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Arnold & Bimbo Bread Route distributorship for sale in the Baton Rouge, Louisiana area for $96,100! Company financing with $8,900 down! Currently grossing an estimated $361,088 per year in sales and nets $63,284! Distributorship and "protected territory" are purchased through independent distributor and contracted through Bimbo Bakery. Arnold's Bread currently distributes its well-known brands of Thomas English Muffins, Bimbo Bread, Sun Maid, Entenmann's Cake, Boboli, and much more! This route currently has 49 accounts delivering to discount stores, supermarkets, grocery stores an auto repair shop and gas stations. Plenty of growth potential! For a video presentation of this listing GO HERE.


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Although Disney has postponed the opening of director Cate Shortland's "Black Widow" feature, based on Marvel Comics superspy character, that hasn't stopped BMW from releasing a new TV spot supporting their "Break Free" car campaign, starring Scarlett Johansson as 'Natasha Romanoff':
"...in Marvel Studios' spy thriller 'Black Widow', 'Natasha Romanoff', aka 'Black Widow', confronts the darker parts of her ledger when a dangerous conspiracy with ties to her past arises.
"Pursued by a force that will stop at nothing to bring her down, Natasha must deal with her history as a spy...
"...and the broken relationships left in her wake, long before she became an 'Avenger'.
"Scarlett Johansson reprises her role as 'Natasha'/'Black Widow', Florence Pugh stars as 'Yelena', David Harbour portrays 'Alexei'/'The Red Guardian' and Rachel Weisz is 'Melina'. Directed by Cate Shortland and produced by Kevin Feige, 'Black Widow', the first film in 'Phase Four' of the 'Marvel Cinematic Universe', hits US theaters May 1, 2020..."
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Microsoft recently released the new January cumulative updates for Windows 7 users. Unfortunately, the update is causing some issues for the users who use SMBv2 shares. The KB4480970 update did come with a list of known issues but it looks like SMBv2 issue slipped through during the internal testing.
The issue was first shared on the sysadmin sub-Reddit and unfortunately, Microsoft hasn't released an official statement. In another thread on Microsoft's TechNet forum, users have complained that KB4480970 causes issues on the Windows 2008 R2 Server. The only fix as of now is to uninstall the update from the system. This will fix the issue temporarily. Here's how you can uninstall the update:
- Open Windows Control Panel and navigate to Program and Features > Installed Updates page which lists all recently installed updates on the system.
- Browse the listing and find the update.
- Once located, right-click on it and select uninstall from the context menu.
- Reboot PC and you'll be able to access the network once again.
Another way you can fix the issue is by editing the Registry. However, editing the registry is far more complicated and risky so make sure you have a backup in case things go south.
- Open Start Menu and search "cmd" and launch Command Prompt with Administrative Rights.
- Now type the command "reg add HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\system /v LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f" (without quotes) and hit enter to edit the registry value.
These two workarounds should help you fix the issue until Microsoft releases an official fix for Windows 7 devices.
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AAP write and you'll all know the story by now. All the usual people play their parts perfectly
Liberal Democrats senator David Leyonhjelm believes it's high time to legalise cannabis, but his push is set to remain a pipe dream with legislation likely to go up in smoke.
The Senate is debating his private bill which would allow state and territory governments to legalise and regulate the drug for recreational and medicinal use.
"It is high time we stopped interfering in adult choices," Senator Leyonhjelm told parliament on Monday.
With the coalition and Labor opposed to legalising cannabis, the draft laws will not pass the upper house but debate was adjourned before they were voted on.
Liberal senator Jane Hume cited numerous studies showing harmful effects of marijuana use, including links to mental health issues.
"It's unfathomable that anybody in this place could support a bill that increases a likelihood of teen suicide and of youth dropping out of school," she said.
Senator Leyonhjelm talked up savings for law enforcement and an estimated $300 million boost to GST revenue through regulating the drug.
The Greens also support legalising cannabis after changing their position earlier in the year.
Senator Leyonhjelm couldn't resist a dig at his crossbench sparring partners, taking aim at their old policy which only extended to medicinal use.
"This reflected the core Greens traits of elitism, wowserism and authoritarianism," he said.
Greens leader Richard Di Natale said the so-called war on drugs had been an unmitigated failure.
"It's about time we had some courage from our political leaders, that we recognise we need to start treating drug use as a health issue, not a law and order issue," Senator Di Natale said.
He outlined a plan for a regulated cannabis market with a focus on reducing harmful impacts.


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If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. 2 Cor 5:17
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"Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father… "
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Passwords have always been that one way that you can keep your accounts online "secure." Only you know your password so only you should be able to access it, right? Sure, but that doesn't mean your account can't be accessed. Nowadays, just a password isn't enough. Having one layer of security will not protect you against a cyberattack. When you're running a business, there's even more at … [Read more...] about Why every business should require two-factor authentication
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In this blog, we will learn about SSL Commerz payment gateway integration in android with SDK approach.
A payment gateway is a merchant service provided by an e-commerce application service provider. Which authorizes card or direct payment processing.
If you are planing on the integration of the SSL Commerz payment gateway by using SDK then this blog will help you to do so.
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After successfully adding the SDK initialize the payment, SSLCommerzInitialization class of SSL Commerz SDK is used to initialize payment. So you have to call its constructor like:
Inside store Id field add valid store Id and password only because if you pass invalid key here payment UI will not initialize.
It's time to handle the payment callback. For this, implement the listener as :
For any error, success, and failure, we have to override the following method of implemented interface inside our activity. which will help you to handle the success and failure result.
Here p0 is the SSLCTransactionInfoModel object from which you can get the payment details like:
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There Are Perils To President Biden's WTO Waiver
The Biden administration wants to improve America's international reputation. That's why it endorsed a proposal before the World Trade Organization to waive all intellectual property rights related to COVID-19.
The president, no doubt, intends for this offer to be seen as a generous gesture that his "America First" predecessor would never have made. This isn't Trump's America, was the announcement's subtext.
Yet this endorsement is toothless virtue-signaling at best -- and dangerous economic capitulation at worst.
Remarkably by doing so, it caught our European allies by surprise. The EU nations, especially Germany, do not support the proposed waiver. Even the WTO did not fully agree with the original proposal which would have applied to a wide range of medical equipment and diagnostics.
The easiest way for America to boost its international standing is to serve as the world's "arsenal" of vaccines, to quote President Biden. His administration has already pledged to donate over 580 million of our surplus doses to developing countries, many of which are currently recording their highest COVID-19 case counts since the pandemic began. And the federal government has donated enough funding to global vaccination efforts to help developing countries purchase an additional 330 million doses.
