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The government is selling three slots of spectrum across the nation with the exception of a few states where four slots will be on offer. The reserve price for pan-India spectrum has been fixed at Rs3,500 crore
India's largest private telecom company Bharti Airtel Ltd on Thursday submitted its bid for 3G spectrum, the auction for which starts from 9th April, reports PTI.
According to the schedule, tomorrow is the last day for putting in applications to participate in the auction.
The government is selling three slots of spectrum across the nation with the exception of a few states where four slots will be on offer. The reserve price for pan-India spectrum has been fixed at Rs3,500 crore.
According to the notice inviting applications (NIA) for 3G spectrum auction, of the 22 circles only five states—Punjab, Bihar, West Bengal, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir—will have four private players.
3G mobile services will allow high-speed content download and broadband services. When contacted, Bharti officials confirmed that an application has been put in for participating in the forthcoming 3G spectrum auction.
The successful bidders would be allowed to offer 3G services on a commercial basis from 1 September 2010.
The auction of spectrum has been postponed several times as there was indecisiveness over the availability of spectrum and the number of operators to be allowed in each circle.
The Department of Telecom (DoT) was at loggerheads with the defence ministry over the latter's reluctance to vacate the designated spectrum (air waves) for commercial use.
As per DoT's schedule, the last date for submission of applications is 19th March. The mock auction will take place on 5th and 6th April, followed by the final auction on 9 April 2010.
According to sources, Bharti Airtel will be bidding for a pan-India spectrum.
Other potential operators, including Vodafone-Essar, Tata Teleservices Ltd, Aircel and Reliance Communications Ltd are also likely to put in their applications by tomorrow.
The government expects to garner Rs35,000 crore from the sale of spectrum for 3G and Boradband Wireless Access (BWA). However, with the number of players reduced to three in most of the circles from the four planned earlier, the government may fall short of its target.
SNEHA is an organisation that offers friendship and help to young mothers and children to eradicate malnutrition and infant mortality
From their experience of saving the lives of newborn babies…
From healing the physical wounds of battered women…
And wondering what happened to them once they went back to the environment from which they came… was born an organisation which offers friendship and support.
Every Wednesday, a group of doctors would meet in Dharavi (one of Asia's biggest slums) and discuss how to help mothers and reduce infant mortality and malnutrition. They included Dr Armida Fernandez, a neonatologist and former dean of Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital and Medical College, Mumbai and Dr Soans. While Dr Fernandez wanted to set up a structure to offer help, Dr Soans offered to finance it. The sudden demise of Dr Soans may have been a setback, but his wife Patricia decided to fulfil her husband's wish and provided the seed capital to start SNEHA.
SNEHA was born in the Mumbai slum of Dharavi on 27 November 1999—the perfect destination to help address the special needs of nutrition, health and education of women and children, especially newborns, but offering quality and standardised healthcare. The need for Sneha is evident in the statistics.
One out of two children in India is malnourished; 54% of Mumbaikars live in slums and 450 mothers out of every 100,000 die during childbirth. Dr Fernandez was to change these numbers. SNEHA works with poor women to help them understand basics of personal hygiene, importance of breastfeeding, nutrition for expectant mothers and babies. The work begins with adolescent girls, who are told about the ill-effects of early marriage and motherhood. Expectant mothers are also contacted through house visits and group counselling, given lessons in first aid and taught how to help out during childbirth. These activities are conducted under a programme called 'City Initiative for Newborn Health'.
SNEHA encourages women to work within their ecosystem by using Appreciative Inquiry, a process that explores the power of sharing success stories and positivism. It encourages individuals to look for possible solutions and facilitates behavioural change in a process that has positively changed many lives. Such counselling is offered across its 30 facilities.
In the area of child health and nutrition, SNEHA has initiatives like 'Aahar' and 'Nutrition Day Care Centres' to deal with child nutrition. Mothers are made aware of nutrition and dietary changes which don't deviate drastically from the family's food habits. There is also regular screening to identify children with congenital heart disease and to provide medical assistance.
SNEHA also offers counselling and rehabilitation to victims of domestic violence. Even today, 66% of women face physical & mental harassment in their own homes. These women are encouraged to share their trauma through counselling and group therapy. In most cases, the first step is to get all the parties involved together and interact. If communication doesn't help, then SNEHA's volunteers help the woman file a police complaint and take the matter forward.
SNEHA also provides regular health services through OPDs, and also offers holistic healthcare to senior citizens. It encourages senior citizens and young girls to attend activities held at its centres, which also conduct social, recreational and skills-oriented activities and vocational training. These life skills are aimed at helping them earn higher incomes to support themselves and their families.
SNEHA's activities are funded through donations, corporate sponsorship and fund-raising events. Like most NGOs, it requires monetary support as well as volunteers in order to expand its work, especially in the areas of preventing transmission of HIV/AIDS from mother to child, and sexual harassment at work, for women living in slums.
SNEHA is registered as a voluntary organisation, under the Bombay Public Trust Act, 1950. Contributions are eligible for exemption under the Income Tax Act and the Foreign Contributions Regulation Act for overseas donations. You can help SNEHA by contacting it at the address below:
Urban Health Centre, 4th floor,
60 Feet Road, Dharavi,
Mumbai 400017
Telephone: 24042627/24086011
The easing in food prices has been marred by rising fuel inflation, giving no respite to the overall inflation level that has been consistently rising since it came out of sub-zero levels in September last year
Food inflation fell to 16.3% for the week ended 6th March on easing prices of pulses and vegetables, but fuel inflation shot up to 12.68%, reports PTI.
For the previous week, food inflation was at 17.8% and fuel inflation at 11.4%.
Vegetable prices showed a marked decline of more than 10% over the week, followed by about 4% fall in prices of pulses. Urad and arhar prices were down 6% each during the week.
However, the easing in food prices has been marred by rising fuel inflation, giving no respite to the overall inflation level that has been consistently rising since it came out of sub-zero levels in September last year.
The fuel index comprising fuel, power, light and lubricants saw an inflation of 12.68% over the week led by 16.8% inflation in petrol prices and 14.99% in diesel prices.
The rise in fuel prices is a result of the budgetary announcement of a hike in excise and customs duty on petrol and diesel.
Overall inflation has risen to 9.89% for February from a low of 1.34% in October last year, primarily led by high food prices.
Inflation has already breached the RBI's projection of 8.5% for the fiscal-end in January when it touched 8.56%.


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I have been "cooking" since I was 3 years old. Now I cook for my two teenage sons and bake decorated cakes for family and friends. I came up with this for an online contest. It was a hoot! —Tammy Baker, Bowling Green, Kentucky
Total TimePrep: 1 hour Bake: 20 min. + cooling
Makes21 cupcakes and 6 mini cupcakes
- 1 package chocolate fudge cake mix (regular size)
- 1 cup water
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 1/4 cup brewed coffee, room temperature
- 3 large eggs
- 1 cup miniature semisweet chocolate chips
- 1 can (16 ounces) chocolate frosting, divided
- 1 teaspoon black paste food coloring
- 12 mini Oreo cookies
- Brown and yellow milk chocolate M&M's
- 3-3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1/4 to 1/3 cup water
- Preheat oven to 350°. Line 21 muffin cups and 6 mini-muffin cups with paper liners.
- In a large bowl, combine cake mix, water, oil, coffee and eggs; beat on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium 2 minutes. Stir in chocolate chips. Fill prepared cups two-thirds full. Bake 18-22 minutes for regular-sized cupcakes and 10-12 minutes for mini-cupcakes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.
- Place 1-1/3 cups chocolate frosting in a small bowl. Tint black with food coloring. Cut a small hole in the tip of a pastry bag or in a corner of a food-safe plastic bag; insert #125 or other large petal or flat pastry tip. Fill bag with black frosting and set aside.
- Frost mini cupcakes with some of the remaining chocolate frosting. Separate Oreo cookies, leaving cream filling on one side of the cookies. Place filling sides of cookies on frosted cupcakes for eyes, cream side up; attach brown M&M's with chocolate frosting.
- Trim plain sides of cookies into triangles for ears; place above eyes. Insert #16 or other star pastry tip into another pastry bag. Fill bag with remaining chocolate frosting. Pipe feathers on ears and around eyes. Place yellow M&M's between eyes for beaks.
- In a large bowl, beat confectioners' sugar, butter, shortening and enough water to reach spreading consistency; frost large cupcakes. Arrange cupcakes side by side on a covered cake board.
