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Essex star Rebecca Grace labelled as 'the new Adele' following sensational X Factor audition
A 20 year-old from Essex featured on The X Factor on Saturday (September 9) and has been labeled as 'the new Adele'
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A McDonald's worker in Essex has been labelled as 'the new Adele' following her sensational audition on The X Factor last night (September 9).
The hit ITV talent competition returned to ITV One a few weeks ago and has featured a number of people looking to change their lives during the current season.
The 20 year-old Rebecca Grace was given high praise by the judges (Image: X Factor ITV)
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As episode three came to a close on Saturday evening, up stepped 20 year-old Rebecca Grace from Rainham in Essex, who belted out a rendition of 'Piece by Piece' by American star Kelly Clarkson.
After introducing herself to the judges and a short conversation with head judge Simon Cowell, the music played and Rebecca earned a deserved round of applause from the panel.
Louie Walsh was the first to comment, saying: "Rebecca, that was the perfect song for your voice and you sung it effortlessly because it is a very emotional song. It is a huge song and you just did it. Do you not realise how good you are?"
Louie Walsh, Sharon Osbourne, Nicole Scherzinger and Simon Cowell all applauded Rebecca after her performance (Image: ITV)
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After Rebecca admitted that she is her own biggest critic when listening to recordings of herself back, Louie continued: "You have an amazing voice."
Judge Sharon Osbourne added: "You have a huge voice and right now, you are like a rough diamond that needs smoothing out and finding your confidence."
Whilst Nicole Scherzinger said: "You came in with some heat and it was pretty powerful Miss Grace."
Rebecca then started to cry, before Simon Cowell continued to praise her by saying: "What's all the nerves about? I really like you Rebecca. For the first time and I don't know why, I've never sat and listened to the lyrics like I just did with you. I listened to every word and I understood what the song was because I think you're very sincere."
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As expected, Rebecca received a yes vote from each of the four judges, meaning that she now moves on to the 'Bootcamp' stage of the competition.
After the episode was aired on Saturday evening, several Twitter accounts shared their praise for the 20-year-old, labeling her as 'the new Adele' and also a potential winner.
To watch Rebecca Grace's performance or Saturday's full programme, visit ITV Hub by clicking here.
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Flights to Glasgow (GLA)
Flights to Glasgow introduce a city that knows how to enjoy itself. You’ll be won over by the Scottish charm.
Glasgow is regularly named among the top destinations to visit in the UK and it’s easy to see why. Scotland’s largest city might not be the capital – that’s Edinburgh, on the east coast – but it’s certainly a capital of culture. Flights to Glasgow will help you understand why the city is renowned for its vibrant creative arts and music scene, as well as some of the best restaurants, lounges, and live music venues in the world.
Glasgow city centre, known as the Merchant City, is home to some the best places to eat, drink and shop in Europe – including the impressive shopping mall, the St Enoch Centre. There are markets, museums and art galleries everywhere, including the beautiful Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, and lots of traditional eateries offering a warming ambience when the weather gets chilly. These cosy nooks are also good spots to try local dishes, such as haggis with ‘tatties and neaps’ (potatoes and turnips) and ‘cock-a-leekie’ (chicken and leek) soup.
As one of the finest Victorian cities in Great Britain, the city is rich in history too. You can stroll along the River Clyde and soak up Glasgow’s maritime past, before stopping along the waterfront for a coffee. For sports fans, Glasgow is home to not one but two historic football teams – Celtic and Rangers – one of the oldest and greatest rivalries in club football, the Old Firm derby.
This passion extends beyond the sporting arena: the city is proud of its past and its traditions, but is also always looking ahead to the future. And as brilliant as the place is, it’s really the people who make Glasgow. Scots are nothing if not convivial, and Glaswegians bring a charm that’s as unique as it is appealing.
What to do in Glasgow
Visit the culture trio
You’re spoiled for choice when it comes to culture in Glasgow. The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, home to almost 10,000 pieces, is the most visited attraction in the UK outside London, and admission is free. Visit it and the Riverside Museum and the People's Palace and Winter Gardens and you'll have completed the 'Cultural Trio' of Glasgow.
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Relax in Pollock Country Park
Just a 10-minute train ride from Glasow's city centre you'll find the award-winning Pollock Country Park, 140 acres of lush lawns and gardens. It regularly hosts community events such as dray rides and organised sunrise walks, and boasts the Pollock House, an 18th century home with an impressive art collection.
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Visit the Necropolis
Friends of the Necropolis offer free two-hour walking tours around the historic site from which the organisation takes its name. The passionate, very knowledgeable volunteer guides will tell you all about the lives – and often fascinating deaths – of the graveyard's residents. And the views over Glasgow are spectacular.
70 Cathedral Square
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Where to eat in Glasgow
Ubiquitous Chip (Scottish)
Not only is the Ubiquitous Chip the best-named place to eat in Glasgow, it's one of the oldest. This award-winning restaurant has a menu that uses only local Scottish ingredients, and it’s been going for almost 50 years. Keep an eye out for special events, like the jazz lunches.
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The Squid & Whale (Mexican)
If you’re looking for a friendly, cosy spot for a laid-back dinner, the Squid & Whale is a good choice. This relaxed Mexican restaurant in Glasgow also has an impressive selection of craft beverages, which you can use to wash down the lengthy menu of tacos, burritos, antojitos and daily specials.
372-374 Great Western Road
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The Dhabba (Indian)
Dhabbas are roadside diners in northern India, which is where this restaurant’s cuisine comes from. The chefs here have cooked for presidents in their homeland, so they know their stuff. Be sure to try the dum pukht – curries slow-cooked and sealed in pots with thin layers of bread.
44 Candleriggs
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Places to stay in Glasgow
ABode Glasgow
Just like Glasgow itself, ABode Glasgow feels both modern and old world at the same time. This 59-room townhouse is beautifully designed, and the wooden panelling and floor-to-ceiling bookcases will make you feel like you’re in a cosy cabin. It’s the perfect setting to relax and plan your holiday.
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Blythswood Square
This five-star spa hotel has 100 rooms that get the balance between classic and contemporary just right. You can choose from a range of sizes, from the compact but comfortable Standard Room to the Penthouse Suite. Even if you don’t stay the night, it's worth visiting for the popular afternoon tea or hanging out in the lively lounge.
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Set on a tree-lined Victorian terrace in the fashionable West End, this is one seriously stylish hotel. As well as its fashionable lounge, bistro and bedrooms, Hotel du Vin even has its own cigar room. It’s also conveniently located just 30 minutes from beautiful Loch Lomond.
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Lunch with Ian Rankin at Ondine, Edinburgh
A regular on international bestseller lists, Scottish novelist Ian Rankin is responsible for creating one of the crime genre’s best-loved and enduring protagonists. We spoke to the author over lunch at Ondine in Edinburgh. Read more Lunch with Ian Rankin at Ondine, Edinburgh
Ghosts of the Glasgow Rock School
Twenty-five years since it first opened, live music venue King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut is still the epicentre for British rock ’n’ roll. Read more Ghosts of the Glasgow Rock School
15 Glasgow
The husband and wife team behind 15 Glasgow, Shane and Laura McKenzie, describe it as a “boutique bed and breakfast”, and that’s exactly what it is, but it offers a little bit more luxury than your average family-run B&B. The magnificent Victorian townhouse, built in 1834, is located less than 10 minutes from Glasgow Central Station, close to the bars and restaurants of the city’s West End and the beautiful Kelvingrove Park Read more 15 Glasgow
Vettriano Suite, Hotel Du Vin, Glasgow
Originally opened in One Devonshire Gardens, the 49-room boutique property now occupies a terrace of five listed Victorian buildings – and it is warm, elegant and welcoming throughout, whether you’re enjoying a dram of welcome scotch in front of the fire in the comfortable reception area, a superb cocktail in the bar, a first-class meal in the Bistro or just relaxing in your suite. Unsurprisingly, Hotel du Vin is popular with celebrities, Read more Vettriano Suite, Hotel Du Vin, Glasgow
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Flights to Edinburgh land you in a city of historical legends, mythical creatures and craggy castles.
Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, the London Underground – it’s no wonder London remains one of the world’s most sought-after travel destinations.
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“We have a culture in Seattle that if you’re not on board with the cause 100 percent, then you’re vilified. That’s got to loosen up, or we’re really heading for trouble.”
That’s Dave Meinert, owner of six bars and restaurants in town. He was one of only three on a 24-member advisory task force who dissented as the $15 wage plan was adopted in a progressive cheering parade three years ago.
One of his places that used to open at 11 a.m. now opens at noon, leading to a reduction of one hour per day, times three workers, equaling 21 fewer paid hours per week.
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Essential Factors to Consider in Community Building
By Ethan Marvin
Community building is not an easy feat. It requires a lot of planning, capacity-building, project conceptualization, and detail-oriented organization towards gradual community transformation. All aspects need to fall perfectly together from the most general vision to the most specific security measures like setting up CCTV security surveillance cameras.
The success factors involved in community development relies heavily on the resources, leaders, and strategies that are essential towards empowered and sustainable communities. Here are two essential considerations that could cover most of the requisites for community building and development:
Infrastructure and Communication
Infrastructure is no longer limited to the physical establishments that could hold a community together for gathering and communication. Even virtual communities are in need of infrastructure, too. In traditional terms, communities need physical infrastructure in the form of town halls, sidewalks, porches, parks, playing fields, and other places where a community can spend harmonious relationships and cultivate their culture.
Physical and Virtual Infrastructure
With the advent of technology, virtual communities have become necessary for communities to establish the same level of connectedness. Human interaction is no longer limited to the places they can go to for a fun meet up and sensible conversations. The virtual world is a more frequented space now that setting up the infrastructure to easily access these communities is as essential as the physical infrastructure.
Communication and Information Drive
Never forget that infrastructure whether physical or virtual aims to humanize the community and make every member feel a sense of belongingness. Since infrastructure fosters communication, it is also important to note that with these infrastructures, collaboration across and within communities is possible. This can help people contribute to the betterment of the community on top of their benefits from the coming together of minds in community gatherings. This can also provide avenues for information dissemination and community education.
One of the driving factors of community development towards success is leadership. With competent and strategic people to take the reins of the planning and execution of community projects, improvement will be certain.
Vision and Community Engagement
Community leaders should continuously envision a better and sustainable community to consistently implement changes. These visions can inspire people to come together and work hard to make them a reality. To rally the people towards a goal is the initial step towards community engagement which is crucial in the implementation of any community program. The cooperation of community leaders and members can steer the projects towards success or failure.
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Network Building
Aside from initiating community efforts to support the projects, leaders can also establish networks that can benefit the community. Since the leaders initiate programs and build partnerships with various organizations that can benefit the community, they should also be composed of individuals with diverse experiences and skills that they can put into the table.
Field expertise can help conceptualize practical and efficient plans for the community, instead of relying on advice from people outside the community. The concern that community leaders should be on top of the expertise you scout for efficient community building.
These are the essentials in community building, and there are numerous practices that can help secure the success of your community projects. You should consider other factors that may affect the perspective of the members of the community such as religious beliefs, culture, political views, resources, prejudices, and other social factors. In the end, community building is all about people and the community that they deserve.
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Probate: steps in the administration of an estate
The administration of an estate, sometimes referred to as 'probate' is the process whereby the Personal Representatives (PRs) take control of the Deceased's assets to discharge liabilities (including Inheritance Tax) and distribute these assets to the beneficiaries.
If the Deceased has left a Will, the PRs will be the Executors appointed by the Will and they will distribute the estate in accordance with the terms of the Will. The document issued by the court which establishes their right to deal with the estate (the grant of representation) is a Grant of Probate. If there is no Will, the PRs are Administrators and the Court will issue a Grant of Letters of Administration. The distribution of the estate will depend on the statutory intestacy rules.
Throughout the administration, it is the PRs who are responsible to third parties, including creditors, HM Revenue & Customs and the beneficiaries for the proper administration of the estate. The beneficiaries' entitlement is a right to have the estate properly administered: they do not become entitled to the Deceased's assets until ownership is handed over to them by the PRs.
1. Assemble data for the Inheritance Tax Return
Write to, among others, banks, building societies, accountants, stockbrokers and life insurance
Investigate lifetime gifts.
Organise valuations of property and chattels.
2. Advertise for creditors
Protects PRs against those creditors they are not yet aware of.
These advertisements are sometimes described as ‘Trustee Act Notices’.
3. Raise Funds for payment of Inheritance Tax
Tax on personal property (everything except land and buildings) is payable on applying for the Grant
and tax is due after six months from the end of the month in which death occurs.
Most assets will not be released to the PRs until they get the Grant, but funds may be released by
banks, building societies, NS&I or stockbrokers holding investments in a nominee name for payment
of Inheritance Tax before the Grant is obtained. If not;
o PRs may borrow for this purpose.
o Interest on unpaid Inheritance Tax runs from six months from the end of the month in which
death occurs.
o Penalties apply for non-submission of Inheritance Tax Account after one year.
o Penalties also apply if PRs fail to disclose correct and complete information to HM Revenue &
Customs (including joint assets and lifetime gifts).
o There is now more responsibility on PRs to supply accurate valuations.
4. Making the application for a Grant on your behalf
The application papers comprise the Executors' (or Administrators') Statement of Truth and, in most
cases, the HM Revenue & Customs Inheritance Tax Account. The Statement of Truth is a short document which gives brief details of the Deceased and any Will, sets out the reasons why the Executors (or Administrators) are entitled to apply for the grant and states the value of the estate (both before and after debts, but before tax).
The Inheritance Tax Account is due after twelve months from the end of the month in which death
occurs.
Inheritance Tax on movable property is payable on making the application.
The Probate Registry can take between three and four weeks to process applications and issue the
relevant grant (and sometimes longer).
Court fees apply.
5. Issue of the Grant — collection of assets
Once issued, the Grant is sent to the asset holders (banks, company registrars, etc.) who put the
assets in the PRs' names or close accounts.
All cash is usually collected in our client account.
6. Payment of debts and Distribution of Legacies
Funeral and administration costs.
Debts - including any Inheritance Tax loan.
Specific legacies — e.g. pictures or jewellery.
Pecuniary legacies — amounts of money left to beneficiaries.
The PRs may need to sell investments to settle debts and pecuniary legacies.
Interest payable on unpaid legacies after one year from death.
7. Interim Distribution of Residue
May be in the form of cash or shares.
If the main asset is a house, any distributions may have to wait until it has been sold.
The PRs must keep back a reserve for further Inheritance Tax (tax on real property, i.e. land and
buildings, is due in annual instalments starting approximately six months after the date of death),
any unquantified debts (e.g. pre-death Income and Capital Gains Tax) and on-going administration
expenses, including legal and accountancy fees.
Timescales for distributions depend on the complexity of the estate in question and the terms of the
8. Financial and Taxation Advice to the PRs and Beneficiaries
At appropriate stages in the administration we may:
Assist the beneficiaries in an overall review of their financial position, taking into account their
inheritance from the estate, and give general financial and tax planning advice.
Consider a Deed of Variation — essentially a deed altering the distribution of the estate to achieve
immediate or future Inheritance Tax savings.
Advise and deal with claims for Heritage Property Exemption — to obtain exemption from
Inheritance Tax for real or personal property of National, Historic or Artistic importance.
9. Agreeing the Inheritance Tax Position
HM Revenue & Customs examines and makes enquiries on matters reported in the Inheritance Tax
The PRs may be asked to substantiate claims for agricultural and business property relief.
The values of real property may be referred to the District Valuer and private company shares are
referred to the Shares Valuation Division.
The PRs may make further payments of Inheritance Tax and submit one or more Corrective Accounts, reporting amendments to the value of assets and liabilities discovered during the administration. The aim is to agree the value of the estate for Inheritance Tax purposes. In complicated estates this process can take several years.
10. Further interim distributions
As and when funds become available (e.g. upon the sale of property) the PRs may make further distributions to the beneficiaries.
11. Estate Accounts and Tax Returns
Depending on income and gains received and the value of the estate, PRs may need to submit Income
and Capital Gains Tax returns (or else formally report income) for each year covered by the
We can prepare Estate Accounts and send interim accounts reporting on the current position in the
administration to the PRs and beneficiaries.
Beneficiaries will be provided with the information relating to their entitlement from the estate which
needs to be reported in their personal returns.
12. Completing the administration
When the Inheritance Tax position has been agreed by HM Revenue & Customs, the PRs will:
Finalise the Estate Accounts.
Make any final distribution 'due to the beneficiaries'.
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This publication is a general summary of the law. It should not replace legal advice tailored to your specific
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PFIZER WINS VIAGRA TRADEMARK CASE IN CHINA
A Beijing court has ordered the three Chinese drugmakers to pay a $38,000 fine, apologize publicly and stop making counterfeit versions of Pfizer's blockbuster drug Viagra, a Pfizer spokesman said.
Pfizer representative Bryant Haskins said the company won a trademark case in China blocking drugmakers from making pharmaceutical products that look like the blue, diamond-shaped impotence drug.
"They were convicted of reproducing the diamond-shaped Viagra look. They had to pull it off the market," Haskins said. The drug manufacturers must print a public apology in a Chinese newspaper, he said.
The fake product did not contain the patented active ingredient in Viagra and therefore it is not considered to be a generic equivalent, Haskins said. He said the ruling demonstrated the seriousness with which the Chinese government considers the rights of companies with a patented product.
"We believe that court decision is a strong indication that the Chinese government is moving in the right direction to protect intellectual property rights for innovators making or selling products in China," Haskins said.
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Review: Princeless Vol. 1: Save Yourself
At sixteen the Princess Adrienne is locked in a tower, guarded by a dragon. She is supposed to wait there until a worthy prince is able to rescue her and claim her hand in marriage, but when she finds a sword hidden in the tower Adrienne and the dragon join forces to try and rescue her other sisters who are similarly imprisoned. They are joined along the way by Bedelia Smith, the blacksmith's daughter who makes Adrienne some armour that actually fits.
This is not the first time the self rescuing princess thing has been done, but it's done well here. The book is clearly aimed mainly at younger readers and the writing is a little simplistic and clunky at times, but I'm hoping that will improve as it goes on. What it lacks in writing style it definitely makes up for in charm. Adrienne is a fun, sassy heroine little girls can look up to, and who doesn't want their own pet dragon? Also, though I am probably about ten years too old to convincingly pull it off, I now really want to cosplay as Bedelia Smith. I just need to build myself a ridiculously big hammer...
Another thing I really liked about this book is that while the main focus is on Adrienne and Bedelia it also shows the negative effect rigid enforcing of gender roles can have on boys too. This is exemplified by Adrienne's gentle brother Devin, deemed to weak to rule because he isn't good with a sword, and Prince Wilcome, who never wanted to get into the damsel rescuing business. It also makes a nice change to see a young woman of colour in the limelight.
The art shows a lot of personality, and Sparky the dragon, in particular, is adorable. It's nice to see some female heroes who are fully clothed (except when trying on women warrior outfits or accidentally hanging upside down underneath a dragon while not wearing a belt).
Princeless is a charming, tale that would appeal to younger readers and many adults too. It makes a refreshing change from Disney style princesses. I will definitely be picking up the next volume, as well as the third one which I hear also has pirates.
Rating:★★★★ Published: April 1 2014
#comics #childrensbooks #feminist #fantasy #princess
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The Open-Air Mission 1853-2003
May 2003 | by Andy Banton
Recently it was my privilege to meet a man who, five years earlier, had been converted to Christ after fifteen years as a heroin addict. The Lord’s means to deliver and save him was an open-air preacher who had faithfully preached Christ outside Whitechapel Tube Station in London
t was in Whitechapel, one Sunday afternoon 150 years ago, in April 1853, that a young Scottish barrister called John MacGregor, on his way to a Bible class, happened upon a man preaching in the open air.
The preacher was struggling to deal with a Roman Catholic heckler in the gathered crowd. With a sharp mind and a warm heart, John was ideally suited to enter the fray, which he soon did. He later wrote in his diary that he felt the hour spent conversing with the Catholic man had ‘done some good’.
So began a concern for open-air outreach. John MacGregor spent every hour of his spare time in all sorts of evangelistic and philanthropic endeavour. But for the rest of his days the chief burden of his heart was to reach out to lost souls through gospel preaching.
Within two months of his Whitechapel encounter, MacGregor had formed a committee of like-minded men who all felt concerned to see street evangelism both encouraged and regulated. On 3 June 1853, the work of ‘The Open-Air Mission’ (OAM) began.
Who can say just how many perishing souls have had eternal ‘good’ done to them through the ministry of this society over the last one hundred and fifty years?
Throughout that time, an annual report has been produced by successive mission secretaries, and they make fascinating and thrilling reading, with stories galore of front- line gospel labour.
Responses to the message of salvation were of every description — from violent opposition, through passive indifference, to glorious conversion, as brands were plucked from the burning.
In many ways very little has changed. Sin is still ruining lives; the natural man still does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; and, praise God, the Son of Man still has power on earth to forgive sins.
Go out quickly
From comments made in the reports over the first twenty years of the mission’s existence, it appears that the church by and large was disdainful of open-air outreach.
The wheel seems to have turned full circle. Many Christians today consign ‘street preaching’ to a bygone age. Many preachers conduct their ministries as though there were a clause in their call which required them to ‘Preach the Word … in season and out of season’, but not inside and outside.
John MacGregor lived in a day when more than 50% of British people attended church regularly. Yet he still had a burden to reach ‘the other half’. Should we not seek to rouse ourselves — to go outside our church comfort zones and preach the gospel, knowing that today the churchgoing population has fallen to 5%?
Should we not feel ashamed that, all too often, we just do not care enough to obey the call to ‘go out quickly’ with the message we claim to believe is ‘the power of God to salvation’?
Illustrious supporters of the work over the years have included Lord Shaftesbury, who was a good friend of John MacGregor and regularly preached in the open-air when his busy schedule allowed.
He also spoke a number of times at the annual meetings which, until recently, were always held in London. Another speaker at some of those meetings was C. H. Spurgeon.
In his famous work Lectures to my Students he included two chapters on open-air preaching and even described OAM as ‘that excellent society’.
He also included a rebuke and a challenge to the ministers of his own day: ‘no sort of defence is needed for preaching out of doors, but it would need very potent arguments to prove that a man had done his duty, who has never preached beyond the walls of his meeting house’.
It is humbling to know of this link with such great and godly men.
OAM today
The mission currently has eleven full-time evangelists. Each one preaches in different local towns on a regular basis. Christians from a variety of Evangelical churches usually support these opportunities, sending teams of believers out to engage with the world.
There are also 21 men who are ‘associates’ with the mission. They go out in their sparetime, preaching and distributing tracts. One preaching in Pontypridd recently had the joy of meeting an eleven-year-old girl who was saved, having stood with two friends listening to the message.
From the earliest days of the mission, teams of workers have joined together for large events such as the Epsom Derby and Royal Ascot. Many racecourses and fairgrounds continue to draw crowds, and those encountered are usually people who would never darken the doors of a church.
City-centre opportunities have always been fruitful. For a week in June each year, a team of evangelists and volunteers preach in London locations like Speakers’ Corner, Covent Garden and Leicester Square.
Last year, more than a hundred meaningful conversations were recorded during the course of the London outreach. This included a young man called Tobias from a Christian background, who was on holiday from Germany. He is still in contact with one of the team via e-mail and gives every indication of having been saved.
The Lord continues to open many other doors for sharing the gospel. The evangelists regularly visit prisons, take school assemblies, and speak at family services. They also help to run three Bible exhibitions and, beginning this year, an exhibition on Pilgrim’s Progress as well.
The mission produces much evangelistic literature. Over 444,000 tracts were given away in 2002, and around 2,500 Gospels of John were given out or sent to those who wanted to know more about the Saviour.
Realising that not everyone is willing to read these days, the mission has produced a gospel message on cassette, CD, and, most recently, on two twenty-minute videos.
Every item of literature contains the mission address with the offer of a free Bible study. Around fifty people each month contact the office in London asking for this study.
Violent behaviour
One was a woman called Grace who, until fairly recently, was receiving quarterly Bible reading notes from the office, having professed faith about five years earlier. The address where these were sent was a women’s prison near Maidstone.
Grace wrote to say that she would be able to purchase her own reading notes from now on as she was being released. Intrigued to know her story, a letter was dispatched enquiring about her testimony.
The reply revealed that Grace had served a long sentence for killing her boyfriend while in a drunken rage. Twice her prison term had been extended because of violent behaviour.
Then one day, while cleaning out a cupboard in another cell, Grace found a tract. Through what she read, Grace came to know the one who ‘is able to save completely those who come to God by him’.
Time would fail to tell of others who have recently come to the Lord through the simple, clear and direct approach used by the Open-Air Mission — a lady in Nuneaton saved after thirty years in the Jehovah’s Witnesses; a devout Sikh in Leicester converted after having been bitterly opposed to the gospel; and a young woman in Bilston suffering the ravages of drug addiction, who is now serving the Lord overseas.
Blessed work
John MacGregor wrote of open-air preaching in 1868, words which are still true today: ‘It sends men to church, to school, to read, to feel, to think and to pray, so it helps every other means of good.
‘Let those who will take part in such a blessed work burst through the false shame, which Satan ties up many hands with, cast aside the slothful habit with which the flesh paralyses even active spirits, and brave the sneer of the world, which must sneer if both it and they are consistent.
‘Once having begun they will not soon stop, for they are in a track well trodden by saints and martyrs, and sprinkled with the blood, even of the Lord Jesus Christ himself.’
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Alternative Nobel Prize 2006
A delegation from the Medellín International Poetry Festival, made up of Fernando Rendón, Gabriel Jaime Franco and Gloria Chvatal, received the 2006 Alternative Nobel Prize at the seat of the Swedish Parliament, in Stockholm, on December 8th past.
Before and after the ceremony this delegation met with the speaker of the Swedish Parliament Birgitta Sellén, and with a number of members of parliament from different political forces within Sweden, including Bodil Ceballos, Eva Selin and Kerstin Lundgren, as well as the Green member of the Euro parliament Carl Schlyter whom we updated regarding the serious political crisis which is deteriorating our country, due to the investigation being carried out by the Inspector General of the Nation against 40 members of the Colombian government for their links with paramilitaries, which has had a direct political impact on the President of the Republic, Álvaro Uribe Vélez, and his chancellor Consuelo Araújo.
In Uppsala we also met with Henning Melber, the executive director of the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation, whom expressed his preoccupation and sorrow due to the tragedy which the Colombian people have lived through for decades.
Fernando Rendón, Festival Director, carried out an agenda of interviews in Berlin, with the Vice-president of the Bundestag German Parliament-, Mr. Wolfgang Thierse and with the member of parliament Monika Griefahn, among others, who were profoundly interested in understanding the origins and nature of the Colombian conflict and in finding out how the German Parliament may help towards its definite solution.
Both the Swedish and German Parliaments are working to set up multi-party commissions, which will come to Colombia to attend as witnesses the XVII Medellín International Poetry Festival, which will be carried out between July 14 and 22, 2007. They will then go to Bogotá and other cities throughout the country to meet with the countrys political and social forces, and with Human Rights organizations, in order to form first hand impressions regarding the true situation that exists in our country.
In Paris, Fernando Rendón met with Mrs. Danielle Miterrand, director of the France-Libertés Foundation, who promised to do her best to attend the upcoming Festival.
The Festival delegation held interviews with many different media outlets, journalists from news agencies, TV networks, newspapers and radio broadcasters, and with a number of representatives from agencies for international cooperation.
Words of acceptance
By Fernando Rendón
Press release about the 2006 Alternative Nobel Prize
to the International Poetry Festival of Medellín
Received messages
Jakob von Uexküll and the German parliamentary Monika Griefahn Panoramic of Hall´s Auditorium of Philharmonic of Berlin Intervention of Fernando Rendón in the Hall of the Philharmonic Orchestra of Berlin
Wolfgang Thierse, Vice-president of Bundestag, Fernando Rendón, Tobias Burghardt and the German parliamentary Monika Griefahn Fernando Rendón near to the statue of Simón Bolívar in Berlin Tina Gadow, from GTZ, and Fernando Rendón
Ulrich Shreiber, director of International Literature Festival Berlin and Birgitte Jaeckel, from Right Livelihood Award Thomas Wohlfahrt, director of Poetry Festival of Berlin and Heiko Strunk, from Lyrikline Danielle Mitterrand, President of France Libertés Foundation and Fernando Rendón
Stephan Chaumet and Fernando Rendón in poetry reading in the Sorbona University, Paris Colombian poet Myriam Montoya and French poet Stephan Chaumet From right to left: Chico Whitaker, Daniel Ellsberg, Ruth Manorama and Fernando Rendón, receipts of the Right Livelihood Award, 2006
Karim Bagge, interpreter and Helen Sigeland, director of Literature area of the Swedish Institute From left to right: Ole von Uexküll, Kerstin Bennett and Chico Whitaker Right Livelihood Award, 2006 to the Representatives of the International Poetry Festival International of Medellin
From right to left: Bodil Ceballos -Swedish Member of Parliament from the Green Party-, Carl Schlyter -European Member of Parliament from the Green Party- and Gloria Chvatal Poetry reading in the Cervantes Institut in Stockholm: Lasse Söderber, Ángela García, Bengt Berg, Ide Hintze, Víctor Rojas and Jona Burghardt Gabriel Jaime Franco and Fernando Rendón in the poetry reading on the Cervantes Institut
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Masergy takes on BT, Level 3, Orange in Latin America with new PoPs
Jun 4, 2013 11:55am
Masergy, a competitive global provider, is expanding its network presence in Latin America by adding new points of presence (POPs) in Mexico City and Sao Paulo, a move it says will help it respond to growing demand for services in the region.
In addition, the service provider has opened a new POP at the NAP of the Americas carrier neutral facility, which will connect its Latin America network to its larger global network. Over this expanded network, Masergy can extend its mix of Ethernet and the growing set of cloud-based data and voice services it gained from its acquisition of Broadcore Communications.
The timing of Masergy's move comes as foreign investment in Latin America, according to a 2012 report from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), rose 35 percent.
"Our enterprise customers are seeing strong growth opportunities in Latin America and are looking to more aggressively expand their businesses in the region," said Masergy CEO Chris MacFarland, in a release about the expansion.
By adding these POPs Masergy can also stay on a competitive footing with other service providers, particularly BT (NYSE: BT), Level 3 (NYSE: LVLT) and Orange, all of which have been aggressively expanding their Latin America network service presence in recent years.
In 2011, BT upped the number of its MPLS POPs by about 20 percent and launched Ethernet services in 21 new cities and has gained customers such as ECT. Likewise, Orange Business Services launched an aggressive network upgrade initiative focused on Latin America and Level 3 immediately became a bigger player in the region after completing its acquisition of Global Crossing.
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Alex Shelley Says Ben Carter, Tre' LaMar & Lee Moriarty Will Debut For IMPACT Via Xplosion Episodes
Robert DeFelice
Alex Shelley is excited about IMPACT Wrestling’s future.
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Today, Alex Shelley is a veteran wrestler, but he got his start in the early days of the TNA X-Division. Now, he is excited for a new generation to get opportunities to shine in the signature division of IMPACT Wrestling.
Alex Shelley revealed on Twitter that Benjamin Carter, Lee Moriarty, and Tre' LaMar will be debuting for IMPACT Wrestling on upcoming episodes of IMPACT’s long-running B-Show, Xplosion.
