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PANAMA CITY BEACH (WJHG.com/ News Channel 7) - Friends and
family of a missing spring breaker are sending out pictures of Reny
Jose, hoping someone has infor-mation that could help nd him.
Bay County sheriffs investigators have searched up and down
Panama City Beach for traces of the 21- year -old Rice University
student.
Investigators are very concerned about Reny Jose. They found his
clothes and other belongings in a garbage can near the home he was
renting on the west end of the beach.
Reny Jose arrived in Panama City Beach Saturday with a group of
friends to have a little spring break fun. They rented a home on
Front Beach Road.
But the vacation took a frightening turn when they realized Reny
was miss-ing. The last time friends saw him was Monday about 7 p.m.
When he hadnt made it home by 11:30, they called po-lice.
BCSO Captain Ricky Ramie said, Basically what we did is we
called the investigations out as well as other patrol and marked
units and we have searched the beach up and down and underneath
some of the high standing beach hous-es as well as with the air
unit weve searched very thoroughly in that area for him.
Carolyn Dismuke lives close to the area where the group was
staying. Hav-ing lived on the beach for 15 years shes seen her fair
share of spring breakers.
Ive see you know the typical riding in the back of the trucks
and hoopin
and hollerin and stuff like that, but re-ally thats about the
extent of it. Most of them come here to have fun you know get away
get away from school for a little while, Dismuke said.
But she too is concerned for the miss-ing students safety.
I hope everything works out well and i wish the best for this
young mans fam-ily, she said.
Police have contacted family members who say its not like Reny
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Those family members say they are planning to travel to Panama
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United States First Lady felicitates Indian acid attack victim
Laxmi
WA S H I N G T O N - US First Lady Michelle Obama has
felicitated Indian acid at-tack victim Laxmi after she won the
International Women of Courage Award for suc-cessfully leading the
cam-paign against acid attacks on women in India.
Obama and the large crowd at the State Department au-ditorium
was moved and touched when Laxmi, a stan-dard-bearer of the
movement to end acid attacks, recited a poem recounting her
experi-ence on the occasion yester-day.
You havent thrown acid on my face; you threw it on my dreams.
You didnt have love in your heart; you had acid in it, Laxmi
recited soon after receiving the prestigious award along with
several oth-er women from different parts of the world including
Af-ghanistan and Fiji. The origi-nal poem was in Hindi. Laxmi was
16 when an acquaintance
U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama embraces Laxmi, recipient of the
International Women of Courage Award 2014, during a ceremony at the
State Department in Washington, D.C., on March 4, 2014. (AFP
Photo)
Ashirwads 3rd Vedic Fair 2014 - A Novel Way To Understanding The
Vedas
Reny Jose
by Shobana Muratee
CINCO RANCH, Katy - Its a herculean task for anyone to break
down the Vedas to a ve year old, making it fun and en-joyable. But
Ashirwad, - A Blessing, a non-prot organization in Houston has not
only achieved this but has taken it to the next level by teaching
the simple art of vedic learning, both for the children as well as
the adults. For three consecutive years, Ashirwad has been holding
the Vedic Fair in the city drawing crowds in thousands. This year
was equally exceptional and elaborate.
Held on Saturday, March 1, 2014 from 3:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at
Cinco Ranch High School, Katy TX, the Vedic Fair 3 turned out to be
yet an-other successful event mainly for the families. It was a
complete package
Ruthvik Jonna stands in front of exhibit showing Lord Krishna
with mouth and globe presentation which won the rst prize winner
for below 10 category at the Vedic fair 2014
threw acid on her face while she waited at a bus stop in New
Del-his busy Khan Market in 2005, disguring her permanently.
Her attacker, a friends 32-year-old brother, threw the acid to
destroy Laxmis face after she refused to respond to his romantic
advances.
Recognition for her effort through this award, is a great
encouragement and motivation for the girls and women of India, many
of whom still are not able to speak out against the atrocities
inicted upon them, Laxmi said soon after receiving the award.
After this award, girls of India would think, if Laxmi can do
this, I can also raise my voice against injustice, Laxmi told a
news agency in an interview.
Last year, Nirbhaya, the cou-rageous 23-year-old girl whose
brutal gang rape and murder on a moving bus in Delhi in Decem-ber
2012 triggered widespread protests, was honoured with the award.
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Vedic chants initiated the Fair in Kool Kailash, in Katy where a
diorama of Kailash 15 ft Manasa Sarovar, the abode of Lord Shiva
and his consort Parvati, was built in associa-tion with IACHF
architects Sachin Sharma, Radha Sharma and Sukhi Kohli. An Ice
Shiva Lingam was installed oating in the middle of the Manasa
Sarovar which created a gra-cious ambience of Lord Shivas abode. It
was visual delight to see Lord Shiva and Parvati in the midst of
Kailash and visi-tors spared no time in getting their pictures
taken near the deities. Vamshith Kundoor, a young devotee shared
her ex-perience of visiting 18 shak-thi peetas along with archana
Kumkum (Vermillion) with many visitors.
The India Exhibit Presen-tation Competition had 50+ participants
with diverse pre-sentations giving a panorama view of Indian
heritage, cul-ture and traditions. It depicted Gods, temples,
places, impor-tant rivers, festivals, lifestyle, yoga, health,
languages, art, dance and music, even kings and renowned scientists
were excellently presented by young generation of Indian-American
descent. Divena Donthi was winner and Anika Ravishankar was runner
up in ten and above category. Ruthvik Jonna was the winner and
Vishnu Nat-araja runner up in the nine and below category.
The Cooking Competition was an interesting dimension of the Fair
where chefs demon-strated healthy and easy cook-ing styles. The
winner was Manjari Guturu for her dishes: Cranberry Fiber Rice
& Qui-noa Veggie Delight (Salad)) and Renu Ahuja was runner up
for her dish Dahi Gujia. How 2 Workshop showed learning free Yoga
& Meditation, San-skrit, Rangoli, Indian Classical Dance,
Ayurveda, Homeopa-thy, Dandiya, Dhothi, Saree Styles, Indian
Wedding was well attended. The Vedic Ba-zaar that featured 20
booths for shopping, soliciting, socializ-ing and feasting was
active and buzzing till closing time.
