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This week's spotlight is Chioma of Chioma's Evolution of Style. Her outfit from last week's link-up is fabulous! We love it, so make sure to stop by her blog and say hello! NEXT WEEK: Next week we are styling your favorite looks featuring red/white/pink in honor of Valentine's Day! Thanks so much for linking up each week! xo. « Valentine's Day Gift Guide! Looking so pretty and feminine! Love your jacket, it's a great piece! Love your marsala jacket! Such a fun deviation from the traditional black moto. Love your jacket and your bump is adorable!! Great outfit! Beautiful jacket! Loving the dress showing off your cute bump with the jacket on top! So chic! You look beautiful. That burgundy leather jacket is stellar! Great maternity style!! I love how you embrace the bump! I love how you are dressing our baby bump! The color of your jacket is gorgeous! You have really great fashion sense! I'm loving the black jersey dress! you look amazing!! love the dress! I am loving this look on you Elle! You are seriously the cutest! Loving that bump!
Seal Version contains whitening essences that evens skin tone and complexion, removes dark pigmentation and dark regions. Iron Grass Extract - an excellent ingredient for oily and problematic skin. It reduces the risk of acne and eliminates irritation. Famously fights dry skin and prevents its emergence. It also helps to speed up tissue regeneration. Mallow extract - a powerful soothing ingredient, as well as helping to reduce inflammation and irritation, softens even the coarser skin thanks to its moisturizing effect. In addition, it helps to eliminate toxins and swelling. Lemon balm extract - rich in various vitamins, especially vitamin E. It refreshes, relieves inflammation and irritation, as well as soften and moisturize the skin. In addition, contributes to the recovery of damaged epidermis.
Q: Cannot find KeycodeV2.dll, or invalid keycode I have a legacy application developed in vs2003 and crystal report 9 web based and installed on windows xp and its running very fine, I want to move this application from windowsxp to window2008 server and iis7 having vs2010 and crystal report xi is installed on that machine , when i tried to open any report I am getting the following error Cannot find KeycodeV2.dll, or invalid keycode i have copy this dll in the bin folder as well as in system32 folder even i have registered this dll with regsvr32 but issue not resolved. please help me in resolving this issue.
Nachrichten»MorphoSys AG: Dr. Sarah Fakih joins MorphoSys as Head of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations MorphoSys AG: Dr. Sarah Fakih joins MorphoSys as Head of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations PLANEGG/MUNICH GERMANY / ACCESSWIRE / April 1, 2019 / Dr. Sarah Fakih joined MorphoSys AG (FSE: MOR; Prime Standard Segment, MDAX & TecDAX; NASDAQ: MOR) as Vice President and Head of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations effective April 1, 2019. She will report to Chief Financial Officer Jens Holstein. Sarah joins MorphoSys from Qiagen N.V., a leading global provider of sample and assay technologies for molecular diagnostics, academic research, the pharmaceutical industry and applied testing. Qiagen is listed in the German indexes MDAX and TecDAX as well as at the New York Stock Exchange. Sarah has held the position of Director Investor Relations since April 2018 at Qiagen N.V. in Hilden. She joined the Investor Relations Department in October 2015, having started as a scientist at Qiagen in 2009. Sarah has a PhD in Chemistry (Dr. rer. nat.) from the University of Münster, held a Postdoctoral position at the King's College London, Department of Pharmacy, and was awarded a habilitation at the University of Göttingen, Department of Inorganic Chemistry. Sarah had also been appointed to a full professorship for Coordination Chemistry / Bioinorganic Chemistry at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich in 2009 and has a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Würzburg in collaboration with the Florida Gulf Coast University, USA and Boston University, USA. "We are extremely happy that we have gained with Sarah a highly experienced and competent Investor Relations expert with a strong scientific background for this important corporate function in our company. We wish her a good start and every success in her new role at MorphoSys", commented Jens Holstein, Chief Financial Officer of MorphoSys AG. About MorphoSys: MorphoSys (FSE & NASDAQ: MOR) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery, development and commercialization of exceptional, innovative therapies for patients suffering from serious diseases. The focus is on cancer. Based on its leading expertise in antibody, protein and peptide technologies, MorphoSys, together with its partners, has developed and contributed to the development of more than 100 product candidates, of which 29 are currently in clinical development. In 2017, Tremfya(R), marketed by Janssen for the treatment of plaque psoriasis, became the first drug based on MorphoSys's antibody technology to receive regulatory approval. The Company's most advanced proprietary product candidate, MOR208, has been granted U.S. FDA breakthrough therapy designation for the treatment of patients with relapsed/refractory diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL). Headquartered near Munich, Germany, the MorphoSys group, including the fully owned U.S. subsidiary MorphoSys US Inc., has approximately 330 employees. More information at https://www.morphosys.com. HuCAL(R), HuCAL GOLD(R), HuCAL PLATINUM(R), CysDisplay(R), RapMAT(R), arYla(R), Ylanthia(R), 100 billion high potentials(R), Slonomics(R), Lanthio Pharma(R) and LanthioPep(R) are registered trademarks of the MorphoSys Group. Tremfya(R) is a trademark of Janssen Biotech, Inc. MorphoSys forward looking statements This communication contains certain forward-looking statements concerning the MorphoSys group of companies. The forward-looking statements contained herein represent the judgment of MorphoSys as of the date of this release and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, which might cause the actual results, financial condition and liquidity, performance or achievements of MorphoSys, or industry results, to be materially different from any historic or future results, financial conditions and liquidity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. In addition, even if MorphoSys's results, performance, financial condition and liquidity, and the development of the industry in which it operates are consistent with such forward-looking statements, they may not be predictive of results or developments in future periods. Among the factors that may result in differences are that MorphoSys's expectations may be incorrect, the inherent uncertainties associated with competitive developments, clinical trial and product development activities and regulatory approval requirements (including that MorphoSys may fail to obtain regulatory approval for MOR208 and that data from MorphoSys's ongoing clinical research programs may not support registrationor further development of its product candidates due to safety, efficacy or other reasons), MorphoSys's reliance on collaborations with third parties, estimating the commercial potential of its development programs and other risks indicated in the risk factors included in MorphoSys's Registration Statement on Form F-1 and other filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Given these uncertainties, the reader is advised not to place any undue reliance on such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of publication of this document. MorphoSys expressly disclaims any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements in this document to reflect any change in its expectations with regard thereto or any change in events, conditions or circumstances on which any such statement is based or that may affect the likelihood that actual results will differ from those set forth in the forward-looking statements, unless specifically required by law or regulation. Dr. Sarah Fakih Head of Corporate Communications & IR Alexandra Goller Director Corporate Communications & IR Dr. Julia Neugebauer Dr. Verena Kupas Manager Corporate Communications & IR Tel: +49 (0) 89 / 899 27-404 investors@morphosys.com SOURCE: MorphoSys AG https://www.accesswire.com/540738/Dr-Sarah-Fakih-joins-MorphoSys-as-Head-of-Corporate-Communications-and-Investor-Relations Kostenloser Wertpapierhandel auf Smartbroker.de © 2019 ACCESSWIRE
If you want to get more complete image about your website you need to know how well your site is converting. It was designed with a specific goal in mind, be it game download, game purchase or filling up newsletter form. Google Analytics can help you track goal conversion rate. For a website dedicated to games I advise to setup two goals: game download and game purchase. Those two are the most important goals your site should be aimed for. You need to maximize number of downloads per visitor and your games should maximize number of purchases. If your Google Analytics account is set up and working you can proceed to setup goals. Click Edit link in Settings column. In the second table you will be able to setup up to 4 goals. Click edit on G1. You will need to enter goal information: Goal URL and Goal Name. URL is important. Google uses it to determine whether the goal was achieved or not. If you enter wrong URL, your goal will not be tracked. Goal name is not that important, but keep it meaningful. If you want G1 to track downloads you can skip funnel section completely. If you track purchases you can enter URL of all steps that are necessairy to complete order, like enter billing informations, credit card data, etc. You will be able to check where people abondon purchase process. Match type is the trickiest one. First of all, to make it work, you need a page your game is downloading that will redirect to a certain binary file. On this page you need to put Google Analytics code. And last but not least, if you want to track all downloads, you better put that page in subfolder download and choose regular expression match. Enter /download/ as Goal URL. Otherwise if you enter URL without or with www. one of this URL's will not be tracked. As I mentioned in one of my previous articles, tracking orders is not so easy. First of all, you need to put Google Analytics code on your invoice page. If you are using eSellerate, you are lucky. eSellerate is kind enough to setup this on request. I don't know if other e-commerce providers can assist you with it, but their help would let you not only track number of transactions, but also order value and quantity of purchased products (and even more, like average order value, site conversion rate, revenue per medium, etc.). Once you get some orders you'll be able to see a lot of great informations about your website. But having information is just the beggining, what you do with it is the key to your success. Tracking your visitors is very important. If you don't know who is visiting your site, where is coming from or what are your most popular pages then you are not able to improve your website. What is even worse, you don't know if a change on your website has a positive or negative impact on your traffic. There are various options available for website owners, from free to commercial. For a long time I have been using commercial software, but it didn't give me information I needed. And then I found Google Analytics. Google wants you to attract more of the traffic you are looking for, and help you turn more visitors into customers. Use Google Analytics to learn which online marketing initiatives are cost effective and see how visitors actually interact with your site. Make informed site design improvements, drive targeted traffic, and increase your conversions and profits. Google Analytics is a free tracking tool (though some argue about it and say it's an exchange deal – you let them know how big is your site, they let you use their software). Installation process is quite simple. You need to go to http://www.google.com/analytics/ and set up a Google account, or if you have a Google account just sign in and Google will create Analytics service for you. The next step is to add website profile. Google will show you tracking code. All you need to do is to copy this code into your website footer (I hope you do use templates). After Google verifies placement of tracking code you are ready to go. Come back next day and check out what it was able to track. If you see no data, it means you did something wrong. The best thing about Google Analytics is that you place just one piece of code and it detects which pages on your site are the most popular. This is something not every commercial soft offers. You can easily find out that ie. "your game description page" is the most popular page on your website and what's more – you can find out how people go to this page (search engine traffic, referrals, direct entries, etc.). Setting up Google Analytics is almost done. The important step is to set up goals. This will be covered in the next post. I, just like many developers here, was suffering due to lack of sales. Creating games is fun, but when your game is done, you put in on your website and then wait… wait… and sometimes sales come, but mostly not. I started to ask myself why is this happening. My games are great (don't they? ;-)) so what's wrong? Am I the only one that likes my game? I started to read various blogs regarding making money online. No, not to make money selling ads, but to learn how to improve my website. When I finally got some results I decided to write few articles to help you find the right way. So you want to know how to get more sales without spending a penny? First of all, you need to know who is visiting your site and what one is doing. You need a good tracking tool. Because you don't want to spend a penny, you can use Google Analytics (GA). That's what I use and it works great. Installing Google Analytics is easy, so I won't go deep into this topic today. When you get GA working the next thing you need to do is to set goals. I recommend setting two goals, but you can have up to four. First one should be game download. Second one, game purchase. I advise you to install same goal tracking code on all download pages. I assume that you have some kind of a page: "You are downloading…" and then this page is redirecting to binary file. Google Analytics will track how many downloads you have and what is your site conversion to goal (CRd). What is even more important, GA can report this in depth, so you can find out CRs for each referral. This will let you choose sites that have quality traffic and you can invest some more money into advertising on those sites. Tracking purchases ain't that easy. Most of us make use of a 3-rd party shopping cart. I use eSellerate.net. A lot of people uses Plimus, BMT Micro, etc. If you want to track your orders you need to contact your e-commerce provider. eSellerate did a great job for me implementing GA. You can meet a problem here. Your e-commerce provider my not let you redirect your customer to your site (thank you page), so you lose referral information. You can workaround this by using a mix of PHP and JS script that sets GA cookies on e-commerce service domain. I wrote that script for eSellerate and if you want I can send it to you (I'll write an article about this later). You can improve each of this metrics. If you succeed improving it, you will get more sales without spending a penny. How to do that? You need to use Google Website Optimizer. You can read about one of my experiments in the post Improving Runes of Avalon website. In the nearest future I will talk about how you can make such experiments using Google Website Optimizer on your own.
Q: Ruby replace double blackslash with single blackslash In Ruby I am trying to replace double backslash \\ with single backslash \ in string but it's not working. This is my string line = "this\\is\\line" desired output "this\is\line' This is what i tried line.gsub("\\", "\") # didn't work line.gsub("\\", "/\") # didn't work line.gsub("\\", '\') # didn't work with single quote as well line.gsub("\\", '/\') # din't work with single quote as well A: You are being tricked - it actually is working, but the console is displaying it escaped with \ in line. Use puts to actually see what it is being set without it being escaped with backslashes. So #1: line = "this\\is\\line" is actually this\is\line. Proof: irb(main):015:0> line = "this\\is\\line" => "this\\is\\line" irb(main):016:0> puts line this\is\line So to actually make a string with double backslashes, you need: line = "this\\\\is\\\\line". Proof: irb(main):017:0> line = "this\\\\is\\\\line" => "this\\\\is\\\\line" irb(main):018:0> puts line this\\is\\line So finally, once you actually have a string with double backslashes, this is the gsub you want: line.gsub("\\\\", "\\") irb(main):020:0> line = "this\\\\is\\\\line" => "this\\\\is\\\\line" irb(main):021:0> puts line.gsub("\\\\", "\\") this\is\line
Orkney's reputation for energy innovation has been showcased once again on the shortlist for the 2018 Scottish Green Energy Awards. Four Orkney-based projects and companies are in the running for recognition across five categories at the annual ceremony, which will be held in Edinburgh in December. Scotrenewables Tidal Power, now rebranded as Orbital Marine Power, has been nominated for two titles for its SR2000 tidal energy device - Best Innovation Award and Outstanding Project Award. Community Energy Scotland's 'Surf 'n' Turf' scheme, which sees green energy converted to hydrogen to power local ferries docked in Kirkwall, is shortlisted for the Best Community Project Award. The initiative is a partnership with the Orkney-based European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Orkney Islands Council, Eday Renewable Energy and ITM Power. Microsoft has been nominated for the Carbon Reduction Award for its Project Natick. The innovative scheme saw a mini data centre sunk in the sea off Orkney earlier this year to investigate whether it can boost energy efficiency. The final Orkney nominee is local company Leask Marine Ltd, which is up for the Outstanding Service Award. It's more fantastic recognition for Orkney's reputation as a major centre for renewable energy research. Local projects and businesses are nominated in five of the eleven categories with a shortlist at the event. Find out more about Orkney's renewable energy expertise via the Orkney Renewable Energy Forum's website, the Orkney Marine Renewables website and the official EMEC website.
Home > TV > THE GRINDER Season 1 Poster THE GRINDER Season 1 Poster How many TV lawyers does it take to try a real-life case in a real-life courtroom? One, and his name is THE GRINDER. Starring Emmy Award nominee Rob Lowe ("Parks and Recreation," "The West Wing"), THE GRINDER is a new comedy about a famous TV lawyer at a crossroads. When his legal series ends, he decides to move back home and join his family's real law firm – despite having no formal education, no bar certification, no license to practice and no experience in an actual courtroom. DEAN SANDERSON (Lowe) spent eight seasons playing the title role on the hit legal drama "The Grinder." Now he's moving back to his hometown of Boise, Idaho, where his brother, STEWART (Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominee Fred Savage, "The Wonder Years"), is a real-life attorney who is poised to take over the family law firm. It doesn't take long for Dean to start injecting his TV drama into every aspect of Stewart's life, both in the courtroom and at home, impacting Stewart's wife – and Dean's high school sweetheart – DEBBIE (Mary Elizabeth Ellis, NEW GIRL, "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia"); their two kids, 15-year-old LIZZIE (Hana Hayes, "Bucket and Skinner's Epic Adventures") and 13-year-old ETHAN (Connor Kalopsis, "Days Of Our Lives"); and Dean and Stewart's father, the law firm's head, DEAN SR. (William Devane, "24: Live Another Day"). Dean and Stewart don't see to eye to eye, but when they stop arguing with each other and start arguing together in court…they make a formidable team. THE GRINDER is the story of two brothers, who took different paths, but meet again in the middle – for justice…sort of. Categories TV Tags Fox, The Grinder Post navigation THE BLACKLIST Season 3 Poster COP CAR Blu-ray And DVD Release Details
SAN PEDRO, Laguna—Supporters belonging to rival parties rallied behind their leaders as the legal battle for the mayoral seat of Imus in Cavite province continued. Supporters of Homer Saquilayan trooped to the Imus Cathedral for what they called the "walk for truth" on Monday. Cavite Gov. Jonvic Remulla joined Saquilayan's supporters. At the Municipal Hall just across the cathedral, provincial government employees wore yellow in support of Emmanuel Maliksi, a member of the Liberal Party, who was installed in December by a court ruling that declared him winner in the 2010 elections against Saquilayan. Saquilayan, of the Nacionalista Party, appealed the case to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) which issued a decision last week reversing the court ruling. The rallies were peaceful, said Supt. Hersan Mojica, Imus police chief. Maliksi, who continues to sit as mayor despite the Comelec order, said the continuing battle had affected preparations for the town's Wagayway Festival on May 28.
Shadows dance around the empty house as a howling wind outside does nothing to calm your pounding heart. Floorboards creak upstairs even though this house has been allegedly abandoned for over a quarter of a century. You have a feeling whatever is making the noises up stairs, though, is far from human. Putting aside any notions of fear or worry, you bravely make your way upstairs with your weapon in hand, poised and at the ready to shoot whatever you may find. You come upon a cobwebbed room with a rocking chair moving slowly, but growing faster and faster as you enter further into the room. Suddenly, the door to the room slams shut and you can hear the sounds of a key turning on the other side of it! A floating white figure appears and hurtles towards you, but you raise your gun just in time to shoot it and send it flying away! "Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!" What slot game are you going to play? Ghostbusters! Ghostbusters is a fun theme slot gamed designed off of the film of the same name. You will find all of your favourite characters from the hit movie appear on the reels and just as they made you smile when you watched the move they will making you smile once again as they help you win big! This game will likely bring feelings of nostalgia to some, but will even more likely bring some sweet cash to most players! This exciting bonus feature is activated when two Ghostbusters scatter symbols appear on the second and third reels and one Stay Puft symbol appears on the fourth reel. During this feature, the player is awarded eight free spins! Additionally, this feature also has stacked wilds, making the winning possibilities endless! To activate this feature the player must get the bonus symbol on the second and third reels as well as the Slimer bonus symbol on the fourth reel. A screen will appear and the player will then venture through a ballroom in which he or she has five tries to get rid of the Slimers that are lurking in the room. For each Slimer the player manages to blast they will receive a different cash prize!!
A healthy soup to warm you on a Routt County winter night. In stock pot, cook barley and lentils in 2 cups chicken stock until tender. Add rest of chicken stock and sherry. In a large nonstick skillet, saute onion and garlic in oil. When onions are soft, add mushrooms. When mixture is tender, add to stock pot. Simmer soup, covered, for 20 minutes. Makes 6 servings. Adapted from Judith Emerson's recipe in the "Fair Family Favorites — Celebrating 100 Years of the Routt County Fair." Copies of this cookbook are available for purchase at the Routt County Extension office. Proceeds benefit the Routt County Fair exhibit hall.
Deaths in Laois - September 4, 2019 Frank Wall - Mountmellick The death took place on Wednesday, September 4 of Frank Wall of Derrycloney, Mountmellick. Peacefully at home surrounded by his loving family. Predeceased by his beloved wife Mary. Funeral arrangements will be announced later Kathleen Kavanagh - Colt The death took place on Tuesday, September 3 of Kathleen Kavanagh (née Brennan) of Colt, Ballyroan. Peacefully in the loving care of her family. Predeceased by her husband Liam (1990) and son Barry (1982). Deeply regretted by her loving daughters, Mary (Annabi), Dolores (Murray), Louise and Grace, her loving sons, Austin, Paul, Raymond and Brian, her sons-in-law, Liam and Karim, her daughters-in-law, Marie and Betty, her grandchildren, her great-grandchildren, her brother Paddy, sisters-in-law and brother-in-law, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends. Reposing at her residence from Tuesday from 5pm until prayers at 6pm on Wednesday. Transfer of remains to St. Peter and Paul's Church, Portlaoise arriving at 7.15pm followed by Mass with Divine Mercy Devotions. Private transferral to St. Fintan's Church, Raheen for 12 noon Requiem Mass on Thursday. Interment in the adjoining cemetery. Mairead Kavanagh - Coolrain The death took place on Monday, September 2 of Mairead Kavanagh (née Delaney) of Windsor, Coolrain. Peacefully, at home surrounded by her loving family. Predecesed by her parents Fintan and Margo Delaney, sister Paula (Byrne). Deeply regretted by her loving husband Gerry, sons Paul and Gearóid, their partners Tina and Aisling, grandchildren Aoife and Jack, sister Breda (Dooley), brothers James and Fintan, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, nieces, nephews, she will be sadly missed by family, neighbours and dear friends Reposing at her home this Tuesday evening from 4pmwith Rosary at 8pm. Removal on Wednesday afternoon to St. Fergal's Church Camross, arriving for Requiem Mass at 2.30pm, followed by burial in the adjoining cemetery Elizabeth Bennett - Portlaoise The death took place on Monday, September 2 of Elizabeth Bennett of Crumlin, Dublin and late of Coolnamona, Portlaoise. Peacefully, at the Regional Hospital, Portlaoise. Elizabeth, daughter of the late Patrick and Peggy Bennett. Deeply regretted by her loving brothers Joe and Anthony, sisters Mary and Margaret, sisters in law, brothers in law, nephews, nieces, relatives and friends. Reposing at Keegans Funeral Home, Portlaoise, on Wednesday from 5.30pm. Removal at 7pm to arrive at St Fintan's Church, Ballyfin, at 7.30pm. Requiem Mass on Thursday at 11am, followed by interment in SS Peter and Paul's Cemetery, Portlaoise. Sarah Patricia Phelan - Mountrath The death took place on Monday, September 2 of Sarah Patricia (Patty) Phelan (née Fitzpatrick) of Rushin Road, Mountrath. Peacefully) in her 98th year, in the tender care of staff at Ballard Lodge Nursing Home Portlaoise. Predeceased by her husband Padraig, sadly missed by her loving family, grandchildren, daughters-in-law, son-in-law, brothers, sisters, extended family, neighbours and friends. Reposing at her home this Monday evening from 7pm with Rosary at 9pm. Reposing on Tuesday from 3pm with Rosary at 9pm. Removal on Wednesday morning to St Edmund's Church Castletown, arriving for Requiem Mass at 12 noon, followed by Burial in St. Fintan's Cemetery Mountrath. Ann French - Portlaoise The death took place on Sunday, September 1 of Ann French (née Dempsey) of Coolock, Dublin and formerly of Donegal and originally from Portlaoise. Passed away peacefully at Beaumont Hospital, surrounded by her loving family. Beloved mother of Bernadette, Veronica, Declan, John, Edel, Joseph, Ann, Orla and Jacinta; she will be very sadly missed by her children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, daughters-in-law, sons-in-law, sister Sarah, nieces, nephews, relatives, friends and neighbours. Reposing at her daughter Bernadette's home on Wednesday from 12pm onwards. Removal on Thursday to St. Joseph the Artisan Church, Bonnybrook arriving for 10.30am Funeral Mass, followed by burial in Dardistown Cemetery. Ita Salmon - The Heath The death took place on Monday, August 26 of Ita Salmon (née Scanlon) of The Heath, Portlaoise, London and late of Belmullet. Peacefully. Beloved wife of the late David Salmon, late of Dysart, Stradbally. Sadly missed by her loving sister Vera, nephews and nieces, John, Angela, Geraldine and Ann. Especially her niece Dawn and her husband Frank and her cherished grand nieces Charlotte and and Elizabeth with whom she resided. Also her sisters-in-law Bernadette, Jane and Philomena, good neighbours and friends. Requiem Mass will take place in the Church of the Assumption, The Heath at 11am on Thursday followed by interment in the adjoining cemetery. Geoff Samways - Portarlington The death took place on Sunday, September 1 of Geoff Samways of Killenard, Portarlington. Peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, in the wonderful care of the staff of Dun Aimie Ward, St Vincent's Hospital Mountmellick. Sadly missed by his loving wife Paula, son Ian, daughters Vicky and Lisa, grandchildren, sons-in-law, daughter-in-law, extended family and friends. Funeral service in St John's Church Killenard, Portarlington on Wednesday at 12 noon. Interment afterwards in the adjoining Cemetery. Vincent Murtagh - Mountrath The death took place on Sunday, September 1 of Vincent (Sonny) Murtagh of Shannon Road, Mountrath and formerly of Arthur Griffith Park, Lucan, Dublin. Peacefully, in the care of staff at Midlands Regional Hospital Portlaoise, surrounded by his loving family. Deeply regretted by his loving wife Maureen, sons Vincent, Brendan and Barry, grandchildren Gillian, Conor, Curtis, and Lewis, daughters-in-law, Jean and Helen, brothers, sisters, extended family, relatives, neighbours and friends. Reposing at Burke's Funeral Home, Mountrath, on Tuesday evening from 7pm, with Rosary at 9pm. Removal on Wednesday morning to St. Fintan's Church Mountrath, arriving for Requiem Mass at 11am, followed by Cremation in Newlands Cross Cermatorium.
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The White House was taking a victory lap the day after the special counsel found no proof of collusion and reached no opinion on obstruction. President Donald Trump on Monday responded "yes, he did" when asked if special counsel Robert Mueller acted honorably, while White House press secretary Sarah Sanders defended Attorney General William Barr. Trump was asked about Mueller by reporters as he was leaving an event at the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. During the course of the nearly two-year Mueller probe, Trump repeatedly attacked the special counsel and his team of lawyers as conducting a "witch hunt" against him. The president also said Monday he would not mind if Barr released the full Mueller report — "it wouldn't bother me at all," Trump said — and was pleased the probe was finally over, but wished it would "have gone a lot sooner, a lot quicker." "We're glad it's over. It's 100 percent the way it should've been," Trump said in the Oval Office with Netanyahu sitting beside him. He went on to say that people whom he did not name had committed "evil" acts. "There are a lot of people out there who have done some very, very evil things, very bad things," Trump said. "I would say treasonous things against our country...You know who they are. They have done so many evil things." Trump added, "I love this country. I love this country as much as I can love anything, but what they did — it was a false narrative, it was a terrible thing. We can never let this happen to another president again. Very few people I know could have handled it." The president also said he had given no thought to pardoning anyone caught up in the Mueller probe. Earlier, in an interview Monday on NBC's "Today" show, Sanders said Barr did not make a "snap judgment" about whether Trump had obstructed justice. "It's not a snap judgment," Sanders said, adding that Barr "takes his job seriously." The comments came after NBC's Savannah Guthrie pointed out that Barr wrote a memo last year arguing that the president could not have obstructed justice. Guthrie added that some critics said the attorney general — who determined that Trump did not obstruct justice within 48 hours of receiving Mueller's report on Friday — might have acted in haste. Vice President Mike Pence also touted the findings in remarks to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's annual policy conference in Washington, D.C., on Monday, saying the Justice Department did not find collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia in 2016 or that the president obstructed justice. "Make no mistake about it, my fellow Americans, this was a total vindication of the president of the United States and our campaign," Pence said. "And it should be welcomed by every American," he added. "And even if some Democrats want to spend more time on discredited allegations, the American people can be confident the president and I are going to continue to focus where we always have, on the issues that are most important to our country, on a stronger and more prosperous America and on a safer world." In a letter to leaders of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees on Sunday, Barr wrote that Mueller's investigation did not find collusion between the Trump campaign or anyone associated with it and the Russian government in its efforts to influence the 2016 presidential election. Barr added that the special counsel declined "to make a traditional prosecutorial judgment" on obstruction of justice, leaving it up to the attorney general to draw a conclusion about actions such as the president's firing of James Comey as FBI director in May 2017.
Trinidad, Montecristo and Romeo y Julieta are the three brands selected by Habanos, S.A. for these Ediciones Limitadas (Limited Editions) 2016 and will be arriving to the different points of sales worldwide in the coming weeks. Habanos, S.A. launch the Ediciones Limitadas 2016, Montecristo Dantés, Trinidad Topes and Romeo y Julieta Capuletos, that are reaching to the different outlets around the world. The Ediciones Limitadas – Limited Editions- of Habanos* are appreciated and expected by the aficionados every year. These Ediciones are special because their vitolas do not exist in the regular range of sizes of the brand portfolio. They are also distinguished by a careful selection of all their leaves – wrapper, filler and binder -, which have been aged for a period of at least 2 years. The dark wrapper dressing these Habanos, coming from the highest levels on the shade grown black tobacco plant, is another characteristic that identifies them, as this wrapper is darker than the one of the vitolas in the regular range of the brand. All Habanos of these Ediciones Limitadas are made "Totalmente a Mano con Tripa Larga" ("Totally handmade with Long Filler") and with leaves selected in very small quantities from the Vuelta Abajo* zone, in the region of Pinar del Río, Cuba. These Habanos have been made by Cuban expert cigar rollers, willing to meet the expectations of the most demanding Habano enthusiasts. Topes (56 ring gauge x 125 mm length). This vitola is also unique in the range of sizes of Habanos; it will be the brand's heaviest ring gauge after Trinidad Vigía (54 x110 mm), showing the brand's clear trend of filling out its traditional portfolio with new heavy ring gauge benchmarks. Trinidad Topes, with medium strength flavour, is presented in a 12-unit Semi Boîte Nature case. Montecristo Dantés (48 ring gauge by 167 mm length). This is a heavy to medium ring gauge Habano, with an elegant format and medium to full strength flavour. In addition, this Habano is the first "Hermoso" (48 ring gauge) launched in the Montecristo brand. This Limited Edition is presented in a special 10-unit case. Romeo y Julieta Capuletos (53 ring gauge x 153 mm length). For the very first time, the vitola de galera "Sobresalientes" is launched with Capuletos, totally unprecedented in the Habanos portfolio. Enthusiasts will be able to enjoy a balanced, aromatic blend from the brand in a completely new format with strength flavor. (D.O.P.) Protected Denomination of Origin. Corporación Habanos, S.A.