These are impressive figures. But we could donate even more of our vaccine surplus. Nearly every American who wants to get vaccinated has been able to do so for months -- so there's little sense in stockpiling doses and letting them spoil.
Waiving IP rights, by contrast, won't boost vaccine supply -- for a number of legal and logistical reasons. All 164 WTO members have to agree for proposals to go into effect. A similar effort to deal with patents and the HIV epidemic was launched in 2001 and was not finally agreed to until 2017.
Even if the waiver does ultimately gain unanimous consent from major supply countries and the developing world, there are major obstacles that will prevent it from boosting supply.
First, most facilities that can produce vaccines are already doing so. The Serum Institute in India, the world's largest vaccine manufacturer, says it's on track to produce a billion doses this year. Aspen Pharmacare, South Africa's largest generics manufacturer, is on track to produce hundreds of millions of doses. Companies are also voluntarily licensing their therapies to the developing world.
Second, the supply bottleneck right now stems from a shortage of raw inputs, not IP protections. When a Guardian journalist asked the Serum Institute's CEO whether he agrees with the accusation that "the developers who hold the patents on the vaccines have licensed too few manufacturers to make them?" the chief executive flatly replied "No. There are enough manufacturers. It just takes time to scale up [production]."
Third, there are few scientists and engineers who fully understand the know-how behind mRNA vaccines. If the waiver were implemented, governments would have to work with the brand-name makers to transfer that know-how and possibly compel the transfer of their senior staff. All of those issues could take months, if not years, to resolve and would raise challenging legal issues in the U.S. and other countries.
Fourth, as the Delta variant spreads, the need for collaboration, not forced disinvestment, mounts. Companies that are already engaged in manufacturing vaccines are researching boosters. In recent epidemics -- HIV, Ebola, SARS and MERS -- the R&D conducted to address the crisis led to a surge in innovations. We need to support this virtuous cycle.
In other words, the waiver won't increase vaccine production, and certainly not in time to quell developing countries' COVID-19 outbreaks or new variants. But it could hand over leading-edge American technology to our competitors and cripple our ability to respond to future challenges.
There has been remarkable bipartisan concern about IP theft from China and other countries. These allegations include laws and regulations that are expressly designed to enrich Chinese industries at America's expense, and restrict the sharing of technical information -- including medical information -- with foreign entities. For example, according to USTR, any foreign company doing biotech research in China has to partner with a Chinese company and share all data, records, and ownership of the resulting technology.
In fact, Chinese positions on these issues have gotten worse in some cases. The U.S. requested that China improve its ability to provide early-stage IP protection for new biologics, such as vaccines, in the recent U.S.-China Phase 1 Agreement. China declined to do so in regulations released in early July.
It now appears that we would eliminate the risk of thievery by giving away the technology. It's staggering that the Biden administration would make it more likely that future medical breakthroughs come with a "Made in China" label. After all, mRNA has many potential uses beyond Covid-19. Scientists are already testing whether the technology could prevent cancer and HIV. We can ill afford to lose our current research and competition edge to countries that already dominate our supply chain.
IP rights are a proven element of that struggle for competition. For example, in the 1950s, the U.S. government forced RCA to give its patents royalty-free to its American competitors. Lacking a revenue stream from the domestic market, RCA licensed its technologies to Japanese companies who ultimately displaced U.S. firms.
Today, giving away IP rights risks more than economic competitiveness. It also risks the ability of the U.S. to respond safely and effectively to the pandemics of the future for all.
The U.S. needs policies that protect our innovative ecosystem and encourage collaboration with trusted partners to deliver vaccines, therapies, and global cooperation. Patents and technology transfer are part of the solution.
Debating about how to waive IP rights for vaccines could take years and benefit no one, while further crippling America's ability to respond to the public health challenges emerging even now.
Mark Cohen is Director of the Asia IP Project at the Berkeley Center for Law and Technology at the University of California, Berkeley
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Wireless systems can power and communicate with tiny sensors inside the body. For information about this and how it is being used and abused throughout the Republic of Ireland against human beings please check out the following youtube video which is linked here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK2j6VV7sZ0
This system is being used inside the Republic of Ireland to steal data from both the brains and bodies of human beings. It is also being used inside the Republic of Ireland to non-consensually communicate with the brains and to manipulate and forceably move the muscles of a selection of good living and non-consenting human beings while these human beings are fully aware of what is being made to happen to them and who are very frightened by it. Why is this allowed to occur? Why do Irish psychiatrists who are fully aware of this capability refuse to believe Irish individuals when they inform the psychiatrists of Ireland that it is being made to happen to them while they are attempting to live their lives peacefully inside their own homes?


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Carlisle's Christmas Lights Switch-On and Fireshow events have been cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Fireshow, which was to be held in Bitts Park on Saturday 7 November, was expected to attract more than 35,000 people from across the region.
The family event takes more than six months to organise and involves partners from a range of agencies including the emergency services.
The Christmas Lights Switch-On is usually held in the city centre and this year, was scheduled to take place on Sunday 15 November.
The city centre will continue to have lights installed but with no open-air event. The event was also expected to attract thousands of spectators.
Carlisle City Council says the decision has been taken in the interest of public safety as the virus continues to spread in the community.
A spokesperson for Carlisle City Council said: "This November's Fireshow and Carlisle Christmas Lights Switch-On events are set to be cancelled as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
"A decision has been taken, subject to the decision not being called-in, to cancel both events as they attract thousands of spectators from across the region and the safety of the spectators cannot be guaranteed. Social distancing within both venues would not be possible."
The cancellation of the events has led to worry that there may be no city centre stalls in the lead up to Christmas. Cumbria Live has approached Carlisle City Council for comment.


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Apple Posts A New OS X Lion Build — Developers You'll Want To Try This One Out — Five days ago, we reported that Apple was gearing up to release a new build of the OS X Lion Developer Preview. Sure enough, that's exactly what they did today as build 11A419 has been seeded to developers.
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Talking Smack has quickly become must see TV. That is very high praise for a network special that promotes sitting down and talking about wrestling on a wrestling network. It's smooth, easy viewing that appeals to those who want to know more about what really goes on without ever damaging the overall characters. Every episode gives us a few interesting things that it is definitely with knowing.
I'm Tom Colohue and this is Talking Points From Talking Smack.
Follow Tom Colohue on Facebook and @Colohue for updates.
Talking Points From Talking Smack
1. Renee Young bleeds blue
I tweeted during the Fast Lane pre-show that Renee Young has better be Smackdown exclusive and, as it turns out, she isn't. When called upon, she will also present Raw Talk, which is Talking Smack for the other brand. Given the success of Talking Smack, it's a wonder that Raw Talk isn't a regular thing but, alas, it is not.
