Sunday, 18 December 2022

Lenovo 2022 11th Gen Intel Core i3







Specification: Lenovo 2022 11th Gen Intel Core i3

Brand

Lenovo

Series

Ideapad

Screen Size

15.6 Inches

Color

Blue

Hard Disk Size

256 GB

CPU Model

Core i3

Ram Memory Installed Size

20 GB

Operating System

Windows 11

Card Description

Integrated

Key Features and Benefits:

CPU: 11th Gen Intel Core i3-1115G4 Dual-Core 3.0GHz Processor (6MB Intel Smart Cache, up to 4.10GHz)

Memory: Up to 20GB DDR4 RAM

Hard Drive: Up to 1TB PCIe NVMe M.2 Solid State Drive

Operating System: Windows 11 Home

Display: 15.6" HD Touchscreen

Screen Resolution: 1366 x 768

Backlit Keyboard: No

Ports: 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A, 1 x USB 2.0 Type-A, 1 x HDMI, 1 x Combination Audio Jack

Video: Intel UHD Graphics

Audio: Dolby Audio with Stereo Speakers

Media Drive: Multi-format SD Media Card Reader

Optical Drive: None

Wireless Connectivity: Wireless-AC Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth Combo

Built-in HD Webcam with Microphone: Yes

Battery: Lithium-ion, up to 7 Hours

Bluetooth: Yes

Weight: 3.64 Pounds

 

Monday, 31 October 2022

Exercise Routines That Actually Lose Weight

 


Exercise Routines That Actually Lose Weight

Good exercise habits go beyond gym activities that burn fat. It entails creating a training routine that matches your lifestyle and one you can fairly sustain even after you attain your goal. It also involves eating well, buying more wisely, controlling your stress, and regulating your weight. After all, achieving results is a key component of a solid plan. The ability to remain with it and maintain your new weight status is the other end—so to speak, after you've crossed your finish line.

Consistency is essential for any process to be effective. At the gym, in your kitchen, and at the grocery store, be there for yourself and follow through on every aspect of your healthy game plan. Remind yourself of how hard you're working to stay motivated. If you stumble a little bit along the way, don't wallow; just get back on the straight path and get the outcomes you're aiming for.

Ingredients are the real diet killers because they drain your vitality and make you gain weight.

 It's imperative to eliminate processed foods from all meals. You must carefully analyze your diet before starting any weight-loss exercise. According to research, you should avoid shopping while you're hungry and steer clear of processed foods in general. Unfortunately, because they advertise calories on the label while attempting to resemble a best friend, these items are frequently the first ones dieters buy. Instead, they generally include additional salt, sugar, and preservatives, per the Mind, Body, and Soul blog via NYU. These substances are actual diet killers since they drain your energy and make your body store fat.

According to Livestrong, it's crucial to gain muscle because doing so will cause you to continue burning calories even after your workout.

You can burn fat more quickly by alternating between interval cardio and strength training. Interval training is when you alternate short, intensive bursts with rest periods or low-intensity activity. According to Prevention, working out in this method will increase your body's metabolism during sweat sessions and make it take a long time (hours) for it to cool down again.

The process of continuing to burn calories after a workout is known as excess post-exercise oxygen consumption (EPOC). The European Journal of Applied Physiology research that revealed this. Work out for an hour or more each day, and stick to a calorie deficit.

 Exercise Habits To Hasten Weight Loss As You Age

Your body will experience a variety of changes as you reach new birthdays, making your 30s very different from your 40s and 50s. You can reduce the likelihood or severity of some events, while other occurrences may be harmful to your health. Several "pleasantries" of getting older? According to UC San Diego Health, you can lose the sensitivity in your teeth, have some areas of your brain start to shrink, and lose some of your hearing. However, gaining weight is arguably one of the more irritating issues to handle. Everyone starts losing muscle mass in their 30s, and if you don't take proactive steps to increase your exercise routine as you age, your fat content may actually double by the time you're 75.

We can only assume that made you sigh, and now you're eager to learn everything you can to stop that from happening, so we're here with some excellent advice. We spoke with Jacquie Smith, a certified integrative nutrition health coach from IIN and fitness instructor who specializes in barre, yoga, and pre/postnatal workouts. She shares some healthy, successful lifestyle habits that are crucial to maintain at every stage of life—most especially as you get older, as it's very simple to put on extra, unwanted weight.

 The secret to longevity and leading a happy life, according to Smith, is to "keep you moving, strong, and youthful"! So read on to discover more about the fitness routines to maintain as you age.