When I said today was a big day for independent wrestling, I meant it. Thank you, @IMPACTWRESTLING for recognizing hard work, drive, talent, and doing things the right way. Chambers, roll out. pic.twitter.com/Qz1psec0pJ
— @Lx$ (@fakekinkade) August 17, 2020
So, to be clear: @bencarterbxb at the far left, then @TreLaMar_, finally @apexofcombat. All will have their @IMPACTWRESTLING debuts broadcast via Xplosion; Impact has a rich history of cultivating independent talent. Feel free to show support for the boys and @bassdrumofdeath. pic.twitter.com/uadkU0A5PN
Moriarty, “The Apex of Combat,” has wrestled in GCW, Beyond Wrestling, PWX, and AIW and other notable promotions over the course of the last five years.
Carter is a graduate of the Black and Brave Wrestling Academy which is run by WWE Superstar Seth Rollins and Marek Brave.
Tre Lamar has been a wrestler since 2017. In that time, he has worked for promotions such as Warrior Wrestling, Black Label Pro, and GCW.
Xplosion has a long-running history of giving independent and well-known global wrestlers a chance to break into IMPACT. Names that have appeared on the show in the past include Luchasaurus, Sugar Dunkerton aka Pineapple Pete, and even NJPW star Hiroshi Tanahashi.
Xplosion is taped alongside episodes of IMPACT and is streamed on Wednesday’s at 7 p.m. ET on IMPACT Wrestling’s Twitch Channel and is also uploaded to IMPACT+ the same day.
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FILM FOCUS
Jacob Richardson | 22/10/2019
A largely disappointing sequel to what was one of Disney’s greatest successes in transitioning a cartoon to a live action adaptation.
Aurora (Elle Fanning) is now Queen of the Moors, and all the magical creatures within. When Prince Phillip (Harris Dickinson) asks to marry her, she accepts gladly - although that soon turns to nervousness when she realises that Phillip’s parents, King John (Robert Lindsay) and Queen Ingrith (Michelle Pfeiffer) want to meet her mother Maleficent (Angelina Jolie). What starts as a calm dinner soon descends into war, as Maleficent is chased out of the castle and wounded. When she awakes, she finds herself in a hidden coven of her own people, led by the pacifist Conall (Chiwetel Ejiofor) and the war-mongering Borra (Ed Skrein). She must find a way to get her daughter back, and choose how best to align herself with this new understanding of her place in the world.
The biggest problem with Maleficent: Mistress of Evil is that it is just way too crowded. Between the Queen, Prince Phillip’s redemption, the warring internal Dark Fae parties, and the cute creatures from the Moors, there is barely any time for director Joachim Ronning to focus on Aurora. Instead, we get snippets of Aurora, which coalesce into a picture of a largely inept and useless character. This also hampers the believability of character choices, in particular Aurora’s decision to cast out Maleficent from her life; a moment which rings grotesquely hollow.
The most egregious byproduct of this, however, is the lack of screen time for Maleficent herself. Jolie’s performance in the original was by far the standout, and in particular the scene where her wings are shorn (a somewhat hamfisted sexual assault analogy). Here she is given no room to move, and we get the smallest flashes of her original performance nestled amongst warring faction drama and young romance storylines that, frankly, we don’t care about.
Visually, this iteration is just as enrapturing as the original, and Ronning does a good job at (a) using the opportunities presented by three very different locales to play around with the set design and (b) creating a ‘magical’ feeling to each of the locations. The action, too, is oftentimes fairly inventive, with the combination of magical creatures, Dark Fae, and feudal humanity coming to blows in interesting and unexpected ways.
Unfortunately, all of those visual details don’t take away from the key flaw of this film - that Maleficent: Mistress of Evil needed more Maleficent.
Underwhelming, primarily because Maleficent never truly gets a chance to shine.
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University of Leicester, Department of Chemistry PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships
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Developing an Approach for Measuring the Impact of Curriculum Interventions in Chemistry
University of Leicester Department of Chemistry
The strategic importance of pedagogy in the lead up to the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) has resulted in an increase in educational innovation and curriculum redevelopments in chemistry. Read more
Supervisors: Dr D Williams, Dr R Blackburn
Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.
Interstellar ion spectroscopy
This project aims to exploit expertise developed at the University of Leicester to explore ions of relevance in astrochemistry. One of the most exciting developments in astrochemistry in recent years was the detection of C60+ in the interstellar medium (ISM) [1]. Read more
Supervisor: Prof A M Ellis
Modulating cellular formaldehyde using small molecule tools
Formaldehyde (HCHO), the simplest aldehyde, is a human metabolite and environmental pollutant. At high cellular concentrations, HCHO is toxic and carcinogenic – however, the underlying mechanisms are remarkably unknown. Read more
Supervisor: Dr R Hodgkinson
Single-Molecule Spectroscopy and Imaging of the Spliceosome
A graduate student is invited to join a physical chemistry group working at the life science interface. In our group, we take advantage of optical imaging, molecular spectroscopy and computational molecular mechanics in order to solve complex problems in biology. Read more
Supervisor: Dr A Hudson
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Sail the Seas in Dungeons & Dragons with the Ghosts of Saltmarsh Adventure
Posted on February 25, 2019 by Flames
Dungeons & Dragons is excited to announce a new adventure book called Ghosts of Saltmarsh, which takes classic sea-faring adventures and updates and expands upon them for use with D&D fifth edition. The book details the port town of Saltmarsh and the surrounding lands players can explore using their own ship and the vehicle mechanics included in the 256-page book. Unravel sinister secrets of the sea with Ghosts of Saltmarsh releasing in game stores, digitally and everywhere on May 21, 2019. An alternate art cover with a distinctive design and soft-touch finish is available exclusively in game stores on May 21.
“The Saltmarsh series consistently ranks as one of the most popular classic D&D adventures,” said Mike Mearls, franchise creative director of D&D. “With its ties to ocean-based adventuring, it was an obvious step to augment it with additional sea-based adventures and a robust set of rules for managing a nautical campaign.”
The book includes details on the port town of Saltmarsh, as well as plenty of adventure hooks for each chapter. Fans can play through the whole story in a seafaring campaign leading characters from level 1 through level 12, while Dungeon Masters can easily pull out sections to place in ongoing campaigns in any setting. The appendices cover mechanics for ship-to-ship combat, new magic items, monsters and more!
Ghosts of Saltmarsh will be available both in game stores and everywhere else on the same date – May 21st. Fans are encouraged to pick up the adventure in the way that’s most convenient for them, but there is an alternate art soft-touch cover that will only be available in game stores. The alternate cover image was created by N. C. Winters and features a snarling sahuagin.
For more information on Ghosts of Saltmarsh and all things D&D, please go to DungeonsandDragons.com and check out the breadth of live D&D programming and interviews available on Twitch.tv/dnd. You can also listen to interviews involving Ghosts of Saltmarsh as well as D&D mechanics and lore on Dragon Talk, the official D&D podcast.
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Furn 14 / Eames Lounge chair & Ottoman Limited Edition Twill Fabric – SOLD
Eames Lounge chair & Ottoman Limited Edition Twill Fabric – SOLD
Price: € 6.540 incl. 21% tax
Vitra has launched a limited-edition version of Charles and Ray Eames’ lounge chair to commemorate its 60 years in production. The Eames lounge chair & ottoman limited edition will come with a corresponding label acknowledging the anniversary, along with a celebratory “60 years in production” certificate. This limited edition Eames lounge chair is upholstered in black twill fabric in stead of the traditional black leather
Inspiration: Celebration of the 60 years in production of Charles and Ray Eames’ lounge chair & ottoman
Upholstery: The high-quality Twill fabric from the Vitra colour & material library, which is complemented by warm reddish tones of palisander wood in the frame, creates a cosy softness and inviting warmth.
Craftsmanship: According to Vitra the Eameses, by designing the Eames Lounge chair and ottoman, set new standards with their novel interpretation of the classic club chair: their model was light, elegant, modern and comfortable
With its functional perfection and careful construction, timeless materials and balanced proportions, the Lounge Chair has established itself over its 60-year history as one of the most significant classics – as a product from another era that remains as relevant as ever
For more information about this product, please contact us: info@furn14.com
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Infosys’ Pravin Rao is Nasscom chairman
Accenture’s Rekha M. Menon, a regular on Fortune India’s Most Powerful Women in business lists, has been named as vice chairperson.
By Fortune India
‘Important for women in senior roles to be seen as real life role models’
Apurva Purohit, president, Jagran Prakashan Group, says seeing more women in leadership positions makes younger women believe they can do it as well.
‘People must believe India is an easy place to do business’
Arundhati Bhattacharya, independent director, Reliance Industries; Wipro; CRISIL; Piramal Enterprises; SWIFT India, talks about how to bring the economy back on track at the Most Powerful Women event.
Zia Mody on allowing more opportunities for women
Zia Mody, co-founder, AZB & Partners, talks about supporting women in the workplace, and why it is important to keep them from leaving the workforce, at the Most Powerful Women Summit in Mumbai.
‘Powerful women can help create an equitable playing field’
The chairman and senior MD, Accenture in India, believes that women in power can help change things for other women within their organisations and outside.
Devita Saraf: TV’s rising star
With smart TVs in larger screen sizes, Saraf’s Vu Technologies is competing with Sony, Samsung, and LG to prove that an Indian brand is no less.
MPW Summit: Change and the role of millennials
Successful women leaders have to be a catalyst for empowering other women at the workplace. Change is happening, but slowly. Women leaders believe the millennial woman can speed it up.
MPW Summit: A toast to leaders and creators
If there is one thing common to all Most Powerful Women in business listers, it is this: They took the road less travelled.
MPW 2019 in pictures
Glimpses from the Fortune India Most Powerful Women summit held in Mumbai on Friday.
Of the Women, By the Women, For the Women
Some of the leading lights of corporate India congregate at the annual MPW summit in Mumbai to talk about issues that matter to women and the society at large.
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Rick Santorum makes several appearances in Wisconsin Tuesday
JANESVILLE -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum spoke in Beaver Dam, Hartford and Janesville Tuesday - one week in advance of Wisconsin's presidential primary election next Tuesday, April 3rd. Santorum's message was the same at all three stops: an attack on President Barack Obama and Republican front-runner former governor Mitt Romney.
The two main issues Santorum spoke about Tuesday were health care and gas prices. Santorum has been ramping up the rhetoric in Wisconsin, attacking Romney on the health care topic.
Santorum didn't go as far Tuesday as he did Sunday in Wisconsin, calling Romney "the worst Republican" to take on Obama on the health care issue. However, he did continue stressing he is the man to make the argument against Obama's sweeping health care reforms and insurance mandate.
Additionally, the "Politico" website reported Tuesday night Newt Gingrich is cutting back on staff and campaign appearances, while trying to survive until the convention. FOX6's Henry Rosoff spoke with Santorum one-on-one Tuesday night, and Santorum said he'd appreciate the support from Gingrich supporters.
CLICK the video link above to hear some of Santorum's comments Tuesday.
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Be Jeweled Rouge Perfume
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Be Jeweled Rouge Perfume by Vera Wang, Be Jeweled Rouge is a women’s floral fruity fragrance from Vera Wang. Released in 2014, the fragrance comes in a transparent and faceted red bottle with simulated red, pink, and white gems around the neck. Givaudan’s Yann Vasnier is the creator of the scent, which has fruity, sweet, and floral main accords. Best for spring day and night wear, the perfume has moderate to long lasting longevity and moderate sillage. At the top are notes of red currant, wild Read More Read More berries and mandarin orange. In the middle are vanilla orchid, pink peony, and gardenia notes while praline, musk, and cashmere wood make up the base notes.
Chinese American designer Vera Wang began working in the fashion industry as an editor for Vogue. In 1987, she left the magazine to work for Ralph Lauren before becoming a bridal wear designer with her own line in 1989. Opening her first design salon in 1990, Wang’s gowns became favorites of public figures. Her first fragrance was launched in conjunction with Coty in 2002. All products are original, authentic name brands. We do not sell knockoffs or imitations.
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Race likely topic at Pancakes and Politics forum
By Carol Cain
Having a public dialogue about race relations is still a hot topic for some leaders in Detroit.
Hiram Jackson, publisher of the Michigan Chronicle and CEO of its parent Real Times Media, knows about that. The paper is the one of the oldest and most influential black newspapers in the nation.
Jackson, who launched the lauded Pancakes and Politics forums 10 years ago (there are four each spring), is gearing up for the first that takes place Thursday at the Detroit Athletic Club.
He was going to use race in the title and started to talk to potential panelists. A funny thing happened.
"People wouldn't have anything to do with it," Jackson told me.
He eventually came up with: "The New Detroit: A Discussion on Detroit's Progress and How We Ensure all Detroiters have access to Equal Opportunities."
Despite race not being in the title, it likely will be discussed at the forum.
The first panel will include: NAACP Detroit Branch President the Rev. Wendell Anthony, Detroit Economic Growth Corp. President and CEO Rodrick Miller, Detroit Invest President and CEO David Blaszkiewicz, and Detroit Free Press editorial writer Nancy Kaffer.
I will moderate the conversation as I have since Pancakes began in 2005. Michigan Chronicle Senior Editor Bankole Thompson also will pose questions. And there will be audience questions.
It was race and the division between suburbs and Detroit that was the genesis of Pancakes. It was started by Jackson and the late Chronicle Publisher Sam Logan as they saw the issue festering and invited then-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson to talk about it.
Kilpatrick and Patterson didn't hold back.
It has been that way for 10 years as dozens of Michigan's high-profile leaders have appeared and addressed sometimes-delicate topics during the 36 forums.
"We are so proud that people from all across the region, from all walks and even across the state continue to gravitate to our breakfast events," said Jackson.
The forums are the hottest ticket in town. Every Pancakes has sold out within days of being announced.
Numerous Detroit mayors have appeared, including Dave Bing and Mike Duggan.
It was two years ago when Cindy Pasky, CEO of Strategic Staffing Solutions, was on a panel and suggested Duggan, who had just been thrown off the ballot as his filings were late, should wage a write-in campaign.
The idea took hold. He did and won.
Then-Gov. Jennifer Granholm and GOP opponent Dick DeVos appeared in 2006 during a gubernatorial contest to make their case. Granholm won re-election.
Billionaire businessman Dan Gilbert of Quicken Loans, who also owns the NBA's Cleveland Cavaliers, has graced the Pancakes stage a few times.
It was after Cavs player LeBron James left the team that Gilbert voiced his displeasure through a letter that caused a furor. Gilbert answered questions as part of one panel. Civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson sat in the audience. Gilbert and Jackson talked about it. James rejoined the Cavs this year.
As Pancakes gears up, there will be more memorable moments.
And though it may not elicit a standing ovation, talk of race will be present as people continue to find their comfort level.
Carol Cain can be reached at 313-222-6732 or clcain@cbs.com . She is senior producer/host of "Michigan Matters" airing 11:30 a.m. Sundays on CBS 62. See Ruth Fruehauf, Faith Fowler and Craig Stigleman on today's show
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Hat and Tun, Clerkenwell
Hat and Tun (Bar, Restaurant)
3 Hatton Wall, Farringdon, Clerkenwell, London, EC1N 8HX
Cuisine: Gastro Average Price: £40.00
Tel: 02075833443 | Email to Hat and Tun | Transport: Farringdon | Write review
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Best for: celebrities looking for an all-day hangout.
Great: pies; wine by the glass; open fire; afternoon background music.
I’m no celebrity, that’s for sure. Thousands of you lovely Londoners have kindly read my oeuvre over the years, but I’ll bet none of you could pick me out in a crowd of two. For all you know, I’m the bloke who kept grinning at you on the tube today. You know, the one with the unfortunate drooling problem.
However, for one brief afternoon, whilst chilling at the Hat & Tun pub in Clerkenwell, I was a celebrity. I don’t mean in the 24-hour paparazzi-smearing sense. I wasn’t snapped picking my nose or strolling around in my bikini (for once). And there weren’t hundreds of hog-wild fans present either. Quite the opposite. There was hardly anyone there. The only person who (hopefully) recognised me was my colleague Faye, and she was only there because we were having lunch together.
Yet, there was something about the Hat & Tun situ that produced a sense of stardom across my easily-forgettable face. That smoked salmon starter, although plentiful, was remarkably run-of-the-mill; yet combined with a glass of Argentinean Torrontes; well, let’s just say my reaction was tantamount to a Bruce Forsyth “Nice to see you, to see you nice.”
The pie, a speciality of the Hat & Tun’s, was, by itself, mere pastry, steak and ale. Combined with a pint of Adnam’s ale, however, and again I began to feel like strangers would ask for my autograph.
By the time I’d polished off the almond tarte dessert, I’d won a starring role in a Hollywood movie. A movie that was written by, produced by, and about me.
It was abundantly clear to me that the Hat & Tun is a great pub for celebrities. Not only is the main food trade during the Monday-Friday work hours (when anonymity reigns), but it also has limited phone and 3G reception (especially on the cushioned seat at the rear next to the lovely open fire) so your agent cant bombard you with news about a new celebrity reality show.
Prying eyes wont see you munching your way through the uncomplicated menu or drowning your afternoon in the voluptuous and worldly wine list. Despite the large amount of light streaming in through the large windows, this is still a sneaky little hidden gem to sequester oneself amongst traditional beers and traditional wooden floors and traditional animal heads hanging from traditional walls.
Being ginger, I now consider myself the new Chris Evans as he loves a local pub. Plus, his afternoons are fairly free these days. Perhaps he already knows about The Hat & Tun. I’m certainly glad I do.
By Christian Rose-Day.
Some good points Christian and, for the most part, I concur.
I’ve never much favoured those Hollywood movies, written by, produced by and starring the fame hungry (*cough) Christian. I much prefer independent films, focusing on great adventures rather than great revenues. And so my production of the Hat & Tun plays out a little differently.
A simply leak and potato soup with crusty bread is plentiful but low budget, the genius comes with the accompaniment of the Italian Pinot Grigio, making it worthy of a BIFA.
The 100% pure Dexter beef burger with cheddar cheese, smoked bacon and chips wasn’t Hollywood glamour and extravagance, but wholesome and hearty, a heartwarming production; in all, a dish that left me calling ‘encore’. The glass of Italian Barbera was great as the supporting act.
Giving the audience what they (I) wanted, the demand for an additional performance manifested as a warm chocolate brownie with chocolate sauce and vanilla ice cream. The credits rolled, as my round belly and I would upon leaving.
I do agree with Christian, the Hat & Tun is a great pub for celebrities. But it’s also a great pub for those who aren’t interested in celebrity and all it brings with it. A pub for those who just want a quiet life and a quiet pub lunch with a lack of blinding camera flashes, screaming teenagers, and trilling phones.
It’s a great pub to be able to simply sit and stare at the flickering flames of an open fire or a selection of plaquered animal horns and boar heads; a great place to sit and let your mind empty of all the stress of celebrity. After all, even if you’re not famous, you still play the lead role in your own life, which, let’s face it, sometimes runs like a drama, a romcom, a horror, and a comedy (sometimes all within the space of one day).
Being blonde, I now consider myself the new Boris Johnson, as he’s the kind of celebrity who loves the seclusion of a local pub. A place where you won’t find a copy of ‘Dave Snooty and his Pals’, a place where you and someone called, oh I don’t know, Petronella Wyatt, can canoodle away from prying eyes, a place where lynching is frowned upon and a place where the unruliness of your hair is judged in relation to the size of your normality.
I’m not a celebrity, nor a politician. I’m not a fiery haired presenter and I’m not a face of Hollywood. The Hat & Tun is famous, however, for many things, and I’m its biggest fan....read more
Faye Armstrong 06 Apr 2011
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“If you want a nice quiet lunch in a pub full of character with great food then you can't go wrong with the Hat & Tun. I think it might be my favourite pub and restaurant in London let alone Clerkenwell! The staff are always so efficient, they're obviously used to busy lunches! It's just what you need when you're aware you need to get back to the office! Have a pie, trust me, you won't regret it!”
Cleo, Maida Vale (9 years 9 months 9 days ago)
“Lovely and quiet during the week. Just what I need to get away from the misery of my office desk. That plus an awesome pie and a pint of ale. It's true, this really is a hidden gem of a pub.”
Chris E, Farringdon (9 years 9 months 9 days ago)
“A tiny place with lots to offer on the food, drink and comfort front. I love the open fire, old style decor and general feel of the place. Good food, served with a convincing smile.”
mary, NW1 (11 years 23 days ago)
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“Amazing atmosphere, bit expensive, but worth to go to.”
paul, london (12 years 9 months 19 days ago)
“Nice place. Friendly, can sometimes get abit packed. They shoot porn films upstairs!”
John, [ Unknown ] (16 years 7 months 6 days ago)
“An excellent find in the area, tucked away from the normal crowds, but close enough to turnmills etc... The cocktails and shooters can not be given enough credit - a choice of 100 so you can never get bored. Although pretty small, it keeps a great cosy feel, with some medusa style lighting (you'll see what I mean) and candles. An easy place to spend a whole evening and not realise it!”
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No one ever returns to pick up what is left behind and those that wish to have their effects removed or donated are accommodated without question.
Yet, when that proposition should be disposed of, the whole of the difficulty would not be surmounted, as much would still remain to be accommodated.
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Salvin, who, owing to his lameness, was accommodated with a chair, the amusing thing about a party is to watch the people--coming and going, coming and going.
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On festal occasions in the country the whole party is usually accommodated for the night, or indeed for as many nights as desired, within the house of the entertainer.
Now, it is very possible that a much larger proportion of the twenty-five thousand men that can be accommodated in this regiment, may choose to go to Canada on horseback.
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In other words, we have at hand a certain sequence and it is important to know the base point via which this sequence will be accommodated as a package into the current schedule.
The gentleman from Maryland has stated several cases in which the State banks, and the banks of this Territory have accommodated the Government where the United States had refused.
The Coast Guard accommodated contemporary lighthouse nostalgia by transferring the historic facilities to other government agencies, private organizations and historical societies.
But there are six concords to be accommodated, instead of two; and it is evident that all the pairs cannot have their temperament inversely as their frequency, since the numbers a, b, &c.
If it’s good enough for women to have adequate health care, its good enough for men—but they haven’t! Women are far better accommodated than men in both prevention and cure of ailments.
He arrived in London in May for his coronation and was accommodated in the Tower of London, which was then a royal residence, Richard who was with mother in sanctuary now joined him there in June.
Once everyone had been accommodated, Jeanne locked herself up in her private office and, taking out a key she always wore on herself, opened a large, solid oak cabinet, revealing her personal arsenal.
In Mbeya, Karlheinz accommodated me in a house of one Catholic woman who was also a member of the youth organization; she had 2 daughters and one 15 years old boy named Alex who I was sharing a room with.
Stoically, he suppressed grief as his trained eyes accommodated the darkness and he sidled up to the sulfurous pen, squinting as the satiated boar mouthed the grunts of curiosity and idled towards this newcomer.
It was as though the ambitious couple accommodated each other's interests for marital amity but the way they gave allowances to each other’s obsessions finally led their union into a state of materialistic coma.
Pocket was at home, and was in a little difficulty, on account of the baby's having been accommodated with a needle-case to keep him quiet during the unaccountable absence (with a relative in the Foot Guards) of Millers.
What follows is an exploration of the this alternative dimension, as I see it, with some explanation of how what we know, scientifically to be true, can be maintained and accommodated without breaking the laws of physics.
I am only grateful that Alastair, being of a typical artistic temperament, is not overly bothered with practicalities and can camp here without going insane as long as the one or two things which are important to him are accommodated.
Thus, the principle purpose of diversification, which is to dampen the price swings in the portfolio, is accommodated much more fully than if diversification simply meant owning 30 stocks and making sure they all aren't in the same industry.
And so, all who were in the inn being arranged in front of the show, some of them standing, and Don Quixote, Sancho, the page, and cousin, accommodated with the best places, the interpreter began to say what he will hear or see who reads or hears the next chapter.
The viceregal houseparty which included many wellknown ladies was chaperoned by Their Excellencies to the most favourable positions on the grandstand while the picturesque foreign delegation known as the Friends of the Emerald Isle was accommodated on a tribune directly opposite.
The first reformers found the Greek text of the New Testament, and even the Hebrew text of the Old, more favourable to their opinions than the vulgate translation, which, as might naturally be supposed, had been gradually accommodated to support the doctrines of the Catholic Church.
By suiting, besides, to one particular market only, so great a part of the industry and commerce of Great Britain, it has rendered the whole state of that industry and commerce more precarious and less secure, than if their produce had been accommodated to a greater variety of markets.
The effect of the monopoly has been, not to augment the quantity, but to alter the quality and shape of a part of the manufactures of Great Britain, and to accommodate to a market, from which the returns are slow and distant, what would otherwise have been accommodated to one from which the returns are frequent and near.
Unquestionable, he found the word destroy used in an accommodated or figurative sense, but does that prove that it was a figurative sense in the flood? This is proof positive that he is laboring to bring both the figurative and literal under one and the same sense, obliteration the literal and making it all figurative.
Farfan was giving samples of an intense nervousness, the more nervous he was, the most he accommodated the knot of the tie stripe, smoothed his mustache with a thin silk shawl that clarified the drops of the perspiration that were sprouting from his front covering his cheeks up to stopping, tangled, in the thin threads of the mustache.
It is estimated that the next census will give seven millions two hundred thousand souls, which, according to the present ratio of representation, would give to this House two hundred and eighteen members—a greater number than could be accommodated within these walls, and a greater body of men than could progress with the business of the House.
We have some evidence of this gradation of habit; for, as Schiodte remarks: We accordingly look upon the subterranean faunas as small ramifications which have penetrated into the earth from the geographically limited faunas of the adjacent tracts, and which, as they extended themselves into darkness, have been accommodated to surrounding circumstances.
Not only were huge sums offered for the horses and carts, but on the previous evening and early in the morning of the first of September, orderlies and servants sent by wounded officers came to the Rostovs’ and wounded men dragged themselves there from the Rostovs’ and from neighboring houses where they were accommodated, entreating the servants to try to get them a lift out of Moscow.
Not only were huge sums offered for the horses and carts, but on the previous evening and early in the morning of the first of September, orderlies and servants sent by wounded officers came to the Rostóvs’ and wounded men dragged themselves there from the Rostóvs’ and from neighboring houses where they were accommodated, entreating the servants to try to get them a lift out of Moscow.
Having studied what is around them and having completely satiated their curiosity, they will come out of various buildings that had temporarily attracted and accommodated them, and after they become the same unified group again, they will continue their journey in order to explore in the same way, in detail and deeply, other spaces formed by some other settlements that may attract them.
The usual upshot of this sort of thing is a vast explosion but, since universes are fairly resilient things, this particular universe had saved itself by instantaneously unravelling its spacetime continuum back to a point where the surplus atoms could safely be accommodated and then rapidly rewinding back to that circle of firelight which for want of a better term its inhabitants were wont to call The Present.
Our manufactures for foreign sale, instead of being suited, as before the act of navigation, to the neighbouring market of Europe, or to the more distant one of the countries which lie round the Mediterranean sea, have the greater part of them, been accommodated to the still more distant one of the colonies; to the market in which they have the monopoly, rather than to that in which they have many competitors.
Grant's very great kindness, it was impossible for him and his horses to be accommodated where they now were without material inconvenience; but his attachment to that neighbourhood did not depend upon one amusement or one season of the year: he had set his heart upon having a something there that he could come to at any time, a little homestall at his command, where all the holidays of his year might be spent, and he might find himself continuing, improving, and perfecting that friendship and intimacy with the Mansfield Park family which was increasing in value to him every day.
Grant’s very great kindness, it was impossible for him and his horses to be accommodated where they now were without material inconvenience; but his attachment to that neighbourhood did not depend upon one amusement or one season of the year: he had set his heart upon having a something there that he could come to at any time, a little homestall at his command, where all the holidays of his year might be spent, and he might find himself continuing, improving, and perfecting that friendship and intimacy with the Mansfield Park family which was increasing in value to him every day.
Yet now I ask: what could be more curious and strange than the Cycle of Child-bearing, the Phases of Pregnancy? There is, for instance, the First Phase, when one wishes to quite undo the Babe, because one feels its Presence as an Invasion at one’s very Centre; then the Second, when one feels the first delicate Stirrings of Life within (as if the Tail of a tiny Mermaid had brusht against one’s Heart and all one’s Inner Being were a gentle Sea with small Waves lapping); then the Third, when the Child grows bigger and ’tis very like a Puppy wiggling, tickling, e’en licking within; then the Fourth, when it grows the Size of a great Melon and causes one to make Water four Times an Hour, and indeed wakes up just when one lyes down to sleep, and falls to sleep just when one walks or rides or goes abroad; then the Fifth Phase, when the Child becomes a true Burden, heavier under the Heart than Lead and yet, for all its cumbrous Weight, more lov’d as well (for now it seems real rather than fanciful to the Mother and so she can better bear the Discomfort of its Heaviness); and then the Sixth Phase, when the Mother begins to grow immobile, fearful of Death in Childbed, (with Nights full of Dreams of Monsters, and Days full of Dreams of Childbirth Horrors); then the Seventh, when the Pregnancy grows long as the longest Day of Summer and the Mother forgets she hath e’er been slender of Form or will e’er be again, and ev’ry Step is an Effort not to make Water by Chance in the Street, and ev’ry Motion causes Pain and ev’ry Night is sleepless (because turn as she will this way and that, the Child cannot be accommodated whilst it kicks her Lungs and butts its bony Head against her Bowels); and then the Eighth Phase, the Phase of Immense Impatience and Weariness, when she believes the Child will ne’er be born (and she is glad, for then she may not dye but only endure Pregnancy for all Eternity!); and then the Ninth Phase, when the Moon is full as a Bladder of pale Wine, and the Sea glows with its rotund Reflection and the Mother fears Death more than e’er before; and then, at last, the Tenth Phase, when the Waters break and the Pains begin, slowly at first, and then tumultuous; and she knows she has no Choyce now, but must give birth or burst; for she cannot turn back, cannot take another Road thro’ the Forest, another Canal to the Sea, and she, like her Babe, is pusht headlong into the Dance of Life and Death, turning, whirling, moaning, writhing; and whether she shall live or dye she does not know, but the Pain grows so terrible at the Last that, i’faith, she does not e’en care!.
I asked John to go down to the turn-pike-house, where I had dismissed the chaise, and bring my trunk, which I had left there: and then, while I removed my bonnet and shawl, I questioned Mary as to whether I could be accommodated at the Manor House for the night; and finding that arrangements to that effect,.
Inhabited since 1950, Alert accommodates a weather station and signals intelligence base.
Jo had sex with Lor! Ryodan saw it happening, and it turns out he’s actually got a code of ethics that accommodates humans.
Not so much because you thought really long and hard about the metaphysical concerns associated with your ideology, but because it accommodates your perversion.
The building is named after the chained portcullis used to symbolise the Houses of Parliament on letterheads and official documents, and today it accommodates about a third of members of parliament.
To make it simple for you, for roleplay purposes, the ID is the State as the infrastructure of your social being; the superego is the panopticonic security State, and you, like IM is to IT, are an egozen, a resident of a State sanctioned subculture that accommodates itself to the ill state by inhabiting a sick cultural psyche.
The ISO standard accommodates missing components, so it is legal to have the value "2012-11," which clearly indicates, "During the month of November, but the exact day is unknown," and, "At some time on the day of…" The SAS datetime value has to provide both exact date and exact time, so "2012-11" is set to 12:00 AM, November 1, 2012, using the default replacements for missing components.
