any kind of plastic bag if that is what you picked into
- Do not put the peaches in the sun or a hot room or car trunk – they will not ripen evenly
- Do not put them in the refrigerator unless you want them not to ripen
- Put the peaches on newspaper in a single layer not touching each other
- Check to see as they start to soften by feeling them gently – don't push hard on them or they will bruise
- When the fruit is soft, they are ripe and juicy, so ENJOY! Note this may takeseveral days.
- This applies to peaches, nectarines, and plums too..
Thanks to my good friend Annette Bjorge, Fruit Acres Farm, Coloma, MI for peach handling tips
While trap captures are begining to increase, Brown Marmorated Stink Bug populations remain below threshold for tree fruit crops. There is not, currently, any recognized population threshold in small fruit. See the New England Tree Fruit Management Guide or the New England Small Fruit Management Guide for more information.
A particularly nasty case of brown rot has afflicted shoots of Danube and Balaton tart cherry at the UMass Orchard in Belchertown. It was confirmed as brown rot by Dan Cooley's lab, there was the thought it might bacterial canker, but that has been ruled out. Many shoots are afflicted and will have to be pruned out. Interestingly, we wonder if it is a case of European brown rot, which appears to be quite more virulent than the garden variety American brown rot. This outbreak emphasized the importance of timely bloom fungicide sprays, as this is when the brown rot infection got started. Fruits will have to be protected with fungicides when ripening too. For more information on European vs. American brown rot, see this article in Good Fruit Grower. And for timely fungicide application choices, see see the Cherries Spray Table in New England Tree Fruit Management Guide.
Potato leafhopper (PLH) have arrived in Massachusetts, and pose a pest threat to young apple trees in particular. Scout for the presence of PLH in young apple planting and treat with an effective insecticide before they damage and stunt apple foliage on newly planted trees. PLH on older, bearing orchards do not present as much a threat.
Annual Summer Meeting of the Massachusetts Fruit Growers' Association
and UMass Orchard tour, in cooperation with University of Massachusetts Fruit Team
TUESDAY, July 10, 2018
UMass Cold Spring Orchard
391 Sabin St., Belchertown, Massachusetts
For more information and to pre-register on-line using a credit card...
Or to mail in your registration...MFGA Summer Meeting Info and Mail-in Registration
To request Accessibility accomodations for this event, please visit the UMass disability services website and fill out a brief request form. https://www.umass.edu/disability/events
Gypsy moth caterpillars are actively chewing foliage in orchards (where they occur) as can be seen here at the UMass Orchard in Belchertown. Do not be too complacent about gypsy moth, particularly young apple trees/new plantings. (They don't seem to bother stone fruit.) B.t. (Dipel, etc.) can be used to (eventually) control them, but must be used NOW when they are small, and it will take a while to work. Almost any petal fall insecticide (carbaryl, Imidan, etc.) will give quick knock-down and is highly recommended where they are doing a lot of chewing! For more information on gypsy moth, see the UMass Extension Landscape Message dated May 18, 2018. (Click on the Insects link.)
Come join Sonia Schloemann (UMass) and Heather Faubert at Ward's Berry Farm, 614 South Main St., Sharon, MA on Thursday May 24, 2018 at 5:30 PM. Guest speaker: Dale Ila Riggs, The Berry Patch in Stephentown, NY, will speak on exclusion netting to protect fruit against spotted wing drosophila and other pests. Sonia Schloemann, UMass Small Fruit Specialist and Heather Faubert, URI, will speak on current blueberry topics such as pruning, nutrition and insect management. Meeting is free with annual dues payment of $40, or $20 for non-RIFGA members. Light dinner will be served. Two hours of pesticide recertification credit available. Registration is not necessary.


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Finding out that someone you care for has been arrested can be gut-wrenching. What did they do? Where are they now? Are they okay? These questions and others can be incredibly difficult to deal with when you don't know what to do.
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Once an individual is booked and processed into the system, it's likely they'll remain at the Santa Clarita Sheriff's Station for anywhere from one to three days – once again, depending on how busy it is. If the jail gets overcrowded or if an inmate has been there for about 72 hours, deputies will transfer them to larger, long-term jails in downtown Los Angeles. If the person you're looking for is male, he will probably go to Twin Towers. If a female, she'll be at the Lynwood Jail.
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Finding out someone you care for has been arrested can lead to a lot of questions, but there are steps you can take to find answers.
