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Microsoft RPA, Power Apps & Power Automate Consulting - Canada & USA
PowerApps, Power AuTomate and Power BI
Power Apps serve to enhance and automate business processes using RPA
Endeavour recommends the Microsoft Power Platform including PowerApps, Power Automate, Power Virtual Agents, and Power BI for its Microsoft Dynamics 365 (Business Central and CRM) customers across Canada and USA . Build low-code / no-code custom workflows, RPA (Robotic Process Automation), new screens, new forms and new business-centric applications to expand and enhance your configuration of the all-in-one Dynamics 365 Platform.
Why RPA - Microsoft Robotic Process Automation? / Digital Process Automation?
- Nobody on your team likes boring and monotonous manual tasks
- Reconciliation and repeated manual tasks result in 'overtime' and 'lower job satisfaction'
- Automate repeatable tasks to free up time for Higher Level work and analysis that is more rewarding and easier to recruit/retain staff for.
- Modernize old apps developed in File Maker Pro, Access, Lotus Domino, Visual Basic, D-base and other custom codecs with new Microsoft Cloud-Apps.
Custom PowerApps and Business Central connection via Virtual Tables.
Expand and extend the strength of Business Central ERP with the flexibility and process automation capabilities within PowerApps and Power Automate (Flow). Endeavour has been working with Power Apps as part of the Dynamics 365 platform for a number of years to complement the investments made by our CRM clients. Released in wave 1 2021, the new Business Central virtual tables within the Microsoft Dataverse (Common Data Model), allow for a tighter level of integration between Dynamics 365 Business Central and the Power Apps platform. These virtual tables allow for a greater level of detail and fields to be exposed to the Dataverse thus extending the ability for RPA and custom apps to pull and push data into Business Central using a custom connector (API) for data including financial and non-financial (operations) tasks.
With the Business Central Virtual Tables, also comes a greater depth of Microsoft documentation for connecting to the entire Dataverse, including Power App, Copilot Studio, Power Apps Portal, Power Automate, Power BI and Dynamics 365 Sales and Service along with Microsoft Teams. https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/dev-itpro/api-reference/v2.0/
An additional advancement from Microsoft in their expanded support for Business Central custom connetors is the new OAuth V2 ( OAuth2) API protocols that manages the Authorization requests passing the client credentials and access token between Business Central, to the Azure Active Directory now called Microsoft Entra ID, to the Resource Server within the Business Central tenant. OAuth2 supports Service to Service (S2S) API for Business Central starting with Business Central cloud version V18.3.
Recommended for your API design using the Business Central Virtual Tables is to use a Batch Call approach vs a Deep Insert API. By combining multiple API calls performance is greatly improved for applications where multiple tables are involved. For example Dimension Codes are in a different table than Purchasing information thus an app that surfaces both Dimension Codes and Purchasing would need to hit at least two Business Central virtual tables.
Leverage the Experts at Endeavour
Working with Custom Connectors for Business Central and Power Automate / Power Apps may seem easy on the surface, but requires skills and experience. Let our team start with your custom OAuth API integration for Business Central Services and then you can self-support and expand upon your integration for future phases.
Why choose Endeavour?
Choose Endeavour to bring innovation to your team through PowerApps and Power Automate
Endeavour Solutions Inc. (ESI) has been working with Microsoft Dynamics for over 30-years to advise and help progressive organizations improve their business processes, operational efficiency and performance by leveraging the power of Microsoft Dynamics ERP and CRM.
Underpinning each project is our belief that a strong ERP or CRM is only as good as the data within it. Based on this concept, our team at Endeavour strives to ask "why" and "how" to uncover the true processes and business insights that will help drive innovation within your business. Our ability to leverage Microsoft PowerApps can be a real game-changer in your effort to innovate and get value out of your investment in Microsoft Dynamics and Dynamics 365.
We look forward to working with you. Our core values are integrity, trust, and accountability.


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shelf: health

title: About

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Rx Medical is an independent sales agent for approximately 40+ medical device manufacturers, including Fortune 500 medical companies such as Zimmer Biomet, Orthofix and Breg.
We offer support devices and services for neurosurgical and orthopedic physicians. Healthcare providers we serve include surgeons, family practitioners, physician assistants, and hospital staff.
Members of our sales force are extensively trained in the clinical use of each product we represent. Our dedicated representatives service all stake holders in the healthcare continuum.
To partner with physicians and hospitals in a way that helps to continually improve patient care.
To be the company that always brings innovation and technology to achieve next-level outcomes.
We stick together.
We are in the business of being a family, a group of individuals that have faith in one another to accomplish a common goal.
We tell the truth, because truth is the foundation of trust.
We treat others the way they want to be treated.
We do the work.
We act with mental strength and purpose.
We focus on outcomes, not intentions.
We own our work. We accept responsibility for our actions and results.
We finish what we start.
We genuinely serve our customers.
Our actions are always focused on providing a positive experience for the customer.
Today – not tomorrow – is our answer.
We pride ourselves in our professionalism.
We conduct ourselves in the highest caliber with respect to ethics, morality, character, and spirit.
We practice continual improvement.
We are in constant motion focusing on who we can be – not who we are.
We have the internal drive to take action to improve ourselves and the organization.
We are very aware that good enough today is not good enough tomorrow.


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Liquidation date brought forward - JPM Indonesia Equity fund
JPMorgan Funds ("JPM") has brought forward the liquidation date of its Indonesia Equity fund from 27 July 2020 to 29 June 2020.
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WHY HAS THE LIQUIDATION DATE BEEN MOVED?
We provided an update in May 2020 of JPM's intention to liquidate the fund on 27 July 2020. To view the update from May, click here.
At the time of notification, JPM had left provision for it to liquidate the fund at an earlier date if the fund’s assets reduced to a level where the Investment Manager could no longer pursue the investment objective of the fund. Since the fund’s assets have reduced to such a level, JPM have exercised that right and have changed the liquidation date to 29 June 2020.
THE ACTION WE HAVE TAKEN WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT FOR OUR DEFINED FUND RANGE PRODUCT PLAN OWNERS
We have therefore brought forward our own closure of the fund to existing investors and on 25 June 2020 switched them out of the closing fund and into the selected receiving fund, JPM ASEAN A Acc USD. For those making regular payments and allocating any of the payment into the closing fund, the allocation will also be redirected into the receiving fund. If clients are happy to remain invested in the receiving fund they do not need to do anything.
We have written to those plan owners, or their appointed investment adviser, who are impacted by the fund liquidation informing them of the change of date, the action we have taken and their option for switching to a new fund if they prefer. Servicing financial advisers will receive a sample of the letter for their information.
Samples of the plan owner and investment adviser letters can be found opposite.
ACTION TO BE TAKEN FOR OUR OPEN-ARCHITECTURE PLAN OWNERS
Following the liquidation on 29 June 2020, JPM will return proceeds to shareholders within a few days. When we receive these proceeds we will allocate them to the cash account on the affected plans.


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We have over 100 Auto Super Shoppes across New Zealand offering a vast range of services for all makes and models
The W.O.F. inspection is a crucial aspect of vehicle safety in NZ, helping to ensure that all vehicles on the road are safe and roadworthy.
Regular maintenance and check-ups extend the life of your vehicle and ensure its safety and reliability on the road.
We supply leading tyre brands, including GT Radials, Hankook, Continental, Falken, Laufenn, Maxxis and many more at great prices.
We can provide you with the right advice and quality batteries to ensure your vehicle operates properly and starts reliably.
We are New Zealand's Most Trusted Mechanics. There are many reasons why you should choose us to look after your vehicle.
Auto Super Shoppes care for the environment. We are Industry leaders with the most innovative environmental programs in the trade.
We provide a vast range of services for all makes and models. Our mechanics are well training and skilled to do the job.
We have over 110 Auto Super Shoppes across New Zealand. From Northland to Invercargill and all regions in between.
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title: 8

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Relying on leftover chicken and frozen veggies, this skillet can come together in no time flat. The broth turns into a thicker sauce as it cooks the noodles, leaving you with a delicious meal and minimal cleanup.
Made with frozen veggies and leftover chicken, this easy stir-fry is a perfect meal for getting the most out of kitchen staples and leftovers. If you have different veggies that need using, grab those instead and get creative!
Grilling brings out the best flavor and texture in eggplant, making it an excellent companion to chicken in this simple summer sandwich. Serve with a seasonal greens salad to round out the rainbow of vegetables more fully, and while you’ve got the grill out, toss some sweet peaches on there for a nutritious, luscious dessert.
Fried rice is a delightful dish, and it’s easier to make at home than you might realize. The trick to success is to start with cold rice, making this a perfect dish for repurposing rice leftover from last night’s meal.
This easy chicken recipe is sized for a crowd…or plenty of leftovers. Making enough to feed a family of four for 2 meals, it can also be turned into dinner with a couple easy lunches for a family of two. Pair it with steamed or roasted veggies to round out the meal.
If you’ve got leftover chicken, canned tomatoes, and some pasta, you’ve got the makings of a meal. This recipe calls for fresh herbs, but dried work wonderfully too–just be sure to cut the measurements to a quarter if you used dried to avoid overpowering the dish.
Step outside your comfort zone and try something exciting for dinner this weekend! If you can’t find corn flour easily in your grocery store, look for masa harina or, in a pinch, you can make your own by pulsing regular corn meal in your food processor until it’s a fine powder. Serve with a little hot […]
Take your chicken up a notch with a sweet stuffing with raisins, apples, and water chestnuts. Served with a lightly curried sauce, this scrumptious chicken is the perfect option to wow guests.


