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A new study has revealed the UK’s speeding ticket hotspots — and if you drive in Avon and Somerset you should be keeping an even closer eye on your speedometer than you were before.
Research by price comparison website GoCompare has named the police forces that both handed out the most tickets and had the most active speed cameras during the two-year period between June 2016 and May 2018.
And Avon and Somerset came top on both accounts, handing out more than double the amount of tickets than the second highest force and having eight of the UK’s top 10 most active cameras.
However, the worst speeding offence was recorded by Merseyside Police, who clocked a motorist travelling at a staggering 148mph in a 50mph speed limit.
According to the study, Avon and Somerset Police reported a whopping 386,969 offences over the two years – 240,000 more than any other UK force polled.
Bedfordshire Police recorded the second highest amount of offences at 143,052, just ahead of West Mercia Police, which handed out 143,039 tickets.
At the other end of the scale, Cleveland Police dished out the fewest tickets, registering just 5,754 offenders in the two-year period.
The study also found that most speeding offences were committed in August (191,898), while the least number of offenders were caught in December (143,891).
Avon and Somerset is also home to the country’s most prolific speed camera. Located on the M32 Severn Beach rail line overbridge, it recorded 22,350 offenders in the first five months of 2018 alone.
Six of the 10 most active cameras were located on the Avon and Somerset stretches of the M4 and M5, well-known for being some of the UK’s busiest sections of motorway.
The remaining two cameras in the top 10 were located in Bedfordshire Police’s constabulary, on the M1 and the A1081 Airport Way, respectively.
GoCompare contacted 45 forces and based its study on the information provided by the 24 forces that responded to their request.
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Today, we're making Breastplate "Peanut" Brittle, it is hard and sweet, to remind us that God wants us to guard our hearts in Christ Jesus, which can be hard to do, but the result is sweet for our lives!
Caution! Recipe contains peanuts, which can be highly allergic to certain people.
What You Need: 2 cups sugar, 1 cup light corn syrup, 1/2 cup water, 2-1/2 cups peanuts, 1 tablespoon butter or margarine, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 2 teaspoons baking soda, candy thermometer.
What You Do: Combine sugar, syrup, and water in a saucepan; cook over low heat until mixture comes to a boil. Add peanuts, and cook until candy thermometer registers 290 degrees. Remove from heat; add butter, salt, vanilla, and soda. Mix well. Spread thinly onto two buttered cookie sheets. Place in freezer for quick cooling. Break into pieces. Makes two pounds of brittle.
Optional: Shape heavy-duty tinfoil into miniature breastplate molds. Spray the inside of the molds with nonstick cooking spray. Place the molds onto a cookie sheet then pour the brittle into the molds. (No more than 3/8" deep) Place in freezer for quick cooling.
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John Letcher, author, sailor, boatbuilder, and founder of AeroHydro, died May 7, 2018.
John S. Letcher Jr. died at age 76 in Bangor, Maine. (Although he had a PhD in aerodynamics from the California Institute of Technology, he seldom seemed to invoke that title, suggesting a modesty that belies his considerable achievements.) Parkinson’s disease took its toll.
Letcher founded AeroHydro, a software engineering business focused on boat and industrial design, including MultiSurf 3D design software; SurfaceWorks, an add-on to SolidWorks; and AHVPP, a velocity prediction program. He served with several America’s Cup brain trusts: the American syndicates Stars & Stripes and Oracle Team USA, Italy’s Il Moro di Venezia, and Team New Zealand’s Black Magic. He was the author of several books, including one on celestial navigation, as well as The Geometry of Ships, Volume 1 of what was intended to be a nine-volume set called Principles of Naval Architecture; it was published in 2009 by the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers. Much earlier he wrote one for lay folks with small boats, like me, Self-Steering for Sailing Craft, which included instructions for sheet-to-tiller steering. Despite only marginal success, I tried it on several boats, hoping such jury-rigging might obviate the need for an expensive electronic autopilot or steering vane. Letcher was obviously more talented and more patient, having developed and employed such systems on his six transpacific ocean voyages, two of which were singlehanded in a 20′ (6m) sailboat named Aleutka, which he built himself.
A very bright and amiable man, Letcher was not one to hoard his knowledge. Once, in the early 1980s, long before personal computers and the Internet, while working on a book, I called him to ask how many gallons of water would enter a 1½″ (38mm) hole 2′ (0.6m) below the waterline. I don’t recall how he made the calculation, but the answer came quickly: 71. | 2019-04-19T06:55:24Z | https://www.proboat.com/2018/09/eight-bells-john-letcher/ |
The question of scale is one which all historians must consider in their work. Is the project a microhistory that explains larger movements with representative (or unique) examples? Does it explain the grand movements of history across time and space from a distant perspective instead? All of the projects in this week’s readings engage in the question of scale by allowing users to freely navigate between near and distant readings of their subject. Ed Ayers and Scott Nesbit explain how digital history projects can make the leap between the micro and the macro with their work on Visualizing Emancipation.
Ayers and Nesbit successfully move from the overarching legal and political complexities influencing abolition on a national scale to how this played out among individual slaves in the Shenandoah Valley. I felt their article was very clear and powerful in unpacking the web project. The map was also interesting, though less powerful in its explanation of space and time. There were so many individual events occurring during the time lapse- movements of the Union Army without associated emancipation events, that it was difficult to follow the argument so successfully made in their article. It did allow searching of the metadata of events which was interesting in viewing material related to towns or particular people.
The other projects, ORBIS and Digital Harlem, successfully displayed the power of scale. ORBIS was essentially an argument for scale by literally discussing the time with which information or goods moved around the Roman Empire. By including the farthest cities when analyzing a network, the scale of the empire is clearly stated. Yet beyond the empire’s scale, few other insights are available. It could be useful for a scholar of military history to know the exact time it took for a letter between London and Rome if they were examining decisions in a military campaign. Or to compare the “networks” of different cities in the hinterlands of the Empire. But I suspect the accuracy a scholar would require isn’t served by the best guesses of the creators of ORBIS. I do admit that the map functions look really attractive and would be very useful in education contexts with students from a variety of levels.
I thought Digital Harlem also navigated the issues of scale with elegance. By showing clusters of interaction, users can see both larger historical patterns in Harlem along with the individual intereactions themselves. By including the other uses of each address certain aspects of the neighborhood were pretty successfully recreated. Both the individual scale and larger time scales can be explored.
The question of scale has also been in the forefront of my mind as David Armitrage and Jo Guldi advocate for longer timescales and deeper narratives in order for historians to reclaim their place in public intellectual discussion. They are correct that historians no longer have the ear of policy makers as we once did. Columnists for major papers include economists like Paul Krugman and others, but few to no historians. In The History Manifesto they see longer time and space scales as a way to influence policy discussions. By examining long terms, we can avoid “short termism” (nice Google ngram usage in the introduction). Armitrage and Guldi’s argument links well to the strengths of digital history by allowing the shifting between large timescales, but not obscuring the individual as economists are prone to do. | 2019-04-18T18:54:55Z | https://petercarrjones.com/blog/hist696/the-scale-of-digital/ |
Primary 3-6: What About Socialization?
Welcome to the next installment of the Montessori Basics series! According to my visitor tracking program, the first four posts in this series have been extremely popular. I actually did a variation on this post a few months ago, but I’ve updated and expanded it for this series. | 2019-04-24T16:45:15Z | http://www.blog.montessoriforeveryone.com/primary |
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While browsing the internet, Maryam came across an announcement of the internship opportunities offered by USAID Promote-Women in the Economy (WIE) Program. She right away submitted her application, however, not hoping to receive something in response. But to her pleasant surprise, she was called for an interview with the Professional Development Institute of the American University of Afghanistan Foundation (PDI-AUAF). Maryam performed well at the interview and her educational qualification was a perfect match to the internship opportunity. She started off as an intern and in April this year, she started working as an administrative assistant at PDI-AUAF.
“I am very fortunate to be accepted as an intern and be placed in a prestigious organization. I have always been fascinated with learning new things and this opportunity has been perfect for me to acquire new skills. I want to be a University Director someday and this experience will hopefully be my entry point to that path,” says Maryam with her eyes full of dreams for a better and brighter future.
WIE provides opportunities for young Afghan women and girls to access career services and get hands-on work experiences through internships or apprenticeships, and necessary assistance in securing employment. Since the program started in July 2015, more than a thousand women have been placed in various internships and apprenticeship positions while almost 25 women received full-time regular employment opportunities. In Herat, over a 150 women from ages 18-30 are currently working as interns in the private sector, health facilities, etc. and gaining valuable work experience, facilitated by Promote-WIE. | 2019-04-24T08:01:53Z | https://promoteafghanwomen.org/en/news/tags/success-stories/new-graduate-sees-internship-as-ticket-to-her-dream-job |
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WASHINGTON – High tumor mutational burden and development of immune-related adverse events are markers of response to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy in patients with small cell lung cancer, and targeted next-generation sequencing may help identify those likely to benefit from immunotherapy, findings from a case series suggest.
Of 113 small cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients who had successful next-generation sequencing (NGS) with tumor mutational burden (TMB) assessment at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI) in Boston, 52 were treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors and 61 received chemotherapy but never received subsequent immunotherapy, Biagio Ricciuti, MD, of DFCI said at the annual meeting of the Society for the Immunotherapy of Cancer.
Median TMB for all patients was 9.68 mutations/megabase, with those with TMB above the median considered TMB high, and those with TMB below the median considered TMB low. Median progression-free survival (PFS) was significantly longer among TMB-high versus TMB-low patients (3.3 vs. 1.2 months; hazard ratio, 0.37), as was median overall survival (OS, 10.4 vs. 2.5 months; HR, 0.38), he said.
“To confirm that TMB was a predictive biomarker for immunotherapy only, we also looked at the outcome with chemotherapy according to tumor mutational burden, and as expected we found no difference in terms of median progression-free survival or median overall survival according to TMB-high versus TMB-low groups,” he said.
Additionally, patients with SCLC who were treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors and experienced at least one immune-related adverse event had significantly better median PFS and OS than did patients who experienced no immune-related adverse events (6.7 vs. 1.3 months; HR, 0.25; and 17.9 vs. 2.9 months; HR, 0.27, respectively), he said, noting that, in a 12-week landmark analysis, the differences in PFS and OS between the groups were “nearly double” but did not reach statistical significance.
TMB in the SCLC patients in this study was assessed using the DFCI NGS OncoPanel platform of more than 450 genes, and the TMB-high and TMB-low groups were similar with respect to baseline clinical and pathological features and known prognostic factors, Dr. Ricciuti said.
Prior studies have demonstrated that high TMB as assessed by whole exome sequencing correlates with benefits from immunotherapy. However, “whole exome sequencing is a very expensive technique, it’s challenging ... and it’s not really available to oncologists across countries,” he said.
Whether the more readily available targeted NGS could help identify the small fraction of SCLC patients who are likely to benefit from immunotherapy has been unclear, as has the relationship between the development of irAEs and immunotherapy response in SCLC; factors associated with clinical benefit from immunotherapy have not previously been well characterized, Dr. Ricciuti noted.
The current findings, though limited by the retrospective study design and small sample size, provide the first evidence for the use of targeted NGS panels to identify patients with advanced SCLC who are most likely to benefit from immunotherapy, he said, adding that, when compared with whole genome sequencing, TMB as assessed using targeted NGS “may offer a very useful tool for clinicians to optimize small cell lung cancer patient selection for immunotherapy.
“Our study also suggests that immune-related adverse events might be associated with improved efficacy of immunotherapy, although larger studies with longer follow-up are required to confirm this finding,” he concluded.
Dr. Ricciuti reported having no disclosures. | 2019-04-24T10:13:21Z | https://www.mdedge.com/hematology-oncology/article/189307/lung-cancer/tmb-measured-ngs-may-id-sclc-patients-who-will |
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DH loves his DD15 and I love DH. He thinks she is wonderful in every way and I think we all feel that about about our own kids to an extent. I try to see her as he sees her. I seek out the positive traits in her and then hold onto them - sometimes desperately. She is very intelligent. She gets good grades and makes a natural leader. She is quick to defend those who are intellectually disadvantaged from being bullied. She is athletic and good at basketball. She supports her teammates and motivates them to do their best. She likes to be involved in many school activities and looks for opportunities to participate. She's also a hardworker when she wants to be.
She is very bossy telling everyone what to do like she is in charge regardless of everyone's experience and age. She yells at family members and her friends. She takes things that don't belong to her. She sometimes steals from people besides family members. She doesn't replace what she ruins or breaks. She gets some sort of weird pleasure from seeing other people get in trouble, make a mistake, or get scared. She motivates her teammates with positive encouragement after she realized that yelling and getting angry at them wasn't working. She gets extreme jealousy if anyone anywhere gets more attention than her. She starts rumors. She lies even when it's not needed and it makes no sense to lie. She is mean to younger children and animals. She breaks things when she is angry and believes she is justified in doing it. Actually she believes she is justified in all bad behavior she displays and when she treats people poorly. If she ever apologizes it's very insincere or she was told to do it. She doesn't feel remorse. She is rude to her teachers and tries to get others to side with her against them through lies. The reason she acts protective towards the mentally disabled is because she thinks they are cute I think.
I didn't list the things she does just to family. I only included things I had seen being done to others as well as us. What she does to family is a list on it's own. It just seems like she is a blackhole. No attention, money, compliments, material items, friends, family, love, or anything else is ever enough for her. She is never satisfied and never happy unless it's at the expense of someone else and even then it's only temporary satisfaction. There are times when she seems kind and caring but those times are so few and far between. Maybe I need to just admit to myself that I don't like her, find a way to deal with it, and maybe find a relief from the constant emotional turmoil. I think I'm exhausted from hanging on to the likeable things about her the last ten years.
If you really want to understand this topic, Google Dr. George Simon. He has a website and has written a few really good books on this. I've learned a lot from his books and it helped immensely with BM.
I'm pretty sure my mom is a narc, there are many charming and likeable things about her, but I try to limit contact and protect myself - and so long as we keep things focused on activies she enjoys - and there are many that she likes that I also like - things are good. I married a crap dude and moved an ocean away to get away from her and it took me decades to realise that my needs matter, too. She is utterly selfish and controlling, but she has good qualities too.
My mother is more self-controlled than your SD, but she is also more than 50 years older than she is. I can remember my mom's fits of rage when she was still in her 20s and breaking things including my things, etc. She only apologises if she feels it doesn't diminish her in some way - shallow apologies. At least your SD has learned that some behaviours won't wash, it took my mother much longer to realise that and she developed a weird persecution complex about just about everyone around her, when basically they were just tired of her selfish crap.
All I can say is good luck and try to keep as much as you can on the shallow side as well. Narcs are often really charming people, and when they have natural good qualities too they can be very fun to be around - as long as things are going their way. I'm not saying give in now, but as she grows to adulthood, enjoy the good bits and protect yourself from the bad bits. Anyway, it's how I cope!
There are some great interviews with Dr Ramani Durvasula on YouTube. Type in Narcissist and many will pop up. I only watch the ones of Drs and licensed professionals and steer away from home-edit videos as those are more opinion based than professional, researched descriptors.
Yes it sounds like some boxes on the narc scale could be ticked there. Stealing is a common one, they feel entitled because they believe they are above all recrimination and have no empathy. We have BM who I think is a narc for sure, her behaviour ticks all the boxes and not just to us, to her own family, her brats etc. SS18 is showing signs of being one too, but a covert narc.
Sadly I also think that my mother is a narc. I have a double whammy going on. My mother has no empathy at all, the things she does and says are outrageous at times. Talking about a relative who just lost their husband she related it all to herself, everything is about HER. When I was going through a difficult and messy divorce and lost my home she started shouting about how terrible it was for HER, how she had stress from it. It didn't affect her at all. I never have and never will go to her for any sympathy. I have learned from a child that she doesnt have that in her.
Triangulation is a common trait of narcs, BM and SS do it, my mother is a past master at it. If you do seriously think that SD is a narc then I would suggest looking up you tube films by Richard Grannon (the Spartan Life Coach), he has done a lot of work on this and gives advice on how to deal with them. One of his methods is the 'grey rock' which I have used on my mother with a certain amount of success.
Narcs never stop trying to get supply so you can only do a certain amount to limit their effect on you. They are highly manipulative and cunning. They always demand an immediate answer to a request as guess what? YOU HAVE NO RIGHTS. You have to say yes. Develop the tactic of saying 'hmmmm, i'll get back to you on that one' . They don't like it as they want an immediate yes and will say 'just tell me now', but you just use the broken record technique of repeating the same answer.
Have fun, you will be in for a long hard ride (not in a good way*biggrin* . I doubt that your DH will appreciate you telling him that you think his daughter is a narc though. In the end my DH had to admit that BM, SS and my Mother had the same qualities about them.
Killjoy14 is a narc. DH keeps telling me what a great kid she is because she is doing well in school and captain of her sports team. But she treats people like crap. They are motivated to enhance their ego by doing well at some things. It's the 1,000 other little things that count.
He's like "She does sports and gets good grades. She doing ok, right"? So the kid grows up to be financially successful but they are still a jerk. I don't consider that as a bright future for anyone. | 2019-04-25T00:56:15Z | https://www.steptalk.org/blog/morrginme/sometimes-i-wonder-if-sd-narcissist-247878 |
In Hindu weddings, one of the most sacred customs is of tying mangalsutra. It is basically a black and gold beaded necklace with a gold or diamond pendant. Mangalsutra carries immense importance in Hindu weddings as well as in the lives of Hindu married women. A mangalsutra is tied around the neck of the bride by the groom during the wedding rituals. It is a symbol of marriage and is worn by the bride until her husband's death.
The word mangalsutra can be deciphered as 'sacred thread or cord'; as 'mangal' means auspicious and 'sutra' means thread or cord. Though in appearance it looks like a jewelry item, it is definitely much more than that. The concept is thought to have originated in South India, where it is known as thali or thaaly or maangalyam. It is a yellow thread painted with turmeric paste and is tied around the bride's neck with three knots.
However, the shape and size of mangalsutra varies from state to state and region to region. In north India, it is a necklace with black and gold beads with either a gold or diamond pendant. In the west, it consists of two gold rounds with black beads. Moreover, they are available in all sizes from short to long. Considering the importance of mangalsutra, it is worn as a symbol of marital dignity and chastity. It is a promise from a husband to his wife that they will always stay together.
It depicts the union of the husband and the wife and protects them from evil. Whatever might be the meaning, mangalsutra occupies a significant position in Hindu marriages and rituals. Not to forget, women have become quite flexible nowadays, in relation with the custom of wearing mangalsutra. With fast paced development, mangalsutra has also become a fashion statement. Women now go for exclusive designs and are ready to experiment. Thanks to the soap operas on the television, which have significantly contributed to the change in the mindset. | 2019-04-22T12:24:42Z | http://hinduweddingingoa.com/mangalsutra.php |
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There’s no doubt it is tough out there on the high street for shops struggling to make ends meet.