Raw Talk failed on a few counts, but likely the biggest problem was that the wrestlers on it seemed unaware of what they were getting themselves into. Bayley, in particular, had a very different story on Raw than she had had on Raw Talk the night before. Roman Reigns performed as his heel variant when lining up against Undertaker, but was all face beforehand.
The one consistent positive? Renee Young. She might just be a cog in the machine that is WWE, but she is of immense value and integral to the development of a lot of WWE's current Smackdown roster. She was at pains to remind Daniel Bryan here that she bleeds blue and, for the sake of the blue brand, that had better be true.
2. The escape artist might not escape this one
Alexa Bliss avoiding answering questions from Daniel Bryan with ridiculous ease. She wore her "angry at you" face but not her "angry at you" heel face. The injury to Naomi has forced WWE to play their Bliss vs. James hand much more quickly than they were likely to, given how smoothly they wrapped up the James vs. Lynch storyline.
Bliss is, of course, an expert escape artist. I'm hoping rather desperately that this turns into the ladder match show opener and that she retains, but Daniel Bryan had a wondrous misstep here. He corrected himself from saying available Smackdown women to saying available women on the roster.
Eva Marie? Emma? Asuka? All those cards just came into play. That title could go to pretty much anyone.
3. The Battle Royal is big business again
Nothing much has ever been important in the Andre the Giant Memorial Battle Royal. Cesaro is about as high on the card as he is when he won it. Big Show won it just kind of because. When Corbin won, they made it a major talking point and, after several months trapped in an endless feud with Dolph Ziggler, he has really made the most of it.
This year, people are declaring themselves for it in the same way that they declared themselves for the Royal Rumble. A lot of major players do not currently have a match. Strowman, Zayn, Joe, Harper, and so on. Those are just some of those who could get a win in it. Apollo Crews? No. Mojo Rawley? No. It's important that they can still use it to get over, though. Make something big out of the match and you make something big out of the winner. Give people something important to fight for and you make the chase important. Keep it up.
4. Relationships as talking points again
Miz and Maryse have been an relationship that has been out there since the day after WrestleMania. Cena and Nikki Bella are a major factor right now in competing against them. In addition, Renee Young has made no effort to hide the fact that she is in a relationship with Dean Ambrose.
Is this to mock Paige and Del Rio? No. It can't be else The Miz and Maryse wouldn't have been so open about it at the time. That said, it does signal a change in philosophy from the days when the only relationship that could be discussed was that of the McMahon-Helmsley Regime.
Is Renee due an angle? Who knows. I expected Ambrose & Young against Miz & Maryse more than I expected Cena & Bella there, but, given how important Renee Young is, maybe teaching her to wrestle just isn't in the plans.
5. Are you afraid of The Miz?
Everything went very quiet when The Miz and Maryse walked onto the set of Talking Smack. Why? Because he speaks absolute truth and it must be utterly terrifying to the two presenters.
Talking Smack and The Miz might just be the best pairing in wrestling history. The guy can walk a tightrope of kayfabe that is more engaging than the majority of wrestling storylines ever. Given a microphone, he tore John Cena apart, including a little tidbit on why everybody kicks out of the Attitude Adjustment.
The Miz doesn't need a presenter. He doesn't need his wife. Give him a microphone and a 12 hour live TV show and I will be watching it. When Daniel Bryan shushed Renee Young, those are the moments that make this real. Renee Young interrupted a few times to try to pull The Miz back from the brink of accidental self-destruction.
And that's why everyone in the company is scared of The Miz. If he falls off that tightrope even the slightest he could literally destroy things. Characters, storylines, shows. Careers? If I was in that dressing room I'd be terrified every time he grabs a microphone.
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Forget poverty, unemployment, or climate change––the youth of America today are obsessed with getting into college. From maintaining that 4.0 GPA to becoming president of countless clubs, the list is endless. Knowing that colleges want people who are committed, successful, and good-hearted, high-schoolers strive to fit themselves in an seemingly impossible mold. They take advanced AP classes, attend meetings for any club they're subtly interested in, and self study for even more tests. Rather than a natural path towards the future, the college system seems like a elaborate game we are must understand and strategically play.
It's never so simple, however. What's increasingly showing up is the tendency for people to participate in activities "just for college." Traditionally, students join clubs they enjoy and enter competitions in subjects they're interested in. But as colleges accept more and more widely talented people, students feel the pressure to attempt things they aren't interested in, purely for improving their college prospects. Some like to immerse themselves in this culture, grabbing every opportunity to showcase talents that may or may not be there.
However, others take an opposing stance. They take a step back, arguing that it doesn't seem right to do things "just for college." Realizing that colleges want good hearted people, they find it upsetting that those participating in activities just for the material benefit of getting in a college shouldn't be considered as "good hearted" just because their resume said they participated in some service activity. Instead, they think doing things that they naturally enjoy is the moral way to approach the application process.
But it isn't that straightforward. The system isn't as problematic as it seems, but it's still very difficult to determine at what point it becomes flawed. Let's take a student go-getter who jumps at every opportunity in a service club to organize or attend events, because she thinks it helps her get into a good college. Yes, she did it only for college, and she didn't really care. People might hate her for that. But what was genuine was the impact. The homeless in the soup kitchen, they got the food they desperately needed. The march she organized, it raised essential awareness over significant issues. She made a positive impact, and in that way, the college system is what motivated her to do so.
Yet what we still need to question is the deeper motivation. We shouldn't measure the "good" of a person purely by the impact they bring. It's important that the inner motive was to help others, and not for some self-centered benefit. But when college enters the room, this inner motivation totally changes. People are now doing "good" things or challenging themselves just for the goal of getting into a good school and achieving some sort of short term social validation, rather than doing it for the inherent selflessness of the action.
Despite how depressing this may seem, there is still a silver lining. For those who are inherently good hearted, it may feel natural to complete service tasks while simultaneously gaining the benefit of improving their college prospects. But for those that are not as fundamentally motivated to help others, the goal of acceptance may be one way to push them to make a positive impact. Without the system, these people may not have done much in the first place. By creating a new motivation with some material benefit to be good hearted or take risks and set high expectations, there is a chance that the inner motivation will become instilled permanently. Maybe after organizing dozens of service events or programming like crazy or studying till 3am for APs, people will find new interests that they may have never considered before. In this way, there still is a silver lining to the college culture.


