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Crane Currency has printed its one billionth banknote at its facility in Hal Far just 10 months after the start of production in December 2017.
The Malta facility, which employs more than 3<|fim_middle|> 10 months," Scott said.
The Malta facility offers the latest in printing equipment and technology to support the demanding requirements of central banks. | 50 people, was the first commercial banknote printing facility to be built in several decades by the Boston-based company.
The company supplies secure and durable banknotes for central banks all over the world.
John Scott, director of operations at the Malta plant, said the printing of the one billionth banknote was "a tremendous achievement".
"Printing banknotes involves complex and exacting processes. From start to finish, each banknote takes around four weeks to print and requires the precise co-ordination of over 350 employees. We're thrilled that we have managed to print our billionth banknote in under | 123 |
Bilney or Bilenei meaning: an island on a beak of land. The first element is bile meaning "a beak". It could be a personal name, but it is more likely to be used in a topographical sense. The second element is eg (island). West Bilney Cecilia Church, a small church with a Norman nave, and one blocked window on the north side. The chancel has disappeared. The church has a west tower with flushwork battlements of Perpendicular period. Two big altar recesses with pointed heads in the naves north and south<|fim_middle|>1, but the design of the pulpit harks back to the combined reading desk and pulpit of the 18th century, also to from the same area, is a bier, this one without wheels. | walls. The font is simple, and like so many octagonal in shape. Perpendicular, with encircled quatrefoils. The church was not always looked after well. In 1597 Bishop Redman's visitation thundered "The chauncell is decayed for it wanteth thatchinge" The curate, one Cooke, was sloppy. "He receaveth to the Communion those which have not been confirmed" In 1753 a faculty was applied for to demolish and lay waste the chancel. The lead off the roof was sold along with two of the three bells, this to pay for repairs. On both the north and south walls of the church it's easy to see a clear join, this where the masonry seems to have been finished off. Oddly these joins aren't parallel and on the south side, the bricks at the join seem to be curving to form an arch over a door, this no longer exists. There are monumental arms to the Freke family, including skull and cross bones, possible that of the one Elizabeth Freke, paid for her husband Percy's place. The church has pine pews, and a pulpit from 188 | 250 |
Deacon Henry Brewster Decides To Create Howard University
On November 20, 1866, ten members of the First Congregational Society of Washington, D.C. gathered in the home of Deacon Henry Brewster for a missionary meeting.
While there, they resolved to establish a seminary for the training of African-American preachers. By early 1867, the founders had broadened<|fim_middle|> Kelly Miller, President's Address, Sixth Triennial Meeting of the College Alumni Association of Howard University, College Chapel, May 18, 1892.
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Howard University was incorporated on March 2, 1867, and accepted its first students the following May. Its founders envisioned the institution as a resource for the training of black teachers and preachers for the purpose of educating and uplifting the nearly four million recently emancipated slaves.
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Howard University is a private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C., United States.
Howard was established by a charter in 1867, and much of its early funding came from endowment, private benefaction, and tuition. An annual congressional appropriation administered by the Secretary of the Interior funded the school.[citation needed] It was named for founder Oliver Otis Howard who was commissioner of the Freedmen's Bureau and who later served as a president of the school. Today, it is a member school of the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund[3] and is partially funded by the US Government, which gives approximately $235 million annually. From its outset, it was nonsectarian and open to people of both sexes and all races. Howard has graduate schools of pharmacy, law, medicine, dentistry and divinity, in addition to the undergraduate program. The current enrollment is approximately 11,000, including 7,000 undergraduates. The university's football homecoming activities serve as one of the premier annual events in Washington.
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For wherever and whenever measures are advanced for the welfare of the people and the direction of the masses there the sons of Howard will be found in the midst of them…"
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John Wesley Harding: The Musical Side Of A Split Personality
By NPR Staff
Published November 4, 2011 at 10:02 AM HST
Jason Quigley
John Wesley Harding (bottom left) and the touring company for The Sound of His Own Voice, featuring members of The Decemberists, R.E.M., and The Minus 5.
"When I first started making music, I took a fake name to disguise the fact I was going to embark on what was bound to be<|fim_middle|> music fit together.
"On some of my early records, there were some real missteps. There's a particular song on my third record that is so not how that song should have gone — it was a down and depressed and dour song, but somehow in the studio it became a rip-roaring, Springsteen kind of song," Harding says. "Ever since then, when I look back on those things, I try and really make it so that the song and the message fit together. But sometimes, those two things are in counterpoint."
More from Hawai'i Public Radio | a short, unsatisfactory musical career," John Wesley Harding says. That was 23 years ago.
Harding recently launched a side career as a novelist, for which he uses his given name: Wesley Stace. But he's continued to release music under his alias, a name he shares with a 1967 Bob Dylan record. Speaking with Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon, Harding says he's learned to spread the wealth between his two creative personas.
"I think that novel-writing is kind of taking care of a lot of the fictional impulses that I have. Now, when I think of an idea for a song, I often think, 'Oh, no — that's a terrible idea for a song. But it's a great idea to put into a novel,' " Harding says. "Suddenly, I find myself writing rather more personal material — which, of course, is what a lot of people do use music for. I'd just never really used it in that way."
Harding's latest album is called The Sound of His Own Voice. It features plenty of guests, including Rosanne Cash, Peter Buck of R.E.M., and most of the members of The Decemberists. Asked whether those collaborations affect the work, Harding says it's "a bit of a horse-and-cart, egg-and-hen situation."
"I really wanted to make an album with all the guys in The Decemberists, and so this record really is a long web of friendships going back many, many years," Harding says. "Rather than [say], 'Oh, I'll write a bunch of songs,' I'll look through the songs that I have and go, 'Which songs do I think will make a good album, and which will this particularly versatile group of musicians sound really great playing?' "
One of the more provocative songs on the album is "There's a Starbucks (Where the Starbucks Used to Be)." The video, shot in New York in less than five hours, comprises shots of Harding performing in front of 28 different Starbucks locations. The coffee chain's ubiquity is a well-worn punch line, but Harding says Starbucks isn't his real target.
"To me, it's a song about gentrification," Harding says. "It could be Starbucks, it could be The Gap, it could be Barnes and Noble. It could be anyone. It just happens that Starbucks — it's like saying 'God' or 'the Devil.' People know what you mean."
The song "Uncle Dad" is similarly loaded, pairing bittersweet lyrics about divorce with a lilting melody and a bouncy beat. Harding says the contrast is intentional — and comes from years of learning the hard way how content and | 549 |
No Guarantees, No Trade!
by Friederike Niepmann and Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr – Liberty Street Economics, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
World trade fell 20 percent relative to world GDP in 2008 and 2009. Since then, there has been much debate about the role of trade finance in the Great Trade Collapse. Distress in the financial sector can have a strong impact on international trade because exporters require additional working capital and rely on specific financial products, in particular letters of credit, to cope with risks when selling abroad. In this post, which is based on a recent Staff Report, we shed new light on the link between finance and trade, showing that changes in banks' supply of letters of credit have economically significant effects on firms' export behavior. Our research suggests that trade finance helps explain the drop in exports in 2008 – 2009, especially to smaller and poorer markets.
<|fim_middle|> percent of U.S. goods exports. The exhibit below shows in detail how a letter of credit works. Essentially, a bank in the source country collaborates with a bank in the destination country to reduce the risk that the exporter does not deliver and the importer does not pay. The confirming bank pays the exporter only upon proof of delivery of the goods. At the same time, the issuing bank has ways to increase the importer's incentive to pay. It only releases the ownership documents to the importer upon proof of payment and may demand a cash deposit or other type of security before issuing the letter of credit. This way, a letter of credit significantly reduces the risk of a transaction for both trading partners, with banks acting as intermediaries.
If an importer cannot obtain a letter of credit from its local bank or if it cannot get the letter of credit confirmed by a bank in the exporter's country, then a proposed trade may be deemed too risky. But why would a firm not be able to get a letter of credit from its bank?
When a bank extends a letter of credit, it takes on risk by guaranteeing the importer's payment. At the same time, it needs to refinance the letter of credit on the capital market. Therefore, a bank may not provide this service when it does not want to increase its exposure or it is not liquid. Firms could try other banks but that is likely to be difficult. First, banks not familiar with the specific firms may not be willing to issue or confirm a letter of credit since they don't know the underlying risk. Second, the trade finance business is very concentrated. There are many destinations where only a handful of U.S. banks are active. In fact, only the big banks have large networks of correspondent banks and confirm letters of credit for the smaller markets. These factors make it difficult for firms to switch between banks.
To investigate whether constraints in the supply of letters of credit have negative effects on trade, we exploit data available at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. In the data, we observe the trade-finance-related claims of all large U.S. banks and large U.S. subsidiaries of foreign banks by country from 1997 to 2012. The claims reflect both letters of credit issued by foreign operations of U.S. banks and letters of credit issued by foreign bank operations and then guaranteed by a U.S. bank.
The key challenge in exploring the link between finance and international trade is to distinguish supply effects from demand effects. If we observe that trade falls at the same time as banks' trade finance claims, this may not be owing to a lack of supply. Instead, there may simply be less demand for trade and, therefore, less demand for letters of credit. To get around this problem, we follow a strategy that is illustrated in the exhibit below.
Let's assume we want to figure out by how much the supply of letters of credit for trade with India changed between two quarters. In a first step, we look at the activities of U.S. banks outside of India, say in Mexico and Italy. We use this information to determine by how much bank A reduced its overall supply of trade finance relative to bank B. We can control for changes in demand at the country level because these affect both banks equally. In a next step, we look at how important bank A and bank B are for the provision of letters of credit in India. In the exhibit, bank A provides 80 percent of all trade finance to India, whereas bank B supplies 20 percent. A reduction in supply by bank A should therefore have a stronger effect on exports to India than the same reduction by bank B. To capture this, we weigh each bank's change between two quarters by its lagged market share and sum the weighted changes over all banks. This gives us a measure of the aggregate change in the supply of letters of credit by U.S. banks for India.
We apply this strategy to all countries in our sample and find that the constructed measure predicts growth in U.S. exports to these countries. A change of one standard deviation in U.S. banks' supply of letters of credit reduces export growth, on average, by 1.5 percentage points. The effect is not, however, uniform across time and destinations. The impact of a drop in the supply of letters of credit on exports more than doubles during times of financial distress because firms are less willing to trade without a letter of credit when uncertainty is high. In addition, changes in the supply of letters of credit tend to have a much larger effect on exports to small countries, which are often less developed and riskier.
The table below quantifies our results further, taking into account the geographic distribution of banks' trade finance activities. It shows what would happen to U.S. exports, by region, if two large U.S. banks decreased their supply of letters of credit significantly during a time of financial turmoil. Since the two banks specialize in different destination countries, exports to different regions would be affected differentially.
Overall, we find evidence that banks decrease their supply of trade finance when their funding conditions worsen. Given that banks' balance sheets deteriorated and credit default swap spreads widened during the recent financial crisis, it is likely that trade finance magnified the drop in exports, especially to the poorer and smaller markets, in 2008 – 2009. Our findings thus provide support for the view of the WTO that a lack of trade finance in poor countries adversely affects global trade.
Since the crisis, there have been considerable changes in the trade finance business. Higher due diligence requirements and other regulatory developments have led banks to cut back this traditional business model. At the same time, new ways of providing trade finance are being developed. Most notably, financial institutions have started using trade guarantees to create asset-backed securities. Whether securitization will increase the supply of trade finance and alleviate potential constraints remains to be seen.
The views expressed in this post are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York or the Federal Reserve System. Any errors or omissions are the responsibility of the authors.
Source: http://libertystreeteconomics.newyorkfed.org/2015/03/no-guarantees-no-trade.html#.VPb–PnF9K4
Friederike Niepmann is an economist in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Research and Statistics Group.
Tim Schmidt-Eisenlohr is an assistant professor of economics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
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Since the beginning, I've been following Dim Shores, the excellent small press. Sam Cowan has been announcing and releasing one amazing illustrated limited chapbook after another<|fim_middle|> from Mikio Murakami!
Michael Griffin's stories have appeared in magazines like Apex, Black Static, Lovecraft eZine and Strange Aeons , and such anthologies as the Shirley Jackson Award winner The Grimscribe's Puppets, the Laird Barron tribute The Children of Old Leech, and Cthulhu Fhtagn! His standalone novella Far From Streets was published by Dunhams Manor Press, and his debut collection The Lure of Devouring Light will be published by Word Horde in April, 2016. His work is upcoming in Leaves of a Necronomicon, Autumn Cthulhu, Nightscript 2 and Eternal Frankenstein.
Michael blogs about books and writing at griffinwords.com. On Twitter, he generally posts as @mgsoundvisions and writing-specific news appears as @griffinwords. He's also an electronic ambient musician and founder of Hypnos Recordings, an ambient music record label he operates with his wife in Portland, Oregon.
Mikio Murakami is a Japenese-Canadian graphic designer. He specializes in cover art, T-shirts, logos and drinking bad coffee. He founded SILENT Q DESIGN in Montreal in 2006 and has done work for a number of Canadian and international bands.
"An Ideal Retreat" is scheduled for publication in September.
There's no art yet, and the story is not entirely finished. I don't have exact word count but expect this will be on the lengthier side of Dim Shores releases. As more information becomes available, you'll see announcements on Facebook by me, Sam and Mikio, as well as on the Dim Shores site and the Griffinwords blog.
Thanks Mike! I'm pretty stoked myself. I have been wanting to get my mitts on one of yer stories since the start, glad we finally get to do something together. Cheers man!
You've got a great run of stuff coming up and I'm pleased to be in the middle of it all. | .
There are three new chapbook announcements coming this week. First up: "An Ideal Retreat," written by Michael Griffin with art | 26 |
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The traveling portrait exhibit brings attention to the cooks, chefs, restaurateurs, and producers whose work has helped keep alive Southern Foodways. It aims to highlight the import of maintaining those traditions on which Southern cuisine, its regions, and its identities are built. The exhibit will be on display at the Southern Cultural Academy Building through June 23-July 23. For more information on the work of the Southern Foodways Alliance, visit http://www.southernfoodways.com.
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MEET THE FOLKS BEHIND THE FOOD: The Southern Foodways - photo exhibit
This photo exhibit, featuring portraits of fifty individuals chronicled by the Southern Foodways Alliance Oral History Initiative, celebrates the unsung and uncelebrated men and women whose work has helped keep alive Southern Foodways.
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May 16, 2008 - PRLog -- The Southern Foodways Alliance is an institute of the Center for the Study of Southern Culture at the University of Mississippi. It is a member-supported organization of more than 800 people, including chefs and academics, writers and eaters. The organization's mission is to document and celebrate the diverse food cultures of the American South, and this traveling exhibit is just one component of their documentary endeavors.
2007 marks the third year of the SFA Oral History Initiative, which is directed by Amy Evans. A native of Houston, Texas, Evans brings her skills as an interviewer, artist, and photographer to these projects, and she manages the work of SFA members whose interviews have also contributed to the archive. The oral history initiative has, to date, collected over 300 interviews, chronicling the lifework of Southerners who grow, prepare, serve, and consume food and drink. These stories, as told by photographs | 298 |
The competition really began when students from the University of Texas at Austin and the Technische Universität München arrived at the Orange County Great Park at 7 am on Monday, September 28th, 2015. Our first task was to plot the points for the modules, which would inform how the whole site laid out. Having the placement of the corners allowed us to define the grid for our deck, because the design<|fim_middle|> to assemble our sizable outdoor space. For the interiors, the cabinet doors and bathroom sink proved the most time-consuming. We had to reconcile the original custom design of the storage system with the appliances and IKEA panels at our disposal. In the final three days, our aquaponics team arrived on-site. Though we did not intend to hookup the system entirely, we set up demonstration beds and the solar water pump to simulate food production. Some of the last tasks to get completed included the installation of our SolarWorld photovoltaic system, putting up the fabric canopy units, and staging the house for exhibition.
Once we were connected to the grid, our PV array proved to be one of the most effective systems in the whole village. Having individual microinverters allowed us to maximize gains, and considering the relatively small size of our array, we were ecstatic with the energy production. We tied for first place in the Energy Balance competition with our net energy production for the week of 82.86 kWh. The SolarWorld sponsorship helped NexusHaus place in the top five at the competition, and we could not be more grateful.
While we were elated with our energy production and low consumption, Team Texas-Germany suffered from some unforeseen electrical issues, which left us without air-conditioning in one module and various lighting problems. With more testing and foresight, we would have addressed these challenges ahead of the competition. Aside from being unable to properly regulate the temperature and humidity, the exhibition days went extremely well. The architecture and mechanical systems were well-received by the public and jurors. Our team is incredibly proud of the overall accomplishments of NexusHaus and look forward to seeing where the Solar Decathlon experience takes us in the future! | relied on only a few key dimensions. After marking the references, we were ready for the trucks to deliver.
Everything was going smoothly, the modules were set, and we were ready to begin drilling the foundations for the house when we hit our first road bump. Late Monday afternoon, the DOE inspectors requested to see our engineering drawings for the cribbing, or temporary foundations, for the modules. Unfortunately we had not anticipated this requirement. Our neighbor to the south, Sacramento State University, lent us authorized cribbing, which was deemed more stable than the 8X8 blocks we had brought from Austin. We made more units of the approved box crib from 2X4s and eventually were able to lower the modules into place and drill the foundation piers. The generosity and willingness of the other teams to help each other was one of the best parts of the construction process. A sense of camaraderie and community amongst competitors brought out the best in everyone, which was true throughout the Solar Decathlon.
The following days were a whirlwind of activity on-site. The Solar Decathlon village was open for construction from 7am to 2am every day, and most nights were just as productive as the daytime. With the modules in place, we were able to drill the foundations for the deck columns and to erect the steel columns and beams. The entire canopy assembly had not been assembled previously in Austin, so there was a steep learning curve for most of our student assembly crew. Luckily, we had the invaluable expertise of Jerry Fryer, owner of APS Modular, and some students with construction experience. Our neighbor to the north, Clemson University, generously lent us a Genie lift to raise the beams in place. Without this apparatus, Team NexusHaus would have rented comparable equipment adding both cost and time to the whole process.
Lifting the beams into place was one challenge, but drilling the bolt holes proved equally time-consuming. We ended up going to a local metal fabricator with our steel structure in tow, because the tools we had on-site would have resulted in countless broken drill bits. With the steel structure in place, we raised the 'nexus' canopy in between the day and night modules. Simultaneously, the ramp and deck teams worked furiously | 455 |
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Natasha bags Malaysian Amateur Open title
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© Provided by Media Prima Australia's Lawry Flynn and Natasha Andrea Oon with their trophies at the Sarawak Golf Club.
KUALA LUMPUR: Natasha Andrea Oon won the Malaysian Amateur Open ladies event at Sarawak Golf Club in Kuching on Sunday.
Australian Lawry Flynn, meanwhile, was crowned the men's champion.
The 17-year-old Natasha recorded her second win of the season with an impressive 12-under 276.
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© 2019 Microsoft Privacy & Cookies Terms of use About our Ads Feedback Help MSN Worldwide | Abdul Ghanny (282) and last year's Malaysian Ladies Open winner Winnie Ng (289) finished second and third, respectively.
"I am delighted to win this competition. I hope to continue this momentum for the remainder of the season," said the San Jose State University student.
In the men's division, 19-year-old Flynn celebrated his first overseas win with a four-day total of 279. Singapore's Low Wee Jin (280) and Indonesia's Narajie Ramadhan (284) were placed second and third.
"My short game was really good all week. I am just going to try and keep it up as well as get ready for the next tournament," said Flynn, who will play in this week's Saujana Amateur Open.
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After their successful first tour of America, The Beatles returned to London Airport at 8.10am, to be greeted by crowds of screaming fans.
They had flown from Miami to New York, and from there back to London Airport. Their flight arrived half an hour later than scheduled.
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"Tomorrow never knows," pronounces Ringo at this press conference — two years before the phrase is immortalized in song!
By QuarryMan, 18 seconds ago | customary, they gave a press conference at the airport's Kingsford-Smith suite. The BBC broadcast footage from the conference during the sports programme Grandstand later that day, along with an interview conducted by David Coleman.
A number of other media organisations also covered The Beatles' return, including Brian Matthew, whose BBC radio show Saturday Club broadcast an interview – conducted via telephone from the airport – that day on the Light Programme.
Pathé News filmed The Beatles' return, and created a special report, called Beatles Welcome Home, which was narrated by Bob Danvers-Walker and later shown in cinemas.
In the evening Paul McCartney was driven to Canterbury, where he saw Jane Asher act in Christopher Marlowe's play The Jew Of Malta.
Pathé's footage was later turned into a special report called Beatles Welcome Home, which was narrated by Bob Danvers-Walker and was shown in British cinemas. The following is a transcript of the interview:
Q: George, your fans obviously enjoyed it over there, I assume the press enjoyed it. Did you enjoy it?
George Harrison: Yeah, it was marvellous, you know. Everything. Every bit of it was a knockout.
Q: Even the work?
George: Yeah, we enjoyed it, you know. It was different working in different places with the audience all around us.
Q: What impressed you most about the place? Did you have time to take anything in properly?
George: Oh yeah. I think I enjoyed the sun in Miami most of all. You know: healthy.
Q: You're the healthy one of the four?
George: No, but the sun was sort of very healthy.
Q: Did you have a chance to get away from anybody at any time on the trip?
Ringo Starr: He got away from me – twice!
Q: What did you most like about the trip, Ringo?
Ringo: Oh, I just loved all of it, you know. Especially Miami- the sun. I didn't know what it meant till I went over there.
Q: Don't you get it up in Liverpool?
Ringo: No, they're finished up there, you know. They've cut it out.
Q: Did you ever have a chance, John, to just get away on your own without anybody recognising you?
John Lennon: Yeah. We borrowed a couple of millionaires' houses, you know.
Q: You could afford to buy a couple of millionaires' houses, couldn't you?
Paul McCartney: No.
John: Yeah, we'd sooner borrow 'em. It's cheaper. And we did a bit of water skiing. Well, sort of, anyway.
Ringo: Yeah, we had a great time.
Q: Did your wife enjoy it over there?
John: She loved it. Who? Who?
Paul: Sh-shh.
Ringo: Don't tell 'em he's married. It's a secret.
Q: What about the taste of the fans over there. Did you find the same stuff?
Paul: Yeah.
John: He never bit any.
Paul: We expected them to be very different, but they weren't at all. The accent was the only thing, you know. That was the only difference.
Q: Did they reckon you sang in an English accent or an American accent?
Paul: No, some fella said, 'How come, because you're from Britain, and you still sing in an American accent?' or something. We were trying to explain it to him. Oh, it was funny.
Q: When you came back from France you told me that they like the sort of quicker numbers.
Q: But what did you do? Did you just do all the same routine as you do here?
Paul: Er, yeah.
John: We did the older songs.
George: Most of our records are hits over there.
Paul: Oh yeah, we had to do Please Please Me over there. We hadn't been doing that for a long time here, but it's in the charts there.
Q: That's history, here. What about the Beatles' styles, all these wigs and suits and things? Are they catching on over there?
George: Yeah, they're selling well.
Ringo: Fifteen million a day!
Q: I hear that the four of you have been millionaires by the end of the year.
George: Oh, that's nice.
Q: Have you got time to actually spend this money?
The Beatles, in unison: What money?
Q: Doesn't he [Brian Epstein] give any to you?
George: No, no. Have you seen that car of his?
Q: Is there any intention for you to go back to America, or, in fact, join the brain-drain and a big guitar-drain and stay there?
Ringo: We'd like to go back. We wouldn't stay there. We love England.
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Explainable AI for UK agricultural land use decision-making
Lead Research Organisation: UK Ctr for Ecology & Hydrology fr 011219
Department Name: Soils and Land Use (Lancaster)
Agricultural land use dynamics and their associated driving factors represent highly complex systems of flows that are subject to non-linearities, sensitivities, and uncertainties across spatial and temporal scales. They are therefore challenging to represent using traditional statistical modelling approaches. Existing process-based modelling has enabled advances in understanding of individual biophysical processes underpinning agricultural land use systems (e.g. crop, livestock and biogeochemical models). However, these tend to focus on individual processes in detail or link a limited number of processes at large scales, thereby mostly ignoring the complex interdependencies between the multiple interacting biophysical and socio-economic components of land use systems. Artificial intelligence (AI) techniques offer great potential to complement such modelling approaches by mining the deep knowledge (e.g. farming patterns and behaviours) encapsulated in 'big' data from ground-based sensors (such as frequently used for precision farming) and Earth Observation satellites. This will deliver enhanced insight on the past and current state and spatio-temporal dynamics of agricultural land use system flows and how they can be influenced by decisions on agricultural policies and related farm management practices.
Our proposal aims to develop a novel explainable AI framework that is transparent, data-driven and spatially-explicit by using probabilistic inference and explicit "if-then" rules. We will demonstrate proof-of-concept for two pilot regions of the UK (Oxfordshire and Lincolnshire), and the framework will be set up in a way that can be readily expanded to the whole UK. Specifically, we will draw on time-series of agricultural land use and production datasets (in-kind support from industry project partner SOYL) to identify the key socio-economic and environmental driving factors that have led to historic agricultural land use changes in the pilot regions. We will then establish explainable AI-rules for the characterisation of these agricultural land use changes and refine them within the framework through machine learning and parameter optimisation.
We will demonstrate and test the potential of the explainable AI framework for providing a new and robust method for predicting changing patterns of agricultural land use in the two pilot regions. This will include testing the ability of the AI framework for improving understanding of past and present agricultural land use dynamics across multiple temporal and spatial scales from 'big' data. It will also assess the potential for continually updating the predictions of land use dynamics in real-time using data from sensors. This could provide early warning when certain driving conditions are triggered or used to repeatedly refine short-term projections of land use change and their estimates of uncertainty.
We will engage with four major types of beneficiaries to maximise the societal impact of this project:
1. UK Government, Devolved Administrations and Policy-makers:
Our project will provide decision-makers with an innovative and integrated knowledge base supporting agricultural land use decision-making. We will engage with policy-makers including Defra, Natural England (a project partner), the Environment Agency, and the devolved administrations through consultations on the development of the explainable AI system to ensure it meets a broad set of decision-making needs. We will also demonstrate the final AI framework at a 1-day policy workshop that explores the potential of AI approaches for supporting landscape decision-making alongside other modelling and information products, including defining future needs beyond the remit of this proposal. This will include exploring how the framework can help inform the objective in the 25 Year Environment Plan to deliver a clear evidence base to promote precision agriculture and land management.
2. Farming Industries and Agri-business:
Through our strategic partnership with SOYL, the leading precision crop production service provider in the UK (see letter of support), we will have access to a unique 'big' dataset of in-situ and EO-based agricultural land use statistics to establish the explainable AI framework. The methodological innovation in the project will be co-created with SOYL (and our other project partner, Natural England) through four meetings throughout the one-year project lifetime. This will ensure that our outcomes, disseminated through a one-week training event at SOYL, are fit-for-purpose in informing the decision-making needs of agri-businesses in order to catalyse business change and innovation.