Those of a certain age will remember what seems like a boom time for retail when the spectre of today’s vacancy rates was a distant nightmare.
But shops have always come and gone over the years and with H Samuel shutting its doors on Saturday it got us thinking about those names that left us many years ago, a large slice from the world of fashion.
Some are obvious big misses like Woolworths and Marks and Spencer but there may be a few outlets here you have forgotten about completely.
Always a bargain to be had in this King Street shop which was a favourite with teenage girls looking for the latest trend.
It was one of many clothing shops in the town with a young fashion offer.
Still trading on the continent its last shop closed in the UK in 2005.
Although a comeback was reported it never made it as far as Yarmouth.
A retail chain very similar to WH Smith who bought the chain in the 1990s.
Who didn’t get their stationery from here?
A must visit when it came to going back to school and picking up your favourite magazine.
If you were into your fashion and wanted something a bit different this was the shop to head to in Broad Row.
The cute boutique stocked a variety of labels and was a bit more pricey, but lovely clothes that lasted.
Just at the top of Market Gates Mothercare moved out of Yarmouth just over ten years ago after three decades in the town. It was one of the first major names to pull out and a sign that all was not well in town centres.
There are many who still can’t forgive M&S for upping sticks and moving over to Gapton Hall where it has a Simply Food branch.
The store had been in the town centre since 1911 and has left a gaping hole in the main pedestrianised area of King Street when it moved out four years ago.
People still shake their heads at the loss and the question of what happens now to the vacant store has yet to be successfully answered.
We once had a lovely Jarrolds in King Street with gifts and pens and stationery downstairs and art supplies and books upstairs.
Nice to wander round and browse.
Another fashion offer for teenage girls who also had the pick of Chelsea Girl, Trend, Dorothy Perkins (now in Palmers) and Tracey Fashions under Market Gates.
There was also Stage One, the ex catalogue shop, in the mall which was also good for a bargain.
In King Street there was also Richards where the EDP/Mercury office now sits.
The shop always looked lovely at Christmas with its windows full of glamorous party outfits.
A firm fixture of the high street and apparently a department store success, the loss of BHS was a big shock.
The single-storey store seemed to have reinvented itself in the 80s but in the end the pressure from rivals was too great.
It’s Christmas shop was a mecca for gifts, solving many ‘what to buy?’ conundrums.
Poundstretcher has filled the large store site.
Arguably the biggest fall from grace came from Woolworths which closed just after Christmas in 2008.
Pretty much a national institution it became a barometer for our changing shopping habits.
It wasn’t empty long, Ethel Austin moved in briefly. It is now Poundland.
The sports shop started in that most auspicious of sporting years 1966, but the founder’s son called it a day in 2011.
At the time Tim Mobbs said he was struggling to compete with online and out-of-town shopping and even though he was selling stock at rock-bottom prices trade was still slow. | 2019-04-19T09:14:34Z | https://www.greatyarmouthmercury.co.uk/news/shops-we-have-loved-and-lost-in-great-yarmouth-1-5873339 |
Commercial Fiction Definition – What’s the best definition for the Commercial Fiction genre? That depends. Some people use the term Commercial Fiction as a compliment; others use it as an insult (usually Literary Fiction snobs).
Commercial Fiction is fiction with broad appeal and the potential to sell lots of copies. In other words, Commercial Fiction is written in a way (story and style) that’s accessible and likely to be enjoyed by the average reader. Examples of Commercial Fiction authors include Dan Brown, J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter), John Grisham, and Stephen King. Commercial Fiction books often fit into other clear-cut sub-genres such as Mystery, Horror, Romance, Fantasy, Science Fiction, etc.
Successful authors of Commercial Fiction sub-genres like those listed above are familiar with the conventions of their genre and they don’t stray very far from them. Readers of those sub-genres expect certain things and, if you know what’s good for you, you’ll give it to them. For example, if you’re writing a Commercial Romance novel, you better not kill off one of your lovers halfway through the book.
Commercial Fiction isn’t necessarily less intelligent than Literary Fiction. It’s simply easier to read and it’s more relatable. Commercial Fiction can be smart or “upmarket” writing that’s rich and meaningful. When compared to Literary Fiction, however, Commercial Fiction is more plot-driven and faster-paced, and more action takes place. That’s why Commercial Fiction is easier to adapt to feature film.
Commercial Fiction usually deals with fairly simple or straightforward themes that are universal. And, Commercial Fiction often appeals to readers of all ages. Harry Potter is a good example because J.K. Rowling included characters of all ages that readers of all ages could relate to. | 2019-04-26T16:21:55Z | https://book-genres.com/commercial-fiction-definition/ |
More than a decade ago, the Rye City Lions Club got together with the Rye High Athletic Department to choose a Garnet senior as Athlete of the Month. The program identifies and honors those teenagers whose lives embody the Lions Club International mission of service to the community.
Of course, athletic ability is the entry point. But equally important are academic achievement, participation in school extra-curricular activities, and, naturally, community service. The Lions must have been thinking of Rachael Adelson when they came up with the award.
Since Coach Moynihan mentioned the classroom, let’s look at Rachael’s record: She has a GPA of 101. Her combined SAT scores are over 1,500, with perfect 800s on both the Biology and Math 2 SATs. If you can think of an Advanced Placement STEM course, she’s excelled in it, along with History, Government, and Spanish.
Given the above, you won’t be surprised to learn Rachael’s a member of the National Honor Society and the National Music Honor Society (violin), and is a National Merit Scholar Commended Student, and a West Point Book Award recipient. She’s deciding between Cornell and M.I T. and pursuing a career in either engineering or an allied science.
You want extra-curriculars? Rachael has served as a math tutor, a member of the Spanish Club, and belongs to Varsity Athletes Against Substance Abuse. What’s more, she was a nationally-ranked fencer as a pre-teen.
Rachael has logged over 250 hours of community service, both as a Rye Youth Soccer coach and volunteer and a Madricha-in-Training, or youth leader, teaching the Hebrew language, prayers, and Jewish culture at Rye Community Synagogue. Last summer she shadowed a surgeon and observed pre- and post-operative procedures (repairing an abdominal aortic aneurism) at the Vascular Institute of the Rockies in Denver. | 2019-04-24T02:35:18Z | https://ryerecord.com/rye-lions-club-names-rachael-adelson-athlete-of-the-month-for-february/ |
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When you are building your new home, there is no longer a need to choose between man-made carpets coated in chemicals and forest-depleting hardwoods. There are now eco-friendly flooring options that are plentiful and beautiful.
1. Wool Carpet: While wool has been used for centuries in rugs, people are now embracing the product for use in wall-to-wall carpeting. Not only is wool a sustainable, renewable material, but it is naturally fire resistant, non-allergenic, and long-lasting. It is more expensive than typical synthetic options, but wool carpeting lasts longer and is less prone to staining than its man-made counterparts.
2. Bamboo: This invasive plant is considered a weed in some parts of the world because it grows so quickly. In fact, the BBC recorded certain varieties growing up to three feet in one day in a recent documentary. This rapid growth makes it the perfect product for an eco-friendly wood flooring option.
3. Recycled Glass: Glass bottles are 100 percent recyclable and can be repeatedly recycled without any change in their quality. In fact, 41 percent of all beer bottles are recycled, and one of the many things they are transformed into is glass floor tiles. These tiles are as strong as they are beautiful.
4. Reclaimed: During the height of the lumber barons' dominance, old growth forests were cut down for wood flooring. While lumber manufacturers still sell hardwoods, the older trees are long gone. Innovative architectural scrappers are now stripping wood out of old buildings prior to demolition, and dredging river bottoms for whole trees preserved in the cold water. The rich patina cannot be reproduced and is highly-prized in today's market.
5. Eucalyptus: This fibrous plant is native to Australia. The fibers can be transformed into an engineered wood product that is both harder and wider than traditional flooring options, and yet is 100 percent renewable. In fact, a eucalyptus grows to full size in less than fourteen years, which allows manufacturers to keep the price at about half that of hardwood flooring.
6. Marmoleum: One of the more versatile green flooring options is marmoleum. It is available in tiles, planks, and a sheet product in a virtually unlimited array of colors and patterns. Made from natural linseed oil, marmoleum is both non-toxic and anti-microbial.
7. Cork: It is a little known fact that cork is from the bark of a cork tree located near Portugal. Every eight to ten years, the bark is peeled off and harvested. The tree continues to grow; this process does not hurt it in any way. The bark is turned into cork bottle stoppers and the scraps are melded together to make the lovely cork flooring that is seen in homes today. The cork industry likes to say that cork flooring is the "most sustainable wood flooring industry in the world."
8. Rubber Tiles: Tires have been recycled into a variety of products, including floor tiles. The rubber tiles are just as durable underfoot as they are out on the road, and they come in a variety of vivid colors suitable for any home.
9. Sisal: Similar to a yucca plant, sisal is native to Mexico. The resilient fibers in its leaves are often use in rope making, but can also be woven into a durable flooring product. Although most often seen as rugs, sisal can also be used as a durable wall-to-wall carpeting.
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My name is Charlene Walker, I'm a married mother of three children and my husband and I both work outside the home. With both of us working, it's difficult to keep up with the house cleaning and other household tasks. I used to stress myself out because my house wasn't as clean as I wanted it to be and I felt like a failure. After doing research and learning how to manage my time better, I learned many tips and tricks that allow me to clean my house more efficiently. Since I now have time to do things that I enjoy, I started writing this blog. In these articles, you'll learn my tips for better house cleaning in less time. You'll also find out how you can clean your house like a professional. I hope that by reading my blog, you'll have a cleaner house and spare time for yourself. | 2019-04-25T20:05:38Z | http://houseofelan.com/2015/03/03/9-green-flooring-options-for-your-new-home/ |
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There has been a certain amount of chatter in, admittedly fairly rarified, parts of the Internet about how this month marks the 20th Anniversary of the first appearance of Benny Summerfield in audio (her first appearance in a Dr Who novel was 1992, and her first solo novel was 1997). I've never been much of an audio person so the above is the cover of her first solo novel that was adapted into her first audio adventure. I had forgotten but was reminded by The All New Adventures of the Doctor Who Book Club Podcast that the scene depicted on the cover is a joke from the book itself in which Wolsey the cat (temporarily transformed into a Puss in Boots type character) randomly picks up a gun and stares into the middle distance in order to generate an interesting cover image. | 2019-04-21T18:45:34Z | https://purplecat.dreamwidth.org/tag/doctor+who:books:cover:benny+adventure |
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Dewure High School will on October 22, 2016 hold a prize giving day for outstanding students who have performed well in various subject areas.
The prize giving ceremony will be graced by prominent land developer and Gutu born businessman, Felix Munyaradzi.
Dewure High head, Samuel Mahwehwe said preparations are at an advanced stage and all was in place for the event.
"We will be hosting our annual prize giving day on 22 October. There are various prizes up for grabs for pupils who will have excelled in various subject areas from form one to form six.
"We also have a prize for the overall best pupil.
"The prizes range from stationery to electronic devices which will help facilitate the learning process," said Mahwehwe.
Mahwehwe said prize giving ceremonies are held to try and boost competition amongst pupils.
"It is a good thing to reward hard work. A pupil will feel motivated to surpass all the expectations especially when they know there is a reward. There will be a lot of competition because everybody wants a reward. | 2019-04-24T00:45:43Z | http://www.tellzim.com/2016/10/dewure-high-hosts-prize-giving-event.html |
Written by Florida-based graphic designer Brandon Moore.
When approaching the design of a new logo, it’s easy to be intimidated by the blank canvas of the whole thing. A company or business has invested their time and money in you, and your client is expecting something unique, creative, and personal that will produce the “thumb print” of the business. Simplifying the process and narrowing your focus is essential with creative briefs and when sketching, but there are three factors that will go a long way toward determining the success of your design. Ask yourself, does this logo design truly express the 1. personality, 2. culture, and 3. history of your client’s business?
The visual personality, or attitude, of a logo can be the same as in any human and reflect a number of different moods and traits. There are logos that are fun, angry, happy, calm, energetic, flirty, geeky, smart, etc. A logo must capture the right personality of its owner. This also plays a major role in branding, and is why its good to establish a brand archetype(s) for each project before any sketching begins.
Line weight, colour, shape, and typefaces are the major things that I use to influence a logo’s personality. A small change to either of those can drastically alter the mood of a design.
— noun 1. the quality in a person or society that arises from a concern for what is regarded as excellent in arts, letters, manners, scholarly pursuits, etc.
When representing ones culture I use colour, patterns, style (hand-drawn, illustrative, emblem, etc.) and other symbols to reflect individuality. Each can be a powerful trait to any brandmark design.
History is usually the easiest of the three to represent, yet also the most varied from project to project. For a company that has been around a long time, has an established identity and some equity in their logo, all they may need is an update of sorts to their current mark. For a new design, it becomes harder. I recommend finding a story about how the business came to be, something about the owner, or perhaps the area in which they are located. Everyone has a story to tell and if it can come through in their identity, that’s a beautiful thing.
The typeface, brand story, and previous logos can be major factors in your representation of history.
There is some overlap between each of these three factors. History and culture help shape the personality. History and personality define the culture. Personality and culture stem from history. They are all intertwined, each with its own separate importance. Picture each factor as a slice of pie. The pie isn’t complete if one slice is missing.
Let’s look at an example of these factors put to good use, and one that misses the mark.
BMW is known for building cars that look just as their logo suggest: Clean, simple, stylish, etc. my favorite part of the logo is their history representation. BMW originally made airplane engines in the early 20th century. The white and blue in the logo could represent one of two things; a white propeller spinning with a blue sky behind it, or the Bavarian flag, which is made of a blue and white checkered pattern.
There’s no doubt McDonald’s has one of the most recognizable logos in the world, and for a company as large and successful as them they need nothing more. But let’s try to look at it as if we are seeing it for the first time, knowing only the basic information you would have in a design brief: they’re an American hamburger fast food restaurant targeting mostly children and young adults. You have to love the friendly, warm smile-like quality of the arches, so the personality is there. Now, is it just me, or is there a total lack of visual culture and history here? To me, this mark would have been just as good for any other business with an “innocent” or “caregiver” brand archetype.
The “personality, culture, and history” philosophy can also be applied to typography. So on your next project keep your client’s business personality, culture, and history in mind. If you can represent all three, you’ll be on your way to providing a very strong identity.
Brandon Moore is a graphic designer based in Orlando, Florida. He designs, blogs, and tweets, and recently graduated from Full Sail University.
I think your right there is a lack visual culture and history in the McDonalds logo. But maybe thats why it works, if it looked to American it may not have been implemented into other societies so well.
Well put, Brandon. It takes a lot of thought to balance all three factors, but each is an essential element of the client’s identity. That’s what a logo is supposed to capture, right?
I love it when someone distills a hard-to-articulate idea into something succinct and easily understood. I think you nailed it here. Thanks for sharing!
I really like the simple creative brief you’ve set up. It’s a great way to quickly think about whether what you’re designing will really work for the client. I’m going to use it with some projects I’m working on right now.
But, I have to contest that the McDonald’s logo is actually loaded with history as the Golden Arch itself actually originated as part of McDonald’s brand architecture (brick and mortar architecture) and was later incorporated into the logo. So McDonald’s – like BMW has successfully incorporated their history into their image. The fact that they combined the arches to make an M may make it seem too blatantly obvious, but if you follow their logo and architectural history, it’s just a lucky coincidence. They used the two golden arches on their buildings long before the two golden arches evolved to the M. It’s lucky they stuck with McDonald’s and didn’t switch to Kroc when Ray Kroc came on board!
McDonald’s may be evil, but their logo fits your brief pretty well.
I agree with the post, but how does one design for new brand (rather than redesign for a existing one) with the element of history, if there is none?
What about brand values? beliefs? aspirations? and above all, Target Audience?
I don’t know if it is intended or not, but McDonalds logo reminds me frech fries in their red box.
Fabulous name for a branding expert… Brandon!
I AGREE, Paco! The colors are incredibly reminiscent of the fries in the bright reed box. | 2019-04-19T02:50:11Z | https://www.logodesignlove.com/personality-culture-history |
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Is Ocean Blue ad in poor taste?
A Facebook post by Ocean Blue Restaurant & Oyster Bar to promote its New Year's Eve party has stirred up a fierce online debate.
A Facebook post by Ocean Blue Restaurant & Oyster Bar to promote its New Year’s Eve party has stirred up a fierce online debate.
Some Facebook commenters found the promotion insensitive, especially in light of the ongoing opioid abuse epidemic.
Ocean Blue owner Francis Pezzolanella said his marketing department created the graphic.
He said that addiction is a concern that’s affected his own family and friends.
“It’s definitely not something to joke around about. Our ad is not a joke in any way,” he said.
But many in the Facebook community thought that the promotion was a lapse in judgment for a restaurant they believe is generally known for good taste.
Other commenters defended the promotion, though, taking it at face value as an ad for the party.
Some said the controversy is a hallmark of good marketing. | 2019-04-25T02:30:26Z | https://www.uticaod.com/news/20181109/is-ocean-blue-ad-in-poor-taste |
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It’s that time again, the time when folks absolutely have to start prepping for tax season. Between continuing education requirements, planning a marketing campaign, ordering software and supplies, and doing it all in the midst of an upcoming holiday season, it’s business as usual.
And by usual, I mean it is usually about this time of year that most practitioners start trying to figure out how they are going to make themselves stand out in the market this year. How they are going to reach the market they think will provide the greatest return on their time investment, and how they will grow their business to overcome churn. Lot’s to keep in mind.
Each year, practitioners all across the country come into the fall of the year with the same problems. Preparing a marketing plan, staying up to date on tax law changes and feeling the annual cash flow pinch as end of year costs arrive before the beginning of year cash flow kicks in.
And, seasonal businesses have their ups and downs.
That’s why there are so many indpendent practitioners who work part-time, out of their homes, or as a side business in someone else’s location. Even the big boys do it. Look at Jackson-Hewitt’s arrangement with Walmart as an example.
What’s missing each year about this time?
Practitioners are either flying by the seat of their pants, following the same routine they have followed each year, or they are enrolling in one of the annual training programs taught by senior marketing experts, trying to make a change and find a practice differentiator this year.
The surprising thing is that even though the routine is the same each year, each year practitioners everywhere feel like it is the first time they have been this unprepared and fret for weeks or even months about the upcoming season.
Just as if the arrival of tax season was totally unexpected.
Doesn’t quite have the ring that Sammi does, but to some practitioners it can be just as mournful.
Now, I have a great admiration for the senior marketing trainers in the field, Chauncey, Salim, Bruce, Hugh and the others, but one thing they miss is the prep work that comes way ahead of tactics selection.
You see, as powerful as each of these experts is, they all are marketing tactics, which means they assume you have a plan and a strategy.
Usually a local practitioner has neither. Most local practitioners are so busy putting out fires for clients that they operate by the seat of their pants, testing one tactic or another and seeing how they shake out.