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title: Onyx the fortuitous 2

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“Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls” is directed, written and stars Andrew Bowser. It follows Marcus J. Trillbury, aka Onyx, as he struggles with every aspect of his life.
One day his life takes a turn when he’s invited to the mansion of someone he admires, Bartok the Great, to be part of a ritual that raises the spirit of an ancient demon. The film also stars Olivia Taylor Dudley, Jeffrey Combs, Ralph Ineson, Rivkah Reyes, and T.C Carson.
I went into this film without any knowledge of who Onyx was, but apparently this character is well known from Bowser’s past short films and in the YouTube sphere. And boy, did I have a blast watching this film.
Onyx is someone who is a bit socially awkward, quirky and a unique individual all around. He has a tendency to finish every other sentence with “I don’t know,” and when the film eventually tells us the origin of why he regularly says that, I was emotionally moved.
The film is filled with dark humor, gothic/horror themes and focuses on the satanic side of things. There are supernatural elements throughout and I was engaged with every character presented. The five individuals selected to take special part in the ritual were great! Their dynamic was believable, and the friendship they develop is grounded in reality due to the script’s ability to touch upon certain sensibilities.
This film is filled with practical makeup, costumes and designs that its monsters give a resemblance to the creatures from the ‘80s.
This movie is a love letter to ‘80s horror movies, and as someone who grew up watching these films, it hits various nostalgic cords. What better way to pay homage to the genre than by casting Combs, who is known for many ‘80s horror movies, most notably the 1985 cult classic “Re-Animator.”
Needless to say, Comb’s performance as Bartok the Great is superb. The overall performances were stellar, and I’m fascinated by the various hats Browser wears to bring this film to the big screen.
“Onyx the Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls”is certain to become a cult classic. Heavily influenced by ‘80s horror films, this filmtouches upon the absurdity of those films from that time, but with shades of emotion, comedy and horror.
I anxiously wait to see what Bowser does next.


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shelf: civic-law

title: Vote counting process

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California has the largest number of registered voters in the nation—over 22 million registered voters. Ensuring that all votes cast by eligible voters are accurately processed and counted takes time.
On Election Night, county elections officials must begin reporting results to the Secretary of State no more than two hours after they begin tallying votes after the polls close. County elections officials then continue to report results periodically throughout Election Night until all precinct vote totals have been reported.
The first election results are typically ballots received before Election Day, which include vote-by-mail ballots and early voting location ballots. County elections officials may begin opening and processing vote-by-mail ballot envelopes up to 29 days before Election Day, but those results cannot be accessed or shared with the public until all polls close on Election Day.
Election results posted on Election Night are semi-official results based on the in-person ballots cast at voting locations on Election Day, any early voted ballots cast in person prior to Election Day, and any vote-by-mail ballots received and processed prior to Election Day.
The complete tally of votes is never finished on Election Night as vote-by-mail ballots postmarked on or before Election Day and received within seven days after the election, as well as any provisional ballots cast, must still be counted. These ballots are always counted during the official canvass period in the 30 days after Election Day.
While media outlets and others may “call” an election contest, or candidates may “concede” to their opponent, on Election Night or the in days following, these calls and concessions are based on the semi-official results and not the final election results. The election results are never final until the Secretary of State has compiled the official statewide results after all county elections officials have reported their official canvass of the votes.
By law, California county elections officials have 30 days, also known as the canvass period, to count every valid ballot and conduct a required post-election audit. During the official canvass, elections officials are required to conduct a public 1% manual tally of the ballots tabulated by the county’s voting system in order to verify the accuracy of the automated count.
During the 30-day canvass period, county elections officials will process and count provisional ballots, ballots from voters who registered and voted conditionally (Same Day Voter Registration), and vote-by-mail ballots postmarked by Election Day and received within seven days of the election. This process includes a comparison of signatures on envelopes to the signatures on file. If a signature is missing or does not compare to the signature on file, state law requires county elections officials to reach out to voters to verify their signature to ensure that their ballot can be counted. By law, voters are allowed to verify their signature up to two days before the county certifies their results. These processes ensure that all valid votes cast by eligible voters can be counted.
County elections officials must finalize their official results to the Secretary of State by 30 days after the election (E+30). The Secretary of State will then certify the results 38 days after the election (E+38).


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title: Machine learning to predict the performance of organic solar cells

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Imagine looking for the optimal configuration to build an organic solar cell made from different polymers. How would you start? Does the active layer need to be very thick, or very thin? Does it need a large or a small amount of each polymer?
Knowing how to predict the specific composition and cell design that would result in optimum performance is one of the greatest unresolved problems in materials science. This is, in part, due to the fact that the device performance depends on multiple factors.
Now, researchers from the Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona, specialized on materials for energy applications, have collaborated with researchers from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili specialized in Artificial Intelligence, to combine the experimental data points that they gather with artificial intelligence algorithms and enable an unprecedented predicting capability of the performance of organic solar cells.
ICMAB researchers, led by Mariano Campoy-Quiles, have generated multiple data sets by using a new experimental method that allows them to have a large number of samples in only one, speeding the time compared to conventional methods. Then, machine-learning models are used to learn from those data sets and predict the performance of even more materials, such as novel organic semiconductors synthesized at the group of Prof. Martin Heeney at Imperial College London.
This study may be the first of many in the field combining artificial intelligence and high-throughput experiments to predict the optimum conditions of certain materials and devices.
Gradient-based organic solar cell samples used in the high-throughput experiments
Obtaining multiple experimental data points
One of the key aspects of this study is that researchers are able to generate big and meaningful datasets at minimal experimental effort. This is an important aspect toward the success of machine-learning modelling in order to obtain accurate and reliable models and predictions.
Researchers use a methodology based on combinatorial screening in which they generate samples with gradients in the parameters that mostly affect the performance of organic solar cells (i.e. composition and thickness).
“When using a conventional method, a sample provides you with information about only one point. However, using our methodology we can obtain between 10 and 1000 times more points. This allows, on the one hand, to evaluate the photovoltaic potential of a material about 50 times faster than with conventional methods. On the other hand, it provides large statistics and a huge set of data (hundreds of thousands of points) that allow us to reliably train different artificial intelligence algorithms” says Mariano Campoy-Quiles, ICMAB researcher and co-author of this study.
Artificial Intelligence algorithms to predict the behavior
“Within the broad field of AI, in this work we apply machine-learning, which is a term that gathers all sort of algorithms which confer machines (i.e. computers) the ability to learn from a given set of data, yet not necessarily to take autonomous decisions. Here, we exploit the more statistical vision of AI to draw predictive models from our large experimental datasets” explains Xabier Rodríguez- Martínez, ICMAB researcher and first author of the study.
Artificial intelligence algorithms in the field of materials science are mainly used to look for behavior patterns and to further develop predictive models of the behavior of a family of materials for a given application. To do so, an algorithm is first trained by exposing it to real data to generate a model algorithm. The model is then validated with other data points not used to create the model, but from the same category of materials. Once validated, the algorithm is applied to predict the behavior of other similar materials that are not part of the training nor validating set.
In this specific study, AI algorithms are trained with thousands of points obtained with the high throughput method to evaluate and predict the different factors that determine the efficiency of an organic solar cell. “The use of AI algorithms was particularly challenging in this case”, explains Roger Guimerà, ICREA Professor at URV and co-author of the study, “due to the volume and complexity of the data, and because the ultimate goal is to extrapolate to new materials that have never been tested.”
Achievements and future challenges
This work represents two great achievements. On the one hand, developing AI models that predict how efficiency depends on many of the organic solar cell parameters. The degree of prediction is very high even for materials that have not been used in the training set.
“The second important point is that thanks to AI, we have determined which are the physical parameters that affect to a greater extent this behavior” says Mariano Campoy-Quiles, and adds “In particular, we have seen that the most critical parameters that determine the optimum composition are the electronic gap of each material, as well as how balanced the charge transport is in each one.”
Researchers believe that the results and the methodology developed in this study are very important to guide theoretical researchers as to what to take into account when developing future analytical models that attempt to determine the efficiency of a given system.
Which is the most efficient sample? Machine learning can help experimentalists in determining the optimum conditions.
“Our next challenge is to understand much more complex systems. The more complex the system, the more useful AI can be” concludes Campoy-Quiles.
Read the original article on ICMAB.