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Hi Ulka, thanks for your compliment on my article. Unfortunately, I haven't come across any studies or much discussion about the problem with habituation and isochronic tones and how to overcome it. The consensus among experienced users is to regularly change the frequencies and music soundtracks you listen to. Adding music to the tones does change the waveform you are stimulated with, so that's one of the main reasons why I provide different soundtracks for my isochronic tones sessions. I have released some tracks which use amplitude modulations in the music, instead of isochronic tones. It might be worth giving them a try if you haven't already. I have them in a playlist on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lj5tHl2cuWw&list=PLveg0IEcZWN6OIRZyLkv0BJADY7Q6xFCl.
Unlike many traditional therapies for dealing with stress, anxiety, depression or cognitive impairment, entrainment does not require a focused effort from the person having the therapy, as the brain instinctively follows the frequency. This makes it a much more effective therapy for managing some of these challenging conditions, by automatically inducing a sense of relaxation and a reduction in negative physical and emotional patterns.
"The great neuroscientist W. Gray Walter carried out a series of experiments in the late forties and fifties in which he used an electronic stroboscopic device in combination with EEG equipment to send rhythmic light flashes into the eyes of the subjects at frequencies ranging from ten to twenty five flashes per second. He was startled to find that the flickering seemed to alter the brain-wave activity of the whole cortex instead of just the areas associated with vision. Wrote Walter, "The rhythmic series of flashes appear to be breaking down some of the physiologic barriers between different regions of the brain. This means the stimulus of flicker received by the visual projection area of the cortex was breaking bounds— its ripples were overflowing into other areas."
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To get a full answer you should really get in touch with the owner of the app, because it does really depend on how their track is constructed and how they intend it to work. I have one 50-minute sleep track which takes you down into delta (http://www.mindamend.com/shop/sleeping-and-dreaming/sleep-induction-isochronic-tones/) and that is designed to just get you to sleep, so you just let play until the end. If you played that track on repeat it might make you jump and wake you up, as the track begins at a higher frequency. I have another 8-hour sleep track which is meant to be played all throughout the night (http://www.mindamend.com/shop/sleeping-and-dreaming/deep-sleep-8-hour-sleep-cycle/). So it does depend on the individual track you are using.
- Added the ability to create a playlist of your own iTunes library music and use it as background. The behavior of the app with iTunes music is used instead of, or combined with our included ambience, is slightly different so please review the help. Notably, unlike our included ambience which can be played at a volume below the device volume, iTunes audio can only be played at the device volume. So when in iTunes mode the Ambience volume slider disappears.
At the end of just two weeks of use (I was now into the Equisync II cds), I experienced for the first time ever, what my partner described as Nirvana. I experienced a complete dissolution of individual consciousness, felt at one with everything, and felt the deepest peace, love, and complete bliss I had ever, ever experienced in my life. Since you do all the research on this, you know what I'm describing. Unfortunately, language does not express it. I have never experienced mind altering drugs, but I recall watching a documentary of LSD research, and one of the subjects described the exact same "feelings" as I had when she had received a micro amount of LSD.
The release from stress that a dominant alpha brainwave state brings will also stimulate and enhance the immune system. Some people rarely experience alpha brainwaves. These are probably the people you know that are stressed out all the time. Using alpha brainwave entrainment recordings help to relax you and to train your brain to relax when you want it to. It is also a commonly held idea that
In the 1980s, a researcher in Japan, Tsuyoshi Inouye described how light stimulation creates synchronization of brain hemispheres. Since then, other researchers have detailed the positive effects of hemispheric synchronization including a 1984 study by researcher Dr. Gene W. Brockopp stating that hemispheric synchronization resulted in improved intellectual functioning as well as improvements in long-term memory, and these effects are cumulative over time.
Theta waves have a frequency between 4 and 7.5 hertz, making them slower than more wakeful alpha but faster than the dreamless slumber of delta. Theta brainwaves are the frequencies of nighttime dreams and REM sleep when the brain goes through bursts of activity and eye movement. People also experience theta waves in a state of light sleep, deep relaxation, during meditation and prayer, and when daydreaming. Theta waves produce an experience of inward wakefulness where we become disengaged from the outside world while engaging in inner activity. At the lower frequencies of theta, sleeping states are experienced, and at the higher range of frequency, awake relaxed states are experienced.