Luckily, most of the tactics are applicable to any market, unless of course, your competitors have adopted the same tactic. In a case like that, it’s usually too late to regroup. You are committed, for the season, and have to choose alternate tactics for the next season.
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Lee Chang-dong is the cinema’s great poet of disappointment. His films are preoccupied by the ways in which the mores of contemporary South Korean society conflict with morality and the quest for personal happiness and fulfillment. In his most recent works, Shi (Poetry, 2010) and Miryang (Secret Sunshine, 2007), Lee has examined these questions by focusing more heavily on the mysteries of human psychology and behaviour, set against the backdrop of South Korea’s economic boom. But in his 1999 film, Bakha satang (Peppermint Candy), which put the former high school teacher and novelist on the international art film map, Lee emphasises the social and historical. The film is a model of “national cinema”, narrating the past 20 years of South Korean society through the saga of its main protagonist, Yong-ho (Sol Kyeung-gu). As South Korea prepared to celebrate its emergence as an economic power at the turn of the millennium, Lee reminds his audience that the postwar history of military rule and repression cannot be so easily forgotten.
Peppermint Candy is Lee’s most formally innovative work. He based the film’s structure on Harold Pinter’s 1978 play Betrayal, which charts the dissolution of a marriage, beginning with the divorce. The scenes that follow, each going back in time, climax with some further indication of the already foretold disaster. The audience, then, is not asking how each scene will end, but rather the precise ways in which each situation will lead to the couple’s further estrangement. The play is infused with an overwhelming sense of loss and doom. Lee uses the form of this deeply troubling psychological play to retell South Korea’s recent past. Yong-ho’s story begins in 1999 at the 20th reunion of a youth social club where he first met Sun-im, his first and only true love. He crashes the party, completely distraught and incoherent, unable to connect with the other people there. Eventually, he breaks away from the group and climbs a railway bridge to commit suicide by standing in front of an oncoming train. The last shot of the scene is a freeze on Yong-ho’s face just before the locomotive is about to crush him. The rest of the film takes us back in time in order to understand how Yong-ho reached this desperate moment.
The train is a central metaphor in the film. Each sequence begins with a shot from the back of a train, projected in reverse, so that the train appears to be moving forward but cars and people alongside the tracks are moving backwards – a succinct visual metaphor for Lee’s critique of the idea of progress. The train also reinforces a sense that everything that one sees must lead inexorably to a single sad conclusion; there is no possibility of deviating from this path. Each scene following the suicide coincides with a key point in South Korea’s history. The first takes place three days before the suicide, corresponding with the 1999 IMF crisis and the general downturn in Asian economies, most spectacularly in Japan and South Korea. Like his country, Yong-ho has lost everything: his family in a bitter divorce, his money and his business. After being thrown out by his wife, Hong-ja, and separated from his child, he is approached by a stranger who asks him to come to the hospital with him. The man turns out to be Sun-im’s husband. She has fallen into a coma and her husband brings Yong-ho perhaps to say goodbye or in the desperate hope that his visit will help her in some way. Realising that Sun-im too is lost to him, Yong-ho returns to the place they first met in a vain attempt to recapture some part of all he has lost.
The next sequence takes place during the height of South Korea’s economic boom in 1994. Yong-ho owns a furniture business and is busily having an affair with an employee. His mistress is a vapid, inanely coquettish and materialistic woman with whom he is obviously bored. The affair is more an assertion of his power as successful capitalist than it is a matter of the heart. Hong-ja, for her part, is also having an affair for which Yong-ho brutally and hypocritically punishes her. 1994 is only a year after the end of a 30-year period in which one military dictatorship after the next has ruled the country. It is a period of economic growth as well as new freedoms. Lee is skeptical of the idea that a country that has inflicted so much repression and violence on its people can responsibly cope with its new-found economic might. Mindless consumerism and the quenching of repressed desires without a reckoning with the past appears to be no cure at all.
In the following sequence, set in 1987, South Korea is in the midst of massive student demonstrations over the announcement that General Roh Tae-woo – the principle commander behind the 1980 Gwangju Massacre where over 100 young demonstrators were shot by the army – was announced as the ruling party’s next presidential candidate. Yong-ho is revealed as a policeman who sadistically tortures a student activist. The cruelty of his work extends to his home life, where he is already becoming a spiteful husband to Hong-ja. He spends much of his time with his policeman friends and secretly yearns for Sun-im. It becomes apparent that Yong-ho’s ability to blindly adhere to the ruling ethos of the time is his only defining characteristic. The next three sequences take place at the end of his mandatory military service in 1984, during his service in the Gwangju Massacre in 1980 and, finally, at the picnic in 1979 where he meets Sun-im. Lee provides cues and hints in each section that are further elaborated and given nuance as the audience journeys further back into Yong-ho’s past. The last three time periods complicate his idealisation of his relationship with Sun-im, revealing it to be far less romantic than we first imagined. Even the titular peppermint candy, associated with his early days with Sun-im, is shown in a new and much less nostalgic light. In the army, Yong-ho loses his innocence. He is dehumanised and learns ruthlessness, violence and selfishness there. By the time we see the young and shy Yong-ho spiritedly singing with his teenage companions, our understanding of the destruction of his character is complete.
Peppermint Candy is a difficult film due to the graphic emotional and physical violence that it unflinchingly presents. Lee’s camera unerringly finds the ugliest residue of industrial life – service roads, parking lots, jammed commercial streets, forgotten patches of crabgrass in the empty lots of cities that grew too fast. Yong-ho is not a likeable character. Lee allows us to understand the external forces and disappointments that he has suffered in making him the man he is, but it is difficult to forgive him for his terrible behaviour. In some ways, the film’s overarching national metaphor overwhelms a deeper understanding of the characters. They all symbolise something about South Korean social reality and do not fully breathe as three-dimensional people or characters. Peppermint Candy is a compelling and powerful work and a necessary to any introduction to the Korean New Wave. Lee quit filmmaking after the film to become South Korea’s Minister of Culture for reformer Roh Moo-hyun – one of the planks of Roh’s platform was more humane treatment of student protestors – for two years. After his stint in government, Lee’s filmmaking became less strident and philosophical and perhaps, more mature. Peppermint Candy is a work of deep conviction, passion and anger. | 2019-04-26T14:48:45Z | http://sensesofcinema.com/2012/cteq/peppermint-candy/ |
Complete your look! These earrings complete your outfit. Wear small minimalist earrings for the perfect ear party. Easy to combine with every outfit!
These classics are back! You spot them everywhere and you can't stay behind either. They are super fun to combine with your outfit! | 2019-04-26T02:11:32Z | https://www.jozemiek.com/en/jewelry/earrings/ |
This apartment, located in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence, is ideal for 6 vacationers. It offers a bedroom, a pool access, an enclosed garden and WiFi.
The apartment features a washing machine, a fan, cleaning products, a vacuum cleaner and ironing equipment.
End cleaning has to be done by the guests or can be available with additional fees to be paid on site. A tourist tax of 1.65 euros per person per night will be required upon arrival. Please bring your own bed linen and towels.
Smoking is allowed. Pets are not allowed. Parties are not allowed.
Hypercentre: Lodging 3 stars "Le Tilleul" | 2019-04-23T08:30:37Z | https://www.agreatertown.com/france_un/2br_apartment_vacation_rental_in_saint_rmy_de_provence_0002141470 |
Built in 1965, Town House Gardens Condo is a 16 unit condominium located in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida. This community has 1 condo unit for rent starting at $1,900. If you are interested in buying or renting a unit, click the "Condos for Sale and Rent" tab to see what is currently available, or click here to contact an approved realtor.
I would like more information on units at Town House Gardens Condo. | 2019-04-20T08:16:11Z | https://www.condoreports.com/real-estate-reports/town-house-gardens-condo_bay-harbor-islands_condo_11098 |
VZAccess Manager software must be installed before inserting/connecting the device to the computer for the first time.
Select the Options tab to view the available Run Options.
Ensure desired options are selected (checked) then select the next desired tab or click OK.
App is minimized upon connection.
Connection status notification is visible above the System Tray. | 2019-04-21T14:31:08Z | https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/knowledge-base-147673/ |
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This Chinese tea has many health benefits, some more controversial than others. As well as being said to lower risk of heart disease and certain types of cancer, green tea can help to boost the metabolic rate. Please note that this tea still contains caffeine, so use in moderation. Its bitter taste takes some getting used to - some like to add honey.
Made from flowers with relaxing properties, this tea is often recommended to help with insomnia or general anxiety. Can also help soothe the stomach as it is an anti-inflammatory, but not a good one for pregnant and nursing mothers. Enjoy before bed or on mellow Sundays.
An aromatic Indian tea created from a large variety of spices like cinnamon, cardamon, clove and black pepper. Although traditionally brewed with milk, sugar and black tea, it can also be enjoyed without. Depending on what spices are added, chai is a great digestive aid and can help boost the immune system. This tea can be fun to make at home.
A wonderful local brew, rooibos is full of antioxidants. It is also high in vitamin C and can help combat nervous tension, allergies and digestive problems. Otherwise known as Honeybush, this tea has been said to possess anti-fungal properties. Can be enjoyed with honey and milk as a healthy alternative to normal tea.
Best picked fresh from the garden, peppermint's menthol properties can assist with abdominal issues. Working as a muscle relaxer, some claim peppermint tea can ease nausea and headaches as well. Drink with other herbs like lemon balm for a delicious medley of tastes.
An indigenous herb specifically good for urinary tract problems, the antiseptic properties of buchu make it good too for indigestion. Back in the day the Khoisan would chew the leaves to relieve stomach aches, but more recent findings add that buchu can help regulate the blood as well as reduce the swelling of joints. A great one to have growing in your garden.
Add a slice of lemon and ginger to your herb tea for added health benefits, especially against flus and colds. | 2019-04-22T02:09:40Z | http://urbansprout.co.za/herbal_teas_a_wealth_of_good |
Q: I already use the Motus App. How is this version beneficial to me?
A: The version you used to see was a mobile view of our website. The Motus App is a native mobile application that is downloaded directly onto your device. This version is more reliable, much faster to load and our hope is that it makes your life easier while you’re driving for work.
Q: How do I turn on Location Services?
A: The Motus App requires that Location Services be enabled. The app will prompt you to do this when you first open it, but if for some reason Location Services have been turned off, you can turn them back on by going to your device settings and finding Location Services. Make sure this is set to High Accuracy mode or the option on your device that allows for GPS + cell + Wi-Fi capability. It should be clear which option this is from your device’s Settings menu.
Q: How do I add a trip?
· On the following screen, confirm that the address in the End Location field is your current location. If needed, select the blue GPS icon to see a list of nearby favorite locations.
You can also use the Insert a Stop feature that’s available in the overflow menu (three dots) icon on the home screen. This will allow you to drag and drop a newly added stop anywhere in your mileage log.
Q: How do I end my mileage log for the day?
· Base Location – Tap this option if you’re at your last business stop and will be returning to your Base Location.
· Last Location – Tap this option if you’ve already added your ending location.
· Current Location – Tap this option if you’re currently at your ending location.
· Other Location – Tap this option to add a different location.
If you forget to end your day, don’t worry! The next day when you open the app, you’ll see a screen that will prompt you to select an ending location. With the exception of Current Location, you’ll be able end that day with the same location options listed above.
Q: I already ended my day but I need to add another trip. How do I do this?
A: If you need to add more trips, tap on the green GPS icon or + icon on the home screen. Simply remember to end your day once you’ve visited your last stop!
Q: How do I submit my miles?
· Select the overflow menu (three dots) located in the upper-right hand corner of the home screen.
Q: What happens if I do not submit my miles by the deadline of the 4th?
A: If you missed the deadline, don’t worry! You can still submit your mileage. Once you’ve done so, your submission will be added to the next approval cycle and you’ll be reimbursed for your mileage the following month.
Q: If I change my password on the Motus site do I need to change it on the app?
A: Yes. You must log out of the app and re-enter your credentials for your trips to be recorded correctly.
Q: How do I submit my required forms on the app?
If you need to update these forms, please log in to your Motus account from your mobile device’s web browser (Google Chrome, Firefox, etc.) or a computer. You will find these forms under the Documents tab.
To submit your Insurance Declaration, please email a copy to us at memberservices@motus.com. We’ll be sure to let you know once it’s been processed.
Q: Where can I find my reimbursement details? I don’t see these in the app.
A: To view your reimbursement rate details and/or payment history, please log in to your Motus account from your mobile device’s web browser (Google Chrome, Firefox, etc.) or a computer. You’ll find them in the Reimbursement tab.
Q: How do I view and/or edit my account information?
A: To change your username, password, email address or security questions, simply log in to your account from your mobile device’s web browser (Google Chrome, Firefox, etc.) or a computer. In the Manage tab, you’ll be able to update your account information.
Q: How do I Request Additional Miles on the app?
A: You can request additional miles by selecting the overflow icon (three dots) on the top navigation bar. You’ll then be prompted to provide the number of miles you’re requesting as well as a brief explanation. Remember, this option will only be available after you’ve logged at least one trip for that day.
Q: I’m a manager/administrator on the program and I have two accounts. Can I link my employee and manager account on the app?
No. At this time, the app can only be used for your employee account. To access your manager account, you’ll need to log in from a computer. | 2019-04-26T14:49:05Z | https://www.motus.com/faq-android-motus-app-optimal-route/ |
Touted as Apple’s most personal device yet, the Apple Watch has received diverse reactions. Some industry pundits consider it better suited to early adopters, with its convenience being eclipsed by the learning curve and high price.
However, past successes of Apple devices suggest that getting behind their new product won’t end in disappointment. The Apple Watch can only be as good as the apps developed for it, and a few major brands are already ensuring that their apps take center stage.
The Taptic Engine behind Apple Watch notifications is a new form of wearable tech interaction, developed to help users disengage from technology without disconnecting from essential information. The wrist-tapping feedback comes through in different patterns and strengths depending on the type of notification received, and glances provide significant snips of application information likely to be most relevant such as weather, traffic, or stocks.
Apple Pay is a swipe method of payment delivered with the Apple Watch, adding convenience while simultaneously promoting the device.
Various retail apps encourage shoppers to frequent their store while making the in-store experience simpler. Target’s mobile app links to the Apple Watch with shopping lists and in-store navigation, ensuring users find what they want using the most direct routes.
A few travel apps are available to help organise flights, car hire, accommodation bookings, and activities. Expedia highlights upcoming travel arrangements and provides flight status and gate change notifications directly to the Apple Watch, as well as hotel addresses and check-in times.
Many fitness apps have been developed, making use of embedded sensors to measure heart rate and steps taken, and Tinder is using the watch’s heart rate monitor to match up heart-rate increases with potential suitors.
From Instagram to Amazon, Shazam to XE Currency, the available apps are countless, but their success is dependent on how well they’ve been developed to meet user needs and wants.
Ensuring your apps are both user-friendly and attractive is key, but developers should take full advantage of Apple Watch functionality to highlight their apps. Allowing users to decide on the frequency of interaction can also be of benefit, as providing too much feedback is a sure path to app deletion.
At the same time, not offering enough insight makes your application superfluous. Quickly and succinctly presented information is a must, and differentiating between functions that will require iPhone connectivity and those which merely duplicate iPhone operations helps ensure necessary and desirable app creations.
Apple Watch applications need not be highly customisable or detailed solutions, but should successfully focus on the fundamental principle of providing concise and helpful pieces of data as necessary.
5 Watch Outs With the Apple Watch offers some great advice for anyone hoping to develop an efficacious application that will grab the market’s attention. | 2019-04-22T06:42:29Z | https://www.itproportal.com/2015/07/20/how-app-developers-taking-advantage-of-apple-watch/ |
The proposal will be reviewed by the NYUWHS investigators and possibly members of the External Advisory Board. If the project can be performed in accordance with our privacy and confidentiality policies, is deemed of substantial scientific interest and feasible, is not being pursued or considered (for instance in a grant proposal) by another investigator, and anticipated costs (case and control selection, database preparation, biospecimen retrieval, preparation and shipping, etc.) covered, the project may be approved. Applicants will receive a response within two weeks.
If the proposal is approved, a NYUWHS investigator will be named who will work with the external collaborator to facilitate the research. The scope of the project will be described in a written collaborative agreement and signed by the external collaborator and the primary NYUWHS investigator. Use of data from the NYUWHS cohort will be limited to the specific project for which approval was obtained. If further research or analytic activities develop from the original project, the external collaborator must obtain approval from NYUWHS’ Principal Investigator for such activities.
If external collaborators apply for funding (e.g. to the NIH), they must provide a draft of the grant proposal to the collaborating NYUWHS investigator at least three weeks prior to the application due date. A letter of support cosigned by the collaborating NYUWHS and the Principal Investigator of the NYUWHS will be provided to the external investigator.
The NYUWHS investigator named to work on the project and the study data manager will provide approximate data that may be needed for preparing a grant application. Since no funds are allocated to manage the development of outside collaborative arrangements, all costs for this effort must be borne by the scientist requesting this information, based on the time required to produce the data. No charge will be made if the required effort is minimal.
Active participation of a collaborating NYUWHS investigator is required to ensure proper use of the NYUWHS data and biospecimens. The level of effort will vary according to the size and complexity of the project but will be expected to range from 5% to 10% full time effort (FTE) per year for the NYUWHS investigator(s) named to work on the project. Support for the database manager is usually also requested. The cost is dependent upon the complexity of the investigation but is typically 10% to 20% FTE. Costs for processing and shipping of the biospecimen, if applicable, will be determined based on the volume, type of preparation, and number of samples needed. The arrangement for payments will be through formal subcontracts with NYU School of Medicine, including full overhead.
Data and/or biospecimens approved for use are approved for use only by investigators listed in the data request and as approved by the NYU School of Medicine Institutional Review Board. Data must be destroyed and remaining biospecimens returned at the completion of the study.
It is expected that at least one NYUWHS investigator will be a coauthor on any manuscript using NYUWHS data. This investigator will need to sign-off on any manuscript prior to its submission for publication. All manuscripts must also be submitted for review to the Principal Investigator of the NYUWHS and approval must be obtained before a manuscript can be submitted for publication. | 2019-04-22T16:50:43Z | https://med.nyu.edu/pophealth/research/nyu-womens-health-study/for-researchers |
Indietracks - an indiepop festival: Indietracks compilation now available!
We’re absolutely chuffed to tell you that this year’s official Indietracks Compilation is now available to download!
Featuring 49 tracks from bands and artists playing this year’s festival, some of which have never been heard or released before, this is essential listening for the run-up to the festival! It’s a great mix of songs, with brand new tracks by Indietracks veterans such as Darren Hayman, The School, The Just Joans, ballboy and The Smittens; some of our favourite classic pop songs from Go Sailor and The June Brides; as well as loads of brilliant stuff from the bands we’ve admired for either a long time or not long enough.
Putting the compilation together is one of the most exciting times for us, because it really brings home what’s in store over the festival weekend and how lucky we are to have a line-up that we’re really proud of. This year’s compilation seems to tell a story, starting off with a song about a first kiss on a train, and rounding off with a song whose lyrics remind us of the sad bit at the end of the festival when everyone says “see you next year”!