When delivering actionable analytics within an organisation I often spend some time removing commentary from management reports. I have found that the regular reporting packs produced for senior management are often drowning in long commentaries that attempt to explain the data in the packs. This immediately gets me asking 'Why?' most of the commentary exists. Why can't the data do the talking? What is it about the way the data is organised and presented that makes it necessary to add all of this text? In my experience there are a number of reasons for this. The first is poor design of the report. Not enough thought has been given to either the purpose of the report (i.e. what are the objectives? what are the decisions we want taken?) or the audience (i.e. what are the information requirements of the decisions makers? how do they prefer information to be presented?). not sufficiently appreciate the 'brilliance' that was required to deliver the result. In both cases the intent of the manager reporting the figures is to 'spin' the message given to the report reader. 9 times out of 10 the spin is intended to mislead the reader. All of these reasons for extensive amounts of report pack commentary result in at best the report data failing to provide the insight required by the business users. At worst it misleads decision makers into making bad decisions. I like to think that my job is to create an environment where good decisions can be made because they are based on unbiased information that fairly measures performance. In practical terms, this translates into reducing commentary by improving the quality of the automatically produced data. This sounds simple but this is deceptive. It is very challenging to achieve in practice. Here is a little video that I have made that helps explain how identical words can be spun to justify diametrically opposed management messages. It's a bit of fun (adapted from a political campaign ad I saw some years ago) and that is why I have found it effective. Enjoy.
Republicans falsely claim that killer of Oakland police officer was involved in racial justice protests Louise Hall Trump administration officials and Republicans in Congress are continuing to suggest that the man accused of murdering a federal protective services officer was linked to racial justice protests. Steven Carrillo, an active-duty staff sergeant in the US Air Force, opened fire on a guard shack outside of a federal building in Oakland on 29 May, according to charging documents. He later allegedly killed David Patrick Underwood, a federal protective services officer, during a drive-by shooting that same night. The killing of Mr Underwood took place the same night as demonstrators were gathering throughout the city to mourn the death of George Floyd but an FBI affidavit last month said Mr Carrillo was not associated with the demonstrators. "There is no evidence that these men had any intention to join the demonstration in Oakland as some as the media have asked. They came to Oakland to kill cops," said John Bennet, the agent in charge of the FBI's San Francisco division, according to CBS News. A number of Trump administration officials and Republicans have continued to suggest that Mr Carrillo was affiliated with the nationwide George Floyd protests, Talking Point Memo first reported. At a hearing on Thursday, Senator Ron Johnson linked Mr Carrillo to the protests, which he described as "chaotic and violent", according to the website. "News reports said the protest involving approximately 8,000 people turned chaotic and violent, as demonstrators smashed windows, looted stores, and broke into a bank a few blocks from where Officer Underwood was on duty," the senator was quoted as saying. He reportedly said the suspect's "anti-police views drew him to Oakland, where he saw the anti-police protest as an opportunity for more bloodshed". A spokesman for Mr Johnson denied that the senator was suggesting Mr Carillo was among the protesters and insisted he was only suggesting that he was using the demonstrations as an opportunity to kill a police officer. TPM reported that a security camera still taken seconds before the alleged murder, and cited in the federal criminal complaint against Mr Carrillo, shows the attack actually took place on a near-empty street. Senator Ted Cruz also seemingly recently implied that Mr Underwood's death was connected to the protests at a hearing on Wednesday regarding "The Right of the People Peaceably to Assemble: Protecting Speech by Stopping Anarchist Violence". He provided a montaged news clip describing the killing next to other clips of protest coverage, implying a connection. Acting Deputy DHS secretary Ken Cuccinelli wrote in June that while the nation was "appalled" by George Floyd's death in Minneapolis, "The mayhem that ensued, however, cannot be excused or justified, particularly when it causes the death of another." "How do we prevent the death of another Patrick Underwood? We don't allow lawlessness in our streets," he wrote in an opinion piece for Fox News. Officials have in fact said Mr Carrillo was a suspected member of the Boogaloo movement, a loosely-connected group of extremist right-wing activists calling for another American civil war through violent actions. Mr Carillo has now been charged with murder and attempted murder, which could carry a death sentence. Robert Alvin Justus Jr, who allegedly drove Mr Carrillo in the van used for the drive-by shooting, has been charged with aiding and abetting murder and attempted murder. Suspect in murder of police officer wrote 'Boogaloo' messages in blood Portland mayor accuses protesters of 'attempting to commit murder' Oakland Athletics coach apologises for 'unintentional' Nazi salute Republican veterans release attack ad against Trump Trump will 'probably' accept GOP nomination in speech at White House Dustin Diamond: Saved by the Bell star given stage four cancer diagnosis Actor played Screech on Nineties sitcom
Cathaoirleach of Clare County Council, Bill Chambers signs the Book of Condolences. Clare County Council has opened a Book of Condolence at Áras Contae an Chláir in Ennis in solidarity with the people of Manchester and the UK in memory of the victims of last night's terror attack at the Manchester Arena. "On behalf of Clare County Council and the people of Clare, I wish to extend my deepest sympathies and condolences to the families and friends of those killed and injured. Our thoughts and prayers are with them and the people of Manchester at this difficult time," he added. Members of the public are invited to sign the Books at Áras Contae an Chláir, New Road, Ennis, during office hours (9am -5pm, Monday-Friday). Once closed, the Book of Condolence will be delivered to the Office of the Mayor of Greater Manchester, the Rt. Hon. Andy Burnham. Tags Bill Chambers book of condolences Manchester Manchester Arena Mayor of Greater Manchester terror attack the Rt. Hon. Andy Burnham.
Fan-zone FC Sheriff - FC Milsami. The semifinal match of the Cup of Moldova It is time for semifinal matches for the Cup of Moldova. Four clubs continue fighting for this trophy, and it is a coincidence that those are the teams taking first four places in the standings. On wednesday, April 29, there takes places the first match at the Main Arena this year. At 18:00 FC Sheriff and FC Milsami meet in the match. At the same time FC Dacia and FC Tiraspol play in Speia. The entrance to the stadium costs 10 Transnistrian rubles. You can buy the tickets in Agroprombank payment terminals as well at the ticket counters at the stadium. FC Sheriff Press Service
Are you above or below the YTD numbers for your main goals for the year? Have you been following your 2018 Business Plan? Do you review it often? Regardless of your current standing it's not too late to close strong for 2018. First, you must choose to finish strong. Second, be clear about why you want to hit your numbers and exactly where you want to be year end. If you are clear about the Why, you can figure out the How. Third, determine exactly where you stand going into the third trimester of the year. Fourth, determine the activities in which you need to engage daily and weekly to make those things happen. Fifth, keep score daily, weekly, and monthly of your activities, and see your desired results happen!
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Archive \| Bloomfield High School Class of 1973 RSS feed for this section Bloomfield High School Class of 1973 Memorial Dedication Page Bengals Forever: A memorial tribute to those that have left us. Memories, the 1973 Bloomfield High School Yearbook Cover designed by Patricia Anselmo Daly ('73) Desiring light but enveloping darkness You search for the beauty And the meaning. ~Colette Natalie Lisacchi ('73) Gone, but never forgotten . . . "No good work is done anywhere without aid from the Father of Lights." ~C. S. Lewis Poem for his Friends So my friend you're feelin' down Someone you once knew is gone Farther than the longest mile Gone without a word. Life is a sacred gift Taken back for no reason Going faster than it came leaving only a sigh. How you doin' friend we're thinkin' of you Hold your head up in the morning sun Look down upon us from wherever you may be Your life hasn't stopped, it's just begun. So your friends' memories are never gone. Sometimes lost but always found And as time passes day by day Sooner than you think you'll meet again. So my friend, don't let it bring you down He is better off then we are here. He is watching over us somewhere. ~Kenneth J. Brill ('73) John Mitchell Adams Mass to be Held Today for John Mitchell Adams. A Mass will be held this morning for John Mitchell Adams, 18 son of Mr. and Mrs. Kelty Adams of 26 Olive Street, at St. Anthony's Church, Franklin Avenue, Belleville. The youth was reported missing in heavy seas at Seaside Heights last Thursday, and presumed drowned. Marine police and Coast Guard boats searched through Sunday. The accident occurred about 7:40 p.m. off of the Summer Street beach. Mr. Adams and two other youths were on a raft which was upset by a wave. Mr. Adams was swept away but the two other youths managed to get to shore. Born in Wyatt, MO., Mr. Adams moved with his family to Connecticut, then to East Orange and Bloomfield. John Adams attended Clifford Scott High School in East Orange for two years and Bloomfield High School for two years and was a member of the BHS graduating class of 1973. He had been sworn into the Naval Reserves and was supposed to report for duty on 1. He planned to spend two weeks with friends at the shore first. In addition to his parents, members of the youth's family include two sisters, Mary Louise, 19 and Angela, 15 at home; his maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse Condito of 91 Watsessing Avenue, and his paternal grandfather, John W. Adams of the Olive Street address. Obituary; John Mitchell Adams.pdf. See link below. Phyllis (Angelo) Piccirillo Patricia Caruso Patrick Cervasio Thomas W. Corcoran (Drama Club; Acting Club; Vice President; All-School Production; Student Prints; Photography Staff; Chess Club; Intramural Basketball; Intramural Volleyball; Camera Club) Thomas W. Corcoran, on Monday, September 15, 2003, of Upper Montclair, NJ, husband of Patricia Barry Corcoran, father of Maureen, Leigh Ann, and Heather Corcoran, all of Upper Montclair, son of the late Charles andVirginia Corcoran, brother of Charles of Middlesex, also survived by 15 sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law, as well as 23 nieces and nephews. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral from The O'BOYLE FUNERAL HOME, 309 Broad Street, Bloomfield, NJ, Friday at 9:00 am. The funeral service will be held at Riverside Community Church, 50 Union Avenue, Nutley, at 10:30am. Internment Immaculate Conception Cemetery. Friends may call Thursday 2-4 and 7-9 pm. For those who wish, in lieu of flowers,contributions may be made to the Jennifer Swift Feldman Foundation, 60 Bellevue Avenue, Upper Montclair, NJ 07043, or the Riverside Community Church. Kathy Dell'Osso Michele Mary De Vito Howard S. Dieterle (J.V. Baseball; Varsity Basketball; Intramural Volleyball) John Dull Stephen Figurelli Karen E. Fleisher (Display Committee; Guidance Worker) Al R. Fleming William F. Giammearse Edward A. Gleason Kevin Robert Greener (Library Council, Display Committee; Wrestling. Outdoor Track) Maralyce "Molly" Henchey Maralyce (Molly) Henchey of Montclair, N.J., died on Nov. 21, 2010, at Father Hudson House, Elizabeth, N.J. She was 55 years old. Relatives and friends are invited to a memorial service to celebrate her life on Saturday, Dec. 4, from 12 to 2 p.m. at Frank Halpin's Brookdale Funeral Home, 1284 Broad St., Bloomfield, N.J. Maralyce was a 1976 graduate of Ramapo College with a degree in psychology. She was an avid gardener. Maralyce was the beloved daughter of the late Ann and William Henchey; dear sister of Monica Ginsberg of Randolph, N.J., and Michael Henchey and Lawrence Henchey, both of Montclair, and loving aunt of Aaron and Ethan Ginsberg. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Father Hudson House, 111 Dehart Place, Elizabeth, N.J. 07202, in her memory. Norajean Hughes (Home Economics Club; History Club) Robert L. Juliano (Outdoor Track) Joan Kabasakalian (German Club; National Honor Society) Charles S. Karsh (Valedictorian; History Club; Creative Writing Club; Ecology Club; Treasurer; Key Club; National Honor Society) Carol Lynn Koslosky (Football Program) Paul Krie Donald Robert Krentz (Intramural Basketball) Joseph P. LaBadia (Varsity Football, Golf, Italian Club; Varsity "B" Club; Intramural basketball); Birth Date: 11 June 1954; Death Date: 22 April 2005; Localities: Big canoe, Pickens, Jasper, Georgia, 30143 Kathleen Ann Lataro (Home Economics Club) Dorothy Ann Leggins Thomas James Madden Daniel Peter McGrath Daniel McGrath Retired Bloomfield fireman Daniel McGrath, 61, of Longs, S.C., passed away on Aug. 7, 2016. Relatives and friends are invited to attend a celebration of his life at the O'Boyle Funeral Home, 309 Broad St., Bloomfield, N.J., on Tuesday, Sept. 6, from 5 to 7 p.m. Please express condolences at oboylefuneralhome.com. Born in Newark, N.J., Daniel lived in Bloomfield and the last eight years in Longs. He was a retired fireman in Bloomfield for 20 years. Daniel was the brother of Gerard, Terrance, and Susan. Nancy E. McLaughlin (Home Economics Club; MEMORIES '73; Literary Staff; Future Nurses of America; National Honor Society; Recording Secretary; Junior Red Cross Representative; Delegate to the Citizenship Institute; S. G. A.; Homeroom Representative) Henry George Meininger Henry George Meininger USMC veteran and former Caldwell police lieutenant, 61 Henry George Meininger, 61, of Blairstown, N.J., for the past two years, formerly of West Milford, N.J., passed away Sept. 9, 2016, at Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, N.J. A visitation will be held from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m., today, Monday, Sept. 12, at Newbaker Funeral Home, 200 Route 94, Blairstown. A funeral service will take place at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13, at the Free Evangelical Church, 11 Lambert Rd., Blairstown. Henry was born on Dec. 9, 1954, in Bloomfield, N.J., to John H. and Phyllis (Lawson) Meininger. He was a graduate of Bloomfield High School, served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1974-1977. He retired as a police lieutenant of the Caldwell, N.J., police force, and later as accident investigator instructor. Henry attended the Free Evangelical Church in Blairstown, and was involved with the Solid Rock Day Camp in West Milford, N.J., where he was an instructor of archery and paintball. He is survived by his wife, Christine (Kongsberg) Meininger; three daughters, Anna Pascarella, Krista Dailey, and Amanda Meininger; three grandchildren, and a sister, Phyllis Bedotto. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made in Henry's name to either The Solid Rock Day Camp, 37 Stevens Rd., West Milford, N.J. 07480 or the Shiloh Bible Camp, 753 Burnt Meadow Rd., Hewitt, N.J. 07421. Gerald Oliveto Richard Pelosi Joseph Pezzino (Sophomore Football; Varsity Football; J. V. Baseball; Varsity Baseball) Kathy Pologonia John Puttorak James "Jimmie" Quine James Thomas Romanowski (Indoor Track, Outdoor Track, Cross Country, Intramural Basketball) Bernice J. Ryblewski (Art Club) Alfred Michael Saia (Intramural Basketball and Volleyball) Vincent Michael Salvatore (C. I. E.) Armond Sasso (J. V. Basketball; Varsity Basketball; Varsity Baseball) Richard A. Saunders John Scalise (Camera Club; Homeroom Representative) Thomas Phillip Scaringello Marla Scott Dennis Brian Slattery (Electronics Club; Homeroom Representative; Intramural basketball; Intramural Volleyball) Richard Soper Richard Soper Loving father, son, brother Richard Soper died unexpectedly in his home in Bloomfield, N.J., on Nov. 21, 2016, from complications of cancer. A memorial will be held at First Presbyterian Church on the Green on Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016, with visitation at 1 p.m., followed by the service at 2 p.m. Arrangements are by Van Tassel Funeral Home, vantasselfuneralhome.com. Richard was a loving father, son and brother. He was a man of integrity who endured many challenges in his life. His gruff exterior masked a very loving heart. Richard was born in Bad Axe, Mich., on Nov. 15, 1955, to Ruth Louise (Emery) Soper and Ward Orin Soper. When the family moved back to Bloomfield, Richard was educated in the Bloomfield school system. In 1972 Richard was given an award for bravery when he rescued his maternal grandmother from a home fire. He married in his twenties and was blessed with beautiful daughters, Georgann and Annatalie Soper, whom he loved very much. After living in Florida for a few years, Richard returned to Bloomfield to take devoted care of his parents. He was a loyal employee of Terry Drugs, then Esquire Big and Tall, until his retirement a few years ago. Richard is survived by his mother, Ruth; daughters, Georgann and Annatalie, and sister, Cheryl. He was predeceased by his father, Ward; grandmother, Louise Emery, and brother and sister, Ward Arthur Soper and Sandra Louise Soper. Richard will be greatly missed by those who knew and loved him very much. Published in Star-Ledger on Dec. 2, 2016– See more at: http://obits.nj.com/obituaries/starledger/obituary.aspx?n=richard-soper&pid=182920150&fhid=17157#sthash.bYeJPcAK.dpuf Theresa Spano (Pep Club; German Club; Future Teachers Club; Gym Club; S. G. A.; Dramatics Club; G. A. A.; Cheerleading Squad, Speedball; Basketball; Volleyball) Terry Spano, Rockette and performing arts school founder, of Roseland, 53 Terry Spano, 53, of Roseland passed into eternal rest Thursday in Hackensack University Medical Center, after fighting a courageous battle for four yeares against ovarian cancer. Services will be conducted from the LaMonica Memorial Home, 145 E. Mount Pleasant Ave., Livingston, on Monday, Sept. 29, at 9a.m., followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Church, Roseland. Interment will follow in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover. Visitation is on Sunday form 1 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Terry was born in Newark, the daughter of the late Michael and Carmella Spano. She was raised in Bloomfield and moved to Roseland in 1984. A 1973 graduate of Bloomfield Senior High School, Terry auditioned in her senior year and was accepted into the world famous Rockettes at Radio City Music Hall. This began a 23-year career that took her all over the world. Terry began her love of dancing at four years of age as a student of the Perry and Keller Dance Studio in East Orange. At Radio City Music Hall, she danced with such famous stars as Liza Minelli, Peter Allen, Liberace, Ginger Rogers and Gwen Verdon. She also starred in the made-for-television movie 'Legs', the life of a Rockette, print ads for'I Love New York', and the feature film, 'Annie'. In 1988, Terry was chosen to be one of eight Rockettes to co-star with Chita Rivera on a world tour of the revival of the Broadway hit of Cole Porter's 'Can Can'. This 2 1/2 year tour took Terry around the U.S. and all over the world to London, Paris, Germany, Australia and for three months, Japan. Terry was a 30-year member of the American Federation of Radio and Television Artists, Actors Equity and the Screen Actors Guild, voting every year for the Academy Awards. She retired from Radio City Music Hall in 1996 and became the founder and artistic director of the the Roseland School of Performing Arts, showcasing the development of young students in the area several times a year. Through these experiences, Terry gave others her courage to dream of a life in the performing arts. In June 2007, Terry was chosen Citizen of the Year by the Roseland Chapter of Unico National for her outstanding devotion and dedication to the Roseland community. She is survived by her husband of 28 years, John Higgins of Roseland; her brother, Michael Spano Jr. and his wife, Angela, and sons, Ryan, Gino and Michael, all of Roseland, and her many loving family members. In lieu of flowers, donations in Terry's memory would be appreciated and can be sent to The Sisters of Saint Joseph, St. Joseph's Villa, 110 W. Wissahickon Ave., Flourtown, Pa. 19031. Richard Staub Richard P. Staub, 54, passed away on Saturday, October 11, 2008. A memorial mass will be held on Saturday, October 25, 2008 at St. Mary'sChurch, 17 Msgr. Owens Pl., Nutley at 1:00 p.m. To send condolences and to sign the guestbook, please visit www.biondifuneralhome.com. Mr. Staub, formerly from Bloomfield and Florida, currently lived in Nutley and was a butcher and meat manager for Pathmark and ShopRite. Richard is survived by his former wife Louise Staub and his beloved son Richard Ryan Staub. He is also survived by his brothers Joseph Staub; David Staub and his wife Karen; John Staub and his wife Lisa. Richard is also survived by his sisters Mary Hoover, Theresa Sheldon and her husband Gary; Peggy Caruso and her husband John. He is also survived by many loving nieces, nephews and life-long friends. Arrangements by the Biondi Funeral Home of Nutley, NJ. Linda Tibbetts Vincent Henry Tucciarone Edwin D. Whelpley (Electronics Club; Chips and Sparks Club) Gail Wilks (Visovsky) Robert William Williams (Outdoor Track) Categories Bloomfield High School Class of 1973, high school, Memories
» Concrete Construction (60) A Discussion on the Top 10 Ways to Reduce Concrete's Carbon Footprint This On Demand CEU is a recorded presentation from a previously live webinar event. Concrete is the building block of modern society and the most widely used building material. Nearly every structure built today, including buildings, bridges, homes, and infrastructure uses concrete in some way. It provides us with shelter along with places to work, learn and play. It connects us through roads and rapid transit and airports. Water is delivered and treated in concrete structures. Concrete is economical, available everywhere, durable, and versatile. As demand for building construction continues to increase, it is likely the demand for concrete will also increase. Like all building products, however, concrete has a carbon footprint. This presentation will analyze the top ten strategies to take advantage of concrete's benefits while ensuring the lowest possible carbon footprint. Life Cycle Assessment of Concrete Buildings This On Demand CEU is a recorded presentation from a previously live webinar event. When looking at the environmental impact of a building, it is important to assess every stage of the environmental life cycle, from material extraction and product manufacturing to building operations and maintenance through to end-of-life. Concrete offers many environmental attributes that help reduce the overall environmental life cycle impacts of a building. This session explores how life cycle assessment can be used to measure and lower the environmental impacts of buildings. Integral Crystalline Waterproofing Few building materials have been used for centuries and offer the strength and versatility of concrete. Waterproofing concrete is critical for a functional, reputable and long-lasting structure. This educational unit will identify the consequences of non-waterproofed concrete. In addition, the course will explore how traditional waterproofing methods are used to protect concrete. Finally, the course will examine integral crystalline waterproofing methods, as well as some case study applications. Integral Admixtures for Wear-Resistant Concrete In order to produce a long-lasting, functional structure, any abrasive or erosive forces need to be ameliorated through its design. This educational unit examines concrete hardening technologies – comparing features and limitations – so the best method can be selected. Design for Resilience and Sustainability with Precast Concrete Webinar On-Demand: This On Demand CEU is a recorded presentation from a previously live webinar event. This course will discuss considerations for the holistic design and construction of durable, long-lasting structures that are sustainable, safe and resilient. A building's primary goal is to protect the lives, lifestyles and livelihoods of its occupants. Precast concrete has numerous qualities that can help buildings perform efficiently and offer occupants and communities healthy, flexible and useful spaces that can be effectively utilized over many years. Attendees will have the chance to see and hear case studies of projects that used precast concrete for durability, resilience, and sustainability, and examine important qualities and attributes to consider when specifying the material. Greater Heights and Innovative Design: A New Generation of ICF Buildings (Print Course) Insulated concrete forms (ICF) have been in use in North America since the 1960s. First known as "Foam Form," contemporary ICF combines reinforced concrete with expanded polystyrene (EPS) insulation to create walls that meet or exceed code as it relates to fire and extreme weather events. ICF also offers superior noise mitigation and energy efficiency. This course will examine the performance characteristics of ICF as well as case studies that demonstrate its uses in commercial, industrial, residential, and institutional settings. Advantages of Concrete in Low- to Mid-Rise Multifamily This On Demand CEU is a recorded presentation from a previously live webinar event. Look around and you'll see many 5 to 7 story residential projects being built today with one or two floors of concrete, supporting up to 5 floors of steel or wood frame. These "pedestal" projects are assumed to be the cheapest way to build while longer term ownership implications of these designs are not well understood. This 1-hour presentation dispels the myths that are driving the popularity of pedestal construction and demonstrates the ownership value concrete provides including lower operating costs, less maintenance, and improved tenant retention. What is IMU: And how can it improve my productivity in 2022? It's no secret the construction industry in the United States is growing. How do construction companies and contractors keep up with the growth, while battling labor shortages and rising costs? Answer: adopting the right technology. Greater Heights and Innovative Design: A New Generation of Tilt-Up Buildings (Print Course) Tilt-up is a method of construction whereby large concrete panels are cast horizontally on site and then raised into final position, usually vertical, with a crane. This building system, which was conceptualized in the early 1900s, is used throughout North America and across the globe. Once considered a method suitable only for large warehouses, today tilt-up construction is employed on virtually every building type, from distribution centers to schools, churches, libraries, retail centers, and office buildings. It has become the method of choice for many developers, designers, and contractors because of its numerous benefits. This course presents the latest advances in tilt-up concrete technology, which provide economical, energy-efficient, and durable building solutions for a variety of project types, and focuses on several case studies. A Safe & Reliable Alternative to Inefficient Powder Actuated Tools Antiquated, powder actuated fastening tools or better known as (P.A.T.) are still an extremely common solution for a range of construction activities, such as commercial framework, residential waterproofing, fastening subflooring, and many other applications. Contractors need to be careful and aware of the operators who use these tools on active sites, as they carry special requirements that must be met.
Medicare Advantage plans commit fraud by submitting inaccurate risk-adjustment data for payment. As a whistleblower, you can put an end to these fraudulent practices and be rewarded for your efforts. Upcoding – With upcoding, fraud is committed by exaggerating the illness of patients. With a more serious diagnosis code, the facility can collect more money per plan member each month. Chart Mining – Reviewing charts to upcode diagnoses and look for new risk adjustment claims. Incentivizing upcoding – Encouraging doctors and other healthcare providers to upcode member diagnoses or list diagnoses that appear on the member's problem list but are not illnesses they were treated for that year. Upcoding is a major issue in the healthcare industry. It costs taxpayers millions each year because of the fraud committed against government funded programs intended to help the sick in need. If you have information about Medicare fraud, please call (845) 383-1728 today to speak about your potential whistleblower case. Even if you have seen these practices in action, it can be difficult to know what to do about it. Many employees fear for their job if they decide to blow the whistle on fraudulent practices. There are many protections in place to prevent employer retaliation against whistleblowers. And with the help of an experienced Medicare fraud lawyer like James Ratner, you can navigate the sometimes intimidating waters of your case without worry. Medicare fraud whistleblowers can be awarded a percentage of the money recovered in whistleblower cases. If you have information about Medicare fraud that cost the government millions of taxpayer dollars, please contact James T. Ratner for your confidential consultation with an experienced Medicare fraud attorney. Serving clients in New York and nationwide.
P And L Restaurant - Investing could be complicated enough without having to keep track of every penny and where it really is in your investment portfolio. For individuals who choose to keep track themselves it can be maddening to maintain a fix on whether their investments are successful or if they're losing money. One way to keep track is to apply stability sheet accounting. This might seem very old school but there are actually many excellent computer programs available that will allow you to do so easily and less stress. Alone Excel is a user-friendly tool. But it could be made much simpler by making usage of some simple short cut steps either utilizing the keys ion the keyboard or through the mouse. To be able to fill the subsequent cells with some articles that is there in the last cell, of choosing the cell and then executing the Ctrl C rather, Ctrl V operation, you can use the main element stroke Ctrl + (single quote) to copy the content in the last cell to the present cell. If anyone wants to edit a formula in the formulation bar, they are able to directly utilize the F2 important and perform the adjustments. 19 Photos of "profit and loss account template excel and restaurant monthly profit & P And L Restaurant" Related Posts of "profit and loss account template excel and restaurant monthly profit & P And L Restaurant"
The band's first CD release party (yes, there will be more than one!) is scheduled for 8:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 18, at the Wild Buffalo House of Music on Holly Street in Bellingham. Opening for the Walrus will be Vadinska. The five seasoned professionals who make up The Walrus have been energizing nightclubs, community festivals and private parties in the Pacific Northwest with classic rock cover tunes since the band formed nearly 11 years ago. Now they are poised to delight their growing fan base with a collection of original, "uncovered" tunes that combine the melodic harmonies of the 1960s and the psychedelic musical arrangements of the '70s with present day inspiration and high-tech recording techniques. Dingée, of course, is the soulmate, husband and first mate of Sheehan World publisher Kathy Sheehan, for whom one of his "Uncovered" songs was written. In addition to the sound produced by current Walrus band members, haunting strains from the violin of the late Guy Mulford (known as Kathy's "other" husband) are heard on 'Guy's Song,' a tribute to the beloved musician who died on Jan. 1, 2001. Mulford's posthumous fiddling is also a tribute to the top notch recording equipment and talent at Bayside Recording in Bellingham, where the album was produced and recorded over the last two years. "Each of the 11 songs is so different that the debut album defies categorization in a single musical genre," Sheehan said. Chip Westerfield of Bayside Recording, agreed. "It sounds more like a 'Walrus Greatest Hits' collection than a first album," Westerfield said. The Walrus CD is rich with classic rock, pop and folk vocal arrangements; ballads about friends who are like a 'Second Family' and about empowerment; screaming electric, acoustic and pedal-steel guitar licks; and love songs about absent lovers and cheating hearts. The synergy of original themes and lyrics combined with Sgt. Pepper-inspired rock song melodies points to the versatility and experience of Bellingham's Rockin' Sea Mammals. Shea adds that the classic rock sound has an ageless popularity. "It's not only the Baby Boomers who can relate to the Walrus' classic rock style," Shea said. "Some of our most appreciative fans are kids in their 20s whose parents serenaded them with songs like the Beatles 'Golden Slumbers' instead of 'Rockabye Baby.'" Shea says she looks forward to singing and playing the group's new songs as well as cover tunes by Jefferson Airplane, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Kansas, Mamas and Papas and others at a series of CD release events over the coming months. In addition to the Nov. 18 gig at Wild Buffalo House of Music, the Walrus will be performing – and selling the 'Uncovered' CD – at the Fairhaven Pub & Martini Bar in Bellingham on Dec. 1. Opening for the Walrus on Dec. 1 will be the popular Seattle acoustic band, The Senate. 'Uncovered' can be purchased for $15 from members of the Walrus, local music stores and CDBaby.com. It will also be available from the iTunes Music Store and other online music sites. For more information about the Walrus, including photos, a list of songs and booking information, go to http://www.tusktusk.com. Print-quality photos of The Walrus are also available on PRWebPhotowire.com by searching for "Walrus" or "classic rock."