- Pipe black frosting across tops of cupcakes for tree trunk and branches. Place owl cupcakes on branches.
Nutrition Facts1 cupcake or 2 mini cupcakes: 389 calories, 21g fat (7g saturated fat), 36mg cholesterol, 261mg sodium, 49g carbohydrate (38g sugars, 1g fiber), 2g protein.
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Five stars for the design and idea! Too flippin cute! Minus one star for cake mix. There are a lot of great cake recipes out there that are only slightly more time consuming and much healthier. That other star had to go for the use of canned frosting. Why not just make a double batch of the butter cream frosting and chocolate/blacken the extra accordingly? Canned frosting is almost as bad as cool whip (which dissolves fake eyelashes, by the way). I'm totally doing this! Thank you!!!

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Dr. Jennifer Burger joined Olansky Dermatology Associates in 2016 after practicing in the Atlanta area for more than 10 years. A native of Albany, GA, she became interested in medicine after she graduated college and during a loved one's health crisis. She graduated from Emory University School of Medicine and continued her Dermatology training at the University of Michigan. She has a strong interest in caring for the entire family from warts and acne to changing moles and skin cancer.
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The digital world can be very complex and challenging for consumers to navigate. As part of the National Year of Digital Inclusion, the ACCANect Conference will focus on how to empower consumers to get and stay connected to the phone and broadband services they need. This relates directly to ACCAN's goal of ensuring that communications services are available, affordable and accessible for all Australians.
We invite you to attend the ACCANect Conference
on 14-15 September 2016, Sydney
ACCANect will be an opportunity for consumers, providers and government representatives to get up to speed on what's available now and what's over the horizon.
As well as debates and discussion, ACCANect will provide practical tools for those attending to improve their own connectivity. We will look at some of the latest research as well as successful initiatives both here and overseas to promote and improve connectivity.
Check out the draft program. We will update the program as more information becomes available. The sessions will address the following topics:
The conference will allow participants - Government, telcos, regulators and content producers - to hear first-hand accounts on the realities consumers face in staying connected. Last year's conference attracted attendees from overseas, consumer groups, industry, government and regulators, as well as mainstream media.
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ACCAN offers two types of financial assistance to support members, or nominees of member organisations, to attend the ACCAN Annual Conference: Three (3) Complimentary Travel Grants to provide financial assistance for members resident in rural NSW, or interstate; and Three (3) Complimentary Registration Grants.
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Another meeting of the South Hamilton Community School Board will be this evening at 6:00 at the middle school high school building board room in Jewell. The board will receive recognition and certificates for their work from the Iowa Association of School Boards during the observance of School Board Recognition Month. The agenda will include a review of the three year lease for a radio base station and antenna, an update on the new concession stand project, consider the renewal of a shared human resource position with the Roland Story school district, a look at outsourcing janitorial services, review protocols and training for suicide prevention and postvention,approve the senior class for graduation, set fees for next school year, approve banking services bids, and first reading on board policies for facilities rental and students.
The South Hamilton school board will meet in a closed session to discuss wages and salary increases for support staff and administration with the contracts for the support staff and administration to follow. There will be reports by principals Scott Dryer and Paul Hemphill and superintendent Ken Howard.


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Social Democratic Energy Minister Ibrahim Baylan has promised voters that electricity network charges will be lowered by up to 21 per cent, starting in 2020. According to the minister, this will correspond to a reduction of some SEK 60 billion between 2020 and 2023.
Last year, utilities took out SEK 52 billion in network charges, according to figures reported to the Swedish Energy Markets Inspectorate. However, investments in the grid have not been in line with increases in network charges. "I understand [consumers'] frustration when they see no major investment being made, even though the fixed charge on invoices is increasing," he says.
Villaägarna, a national organisation working to promote homeowners' interests, is less than impressed by the promise, saying it does not believe in the government's calculations.
We are a small, but qualified team of graduates in politics, economics, English and classics dedicated to providing quality news digests in English that offer readers a first-hand look at the most important topics covered by the Swedish press. Here you will find a selection of the articles that are published in our Swedish Press Review.
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Article 50: Causing a person with a mental disorder to watch a sexual act by inducement, threat or deception
7.117.Like the previous set of offences, these Articles are concerned with the situation where a person (A) involves another person (B) in sexual activity where B has a mental disorder. However, for these offences, there is no need to prove that B is unable to refuse. Instead, the offences address the situation where A uses inducements, threats or deceptions to obtain B's agreement to the sexual activity. The definition of mental disorder is at Article 2(9); the definition of sexual activity is at Article 4. An inducement might be A promising B presents of anything from sweets to a holiday; a threat might be A stating that he will hurt a member of B's family; and a deception might be A stating that B will get into trouble if he does not engage in sexual activity, or persuading him that it is expected that friends should engage in sexual activity. The division of the Articles according to the type of sexual activity involved is similar to that in the previous set of offences.


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Archaeologists Unlock Ancient Mayan Pyramid Secret
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Secret below Mayan pyramids, archeologists investigate (The Weather Network)
Archaeologists are searching for the secrets of why the ancient Mayans chose the sites for the famed pyramids of Chichen Itza by looking underground.
Mexico's Yucatan peninsula is dotted with natural wells called cenotes and underground rivers. Archaeologists now believe that some of these hydrological features lie below the sacred ground on which the Mayan pyramids were built.
Archaeologist Guillermo de Anda from Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History said: "We're looking for what seems to be a messoamerican pattern of a relation (between) architecture (and) caves, or architecture (and) artificial cave, tunnel or cenote."
Another member of the team is James Brady from the California State University of Los Angeles who is investigating the tunnels and passageways that lie under the pyramids. Brady said, "the great hope is to connect with the cenote under the Castillo (Pyramid)."
The team hopes to gather enough information to construct a full 3-D model of all of Chichen Itza's Mayan structures along with the geologic and hydrologic features of the ground underlying the ancient site.
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It is time to escape the boring crowds, grey buildings and black tarmac of the city. We invite you to the heart of Lycia to discover its wild flowers with hundreds of different colours, and its turquoise sea.
Lycian Spring Botanical Tour
Lead by an Assistant Professor in Botanics
19 – 23 April 2019
(4 Nights, 5 Days)
In Double Occupancy, Per Person 1499 TL
Single Supplement 160 TL
Who Lives in Kaş (Without Accommodation) 999 TL
- %10 Discount for Children & Member of Kaş Turizm Tanıtma Derneği
- Accomodation will be at our hotel in Kaş.
Catching the colors and odours of Autumn… A visual feast searching for flowers, crocuses, orchids…
This botanical tour will give you a unique opportunity to discover wonders of Lycian plants. During this five-day program you will have the chance to see more than 200 different plants and the most beautiful flowers of the Mediterranean coastline.
A trip that no nature lover, plant enthusiast, hiker or photographer should miss… Each day you will study a different Meditteranean flora at a different altitude, following different trails. You will be immersed in Nature the whole day, hiking and listening to the mythological stories about these plants, and learning what they are good for.
Our botanist expert will explain how you could use these plants for medicinal or for cosmetic purposes.
The Lycian Orchid, Anatolian Orchid, Orchis Italica, Saffron, Clary Sage, Gladiola, Asphodelus, Euphorbia, Thymus or the evergreen oak Quercus coccifera are only some of the plants you will discover during the tour…
Participants will withness historical, archaeological, cultural and natural riches of the Teke peninsula (ancient Lycia) on daily hiking routes.
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On Monday, the extremist rebel factions "Jabhat Al-Nusra" (Syrian Al-Qaeda group) and "Jund Al-Aqsa" (Syrian Al-Qaeda group) launched a joint offensive in the southern countryside of the Aleppo Governorate, targeting the villages surrounding Tal Al-'Eiss near the Aleppo-Damascus Highway (M-5 Highway).
According to preliminary reports from social media activists in support of the Syrian opposition, Jabhat Al-Nusra and Jund Al-Aqsa have captured the hilltops of Tal SyriaTel and Tal Qinsarin after a fierce battle with the National Defense Forces (NDF), Kataebat Al-Ba'ath (Al-Ba'ath Battalions), and Harakat Al-Nujaba (Iraqi paramilitary).
The aforementioned hilltops are located directly north of Banes, which is another important villages that is located near Tal Al-'Eiss in the Aleppo Governorate's southern countryside.
This recent assault by Jabhat Al-Nusra and Jund Al-Aqsa in southern Aleppo is the first offense that these groups have launched since December 2015.