By the 1980s, entrainment technology had merged with advancements in microelectronics technology, making it possible to develop even more sophisticated audio and visual brainwave entrainment products for the marketplace. In the last two decades, a number of scientific studies have reported brainwave entrainment as an effective remedy for ADD, academic learning problems, and improving memory and cognition.
When you visit any website, it may store or retrieve information on your browser, mostly in the form of cookies. This information might be about you, your preferences or your device and is mostly used to make the site work as you expect it to. The information does not usually directly identify you, but it can give you a more personalized web experience.
But here is where I'd like to chime in my own two cents. As a user of brainwave entrainment products for over 8 years now, you would obviously have to guess that I think this technology is fabulous. Even my earlier experiences with brainwave entrainment technology using less refined binaural beats were nothing short of miraculous for me. It's a very fascinating experience to go from not being able to meditate at all to being able to sit with your eyes closed and headphones on and effortlessly slip down into deep brainwave states that were previously only reserved for years-long experienced meditators.
However, yoga and meditation take time to learn and master, and until the student becomes proficient, progress can be slow and frustrating, leading many people to abandon the effort before they see the benefits. Brainwave entrainment has the potential for helping a person enter the relaxing and rejuvenating mind-states brought about by yoga and meditation without the learning curve and time needed for mastering these other techniques. Brainwave entrainment may even facilitate learning other mindfulness methods by helping a person achieve success faster and more reliably.
That all said, we are all different and have our own different limits. So I generally advise that you just be aware of how you are feeling, and if you feel like you are getting a bit fatigued from it, it's probably time to stop or at least take a break. When listening over long extended periods, I recommend that you keep yourself well-hydrated. Your brain needs a good supply of water to function well, especially if you are studying hard and increasing your brainwave electrical activity.
Again, it is important to be cautious of claims for things like these, and to find a brainwave entrainment seller that you can trust to make quality audios. It is incredibly easy for someone to throw together an audio without much to it and make all kinds of claims about what it can do for you. Please feel free to read through our reviews on the site to see some of the products I have tested and found to be of a reputable quality.
Until NeuralSync™, brainwave entrainment involved inferior linear, single or sequential protocols - such as binaural beats or isochronic tones - that were natively restricted in their ability to affect the natural complex dynamics of the brain. But now, NeuralSync™ significantly improves entrainment by incorporating EIGHT SEPARATE BUT SYNERGISTICALLY-INTERACTIVE DIMENSIONS into a dynamic and cohesive process powerful enough to compel the brain to produce whole-brain synchronization for intense effect. Incredibly superior to binaural beats or isochronic tones, NeuralSync offers an entrainment experience beyond anything you've used before.
The brain has two hemispheres that operate somewhat independently from one another. The two hemispheric structures of the brain are connected by a large nerve, called the corpus callosum, which sends information back and forth between the two sides of the brain. In most people, the left hemisphere controls language, logical thinking, and analytic processes and the right side contains the centers for emotion, intuition, and non-linear creative thinking.
Yes, brainwave entrainment is based upon science. It has been scientifically proven to work, and to benefit the brain in all kinds of amazing ways. Yes people use things like EEG machines to read how it works on the brain. BUT, this does not mean it is overly complicated, and it does not mean that you have to be overly techy or scientific, or have any experience in neurology at all to create a brainwave entrainment audio or understand how it works.
The authors concluded that preliminary evidence suggested that brainwave entrapment was an effective therapeutic tool, but further research was required. The evidence presented appeared to justify the recommendation for further research. In view of the lack of controlled evidence and problems with methodology and reporting in the review, the authors' conclusions regarding efficacy did not appear reliable.


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Selection and Employee Turnover
Whereas recruitment's primary purposes are to identify and attract a qualified candidate pool, selection is the process of choosing the right candidate for the right job. In other words, selection is about fit.
Extensive research has shown that a person's fit with the organization and job can reduce the odds of subsequent turnover. As early as 1991, research by Charles O'Reilly and his colleagues1 demonstrated that individuals who did not fit well in their jobs terminated their employment sooner, on average, than those employees who fit their jobs better. A decade later, Terence Mitchell and his colleagues2 also found that "employees quit because their jobs don't fit." They ...