3. AI Industries and the Economy:
The AI innovations developed in this project will support the socio-economic development of the UK by promoting automation as part of the Industry 4.0 revolution. The AI framework is fully transformative and scalable, such that it can be elaborated or enhanced as required to support decision-making within a growing UK economy that aims to balance economic, environmental and societal aspects of the UK agricultural sector. Continued technological innovations in the agricultural sector are expected through precision farming and Earth Observation, creating an increasing demand for AI and big data-driven models.
4. Land owners and Trusts:
The knowledge and explainable AI rules derived in the system will support the decision-making of land owners and national trusts, by reducing environmental hazards (e.g. pesticides), enhancing ecosystem services and natural capital, and promoting smart and profitable agriculture, as well as building an inclusive society that allows people and nature to thrive. We will engage with relevant land owners and trusts through Natural England (see letter of support) via dissemination meetings and communications (e.g. media).
The 'Pathways to Impact' document details the activities we will undertake to deliver these impacts.
Dec 19 - Sep 20
NE/T003952/2
Paula Ann Harrison
Agri-environmental science (20%)
Climate & Climate Change (5%)
Info. & commun. Technol. (45%)
Mathematical sciences (10%)
Terrest. & freshwater environ. (20%)
Research Topic:
Agricultural systems (20%)
Artificial Intelligence (45%)
Ecosystem Scale Processes (20%)
Statistics & Appl. Probability (10%)
UK Ctr for Ecology & Hydrology fr 011219 (Lead Research Organisation)
University of Southampton, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
University of Leeds, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
Forest Research, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Collaboration)
Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences (Collaboration)
University of Exeter, United Kingdom (Collaboration)
SOYL (Project Partner)
Natural England, United Kingdom (Project Partner)
Paula Ann Harrison (Principal Investigator)
Award Value
NE/T003952/1 01/10/2019 30/11/2019 £8,644
NE/T003952/2 Transfer NE/T003952/1 01/12/2019 30/09/2020 £6,483
Further Funding
Description Spatial land use models are indispensable for providing scientific evidence that can inform sustainable land use planning. However, understanding and predicting agricultural land use change and the factors that drive such change is difficult due to the highly complex systems of flows that are subject to non-linearities, sensitivities, and uncertainties across spatial and temporal scales. This complexity is challenging to represent using<|fim_middle|> in relation to the project.
URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIbc8-_AqUo&list=PLrlZ6FipN5mlS4_lN9PwZAR6HCyppGTDP&index=4&t=149s
Description Public consultation workshop on "Living Landscapes"
Geographic Reach Regional
Primary Audience Public/other audiences
Results and Impact Royal Society Workshop on Living Landscapes (provided expert input to a public consultation exercise on landscapes in the UK).
Description Seminar on "Model coupling for evaluating complex systems"
Results and Impact Centre for Excellence in Environmental Data Science seminar that looked at the important topic of model coupling as a means to address interdependencies between different aspects of the environment. The seminar built understanding around the extent to which complicated environmental questions can be better assessed by integrating models, and discussed the advantages, the challenges, as well as the limitations of joined-up modelling for complex systems.
Description Session organised on AI for the environment (Natural Capital Initiative Summit)
Results and Impact Session organised on "AI for the environment" at the Natural Capital Initiative Summit on "Valuing our Life Support Systems" in London, which consisted of talks and debate around the potential of AI approaches to deliver natural capital solutions to practitioners and policy-makers
Description Workshop (Environmental Data Science)
Results and Impact Workshop at Alan Turing Institute on exploring collaborative opportunities between the computer and environmental sciences, which sparked discussions and ideas around new collaborations and innovations in environmental data science
Description Workshop on "Overcoming barriers to model coupling"
Results and Impact Centre for Excellence in Environmental Data Science workshop on model coupling. Workshop report produced to summarise discussions and research needs
Description Workshop on "Seamless integration between natural and built environment modelling"
Results and Impact Human activity - the buildings and transport systems we create, the energy we generate and consume, the services we use - has an impact on global environmental systems and vice versa. But what role can digital models play in helping decision-makers to navigate these complex interrelationships and to manage the built and natural environment sustainably? And what if we link models of each of the built and natural environments?
This workshop seeks to prompt a discussion of the question: What outcomes and opportunities could seamless integration between built and natural environment modelling deliver?
After looking at it from the perspective of different stakeholders and exploring opportunities to get better insights from data and models, the desired outcomes are as follows:
• The seeds of a discussion community for identifying opportunities for model integration and interdisciplinary work.
• Contacts between people pursuing other strands of work happening in the integration of models for decision support;
• A report on insights from the workshop (end of March 2021), which will serve as a resource for future interdisciplinary research projects as well as the Information Management Framework (IMF) community of the National Digital Twin programme. | traditional statistical modelling approaches. In this project, we explored and tested the ability of Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques to complement traditional land use modelling approaches by learning complex spatial and temporal relationships between large geospatial land use datasets and datasets of important driving factors of land use change.
We found three categories of driving factors to be particularly important determinants of UK land use change: climatic factors (temperature, precipitation, evapotranspiration), topographic factors (elevation, slope, distance to water courses) and human-related factors (distance to urban areas, distance to major roads, distance to railways). We developed a novel approach that combines the AI deep learning method, known as Generative Adversarial Networks, with a traditional land use modelling approach, known as Cellular Automata models. We tested the improvement in predicting land use changes from 1990 to 2019 using UKCEH Land Cover Map data to assess if the inclusion of the AI method provided better characterisation of spatial patterns and landscape dynamics.
The key findings we identified include:
1. The Cellular Automata model was able to predict future land use change. However, it only utilised limited neighbourhood information at fine scales without considering the large-scale heterogeneous environment. The transition between arable and grassland land cover classes was particularly challenging to predict using a Cellular Automata model, with relatively low accuracy (71%).
2. Capturing fine resolution spatial patterns and their context are essential for predicting land use changes. This was demonstrated in both a pilot study in Oxfordshire and wider application of our method for England. We show that in both case studies accuracy of predicting land use change was increased by 8% with the incorporation of spatial and context information.
3. Combining the AI (deep learning) method with the Cellular Automata model provided both fine-scale neighbourhood and large-scale context information to make joint landscape decisions. The spatial patterns among woodland, arable, grassland, freshwater and urban are accurately characterised, with an overall accuracy of 89%.
4. Human-related factors were found to be key drivers of land use changes. In particular, the distance to urban and distance to road were the two most important drivers that have significant impact on land use changes. These drivers are highly related to human activities and road accessibility, and influenced UK landscape dynamics over the past 30 years.
Exploitation Route The project has produced a variety of outcomes such as land use maps and their driving factors for England at a 100 m resolution. The project has provided proof of concept that innovative AI methods can add significant precision to land use prediction, but further effort is needed to make the approach (and associated model code) operational at the large-scale so that it can be implemented to inform policy-makers and agri-businesses. In particular, cloud computing and edge computing are required to establish real-time prediction, where farmers and stakeholders can use mobile device for rapid decision-making. In combination with in-situ precision agriculture, this further effort could help increase agricultural productivity and support land management.
Sectors Agriculture, Food and Drink,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Environment
URL https://www.ceh.ac.uk/our-science/projects/explainable-ai-uk-agricultural-land-use-decision-making
Description Detecting soil degradation and restoration through a novel coupled sensor and machine learning framework
Amount £811,651 (GBP)
Funding ID NE/T012307/1
Organisation Natural Environment Research Council
Sector Public
End 12/2022
Description Pilot study: Can we use drone technology for quantifying and monitoring flower resources in field margins?
Amount £15,969 (GBP)
Organisation Natural England
Sector Charity/Non Profit
Description Sustainable soil management to unleash soil biodiversity potential and increase environmental, economic and social wellbeing (SOILGUARD)
Amount € 7,000,000 (EUR)
Organisation European Commission H2020
Description Turing AI Fellowship: Probabilistic Algorithms for Scalable and Computable Approaches to Learning (PASCAL)
Amount £1,097,294 (GBP)
Funding ID EP/V022636/1
Organisation Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Description CRAFTY-UK: Development of a UK agent-based model of land use change taking account of land owner/manager decision-making
Organisation Forest Research
PI Contribution Information on UK datasets and statistical analysis of land use change over time for different agricultural land classes
Collaborator Contribution Set-up, calibration and coding on the CRAFTY agent-based model for the UK
Impact Outcomes still under development. Collaboration is multi-disciplinary involving environmental scientists, social scientists, computer programmers and statisticians
Organisation Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Sector Academic/University
Organisation University of Edinburgh
Description Organising committee for UKRI Landscape Decisions Programme series of events on "Integrating quantitative social, ecological and mathematical sciences into landscape decision-making"
Organisation Isaac Newton Institute for Mathematical Sciences
PI Contribution Contributed to the design, invitations and organisation of the 4-day online workshop
Collaborator Contribution Contributed to the design, invitations and organisation of the 4-day online workshop
Impact Workshop took place, which enabled networking between multiple disciplines around landscape decision-making. Disciplines involved were quantitative social sciences, environmental sciences, mathematics and statistics.
Organisation University of Exeter
Department College of Engineering, Mathematics & Physical Sciences
Organisation University of Leeds
Organisation University of Southampton
Department Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences
Description Organising committee for UKRI Landscape Decisions Programme series of events on "Mathematical and statistical challenges in landscape decision-making"
PI Contribution Contributed to the organisation of the main 1-month programme and the opening and closing workshops
Collaborator Contribution Contributed to the organisation of the main 1-month programme and the opening and closing workshops
Impact Final Scientific Report created from the programme. Collaboration is multi-disciplinary involving a range of different environmental scientists, mathematicians and statisticians
Description Blog on "Overcoming barriers to model coupling"
Form Of Engagement Activity Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel
Geographic Reach National
Primary Audience Other audiences
Results and Impact Blog on the topic of Model coupling (the communication and interchange of information between models) as a key component in meeting the challenges of many of today's complex real-world environmental problems, such as landscape decisions.
URL https://ceeds.ac.uk/blogs/overcoming-barriers-model-coupling
Description CEEDS Seminar: Machine Learning for the Natural Environment
Results and Impact The presentation was designed as an introductory tutorial into machine learning techniques. The focus of the talk was to educate environmental scientists on the available machine learning tools that are applicable for analysing environmental data.
URL https://ceeds.ac.uk/blogs/ceeds-seminar-machine-learning-natural-environment
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact This seminar was attended by over 170 people - a fantastic and amazing attendance across Lancaster University and UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH). It helps build the strong links between LU and UKCEH, but also the links across UKCEH science areas and different sites.
Description Intergovernmental science-policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Scoping Workshop on the Nexus Assessment
Form Of Engagement Activity A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Policymakers/politicians
Results and Impact Government nomination to participate in the scoping workshop for the IPBES Nexus Assessment on the interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food and health in the context of climate change. A scoping report was produced following the scoping workshop, which will be considered and hopefully approved at the IPBES-8 plenary in 2021.
URL https://ipbes.net/nexus/scoping-experts
Description Invited speaker (International Workshop)
Results and Impact Presentation given on methods for modelling complex systems, such as landscape decisions, including how uncertainty effects decision-making, which sparked debate and capacity building with groups undertaking similar modelling initiatives in South Korea and other parts of Asia
Description Presentation on "Coupling models to represent interactions within landscape systems" at Workshop on "Integrating quantitative social, ecological and mathematical sciences into landscape decision-making"
Results and Impact Isaac Newton Institute (INI) workshop on "Integrating quantitative social, ecological and mathematical sciences into landscape decision-making" organised as part of the UKRI Landscape Decisions Programme. Presentation summarised discussion from INI Programme in 2019. Research priorities were divided into four themes: (i) transparency, reproducibility and communication in coupled models; (ii) model coupling toolbox; (iii) model coupling technicalities; and (iv) taking advantage of the benefits of model coupling. The key insights that emerged in these four themes were captured within short, medium and longer term research roadmaps.
URL https://www.newton.ac.uk/seminar/20200907142014401
Description Presentation on "Pathways to sustainable land-use and food systems in the UK" at EAT@Home event side session
Results and Impact Side event at the EAT Foundation online conference on sustainable land-use and food systems. The presentation on the UK landscape decision-making sparked questions and discussion on the method and the importance of assessing the contribution that sustainable land-use change can make to multiple policy targets, e.g. climate change, biodiversity, health diets.
Description Presentation on the "Explainable AI for UK agricultural land-use decision-making" project at the Landscape Decisions Programme virtual networking event
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Results and Impact Landscape Decisions Programme series of online workshops over 4 days covering (i) Capturing people's interaction with landscapes and landscape decision making; (ii) Multi-functional landscapes - focusing on ecosystem services; (iii) What pressures on Landscapes are currently not being considered - i.e. where are the gaps in our understanding of the pressures?; (iv) Can we systematically capture different levels/scales of landscape decision making and which levels/scales does your project interact with? Sparked questions and discussions around these issues and networking opportunities | 2,119 |
It's time for a little craft room bidness/organization/sewing things just for fun. You see this old hutch stock full of craft items?
It's great and I love all the storage, but something made me want to conceal some of it. All the visual clutter was sort of getting to me. There's a little spot underneath the top overhang where I decided to add a little tension rod to hang a curtain. It was a great option that wouldn't require me to damage the original piece of furniture. This hutch was actually built by my grandfather and stained and sealed by my Grandmother. Crazy huh? I'm so lucky to have it in my house.
A while back I found this very modern but retro fabric remnant at Joann's Fabric for just $4. It was a whole yard for 50% off. The bottom fabric is leftover from the beanbag project. The yard of modern floral fabric just shy of not covering what I needed it to cover, so I sewed this gray and white fabric to fit around the tension rod.
When sewing anything, you always need your iron. Here I am ironing down the edges to create my hem.
Then I ironed down the part that would be sewed together to make the rod loop.
More hem ironing<|fim_middle|> lot more organized in here already.
I like the happy accident of the red berries in the print matching the red crayon/marker tin cans in the window seal. I love when things just happen like that.
Can you tell I'm having so much fun sewing things for my home now? It's such a great feeling to make custom things for pretty darn cheap. | going on.
Then I got busy sewing the seams/hem down. This is pretty easy and anyone could do it.
And ta-da! A new "cafe style" curtain to provide some hidden storage in the hutch. This fabric really looks orange and I'm just not sure if I am 100% sold on it. But for now I'll keep it. As I mentioned it was only $4 and it was fairly straightforward to make.
I like keeping them a little opened up, so you can still see the pretty Mason jars peeking through and all that wonderful ribbon.
I added the vintage style clock above the hutch, instead all all that clutter that was there before. The round clock softens up the sharp lines of the hutch and the retro feels goes great with this throw-back retro fabric.
Here's a cute little close up for you so you can see the print better.
It's looking a | 188 |
On May 12, Mother's Day, the Chi Rho/CYF will lead worship. Please make an effort to come and support our young people as they share their talents in worship.
If any of our church family will be graduating this year, please let me know by phone (478-718-8724) or email (pastor@fcc-wr.org) so they may be honored this month. I would like to recognize any graduates on Pentecost Sunday, May 19.
On Pentecost, the former disciples, now Apostles came out of hiding and fear and began to share the Good News that God cares for all people, not just the wealthy and successful power brokers. These fishermen, tax collectors, hired helpers, radicals, men, and women went out into the world they had feared and at once wished to be violently changed and began traveling and teaching and preaching.
We are now the ones to be "sent out" to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. To quote the prophets about justice and righteousness for the powerless and to work for a time when<|fim_middle|> opened by the Spirit to see the excess, give it away. When you hear the call for justice and righteousness, answer it. We ARE disciples! We are Disciples of Christ! | swords are converted to plows and everyone will be free to rest in their own space confident that there is food for the family. To love others as we have been loved by God. To do all of these things knowing that people will think we are crazy, or peace-niks, or radicals. To do all these things even we have to sacrifice our comfort, our security, our life.
Jesus dared the Disciples to take up their cross and follow. This is not a reflection of some ache or pain that we experience. It is not some hardship or discomfort through which we must pass. Rather it is the willingness to put our very lives on the line to change the world that sees people as commodities and tools; that measures a person's value by how much they are worth or by what they can offer to me; that releases the individual of being my brother's and my sister's keeper.
The Spirit of Pentecost upset the Apostle's comfort zones; in fact, it blew their comfort zones apart. Their comfort zone became service to others. Look at Paul, how comfortable was his life? He was shipwrecked, beaten, stoned, ridiculed, jailed, and finally executed. All because he said that all power is God's and that those who wield power in this world must answer to God and that everyone, regardless of where they are from are to be welcomed and not judged.
We have passed through the season of Lent, where we examined our walk with God to see if we are on the right path. We have rejoiced through the Grace-filled gift of Easter. Now is the season to roll up our sleeves and set to work preaching the gospel in all we do, and only when necessary resort to the use of words. When you feel that Divine prodding to get out of the recliner and do, get up and go. When your vision is | 380 |
I kept seeing Maybelline's Falsies Mascara being advertised and I finally got to try it out today. Let me just say I now have a new favourite mascara! Read more for the price, where to buy and my review including a before and after picture of my lashes!
I swear by Maybelline's Great Lash and I'm sure lots of other girls (and guys) do too but it's time for<|fim_middle|> give me the kind of thick lashes like this one did. I guess it's different for everyone.
CoverGirl Lash Exact is my favorite. I tried Lash Blast due to all the hype it got, but I found that Lash Exact made my lashes look much longer.
@L Hey girl! I'm definitely going to try out some Covergirl products soon.
Does it beat Dior Show??
@Carina the Blogarina I haven't personally tried Dior Show although I have heard good things about it. I'm aiming to try affordable drugstore products that everyone can buy. | a change right? Having seen the ads for this mascara everywhere, I was skeptical because I've tried tons of mascaras and none of them really made my lashes thicker. Being Asian, I was born with short and thin lashes and while false lashes are the answer to that, falsies can be quite uncomfortable sometimes. I'm so glad I've found my solution to this! Maybelline's Falsies Mascara doesn't give you an actual falsies look but it thickens, lengthens and volumizes your lashes.
In the before picture, I have absolutely nothing on and in the after the picture, the only thing I have on is the mascara. It made a huge difference!
Eyes closed so you can see that those are all my natural lashes. Amazing eh?
I strongly recommend this mascara. I've tried so many in the past and none has worked as well as this one and for only $5, this is a super affordable but effective makeup product. Let me know what you think!
Again, another one I have wanted to try but I swear by Cover Girl Lash Blast i think...yeah..that sounds about right haha.
@Gwen I'm definitely going to have to try out some Covergirl products in the near future. You're welcome!
oh, i looove cover girl... too bad they they don't sell it here.
@anna Awesome! Sales make every girl happy. I've tried the Colossal mascara and it didn't | 297 |
Nanotechnologies that help surgeons identify tumours and cancer cells could also spare patients the side effects of chemotherapy.
In a cancer surgery, the surgeon's ideal goal is to remove all of the cancer cells while sparing as much healthy tissue as possible. In a typical procedure, the tumour is removed along with a small margin of healthy tissue around it. However, the border can be ill-defined or irregular, and when cancer metastasizes it can also spread to surrounding sites like lymph nodes.
But what if a simple injection could make cancer cells light up on the operating table?
Christine Allen, professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Toronto, is using nanotechnology to hone in on tumours and cancer cells. Her platform has the potential to illuminate tumours and more.
Allen is a co-founder of Nanovista, a start up that is developing lipid-based<|fim_middle|>'s first product is a stable platform that can deliver several contrast agents together to help visualize a tumour's geometry. A single injection provides a dye for CT in the surgical planning stages, as well as a fluorescent dye that lights up the tumour in the operating room.
The platform has already been validated in animal models. It is stable for up to two weeks after injection, providing a longer imaging window than many other dyes that last for only minutes or hours. The system is now advancing to phase 1 clinical trials.
Beyond providing information, this platform could also be used to treat cancer. In chemotherapy, patients receive small molecule drugs intravenously, and so they are carried everywhere in the body through the bloodstream.
"This is why when you see patients with cancer, you'll see that they lose their hair, they become very nauseous. There are a lot of awful side effects that they experience," says Allen.
Repackaging chemotherapeutic drugs in stable, targeted carriers means more of the drug gets to the tumour, instead of damaging healthy cells elsewhere.
"To the extent that it's possible, we're using nanotechnology to decrease those toxic side effects and improve the effectiveness of the drug," adds Allen.
Each new scientific breakthrough adds to Allen's hope that one day, cancer patients won't suffer from the many toxic side effects they experience now.
"As every day goes by, we're gaining a much better understanding of the disease, of biomarkers associated with the disease," says Allen. "And I think we're going to realize that we shouldn't even use the word cancer because there is no cancer; it's just so many different kinds of disease.
Christine Allen is a professor and the GSK Chair in Pharmaceutics and Drug Delivery in the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy at the University of Toronto. She is also currentlyserving as interim Dean and previously served as the Associate Dean Academic and Associate Dean Graduate Education.
Allen's research is focused on the design and development of new materials and technologies for the delivery of drugs and contrast agents. She has received career awards from CIHR-Rx&D, CSPS and AFPC. She is co-founder and President of Nanovista Inc., a start-up housed in Johnson & Johnson Innovations JLabs @Toronto, which is focused on the development of multimodal contrast agents to improve the performance of image-guided high precision cancer therapy.
Allen completed her doctoral research in the Department of Chemistry at McGill University and post-doctoral research in the Department of Advanced Therapeutics at the B.C. Cancer Agency. She joined University of Toronto from Celator Pharmaceuticals Inc. Allen is the President Elect of the Canadian Society for Pharmaceutical Sciences and a member of the Governing Council for the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada. | nanoparticles to illuminate tumours. A multi-modal system, Nanovista | 14 |
Maricopa County Community College District shut down IT systems after detecting 'suspicious activity', leaves students, faculty wondering
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MCCCD<|fim_middle|> March Madness tournament
Multiple NCAA football games postponed, cancelled due to COVID-19 protocols, outbreaks
"The 2:15" Ep 34 – Drinks After Work and Trash Talk
SCC Men's basketball awaits return to play in January, coaching staff adapts for COVID-19 restrictions | shut down their IT systems after "suspicious activity" was detected
Ole Olafson , Reporter
What was initially characterized to students as "emergency maintenance" to Maricopa County Community College District IT systems on Tuesday, has resulted in an additional week of spring break, another week of school at the end of the semester and more questions than answers for MCCCD students and staff.
At 2:12 p.m. students who were signed up for RAVE and the Emergency Messaging System received an alert that all IT systems were unavailable and updates would be sent when more was known.
Three days later, on Friday at 7:35 p.m., students received another alert that because of the outage, classes would not resume following spring break until Mar. 29, one week later than originally scheduled.
The shutdown has affected MyInfo, Canvas, RioLearn, Maricopa email, EdReady, Google Tools and the Student Information system.
A communication to students assured them that missed assignments or exams would be rescheduled and grades would not be adversely affected. However, an additional week will be added to the end of the semester.
In a Friday communication to employees, Interim Chancellor Steven Gonzales indicated that "suspicious activity" was identified and "the suspicious activity appears related to the early stages of a cyberattack".
According to an Arizona Republic story published Friday afternoon, the district system was compromised in late 2013. That breach led to the sensitive information of more than 2 million being exposed to hackers.
Students like Emma Daniels from Rio Salado Community College are concerned that the current situation could be similar and wants to know more about the security of her personal information.
"Because of how long it's taking them to fix the issue and the complete lack of transparency, it leaves me and many other students concerned that our information is at risk," Daniels told the Arizona Republic.
As of Friday, the district did not know when services would be restored.
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Arizona House passes legislation to allow community colleges to offer four-year degrees
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NCAA plans to move forward with men's basketball season, considering Indianapolis as location for | 536 |
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Defensive Coordinator Juan Castillo
On what he has seen from LB Brian Rolle so far: "You know, I've seen his athletic ability, he's an explosive player, and he makes plays."
On whether there was any thought during the preseason of promoting Rolle to the starting lineup: "We already had a rotation going. You know, he had some good games, and he had a couple games where he was still learning. Really, they're all still learning and improving every day. He did a good job on certain plays last game, but really they've all been in different packages. He's been in the nickel, [LB] Casey [Matthews] has been in the Buffalo, he's been in base, so really we're just trying to use all of our talent."
On how LB Keenan Clayton fits in: "Well, you know, Keenan was in our dime package. He's still been in different packages. Keenan's a very good athlete, a good coverage person."
On when they drafted Clayton whether they thought he was more of a coverage linebacker: "What's happened is, he's gotten bigger. He's a good athlete, he's a guy that can cover, and really he's getting bigger and stronger to someday be that type of guy that can be in there every down."
On what the message is to Matthews to make sure he stays positive: "Just to keep working hard and keep improving. There's some things that he did well, there's some things that he's doing better, that's the message, and really, he's still in some packages just like [Brian Rolle] was in some packages. He's getting better at certain things and I have got to do a better job with other things."
On whether it is his intention to get Matthews back into the starting lineup when he's ready or whether it is Rolle's spot to lose: "Well I think what you see is, we try to see the guys that play the best. The guys that play the best, those are the guys that are going to play. That's what we're trying to do."
On how important finding three consistent starting linebackers is: "The thing is, is that they've all been playing there. The key is for them to make plays when they're in there and hit the gaps that they're responsible for. Then everything will take care of itself."
On S Nate Allen being back at safety: "You know Nate from last year. We talked about this earlier, it's been a process. He's getting stronger, feeling more comfortable, and I think you see his athletic ability on that one play where they went down the middle, you know, on that post. He's just getting stronger and stronger. We feel good about [S] Kurt [Coleman] too, and [S Jaiquawn Jarrett], so I mean, it gives us some flexibility."
On where Jarrett is in his progress: "You know, what we're doing is, again, he's learning, he was out for a little bit, and he's coming along, learning the scheme, and in time he'll be able to compete."
On whether it is hard to gel as a defense when pieces are being moved around every week: "It's the same scheme, and the backups get reps too, during practice, so no it should not be."
On whether he has any theories why the Eagles have never had stability at linebacker: "I remember when I got hired to coach the offensive line, they had had a problem with offensive linemen. I think they had a couple of first rounders that had been busts. All my life it's been about fundamentals. You know, you work hard, you<|fim_middle|> players – just be yourselves.
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The two best teams in the NFC clash for a trip to Super Bowl LVII. | work the fundamentals, you do them over and over, you see us doing the same thing. We have plans; every position has daily musts that they do over and over and over. That's the way I feel about the linebackers. You see that they are improving, they are young, it's going to take a little bit of time, as far as where you get to see where you say 'aw man, this is a Pro Bowler.' We do have the guys that have the ability to be Pro Bowlers. Now, it's time for us as coaches to develop them, and for them to believe in themselves and make plays."