Later in the evening, the
Ashirwads 3rd Vedic Fair 2014 - A Novel Way To Understanding The
Vedas
Continued from page 1
Vedic Fair 3 Talent Show-case started with Sloka-thon recitation
of Vishnu sahas-ranama slokas without seeing by Ashirwads students
Rhea Bhat, Shreya Sarathy, Pritam Hegde & Saanika Halapeti.
This was followed by classical music performance by Swara-sudha
Music Institute students
and the vibrant Bho Shambho dance performance by Abhi-naya
School of Performance Arts students choreographed by Guru Indrani
Parthasarathy. Around 6:30 PM was held the Ashirwads Vedic Walk, a
col-orful show case of Shiva Puran Icons by 25 kids (ages 4 to 10
years) and was cheerfully ap-
plauded by the audiences. I am Shiva - The Mahadev,
a two- hour prime time play directed by Ashirwads Chief Teacher
Geetha Ravula de-picted important episodes of Lord Shiva through
delightful dances, enchanting acting by a team of 46 artists. The
per-formance was so exquisitely
planned and executed that it had the audience riveted to their
seats through the whole drama.
Once again, the Vedic Fair 3 was a phenomenon show and a
testament of hard work, high quality achieved through sheer
dedication of the Ashirwad - A Blessing team of Geetha and Sri
Ravula, play Artists, performers, How 2 Workshop Experts, Sponsors
& Support-ers IACHF (Sachin & Radha Sharma, Sukhi Kohli),
Shri Sitaram Foundation, Hindus of Greater Houston, Mandap
Creations, Frontier Consult-ing, ISKCON, Sanatan Hindu Center, Katy
Indian Cultural Association & Booth Vendors.
There is something bigger next year - Ashirwad A Bless-ing
announced Lord Krishnas abode GOLOK and prime time play Krish The
Blue Man as Vedic Fair 2015 highlights. For updates visit FB page
facebook.com/VedicFair or Ashirwad-ABlessing.org. (With inputs from
Ashirwad). Performers of the I am Shiva - The Mahadev, a two- hour
play. Sri Ravula of Ashirwad in the role of lord Krishna (in
blue).
Ashirwads Chief Teacher and architect of the Vedic Fair, Geetha
Ravula (standing 3rd from rt) with her team of organizers and
volunteers of the Vedic Fair.
Gollu presentation was the 2nd prize winner in above 10th by
Anika Ravishanker seen standing in front of her station.
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Q. My brother and I inherited our family home after my Mom died
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A. Almost anyone may serve as the executor of a will, including
a beneciary. Basically, the only people who may not serve as
executors are minors, incompetents, convicted fel-ons, or others a
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Q. My daughter was injured at the playground area of our
apartment complex by a child throwing construction debris at her.
The injury required sutures and no one wants to take
responsibility. The parent hasnt offered to help with the medical
bills and the complex manager only asked if my daughter fell on the
debris.
A. Suing for the acts of children can be difcult. It will depend
on the age of the child and whether the parent was properly
supervising. I assume this was a young child, under the age of ten.
If the child is ten or older, the parent is liable if it was an
intentional act of the child. If the child is under 10, the parents
are liable only if they were negligently super-vising the child. If
the parent sat by and saw what the child was doing and let the
child continue, the parent could be responsible.
The child could also be liable if the child was old enough to
understand someone would get hurt and tried to hurt your daughter,
or knew you shouldnt throw debris and still did. On the other hand,
if the children were all just playing, and this was a case of kids
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VOICE OF ASIA 6 FRIDAY, March 7, 2014COMMUNITY
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Sunday, March 16th, 2014
by Rashmi Shenthar
If you have been seeking a val-ues -based, world class
educa-tion, focusing on the all round development of children in
areas ranging from academics to per-forming arts, we have some very
exciting news for you! Goswami Academy, conveniently located in the
heart of Houston is a primary school that caters to children from
pre-school age through third grade, with plans underway to add
higher grade levels.
Goswami Academy promises to be a pioneer in the eld of values-
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val-ues drawn from the principles of Dharmic Education. We commit
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MISSOURI CITY, TX - From 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March
26, the City of Missouri City will continue its commitment to
fostering student de-velopment and partner with the Fort Bend
Independent School District to host a special Student Career Day at
the Community Center in the City Hall Complex, 1522 Texas Pkwy.
At the annual event, students from Ridge Point, Marshall,
Elkins, Wil-lowridge and Hightower High Schools will have the
opportunity to earn em-ployment or student internships from local
businesses and corporations.
Area businesses are invited to part-ner with the City and FBISD
in ensur-ing student success and host a com-plimentary booth.
Interested business owners and education supporters can call James
McClanahan with FBISD at 281-634-5428.
For information about future City events, please watch the City
web-site: www.missouricitytx.gov, like us on
Facebookfb/MissouriCityTX, follow us on Twitter@MissouriCi-tyTX,
and watch Missouri City Tele-vision (Ch. 16 on Comcast and Ch. 99
on AT&T U-verse).
Missouri City, FBISD to host Student Career Day March 26
Teen Tech Week At The Houston Pub-lic Library March 9 - 15,
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They can build a compass and a radio, learn how to code, and more
during Teen Tech Week, March 9-15, 2014 at the Houston Public
Library! Teens will nd workshop challenges that are mind-bending,
circuit-bending, and lots of fun. These workshops are free and open
to the pub-lic. For more details visit www.houstonlibrary.org or
call 832-393-1313.
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AUSTIN - Radha Madhav Dham is pleased to pres-ent Holi Hai, an
exuber-ant and interactive celebra-tion of the Indian festival of
color, from 2 PM to 8 PM on Saturday, March 15, 2014. The program
will be held all day at Radha Madhav Dhams beautiful outdoor
facilities and will comprise activities for all ages.