Washington, D.C. - Colorado U.S. Senator Michael Bennet, along with Senators Todd Young (R-IN), Bill Nelson (D-FL), and Dean Heller (R-NV), this week introduced the Dialysis Patient Access to Integrated-care, Empowerment, Nephrologists, and Treatment Services (PATIENTS) Demonstration Act to deliver high-quality, integrated care to patients receiving dialysis for end-stage renal disease (ESRD). "This bipartisan legislation would help the thousands of Coloradans making burdensome trips to a dialysis clinic to receive necessary care," Bennet said. "As we continue to think holistically about health care-from care coordination to quality of life-this legislation is a practical step to improving health outcomes for some of the most vulnerable patients." Currently, patients who receive dialysis to treat ESRD spend three days a week at a dialysis clinic and still must make time for their other medical and social needs. The Dialysis PATIENTS Demonstration Act would establish an ESRD integrated care demonstration program where interdisciplinary teams, led by a nephrologist, would provide holistic management for all of the patient's health care needs. The program would utilize the dialysis facility as a central command point for patients to access the coordinated health care services. This practical approach to care delivery would improve health outcomes, reduce hospitalizations and readmissions, and increase quality of life for ESRD patients. A companion bill was introduced in the House by U.S. Representatives Jason Smith (R-MO), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), and Tony Cárdenas (D-CA).
"SLAIDBURN, a parish-town, in the west division of Staincliffe, liberty of Bowland; 9 miles NW. of Clitheroe, (Lanc.) 10 from Gisburn, and Long Preston, 12 from Settle, 20 from Lancaster and Blackburn, (Lanc.) 21 from Skipton, 62 from York. No Market. Fairs, Wednesday before Easter, and November 4. Principal Inn, Hark to Bounty. Pop. 914. The Church is a rectory, dedicated to Saint Andrew, in the deanry of Craven, value £28. Patron the Rev. Henry Wigglesworth. The Church is a large handsome structure, of red Fell stone, built about the time of Henry VIII. and appears to have been repaired in 1726. Within the altar is a stone, inscribed to the memory of Nicholas Townley, dated 1693. This place is situated near the western extremity of the Forest of Bowland, on the borders of Lancashire. Here is a Free Grammar School, which was erected and Endowed by John Brennand late of Panehill in this Parish. Gentleman who died the 15th day of May in the year of our Lord 1717. The Master's salary £50. and the Usher or second Master, about £20. per annum. The Courts Leet for the higher division of the Forest of Bowland are held here. "Henry de Lacy, Earl of Lincoln, procured a charter for a Fair at Slaydburn, on the eve and festival of St. Peter ad Vinc. and two days after." --Whitaker's Craven." Transcript of the entry for Slaidburn in the "Collections relative to Churches and Chapels". The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Slaidburn. Ask for a calculation of the distance from Slaidburn to another place. The Dalehead and Stocks in Bowland website would be very pleased to hear from anyone who can help them in adding to the history and genealogical past for those two places. Stocks in Bowland is now submerged under the reservoir. The War Memorial at Slaidburn (with plaques for Dunsop and Newton). The Monumental Inscriptions for St. Andrew's Church, Slaidburn on Kate Hurst's web-site. The Monumental Inscriptions for St. Hubert's Church, Dunsop Bridge on Kate Hurst's web-site. The Monumental Inscriptions for St. Helen's Church, Waddington on Kate Hurst's web-site.
Back to school is an important time for kids. They get to see old friends and prepare for a big year of learning. But, perhaps, most importantly, they get to brag to all their fellow classmates about what an awesome summer they had. Want to help your kiddo embellish their story a little bit? It's easy. Just get them this Iron Man Armor Backpack, and let your kid tell everyone that they spent the summer training with Tony Stark! This backpack is made with 100 percent polyester canvas construction. Plastic zippers secure the main pocket and exterior pocket, and it's fully printed with costume details from the Iron Man suit. It measures about 11" wide, 17" tall, and 5" thick, with length adjustable shoulder straps to size it properly for a kid or adults. There's nothing wrong with superhero fun, especially when it involves blasting around the playground at recess. Get your kid this backpack, and they'll be ready to proudly display that they're as cool as Iron Man himself. Even if the story is just a little bit of a fabrication!
Q: What's the Difference in jQuery Selectors? Here's a list of selectors I've seen before: * $('.menu') $('menu') $('#menu') Could anyone clarify in what scenario(s) each would be used? A: 1st finds <div class="menu"></div> 2nd finds <menu></menu> 3rd finds <div id="menu"></div> Note that these rules applies and are based on CSS. A: $('.menu'): all element with a class menu $('menu'): all menu element $('#menu'): the element with an id of menu A: $('.menu') -> <div class="menu"></div> or any other tag with class menu $('menu') -> <menu></menu> $('#menu') -> <div id="menu"></div> or any other tag with id menu A: Class Selector (".class") Selects all elements with the given class. Element Selector ("element") Selects all elements with the given tag name. ID Selector ("#id") Selects a single element with the given id attribute. Reference: http://api.jquery.com/category/selectors/basic-css-selectors/ A: The jQuery selector syntax is the same as that of css. So ".menu" will select everything with a class of menu, "#menu" will select the object with an id of menu (there should only be one! "menu" will try to select elements of type menu. An example; <div class="foo" id="d1">Div 1</div> <div class="foo" id="d2">Div 2</div> <span class="foo" id="s1">Span 1</span> <span class="foo" id="s2">Span 2</span> $(".foo").css("background", "red"); //sets the background of all 4 elements to red $("div").css("background", "blue"); //sets the background of the two divs to blue $("#s1").css("background", "green"); //sets the background of span 1 to green A: $('.menu') ... select elements with class='menu' $('menu') ..... select <menu /> elements *$('#menu') ... select an element with id='menu' A: Taken from http://forum.codecall.net/javascript-tutorials/14363-jquery-selectors.html #id: -> This will match any element with the given ID. element -> This will match any element supplied. .class -> This will match any element with the given class.
March 7, 2013 by Val Civilization De-railed: Lessons of the Holocaust I backdated this to the date when it was originally written. This is a paper that deals with the sociological, moral, and theological implications of the Holocaust and was based on Zygmunt Bauman's Modernity and the Holocaust. Civilization De-railed: Lessons of the Holocaust. Posted in Essays \| Tagged history, holocaust, morality, sociology, theology, Western Civilization, World War II \| Leave a comment May 2, 2010 by Val "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." – Margaret Mead, American anthropologist 1901 – 1978 (Moncur). Mead's words are words of encouragement, and words to live by, surely – a call-to-arms in pursuit of stewardship, edification to all who understand the importance of standing up for whatever causes or principles are deemed best and most noble for the betterment of the world and of society. But just what is best and most noble for the betterment of the world and of society? The chilling truth is that Mead's words serve well to universally describe what is required to affect change, regardless of the nature of the change in question: for good or for ill, it does not take great multitudes to affect great change, but merely a small group with great resolve. To apply Mead's words to some of the darker moments in world history provides many apt possibilities, though perhaps some of the most apt possibilities occurred within Mead's own 20th c. lifetime. One of the darkest chapters in 20th c. Western Civilization is the Holocaust – millions of people murdered, at the hands of a relative few unexceptional individuals, in response to a systematic campaign of terror (a terror guised in rhetoric detailing the changes required to bring about what was deemed best and most noble for the betterment of the world and of their society). So what of such terror and atrocity – is it a mere, slight, bump on Western Civilization's road toward becoming the best of all possible worlds, something exceptional and "wholly other" apart from the greater post-Enlightenment glory? Is it, perhaps, just a slightly different re-telling of the traditional plot of genocidal oppression, with the heat of the terror turned up a bit perhaps? Was a group of godless, evil people somehow twisted in an extraordinary way to perpetrate this outrageous historical anomaly? Is this atrocity somehow the historical "private property" of one exceptionally vulnerable group? In the Preface to his work Modernity and the Holocaust, Zygmunt Bauman dismisses all of the aforementioned claims on the Holocaust: "The Holocaust was born and executed in our modern rational society, at the high stage of our civilization and at the peak of human cultural achievement, and for this reason it is a problem of that society, civilization, and culture" (x). Bauman's insistence throughout his work is that the Holocaust is not an anomaly, but "a rare yet significant and reliable, test of the hidden possibilities of modern society" (12); he cites: The truth is that every 'ingredient' of the Holocaust – all those many things that rendered it possible – was normal; 'normal' not in the sense of being familiar, […] but in the sense of being fully in keeping with everything we know about our civilization, its guiding spirit, its priorities, its immanent vision of the world – and of the proper ways to pursue human happiness together with a perfect society. (8) So if a "civilized" society can hold the glories of its own advancement in one hand, and the forces of terrible destruction in the other, how is this even possible, and what went wrong? Perhaps one thing to consider – indeed a major premise in Bauman's work – is how a society uses various tools to affect change or promote productivity. A "tool," by definition, can be broadly defined as any instrument, implement, process, etc. used to accomplish a task or process (Tool). With respect to the tools of society, they are the instruments and processes by which civilization is further advanced. However – as with a surgeon's scalpel or miner's explosives – the power of the tool for benefit or for harm rests ultimately with the end-user; the tools in-and-of themselves are not harmful, but they can be used to bring about harm. Scientific thinking, bureaucracy, and scientific technology are tools for a productive modern society, but without a moral "check," even the most productive society can be run off-the-rails in immoral directions by the power of faulty "reason"; though an immoral de-railing of society is possible, it is not inevitable. One tool of modern society is scientific thinking. While science can be infinitely beneficial for a society's advancement, it can become a danger when its aims and processes are allowed to wholly eclipse (and even replace) established religion and morality. The penultimate legacy of the Scientific Revolution of the 16th c, and the 17th c. Enlightenment that followed, was to elevate what is "rational" above all other considerations. By Enlightenment thought, all subjective, metaphysical, and spiritual consideration are either less valid or invalid compared to what is rational. The danger in replacing religion or morality with scientific reason in the case of an established "Christian" nation like Hitlerian Germany rests in the idea of "natural theology." The antithesis of "natural theology" would be the concept of "revelation." "General revelation" of God occurs in such things as nature and the world around us; "specific revelation" in Christian theology is in Christ (indeed one of the three tenets of Protestantism): God in himself […] is revealed to us in Christ alone, that we may behold him as in a mirror. For in Christ he shews us his righteousness, goodness, wisdom, power, in short, his entire self. We must, therefore, beware of seeking him elsewhere, for everything that would set itself off as a representation of God, apart from Christ, will be an idol. (Calvin) In other words, God defines himself from the "top down" – God is who he says he is by how he reveals himself to us. By contrast, the "natural theology" trap by which Hitlerian Germany was snared is a "bottom up" approach – God is defined by how we experience God (a rational point-of-view). There was a group of church leaders from the various denominational factions in the German church (and also Swiss theologian Karl Barth among them) who stood against Nazi Germany's nationalization of the German church ("German Christians"); their resistance "answer" to the "German Christians" (and Nazi Germany) was the Theological Declaration of Barman, a creed wholly rejecting the hijacking of the German church by the Nazi regime. Section 5 of the Theological Declaration of Barmen states: 5.) "Fear God. Honor the Emperor." (I Peter 2:17.) Scripture tells us that, in the as yet unredeemed world in which the church also exists, the state has by divine appointment the task of providing for justice and peace. [It fulfills this task by means of threat and exercise of force, according to the measure of human judgment and human ability. The church acknowledges the benefit of this divine appointment in gratitude and reverence before him. It calls to mind the Kingdom of God, God's commandment and righteousness, and thereby the responsibility of both rulers and of the ruled. It trusts and obeys the power of the Word by which God upholds all things. We reject the false doctrine, as though the State, over and beyond its special commission, should and could become the single and totalitarian order of human life, thus fulfilling the church's vocation as well. We reject the false doctrine, as though the church, over and beyond its special commission, should and could appropriate the characteristics, the tasks, and the dignity of the State, thus itself becoming an organ of the State. ("Theological Declaration of Barmen" 8.22-8.24). Though some boldly stood against what was happening, it was merely a brave few. The nationalization of the German church paved the way for a cultural steam-rolling of established tenets (and "checks") of morality in Nazi Germany. Of course, there cannot simply exist a void in human consciousness where "morality" once stood (or ought to be), that void must be filled with something; Nazi Germany sought to fill that void with a rational propaganda on a societal scale. But if one is going to "invent" a new rational morality, who then is minding the store? Bauman's assertion is that when moral considerations move beyond the proximity of community and communal interaction ("social") to an abstract and corporate "rational" substitute for morality ("societal"), it can become both perfectly logical – and reasonable – for all hell to break loose (192). What, then, is required for a society to seemingly completely lose its senses and wash out established morality in favor of "rational" immorality? Bauman asserts that the primary key to this lies in a different tool of modern society: bureaucracy. The reason why the Holocaust under Nazi Germany proved so horrendously effective is that it did not rely on an emotional "mob mentality," but on the cool rational logic of an extensive bureaucracy. Bauman points out that the division of labor in a bureaucracy creates a distance and detachment from the task at-hand, and re-focuses morality not on the ethics of the task, but on the efficiency by which that task is accomplished (98-99). Bauman used the example of the Milgram experiments to point to the idea that there is an odd bit of wiring in "rational" human consciousness such that if a person is detached from the direct consequences of his or her actions, and if the degree of severity of the consequences of those actions is increased incrementally under a single authority, morality against cruelty can disappear in otherwise "normal" or "moral" people (160). And further, what becomes important – in-place of morality – does not have anything to do with the effects of the action, but rather, the efficiency of performing the task and of effectively following orders (Bauman 160). Additionally, where terror reigns within this bureaucracy, the instinct for self-preservation above all other things takes over (Bauman 206). Bauman further speculates that the difference between the bureaucracy of Nazi Germany and the conditions of the Milgram experiments (as Nazi Germany obviously had multiple variables and took place over a longer span of time) allowed for a "free-floating" morality to develop – that because the culturally-ingrained bureaucracy of Nazi Germany was so large and so compartmentalized, no one individual felt any responsibility for the ultimate results because everyone within the bureaucracy was confident the ultimate responsibility rested with someone else somewhere else in the system (163). In other words? "Free-floating responsibility means in practice that moral authority as such has been incapacitated without having been openly challenged or denied" (Bauman 163). A society can lose its senses in the direction of immorality because if it all happened very gradually and very surgically – as can occur within a bureaucratic setting – the society may not have noticed when morality "went missing" in the first place. Clearly if all the safety valves on the tools for promoting and creating a civilized society fail sequentially: "In a system where rationality and ethics point in opposite directions, humanity is the main loser" (Bauman 206). If a society's moral compass can be uncoupled from its actions in the direction of cruel immorality by scientific thinking within a bureaucratic model, how then can one explain the scale of the Holocaust's destruction? Bauman asserts that the key to the efficiency of the bureaucracy itself lies in a third tool of modern society: scientific technology. In essence, the Nazis took "industrialization" to a new level: via technology and scientific advancement, the Nazis employed all manner of "science" to bring about their extermination processes. In the interest of the "science" of promoting public health, the parameters of desirable and undesirable populations of humanity were defined, and the best available scientific and medical technology available was used to cull the undesirables from the population via "euthanasia" and sterilization (Bauman 66-7). Incredible technological innovations in transportation and chemistry made the mass deportation for forced-labor and extermination of millions possible. When imposing death on fellow humans becomes "scientific" and a matter of improving technology, the bureaucratic mindset takes over – how can we make this process more efficient? (Bauman 194-5) It plays to the aforementioned findings of Milgram – that physical separation can wash the ethics and morality out of the situation, and can perhaps even serve to divorce us from the humanity of others (or our own humanity). In the case of the Holocaust, the improved killing technologies which distanced the perpetrators from the victims washed the morality out of murder, and the blood of innocents ran in that wash-water on a colossal industrial scale. If all the primary tools, primary "ingredients," of the Holocaust exist within modern societies, why then do not more Holocausts occur? The primary factor that can twist society is the presence of a strong central authority without plurality (Bauman 165). Bauman points to the further Milgram experimental research by which multiple authority figures were introduced into the experimental model; the blind obedience against moral judgment fell apart within plurality (164). Bauman concludes: [T]he readiness to act against one's own better judgment, and against the voice of one's conscience, is not just the function of authoritative command, but the result of exposure to a single-minded, unequivocal and monopolistic source of authority. Such readiness is most likely to appear inside an organization which brooks no opposition and tolerates no autonomy, and in which linear hierarchy or subordination knows no exception: an organization in which no two members are equal in power. (Most armies, penitentiary institutions, totalitarian parties and movements, certain sects or boarding schools come close to this ideal type). (165) So what is necessary for a society to follow blindly into a realm of cruel immorality is a singular strong, authoritarian voice to guide, shape, plan, and enact that society's "rational" journey straight into pits of hell. It is a bleak forecast indeed if the lessons to be learned from the Holocaust, and from Bauman's analysis of it, are correct: that the Holocaust was a warning, and because the conditions that caused the Holocaust still exist (and have been often left unexamined or unheeded), it could happen again (203-4). What then – is there any hope? Must humanity merely wait – holding its breath – until the next Holocaust hits? Though the last Holocaust missed us personally, are we marked for extermination in some future event? Should we all go dig our graves now in preparation for future societal depravity? Bauman concludes that it is an important lesson of the Holocaust that: [P]utting self-preservation above moral duty is in no way predetermined, inevitable, inescapable. One can be pressed to do it, but one cannot be forced to do it, and thus one cannot really shift the responsibility for doing it on those who exerted the pressure. It does not matter how many people chose moral duty over the rationality of self-preservation – what does matter is that some did. Evil is not all-powerful. It can be resisted. The testimony of the few who did resist shatters the authority of the logic of self-preservation. It shows it for what it is in the end – a choice. (207) If the Holocaust is a mirror of our own times, then it is as Galadriel's mirror in Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring; it is a mirror that – like Dickens' Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come – reflects not what will be, but what may be. In the reality that future holocausts do not need to come to pass if we can learn well from the lessons of the Holocaust, there is hope. If the lesson to be learned from the Holocaust is to warn of the power of evil apart from morality, then as long as there is resistance to evil, there is hope. German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer reflected: "Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act" (Van Horn). Bonhoeffer's words on silence as a sin of commission are apt: clearly in the case of the Holocaust, or other instances like the Holocaust, apathy kills (and kills splendidly). Bonhoeffer's reflection is interesting when compared the reality of his life: he was willing to compromise (somewhat) his own moral convictions within Christianity to settle for the "rational" solution of "the lesser of two evils" with respect to his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler; even one with strong moral convictions like Bonhoeffer was not immune to the poison of the "rational" thinking of the society in which he lived. Still, Bonhoeffer offers us a bold challenge: if a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change the world it should be allowed to do so in the direction of goodness, but if the small group threatens to change the world in the direction of evil, silence will then morph from a sin of omission to a sin of commission. All, then, that remains to ask is whether or not we have the courage to stand against evil in the small group committed to what is truly best and most noble for the betterment of the world and of society. Bauman, Zygmunt. Modernity and the Holocaust. Ithica: Cornell University Press. 2000. Calvin, Jean. "Colossians 1:12-17." Commentary on Philippians, Colossians, and Thessalonians. Trans. J.P. Elgin. 1851. Christian Classics Ethereal Library. 2005. Calvin College, Grand Rapids. 2 May 2010. <http://www.ccel.org/ccel/calvin/calcom42.v.ii.iii.html> "Theological Declaration of Barman." The Constitution of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.), Part I: The Book of Confessions. Louisville: The Office of the General Assembly, 2004. 8.01-8.28. Tool – Define Tool at Dictionary.com. 2 May 2010. Dictionary.com. 2 May 2010. <http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tool> Moncur, Michael. Margaret Mead Quotes – The Quotations Page. 2007. The Quotations Page. 2 May 2010. < http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Margaret_Mead/>. Van Horn, G. Amour. Dietrich Bonhoeffer quotes from QOTD.org (page 2 of 2). 2 May 2010. QOTD.org. 2 May 2010 <http://www.qotd.org/search/search.html?aid=1575&page=2> Posted in Essays \| Tagged history, holocaust, morality, sociology, theology, Western Civilization, World War II \| 1 Comment
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Despite gridlock in Washington, these big changes could be in store for your finances A Woman jogs past the U.S. Capitol in Washington, October 24, 2019. Siphiwe Sibeko \| Reuters Washington can feel pretty gridlocked these days, with the impeachment proceedings against President Trump dividing politicians by party lines. Still, both Republicans and Democrats have rallied around a number of bills that could deliver real changes to your personal finances. One measure would help Americans struggling with health-care expenses. Currently, your out-of-pocket health costs must be more than 10% of your income for you to claim the medical expenses tax deduction. The Medical Expense Savings Act would lower that threshold to 7.5%. Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine sponsored the bill, and two Democrats have co-sponsored it. Only people who itemize their deductions qualify, and that number has dwindled with the doubling of the standard deduction. Still, resetting the threshold to 7.5% would benefit more than 4.4 million people, according to The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. And it would save those over age 65 around $500 a year, according to AARP. One retailer trick you don't want to fall for this holiday season What to know if you need some relief from medical debt Why your vaping habit could raise your life insurance costs Another piece of legislation with backing from both sides of the aisle — the Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act — would cap interest rates on consumer loans at 36%, a protection currently only available to active-duty service members. That rate might sound high, but some payday loans today come with interest rates of nearly 400%. "It's time for Congress to follow the Pentagon's lead and extend the same rules that protect soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines from predatory loans to every Americans," said Christopher Peterson, the director of financial services at the Consumer Federation of America. A bill called the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act would require organizations with more than 15 employees to make reasonable accommodations to workers impacted by pregnancy or child birth, so long as those conditions don't cause undue hardship for the business. Helium Health's medical records dashboard Helium health Last month, the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor Civil Rights and Human Services Subcommittee heard testimony from Kimberlie Michelle Durham, who said she lost her job as an emergency medical technician after she requested an accommodation when she was pregnant. "It's wrong that something as normal and natural as becoming a parent cost me a career that I loved and was good at, and cost me my financial well-being," Michelle Durham said. A number of Republicans and Democrats are pushing for the bill. Legislation could also bring relief to student loan borrowers. Republicans and Democrats have shown interest in reducing the number of student loan repayment plans to just two. There are currently 14 ways to repay your student loans, a complicated system critics say leads to needless defaults. One plan would simply spread a borrower's monthly payments across a decade. The other would cap monthly payments at a percentage of a borrower's income, and their repayment timeline could be 20 or more years. There is also bipartisan support for eliminating origination fees on student loans. At least one Republican, in addition to a host of Democratic lawmakers and presidential candidates, wants to allow student debt to be discharged in normal bankruptcy proceedings. Currently, borrowers have to exhibit a "certainty of hopelessness" to walk away from their student debt in court. There's no sound reason that struggling student loan borrowers shouldn't be able to get a fresh start, said Mark Kantrowitz, a higher education expert. "Credit cards can be discharged, but not student loans?" he said. Changes could also be in store for your retirement savings. The Secure Act, which passed the House with overwhelming bipartisan support in May, would make more workers — including those who are part-time — eligible for retirement savings accounts. People would also be given more time before the IRS requires them to start spending down their nesat eggs. The impeachment process currently underway in the House may have slowed that legislation, but experts say it's not dead in the water. Floyd Mayweather Throws In Tax Court Towel Owes $6,659,610 Generation X carries the most credit card debt, study shows. Here's how to get those balances down Biden makes surprise video appearance on 'SNL,' joining host Aubrey Plaza SECURE 2.0 Helps You Shift From Taxable To Tax-Free Savings— But Your Employer Must Change Retirement Plan Documents To Allow The Option
March 14th to 20th: "Is setting just a backdrop, or a key element to your story?" by ITW We talk so much about character and conflict. What about setting? Is it just a backdrop? Or a key element to your story? You don't want to miss next week's Roundtable as ITW members D.E. Johnson, Karen Dionne, William Dietrich, Peter James, Bobbye Terry and Norb Vonnegut lead this thrilling discussion! D.E. (Dan) Johnson's literary debut, a historical mystery entitled The Detroit Electric Scheme, was published by St. Martin 's Minotaur in September 2010. The sequel, Motor City Shakedown, will be published by Minotaur in September 2011. Dan is a history buff who has been writing fiction since childhood, but had to hit his midlife crisis to realize he should get serious about it. Detroit native Karen Dionne is the internationally published author of two environmental thrillers, Freezing Point and Boiling Point. She serves on the International Thriller Writers board of directors as Vice President, Technology, and is co-founder of the online writers community Backspace, where she organizes the Backspace Writers Conferences held every May in New York City. Karen is also a member of Sisters in Crime and the Mystery Writers of America. William Dietrich is the author of thirteen books that have sold into 31 languages, including the Ethan Gage series of historical thrillers. He is a Pulitzer-winning journalist, college professor, and avid traveler. Peter James is an International best-selling crime thriller novelist published in 34 languages. In addition to early work as Orson Welles' char, James' vast experience includes success in TV and film production, as well as over 20 novels. His latest, DEAD MAN'S GRIP, is the seventh in his Detective Superintendent Roy Grace crime series and arrives in late May 2011. Norb Vonnegut writes financial thrillers and non-fiction commentary (The Huffington Post, Acrimoney) about Wall Street behind closed doors. He has appeared on Bloomberg, Judith Regan, and the Laura Ingraham shows. Top Producer, his debut novel, was a featured pick on Today and one of Smart Money's seven must-read books for the fall of 2009. His follow-up thriller, The Gods of Greenwich, takes place in the high-rolling world of hedge funds and will be released on April 26, 2011. Pat Mullan's recent work has appeared in the anthology, DUBLIN NOIR, published in the USA by Akashic Books and in Ireland and the UK by Brandon Books. You can find his GALWAY NOIR anthology on-line from iPulp Fiction. His latest novel, Last Days of the Tiger, is now available from Athry House Books. New thrillers coming soon: Creatures of Habit and Screwed. He is Ireland Chair of International Thriller Writers, Inc. Bobbye Terry is the multi-published writer of romantic comedy, suspense and fantasy. She also writes under the pseudonym Daryn Cross and with a co-writer as Terry Campbell and has books out or slated for publication through Black Opal Books, Crescent Moon Press, Eternal Press, L&L Dreamspell and Turquoise Morning Press. Buried in Briny Bay, her first mystery novella in a series of four, released on March 7. Her next cozy, Slam Sisters of Serendipity by Terry Cambell, is slated for publication by Eternal Press in June She is a regular writer for Writers Fun Zone and The Mojito Literary Society and is a member of ITW, RWA, FF&P, Yellow Rose and DARA chapters, Crimespace, and Savvy Authors. For more information, check out her online headquarters. International Thriller Writers Inc represents professional authors from around the world. Learn more about them, their work, and the sources from which they draw their inspiration at the Official ITW Organization Website. Interested in becoming a member of the International Thriller Writers? ITW offers Active and Associate memberships. Latest posts by ITW (see all) The January 2021 Edition of The Big Thrill is Here! - December 31, 2020 BookTrib Spotlight: Ashley Audrain - December 31, 2020 AudioFile Spotlight: Favorite Crime Fiction Sidekicks - December 31, 2020 March 21st to 27th: "How do you separate yourself from the characters you write?" March 7th to 13th: "What is the best debut novel you've ever read?" ITW March 4, 2011 Pat Mullan says: We talk so much about character and conflict. What about setting? Is it just a backdrop? Or a key element in your story? I am very visual so I see each scene as though I were adapting my novel from a screenplay. As such the setting is an integral part. The key word is 'integral'. To me, setting and location must cling to the characters like their own clothes. You'll find a good example of this in Ken Bruen's work. Galway city is the setting for his Jack Taylor series, commencing with THE GUARDS. Jack Taylor wears Galway like a hairshirt . As such, the city becomes an integral 'character' in the story. Too often I find that writers describe settings and locations as though they were describing the scene for the local tourist or real estate agency. These descriptions may be very well written but they add no value. Often they simply detract. Settings must be skilfully blended so that the reader does not see the writer at work. When the setting is used in an action sequence, it must underline the action and the threat, otherwise it will undermine it. When setting provides a backdrop to good dialogue, it should be used to sharpen the reader's attention, never deflect it. Beckett's sparse stage settings are a good, if extreme, example of this: dustbins are the setting for Nagg and Nell in ENDGAME; legless, the dustbins cling to them like body parts. D.E. Johnson says: The Detroit Electric Scheme is a mystery set in 1910 Detroit in the early electric car industry, so in my case the setting informed everything. The characters and the story had to work within the time period, the industry, and the historical record. I included dozens of real-life characters in the book, some well known like Edsel Ford and the Dodge brothers, others less so like Detroit's first mob boss, Vito Adamo, and the 6'4″ 260-pound bouncer at a saloon known as "The Bucket of Blood," who went by the moniker of "Big Boy." They were all in this place at this time, so even though they are characters they also become part of the setting. My fictional characters had to be limited in their interactions with these folks to actions that don't contradict their known history. I spent three months just researching the book, so by the time I started writing I had a number of mileposts set. Certain events happened at certain times, which gave me a framework for the story. I just needed to figure out how to fit my story into that framework in the most effective way. An example of setting creating story – Detroit Electric, the most successful electric car company in U.S. history, had a huge press that stamped out the one-piece roofs for their cars. When I read about that, I thought, What a great way to kill somebody! And the opening scene of the book was born. Bobbye Terry says: Great comments, Pat and D.E. I especially like Pat's reference to the setting "must cling to the characters like their own clothes." You're right. It needs to be so integrated that you don't see it as just scenery. In the South, setting is often a character in the story, especially when it's small and populated with quirky citizens. There are a lot of such places out there, believe me, and I've lived in my share. Two of my books stand out with regard to the setting and its role in the story. Buried in Briny Bay takes place in the fictional town of Briny Bay that I envision as being located on the coast of North Carolina just across from the barrier islands known as the Outer Banks. People there know everyone else and they snoop into everyone's affairs. Few people live there who haven't had family residing in the town for generations. Briny Bay also lends itself to mystery, because there is a large expanse of water where people can drown and heavily wooded areas where danger can lurk. In Coming to Climax, my suspense coming out in September, the small town once again plays a part. Climax is a real town that, for all intents and purposes, has no real town structure. However, in my story I have populated it and grown it beyond anyone's wildest dreams. Here, just as in Briny Bay, citizens are nosy characters. In Climax, there is a group of women who are like the Steel Magnolias. They are the glue that holds the town together and the ladies also provide occasional comic relief. Deep in the forest of Central Virginia, Climax also has foreboding landscape for villains to hide in, kidnap from and murder the unsuspecting. Add to that the fact this place gets a lot of rain and your setting takes on an even more dismal scape. Peter James says: I think "place" is as vital as characters and plot in crime, mystery and thriller novels. The place can be real or fictitious, but without a credible world in which the characters in the books exist few stories can be effective. Perhaps more with crime than any other genre, a real setting is always going to give more impact than a fictional one. Look at how many crime writers have made a place their own, such as James Ellroy's LA, or Ed McBain's New York, or Ian Rankin's Edinburgh. Norb Vonnegut says: The Gods of Greenwich is my latest novel. So with a title like that, I'm almost bound to say, "Setting is a key element of the story." I agree with Peter's earlier comment that "place is as vital as characters and plot…." "Vital" and perhaps inseparable. Bianca Leeser, a character in The Gods of Greenwich, is a romance novelist who regularly quotes Dorothy Parker. I could see someone with similar attributes living in LA, Sydney, or somewhere on the streets of Paris. But she would be somebody else. Greenwich is part of Bianca's DNA. She is one of my vehicles for taking readers on a ride inside that community. I think Pat started us off right with his great observation, "Setting and location must cling to the characters like their own clothes." Because clothes come off, I would say the link is even deeper. It's in the genes. Sorry folks, no pun intended. Karen Dionne says: A writer friend of mine used to say that every word should go to plot, scene, or character. Setting the scene ranks right up there next to storytelling, as far as I'm concerned. An author has to immerse the reader in the scene, so that the reader feels as though they're actually there – not as though they're looking at a pretty picture hanging on a wall, or out the window, separated from the action by a pane of glass; the reader needs to feel as though they're right there with the characters, seeing and hearing and feeling and smelling what the characters are experiencing. This is one of the reasons writers choose a setting that they know well, or if they don't, why they take research trips. For my last novel, I visited an active volcano in Northern Patagonia, Chile that was officially on "Red Alert." I stayed in the village at the volcano's base, even though it was ruined during the eruption and was without electricity and running water, and hiked to within one mile of the new lava dome, where I saw steam vents, heard explosions coming from the caldera, and felt a small earthquake. A number of reviews have mentioned Boiling Point's "vivid detail" – something I honestly don't think I could have pulled off if I hadn't gone there. I guess that leads to a secondary question, if anyone feels like answering it: how do you research your setting? I agree with you, Karen. I almost always go to my setting. If I don't, I solicit a lot of help. For instance, right now I'm lauching a project set in Dallas. I've been there many times, but I don't know it like I do many of my places. I am asking for help from other writers to get the information I need to make my characters fit where they live and work. Karen, you asked: I guess that leads to a secondary question, if anyone feels like answering it: how do you research your setting? A very brief response because I'm on my way to Clifden to have a couple of pints in our local and watch the St. Patrick's Day festivities (I'd rather be in New York today ).. Take a look at my thoughts on our great Clifden Arts Week: http://www.clifden2012.org/component/k2/item/66.html Anyway, I digress! Forgive for the day that's in it! As Bobbye said, I've been to many of the locations in my novels but that's only one aspect of location. Much of one of my last novels was set in Russia (where I've not been) . My wife spent some time there teaching English to Russians (as part of an EU sponsored program in Kaliningrad ) and became close friends with a couple of young Russians. One of them vetted my Moscow setpieces – not just to get the location correct but, more importantly, to get the dialogue and action/reaction of the Russians correct. Get the location right, get the local dialogue and people wrong and it doesn't matter whether the cityscape or hotel booking details are accurate. That will undermine it. Recently I've read works written by American authors set in Ireland. Even in the cases where they got the location right, they often got the dialogue and the people wrong. OK – happy St.Pat's to you all, Slan, Pat. J H Bogran says: Great comments everyone. I agree, setting is an integral part of the story. The best examples I can think of right now is if Hunchback of Notredame would be just the "the Hunchback" if the setting were not the cathedral. Or the town of Kingsbridge in Pillars of the Earth. Or Texas in Jon Land's Caitlin Strong series. Or the Cheitén volcano in Karen Dionne's Boiling Point. The setting is ingrained into the story.