On whether there is still a feeling-out process about where to use CB Nnamdi Asomugha best: "We've used him a couple different ways, you know. Atlanta might have been a little different, we had some things happen. [Nnamdi], he's a good football player, and what a professional. There's still some things that we'll show as the season goes on with him."
On how Asomugha is adjusting to zone coverages: "Well, you know what, he did play zone coverages in Oakland. There were more zone coverages than you think, in Oakland. He's playing man here too. In our three-deep, it's called zone coverage, but basically our corners are man to man, you know, that's the way we've done it here with [late Defensive Coordinator] Jim [Johnson], with our three-deep deal."
On whether Asomugha could cover the tight end: "I think that's something that we'll see on Sunday. We'll see how we're going to use our different packages."
On the challenge San Francisco 49ers TE Vernon Davis poses: "He's fast, he's got good hands, he runs good routes, and they use him in that way, they use him as a third wide receiver. So he's very explosive."
On how much of a critical situation this is for the defense after the last two weeks: "It's very important for us to win, that's the bottom line, and we have to do our job and that's the way we're looking at it. We're talking about playing four quarters, and winning the game. That's very important for all of us."
On what can you do to work on closing out games in the fourth quarter: "Part of that is, you see the way we practice, we practice fast. That's important to make sure that Wednesdays and Thursdays are fast practices, and then I've got to do a better job of putting my guys in position to make plays."
On whether he needs to see more physicality out of his defense: "When you go through being physical, I think when you look at it, and you talk about the run game, again, we had a couple plays where gap responsibility more than them not being physical. Because when you look at it and you put clips together, you see that our guys are physical, and I don't think anybody could go up to them and say 'you're not a physical group.' They are a physical group. The thing is we have to continue to make sure that we get in the proper gaps. When we get in the proper gaps, you know, people will not run the football, they don't run the football on us, that's the key."
On whether the linebacker shuffle is more personal for him because he is a former linebacker: "The thing that you have to understand is we're teachers, we're coaches. I know this with the whole group is when you work fundamentals, and you do them over and over and over, it becomes natural. It doesn't matter who it is. You go back to when I coached the offensive line, there were some college free agents that ended up playing and starting for a long time that nobody thought they could play. But what it was, is that they had athletic ability, they had desire, and then they were developed. That's the same thing that's going to happen with our linebackers. They're athletic, they're tough, they're physical, they're just young, and they just need to be developed, and the thing is we're doing the correct fundamentals and they'll get better and better and better."
On how the adversity he has gone through so far will serve him and the defense moving forward: "We talk about, we're here in Philadelphia, here to win, you know. We've lost two games, that hurts, that hurts, that's why you work your butt off and that's why all our guys are working their butts off because, you know what, we don't want to lose. We don't want to lose for the fans, we don't want to lose for our owner, and the guys. There's nobody in that room who wants to lose. It hurts. I mean, right now, it hurts. So what do you do about it? You work harder, man, you stay up longer, you fight, you compete, and then you look forward to Sunday so you can get that W. That's what you do. That's what real men do, that's what our guys are, and that's what we're going to do."
On whether there is anything he can do to improve Sunday's poor tackling: "You see that we work the tackle circuit. The important part is making sure that when we're doing that circuit that everybody is doing it full speed. Make sure that we're coaching it properly. And again, you go back to that same thing that, you know what, you're addressing it, you're working it fundamentally, now we have to make sure that it's being coached properly when we're working the drills and then we have to make sure that when the guys are doing the tackling during that circuit, that it's being done at a full speed level to make sure that it carries over."
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Incoterms®<|fim_middle|> the goods to the named place of destination. The seller also contracts for insurance cover against the buyer's risk of loss of or damage to the goods during the carriage. The buyer should note that under CIP the seller is required to obtain insurance only on minimum cover. Should the buyer wish to have more insurance protection, it will need either to agree as much expressly with the seller or to make its own extra insurance arrangements.
DAT Delivered At Terminal
"Delivered at Terminal" means that the seller delivers when the goods, once unloaded from the arriving means of transport, are placed at the disposal of the buyer at a named terminal at the named port or place of destination. "Terminal" includes a place, whether covered or not, such as a quay, warehouse, container yard or road, rail or air cargo terminal. The seller bears all risks involved in bringing the goods to and unloading them at the terminal at the named port or place of destination.
"Delivered at Place" means that the seller delivers when the goods are placed at the disposal of the buyer on the arriving means of transport ready for unloading at the named place of destination. The seller bears all risks involved in bringing the goods to the named place.
"Delivered Duty Paid" means that the seller delivers the goods when the goods are placed at the disposal of the buyer, cleared for import on the arriving means of transport ready for unloading at the named place of destination. The seller bears all the costs and risks involved in bringing the goods to the place of destination and has an obligation to clear the goods not only for export but also for import, to pay any duty for both export and import and to carry out all customs formalities. | 2010 (INternational COmmercial TERMS)
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EXW Ex Works
F-Terms
FCA Free Carrier
FAS Free Alongside Ship
FOB Free On Board
C-Terms
CFR CFR Cost and Freight
CIF CIF Cost, Insurance and Freight
CPT Carriage Paid To
CIP Carriage And Insurance Paid To
D-Terms
DAT DAT Delivered At Terminal
DAP Delivered At Place
DDP Delivered Duty Paid
"Ex Works" means that the seller delivers when it places the goods at the disposal of the buyer at the seller's premises or at another named place (i.e.,works, factory, warehouse, etc.). The seller does not need to load the goods on any collecting vehicle, nor does it need to clear the goods for export, where such clearance is applicable.
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"Free Carrier" means that the seller delivers the goods to the carrier or another person nominated by the buyer at the seller's premises or another named place. The parties are well advised to specify as clearly as possible the point within the named place of delivery, as the risk passes to the buyer at that point.
"Free Alongside Ship" means that the seller delivers when the goods are placed alongside the vessel (e.g., on a quay or a barge) nominated by the buyer at the named port of shipment. The risk of loss of or damage to the goods passes when the goods are alongside the ship, and the buyer bears all costs from that moment onwards.
"Free On Board" means that the seller delivers the goods on board the vessel nominated by the buyer at the named port of shipment or procures the goods already so delivered. The risk of loss of or damage to the goods passes when the goods are on board the vessel, and the buyer bears all costs from that moment onwards.
CFR Cost and Freight
"Cost and Freight" means that the seller delivers the goods on board the vessel or procures the goods already so delivered. The risk of loss of or damage to the goods passes when the goods are on board the vessel. The seller must contract for and pay the costs and freight necessary to bring the goods to the named port of destination.
CIF Cost, Insurance and Freight
"Cost, Insurance and Freight" means that the seller delivers the goods on board the vessel or procures the goods already so delivered. The risk of loss of or damage to the goods passes when the goods are on board the vessel. The seller must contract for and pay the costs and freight necessary to bring the goods to the named port of destination. The seller also contracts for insurance cover against the buyer's risk of loss of or damage to the goods during the carriage. The buyer should note that under CIF the seller is required to obtain insurance only on minimum cover. Should the buyer wish to have more insurance protection, it will need either to agree as much expressly with the seller or to make its own extra insurance arrangements.
"Carriage Paid To" means that the seller delivers the goods to the carrier or another person nominated by the seller at an agreed place (if any such place is agreed between parties) and that the seller must contract for and pay the costs of carriage necessary to bring the goods to the named place of destination.
"Carriage and Insurance Paid to" means that the seller delivers the goods to the carrier or another person nominated by the seller at an agreed place (if any such place is agreed between parties) and that the seller must contract for and pay the costs of carriage necessary to bring | 800 |
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Darlene graduated from Mary Washington College in Fredericksburg, Virginia, with a double major in History and Political Science. Darlene was awarded Departmental Honors in History for her thesis, "The Brownsville Decision: Theodore Roosevelt and the Creation of the National Dilemma." After graduating, she was fortunate to be able to put her love of history to use by working at the Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park, a National Park Service site in Virginia encompassing four Civil War battlefields. | . She has also monitored and reported on congressional | 9 |
Town of Kingsville celebrates Canada Day virtually
Members of Music Moves Kids, led by Director Erin Armstrong, sing "O Canada" for Kingsville's virtual Canada Day.
by Garrett Fodor
As COVID-19 and social distancing measures are still in place, the Town of Kingsville found a new way to celebrate the nation's birthday last Wednesday, while still bringing people together.
Kingsville was still one of the two municipalities left in phase one of the COVID-19 pandemic reopening plan, as of last week, but that did not dampen their spirits or celebrations for Canada's 153rd birthday.
While residents were not able to gather in typical fashion to watch performances, sing O Canada, and enjoy cupcakes and fireworks, residents did their best to keep the tradition going by switching to hosting the festivities virtually.
In order to make the shift to digital, the Town of Kingsville received the Canada Day grant, allowing for the festivities to go virtual, for no added cost.
"While we knew it would not resemble any of our traditional family and local fun activities at the recreation centre, we still wanted to bring about the feel of community participation and attempt to have the public contribute their own messages and images of Canadian pride," Kingsville Mayor Nelson Santos said.
"While we couldn't set this up from one central location as per usual, we reached out to our community and found 19 very willing partners to help us distribute cupcakes from their businesses. It proved to be very well received and enhanced our focus on supporting local during the pandemic," he added.
Leading up to Canada Day last Wednesday, residents were treated to digital performances by entertainers Mighty Mike, Bex in Motion, and the Fire Guy, which began on June 29 on the Kingsville Parks and Rec's social media pages.
Residents enjoyed a virtual<|fim_middle|> offered to include our town in promotions, this helped us celebrate in this unique year. Many hands truly came together to applaud our nation, all the while remaining socially distant." | fireworks display from the comfort and safety of their own home.
Santos was impressed with how supportive the residents and businesses were of the celebration.
Santos said he is glad the town and residents were able to celebrate Canada's birthday safely, while continuing with their traditions, even in these unique times. He is optimistic going forward.
"I would like to acknowledge the collaborative effort and community spirit shown here in Kingsville," Santos said. "From our residents and businesses, to the regional support | 98 |
Polar Bear<|fim_middle|> Ruby's. We'll warm you up! | Plunge raised over $55,000 for Coney Island!
» Polar Bear Plunge raised over $55,000 for Coney Island!
Even the cold of winter can't dampen Coney Island's energetic atmosphere!
Every year, the Coney Island Polar Bear Club hosts its popular New Year's Day Swim — when daring souls don bathing suits and costumes to take a quick dip in the Atlantic Ocean for fun and charity.
With beach temps in the high 50s and water temps in the mid-40s, approximately 4,000 brave swimmers participated in the 2019 plunge Jan. 1, raising $55,319 for local Coney Island organizations, including the New York Aquarium and the Alliance for Coney Island — approximately $12,000 more than last year.
Donations are still being accepted, so click HERE to help out.
Although Ruby's is normally closed for the winter season, we DO open every New Year's Day for the plunge. Whether you plan to participate in the Polar Bear Plunge or just miss the boardwalk, visit Coney Island on Jan. 1 and swing by | 245 |
It is Fish time again. My family especially my son can't get enough of fish. This is a pan fried recipe. The fish could also be deep fried, but pan frying saves a bit of oil and so I prefer it. The marinade is very simple and the marinating time required is also only about an hour.
Fish steaks – 4 medium size or 2 large ones.
Mix all the ingredients and make a paste with some water. Rub the paste on<|fim_middle|> I found this link on the internet. Just felt like eating good home cooked food today. Will post after I eat the varuval, hope it comes out OK. | the fish and leave it to marinate for at least an hour. Heat a pan and pour about 5 Tbsp of oil. When the oil is hot add the fish steaks and fry them 5 minutes on each side. If the steak is thick the fish may need more time to cook. The fish goes very well as a side dish with many rice dishes. I made it with King Fish steak. But any firm fish will suit the recipe.
I'm relatively new to seafood and haven't quite tried out desi fish recipes as yet - this looks pretty tasty and simple. Thanks!
i love fried fish :) this is a great recipe!
I love fried fish and that one amazing recipe your've got!!
i was lookin for a fish fry recipe today.... glad i came across urs.. will try it for supper tonight.. thanx 4 sharing.
Thank you girls for all the comments. It really feels good to read your comments. I checked out all your blogs and you have great blogs, such diversity and so many recipes. Now I will have to fisd the time to try them all.
HI, Am Rajan from New Jersey. after several days of starving I decided to cook today. Am gonna cook Meen Varuval. | 253 |
Make Mine A Double, the prohibtion-era duo featuring Robin and Andy Cahn on sax and vocals, plays a series of gigs at Hardy's Brasserie's Underbar near Baker Street. See the gigs page for further info.
Robin will perform for three nights running at the exclusive Knightsbridge venue, Kent House, as part of their Christmas celebrations. The Vegas-themed evenings will feature Robin playing Ratpack and swing<|fim_middle|> on Saturday 5th of April. | classics on the white grand piano. Private functions only.
Robin plays his Claridges debut with bass player Paul Moylan this month – see gigs page for more details.
Robin's popular duo performances with Andy Cahn have been booked for gigs at the new venue, The Underbar in Marylebone. See the gigs page for further info.
On Sunday 19th October, Robin's 6-piece jazz, swing and funk band will be returning to The Hog Inn Armour in Norwich. Come on down for a lively evening with the band!
Robin's quartet, featuring Kirsty Jarvis, Gareth Lumbers and Vilem Hais, play for the boutique hotel's first birthday and have been asked to continue a program of jazz over the next few months. See broadhousehotel.co.uk for further info.
Robin's jazz, swing and funk band, Pinstripe Suit, perform for the first time at Bylaugh Hall and Marriotts Sprowston Manor this month.
This month sees Robin play twice at one of his favourite jazz venues – Shanghai Blues. For more information on upcoming gig dates, check out the gig page.
Robin will be performing for the first time this month in the Promonade bar in the world famous Dorchester hotel in Mayfair.
This month Pinstripe Suit is performing at the recently renovated Dragons Hall in Norwich and for a 1940's themed wedding at the beautiful Voewood stately home.
Robin will be performing in the famous Georgian restaurant in Harrods on Wednesday 21st May. He will also be performing twice at the famous portman Square hotel, The Churchill, in Churchill's bar on the 3rd and 10th of May.
Robin's trio, featuring vocalist Kirsty Jarvis, will be performing at Shanghai Blues | 362 |
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Spa Pavilion prepares to lift the curtain on first live show since lockdown
Andrew Clarke
Kevin and Joanne Clifton, both Strictly champions, bring their 'An Evening With...' show to the<|fim_middle|> no life' - Ipswich woman's agony as she waits for operation
Abygail Fossett | Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe, this November Photo: Strictly Theatre Co - Credit: Archant
Strictly stars Kevin and Joanne Clifton will be bringing their new show "An Evening with…" to the Spa Pavilion, Felixstowe next month and will be entertaining a socially distanced audience with an intimate show.
The show visits Felixstowe Spa Pavilion Theatre on Monday November 16, and will be the theatre's first event after the enforced coronavirus closure. Coinciding with the fifth Anniversary of the Spa Pavilion's 2015 re-opening, the show will be of special significance to both the theatre and local audiences.
The Strictly siblings, Kevin and Joanne Clifton, were originally due to tour together for the first time earlier this year in the world's leading Ballroom show, Burn The Floor, but unfortunately, due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the tour was unable to go ahead. Keen to still work with his sister, Kevin and the show's producers came up with the 'An Evening With ….' show, designed to be perfect for a smaller audience.
'An Evening With…' will give audiences a glimpse into the Clifton family's dancing lives, from young children growing up in a dancing family, to the successful performers they are today. They have both also won the highly sought after glitter ball trophy on the hit BBC show Strictly Come Dancing - Kevin in 2018 with journalist Stacey Dooley, and Joanne in 2016 with TV presenter Ore Oduba.
They will sing songs from their CD, share stories of their dancing lives, and perform some favourite Ballroom and Latin dances with their professional partners in an intimate show with the famed 'Strictly' attention to detail and fabulous dance routines.
Talking about the show, Kevin Clifton says: "We all miss performing and producing live shows and it is great to be able to get back on stage. We know people's health and safety is paramount and we have designed our show 100% around that. Myself, Joanne and our producers feel a responsibility to the theatre industry to help rebuild audience confidence, so that one day theatres will be full again."
Ray Anderson, director of The Spa, added: "We're so grateful to the Strictly Theatre Co and Kevin & Joanne for bringing us this fantastic show. The virus has given us huge challenges and to survive in a future with our capacity reduced by two thirds will be very difficult. The fact that we are able to re-open with a show of this quality shows how far we have come as a theatre, and it will be a valuable opportunity to ensure that all of our virus precautions are working as we planned before we head into what we hope will be a busy winter complete with Cinderella, our annual pantomime."
Tickets issued with the Spa's automatic social distancing tool are available at the Spa's online box office.
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They Do That, Too? Relatable Experiences for Mommas (and Momma-figures) of All Species
Happy Mother's Day from USGS!
By Communications and Publishing May 6, 2022
Becoming a mother makes you do surprising (and sometimes gross) things. Don't worry – you're not alone! Here are a few ways that motherhood creates kindred spirits across the animal kingdom.
<|fim_middle|> in their first month of life. They start at approximately 60 pounds (27 kg) at birth and by 6 weeks they can reach about 125 pounds (57 kg)! As far as we know, no human baby has matched this feat, though sometimes it feels like it after lugging them around for extended periods of time.
Read more about USGS work on Weddell seals.
It takes a village (of calories).
A sea otter mother feeds her pup in Glacier Bay, Alaska. Credit: Joseph Tomoleoni, USGS
Having a tiny human rely on you for everything takes a lot of energy. Momma sea otters can relate. In the first weeks after giving birth, sea otters use 17% more energy than usual each day. By the end of 6 months of nursing, a mother otter's daily energy demand increases by 96 percent, and she will have invested nearly 222,275 calories in total towards her pup. That's a lot of chocolate cakes for a human mom!
Read more about USGS work on sea otters.
Don't mess with my baby.
American alligator hatchlings. Courtesy USGS
If you've ever thought your mom was super protective over you, you might find yourself relating to a baby alligator. At hatch, mom digs open the nest mound to help hatchlings leave the nest and then stays with her hatchlings for the next one to two years, protecting them from even larger gators and other predators!
Read more about USGS work on alligators and other reptiles.
Do as I do.
Moose cow and calf in early morning fog on Seedskadee National Wildlife Refuge.
I got it from my momma (said a migrating moose). It's often thought that hooved mammals learn how to migrate rather rely on their genetic coding to know how to do it. USGS scientists are researching this topic to better understand how moose, elk, and other hooved homies find new homes, especially in light of climate change impacts.
Read more about USGS work on ungulate migrations.
Leaving the nest.
A mother duck departs her nest with her ducklings in Suisun Marsh.
There are few things more iconic than an image of a momma duck followed by her ducklings. Although they're super cute and fluffy, they also need survival skills. Some species of ducklings leave the nest shortly after hatching to avoid predators like coyotes, raccoons, skunks, birds of prey, and snakes. Although human babies stay in their nest for much longer, they must also face their own set of challenges when they're ready to set off for college or work!
Read more about USGS work on ducklings.
More, please.
If you find yourself wanting more cuteness for Mother's Day, here's a story we ran a few years back. Happy Mother's Day!
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egoldbaum@usgs.gov | Happy Mother's Day to everyone who shows love like a mother! We literally wouldn't exist if it weren't for mommas. Whether they start by giving birth or become mothers and mother figures later in life, we rely on them in so many ways.
In honor of their annual celebratory day, let's spend some time with our furrier, scalier, and feathered counterparts, who often face similar parenting challenges to our own.
Don't let go!
For their first 10 weeks of life, spider monkey babies, like human babies, are completely dependent on their caretaker for survival. Baby monkeys also like to spend their time clinging to mom (but without a complicated baby carrying device). Luckily for them, they get to swing between trees rather than get strapped into a car seat.
Read more about USGS work on monkeys and other primates.
Mommy and me time.
An adult female polar bear and her two cubs travel across the sea ice of the Arctic Ocean north of the Alaska coast.
Giving birth is no easy task. Polar bear moms enter maternity dens for about four months to give birth and then nurture their offspring, somewhat like human moms who take maternity leave. However, polar bear dens are on the sea ice, which could be a bit uncomfortable for those of us used to land!
Read more about USGS work on polar bears.
This four minute short movie depicts the hatching of a Mojave Desert Tortoise. This is the continuation of a sixty million year process for this threatened species.
Just as baby humans burst into existence from a snug space, so do Mojave Desert Tortoises! But with less direct pain to the mothers. This adorable hatching tortoise breaks through its shell and waits for its fellow tortoises to start crawling around their container.
Read more about USGS work on Mojave Desert Tortoises.
When you hear, WAHHHH or see a little mouth stretched wide, you know your baby is hungry. Momma thrushes get to see a similar sight when their babies are hungry, but instead of a bone chilling scream, they get to listen to musical chirps.
Ready, Set, Fly.
When birds, like this baby songbird, reach the right age, they're able to take flight to seek food, something baby humans have yet to figure out how to do.
Read more about USGS work on birds.
Hugs and kisses.
It's always important to show mom love! And Weddell seals do it with a kiss. Like their human counterparts, pups really pack on the pounds | 518 |
The Museum of Modern Art - MoMA
From the Collection: Artists at Mid to Late Career
This presentation in the Museum's fourth-floor collection galleries will focus exclusively on works made by artists in their mid to late careers.
Art Exhibition previously on at The Museum of Modern Art - MoMA in New<|fim_middle|>ou Georgia O'Keeffe Maria Lassnig David Hammons Philip Guston Gego Melvin Edwards The Museum of Modern Art - MoMA | York, United States.
From Saturday 11 November 2017 to Sunday 04 November 2018
Published by MOMA on Friday 13 October 2017.
Spanning from the late 1960s to today, the installation chronicles the many years of sustained experimentation, daring invention, and thoughtful reconsideration that distinguish an individual artist's career long after his or her breakthrough moment. Highlighting lesser-known works by prominent artists and key works by some less familiar names, Artists at Mid to Late Career provides another view of the history of art over the last half century. All works are drawn from MoMA's collection, and includes examples by Lee Bontecou, Louise Bourgeois, Melvin Edwards, Gego, Philip Guston, David Hammons, Jasper Johns, Maria Lassnig, Elizabeth Murray, Georgia O'Keeffe, Gerhard Richter, and many others.
Organized by Paulina Pobocha, Associate Curator, and Cara Manes, Assistant Curator, Department of Painting and Sculpture.
https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/3879?locale=en
Louise Bourgeois Jasper Johns Gerhard Richter Georgia O'Keeffe Elizabeth Murray Lee Bontec | 265 |
10 Must-Visit Connecticut Beaches
Connecticut beaches are not as popular as Hawaii or Florida, but because CT is surrounded by water, it is home to some of the most chill, family-friendly, and easy-to-visit beaches with plenty of attractions and impeccable landscapes.
If you're in the area or has upcoming plans to visit the Nutmeg State and have several hours or a day of downtime, this post couldn't be more timely. Check which beach would pique your interest.
10 Connecticut Beaches with their own Unique Characteristics
While there are more than a dozen Connecticut beaches all over the state that are more ideal for fishing, sunbathing, swimming, and other activities, here are my top 10 picks of the best beaches in CT…
1. Ocean Beach Park
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Ocean Beach Park is one of the family favorite Connecticut beaches since it offers everything from a sugar-white beach to a full range of entertainment that includes a full-size video game arcade, food court, and even joy rides, carousels, and an 18-hole miniature golf course.
The 50-acre park is also home to a 50-meter freshwater swimming pool (with a triple waterslide for extra fees) if you're not interested in swimming at the nearby beach.
It's no wonder Ocean Beach Park has been voted as one of the best beaches by National Geographic. Here are just a few reasons:
Live entertainment at the Boardwalk Stage with weekly events (kids' movie screenings every Tuesdays, Wednesday magic shows, etc.)
Bird-watching at the pavilion by the Nature Walk
Sight-seeing at New London's Lighthouse
Nature trails and picnic area
Playground for the kids
By the beach are token-operated lockers and changing area available for anyone to use.
Location: 98 Neptune Ave, New London, Connecticut
Activities: swimming, fishing, arcade, seasonal shows, weekend events, live entertainment
Where to stay: The Holiday Inn New London – Mystic Area or Inn at Ocean Avenue
More information: https://ocean-beach-park.com/
2. Hole-in-the-Wall Beach
Anyone looking to chill on the sand and just enjoy the water and the nature around it, the Hole-in-the-Wall Beach is a perfect day-tour destination.
It is located within the 62-acre McCook's Point Park in the town of East Lyme, and is a part of Quinnipiac University's Connecticut DEEP program.
Don't miss the sunset. The Hole in the Wall is one of the best Connecticut Beaches for those who chase sunsets by the beach.
Location: 4 Baptist Lane, (inside McCook's Point Park) town of East Lyme, Niantic, CT 06357, US
Activities: kayaking, swimming, crabbing, fishing, hiking, canoeing and walking trails
Where to stay: Inn at Harbor Hill Marina, or camp at Niantic Village
More information: DiscoverEastLyme.com
3. Rocky Neck State Park Beach
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Sharing the coastline and about 6 minutes away from Hole in the Wall Beach, the beach at Rocky Neck State Park will bring you more closeness with nature.
The beach has everything you need if you're thinking of going camping, fishing, crabbing, or hiking. There are bath facilities, concession stands, and dining nearby.
The campground offers 160 sires (open and wooded), but camping is only available from May through September. Look out for wildlife such as cranes, herring, and ospreys that live near the beach.
Location: 244 W. Main St. (Rte. 156) East Lyme, CT 06357
Activities: train watching, camping, swimming, fishing, crabbing, or hiking
Where to stay: Camp at the park, or drive to<|fim_middle|> Beach is the local's best-kept secret beach in the state. This 25-acre beach on Long Island Sound is a public beach, but it is never really crowded even during peak season. Plus, it has one of the lowest admission fees out of all Connecticut beaches.
Jacobs Beach features a playground, boat rack, picnic area, grills, pavilion and bathroom facilities. There's also a mini boardwalk, drinking fountains and picnic shelters available for rent.
Location: 140 Seaside Ave, Guilford, CT 06437
Activities: Swimming, picnicking, nature photography
Where to stay: Tower Inn & Suites or Comfort Inn Guilford
More information: GuildfordParkRec.com
Beyond Connecticut Beaches: Other Attractions in CT
If you have more time and would love to explore the state after your beach trip, I recommend you visit the Gilette Castle or join the CT wine trail. It's a bit more grown-up tour, but fun nonetheless.