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2 Bedroom Apartment / Flat for sale in Karjat, Raigad
2 bhk , 1200 sqft , Karjat
Bhisegaon, Karjat, Raigad (Maharashtra)
- Area: 1200 SqFeet
- Bedrooms: Two
- Bathrooms: Two
- Floor: Twentieth
- Total Floors: More than 20
- Facing: East
- Furnished: Unfurnished
- Transaction: New Property
- Price: 4,500,000
- Rate: 3,750 per SqFeet
- Age Of Construction: 1 Years
- Possession: Immediate/Ready to move
- Power Back-up
- Centrally Air Conditioned
- Room AC
- Lifts
- High Speed Internet
- Wi-Fi
- Security Guards
- Electronic Security
- Intercom Facility
- Fire Alarm
- Private Terrace
- Balcony
- Private Garden
- Basement
- Corner Location
- Park Facing
- Modular Kitchen
- Marble Flooring
- Fly Proofing
- Feng Shui / Vaastu Compliant
- Reserved Parking
- Visitor Parking
- Independent Garage
- Swimming Pool
- Park
- Fitness Centre / GYM
- Club / Community Center
- Maintenance Staff
- Water Supply / Storage
- RO System
- Rain Water Harvesting
- Waste Disposal
Religious Places
- Our Lady Of Fatima Church Karjat (<2km),
- Holy Cross Church (<13km)
Hospitals & Healthcare
- Shree Dental Clinic (G.S Jaggam) (<2km),
- SHREE CLINIC [Dr.Jangam] (<2km),
- Shree Dental & Oral Surgery Clinic (<2km),
- Sai Dental Care center (<2km)
- Helipad (<11km),
- Market Yard Ground (<1km)
- Raj Nova Cinemaz (<2km),
- Big Cinema (<2km),
- Mahesh theater Nikita diagnostic center (<8km)
Hotels & Guest Houses
- Mohili Meadows Resort (<8km),
- Amber Farms (<3km),
- Hotel Girivihar (<10km),
- Monteria Resort (<10km),
- Pinewood Resort Karjat (<3km),
- Liberty Farmhouse (<0.5km),
- Usha Ascot (<13km),
- Matheran Bungalow (<14km),
- Club Karjat (<1km),
- Tanmay Getaways Karjat (<6km),
- Nisarg Healing Farmhouse (<8km),
- Sekhri Villa (<8km),
- Riviera Hotel (<13km),
- Shelke Guest House (<3km),
- Modi,
- The Wayside Inn (<0.5km),
- The Forest Club Resort (<1km),
- Hotel Raj Cottage And Resort (<2km),
- Green View Hotel (<2km)
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- Axis Bank ATM (<0.5km),
- Bank of Baroda ATM (<1km),
- State Bank of India ATM (<2km),
- ICICI Bank ATM (<2km),
- Bank of Baroda ATM (<2km),
- BOI ATM (<2km),
- Vijaya Bank ATM (<2km),
- Bank Of India ATM (<8km),
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- IDBI Bank ATM (<2km),
- UBI ATM (<2km),
- Bank of Maharashtra (<2km)
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- Global Bakery And Cake Shop (<2km),
- Monginis Cake Shop (<2km),
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- Ladivali Bakery (<1km),
- Meher Bakery (<2km),
- New Poona Bakery (<2km),
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- India First Foundation School (<7km),
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- Good Shepherd Convent School Karjat (<3km),
- Calvary Baptist Bible College & Seminary (<5km),
- Zilla Parishad School Jambhiwali (<8km),
- Marathi School (<9km),
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- Zilla Parishad School Eksal Sagaon (<11km),
- Gurukul Mumbay (<12km),
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- Anglo-Eastern Maritime Academy (<9km),
- Tree House Play Group (<0.5km),
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- Shri. Ravishankar Vidyamandir Karjat (<0.5km),
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Karjat is a destination, center of two metro cities Mumbai and Pune. New highways initiative by government is making it closer day by day to both cities. Educational institutes, new developments, new construction activities are at peak with leads to more and more opportunities for construction allied industries.
- Easy to drive
- User friendly atmosphere
- Pollution free
- Electricity problem during monsoon
Karjat is on the verge to became next mega city after Navi Mumbai.
- Good Connectivity
- Highly developing city
Karjat is situated on natural plateau of Bhor, Sahyadris and Western Ghats. It is Very rich terrain, full of greenery in the monsoons, with seasonal waterfalls culminating into rivers and streams. Farm houses and residential colonies are springing up here with all civil amenities and a municipal corporation. Karjat has become one of the most seeing-sought after refuge from the high noise, high pollution and fast city life.