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Projected 2010 depth chart:
HB - RS-JR Joe Martinek (6'0, 215) / SO De'Antwan Williams (5'8, 195)
FB - RS-SR Edmond Laryea (6'1, 223) / RS-FR Robert Joseph (6'2, 216)
What a difference a year made for Joe Martinek. In 2008, Martinek started to see second half carries in the latter part of the season, and performed remarkably well with limited touches. That earned him the starting nod last fall over Jourdan Brooks. Joe has a good all-around skillset, with decent burst and power. He's a downhill runner with good vision, and maybe runs a tad too upright. The end zone was a decent, workmanlike season, but now the fans have tired of him to an extent and are starting to call for a new flavor of the month. Is that fair?
GS: I think it's wide open. Joe did perform well, and he's a tough, consistent guy, but I don't think we have a guy that really makes things happen still. I think Joe is the best of what we have, but I think the competition will be wide open and Joe will be part of that competition. Unfortunately DeAntwan is coming off an injury and probably won't do very much in the spring, and our two freshmen will not start until June.
Yes and no. Martinek was still the same runner last year; the main difference being that the Rutgers offensive line was horrible at run blocking. He's not as good as he looked in limited carries behind a surging line the year before, but it's hard to knock the guy when he was usually fighting off tacklers behind the line of scrimmage on most plays. Martinek is a decent back, but a lot of his relative success, as would be for most backs, is largely dependent on support from the offensive line (and to a lesser extent, having a good passing game to keep defenses honest).
Martinek should be a capable starter, but backup De'Antwan "Rocket" Williams may be the most talented back on the roster. He reportedly had issues with ball security and pass protection last year, and no coach is going to willingly put in a player likely to fumble or get a quarterback injured. Williams was only really trusted to see the field in garbage time (along with a few brief Wildcat cameos), but his Ray Rice-like combination of power and speed could threaten for more minutes this year if he starts to put it together. The really frustrating thing here is that Rocket sat out during spring practice with an injury, so there hasn't been much news concerning his continued development lately.
Williams is more gifted, so ideally he'd start and Joe Martinek would shift into more of a reserve role. With how good Martinek looked as a receiver out of the backfield against UCF, it's a fair question to ask why he didn't see more targets on screens (Jack Corcoran can concur on that point). If and when Kordell Young returns, he'd probably be used as a third down specialist focusing on pass protection and receiving. Young's a major injury risk though, and Martinek should slide into that role if/when Young's knee gives out again.
The other factor Kordell Young brought to the table was his gamebreaking speed. While he might be able to contribute as a third down specialist as described above, multiple knee injuries have unfortunately robbed Young of his early promise. That conceivably opens up an opportunity for reserve Mason Robinson, but also serves a stark reminder of how close Robinson is to following Young's career path. Both came to campus as highly-touted speedsters. Indeed, Mason first saw the field two years ago in relief following Kordell's first major knee injury. He was then lost in the shuffle of a running back committee in 2008 that wouldn't sort out, before being redshirting last year as a result of an ACL tear in the season opener.
Robinson had been moved to wide receiver (probably a better fit for his skill set) for depth purposes, before switching back in 2010 when the WR depth improved and RB depth worsened. Yeah, there are a lot of bad early red flags here, but Mason is still an enormous talent, and shouldn't be written off with two full years of eligibility remaining. For one thing, he actually was limited in the spring, and has only had one surgery as opposed to KY's four.
According to Rutgers coach Greg Schiano, Robinson is ahead of Young health-wise – not surprising since his injury occured two months prior to Young's.
"I definitely expect to be ready by August," said Robinson, a Somerville High graduate who's back to his natural running back position after splitting time at wideout last summer. ""I'm just trying to go at it as hard as possible, to set myself up for the best opportunity possible this season."
While more the exception than the rule, occasionally players do finally put things together as an upperclassman. In the perfect scenario Mason would be used as a type of Percy Harvin hybrid RB/slot WR, and contribute on returns.
Walk-on Tyrone Putman is the other returning veteran following Joudan Brooks transferring to Morgan State. Of the two incoming Jacksonville-area freshmen, Casey Turner comes in to campus with considerably higher level of hype and expectations. Turner's listed measurables and workout numbers are more impressive, for whatever those are worth. He won all the accolades in high school, and the early FIU commit soon started generating additional buzz from SEC programs like Arkansas. He finally signed with Rutgers last February following multiple commitments (first from FIU, followed by Rutgers, then UNC, and then back to RU). Turner's a play to watch with his impressive combination of power and speed. It's not a stretch to imagine him as a future starter down the road.
Jawan Jamison's recruitment offers a stark comparison, as many programs like South Carolina viewed him as a fallback option, with Wake Forest (whose staff does have a reputation as keen talent evaluators) the only major in earnest pursuit. Jamison quickly jumped on a Rutgers offer that became committable once Turner's status was in question and Mustafa Greene opted for NC State's thin depth chart. At the very least he'll provide depth at what is for now a very thin position. For now he's a bit of an afterthought (especially considering that Turner made it to campus earlier), but we'll see what happens once camp is underway.
After losing Jack Corcoran to graduation and Andres Morales to transfer, it wouldn't be a huge surprise to see the fullback position de-emphasized in 2010. Edmond Laryea returns as the nominal starter (with walk-on Nick DePaola listed second on the post-spring depth chart), but Laryea has bounced around in his career between fullback and linebacker, and hasn't really played all that much outside of special teams. I think Rutgers will use backup tight end Paul Carrezola as an H-Back (while sprinkling in plenty of three and four WR sets), tasked with a heavy dose of blocking and the occasional reception into the flat.
The future of the position could be redshirt freshman Robert Joseph, who missed last season injured. He was more of a playmaker than a blocker in high school, but who the hell really knows at this point. it's been suggested that another redshirt freshman in Junior Solice would bring more Morales-style bulk to the backfield, however Solice is currently listed on the team roster as a defensive lineman. Incoming freshman Sam Bergen also played some fullback in high school. All of this should be clarified once camp starts in a week.
This grouping really goes hand in hand with the play of the offensive line. Rutgers returns a better than average starter in Joe Martinek, who's adept at finding holes, but it remains to be seen whether or not those lanes will even be open. De'Antwan Williams has floated below the radar due to missing spring practice, but this is a player that everyone was really excited about a year ago. Robinson's intriguing too, although not so much as a traditional runner, and Casey Turner offers a lot of promise as well.
Honestly, it'd be reassuring to have one more veteran backup for depth purposes, but the upside to a thinner depth chart is that there won't be as much of a possibility that multiple backs will be left to stew on the bench. If Greg Schiano has shown one thing over the past decade, it's that he likes to find one workhorse, and isn't really too keen on a traditional platoon (i.e., alternating in each series) outside of down-specific packages. Rutgers is in moderate-to-good shape in the backfield, but a big worry has to be that any younger players won't get much of a chance to play outside of injury. Give them a line to run behind, and any depth issues should work themselves out in time.