The compilation is available as a download only. This is so that we can give all of the money raised to the Midland Railway Trust, who hosts the festival. There is a small minimum payment of £1, but you are welcome to pay as much or as little as you like, and we’d like to encourage you to give as much as you can to help the railway and the festival keep going each year.
We’d like to say a huge thanks to all of the bands and artists who donated their songs.
The compilation is available to download here!
Workshop interview #5: Super Duper Super Heroes! | 2019-04-23T16:04:52Z | http://indietracksblog.blogspot.com/2012/06/indietracks-compilation-now-available.html |
It has been a while since I have posted some new shots. So here goes, few more from last shoots I have done for YARNWISE magazine.
Issue 52 of Yarnwise magazine is out. Here is few scanned pages with my photography. | 2019-04-21T02:17:10Z | https://studiomag.co.uk/category/model-portfolio/ |
Review Context: I have played Halo since the launch of the series. It is a huge reason why I still even have an Xbox to this day.
When the Halo: The Master Chief Collection was announced I could not contain my excitement. I remember endless days in high school playing Halo 2 online for hours on end. So to bring that back in all its glory, plus an HD remake of the campaign, and 8 multiplayer maps revamped had me ready to go. Unfortunately, quickly after launching the game I realized this was not the game I wanted it to be.
The first thing that really drove me crazy about Halo: The Master Chief Collection was the install process. You are excited to get a new game and toss it in your fancy Xbox One to play and have to sit at the dashboard while it installs, no big deal. Finally the game installs then I boot the game up to be presented with a pop up telling you it will now install each campaign individually followed by the multiplayer. It takes forever to actually play the game, so when the time comes and all is installed you are beyond ready to play.
When you have finally installed the campaigns and made your way into them you realize how beautiful they are. The feature to flash between the original graphics and HD remade graphics makes its way back in Halo and is now in the Halo 2 remake. It would be nice if we saw this in the Halo 3 campaign, but that game honestly still holds up pretty well today. The game runs all campaigns in 60 FPS, which seems to be the industry standard at this point. The confusing part is that the only game that does not run in 1080p is Halo 2, it runs in 1328. It still looks and plays really well though. One of the key features that made Halo so great to me back in the day was local co-op. I was beyond happy to see that the dying art that is local co-op was still present in the Halo: The Master Chief Collection. With the new feature of campaign playlists, local co-op has a new life in this game and hopefully can start an upward swing and return in more games. Another thing Halo: The Master Chief Collection does right is their controls. It has all the controller layouts from the original games, but on top of that it gives you the ability to set your own controls and have them stay the same over all four games and multiplayer. Plus, with the comfort of the Xbox One controller this game plays extremely well.
The multiplayer on paper sounds like every Halo fan’s dream; every multiplayer map from every Halo, including all downloadable content maps. It features tons of different game modes such as deathmatch, team swat, team snipers, capture the flag, and of course big team battle. Plus every game and also the anniversary mode of Halo 2, on paper, this could fill all your Halo needs! Then said paper was lit on fire and left to burn to ash! The game was hit with devastating launch issues. On launch day I could not even get into a matchmaking game, and people were posting that it was taking anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour to find a match. I figured it was just a bad launch day for the servers and in a few days this would pass and I would be online. 343 addressed the stability and connection issues very fast saying that they were removing playlists and also working on a server side update to fix the issues. Three days after launch they put an update out and said that another update would be coming out in the next few days that would fix the matchmaking experience. I was able to get online for a few matches, but the teams would be unbalanced and if the host happened to quit during the match the game would just end for no reason.
I could go on for days on how bad the launch was, but the launch is still having very bad lingering effects that are causing the game to be unplayable online today. 343 has promised updates to fix the matchmaking experience and has even given players rewards for sticking with the game. The rewards were in game such as titles, profile pics, and badges. The biggest reward for playing the game at launch was the news that users would be given the Halo 3: ODST campaign for free, but this too has also been pushed back multiple times and we have yet to see the Halo 3: ODST campaign.
This game in my mind easily trumps all other bad launches. 343 promised that they would do their best to fix matchmaking and at least bring it to a playable state. Yet, while the Halo: The Master Chief Collection was struggling as an unplayable state, 343 managed to successfully launch and run the Halo 5 beta, which had errors that were immediately addressed and fixed. I see this as a slap in the face to die hard Halo fans. 343 has this product which they promised would be fixed by now, and we are six months post launch with a game that is still unplayable. The issues I listed with the game are just the tip of the iceberg because the multiplayer is riddled with issues. One of my personal favorite issues being, if you ‘team kill’ three times, instead of being kicked you are sent to the enemy team. How does this happen?!
Halo: The Master Chief Collection has been on sale at low prices and is now actually bundled with the Xbox One. Microsoft must think it is still a selling point if they are willing to bundle it with the console, or they just want to push their broken game on poor unsuspecting consumers. It is a shame that a game with such a following that actually plays well has so many outstanding issues that 343 is not fixing. “The seed of our future are sown in his past”, this is the buildup on Halo: The Master Chief Collection for Halo 5. 343 needs to hope and pray that their release of Halo 5 is nowhere near as bad as this launch, if that is even possible. Avoid this game at all costs until you see that it has been properly patched and fixed. | 2019-04-25T10:50:37Z | http://www.gamereviewpad.com/halo-master-chief-collection-review-xbox-one/ |
Michelle Kathryn Essomé is Chief Executive Officer of the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) and brings 20 years of investment banking experience in marketing and origination roles in equities, fixed income, and investment management at Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Lehman Brothers and Nomura.
Ms. Essomé has an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School, where she was a Robert F. Toigo Foundation Fellow, and a BBA in Finance from Howard University where she was the recipient of scholarships including one from the Wall Street Journal. Ms. Essomé has completed an executive course in Private Equity and Venture Capital at Harvard Business School and is the inaugural recipient of the Columbia Business School Young Alumni of the Year Award (2014).
In her role, she frequently represents the industry in the media and was recently profiled on Bloomberg TV’s “African Women to Watch.” She has worked in the United States, United Kingdom and France, lived in Niger and is fluent in French. | 2019-04-22T22:03:56Z | https://www.avca-africa.org/people/michelle-kathryn-essom%C3%A9/ |
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So, skechers shape ups work is a very popular both in the US and around the world. Skechers received recognition and popularity thanks to the widest range of products from office shoes to professional shoes for sports, a variety of designs, high-tech innovations, high quality and reasonable prices. | 2019-04-21T08:20:24Z | http://soupsonjax.com/skechers-shape-ups-work/ |
LAREDO, TX (KGNS) - A motorcyclist is transported to the hospital after an accident in central Laredo.
The accident happened at around 10 p.m. at the 2200 block of Jacaman Road near the Laredo International Airport.
According to preliminary reports, the victim lost control of his motorcycle and crashed into a fence.
Luckily, he was wearing his helmet at the time of the accident and only sustained minor injuries. | 2019-04-23T04:19:24Z | https://www.kgns.tv/content/news/Motorcyclist-transported-to-the-hospital-after-accident-508686781.html?ref=781 |
1 Kings 11:9-25 (Part of the 1 Kings series).
Preached by Steve Mayes on July 29, 2018 (Sunday Morning).
1 Kings 11:1-8 (Part of the 1 Kings series).
Preached by Steve Mayes on July 15, 2018 (Sunday Morning).
Preached by Steve Mayes on July 8, 2018 (Sunday Morning).
Preached by Steve Mayes on July 1, 2018 (Sunday Morning). | 2019-04-22T18:30:03Z | http://hopecommunitypca.com/sermons/?series=17&date=2018-7-01&enddate=2018-7-31 |
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See Decanter experts' rating, tasting notes and drinking window for Bovio, Gattera, La Morra, Barolo 2009.
Open and seductive nose of flowers and spices. Intense, round and deep structure. Rich, ripe and forward with a good texture. Strong new oak (and gentle spice) to finish, but balanced. | 2019-04-26T10:47:31Z | https://www.decanter.com/reviews/barolo/bovio-gattera-la-morra/ |
Home Brook Hill Events Brook Hill Gallery Presents Dexter Farslider!
Brook Hill Gallery is about to be graced with the amazing woks of Dexter Farslider.
Dexter’s work is fresh and crisp, bringing a type of life to his work that mesmerizes his viewers. Dexter has some beautiful, captivating landscapes that will give you a sense of wanderlust.
Get ready to be amazed and praise this wonderful artist on Sunday November 13th from 11am – 1pm slt (pacific time) for his opening event.
DJ KB Byk will be playing the grooves to set the mood for this wonderful event.
Dexter’s exhibit runs from November 13th till December 11th 2016.
Look forward to seeing everyone. | 2019-04-22T14:04:43Z | http://www.brookhill-sl.com/2016/11/08/brook-hill-gallery-presents-dexter-farslider/ |
TV show dates: December 10, 2017 — February 17, 2019.
Performers include: J.K. Simmons, Olivia Williams, Harry Lloyd, Ulrich Thomsen, Nazanin Boniadi, Nicholas Pinnock, Sara Serraiocco, Mido Hamada, Jamie Bamber, Kenneth Choi, and Bernhard Forcher.
A sci-fi espionage drama from creator Justin Marks, the Counterpart TV series delves into an enigmatic reality which everyday living conceals. The story centers on low-level bureaucrat, Howard Silk (Simmons), who toils away in relative obscurity at a United Nations spy outfit based in Berlin, Germany.
After uncovering evidence that his agency is protecting a secret about traveling to a parallel dimension, Howard’s whole life changes. He soon plunges headlong into a strange world fraught with peril and treachery.
In that other dimension, the only person Howard dares trust is his own counterpart. Meanwhile, Howard’s wife, Emily Burton Silk (Williams), has secrets of her own that may well connect to everything. Likewise, the mysterious Clare (Boniadi), may prove key to what is truly going on.
Howard’s isn’t the only one dragged into the intrigue. His director, Peter Quayle (Lloyd), also gets caught up and finds his double life is wreaking havoc with his meticulously plotted career.
Overseeing Counterintelligence at Howard’s agency is Aldrich (Thomsen). This seasoned operative is one part philosopher and one part spy.
Ian Shaw (Pinnock) has the unenviable responsibility of keeping the peace between the two dimensions. Finally, there’s Baldwin (Serraiocco). Her life, as well as her work as an assassin, takes on a whole new significance, once she comes into contact with the other side.
Counterpart wonders, “What if our lives could have been different?” From that angle, the thriller examines the concepts of identity, fate, and opportunity lost.
Mira’s looming threat forges some unlikely alliances.
First aired: February 17, 2019.
What do you think? Do you like the Counterpart TV series? Should this Starz TV show have been cancelled or renewed for season three?
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RENEW this show. Excellent program… Will be missed unless picked up by another channel.
I have this show on my list to watch….does season 2 end in a cliff hanger or were they able to “end” the series? No point in watching if I’m just going to be left hanging….
It should continue. Thoughtful plot, excellent acting, intelligent writing.
I really liked this show and I’m very disappointed and surprised that viewership fell off.
They should certainly make a third season, focussing to centain the the flu in Berlin and because of the sorry state of the German statee for serious risks and because American military personal some of higher rank, but also many tourists, from many other countries. Berlin would be completely sealed off by technically NATO but pretty much the USA, which makes things much harder to keep secret, especially as Management was killed.
Bad decision by Starz, and nobody will pick it up. An Absolute shame.
Continue Counterpart to season 3!! | 2019-04-20T08:12:11Z | https://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/counterpart/ |
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One of the challenges with video surveillance hardware is that the features are built into the chipsets. This means that when you upgrade chipsets, you often have new products that don't plug-and-play with older devices.
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Southampton Football Club have accepted an invitation to participate in next season’s Checkatrade Trophy.
With their academy possessing Category One status, the Saints took part in the competition, which they won as a League One outfit under the guise of the Johnstone’s Paint Trophy, and lost on penalties during the knockout stages to Reading.
However, with the run benefiting the careers of young players Sam McQueen and Josh Sims, the club feels the experience for its U-23 players merits participation.
The competition came under intense fire from supporters last season after it changed format to allow the inclusion of Premier League academy sides.
Previously, only teams in the third and fourth tier of English football had been allowed to compete. Protests took several forms, most commonly boycotting matches with a subsequent low attendance.
“I was delighted when EFL clubs collectively backed the competition following a full and comprehensive review of last season’s pilot format, and we can see from the increasing interest from Category One Academies that the Checkatrade Trophy has genuine appeal,” explained EFL Chief Executive, Shaun Harvey.
“The competition provides a unique challenge to young players and seasoned professionals alike.
“I strongly believe players from League One and League Two clubs will look forward to taking on some of the country’s brightest prospects, who will themselves learn a lot from participating in a first-team competition.
Can The ‘B’ Teams Save English Football? | 2019-04-23T00:23:57Z | https://www.wessexscene.co.uk/sport/2017/07/02/football-southampton-accept-invite-to-compete-in-checkatrade-trophy/ |
It has been over two years now.
Late on Saturday afternoon, October 29, 2016 a representative of Bishop Frank Dewane of the Diocese of Venice in Florida arrived at Mass to announce to the people of St. Isabel Catholic Church that their pastor had been placed on administrative leave. The shocked community left Mass to be confronted by TV news teams, alerted by the diocese, seeking reaction.
From that instant, the outrage, anger, sadness, and suffering of the community were destined to be part of a public event. All involved were forced to forego privately shared grief that could have led to resolution and healing. Immediately, the atmosphere of confrontation that so sadly infects our world was thrust upon a parish community that sought to worship God, to support each other, to provide outreach to the poor and marginalized, and to enjoy the life of their parish.
It was a parish community that had been attacked when Hurricane Charley destroyed its church building in 2004. Yet that attack was on a physical facility, a facility that was rebuilt. This new attack was different; it was an attack on values, an attack on people, an attack on a way of life, an attack on faith. This attack was not a mere natural disaster; it was a manifestation of supernatural evil, an evil that infests and infects our world in many disguises.
After this tumultuous period of months, where do we stand? Are we moving toward resolution? What will happen next? Are we destined for a permanent division or should all just resume business-as-usual?
This is the Catholic Church, a hierarchical institution. It is an institution where the clergy dictate how things will be for the people, monitor and control who can serve or speak. The Church is an institution that tries to dictate where God has acted, an institution where black cassocks and red trim, or even the cappa magna, can be more important than compassion and seeking the salvation of all.
On the other hand, the Catholic Church is an institution currently led by a pope who espouses mercy, justice, humility, the value of all human life, the need for harmony among all people; this is a Pope who wonders, “Who am I to judge?” Can these contrasting models and views of an institution coexist? What are the consequences when those in charge are more determined to be in charge than to find harmony?
This is an era of rants and tweets, a time when evil thrives under the guise of killing suspected drug users without procedure, a time of unprecedented human trafficking, a time when political leaders in most of the world thrive on the spoils of corruption, a time when the innocent who only want security and opportunity for their families are forced to flee their homes under threat of death, torture, and starvation. We live in a time where the loudest voice is often defaulted to be the correct voice, a time when the mightiest gun is the right gun.
And in the din, St. Isabel struggles, a microcosm of the surrounding world. There are two sides.
One is a parish community led by its pastor that provides financial support to a pregnancy clinic, Catholic Social Services, the Bishop of Venice’s Annual Appeal for funds, and a host of charities. The members of the community enjoy each other socially; they share tragedies and joys; they eat together on holidays; they pray, sing, worship, and serve together at church. They welcome new people and mourn the deaths and departures of others. It is a sincere community seeking to strengthen faith and to live as Christ would have them do.
On the other side is a bishop whose web site declares his mission is to be presiding in place of God over the flock whose shepherd he is, as a teacher of doctrine, priest of sacred worship, and officer of good order. In a nutshell, he has distilled his mission to being in charge.
We presume good faith on the part of the bishop, but it is difficult to be in charge when many of one’s subjects are less than enamored with his leadership. It is hard to be a shepherd as bishop when one has never been a pastor, when one’s clerical experience rests largely in a Vatican office. It is easier to declare one is in charge than to act such that those being led will follow. The struggle to preside can be seen, for example, in the sixteen videos about the bishop on the diocesan web site. Fifteen of these are taken from 2011 through 2014. The only recent one is a slickly produced video congratulating the bishop on the ten years since his Episcopal Ordination as he has led the Diocese of Venice.
There is little question the bishop is in charge, presiding as an officer of good order; it is harder to see the shepherding elements of his role. And thus we have an impasse: people seeking a compassionate shepherd in the face of a bishop who seems content merely to be in charge.
The results of this impasse have been a scandal, one that tears at the fabric of a faith community. The bishop, at the insistence of her absentee family, claims that an elderly parishioner has been exploited by her pastor for financial gain. The community members in daily contact with the parishioner know no such exploitation occurred. The bishop, stung in the past by the fact that about 10% of his priests joined together to complain to a Vatican representative about his financial management and bullying tactics, insists on asserting his authority to make charges.
Discussion of the pastor’s plight at meetings is forbidden and access to innocuous facilities such as the kitchen and church hall, commonly used for social gatherings and bereavement lunches, is denied. Any meetings require prior written approval and vetting of all remarks to be made. The people hold a prayer service in the church parking lot in defiance and then insist that they must be able to access the church they built following its destruction. The diocese relents. The people hold social events at the beach. The bishop, from a weakened position but in charge, adopts a buckshot approach, closes his eyes, and fires hoping that some element of a broadened spectrum of charges against the pastor that he conjures up will stick.
Some people studying to join the Catholic faith leave; members of the parish seek spiritual assistance elsewhere; long time volunteers resign. The substitute priest declares that it is good that people leave if they are unhappy. The bishop stalls refusing to meet with parishioners.
Cracks develop into fractures as factions within the community arise. Some people wear “Return Our Pastor” buttons while others claim that protest is “unChristian.” The bishop claims that to ensure lack of bias, he is sending the case he has constructed seeking full removal of the pastor to Rome for adjudication. People react with outrage and plead for justice. The anger simmers in a community trying to follow the call of Jesus. The contradictions are palpable.
Where can people turn in the face of injustice by a hierarchical Church?
Historically, insistence of the people in the Church on change has often been met by stiff resistance; but meaningful change in the Church is most often through movements of the people, inspired by the Holy Spirit who perhaps shares their frustration in moving the hearts of the bishops.
How do the people now recover their sense of faith and community? How can the people support a puppet of the bishop planted in their midst to exert control?
The parish is made up of people who are old and approaching death, of those who are younger but seeking spiritual growth to carry them through the challenges of aging, of parents who want a place where their children can be inspired to grow in the faith, of those who are disenchanted but belong out of habit, of those from the margins who are welcomed, of those who are sick or alone and need the support of others, of people who want to serve.
How are these people to be embraced by a Catholic community so ravaged by dissent and division? What can this community offer to those who seek a place of refuge, a place where Christ’s love is evident?