Holi, the Festival of Col-ors, is the season of hope and joy and
a time of love and forgiveness. In India, it traditionally marks
the be-ginning of the spring sea-son. In the U.S., at the Rad-ha
Madhav Dham Temple,
Holi Hai! A Celebration of Braj Style at Radha Madhav Dham,
Austin on March 15
Holi is played in the play-ful and devotional style, as it is in
the Braj district of India, in fond and lov-ing remembrance of
Rad-ha and Krishnas Divine pastimes. A diverse Texas community,
both Indians and westerners, join in this joyful and colorful
celebra-tion of Holi with colored powder and vibrant dance &
music.
This years festivities will begin early at 2pm, with Indian food
booths (serv-ing delicious chola bhatu-ra, dosa, samosas, pakoras,
jalebis and chai) and kids games, rides and a petting zoo. Later in
the evening, Indian dance presentations,
a Holi leela performance and a talk about Holis signicance will
be held on the outdoor stage, fol-lowed by joyful play with Holi
colors at 6pm, a Holi bonre, and concluding with special kirtans on
the outdoor Maharas Mandal.
So, bring your family, friends and neighbors and join the Holi
celebration at Radha Madhav Dham. At-tendance and parking are free,
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WATCH Childrens Health Fair Brings over 3,000 Attendees to Sugar
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SUGARLAND The annual WATCH Chil-drens Fair in Sugar Land Town
Center gathered re-cord crowds on Saturday, March 1, 2014. Over
3,000 people were drawn to the Ready, Set, Go event for the free
health and dental screenings, immunizations, games, prizes, helmet
give-aways, interactive games and fun at WATCH Health Fair.
WATCH an acronym to watch for weight, activity,
Free Health Screenings, Immunizations Interactive Education and
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tobacco, cholesterol and hypertension is an initia-tive of the
Ft. Bend Medi-cal Society Alliance, in collaboration with Ft. Bend
Independent School Dis-trict. Since the year 2000, the physician
spouses of FBMSA have organized the program and worked with FBISD
schools to instill preventive healthcare in early childhood. Over
the years, the program expand-ed to a childrens health fair and is
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Kejriwal apologises for clashes between AAP, BJP; FIR led in
Delhiwere attacked. I dont think this is right and I apologise on
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to not protest further, Kejriwal said.
The AAP chief, whos on a Gujarat tour, also added, Weve toured
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soon after the Lok Sabha election dates were an-nounced. AAP
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AAP leader Ashutosh was at the forefront of the incident. This
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seen during the 2002 riots, he said.
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states. Clearly on a day that polls were announced, democracy in
India touched a new low.
Pakistans PM calls Taliban peace talks committee today
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2014 (AFP) - Americans have be-come so enamored of the Internet,
they would more readily forgo tele-vision than online access, a
survey showed Thursday.
The Pew Research Center survey released ahead of the 25th
anniver-sary of the World Wide Web found 53 percent of US Internet
users would nd it very hard to give up Web access, up from 38
percent in 2006.
Even when counting those who dont go online, Pew said 46 percent
of all adults would nd it hard to give up the Internet.
By contrast, Pews survey showed 35 percent of all US adults
televi-sion would be very hard to give up, compared with 44 percent
in 2006.
Women were more likely than men to be attached to the Internet,
as were people with higher levels of income and education, Pew said
in the report issued ahead of the March 12 anniversary.
- Cell phone second on list -The cell phone comes in a close
second to the Internet: 49 percent of mobile phone owners said
it would be difcult to give up their handset, up from 43 percent in
2006. That amounts to 44 percent of all adults who say now that
their cell phone would be very hard to live without.
Meanwhile landline telephones are losing favor.
Just 28 percent of landline tele-phone owners said it would be a
hardship to live without this, a big drop from 48 percent in 2006.
Be-cause many people have already dropped their landlines, the
nding means that just 17 percent of all adults would nd their
landline very hard to give up.
Pew noted the spectacular growth in use of the Web, especially
since 1995. Some 87 percent of American adults use the Internet,
either from a PC or mobile device, up from 14 percent in 1995.
Pew also found that Americans are using the Web more often: 71
per-cent go online on a typical day, com-pared with 29 percent in
2000.
In 1995, 42 percent of US adults had never heard of the Internet
and another 21 percent had only a vague notion of what it was.
The rise of mobile device use rep-resents the biggest shift in
access in recent years: 68 percent of US adults now access the
Internet on a cell phone, tablet, or other mobile device, at least
occasionally, Pew found.
Pew found that 90 percent of US adults have a cell phone and
two-thirds of those use their device to go online. A third of cell
phone owners say that their primary online access point is their
phone.
Mobile access took a huge leap forward with the introduction of
the iPhone in 2007, and some 58 percent of adults have a smartphone
now.
- Web is a good thing -The report found 90 percent of
Internet users say the World Wide Web has been a good thing for
them personally and only six percent say it has been a bad
thing.
Three out of four said it been a good thing for society, while
15 per-cent say it has been negative.
Using the Web -- browsing it, searching it, sharing on it -- has
be-come the main activity for hundreds of millions of people around
the globe, Pew said.
Its birthday offers an occasion to revisit the ways it has made
the internet a part of Americans social lives.
Today the market for tness bands is growing well and this
segment will be exploited over the next years, said Annette
Zimermann, analyst at technology consultants Gartner Inc.
Sony Mobile revealed on the open-ing day of the fair its
SmartBand SWR10, a bracelet that comes with
Americans would give up TV before Internet: survey
an application allowing users to log events and photographs
taken during the day as well as tracking how far they walk and
checking their sleep cycle.
Smart watches, connected by wire-less Bluetooth technology to
the smartphone, are still trying to nd a mass market, however, said
Zim-ermann. Smart watches still lack good design and functionality
so up-take of those devices have been very slow, she explained.
Research house Canalys neverthe-less predicts a boom in
connected bracelets and watches, with sales surpassing 17 million
units this year and approaching 45 million in 2017.