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Thursday, September 24, 2009
Kissy Face
Sasha has truly perfected her kissy face. This is the last thing I see every morning as I leave the house - milk-soaked toddler face begging for one more kiss before I go. Love like that will last you through the whole day.
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4 comments:
- Amelia said...
Precious! Glad to see she's gotten the concept of closed lips...I still get the wide-open mouth full of milk & eggs version! But, it's all good.
- September 24, 2009 at 6:53 PM
- Calico Sky said...
ooh my that is simply adorable!!!!
- September 25, 2009 at 5:39 AM
- Sumptuous Stitching said...
That is too cute! I'm so glad you guys are doing well! :)!
- September 25, 2009 at 3:52 PM
- Susan said...
she has gorgeous eyes!! :)
- September 28, 2009 at 11:47 AM
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For the sake of completeness, we have developed the Drosera application, which allows simple and fast configuration of our 61850 protocol converters. This tool is addressed especially to integrators and device manufacturers and does not require any programming knowledge. The intuitive user interface provides access to configuration and mappings along with performing the operations necessary to establish reliable communication between JPEmbedded's IEC 61850 gateway and other IEDs (Intelligent Electronic Devices).
Drosera allows users to add, edit and browse mappings between IEC 61850 data attributes and data points of supported protocols. The application currently supports the following standards: MQTT, IEC 60870-5-103, ModbusTCP, and ModbusRTU. User can upload the generated CID file directly to JPEmbedded's gateway or export the mappings to CSV file.
Interesting? Watch the demo movie and see Drosera in action!
Drosera is made available free of charge to all customers. If you are interested to try it please send us a message via email@example.com.
As a continuous process of extending the functionality of 61850 products family, JPEmbedded implemented support for routable GOOSE (R-GOOSE) feature. The advantage of R-GOOSE is that it allows to deliver data beyond local (LAN) networks. It facilitates implementation of centralized systems overlooking operation of the infrastructure on wide geographical areas.
As a transport protocol R-GOOSE is using multicast UDP/IP. Since GOOSE messages might be sent over public IP networks, there is a need to provide adequate cyber security means for both authentication of data source and encryption of data content.
R-GOOSE implementation by JPEmbedded supports GDOI protocol (described by RFC 6407) used for key negotiation between IDE and Key Distribution Center (KDC) and most popular encryption algorithms like AES-CBC or 3DES-CBC.
From developer perspective there is no difference between enabling GOOSE or R-GOOSE in given IED application, so migration of existing applications using GOOSE to R-GOOSE is smooth and easy. In most cases enabling R-GOOSE for IED will mean generation of certificates required for key negotiation and update of CID file which defines a multicast group to which R-GOOSE messages shall be delivered.
R-Goose communication between Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) in distribution automation systems (DAS) is defined in IEC 61850-8-1 and cybersecurity issues related to multicast groups are specified by IEC 62351-9.
If you would like to know more about our R-GOOSE implementation please contact us at email@example.com.
Electricity Exchange is an Irish Utility which has taken a high-tech approach to harness the capacity of unused back-up generators found in hospitals and factories around the country. Its so-called Virtual Power Plant provides reserve power to the national grid. The company has secured back-up generators and designed the state-of-the-art smart grid automation solution. Thus, in the event of a sudden power scarcity that cannot be handled by regular power stations, Electricity Exchange is able to provide the capacity to the national grid to supply up to 150 000 houses.
Electricity Exchange selected secure-ICCP/TASE.2 library by JPEmbedded as a basis of the company's communications with Ireland's Transmission System Operator, EirGrid. Inter-Control Center Communications Protocol (ICCP) also known as TASE.2 is one of the standards that defines communication between control centers, utilities and power pools. The standard supports the exchange of real-time data using secured channel.
JPEmbedded's libraries and some other solutions available on the market were extensively tested before taking a decision favorable to the Poland based supplier.
Reliable communication between our system and EirGrid is crucial for our business. The solution provided by JPEmbedded's matches all our needs, including data transfer safety, portability, and last but not least, ease of integration with EirGrid's systems. – says Dr. Paddy Finn, CEO of Electricity Exchange.
JPEmbedded's Secure-ICCP/TASE.2 library provides a secure connection to the EirGrid, TSO for the provision of real-time power generation data, in addition, to control states and set points that manage the operation of Electricity Exchange's power generation assets. – adds Dr. Finn.
Electricity Exchange is a smart grid operator and a leading provider of Demand Response Technologies and Services in Ireland. Electricity Exchange developed technology that enables commercial and industrial electricity consumers to generate revenue by supporting the national power grid. The Company operates a Virtual Power Station that pays businesses for making themselves available to support Ireland's electricity grid when required. Electricity Exchange was founded by Dr Paddy Finn, a finalist in the EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2018 competition, with his business partner Duncan O'Toole. The company is backed by Bord Na Móna, an Irish semi-state company.
JPEmbedded is a tech company offering state of the art products for secure and reliable communication in smart grids. Software solutions include off-the-shelf communication software libraries IEC 61850, IEC 60870-5-10X, and ICCP/TASE.2. The company offers also hardware protocol converters that enable interoperability and allows customers, device manufacturers to connect their devices to the grid effortlessly.
Internet of Things continues to be one of the key technology trends in the recent years. According to Gartner's estimations, IoT network will grow from 8,7 billion in 2017 to over 20 billion connected things by 2020. Utilities representing the energy market understand the advantages offered by Internet of Things, and look towards integrating it with its Intelligent Electronic Devices (IEDs) deployed in substations and distribution networks. Well-thought integration of the IoT with existing smart-grids will extend benefits beyond distribution, automation and monitoring, making energy use more efficient and saving billions of Euros…
In this blog entry, I will showcase how to integrate IEC 61850 (an international standard for smart grids and substation automation) with an MQTT based IoT network. The idea and demo setup of the system have been presented by JPEmbedded at the IEC 61850 Global Conference in Berlin in October 2018.
JPEmbedded's IoT to IEC 61850 demo setup consists of several NanoPi modules, acting as IoT devices installed on Distributed Energy Resources (e.g. on microturbines or, on photovoltaics). Each IoT device publishes some data which is sent to an MQTT broker running on a RaspberryPi device.
The MQTT broker is responsible for receiving all messages broadcasted by the IoT network, filtering them, determining who is subscribed to each message, and sending the message to these subscribed clients. Another responsibility of the broker is the authentication and authorization of clients. The broker can handle a large number of concurrently connected MQTT clients.
In our system, a JPEmbedded's IEC 61850 gateway is configured as an MQTT client and subscribed to receive relevant data from the MQTT broker. The values received from the broker are mapped to the IEC 61850 data model. The control block configured on the gateway generates GOOSE frames each time any value is updated by the IoT network. According to our measurement, the delay between reception of an MQTT message and generation of a goose message by the gateway is lower than 0,8 milisecons.
Updates on the parameter in the data model are sent to the IEC 61850 client installed on a PC.
Communication between DER (including dispersed generation devices and dispersed storage devices) and IEC 61850 is already defined in IEC 61850-7-420:2009. It utilizes existing IEC logical nodes defined in part 4 of the standard where possible, but also defines DER-specific logical nodes where needed.
As far as the hardware is concerned, NanoPi and RaspberryPi are only two examples of the various platforms that can be used as a base for IoT devices. Similar systems can be made on any other, commercially available IoT device by integrating it with JPEmbedded's IEC 61850 gateway. Finally, JPEmbedded's gateway can be customized and convert not only MQTT, but also other data protocols like CoAP, Websocket, Node or XMPP.
If you would like to know more about our demo system or the IEC 61850 gateway itself, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
The IEC 61850 Europe is the place to connect with more IEC 61850 experts and the implementation leaders than you'll find at any other smart grid conference in the world. The event is organized by Phoenix Forums and takes place annually in varying cities all across Europe. The last being in Amsterdam was held in September 2017. We took part in the 3-day event presenting our communication libraries IEC 61850, ICCP TASE.2 and IEC 60870-5-104. A few weeks of work on the preparation of the demonstration set-up, marketing materials and the presentation slideshow. Two sleepless nights, and stress, whether our parcels and equipment would ever arrive in one piece. Happily, all our electronic stuff arrived in Amsterdam safe and sound.
How was the conference itself? It was just perfect! Three days of interesting presentations, case studies (e.g. 'IEC 61850 engineering process in offshore wind farms' by Saeed Nemati Yarafi). Hot discussions regarding security standards (e.g. 'Cyber security for digital substation' by Cedric Harispuru). Meeting loads of interesting people, establishing both personal and business contacts… Let them flourish over the coming months! If you are working with IEC 61850 standard, this conference is definitely a must for you.