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Shelf life
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Storage conditions
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A dab to celebrate!
School's Festival of Tennis a hit!
On Wednesday 24 May, the University of Exeter Tennis Centre hosted the latest Schools Tennis Festival, for over 160 children from five local primary schools.
The children had the opportunity to experience the fantastic sports facilities at the Sports Park on the University's Streatham Campus and receive expert tennis coaching. The qualified coaches arranged a programme of fun activities and games using the covered tennis courts to hopefully foster long-term involvement in the sport.
Brampford Speke Primary School, Magdalen Court School, St Leonard's Primary School, St Sidwell's Primary School and Topsham Primary School attended for free - offering the school children the chance to develop their tennis skills. The University provided equipment, coaches, travel and facilities, whilst the children brought tremendous enthusiasm, energy and a willingness to learn. It was also a great opportunity for some of our University student coaches to support the event and the local community. The activities on offer helped to develop the 'ABC's' of tennis: Agility, Balance and Co-ordination as well as improve the children's skills and understanding of the game.
Miss Dymond, Deputy Headteacher at St Sidwell's Pimrary School, was delighted to have the opportunity to be involved; "We've been taking part in the festival for a number of years now and the children really enjoy the coaching and facilities on offer. They pick up lots of new skills during the sessions and always leave in good spirits!"
Charlotte Wallace, Tennis Programme Manager for the University of Exeter and former Tennis Scholar was delighted to see so many children enjoying tennis; "I've enjoyed playing tennis all my life and can remember my first experiences on court, having fun and wanting to play more. Tennis is great fun for all ages and it was brilliant to see so many children enjoying the sport. Hopefully this has sparked an enthusiasm for tennis and will encourage them to continue their tennis journey."
The University of Exeter Tennis Centre runs a wide range of courses and sessions for all ages and abilities, with weekly courses and pay-and-play sessions offering a variety of options. May Half-Term Holiday Sessions are also available including half-day courses for 4-10 year olds and 11-16 year olds, as well as full day courses for 7-12 year olds. More information can be found at http://sport.exeter.ac.uk/children/holidays/
For more information about the Community Tennis Programme or if you would like to be involved with future Schools Tennis Festivals, take a look at the University of Exeter Sport website, contact the Tennis Office on 01392 723699 or email email@example.com.
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Tremendous wind energy resources exist in India and abroad. For example, it is estimated that the wind resources in the Pacific Northwest of the United States could theoretically provide the entire world's power supply. Other places around the world also have significant also. Wind Power is now considered as one of the best of the Alternative Energy strategies. The cost per unit is now becoming competitive with traditional coal fueled sources of energy, although it cannot yet match the present low cost of natural gas (LPG). Further innovations in wind energy power generation technology, along with the rising cost of fossil fuels is driving wind energy production costs
Near the tropics, ascending moist air rises and moves towards the poles. As it moves away from the equator, it cools and loses moisture (causing rain in the process).
This process repeats over different latitude ranges, as well as at the poles. The addition of the earth's rotation causes the following overall wind pattern to occur.
Average wind speed is the most important element of wind power design. However, wind speed varies dramatically over time. It is constantly changing direction and speed, even on a second to second basis. For this reason, data logging over an extended duration of time is essential to smooth out the irregularities in speed and direction. This gives a more accurate profile of the wind at a particular site.
The wind speed varies greatly with height and the surface characteristics. Many atmospheric measurements are taken at the standardized height of 10 meters. This is just above the tops of the trees in many places. There are two general methods of estimating wind speed versus height.
Method 1:
v(h2)/ v(h1) = (h2/h1)^ (1/7) where h1 and h2 are two different heights (h2 > h1). This is the simpler formula, which is mostly valid for smooth terrain, such as near water. There are some particular cases in which this formula is not valid, such as valleys in which wind are accelerated.
Method 2:
There is a more complicated but also more accurate wind speed estimation formula, which is based on the natural logarithm. v2/v1 = (ln(h2/z0))/(ln(h1/z0)), where z0 is the roughness factor, which has the following coefficients according to the type of surface the wind is flowing over: · Class 0 – Water – 0.0002 (meter) · Class 1 – Open land – 0.03 (meter) · Class 2 – Farmland – 0.10 (meter) · Class 3 – Urban and obstructed rural – 0.4 (meter) It should be noted that the lengths shown above do not correspond to the lengths of physical objects. Combining the facts that wind power increases with the cube of the wind speed (covered in the Wind Turbine Virtual Lab) and the present result, that the wind speed increases substantially with height, yields the result that the power output of a turbine increases dramatically when the turbine height above ground increases. Again, this depends on the location and wind speed profile both in time and height. This is the reason that the modern turbines are placed so high above the ground, in which the turbine hub height is as much as 70 meters. An additional benefit is that large wind speed spikes can significantly contribute to the average power output. However, the turbine design must be optimized to handle these spikes.
Wind speed knowledge is important for turbine design, efficiency, and optimization. Because of the large importance of knowing the wind speed profile for selecting the turbine to be installed, it is suggested that measurements be taken at different heights for 1 year. The various heights frequently monitored are the wind turbine hub height, and the hub height plus and minus the blade length.
Optimum wind power placement is above flat terrain with the smoothest possible surface before the turbine (from the wind's perspective). Near Ocean bodies are typically the best.
The first step in assessing a site for suitability for wind power production is to analyze the available wind resources. Wind energy varies greatly with location and height. A wind sensor, called an anemometer, measures the velocity and direction of the wind stream being monitored. While wind resource data is available in various online databases, these databases only cover macro solar data, for example data gleaned from orbiting satellites, or data from specific monitoring points, such as from installed metrological weather stations, which do not always provide information relevant to the particular site that is being assessed. For example, buildings, trees, height, nearby water bodies and many other factors may affect the locally available wind power. This Virtual Lab experiment is designed to teach the process of actual, applied wind energy site assessment using modern data acquisition systems and the relevant data post-processing techniques. At the end of this experiment, the student will have the necessary skills to analyze wind data for a real-world assessment of a site for wind energy production.
