n denominator of 85/26 and w.
234
Let z(n) = n**2 + 2*n - 4. Let b be (-6)/39 + 150/(-39). Calculate the lowest common multiple of (-3)/(6/(-3) - -1) and z(b).
12
Suppose 15 + 6 = 3*s + 3*t, t = 2*s - 2. Suppose 0 = s*a - 0*z - z - 52, a + 4*z - 26 = 0. What is the least common multiple of -2 + (-1)/((-1)/10) and a?
72
Let v = 95 + -94. What is the common denominator of 89/24 and v + 147/(-24) + 2/(-4)?
24
Suppose 0 = 2*z + 4*o + 2, -5*o = 3*z - 0*o + 2. Calculate the common denominator of (19/(-25) - -1)*-10 and 2 + z + 0 - 70/3.
15
Let d(k) = -7*k + 16. Let f(q) = q. Let y(b) = -d(b) - 4*f(b). Let p be y(11). Let s = p - 14. Calculate the lowest common multiple of s and 10.
30
Let h be 2/(2/(1 - -1)). Suppose -33 = h*x - 5*u, 2*u + 30 = -0*x - x. Find the common denominator of (-8)/12 + 434/x and 1/11.
44
Find the common denominator of -1/252 and 11 - (1662/(-2268) + 12).
756
Let y be 1 - (-73)/4 - (-20)/(-80). Suppose -305 - y = -9*g. Calculate the lowest common multiple of 24 and g.
72
Let k = -8093/3906 + 63/31. Find the common denominator of 7/4 and k.
252
Suppose z = -2*f + 5, -z - 5*f + 5 = 3*z. What is the common denominator of 1/(-12)*-50*(-28)/z and -76/27?
27
Let a = -969 + 981. Calculate the smallest common multiple of a and 8.
24
Let i(l) = 2*l + 48. Calculate the least common multiple of (2/(-3))/(4*3/(-90)) and i(-19).
10
What is the common denominator of -83/36 and 361/45 - (-54)/(-405)?
36
Let i = 111349/8457 - -1/5638. Let t = -580 + 3619/6. What is the common denominator of t and i?
6
Let z be ((0 - -1) + -4)/(-1). Suppose z*n = -4*n + 168. Let h = n - 20. Calculate the lowest common multiple of 7 and h.
28
Suppose 5*z = -q + 93, 165 = 4*q - 2*q + 3*z. Calculate the smallest common multiple of q and 234.
234
Let v = -449 + 481. Calculate the smallest common multiple of 34 and v.
544
Suppose 6*v - 45 = 27. Calculate the common denominator of 109/18 and (5 - (-79)/v) + 0.
36
Let c(h) = -675*h + 2. Let i be c(2). Let o = -24145/18 - i. Calculate the common denominator of o and 81/2.
18
Let c = 15 + -13. Let p be c/12 + 17/6. Suppose -p*t + 8 - 5 = 0. Calculate the least common multiple of 1 and t.
1
Let j(v) = 8*v + 69. Let w be j(-9). What is the common denominator of 56/5 and w - (5 - 114/60)?
10
Suppose 3*v - 6*k + 8*k = 46, 3*v + 4*k = 38. What is the least common multiple of v and 1172?
10548
Suppose 4*c - 36 = -4*z, -c = 4*z + 4 + 2. Let h(a) = -a + 21. Calculate the lowest common multiple of h(c) and 1.
7
Let h be 8/6*(-6)/(-2). Suppose -3*f + 5*f - 5 = -x, 5*x = h*f + 53. Calculate the smallest common multiple of x and (1/4)/(12/528).
99
Let j = 1563/1067 - 1/97. Find the common denominator of (-1 - (-1)/2)*51 and j.
22
What is the common denominator of 3/6 - (188/20 + 2) and 91/150?
150
Suppose -23*w + 20*w + 3*o + 63 = 0, 4*o = -12. What is the lowest common multiple of w and 22?
198
Let y = 443 - 436. What is the smallest common multiple of y and 63?
63
Let l(v) = v**3 + 8*v**2 - 18*v + 24. Suppose -180 - 20 = 20*j. What is the lowest common multiple of l(j) and 4/10 - 196/(-10)?
20
Let t = 184 + -108. What is the lowest common multiple of t and 11?
836
Let c(w) = w**3 + 3. Let s(n) = -n**3 + 27*n**2 - n + 30. What is the smallest common multiple of c(3) and s(27)?
30
Let l be (8 - 1)*2/(2*-1). Let a = l - -13. Suppose -36 = 2*x - 6*x. Calculate the least common multiple of a and x.
18
Suppose -5*w - 24 = 2*k - 67, k = -2*w + 19. Let y = 61 + -49. Suppose 16 = 3*l + 2*m - 8, -3*l + 2*m = -y. What is the smallest common multiple of k and l?
18
Suppose -437 = -5*r + 2*b - b, 2*r - 170 = 2*b. Suppose -r = -10*d + 6*d. Calculate the least common multiple of d and 14.
154
Let b = -1/21198 + 4713023/21198. Let k = b + -9323/42. Calculate the common denominator of k and 43/8.
56
Suppose 6 = -h + 4*h. Suppose -h*t + 4*t + 1798 = 0. Let p = t - -1709/2. What is the common denominator of p and -55/9?
18
Let u = -3803 + 3815. Let n(v) = v**3 + 5*v**2 - v + 5. Calculate the least common multiple of n(-5) and u.
60
Let t be 2588/14 + (124/(-14) - -9). Let n = 15843 + -93913/6. Let d = n - t. Calculate the common denominator of d and 111/10.