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title: Tooth preserving operations

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Hemisection – type of operation, resulting in the removal of the tooth along with the root. This provides an opportunity to use the remaining part of the tooth as a support for further prosthetics. A variation of this activity is choronologically separation. It is produced in the case of inflammation between roots.
Sinus- lift allows you to do more bone volume and change the bottom of the maxillary sinus. Is improve conditions for the implants. Allocate 2 types of operations sinus lift: indoor and outdoor.
Splitting bags of purulent (abscess).
Purulent bags, as a rule, formed as a result of complications of diseases of the teeth, and when worn incorrectly manufactured and installed dentures. In addition there are a number of other causes: chronic infection, poor immunity and so on. The treatment is to hide abscess and the designation of certain antibiotics. Removal cysts of the tooth. Causes of cysts of the tooth are many, and very different. But the main is considered to be a neglected caries and no proper treatment. Depending on the size of the cyst it can be treated conservative or radical method.
It is often treated with resection of the root apex. It allows you to remove the cyst and save the tooth. The main indications for such surgery is considered to be a acute periodontitis, changes in sealed tooth root apex and so on. This operation occurs in several stages. Elongation of the tooth crown. This operation occurs in those cases when it is necessary to change the contours of the bone adjacent to teeth, or for cosmetic defects.


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The Staffordshire-based leasing finance and asset finance firm has supported 11,000 SMEs in its history, and has now taken capital from the British Business Bank so that it can expand on this.
Shire is banking £40 million from Vince Cable’s British Business Bank, with a further £40 million coming from private sector funding. A doubling of lending capability is now expected from Shire.
Cable comments, ‘The investment is significant because it shows we are serious about promoting greater use of asset finance and alternative lenders.
‘The market is heavily dominated by the big high street banks so competition is limited and innovation is slow, but by making these investments we can start to engineer long-term structural changes that benefit both businesses and the market.’
The investment in Shire comes a week before the government tables changes to the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Bill, meaning that larger banks will have to refer businesses declined for a loan to alternative lenders. Amongst these alternative lenders is Funding Circle, a venture capital-backed peer-to-peer funding platform that has so far received £20 million and £40 million in two tranches from the British Business Bank.
More on the British Business Bank:
Mark Picken, CEO of Shire Leasing, which as 130 staff and a customer base in the manufacturing and service industries, says, ‘We see a real opportunity to expand into a market that the banks have pulled back from.
‘Ours is an exciting and innovative product which will help thousands of small firms make investments and take advantage of the new growth in the economy.’
At the beginning of September, total commitments under the British Business Bank investment programme closed in on £200 million after European Capital SME Debt secured £50 million of a total £100 million allocation.
Set up by Cable in September 2012, the British Business Bank is described as a ‘key element’ of the government’s strategy for increasing the supply of credit to SMEs and is headed up by Keith Morgan, former director and head of wholly-owned investments at UKFI.


title: breakupgirl.net

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Clearly, the grownups aren’t at all sure what to do about sexting. While legal scholars (rightly) ponder when, whether, and most importantly how to prosecute sexters, one Pennsylvania school/DA threatened kids suspected of sexting with child pornography charges unless they took part in an after-school program which, among other things, required girls to write essays on why their actions were wrong; the goal: to “gain an understanding of what it means to be a girl in today’s society.” Is it shaming in here, or is it just me? To be sure, sexting should be taken seriously (as harassment and abuse). But why do I suspect — perhaps cynically, yes — that this focus on “what it means” will not include a full exploration of the deep cultural factors that appropriate and contain girls’ sexuality and limit their worth and self-expression to “hotness”? (Maybe it will; I hope I’m wrong.)
But as theoreotical counterpoint — and to counter the oft-peddled image of teens doing nothing all day but re-watching Twilight, playing Kill Everyone, and forwarding around naked photos of the French exchange student, I offer this: a reminder of many of the positive and, dare I say, actually empowering, ways that girls use social media.
As eleventh-grader Nadia Tareen — as part of a video series on media issues called Girls Investigate, a joint project of The Womenâ€™s Media Center (WMC) and Girls Learn InternationalÂ®, Inc. — writes:
Adults are often too fast to condemn teenagersâ€™ use of technology. We arenâ€™t as â€œclueless about online threats as some adults believe â€“ Two-thirds of the teens who have created profiles have used privacy controls to limit access to them.â€ Also, I suspect that my parents and teachers are unaware of everything that my peers and I accomplish online. For example, social media is a great tool for activism. As the leader of my schoolâ€™s chapter of Girls Learn InternationalÂ®, Inc., I have found that e-mail and Facebook messages are invaluable for organizing and spreading awareness. Teenagers even use social media to make their dreams come true. As an avid YouTube-watcher, I can cite at least a dozen teenagers who posted videos of their musical and comedic talents on the website, to then be discovered by industry professionals. If social media is used intelligently, it can yield endless benefits.


title: Algarve top

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The sun dips low, casting golden light over the ocean. You adjust the delicate straps of the Algarve Top, the perfect companion for moments that demand confidence and grace. Its bold two-tone design and deep scoop neckline invite playful elegance, while the sustainable Italian-milled fabric whispers of timeless luxury. It’s more than swimwear; it’s a piece designed to capture a feeling, lingering long after the day is gone.
If you're unsure of your size, we suggest you take your measurements to determine your best fit or for accuracy, have someone else measure you.
Ensure the measuring tape is straight (parallel to the floor) and snug to your body.
Measurements should be taken as follows:
- Bust: Measure around the fullest part of your chest (across your nipple line and shoulder blades - not to be mistaken for your bra band size)
- Waist: Measure around your natural waistline - this is usually the narrowest point on your waist.
- Hips: Measure around the widest point of hip and buttocks.
To protect and preserve your Marla Swim swimsuit(s), we recommend that you hand wash your garment(s) after every use, even if you haven’t gone into water.
Fill sink/bucket with cold water and a small amount of mild detergent. Agitate water to activate detergent.
Place garments(s) inside water, swirl around water and soak for 15 minutes to remove chlorine, salt water and sunscreen.
Replace with fresh cold water to rinse garment(s), swirling to remove excess soap. Repeat a couple of times. Do not wring or rub.
Remove moisture by pressing garment(s) on the side of the sink/bucket in a gentle ball.
Place garment(s) on a dry towel, roll and gently press. Excess water will be soaked up in the towel. Drip dry flat in shade. Do not leave rolled up wet.
Do not use fabric softeners. Do not wring, soak or bleach. Do not tumble dry, iron or dry clean. Please note that chlorine, spa baths, tanning products, sunscreen and oils can cause damage or mark garments – avoid contact and rinse immediately. Avoid contact with rough surfaces to prevent pulls in fabric.
To maintain your Marla swimwear, hand wash it in luke warm water with mild detergent after each use to remove chlorine, salt, and sunscreen. Dry in shade.
Please note: Avoid fabric softeners and bleach. Do not tumble dry, iron or dry clean. Avoid contact with rough surfaces to prevent pulls in fabric.
*Please refer to individual care labels on each garment.
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Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and the Conspirators performed the Guns N’ Roses classic, "Nightrain", at an exclusive invitation-only concert for SiriusXM listeners on September 15 at Santos Party House in New York City, and video from the event is available.
The track was featured on GNR’s 1987 smash debut, “Appetite For Destruction.”
“Really cool, intimate show at @SantosPartyHaus,” tweeted the guitarist. “Awesome crowd. Nice to be on a small stage like that. It's been awhile! Good Xs!”
Slash played the event on the eve of the release of his third solo album, “World On Fire.”
This week, Slash will promote the project and mark the Guitar Center’s 50th anniversary with a series of three concerts in Hollywood’s most legendary clubs.
The rocker will play shows at The Troubadour (Sep 23), The Roxy (Sep 25) and The Whisky (Sep 26).
“I’ve always admired Guitar Center’s commitment to artists,” says Slash. “They’re constantly creating new avenues for musicians to get their music out to fans and inspiring people to pick up an instrument and play. They’ve also been supportive of my career since the very beginning here on the Sunset Strip. I am happy to be a part of their 50th celebration.”
For fans unable to make it to Hollywood, Guitar Center will present Slash Live from The Roxy, in a DIRECTV 90-minute concert special set to air on DIRECTV’s Audience Network (channel 239) on November 9th at 8 p.m.
Slash special to debut this weekend on AXS TV
AUDIO: Slash streams new album World On Fire
VIDEO: Aerosmith jam with Slash on closing night of Let Rock Rule tour
VIDEO: Slash discusses surprises on new album World On Fire
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title: Dpm shrestha sc hearing on 5 december