The Kinetic Energy of a stream of wind is given by: KE = ½ mv2 = ½ ρ (AΔx) v2, where ρ is the air density, A is the cross section area of the stream, and Δx is in the direction of wind movement (mass = density * volume = density * area * delta length = ρAΔx). Then the Wind Energy Density, Pw, is given by the derivative of KE with respect to time, divided by the Area Pw = dKE/dt * (1/A) = ½ ρ A (Δx/dt) v2 *(1/A) Pw = ½ ρ (dx/dt) v2 = ½ ρ v v2 = ½ ρ v3
As shown above, the Wind Energy Density is proportional to the cube of the wind speed. Therefore, a 3-fold increase in wind speed corresponds to a 27-fold increase in Wind Energy Density. This means the wind speed peaks contribute more to the average wind energy density than the dips in wind speed take away from it. Similar phenomena as with cars – doubling the speed requires increasing the HP by a factor of 8. This is why racing cars may have so much more power (800 hp +), 4 to 8 times as much as a normal car, but only go 2 or 3 timesfaster. (Other factors affecting the equation are reduced mass, altered aerodynamics, and the need for high acceleration capability). The previous equation, Pw = ½ ρ v3 (watts/meter2), means that the available power generating capacity of the wind increases greatly as wind speed increases. A more useful measurement is the average wind energy received over a given unit area over a given time frame. Average wind energy values are very important to gather, as wind energy measurements change dramatically over the short term, but are reliable when averaged over the relevant longer time frame. A proper assessment of the energy collected is essential to determining the type and size of wind turbine to be installed. The installation of an improperly selected wind turbine is not only expensive, but it may not rotate under the given wind conditions and will not generate energy. To determine the power an installed wind turbine will produce, it is necessary to multiply the wind energy density times the swept area of the rotor times a theoretical maximum limit of energy extraxtion called the Betz limit. The Betz limit is 0.59 and is dimensionless. For a proof of the Betz limit, please see the Webliography in the References tab. Pi = ½ A ρ v3 (Watts) where A is the swept area of the wind turbine; A = 3.14r2 , where r is the length of the radius of the turbine rotor. Due to other losses, as explained in other Wind Energy Virtual Labs, the maximum power produced by a turbine is normally much less than this theoretical limit.
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Shashi Balain, MD and CEO at Shubhram Hospital Solutions Private Limited, shares his insights into hospital linen and laundry management
The breakout of COVID 19 pandemic has brought in focus the often ignored and ill-understood role that hospital linen plays in prevention of hospital acquired infections. The first question that every healthcare worker needs to ask and understand is the rationale behind the use of PPEs, specially designed uniforms for healthcare workers, the use of patient dresses, hospital specific bed-linen and specialised linen for use in OTs and Isolation wards. All expenses made by the hospital on hospital linen is definitely not for branding; the sole purpose is to ensure an effective infection control mechanism. The safety of its employees by ensuring they don't carry home any microbial load from the hospital back to their homes and that patients do not acquire any new infection from the hospital is the paramount responsibility of all hospitals. Effective hospital linen and laundry management practices and the fidelity with which they are implemented play a crucial role in ensuring that the hospital is able to achieve this crucial objective.
The genesis of Shubhram lies in "infection control" through its program of "Shubhram Clean Chain". The fundamentals of Shubhram Clean Chain are rather simple; but with high degree of process control, and thus higher implementation fidelity, it becomes extremely powerful and effective.
Shubhram maintains a 'Clean Chain': Robust systems and processes that ensure a functional and physical separation of 'clean' and 'dirty' areas throughout the process of collection, washing, and delivery. The Shubhram Clean Chain concept assumes even more significance in times of a Pandemic like COVID 19 as it brings back to focus how important it is to have more detailed protocols and regulations on how hospital linen needs to be handled from collection of soiled linen, to washing, to finishing, packing, and delivering it back to the hospital. Though most hospitals follow a very detailed protocol for sterilisation, the understanding of disinfection through laundry is still rather limited.
Protocol versus non-protocol based in-house laundry services: A Comparison of major input parameters
Consider the contrast between protocol based versus non-protocol-based hospital linen management. It's a bomb waiting to explode and we need to ask ourselves three questions:
1. Are we aware of and ready for the risks? Awareness issues.
2. Do we want to take the risk? We are aware but costs make one take the risks.
3. Is it worth it? A priority issue of where the money needs to be spent.
- Infection control is the holy grail of all hospital protocols. The major focus of all hospital audits such as JCI and NABH is to ensure that all hospital operations have in-built infection control mechanisms so that hospital acquired infections can be prevented.
- Hospitals in India have come a long way in implementing SOPs that help in controlling hospital acquired infections. However, the focus has largely been on operation theatres and general cleanliness. Sources of infection such as linen and laundry have escaped the attention as accreditation bodies such as NABH are yet to have norms like as in EU for such operations.
- Operation theatres and everything associated with OT such as linen used in procedures have been a major focus of such measures and there are definite protocols in place to ensure" Sterile Linen" in OT. Thus, functioning of CSSDs receive major emphasis and all procedures and documentation is in place to ensure the desired outcome i.e. infection free linen.
- In Europe, both Laundry and CSSD receive equal emphasis as linen used after surgeries or linen outside of OT that has not been completely free of infection are a major source of secondary infections in hospitals.
- Infection control protocols for washing and process monitoring are as stringent as for CSSD and are governed by norms called Risk Analysis Bio Contamination.
The out-break of COVID 19 has brought back the need of having infection free laundry process as the need of the hour as it is not possible to sterilise all linen and uniforms that are used for the patients, doctors, nurses and other support staff working for Isolation wards. Shubhram, in consultation with its partner Servizi Italia and chemical partner Diversey, issued detailed guidelines on handling wash process of linen used in COVID 19 Isolation wards.
Shubhram COVID-19 Linen Collection, Handling and Disinfection Protocol
The below guidelines are based on triangulation of information from various reliable and evidence-based sources as follows:
- Experience of dealing with Covid 19 infected linen in Italy by our Italian partners (Servizi Italia) during the current Covid 19 health crisis in Italy
- Advice from the Global Team of our chemical partners Diversey based on their well-researched and evidence-based efficacy of their chemicals against Covid 19
- Shubhram own in-house research based on publications coming from China that has been at the fore-front of dealing with Covid 19
Though the research on Covid 19 is not peer-reviewed given how recent the problem is, the programs being followed have a very sound research base and are proven to be effective in dealing with the current issue at our other plants in Italy.
This protocol deals with the following three aspects:
- The wash program being followed by Shubhram especially keeping in mind Covid 19 infected linen
- The collection, disinfection at site and bagging of Covid 19 infected linen by the hospital before being handed over to Shubhram staff
- Handling and transportation of Covid 19 infected linen by Shubhram Staff to the Plant
Shubhram wash programs for Covid 19 infected linen
Shubhram is following robust RABC (Risk Analysis and Bio-Contamination Control) guidelines being followed pan-Europe for overall-all infection control practices at the Shubhram plant to ensure that all linen is totally free from any sort of infection once it is finally processed.