These questions challenge us, but we must strip away the posturing and the fears. Evil has been born in our midst. Do we accommodate its presence, allow it to tear something away from us just so that we might enjoy some calm? Or do we relentlessly seek justice?
The overwhelming characteristic that the community as a whole has to offer is faith in Jesus. This is a faith that promises crosses to bear. This is a faith that never claims to be easy. This is a faith that promises the peace of Christ, a peace that surpasses all understanding. This is a faith that co-exists with, but must always fight, evil.
The challenge for the community is to redouble its efforts to be faithful to Christ with a faith that requires love of God and love of neighbor; love of friend and love of enemy. This is a faith that declares hope, hope for the future despite an inability to imagine it, hope based on knowledge that God never abandons his people.
The challenge for all parties is to seek God in all things, to be willing to make personal preferences secondary. People of faith endure in the face of hardship and persecution.
That is the essence of faith. The call is to “find a way” to care for the sick, to untiringly seek justice for their pastor and in the world, to model unshakeable faith, illogical hope, and generous charity.
This is necessary to defeat evil, to transform from evil into a more solid, a more committed, a more durable faith that knows how to deal with all the difficulties that living, and living as a Christian, provides.
May God bless the parishioners and visitors to St. Isabel Church, restore its pastor, inspire its bishop, heal their shattered faith, reject the division that the world offers, and steel them to relentlessly reject evil in all its disguises. | 2019-04-23T16:39:02Z | https://parishionersforjustice.com/about/ |
#BelfastPort400 – A new eight-metre tall seahorse sculpture reflecting Belfast's maritime history was unveiled yesterday at the entrance to the city's port.
According to the Belfast Telegraph (which has more on this story), the stainless public artwork was commissioned by Belfast Harbour as part of its 400th anniversary celebrations.
For centuries, depictions of the ocean creature have been used in city imagery to symbolise its seafaring traditions. It was printed on coins throughout the 17th century and two seahorses still have a place in Belfast's coat of arms.
The new sculpture, which has been installed on Dargan Road on the north side of Belfast Lough, was created by renowned German artists Ralf Sander, who is a reader in fine art at the University of Ulster. | 2019-04-22T15:05:16Z | https://afloat.ie/port-news/belfast-lough/item/23653-new-sculpture-reflects-belfast%E2%80%99-maritime-history |
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When my wife, Eileen Henry, and I moved to Croton on Hudson fourteen years ago, one of the people we were lucky enough to meet was Georgianna Grant. She had already retired from her service on the Village Board of Trustees, but continued to be, as she had been for decades, deeply interested in and involved with the life of this community. She welcomed us and invited us to join with her and the other wonderful women and men of the Croton Democrats who have devoted themselves to the welfare of our village and the wellbeing of its residents. Eileen and I have been honored to have known her and will continue to strive to follow her example. On behalf of the Croton Dems, I want to offer our sincere condolences to the entire Grant clan. We are all diminished by her passing. | 2019-04-20T16:25:30Z | https://crotondemocrats.com/2018/09/13/chairman-richard-masur-remembering-trustee-georgianna-grant/ |
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Once you’ve hit ‘Save’ you can test your website using the PageSpeed tool to ensure there are no render blocking scripts. If this is still the case, go back into the ‘Advanced Settings’ and enable the plugin to include inline JS and remove any scripts which are excluded by default such as seal.js or jquery.js.
From here, go to the CSS option and allow the plugin to aggregate inline CSS. Finally, click on ‘Save changes and Empty Cache’ before checking once again with the PageSpeed tool.
This approach is slightly more time consuming but more feasible for users of the W3 Total Cache plugin. Start by going to ‘Performance’ followed by ‘General Settings’ and finding the ‘Minify’ section.
Next to the Minify option, click ‘Enable’. For the ‘Minify Mode’, be sure to select the ‘Manual’ option and then hit ‘Save’. The next part requires you to add the scripts and CSS that you need to minify.
The same will have to be done for the style sheet URLs which can be done by scrolling to the CSS section before hitting ‘Add a stylesheet’. Again, these can be copied and pasted from the Google PageSpeed tool.
Finish by clicking on ‘Save settings and purge cache’ which will store any settings. Test your website thoroughly and check site speed which should now show a marked improvement on Google PageSpeed. | 2019-04-21T11:02:22Z | https://www.elementarydigital.co.uk/how-to-fix-render-blocking-javascript-and-css-in-wordpress/ |
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The difference between metaphysical and visionary fiction.
Sometimes books that are metaphysical fiction can also be called visionary fiction, but books that are visionary fiction are not always metaphysical in nature. Visionary and metaphysical are not synonymous terms.
Metaphysical fiction essentially has two components, philosophy and a non-corporeal, ineffable or supernatural element. In metaphysical fiction both components are an integral part of the story, ie the character’s supernatural/psychic experiences and their philosophy – or the philosophy of their world – are part of the action, ie through which the character achieves their goals or is thwarted in, or by them. Though it often is, metaphysical fiction is not necessarily ‘spiritual’ in nature. It may, for example, be based more on psychology or pure philosophy than on any spiritual system of thought. Visionary fiction, however, is always spiritual in nature.
The usual subject matter and plot thread in visionary fiction is a character’s, or society’s journey towards self-actualisation. This spiritual aspect is of primary importance, whereas in metaphysical fiction the spiritual aspect – if there is one – is not so obvious. Visionary fiction, as its name suggests is generally inspiring and has the wisdom of some form of spiritual teachings woven into the story. However it does not necessarily describe altered states of mind and does not use them as plot devices as in metaphysical fiction.
The differences between these two genres of fiction are best understood when you read something that is clearly one and not the other. An example of metaphysical that isn’t visionary is the Rule of Ten books. They have Buddhist philosophy and expressions of ineffable /meditative states but are not concerned directly – ie it isn’t the main thrust of the story – with a character’s journey to self-actualisation. My own novel You Can’t Shatter Me is the same.
An example of something that is visionary and not metaphysical is ‘Laughing out Loud.’ This story is about a person’s journey to self-actualisation, but it has no descriptions of ineffable states or anything that could be called supernatural, ethereal or non-corporeal. The story doesn’t go into altered states or meditative experiences. As far as I can remember, The Way of the Peaceful Warrior is like that also.
The example of a book that is both visionary and metaphysical that I am most familiar with is my own Diamond Peak Series. If you look at the overall story, on one level it is the story of a girl climbing a mountain to rescue her mother from a demon, but on another level it is the story of her overcoming her ego to reach enlightenment. The whole story is an analogy for the path to enlightenment, which makes it visionary, and the teachings woven into it are Buddhist, hence the spiritual element.
The reason it is metaphysical – and more truly that than visionary – is because the demons must be defeated by using mind power, and the ineffable mind states entered into are a plot device. Without them, the demons could not be defeated. There is also no Buddhist terminology because it is all analogy. Although it is there, the spiritual nature of the work is not immediately obvious.
With the growing number of works of metaphysical fiction available today, I think it is helpful to be clear about the differences, particularly because I believe there are readers who would enjoy metaphysical fiction but would find visionary fiction a bit too spiritual or new agey.
This is very helpful! I had been describing my own novel as “political-philosophical fiction,” but now I wonder if it may fit under one or both of these, too. Thanks!
Maybe. I remember when I read an article on magical realism and the way the writer described it made me see the magical realism aspects of my Diamond Peak series. It’s still primarily fantasy, but it is also magical realism and metaphysical fiction as well. A lot of indie books are cross-genre.
Tahlia, I think you’re done a fantastic job in this and other articles trying to distill the essence of visionary fiction. However, I’m still having trouble grasping the subtle differences. If you could reduce the difference to a single sentence, what would it be?
There’s also a part of me that questions the value of such precise parsing. Are such category distinctions helpful to readers? Do we want to use your one-line synopsis to identify if we should put our novel in Amazon’s Metaphysical category or the Visionary category?
I don’t know. I’m just trying to feel my way through the whole genre discussion and figure out what makes the most sense from not only a writing and marketing perspective but also from a reader’s perspective.
Thanks again for all your great articles and reviews. I’m glad I discovered your site!
Good question. maybe something like; Visionary fiction speaks primarily of an individual’s journey towards self-actualisation; metaphysical fiction weaves philosophy into a story with supernatural or non-corporeal elements of experience.
As to whether it’s helpful or not. It makes a big difference to a reader (like me) who finds some visionary fiction a bit too ‘new agey’ or too thickly buttered with spirituality. I prefer metaphysical fiction which is much more able to slip into and be quite comfortable in their other genre, eg they’re also mysteries, fantasies, contemporary or historical fictoin, thrillers or whatever, but visionary fiction is always primarily visionary. | 2019-04-20T20:53:07Z | http://www.tahlianewland.com/the-difference-between-metaphysical-and-visionary-fiction/ |
Termites are active year round. Now is the time to formulate a pest control plan for your home or business to combat and eliminate unwanted visitors in 2018 and beyond.
Scott Kight, Associate Certified Entomologist with Fort Myers Pest Control stresses the importance of prevention when it comes to termites in and around your property.
Let’s talk about one group of termites, subterranean termites. Two groups of subterranean termites are most prevalent in southwest Florida. “Native” or “Eastern” termites and the non-native subterranean termite commonly called “Formosan” termites.
Native subterranean termites are found throughout the U.S. in every state except Alaska. Snowbirds and new residents that say that they don’t have termites up north are sadly mistaken.
Formosan termites are rumored to have arrived in the U.S. on ships after World War 2. They are found in most southern states and as far north as Tennessee. Of the estimated $5 billion in termite-related damage each year, Formosan termites account for more than half of the destruction. They are skilled at taking advantage of improperly performed termite treatments. Many people, even some of those in the pest control industry, believe that Formosan termites are not subterranean due to their ability to form secondary colonies above ground such as in a wall void or attic space. In reality, Formosan termites are in fact subterranean.
Regardless of species, prevention is always the best option for treatment of subterranean termites. Also, don’t be taken by the logic “my house is made of concrete” or “my house is made of metal”. Remember, termites can find any wood in a home, for the door or window framing, to baseboard, to the wood in your roof structure and trusses. The experts at Fort Myers Pest Control offer a full range of termite treatment services. Contact Fort Myers Pest Control for a complimentary termite inspection at (239) 543-3100. | 2019-04-21T02:24:59Z | https://fortmyerspestcontrol.com/formulate-a-pest-control-plan-for-termites/ |
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BOURNE END – April 20, 2016 – Zebra Technologies Corporation (NASDAQ: ZBRA), a global leader in solutions and services that provide real-time visibility into organisations’ assets, people, and transactions, has recognised top-performing channel partners in the Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region at the company’s Channel Partner Summit 2016. The awards laud regional channel partners for their successes, commitment, innovation, and profound knowledge of the market and the channel ecosystem.
Distributor Full Solution Portfolio Selling 2015 Award: ScanSource Europe SPRL.
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The Summit also marks the start of Zebra’s new channel partner programme – PartnerConnect, which unifies Zebra’s previous channel programmes, following its acquisition of Motorola Solutions’ Enterprise business in 2014. The new programme is designed to evolve the best of Zebra’s award-winning inclusive channel ecosystem, address the needs of distributors, ISVs, and resellers, provide opportunities for growth, and meet customer and market demands.
PartnerConnect supports Zebra’s vision to lead the Enterprise Asset Intelligence category through the Solution Partner track, and will provide competitive incentives designed to reward Solution Partners for their commitment and successes in developing visibility solutions that address customer needs.
Simplicity and flexibility are the cornerstones of the new programme. Channel partners are categorized by tracks, based on individual business models, allowing partners to plan for growth and business evolution.
The programme recognizes and rewards resellers for investments in developing technology expertise through five product specializations, including card printers, print engines, RFID, supplies, and wireless networks.
PartnerConnect enhances product access to a majority of Zebra’s portfolio, enabling the delivery of complete solutions to meet end customers’ needs.
Zebra (NASDAQ: ZBRA) makes businesses as smart and connected as the world we live in. Zebra tracking and visibility solutions transform the physical to digital, creating the data streams enterprises need to simplify operations, know more about their businesses, and empower their mobile workforces. For more information, visit the Zebra.com. | 2019-04-26T06:16:59Z | https://www.zebra.com/ap/en/about-zebra/newsroom/press-releases/2016/zebra-recognizes-top-performing-emea-partners-at-summit.html |
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not sure about this as its heavier than i expected and a bit finicky, customer service brilliant though as called them up 4 times to query how i operate it and helped everytime.
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Student: Ive got a bunch of questions that have been popping up so Im just going to spill them out and hope you can do something with them, okay?
Student: Do you really not care one way or another if anyone in the sangha, or anywhere else, finds their true nature or realizes enlightenment? Is not caring the same as not being attached to any outcome? What do you think would be different both in the sangha and with the teacher-student relationships if there was a caring? Do you think this is what that student was talking about when she asked after last nights Dharma talk, during the Q & A, where’s the heart in your teaching? Do you think that that which pulls for a teacher to care one way or another is the same thing that resists either standing on its own two feet or the feeling of being left completely alone on the path.
Michael: Wow. Theres a lot there but Ill try to piece something together here. First, if I said that “I don’t care” in relation to students finding their true natures, I misspoke. What I mean is that “I’m not attached to the outcome” of their work. Nor am I attached to mine. With that said, I care far more about their realization than I care for them as individuals. This often bums people out since they want a relationship thats different from the one Im interested in cultivating. Quite simply, Im interested in delivering this teaching as best as possible more than Im interested in developing new friendships. This doesnt mean that I dont care for people who come to hear me. On the contrary, I care very deeply. Deeply enough not to let them fall back on habitual egoic patterns. Egos hate this and often see it as heartless, and I know that my style is not for everyone. But, in my view, for a practitioner to let the teacher-student relationship to really take off, they must be willing to see and accept whats actually going on within themselves as it relates to the relationships that they have, both with me and everyone else in their lives including their inner-most being.
Student: And students are afraid of this work, right?
Michael: Yes. Its natural for this to be so. But it doesnt make sense for any teacher, in my view, to simply play the role of rescuer. This just keeps the student stuck which is anything but compassionate, nor is it wise, for that matter. Its most helpful when, as teachers, we allow for people to spin and spin and spin in the same eddy of lifes flow until they get sick enough of their patterns to garner the resolve theyll need to make a 90 degree turn, thus breaking the cycle and developing a different perspective in the process. Supporting this move is my raison d’etre. It’s the only reason I do this work and increasingly its becoming the main focus of my life.
Student: Sounds like spiritual tough love.
Michael: That works, as long as smiles are seen in that mix. And, it should also be noted, there is a whole-lotta’ heart in this process even though people might see my approach as not caring or loving enough. Im okay with this.
Student: So the best way to help a student realize the Truth, so to speak, is to let them fail?
Michael: The best way for a teacher to help a student that has fallen into a tar pit of ego is not to lift, clean, or pull the student out of the mess. Rather the teacher should ask the questions necessary for the student to uncover the core of the experiences they are having. This brings the light of consciousness into the darkness of their unconscious patterns. So back to our previous point: usually when people want more “heart” or they want to feel more love from their teacher, they really want to feel like someone’s got their back. Which is another way of saying that they want someone to keep them from falling into the tar pit. While I’m not interested in pushing people in to any tar pits, a person’s ability to navigate around it depends on the skill set their practice offers. This realization of skills is more important than whatever I might want to do in order to rescue them from their missteps.
Student: So in a way you want to see them fail?
Michael: I want to see them fearlessly meet their life in a fully exposed manner. I want them to be utterly open and vulnerable to this very moment and participate totally. When they are raw and consumed with feelings of being lost and at their wits end, I want them to become familiar with those feelings; so familiar with them that through their practice they no longer fear them.
Student: But do you ever feel like you have to push them there?
Michael: Ive never had to. People usually show up to deep spiritual practice in a state of confused vulnerability. Pushing someone into this space isnt appropriate in my view. In fact, its abusive. Having said this, the teaching ignites once both teacher and student can work together in a place of wonder rather than certitude. Once the wonder takes over, something is recognized showing us that there is a way out of the limited and a way into the limitless. From here its my job to just keep pointing the way, hoping that they’ll take the steps necessary to find strength enough in their own legs to step past me and carry the torch. | 2019-04-26T03:48:48Z | http://infinitesmile.org/dialogs-with-my-teacher-20/ |
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Existing research has shown how easily individuals are moved to harbor exclusionary attitudes toward out-group members. Can we foster inclusion instead? This paper leverages the ongoing Syrian refugee crisis – one of the most significant humanitarian crises of our time – to test whether and under what conditions American citizens adopt more inclusionary attitudes and behaviors toward Syrian refugees. We conduct a nationally representative survey of American citizens in the weeks leading up to the 2016 presidential election and experimentally test two mechanisms hypothesized to promote inclusion: information and empathy. We examine attitudinal measures of acceptance of refugees, as well as a substantively important behavioral measure – writing a letter to the 45th president of the United States in support of refugees. Our results unveil significant effects on attitudes and behavior of both empathy and information treatments that are mediated by partisanship. The empathy treatment resulted in an increase in the likelihood of writing a letter in support of refugees. An examination of heterogeneous effects by party reveals that the empathy treatment engendered inclusionary attitudes among Independents, and the increase in letter writing was driven primarily by Democrats, whose underlying attitudes did not change, but also by Republicans. The information treatment, on the other hand, did not robustly improve attitudes or behavior of Democrats or Independents, and may have induced a backlash among Republicans. We discuss implications for understanding what kinds of interventions increase inclusion and which create backlash. | 2019-04-24T14:36:51Z | https://immigrationlab.org/working-paper-series/engendering-empathy-begetting-backlash-american-attitudes-toward-syrian-refugees/ |
Ross Salon & Blow Dry Bar serves Palatine, IL and is located in the 60067-2214 ZIP code.
Excellent...as always. Donna always knows exactly what to do!
Love the new salon! Thanks for a great cut, Donna!
Danielle was very attentive and diligent throughout my no chip manicure and pedicure. My nails look great!
Donna always provides the best service and the new location is fabulous!
Got a great short haircut for Spring! The place was wonderfully clean and bright! All the staff were super friendly from the first "welcome!" To the last "it looks great!" I love my new look!thanks so much!
Great! Great! Great! Worth looking for its new location. I have been going for several years and almost always gotten great service. New store is very nice and clean. Feel pampered.
The new facility is beautiful. Nicely decorated, calming atmosphere.
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The new salon is beautiful. The staff is always friendly and Nicole always does a wonderful job on my hair and nails.
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Staff are personable and professional. Their attention to detail and customer comfort and satisfaction readily show in their work with the client.
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I’ve been working on my 3-axis servo gimbal but it doesn’t work well so far.
I’m trying to control the gimbal with vmount, but when mount driver is started the gimbal rattles like this.
mount.aux.mix is documented as below.
Each servo is connected to pixhawk output AUX1~3.
Disabled stabilization but nothing changed.
Do you have any idea what is wrong with them?
Any help will be appreciated and I will update the documentation.
Did you solve it? im facing the same problem here.