However, if you still have any doubts, I'm listing below the 6 reasons to attend IEC 61850 Europe Conference.
No matter how experienced you are with IEC61850, there's always something new you can learn. The educational aspect of a first day's workshop is indisputable. Fundamentals of IEC 61850 workshop (in 2017 it was carried out by Mr. Christoph Brunner, Convenor of IEC TC57 WG10) providing a comprehensive and in-depth insight into the building blocks, key applications, and optimal operations of the standard within the substation environment.
It doesn't matter if you run a company or manage a single smart grid project only. Participating in such a conference will awaken the creativity within you so as new ideas will appear themselves. IEC 61850 experts continuously exploring on how to apply the standard on the new fields for example by using IEC 61850 in the controling of street lights. Don't miss the opportunity to be one of the first to hear and implement new ideas and trends that can impact smart grid future!
The current 2nd version of the standard was published in 2012. The IEC 61850 Europe Conference presents and discusses the planned changes to the standard (which are likely to be included in versions 2.1 and 3 of the standard). You can also talk about changes with the members of the Power systems management and information exchange group, the majority of which can be found during this event.
Conference provides a great opportunity to network. Breaking between the presentations and the network reception gives you the opportunity to make new contacts with like-minded colleagues from across the global IEC 61850 ecosystem (i.e. utilities, device manufacturers, certification bodies).
Additionally to the conference, around 20 exhibitors present their products and services. Surrounded by the companies like DNL, TUV Sud, FMTP, Relyum, SAE IT-systems, JPEmbedded presented its IEC 61850 and ICCP/TASE.2 communication stacks for the energy market. For the solution suppliers (such as ourselves), one-to-one private demonstration is also a great opportunity to understand customer's needs and discuss how to deliver a customized IEC 61850 software solution which fits to the specific use case.
People bring real-life situations that are covered during roundtable discussions. You can ask experts to brainstorm and solve your problem (even if the answer always start with "IT depends…" :)) or you can just help the others face their own challenges. There is no doubt that in both cases at the end of the Conference you will be more experienced than on the first day!


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1994 Pro Craft Pro 180 $10,750.00
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Lowrance GPS, 76# MotorGuide trolling motor, 3 bank battery charger, lots of storage room.
Runs and rides very well.
Contact Name: George
Contact Phone: 219-730-2136
Type: Power
Year: 1994
Length: 18′
City: Alton
State: Illinois
Engine: Mercury EFI 1995
Engine Count: Single
Engine Hours: low
Drive: OB
Horsepower: 150
Fuel: Gas
Hull Material: Glass
Beam: 7′ 7″
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Have you ever wondered about the admissions process for College students at the University of Chicago? Did you know that for the incoming class of 2020, College Admissions saw a record-high selectivity, admitting only 7.9 percent of applicants? Who are these incoming students? What do our recruiting efforts and admissions cycle look like? Who develops the quirky essay questions that applicants have to answer?
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Very Rare Stoneware Canning Jar with Cobalt Decoration of a Woman Shooting a Bird, attributed to David Greenland Thompson, Morgantown, WV, circa 1870, cylindrical jar decorated with a brushed cobalt design of a woman wearing a hat and firing a shotgun at a small bird perched in a tree. Design painted in a naive manner, with tree depicted almost as a large flowering plant with several short branches and two large flowers. Bird is visible perched in the crook of the tree and several pieces of shot can be seen projecting from the barrel of the gun towards the bird. A highly unsual, small-sized example of people stoneware, with the unusual subject matter of a firing gun in the scene. While people crocks were also produced in Southwestern PA, the attribution of this jar to Morgantown is strong, given its distinctive floral motif, which is related to that found on the turkey-decorated jar in this auction. The turkey jar has finely-molded handles found only on Morgantown ware. Rim chips. Some fry to cobalt. H 8 3/4".
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Insights from NFL Playoffs: How Well Do You Know Your Fans?January 19, 2016
For this week's NFL blog, I thought I'd have a little fun with the new Profile Biography Word Cloud—one of our newest features tracking the words that fans use to describe themselves on their social profiles. It's your window into fan makeup, so that you not only know your fans by name, but by personality as well.
Male vs. Female Personas
While playing with this feature, I wanted to see if anything interesting jumped out among different groups of NFL fans. Sure enough, the first comparison I ran didn't disappoint! In a feed tracking mentions of NFL teams throughout the season, I compared the bio words of male and female fans:
It gets a bit more interesting when you look at the top 12 words in order of most used:
Male: fan, sports, life, football, love, husband, father, university, just, music, state, god
Female: love, life, fan, sports, lover, mom, music, wife, girl, family, football, news
While our data seems to suggest that NFL-loving men prioritize their fandom ("fan" being the most used word to describe their online identity) and "football" ahead of "love," you have to get to word 11 before you see "football" being used by the women who tune into NFL.
Yes, these ladies are sports fans, but more importantly, they "love" "life" and choose to identify with "music" more than they do with "football." As a husband though, I'd like to give a tip of the cap to the fellas who proudly identify as "husband" (making this the 6th most used identifier), compared to the ladies with their 8th most-used word…
Die-hard Patriot Fans, and Broncos' Tim Tebow Legacy
Next, I compared the bios of people writing about the four remaining teams in the playoffs:
At first glance, the data for each team seem nearly identical. But when you look closer, the Patriots fans are the only ones who put the word "fan" above "sports" and "love," whereas each of the other groups put "sports" above "fan" and "love." This seems to indicate that Pats fans identify first as a fans and second as sports enthusiasts. A credit to their marketing teams, I would say.
Here's further evidence of the die-hard nature of the Pats fan: Non-Pats fans use the word "football" after "love" and "live" (and only the Broncos mention their team quickly afterwards using "broncos"); whereas Patriots fans follow "love" and "life" with the words "patriots" and "football." According to our data, it's clear that the Patriots have a loyal and active following that identify proudly and strongly with the team.
As far as general personas, I found it interesting that Broncos fans are the only group without the word "god" in their bios, and not surprisingly the only Bible-belt team has "god" mentioned at least twice as much as the others.
Combining these kinds of bio trends with our demographic reports, Zoomph provides insights on the people having social media conversations in unprecedented ways. Knowledge is power, and that's the power of a tool like Zoomph.


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Formulation and products
We have a strong track record in fundamental research into formulation and product engineering.
Our particular strength lies in mechanistic analysis, multiscale modelling, characterisation, optimisation and process innovation for formulated products.
Formulated products are structured materials designed to provide a useful function, and may exist as particles, pastes, emulsions or thin films, for example. These products are widely used in many industries, such as pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals (e.g. catalysts) and fast moving consumer goods.
Manufacture of functional products is often challenging, with the development of the feed material-process-product relationship being key to ensuring production provides the desired attributes.
Research activity
Our aim is to develop science-based predictive models, design tools and innovative manufacturing processes for formulated products. This is underpinned by our active research in particulate materials manufacturing, multiphase flow, advanced numerical modelling using coupled discrete element methods with computational fluid dynamics (DEM-CFD) and finite element modelling (FEM), process modelling and optimisation, and measurements and characterisation using advanced techniques such as x-ray computed microtomography, and positron emission particle tracking (PEPT).