Синонимы слова accommodate
accommodate fit suit adapt admit hold lodge oblige conciliate reconcile
Определения слова accommodate
1. Be agreeable or acceptable to
2. Make fit for, or change to suit a new purpose
3. Provide with something desired or needed
4. Have room for; hold without crowding
5. Provide housing for
6. Provide a service or favor for someone
7. Make (one thing) compatible with (another)
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Home » Corbion’s Food sales slip amid frozen dough troubles
Corbion’s Food sales slip amid frozen dough troubles
By Jeff Gelski
Corbion's Bakery segment struggled due to customer losses in frozen dough.
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS — Food segment sales decreased 2.3% for Corbion nv over the first nine months of the fiscal year. Within Food, Bakery struggled due to challenges in Corbion executing its bakery channel strategy and customer losses in frozen dough.
Net sales of €495.6 million ($574.1 million) in the Food segment compared to €507.1 million in the first nine months of 2016. EBITDA excluding one-off items was €105.2 million ($121.9 million), down 4.6% from €110.3 million. Also within Food, meat sales increased as the shift toward natural preservatives continued to gain momentum in the United States.
The Food segment is within Corbion’s Biobased Ingredients business, which had nine-month net sales of €662.9 million, down 0.7% from €667.7 million. EBITDA excluding one-off items for Biobased Ingredients was €134.1 million, down 2.5% from €137.6 million.
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Organic sales increased in the third quarter for Biobased Ingredients, said Tjerk de Ruiter, chief executive officer for Amsterdam-based Corbion, when financial results were given Oct. 27.
Tjerk de Ruiter, c.e.o. of Corbion
“We keep our focus on sales recovery in Bakery and expect further gradual improvements to our organic sales growth in Biobased Ingredients,” he said. “Our EBITDA profitability remains well above our target level of 18% despite the higher sugar input costs.”
Companywide Corbion had nine-month net sales of €680.5 million, down 0.7% from €685.2 million. EBITDA excluding one-off items decreased 3.6% to €129.9 million from €134.8 million.
Corbion on Sept. 29 finalized the acquisition of most of TerraVia’s assets. TerraVia produces oils, specialty fats and powdered ingredients from microalgae. Corbion expects the acquisition will have a negative impact on EBITDA in the range of $7 million to $12 million in the fourth quarter.
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Inter now linked with Pinilla
Palermo’s Mauricio Pinilla is the latest striker to be associated with a January switch to struggling Inter.
The Nerazzurri have been misfiring in attack this season – a reason why they’ve already lost six of their 12 League games so far.
The five strikers in their squad – Luc Castaignos, Diego Forlan, Diego Milito, Giampaolo Pazzini and Mauro Zarate – have scored just six combined in Serie A this term.
On Tuesday, the San Siro giants were paired with a possible New Year bid for Roma centre-forward Marco Borriello.
However, the transfer rumour mill has today seen Pinilla paired with a possible post-Christmas switch to the Meazza.
Inter have made it clear that they won’t spend big during the winter window, but they are keen to improve the squad.
Pinilla, 27, has scored two goals in nine Serie A appearances for the Rosanero so far during this campaign.
The Chilean joined the Sicilian outfit in the summer of 2010 after a spell with Serie B side Grosseto.
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Football transfer rumours: Raheem Sterling to Manchester United?
Raheem Sterling: he wouldn't go to
Manchester United would he?
It’s a beautiful morning, another bright sunshiny day of infinite possibility stretching out in front of us. So the interminable Raheem Sterling rumours are back with us, then. He’s off to Manchester United. First the news about Brendan Rodgers staying, now this, it’s been quite the week for Liverpool fans. Selling their best player to Real Madrid suddenly looks quite appealing.
Manchester United have however lost patience with Radamel Falcao, who isn’t worth bothering with now fellow Jorge Mendes client David de Gea is off to Real Madrid, taking his 20 points a season with him. Falcao will go to Chelsea, whileHugo Lloris of Tottenham Hotspur will arrive at Old Trafford. Not sure where all this shuffling and shoogling for position leaves poor Spurs, but this paragraph’s got to end sometime.
Ah here’s a little succour for Spurs: they’re involved in a battle with Southamptonfor the Sporting Lisbon midfielder Adrien Silva. Sporting will soon have a new manager: Jorge Jesus of Benfica. That move will send shockwaves through Portuguese football, and force hipsters in England to feign excitement, even though in truth they care more about what’s happening at Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea, deep down, but are too worried about their image to say.
But there’s not too much succour for Spurs: their midfielder Nabil Bentaleb has become the subject of a tug of war between Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain andJuventus. We assume Tottenham are also involved in this battle of supremacy. Four clubs, then. But how many ropes? The Mill can’t begin to figure it out.
Andrea Pirlo had been touted as the Gianfranco Zola or Gary McAllister de nos jours, but instead of going to either Chelsea or Liverpool, the midfield genius is off to New York City, which is the name of a soccer club as well these days. Times change, huh, back in the day you couldn’t move for the local baseball teams hot-footing it out of town to different seaboards.
Pirlo and Juventus are of course playing for the Champions League on Saturday. The final against Barcelona suddenly looks like being the last hurrah for the current incarnation of Italy’s biggest club, as Pirlo isn’t the only one preparing to pack his bags and leave the Old Lady. Paul Pogba’s off, too. Manchester City have bid £70m but he’d rather go to Barcelona, which in terms of awkwardness ahead of the big game registers at 9/10 on our patented Götze-ö-meter.
In less incendiary defensive-midfielder news, Geoffrey Kondogbia will leave Monaco for Arsenal in a big-money deal. He’ll cost £25m, which is no longer big money in the world of football, but sounds like a pretty penny to us, so the description stays. Arsenal face competition for the signature of Kondogbia from Internazionale, while Kondogbia faces competition for a place at Arsenal from the Southampton midfielder Victor Wanyama. A tangled web, football. Nearly as tangled as that last sentence.
Tom Cleverley will turn down the chance to join Aston Villa permanently and joinEverton. Big news now but imagine if this was happening in 1895 with both teams going for the title, eh kids. Doesn’t bear thinking about.
And Haris Vuckic, on loan from Newcastle United, will leave Rangers this summer. Him and Uncle Tom Cobley, carrying the kitchen sink.
Manchester United transfer roundup: Falcao to Chelsea, Otamendi wants out, Chicharito back
With the season over, the reports on Man Utd targets are thick and fast ahead of the transfer window opening for summer. SURPRISE: Appa...
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John EwingContributor
I am a mathematician, currently president of Math for America, writing about math and science education.
With a mix of exasperation and despair, many writers (and quite a few politicians) have demanded that schools open for in person instruction during the pandemic. They are exasperated because they believe schools were closed unnecessarily, since children don't get sick and schools don't contribute to Covid's spread. They despair because remote learning has led to disastrous "learning loss" for an entire generation of students.
But they are wrong about the science— schools do contribute to community spread—and they are wrong about the disaster as well. While remote learning surely affects students, we don't know yet exactly how or how much. Learning loss isn't a meaningful answer.
Early in the pandemic, people observed that children didn't get sick as readily as adults. Children were tested much less often than adults. Asymptomatic spread was unknown or uncertain. Studies focused on sickness in schools rather than transmission, and they suggested that keeping schools open had few costs.
But this is wrong. A recent article in the German magazine Spiegel International details an Austrian study that shows schoolchildren are infected at the same rates as adults and quite efficiently spread Covid-19 to others. There are now many other studies that draw similar conclusions. A review of studies from a group of scientists and doctors in Sweden (disclosure: my brother is among them) links to 25 studies from around the world and provides summaries of each. The science is clear: Children become infected and spread covid-19 to their parents, grandparents, siblings, and next-door neighbors. Those infected get sick. Some have long-term complications. Some die. Opening schools costs lives. If you believe in science, you have to accept even uncomfortable truths.
Should we open them anyway? What about that disastrous learning loss? As the pandemic plays out, learning loss has become the focus of education policy. Research firms (McKinsey is the best known) publish reports that cite, with great precision, the number of months of learning loss; politicians and pundits hysterically lament a coming lost generation; parents and the public angrily demand a return to in person learning. Learning loss drives all this; it's become the central educational feature of the pandemic.
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But what's it mean—"five months of learning loss"? What exactly is lost? Do students forget facts? Skills? Are memories erased? Can they find what's lost? And what does "five months" mean? Yes, I know, it's calculated from a mathematical formula, but formulas are only as good as the data and assumptions that go into them. Mathematics is not magic. What are the assumptions? What's the data? Where does it come from? When people discuss learning loss, they generally don't know the answers to any of these questions. And if the notion is so vague, how can it be so easily and precisely measured?
Of course, the term "learning loss" comes from the language of test enthusiasts. For them, learning is a substance that's poured into students over time. One measures the accumulated substance by the number of correct answers on a test (standardized, usually multiple-choice). By administering two comparable tests at different moments in time, one measures success or failure for learning. An increase in correct responses is gain; a decrease is loss.
Learning loss is usually illustrated by the summer break. We are told that students experience about three months of loss each summer. Again, what's this mean? If a student does more poorly on a test in September than in May, is learning really lost? Seems doubtful, or at least incomplete. Mathematicians know that stepping away from a topic for a while requires time to recollect the bits and pieces when you return. Those bits and pieces aren't lost—they only require reassembling, and often the reassembling leads to greater understanding. Similar things occur in every subject, and in other areas of life as well, like riding a bike or playing the piano.
Learning is complicated. Plutarch famously wrote that minds are not vessels to be filled but fires to be kindled. Fires don't leak. You don't measure them in months. Learning loss is a calculation masquerading as a concept—a rather shallow, naïve, ridiculous concept.
Of course, those who talk about learning loss might mean the absence of (new) learning. Fair enough. In the spring, remote teaching and learning were novel to both teachers and students. They struggled because remote instruction was an unfamiliar skill. Mastering skills takes practice and requires dedication. In the spring, everyone planned in two-week intervals, hoping the pandemic would soon be over, and dedication was in short supply. But remote instruction improved this fall, and while it's very far from ideal, remote teaching and remote learning are much, much better ... and getting better still. Kids are resilient. We don't yet know how resilient they will be in the pandemic.
There remains an enormous problem of equity. Students who live in poverty are at a severe disadvantage in remote instruction. No internet, no computer, sometimes little parental support. But while the pandemic exacerbates this problem, it's not the cause. We need to solve the equity problem permanently, not just in the pandemic. We had an opportunity to do so in the spring by providing free internet access and computing devices to every student in need. It would have been roundoff error in the stimulus package. It would have entailed massive logistical issues, but that's what responsive governments do in times of crisis. Our politicians chose not to do so.
Should schools open for in person learning? Maybe. But not because of some ridiculous idea of learning loss. If schools choose to return to in person instruction, it's because, like bars and restaurants, they serve a vital social and economic function. For younger children especially, the socialization afforded by schools is crucial for a child's development. For parents, the childcare provided by schools allows them to work (or just to take a soul-saving break). The societal cost of eliminating these functions has been substantial.
We have to balance that cost against the sickness and death that will be caused by the opening of schools. Balancing livelihoods against lives can be agonizingly complicated. It requires clear, precise thinking. Above all, it requires putting the right things on each side of the scale ... and learning loss isn't one of them.
John Ewing
I am a mathematician, currently serving as president of Math for America. MfA is a NYC-based fellowship program for highly accomplished teachers of math and science.
I am a mathematician, currently serving as president of Math for America. MfA is a NYC-based fellowship program for highly accomplished teachers of math and science. Presently, MfA has more than one thousand inspiring fellows who inspire their students and colleagues, eventually changing the teaching profession itself. I’ve learned a lot from them. I received my B.S. from St. Lawrence University and Ph.D. from Brown. I held faculty positions at Dartmouth College (1971-73) and Indiana University (1973-95), as well as other visiting appointments in the U.S. and abroad. Previously I served as executive director of the American Mathematical Society—the world’s largest scientific society for research mathematicians.
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S. Brook Corfman's POL Prize-winning book, My Daily Actions, or The Meteorites, will be out from Fordham Press in Fall 2020. They are the author of Luxury, Blue Lace, chosen by Richard Siken for the 2018 Autumn House Rising Writer Prize, as well as two chapbooks: the limited-edition letterpress Meteorites (DoubleCross Press) and the digital collection of performance pieces The Anima (GaussPDF). They are an incoming poetry editor at Pinwheel, and recent work has appeared in Conjunctions, DIAGRAM, The Offing, and Typo. A critical essay is forthcoming in TSQ. Born and raised in Chicago, they now live in a turret in Pittsburgh.
José Felipe Alvergue's scenery, winner of the POL Editor's Prize, will be published by Fordham Press in Fall 2020. He is the author of gist : rift : drift : bloom (Further Other Book Works, 2015), a poetic-visual meditation on landscape, extinction, and guns; and precis (Omnidawn 2017), which explores the legacies of neoliberalism and militarization at the Mexico/US border and their effects on human life. His poetic work appears in such places as the Boston Review, Apogee, TAB, Tupelo Quarterly, and has been anthologized in BAX: Best American Experimental Writing (Wesleyan University Press). An excerpt from scenery, “hogtied,” was selected by Bhanu Kapil as the winner of Tupelo Quarterly’s 2018 Prose Open Prize. He holds an MFA from the Cal Arts Writing Program, and a Ph.D. from the Buffalo Poetics Program. José teaches Contemporary Literature and Transnationalism and lives in Wisconsin.
Previous Winning Books
The 2017-2018 winning books, Julia Bouwsma's Midden, selected by Afaa Michael Weaver, and Henk Rossouw's Xamissa, selected by Elisabeth Frost, were published by Fordham Press in Fall 2018.
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Read an in-depth review essay in The Kenyon Review of Xamissa, along with two other books.
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Police officers found to have used excessive and unnecessary force
Ifeanyi Odogwu
A jury has found that police officers used excessive and unnecessary force against Mr Frank Shannon, who was represented by Ifeanyi Odogwu.
After a five-day trial before HHJ Parker at the Liverpool Civil and Family Court last week, a jury found that officers from Merseyside Police had used excessive and unnecessary force against the claimant, Mr Frank Shannon.
Up to 15 police officers from the Matrix Disruption Team had attended Mr Shannon's home address to execute a warrant. Mr Shannon was in his bedroom with his two young sons, aged five and seven, at the time of the arrest. He was taken outside his home by officers, restrained against the wall, placed in handcuffs, and struck on the back. Despite being surrounded by police officers and handcuffed, Mr Shannon was tasered twice, including once while he was lying on the floor.
An out-of-court settlement regarding compensation was agreed.
The case highlights how police officers can misuse taser, despite guidance from the Association of Chief Police Officers that minimum force should be used, and that taser should only be used where necessary and proportionate. The case also demonstrates why there has recently been growing public concern about the rapid rise in the use of tasers by national police forces. It also underlines the importance of the legal system holding the police to account in order to protect members of the public.
Ifeanyi was instructed by Chris Topping of Broudie Jackson Canter.
Ifeanyi Odogwu is a member of the Garden Court Chambers Claims Against the Police and Public Authorities Team.
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Luke is now a big brother! Sister Sylvia was born on September 3, 2016 and gay dads Jason and Eric are thrilled! This upstate New York family welcomed their second child through foster-adopt last month and Jason shared their story through his latest blog.
Ryan and Marcin celebrate their son's first Gotcha Day Anniversary on Sunday October 23, 2016! The two dads can't believe it's already been a year since Liam legally became their son, although they knew he was theirs the first day they saw his ultrasound photo. Happy Gotcha Day, dads!
New gay dads Christian and Brad brought their son Joseph home this week. Little Joseph was born on October 18, 2016 via surrogacy. This San Francisco family of three is delighted to start their family journey together.
Celebrated actor and singer-songwriter Cheyenne Jackson and his husband Jason Landau are now new dads of two! Twins Ethan and Willow were born via surrogacy on October 8, 2016.
Bryan and Milton from St Louis, Missouri, celebrated their daughter Hollis' 5th Gotcha Day Anniversary on October 19! Happy Gotcha Day to this awesome family!
Caden and Declan celebrated their second Gotcha Day Anniversary with their two dads, Matt and Ryan, on October 16. This family of four lives in Chicago, Illinois. Watch their video: Matt and Ryan Talk Hair.
Gays With Kids founders / husbands / dads celebrated their twin daughters' Ella and Sadie's 6th birthday on October 19 along with big brother Levi. The family lives in New York City.
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Aliaj lingvoj
Gereon Janzing, geobotánico y etnobotánico
Autecology and synecology
Autotroph and heterotroph
Cultural ecology
Ecological niche
Ecology: definition
Endemism
Ethnodiversity
Euryoecious and stenoecious
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Geobotany
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Nitrophyte
Phytosociology
Reproduction strategies
The system theory or system approach is a model to describe relations as a system with its interactions including feedback. It is used in different sciences including biology (ecology) and cultural anthropology (cultural ecology) where an important subject is the ecosystem. Cybernetics is the science that treats any system and mainly the feedback.
We already learn about systems when as children we play with boxes with wooden logs. Let's take the box as a system. However much we change the position of the logs within the box, their number does not change. The number of logs in the box changes when we take logs out or put logs in from outside. That way we transfer logs from one system to another. The processes within the system change the position and relation between the logs but its number stays the same. If we apply what we have learnt here to other contexts, we already understand quite a lot of systems.
How do rabbits change the balance of nutrients in a forest? Let's take the forest as the system. The rabbits in the forest can change the plant stock by selection pressure, they can accelerate the circulation of nutrients. Like we already know from the logs, the calcium potassium, phosphorus etc. atoms can change their positions, they can participate in chemical reactions, but their quantity does not change by processes within the system (forest). When a rabbit moves out of the forest (no matter whether a living rabbit goes out on its own or a hunter carries out a dead rabbit), with it some nutrients are moved out of the system. And when a hunter brings food for the rabbits from outside the system, he (or she) adds nutrients to the system.
The same holds true for energy. When we put energy in an electrolysis of water to obtain hydrogen and later burn the hydrogen to gain energy, we'll get the same amount of energy that we have put in. Exactly like the logs the energy cannot increase in quantity without anything put in from outside the system (principally logs can be created out of trees, outside of children's everyday life, but energy cannot be created). The idea that it's possible to take energy out of a system (for example a system of magnets) constantly without ever adding any, is as absurd as the idea of taking water out of a bottle constantly without ever adding any.
Many people believe that the use of fossil fuels can be compensated by planting trees. If we take the bisophere as a system, we see that the fossil fuels add carbon to the biosphere (apart from other chemical substances). The trees pull the carbon temporarily out of the atmosphere but it stays within the circulation of the biosphere. If we understand the carbon circulation (one of the basics of ecology), we cannot believe in such indulgence.
And when finally we take a society as a system, we'll see that the creation of employment does not create wealth within the system. What creates wealth, is productive work, that kind of work which creates something that is considered wealth. If someone does an improductive work that has only been created in order to keep people employed, that can change the distribution of the goods, but it does not contribute to the total wealth of the society. A machine that breaks easily, contributes to employment and increases the gross domestic product (which only refers to transfer and not to productivity), but a machine that works without problems for a long time, contributes more to the society's wealth. Many economists do not understand that because they have never learnt to think in systems, and so they keep thinking that a lack of employment is a problem which can be solved with machines that break easily. And as their diagnosis of the problem is wrong, they cannot solve it. If an economist learns to think in systems, first of all he will know that an unlimited growth in a limited system (like the Earth) is not possible.
French: analyse systémique
© Gereon Janzing
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TouchPoints
The IPA provides access to the Touchpoints survey and planning hub. The IPA TouchPoints survey is the biggest industry research initiative for years and sheds new light on how consumers are spending their time in todays multi-media world.
The IPA TouchPoints survey is the biggest industry research initiative for years and sheds new light on how consumers are spending their time in todays multi-media world.
It offers a week-in-the-life view of both consumer and media behaviour and is now in its second version.
The TouchPoints survey is a consumer centric, multi-media hub survey, which will deliver new communication insights in its own right.
TouchPoint's remit is to provide a single-source integrated planning tool, to deliver new and fresh insights in its own right, to act as a gateway across data sources and to be complementary to current industry research.
The database will act as a hub for the integration of the industry media research currencies which will produce a tool which can evaluate mixed media schedules, both for planning and post campaign purpose. The hub survey is produced after respondents complete an extensive self-completion questionnaire and also comple a 7-day PDA based media activity diary which is completed on a half hourly basis. The PDA diary collects data on respondents location,who they are with, main activity they are undertaking, what media they are using and their current mood.
The TouchPoints database is now available to anyone who wishes to subscribe. Up until now it has been developed as a collaborative initiative amongst a limited number of subscribers across the media agencies represented on the IPA Media Futures Group and like-minded Media Owners, these include; AOL, BBC, ITV, JCDecaux, Tesco, SMG, Wanadoo, Initiative, MediaCom, Mindshare, Starcom, Walker Media and ZenithOptimedia.
This new planning source for the industry will provide new insights into consumer behaviour and the interplay across peoples' lifestyles; media exposure and time. It allows for impartial consideration of all media channels at the start of the planning process, and insights into how communication channels are used, singly, together and on a time basis. It also acts as a hub to marry disparate media and other sources together, to produce a common planning approach and enable mixed media scheduling from the same source.
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Channel Zero – Kill All Kings
Posted on July 16, 2014 by News Team
Belgium is synonymous with a lot of great things; beer, chocolate, the European Parliament (maybe) but it is not a country known for having stellar metal credentials. No wonder Channel Zero are local heroes. Having been around off and on for almost 25 years, they’re a big deal in their native land but haven’t quite had a same impact abroad.
Made up ofFranky De Smet Van Damme on vocals, Tino DeMartino on bass and Mike Doling (Soulfly/Snot) on guitars, Kill All Kings (Metal Blade) is the Belgian outfit’s sixth album and first since the untimely passing of drummer Phil Baheux last year. Taking to the stool in his place is Soulfly/Stone Sour drummer Roy Mayorga. Produced by former Machine Head guitarist Logan Mader, the band mix the thick dirty riffs of Black Label Society with the kind of soaring vocals you find on Alter Bridge albums.
Although often labelled a thrash band, there’s little in the way of machine gun drumming or all-out shredding. ‘Duisternis’ has a later-day Slayer feel and there’s the odd crushing moment with the likes of ‘Digital Warfare’ , but the on whole it’s the radio-friendly metal that stands out.
When he wants to really cut loose, Van Damme’s vocals take centre stage, the huge choruses of ‘Electric Cocaine’, ‘Crimson Collidor’ and the anthemic ‘Brother’s Keeper’ really show off the impressive range and power he has. Doling’s guitar work also deserves special mention; his blinding Zakk Wylde-esque solos really grab the attention. It’s just a shame that there’s often too much of the bog standard growling over shredding and not enough of Van Damme and Doling doing what they’re good at.
For every stand-out track, there’s a very plainly average one. Opener ‘Dark Passenger,’ and closing track ‘Heart Stop’ couldn’t be more different; the former potters along without ever getting interesting while the latter starts as a creeping melodic number that builds to an epic finale.
If you like meaty riffs and soaring vocals, there’s enough on Kill All Kings that will satisfy your itch – it is a solid enough album that’s good for drinking and head banging to. But if you’re after an album with real depth and without any filler, look elsewhere.
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Scots warned not to book any summer holiday next year they can't cancel
By Alistair Grant @alistairkgrant Political Correspondent
SCOTLAND'S national clinical director has warned Scots not to book any summer holiday next year they can't cancel.
Jason Leitch said he was hopeful next summer "will look a lot more normal" but international travel restrictions could remain in place.
He said there is also a "small chance" the virus could change.
Mr Leitch made the comments while giving evidence to Holyrood's Covid-19 Committee.
SNP MSP Annabelle Ewing asked if people should be "planning anything" for their summer holidays next year.
Mr Leitch said: "I certainly wouldn't book anything you can't cancel, and can't get your money back from.
"But I am very hopeful that next summer will look a lot more normal than the summer we've just come through."
He said the "key intervention" was the development of vaccinations.
He added: "It's not population-level vaccination, and it will not be for some months.
"But by the summer we will know a lot more. We will hopefully, with a fair wind, have vaccinated the vast majority of the at-risk community and we will be into less risky communities by then.
"We will know whether the vaccine gives you coverage from transmission as well as disease.
"The crucial unknown is what will happen in the rest of the world. Remember this is a global problem, it is not a Scottish problem, and you have to vaccinate Indonesia and Nigeria as well as Scotland.
"So there will be international travel restrictions, I think, for some time to come."
Mr Leitch said there is a "very, very encouraging start now with the vaccine".
However he also pointed out the virus "might change".
He said: "If the virus stays stable, this is all good news.
"But the virologists warn us all the time that there is a small chance the virus will change.
"That's not looking likely just now, but we just have to have a note of caution in all of the enthusiasm for the vaccine."
He added: "I think we will be going on holiday next summer but I'm not sure it will look quite like a normal summer.
"But it will look a lot better than the summer we've just had."
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Gloucestershire Liberal Democrats Demand better for Gloucestershire
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Incinerator cancellation costs must now be disclosed
Posted by Joe Harris | Updated 2015-01-16
Following Labour’s call for an extraordinary meeting to cancel the County Council’s contract with UBB to build an incinerator at Javelin Park, please see the following statement on behalf of the Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group, Cllr. Jeremy Hilton: -
“The decision to approve planning permission by the Conservative Secretary of State is to be condemned. Mr Pickles has ignored the unanimous decision of the county council’s planning committee to refuse permission to build a massive waste incinerator at Javelin Park and has gone against much public opposition.
“Labour’s decision to request an extraordinary council meeting before knowing all the costs is however hasty and irrational. They have called this meeting solely for political purposes without first considering the costs involved.
“Liberal Democrats have asked the council to provide the full cost of cancelling the contract a decision that was resolved at a full council meeting in September once Mr Pickles had made his decision.
“We shall need to consider these costs extremely carefully. At the end of the day, we cannot keep dumping our rubbish in the ground.
“The penalty to Norfolk County Council in cancelling their incinerator contract was at least £33 million. It could be a similar sum in Gloucestershire. This sort of money would pay for a lot of services.
“We are demanding that the Tory administration at Shire Hall gives councillors access to all confidential information on the incinerator contract now before a vote on its future can be determined. Until then, Liberal Democrats will reserve our judgement on the Labour proposition.”
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What you need to know for Thursday, Oct. 5
Thursday will be partly sunny with isolated showers with a slight chance of afternoon thunderstorms, according to the National Weather Service.
POLL: GMH bill
Does the governor’s proposal to borrow money for the hospital require further study? Poll closes at 3 p.m. Oct. 6, 2017.
Poll: Archbishop Byrnes
Grade Archbishop Byrnes’ management of the local church. Poll closes at 3 p.m. Oct. 5, 2017.
Water outage
Guam Waterworks Authority announced a schedule water outage for parts of Tamuning Thursday from 8 p.m. to 4 a.m. Friday. Areas affected are parts of Farenholt Ave. and Gov. Carlos Camacho Road contractors will be installing a main valve.
Road advisories
Construction activities will be ongoing at the Route 1/Route 3 intersections in Dededo and on the shoulder of Route 8 between Adacao Avenue and the Barrigada Fire Station.
Motorists can expect delays up to five minutes on the Bile and Pigua Bridges in Merizo between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. due to ongoing construction activities.
San Vitores Road will be reduced to one lane between Sand Castle and the Westin Hotel intersection between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. for the installation of additional storm water and trench drain inlets.
Crews are continuing paving from Fort Soledad/Fire Station to Umatac Memorial Park from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Motorists are to expect delays, and are advised to drive cautiously and take alternative routes when feasible.
Beach advisories
Based on results of 44 water samples taken on Thursday, Sept. 28, the Guam Environmental Protection Agency said that the following recreational waters were polluted above the accepted bacteriological standards:
Gognga Beach, Tamuning
Dungca’s Beach, Tamuning
Hagåtña Bayside Park
Asan Bay Beach
Bangi Beach, Agat
Nimitz Beach, Agat
Umatac Bay
Toguan Bay, Umatac
Merizo Pier at Mamaon Channel
Inarajan Bay
Talofofo Bay
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Over 400 lady doctors monitor from abroad coronavirus patients in Pakistan's Sindh province
Pakistani doctors and paramedical staff show awareness message for people to stay at home to avoid coronavirus at Nishtar Hospital Multan.
Tariq Butt, Correspondent
More than 400 Pakistani female doctors in over 15 countries and different cities of the country have joined hands with the Sindh government in fight against the coronavirus by round-the-clock monitoring and assisting through technology-driven and IT-enabled facilities some 8,000 patients in the province, who are in home isolation.
Officials and experts said that the female doctors were brought back to the Sindh’s health system through a technology-driven initiative by one of the oldest public sector medical universities in the country, which has so far succeeded in bringing back to the profession over 800 Pakistani lady doctors in different countries, who have resumed professional practice within the past two years after they had quit the profession due to family or social issues.
Policemen salute to doctors for treating coronavirus patients in hospitals in Larkana, Sindh province.
"The Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) some two years ago initiated its eDoctor project for around 35,000 female doctors who had completed their medical education at the expense of the state or privately but are no longer associated with the profession so that they could once again become part of the country’s medical workforce, said an official.
"The project has successfully brought back hundreds of doctors into the health system. The concept was designed to use the innovative technological tools in reconnecting these out-of-work lady doctors on a single platform, provide them virtual-based teaching of new and updated medial education in the form of a reach programme covering all aspects required to be general physician. Right now eDcotor project has hundreds of doctors who are working from home in Pakistan and different parts of the world offering their services to contribute in the health system.”
The official said the success of the project inspired the challenges-stuck Sindh administration which finds it best possible choice to engage these doctors for monitoring of thousands of COVID-19 patients who are not in touch with any physicians and require regular consultancy despite mild or no symptoms for better recovery, precautions and diet plan during the days of their isolation.
"The Sindh chief minister led the initiative and immediately drew a plan to connect some 8,000 patients in home isolation across the province with the doctors through IT-enabled services, telephones and other technology-driven facilities,” said the official.
"The recently-launched initiative is proving success. It would further improve with the passage of time. Sindh has become the first province to launch this initiative. Since this pandemic is not going anytime soon, each and every province and region would have to replicate this model for thousands of patients in home isolation.”
Abdullah Butt, the founder of Educast - the technology partner of the eDoctor project - said there were thousands of Pakistani lady doctors who after completing their medical education were just raising their children and looking after their families and they were not contributing to society through their skills and expertise.
"In a few months, hundreds of such lady doctors have been brought back to their profession through the use of latest EdTech platform, using Flip Model teaching and interactive digital trainings over newer healthcare models and updated medical practices taught by top medical faculty from DUHS,” he said.
Through ‘eDoctor,’ hundreds of out-of-work lady doctors from Pakistani cities and rural areas as well as foreign countries, including Bahrain, Greece, the United States and Indonesia, were motivated to once again join their profession.
"Such lady doctors, who are willing after getting awareness, go through latest educational and virtual digital technology, where they are also required to conduct live video-based patient consultations, clinical rotations with medical consultants in Pakistani hospitals,” said Butt.
"They are equipped with hands on trainings on basic life-support and obstetrics and gynaecology, attachments with clinics, use of electronic medical records and handling of a video-assisted mobile health assessment collaborative platform. They are awarded online certification programme of six months enabling them to get updated knowledge in various fields under certification with 30-CME credit hours as the family medicine certificate that enables them to provide basic healthcare advisory even from their home,” he added.