Its about having an independent product that works as a
standalone and does not need to be connected to your smartphone,
said Archana Vidyasekar, specialist at analysts Frost &
Sullivan.
I think that is going to dene the success of the market in the
consum-er industry.
- The rst elegant smartwatch -
Samsung was one of the rst heavyweights to enter the market,
releasing last September its Galaxy Gear smartwatch, which lets a
user read text messages and emails, check online services such as
the weather and make calls.
But with a lukewarm reception from critics and, according to
ana-lysts, disappointing sales, Samsung launched a new version
Sunday, the Gear 2, which includes a camera, TV remote control and
a heart rate sen-sor.
Chinese smartphone maker Hua-wei revealed a connected watch of
its own on the same day, a TalkBand, to be sold for 99 euros
($136).
Hours later, South Korean manu-facturer LG said it would launch
its rst smartwatch in 2014.
Small Finnish rm Creoir says its model, Ibis, is the rst elegant
smartwatch.
All the connected watches are with sports designs or geeks
designs; my wife wouldnt wear that, said Creoir marketing chief
Ismo Karali.
Already famous though not yet on sale, Google Glass is the
showpiece of the third category of wearable de-vice: connected
glasses that let you check your emails, for example, with no more
than a glance.
I have been using it for about a month, but they are very
intuitive, I gave it to my six-year-old daughter and she was able
to gure it out within minutes, said Cameron Green head of mobile
business at tech-nical standards group GS1, who has been test-ing
the Google Glass.
GS1, which creates bar-codes, wants to use the glasses to let
cus-tomers peer through them and see the all rel-evant information
about a product.
For now, smart glass-es seem to be attracting technophiles and
certain professional groups, in-dustry experts say.
For many vendors though, wearables are just the thing they have
got to do as the smart-phone penetration caps and margins are under
pressure, said Carolina Milanesi, analyst at con-sumer behaviour
group Kantar WorldPanel.
Approached that way, it is unlikely that the vendors will focus
on delivering the best experience at the best price. I still feel
that 2014 will be a year of trial and error in trying to convince
consum-ers that wearables are a must have, not a nice to have.
A man sitting on a balcony surfs the web on an iPad while
listening to music on his iPhone in Berlin on June 23, 2011
(AFP/File, David Gannon)
by Katherine Haddon
KIEV, (AFP) - The US and Russia stepped up diplomatic efforts to
defuse the Ukraine crisis Wednesday amid heightened ten-sions on
the ground in the ashpoint area of Crimea as gunmen threatened the
UN envoy.
US Secretary of State John Kerry held the rst direct talks with
his Rus-sian counterpart as Washington warned Moscow it risked
losing its coveted G8 place over the worst East-West crisis since
the end of the Cold War.
The volatile situation in Eastern Ukraine showed little sign of
easing as a dozen people were hurt as pro-Rus-sian protesters took
back the regional government building in the city of Do-netsk.
And in Crimea, gunmen part-seized a Ukrainian missile facility
in Cape Fiolent near Sevastopol, Ukrainian of-cials said.
Earlier on Wednesday, the European Union unveiled an aid package
worth at least 11 billion euros ($15 billion) to support Ukraines
new pro-EU leaders the day after the US announced a $1 billion loan
guarantee pledge.
The West continued its strategy of combining support for the new
govern-ment in Kiev with pressure on a deant Russia to back
down.
US Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew made clear it was also prepared
to act ahead of a summit of G8 leaders in June.
We are on a path where I think its clear Russia cannot sit in
Sochi at G8 meetings while its pursuing the poli-cies that its now
pursuing, Lew said.
Lavrov and Kerry were meeting for the rst time since
Moscow-backed president Viktor Yanukovych was oust-ed late last
month after three months of protests which left nearly 100
dead.
In a bid to end the crisis, US Presi-dent Barack Obama has
outlined pro-posals including Russian forces re-turning to their
bases in strategically crucial Crimea, home to Russias Black Sea
naval eet.
Obama also wants the deployment of international observers and
the start of talks between Moscow and Kiev, a US ofcial said.
But Russia insists there are no troops from its military
operating in Crimea.
If they are the self-defence forces created by the inhabitants
of Crimea, we have no authority over them. They do not receive our
orders, Lavrov told reporters.
Lavrov is likely to argue that Ukraines interim government is
ille-gitimate and anti-constitutional, echo-ing Putins comments at
a press confer-ence Tuesday.
-Western support for Ukraine-As well as
Obamas pro-posals, govern-ments includ-ing Britain are urging
Lavrov to meet act-ing Ukrainian Foreign Min-ister Andriy
Deshchytsya to kickstart nego-tiations.
The EUs biggest pow-ers, France and
Russia, US seek solution to Ukraine crisis at talks
French President Francois Hollande (C) speaks with US Secretary
of State John Kerry (R), French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent
Fabius (L) and Rus-sian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov (2nd
L) at the Elysee presidential palace, March 5, 2014 (Pool/AFP,
Alain Jocard).
Germany, want an exit plan from the crisis which could be
discussed from Wednesday in Paris, French Foreign Minister Laurent
Fabius said.
This would include plans for a uni-ty government, the return of
Russian forces to barracks, the dissolution of extremist elements,
the validity of the 2004 constitution and the importance of
presidential elections.
And a mission of 35 military observ-ers will be sent to Ukraine
by the Orga-nization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
in a bid to help de-escalate tensions, its Secretary Gen-eral
Lamberto Zannier said.
A US ofcial said Tuesday an an-nouncement on Russian sanctions
is likely this week.
The EU is set to hold an emergency summit on Ukraine
Thursday.
The urry of diplomacy comes the day after angry public exchanges
be-tween the US and Russia which under-lined the sense of
frustration on both sides.
Obama said Tuesday Russia was not fooling anyone after it
claimed it had no troops operating in Crimea and Ker-ry accused it
of an act of aggression after visiting the new interim govern-ment
in Kiev.
Putin had earlier insisted on his right to use all available
means as a last resort in Ukraine during his rst press conference
since Yanukovychs ouster.