Research projects
- MATHEGRAM - Multiscale analysis of thermomechanical behaviour of granular materials. Funded by European Commission (EC) H2020 (No. 813202, $4,200,000) (Coordinator, 12.2018 - 11.2022)
- DECRON - Development of eco-friendly ironmaking processes based on GPU-enhanced DEM-CFD modelling. Funded by European Commission (EC) H2020 (No. 747963, $195,454) (PI, 11.2017 - 10.2019)
- Migration of pollutant particles in rivers: A multiscale approach. Royal Society International Newton Fellowship (NIFnR1n181640, $103,000) (PI, 12.2018 - 11.2020)
- Die filling of Aerated fine powders. Funded by IFPRI
- A holistic framework for hybrid modelling of solid-liquid Flows. (EPSRC, EP/N033876, £337k) (09.2016 - 08.2020). (Part of a $1.9m consortium with the University of Birmingham and Daresbury Laboratory)
- Discrete computational modelling of twin screw granulation. (EPSRC, EP/M02976X, £335k) (10.2015 - 09.2019). (Part of a $1.5m consortium with the Universities of Birmingham and Sheffield)
- Flowability assessment of weakly consolidated powders. Funded by IFPRI
- Characterising powder flow in dynamic processes. Funded by Corning
- Novel formulations for effective and stable skin delivery of anti-aging nutrients. Funded by EPSRC IAA
- IPROCOM – The development of in silico process models for roll compaction. Funded by EC FP7-ITN with a total budget of £3.8€. Coordinated by CPE
- ThermoPC – Thermomechanical modelling of powder compaction. Funded by EC FP7-IEF
- Development of predictive models for manufacturing bilayer pharmaceutical tablets. Funded by MSD
- Wet granulation of milk blends. Funded by Unilever
- P9 AMIRA project - the optimisation of mineral processing by modelling and simulation. Funded by more than 20 multi-national mining companies, 2011-2015. The total funding is A$10.4M and the funding for ore breakage characterisation theme is A$1M
- CSIRO Cluster Project on Preconcentration and Agglomeration to Enhance Heap Leaching of Nickel Laterite, The total funding for the Cluster is $3.05million and funding for Dr. Liu's team was A$310k
- Low cost carbon based catalyst for polymer membrane fuel cells. Funded by H2FC SUPERGEN Hub, £100 k
- Designing nanoporous carbon materials as anode materials for sodium ion batteries. (EPSRC, EP/M027066/1, £100 k)
- PhD project on the development of electrode formulation for sodium ion batteries
- Two BBSRC CASE PhD projects in the area of dermal absorption of topically delivered products
- EPSRC EngD project in modelling moisture migration in food materials
Particle characterisation:
- Size and shape distribution; 0.5 – 30,000 μm (QicPic)
- Moisture content (Mettler Toledo)
Powder flowability:
- Schulze RST.XS.s shear cell; 0.1 – 20 kPa
- Freeman FT4 Powder Rheometer; dynamic flowability, permeability, aeration
- Funnel flow testers (Granuflow, Flowdex)
- Custom-built die filling systems; linear (passive) and rotational (active)
Particle breakage:
- Conical mill (Erweka CM 60)
- Rotary cutting mill
Other facilities:
- Temperature and humidity conditioning
- Roller compactors
- High speed camera (Phantom v1612)
- DEM and DEM-CFD simulation software: EDEM, Rocky DEM, BlazeDEM, ABAqus, Star-CCM
- Instron mechanical testing machines
- Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM)
Key publications
Zakhvatayeva A., Zhong W., Makroo H.A., Hare C., Wu C. (2018) An experimental study of die filling of pharmaceutical powders using a rotary die filling system, International Journal of Pharmaceutics 553 (1-2) pp. 84-96 Elsevier
Yu P., Weiguo X, Liu L.X., Hilden M., Powell M. (2018) Evolution of a generic, dynamic, and multicomponent tumbling mill model structure incorporating a wide-range 4D appearance function, Powder Technology 339 pp. 396-407 Elsevier
Yu P., Weiguo X, Liu L.X., Powell M. (2018) Applying Fréchet distance to evaluate the discrepancy of product size distribution between single particle breakage and monolayer multi-particle breakage, Powder Technology (In press) Elsevier
Zafar U., Hare C., Hassanpour A., Ghadiri M. (2017) Ball Indentation on Powder Beds for Assessing Powder Flowability: Analysis of Operation Window, Powder Technology 310 pp. 300-306 Elsevier
Seville J.P.K., Wu C.Y. (2016) Particle Technology and Engineering, Elsevier, London. ISBN: 9780080983370
Ojha V.K., Schiano S, Wu C.Y., Snasel V, Abraham A. (2016) Predictive modeling of die lling of the pharmaceutical granules using the flexible neural tree, Neural Computing and Applications pp. 1-15
Hare C., Zafar U., Ghadiri M., Freeman T., Clayton J., Murtagh M.J. (2015) Analysis of the dynamics of the FT4 powder rheometer, Powder Technology 285 pp. 123-127 Elsevier
Pei C., Wu C.Y., Engaland D., Byard S., Berchtold H., Adams M. (2015) DEM-CFD modeling of particle systems with long-range electrostatic interactions, AIChE J. 61(6) pp. 1792-1803
Pasha M., Dogbe S., Hare C., Hassanpour A., Ghadiri M. (2014) A linear model of elasto-plastic and adhesive contact deformation, Granular Matter 16 (1) pp. 151-162
Liu L.X., Marziano I., Bentham A.C.,Litster J.D., White E.T., Howes, T. (2013) Influence of particle size on the direct compression of ibuprofen and its binary mixtures, Powder Technology 240 pp. 66-73.
Note: full publication lists of each academic are given on their individual profile pages


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The Oxford dictionary defines friendship as
Old ties of love and friendship and a state of mutual trust and support
Old ties of love and friendship and a state of mutual trust and support
We often romanticise about the perfect friendships. Sex and The City to this day is one of my favourite shows. Aren't these gals just the perfect group? I often play the game with my besties – who would you be? Having been recently dubbed 'the Carrie Bradshaw of Edinburgh' you may be surprised to hear that Miss Samantha Jones comes up the most for me. Why does nobody want to be Miranda? I digress.
They say that if a friendship lasts 7 years then it shall last a lifetime. If this is true then I feel very blessed to have some seriously special people in my life who are here with me to stay. Great relationships with friends are undoubtedly an important factor in contributing towards our happiness and positive mental health. What makes a friendship special? I reflect over the friendships I have formed over the years. I think about those I have known since I was 3 years old who I am still great friends with today.
I think of friends I met over the years at school, church, university, at work, through mutual friends, people I met travelling and friends I met when I became a Mum. Over the years we change. We grow. We find new interests. People and experiences have an impact on us – for the positive or the negative. Some friendships fade out and others grow together. What makes a true friend to me?
Some people we just connect with don't we? We just enjoy being in their presence. Sometimes it is 'friendship at first sight'. Ask my closest friends how I met them for the first time and they will tell you I have a corny story. I have a photographic memory. I remember how they smiled when we first met or what they wore or had to eat. I remember how they made me feel from excited in nursery and Sunday school to buzzing at school and university and in the workplace.
Flaws and all
We get a good feeling about someone, we click with them and we have a ball. Over the years as we get to know that person we choose to take the whole package. Flaws and all. We want to bring out the best in them. We can be honest with them because we care. We have earned the right to tell them how we feel. We can be ourselves. Sometimes this is hard and we might have to say things they don't want to hear but we can be real.
I think this is something that is learnt over time. Girls especially can be catty – I am already dreading my little girl having friendship drama. Do you remember the days in the playground where you had to chose a favourite friend? Cringe. It takes me back to those times that I wasn't chosen – heart-breaking. As I say girls can be mean. The older I get the more I realise that it's really not cool to talk about friends behind their back. It is much cooler to sort any issues out face to face. It is also much better to be open minded to seeing things from a new perspective. More often that not if someone is being a bit of a nightmare it is because they are not happy. If they are not in a good place it is important for us to notice this and be there.
With two young kids, a husband, a house to run, a marathon fast approaching and a freelance writing business it is safe to say I am the busiest I have ever been in my life. My friends are all pretty super busy too. I don't take it personally if the weeks or months go by. It is so easy for this to happen and I do believe with true friends that you just get right back to where you started.
There does come a time though where you have to set some time aside. Yes life is busy but we really need to fit that coffee in (or even better glass of wine). We really need to go for a run together some time or sort that lunch out. Being with our friends is good for us. Pre kids my husband and I used to host parties constantly. It worked in our favour being the hosts as we could invite anyone that was free and our friends became friends.
Love was also formed – bonus just call me Cilla. After the kids our party house seriously bit the dust. When we do have parties these days it tend to be a 'day sesh' that kicks off at 2pm and the kids join in the fun. These times are always wonderful and I cherish them.
If you are a regular reader of my blog you will now understand that I am a people pleaser. So it is no surprise that I have asked myself how I can be a good friend. Making people happy makes me happy but I am far from perfect and I will slip up because I am human. I strive to treat people the way I want to be treated myself. Here is the type of friend I want to be –
A good listener – we all need to talk but we also need to listen. We need to ask questions, take an interest and be a support. You are only interesting if you are interested. Granted there will be times when someone needs to talk more than the other.
Fun – I won't always feel happy because sad things happen and such is life but as often as I can I want to laugh, to not take myself too seriously and to have fun with my friends.
Open minded – I want to be slow to judge and open minded. If a friend is not on form I am not going to get on at them for being a 'negative Nora'. I am going to make sure they are ok.
