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Dec. 15 is the deadline for UPS, FedEx, USPS ground delivery by Christmas Day
By Chris Williams
A FedEx worker wears a face mask while loading a truck on Fifth Avenue in NYC.(Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images)
Time is running out for gift-givers to get their packages delivered by Christmas Day.
FedEx, USPS and UPS said Dec. 15 is the recommended deadline for people to choose ground delivery to ship their gifts in order to have delivered by Christmas Day in the United States.
FedEx said after Dec. 15, customers should probably pay for freight, overnight or 2-day shipping. The last option would be same-day delivery in the same city on Dec. 25.
Shipping companies gear up for peak holiday season.
Delivery companies are urging customers to shop and send gifts early.
“We are warmed up for what we’re calling the ship-a-thon,” said Brie Carere, chief marketing and communications officer at FedEx. “Like everything else in 2020, this is going to be an unprecedented peak season. We’ve actually seen three years of growth in e-commerce pulled forward. So we are expecting a ton of volume.”
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UPS said after Dec. 15, customers should opt to pay for next day, 2-day or 3-day shipping. Only UPS Express Critical is an available option on Christmas Day.
USPS recommended customers pay for priority or first-class mail after Dec. 15 if they want their gifts delivered by Christmas.
FedEx and UPS are ramping up their holiday hiring while expanding their weekend operations and asking retailers to use their shipping network when there is more slack. And stores are pushing shoppers to buy early and are expanding services like curbside pickup to minimize the need for delivery.
Amazon, which has been growing its own delivery network so it doesn’t have to rely as much on UPS and the U.S. Postal Service, is nonetheless warning shoppers not to wait until the last minute to buy gifts. While the world’s largest online retailer delivers more than half of its packages itself, it still relies on other carriers to get orders to shoppers.
U.S. online holiday sales are expected to shatter previous records. Adobe Analytics, which measures sales at 80 of the top 100 U.S. online retailers, predicts a total of $189 billion in online holiday sales, a 33% increase compared to last year. That’s equal to two years worth of holiday e-commerce sales growth shoved into one season.
The Associated Press contributed to this report. This story was reported from Los Angeles.
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Neither Rain, Nor Snow, Nor Sleet, Nor Address ...
"Cheers" had Cliff Clavin, but Wilmslow, England, has a real Postman Know-It-All — Paul Gardiner.
The Royal Mail postman did the seemingly impossible, the U.K. Daily Mail reports, delivering a postcard addressed to a resident at "Yellow Door, Wilmslow."
Gardiner used his vast knowledge to track down Khumi Burton's canary-yellow door in this town of about 30,000 in Cheshire, England.
"This will be a true test of the postman's resolve as we do not have your full address," read the postcard. It was sent from friends vacationing in Krakow, Poland.
Gardiner proved his resolve and then some.
Michelin Man Plans to Shed a Spare
The Michelin Man is slimming down by a spare, the London Sun reports.
Michelin unveiled a trimmer tire "spokesman" for the British public, eliminating his "spare tire" around the midsection for a new series of U.K. advertisements.
It had been eight years since the nation had seen the Michelin Man, whose larger all-weather frame could have been inspiration for the cuddly heft of the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man from "Ghostbusters."
The changes mirror a more health-conscious Britain, a Michelin official said.
"It shows the evolution of people and is a way of keeping up with changes in society," said Thierry Rudloff, chief of marketing for Michelin.
'I Have Had It With This Squirrel on This Hawaii-Bound Plane'
HONOLULU (AP) — An American Airlines flight made an unscheduled landing after pilots heard something skittering about in the wire-laden space over the cockpit.
The airline blamed the emergency landing of the Tokyo-Dallas flight with 202 passengers on a stowaway squirrel.
"You do not want a varmint up in the wiring areas and what-have-you on an airplane. You don't want anything up there," said John Hotard, spokesman for the Fort Worth, Texas-based airline.
He said pilots feared the animal would chew through wiring or cause other problems.
"So, as a precaution, we diverted," Hotard said.
Once on the ground late Friday, the Boeing 777's human passengers were put up in hotel rooms and later rebooked on other flights.
State and federal agriculture and wildlife officials boarded the plane, set traps and captured the eastern gray squirrel.
Hotard said the plane had flown to Tokyo from New York before the Dallas flight.
Honolulu, however, proved to be the squirrel's final destination. Fearing it may have been carrying rabies, authorities had the rodent killed.
London Bridge Is No Excuse, No Excuse, No Excuse
LONDON (AP) — It was a novel attempt to beat a speeding ticket — objecting to a black border on the speed limit sign — but it failed to impress Britain's High Court on Wednesday.
Lawyers for six motorists who received tickets for exceeding the 20 mph speed limit on London's Tower Bridge in 2005 argued that the signs were unlawful under the 1984 Road Traffic Regulation Act, because they had a tiny black border.
Judge Igor Judge, who heard the case with Judge David Lloyd Jones, ruled that the appeal "was based entirely on a technicality that was utterly devoid of merit."
As a result, officials can go ahead with processing about 10,000 speeding summonses, each carrying fines of $195 to $292, said Simon Walsh, a City of London magistrate.
The Snowy Arches
WOOSTER, Ohio (AP) — Three College of Wooster students were arrested by police Tuesday night while participating in a campus tradition of packing snow into an arch in hopes of getting a snow day.
About 350 students had gathered at the arch, leading campus security to call police. Authorities say some students confronted officers and yelled at them.
Police say the crowd calmed down after the dean of students arrived and got the students to agree not to block the doors to a 105-year-old campus building that just underwent an $18 million renovation.
The students were allowed to proceed with the prank and fill the arch with snow.
The school ended up canceling classes Wednesday because of the bad weather — not the prank.
Compiled by FOXNews.com's Sara Bonisteel.
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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Unveils Seventh Hotel in Russia with the Opening of Sheraton Ufa Hotel
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World-Renowned Sheraton Brand Continues Growth and Extends Iconic Hospitality to an Emerging Eastern Russian City
UFA, Russia - August 12, 2015 - (BUSINESS WIRE) - As part of its commitment to open more than 150 new hotels by 2020, Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) today unveiled Sheraton® Ufa Hotel, a new build property located near the southern stretch of the Ural Mountains. Developed by Granelle Real Estate LLC, this hotel marks a Starwood debut in the oil-rich capital of the Republic of Bashkortostan.
“Ufa, as an emerging market, presents another tremendous expansion opportunity for Sheraton, and we are proud to be the first internationally branded upscale property to open in the region,” said Dave Marr, Global Brand Leader, Sheraton Hotels & Resorts. “Sheraton Ufa builds on the brand’s first mover advantage and we are excited to partner with Granelle Real Estate LLC to grow the Sheraton brand in Russia.”
Spread across nine floors, Sheraton Ufa features 150 sophisticated guest rooms and 11 plush suites designed by the internationally recognized Christian Lundwall. Each space boasts interplays of cedar wood evoking regional architectural styles and also comes equipped with air conditioning, a fully stocked minibar, and high-speed internet.
As part of a thriving industrial city rising from the windswept steppes, Sheraton Ufa appeals to business travelers. The property is within close proximity to key government institutions, banks, and multinational corporations - in addition to Congress Hall, the main conference center in the Republic of Bashkortostan. And for guests in search of cultural diversions, Ufa is also home to the prestigious Bashkir State Opera and Ballet Theatre, the Nesterov Art Gallery, the Bashkortostan National Museum, as well as other charming historical sites.
“Further underscoring our plans to aggressively expand in Russia, we are delighted to introduce our iconic Sheraton brand to Ufa,” said Michael Wale, President, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Europe, Africa and Middle East. “As the city continues to welcome travelers from around the world, we are confident that guests at the hotel will receive an unparalleled experience.”
An ideal choice for meetings and events, Sheraton Ufa has more than 9,500 square feet of function space across a ballroom and 13 versatile meeting rooms. Together these rooms can accommodate up to 1,000 individuals. Each space features top-notch audio-visual technology and is backed by an outstanding events team.
Sheraton Ufa offers a range of leisure facilities, such as Shine Spa for Sheraton™ and the state-of-the-art Sheraton® Fitness Center. Guests can stay connected in comfort in the Sheraton Club® lounge with its complimentary breakfast, all-day refreshments, and free Wi-Fi. With a modern ambiance, Novum Restaurant features a diverse menu of international fusion dishes à la carte. The lobby provides further space where guests can relax while enjoying unique cocktails and memorable culinary dishes.
The property is a 25-minute drive from Ufa International Airport, which has international connections to countries across Europe and the Middle East, as well as domestic flights to many Russian cities and towns. And with Ufa Railway station, a stop on a historic branch of the Trans-Siberian Railway, the city is further linked by train to the rest of Russia.
Starwood currently has seven hotels in Russia, representing five of its lifestyle brands - St. Regis®, The Luxury Collection®, Sheraton, W® and Four Points by Sheraton®. Sheraton Ufa Hotel is the third Sheraton hotel in the country, following Sheraton Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport Hotel and Sheraton Palace Hotel Moscow. The company will double its footprint in Russia over the next three years.
About Sheraton Hotels & Resorts
Sheraton Hotels & Resorts makes it easy for our guests to explore, relax and experience the possibilities of travel. As the largest and most global brand of Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc., Sheraton helps guests make connections at more than 430 hotels in more than 70 countries around the world through signature offerings such as the exclusive Sheraton Club lounge and Paired, our new menu of expertly matched small plates, premium wines and local craft beers. The brand recently launched Sheraton 2020, a 10 point plan designed to make Sheraton the global hotel brand of choice, everywhere. Sheraton is proud to offer the Starwood Preferred Guest® program, the industry’s leading loyalty program. To learn more, visit www.sheraton.com. Stay connected to Sheraton: @sheratonhotels on Twitter and Instagram and facebook.com/Sheraton.
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Sheraton Hotels
Sheraton Hotels & Resorts makes it easy for guests to explore, relax and enjoy the possibilities of travel through smart solutions and effortless experiences at more than 440 hotels in more than 72 countries around the world.
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By Siddharth Singh . 13th August 2018 09:59pm
Actress Anushka Sharma, who is gearing up for the release of her forthcoming film "Sui Dhaaga", says she was afraid to play the role of Mamata in the movie. Anushka was present at the trailer launch of her upcoming film along with co-star Varun Dhawan, director-writer Sharat Katariya and producer Maneesh Sharma on Monday. The actress said she loved the script, but she declined to play the character. "When Sharat came to me with the script, I was excited to read it. I had seen his previous film and had loved it. When I read 'Sui Dhaaga', I loved the script and what they were trying to do with the story. I loved that Yash Raj was making the film but still, I said no at first. "I could not understand how I would play this character. I always wanted to challenge myself as an actor but this was differing with my personality on another level. So I was afraid and I told him I don't think I can do this character." When asked about her experience learning the craft, she said, "I had a lot of fun while doing embroidery. My Dadi (grandmother) used to work with crochet embroidery and even my mother knew how to do it. She even used to stitch clothes so somewhere I had those memories so when I started doing embroidery, I picked it up very quickly. "Thanks to 'Sui Dhaaga', we got to learn about these crafts, what skills are required to be a tailor and how difficult it is. Due to working on films like these, your appreciation and value for it increase on another level." The story of the film is about finding love and respect through self-reliance. It also stars Varun Dhawan. The film will release on September 28.
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At VA Hearing, Doctors Link Wait Times to Deaths
At a heated Congressional hearing Wednesday, two doctors said patient deaths can be linked to delays in care at VA medical centers, a starkly different view than the one painted by an increasingly controversial inspector general's report.
Caroline Cournoyer | September 18, 2014
By Heath Druzin
Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., took a hard line in his questioning of acting VA Inspector General Richard Griffin, expressing skepticism about whether the IG was unduly influenced by VA officials.
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At one point Miller banged his gavel to stop Griffin from speaking.
"You want the truth?" Griffin shot back.
"You are out of order," Miller said.
The VA health-care scandal took its latest troubling turn Wednesday at a hearing of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, where two VA whistleblowers sat next to Griffin as they picked apart his office's report, which found no link between delayed care and patient deaths.
"As a physician reading this report, I disagree," Katherine Mitchell, medical director of the Phoenix VA Health Care System's Iraq and Afghanistan Post-Deployment Center, said in her testimony.
In submitted written testimony, Mitchell went further: "I believe the OIG case review overlooked actual and potential causal relationships between health care delays and veteran deaths."
Mitchell was joined by retired Phoenix VA doctor Samuel Foote, the whistleblower who helped expose the scandal that led to the resignation of former VA secretary Eric Shinseki and calls for massive reforms and the firing of officials.
At the hearing, Foote said the VA IG's office used a report on care at VA hospitals as damage control, rather than using it to get to the bottom of major deficiencies in the system. Calling the IG report a "whitewash," Foote said patient deaths could be linked to delays in care.
"I would like to use this statement to comment on what I view as the foot-dragging, downplaying and frankly, inadequacy of the Inspector General's Office," Foote said, saying the report was "designed to minimize the scandal and protect perpetrators."
The IG investigation found substantial problems in the VA health care system and "ethical lapses" among VA's senior leadership, but stopped short of linking patient deaths to delays in care.
"It's very difficult to know how someone died," Dr. John Daigh, an assistant inspector general who helped draft the report, said in defending his findings. "I'm not clairvoyant."
One issue driving skepticism about the IG report is changes made between a draft version that was leaked early and the final report.
Griffin vigorously defended his office's handling of the investigation, and rejected charges that VA officials influenced his report and pointed out that he refused a request from VA officials that he omit several patient cases from the report.
"We are scrupulous about our independence and take pride in the performance of our mission," he said.
Even the normally affable new Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Bob McDonald, got testy when asked by Rep. Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., whether he will investigate leaks, such as the early release of the IG report.
"The three hours I spend waiting to testify is three hours is time I'm not spending working on veterans issues," McDonald said.
In recent months Foote and current and former VA employees have brought to light a system where patients languished for months without care, some waiting for potentially life-saving procedures, and where appearances were put above medical care.
In response to the revelations, Congress passed a $17-billion bill enabling the VA to hire more doctors and nurses and making it easier to fire underperforming officials.
The Phoenix system has become a poster child for VA dysfunction, with officials accused of manipulating data to cover up long wait times in order to receive higher bonuses.
The committee has also requested testimony from Sharon Helman, the director of the Phoenix VA Health Care System, who has taken heavy criticism for her role in the scandal, but she did not appear at the hearing.
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NHS CCIO appointed under wider technology executive overhaul
lucbouchard 8 July 2016
NHS England has unveiled three key senior appointments that will help lead key national technology initiatives in the latest of a series of significant shake-ups for UK healthcare delivery this week.
Building on several recommendations from the upcoming release of a review into NHS computer systems by Dr Bob Wachter, Professor Keith McNeil – formerly chief executive of Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust – has been unveiled as the first ever chief clinical Information Office (CCIO) for UK healthcare.
Alongside the appointment, the organisation announced that Will Smart from the Royal Free London NHS Foundation trust will serve as the NHS’ chief information officer (CIO).
"Rather than appoint a single chief information and technology officer, consistent with the Wachter review, the NHS is appointing a senior medical leader as NHS CCIO supported by an experienced health IT professional as NHS CIO," said NHS England in a statement.
Meanwhile, Juliet Bauer will take up the post of director of digital experience at NHS England that will see her oversee aims to transform the NHS Choices website and introduce more self-serve, consumer facing technology solutions.
NHS England expects the CCIO and CIO to provide strategic leadership across the organisation that will include chairing the National Information Board (NIB), while serving as commissioning client for programmes delivered by the soon to be rebranded Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).
"The roles will be based at NHS England and will report to Matthew Swindells, national director: operations and information, but the post-holders will also be accountable to NHS Improvement, with responsibility for its technology work with NHS providers," said the statement.
All three appointees have strong backgrounds working in technology, with McNeil having served as chief executive with one of the NHS’s largest and renowned care bodies as it undertook the long-term ‘eHospital’ programme that sought to overhaul data use through a project with Epic and HP.
He stood down in September, a week before the Care Quality Commission recommended Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust was put in ‘special measures’ after receiving an "Inadequate" rating.
It is understood that CQC’s decision to put CUH into special measures at the time was no direct reflection on the trust’s progress with the ongoing eHospital project.
Reflecting on his new role as CCIO, Professor McNeil noted that the introduction of new technology always took time and present challenges, particularly regarding healthcare and hospitals.
However, he argued that the potential rewards were great in terms of improving patient outcomes and cost efficiency.
"It was not easy implementing the electronic health record at Addenbrooke’s, but a year and a half on, the lessons for the future are clear and the benefits are there for all to see. I know as a doctor, that my colleagues would not want to return to a paper-based system," added McNeil.
Dr Bob Wachter – charged by the Department of Health to review and recommend improvements around how the NHS implements and uses digital systems – said McNeil as CCIO understood why transformation was necessary and how to make it happen.
"He ‘gets’ the necessity of clinical engagement, and the real world complexities of technology adoption. The journey may not always be smooth, but the electronic record system at Addenbrooke’s is now one of the best in the NHS, a real example of how technology can improve outcomes for patients," Wachter said.
"I was particularly taken by Addenbrooke’s emphasis on the importance of the human-technology interface – getting this right is absolutely critical to achieving technology’s full potential."
Noel Gordon, chair of NHS Digital – the rebranded name for HSCIC from next month – said all three appointments would provide technology and change expertise to the NHS executive team to support the key aims of the Five Year Forward View strategy looking at demand and funding efficiency.
"I welcome these three appointments and the platform they give to increasing the integration of our leadership agenda in delivering the outcomes we all want for patients."
Service interoperability and the closer integration of health and social care are among some of the key focuses outlined in NHS England’s ‘Five Year Forward View’ plan as well as the Personalised Health and Care strategy, which are designed to try and address funding pressures.
Earlier this week, NHS England announced it was terminating its long delayed care.data programme on the back of a wider review by National Data Guardian Dame Fiona Caldicott of how patient information is shared and protected across UK healthcare.
Dame Caldicott had recommended the government consider a review of the programme, which is designed to make use of anonymised patient data extracted from GP or hospital medical records, after setting out a new model that goes further than measures set out for the planned pilots intended to trial care.data.
Her review was released alongside findings from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) setting out guidelines for UK health and social care providers to better protect systems against data breaches or loss of confidential patient information.
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NHS computer review launched amidst £4.2bn paperless push
CQC puts Cambridge NHS trust into ‘special measures’
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Raspberry Bulbs to release new studio album “Before the Age of Mirrors” on February 21st 2020
New York’s Raspberry Bulbs - featuring members of Bone Awl and Rorschach - makes their Relapse Records debut with their highly anticipated new album, “Before the Age of Mirrors”.
Raspberry Bulbs emphasizes the volatile, confrontational attitudes of punk with the discordant sounds of lo-fi black metal and inspirational fever dreams found only in weird fiction.
In the band’s own words: "Equal parts paranoia, anger, and insane humor to satisfy the most cynical minds, "Before the Age of Mirrors" was crafted for the times where we desperately look for a way forward and we seem, at this dazzling stage, almost prepared to step through the mirror”.
Listen to the album’s first single “Ultra Vires” below.
“Before the Age of Mirrors” is due out on February 21st, 2020, on CD, LP, cassette, and digital formats. Cassette edition covers are handmade, stamped, and signed by band founder M. Del Rio. Physical packages are available for pre-order via Relapse.com here. Digital downloads and all streaming services are available here.
1. Spitting from on High
2. They’re After Me
3. Interlude I
4. Missing Teeth
5. Doggerel
6. Interlude II
7. Midnight Line
8. Reclaimed Church
9. Interlude III
10. Ultra Vires
11. Interlude IV
12. Given Over To History
Raspberry Bulbs is an occult underground band that uses the Lovecraftian lineage of weird fiction as a tightrope to string together the posts staked into Rudimentary Peni, The Fall, Bone Awl, Morbid Angel, Metallica, and too many black metal bands to mention because it’s the easiest way to connect these seemingly disparate touchstones.
Forever defying the conventions of underground music, Raspberry Bulbs continue to push the envelope via their subversive take on occult punk and black metal. Through maniacal lyricism, raw guitar snarls channeled through gritty, four-track recordings, and a wall of distortion, Raspberry Bulbs suffocates the listener every step of the way.
Raspberry Bulbs began as the solo project of M. Del Rio in 2009 but expanded two years later into a full lineup that included Nick Forte (of the east coast legends, Rorschach) and Jim Ning Nong. This incarnation of Raspberry Bulbs released two albums on the Blackest Ever Black label and toured the east coast several times in 2013 with such underground acts as Salvation and Alberich. Now after six years of silence, the band emerges again with a new LP utilizing the same raw four-track recording style and homemade production known from all their previous recordings.
Raspberry Bulbs’ new album, “Before the Age of Mirrors”, contains enough parts paranoia, anger, and insane humor to satisfy any contemporary fan of underground music. It’s an album crafted especially for these times where we desperately look for a way forward and we seem, at this dazzling stage, almost prepared to step through the mirror.
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Even less is even more: Cage Match final game update
About a year ago, we cut the elements of Cage Match! in half, and the game became much better for it. Over the past couple of weeks, racing towards our deadline to print in time for the holidays, we reduced it even further, and what was a good game is really and truly a great game now. I’m super proud of it.
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Most recently, the OK Art Studio did some outstanding work in essentially cutting the footprint of the game in half, from 14″ per player down to 7″ per player. Now that you only need 7″ of table to play your side, you can play on a coffee table or at a bar.
Before: Just a couple of weeks ago, the Action Pad was twice the size at 14″. A bit clunky and takes up a lot of table for what is supposed to be a small game.
A year to a year-and-a-half ago, we were trying to make a different game than what we’ve made now. At that point in time, my vision was of a MMA game that MMA fans would love. My goal was for MMA fans to say, “If you want to play a game that really captures the MMA fight experience, play Cage Match!”
Since then, we’ve changed our minds about the goal, and the game has had to change along with it. What we learned through hundreds upon hundreds of play tests was that the fun heart of the game — something all designers need to seek, and then elevate — was in the reveal of moves. This works better with fewer moves to understand. We also learned that lighter and faster works better for this theme. A 30-minute game that captures the nuances of MMA might appeal to the hardcore MMA fan who is also a hardcore gamer, but would appeal to almost no one else. It’s not like everyone is familiar with MMA and thinks it would be fun to be a MMA fighter, at least not in the same way as, say, everyone knows about ninjas and martial artists for a game like Bushido. The goal changed from being awesome to a very small group of people, to instead being very good for a much wider group of people.
Cage Match! is great because it’s fast and fairly simple. How fast? Once you know how to play, you can play a match in 5 minutes. You can play through the full roster of men or women in 30 minutes or so. Elevating the speed of the game, the fun of the reveal of moves, has required many sacrifices. It required the entire Clinched position, and eliminating moves like Focus, Dodge and Flying Knee.
Now, most recently, the feedback from Board Crazy Games suggested that many different options that can all be stopped by the same Block + Counter can actually be a bad thing. With the priority keeping the game simple and fast, this meant eliminating the Cross punch and Head Kick. Eliminating these, especially the Cross, reduces the options available and gives a MMA fan a little less to sink his teeth into. However, it makes the game friendlier to the casual fan, less frustrating to the aggressive player who likes to try things, and keeps the game light and fast. It also made it a little easier to cut the size of the Action Pads in half.
A welcome side effect of both changes — eliminating 2 moves and cutting the size of the Action Pad in half — is that it makes the character differences matter more. Some characters still have Crosses and Head Kicks as Special moves or as part of Combo attacks, differentiating those characters from the pack. This is actually consistent with real MMA — although the Cross punch is pretty standard, not every top level MMA fighter can execute an effective head kick. It’s also a bit more of a video game feeling, where you have base moves and advanced moves.
What I didn’t realize or expect was the visual effect of reducing the size of the Action Pads: the Character cards become bigger relative to the other components. This visually highlights the character you are fighting with, and makes it look the character matters more, which they do. It’s like the old, bigger Action Pads made the Action Pad look like the most important thing, and with so many moves available to all fighters, it was. Now, the character looks more important and with the asymmetry between fighters mattering more, the character is more important.
Here are the rest of the final changes we made:
Along with reducing the size of the action pads, we reduced the height of the screens. This makes them a little less clunky to handle and just upgrades the game’s overall UI.
Upgraded the UI to include separate fight cards, and reducing the amount of information on the screens. All that is covered in this post.
Tweaked the color scheme to make the game look a little grittier. Small things add up to big changes.
Cut all hit points and damage in half. Originally, defense had to make a dice roll or block only half the damage of the attack, so all hit points and damage were divisible by 2, i.e. even numbers. I kind of wanted to keep it that way so that we could introduce advanced rules, but none of that is necessary unless the base game rocks, and for that, simpler is better. Another small change that adds up to a bigger one.
Updated the fighter cards. We tweaked the graphics to make the Specials and Combos a little easier to follow, plus halved all the damage, plus I’m always tweaking the fighters for balance.
Streamlined the visuals around activating Combos. It was too convoluted before, now you activate them the same way as everything else.
Revised the rules. Got some feedback on these from the review circuit, from our friend Jon Merchant, and others.
Working with the printer, we’ve been upgrading the thickness of several of the components. We want this game to contain durable, high quality components and are willing to eat some margin to bring you a nice version of the game.
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"TOTNES, an ancient borough and market town, which retains some portions of its once formidable castle, and gives name to an archdeaconry and deanery, to a large union, and to county court and polling districts; is picturesquely seated on the western bank of the navigable river Dart, opposite the suburb of Bridgetown, 10 miles N.W. by W. of Dartmouth. . . . Its parish contains 967A. 1R. 24P. of land, mostly in meadows and pastures; and had 2503 souls in 1801; 2725 in 1811; 3128 in 1821; and 3442 in 1831. . . . There are some neat and substantial mansions in the town and suburbs, and a considerable number of respectable houses have been erected during the last twenty years, on and near the Plymouth road. . . . Being in the heart of the fruitful district called the South Hams, or garden of Devonshire, which abounds in rich pastures, meadows, corn fields, and orchards, its weekly market, held every Saturday, is abundantly supplied with provisions. . . . The Church (St. Mary,) is a handsome structure, in the early perpendicular style, with a lofty tower at the west end, containing eight bells. Its date was unknown until about 1800, when the south-east pinnacle, being struck down by lightning, fell through the roof of a small room over the porch, in which were found two chests full of ancient records, from which it appeared the church was rebuilt in 1259, and again in 1432. . . . The vicarage, valued in K.B. at £12. 8s. 9d., and in 1831 at £200, is in the patronage of the Lord Chancellor and incumbency of the Rev. J. W. Burrough, who has a good residence. . . . At Follaton House is a small Roman Catholic Chapel, and in the town is an Independent Chapel, and a small Wesleyan Chapel. . . ." [From White's Devonshire Directory (1850)]
Also known as Totton. A parish in Coleridge Hundred, the Archdeaconry of Totnes, and the Diocese of Exeter. Bridgetown, across the River Dart Bridge was in effect a suburb of Totnes, though technically in Berry Pomeroy parish until incorporated in Totnes in 1885. Regarded as part of the South Hams area.
Information about the Totnes Museum, where a whole gallery is dedicated to Charles Babbage, the inventor of the first computer.
Brewer, J.S. & Bullen, W. Calendar of the Carew manuscripts preserved in the Archiepiscopal Library at Lambeth, 1515-1574. London: Longmans, Green, Reader & Dyer (1867), cxix, 594pp. [Held by George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes (29 May 1555 - 27 March 1629)] [Index]
Riley, Henry Thomas. The Corporation of Totnes. Historical Manuscripts Commission, 3rd report (1872) pp.341-350.
The Babbage Pages - information about Charles Babbage (1791-1891), mathematician and computer pioneer, who though born in London came from an old-established Totnes family.
Brown, Donald H. Charles Babbage: the man and his machines. Totnes: Totnes Museum Society (1992) 43p: ill. [Westcountry Studies Library - p920/BAB]
Buxton, Henry Wilmot. Memoir of the life and labours of the late Charles Babbage, Esq. F.R.S. London: MIT Press (1988) xix, 401p: ill. [ISBN 0262022699]
Chaster, John. The Chaster diary: an ocasional journal of life in and around .. Totnes, Devon 1836- 1841...transcribed by James Bellchambers. Totnes: J. Bellchambers (1995) v, 81p: index. [Plymouth Library - 965TOT]
Davies, Bryn. The Royal Levee, Devon Family Historian, vol. 108, (2003) pp.21-23. [Lengthy1842 letter by Willam Doidge Taunton, thre times Mayor of Totnes]
Editors. In memoriam: Edward Windeatt, J.P., C.A. Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries 11:7, (1921) pp.241, plates: port. [Local historian, 1847-1921] [Index]
Gray, Todd. The Curious Sexual Adventure of the Reverend John Prince, as observed and reported by his scandalized Totnes neighbours in 1699, Mint Press, Stevensbooks, 76 Longbrook Street, Exeter, EX4 6AP (2001) 99 pp. [Index]
Harris, G.T. and Editors. The inventor of the ophthalmoscope. Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries 14:4, (1926) pp.174-175. [Charles Babbage, and his 1847 model, followed 1851/2 by Helmholtz and Ruete.]
Hartley, R.W. Obituary of Charles Babbage. Transactions of the Devonshire Association, 1872 , Vol. V, pp. 30-36. [Transcript]
Harpley, Rev. W. Richard Durant [Obituary] Trans. Devon. Assoc., 1878, Vol X, p. 51. [Transcript].
Harpley, Rev. W. J.B. Paige-Browne, M.A., J.P. [Obituary] Trans. Devon. Assoc., 1894, Vol XXVI, pp.43-44. [Transcript].
Hyman, Anthony. Charles Babbage: pioneer of the computer. Oxford: Oxford University Pr. (1982) xi, 287p, plates: ill. [ISBN 019858170x]
Maggs, Peter. Sir Hugh Evelyn, Bart. - Portrait of a Dickensian Eccentric, Genealogists' Magazine, vol. 31, no. 9, (2015) pp.343-351.
Mallock, W.H. and G.Ramsden. Letters, remains and memoirs of Edward Adolphus Seymour. London: Richard Bentley & Son (1893) 547p. [Westcountry Studies Library - s920/SEY]
Owen, Dorothy M., (Ed.). John Lydford's Book (Devon and Cornwall Record Society. New series; vol. 20), Devon and Cornwall Record Soc. (1975) 201 pp. [Transcription, mainly latin, of Memorandum Book of John Lydford, born c. 1337, probably in Lydford, Archdeacon of Totnes 1385-1407]
Pengelly, W. Brokedon, William. In Miscellaneous Devonshire Gleanings, Trans. Devon Assoc., 1881, Vol XIII., pp. 133-134. [Transcript]
Price, Val. Robert Hooppell & the Totnes Fire Brigade, Totnes Image Bank (2004). [Served 1903-1934] [DFHS Library p942.35/TOT]
Rees, Peter D. None Will Miss Him More, Devon Family Historian, no. 100, (Nov 2001) pp.18-20. [William Henry Rees, pharmacist]
Stephan, John. A Totnes and Ashburton worthy: Edmund Bishop (1846-1917). Trans. Devon. Assoc. vol. 91, (1959) pp.126-129. [Historian]
Tapley-Soper, H.; W., E. Obituary notices. Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries 6:5, (1911) pp.156-160, plates: ports. [Correction vol.6, p.192.] [Historian, 1824-1910]
Windeatt, Edward. William Brockedon: A Biographical Sketch. Trans. Devon Assoc. vol. 9, (1877), pp. 243-249. [Index]
Windeatt, Edward. Benjamin Kennicott, DD: A Biographical Sketch. Trans. Devon Assoc. vol. 10, (1878), pp. 215-222. [Index]
Windeatt, Edward. A Totnes scholar: Edward Lye, MA. Trans. Devon Assoc. vol. 12, (1880), pp. 497-500. [Index]
Windeatt, Edward. Lord Treasurer Clifford. Trans. Devon. Assoc., xvi (1884) pp559-569. [Index]
Windeatt, Edward. Totnes: Its Mayors and Mayoralities. Trans. Devon Assoc. vol. 32 (1900) pp.111-141; 33 (1901) pp.535-551; vol. 34 (1902) pp.325-343; vol. 36 (1904) pp.487-505; vol. 37 (1905) pp.398-409. [Index - pt 1, Index - pt 2, Index - pt 3, Index - pt 4, Index - pt 5]
Windeatt, Edward. The M.P.s for the borough of Totnes. Trans. Devon. Assoc. vol. 32 (1900) pp.431-453. [Index]
Windeatt, Edward. Totnes: its mayors & mayoralties, 1377-1906. Plymouth: W.H. Luke (1906) [Westcountry Studies Library - 352.0050924/TOT/WIN]
Windeatt, T.W. Wills, the Australian Explorer. Trans. Devon. Assoc, vol 25 (1893) pp. 389-405. [Index]
Windeatt, T.W. Admiral Sir Frederick Thomas Michell, K.C.B. Trans. Devon. Assoc. vol. 32, (1900) pp.390-399. [1788-1873] [Index]
Pengelly, W. Pengelly, W. The Kennicott Tombstone. In Notes on Slips connected with Devonshire. Pt III. Trans. Devon Assoc., 1879, Vol XI, pp. 367-370. [Transcript]
Whitmore, J.B. Devonshire Monumental Inscriptions, MS at Society of Genealogists (1951). [Extracts]
Closed burial ground at Totnes Parish Church, a statement of tombstones etc, the positions of which are to be changed (1957).
Transcript of the Totnes 1841 Census, from the Parishes of the South Hams website.
McNaught, M.J., (Comp). Totnes, Devon 1841 Census Returns, augnmented with data from the 1851 & 1861 census returns & from parish registers, & Totnes Devon 1851 census returns with additional information from parish registers, etc., Typescript (1995-97). [SOG Library DE/C 8]
St John the Evangelist, Bridgetown, Church of England
St Mary, Totnes, Church of England
Totnes - from J. Stabb. Some Old Devon Churches (London: 1908-16).
St Parish and Priory Church of St. Mary, Totnes, by Graham Naylor.
Goode, William. A reply to the Bishop of Exeter's second arraignment of his metropolitan, in his letter to the Archdeacon of Totnes oppugning the validity of the orders of the foreign non-episcopal churches: To which is annexed a rejoinder to Chancellor Harington on the same subject. London: Thomas Hatchard (1852). pp. iv, 97, one advt. [Index]
Hughes, Thomas Cann. Some notes on the vicars of Totnes since the Commonwealth. Trans. Dev. Assoc, vol. 32 (1900) pp454-459. [Index]
King, Charles R. Baker. St.Mary's church, Totnes, Altar Piece. Trans. Devon. Assoc. 36, (1904) pp.144-156. [Index]
King, Charles R. Baker. St.Mary's church, Totnes. Trans. Devon. Assoc. vol. VII, (1912-1913), Exeter: James G. Commin. 1913, pp. 129-130. [Transcript]
Morris, Joseph E. (Joseph Ernest). The Parish Church of St. Mary, Totnes. [London: Manor Printing & Pub. (1900) 23 pp. ill.
Morris, Joseph. The Parish and Priory Church of St Mary, (n.d.) 6 pp. [Devon FHS Library p942.35/TOT]
Phillips, E.N. Masson. The church of St. Mary at Totnes. Devon Historian 30, (1985) pp.9-12.
Rea, C F. Building of Totnes parish church. Trans. Devon. Assoc. 57 (1925). [15th-19th cent.]
Windeatt, Edward. An old law suit relative to the rights to seats in Totnes Church. Trans. Devon. Assoc. vol. 19 (1887), pp. 538-546. [Index]
Windeatt, Edward. Some religious houses of Totnes. Trans. Devon Assoc. vol. 12, (1880), pp. 159-178. [Index]
Windeatt, Edward. A sketch of early Congregationalism in Totnes...laying of the memorial stone of Congregational Manse...March 1st, 1883. Totnes: Pr. at Times Office [1883] 10p. [Westcountry Studies Library - p285.8/TOT/WIN]
Windeatt, Edward. Early Nonconformity in Totnes. Trans. Devon Assoc. 32 (1900) pp.412-430. [Index]
St. Mary's Parish Church, Totnes: history and directory 1951-52. Ramsgate: Graham Cumming Ltd.(1951) [16]p: ill. [Westcountry Studies Library - p726.5/TOT/St.M]
Parish Registers going back to 1556 are held in the Devon Record Office.
Transcripts of the Parish Registers going back to 1556 are held in a special collection in the Westcountry Studies Library.
The Devon FHS publishes indexes covering (as of June 2004): Baptisms 1813-1842, Marriages 1754-1837, Burials 1813-1837 - for details see their book list.
Other churches and chapels (with pre-1840 records):
Presbyterian/Independent/Congregational Chapel (now United Reform Church), Fore Street, then Ashburton Road: Registers for 1794-1837 (ZC) in PRO RG 4/1224; 1794-1870, 1876-79 (C) at DRO
Totnes Ashburton Wesleyan Circuit: Registers for 1802-1857 (C) at DRO; for c1801-37 see also Ashburton Circuit, Kingsbridge, Plymouth Ebenezer (PRO RG 4/1763, 840, 1088, 1325)
Entered into the IGI (as of Jan 1993): Parish Church Christenings 1560-1812 and Marriages 1556-1812. Fore Street Independent Chapel Christenings 1794-1837
The Deanery of Totnes: An index of baptisms, marriages and burials . . . with photographs of the churches and extracts from White's Devonshire Directory 1850, CD-ROM, Exeter, Devon FHS (2009).
McNaught, Michael. Transcript of Totnes Baptisms (1700-1751), Marriages and Burials (1700-1751). Typescript (1977). [SoG Library - DE/R 113]
McNaught, Michael. Index to Totnes parish registers 1801-1850. Typescript (1995) 1vol. [Westcountry Studies Library - sx929.3/TOT/1801]
Totnes marriages, 1801- 1812. Typescript (1994) 5p. [Westcountry Studies Library - px929.3/TOT/TOT]
Faraday, W. Barnard. The recorders of Totnes, and the courts civil and criminal, of the unreformed borough. Trans. Devon. Assoc. 56, (1924) pp.215-247.
The Totnes Image Bank web site.
Section on Totnes from Samuel Lewis: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1831), provided by Mel Lockie.
Totnes, from Wikipedia.
Conservation Area Appraisals for the Bridgetown, Fore Street, High Street, General, High Street and Rotherfold areas of Totnes - interesting accounts, with numerous photographs and maps [Downloadable PDFs].
Barber, Chips and Bill Bennett. The great little Totnes book. Exeter: Obelisk Publications (1990) 32p: ill. [ISBN 0946651396]
Fitton, B. Spotlight on Totnes. Devon Life vol. 1 no. 4, (1965) pp.14-21; ill.
George, Eric A. Totness - Devon's Elizabethan town. Devon Life vol. 9 no. 67 (1972) pp.26-31; ill.
Holt, Walter. Visit Elizabethan Totnes. Devon Life vol. 6 no. 53 (1970) pp.38-41; ill.
A pictorial and descriptive guide to Torquay, Paignton, Dartmouth, Kingsbridge, Totnes and other South Devon resorts (14th ed), London, Ward, Lock & Co. (1934) xxxii, 132p, 48pls: maps. [Westcountry Studies Library B/TOR 7/1934/PIC]
Historic Totnes and District: Official Guide. [Devon FHS Library p942.35/TOT]
Totnes: Official Guide (c.1980). [Devon FHS Library p942.35/TOT]
Around Totnes: Totnes Image Book, Tempus Publishing, Ltd., The Mill, Brimacombe Port, Stroud, GLS 2QG. 128p. [ISBN 0 7524 2648 6]
You can see pictures of Totnes which are provided by:
Transcription of the description of Totnes in White's Devonshire Directory (1850).