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Addressing the press at Bharatpur Airport today, Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister, Narayan Kaji Shrestha, clarified that Nepal is not considering a blanket ban on social networks, despite the recent prohibition of TikTok.
Emphasizing the government’s commitment to regulating, not restricting, social media, Shrestha highlighted the platforms’ role in promoting democracy, social unity, and culture.
In a written clarification submitted to the Supreme Court, Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal defended the government’s decision to ban TikTok in Nepal, citing concerns about the spread of social diseases and threats to national security. The move comes in response to 16 writ petitions challenging the ban.
PM Dahal emphasized the rise of “technological pollution” within Nepali society, attributing it to the popular social network. He stated, “TikTok is observed to have both positive and negative uses, and technological pollution is spreading as a social disease and epidemic.” The Prime Minister argued that the ban is essential to protect the interests of the majority of citizens and the nation as a whole from the negative impacts of the platform.
Furthermore, the Prime Minister claimed that TikTok has eroded social behaviors and negatively impacted the physical, mental, and overall development of children. He asserted that the ban is necessary to address challenges to citizens’ privacy and national security.
Responding to claims that the ban infringes on the right to freedom of thought and expression guaranteed by the constitution, PM Dahal argued that it is not a hindrance to these rights when restricting activities that disturb communal harmony and morals.
The Supreme Court is set to hold a regular hearing on this case from December 5, where the 16 writ petitions will be reviewed. The government’s decision to shut down TikTok in Nepal on November 13, 2023, has stirred debates around freedom of expression and the regulation of social networks.


title: How is tinplate made?

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How is tinplate made?
In 1860, canned food was common use. At that time, a hammer was used to strike the can at the desired thickness. Because this was very time-consuming, rolling machines were invented that could take over this process. They work faster and more accurately. Mechanical rollers can be used to produce tin more cheaply and can be used in many ways due to the low cost.
By applying special varnish types, corrosion phenomena could be avoided and the tin layer thickness, the tin iron alloy layer thickness and structure no longer determined the storage time. From 1875 onwards, almost all the tin-plated tin had wrought iron as its basic material. There were two types: charcoal iron (made with charcoal only) and coke iron (made with a mixture of charcoal and coke).
Tin can be either uncontaminated (the surface of which has not been treated or oiled) or tinned (the tin used for the coating has a purity of at least 99.75%), In England people talk about ‘black plate’ and the United States about ‘tin plate’.
Rolling, polishing and coating
The greatest progress of the 19th century is that steel displaced iron as the basic material for tinplate. Before, tin was always sent as sheets, but since 1958 more and more rolls have been delivered.
The raw material for a tin can packaging is a steel roll that varies in thickness from 2 to 3 mm. The final material, a carbon-polished steel strip, requires a thickness of 0.13 to 0.5 mm. To achieve the right thickness, two techniques are used: hot rolling(hot-rolling) and cold rolling (cold rolling). Hot rolling takes place when the steel can be moulded while it is being pressed.
Cold-rolled products have been introduced since 1960. With cold rolling, the steel is pressed and pulled out (tension). This material receives a second cold-roll reduction after annealing, resulting in a product with greater strength than normal single-cold-rolled material.
By polishing the steel, it becomes stronger, more malleable and easier to use. To improve the quality of the packaging and to enable decoration, surface finishing is important. The steel is coated with a tin or chrome coating and then supplied in rolls or plates (depending on the purpose).
Strong or formable
You can divide tin packaging into two groups: tin produced for strength or for formability. Very strong tin cans are suitable for foodstuffs, while the softer steel is more suitable for shaped cans such as the top and bottom of aerosol cans and beverage cans. Carbon is the most important part of steel and that influences the strength of the cans. Higher carbon content is usually combined with a higher manganese content. A lower degree of carbon benefits the formability and weldability of steel. The steel production process offers a variety of opportunities to produce packaging in various combinations of the degree of formability, stretchability and strength.