Kind – I want to be kind and to show my friends I appreciate them. We all appreciate acts of kindness in different ways as I have written of previously. I know some of my friends love booze and that is the best gift I could give them #boozeandbanter.
Others might prefer me to make them a nice coffee or a healthy snack and others might just want me to sit and listen (possibly whilst tickling their arm). Kindness can be shown in many ways and it doesn't always have to involve spending money.
Friendship is a wonderful thing and I want to say a huge thanks to all the fun, crazy, weird and wonderful people in my life x


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Brora, Scotland: Highlands Region
The story of Clynelish Distillery is in fact the story of two distilleries. The original distillery was built in 1819 by the Marquis of Stafford (who later became the first Duke of Sutherland) in order to provide a ready market for the barley grown by his tenant farmers.
Sounds sweet, doesn't it? What a nice landlord, looking after his tenants like that. Nope. Sorry. Dear ol' Marquis Marq and his funky bunch were in fact responsible for what is known as the Highland Clearances – the forcible eviction of about 15 000 crofters from their land. The reason? The soon-to-be Dukey needed the land for sheep so that he could supply the booming wool industry.
Many of these crofters moved to the coastal areas, where they eked out a living farming barley. In an effort to increase their income, the farmers also set up or supplied illicit stills. Our friend the Marquis wasn't having any of that, and built Clynelish Distillery instead as a legal market for the farmers' produce (and a cash cow for himself).
Indeed, the whisky produced at this distilley was held in extremely high regard, and sold only to private customers until the turn of the century. At that point, a change in ownership led to expansion of the production facilities and retailing of the whisky to trade customers. The whisky was marketed as "The Finest Highland Malt" and was sold at premium prices.
In 1967, the distillery discovered the benefits of that new-fangled modern invention known as electricity, leading the company to build a larger more up-to-date facility right next door to the old one. For a time, both distilleries were referred to as Clynelish (A and B), but the old one was eventually renamed Brora.
While the new distillery continued to produce the light and fruity single malt so prized by its customers, Brora began production of a heavily peated malt. This change in direction for the old distillery was necessitated by the temporary closure of Caol Ila, an Islay distillery also owned by the same company at the time. Brora stepped in to pick up Caol Ila's production and ensure continuous supply of the market for the peaty malt. Unfortunately, as an "extra" distillery, Brora was one of the casualties of the recession in the 1980s, closing its doors in 1983. Its buildings are now used as warehouses for Clynelish.
Today, Clynelish is one of Diageo's Classic Malts, although only about 1% of the distillery's production ends up as a single malt. The rest plays a large part in the Johnny Walker Gold Label blend. Kind of appropriate given that the distillery's water source (Clynemilton Burn) was at the heart of the Scottish gold rush of the 1800s. If you visit Clynelish to taste their "liquid gold" you may want to take the time to get yourself a permit to pan for gold while you're there. Yes, there is still gold in them thar rivers, enough that a couple was fairly recently able to make themselves wedding rings from what they found!
General Tasting Notes
Specific Tasting Notes
Clynelish Distiller's Edition 1992:
This is double matured in Olaroso Seco sherry casks, so it's no surprise that a sweet sherry flavour comes through in this whisky. There's also a gentle spiciness, reminiscent of Christmas cake – cloves, raisins, dried orange peel, and cherries. And, if you close your eyes and breathe deeply, there's a hint of the sea as a reminder of the distillery's coastal position.
After reading all about the Clynelish distillery, we bet you're curious to taste their whisky – click here to buy a bottle of Clynelish now!
Distillery Contact Information
Address: Brora, Sutherland, KW9 6LB
Website: www.malts.com
Tel: +44 (0)1408 62 3000
Fax: +44 (0)1408 62 3004
Tours: All year, though opening times are restricted during winter, and the distillery is closed over the festive season. Tours cost GBP4.00 per person (though this gives you a voucher which is redeemable in the gift shop towards a bottle of whisky).
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Windows 2000 introduces a new type of disk partitioning scheme that is managed by a component called the Logical Disk Manager (LDM). Basic disks implement standard DOS-style partition tables, whereas Dynamic disks use LDM partitioning. LDM partitioning offers several advantages over DOS partitioing including replication across disks, on-disk storage of advanced volume configuration (spanned volume, mirrored volumes, striped volumes and RAID-5 volumes). My March/April two-part series on Windows NT/2000 storage management in Windows 2000 Magazine describes the details of each partitioning scheme.
Other than the Disk Management MMC-snapin and a tool called dmdiag in the Windows 2000 Resource Kit, there are no tools for investigating the internals of the LDM on-disk database that describes a system's partitioning layout. LDMDump is a utility that lets you examine exactly what is stored in a disk's copy of the system LDM database. LDMDump shows you the contents of the LDM database private header, table-of-contents, and object database (where partition, component and volume definitions are stored), and then summarizes its finding with partition table and volume listings.
LDMDump works on Windows 2000.
To use LDMDump simply pass it the identifier of a disk.
usage: ldmdump [-?] [-d#]
There are no published APIs available for obtiaining detailed information about a disk's LDM partitioning, and the LDM database format is completely undocumented. LDMDump was developed based on study of LDM database contents on a variety of different systems and under changing conditions.
For more information on the LDM on-disk structure, see:
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Welcome back for another week of scrapping like you mean it. Another old Sponsor Challenge this week (it's sad to see it's another one that is no more ) - a kit-based one from The Three Jolly Scrappers:
We all have them, though I have had so many that I have occasionally lost count! You can scrap one of your own, or why not celebrate a birthday of a friend or family member. Do you treat your pets to a special day? Perhaps you have recently had a birthday celebration for a organisation? Or maybe you have photos of someone in their birthday suit? Just kidding, this is a family forum!!!
Back in 2009, rebekah captured her son at 3:
ScappyDandyDoo used ribbon in beautiful ways on her page for a 1st birthday:
And Starr remembered her own 7th birthday party:
Make your page and upload it to the SLYMI Reboot gallery, marking it for Week 22 (or Wk22 or #22, but have a 22 in there somewhere please).


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Educational Status Hierarchies, After-School Activities, and Parenting Logics: Lessons from Canada
This article draws from American research on ''concerted cultivation'' to compare the parenting logics of 41 upper-middle-class parents in Toronto, Canada. We consider not only how parents structure their children's after-school time (what parents do) but also how the broader ecology of schooling informs their parenting logics (how they rationalize their actions). We find that parenting practices mirror American research. Upper-middle-class families enroll their children in multiple lessons and cultivate their children's skills.
Where Ivy Matters: The Educational Backgrounds of U.S. Cultural Elites
Status transmission theory argues that leading educational institutions prepare individuals from privileged backgrounds for positions of prestige and power in their societies. We examine the educational backgrounds of more than 2,900 members of the U.S. cultural elite and compare these backgrounds to a sample of nearly 4,000 business and political leaders. We find that the leading U.S. educational institutions are substantially more important for preparing future members of the cultural elite than they are for preparing future members of the business or political elite.
Medical Authority under Siege: How Clinicians Transform Patient Resistance into Acceptance
Over the past decades, professional medical authority has been transformed due to internal and external pressures, including weakened institutional support and patient-centered care. Today's patients are more likely to resist treatment recommendations. We examine how patient resistance to treatment recommendations indexes the strength of contemporary professional authority. Using conversation analytic methods, we analyze 39 video recordings of patient-clinician encounters involving pediatric epilepsy patients in which parents resist recommended treatments.
Race-Ethnicity, Social Roles, and Mental Health: A Research Update
Social role involvement engenders sense of purpose and meaning to life, which sustains positive mental health. Racism within American society, however, results in experiences that disadvantage ethnoracial minorities, thus making it likely that social roles do not have universal remunerations. Using the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (N = 12,526), this study explores the association between role participation and psychological distress across nine ethnoracial groups. Results indicate that engaging in many roles is associated with better mental health for all ethnoracial groups.
Pharmaceutical Side Effects and Mental Health Paradoxes among Racial-Ethnic Minorities
Sociologists have long struggled to explain the minority mental health paradox: that racial-ethnic minorities often report better mental health than non-Hispanic whites despite social environments that seem less conducive to well-being. Using data from the 2008–2013 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), this study provides a partial explanation for the paradox rooted in a very different disparity. Evidence from MEPS indicates that non-Hispanic whites consume more pharmaceuticals than racial-ethnic minorities for a wide variety of medical conditions.
Grandparenting and Mortality: How Does Race-Ethnicity Matter?