Specifically, for Covid 19 infected or potentially infected linen we have gone for even higher level of infection control programs guided by our Italian partners, Diversey and WHO Guidelines. The program being currently followed for washing at Shubhram is as follows:
- Thermal disinfection: Shubhram has decided to go for very stringent thermal disinfection processes recommended by Robert Koch-Institutes in Germany (RKI) and go for the higher thermal disinfection. As per RKI's recommendation, we are now doing the main wash cycle for 10 minutes at 90 degree Celsius. At this temperature and wash duration, the program ensures complete thermal disinfection. The thermal disinfection formula recommended is as follows:
t(time in minutes) X [T(temperature) – 55° C] >= 250
Shubhram wash programs go way beyond this minimum requirement to ensure complete thermal disinfection. - Drain of water: we have programmed the machines to ensure that there is no drain before the main wash.
- Chemical disinfection: we are using Clax Build Lite 5 ml/kg) and Clax Sonril Ultra (1.5 mil/kg) in our main wash other than various other chemicals as our main chemical disinfection process.
- Dedicated machine for washing Covid 19 Linen: We have dedicated one machine for washing Covid 19 linen arriving from hospital isolation wards so that these are not mixed up with any other hospital linen.
In addition to this, the hospital linen wash protocols being followed by Shubhram go way beyond just washing. The Plant is custom designed to be a barrier laundry plant to serve hospitals. It has complete segregation of clean and dirty area to an extent that even air flow is designed to move from Clean to the Washing side with louvers to ensure a single way air-flow. We maintain a positive air pressure on the clean side and all exhaust systems are on the washing side that actively pull air from the clean to the washing side.
All the machines for hospital washing are barrier machines and 100% automated though a series of conveyer belts to ensure minimal human touch. The design of the plant, use of Continuous Batch Washers that have the ability to wash more than 3.5 tons per hour of linen, we can assure you that with Shubhram your linen-management service is in safe hands and will ensure 24X7 service support to your team during these trying times.
The collection, disinfection at site and bagging of Covid 19 infected linen by the hospital before being handed over to Shubhram staff
Under normal circumstances, Shubhram takes infected linen from hospitals in Yellow Bags that go through Shubhram's specialised infected linen wash program. However, we are changing our guidelines for India on this process and will insist on hospital following the process of advised by Diversey. The summary of the recommendation is as follows:
Collection and Handling of Infected /Contaminated Linen
- Worker must wear gloves, gown, respiratory masks, eye protection while directly handling infected soiled linen and laundry (e.g., bedding, towels, personal clothing) as per Standard and Contact Precautions.
- Handle contaminated textiles and fabrics with minimum agitation to avoid contamination of air, surfaces and persons by aerosolize infectious particles.
- Bag the contaminated textiles and fabrics at the point of use
· Do not sort or pre-rinse contaminated textiles or fabrics in patient-care areas
· Use leak-resistant containment for textiles and fabrics contaminated with blood or body substances
· Identify bags or containers for contaminated textiles with labels, colour coding, or other alternative means of communication as appropriate - Ensure that laundry bags are closed before transporting.
- Wear appropriate PPE's for transporting linen bag to pre-treatment area.
- Frequently perform recommended hand hygiene after removing gloves.
- Use the designated area identified for pre-treatment before transporting linen onto the vehicle for laundry process.
On site Pre-Treatment of infected linen:
Option – 1 (As per guideline of MOhW)
Sodium hypochlorite solutions – As per Ministry of Health and Family welfare India (MOHW) 525–615 ppm of available chlorine should be used for pre-treatment of infected linen using pre-soak method with contact time 20 minutes followed by fresh water rinse.
Solution Preparation – Take 10 ml of Clax Hypo in 1 litre of fresh potable water (Hardness should be less than 400 ppm) at room temperature (less than 35°C)
Option – 2
Virex II 265 – As per Environmental Protection Agency, USA (EPA claim 70627-24) 660 – 1000 ppm of available QAC can be used for pre-treatment of infected linen using pre-soak method with contact time 30 minutes followed by fresh water rinse.
Solution Preparation – Take 4 – 6 ml of Virex II 256 in 1 litre of fresh potable water (Hardness should be less than 400 ppm) preferred hot water if available.
Depending on availability of recommended chemicals, Shubhram is happy for the hospital to adopt any of the above two options.
Handling and transportation of Covid 19 infected linen by Shubhram Staff to the Plant
Follow standard operating procedures for the containment and disposal of regulated medical waste. Follow standard operating procedures for containing and reprocessing used linen. Wear appropriate PPE when removing soiled linen from the vehicle.
- Avoid shaking the linen
- Clean and disinfect the vehicle in accordance with standard operating procedures. Personnel performing the cleaning should wear a disposable gown and gloves and respiratory protection as needed, during the clean-up process; and all the PPE should be discarded after use.
- All surfaces that may have come in contact with the materials contaminated during patient care (e.g., Doors, rails, control panels, floors, walls, any other surfaces) should be thoroughly cleaned and disinfected using an EPA-registered hospital disinfectant in accordance with manufacturer's recommendations.
Shubhram has decided to use a dedicated vehicle to collect all Covid 19 infected Linen collection and not mix it up with our major hospital linen pick-up of other items. As a normal protocol Shubhram dis-infects all its vehicles; but for Covid 19 infected linen transport Shubhram will be dis-infecting the vehicle using specialist programs run for this by Diversey.
Trollies can be a significant source of infection. Shubhram has a trolley autoclave mechanism at the plant where we use steam at high temperatures to completely dis-infect all trollies. All trollies carrying fresh linen and the transport vehicles carrying the trollies are completely free of any infection.
We believe it is high time that the government comes out with detailed protocols and puts in place mechanism to monitor all hospital laundries, in-house or outsourced, so that both the patients and healthcare workers are safe while using hospital provided linen. We can no longer hide behind lack of awareness or lack of protocols and break the clean-chain. We ought to build-upon the awareness created by COVID 19 of the dangers of how rapidly infection can spread if we break the infection control protocols and put in place the best-in-class practices and help our brave healthcare workers stay safe. Infection free linen in our hospitals is everyone's right and its time we seize this moment of change and awareness and let the healthcare workers take care of the patients rather than be worried about their own PPE.


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Timothy Sullivan and Nathalie Amazan have been elected as the president and vice president of the University of Massachusetts' Student Government Association for the 2018-2019 school year. Sullivan and Amazan have taken the presidential seat with a total of 1,640 votes out of 4,017 casted by the undergraduate student body.