For those embarking on a road trip interested in itineraries, here are a couple of guides I've written that could bring you to these Connecticut beaches one way or another:
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More information: CT gov portal's Rocky Neck State Park page
4. Jennings Beach
Jennings is the largest of the Fairfield, Connecticut beaches. It is a local favorite mainly because it spans 27 acres, has the lowest parking fees, has lifeguards and rarely gets crazy-full even during peak season.
The Jennings Beach has restroom facilities and a concession stand.
If you came with kids, stop by the free skate park and Sand Castle Playground adjacent to the beach parking lot. If you want to launch boats, the nearby Ash Creek Open Space and South Benson Boat Marina are very accessible.
In the summer, swimming lessons are available. There are also movie nights, dance nights, and other events held at the pavilion during summer nights.
Location: 880 South Benson Road, Fairfield Ct 06824
Activities: volleyball, swimming, boating, skating, and live entertainment
Where to stay: The Circle Hotel Fairfield
More information: FairfieldCT.org, CTvisit.com
5. Harvey's Beach, Old Saybrook
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Harvey's Beach in Old Saybrook is not a state beach nor is it a big one, but it is open to non-residents as well.
This 100-yard beach is famous for its serene surroundings, amazing sunsets, and its white, white sand.
The beach is clean and has all the amenities perfect for a day tour, such as changing facilities, restrooms, lifeguards on duty (but only during summer season), and a playground. There are also events weekly (dance classes or movie nights by the beach) and seasonal events like Labor Day celebrations.
As for food, there's Kim's Shore She Shed serving the beach daily.
Location: Old Saybrook Parks & Recreation – 308 Main St. (behind the Town Hall), Old Saybrook, CT 06475
Activities: swimming, picnic, boating, golfing (nearby)
Where to stay: Saybrook Point Resort & Marina or Pier Blue Inn Old Saybrook
More information: OldSaybrookCT.com
6. Sherwood Island State Park
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Sherwood Island State Park is the first state park ever and it remains one of the best and most popular. The park encompasses 238 acres, some of which include wetlands, woodlands, a protected Sand dune area, and of course, the beach.
The beach may be small (it runs just over a mile), but it's pretty unique for its three-colored sand. You'll find red, white, and black sand here, which is a result of minerals being isolated when the tide splashes and leaving behind streaks of these uniquely colored sand.
Do note that lifeguards are only on duty from Wednesday through Sunday and that there is a ban on alcoholic drinks in the area. There are restrooms, bath facilities, drinking fountains, concessions, and a first-aid station.
Elsewhere in the park be sure to check out trails, the Sherwood Nature Centre (open during summers), and Tidal Marsh Nature Trail, among others.
Location: Sherwood Island Connector (by the shore of Long Island Sound in the Greens Farms section) Westport, Connecticut
Activities: swimming, picnicking, kite-flying, volleyball, bird watching, scuba diving, saltwater fishing, bird watching, hiking, flying model airplanes, and many more
Where to stay: Delamar Southport or Norwalk Inn & Conference Center, CT
More information: CT gov portal Sherwood Island State Park
7. Hammonasset Beach State Park
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Occupying two miles of beachfront on Long Island Sound in the town of Madison, Connecticut Hammonasset Beach State Park is the state's largest, public shoreline park. It is one of the most popular attractions in Connecticut, drawing an estimated one million visitors (both locally and from other places) each year.
The beach boasts about 500 campsites and plenty of opportunities for boating, kayaking, hiking, and swimming. There's a dog-friendly picnic area (dogs aren't allowed near the beach though), a designated boat launch area, and regular events hosted by the Meigs Point Nature Center.
Location: 1288 Boston Post Rd, Madison, CT 06443
Activities: swimming, kayaking, boating, saltwater fishing, picnicking, biking (there are bike rentals available) and so on
Where to stay: Beech Tree Cottages or Tidewater Inn.
More information: CT gov portal Hammonasset Beach State Park
8. Waterford Beach Park
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If you're into landscape or nature photography, you'd love the sunsets and sunrise here, as the ¼-mile-long beach takes center stage with gorgeous-colored trees in the background. Waterford Beach Park has limited parking, so it can quickly get filled up during weekends and holidays.
Waterford Beach Park is known for its intact dune systems, extensive tidal marshes, sandy hills, and amazing views of Long Island Sound.
During the summer, there is a charge to use the beach. It is open for non-residents (with passes required to be purchased at the gate) and residents (at a discounted rate or with seasonal passes paid for via the Parks and Recreation Department).
Waterford Beach Park has several public facilities, including picnic areas, restrooms, and walkways. There are lifeguards supervising the beach, especially from Labor Day to the spring when the entrance to the beach is free.
Location: 317 Great Neck Rd, Waterford, CT 06385, US
Activities: Swimming, canoeing, kayaking, playing tennis or volleyball, strolling the beach, and fishing, among others.
Where to stay: If you don't want to camp at the park, there's always the SpringHill Suites Mystic Waterford or the Niantic Inn nearby.
More information: WaterFordCT.org
9. Silver Sands State Park Beach
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Silver Sands State Park is a unique nature preserve with 297 acres of dunes, restored salt marsh, open areas, and woods. If you're a birding enthusiast, you're in for a treat, starting with the 14-acre bird sanctuary of Charles Island.
The beach is open to the public every summer but closed from May 1st to August 31 so the nesting bird species (herons and egrets) in the area are protected during that time of the year.
Several features characterize the beach at Silver Sands State Park:
Selfie-inducing mile-long boardwalk stretching to Walnut Beach Park
Sand is composed of a mixture of rock, shell, and actual sand
Low tide exposes the gorgeous sandbar
Tide rises quickly (and can be dangerous) especially if you've embarked on walking the half-mile-long sandbar while low tide
If you do get across the sandbar, you'll reach Charles Island. Locals call it the "Thrice cursed island" after the legend about Captain Kidd burying his last treasure here, but cursing it before going to Boston where he was captured and executed.
Location: 1 Silver Sands Pkwy, Milford, CT 06460, US
Activities: Exploring, hiking, swimming, seashell collecting, birdwatching, and so on
Where to stay: The Residence Inn Milford or Motel 6 Milford.
More information: CT gov portal Silver Sands State Park
10. Jacobs Beach
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Shaykh Faraz continues the text, "Letter to a Disciple" by Imam Ghazali, where he explains some key qualities of Islamic spirituality. He first explains uprightness, which Imam Ghazali deemed as one of two qualities foundational to spirituality. In summary, Imam Ghazali says that uprightness is having good character. He then explains servanthood and what it means to be a servant of Allah through seeking His pleasure. Then Imam Ghazali explains the virtue of having reliance upon Allah, which stems from having certainty in His decree. Imam Ghazali then explains sincerity, which is to act only for the sake of Allah and not for anyone else. In contrast, he explains that hypocrisy and showing off to others stems from exalting creation over Allah. Finally, Imam Ghazali advises to act on what one knows, so that they may be granted knowledge of that which they don't know.
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Twitter Investors Bail Following Bleak Q4
By Richard Adhikari
February 10, 2017 10:42 AM PT
Twitter's share price plunged 12.3 percent Thursday, closing the day at US$16.41, after the company released its Q4 2016 financial report. It fell further on Friday, trading at $15.54 mid-day.
On the bright side, daily active usage grew for the third consecutive quarter and strong growth is expected to continue, the company said. Active monthly users in Q4 totaled 319 million, up 4 percent year over year, and 2 million more than in Q3. Both tweet impressions and time spent on Twitter increased by double digits YoY in Q4. Total engagements were up 151 percent.
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However, YoY ad revenues fell, totaling $638 million, and losses totaled $167 million in Q4<|fim_middle|>there's confusion when I'm also seeing a $176 million reported loss."
Fakes, Frauds and Trolls
Twitter's user and engagement metrics are meaningless, said Trip Chowdhry, managing director for equity research at Global Equities Research.
"There are too many fake IDs, too many fake followers and too many fake comments," he told the E-Commerce Times.
For example, adherents to the extreme views of the alt-right retaliated against Twitter's suspension of several high-profile alt-right advocates by creating a storm of fake accounts.
Cracking down on fake accounts will create a new problem for Twitter, because "their user numbers will only amount to 20 percent of what they are now," Chowdhry said.
One solution would be to require all users to authenticate their identities, and require validation with credit card numbers, he suggested, but "that's not going to happen."
Getting Money Is Hard
Twitter's core problem is its inability to convert traffic to new platform services when compared to larger competitors such as Facebook and Google, Warwick's Skilton said.
Twitter has warned that keen competition may hamper its ability to garner revenue from ads.
The online ad market "is cutthroat [and] highly competitive," but the underlying issue is "Twitter's inability to create sticky pull-through of audiences," Skilton noted.
Twitter's website is "flat and uninteresting, [and] it has no communities or reasons to stay other than ranting from the likes of Donald Trump and … pop stars," he added. Further, the consumer base is fickle and jumps to other sites such as WhatsApp and SnapChat.
Although ad placements grew 150 percent, revenue did not keep pace, because Twitter has cut prices to compete against the likes of Facebook and Google, Skilton pointed out.
Twitter's performance figures "make Twitter an even more likely target for a takeover if this slide continues," he said.
Is It Curtains for Social Media?
Twitter isn't the only social media company whose share prices fell following its latest financial report.
Facebook slipped last week. After the company released its Q4 earnings report, beating analysts' estimates, its stock briefly hit a record high but then closed the day down 1.8 percent at $130.84.
"I don't think either Twitter or Facebook can grow, because social media fatigue is setting in," Chowdhry said.
2017 will be a bad year for social media as a whole, he predicted.
In spite of increased attention due to President Trump's propensity for tweeting, Twitter's stock likely will fall below $10, he predicted.
Expecting President Trump's extensive use of Twitter to positively impact the company's shares would be a mistake, Chowdhry said. "By that logic, people should go invest in Evian because he drinks Evian water."
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The mixture of GAAP and non-GAAP figures is unusual, said Mark Skilton, a professor at Warwick Business School.
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Flanagan finished second in New York in her first marathon in 2010 but had not run this race since. After a fracture in her lower back kept her out of the Boston Marathon, Flanagan trained hard for New York with an eye on Keitany.
Flanagan called Keitany "the alpha racer" and said she was ready to "suffer dearly" while keeping up with the unpredictable Kenyan. Flanagan had said she may retire if she won New York.
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Previous ArticleRed or Black Sand? Which Substrate is Best for Your Bichir? | it was Jeselyn Papa, an English online instructor and Anna's partner, who first rescued and cared for Makisig.
Having 23 cats and one dog, Anna and Jeselyn were no strangers to rescuing animals. However, with Makisig, things were different. She did notice that the kitten seemed to be paralyzed.At the time, she didn't know Makisig had cerebellar hypoplasia (CH).
Feline cerebellar hypoplasia is a non-progressive, non-contagious disorder resulting from an underdeveloped cerebellum, the part of the brain that controls coordination and balance. This occurs when the normal development of a kitten inside his mother's womb is affected, such as by feline panleukopenia virus infection.
Cats with CH have different signs and symptoms affecting their balance and movement, such as jerky movements, tics, tremors, and gait issues.
If you have a cat just like Makisig keeping you company, here are a few things you should know to ensure that your furry friend stays happy and healthy.
Some cats with CH have wobblier gaits than others. Depending on the severity of their symptoms, they may need extra special care or almost none at all.It helps to remember that a cat with CH isn't sick or in pain. He's just uncoordinated.
When Anna went to the vet with Makisig for the first time, she was given the option of putting him to sleep. "We were told that it was a lifetime condition and if we wanted to, we could [put him to sleep]."Anna didn't have any of it, choosing instead to care for Makisig and overcome challenges by educating herself about CH.
When Makisig was little, Anna and Jeselyn looked after him 24-7. While Anna worked in the morning, Jeselyn looked after Makisig. In the evening, they swapped places. This went on for about six months.
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35 die, 1 Briton missing in Mont Blanc tunnel fire
Rescuers begin to clear up. Peter Capella reports
Fri 26 Mar 1999 21.47 EST
Thirty-five people died in a fire that turned a stretch of the Mont Blanc road tunnel between France and Italy into a furnace, regional authorities said yesterday.
A spokesman for the tunnel operators on the Italian side of the tunnel said: 'There are 35 confirmed victims, the definitive toll is 35.'
Among those reported still missing in the Mont Blanc area is a 23-year-old British lorry driver who is thought to work for a Dutch haulage firm.
A Foreign Office spokes-man said: 'We can confirm that a British man has been reported missing in this area, but the circumstances of his disappearance are not yet known.'
The extent of the disaster emerged only yesterday when rescuers finally extinguished the blaze after nearly three days and reached the centre of the 7-mile tunnel, where they found about 20 lorries and 10 or 11 cars trapped.
Most of the victims were trapped in cars and lorries halfway through the tunnel after the fire broke out on a Belgian lorry on Wednesday morning.
The truck driver, Gilbert Degrave, told the newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws: 'Every-thing was ablaze in half a minute. I ran for my life. Behind me all hell broke loose. In a few minutes the tunnel was like an oven.'
At one point, temperatures reached 1000C along a 700-yard section of the tunnel, one of three major crossing points for goods traffic across the Alps.
Chamonix town hall official Claude Marin said the victims appeared to include a French family of five and an Italian family of four.
A French fireman died of smoke inhalation early in the rescue attempt and 11 more bodies had been recovered by yesterday morning.
A combined force of more than 50 French, Italian and Swiss firefighters struggled against the inferno. A spokesman for Italian fire services said they found skeletons and charred human remains.
The rescue effort from the French side was hampered by thick smoke, emanating from the Belgian lorry's cargo of margarine and flour, which was blown down the tunnel by strong air currents.
An acrid smell lingered outside the tunnel entrance at Chamonix as exhausted firefighters with blackened faces emerged, coughing heavily despite having breathing equipment.
Firefighters who arrived on the scene within minutes of the blaze on Wednesday were trapped by smoke and had to be pulled out through an underground ventilation shaft. More than 30 needed hospital treatment.
Another truck inside the tunnel was carrying chemicals, believed to include chlorine, and parts of the tunnel's concrete lining collapsed under the intense heat, exposing a fragile layer of crumbling rock.
The tragedy has revived an intense debate about safety in the tunnel, which was opened in 1965. The two-lane Mont Blanc crossing uses a single tunnel, unlike the Channel Tunnel, which has three separate tubes including a pressurised one with evacuation points for emergencies.
Other long Alpine road tunnels have a separate corridor for rescue and maintenance. Small shelters were added to the Mont Blanc tunnel at intervals of 700 yards nine years ago.
Last year 766,000 lorries passed under Europe's highest mountain and it is one of the busiest routes for goods traffic between northern and southern Europe, as it links the French and Italian motorway networks.
Fire services in Chamonix have complained for years that they are under-equipped, and that the tunnel's safety equipment is inadequate.
'This<|fim_middle|> its second major disaster in two months.
In January, an avalanche swept through a nearby hamlet, killing 11 people. | catastrophe shows quite evidently that it is no longer possible or reasonable to continue to allow heavy goods vehicles driving through the Mont Blanc tunnel,' Michel Charlet, the mayor of Chamonix, said.
There was a huge sense of anger and sadness in the French resort, which has suffered | 56 |
50 things to do in the wonderful city of Dublin.
There are five categories of activity in the jar; Outdoor, Pubs, Art & Culture, History and Food with ten of each category to discover.
Yeats, joyce, heaney, beckett, u2; the cranberries, dublin's art and culture scene is something which is very close to our heart. There is so much to do, learn and enjoy about the artists and cultural figures who have made their mark over the centuries. Good for a rainy day!
from the celts to the vikings to the normans to the british to independent ireland, dublin is the epicentre of irish history. both sad and triumphant, there are so many sories to be heard, museums to be visited, architecture to admire, it ain't<|fim_middle|> brought ethnic foods from around the globe and not only that but irish chefs have brought about a renaissance with a keen focus on ireland's quality produce. | boring that's for sure.
bacon and cabbage is an old irish specialty. sure you can get if that's your thing, but dublin's food scene is thriving. the celtic tiger | 41 |
Alec Baldwin Urges People to Stay Home and Contain COVID-19
By SOTH Team Posted on March 23, 2020
Alec Baldwin created a video public service announcement (PSA) for release on Governor Andrew<|fim_middle|> created PSAs for Cuomo's YouTube channel. Others include Montauker Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Danny DeVito, TV personality Alani Nicole "La La" Anthony and Power star Joseph Sikora. | Cuomo's YouTube channel Monday urging people to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic to avoid spreading the highly contagious disease. Likely filmed from Baldwin's Amagansett home—where he and wife Hilaria Baldwin have been staying with their four young children—the simple, selfie-style video begins with Baldwin telling people plainly, "We need to stay home."
He goes on to add, "Like you, in the beginning I had my doubts about what was going on, but now I think it's been proven that the only way we're going to have a chance to minimize this is to distance and to quarantine. So stay home and I think some time will pass and we're gonna beat this thing."
Baldwin also asks that people take the advice of Cuomo, a Southampton resident, and others in-the-know. "So, let's take the advice of Governor Cuomo and other New York State officials, and Dr. Fauci, and stay home."
The video ends with a graphic reading "STAY HOME. STOP THE SPREAD. SAVE LIVES." and directs people to ny.gov/coronavirus, a valuable website loaded with information about the disease and its effects on New York State and our large population.
Baldwin is one of a growing number of celebrity New Yorkers who have | 257 |
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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act), signed into law by President Obama on March 23, 2010, amends the Public Health Service Act (PHS Act) to create an abbreviated licensure pathway for biological products that are demonstrated to be "biosimilar" to or "interchangeable" with an FDA-licensed biological product. This pathway is provided in the part of the law known as the Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act (BPCI Act). Under the BPCI Act, a biological product may be demonstrated to be "biosimilar" if data show that, among other things, the product is "highly similar" to an already-approved biological product.
Patents for many branded biologics will expire during the next few years, allowing biosimilars manufacturers to seek FDA approval for generic versions of these agents.
Health care professionals and consumers can be assured that FDA will require licensed biosimilar and interchangeable biological products to meet the Agency's exacting standards of safety and efficacy.
Biological products can include a wide range of products including vaccines, blood and<|fim_middle|> | blood components, allergenics, somatic cells, gene therapy, tissues, and proteins. Unlike most traditional, small-molecule prescription drugs that are made through chemical processes, biological products are generally made from human and/or animal materials. Biological products are usually larger than and have a more complex structure than small-molecule prescription drugs. Such products may be manufactured through biotechnology, derived from natural sources, or, in some cases, produced synthetically.
A biosimilar is a biological product that is highly similar to a U.S.-licensed reference biological product notwithstanding minor differences in clinically inactive components, and for which there are no clinically meaningful differences between the biological product and the reference product in terms of the safety, purity, and potency of the product.
Why does it matter what law a medication is approved under?
The FD&C Act provides a pathway for drug manufacturers to rely on the agency's previous findings that the reference listed drug, already approved under the Act, is safe and effective. These are known as generic drugs, which must have the same active ingredient(s), previously approved conditions of use, dosage form, strength, route of administration, and (with certain exceptions) labeling as the reference listed drug. The generic drug must also be bioequivalent to the brand name drug.
Until the passage of the Affordable Care Act in March 2010, the PHS Act did not have similar provisions to the FD&C Act that allow licensure of biological products based on comparison to already licensed biological products. The Biologics Price Competition and Innovation Act of 2009 (the BPCI Act) allows for an abbreviated licensure pathway for biological products that are "biosimilar" to already licensed biological products that are currently on the U.S. market.
Are biosimilars generic versions of biological products?
No. The word "generic" applies only to small-molecule drugs that are the same as, and bioequivalent to, an already-approved small-molecule drug regulated under the FD&C Act.
Will biosimilars be dispensed in place of the biological product they have been compared to in every situation?
Only if they are interchangeable. Biosimilar biological products cannot be dispensed in place of another biological product unless a physician or other healthcare professional prescribes the biosimilar product. However, biological products that are "interchangeable" will be able to be substituted with certain biological products, as described below.
An "interchangeable" biological product is biosimilar to the reference product, and can be expected to produce the same clinical result as the reference product in any given patient. If administered more than once to an individual (as many biological products are), the risk in terms of safety or diminished efficacy of alternating or switching between use of the biological product and the reference product will not be greater than the risk of using the reference product without such alternation or switch.
Once determined "interchangeable" two biological products will thus be able to be substituted for each other (i.e., interchanged) by a pharmacist without the intervention of the health care provider.
Pharmacists will be responsible for knowing which biological products are interchangeable and which will require prescriber prescription before substitution.
To date, FDA has not approved a biological product as biosimilar or interchangeable. Since passage of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, however, FDA has been establishing standards for licensure to ensure the safety and effectiveness of biosimilars. Because biological products are complex products, the development and approval of biosimilars is a complicated and challenging process. The Agency understands that several companies are developing biosimilar products and may submit applications for licensure under the new law. Scientists, clinicians, and other personnel at FDA are currently working out the details of the review and licensure process. It is not yet known when the first biosimilar will be on the U.S. market. | 782 |
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Most Patients Are Able to Return to Full Range of Activity
Has hip pain placed your life on hold? Cookeville Regional now offers a minimally invasive hip surgery option for qualified candidates. CRMC orthopedic surgeon Dr. Greg Roberts is the only physician in the Upper Cumberland who performs direct anterior hip replacement, a new approach that allows patients to experience less pain and shorter recovery time<|fim_middle|> easily for a light job like a desk job," said Dr. Roberts. | than with traditional hip replacement surgery.
"It's the same surgery we were doing 20 years ago and with the same materials we've been using for the traditional hip replacement, but we're using a different approach to reach the hip joint to replace it," said Dr. Roberts.
During the traditional surgery, the surgeon makes the incision at the back of the hip, or the "posterior," which requires cutting through the many muscles in that area to reach the hip. Because these muscles have to be cut crosswise and afterwards must heal, recovery is rather lengthy and painful.
With the new surgery, the surgeon approaches the hip from the front, or "anterior." Since this area is less muscular, the procedure does much less damage to the muscles, and thus healing time is greatly decreased.
"For this procedure, you come in through the front and really don't cut loose any muscles," said Dr. Roberts. "You split just one muscle, and you're down to the hip, so there's much less damage to the muscles."
Candidates for hip replacement include those with hip arthritis or other problems that cause severe hip pain and dysfunction. Surgery is not recommended for those with open leg wounds or infections and those with coexisting illnesses that might create complications during surgery. Nearly anyone who is a candidate for traditional hip replacement can opt for direct anterior hip replacement instead.
"For a couple of patients that were a little larger, I've had to make a second incision to try to get all of the pieces in exactly right, but virtually anybody is a reasonable candidate for direct anterior hip replacement," said Dr. Roberts.
Because of the muscle damage caused by the traditional surgery, patients who had that surgery were encouraged to permanently avoid certain body positions to minimize the risk of hip dislocation. Those muscles are spared with the direct anterior approach, so patients who have this surgery don't have any physical restrictions once healing is complete.
"Before, we would tell people not to bend their legs more than 90 degrees, not to cross their knees and not to roll their legs inward," said Dr. Roberts. "With the direct anterior approach, you can put the hip into most any position you want to because they don't tend to pop out the way they did after the old surgery."
Using the old procedure — the posterior approach — patients typically use a walker for about two to three weeks, then a cane for another week or two after that, and then are usually feeling good and are able to go back to work after six weeks.
"With this new surgery, a patient can go back to work at one to two weeks | 523 |
Cosworth has today marked its 60th anniversary with a special event at our UK headquarters in Northampton.
'Cosworth: <|fim_middle|> the iconic Double Four Valve engine, better known as the legendary DFV. With 155 wins in Formula 1 from 1967-1983, the DFV became the power unit of choice for driver and manufacturer world champions, and propelled Cosworth to become the most successful engine manufacturer in F1.
Since 1987, we have also been innovating in the field of motorsport electronics. Founded under the name Pi Research, Cosworth Electronics created one of the first "black box" and data loggers to be used in motorsport. We have since gone on to revolutionise the role that electronics and data analytics plays in motor racing – with presence in almost all race series from Formula 1 to IndyCar, World Rally to World Endurance, and counting every major automotive manufacturer as a customer.
We have used the rigours of motorsport to transform ourselves into a growing and profitable Tier 1 supplier to automotive manufacturers in recent years. It is this strategy that forms the backbone of our future growth plans.
Cosworth opened its Advanced Manufacturing Centre in 2015, a new 38,000sq ft facility, which was the result of a £22m investment supported by our shareholders, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the local government and Northampton Borough Council.
In just three years, the AMC has helped Cosworth reach record revenue levels. Neatly coinciding with the 60th anniversary, the 30,000th engine block rolled off the line at the AMC at the end of September, marking another important milestone.
We continue our international expansion with a brand new facility in Detroit, North America. From this state of the art facility, we will continue to support its existing OEM customers in the US market – while giving our business a platform to meet future demands.
Based in Shelby Township, Michigan, the North American Headquarters opened on June 25, 2018 and houses a second Advanced Manufacturing Centre that spans 60,000 square feet. It will produce powertrain and electronics solutions to support clients in the North American market.
Cosworth is also developing new solutions from battery sensor technology through to integrated vision systems for autonomous cars.
Cosworth already has an order book in place up to 2026 with £320m from long-term contracts and revenues at record levels. Partnerships with General Motors, Aston Martin, Honda, Haitec and Porsche allow us to play a key role in determining the future direction of the automotive industry.
Our involvement in the UK government's Multi-Car Collision Avoidance project places Cosworth at the very heart of the connected and autonomous vehicle agenda.
Whether it is through propulsion, hybridisation, connectivity or automation technology, we are ready to solve the new challenges on the road, racetrack and in the air with the mobility solutions of the future. Here's to the next sixty years!
"The automotive and motorsport landscape has made significant technological advances over the past six decades," explains CEO Hal Reisiger. "In response, Cosworth has continually developed technologies to meet evolving demands from our customers. | 60 Years and Beyond' has taken a look back at six highly successful decades for the company, while outlining the leading role that Cosworth is playing in the future direction of the automotive industry.
Founded by Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth (the Cos and worth respectively) in September 1958, and initially operating out of a garage in north London, the company had one mission: to change the boundaries of what could be achieved through engineering by 'messing about with race engines'. And so Cosworth was born.
Moving to Northampton in 1964, we would quickly make a name for ourselves with the creation of | 130 |
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Fighting to Win: The Art of Sword Combat in The Early Modern Period
By Danièle Cybulskie
Usually, writing about the Early Modern Age isn't my deal, but it was definitely an interesting time. This was the period in which men went around in puffy pants with rapiers at their hips, ready to duel anyone who ridiculed the puffiness of their pants. And if you're going to wander around with a rapier, you'd better know how to use it.