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NEWS | R Documentation |
NEWS file for the haplo.stats package
Changes in version 1.8.7
updated to testthat mechanisms to allow for tolerance differences
take out linpack option in the svd call within Ginv().
embed use manual into vignette.
expanded haplo.cc to allow covariates as done in haplo.score with x.adj matrix
removed PROBLEM S-macro in C code for R 4.1.x checks.
Changes in version 1.7.9
Updated parenthesis in if() statement of seqhap.c
registered C code routines, per instructions from section 5.4.1 of Writing R Extensions
Changes in version 1.7.7
Make test.haplo.em robust to system char/int recoding
Add all.y=TRUE in merge in haplo.group so colSums of group haplotypes sum to 1. Creates NAs in pooled frequencies because some haplotypes only estimated within groups.
The change above changes haplo.score.merge and haplo.cc results with more haplotypes
Changes in version 1.7.3
Remove special characters in comments in R code
Replace S.h with R.h per note from Prof Ripley 1/27/2016
Vignette manualHaploStats available as pre-made pdf, with R.rsp
Ensure summary.haplo.em prints haplotypes in alpha-numeric order of the haplotypes and row names are 1:nrow
Changes in version 1.6.0
Removed .First.lib and .Last.lib b/c handled via namespace
Updated test scripts to set LC_COLLATE and check values after set
Changes in version 1.5.6
Removed glm.fit.nowarn because glm.fit changed from R 2.15.0
Added haplo.binomial for family=binomial in haplo.glm. Will work with either, and within haplo.glm it uses the initialize expression for haplo.binomial to ignore warnings of non-integer number of successes because we use posterior probability of a haplotype pair per subject as weights
Changes in version 1.5.4
Fixed haplo.glm bug in assigning names to var.mat when haplo.elim=NA
replaced printf statements with REprintf (from R_ext/Print.h) in verbose C code sections
Placed raw manual in rnw directory at top level, as suggested by Andreas Tille (2/11/2012)
Changes in version 1.5.2
Added methods for haplo.glm object: anova, residuals, vcov, fitted
Updated haplo.glm to work more like glm object with methods
Took out S-PLUS functionality for haplo.glm
Remove notes for S-PLUS usage in documentation
Added eps.svd argument to haplo.glm.control to give users control over calculation information matrix rank
Remove loci, geno.recode, allele.recode, which is now handled with setupGeno
Add test suite with .R and .Rout.save files
Major update to user manual in doc/
Suggest Harrell's rms package instead of Design for haplo.score with ordinal traits
Add NAMESPACE and NEWS files
Release Notes for version 1.4.4
No major updates to code. Updates are mostly for Rd files to keep up with changing requirements for packages.
In functions that use 1-pchisq( ), replace with pchisq(, , lower=FALSE) for better precision. Precision is lost subtracting a small p-value from 1.00, so computing it directly without making the digits line up for the double-precision subraction
Release Notes for version 1.4.1
For the seqhap function, adapt the permutation rules used in haplo.score's sim.control parameter to ensure accuracy and precision thresholds for permutation p-values. The permutations are carried out in seqhap.c, so the parameters p.threshold, min.sim, and max.sim are passed to the C code to permute the response until precision criteria met. No longer use n.sim parameter; now sim.control=score.sim.control() handles the permutations.
The user manual has been updated from version 1.3.1 to reflect all the updates since then, and will be placed on Dan Schaid's software page, in addition to its current location within the package
help files for example datasets now pass R check.
Release notes for version 1.3.8
plot.seqhap, we handle very small p-values better by having a minimum allowable asymptotic p-value of .Machine.double$eps, and permutation p-value of 1/(n.sim+1). It will also handle a ylim value if passed. Add more useful warning messages for when p-values are fixed for plotting.
haplo.score, add eps.svd argument. In some assocation tests from haplo.score, we have observed extremely significant values for the global association test statistic. The degrees of freedom for the global test is the rank of the score vector's covariance matrix. We found the source of the problem was having too low a cutoff (epsilon) for svd values for determining rank of the covariance matrix. We increased the default for the epsilon from 1e-6 to 1e-5 and allow it to be changed by the user as the eps.svd parameter in any function that uses haplo.score (haplo.score.slide, haplo.cc).
Update haplo.cc parameters. We remove haplo.min.count as a top-level parameter; it can only be used in the control() function, just as in haplo.glm. Note that haplo.freq.min can also be used. The eps.svd parameter is also added, as noted for haplo.score.
Releast notes for version 1.3.6
Add haplo.power.qt and haplo.power.cc. Power and sample size calculations for haplotype association studies. Calculations are performed given a set of haplotypes, their freqs, and their beta coefficients, which can be converted by log(OR) for case-control (cc) or calculated for quantitative trait (qt) by R2 variance explained by gene association. For qt, use the find.haplo.beta.qt to get these beta coefficients.
Add dataset hapPower.demo, an example dataset for demonstrating the haplo.power.qt/cc functions in example() and in the manual.
In past versions of haplo.em, a change was made to pre-calculate how much memory would be needed for all haplotype pairs, and issued a warning if that memory could not be allocated. It stopped calculations that could have been completed by progressive insertion & trimming steps because rare haplotypes are trimmed off and memory rarely meets the max. So the warning is taken off.
Add min.posterior to haplo.em.control to give control to the user versus the old default set at 1e-7. In rare cases of some datasets that had low LD and 10 or more markers, the trimming steps actually trimmed away all haplotypes for a given person and the person was removed. We have changed min.posterior to 1e-9 and put in warnings and check for this occuring. Note, we have only observed this in simulated data on very rare occasions.
Remove allele.lev and miss.val parameters from call to haplo.glm. We used to require the use of allele.lev as a parameter for haplo.glm, and allow miss.val to specify codes for missing alleles in the genotype matrix. However, we require using setupGeno to prepare the genotype matrix to be used in haplo.glm, after it is added to the data.frame to be passed to haplo.glm. miss.val is completely taken care of there, and allele.lev is assigned as an attribute of geno. We have re-worked the formula and na.geno.keep to recognize these values when it finds geno in the formula; therefore, these parameters are not required in haplo.glm.
More strict exclusion using na.geno.keep. We used to keep all subjects who were missing any number of alleles. However, if a subject is missing all alleles, they slow the calcualtions down, and don't add any information to the analysis. This function still removes subjects missing y or covariate values, and now removes subjects missing all their alleles. After the removal, the attributes of the genotype matrix are re-calculated and retained for its use in haplo.model.frame.
In haplo.model.frame for haplo.glm, get allele.lev from geno in m[], not as passed paremeter from haplo.glm.
In haplo.glm.control, enforce the default setting for haplo.min.count and haplo.freq.min in the function delcaration. In the declaration they were NA, but a default min.count of 5 was enforced. We have changed the default of haplo.freq.min of .01 to be enforced, and the delcaration now reflects the enforced default.
Ginv.R for R and Ginv.q for Splus. Splus version 8.0.1 has a problem in its use of the svd fortran function, as called by svd.Matrix. We contacted Insightful and they fixed it for version 8.0.4. We include the svd.Matrix function from version 7 and 8.0.4 in the Ginv.q file, but only load it if the Splus version matches 8.0.1.
louis.info.c – Prior efforts to make all long integer values as int was not completed for this function. The result was the package didn't work on linux 64bit machines. Now it doesn't use long, and it should work on most platforms.
louis.info.q – When the variance of a quantitative trait is so high that the the information matrix becomes ill-conditioned, the Ginv determines the information matrix singular, and the standard errors are incorrect. Change the epsilon parameter for the generalized inverse to about 1e-8, versus the old default in Ginv of 1e-6.
Release Notes for version 1.3.0
Add new function, seqhap, sequential haplotype selection in a set of loci, for choosing loci for haplotype associations, as described in Yu and Schaid, 2007. The method performs three tests for association of a binary trait over a set of bi-allelic loci. When evaluating each locus, loci close to it are added in a sequential manner based on the Mantel-Haenszel test.
geno1to2: convert geno from 1- to 2-column convert 1-column minor-allele-count matrix to two-column allele codes
Make plot.haplo.score.slide better-handle near-zero pvalues. For asymptotic pvalues near zero, set to epsilon. For simulated p-values, set to 0.5 divided by the number of simulations performed.
New function, haplo.design, create design matrix for haplotypes. In response to many requests made for getting columns for haplotype effects to use in glm, survival, or other regression models, we created a function to set up this kind of design matrix. There are issues surrounding the use of these effect columns, as outlined in the user manual.
Ginv: svd problems continue. The Matrix library svd function has changed for Splus 8.0.1. Therefore, revert back to the default svd function in getting the generalized inverse.
Release notes for version 1.2.5
haplo.glm: Iterative steps efficiency. In consecutive steps of the IRWLS steps in haplo.glm, the starting values for re-fitting the glm model were not updated to be the most recently updated values. This now saves about 20 haplo.glm.
haplo.score: haplo.effect allow additive, dominant, recessive A new option to make haplo.score more flexible. Previously the scores for haplotypes were computed assuming an additive effect for all haplotypes. A new parameter, haplo.effect, is in place to allow either additive, dominant, or recessive effects.
haplo.score: min.count parameter. The cut-off for selecting haplotypes to score is either by a minimum frequency, skip.haplo, or a new option, min.count. The min.count is based on the same idea as that used in haplo.glm, where the minimum expected count of haplotypes in the population is enough such that accurate estimates of parameters and standard errors are computed. The min.count became needed when haplo.effect was added because under the dominant or recessive models, the number of persons actually having a haplotype effect could be fewer than the expected count over the population (i.e., haplotype pair h1/h2 is coded as 0 for both under recessive model, and h1/h1 is coded as 1 under dominant).
haplo.em – improved reliability of C routines. Previously problems had been observed with running haplo.em and haplo.glm on linux 64-bit machines, because of issues with the storage of integers in R. In R, all integers are stored as int, which are stored differently on 64-bit and 32-bit machines. We get around this problem by using all int types for integers, which are only used for indices of other data structures. We find out the max value for integers on the system, and if the indices are going to exceed the max, issue a warning from C.
haplo.glm and Ginv: improvement of standard error calculations Under some extreme circumstances, such as haplo.glm modeling haplotypes with rare frequencies, or a high amount of variance in the response, the standard error estimates were unreliable. The issue came out in the Ginv function in haplo.stats, which needed a smaller epsilon to decide on the rank of the information matrix.
Release notes for version 1.2.0
haplo.em: fixed memory leak. Versions up to 1.1.1 had either one or two memory leaks in haplo.em. They are fixed.
All .C functions: Long Integers warning for 64-bit machine Due to problems with long integers between 32-bit and 64-bit machines using R, all integers used in C functions will use unsigned integers.
Allow haplo.effect="recessive" in haplo.glm. The estimation stops if no columns are left in the model.matrix for homozygotes with the haplotype, and for haplotypes that do not have any subjects with a posterior probability of being homozygous for the haplotype, those subjects are grouped into the baseline effect. Guidelines for rare haplotypes are explained further in the manual.
haplo.glm: na.action, when not specified got set to something besides the intended 'na.geno.keep'. Now the default setting works.
haplo.cc: New Function for Case-Control Analysis New function added to combine methods of haplo.score, haplo.group and haplo.glm into one set of output for Case-Control data. Choose haplotypes for analysis by haplo.min.count only, not a frequency cut-off.
Set the new default for skip.haplo to be 5/(nrow(geno)*2)
In haplo.glm: haplo.freq.min and haplo.min.count control parameters Haplotypes used in the glm are still chosen by haplo.freq.min, but the default is based on a minimum expected count of 5 in the sample. The better choice for selecting haplotypes is haplo.min.count. The issue is documented in the manual and help files.
Describe the max-stat simulated p-value in more detail in the user manual and help file
haplo.em.control and haplo.em: defaults for control parameters changed The default for control parameter: max.iter=5000, changed from 500 insert.batch.size = 6, changed from 4
locus function warning. The genetics package for R has a function named locus which does not agree with locus from haplo.stats. We do not plan to change it, so be aware of the possible clash if you use these two packages.
New function haplo.scan, for analyzing a genome region with case-control data. Search for a trait-locus by sliding a fixed-width window over each marker locus and scanning all possible haplotype lengths within the window
Release Notes for version 1.1.1
haplo.glm: Warnings for non-integer weights glm.fit for R does not allow non-integer weights for subjects, whereas S-PLUS does. Use a glm.fit.nowarn function for R to ignore warnings.
haplo.glm: Character Alleles Settings for strings as factors causes confusion for keeping orinial character allele values. To ensure consistency of allele codes, use setupGeno() and then in the haplo.glm call, use allele.lev as documented in the manual and help files.
Add haplo.score.slide function, which rus haplo.score on all contiguous subsets of size n.slide from the loci in a genotype matrix(geno).
haplo.score simulations controlled for precision. Employ simulation precision criteria for p-values, adopted from Besag and Clifford . Control simulations with score.sim.control.