Coming in second place were candidates Tim Conceison and Jake Binnall with 1,253 votes, while Sarah Nordberg and Stephanie Margolis came in last, amounting 844 votes.
"I feel ecstatic, I really feel really happy, like when people ask you 'What's your proudest accomplishment in life thus far?' this is it!" Amazan said in response to the victory.
"We're finally being recognized for all the work we've done for students and it's because I have Nathalie Amazan right by my side that we ran this election," Sullivan said. "I have never met a more hardworking person in my life than this woman."
For the upcoming 2018-2019 school year Sullivan and Amazan plan to create an "SGA that really matters."
"I want students to feel like they can come into our office and be able to do the work with us; I don't want people not to know what the SGA is. I don't want people to think that SGA is a joke," Sullivan said.
Sullivan and Amazan also plan to work with the Center for Education Policy and Advocacy in hopes of bringing their grassroots organizing tactics to the SGA, and any of their opponents who would like to "elevate" issues such as affordability, sustainability, restorative justice or needs of marginalized students.
Sullivan and Amazan's win also drew support from the current vice presidential seat of the SGA. Vice President Lily Wallace said that she feels "excited" for the newly appointed president and vice president.
"After winning our president/vice president campaign against them last year, I remember thinking how excited I was for them to run again after having another year under their belt," Wallace said in an email. "I have watched them all year and been impressed with the work they have accomplished working in CEPA and all over campus."
According to a statement from Wallace, she and current SGA President Anthony Vitale plan to help transition Sullivan and Amazan into their new role.
"Anthony and I are still in office until the end of March and have many of our projects that we will be finishing up, even though now we are lame ducks. We will be shifting attention to passing the years of institutional knowledge we have to Nat and Timmy to make sure that they are in the best place to take over," she said in the email.
In response to the recent loss, Jake Binnall, candidate for SGA vice president on the Conceison-Binnall ticket, said he felt "happy with the votes he got."
"I'm proud of the freshman senators that just got re-elected that were with us, I think that our voice will definitely be continued through them. And we're not out of the SGA just yet, so we're going to keep on fighting for what we believe in," Binnall said.
In hindsight of his ticket's loss, Binnall believes they could've amplified their message more, but looking forward, he hopes that Sullivan and Amazan will work on residence hall policies and support for registered student organizations.
Despite his loss, Binnall says he will still fight to support the student body. He plans to become more involved with RSOs and advocate the SGA's resources to them.
In addition to Sullivan and Amazan's election victory, Jiya Nair has been elected as student trustee, gaining a total of 1,255 out of 4,127 votes casted from the undergraduate and graduate student body.
"I feel overwhelmed and humbled by the support I have received," Nair said in an email. "Right now, it hasn't really sunk in, but I feel incredibly touched by the outpouring love."
As student trustee, Nair plans to "ground" decision-making in student choice and strengthen community engagement. One of her strongest initiatives she hopes to accomplish is changing the Land Use policy and addressing space usage and student access in the UMass system.
Nair was able to beat out three other candidates: Maximilian Roemer, who came in second with 916 votes, Robert Kearns, who placed third with 657 votes and Kevin Mullen, who came in last with 420 votes.
According to a statement released by Kearns, following Nair's victory he plans to offer her his assistance in supporting undergraduate and graduate students at UMass. Kearns also says he will still continue to fight for issues such as affordability, food insecurity and public transportation.
In terms of voter turnout, according to the SGA election report skeleton, 17.8 percent of the UMass undergraduate student body voted this election year toward the presidential seat, a three percent decrease from last year's election, and 14.5 percent of the UMass undergraduate and graduate student body voted toward the student trustee seat.
Alvin Buyinza can be reached at [email protected] and followed on Twitter @abuyinza_news.


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You will decide what kind of data you will include in your dissertation. There are various kinds of data in a dissertation, such as primary, secondary, and broad data. Must decide which research you will do, and based on that, draught the content. Each has its criteria, according to which you write your data.
- Primary Data: The author gathers this particular type of information. Students usually rely on this type of analysis while writing their dissertations. The researcher looked up the most recent information when doing the research endeavour. It is done directly by the students themselves. Scholars get the largest grades through this data alone.
- Secondary Data: It includes information that is from previous researchers including, governmental sources, and a variety of online and offline documents. It is referred to as "past data" because it has been collected in the past. Using this data in your dissertation makes it easier because you don't have to conduct new research. It is not always necessary for the secondary data to be 100 per cent relevant. It is researched with a differentquestion in the mind of its writer. Additionally, there might be queries about the accuracy of this data, which can cause trouble.
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. If you are doing the research for the first time, it is qualitative. It is to investigate other people's specific perspectives. It is on dynamic reality. Observing and interviewing people, then collecting data, comes under this research. It gives one their perception of reality. Qualitative research is usually exploratory.
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- Observation:The name suggests that it deals with research based on observations. In this research, you can get involved with the participants to observe and understand them. Either way, you can be an observer or a bystander and collect your data. Therefore, You should maintain an observation checklist, then jot down its results and add them to your data.
- Interviews: This is one of the more common methods of interviewing. It is your role to rely on prior questions to understand attitudes, opinions, and feelings to fill in your data. Depending on your research topic, you can deviate from your pre-determined questions to explore all that is relevant at the present moment.
- Case Studies:This is an intensive study of the person or a group of people relevant to the research question. The researcher prefers to target a specific group of people or individuals who they believe will provide interesting and unusual information for their research. Therefore,adding a case study helps the student score higher in their academic writing.
- Focus groups:Just the fact that multiple people are involved makes a difference. The participants in the focus groups were people belonging to different social backgrounds. Their main aim is to engage them in an open discussion and explore their understanding of the topic.
Various Kinds of Quantitative Research Data
There are several kinds of quantitative research data. A brief description of its kinds is explained below:
- Descriptive Research Data:This is the data that the researcher attempts to collect after statistically analysing it. It helps the researcher collect data and describe its demographics through statistical analysis.
- Correlational Research Data:Correlational research is the type of study where the researchers observe the relationship between two variables with the help of statistical analyses. It evaluates it without the researchers controlling or manipulating them.
- Casual Comparative Experimental Research : It is a kind of research that determines the cause-and-effect relationship between independent and dependent variables. In this kind of study, the researcher determines the causes of differences among a group of people.
- Experimental Research- Itis a scientific method for establishing cause-and-effect relationships in a group of people for a study.
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A dissertation is a method based on research and data. It consists of numbers, facts, and data relevant to the comprehension of the write-up. The way the student researches and presents their information on paper is what makes it good academic writing for them. Before beginning the study and adding data to the content, many considerations need to be made. Following is an excerpt from the dissertation help for students to understand the concept.