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Pakistan to start manufacturing COVID-19 treatment drug
Production should start "within weeks," said Osman Khalid Waheed, the chief executive of Ferozsons Laboratories Ltd, which will produce the drug. He spoke at a news conference alongside Pakistan's de facto health minister, Zafar Mirza.
Pakistan’s woman legislator dies from COVID-19 as highest daily toll recorded
Pakistan has recorded 45,898 infections and 985 deaths to date from the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus. Tuesday saw the most deaths in a single day reported, at 46.
Philippines stops health workers going abroad to fight coronavirus
The aim is "to prioritise human resource allocation for the national health care system," according to the resolution posted on Twitter by Foreign Affairs Undersecretary Brigido Dulay.
COVID-19 ‘may burn out’ naturally before any vaccine is developed
“We are seeing a roughly similar pattern everywhere — I suspect we have more immunity than estimated,” Professor Karol Sikora, who previously directed the WHO’s cancer programme, said.
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Guru3D.com » Review » AMD FX 8350 - 8320 - 6300 and 4300 CPU performance review » Page 4
AMD FX 8350 - 8320 - 6300 and 4300 CPU performance review - Performance Queen | CineBench | FryRender
by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/25/2012 06:05 AM [ ] 95 comment(s)
Queen CPU test
This simple integer benchmark focuses on the branch prediction capabilities and the misprediction penalties of the CPU. It finds the solutions for the classic "Queens problem" on a 10 by 10 sized chessboard. At the same clock speed, theoretically the processor with the shorter pipeline and smaller misprediction penalties will attain higher benchmark scores.
The CPU Queen test uses only the basic x86 instructions, it consumes less than 1 MB system memory and it is HyperThreading, multi-processor (SMP) and multi-core aware and is thus a multithreading CPU Benchmark with MMX, SSE2 and SSE3 optimizations.
FryRender
FryRender is a benchmarking framework for anyone, not just for 3D users. Anyone out there, from hardware integrators or hardware reviewers to die-hard gamers. Since its conception, FryRender has been designed with the aim of being the most muscled engine in its category. As a result, and after several years of intense development, FryRender's core doesn't let a single CPU cycle be wasted. Its routines have been written to be cache efficient, and to take the maximum advantage possible of the new multi-threading capabilities present in modern CPU architectures.
This is a new title that we started using very recently. Being a highly-optimized and extremely math-intensive application (mostly in floating-point) which makes a very efficient use of the system's cache, we think that FryRender is an ideal tool for measuring "how much brute computational power" a computer is able to deliver.
CINEBENCH is a real-world cross platform test suite that evaluates your computer's performance capabilities. CINEBENCH is based on MAXON's animation software CINEMA 4D, which is used extensively by studios and production houses worldwide for 3D content creation. MAXON software has been used in blockbuster movies such as Spider-Man, Star Wars, The Chronicles of Narnia and many more.
This test scenario uses all of your system's processing power to render a photorealistic 3D scene (from the viral 'No Keyframes' animation by AixSponza). This scene makes use of various different algorithms to stress all available processor cores.
The Cinema 4D engine can measure systems with up to 64 processor threads which makes it rather future proof and also excellent for multi-core processors. The test scene contains approximately 2,000 objects containing more than 300,000 total polygons and uses sharp and blurred reflections, area lights and shadows, procedural shaders, antialiasing, and much more. The result is given in points. The higher the number, the faster the processor.
Introduction Hardware and Software Used Performance - Dhrystone | Whetstone Performance Queen | CineBench | FryRender Performance Video encoding | Transcoding Performance - 3DMark 06 CPU | 3DMark Vantage CPU Performance Mandel | ZLib Performance VP8 | HASH Performance - DDR3 Memory read | write Game performance - Far Cry 2 | Crysis 2 Game performance - Synthetic
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AMD FX 8350 - 8320 - 6300 and 4300 CPU performance review
In this article we'll look at all four processors, the AMD FX 8350 - 8320 - 6300 and 4300 in a easy to read performance review. This article is nothing more then a performance overview of all four processors.
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ソフト99の誇る最先端技術の結晶。
HI-MOHS Coat FEATURES
G'ZOX Crystal Coating is an outstanding product with 9H hardness and excellent water and oil repellent. First, the fine-grained PROTECH base is applied, followed by the first layer of “glass primer layer”. After the specified drying time, the water-repellent fluorinated layer is applied. The cross-linked reaction creates the incomparable and superior Hi-MOHS Coat, the prime choice for car lovers.
Product 100% Made in JAPAN
HI-MOHS Coat Molecular Structure
従来品を凌駕する撥水性能
Ordinary Water Repellent Agent
Water Repellent Angle 100°
Water Repellent Angle 15°
Hi-MOHS COAT
30 minutes after applying Hi-MOHS Coat
After 3 months, the water repellent effect continues to be exerted
< Wear Resistance Test l > Wash Resistance
A car wash sponge was used to pick up a car wash solution that contains abrasive components, which is then attached to a machine to wash the car’s surface. After repeated washing, the surface coated with a normal protective agent had a greatly reduced contact angle of water droplets. Meanwhile, the Hi-MOHS Coat was relatively unaffected, and it shows that the Hi-MOHS Coat is more durable than the normal protective agent.
Water Repellent Angle
Higher Value Represent Higher Water Repellent Effect
< Wear Resistance Test II > Anti-Flaw Performance
< Anti-fouling Test l > Oil Pen Pollution
Hi-MOHS Coat and an ordinary water-repellent protective agent were applied on the right half of the two test panels respectively, and an oil-based pen is used to write on the test panel. The test shows that the oil-based pen did not leave noticeable stains on the side coated with Hi-MOHS Coat, while the oil-based pen marks were highly visible on the normal protective agent panel.
After that, the writings on both test panels were wiped off with alcohol. It was found that the writings on the test panel coated with Hi-MOHS Coat can be easily removed with alcohol, while the panel layered with the normal protective agent was left with some residue. This is because the Hi-MOHS Coat is extremely oil-repellent and rarely stains with grease. Even if there are any oil stains, it can be easily removed because oil does not adhere on the car paint.
< Anti-fouling Test II > Carbon Contamination
Hi-MOHS Coat Performance Data
The Hi-MOHS Coat and a normal water-repellent protective agent are first applied on the right half of the two test panels. Then, the entire panel is coated with carbon dust. When scrubbed with a wet car wash sponge several times, dust can still be picked up from both test panels. However, the carbon dust stain on the Hi-MOHS Coat is lesser and can be easily removed, compared to the normal protective agent.
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Why do tips oxidize easily when they are used with lead-free solder?
Why do tips easily oxidize when they are used with lead-free solder?
The factors that caused tips easily-oxidized when using lead-free solder.
POINT 1 Why do the tips of soldering irons oxidize easily when using lead-free solder?
POINT2 How to Maintenance
POINT 3 Use the thermal recovery efficient soldering irons to increase the life span of the tips.
Point 1. Why do the tips of soldering irons oxidize easily when using lead-free solder?
Lead-free solder oxidizes the tip of the soldering iron four to five times as fast as eutectic solder. Lead, one of the components of eutectic solder, relieves the oxidization of the tips. The lead-free solder, then, speeds up the oxidization. It is unavoidable that the life span of the tip decreases. Besides, the melting point of lead-free solder is approximately 30ºC higher than that of eutectic solder. Determining the preset temperature with little regard for the characteristics of lead-free solder, and leaving the tip at the high temperature of lead-free solder's melting point, speed up oxidization of the tips. Understanding the characteristics of lead-free solder and maintaining the soldering irons in a clean condition is the shortcut to preventing the soldering iron tips from oxidizing.
Point 2. How to Maintenance
● Keep the preset temperature as low a possible. (Never increase the temperature to more than what you need.)
● Switch the power off except for long hours of use.
● Make it a habit to cover the tip with new solder at the end of soldering.
● Make it a habit to cover the tip with new solder before putting the soldering iron into position in the iron holder during soldering work.
● Use wire-type cleaner such as HAKKO 599B. Using the wire-type cleaner leaves some amount of solder on the tip when cleaning the tip. Some amount of solder left on the tip helps to prevent oxidization.
● Remove oxide using Chemical Paste (HAKKO FS-100).
When the chemical paste (HAKKO FS-100) cannot remove the oxides, use the tip polisher (HAKKO FT-700) first and then use the chemical paste (HAKKO FS-100) so that the solder on the tip restores wettability.
Point 3. Use the thermal recovery efficient soldering irons to increase the life span of the tips.
Set the preset temperature as low as possible to slow the oxidization of the tips. (Never increase the temperature to more than what you need.) The melting point of lead-free solder is higher than that of eutectic solder. Setting the preset temperature with little regard for the characteristics of lead-free solder could raise the temperature of the tip and speed up oxidization. Here, we suppose that you are wondering how one can solder securely with high-melting-point lead-free solder without raising the temperature of the soldering iron. It's the thermal recovery rate that answers your question.
(1) The melting point of solder + 50ºC = the optimal temperature for the tip.(Lately, it is said that the solder melting point + 10ºC or more = the allowable temperature limit of the soldering iron.)
(2) It is also said that the optimal temperature for the tip+ 100ºC = the optimal temperature for the soldering iron.
Let us find the optimal temperature for the soldering iron using the formulas above when the melting point of solder is 180ºC.
180ºC + 50ºC = 230ºC
230ºC + 100ºC = 330ºC
The optimal temperature for the soldering iron is 330ºC.
The melting point of lead-free solder is about 30ºC higher than that of eutectic solder. The melting point of lead-free solder, when using the formulas above, is about 360ºC. It is risky to use different types of soldering irons as often as the type of solder changes when soldering the same items.
If the optimal temperature changes in a 30ºC range as often as the type of soldering iron changes, heat-sensitive parts will be negatively affected from the temperature changes. Consequently, both the thermal recovery efficient soldering irons and the thermal manageable soldering irons are required to keep the optimal temperature for the soldering iron for lead-free solder at the same temperature as that of the soldering iron for eutectic solder.
When using the thermal recovery efficient soldering irons, the formula above (2) will be:
The optimal temperature for the tip + about 60 to 70°C = the optimal temperature for the soldering iron The formula above cancels the increased temperature of the melting point of lead-free solder. In this way, the optimal temperature when using lead-free solder can be reduced to a temperature almost as low as the temperature needed for eutectic solder.
One of the soldering irons for lead-free solder that we would like to recommend, which meet the requirements above, is the HAKKO FX-951, FM series. Especially, we would like to recommend the HAKKO FX-951 and HAKKO FX-952 that accept the T12 series, which has 84 variations of standard tips. For detailed information, click the URLs below.
Derek's Tech Tips
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News Center Hanwha Techwin attends ‘SECUTECH VIETNAM 2019,’ the largest security show in Vietnam 2019-08-29 3,881 hits
Hanwha Techwin attends ‘SECUTECH VIETNAM 2019,’ the largest security show in Vietnam
- Showcasing its most up-to-date smart solutions in the Smart City, Factory, and Retail
Global security company Hanwha Techwin (CEO Yeon-Chul Kim) participated in ‘SECUTECH VIETNAM 2019,’ Vietnam’s biggest security event held in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, from Aug 14 to 16, and showcased its smart solutions tailored to local demands in various verticals.
Vietnam is a strategic country for Hanwha Techwin and the company is closely eyeing the nation with marketing programs specialized for Vietnam. In this exhibition, Hanwha Techwin presented products and solutions optimized for the major verticals of ▲Smart Factory, ▲Smart City, ▲Retail, and ▲Seaport.
Smart Factory is a critical vertical for Vietnam’s rapid industrialization and the Wisenet T series and its thermal cameras caught the attention of visitors. The solution triggers alarms and supports early response when the temperature rises above a certain point at industrial facilities with complex piping systems. Another attention-grabber at the fair was the AI solution that offers a safe working environment and swift response to events by detecting abnormal behavior such as a slip and fall at worksites or a worker not wearing a helmet at industrial complexes.
The company also presented key security solutions essential in building a Smart City, which the Vietnamese government is actively pursuing. The exhibitions included smart transportation, multi-directional monitoring, SSM (its own integrated management software), and AI solutions for urban environments. Traffic cameras and storage for buses and trains in cities, and multi-directional camera lineup offering wide area monitoring in multiple directions, were also introduced. In particular, the displayed AI solution uses various attribute information such as gender, hair color, and wearing glasses to rapidly locate a certain person, which can be applied to help reduce the time in finding suspects regarding crimes or accidents.
As retail continues to heat up globally, Hanwha Techwin demonstrated its recently launched retail solution along with the Wisenet Q mini series. The camera is equipped with Business Intelligence features, providing insightful information such as number of visitors, popular products, and a visitor timeline to store managers. It not only offers safety monitoring, but also helps managers develop strategies to run their stores. Its compact size is optimized for store installation and blends well into any store décor, further increasing its popularity.
Considering almost half of Vietnam is bordering the sea, Hanwha Techwin showcased solutions tailored for seashores and seaports. Stainless cameras are highly resistant to corrosion, acid, and even against the high salinity of seawater and humid weather, while the stitching solution merges separate images filmed at the left, right, and upper sides of a container truck entering or exiting harbors into one connected image.
A source at Hanwha Techwin said, “We are highly interested in Vietnam as the Hanwha Group is running diverse businesses in the country.” Adding, “Hanwha Techwin will exert our utmost efforts to build smart video surveillance solutions tailored to Vietnam.”
The ‘SECUTECH VIETNAM’ is a security fair in its eleventh edition. The show has grown rapidly every year, welcoming over 14,000 visitors from around 20 countries last year for the largest show in its history.
About Hanwha Techwin
Hanwha Techwin is a subsidiary of Hanwha Corporation, a South Korean based company. Hanwha Techwin offers total security solution which encompass network and analog cameras, recording solutions, access controls and video management software. Hanwha Techwin has solidified its leadership position in security solutions by building self-developed SoC chipset along with the optical, manufacturing and image-processing technology accumulated over 30 years. Now, Hanwha Techwin is preparing for the future by continuing to invest in AI and cyber security in order to provide convenient and safe security solutions to customers. With the representative brand, Wisenet, Hanwha Techwin will strive to serve security solutions that our customers can trust. For more information about Hanwha Techwin, please visit our website www.hanwha-security.com
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Rabbi Modek received ordination in 2003 from the Academy for Jewish Religion and the Aleph S'mikhah Program. A native Israeli, he launched his career as educator with the Zionist youth movements Dror HaBonim and HaShomer HaTza'ir. He first served as young group counselor and subsequently as youth center director in the towns of Haifa and Rehovot. After earning a degree in Social Work from Haifa University, Rabbi Modek moved to the US where his passion for Jewish education and leadership were refocused. He since has served as classroom educator, Hebrew school principal, and rabbinical leader for Conservative, Reform, and Jewish Renewal Havurah communities.
Rabbi Modek draws upon an interdisciplinary palette of scholarship and creative accomplishment. As a certified instructor of Otiyot Hayyot, Living Letters, a movement art inspired by the forms and wisdom of the Hebrew letters, Rabbi Modek has taught workshops relating kinetics to Hebrew instruction and worship for students and educators at retreats, synagogues, and Hebrew schools in the USA, England and Israel.
During the past decades, Rabbi Modek's educational work has concentrated upon teaching, directing and developing programs in a variety of settings. He has served in the Solomon Schechter Day School system, directed and taught classes in a number of synagogue Hebrew schools, and led creative youth programs at informal educational venues, such as the Aleph Kallah and the National Havurah Committee Summer Institutes. Rabbi Modek's current innovative approach was conceived, tested, and refined during this period.
Invaluable time spent in mentorship with master teachers, such as Rabbi Marcia Prager, Dr. Livia Strauss, Rabbi Michele Sullum, and Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi have influenced and shaped Rabbi Modek's accessible approach to Jewish life and education. Rabbi Modek currently lives in Nyack, New York. His approach offers students and their families an opportunity to engage in the Jewish quest with a high degree of spiritual connectedness, contemporary relevance, and personal meaning.
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Cereal Consumption Per Capita (Excluding Beer) (kg), 2013
Food & Drink | February 22, 2018
Based on a comparison of 158 countries in 2013, Morocco ranked the highest in cereal consumption per capita with 254 kg followed by Egypt and Lesotho. On the other end of the scale was Rwanda with 46.8 kg, Central African Republic with 62.0 kg and Congo with 64.9 kg.
Average cereal consumption per capita reached 147 kg in 2013 in the World according to Faostat. This is 0.136 % more than in the previous year and 0.272 % more than 10 years ago.
Historically, average cereal consumption per capita reached an all time high of 153 kg in 1989 and an all time low of 128 kg in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 0.268 % since 1961.
Data for more countries are available at Cereal Consumption Per Capita (Excluding Beer) indicator page.
Cereal Consumption Per Capita (Excluding Beer) Unit 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Algeria kg 219 219 218 215 215
Azerbaijan kg 230 234 231 229 226
Bangladesh kg 192 191 191 190 190
Burkina Faso kg 212 210 214 215 213
Egypt kg 245 249 250 248 252
Gambia kg 171 179 195 193 196
Georgia kg 196 207 203 190 206
Lesotho kg 232 236 234 233 233
Mali kg 199 203 211 213 216
Morocco kg 254 257 254 254 254
Nepal kg 190 187 191 192 192
Niger kg 205 206 207 209 207
Tunisia kg 207 203 212 213 213
Turkey kg 223 218 214 212 205
Turkmenistan kg 210 207 206 208 207
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Phillip Schofield's wife vows to support This Morning star after he comes out as gay
The couple have been married for 27 years
February 10, 2020 - 06:59 GMT Sharnaz Shahid Phillip Schofield's wife Stephanie Lowe has pledged to support this This Morning star after he opened up about his sexuality...
Phillip Schofield's wife Stephanie Lowe has said she will continue to support him after he revealed that he is gay. The 57-year-old This Morning star made the announcement on his Instagram Stories on Friday morning, just moments before he spoke about his sexuality in an emotional chat with co-host Holly Willoughby. Stephanie, the presenter's wife of almost 27 years, told The Sun that she will "still be there, holding his hand" as he comes to terms with his sexuality.
WATCH: Phillip Schofield make his announcement regarding his sexuality
"I love Phillip, as much today as I ever have, and always will," she told The Sun. "At the same time, we've been awestruck by the strength and love of our precious girls, even as they've been trying to make sense of it all for themselves." She added: "Although this is difficult for us all, I support Phillip in this taking this brave step and I will still be there, holding his hand. Everyone should be proud to live their own truth."
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Earlier, the mum-of-two told The Sun on Sunday: "We have had to face the most emotionally painful time in our 27 years of marriage." Phillip went on to admit that he knew he was gay when he got married, revealing: "I am not saying I didn't know. Whatever was 'there' I thought, 'Ok, whatever this is, you stay back because I am happy'." He added: "If you ask anyone who is gay, they know – there is no confusion." Phillip also said it was "too soon" to say whether he will stay married, but said that they will "always be a family," and that he couldn't love Steph any more.
The presenter with his wife Stephanie Lowe
Phillip married Stephanie in March 1993, and they are proud parents to daughters Molly, 27, and Ruby, 24. During his candid interview last week, the doting dad opened up on how supportive his wife has been throughout. "I've never had any secrets [from her], we've never had any secrets," he said. "We've been honest and open. And as I said, I can't write in any statement what I feel about that woman. She is amazing. She is incredible, there is no one in my life who would have supported me the way, as a wife, as the way she has supported me. She is astonishing, literally astonishing."
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Denise is celebrating 30 years of supporting people with learning disabilities to live the best life possible at Hft.
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A senior support worker from Shipston on Stour is celebrating three decades of employment at a learning disability charity.
The 67 year senior support worker, Denise Mumford, has been supporting adults with learning disabilities to live the best life possible at national charity Hft for the last 30 years. After beginning her career in social care at a care home for the elderly, Denise was looking for a change of direction when she spotted a vacancy at a nearby Hft service in the early nineties.
Starting out working in laundry, Denise quickly progressed and in 1997 played a key role in moving residents at the service from a residential setting into their own homes within the Moreton in Marsh community. Citing the project as the most rewarding period of her three decades at the charity, Denise worked as part of a staff team who provided support throughout the transition – from getting people familiar with local amenities such as GP surgeries and supermarkets, to gradually introducing them to their new homes. Following the move, Denise watched people supported in the area thrive, and has remained at the charity’s services ever since.
Other highlights for the dedicated support worker include witnessing two people she supports get engaged and married, and supporting someone to get their first job in a local deli, where she’s now worked for over twenty years. Denise also played a key role in raising awareness of the funding pressures facing adult social care by supporting a man to take part in the charity’s It Doesn’t Add Up campaign. This saw him join members of the charity’s speak-out group to present a petition calling for an increase in funding for adult social care to the government, followed by a parliamentary reception where people were able to share concerns about the funding deficit.
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During the pandemic, support workers like Denise have been more important than ever to the adults with learning disabilities who rely on their support. They include a lady in Moreton in Marsh whose mental health was suffering as a result of not being able to take part in her weekly activity of answering the phone at the day opportunities service where she is supported. Denise noticed her behaviour changing as a result, and arranged for her to continue answering the phone at the service at a safe distance from others. The lady now enjoys a regular change of scenery, and a chance to get some daily exercise by walking to the service, which has helped her to regain her confidence.
Denise said:
“I love my job and I have met some wonderful characters along the way! The best thing about being a support worker is making a difference to people’s lives, and getting them recognised for who they are, and not just their disability. It’s been amazing to see people living within their community in Moreton, where everyone has been so welcoming. Support work is so much more rewarding than people think and is more important than ever at this time, when people with learning disabilities need care and reassurance more than ever. I’d recommend it to anyone.”
Clive Parry, Regional Manager at Hft, said:
“Working tirelessly over three decades to support adults with learning disabilities to live the best life possible, Denise has seen a great many changes during her time at Hft. However, one thing that has remained constant throughout has been her passion for helping people to have greater choice and control of their own lives.
“Denise has often advocated for people whose voices would not otherwise be heard and provided support and the benefit of her wealth of experience to Hft colleagues within her service but also the wider region. In a fast-changing world, Hft and adults with learning disabilities depend on people like Denise and I can’t thank her enough for her unwavering enthusiasm and commitment over thirty years’ dedicated service.”
To find out more about vacancies at Hft, visit hft.org.uk/jobs
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Hft is a national charity supporting more than 2,500 adults with learning disabilities across England and Wales to live the best life possible. Established in 1962, the charity uses its own unique Fusion Model to consistently deliver high quality, person-centred support across all its services.
Services range from supported living to residential care – from a few hours a week to 24 hours a day. Hft also helps people with learning disabilities to take part in daily activities, make friends and develop relationships and to find work.
For more information about Hft, please visit www.hft.org.uk
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A company with exclusive distribution rights for an internationally renowned drum maker has opened its first premises on the Park.
Robert Geary Ltd will be selling a range of Premier marching products including military snares, spares and accessories to customers throughout the UK, Ireland and 15 European countries.
Serving drummers worldwide since 1922, Premier remain at the forefront of percussion instruments and Robert Geary Ltd buy drums direct from the manufacturer to distribute to musical instrument retailers.
The company was founded last year by Robert Geary, from Paisley, who has extensive knowledge of the marching retail sector following 12 years of working with bagpipe maker R.G Hardie & Co, as well as enjoying success as a pipe band drummer. Performing with several corps including Johnstone Pipe Band, he won the World Championship Grade 4 title in 2016.
Based on Lister Road, Robert Geary Ltd is now open for business with the unit comprising of both storage and office space. Joining Robert is his wife Caroline who works as the company secretary and with plans to expand in the next few years, the couple are excited about the future of the company.
Robert said: “I have always viewed Hillington Park as the place to be when you’re in business. It has great links to the M8, nearby train stations and Glasgow airport which makes it the perfect location for us and our customers. We received the keys in November and we’ve spent some time getting the place ready so it was exactly how we wanted to present the company to visiting suppliers and customers.
“We were delighted to secure the deal with Premier as they are a global brand known for producing some of the world’s best percussion instruments. Some of the most famous drummers in the world used Premier including Ringo Starr, Phil Collins and Keith Moon. The company’s marching drums are just as impressive and as a drummer in a pipe band, I know exactly how good they are.”
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New organ donation law
Emma Hammett | 4th June 2020 | Heart & Lung, Medico-Legal, NHS, Surgery | No Comments |
On the 20th May 2020, the law concerning organ donation in England changed. The decision as to whether or not to donate, remains yours. Record your decision through the organ donor website and ensure your family are aware of your wishes.
Tragically, last year over 400 people in the UK died whilst waiting for an organ transplant.
Currently, there are 6000 patients on the UK Transplant Waiting List. The Organ Donation Act passed last week which could save at least that many lives per year.
From now on, medical staff will presume consent for organ donation in England, unless people opt out or are in an excluded group. This should lead to far more organs available for people waiting for transplants.
The family will still be able to have a say and the medical profession will continue to respect your faith, beliefs and culture. Everyone still has a choice whether or not you wish to become a donor. You can read more facts about organ donation to help you decide.
The new law, known as Max and Keira’s Law, has been named after two very special children.
Max and Keira’s story
Keira Ball, from Devon, was nine when she was involved in a car accident with her mum and brother.
Her father Joe saw the organ donor consent team after doctors in Bristol confirmed they could not save her life.
Keira saved four lives by donating her heart, liver, pancreas and kidneys. Her heart went to Max Johnson, who was also nine years old.
At the time of Keira’s accident, Max was in hospital in Newcastle with heart failure following a viral infection. He was being kept alive with a mechanical pump.
The operation was a success and Max, now 12, is doing well, although the anti-rejection drugs he takes daily, have some unpleasant side-effects.
Max’s story prompted the prime minister to pledge to introduce presumed consent for organ donation in England.
Originally the Max Law, the law is now ‘Max and Keira’s Law’ to reflect the importance of the donor’s role.
Keira’s and Max’s families want to encourage conversations around organ donation and both back public education campaigns.
Loanna Ball, Keira’s mum, told the BBC: “If this issue came up in school from a young age, children would happily talk about it with their friends and family; it would be an everyday conversation.”
The family has set up a charity in memory of their daughter to offer support to bereaved families.
What is the new law and how is it different?
The new law works on a basis of presumed consent meaning you no longer need to opt-in.
Those excluded from the plans include:
people who lack the mental capacity to understand the changes for a significant period before their death
people who have not lived in England for at least 12 months before their death
Presumed consent has been operating in Wales since December 2015. Because of this, Wales have the highest organ donation rates in the UK at 75%.
Health Secretary Matt Hancock said, “Organ transplants are one of the modern miracles of science – helping offer hope in the midst of tragic loss.
80% of people in England support organ donation but only 38% have opted in. This means families have a difficult decision when a loved one dies. It is still open to relatives to block a donation under this new act.
What organs can you donate?
The most common transplants are:
Others include:
Small bowel
Tissues such as corneas, heart valves, skin and bone
Organ donation and BAME communities
The new law should hopefully help address the disproportionate impact on BAME patients waiting for organs. Members of the Asian community are vastly underrepresented as donors on the NHS Organ Donor Register.
Kirit Modi, Honorary President of National BAME Transplant Alliance (NBTA), said “I welcome the change in law because eventually it will result in a significant increase in organ transplants and help save lives. I urge people from across Black, Asian, Mixed Race and Minority Ethnic communities to continue to support organ donation and have discussion with their family members.”
“At a time when COVID-19 appears to have hit BAME communities hardest, we should remember that a shortage of BAME donors means that patients from these same communities wait longer for a transplant and are more likely to die waiting.”
Firstly, it is important to educate yourself about organ donation. Reading powerful stories like Max’s, learning about how it works and initiating open chats with your family.
The government are launching a public awareness campaign to make sure people understand the new system and the choices they have.
If you don’t feel comfortable being an organ donor, for whatever reason, it is easy to opt out. You simply go online at https://www.organdonation.nhs.uk/register-your-decision/register-your-details/
If there is no recorded decision for you on the NHS Organ Donor Register, medical teams will ask your family if they have any information that shows whether or not you want to donate.
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Emma Hammett is an experienced nurse and first aid trainer, she has worked in many areas including A&E, Children’s Ward, Burns Unit and Acute medical and surgical wards before becoming hospital manager of Hammersmith and Charing Cross Hospitals. In 2007, she founded First Aid for Life and is shortly going to publish her second book, Burns, Falls and Emergency Calls – The ultimate guide to the prevention and treatment of childhood accidents.
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CHUCK CONNORS The smiling actor and sports athlete penned his signature on this color photograph Inscribed photograph signed: "Tony,/ Stay Happy,/ Chuck/ Connors", in black felt tip, Color 8x10. Chuck Connors (1921-1992) was an American actor and professional athlete. He played in both Major League Baseball (MLB) and in the Basketball Association of America, the predecessor to the NBA. Only 12 people have competed in both leagues. Following his career in sports, he grew into an even more famous celebrity as an actor. His portrayal of single father Lucas McCain in The Rifleman (1958-1963) is easily his most recognizable role; the show ran for 168 episodes over five seasons and follows the rancher and his son Mark McCain (portrayed by Johnny Crawford) as they settle in at a new home in North Fork, New Mexico Territory. He earned his first screen credit in Pat and Mike in 1952, where he portrayed a police captain. After earning various television and film credits throughout the 1950s, Connors beat out dozens of other actors for the role of Lucas McCain. After The Rifleman ended, he picked up starring roles in television shows Arrest and Trial (1963-1964), Branded (1965-1966), and Cowboy in Africa (1967-1968). When none of these shows achieved the level of success that The Rifleman did, Connors began to focus on the big screen, with roles in Soylent Green (1973) and Airplane II: The Sequel (1982). In a return to television, he had a memorable role in the mini-series Roots (1977) as a plantation owner, one of the many antagonists of the series. The popular actor was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1984. Corners slightly worn. Otherwise, fine condition.
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How does motion capture used in Lord of the Rings, Avatar and The BFG work?
Framestore in London showed IBTimes UK how motion capture works.
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Motion capture has provided Hollywood with some of the most memorable characters to ever be augmented onto the silver screen. From Gollum in the Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films to Na'vi in Avatar, actors have suited up and had their movements beamed into computers and imagined landscapes.
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The technique is not just used in cinema and later this year video game franchises like Fifa 17, Battlefield and Gears of War 4 will all continue to adopt motion capture to create the most life-like avatars thumbs can control.
With motion capture more visible and accessible than ever before, IBTimes UK visited the Framestore studio in Soho, London - the team behind effects seen in Everest, Paddington and Gravity - to see how Vicon motion capture technology is used to create virtual reality.
Before we got got into our motion capture suit, Richard Graham, CaptureLab Studio manager, explained the benefits of the technique. "The first benefit of motion capture is that you are actually capturing someone's performance and you're doing that in real time.
"So for directors and actors there's direct correlation between that and just doing normal filming. It allows them to kind of work on the characters and the storytelling in real time and for them to see on various monitors around what things are going to look like in the final result and help them make decisions about what is working and what is not rather than go through a long iterative process which is what you do in animation."
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Roomful of Teeth Astounds in Commissioning Residency at MASS MoCA
“You are not the same as a composer after working with Roomful of Teeth.” Composer Richard Beaudoin described his transformative experience of working with this elite vocal ensemble during their August 26, 2017 performance at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art. The concert marked the eighth anniversary of their annual commissioning residency, a time dedicated to workshopping new music and revisiting familiar repertoire.