I think we need to stage an intervention, or at least monitor who Rosie the robotic vacuum cleaner makes friends with. She has suddenly started getting up to clean at 2.30am for no reason. I suspect drugs and I suspect Duck Norris is dealing them. I had to get up in the middle of the night, calm Rosie down and put her back on her docking station. I questioned her as to what was going on, but she sat in stubborn silence and wouldn't give anyone up. This morning I questioned Norris who said he'd never even met Rosie and he doesn't deal drugs, he's much too busy for that sort of thing. I saw some of the other ducks muttering, looking at the ground and shuffling their feet. I think, if I try, I can probably get one of them to quack on him. No-one trusts your shifty eyes Norris. Rosie running about at full steam in the middle of the night really is most suspicious. I agree that Duck Norris is behind it all. He must have realized that the fastest way to the top is to take advantage of a power vacuum. I should have known it would only take him a few weeks to corrupt her. Two of the girl ducks say they'll do a tell all story for a bag of peas. The chickens say they'll expose him for free, and while they're at it, they'd also like to report him for sexual harassment. He's been milling around the fence staring at their fluffy butts. I say published and be damned! Norris is getting dangerously powerful and has to be stopped somehow. I know peas are expensive these days at $1.60 a bag, but it's almost certainly worth the price when you weigh it against the future of world civilization.
Best ever January transfer buys By Prashant Kharbanda on January 31, 2014in CB News Here's a list of the top five best transfers that have taken place in January in recent years: 5) Lucas Moura Dubbed the new Ronaldinho, Manchester United, Inter Milan and PSG were battling to sign him in 2012. Eventually, he signed for PSG for a fee reported to be around £35 million. He has won the Ligue 1 with PSG, FIFA Confederations Cup with Brazil, along with 30 caps to his name. 4) Juan Mata Despite just signing for Manchester United, Juan Mata is destined to be a star in the Red of Manchester in the coming years. Former two-time Player of the Year for Chelsea, he has vowed to make a difference and perform in every game for the Red Devils. 3) Mario Balotelli Super Mario was signed for AC Milan from Manchester City on a four-and-a-half year deal rumoured to be worth €20 million plus bonuses and add-ons. He was sold by Roberto Mancini for the good of Mario Balotelli, as he needed a fresh start in his home country of Italy. He has 25 goals to his name in a Rossoneri jersey. 2) Nemanja Vidic The Serbian powerhouse joined Manchester United in January of 2006 for a fee of around £7 million. He immediately formed a partnership with Rio Ferdinand in the heart of defence, which has since become one of the most prominent partnerships in European football. Vidic was appointed as club captain in 2010 after the retirement of Gary Neville, and has won 5 Premier Leagues, 3 League Cups, 1 Champions League and 1 FIFA Club World Cup. He has also appeared in the Premier League Team of the Year 4 times and twice in the FIFPro World XI. 1) Luis Suarez He joined the Merseysiders from Ajax for a fee reported to be around £22.8 million. Luis Suarez has been influential for Liverpool over the years. He has scored 74 goals in 117 games for the Reds, as well as 39 goals in 71 games for Uruguay. Mostly known for his incidents involving racially abusing Patrice Evra, biting Branislav Ivanovic infamously blocking an extra time goalbound header with his hands during the quarter finals against Ghana during the World Cup in South Africa. What players voted for Ronaldo? – Ballon d'Or Award 2013 By CB on January 14, 2014 BREAKING NEWS: Barcelona banned from making transfers in the next two windows (sourced from Sky Sports) By CB on April 2, 2014
TCG Has Another Active Quarter and Will Meet Clients at Major Partnering Meetings to Explore US Launches and Potential Strategic Transactions Research Triangle Park, NC and Heidelberg, DE - Technology Commercialization Group, LLC (TCG), an international firm providing interim management and strategic advisory services to life sciences companies, announced today that it had another successful quarter. Highlights of key accomplishments included:… TCG Completes Another Active Quarter with Multiple New Assignments and Completed Transactions Research Triangle Park, NC - Technology Commercialization Group, LLC (TCG), an international firm providing interim management and strategic advisory services to life sciences companies, announced today that it has concluded another productive quarter in 2015. Below are highlights of the… TCG Partner Charlie Turner Advises Client, Asklepios BioPharmaceutical, Inc., in Execution of License with AveXis, Inc., for Use of Duplex Vector Technology in SMA Gene Therapy Program Click "Read more" and then click on the link for the press release: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150617005099/en/Asklepios-AveXis-Finalize-License#.VYGFK-coF8F TCG Completes Active 1st Quarter with Multiple New Assignments and Completed Transactions Research Triangle Park, NC - Technology Commercialization Group, LLC (TCG), an international firm providing interim management and strategic advisory services to life sciences companies, announced today that it has concluded an active first quarter of 2015, with the hiring of… Michael Garrett Joins Technology Commercialization Group Research Triangle Park, NC - Technology Commercialization Group, LLC (TCG), an international life science consulting firm specializing in interim management and strategic transaction services, is pleased to announce that Michael Garrett has joined the firm as a new Partner. Mr.… TCG Partner Charlie Turner Acted As Interim Business Development Leader in Key Transaction for Baxter International Chapel Hill, NC - Initial trial results from Baxter hemophilia gene therapy program come from acquired affiliate of AskBio of Chapel Hill; TCG Partner Charlie Turner acted as interim business development leader in key transaction. Click here to download press… Charlie Turner of TCG Presents Talk to LES on "Biotechnology Licensing in a Virtual Business Model" Research Triangle Park, NC - TCG Partner Robert W. (Charlie) Turner gave a presentation to the Research Triangle Park Chapter of the Licensing Executives Society (LES) detailing how as an interim Business Development leader, he helped create and then implement a licensing… Technology Commercialization Group Partners with BioFilm Ltd. Glasgow, Scotland and Research Triangle Park, NC – BioFilm, Ltd. is a leading developer and contract manufacturer of Thin Dissolving Films (TDF) that release active ingredients for use for over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, oral hygiene products, cosmetics and dietary supplements. The…
Brick things Review: 21316 The Flintstones February 16, 2020 March 29, 2021 - by Richard The first episode of the The Flintstones aired in 1960 and the programme ran for six seasons until 1966. It was a popular TV staple in many countries, lasting well beyond the 60s and was still a regular on TV in the UK still when I was growing up in the 1980s. As such, it represents the perfect kind of nostalgia fair that has the potential to make a popular IDEAS release. The set is based on the LEGO Ideas fan design of Andrew Clark and the finished model is broadly similar to his original design, containing Fred and Wilma Flintstone's house, their car and their neighbours Betty and Barney Rubble. Opening the box reveals six bags containing 748 pieces, as well as the usual stylishly presented IDEAS instruction book that contains background information on the designers and the design process. The first bag builds the Flintstones' car and the Fred and Wilma minifigures. It's a good representation of the stone age foot-powered vehicle featured in the TV series. The only slightly fiddly thing is stretching the large piece of fabric over the top to form the roof. Purists might object to the use of such a large piece of material, but it creates exactly the right look. Also included is the large dinosaur rib that Fred orders at the drive-in during the title sequence and which causes the car to topple over. The second bag contains the parts to build the base of the house, while the third builds the structure up to almost its full height. This part of the build is satisfying enough, but doesn't contain any particularly interesting techniques. Building bag four turns a relatively rectangular building into something a bit more rock like through the addition of curved sides and also adds the tree. Then it's time to fill in the interior with a sofa, lamps, telephone (including clever use of croissant piece) and the "television". The final bag adds the roof, which is cleverly sloped, plus the Flintstones postbox , which includes a preprinted piece labelled with a the homeowner's name 'carved' into it. It's a fun build overall, but it is disappointing that the set doesn't include Fred and Wilma's daughter Pebbles, or their pet Dino. Richard's verdict: 7/10 – a nicely executed model that will satisfy fans of the original TV programme and provide some good play value for younger fans. Tom's verdict: 8/10 – Very cool. TaggedIdeasReview Copyright © 2022 Brick things.
Posted by desertedbeach on April 19, 2018 in Neurosurgery Education, Neurosurgery Technology Direct electrical current used to preferentially inhibit pain-transmitting neurons IMAGE: GENE FRIDMAN (LEFT) AND YUN GUAN EXAMINE A PROTOTYPE OF A DEVICE THAT DELIVERS DIRECT CURRENT SAFELY. view more CREDIT: JOHNS HOPKINS MEDICINE Using computer models and laboratory rats, Johns Hopkins researchers have demonstrated that "direct electrical current" can be delivered to nerves preferentially, blocking pain signals while leaving other sensations undisturbed. The researchers say the experiments advance the search for improved implantable devices able to treat chronic pain that is due to peripheral nerve injury or disease. "We have developed a potential new concept for neural implants that works differently than conventional electrical stimulators," says Gene Fridman, Ph.D., M.S., assistant professor of otolaryngology–head and neck surgery and biomedical engineering at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. "We believe we are the first to investigate the idea of using this concept for implantable medical devices that use direct electrical current, long thought to be unsafe." Implantable spinal cord stimulators and peripheral nerve stimulators designed to interrupt nerve pain impulses were developed more than 30 years ago, but the devices work by interacting with sensory nerve cells, leading to numbness, tingling and other side effects. In a report on the new findings, published online April 11 in Science Advances, the researchers say direct electrical current devices would allow for more precise, preferential targeting of the appropriate pain-transmitting nerve cells, making them more effective for pain suppression and reducing the side effects of conventional devices. Traditionally, direct current — or single-direction streaming electrical signaling — has been considered unsafe for medical devices that deliver electrical stimulation in the body. The continual flow of electrical current results in chemical reactions at the site of the electrodes delivering the signal, causing gas bubbles, corrosion and toxic byproducts to form. All modern implantable electrical stimulation devices use alternating current pulses instead, in which the electrical current switches back and forth very quickly in a circuit between positive and negative voltage. Such rapid pulses allow the devices to interact with the nervous system but don't create the toxic chemical reactions. In 2013, Fridman and his team reported on successful efforts to develop an ionic direct current system, which converts the "safe" pulses like those delivered in the conventional stimulator into direct ionic current that may potentially be applied to the body safely. To find out if the modified system of direct ionic current could be safely used to preferentially target and silence pain-transmitting neurons, Fridman teamed up with pain researcher Yun Guan, M.D., Ph.D., an associate professor of anesthesiology, critical care medicine and neurological surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. When nerve cells receive a signal of pain or other sensation, the signal opens sodium channels and floods the cell with positively charged sodium ions, which positively charge the neurons until the electrochemistry changes enough to inactivate the channels and close them. This change in electrical charge of the neuron is what propagates and sends the signal to the spinal cord and then to the brain to register as a sensation, such as pain or pressure. Each nerve in mammalian arms and legs contains multiple sensory neurons (nerve cells) transmitting pain and other sensations such as touch or feeling to the spinal cord. Fridman and Guan realized that the pain and "feeling" sensory neurons each contained different kinds of sodium channels and that it may be possible to block one kind of channel and not the others to prevent patients from feeling pain but not other sensations. Fridman and Guan's team first devised a computer model to try to predict what happens when researchers use direct current to block the pain signals or inhibit other sensory neurons. In the model they sent negatively charged direct current to the nerves to weaken their activity. The model showed that the sodium channels 1.6 in the feeling sensory neurons were blocked with 670 microamperes, but the pain neuron's sodium channels 1.7 were blocked at only 290 microamperes. For comparison, holding a 9-volt battery to the tongue delivers approximately 2,000 microamperes, causing a small shock. This suggested to the researchers that it was theoretically possible to preferentially target one type of neuron over another, since the channels could be blocked at different levels of current. Next, working with anesthetized rats, they sent direct ionic current into the sciatic nerve in the legs and, using neural recording electrodes, recorded whether this current inhibited the activity of individual or groups of neurons at the spinal cord. In a series of experiments, they increased the current in two-minute increments from 0.1 to 0.2, 0.4 and 0.8 milliamperes. The current at 0.8 milliamperes completely blocked the response of the pain-transmitting neurons. Although signals from the feeling sensory neurons were reduced by 20 percent, they were still active and sending sensation signals to the spinal cord. After the current was stopped, the signal from the pain-transmitting neurons remained blocked for another two minutes, whereas the signal from the feeling sensory neurons quickly came back. "Using direct current, we can inhibit the pain-transmitting neurons at much lower amplitudes than the feeling sensory neurons, allowing us to be preferential in how we target the nerve," says Guan. "We also found that because the pain neurons take longer to come back on line, we may be able to conserve energy and not have to deliver this electrical current constantly to keep them blocked." Being able to deliver this current periodically rather than constantly would mean longer use of the neural implant before needing to recharge the battery, says Guan. Guan cautions that more studies will be needed to verify safety and measure the strength and duration of pain relief before direct ionic current devices could be used for people. Other authors on the study include Fei Yang, Michael Anderson, Shaoqiu He, Kimberly Stephens, Yu Zheng, Zhiyong Chen, Srinivasa Raja and Felix Aplin of Johns Hopkins. The study was funded by awards from the Neurosurgery Pain Research Institute and the Blaustein Pain Research Fund, and grants from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (R21 NS099879, R01 NS070814, R01 NS092726).
Home Hero I-League Tactical changes that brought success to the Indian u23 Pailan Arrows Tactical changes that brought success to the Indian u23 Pailan Arrows Rudra Nayan Das The Early expectations The Indian developmental squad and I League's only all Indian, u23 team, had a poor I League season, securing only two wins in the I League, the first coming only in their 24th game. They finished 13th and survived relegation only because AIFF made Arrows immune to relegation, in order to keep them afloat in the country's most competitive football league. Arrows had a decent last season, they finished 9th with 7 wins. More importantly they produced many players who were selected in the Indian team – Raju Gaikwad, Jeje Lalpekhlua, Lalrindika Ralte, Gurpreet Singh Sandhu, Manandeep Singh, Jewel Raja, Shilton D'Silva are some of such players. Thus, at the start of this season, much was expected from Arrows, but, they failed to deliver. However, Arrows did made a comeback in the last phase of the season, too late to climb the league table, but nevertheless, a comeback is a comeback. In my opinion the improvement seen in Arrows has been due to change of tactics and in this article I will put forward my views on the tactical changes seen in Arrows during the last phase of the season. Tactics under Sukhwinder Singh Arrows started the season under Technical Director, Sukhwinder Singh, who used a conventional 4-4-2 formation, with a defensive mind set. His tactics saw Arrows forming a strong defense, with long clearance aimed for the attacking players to latch on to and try to surprise the opposition on counter. Unfortunately, the lack of firepower upfront and a creative attacking midfielder meant that the tactics was unsuitable for the team. A typical Arrows formation under Sukhwinder Singh Wind of change! After 17 I league matches, Arrows were without a win, accumulating 8 points and scoring only 8 goals. During this time, Sukhwinder Singh resigned and the existing Arrows staff of Sujit Chakaborty, Tanumoy Basu and later Narayan Menon took over the Arrows boys. Rob Baan himself, instructed the coaches and brought the massively talented George Alwyn from TFA to the Arrows squad. After this Arrows played 9 I League games and 3 IFA shield games. They won 3 matches, scoring 15 goals. They did experiment a bit with tactics and formation. I would discuss the most successful tactical changes based on two matches – Churchill Brothers (Home) and HAL (Away). Arrows changed altered their 4-4-2 formation to what can be described as 4-1-2-1-2, which sometimes looked very similar 4-1-4-1 and 4-2-3-1 depending on the situation. This formation used CS Sabeeth as a lone striker (Targetman) who tried to distract the opposition central defenders or tapped in the crosses. They used two attacking wingers, but there was an asymmetry in the attack. The left winger, usually Ajay Singh or Malswamfela, would take more attacking responsibilities and frequently assumed the role of a supporting forward, but they also took lot of work load as they frequently tracked back to support midfield and sometimes even defence. Because the left wingers tracked back to do defensive duties, the left fullback Shouvik Ghosh had been given a defensive role, where he would hardly go up and frequently move into the position of central defence when the right wing back, Avinabo Bag, takes an attacking role. The epicenter for most attack was by George Alwyn who was given much less defensive duties and had some degree of free role, he would provide passes to the targetman, dribble past defenders to bomb into the box, reminding of the elegant trequartista position. Since, the wingers in left were more attacking, the right side was balanced by overlapping runs by Avinabo Bag, who would combine with the other central midfielders. In central midfield, Bikramjit Singh Sr. was given a full time defensive duty, ahead of him were two midfielders who would take a lot of work load in both helping the attack by combining with Alwyn and the wingers and they would also come back to have defensive duties. The players in these positions were mainly Tirthankar Sarkar and Pronay Halder. Prabir Das has also been used but he is more competent in attack rather than defence. Arrows formation against HAL during their 2-1 win against HAL The tactical changes brought modest success to the Arrows camp and built the player's confidences. Apart from the wins against HAL and Chirag Kerala, they had given solid performances against Pune FC, Churchill Brothers and Prayag United. It helped in breaking the myth that the current Arrows players were of poor quality. It is of no surprise that a lot of senior Arrows players (who would be released as they turn 23+) are getting contracts from top clubs like Mohun Bagan, Churchill Brothers etc. Apart from that it again shows the importance of correct tactics based on available players in football. Lastly, the coaching staff of Arrows clearly deserves kudos for implementing these tactics successfully in a very short time. CS Sabeeth Football tactics George Alwyn Indian Arrows Pailan Pailan Arrows Rob Baan Previous articleNational Shame! Karnataka Santosh Trophy players travel without train reservation Next articleIndian football still in medieval ages Rudra Nayan Das has been following football since 1994 world cup. However, his main interest lies in Indian football. He enjoys football tactical analysis, dynamics of fandom, following youth football and joining fan banters. When not following football, Rudra doubles as a biologist. The author can be followed in twitter - http://twitter.com/Rudra_nayan Rahul May 25, 2012 at 8:52 PM Excellent write-up
Q: Stored procedure can not be parsed during migration I'm using the api of flyway 1.7 for migrating a hsql database. I have some problems with stored procedures. The following script works fine with hsql database manager: CREATE TABLE CUSTOMER ( firstname VARCHAR(50), lastname VARCHAR(50), mod_ts TIMESTAMP ); CREATE PROCEDURE new_customer(firstname VARCHAR(50), lastname VARCHAR(50), address VARCHAR(100)) MODIFIES SQL DATA BEGIN ATOMIC INSERT INTO CUSTOMER VALUES (firstname, lastname, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP); END But I think during a flyway migration the script is not parsed correctly (it looks like flyway believes the second statement ends after the semicolon). Here is the corresponding log output: DEBUG 2012-11-22 14:16:00,232 [main] (SqlScript.java:161) - Found statement at line 1: create table CUSTOMER ( firstname varchar(50), lastname varchar(50), mod_ts timestamp ); DEBUG 2012-11-22 14:16:00,232 [main] (SqlScript.java:161) - Found statement at line 7: CREATE PROCEDURE new_customer(firstname VARCHAR(50), lastname VARCHAR(50), address VARCHAR(100)) MODIFIES SQL DATA BEGIN ATOMIC INSERT INTO CUSTOMER VALUES (firstname, lastname, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP); DEBUG 2012-11-22 14:16:00,232 [main] (SqlStatement.java:75) - Executing SQL: create table CUSTOMER ( firstname varchar(50), lastname varchar(50), mod_ts timestamp ) DEBUG 2012-11-22 14:16:00,232 [main] (SqlStatement.java:75) - Executing SQL: CREATE PROCEDURE new_customer(firstname VARCHAR(50), lastname VARCHAR(50), address VARCHAR(100)) MODIFIES SQL DATA BEGIN ATOMIC INSERT INTO CUSTOMER VALUES (firstname, lastname, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP) ERROR 2012-11-22 14:16:00,232 [main] (DbMigrator.java:231) - com.googlecode.flyway.core.exception.FlywayException: Error executing statement at line 7: CREATE PROCEDURE new_customer(firstname VARCHAR(50), lastname VARCHAR(50), address VARCHAR(100)) MODIFIES SQL DATA BEGIN ATOMIC INSERT INTO CUSTOMER VALUES (firstname, lastname, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP) ERROR 2012-11-22 14:16:00,232 [main] (DbMigrator.java:236) - Caused by org.hsqldb.HsqlException: unexpected end of statement: required: ; : line: 4 Is there a way to solve this problem? EDIT I just made an interesting observation. If I use the flyway command-line program, then it works perfectly. A: Upgrade to Flyway 2.0. It added support for BEGIN ATOMIC blocks in Hsql.
Asian equity markets traded mostly higher following the positive performance in their US counterparts where the Nasdaq led the advances and the S&P 500 notched a 3rd consecutive gain to move to within 22 points from all-time highs. Nikkei 225 (+0.6%) was higher as focus remained on earnings with SoftBank and Rakuten among the top gainers in the index after both reported solid profit growth, while ASX 200 (-0.3%) lagged its regional peers with the index dragged by weakness in telecoms and miners. Elsewhere, Hang Seng (+1.5%) and Shanghai Comp. (+2.7%) were positive with property developers underpinned by strong guidance including Country Garden and Evergrande Real Estate, although price action was far from smooth with a bout of intraday volatility in Chinese bourses after the PBoC continued to withhold from liquidity operations and amid lingering trade uncertainty. Finally, 10yr JGBs were little changed with only minimal losses seen amid gains in stocks and as the Japanese 10yr yield remained above 0.11%, while participants the 10yr inflation-indexed bond auction also failed to spur demand as b/c and lowest accepted price declined from prior. AUD - The clear G10 front-runner on several supportive factors, as Aud/Usd regains a firmer foothold above 0.7400 to print a marginal new August high (0.7437) having held in above chart support in the interim, and the Aud/Nzd cross trades above 1.1000 to expose 1.1025 resistance again. No lasting drag on the Aud from the latest RBA policy meeting and statement that was essentially a repeat of the previous version and several before that, with the ongoing mantra that rates are appropriate at current levels and are likely to remain apt for some time to come given the slow evolution of inflation and wage growth. CAD/EUR - The Loonie is next best major performer vs the Usd, albeit only just eclipsing the single currency and Kiwi as the Greenback loses some momentum across the board (DXY around 95.200 vs 95.500+ yesterday) EMs also off recent lows). Usd/Cad is back below 1.3000 and eyeing strong support at 1.2961 (100 DMA) before 1.2950, while Eur/Usd has bounced a bit further from Monday's 1.1530 multi-week base towards 1.1600, but not quite testing the big figure, yet. GBP/CHF/JPY - All marginally firmer vs the Dollar, with Cable back above 1.2950 having hit new lows for 2018 on Monday circa 1.2915, but the Pound not faring so well vs the Eur (0.8930+) amidst yet more Conservative Party rebellion against UK PM May and her Chequers White Paper. Usd/Chf remains above 0.9950, but easing back from near parity, while Usd/Jpy is still rangebound just under 111.50 between 111.45-20 after reports that the BoJ talked about tightening rates twice before the end of the year, according to people supposedly in the know. EM - As noted, some respite for regional currencies after a dip in the Cny mid-point fixing and more efforts by Turkey to arrest the Lira's slide alongside reports that mediation with the US has been successful to a degree. Usd/Try around 5.2400 vs 5.4250 at the new/latest all time low). A relatively abrupt and pronounced turnaround for Bunds and Gilts, as EU stocks rebound amidst less angst in EMs and no further escalation in US-China trade wars. The core 10 year debt futures are just off new session lows on Eurex and Liffe at 162.11 and 122.84 respectively for losses on the day of 24 and 15 ticks vs gains of 4 and 11 ticks at the other end of the spectrum. As mentioned earlier, thin holiday and seasonal trading conditions are impacting price volatility and chart levels are also exerting some directional influence with Bunds and Gilts both conscious of strong resistance (162.47 and 123.39). Elsewhere, US Treasuries are slipping alongside their EU equivalents, but also in preparation by way of some concession for this week's supply that kicks off with $34 bn 3 year notes and cumulatively represents a larger net issuance total than the previous auctions of 3, 10 and 30 year paper. WTI and Brent are showing mild gains as the futures hold onto the USD 69.00/bbl and USD 74.00/bbl handles respectively. US re-imposed the first round of sanctions against Iran which will cover the auto sector, gold and key metals, while crude sanctions are not expected until November. Oil traders will be looking out for the latest API Inventory numbers released later today. In the metals complex, spot gold is prints fresh highs for the day, moving in-step with USD action, while London copper edged higher amid ongoing concerns revolving around Chile's Escondida mine, the world's largest copper mine. In the latest developments, BHP is said to seek a 5-day mediation by Chile's government in contract discussions to avoid a strike at the copper mine, while there were also reports the union at the copper mine was preparing a strike contingency plan as it awaited the final response from the company. Of note: on Monday, Escondida copper workers union said half of members have voted in which around 80% voted to reject the final contract offer.
cinderella 2015 Gwynne Watkins What to Stream: Drew Barrymore's Revolutionary Cinderella Story 'Ever After' The Basics: Drew Barrymore plays a version of Cinderella in the classic fairy tale, which is re-invented as a funny, forward-thinking period romance. Disney's new Cinderella (in theaters Friday) updates the animated classic with live action, digital effects, and a newly empowered heroine. In 1998, Drew Barrymore revolutionized the Cinderella tale in Ever After, a film that gives depth and strength to its fairy-tale princess without sacrificing an ounce of charm. Kevin Polowy Wicked Awesome: Cate Blanchett on Playing the Redheaded Stepmom in 'Cinderella' Like most of us, Cate Blanchett grew up on Disney cartoons. Now Blanchett, 45, gets to antagonize the iconic glass slipper-wearing, will-be princess as the wickedest stepmother of them all, Lady Tremaine, in Disney's new live-action Cinderella (in theaters Friday). Meriah Doty Get the Story Behind the New Mini-Snowmen in 'Frozen Fever' (Exclusive Poster and Interview) You'll probably recognize most of the characters in this exclusive poster for Disney's new animated short Frozen Fever that's playing ahead of Cinderella starting on Friday. Frozen Fever is the highly anticipated sequel-of-sorts to Disney's massive 2013 Oscar-winning hit that's now the highest-grossing animated movie of all time. Fever picks up with our Frozen family as snow queen Elsa plans a surprise birthday party for her spirited sis Anna. 15 Frenzy-Worthy Films of 2015 When we got going on our monster list of most anticipated movies coming out this year , we found ourselves constantly wanting to turn to the next page. 2015 is sizing up to be the most monstrous movie year of all — with mega-franchises like "The Avengers," "The Hunger Games," and "Star Wars" poised to break all kinds of box office records. (Thankfully "Avatar 2" is slated for 2016, otherwise our heads would explode!) Forget 2014, here are the year-from-now movies that have us wishing we could travel into the future: 1. "Star Wars: Episode VII" ZOMG. F9: Fast And Furious 9 The Addams Family 2
I play on Zynga, but my granddaughter has just started playing on FB. How can I make her one of my neighbors? Just make sure your Zynga account is linked to your Facebook account. Sorry Judi, didn't see this post before. Did you ever find her? I make sure I clear my cache in my browser, then go log into zynga.com through facebook button. Sometimes it takes a day or two to sync up. Not sure if this belongs here; however, how exactly do you get someone to become a neighbour (Canadian spelling!!) on Farmville 2. I tried by leaving a link to FB page to be added as a friend but this didn't work as I don't see the people on my add neighbours in FV2.. I am needing neighbors to visit and gain xps. I only play on this site, please add me cause I am new. There are plenty of discussion threads here that help you add new zfriends. However, when it comes to adding a neighbor you know specifically. Certain zfriends don't always show up right away to add as a neighbor.