Transcription of the complete entry for Totnes in Pigot & Co's Devon (1830), and of the Directory for Totnes, Bridgetown and Berry Pomeroy in White's Devonshire Directory (1850) by Terry Partridge.
Copy provided by Val Henderson of the entry (description and names) in Morris and Co's Commercial Directory and Gazetteer of Devonshire 1870.
Totnes District Almanac and Directory. Totnes: Mortimer (1900).
Davey, F.A., Watts, S.G. Westward Look: Devon Pioneers and Pilgrims in the New World. Town & Country Press Ltd., 42 Rectory Lane, Bracknell, Berks. (1970) 56p. ["Christopher and James Babbage of Totnes" - pp.25-26.]
Edmonds, Bev. Mr Bentall, Agent at Totnes 1841, Devon Family Historian, vol. 162, (2017) p.26.
Clark, John. Trojans at Totnes and Giants on the Hoe: Geoffrey of Monmouth, Historical Fiction and Geographical Reality. Trans. Devon. Assoc. 148 (June 2016), pp. 89-10. [Full text]
Worth, R.N. The Myth of Brutus the Trojan. Trans. Devon. Assoc., 1880, Vol XII, pp. 560-571. [Index] [Transcript]
The transcription of the section for this parish from the National Gazetteer (1868), provided by Colin Hinson.
Ask for a calculation of the distance from Totnes to another place.
Bond, Sue. Research Corner [William Pitman, Ann Paddon], Devon Family Historian, vol. 175, no. 23, (2020) pp.22-24.
Dale, T.C. The Family of a Minor Devon Worthy. Devon & Cornwall Notes and Queries vol. VI, (January 1910 to October 1911), pp. 29-30. [Transcript]
Genealogist. Keland of Kelland. Western Antiquary 4, 1885 pp.264-65. [Extracts from Totnes PRs, 16-17th c.]
Harcourt-Bath, W. Harcourts of Bridgetown, Totnes Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries 15, 1929, pp. 349-51.
Iles, Gillian Vavasour. Brockedon Family, vol. 112, (2004) pp.5.
Iles, Gillian Vavasour. David and Gillian Iles and our Ancestors. [DFHS Library 929.2/ILE] [Includes descents of the Huxham family (Plympton St Mary) and the Vavasour family (Totnes)]
Punchard, E.G. Two Devonshire goldsmiths. Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries 4:5, (1907) pp.149-150. [Refers to vol.4, p.88, par.48.] [Punchard Family] [Transcript]
R., J, B. Cary of Follaton, Devon Notes and Queries 1, 1900-1, p. 117. [Transcript]
Rea, C.F. John Ford, vicar of Totnes, 1663, Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries 14, 1926, pp. 120-1 & 167.
Rea, C.F. Phineas Pett, vicar of Totnes, 12669-1674. Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries 14, 1926, p. 122. See also pp. 167-68.
Rowe, J. Hambley. Richard Burthogge. Devon & Cornwall Notes and Queries vol. VI, (January 1910 to October 1911), p. 16. [Transcript]
Tregaskes, J. H. Who Do You Think She Was, Devon Family Historian, vol. 141, (2012) pp.33-37. [On Louisa Frances Reynonds Johnson, a resident of Totnes, and her forbears.]
Trist, Peter J. Trist Family Muniments (1523-1788): Calendars and Index. Peter John Trist (2016) 80pp. [ISBN-13 978-0-646-95399-1] [Copy at Devon Heritage Centre]
Trist, Peter J. The Muniments of the Trist Family of Totnes, Devon Family Historian, vol. 163, (2017) pp.33-37.
W., E. Hayman Family. Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries 9 (4), 1916, pp. 119-20. [Transcript]
You can see the administrative areas in which Totnes has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
The Totnes Image Bank provides an online collection of thousands historical photographs of Totnes and its surrouding area.
Great Reform Dinner im the South Hams - report from Trewman's Exeter Flying Post of a meeting held in Totnes in December 1836, provided by Reg Rundle.
Bennett, Bill. The Totnes Collection: [In Old Photographs] (1989). [ISBN 0946651337] [Devon FHS Library p942.35/TOT]
Campbell, Fiona. Totness, past and present. Devon Life vol. 5 no. 34, (1968) pp.30-33; ill. [959-1968]
Clifton-Taylor, Alec. Six English towns. London: B.B.C. (1978) 175p: ill. [ISBN 0563175971]
Cotton, William. A graphic and historical sketch of the antiquities of Totnes. London: Longman & Co (1850) viii, 101p: ill. [Westcountry Studies Library - sB/TOT/0001/COT] [Index]
Dymond, Robert. Ancient documents relating to the civil history of Totnes. Trans. Devon. Assoc. vol. 12 (1880) pp. 192-203.. [Westcountry Studies Library - B/TOT/0001/DYM] [Index]
Earle, Elizabeth. A noble institution: a history of the Totnes Cottage Hospital. Totnes: Totnes Community Arc.(1987) [48]p: ill. [Westcountry Studies Library - p362.11/TOT/EAR]
Earle, Urban. Domesday Totnes: a survey of Totnes and its surrounding parishes as recorded in Domesday Book. Totnes: Totnes Community Arc. (1986) 49p: map. [Westcountry Studies Library - pB/TOT/1086/EAR]
Friend, Malcolm. The history of 14 and 16 High Street, Totnes. Totnes: [Barclays Bank] (1985) 53p: ill. [Westcountry Studies Library - px728.3/TOT/FRI]
Goodwin, Deborah. Totnes in the English Civil War, 1625-1646. Totnes: Totnes Commun.Archive (1985) 56p: ill. [Westcountry Studies Library - pB/TOT/1625/GOO]
Gray, Todd. Totnes, The Mint Press (2004) 116 pp.
Gunnell, Elizabeth. Totnes. St. Teath: Bossiney Books (1978) 76p: ill. [Westcountry Studies Library - B/TOT/1978/GUN]
Lowe, M.C. Gas, villas and temperance: some business enterprises in Victorian Totnes. Totnes: Totnes Community Arc. (1987) 32p: ill. [Westcountry Studies Library - p338/TOT/LOW]
McCoy, D. A. (Diana A). Domesday to D-Day: a history of a Devon parish. Totnes: [D. A. McCoy],1994, iii, 120 pp. ISBN: 0952305305 (pbk)
Nicholls, Laura M. The Trading Communities of Totnes and Dartmouth in the Late Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries, (1960). [DFHS Library 942.35/TOT]
Rea, C.F. Totnes in by-gone days. Totnes: Totnes Times (1923) 16p. [Westcountry Studies Library - sB/TOT/0001/REA]
Parsons, Dr. Report to the Local Government Board on Typhoid Fever in the Totnes Urban and Rural Sanitary Districts, and on the General Sanitary Condition of those Districts, (1881) 15 p.
Rowe, J.B. Devonshire Gilds: Plymouth and Totnes, Reprinted from the Transactions of the Devonshire Association (1873) 6 pp.
Russell, Percy. The good town of Totnes. Exeter: Devonshire Assoc. (1984) 107p: ill, map. [Westcountry Studies Library - B/TOT/0001/RUS]
Stansbury, Don. The Saxon foundation of Totnes. Totnes: Totnes Museum Society (1992) 63p: ill, maps. [ISBN 0951968904]
Strivens, Helen. Bad smells and noxious vapours: health and living conditions in Victorian Totnes. Totnes: Totnes Community Arch (1986) 33p: map. [Westcountry Studies Library - p614/TOT/STR]
Thomas, Stuart. The Norman conquest and Totnes. Totnes: The Author (1993) [ii], 32p: ill. [Westcountry Studies Library - pB/TOT/1066/THO]
Watkin, Hugh Robert. The history of Totnes priory & medieval town, Devonshire, together with the sister priory of Tywardreath, Cornwall; comp. from original records. Torquay: The author (1914) 3 v. front., xxxi pl. on 30 l. (incl. facsims.) fold. map, 2 plans (1 fold.).[Westcountry Studies Library - B/TOT/0001/WAT]
Whitley, H M. Totnes castle and walled town. Trans. Devon. Assoc. 48 (1916).
Windeatt, Edward. The Dismissal of Sir Edward Seymour from the Recordership of Totnes by James II, 1687. Trans. Devon Assoc. vol. 8 (1876), pp. 360-369. [Index]
Windeatt, Edward. An historical sketch of Totnes. Trans. Devon Assoc. vol. 12, (1880), pp. 159-178. [Westcountry Studies Library - B/TOT/0001/WIN] [Index]
Windeatt, Edward. The Muniments of the Corporation of Totnes. Trans. Devon Assoc. 32 (1900) pp.400-406 and 34 (1902) pp.709-714. [Index to Part 1, Index to Part 2]
Windeatt, E. The constitution of the Merchants' company in Totnes 1579-93. Trans. Devon. Assoc. 40 (1908). [Index]
Windeatt, Edward. Totnes & the civil war. Trans. Dev. Assoc. 45 (1913) pp219-232. [Index]
Windeatt, Edward. Notes on Totnes. Totnes: Times & W.Guardian (1913) 12p: ill. [Westcountry Studies Library - B/TOT/0001/WIN]
The great fire of Totnes, September 4 1990. Torquay: Torbay Herald Express (1990) 24p: chiefly ill. [Westcountry Studies Library - px614.84/TOT/GRE]
Totnes remembered. Totnes Museum Society (1981) 24p: of ill, map. [Westcountry Studies Library - pxB/TOT/1860/TOT]
Everett, A W. The Old Manor, Little Hempston, Totnes. Trans. Devon. Assoc. 87 (1955) pp.379-81.
Rigg, J.M. Manuscripts of Sir Williams Clayton, Bart. preserved at Harleyford, Marlow. In Historical Manuscripts Commission. Report on Manuscripts in Various Collections, 4, Cd.3219 HMSO (1907) pp.326-341.
Windeatt, Edward, The The Castle of Totnes. In Fourth Report of the Committee on Peculiar Tenures of Land, Trans. Devon. Assoc., 1884, Vol XVI, pp. 172-182. [Index]
Windeatt, Edward, The Old Church Walk or Exchange, Totnes. Devon Notes & Queries, vol. 1, Part 1 (1900), pp. 20-24.[Index]
The Elizabethan House, 70 Fore Street, Totnes, (n.d.). [SoG Library - DE tracts box]
Amery, J.S. Notes on Blagdon Barton, near Totnes and its owners. Trans. Devon. Assoc. vol. 32, (1900) pp.296-300. [Index]
View a map of the boundaries of this town/parish.
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SX801605 (Lat/Lon: 50.432074, -3.689543), Totnes which are provided by:
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National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
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Windeatt, T W. Notes on Totnes Trained Bands and Volunteers. Trans Devon Assoc., vol. 32 (1900), pp. 93-105. [Index]
Peach, Victor. Patriots all!: a study of the Totnes volunteers. Totnes: Totnes Community Arc (1987) 71p: ill. [Westcountry Studies Library - p355.37/TOT/PEA
Names from an 1822-23 edition of Pigot's Directory.
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OECD to hold free web talk on how to limit global warming
By Winnie Agbonlahor on 04/07/2016
The OECD is holding a free live web talk about the implications maritime transport is likely to have on a commitment by almost 200 governments to limit global warming to well below 2°C.
At the Paris climate conference in December 2015, 195 countries adopted the first-ever universal, legally binding global climate deal.
Governments agreed a long-term goal of keeping the increase in global average temperature to well below 2°C above pre-industrial levels; to aim to limit the increase to 1.5°C, since this would significantly reduce risks and the impacts of climate change; on the need for global emissions to peak as soon as possible, recognising that this will take longer for developing countries; and to undertake rapid reductions thereafter in accordance with the best available science.
Maritime transport was not included in the Paris Climate Agreement, yet its CO2 emissions could reach 17% of total global emissions by 2050, the OECD says.
To set out what would be needed to help governments around the world prevent breaking the 2°C deal, Olaf Merk, ports and shipping expert of the International Transport Forum at the OECD, is holding a two-hour web talk at 12:30 EST on Wednesday.
Anyone interested in joining Merk for his talk titled ‘Shipping after #COP21… will we miss the boat?’ should register here.
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The surface ships are the most characteristic element composing the Naval Force, and they are also the basic means with which to assure and to exert control of the sea. These ships belong to a new generation of ships developed under a multinational program. They will be equipped with a system that will guarantee the capacity of the Naval Force to operate against future aerial threats, as could be the case in the waters of the Mediterranean, where maneuvering space is limited and the earth proximity is a definitive factor.
The F-100 is an eminently flexible frigate, with special antiaerial/antimissile capability, and a potential for future growth. These frigates are medium-size escort ships, able to operate as much in coastal waters as on the high seas. It has optimized services of platform adapted to the necessities of the Group battle. Its has a great survival capability, protection against fragmentation, damage-control system and bacteriological and chemical defenses, as well as acoustic and very low magnetic radars.
It has been configured to be a frigate of moderate displacement that includes a very advanced battle system, with four main functionally segments:
Antiaircraft: Its main element will be the Aegis system, ordered of the exploration, detection, classification and pursuit of targets, as well as of the firing and guidance of the antiaircraft arms and the control of own interceptors.
The nucleus of the system constitutes three-dimensional radar long-range AN/SPY-1D, with four flat antennas located in the superstructure of the ship. This configuration assures a location and much more fast pursuit targets and needs that the radars rotatable antenna, increasing the speed of reaction.
The Aegis system will associate two radars Mk.99 illuminators for the guidance of the missiles, releasing of such function to the SPY-1D. As arms incorporate a vertical thrower Mk.41, with 48 wells for short Standard reach and short-range missiles Evolved Seasparrow average SM-2MR of and average reach, and a tube of area defense Meroka 2b associated to a radar of detection RAN30L/X.
Antisubmarine: The main sensors and arms will be a sonar of helmet DE-1160LF; the sonobuoys of the helicopter LAMPS III SH-60B embarked, and Mk.46 torpedoes model, launchable from the airship or 5 the Mk.32 tubes model 9 of the ship, that will be able in addition to control own airplanes of antisubmarine patrol.
Antisurface: It will have eight, as well as rocket launchers superficie/superficie Harpoon Mk.45 tube of 5 inches (127/54 mm), integrated with a fire control DORNA. This assembly main artilleryman has been selected by the Navy, in front of the initial option of a piece of 76 mm, to equip to the Fleet of a greater power of fire of support against coast.
Electronic warfare:It will incorporate the equipment Mk.9000 Elnath, for detection and interference of communications, and Aldebarán, to interfere with radar transmissions, including those of homing heads of missiles. Also it will use throwers of Mk.36 decoys model 2.
The main missions of F-100 are: crisis management, to join in allied fleets protecting expeditionary forces; its use as a standard ship in a national or allied Combat Group; and anti-submarine, antisurface and long-range antiaircraft defense, as well as the anti-missile protection of valuable own units.
The first sale of the AEGIS was to the Spanish Navy for installation aboard four F 100 frigates. The Spanish Navy selected the Aegis Combat System for its F-100 frigate program in 1996. The sale to the Spanish Navy was for installation aboard four F 100 frigates. Employing the SPY-1F phased array radar and Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile system.
The Integrated Weapons System (IWS) includes the full complement of ship sensors, weapons, computing suite and communications equipment designed to give the Nansen-class frigates advanced anti-submarine, anti-surface and anti-air capabilities. Based on the U.S. Navy's Aegis combat system, the IWS also will support interoperability of Norwegian Navy ships with those of the United States and other users of the Aegis system.
Lockheed Martin and IZAR teamed with General Dynamics' Bath Iron Works to form the Advanced Frigate Consortium (AFCON) to produce frigate-sized, Aegis-equipped surface combatants for international navies.
The F-100 was the first frigate to incorporate the Aegis Combat System from Lockheed Martin in a ship of less than 9,000-tons. Thanks to this collaboration, the Spanish Navy now operates state-of-the-art oceanic escorts, optimized to act as command ships in conflict scenarios, trained to provide full coverage to expeditionary forces, with high anti-air warfare capability, total integration with the most advanced units of our allied nations, as well as a successful case of industrial cooperation, with a combat management system developed by Navantia and the integration of Spanish sensors and weapons.
Between 2000 and 2010, Lockheed Martin and Navantia delivered four F-100 frigates to the Spanish Navy, and in 2013 a fifth and final was commissioned. It wasn't long before the rest of the world took notice. The Norwegian Navy Material Command contracted for a new line of navy frigates with a contract team compromised of Spanish shipbuilder Empresa Nacional Bazan and Lockheed Martin. Lockheed Martin provided the integrated weapon system for the new frigates, but Empresa Nacional Bazan was the integrated platform system supplier. The Spanish shipbuilder had performance responsibility over the entire platform and warranted the Lockheed Martin weapon system. After the Norwegian frigates, the Australian Hobart class was designed, based on the F-100 with an updated Aegis Combat System configuration, the first of which was delivered to the Royal Australian Navy in September 2017.
Today, 11 frigates developed by Navantia and Lockheed Martin sail around the globe completing missions that ensure safety and freedom. On the solid foundation of this partnership, both companies are developing the frigates of the next generation for the Spanish Navy: the F-110, and collaborating in other commercial opportunities around the globe.
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Woman returns home to find potatoes had sprouted terrifying meter-long ‘tentacles’
By Anukriti Ghosh July 8, 2020
A woman from France discovered a bag full of potatoes has grown tentacles over the kitchen wall. Donna Porée was terrified of seeing the alien-like spuds with their meter-long tentacles after returning back to her apartment.
22-year-old Poree has bought a bag of potatoes from a supermarket in March which cost around £2.25 ($2.81).
Meanwhile, a nationwide lockdown was were announced so she left her flat in Caen, France. And went to her boyfriend, leaving the veg under a kitchen shelf for quarantine.
On returning home three months later, she was horrified to find the bag had grown tentacles. She said that the potato spread itself across her small 22 sq. meter (236 sq. feet) flat. She told TheSun –
As I opened the front door, I noticed a strange shape at the back of the kitchen. As the light was off and shutters down, I didn’t realize it was the potatoes. It was only after opening the shutters that I took note of this extraordinary sight. I was terrified at first, but after realizing what it was I laughed a lot and shared a video of the plant on Snapchat.”
Après 3 mois d’absence mes pommes de terre ont décidé de pousser sans limite jusqu’à faire des trous dans les joints pic.twitter.com/LBcKBNAhMK
— 𝒹𝓸𝒹𝓸 (@donna9p) June 12, 2020
“My friends couldn’t stop laughing. They found the whole situation unbelievable,” she added.
Potato’s shoots had made “holes in the joints” of her kitchen countertop
She revealed that she spent a couple of hours to remove those tentacles. Porée shared in a tweet that the potato’s shoots had made “holes in the joints” of her kitchen countertop.
“I don’t know if I find it beautiful or if I’m scared but damn it’s super impressive,” a translation of a tweet read.
Her shared pictures online have racked up 195,000 likes and more than 61,000 retweets. From now onwards will continue to cook them in the future instead of keeping them idle. She has even planted the off-cuts in her vegetable patch and is hoping them to regrow. She explained –
“I wanted to extract the bag of potatoes from the counter-top seals, but it wasn’t easy. The shoots had fixed in place in the joints and were difficult to remove.”
“I ended up having to cut some of the shoots out with scissors and I had to fill in the holes they made. I replanted the potatoes in my vegetable patch and today they’re growing once again.”
“I’m eager to see what will come out of the ground.”
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Los Angeles dismisses Trump administration warning over ‘unlawful’ lockdown
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks at a press conference in Los Angeles, California. File/AFP
The mayor of Los Angeles on Friday dismissed a Trump administration warning that the city's continued lockdown due to coronavirus could be illegal, saying he would not be "pushed by politics."
Eric Garcetti, the Democratic leader of the United States' second-largest city, was sent a letter earlier Friday by federal authorities that said long-term restrictions "may be both arbitrary and unlawful."
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"We are not guided by politics in this — we are guided by science, we are guided by collaboration," said Garcetti when asked about the missive at a press conference.
"There's no games, there's nothing else going on. And that's the way we're going to continue to safely open," he added.
In this file photo the US Capitol is seen in Washington, DC. File/AFP
Los Angeles has begun to reopen facilities from beaches and golf courses to restaurants and retail businesses offering curbside pick-up services, but lags behind other parts of California.
Densely-populated Los Angeles county has suffered more than 43,000 confirmed cases, with 2,049 deaths — well over half of the state's fatalities.
Widely reported comments from a county health official last week that restrictions could last another three months drew the Trump administration's ire.
"We remain concerned about what may be an arbitrary and heavy-handed approach to continuing stay-at-home requirements," the Department of Justice letter said.
"The Constitution and federal statutory law prohibit arbitrary, unreasonable actions," it added.
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Narrow Way in line for multi-million pound revamp
Published: 8:12 AM October 26, 2015 Updated: 10:38 AM October 14, 2020
An artist's impression of the Narroway designs - Credit: Archant
A consultation over a multi-million pound revamp of the Narrow Way is currently underway.
Hackney Council has billed the works as a “dramatic reimagining of one of the borough’s oldest and most vibrant shopping districts”. The proposal is to change the former road and footpath in the Narrow Way with a more attractive pedestrian-friendly surface, with the new-look extending to the junction of Graham Road.
The road was closed to most vehicles in 2014 following a six-month trial.
A new raised junction will realign the once-connected Narrow Way and Clarence Road, carrying the facelift across Dalston Lane.
New crossings are proposed for the junction of Mare Street and Amhurst Road which the council says will improve safety for pedestrians and cyclists by slowing motor traffic, and which will draw more foot fall from Hackney Central Station to the Narrow Way and the fashion hub in Morning Lane which is now being built.
A new public square at Hackney’s oldest building, the Grade I listed St Augustine’s Tower, is also on the cards.
Proposals also include infrastructure which the council says ‘looks to the future for businesses’, like space for outdoor tables and seating, and more cycle parking and trees.
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The council is giving residents the opportunity to comment on the plans before the project moves to public consultation phase.
Cllr Feryal Demirci, cabinet member for neighbourhoods and sustainability, said: “The Narrow Way is one of the most important retail districts in Hackney and has been crying out for revitalising for years.
“These exciting plans aim to create a new attractive, accessible, functional and safe urban space that will bring long-lasting benefits for both local residents and businesses alike.
“As well as drawing more footfall from Hackney Central station to the area, we believe the new layout will support events and improve life for pedestrians and cyclists.”
To view the detailed proposals and to comment see www.consultation.hackney.gov.uk.
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Shoreditch gay sauna badly damaged by blaze
Alex Wellman
Published: 11:00 AM March 21, 2011 Updated: 10:31 AM October 14, 2020
150 men evacuate the venue as fire takes hold in early hours.
A Gay sauna in Shoreditch burnt down on Sunday leaving 150 punters to flee for their lives.
Chariots in Fairchild Street, which describes itself as’ the UK’s largest and friendliest gay men’s sauna’, had around half of its ground floor destroyed in the blaze which started around 6am.
Six fire engines and around 30 firefighters were called to the sauna at around 6.05am and the fire was under control by 7.40am.
Crews from Shoreditch and surrounding fire stations attended the blaze, the cause of which is still under investigation.
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Hazara women end hunger strike against targeted killings after Pakistan army chief agrees to talks
By Anushe Noor Faheem A hunger strike of Hazara women led by Jalila Haidar, a prominent lawyer and human rights activist who comes from the Hazara minority of Pakistan, successfully pressured the country’s army chief to speak...
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CHIEF Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has taken suo motu notice of targeted killing of members of the Hazara community in Balochistan and fixed the case for hearing on May 11 in Quetta....
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Pakistan’s Hazara Community Under Attack
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Female Defense Lawyers Fight for Theirs and Their Client’s Rights in Kabul
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The Holocaust of the Hazaras and Canada’s “right side of history” polic
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Even though my talent and passion for art was apparent from a young age, it took almost two decades before I made the decision to pursue my talents professionally. That's largely because the narrative around the Arts industry (that I was exposed to) was predominantly negative. It told of the 'starving artist' archetype and was painted as less-esteemed than other professional careers. So, instead I pursued Marketing. I won scholarships and ended up working in a sought-after job right out of university. But, even though my career was going well, I still felt pulled towards entrepreneurship and art. It was a risk (I was also only a year and a half into my mortgage at this point), but I eventually decided to leave and become a career Artist. December 27th, 2017 marked my last day in corporate. And one year later, and I can say it's the best decision I've ever made. My business as an Artist is thriving. I've painted close to 60 murals in the Greater Toronto Area, I've created displays for the largest museum in Canada on two occasions, my art has been covered by Cp24, CBC Arts, and featured by HuffPost Arts and Sharpie, I've sold over 200 prints and originals internationally. Most importantly though, and beyond the conventional markers of success, my quality of life has significantly improved. I live with far more freedom, time and passion- something that I used to journal about years ago.
What ignited the spark in you to start a new business venture or to make significant changes in an existing business? How did the idea for your business come about?
Since the age of 15-16, I was a professional Artist. In a non-liner series of events, I sold hand-painted shoes internationally, I was a Henna Artist and I taught art. The spark to turn my side business into my full-time career came from incremental mindset changes. Through lots of self-learning (podcasts, books, etc) I learned about others who had succeeded in turning their talent into a business, and I started to teach myself how to make it possible. The more I saw that it was possible to find that intersection between passion and profit, the more I was able to conceptualise how to do it with my art.
What were the biggest initial hurdles to building your business and how did you overcome them?
The biggest hurdle in my business was tackling the ambiguity that came with pricing art. Because Art is so subjective, there are many factors that come into play when deciding on pricing that will both drive demand and be lucrative for you, the Artist. I overcame this initial hurdle by reaching out and directly learning from other Artists. Factoring in things like time, materials, effort and demand, I was able to come up with a pricing chart that is incredibly useful and consistent.
What books are you currently reading? And your recommendation for entrepreneurs to read?
I absolutely love reading and attribute a lot of my success towards the books that shaped my mentality. Books like 'The 4-Hour Work Week' made me consider alternate lifestyles, more abundant with freedom and time. Books like 'Sapiens,' opened my mind up to the history of humans and thoughts on the way that we live and work today. Books like 'Ego is the Enemy' made me consider new ways of branding and creation. Currently, I'm reading 'Extreme Ownership,' and I've already experienced changes in how I think of accountability and discipline in my life. I recommend entrepreneurs to read a variety of topics, both in their field and otherwise. All information is transferable and learning about different topics will always better your craft. Did you ever deal with contention from your family and friends concerning your entrepreneurial pursuits? How did you handle it? What would you do differently in hindsight?
When I left corporate to become a career Artist, I told only one other person for two months. This was because I wanted the head space to focus, rather than to explain my reasoning. That way, when I did tell my friends and family, I was able to tell them about all of the positives that had already happened and the ones that were in the works. Their concerns were absolutely merited and were ones that truthfully, I had myself, so I answered them honestly, and I think that was appreciated.
What would you say was the single most influential factor in your business success?
Having a daily routine has been an absolute game-changer. About 2 years ago I started building a routine with small elements like journalling (about gratitude, 3 things to accomplish and an affirmation), using a day-planner and having a specially brewed tea and a homemade smoothie every morning. The routine helped me start my days with consistency and organise myself well. The routine helps keep me grounded even on my busiest of days and bring in much-need structure on others. Ultimately, I think it's the writing portion that has been most influential in shaping my business.
What do you know today that you wish you would have known when you first got started as an entrepreneur?
It would have been nice to have been better versed about the accounting and legal structures behind the business. I'm doing some work on getting myself better acquainted with it now (with the help of professionals), but of course, having known more out of the gates would have been useful.
What advice would you give to an upcoming entrepreneur locally and internationally?
Timing is key. Sometimes you can be doing everything right, but the timing simply isn't right. When people say 'don't quit,' I think that they're also alluding to the timing aspect of success.
If you're aligned with whatever it is you're going for, a breakthrough will inevitably come- you just need to keep moving towards it.
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Happy 30th Birthday Mazda MX- 5 – Every thing you need to Know about Mazda Miata History
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The Mazda MX is a superficial two-passenger roadster manufactured and marketed by Mazda with a front-mid-engine, rear wheel drive layout. The convertible is marketed as the Mazda MX-5 Miata in North America.
It was first launched in 1989, and till now it has put a great impact on the public. His variants have been sold at a larger rate. Various variants of this car have already captured the automobiles market in the past. Its body and class are Roadster, sports car, and layout is pretty impressive with front mid – an engine with rear wheel – drive.
Manufactured at Hiroshima plant the Mazda MX- 5 entered the market in 1989 at the Chicago auto show and was formulate and implemented by a tightly focused design credo. Generations of this adventure have two name codes as, beginning with the first generation code Na.
The second generation code NB, launched in 1998, and the third period NC in 2005 and the fourth generation NC in 2015. As it is the best selling car of all time, it’s variants are also liked by many. The people appreciated the models and they tried to come up with these ideas in a more influencing way. As the best selling two-seater convertible sports car in history.
The Mazda MX- 5 has been market globally with the production exceeding in 2016 when the demand for it went very high. People were more familiar about this car and they want to have it by hook or by crook. People were in great demand for it.
The fourth generation Mazda MX- 5 has received several awards such as the 2015-2016 car of the year Japan award, 2016 the world car of the year award. In addition, the car is the combination of Fiat 124 Spider and Abarth 124 Spider.
Its variants have received many recognition awards and fame. Some of them are:
Automobile magazine 1990 “automobile of the year” And “All-Stars” list in 2016.
2006 world car of the year awards: “World car of the year finalist”.
2012 Autocar Indonesia Readers choice Award, favourite convertible.
2016 UK car of the year.
Automobile express 2016 Roadster of the year.
MX-5 racing, a class of racing car in the United Kingdom. This car has taken the automobile industry to a new level of thinking and pursuing it. This car has put a huge impact on people.
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6 Reasons to Support Black-Owned Businesses
Sytonia Reid and Mary Meade
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Small businesses across the US were hit hard by the coronavirus, but Black-owned businesses felt it the most. Black-owned businesses shut down at a rate more than double of white-owned businesses, according to a new report from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The pandemic exposed all sorts of inequities in our society, but the connections between physical and economic health may be one of the most profound. Structural racism in the US extends beyond policing and facilitates economic deficiencies through racist laws like redlining and hiring discrimination.
In the same way we cannot shop our way into environmental health, we cannot shop our way into racial justice. But we can use our collective power to show corporations what our values are. So here are six reasons to buy from Black-owned businesses—your purchasing power will help:
1. Close the Racial Wealth Gap
Beyond enslavement, we can trace the origins of today’s racial wealth gap to Jim Crow-era practices like redlining, job discrimination, and exclusionary legislation, which segregated Black Americans from higher paying jobs and home ownership opportunities that ultimately prevented wealth building. For example, while the 1935 Social Security Act is heralded as one of the nation’s first social safety nets, it largely left out Black citizens, as it didn’t cover domestic and agricultural workers, nor menial low-wage or off-the-books jobs without payroll information.
As of 2016, the net worth of an average African American family is equal to less than 15 percent of the average white family’s, and one in five Black households have zero or negative net worth according to the Federal Reserve. If current trends continue, $0 will be the median wealth for Black families by 2053, according to a 2017 report by Prosperity Now and the Institute for Policy Studies.
Small businesses and entrepreneurs have always been wealth builders in our society. By supporting Black-owned businesses, Green Americans can create more opportunities for meaningful savings, property ownership, credit building, and generational wealth.
2. Strengthen Local Economies
When small businesses flourish, so do their communities. A 2017 study by the National Community Reinvestment Coalition found that banks were twice as likely to provide business loans to white applicants than Black ones. This makes it harder for Black Americans and other entrepreneurs of color to start businesses or get them off the ground.
Consumer spending accounts for 70 percent of US economic growth, so imagine what directing some of that spending power to Black-owned businesses across the country can do. When compared to national chain stores, local businesses circulate three times as much money back into the local economy, according to the nonprofit Project Equity. Successful businesses can also attract community investors which may provide banking services, loans, and promote financial literacy—all things that build economic strength.
3. Foster Job Creation
While unemployment skyrocketed for nearly all sectors in the US economy at the start of the pandemic, by April, more than half of the adult Black population was unemployed. Black-owned businesses are geographically concentrated in their communities; therefore, when public health crises affect the community, small businesses are deeply affected too. However, during economic recovery, Black-owned business owners are essential to financial stability, as they are likely to hire and provide job opportunities within their communities.
Many Black American business owners self-fund their businesses as a result of the lack of loan opportunities and to avoid racist, predatory lending practices. This makes it hard for Black entrepreneurs to grow and expand their companies beyond their communities.
4. Bring Access to Communities
Some Black-owned businesses are created to service specific needs that are often overlooked by mainstream retailers, whether they be for haircare, apparel, or toys. Green companies like the cosmetic manufacturer SMB Essentials {GBN} provide make up products for people of all skin tones. When you support Black-owned businesses, you get products that promote this kind of accessibility. Plus, you avoid spending money at companies that may exploit Black culture for profit, which brings us to another point:
Lake Louise is the founder and CEO of SMB Essentials.
5. Hold other Companies Accountable
During the summer of 2020, companies across sectors issued statements in support of Black communities. Many of these statements were meaningless recognitions of the struggle of Black Americans and companies’ so-called commitments to Black Lives Matter without addressing the company’s own racist policies, practices, or business models.
For example, Jeff Bezos wrote an Instagram post in support of Black communities, yet Amazon has partnered with more than a thousand police departments across the country through its Ring Doorbell Initiative. This initiative has created a widespread surveillance network across the country, which disproportionately misidentifies Black Americans.
Companies publicly “supporting” minorities yet keeping systems of injustice intact suppresses the structural change that the Black Lives Matter movement demands. Whether it’s Gucci’s sweater design resembling blackface or Facebook’s hiring diversity problem, African Americans and other minorities often bear the brunt of corporate discrimination.
When you choose a Black-owned business over problematic companies, you vote with your dollar to hold companies accountable. Further down the road, you empower successful minority-owned businesses to implement equitable policies.
6. Visibility and Representation in the Green Economy
The prosperity of a green economy depends on embracing true diversity. The green movement has historically and presently wrestled with a lack of diversity in its activism and representation, but Green Americans can change this.
Bringing attention to Black- and minority-owned businesses demonstrates that the green movement is everybody’s movement. When minority-owned businesses have a financial platform to stand on, they inspire more people to join the green economy.
How to Support Black-Owned Businesses
You can find minority-owned businesses that are socially and environmentally responsible on Greenpages.org, our database of certified members of the Green Business Network®. At officialblackwallstreet.com/directory, you can also search for businesses by city, state, and product category and WeBuyBlack.com is an online store that offers a wide selection of products, all sourced from Black vendors.
Beyond buying, writing positive product reviews and spotlighting businesses using your social media accounts can also give them a major boost. If you know a business owner, make sure they know about grant opportunities through organizations like the Minority Business Development Agency and Foundation for Business Equity.
To learn more about ways to take economic action in support of Black communities, visit greenamerica.org/blog/7-actions-support-black-communities-spending-and-investing.
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Crops Flowers
By Brian Wallheimer
For the sake of sustainability, consumers are willing to put their money
– at least some of it – where their mouths are, according to a Purdue
University-led study.
Dr. Roberto Lopez says the industry has come under pressure to become more sustainable and use biodegradable or compostable pots.
For the sake of sustainability, consumers are willing to put their money – at least some of it – where their mouths are, according to a Purdue University-led study.
Surveys have consistently shown that consumers say they are willing to pay more for sustainable products in the floriculture industry. The industry has been slow to adopt items such as sustainable pots, however, because growers have concerns about recouping the cost of investments in sustainable practices and materials.
“The floriculture industry uses a lot of plastic, and, in recent years, has come under pressure to become more sustainable and use biodegradable or compostable pots,” said Roberto G. Lopez, an assistant professor of horticulture at Purdue and co-author of the paper on the findings. “There is concern about recouping the costs of becoming sustainable. People say they are willing to spend 50 cents more for sustainable pots, so we wanted to see if they actually would.”
WOULD AUCTION ACTIONS REFLECT SUSTAINABILITY SURVEY RESPONSES?
Lopez and Jennifer H. Dennis, an associate professor of horticulture and agricultural economics at Purdue, teamed with researchers at Michigan State University, Texas A&M University and the University of Minnesota to see if consumers’ actual purchases would match up with what they said they would pay.
Groups of consumers were given $30 each at silent auctions. They could walk away with the money or put in bids on flowers contained in different types of pots. Each auction item gave information on the type of pot, the carbon footprint it had and the amount of recycled materials it contained. Bids were averaged to see what people would pay for the plants in sustainable pots.
In surveys, consumers said they would pay 69 cents more on average for
pots made from rice hulls. At the auctions, they were willing to pay 58
cents more. For straw pots, the consumers said they would pay 63 cents
more, and at auction they were willing to pay 37 cents more. And
consumers said they’d pay 24 cents more for wheat pots, and actually
paid 23 cents more at auction.
Purdue’s Dr. Roberto Lopez has found that consumers are willing to pay more for a variety of sustainable pots that use recycled materials and have a smaller carbon footprint than traditional plastic pots.
STATED CONSUMER PREFERENCES WERE SIMILAR TO PURCHASE DECISIONS
“People’s stated preferences were similar to what they were actually willing to pay for the sustainable pots,” said Bridget K. Behe, a professor of horticulture at Michigan State University and a paper co-author. “Overall, consumers were willing to pay a little more for some of the alternatives.”
Lopez said the difference for straw might have been because the straw pots look and feel fragile, while rice hull and wheat pots look more like their plastic counterparts and feel sturdier.
Lopez said results of the study, which were published in April in the online version of the journal HortScience, are good news for the floriculture industry, which has seen costs rising much faster than prices it has been able to charge. For instance, natural gas has more than doubled in price over the last decade, while the price of poinsettias has increased only 11 per cent in that time.
“What this says is that if a grower is going to take the initiative to be a sustainable grower, they can increase their prices to go to these pots, and consumers will pay more for them,” Lopez said.
Next, Lopez said he would study how sustainable pots hold up under greenhouse conditions.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Federal State Marketing Improvement Program, the Horticulture Research Institute and the American Floral Endowment funded the research. ■
Brian Wallheimer is a communications specialist with Purdue University.
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Cycling club launched in Khayelitsha garage
Two enthusiasts start new project
2 March 2016 By Thembela Ntongana News | Cape Town
Students taking part in the inter-school cycling competition held in Chris Hani School in Khayelitsha last year. Photo: Bonga Nqobane
Two Khayelitsha cycling enthusiasts have transformed a home garage into the area’s newest cycling club for young adults.
“We grew up riding bicycles and we felt that there was a gap which clubs around Khayelitsha did not cover,” says 23-year-old co-founder Lubabalo Bongweni.
He started the club, known as Bonga.org Cycling Academy, with 24-year-old Bonga Nqobane in October 2015. Membership is free and is open to boys and girls from 16 to 26.
“We wanted to give other children that opportunity. Not all kids are interested in soccer and other popular sports, and because there are not a lot of choices, they end up not doing any sport,” says Bongweni.
Due to lack of funding, the club operates from his parents’ garage. The pair are also involved in the Inter-Schools programme, in which schools compete against each other in various sports. They currently work with 90 learners at six different schools.