- Fresh oxgeneated air not found in fast and sufforcating city life
- Best Location
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- Environment benefit
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Karjat is situated on natural plateau of Bhor, Sahyadris and Western Ghats. It is Very rich terrain, full of greenery in the monsoons, with seasonal waterfalls culminating into rivers and streams. Farm houses and residential colonies are springing up here with all civil amenities and a municipal corporation. Karjat has become one of the most seeing-sought after refuge from the high noise, high pollution and fast city life.
- Clean air, no pollution, less traffic
- No super markets
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- Karjat is included in Mumbai
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1 Dept. of Endodontics, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
2 Undergraduate Student, School of Dentistry, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Statement of the problem: The complete removal of filling material is an important step to regain access to the entire canal and facilitate the disinfection of the root canal system. Rotary nickel–titanium (NiTi) instruments systems have been proposed as an effective removal technique for root canal retreatment.
Purpose: The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of Neolix rotary system and ProTaper universal retreatment system in the removal of gutta-percha combined with two different sealers.
Materials and Method: Eighty extracted human permanent mandibular premolarswere prepared using the ProTaper universal rotary system to an apical size 30(F3/0.06). The specimens were randomly divided into 4 groups (n=20) and subsequently filled with lateral condensation of gutta-percha and two sealers: AH-26 and Sure-Seal Root. The teeth were stored for 4 weeks at 37 °C and 100% humidity and then retreated by one of the following rotary systems: Neolix or ProTaper universal retreatment system. Teeth were then grooved and monitored under a stereomicroscope with 8× magnification. The images were transferred to the computer and the amount of filling material that remained on the root canal walls was scored using AutoCAD 2017 version 1.1software. Results were analyzed using one-way analysis of variance test and post hoc Tukey-HSD test (p< 0.05).
Results: The mean percentage of remaining gutta-percha and sealer was significantly higher in apical third in all groups (P<0.01). Post hoc Tukey test showed that there is significantly higher residual filling material in the group filled with gutta-percha and Sure-Seal Root sealer and retreated by Neoniti rotary system compared with other groups in both coronal and middle third of the canal.
Conclusion: The Neoniti rotary system was as effective as Protaper universal retreatment system in retreatment of gutta-percha and AH-26 sealer but was significantly less effective in groups obturated with Sure-Seal Root sealer.


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Today's Martha's Mixtape: songs from movie soundtracks about the high school experience. -1 for being about soundtracks, because those are generally just an excuse to work in Don't You (Forget About Me), which instead deserves to be on a mixtape of best 80s drum performances, which admittedly would probably never make the air. Also included Pretty In Pink and Yello's Oh Yeah. I'm gonna say that's strikes two AND three for not calling it a John Hughes mixtape. Also Oh Yeah is stupid. 3/10
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DISEQUILIBRIUM: Set the bird free
As I set my reticle on the target, click muscle memory and skills become reflex, I am ready to take a cold shot.
The shot is clear and target stark.
Yes, the cash-andcarry operation called Air India is in my sights and I would like to believe that whichever government formation takes power by June is equally consumed with the single-mindedness of purpose of privatising the cash-burning airline.
My sense earlier was that a listing would cleanse the Augean stables and purge some of the sloth and flab in the system through a professional management bringing in best practices and processes and systems.
Some of the despicable happenings reported by my colleagues in Mail Today over the last month or so have confirmed that the only way out for the ailing airline is to prepare for privatisation.
The last time this was attempted under Arun Shourie/Pradip Baijal's disinvestment regime, there were no takers for the rag-tag bobtail operation since it was overstaffed, with old planes and completely challenged in all respects.
In 2014, the cash-and-carry operation continues unabated because Air India's staff can have it no other way, spoilt as they have been by being delinquent over time.
The good news though is that the financials have improved drastically and the trajectory is definitely on the mend.
Mail Today has accessed the 6th Oversight Committee Report on Air India's turnaround.
The meeting which took place on January 23 with the Air India CMD Rohit Nandan, finance secretary, aviation secretary and SBI representative present shows that the bleeding seems to have stopped.
The net loss this year is expected to be Rs 4060 crore against Rs 5999 crore last financial year.
Total income will vault to Rs 21,521 crore and the cash loss will be minimised to Rs 2,425 crore.
Most importantly, the airline has undergone a massive fleet renewal and has shed staff.
From a bloated 31,000 employees at the time of the ill fated merger, the airline company now has only 13,000 employees.