ORIENTAL REGION Laticorn Myzorhynchus Barbirostris Etymology: of fields (L); from broad aluvial plains Anopheles campestris is one of six formally recognized species in the Barbirostris Complex. Other species include An. barbirostris van der Wulp, An. dissidens Taai & Harbach, An. saeungae Taai & Harbach, An. vanderwulpi Townson & Harbach, and An. wejchoochotei Taai & Harbach (formerly "campestris-like"). The latter taxon was first separated from An. campestris s.s. based on cross-mating studies and mitotic karyotypes. The mitotic karyotype of An. campestris reveals a telecentric Y-chromosome, unique amongst other members of the Barbirostris Complex. Three karyotypic forms have been noted in An. wejchoochotei. Prior to the discovery of An. wejchoochotei the distribution of An. campestris included mainland Southeast Asia (Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam), doubtful records from China, and its invasive establishment on Guam. Since then, An. campestris has been molecularly confirmed in peninsular Malaysia and in Thailand. Anopheles wejchoochotei is widely distributed in Thailand and likely to occur elsewhere. Further studies are needed to fully elucidate their distributions. Type locality: Rantau Panjang, Klang, Selangor, Malaya [Malaysia] Type depository: Natural History Museum, London, England (NHMUK) ADULT (illustrated): Head: Clypeus without patch of scales; palpus shaggy in appearance. Abdomen: Sterna with many white scales scattered between median patch and lateral rows; VII-S with tuft of black scales. Legs: Fe-III without distal broad preapical white bands. Thorax: Antepronotal scales (ApSc) present. Wing: With 3 dark marks (1,2,3) on costa (C) and veins R-R1; costa without presector pale spot (PSP); apex with 2 small pale spots (i, ii), without pale spot at end of vein R2. LARVA (not illustrated): Head: Seta 1-A with very long branches; seta 3-C multi-branched. Thorax: Seta 1-P with ≥4 branches. Abdominal segments: Seta 1 palmate on segments I–VII, well-developed on segments II–VII. Nguyen Thuong Hien 1968 Rattanarithikul & Harrison 1973 Rattanarithikul et al. 2006b WRBU - Anopheles – Myzorhynchus – Australasia - Adult WRBU - Anopheles – Myzorhynchus – Indomalayan - Adult WRBU - Anopheles – Myzorhynchus – Indomalayan - Larvae WRBU - Anopheles – Myzorhynchus – Oriental Region – Adult WRBU - Anopheles – Myzorhynchus – Oriental Region – Larvae WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Indomalaya - Adult WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Indomalaya - Larva WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Oriental - Adult WRBU - Anopheles Subgenera and Series - Oriental - Larva An. campestris ITS2: HQ424573; COI: AB331582-588 An. wejchoochoteiITS2: AB971306-311, EU812808-809; COI: AB971335-40 Typical An. campestris immature habitats include shaded ponds, swamps, pools, rice fields, marshes, drainage ditches, canals, wells, and deep animal footprints in pasture lands. These ground-water habitats are typically still or very slow-moving, always with at least some floating, emergent or submerged vegetation. Immature An. wejchoochotei have been collected in rice fields at elevations of 310m in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Anopheles campestris are found in low-lying open habitats, and broad alluvial plains, typically at elevations of lower than 200m. Anopheles campestris females are reportedly the most anthrophophilic species of the Barbirostris Complex, and readily enter homes to feed on man. They are regarded as primary malaria vectors, especially in coastal areas of Malaysia. Little is known about the biting habits of An. wejchoochotei, but the mother of the type series was collected at human bait, indicating that the species does bite man. Banzi virus (BANV) Simbu virus (SIMV) Brugia malayi Plasmodium spp. (represents both An. campestris and An. wejchochootei) Available GIS Models: An.campestris_Nyari_1 Reid 1962: 15 (M, F, P, L, E) Nguyen Thuong Hien 1968 (F, L; keys, taxonomy, bionomics; Vietnam) Harrison & Klein 1975 (distribution) Harrison & Scanlon 1975: 89 (M, F, P, L) Rattanarithikul & Harrison 1973 (L; key, Thailand) Rattanarithikul et al. 2006b (F, L; bionomics, distribution, keys) Taai & Harbach 2015: 258 (M, F, P, L; bionomics, genetics) Harrison, B.A., & Klein, J.M. (1975). A revised list of the Anopheles of Cambodia. Mosquito Systematics, 7(1), 11–12. Harrison, B.A., & Scanlon, J.E. (1975). Medical entomology studies-II. The subgenus Anopheles in Thailand (Diptera: Culicidae). Contributions of the American Entomological Institute, 12(1), iv + 1–307. Nguyen Thuong Hien 1968. The genus of Anopheles in Vietnam. Saigon: Bureau of Entomology, National Malaria Program/ Republic of Vietnam. 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There's this one "thing" I'll always crush over… But trust me; I didn't have it all right from the beginning, especially my mindset about it. I had watched this "thing" fail a couple of times so I just disregarded it all the same. That thing? F-A-M-I-L-Y/R-E-L-A-T-I-O-N-S-H-I-P-S. Hold up! did you notice that? What popped up in your mind when you read over the words "family/relationships?" Was it your siblings, your friends, that boy, that girl, the ex's or future bae? Hmmm. Ohh stop it… And this is why you must follow the Relationship Twos'day series from now on. When you hear words like "trust," "patience," "friendship,"etc., it is only common that people, scenarios, everything else but YOU would cross your mind. Thing is, we pretty much KNOW the right things that should be done in our families or in any relationship, but we seldom decide to BE the right people by focusing more on doing these right things rather than expecting them from others all the time. It should never really about "THEM" for they are, in most cases, beyond your control. Rather, it should be about YOU first, for you are all that is guaranteed to change without resistance when you CHOOSE to. Stop prioritizing "THEM" thoughts and start cultivating "YOU" thoughts. Something light for this wonderful week. Anticipate Next Blog Post…First Interview Feature Coming Up Soon…New To Blogging…I Love It!!!
Apparently, that's today's news. Maps of Antarctica will soon need to be re-drawn, and Trump thinks that his policies provide for the daily needs of the average Pittsburgh resident, as if those needs aren't quietly connected to those of the rest of global humanity's fragile conditions for comfortable life. In my town, two gentlemen gave their lives to protect two ladies against hate. In my bed, one thigh is tied to the other because one hip socket is ripped. This is that pressure, the squeezing of the slippery orange pip between the fingers before it flies. This is not a zero-sum game; we need each other. Maybe we need this president to expose those parts that are hard to see. I offer you this talk by Christina Figueres, who guided the bridging of the gap between the Climate Change Conferences in Copenhagen and Paris, at which all but two nations agreed to participate in legally binding adjustable resolutions. It's about attitude, and optimism, and asking the right questions. I broke down crying when I saw this piece by Rodin at PAM just at the conclusion of NCECA. It captures everything for me. Somewhere at the top of my spine where my head should be is a heavy lidded vessel holding...? So, I have 23 acres of graceful, unzoned land 50 minutes from downtown Portland. I have dreamed for over a decade of a residency focused on ceramics and permaculture, but we blew the immediate budget just buying the land, so now I'm a full-time admin hustling for grants or I ask better questions. What do I do now in this time and place, with my gifts? What is this time and place where a vet makes it through war to die at home in defense of diversity? What is needed, culturally? Is it about "now", or is it about life 50, 100 or 300 years out? There are mature wetlands, a pond, and new timber areas. There's a spring, and a meadow. I'm planning the orchard and nursing its trees at a makeshift space right now. We have the budget for a studio for 3 people and a community kitchen with some guest quarters up above, so I am figuring out how to invite larger groups of people than what I can protect under a solid roof: classes, woodfiring crews, other small meetings of minds and neighbors… SO, when you think of a earth-based response to what you want to change, with what would you engage? When you daydream of a sweeter future that involves an understanding of natural systems, what do you see? When you look at your urban establishments and imagine them with a rural outpost, what does that latter part look like, or when you rural folk look at your area's jewels, how would you connect them to the city? Copyright © 2017 Careen Stoll, All rights reserved.
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Customer experience is the mantra of many brands, but there is often a disconnect between what the customer experiences and what the business owners or staff experience. When you do a deep dive into why customer service is so bad in many brands, you discover five common mistakes, which are easy to fix yet have a big impact on the bottom line. When sales are down it is easy to cut corners in the name of managing costs. Turning off overhead lights in the afternoon. Reducing staff or even not accepting credit cards because of the additional processing fees. You're stepping over dollars to pick up pennies. Turning the lights off means your store looks abnormally dark as a customer walks toward the back. Reducing staff increases wait times. Not letting customers choose the way they want to pay adds friction, and some will simply walk out without buying. The customer left without his purchases. We joined American Express the next day. Since then, we've noticed our customers are happier and we've enjoyed an increase in monthly sales because of it. When you make it all about your customers, your business will enjoy higher sales, which brings all expenses into line. 2. Don't treat regulars better than first-timers. I'm sure, in her mind, she thought she was giving me great customer service. She had acknowledged me and helped her regular customer. What she didn't realize was that it was giving her regular customer preferential treatment over me. What did it cost the business? I never returned. When you haven't done the hard work of treating your new customers just as well as your old ones, you develop a core group of customers and stop growing. 3. Don't ask for a commitment before providing inspiration. Old sales training encourages salespeople to tie down the customer early on so as not to waste the salesperson's time. While most retailers don't even have retail sales training anymore, many companies allow their employees to ask questions that put the customer immediately on the defensive. What does it cost you? While many customers will tell you their budget, no one comes in and says the sky's the limit. Limiting their choices means you are making them settle. When they can't find something in their price range, they feel judged by the employee and leave empty-handed. 4. Don't only sell the customer on what they ask for. Most customers nowadays research online before ever walking through your door. When they do come in, and ask for a specific product, poorly-trained employees will simply take them to it, or tell them they don't have it. The trouble is your shopper will never discover another option you have that will do the same thing or a premium model that will work even better. The shopper is never given the chance to compare and contrast, which means your store's success is solely dependent on what customers ask for, not what you carry. That's a sure way to leave a lot of money on the table. 5. Don't add services at the expense of coverage. Buy online, pick-up in store (BOPIS) requires dedicated staff, space and resources. Merchandising and planning needs to be modified as traditional key performance indicators will not be applicable as the whole store becomes a fulfillment warehouse. These additional omnichannel services do not increase revenue as much as they increase costs, and these costs typically lead to a reduction of staff on the salesfloor. The more staff you task to pick up orders, the more your entire focus of your store goes from the customer in front of you to the one you can't see. Dressing rooms filled with clothes, messy displays and long wait times for service make customers pull out their smartphones in your store and buy from a competitor. To deliver a truly exceptional experience requires you to focus squarely on the person, who drove in the rain, the snow, the heat, past your competitors, to find a parking place and walk into your store. Blow that, and the customers you have now, or any new ones you might have acquired, will either stay home, order online, or buy from a competitor.
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La Réjouissance Youth Orchestra Founded in 1997, thanks to the initiative of some parents, it's a symphonic orchestra today. It imparts the joy of making music together and by collaborating with teachers and professionals in the music sector. It comprises 70 young musicians from the ages of 10 to 20, coming from different musical backgrounds. Since 2002, the orchestra has held concerts in prestigious theatres all over Italy, such as the "Comunale" in Treviso and Vicenza, the "Sociale" in Rovigo, the"Goldoni" in Venice and also the "Bibiena" in Mantua and "Teatro Verdi" and "Teatro della Pergola" in Florence. It has worked with actors including Luigi Mardegan, Marta Dalla Via and Federica Rosellini (awarded the NUOVOIMAIE Talent Award at the Venice festival in 2017), with singers such as Francesca Patanè, Giovanna Nocetti, Benedetta Caretta and Nicole Zillio and conductors and composers Davide Maserati, Mike Applebaum and Pinuccio Pirazzoli, who have composed and arranged original pieces. It normally holds 10 concerts per year. It has taken part in international festivals and recorded programmes for the Italian state television RAI. It also comprises the groups "Réjouissance Ensemble" and the "String Ensemble". Since 2005, the orchestra has been a UNICEF Youth Advocate, a title given to those organisations who donate part of their time and involve their audience in important issues concerning children's rights, by encouraging the mobilisation of resources and the creation of partnerships which benefit children in the whole world. The orchestra has produced special projects which have been very successful in the region including "Rockquiem", a new metal interpretation of Mozart's masterpiece played by 150 young performers on stage. The initiative is addressed at all children and teenagers who study music for a hobby or professionally, because it helps them meet in this specific age group (8-18 years old approx.) where they can share many interests and stimuli. At this age in life every encounter is possible, and all the talented musicians can work together thanks to the power of friendship and curiosity. The repertoire spans from 16th century music up to contemporary, with pieces from musicals and films. The orchestra is coordinated and conducted by Maestro Elisabetta Maschio.
Nathan Vincent's wool-and-foam soldiers subvert gender norms by creating figures associated with masculinity out of something traditionally considered a feminine craft. Only two of Nathan Vincent's yarn soldiers are standing on display at the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textile,s but they alter the mood of the gallery. There's nothing decorous or innocuous about a three-dimensional man, albeit soft-bodied, holding a rifle above his head and aiming it at an enemy. These "child-size" soldiers are taken from a larger series Let's Play War!, in which Vincent created two opposing armies out of yarn and foam. He distinguishes them by knitting one troop in jungle green and a second the color of desert sand. Based on the plastic toy soldiers boys play with in order to mimic adult warfare, he arranges the figures in malevolent poses, cleverly negating the idea that child's play is harmless. If not pointing rifles and shotguns at each other, the soldiers stretch out on the ground to steady their grips and to better the sight lines for their bazookas. Vincent occasionally affixes a grenade to a combatant's outstretched hand. The weapons stitched on to these aggressive appendages appear to be growth-like extensions of, not separate from, the limbs themselves. The soldiers' expressions are blank and call to mind The Hollow Men from T.S. Eliot's poem: "The eyes are not here/There are no eyes here." They're blindly following their orders to maim and kill. Vincent says that the idea for the series came to him after completing Boy Toys, a collection of crocheted sculptures—including video game controllers, a wrench, weapons (a slingshot, knives) and explosives (bright red sticks of dynamite). In his artist's statement, he explains that these toys often endorse aggression and "unconsciously instill values and reinforce gender roles." During a filmed interview with the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, he goes on to explain his methodology. "I make mainly masculine objects or things that people associate with masculinity, and I make them with something that's considered a feminine craft." An evocative diorama, Let's Play War! makes those gender roles traditionally associated with toy soldiers (male) or knitting needles (female) slippery. "The use of crochet and knitting," Vincent adds, "is a way of subverting our cultural gender norms and experimenting with newer ways of thinking, questioning why our roles, activities and allowable personality traits are so often dictated by our anatomy."
Drew Peterson Found Guilty Of Killing Third Wife Filed Under:Bolingbrook Police Sergeant, Drew Peterson, Kathleen Savio, Murder, Murder Trial, Third Wife, verdict Former Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson arrives at the Will County Courthouse in Joliet, Ill., Friday, May 8, 2009, for his arraignment on charges of first-degree murder in the 2004 death of his former wife Kathleen Savio. (M. Spender Green/AP) JOLIET, Ill. (CBS) — Former Bolingbrook police sergeant Drew Peterson on Thursday was found guilty of murder in the 2004 death of his third wife, Kathleen Savio. A jury of seven men and five women had deliberated since 9:37 a.m. Wednesday morning before reaching a verdict around 2:30 p.m. Thursday. Peterson, who has been jailed since May 2009, was stoic as the guilty verdict was read, but audible gasps could be heard in the courtroom. He is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 26 and faces a range of 20 years to 60 years in prison. LISTEN: WBBM Newsradio's Brandis Friedman reports https://chicago.cbslocal.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/15116062/2012/09/mp3_bc__carts_peterson-verdict-am-w2.mp3 Peterson was charged with killing Savio in her bathtub on March 1, 2004, as they were going through a divorce. Initially, the Will County Coroner's office ruled Savio's death an accidental drowning. But her death was reclassified as a homicide after an exhumation and a new autopsy, following the disappearance of Peterson's fourth wife, Stacy, in October 2007. "Game over, Drew," Cassandra Cales, sister of Stacy Peterson, told reporters after the verdict. "He can wipe the smirk off his face. It's time to pay." Peterson's defense team vowed to appeal. They had long criticized the prosecution's use of hearsay evidence, which effectively allowed Stacy Peterson to speak from beyond the grave and incriminate her husband in Savio's death. State lawmakers passed legislation that allowed the hearsay evidence at trial. LISTEN: WBBM Newsradio's Mike Krauser Reports "You know what they say: A conviction is a first step in a successful appeal," Joel Brodsky, Peterson's lead defense attorney, said. Brodsky said Peterson was philosophical when he talked with his client earlier Thursday. "Drew said to me, 'Whatever the verdict, we did the greatest job we could,'" the attorney said. Peterson's attorneys conceded the former police sergeant is an unpopular figure. JUROR: HEARSAY TESTIMONY SEALED CASE Jurors said they would not talk with the media, but released a collective statement through a Will County sheriff's spokesman. "We would like to thank Judge Burmila, the bailiffs and the Will County Sheriff's Department for the duration of this trial," the statement said. "We have taken the responsibility bestowed upon us by the court with a great deal of solemnity and diligence. After much deliberation, we have reached a decision we believe is just." Family members of Savio were emotional but elated at the verdict. "I'll never have my sister again — I still have to visit her at the cemetery — but at least I know she got justice," Nick Savio, Kathleen Savio's half-brother, told reporters outside the Will County Courthouse. Investigators believe Stacy Peterson is dead, and have named Drew Peterson as a person of interest in her disappearance. He has not been charged with a crime in that case. Pam Bosco, a spokeswoman for Stacy Peterson's family, said a second prosecution is coming. "Stacy's case is right around the corner — I truly believe that," said Bosco, who thanked the jury members for their decision. Will County State's Attorney James Glasgow agreed prosecutors are reviewing the disappearance of Stacy Peterson "with an eye to charging it." He called Thursday's guilty verdict "transcendental." "It transcends the criminal justice system," Glasgow said. "It makes a statement about violence against women that is one of the biggest problems that we have in this country — and that it won't be tolerated." He called Drew Peterson a "coward and a bully." Earlier Thursday, jury members sent trial judge Edward Burmila a note, asking, "Just to be clear judge, what does unanimous mean?" The judge replied to them: "The word unanimous has its common meaning. It indicates the agreement of all on the matter at hand, and your verdict must be unanimous and signed by all." The atmosphere at the courthouse was circus-like. A group of regular Peterson trial spectators even prepared a song about Drew Peterson's conviction, sung to the tune of "Puff the Magic Dragon." It went, in part: Drew the lady killer, won't be getting out of jail Who'd of thought a few weeks ago that justice would prevail? Once a respected police man, sworn to protect and serve, He'll be in jail for 20-plus. He got what he deserved.
Artículos en prensa Cost-effectiveness analysis of a surveillance program to prevent hip dislocation in... Model input parameters Editor in charge Transparency declaration Cost-effectiveness analysis of a surveillance program to prevent hip dislocation in children with cerebral palsy Análisis de coste-utilidad de un programa de vigilancia para prevenir la luxación de cadera en niños y niñas con parálisis cerebral Laura Vallejo-Torresa,b,c, laura.vallejotorres@sescs.es Corresponding author. , Amado Rivero-Santanaa,c,d, Carlos Martin-Saboridof, David Epsteing, Lilisbeth Perestelo-Pérezc,d,h, Carmen Luisa Castellano-Fuentesa, Antonio Escobar-Martínezc,i, Pedro Serrano-Aguilarc,d,h a Fundación Canaria de Investigación Sanitaria (FUNCANIS), Islas Canarias, España b Departamento de Métodos Cuantitativos en Economía y Gestión, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Islas Canarias, España c Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas (REDISSEC), Madrid, España d Centro de Investigación Biomédica de Canarias (CIBICAN), Islas Canarias, España f Unidad de Evaluación de Tecnologías, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, Madrid, España g Departamento de Economía Aplicada, Universidad de Granada, Granada, España h Servicio de Evaluación del Servicio Canario de la Salud (SESCS), Islas Canarias, España i Unidad de Investigación, Hospital Universitario Basurto, Bilbao, España Table 1. Data inputs. Table 2. Results for the base case analysis. Material adicional (1) In this study we conducted an economic evaluation of a surveillance programme to prevent hip dislocation in children with cerebral palsy. We developed a model that compared costs and health outcomes of children with cerebral palsy with and without a surveillance programme. Information from a number of sources was combined into a decision analytical model, primarily based on data from a comparative study with a 20-year follow-up. Effectiveness was measured using Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs). The analysis took the perspective of the Spanish National Health Service. We undertook extensive sensitivity analyses including a probabilistic sensitivity analysis. The surveillance programme led to higher QALYs and higher health care costs, with an estimated incremental cost per QALY gained of 12,282€. The results were robust to model assumptions. The probability that the programme was cost-effective was estimated to be over 80% at the threshold of 25.000€/QALY recommended in Spain. This study indicates that surveillance programmes to prevent hip dislocation in children with cerebral palsy are likely to be cost-effective. En este estudio se realiza una evaluación económica de un programa de vigilancia para prevenir la luxación de cadera en niños y niñas con parálisis cerebral. Se desarrolló un modelo que comparó los costes y los resultados en salud de niños y niñas con parálisis cerebral incluidas y no incluidas en un programa de vigilancia. Se combinó la información proveniente de diversas fuentes en un modelo analítico de decisión, principalmente basado en datos de un estudio comparativo con 20 años de seguimiento. La efectividad se midió empleando los años de vida ajustados por calidad (AVAC). El análisis tomó la perspectiva del Sistema Nacional de Salud de España. Se realizó un extenso análisis de sensibilidad, incluyendo un análisis de sensibilidad probabilístico. El programa de vigilancia estuvo asociado a más AVAC y mayores costes sanitarios, con un coste incremental por AVAC ganado estimado en 12.282 €. Los resultados fueron robustos a los supuestos del modelo. La probabilidad de que el programa fuera coste-efectivo se estimó en un valor por encima del 80% para el umbral de 25.000 € por AVAC recomendado en España. Este estudio indica que es probable que los programas de vigilancia para prevenir la luxación de cadera en niños y niñas con parálisis cerebral sean coste-efectivos. Análisis coste-beneficio Luxación de cadera Cerebral palsy has an incidence of approximately two per 1000 live births and it is considered the most common cause of physical disability in children in developed countries.1 A common but often preventable complication in children with cerebral palsy is the dislocation of the hip, usually attributed to spasticity and contracture of the hip adductors and flexors as well as the medial hamstrings.2 Between 15-20% of children with cerebral palsy develop this condition.3 At first, children with cerebral palsy might experience asymptomatic subluxation or displacement of the hip that can progress into painful dislocation, contributing to difficulties with sitting, standing, walking, dressing, and perineal hygiene.4 In most cases children with identified displacement will need surgery to prevent dislocation.5 Treatments for hip displacement in children with cerebral palsy are less invasive and more successful in hips with less hip degenerative change and less displacement.6 Due to the silent nature of early stages of the development of hip displacement, screening or surveillance programs may permit early detection and treatment. Surveillance programs involve the monitoring of children with cerebral palsy until they reach skeletal maturity based on standardized clinical evaluations and radiological examinations. Hip displacement is often evaluated using the Reimer index or migration percentage (MP)7, with most authors classifying hips with a MP>30% as displaced, and hips with an MP>90% to 100% as dislocated.2 The potential of surveillance to reduce hip dislocation depends on the appropriate planning of early treatment once displacement is detected. Surgical treatments to prevent dislocation include adductor–psoas tenotomy and varus osteotomy of the proximal femur. Salvage surgery (e.g. femoral head resection) is usually performed, if the child is fit to undergo surgery, when the hip has reached dislocation.8 Some countries and regions have established surveillance programs, achieving a reduction in the rate of hip dislocation.3,9–14 Well-applied surveillance programs have therefore been considered effective and practical.6 However, no previous study has provided evidence on the cost-effectiveness of this intervention. The aim of this study is to determine the cost-effectiveness of a surveillance program to prevent dislocation of the hip in children with cerebral palsy in Spain. MethodModel overview In this analysis we compared the costs and Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) of children with cerebral palsy with and without a surveillance program to prevent hip dislocation. The perspective was of the Spanish National Health System,15 with a time horizon of 18 years, coinciding approximately with the follow-up duration of available data. We applied a 3% discount rate to future costs and QALYs.15,16 The paper follows the CHEERS Statement for economic evaluations.17 This is, to our knowledge, the first cost-effectiveness evaluation of a surveillance program to prevent hip dislocation in children with cerebral palsy. The analysis was thus based on a de novo decision analytical model. Similar to previous cost-effectiveness analyses of related interventions, such as screening of developmental dysplasia of the hip,18–20 the model took the form of a decision tree (Fig. 1). A decision tree is appropriate in this case because the data did not indicate a complex pattern of recurring-remitting health conditions. However, to account for the timing of preventive surgery, dislocation or salvage surgery, costs and QALYs associated with each pathway were computed on a yearly basis and summed up for the duration of the time horizon with appropriate discounting. Decision tree. Decision node represented by squares and chance node by circles. (0,21MB). Based on this model, mean cost and mean QALYs and the incremental cost-utility ratio (ICUR) under both strategies were computed. The ICUR represents the additional cost required to achieve one additional QALY,16 which is then compared with the decision makers' willingness to pay threshold in order to draw conclusions about the cost-effectiveness of the intervention. In Spain a cost-effectiveness threshold of 20,000-25,000€ per QALY has been recommended.21 Effectiveness of the surveillance program A systematic review was performed to identify studies that estimated the effectiveness of a screening program to prevent hip dislocation in children/adolescents (0 to 18 years old) with cerebral palsy. Methodological quality of the included studies was assessed with the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) criteria22 (see online supplementary Appendix I). The methods and results of the systematic review are described in detail in online supplementary Appendix II. Three articles (reporting on two studies) were included in the final analysis. These two studies were retrospective analyses of the effectiveness of the same program: the Cerebral Palsy Follow-Up Program (CPUP), initiated in southern Sweden in 1994. Hägglund et al.,3,9 in 2005 and 2014, reported results at 10 and 20 years, respectively, comparing a cohort of children born between 1992-1997 (study group 1) and between 1998-2007 (study group 2) included in the CPUP, to a historical control group of children born in 1990-1991 not included in the program. Elkamil et al.,10 in 2011, compared a subsample of the CPUP to a sample of children recruited over the same period and with the same GMFCS (Gross Motor Function Classification System) levels in Norwegian regions who were not in a surveillance program. None of the studies reported data on pain or health-related quality of life. The overlap of the intervention samples in the included studies precluded a meta-analysis of their results. The cost-utility model was populated based on data from Hägglund et al.,9 which provided the longest follow-up and compared two groups of children from the same region. The methodological quality of this study was evaluated as acceptable, the highest possible quality for retrospective studies according to the SIGN criteria (see online supplementary Appendix I). In this study, children included in the control and intervention groups were not born in the same period. As a result, at the end of follow-up children in the control group (aged 22-23 years by then) have been at risk of developing dislocation (defined in the study as MP=100%) for far longer than children included in the intervention group 2 (aged 6-15 years at follow-up). Therefore, we compared information only from children included in intervention group 1 (aged 16 to 21 at follow-up) with those included in the control group, since they had a similar follow-up duration that was long enough to detect most cases of hip dislocation. Nine of 103 children developed dislocation of the hip in the control group (8 of them between 3 and 6 years of age, and one at age 16), while two out of 210 children from study group 1 included in the CPUP program suffered from a dislocated hip (relative risk=0.1090; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.2-0.49). Information on the probabilities of undergoing preventive primary, revision and salvage surgery were also computed by comparing children from study group 1 with the historical control cohort. These are presented in Table 1. Resource use and unit costs Data inputs. Relative risk Prob. distrib. Dislocation under surveillance program 0.10899 (0.02-0.49) Lognormal 9 Mean (SD) Non-surveillance program Primary preventive surgery 0.1165 (0.0315) Beta 9 Revision surgery after preventive surgery 0.5833 (0.1367) Beta Dislocation 0.0874 (0.0277) Beta Salvage surgery after dislocation 0.4444 (0.1571) Beta Surveillance program Proportion of type of preventive surgery Tenotomy (vs. osteotomy) in primary preventive surgery 0.6117 (0.0478) Beta 9 Tenotomy (vs. osteotomy) in revision preventive surgery 0.0652 (0.0360) Beta Proportion of children in each group of the GMFCS GMFCS I 0.4312 (0.01791) Dirichlet 9 GMFCS II 0.1665 (0.01347) Dirichlet GMFCS III 0.1048 (0.01108) Dirichlet GMFCS IV 0.1442 (0.01270) Dirichlet GMFCS V 0.1533 (0.01303) Dirichlet Unit costs X-ray 21.12 €(11.38 €) Gamma See online supplementary Appendix III Physiotherapist visit 25.84 € (18.17 €) Gamma Occupational therapy visit 20.17 € (7.29 €) Gamma Orthopedic specialist doctor visit 91.19 € (28.58 €) Gamma Adductor–psoas tenotomy 1,912.1 € (1,405.93 €) Gamma Femoral osteotomy 2,185.4 € (1,018.68 €) Gamma Femoral resection 3,253.4 € (948.07 €) Gamma QALY weights Cerebral palsy without hip dislocation(Mild cerebral palsy) 0.8700 (0.2000) Beta 32 Cerebral palsy with hip dislocation(Moderate cerebral palsy) 0.7600 (0.2300) Beta Disutility due to surgery (1-year) 0.1000 (0.1000) Beta Assumption Mean [min; max] Age at primary preventive