Continuity is paramount.

man strolling with dog in close-up on a natural trail

"Consistency is the key to developing a daily movement program. This requires moving your body every day for at least 10 to 15 minutes, according to Smith. She notes that as you age, your body starts to deteriorate, making it more difficult to keep your body moving if you don't already have an efficient routine you adhere to. This is why you must get started right away to maintain your body's youth, vigor, and activity.

Take the stairs instead of the elevator, go for a quick stroll outside, explore the trails with your dog, and binge-watch your favorite TV show on the exercise bike rather than relaxing on the couch. If possible, bike into town to run errands and get in some extra steps while attending to housework. As long as your movement is steady, every small bit matters.

Continuing the story

 This 15-minute walking exercise will help you lose weight and tone up

Put quick workouts first.

an elderly woman practicing yoga at home to relieve her severe migraine headaches

Don't stress yourself out by believing you need to spend hours at the gym or don't have enough time to lose weight. "Start with just a little, small workout that's 10 minutes long," advises Smith, "rather than focusing on extensive workouts that demand a significant time commitment and that you appear more averse to than enthused about. First of all, 10 minutes are entirely doable. Second, because the endorphins make you feel so fantastic, you'll want more, thus in a flash, 10 minutes will turn into 20 or 30. You'll find that you work out more frequently than you realize.

Exercise on the Floor to Reduce the Middle-Aged Spread

Pick low-impact exercises.

age-appropriate fitness woman stretching on the beach showing how aging speeds up weight loss

There is space in your schedule for a variety of workouts. While high-intensity, high-impact workouts like jogging and HITT have their place, Smith explains that as you become older, you should put more of an emphasis on low-impact exercises like barre, yoga, and Pilates.. Why? You've probably spent years exhausting your body, so you now need to slow down to train all of those tiny muscles you've been ignoring for a long time. Additionally, these exercises are more approachable (though not necessarily simpler!) which may encourage regular participation."

Discover the kind of exercise that suit your body the best and that you will stick with. You'll soon be on the correct track to accelerating weight loss as you age.



Sunday, 30 October 2022

Выход России из украинской зерновой сделки «катастрофический» для бедных стран

 


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Эксперты предупредили, что решение резидента Владимира Путина разорвать сделку военного времени, которая разблокировала прохождение миллионов тонн зерна через юг Украины, приведет к новому скачку цен с «катастрофическими последствиями» для более бедных стран, которые уже столкнулись с острой нехваткой продовольствия. .

США назвали приостановку Москвой в субботу ее участия в сделке с Киевом, поддерживаемую ООН, «возмутительной» акцией, которая может вызвать голод. Москва связала свое решение с атакой в ​​выходные дни судов в порту Севастополя, части территории, аннексированной Россией у Украины в 2014 году. Украина назвала это «ложным предлогом».

Заявление Кремля удивило зернотрейдеров и аналитиков, которые, хотя и сомневались, что сделка продлится дольше установленного в середине ноября крайнего срока, не ожидали ее внезапного прекращения.

«В результате мы увидим значительный скачок цен», — предсказал Андрей Сизов, управляющий директор черноморской зерновой консалтинговой компании «СовЭкон», добавив, что действия России были «наихудшим сценарием».

Ариф Хусейн, главный экономист Всемирной продовольственной программы ООН, сказал, что «десятки стран» пострадают от новых перебоев с поставками из Украины, крупного мирового экспортера зерна и других продуктов питания. «В хорошие времена [это] было бы плохо, но в нынешнем состоянии мира это нужно решить как можно скорее», — сказал он.

Министерство инфраструктуры Украины заявило, что сразу пострадали 218 судов. Среди них 95, которые уже покинули свои порты и ожидали на месте досмотра перед разгрузкой, 101 ожидали досмотра перед сбором украинского зерна, и еще 22 были загружены и готовы к отплытию.
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Международный комитет спасения предупредил о «катастрофических последствиях приостановки Россией своего участия» в сделке, которая обсуждалась этим летом в Стамбуле.

Согласно этому плану, Москва гарантировала безопасный проход для грузовых судов, перевозящих зерно из портов на Черном море, которые ранее были заблокированы ее войной на Украине. Министр обороны Турции в воскресенье заявил, что ведет переговоры со своими российскими и украинскими коллегами, пытаясь спасти сделку.
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В воскресенье специализированное издание Fastmarkets Agricensus сообщило о «панике» в этих портах, поскольку международные суда уже швартовались и грузились, опасаясь, что они могут попасть в ловушку теперь, когда Москва приостановила коридор безопасного прохода.