30
Let c = 2083/1022 + -8/73. What is the common denominator of c and 2/3 - 18/16?
168
Find the common denominator of 25/88 and 52/264*-3 - -3.
88
Let n(h) = h**2 + 6*h + 11. Let l be n(-8). Suppose 2 - l = -5*c. What is the lowest common multiple of c and (20/(-8) - -3)*14?
35
Let f be (-10)/20*(-9 + -1). Let w(k) = k**2 - 2*k - 4. Let m be w(3). Let u = m + f. What is the lowest common multiple of 20 and u?
20
Let y(d) be the first derivative of d**3/3 - 2*d**2 - 6*d + 17. What is the smallest common multiple of 15 and y(6)?
30
Suppose -y - 48 = -2*w, 9 = -3*w - y + 86. Suppose -7*p + 130 = w. Calculate the lowest common multiple of 1 and p.
15
Let n = 6/163 + -367/5542. Let r = 160/51 - n. Calculate the common denominator of -25/33 and r.
66
Let t = 1325 + -5331/4. What is the common denominator of (-9)/(-54) - (-68)/3 and t?
12
Suppose -4 = 3*g - 28. Let k be -1*(3 - -1) + 180. Suppose k = 3*a + 5*a. What is the lowest common multiple of g and a?
88
What is the common denominator of 23/325 and -1*((-1378)/(-169) + -6)?
325
Suppose 0 = -6*s + 12*s + 12876. Let l = 6380/3 + s. Find the common denominator of -42/11 and l.
33
Suppose 9 = -2*g + 1. What is the common denominator of (g + (-168)/(-35))*(-170)/(-44) and 23/3?
33
Let u = 149 - 77. Let b = -829/7 + 4267/42. What is the common denominator of b and (6/u)/(2/63)?
24
Let f = -9717/21329 - -2/1939. Calculate the common denominator of f and (-1 - 4/(-8))*(-21)/(-10).
220
Let j be -7*255/54*-2. Let v = -2711673/8 - -122001899/360. Let g = v + j. Find the common denominator of g and -69/58.
580
Calculate the common denominator of -11/15 and 29320/4440 - 3*2.
555
What is the common denominator of ((-140)/(-6))/((-2948)/(-603)) and 83/124?
1364
Suppose -3*c + 47 = 4*u - 2, 2*u = -4*c + 82. Find the common denominator of -36/7 and c/4 + (1 - -3).
28
Let k(r) = 2*r**3 + 2*r + 18. What is the least common multiple of 256 and k(0)?
2304
Let n be (-4 - 318 - 2)/(6/(-21)). Calculate the common denominator of -15/26 and 2/9*6 - 4185/n.
182
Let y be (-1287 + -4)/(3/18*-3). Let m = y + -18041/7. What is the common denominator of m and 8/(-2*30/14)?
105
Suppose -2*j + 41 = 27. Suppose -n + 11 = j. Calculate the least common multiple of n and 9.
36
Let r be (1 - (-6)/(-16))*(-187)/10. Let x = r + 21/2. Find the common denominator of x and 8/12 + 131/24.
16
Let l be (-2)/(-8) - 480/27. Let y = 65/4 + l. Find the common denominator of y and -50/21.
126
Let c = 544 - 512. What is the lowest common multiple of c and 16?
32
Let a = -1134 + 4272. Let g = a - 12469/4. Calculate the common denominator of g and -109/12.
12
Suppose -16*a - 232 + 904 = 0. What is the smallest common multiple of a and 14?
42
Suppose -3*b - 2 = 2*s, s + 3*b = -0*b - 7. Suppose n - 5*u + 3*u = 2, s*n - u - 46 = 0. Calculate the smallest common multiple of n and 2.
10
Let a(i) = i**2 + 6*i - 2. Let t be a(-6). Let m be ((-1494)/86)/(t/5). Let c = -46/43 - m. Find the common denominator of c and -43/10.
10
Let c(t) = t**3 + 8*t**2 - 4*t - 6. Let s be c(-7). Calculate the common denominator of (-9)/(-3) + 79/(-22) and s/28 + 3/(-4).
154
Let z be 25/2 + (-2)/4. What is the common denominator of (-13)/(-5)*z/(-3) and (-10)/4*(-8532)/(-1620)?
30
Let j(a) = -804*a + 68. Let d be j(11). Let g be (4/6)/(88/1158954). Let b = d + g. Find the common denominator of -69/16 and b.
176
Suppose -3 = 5*n + 3*v + 3, 2*n = 5*v + 10. Suppose n = 3*q - 7*q + 40. Calculate the smallest common multiple of q and 11.
110
Suppose 5*y - 2*j = 60, y = -4*y - 5*j + 60. What is the least common multiple of y and 8?
24
Let i(r) = r - 5. Let t(f) = 2*f**2 - 3*f - 1. Let l = 8 - 10. Let w be t(l). What is the lowest common multiple of 6 and i(w)?
24
Suppose -x - 23 = -26. Calculate the least common multiple of x and 2 - (-6 + (0 - -3)).
15
Let n = -1514528150/11 - -273502546241/1980. Let y = n + -448227. Let s = 113/45 + y. Calculate the common denominator of s and 73/4.
20
Let x(j) = j**3 - 3*j**2 + 9*j - 19. What is the least common multiple of x(3) and 2?
8
Let h be (51/(-6))/(0 + (-4)/(-8)). What is the com