- Crimea, east on edge -The potential for a dangerous are-
up in Crimea and eastern Ukraine was underlined Wednesday.
In Donetsk, a stronghold of ex-pres-ident Yanukovych,
pro-Russian protes-tors with bloody faces forced their way past
police lines to snatch back the re-gional government building from
which they were ousted earlier Wednesday.
Meanwhile, gunmen part-seized a missile facility in Cape Fiolent
near Sevastopol, Ukrainian ofcials said, apparently without
violence.
Russian soldiers were holding some parts of the base although
the mis-sile depot itself remains in Ukrainian hands, Volodymyr
Bova, a defence ministry spokesman in the peninsula, told AFP.
At another missile facility in Evpa-toria on Crimeas western
coast, pro-Russian demonstrators unexpectedly tried to storm a base
which pro-Russian soldiers had previously taken over.
Lavrov told a press conference in Madrid that the Russian Black
Sea na-val eet were under special measures of alert and control but
remained in their assigned bases.
Crimea is an autonomous area within Ukraine but is located next
to Russia and has a Russian ethnic majority. It is strategically
vital, offering access to the Mediterranean within a days
sailing.
Elsewhere on the peninsula, the situ-ation was mostly calm.
In Simferopol, the capital of Crimea, local people were watching
the crisis closely.
One resident, Sergei, welcomed the presence of thousands of
pro-Russian forces.
This is normal because if there were no Russian soldiers, it
would be like Kiev here, exactly the same. People calmed down when
the soldiers ar-rived, he said.
Another, Maria, said Ukraine was a united country which must not
be di-vided.
We must live in peace, no matter what language we speak. We need
the country to unite so we can live in peace -- it doesnt matter if
we speak Russian or Ukrainian, she added.
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by Helen ROWEPARIS, February 27, 2014 (AFP) -
Balenciaga designer Alexander Wang on Thursday served up
knitwear with a dash of colour at Paris fashion while Manish Arora
simply took psychedelic and turned it up several notches.
A year after making his debut for Balenciaga, one of the most
illustrious names in fashion, New York wonder boy Wang, 30, said he
had delved into his own knitwear background for his latest
collection, continuing the pro-cess he began last season of
stamping his own mark on the house.
It started with the idea of the sweat-er... almost every look
has an element of knitwear, whether embroidered, whether printed or
laminated, Wang
Wang, Arora turn up the colour at Paris fashion
Models present creations by Manish Arora during the 2014/2015
Autumn/Winter collection fashion show, on February 27, 2014 in
Paris (AFP, Miguel Medina)
A model presents a creation by Manish Arora during the 2014/2015
Autumn/Winter collection fashion show, on February 27, 2014 in
Paris (AFP, Miguel Medina)
told reporters backstage.The designer said he noticed that
knitwear was quite absent while go-ing through the archives at
the fash-ion house and decided to try and bring some of that
vocabulary to his col-lection.
For autumn/winter 2014/15, Wang went for knit dresses with big
stripes in orange and navy or purple and black, while asymmetrical
jackets and coats came in mottled lilac and crimson or black and
yellow with black trims.
In other looks, leg-elongating slim tted trousers with a slight
are were teamed with jackets with wide faux fur collars and strips
down the front.
Considered a prodigious talent by the fashion world, the
designer who
was born in California to Taiwanese parents launched his own
label -- a mix of relaxed chic and streetwise edge -- in 2007 when
he was just 23.
His arrival at Balenciaga in late 2012 followed the departure of
Nicolas Ghesquiere, considered to have made the house very much his
own during his 15-year tenure.
Indias Arora, meanwhile, laid on the sporty youthfulness with a
shovel in a collection characterised by colour over-load.
Hooded puffa capes came in printed waterproof techno fabric
while other capes showcased Aroras signature embroi-dery.
Laplandic pom-pom hats, Peruvian circle skirts, drop-waisted
Chinese workers trousers and dangly multi-chain gold jewellery all
made an appearance and Aroras LED-lit ashing sneakers teamed with
striped leg warmers were al-most a show in themselves.
Elsewhere on Thursday, Frenchman Guillaume Henry also brightened
up his Carven collection with plenty of winter-warming colour --
with looks in peach, light blue, crimson and burgundy.
Coats and jackets came with wide belts, zip fronts and
high-necked collars; skirts were short with thigh boots or long but
split at the front to well above the knee.
The Paris collections move towards their mid-point on Fri-day
with shows by Dior, Isabel Marant and Issey Miyake.
Nine days of ready-to-wear collections for autumn/winter 2014/15
-- featuring some 90 shows -- are due to wrap up on Wednesday.
But fashion watchers will have to wait until then for the most
anticipated event of the week -- Ghesquieres debut at Louis Vuitton
following the departure last year of Marc Ja-cobs.
A model presents a creation by Carven during the 2014/2015
Autumn/Winter collection fashion show, on February 27, 2014 in
Paris (AFP, Bertrand Guay).
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HOUSTON, TX [March 3, 2014] Houston Community College ASPIRE
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the community. The Shahs, who credit their career accomplish-ments
to their concentration on education, wish to relay this same
attentiveness to the HCC student base and understand the growing
nancial needs of Houstons Asian population within the HCC student
body.
Ash Shah, who moved to the United States 25 years ago from
Mumbai, India, earned his bachelors and MBA and has grown his
startup plastics company from a small player to a major competitor
in the $56 billion plastics packag-ing industry. He serves clients
ranging from Frito-Lay Inc. to Mars, Inc. Impex has earned
signicant brand recognition throughout the years, allowing Shah to
more recently switch his efforts to taking the com-pany to the next
level, with intentions of offering his cus-tomers new lines of
products while increasing Impexs over-all market share. The success
of Impex Group Holdings can no doubt be attributed to Shahs
unwavering drive and work
ethic throughout the years.Both Ash and Leena Shah
look forward to contributing to the overall progress of the
HCC-ASPIRE program, offer-ing the leadership and inuence needed to
promote additional sponsorship support for the AS-PIRE mission. The
HCC-AS-PIRE team also looks forward to the direction of the Shahs
and the success of the upcom-ing scholarship breakfast.