I suspect this is happening because I installed px4fmu_v3 on my HKpilot32, which is designed for px4fmu_v2, but I put a temporary freeze on this project so I haven't checked the hypothesis nor solved the problem. | 2019-04-23T20:44:33Z | http://discuss.px4.io/t/controlling-3-axis-servo-gimbal-with-vmount-driver/7291 |
Proving there's life after midnight, with the best live performances. Including Pause for Thought.
Teen Beat Vol.3 (Various Artists).
New Woman: The Autumn Collection (Va).
Procol Harum - The Collection.
Depeche Mode - The Singles 1981-1985.
Top Gear 2 - Various Artists.
Funny How Sweet Co-Co Can Be.
Peter Gabriel - Shaking The Tree.
Best Of The 80's - Heaven 17. | 2019-04-23T08:23:21Z | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00hjgsr |
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A pair of distant swans that flew from the colliery area to the flooded workings on 3rd April, were probably Mutes. The pair was sighted again over the colliery area the following day. Six wintering swans were present north of Shearburn & Pitts Drain from 25th November to 8th December, mainly on Goole Moor and Goole Fields, and were considered to be Whooper Swans, though this was not confirmed. A single bird that flew in to the Paraffin Cuttings on 18th December, was probably a Mute Swan.
A pair landed at the Shoulder o Mutton on 9th March and three were noted at Will Pits Scrape on 30th March. A single was present on 15th April, an adult flew north west on 17th, and on 23rd April, one was at Rawcliffe Moor. Four flew south along Swinefleet Warping Drain on 16th June. Two again passed south, over Will Pits, on 18th November.
On 14th March, 19 were present on the flooded workings with three Tundra Swans. This rose to 26 on 22nd March.
On 14th March three were present on the flooded workings with 19 Whooper Swans (SH).
Around 65 very distant geese passed west on 27th November, calls could not be heard.
On 28th February 46 calling geese passed north from over the colliery area. A party of 33 were resting at the flooded workings on 4th October, and on 11th October a skein of 150+ headed north over the Canals area. A single was present on the flooded workings with five Canada Geese and around 80+ Greylags on 9th November. On 5th December 150+ flew over Goole Moor.
Two adults with two unfledged young were present at the flooded workings on 15th May, and three young were present at the same area on 16th July. On 5th August, there were four adults with four young at the same area.
Monthly maxima were: January 66, February 6, March 26, April 13, May 13, June 12, July 10, August 80+, September 120, October 100+, November 120, December 120+.
Monthly maxima were: January 5, February nc, March 22, April 2, May nc, June 21, July 5, August 24, September nc, October 110+, November 5, December nc.
Monthly maxima were: January 1, February 6, March 10, April 12-14, May 32, June 13, July nc, August nc, September nc, October 1, November nc, December 1.
Seen mainly in January and February, with odd records in most other months, maximum was 165 on 1st January.
Monthly maxima were: January 2, February 15, March 10, April 21, May 3, June 2, July nc, August nc, September nc, October nc, November nc, December 3.
Monthly maxima were: January 130, February 100+, March 80+, April c.65, May 29, June 6, Julyc.20, August 244, September 121, October 70+, November 40, December 60+.
Ducklings were observed at both Will Pits Scrape and the flooded workings on 27th April. A female was seen with seven young on 1st June along Shoulder o Mutton Tram.
Monthly maxima were: January 200+, February 300+, March 30, April 12, May 38, June 17, July nc, August 200+, September nc, October c.200, November c.200, December 150+.
A male was seen at the flooded workings on 1st January, and two males were seen at Will Pits Scrape on 3rd January. Three female types were present on 14th September and four birds were present on 17th October, both records at the flooded workings.
A new all time maximum was set on 14th September, when 79 were present at Will Pits Scrape (RJS).
Monthly maxima were: January 11, February 6, March 39, April 34, May 13, June 12, July nc, August 48, September 79, October 20, November nc, December nc.
A male was present with Tufted Ducks at Will Pits Scrape on 3rd January and a male was at the same location on 16th February. A female was at the flooded workings on 9th March.
Monthly maxima were: January 8, February 4, March 11, April 12, May 2, June 3, July nc, August nc, September nc, October nc, November nc, December nc.
Five female/immatures were flushed from flooded workings north-west of Will Pits on 3rd January and flew south-east. Later the same day four passed high overhead travelling east, one of which was a male. A male was present at Will Pits Scrape on 19th January.
Seen mainly at Will Pits Scrape or the flooded workings. Maximum was 10 on 15th September at Will Pits Scrape (FO, BP). First and last dates were 16th March and 17th October.
Maximum of 14 was on 22nd September and 26th November.
Monthly maxima were: January nc, February 12, March 2, April 4, May 4, June 4, July nc, August nc, September 14, October 5, November 14, December 3.
Maximum of 12 was on 8th December, near Scotts disused mill. At Bank Top two adults were with their 12 newly hatched chicks on 21st July.
Monthly maxima were: January nc, February 2, March 2, April 2, May 2, June 1, July 2 and 12 unfledged young, August nc, September 10, October 8, November 10, December 12.
Maximum was c.30 on 16th February and 3rd October.
First and last dates were 9th March at the Paraffin Cuttings and 20th September at the flooded workings. Maximum was four on 16th March, with two present at the flooded workings and two at Will Pits Scrape.
An immature bird was seen on the flooded workings on 20th (BH) and 21st July (BPW), on the latter date it flew towards Will Pits Scrape.
The first was noted on 19th March, two had returned by 30th March and three were present from 4th April. By 19th April there were three, the last one was on 5th June.
An observer (RW) who was standing on the observation stack at the eastern part of the flooded workings saw a juvenile Northern Gannet come in very low over his head from the north-east at 13.30 on 10th October, before it turned and headed off low north-west over Goole Moor. What was undoubtedly the same juvenile must then have turned back to its original heading of south-west as it flew low over Fisons Road at Creykes towards the Paraffin area at 14.00, and continued on that heading till out of sight. This is the third moorland record (BPW, SP).
All records came from the flooded workings, the first being of one going east over the flooded workings on 12th April and two heading east on 17th April. In May, one flew over on 8th and three came east over the western edge of the moors before heading off high north-west on 21st; three were seen later the same day over the northern edge of the moors before heading east. Three flew east on 1st June, with a further three going over west on 23rd August. Three birds, which may have flown off the water at the flooded workings, were flying north on 27th October.
Usually encountered singly, with records of two being uncommon. Two were seen going north over Green Belt on 26th May and a further two were noted heading east over the flooded workings on 11th July.
Sites given for raptors are general. Usually only the first area of observation is stated, except where sites were very far apart. A comma between records of the same date means separate records. Depending on views, the same bird of prey may be recorded differently by different observers. Totals are the minimum possible numbers, calculated for all areas, plumages and observers for that day. For example with Marsh Harrier, which may be recorded as a female by one observer and as a cream-crown by another, is counted as one bird, therefore only the minimum possible number of birds per day is assumed. All are adult birds, unless otherwise stated. Some birds remain not aged and/or sexed due to distance or poor views.
There were 74 records, a good increase on last year; arrival was earlier than last year, and they remained to the years end.
There were 36 records, a good increase on last year; they remained later in the year and returned earlier than last year.
A male was flushed from the ground clutching a live male Blackbird, near the Paraffin area on 13th October, the Sparrowhawk released its grateful prey as the observer approached and it flew off. Breeding was noted at the northern end of Crowle Moor.
Monthly maxima were: January 2, February 2, March 1, April 2, May 1, June 1, July 1, August 2, September 2, October 3, November 2, December 1.
Recorded every month. Maximum was five in the air together on 11th April.
Monthly maxima were: January 2, February 3, March 4, April 5, May 4, June 3, July 1, August 2, September 3, October 2, November nc, December 2.
There were 37 records, a few more than last year, they arrived on the same date as last year and remained later. There were few sightings of juveniles this year. Best viewing is from the observation platform, or from Fisons Road looking north over the flooded workings.
There were 50 records, which is a large increase on last year.
Widely recorded throughout the moors, usually singly, maximum number was three on 12th January, with one heard at Will Pits Scrape and two seen separately along Middle Moor Tram at the junction at Pony Bridge Marsh.
A common and widespread species, with the highest count being 30+ on 6th February.
Monthly maxima were: January 1, February 30+, March 13, April 13, May 7, June 3, July 5, August 2, September 4, October , November nc, December 6.
There were no records for the period outside end of March to end of July. Maximum count was 10 at Will Pits Scrape on 27th April.
Generally waders are found at the flooded workings north of Fisons Road, unless otherwise stated.
Occasional single birds are seen as on 25th February, 12th April, 9th May, 26th May and 16th June. Two were seen on 25th May and a party of eight were seen at the flooded workings on 9th August, before taking off east (WHP).
On 24th July, at 12.40, BPW was at work driving a tractor along a route immediately south of Goole Moor Tram, and had reached a point directly north of the Shoulder o’ Mutton. Something ran on the dusty peat ahead and to the left of the tractor, and then flew up 3-4m from the ground and headed left at right angles to the observer. After stopping the tractor, the area where the bird had landed was viewed, this was around 150m away in pioneer Heather Calluna vulgaris (c.10cm tall), but there was no further sign as the bird had presumably crouched and frozen. BPW was certain that it was a Stone-curlew and phoned out news to several people at the time. The area was searched later after work with optics but the bird could not be relocated.
English Natures staff were asked for permission to release the news to the bird information services (the procedure we have to follow upon finding a rare bird), I also phoned local birders and told my work colleagues. I was informed that I must not release news to the general public, only local birders, and that there would be serious consequences if I did. The reason given for withholding the news was because Scott’s used the area in question for running large machinery about the moor (as I was doing) and this not only created a great deal of dust, but could pose health and safety risks if large crowds gathered.
On 27th July, at 13.00, RJS phoned BPW, to say he had re-located the Stone-curlew in the original area and had seen it as close as a few metres! BPW and AM then joined RJS and got excellent views as it fed along the water’s edge, sometimes running plover-like and at times becoming motionless for some minutes, sometimes squatting but always alert. After around 45 minutes KB arrived and viewed its head as it again rested crouched behind a small rise. Observations continued a while longer before we all departed, no one else was expected or did turn up, despite our continued attempts to contact local birders.
The last observation of the bird was by ML on the evening of 28th July, in the original area. It was last seen by him to fly low across the county boundary (Blackwater Dike) from Goole Moor, East Yorkshire to Thorne Moors, South Yorkshire and out of sight, it was not possible to tell if it landed.
The bird was a colour-ringed juvenile, with a red plastic ring on the left leg and green ring above orange on the right leg; the bird was almost certainly ringed in East Anglia by the RSPB (awaiting confirmation from the RSPB Stone-curlew Project Officer). This is the second site record following an observation of an adult bird on 17th June 1990. A description has been submitted to the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union Ornithological Section Reports Committee.
Records came from the flooded workings north of Fisons Road and the colliery spoil mounds. Breeding took place in an area of flooded workings south of Fisons Road, where a nest with four eggs was located on 20th June. Subsequent sightings followed and included an adult on the road giving an injured wing display on 17th July, which strongly suggested the first chick had hatched (BPW). A single chick was seen with an adult on 22nd and 23rd July (SG). First and last dates were 17th April and 23rd August.
Sightings were from the flooded workings. Maximum count for spring passage was of 16 on 21st May, counts for autumn passage were lower with six on two dates, 31st August and the last date, which was the only record from Will Pits Scrape. First and last dates were 25th March and 20th September.
Flocks are often found on fields surrounding the moors, especially those to the south where 250 were located on 12th January. A flock of up to 200 were in fields towards Inkle Moor through most of October. Landed parties at the flooded workings are uncommon, but 20+ were landed there on 23rd November. Otherwise larger counts are restricted to parties over-flying the moors between their feeding fields. Around 150 flew south across the moors on 23rd December.
A calling bird headed west on 3rd January.
Maximum count was on 10th August.
Monthly maxima were: January 10, February 48, March 17, April 6, May 10, June 9, July 140+, August 800+, September 60+, October 100+, November nc, December 39.
Three on 9th August were followed by one on 3rd September, with a further single on 20th September.
A full summer adult was seen on 3rd August at the flooded workings.
Passage in spring and autumn was in low numbers with few counts in double figures; the years maximum was 20 on 22nd August.
Monthly maxima were: January nc, February nc, March 2, April 10+, May 2, June nc, July 8, August 20, September 7, October 17, November 1, December 3.
All but the last record was in August, with eight on 9th, two on 14th and seven on 22nd and 23rd. Lastly two were at the flooded workings on 14th September.
A single was at the west end of the Shoulder o Mutton Tram on 10th October. One was along Goole Moor Tram on 20th October. Two were found by a small pool of water on Goole Moor, and were very approachable, on 2nd and 3rd December. One was along Canal 6 at the Eastern Boundary Tram on 28th December.
A displaying bird was observed at the Southern Canals on 5th April. Five were heard drumming from the observation platform on 14th June.
Monthly maxima were: January 18, February 2, March 5, April 3, May 3, June 1, July 1, August 11, September 4, October 6, November 3, December 3.
Sometimes seen before dawn in wooded areas, as along Fisons Road through Will Pits on 12th January (two), 2nd (four), 3rd (two) and 12th April (one). Also seen in other areas as at Crowle Moor with one on 23rd February, and along Elmhirst Tram with one on 14th December.
On 9th May 12 were observed at the flooded workings with 50 seen later flying south from the colliery spoil mounds. A single was seen on 1st June. A flock of 13 flew around widely on 28th July. At the flooded workings poor views of eight were seen as they flew south on 29th July and two were seen there on 9th August. Finally 36 were in the same area on 23rd August.
One was flushed from the west end of the flooded workings on 27th April and one flew north-west on 3rd August.
Spring passage was very light with no more than two on any date, commencing with a single at the flooded workings on 9th March. Two pairs attempted breeding north-west of the Shoulder o Mutton; and four were seen there on 13th April, with at least one pair successful. An adult and young were seen on 3rd and 4th June, and two other adults were seen elsewhere. Autumn passage was also light with generally singles seen as on 9th August, and the maximum was four north on 27th August.
Single figures observed throughout the year, no signs of attempts to breed were noted, except for two giving display on 21st May and display flights on 28th April.
Spring records provided low counts, with the first being of three on 17th April. Return passage commenced with two on 28th July, and the last record was a single on 24th September. Maximum was eight on 10th August.
Found by Jon OMally, Julie Blake, Martin Stoakes and Karl Stoakes at around 17.00 on the evening of 27th April, on a large shallow flooded area immediately north of Fisons Road near Green Belt. WHP, BPW and KB and at least 10 other birders observed it at 18.15, with two Common Greenshanks and one Common Redshank, it was watched on the ground, in flight and was heard to call. The bird remained until dark on this first date (RJS).
On 28th April, the bird was present in the place it was originally found. The bird flew off twice in an 11 hour observation, once at 13.00 with three Common Greenshanks, returning unobserved, and again at 13.50 high north-north-west, returning unobserved. It remained the rest of the day and was photographed by John Harriman.
On 29th and 30th April and 1st May it was observed in the same original area and last sighting was on 2nd May, when a single Wood Sandpiper was also present. At least 300 visitors were counted over these days. This is an addition to the Thorne Moors species list. Descriptions have been sent to BBRC and await a decision.
There was a single bird in the first half of the year, on 17th and 18th April. There were a few more records from July onwards, with mainly singles encountered. Maximum was five on 28th July, with three at Green Belt Scrape and two at the flooded workings. Singles were seen into winter.
Two were observed at the west end of the flooded workings on 30th April, with a single present in the same area on 2nd May. Autumn passage provided a single at the flooded workings towards the west end of the Shoulder o Mutton Tram on 12th September, and a single nearby on 23rd October.
A few records of single birds were obtained on 29th April, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 9th and 22nd August.
Except for Black-headed Gulls, landed gulls were only ever found at the flooded workings north of Fisons Road, unless otherwise stated. This is also the area where gulls roosted, though many gulls would land, bathe, preen and drink before continuing to a different roost site, which was often north-east towards the River Humber. Other gulls did not stop at all and just over-flew to/from other roost sites. This was more often the case in mornings when gulls had departed their roosts and were eager to reach feeding grounds. Counts of gulls were not made systematically.
A first-summer with pinkish underside was with Black-headed Gulls at their colony at the flooded workings immediately north of Fisons Road on 21st May. A second paler first-summer bird was later seen at the same place (RJS).
There were three main colonies this year, and conservative counts of sitting birds were taken in May. This put breeding numbers at 400 pairs at Will Pits Scrape, 408 pairs at the flooded workings north of Shearburn & Pitts Drain, and 80 pairs at the flooded workings north of Fisons Road. This gives a total of 888 pairs, which is well down on last years record count of 1400 pairs, but nevertheless the second highest ever breeding count. The first chicks were noted on 21st May, when one was present at Will Pits Scrape. Roost counts outside the breeding season were few, the best being 139 to roost on 4th January.
Monthly maxima were: January 139, February 108, March 470, April 1017, May 1776, Junec.1776, July nc, August nc, September nc, October 100+, November 7, December 6.
Two visits were made to ring young this year and 365 pulli were ringed at Thorne (PB).
Of birds ringed in previous years the following account and records are given. Four young were ringed as pulli (nestlings), the first two were also colour ringed (red darvic ring, white letters). Using colour ringing we have had three sightings involving two birds both of which were wintering in the Gloucester area. The last two birds were metal ringed only, but the same observer managed to read the metal ring numbers for both birds. These were the first to Eire. Note the rapid movement made by EG89896.
Often observed over-flying the moors, or on marginal fields between Whaley Balk and Inkle Moor. Records of landed birds from the peat moors are infrequent and only single-figure day counts were obtained.
Monthly maxima were: January 6, February 1, March 4, April 1, May nc, June nc, July nc, August 1, September nc, October nc, November 1, December 8.
The commonest species of gull in summer (May-September) and regularly roosts on the moors. Observed roosting on the moors from late June onwards, the years highest count was from a roost at the west end of the flooded workings on 7th July.
Monthly maxima were: January nc, February nc, March 2+, April 85+, May 300, June 200, July 600, August nc, September 400, October nc, November nc, December nc.
Generally the commonest non-breeding species and regularly roosts on the moors. The years highest counts were associated with roosts. Some unseasonably high counts, as in May, are associated with large movements of gulls from wintering areas to breeding areas, these late stragglers are often immature non-breeders. The years highest count on 22nd January was of birds coming in to roost on the moors.
Monthly maxima were: January 1168, February 123, March 10, April 40, May 600, June nc, July nc, August nc, September 30, October 10, November 137, December 70.
Again unseasonably high counts can be due to large movements of gulls from wintering areas to breeding areas, often involving immature birds. Other large movements can be caused by large changes in the weather, particularly with regard to wind strength and direction. The years highest count was a conservative count from an early predawn roost at the west end of the flooded workings on 23rd May, when c.600 Herring gulls were also present.