The airline has seen industrial peace for close to 17-18 months, which is nothing short of an achievement.
The employees have been split into ground handling which is more or less subsisting with 7,000 of them and engineering which is beginning to pick up the pieces with 6,000 employees.
A leaner and meaner pure-play airline operation is thus doing better.
The mountain of debt and the cumulative losses remain an issue, but the improvement in financials is marked.
Equally attempts are being made to raise cash by monetising and sweating assets.
For instance, SBI which is the lead debtor has taken four floors in Air India Building on Nariman Point in Mumbai while the ground floor has been given to the new fangled Bharatiya Mahila Bank.
The 2.75 acre Air India plot on Delhi's prestigious Baba Kharak Singh Marg is on the block, but buyers are wary in a slow-moving economy.
The single biggest deterrent to operation turnaround is the burgeoning fuel bill.
Fuel cost makes up for 48 per cent of the airline's total expenditure of Rs 25,581 crore and what is more worrying, it is higher already by 10 per cent since July, 2013.
Throw in the rupee bungee jump and it makes for a volatile mix.
Singular, perhaps is the fact that 67 per cent of all passenger revenue still comes from international operations.
The airline has seen industrial peace for close to 17 to 18 months, which is nothing short of an achievement
Keep the Gulf operations aside, Air India runs 56 international flights daily.
Air India has managed to achieve cash cost break even from international operations for the first time in seven long years.
This is most creditable and it shows that something is working in terms of trimming the fat.
Air India is about survival, though its fat cat employees are constantly devising a 100 new ways to skin a cat.
The government's equity infusion now totals something like Rs 10,800 crore and it simply cannot pay more.
Air India has managed to achieve cash cost break even from international operations for the first time in seven long years (Picture for representation only)
For example it has turned down a VRS scheme where Air India was seeking a golden handshake for employees at an absurd Rs 1 crore per person.
Incumbent civil aviation minister Ajit Singh in an interview last month has stated that Air India employees are backing a plan to privatise the airline - with an equity infusion from either foreign or domestic partners.
Which brings me to the centrality of the debate on the question of privatising Air India.
Ultimately, any strategic partner who infuses equity will do so on the basis of what the core of Air India still represents: international routes, courtesy bilaterals, committed public sector and government business, a brand new fleet of aircraft, best of breed commanders and pilots et al.
In fact, now even the Tatas have decided to shift their corporate business from Jet Airways to Air India.
Now, let me introduce the most vital ingredient into this debate - political leadership.
Should the new regime in whatever form and shape it takes continue with its errant ways viz Air India and let Rajiv Gandhi Bhawan and its babus run the airline into the ground - live in the past, give out freebies and generally maintain status quo?
Or should it finally unfetter the airline and take the leap of faith that India has been waiting for?
This is as good a time as any.
On the basis of an enterprise valuation bring a foreign or domestic partner and build competencies.
Let the Left Front and its allied Unions not be allowed any space in this debate.
Shut the door in their faces.
The time to privatise is here and now.
If the BJP/NDA comes to power, by my reckoning, this will definitely be on their agenda.


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On Saturday, April 25, Tracey O'Neil, program manager for the New Mexico State University College of Engineering, was inducted to the Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest Board of Directors in Odessa, Tex.
The board serves more than 10,000 Girl Scout members in partnership with 1,500 plus adult members throughout 33 counties in southern New Mexico and west Texas. The mission of the Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest is "to build girls of courage, confidence and character, who make the world a better place."
"I am honored to be part of the Girl Scouts of the Desert Southwest Board," O'Neil said. "I hope through my involvement on the board, I will be able to encourage and inspire girls to be strong leaders in their communities."
O'Neil develops and manages many of the College of Engineering K-12 outreach efforts such as the Boosting Engineering, Science and Technology Robotics program, the New Mexico State VEX Robotics Competition, the Pre-freshman Engineering Program and engineering summer camps. In the last year alone, nearly 1,000 elementary, middle, and high school students were introduced to the concepts of STEM through their participation in these programs.
O'Neil also works with college students to enhance their engineering experience. She recently launched a mentor program for the new Aggie Innovation Space. The Aggie Innovation Space was designed to cultivate student creativity by providing students with the tools and skills necessary to take their projects or ideas to the next level. The mentor program focuses on providing these students with training and skills through peer-to-peer consultations, workshops, and design challenges.