Enter Joachim Meyer, a German sword expert, who literally wrote the book on sword fighting, and wisely titled it The Art of Sword Combat. Published in 1568 and dedicated to Meyer's local count, Otto von Solms, The Art of Sword Combat instructs the reader on the use of the longsword, the dusack – a wooden or leather sword used for sport – and the rapier. Detailed instructions are set forth for each weapon in clear prose, including woodcuts and examples of how and when to use each stroke of the sword. This is a purely instructional book, which makes it great reading for historians because it breaks things down into its simplest parts, and explains everything. As Meyer himself says,
I am not writing for great fighters or artists, nor have I intended to write this as a historical monument to combat, presenting the art as worthy of serious attention, but only to write a book<|fim_middle|> provoke him to strike; and when he strikes, then parry that blow…and you shall quickly cut after that parrying.
He also says,
as soon as you feel that [your opponent] has been weakened, then before he recovers, cut quickly to his body, whether low or high.
Kick your enemy when he is down, in other words, and he will stay down.
When you see the balletic feints and parries of Olympic fencing, it's hard to remember that the people behind the masks are actually practicing a skill that was once meant to kill or seriously injure. In The Art of Sword Combat, Meyer doesn't bother to be delicate about it. There are frequent instructions to cut or thrust at your opponent's head, face, ears, or belly. There is also the startling sentence from the section on the longsword: "when you have sliced an opponent's arms, then you may draw the slice through his mouth" (82). For Meyer, there is no point in being delicate because fighting hard and with skill might well save your life.
There is a section near the end, simply titled "A Good Technique", which outlines what to do "if you must defend yourself in an emergency, when someone rushes on you with a partisan and you have only a rapier or some other one-handed weapon." The section immediately following this one outlines how to use your cape (a piece of regular clothing for men at the time) to defend yourself against a rapier attack. For the record, you can wrap your cape around your arm to block a stroke, or throw it over your opponent's blade and then strike him with yours. Someone writing a book on sword combat today is not likely to suggest that you'll need to use your coat against a sudden attack in the street, but in Meyer's day, these were certainly good techniques to know, just in case.
If you're interested in how people actually fought in the Early Modern Age, or just want to be able to visualize the duel between Romeo and Tybalt, The Art of Sword Combat is a book that will tell you everything you need to know. You can check out Jeffrey L. Forgeng's new translation here.
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Unlike some books, like Ramon Llull's The Book of the Order of Chivalry, Meyer's book doesn't concern itself with symbolism or the place of the swordsman's skills in the universe, but the simple brass tacks of fighting to win. And that's what makes this book so interesting to me: the emphasis on fighting to win, not necessarily how to win with honour. In medieval treatises, there is a chivalric emphasis on fairness, and medieval romances frown upon the combatant that stoops to trickery to win, or kicks his enemy when he is down. (Doubtless, real medieval warriors would have used whichever tactics would have kept them alive.) In this most practical book, Meyer puts no stock in fairness, but rather emphasizes using the opponent's weakness or gullibility against him. Critical to many (if not most) of Meyer's techniques is the feint; deception is not only acceptable, but prized. Likewise, provocation is essential, to make the opponent slip up. Meyer says of rapier combat,
when your opponent will not cut at you, you should also not cut the first stroke at him to hit him, but see how you can | 259 |
Greek islands are renowned around the globe as holiday destinations but some are better known than others and overwhelmed by coach-loads of tourists, for something less crowded and more authentic Craig Osment takes the ferry to Kefalonia and finds himself beside the seaside at every meal.
Fiskardo (also Fiscardo or in the past Viscardo) has been both reviled and revered for being the St Tropez of Kefalonia as far as I'm concerned the fact that it's attracted Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Giorgio Armani and Steven Spielberg among other celebs doesn't bother me in the slightest, if<|fim_middle|> there wasn't already enough to ponder from the table – the boats moored a few metres away and the passing couples and families undertaking their daily 'volta' which is the Greek version of the Italian passeggiata.
Start the day with yoghurt and honey, don't miss the goat and lamb dishes and definitely eat as much seafood as you can – octopus, swordfish, sardines – whatever is fresh and on the menu. Try Greek favourites like saganaki (fried cheese), souvlaki, moussaka and obviously followed up with some baklava. Olive oil and oregano accompany almost everything savoury. And at the end of the meal try the raki, arak or ouzo if you're within walking distance of home. | it's good enough for their super yachts to moor here then my rented Fiat Punto can park here too. And I fail to see any evidence of the place having been 'spoiled' by celebrity, it's far too small to accommodate more than one or two at any given time with a local population of around 300 and a port frontage of just two kilometres.
It's easy to see the why people who presumably can visit anywhere in the world their fancy or fortune takes them would want to call in to this gorgeous little fishing village if they happen to be cruising the Greek islands. It typifies what lies at the heart of my love affair with Kefalonia – quay side dining with wonderfully hospitable entertaining Greek company accompanied by simply fabulous food, wine and music.
Like many things Greek confusion surrounds the name of this island (as well as Fiskardo). I've settled on Kefalonia but you may know it as Cephalonia, Kefallonia or even Kefallinia, whatever spelling you settle on won't make any difference to its attractions, they are many and splendid. It is the largest of the Ionian islands of which there may be six or seven depending on whether or not you include Kythira which is not in the Ionian sea but the group was originally known as Heptanese or 'the seven islands' so long as you don't count the many smaller islands which are also part of the group. Get the idea? It's all a bit hard to pin down when it comes to Greek 'facts' and statistics. Over the centuries there have been numerous invaders and occupiers laying claim to various bits of Greece so Venetians, British, Turks, Macedonians, Romans and French are all responsible for the confusing etymology and the rich history.
In the case of Kefalonia, the Venetians have probably left the most obvious heritage having ruled over the place for nearly 300 years from 1500. Although the French and British followed, the architecture and some of the cuisine is mostly influenced by the Venetian style although much of the original fabric was destroyed by a catastrophic earthquake in 1953 which saw most of the island rebuilt with the notable exception of Fiskardo in the far north.
While 'large' in comparison to its Ionian neighbours the island is only 770 square kilometres which makes everything easily accessible and from our base in the picturesque village of Sami on the east coast the joke among our little group was that everywhere we drove seemed to be about 30 minutes away although this sometimes in reality stretched to an hour. This made our daily trips to coastal villages a breeze and lunch at a different port or beach a quotidian delight.
The main attractions apart from mostly pebble-strewn beaches and the mountainous interior are culinary and archaeological with Roman ruins and 17th century monasteries on the list as well as the local winery famous for its Robola wines. As you'd expect the island is surrounded by the luminous, vivid blue water that's common throughout the Greeks isles, and in this area is noted for the appearance of sea turtles and monk seals as well as perfect diving and snorkelling conditions.
In addition it's home to one of the most fabled beaches in the world; Myrtos, on the north west coast, which stretches in an arc between two 900-metre mountains and is dazzling white because of the marble and limestone pebbles that become increasingly smaller as you approach the waterline. Amazingly during the northern spring on our visits, there was hardly a soul to be seen after winding down the steep road from above, just a carpark and a deserted beach bar, very little activity for such an iconic beach but then the entire island is an overlooked wonderland compared to some of Greece's more popular tourist destinations which makes it even more alluring, and the almost total lack of tourist coaches a welcome change from some.
There is a sandy beach and tourists to be found on the southern tip of the island at Skala, which is strangely the least appealing destination apart from a Roman villa ruin which features well preserved mosaic floors from the 3rd century AD. The beach itself and the surrounds appear to have been transported from the Costa del Sol with large hotels and beach chairs which are completely at odds with the intimacy of most of the other coastal towns.
There is plenty for history buffs though with a museum in the island's capital of Argostoli featuring some of the country's most significant finds from the Mycenaean era along with the 16th century monastery of Saint Gerasimus, patron saint of Kefalonia which features an elaborate carved iconostasis or alter screen and a silver casket containing the remains of the saint himself. Among the more recent points of historical interest is the fame brought briefly to the island as the location for the 2001 film Captain Correlli's Mandolin which was filmed entirely on the island and mostly around Sami and Ayía Ephimía where the local taverna owners still reminisce about the presence of Nicholas Cage and Penelope Cruz.
But back to those charming little waterfront villages with a quay and fishing boats and open tavernas lining the seaside, they are dotted around the entire coastline and some are must-visits. Poros, where we landed after one of those wonderful trips on a blue and white inter-island ferry from Kyllini in the Peloponnese area of the mainland and revisited during our stay to enjoy yet another waterside lunch. Further up the west coast is Ayía Ephimía, which is a favourite with visiting sailors who moor their yachts right outside their favourite taverna. On the north east coast, Assos has to enjoy one of the most spectacular locations of all, nestled in a small bay behind an isthmus and home to the 16th century Assos Castle sitting atop a rocky hill, the village is a delight with the inevitable beachfront eateries plus a couple of ruined Venetian houses decaying behind to remind you of the history and the 1953 earthquake which is recalled here with a plaque thanking the French for their assistance with reconstruction after the devastation.
Finally a visit to Argostoli gives you a glimpse of the 'big smoke' if a town with just over 10,000 inhabitants qualifies. The capital is once again set by the water and painted in gelato colours and the stepping off point for a ferry trip to the other main town of Lixouri which is just across the Argostoliou Gulf and formerly the summer holiday destination of choice for the children of the Greek Royal Family and claims to have been visited by Richard Strauss during its heyday in the 19th century.
Kefalonia's nearest neighbor is Ithaca (or Ithaki) which is just a half-hour car ferry trip from Sami and reputedly home to the mythical hero Odysseus from Homer's Odyssey although this is still subject to dispute. Whatever, the island has been occupied since the 2nd millennium BC and has plenty of history as well as a beautiful capital in the form of Vathy which is – you guessed it, yet another stunning waterside town and another opportunity for lunch in the sunshine which seemed to follow us throughout our stay.
Greece attracts nearly 30 million tourists per year so it's not just food that brings them, the country includes a record 18 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, hundreds of islands lapped by waters in every hue of blue, and a wonderful history steeped in myth and meaning culled from its many occupiers.
Having said that you've probably gathered that eating and drinking are top of my list. The waterside tavernas are wonderfully convivial places which are often separated from their kitchens by a stretch of road between the covered seafront dining area and the main building. This means waiters deliver food trays from among the passing traffic which, while an occupational health and safety risk, seems to work perfectly well most of the time. Greece being the 'cradle of civilisation' is still out in front on a lot of social activities which would be banned elsewhere in the world. These tavernas often offer live music from resident rembetika groups and lots of spontaneous dancing to amuse their diners as if | 1,711 |
Local 17 Apprentice Austin Pitts; steps forward in a time of need.
<|fim_middle|> life. | Austin Pitts, Local 17 Third year apprentice honored November 4th at the Union Meeting for his heroic efforts to help save a life.
In June 2015, Austin Pitts stepped forward without hesitation to the aid of two motorcyclists. After witnessing an accident which involved 2 riders; a man and a woman.
The woman had a compound fracture and was in severe pain. Austin and a friend made an evaluation and reassured the young woman that she would be ok. The man was in more desperate need of first aid. Austin observed the victim was bleeding profusely from a wound in the stomach area. Austin without hesitation took his own shirt and using direct pressure got the bleeding under control, and stayed with the victim until paramedics were on the scene of the accident.
Austin, a Local 17 apprentice stepped forward recognizing the situation trusting his training using Coyne guidelines in all probability saved the man's | 189 |
Andy wins by a tick
ANDY Buttery's competitiveness in a finish paid dividends when he won the Rossendale 'Race within a Race' in the BUPA<|fim_middle|>0 and I am chuffed with that.'
Another satisfaction for Andy was the £250 raised for Yorkshire Cancer Research.
Andy, who is originally from Yorkshire, lost his sister Janice to the disease in 2003.
Andy said: 'It is a worthy cause and a great event and I will definitely being doing it again next year.' | Great Manchester Run by the narrowest of margins.
AND they're off: Andrew Flintoff, Sir Alex Ferguson and Denis Law start the BUPA Great Run.
Andy was the first Rossendale competitor to cross the finish line in a bunch sprint and he was blissfully unaware that his closest rival was also in the group.
And when the results were analysed it emerged that Andy had won Rossendale's 'Race within a Race' by just one second from Kristian Cope.
Just over a minute later Kathy McDonald was the third Rossendale finisher to cross the line in 36m 29sec to win the Rossendale women's section. Both winners will receive an inscribed plaque.
Rossendale Harrier Andy said: 'A couple of us came in together but I did not realise that one of the others was from Rossendale. I always finish as hard as I can and was trying to do my best. If there is someone there I always try to beat them.'
Andy, who was in good form going into the run after winning the Wray 10k at Lancaster, recorded a time of 35m 13sec and that earned him 89th place in a field of 25,000.
He explained: 'There was a bit of wind and it was a bit difficult on the way back in. But I was pleased with the run and the atmosphere was great. The crowd do lift you and the race seemed to be over very quickly.'
He added: 'I was working hard all the way round and was pleased with 89th place. I was hoping to be in the top 10 | 338 |
The<|fim_middle|>acle, and the Savior. They were impressed with the Tabernacle's organ, wooden benches a plenty, and wondered why the musicians weren't playing.
I particularly enjoyed watching the kiddos reach for and touch the temple doors. It was a beautiful day.
The kids are getting too big! The pictures are darling. Looks like it was a nice day!
Love the picts. Your family is so beautiful. I hope you are well. If you're in LV anytime soon, give me a holler, we can do another MNO! | designer and I had the pleasure of becoming friends with Van in the Landscape Architecture program at UNLV. Van is an incredible artist…students would pay him to help them with their renderings. He is also a talented musician. Sounds like he and Jill will make beautiful music together. They seem like a perfect match. We wish you both the best.
The kiddos love to visit the temple. Temple Square is of course a special visit. Every time we go it seems we discover something new.
This visit was no different. Today they were particularly enamored with the stone of the building, it's nooks and crannies.
Missionaries round the square made sure they had photos of the temple, tabern | 142 |
The Ancient Art of Turning Adversity to Advantage
We give up too easily. With a simple change of attitude, what seem like insurmountable obstacles become once-in-a-lifetime opportunities. Ryan Holiday, who dropped out of college at nineteen to serve as an apprentice to bestselling 'modern Machiavelli' Robert Greene and is now a media<|fim_middle|> has grown dramatically, today surpassing its trade with either Europe or the U.S. But China's investments, including massive building projects, are less significant for this rapidly evolving relationship, according to this 15-country survey by veteran African correspondent French (A Continent for the Taking), than the significant flow of new Chinese immigrants often pushed out by the pressure and oppression back home as much as lured by opportunity. In vivid first-person reportage, French explores this momentous phenomenon, while challenging assumptions about China and Chinese immigrants. Lively interviews with Chinese entrepreneurs, African workers, politicians, and others reveal an already advanced socioeconomic and political landscape. Casual racism, strife between Chinese employers and native African workers, grassroots protests against Chinese inroads into markets, and political demagoguery exist side by side. Contrary to China's official disclaimers, this relationship based on acquisition of resources but also the securing of new markets for Chinese goods bears a striking resemblance to Western colonialism. The book will appeal to students of China and Africa, and anyone interested in the shifting contours of the global economy and its geopolitical consequences.
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The Daily Stoic | consultant for billion-dollar brands, draws on the philosophy of the Stoics to guide you in every situation, showing that what blocks our path actually opens one that is new and better.
If the competition threatens you, it's time to be fearless, to display your courage. An impossible deadline becomes a chance to show how dedicated you are. And as Ryan discovered as Director of Marketing for American Apparel, if your brand is generating controversy - it's also potentially generating publicity.
The Stoic philosophy - that what is in the way, is the way - can be applied to any problem: it's a formula invented more than 2,000 years ago, whose effectiveness has been proven in battles and board rooms ever since. From Barack Obama's ability to overcome obstacles in his election races, to the design of the iPhone, the stoic philosophy has helped its users become world-beaters.
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Since Jiang Zemin's state visit to Africa in 1996 and his subsequent call to Chinese businesses to "go out" in search of opportunities abroad, China's trade with Africa | 235 |
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Published on: Aug 5, 2013 | Zuckerberg Gets Personal About Immigration Reform
The Facebook CEO makes a rare public appearance to make a case for immigration reform.
By Francesca Fenzi@FrancescaFenzi
Mark Zuckerberg took the stage Monday night at San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts to give an opening statement before a screening of the documentary film Documented. It was a rare public appearance for the Facebook CEO, in which he put a personal touch to his position on immigration reform.
The film, by Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist and self-identified "undocumented American" Jose Antonio Vargas, explores the plight of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. and their children--many of whom arrived in the country during early childhood and would benefit from the DREAM Act, which seeks to provide a path to citizenship for younger undocumented immigrants.
In other words, the film addresses a portion of the immigrant population not previously endorsed so much by Silicon Valley: Low-skill workers. And this was Zuckerberg's point. When lobbyists speak about immigration, he said, they act as if they are two seperate issues: Visas that apply to highly skilled technology or engineering professionals, and visas that apply to low-skill laborers.
"Anyone who knows a dreamer, knows they're not [two issues]," said Zuckerberg. The children of immigrants become the next generation of entrepreneurs, he contended.
Zuckerberg said he was inspired to get involved in the movement for reform (he is the co-founder of FWD.us, an immigration advocacy group) after doing exactly that--meeting a group of dreamers, or undocumented children, at the middle school in Menlo Park where he taught a weekly course on entrepreneurship.
When asking his students what challenges faced them and their future, Zuckerberg said he was shocked by one child's answer.
"He said, 'I'm not sure I'm going to be able to go to college because I'm undocumented,'" Zuckerberg said. So the entrepreneur decided to take an informal survey. How many of the students were undocumented?
"Almost half of them," he said.
Vivek Wadhwa, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur and VP of Innovation at the tech accelerator Singularity University, said that Zuckerberg's presence at the screening--and his personal identification with the issue--was "crucial" to establishing Facebook as a sincere supporter of reform. Wadhwa, who also writes a column for The Washington Post, has been a vocal critic of FWD.us and Zuckerberg's involvement in the movement.
"No cause is worth selling your soul for," Wadhwa has said of FWD.us's controversial presence in Washington, D.C. He criticized the movement for "coming out of nowhere and buying up politicians."
For Wadwha, who rescheduled a business flight to attend, the screening marked a change in the organization's advocacy of immigration reform. What set the event appart for him: That Zuckerberg himself was speaking, as a representative of Facebook, and that he was "talking about low skill workers--not just the [tech] community needs."
Wadwha told Inc. that he was pleased to see Facebook's presence as a vote of confidence to the movement, but acknowledged that the tech community has a long way to go if it wants to enact meaningful change surrounding immigration reform.
"This is one baby step along the way | 672 |
Weld-On releases an innovative mobile application, Weld-On® Toolbox, for smartphones.
Gardena, California – April 2014 – Weld-On Adhesives, Inc., is proud to launch the Weld-On Toolbox mobile application for iPhone and Android smartphones. This innovative app introduces practical calculators, unprecedented in the industry, which allow users to estimate solvent cement set / cure times, as well as the amount of cement and primer needed for plastic piping system installation<|fim_middle|> recognized as the premium products for joining plastic pipes and fittings. Headquartered in California, Weld-On has state-of-the-art operations throughout the United States, as well as China, and a worldwide network of sales representatives and distributors.
© 2019 Weld-On Adhesives, Inc. | projects. As part of the development process, Weld-On technical engineers simulated a multitude of real job site parameters (e.g. temperature, pipe size and pressure) to ensure the accuracy of calculated results. The Weld-On Toolbox also offers a collection of useful Weld-On resources such as a product catalog, solvent welding guides and videos in English and Spanish, safety data sheets and more – all free, available on-the-go and optimized for viewing on smartphones.
"The Weld-On Toolbox is another example of our innovative drive to meet our customer needs," said Janet Reilly, President of Weld-On Adhesives, Inc. "No matter where you use this app, you will always find time-saving and money-saving tools and resources, as well as useful information about Weld-On products," added Reilly.
The Weld-On Toolbox is now available for download to iPhone and Android smartphones. Simply type "Weld-On" in the search box of the Apple App Store or Google Play to access the mobile application.
Weld-On Adhesives, Inc., a subsidiary of IPS Corporation, is the pioneer and leading manufacturer of Weld-On® solvent cements, primers and cleaners for PVC, CPVC, ABS and other plastic piping systems. Weld-On products are globally | 248 |
Adrian Tennant examines a number of areas often lumped together under the umbrella term 'Classroom Management' and suggests an approach to dealing with these issues and problems.
Earlier this week a colleague asked me how he could manage his class. At first I was a bit lost as to what to say so I asked him exactly what he meant by managing his class. His reply left me pondering a whole series of questions and reminded me of the number of times I've been asked to do workshops on the theme of classroom management.
Briefly, some of the problems he had were: discipline; motivation (or lack of); a wide range of knowledge; covering all the material and getting the students to complete the tasks set.
When it comes to classroom management issues I think part of the problem is the way we approach them. To start with they are often seen as problems. This initial negativity creates an issue in itself. Rather than being seen as part and parcel of the teaching process, they are seen as being weaknesses and things that shouldn't happen to a 'good' teacher. In reality they are often things that most, if not all, teachers have had to deal with throughout their teaching career.
So, how should we view the issues?
To start with, we should understand that we're not alone in facing these issues and we may well find that our colleagues can help. Having problems with our classes isn't something we should be ashamed of, but something we should share in order to find a solution (and I was glad that my colleague felt comfortable enough to do this with me).
Secondly, we need to see these as issues that can be solved. Challenges that will, in the end, make us teachers who are better equipped to help our students.
So, how do we deal with the issues?
How does it affect the class?
What are the underlying reasons for the problem?
What do I do about these at the moment?
Are any of the things I do effective?
Once I've gone through these questions I have a clearer picture about what the issue is, what might be causing it and how I am currently trying to deal with it.
It's vital to have a clearer picture of what the problem (or issue) is. Often the main problem is a lack of understanding. We know we have a problem and we've categorized it in broad terms, i.e. under the heading of discipline or mixed abilities. But categorizing the problem doesn't actually help us deal with it (at least not unless we go further, or deeper).
Asking ourselves what the effects are on the class - how the problem manifests itself - will help us understand why it's a problem (why it annoys us or causes us distress). It will also help us later on when we try to find solutions.
The next step is to explore the underlying reasons. If someone is misbehaving and it disrupts the class (other students can't concentrate, the teacher gets angry, we don't cover all of the material etc.) we know what the problem is and what the consequences are, but we are no closer to a solution. If we know why they are misbehaving (the class is too easy, they are bored, they have problems at home etc.), then we are in a better position to actually do something that will lead to a change.
Finally, it's useful to look at what we are currently doing. Clearly, if what we were doing was working then we wouldn't still have the problem. In most cases we start to fret about the problem because we've been unable to come up with a solution (this is when the issue has shifted to become a problem).
Often the first thing we do when faced with a problem is to try and categorize it in broad terms (and this is how most literature seems to deal with classroom management isues). However, as we've already seen, this is not particularly helpful. What we need to do is dissect the problem and try to find out exactly why it's happening. Once we've gone to this micro level we will almost certainly find that<|fim_middle|> which people feel they have a say and where views can be aired can only be a good thing. Treating your students as intelligent people and encouraging them to be responsible for their own learning, and to be aware of each other, helps to reduce the onus on the teacher.
A problem shared is a problem halved, or so the saying goes.
Have you had any classroom management issues?
Do you currently have any classroom management issues you would like to share?
Do you have any useful suggestions or tips?
If you would like to share your thoughts on this hot topic, please have your say in the onestopenglish Forum. | there is more than one contributing factor or reason. This might at first appear unhelpful, but in reality we are more likely to be able to address these small issues than the overall problem. By tackling each of the underlying causes we will eventually solve the original issue (or at least make it less of a problem).
For example, one of the problems my colleague had was to do with discipline. He had a student who was being disruptive and he was finding him difficult to deal with. I asked him what this student was doing. It turned out that she was constantly taking out her mobile phone and texting while the other students were working. The teacher had tried to remove the phone and this had led to an argument. Then, rather than playing with her phone, the student had started reading a newspaper and was still being disruptive.
So, we knew what the issue was, we knew what the effect on the class was and we knew what action had been taken so far (and what effect that had had). But what hadn't been explored were the causes (the underlying reasons) behind this behaviour. In the end it turned out that the student was bored. She found the topics uninteresting as she didn't know much about the topics in the coursebook, and she found the tasks too difficult. By pairing her up with a stronger student who was willing to help, and by discussing the topic beforehand it was possible to help the student.
Who should be responsible for managing the classroom?
Although the teacher should take overall responsibility, quite often students can deal with problems themselves. It is important that we make students aware of how their behaviour affects other people around them and that we create an atmosphere in the classroom that encourages open discussion. Obviously, there are some problems (and underlying reasons) that are private and we need to be sensitive to these. However, creating an environment in | 374 |
Alan Reid
Since public schools exist in every local community and are accessible to all, they are microcosms of that community, reflecting<|fim_middle|> enhancing the cohesiveness of a multicultural society. In brief, public schools provide spaces in our society where young people can be inducted into a civic culture of recognizing and vigorously engaging with their differences. Such opportunities diminish in schools which comprise more homogenous student populations.
Thus, public schools are a major means by which our society can continue to nurture and build our democracy. For this reason alone, it is clear that the grossly inequitable funding arrangements which have short-changed public education for so long can no longer be tolerated.
On Public Education day 2021, Australia needs to recognize and celebrate the wonderful work that public schools do, through their diversity, to make for a more cohesive society.
Professor Emeritus Alan Reid AM | a rich diversity of cultures and backgrounds.
There are a number of benefits that flow from diversity being stitched into the fabric of every public school. For a start, local and international research demonstrates that the greater the social mix of a school, the better the academic outcomes. But beyond the academic outcomes are the rich social and cultural learnings that accrue from students doing the hard work of learning from and through the diversity that is part of the daily life of every public school.
This experience serves to stretch personal horizons beyond the familiar, encouraging the capacity to appreciate and respect difference, even while it contributes to | 120 |
What did we learn from Reformed?
Steven Universe air times for May 4-10, 2015
What could Reformed mean?
And so, with a hiatus upon us, this is the last speculation post we'll be writing about a new episode for a while. Yesterday's lore post showed that we hit a good haul there, so of course there's stuff left over to speculate over—it's the Steven Universe way.
The Slinker
Let's start off with the guest star of the episode: a corrupted Gem monster that Steven dubbed the Slinker for its habit of slinking around the temple. Though the characters already knew of the Slinker (Pearl had apparently reported seeing it, and the team discussed it), this is the first time it's actually been mentioned to or seen by us. It's obviously a powerful monster, as it's the only one we've ever actually seen force one of the Crystal Gems to release their physical form. Even discounting all of her subsequent defeats as being brought about by stress, there was little Amethyst could have done the first time: she was grabbed and squeezed with no time to react.