Co-Founded by HCC Board of Trustees Chairperson Neeta Sane,
Trustee, District VII, with the support of community
HCC ASPIRE opening doors for studentsAsh and Leena Shah named
honorary co-chairs for Scholarship Breakfast
Ash and Leena Shah
leaders, public ofcials, and the HCC Foundation, the HCC-ASPIRE
program is designed to support the educational pur-suits and
excellence of Asian students and faculty of HCC. Through the
support of nan-cial awards, HCC-ASPIRE aims to enhance the
teaching-learning process that will en-able HCC to educate and
pre-pare more students for the 21st century workforce.
Community members are invited to sponsor this worthy event to
help those in need of nancial assistance to complete their
education successfully at HCC. To review the spon-sorship package
and benets, please visit hccs.edu/aspire.
The second annual HCC AS-PIRE Scholarship Breakfast will be at
7:30 a.m. Thursday, May 8, at the Junior League of Houston, 1811
Briar Oaks Lane.
by Haritha Jupudy
I thought of the ultimate response to Dr. Robert Ivanys
question. What makes a leader? he asked. In my head, I had a jumble
of words and sentences ready to blurt out my complex deni-tion of a
leader. It was an in-tricate description that prob-ably only I out
of the many people in the room would have understood.
As the son of Hungarian refugees from World War 2 who moved to
Ohio to escape the evil empire of com-munism, Dr. Ivany changed my
denition of a leader. Dr. Ivany presided as the com-mandment of the
U.S. Army War College and served as the Army Aide to President
Rea-gan. He retired from the Army
The Real Leader
with the rank of Major Gen-eral. So, where is Dr. Ivany now? He
is at the University of St. Thomas. Thats right, the University of
St. Thomas. Dr. Ivany became the eighth president of the University
of St. Thomas and although an Army background is fairly different
from a university, both require the ambitious leadership. Although
Dr. Ivany uses his authority in a different way at the campus
setting from his Army life, both require the qualities of a
leader: a person who has faith and character. Dr. Ivany changed the
ambiance in the room with his perfect de-nition of a leader-
someone who not only has a stellar and condent personality, but
also devotion.
As a high school student, sometimes my faith gets pushed to the
corner, as I have college applications and after-
school activities taking up my time. Theres not a day where my
faith is not tested, but it gives me a greater opportunity to stay
true to my own values and build my own character- the person I want
to become. Dr. Ivany reminded us that our beliefs make us the
leader that we want to become. Besides, if a leader does not have
their own faith in hand, how can one expect them to lead oth-ers to
the top?Dr. Robert Ivany in his ofce.
Dr. Robert Ivany speaks with the YLDP students.
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today. With her natural beauty and acting talent she has
established herself as one of the most prominent actresses in
Tinsel town.
Shraddha went on to become the dream girl of many with her
fabulous performance in Aashiqui-2. This pe-tite beauty gave nest
performances in `Teen Pati`, `Luv Ka The End`, `Aashiqui-2`, `Gori
Tere Pyaar Mein`.
In 2010 she made her debut opposite veteran actor Amitabh
Bachchan with `Teen Pati` which earned her a nomina-
tion of Filmfare Award in best female debut category. The
doe-eyed beauty of Bollywood played a character in 2013 romantic
musical `Aashiqui-2 `opposite Aditya Roy Kapur, which became her
rst commercial success. The duo has won Screen Award for Jodi No
1.
At present, Shakti Kapoor`s `Beti` has two big banner project`s
under her wing. She has signed Mohit Suri`s `The Villian` and
Vishal Bhardwaj`s `Haider` with Shahid Kapoor.
All our heartfelt wishes on her birth-day and all the success at
her thresh-old.
Shraddha Kapoor cele-brates 22nd birthday today
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Houstons Mahesh Sriram bags a lead role in Hang Up Releasing on
Friday March 14th, 2014
Hang Up Starring: Sudhakar Komakula, Rani Natalie Rout, Mahesh
Sriram, Ra-ghu Pathy, Angela Kumar Directed by: Hyder Bilgrami
& Tirthankar DasProduced by: Tirthankar Das
Its just another routine evening for Priya (Natalie Rout), as
she sets out to babysit Neha (Aditi master) in Livingston, a remote
town in New Jersey. As the dark clouds gather and rumble, she
expects noth-ing more than a quiet evening in the huge house. She
starts receiving random phone calls and anonymous text messages.
The pranks soon be-come harassing, and then creepy. Priyas quiet
evening twists into a nightmare. Nothing seems to deter the
increasingly curious and sinister prank caller who seems to be
spying on her. Before she realizes that she is treading on the
shadows of a chilling secret, she is pulled into a mystery more
dangerous than she ever imag-ined.
About Mahesh Sriram
Mahesh Srirams passion for model-ing and acting began in his
hometown of Hyderabad when he was scouted by fashion photographers.
Hes been a featured model in ad campaigns for various top companies
in India In the U.S. his acting career took off with Principal
roles in multiple industrial lms in U.S.A. Maheshs recent work
includes a supporting role in a nation-al U.S. Lipton Iced Tea
commercial and a global campaign for Hewlett-Packard(HP). Mahesh
has worked extensively with acting coaches and workshops to hone
his craft, and has been cast in pivotal roles in his latest
projects - Feature lms: Hang Up! (Magnapex Productions) and Chin-na
Cinema (JerseyplotsProd). When hes not acting in commercials and
lms, Mahesh works in an animation studio in Houston, Texas.
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Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh
MUMBAI: Actor Ranveer Singh says he is excited to be working
with Zoya Akhtar and his performance in the lm will surprise
ev-eryone.
I am super excited to work with Zoya as I believe she`s one of
the most talented direc-tors in the industry. Moreover it`s a part
that really pushes me as an actor and gives me a chance to showcase
an aspect of my performance that will surprise my fans, he
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Ranveer plays the main lead in the lm, which is reported-ly
titled `Dil Dhadakne Do`.