They also train 10 other cyclists.
“We would love to get more schools involved. We want to work with other schools around Khayelitsha and make this a big competition,” says Nqobane. He says he would also like to expand the project to the Eastern Cape where children have to walk far to school.
The cyclists train for two hours in the week and four hours over weekends on routes around Khayelitsha .On Mondays they meet at the garage for life skill classes and career guidance.
The club only has ten bicycles, two of which are mountain bicycles. Members who have their own bikes are encouraged to bring them and the club also hires additional bicycles for members who take part in competitions.
“We do get children who do not own a bicycle and cannot afford to buy one. That that is also one of the challenges that we face. We don’t have enough funds for things like hiring and transport,” says Nqobane.
He says the pair plan to start a club for cyclists younger than 12, provided there are enough people to monitor the younger children on the roads.
Ntandazo Koyo, 22, is one of the club’s first members. Koyo has a Level 4 Certificate in boiler making, but his first love is cycling.
He came first in the 99er Cycling and MTB Challenge in Durbanville earlier this year and also took part in the SA Champs in Durban, though a puncture prevented him from finishing the race.
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7/18/19 | Plus Ultra Seguros
"The insurance company reviewed this business unit's recent performance with its mediators, having been set up in 2017, with the aim of boosting its services to foreign customers residing in Spain."
Plus Ultra Seguros has held a conference for its business development for expatriates unit in the city of Segovia, in order to inform its mediators of the action plan for the coming months, as well as to review this division's recent performance.
Luis Vallejo, Commercial Director of Plus Ultra Seguros, opened the event, informing the attendees of the key figures and projects for this year, as well as highlighting the strategy's main focus, which is on "consolidating and strengthening the mediator network in order to offer a better service to this group of customers."
At the end of 2017, Plus Ultra Seguros stepped up its commitment to more personalised management for foreign customers residing in Spain, setting up a specialist unit. Since then, the division has performed very well, in terms of both improving the services provided and increasing turnover in the last year, especially in car and home insurance (+18% and +57%, respectively).
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HSU President Jens Zimmer Christensen: "The new system guarantees quality and service for the guests, transparency and security for the hotels and meets both sustainability issues and technological developments.
Helsinki, 17 May 2019. Ten years after its foundation, the Managing Board of the Hotelstars Union (HSU) met Wednesday, 15 May, for its annual spring meeting in Helsinki to discuss future strategic challenges. Delegates from the 17 Member States welcomed in particular the potential new partners from Azerbaijan, Georgia and Slovakia, who have now been granted observer status alongside France, Italy, Ireland and Poland. "We warmly welcome these new partners and are very pleased that these countries are showing great interest in our joint product of a harmonised catalogue of criteria for hotel classification", HSU President Jens Zimmer Christensen underlined after the meeting.
The revision of the common catalogue of criteria, which takes place every five to six years, determined the last working year of HSU. "We have worked very intensively on this process and have made rapid progress so that we were able to adopt the new preliminary criteria catalogue yesterday," reported the HSU President. This catalogue will now run through a thorough field testing if all requirements fulfill the expectations.
The result is an up-to date and flexible system that focuses on the function behind each criterion and not only on the hardware. It ensures quality and service for the guest, but also meets the challenging requirements of technological development and reflects the concept of sustainability. "We incentivice hotels to take voluntary initiatives such as charging stations for electric vehicles or sustainability labels and certificates. We have also taken the environmental aspects very seriously, especially with regard to waste reduction and compliance with the Single-Use Plastics Directive for instance," Jens Zimmer Christensen stressed.
The new criteria set, which has been reduced from 270 to 250 positions, will apply from 1 January 2020, with Member States having time to implement the catalogue by 1 January 2021 at the latest. "With this new classification catalogue, we have achieved our goal of simplifying the criteria and creating even more flexibility and transparency. We have opened them up to new concepts so as not to lose attractivity to the modern hotels that are emerging. But we also protect our traditional, often service-intensive hotels. We have approached this balancing act in this revision process to give our hotels - from one-star to five-star - the confidence to build on these criteria over the next five to six years," the President stressed, concluding that details of the new criteria and their scores will be published after the test phase.
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Okinflitch History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
Okinflitch was first used as a surname in the Scottish/English Borderlands by the Strathclyde-Briton. The first Okinflitch family lived in the barony of Auchinleck in Ayrshire or from Affleck in Angus.
Early Origins of the Okinflitch family
The surname Okinflitch was first found in Ayrshire and Angus where one of the first records of the name was Nicholas of Haghenlek who is mentioned in the records of 1292 is the same Nicol de Achithlege of the county of Ayr who rendered homage to King Edward I of England on his brief conquest of Scotland in 1296. [1]
Early History of the Okinflitch family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Okinflitch research. Another 132 words (9 lines of text) covering the years 1296, 1311 and 1464 are included under the topic Early Okinflitch History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Okinflitch Spelling Variations
Medieval Scottish names are rife with spelling variations. This is due to the fact that scribes in that era spelled according to the sound of words, rather than any set of rules. Okinflitch has been spelled Affleck, Athlyk, Athinkel, Auchlek, Athlek, Achleck, Achinfleck, Afleck, Authinlek and many more.
Early Notables of the Okinflitch family (pre 1700)
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Migration of the Okinflitch family
Many Scots were left with few options other than to leave their homeland for the colonies across the Atlantic. Some of these families fought to defend their newfound freedom in the American War of Independence. Others went north to Canada as United Empire Loyalists. The ancestors of all of these families have recently been able to rediscover their roots through Clan societies and other Scottish organizations. Among them: Andrew Affleck who settled in Barbados in 1678; Thomas Affleck settled in Frederick County, Maryland in 1787; George, John, and Joseph Affleck, all settled in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania between 1872 and 1880.
^ Black, George F., The Surnames of Scotland Their Origin, Meaning and History. New York: New York Public Library, 1946. Print. (ISBN 0-87104-172-3)
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Professor Black Makes “Every Second” Count
As a Chicagoan, it is pretty much understood that Chris Black rules all around these parts. I mean, we don't call him Professor Black for nothing, right? Across his tenure as leader of The High Spirits, Superchrist, Dawnbringer, and more, it is obvious that the Professor has a deep, learned understanding of what makes music -- especially metal -- tick. However, what makes Chris Black especially unique is his versatility. As a session member of bands like Sculptured and Nachtmystium (there are more, of course), Professor Black left his mark on the world outside heavy metal. In short, the man is the most versatile member of the greater Chicago (if even wider, let's be real) metal scene. He is truly a master of his craft.
In a new album featuring Circle (yes, the masters of Finnish oddity) founder Jussi Lehtisalo and American bassist extraordinarily Jason William Walton (Khorada, Especially Like Sloth, ex-Agalloch), Professor Black's LVPVS leaves a new mark on the strange middle-ground between krautrock's uniquely repetitive, sci-fi textures and metal's heavy, riff-based nature. Listen to an exclusive premiere of "Every Second" below.
Securely wedged in the unique space between krautrock and metal (something which people other than session bandmate Lehtisalo rarely attempt), the Carpenter-meets-Lizzy sound aesthetic is immediate and unique. LVPVS itself is an anomaly, a smattering of repetitive classic metal riffs and spacey, 1970s horror movie keyboards. Known more for the more over the top nature of his oeuvre, Professor Black plays the true academic here. Stepping outside his perceived comfort zone, Black chooses to let this special music flow, and flow it does.
When paired with the notable experimentalists Lehtisalo and Walton (use this as an opportunity to check out Especially Like Sloth. Really.), Black's kraut-metal dissertation runs wild. Hypnotic and rife with a growing energy, each second of LVPVS is a growing, back-of-the-throat scream waiting to be unleashed. Letting their freak flags wave high, Black, Lehtisalo, and Walton find a center in the disparate and set it free.
LVPVS will be released by High Roller Records (with two additional Professor Black records) on October 5th. Follow Professor Black on Bandcamp.
As far as LVPVS, I give a lot of credit to Jason and Jussi. I recorded the rhythm guitars and drums almost ten years ago, then more recently let the two of them run wild with it. I didn't add much later on, just a melody here and there, and then I mixed it myself. Jussi and I of course have worked together in Aktor, and I've known Jason since the mid-90s. We did a lot of tape-trading and fanzine-making type stuff, and a little later we had an imaginary black metal band together. It's cool we kept in touch and finally made some actual music together 20 years later.
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Welcome to our third selection of Ipsos research on public attitudes in Europe.
Welcome to our third selection of Ipsos research on public attitudes in Europe. The 2016 release can be found here.
The purpose of this update is to present some interesting findings from work Ipsos has been doing across different European countries over the last 12 months.
Our findings showcase the diversity of Europe and Europeans and provide some insights into how attitudes and behaviours vary in different geographic, economic and cultural contexts...
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Growth is back! Perception of the national economic performance improved everywhere (except in Great Britain).
What Worries Europe
The top three most worrying issues by country are far from homogeneous across Europe. But all countries that have experienced terror attacks in the past two years remain wary.
Driving Behaviours
What more can be done to improve road safety? More than one in two European drivers feel that it will be difficult to make any significant further reduction in the number of people killed on the road.
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A majority of Europeans think their governments are not investing enough in transportation infrastructure.
Affluent Audiences
Across Europe, 88% of affluents who consume international media brands consider them to be trustworthy, compared to only 58% for the main domestic media brands.
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A growing number of European holidaymakers are interested in Airbnb-like person-to-person lodging arrangements. And New York is the city they most often dream about visiting.
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Most European workers do not feel their companies are prepared to handle the changes ahead.
Though a prophet is not without honour save in his own country, the 2017 Top Cities Survey finds that European cities are generally the most appealing to Europeans.
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Arts sector in north 'needs investment'
The Big Arts Debate was held in response to the draft NI Budget for 2018/19 which forecasts that the arts sector will face further cuts. Pictured are Dr Jenny Elliott, Arts Care, Nisha Tandon, chief Executive, ArtsEkta, Conor Shields, Community Arts Partnership, Bill Woolsey, MD of Beannchor and Roisin McDonagh, Chief Exceutive,Arts Council Northern Ireland. Picture by Brian Morrison
Aine Fox, Press Association
Politicians in Northern Ireland are facing calls to be courageous and visionary by pledging to invest in the arts sector.
The country has for a long time been the "poor cousin" when it comes to funding compared to the Republic and Britain, an event at Stormont heard.
Beneficiaries of a thriving arts sector can include older people with dementia, young people suffering from mental health problems and communities facing conflict legacy issues, the audience was told.
Impassioned pleas for investment came from various arts sector workers and business people including Bill Wolsey, who owns Belfast's five-star Merchant Hotel.
He told a packed Long Gallery during the Big Art Debate that the sector is linked "hand in glove" with the hospitality industry.
He said: "Without the arts there wouldn't be the growth in our business."
He said tourists spend more in the Republic than in Northern Ireland but said Dublin has advantages including "a government that actually functions" adding that it understands the importance of the arts to hospitality.
The arts and culture industry in Northern Ireland employs more than 6,000 people and contributes £151 million to the local economy, the arts council said.
Its chief executive Roisin McDonough said "tiny" amounts of money can be found for the arts "if there is the political will and the appetite to do so".
She said: "The arts in Northern Ireland in comparison to all of these other jurisdictions in these islands have consistently bumped along at the very, very bottom. We've always been the poor country, second, third, fourth country cousin."
Dr Jenny Elliott, chief executive of Arts Care, said the arts "make a huge difference in people's lives" and appealed directly to elected representatives to ensure the sector receives appropriate funding.
She said: "I would ask and invite our politicians to be courageous, to be visionary."
Referencing the current political impasse Claire Hanna, who sponsored the event alongside the UUP's Mike Nesbitt, said it was "heartwarming" to see so many people in attendance.
The SDLP MLA said: "It's novel and quite heartwarming to see this building used for debate and used for engagement and I hope that we, as your MLAs, will follow suit sooner rather than later and I say that in the very confident knowledge that there are no other solutions other than accommodation and partnership and powersharing, ideally in this building."
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19 February, 2018 16:20 Northern Ireland news
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Solutions to Overcrowding
The current stated policy aim of all Australian governments – reduce overcrowding in Indigenous housing.
The following is quoted from the FaHCSIA website.
“Improving housing conditions is essential to achieving improvements in Indigenous health, education and employment to help close the gap in life outcomes between Indigenous and other Australians.
Under the National Indigenous Reform Agreement, ‘Healthy Homes’ is one of seven inter-connected ‘building blocks’ — or priority action areas — that underpin the Closing the Gap strategy agreed by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG).
The Australian Government has committed $5.5 billion over ten years to 2018 under the National Partnership Agreement on Remote Indigenous Housing:
significant overcrowding
poor housing conditions
the severe housing shortage in remote Indigenous communities.”
The policy aims may be good, and there is a lot of money promised BUT the current implementation, nationally, is poor and the chances of reducing overcrowding are very, very small.
Building new houses alone will NOT reduce overcrowding ……..if this sounds impossible then read on because we believe this is a BIG ISSUE.
Overcrowding effects on housing and health
The National Indigenous Housing Guide (NIHG) is endorsed by Australian Federal and State Governments and is a key compliance document for the National Indigenous Housing program. One of the nine Healthy Living Practises is “Reducing the impacts of overcrowding” where some of the health risks of overcrowding are outlined alongside effective strategies for reducing the negative impacts of health through housing.
Below is an extract from the NIHG:
Crowded living conditions increase the risk of the spread of infectious diseases, such as meningococcal disease, rheumatic fever, tuberculosis and respiratory infections. In a crowded house it can also be more difficult to access health hardware, such as hot water, showers and clothes washing facilities. To reduce these risks, consider how to minimise the effects of crowding when planning the living environment.
Beware estimating house population by dividing population by house numbers because this could mean that houses will not be designed to have sufficient space and health hardware, and the residents will experience increased health risks.
It is also possible that specific parts of a house can become crowded at particular times. For example, in extreme climatic conditions, all members of the household are likely to congregate in the one room of the house that is able to be cooled or heated and this can lead to the increased spread of infection, even in small households.
Even if all houses in a community are fully functional, some families will choose to live in large, multi-generational households, despite other houses being available in the community. These families will not necessarily consider their house to be crowded, but could suffer health effects if the health hardware is not adequate for the number of people living in the house. A large household population can also cause health hardware to fail prematurely simply because it is constantly in use. Large populations may also result in high power bills for the main residents unless energy efficiency has been considered in house design and specification.
More houses can reduce the negative impacts of over-crowding, however, the example above shows that it is also necessary to design for peak populations. This can be achieved by providing more health hardware in houses, developing the yard and edges of houses to provide more household service, cooling and heating several rooms in the house, providing additional sleeping areas, and ensuring the health hardware in most houses in a community is functioning most of the time through regular maintenance.
Consider the following options as solutions to overcrowding, the common reactive solution of building more houses will reduce overcrowding as opposed to a mixed solution which focuses on sustainable solutions.
Does building more houses effectively reduce overcrowding?
Community A has 20 houses and 120 people live in the community
This gives a crowding level of 6 people per house
Assume a new small house around 130 sq.m (current average size of an Indigenous house about half the size of the average non-indigenous house) can be built for $3,000 /sq.m = $400,000 approx per house + on costs = $450,000
5 houses are built in the community and there are now 25 houses with the same 120 people using the houses.
The improved assumed crowding rate is reduced to
4.8 people per house (120 people / 25 houses). With a total capital cost for the 5 houses of $ 2.25m (including all costs)
Crowding levels have been reduced and the national policy targets have been met…right?
House function is what delivers benefits to the resident. The NIHG highest health priority is: The ability to wash.
This example will use this priority to assess overcrowding.
If the 20 original houses were tested we would find that only 35% of the houses had a functioning shower to serve a total population of 120 people (from HfH national data).
That means only 7 houses have a working shower to serve the total population.
This means a functional crowding level of 17 people per house to have a shower.
Of the 5 new houses, at least 1 will have no function due to poor initial construction (from HfH national data)
Using the NIHG highest health priority: The ability to wash, this example shows the following results.
11 functioning houses for a population of 120 people.
This gives a functional crowding level of 11 people (approx) per house ……for a total capital cost of $2.25 million
Does a mixed solution reduce overcrowding?
If we take the same community and start with a maintenance program resembling Housing for Health(HfH). This will quickly:
improve urgent safety and health function of all houses
gather data on houses and infrastructure to plan for future upgrades or new housing
employ and train local community staff
Assume cost per house = $11,000 (HfH max per house) and this raises the number of houses with functioning showers to 82% (HfH achieved result) or 16 functioning houses for 120 people = This results in a functional crowding level of 7.5 people per house
For a cost of 20 x $11,000 = $220,000
Using the budget spent in Option A ($2.25M) as a guide – $220,000 on initial maintenance bringing all houses up to an improved standard
With the $2.05m remainder:
replace the bathroom/laundry and toilet areas in the 4 x houses that were not previously improved (4 x $100,000 = $400,000 installed (using
the HfH prefab bathroom)
build 2 x new houses with a higher specification & inspection for $500k each = $1m
employ a local maintenance team for 2 years (to maintain all 22 houses using $4,000 per house x 2 years) = $200,000
Total spent would be $1.82m over 2 years on capital & ongoing maintenance
Comparison of the two different approaches
cost $2.25m
provided 5 new houses, giving a total of 25 houses.
Functional crowding level for washing people of 11 people per house (with no maintenance period)
cost a total $1.82m on initial maintenance, various capital works and ongoing maintenance for 2 years
provide 22 houses with ongoing maintenance and function for 120 people
Functional crowding level for washing people of 5.4 people per house
The models shown are simple and have ignored:
Population shift
Clan and internal community dynamics that always mean population will not be equally distributed
Community anger at new houses being built with no change to existing houses and widening the housing gap
Current national policy tends toward Option A: more money and crowding
This means overcrowding levels will not be reduced.
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Housewife in court over alleged theft of pigs
By Uju On May 31, 2017
A housewife, Mrs Kemi Joshua, 30, was on Wednesday brought before an Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly receiving two stolen pigs valued at N100,000.
The Police prosecutor, Sgt. Adeoye Adesegun, told the court that the accused conspired with her husband, Joshua, who is still at large, to commit the offences.
“Kemi unlawfully received two female pigs valued at N100, 000, property of one Omokaro Ilesanmi, which she knew to have been stolen or unlawfully obtained,’’ Adesegun said.
The prosecutor alleged that the accused person committed the offences on May 21, 2017 at about 12:30 a.m. at Odopo Quarters, Ijoka, Akure.
According to him, the offences are contrary to and punishable under Sections 516 and 247 of the Criminal Code, Cap 37, Vol.1, Laws of Ondo State of Nigeria, 2006.
However, the accused pleaded not guilty to the two-count charge of conspiracy and unlawful acceptance.
The counsel to the accused person, Mr Orlu-Orlu Mills, prayed the court to grant his client bail in the most liberal terms.
He assured the court that the accused was ready to provide the court with a reliable surety who would ensure her appearance in court.
In her ruling, Chief Magistrate Charles Iringekoko, granted Kemi bail in the sum of N100, 000 with two reliable and substantial sureties in like sum.
The magistrate said the sureties must provide evidence of tax payment for the current year, obtained from the State Internal Revenue Department and two passport-sized photographs of the sureties and the accused person.
She said the accused person and the two sureties must provide the court with their official and residential addresses, which would be verified by the court.
The case was adjourned till June 28, for definite trial. (NAN)
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The Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) has issued an exposure draft which proposes to withdraw Australian Interpretation 1039 'Substantive Enactment of Major Tax Bills in Australia'. Interpretation 1039 is an Australian 'domestic' Interpretation that provides guidance on the application of AASB 112 'Income Taxes' (equivalent to IAS 12) in the Australian context. The proposed withdrawal of the Interpretation is consistent with the AASB's objectives of not amending or interpreting IFRS in the Australian context, save for rare and exceptional circumstances.
The origin of the Interpretation is the previous series of Australian Interpretations produced by the now disbanded Urgent Issues Group under Australian Accounting Standards before Australia's adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). As part of the implementation of IFRSs in the Australian context, these pre-IFRS Interpretations were reviewed and updated to be made consistent with the requirements of IFRS.
The pre-IFRS version of Interpretation 1039, UIG 39, was put in place partly in response to calls for guidance on how to account for the effects of a series of linked Bills which together enacted Australia's tax-consolidation regime.
Accordingly, Australian Interpretation 1039 provides guidance on when "substantive enactment" referred to in paragraph 48 of AASB 112/IAS 12 is taken to have occurred in an Australian context, concluding it occurs once a non-linked Bill has been tabled in Parliament and there is majority support for the passage of the Bill through both Houses of Parliament, consistent with the operation of Australian constitutional law.
The AASB has decided to propose the withdrawal of Australian Interpretation 1039 on the basis that an Australian Interpretation is not necessary as the issue of whether a tax Bill is substantively enacted is not unique to Australia.
The proposed withdrawal is consistent with the AASB’s policy of IFRS adoption and only issuing a domestic Interpretation of an IFRS adopted for use in Australia in rare and exceptional circumstances, and then only after exploring with the IFRS Interpretations Committee whether that Committee should deal with the matter. It also follows on from earlier amendments made to Australian Accounting Standards which in effect, undid the changes that the AASB had made to IFRS when it initially adopted them in the Australian context. A number of other Australian-specific pronouncements remain in place, but these do not undermine the ability of an eligible for-profit entity to make an explicit and unreserved statement of compliance with IFRSs, and in fact, AASB 101 Presentation of Financial Statements (equivalent to IAS 1) requires an entity to make such statement.
The exposure draft notes that AASB Board members would not expect diversity in practice to arise in Australia in the absence of an Australian Interpretation on this topic.
The exposure draft, ED 226 Withdrawal of Australian Interpretation 1039 Substantive Enactment of Major Tax Bills in Australia, is open for comment until 19 November 2012. Click for access to ED 226 (link to AASB website).
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Home ➤ Social Services
Muslim Non-Profits Continue to Serve, Feed Vulnerable Orange County Residents
A host of local Muslim non-profits are among the many organizations out on the ground in Orange County distributing food to people in need.
A network of pantries have been distributing food for free for months now supporting people who have lost jobs during the pandemic or struggling financially. Many among the network are faith based or houses of worship like mosques, churches and gurudwaras serving anyone who is hungry.
ICNA Relief Southern California — part of a greater national organization — is a Muslim non-profit based in Fullerton. They have been doing food distributions throughout cities in Orange County and other neighboring counties for years prior to the pandemic.
Abdullah Zikria, the outreach coordinator of Southern California ICNA Relief, said through their years of service the organization has developed relationships with various cities in Orange County and elsewhere in Southern California as well as various food banks in the region.
During the pandemic, these relationships have helped the non-profit distribute food in local cities.
“In 2013, we started doing food services. Our people would come in and we would provide food for families, diapers and other things,” Zikria said. “Since COVID, We have definitely taken our food services to a whole different level that it’s never been before.”
When the pandemic started in March, ICNA Relief held 10 larger scale distributions. Since then they are averaging about 20 distributions a month across Orange County and other parts of Southern California and have given out over 800,000 pounds of food at over 130 distributions, according to Zikria.
Zikria also said Mayors and Members of Congress have reached out to ICNA Relief about food distributions.
“We don’t participate in the politics. We serve anybody. We work with everybody. We are a nonprofit,” Zikria said.
ICNA also works with school districts in Orange County to find schools with a high percent of students receiving a free lunch to reach the most vulnerable in each community.
“That’s a good indicator for us, that those are families that probably need this help,” Zikria said.
They’ve held distributions at schools and mosques throughout the County.
The group has also made ins with community organizers. Somedays the organization will go to cross streets near low income housing and hand out food items reaching out to local organizers to spread the word and through social media.
“Our distributions are so mobile, especially the neighborhood ones. We pick up items from Walmart, from Costco, from Target, three times a week and so it depends on what we get,” Zikria said. “Based on what we can get we’ve been able to see what neighborhood we can go to.”
Beyond food, they hold diaper distributions and offer medical and counseling services. The non-profit also operates a women’s transitional home for survivors of domestic violence.
ICNA Relief Southern California has only four staff members but they have close to 100 volunteers who help them be able to get the food out to people.
Muhib John Aziz, a Garden Grove Resident, and his family volunteer with ICNA Relief to help those in need.
“My favorite thing is that I get joy out of helping others,” Aziz said.
He added that another motivation for him is to engrain in children and family the importance of giving back to the community.
“We are here to help humanity, especially those in need and to go out of our way to help our human brothers and sisters,” Aziz said.
Another Muslim Based nonprofit, Uplift Charity, has also been active distributing boxes of food on every month to Orange County Residents. The charity has distributed thousands of boxes of food since the pandemic started and around 1,600 boxes during Ramadan this year as well as over 2,000 meals in Orange and Los Angeles Counties.
This Saturday Uplift Charity is holding a special drive through food distribution of food boxes at Al-Ansar Mosque in Anaheim from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
This week’s distribution will be to honor case manager Raihan Dakhil, her husband Joseph Awaida and their 3-year-old son Omar who were killed by an alleged DUI driver in Long Beach last Halloween.
Ahmed Almukhtar, Uplift Charity’s director of operations, said the family was very active in giving back to the community.
“Raihan was part of Uplift Charity. She worked with Uplift Charity for more than two years as an amazing case manager. She changed a lot of lives,” Almukhtar said. “They were very active in charity events, they were very active in volunteering, and assisting their community in Long Beach and in Orange County.”
Uplift Charity will also be distributing Hijabs and face masks on Saturday as well.
For anybody in need of food or a desire to volunteer, pantries across Orange County are handing it out for free.
Uplift Charity
Saturday Nov. 14 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Al-Ansar Mosque in Anaheim
1717 S Brookhurst St Anaheim, CA 92804
ICNA Relief Southern California
Friday Nov. 13 at 3:30 p.m. at Monarch Apartments in Anaheim
1860 West Crescent Ave. Anaheim, CA 92801
Friday Nov. 20 at 3 p.m. at Islamic Society of Orange County in Garden Grove.
9752 13th street, Garden Grove, CA 92844
Those who wish to volunteer with the organization can reach out to them on Facebook or at 714 399-4571.
Power of One Foundation
Saturday Nov. 14 and 21 from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. at Calvary Church in Santa Ana
3800 S Fairview St, Santa Ana, CA 92704
Every Thursday and Saturday from 8 -11 a.m. at IKEA in Costa Mesa for Curbside pickup.
1475 S Coast Dr, Costa Mesa, CA 92626
By appointment. Sign up before 2 p.m. the day before to get an appointment.
Sikh Center of Orange County Food Pantry
Saturday Nov. 14 from 8-10:30 a.m. or until supplies last at the Gurudwara
And on Nov. 21 it will be from 8:30-11 a.m.
2530 Warner Ave., Santa Ana, CA 92704
Laguna Food Pantry
Every Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-10:30 a.m.
20652 Laguna Canyon Road, Laguna Beach, CA 92651
Vineyard Anaheim Church
Monday from 11 a.m.-12 p.m. at SALK Elementary
1411 Gilbert St. Anaheim, CA 92804
Wednesday & Thursday from 9-11 a.m. at the Vineyard Anaheim Church
5340 E La Palma Ave. Anaheim, CA 92807
Saturday from 9-11 a.m. at the Brookhurst Community Center
2271 Crescent Ave. Anaheim, CA 92801
United Across Borders Foundation
Turkey Giveaway on Friday Nov. 20 from 10 a.m. until supplies last in La Habra
101 West La Habra Boulevard La Habra, CA 90631
Turkey Giveaway on Saturday Nov. 21 from 9 a.m. until supplies last in Anaheim
201 W. Center St. Promenade Anaheim, CA 92805
Turkey Giveaway on Sunday Nov. 22 from 10 a.m. until supplies last in Fullerton
303 W Commonwealth Ave Fullerton
For more food assistance options visit 211 OC.
If you operate a drive through food pantry in Orange County and would like our newsroom to be aware of your efforts, reach out to Hosam Elattar at helattar@voiceofoc.org or on Twitter @ElattarHosam. Article Courtesy voiceofoc.com
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3 done 17 more cities to go – Startup India Rocks 2016
By IndianCEO Team
Scaale is a Growth Consultant Group headquartered in San Francisco having four key verticals: Capital, Sales, Talent and Workspace. Last year, they hosted India’s first Global Start-Up conference, Start-up India Rocks in October 2015 at The Leela Goa which was attended by over 200 delegates from 20 countries and over a 100 entrepreneurs. India’s leading Business Channel ET Now covered the conference live and broadcasted a 30 minute episode.
This year they are doing a 20 city roadshow to search for India’s 100 best start-ups. To begin with, they have started with Jaipur, Rajasthan. The Rajasthan city chapter unfolded at Taxila Business School, Jaipur on 19th July, 2016. The one day event was attended by 40 startups. The panelist included Mr. Mahavir Pratap Sharma (Chairman of RAIN), Mr. Mandar Gadkari (Director, India at Cross Border Angels) and Mr. Chintan Bakshi (Chief Operating Officer at Startup Oasis). Around 15 startups pitched, and 4 were winners.
After Jaipur, the second startup destination for the roadshow was Kolkata. The event was held at NASSCOM 10000 Startups Warehouse on 26th July, 2016. NASSCOM (National Association of Software and Services Companies) is India’s leading trade body with 1400 members comprising of domestic and global Information Technology companies present in the Indian market. Nasscom’s 10,000 Start-ups is an initiative which is aimed at incubating, funding and supporting 10,000 technology start-ups in India. The one day event was attended by 30 startups. The panelist included Mr. Saumyajit Guha (Chief Operating Officer of Calcutta Angels Network), Mr. Ravi Didwani (Angel investor and advisor for startups) and Mr. Mandar Gadkari (Director, India at Cross Border Angels). Around 15 startups pitched, out of which 4 were winners.
The third startup destination for the roadshow was Hyderabad on 29th July, 2016. The one day event was attended by over 70 startups. The event was held at T-Hub. T-Hub is a unique public/private partnership between the government of Telangana, 3 of India’s premier academic institutes (IIIT-H, ISB & NALSAR) and key private sector leaders designed for technology-related start-ups with a mission to catalyse the creation of one of the tightest and most vibrant entrepreneur communities in the world in order to encourage and fuel more start-ups. The panelist included Mr. Viiveck Verma (Cofounder of Anaptyxi People Consult Pvt), Mr. Shyan Peela (Director at Evoke Technologies) and Mr. Mandar Gadkari (Director, India at Cross Border Angels), Ms. Sreedevi Devireddy (Executive Director at TiE, Hyderabad), Mr. P. S. Sreekanth (Investment Director at Hyderabad Angels) and Mr. N.R.R. Vijayakumar (Founder & CKO at Aequitas Global). About 30 startups pitched, out of which 8 were winners.
Out of 140+ startups across 3 cities which were part of the event, the one’s which were able to create an impact on the investors and emerge as winners were:
Jaipur Kolkata Hyderabad
Winners Mr. Hot Foods Pvt Ltd.
Mr n Mrs Pet
Mobidhobi Technologies Pvt Ltd
E4Engineer CloneMe
Izifiso
RupeeVest
I&we Eunimart
Evolv3D
MummyCenter
Fabulyst
Hitwicket
TopNotepad
IndustryArc
Each city event started with knowledge driven sessions like Series A to Z covering topics that help entrepreneurs to understand the multiple facets of raising growth capital that startups face by using case studies of Scaale’s portfolio companies. Thereafter, Legal Insights session was conducted by VoxLaw and Branding and Strategy Insights session by Times Network. Not only that, Microsoft took a content driven session on the importance of cloud technology in business and Atom Technologies provided a session on importance of payment solution for startups. Thereafter, there was a lunch, where investors and entrepreneurs networked. Post lunch, startups pitched and best startups were selected from each city for the finale.
The winners were glad that they got a platform to showcase their products in front of large audience and investor. Entrepreneurs got an opportunity to understand the nuances of the dynamic startup ecosystem.
The partners who have supported the event are:
The offering by some of their partners are:
14 Square, a platform for serviced apartments is offering 15% of on all bookings for all attendees of Startup India Rocks event until December, 2016.
Atom, a one stop provider of end to end payment services through Online and offline platforms is offering curated payment solutions to the attendees.
Knowlarity, Asia’s leader in cloud telephony, aims at replacing traditional expensive communication hardware system with affordable & intelligent cloud-based telephony solutions for businesses. They are offering ‘Exclusive Super Receptionist Pack’ which includes Pack of 6 Super Receptionist Number for 6 Months, Click to Call Widget on the Website, and Unlimited Outbound Calling for Promotional Campaigns.
Microsoft, the IT Giant specializing in operating system and Office suites, will provide shortlisted startups which are selected to pitch an opportunity to be offered technology solution and as well as curated technology solution would be offered to the 100 best startups who get a direct entry to pitch at the finale.
Times Network, which is part of India’s largest media conglomerate, The Times Group delivers segmented and differentiated content to engage over 100 million urban affluent viewers in India will offer media packages to the startups based on the stage they are in.
Voxlaw, a boutique law firm specializing in tax, legal and regulatory services which provides solutions which incorporate both consulting and legal elements to the startups to give them an edge in the legal aspects of the entrepreneurial environment.
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Nassau County Department of Health Partners with State COVID Call Center to Assist in COVID-19 Response
12/3/20 @ 3:50 p.m.-Below is a Press Release issued today by the Nassau County Department of Health related to a recent partnership with the State COVID Call Center to assist with COVID-19 Response for Nassau County:
Contact: Amber Teeters Amber.Teeters@flhealth.gov
Nassau County Department of Health Partners With State COVID Call Center To Assist In COVID-19 Response for Nassau County
FERNANDINA BEACH — The Florida Department of Health in Nassau County has partnered with the State COVID-19 Call Center to assist with COVID-19 response. Individuals who have been identified as a positive COVID-19 case or who have been identified as a close contact to a positive COVID-19 case should be prepared to receive a phone call from the Florida Department of Health.
An individual who is a confirmed COVID-19 case or has had exposure to a confirmed COVID-19 case should answer the phone if they receive a call from any of the following numbers:
People who test positive for COVID-19 or have close contact with a COVID-19 case may also receive calls from case investigators or contact tracers at the Nassau County Health Department. These calls will come from local 904 numbers. If you have questions, please call our FDOH – Nassau main phone line at (904) 875-6100
About the Florida Department of Health
The Florida Department of Health, nationally accredited by the Public Health Accreditation Board, works to protect, promote, and improve the health of all people in Florida through integrated state, county and community efforts. Follow us on Twitter at @HealthyFla and on Facebook. For more information about the Florida Department of Health, please visit www.FloridaHealth.gov.
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Metal Forming Processes
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drawing, extrusion, FEM, forging, forming, heat treatment, pressing, process design, process simulation, rolling,
Metal forming processes consists of deformation processes in which a metal work piece (billet, bloom, or blank) is shaped by tools or dies. The design and control of such processes depend on the characteristics of the material of the work piece, the requirements of the finished product, the conditions at the interface of the tool and the work piece, the mechanics of plastic deformation (metal flow), and the equipment used. These factors influence the selection of geometry and material of the tool as well as processing conditions (examples are temperatures of die and work piece and lubrication). Since many of the metalworking operations are rather complex, models of various types, such as analytical, physical, or numerical models, are often used to design these processes. A brief historical view, a classification of metalworking processes and equipment, and a summary of some of the more recent developments in the field are described below.
Historical view
Metalworking technology is one of three major technologies used for the fabrication of the metal products. The other two are casting process and powder metallurgy (P/M) technology. It is possibly the oldest and most established of the three technologies. The earliest records of metalworking show that the simple hammering of gold (Au) and copper (Cu) was practiced in various regions of the Middle East around 8000 BCE. The forming of these metals was crude since the skill of refining by smelting was not known and since the ability to work the material was limited by impurities that remained after the metal had been separated from its ore. With the start of Cu smelting around 4000 BCE, a useful method became available for purifying metals through chemical reactions in the liquid state. Later, in the Cu age, it was found that the hammering of metal brought about desirable increases in strength (a phenomenon presently known as strain hardening).
The pursuit for strength encouraged a search for alloys that were inherently strong and led to the utilization of alloys of Cu and tin (Sn) in the Bronze Age and iron and carbon (C) in the Iron Age. The Iron Age, which started in the beginning of around 1200 BCE, followed the beginning of the Bronze Age by some 1300 years. This delay was due to the non-availability of the methods for achieving the high temperatures needed to melt and to refine iron ores.
Most metalworking was done by hand until the 13th century. At this time, the tilt hammer was developed and used primarily for forging bars and plates. This hammer used water power to raise a lever arm that had a hammering tool at one end. It was called a tilt hammer because the arm tilted as the hammering tool was raised. After raising the hammer, the operator let it fall under the force of gravity, thus generating the forging blow. This relatively simple device remained in use for a number of centuries.
The development of rolling mills followed that of forging equipment. Leonardo da Vinci’s notebook includes a sketch of a machine designed in 1480 for the rolling of lead (Pb) for stained glass windows. In 1495, Leonardo da Vinci is reported to have rolled flat sheets of precious metal on a hand operated two roll mill for the purpose of making of the coins. Later several designs for rolling mills were developed utilized in many European countries. However, the development of large mills capable of hot rolling ferrous materials took almost 200 years. This relatively slow progress was primarily due to the limited supply of iron. Early rolling mills used flat rolls for making sheet and plate, and until the middle of the 18th century, these rolling mills were driven by water wheels.
During the Industrial Revolution at the end of the 18th century, processes were devised for making iron and steel in large quantities to satisfy the demand for metal products. A need was also felt for forging equipment having higher capacity. This need was met with the development of the high speed steam hammer, in which the hammer is raised by steam power, and the hydraulic press, in which the force is supplied by hydraulic pressure. From such equipment came several products which ranged from locomotive parts to firearms.
The steam engine also spurred developments in rolling of metals, and, in the 19th century, a variety of steel products were rolled in rolling mills in substantial quantities. The past 125 years have seen the development of new types of metalworking equipment and new materials with special properties and applications. These new types of metalworking equipment also include mechanical and screw presses and several kinds of rolling mills including high speed tandem rolling mills. The materials which are benefited from such advancements in equipment range from the low C steel and advanced high strength steels (AHSS) used in automobiles and appliances, specialty aluminum (Al) base, titanium (Ti) base, and nickel (Ni) base alloys used in the aerospace and other industries. Since 1980s, methods for the bulk forming of a number of new materials, such as intermetallic alloys and composites, have been developed.
Also, the advent of user friendly computer programs and inexpensive computers has led to a revolution in the application of numerical methods for the design and control of an abundance of bulk forming processes. This has led to higher quality products and increased efficiency in the metalworking industry.
Classification of metalworking processes
In metalworking, an initially simple work piece, say a billet, bloom, slab, or a blanked sheet, is plastically deformed between tools (or dies) to obtain the desired final configuration (shape). Metal forming processes are generally classified into two broad categories namely (i) involving bulk, or massive, forming operations, and (ii) sheet forming operations which is more commonly also referred to as forming. In the broadest and most accepted sense, however, the term forming is used to describe both the bulk forming as well as sheet forming processes. In both types of the processes, the surfaces of the deforming metal and the tools are in contact, and friction between them has a major influence on material flow.
In bulk forming, the input material is in the form of billet, bloom, rod, or slab, and the surface to volume ratio in the formed part increases considerably under the action of largely compressive loading. In sheet forming, on the other hand, a piece of sheet metal is plastically deformed by tensile loads into a three dimensional shape, often without significant changes in sheet thickness or surface characteristics.