In addition to transforming the way contemporary composers write for the voice, Roomful of Teeth also possesses the ability to fundamentally change the way we listen. The ensemble has assembled a battalion of composers who are intimately familiar with the capabilities and nuances of the group, and as singers, they are able to synthesize a wide array of disparate styles in a way that does not feel contrived. However, despite their impressive conquest of complex harmonies and extended vocal techniques, the precise intonation of their unisons and the perfect balance of their major chords are perhaps even more awe-inspiring. Roomful of Teeth guides the listener toward hearing the basic building blocks of music in a new light, and in doing so, they prove that simplicity and innovation are not mutually exclusive.
The first half opened with a sketch of Rinde Eckert’s haunting There is no stillness, which will eventually become an evening-length theatrical work. The text contemplates the destruction of nature by man through the perspective of a distant personal memory, and Eckert achieves this ambiance through use of reverb-heavy pizzicato violin (performed by Todd Reynolds), a hocketed delivery of the text, and atmospheric Ligeti-like harmonies. Toby Twining’s Overtonework put Roomful of Teeth’s Tuvan throat singing abilities on full display, combining this technique’s characteristic buzzy timbre with crystal clear conventionally sung tones. The work alternates between continual percolation and explosions into the monolithic, widely-spaced chords that your college part-writing professor warned you about, featuring Estelí Gomez’s command of a range far beyond the average soprano tessitura.
Androo O’Hearn’s Yama, God of Death featured and extended vocal technique not often encountered on the classical concert stage—heavy metal singing. Featuring iconic low gravelly timbres, vocal fry, and vocal glissandi that descend into forceful exhales, O’Hearn’s work contrasts intense textural heavy metal effects with glimmers of madrigal-like chorales. Richard Beaudoin’s Superstition sets a text by Amy Lowell to millisecond-level measurements of a player piano roll of Debussy’s Prelude No. 1 using Beaudoin’s own “microtiming” technique. Superstition features additive textures, call-and-response, and homorhythmic singing as a vehicle for sunny, lush harmonies that stand defiantly against the fear-mongering text. Fred Hersch’s Two Haiku served as a gentle conclusion to the first half of program. Polyphonic textures intertwined as the unique timbres of soloists separated from the group, and the opportunity to hear the distinct characteristics of different voices made the coming together into a homogenous balanced whole even more impressive.
Roomful of Teeth–Photo by Bonica Ayala
While the first half featured new works performed with incredible accuracy and musicianship, it was merely a prologue to the full capabilities of Roomful of Teeth as demonstrated through two “lived in” larger works by William Brittelle and Caroline Shaw. Roomful of Teeth Artistic Director Brad Wells prefaced Brittelle’s Psychedelics by likening his compositional style to observing things passing by while driving without focusing on any one particular thing before shifting to a new point of focus. This particular iteration of Psychedelics featured tenor Eric Dudley simultaneously singing and playing a reduction of the full concert choir part on synthesizer. The work unfolds as a series of through-composed jump cuts that navigate a blustering array of textures and styles at a breakneck pace, moving through homophonic chorale singing, overtone singing, bright nasally tones, vocal glisses, Broadway belting, vocal fry, and metal growling.
The evening concluded with Caroline Shaw’s The Isle, a Folger Shakespeare Library commissioned work which imagines the music of the island from Shakespeare’s The Tempest. The work takes the listener on a journey through pre-language communication, monologues by Ariel, Caliban, and Prospero, and finally, a return to non-verbal sound. Gradually building from rapidly re-articulated sustains, the opening paints sounds with swells that wash across the ensemble before beginning to coalesce around the word “come.” Shaw uniquely sets each soliloquy—Ariel’s speech features a mostly homorhythmic delivery of the text separated by a refrain of sonorous glimmering chords; Caliban’s speech was sung by Shaw in a pure, chant-like solo over drones peppered with vocal fry; and Propsero’s speech is recited in a fragmented hocket. With an emphatic declamation of the final line, “I’ll drown my book,” the ensemble faded back into the non-verbal textures and sounds from the opening of the work, and so too left many in the audience speechless from having witnessed something so beautiful.
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Amanda Cook is a music critic and digital editor based in Greater Boston. She is Editor-in-chief of I CARE IF YOU LISTEN.
This week: concerts in New York (September 4, 2017 – September 10, 2017)
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General Counsel Jobs in Ballston Spa, NY
Privacy Legal Counsel
Philips - Amsterdam, NY (15 miles from Ballston Spa, NY)
Job Title Privacy Legal Counsel Job Description In this role, you have the opportunity to: Be a member of Philips Central Legal Privacy Function is responsible for participating in the development...
Sr Counsel EMEA
Tesla Motors - Amsterdam, NY (15 miles from Ballston Spa, NY)
The Litigation Counsel EMEA will be a part of Tesla's EMEA legal team working on all legal matters in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, ranging from regulatory, commercial contracts, consumer matters...
Associate Counsel - AML, Sanctions, & Consumer Banking Services
KeyBank - Albany, NY (18 miles from Ballston Spa, NY)
This Associate Counsel will provide legal advice and support for anti-money laundering (AML) and sanctions compliance, and banking services such as consumer loans and deposit products, including...
Office of General Counsel Commercial Contracting Attorney- Sr Manager
PwC - Albany, NY (18 miles from Ballston Spa, NY)
A career in Office of General Counsel, within Internal Firm Services, will provide you with the opportunity to be a part of the Firm's legal department by providing dedicated legal support in the areas...
NBT - Albany, NY (18 miles from Ballston Spa, NY)
The Assistant General Counsel will also assist the General Counsel with SEC/Nasdaq compliance, corporate governance, and public company-related issues....
Associate Counsel - Office of Renewable Energy Siting
State of New York - Albany, NY (18 miles from Ballston Spa, NY)
Negotiate and prepare various legal documents such as permits, comments, briefs, proposals, and statements in support....
Office of General Counsel Tech Trans Attorney - Director
Legal Counsel, Privacy
The Role As a part of our Legal group, you will have the opportunity to work with a dynamic and experienced team on a wide variety of legal issues impacting Tesla's business and products globally....
Counsel and other Office of the General Counsel staff Additional Comments THIS IS NOT A REMOTE WORK POSITION....
General Counsel - Intern
Global Foundries - Malta, NY
Internship responsibilities may include\: Research, writing and policy analysis on special projects, as assigned....
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What is the culture like at IJM?
IJM Canada offers a fast-paced, professional and friendly work environment for its employees. IJM employees work diligently to provide tangible relief for the victims we serve, while being good stewards of the funds generously provided to us by our donors.
IJM employees begin each day with 30 minutes of silence and solitude before God and gather at 11:00 am for corporate prayer. Quarterly staff retreats are held to provide spiritual refreshment and team building opportunities.
What is the office attire?
Office attire is smart business casual.
How many people work for IJM?
We have more than 900 staff worldwide, and 95% of us are at work in our own countries.
Does IJM provide benefits to employees?
IJM Canada offers competitive salaries, with excellent medical, dental and retirement benefits to all employees.
What is the interview process?
Completed applications are reviewed by human resources and the hiring manager. Phone interviews are conducted with qualified applicants, followed by in-office interviews with the top candidates. IJM completes a thorough review of references prior to making an employment offer.
May I schedule an informational interview?
Due to the quantity of applications that we receive, we are unable to offer informational interviews for employment opportunities.
Will I receive notification of the status of my application?
All applicants will receive a verbal or written response communicating the status of their application.
Why does IJM require applicants to submit a Statement of Faith?
IJM is a non-sectarian community of faith that works with all people to seek justice on behalf of all people regardless of race, religion, creed or any other status.
As a faith community, the majority of IJM's full-time staff share a common commitment to the teachings of Jesus Christ and from their communion of daily prayer and spiritual disciplines.
Accordingly, IJM asks applicants whose role requires interacting with faith communities as part of their job to submit a Statement of Faith describing their Christian faith and its relevance to their interest in serving with IJM. It is generally helpful for an applicant to provide insight into his/her own journey of faith and as well as current spiritual disciplines.
What is a Statement of Faith?
For individuals whose role requires interaction with Christian faith communities as part of their job, IJM requires a Statement of Faith. A Statement of Faith should describe your Christian faith and how it is relevant to your involvement with IJM. The statement can either be incorporated into your cover letter or submitted as a separate document. It should include, at a minimum, a description of your spiritual disciplines (prayer, study, etc.) and your current fellowship or place of worship.
For those who will have no interaction with Christian faith communities as part of their job, IJM requires candidates to affirm that they are comfortable interacting with, and have respect for, the Christian faith.
Are you still receiving applications for all positions posted on the website?
Yes, IJM is currently receiving applications for every job posted on our website. Job postings are removed immediately after the position has been filled.
You are a faith-based organization. What does that mean?
We are inspired by God's call to love all people and to seek justice. We serve all people, without regard to religion or any other factor, and seek to work alongside all people of good will.
IJM's staff members are Christians from a variety of traditions who are motivated by the Bible's call to "rescue the oppressed, defend the orphan, plead for the widow." We find strength and encouragement in sharing a spiritual life together.
Can I interview an IJM staff member?
IJM Canada staff are available for media interviews, but due to high demand, we are generally unable to provide interviews for student research projects or general information about the work.
I am an attorney and would like to help with the work of IJM. What can I do?
Although IJM's casework usually requires specialized legal and investigative skills, we often encounter projects that are ideal for volunteer professional assistance. In the past, IJM has received pro bono assistance from law firms willing to contribute their services for casework. For more information on having your law firm partner with IJM in casework, please email [email protected] with your contact information, the name of your firm, and your firm's areas of expertise.
What happens to a victim of violence after IJM intervenes in their case?
Violent abuses like rape, trafficking, slavery, land theft and police brutality have an immediate and significant impact on victims. That’s why each of our aftercare services is unique, and meets different needs of the children, women and men we serve. In addition to strengthening local social services to empower survivors even when IJM isn’t on the scene, IJM social workers and our partners help individual survivors pursue their goals for restoration. This process includes elements like:
Immediate crisis care
Connecting survivors to a place of stability
Ongoing counselling
Support throughout the legal process
Skills training and education
As our social workers walk with survivors on their journey to safety and stability, we carefully assess how they are progressing. Our goal is to see survivors “restored”—meaning that they can function in society with a low vulnerability to being victimized again.
We have developed a validated tool, the Assessment of Survivor Outcomes (ASO) tool, that aftercare staff use to generate a baseline assessment of a survivor’s vulnerabilities and strengths, set goals with survivors for their care plan, and then measure a survivor’s progress in key areas of restoration.
Where does IJM work?
IJM staff partner with local authorities to protect the poor from violence in 17 communities throughout the majority world. Our teams work in Cambodia, the Philippines, Thailand, Ghana, Kenya, Uganda, the Dominican Republic, Bolivia, Guatemala and South Asia.
IJM's global office is headquartered in Washington, DC. In addition to the office in Canada, there are partner offices in the U.K., Germany, Australia and the Netherlands.
What does IJM mean by "collaborative casework"?
IJM investigators, lawyers and social workers intervene in individual cases of abuse in partnership with state and local authorities in the countries in which they work. We work together to rescue victims, restrain criminals from hurting others, and restore survivors to safety and strength. Working in partnership with government authorities is the best long-term strategy to ensure that the poor are protected from violence.
IJM's "collaborative casework" is this work directly with local authorities, case by case. It's a critical part of our Justice System Transformation model.
Collaborative casework meets the most urgent needs of victims of violence, allows for the opportunity to provide hands-on training and mentoring to government partners, and provides an opportunity for our teams to discover the specific gaps in a justice system that leave the poor most vulnerable to violence.
What is IJM's relationship with local governments and NGOs?
IJM Canada is a non-partisan, non-governmental, registered charitable organization. IJM operates with governmental approval and acknowledgment in all countries in which it is active, and depends on local government and NGO partners to work successfully.
Why is IJM not active in all countries where human rights abuses occur?
IJM's efforts to fight injustice are primarily limited by its financial resources. However, in certain countries, government or legal structures do not currently make IJM's casework methods feasible. IJM's casework model of repairing broken justice systems does not work in the absence of any justice system—this prevents IJM from being most effective in war zones, for example. However, there are many other excellent NGOs that do courageous and valuable work in such situations.
IJM currently has ongoing operations in Thailand, Cambodia, the Philippines, Kenya, Uganda, Guatemala, Bolivia, Ghana, Dominican Republic, and South Asia.
IJM's global headquarters is located in Washington, D.C. IJM Canada is one of five partner offices that support the mission and vision of IJM, and contribute resources to its work around the world. Other offices include IJM UK, IJM Germany, IJM Netherlands and IJM Australia.
Does IJM Canada take casework in Canada?
IJM Canada does not take casework in Canada, due to its mission of making under-functioning public justice systems work for the poor in the majority world.
Though injustice certainly exists in Canada, Canadians (and citizens of other countries in the developed world) benefit from a mature legal system that generally provides effective redress for abuse. This is not the case for IJM's clients in the majority world.
I am already giving monthly to IJM - do I automatically become a Freedom Partner?
Monthly donors giving at and above the $31 level are automatically Freedom Partners.
Can I set up a monthly automatic contribution through my bank?
Yes. This is a great option for monthly giving. Just print off the enrollment form from our website (click here to access the form) and mail it with a void cheque to IJM Canada, PO Box 336, Stn B, London, ON N6A 4W1.
Can I give via cheque each month?
This is also a great option. Complete the enrollment form and mail it with your first cheque to IJM Canada, PO Box 336, Stn B, London, ON N6A 4W1.
At this time, I can only give $15 each month, can I still be a Freedom Partner?
While the Freedom Partner program is for IJM Canada supporters giving $31 or more each month, we are deeply grateful for your support at any level.
How do I change the amount of my monthly gift?
Please feel free to advise us of your updated amount by sending an e-mail to [email protected] or by calling 1-877-579-5030. You will receive confirmation via e-mail.
How do I cancel my gift?
Please feel free to cancel by e-mailing [email protected] or by calling 1-877-579-5030. You will receive confirmation via e-mail.
How do I change the credit card or bank account for my monthly gift?
To change the credit card or bank account for your monthly gift, please call IJM Canada's Donor Relations department at 1-877-579-5030, or e-mail [email protected]
When will I receive a donation receipt for my monthly gift?
When a donor commences monthly giving, we make a notation in our records to issue a consolidated receipt at year-end for the total amount of gifts in the year. You will receive your receipt within six weeks of the end of the year.
What is the charitable registration number for IJM Canada?
The charitable registration number (or business number) for International Justice Mission Canada is 86388 9283 RR0001.
Is my gift tax-deductible?
All donations made to IJM Canada are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law, and most gifts are eligible to receive a tax receipt. For more information on which donations qualify for an official donation receipt, please visit Canada Revenue Agency's website.
Where can I mail a cheque?
Please mail your gift to:
International Justice Mission Canada, PO Box 336, Stn B, London, ON N6A 4W1.
Will I receive a receipt?
Yes, you will receive an official receipt for contributions made online or sent via mail, phone or fax. Please feel free to contact our Constituent Services team any time at [email protected] with any questions regarding your donation or your receipt.
How can I support IJM's work in a specific area of the world or a specific kind of casework?
If you have a specific interest in the work of one of our projects you can make that selection when you give online or include a note with your donation. We always appreciate designations to our Urgent Needs so that IJM Canada can deploy its resources most effectively.
How can I help raise money for IJM?
We are so grateful for individuals who want to fundraise for IJM Canada. Whether you would like to hold a concert, a car wash, or do another unique activity, visit our Fundraise page for useful ideas and materials.
Where do you get your funding?
IJM Canada is funded by individuals, foundations, companies, churches, and schools. Recent annual reports on IJM's funding are available here.
How can I be sure you are investing my support wisely?
An outside accounting firm conducts an annual audit of IJM Canada. In addition, an all-volunteer Board of Directors sets policies and procedures and monitors the budget and expenditures. IJM Canada is a member of the Canadian Council of Christian Charities (CCCC) and the Better Business Bureau to ensure that IJM is a good steward of the resources entrusted to us. You may also view recent financial documents on our website.
How do I update the amount of my monthly gift?
Please feel free to send your updated amount to [email protected] or by calling 1-877-579-5030. You will receive confirmation via e-mail.
How do I cancel my monthly gift?
I am a monthly supporter and need to update my giving information. How can I make those changes?
Please contact IJM Canada's Constituent Services team to make any changes to your personal information, including changes to your credit card and banking information. You can contact us toll-free at 1-877-579-5030 x245 or email [email protected]. Our offices are open Mon. - Fri., 9:00am to 5:00pm EST.
Monthly donors giving $31 or more are automatically rolled into the Freedom Partner program.
This is a great option. Just print off the enrollment form from our website (click here to access the form) and mail it with a void cheque to IJM Canada, PO Box 336, Stn B, London, ON N6A 4W1.
This is also a great option. Complete the enrollment form and mail it with your first cheque, or series of post-dated cheques, to IJM Canada, PO Box 336, Stn B, London, ON N6A 4W1.
At this time, I can only give $15 each month. Can I still become a Freedom Partner?
When a donor commences monthly giving, we make a notation in our records to issue a consolidated receipt at the end of the year for the total amount of gifts in the year. You will receive your receipt within eight weeks of the end of the year.
Any gifts given online will automatically receive an electronic receipt. Other individual gifts will be individually receipted in our office and sent via postal mail. If you are not a monthly supporter but would still like to receive one consolidated receipt at the end of the year, please forward this request to [email protected].
How do I become an intern/fellow at IJM?
Please refer to the IJM Global website on internship/fellowship inquiries: www.ijm.org/internships-and-fellowships
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Magnet Races
In this physics activity (page 4 of the PDF), learners will explore how similar magnetic poles repel one another. They will rely on linear induction to race magnets around a simple course. Although...
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Ocean Home: Swimming Fishes
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In this activity, learners model, on a human-sized board game, how changes in water temperature may affect fish distributions and, ultimately, fisheries. This lesson focuses on how climate change...
$5 - $10 per group Ages 11 - 18 45 to 60 minutes
Audio Boggle: Make a Sound Track
Science Museum of Minnesota
Audio Boggle is an activity that lets you listen to a track (that you make yourself) and see what you can hear! To make a recording to use for Audio Boggle, you’ll need a microphone, a sound...
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Number Sense and Computation: Money Counts
In this math lesson, learners count and compare amounts of money less than or equal to one dollar. Learners begin by finding all of the possible combinations of coins that can be used to equal a...
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Healthy Choices: A Family A-Fair
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Learners and their families celebrate and recognize the importance of making healthy choices every day by participating in a health fair. This activity is intended to use a culminating experience...
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In this physics activity, learners construct a small-scale version of a classic carnival game. A large marble is rolled along a track made from a commonly available and inexpensive metal shelf...
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In this environmental science activity about biodiversity, learners play a game to discover the effects of non-native species on an ecosystem. This active game is played outdoors in an open field...
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07/28/2017 15:50 EDT | Updated 07/31/2017 09:53 EDT
$4 Million In Fentanyl Pills Recovered In Edmonton Opioid Bust: Police
$4 million in pills was recovered.
EDMONTON — Police say they have seized nearly $4 million worth of fentanyl pills in Edmonton as part of a massive bust they believe to be Canada's largest of the powerful opioid.
An investigation into a group believed to be trafficking a large amount of drugs began in March.
Edmonton Police
Cement mixers were allegedly used to create fentanyl.
Officers seized $2 million in fentanyl pills at an Edmonton home more than three weeks ago and then searched three more homes in the city, plus another in nearby Sturgeon County. It was there that police and RCMP officers found a house that had been made into a fentanyl pill-processing lab.
"We know that this drug bust is very significant and we believe that we have saved a number of lives by taking all this fentanyl off the streets,'' Staff Sgt. Karen Ockerman with the Edmonton Police Service's drug and gang unit said Friday.
Ockerman said police aren't naive enough to think there aren't any other labs out there.
"But we think this had made a difference.''
Pill presses were allegedly used to create fentanyl pills.
The investigation led to a total of 130,000 fentanyl pills being seized with an estimated street value of $3.9 million.
The bust also turned up four ounces of carfentanil — an opioid 100 times more powerful than fentanyl — along with cocaine, methamphetamine, cannabis extract, $1 million in cash and a pickup truck with a hidden compartment.
Other items seized included four cement mixers small enough for a person to carry and two pill presses that together can make 10,000 pills an hour, said Const. Jason Wells, who works on an RCMP unit focused on clandestine laboratories.
'We had never seen it before'
It's believed the cement mixers were used to mix the fentanyl with other agents and chemicals before making them into pills.
"We had never seen it before. Our colleagues around the country with other clandestine lab teams had never seen it before,'' said Wells.
"It was very interesting to us, they way they were doing it, being able to adapt and manipulate things, to mix and press out the pills the way they did.''
Charges are pending, and police are not releasing the names of the suspects involved.
Wells said random swabs taken around the Sturgeon County house found traces of fentanyl. Alberta Health Services has deemed it unfit for human habitation.
— By Lauren Krugel in Calgary
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Hyatt Regency Atlanta Perimeter at Villa Christina
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Map 4000 Summit Boulevard, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 30319 Call+1 678 539 1234 4.5 Stars 568 Reviews
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Take advantage of our Office for the Day and enjoy private use of a guest room from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., including items such as premium Wi-Fi, discounts on dining and parking, access to hotel gym, pool, spa and more. Plus, you’ll be rewarded by earning World of Hyatt points and elite Tier-Qualifying Night credits. Packages are available daily when you book between now and May 31, 2021.
Reservations must be made in advance directly with Hyatt by using Special Offer Code OFFICE. When calling, please use 866-886-5053. Work from Hyatt: Office for the Day packages are subject to availability and inclusions may vary by property. Packages are valid from 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. and do not include an overnight stay, even though our systems may reflect a 1-night stay. Packages must be booked and utilized by 5/31/21. World of Hyatt members are eligible to earn World of Hyatt points, Bonus Journeys Bonus Points and Tier-Qualifying Night credits for these packages. Member must actually check-in, occupy the room and complete the stay for his or her Work from Hyatt reservation to earn points and Tier-Qualifying Nights. To redeem World of Hyatt points for these packages, members must call 1-866-886-5053. Packages are not available at Miraval, Hyatt Residence Club, Hyatt Ziva, Hyatt Zilara and Destination Residences. Packages not valid with previously booked or completed stays or with groups, conventions, other promotional offers (unless noted), tour packages or special rate programs. No refunds for unused portions of these packages. Promotional blackout periods may apply due to seasonal periods or special events. Hyatt reserves the right to alter or withdraw these packages at any time.
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HomeNewsIndonesia looks at policy revamp to keep biodiesel program alive
Indonesia looks at policy revamp to keep biodiesel program alive
JAKARTA/ SINGAPORE, Dec 2 (Reuters) - Indonesia must make policy changes to ensure it can keep subsidizing its ambitious biodiesel program, the head of a government agency in charge of collecting and managing palm oil export levies, told a virtual conference on Wednesday.
The world's biggest producer of palm oil makes it mandatory for diesel to be blended with 30% bio content (B30), but plans to increase this to 40% have been delayed due to funding issues.
"The price gap between crude palm oil and diesel widened in 2020, posing a challenge to the sustainability of the support program.. especially the mandatory biodiesel program," Eddy Abdurrachman, president director of the Estate Crop Fund Agency (BPDP), told the Indonesian Palm Oil Conference.
It was projected that in 2021 there would be a significant increase in funds needed, Eddy said, estimating that Indonesia will consume 9.59 million kilolitres of biodiesel next year.
Indonesia's biofuel program aims to maximize domestic use of palm oil and cut imports of oil, but a slump in crude prices this year has made it less economical.
"Policy adjustments are required," Eddy said.
Paulus Tjakrawan of the Indonesian Biofuel Producer Association told the conference that the price gap between the bio component in biodiesel, fatty acid methyl esters (FAME) made from palm oil, and diesel rose to around $400 per tonne in 2020 from around $100 last year.
WEIGHING OPTIONS
Indonesia needed to either increase palm levies, impose an excise tax on fuel or make palm companies contribute to subsidies to sustain the program, Bustanul Ariffin, an economist at the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance, told the conference, adding the program may suffer a 12.2 trillion rupiah ($865.25 million) deficit next year.
Since June this year, Indonesia has collected a maximum $55 levy per tonne on palm oil exports, regardless of the price.
Indonesia's chief economic minister, Airlangga Hartarto, told Reuters in September there were plans to revise its palm oil export levy rules to allow higher collection when prices increase, but no regulation has been issued yet.
Energy ministry official Dadan Kusdiana told the conference Indonesia's 2020 biodiesel consumption was equivalent to 165,250 barrels of oil per day and saved the country $3.09 bln in foreign exchange and 25.6 million tonnes of carbon.
Although biodiesel promises lower emissions, land clearance to grow palm oil has raised concern about deforestation.
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Jeff Bewkes Discusses 'Green Lantern's' Underperformance
8:51 AM PDT 8/3/2011 by Georg Szalai
Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Blake Lively
Budget: $200 million
Worldwide Gross: $219.9 million
PHOTOS: New Generation of Superheroes
Even though the superhero film fell "fairly far short" of expectations, the Time Warner CEO says a sequel will be decided upon in "due course."
NEW YORK - Time Warner chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes was clear when asked on a conference call Wednesday how he felt about the box office performance of Green Lantern, the June release from the conglomerate's film studio that disappointed.
"It did not live up to expectations - fell fairly far short of those," Bewkes said. Still, he didn't rule out a sequel at this point, saying that he was not in a position to tell at this time if there will be one. "We will be deciding that in due course," he said. Sources had previously told The Hollywood Reporter that Warner Bros. was not giving up on a sequel.
Among factors that led to a lower second-quarter film profit, TW earlier on Wednesday had cited "higher theatrical film valuation adjustments" due predominantly to Green Lantern's underperformance. Later in the day, TW in a regulatory filing provided some more detail on the adjustments, saying they amounted to "$50 million as a result of revisions to estimates of ultimate revenue for certain theatrical films."
Bewkes, however, calmed Wall Street concerns about TW's plans to use superhero films from its DC arm to fill the void that will be left after the final film in the Harry Potter franchise. "I'm not concerned about DC's strategy," Bewkes emphasizing, predicting that it will be "a major contributor" of hits and franchises in the future. He pointed to a planned Superman film and next year's latest Batman release as upcoming projects.
On Wednesday's call, Bewkes was also confronted with Wall Street concerns that TW hasn't done big library content deals yet with digital distributors. Some deals by competitors "undervalued [content] or reduced the lifetime value streams," he suggested.
Bewkes pointed out that TW has already sold select content to Netflix and has "ongoing discussions" with all digital players, such as Apple, Amazon.com and Netflix about possible deals for TV series and movies. He didn't want to provide a time frame for a deal though, describing his company's approach as "vigorous" and "eager to maximize value" and add to the lifetime value of content.
Evercore Partners analyst Alan Gould said before the earnings call that "one would anticipate TW would be teeing off a similar deal shortly" after Netflix and Amazon deals by the likes of CBS and NBCUniversal.
Bewkes shared that he wouldn't emphasize price as the biggest and only problem, signaling that windowing decisions are also a key focus. Deep library shows are best for the likes of Netflix, including for serialized shows that don't play too well in cable syndication, Bewkes said. But in most cases, digital video distributors are not the right outlet for newer, higher-value programming.
Asked what content tends to be hurt by expanding online video options, Bewkes reiterated his stance that hit shows are not affected, but "mediocre stuff loses."
In that context, Bewkes on Wednesday also promised that new TV syndication deals struck by TW's Turner networks for such shows as The Big Bang Theory for TBS and The Mentalist for TNT will refresh his cable channel unit's program mix. "We don't really see fatigue" of hit shows going into syndication due to online availability of TV shows, he said, but argued that older shows had affected ratings momentum.
Email: Georg.Szalai@thr.com
Twitter: @georgszalai
Georg Szalai
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The only two things that matter for digital companies in China
There is massive innovation in China but also creeping economic restlessness
By Professor Michael R. WadeMichael R. Wade
I recently spent a week visiting companies in China, trying to learn as much as I could about digital transformation and trends in that country. I suspected that there were major differences between how digitization was viewed in China versus the West. There were.
As I visited large corporations like Didi Chuxing (the Chinese competitor to Uber that recently received an injection of $1 billion in funding from Apple), as well as mid-size companies and startups, I learned that only two things matter to Chinese digital executives: scale and speed. All else is secondary. Simply put, they want to get really big, really fast.
Culturally, we might liken it to the Chinese game of Go. Go, unlike relatively complex Western games like Chess, is a straightforward battle for territory. The player who controls the majority of the board at the end, wins. The Chinese digital landscape today is comparable to a game of Go.
Scale and speed make life interesting in China. Yet, in the race for space, many traditional aspects of business are being sacrificed, like revenues, profits, and operational rigour. Cheap money, massive organic growth, and friendly government policies are hiding a multitude of operational sins.
Unfortunately, Chinese firms are not alone in this. Plenty of Western unicorns (privately held firms valued at $1 billion or more) are following a similar strategy: get scale first, worry about revenues and profits later. Facebook and Google have spectacularly shown how this business approach can work. But, these are the exceptions. Companies such as Snapchat, Twitter, and LinkedIn have gained scale, but are still struggling to build solid business cases. Many others have failed, or will fail.
Indeed, failure is on the minds of Western digital firms. Many remember the dot.com bubble of the late nineties and its subsequent collapse. Even if their memories do not stretch that far, the financial crisis of 2007-2009 is hard to overlook. Western tech investors are (thankfully) starting to look much more closely at business model sustainability today.
By contrast, Chinese companies have only known growth and success. There was no dot.com collapse in China, and the financial crisis was barely a blip on the Western horizon. Chinese growth continued unabated. Chinese businesses do not fear failure, because they have never felt its sting. This is great for innovation, and make no mistake, there is massive innovation happening in China today, but it can lead to economic recklessness.
The role models do not help. In China, successful digital giants cast a long shadow. Alibaba and its founder Jack Ma, for instance, are revered in China, which was clearly evident when I visited the company’s headquarters in Hangzhou – a city half a step behind Shanghai, Beijing and Shenzhen in the Chinese urban hierarchy.
Alibaba is impressive to be sure. It embodies both the speed and scale that Chinese businesses aspire to reach. The company grew by providing great services at no cost. It vanquished eBay in China by not charging the buyer or the seller to conduct business on its Taobao marketplace. Free services are hard to compete against. Even today, Alibaba makes relatively little revenue ($3.7B in the most recent quarter vs $29B for Amazon and $18B for Google), considering the gross merchandise volumes of goods and services sold across its various marketplaces ($113B in the most recent quarter).
The Chinese businesses and entrepreneurs I met consistently cited Alibaba as a model for success. Alibaba is big, fast, and profitable. The problem is that it is only profitable because it is big. Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent (the Chinese BAT digital giants) are winning the game of Go in China. Scale benefits matter, but not everyone can be so big. The BATs are succeeding because they can take razor thin margins on very large numbers of transactions, or because they can subsidize free services in one area with paid services in another. However, as Chinese consumers get more and more accustomed to very low prices, free services, and huge discounts, it makes it more difficult for others to compete.
This situation cannot last forever, or can it? I have called for a correction in Western digital markets, and one might expect the same to happen in China. However, there is one important difference in China that argues against it. The government is unabashedly pumping money into the commercial sector. During my recent visit, I heard multiple stories of local, regional, and national government agencies subsidizing labour, rent, and providing cheap business loans. Very few of the companies I visited were making a profit. Some seemed confused by the question! As long as the government props these companies up, they will continue to exist.