The present invention relates to a method for the gastight packaging of objects using a film material fitting tightly on the objects using a vacuum, the object being placed in a tray and a deep-drawable film being attached to the tray for sealing.
The present invention also relates to a device for the gastight packaging of objects using a film material fitting tightly on the objects using a vacuum, preferably for carrying out the abovementioned method, including a supporting surface for at least one tray and at least one sealing tool for the deep-drawable film. Finally, the present invention relates to a packaging.
The method and devices of the abovementioned species are used to package objects. These objects may be inorganic products, such as tools or stationery, which are kept for sale in corresponding packaging. In particular when a vacuum is used to deep-draw the film that is heat-sealed to the tray, the objects may be organic products, such as foodstuffs. Meats and sausages in particular are packaged using this type of packaging in order to ensure the smallest possible gas volume in the interior space of the packaging.
In the known methods an object is placed in a tray and the deep-drawable film is then heat-sealed to the tray. After the deep-drawing operation, the film is cut to the size of the tray, which often includes cutting of the film and tray in one step, e.g., when the tray shifts. This may disadvantageously result in sharp tray edges. A further disadvantage is that this subsequent cutting is performed on film that is still heated for the heat-sealing process. The film in its heated state has a soft consistency so that it is only able to provide minimal resistance to a cutting knife. This results in jagged edges causing unattractive creasing and warping of the cut film edges.
The object of the present invention is to provide a method for packaging objects in attractive gastight packaging. A device facilitating such a packaging method and a packaging are also to be provided.
With respect to the method, this object is achieved according to the present invention in that a tray having a peripheral rim is used to form the packaging, the deep-drawable film is cut to the size of the peripheral rim, and in that the deep-drawable film is applied subsequently and/or simultaneously to the peripheral rim in a gastight manner.
A tray having a peripheral rim is also used in the method according to the present invention. However, this peripheral rim is not damaged during the packaging of an object so that this rim may be provided in advance with an attractive grippable edge or other design. According to the present invention, the peripheral rim of the tray is protected in that the deep-drawable film is cut to size prior to being applied to the peripheral rim.
Therefore the processing sequence in the method of the present invention is the reverse of that of the related art. The film is first cut to size and then applied. This has the advantage that the film is cut in the cold state. In this state, the film is hardened so that smooth edges are able to be cut. The creation of ripples and warping is advantageously prevented. Cutting of the film after the heat-sealing operation, i.e., in the heated state, is also prevented. The peripheral rims of the tray are also not cut since the film is cut in its cold state in a manner in which the cutting tools provided for this purpose do not come into contact with the tray. A rim structure of the tray is therefore maintained and sharp cut edges advantageously do not occur.
According to a first further refinement of the method of the present invention, the deep-drawable film is heat-sealed onto the peripheral rim. The heat-sealing creates a secure and gastight connection between the film and the tray. The heat-sealing of the film previously cut to size also heats the film so that it is suitable for a subsequent or simultaneous deep-draw operation due to its heated state. The deep-drawable film is able to be expanded easily in this state.
To be able to perform the deep-drawing operation, a further refinement of the present invention provides for a vacuum to be positioned in the surrounding region of the tray. The vacuum may be used to set pressure conditions so that deep-drawing of the film results in response to the formation of a pressure drop. The deep-drawing operation causes the film to fit tightly on the object to be packaged as well as on areas of the tray not occupied by the object according to the skin method.
In a further refinement of the method according to the present invention, an overpressure may be formed in the surrounding region of the deep-drawable film on the side facing away from the tray. The overpressure formable on the side of the deep-drawable film facing away from the tray may be applied to this side. This supports the vacuum on the other side of the deep-drawable film in order to achieve the tightest possible fitting of the deep-drawable film on the object to be packaged. This tight fit namely advantageously ensures not only that the object is fixed in place but also, for example in the case of objects containing meat, that liquids in the meat are not able to escape. Therefore, a marinade or the meat's own juice is able to be contained in the product so that the product does not dry out and stays fresh despite the longer shelf life achieved by the packaging. The overpressure may be generated quickly to achieve faster and tighter fitting of the film.
With respect to achieving the device objective, the present invention provides for the device to have a supporting surface for at least one tray, the sealing tool for the deep-drawable film, as well as at least one cutting device for the deep-drawable film.
According to the method of the present invention, the film is first cut to size and then applied to the tray. Due to this procedure, a separate cutting station for the film is no longer necessary. According to the present invention, it may be assigned to the device since the film is cut in advance or at the same time as the sealing or heat-sealing of the film.
The cutting device preferably includes knife blades which are able to successfully cut the deep-drawable film.