«Сделка при посредничестве ООН принесла луч надежды — теперь эта надежда снова разрушена», — сказал Шашват Сараф, директор IRC по чрезвычайным ситуациям в Восточной Африке, отметив, что особенно пострадают самые бедные страны, такие как Йемен и Сомали. По его словам, Восточная Африка зависит от России и Украины в отношении большей части импорта пшеницы.

Министр иностранных дел Украины Дмитрий Кулеба заявил, что приостановка под «ложным предлогом взрывов в 220 км» заблокирует 2 млн тонн зерна — этого достаточно, чтобы накормить более 7 млн ​​человек.


India bridge collapse

 

India bridge collapse: Hundreds plunged into river and dozens killed in Gujarat 


भारत के पश्चिमी राज्य गुजरात में एक पैदल पुल के गिरने से कम से कम 68 लोगों की मौत हो गई है।

मोरबी शहर में माचू नदी में सैकड़ों लोग गिर गए। स्थानीय फुटेज में बचे लोगों को आंशिक रूप से जलमग्न सस्पेंशन ब्रिज से लटकते हुए दिखाया गया है।

रिपोर्टों का कहना है कि उस समय संरचना में 400 से अधिक लोग थे। राज्य के एक मंत्री बृजेश मेरजा ने कहा कि 80 से अधिक लोगों को बचाया गया है।

यह घटना मरम्मत के बाद पुल को फिर से खोलने के कुछ दिनों बाद की है।

230 मीटर लंबा (754 फीट) औपनिवेशिक युग का क्रॉसिंग 19 वीं शताब्दी में भारत के ब्रिटिश शासन के दौरान बनाया गया था। स्थानीय रूप से जूल्टो पूल के रूप में जाना जाता है, यह क्षेत्र में एक लोकप्रिय पर्यटक आकर्षण है।

रविवार का हादसा करीब 18:40 (13:10 GMT) पर हुआ।

वीडियो में अराजकता के दृश्य दिखाई दे रहे हैं क्योंकि नदी के किनारे पर मौजूद दर्शक पानी में फंसे लोगों को बचाने की कोशिश कर रहे हैं क्योंकि अंधेरा छा गया है।

एक अन्य वीडियो में लोगों को पानी से बचने के लिए पुल के जालीदार अवशेषों पर चढ़ते हुए दिखाया गया है।

बचाव प्रयासों में मदद के लिए पड़ोसी जिलों से आपातकालीन प्रतिक्रियाकर्ताओं को भेजा गया है।

अधिकारियों ने बताया कि रात भर बचाव कार्य जारी है।

यह स्पष्ट नहीं है कि पुल के गिरने का कारण क्या है, लेकिन स्थानीय अधिकारियों ने सुझाव दिया है कि दिवाली त्योहार की छुट्टियों के कारण भीड़भाड़ थी।

सोशल मीडिया पर वायरल हो रहे वीडियो में पैदल चलने वालों की भीड़ दिन में फुटब्रिज दिखाई दे रही है।

भारतीय प्रधान मंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी, जो तीन दिवसीय यात्रा पर अपने गृह राज्य गुजरात में हैं, ने कहा कि वह "त्रासदी से बहुत दुखी हैं"।

श्री मोदी ने घायलों के साथ-साथ मरने वालों के परिजनों के लिए मुआवजे की घोषणा की है।

Painting broken by the capital of Lebanon Port explosion for restoration.

 



The illustrious J. Paul Getty repository in l.  a.  , California, proclaimed that it's received a painting broken by the capital of Lebanon Port explosion for restoration.

The prestigious repository known the painting, that was saved from the rubble of the Sursock Palace, because the work of the Italian Baroque creative person shrub Gentileschi, Hercules and Omphale, qualitative analysis back to the seventeenth century.

“Hercules and Omphale is one in every of the foremost necessary recent discoveries among the corpus of shrub Gentileschi, demonstrating her ambition for depiction historical subjects, one thing that was just about unexampled for a feminine creative person in her day,” declared Timothy Potts, Maria Hummer-Tuttle, and Henry M. Robert Tuttle Director of the Getty repository.

It is value noting that the Lebanese historian Gregory Buchakjian known the painting months once the blast.

He printed earlier a piece of writing light Beirut’s cultural loss and attributed the painting to the Italian creative person supported unpublished analysis he conducted throughout the Nineteen Nineties.