A cavalier attitude to commerce, combined with attractive incentives, and a so-so grasp of business fundamentals is a dangerous mix. The Chinese digitization growth story is impressive, to be sure, but it is not sustainable without generous and persistent government intervention.
Michael Wade is the Cisco Chair in Digital Business Transformation, and Professor of Innovation and Strategic Information Management at IMD. His interests lie at the intersection of strategy, innovation, and digital transformation.
He is Director of the Global Center for Digital Business Transformation and co-Director of IMD's new Leading Digital Business Transformation program (LDBT) designed for business leaders and senior managers from all business areas who wish to develop a strategic roadmap for digital business transformation in their organizations.
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InfoQ Homepage News InfoQ Interview: David Hussman on Coaching Agile Adoption
InfoQ Interview: David Hussman on Coaching Agile Adoption
Deborah Hartmann Preuss
David Hussman "Agile Geek at Large" talked to InfoQ about his approach to coaching teams and organizations adopting Agile, including his ideas about customizing it for different kinds of organizations without sacrificing the common denominators required to make Agile really work. Hussman talked about user stories, "story tests", addressing the fears of management as they see the team shifting into self-managed mode, and building a vibrant development community, in this interview: David Hussman on Helping Organizations Adopt Agile.
Asked "What are some of the culture shock that a manager might go through when the team demands ADO and how can the team ease its fears?" Hussman looked at a bit of history while answering:
... somewhere the message came out:"we don't need managers, we don't need testers". I'm not sure [anyone] even said that, but somehow this myth kind of gathered around that. So for me, a lot of it is going in and doing myth-busting with these mangers, to make sure they don't feel ostracized, to make sure that they're part of a larger community. To engage them and say 'what are the things they have to do?' because they have to report to someone. What are their wants? What metrics are generated by an Agile project, whether it's metrics around risk or quality or progress, that plug right into their world?
Hussman takes a pragmatic and flexible approach to communication: take, for example, his view of Agile planning:
I think it's very much cultural and corporate based, like "what are their needs?" So to the manager question again: If the manager needs something specific we might end up translating it back into their needs.
It would be easy to misconstrue that Hussman is all about management... not so. His background includes not only lots of programming, but also plenty of time in the music industry, years in which he learned the amazing value of great teamwork:
I love to write code, that's where I started, but more importantly, what I like is seeing a group of people succeed. So back to my former life as a producer, an engineer or a musician: there's a great feeling of playing a song... jamming away, or bringing a group of people in the recording studio and making a CD, and they come out and they hold it up and say "listen to this!" They're really excited. I think the same thing happens in software: people live their software experience and they keep referencing it, especially times that are good or bad, like "One time we did this!" What inspires me is seeing the Agile stuff recreate that experience more than once, more than accidentally.
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The PromotionsCafé is an initiative executed by the Fachgruppe Informatik and the UnRAVeL research training group. The goal surrounding the PromotionsCafé is to inform and discuss about themes and problematics, which trespass the normal limits of the academic sector, for instance career management, career opportunities, gender and much more. All doctoral candidates are very welcome to participate in the PromotionsCafé.
What is the PromotionsCafé?
The PromotionsCafé is an initiative by the Department of Computer Science which seeks to provide a platform for doctoral candidates at the department. It was created in the context of the AlgoSyn graduate school, headed by Professor Wolfgang Thomas, and has recently been further expanded as an independent institution under the coordination of Ms. Helen Bolke-Hermanns.
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The PromotionsCafé is a platform for doctoral candidates to discuss matters beyond the everyday academic activities, such as career planning, job opportunities, as well as gender-related and other topics.
If you have any suggestions for topics to discuss, please write an email to Ms. Bolke-Hermanns.
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More informationen is available on the UnRAVeL webpage on PromotionsCafés or in the List of Department Events.
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Inventor finds test partners for portable flood prevention device
22 July 2017 Sharon Boyd
International interest
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A lifetime of salmon fishing and many years’ experience as a police diving recovery team instructor has made Bill Smith a self-taught expert in the way floodwater behaves, particularly in unpredictable rainfall events.
Two decades ago he came up with the idea of a novel, portable flood prevention device – the Floodbag – but no-one took him seriously, until he came across Enterprise Europe Network in the North East of England.
Now, after support through EEN’s Innovate 2 Succeed programme and their help with finding finance to complete a prototype, Bill’s invention is undergoing trials with Northumbrian Water and has attracted interest from several international companies.
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Bill, who runs a construction and property development business in Co Durham, said: “Despite talking to different agencies over 20 years, I hadn’t got anywhere until I came across EEN. I found them very supportive.”
The Floodbag is a simple concept – lightweight, free-standing, capable of being anchored to the ground if required, easily stored and transported, and just as easily and speedily deployed.
It is also re-useable, recyclable, easily cleaned and disinfected after use and uses the cause of the problem – floodwater – as the solution.
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Bill sees an important strategic role for Floodbags in the headwaters of ‘at risk’ river systems: “If sited near areas of suitable topography, we could temporarily flood areas away from populations and infrastructure.”
It would also be useful in diverting water away from property threatened by water main bursts. EEN adviser Sharon Boyd picked up his website inquiry and saw that Floodbag's potential was ripe for support under Innovate 2 Succeed. A proof-of-market exercise led to more market research into competitors’ flood defence solutions and likely price-pointing of the Floodbag.
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The next step was an Access to Finance package. Bill had been quoted £25,000 to build a prototype but, with EEN’s help in brokering alternative suppliers, that came down to £10,000.
After receiving coaching on how to present his innovation, Bill secured £4,000 from the European Regional Development Fund’s Designing Better Business programme towards that cost.
The funding was a big plus,” he said. “It’s difficult for people in my situation to come up with the finance – and that ‘s been a great help. And the contacts have been fantastic. I’ve been able to go to Northumbrian Water and big construction companies and take things forward.
Now, after 20 years, I’ve finally got the prototype ready and waiting. People are taking it seriously and believing in it. That gives me great comfort. And the Floodbag has worldwide application, as the EEN team have pointed out.
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Business Awards for Excellence 2013:
IW Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year Award
Marine Data Systems Ltd
Manufacturing & New Technology Award sponsored by Gurit Automotive Ltd
“A successful, dynamic and expanding business, continuing to contribute significantly to innovative manufacturing technologies.”
Also nominated: LCM Systems and Rotawave Ltd
IW Lottery Small Business Award sponsored by WP Recruitment
“Continuing to build on their success by creating an environmentally sustainable and financially successful business here on the Isle of Wight.”
Also nominated: LCM Systems and PC Consultants
Tim Ingram, Managing Director, Marine Data Systems
“It’s clearly testament to everybody that works within the company. They’ve worked very, very hard. The team that I drive is at the forefront of technology and we’ve got great expansion plans for 2014. We opened offices in Hong Kong and Singapore in 2011 and we plan to open offices in Shanghai and South Korea, possibly Indonesia. This year has been an incredible expansion for us and we’ve learnt a lot. It’s brought us great respect from the people and industry of the Island. There is some great technological innovation going on here and I’m extremely proud that we’ve done so well above other companies. The Isle Of Wight is a great place for innovation. We’re on our third bottle of champagne already…”
New Business Award sponsored by Glanvilles
Dazzle and Fizz Parties
“Awarded for demonstrating its ability to build up an enterprising and innovative business, resulting in increased turnover and increased employment opportunities.”
Also nominated: Musicstore – IOW and Solent Brokers
Visitor Attraction Award sponsored by Betapak
Robin Hill Adventure Park & Gardens
“Awarded for their strong ambition to grow and improve their product whilst extending the season and successfully enhancing the tourism and visitor experience to the Island.”
Darren Cool, Robin Hill Park And Event Manager:
“It’s a real surprise! We’re all very pleased. We won this award back in 2008 and I thought that others were quite strong in this category. We’ve been working really hard this year with more openings, events and investment and that’s been recognised which is really nice. It’s never easy as a tourist attraction with lots of good competition out there so we’re always upping our game. With the Electric Woods at night, also opening early way back in February we are leading the way a bit. It’s pro-active, extending the season as much as possible. That’s been our big push this year. Most of my key team are here tonight and it’s our staff end-of-season party tomorrow night so we’re celebrating early!”
Also nominated: Amazon World Zoo Park and Blackgang Chine
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International Business Award sponsored by Moore Stephens
Vikoma International Limited
“A very deserving winner, for its strong commitment to the Island whilst continuing to grow its portfolio of products and services and expanding its global presence.”
Also nominated: LCM Systems and STRUCTeam
Eco Business Award sponsored by Lloyds Cardnet
Briddlesford Lodge Farm
“A very impressive example of sustainability and productivity that preserves our environment and ecosystems.”
Also nominated: Earl Mountbatten Hospice and Solar Renewable Installations Ltd
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Improving Maternal Care with a Continuous Quality Improvement Strategy: A Report from the Interventions to Minimize Preterm and Low Birth Weight Infants through Continuous Improvement Techniques (IMPLICIT) Network
Ian M. Bennett, Andrew Coco, Janice Anderson, Michael Horst, Angela S. Gambler, Wendy Brooks Barr and Stephen Ratcliffe
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine July 2009, 22 (4) 380-386; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2009.04.090111
Ian M. Bennett
Andrew Coco
Janice Anderson
Michael Horst
Angela S. Gambler
Wendy Brooks Barr
Stephen Ratcliffe
Background: Maternal medical care (prenatal and postpartum) involves a set of clinical interventions addressing risk factors associated with important maternal and infant outcomes. Programs to increase the rate of delivery of these interventions in clinical practice have not been widely implemented.
Methods: A practice-based research network focused on developing continuous quality improvement (CQI) processes for maternal care among 10 family medicine residency training sites in the northeastern United States (the IMPLICIT Network) from January 2003 through September 2007. Documented delivery of 5 standard maternal care interventions was assessed before and after initiating a program to increase their frequency. Proportion chart analyses were conducted comparing the period before and after implementation of the CQI interventions.
Results: Data were available for 3936 pregnancies during the course of the study period. Results varied across the clinical interventions. Significant improvement in care processes was seen for 3 screening activities: (1) prenatal depression symptomatology (by 15 weeks’ gestation); (2) screening for smoking at 30 weeks’ gestation; (3) and postpartum contraception planning. Screening for smoking by 15 weeks’ gestation and testing for asymptomatic bacteriuria were already conducted >90% of the time during the baseline period and did not increase significantly after initiating the CQI program. Screening for postpartum depression symptomatology was recorded in 50% to 60% of women before the CQI program and did not increase significantly.
Conclusions: A practice-based research network of family medicine residency practices focused on CQI outcomes was successful in increasing the delivery of some maternal care interventions.
Maternal medical care (prenatal and postpartum) in the United States involves a series of well-defined interventions that aim to reduce the risk of poor maternal-infant outcomes.1 Although the efficacy of prenatal care as a whole to reduce the risk of some outcomes is unclear, the components of maternal care are justified because of potential benefits to the woman and her child.2,3 Despite recommendations and supporting evidence for a range of maternal interventions, little research has been conducted to assess the consistency with which these interventions are conducted during clinical care.
Continuous quality improvement (CQI) programs have the potential to increase consistent delivery of standard clinical practices.4 CQI is a method of continuously examining processes and making them more effective; this approach has been successful in increasing the use of preventive services in areas outside of prenatal care.5–8 Through audit and feedback techniques CQI has also been shown to be effective in managing cardiac, diabetic, and other health outcomes.9–11
The goal of this article is to describe a collaboration of family medicine residency programs (in the IMPLICIT network) to improve the rate of delivery of maternal care interventions covering a range of domains, including smoking cessation, asymptomatic bacteriuria, depressive symptomatology, and postpartum contraception planning. Using baseline service delivery data and prospective data collected after the implementation of a multisite CQI program, we assess the effectiveness of this program in increasing the rates of delivery of these interventions.
Ten family medicine residency clinical sites of the IMPLICIT (Interventions to Minimize Preterm and Low-birth weight Infants through Continuous Improvement Techniques) practice-based research network were included in the current report (Table 1).12 These programs were selected because they participated continuously in data collection during the study period (January 2003 through September 2007). We adopted the name IMPLICIT to describe our focus on reducing risk for poor maternal and infant outcomes. A total of 117 faculty physicians and 342 family medicine residents staffed these participating sites. Ongoing collaboration, CQI development, and clinical updates were carried out through monthly conference calls and semiannual meetings. Site and evidence leaders as well as nursing staff and residents attended these meetings. The Family Medicine Education Consortium hosts a web site13 that provides communication support and housing of documents.
IMPLICIT Network Sites and Study Participants
Development of Practice Guidelines
Specific maternal care interventions were selected based on an evidence review process involving independent IMPLICIT working groups. Evidence-based reviews of potential interventions were developed for those that had epidemiologic or clinical evidence for association with risk of preterm birth or low birth weight. Reviews were circulated and discussed via teleconference and collaboratively refined. “Evidence leaders” were charged with writing the final guideline for group presentation. Selection of a preventive practice was decided by consensus of participant site leaders during semiannual meetings. The network initially chose focus areas that included the 5 areas for which data are presented: smoking, asymptomatic bacteriuria, bacterial vaginosis (for women with history of preterm birth), inter-pregnancy interval, and depression (Tables 1 and 2). These areas were chosen based on the level of evidence for association with preterm birth or low birth weight, the feasibility of implementation, and the availability of recommended treatments.
Characteristics of Women in the Study
Evidence-based reviews were available to network members on the web site and included a summary of the evidence, references, and recommendations for or against inclusion in the project. Guidelines for the CQI program implementation and specific data collection instruments for the retrospective (before intervention) and prospective (after intervention) periods were also provided. New areas of focus and updated protocols were reviewed over time by evidence leaders and working groups comprising representatives from all participating programs.
All residency sites were involved in continual attempts to increase and maintain preventive practices that improved rates of care delivery. No randomization or control group was used. The CQI model required that an aim be identified (increased rate of intervention delivery documentation), which was the criteria for judging whether improvements were made (preventive practice rates improved over time compared with baseline rates) and whether the intended changes took place (incorporation of prevention guidelines).14 The conceptual model and study overview are represented in Figure 1. IMPLICIT implementation teams at each site were composed of faculty, resident, nursing, and ancillary staff. Each site implemented practice improvement activities appropriate to that site through dissemination of evidence-based recommendations and continuous feedback on rates of documentation of the interventions among pregnant patients. Feedback was achieved through chart reviews at 15 weeks’ gestation, 30 weeks’ gestation, and 16 weeks postpartum. Site-specific feedback/reminder forms were left in the chart to be addressed, if necessary, during the next visit. Success or lack thereof was presented at regular site-specific CQI meetings, and problems or successes were discussed during monthly teleconferences and semiannual, day-long conferences with network clinicians.
Study overview and conceptual model for continuous quality improvement program of maternal care delivery.
All participating sites received approval from their respective Institutional Review Boards. A unique site and patient code was assigned to each record. Data were collected for live births occurring during the period of January 1, 2003 through September 31, 2007. Data were obtained from chart review (either paper or electronic) using a standardized data abstraction tool and then, after being de-identified, entered into an internet-based centralized database. Faculty and residents conducted data abstraction at most sites. Volunteer premedical or medical students were included at other sites under the supervision of IMPLICIT lead faculty. Sites used random sampling of charts at regular intervals to ensure data quality.
Demographic data elements included age, race, and insurance status; the birth outcomes of gestational age, birth weight, and vaginal or cesarean birth were also recorded. The preterm birth rate was calculated as the percentage of babies born at <37 weeks’ gestation divided by the total number of deliveries after excluding all multiple gestation deliveries (1.9%) from the data set. The main outcome variables were documentation of provider behavior around the 5 maternal care focus areas (Figure 1). These outcome variables were as follows: (1) promotion of prenatal smoking cessation (≤15 and ≤30 weeks’ gestation); (2) screening for prenatal (≤15 weeks’ gestation) and postpartum (≤16 weeks postpartum) depressive symptomatology; (3) contraception planning by 30 weeks’ gestation; (4) screening for bacterial vaginosis in women with a history of previous spontaneous preterm birth; and (5) screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria.
Baseline data were analyzed as descriptive statistics for demographic variables. The computer program STATA Intercooled (version 8.2; StataCorp, LP, College Station, TX) was used for these computations. Statistical process control (SPC) chart analysis was used to assess the statistical significance of changes in the delivery of preventive behaviors before and after the implementation of the CQI program. Two quarters in the period of CQI implementation were excluded from analysis because of heterogeneity of implementation of this program. Data from the 8 quarters before and 8 quarters after the CQI implementation period were used for the SPC analysis. SPC chart analysis is a strategy and a set of methods for the ongoing improvement of systems, processes, and outcomes with recent applications in health care.15 SPC chart analysis assesses whether a process has changed over time beyond the normal random variation. Rather than determining P, as in standard statistical tests, the analysis employs sigma levels that are similar to a standard deviation measurement. Generally, a process is considered changed when it's deviated by 3 sigma levels, ie, having a 99% probability of being different from the baseline. Discrete outcomes, ie, provider behavior rates, were analyzed with proportions charts, or P-charts, and adjusted for demographic variables with confidence intervals representing 3 sigma level variation from rates before CQI. SPC chart analysis was performed with Minitab (version 15; Minitab, Inc., State College, PA).
Sample Characteristics
A total of 3936 women were included in the current analysis. The description of the study sample is included in Table 1. Overall the sample comprised primarily young, low-income women with demographic characteristics consistent with that setting. The mean age of the participants was approximately 24 years, with a mean gestational age of approximately 39 weeks; nearly 80% had Medicaid insurance and approximately 50% were white. The preterm birth rate was consistent with the risk factor mix of this study sample and the cesarean section rate was within the range seen nationally.
Statistical Process Control Analysis
Rates of documented delivery of the targeted maternal care interventions is represented for the full study period in Figure 2. Because of the low prevalence of history of preterm birth, screening for bacterial vaginosis did not provide a stable estimate and so was not included. As can be seen from this P-chart representation, there were 3 primary patterns of delivery of the targeted maternal care services during the study period: (1) high rates of baseline adherence to care recommendations, which remained high after initiation of the CQI program (smoking screening ≤15 weeks ’ gestation and screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria); (2) low rates of baseline adherence with an increase after initiation of the CQI program (prenatal depressive symptomatology screening ≤15 weeks’ gestation, tobacco use screening at 30 weeks’ gestation, and contraception plan by 30 weeks of pregnancy); and (3) low rates of baseline adherence, which was present also after initiation of the CQI program (postpartum depressive symptomatology screening).
Proportion of study participants per yearly quarter with documentation of specific prenatal interventions.
Figure 3 shows the P-charts with confidence intervals for the 3 interventions, showing increases in rates of intervention delivery after initiation of the CQI program. In each case there was a significant increase in these rates, although for the repeat smoking screening (30 weeks’ gestation) the increase is only seen in the last three-quarters of the study period. For prenatal depressive symptomatology screening and contraception planning there was an increase that was sustained throughout the study period.
P-charts of prenatal depression screening, screening for smoking, and contraception planning.
The purpose of this article was to describe a CQI project in a family medicine residency practice-based research network initiated to improve the rates of delivery of several recommended maternal care interventions. We found that there was evidence for a range of effects of this intervention on provider behaviors. Interventions with high rates of adherence in the baseline phase of the study (≥90%) did not increase significantly after the initiation of the intervention, probably reflecting a ceiling effect for these interventions. Three interventions were initially low and had significant increases after the initiation of the CQI program. These interventions span 3 distinct domains of maternal health (emotional distress, smoking cessation, and contraception planning), suggesting that the CQI approach can be effective across thematic areas within maternal care. Interestingly, screening for postpartum depressive symptomatology had low initial rates of delivery and they did not increase after the CQI program, suggesting that additional attention must be paid to this intervention.
The differences identified in care delivery rates could be explained in part by how well established a certain practice is. For instance, screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria has an “A” level recommendation from the US Preventive Health Service Panel and has long been part of prenatal care. However, smoking cessation interventions generally focus only on the initial prenatal period despite the fact that some women who smoke in early pregnancy continue throughout gestation.16 Given this fact, it was hopeful to see that the CQI intervention was able (though not initially) to modify provider behavior and increase screening for smoking during late pregnancy. Depressive symptomatology screening has only recently been widely recommended in the maternal care setting and is complicated by issues of treatment options during pregnancy.17 Interestingly we found an increase in prenatal but not in postpartum screening, suggesting that additional efforts are needed during the later period.
The data presented here expose the limitations of our perinatal care routines and point the way to areas of improvement. This is exactly why the CQI phase of this project has the potential to be successful in increasing rates of maternal care delivery. Through continual feedback on our performance and reengineering of care processes through stakeholder discussions, we believe there is potential to improve perinatal care.
This study has several limitations, the biggest of which is the nonrandomized design. We chose to include all network residency programs because of the nature of the CQI process. In addition, although many aspects of the project are standardized, it was critical for the site teams to develop site-specific implementation processes and there was an inherent variability in this approach. However, we believe that this is a critical component of the network because each site must deal with a unique context and distinct real life challenges that must be addressed. There is no “one size fits all” approach to overcoming obstacles to delivery of care. This variability also provides an opportunity for innovation that is shared among members of the network. Data quality measures were also somewhat limited. Each site was asked to implement a random assessment of the accuracy of data submitted to the network, and the details of these assessments varied from one site to another. Finally, the generalizability of our findings is unknown. The data were from family medicine residency programs; this may not reflect how prenatal care processes are conducted in private office or community health center sites. Further work is needed to determine whether a similar approach can be successful in these settings. Despite these limitations we feel that this work provides important initial support for the use of a CQI approach to increase the rates of delivery of maternal care interventions.
Thanks to all the contributing members of the IMPLICIT network as well as the support of Larry Bauer and the Family Medicine Educational Consortium (FMEC; www.fmec.net) for critical contributions and support that made this work possible.
This article was externally peer reviewed.
Funding: This work was supported by a grant from the March of Dimes. Dr. Bennett was supported by grants from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (1K23HD048915-01A2) and the National Institute of Mental Health (1R03MH074750-01).
Prior Presentation: Portions of his work have been presented at the 2009 Society of Teachers of Family Medicine annual meeting, Denver Colorado.
Conflict of interest: none declared.
Received for publication May 8, 2009.
Accepted for publication May 8, 2009.
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The last minute plan for Sunday was to climb Skywalker Couloir on South Arapahoe Peak. This plan was solidified after reading a current trips. My climbing partner couldn't go, so I was off to the Indian Peaks by myself. This particular climb has a lot to offer including a short approach, a steep snow climb, a fun ridge traverse, and two peaks.
I slept in until 4:00 and was hiking by 6:20. The road was open all the way to the 4th of July Trailhead and for the most part, the trail was snow free or well packed. When I reached the apron of the couloir, Matt and Mark were preparing for the climb, so I asked if I could tag along. They quickly agreed and we were off. We were the first party in the gully. The Skywalker Couloir starts off at a moderate angle and remains there for most of the climb. About two-thirds of the way up, the angle becomes more steep, and then the final section approaches 60 degrees. The couloir is approximately 1,000' in length, but it goes fast because of the steepness.
After reaching a small saddle northwest of South Arapahoe Peak, I said goodbye to Matt and Mark and took off on the traverse. The ridge went quickly with no difficulties. My round trip time for the traverse was 1 hour and 20 minutes. After tagging North Arapahoe Peak and returning to South Arapahoe Peak, I descended the southeast ridge and looped back to the base of the couloir before picking up some tracks and hiking back out to my vehicle by 12:30. There were a lot of day hikers on the trail on the way out along with many dogs.
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Several emerging countries have experienced pandemics, like SARS, MERS and Asian swine flu, so were better placed to react to the coronavirus outbreak. Countries such as China and Vietnam, with competent, unified and proactive governments, managed the situation efficiently. They benefitted from testing capacity, the ability to impose a lockdown and a willingness to utilise technology despite privacy concerns.
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A longer-term economic impact from the coronavirus pandemic is likely to be felt by certain emerging market governments that were forced to spend more than they could afford and implement unconventional monetary experiments. For example, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has started its own version of operation twist, buying long-dated government bonds while simultaneously selling short-dated bonds, in a bid to reduce longer-term interest rates and stimulate the Indian economy.
We are concerned about the debt levels within countries such as Argentina, Nigeria and South Africa, as well as larger emerging market economies, like Brazil, India and Indonesia. We believe these countries will need to start bringing their budget deficits under control once the virus has run its course, a process which in the past has often led to sustained periods of sub-par growth*.
Among some of the hardest-hit equity markets during the COVID-19 pandemic have been those with high foreign ownership of domestic government bonds, such as Mexico, South Africa and Indonesia. The selling of these bonds by retreating foreign investors typically puts pressure on the domestic currency. Those countries with aggressive monetary policies before the virus hit, like Turkey and Brazil, also experienced difficult equity market conditions.
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We think that countries with large domestic markets, such as China, may be best placed to provide longer-term investment opportunities given that the export markets may not be available as before. That said, we remain positive on Vietnam, which has been receiving a disproportionate share of foreign direct investment flows compared to other emerging countries. It is a logical place to diversify supply chains away from China given it has improving infrastructure along with a young and educated demographic. The only impediment is that the stock-picking pool of liquid (easily tradeable) stocks is limited.
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All F-Root servers offer IPv4 and IPv6 service, and we require that the management and exchange connections be dual-stack. (The connection for the remote management card can be v4-only, if need be.) ISC requires several subnets/connections of provided IP address space for each F-Root node:
A single IPv4 address, with a static default route, to be used for the Drac (this is a copper-only 10⁄100 connection). If you have a router that is capable of placing a simple ACL, we can provide an IP block to restrict from during initial setup, but this is not strictly necessary.
A transit link with a /28 of IPv4 address space for management of the various systems functions, and a /64 of IPv6, with a BGP session originating a default route. By default, we expect this to be a gigabit copper connection.
A connection with a single IPv4 and IPv6 peering IP address for your Internet exchange. This connection can be fiber or copper. Dual-Stack IPv6 (as well as IPv4) is a hard requirement.
The standard F-Root server has SFP+ optics, and thus is configured for connection only at 10G, but there are optics available which allow for a connection to a 1G Fiber connection as well. (These are special SFP+ optics that can down-clock; regular SFP+ optics will not work.) If your exchange supports copper gigabit ethernet and your planned location for the system is within the length requirements mandated by the ethernet specification, this is also workable without needing a special optic.
Bandwidth Requirements
F-Root nodes require reliable upstream bandwidth, for the ability to transfer the root zone from our distribution primaries, as well as monitoring and provisioning. Additionally, there are regular (several times annually) coordinated exercises across all F-Root nodes wherein all DNS data is captured and uploaded to a location off-site; reliability is essential for this task. (99.9 percent uptime is required.)
URPF Requirements
Because routing is asymmetric, an F-Root node’s prefix may be advertised to clients which themselves do not advertise a return route via the same protocol; thus, there is the expectation that there will be a fairly regular stream of DNS responses returning back over the management transit connection to the Internet at large. No attempt must be made to limit or restrict these, although ISC can provide a list of IP addresses from which these packets will originate.
Network Neutrality and Firewalling
ISC requires that the traffic going to/from an F-Root server not be modified in transit or interfered with in any way, including but not limited to: TCP/UDP Port Blocking, Rate Limiting (except as provided by physical interface requirements), modification of DNS queries or responses in-transit, or limitations on which clients may be served by an F-Root node.
Communications and Remote Hands
ISC requires your organization to provide Administrative, Technical, and Abuse contacts. We require as much advance notice as possible for service-affecting maintenance issues.
BGP Route-Server Preferred (IX sites)
If you are an Internet Exchange, ISC strongly recommends that your organization have a route server available and that our node peer with the route server, so that anyone who wants to gain the benefits of F-Root need only peer with the route server. In non-route server scenarios, ISC advertises the F-Root prefixes with the well-known BGP Community NO_EXPORT (65535:65281). With a route server present, the route must still be advertised to peers with this community set, but route servers present additional challenges. Your route server must either be configured specifically to “overlook” the NO_EXPORT community but re-apply it when advertising it to other peers, or provide a community whereby ISC may signal that this community must be applied to the routes.
ISC will provide instructions for network configuration and for BGP configuration of the name service interface. We will finish the configuration and bring it online remotely. Our servers expect to peer with RS (Route Server) devices, but under special circumstances we can do individual peering with clients that do not use the route server.
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4 New Ways To Do Kegels
Kegels are exercises that tone and strengthen the pubococcygius, or PC muscle—the muscle surrounding the opening of the vagina. A strong PC muscle is vital to the health of the reproductive organs. Like any other muscle in the body, the PC muscle needs regular exercise to remain firm, especially after childbirth or menopause. When done correctly, “Kegeling” can alleviate up to 90 percent of stress incontinence and heighten pleasure and sensitivity during intercourse.
You can find your PC muscle by tightening the vaginal opening, as if you were stopping the flow of urine. Or you can locate the muscle by putting a finger in your vagina and squeezing until you feel the muscle tighten around your finger. Try to isolate the PC muscle by keeping the muscles of the buttocks, thighs, and stomach as relaxed as possible.
Although Kegel exercises don’t require any special equipment, some women feel they get a firmer contraction when there’s something for the muscles to contract around. This is especially true if the muscles have already lost some strength and tone.
Here’s a simple, four-part routine designed to strengthen and tone the entire PC muscle:
1. Simple Squeeze
Squeeze the PC muscle and hold for three to five seconds, then release. Relax for the same number of seconds (for instance, a three second squeeze, followed by a three-second rest). Repeat for a total of five repetitions. Work up to ten five-second squeezes, three times per day.
2. Elevator Squeeze
Slowly contract your PC muscle on a count of one through five, and visualize it lifting up as if there were a cord dropping straight down from the top of your head pulling it up through the center of your body. Remember to keep your buttocks and abdominal muscles relaxed. Visualize your pelvic floor rising like an elevator with each count until you’ve reached the fifth floor, and then let it gradually relax back down, counting backward to one. At first, it may be difficult to keep the muscle lifting all the way to five. Take it up as far as you can and hold it steady for the remainder of the five seconds. Repeat five times.
3. Easy Flutter
Squeeze for one second, relax for one second, and squeeze again. Squeeze and release ten times, just slowly enough that you can still distinguish the contraction from the release. If you listen to the radio in your car, measure your squeezes/releases with the beat of the music.
4. Quick Flutter
Squeeze and release as quickly as you can without stopping. If the contraction and release start to get jumbled, focus on the contraction. In the beginning, it may feel more like a stutter than a flutter, but with time you’ll be as graceful as a bird. Do ten quick repetitions.
Finish your Kegel routine with a final set of five Elevator Squeezes, slowly lifting and lowering the muscle with controlled movement.
Do the entire routine three times a day. Once you get the hang of it, you can literally do these exercises anywhere! You may want to gradually increase either the number of repetitions or the time you hold the contraction. If you don’t have time to do the whole routine, make sure you do at least one set of Elevator Squeezes and one of Quick Flutters three times a day.
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The Laramie County Board of Commissioners voted to pass the resolution to approve the management services agreement (MSA) between Cheyenne Regional Medical Center (CRMC) and UCHealth, a Colorado-owned and operated, nonprofit 501 (c) (3) integrated health system.
The vote came after an 18-month strategic planning and assessment process that included analysis of CRMC’s overall capabilities by an outside healthcare consulting firm and input from nearly 500 employees, medical providers and community members.
CRMC’s Board of Trustees voted to approve the MSA in open session at its regular board meeting on Jan. 25, 2018. The final step in the process was for the Board of Commissioners to review the agreement and vote on it.