According to another further refinement of the device according to the present invention, the cutting device is spatially assigned to the sealing tool. This spatial assignment renders possible simultaneous cutting and sealing or cutting followed by sealing. Although the cutting device and sealing tool are spatially assigned to one another, both assemblies are structurally independent of one another so that the cutting and sealing work steps may be performed separately.
The cutting device is able to move around the sealing tool. If the sealing tool has a rectangular design, for example, the knife blades of the cutting device are able to move around this sealing tool like a frame. Prior to the sealing tool being applied to the film, the knife blades configured in a frame-like manner cut the film to size.
With respect to the structural design of the device, a further refinement of the present invention provides for the supporting surface for the tray and/or the sealing tool to be designed to be height-adjustable. As a result, the supporting surface and the sealing tool are able to be moved together and moved apart. The moving together motion is used to apply the sealing tool to the deep-drawable film when the film is fitted to the peripheral rim of the tray.
According to another further refinement of the present invention, the supporting surface has at least one supporting apparatus for the peripheral rim of the tray. The tray is able to be inserted into the supporting apparatus for the peripheral rim via the supporting surface. The peripheral rim is preferably positioned on this supporting apparatus so that it is ready for the heat-sealing or sealing with the deep-drawable film. The supporting apparatus supports the peripheral rim and forms a counter support for the sealing tool to be applied to the rim.
According to another further refinement of the device of the present invention, a spacer plate which may be placed on the supporting apparatus for the peripheral rim is situated between the trays and the deep-drawable film, the peripheral rim remaining at least sectionally free in this process. This spacer plate provided according to the present invention supports the advance cutting to size of the deep-drawable film before it is heat-sealed or sealed onto the peripheral rim of the tray. This spacer plate may be placed for this purpose on the peripheral rims of the tray accommodated in the supporting apparatus. The top surface of the spacer plate now forms a plane situated above the peripheral rim. The deep-drawable film may be placed on this plane and the cutting device may be applied to the deep-drawable film on this plane. Once the deep-drawable film has been cut to size, it falls through the spacer plate onto the peripheral rims. These peripheral rims are not covered by the spacer plate. The other regions of the tray may also remain free so that the sealing tool may be applied to a large surface in order to heat-seal the deep-drawable film while simultaneously heating it for a subsequent or simultaneous deep-draw operation. At least one opening able to be positioned to have the same coverage as the container is preferably situated in the spacer plate. This opening then has dimensions corresponding to those of the sealing tool.
When using this spacer plate with the openings, it is advantageous to spatially assign the cutting device to the sealing tool. When moving the sealing tool to the deep-drawable film, the cutting device may be moved in at the same time. The cutting device is preferably able to be moved past an edge of the opening in the spacer plate at a close distance so that a trimming effect results between a knife blade of the cutting device and this edge of the opening, thereby cutting the still cold deep-drawable film while producing a clean cut edge. In this context, the cutting tool is preferably decoupled from the sealing tool and spring-suspended. This decoupling makes it possible for the sealing tool to be moved closer to the tray than the cutting tool. After this moving in of the sealing tool, sealing may be performed between the film and tray while the cutting tool remains in a position removed from the tray so that the peripheral rim of the tray is not damaged.
According to another embodiment of the device of the present invention, at least one overpressure line preferably runs through the sealing tool. The sealing tool is situated on the side of the deep-drawable film facing away from the tray. An overpressure medium, e.g. air, may be supplied via the overpressure line running through the sealing tool in order to generate an overpressure preferably provided according to the method on this side of the film.
Independent protection is also claimed for a packaging produced according to the method of the present invention. According to the present invention, this packaging is characterized in that after placement of the deep-drawable film on at least one peripheral rim of the tray, this rim is sectionally covered.
Therefore, according to the present invention, the film placed on the peripheral rim does not completely cover this rim. The film may have an offset with respect to the outer edge of the peripheral rim so that it does not come into contact with this rim. It may be heat-sealed to a region of the peripheral rim at a distance from the outer edge of the peripheral rim. This produces a clean seam.
In this context, a peripheral rim of the tray is always the region of the tray surface enclosing the periphery of at least one depression in the tray. The tray may have a single depression surrounded by a peripheral rim. It is also possible for a plurality of depressions to be situated in one packaging, for example in the case of a plurality of yogurt containers. A separate deep-drawable film may be assigned to each of these depressions and attached only to the peripheral rim of the individual depression. As a result, the various depressions are not covered with one film but instead a plurality of films is provided. This packaging has regions not covered by film between the individual depressions. Perforations may then preferably be introduced in these regions to facilitate separation of the individual packaging regions. In this case pull-off tabs of the deep-drawable film may also moved from a position in the outer region of the total packaging to an inner region, e.g. to where the deep-drawable films of a plurality of depressions are close to one another.
An exemplary embodiment of the device of the present invention from which other inventive features arise is displayed in the drawing. The figures show:


University of Melbourne Human Rights Scholarship, Australia 2017

The University of Melbourne invites applications for Human Rights Scholarship for Australian and international students. Scholarship duration is up to two years for students undertaking a Master by research degree and up to three years, with a possible six-month extension, for students undertaking a Doctorate by research degree.

Established in 1853, the University of Melbourne are a public-spirited institution that makes distinctive contributions to society in research, learning, and teaching and engagement.

All applicants must meet the English language requirements of the University of Melbourne. They can use TOEFL, IELTS, Pearson Test of English (academic tests) or CAE to meet the University’s English language requirements.

Course Level: Scholarship is available for pursuing a research programme.

The duration of this scholarship is up to two years for students undertaking a Master by research degree and up to three years, with a possible six-month extension, for students undertaking a Doctorate by research degree. The following benefits apply:

A fortnightly living allowance of approximately $31,000 per annum (pro-rata); and

The following benefits in line with the Australian Postgraduate Awards benefits:

A fortnightly living allowance

Relocation grant for students moving to Melbourne from interstate or from outside Australia

Thesis allowance

Limited paid sick, maternity and parenting leave

Note that the Human Rights Scholarship does not cover tuition fees for international students.

Eligibility

To be considered for this scholarship, student must

Have completed tertiary studies that are at least equivalent to a 4-year honours degree at an Australian university with a minimum result of upper second class honours;

Have applied for or be enrolled in a graduate research degree at the University of Melbourne in the area of human rights; and

Be committed to the peaceful advancement of respect for human rights that extends beyond academic studies (such as voluntary work and/or work experience);

Not have completed a course deemed to be at the same level or higher than the course for which you have applied for or enrolled in; and

Not have previously received a Human Rights Scholarship

In addition, applicants who have commenced their graduate research degree at the University of Melbourne must have at least 12 months full-time or equivalent candidature remaining.

How to Apply

Applicant must submit an online application for both the Graduate Research Scholarships group and the Human Rights Scholarship.


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Disappointed Bolt a Bit Worried about His Race Execution

Olympic and World records holder Usain Bolt pulled in a massive throng to see him run inside the tiny Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island, New York Saturday (13). For although the men’s 200m, in which he was listed to compete was not a Diamond Race event in the IAAF Grand Prix series, it was clearly the main attraction and the final televised race of the day.

Bolt talks about his issues. -DPalmer photo

Despite that there has been no recent strike of lightning by Bolt, the hope of diehard fans sprang eternal that he would clock his first sub-20 seconds for the season as he told a press conference the day before that he was looking to do.

But after the fanfare of introduction and the buzz around the uncertainty of the outcome, the stadium fell into a hush for the start, except for two blares of a fog horn. Soon after Bolt and his seven competitors left the blocks, there was a tell-tale sign that there was a problem somewhere. Coming off the curve, he was nowhere near where he would normally be; his training partner, Anguilla’s Zharnel Hughes, was right on his shoulder and Bolt’s compatriot Julian Forte was ahead. At the top of the home straight, it was Bolt, Forte and Hughes until the Hughes stubbornly stuck with Bolt to the wire into a headwind of 2.8mps, just being out-dipped at the line where both runners looked across at each other with a smile.

The world record holder crossed the line in an uncharacteristic 20.29secs, with Hughes right there in 20.32. Further behind were Julian Forte in 20.46. The body language of Bolt was revealing as he waited to talk with NBC: he was not pleased. He then did the selfie routine before slowly walking the length of the grandstand to acknowledge the ovation from the crowd.

“This is one of the worst races I’ve run, he said in a post-race interview. “The curve was definitely the worst. I don’t know what went wrong, I can’t tell you what the problem is but I just have to go back and keep putting in the work.”

While Bolt insisted he was not too concerned about the time itself; he admitted that his real problem was in the first 100m, when he failed to produce any power, struggled around the curve and lost his drive going home.

He explained that once he realized he was level with Panama’s Alonzo Edwards, who he knew does not run the best of curves, he knew his own curve was not good.

Training Well

“It’s disappointing because I know I have been training well, so it’s tough to explain why it went so badly,” he told reporters as they repeatedly tried to extract from him what went wrong in the race.

He then assessed that this season wasn’t going too well and that he needed to “get on top of things and work my way back…with this pace, my legacy is going to be in trouble. I have been training so well, and then I come to competition and I’m not executing right, that’s the thing I’m worried about. I was feeling good, everything was going smoothly, I ran yesterday and my coach was happy, I was happy, but I really don’t know what happened today.”
He noted that he didn’t think there was anything physical wrong and that his mental game was strong as usual.