Processes that come under the category of bulk forming have the characteristic features such as (i) the deforming material, or work piece, undergoes large plastic (permanent) deformation which results into substantial change in shape or cross section and (ii) the portion of the work piece undergoing plastic deformation is normally much larger than the portion undergoing elastic deformation and due to it the elastic recovery after deformation is negligible. Examples of common bulk forming processes are rolling, drawing, extrusion, and forging.
Types of metalworking equipment
The different metal forming processes are connected with a large variety of forming equipment which includes amongst others (i) rolling mills for plate, strip, bars, and shapes, (ii) mills for profile rolling from strip, (iii) ring rolling mills, (iv) thread rolling and surface rolling mills, (v) magnetic and explosive forming machines, (vi) draw benches for tube and rod, (vii) wire and rod drawing machines, (vii) hammers for open and die forging, (viii) upsetting machines, (ix) presses for carrying out pressing operations.
Other than rolling mill, presses are the most widely used and are applied to both bulk forming and sheet forming processes. Presses can be classified into three types namely (i) load restricted machines (hydraulic presses), (ii) stroke restricted machines (crank and eccentric, or mechanical, presses), and energy restricted machines (hammers and screw presses). The significant characteristics of pressing type equipment comprise all machine design and performance data that are relevant to the economical use of the equipment. These characteristics include (i) characteristics for load and energy which include available load, available energy, and efficiency factor (which equals the energy available for work piece deformation/energy supplied to the equipment), (ii) time related characteristics which include number of strokes per minute, contact time under pressure, and velocity under pressure, (iii) characteristics for accuracy such as deflection of the ram and frame, particularly under off-center loading, and press stiffness.
Recent developments in the bulk forming processes
Since 1990s metalworking practice has seen a number of notable advances with regard to the development of new processes which include (i) processing of new materials needing the increased control of microstructure via specialized thermo-mechanical processes (TMP) and the development of advanced tools for predicting microstructure and texture evolution, and (ii) the application of sophisticated process simulation and design tools.
A number of innovative processes have since been introduced and/or investigated in the bulk forming area. These include advanced roll forming methods, equal channel angular extrusion (ECAE), incremental forging, and micro-forming. Advanced roll forming methods have been developed for making axisymmetric components with very complex cross sections. Shaping is conducted using opposed rollers or a combination of rollers and a mandrel acting on a rotating work piece. Unlike former simple roll forming processes used to make long tubes, cones, and so forth, newer roll-forming methods rely on the simultaneous control of radial and axial metal flow. As an example, the internal profile of complex shapes can be generated by combined radial-axial roll forming (Fig 1) that typically makes use of a sophisticated internal mandrel consisting of several angular segments and devices to quickly lock or unlock the segments. Such roll forming operations can be conducted under either hot working or cold working conditions where the specific temperature depends on the ductility and strength of the material of the work piece and the complexity of the shape to be formed.
This technique is being used to make aircraft engine disks and cases, automotive wheels, and other parts. The technique of radial roll forming has also been used for Ti alloys. The forming of such alloys is enhanced by the development of an ultrafine grain structure in the pre-form material. Advanced roll forming can provide near-net shapes at lower cost compared to forging and ring rolling because of the elimination of dies and the ability to utilize a given set of rollers for multiple geometries. Because of the generally high deformation that is imposed over the entire part cross section, microstructure uniformity also tends to be excellent.
Fig 1 Radial roll forming and ECAE process
ECAE is another metal processing technique (Fig 1) developed by Segal in the former Soviet Union in the 1970s. In ECAE, metal flow comprises deformation through two intersecting channels of equal cross-sectional area. The imparted strain is a function primarily of the angle between the two channels, 2 phi, and the angle of the curved outer corner, psi. For 2phi = 90 and psi =0, for example, the effective strain is approximately equal to 1.15. By passing the work piece through the tooling many times, very large deformations can thus be imposed. This process has been studied as a means to refine microstructure and to control crystallographic texture. In many cases sub microcrystalline grain structures are developed.
A large amount of work has been performed on Al, Al alloys, Cu, iron, Ni, and Ti. Though the maximum attention has been focused on square or round billet products, ECAE has also been used to produce ultrafine grain plate materials for use as is or as preforms for subsequent sheet rolling. Also, effort has been made to modify the ECAE concept to allow continuous, rather than batch, processing. Such efforts have been limited to thin cross-section products such as wire, rod, and sheet.
Incremental forging is a closed die forging process in which only a portion of the work piece is shaped during each of a series of press strokes. The process is similar to open die forging (cogging) of ingots, billets, thick plates, and shafts. In contrast to such operations, however, impression dies (not flat or V-shaped tooling) are utilized. The primary applications of the technique are very large plan-area components of high temperature alloys for which die pressures can easily equal or exceed 140 to 280 N/Sq mm. In such instances, part plan area is limited to around several thousands of square centimeters for the very large presses (50,000 tons). By forging only a portion of the part at a time, however, reduces the press requirements.
Applications of the technique include large, axisymmetric components for land based gas turbines made from Ni based alloy and various Ti-Al based structural components for airplanes. The latter parts had plan areas of the order of 30,000 square centimeters. Here, part symmetry and forging design play a critical role in the design of incremental forging processes. Forging design, representing a key feature of incremental forging, is frequently highly specialized and proprietary in nature.
Micro forming is a technological process generally defined as the production of parts or structures with at least two dimensions in the sub millimeter range. Most of the developments in this area have been driven by the needs of the electronics industry for mass produced miniature parts. Major challenges in micro forming fall into one of the four broad categories namely (i) material of the work piece, (ii) tooling, (iii) equipment, and (iv) process control. As an example, the flow and failure behaviour of a work piece with only one or several grains across the section subjected to large strains can be very different from that of its poly crystalline counterpart used in macro bulk forming processes. Micro forming operations include cold heading and extrusion of wire. For example, the bulk forming of Cu pins via forward rod extrusion and backward (can) extrusion to produce a shaft diameter of 0.8 mm and a wall thickness of 125 micrometers. For this and similar micro operations, challenges include handling of small preforms, manufacture of tooling with complex inner geometry, tooling alignment, and the overall precision of the forming equipment.
Materials related developments
The materials related developments which have taken place include break-through in the bulk forming of new materials, increased control of microstructure improvement using a specialized TMP, and the development of advanced tools for predicting microstructure and texture evolution.
New materials for which substantial progress has been made since 1990s include structural intermetallic alloys and discontinuously reinforced metal-matrix composites (MMCs). For intermetallic alloys, bulk forming approaches have been most dramatic for aluminide based materials. Bulk forming on a commercial scale has been used for MMCs with Al alloy and, to a lesser extent, Ti alloy matrices.
Iron-aluminide alloys based on the Fe3Al compound are probably the structural intermetallic materials that have been produced in the largest quantities to date. These materials show outstanding oxidation and sulphidation resistance and potentially lower the cost as compared to the stainless steels with which they compete. Hence, there are a number of potential applications for these iron aluminides which have been identified. These include metalworking dies, heat shields, furnace fixtures and heating elements, and a variety of automotive components.
In recent years a large amount of work has been carried out with regards to the development of techniques for the hot extrusion, forging, and rolling of ingot-metallurgy (I/M) Fe3Al-base alloys at temperatures in the range of 900 deg C to 1200 deg C. The wrought product is then warm rolled to plate or sheet at temperatures between 500 deg C and 600 deg C to produce material with room temperature tensile ductility of 15 % to 20 %. However wrought Fe3Al alloys do not have adequate workability for cold rolling or cold drawing. Ti aluminide alloys based on the face centered tetragonal (fct) gamma phase (TiAl) represent another type of aluminide material for which significant progress has been made toward commercialization. The gamma Ti aluminide alloys have a number of applications as lightweight replacements for super alloys in the hot section of airplane engines and as thermal protection systems in hypersonic vehicles.
Substantial efforts have also been made with regards to the development of a variety of metalworking techniques for both the I/M and powder-metallurgy (P/M) materials. These materials were once thought to be unworkable. For example, isothermal forging and canned hot extrusion techniques have been established for the breakdown of medium scale to large scale ingots. New can designs and the use of a controlled residence time between billet removal from the preheat furnace and deformation have considerably enhanced the feasibility of hot extrusion. In particular, the residence time is chosen in order to develop a temperature difference between the sacrificial can material and the Ti aluminide preform; by this means the flow stresses of the two components is similar, thereby promoting uniform co-extrusion.
Secondary processing of parts is being more frequently conducted through isothermal closed die forging. Careful can design and understanding of temperature transients also have enabled the hot pack rolling of gamma Ti aluminide sheet and foil products used in subsequent superplastic forming operations. A key to the success of each of these processes has been the development of a detailed understanding of the relevant phase equilibria / phase transformations and the effects of microstructure, strain rate, and temperature on failure modes during processing.
Discontinuously reinforced Al MMCs (DRA MMCs) have been synthesized and subsequently bulk formed by a variety of methods. The majority of MMCs have been based on Al matrices with silicon carbide (SiC) particulate or whisker reinforcements synthesized in tonnage quantities by I/M or P/M approaches. In the I/M method, which is most often used for automotive parts, the ceramic particles are introduced and suspended in the liquid Al alloy prior to casting using a high energy mixing process. In the P/M approach, most often used for aerospace materials, the matrix and ceramic powders are blended in a high shear mixer prior to canning and outgassing. Following the casting/canning operations, conventional rolling, extrusion, and forging processes are used to make billet and plate products. Secondary processing may include rolling (to make sheet), extrusion (such as automotive drive shafts, fan exit guide vanes in commercial jet engines, and bicycle frame tubing etc.), and closed die forging (such as helicopter rotor blade sleeves, automobile engine pistons, and connecting rods etc.). Cast and extruded DRAMMC drive shafts with Al matrix and alumina reinforcements have also been introduced for pickup trucks and sports cars. Similarly, extrusion and upsetting of pressed and sintered Ti-6Al-4V reinforced with TiB2 particulate have been used to mass produce automobile and motorcycle engine valves.
Processing by TMP refers to the design and control of metalworking and heat treatment stages in an overall production process in order to enhance final microstructure and properties. Initially TMP was developed as a method for producing high strength or high toughness micro alloyed steels via (ferrite) grain refinement and controlled precipitation. Present trends in the TMPs for ferrous alloys are focusing on the development of carbide free steels with bainitic micro-structures to obtain even higher strength levels.
TMP is now also being used routinely for Ni base and Ti base alloys. Two examples of recent developments in the TMP for the Ni-base super alloys, intended to improve damage tolerance or creep resistance in service, involve techniques to produce a uniform intermediate grain size or a graded microstructure. The former technique is especially useful for the manufacture of P/M super alloys. In this example, TMP consists of isothermal forging of consolidated-powder preforms followed by super-solvus heat treatment. To achieve the desired final grain size after super-solvus heat treatment, however, forging need to be performed in a very tightly controlled strain, strain-rate, and temperature window for each specific material. Lack of control during deformation can result in uncontrolled grain growth during the succeeding super-solvus heat treatment, leading to isolated grains or groups of grains which are several orders of magnitude bigger than the average grain size. Processes to develop graded microstructures in super alloys consist of local heating above the solvus temperature to dissolve the grain boundary pinning phase (example is gamma prime) and thus facilitate grain growth in these regions while other portions of the component are cooled.
TMPs for Ti alloys include processing to produce ultrafine grain billet, ‘through transus’ forging, and final heat treatment to obtain graded microstructures. Methods to obtain ultrafine billet microstructures in alpha/beta Ti alloys depend on special forging practices for partially converted ingots containing an initial transformed beta (colony / basket weave alpha) microstructure. In one method, multistep hot forging along three orthogonal directions is conducted at strain rates of the order of 10?³s?¹ and a series of temperatures in the alpha/beta phase field. By this means, an alpha grain size of 4 to 8 mm with good ultrasonic inspectability is obtained. In a similar method, warm working, involving very high strains and somewhat lower temperatures (around 550 deg C to 700 deg C), has been found to yield a sub microcrystalline alpha grain size.
Through transus forging of alloys is a TMP which combines aspects of beta and alpha-beta forging in order to develop a microstructure with both high strength and good fracture toughness/fatigue resistance. By working through the transus, the development of a continuous (and deleterious) layer of alpha along the beta grain boundaries is avoided. Instead, a transformed beta matrix microstructure with equiaxed alpha particles on the beta grain boundaries is produced. However, if forging is conducted to temperatures that are too low, undesirable equiaxed, primary alpha is nucleated within the matrix. To help meet the tight limits on temperature for the process, therefore, hot die forging coupled with finite element modeling for process design are being used.
As with Ni base super alloys, special heat treatments have been developed to provide dual (and graded) microstructures in alpha-beta Ti alloys. Most of these methods comprise local heating of selected regions of a part above the beta-transus temperature followed by controlled cooling. Information on beta annealing under continuous heating conditions and the effect of texture evolution on beta grain growth is vital for the selection of heating rates and peak temperatures for such TMP routes. In addition, since the decomposition of the metastable beta is very sensitive to cooling rate, dual microstructure TMPs are being used to produce components with a gradation of microstructure morphologies.
Models for the microstructure evolution
Models for the microstructure evolution usually fall into two broad categories namely (i) phenomenological, and (ii) mechanism based. Phenomenological models for the microstructure evolution have been developed to correlate measured microstructural features and imposed processing conditions and are therefore typically valid only within the specific range of the observations. As an example, the evolution of recrystallized volume fraction and recrystallized grain size which evolve during hot deformation (due to ‘dynamic’ recrystallization) can be described as a function of the imposed strain, strain rate, and temperature.
Similar models deals with the evolution of grain structure during annealing following cold or hot working as a function of time due to ‘static’ recrystallization. In both the cases, the recrystallized volume fraction usually follows a sigmoidal dependence on strain or time. Phenomenological models of dynamic and static recrystallization have been developed for a variety of steels, Al alloys, and Ni base alloys. Grain growth during heat treatment of single phase alloys without or with a dispersion of second phase particles can also be quantified using phenomenological equations such as that based on a parabolic fit of observations for a very wide range of metals and alloys.
Mechanism based models have also been examined since 1990s for the modeling of the microstructure evolution during hot working and annealing. These models incorporate deterministic and statistical aspects to varying degrees and seek to quantify the specific mechanism underlying microstructure changes. Most of the models incorporate physics based rules for events such as nucleation and growth during both recrystallization and grain growth. The effects of stored work, concurrent hot working, crystallographic texture, grain boundary energy and mobility, second phase particles, and so forth on microstructure evolution are normally been described by these models. Accurate models of this type can delineate microstructure evolution over a broader range of processing conditions than phenomenological models and are also very useful for processes involving strain rate and temperature transients. In addition, the models can provide insight into the source of observed deviations from classical Avrami behaviour during recrystallization or non-parabolic grain growth. Two principal types of mechanism based models are those based on cellular automaton (primarily used for recrystallization issues) and the Monte-Carlo/Potts formalism (used for both recrystallization and grain-growth issues). Both of these formulations seek to describe phenomena at the meso (grain) scale. Challenges with regard to the validation and industrial application of many mechanism-based models still remain, however, largely because of the shortage of reliable material property data.
Texture evolution models are basically of two main categories namely (i) those principally for the prediction of deformation textures or (ii) those predicting recrystallization/transformation textures. Powerful computers availability these days have speeded the development of such modeling techniques. Models for the depiction of deformation texture is more advanced compared to the models for predicting recrystallization / transformation textures. Deformation texture modeling is based on the slip and twinning processes and the associated crystal rotations to predict anisotropic plastic flow and texture evolution. Models of this kind include lower bound and upper bound methods in which either stress or strain compatibility is enforced among the grains in a polycrystalline aggregate, respectively. Upper bound models in many cases provide reasonable estimates of deformation texture evolution. However, more detailed methods, which incorporate strain variations from grain to grain (self-consistent models) as well as within each grain (crystal-plasticity FEM techniques, or in short CPFEM), give the promise of even more accurate predictions. The CPFEM method is also useful for the determination of local conditions that give rise to cavitation, spheroidization, and so forth as long as that the physics associated with such processes can be measured in terms of the field variables used in these programmes.
A comparatively recent development in texture modeling is that associated with the recrystallization or transformation phenomena during or following hot deformation. As an example, the textures which evolve during hot working are a result of both dislocation glide and dynamic recrystallization. Texture evolution can be measured by mechanisms such as oriented nucleation and selective growth. In the case of oriented nucleation mechanism, recrystallization nuclei are formed in those grains that have undergone the least shear strain (dislocation glide). Selective (faster) growth is then expected to occur for nuclei of particular mis-orientations with respect to the matrix.
Process simulation and design
Due to the availability of powerful and cheap computer hardware and software these days, a veritable revolution has taken place in the design of the bulk forming processes using advanced modeling and optimization methods since 1990s. Advances in process simulation have been accelerated mainly by the development of general purpose FEM programmes. The speed, accuracy, and user friendliness of FEM programmes has been aided by optimization of the element type used in the programme such as the development of automatic meshing and re-meshing practices, the introduction of advanced solving techniques, and the incorporation of advanced graphics user interfaces (GUIs).
In the 1980s, early FEM programmes were used to predict metal flow in simple two dimensional problems which are in non-steady-state (such as closed die forging). Since the early 1990s, two dimensional uses have grown considerably. In addition, increasingly powerful FEM programmes have been used to simulate a number of three dimensional (3-D) forging issues. Presently FEM uses include the design of tooling for forgings which need (i) multiple die impressions, (ii) the simulation of open-die forging processes, and (iii) various steady-state issues (examples are extrusion, drawing of flat and shape, pack rolling, and ring rolling). The simulation of open die forging processes for billet products (cogging, radial forging) is mainly challenging because of the size of the work piece, the higher number of forging blows, and the rotation of the work piece between blows, among other factors. Other complex 3-D problems, which have been studied using FEM, include orbital forging, forging of crankshafts, extrusion of shapes, and helical-gear extrusion.
In addition to predictions of metal flow and die fill (and associated metal flow defects such as laps, folds, and pipe), FEM is also being used regularly to analyze the evolution of microstructure and defects within the work piece, die stresses/tooling failure, and so on. For example the prediction of defects due to cavitation and ductile fracture normally relies on continuum criteria (example is the Cockcroft and Latham maximum tensile work criterion) and FEM model predictions of stresses and strains. Likewise, in the area of microstructure evolution, variations of fraction recrystallized and recrystallized grain size developed within a work piece during hot working are typically assessed using phenomenological models and FEM predictions of imposed strain, strain rate, and temperature. Such methods have been relatively successful for non-steady-state processes such as closed-die press and hammer forging as well as for forging of steels and super alloys.
FEM based models are also been used for the prediction of microstructure evolution during steady state processes (hot rolling of steel). As with many multistage steel rolling processes, microstructure changes are controlled mainly by static recrystallization and grain growth between rolling stands. The fraction recrystallized and retained work is used to estimate the flow stress of the material as it enters each successive roll stand. Also some models uses the temperature history after rolling and cooling transformation curves to model the decomposition of austenite during cool down.
Recently, an FEM modeling procedure was developed within the framework of the commercial programme to predict residual stresses which develop during heat treatment and distortion during subsequent machining processes for ferrous and Ni base super alloy parts. The FEM model for heat treatment assumes that the residual stresses developed during the forging and cool down operations are relieved early during solution heat treatment. Thus, residual stresses are induced mainly during quenching and continue to evolve during the rest of the heat treatment process. The rapid cooling during quenching produces severe temperature gradients within the part and gives rise to non-uniform strains. The development of residual stresses is thus handled using a standard elasto-plastic constitutive formulation in the FEM programme. The effect of phase transformations during cooling (as in steels) on residual stresses is also treated in the recent FEM heat treatment programmes. For this purpose, phase-transformation data are incorporated in order to quantify the volume changes accompanying specific transformation products which are formed in different areas of a part. To model subsequent stress-relief operations, creep models are incorporated into the programme.
Process design and optimization methods represent the most important methodology in the development of computer-aided applications for bulk forming processes. The introduction of innovative process simulation tools has replaced former methods involving costly and time consuming method of machining and tryout of dies. Nevertheless, the selection of preform designs and processing conditions for the determination of optimal die fill, microstructure evolution, die life and so on still can involve considerable trial and error and thus multiple simulations are needed when computer-modeling techniques alone are used. Hence, integrated systems have been now developed to automate the optimization process. For bulk forming processes, such systems include an FEM metal-forming programme, a solid-geometry module, and an optimization programme. Although the specifics of each issue vary, the overall approach typically comprises three elements namely (i) choice of an objective function and constraints, (ii) calculation of the objective function (as is being done by the FEM simulation programme), and (iii) a search for the combination of design parameters that provide a minimum or maximum for the objective function. In bulk forming, objective functions usually include forging weight (usually minimum), die fill (usually minimum under fill), uniformity of strain or strain rate (usually maximum uniformity) etc. Constraints can include maximum or minimum allowable strain, strain rate, or temperature to prevent metallurgical defects, the specification of maximum die stresses or press loading etc.
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Asus has launched the Fonepad 8 (FE380CG) tablet in India, priced at Rs. 13,999.
The Taiwanese company has not revealed availability details of the tablet; though it has confirmed that the Asus Fonepad 8 (FE380CG) will be exclusive to the company’s own stores and Flipkart.
Initially announced at Computex 2014, the Fonepad 8 (FE380CG) is a refreshed version of the Fonepad 8 tablet and runs Android 4.4 KitKat out-of-the-box with the company’s Asus ZenUI on top. The highlight of the tablet is that it supports voice-calling and 3G connectivity.
The dual-SIM supporting Fonepad 8 (FE380CG) features an 8-inch display with a resolution of 1280×800 pixels. Notably for the Fonepad 8, the company narrowed bezels to 5.06mm to provide a 72.2 percent screen-to-body ratio. The new 8-inch Asus Fonepad 8 (FE380CG) measures 12cm across.
It features the latest 64-bit Intel Atom Z3530 1.33GHz quad-core processor alongside 2GB of RAM. The Fonepad 8 (FE380CG) comes with 16GB of inbuilt storage and is further expandable via microSD card (up to 64GB).
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King Henry VIII - Monster Or Tragic Victim?
Infamous for having been the King who ruled alongside six different wives, King Henry VIII is usually portrayed as a dark villain - slaying and tossing aside wives at his whim. But was he truly a vindictive and malicious ruler, or one that was tragically romantic and used by those trying to elevate their status in the kingdom?
History shows that the men surrounding Henry as his advisers were desperately seeking to elevate their own families statuses. Thomas Cromwell, Thomas Cranmer, the Howard family (including the Boleyn's), the Seymour family... the list goes on and on. The men in these families pounced on Henry's weakness of women, parading their daughters, nieces, and even granddaughters in front of Henry, tempting and taunting him.
History books prefer to depict him as a horrifying monster - a man who slayed not only his wives, but any man or woman in his country that defied, disrespected, or betrayed his trust. His obsession over Anne Boleyn created shockwaves around the country as he openly defied the Pope and declared himself the head of the Church of England. It was generally accepted that Henry tossed aside his wives when a new woman met his fancy.
Authors such as Philippa Gregory (author of The Constant Princess, The Other Boleyn Girl, and The Boleyn Inheritance) and Diane Haeger (author of The Queen's Mistake), however, challenge the theory of a monstrous King and present a different one: a King who was used and abused by those in power in his own court, a man who was desperately seeking love and affection, ruled by his own heart and betrayed by those closest to him.
Could it be that a man as powerful as the King of England could be ruled by his own heart? He caused chaos in his own country by turning his back on the Pope - all for a woman that seduced him into leaving his wife and Queen of twenty-four years. He beheaded Anne Boleyn and Catherine Howard on claims of adultery - is that truly so difficult to sympathize with?
He was the King of England and had all the power in the country and he was betrayed by the women he loved. Which of us haven't, for a moment, fantasized over the vindication of our own broken hearts? Imagine if for a moment we did have the power to punish for betrayal, with no fear of consequence. Would we not be tempted to take justice into our own hands?
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How to report your neighbours for breaching Tier 4 coronavirus rules on New Year's Eve
Kent Police were granted additional powers this year to enforce the Government’s guidance around COVID-19
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As Kent prepares to enter 2021 with the promise of a new vaccine and hope on the horizon there is hope for the new year.
However, it is still just as important for restrictions to be followed in Tier 4.
The police have launched a service for those who wish to report those breaking the government guidance during the current outbreak of COVID-19.
The force has a form online allowing people to report those breaching restrictions and holding mass gatherings on December 31.
Assistant Chief Constable Claire Nix of Kent Police has said the force expects the vast majority of people to abide by the restrictions, but will issue fines to rule breakers as a 'last resort'.
She said officers would also be prepared to 'take robust enforcement action' to break up any large illegal gatherings.
She added: "Though we understand that New Year’s Eve is typically a time for meeting loved ones, having parties and celebrating together it is important that people remember that Kent is currently placed in the Tier 4 level of COVID-19 restrictions.
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"This year we are asking that people follow the guidance, help control the spread of the virus and save lives. The Christmas bubble no longer applies to Kent or the New Year Period and we are reminding people that they need to take personal responsibility to protect others from harm.
"We will continue to police in the way we have since March – using the 4E approach. Engage, Explain, Encourage and Enforce as a last resort.
"In most situations, we resolve breaches without having to issue a fine. Where people refuse to listen and comply or blatantly exploit the regulations with large gatherings – and are putting everyone at risk – we will take robust enforcement action.
When will Kent's Tier 4 status be reviewed by the Government?
Kent Police will 'take robust enforcement action' to break up illegal New Year's Eve parties
What about door-to-door policing?
It's unlikely police will be knocking on doors as part of their patrols unless they are alerted to a blatant breach.
Instead, officers are relying on compliance of people in the county.
Assistant Chief Constable Claire Nix added: "Most people in Kent have shown throughout the pandemic that they respect and adhere to the COVID-19 regulations.
"The restrictions are designed to reduce the infection rate – but they will only work if people comply.
"Preventing the spread of the virus is a shared effort, and police will play their part alongside the Government, businesses, hospitality owners, local authorities and the public."
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Kent in Tier 3: Rules and exemptions as county remains under toughest coronavirus restrictions
Kent remains under the toughest COVID-19 restrictions in the lead up to Christmas
Kent has once again been placed in Tier 3 of the Government's coronavirus restriction system.
The county currently has five of the 10 worst affected areas in the country, with sky rocketing coronavirus infection rates.
Swale and Medway remain the areas in England with the highest new case rates.
All areas in Kent currently sit well above the national average for infection rate, with numbers consistently rising despite tough measures.
Kent was first placed into Tier 3 of the new lockdown system in an announcement made on November 26.
This was reviewed yesterday (December 16) and will next be revisited at the end of the month.
The Government has now published a list of not only the latest rules for Tier 3 but also the exemptions to them.
You can find them in full below.
What can stay open?
Leisure and sports facilities may continue to stay open.
However, group exercise classes (including fitness and dance) should not go ahead. Saunas and steam rooms should also close.
Places of worship can remain open in Tier 3, but you must not attend with or socialise with anyone outside of your household or support bubble while you are there, unless a legal exemption applies.
Organised outdoor sport, and physical activity and exercise classes can continue, however, higher-risk contact activity should not take place.
All shops, both essential and non-essential, will be allowed to open. People will be required to wear masks when inside them, unless they are exempt.
Hair salons and other personal care businesses can also reopen.
Early years settings, schools, colleges and universities have remained open during the national lockdown and will continue to do so under Tier 3. Childcare, other supervised activities for children and childcare bubbles will also be permitted under Tier 3.
Outdoor tourism and entertainment venues can remain open subject to following the relevant rules and guidelines.
Outdoor cinemas, theatres and concert venues can also remain open for drive-in only, but must close at 11pm, other than for the purposes of concluding a performance which began before 10pm.
Outdoor events, such as funfairs can continue to happen in line with COVID-secure guidance – other than large outdoor performance events (performances, shows and screenings), which must be drive-in only
Community centres and halls, and libraries can remain open, however group events should not take place, unless there’s a specific legal exemption to the social contact rules e.g. support groups, supervised activities for children.
Recycling and waste centres, car parks, and public toilets may continue to stay open.
What must shut?
For now, pubs bars and restaurants must shut under Tier 3 - however, they can operate for takeaway and delivery services.
Accommodation such as hotels, B&Bs, campsites, holiday lets and guest houses must close. Such venues can only open to accommodate people under a number of exceptions listed here.
Indoor play centres and areas, including inflatable parks and soft play centres and areas must shut.
Trampolining parks, casinos, bingo halls, bowling alleys, indoor skating rinks, amusement arcades and adult gaming centres, nightclubs and adult entertainment venues, laser quests and escape rooms, cinemas, theatres and concert halls, circuses and snooker and pool halls must also shut.
Who can you meet with?
In Tier 3, there will still be a ban on meeting indoors with anyone you do not live with, unless part of your support bubble, including in private gardens or most outdoor venues.
But, you will be allowed to meet up with people outside your household or support bubble in an outdoor public space such as parks, beaches or countryside as long as the group is no larger than six.
Can people continue to go to work, school, college or university?
Everyone who can work from home should do so.
Where people cannot do so – including but not limited to, people who work in critical national infrastructure, construction, or manufacturing – they should continue to travel to their workplace.
Public-sector employees working in essential services, including education settings, should continue to go into work where necessary.
The government has prioritised ensuring all children and young people can attend school and college safely, to support their wellbeing and education and help working parents and guardians. All pupils should continue to attend school and colleges, unless required to self-isolate when their school and college should provide them with high-quality remote education.
Can I travel?
You can continue to travel within your area for reasons such as:
travelling to venues that are open
to access voluntary, charitable or youth services
because of caring responsibilities
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for formal support groups, and parent and child groups – up to 15 people aged 5 and older
to allow contact between birth parents and children in care, as well as between siblings in care
for arrangements where children do not live in the same household as both their parents or guardians
for prospective adopting parents to meet a child or children who may be placed with them
for birth partners
to attend a funeral – with no more than 30 people present – or a commemorative event such as a wake for someone who has died – with no more than 15 people present
to see someone who is terminally ill or at the end of life
to attend a wedding or civil partnership – with no more than 15 people present
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Bahraini journalist says colleagues are bullied for supporting Israel
Ahmed AlSayed, who plans to head the first-ever delegation of journalists from Bahrain to Israel this year, has herself come under attack for her support for the Abraham Accords.
By CNAAN LIPHSHIZ/JTA
BAHRAIN’S FOREIGN MINISTER Abdullatif Al Zayani applauds as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed display their copies of signed agreements of the Abraham Accords, normalizing relations between Israel and some of its
(photo credit: TOM BRENNER/REUTERS)
The president of the Bahrain Journalists Association asked Jewish-American colleagues to support Arab media professionals who are bullied and threatened online for supporting normalization with Israel.
Ahdeya Ahmed AlSayed, whose organization has about 600 members, made the plea Thursday during a video-conference with dozens of Jewish colleagues organized by the American Jewish Press Association, or AJPA.
“If you’d like to support us as we support peace, it would be a good thing, AJPA can do a lot, by the way,” Ahmed AlSayed said during the conversation. “If we don’t do that, then journalists will never try to even attempt to be outspoken about that.”
Sue Fishkoff, editor of J., The Jewish News of Northern California, who conducted the interview during the AJPA conference, asked Ahmed AlSayed to help identify Arab journalists who are facing rebuke.
Ahmed AlSayed, who plans to head the first-ever delegation of journalists from Bahrain to Israel this year, has herself come under attack for her support for the Abraham Accords, the U.S.-sponsored pact for normalizing ties with Israel signed by Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates in September. Morocco and Sudan have followed suit.
“Yes, I went through being bullied, being harassed on social media, being called names. And I felt hurt,” Ahmed AlSayed said about abuse she received online over her outspoken support for relations with Israel. She said the rhetoric crossed the “limit to what you can say about a woman” in Bahrain, and added that the distress was compounded because her three sons and husband had to read the hateful words.
Bahraini journalists overall support normalization, she said, citing 10 op-eds hailing the agreement that appeared on the day of its signing in Bahrain, which has only four daily newspapers.
“Suddenly, overnight, all the journalists around me who I’d never thought would be are supporting normalization,” Ahmed AlSayed said.
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28 governors favor hike in sales tax: poll
Kyodo News
The governors of 28 prefectures favor a hike in the consumption tax, a poll showed Thursday, reflecting an increase from 21 who supported a rise in a survey conducted two years ago.
Only the Osaka governor outright opposed raising the 5 percent sales tax, while the remaining 18 governors withheld their view.
As reasons for supporting a higher sales levy, most governors who responded positively cited increasing social security costs, according to the questionnaire conducted from late July through mid-August.
The poll also showed that 36 governors supported an expansion in the allocation of consumption tax revenues to local governments so they can make up for budget deficits amid the weak economy. Local governments are currently allocated 20 percent of consumption tax revenues.
On the timing of the sales tax hike, many governors said lengthy discussions, public acceptance and an economic recovery should precede any increase.
Three governors specifically mentioned 10 percent as the rate to which the consumption tax should be raised, while one governor said “at least a two-digit figure is necessary.”
On Prime Minister Naoto Kan’s remarks in June that the government would begin talks on the sales tax hike using as a reference the Liberal Democratic Party’s proposal to double the tax rate, 21 governors expressed appreciation for Kan’s remarks, while seven opposed them.
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Doctors' and nurses' groups in Japan declare medical emergency
Nine organizations call on government to support medical workers, and on the public to take extra care to prevent infections
A health care worker collects a swab sample at the drive-thru coronavirus testing center set up at Fujimino Emergency Hospital in Miyoshi, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, earlier this month. | BLOOMBERG
National associations of doctors, nurses and seven other medical groups in Japan declared a state of medical emergency on Monday, urging the government to support the nation’s medical system creaking under the strain of the coronavirus pandemic.
“The spread of the coronavirus infection shows no signs of stopping. Left unchecked, people in Japan will not be able to receive regular medical care, let alone care for COVID-19,” the joint statement said.
The nine groups, which also include national associations of dentists and pharmacists, called on the government to provide proper assistance to front-line medical workers, and on the public to exercise infection prevention measures thoroughly.
While nowhere near the severity seen in the United States and parts of Europe, coronavirus infections in Japan have risen sharply to record highs this month, raising fears that medical facilities may be overwhelmed when they are typically understaffed in the holiday season.
In all, Japan has reported more than 201,000 infections and 2,965 fatalities, according to public broadcaster NHK.
Tokyo reports 392 new COVID-19 cases, a record high for a Monday
As Japan COVID-19 cases surge, governors brace for year-end spike
COVID-19 measures to be ramped up under Japan's fiscal 2021 budget
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Grampus come through playoff to seal return to J. League top flight
Nagoya Grampus' Kazuki Kushibiki (3) attempts to block a shot by Avispa Fukuoka's Wellington during their J. League promotion playoff final game on Sunday. | KYODO
TOYOTA, AICHI PREF. – Nagoya Grampus withstood a wave of late pressure to secure promotion back to the J. League first division at the first time of asking on Sunday thanks to a 0-0 draw at home to Avispa Fukuoka in the playoff final.
Nagoya, which whipped JEF United Chiba 4-2 in last week’s semis, finished third in J2 this season, one place above Fukuoka. As a result of their higher finish, Grampus only needed a draw in the final to earn promotion.
“Our defenders showed tremendous focus,” said Grampus boss Yahiro Kazama. “I thought if they could keep that up then we would be home and dry.
“In the end it was a 0-0 draw but the players made a lot of chances. Looking at today’s game you can see how quickly the players have improved and they can still get better.”
With a draw no good to Fukuoka, the visitors got off to a fast start and Koji Yamase, who hit the winner in last week’s 1-0 victory over Tokyo Verdy in the semis, tested Grampus keeper Yohei Takeda with a low drive after three minutes.
Grampus thought they had taken the lead six minutes later, but Taishi Taguchi’s towering header was ruled out after semifinal hat-trick hero Robin Simovic was adjudged to have fouled Avispa keeper Rikihiro Sugiyama.
Fukuoka then came desperately close to taking the lead on 19 minutes with Yamase again in the thick of the action.
The former Urawa Reds and Yokohama F. Marinos man hit a thunderous shot against the bar. Teruhito Nakagawa was quickest to react to the rebound, but Takeda scrambled to gather in his header.
Fukuoka also had a goal disallowed, Wellington flagged for being offside by the narrowest of margins after heading in on 58 minutes.
The visitors poured forward in search of a breakthrough in the late stages, but Nagoya stood firm to grind out the result it needed.
Nagoya joins Shonan Bellmare and V-Varen Nagasaki in J1 next year after those teams took the automatic promotion spots handed to the J2’s first- and second-place teams.
The promotion format changes from next season, with the playoff final winner having to play against the 16th-placed team in J1 for the right to a place in the top flight.
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The WA Recovery Plan is a unique stimulus opportunity for WA businesses that will create thousands of local and regional jobs in a range of industry sectors including construction, manufacturing, tourism and hospitality, renewable energy, education and training, agriculture, mining and conservation.
To help you take advantage of this opportunity, Jobs and Skills WA has a range of skilling solutions including training programs and financial incentives to position your business for success and give you a competitive edge when bidding for WA Government tenders.
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WA businesses are in a unique position to take advantage of new opportunities through the State Government's investment in projects and programs. And you'll need to be able to access skilled workers — not only to get the job done, but also to give you a competitive edge when bidding for major WA Government Tenders by demonstrating a commitment to take on new employees — in particular; apprentices and trainees — and position your business for success.
Our new Job Ready programs are taking a unique approach to developing skilled workers. By combining targeted short course (skill set) training with a work placement component of up to one week, participants are ‘job ready’ to enter the workforce and transition into an apprenticeship or traineeship.
To ensure that participants are suited to the industry area, they are screened using an industry-developed tool before commencing the program,
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Be a work placement host employer
As an industry employer you have an opportunity to host the work placement component of the Job Ready programs, giving you insight into a participant's skills and suitability for future employment. This is also a great way of contributing to the skills development of program participants.
Hire job ready program participants
We encourage employers who have employment opportunities to hire Job Ready participants who have successfully completed the program. You can be confident that your new employee will be job ready, and have skills and knowledge to enter your workforce. You may also be eligible to access financial incentives and support. Case studies illustrating the the financial assistance available to employers for apprentices and trainees in the first 12 months of an apprenticeship or traineeship are outlined below, under each job ready program.
If you have employment opportunities for participants completing these programs, or would like to host a work placement, please contact our State Recovery Coordination Unit on 08 6551 5049 or vial email to SRCU@dtwd.wa.gov.au.
Upskill your team
If you would like to upskill your team members for a particular project or job, these programs are a great solution! You might also be interested in the short course skill sets available under the Skills Ready program.
Bricklaying Job Ready program
The Bricklaying Job Ready program was developed in consultation with the Construction Training Fund and key industry partners, to create a pipeline of qualified bricklayers to meet the needs of WA’s building industry. It was introduced in November 2020, to pilot a new training pathway to 50 bricklaying apprenticeships. As a pathways to employment program, it focuses on the key skills and knowledge needed for day one on the worksite
Program participants complete the Work Safety in Construction job ready skill set — covering work safety practices, how to use a range of construction equipment and tools including levelling devices, and skills to work in a construction team — through a mix of on-campus training and work placement with industry employers. Participants may be offered an apprenticeship or traineeship on successful completion of the program.