Little is known about whether and how intergenerational relationships influence older adult mortality. This study examines the association between caring for grandchildren (i.e., grandparenting) and mortality and how the link differs by race-ethnicity. Drawing from the Health and Retirement Study (1998–2014, N = 13,705), I found different racial-ethnic patterns in the effects of grandparenting on mortality risk.
Striving While Black: Race and the Psychophysiology of Goal Pursuit
Population health scientists have largely overlooked anticipatory stressors and how different groups of people experience and cope with anticipatory stress. I address these gaps by examining black-white differences in the associations between an important anticipatory stressor—goal-striving stress (GSS)—and several measures of psychophysiology.
Spillover and Crossover Effects of Work-Family Conflict among Married and Cohabiting Couples
The present study uses Wave 8 of the German Family Panel to test the spillover and crossover effects of work-family conflict on job satisfaction, relationship satisfaction, and mental health for individuals (actor effects) as well as their spouses/partners (partner effects) in dual-earning couples. We further contribute by assessing whether the results vary by gender and union type. Results suggest that among married couples, for job satisfaction, there are no gender differences in actor effects (but gender differences in partner effects), and actor and partner effects remain distinct.
Cancer-Related Debt and Mental-Health-Related Quality of Life among Rural Cancer Survivors: Do Family/Friend Informal Caregiver Networks Moderate the Relationship?
Social connectedness generally buffers the effects of stressors on quality of life. Is this the case for cancer-related debt among rural cancer survivors? Drawing on a sample of 135 rural cancer survivors, we leverage family/friend informal caregiver network data to determine if informal cancer caregivers buffer or exacerbate the effect of cancer-related debt on mental-health-related quality of life (MHQOL).
The Social Psychology Behind Teacher Walkouts
Why are we seeing so many teacher walkouts when traditional collective bargaining for teachers has weakened considerably in recent decades? A key part of the answer involves the social psychology through which teachers develop their professional culture, and how the evolution of accountability has been toxic to that culture.
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Born 9 October 1905 – Died October 1961.
Jack was the first full-time professional to be signed by the newly formed 'Posh' in 1934 as the club prepared for its first season in the Midland League. Jack was first-choice goalkeeper at the Posh for four years.
Jack made 220 appearances in the Football League playing for Lincoln City (in two spells), Everton, Preston North End and Sheffield United before joining the Posh where he played 125 games in the Midland League and 9 times in the FA Cup.
Jack was born in Broughton, near Brigg in Lincolnshire. He played football for his local club before joining Lincoln City making his first-team debut on 2 September 1922, shortly before his 17th birthday, and kept a clean sheet against Halifax Town in the Football League Third Division North. Later that season, he inadvertently played a leading role in Wigan Borough's record Football League victory, by nine goals to one. On 3 March 1923, Lincoln were 2–0 behind away at Wigan Borough when Jack was knocked unconscious by the ball rebounding off the frame of the goal and striking him on the back of the head. He was taken to hospital, and with full-back George Greaves as stand-in goalkeeper, Lincoln conceded a further seven goals.
First Division club Everton sent a director to watch Jack in March 1924; he reported back "very favorably", and thought the player could be available for "about £1,500". After further scouting trips, the club authorised his purchase at "up to £1,000". A fee of £1,250 was eventually agreed, and Jack joined Everton in April. Selected instead of incumbent Alfred Harland for the second of three games in four days over the Easter weekend, he made what the Daily Express described as "a promising debut" as Everton beat Tottenham Hotspur 4–2. With Harland injured, Jack began the 1924–25 season in the first team, and kept his place for a time after Harland's return to fitness. He made two more first-team appearances that season, in February 1925, again while Harland was unfit. At the end of the season, he was initially transfer-listed at a fee of £750, but was later re-engaged at a weekly wage of £6.
Early in the 1925–26 season, both Harland and Jack played, but when Everton introduced a new first-team goalkeeper in England international Harry Hardy in October 1925, both were made available for transfer at fees of £1,500. The directors were not prepared to allow either to go out on loan to Crystal Palace. Jack was retained for 1926–27, but returned for pre-season training in need of knee cartilage surgery that was to leave him unavailable for selection until mid-November. He was transfer-listed again in April 1927 at a fee of £100, and joined Preston North End in May for £50; Everton agreed to pay him the same amount as accrued share of any long-service benefit which he might have expected.
Jack made only two league appearances for Preston, and rejoined Lincoln City in the 1928 close season. He eventually displaced Len Hill as first choice goalkeeper, and played his last game for Lincoln in March 1930. He then returned to the First Division with Sheffield Utd. Soon afterwards, he was involved in an 8–1 defeat against Arsenal at Highbury. Injured after half an hour, by which time Arsenal were already three goals to the good, he remained on the field while they scored another three, and after he left, another two. The last of his 80 league appearances for Sheffield United, and his last in the Football League, was also against Arsenal: a 2–0 defeat on the final day of the 1933–34 season that confirmed Arsenal as league champions.
Jack died in October 1961.
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U23 World Champion Peter Velits second in last World's View Challenge race
Team MILRAM with three youngsters in the Top Ten after a strong race
Dortmund, 07 February 2008. The Team MILRAM youngsters around Peter Velits gave a strong performance at the end of the "Intaka Tech's World View Challenge" (February 2-7 /UCI 1.1) on Thursday. The Slovakian U23 World Champion, along with teammates Luca Barla, Markus Eichler and Christian Kux, joined a 25-rider strong escape group shortly after the start of the race. The 22 year-old Velits made a final break just a few kilometers before the finish line, and only four riders could follow him. The closing sprint went to Manuel Quinziato (Team Liquigas) ahead of MILRAM's Peter Velits and Christian Pfannberger (Team Barloworld). Markus Eichler (7th), Luca Barla (10th) and Christian Kux (17th) rounded out the good results for the German ProTour team.
"We finished things up with a very strong performance," said Jochen Hahn, MILRAM's Directeur Sportif. "Our young team did a classy job today and supported Peter Velits, who rode very aggresively. Too bad that all the hard work wasn't rewarded in the end. But we are of course very satisfied with our overall performance here in the Challenge."
The youngsters' appearance in South Africa was quite successful for the German ProTour team. The team, with an average age of 23,5 years, presented the blue MILRAM jerseys on to the podium four times in the five races. Ukranian Andrey Grivko finished second in both of the first two races. MILRAM's Björn Schröder and U23 World Champion Peter Velits also finished second in the third and fifth races in the "Intaka World's View Challenge.
Additional information and results for the individual races can be found under http://www.worldsviewchallenge.co.za.
Additional information about Team MILRAM can be found on the official website, http://www.team-milram.de
The Team MILRAM line-up:
Luca Barla (ITA), Markus Eichler (GER), Artur Gajek (GER), Andrey Grivko (UKR), Christian Kux (GER), Dominik Roels (GER), Björn Schröder (GER), Sebastian Schwager (GER), Martin Velits (SVK), Peter Velits (SVK).
Directeur Sportif:
Jochen Hahn (GER).


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Halloween in San Francisco
Allegra and I met in 2010 at Kneisel Hall in Blue Hill, Maine. Perhaps 'met' is a bit of an understatement. In truth, we shared a room the size of a large postage stamp for 7 weeks, sightread chamber music into the small hours of every night, and ran around Blue Hill in the August heat until we got too hot, at which point we ran into the ocean. We've been enjoying each other's company ever since.
Allegra and I started to work together regularly at Juilliard in 2011. In the summers of 2011+ 2012 Allegra came to the UK for concerts. During one visit, we played the Strauss Cello Sonata as many times as there were days in the trip, which is when we first came up with the idea of constructing an (almost) entirely Viennese recital. The idea was to begin with a sonata by Schubert and end in the mess of fin de siècle creativity that ensued during the Second Viennese School of composition.
At the end of October, I flew to the US, and for the first time in six years, I didn't stop in New York. Allegra has been living in San Francisco for about a year, and organized four recitals for us; two in the city and two in Marin County, a beautiful district just north of the Golden Gate Bridge. Our recital program comprised of works by Schubert, Strauss, Webern and Zemlinsky. We got a lovely write up for two of our concerts from Stephen Smoliar, a writer for the San Francisco Classical Voice, who it turns out, is a complete Zemlinsky enthusiast!
As ever, it was a joy to work with Allegra. Its not ideal that we live 5 and a half thousand miles away from each other at the moment, but on the bright side, it did give me the chance to discover San Francisco with a local. The city felt to me like the biggest-small-town I'd ever visited. It's a metropolis in many senses, but unlike New York or London, San Francisco seems too quirky to be properly urban. Maybe it's the purple and yellow painted houses?