The Jamaica National Trials to select the team to the World Championships in August is in two weeks, but as the defending champion of the sprint double, Bolt has an automatic spot at the Games and does not have to compete at the Trials. The fitness status, however, anticipates that his decision could be otherwise than staying away. He predicted: “With this performance it’s likely that I will be competing at the National Trials to get some more races in.

“I will have to sit with my coach and try to figure out what is going on and work on it.”


3 Reasons Why Card-Carrying Capitalists Should Support Paid Family Leave

In business school, we were taught that a solid strategy recognizes the exogenous (external) and endogenous (internal) challenges facing your business and addresses them. Employee child care and eldercare responsibilities are not only two major external business challenges, but they become internal issues the minute an employee walks in the door or signs onto his or her computer.

In the U.S., we pride ourselves on our capitalistic, profit-oriented savvy; therefore, given the growing magnitude of employee caregiving realities, you would assume that employers would support a clear, consistent uniform strategic response. One that minimized business disruption and kept employees engaged and productive over the long-term. Unfortunately, the reality is the exact opposite.

Only two states in the country, California and New Jersey, offer six weeks of paid family leave to men and women who are caregivers. Even in the face of state budget challenges, both programs are healthy and successful. Unfortunately, the state leaves are not job-guaranteed which makes the time difficult to take. (New Jersey Paid Family Leave Fact Sheet / California Paid Family Leave Fact Sheet)

Yes, there are 12 weeks of job-guaranteed FMLA, but it is unpaid and employers with fewer than 50 employees are exempt which eliminates a large percentage of workers.

In terms of private paid leave offered directly to employees by employers, 58% of mothers who gave birth and were offered leave by their employer received some form of maternity disability pay, but only 14% of men on paternity leave received any replacement income (2012 National Study of Employers). That means 42% of mothers and 86% of fathers with employer supported leave received no income at all.

A Brief History

Historically, a coalition of labor, women’s, child and health advocates have promoted paid family leave. They’ve emphasized the well-documented public health benefits, the peace of mind of employees, benefits for children and eldercare cost savings. While valuable and important, these rationales haven’t withstood the “job killer and “anti-business” arguments used by groups like the Chamber of Commerce to fight approval. (Note: at the end of the post, you will find new information that could indicate the Chamber’s position on caregiving as an important business challenge is evolving, at least in their organization.)

Why?

There are workplace and public policies that plan for time off and income replacement in case of illness or injury. There are 401Ks and social security for when you retire and can no longer work. Why isn’t there a coordinated, uniform workplace and public policy that offers time off and at least partial income replacement when people, inevitably, have babies or an aging parent needs care? Why?


Q:

What is the "misbehaving" log message?

I was looking my bitcoind log and I saw this message:
Misbehaving: 91.230.200.131:8333 (90 -> 100) BAN THRESHOLD EXCEEDED

In which cases this message is shown and why?
It just a curiosity.

A:

If some client's actions do not correspond with the Bitcoin protocol in a disruptive manner (e.g. flooding with invalid messages) a ban counter is increased depending on the seriousness of the violation of the protocol. When the ban meter reaches some predefined value (can be set with the -banscore option in bitcoind, default is 100) connection to that client is interrupted for a day (that's the default at least, but again, this can be changed with the -bantime option).
The values used are arbitrary (e.g. 100). It all about relativity. I don't know exactly how much penalty you get for which violation, but this can be found in the source code. If someone feels the need to compile a list of the amount of penalty per violation, please edit this answer.


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President Trump has lashed out at members of his own Republican Party for doing ‘very little' to protect him as US lawmakers step up their probe into alleged ties between his election campaign and Russia.

‘It's very sad that Republicans, even some that were carried over the line on my back, do very little to protect their President,’ he tweeted.

In a second message, Mr Trump added: ‘As the phony Russian Witch Hunt continues, two groups are laughing at this excuse for a lost election taking hold, Democrats and Russians.’

Washington sources say that Capitol Hill hearings focusing on a controversial meeting between Mr Trump’s inner circle and a Russian lawyer will take place this week against a backdrop of a White House under a ‘siege mentality’ with the president distrustful of even some of his closest aides and intent on going on the offensive against anyone he feels is threatening him.

His son, Donald Trump Jr. has also come under fire for striking a deal with a congressional committee to escape public scrutiny and and keep his version of the meeting with a Kremlin-linked lawyer under wraps at a private session.

The secrecy row blew up after Senator Al Franken insisted that the president’s eldest son should be grilled under oath about his Russian connections at a planned public hearing on Wednesday.

Mr Trump Jr. and former campaign chairman Paul Manafort were due to appear in front of an open Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on Wednesday to answer questions about the Trump Tower meeting with lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya.