Need skilled workers for your project?
If you're looking for new team members you can access participants who successfully complete the program, and be confident that your new employee will have job ready skills and knowledge.
Anyone interested in undertaking the program can register via our Bricklaying Job Ready Program Expression of interest online form.
For further information about this program, please contact us on 6551 5049 or email bricklayingjobready@dtwd.wa.gov.au.
Keen to see what financial incentives you may be entitled to receive in the first 12 months of employing an apprentice? Take a look at out bricklaying financial incentives case study below.
Case study: Bricklaying program financial incentives
Cosy Homebuilders Pty Ltd hired 20 year old Alicia as an apprentice in the Certificate III in Bricklaying/Blocklaying qualification, in October 2020. Alicia is currently working on a residential home building project in the South West of WA.
As a construction business employing Alicia as an apprentice, Cosy Homebuilders Pty Ltd may be eligible for financial incentives and a wage subsidy — payable at different stages of the apprenticeship. Take a look at the information below, which outlines the financial incentives and support that Cosy Homebuilders may receive in the first 12 months and how they would go about claiming them.
Please note: In this scenario, as the employer is a construction industry employer, financial incentives are accessed through CTF funding.
In the instance where the employer is undertaking construction work but not deemed a construction employer, financial incentives are accessed through the Jobs and Skills WA Employer Incentive.
Construction Training Fund WA (CTF) grant
Managed through the WA Building and Construction Industry Training Fund, CTF supports and subsidises training for the construction industry by supporting the training and development of a skilled workforce. Subsidies are available to reduce the costs of employing and training an apprentice or trainee, making it easier for eligible businesses and employees to access the training they need when they need it. CTF grants are paid to employers in instalments, over the duration of the apprenticeship.
Based on Alicia's employment, Cosy Homebuilders may be entitled to receive the following.
Certificate III in Bricklaying / Blocklaying base grant: $10,000
Employment of a female apprentice: $2,000
Regional supplement: $1,000
Trade bonus (50% paid at six months): $4,000
The total CTF grant is $13,000 (not including the trade bonus). This amount is paid to the employer over three instalments; the first at six months.
Australian Apprenticeship Incentive Program (AAIP)
Managed by the Commonwealth Government, the AAIP offers a range of payments eligible employers can access.
Cosy Homebuilders would be eligible for the:
Commonwealth Government incentive: $1,500
As Cosy Homebuilders are in a regional location, they would also be eligible for the:
Rural and regional skills shortage incentive: $1,000
Boosting Apprenticeship Commencement (BAC) wage subsidy
Managed by the Commonwealth Government, BAC is providing support to all employers who engage a new Australian apprentice.
Based on an estimated total wage of $28,006 for a first-year junior bricklaying apprentice, Cosy Homebuilders could receive $14,003 in wage support through BAC.
In the first 12 months of Alicia's employment, Cosy Homebuilders may receive the following.
CTF grants $ 6,333*
AAIP incentives $ 2,500
BAC wage support $ 14,003
Total $ 22,836
Cosy Homebuilders may be entitled to an 82% offset of Alicia's wages for the first 12 months through financial grants, incentives and wage support. The salary is based on a first-year apprentice, estimated at $28,006.
* One third of the total CTF grant amount, plus 50% of the trade bonus
Disclaimer: The wage costs referenced are estimated gross wage only based on information in the applicable industrial award. All information outlined in this case study is current as of October 2020.
Accessing this funding
CTF grants: Via the CTF online portal
AAIP and BAC: Contact a WA Australian Apprenticeship Support Network (AASN) provider
For information about financial incentives and support, please call the SRCU on 08 6551 5049.
Infrastructure Job Ready program
The Infrastructure Ready pilot program was developed in consultation with Government and industry partners, and commenced as a pilot program in October 2020. Participants will complete the Infrastructure Job Ready short course skill set training course, learning about working safely on civil construction sites (including their White Card training), carrying out measurements and calculations, and how to prepare and organise construction work, and gain the skills to operate small plant and equipment used in civil construction projects. They will also get an inside look at some of WA’s key civil construction projects.
If you're looking for new team members, you can access participants who successfully complete the program, and be confident that your new employee will have job ready skills and knowledge.
If you would like to host a program participant for their work placement, please complete our online form.
Any existing or potential employees interested in participating should complete the Infrastructure Job Ready Program expression of interest form.
To find out more about this program, please contact us on 6551 5049 or email irp@dtwd.wa.gov.au.
Keen to see what financial incentives you may be entitled to receive in the first 12 months of employing an apprentice? Take a look at our case study for a WA construction business, below.
Case study: Civil construction program financial incentives
Albany Earthworks employed 25-year old Franco Pellegrino as a trainee in the Certificate III in Civil Construction qualification, in October 2020. Franco will be working on infrastructure projects in WA's south west. As a construction business employing Franco as a trainee, Albany Earthworks may be eligible for a number of incentives and a wage subsidy — payable at different stages of the traineeship.
Keen to see what financial incentives you may be entitled to receive in the first 12 months of employing an apprentice? Take a look at out bricklaying financial incentives case study below, which outlines the financial incentives and support that Albany Earthworks may receive in the first 12 months and how they would go about claiming them.
Please note: In this scenario, as the employer is a construction industry employer financial incentives are accessed through CTF funding.
Based on Franco's employment, Albany Earthworks may be entitled to receive the following,
Certificate III in Civil Construction base grant: $8,000
Employment of a mature aged trainee: $1,000
Regional supplement: $800
The total CTF grant for a trainee is $9,800 (not including the trade bonus). This amount is paid to the employer over three instalments; the first at six months.
Albany Earthworks may be eligible for the:
As Albany Earthworks are in a regional location, they would also be eligible for the:
Based on an estimated total wage of $37,511 for a Stage 1 construction trainee; Albany Earthworks could receive $18,756 in wage support through BAC.
In the first 12 months of Franco's employment as a trainee, Albany Earthworks may receive the following.
Albany Earthworks may be entitled to a 71% offset of Franco's wages for the first 12 months through financial grants, incentives and wage support. The salary is based on a Stage 1 trainee, estimated at $37,511.
Employing an apprentice or trainee can help you to develop the skills of your workforce and could be the smartest decision you make. There are a range of incentives available to assist with the costs of taking on a new employee.
When you hire an apprentice or trainee, you're gaining a new team member who will have a long term commitment to your business and become highly skilled through a structured program of on the job training and formal training at a TAFE or training provider. Apprenticeships generally include traditional trades such as building and construction; traineeships are usually in non-trade areas such as hospitality, business and health. Both are available to people of all ages, and most can be undertaken on a full time or part time basis — some can even be started during Years 11 and 12 at school.
The best part is; hiring an apprentice or trainee is hassle-free! The following steps outline the process.
Step 1: Find a suitable candidate
You can choose to do this yourself, through your regular recruitment process, or contact an AASN. There are a number of Australian Apprenticeship Support Network (AASN) providers in WA funded by the Australian Government to provide advice and assistance to help you find an apprentice or trainee.
AASN providers also provide pre-commencement services including screening, testing and job-matching to get the right apprentice in the right apprenticeship with the right employer. AASN providers also engage with the Department of Training and Workforce Development Apprenticeship Office to help manage the training contract, training plan approvals and completion arrangements. In addition they can offer, as required, in-training support services such as mentoring, which will help apprentices and employers at risk of not completing the apprenticeship arrangement to work through issues and difficulties. For more information and advice contact an AASN provider.
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Step 2: The training contract
Once you have your new apprentice or trainee, an AASN provider will work with you to find a TAFE college or registered training organisation (RTO) who will provide the off the job training, and organise for a training contract to be initiated.
The training contract is a legally binding agreement which sets out your obligations as an employer, and for your new apprentice or trainee. The AASN provider will lodge the training contract with the Department of Training and Workforce Development Apprenticeship Office for registration, and you will receive notification once the contract has been registered. A training plan will also be developed by your TAFE or RTO, to set up arrangements for the off the job training.
Apprenticeship Office will administer the training contract for the duration of the apprenticeship or traineeship; this includes recording or approving variations to the contract, and assisting in resolving any disputes that may arise.
Out of contract register for employers
Find a skilled apprentice or trainee!
Many WA apprentices and trainees with skills and experience have become displaced due to the impact of COVID-19. To assist them to find employment, we have established an Out of Contract Register.
As an employer, you can access the register to look through a list of over 400 apprentices and trainees — in over 100 different industry areas — many of whom have progressed well into their training and have the skills and knowledge you need for your team.
Best of all, you could be eligible for the Reengagement Incentive of $6,000 if you hire an apprentice from the register, or $3,000 if you employ a trainee!
Find out more and view the register here
Financial incentives and support for employers of apprentices and trainees
Apprenticeships and traineeships are playing a vital role in WA's recovery, with skilled workers across a range of trades and occupations already in high demand. Hiring an apprentice or trainee is a commitment to developing our much-needed pipeline of skilled workers to meet demand — now and into the future.
We understand that hiring and training an apprentice or trainee, or any new employee has some associated costs. To assist you with these costs, and provide a boost for your business, there's a range of financial incentives available to employers. The State and Commonwealth governments have also made a range of financial support measures available to businesses.
Find out more about financial incentives and support
Need support, information or assistance with apprenticeships or traineeships, or accessing financial incentives and support? Call the Apprenticeship Office Helpline on 13 19 54.
For callers outside of WA, please phone us on 08 6551 5499.
You can also contact Apprenticeship Office by email via apprenticeshipoffice@dtwd.wa.gov.au, or use our online enquiry form and they will contact you.
Pre-apprenticeships and pre-traineeships
A pre-apprenticeship or pre-traineeship is a nationally accredited Certificate II level qualification that includes a mandatory work placement coordinated by the TAFE college or registered training organisation (RTO). The goal of this training is to provide participants with industry specific training, combined with hands-on experience in a real workplace, to gain skills and knowledge to prepare them for an apprenticeship or traineeship. There are many of these courses available at TAFE colleges and other registered training organisations across Western Australia.
Hiring a person who has completed a pre-apprenticeship or pre-traineeship offers great benefits for your business. Not only will your new team member already have skills and knowledge, but their completed training can be recognised as credit towards a full apprenticeship or traineeship; so you will have a fully qualified employee in less time (and with less cost!). You may also be eligible for financial incentives and support.
Perhaps your business would benefit from having an apprentice or trainee, but you may not have capacity to employ one because you are unable to offer a permanent position or guarantee ongoing work for the duration of the apprenticeship or traineeship. Or maybe your business can't provide the range of work required to cover all the necessary job skills for their qualification, or manage the administrative and human resources work related to an extra employee.
Group training is a training and employment arrangement where an organisation, known as a group training organisation (GTO), employs apprentices and trainees under a training contract and hires them to your businesses, giving you the all the benefits of having an apprentice or trainee without being the actual employer. The GTO retains all employer responsibilities and supports the apprentice or trainee to achieve the successful completion of the training contract.
Benefits for your business
Through a GTO, you can access apprentices and trainees that meet your needs, in a range of skills areas, for agreed periods of time. GTOs screen all apprentices and trainees, to ensure that they are suitable for your business.
Your GTO will manage all aspects of the recruitment process, and cover all of the apprentice or trainee entitlements including salary, leave, superannuation and workers' compensation. They also provide personalised protective equipment (PPE), and provide induction training, and all administration and paperwork related to the training contract is also handled by the GTO.
To find out more about what a GTO can offer your business, view the list of GTOs in WA and contact those that match with your business and skills needs.
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Like the team he plays for, Grant Williams has accomplished more than anyone expected this college basketball season.
"I thought he was a matchup problem three days ago when we started preparing,'' Missouri coach Kim Anderson said Saturday of Tennessee's freshman post player." You think he’s 6-5 or 6-6, but we had a 6-10 guy on him and he shot over him. So, impressive player.''
Anderson had just witnessed Williams score 25 points in a 90-70 Tennessee win. That, two games after getting 30 in a loss to Georgia. So, yes, impressive player.
Williams is averaging 12.8 points, up to 14.6 in SEC play. As Vanderbilt heads to town Wednesday, the Commodores have no doubt noted Williams has scored in double figures in 14 of the Vols' past 17 games.
How does his freshman year stack up against Tennessee's top productive big men of the modern era? Pretty darn good.
"We think he's really just scratching the surface,'' coach Rick Barnes said Monday.
UT won a recruiting battle over Yale and Princeton for the Charlotte, N.C., prospect. Williams was ranked No. 193 in the Class of 2016 by 247sports. His other Power Five offers were Rutgers and Texas Tech.
Which is all to say that no one predicted Williams would be more productive as a freshman than, say, Dale Ellis or Jarnell Stokes.
Since the incomparable Bernard King averaged 26.4 points in 1974-75, the only other Tennessee front-court freshman to score more than Williams is Tobias Harris. Harris averaged 15.3 points and 7.4 rebounds in 2010-11, his only season before leaving for the NBA.
Ellis, whose jersey hangs in the Thompson-Boling Arena rafters, averaged 7.2 points as a freshman. Reggie Johnson averaged 11.0 points and 8.1 boards in 1976-77 and, like Ellis, became a 2,000-point scorer.
C.J. Black averaged 11.6 points in 1996-97 and finished with 1,261. Steve Hamer, a true 7-footer of the 1990s, averaged 7.0 points in his first lap. That's exactly what Dyron Nix averaged as a freshman. Nix led the SEC in scoring as a junior in 1988. Ron Slay, SEC player of the year as a senior in 2003, averaged 9.7 points as a rookie.
Of more recent vintage, Williams might be compared to Stokes and Wayne Chism. Chism averaged 9.1 points and 5.2 rebounds in 2006-07. Stokes averaged 9.6 points and 7.4 boards in 2011-12. Williams is shooting 53.4 percent from the field, same as Stokes, with the bonus of hitting 37.5 percent from the 3-point line. That's better than either Harris or Chism shot it from distance. Stokes was the best rebounder of the bunch. Williams is by far the shot-blocking ace of the group.
All of the above, except one-and-done Harris, developed their game significantly as their careers advanced. It remains to be seen how much upside Williams will have.
"He's going to put time in the gym,'' Barnes said. "Grant understands what we're trying to get done. He still has to learn to play harder, guard on the perimeter better and he's got to rebound better.''
Williams has had only two double-figure rebound games. Saturday, he vowed to do better down the stretch.
"He's an explosive scorer,'' said sophomore Admiral Schofield. "He takes the shots he's good at. That hook shot, he's good with both hands.
"The biggest thing for Grant is learning that defensive intensity he needs to bring and just being on edge all the time.''
In short, things all freshmen must learn. Barnes sees Williams taking big steps next year after trimming his body fat.
"We think he's just getting started,'' Barnes said
It's a heckuva start, better than anyone expected.
Mike Strange may be reached at mike.strange@knoxnews.com. Follow him on Twitter at Strangemike44.
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Moorland Private School has fine dining on the lunch menu
PUBLISHED: 00:00 06 November 2015
Emma Mayoh
Pupils, Putter Ransibrahmanukul, Amelia Greenwood-Smith, Jacob Holgate and Niamh Burby with head chef, Danny Holder
Meet the award winning chef reinventing school dinners in Clitheroe. Emma Mayoh reports
Cajun chicken with Tuscan vegetables, guacamole and salsa
Forget food critics, Michelin Guide writers and those powerful people at the AA who award restaurants much longed for rosettes, chef Danny Holder has harsher judges to impress – schoolchildren. During his 11-year career at The Millstone at Mellor and a stint at a world-renowned country estate in Florida, he said there was never a customer as difficult to please as the pupils at Moorland School in Clitheroe.
‘The children are definitely more challenging than any restaurant customer I’ve ever had,’ he said. ‘If they don’t like something, they will tell you. They’re not afraid of saying what they really think.
‘But on the plus side, if they do like it, they are interested in finding out more about it and are particularly keen to know when they will be eating it again.’
But these young people aren’t rejecting what you would think of as traditional school dinner fodder. There is not a jam roly-poly, plate of chicken nuggest or rice pudding in sight. What Danny is serving up is restaurant quality food – and not just any old restaurant either. The dishes Danny and the kitchen team create resemble food you would get in award-winning, fine dining eateries.
Head chef Danny Holder with chef Stephen Hall
On the menu you’ll find smoked haddock kedgeree for breakfast, beef and hoisin rolls prepared from scratch and salted caramel tarts made using the finest chocolate the kitchen team can get their hands on. All the meals are beautifully presented in a way more expected at a top dining establishment and the produce is sourced from top local suppliers. At Moorland these include Penny’s Meats in Accrington, Ribble Farm Fare in Longridge for vegetables, Total Food Service in nearby Barrow for dried goods and fish from AO Seafood in Burnley.
‘Before I came in, all the food was brought in frozen,’ said Danny, who started work at the private school in August 2014. ‘They were doing what they had to and it’s what a lot of schools do.
‘But Moorland wanted to go in a different direction and it’s exciting.’
Danny’s unconventional approach to school dinners is all part of his to educate young people about the food they put into their bodies. And he is passionate about it. When he announced he would be leaving a successful career at The Millstone to become head chef at the family run school, colleagues and chef friends teased the Darwen born 32-year-old. There was name calling, albeit harmless, and murmurs of doubt. But it has not fazed Danny.
Moorland Private School dinners
Beef and hoisin spring roll with chilli and ginger noodles
Salted caramel chocolate tart
Smoked haddock kedgeree
Head chef Danny Holder
He said: ‘People were calling me an executive dinner lady and other jokes. But it was all in good fun. I admit that when I first got the call asking if I would be interested, it was something I didn’t think I would like.
‘But as soon as I came here, they sold it to me. And when I spoke to the headmaster, he was just as excited as me. It was the challenge that was really exciting for me. It’s doing things like this that get you out there.’
Danny, who lives in Clitheroe, brought in Stephen Hall, his former apprentice at The Millstone, to work with him. Together with other members of the kitchen team they have introduced new and varied dishes to the school canteen. They feed more than 100 pupils as well as students at the International Ballet School and Manchester City Football Academy, which are both held on site. And the kitchen are learning as much as the pupils – gnocchi was a total hit, risotto, it turns out, is a complete no-no.
And as well as turning out top quality food, they also pride themselves on the relationship they have established with the pupils and cite it as an important part of encouraging children to be more adventurous with their food choices.
‘We are trying to educate the kids,’ said Danny. ‘It’s teaching them about the stuff we put in our food and therefore our bodies. Kedgeree for breakfast, the majority of them didn’t know what it was. The first time we try something it doesn’t go down too well. But we want to expand things and educate them.
‘After a couple of times, they buy into it and the word spreads around school and it becomes a popular dish. A lot of kids are used to more processed foods. It’s getting them to try new things. But it’s all about putting their trust in us. It’s about getting them to love their food as well. I want them to leave the canteen with a smile on their face.’
Danny also tries to fund the kitchen by raising as much money as he can from extra projects like a tuck shop where he sells home made cookies and biscuits during breaks from lessons. He has already been able to redecorate the school canteen, put in new benches and also hopes to be able to serve food on slates as much as possible, as you might find in a restaurant.
His grandmother Peggy first instilled Danny’s passion for cooking in him. It was her creativity and the way and her enthusiasm for food that made him consider a career in the industry.
‘I knew from 13 exactly what I wanted to do,’ he said. My nanna was a cook at school and she taught me a lot.
‘She made cooking exciting and that’s exactly what I want to do here. I love being able to create something from nothing.’
While you won’t find chicken dippers on the menu, the school canteen isn’t totally devoid of treats. Chocolate is available but it is top quality. Chips are served but only once every two to three weeks.
His food has already gained approval from parents and, like any restaurant would, he wants to gain accolades for his and his colleagues work. He also hopes the model he is creating can be used at other schools. He does not plan to rest on his laurels.
‘My three to four year plan is to start growing our own stuff to use in the kitchen and then have a gardening club so the pupils can get involved with that too,’ said Danny. ‘In a year’s time I want to be entering school food awards. The big one is the Food for Life award. I’m confident we can go all of the way for that.
‘We are trying to get the kids as passionate about food as we are. It seems to be working. They have put a lot of trust in me. They believe in what I’m doing. I have had a few kids that when I first started said they would never eat fruit and vegetables. Now they will eat carrots and peas. It might not sound like much but that feels like a real win.
‘We want to show the whole country what we are doing and how advanced school food can be. I tell people I want to be the best school in the country for our food. People laugh at me when I say that because they don’t think it’s possible. But they’re wrong.’
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Translate Words:
Cognates and False Cognates
in Russian-English Translation
We use dictionaries to translate words from foreign languages. However, there is a certain category of words that can be understood without dictionaries. They are called cognates: words that have a common origin, look/sound similar and have a similar meaning in different languages.
A 2000-history of Slavic and Germanic contacts has not passed away tracklessly for languages of respective nations, which is confirmed by the presence of cognates in these languages. When you translate words from Russian to English, cognates are the easiest to translate. They cover notions related to various sides of life. For example, a person even with a little knowledge of Russian most probably will not need a dictionary to translate words listed below:
Parts of the body: бровь – brow, нос - nose
Kinship relationship: мать - mother, брат – brother
Nature and natural phenomena:
день – day, океан – ocean
Machinery and equipment: турбина - turbine, машина – machine
Numerals: три - three, миллион - million
Foodstuff: кофе - coffee, соль – salt
Units of measurement: метр - meter, килограмм – kilogram
Art and culture: фильм - film, концерт – concert
Furthermore, one should easily be able to understand and translate words (cognates) of international character because they have a strong phonetic and graphic similarity:
футбол - football, атом - atom, алгебра – algebra, etc.
In addition to cognates, Russian and English languages have false cognates. One should consult dictionaries to translate words that are false cognates. These words look/sound similar, but have a different meaning. They are rather tricky, misleading and can cause confusion in translation. False cognates are also called "false friends of a translator".
Let's translate words that are false cognates:
1. актуальный- "current", "relevant", not "actual"
2. билет - a "ticket", not a "billet"
3. гениальный - "of genius", not "genial"
4. гонорар - a "honorarium", not "honorary"
5. дата - a "date", not "data"
6. датский - "Danish", not "Dutch"
7. декада - a "ten-day period", not a "decade"
8. интеллигенция - "intellectuals", not "intelligence"
9. картон - a "cardboard", not a "cartoon"
10. клей - a "glue", not a "clay"
11. композитор - a "composer", not a "compositor"
12. лист - a "leaf” or “sheet", not a "list"
13. магазин - a "shop", not a "magazine"
14. майор - a "major", not a "mayor"
15. нуль - "zero", not "null"
16. персональный - "personal", not a "personnel"
17. принципиальный - "fundamental", not "principal"
18. проспект - an "avenue" or “booklet”, not a "prospect"
19. радиосеть - a "radio network", not a "radio-set"
20. резина - a "rubber", not a "resin"
21. реплика - a "remark", not a "replica"
22. фабрика - a "factory", not a "fabric"
23. фамилия - a "surname", not a "family"
There are also semi-false cognates. One can translate words of this type by similar words in the other language only sometimes. Semi-false cognates are especially treacherous (e.g. аккуратный – "tidy", but rarely "accurate"; процесс - "a process", but sometimes "a trial"; моральный - "moral", but often should be translated as "emotional" or "mental").
Not only machine translation software, but professional translators as well can make mistakes when they translate words that are false and semi-false cognates. Here is an example from a Euronews article:
Source text:
"The glass from the tubes is used to make new lights while old bulbs are turned into glass wool. The metals palladium and rhodium are used in electronic goods and catalytic converters. Silver, which is also harvested, has many uses. The most dangerous element in bulbs – mercury – is also reused." Article: Lighting the way
"Из стеклянных трубок можно изготавливать новые лампы дневного света, а также стекловату. Из ламп извлекается палладий, родий, серебро и такой опасный элемент, как меркурий, чтобы он случайно не попал в почву или атмосферу."
This English-Russian translation is not very accurate. However, it is cited here not to discuss it accurateness, but to show how a false cognate can be mistranslated. It this case, it is 'mercury' mistranslated as 'меркурий'. In Russian, 'меркурий' (written with the capital letter 'Меркурий') means 1) the Roman god of commerce and 2) the planet. No other meanings. 'mercury' mentioned in the article should be translated as 'ртуть' (silver-colored poisonous heavy metal, also called 'quicksilver').
To translate words of this type, one should pay due attention to the context in which they are used. Also, good dictionaries that provide nuances of meanings and examples of word usage in context can help to translate words that are false and semi-false cognates.
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iRulu Walknbook 2 Detachable 2-in-1 Review
By Andrew E. Freedman 24 June 2017
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Even for $199, the iRulu Walknbook 2 is a bad deal because of its awful keyboard, inaccurate touchpad and weak performance.
Colorful display
Keyboard and touchpad are borderline unusable
Screen is low-resolution
Speakers are quiet
Don't call this a review -- it's a public service announcement. iRulu touts its $199 Walknbook 2 (W20) detachable 2-in-1 as a budget productivity machine, but it's more likely to produce a headache than your next quarterly report. Its Atom processor can't handle multitasking, and its keyboard and touchpad are among the worst I've ever used. The detachable display is surprisingly colorful for a 2-in-1 that's this cheap, but its weak performance and awful usability make it impossible to recommend.
Nearly everything about the Walknbook's design gives me pause. While I appreciated the bright-green tablet (it also comes in orange), it looks like it's from another era. It has a giant, black bezel around the 10.1-inch screen, with a Windows logo on the bottom (the kind you saw on Windows 8 tablets). The black back is an extreme fingerprint magnet. It features the iRulu logo in gray, as well as prominent Intel and Windows logos and a lot of ugly text that other companies go out of their way to hide, like the model number and wattage details.
The keyboard cover is ill-fitting and awkward. It connects to the tablet with five pogo pins and a few magnets, and wraps around the tablet when not in use. As a case, it's straightforward to use, but setting it up as a laptop is a pain. First, opening the case so that the screen is faceup and ready to go is impossible -- it opens facedown. Instead, you have to lift the tablet and then fold the back side of the case like origami for it to sit straight up.
There are no instructions on how to do this, but there are some folds on the case. However, my first instinct was to fold it in a way that was secure on the desk, but it fell over in my lap. Eventually, I found a way to keep it up in either scenario. But while it was sturdy on my desk, it was very wobbly in my lap. The keyboard cover has a piece of fabric that hangs off of the bottom of the keyboard. In theory, you could use this as a wrist rest, but I found it distracting, especially in my lap.
At 1.3 pounds and 10.2 x 7 x 0.4 inches, it's far smaller and lighter than similarly priced Windows laptops. The Dell Inspiron 11 3000 is 2.4 pounds and 11.4 x 7.7 x 0.8 inches, while the Asus L402SA, with its 14-inch screen, is 3.3 pounds and 13.3 x 9.3 x 0.9 inches.
There aren't many ports on the Walknbook. While I'm a fan of USB Type-C, that's the only option for both charging and data transfer, so you'll need some dongles (and there's only one USB Type-C port). There's also a mini-HDMI port to use with monitors and a tray to fit in a microSD card (up to 128GB).
A few other touches made me wonder who was putting this together. For instance, the charging cable and wall wart were two different colors, as if someone had already lost a piece and replaced it. And the way the box was decorated made it look like a knockoff product: It uses a variety of logos that don't quite fit, like Facebook's "f," but in red instead of blue, and the Internet Explorer symbol, when that browser isn't the default in Windows 10.
The 10.1-inch, 1280 x 800 display is vivid for such a cheap product, but it isn't very sharp. When I watched the trailer for Justice League, bright colors like The Flash's red outfit and the blue light on Cyborg's forehead stood out, but I couldn't make out finer details, like the pattern in Batman's suit and the foam in waves surrounding Aquaman, unless I looked very closely.
The Walknbook's screen reproduced 98 percent of the sRGB color gamut, which is actually impressive for something this cheap (and, unfortunately, muddled by the low-res display). The L402SA was right behind, at 92 percent, while the Inspiron 11 3000 covered just 67 percent of the gamut.
The Walknbook measured 208 nits of average brightness on our light meters, just beating the L402SA (206 nits) and leaving the Inspiron 11 3000 (196 nits) behind. If you want to adjust the brightness, you'll have to do it in Windows, as there is no brightness adjustment shortcut on the keyboard.
Unlike many other detachable 2-in-1s with keyboard covers, the display on the Walknbook doesn't shut off when the cover is wrapped over it. You'll have to remember to press the power button to put it to sleep.
Did anyone quality test this thing before iRulu started shipping it? I doubt it. Besides all the issues I had trying to prop up the keyboard case, its keyboard and trackpad are nothing short of horrendous. I thought the keyboard might have promise, thanks to its 1.6 millimeters of travel and a firm 80 grams of force required to press the keys, but boy was I wrong.
The keys are tiny, at just 0.5 x 0.5 inches (competitors' keys I tested were 0.6 or 0.7 inches square), and I often found myself mashing several keys when I meant to hit one. To add insult to injury, some keys, like the right Shift and Enter keys, are smaller than you might expect on other keyboards, making it easier to miss them altogether. The two were so bad that I found myself using the touch-screen display as much as possible, which really defeats the purpose of the Walknbook being marketed as a 2-in-1.
On the 10fastfingers.com typing test, I reached 44 words per minute (much less than my usual 107 wpm) with an embarrassing 50 percent error rate (as opposed to my usual 2 percent).
The tiny, 2.9 x 1.7-inch touchpad isn't much better. It's erratic: Sometimes, it's fine, and other times, you can't make a straight line. The button is stiff, and it felt like I was pressing through to another piece of plastic. Even when I could get them to work, gestures were unpredictable. Sometimes, two-finger scrolling worked; other times, it didn't.Pinch-to-zoom rarely operated as expected, and often went too far. There were times when I tried to use a four-finger tap to invoke Cortana and ended up with an open Action Center. Sometimes when I tapped, it thought I was clicking.
The Walknbook has quiet speakers that skimp on musical detail. When I listened to Ellie Goulding's "Something In The Way You Move," the vocals were clear, but the bass, guitar, drums and synths were almost impossible to distinguish. I mashed the volume button in vain, as the resulting sound wasn't enough to fill a midsize conference room.
On both its Amazon.com product page and its own website, iRulu markets the Walknbook as an affordable, mobile productivity machine. The description goes as far as to say that it "provides smooth and efficient web surfing, gaming, entertaining and working." But that is wrong.
With its 1.4-GHz Intel Atom x5-Z8350 CPU, 2GB of RAM and 32GB of eMMC storage, the Walknbook can't handle any form of multitasking. I had three tabs open in Google Chrome, one of which was streaming a 1080p episode of "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver," when I noticed lag when switching between them.
However, the synthetic benchmarks didn't match my experience. It notched a score of 2,209 on the 32-bit version of Geekbench 4 (the Atom CPU can't handle 64-bit applications), while the Asus L402SA, with a more powerful Celeron processor, reached only 1,609. This may be because even though the Atom is generally the weaker processor, it has more cores than the Celeron-based Asus we tested.
It took the Walknbook 3 minutes to copy 4.97GB of files, which translates to 28.3 MBps. That's faster than the Asus L402SA (14.1 MBps) put pales in comparison to the Dell Inspiron 11 3000 (84.8 MBps).
The 2-in-1 took 18 minutes and 4 seconds to complete our OpenOffice spreadsheet performance test (matching 20,000 names and addresses), falling behind both the Inspiron (13:14) and the L402SA (13:15).
On the JetStream JavaScript benchmark, which measures web surfing performance, the Walknbook earned a score of 41.7, losing to both the Inspiron (48.4) and the Asus (54.5).
The Walknbook 2 doesn't use 802.11ac Wi-Fi, which is the latest standard. Instead, it ops solely for b/g/n, so you won't get the fastest internet speeds.
The Walknbook endured for 7 hours and 6 minutes on the Laptop Mag Battery Test, which continuously browses the web over Wi-Fi.
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The L402SA, with its bigger, higher-resolution display, lasted 6:03, and the Inspiron ran for a whopping 13:39.
The Walknbook has a pair of cameras: a 720p front shooter and a rear camera that takes pictures at 2560 x 1440. Both are lackluster.
In a selfie I took with the front camera, I appeared blurry, as if there were some film over the lens. (I checked, there wasn't.) The colors weren't accurate, either: The orange lines on my blue-and-white checkerboard shirt didn't show at all.
The back camera was better, though it had trouble keeping everything in focus. In a photo I took on our roof, a tree in the foreground was in focus, but the deck chairs and bushes were blurry.
In another shot, our office fruit basket was blurry and out of focus.
If you're using the Walknbook as a tablet, hold it with care. After we streamed HD video from YouTube for 15 minutes, the device measured 103 degrees Fahrenheit on the back, surpassing our 95-degree comfort threshold.
Software and Warranty
If, with the horrible keyboard and touchpad, you can find a way to be productive on the Walknbook, you'll enjoy that it comes with Microsoft's mobile version of Office, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint. These are free on any device that's 10.1 inches or less and aren't as feature-rich as the desktop versions.
But you'll have to deal with the standard Windows 10 bloatware, like Candy Crush Soda Saga, March of Empires: War of Lords, Twitter, Sling, Facebook and Netflix.
iRulu sells the Walknbook 2 with a one-year warranty.
iRulu pitches the Walknbook 2 as a 2-in-1 PC, but it's basically unusable as one. The keyboard cover is complicated to set up, and both the keyboard and the touchpad are absolutely horrendous. It's too slow for productivity, and the low-resolution screen won't fit much of your work on the desktop at a time. Had iRulu stripped away the keyboard cover and sold it as a cheap Windows 10 tablet (hopefully for a lower price), maybe I could see what it was going for.
But even as a tablet, its Atom processor hamstrings multitasking. Run, don't Walkn, to another computer. If you want a real productivity laptop for a similar price, consider the Dell Inspiron 11 3000, which is just $180, and offers epic battery life and a 1366 x 768 display (which we don't usually recommend, but it's a step up, in this case). While the keyboard and touchpad aren't perfect on that machine, at least they work.
Usually I say you get what you pay for. But in the the case of the iRulu Walknbook 2, it's not only cheap, but you can get something better for even less.
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CPU 1.44-GHz Intel Atom x5-Z8350 CPU
Company Website https://www.irulu.com/
Display Size 10.1
Graphics Card Intel HD Graphics
Hard Drive Size 32GB
Hard Drive Type eMMC
Highest Available Resolution 1280x800
Native Resolution 1280x800
Ports (excluding USB) USB Type-C, Mini HDMI, Headphone
Size 10.2 x 7 x 0.4 inches
Touchpad Size 2.9 x 1.7 inches
Warranty/Support 1-year limited warranty
Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n
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News Analysis Light Reading 2/25/2002
Williams Communications Group (NYSE: WCG) stock lost nearly 60 percent on Monday, after the company announced that it is considering Chapter 11 bankruptcy in order to clean up its balance sheet (see Williams Considers Chapter 11).
The company’s stock closed down $0.20 (56.86%) to $0.22.
This news comes less than two weeks after the company reassured investors that it would not default on any loans or file for bankruptcy (see Williams: Blowing Wind? ). On a conference call with investors and analysts on February 13th, Scott Schubert, executive vice president and CFO, said that the company would restructure its balance sheet without “needing to seek bankruptcy court protection.”
But it looks as though the company has rethought its strategy. In a press release issued this morning, the company stated that it is in talks with its banks and other lenders to come up with a suitable solution, which could include bankruptcy. According to the press release, the company expanded its options for reorganizing its balance sheet on February 22nd, after it realized that some lenders, other than banks, would not likely participate in the restructuring.
As of last Friday the company’s debt was already rated in the C category, well below what most in the industry would consider investment-grade debt.
Like other next-generation telecom carriers that built out massive nationwide and international networks, Williams is saddled with tremendous debt. Currently, the company owes its lenders approximately $5.16 billion, with interest payments ballooning to nearly $500 million annually.
If Williams files for bankruptcy it will be following in the footsteps of other carriers like Global Crossing Ltd. (NYSE: GX), which filed in January, and 360networks Inc. (Toronto: TSX), which filed in June of 2001 (see Global Crossing Falls Overboard and 360networks Calls It Quits). Other carriers are struggling with cash-flow and liquidity issues. Qwest Communications International Inc. (NYSE: Q) recently was forced to draw on a $4 billion of credit and Level 3 Communications Inc. (Nasdaq: LVLT), which is currently trading at around $3 a share, also has investors nervous.
Williams plans to cut its total costs by 25 percent, which will likely translate into layoffs of the same magnitude.
— Marguerite Reardon, Senior Editor, Light Reading
http://www.lightreading.com
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optical_man 12/4/2012 | 10:52:39 PM
re: Williams Ponders Bankruptcy "Author: layer3 Number: 30
Subject: Re: Fall Guy Date: 2/27/2002 10:07:20 AM
Where should we open the next Carrier? Fairbanks Alaska?
How about Cedar Rapids, Iowa (McLeod) or Butte, Montana (Touch America)... "
[email protected]!! I forgot about those. Well, they are nearing (or in) bankruptcy.
McLeod, ISP who got out of control.
Touch America, Energy plant operator who made the brilliant move to sell all the energy plants (right before California energy crisis), and even more astutely, spent all their money on trying to make a phone company (right before the telecom crash). Real insightful crowd up there in Montana.
Cyras Forever 12/4/2012 | 10:52:39 PM
re: Williams Ponders Bankruptcy Other ideas for next-gen carriers:
San Quentin, California
Attica, New York
Rykers Island, New York (
geof hollingsworth 12/4/2012 | 10:52:37 PM
re: Williams Ponders Bankruptcy Doesn't seem to have worked any better for Sigma Networks than Tulsa has for Williams.
cbenton 12/4/2012 | 10:52:32 PM
re: Williams Ponders Bankruptcy Williams, granted, was affected by the demise of the telco market...but they could have been a better ATM competitor had they listened to their vendor for what was best for them to better support their own customers and problem resolutions...
broadbandboy 12/4/2012 | 10:52:03 PM
re: Williams Ponders Bankruptcy cbenton, what do you mean by "better ATM competitor?" They carry inter-LATA traffic for other carriers over a GX550 based network, so what did they do wrong? I'd like to know.
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The Irish Linen Centre & Lisburn Museum presents its fifth annual autumn programme, a diverse range of events marking a number of significant anniversaries. These include the end of the Great War and the granting of ‘votes for women’ in 1918, through to the bicentenary of the birth of Sir Richard Wallace (1818-90), the subject of the museum’s major new exhibition. Featuring talks, performances, film screenings, a panel discussion, arts and crafts workshops as well as the arrival of our Victorian Santa, the programme has something for visitors of all ages.
Highlights of this year’s programme includes:
Baroness May Blood on her life story in a talk titled ‘Weaving the fabric of life: from the mill to the House of Lords’
‘Suffragette’ the film
Discussion panel featuring Dr Margaret Ward, Dr Evelyn Collins and Ms Sandra Corkin in an event marking the centenary of the Representation of the People Act (1918)
Suzanne Higgott, Curator at the Wallace Collection on the life of Sir Richard Wallace
A talk on Lisburn Suffrage, Mrs Metge and the Cathedral Bomb
Performance by historian Philip Orr – Celebrating Armistice: Hoping for Peace, an event reflecting on the end of the Great War (1914-18)
Arts & Crafts for positive ageing month; our Victorian Santa and Christmas Carols
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Night falls, and Ransom sleeps on his fish’s back as best he can. Once, he wakes up and sees mer-people feeding on seaweed; this reminds him that he is hungry. He samples some of the seaweed that floats on the surface of the water, and it briefly makes him feel like a merman himself. He discards the seaweed. Around this time it dawns on him just how long the chase is taking and how very vast Perelandra is. Some of the fish are even getting tired and giving up their pursuit. The sheer strangeness and solitude of Ransom’s experience overwhelms him and makes him begin to doubt Maleldil.