Monthly maxima were: January 129, February 23, March 2, April 130, May 150, June nc, July nc, August nc, September 1, October 3, November 12, December 29.
A single flew north-east over Green Belt at 8.00 on 1st June; this was followed by a party of 10 heading east over the flooded workings 20 minutes later.
Feral birds were present year round in small numbers. At the colliery 11 were present on 26th January.
Generally small numbers counted at the west side of the moors, maximum was 30+ on 3rd October.
Highest count was on 14th November.
Monthly maxima were: January 570, February 120, March 30, April 3, May 23, June 15, July nc, August nc, September nc, October nc, November 600+, December nc.
Small numbers were sometimes seen at Top Moor Farm, the colliery road-bridge and Jones Cable. Records from the peat moors were two on the ground at Scotts shed, Bank Top, on 8th May. Two flew west on 3rd October. A leucistic bird was seen at Jones Cable on 10th August (RJS).
Maximum was four on 28th July. Area maxima were: Canals (three), Will Pits (two), colliery area (including south-western edge) (three), Elmhirst Wood (one), Rawcliffe Moor (one), Green Belt (one), Goole Moor (one), Cassons (one), west of Pony Bridge Wood (comp. 66) (one), Alder Woods (one), Canal Towpath (one) and (east end) Jones Cable (one). This gives a possible maximum ofc.17 males present. First and last dates were 1st May and 1st September.
Not as common this year as last with four being the maximum. First and last dates were 25th April and 4th June.
A series of records between Bank Top to Red House Farm and towards Crowle started with a single at the ruins of Scotts disused mill. One was at Bank Top on 8th April, one was at Red House Farm on 11th April. There were three further sightings all of single birds between Red House Farm and the fields towards Crowle on 13th and 15th October and 10th November.
Seen between Bank Top to Red House Farm, with another station on the west side of the moors at Top House Farm. At the former site all records were of single birds on 17th April, 13th, 15th, 21st, 29th and 30th October. At the latter site near Creykes singles were observed on 29th May, 1st and 4th June and 30th October, on the 4th June the owl had a mouse spp. in its talons. On 7th July, four were seen at Top House Farm.
One or two adults were heard from the colliery area, Will Pits, Elmhirst Wood, Rawcliffe Moor, Green Belt, Goole Moor, Paraffin area, Woodpecker Wood, Cassons and Yorkshire Triangle. Breeding took place in Will Pits.
Again records were received from a wide variety of areas, with one observed quartering the southern end of Snaith & Cowick Moor (around the S bend of Fisons Road) on 8th April. One was flushed from a tree on the edge of Goole Moor in the early part of the year and again on 10th and 18th April. Possibly the same bird or pair was observed in the same area on 2nd May, and on 30th May the first young were heard, in the Canals area. One was observed from the observation platform on 14th June. In winter, on 5th November, one was seen before dawn flying along a ditch at Red House Farm.
On the evening of 19th January one was seen over fields east of Crowle Moor (SH).
Surveys were conducted on nights between the end of May to the first week of June and from the second week of July to the second/third week of July. This revealed a total of 29 males, which is the same number as last year (BPW et al.). First and last dates were 16th May and 30th August.
Monthly maxima were: April 280, May c.300, June 1, July c.300, August c.60, September 20+.
One was present at the Western Boundary Drain in the colliery area on 5th January, and on 1st February one flew from Jones Cable west over the Newfield Estate, Moorends. One was at the railway delves at the colliery road fly-over, Inkle Moor, on 27th August, and possible the same was seen at Whaley Balk on 31st August. Singles were seen at the Paraffin track gate (Durhams Warping Drain) on 18th August and 4th September. A single was seen along the Western Boundary Drain in the colliery area on 15th December.
The maximum count was four on 12th January and 13th April.
Maximum number was three on 5th December. Drumming was heard at Will Pits on 9th March, and young were heard at a location there on 26th May, when a pair of adults was in attendance.
There were three records of single birds. The first was a male in the colliery footpath willows Salixat 13.00 on 5th January (RW). A single male was at English Natures shed near Will Pits Scrape on 6th and 7th April (SH).
Following the successful return of breeding Common Stonechats in 2001, now comes the first confirmed breeding of Wood Lark since 1950. WHP noted singing and displaying birds on 3rd, 4th and 19th April. Other observers also noted the pair on 27th and 28th April (carrying food both dates) (ML) and 4th May when a singing male was present (RJS). The final outcome for any young is not known.
The years maximum count was on 30th September.
Monthly maxima were: January 4, February 18, March 8, April 9, May 4, June 4, July c.7, August nc, September 32, October 20+, November nc, December 6.
The years maximum count was on 29th August. First and last dates were 30th March and 1st September.
Monthly maxima were: March 5, April 7, May 1, June 1, July 10, August c.350, September c.150.
Monthly maxima were: April 30+, May 15, June 1, July 10+, August 100, September 22, October 15.
The years maximum count was on 29th August. First and last dates were 27th April and 22nd September.
Monthly maxima were: April 8, May 5, June 1, July 1, August 50+, September 8.
All records (virtually all of singing males) are listed for this declining species. There was an estimated five-six pairs, slightly up on last year.
The years maximum count was on 2nd September.
Monthly maxima were: January 5, February 5, March 18, April 26, May 10+, June 9, July nc, August 50+, September 100+, October nc, November 26, December 8.
Maximum was 30+ on 23rd August. First and last dates were 15th April and 20th September.
The highest moorland counts were on 13th April and 22nd August. A nest containing four eggs was accidentally destroyed (by work vehicles) at Shearburn & Pitts Drain on 6th June.
Monthly maxima were: January 1, February 2, March 8, April 10, May 6+, June 2, July 6+, August c.10, September 9 (also 20+ Moorends Recreation Ground), October nc, November 1, December 3.
Monthly maxima were: January 64, February 13, March 10, April nc, May (88), June (26), July nc, August nc, September nc, October nc, November nc, December 1.
Monthly maxima were: January 6, February 1, March 4, April 3, May 4, June 1, July nc, August 3, September 4, October nc, November nc, December 4.
Monthly maxima were: January 10, February 6, March 8, April nc, May 21, June 14, July nc, August nc, September nc, October nc, November nc, December 1.
Nine singing males held territories, territorial singing was very low this year, and the reasons for this remain unresolved. All but one of the males fell silent shortly after their first arrival, and they were not heard again on any other survey dates. Males were at Will Pits (four), colliery area (one), Green Belt (one), Limberlost Tram (one), Goole Moor (one) and Elmhirst Wood (one). First and last dates were 24th April and 5th June.
At least one pair bred along the south side of Fisons Road, with up to six birds seen on the last date. First and last dates were 1st May and 1st September.
Seen mostly in more open areas such as the flooded workings, Middle Moor, and the Canals area, in summer and winter. A pair was also present at Pony Bridge Marsh during the months of January and October. Maximum was three on several dates. One pair held territory, at Mill Drain/flooded workings, with a juvenile seen there on 1st September, and an immature was seen with a pair of adults on 21st October.
Maximum was 10 on 30th April, with two at Goole Moor, three at the S bend on Fisons Road, four at Snaith & Cowick Moor and one on the field track to Creykes. First and last dates were 8th March and 2nd October.
One was seen in flight only over Middle Moor from the observation platform on 9th May.
Monthly maxima were: January 29, February 20, March 9, April 10, May (21), June (3), July 5, August 3, September 4, October 10+, November c.20, December 12.
Highest counts were associated with roost gatherings, with the maximum on 9th November. Last and first dates were 15th April and 10th August.
Monthly maxima were: January 250, February 72, March 190+, April 100, May nc, June nc, July nc, August 1, September nc, October 500, November 678, December 25+.
Singing males were present at colliery area (one), Inkle Moor (one), Will Pits (four), Green Belt (one) and Canals (two). This indicates a total of eight pairs present for these areas.
Highest counts were associated with roost gatherings, with the maximum on 12th October. Last and first dates were 30th March and 3rd October.
Monthly maxima were: January 52, February 15, March 50, October 68, November 51, December 3.
Moorland records were: one at Creykes on 16th May, two flying along Fisons Road west of Will Pits on 21st May, one over Cassons on 28th September and two perched at Northern Goole Moor on 20th November. Maximum count was of four at the colliery on 24th May.
The following counts are not census counts and should not be treated as such, they are not all from the same date. They are instead estimates by area from throughout the breeding season. Some counts represent the highest counts of breeding males ever recorded, but they have not been counted using proper census techniques and should be used with caution elsewhere. However, even if some species have been inadvertently over-counted in some areas, for most species large areas of the moors have not been covered at all, so perhaps the estimates are not too far out.
Maximum number was seven, on 9th May. Area maxima were: south-western edge of the moors (two), colliery area (two), Mill Drain Marsh (one), Green Belt (one), Canals (one), Will Pits/Scrape (two), Pony Bridge Marsh (one), Paraffin area (one) and Middle Moor (one). This gives a possible maximum of 12 males present. First and last dates were 18th April and 5th June.
The maximum was 12 on 26th May. Area maxima were: Green Belt (one), colliery area (three), south-western edge of the moors (three), Mill Drain/Marsh (two), Will Pits (three), Will Pits Scrape (two) and Middle Moor (one). This gives a possible maximum of 14 males present. First and last dates were 18th April and 1st September.
A maximum of eight was recorded on 25th May. Area maxima were: colliery area (two), Shoulder o Mutton Tram (one), south-western edge of the moors (five), Paraffin area (one), Southern Canals (seven), Green Belt (three) and Will Pits (two). This gives a possible maximum of 21 males present. First and last dates were 27th April and 2nd September.
Area maxima were: Northern Canals (one), Southern Canals (one), colliery area (one), Green Belt (one), Goole Moor (two) and Jones Cable (two). This gives a possible maximum of eight males present. First and last dates were 27th April and 2nd September.
Found in most areas, the maximum count being 24 on 20th May. Area maxima were: Shoulder o Mutton Tram (one), Pony Bridge Tram (three), colliery (three), Will Pits (five), Will Pits Scrape (two), Goole Moor (two), south-western edge of the moors (nine), Canals (24), Green Belt (two), flooded workings (three), Creykes (one), Colliss Tram (four), Jones Cable (six) and Middle Moor (two). This gives a minimum of 67 (42) males present since many areas had no counts. First and last dates were 3rd April and 20th September.
A maximum of five on 15th May all in Will Pits. Area maxima were: Woodpecker Corner (one), Pony Bridge Tram (one), colliery area (one), Green Belt (one), south-western edge of the moors (one) and Will Pits (seven). This gives a possible maximum of 12 males present. First and last dates were 28th April and 2nd September.
Highest count was 10+ on 19th April. Area maxima were: colliery area (one), Green Belt (one), Rhododendron Path (three), Will Pits (eight), Canal Towpath (one), Will Pits Scrape (two), Jones Cable (one), Pony Bridge Wood (three), Southern Canals (two), Snaith & Cowick Moor (one), south-western edge of the moors (six). This gives a possible maximum of 29 (19) males present, an all time equal record with 2001. The first and last dates were 5th April and 4th October.
Highest number was 23 on 13th April. Area maxima were: Will Pits (nine), Middle Moor (one), Creykes (one), colliery area (four), Green Belt (five), Jones Cable (two), Mill Drain (one), Southern Canals (three), Crowle Moor (five), south-western edge of the moors (eight), Pony Bridge Wood (one), Limberlost Wood (five), Paraffin area (three) and Woodpecker Wood (two). This gives a possible maximum of 50 males present, an all time record. First and last dates were 14th March (of two, which were the first arrivals in South Yorkshire and second in Yorkshire BPW) and 14th November.
A widespread species found wherever there are trees or bushes. A count on 19th April that covered the colliery area, the Canals, Will Pits and Will Pits Scrape, estimated 80+ singing males present. Area maxima were: Will Pits (12), Shoulder o Mutton (one), Southern Canals (25), south-western edge of the moors (17), Pony Bridge Wood (10), Pony Bridge Marsh (six), colliery area (four), Rawcliffe Moor (one), Mill Drain (one), Middle Moor (one), Will Pits Scrape (five), Goole Moor (one), Woodpecker Wood (one), Green Belt (three) and Jones Cable (two). This gives a minimum of 85 (64) males present since many areas had no counts. First and last dates were 27th March, the earliest ever (WHP) and 2nd September.
Maximum was c.15 on 17th October. Last and first dates were 30th March and 31st August.
A single juvenile was observed along the south-western boundary path of the moors, on 1st September.
Three were together in Common Reed Phragmites australis at the flooded workings on 15th February (SH).
Highest count was of c.50 on 17th October, with several other counts in double figures. A pair was carrying feathers for nest building at Green Belt on 23rd March.
Monthly maxima were: January 36, February 37+, March 8, April 4, May 13, June nc, July nc, August c.20, September 21, October c.50, November 3, December 19.
Maximum was 10 on 25th August.
Monthly maxima were: January 2, February 5, March 6, April 5, May 4, June 1, July 2, August 10, September 6+, October 3, November 4, December 4.
A single was observed at the northern part of Crowle Moor on 15th September. One was present at the Yorkshire Triangle on 23rd November and one was present in the colliery area on 4th October.
Maximum count was 28 on 16th February.
Monthly maxima were: January 20, February 28, March 10, April 6, May 5, June 1, July nc, August 4, September 3, October 4, November nc, December 10.
Maximum count was 10+ on 22nd August.
Monthly maxima were: January 9, February 9, March 8, April 6, May 13, June nc, July nc, August 10+, September 6, October nc, November nc, December 5.
One or two seen in wooded areas; maximum was four on 18th April.
Monthly maxima were: January 1, February 1, March 2, April 4, May 3 (4), June 2, July 2, August 2, September 2, October 2, November 2, December 2.
Highest counts were associated with roosts, especially in the colliery/Inkle Moor area, as was the highest count of c.25 on 12th September.
Monthly maxima were: January 19, February 8, March 8, April 10+, May 5, June nc, July nc, August 2, September c.25, October c.15, November nc, December 5.
A single flew east over Jones Cable on 23rd March. Three flew over the Paraffin area in the company of other (silent) corvids, heading south on 17th September. In October: on 11th two flew north over the Canals, and on 17th, 10 flew east over Will Pits Scrape in the company of a Rook and one was also seen flying north over the Canals.
A single bird flew over the south-western edge of the moors on 30th March. One flew over the colliery area on 27th April. One flew east over Will Pits Scrape in the company of 10 Eurasian Jackdaws on 17th October.
Highest counts were associated with roosts, especially at Will Pits or the flooded workings. Maximum was 68 on 16th March.
Monthly maxima were: January 10, February 16, March 68, April c.43, May 16, June 1, July nc, August 6, September 22, October 40+, November nc, December 20.
Recorded mainly at Jones Cable, the colliery and at the flooded workings. Maximum was 240 on 23rd January, flying from the colliery area over Inkle Moor.
Monthly maxima were: January 240, February 3, March 3, April 11, May 25, June 1, July nc, August 1, September nc, October 200, November 40, December nc.
No records from the peat moors, but four were at Red House Farm on 12th September. Four were at Jones Cable on 21st May and eight were in the colliery road area on 29th May.
Maximum count was of 608 dispersing from a roost in the colliery area on 12th January.
Monthly maxima were: January 608, February 90, March 13, April 21, May 30, June 14, July nc, August nc, September 11, October 32, November 76, December 260+.
At Bells Pond, one flew over calling on 14th October. At Elmhirst Wood one flew overhead on 28th December.
Maximum count was of 118 dispersing from a roost in the colliery area on 22nd January.
Monthly maxima were: January 118, February 60, March 3, April 2, May 4, June nc, July nc, August 3, September 3, October nc, November 55, December 10+.
The years maximum was 70+ at the colliery area on 25th July.
Monthly maxima were: January 3, February 2, March 4, April 6, May 6, June nc, July 70+, August 50+, September 12, October 10+, November nc, December 7.
Mostly encountered at the Alder Woods or south of there towards the Paraffin and colliery area and also at Woodpecker Wood and Will Pits. Two left a roost in the colliery area on 12th January, with other finches. On 20th September, one flew over Bells Pond and on 28th the species was heard overhead at Cassons and two were seen heading south-west. One flew over Green Belt on 4th October and one was near the Paraffin area on 10th.
Feeding birds were often found anywhere along Fisons Road, or at the flooded workings.Small flocks could be found in setaside at Whaley Balk during the winter months. The years maximum however was c.200 at Inkle Moor on 4th October.
Monthly maxima were: January 2, February 1, March 10, April 24, May 39, June 26, July c.60, August 50+, September c.100, October c.200, November nc, December 28.
One was seen on 30th March, at the western side of the moors, along the part of Fisons Road that leads north (RJS). Six were present on bare peat at the flooded workings on 9th December (RW).
The years maximum was of 20+ at Will Pits Scrape on 23rd November.
Monthly maxima were: January 6, February nc, March 1, April 6, May nc, June 1, July 1, August 1, September 5, October 16, November 20+, December 1.
A single calling bird was heard as it flew west over the Rhododendron Path on 23rd August (WHP).
The year’s maximum was nine on 16th March.
Monthly maxima were: January 7, February 7, March 9, April 6, May 8 (9), June 1, July nc, August 2, September 5, October 4, November 4, December 4.
The highest count of the year was five on 3rd October.
Monthly maxima were: January 2, February 2, March 3, April 2, May (6), June nc, July 2, August 3, September nc, October 5, November 1, December nc.
Highest count of the year was of 43 on 8th January, 42 of which were together in a colliery area roost at the edge of English Natures setaside field at Whaley Balk.
Monthly maxima were: January 43, February 27, March 21, April (24), May 12, June 11, July nc, August 5, September 8, October nc, November nc, December 9.
A singing male was observed on telephone wires at houses on the edge of Crowle Moor on 9th May.
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ATLANTA (January 7, 2019) | The Georgia Department of Agriculture recently announced that funding allocated in the November 2018 Special Session is available for distribution though the Georgia Development Authority. Sen. Dean Burke (R – Bainbridge) encourages farmers effected to visit the websites listed below to start the application process.
The funds allocated by the Georgia General Assembly will be distributed through a loan program. You may apply for a loan if you are a farmer who has lost income as a result of Hurricane Michael. The loan program limits borrowers to $400,000 per 7-year loan, and has a guaranteed interest rate of 1 percent for the first two years. For more information, visit www.gdaonline.com or www.agr.georgia.gov.
Visit the Georgia State Senate website for direct access to the press release. | 2019-04-24T20:41:50Z | http://accg.org/story2.php?id=1560 |
What is the purpose of the Board of DD and why is important to connect early in a child’s life?
What resources does your local County Board of DD offer?
What is county funding, what services does it cover and how can parents access it?
How does county funding work with personal medical insurance?
This training is designed to help parents understand the County Board of DD system and how they can work together with their caseworker to connect to the supports and services needed for their child. Families will separate into groups based on their county and meet with the SSA and representatives from their local county DD agency. There is time for the last portion of the meeting for families to ask specific questions that they may have regarding DD services and county funding.