But they reached a compromise with committee chairman Chuck Grassley and ranking Democrat member Dianne Feinstein this weekend, agreeing to be interviewed and turn over any documents relating to the infamous June 2016 meeting - as long as they did so in private.

‘That's not good enough,’ said Mr Franken. ‘It should be under oath.’

Speaking on CNN’s ‘State of the Nation’, Mr Franken said he wants to ask the president’s son if he ‘had any other meetings with Russians.’

Senator Feinstein promised the panel will get to the bottom of the intrigue, tweeting: ‘The Judiciary Committee will talk to Trump Jr. & Manafort before they testify in public, but we will get answers.’

Nevertheless, the move by Mr Trump Jr. appears to contradict a claim he made a fortnight ago that he had ‘nothing to hide.’

Opponents pounced on the meeting as evidence that Mr Trump Jr. was willing to collude with the Russian government to get incriminating information that would help his father's presidential campaign and influence the results of the election.

In e-mail correspondence released by Mr Trump Jr., the go-between who proposed the meeting mentioned ‘Russia and its government's support for Mr Trump.’

It is illegal under US election law for a campaign to receive a ‘contribution’ from a foreign government or national.

After details of the meeting were revealed by the New York Times, Mr Trump Jr. claimed that no ‘meaningful’ information emerged and he insisted that his father was kept in the dark about the rendezvous itself and the arrangements leading up to it.

The denials have done little to quash the whiff of scandal. Nor has the president’s insistence that stories about his camp’s ties with Russia were ‘fake news’ and part of a ‘witch hunt’ being conducted against him by his enemies,

The new twist in the controversy came as Jared Kushner, husband of the president’s daughter, Ivanka, and Mr Trump’s most trusted White House advisor, prepared to sit down today with members of the Senate Intelligence Committee.

Like Mr Trump Jr. and Mr Manafort, he will be asked about his participation in the meeting with Ms Veselnitskaya.

Also like the Capitol Hill interviews of Mr Trump Jr and Mr Manafort - which will be held sometime before August 2 - Mr Kushner will be quizzed in private and he will not be under oath.

He will speak to members of the House Intelligence Committee tomorrow (Tuesday), with the same ground rules.

Members of Congress will want to know:

Exactly what was said at the meeting.

Whether any documents were handed over and, if so, what they were.

How much the participants knew of any Russian government involvement.

If Donald Trump was aware of the meeting.

As well as the Clinton ‘dirty tricks’ meeting, Mr Kushner is likely to be asked about a Washington Post report that he tried to set up a secret back channel as a way of communicating with Moscow.

The lawmakers will almost certainly also quiz Mr Kushner about his December 2016 meeting with Sergey Gorkov, a close friend of Russian President Vladimir Putin and head of the Vnesheconombank, which faced US sanctions after Russia’s annexation of Crimea.

Congressman Adam Schiff, the senior Democrat on the House committee, said there will be ‘ a lot of ground to cover.’

‘There's a lot we want to know,’ he said on CBS’s ‘Face the Nation.’ ‘We certainly want to know about several of the meetings that have been alleged to have taken place. Obviously the meeting with Donald Jr. and the several Russians that we now know were in that meeting.’

Mr Kushner’s lawyer Abbe Lowell said his client will do his best to help put ‘this matter to rest.’

‘As Mr. Kushner has been saying since March, he has been and is prepared to voluntarily cooperate and provide whatever information he has on the investigations to Congress,’ he said in a statement.

The June 9 meeting is not the only avenue investigators are exploring.

Senator Franken wants Attorney General Jeff Sessions to come back and testify before his committee after a report alleging that he spoke to Russian Ambassador Sergey Kislyak about the Trump campaign during the 2016 election.

Mr. Sessions testified earlier this year that he didn’t speak with Russian officials about the campaign.

The Senate Judiciary Committee has also issued a subpoena for Glenn Simpson, the co-founder of Fusion GPS, the political firm that employed a former British spy to compile a dossier of unverified information for Mr Trump's political opponents about his past trips to Moscow, after he refused to testify voluntarily.

Senators Grassley and Feinstein said in a statement: ‘Glenn Simpson, through his attorney, has declined to voluntarily attend Wednesday's Judiciary Committee hearing regarding compliance with the Foreign Agents Registration Act. Therefore, a subpoena has been issued to compel his attendance.

‘Simpson's attorney has asserted that his client will invoke his Fifth Amendment rights in response to the subpoena.’

Mr Schiff said yesterday that the president is ‘clearly worried’ about the scope of the investigation by Robert Mueller, the special counsel appointed to oversee the FBI probe into possible ties with Russia, and was disturbed by Mr Trump’s criticism of his Attorney General Jess Sessions’ decision to recuse himself from the Russia investigation.

‘It does concern me that the president should bring this up now if it's an indication that he wants to somehow push Sessions out and get in a new attorney general who would then take Rod Rosenstein's place as supervising the Mueller investigation,’ said the senator, referring to the deputy attorney general who appointed Mr Mueller as special counsel.

He added: ‘If this is part of a longer-term stratagem to define or confine the scope of the Mueller investigation, that would be very concerning.’