So a powerful monster is loose in the temple, slinking about but only actually attacking the Crystal Gems when they get too close to it. There are so many things that could be going on with the Slinker there's little point in engaging in serious speculation: it's all pure guesswork at this point. We're hoping that the Slinker turns out to have something interesting in its backstory. Perhaps it could be an infiltrator specifically sent to disrupt the Crystal Gems, or an old friend, but it would be great to have another episode where, like they implied at the end of Reformed, they track it down.
More of the temple
We first saw the inside of the temple in episode four, Together Breakfast, and haven't really seen much of it<|fim_middle|> costume change. Do we get a new opening yet?
Maybe. If we don't, that makes it more likely that a new character will join the cast during the season—though this would be by no means assured, as we know that Ms. Sugar has some lyrics (where all of the "dadadada" is in her performance of the song) for the theme that as of the time before Ocean Gem aired would be big spoilers. Have we progressed to the point where they wouldn't be spoilers anymore? It's hard to say without knowing the lyrics, but the part about "finding beauty in your world" makes a lot more sense now than it did before.
On the other hand, because we want so very much for some characters to join the cast we wouldn't take a new opening to mean that a cast member won't be added. Hey, if they change the opening once they can change it again, right? | since. Secret Team took us to the same places we had already seen, and while The Test did show us an interesting, completely blank space that the Crystal Gems built a test chamber in most of the temple's inner spaces don't seem to be like that.
Really, Amethyst's room exemplifies most of the spaces in the temple that we've seen: rocky with embedded crystals. Reformed showed us a large area with rocks or crystals that grew up like pillars and have been broken, looking a lot like the field visible from the waterfall between Pearl's and Amethyst's rooms, but also showed us that there are immense spaces filled with solid rock and embedded crystals that the Slinker had tunneled through.
It seems that Amethyst could alter her room's properties if she wished but has never bothered, while Pearl very fastidiously altered her room into an elegant design. As for why there is such a mind-boggling expanse of rock and crystal in the temple when we also know that there are spaces that are completely void, well, the temple still has its mysteries.
Do we get a new opening yet?
After Pearl's costume change it made sense that the opening remained the same: it was early in the series and it was just one character. It staying the same after Garnet got a new costume raised a few eyebrows though, considering that it came right at the end of the first season—a natural point to change the opening up. So now we have a third | 299 |
Dětská psychiatrická klinika Fakultní nemocnice v Motole je součástí motolské fakultní nemocnice a zároveň klinickým<|fim_middle|>ště v oboru dětské psychiatrie v České republice, spádovou oblastí je proto celé území státu. Vedle terapeutické části je na pracovišti prováděn výzkum zejména v oblastech dětského autismu, poruch příjmu potravy a pedopsychofarmakologie. Sídlí zde také subkatedra dětské psychiatrie Institutu pro postgraduální vzdělávání ve zdravotnictví.
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Organizace v Motole | výukovým pracovištěm 2. lékařské fakulty Univerzity Karlovy.
Přednostou kliniky je prof. MUDr. Michal Hrdlička, CSc. a zástupkyní přednosty, primářkou kliniky je doc. MUDr. Iva Dudová, Ph.D.
Klinika se specializuje na příslušnou diagnostiku a léčbu dětí a dospívajících do věku osmnácti let. Jedná o jediné klinické pracovi | 149 |
Point returns to lead Bolts to win over Leafs
Point scored twice in his return the ice./JEFFREY S. KING
Well, hello old friend.
And welcome back.
If there was any question<|fim_middle|>, healed a lot of wounds in what Stamkos called "a response game."
As for Point, he was glad to be back on the ice.
"You're playing with two superstar (Kucherov and Stamkos) players. They make it easy for me to slide in. It's one game."
Lightning coach Jon Cooper appreciated Point's efforts, too.
"It was a lot of fun to watch," Cooper said. "It's early in the year. It was outstanding effort. We skated, we played responsibly and we got rewarded for it.
"Pointer is an important player for us. He can dictate the speed of the game."
Andrei Vasilevskiy made 25 saves on 28 shots to improve to 2-1-0 on the season.
The Lightning plays Saturday in Ottawa at the Canadian Tire Centre. The puck is scheduled to drop at 4 p.m.
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Next post: Bucs travel to England with wounded line | that the Lightning missed forward Brayden Point, he made it clear enough in the Lightning's 7-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs Thursday night. Playing his first game of the season after hip surgery, Point knocked in two goals and showed the speed that his team has missed.
The Bolts are now 2-1-1, but this was their finest game of the season. Besides Point's two goals, Nikita Kucherov also had two goals. Steven Stamkos, Kevin Shattenkirk and Ondrej Palat all scored.
"We didn't know how Pointer was going to be," said Stamkos, "but he was amazing. It allows us to make plays. It's game-changing speed. He creates so much space. He puts the other team on their heels. They have to respect him so much. He has a special gift."
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Exide Technologies Goes Live with On-Site Solar Installation and Battery Storage at Portuguese Factory
Gennevilliers, France – (March 25, 2021) – Exide Technologies (www.exidegroup.com), a leading provider of stored electrical energy solutions, and EDP go live with a state-of-the-art solar installation at Exide's Portuguese battery production facility in Castanheira do Ribatejo. It is backed by an energy storage system using Exide's high-performance Sonnenschein A600 gel battery technology, allowing for greater control and self-consumption of energy. Last year, Exide already introduced a solar installation at its Portuguese battery recycling facility in Azambuja, and now the company has combined capacity of 4.5 MWp across the two installations
Combined capacity of 4.5 MWp across the production and recycling facilities
Carbon emissions reduced by more than 20% across both sites
Energy produced would supply over 1,500 homes
11,250 photovoltaic panels and 70 invertors
Bank of Sonnenschein gel batteries provide 500 kWh of storage
One of the largest of its kind in Europe
The production facility shows an exciting path forward for energy-intensive manufacturers looking to reduce energy costs and manage carbon emissions. Solar provides a cost-effective and renewable source of energy. Stored energy can be used at night and in reduced sunlight, further reducing emissions and dependence on the grid. It is one of the largest self-generation installations backed by a BESS (battery energy storage system) in Europe, and highlights the potential for such projects to be deployed at scale.
The two new installations contain approximately 11,250 photovoltaic panels and 70 invertors, which would produce enough energy to supply over 1,500 homes. The installations will reduce carbon emissions by 23% at the Castanheira factory and by 19% at the Azambuja recycling plant. Energy provider EDP designed and delivered both projects, and worked closely with Exide on the energy storage component. The bank of Sonnenschein gel batteries provides 500kWh of storage.
High-performance energy storage
The Sonnenschein A600 gel battery has been proven over decades of use in complex, large-scale network power applications. It is manufactured in Exide's European production facilities to the highest grade of reliability, and is designed for deployment in tough operating conditions. The original gel technology is maintenance free and offers first-class safety features. The battery uses a tubular plate design and offers a long service life and protection against deep discharge. It is also completely recyclable, making the product a strong environmental choice.
"Our Castanheira plant is one of the largest installations of its kind, and shows what can be achieved by combining solar with high-performance energy storage technology. I would like to thank the teams from Exide | 659 |
DETROIT – HAP's successes integrating "lean" processes and improving drug adherence for the Medicare Star Rating Program have been recognized with two Michigan Association of Health Plans (MAHP) Pinnacle Awards, standing out from 31 total submissions from 10 Michigan health plans. The awards program recognizes outstanding contributions to improving the quality and efficiency of care, helping lower health care costs and increasing services to Michigan residents.
"HAP is continuously focused on quality, customer satisfaction, affordability and improving member health, and we are grateful to MAHP and the judges for recognizing our programs for making a measurable difference," said Matt Walsh, senior vice president and chief operating officer, HAP. "By continuously seeking ways to increase efficiencies and solve challenges, HAP is able to put its efforts towards programs that help our members live healthier lives."
Business Operational Performance – Commercial for "ReThink Lean Journey." HAP adapted a lean process lead by a Continuous Improvement Team to give employees daily opportunities to improve business processes and branded it internally as "ReThink." Over the last two years the company has saved .4 million by eliminating waste, reducing claims inventory and improving technology performance, accuracy and efficiency. In total, 83 projects were completed with demonstrable metrics in increased customer value and satisfaction.
Care Management for Medicare Populations – Medicare Advantage for "Cost-Effective Process to Improve Drug Adherence for Medicare Star Rating Program." The federal Medicare Star Program recognizes health plans for working with doctors and members to find ways to help Medicare members take their diabetes-related medications as directed. HAP's Medication Therapy Management Program developed an online provider tool to<|fim_middle|> which translated into more than .2 million in cost avoidance for 2014 and 2015 combined.
"I am always pleased to see the innovation and continual improvement processes used by our MAHP members to address key issues aimed at improving the health of their members and their communities," said Rick Murdock, executive director of MAHP. "Over the years we have seen smart ideas become accepted practices, and our state is the beneficiary. It's truly an honor to recognize these achievements and watch many be adopted around the state and nation."
The Pinnacle Awards judging panel, comprised of health care experts, lawmakers and news media, reviewed submissions in depth before selecting winners in various categories for commercial health insurers and Medicaid health plans. Award winners were recognized at a reception Sept. 20 in Lansing.
Health Alliance Plan www.hap.org (HAP) is a Michigan-based, nonprofit health plan that provides health coverage to more than 675,000 members and companies of all sizes. For more than 50 years, HAP has partnered with leading doctors and hospitals, employers and community organizations to enhance the health and well-being of the lives we touch. HAP offers a product portfolio with six distinct product lines: Group Insured Commercial, Individual, Medicare, Medicaid, Self-Funded and Network Leasing. HAP excels in delivering award-winning preventive services, disease management and wellness programs, and personalized customer service. For more information, visit hap.org.
The Michigan Association of Health Plans (MAHP) is an industry voice for 14 health care plans, covering over 2.5 million Michigan residents, and 50 businesses affiliated with the health care industry. MAHP facilitates communication among members, government, and the industry regarding health care issues of common concern. The mission of MAHP is to provide leadership for the promotion and advocacy of high quality, affordable, accessible health care for the citizens of Michigan. | equip physicians with meaningful data on all of their patients' prescription fills. Shifting from pharmacists to specially trained pharmacy analysts to conduct Targeted Medication Reviews contributed to cost savings. These analysts reached out to thousands of members who were not taking their prescribed medications and helped members by addressing their concerns. The program demonstrated an improvement in adherence to diabetes drugs and cholesterol drugs, | 73 |
To help you and your family know others and be known, we have various small group bible studies for all ages. We call these Core Groups.
Core groups meet at 9:15am at the church building, or in various homes throughout the week. You may want to pick your Core Group based on your family situation and needs. If so, just ask one of our friendly Welcome Team members and they will point you in the right direction.
Core groups also meet during the week at various locations if Sunday morning doesn't fit.
We have Sunday morning groups for our youth and our kids (CoreKids!).
University students are invited to plug into our Sunday morning large Core Group format. This group is multigenerational, taught by an elder or staff member, and helps students integrate into the larger church body as a whole.
Core Groups go through the same curriculum developed to coincide with the messages preached on Sunday mornings during our Worship Gathering. At Eagle Heights, we preach through the Bible, not around it. Therefore, each Core Group will be looking at the text designed to communicate the gospel through Scripture.
University & Multi-generational (Tyson Ochsner) - Open to all. Meets in Worship Center.
What is a 5 Group?
A five group is a gender-specific, multi-generational group (4-6) who get together to walk through the Bible for a defined period of time.
The Bible is our primary curriculum because God's Spirit uses God's word.
We need each other's successes, failures, life-experience and energy.
God has called us to be men and women who flourish in our biblical roles.
We do this by preparing each other for all of life's seasons.
It is easier to commit to something if you know the terms.
multiply for the good of others. Most 5 Groups will meet for a semester.
These groups must be simple and reproducible. We do this with each other so we can do this with others. Each group will plant a new group at the end of their time.
Each week a 5 Group reads a sequential passage and asks three questions*.
What is a question I have about the passage?
What is an insight (Aha!) I gained from the passage?
What is an application for me to make from the passage?
Why do we need 5<|fim_middle|>5 Groups focus on facilitating biblical discipleship. Core Groups focus on facilitating Christ-centered community. 5 Groups are more reproducible and use the Bible alone as their curriculum. Core Groups are perfect for a personal invite from the Worship Gathering to know others and be known. Core Groups take care of each other and serve each other and in so doing, care for and serve the church.
How can you join a 5 group? | groups?
5 Groups will assimilate our Men's Ministry, Women's Ministry, and One to One disciple-making strategy. They will also be a new means to integrate college students into accountable multi-generational discipleship centered on God's Word.
What is the difference between a 5 group and a core group?
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DC Water's Blue Plains Treatment Plant, originally constructed in 1938, sits on a 150-acre site on the Potomac River and serves 4 million people in Washington, DC and suburban Virginia and Maryland. Blue Plains is the largest advanced wastewater treatment facility of its<|fim_middle|> served as the prime engineer for the $84 million replacement and rehabilitation of the east and west grit removal process facilities. The objective of the project was to upgrade the grit removal process system and reduce maintenance and operations costs.
The project included a new continuous grit removal process using submersible pumps supported by a new traveling bridge grit removal system, classifiers, new conveyance system, new grit storage and loading buildings. Work included the design of new screening and hoisting equipment, replacement of various gates, blowers, dewatering pumps, and a new odor control system.
The grit chamber received a Craftsmanship Award from the Washington Building Congress. Volkert was recognized for outstanding work in connection with the project. | type in the world with a rated annual average capacity of 370 million gallons per day.
Volkert led a team of specialty subconsultants and | 32 |
Nu Gælder Det Danmark! (De danske Statsministres Nytårstaler) er en bog skrevet af Eva Fischer Mellbin og Franz-Michael Skjold Mellbin, og udgivet på forlaget Lindhardt & Ringhof i 2011.
Bogen er en danmarkshistorie med statsministrenes nytårstaler, som den røde tråd, og indeholder blandt andet interviews med samtlige nulevende statsministre (Anker Jørgensen, Poul Schlüter, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Lars Løkke Rasmussen). Forfatterne sætter talerne i et politisk, historisk og personligt perspektiv gennem en række essays forud for hver enkelt nytårstale. Nu Gælder Det Danmark! indeholder samtidig den første komplette samling af danske statsministres nytårstaler.
Den første nytårstale i bogen er Thorvald Staunings nytårstale fra 1940, hvori statsministeren, i skyggen af Sovjetunionens angreb på Finland, i 1939, blandt andet udtrykker svindende tro på at neutralitetspolitikken vil kunne holde Danmark ude af 2. verdenskrig. Den<|fim_middle|>stale fra 2011, hvori statsministeren blandt andet lagde op til en afskaffelse af efterlønnen.
Bogen fik positiv omtale ved udgivelsen.
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Litteratur fra Danmark | sidst omtalte nytårstale er Lars Løkke Rasmussens nytår | 22 |
China's Quantum Communications Satellite begins ambitious Testing Program
August 29, 2016 January 29, 2017 Patrick Blau 8860 Views Quantum Science Satellite
Laser beams from the sky – Mozi satellite begins Quantum Communications Testing – Photo: Han Yueyang/China National Astronomy Magazine
China's Quantum Science Satellite Mozi (Micius), recently launched atop a Long March 2D rocket, has begun the first tests of quantum communications between itself and stations on the ground – the first test of this kind performed in a space mission.
Mozi lifted off from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center on August 15 as the first satellite capable of engaging in quantum communications by creating entangled photon pairs over great distances to test the feasibility of this type of communication technology for operational application.
The 640-Kilogram satellite is set for a test mission of at least two years and is likely to be followed by a global constellation of operational satellites once the principles behind satellite-based quantum communications are proven.
Quantum Information Science is an emerging field driven by fascinating physics and many promising applications such as high-speed quantum computers and ultra-secure quantum communications.
Photo: Xinhua
Quantum Key Distribution, the exchange of cryptographic keys between two parties, is completed by means of correlated, or entangled photons – particles of light. The operators of the system share an encryption key encoded in the polarization of a string of entangled photons.
This communication between two parties is inherently secure because any attempt to eavesdrop on or tamper with the system would cause the quantum state of the entangled photons to collapse, immediately making the presence of a third party known to the rightful operators of the system.
The perfect security of quantum communications makes this technology attractive to national security entities and in some way, establishing reliable long-distance quantum communications represents the space race of the 21st century.
Making its first steps in this emerging field, China invested $100 million in the Mozi pathfinder mission and their efforts seem to be paying off. According to official Chinese media, Mozi initiated its first communications session just two days after launch with a successful seven-minute connection established between the spacecraft and a compatible ground station in China.
Photo: Cao Juni / IHEP via Weibo
Spectacular photos posted by a scientist at the Institute of High Energy Physics show the optical link-up of the satellite and a ground station. Seen in the long-exposure photos is the satellite streaking across the sky, sending down a green laser beam (532nm wavelength) while the optical ground station sends a near infrared beam at 810nm up to the satellite.
These are used for tracking – allowing the ground station to follow the satellite's movement in the sky while the beam from the ground allows the satellite to keep its 20-centimeter telescope pointed to the station for the exchange of entangled photons.
The working principle behind Mozi's mission revolves around a crystal that generates pairs of entangled photons whose properties remain coupled to one another however far apart they are – as postulated in the theories of quantum mechanics. A high-fidelity optical communications system then delivers the partners of the entangled pair to ground stations in Vienna, Austria and Beijing, China where their polarization properties will be used to generate a secret encryption key.
Photo: 9ifly.cn
Though theoretically possible over infinite distances, quantum communication tests on Earth have shown a big issue – light absorption and scattering in the optical medium carrying the photons, either optical fibers or the air-filled atmosphere. To date, these issues limited communications to only a few hundred Kilometers.
A satellite relay system would eliminate these issues since absorption and scattering do not occur in the vacuum of space. Mozi will be the first realization of an end-to-end test of space-to-ground quantum communications over distances of several thousand Kilometers. The spacecraft hosts a photon generator, a key communicator, entanglement emitters and a high-speed coherent laser communicator used to lock onto ground stations.
Mozi has been named after Chinese scientist and philosopher Micius who, more than 2,000 years ago, made the discovery that light travels in straight lines.
The two-year demonstration mission aims to first proof the basics of quantum communications before upgrading to even more ambitious tests such as using the satellite as a repeater – having the ground station in Beijing send a beam of entangled photon of to the satellite and then use the satellite to beam them back down to the Vienna ground station to establish the first long-distance quantum relay. Also, quantum teleportation will be attempted – using information on the properties of photons to recreate a quantum state in a different location.
China's initial success in the field of quantum communications may fuel efforts of other countries made in this area. Small satellite missions have already shown that entangled photons can be created in space, but their transmission to the ground had not yet been attempted prior to Mozi. (At least to public knowledge as some nations such as the U.S. may be developing quantum communications as part of classified projects.)
Image: CAS via 9ifly
While Mozi made its first communication demonstrations, a secondary payload launched on the same rocket completed an equally interesting mission of which only a few details are available.
Lixing-1, a small satellite mission operated by the Institute of Mechanics at the China Academy of Science, was ejected shortly after Mozi had separated from the Long March 2D rocket.
After entering an initial orbit of 485 by 504 Kilometers, LX-1 fired its onboard engine to lower its altitude, entering a remarkably low orbit of 125 by 140 Kilometers to complete a study of the upper layers of the discernible atmosphere.
Typically, an orbit at this altitude is extremely short-lived leading to orbital decay within a day, but LX-1 prevailed for three days to complete its study – either using an aerodynamic design and large mass to prolong its orbital life or countering decay with propulsion.
LX-1 re-entered on August 19, the last orbital data recorded for the satellite was 123 by 132 Kilometers.
No information on instruments carried by the satellite were released, but the purpose of the short-duration mission was likely to measure atmospheric density in the 100 to 150-Kilometer altitude range which will benefit China's development of hypersonic vehicles.
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Romania Revealed: A Historical Introduction
Romania is one of the most culturally diverse countries in Europe, and therefore one of the most interesting in which to travel. Its diversity stems in large part from the fact that since 1920 Greater Romania has been made up of three quite distinct regions, Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania, separated by the high, densely forested Carpathian Mountains Range that curves through the centre of the country. To the south of this range is the Wallachian plain whose southern border is the lower Danube. To the northeast of the Carpathians is the Moldavian plateau, linked geographically to Moldova, the Ukraine, Russia and northern powers like Lithuania. To the northwest is the Transylvanian plateau, which opens in the northwest onto the Danubian basin and Hungary. Each of these regions' borders is more porous than those they share with each other across the Carpathians and therefore, before unification, the history of each was heavily influenced by the diverse territories it abutted.
Although in antiquity the Romans had dominated and unified the territory of the ancient Dacians, a province roughly similar to that of the modern Romanian nation state, after Rome's withdrawal and during the chaos of the ensuing millennium Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania went their own ways; only for a few years around 1600, were they united under Michael the Brave. Wallachia's fortunes were influenced by Byzantium, two medieval Bulgarian Empires and by the Ottoman Empire. Forces from the east and the north, such as steppe nomads like the Huns and Mongols as well as medieval Russia and Poland – Lithuania, influenced Moldavia. Transylvania, on the other hand, was absorbed into the territory of the<|fim_middle|> shall also chart the revival of historic styles in the beautiful Brancovan National Style of the 19th century. The amalgamation of Wallachian and Moldavian territories in the first Romanian state, and the establishment of Bucharest as its capital, led to an extraordinary explosion of creative energy in literature, architecture, art, and music; Yehudi Menuhin, a pupil of the famous Romanian composer and violinist George Enescu, claimed that Romanians were the most musical people in the world. We shall explore the art and architecture of this extremely fertile period, when Bucharest, the most important city in the Balkans area, was called 'Little Paris'. The creation of Greater Romania in 1920 led to a second period of vitality. It produced world leaders in the arts, such as the sculptor Constantin Brâncusi, the Dada poet Tristan Tzara, the Dada artist and modernist architect Marcel Iancu (Marcel Janco), the absurdist playwright Eugène Ionesco, and the great philosopher Mircea Eliade; foreigners often do not realise the huge contribution to world culture of these and many other Romanians. We shall explore the contribution of Romanian modernists in art and architecture, particularly in Bucharest.
The search for national identity led to another extraordinarily rich field of endeavour. One great contrast in Romania is between the country's sophisticated, cosmopolitan cities and the countryside, where even now centuries-old agricultural practices abound. Despite the growth of her energetic cities, 90% of Romania's population well into the 20th century were poor peasants, living in villages that were often very isolated. The Romanian peasantry had kept alive rituals and practices, and especially stories, that elsewhere in Europe had been compromised by industrialism and the Enlightenment. When nationalist intellectuals came to search for Romania's deep past, many found it in this rich heritage of stories, that preserved many medieval elements.
We shall explore the geographical setting of Romania's rich folkloric tradition in Romania's agricultural landscapes, which preserve elements that have long been superseded by industrialism elsewhere. We shall visit lovely old villages in the isolated valleys of Maramures where you will see one of the world's richest patrimonies of old wooden churches, some of them more than 500 years old. Only Russia and Norway can compete with this corpus, but whereas in those two countries ancient wooden buildings are now preserved in uninhabited open air museums, Romania's wooden churches are still functioning centres of communities.
Of local practices that have survived eons, one eccentricity alone may be noted. As we travel through Maramures you may see in the front gardens of some houses dead trees set up with enamel pots and pans hanging from their branches. This is used to signify that the house in question has available a marriageable daughter. If the pots are a little worn, she may not be just a young thing!
The foregoing description has attempted to characterize the rich cultural complexity of Romania, brought about in part by the separate political development of its three major regions. We should not, however, take this to mean that these regions and their sub-regions like Maramures, were completely isolated from each other. We have already described foreign political and cultural influences. Trade and migration also played their part, and have further enriched Romanian culture. For example, Romania has by far the largest gypsy population in Europe, and you will see something of this people's contribution to Romanian culture, especially in the field of music. Armenians and Italians have also played their parts, as traders who used Romania as a major conduit for goods from Italian colonies on the Black Sea and from the Near East to Europe. One of the most fascinating aspects of this trade was the passage of vast numbers of Turkish carpets to Northern and Western Europe. Armenian merchants donated many of these carpets to Romanian churches like the Black Church in Brasov, so that arguably Romania has the greatest corpus of rare old Turkish carpets of any country in the world. You will see these carpets decorating churches.
Whilst we shall enjoy Romania's fascinating historic environment, we shall also see remnants of Ceausescu's reign, such as the vast palace he built in central Bucharest. We shall also explore Romania's cultural development since 1989, and the unleashing of energy that this has brought. Romania artistically now rivals its past periods of vitality, in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
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Status: limited | Hungarian crown, and although it managed to preserve some autonomy during the Ottoman hegemony in Hungary, the Habsburg Empire later controlled it. Transylvania, with its geographical links to the west, gained a large Hungarian population, and also an influx of German migrants (11th century). These migrants founded Saxon cities like Sibiu, Sighisoara and Brasov, and built Transylvania's magnificent fortified churches. Both Hungarians and Germans were Roman Catholic until the reformation, when the Germans became Lutheran. The Moldavians and Wallachians, on the other hand, have remained Eastern Orthodox throughout history.
Whilst Transylvania with its Saxon towns struggled against Hungarian, Ottoman and Habsburg rule, Moldavia and Wallachia in the late-15th and 16th centuries became independent principalities, which maintained a tenuous autonomy by a political balancing act between far greater powers to the north, east and south. Moldavian and Wallachian princes like Alexander the Good, Stefan cel Mare (Stephen the Great) and Petru Rares owed fealty to the Ottoman Empire but managed to maintain a high degree of independence until the 18th century, when as a result of rivalry between the Habsburg and Ottoman Empires, Northern Moldavia (Bessarabia and Bucovina) and Eastern Wallachia (Oltenia) were annexed by the Habsburgs, whilst the Ottomans appointed Greek aristocrats (Phanariots) from the Phanar quarter of Istanbul to rule Moldavia and Wallachia. They did so also in response to increasing aristocratic resistance to Ottoman influence in the two principalities, and also Russian incursions into the Black Sea region.
Throughout the first half of the 19th century, Wallachian and Moldavian aristocrats and intellectuals promoted the idea of Romanian independence. As the Ottoman Empire grew steadily weaker, Moldavia and Wallachia came to be united in the person of Alexander John Cuza, who was elected Prince of Moldavia and then, in 1859, Prince of Wallachia. After Cuza's fall, Prince Karl of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen became King Carol I of Romania (ie Wallachia and Moldavia) on 20 April 1866. After World War I the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy was forced to relinquish Transylvania, which had a majority Romanian population, to Romania by the Treaty of Trianon (1920). The Russians also forfeited Bucovina (Northern Moldavia) and Bessarabia at this time, but later regained Bessarabia, now Moldova.