“This has been a well-designed and deliberative process that began in the fall of 2016,” said Phyllis Sherard, CRMC’s chief strategy officer and vice president of population health. “The process included a comprehensive assessment of the challenges a mid-sized community hospital would encounter moving forward. It quickly became apparent that to continue our hospital’s tradition of caring and innovation into the future, some model of strategic affiliation would be necessary.”
A search committee identified three finalists to consider for affiliation last summer. CRMC’s trustees voted to move forward with negotiating an MSA with UCHealth in August 2017.
“UCHealth was selected by a comprehensive 25-person search committee that included CRMC trustees, executives, physicians, nurses, support services staff and the county commissioners,” said Patrick Madigan, CRMC’s interim chief executive officer. “In the end, the search committee and our trustees believed that UCHealth emerged from the deliberation as the unsurpassed partner to help us deliver a well-coordinated and well-communicated continuum of care for the communities we serve.”
The agreement between CRMC and UCHealth will be for three years, with an option for renewal in year three. Major terms of the agreement include employment of CRMC’s CEO by UCHealth and helping CRMC meet three major goals focused on becoming “better than the best” in patient experience, safety and clinical quality; improving its financial performance; and enhancing physician integration and alignment.
“Cheyenne Regional Medical Center and UCHealth have very similar cultures and values, always putting patients first and providing exceptional service and benefits to the communities we serve,” said Kevin Unger, president and CEO of UCHealth’s Poudre Valley Hospital and Medical Center of the Rockies. “We are excited and honored to begin working with the leaders and providers at CRMC to identify ways that UCHealth can provide support while ensuring CRMC remains the strong, locally owned hospital it is today.”
The search and evaluation process for an MSA affiliate included review and input from Laramie County Commissioners Buck Holmes and Troy Thompson, DVM.
“The search process and the development of the management services agreement has been deliberate, thoughtful and inclusive,” Holmes said. “The commissioners feel confident that this agreement will help preserve the hospital as an important community asset and will also advance the mission of the hospital, which is to provide our community with best-in-class healthcare.”
Dr. Jessica Kisicki, a CRMC emergency department physician who was part of the search committee, agreed that the affiliation will be a benefit to CRMC and the community: “This agreement is meant to provide our health system with access to some great resources, including the ability to share knowledge and work with medical staff from UCHealth. I believe this kind of resource sharing can only serve to benefit our health system and, more importantly, our patients and community.”
Bill Larson, president of CRMC’s Board of Trustees, said that the affiliation will serve to strengthen the hospital moving forward: “We want to reiterate that this is not a sale or a merger of the hospital. Our system has strong and capable leadership, which is demonstrated by the significant progress the hospital and its affiliated provider group have made over the past several years. Our decision to go in this direction was driven by our desire to continue to provide a compelling value proposition to consumers and payers by improving our cost structure and expanding our physician network.”
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BC Companies and the Mandatory Transparency Register
November 18, 2020 / Mandy Badwal
As of October 1, 2020, private companies incorporated under the BC Business Corporations Act (“Act”) are required to maintain and prepare a Transparency Register. This requirement came into effect to assist with the fight against financial crime.
Register Requirements
The Register requires a company to list each “significant individual” who directly or indirectly:
owns or controls 25% or more of the shares or votes of a company; and
who has a direct or indirect right or ability to elect, appoint or remove the majority of the directors of a company.
Depending on how the shares of the company are held and knowing who has direct or indirect rights or abilities to elect, appoint or remove a majority of the directors, the ascertainment process of a “significant individual” can be easy or quite challenging.
Ascertainment of a Significant Individual
Shareholding: an individual who has an interest, right, or a combination of each, in a significant number of shares of a company is a significant individual if he/she has (i) an interest as a registered owner of one or more of the company’s shares; (ii) an interest as a beneficial owner of one or more of the company’s shares; and (iii) indirect control of one or more of the company’s shares (s. 119.11(2)(a) of the Act).
Furthermore, a significant individual owning a “significant number of shares”, means the individual owns either of the following:
25% or more of the issued shares in a company;
issued shares of the company that carry 25% or more of the rights to vote at general meetings.
(s. 119.11(1) of the Act)
Rights or Abilities: You would need to look at the extent of the individual’s control (rights or abilities) and ask if the individual has the ability to elect, appoint, or remove a majority of the directors of a company: (i) directly; (ii) indirectly; or (iii) exercising influence over an individual who has such a right (s. 119.11(2)(b) of the Act)
The Company’s Duty
The company has a duty to prepare, maintain and update a register that:
lists all significant individuals
contains key information about each individual that is accurate and up to date (see key information below); and
files the Register once a year.
The company will need to state the following for the significant individual:
Full name, date of birth and address
How and when the individual became a significant individual
Whether an individual is a Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident, and if not, state his or her country of citizenship
State whether the individual is a resident of Canada for tax purposes
Inspection of the Register
The following have the right to access the register:
Officer or Director of the Company
Tax Authorities
RCMP/Police
Certain Regulators (ex:BC Securities Commission)
Non-compliance with the Act is an offence carrying fines up to $50,000 for individuals and $100,000 for others.
Please note that this information is intended for informational purposes only. It does not constitute legal advice or create a solicitor-client relationship. For more information or assistance contact our office to speak with a lawyer directly.
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Investor How Thailand is looking to new markets to boost tourism
How Thailand is looking to new markets to boost tourism
The rise of Indian travelers contributed to a record number of tourists last year
In Thailand, long a popular destination in the tropics, there’s a new group helping push the number of visitors higher than ever.
Thailand welcomed a record 39 million visitors in 2019, up from 38 million the year before, according to the country’s Tourism and Sports Ministry.
While European and Chinese tourists still make up the bulk of Thailand’s arrivals, visitors from India are rising fast. The number of Indian travellers rose 22% to 1.9 million last year, according to the Tourism Authority of Thailand. They generated 84 billion baht or 2.8 billion in revenue, a 27% increase.
“This shift has been a big deal for Thailand’s tourism industry,” says Pitinut Pupatwibul, senior vice president, JLL Hotels and Hospitality APAC. “While there were unwarranted concerns of over a decline of Chinese visitors, it just goes to show the potential of new markets opening up to foreign travel.”
Behind the wave of Indian tourists are more direct flights from India to Thailand’s hot vacation spots like Bangkok, Pattaya and Phuket, Pupatwibul says, while “the visa-waiver program for Indian travellers has been another boost.”
Rising incomes, will travel
An expanding Indian middle class has been key for countries like Thailand to attract new visitor groups. The potential is similar to what started happening with Chinese tourists around 10 years ago, Pupatwibul says.
Chinese travellers abroad have had a huge impact on tourism industries in countries around the world over the last decade. In Thailand alone, Chinese visitor numbers went from 800,000 in 2008 to more than 10 million in 2018.
The United Nations World Tourism Organisation estimates than Indian outbound tourists will hit 50 million this year.
“Emerging economies like India are a big source of new visitors for countries,” Pupatwibul says. “The potential for growth is enormous. And Thailand being so attractive as a travel destination – and in the same region – is part of why it’s set to be such a clear benefactor.”
The case for Thailand
A challenge for Thailand will be finding ways to keep the momentum going, which could prove difficult as airlines from India to Thailand are already at full capacities. Small airports such as Phuket’s are unable to handle more flights from India.
“Thailand needs to work with airports, airlines and hotels to make sure they’re able to cope with the demand, not just from India,” says Pupatwibul. “There are some efforts being made such as the waiver on visa on arrival, talk of blockchain visas being adopted to streamline the process, or cutting of airport landing fees for international flights, which are positive steps.”
Airports at beach destinations such as Phuket, Krabi and Koh Samui could also increase capacity, she says. These three islands registered an increase of international arrivals of 27%, 24% and 14%, respectively, according to JLL’s Global Resort Report.
Besides Indian tourists, Thailand is looking to new markets and opening up new routes. These include Munich to Phuket, Doha to Chiang Mai, and Sendai to Bangkok. In addition, two new low-costs carriers, Thai Eastar Jet and Thai Summer Airways, have recently been launched, and will fly between Thailand and South Korea, China and Taiwan.
“With greater connectively and the entry of new routes from low-cost carriers, Thailand’s tourism is a good position to take off strongly this year,” Pupatwibul says.
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Jake talked about his film debut, saying “I’ve never been in a ‘movie’ before so I won’t lie.. sitting down in front of Dakota Johnson, Jason Segel, and Casey Affleck and acting like I knew what I was doing, was a bit of a challenge. I’ve always loved a good challenge.”
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Lankford and Smith Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Expand Health Care Resources for Urban Indian Health Organizations Amid Pandemic
WASHINGTON, DC – Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced bipartisan legislation to boost health resources for urban Indian health organizations as the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic forces many to grapple with financial hardship and even close operations.
The Coverage for Urban Indian Health Providers Act, also co-sponsored Tom Udall (D-NM) and Martha McSally (R-AZ) would amend the Indian Health Care Improvement Act to create parity within the Indian Health System (ITU system).
The ITU system is made up of the Indian Health Service, Tribal health programs, and urban Indian organizations (UIOs). UIOs provide culturally competent care for the over 70 percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives who live in urban centers, but right now providers at UIOs are not offered the same malpractice liability protection as other Indian Health Care Providers.
The Coverage for Urban Indian Health Providers Act would expand Federal Torts Claim Act coverage (FTCA) to UIOs, which are currently required to divert already-limited resources away from patient care to cover liability costs.
You can access legislative text here.
“There are two prominent UIOs in Oklahoma that faithfully serve our Tribal communities’ healthcare needs in addition to the other important Tribal health facilities around the state. I am glad our bill addresses this disparity in the law to help ensure equal access to medical malpractice liability coverage for the services they offer,” said Sen. Lankford. “Federal tort law currently omits coverage for UIOs, and especially during the coronavirus pandemic, UIOs, like other already covered Tribal health facilities, need to have the peace of mind that they can utilize their funds for care, not court cases.”
"Minnesota's urban Indigenous community has been hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, yet many urban Indian health organizations are often forced to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars on costly liability protection instead of being able to use those resources to provide health care to Native community members,” said Sen. Smith. "This is unacceptable. We need to make sure that urban Indian organizations can use every dollar they have to give urban Indigenous individuals the care they need. I'm glad to work in a bipartisan way to bring financial relief to these vital organizations.”
“Urban Indian health programs funded by the IHS are facing revenue shortfalls while ramping up services to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. And, as a result, many of these critical health care programs are struggling to keep the lights on and their doors open. They shouldn’t be the only branch of the IHS that has to divert resources away from health care services to cover exorbitant liability costs,” said Sen. Udall. “The federal government’s trust and treaty responsibilities to Native Americans do not stop at reservation boundaries. Nearly 70 percent of American Indians and Alaska Natives live in urban areas and Congress must ensure they have access to quality health care — especially during this public health crisis. This legislation is a common-sense measure to provide Urban Indian Health Programs with the same federal protections given to all other Indian Health Care Providers.”
“Arizona is home to four Urban Indian Organizations, all of which are forced to spend hundreds of thousands of dollars annually on liability insurance that could otherwise be spent on patients,” said Sen. McSally. “Our legislation will fix this inequity by extending federal liability coverage to our urban Indian health groups, dramatically decreasing the cost of malpractice insurance while freeing up more money for patient care. Bringing parity to Urban Indian Health is an important step to improving Native American health care across the board.”
"Oklahoma City Indian Clinic has been operating on the front lines of this crisis with limited resources. We spend hundreds of thousands of dollars each year on liability insurance for our providers. With parity in FTCA, we would put every cent back into services that will allow us to fulfill our mission of providing excellent health care to American Indians. Increasing access to quality health care and preventive wellness services and producing positive health outcomes for urban American Indians living in central Oklahoma is the business we are in. We applaud the leadership of Senator Smith and Senator Lankford on helping redirect resources back to patients and families who rely on our services," said Robyn Sunday Allen, CEO of Oklahoma City Indian Clinic."
"We are grateful to our Senator Tina Smith as well as Senators Udall, McNally, and Lankford for introducing this important legislation to help Urban Indian Organizations like Indian Health Board of Minneapolis. Despite the coronavirus pandemic and its implication and impact that have on our clinic as well as our community, IHB continues to provide health care services that are vital to the ongoing needs of the community we serve. We are hopeful for FTCA coverage to allow us to redirect those resources back to our patients during this pandemic," said Dr. Patrick Rock, CEO of the Indian Health Board of Minneapolis.
“We are extremely grateful for Senator Smith and Senator Lankford’s leadership in introducing this legislation for a long-needed fix to the medical malpractice liability protection, which ensures parity for Urban Indian Organizations (UIOs). A single UIO can pay as much as $250,000 annually, funds that could be spent providing health care for the American Indians and Alaska Natives they serve – made even more essential as our communities are hit by this pandemic. As all other Indian Health Care Providers are covered by FTCA and Community Health Centers employees, as well as volunteers, are also covered, this legislative fix is critical to ensure continuity of health care in a time when it’s needed most,” said Francys Crevier, Executive Director of the National Council of Urban Indian Health (NCUIH).
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Apple Watch Series 6 now $60 off in last minute holiday deal
By Hilda Scott 21 December 2020
Snag an Apple Watch Series 6 for less
Apple Watch Series 6 (Image credit: Apple )
Good news for procrastinators searching for a last minute gift. Right now, you can get the Apple Watch Series 6 for a great price and get it before Christmas.
Currently, Amazon offers the Apple Watch Series 6 for $339. When not on sale, this smartwatch retails for $399, so you're saving $60. It's the second lowest price we've seen for this watch and one of the best Apple deals you can get at the moment. Best Buy offers this same deal.
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Apple Watch Series 6 40mm: was $399 now $339 @ Amazon
One of the best Apple deals right now takes $60 off the Apple Watch Series 6. This smartwatch now features a brighter display, new S6 CPU, and built-in blood oxygen sensors that support Apple's new Blood Oxygen app. Best Buy offers this same deal.View Deal
The Apple Watch Series 6 is one of the best smartwatches to buy for anyone in the Apple ecosystem.
It's the only Apple Watch with blood oxygen level measuring for fitness and general health tracking. Running the latest watchOS 7, the Watch Series 6 also provides comprehensive sleep tracking.
The Apple Watch Series 6's processor is based on the A13 chipset found in Apple's iPhone SE and iPhone 11. This gives it a performance boost of 20% over the Series 5 smartwatch. Although it has the same 18 hour battery life as the Watch Series 5, it charges 30 minutes faster than its predecessor at 1.5 hours.
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Posted by Nick Manners | Updated 2015-07-20
The Lib Dems have opposed George Osborne's welfare cuts tonight in parliament. The eight remaining Lib Dem MPs tabled a parliamentary motion calling for the withdrawal of the Welfare Reform and Work Bill, singling out the proposed cuts to disability benefits as being particularly unfair.
The Liberal Democrats are barely out of the door, but millions of men and women throughout the country are now anxiously working out how Osborne’s £12 billion in welfare cuts will cost them and their family.
While no one can say that the last five years have been easy, the Liberal Democrats in government fought for, and won, reductions in level of welfare cuts in the last parliament. We secured protection for child tax credits for the poorest recipients, invested in free child care and free school meals for more children than ever before, and championed the pensions triple lock that will keep pensioners out of poverty.
The Conservative plans for £12 billion of welfare cuts have not been fully outlined, but the recent budget begins to show the shape of what is to come. Limiting child tax credits and universal credit to the first two children of any family sets a worrying precedent, especially given the pre-election rumours of Tory plans to cap child benefit in the same way during this parliament.
Welfare spending needs to be kept under control, but it needs to be fair. The scale of the cuts will be excessive and unfair. It is a tragedy that, after five long and hard years, the poor will find themselves subject to such a punitive welfare regime with no one left in government to fight for a fair approach to welfare.
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Ecobank Liberia Provides US$20K for Gov’t to Fight COVID-19
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Ecobank Managing Director George Mensah-Asante (right) presents symbolic check to health officials.
Ecobank Libera has donated the amount of US$20,000 (Twenty Thousand US Dollars) to the Government of Liberia through the National Public Health Institute of Liberia (NPHIL).
The donation is intended to assist Government in procuring COVID-19 test kits to be used at all entry points in the country.
The funds will also support efforts to curb the transmission of COVID-19 that was discovered in China late last year. The test kits will be added to the available kits in the country to speed up the COVID-19 screening process.
Speaking at the presentation ceremony, the Managing Director of Ecobank, George Mensah-Asante said; “As a Pan African bank with a presence in thirty-three African Countries and other countries around the world, we are aware of the potential business and human threat posed by this virus globally. We will do all we can to buttress the efforts of the Government in ensuring that the spread of the virus is contained and subsequently eradicated. This is our way of showing our commitment to our customers, our employees and the general public at large”.
“A number of the countries in which we operate have recorded cases of coronavirus and this continues to spread, with Liberia now having 3 cases. It is our hope that we can come together as a nation and deal collectively with this serial threat to social and economic progress” Mensah-Asante added.
Worldometer reports as at 10:00 hours GMT of March 23, 2020, indicates that there are over 343,414 confirmed cases, 14,775 deaths across 176 countries. This, according to Mr Mensah-Asante, is very alarming.
He urged Liberians to adhere to the preventive measures put in place by the World Health Organization (WHO), Ministry of Health and the National Public Health Institute by avoiding overcrowded areas, ensuring social distancing, checking of temperatures, and regular washing of hands with soap and running water as well as the regular use of hand sanitizers.
The Managing Director, however, encouraged customers and employees to minimise the use of cash in favour of the bank’s digital platforms during this period for their transactions. He named the Ecobank Mobile App, Ecobank Online, Ecobank OMNI, as well as EcobankPay amongst others as some of the available digital channels.
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Dr. George Yard
Dr. George Harges Yard, an unforgettable character in the Flagstaff community, passed away on December 24, 2020 at the age of 90. George was born in Bisbee on February 28, 1930 to Philip and Esther Yard. George was equal parts rancher and doctor, his love for the great outdoors matched only by his passion for medicine. He was a caring gentleman, generous with his wisdom, and fearless in his convictions.
George grew up on a farm outside of Bisbee where he first became a cowman. He earned the rank of Eagle Scout and was a delegate to the first Arizona Boys State. He graduated from Bisbee High School in 1948. With the aid of a Phelps Dodge Scholarship George attended the University of Arizona and was a champion bull rider, a state champion wrestler, and forever banded with the Sigma Chi Fraternity. George received a Doctorate of Medicine in 1956 from Northwestern University Medical School in Chicago.
George served as Captain in the Army Medical Corp in West Germany from 1956 to 1960. He received the Army Commendation Medal for meritorious service and continued as Captain in the Army Medical Corp Reserve from 1960 to 1968. In 1960, George and family moved to Flagstaff where he practiced medicine for nearly thirty-five years as a Family Doctor. He was honored to have delivered several thousand Flagstaff babies including ALL of his grandchildren! Doc Yard ended his private practice in 1994 and became a Clinic Physician at William's Hospital. He retired from medicine in 2002 at age 72.
In 1975, George married the love of his life, Sharon Ann Cornelison. Together they shared everything; practicing medicine, ranching, wagoning, and playing with family and friends. One of George's famous sayings was: "The raising of cattle is a congenital defect!" Over the years, George and Sharon owned three different Arizona ranches; the X-Triangle ranch south of Flagstaff, the Bar-X ranch near Young, and finally the Y Bar D ranch in Perkinsville where they built their dream home along the Verde River and lived for over 25 years. George and Sharon sold the Y Bar D ranch in 2019 and relocated back to Flagstaff.
George is survived by his wife, Sharon; children Michael Yard (Elizabeth), Jennifer Yard, Stephanie Yard (Ted Cornutt), and Renee Casswell; grandchildren Anita Diaz, David Diaz Jr. (Aprille), Shanna Casswell, Charlie Moody, Carlye Casswell, and Trey Casswell; great grandchildren Adam Griffin, Katrina Diaz, and Allison Briasco; as well as countless friends and extended family. He was preceded in death by his brother Philip Yard Jr. and son George Thomas Yard.
George cut a wide and wonderful swath that touched so many lives.
Happy trails to you, until we meet again!
A small private service was held at Citizens Cemetery with military honors where he was delivered to the graveside in his covered wagon. George was blessed to celebrate his 90th birthday with family and friends prior to the Covid-19 pandemic. A memorial celebration of his life may be held in the future.
Donations in George Yards's memory can be made by mail to: National Multiple Sclerosis Society – Arizona Chapter, 5025 E Washington St., Suite 102, Phoenix, AZ 85034-2005 or thru their website: https://mssociety.donordrive.com/campaign/Dr--George-Yard-Memorial-Fund
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Published by Arizona Daily Sun on Jan. 10, 2021.
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Sharon I am so sorry for your loss and he was truly loved by me and Edgar. I will truly miss him but will remember always
Nell Brown
Dr Yard, such an amazing man who touched my life. His stallion frequently visited our place, just down the road. He was such a wonderful person! Rest In Peace and much love. Thank you for being a part of my life!
Peter Sartorello (Glieges)
We were sad to hear of George's passing but as we know, this is a sad part of life. You made going to the Dr. quite an experience George, we loved having you as our Dr. Rest in Peace dear cowboy!
Mario and Cindy Morrell
George was not only my primary care doctor for many years he was also one of my very best friends. My best wishes are with you Sharon and may George rest in peace.
Dan julien
Happy trails Dr. Yard! You were a big part of our early days in Flagstaff when a GP still delivered babies. Our condolences to Sharon and the family.
DOLORES N BIGGERSTAFF
Our deepest condolences. George was a good friend and teacher. He inspired our work on the Verde River and provided support for the Upper Verde River RMRS General Technical Report. It is still the definitive science document on the ecology and hydrology of the River.
Dan & Vicki Neary
George was not only our Doctor but our friend. He delivered all three of our children. Took care of my mother and aunt. Our second son is named after him George. I first met Dr Yard as patient #9. He was a new doctor in town. He would become our family doctor. Attended our wedding, and shared many meals (tamales) and memories with him and Sharon. He will be missed. Our sympathies to Sharon and the family. He will Always be part of our lives.
Jesse and Irene Dominguez
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BY: Loop Pacific
08:46, October 7, 2019
The Marshall Islands extended its declaration of a national health emergency for another month Friday as dengue fever cases continue to mount.
While cases of dengue fever on Ebeye Island have dropped to a daily trickle, Majuro continues to see high numbers, according to the latest report from the Ministry of Health and Human Services.
President Hilda Heine signed the second one-month extension of the declaration of health emergency, which will see it extend to early November.
Ebeye is where the dengue outbreak started, with the first case reported in late May.
The numbers took off in late July, and at peak in early August, Ebeye hospital was seeing 10-to-15 people per day with confirmed and suspected dengue fever.
Since September 15, there have been several days with no reported cases and the most has been three on one day, with most days the past two weeks showing one or two.
As of Friday, the ministry reported 661 confirmed and suspected cases of dengue in Majuro and Ebeye, the two urban centers.
A ban on passenger travel to the outer islands remains in effect. The halt to travel has so far prevented spread of the illness to remote islands that have little capacity to manage serious health problems. The ban has also disrupted tourism and commercial activities since the ban went into effect in mid-August.
Majuro's first case was seen August 15 and the numbers took off in early September. The second week of September saw nearly 20 suspected and confirmed cases of dengue in one day, the highest one-day total during the current outbreak.
But high numbers continue, with the ministry reporting 24 new dengue cases in Majuro from Wednesday through Friday this week. Ebeye reported three cases during the same three-day period.
Through October 4, Majuro had 399 cases and Ebeye 262. There are still no reports of dengue from outer islands.
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Scarface (Push It To The Limit) Lyrics Meanings
by Paul Engemann
Scarface (Push It To The Limit) Lyrics
Push it to the limit
Walk along the razor's edge
But don't look down, just keep your head
Or you'll be finished
Open up the limit
Past the point of no return
You've reached the top but still you gotta learn
How to keep it
Hit the wheel and double the stakes
Throttle wide open like a bat out of hell
You crash the gates (Crash the gates)
Going for the back of beyond
Nothing gonna stop you, there's nothing that strong
So close now you're nearly at the brink
So, push it, ooh yeah
Welcome to the limit (Limit)
Take it baby one step more
The power game's still playing so
You better win it
Push it to the limit (Limit)
No one left to stand in your way
You might get careless, but you'll never be safe
While you're still in it
Standing on the razor's edge
Don't look down just keep your head
Welcome to the limit
Writer(s): Peter Bellotte, Giorgio Moroder
Copyright(s): Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group
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Siri Experiencing Significant Outage
Thursday November 3, 2011 2:41 pm PDT by Eric Slivka
While Apple's new Siri personal assistant for the iPhone 4S experiencing a few hiccups in availability just after the device's launch last month, a new widespread outage appears to be the most significant one since those first few days. The Siri problems have been ongoing for at least three hours, with only intermittent service available over that time. In general, users have been faced with error messages in which Siri reports being unable to connect to the network.
Apple has labeled Siri as a beta service and is no doubt continuing to refine the technology and infrastructure behind the feature. Apple has rapidly rolled out the iPhone 4S to nearly 30 countries already with another 15 set to come online next week, although Siri currently offers support only in English (US, UK, and Australia), French, and German.
Rayday
"Siri, did I do something to make you mad at me?"
Great. Now I know why they gave Siri a woman's voice. Do I need to pick up flowers for my phone on my way home tonight? ;)
BarryBrown
Anyone else notice that the wrong apostrophe is used in "I'm"?
BulletToothTony
So my iPhone 4S just turned into a iPhone 4. Thanks Apple.
I didn't know that not connecting to Siri's servers converted your A5 processor into an A4 and made your Camera worse..
Man! that Siri i tell you!! :rolleyes:
Maybe it's just me being too critical but I'm not sure a company as large as Apple should be releasing a key feature on a phone in a beta stage of development. I mean they sold SIRI as a key selling point and a reason to buy the iPhone 5.. yet it's still in beta? Hmm..
NorCalLights
I wish that Apple would process all of the old Voice Control commands locally on the phone... leave all the fancy stuff in the cloud, but it shouldn't need to connect to a server to "Call Joe Smith"
taxbax
connection requirement
This just goes to show why its so stupid that you need to have a connection for Siri to do local tasks like set a reminder or send a text message.
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Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem and Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada Carolyn Wilkins are seen during a news conference in Ottawa, Wednesday, July 15, 2020. The Bank of Canada will deliver a rate announcement today with observers watching if news about vaccines gives a shot in the arm to the bank’s outlook on the economy. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Bank of Canada keeps key interest rate target on hold at 0.25%
The announcement marks the interest last rate decision the central bank will make this year
The Bank of Canada is keeping its key interest rate target on hold at 0.25 per cent.
The central bank says it will hold the policy interest rate at the effective lower bound until economic slack is absorbed so that the two per cent inflation target is sustainably achieved.
In its statement today, the Bank of Canada says it doesn’t expect inflation to get back on target until some time in 2023.
The central bank also says that it will maintain its quantitative easing program by continuing to buy about $4 billion in bonds per week to try and further reduce interest rates.
The announcement marks the last interest rate decision the central bank will make this year, after an extraordinary 2020 that saw it slash rates in response to the economic crisis caused by COVID-19.
Today also marks a change in the upper echelons of the bank’s leadership, as senior deputy governor Carolyn Wilkins departs after a nearly 20-year career at the Bank of Canada.
The central bank’s board of directors has launched a search process to find her successor as the bank’s second-in-command.
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Dale Edward Basham
November 15, 1952 ~ December 6, 2019 (age 67)
Dale Edward Basham passed away unexpectedly on Dec. 6, 2019. Dale was born on Nov. 15, 1952 to Milton Thomas Basham and Erma Florence (Deeter) Basham at Woodlawn Hospital, Rochester, Ind. Dale moved to Mariposa in 1965, attended Mariposa County schools through high school. Dale was involved in sports and was captain of the football team.
Dale served in the Marine Corps after high school. He worked at Yosemite National Park from 1982 until he retired in 2018.
Dale was preceded in death by his parents; brothers George Basham and Kenneth Basham; two nieces and two nephews. Dale is survived by his sister Gerry Ann Roesbery; brothers William Basham and Richard Basham; niece Cindy Michael and nephew Doug Michael. He is also survived by many grand-nieces, nephews and cousins.
The family wishes to thank the EMS responders, sheriff ’s deputies, Miner’s Inn staff and the John C. Fremont Emergency Room staff and his many friends who have been so supportive. A service will be held in January and a date will be posted in the Gazette.
Donations may be made in Dale’s name to the American Heart Association.
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A New Musical of the Classic Tale!
Queen Evermean decides it's time for her son, Prince Wellington, to get married. She creates a reality game show called the “Princess Test” to find the Prince the “perfect” bride. But the Prince doesn’t want to marry someone picked for him from a game show, he wants to marry for love. He escapes to the royal forest where he comes face to face with the girl he knows is the one. But will the Queen allow them to marry? Will she have to pass the Princess Test? Will a tiny pea and a stack of mattresses stand between her and true love? Find out in this new musical based on the classic tale by Hans Christian Andersen.
Book and lyrics by Rick Boynton, Music by Marc Robin, Additional lyrics by Curt Dale Clark and Marc Robin.
Directed and Choreographed by Aaron Thielen. Music Direction by Patti Garwood.
A special one-hour presentation for kids (and parents) of all ages. Followed by a Question & Answer Session With the Cast.
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New Strategy to Reduce Cancer Risk
Issue: Sep 2019
Cruciferous vegetables (such as broccoli) contain potent anti-cancer compounds. A new delivery system enables more of these cancer-fighters to be absorbed into the bloodstream.
Scientifically reviewed by: Dr. Shaylind Benson, ND, on February 2020. Written By Edward Sanford.
As the “war on cancer” drags on, the National Cancer Institute estimates that 1.7 million Americans were diagnosed with cancer last year.1
Doesn’t sound like much progress has been made since the “war” was declared by the U.S. government in 1971.
But there is hope that lies in prevention. Scientists agree that preventing cancer is the best strategy.
As many as 90% of all cancers are caused by environmental factors and lifestyle behaviors.2,3
Ongoing research points to anti-cancer effects of compounds found in broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables.
Studies show that higher intake of cruciferous vegetables is associated with a reduced risk for different types of cancers.4,5
But to maximize the effects of these cancer-fighting compounds, you’d have to consume an enormous quantity of raw vegetables.
Scientists have discovered a way to remedy this problem. They have developed a delivery system to maximize the amounts of cancer-fighting compounds in cruciferous vegetables that enter the bloodstream.
Chemistry of Cruciferous Vegetables
Cruciferous vegetables are a group of edible plants that include broccoli, kale, green and red cabbage, cauliflower, and Brussels sprouts.
These vegetables are loaded with nutrients shown to help prevent a wide variety of common disorders.
In particular, cruciferous vegetables have a profound ability to shield cells from several processes that can transform healthy cells into malignant tumors.4,5
Two cruciferous nutrients are especially well validated: sulforaphane and 3,3’-diindolylmethane (DIM). The benefits of both are supported by ample medical literature.6-8
DIM is a stable compound that is readily absorbed from the digestive system.
Sulforaphane, however, is very unstable, which means it rapidly degrades into non-active substances if it isn’t quickly absorbed, or if the vegetable is heavily cooked.
Nature has found a way around this problem.
How Plants Make Sulforaphane
Sulforaphane itself isn’t contained in broccoli and cabbage.
Instead, a precursor called glucoraphanin is stored in these plant cells, along with an enzyme, myrosinase, that converts the glucoraphanin into sulforaphane.