Some of the most special moments for me were: ascending Mount Tam, a mountain in Marin that overlooks the whole Bay Area and the Pacific Ocean; walking the 5 mile perimeter of the Golden Gate Park with my Aunt Jennifer; eating the most delicious burrito I've ever tasted, in the filthiest restaurant I've ever been to in the Mission district; and finding Percy Pigs dressed up as a delicacy in a confectionary shop in Hayes Valley. What social climbers.
Summer Round Up
This summer began with my second graduation from Juilliard, this time with a Masters degree. Despite the rain, it was such a fantastic day. Many of my friends were in the same position as me, and were graduating after 6 years at Juilliard. It certainly felt like the end of an era. My family and I celebrated that evening with a spectacular dinner at Lupa Osteria Romana in Greenwich Village; a New York address I miss already!
Next stop was the Lewes Chamber Music Festival in the UK. The festival was in its second year this summer, and I enjoyed my week there even more than last year. The festival director, British violinist, Beatrice Philips created numerous wonderful and imaginative programs. A highlight for me was an afternoon of performing/improvising Bartok cello duos at a church in Firle, East Sussex. Read more »


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Caribbean Coconut Rum Cake
Total TimePrep: 25 min. Bake: 1 hour + standing
Makes12 servings
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon coconut extract
- 3/4 cup amber rum
- 3/4 cup whole milk
- 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 package (3.4 ounces) instant vanilla pudding mix
- 1/4 cup cornstarch
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 cup sugar
- Dash salt
- 1/2 cup amber rum
- 1 teaspoon coconut extract
- Preheat oven to 325°. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in extract. In a small bowl, combine rum and milk. In a large bowl, whisk flour, pudding mix, cornstarch, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with rum mixture, beating well after each addition.
- Transfer to a greased and floured 10-in. fluted tube pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan briefly to prevent sticking; replace in pan. Cool on wire rack.
- Meanwhile, for syrup, heat butter, water, sugar and salt in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; add rum and extract.
- Using a small skewer, poke holes in cake. Slowly pour syrup over cake until it's all absorbed. Cover; let stand overnight.
Test Kitchen Tips
Nutrition Facts1 slice: 461 calories, 18g fat (10g saturated fat), 104mg cholesterol, 823mg sodium, 58g carbohydrate (41g sugars, 1g fiber), 5g protein.
Jun 27, 2018
I give this cake no stars. unfortunately, I used the printed version in the September/October 2017 Taste of Home magazine. The cake was so terrible I threw the whole cake in the trash can in the presence of my guests. When I checked on line to read other reviews I noticed that the magazine version called for 4 teaspoons of baking soda. This version uses 2 teaspoons of baking powder. I'm reluctant to give it a second chance after my initial disaster. Hope this doesn't happen to anyone else!
Oct 10, 2017
I made this cake to bring to our Sunday family dinner. Everyone loved it. My Dad rated it a solid 8 out of 10. I made it as directed. I did think it was odd to have the cornstarch and baking soda but no baking powder. Regardless, the taste was delicious and everyone asked me to bring it again.
Sep 22, 2017
I thought this was a delicious cake. Yes, it's very dense, which is what I expected with that much rum syrup being added to it. It was just like the cakes I had in the Caribbean. There was a very slight sink in the middle, which looks like what is supposed to happen, at least it looks like it in the photo in the magazine. After you turn it out onto a plate, you never notice it. I tried it that day but it did taste better after it sat overnight. Overall, I liked this cake very much.


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chef: mike stollenwerk
location: little fish, philadelphia, pa
recipe: diver scallops, roasted red grapes and cauliflower mousse
Culinary influences?
Alfred Portale, Eric Ripert, Charlie Trotter, Thomas Keller. Alfred Portale has been most appealing to me in his style of cooking. He's probably the one I've followed for the longest amount of time, about ten years now. The way he handles the ingredients, everything is fresh and there's not too much on the plate. I like the simplicity —how he could start with just a stalk of celery and somehow make it exciting.
Where did you learn to cook?
I attended both the Academy of Culinary Arts in Mays Landing and the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY. Culinary school is definitely not for every chef, it's all what you take away from it. I started with 350 people in my class and graduated with 40. I had been a bus boy since I was 13 and then became a sous-chef when I was 20 at the Washington Inn.
Before I went to school I had a very strong background. While the other kids in my class were taking the basics, I was elaborating more on them with the chefs and took a little more away from the experience. I definitely recommend getting experience before going to culinary school.
Favorite cookbook?
Gotham Bar & Grill, Alfred Portale's first cookbook.
What's the one ingredient you could not live without?
Truffle, Olive Oil, Sea Salt and Watercress.
Favorite Microbrew beer or wine?
Any wine from Cosentino Vineyards in Napa. His wines usually don't make it to the east coast, unfortunately. But he does a lot of blends, with grapes all over California.
Favorite music to listen to while cooking?
Our kitchen is actually in the restaurant, so we usually play rock or Latin or anything funky that keeps it goin' and is still good for customers.
What is your favorite type of food?
Favorite food is anything I haven't had yet. The last thing I had when I was in New York was calf's brains in a ravioli. I'll try anything.
Most memorable meal?
Budo in Napa, and Le Bernidan in NY. I remember at Budo, the item that sticks out in my mind was the amuse. It's just a little taste of something before you start to eat to get your tastebuds going. It was a very simple little bite served on a spoon: just a little avocado with an oyster and caviar. It was simple and the flavors stuck out.
Most memorable dinner guest?
Jerry Blavat, an old DJ from down the shore. The Geator with the Heater. He's an old-time radio personality, and he has the most energy of anyone I've ever met.
Most irritating celebrity chef?
Guy Fieri, if in fact he is a chef. He actually won Who Wants to be A Food Network Star a few years ago.
What makes indie food better?
More attention is paid to the ingredients and the final dish, not just doing the cooking. For example, in a chain restaurant, everything is written up in a book and the dudes that work there are just aiming to get a paycheck. They don't really care what goes out, they just turn it out. I like to use ingredients from local farmers and source out my ingredients. Some people think that's a chore, but I think it's a good time. I drive to NY once a week to get my fish up in Manhattan right off the boat. It sucks getting up at 5 in the morning, but my menu changes every week based on what I find. I like the challenge.
—Rebecca Troutman, Associate Editor, [email protected]


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Hello My Readers! Sorry I didn't get to wish you happy new year yesterday but I was having technological difficulties, as in no phone, no internet and no cable. It was and continues to be terribly primitive. But luckily I have my trusty smoke signals and carrier pigeon available to get this post out to the world.
A Muse Studio is doing something new this year to bring newness to us every new month. Every month they are going to have a selection of stamps and products that we just cannot live one more second without! It's true; they are evil like that.
The Fine Print: All products by A Muse Studio. Top Card--Stamps "You Me" and "Fall in the Forest" (now retired; I warned you all that I'd drag those animals out for spring too); cardstock--lemon whip, cherry, and sugar; other supplies--heart trio die. Middle Card--Stamps "My Punny Valentine;" cardstock--sugar, bubblegum and sweetheart bubblegum; other supplies-"My Punny Valentine" matching dies and small scallop border die. Bottom Card--Stamps "My Punny Valentine;" cardstock--sugar, cherry, and heartbreaker cherry; dies--"Fishtail Tag Large" and "My Punny Valentine;" other supplies--cherry and white baker's cording.
Friday, January 2, 2015
New Year Sneak Peek!
7 comments:
- Holly AKA KopyKat said...
Oh these are so super cute!!!
- January 2, 2015 at 11:50 AM
- Janeen said...
ha! they are all adorable. i love the socks one.
- January 2, 2015 at 12:28 PM
- Sandy said...
No phone, no internet, no cable -- how did you survive?
A Muse is so good at making stamps that are perfect for CAS cards like these. You've really shown them off well.
- January 2, 2015 at 5:34 PM
- Carol L said...
OH what fun these cards are! Love the owl in the heart shape, and those socks are off-the-wall cute, but that tag is to die for!
- January 2, 2015 at 7:11 PM
- Joyce said...
These are so fun and cute. What a fun new release you are promoting.
- January 2, 2015 at 9:10 PM
- VanessaB said...
Super adorable and fun! Happy New year!
- January 2, 2015 at 9:13 PM
- stampingbowd said...
So cute!!! I love that tree! All three are so fun and I love the red in all three! You're the bomb!
- January 5, 2015 at 11:43 AM
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