The independent political development of Wallachia, Moldavia and Transylvania, combined with influences of foreign powers, has left its mark on the language, religion, art and architecture of Romania. On this tour we shall contrast the grand Gothic edifices of cities like Transylvania's Sibiu, Brasov and Cluj, to the extraordinary blend of Byzantine, Serbian, Ottoman and even Persian decoration in Wallachian churches like Curtea de Arges and Cozia, and the Byzantine, Gothic, Italian and Serbia synthesis in the stunningly beautiful painted monasteries of Bucovina. We shall visit small Saxon, Hungarian and Romanian villages and pass those of the enigmatic Székelys, whose origins are not completely known.
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Monday was the SCFD (Scientific & Cultural Facilities District) Community Free Day at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. It can cost a pretty penny to take our family to the museum so we<|fim_middle|> the list on the museum website. | decided to take advantage of the opportunity to visit for free.
A couple years ago, we experienced the crowds of the Denver Zoo on their free day so we had an idea of what to expect this time. We decided on a free day that fell on a weekday (as opposed to a weekend) and planned on arriving soon after the museum opened. It's a good thing we did. There was already a crowd. Thankfully, there were still some parking spaces readily available close to the entrance.
The Denver Museum of Nature and Science boasts three floors of exhibits, a planitarium, an IMAX theatre, an auditorium, a "Special Exhibits" gallery, two atriums, a sky terrace, a cafe, deli and gift shop.
This image is the air traffic in North America at 12 noon but you could see it for the entire globe in all countries. The air traffic decreases at night and flares up in the morning.
We stayed to view the 2012 Hurricane Season on the globe as well.
I also captured some video of it.
Next up was the Gems & Minerals Exhibit which also covered a lot of the mining history in Colorado.
There were Dioramas for Africa and Australia, the South Pacific, South America, North American Indian Cultures and the various regions/altitudes of Colorado.
Off to the side, Mr. LH spotted this model of the museum as it appeared in 1908.
In fact, while we were viewing all the Dioramas, we noticed a couple of the rooms had the original museum ceiling.
My favorite part of the museum was the Vasily Konovalenko Gem Carvings of Russian Folk Life exhibit.
The carvings were so impressive I'll have to write a separate blog post about them!
At this point, we needed to take a break for a bit and were happy to discover the Leprino Family Atrium on the west side of the museum.
The glass wall frames a gorgeous view of city park, Denver and the mountains beyond!
We only had one exhibit left on our agenda for the day - the Prehistoric Journey. It takes you through 3.5 billion years of the Earth's history.
So...six and a half hours at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science and we STILL didn't see everything there was to see. Not only did we still miss some of the regular exhibits, but we also didn't do any of the "extras" that cost more (IMAX, the special Mayan exhibit that is only here for a limited time, or the planetarium). Now we may have to buy a family membership to the museum. It would pay for itself in only a couple of visits and we would receive discounted IMAX and special exhibit tickets.
If you would like to take advantage of a SCFD Community Free Day to explore the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, there are quite a few to choose from. You can find | 597 |
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The region in Niger quietly piloting a Boko Haram amnesty
By Edward Rackley
The bold experiment is proving attractive, but comes fraught with dangers.
Across Diffa region, around 150 Boko Haram fighters have surrendered since late-20<|fim_middle|> messaging" campaign are unclear, but local leaders express pride in their initiative, which they say is ongoing, and follow it closely.
As the prefect of Maïné-Soroa told me, "Governor [of Diffa Region] Dan Dano calls every night to ask how many Boko have surrendered."
As of late-March, the number stood at nearly 150 across Diffa.
In terms of numbers, the amnesty scheme has so far proven to be effective. The logic behind it is also clear. Uganda's use of a similar strategy to entice defections from the Lord's Resistance Army in the early-2000s is widely believed to have weakened rebel ranks. And Diffa's experiment comes at a time when Boko Haram is already facing factional splintering and other difficulties.
[Making sense of Boko Haram's different factions: Who, how and why?]
As a locally-designed and -executed initiative, it is also impressive and promising. Often when disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) schemes are implemented, they are imported internationally with little local ownership. But this is not the case with Diffa, and other regions facing the same problem are watching the bold experiment closely.
However, while local leaders are buoyed by progress so far, not everyone is convinced.
Some believe that the policy is a distraction from tackling the longer-term push factors – such as poverty and a weak state – that lead youth to join Boko Haram in the first place. Meanwhile others worry that funds from other more widely beneficial development projects will be re-directed to rehabilitating former combatants.
As Niger's Minister of Justice Marou Amadou says of ex-Boko Haram fighters, "it costs us money to house them, to feed them".
For his part, Governor Dano says he is not yet seeking funds to help manage the growing caseload. His intent is to pilot the idea and, if it proves tenable, to seek support where it is needed. But this more reactive approach also brings with it certain risks.
At present, anticipated needs only cover the Goudoumaria reintegration centre where vocational training and de-radicalisation programmes are to take place over a two-year period. As in combatant DDR programmes elsewhere, external partners will be involved.
However, if defector numbers spike with no clear plan or resources already in place, the programme could stall. Frustrations could escalate and deserters may revolt or even re-mobilise. This has happened in many other DDR programmes where logistics and planning were slow or inadequate.
Local suspicion
Another serious challenge to the amnesty comes from the fact that, at a grassroots level, many local communities in Niger are not yet on board with the idea. They view the deserters with suspicion and hostility.
Unlike in Uganda, there is currently no legal framework for Diffa's amnesty initiative, meaning there is no official process by which ex-combatants can gain legal status as pardoned deserters. Moreover, some worry that those surrendering are being planted by Boko Haram.
Dano concedes that processing the defectors will take time, but insists there are measures in place to determine threat levels.
"We cross-reference their stories, their claim to a certain village and family, by visiting those places and confirming details. We try to learn more about them, when they left and if witnesses saw them attacking villages here," he says. He also suggests that those who are genuinely radicalised will simply ignore the offer of an amnesty.
In order to drive support for the initiative, Dano along with local prefects and leaders have been appearing before the public. But from all reports, these are purely declaratory rather than responsive exercises.
This could pose a serious problem. If local leadership fails to convince the population, it could undermine the whole endeavour. After all, it is ultimately victims – more so than ex-combatants or state officials – whose buy-in is essential for an amnesty to be effective. For reconciliation and reinsertion of former fighters to be possible, communities must be prepared to accept them back into their lives.
Yet there are currently no participatory approaches being adopted to more closely involve communities, and many simply see the amnesty as impunity. Furthermore, popular sentiment may harden as word spreads that deserters could be rewarded with vocational training and livelihoods assistance while innocent, traumatised communities get nothing.
"We think we are diminishing the ranks of BH with this amnesty effort, but now what are we doing with the defectors?" asks Minister Amadou. "We aren't prosecuting them – none of this is good for us."
The price of peace?
The challenges and risks of Diffa's pilot amnesty are thus clear to see. Trying to pardon and rehabilitate former fighters under volatile and uncertain circumstances comes fraught with dangers, especially if the initiatives are not carefully and thoroughly financed and planned.
Meanwhile, if local communities remain resistant to the idea, the policy could result in deepening resentment, hostility and suspicion.
However, as Boko Haram continues to terrorise Niger and the Lake Chad region, local authorities insist that the risks of continuing with a predominantly military approach are similarly grave.
"We cannot become Nigeria", says Dano.
Fighting Boko Haram may involve policies that are controversial to begin with, say local leaders, but they are ultimately necessary.
Asked how he justifies pardoning former Boko Haram militants and spending scarce funds on their rehabilitation to those in Diffa, the Maïné-Soroa prefect sighs. "I tell them such is the price we have to pay for peace".
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Edward Rackley is an adviser to security and governance programming in fragile and conflict states. He has worked in Niger and Mali for the United Nations and USG, but the analysis and findings presented here are his own.
Sebastian Elischer 22 April, 2017 at 18:53
Nice article. The analogy with Uganda is appropriate, yet Uganda did more than just provide amnesty. Amnesty is tricky legally and brings political tensions.
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In mid-December 2016, in rural Diffa region on Niger's southern border with Nigeria, fourteen men gave themselves up to authorities. The group said that they were former fighters of Boko Haram and that they had abandoned their weapons in the bush.
News of this impromptu surrender from the Islamist militant group responsible for tens of thousands of deaths and millions of displacements came as a surprise to most in the area. But not to regional authorities.
Since late last year, they had been quietly testing a tactic of asking families whose children have joined Boko Haram to spread word of an amnesty. If they surrendered, fighters were told, they would be pardoned and assisted in rejoining their communities.
Before then, the main regional response to the brutal Islamist militant group had been military. This has had some successes in weakening the combatants, and the last major Boko Haram attack in Niger in which civilians were killed was in September 2016. But in Nigeria, where the group originated, and beyond, gruesome assaults, abductions, and bombings of schools and markets continued.
To those in Diffa, these attacks have been shocking. But more distressing to many has been the rate of voluntary conscription amongst Niger's youth. Imams and village chiefs return to one question: "What about this savagery is attractive to our young?" Families and leaders tussle with this issue, but many simply refuse to countenance that those who join Boko Haram from Niger are truly radicalised.
It was with this belief in mind – as well as an awareness of the limits of a ground war – that the experimental amnesty plan was hatched last year. The exact details of the "secret | 354 |
'It's just nice to see someone like me:' Double amputee finds strength, friendship through sled hockey
By Bridget Condon
RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- Rosie Mcrackan stole the show after one Carolina Hurricanes game when she asked James Reimer to sign her Superhero woman hip.
A first for James Reimer signing a hip. She didn't want him to sign her foot because it's brand new! Such a special night for @HurricanesSled players meeting @Canes players pic.twitter.com/LLuKfRwSC0
— Bridget Condon (@BridgetABC11) October 7, 2019
"I feel like a superhero all the time," said McRackan. "I even have a superhero name made up."
That superhero's name is Golden Girl.
"She is real," McRackan said. "Me. I'm real."
"That's just her," said her father, Robert McRackan. "Shyness has never been...everyone has some problems to overcome shyness is not one for her she's very open. What you saw on that video is just how she is."
Rosie was born with just one arm and one leg. Doctors told her parents she may never<|fim_middle|> coddled," said Balkman. "And have people look at them and be like wow you're an inspirational, they're here to have fun and to get hit and to be aggressive and to get into a sport without any barriers."
sportsraleighcarolina hurricanessportsamputee | walk even with assistance.
"There's very few times that she says I can't do something and few times that we allow it," Robert McRackan said. "She's just another one of the kids and there's so little she can't do."
"There are some things I can't do say jump roping," McRackan said. "I also can't answer certain math problems above my grade but that's normal, right?"
Rosie has tried out a lot of sports from baseball to swimming with one of her favorites being sled hockey.
"I love the rush of cold air as I go fast," she said. "It was probably a lot of falling and someone holding the big silver thing on my back to keep me steady. By the end of the season, I outgrew it. I didn't need it anymore. I could get up on my own and all that."
"She's awesome," said Chandler Balkman. "It's really hard to be out on a sled with one arm and one leg. Every time she gets knocked over I ask, do you want help? No, I don't want help as she's getting up. She's adorable. It's great."
Balkman and Rosie have a unique bond-- they both have the same amputation from the hip.
"We were both on crutches and we were looking at each other like 'Hey, what kind of amputation do you have?'" Balkman said. "At the hip, I've got no leg at all."
"It's just nice to see someone like me," McRackan said. "I've never, ever, ever seen someone who's a hip."
"People aren't coming here to be | 346 |
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Home Again St Johns Inc in St Augustine, Florida (FL)
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Home Again St Johns Inc
Name of Organization Home Again St Johns Inc
In Care of Name Mike Davis
Address 3940 Lewis Speedway Suite 2201, St Augustine, FL 32084
Assets $100,000 to $499,999
Income $100,000 to $499,999
Filing Requirement 990 (all other) or 990EZ return
Asset Amount $102,519
Amount of Income $215,312
Form 990 Revenue Amount $215,312
National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities (NTEE) Human Services - Multipurpose and Other: Homeless Persons Centers, Services
Amount of income in 2012: $215,312 (it was $215,312 in 2013)
Home Again St Johns Inc:
Assets in 2012: $102,519 (it was $102,519 in 2013)
Expenses in 2013: $118,698
Number of employees in 2013: 2
Grants share in income in 2013: 99.<|fim_middle|>, on a personal benefit contract? No
If the organization received a contribution of qualified intellectual property, did the organization file Form 8899 as required? No
If the organization received a contribution of cars, boats, airplanes, or other vehicles, did the organization file a Form 1098-C? No
Did a donor advised fund maintained by the sponsoring organization have excess business holdings at any time during the year? No
Did the sponsoring organization make any taxable distributions under section 4966? No
Did the sponsoring organization make a distribution to a donor, donor advisor, or related person? No
Gross income from members or shareholders $0
Gross income from other sources $0
Is the organization filing Form 990 in lieu of Form 1041? No
The amount of tax-exempt interest received or accrued during the year $0
Is the organization licensed to issue qualified health plans in more than one state? No
The amount of reserves the organization is required to maintain by the states in which the organization is licensed to issue qualified health plans $0
The amount of reserves on hand $0
Did the organization receive any payments for indoor tanning services during the tax year? No
Has it filed a Form 720 to report these payments? No
Officers, Directors, Trustees, Key Employees, and Highest Compensated Employees
Total reportable compensation from the organization $54,808
Total reportable compensation from related organizations $0
Total estimated amount of other compensation from the organization and related organizations $0
Total number of individuals who received more than $100,000 of reportable compensation from the organization 0
Total number of independent contractors who received more than $100,000 of compensation from the organization 0
Total revenue $215,312
Contributions, Gifts, Grants and Other Similar Amounts $214,910
Program Service Revenue $0
Investment income (including dividends, interest, and other similar amounts) $0
Income from investment of tax-exempt bond proceeds $0
Royalties $0
Net rental income $0
Net gain/loss from sales of assets other than inventory $0
Net income/loss from fundraising events $0
Net income/loss from gaming activities $0
Net income/loss from sales of inventory $0
Miscellaneous Revenue $402
All other revenue $402
Total functional expenses $118,698
Grants and other assistance to domestic organizations and domestic governments $0
Grants and other assistance to domestic individuals $0
Grants and other assistance to foreign organizations, foreign governments, and foreign individuals $0
Benefits paid to or for members $0
Compensation of current officers, directors, trustees, and key employees $0
Compensation not included above, to disqualified persons $0
Other salaries and wages $43,154
Pension plan accruals and contributions $0
Other employee benefits $0
Payroll taxes $0
Fees for services (non-employees)
Management $0
Legal $0
Accounting $1,800
Lobbying $0
Professional fundraising services $0
Investment management fees $0
Other $978
Advertising and promotion $298
Office expenses $1,615
Information technology $20
Occupancy $5,109
Travel $0
Payments of travel or entertainment expenses for any federal, state, or local public officials $0
Conferences, conventions, and meetings $0
Interest $0
Payments to affiliates $0
Depreciation, depletion, and amortization $0
Insurance $1,444
Other expenses $9,997
Other expenses $34,345
Other expenses $441
Total assets $102,519
Cash - non-interest-bearing $92,661
Savings and temporary cash investments $0
Pledges and grants receivable, net $0
Accounts receivable, net $0
Loans and other receivables from current and former officers, directors, trustees, key employees, and highest compensated employees $0
Loans and other receivables from other disqualified persons, persons described in section 4958(c)(3)(B), and contributing employers and sponsoring organizations of section 501(c)(9) voluntary employees' beneficiary organizations $0
Notes and loans receivable, net $0
Inventories for sale or use $0
Prepaid expenses and deferred charges $2,000
Land, buildings, and equipment: cost or other basis $7,858
Investments - publicly traded securities $0
Investments - other securities $0
Investments - program-related $0
Intangible assets $0
Other assets $0
Total liabilities $516
Accounts payable and accrued expenses $516
Grants payable $0
Deferred revenue $0
Tax-exempt bond liabilities $0
Escrow or custodial account liability $0
Loans and other payables to current and former officers, directors, trustees, key employees, highest compensated employees, and disqualified persons $0
Secured mortgages and notes payable to unrelated third parties $0
Unsecured notes and loans payable to unrelated third parties $0
Other liabilities (including federal income tax, payables to related third parties, and other liabilities) $0
Total net assets or fund balances $102,003
Unrestricted net assets $0
Temporarily restricted net assets $0
Permanently restricted net assets $0
Capital stock or trust principal, or current funds $0
Paid-in or capital surplus, or land, building, or equipment fund $0
Retained earnings, endowment, accumulated income, or other funds $102,003
Number of organizations supported 0
Sum of amounts of support $0
Support Schedule for Organizations Described in Section 509(a)(2) (for 2009 - 2013)
Public support $67,800
Subtotal $67,800
Gross receipts from activities that are not an unrelated trade or business under section 513 $0
Less $0
Amounts received from disqualified persons $0
Amounts received from other than disqualified persons that exceed the greater of $5,000 or 1% of the total support $0
Gross income from interest, dividends, payments received on securities loans, rents, royalties and income from similar sources $0
Unrelated business taxable income (less section 511 taxes) from businesses acquired after June 30, 1975 $0
Net income from unrelated business activities, whether or not the business is regularly carried on $0
Other income $0
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Is the organization described in section 501(c)(3) or 4947(a)(1) (other than a private foundation)? Yes
Is the organization required to complete Schedule B, Schedule of Contributors? Yes
Did the organization engage in direct or indirect political campaign activities on behalf of or in opposition to candidates for public office? No
Did the organization engage in lobbying activities, or have a section 501(h) election in effect during the tax year? No
Is the organization a section 501(c)(4), 501(c)(5), or 501(c)(6) organization that receives membership dues, assessments, or similar amounts as defined in Revenue Procedure 98-19? No
Did the organization maintain any donor advised funds or any similar funds or accounts for which donors have the right to provide advice on the distribution or investment of amounts in such funds or accounts? No
Did the organization receive or hold a conservation easement, including easements to preserve open space, the environment, historic land areas, or historic structures? No
Did the organization maintain collections of works of art, historical treasures, or other similar assets? No
Did the organization report an amount for escrow or custodial account liability; serve as a custodian or provide credit counseling, debt management, credit repair, or debt negotiation services? No
Did the organization, directly or through a related organization, hold assets in temporarily restricted endowments, permanent endowments, or quasi-endowments? No
Did the organization report an amount for land, buildings, and equipment? Yes
Did the organization report an amount for investments-other securities that is 5% or more of its total assets? No
Did the organization report an amount for investments-program related that is 5% or more of its total assets? No
Did the organization report an amount for other assets that is 5% or more of its total assets? No
Did the organization report an amount for other liabilities? No
Did the organization's separate or consolidated financial statements for the tax year include a footnote that addresses the organization's liability for uncertain tax positions under FIN 48 (ASC 740)? No
Did the organization obtain separate, independent audited financial statements for the tax year? No
Was the organization included in consolidated, independent audited financial statements for the tax year? No
Is the organization a school described in section 170(b)(1)(A)(ii)? No
Did the organization maintain an office, employees, or agents outside of the United States? No
Did the organization have aggregate revenues or expenses of more than $10,000 from grantmaking, fundraising, business, investment, and program service activities outside the United States, or aggregate foreign investments valued at $100,000 or more? No
Did the organization report more than $5,000 of grants or other assistance to or for any foreign organization? No
Did the organization report more than $5,000 of aggregate grants or other assistance to or for foreign individuals? No
Did the organization report a total of more than $15,000 of expenses for professional fundraising services? No
Did the organization report more than $15,000 total of fundraising event gross income and contributions? No
Did the organization report more than $15,000 of gross income from gaming activities? No
Did the organization operate one or more hospital facilities? No
Did the organization attach a copy of its audited financial statements? No
Did the organization report more than $5,000 of grants or other assistance to any domestic organization or domestic government? No
Did the organization report more than $5,000 of grants or other assistance to or for domestic individuals? No
Did the organization answer 'Yes' about compensation of the organization's current and former officers, directors, trustees, key employees, and highest compensated employees? No
Did the organization have a tax-exempt bond issue with an outstanding principal amount of more than $100,000 as of the last day of the year, that was issued after December 31, 2002? No
Did the organization invest any proceeds of tax-exempt bonds beyond a temporary period exception? No
Did the organization maintain an escrow account other than a refunding escrow at any time during the year to defease any tax-exempt bonds? No
Did the organization act as an 'on behalf of' issuer for bonds outstanding at any time during the year? No
Did the organization engage in an excess benefit transaction with a disqualified person during the year? No
Is the organization aware that it engaged in an excess benefit transaction with a disqualified person in a prior year, and that the transaction has not been reported on any of the organization's prior Forms 990 or 990-EZ? No
Did the organization report any amount for receivables from or payables to any current or former officers, directors, trustees, key employees, highest compensated employees, or disqualified persons? No
Did the organization provide a grant or other assistance to an officer, director, trustee, key employee, substantial contributor or employee thereof, a grant selection committee member, or to a 35% controlled entity or family member of any of these persons? No
Was the organization a party to a business transaction with one of the following parties
A current or former officer, director, trustee, or key employee? No
A family member of a current or former officer, director, trustee, or key employee? No
An entity of which a current or former officer, director, trustee, or key employee (or a family member thereof) was an officer, director, trustee, or direct or indirect owner? No
Did the organization receive more than $25,000 in non-cash contributions? No
Did the organization receive contributions of art, historical treasures, or other similar assets, or qualified conservation contributions? No
Did the organization liquidate, terminate, or dissolve and cease operations? No
Did the organization sell, exchange, dispose of, or transfer more than 25% of its net assets? No
Did the organization own 100% of an entity disregarded as separate from the organization under Regulations sections 301.7701-2 and 301.7701-3? No
Was the organization related to any tax-exempt or taxable entity? No
Did the organization have a controlled entity within the meaning of section 512(b)(13)? No
Did the organization make any transfers to an exempt non-charitable related organization? No
Did the organization conduct more than 5% of its activities through an entity that is not a related organization and that is treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes? No
The number reported in Box 3 of Form 1096 1
The number of Forms W-2G 0
Did the organization comply with backup withholding rules for reportable payments to vendors and reportable gaming (gambling) winnings to prize winners? No
The number of employees reported on Form W-3, Transmittal of Wage and Tax Statements, filed for the calendar year ending with or within the year covered by this return 2
Did the organization file all required federal employment tax returns? Yes
Did the organization have unrelated business gross income of $1,000 or more during the year? No
Has it filed a Form 990-T for this year? No
At any time during the calendar year, did the organization have an interest in, or a signature or other authority over, a financial account in a foreign country (such as a bank account, securities account, or other financial account)? No
Was the organization a party to a prohibited tax shelter transaction at any time during the tax year? No
Did any taxable party notify the organization that it was or is a party to a prohibited tax shelter transaction? No
Did the organization file Form 8886-T? No
Does the organization have annual gross receipts that are normally greater than $100,000, and did the organization solicit any contributions that were not tax deductible as charitable contributions? No
Did the organization include with every solicitation an express statement that such contributions or gifts were not tax deductible? No
Did the organization receive a payment in excess of $75 made partly as a contribution and partly for goods and services provided to the payor? No
Did the organization notify the donor of the value of the goods or services provided? No
Did the organization sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of tangible personal property for which it was required to file Form 8282? No
Did the organization receive any funds, directly or indirectly, to pay premiums on a personal benefit contract? No
Did the organization, during the year, pay premiums, directly or indirectly | 1,887 |
Intercom - MLK Celebration Week 2019!
The Center of IDEAS is excited to invite the Ithaca community to join our annual MLK Celebration Week, engaging in Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s text, vision, and legacy. *Due to weather and travel, we have rescheduled our keynote events.* Our keynote events will now be held on Tuesday, January 22, starting<|fim_middle|> the values at the core of Dr. King's life and legacy, and connect them to Jewish values: courage, truth, justice, compassion, dignity, humility and service to others.
Annual concert featuring student and faculty soloists and ensembles from the School of Music, along with cast members of Ithaca College Theatre production of "Ragtime," the Dorothy Cotton Jubilee Singers and guest artist Samantha McElhaney John, director of theatre studies at Music Academy of Garden City. | at 4pm.
We ask our whole community to join us for a full week of exploring Dr. King's work through the following events below.
Presentation by the college's first-year MLK Scholars on their fall break travel to the South to visit important sites in the Civil Rights movement.
Keynote address by artist and activist John Sims, combining selected readings from his forthcoming memoir on the "Recoloration Proclamation" project with related short films to present a dynamic journey of bearing witness, creative resistance and collective healing.
Multimedia presentation by artist and activist John Sims on two large social system art projects that examine and arbitrate the language and culture of oppositional symbols and identities.
Presentation by Sean Eversley Bradwell, director of the Ithaca College Center for IDEAS (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Social Change).
Presentation by artist and activist John Sims of various tracks from his music project "AfroDixieRemixes," along with the responses to it from members of the Ithaca College community. The event will also include a historical introduction of the song "Dixie" and additional music videos.
Presentation by Cyndy Scheibe, professor of psychology and executive director of the Project Look Sharp media literacy program, examining how sports interacts with ideals of social justice in media. Attendees will engage with both traditional media outlets and social media.
Through the lens of Martin Luther King Jr.'s allyship, peer educators in the Ithaca College Center for IDEAS (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Social Change) will lead a discussion on accountability to become better partners for social justice work.
Drop by for a guided journey though politically current and thought provoking material. One space will feature multimedia learning and interactions, while the other is intended to provide participants with an opportunity to practice mindful contemplation.
People of all faiths and no faith are heartily invited to celebrate the Jewish Sabbath with a special musical service honoring the legacy of Dr. King. Martin Luther King, Jr., week has become a time to honor and recommit to | 415 |
Axis Bank, the third largest private sector bank announced the launch of Super Bike Loans for 500cc & above bikes. This marks the entry of the bank into this growing and popular leisure biking segment.
Mr. Rajiv Anand, Executive Director, Axis Bank, said, "Super bikes like Harley Davidson, Triumph are truly iconic brands that many in India aspire to own. We are making this dream of our customers a possibility through our super bikes loans foray"
The trend of riding clubs & adventure biking activities surrounding these luxury bikes is further adding to the popularity quotient of the segment. The average age of customers in this segment is now at mid 30's down from the age of early 40's a couple<|fim_middle|>; representative offices at Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Dhaka and an overseas subsidiary at London, UK. The Bank's website www.axisbank.com offers comprehensive details about its products and services. | of years back.
Axis bank with one of the strongest presence in semi urban & rural geographies would also reap benefits of the fact that the demand for luxury bikes is not just limited to the metros but has also reached tier-II and tier-III cities.
The network expansion of luxury bike manufacturers to the tier-II and tier-III cities underlines the fact that the market is not confined to a particular geography.