title: Nearby trt clinics discover the path to enhanced health

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Testosterone Replacement Therapy (TRT) has become an increasingly popular treatment option for men who experience low testosterone levels. This therapy can provide numerous benefits, such as increased muscle mass, improved energy levels, and better libido. Therefore, it is no surprise that many men are turning to TRT clinics for guidance. However, finding the closest TRT clinic can be a challenge. Fortunately, we have prepared a guide for you to locate the closest TRT clinics easily, and we will also provide some information on what to look for when selecting testosterone clinic.
The first step in finding the closest TRT clinic is to research clinics in the surrounding area. To do this, you can turn to online search engines like Google, Bing, or Yahoo. Type in “TRT clinics near me” or “TRT clinics in [insert city or state],” and there should be a list of clinics that will appear on the screen. Check for reviews on Google, OnDoc, Yelp, and other review platforms to assess customer satisfaction levels.
The next step is to consult with your healthcare provider. Your doctor can direct you to clinics that they trust or have cooperated with previously. Additionally, your doctor may have some recommendations on what to look for in a TRT clinic. Furthermore, you can search for other healthcare providers such as urologists, endocrinologists, or anti-aging specialists who might have a list of TRT clinics nearby.
Once you’ve discovered a TRT clinic, analyze their menus of services and prices. Seek out clinics that give a broad variety of treatment options with affordable prices. Additionally, if the TRT clinic offers a consultation session, take the time to attend one. The consultation session can provide you with useful information about the clinic’s procedures, pricing, and the staff’s expertise.
After analyzing the services, pricing, and availability of the clinic, verify the legality of the clinic. The legality of the clinic is an important consideration. Check if the clinic is certified by the appropriate governing body. In the United States, for instance, the US Food and Drug Administration or FDA approves TRT medications. Further, the clinic should be licensed and registered with the state department of health services. This licensure ensures that the clinic adheres to all safety and health protocols.
Lastly, check for the qualifications of the staff. Consider the experience and education of the professionals at the TRT clinic. The kind of doctors that administer TRT therapy can differ significantly, so keep that in mind when selecting a clinic. Expertise on TRT is essential, and the clinic should have doctors, physician assistants (PAs), or nurse practitioners (NPs) who are well-versed in TRT. Bioidentical hormone therapy experts, age management physicians, and anti-aging specialists are common doctors administering this therapy.
TRT clinic locations vary in different parts of the country, and finding the best one for you can be vexing. Make use of online search engines and consult with your doctor to figure out what TRT clinics are available in your region. Once you have narrowed down your choices, assess the clinic’s services, pricing, and staff. Additionally, be certain that the clinic is operating legally and is registered with the appropriate governing bodies. The right TRT clinic will properly diagnose and manage your testosterone level. Start taking steps to identify the best clinic today, and boost your wellness!


title: Byd india opens new showroom in worli mumbai

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BYD India, a subsidiary of the world’s leading New Energy Vehicles (NEV) manufacturer BYD, has inaugurated its second passenger vehicle showroom in Mumbai, Maharashtra. This luxurious showroom is managed by Landmark BYD and is strategically located in Worli, South Mumbai.
The showroom was inaugurated by Mr. Sanjay Thakker, Chairman of Group Landmark and Mr. Rajeev Chauhan, Head of Electric Passenger Vehicles (EPV) Business at BYD India, in the presence of senior officials of BYD India, Landmark BYD and customers.
Landmark BYD’s latest showroom in Maharashtra, situated in the premium locality of Worli, offers exclusive access to BYD’s advanced electric vehicles, coupled with top-notch services for discerning consumers in the state. Spanning an impressive 1,800 square feet, the showroom features a sophisticated customer lounge and a state-of-the-art display floor.
Mr. Rajeev Chauhan, Head of Electric Passenger Vehicles (EPV) Business at BYD India, said, “We are delighted to announce the inauguration of our second passenger car dealership in Mumbai with Landmark BYD. This state-of-the-art dealership reflects our commitment to providing a seamless and convenient experience for our customers. Located in the premium Worli district, this showroom will help us reach a wider target audience in Maharashtra. We believe that electric vehicles are the future of transportation, and we are committed to making them accessible to everyone. The opening of this dealership also shows our commitment towards a zero-pollution environment for the future generation.”
Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Sanjay Thakker of Landmark BYD said, “With the inauguration of our fourth showroom in India and second in a premium location in Mumbai, we are confident that we will be able to cater to the growing demand for electric vehicles in the region. Our partnership with BYD India has been instrumental in driving the adoption of sustainable mobility solutions in India. We are excited to take this partnership to the next level with the launch of our new showroom in Mumbai. We look forward to serving our customers better.”
BYD India aims to expand its dealer network across pan India. BYD will continue to leverage technological innovations for a better life, promote sustainable development of society, and implement its “Cool the Earth by 1°C” initiative.


title: Pac man championship edition dx out next month

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One of the lesser talked about announcements at this year’s E3 was the new Pac-Man title called Pac-Man Championship Edition DX+. The release will add new content to Pac-Man CE DX in the form of DLC and will be available very soon indeed. A patch is coming to console versions of the game to add “improved leaderboard functionality, in-game achievements, and medals." With this will also be the option of new DLC and this is where things get interesting. Namco Bandai have stated what’s new in the DLC, so here is what you will be getting:
BIG EATER COURSE: A new challenge with more ghosts on screen that you can eat and in which it will be vital to manage your way out while still powered-up.
MOUNTAIN COURSE: A technical mountain-like course in which ghosts might take shortcuts to catch up with you.
CHAMPIONSHIP III & HIGHWAY II COURSES: Highly popular Highway and Championship II maps redesigned for an increased challenge in which using bombs strategically will be crucial to beat top scores.
RALLY-X SET: PAC-MAN’s automotive makeover! New skins, characters and BGM that will turn all your courses into Rally-X races.
DIG DUG SET: Dig Dug tries it Pac-man style! New skins, characters and BGM that will turn all your courses into Dig Dug adventures.
PAC IS BACK SET: Transport all your courses into the world of "PAC-MAN and the Ghostly Adventures!"
PAC STEPS BGM: Enjoy new organic-sounding music centered on real instruments or electronic music built around distorted synth tracks.
RE-ENTRANCE BGM: PAC-MAN CE DX main menu "ENTRANCE" remixed and extended version now playable during the races.
All this content will be available in the ‘All You Can Eat’ pack, which is free for people that pre-order the PC version of the game. The game is coming sometime in September and we should get a more final release date, as well as prices for the DLC for players you already have the console versions very soon.


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The 10th Academy Awards were held on March 10, 1938 to honor films released in 1937, at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California and hosted by Bob Burns. Originally scheduled for March 3, 1938, the ceremony was postponed due to the Los Angeles flood of 1938.
This was the last year for two Oscars categories: Best Dance Direction, which this year saw the only nomination ever received by a Marx Brothers film (Dave Gould for "All God's Children Got Rhythm" in A Day at the Races), and Best Assistant Director.
The Life of Emile Zola was the first film to receive ten nominations and the second consecutive biographical film to win Best Picture, following the previous year's The Great Ziegfeld. Luise Rainer received the Academy Award for Best Actress for The Good Earth, earning her the distinctions of being the first actor to win two Academy Awards and the first to win consecutive acting awards, following her win for The Great Ziegfeld.
A Star Is Born was the first color film to receive a Best Picture nomination.
Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the world's first full-length Technicolor animated feature film with sound and widely seen as one of the greatest motion pictures of all time, received only one nomination, for Best Original Score. The following year, the Academy presented Disney an Honorary Academy Award (consisting of one full-size Oscar statuette and seven miniature statuettes on a stepped base) "for creating Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs , recognized as a significant screen innovation which has charmed millions and pioneered a great new entertainment field for the motion picture cartoon". This is a rare case of a film being recognized in two successive ceremonies.
This was the first year in which every film nominated for Best Picture received multiple nominations.
Nominations announced on February 6, 1938. Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.
The following twenty films received multiple nominations:
The following four films received multiple awards:


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Sailing through the smooth waters of vacuum, a photon of light moves at around 300 thousand kilometers (186 thousand miles) a second. This sets a firm limit on how quickly a whisper of information can travel anywhere in the Universe.
While this law isn't likely to ever be broken, there are features of light which don't play by the same rules. Manipulating them won't hasten our ability to travel to the stars, but they could help us clear the way to a whole new class of laser technology.
Physicists have been playing hard and fast with the speed limit of light pulses for a while, speeding them up and even slowing them to a virtual stand-still using various materials like cold atomic gases, refractive crystals, and optical fibers.
This time, researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California and the University of Rochester in New York have managed it inside hot swarms of charged particles, fine-tuning the speed of light waves within plasma to anywhere from around one-tenth of light's usual vacuum speed to more than 30 percent faster.
This is both more – and less – impressive than it sounds.
To break the hearts of those hoping it'll fly us to Proxima Centauri and back in time for tea, this superluminal travel is well within the laws of physics. Sorry.
A photon's speed is locked in place by the weave of electrical and magnetic fields referred to as electromagnetism. There's no getting around that, but pulses of photons within narrow frequencies also jostle in ways that create regular waves.
The rhythmic rise and fall of whole groups of light waves moves through stuff at a rate described as group velocity, and it's this 'wave of waves' that can be tweaked to slow down or speed up, depending on the electromagnetic conditions of its surrounds.
By stripping electrons away from a stream of hydrogen and helium ions with a laser, the researchers were able to change the group velocity of light pulses sent through them by a second light source, putting the brakes on or streamlining them by adjusting the gas's ratio and forcing the pulse's features to change shape.
The overall effect was due to refraction from the plasma's fields and the polarized light from the primary laser used to strip them down. The individual light waves still zoomed along at their usual pace, even as their collective dance appeared to accelerate.
From a theoretical standing, the experiment helps flesh out the physics of plasmas and put new constraints on the accuracy of current models.
Practically speaking, this is good news for advanced technologies waiting in the wings for clues on how to get around obstacles preventing them from being turned into reality.
Lasers would be the big winners here, especially the insanely powerful variety. Old-school lasers rely on solid-state optical materials, which tend to get damaged as the energy cranks up. Using streams of plasma to amplify or change light characteristics would get around this issue, but to make the most of it we really need to model their electromagnetic characteristics.
It's no coincidence that Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is keen to understand the optical nature of plasmas, being home to some of the world's most impressive laser technology.
Ever more powerful lasers are just what we need for a whole bunch of applications, from ramping up particle accelerators to improving clean fusion technology.
It might not help us move through space any faster, but it's these very discoveries that will hasten us towards the kind of future we all dream of.
This research was published in Physical Review Letters.


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Model Context Protocol (MCP) finally gives AI models a way to access the business data needed to make them really useful at work. CData MCP Servers have the depth and performance to make sure AI has access to all of the answers.
Connect to Cosmos DB Data in Ruby
Connect to Cosmos DB data in Ruby with ruby-dbi, dbd-odbc, and ruby-odbc.
The CData ODBC Driver for Cosmos DB makes it easy to integrate connectivity to live Cosmos DB data in Ruby. This article shows how to create a simple Ruby app that connects to Cosmos DB data, executes a query, and displays the results.
Create an ODBC Connection to Cosmos DB Data
If you have not already, first specify connection properties in an ODBC DSN (data source name). This is the last step of the driver installation. You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure ODBC DSNs.
To obtain the connection string needed to connect to a Cosmos DB account using the SQL API, log in to the Azure Portal, select Azure Cosmos DB, and select your account. In the Settings section, click Connection String and set the following values:
- AccountEndpoint: The Cosmos DB account URL from the Keys blade of the Cosmos DB account
- AccountKey: In the Azure portal, navigate to the Cosmos DB service and select your Azure Cosmos DB account. From the resource menu, go to the Keys page. Find the PRIMARY KEY value and set AccountKey to this value.
Installing Ruby and Necessary Gems
If you do not have Ruby installed, refer to the Ruby installation page. With Ruby installed, you will need to install the ruby-dbi, dbd-odbc, and ruby-odbc gems:
gem install dbi gem install dbd-odbc gem install ruby-odbc
Create a Ruby App with Connectivity to Cosmos DB Data
Create a new Ruby file (for example: CosmosDBSelect.rb) and open it in a text editor. Copy the following code into your file:
#connect to the DSN require 'dbi' cnxn = DBI.connect('DBI:ODBC:CData CosmosDB Source','','') #execute a SELECT query and store the result set resultSet = cnxn.execute("SELECT City, CompanyName FROM Customers") #display the names of the columns resultSet.column_names.each do |name| print name, "\t" end puts #display the results while row = resultSet.fetch do (0..resultSet.column_names.size - 1).each do |n| print row[n], "\t" end puts end resultSet.finish #close the connection cnxn.disconnect if cnxn
With the file completed, you are ready to display your Cosmos DB data with Ruby. To do so, simply run your file from the command line:
ruby CosmosDBSelect.rbWriting SQL-92 queries to Cosmos DB allows you to quickly and easily incorporate Cosmos DB data into your own Ruby applications. Download a free trial today!


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The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has today issued amendments to IAS 12 Income Taxes. The amendments give companies temporary relief from accounting for deferred taxes arising from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) international tax reform.
The OECD published the Pillar Two model rules in December 2021 to ensure that large multinational companies would be subject to a minimum 15% tax rate. More than 135 countries and jurisdictions representing more than 90% of global GDP have agreed to the Pillar Two model rules.
The IASB has taken urgent action to respond to stakeholders’ concerns about the uncertainty over the accounting for deferred taxes arising from the implementation of the rules.
The amendments will introduce:
Companies can benefit from the temporary exception immediately but are required to provide the disclosures to investors for annual reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2023.
Andreas Barckow, Chair of the IASB, said:
These amendments respond to stakeholder feedback and will ensure that companies are supported during the implementation of the OECD’s rules, while enhancing the financial information provided to investors about how these companies are affected by the international tax reform.
We are monitoring developments as jurisdictions implement the Pillar Two model rules. A future maintenance project has been added to the pipeline in which we will revisit the temporary exception and related disclosures.
Further details about the maintenance project that has been added to the pipeline can be found here.
The IASB has a separate project considering possible amendments to the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard related to the OECD tax reform.
IFRS Digital Subscribers and IFRS Digital and Print subscribers can download the document from the IFRS Accounting Standards Navigator and the International Tax Reform—Pillar Two Model Rules project page. IFRS Digital and Print subscribers will be sent a printed copy of the document, and printed copies will also be available to order from the Web Shop. The amendment will be consolidated into IAS 12 in March 2024, at which point it will be available for users with a free website registration.


title: Fortnite players to receive another free skin soon

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Fortnite players are soon going to be able to grab another skin in the battle royale shooter for nothing whatsoever. Currently in the midst of Chapter 2 Remix, this current season of Fortnite is a bit on the smaller side. To that end, there won’t be as many updates as normal as Epic will eventually usher in Chapter 6 of Fortnite in early December. Prior to this transition taking place, though, Fortnite players can expect to add another free skin to their Locker.
Coming by way of Fortnite insiders @SamLeakss and @Loolo_WRLD, the first details on this new skin have come about. Rather than this being a cosmetic tied to a specific character, this skin is said to instead be related to vehicles in Fortnite. To that end, players should be able to get a new SUV cosmetic that resembles the look of the Battle Bus. While the skin won’t be freely available in the Item Shop, players will need to complete a series of specific Quests that will eventually culminate in the skin being unlocked.
For now, it’s not known exactly when this free Battle Bus vehicle skin will be available, but it should be happening relatively soon. The data for this Battle Bus skin and its corresponding Quests have already been found in Fortnite‘s files, which suggests that Epic is already preparing for its arrival. In all likelihood, the skin could roll out later this week, and if not then, it will drop in another update in November.
Further down the line, Fortnite: Chapter 2 Remix is set to run until November 30th. At this point in time, skins associated with Snoop Dogg and Eminem have been added to Chapter 2 Remix with others tied to Ice Spice and Juice WRLD coming later in the month. Chapter 2 Remix should culminate in a final event centered around Juice WRLD, in particular, which will then usher in the start of Chapter 6. Epic has yet to provide info on what Fortnite: Chapter 6 will entail, but it should see the return of Fortnite OG as a permanent game mode.
The post Fortnite Players to Receive Another Free Skin Soon appeared first on ComicBook.com.