After its conservation, the painting can endure show at the top of 2023 at the Getty Center in l.  a.   before returning to Sursock Palace in capital of Lebanon, that is presently undergoing restoration.

Saturday, 29 October 2022

Introduction contract law (study guide)

 

Introduction contract law (study guide)

A legally binding agreement between two or more parties that is upholdable in court is called a contract. Every participant in the agreement is required to exchange considerations, such as pledges of commodities, monies, services, performances, non-performances, etc. Most contracts are enforced by state common law, including those for employment, real estate, insurance, business contracts, or intangible items. A contract can be written or non-written; one made orally is known as a parole contract. Damages for breaching a contract depend on its terms; they are typically financial but may also take the form of performance.

Types of contracts

·       An express contract: Express contract is a contract where the elements such as the terms offer, acceptance, and considerations are specifically stated.

·       An implied contract: implied contract as a contract or an agreement between the two parties is assumed simply by the condition

·       Bilateral or unilateral bilateral: This contract is where both parties have mutually agreed to promise considerations

·       An executed contract: A contract that has been completely fulfilled is considered

·       An executory correct: A contract that has not yet been filled is called an executory correct

·       A formal contract is a contract that is legally binding due to the form or mode of expression.

"Contracts are governed by contract law which is a subcategory of “common-law”, federal and state statutes or programs under statutory law may modify contract law entirely or in part

Contract requirements

·       Mutual assent

·       Considerations

·       Legality of objective

·       Capacity

 

·       Mutual assent: To engage in a contract both parties must show mutual assent the parties do this by showing words that they have both agreed to enter into a contract generally there is an offer by the offer of the contract and an acceptance by the offeree of the contract.

·       Considerations: A least one party must exchange promises of goods funds services etc one party in a unilateral contract or both parties in a bilateral contract.

·       legality of objective: The contract must not consist of crimes or torts a contract killing would obviously not be held up in the courts because murder is illegal

·       Capacity;  parties of a contract must have the legal ability to enter into a contract , a blind man cannot enter into a contract with the mall to monitor the security cameras because he would not have the ability to fulfill his promise or his considerations capacity can also be used as a defense in a corpse if a party of a contract entered into the contract while intoxicated he or she may be able to use this as a successful defense

 Non-contractual remedies and noncontractual agreements may be enforced by the courts in the case of promissory estoppel or a quasi-contract

·       Promissory estoppel is when a person makes a false statement to induce another party to act in good faith to his or her disadvantage the court will treat this as a promise to see that justice is served

·       A quasi-contract: quasi-contract is a non-contractual obligation that is made to preserve justice the requirements for a quasi-contract are as follows according to the jury instructions.

              The elements of a quasi-contract are

·       one plaintiff furnished and rendered valuable goods and services to the defendant with the reasonable expectation of being compensated

·       Defendant knowingly accepted the benefits of the goods or services.

·       Defendant would be unfairly benefited by the services receiving the goods if no compensation were paid to the plaintiff.

 

Saturday, 22 October 2022

Financial management (Study Guide, define, notes)

 

Financial management (Study Guide, define, notes)

v  Finance includes three areas

(1)    Financial management:

Deals with decisions making regarding maximizing stakeholder wealth by

Generating Capital from financial market

Invest into operations

Generate real Assets

Generate cash flows.

(2)    Capital markets: Financial markets and institutions, which deals with interest rates, stocks, bonds, government securities, and other marketable securities.

(3)    Investments: study of security analysis, portfolio theory, market analysis, and behavioral finance.

 

v  The Major goal of a firm

To maximize shareholder’s wealth (or firm’s long-run value)

v  Flow of cash between capital markets and firm’s operations

·       Firm sell the financial assets in to capital financial market for raising money

·       Firm used this money in the operation and purchase real Assets

·       Firm generate the cash from operation

·       Firm re-invest some of the part into the firm operation and remaining part return to the investors in the capital financial market.