Ransom endures a dark night of doubt. His disorienting attempt to eat seaweed reinforces the alienation he feels—he has no familiar points of reference in this vast ocean, just as he has no precedent to fall back on in fighting the Un-man. Where Perelandra had once felt like a wonderland, overflowing with signs of Maleldil’s creativity and care, it now feels like an empty wasteland. The lack of evidence of Maleldil’s continued presence assaults Ransom’s faith.
Absorbed in these thoughts, Ransom is startled when Weston’s body speaks to him; its fish is moving towards him. Weston’s body looks battered; he’s in tears as he says Ransom’s name. Ransom suspiciously asks the figure to identify himself, and the voice responds with Weston’s characteristically irritable tone. He doesn’t know where he is and fears being left here alone. Ransom assures him that dying on Perelandra is better than many fates that could befall them on Earth.
Strangely, Weston’s true personality seems to resurface. Ransom suspects that this reappearance of humanity could be a last attempt to trick and tempt Ransom away from his intended course of action.
Weston tells Ransom it’s all very well for him not to fear death. But Weston knows death is real and there’s no escaping it. That’s why it’s important to live for as long as one can. Life is like the thin rind on a fruit; the only important thing is to thicken that rind by whatever small amount one can, lest one plunge into the “real” universe beneath, which goes on forever.
Weston’s personality—if indeed that’s what it is—fears death. His fears echo Ransom’s suspicions about Weston’s scientific goals—that they’re motivated by the desire to cheat death.
Ransom tries to argue with Weston, but Weston argues that even reasoning is only valid within the “rind.” Underneath the surface, there’s nothing rational; even real or unreal, true or false, don’t exist. Ransom just feels maddened by Weston’s continual mumbling. He keeps trying to draw Weston back to basic facts—like where Weston has been over the past few days.
Weston fears that there’s no stable, enduring meaning in the universe. Ransom feels that under the circumstances, these philosophical ramblings are rather out of place. He’s more concerned with figuring out whom he’s talking to—if it’s really Weston or just another temptation.
As the waves begin to pick up, Weston panics. They’re approaching a rocky coast, and he’s terrified that they will crash into it in the growing darkness. Ransom, too, feels an overpowering, indefinite horror. Yet he tries vainly to cheer Weston, telling him his ramblings are nonsense and that it’s time to pray and prepare for death—they’ll end better than the young men facing worse deaths on Earth at this very moment. But then Weston clutches Ransom, powerfully pulls him off his fish’s back, and drags him deep below the surface of the water.
Ransom, again, feels fear in the face of death, but it doesn’t dissuade him from his faith—it’s possible to take courage and be thankful that they’re dying less dreadfully than the young soldiers of World War II. Ransom’s character also comes through in that, under great strain, he shows compassion even to someone as horrible as Weston.
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Above & Beyond Bring Some Group Therapy To Madison Square Garden October 18th
Ashlee Rose
Not too long ago, Armin put Madison Square Garden in A State Of Trance, and now Above & Beyond will give it some Group Therapy. We are just about three weeks away from a monumental event at the world's most famous arena. Above & Beyond will be broadcasting their 100th episode of their acclaimed radio show Group Therapy live from none other than The Garden. This headlining show follows last years huge sell-out ABGT050 gig at the famous 10,000 capacity Alexandra Palace in London, and if Jono, Tony, and Paavo have anything to do with it, this event will go down in history. They will become the first British DJ's to ever headline MSG, and this will be their biggest gig in the United States to date.
“To be able to bring this radio show to one of our favourite cities and one of the world’s most iconic venues is really a dream come true for us,” commented Above & Beyond.
Mat Zo, Andrew Bayer, and ilan Bluestone will be gracing the decks as the supporting acts, and A&B fanatics will be in sheer heaven for those few hours on Saturday, October 18th.
“This is our biggest show of the year and we wanted a line up to reflect that. Mat, ilan and Andrew all inspire us as artists, and are helping push electronic music forward in their own individual way.” -A&B
A limited amount of tickets have been re-released, so join in on some history making and a little Therapy with one of the most elite trio of artists. #ABGT100
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Forget every stereotype you have about a tattoo shop because Oceanside ‘the Arcade’ Tattoo won’t fit any of them.
Oceanside ‘the Arcade’ Tattoo, owned by lifetime Oceanside resident Jason Betz, is more of a museum as well as a place to get a tattoo or piercing.
The Arcade name pays tribute to Oceanside’s original tattoo shop located on the southwest corner of Hill Street (Coast Highway) and Mission Ave. The original Arcade was torn down in the late ‘70’s to make way for the current theater and shops.
From the heavy timber brackets marked with an “O” to the more than 130 frames containing flash tattoo art from Oceanside’s past, the beautifully lit shop feels more like an art studio.
It took Jason years to gather his collection of tattoo flash art including pieces of original art from the Arcade. “It’s folk art. Timeless,” explained Jason, “They show the history of what the world was going through at the time.”
Jason’s collection includes art from World War II, the Vietnam Era along with pieces from the early 1900’s all created by legendary tattoo artists such as; Norman ‘Sailor Jerry’ Collins, Huck Spaulding, Oceanside’s original tattoo artist, Buzz Clayton, and Ralph E. Johnstone.
To say Jason was born a tattoo artist wouldn’t really be stretching the truth; he began tattooing at the ripe old age of eleven! When speaking about his collection of art and tools of the trade, Jason’s passion is evident.
Five artists work at the Oceanside ‘the Arcade’ Tattoo. “All of our artists have been tattooing for over 15 years professionally and have the portfolios to back it up,” said Jason. “We specialize in all types of tattoo’s but we don’t do foul language, drug or gang tattoos.”
You should have some idea of what you want before you go for a tattoo but if you don’t… “Just think about things that make you happy, you’re passionate about. Things you will never forget.” Jason said. They also have two computers for customers to do their own research. “Sometimes people will have an idea of what they want but when they come in and see all the flash on the walls, decide to go with one of the classics.”
With a roll up front window and a bar to sit and watch the world go by, Jason designed Oceanside ‘the Arcade’ Tattoo as a place where people can be comfortable just hanging out.
To learn more about Oceanside ‘the Arcade’ Tattoo, visit their website: www.arcadetattoo.com, Facebook: facebook.com/oceansidetattoo, Instagram @oceansidetattoo or call 760-439-8288.
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El Corte Inglés nativity scene in Palma
Santa's postbox is open in El Corte Inglés in Palma
2020-12-01 Palma By Majorca Daily Bulletin reporter
El Corte Inglés nativity scene from 2019.
01-12-2020Youtube: Miguel Vich Campos
El Corte Inglés in the Avenidas has boosted the Christmas spirit in the store by opening its traditional nativity scene.
The nativity scene is a big draw every year with hundreds of adults and children heading into the store to see it. It’s the 9th year in a row that Agrupación de Belenistas created the nativity scene which was done by Augustín Bibiloni, José Terriente and Jaime Villar this year.
"This time we wanted to unite the Hebrew and Mallorcan cultures,” explains Augustín.
“We have designed a Hebrew town which even has its own natural water,” adds José.
Some of the figures had to be completely renovated this year and the new ones were made from fired clay by Artisan José Luis Mayo.
Children will also be able to post their letters to Santa in a special mailbox on the same floor and the elves will collect them and send them to Lapland.
Every afternoon the Boulevard de Los Dulces will be lit up, there will be a puppet show and Pitiflú, the children's friend at El Corte Inglés will sing children's songs.
El Corte Inglés nativity scene
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Drunken lout smashed WKD bottle across innocent man's head after his pal shouted 'we're from Salford, we'll stab you up'
Duncan Broadhurst, 33, was spared jail after a judge said he has made a 'remarkable' transformation since the attack
Duncan Broadhurst (Image: M.E.N.)
A man making his way home after a late shift was told 'we're from Salford, we will stab you up' before being hit over the head with a bottle of WKD by a drunken lout.
The man was with a friend on his way home after work when Duncan Broadhurst and two other men approached them in Crumpsall just before 2am.
The pals shared a joke, and when Broadhurst's group heard them they were told 'why are you laughing? You f*****g idiots'.
One of them then said: "We're from Salford, we will stab you up."
The friends told Broadhurst's group to shut up, after which they were surrounded by the men.
Broadhurst, from Urmston, Trafford, hit the man across the back of the head, using a bottle of WKD, which he had been swigging from.
The pair ran away. Broadhurst was arrested nearby shortly after on February 25.
In a 'stoic' victim impact statement, the man said he was 'in the wrong place in the wrong time', adding that he felt lucky his injuries were not more severe.
He suffered a four inch cut to the back of his head, which needed to be glued at hospital.
"This was an unprovoked assault on a man minding his own business," Judge Richard Mansell QC said.
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But Broadhurst, who has 18 previous convictions, walked free from court after the judge said his case was 'quite exceptional'.
Manchester Crown Court heard that Broadhurst had a drink problem and was living in a cycle of being homeless, committing offences, being sent to jail, being released to a hostel and committing further crime.
But with the help of a homeless charity, Broadhurst has now found accommodation and is drink and drug free, the court heard.
"It's high time, you now being 33, to break that cycle," the judge told him.
Judge Mansell said a break 'has well and truly been made' by Broadhurst.
Duncan Broadhurst leaving court (Image: M.E.N.)
He has gone from living in a tent in the city centre to finding permanent accommodation, now receives benefits and is working with probation and the homeless charity, the judge said.
Judge Mansell said Broadhurst's transformation as a person is 'remarkable'.
"You have now got a chance to turn things around," the judge told him.
Broadhurst, of Flixton Road, Urmston, was sentenced to 18 months in prison, suspended for two years, after pleading guilty to unlawful wounding.
He was ordered to complete 30 rehabilitation activity requirement days, and observe a curfew between 10pm and 6am for three months.
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Hellcat: Crossing Black Cat’s Path
Patsy Walker and friends contend with a new kind of opposition!
by Tim Stevens
Proving to be the kind of faceoff you cannot believe you did not want until this moment, the battle between Hellcat and Black Cat in the pages of PATSY WALKER, A.K.A. HELLCAT has been building nicely. An unexpected delightful twist of their rivalry has proved to be Felicia Hardy’s gang of similarly amoral girls aiding her in the fight.
Writer Kate Leth took the time to talk to us about the identities of these women and why they may have chosen to involve themselves with one of the Marvel Universe’s greatest thieves in advance of December 21’s issue #13!
“Sure, she’s Ian’s ex, but Zoe has a lot more than that going on,” Leth argues. “Besides trashing the apartments of rude boys, I mean. They wouldn’t say it to her face, but her friends all think she’s a bit of a bully. Maybe she just doesn’t like letting people in. [She] doesn’t like being told what to do—even by someone as powerful as Black Cat.”
“Lina didn’t ever think she’d be in a gang, but she’s definitely not complaining,” explains the writer. “Secretly a softie, Lina plans everything out twice mostly so her friends don’t get hurt. Don’t call her on it, though, she’s got a mean right hook.”
She adds: “Likes: video games, baby animals, K-Pop. Dislikes: snobs, mansplaining, pollen.”
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Networks Seminar
Revision as of 09:22, 30 January 2015 by Craciun (talk | contribs) (→Wednesday, April 15, Murad Banaji, University of Portsmouth)
Networks arise in many scientific applications, from resource allocation/transportation problems, to electrical engineering networks, to the study of biochemical reactions systems. While the intended applications and analytic techniques vary significantly in these disciplines, the core goal remains the same: to extract as much information as possible about the dynamical behaviors of the resulting systems from the structure of the network itself.
Organization and Contacts
The Networks Seminar is currently organized by Matthew D. Johnston, David F. Anderson, and Gheorghe Craciun. Contact information, including how to join the mailing list, is contained below:
Matthew D. Johnston
Email: mjohnston3[at]wisc.edu
Webpage: www.math.wisc.edu/~mjohnston3
David F. Anderson
Email: anderson[at]math.wisc.edu
Webpage: www.math.wisc.edu/~anderson
Gheorghe Craciun
Email: craciun[at]math.wisc.edu
Webpage: www.math.wisc.edu/~craciun
Join Mailing List: join-math-networks-seminar[at]lists.wisc.edu
Email Mailing List: networksem[at]math.wisc.edu
The seminar will take place on Wednesdays in 901 Van Vleck Hall at 2:25 PM, unless otherwise noted.
Friday, January 30 (1:00 p.m. in Van Vleck B129), Gheorghe Craciun (UW-Madison)
Title: Toric Differential Inclusions and a Proof of the Global Attractor Conjecture
Abstract: The global attractor conjecture says that toric dynamical systems (i.e., a class of polynomial dynamical systems on the positive orthant) have a globally attracting point within each positive linear invariant subspace -- or, equivalently, complex balanced mass-action systems have a globally attracting point within each positive stoichiometric compatibility class. We introduce toric differential inclusions, and we show that each positive solution of a toric differential inclusion is contained in an invariant region that prevents it from approaching the origin. In particular, we show that similar invariant regions prevent positive solutions of weakly reversible k-variable polynomial dynamical systems from approaching the origin. We use this result to prove the global attractor conjecture.
Title: TBD
Abstract: TBD
Wednesday, March 4
Wednesday, March 11, Claudia Solis-Lemus (UW-Madison statistics)
Wednesday, April 15, Murad Banaji, University of Portsmouth
Wednesday, September 17, Matthew D. Johnston (UW-Madison)
Title: An Introduction to Chemical Reaction Network Theory
Abstract: There has been significant interest recently in the relationship between the kinetic of models of biochemical reaction networks and the underlying network structure. In this introductory talk, we will discuss the basic features of so-called Chemical Reaction Network Theory which has been an active area of research since the 1970s. In particular, graph-theoretic notions such as weak reversibility and network deficiency will be introduced. We will also discuss reasonable modeling choices---including deterministic and stochastic formulations---and summarize a few surprising results which hold for deterministically modeled mass action systems.
Monday, September 22 (2:25 p.m. in Van Vleck B105) Casian Pantea (WVU)
Title: Injectivity and multistationarity in chemical reaction networks
Abstract: Much attention has been paid recently to bistability and switch-like behavior that might be resident in important biochemical reaction networks. It turns out that large classes of extremely complex networks cannot give rise to multistationarity, no matter what their reaction rates might be. In turn, absence of multistationarity in a reaction network is often a consequence of the corresponding vector field being injective. In this talk I will give an overview of both older and newer injectivity results for vector fields associated with a biochemical reaction network. As much as possible, the matrix-theoretic techniques behind these results will also be discussed.
Wednesday, October 1 David F. Anderson (UW-Madison)
Title: Deficiency and stochastic models of biochemical reaction networks
Abstract: The deficiency of a reaction network is central to many results from chemical reaction network theory. In this talk, I will explain what the deficiency of a reaction network is, and how it can be used to shed light on the behavior of the associated mathematical models. I will try to discuss results for both deterministic and stochastic models.
Wednesday, October 15, Daniele Cappelletti (University of Copenhagen)
Title: Elimination of intermediate species in biochemical reaction networks
Abstract: Biochemical reactions often proceed through the formation of transient intermediate species. These species are usually more unstable than the other species and degraded at a faster rate. Due to the complexity and intractability of many reaction networks, intermediate species are therefore often ignored in the models. In this talk I will formally introduce stochastic reaction networks and unveil a connection with the deterministic ones. Further, I will show an asymptotic result giving some condition on when it is possible to safely ignore intermediate species, both in the stochastic and deterministic frameworks. I will finally show some further issues on intermediate species I am currently working on.
Wednesday, October 22; October 29; November 5, Gheorghe Craciun (UW-Madison)
Title: Persistence properties of mass action systems
Abstract: A positive trajectory of a dynamical system is called persistent if, in the long run, it does not approach the boundary of the positive orthant. In biological applications, the persistence property is critical in deciding if a species in an ecosystem will become extinct, an infection will die off, or a chemical species will be completely consumed by a reaction network. We describe some classes of dynamical systems for which all positive trajectories are persistent. We also describe connections to the Global Attractor Conjecture, which says that a large class of mass-action systems (called complex balanced or toric dynamical systems) have a global attractor within any invariant subspace.
Wednesday, November 19 Matthew D. Johnston (UW-Madison)
Title: Recent Results in Chemical Reaction Network Theory
Abstract: In this talk, I will present some recent results in two related areas of Chemical Reaction Network Theory. (1) I will present a method called network translation which is often capable of determinining characteristics of the steady state sets of deterministically modeled mass action systems. The method associates the original reaction network to a related non-physical network which is more strongly connected than the original one. (2) I will investigate differences in long-term behavior between traditional deterministic models of chemical reaction systems and the more physically realistic stochastic models. I will present a classification of systems for which the deterministic model often predicts positivity, but for which an extinction event necessarily occurs when modeled stochastically.
Friday, December 5 (11:00 a.m. in Van Vleck 901), Nikki Meshkat (NCSU)
Title: Finding identifiable functions of linear and nonlinear biological models
Abstract: Identifiability concerns finding which unknown parameters of a model can be quantified from given input-output data. Many linear ODE models, used primarily in Systems Biology, are unidentifiable, which means that parameters can take on an infinite number of values and yet yield the same input-output data. For a given unidentifiable model, the goal is then to find a set of identifiable functions, i.e. parameter combinations, and then attempt to find a scaling reparametrization so that the resulting model is identifiable. We examine this problem of finding a simple set of identifiable parameter combinations for both linear and nonlinear models. In particular, we use a graph-theoretic approach to find identifiable parameter combinations for linear compartment models and also demonstrate an algorithm using Grobner bases to find identifiable parameter combinations for nonlinear models. We demonstrate these results using our web implementation, COMBOS.
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Ashley Gariepy @redmeeplesmashredmeeplesmash
Real-time Board Games
Pandemic: Rapid Response Review – No Snakes On This Plane
Make supplies in your crisis response plane and deliver them to cities in need in this real-time dice-rolling game. Read our review of Pandemic: Rapid Response to learn more.
Recognizing the overwhelming threat that natural disasters pose to humanity, the nations of the world have taken action and created the Crisis Response Unit: an elite team of doctors and specialists who prepare life-saving supplies on their specially equipped plane, then deliver them to cities around the world.
Hi, I’m Smash and I’ll be parachuting in throughout this review to comment on Pandemic: Rapid Response’s gameplay.
Pandemic: Rapid Response is a cooperative real-time game set in the Pandemic universe that uses dice as the main mechanism by which players take actions. Designed by Kane Klenko, Pandemic: Rapid Response will feel familiar to anyone who has played Klenko’s games like Fuse or Proving Grounds, most notably how the dice are used within a real-time setting.
Wait. Isn’t there already a Pandemic dice game?
In 2014 Z-Man Games released Pandemic: The Cure, a dice version of Pandemic. While The Cure is very much a dice-based reimplementation of the original Pandemic system, Rapid Response is not. The way the dice are used, the real-time element, and its gameplay overall set it apart from The Cure.
Pandemic: Rapid Response set up for a three player game.
Start The Clock
Pandemic: Rapid Response is played over a series of two-minute intervals with each player taking a turn and performing actions one at a time. The two-minute sand timer is always running so it’s important to pay attention and to not waste valuable time. Once the sand timer runs out, the turn is paused and one Time token is returned to the box from the board. If players need to spend a Time token and there are none on the board, they lose the game.
Additionally one City card is revealed and added to the game whenever the sand timer runs out.
The sand timer ran out so one Time token (A) needs to be discarded to the box and one City card (B) is revealed.
On your turn, you roll all of your dice and take actions in the hope of creating the necessary supplies to satisfy the cities in need. If players accomplish this and deliver to all the cities, they win the game.
A game of Pandemic: Rapid Response always begins with at least two City cards faceup on the board at their locations. There will also be a number of City cards facedown by the sand timer depending on the difficulty players have chosen (three for an Easy game and up to nine for a Heroic game). To win, players must deliver to all the cities, not just those faceup on the board.
There is only one copy of each City card in the game so while City cards in the facedown deck are unknown, players can eliminate possibilities as the game progresses.
City cards. Istanbul needs three Vaccines and one First Aid while Lagos needs two Food, one Power, and one Water.
Player Turn
On the very first turn of the game, the start player flips the timer. They then roll all the dice on their Role card (in front of them) and decide which to keep, assign, or spend, and which to reroll. A player has two rerolls they’re permitted to use any time on their turn.
This means that you could assign two dice, reroll some, assign more dice, and reroll your remaining dice again.
Let’s now take a closer look at how the dice are used to perform actions.
Moving and Flying
Each player has a Role card and their player pawn starts in their role’s designated area on the plane (read: the board), but you’ll need to move around the plane if you want to accomplish anything. To move, spend any dice — regardless of what’s showing on the rolled face — to move to one connected area for each die spent.
“Spending” dice means placing dice on your Role card, which then become available to you on your next turn.
To deliver supplies to a city, your plane must be in that city (this seems like a pretty obvious rule, but alas I’ve mentioned it anyway). The Rapid Response plane is unlike any other and you can use the fly action in any area of the board to move the plane. Fancy!
To fly, spend dice showing the “plane” symbol and move the plane one space — clockwise or counterclockwise — for each die spent.
The Blue player spends one die to move the plane one space (to either Montréal or Los Angeles).
The plane symbol also has another use that we’ll explore shortly.
Supply Rooms
Most of your turns in Pandemic: Rapid Response will be spent making supplies for the cities in need (this is the point of the game after all). There are five different types of supplies, each with their own supply room and represented by their own symbol on the dice.
Here are the five different supply rooms and the matching dice symbols.
To make supplies, you must be in a supply room and assign a number of dice to the grouped spaces.
Dice in a single grouping must be assigned all at once by the same player. This means that the bigger the grouping, the more difficult it’s going to be to assign dice and make the supplies.
Dice must also be assigned in the direction of the supply room’s arrow.
To make one Power, the Red player could assign three dice to the first grouping.
These rules apply to each of the five different supplies.
Thankfully players can work cooperatively to gain supplies, meaning that anyone can assign dice to a supply room regardless of whether another player has already assigned dice there.
Dice that are assigned remain locked on a space until a room is activated.
Carefully managing your dice is a huge part of Pandemic: Rapid Response. You don’t want to have turns where you only have a couple of dice to roll because your other dice are locked on the board.
Once a supply room has enough dice assigned, it can be activated by any player in the room, not just those who assigned dice.
The Red player can now activate this supply room and make one Power supply (cube).
The more dice assigned to a room, the more powerful its effect is.
In the previous picture, if one more die had been assigned before it was activated, then Red would have received two cubes instead of one.
Players then gain a number of cubes and add them to the spaces on the cargo bay.
Waste – This Is Why It Pays To Be Green
As part of the room activation, a player must roll the dice assigned to the room to represent the waste generated by creating the supplies. For each symbol rolled that is surrounded by a circle, the Waster marker advances one space. If this marker reaches the last (masked skull) space, players lose the game.
After activating the Water supply room, the player rolls the assigned dice (two of the Red player’s, one of Green’s). Two dice show a symbol surrounded by a circle so the Waste marker advances two spaces.
These dice are then returned to their respective player’s Role card.
Thankfully there is a way to reduce waste in the recycling center. Dice assigned here must show a unique face and once activated the Waste marker moves back one, two, or four spaces.
The cargo bay is where the plane’s supplies are stored, but also where a player must be to deliver to a city. To make a delivery:
the plane must be in the city you want to deliver to and
all required supplies must be in the cargo bay; you can’t deliver a few at a time.
Then, in the cargo bay, a player spends a die showing the plane symbol to make the delivery, returning the supplies to their supply rooms, and removing the City card from the game. Finally a Time token is added to the board, next to the sand timer.
Were you worried there was no way to gain time and you’d have to beat the game in just 8 minutes? Maybe that will be part of the Superhuman rules.
Game End
As a reminder, Pandemic: Rapid Response ends in defeat if the Waste Marker reaches the last space on the track or if players must spend a Time token and there are no more on the board.
Players win if they deliver supplies to all the cities.
Variety in Pandemic: Rapid Response
As part of setup, each player receives a unique Role card that gives them some kind of advantage or rule-breaking ability — like flying the plane two spaces instead of one, getting four rerolls instead of two, or not having to assign dice in groupings.
These are the Role cards in Pandemic: Rapid Response.
Players can also adjust the game’s difficulty in a few ways: modifying the number of City cards that start faceup on the board and in the facedown deck and/or adding Crisis cards to the game.
Crisis cards should only be used once you’re familiar with the game. One is revealed whenever the sand timer runs out and acts as an event with either a negative immediate, temporary, or delivery effect.
Some examples of the different Crisis cards. Generally these act as events or challenges to overcome and add a welcome touch of thematic flare to Pandemic: Rapid Response.
I remember my first play of Pandemic: Rapid Response well. France was playing the United States in the Women’s World Cup quarterfinal and I felt terribly conflicted — support my French heritage or support my favourite football player*? It was also an unbearably hot and humid summer day that marked the peak of a heat wave and there was that familiar smell in the air that meant a thunderstorm was a-coming. This was when my friends decided it would be perfect to host a board game day…even though they had no air conditioning. It was also the day I got to play two new real-time games, Tuki and Pandemic: Rapid Response, back-to-back.
What kind of kook suggests playing these games back-to-back while everyone is sweating around the gaming table? It was you Ashley, wasn’t it? I knew it!
Finally, this memorable day I learned something new about one of my good friends after she turned to me during our play of Pandemic: Rapid Response, completely flustered, and whispered, “Will you please play the rest of my turns for me?”
I share the details of my first game of Pandemic: Rapid Response with you as a warning to 1) not try to play this game in the summer heat without air conditioning and 2) remind you that this will not be everyone’s cup of tea. Pandemic: Rapid Response is a very stressful real-time game and you can’t assume everyone will be excited to play as you (like my poor friend who completely shut down when we were playing together).
Another friend playing that first game recently described Ashley’s excitement playing Pandemic: Rapid Response as “clapping hands, saying ‘more, more.’”🤦
The real-time element of the game adds a nice level of tension and stress, yet the game isn’t too chaotic because you’re playing in turn order and not simultaneously. I found that apart from the theme, the gameplay wasn’t quite “Pandemic-y”, but it was very Kane Klenko — and if you’ve enjoyed playing Klenko’s other real-time games, Pandemic: Rapid Response should be on your radar.
All the components in Pandemic: Rapid Response are incredible, except for the somewhat flimsy airplane. My only wish is that the sides of the box were as outstanding as the box cover and the components. (They’re sort of washed out, especially on a 5×5 shelf filled with games.)
While I really enjoy the real-time nature of Pandemic: Rapid Response, my favourite elements of the game are the dice management and the unpredictability that comes from the City cards. You need to be careful to not lock up too many of your dice in too many areas, but at the same time you need many dice to make supplies and if you roll a lot of one symbol, it’s hard not to be tempted to assign them. I also like how you never know exactly which cities will be in your game; thematically I like to think of the City cards being revealed slowly because they represent the various cities in need at different times.
Ashley’s favourite way to play Pandemic: Rapid Response is using the Normal difficulty setup (seven City cards in total) with the Crisis cards. This provides the perfect challenge.
Pandemic: Rapid Response hits all the right notes for me: a stressful real-time experience designed by my favourite real-time designer Kane Klenko and set in the Pandemic universe (yes, even during these COVID-19 times). If you love Pandemic but aren’t a fan of real-time games, Pandemic: Rapid Response isn’t likely the game to be the exception. I think the best indicator of whether you should check out Pandemic: Rapid Response is if you enjoy other real-time games.
*Christen Press in all her talent and glory! (Source: Pinterest)
Thematic “Music” for Playing Pandemic: Rapid Response
What is more thematic than listening to the whir and rumble of a plane when you’re playing Pandemic: Rapid Response? Don’t worry, none of the links feature commercial plane noises; babies aren’t allowed on service planes, they’d only distract you from making supplies.
Commercial Plane Flying in Lightning Storm
Pandemic: Rapid Response details
Designer: Kane Klenko
Artists: Atha Kanaani
Publishers: Asmodee, Asmodee Italia, Gém Klub Kft., Rebel Sp. z o.o., Z-Man Games, Inc.
Player count : 2 - 4
Age range : 8+
Time range : 20 minutes
Mechanism(s): Cooperative Game, Dice Rolling, Re-rolling and Locking
More articles about Pandemic: Rapid Response.
Disclosure: Meeple Mountain received a free copy of this product in exchange for an honest, unbiased review. This review is not intended to be an endorsement.
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Ashley Gariepy is a French elementary school teacher who loves board games. She considers herself a euro-gamer at heart, but has been known to enjoy the occasional Ameri-style game. She has also become Meeple Mountain's resident escape room gamer and is one third of the Maple Mountain triad. Follow @redmeeplesmash on Instagram and Twitter to stay current with the games she's playing.
Fred Manning says:
Good review I have been wondering about getting this version and this helps 🙂 thanks
Love Pandemic (all the ones I have played)
Ashley Gariepy says:
My pleasure! Thanks for taking the time to read the review and comment. Happy gaming : D
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Watch These Bodybuilders Get Wrecked by an Australian Police Officer Physical Fitness Test
"We weren't meant to be cops."
In their latest video, swole brothers Brandon and Hudson White, better known as YouTube's Buff Dudes, take on a physical fitness test with a difference. Bored of the pushups and crunches required in most of these challenges, this time around they opt for the physical capacity testing metrics used by the police force in New South Wales, Australia, as it includes a more challenging mix of exercises.
The first test is for hand grip strength; there is a minimum grip strength requirement for anyone taking officer survival and firearms training in NSW. Hudson goes first, and lasts 2 minutes holding a pair of 66-pound dumbbells, while Brandon wins with 2 minutes 37 seconds.
The second test is a 90-second plank. "The great thing with every single one of these tests is they serve a purpose," says Hudson. "With this one, it's really going to help strengthen your core. As a police officer, you have a lot of equipment around your belt, and this helps prevent lower back pain."
Brandon is able to hold his plank for 3 minutes, but this time Hudson narrowly beats him with 3 minutes 4 seconds. "That was harder than watching Lethal Weapon 4," he says.
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Test #3 is a vertical jump, in which individuals must clear 12 inches off the ground. Hudson jumps a total of 16 inches, while Brandon wins again with 24. After that, it's time for aa more familiar fitness test staple: pushups. A minimum rep count of 25 is needed in order to qualify: Brandon maxes out at 40, while Hudson gets 42.
The penultimate event is the Illinois agility test, a footwork drill which must be completed in 20 seconds or under. Hudson completes it in 14.14 seconds, while Brandon smashes it in 12.78 seconds. "You beat me on pushups, so I had to beat you on this one," he says.
The final round is the multi-stage fitness test, also known as a shuttle run or beep test, an endurance-focused cardio challenge where participants must run 70 laps, each measuring 20 meters. The time spent completing each lap must not exceed 8.5 seconds. And while they excelled in the strength and mobility tests, Hudson and Brandon both fail this one.
"We weren't meant to be cops," says Hudson.
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Sunderland transfer news
Sunderland boss Paolo di Canio ready to listen to offers for Stephane Sessegnon
Popular Benin international wants to leave Wearside with the club ready to listen to offers
Jim DalyCrystal Palace writer
Let's talk about Sess: Sunderland ready to listen to offers for Stephane Sessegnon (Image: Ian MacNicol)
Paolo di Canio could be prepared to let Stephane Sessegnon leave Sunderland as he starts his summer shake-up.
The Benin international has reportedly had his head turned by interest from other clubs and is
Stephane Sessegnon seeks move away from Sunderland as striker remains unsettled
the Black Cats.
The 29-year-old still has three years left on his current deal at the Stadium of Light and while the club are not actively looking for suitors they would reportedly welcome any offers for Sessegnon.
Di Canio is preparing an overhaul of his squad - with goalkeeper Simon Mignolet on the verge of joining Liverpool - and Sessegnon could be next.
The former PSG attacker joined Sunderland for £6m in 2011 and has scored 18 goals in 95 games, including at Newcastle in April - a victory that helped secure the club's Premier league status.
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Development of antibiotic resistance in Gram negative bacilli: An eye opener
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Sonali Jain
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Context: Antibiotic resistance is a global problem. Organisms are showing resistance to not only the conventional antibiotics but also to the higher generation drugs. This enormous amount of resistance faced is a serious threat to mankind and this is further accentuated by the fact that the antibiotic pipeline is fast drying up. We are now left with only a handful of antibiotics to deal with all infections - serious or otherwise. The present paper highlights the current scenario of drug resistance especially in nosocomial settings. Aims and Objectives: To determine the distribution of bacterial pathogens causing nosocomial infections and their antibiogram, a surveillance data from January to December 2011 was collected in Mohan Dai Oswal Hospital. A total of 1800 samples were taken of which maximum samples were urine (766) followed by blood (428) and pus (216), and so on. Settings and Design: This observational study was conducted in the microbiology department of a multispeciality hospital during January-December 2011. Materials and Methods: A total of 1800 samples from different sources were included in the study like pus, blood, urine, sputum, etc., which were taken from patients admitted in the hospital for more than a week. Gram negative bacilli were isolated, identified, and subjected to antibiotic sensitivity test. Statistical Analysis Used: Descriptive statistics using percentages. Results: Out of the total 1800 samples included, maximum positivity was found in the pus samples (70%). Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) positivity was also maximum in the pus samples (90%). These ESBL positive organisms were further subjected to antibiotic sensitivity tests and huge amounts of resistance was noted to the conventional drugs including the higher end agents like Carbapenems. In light of this, newer drugs like Tigecycline, Colistin, and Polymyxin B were also tested. Barring Tigecycline, none showed favorable results. A noteworthy finding was the sensitivity of the urinary ESBL isolates to Nitrofurantoin. Conclusions: The situation is quite dangerous. The time is not far when we will be back in the dark ages of the preantibiotic era. The need of the hour is to be alert of the gravity of this situation and take necessary measures to halt its progress.
Singh RP
Jain S
Singh P
Gupta N
Extended-spectrum betalactamase
nosocomial infections
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Protecting Your Organization from Wire Fraud
Authors: Nathan Schissel, Stathy Markatos, Matthew Barnes
Categories: COVID-19, Information Technology (IT), Privacy, Science & Technology
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On March 18, 2020, the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (“CACF”) released a bulletin warning Canadians that fraudsters are exploiting the COVID-19 global health crisis to commit fraud and cyber-crime. As a result of organizations transitioning their employees to work-from-home or remote access arrangements in response to the crisis, new vulnerabilities are appearing which existing IT infrastructures may not have contemplated.
Cybercriminals are now looking to take advantage of these vulnerabilities through a number of different scams. Wire fraud is a tried, but effective, scam fraudsters and cybercriminals often use to intercept large transfers of funds. In view of the ongoing crisis and the rise in related fraud, it is now more important than ever for organizations to consider what steps they need to take to avoid falling victim to wire fraud.
Often, the private equity industry and their portfolio companies become the targets of wire fraud. When firms announce deals to the public, they release the names of top executives and these executives become future targets for cybercriminals. Once a cybercriminal has compromised your organization’s email, they wait for an opportunity to impersonate these executives and supply false wire requests or modify provided wire instructions. Alternatively, cybercriminals will extract investor lists along with their drawdown notices before modifying the bank details in the notice to direct funds to their own account.
The following are some protective measures your organization should consider to prevent wire fraud:
Confirm who you are dealing with: One of the most effective ways to avoid wire fraud is to confirm any request or transfer instructions over the phone. This means confirming all account details and dollar amounts before the transaction occurs and following up to verify the recipient received the funds. It is also important to ensure you are using contact information that has been independently verified prior to the request for funds being made and not contact information provided with the transfer request (i.e., make sure you are speaking to the right person). False contact information included with wire transfer instructions is a common fraud technique.
Implement Safeguards: There are a number of technical and operational safeguards that organizations can implement including: keeping operating systems and software up-to-date, installing security patches and updates as soon as they are available, installing appropriate firewalls and malware protection, incorporating appropriate administrative access controls, and implementing appropriate policies and procedures. Specifically, when it comes to work-from-home arrangements, organizations will want to ensure they have policies in place governing remote access arrangements. Our Securing Your Organization’s Information During Work From Home Arrangements addresses these types of policies.
Limit your employees’ authority: It is unlikely that every employee needs the authority to approve wire transfers. Controlling who has the authority to respond to, receive and send wire instructions is a risk-minimization strategy that not only decreases the likelihood of your organization being the victim of wire fraud, but will shorten the list of people who can be responsible in the event it occurs.
Watch for anomalies: You should be cautious of any last-minute changes to dollar amounts or account details, larger than normal transfers and multiple requests in the same day.
Educate your employees: Your organization should continue cybersecurity training particularly staff education regarding COVID-19 cyber-attacks. Cybersecurity threats such as wire fraud scams are often designed to take advantage of unsuspecting employees. The better trained your employees are in spotting the tell-tale signs of wire fraud the more likely they can prevent it. The value of cybersecurity training for employees cannot be overstated.
Get insurance: Cybersecurity insurance is an effective way to mitigate against potential losses resulting from wire fraud. There are several insurance options available to organizations to provide some financial protection against the various risks and liabilities associated with cyber-attacks and wire fraud.
Act quickly: If your organization is the victim of wire fraud, time is not on your side. Once the fraud is discovered you should consider taking the following steps:
1) gather all information about the fraud including documents, receipts and copies of emails or other images;
2) contact the financial institution that transferred the money;
3) place flags on all of your accounts and change your passwords;
4) contact the police; and
5) report the incident to the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre.
Get the right help at the right time: In addition to obtaining executive buy-in and working with internal security, IT and legal teams, there are a range of external advisers, consultants, investigators, coaches and products available to help organizations preparing for or responding to a cybersecurity attack including wire fraud.
MLT Aikins has the right combination of legal and IT industry experience to help you navigate the cybersecurity landscape. Our legal team has specific experience in the areas of information technology, cybersecurity, IT/IP litigation and privacy.
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Alpha Grillers Garlic Press & Peeler Set Review
We had the opportunity to facilitate a review for a Garlic Press and Peel Set from Alpha Grillers . Although we received a sample, our opinions are honest and unbiased.
We love to make Italian food using fresh garlic. Honestly, I guess there are many foods that we really use garlic on. The smell of cooking garlic..yummy! The pain about using fresh garlic cloves is chopping them up, and then having to clean the mess you made afterwards. Not to mention the smelly hands and fingers that seem to smell for days.
I was excited to use the Garlic Press and Peel from Alpha Grillers. I have used a few peelers in my time but had the common issues most do with them. It would be frustrating because they were so difficult to press, and they would eventually snap. Aluminum Presses corrode quickly.
The Garlic Press is made of high quality, solid stainless steel. It was incredibly easy to use-just put a garlic clove in the chamber of the Press and squeeze the handles.Open it up and see how much minced garlic you have! It wasn't hard at all.
The Garlic Peeler is made of a Preminum FDA approved Silicone. All you need to do with this is insert a clove of garlic into the tube and roll firmly in the palm of your hands. It peels the skins of the garlic clove in only a few rolls.
Alpha Grillers is a company that manufactures high quality kitchen tools and makes them available at Amazon. They had the Garlic Press and Peel extensively tested to identify the best texture and thickness of silicone for optimal peeling. The ergonomic design and heavy duty construction make it easy to mince garlic cloves and peeled ginger. You can even have sliced garlic. This is the only Press on Amazon to come with garlic peeler.