Mr Schiff claimed that inconsistencies in the versions given by members of Mr Trump’s inner circle are ‘part of a pattern.’

‘If the members of the Trump team were honest, and transparent, and forthcoming about these things, it would raise a lot less questions. But, of course, that has not been the case,’ he added.


McGimpsey pays tribute to James Ellis

The Ulster Unionist Party’s Culture & Arts spokesperson, Michael McGimpsey MLA has paid tribute to the actor James Ellis who dies at the weekend.

Mr McGimpsey said:

“James Ellis was a pillar of the artistic community nationwide for a generation.

“He began his rise to prominence at the Group Theatre in the 1950s, directed Sam Thompson’s play Over the Bridge in 1960, achieved national acclaim as Bert Lynch in Z Cars and in Graham Reid’s Billy plays in the 1980s and starred in many more productions.

“He showed great versatility and a capacity for gritty realistic portrayal of working class characters and his talent encompassed the full dramatic range.

“He was one of the first actors to bring the Ulster accent to a UK wide audience and although he achieved a great deal of fame and recognition, he never forgot his roots and remained a son of Belfast who loved to return to Northern Ireland.

“He remained a down to earth and likeable man who was as popular with the ordinary people of Northern Ireland as he was with members of the acting profession.


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Eddie Murphy plays multiple roles in this crude farce about a nerd who is married to an obese shrew, but gets a second chance to win the heart of his childhood sweetheart (Thandie Newton). Terry... More


Huobi release the first blockchain video clips today along with Sina, one of the internet portal in China. There is a total of 100 clips with new one released on a daily basis. Each episode is intended to answer one question. Technically, it’s an FAQ on cryptocurrency and blockchain in cartoon. The educational video is the latest attempt to educate the public about blockchain. 60s length makes each clip neat and fast to share on social media like Weibo or Wechat.

The first episode briefly introduces the history of currency, just in line with its title: From Barter Trade to Bitcoin.

“The cost of printing money could be less than one cent but it could be used to purchase goods of 100 yuan. As fiat money is backed by national credits so people are convinced that such worthless paper could swap real commodities. “

Then Bitcoin was invented by Satoshi Nakamoto in 2009 with all of its transactions being recorded on blockchain, one of the bedrock technologies of Bitcoin.

The cartoon figure is wearing a hat with Bitcoin logo, signally the cryptocurrency is inevitably the theme when talking about blockchain.

Following the “Bitcoin Exchange Ban”, all Bitcoin exchanges based in China will be shut down by the end of October 2017. Huobi seems to be unaffected by the regulatory policy by contributing more resources on brining blockchain awareness to the public.

Sina is the parent company of Weibo, one of the most influencial social media in China. As a counterpart of twitter, almost all major social events in China are first aroused on weibo then radiated to other channels.


1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an electron emission device, and in particular, to an electron emission device having cathode and anode electrodes, and a grid electrode disposed between the cathode and anode electrodes.
2. Description of Related Art
Generally, electron emission devices can be classified into two types. A first type uses a hot cathode as an electron emission source, and a second type uses a cold cathode as the electron emission source. Also, in the second type of electron emission devices, there are a field emission array (FEA) type, a surface conduction emitter (SCE) type, a metal-insulator-metal (MIM) type, a metal-insulator-semiconductor (MIS) type, and a ballistic electron surface emitter (BSE) type.
Although the electron emission devices are differentiated in their specific structure depending upon the types thereof, they all basically have an electron emission unit placed within a vacuum vessel to emit electrons, which strike phosphors on a phosphor layer to emit light. The electron emission device is employed for use in making a display apparatus, or other electronic appliances.
When the electron emission device displays a full-colored image with red, green, and blue phosphors, the electrons emitted from the electron emission unit at a specific pixel region should be focused on the correct phosphors at the relevant pixel while not being dispersed toward the incorrect phosphors at other pixels. Because of this, a metal mesh-shaped grid electrode is conventionally provided within the vacuum vessel forming the electron emission device.
The grid electrode has a structure where a plurality of electron beam guide holes are formed at a metallic plate by way of etching. The grid electrode is fitted between a first substrate with lower spacers and a second substrate with upper spacers.
However, with the electron emission device having the above-structured grid electrode, as the spacers are separately arranged below and above the grid electrode and are internally adhered to the vacuum vessel using an adhesive material, extra time and cost are consumed in installing these spacers, resulting in poor productivity.
Furthermore, with the conventional electron emission device, it is very difficult to attach the spacers to predetermined locations in a constant manner, and the spacers are likely to be displaced from the proper locations, and/or to be inclined. If the spacers are displaced and/or inclined, the support structure between the first and the second substrates is non-balanced, and is likely to be broken during the exhaust process.
In addition, with the conventional electron emission device, the spacers are installed using an adhesive material. When the adhesive material is partially vaporized during the sealing and exhaust processes while generating gas, it detrimentally affects the vacuum degree, and the vaporized gas needs to be exhausted.