 

v  Forms of business organization

 

·       Proprietorship: an unincorporated business owned by one individual

·       Partnership: an unincorporated business owned by two or more people

·        Corporation: legal entity created by a state

·       S Corporation: allows small business to be taxed as proprietorship or partnership Restrictions: no more than 100 shareholders; for small and privately owned firms

·       Limited Liability Company (LLC) and Limited Liability Partnership (LLP): Hybrid between a partnership and a corporation - limited liability but taxed as partnership, LLPs are used in professional fields of accounting, law, and architecture while LLCs are used by other businesses

 

v  Intrinsic value

It is an estimate of a stock’s “fair” value (how much a stock should be worth)

v  Market price

It is the actual price of a stock, which is determined by the demand and supply of the stock in the market.

v  Stock in equilibrium: when a stock’s market price is equal to its intrinsic value the stock is in equilibrium

v  Stock market in equilibrium: when all the stocks in the market are in equilibrium

v  stock is under-valued: When the intrinsic value of a stock is higher than the market price of the stock, we say that the stock in the market

v  stock is over-valued. When the intrinsic value of a stock is lower than the market price of the stock

v  Important business trends

·       Globalization

·       Improving information technology

·       Corporate governance

 

v  Business ethics

Standards of conduct or moral behavior toward its employees, customers,  community, and stockholders - all its stakeholders

Measurements: tendency of its employees, adhere to laws and regulations, moral standards to product safety and quality, fair employment practice, fair marketing and selling practice, proper use of confidential information, community involvement, and no illegal payments or practice to obtain business

v  Financial markets

 

·       Physical asset markets: are markets for real (or tangible) assets

·       Financial asset markets: are markets for financial assets.

·       Money markets:  are markets for short-term and highly liquid debt securities (less than one year)

·       Capital markets are markets: for intermediate and long-term debts and stocks (one year or longer)

·       Primary markets: are markets for issuing new securities

·       Secondary markets: are markets for trading existing securities

·       Spot markets: are markets for immediate delivery

·       Futures markets: are markets for future delivery even though the deal is made Today

·       In private markets: transactions are negotiated directly between two parties

·       Public markets: standardized contracts are traded on organized exchanges

·       Derivative markets: for derivative securities

·       A derivative security is a security whose value is derived from the value of an underlying asset. For example, futures contracts and option contracts

 

v  Financial statements:

·       Balance sheet

·       Income statement

·       Cash flow statement

·       Shareholder’s equity statement

· 

 

·       Balance sheet: a statement of a firms’ financial position at a point in time

Total Assets = Total Liabilities + Common equity (Shareholder’s equity)

Total Assets= Current Assets +Net fixed assets + Other Assets

Total Liabilities= Current liabilities + long-term debt

Common equity = common stock (c/s) + retained earnings (R/E)

Net working capital = current assets - current liabilities

 

·       Income statement: a report summarizing a firm’s revenues, expenses, and profits during a reporting period

Sales

(-) Operating cost except depreciation and amortization

(- ) Depreciation and amortization

________________________________________________

=Earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT)

(- ) Interest expenses

______________________________________________

=Earnings before Tax (EBT)

(-) Income tax

________________________________________________

Net income (NI)

 

·       Net income can be used for cash dividend and/or retained earnings

·       Earnings per share (EPS) = Net income/ number of shares outstanding

·       Dividend per share (DPS) = cash dividend / number of shares outstanding

·       Dividend payout ratio = cash dividend / Net Income

·       Retention ratio = retained earnings / Net Income

 

v  Cash flow statement: a report showing how things affect the balance sheet and income statement will affect the firm’s cash flows Cash flow statement has four sections: operating, long-term investing, financing activities, and summary on cash flows over an accounting period

 

v  Shareholder’s equity statement=

Last year’s end balance +  this year’s Retained earnings = Net income - Common stock cash dividend.

v  Financial ratio analysis

Evaluating a firm’s financial statement to predict the firm’s future performance

 

·       Liquidity ratios: show a firm’s ability to pay off short-term debt (the

relationship of a firm’s cash and other current assets to its current liabilities)

 

Current ratio = current assets / current liabilities

Quick ratio (acid test ratio) = (current assets - inventory) / current liabilities

 

·       Asset management ratios: measure how effectively a firm manages its assets

 

Inventory turnover = sales / inventory

Fixed asset turnover = sales / net fixed assets

Total asset turnover = sales / total assets

 

·       Debt management ratios: show how the firm has financed its assets as well as  the firm’s ability to pay off its long-term debt (how effectively a firm manages its debt)

 

Debt ratio = total debt / total assets

 

·       Profitability ratios: show how profitable a firm is operating and utilizing its

assets

Operating profit margin = EBIT / sales

Profit margin = net income / sales

Return on assets (ROA) = net income / total assets

Basic earnings power (BEP) = EBIT / total assets

Return on equity (ROE) = net income / common equity

The higher the returns, the better the performance

 

·       Market value ratios: relate stock price to earnings and book value and show what investors think about the firm and its future prospects

Price / earnings ratio (P/E ratio) = price per share / earnings per share

Market / book ratio = market price / book value.

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