I really like the garlic press and peel set. It's easy and it's fast, does all the work in half the time. Being that this is solid stainless steel it will last for years in my kitchen.
The Garlic Press and Peel set is a gorgeously designed tool. It is perfect to give as a gift to that chef or someone who loves cooking. If for any reason you are not satisfied the set comes with a 100% Lifetime Money Back Guarantee.
If you would like to purchase the Alpha Grillers Garlic Press and Peel Set for yourself or someone else get it at Amazon right now for $12.97.
Alpha Grillers Best Garlic Press & Peeler Set - Solid Stainless Steel Mincer & Silicone Tube Roller
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I really like the looks of this, I will have to get one.:)
Susan Broughton October 22, 2014 at 9:57 AM
I have both of these items and they work really well but so does a knife lol
I've been on the lookout for a good garlic press...your review has convinced me that this is the one I need...thanks so much!
jenn erin October 23, 2014 at 1:26 PM
great review, we've been looking for a new garlic press. will consider this one!
Rose-Marie September 30, 2015 at 7:36 AM
I'd like to try this garlic press. I've been using a mortar & pestle, and it doesn't work that good for garlic.
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Polygamy Posted
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The Washington Post has a front-page story on polygamy.
Polygamy has deep roots in Utah’s history and in the history of the Church of the Latter-day Saints. Many mainstream Mormons once believed, and many fundamentalists still believe, that only men in plural marriages will get to heaven. But, to ensure Utah would get statehood, the Mormon Church swore off polygamy in the 1890s.
Even so, polygamous communities continued to exist through the American West and in Canada and Mexico. And in recent years, authorities in the state adopted a “don’t ask, don’t tell” stance, Shurtleff said.
One reason was that the politically powerful Mormon Church, while officially opposing polygamy, did not want the bad press strict enforcement might bring. Another reason was that law enforcement was worried that isolated polygamist communities would erupt in violence if raided. An internal memo at the Arizona attorney general’s office in 2002 spoke of a “Waco-level problem” among the polygamous communities along the Utah state line.
Shurtleff said he decided to confront polygamy’s darker side and leave the more mainstream communities alone…
The piece doesn’t mention the presidential elephant in the room. Instead it references Big Love as helpful in practicioners’ “quest to decriminalize bigamy” (Is the HBO show really helpful to polygamists?)
Anyway, the Romney camp ought to be happy about it. Get this stuff out in the open early. Then jump to the increasingly famous Irish Catholic view:
The First Wives’ Club [Kate O’Beirne]
The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Governor Mitt Romney’s great-grandfather had multiple wives and two great-great grandfathers had 10 wives each. The article allows that Romney “is a confirmed monogamist of nearly four decades and polygamy has been absent from his family going back two generations.” While some might note the upside of generously sharing those handsome Romney genes in the past, current history is noteworthy. Should Mitt Romney join a 2008 race that included John McCain, Rudy Giuliani, Newt Gingrich and George Allen, the only guy in the GOP field with only one wife would be the Mormon.
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Press Releases Bruel & Kjaer VTS at Best Factory Awards Conference
Brüel & Kjær Sound & Vibration Measurement
Bruel & Kjaer VTS at Best Factory Awards Conference
Brüel & Kjær Vibration Test Systems (VTS) will be presenting one of the sessions at this year’s Best Factory Awards Conference, running on 27 – 28 March 2012 at Chesford Grange, Kenilworth.
Dr Lawrence Grasty, managing director, and Andrew Turner, head of operations at Bruel & Kjaer Royston, will host a session focusing on ‘agility and workforce ability’ – describing how the vibration test systems manufacturer cut inventory, which resulted in a 50% cut in their lead times.
The Best Factory Awards Conference is an opportunity for guests to learn how the winners of the 2011 Best Factory Awards transformed their businesses.
The winning manufacturers in the 2011 Best Factory Awards all showed how a dedicated approach to continuous improvement and innovation can achieve amazing results.
Brüel & Kjær VTS was ‘highly commended’ at the Best Factory Awards 2011, held in October, last year. The company was a runner-up in the Best Electronics and Electrical Plant category.
Having entered for the awards in March 2011, Bruel & Kjaer VTS was subsequently shortlisted for three categories; Best Electronics and Electrical Plant, People Management Award and Judge’s Special Award.
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1 1 7 Crazy
2 2 8 Hips Don't Lie
Shakira feat. Wyclef Jean
3 3 7 Touch It
4 6 3 Running
5 7 15 Beep
The Pussycat Dolls feat. Will.I.Am
6 5 17 Bathe In The River
Mt Raskil PS feat. Hollie Smith
7 9 5 Forever Young
Youthgroup
8 8 12 S.O.S. (Rescue Me)
9 4 5 Flaunt It
TV Rock
10 31 2 Somebody's Watching Me
11 11 13 I'm In Luv (Wit A Stripper)
T-Pain feat. Mike Jones
12 10 7 Dani California
13 16 7 Control Myself
LL Cool J feat. Jennifer Lopez
14 13 4 Lean Wit It, Rock Wit It
Dem Franchise Boyz
15 14 17 Put Your Records On
16 15 9 Savin' Me
17 36 2 Who Knew?
18 21 16 Pump It
19 12 6 Sunshine Day
Spacifix
20 20 20 Suddenly I See
21 22 7 Black Horse And The Cherry Tree
22 23 16 Wake Up
23 38 3 Steady As She Goes
24 19 10 If It's Cool
Nesian Mystik
25 25 17 So Sick
26 18 17 Be Without You
Mary J Blige
27 17 7 Yo (Excuse Me Miss)
28 29 20 Love Generation
29 35 6 Red Dress
30 28 9 Ms New Booty
Bubba Sparxxx feat. Ying Yang Twins
31 24 3 Say I
Christina Milian feat. Young Jeezy
32 30 12 Upside Down
33 32 3 By My Side
4 Corners feat. Maia Rata
34 40 2 Breaking Free
35 27 4 For You I Will (Confidence)
Teddy Geiger
36 26 18 Hollie Smith EP
Hollie Smith
37 37 13 Grillz
Nelly feat. Paul Wall
38 - 14 Free Loop
39 - 7 Lonely Day
40 NEW! 1 I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker
This is the Official New Zealand Top 40 Singles Chart. The chart is compiled based on a 75:25 split between physical / digital singles sales figures and radio play information gathered by radio data collection agency Radioscope. The chart is supplied by RIANZ. For more information please see the RIANZ website.
Full List Of Charts: Official New Zealand Top 40 Singles
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Two strangers sing spontaneous duet in a Texas hospital
By Marnie Williams
MY9NJ
Credit: Sherry Willhoite
BAYTOWN, Texas - It has become a song heard around the world.
With over 5 million views, Pastor Mark Willhoite and his wife, Sherry, were visiting the Houston Methodist San Jacinto Hospital in Baytown, TX when an unexpected miracle happened. "I am so overwhelmed and excited," said Pastor Mark.
Pastor Mark was playing the piano in the lobby of the hospital and singing when a stranger appeared. Vera Swain sat down on the bench beside the pastor and the magical moment happened. "Vera was looking for a restroom and found me and my wife singing at the piano and sat down to join me," said Pastor Mark. "As soon as I heard Vera sing, I told my wife that we have got to capture this and put this online."
Sherry got out her camera and Vera and Pastor Mark started to sing. "This was an unrehearsed event, but it seems like we've been singing together for a lifetime."
Sherry posted the impromptu moment to her Facebook page and within a matter of days, the Facebook video has reached millions of people.
"Vera has become our best friend. She is an amazing person. For 30 years, Vera has taken care of dialysis patients, where she would sing and comfort them," said Pastor Mark. "We visit hospitals and nursing homes and minister to patients and visitors through song."
Pastor Mark and Vera will be flying to Atlanta September 3-4 to record the song, "What The World Needs Is Love" with Contemporary Christian recording producer David W. Huff in Good Hope, Georgia. "The studio is about an hour and half from Atlanta. I've known David for over 35 years," said David. "I met David in 1979 where he was singing at a church in Cleveland, Texas. I went to his concert, David and the Giants, and I knew there was a divine connection there."
According to Pastor Mark, fans only heard about ten percent of the song and he and Vera were just adlibbing at the hospital.
"These lyrics are going to change this nation," said Pastor Mark.
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But this time, they let them stay.
By Meredith Kesner Lewis | November 2, 2007
The St. Louis
American Jews
From Ynet:
A cruise liner carrying some 300 Jewish passengers docked in the Israeli port of Haifa on Thursday in a symbolic re-enactment of an attempt by European Jews to settle in British mandate Palestine 60 years ago.
Haifa Mayor Yona Yahav told the mostly French passengers, some of them relatives of those on the original ship: “This re-enactment shows that the Zionist enterprise is not yet over, we have a lot of work to do and without you we would not be able to do it.”(MORE)
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Snow blankets N.Y., Vt.
Afternoon squals lead to numerous accidents
WPTZ Staff
The temperature quickly dropped across New York and Vermont on Thursday, leading to a snowy scene across our region.NewsChannel 5 Chief Meteorologist Tom Messner said snow squalls should continue until about midnight. Expect more clouds than sun Friday with temperatures in the 20s.The snow led to numerous accidents.State police said a driver was going too fast on Route 15 in Jericho when his car flipped over just after 7 p.m. No one was hurt.Another car rolled over on Perry Mills Road in Champlain, N.Y. around 6:30 p.m. No injuries have been reported.In New Hampshire, a tractor-trailer separated, blocking all northbound traffic on Interstate 93 near Exit 34 near Franconia.And a two-car accident shut down part of Route 86, also known as The Notch Road, between Wilmington and Lake Placid.Various other accidents were reported along Interstate 89, but no major injuries have been reported.Transportation officials are encouraging drivers to take it slow as crews tend to the roads during the largest snowfall thus far this season.
COLCHESTER, Vt. —
The temperature quickly dropped across New York and Vermont on Thursday, leading to a snowy scene across our region.
NewsChannel 5 Chief Meteorologist Tom Messner said snow squalls should continue until about midnight. Expect more clouds than sun Friday with temperatures in the 20s.
The snow led to numerous accidents.
State police said a driver was going too fast on Route 15 in Jericho when his car flipped over just after 7 p.m. No one was hurt.
Another car rolled over on Perry Mills Road in Champlain, N.Y. around 6:30 p.m. No injuries have been reported.
In New Hampshire, a tractor-trailer separated, blocking all northbound traffic on Interstate 93 near Exit 34 near Franconia.
And a two-car accident shut down part of Route 86, also known as The Notch Road, between Wilmington and Lake Placid.
Various other accidents were reported along Interstate 89, but no major injuries have been reported.
Transportation officials are encouraging drivers to take it slow as crews tend to the roads during the largest snowfall thus far this season.
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LineDance said:
Interesting and Very ReAssuring when you put comments into wider context. Thank You.
I’ve never been happy with x1.4 and x2.0 tele converters on my Canon 70-200 f2.8 IS, May have only ever taken few dozen shots with them, maybe 36 shots LOL, tend to use that lens for portraits and weddings, not wildlife. Think the extra range on Olympus 40-150mm would better suit any playing with wildlife that I might do In future.
Stop Press - just had my Promotional 25mm f1.2 Pro Approved . Only wish my November trip to Goa wasn’t cancelled.
If thinking about spending a lot of money on what (in my experience) usually ends up as an entire system - it really is worth borrowing or renting the items which will be most important to you first.
Perhaps I'm biased because I rarely shoot at night - and when I do, it's generally a static subject and I bracket like mad. Many people on this forum will have many, often differing, reasons why MFT is good enough for them.
Regardless of how good I think the EM1 Mk2 is, you still have to operate the camera within its limitations, and advanced as it is, it does not think for you and it certainly doesn't automatically select the best settings for a given subject on a given day.
The Mk3 is definitely not a product that a Nikon shooter can expect to master in a weekend at the seaside. Petapixel's evaluation isn't exactly scientific.
I got the 25mm freebie. It's a super all-round lens.
Mike Wingate
Every camera has it‘s limitations. Some are the person holding the device. You need to be in the right place at the right time, be lucky, have enough light, correct settings and away you go. this week, I went to the woods to take dark photos of fallen trees and capture them as moody black and gray shots. My best photo was coming home and finding a puddle surrounded by autumn leaves.
5000 soft shots?
I mean, I'm actually really critical of my M43 stuff, and constantly looking at other options (a firesale Nikon Z6 after the holidays perhaps?), but if you only got a few sharp shots out of 5000 then... it's probably not just the camera. Also, from everything I've seen I'm avoiding the MC-20 for my 40-150. The MC-14 might be nice for a good price, but I think I prefer to use the lens naked and get its best quality.
Tapper said:
Someone recently did a comparison of the 40-150 + TC vs 40-150 + cropping. There wasn't much difference in the end result.
RichardC said:
Maybe I've been lucky, but I've not encountered an inherent sharpness problem with any MFT body or lens I've ever owned.
I think it's important to read the whole review. He was shooting with the 40-150mm f2.8, 300mm f4, 1,4x converters. He appears to be shooting surfers and zoo animals. He says ISO3200 isn't good enough (well get a monopod and don't bloody use it then!).
In his closing statement, he again refers to the sensor.
"You can get a D500, a truly phenomenal camera, for less than the Olympus E-M1 Mark III. Sure, it’s a DSLR, but it’s got a bigger sensor and a better autofocus system."
It's a pity that he chose not to publish his sub-par photographs. It would be interesting to see what he was attempting to shoot and how he was attempting to shoot it.
I'm sure for sports that the D500 is a better option - optical viewfinder, better AF (best Nikon does and probably the best full-stop), slightly better noise performance, some great F-mount lenses. However, for other genres, I can't really see how the D500 offers much more. Indeed for landscape use, the Olympus system with its far superior IS and fancy features like livetime, livecomp, liveND etc would set it apart (and of course all the advantages of mirrorless).
I think that he (author of Petapixel article) was writing about the fact that less light means also less contrasty edges (less sharp, more soft). So at high ISO lots of details are lost and edges are less pronounced.
But truth is that image part of this review is very vague and amateurish.
Is it really so difficult to demonstrate stated observations with full-res images and comparisons?
Funny (in an absurd way) thing is that most images in the review have much better resolution but one must open them in new page and then delete this part - "-600x800".
MichailK said:
hmmm, could the wisdom acquired be their use be the main reason for getting the best out of the m43 gear in your hands?
The only wisdom I acquired was that the responsibility to pay attention to the limitations of whatever platform I’m using rests with me. It’s important to know what you can and cannot do, be it film or digital. The great thing about digital
Is that your mistakes don’t cost you money. I learn a lot by making many mistakes all the time, even after 45 years of being a photographer.
retiredfromlife
Olympus/JIP Update: Changes To Imaging Business in Malaysia
Robin Wong
I belong to 2 photo groups that meet online by zoom each month. We are given a topic and have the opportunity to show 10-12 shots the following month. They are mildly critiqued and changed in LR by our leader at one group. He only knows 4 actions. Most faults are exposure, tilted horizons, especially water, in need of cropping and lack of artistic quality. It is not down to the quality of the camera and glass. The other group had a member who always shot in manual. He could never get the correct exposure, even when bracketing, or at least he said he had bracketed. So he bought another camera system, then a Nikon P1000 Bridge camera that he could not hold steady. M43 cameras and lenses are fine. They do the job.
What happens about camera updates and the rest in the new year. New Company, no legal requirements to continue old practice.
Mike Wingate said:
This highlights the potential problems with an update system that requires a web hook up to update. There is a work around for the camera but not the lenses as far as I know.
I wonder if JIP can get enough trust to continue. It will be a very interesting year in 2021 for us Olympus users
The current update is via the "Joint Update Service" which is something the m43 consortium has set up. I'b be surprised if it doesn't continue after the JIP transfer.
retiredfromlife said:
I don't think I've ever had to update an Olympus lens.
That's not to say updates don't exist - however, I don't look for firmware updates for things that are working with the system I have.
Jock Elliott
I still have a couple of questions that are nagging me.
Did JIP acquire only the camera division?
If so, who will be making the lenses? Olympus has medical and life sciences solutions that are highly dependent on optics. It strikes me that it would be smart if Olympus had the same folks making optics for medical, life sciences, and cameras.
Now that the camera division is peeling off, it would be nice to know that the same good people who had been making those nice Olympus lenses will continue to make those lenses, no?
Cheers, Jock
Jock Elliott said:
Not only the camera division. Everything except the medical devices if I remember correctly.
I think JIP have acquired the Olympus Imaging Division. I think it also includes the manufacturing facilities.
pake said:
Yes from memory, binoculars, sound recorders etc
SilverShutter
I seem to remember hearing something when the news broke out months ago about the optical experts moving into the Olympus medical division. If so, it's to wonder how that would affect the production of current lenses, and obviously impact future ones. Perhaps they may externalise fully into third party manufactures like Sigma, who I believe already designed and manufacture the 75mm 1.8 optical elements.
The Urban Image Thread
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Q-and-A with Nicole Lendo, Author of 'A Kids Book About Addiction'
“I wrote this book because I think addiction … affects many children’s lives.”
Struggling with the realities surrounding addiction are not uncommon for children. Nicole Lendo, a Special Education Teacher at Four Creeks School wrote the book 'A Kids Book About Addiction' for that reason. Multnomah Education Service District interviewed Lendo to find out more about how her Special Education career and writing about addiction intersects.
Her book is currently available for pre-order to be shipped during the spring of 2021.
#RideTogether: Families Receive Food, Learning Resources at Knott Creek School
Families and students of Knott Creek School picked up learning packets, tech, school supplies and groceries on Sept. 9, 2020. Families who couldn't attend had resources delivered to their homes to support comprehensive distance learning. Grocery pickup and delivery will continue throughout the year.
The next Family Food Bag Pick-Up Event is Wednesday, Sept. 30 at 9 a.m. Families can pick up groceries at the school.
Knott Creek and Four Creeks Dig into Garden Upgrades
The garden committee at Knott Creek School and Four Creeks School have sought out ways to continue our goals of having a school garden while maintaining physical distancing and safety. During this time, we have procured plant starts, seeds and soil for our gardens. We have sent students home with planting kits so they can observe their own plant’s progress. Staff members have worked hard to weed and maintain our large garden area. Justin Case, an Educational Assistant at Knott Creek School, with the help of his son, finished building our garden beds. We are so grateful for their work on the garden beds we had started with students earlier this year.
Food, Student Work Offered to Families at Knott Creek School
Every Friday, Knott Creek School offers groceries to students and their families. School staff has continued this food service since school closures. On April 3, they also had school work available for pickup. This service will continue until schools reopen.
Food and student work pickups are every Friday from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at Knott Creek School.
Knott Creek Students Build Garden
I'm excited to share the progress Knott Creek School has made since the WoloKahn Family Foundation contribution earlier this year.
Our school has been busy making our school garden dreams come true. Since we received the contributions, we've worked with students on how to use drills, building, measuring, plant identification, teamwork and making new friends.
We assembled our new wheelbarrow and recently built our raised beds. We have incorporated lots of math as we’ve measured our water hoses and plotted the layout of our garden beds.
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WWE issued the following news today:
New Classic Content: January 2018
Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling makes its WWE Network debut with this month’s new on-demand offering. Featuring nearly 100 episodes and over 70 hours of throwback action, travel as far back as 1981 and see the very early careers of WWE Hall of Famers such as “Rowdy” Roddy Piper, Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat, Jake “The Snake” Roberts, Sgt. Slaughter, Ric Flair, and more. Enjoy a small taste of the latest offering with this New Classic Content collection, featuring 10 memorable episodes from 1981-1983.
Mid-Atlantic Television Champion Ron Bass partners with Jay Youngblood for a tag team match main event. Roddy Piper leads Abdullah the Butcher into action against Ron Ritchie. Plus, Sgt. Slaughter, Jake Roberts, and many more in action – 9/12/1981
Sgt. Slaughter and Pvt. Jim Nelson take to the ring to battle the duo of Tony Anthony and Larry Hamilton in a Tag Team Match main event. Plus, Ricky Steamboat in action, Ivan Koloff defends the Mid-Atlantic Television Championship, and more – 12/12/1981
Chaos erupts when Jake Roberts takes to the ring to go one-on-one with Roddy Piper. Jack Brisco partners with Ricky Steamboat to battle Matt Borne and Steve Sybert. Plus, Jimmy Valiant, Wahoo McDaniel, and many more in action – 6/26/1982
NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair takes to the ring to go one-on-one with Jack Brisco in singles competition. Plus, Roddy Piper partners with Jimmy Valiant for a tag team match, Gene Anderson calls out Wahoo McDaniel, and more – 8/21/1982
NWA World Heavyweight Champion Ric Flair looks to humiliate Roddy Piper by challenging him to a unique confrontation. Plus, NWA United States Champion Greg Valentine in action, Bob Orton Jr. partners up with Jack Brisco, and much more – 11/27/1982
Greg Valentine puts the coveted NWA United States Championship on the line against Roddy Piper in the main event. Plus, NWA World Heavyweight Champ Ric Flair competes in singles action, One Man Gang partners with Mid-Atlantic Television Champion Dick Slater, and much more – 3/12/1983
Tensions between Ricky Steamboat and Sgt. Slaughter erupt. Roddy Piper continues his reign as the newly crowned NWA United States Champion by taking to the ring to compete in singles action. Plus, Jos LeDuc, The Great Kabuki, and many more in action – 4/30/1983
Paul Jones announces the winner of his ‘Dream Contest’ after leading Jake Roberts and Dory Funk Jr. to the ring for main event action. Plus, Ricky Steamboat looks to shut Jerry Brisco’s mouth, Wahoo McDaniel goes one-on-one with The Magic Dragon, and more – 7/2/1983
Things take a dangerous turn for Ric Flair when “The Nature Boy” takes to the ring to challenge Harley Race for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship in the main event. Plus, Bob Orton Jr., Wahoo McDaniel, and more in action – 9/10/1983
Representatives of the National Wrestling Alliance meet to establish the upcoming battle for the NWA World Heavyweight Championship between Harley Race and Ric Flair at Starrcade. Plus, The Assassins, Ricky Steamboat, Dick Slater, and many more take to the ring for action – 10/22/1983
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The Joint Board of Admissions and Enrollment, yesterday, says that no date has been set for the start of sales of the application documents for its 2021 Unified Tertiary Enrollment Examination, UTME.
The board’s Director of Media and Information, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, revealed this in an interview with NAN in Lagos.
Benjamin, who spoke in the context of reports in some sections of the media that the board had already started selling forms for the 2021 application, said the board had since distanced itself from such a report.
According to him, the report is totally false, misleading and malicious.
“The board’s attention has been drawn to a fictitious announcement of the sales of the 2021 UTME / Direct Entry (DE) application documents allegedly coming from the board.
“This is totally false and an attempt to mislead the public, as the board has not submitted its application documents for 2021.
“We have clearly defined communication channels and as soon as we start the process, the public will be duly informed through the necessary media platforms.
“The board therefore wants to urge members of the general public not to be fooled into falling prey to the antics of these folks, who take pleasure in causing confusion.
“We all know the global disruptions caused by the Coronavirus, to education and other sectors of the economy, hence the delay in the start of the process as it was obtained in previous years,” he said.
He urged members of the public to always check with the board through their online platforms for authentic information.
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Mac Miller's Mom Celebrates First Christmas After Son's Death
By Janice Williams On 12/26/18 at 1:58 PM EST
Mac Miller performs on the Camp Stage during day 1 of Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival 2017 at Exposition Park on October 28, 2017, in Los Angeles, California. Miller's mother celebrated her first Christmas without son. Rich Fury/Getty Images
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Mac Miller's mother celebrated her first Christmas since her son's death on Tuesday. Karen Meyers shared a photo of a holiday feast Miller's family enjoyed on Christmas Eve.
"We spent the most wonderful night with favorite friends.. that are our family," she wrote. "The love in the food and the atmosphere was transcendent.. so grateful… thank you Ian the master chef and Fig and with the company of Preston.. blessings."
We spent the most wonderful night with favorite friends.. that are our family .. the love in the food and the atmosphere was transcendent.. so grateful ... thank you Ian the master chef ... and ðŸ™ðŸ½ðŸ˜˜Fig and with the company of Preston 👼ðŸ¼ðŸ’–👼ðŸ¼ðŸ’–😋 💖👼ðŸ¼ðŸ’–👼ðŸ¼ðŸ’–â˜ðŸ¼.. blessings
A post shared by Karen Meyers (@_karenmeyers) on Dec 25, 2018 at 12:28pm PST
Several of Miller's fans responded to Meyer's post offering their condolences and wished the rapper's family a happy holiday.
Meanwhile, Miller's ex-girlfriend, singer Ariana Grande, also shared a subtle tribute to the rapper on Christmas. Grande shared a photo of Miller's dog Myron, whom fans have long speculated she adopted after his death in September. Along with a black-and-white photo of the dog, shared in Grande's Instagram Stories, the "Thank U, Next" singer included a tiny printed message that read: "We miss you merry Christmas."
Some fans speculated the message was intended for Miller, whom Grande dated for two years before the couple called it quits in May.
Miller, whose birth name was Malcolm McCormick, died on September 7. The Swimming rapper was discovered dead in his Studio City, California, home due to an apparent overdose. Further toxicology reports revealed Miller accidentally died from an overdose caused by fentanyl, cocaine, and alcohol.
Miller was nominated for his first Grammy award for Best Rap Album, along with Cardi B, Nipsey Hussle, Pusha T and Travis Scott, in early December. His mother shared her reaction to the news in an Instagram post—a screenshot of the Recording Academy's tweet announcing Miller's Grammy nomination. She captioned the image with a string of emojis, including two baby angles.
Similar to her holiday post, Meyer's message about Miller's Grammy nomination also sparked a wave of reactions from fans, who sent Meyer's their well wishes.
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NexTech AR Solutions to Webcast Live at VirtualInvestorConferences February 20th
By NexTech on Feb 20, 2020 8:04:56 AM
Topics: Press
Company invites individual and institutional investors, as well as advisors and analysts, to attend real-time, interactive presentations on VirtualInvestorConferences.com
New York, NY – Toronto, ON –February 20th, 2020 – NexTech AR Solutions (NexTech) (OTCQB: NEXCF) (CSE: NTAR) (FSE: N29), the leader in augmented reality for eCommerce and AR learning applications, today announced that Evan Gappelberg CEO, will present live at VirtualInvestorConferences.com on February 20th.
DATE: Thursday, February 20th
TIME: 10:30 am EST
LINK: https://preview.tinyurl.com/022020VIC-PR
This will be a live, interactive online event where investors are invited to ask the company questions in real-time. If attendees are not able to join the event live on the day of the conference, an archived webcast will also be made available after the event.
It is recommended that investors pre-register and run the online system check to expedite participation and receive event updates.
Learn more about the event at www.virtualinvestorconferences.com.
Recent Company Highlights
The industry leader in augmented reality, is pleased to announce that it launched its 3D/AR Ad Network which it believes can drive substantial revenue growth in 2020.
The company achieved $800,000 in revenue for the single month of January 2020 and gross profit of $528,000 representing a 66% Gross profit versus a 59% gross profit last month and the highest revenue ever achieved in a single month, which represents a 110% increase in revenue and 172% increase in gross profits year over year.
The company received a new 2020 order from Walther Arms, most famous as the manufacturer of James Bond's Walther PPK.
The company has launched a major enhancement by expanding platform to serve Apple’s .USDZ files along side the default format GLTF.
About NexTech AR Solutions Corp.
NexTech is one of the leaders in the rapidly growing AR industry, estimated to hit $120 billion by 2022, according to Statista. NexTech, the first publicly traded “pure-play” AR company, began trading on the CSE on October 31st, 2018. NexTech has a two-pronged strategy for rapid growth including growth through acquisition of eCommerce businesses and growth of its omni-channel AR SaaS platform called ARitize™.
The company is pursuing four multi-billion-dollar verticals in AR.
ARitize™ For eCommerce: The company launched its technologically advanced webAR for eCommerce early in 2019 and has been rapidly signing up customers onto its SaaS platform. Customers include Walther Arms, Wright Brothers, Mr. Steak, and Budweiser. NexTech has the first ‘full funnel’ end-to-end eCommerce solution for the AR industry including its 3D product capture, 3D ads for Facebook and Google, ‘Try it On’ technology for online apparel, 3D and 360-degree product views, and ‘one click buy’.
ARitize™ 3D-AR-360 Advertising Platform: launched in Q1 2020 the ad platform will be the industry's first end-to-end solution whereby the company will leverage its 3D asset creation into 3D, 360, AR ads. In 2019, according to IDC, global advertising spend will be about $725 billion.
ARitize™ University: having launched in June 2019, the app-based solution allows companies and educational establishments to leverage all of their existing 2D assets - YouTube videos, PDF documents, PowerPoint decks, images, etc. - and then overlay immersive 3D-AR experiences on top of that content for an interactive training experience that drives productivity.
ARitize™ Hollywood Studios: expected to launch in Q1 2020, the studio has created a proprietary entertainment venue for which it is producing immersive content using 360 video, and augmented reality as the primary display platform.
About Virtual Investor ConferencesSM
Virtual Investor Conferences is the leading proprietary investor conference series that provides an interactive forum for publicly-traded companies to meet and present directly with investors.
A real-time solution for investor engagement, Virtual Investor Conferences is part of OTC Market Group's suite of investor relations services specifically designed for more efficient Investor Access. Replicating the look and feel of on-site investor conferences, Virtual Investor Conferences combine leading-edge conferencing and investor communications capabilities with a comprehensive global investor audience network.
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The CSE has not reviewed and does not accept responsibility for the adequacy or accuracy of this release.
Certain information contained herein may constitute “forward-looking information” under Canadian securities legislation. Generally, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as, “will be”, “looking forward” or variations of such words and phrases or statements that certain actions, events or results “will” occur. Forward-looking statements regarding the Company increasing investors awareness are based on the Company’s estimates and are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements of NexTech to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements or forward-looking information, including capital expenditures and other costs. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate, as actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements. Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements and forward-looking information. NexTech will not update any forward-looking statements or forward-looking information that are incorporated by reference herein, except as required by applicable securities laws.
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Mary Hart Re-Ups at ET
By Jim Benson 08 October 2006
Mary Hart has signed a new multiyear contract to continue anchoring CBS Paramount Domestic Television’s top-rated entertainment magazine, Entertainment Tonight,after spending more than 24 years in the anchor chair.
The renewal puts to rest rumors that Hart, 55, a pioneer of the entertainment TV news genre, could meet the same fate as her onetime co-anchor, Bob Goen, who left the show in August 2004 after 11 years.
While the official reason given for Goen’s departure was that he wanted to spend more time with his new wife and pursue other projects, many assumed that his replacement, Mark Steines, represented a push by ET to reduce the average age of its audience. The program targets women 25-54.
But Roger King wasted little time in making the Hart announcement following his appointment two weeks ago as CEO of the newly merged CBS Television Distribution Group.
Hart is believed to be the highest-paid anchor on an entertainment newsmagazine, making somewhere at the low end of the mid-seven-figure range each year.
She is considered one of the pioneers of entertainment television, having joined the show as a correspondent on June 24, 1982, and becoming co-host less than two months later.
According to the syndicator, ET averages 7 million viewers per day in syndication and has held the top ratings position for nearly 1,300 consecutive weeks.
Executive Producer Linda Bell Blue, describing Hart as the "face of ET," called her the "driving force behind the continued success" of the show. Bell Blue went on to credit her with paving "the road of entertainment news."
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Re-Branded American Heroes Channel Sets March 3 Debut
Discovery Communications today (March 3) will flip the switch on its newly re-branded American Heroes Channel with the debut of original documentary series Against The Odds.
Formerly the Military Channel, American Heroes Channel will expand its focus on military-themed subjects to encompass profiles of the people and pivotal historic moments that have shaped today’s world, according to network officials. American Heroes Channel’s first year will include 17 new series and specials, beginning with Against The Odds, a six-part series that chronicles the stories of veterans from past wars.
The Military Channel averaged 211,000 primetime viewers in February, an increase of 3% compared to the same period in 2013, according to Nielsen.
“American Heroes Channel is not a rebrand but a broadening of a network that has a very clear core audience in place with respect to Military,” Henry Schleiff, group president of American Heroes Channel, Investigation Discovery, Destination America and Discovery Fit & Health recently told Multichannel News.
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TBS Secures Baseball LCS Package
By R. Thomas Umstead 17 October 2006
Turner Broadcasting System hit a cable-sports home run Tuesday by announcing a multiyear deal to televise one-half of Major League Baseball’s League Championship Series.
The deal, along with TBS’ acquisition of the Division Series playoff contests this past July, gives cable three-fourths of baseball’s postseason games through 2013. Fox Broadcasting, which currently telecasts both packages, will televise the other LCS contest.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
TBS will televise the National League Championship Series in 2007 and alternate between leagues each year through the duration of the contract.
TBS Sports president David Levy said the deal was a major coup for TBS and further dilutes the lines between broadcast and cable television.
“Ultimately, we believe at Turner that the television landscape has changed, with the lines between broadcast and cable virtually nonexistent,” Levy said. “We live in the one-television world, and the lines between television and cable now are less defined.”
Levy said the deal does not include other digital rights, such as broadband.
Along with playoff telecasts, TBS also has rights to all MLB tiebreaker games, 26 regular-season Sunday-afternoon Game of the Week contests beginning in 2008 and the MLB All-Star Game Selection Show.
TBS will also air 70 Atlanta Braves games nationally in 2007, then 45 games on WTBS locally in Atlanta starting in 2008 and running through 2013.
MLB commissioner Bud Selig said he’s not concerned about a potential drop in ratings for the LCS with its move from broadcast television to cable.
“With the television landscape changing as dramatically as it is, I, at this point in time, wouldn’t be willing to concede [lower ratings],” he said. “I’m very optimistic about this relationship, and I think it’s really a good one for us.”
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While Maitland kidsplay, parents have ball
Jerry Greene, Sentinel ColumnistTHE ORLANDO SENTINEL
You think the players are the ones from Maitland having a wonderful time at the Little League World Series in South Williamsport, Pa.?
Ha. Talk to one of the parents.
"The parents are having the better experience up here," said Eric Kovar, father of Saturday night's star pitcher, Skip Kovar. "That's because we understand the lifetime significance of this.
"The kids are having the time of their lives -- they just don't know it yet."
Not bad for the rest of us, either. It's strange. Most of us do not live in Maitland, but the Maitland Little Leaguers are near enough geographically to become close to our hearts.
(Note: And someone at ESPN reads the Orlando Sentinel. How else did they know to talk about Maitland supporters watching at the hometown McDonald's and those at the Post Time Lounge in Longwood?)
Despite the good will back here, however, it's the parents up there who are having the thrill of their lives. The elder Kovar, for example, got great "face time" on ESPN during Friday night's opening victory when Skip hit a home run that landed close to where Eric was sitting on the hill beyond the outfield fence.
"Yeah, I was looking all paranoid and confused until they gave me the ball," Kovar said, admitting his heart probably was working about 200 beats per minute. "I mean, what can be greater than a home run in the Little League World Series?"
Well, how about your son pitching a complete-game victory the following night? And Harold Reynolds saying on ESPN immediately after the last pitch: "Skip Kovar was the key tonight, throwing strikes and making them hit the baseball."
As the commercial says: Priceless.
Eric contacted me last week after the Cheap Seats discussed the dangers of youngsters throwing curve balls and simply throwing too many pitches. When Maitland beat the team from Davenport, Iowa, on Friday, the Iowa pitcher threw 136 pitches. Shame on that coach.
Eric was pleased Skip threw around 100 pitches, and no more than a dozen were curveballs. He emphasizes Maitland teaches its pitchers the proper way to throw. He also says Skip plans on playing lacrosse in the fall, taking a break from baseball until next year.
But not quite yet. On Sunday, Maitland was pulling for the power hitters from Hawaii, because a victory over Iowa would assure Maitland of advancing to the World Series semifinals regardless of the outcome against Hawaii today. Hawaii came through, and Maitland's dream continues regardless of the age of the dreamers.
Again: Priceless.
Football Countdown
Ten . . . 9 . . . 8 . . . Hopefully you know the rest without my help. Yes, the true countdown has begun until it all takes off Sept. 1.
As for a uniform number, 10 is surprisingly weak. There was Fran Tarkenton and Walt Frazier, but the biggest star has to be Pele. You remember Pele? He brought pro futbol to the United States, and we actually paid attention for a while.
But football rules, and don't you forget it.
Weekend Wondering
No T.O. allowed: There will be no mention of Terrell Owens in these notes. If you must speak about T.O., please take it outside, where we have designated areas. Thank you for being considerate of others.
Met a lot of nice people Saturday during UCF's Fan Day. They are trying hard to feel good about this season.
Still can't believe the Mascot Hall of Fame has its first class inducted and not a single vote for The Fat Guy.
Forgive me if I seem angry this morning. I had to buy a tank of gas over the weekend and I haven't reached the "acceptance" stage yet.
This just in: Randy Moss likes pot, Pete Rose likes to gamble, John Daly likes to eat and drink, Stephen A. Smith likes the sound of his voice, and Paris Hilton likes, well, everything.
What do you think of Tiger Woods' facial hair? He'd never work at Disney World.
Blackberry to Randy Moss: Call me, dude. -- Ricky Williams.
EA Sports' "Madden NFL 06" sold 1.7 million copies in its first week, its best opening yet. That's another reason for partying in Maitland, where the game is created at the Tiburon castle.
Bring back Celebrity Deathmatch with John Madden vs. J.K. Rowling in a fight for literacy.
Urban power: Florida was unranked in the final AP poll of 2004, but is 10th in the first one this season, while Utah finished last season as No. 4 and is not among the top 25 now.
Kansas City Royals: We salute you.
Closing thought: "I kind of look at Orlando as a blip." -- Doug Christie. Back at you, Doug.
'Watching' O'Leary
Every college football season produces compelling stories about the challenges faced by various coaches. There's Steve Spurrier coming back to college ball at South Carolina, Urban Meyer leaving Utah for Florida, Joe Paterno lashing himself to the mast at Penn State. But one man who fascinates ESPN is George O'Leary at UCF.
Over the weekend O'Leary was the subject of a lead story on ESPN.com. It began: "Nearly four years have slipped past since George O'Leary last won a game as a college head coach."
Startling when you put it that way. But the writer was sympathetic and added: "At UCF, time isn't an issue."
Unless you are an "ESPN Insider." One of the Insiders posted a list of "Hot Seat Coaches," including O'Leary. In fact, the Insider says: "Anything less than five wins overall could spell doom for O'Leary."
Anybody think that's true? Or should be true?
(Note: That's my pick for 2005 Knights: Five wins.)
Ricky's missing out
Apparently to prove he is focused on football, Miami Dolphins RB Ricky Williams is turning down most endorsement offers. Big mistake, Ricky, 'cause there are so many natural opportunities.
Faberge: "Hi, I'm Ricky Williams introducing a new cologne called 'Outta Here.' Just one sniff gives you the earthy smell of the Outback with a hint of the Himalayas. Outta Here, for the man on the go."
Wolfgang Puck Cookware: "Hi, I'm Ricky Williams, introducing a new line of non-stick pots and pans because I never stick anywhere long, ha-ha. Actually, I don't know much about pans, but I know my pots."