surgery 5 [3;8] Uniform 9 Age at revision surgery 8 [4; 12] Uniform Age at salvage surgery 13 [7;20] Uniform Age at dislocation 5 [3;8] Uniform CI: confidence interval; GMFCS: Gross Motor Function Classification System; Prob. distrib.: probability distribution; QALY: quality adjusted life years; SD: standard deviation. Note: A more detailed description of the parameters summarized in Table 1 is provided in online supplementary Appendix V. The intervention under analysis is the CPUP surveillance program,3,9 which included a standardized physiotherapist and occupational therapist visit twice a year until the age of six years, and once a year thereafter. Inclusion in the program was from identification of a possible cerebral palsy diagnosis, i.e., from birth on most patients, until they reached skeletal maturity. Radiological examinations in the CPUP program are based, since 2007, on the GMFCS, with children in level I not examined radiologically (if they have normal pain-free range of movement), children in level II examined at two and six years of age, and children in level III-V examined annually.9 GMFCS is currently the most widely applied scale for motor function classification in patients with cerebral palsy.23 We assume that each radiological examination involves a visit with an orthopeadic specialist doctor. In order to compute the mean cost of the program we considered the percentage of children in each GMFCS category as reported in Hägglund et al.,9 and shown in Table 1. This distribution by GMFCS was very similar to that reported in a previous study conducted in a Spanish region.24 In the CPUP, decisions regarding preventive surgery were made locally, and the most common types of preventive surgeries performed consisted of adductor–psoas tenotomy25 and varus femoral osteotomy.26 The proportions of surgery types are presented in Table 1, alongside with the mean age of children when undergoing preventive, revision and salvage surgery. Information on the use of non-surgical treatments to prevent hip dislocation, such as appropriate lying, sitting and standing positions and the use of orthoses, is not provided in Hägglund et al.9 We assume there are not differences across groups in the provision of this usual care, and therefore these costs are not included in the analysis. Furthermore, no information was provided in this study on the follow-up required for children after surgery or who developed dislocation but could not undergo a surgical procedure. In our analysis we assumed, based on clinical expertise, an additional annual visit to the physiotherapist and an additional radiological examination involving an orthopaedic surgeon visit in these children. The impact of this assumption was tested in sensitivity analyses. Unit costs data (Table 1) were taken from the mean values of the most up-to-date (2013 to 2018) Spanish regional tariffs (see online supplementary Appendix III for references). Life expectancy and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) In order to calculate the QALYs associated to each strategy, we combined information on life-expectancy as well as on HRQoL, the latter expressed in terms of QALY weights. We estimated mortality rates for patients with cerebral palsy until 18 years of age based on data from Hägglund et al.9 There is no evidence of differences in mortality for children under and not under a surveillance program, and neither there is evidence that hip dislocation has an impact on life expectancy in patients with cerebral palsy. Therefore, we applied the same mortality rates (represented as survival curves in online supplementary Appendix IV) for all children in our analysis. Several studies have shown that hip displacement/dislocation is significantly associated with a lower HRQoL in children with cerebral palsy.27–30 However, these studies have used a measure of HRQoL not suitable for the computation of QALYs weights (e.g. the Child Health Index of Life with Disabilities). QALY measurement in paediatric populations is very challenging.31 One study by Carroll and Downs32 calculated QALY weights for a wide range of health problems in the paediatric population. They considered mild, moderate and severe symptoms for each health problem, including cerebral palsy. In our base case analysis, we applied the reported utilities for children with mild cerebral palsy to children with cerebral palsy not suffering from hip dislocation, and that estimated for children with moderate cerebral palsy to children with cerebral palsy with hip dislocation (Table 1). We explored the impact of this assumption in sensitivity analyses, and estimated the change in utility required for the program to be cost-effective. We assumed that the mean age of children developing dislocation was 5 years of age.3,9 Furthermore, to allow for the fact that undergoing a surgical procedure might have a short-term detrimental impact on HRQoL, we applied a disutility associated to any surgical procedure equivalent to 0.1 QALYs for one-year after surgery. The impact of this assumption is also analyzed in sensitivity analyses. Data parameters were increased to double and reduced by half the base-case value in one-way deterministic sensitivity analyses. Wider ranges were applied to the assumptions included in the analyses: the number of follow-up visits after surgery was varied from no follow-up to monthly (base-case: annual visits); the disutility associated to any surgical procedure for a one-year after surgery was varied from 0.05 to 0.5 (base-case: 0.1); the time horizon of the study was varied from 10 to 100 years (base-case: 18 years) and discount rate varied from 1% to 5% (base-case: 3%). In addition, we undertook a threshold analysis that computed the value required on the change in QALY weights after dislocation for the intervention to be considered cost-effective. We also conducted a probabilistic sensitivity analysis to characterize the joint uncertainty in the model using 1,000 simulations in a Monte Carlo simulation. The results of the probabilistic sensitivity analysis are presented in terms of a cost-effectiveness plane and cost-effectiveness acceptability curves, which indicate the probability that an intervention is cost-effective for different values of the willingness to pay for a QALY. Probability distributions for each parameter are shown in Table 1. The cost-utility results of the base case analysis are presented in Table 2. The mean cost per child included in the program is 1569€ (95% CI: 917-2470€) and the mean cost per child not included in the program is 613€ (95% CI: 258-1151€). The mean QALYs for children included and not included in the program are 11.99 (95% CI: 3.83-13.85) and 11.92 (95% CI: 3.73-13.78) QALYs, respectively, for an 18-year time horizon. The ICUR of the program is estimated as 12,282€/QALY (95% CI: 3014-60,708€), and therefore considerably lower than the threshold of up to 25,000/QALY recommended in Spain.21 Results for the base case analysis. Surveillance programMean (95% CI) Non-surveillance programMean (95% CI) Incremental differenceMean (95% CI) ICURMean (95% CI) Costs 1569 €(917-2470 €) 613 €(258-1151 €) 956 €(394-1708 €) 12,282 €/QALY(3013-60,707€) QALYs 11.994(3.832-13.8450) 11.916(3726-13.780) 0.0778(0.028-0.131) ICUR: incremental cost-utility ratio; QALY: quality-adjusted life years. The results were robust to one-way sensitivity analyses (Fig. 2). The ICUR values estimated under the sensitivity analyses were in every instance under 25,000€/QALY, with the exception of when the time horizon is reduced to 10 years and when the underlying risk of dislocation without a program is assumed to be half the value of the base-case. Other variables found to have a large impact on the ICUR were the cost of the program, the probability of undergoing preventive surgery, and the disutility associated with dislocation. With regards to the latter, our analysis suggested that the screening program would be cost-effective when the difference in the utility weight between children with cerebral palsy with and without hip dislocation is 0.06 or greater (the base-case difference in the model is 0.11). One-way sensitivity analyses. Figures 3 and 4 shows the cost-effectiveness plane and the cost-effectiveness acceptability curves. At a threshold value of €25,000/QALY, the probability that the surveillance strategy is the most cost-effective option approaches 90% in the base case analysis. Cost-effectiveness plane. Cost-effectiveness acceptability curves. This study provides the first cost-utility evaluation of a surveillance program to prevent hip dislocation in children with cerebral palsy. The analysis was based on the best available evidence, which is limited to a population-based retrospective observational study implemented in southern Sweden. This study showed acceptable internal validity (see online supplementary Appendix I). External validity might be compromised due to potential differences between countries in the organizational requirements to implement the program and the quality of services provided in usual care. Therefore, both the underlying dislocation rate under non-surveillance and the effectiveness of a surveillance program might be different in other contexts. Unfortunately, there are no data on the underlying dislocation rate in children with cerebral palsy in Spain, but similarly to the control group included in Hägglund et al.,9 current clinical guidelines for children with cerebral palsy in Spain do not include routine surveillance for hip dislocation, but only recommend considering annual radiological examinations in severe cases.33 Therefore, the rate of dislocation in Spain is unlikely to be lower than that reported in Hägglund et al.9 In fact, studies from other countries, such as in a Norwegian non-surveillance cohort with a 15 years of follow up,10 have reported a dislocation rate larger than that in the control group in Hägglund et al.9 (8.7% vs. 15.1%). Dislocation rates under surveillance programs in other countries have also being found to be larger to that observed in the intervention group of Hägglund et al.9 We identified three non-comparative studies of surveillance programs in Norway34 and Australia.14,35 The results of Connelly et al.14 and Terjesen et al.34 are not directly comparable to those of Hägglund et al.,9 since they defined dislocation as MP>90% instead of 100%, and indeed they reported much higher dislocation rates with shorter follow up (6.8% and 4%, respectively, vs. 1.0%). Wynter et al.35 published an abstract reporting ten years of follow up of the largest cohort studied to date (n=2278); they did not define dislocation, although in a previous 5-year report it was defined as 100% of MP.13 The observed dislocation rate in Wynter et al.35 (1.8%) was similar but slightly larger than that of Hägglund et al.9 (1.0%); although more than half of cases of dislocation were observed at the initial entry to the program. Another threat to external validity could be the technical evolution of therapeutic preventive and reconstructive procedures, since the CPUP program in Sweden started more than 20 years ago. However, treatment modalities have not fundamentally changed, as suggested by recent published systematic reviews about treatments options.8 The cost-utility analysis has a series of limitations. First, and related to the previous point, the analysis is based on data from the study implemented in Sweden and, therefore, some input parameters might not correspond to the epidemiological context and clinical practice in Spain. Nevertheless, the extensive sensitivity analyses conducted around these model parameters showed the results were generally robust to variations in these values. The validity of any model depends on a series of assumptions. In our model, these assumptions include the intensity of follow-up after surgery or when dislocation is not surgically manageable, as well as the disutility associated with surgical interventions. In every case results were found not to be sensitive to these assumptions. Finally, possibly the main methodological challenge in undertaking cost-utility analyses in paediatric populations pertains to the estimation of QALY weights. We explored the change required in the QALY weight of children with cerebral palsy with a dislocated hip for the intervention to be considered cost-effective, which was estimated in 0.06. This value is significantly lower than the baseline assumption. The results of previous papers that have shown a significant association of hip dislocation with a lower HRQoL in children with cerebral palsy,27–30 indicate that the program is cost-effective even when using conservative assumptions about HRQoL. The results of this study suggest that a surveillance program to prevent hip dislocation in children with cerebral palsy is likely to be a cost-effective use of health care resources of the Spanish National Health System. However, there is a need for further research, in particular about epidemiological data on the incidence of dislocation in children with cerebral palsy, the impact of dislocation on quality of life, as well as on the comparative effectiveness of surveillance and other preventative treatments options. Miguel Ángel Negrín Hernández. The corresponding author on behalf of the other authors guarantee the accuracy, transparency and honesty of the data and information contained in the study, that no relevant information has been omitted and that all discrepancies between authors have been adequately resolved and described. What is known about the topic? Dislocation of the hip is a common but often preventable complication in children with cerebral palsy. Surveillance programs for early detection have been shown to be effective and practical, but no previous study has provided evidence on the cost-effectiveness of this intervention. What does this study add to the literature? We provide the first cost-effectiveness evaluation of a surveillance program to prevent hip dislocation in children with cerebral palsy. Our study indicates that these programs are likely to be cost-effective. This information aims to support decision making in the Spanish National Health Service, but these results might be of relevance in other settings. L. Vallejo-Torres, A. Rivero-Santana and L. Perestelo-Pérez conceived the study, and P. Serrano-Aguilar oversaw its conduct. A. Rivero-Santana, L. Perestelo-Pérez and P. Serrano-Aguilar conducted the systematic review of effectiveness. C. Martin-Saborido, C.L. Castellano-Fuentes and A. 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Room 13 is a Gothic-horror children's novel written by the acclaimed award-winning children's author Robert Swindells. Published in 1989, it was awarded the Red House Children's Book Award. The novel centres around a group of friends on a school trip, who stay in a creepy guest house on Whitby's West Cliff. Plot summary Fliss Morgan has a nightmare on the night before her school trip, to Whitby. Every night Ellie-May Sunderland is drawn to the landing outside the mysterious Room 13, which does not seem to exist during the day. Fliss and her friends attempt to unravel the mystery of the room, and determine the identity of its sinister inhabitant. Characters Felicity "Fliss" Morgan: The main character. Fliss begins observing strange events in the hotel at night, and becomes determined to get to the bottom of what is going on. Lisa Watmoug: she is a very naughty girl Ellie-May Sunderland :''she is a very naughty girlDavid "Trot" Trotter: A loudmouthed boyGary Bazzard: One of Trot's friendsMr. Hepworth: A teacherMrs. Marriott: A loud military style teacher.Sall Haggerlythe:''' An elderly woman who sits in the bus shelter near the children's hotel, and is widely believed to be insane. References 1989 British novels English Gothic novels British horror novels Novels set in Whitby Dracula novels Novels set in hotels Doubleday (publisher) books
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Have you heard already? Sizzix has released new wonderful version of TH Tattered Florals. In Europe they will be sold only from January, but I am one of the few lucky ones to receive them as a Christmas present from Sizzix itself. You can see many amazing tutorials and previews of these new dies all over the blogland and Tim's page as well. So I wanted to show you something different - a comparison to the first Tattered Florals and the branch die also included in this set. These are the largest flowers of both sets. You can see how very bigger are the new dies - they're on the left side. This is a comparison of branch dies. The bigger one on the left side is from Garden Greens Bigz Die, the on in the middle is from Spring Greenery Decorative strip die, and the last one is from retired Sizzlits die. This is also a comparison between Bigz Die and Decorative Strip Die. And these are all other shapes you can get from the Jumbo Set. I also would like to wish you merry, bright and peaceful Christmas and prosperous, lucky and healthy New Year! There's plenty of time to get some Christmas crafting done and here are 8 FREE paper downloads that are perfect for the occasion! With a range of designs on offer, they are ideal for cards, tags, gift wrapping embellishments and more! Head over to Sizzix and sign up for their newsletter and voila - you will have access to wonderful Christmas papers.
Given I've just recently sold off all of my non-essential belongings my Christmas list this year is a little different than it has been in years past. In place of shoes and nail polish this year's list is full of exciting things we still need for the boat. Santa is always very generous with our stockings, so I am curious to see just how many tubes of sunscreen and aloe I get. First up on my list is The Boat Galley Cookbook. I was skeptical of this book at first. I gave it a shot, downloaded the free sample of the book, but I wasn't convinced this would be an essential item to keep on board. I consider myself pretty creative in the kitchen, I can look in the fridge and pretty easily concoct something from whatever I have lying around. So at first glance I didn't find the recipes that creative or think they would really be very helpful. It wasn't until I read this opinion of why the book is a "Must Have" that it moved from "Eh" to "Maybe I should definitely get me a copy." Apparently when you're sailing you can get pretty bored with all the cans of SPAM and rice you have in your lockers. Sometimes you just need someone else to tell you to add some magical ingredient to your meal to keep the crew satisfied. And, if Santa is bringing it for me its not like I have to buy it myself. Next up on my list is a Lock&Lock plastic egg carton. I know in the States eggs come in a fancy carton all of their own. But it seems that in foreign countries eggs aren't even refrigerated (don't worry, they are perfectly safe and actually stay fresh much longer), much less come packaged to help avoid crushing. This bad boy will keep us eating fresh eggs as much as possible. Next up on my list is really exciting. Go ahead, take a minute to prepare yourself. I'll wait. It's Method laundry detergent AND the refill packs!! I knew it would knock your socks off. This stuff is biodegradable so it won't harm any animals if I happen to dump my used water into the ocean. It's also 4x concentrated so it takes up a quarter of the space normal detergent would. It's pretty much a win win situation. For me, and the fishes. I find it both exciting and depressing that I have detergent on my Christmas list this year. It's exciting that I've cut out all the crap and a lot of materialistic items in my life, but also depressing that I'm asking Santa for detergent. If you want to play Santa this year or help me to get all those embarrassing items off my list, check out our sailing registry. I just caved and purchased the Boat Galley cookbook. Like you, wasn't sure if I needed it because I do a pretty good job cooking in my galley. I've read through the book, and I do like some of the ideas and recipes (Thermos slow cooking, never knew that existed!). I think it's worthwhile, and curious to see if you got the book. Will have to look around your blog for any updates. I did get the book. There are some things I think are great in it, and some that any experienced cook would know to do already. I made us the sweet and sour chicken (p279) today and it was really good! I used thighs instead, and brocoli instead of peppers because that is what we had on board. Keep me posted if you try any really good recipes. Also, thanks for the tip on that beer bread – it was incredible.
Home - European Commission Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion October 2020 developments in child and family policy in EU member states Policies and activities Moving & working in Europe European employment strategy Delivering on the European Pillar of Social Rights Social protection & social inclusion Skills and qualifications Agencies and partners Analysis, evaluation, impact assessment The European Platform for Investing in Children (EPIC) presents a round-up of the latest developments in child and family policy in EU member states in October 2020. Each piece of news contains a link to the original source, which may be in a language other than English. In most cases, they are press releases from the relevant ministries. Denmark: Strategy for working with private foundations supporting vulnerable children The ministry with responsibility for social affairs (Social og Indenrigsminister) introduced a new funding strategy that sets out how the ministry will work with private foundations who support children through their work. The strategy aims to promote knowledge-sharing and cooperation between civil investors, civil society actors and other public sector organisations with the goal of making social funding more efficient. Denmark: New bill on inclusion of disadvantaged children in care centres and primary schools The ministry with responsibility for social affairs (Social og Indenrigsminister) introduced a bill that aims to improve the inclusion of children with disabilities into early childhood education and care (ECEC) and schools. The ministry intends to strengthen existing anti-discrimination rules. France: Review of implementation of strategy for prevention and children protection The ministry with responsibilities for children and families (Ministère des Solidarités et de la Santé) released a report that provides an update on progress towards implementing the 2019 National Strategy for Prevention and Child Protection (La Stratégie nationale de prevention et de protection de l'enfance). The report provides information on the steps taken towards implementing the strategy over the past year: including measures aimed at improving partnership policies, harmonising and strengthening rights for all children, and reforming policies around adoption. Germany: New law proposed to protect children online On 14 October 2020, the federal government approved a revised law on the protection of minors. Proposed by the federal ministry with responsibility for family (Bundesfamilienministerium), the law aims to better protect children from risks found on the internet (including sexual harassment and cyberbullying) and to provide standardised age ratings for films and games. The bill now passes to the federal parliament (Bundestag) and, if approved, will enter into force in spring 2021. Greece: New programme of free school meals for selected schools The ministry with responsibility for education (Υπουργειο Παιδειασ Και Θρησκευματων) has introduced a free school meals programme in primary schools for the academic year 2020-2021. In order to qualify to offer these free school meals to their pupils, schools need to fulfil certain criteria, such as being in a deprived area, or having a large number of pupils at risk of poverty. All pupils in the selected schools will receive free meals. Slovakia: New project against bullying in schools The ministry with responsibility for education (Ministerstvo Školstva, Vedy, Výskumu A Športu) has become a partner in a new project that aims to tackle bullying. Called 'We will respond' (Odpíšeme ti), the project was launched on 5 October 2020 by the ministry and two national foundations: Markíza Foundation (Nadácia Markíza) and Child Safety Line (Linka detskej istoty). As part of providing direct support to victims and promoting public discussion about the issue, the project offers personalised help to children via a special helpline (116 111) and via a new website. Spain: Report on remote educational activities implemented during COVID-19 The ministry with responsibility for education (Ministerio de Educación y Formación Profesional) published a report setting out the educational response to the COVID-19 outbreak. The report describes various policies and initiatives that were launched by the ministry between March and September 2020 in order to encourage and support remote learning. One example is the web portal 'Learn from Home' (Aprendo en Casa) which was developed to bring together educational resources, online training, and tools and apps for teachers, families and students. European Union: Release of Gender Equality Index 2020 On 16 October 2020, the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) released the fifth edition of the Gender Equality Index. The thematic focus of the 2020 edition investigates the effect of digitalisation in the lives of men and women and considers the impact of intersecting inequalities. The Gender Equality Index also examines gender equality in the domains of work, money, knowledge, time, power and health. 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TPWD Media Links: Year: 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 ALL Topics: Any Game Warden Field Notes State Parks and Destinations Search For Text: TPWD Media News Releases — RSS Feed Passport To Texas Radio Program Texas Parks & Wildlife Television Program Texas Parks & Wildlife Magazine TPWD Social Media Note: This item is more than seven years old. Please take the publication date into consideration for any date references. Print – Plain Text – Permalink Media Contact: TPWD News, news@tpwd.texas.gov, 512-389-8030 TPWD Looking to Sell Part of Palo Duro Canyon's Fortress Cliff Ranch AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department got the go-ahead today from the Texas Parks & Wildlife Commission to provide public notice of the pending sale of 2,014 acres of the state-owned Fortress Cliff Ranch overlooking Palo Duro Canyon. A key part of the purchase agreement for the property is the inclusion of a conservation easement to be held in perpetuity by TPWD that prevents any development near the rim and limits subdividing the property in the future into only two tracts. The property to be sold includes a modern ranch house, roughly 1,000 acres of grassland and mixed brush, a side canyon and a quarter mile of the canyon rim. TPWD, working with the Trust for Public Land, acquired the valuable ranchland overlooking the renowned 29,000-acre park in a dual transaction straddling 2008-2009. The acquisition was made primarily to protect the views from the park of seven miles of cliffs targeted for possible development that would have allowed small, canyon-front home lots. "With the sale of much of the Fortress Cliff property, the agency is staying true to its original stated intent and plan to protect the cliffs and the park's view shed, and make the best use of our limited funds by selling the ranch house and uplands at some future date," said Carter Smith, TPWD executive director. "A perpetual conservation easement will ensure the land's important wildlife conservation values are permanently protected. We will use the proceeds from this sale to acquire state park property elsewhere in Texas, where we have many high-priority needs." TPWD staff told the commission that a purchase offer has been presented with terms and conditions believed to be in the best interest of TPWD. TPWD used computer modeling and site visits to map views from the park, evaluate recreational access and outline public use options to come up with the December 2010 property listing. After the sale, TPWD will retain ownership of roughly 850 acres of the original 2,912-acre Fortress Cliff Ranch lands as part of Palo Duro Canyon State Park that will be integrated into existing resource management and public use plans. "A plan for public use has not been developed yet, but it is anticipated that the Fortress Cliffs property we retain will allow park visitors to be able some day to access the rim via a hiking trail to enjoy the spectacular views of the canyon below," Smith said. The Fortress Cliffs property, formerly Tub Springs Ranch, is located about 15 miles southeast of Amarillo in Randall and Armstrong counties. Palo Duro Canyon State Park is located about 12 miles east of Canyon on State Highway 217. For more information, contact the park at (806) 488-2227. RM 2012-01-25 Publication — Permission is granted to publish, in whole or in part, any news releases on this page. Print — A print-friendly version of the news release shows only the release with font sizes set to the browser default. Plain Text — Plain text versions of TPWD news releases are provided for copying and pasting into editing software. To copy text into an editing software: Click a Plain Text link to display the plain text page in your browser. Select all. Paste in a document in your editing program. Permalink — This is a direct link to the news release, omitting the navigation context from the URI. English/Spanish — News releases posted in both English and Spanish have one of these links. If you have any suggestions for improving these pages, send an e-mail to webtech@tpwd.state.tx.us and mention Plain Text Pages.
The Stop the Next Generation (STiNG) campaign was set up by AWPC to oppose the government's plans to equip Aldermaston to test, design and build the next generation of nuclear warheads at Aldermaston. Since 2002, when AWE published their Site Development Strategy Plan which set out their plans to develop Aldermaston and Burghfield, AWPC has campaigned against the new developments, working in cooperation with a wide range of other anti-nuclear individuals, local groups and national organisations. Our aim is to stop the next generation of nuclear warheads for the next Trident from being built at Aldermaston, and we need your help. In 2002, AWE Aldermaston and Burghfield embarked on a massive building programme which will equip the UK government to design, test and build a new generation of nuclear warheads. The developments are on the same scale as Heathrow's Terminal 5. They started long before parliament voted in March 2007 to replace Trident submarines. They have not yet voted to replace the warheads. The STNG campaign aims to stop new warheads being built at AWE using a range of tactics, in coperation with others to: objecting to the new developments through the local authority planning process; blocking construction traffic; writing to MPs; and most importantly, informing people - locally, nationally and internationally - about what's going on at Aldermaston, so that together we can Stop the Next Generation of Nuclear Weapons. For the most recent STNG Update, click here. AWE Aldermaston are investigating ways of avoiding public consultation on planning applications. The MoD's first report on the replacement of the Trident system is due in September during the parliamentary summer holiday. In September 2009, the government plan to make a decision about the replacement of the Vanguard sumarines which currently carry the UK's Trident missiles. Don't let Trident get you down! Don't miss the third Cocktail Party of the Century. The West Berkshire Council planning committee on 4 March approved planning permission for the new warhead assembly facility at Burghfield. AWPC produces regular updates on the progress (or not) of the new developments at Aldermaston, including details of the building programme and background information on the political context.
When a Christian prays, God is pledged to act. This is especially true when we pray for fellow Christians who have begun to stray. The reason why we missed many growth opportunities to kingdom greatness is our failure to listen and obey God. James told us to be doers of God's Word. Twenty five minus ten is on the way, and the AntiChrist shall get carried away. I bet the Lord wins. You can hear better if you tell your head. A sermon on backsliding and its effect on Demas. Could You Become Another Demas? Using an important historical event in our nation as the illustration, this sermon deals with the dangers of allowing ourselves to be tempted with the things of this world. Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for. If you ever have found it hard to be a Christian in this world - Paul has some good stuff for you in this text. Every miracle of Jesus was performed with you and me in mind. The miracles of Jesus takes us to the very heart of Jesus and the compassion that He has for you, His church, His followers, His friends. Lord, When Are You Coming Back? We learn from Paul in Romans that the saint will actually live their faith on a daily basis and it will be revealed to those who are around them. When we live our faith we actually encourage others in the Body of Christ. James cautioned believers against rushing to become teachers. God teaches that He will appoint whom He pleases. He does, however, give us the criteria for His appointment. The message explores the familiar admonition to handle the Word of Truth rightly.
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The CWL confirmed it today. The Call of Duty World League has confirmed the upcoming 2018-2019 Black Ops 4 competitive season will feature a five-vs-five format for the first time. This confirmation comes after an extended period of uncertainty about how many players would be included in each team. With Black Ops 4's switch to five-vs-five in public matches, fans and players alike wondered if the competitive scene would see a shift from four-vs-four, which has been used for nearly a decade. Since it was revealed that Black Ops 4 would have less players in public matches, competitive figures have debated the idea of changing the competitive format. One of the biggest critics included Patrick "ACHES" Price, who won the $1.5 million CWL Championship last month with Evil Geniuses. ACHES, who had tweeted daily about his disdain for a switch to five players per team, consistently expressed anger or disappointment that Activision and the CWL would not give the pro players any heads-up on their plans. While some will likely be happy with this decision, it will undoubtedly anger others, many of whom may be longtime fans of the esport. With a switch to five-vs-five, it guarantees organizations will be forced to pay an additional CoD player, a potential factor in why some brands decide not to get or stay involved with Call of Duty esports. The change also goes against tradition, something many fans have advised against. Starting with competitive Call of Duty's first national championship tournament in 2008, the esport has featured four-person teams, a key difference from many other competitive scenes.