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Solid oak cladding is made of 100% solid oak wood, a high-quality wood known for its strength, durability, and natural beauty.
Yes, solid oak cladding is suitable for use both indoors and outdoors. It is resistant to moisture and insect damage, making it an ideal choice for both interior and exterior walls.
Installing solid oak cladding typically requires basic carpentry skills. It can be attached to the wall using nails or screws, or a bonding agent can be used for a more secure installation.
To keep your solid oak cladding in good condition, it is recommended that you clean it regularly with a damp cloth. Avoid using harsh chemicals or abrasive materials, as these may damage the wood. Additionally, it is important to protect your cladding from direct sunlight and excessive moisture, as these can cause fading or warping.
Yes, solid oak cladding is an excellent choice for home renovation projects. It offers natural beauty, durability, timeless style, and increased home value. Additionally, it is a sustainable and eco-friendly choice, making it a responsible choice for your home renovation project.
Solid Oak Cladding offers several benefits, including natural beauty, durability, and excellent insulation properties. It provides a timeless and elegant appearance to the exterior, and its solid construction ensures long-lasting performance.
Yes, Solid Oak Cladding is versatile and suitable for both residential and commercial buildings. Its aesthetic appeal and durability make it an excellent choice for various architectural styles and applications.
Solid Oak Cladding is considered environmentally friendly, especially when sourced from sustainable and responsibly managed forests. Oak is a renewable resource, and its durability contributes to a longer lifespan, reducing the need for frequent replacements.
Yes, Solid Oak Cladding can be stained or painted to achieve a desired color or finish. This allows homeowners and builders to customize the appearance of the cladding to match the overall design theme of the structure.
Solid Oak Cladding is naturally resistant to weather conditions. Oak timber contains tannins and natural oils that provide inherent resistance to decay, insects, and moisture. Proper installation and maintenance further enhance its ability to withstand various weather elements.


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For audiences Salman Khan is an actor that they have seen on screens, but rarely people must have seen the other funny side of Salman Khan. The ‘Bajrangi Bhaijaan’ actor is seen in his never seen avatar in the behind the scenes video of Prem Ratan Dhan Payo. With 1000 days of preparations and 200 days of shoot for over 15 months, the shooting of PRDP was ultimate entertaining as well as exciting for the makers of the film.
In the behind the scenes ‘Fun ‘N Games’ video, Salman Khan is seen laughing, playing cricket and feeding squirrels. More than 5000 selfies were clicked on the sets while shooting for the film and moreover anything the entire team had fun on the sets.
The actor laughs and sings like he never had pains and troubles in his life. You will surely fall in love with the actor after watching his funny side where he is seen laughing like never. ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ symbolizes the reunion of the most awaited actor director duo, Salman Khan and Sooraj Barjatya, after a long wait. Whenever this duo is seen on screen, they create magic and break box office records.
Salman Khan and Sonam Kapoor surely make a good pair on the silver screen and now we wait to catch what Prem and Maithili bring for the audiences this Diwali. Salman Khan will be seen as the quintessential Prem once again in PRDP that audiences have loved and treasured in their hearts. The film also features actor Neil Nitin Mukesh, Anupam Kher, Swara Bhaskar and Sonam Kapoor. The film will hit the theatres on November 12, 2015.
So get set for the firecrackers.
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At KCR Risk Management, we specialize in helping government agencies and civilian companies navigate the complexities of federal compliance and risk management. Our services are designed to ensure that your organization is operating efficiently, securely, and in compliance with all federal regulations. Explore our comprehensive services below to find the right solution for your needs.
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Press Release Summary:
AXEL-L is comprised of CO2 laser machine with integrated material loading and unloading linked to warehouse featuring one or more material storage units. Material enters warehouse through de-palletizing station and is conveyed to elevator, which places material into tower. Each tower stores 12-14 pallets capable of holding 6,000 lb of sheet material 1.5 x 3 m in size. GE-Fanuc control reproduces programmed contours, producing acute angles at high speed.
Original Press Release:
Strippit/LVD Introduces New Axel-LT High-Speed Laser System with Material Storage Tower
Akron, New York-Strippit/LVD introduces the new AXEL-LT system comprised of an AXEL-L high performance CO2 laser machine with integrated material loading and unloading linked to a warehouse featuring one or more material storage units. The space-saving system allows optimal material flow and unattended operation, providing uninterrupted processing of high-quality laser cut parts.
Material enters the warehouse through a de-palletizing station that facilitates the removal of steel banding and other shipping materials. After the material type, thickness and size are entered into the tower administrator, the material is automatically conveyed to an elevator, which places the material into the tower. Each tower unit has storage capacity of 12 to 14 pallets capable of holding 6,000 pounds of sheet material 1.5 x 3 meters in size.
Single CNC Control for System
Each piece of the system is controlled through a single CNC control for easy and efficient monitoring and programming. The AXEL-LT features Strippit/LVD's WinExecuter software, which manages both the laser and warehouse.
The Job List, a unique feature of the software, continually checks the material of the programmed part against the catalog of sheets and material in the towers. Each sheet in the warehouse is referenced to a material type and the corresponding weight of the sheet is recorded, allowing material to be selected by the number of sheets required for the job list or by weight.
Sheet and material lists required for parts nesting are created by Strippit/LVD's off-line CADMAN-L 3D programming software. An optional CAM-software package for laser cutting, CADMAN-L 3D, provides interactive CAD techniques, DXF file importation, automatic or interactive determination of cutting sequences, nesting, full cutting path simulation, and DNC linking. A copy of the list generated by the CADMAN-L 3D software is downloaded through the local network to the WinExecuter management program on the production floor.
During the machine operator's execution of the Job List at the machine control, automatic commands request the tower administration to process the appropriate material in sufficient volume to complete the job. If extra sheets are required, the operator can initiate a new supply of material through push button control.
The control provides a graphic simulation of the warehouse system to assist the operator in tracking movement of the material. Visualization of the automatic process provides the operator with a sequence of events from the time the material leaves the tower until the empty or partially empty pallet returns to the tower.
Stacked sheets positioned at the warehouse loading station are picked up individually by a gantry style, vacuum sheet loading system and placed on the forks of the load/unload unit of the laser machine. The forks deposit the sheet on the cutting table of the laser and return to its home position to begin the cutting process.
Finished parts are lifted from the laser cutting table by the fork unit, placed on a motorized pallet and conveyed away from the cutting area.
High-performance Laser System
The AXEL machine features a rigid monoframe construction that incorporates high precision hardened guideways and optimal driving system to permit high-speed acceleration and positioning speeds.
Set-up of the AXEL laser is enhanced through the use of the Laser Eye, a unique optical sensor referencing system that allows automatic and non-contact sheet referencing. The sensor eliminates the need for excessive positioning of the workpiece on the table, allowing scratch-free part processing. This feature is also useful for the processing of punched sheets, bent or deep drawn parts, and tubes.
An optional NC Focus feature provides programmable adjustment of the focal position, eliminating operator intervention for adjustment of the focal point. Piercing time is also drastically reduced.
Outstanding Edge Quality
The AXEL also features a constant beam length system that keeps the diameter of the laser beam constant and consequently always maintains a fixed focal point position. This results in higher cutting speeds and superior cut quality maintained over the entire working area.
AXEL's edge function feature allows sharp corners to be cut in a range of materials, including thick plate. The machine's start-up function provides optimal lead-ins. A total power control feature automatically adjusts the laser power in relation to the cutting speed.
Other system features that permit the processing of high quality parts include a pulse function for precise cutting of smaller holes; back reflection control for cutting aluminum, copper and other reflective materials; and an optional piercing sensor to control the piercing and cutting process.
Integrated Laser & CNC Control
AXEL employs the highly reliable GE-Fanuc HF fast flow CO2 laser source with high-frequency excitation. The laser, CNC control, drives and motors are fully integrated, providing superior processing speed, high reliability, and low operating and maintenance costs.
The integrated GE-Fanuc control provides perfect reproduction of programmed contours, producing acute angles at high speed. All parameters, diagnostic and start-up procedures are conveniently displayed on a single color screen. The 32-bit control also features powerful mathematical capabilities and an extensive material library.
Strippit/LVD is a leading manufacturer of metalforming equipment, including laser cutting machines, CNC turret punch presses, flexible fabricating systems, press brakes, shears, and programming software.
For more information, contact Strippit, Inc., 12975 Clarence Center Road, Akron, NY 14001, call toll free 1-800-828-1527, or visit www.lvdgroup.com.