Carnival Cruise Lines: "Hi, I'm Ricky Williams introducing a new 'Mystery Cruise' leaving Miami for 'Parts Unknown' sometime between noon today and Sept. 8. Join me, won't you?"
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CAREER DEADLINE
In consideration of the challenges facing many in our country, NSF is extending the upcoming proposal deadline for the Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) until 5:00 p.m. submitter's local time on Tuesday, August 11, 2020.
Please note that the eligibility requirements specified in the solicitation remain unchanged, and proposers must meet all of the eligibility requirements as of the original deadline of July 27, 2020. The Departmental Letter that must be submitted by the Department Chair (or equivalent) must use July 27, 2020 to determine eligibility, regardless of whether the CAREER proposal is submitted before, on, or after July 27, 2020. An untenured assistant professor on July 27, 2020 is eligible to submit a CAREER proposal even if the Principal Investigator is tenured/promoted in the fall. A new faculty member who starts on July 28, 2020 or later is not eligible to submit a CAREER proposal this year.
In order to ensure timely proposal review and decision making, NSF strongly encourages submission of CAREER proposals on or before the original deadline of July 27, 2020. NSF will not consider requests to extend the deadline date beyond 5:00 p.m., submitter’s local time on August 11, 2020, except as outlined in PAPPG Chapter I.F.3.
CAREER WEBINAR
Thank you for attending the May 13th NSF CAREER Webinar. The webinar slides and recording with closed captions are now available.
The majority of the questions asked at the webinar are covered in the FAQs for the CAREER program (NSF 20-525). We refer you to this document.
We encourage you to contact the program officer of the program that you are applying to for specific program-related questions. If after reviewing the program descriptions on the NSF website you are still not sure which program officer to contact, please use the list of division and directorate CAREER contacts who can help refer you to a specific program and associated program officer.
EHR CAREER Webinars
Webinar for PIs Submitting a CAREER Proposal to the Directorate of Education and Human Resources (EHR)
Webinar Title: Information for EHR CAREER Proposers
Dates held: May 26, 2020, and June 2, 2020
Purpose: To learn about specific issues related to the submission of a CAREER proposal to the EHR Directorate and to be able to ask questions
The webinar is available in PDF format here.
CAREER and PECASE Information
Specific questions about appropriateness of a proposal to the NSF CAREER program should be directed to the Directorate or Division contacts found on the page http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/career/contacts.jsp
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for the Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program for Submission in Years 2020 - 2025 (NSF 20-025)
PECASE Press Releases, Photos and Award Lists
PECASE Recipients
Faculty Early Career program nsf-ccc@nsf.gov (703)292-5111
CAREER Directorate and Division Contacts:
http://www.nsf.gov/crssprgm/career/contacts.jsp
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CAREER: The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation's most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. Activities pursued by early-career faculty should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of leadership in integrating education and research. NSF encourages submission of CAREER proposals from early-career faculty at all CAREER-eligible organizations and especially encourages women, members of underrepresented minority groups, and persons with disabilities to apply.
PECASE: Each year NSF selects nominees for the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) from among the most meritorious recent CAREER awardees. Selection for this award is based on two important criteria: 1) innovative research at the frontiers of science and technology that is relevant to the mission of NSF, and 2) community service demonstrated through scientific leadership, education, or community outreach. These awards foster innovative developments in science and technology, increase awareness of careers in science and engineering, give recognition to the scientific missions of the participating agencies, enhance connections between fundamental research and national goals, and highlight the importance of science and technology for the Nation’s future. Individuals cannot apply for PECASE. These awards are initiated by the participating federal agencies. At NSF, up to twenty nominees for this award are selected each year from among the PECASE-eligible CAREER awardees most likely to become the leaders of academic research and education in the twenty-first century. The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy makes the final selection and announcement of the awardees.
NSF Outreach Activities
Research Opportunities in Europe for NSF CAREER Awardees
Research Opportunities in Germany for NSF CAREER Awardees
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Lighting Up the TV Screen With a Wild Rush
The six-part television adaptation of New Zealand author Eleanor Catton’s award-winning 2013 novel, The Luminaries is “a romantic introduction to the Southern Hemisphere country’s 19th century gold rush”, according to The National’s correspondent, Farah…
Russell Crowe’s Gladiator Marks Two Decades
As the Russell Crowe/Ridley Scott epic, Gladiator marks two decades since it first hit cinemas, UAE English-language daily newspaper, The National looks back at how Ait Benhaddou in Morocco formed the backdrop to some…
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UAE Roaster Kim Thompson Looks on the Bright Side
New Zealand-born Dubai-based Kim Thompson, the founder of Raw Coffee Company, tells local English-language newspaper, The National that looking after her employees is her priority during the COVID-19 crisis. The boutique roastery supplies cafés, restaurants,…
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Helen Clark Discusses Global Cooperation
Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark is unequivocal when challenged on the pervading doom and gloom about the world. Can she really remain an optimist? “Of course,” she said enthusiastically, when former UK…
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New Zealander Steve Ashby tells Dubai-based newspaper The National that he launched his start-up Businessmentals in the UAE in 2017 with one clear ambition: to provide other would-be entrepreneurs with everything they needed to…
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Don’t Quit Day Job Says Author Brandy Scott
New Zealand-born Dubai-based radio presenter and author Brandy Scott sits down with reporter Ashleigh Stewart, who writes for The National, to talk about her critically-acclaimed first novel, and about her second one already in…
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Sandy Myhre Promoting Women in Motoring Industry
It seems the motoring world is only now taking notice of female car ownership. Statistics suggest women play an influential role in as much as 85 per cent of car purchases across the globe….
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All Blacks Sevens Clinch Emirates Trophy
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It has been a busy first six months for Dubai Safari under the stewardship of its technical director, New Zealander Timothy Husband, Nick Webster reports for The National. Too big for owners to manage…
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Five months ago, the dream of United Arab Emirates American University of Sharjah (AUS) dean New Zealander Nick Ashill was to run 5400km across America. The 52-year-old was hoping to spread the word of pulmonary…
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Online response to a film charting Dubai’s growth since just before 1979 has almost been as remarkable as the development it depicts, according to the National’s Nick Leech. The film is made by New…
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The youngest member of the newly relaunched Labour for Independence group New Zealand-born Ben McKinlay, 17, from Earlston in the Scottish Borders, has voiced his full backing for an independent Scotland regardless of the…
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New Zealand-born Farhad Farahbakhshian and Briton Ed Sclater of Naked Labs have designed a mirror that lets you see, in real-time, the effect of your workout on your body. The Naked 3D Fitness…
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One word not often associated with Richard Wagner, the 19th-century composer of high romantic opera, is “cool” – yet this is the adjective repeatedly invoked by New Zealander Simon O’Neill, 44, who made his…
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New Zealand branding expert Oksana Tashakova, 35, is the founder and managing director of Wealth Dynamics Unlimited, a training, events and e-learning company focusing on entrepreneurship. Tashakova has just run the second annual Millionaire Summit…
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“Time and nature have wrought havoc underneath the surface of and the pretty wildflowers growing on the grassy contours disguise an elaborate system of caves,” David Whitley writes for the National. “Getting down into…
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Events · hong kong masters · longines hong kong masters · longines masters · masters grand slam · News Update · Jan 20, 2014
The Longines Hong Kong Masters announce prestigious new partners for 2014…
by Noelle Floyd
The much anticipated 2014 Longines Hong Kong Masters will be officially launched at a press conference in Hong Kong next Tuesday, January 21.
This year organisers of the event are proud to welcome back Title sponsors Longines, a long time supporter of equestrian sport around the world, along with a number of other exciting new partners.
The 2014 Longines Hong Kong Masters will be showcased to millions of television viewers for the first time through TVB Pearl as official broadcaster. The Hong Kong Jockey Club will again support the event with and host the prestigious Hong Kong Jockey Club Trophy.
Also joining in on the action at the show jumping extravaganza at AsiaWorld Expo in 2014 is Massimo Dutti. The fashion brand, inspired by the equestrian lifestyle, has recently developed an equestrian style line of clothing and already has a presence at various major show jumping events around the globe.
The Longines Hong Kong Masters event is also proud to have the support of worldwide aeronautics industry players such as Airbus Group and Dassault Falcon.
Celebrating the year of the horse, Opera Gallery will bring culture and arts to the event with a display of monumental equestrian sculptures by major contemporary artists. And in an exciting initiative Shanghai Tang will produce the official Longines Hong Kong Masters polo shirt for 2014.
These shirts proved very popular in 2013 and now with Shanghai Tang’s added class and style in design they will be even more highly sought after this year. Hermes Sellier, already associated with world class show jumping throughout other parts of the world, will for the first time have a presence in the Prestige Village with its chic and iconic equestrian products.
And in arts and design, Lalique and Artemide will have a presence at Asia’s only five star show jumping competition. Like last year, Veuve Clicquot champagne will be served both at the Masters Club and in the Prestige Village adding flair to the social side of things during the three days of the event.
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22 Wing Family Medical Clinic
The 22 Wing Family Medical Clinic is located at the rear parking lot of the CF Medical Facility at 95 Manston Crescent.
Patients can register by contacting Shirley Lirette at 705-494-2011 ext 2149. It is important to note that the Clinic will not accept patients that already have a family physician. If a patient already has a family physician but would like to become a patient of the 22 Wing Family Medical Clinic, they must inform their family physician that they no longer wish to remain as a patient and have that medical practice contact the 22 Wing Family Medical Clinic Office Coordinator to inform of the change.
For all inquiries please contact the 22 Wing Family Medical Clinic at 705-494-2011 ext 2149 or email at 22wingfamilyclinic@gmail.com
For a medical emergency, please call 911 or visit the North Bay Regional Health Centre.
On behalf of the Board of Directors, I am pleased to announce that as of April 1st, 2019 the 22 Wing Family Medical Clinic has a permanent, sustainable business model thanks to two of its physicians, Dr. Rappaport and Dr. Delisle. Their commitment and agreement to ensure military and local civilian families will have access to healthcare has provided much relief to the Board, as this service has been a necessity for families and the work to keep it funded year after year was demanding.
For the past decade the medical clinic has been able to meet a dire need in our community under the governance of the MFRC and the impeccable coordination of our clinic staff member, Shirley. Thanks to the ongoing, unparalleled support from 22 Wing and the generosity of donations from the greater community, things kept moving towards this ultimate goal of sustainability. We must also recognize the Special Advisory Group for the clinic, and all of its past and present members, including our Honorary Colonels, who dedicated their time and network connections to help us with this “no-fail mission.”
Going forward, the MFRC will no longer be involved with the oversight of the clinic in an operational or governance capacity, and it is a comfort to the Board that these important roles now reside with experts in the healthcare field. With this crucial issue now resolved for our military families, the MFRC will turn its focus to identifying other pertinent needs in the community, and our fundraising efforts as a not-for-profit will now be able to revitalize other important programs and services, such as our We Care Program, which provides support to families during difficult times or when emergency situations arise.
I know the Wing, our Board, and the staff are incredibly happy to see this goal come to fruition, and it is certainly a culmination of our MFRC vision statement: “fulfilling needs, evolving programs, enhancing military family life.”
– Tessa Clermont, Executive Director
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Kaali Khuhi Hindi Movie Review
Feature Film | Drama, Horror, Mystery | 1h 30min
Terrie Samundra's film is about female infant homicide in old Punjab and the horrific events that it spawns. The makers may have a stellar idea, but contrived writing means that the movie is a let-down.
Nov 8, 2020 By Sreejith Mullappilly
In the new Netflix film 'Kaali Khuhi', a 10-year old girl tries to save her family from the curse of their ancestors' misdeeds. The 'kaali khuli' in director Terrie Samundra's film refers to a black well, where ancient women threw away the female new-borns in their family. Samundra's film talks about the deliberate killing of the newly born child in ancient Punjab. When the eldest female member in their family gets sick, Shivangi, Darshan, and Priya go to her Punjab house. This triggers a series of events that harkens back to the horrible past, where female new-borns were infant homicide victims. Then, the onus falls on the 10-year-old to save her family from the spectres of the past.
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The premise is interesting, but the execution of it is not up to the mark. The makers neither work up a sense of dread nor freak us out with effective jump scares. Well-made horror movies follow the age-old principle of the genre: never show the ghost early on and too many times. We see the ghost in 'Kaali Khuhi' way too early, and by the time it subsides, we are barely awake (pun intended).
Some filmmakers challenge the audience to sit through their horror films while offering them a grand reward if they succeed in it. A classic example is Ram Gopal Varma, who offered it as part of his 'Phoonk' promotion. I must admit that I found it hard to sit through 'Kaali Khuhi'. It is not because the movie is scare-a-minute good, but because it is plain boring. I bet if you watch it alone in a dark room at night, you might doze off. As an audience member, the challenge here is how not to fall into a light sleep.
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Even the shoddy horror movies have a moment or two that makes us jump up and down, but this film lacks those moments. The improper execution is understandable because horror is no easy genre to pull off. Why? Because commercial and artistic elements of this genre seldom complement. A good horror genre movie, like say, Pisaasu, may not be 'scary good'. On the other hand, a fiendishly frightening movie, like say, Raat, may not have much to offer other than some great scares, quality making, and terrific performances. All of the above is to say, this genre does not offer filmmakers a lot of wiggle room for originality or creativity.
Despite considering the challenge that horror presents filmmakers with, I still cannot understand how the artists get it all this wrong. Kaali Khuhi is no more than a series of horrific images and videos put together. The climax of the movie is so contrived that even the makers might find it confusing some years down the road.
The only redeeming characteristics of the movie are the performances and some atmosphere building. Shabana Azmi, Sanjeeda Sheikh, Leela Samson, and Satyadeep Mishra may not be acting out of their skins here, but they at least act as if they belong in a horror movie universe. The surprise element here is the wunderkind, Riva Arora. With that tiny hair and cute face, she reminds me of Sana Saeed's Anjali Khanna from Kuch Kuch Hota Hai. For a small girl, she acts 'scared' with a sense of conviction.
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With its always mounting fog, almost-incessant rain, and darkness, the makers try to make a movie that stays loyal to the genre. One may even appreciate the selection of the movie location for it. Now, you decide whether all of these bright spots are enough to make it a worthy watch.
Sreejith Mullappilly
Ameya Mathew
Kalyani Priyadarshan
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Channel Island escorted tours for seniors
The opportunity to visit the United Kingdom ‘s British crown dependency, the Channel island on a small group guided tour for senior and mature travellers is high on their list of places to visit. The beautiful islands of the Channel Island are organised as two self-governing dependencies (or ‘bailiwicks’) of the British crown, Guernsey and Jersey, (the largest channel island) a 1204 charter guaranteeing their autonomy. They even issue their own notes-the Guernsey pound and the Jersey pound, at par with the UK pound. While Guernsey is rather British in culture, in Jersey, geographically closer to France, the locals speak Jerriais, a French derivative dating back to the Norman era.
Despite a turbulent history during German occupation of the islands in World War II, commemorated at the must-see German fortifications which are now the La Vallette Underground Military Museum, today the Channel Islands are all sleepy old-world villages, historic castles, and exquisite coastal beaches. St Helier, capital of Jersey, and the Channel islands harbor has a four-star hotel, the famous historic Pomme D’Or, which was where the Union Jack was raised in 1945 when Jersey was freed from German occupation. There are Neolithic sites in the island of Herm, and art galleries to complement the Islands’ ancient history and beautiful scenery and panoramic views along a often rugged coastline .
With sunnier days and milder winter weather than the British isles, it’s hard to see why you shouldn’t come explore one of Europe’s charming hidden gems on a guided tours of channel islands .
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Get ready to explore the Channel Islands Jersey, you say? Aren’t they the shirts footballers wear? Think again, traveller. Picture a smattering of tiny islands, a mere stone’s throw from England and France, peppered with…
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Touring the Channel Islands
Odyssey’s guided tour travels by coach and occasionally uses local transport, including trains and the ferry on these island. Specifics are always outlined in your tour itinerary. There is an extensive bus service on the Channel Island that will take you pretty much everywhere you want to visit. Bikes are a very common (and safe) mode of transport on either of the Channel Island – the maximum speed limit for cars is 35 miles per hour. A Ferry is the best way to get between beautiful island – bring your sea legs!
On this guided tours of Channel islands Odyssey stays in centrally located 3-4 star hotels, with easy access to public transport or the group may walk. In smaller towns or rural areas, we usually stay in family-run hotels or guesthouses particularly on the guided walking tour.
Odyssey always engages local guides with regional knowledge to ensure an authentic experience during which you can learn as much as possible about the history and culture of places you visit. From the Jersey war tunnels or German fortifications to a guided tour of Mont Orgueil castle ideally getting of the beaten track to learn more about the place.
Geography environment & weather
The Channel Island are split into two ‘Bailiwicks’, Jersey and Guernsey. A bailiwick is a self-governing British Crown dependency with its own parliament, laws and government.
The Channel Island are – as the name suggests – situated in the English Channel, just off the coast of France. The two main islands of Jersey and Guernsey make up 92% of the landmass, and the smaller islands of Alderney, Sark and little Sark make up most of the rest. There are many more smaller islets and plenty of rocks and reefs.
The Channel Island have a temperate maritime climate, and can be visited at any time of year. Extreme weather is very rare. This means warm (rather than hot) summers and cool to cold winters, perfect for a stroll outside. The weather can be unpredictable, however. It is possible to experience four seasons in one day – be sure to bring a waterproof coat just in case.
While there is no UNESCO World Heritage site on the either of the Channel Island, there is certainly no shortage of historic sites – both man-made and natural. These include the sixteenth century Elizabeth Castle and the 800-year-old Mont Orgueil Castle and Neolithic sites on Herm, the smallest island as well as the Jersey war tunnels and German fortifications all of which are typically included in the itinerary of a guided tours of Channel islands.
Both Jersey the largest island and Guernsey celebrate Tennerfest, a six week long food festival that takes place in autumn. Both also celebrate the Channel Island Heritage Festival, a five week focus on the history of the islands that marks the anniversary the end of the Nazi occupation during World War Two. Be sure not to miss Jersey’s ‘Battle of Flowers’, one of the biggest carnivals in Europe. Not to be outdone, Guernsey has a rival Floral Festival and a Nerine Festival which coincide with the best bloom times on the island.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Island Madness by Tim Binding
Island Gardens by Jackie Bennett and Richard Hanson
Jersey: Witches, Ghosts and Traditions by Sonia Hillsdon
The Channel Island have a strong tradition of fresh, locally produced cuisine. Given their maritime nature and the huge number of prized cows, the Island residents are particularly strong on fresh meat and seafood.
Fast food chains have yet to reach these shores. Instead, locals and visitors buy fresh food from ‘Hedge Veg’ stalls, miniature roadside fruit and vegetable stores that use an honesty system of payment.
Across each island, there are plenty of cosy pubs, beach cafes and al fresco dining – something for everyone. Enjoy French cuisine, English dishes and local fare.
While the Channel Islands are usually very safe to travel around, it’s important to stay alert to anything unusual. As always, keep a close eye on your belongings at all times.
The Channel Islands has a single time zone (excluding its overseas territories), Greenwich mean time . The nation observes daylight saving time from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.
Elizabeth Castle
Elizabeth Castle, used as a refuge by Charles II during the English Civil War
Wildflowers - the Channel Islands are a gardeners paradise
La Vallette
La Valette Underground Military Museum - walk the tunnels built during the Second World War
What time zone applies in the Channel Islands?
The Channel Island has a single time zone (excluding its overseas territories), Greenwich mean time . The nation observes daylight saving time from the last Sunday in March to the last Sunday in October.
Is tipping customary?
If you’re on an Odyssey tour, we take care of tipping so you don’t need to give it a second thought. However, in your free time, or if travelling independently, it’s essential that you make sure you tip an appropriate amount for services, as is the case throughout much of Europe. It’s customary to tip 10-15% of the bill at restaurants, or 1 to 3 GBP at a more casual establishment. It’s polite to round a bill up to the nearest whole figure or leave the change when buying drinks.
What is internet access like?
Internet access is easily accessible, and most hotels and many cafes will be able to offer it.
Can I use my mobile phone on the Channel Islands?
Check with your cell phone provider to see whether you’re able to make calls and use data while in The Channel Islands. Many providers will offer a daily fee that allows you to make calls and check the internet while only being charged your regular rates. However, be certain to inform your provider that you’re heading overseas, because just like a bank they can turn off your service as a result of unusual activity.
Which are the Channel Islands?
The two major islands are Jersey and Guernsey. They make up 99% of the population and 92% of the area. Other habited Islands include Alderney, Sark, Herm, Jethou , Brecqhou. There are additional 13 uninhabited islets.
Are the channel islands part of the UK or France?
The Channel Islands are an archipelago in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two Crown dependencies: the Bailiwick of Jersey, which is the largest of the islands; and the Bailiwick of Guernsey, consisting of Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, Herm and some smaller islands. They are considered the remnants of the Duchy of Normandy and, although they are not part of the United Kingdom, the UK is responsible for the defence and international relations of the islands.
What language do you speak on the Channel Islands?
English is the official language. A dialect of Norman-French is still spoken by some people on Jersey. French is still used in courts.
What currency is used in the Channel Islands?
Both Jersey ad Guernsey accepts British Pounds, however, they both have their own currency – Guernsey Pound and Jersey Pound.
How do you get to the Channel Islands?
There are three airports in the Channel Islands; Alderney Airport, Guernsey Airport and Jersey Airport, with daily flights from London and Paris. Ferry services operate between Jersey and Saint-Malo, France.
When is the best time to visit the Channel Islands?
The Channel Islands have mild temperatures all year round, although with their location, the weather can be unpredictable. With a lot of green space, the wildflowers go crazy in spring, the sea starts warming up around May, while September and October quiet from tourists. Odyssey’s tours are in held mainly May, due to the blossoming flowers and spring like weather.
"Must do" activities on the Channel Islands?
Jersey is known for beaches and cliff trails. Just outside the main town of St. Helier, the Jersey War Tunnels complex details the island’s WWII German occupation.
Guernsey is known for beach resorts like Cobo Bay and the scenery of its coastal cliffs. Castle Cornet, a 13th-century harbor fortification in the capital of St. Peter Port, now contains history and military museums. Hauteville House is the lavish former home of French writer, Victor Hugo.
Odyssey includes daily activities and visits, to make sure you leave the Channel Island as an expert of the islands.
These small group guided tours of Channel islands are for mature and senior travellers who enjoy learning and exploring. This may be a walk around the historic town along cobbled streets and old town squares to the main Channel islands harbor for a ferry to another island which is typically a short boat trip for the days walk to follow. Or a day trip of medieval to contemporary history exploring on a guided tour Mont Orgueil castle, the German fortications and Jersey war tunnels. There is a lot to learn about and Odyssey’s walking holiday that places you on a different island to walk as a day trip provides a terrific platform to visually see and learn. The guided Walking tour is not ardous and does take in some of the island rugged coast line and dramatic cliffs looking out over the sea as you walk before wandering along a sandy beach. If this guided walking tour of the channel island or our discovery tour of the island appeals then there are two scheduled departures each year.
Articles about the Channel Islands published by Odyssey Traveller.
Channel Islands Wildflowers, potato peel pie and rebels.
Understanding British Churches
Icons of British villages
Studying Gargoyles and grotesques
Victorian Country life
Britain’s neolithic past
Lumps and bumps, how to read the British landscape
English village history
Britain’s National trust a history
For all the articles published on Britain by Odyssey Traveller, please click through on this link to view.
External articles to assist you on your visit to the Channel Islands
How come the Channel Islands, though so close to France, are part of the UK? (The Guardian)
Seven amazing reasons to visit St Peter Port: the tiny capital that’s big on charm (The Telegraph)
Eat Do Sleep Guernsey (The Luxury Editor)
Channel Islands Overview by the BBC.
About the Channel islands
Channel Islands in WWII
Responsible travel tips for the Channel Islands
Learn at least the local greetings to break the ice. Although many locals speak English, the more you know of the native language, the greater your experience of the country will be.
Carry a business card in your wallet or purse from your local hotel, to assist you with the return journey if you do become lost.
Always ensure that you are covered by travel insurance. If you need advice on this feel free to contact Odyssey and we’ll be able to help.
When travelling independently, make sure you check the opening hours of shops and museums so that you don’t miss out! Museums and galleries are often closed on Mondays. Also be certain to check whether your trip coincides with any public holidays, so you can plan accordingly.
Consider contacting your bank to inform them that you may be making purchases overseas. Otherwise, they may flag any activity on your account as suspicious. Also, check which ATMs and banks are compatible with your cards, to ensure you can withdraw cash with minimal fees.
Before departing, make sure you have a number of pounds in a range of denominations. You don’t want to be carrying around enormous amounts of cash, but take enough to make it easy to pay in locations that might not accept credit card. It will also help you avoid card transaction fees, and it makes tipping a breeze.
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a framework for preventing violence against women and their children, created by Change the Story
In the broadest sense, violence against women is any assault on a woman’s body, physical integrity, or freedom of movement inflicted by an individual or through societal oppression. Every form of violence limits our ability to make choices about our lives.
Violence against women is pervasive in the United States and around the world. Young women, low-income women, women of color, immigrant women, elderly women, and women with disabilities are disproportionately affected.
The World Health Organization recognizes sexual violence, intimate-partner violence, and other abuse of women and children as public health problems of epidemic proportions. The United Nations has repeatedly called for the “elimination of all forms of violence against women.” The International Criminal Court in The Hague has recognized rape used in war as a war crime. And in the United States and many other countries, law enforcement agencies increasingly provide specialized training for officers dealing with abuse situations.
Yet violence against women is so woven into the fabric of acceptable behavior that many women who experience violence feel that they are at fault or have no right to complain about violent treatment. The articles in this section look at the kinds of violence that are perpetrated, the struggle for recovery, and the movement to end violence against women.
Four Decades of Activism
Men’s Activism: White Ribbon Campaign
Understanding and Recognizing Abusive Behavior
Making a Safety Plan
Rape & Sexual Assault
If You Have Been Raped on Campus
Sexual Assault by a Woman
Legal Considerations Regarding Sexual Assault
Obtaining Medical Attention if You Have Been Sexually Assaulted
What To Do If Someone You Care About Has Been Raped
Responses and Recovery
Recommendations for Healing From Abuse
How Past Sexual Abuse or Violence Affects Relationships
Emotional and Physical Reactions to Violence and Abuse
Recovering from Rape and Abuse
How Sexual Abuse Can Affect Pregnancy and Birth
Violence & Abuse Resources
Recommended Resources: Violence & Abuse
Our Bodies, Our Stories
Sexual Abuse Colored my View of Men
I remember the first time someone called me racist. A motorcycle courier, picking up a package from my work, had twigged that the Malay chap who had just stormed out was, in fact, my ex-husband. And that the guy I was seeing was Palestinian.
“You’re racist, you are,” the motorcyclist declared, offended on behalf of every white man, ever. “You’re the worst kind of racist: You’re racist against your own kind.”
“I’m not racist…” I started, feebly.
“Yeah you are!” Visibly annoyed, the motorcyclist was stridently outrage. “You ... More
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South Carolina Military Bases
628th Medical Group – Joint Base Charleston
628th Medical Group - Joint Base Charleston
204 W Hill Blvd
Joint Base Charleston, SC 29404
The 628th Medical Group provides quality health services for 63,000 eligible beneficiaries,dental readiness for 4,000 active duty service members, and an occupational health program for 2,100 members on Joint Base Charleston thereby ensuring Airmen are medically prepared to support combatant commanders worldwide, over 60 Department of Defense & Federal agency Joint Base partners, and DoD’s largest fleet of C-17s. A total of 270 manpower positions, assigned to the group staff and three squadrons, encompass the medical group. These medics support over 47,000 primary care visits (across 14 medical specialties), 42,000 prescriptions, 110,000 laboratory tests, and 5,900 diagnostic images annually. The group maintains $24.6 million in assets and executes an annual total budget of $27 million, also organizing, training, and equipping 13 mobility teams, including a 10 bed Mobile Aeromedical Staging Facility, for global deployment. The 628th Medical Group also supports operations on the Naval Weapons Station including clinical counseling services, water sampling, radiation safety guidance, food inspections, health risk assessments, and occupational health exams.
Frequent numbers called
Dental: Bldg 364, (843) 963-6675
Tricare Numbers
Nurse Advice Hotline TRICARE- (800) 874-2273 Opt 1
Primary Care Appointments- (800) 600-9332
TRICARE for Life- (866) 773-0404
Tricare partners with United Healthcare Military & Veterans as its regional contractor in the Western United States to provide health care services and support to beneficiaries.
Home TRICARE:
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Tricare Home Page allows access to Enroll in or Purchase a Plan, File or Check a Claim, View Referrals, Find a Health Care Provider, Change Your Primary Care Manager, Compare Plans, Manage Prescriptions and much more.
Nurse Advice Line TRICARE: (800) 874-2273 Opt 1.
The Nurse Advice Line is available to all TRICARE beneficiaries in the U.S., except those enrolled in US Family Health Plan. You can call the Nurse Advice Line 24/7, at no cost to you, to talk to a registered nurse who can: Answer your urgent care questions.
New to TRICARE:
https://www.tricare.mil/Plans/New
Learn more about TRICARE- Watch an overview video & take free public TRICARE courses online.
TRICARE Online:
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You can make Primary Care appointments, check lab results and even order your pharmacy refills using TOL, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
TRICARE For Life:
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Contact- (866) 773-0404
TRICARE for Life is your Medicare-wraparound coverage for TRICARE-eligible beneficiaries who have Medicare Part A and B. TRICARE for Life beneficiaries can receive care at military hospitals and clinics, but only on a space-available basis.
TRICARE Pharmacy Program:
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The TRICARE Pharmacy Program provides the prescription drugs you need, when you need them, in a safe, easy, and affordable way.
Customer Service Community Directory:
https://www.tricare.mil/bcacdcao/
The directory helps you connect with a Beneficiary Counseling and Assistance Coordinator (BCAC), Debt Collection Assistance Officer (DCAO), or other member of the customer service community. If you have questions or issues specific to a single clinic or hospital, contact someone listed for that facility.
You may contact any customer service community representative for general TRICARE issues.
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The numbers for Fairchild Air Force Base have low accuracy due to its unique utilization. Entire companies are rotated through on a regular basis, so large portions of the phone directory are subject to change without notice. Please contact the base operator at (509) 247-1212 if you experience any difficulty reaching your desired contact.
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Healthcare Services - Appointments 628th Medical Group 1 (843) 963-6880
Dental - Main 628th Medical Group 1 (843) 963-6675
Dental - On Call (Through Command Post) 628th Medical Group 1 (843) 963-8400
Dental - Nurse Triage 628th Medical Group 1 (843) 963-6880
Family Health Clinic - Main 628th Medical Group 1 (843) 963-6880
Family Health Clinic - Fax 1 628th Medical Group 1 (843) 963-6547
Family Health Clinic - Deployment Health Assessment 628th Medical Group 1 (843) 963-6928
Flight Medicine - Appointments 628th Medical Group 1 (843) 963-6880
Flight Medicine - Fax 628th Medical Group 1 (843) 963-6903
Health Promotions - Formerly HAWC 628th Medical Group 1 (843) 963-4087
Immunizations - Main 628th Medical Group 1 (843) 963-6880
Immunizations - Fax 628th Medical Group 1 (843) 963-6507
Laboratory - Main 628th Medical Group 1 (843) 963-6982
Laboratory - Fax 628th Medical Group 1 (843) 963-6862
Mental Health - Main 628th Medical Group 1 (843) 963-6852
Mental Health - On Call (Through Command Post) 628th Medical Group 1 (843) 963-8400
Optometry - Appointments 628th Medical Group 1 (843) 963-6880
Optometry - Fax 628th Medical Group 1 (843) 963-6812
Pediatrics - Main 628th Medical Group 1 (843) 963-6880
Pediatrics - Fax 628th Medical Group 1 (843) 963-6536
Physical Therapy - Main 628th Medical Group 1 (843) 963-6791
Physical Therapy - Fax 628th Medical Group 1 (843) 963-6693
Healthcare Services - Public Health 628th Medical Group 1 (843) 963-6962
Radiology - Line 1 628th Medical Group 1 (843) 963-6716
Radiology - Fax 628th Medical Group 1 (843) 963-6819
Healthcare Services - Referral Management Center 628th Medical Group 1 (843) 963-6745
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Where’s the Wave?
Steven L. Taylor · Friday, June 4, 2010 · No comments
Much has been made of the pending anti-incumbent wave coming to a ballot box near you. However, to date, there is has been far more of a small splash than there has been a wave.
As CNN notes:
Despite all the calls for new blood in Washington and for Americans to dismiss “career politicians,” thus far primary voters mostly have chosen established party insiders over farmers, businessmen and candidates from outside the political realm.
And far more incumbents have survived than have been toppled.
“The idea that there’s this huge anti-incumbent wave in the election is considerably exaggerated,” said Emory University political science professor Alan Abramowitz.
Indeed, to buttress a point I have made before:
Abramowitz believes all four of the incumbents ousted so far are special cases, with two party switchers (Sen. Arlen Specter in Pennsylvania, Rep. Parker Griffith in Alabama), one facing corruption charges (Rep. Alan Mollohan in West Virginia) and one losing at a closed-vote party convention (Sen. Bob Bennett in Utah).
Now, granted, we are still early in the game insofar as there a lot of primaries left and the real test will be in November.
FILED UNDER: Campaign 2010, US Politics
About Steven L. Taylor
Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog). Follow Steven on Twitter
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Works Like People II
In 2016 Paintings in Hospitals partnered with the world-renowned Wallace Collection to commission and deliver new site-specific works by acclaimed contemporary artist Tom Ellis.
The Wallace Collection, one of the most significant collections of fine and decorative arts in the world, has exhibited works by contemporary artists in dialogue with its historic collection for over a decade, whilst, since 1959, Paintings in Hospitals has held the UK’s first and only national art collection specifically created and curated for display within health and social care spaces. It is this common theme and challenge of exhibiting contemporary works in non-neutral, aesthetically-complex environments that so appealed to artist Tom Ellis.
Works Like People II work at Paddington Green Health Centre
Tom, who has exhibited widely in London, Europe and across the globe, is no stranger to questioning viewers’ expectations in this way: his artistic practice often places paintings and furniture side by side, creating contrasts and tensions within the archetypal gallery space. Tom’s Works Like People II project will be both a direct extension of, and prelude to, his upcoming exhibition The Middle at the Wallace Collection.
Tom Ellis said:
“Working at the Wallace Collection and with Paintings in Hospitals feels riskier and more challenging than working in the neutral environment of the contemporary gallery. Although Hertford House has the opulence of a historic residence, while the GP surgeries have the everyday functionality of working health centres, it is still a form of visual chaos or aesthetic heterogeneity that is simply excluded from the white cube model of display.”
Works Like People II work at the Bromley by Bow Centre
Dr Christoph Vogtherr, Director of the Wallace Collection, said:
“Paintings in Hospitals has provided a welcome opportunity to widen the scope of the project into another, radically different type of space. Tom Ellis has created works for doctors’ surgeries where the same questions as posed in The Middle arise in a different context: What type of art and what display style do we expect in a surgery? Does art in this context necessarily have to aim for the uplifting as might be the social consensus? And what might that mean? Finally – and here we come back to a core question of Tom Ellis’s work: Where are the demarcation lines around ‘art’? How do we identify art in different contexts – in a surgery rather than in a museum, an art gallery or an artist’s studio? Paintings in Hospitals will help to open this exploration up to more and different participants.”
Tom Ellis's work at Victoria Medical Centre
The Works Like People II project was specifically conceived with healthcare staff and their patients in mind, to enhance the care environment through the introduction and exploration of complex ideas surrounding comfort and familiarity. The project utilises art’s ability to challenge and subvert to question notions of what a primary care space should be.
Ben Pearce, Director of Paintings in Hospitals, said:
“We are thrilled to be collaborating with Tom Ellis and the Wallace Collection to bring this project to life. Paintings in Hospitals was founded on the belief that everyone, regardless of age, disability or illness, should have access to the proven wellbeing benefits of art. Through our partnership with the Wallace Collection, we can again ensure that even those who aren’t always able to visit national museums and galleries are still able to experience the very best in contemporary art.”
To help patients, care staff, and the public make the best of the Works Like People II project, there was an accompanying programme of talks, workshops, and creative activities.
Find out more about this project in our blog...
Updated: 1st May, 2019
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Paxon is proud to be recognized by professional associations, civic organizations and industries for its innovations and achievements in the industry.
Paxon Wins 2021 Impact Award by REAL LEADERS
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Paxon – No. 9 Fastest Growing Companies on the Inc. 5000 List
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Best Woman-Run Company in Oil & Gas
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ENR California’s 2020 Top Young Professionals
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2020 Enterprising Women of the Year Award Winners
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WBEC Pacific Awarded Paxon the Excellence Award for the Woman Business of the Year.
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Paxon is listed as #40 on the list of Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies.
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Home Scoops & Analysis Frontier Capital raises $390 mln for fourth fund
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Frontier Capital raises $390 mln for fourth fund
Frontier Capital has closed its fourth growth equity fund at $390 million, beating its $300 million target.
The Charlotte, North Carolina-based firm said Frontier Fund IV LP, which was oversubscribed, will invest in lower middle market software and tech-enabled business service companies. Frontier will seek to invest from $10 million to $40 million equity per deal for majority or minority positions.
Lazard was the placement agent for Frontier Fund IV.
In June 2012, Frontier’s previous private equity fund closed at $250 million, exceeding its $200 million target. Frontier Fund III generated an average IRR of 16.00 percent and an average multiple of 1.26x as of September 30, 2014, according to data performance provider Bison.
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Green Noise
Imprint: Jonathan Cape
Dimensions: 199mm x 5mm x 131mm
Jean Sprackland
Jean Sprackland is celebrated for her tactile, transformative poetry which makes the miraculous seem familiar and the domestic other-worldly. Her new collection is tuned to new and deeper frequencies. ‘Green noise’ is the mid-frequency component of white noise – what some have called the background noise of the world – and these poems listen for what is audible, and available to be known and understood, and what is not. Each poem is an attempt at location – in time, in place, in language. Some enquire into the natural world and our human place in it, by investigating hidden worlds within worlds: oak-apples, aphid-farms, firewood teeming with small life. Others go in search of fragments of a mythic and often brutal past: the lost haunts of childhood, abandoned villages, scraps of shared history which are only ever partially remembered. A physical relic or a mark on the landscape seems briefly to offer a portal, where a sounding is taken from present to past and back again.
Deeply engaged with the flux of the world, these poems are alert, precise and vividly memorable – listening to the ‘machine of spring/with all your levers thrown to max’, ‘hearing the long bones of the trees stretch and crack’.
Sprackland likes to read the sign language of the natural world… These poems are exact and well made, their lightness of touch often given drive by a fierce vocabulary.
Peter Scupham, Literary Review
Jean Sprackland’s Green Noise has a tangy, earthy smell about it. She is a snooper on the natural world, a conspiratorial poet who upturns things to find out what’s odd about them and, almost incidentally, explores her own lostness as she goes.
Michael Glover, The Tablet
These Silent Mansions
Sleeping Keys
Jean Sprackland is the author of five previous poetry collections, including Tilt, which won the 2007 Costa Poetry Award. She has also published a book of non-fiction, Strands: A Year of Discoveries on the Beach, which won the 2012 Portico Prize. She lives in London.
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