Zoya`s directorial venture will also have Priyanka Chop-ra,
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Priyanka will play siblings, with Anushka and Farhan opposite
them.
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with the production house stating he will not shoot for any lm
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schedule of the lm,
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recently signed several A-list brands.
Zoya`s lm will reportedly be shot across Europe, Tur-key, Spain,
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TX.
Global sh stocks are declining and cannot provide a sustain-able
source of omega-3 fatty acids. An alternate source of this valuable
product thus is a necessity to bridge the gap be-tween production
and demand. Worldwide, consumption of omega-3 PUFAs, estimated at
123.8 thousand metric tons worth US$2.3 billion in 2013, is
forecast to be 134.7 thousand metric tons valued at US$2.5 billion
in 2014. By 2020, it is projected that demand for ome-ga-3 PUFAs
globally will reach 241 thousand metric tons with a value of
US$4.96 billion, there-by posting a volume CAGR of almost 10% and a
value CAGR of 11.6% between 2013 and 2020.
Omega-3 fatty acids eicosa-pentaenoic acid (EPA) and
docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) provide signicant health ben-ets like
prevention of athero-sclerosis, thrombosis, arthritis, cancers,
etc. and this has led to an increased consumption as dietary
supplements. Omega-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA are found in animals,
transgenic plants, fungi and many micro-organisms but are typically
ex-tracted from fatty sh, putting
additional pressures on global sh stocks.
Although the conventional source of EPA and DHA is ma-rine sh
oil, however, recent re-search have proved that higher amount of
EPA and DHA can be produced by algae. When pro-duced from algae, is
a vegetar-ian source of docosahexaenoic acid, DHA that is a
long-chain polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acid and is important for
brain, eye and heart health throughout the lifecycle. Other
applica-tions include infant formulas, products for pregnant and
nurs-ing women, food and beverage products and dietary
supple-ments. EPA is a polyunsaturat-ed fatty acid (PUFA) that acts
as a precursor for prostaglan-din-3 (which inhibits platelet
aggregation), thromboxane-3, and leukotriene-5 groups.
Health benets of Algae produced Omega-3 fatty ac-ids:
Omega-3 fatty acids represent an important structural compo-nent
of human cell membranes, particularly neuronal cells. The
consumption of EPA and DHA supplements has been shown to prevent
cardiovascular, nervous system and inammatory con-ditions Regular
consumption of -3 fatty acids can help reduce the risk of
hypertension, throm-bosis, myocardial infarction and cardiac
arrhythmias. This occurs because -3 fatty acids increase the
high-density lipo-protein/low-density lipoprotein (HDL/LDL) ratio
and decrease the total cholesterol/HDL ratio. Omega-3 fatty acids
have also demonstrated positive effects on brain function and the
ner-vous system. In pregnant wom-en, the adequate intake of EPA and
DHA is crucial for healthy development of the fetal brain. In
infants, arachidonic acid (ARA), an omega-6 fatty acid, and DHA are
also required for normal growth and functional
development. Interestingly, in-creased consumption of DHA may
also diminish the severity of depression and schizophre-nia. Immuno
modulatory ef-fects have been observed when -3 fatty acids were
used in the treatment of inammatory conditions such as rheuma-toid
arthritis, Crohns disease, ulcerative colitis, psoriasis, asthma,
lupus and cystic bro-sis. Children ingesting Omega 3 more than once
a week had a lower probability of suffer-ing from asthma.
Increasing the levels of DHA and EPA in patients with rheumatoid
ar-thritis and ulcerative colitis has also been found to reduce
pain and improve conditions. There is currently therefore a large
demand for microalgae in the nutraceutical and pharmaceuti-cal
industry due to their health-promoting effects. Microalgal-derived
PUFA, such as ARA and DHA are added as forti-cations to infant
formulae-an industry that is worth $10 bil-lion per annum alone. To
date, microalgal extracts can be found in many face and skin care
products, e.g. anti-aging cream, refreshing or regenera-tive care
products, sun cream, emollient and anti-irritant in peelers.
Dermochlorella is ac-tually extracted from Chlorella vulgaris,
which can stimulate collagen synthesis in skin sup-porting tissue
regeneration and wrinkle reduction. Protulines is a protein-rich
extract from Arthrospira (Spirulina), which helps combat early skin
aging, exerting a tightening effect and preventing wrinkle
formation.
Algal strains rich in Ome-ga-3 fatty acids:
Microalgae can supply ome-ga-3 fatty acids at high
con-centrations. Species of Crypth-ecodinium, Thraustochytrium,
Ulkenia and Schizochytrium are rich the omega-3 fatty acid DHA,
while species of Phaeo-dactylum, Chlorella, Monodus,
and Nannochloropsis are rich in EPA. Crypthecodinium cohnii is a
heterotrophic algal species that is currently used to produce the
DHA used in many infant formulas. Research efforts have revealed
that approximately 50% Thraustochytrium aure-ums total fatty acids
are DHA. Phaeodactylum tricornutum is a high EPA-producing algal
spe-cies with EPA comprising 30-40% of its total fatty acids when
grown using optimum culture conditions. Monodus species are
photoautotrophic algae that can produce high levels of EPA, but the
dependence on light re-sults in low cell densities mak-ing them
unfavorable species to use in the industrial production of EPA. The
microalga Pavlova lutheri is a potential source of economically
valuable docosa-hexaenoic and eicosapentaeno-ic acids.
Over the past decade, al-gae biotechnology has grown steadily
into a global industry with increasing numbers of entrepreneurs
attempting to utilize its biochemical diver-sity for a wide array
of applica-tions. There are approximately 40,000 algal species,
only a few thousand strains are kept in collections, a few hundred
are investigated for chemical content and approximately half a
dozen are cultivated in indus-trial quantities.