In raw vegetables, glucoraphanin and myrosinase are stored in separate compartments.
Only when the vegetables have been eaten and partially digested do they mix in the body and form sulforaphane, the beneficial compound.
Once formed, sulforaphane must be absorbed rapidly in the small intestine or it will be lost.
A Solution Inspired by Nature
Scientists have found a way to deliver both glucoraphanin and myrosinase, isolated from broccoli, separately to the small intestine.
In the small intestine, these two components mix and form sulforaphane, which can be immediately absorbed into the body, achieving higher blood levels of this anti-cancer compound.
In a study done by scientists at Johns Hopkins, healthy individuals were given either glucoraphanin alone or in combination with the enzyme myrosinase. Urinary metabolites of sulforaphane were used to assess bioavailability.
The bioavailability of the combination of glucoraphanin and myrosinase was 35% compared to 10% in the group given only glucoraphanin.9
Sulforaphane and DIM Research
For decades, studies have shown that large dietary intakes of cruciferous vegetables reduce the risk of developing different forms of cancer, including many of the most common types, such as lung and colorectal cancer.5,10,11
Researchers have also evaluated the individual compounds derived from these vegetables, most importantly sulforaphane and DIM.
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine compared two different groups of rats; one was given sulforaphane and one was not.12 Both groups were then given a potent carcinogen, a chemical that produces cancerous tumors at a high rate. They found that the animals given sulforaphane developed 39% fewer tumors. In addition, the tumors that did develop were smaller and grew more slowly.
In human cancer cell lines, including breast cancer and leukemia, sulforaphane was shown to halt the growth of the tumors and to kill tumor cells.8
The benefit of DIM supplementation has been evaluated in two studies of women with a history of breast cancer.13,14 In both studies, women were randomized to receive DIM supplementation (108 mg per day in one, 300 mg per day in the other) or a placebo. DIM was found to significantly alter the mix of estrogen types, supporting an increase in “good” estrogen and reducing “bad” estrogen, which is linked to cancer progression.
DIM has also been evaluated in women for prevention of cervical cancer.6,10 Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia is a cervical cancer precursor.
In one study, women with cervical intraepithelial neoplasia were randomized to receive either 100 mg of DIM, 200 mg of DIM, or a placebo. After 90 to 180 days of supplementation researchers found that all patients’ cervical intraepithelial neoplasia resolved completely with the 200 mg dose of DIM. With the lower 100 mg dose of DIM, 90.5% regressed.6
What this shows is that these compounds, derived from cruciferous vegetables, can both prevent cancer and reverse the progression of cells that are already abnormal.
Cruciferous vegetables, including broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, and kale, are associated with reduced risk of cancer and other age-related diseases.
Two compounds derived from these vegetables, sulforaphane and DIM, are responsible for most of this anti-cancer activity.
Large amounts of raw vegetables would need to be consumed to maximize these effects.
Unlike DIM, sulforaphane is unstable and rapidly degrades if not absorbed quickly.
Scientists have found a way to deliver glucoraphanin and myrosinase to the intestine to achieve higher levels of the anti-cancer compound sulforaphane.
Four Ways Cruciferous Vegetables Protect Against Cancer
Cancer results from damage to genes that causes cells to multiply out of control.
Toxins and pollutants in the air we breathe, the water we drink, and the food we eat can all cause this damage. Even our own metabolism produces oxidative stress and potential toxins.
Behavior such as smoking greatly increases the amount of damage that is occurring.
Methods to decrease cancer risk include:
Protecting DNA genes from mutations (damage)
Reducing inflammation
Impairing ability of abnormal cells to propagate
Compounds found in cruciferous vegetables act in four major ways to prevent cancer.
1. Protecting against Epigenetic Changes
Cancer can be caused by epigenetic changes, the ability to “turn genes on and off.” These changes don’t alter the DNA, but they change expression patterns of genes.
Studies have shown that sulforaphane and DIM can reverse some of these cancer-associated alterations.15
Sulforaphane also reverses alterations of histone proteins involved in the regulation of genes, another epigenetic change that can contribute to cancer.16,17
2. Attacking Cancer Cells
Even after a cell starts down the path to cancer, the progression can be halted or reversed.
DIM and sulforaphane have been shown to suppress the growth of tumors by interfering with abnormal signaling factors that drive cancer cells to proliferate more rapidly.12
DIM also slows the propagation of tumor cells by blocking abnormal angiogenesis, the growth of new blood vessels.18
Cancers need ample blood flow to supply oxygen and nutrients so that they can grow aggressively. By impeding this new blood vessel growth, cruciferous vegetables can help starve tumor cells.
DIM and sulforaphane also directly kill cancer cells through the process of apoptosis, programmed cell death.19,20
By turning on the genes associated with apoptosis, cruciferous vegetables initiate “suicide” of the abnormal cells, while protecting healthy, normal cells.
3. Modulating Sex Hormones
Some forms of the hormone estrogen can stimulate breast cancer growth in women. By modulating estrogen metabolism, DIM shifts estrogen balance to favor the healthier forms of these hormones.21
In aging men, estrogen balance is also critical. Our early observations revealed that men presenting with benign prostate enlargement or prostate cancer had higher blood estrogen levels.22,23 Subsequent clinical and laboratory studies helped confirm our early observations.24-28 DIM can prevent stimulation of prostate cancer cells by estrogen.29,30
4. Inhibiting NF-kB
NF-kB (nuclear factor-kappa B) is a regulator in cells that activates inflammation, including the low-grade chronic inflammation that is a major contributor to most age-related diseases, including cancer.
Sulforaphane blocks NF-kB, thereby reducing inflammation that contributes to cancer growth.31
By reducing NF-kB activity, sulforaphane also has a powerful impact on other chronic diseases, and aging in general. For example, in animal models it can reduce inflammation in the brain that contributes to Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases.32,33
High dietary intake of raw cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower, is associated with a reduced risk for many types of cancer and other disorders.
Studies have demonstrated that many of the anti-cancer effects are due to two compounds derived from these vegetables: sulforaphane and DIM.
These cruciferous compounds target cancer at different points in its development and progression, reducing the risk of cancer formation in the first place, and halting the progression of some tumor cells.
While DIM is stable and easily absorbed when taken orally, sulforaphane is rapidly converted to inactive compounds.
To solve this problem, scientists have developed a delivery system (glucoraphanin plus myrosinase) that maximizes the amount of sulforaphane available for absorption into the bloodstream.
By separating these precursor plant compounds, much more sulforaphane becomes bioavailable in the small intestine. There, it can be rapidly absorbed, delivering higher blood levels of this anti-cancer (sulforaphane) compound.
If you have any questions on the scientific content of this article, please call a Life Extension® Wellness Specialist at 1-866-864-3027.
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Smith S, Sepkovic D, Bradlow HL, et al. 3,3’-Diindolylmethane and genistein decrease the adverse effects of estrogen in LNCaP and PC-3 prostate cancer cells. J Nutr. 2008 Dec;138(12):2379-85.
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Deputies: Student hit in wrist by stray bullet at cheer practice
November 13, 2013 at 7:51 AM EST - Updated July 25 at 2:28 PM
GOOSE CREEK, SC (WCSC) - Officials with the Berkeley County Sheriff's Office say a cheerleader who was struck by a bullet at Goose Creek High School was at cheer practice when the incident happened.
According to an incident report, the 14-year-old victim was sitting on the bleachers at cheer practice around 5:25 p.m. Tuesday when she felt what was described as a "very painful, heavy slap" on her wrist. Her wrist then began to bleed.
The report states the student was taken to the hospital where an x-ray revealed a bullet lodged in her wrist. She was treated for the injury and released.
The victim told police she did not hear any gunshots, and did not expect her wound to be from a gunshot.
The Berkeley County School District says the stray bullet is believed to have been fired from an off-campus location.
According to a recorded phone notification message from Goose Creek Principal Jimmy Huskey, the school is cooperating with law enforcement in the investigation.
No word yet on any suspects.
Huskey left the message for parents of Goose Creek High, Sedgefield Intermediate, and Sedgefield Middle School students.
Huskey says the schools will follow a normal bell schedule Wednesday, and that safety remains the highest priority of the school district.
If you have any information on this incident, call Crime Stoppers at 843-554-1111.
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Telangana: Swami Paripoornananda may join BJP, fight election
2 min read . Updated: 09 Oct 2018, 03:53 AM IST Yunus Y. Lasania
State-level BJP leaders, while maintaining that Paripoornananda has not yet joined the party officially, said that his joining will give the BJP a new Hindutva face, like UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath
Hyderabad: There is a strong buzz in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) circles that Swami Paripoornananda of the Shree Peetham in Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, is set to join the party in Telangana. The Hindu seer was in the news in July after being barred from Hyderabad by the city police for six months for making allegedly incendiary statements against minorities.
State-level BJP leaders, while maintaining that Paripoornananda has not yet joined the party officially, said that his joining will give the BJP a new Hindutva face, like Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath. A senior leader from the BJP’s Telangana unit, who did not want to be named, said that Paripoornananda will polarize votes across Muslim-dominated assembly constituencies in Hyderabad.
In September, the high court stayed the externment order on Paripoornananda, after which the seer returned to Hyderabad -- to a rousing welcome from the BJP, and Vishwa Hindu Parishad and other right-wing organizations. “There has been no formal meeting between us and Swamiji. But one thing is for sure, that he wants to join politics. Given his saffron background, joining the BJP will be a natural choice for him," said the BJP leader quoted above.
He added that if he joins, Paripoornananda might contest from the Hyderabad Lok Sabha seat in 2019, which is considered to be a bastion of the Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majilis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM). Owaisi is the incumbent MP, and the AIMIM has been winning the seat since 1984.
“There is no confirmation on Paripoornananda joining the BJP now. It is just speculation, but if he decides to join our party then we will welcome him," said BJP MLC N. Ramchander Rao.
Assembly elections in Telangana will be held on 7 December. It was advanced after chief minister and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) chief K. Chandrashekar Rao dissolved the 119-member assembly on 6 September. The results will be declared on 11 December, along with those of the assembly elections in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Mizozam.
In the 2014 elections, the BJP in alliance with the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) won five of the 119 assembly seats in Telangana. However, the TDP this time is part of a grand alliance of the Congress, the Communist Party of India (CPI) and the Telangana Jana Samithi (TJS), which means the BJP will be fighting against both the alliance and the TRS. The BJP does not have a pre-poll alliance.
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Bivvy Nights… And Thoughts
By Mike Appleton | September 16, 2016 0 Comments
Regular readers will know by now that I like sleeping under the stars in pretty much nothing else other than a plastic bag.
Ok, I’ve made that sound like I’m really roughing it … to be honest it’s nothing of the sort. I use an Alpkit Hunka XL, Vango Ultralite sleeping bag and I’ve just recently bought a new sleeping mat.
It all adds up to a ‘comfortable’ night in the open air.
I don’t think I have ever been 100 per cent settled when I’m sleeping out but my most recent bivvy, in the Yorkshire Dales, really was the best I’ve had.
A few beers in a local hostelry and selecting a spot was as simple as it has ever been – up on Norber – as were the conditions of no wind, no rain and a warm and clear night.
Milky moon, crystal skies an added bonus.
A nice whisky followed as did a really deep sleep and a beautiful sunrise – as the pictures show.
My friend told me, as he woke, that a Robin landed on his rucksack and basically watched him as he arose from his slumber.
It got me thinking that such an interaction is something that everyone should enjoy but in the Dales, in my experience, it doesn’t happen as much as it should.
In Easegill (near Barbon) I have hardly heard birds tweet – and that’s simply down to the lack of trees and other vegetation. The Dales is a working landscape but it’s also a landscape that lacks trees and therefore places for birds to nest and thrive.
The latest State of Nature report doesn’t paint a great picture of our country’s wildlife.
It says is faring worse in the UK than other countries too.
Last month, the Guardian reported that our best-loved wildlife was in serious decline and we all know what is happening with one of our best loved mammals – and national icons – the Badger.
In a landscape like the Dales, farming is pivotal and critical – it is what has shaped the rolling hills and fells. The Dales would look totally different if it wasn’t for agriculture – but is that a good thing?
Rewilding is in the news at present and I certainly back its aims. But balancing agriculture and the needs of the natural environment isn’t simple whatsoever. We have to feed an increasing population for starters.
The farmers I know certainly do their best with the multitude of environmental schemes which pay them to strive for that balance – but what happens to those projects post Brexit?
People who think the government will continue subsiding farmers at the same levels are sadly going to get a big shock – and I have to say I was surprised that before the vote Farmers Weekly suggested 58 per cent of farmers it polled would back ‘Leave’.
To me that’s turkey’s voting for Christmas – without the EU and subsidy there’s no way some hill farms could survive – but the reasons why many would have voted ‘out’ are complex. It’s not just about subsidy. It’s also being tied into a single market, with a lot of regulation.
And I can see why some wanted to leave – but “regulation” to me is environmental controls and they are vital. In fact, a YouGov poll showed that the “majority of British public polled support protections at least as strong as current EU rules and many think farming subsidies should focus more on environmental protection”.
I know farmers who agree with that also.
Interestingly, the National Trust has just bought Thorneythwaite Farm in the Lake District and it looks like its intention is to use the land as part of a general rewilding project.
This has caused some consternation in the farming community who effectively the Trust gazumped. The price paid for the Farm meant no prospective farmer could get close. How this one unfolds no one knows but farming is changing. As is public scrutiny.
One commentator said that the Trust wanted to ‘disneyfy’ the Lakes, making it a nature reserve instead of what it is – a working landscape. However, it seems that Thorneythwaite is already a reserve as it is, with hill sheep attached. What happens next is anyone’s call… but I do ask, if farms need subsidy to survive then why shouldn’t the Trust use its members’ funds to try something different?
I’m certainly open to having my mind changed on that.
That ‘disneyfication’ comment has also been labelled at the 15 National Parks by the Open Spaces Society.
Their general secretary Kate Ashbrook pointed to the National Parks Partnership which has been set up to enable businesses to engage with the parks ‘to enhance the quality and utility of the parks now and for future generations’.
She said that businesses would want to profit from the scheme through ‘inappropriate sponsorships’.
“If they (the Parks) become prey to commercial predators they will be at severe risk and their special qualities will be destroyed,” she said.
That was a worry I wrote about in Yorkshire’s Three Peaks – The Inside Story of the Dales. I was concerned with how the Yorkshire Dales National Park had been selling its own merchandise for the ‘Three Peaks’ competing against local and well established smaller businesses.
I couldn’t see how that was right. The same could be said for the Three Peaks Project receiving funds from Hanson – who operate quarries in the area – and aggregate for paths.
But not everything is so black and white. So moral.
With cuts in funding it’s impossible to see how these partnerships won’t get bigger in the future too.
And why not? Our National Parks are under pressure financially so it’s no wonder they have joined together under a Partnership.
And therefore we shouldn’t be surprised if big business want to get involved. The Parks aren’t left with much of a choice.
I suppose the answer is pretty simple. Fund our Parks, rewild where possible and work with farmers to ensure they can be allowed to manage the environment whilst supporting their businesses.
It would be a utopian ‘partnership’.
Subsidies will be ending, no doubt, so use what funds there are to ensure a balance so maybe my children can hear birds tweeting and see other wildlife without having to go to a zoo.
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Mediatonic’s HQ can be found deep in the heart of central London. With over 150 mad geniuses in residence, London is the biggest Mediatonic studio in our little family and the main base of operations for our co-founders Dave and Paul.
We’re currently housed in the Shell building on the Strand, providing (on a good day!) an amazing view of the south bank of the Thames. The Embankment gardens are directly outside the south entrance to the building–a lovely walk in for tube commuters in the morning and a great place to stretch out for lunch in the summer.
With such a melting pot of different disciplines, our London studio has a wide range of different groups and activities set up by our keen Tonic Team. There are Life Drawing classes put on by our brilliant artists, with occasional beginner's nights in case you’re shy (no professionals allowed!). For cinephiles we have film nights and Studio Ghibli nights if you’re an anime fan, or monthly board game nights and a whole directory of Dungeons and Dragons groups if you’re a tabletop fan.
Upon visiting you may notice our unusually titled meeting rooms–each meeting room in our London studio is named after a pub that was important to Mediatonic’s history, such as our board room Pillars of Hercules, named after a favourite near the old Soho studio, or one of our smaller meeting rooms The Coal Hole, which can be found just next door.
Almost everywhere in London is easily and quickly accessible by via the tube, or via buses if you’re more remote. The best lines for getting into central London are the Northern, District & Circle, and Central lines, but in general as long as you’re living somewhere with easy tube access your commute should be simple. The Piccadilly line can take you to and from Heathrow airport, while you’ll have to take a train or the Gatwick Express in from Gatwick.
Fav Sites & Apps
CityMapper:
The standard for all London travel, this app plans out public transport links from points all across London, showing you the fastest, most cost effective, or most rain-safe routes.
TFL Website:
The official site of Transport for London, where you can access information about tube and bus routes, as well as live updates on the status of individual lines.
Southern Rail & Gatwick Express:
Two sites that are absolutely necessary for travelling into London from Gatwick airport, or for travelling to Brighton. Book tickets and keep on top of train cancellations or delays!
London is a huge and varied city, so everyone will give you a different opinion on the best place to live. Whether you prefer the hipster food hub of Shoreditch, the rich culture of the West End, or the deep history of Greenwich, there will always be a part of London that speaks to you personally. It’s well worth considering some areas further from central - it might mean an extra ten minutes on the tube in the morning, but you can generally find somewhere nicer to live at a cheaper price.
Spareroom & Ideal Flatmate:
People-focused sites that are useful if you’re looking for a room in a flat-share. Get a sense of a person’s interests and personality before committing to a flat with them!
Rightmove & Zoopla:
If you’ve got a bigger budget, these are reliable and easy to use sites that are great for finding a studio or apartment to yourself.
VICE:
And if you ever need to revive your spirits, you can always check out Vice’s list of worst rental opportunities of the week and be thankful you'll find a much nicer place to call home
Banking for Expats
Finding a good bank that also supports expats is crucial. Some popular UK banks like HSBC, Santander, and Barclays have a global presence, allowing you to open an account in your home country before you move. Several banks, such as Barclays, offer accounts specifically for people new to the UK.
Lloyds ‘New to the UK’ guide:
Short and simple guide to internationals opening a UK bank account, including differences between banking in the UK and other countries.
Barclays international banking guide:
A detailed guide to Barclays international bank accounts, which also allows you to apply for an account online rather than at a branch.
London Living
Now the practical things are out of the way, let’s get stuck into the fun stuff! London is a diverse and wonderful place filled with awesome attractions, unmissable nights out, and tons of tasty food. Soho and Chinatown are great options, whether you’re looking for stellar Chinese food, a sophisticated gastropub or some Italian. Interested in a cheeky after-work cocktail? Try Covent Garden. Further afield, Shoreditch is full of trendy bars and restaurants, while Camden is famous for a grungy yet delicious pub and music scene. A personal favourite of Mediatonic is the board game cafe Draughts in Waterloo - who can refuse the double whammy of pub grub and board games?
Make sure you don’t miss out on the classic tourist experience! Our list of must-visits below cover the big London hits, but there’s plenty of industry-specific events as well. With a rich culture of indie developers, London is full of talks and meet-ups that can quickly help you find your place in the community.
Must-visits and Helpful Guides:
National Portrait Gallery, Tate Modern:
Both the classics and the modern are covered at these two famous art institutions, definites for anyone interested in art.
British Museum, the Science Museum, Greenwich Observatory:
Iconic buildings scattered across London, these are all brilliant ways to immerse yourself in history and science.
British Library, Somerset House, V&A:
Great hubs for art, design, narrative, and game-related exhibitions.
Time Out London:
Useful guide of regular events going on across London.
There’s never a dull moment in London, which fits the Mediatonic spirit perfectly! At the London HQ, we’re all about keeping busy–enjoying the city as much as we enjoy the studio. Situated firmly in the centre of the city, we’re at the heart of one of the world’s biggest metropolitan cities and a massive hub for the UK game development scene.
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The Benefits of Live Streaming Your Sport
Across the world, live streaming in its many forms has become increasingly popular. A trend that we expect to continue going from strength to strength in 2020.
The ways in which people consume content has, of course, changed considerably with the ever-advancing digital age. Video has asserted itself as the preferred way to learn and intake new information.
So much so that 80% of consumers now prefer to watch live videos from a brand than read a blog
(Source: Livestream).
Being able to watch a sporting event live gives a greater essence of what it was like to be there. All the ‘major’ sports are traditionally broadcasted on the television, but recently there has been a shift to streaming sites being awarded high end contracts, such as Amazon with Premier League Football and Tennis. This emphasises the power of the consumer and the high viewing statistics of those watching video online. The sports industry is vast, with numerous sporting events that have considerable following just through streaming games online on their websites and YouTube. Below are 4 of the key benefits of using Live Streaming sport.
Anyone, Anywhere, Any Device
One of the greatest advantaged of live streaming a sporting event is that it becomes accessible to anyone. By live streaming an event, you can have one person watching from their phone in Australia, another on their laptop in Germany and a desktop user in Canada. It truly opens the possibilities of where your content can be seen and who by. This takes any local event onto the global scene, allowing for great exposure for small and large events alike. Suddenly a small sports event that has capacity for only a couple of hundred people, can now be seen by 1000’s of people who may be interested. This is great for exposure and scaling. Local teams are now able to have dedicated fan bases who tune in to see their team play. The footage can be edited as well to create highlights of matches, something that countless sports fans find useful when they are unable to watch the whole event.
Real Time Engagement
Fan engagement is incredibly important at any sporting event. Fans create a community around teams and local areas, something that contributes to the make-up of the sports industry today. Being able to engage in real time with like-minded people who share varying views is all part of the fan experience. It also is crucial to the growth of the sport and teams involved. The more people talking about a club, player or sport, the broader the reach that they get.
Multi-purposeful Content
Whilst live streaming allows people to follow sport in real time, the video content is still available after the event has finished. This means that days, weeks or years after the event has finished, people are still able to view the content and get a feel for what the event was like. Not only can people see the original footage of the event, but the raw footage can be edited to create promotional content for the next event, social media clips to showcase highlights and several specific videos all focusing on an individual topic. Teams can use the footage to see how they can improve for future games, or even scout their opponents. It also creates an archive for fans and players to look back on, thus creating a history around the teams or significant matches such as a promotion battle.
New Revenue
Sponsorship and paid advertisements are two of the key areas which live streaming your sport can lead to new revenue. All forms of media now incorporate some form of advertising, and live streaming is no different. Having a sponsor for your match provides a mutually beneficial partnership. With a sponsor, the live streaming costs can be covered meaning the sports club can essentially receive free exposure, and the advertiser can receive great publicity through their logo and adverts being displayed to a targeted audience.
With the affordability of live streaming and opportunities for sponsorships, live streaming is the perfect option for sporting events that currently do not have the profile to receive exposure on the television. Live streaming also gives the option to broadcast events on the media channel of your choice. Whether that is YouTube, Facebook, or your personal website, live streaming can work for sports clubs of all sizes.
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How Aluminum is Produced
Aluminum manufacture is accomplished in two phases: the Bayer process of refining the bauxite ore to obtain aluminum oxide, and the Hall-Heroult process of smelting the aluminum oxide to release pure aluminum.
Bauxite is the mineral form of aluminium
Aluminum compounds have proven useful for thousands of years. Around 5000 B.C. , Persian potters made their strongest vessels from clay that contained aluminum oxide. Ancient Egyptians and Babylonians used aluminum compounds in fabric dyes, cosmetics, and medicines. However, it was not until the early nineteenth century that aluminum was identified as an element and isolated as a pure metal. The difficulty of extracting aluminum from its natural compounds kept the metal rare for many years; half a century after its discovery, it was still as rare and valuable as silver.
Crushing and Grinding :
Bauxite is the mineral form of aluminium. It is the most abundant mineral in the earth’s crust. Bauxite contains about 50 per cent alumina. It is formed by the weathering of sedimentary rocks that contain a high proportion of aluminium bearing minerals. Bauxite is normally found in a layer averaging three to five metres deep, located about half a metre beneath the topsoil. Mined bauxite resembles small red pebbles, called pisolites, averaging about five millimetres in diameter.
Crusher and Grinding
Aluminum compounds occur in all types of clay, but the ore that is most useful for producing pure aluminum is bauxite. Bauxite consists of 45-60% aluminum oxide, along with various impurities such as sand, iron, and other metals. Although some bauxite deposits are hard rock, most consist of relatively soft dirt that is easily dug from open-pit mines. Australia produces more than one-third of the world’s supply of bauxite. It takes about 4 lb (2 kg) of bauxite to produce 1 lb (0.5 kg) of aluminum metal.
Caustic soda (sodium hydroxide) is used to dissolve the aluminum compounds found in the bauxite, separating them from the impurities. Depending on the composition of the bauxite ore, relatively small amounts of other chemicals may be used in the extraction.
Alumina recovery begins by passing the bauxite through screens to sort it by size. It is then crushed to produce relatively uniformly sized material. The ore is then fed into large grinding mills and mixed with a caustic soda solution (sodium hydroxide) at high temperature and pressure. The grinding mill rotates like a huge drum while steel rods - rolling around loose inside the mill - grind the ore to an even finer consistency. The process is a lot like a kitchen blender only much slower and much larger. The material finally discharged from the mill is called slurry.
Digesting :
The slurry is pumped to a digester where the chemical reaction to dissolve the alumina takes place. In the digester the slurry - under 50 pounds per square inch pressure - is heated to 300 °Fahrenheit (145 °Celsius). It remains in the digester under those conditions from 30 minutes to several hours.
More caustic soda is added to dissolve aluminum containing compounds in the slurry. Undesirable compounds either don’t dissolve in the caustic soda, or combine with other compounds to create a scale on equipment which must be periodically cleaned. The digestion process produces a sodium aluminate solution. Because all of this takes place in a pressure cooker, the slurry is pumped into a series of “flash tanks” to reduce the pressure and heat before it is transferred into “settling tanks.”
Settling :
Settling is achieved primarily by using gravity, although some chemicals are added to aid the process. Just as a glass of sugar water with fine sand suspended in it will separate out over time, the impurities in the slurry - things like sand and iron and other trace elements that do not dissolve - will eventually settle to the bottom.
the Bayer process to produce alumina from bauxite
The liquor at the top of the tank (which looks like coffee) is now directed through a series of filters. After washing to recover alumina and caustic soda, the remaining red mud is pumped into large storage ponds where it is dried by evaporation.he alumina in the still warm liquor consists of tiny, suspended crystals. However there are still some very fine, solid impurities that must be removed. Just as coffee filters keep the grounds out of your cup, the filters here work the same way.
The giant-sized filters consist of a series of “leaves” - big cloth filters over steel frames - and remove much of the remaining solids in the liquor. The material caught by the filters is known as a “filter cake” and is washed to remove alumina and caustic soda. The filtered liquor - a sodium aluminate solution - is then cooled and pumped to the “precipitators.” The caustic soda and alumina solution passes into rows of thickener tanks where solid impurities sink to the bottom as a fine, red mud. The impurities are washed several times with water and disposed of in tailings dams on site. The remaining solution of alumina trihydrate is filtered to make it even clearer.
Precipitation :
The alumina trihydrate solution is then cooled, concentrated and stirred in open top tanks until it forms into crystals. This part of the process can take several days. Pure alumina is added to this mixture to assist with the formation of alumina trihydrate crystals.
Imagine a tank as tall as a six-story building. Now imagine row after row of those tanks called precipitators. The clear sodium aluminate from the settling and filtering operation is pumped into these precipitators. Fine particles of alumina - called “seed crystals” (alumina hydrate) - are added to start the precipitation of pure alumina particles as the liquor cools. Alumina crystals begin to grow around the seeds, then settle to the bottom of the tank where they are removed and transferred to “thickening tanks.” Finally, it is filtered again then transferred by conveyor to the “calcination kilns.”
Calcination :
The crystals are then washed, filtered and heated in gas-fired kilns at temperatures greater than 1,100°C to remove water molecules. The final product is a fine, dry, white powder, which is alumina. Alumina is then cooled and stored.
Calcination is a heating process to remove the chemically combined water from the alumina hydrate. That’s why, once the hydrated alumina is calcined, it is referred to as anhydrous alumina. “Anhydrous” means “without water.”
From precipitation, the hydrate is filtered and washed to rinse away impurities and remove moisture. A continuous conveyor system delivers the hydrate into the calcining kiln. The calcining kiln is brick-lined inside and gas-fired to a temperature of 2,000 °F or 1,100 °C.
The Hall-Heroult method of aluminium production occurs in large refractory-lined steel containers called pots that are connected in series and housed in long buildings called pot rooms.
It slowly rotates (to make sure the alumina dries evenly) and is mounted on a tilted foundation which allows the alumina to move through it to cooling eqipment. The result is a white powder like that shown below: pure alumina. The caustic soda is returned to the beginning of the process and used again. The aluminium, in molten form, sinks to the bottom of the reduction cell, while the carbon dioxide and other gaseous by products form at the top of the cell. The gases are cleaned to remove contaminants before being released into the atmosphere.
Molten aluminium is siphoned from the bottom of the cell by a process called tapping. The aluminium is then transported to a holding furnace to be cast into products. Casting takes place in temperatures of just over 700°C. Aluminium is cast into ingots, large blocks, t-bars or long cylindrical logs called extrusion billets. Special ingot casting machines automatically cast, stack, strap and weigh the ingots into one tonne bundles ready for transport. Extrusion billets and t-bars are cast according to customer requirements using a process known as vertical drill chill casting.
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May 25, 2020 11:20 am AESTDate Time
Council LED streetlights to slash power bills and emissions
Council has begun bulk-replacing older street lighting with more efficient LED lighting to reduce the Byron Shire’s carbon footprint and move a step closer to achieving its zero emissions target.
119 LED streetlights have been installed across South Golden Beach and Ocean Shores in recent weeks.
“Replacing 119 old streetlights with new LEDs is equivalent to taking 8 cars off the road,” Council’s Sustainability and Emissions Reduction Officer Julia Curry said.
“Streetlights are responsible for around 3.5 percent of Council’s actual operational emissions profile, so there are significant savings when you start replacing these old, inefficient streetlights with something way more environmentally friendly.
“If we were to replace all of our old streetlights with new LED streetlights, that 3.5 percent figure could be halved – and that is what we will be aiming for,” Ms Curry said.
“Considering the Shire has almost 2000 streetlights, we would be looking at saving around $150,000 per year whilst inching closer to zero emissions at the same time,” she said.
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You are here: Home / Education / Joplin schools prepare for the challenges of the coming school year (AUDIO)
Joplin schools prepare for the challenges of the coming school year (AUDIO)
August 8, 2011 By Brian Hauswirth
Joplin schools start in nine days, and administrators say they’re making sure there are plenty of mental health resources for students and faculty members.
Joplin Schools Superintendent C. J. Huff says the district anticipated the need for additional mental health services right away, and has been preparing all summer. They’ve worked with professionals at the University of Missouri and the Ozark Center, as well as the federal government. He says there were 3,000 students living in the tornado zone. There were seven students and one faculty member who died in the tornado.
Huff says he’s been touring the schools and thinks they’re ready to go for the school year. He says they’ve even added a few new classes in trigonometry and show choir.
Huff says a small upside is that there is an opportunity for some grants during the rebuild. Huff says extra money will go toward more student activities.
School starts Wednesday the 17th.
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