In addition to her work with the students, O'Neil engages industry partners and alumni in the college's efforts through pop-up workshops for students and faculty, recruiting booths, resume review sessions, partnerships on design challenges in the Innovation Space and the College of Engineering Dean's Advisory Council. O'Neil has her bachelor's degree in journalism with an emphasis on public relations and is currently pursuing her MBA. She is originally from Roswell, NM.


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As Congress demands arrest, prosecution of hoodlums …I never invited thugs nor take part in manhandling of workers – Ngige Ukpono Ukpong, Abuja No fewer than 9 members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) was yesterday injured in an attack by thugs allegedly loyal to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, while protesting at the minister's Asokoro private residence over his refusal to inaugurate the Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF) board. The NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, while addressing the journalists described the attack on workers as barbaric and called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently intervene in the matter to avoid further crisis that may engulf the industrial space. "Today we were attacked by Ngige thugs while on picketing line. We've been having a running battle with Ngige and therefore it was the decision of our National Delegate Conference and also the decision of the National Executive council of NUPENG to actually protest the non-inauguration of two important Labour Market Institutions; National Labour Advisory Council and National Social Insurance Trust Fund which he has continued to manage our funds as a sole administrator for the past three years and every attempt to get him to inaugurate fell on deaf ears. "So this morning, we got the mandate from our organs to picket his office and house because he is a public servant therefore, both his office and residence belongs to the public but we were surprise that he (Ngige) then mobilized thugs with all manner of weapons to attack those workers who were very peaceful and harmless, and in the process, about nine (9) were injured. They are currently receiving treatment here. "The Police Commissioner have come and seen them, even the DSS have confirmed. We have gotten the pictures of all the thugs and therefore, we are demanding that justice should be done. They should be arrested because we cannot descend so low. In our history of industrial relations issue it has never happened in Nigeria. "It's really unfortunate that a Minister of Labour and Employment who is supposed to protect the workers is now the one attacking the workers. We have called our National Central Working Committee tomorrow and we are going to review the situation and take appropriate position. "Therefore, Mr. President must act on this immediately because the workers that were attacked are citizens of this country and they voted and supported him. Ngige cannot in any circumstance assume the power the president. That cannot be the case." Wabba said On the other hand, the President of National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) William Apkoreha, said that two of his members were missing following the attacks by thugs at the Minister's resident. He said that if by 12 midnight nothing is heard of his members, then all the Oil and Gas workers nationwide would have no other choice than to down tools in search for their colleagues. "We were on a peaceful protest but due to the attack two of my members are missing and I cannot fold my arms. We will maintain sanity until 12 midnight. If we do not hear a word from them, then every oil and gas workers in the country will enter the street to look for their members." He added. However, Ngige in his reaction as contained in a statement signed by his Special Assistant on Media, Nwachukwu Obidiwe, denied ever inviting any thug not to talk of having a hand in the manhandling of any worker. "The private residence of the Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige was early this morning (4 a.m.) invaded by the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress and his members. "These members among whom are tanker drivers, some with ferocious looks, also barricaded the gate to the resident of the minister with two long trucks. They chanted war songs and prevented the minister, wife, children and other aides from either leaving or gaining access to the compound. "I therefore wish to state that contrary to reports being mischievously circulated in the media by the NLC President, the Minister, family members who are still in great trauma and his staff members did not invite thugs, have no knowledge of it, or have a hand in the alleged manhandling of any worker." The statement reads Recall, the NSITF board was constituted by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo in October 2017 in his capacity as the Acting President with Chief Frank Kokori as the Chairman and since then Sen. Ngige has refused to inaugurate the 11-member board rendering the agency powerless. After much pressure, Ngige finally to inaugurate the board few weeks ago replacing Kokori's name with that of Austin Enajemo-Isire as the Chaiman, a move the organized labour has rejected vehemently.
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'The Brown Body Effect' and Other Selected Poems
By Eloísa Pérez-Lozano
"Whenever clients meet me, they say I have soft hands and I hate it."
But why should you?
Do you feel like less of a man
because you don't have
calluses of manual labor
on your hands, in your soul?
Then why did you go to school?
Do you regret years of studies
to earn a degree that delivered
you into a white-collar world?
A world where your hands
navigate screens and keyboards
not contours of meat
or insides of sinks.
Where your fingers coax a copier
to print by pressing buttons
not reach through branches and leaves
to feel for fruit in its prime.
Where your arms stay mostly still
against your sides during the day
not always moving and sweating
amid concrete, cranes and orange cones.