Therefore, continued isolation and screening of microalgae is
required, as well as more in depth studies into algal physiol-ogy,
biochemistry and genetics. Meanwhile the processes for al-gae
cultivation, harvesting and oil extraction need to be fur-ther
improved in efciency and costs. As omega-3 fatty acids are one of
the most valuable prod-ucts from microalgae, they are likely to be
the game-changer towards large-scale economical microalgae
cultivation that will catalyze the production of other important
algal bioproducts.
A promising alternative to sh oil source of Omega 3 production:
Role of algal biofactories
Prof. Meenakshi Bhattacharjee
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VOICE OF ASIA 19 FRIDAY, March 7, 2014HEALTH, TECH &
SCIENCE
by Sabina K. Cherian, MD, Ob-Gyn.
1) When can I nd out the sex of my baby?
It should be possible to tell the sex in the fourth to fth month
of pregnancy. To check for fetal anatomy and to assess well-being
and growth are the main indications for ultrasound. All other
ultrasounds are up to the physicians discretion.
2) Will I have an episiotomy during my delivery?
An episiotomy is performed in an emergent situation or if the
physician feels this will prevent a larger laceration. This
decision is based individually
Top 10 Women Health Care Questionson the particular circumstance
and is not a routine procedure.
3) Will my doctor be there for my delivery?
You should nd out if your doctor is in a call group, how often
(your) doctor is on call and have that discussion with them.
4) What types of hysterec-tomy are there and which one is best
for me?
There is vaginal hysterec-tomy, abdominal hysterectomy,
laparoscopic assisted vaginal hysterectomy, laparoscopic to-tal or
supra cervical hysterecto-my (leaving the cervix behind) and
robotic hysterectomy. All of these can be performed with or without
removing the tubes and ovaries. The mode of sur-gery depends on
uterine size, history of prior surgery, body habitus, and presence
of pre-cursor cancer cells or cancer itself. Blood loss, duration
of hospital stay and anesthesia time are all important things to
discuss with your surgeon.
5) What is an induction?
An induction of labor is giv-ing a patient medication to soften
or ripen the cervix and induce uterine contractions and
labor. Most doctors will of-fer this about a week after the due
date. Most doctors would not do an induction prior to 39 weeks
unless there is fetal or maternal indication.
6) Will an epidural give me chronic back pain?
There have been no random-ized controlled studies showing that
an epidural causes chronic back pain.
7) How much caffeine can I have if I am pregnant?
Moderate caffeine consump-tion (less than 200mg/day) does not
appear to be a major contributing factor in miscar-riage or preterm
birth.
8) Is vaginal discharge nor-mal?
Any discharge that is con-sidered abnormal from a pa-tients
normal baseline should be evaluated by a physician to distinguish
what it is. This can be done either by wet mount or culture.
Self-treatment is not recommended.
9) What is the best steriliza-tion technique?
Hysteroscopic sterilization is the least invasive however
various methods of laparos-copy, postpartum sterilization and
sterilization at the time of cesarean delivery are offered.
9) What is considered a heavy period?
A period lasting more than 7 days or more than 80 ml blood loss
during one cycle is consid-ered abnormal. The best deni-tion is
when it is heavier than a
patients baseline.10) When do I take my
daughter to her rst OB-GYN appointment?
The rst appointment ideally should be between the age of 13 and
15. Discussion about the HPV vaccine and adoles-cent physical and
mental issues can be addressed at this time as not to be
missed.
Sabina K. Cherian, MD was born in Chicago, Illinois and grew up
in Houston Texas. She did her residency in Brooklyn, NY and resided
on the east coast for the last 9 years. She practices obstetrics
and gyne-cological surgery at Center for Womens Healths four ofce
locations in southwest Hous-ton. She can be reached at 281-342-6962
private consultation or appointment.Sabina K. Cherian, MD
by Richard INGHAM
Out at sea, gentle waves provide power for thou-sands of homes.
In cit-ies, danceoor moves generate electricity for nightclubs. In
the countryside, hikers use leg power to recharge their phones.
It is an alluring goal of clean, re-liable power free from
geo-political risks -- and scientists in the United States said
Tuesday it lies within reach, thanks to a smart way to har-vest
energy called tribo-electricity.
Researchers at the Georgia Insti-tute of Technology said they
had built a simple prototype device that converts stop-start
movement into power.
Waves, walking and dancing -- even rainfall, computer keys or
urban trafc -- could one day be harnessed to drive sensors, mobile
gadgets or even electricity plants, they contend.
Zhong Lin Wang, a professor of materials science and
engineering, described the invention a break-through.
Our technology can be used for large-scale energy harvesting, so
that the energy we have wasted for centuries will be useful, he
told AFP by email.
Tribo-electric is a modern term with ancient roots -- from the
Greek word for rub.
Its electricity is created from friction between two substances
causing a charge of electrons to be transferred from one to the
other.
It commonly happens, for in-stance, when plastic-soled shoes are
in contact with a nylon carpet, causing the snap of static
discharge when ones hand touches a metal doorknob.
Because tribo-electric is so un-predictable, it has been
generally shunned as a power source.
The preferred method has been magnetic induction -- a turbine
driven by nuclear- or fossil-pow-ered steam or water.
But, in a new study published in the journal Nature
Communica-tions, Wangs team said they had overcome key hurdles to
convert-ing a haphazardly-generated elec-trical charge into
current.
Their prototype comprises a disc about 10 centimetres (four
inches) across, designed to show the poten-tial from a small,
portable genera-tor moved by ambient energy.
Inside are two circular sheets of material, one an electron
donor and the other an electron receiv-er, brought together through
ro-tary movement.
If the sheets are separated, one then holds an electrical charge
iso-lated by the gap between them.
Sandwiched between the two discs is a third disc with
electrodes, which bridges the gap and helps a small current to
ow.
At a top speed of 3,000 revolu-tions per minute, the device
gener-ated 1.5 watts.
This gave it an energy efciency of 24 percent, three times
greater than piezoelectric, the previously best source of
mechanical electric-ity harvesting -- and as efcient as
magnetic-induction turbines.
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