AO-92 Commissioning Update: Transponder and Camera Tested, Further Camera Tests Planned January 13, 2018 January 13, 2018 by Paul Stoetzer The first thirty-six hours of AO-92's life in orbit have seen a flurry of activity as the AMSAT Engineering and Operations teams walk through an extensive checklist of tests required to check the functionality of the satellite's on-board systems. The first crucial test came on the initial pass over AMSAT command stations hours after launch. Around 15:00 UTC on January 12, 2018, AMSAT command stations successfully issued the first command to the satellite, changing it from the initial Beacon Mode to Safe Mode. The switch to Safe Mode allowed the collection of min and max data for the various telemetry values. As AMSAT Engineering continued to evaluate the data received, the decision was made to test the U/v FM transponder briefly on the evening passes over North America. At approximately 01:30 UTC on January 13, 2018, the satellite was commanded to Transponder Mode for the first time. Initial tests show the transponder functions very well. One testing station was able to access the satellite using 5 watts from an HT to a whip antenna from inside his house at approximately ten degrees of elevation. AMSAT Engineering reminds all amateur radio operators that, although the satellite may be found in Transponder Mode at times during the commissioning process, it is essential to not transmit to the satellite before it is opened for general use as you may interfere with various tests that need to be performed. The first image received from the Virginia Tech camera. With the transponder successfully tested and telemetry values continuing to be nominal, attention turned to the Virginia Tech camera. At about 14:30 UTC, the camera was turned on and quickly returned it's first image of Earth. On the next pass over North America, the camera was again turned on and several images flowed into AMSAT servers. Images captured and uploaded can be found at http://www.amsat.org/tlm/fox1d/images/ AMSAT plans further testing of the Virginia Tech camera during the early hours of January 14, 2018 (UTC). If not shut off by a command station, the camera remains active for a period of 40 minutes following activation, so the active period may vary depending on when the camera is activated. January 14, 2018 Camera On Times (Approximate) The first image of Earth received from the Virginia Tech camera. 01:12 UTC – 01:52 UTC This should provide an opportunity for stations in areas including Russia, China, and Japan to receive pictures from the Virginia Tech camera. Please be sure that FoxTelem's source is set to "Auto" so you will be able to receive either high-speed frames carrying camera payloads or data under voice (DUV) frames when the satellite is in Safe Mode or Transponder Mode. If using an external audio source for FoxTelem, be sure you are set for a minimum bandwidth of 20 kHz to receive the high-speed data. Thank you to all stations who have uploaded telemetry data to AMSAT servers. As of 18:00 UTC on January 13, 2018, a total of 90 unique stations have contributed telemetry from AO-92. Continued collection of telemetry data is essential to the commissioning process. AMSAT greatly appreciates the participation of the amateur radio community in collecting telemetry for the Fox-1 satellites. A view of the curvature of the Earth seen from the Virginia Tech camera. At the top of the image in the middle of the frame, you can see the tip of the satellite's receive antenna and a piece of the line that held the antenna down prior to deployment. Categories AMSAT News, Fox, New Satellites Fox-1D Launched, Designated AMSAT-OSCAR 92 AO-92 Commissioning Update: HERCI Experiment and L-Band Downshifter Tested
Recreating supernova reaction yields new insights for fusion energy by Jim Lynch, University of Michigan We study exploding stars in our quest to make reliable fusion energy a reality, but chances are we've been thinking about supernovae wrong. New research led by the University of Michigan shows that heat plays a significant role in the way materials mix during fusion reactions—a factor that has, to this point, been left out of the discussion. It's a finding that should help focus future studies of how supernovae work and what we can learn from them. Power from fusion, cleaner and more efficient energy than what we currently derive from fission, is the goal. Nuclear fusion reactions are constantly under way in the cores of stars, making them a natural research subject for scientists trying to recreate them for energy production on Earth. It's impossible to get a peek inside those far away stars, so scientists take a look at the next best things: supernovae and small-scale fusion reactions created in the lab. And a key component of fusion reactions they study is Rayleigh-Taylor mixing, which occurs during both. When a supernova occurs, it flings matter outward, mixing different plasmas with various elements that include iron, carbon helium and hydrogen. Rayleigh-Taylor instability, the dynamic of mixing liquids gases or plasmas with different densities, leads to the creation of supernova remnants. U-M scientists believe our methods of modeling the mixing that occurs in supernovae have historically been incomplete. Energy fluxes causing heating have a significant impact on the mixing that occurs. Yet heat is not a consideration in astrophysical modeling of Rayleigh-Taylor. "Rayleigh-Taylor has been studied for over 100 years," said Carolyn Kuranz, director of U-M's Center for Laser Experimental Astrophysical Research and an associate research scientist of climate and space sciences and engineering. "But the effects of these high energy fluxes, these mechanisms that cause heating, have never been studied." The researchers found that increased energy fluxes and their resulting heating reduces the amount of mixing that occurs—decreasing the Rayleigh-Taylor instability. In addition to Kuranz, the scientific team includes physicists Hye-Sook Park and Channing Huntington of Lawrence Livermore Laboratory. "These heating mechanisms reduce mixing and can have a dramatic effect on the evolution of a supernova," Kuranz said. "In our experiment, we found that mixing was reduced by 30 percent and that reduction could continue to increase over time." To observe the impact of heat during fusion, researchers turned to the world's largest laser in Livermore, Calif. Opened in 2009, the National Ignition Facility uses heat and lasers to create a fusion reaction—creating conditions similar to those seen in a supernova remnant. "Rayleigh-Taylor is theorized to occur in all Type II supernovae and there is evidence that these stars are turning themselves 'inside out' when they explode," Kuranz said. "These experiments help us learn what's going on inside." The ignition facility allowed researchers to factor in the heat effect for the first time. Observations from these controlled nuclear fusion reactions have wide applications for nuclear technology. In particular, they offer a roadmap toward maximizing the efficiency of energy production. "Right now, all of our nuclear plants are fission plants," Kuranz said. "But fusion tends to be more efficient and yield less nuclear waste. Instead of using plutonium or uranium, as with fission, fusion can be generated using lighter elements such as hydrogen isotopes. So we have a nearly unlimited source of fuel on Earth." A study on the research, "How high energy fluxes may affect Rayleigh-Taylor instability growth in young supernova remnants," is published in Nature Communications. The research was funded by the Department of Energy. Laser-heated nanowires produce micro-scale nuclear fusion with record efficiency More information: C. C. Kuranz et al. How high energy fluxes may affect Rayleigh–Taylor instability growth in young supernova remnants, Nature Communications (2018). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-03548-7 Provided by University of Michigan Citation: Recreating supernova reaction yields new insights for fusion energy (2018, April 26) retrieved 18 July 2019 from https://phys.org/news/2018-04-recreating-supernova-reaction-yields-insights.html How does gravitational potential energy work? Critical Energy Understanding the dispersion of waves What is the important scale of things in the Universe? Your guess (or some ideas) for Nobel 2019 'Formulations' of Physical Theories: Overview? More from Other Physics Topics New testing of model improves confidence in the performance of ITER Drifting and bouncing particles can maintain stability in fusion plasmas Laser-driven technique for creating fusion is now within reach, say researchers PPPL scientists deliver new high-resolution diagnostic to national laser facility Scientists probe the conditions of stellar interiors to measure nuclear reactions Tiny granules can help bring clean and abundant fusion power to Earth Supercomputers aid in novel simulations of gamma ray generation research Scientists create plasma using nanowires and long-wavelength, ultrashort-pulse laser Physicists create stable, strongly magnetized plasma jet in laboratory Scientists revisit the cold case of cold fusion Machine learning speeds modeling of experiments aimed at capturing fusion energy on Earth
Above pic shows panel installed on full size FLAT plate. These plates attach over the existing panel located above your glove box door. Strips of special double tape are already installed on the back of the panels. Just peel off the backing and position in place. They are made in the same gloss black material as the original panels of your main dashboard.. The logos are actually engraved from the back of the panel and then hand painted. The front surface is totally smooth! The plates can be made with your choice of the pictured logos or custom engraved as well. THESE GLOVEBOX PLATES ARE FOR GOING OVER THE STOCK FLAT PANELS COMMONLY FOUND IN THE 84-7 GRAND NATIONALS. IF YOU HAVE A STOCK PLATE THAT IS SUNKEN AND HAS A LARGER RAISED BORDER AROUND THE PERIMETER WE WILL NEED TO KNOW THAT UP FRONT SO WE CAN MAKE THE PROPER ONE FOR YOU! THOSE TYPE OF PANELS ARE USUALLY ON PLAIN REGALS OR LIMITEDS. BELOW IS A STOCK EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE MEAN BY A SUNKEN PLATE. THE PLATE FITS INSIDE THE BORDER AND MEASURES APPROXIMATELY 1.75" X 14". Please don't make the mistake a recent customer did. He checked the wrong size glovebox plate. Double check your size and style of existing plate to be sure you receive the correct size. If any custom engraving is done and you ordered the incorrect one we can not accept a return as we will not be able to re-sell it. Order the black gloss style plates from this order box! Be sure to pick the correct logo from the drop down menu below. LET US KNOW WHICH STOCK GLOVEBOX PLATE YOU HAVE! NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU ORDER THE WRONG SIZE. These simulated aluminum plates will match the other overlays we make for the dashboard, radio area and the console. Totally change the look of your interior! The stock panel is pictured at the top of the picture below. The overlays cover that surface. These black anodized aluminum and SIMULATED aluminum panels compliment our dashboard kits and look great! These differ from the above Gloss Black panels as the black anodized finish is flatter in appearance and has the engraving done from the front. The simulated aluminum has the appearance of aluminum but is a plastic material. Engraving is from the front and will be black. Compliments our simulated aluminum console and dash kits to totally change the appearance of your interior. Available in Simulated Aluminum or Black Anodized aluminum finish. BE SURE TO ORDER THE PROPER FINISH ALSO!
Constituency question: South Yarra Station Upgrade Mr HIBBINS (Prahran): My constituency question is for the Minister for Transport Infrastructure. I ask: what is the latest information on the South Yarra station upgrade and master plan project? I ask because since the announcement of $12.3 million to upgrade South Yarra station and to plan for a longer term master plan there has been a real lack of information and consultation with the community. Residents would like to know: when will the works start? When will they be complete? What will be the design of the tram stop and extended foyer? When will there be an opportunity for the public to have their say on the upgrade and the long-term master plan to make sure that South Yarra station gets the upgrades it needs? Luckily for the minister I did conduct a survey in 2017. While it did indicate that, yes, South Yarra station needed an expanded front foyer and tram super-stop, commuters also wanted a second entrance and a platform overpass for the Forrest Hill area, a safer pedestrian crossing at Yarra Street and to make sure that the heritage character is maintained. Answer - I thank the Member for his question. There has been extensive consultation with the community on the upgrade to South Yarra station. All local residents have received information on the plans with invitations to provide feedback, and pop-up information sessions have been held at South Yarra station. Works on the improved tram stop and station entrance will commence this year. Hon Jacinta Allan MP Minister for Transport Infrastructure
Book Review: When Krishna Calls by Susan Oleksiw and Forensics by Val McDermid When Krishna Calls An Anita Ray Mystery #4 Susan Oleksiw Five Star, August 2016 Indian American photographer Anita Ray lives at her Auntie Meena's tourist hotel in South India. She is preparing for a one woman show at a prestigious gallery and her aunt is pleased that she is not involved in solving other people's problems, for a change. When a young woman abandons her daughter inside the Hotel Delite and then flees, Anita recognizes the child as the daughter of an employee, Nisha. Soon the police come searching for Nisha, whom they want as the suspect in the stabbing death of her husband, Panju. Panju was angry about the local farmers losing their land to people who want to exploit the land, and he made enemies. Anita discovers that Panju owed debts to the unscrupulous moneylender from the family's village. When Anita goes to take some more photographs for her show, she sets up her camera for a shot and discovers a piece of paper wrapped around the batteries and someone else's memory card inside. She doesn't recognize the photos on the card, but someone is sending her a plea for help. Anita is drawn into the search for Nisha and wants to exonerate the hotel's employee, while navigating the world of moneylenders and debts of honor. The author does a wonderful job of capturing the rhythm of the speech and weaves references to food, clothing and customs throughout the story. The juxtaposition of the traditional India and the influence of new technology (cell phones are essential to the plot) make for a delightful journey. Readers who enjoy the mysteries of Tarquin Hall and Michael Stanley may like the Anita Ray series. Reviewed by Susan Belsky, November 2016. What Bugs, Burns, Prints, DNA, and More Tell Us About Crime Grove Press, April 2016 From the publisher: The dead talk – – to the right listener. They can tell us all about themselves: where they came from, how they lived, how they died, and, of course, who killed them. Forensic scientists can unlock the mysteries of the past and help serve justice using the messages left by a corpse, a crime scene, or the faintest of human traces. Forensics goes behind the scenes with some of these top-level professionals and their groundbreaking research, drawing on Val McDermid's own original interviews and firsthand experience on scene with top forensic scientists. Along the way, McDermid discovers how maggots collected from a corpse can help determine one's time of death; how a DNA trace a millionth the size of a grain of salt can be used to convict a killer, and how a team of young Argentine scientists led by a maverick American anthropologist were able to uncover the victims of a genocide. It's a journey from war zones to fire scenes and autopsy suits and brings McDermid into contact with both extraordinary bravery and wickedness, as she traces the history of forensics from its earlier beginnings to the cutting-edge science of the modern day. Ms. McDermid starts the book with facts dating from eighteenth-century scientific discoveries, when the term "forensic, meaning a form of legal evidence – science, was born," to the present time. The first case, in the opening chapter, describes dates back to 2005, going on to the opening of the first crime investigation lab in 1910 in France, the founder of which wrote a landmark 7-volume textbook on which he called "criminalistics," and coined the phrase "every contact leaves a trace." The second chapter, "Fire Scene Investigation," goes back to September of 1666, then to a case in County Durham in 1844, one in Derbyshire in 1981, and on from there, covering each milestone reached. The ensuing chapters discuss at length other aspects of forensics, i.e., entomology, pathology, toxicology, fingerprinting, blood spatter and DNA, anthropology, facial reconstruction, digital forensics, forensic psychology, as well as the all-important courtrooms where all the evidence is presented, to the ends that justice is, irrevocably, done. Not a dry recitation by any means, the author has made it very real and intense by recounting the names of victims and the circumstances of many of the cases cited. The book makes for fascinating reading, and it is recommended. Reviewed by Gloria Feit, July 2016. This entry was posted in Full Reviews and tagged criminology, Five Star, forensic science, Grove Press, history, India, missing person, moneylenders, mystery, nonfiction, photographer. Bookmark the permalink. ← An Interview with Jay Greenfield, author of Max's Diamonds 'Tis the Season to be Frazzled →
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A dozen drummers began beating an African rhythm. Six girls danced down the aisles of Orchestra Hall. A stream of young people followed, hoisting colorful flags. Their procession brought South Africa's flag onstage, where it joined two others representing the United States and Minnesota. "We're not in Kansas anymore, are we?" joked the evening's host, Brian Newhouse of Classical MPR, after the drums had quieted and the applause died down. Soon, the Minnesota Orchestra will tour South Africa — becoming the first professional U.S. orchestra to do so. But first, South Africa came to Minnesota. Over two days at Orchestra Hall, the orchestra celebrated the 100th birthday of the late Nelson Mandela, South Africa's most famous statesman and freedom fighter, with speeches and song. Those songs ran the gamut from traditional to modern, from symphonies to protest anthems. It kicked off with Friday's flag ceremony, followed by the national anthems of both South Africa and the United States. On Saturday, the orchestra's International Day of Music offered free performances by groups including Insingizi, a powerful vocal trio from Zimbabwe; and 29:11, a gospel group of young Cape Town vocalists and instrumentalists that, in recent months, has hopped from church to church across the Twin Cities. Saturday evening's concert paired Beethoven's beloved Ninth Symphony, including its famous choral finale, "Ode to Joy," with the world premiere of a piece the orchestra will highlight on its tour: "Harmonia Ubuntu," by South African composer Bongani Ndodana-Breen, which features a soprano singing text from Mandela's speeches and writings. The fanfare previewed the orchestra's two-week, five-city tour in early August, which will include an Aug. 17 concert in Soweto, "the spiritual home" of the anti-apartheid struggle, as Ndodana-Breen put it. Between playing in city halls and churches, the musicians will work with and rehearse alongside young musicians, an experience they raved about during the orchestra's historic trip to Cuba in 2015. With this tour, orchestra leaders wanted to let Minnesotans in on a bit of that magic. "I never thought five years after my father has passed away he would be celebrated thousands of miles away in Minnesota," said Makaziwe Mandela, Mandela's eldest daughter. With a smile that echoed her father's, she described the sacrifices Mandela and his family made in fighting to end apartheid — a fight that landed Mandela in prison for 27 years. But on this musical occasion, on the eve of an orchestral tour, she also described what music meant to her father as an activist and a man. More broadly, music offered Mandela a vision of "a world in harmony, a world governed by empathy and compassion and love," she said. A choir of 150, wearing an array of colorful shirts, packed the Orchestra Hall stage. Most were members of the Minnesota Chorale, which will send about 50 singers to South Africa for the second half of the orchestra's tour. But there were also singers from local church choirs and from 29:11, whose South African members offered coaching on click consonants and the complexities of a handful of African languages, including the Bantu language of Xhosa. In return, Chorale members helped everyone learn German for Saturday's performance of Beethoven's Ninth. Brian Bogan sings tenor with the Shiloh Temple International Ministries Church Choir. In recent years, that choir has teamed up with the Minnesota Orchestra, singing as part of its "Send Me Hope" concert last year. Many of that choir's members learn music by ear, he said, rather than by reading sheet music. "Personally, I haven't read music since fifth grade," Bogan said, laughing. So the first rehearsals were intimidating. In addition to reading music, he'd have to sing in German and a few African languages. But he stuck it out. He worked with choral members more experienced in those other languages. He studied a cheat sheet. In the end, singing together and alongside the orchestra has been a beautiful experience, Bogan continued, full of emotion.
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Thousands of children are serving as soldiers in armed conflicts around the world. Discover book depositorys huge selection of childrens books online. Children of all ages are encouraged to talk about their feelings that are associated with a military deployment. Discover the best childrens american civil war era history books in best sellers. Band of soldiers by sardindu bandhyopadhyay the first of my theme reads this month my reading theme is here, and this king in question in this one is the maratha warriorking shivaji, who ruled in the latter part of the seventeenth century. Please do not include books written for retail after a toy became popular like barbie. I enjoyed it so much that i read it as i walked to school, between. Books for military children with a deployed parent list 1 of 2. Kidnapped or lured by the promise of food, protection, revenge, or a better life, children serve not only as combatants but as porters, spies, human land mine detectors, and sexual. Other childrens books bear out the truth of the duke of wellingtons sorrowful observation that the only thing as sad as a battle lost is a battle won. Chikwanines book looks at the drcs history and its brutal legacy of colonialism, and includes resources to find out more about child soldiers all of which chikwanine said were necessary to show that such atrocities do not happen in vacuum. Shop for children s books by age, series, author, subject and format. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. An index to records of the indiana soldiers and sailors children s home in the indiana state archives book annual report of the indiana soldiers and sailors children s home for the fiscal year ending. The story is about two boy soldiers who meet each other in the battlefield during the american civil war. With the help of a beautiful rocking horse called chester. Best children s books about wwii world war ii was a pivotal time in british history. The golden age of childrens book illustration and american soldiers in the great war vanessa meikle schulman the lion and the unicorn, volume 41. And there are several great books out there for military children to read, or have read to them, involving moving, deployments and their parents. The five chinese brothers won the lewis carroll shelf award in 1959. A 2020 bank street best childrens book of the year a 2020 childrens book council notable social studies book for young people over a quarter million underage british boys fought on the allied front lines of the great war, but not all of them fought on the battlefieldsome fought beneath it, as revealed in this middlegrade historical adventure about a deadly underground mission. Braving the changes when someone you love is wounded in service is an interactive book that helps children and families of wounded service members deal with the feelings, changes and challenges they face because of their loved ones injury. Jun 30, 2014 what are the best first world war books for children. While the books imprint identifies it as having been designed in england, it also specifies that is was printed in berlin, so its certainly quite possible that the depictions of the toy soldiers recall designs of lead figures in germany, where they were also very popular childrens toys at the time, as well as those in england. Wife of wounded warrior writes childrens book to help daughters understand their dads injuries. This fun childrens book features a girl who has a great time in her grandmothers playroom after discovering some vintage toys. A former child soldier shares his story in new graphic. A childrens book about the value of family flores, sarah m. Best sellers in childrens american civil war era history books. In 2005 the government ratified the opac treaty and by 2008 the military use of children had reduced in the country, but both state armed forces and the spla continued to recruit and use them. Murphys a savage road to thunder account of the causes and first months of wwi offers a poignant and sometimes graphic introduction to the war to end all wars. If youre like me and find solace in books and are looking for resources to share with your children to explain military life, this list of picture books will comfort and. Childrens books with snakes and soldiers my wife swears she had a book as a child that featured soldiers in a jungle maybe vietnam, where snakes would drop down out of trees or lay across the trail like logs to ambush the soldiers. These boys and girls, some as young as 8 years old, serve in government forces. The childrens book council cbc is the nonprofit trade association of childrens book publishers in north america, dedicated to supporting the industry and promoting childrens books and reading. May 01, 2018 wife of wounded warrior writes children s book to help daughters understand their dad s injuries. 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The author of soldier dog and a horse called hero picks her favourite novels and diaries from the two world. Looking for a book about a child looking forward to a town parade. Sam anguss top 10 war books childrens books the guardian. Stone soup is a european folk story in which hungry strangers convince the people of a town to each share a small amount of their food in order to make a meal that everyone enjoys, and exists as a moral regarding the value of sharing. Best childrens books involving war books fiction and nonfiction that are about war andor take place during a time of war. Celebrates the special bond dads have with their children. Pink and say is a children s book written and illustrated by patricia polacco. Discover life in ancient rome with sticker and flap books, and stories and activity books. The global quest to eradicate the use of child soldiers hardcover. Find bestsellers, new releases, award winners and our recommended books for kids at. What are the best first world war books for children. After a decade fighting wars on two fronts, tens of thousands of service members are coming home having trouble adjusting to civilian life. The golden age of children s book illustration and american soldiers in the great war vanessa meikle schulman the lion and the unicorn, volume 41, number 2, april 2017, pp. Miss suzy s pleasant life in her house at the top of a oak tree is disrupted by six mean red squirrels who chase her away. Claire huchet bishop 1899 march 1993 was a children s novelist and librarian, winner of the newbery honor for pancakesparis and all alone, and the josette frank award for twenty and ten. The 2020 nonfiction award committee of the childrens book guild of washington, dc, is pleased to announce catherine reef as the nonfiction award winner for 2020. 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2022 was world's 6th-warmest year on record A world map plotted with color blocks depicting percentiles of global average land and ocean temperatures for the full year 2022. Color blocks depict increasing warmth, from dark blue (record-coldest area) to dark red (record-warmest area) and spanning areas in between that were "much cooler than average" through "much warmer than average." Image: NOAA NCEI. The planet continued its warming trend in 2022, with last year ranking as the sixth-warmest year on record since 1880, according to an analysis by scientists from NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Information, or NCEI. Below are highlights from NOAA's 2022 annual global climate report: Climate by the numbers Earth's average land and ocean surface temperature in 2022 was 1.55 degrees F (0.86 of a degree C) above the 20th-century average of 57.0 degrees F (13.9 degrees C) — the sixth highest among all years in the 1880-2022 record. It also marked the 46th-consecutive year (since 1977) with global temperatures rising above the 20th-century average. The 10-warmest years on record have all occurred since 2010, with the last nine years (2014-2022) among the 10-warmest years. The 2022 Northern Hemisphere surface temperature was also the sixth highest in the 143-year record at 1.98 degrees F (1.10 degrees C) above average. The Southern Hemisphere surface temperature for 2022 was the seventh highest on record at 1.10 degrees F (0.61 of a degree C) above average. 2022 as ranked by other scientific organizations NASA scientists conducted a separate but similar analysis, determining that 2022 ranked as Earth's fifth-warmest year on record, tied with 2015. The European Commission's Copernicus ranked 2022 as the globe's fifth-warmest year on record. An annotated map of the world plotted with the year's most significant climate events. Other notable climate findings and events Global ocean heat content (OHC) hit a record high: The upper ocean heat content, which addresses the amount of heat stored in the upper 2,000 meters of the ocean, was record high in 2022, surpassing the previous record set in 2021. The four highest OHCs have all occurred in the last four years (2019-2022). Polar sea ice ran low: The 2022 annual Antarctic sea ice extent (coverage) was at a near-record low at 4.09 million square miles. Only the year 1987 had a smaller annual extent. During 2022, each month had an extent that ranked among the five smallest for their respective months, while the months of February, June, July and August had their lowest monthly extent on record. In the Arctic, the average annual sea ice extent was approximately 4.13 million square miles — the 11th-smallest annual average sea ice extent in the 1979-2022 record, according to data from the National Snow and Ice Data Center. Global tropical cyclones were near average: A total of 88 named storms occurred across the globe in 2022, which was near the 1991-2020 average. Of those, 40 reached tropical cyclone strength (winds of 74 mph or higher) and 17 reached major tropical cyclone strength (winds of 111 mph or higher). The global accumulated cyclone energy (ACE) — an integrated metric of the strength, frequency and duration of tropical storms — was the fourth lowest since 1981. December 2022 was warm: The average temperature across global land and ocean surfaces in December was 1.44 degrees F (0.80 of a degree C) above the 20th-century average. This ranks as the eighth-warmest December in the 143-year NOAA record. Regionally, Africa tied 2016 for its second-warmest December on record. South America's December ranked fourth warmest on record, while Europe saw its 10th warmest. Although North America and Asia both had an above-average December temperature, neither ranked among the 20 warmest on record. An annotated map of the world plotted with the year's most significant climate events. Please see the story below as well as the report summary from NOAA NCEI at http://bit.ly/Global202212offsite link. Image: NOAA NCEI. LAKE COUNTY ARTS COUNCIL Lake County Arts Council awarded California Arts Council Arts Integration training grant LAKEPORT, Calif. — The California Arts Council has announced a grant award of $14,250 to Lake County Arts Council as part of its Arts Integration program in its second round of funding for 2022. Lake County Arts Council, in partnership with Lake County Office of Education, will provide a series of Arts Integration Trainings highlighting multiple artforms for Lake County teachers, providing materials and insight on how teachers can easily apply each artform into their classroom. Approximately 20 Arts Integration classes will be held over 2023-24 calendar year. The workshops will be held in various locations around the county. Arts integration fosters diverse representation in classrooms; by centering the teaching around student thinking and the arts, focus will be on the student experience and connections, as opposed to the teacher's culture and expertise. "I am very excited to see this program take off. More commonly we see funding for arts projects, not necessarily teaching moments," said Barbara Clark, executive director for the Lake County Arts Council. "This one is special because it gives us the opportunity to teach basic concepts that will allow teachers to take control of that art form and use it how they see is most appropriate for their classroom." Lake County Arts Council was featured as part of a larger announcement from the California Arts Council, with grant awards for its Cycle B programming totaling more than $41 million across more than 900 grants supporting nonprofit organizations and units of government throughout the state. All told, the projected sum of grants to be awarded for 2022's regular program funding cycle is more than $72 million — the biggest annual investment in the California Arts Council's 46-year history, largely supported by the $40 million one-time boost in support for the agency's creative youth and arts education development programs. "The resilience and creativity of California's arts and cultural field in these last three years has been remarkable," said California Arts Council Director Jonathan Moscone. "We are proud to be able to support the great work that California's artists, culture bearers and cultural workers are doing within our communities as an indelible part of our state's identity." Cycle B's programs include five funding opportunities for arts education and creative youth development, and related arts workforce development. Additionally, the cycle offered funding opportunities for administering organizations to regrant funds for folk and traditional arts and individual artists fellowship programs. Operational support for statewide and regional arts service organizations and networks was also available during this round of grant funding. Mara Johnson-Groh Space News: Flashes on the Sun could help scientists predict solar flares Two images of a solar active region (NOAA AR 2109) taken by SDO/AIA show extreme-ultraviolet light produced by million-degree-hot coronal gas (top images) on the day before the region flared (left) and the day before it stayed quiet and did not flare (right). The changes in brightness (bottom images) at these two times show different patterns, with patches of intense variation (black & white areas) before the flare (bottom left) and mostly gray (indicating low variability) before the quiet period (bottom right). Credits: NASA/SDO/AIA/Dissauer et al. 2022. In the blazing upper atmosphere of the Sun, a team of scientists have found new clues that could help predict when and where the Sun's next flare might explode. Using data from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, researchers from NorthWest Research Associates, or NWRA, identified small signals in the upper layers of the solar atmosphere, the corona, that can help identify which regions on the Sun are more likely to produce solar flares — energetic bursts of light and particles released from the Sun. They found that above the regions about to flare, the corona produced small-scale flashes — like small sparklers before the big fireworks. This information could eventually help improve predictions of flares and space weather storms — the disrupted conditions in space caused by the Sun's activity. Space weather can affect Earth in many ways: producing auroras, endangering astronauts, disrupting radio communications, and even causing large electrical blackouts. Scientists have previously studied how activity in lower layers of the Sun's atmosphere — such as the photosphere and chromosphere — can indicate impending flare activity in active regions, which are often marked by groups of sunspots, or strong magnetic regions on the surface of the Sun that are darker and cooler compared to their surroundings. The new findings, published in The Astrophysical Journal, add to that picture. "We can get some very different information in the corona than we get from the photosphere, or 'surface' of the Sun," said KD Leka, lead author on the new study who is also a designated foreign professor at Nagoya University in Japan. "Our results may give us a new marker to distinguish which active regions are likely to flare soon and which will stay quiet over an upcoming period of time." For their research, the scientists used a newly created image database of the Sun's active regions captured by SDO. The publicly available resource, described in a companion paper also in The Astrophysical Journal, combines over eight years of images taken of active regions in ultraviolet and extreme-ultraviolet light. Led by Karin Dissauer and engineered by Eric L. Wagner, the NWRA team's new database makes it easier for scientists to use data from the Atmospheric Imaging Assembly, or AIA, on SDO for large statistical studies. "It's the first time a database like this is readily available for the scientific community, and it will be very useful for studying many topics, not just flare-ready active regions," Dissauer said. The NWRA team studied a large sample of active regions from the database, using statistical methods developed by team member Graham Barnes. The analysis revealed small flashes in the corona preceded each flare. These and other new insights will give researchers a better understanding of the physics taking place in these magnetically active regions, with the goal of developing new tools to predict solar flares. "With this research, we are really starting to dig deeper," Dissauer said. "Down the road, combining all this information from the surface up through the corona should allow forecasters to make better predictions about when and where solar flares will happen." Mara Johnson-Groh works for NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland. Helping Paws: Akitas, terriers and malamutes LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Lake County Animal Care and Control has an interesting and diverse lineup of dogs waiting for new homes. Dogs available for adoption this week include mixes of Akita, Alaskan malamute, American blue heeler, Belgian Malinois, German shepherd, hound, husky, Jack Russell terrier, Labrador retriever, mastiff, pit bull, pointer, shepherd and terrier. This 6-month-old female pit bull terrier is in kennel No. 3, ID No. LCAC-A-4565. Photo courtesy of Lake County Animal Care and Control. This 6-month-old female pit bull terrier has a short red and white coat. This 3-year-old female pointer mix is in kennel No. 4, ID No. LCAC-A-4520. Photo courtesy of Lake County Animal Care and Control. Female pointer mix This 3-year-old female pointer mix has a tricolor coat. This 5-month-old female American blue heeler-hound is in kennel No. 6a, ID No. LCAC-A-4521. Photo courtesy of Lake County Animal Care and Control. American blue heeler-hound This 5-month-old female American blue heeler-hound has a short brown and white coat. She is in kennel No. 6a, ID No. LCAC-A-4521. This 5-month-old female American blue heeler-hound is in kennel No. 6b, ID No. LCAC-A-4522. Photo courtesy of Lake County Animal Care and Control. This 5-month-old female American blue heeler-hound has a short brindle coat. She is in kennel No. 6b, ID No. LCAC-A-4522. This 5-month-old male American blue heeler-hound is in kennel No. 9a, ID No. LCAC-A-4519. Photo courtesy of Lake County Animal Care and Control. Male American blue heeler-hound This 5-month-old male American blue heeler-hound has a short brindle coat. He is in kennel No. 9a, ID No. LCAC-A-4519. This 5-month-old male American blue heeler-hound is in kennel No. 9b, ID No. LCAC-A-4523. Photo courtesy of Lake County Animal Care and Control. This 5-month-old male American blue heeler-hound has a short brown coat. He is in kennel No. 9b, ID No. LCAC-A-4523. This 1-year-old male mastiff mix is in kennel No. 11, ID No. LCAC-A-4566. Photo courtesy of Lake County Animal Care and Control. Male mastiff mix This 1-year-old male mastiff mix has a short black coat. This 2-year-old male Akita-shepherd mix is in kennel No. 12, ID No. LCAC-A-4539. Photo courtesy of Lake County Animal Care and Control. Male Akita-shepherd mix This 2-year-old male Akita-shepherd mix has a long brown coat. This 2-year-old male Akita-shepherd is in kennel No. 13, ID No. LCAC-A-4538. Photo courtesy of Lake County Animal Care and Control. Male Akita-shepherd This 2-year-old male Akita-shepherd has a short fawn-colored coat. This 1-year-old female husky is in kennel No. 16, ID No. LCAC-A-4562. Photo courtesy of Lake County Animal Care and Control. Female husky This 1-year-old female husky has a black and white coat. "Missy" is a 6-year-old female pit bull terrier in kennel No. 17, ID No. LCAC-A-4548. Photo courtesy of Lake County Animal Care and Control. 