What you don't see is they wish
calluses weren't vital for survival
They wish for the schooling you scorn
and your house in the quiet suburbs
They wish they had your hands
your smooth skin a reminder
Of their children following your path,
their hands kept soft by studying
made possible by the roughness
of their parents' hands.
The Brown Body Effect
He's in his thirties, has a job, a house,
and his own family and yet
he still is comfortable in crowds
in a way that's foreign to me
especially with the kind of mexicanos
he grew up knowing in his small town:
ones who may or may not speak English,
usually short, brown, humble, and quiet
at least until someone brings out the tequila.
The brown in their skin embodies an ideal
he keeps close to his heart
a color that means kinship
a color that, in the midst of
the millions living, working
breathing in the fourth largest US city,
brings him closer to his beginnings.
In these moments, he is taken back
to his small-town roots
shooting the breeze
if only for a minute
sharing a way of being
a cultura that reminds him of home.
I peer out the rolled down window
as the pickup moves past our van,
on the dry paved road
sprinkled with red sand
soldiers standing up straight behind rails
In the news back home,
they are far away,
a lifetime removed from me.
Here in Juárez, we live this reality together
they watch for danger as I try to avoid it.
All but one take in the unfolding city behind us.
He stands like a statue,
holding his assault rifle like a prop
in this Mexican tragedy, played out before
audiences sitting safely behind the world's TV screens.
His costume is camouflage,
tan and beige fatigues concealing all
except his nameless face,
its features drowning under a sea of black fabric,
ebbing at the islands of eyes and mouth.
I am innocent, yet my heart quivers
beneath his unwavering stare.
I breathe slowly, never looking away
out of fear, curiosity, and disbelief
as his dark eyes drill into my soul.
I peer into the rolled down window
in the shadow of the van's side door,
I catch a feminine gaze from dark brown eyes
before I squint against the dirt,
spewing from the truck tires rolling under me.
Her eyes are rich in life and questions and future,
not empty and resigned like those
who have seen the bullets burn
through memories, walls, and loved ones' flesh,
red rivers filling sidewalk cracks on the walk to work.
Those eyes are not from here, nor is the soul inside.
What has brought her here I don't know,
an untouched face driving through this garish nightmare?
The others take in the road and dust but I am hypnotized,
her eyes framed by lashes curling toward the sky.
I wish my daughter had eyes like hers,
filled with the light of hope and dreams
instead of excitement to see me come home.
At six years old, she doesn't grasp the why of this war,
but rejoices that I survived another day.
The girl in the van has never seen torsos
like tree trunks with no branches,
money slipping between hands, guaranteeing silences,
crimson curtains coming down, another life extinguished,
territory claimed with bodies instead of flags.
The light in her eyes will stay with me until we arrive on the Scene.
Eloísa Pérez-Lozano graduated from Iowa State University with her M.S. in Journalism and Mass Communication and her B.S. in Psychology. A 2016 Best of the Net nominee, her work has been featured in The Texas Observer, Houston Chronicle, and The Acentos Review, among others. She lives in Houston, Texas.


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Branch Manager (Phillip Investor Centre)
Phillip Investor Centre is a one-stop financial hub. We offer holistic financial solutions, which includes global stocks trading as well as wealth management advisory service. We are strategically located in neighbourhoods around Singapore to provide convenience to clients. We are looking for positive, results-oriented, and adaptable individuals to join our Phillip Family.
Phillip Investor Centre is the branch network of Phillip Capital Group and is primarily responsible for helping individuals and families with their financial investment needs, be it wealth accumulation or protection. Phillip Investor Centre has the solution for everyone.
You will report to the Head of Investor Centre. You are responsible for the profitability of the assigned branch and your main job duties include overseeing the daily operations; ensuring suitable products and services are offered to the clients; expanding clientele base; as well as to grow and develop the staff's competency and career.
- Degree in any discipline with certifications in CMFAS M1A, M5, M6, M6A, M8, M8A, M9, M9A and HI
- 5 years of working experience with 2 years of experience in the financial industry and supervisory experience is preferred
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When looking at the 2018 calendar, there were a few events that stood out to me. A couple races were included due to their prestige, some for their timing, others because they would be something new for me. But one event that stood out the most was the DCCX race in Washington D.C. So, after the first block of racing was done and dusted… I cleaned myself up and got ready to head to the Nation's Capital for another year of cyclocross fun.