Come get your questions answered by those who are knowledgeable in what your county provides and how to access those services.
The event will be held at the Dublin Community Rec Center, 5600 Post Road, Dublin, OH 43017.
This FREE event is open to any parent in Central Ohio who reside in Franklin, Union or Delaware County. | 2019-04-21T04:20:53Z | https://ddc.ohio.gov/Resource-Library/Events-Calendar/ModuleID/522/ItemID/468/mctl/EventDetails |
Today seems to be T-Mobiles Windows Mobile day. After the official announcements of the MDA III, the SDA and the SDA Music, T-Mobile revealed another device as well: the T-Mobile MDA compact which is based on HTC's Margician Pocket PC Phone Edition.
The MDA compact - which is the same device as the previously announced i-mate JAM - is the smaller and lighter brother of the current MDA II and like its bigger brother it comes without W-LAN.
Also it includes 64 MB RAM only and has a lighter CPU - the Intel Bulverde with 312 MHz. To expand storage and wireless functionalities, the MDA compact includes a SDIO compatible SD slot to be used with storage cards or W-LAN cards.
The MDA compact can be expected mid November. With a 24 months cotract it should costs around 99,95 Euro only, without a contract around 489,95 Euro. | 2019-04-19T20:57:22Z | http://www.theunwired.net/index.php?item=device-t-mobile-to-release-a-second-pocket-pc-phone-edition-this-year |
River Oaks is located in Mandeville, La and has median home price of $375,000. The average days on market is typically about 45 days; the schools that are zoned for this area are Pontchartrain, Tchefuncte Middle, Mandeville Junior and Mandeville High Schools.
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It was six o’clock in the morning when they came for Emma Riley. “They came in and they said: ‘Get up, get downstairs, you’re under arrest’.â€Â A colleague had told the Royal Navy police that Emma was a lesbian.
They took her letters, they took Suede’s debut album – it shows two women kissing on the cover – and her video of comedian Julian Clary. | 2019-04-19T23:06:12Z | http://www.tomdecastella.com/got-now-50-years-gay-rights-people-lived/ |
Simona began her studies in Puglia and later in Venezia at the “Biennale Danza” for choreographic Collision project,then in Cibitanova Marche for a masterclass with the “Alonzo King Lines Ballet” before going on to further studies in the USA(Trisha Brown Intensive,Susan Marshall Project,Gibney Center) and The Netherlands (H.J.Foundation). The “Breathing Art Company” was created to give opportunity to local talents to express themselves, develop, and have the chance to present on stage what they had worked so hard to achieve. In 2015 she was invited to the USA to hold classes for university students in the following institutions - Taproot, Columbia University, Island Moving Company, Florida Atlantic University, Miami Dade College. She participates in national and international festivals, collaborates with directors and actors such as Claudio Insegno and Orso Maria Guerrini and works with orchestras and musicians to promote all aspects of art and the fusion of different styles of expression. She also works as a teacher, working with children to develop new talents, many of which today work for companies or study in prestigeous academies, with actors and dancers, developing their skills. Simona founded the “Breathing Art Company” in Bari in 2005, the dance company with which she produces her creations and promotes the art of dance all its many guises. In recent years she has brought her work to the USA - New York, Miami, Boca Raton, Puerto Rico, Charlotte and Newport, where in 2018 she will create a new piece for the company. In Europe she has worked in Spain, Germany, Albania and The Netherlands, creating an international network of collaborators involved in the“Premio Internazionale di Danza San Nicola”, which she created and has directed each year since since 2010. She presents her works in Puglia during the theatre season, directs events involving a variety of diverse artistic media and follows projects focused on the development of new dancers in the Puglia area. She has choreographed the “Promessi Sposi” by Claudio Insegno, the street shows of the Carnevale di Putignano and with her works has taken part in a number of foreign festivals. She has also been a judge at the “Montenegro Dance Festival”.
Ilaria has been part of the “Breathing Art Company” since september 2011. She has performed all over Italy and abroad, and has taken part in the Tanzartfestival di Giessen-Germany, European tours in Germany-Dusseldorf, Spain-Barcellona, Albania-Tirana, and tours in the USA with shows in Miami-Boca Raton, New York and Charlotte, where she has performed with the local company “Taproot”.
In November 2013 she performed in “La Procreation du Printemps”, by Fabio Crestale (I Funamboli-Paris).
In April and May 2015 she worked with the “Tanzcompagnie” – Giessen (Germany) for the show “The Idea of Order” by Felix Dumeril.
Rita studied and developed her career at the “Opificio in Movimento” in Rome directed by Enzo Celli. She danced in “Hell in the Cave”, “Picasso Dance Project”, “La Marta Dance Project”, and joined the “Breathing Art Company” in 2016. She performed in “Human Beings...Be Human” presented in Germany and also in “Tutte Le Donne di William”. She is directly involved in the development programs organized by the company, particularly those designed for children.
Francesco is the latest arrival to the “Breathing Art Company”. He plays the male role in “Tutte Le Donne di William”. After several years of study in Italy and abroad, he became a teacher and a choreographer, winning numerous prizes for his works, while progressing with his career as a dancer and taking part in movie productions with Uccio De Santis. He takes active part in youth talent competitions and festivals, the latest being the 2017 edition of “Ai Confini del Corpo”.
After following development programs from the school of “Breathing Art Company”, Marianna and Liliana were selected for a schoolarship program with the company. In 2018 they took part in “Tutte Le Donne di William”. They were dancers at “Ai Confini del Corpo” in 2017, and at the “Premio Internazionale di Danza San Nicola” they won scholarships to Miami.
Josephine joined the company in 2011 as a dancer in “Rendezvous”, “Il Brutto Anatroccolo”, “3Sisters3...” and “Principessa Per Caso”. She took part in the “Tanzartfestival” in Germany, and became involved in teaching in Spain and Albania. She also participated in two tours in the USA incorporating shows in New York City, Charlotte and Miami. Since 2016 she has been mainly involved in teaching and development projects supporting the “Premio Internazionale di Danza San Nicola” and international workshops.
Federica has been the marketing and comunications force behind the “Breathing Art Company” since 2016. | 2019-04-20T20:09:23Z | https://www.breathingartcompany.com/en/the-company/ |
Daniel Rode Born in France in 1967. He graduated in Architecture and Design at “Ecole Boulle” in Paris and worked as a stylist of bags and fashion accessories in Africa, China and Hong Kong. He opened his own design study in Paris in 1991. He has lived in Udine, Italy, since 1999. He mainly designs furniture for several manufacturers. He was awarded a prize by the “French Committee of Luxury Industry and Haute Couture” in 1996, and several prizes at different design competitions both in France and abroad. He won the second prize as best design of the year at the Furniture Trade Show in Montreal in 2000. He won the Top Ten prize at the Chair Trade Show in Udine in 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006. | 2019-04-21T12:16:33Z | https://www.marcusofficefurniture.com/Daniel_Rode_s/2050.htm |
Acura ILX Sedan – a good car option for travel enthusiasts?
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If you like to wonder around during your travels, you might end up on roads that are not exactly vehicle friendly, or on the contrary, on highways with a lot of traffic that exposes you to crash risks, so having an upgraded car safety system might come in handy when you least expect it. The vehicle comes with an advanced stability control system and other useful safety features, and according to Edmunds’ review on the 108 Acura ILX Sedan, it excels in terms of road safety.
You probably do not want to go on a long road trip, and at the middle of your travel, for your car to break down. Seeking a vehicle that is described by dependability is key, and this Sedan can actually pleasantly surprise you in this department. As long as you pay attention to the basic maintenance tasks required, you will not face any inconveniences while driving. Moreover, the car’s engine is also known for withstanding the test of time, so your initial investment will pay off in the long run.
Because traveling to various destinations by car involves spending a lot of time on the road, using a vehicle that is also fun to drive can make a difference. If you ask Acura ILX Sedan owners, they will be able to tell you that driving this particular model can bring you that thrill and excitement drivers love.
If you are the type of person who makes the time to go on road trips often, having a car that provides you with a few useful driving advantages will certainly come in handy. The aspects mentioned above are the ones that make the Acura ILX Sedan a perfectly good choice for travel enthusiasts, so if you were having doubts on what to choose, you should research the characteristics of this model more, and you will conclude for yourself that this would make a buy you will not regret. | 2019-04-24T14:09:59Z | https://www.thetravelexperts.net/acura-ilx-sedan-a-good-car-option-for-travel-enthusiasts/ |
It's the month of November. The month of thankfulness aplenty & gratitude galore.
In year's past, I have participated in November's theme of thankfulness by posting something on my blog every day that I'm thankful for.
The thanks part is easy. But this season, along with celebrating thankfulness for all that I have, I am making a conscious effort to keep alert for all that I can GIVE as well.
Every day this month I'm going to commit a Random Act of Kindness.
I may recycle some acts of kindness from my 37th Birthday Trip earlier this year. But I will definitely come up with some new ones— & involve my girls, who are anxious to participate.
Be creative in your giving. Think outside the box.
I promise your heart will swell with gladness.
I can't wait to be inspired by all of your goodness. | 2019-04-18T10:34:39Z | http://www.whimsy-love.com/2012/11/giving-thanks-show-and-tell.html |
Adamawa to prevent future clashes between herdsmen and farmers in the state.
Idris made this known in Yola Saturday, when he paid a courtesy call on Governor Mohammed Bindow, to commiserate with him and the people of the state.
Recall that about 20 people were feared killed and several others injured following a clash between farmers and Fulani herdsmen in Numan local government area of Adamawa State early this week.
The attack was sequel to the killing of a farmer by suspected Fulani herdsmen resulting in a reprisal attack by the farming communities of Shaforon, Kodomti and Kikan all in Numan local government area of the state.
The Police boss said the five units would reinvigorate security operations to prevent further bloody clashes between herdsmen and farmers in the state.
He thanked the IG for the visit, saying that it was a demonstration of his concern for the people. | 2019-04-20T04:12:38Z | https://www.soul2soulmatesblog.com/2017/11/adamawa-fulani-attacks-igp-to-dispatch.html |
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The Villa is located fifty meters away from the sea, surrounded by lush tropical vegetation and blessed with the finest sunsets. An excellent cook serves meals on the veranda or on our private beach.
Villa Stella houses three rooms, nicely furbished, one in ethnic style, with air conditioning and ensuite bathroom. Located a few meters from Villa Stella is an extension of the villa’s comfortable accommodation, Villa Delfino. Villa Delfino is by the sea and accommodates an additional three rooms, with the same convenient amenities.
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St. Louis, Missouri, though located in the central Midlands, is a complex city dialectally. Nevertheless, over the past 50 years most dialectologists and sociolinguists have identified the area as primarily a Northern or Northern/North Midland speech island in a sea of Southern and especially South Midland forms. This article is concerned with whether the city's strong affinity for the Northern/North Midland dialect continues into the 21st century. Small pieces of evidence presented over the last generation regarding the evolution of the area's language have shown that different features of its pronunciation, grammar, and lexicon are variously shifting both toward and away from a Northern/North Midland standard. More comprehensive evidence from a dialectological/sociolinguistic survey completed in 1982–1983 and replicated in 2001, however, suggests that overall the Northern/North Midland standard has been not only preserved, but greatly strengthened. | 2019-04-24T04:52:51Z | https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/language-variation-and-change/article/language-variation-and-change-in-the-urban-midwest-the-case-of-st-louis-missouri/342804AD940198F68C8C2A88C61DA173 |
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Absolute everything on this blog responds to one idea: that "to be" is constitutively relational. The point below is the same: sanctity is not the development of a substance as "thing-in-itself". Sanctity is intrinsically relational, and therefore the result of self-gift to the Revealer, the Person of Christ.
We are not called to a transcendent, mystical life in solitude whereby we might be great religious figures. By Baptism, we are called to be another God-Incarnate in the humdrum and quotidian affairs of secular life. Can you image hearing the risen Christ say “Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?” The “Me” are the Christians of Damascus.
Danielou, Vom Geheimnis der Geschichte (On the Mystery of History), pp. 133 f.
J. Ratzinger, “Truth and Tolerance,” Ignatius (2004) 42-43. | 2019-04-24T14:14:08Z | https://robertaconnor.blogspot.com/2010/06/musings-on-these-feast-days-of-opus-dei.html |
If you’re the type of person who keeps Rolaids in her pocket and Pepto-Bismol in her desk drawer, consider adding herbal teas to your stash. Since what we eat and drink (especially dairy products, sugar, alcohol, and coffee) often triggers gas, bloating, indigestion, heartburn, constipation, and diarrhea, how better to treat these common gastrointestinal problems, herbalists say, than by ingesting herbs that naturally offset the culprits?
But with the ever growing variety of herbal teas and home remedies clogging the shelves of health food stores, it’s hard to know which ones will really help. There are numerous herbs that can affect the gastrointestinal system, according to Walter Kacera, Ph.D., an herbalist at the Apothecary Clinic in the Garden in London, Ontario. Luckily, you don’t need to buy out the entire store to get relief. Peppermint, chamomile, and ginger are the three herbs most commonly used to soothe abdominal symptoms. “They’re versatile and a good place to start,” says Jill Stansbury, N.D. (doctor of naturopathy), chair of the botanical medicine department at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Ore.
Peppermint can do a lot more after dinner than just freshen your breath. The herb’s essential oil contains menthol, a volatile substance that has a direct antispasmodic effect on the smooth muscle of the digestive tract. In addition, the pleasing smell of peppermint tea may help soothe nerves (and thus a nervous stomach). The ability to calm cramping stomach and intestinal muscles makes it a superb treatment, herbalists say, for symptoms of indigestion including heartburn, gas, stomachache, and the “I ate too much” feeling. It also makes peppermint a popular alternative treatment for irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), an intestinal disorder that causes abdominal pain, bloating, and irregular bowel movements in about 5 million Americans, most of them women.
Science is starting to back up some of mint’s claims. A study published in the Journal of Gastroenterology in 1997 found that IBS patients taking peppermint-oil capsules for symptom relief experienced an approximately 40% greater reduction in abdominal pain and a 50% greater reduction in bloating and flatulence than those patients receiving a placebo.
A carminative (gas-relieving) herb, peppermint in the form of tea has long been used as a home remedy for flatulence. A 1996 German study validates this usage, finding that patients with chronic indigestion not caused by an ulcer who were treated with an herbal preparation of peppermint oil combined with caraway oil (a bitter herb also believed to relieve gastrointestinal ailments) experienced about half as much abdominal pain due to gas as did people who received a placebo.
Even in the absence of abdominal symptoms, some herbalists recommend regular consumption of peppermint tea, saying it allows the entire gastrointestinal system to function more fluidly. But, despite the enthusiastic reports, many doctors say that peppermint can lower the sphincter pressure of the esophagus, actually causing some people to have more heartburn. Even Dr. Stansbury avoids treating heartburn with peppermint. If, however, people do experience relief from indigestion with peppermint or any other herbal therapy, Col. Peter McNally, D.O. (doctor of osteopathy), a gastroenterologist at the Evans Army Hospital in Colorado Springs, Colo., sees no harm in continuing to use the herb. “At the very least, the extra consumption of water (through the teas) can be quite helpful in aiding digestion,” he says.
Chamomile, considered to be one of the safest medicinal herbs, is frequently recommended as a gentle treatment for common gastrointestinal problems. In Germany, where herbalism has long been considered conventional, tradition holds chamomile to be so useful that it has been dubbed alles zutraut, or “capable of anything.” Indeed, for gastrointestinal ailments, it’s somewhat of a superherb. Antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory, and carminative, chamomile can act upon the digestive system in a number of healing ways. It relieves flatulence and heartburn by mildly sedating and soothing the mucous membrane of the digestive tract. Its natural sedative properties can also relax the entire body, which may help if your digestive discomfort is caused by stress or worry.
A caveat: While some research has found chamomile to be effective in relieving diarrhea in young children, Dr. Stansbury strongly cautions against self-treating diarrhea with herbal remedies (for children or adults) until you have consulted with a medical professional. “The body may be trying to rid itself of a toxin or harmful substance, and you don’t want to interrupt that process,” she advises.
Though widely used and highly praised as a safe natural remedy, chamomile may cause allergic reactions in individuals with sensitivities to ragweed, asters, and chrysanthemums.
Ginger, like peppermint and chamomile, is a carminative and can be used to treat gas, along with its associated bloating and pain. In botanical medicine it’s considered a warming herb, one that causes the inside of the body to generate more heat. Herbalists say this can help regulate sluggish digestion, though Dr. Stansbury points out that some find this extra warmth uncomfortable and may instead prefer peppermint or chamomile teas.
But what makes ginger a standout among herbs is its effectiveness in treating nausea and vomiting. (Remember Mom giving you ginger ale when you had a stomachache?) Herbalists now know that ginger works against both nausea and vomiting, making it an excellent preventive against motion and morning sickness. And unlike its drug counterparts, ginger doesn’t cause drowsiness. Perhaps that’s why it’s a favorite in many a sailor’s first-aid kit.
“Teas are the best way to take herbal gastrointestinal remedies,” says Jill Stansbury, N.D. (doctor of naturopathy), chair of the botanical medicine department at the National College of Naturopathic Medicine in Portland, Ore. The warm liquid is easy to digest and allow the remedy direct contact with the stomach and intestinal walls. Herbs in pill form can be hard to digest, and most tinctures contain alcohol, causing them to be absorbed largely in the mouth. The one exception: Irritable bowel syndrome sufferers may use peppermint or chamomile tea and may also take peppermint in capsule form. The capsule allows the mint to maintain its potency until it reaches the intestines, where it calms the spasms characteristic of IBS. Look for enteric-coated capsules containing .2 milliliter of oil; take one or two, up to three times a day between meals.
When selecting a tea, Walter Kacera, Ph.D., an herbalist at the Apothecary Clinic in the Garden, recommends looking for aromatic herbs: Can you smell the peppermint or ginger through the teabag? If not, the herb is probably past its prime. Look for a tea that has the date the herbs were harvested on the box; aromatic herbs should be less than a year old.
For a minty fresh herbal aid, the Herb Research Foundation in Boulder, Colo., recommends the following ratio of peppermint to water: Steep one to two teaspoons of dried peppermint leaves, or one tablespoon of fresh leaves, in one cup of hot water for five to 10 minutes; sweeten as needed with honey; and drink in the morning and after dinner.
Substitute dried or fresh chamomile flowers for the peppermint leaves in the above tea preparation.
Steep ¼ to ½ teaspoon of dried gingerroot powder in one cup of hot water. Sweeten with honey and drink at night as a digestive aid, or prepare as needed to prevent motion sickness.
Fresh ginger is delicious and just as effective as the dried kind. Dr. Stansbury suggests simmering three ¼-in. peeled slices of the root in one cup of water for 10 minutes, or to desired strength. Flavor with lemon and honey.
If you need immediate help on hand for your next trip to the amusement park, dried or candied ginger will also do the trick. | 2019-04-20T02:47:26Z | https://www.rd.com/health/wellness/stomach-soothers/ |
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