'Missy' "Missy" is a 6-year-old female pit bull terrier with a short brown coat. "Louie" is an 8-year-old male Jack Russell terrier in kennel No. 19, ID No. LCAC-A-4550. Photo courtesy of Lake County Animal Care and Control. 'Louie' "Louie" is an 8-year-old male Jack Russell terrier with a long white coat. This 3-year-old male Doberman pinscher is in kennel No. 25, ID No. LCAC-A-4543. Photo courtesy of Lake County Animal Care and Control. Male Doberman pinscher This 3-year-old male Doberman pinscher has a short brown and tan coat. This 5-month-old female American blue heeler/hound mix is in kennel No. 28, ID No. LCAC-A-4524. Photo courtesy of Lake County Animal Care and Control. American blue heeler/hound mix This 5-month-old female American blue heeler/hound mix has a short brindle and white coat. This 7-year-old male German shepherd is in kennel No. 29, ID No. LCAC-A-4561. Photo courtesy of Lake County Animal Care and Control. Male German shepherd This 7-year-old male German shepherd with a black and tan coat. "Diesel" is a 2-year-old male pit bull terrier in kennel No. 31, ID No. LCAC-A-4549. Photo courtesy of Lake County Animal Care and Control. 'Diesel' "Diesel" is a 2-year-old male pit bull terrier with a short white coat with black markings. He's in kennel No. 31, ID No. LCAC-A-4549. This 8-year-old male German shepherd has a black and tan coat. Rotary Club of Lakeport Rotary Club of Lakeport plans drive-through Crab Feed and Online Auction LAKEPORT, Calif. — The Rotary Club of Lakeport will hold its third annual drive-through Crab Feed and Online Auction at the Lake County Fairgrounds on Saturday, Feb. 18, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. The theme of this year's event will be "Under the Sea." Tickets, which are available on the club website, cost $70 per person. That will get you a complete crab dinner featuring two pounds of hot cracked crab and a pound of fresh shrimp, as well as tossed salad and warm bread rolls. Also available for an additional $20 is a quart of clam chowder. Local wines can be purchased for $20 a bottle and take-home butter warmers are available for $15. As part of the crab-packed weekend, Lakeport Rotary is holding an online auction beginning on Friday, Feb. 18, at 9 a.m. There will also be a number of home-baked desserts auctioned as well. The dessert auction closes at 2 p.m. sharp on Saturday, February 18, and the main auction will close on Sunday, February 20, at 9 p.m. There are sponsorship opportunities. Those who opt for the $2,000 King Trident sponsorship will receive eight full crab meals, four Lake County wines, four chowders, four warmers and desserts, as well as press coverage and a business promotional video with Crabby the Crab. The $1,000 Mermaid sponsorship includes four meals, two bottles of wine, two chowders, two warmers and desserts, a Crabby promotional and press coverage. And, finally, there are $500 Starfish sponsorships which include two meals, one bottle of Lake County wine, one chowder, one warmer and dessert. The same Crabby promotional video and press coverage are included. This year's King Trident sponsors already include Adventist Health Clearlake, Sutter Lakeside Hospital and Lake County Tribal Health. Mermaid sponsors who have already committed include Strong Financial Network and Lakeport Tire and Auto. Starfish sponsors so far are Nala's Cleaning Service, Dennis Fordham Law and Bell Haven Flower Farm. To inquire about sponsorships, please contact event coordinator Faith Hornby at 707-349-3533 or email her at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. State holds first listening session on effort to save Clear Lake hitch LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — California hasn't lost a species in 50 years, but that could soon change if efforts to save the Clear Lake hitch fail. The population of the hitch, a large minnow native to Clear Lake and its tributaries, is crashing, local tribes are asking state and federal agencies for immediate intervention and on Thursday the state held a virtual meeting with Lake County residents and officials to discuss the emergency. The hitch's troubles began decades ago. Once reported to number in the millions, over the last decade, the hitch population has plummeted. In 2014, as the situation was accelerating, the hitch was listed as a threatened species under the California Endangered Species Act. However, the federal government hasn't followed suit so far. The hitch has traditionally been a primary food source for Lake County's Pomo tribes. In December, those tribes and the Center for Biological Diversity asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to provide emergency protections to the fish. They also held a summit with state and federal agencies to discuss immediate help for the hitch. Concerns about the hitch led to the proposal for a proclamation of a local emergency by the Board of Supervisors at the Jan. 10 meeting, but that discussion was rescheduled to Jan. 24. On Thursday, the State Water Resources Control Board held the first of two public listening sessions about the hitch. Thursday's State Water board session started out with some technical issues with its Zoom link. Officials said they have updated the links to avoid that problem at the Feb. 1 session. Valerie Zimmer of the State Water Board said there is widespread agreement that the hitch has been in decline for a long time. She showed a graph of hitch population and juvenile spawning data collected by the United States Geological Survey. The data showed that there has been a near complete failure of juvenile hitch success after 2017, with Zimmer noting that the decline is validated by local knowledge and narratives. The slide showed that a small number of juveniles were recorded in 2018, a smaller number in 2019. There were no numbers given for 2020, and then in 2021 no juveniles were recorded. In 2022, only a very small number were found. "This looks like the population is crashing right now," she said. With the hitch having up to a six-year life cycle, if they don't come back this year, Zimmer said they may be gone for good. "Unfortunately we are late to this issue," Zimmer said, adding that the state is catching up and working with local agencies and organizations. As for why the hitch population is crashing now, Zimmer said there is no single cause and no single person who is responsible, although the drought is having an impact. Zimmer said the hitch's peril is due to human activity. Examples of harmful activities include: • Flow barriers: Culverts, stream bed alterations and dams. • Insufficient water flow volumes: Drought impacts, surface diversions and losing streams. • Habitat degradation: Mining, land use changes, levee development and flood control. • Predation and competition with invasive species • Pollution: Mercury and harmful algal blooms. Flow barriers may be a critical issue as hitch don't jump over barriers. Zimmer said they can migrate when there is a lot of water, but not when water is low. A key issue is lack of flow in Lake County's creeks. "If there's no water in the creeks, none of this other stuff matters," Zimmer said. Zimmer also showed a picture of a 2014 fish kill in Adobe Creek, when juvenile hitch got stuck and died. Just a week before, the creek was running very high, so a biologist couldn't get into the creek to get the fish out. More recently, Lake County's tribes have carried out successful fish rescues, such as one that occurred in April when Robinson Rancheria and Habematolel Pomo tribal members worked with the Lake County Water Resources staff and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife to rescue hundreds of hitch from an isolated pool in Adobe Creek near Soda Bay in Lakeport. Other possible factors impacting the hitch's numbers include illegal water diversions, cannabis, turning in pumps too early, overallocated water and groundwater use, especially when wells are close to creeks. Zimmer acknowledged data gaps and a lot that isn't known. Zimmer said the focus is being placed on the creeks that historically have had a lot of hitch in them — Adobe, Cole, Kelsey, Manning and Middle creeks. She showed maps of surface water diversions — irrigation, frost protection, domestic water and stock watering — as well as a map of uses like frost protection, which tends to occur in the spring when the hitch are migrating. Primary uses for water in Lake County include urban, 13,000 acres; vineyards, 10,000 acres; fruits and nuts, 7,000 acres; pasture, 3,000 acres; and grain and hay, 1,200 acres. Zimmer said the state is not looking at the entire county as it tries to address the situation. "We're focusing on the areas that are important to the hitch." "I do think agriculture can be a really strong partner," said Zimmer, explaining that some farmers are offering to put water into the creeks to get them moving so the fish can survive. She said farmers also can help by looking for barriers — including roads and structures — on their properties that may impact the creeks. John Murphy, a senior engineering geologist in the State Water Resources Control Board enforcement division, discussed the effort to get regulations in place, which can't be done within just a few months, and takes time and data. "At the end of the day, we know that the hitch is in trouble," and the state wants to do everything they can to protect the fish, he said. Murphy went over voluntary actions to keep water in the creeks this year, such as reductions in diversions and pumping, coordinating diversion and pumping timing, alternating frost protection methods and pump banks — using groundwater for streamflow. He said they are open to suggestions. He said they have research going back to the 1950s when the hitch started having trouble. There are concerns that, even with all of this year's rains, the storm that took place on Wednesday could be the last rain for months, following a pattern from last year. Murphy said they have information and momentum to help the fish. "We can't lose this momentum. We don't want the hitch going extinct on our watch." He said they are early in effort with lots of questions and possible solutions. Murphy added that they can't let uncertainty about what actions to take lead to the hitch's extinction. As for what's needed from the community, State Water Board staff said they need commitments for specific voluntary actions, such as reducing diversions and pumping from February to May, using alternative frost protection methods, coordinating diversion and pump timing. They're also looking for local coordinators, people to share data, leads on connecting with hard-to-reach people and invites to community meetings. The state wants to hear what people would do to solve the problem in the short and long term, and get input on what specific steps the public thinks it should take. There will be additional engagement opportunities with the state coming up. The hitch will be discussed at the Board of Supervisors' next meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 24, and the State Water Board will hold another listening session from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 1, via Zoom, http://bit.ly/CLH_Feb.1. For more information, visit the State Water Board's Hitch webpage. To receive email updates, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Jyoti Mishra, University of California, San Diego Climate change trauma has real impacts on cognition and the brain, wildfire survivors study shows The 2018 Camp Fire killed 85 people and destroyed 20,000 buildings in and around Paradise, Calif. Marcus Yam /Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work. Psychological trauma from extreme weather and climate events, such as wildfires, can have long-term impacts on survivors' brains and cognitive functioning, especially how they process distractions, my team's new research shows. Climate change is increasingly affecting people around the world, including through extreme heat, storm damage and life-threatening events like wildfires. In previous research, colleagues and I showed that in the aftermath of the 2018 fire that destroyed the town of Paradise, California, chronic symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression were highly prevalent in the affected communities more than six months after the disaster. We also found a graded effect: People whose homes or families were directly affected by fire showed greater mental health harm than those where who were indirectly effected, meaning people who witnessed the event in their community but did not have a personal loss. In the new study, published Jan. 18, 2023, our team at the Neural Engineering and Translation Labs, or NEATLabs, at the University of California San Diego, wanted to understand whether the symptoms of climate change-related trauma translate to changes in cognitive functioning – the mental processes involved in memory, learning, thinking and reasoning. We evaluated subjects' cognitive functioning across a range of abilities, including attention; response inhibition – the ability to not respond impulsively; working memory – the ability to maintain information in mind for short periods of time; and interference processing – the ability to ignore distractions. We also measured their brain function while they performed cognitive tasks, using brain wave recordings obtained from electroencephalography, or EEG. A wireless EEG cap records brain activity as a person responds to cognitive tests. The image on the right shows significant differences in electrical brain activity recorded on the scalp between people directly exposed to wildfires and a control group, with greater activity in left frontal cortex (red) for the group directly exposed. Grennan et al., 2022, PLOS Climate, CC BY The study included three groups of individuals: people who were directly exposed to the fire, people who were indirectly exposed, and a control group with no exposure. The groups were well matched for age and gender. We found that both groups of people exposed to the fire, either directly or indirectly, dealt with distractions less accurately than the control group. We also found differences in the brain processes underlying these cognitive differences. People who were exposed to the wildfire had greater frontal lobe activity while dealing with distractions. The frontal lobe is the center for the brain's higher-level functions. Frontal brain activity can be a marker for cognitive effort, suggesting that people exposed to the fires may be having more difficulty processing distractions and compensating by exerting more effort. With climate change fueling more disasters, it is incredibly important to understand its impacts on human health, including mental health. Resilient mental health is what allows us to recover from traumatic experiences. How humans experience and mentally deal with climate catastrophes sets the stage for our future lives. There are strategies people can use to help reduce the stress. Psychosocial research suggests that practicing mindfulness and developing healthy lifestyles, with regular exercise and enough sleep, can protect mental well-being in these scenarios, along with developing strong social bonds. There is much work to be done to understand if the effects we found are replicable in large sample studies. In this work, we focused on a total of 75 study participants. Scientists also need to understand how these effects evolve as climate disasters like wildfires occur more often. We are also pursuing research with community partners to implement interventions that can help alleviate some the impacts we observed on brain and cognitive functioning. There is no one-size-fits-all solution – each community must find the resiliency solutions that work best in their environmental context. As scientists, we can help them understand the causes and point them to solutions that are most effective in improving human health. Jyoti Mishra, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego Rebecca Weber, Oklahoma State University A librarian recommends 5 fun fiction books for kids and teens featuring disabled characters There's a small but growing number of books for younger readers that feature main characters with disabilities. Wavebreakmedia/iStock/Getty Images Plus via Getty Images Disability representation is slowly increasing in books geared toward children and teens. In 2019 the Cooperative Children's Book Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison – a library that allows teachers, librarians and researchers to view books before deciding which ones to buy – found that only 3.4% of books it received from publishers included a character with a disability. The CCBC website recently added a diversity statistics book search with categories for physical, cognitive and psychiatric disabilities or conditions. In 2022, the center received 165 books that included a character with a disability, up from 126 in 2019. As an academic librarian who also has a disability, I'm happy to recommend the following five children's books that treat disability as a part of life and living. 1. Maria Gianferrari (author), Patrice Barton (illustrator), "Hello Goodbye Dog" (2017) Moose loves her girl Zara – and she hates saying goodbye. When Zara goes to school, Moose wants to go too and keeps showing up, even though dogs aren't allowed. What will Zara, her parents, the principal, her teacher and the other kids in Zara's class do? This fun picture book is perfect for preschoolers and kindergartners. While Zara uses a wheelchair, her disability isn't the focus of the story. Readers will have fun seeing what Moose is up to this time and learn that sometimes dogs can go to school. 2. Kelly Fritsch, Anne McGuire, Eduardo Trejos, "We Move Together" (2021) All bodies are different – whether disabled or nondisabled – and everyone matters. These are the themes of this easy reader. With its vibrant illustrations, simple text and portrayals of a wide variety of people, "We Move Together" is a great introduction to the concepts of community, disability and accessibility for readers in kindergarten through second grade, while older readers can learn more about accessibility and disability rights in the glossary. 3. Darren Lebeuf, Ashley Barron, "My City Speaks" (2021) A girl who is blind and her dad explore the city and its sounds. They wait at a crosswalk, play in the park, take a bus, avoid a rainstorm and eat ice cream. Words and pictures help the reader feel the rhythms of the city. Readers in preschool through second grade will enjoy this story because of its colorful illustrations and rhythmic text. 4. Ali Stroker, Stacy Davidowitz, "The Chance to Fly" (2021) Nat Beacon is the new girl in school with a talent for wheelchair racing, but when the 13-year-old gets the chance to audition for a summer production of the musical "Wicked," she knows the theater is where she belongs. How does she tell her parents? This novel for readers in fifth, sixth and seventh grades explores themes of independence, friendship and first love. 5. Melissa See, "You, Me, and Our Heartstrings" (2022) Daisy and Noah are two of the best musicians in their high school orchestra and dream of attending Juilliard, the prestigious performing arts school in New York City. When their performance of an original piece goes viral, they have to deal with the world's interpretation of them and their relationship. This rom-com of a novel combines disability representation with themes of friendship and romance. Great for readers in grades nine to 12. For more books featuring characters with disabilities, check out the American Library Association's Schneider Family Book Award. For a wide variety of diverse titles, see We Need Diverse Books. Rebecca Weber, Associate Professor Library, Oklahoma State University Northshore supervisor to host meeting on Lucerne Hotel homeless youth housing facility plan LUCERNE, Calif. — District 3 Supervisor EJ Crandell is hosting an informational meeting on the plan to turn the Lucerne Hotel into a facility for housing homeless youth. The meeting will take place from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, at the Lucerne Alpine Senior Center, 3985 Country Club Drive. The meeting also will be available via Zoom. The meeting ID is 977 5740 1156, pass code is 589351. One tap mobile: +16694449171,,97757401156#,*589351#. The Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians received a $5.2 million grant from the California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency in November to convert the historic 95-year-old building into 65 housing units for homeless youth from around the region. The grant language stated that the Lake County Office of Education would be the primary partner, and that dozens more local organizations would be secondary partners. However, neither the Office of Education nor other partners said they knew about the application or the plan. Lake County News has outlined the plan in a series of stories, beginning in December. The tribe has since threatened legal action against Lake County News for covering the project. Also in December, the Lucerne Area Town Hall passed a resolution condemning the plan. Crandell initially only posted the meeting on his own Facebook page before the county of Lake shared it on its Facebook page and sent out an announcement about the meeting. The meeting's tentative guests include representatives from the offices of Assemblywoman Cecilia Aguiar-Curry and state Sen. Mike McGuire, and the California Business, Consumer Services Housing Agency. Confirmed attendees include the Lake County Community Development Department, the Lake County Office of Education, the Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians and the Earthways Foundation, the organization that the county sold the Lucerne Hotel to in 2019 over community objections. A question and answer session also is scheduled. Space News: NASA's Geotail Mission operations come to an end after 30 years An artist's concept of the Geotail spacecraft. Credits: NASA. After 30 years in orbit, mission operations for the joint NASA-JAXA Geotail spacecraft have ended, after the failure of the spacecraft's remaining data recorder. Since its launch on July 24, 1992, Geotail orbited Earth, gathering an immense dataset on the structure and dynamics of the magnetosphere, Earth's protective magnetic bubble. Geotail was originally slated for a four-year run, but the mission was extended several times due to its high-quality data return, which contributed to over a thousand scientific publications. While one of Geotail's two data recorders failed in 2012, the second continued to work until experiencing an anomaly on June 28, 2022. After attempts to remotely repair the recorder failed, the mission operations were ended on November 28, 2022. "Geotail has been a very productive satellite, and it was the first joint NASA-JAXA mission," said Don Fairfield, emeritus space scientist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and NASA's first project scientist for Geotail until his retirement in 2008. "The mission made important contributions to our understanding of how the solar wind interacts with Earth's magnetic field to produce magnetic storms and auroras." With an elongated orbit, Geotail sailed through the invisible boundaries of the magnetosphere, gathering data on the physical process at play there to help understand how the flow of energy and particles from the Sun reach Earth. Geotail made many scientific breakthroughs, including helping scientists understand how quickly material from the Sun passes into the magnetosphere, the physical processes at play at the magnetosphere's boundary, and identifying oxygen, silicon, sodium, and aluminum in the lunar atmosphere. The mission also helped identify the location of a process called magnetic reconnection, which is a major conveyor of material and energy from the Sun into the magnetosphere and one of the instigators of the aurora. This discovery laid the way for the Magnetospheric Multiscale mission, or MMS, which launched in 2015. Over the years, Geotail collaborated with many of NASA's other space missions including MMS, Van Allen Probes, Time History of Events and Macroscale Interactions during Substorms mission, Cluster, and Wind. With an orbit that took it as far as 120,000 miles from Earth at times, Geotail helped provide complementary data from remote parts of the magnetosphere to give scientists a complete picture of how events seen in one area affect other regions. Geotail also paired with observations on the ground to confirm the location and mechanisms of how aurora form. Although Geotail is done gathering new data, the scientific discoveries aren't over. Scientists will continue to study Geotail's data in the coming years. Estate Planning: Not all living trusts are created equal All living trusts, at a minimum, have one common denominator: avoiding probate. Beyond that, living trusts are not created equal. Let us discuss some of the estate planning features that a well drafted living trust often contains. A well drafted living trust administers a person's assets during incapacity (prior to death) and at death, without any court supervision (e.g., conservatorships and probate), for the benefit of the settlor who created the trust and his or her loved ones. Flexibility to deal with unforeseen events can be beneficial. First, a trust should provide for the care of the settlor and the settlor's loved ones if the settlor is incapacitated. Does the trust provide authority and instructions for the settlor's personal care in the event of the settlor's incapacity? A trust, as relevant, may say whether the successor trustee pays for in home care services to allow the settlor to remain at home as long as possible; whether the trustee allows an adult child to move in (rent free) to care for the settlor; and whether the trustee pays to relocate the settlor to live with family or at an assisted living facility. Does the trust contain authority and instructions for the care of the settlor's dependents if the settlor is incapacitated? A trust, as relevant, may say whether the trustee pays for all or some of the living expenses of the settlor's spouse; whether the trustee continues to support an adult child; and whether the trustee continues to care for the settlor's pets. Second, a trust should provide a well thought out disposition of the settlor's trust estate at the settlor's death. Does the trust adequately address the varied needs and life circumstances of its beneficiaries? A well drafted trust often provides discretion to the trustee to administer the trust based on future conditions as they exist at the time of administration. Does the trust provide the trustee with express instructions or with discretion to use their own judgment to administer the inheritance of a beneficiary who is a minor; to administer the inheritance of a beneficiary who receives needs based government benefits; to administer the inheritance of a beneficiary who has serious creditor problems; or to administer the inheritance of a beneficiary who cannot manage their assets. A trust, as relevant, may say whether the inheritances of such beneficiaries are subject to further (ongoing) trust management over part or all of their lifetime. A trust may also allow the trustee to administer a beneficiary's inheritance to purchase services and/or assets for the health, education, maintenance and support of a beneficiary and without distribution cash to the beneficiary. Does the trust provide for the proper contingency planning in the event that a named beneficiary does not survive? A trust should name or describe alternative beneficiaries in the event that a beneficiary is not alive to inherit and provide whether the alternative beneficiary receives their inheritance outright or in further trust. Does the trust allow the appointment of an alternative successor trustee in the event that all persons nominated in the trust fail to serve as trustee? A trust can provide a mechanism to appoint an alternative successor trustee without a court petition. That is, the trust may allow the beneficiaries to appoint a trustee or allow a person named as a power holder to appoint a trustee. Does the trust include, as relevant, properly worded disinheritance and no-contest clauses? A disinheritance clause is particularly relevant when the settlor is not gifting anything to an heir. Consider a parent who is excluding one or more of their children as beneficiaries. Consider a parent who is making an unequal distribution on their assets amongst their children. Is there a no-contest clause to discourage the less favored children from contesting the unequal distribution of the estate. The foregoing illustrates how a well drafted living trust may avoid some unforeseen and unintended pitfalls. This is not legal advice. Consult an attorney. Clearlake Animal Control reports on latest adoptions, available dogs CLEARLAKE, Calif. — Clearlake Animal Control maintained a high release rate in 2022 and now has many dogs for adoption. At Thursday night's Clearlake City Council meeting, Clearlake Police Lt. Martin Snyder, who oversees the shelter, reported on the shelter's statistics for the 2022 calendar year. He said 389 dogs were taken into the shelter last year. Of those, 303 have left the shelter. Snyder said those include 169 that went to rescues, 102 that were returned to their owners and 30 were adopted. Snyder said there were a total of three euthanizations — two for medical reasons and one at the request of an owner. That leaves the shelter with a 99% release rate, Snyder said. On Thursday, shelter staff brought "Noah" for a visit to the council. He's a 3 to 4 year old male American pit bull terrier who is a staff and shelter favorite. They said he would do well with other dogs and probably cats and he's neutered and up-to-date on all vaccinations. Dogs recently adopted include "Snowball," a male American Staffordshire terrier mix, and "Maya," a female German shepherd. There currently are 37 adoptable dogs at the shelter, with staff hoping to find them loving homes. The shelter is located at 6820 Old Highway 53. It's open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. For more information, call the shelter at 707-762-6227, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., visit Clearlake Animal Control on Facebook or on the city's website. This week's adoptable dogs are featured below.
using UnityEngine; using System.Collections; public class PlayerSpawner : MonoBehaviour { public Transform player; public RespawnShield shield; public float timeToRespawn; public float timer; // Check references for easier debugging void Start() { if (!player) { Debug.LogError("No player transform attached!!!"); gameObject.SetActive(false); return; } if (!shield) { Debug.LogError("No shield script attached!!!"); gameObject.SetActive(false); return; } } // Spawn player if possible (when there are still some lifes and he's dead) // Script deactivating after player respawn void Update() { if (!Statics.PLAYER_IS_ALIVE && Statics.PLAYER_LIFES > 0) { if (timer > 0) { timer -= Time.deltaTime; } else { Statics.PLAYER_IS_ALIVE = true; player.position = GetComponent<Transform>().position; player.gameObject.SetActive(true); shield.ShieldOn(); timer = timeToRespawn; } } } }
Turkish forces and Mosques quickly spread gossip and rumors of Christian treason and collusion with opposing forces which led to the led to the deportation and mass killings of Chaldeans, Assyrians, Greeks, and Armenians during the First World War. To this day being 'Armenian' is considered derogatory in Turkey, and is often used to define somebody as unreliable among Turks. In 1923, the Turkish Republic was formed as a nation state and a Turkish patriot was based on two things: being a Turk and being a Muslim. Being foreign or Christian, or in short, being gavur, become synonymous to being against the Turkish state, equal to being untrustworthy and treacherous. According to one source at Istanbul's Armenian Patriarchate, it is estimated that at least 300,000 Armenian and Chaldean Christians converted to either Sunni or Alawite Islam after 1915 to avoid forced deportation. "This means there could be as many as a half million ethnic-background Christians in Turkey today who carry ID cards stating they are Muslims," the cleric observed. Those that survived the death camps, forced conversations, or were unable to flee the region gravitated over time into small neighboring villages inside Turkey for protection. Eventually these villages were labeled Gavur villages or districts. Today in the city's Gavur district, neighboring St. Peter's Chaldean Catholic church is a newly restored St. Giragos cathedral celebrating their rebirth. The district mayor highlights the diversity of faiths in the district. Along with the Chaldean and Armenian Church restoration projects are a mosque, the Diyarbakir Protestant Church, a synagogue, and construction plans for places of worship along the same street for Alawite and Yezidi adherents. Complete with seven altars and multiple arched columns in the sanctuary, St. Giragos was virtually abandoned after the massacre and deportation of its congregants in 1915. According to Taraf newspaper columnist Markar Esayan, the church building was still intact until 1980, after which "because of hate … in modern times" it was attacked, looted and fell into disrepair, with just the walls and arched columns remaining. Costing US$3.5 million, the church's two-year restoration project was funded largely by Armenian donations from Istanbul and abroad, although a third of the costs were donated by the Diyarbakir municipality. By raising private funding, the Armenian church has regained this ancient building for its own use as a consecrated sanctuary, rather than a Turkish government-controlled museum like the 10th century Akdamar Church in Van, where only one religious ceremony is permitted annually. Although no Armenian community still exists in Diyarbakir, a priest has been named by the Armenian Patriarchate to conduct occasional worship services for visiting clergy and Christian groups within Turkey and from abroad. The mass was the first worship service in decades in the ancient St. Giragos Armenian Apostolic Church, built 350 years ago and still the largest Armenian church building in the Middle East, it once served as the metropolitan cathedral of Diyarbakir. Although political dignitaries representing a number of foreign embassies attended the Mass, along with Armenian spiritual leaders from around the world, most of the congregation consisted of Armenian and Chaldean pilgrims from Armenia, the Netherlands, Germany, Syria, Lebanon and the United States. Vartkes Ergun Ayik, a businessman of Armenian origin who spearheaded the project funding, said the restored church property will also be used for classical music concerts and exhibitions in the city.
Why Does Some Firewood Produce Excessive Smoke? ••• campfire full of burning wood for preparation of the shish kebab image by Irina Igumnova from Fotolia.com The Best Types of Wood for Fireplaces Is Cedar Good Firewood? By Tom Wagner The amount of smoke generated by firewood depends largely on what type of wood you use. If you depend on wood fires to heat your home, you want a wood that will burn a long time and produce plenty of heat. Factors other than what type of wood you're burning can contribute to how smoky your fire is. Due to the high density of plant cells in hardwoods, they tend to burn hotter and therefore produce less smoke than softer woods that have lower cellular densities. Hardwoods also burn for longer periods. Examples of low-smoke hardwoods include almond, apple, ash, oak, beech, birch, cherry, dogwood, hickory, maple, oak, pecan, walnut. Slightly smokier hardwoods include aspen, elm, basswood, cottonwood, gum (eucalyptus), sycamore and yellow poplar. Softwoods Most conifers fit into the category of softwoods. The plant cells are larger and not as tightly packed as the cells in hardwoods, and softwoods burn more rapidly, produce less heat and often create more smoke than the harder woods. Included among the softwoods are cypress, eastern red cedar, fir, spruce and southern yellow pine. Sap Content Many softwood trees, and a few hardwoods, produce pitch, or tree sap, which the trees use to heal wounds. When something penetrates the bark, or if a branch breaks, pitch seeps from the wound. Once in contact with the air, the pitch hardens, and forms a natural bandage. This sap is highly volatile and any pitch-producing tree will therefore emit a considerable amount of smoke when used as firewood. Some examples include the cedar, fir, most varieties of pine and the sugar maple. Wet Wood Wet wood cannot burn hot, and a hot fire is the key to reducing the amount of smoke produced. Any species of wood, when wet, will not catch completely until it dries out. Much of the excessive smoke emitted by wet wood is actually steam mixed with small particulate matter. Season firewood properly and keep it out of the rain. Smoldering vs. Burning The hotter a fire burns, the less smoke it produces. Hardwoods emit less smoke than do softwoods because the hardwoods burn hotter. Even softwoods need not create excessive amounts of smoke. Common fire building mistakes include using too little firewood or to clumping pieces of wood too closely together. Both of these practices can cause the wood smolder rather than burn. Leave several inches of space between your pieces of burning firewood and stack the firewood so that the pieces have minimal contact with one another. One effective strategy when starting a fire is to stack the wood in a log cabin configuration. Wood Heat: All About Wood Smoke Fire Pit and Grilling Guru: What is the Best Firewood? Tom Wagner began writing for newspapers and magazines in the L.A. area in 2001. With articles appearing in "California Examiner," "World Reporter," the "Philippine Nurses Monitor" and "Famegate Global News," he currently writes for all three Philippine Media publications in Los Angeles, San Diego and Las Vegas. His articles focus on food, social issues, travel, sight-seeing, humor, general information, politics and medical matters. campfire full of burning wood for preparation of the shish kebab image by Irina Igumnova from Fotolia.com What Type of Wood Makes the Strongest Walking Sticks? How to Have Less Smoke in a Campfire Why Don't You Inhale Cigars? Which Wood Burns the Longest? How to Light Wet Firewood Types of Marlboro Cigarettes

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