With its 3,304 domestic branches (including extension counters) and 14,163 ATMs across the country as on 31st March 2017, the network of Axis Bank spreads across 1,946 cities and towns, enabling the Bank to reach out to a large cross-section of customers with an array of products and services. The Bank also has nine overseas offices with branches at Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai (at the DIFC), Shanghai and Colombo | 188 |
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Fee: $80 or school tuition, $40 for Students (for both events).
Fee: $200 or school tuition.
The annual gathering of analysts, candidates, pre-candidates, and faculty of the School, featuring palimpsest and passage presentations, case presentations, papers, reports from the various seminars and groups, as well as dinners, hikes, excursions, and outdoor adventures.
This year the Days of Assembly will begin Friday, May 24 9-5pm with a Case Conference of the Analysts and Candidates of the School.
The Days of Assembly of the Lacanian School inaugurated a new tradition in which members of the School would gather in person annually. The Days of took place between May 24 to 26 at CIIS in San Francisco and featured Passage presentations by six Analyst Candidates who became Analysts of the School. Three among us offered Palimpsest Presentations and became Analyst Candidates. What was perhaps most striking across the hours of listening and responding for two days was the singularity of each presentation. We also heard the history of the School from Andre Patsalides, Marcelo Estrada and Raul Moncayo, with questions and memories from<|fim_middle|> of one another about some of these details. We spoke of the idea that next year we would form a committee to plan the Days of Assembly, and, among other things, might present work from the events and seminars of the year past. We decided to begin an archive of the school to preserve our history and invited all the presenters to send texts to Annie Rogers. Finally, the Days included time to socialize and speak informally with one another. We bumped into one another as we sought out early morning coffees, had lunch together each day, and gathered at Il Forniao for a celebratory dinner on Friday night. On the final day we travelled to Lands End for a picnic lunch and a hike to the beach for the intrepid. The Days of Assembly created a sense of cohesion in the School while preserving critical distinctions and differences in point of view. They served as a vehicle for looking back and for envisioning the future of the School.
Moncayo's collection of essays accomplishes what Roland Barthes would call a "bathmology"—a science of degrees—within the field of psychoanalysis. Precisely because he does not separate Lacan from Freud, Freud from Darwin, or Lacan from Winnicott, he multiplies illuminating distinctions. With a curiosity that knows no bounds, he probes boundaries between concepts and offers crucial distinctions, like the opposition between pure and applied psychoanalysis. Here, it seems, we can have both at once, all the while knowing their difference.
Jean-Michel Rabaté, University of Pennsylvania and American Academy of Arts and Sciences. | the audience that enriched and complicated our history. We considered the School and its current place in the world in several ways. Chris Meyer spoke to the question of transmission in the School, Annie Rogers gave a brief talk about writing in relation to psychoanalysis, and Raul Moncayo and Stephanie Swales presented multiple venues for publication. We reviewed the coming year's events and seminars and asked questions | 78 |
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United African Congress, an organization that represents 3.5 million continental Africans living in the United States, will honor African Presidents who have made significant efforts towards improving living standards in their countries by addressing democracy, education, health and poverty issues.
(Liberia's President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf will be honored with others).
African Presidents attending the United Nations General Assembly will address the African community and the public when they receive the United Nations Millennium Development Goals Award from the United African Congress on Monday September 18.
The ceremony will start at 7 PM at the Riverbank State Park in the Cultural Center, 679 Riverside Drive and 145th Street, New York. The UN Millennium Development Goals Award, created by the United African Congress, an organization that represents 3.5 million continental Africans living in the United States, will honor African Presidents who have made significant efforts towards improving living standards in their countries by addressing democracy, education, health and poverty issues.
The award recognizes Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, President of Liberia; Armaud Gruebuza, President of the Republic of Mozambique, and Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda.
Dr. Anna Tibai<|fim_middle|>. The UAC also seeks to help Africans to articulate their concerns regarding issues of democracy, education, health and poverty, thereby improving their quality of life and opportunities here and in Africa. The mailing address for United African Congress is 44 E. 32nd Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10016. Telephone (212) 685-2848 Fax (212) 689-4497.
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"The selections were based on the African Peer Review Mechanism,� said Sidique Abou-Bakarr Wai, President of the United African Congress (UAC). The review mechanism is an instrument designed to support the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD). African leaders adopted NEPAD in 2002 to support and redefine the UN Millennium Goals in an African-driven approach.
The UAC UN Millennium Development Goal Awards recognizes the valuable contributions these African leaders are making in improving the quality of life in their countries and throughout Africa by demonstrating goals and benchmarks that can be set and successfully attained despite the challenges they face in their respective countries.
Among the foreign dignitaries scheduled to make remarks are Jean Ping, President, 59th Session UN General Assembly, Foreign and State Minister, Republic of Gabon and presiding Chairman Emeritus, UAC; Dr. Fode Dabor, Esq., Ambassador, Republic of Sierra Leone, Kingdom of Belgium and Head of Mission to the European Union; and Dr. Eugene Feigelson, Sr. Vice President, Biomedical Research and Dean, State University of New York Health Sciences Center, Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
Other dignitaries invited to make remarks include Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of the City of New York; Charles Rangel, Member of the United States Congress; David Paterson, Democratic Leader New York State Senate, Adolfo Carrion, President, Borough of the Bronx and Rev. Jesse Jackson, President, Rainbow Push Coalition.
The Masters of Ceremonies are Mamadou Niang, Sr. Producer, French Television and Secretary General, Citizens Commission of the African Union and Rev. Clyde Anderson, Chief Executive Officer, United Methodist City Society and Vice Chair, UAC Advisory Board.
Riverbank State Park is located at 679 Riverside Drive in Manhattan. The Award Ceremony runs from 7:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. and various African Artists will perform after the presentation. The event is free and sponsored by the UAC.
Corporate sponsors of the event include Lipsig, Shapey, Manus and Moverman LLP; Verizon; Cape Aloe Ferox World Wide Company; Riverbank State Park of New York State; Office for General Services (OGS), Harlem State Office Building; The Citizens Commission on the African Union; The Interfaith Center of New York, Hon. Adolfo Carrion, President, Borough of the Bronx.
Additional scheduled events during the week preceding the awards include:
Thursday September 14, 2006 from 10 a.m. -1 p.m. Press Party at the River Room Restaurant, Riverbank State Park and 145th Street and Riverside Drive, NY. Hosted by: Shaya Designs Inc. This event is free and open to the public.
Friday September 15, 2006 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. African and Diaspora Resource Fair, Bronx Court House Rotunda, 161st Street and Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY. Hosted by: Adolfo Carrion, President of the Borough of the Bronx, NY. This event is free and open to the public.
Saturday September 16, 2006 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. African Diaspora Arts Exhibition, Fashion Show and Dance. Featured appearances by the Best African DJ "The Boss, Sam Gblah� and Ivory Coast entertainer and journalist "Touba Boubakar�. The Art Exhibition is free to the public. Tickets are required for the Fashion Show and Dance and can be obtained by contacting 212-685-2848 or 917-340-6559. or 718-UAC-2323.
Monday September 18, 2006 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Bending the ARC NEPAD, United Nations, African Union and United African Congress Trade Conference at the United Nations. This conference is by invitation only. Registration and UN clearance required.Â
The UAC seeks to empower Continental and Diaspora Africans to participate effectively in activities and programs that affect them in the United States as well as our countries in the continent of Africa | 921 |
MINES AND QUARRIES ACT, 1965
PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL
Commencement.
Meaning of "mine" and "quarry".
Meaning of "owner".
Interpretation generally.
Application to State.
Laying of regulations before Houses of Oireachtas.
Consultation with Minister for Health as to health regulations.
Repeals.
Continuance of instruments, office-holders and registers.
MANAGEMENT AND CONTROL OF MINES AND QUARRIES
General duties of mine and quarry owners.
Appointment, and general duties and powers, of mine managers.
Rights of mine manager with respect to instructions given by or on behalf of owner.
Qualifications of mine manager.
Daily supervision by mine managers.
Deputies.
Other officials, engineers, technicians, etc.
Duty of mine manager to ensure that persons appointed by him understand their duties.
Disqualification of contractors and their employees for appointment as managers or deputies of mines.
Plans.
Faulty plans.
Appointment of quarry managers.
General powers and duties of quarry managers.
Power of quarry owner to exclude matters from manager's control.
Rights of quarry manager with respect to instructions given by or on behalf of owner.
Supervision by quarry manager.
Power to require qualified manager where certain quarrying operations are carried on.
Officials, etc.
Temporary appointments during vacancy in office of mine or quarry manager.
Notification to inspector appointments by mine or quarry owners.
SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE (MINES)
Requirements as to shafts and outlets: mines of coal and other stratified minerals.
Provisions of winding and haulage apparatus.
Securing of shafts and staple-pits.
Safety precautions with respect to entrances to shafts, staple-pits and outlets.
General provisions with respect to construction and maintenance of roads.
Height and width of travelling roads.
Prohibition of use of vehicles and conveyors in roads not affording free movement.
Transport rules and regulations.
Provisions for securing safety of foot-passengers in transport roads.
Provisions of refuge holes.
Safety measures relating to use of vehicles.
Charge of winding and roe haulage apparatus when persons are carried.
Charge of winding rope haulage apparatus when persons are not carried.
Charges of conveyors at working faces.
Signalling shafts and outlets.
Signalling in roads.
Power to exclude or modify five preceding sections in case of remotely controlled or automatic apparatus.
Duty to secure safety of roads and working places.
Systematic support in mines of coal and other stratified minerals.
Power to require systematic support in other mines.
Supply of materials for support.
Withdrawal of support.
Duties of deputies in relation to support.
Provisions as to support rules.
Duty to provide adequate ventilation.
Avoidance of danger from gas in waste.
Power of inspector to require improvement of ventilation.
Provisions as to means of ventilation.
Prevention of leakage of air between airways.
Provision of barometers and other measuring instruments.
Lighting.
Permitted lights.
Lighting and contraband regulations.
Electricity and electrical apparatus.
Blasting materials and devices.
Use of brattice sheeting and conveyor belting.
Fire-fighting and rescue operations.
Means of escape from rooms in which there is special risk of fire or gas.
Dust precautions.
Duty of mine owners and managers to seek evidence of proximity of disused workings, water-bearing strata, etc.
Duty of mine owners and managers to ascertain thickness of strata between workings and surface water.
General duty to take precautions against inrushes of gas, water, etc.
Powers of inspectors with respect to danger from inrushes of gas, water, etc.
Withdrawal of workmen in case of danger.
Construction, maintenance, etc of machinery and apparatus.
Fencing of exposed parts of machinery.
Engines below ground.
Air, gas and steam containers.
Loading of cranes, etc.
Storage bins and hoppers.
Buildings and structures to be kept safe.
Safe means of access and safe means of employment.
Restriction on doing of work by unskilled persons.
Lifting excessive weights.
Sanitary conveniences.
Measures against vermin and insects.
Drinking water.
Welfare regulations.
SAFETY, HEALTH AND WELFARE (QUARRIES)
Provisions for securing safe methods of working.
Safe means of access to working places.
Safety measures relating to vehicles running on rails.
Miscellaneous provisions for securing safety of persons employed.
Application to quarries of certain sections of Part III.
NOTIFICATION AND INVESTIGATION OF ACCIDENTS AND DISEASES
Notification of certain accidents.
Power to extend to other dangerous occurrences provisions as to notification of accidents.
Power to apply to diseases provisions as to notification of accidents.
Inquest in case of death by accident or other occurrence or disease.
Site of accident or other dangerous occurrence to be left undisturbed.
Power of Minister to require special report on accident or other dangerous occurrence.
Power to direct formal investigation of accidents, occurences and cases of disease.
WORKMEN'S INSPECTIONS
Periodical inspection on behalf of workmen.
FENCING OF ABANDONED AND DISUSED MINES
Fencing of abandoned and disused mines.
Prohibition of employment below ground in certain cases.
Prohibition of employment of children.
Proof of age.
Restrictions on employment of women and young persons.
Register of women and young persons employed.
Medical examination.
Limit of hours of work below ground in mines.
Register of times of descent and ascent.
Power to extend hours of work on a limited number of days in a year.
Application to mines not entered by a shaft, etc.
Provisions for securing compliance with this Part.
Workman below ground longer than fixed period.
Special exceptions for emergencies.
Consultation with owner and persons employed.
Supplemental.
RECORDS, RETURNS AND INFORMATION
Form of official books and preservation and inspection of entries therein.
Posting of notices.
Periodical returns of owners.
Notification of beginning and ending of certain mining and quarrying operations.
Notification of change of ownership or name of mine quarry.
Part XI
CHECKWEIGHING AT COAL MINES
Checkweighing of coal.
Construction of Checkweighing in Various Industries Act, 1919.
Part XII
Inspectors.
General powers of inspectors.
Power of inspector to require remedy for immediate or apprehended danger.
Part XIII
OFFENCES, PENALTIES AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Offences.
Supplementary provisions as to offences.
Penalty for offences for which no express penalty is provided.
Defence available to person charged with offence not committed personally.
Persons not to be under liability for contraventions which it was impracticable to avoid or prevent.
Liability of owners for breaches of statutory duty by their servants.
Liability of parents for unlawful employment of children and young persons.
Forgery of certificates, false statements, etc.
Obligations of persons employed as to health, safety and welfare.
Removal or defacement of notices, etc.
Prosecution of offences.
Restriction on institution of certain proceeding.
Duty to report results of proceedings against persons employed at mines or quarries.
Part XIV
Provisions as to references upon notices served by inspectors.
Power of Minister to grant exemptions for limited period.
Revocation and variation of orders.
Mode of service of notices.
Certificates of birth.
Advisory Council.
FIRST SCHEDULE
Enactments Repealed
SECOND SCHEDULE
Procedure for making Regulations
Acts Referred to
School Attendance Act, 1926
1926, No.17
Interpretation Act, 1937
1937, No. 38
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919
1919, c. 72
Various Industries Act, 1919
Forgery Act, 1913
Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851
AN ACT TO CONSOLIDATE, WITH AMENDMENTS, ENACTMENTS RELATING TO MINES AND QUARRIES. [11th May, 1965.]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—
1. —This Act may be cited as the Mines and Quarries Act, 1965.
2. —This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as shall be fixed therefor by order or orders of the Minister either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so fixed for different purposes and different provisions of this Act.
3. —(1) In this Act "mine" means an excavation or system of excavations made for the purpose of, or in connection with, the getting, wholly or substantially by means involving the employment of persons below ground, of minerals (whether in their natural state or in solution or suspension) or products of minerals.
(2) In this Act "quarry" means an excavation or system of excavations made for the purpose of, or in connection with, the getting of minerals (whether in their natural state or in solution or suspension) or products of minerals, being neither a mine nor merely a well or bore-hole or a well and bore-hole combined.
(3) "Mine" and "quarry" include, respectively, any place on the surface surrounding or adjacent to the shafts of the mine or to the quarry occupied together with the mine or quarry for the storage or removal of the minerals or for the purposes of a process ancillary to the getting of minerals, including the breaking, crushing, grinding, screening, washing or dressing of such minerals but, subject thereto, does not include any place at which any manufacturing process is carried on.
(4) For the purposes of this Act, any place occupied by the owner of a mine or quarry and used for depositing refuse from it shall form part of the mine or quarry, but any place so used in connection with two or more mines or quarries, and occupied by the owner of one of them, or by the owners of any two or more in common, shall be deemed to form part of such one of those mines or quarries as the Minister may direct.
(5) For the purposes of this Act any line or siding (not being part of a railway) serving a mine or quarry shall form part of the mine or quarry, but, if serving two or more of them, shall be deemed to form part of such one of them as the Minister may direct.
(6) For the purposes of this Act a conveyor or aerial ropeway provided for the removal from a mine or quarry of minerals or refuse shall form part of the mine or quarry.
4. —(1) In this Act "owner" means, in relation to a mine or quarry, the person for the time being entitled to work it.
(2) Where the working of a quarry is wholly carried out by a contractor on behalf of the person entitled to work it, the contractor shall, to the exclusion of that person, be taken for the purposes of this Act to be the owner of the quarry.
(3) Where two or more persons are entitled to work a quarry independently, that one of those persons who is the licensor of the others shall, to the exclusion of the others, be taken for the purposes of this Act to be the owner of the quarry.
(4) Where the business of a person who, by virtue of the foregoing provisions, is to be taken to be owner of a mine or quarry is carried on by a liquidator, receiver or manager, or by some other person authorised to carry it on by order of court, the liquidator, receiver, manager or other person shall be taken for the purposes of this Act to be an additional owner of the mine or quarry.
5. —(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
"bodily injury" includes injury to health;
"child" means a person who is under the school-leaving age;
"contravention" includes,<|fim_middle|> such duties with respect to the appointment of persons to carry out inspections of the mine and to be in charge of, or to supervise or conduct, operations thereat, and such other duties, and such powers, as are imposed or conferred on him under this Act.
(3) It shall be the duty of the manager of every mine, with respect to each report, record or other item of information which, in pursuance of this Act or regulations, is entered in a book which by or by virtue of this Act is required to be provided for that purpose by the owner of the mine, either to read it himself forthwith or to secure that it is read forthwith by some other competent person and that there is promptly brought to his notice any matter disclosed by the report, record or other item of information which either is of an abnormal or unusual nature as regards the mine or, not being of such a nature, is of a kind which will or may necessitate the taking of any steps by the manager or any other person.
(4) The manager of a mine shall be appointed by the owner who, if an individual, may appoint himself subject, in the case of a mine whereof the manager is under this Part required to hold qualifications for his office, to the possession by the owner of those qualifications.
14. —(1) Any instructions given to the manager of a mine by or on behalf of the owner, affecting the fulfilment by the manager of his statutory responsibilities, shall, so far as they are not written, be confirmed in writing, by the person by whom they were given, forthwith on the request of the manager.
(2) Except in a case of emergency, neither the owner of a mine nor a person acting on his behalf shall, except with the consent of the manager, give, otherwise than through the manager, any instructions to a person employed at the mine who is responsible to the manager.
(3) Where, in any excepted case, the owner of a mine or a person acting on his behalf gives instructions which would otherwise be required to be given through the manager, the person who gave the instructions shall forthwith inform the manager of the substance thereof and, on the request of the manager, confirm them in writing forthwith.
(4) Where, in the case of a mine whereof the manager is under this Part required to hold qualifications for his office, instructions are given by or on behalf of the owner to the manager, or a person appointed by the manager in pursuance of this Act or regulations, then, if the manager is of opinion that the execution of the instructions would or might be likely to prejudice the safety or health of the persons employed at the mine (or any of them) or to impede him in the discharge, in relation to the mine, of any duty imposed on him by or by virtue of this Act, he may,—
(a) in a case where the instructions are given to him, decline to execute them until they are confirmed in writing by a person qualified for appointment as manager of the mine who is authorised in writing by the owner to confirm instructions so given,
(b) in any other case, direct that the instructions be not executed until they are so confirmed by such a person.
(5) Subsection (4) shall not apply to instructions given by an owner of a mine who is an individual qualified for appointment as manager of such a mine or by such a person as is mentioned in paragraph (a) of that subsection.
(6) Where, in the case of a mine to which subsection (4) applies, instructions are given and confirmed as therein mentioned, the document by which they are confirmed shall be preserved by the manager, and a copy of that document shall be preserved by the owner, in each case for three years after the instructions cease to be operative.
15. —No person shall be qualified to be appointed or to be the manager of a mine at which more than fourteen persons are employed below ground unless he has attained such age, possesses such qualifications and satisfies such other conditions as may be prescribed.
16. —(1) No mine shall be worked unless daily personal supervision thereover is exercised by the manager or, during any period during which he is absent on leave or is prevented from exercising such supervision by sickness or other cause beyond his control, by a person appointed by the owner of the mine (and having such qualifications (if any) as may be prescribed) to exercise such supervision during any such period.
(2) Subsection (1) shall not authorise the working of a mine under the supervision of a person other than the manager for any period exceeding seventy-two days (or such longer period as an inspector may allow).
(3) A person appointed under subsection (1) shall, so far as regards any period during which he acts in exercise of his appointment, be treated for the purposes of this Act, orders made thereunder and regulations in all respects as if he were the manager of the mine but nothing in this subsection shall be construed as divesting the manager of any power, or relieving him from any duty or liability, conferred or imposed on him by or by virtue of this Act.
17. —(1) Provision may be made by regulations—
(a) for imposing, in relation to a mine, such requirements as to the carrying out, by competent persons (each of whom is in this Act referred to as a "deputy") appointed for the purpose by the manager of the mine and having such qualifications as may be prescribed, of inspections of the mine as the Minister thinks proper to impose to secure the safety and health of the persons employed;
(b) for providing that, subject to any exceptions for which provision may be made by the regulations, deputies shall have the immediate charge of the persons employed at the mine and of the operations carried on by them;
(c) for prescribing any additional duties to be discharged by deputies and for requiring that, subject to any prescribed exceptions, deputies shall devote the whole of their time to the discharge of their duties; and
(d) for requiring or authorising the delimitation in a mine of districts for the purpose of the discharge by deputies of their duties, for requiring that where districts are delimited no deputy shall have charge of more than one district and for relating to each district the duties of the deputy in charge of it.
(2) It shall be the duty of the manager of the mine to secure that the number of deputies is sufficient to secure the efficient discharge of their duties.
18. —(1) It shall be the duty of the manager of every mine to appoint such number of officials, engineers and technicians and other competent persons as is sufficient (taking into account activities undertaken in person by the manager and by any persons so appointed) to secure—
(a) the adequate inspection of the mine and its equipment,
(b) the thorough supervision of all operations at the mine, and
(c) the carrying on of the undertaking of the mine in conformity with this Act.
(2) Regulations may require the manager of a mine to appoint such officials, engineers or technicians or other competent persons as may be prescribed, for the purpose of supervising, inspecting or conducting prescribed operations or matters, and the regulations may prescribe the qualifications to be held and the duties to be discharged by such persons.
19. —It shall be the duty of the manager of every mine to ensure to the best of his ability that every person appointed by him in pursuance of this Act or of regulations understands the nature and scope of his duties.
20. —Where a mine or any part thereof is worked, or any operations in a mine are carried on, by a contractor, and a person is under this Part required to hold qualifications for appointment as manager or deputy, neither the contractor nor a person employed by him shall be capable of being appointed to such office notwithstanding that, apart from this section, he is qualified for appointment thereto.
21. —(1) Regulations may require the manager of a mine to keep at the office at the mine or at some other place approved by an inspector—
(a) accurate plans of all the workings (whether abandoned or not) in the mine or within, or within a prescribed distance from, the boundaries of the mine or of such of those workings as may be prescribed,
(b) accurate sections of the seams or veins for the time being worked in the mine and of all the strata overlying them,
in such form and manner and complying with such conditions as may be prescribed.
(2) It shall be the duty both of the owner and of the manager, and of such other persons as may be prescribed, to afford to the person preparing any plan or section all such information and facilities as he may need for the purpose.
(3) Regulations may require, in the case of the abandonment or disuse of a mine or of a seam or vein in a mine, the owner to send to an inspector such plans and sections relating thereto and to the overlying strata, in such circumstances, within such time, in such form and manner and complying with such conditions as may be prescribed.
22. —(1) If it appears to the Minister that—
(a) any plan or section to which section 21 applies is inaccurate, incomplete, dilapidated or wholly or partly indecipherable or that a plan or section required to be sent to an inspector has not been sent within the prescribed time, and
(b) that, in the interests of safety, it is desirable for a new plan or section to be made,
the Minister may appoint a person (in this section referred to as "the surveyor") to make a new plan or section.
(2) The owner and the manager shall afford to the surveyor all such facilities and information as he may need.
(3) The cost of making the new plan or section, or such part of the cost as the Minister thinks proper, shall be recoverable by the Minister from the owner.
Quarry Managers and other Officials
23. —(1) Subject to this Part, no quarry shall be worked unless there is a sole manager of the quarry, being an individual.
(2) The manager shall be appointed by the owner who, if an individual, may appoint himself.
24. —(1) Subject to section 25, the manager of a quarry shall have the management and control of the quarry, exercisable subject to any instructions given to him by or on behalf of the owner, and shall also have the duty of securing the discharge by all others of obligations imposed on them with respect to the quarry by or under the following provisions of this Part.
(2) It shall be the duty of the manager of a quarry, with respect to each report, record or other item of information which in pursuance of this Act or regulations is entered in a book which by or by virtue of this Act is required to be provided for that purpose by the owner of the quarry, either to read it himself forthwith or to secure that it is read forthwith by some other competent person and that there is promptly brought to his notice any matter disclosed by the report, record or other item of information which relates to a matter over which the management and control vested in him by this section extends and either is of an abnormal or unusual nature as regards the quarry or, not being of such a nature, is of a kind which will or may necessitate the taking of any steps by the manager or any other person.
25. —(1) There shall be excepted from the management and control vested in the manager by section 24 any matter responsibility for which is for the time being reserved to himself by the owner by instrument in writing executed by him and lodged with the inspector and the manager shall not, as regards any matter so excepted, be concerned to secure compliance with any requirement imposed with respect to the quarry by or under this Act.
(2) If the inspector is of opinion that reservation to the owner, by any such instrument, of responsibility for any particular matter is, or might be, likely to prejudice the safety or health of persons employed at the quarry, the inspector may, by notice served on the owner, direct that the instrument shall, to the extent of the reservation, be of no effect.
(3) Nothing in subsection (1) shall be construed as authorising the divestment of, or as operating to divest, a manager of a quarry of any duty expressly imposed on him by or under the following provisions of this Part.
(4) Where responsibility for any matter is for the time being duly reserved to the owner of a quarry, it shall be his duty, with respect to each such report, record or other item of information as aforesaid, either to read it himself forthwith or to secure that it is read forthwith by some other competent person and that there is promptly brought to his notice any matter disclosed by the report, record or other item of information which relates to the matter responsibility for which is so reserved and either is of an abnormal or unusual nature as regards the quarry or, not being of such a nature, is of a kind which will or may necessitate the taking of any steps by the owner or any other person.
26. —(1) Any instructions given to the manager of a quarry by or on behalf of the owner, affecting the fulfilment by the manager of his statutory responsibilities shall, so far as they are not written, be confirmed in writing by the person by whom they were given forthwith on the request of the manager.
(2) Except in a case of emergency, neither the owner of a quarry nor a person acting on his behalf shall, except with the consent of the manager, give, otherwise than through the manager, to a person employed at the quarry who is responsible to the manager, any instructions affecting the discharge of that person's duties in relation to a matter over which the management and control vested in the manager by section 24 extends.
(3) Where, in any excepted case, the owner or a person acting on his behalf gives instructions which would otherwise be required to be given through the manager, the person who gave the instructions shall forthwith inform the manager of the substance thereof and, on the request of the manager, confirm them in writing forthwith.
27. —(1) No quarry shall be worked unless close and effective supervision over all operations in progress thereat is exercised by the manager or, during any period during which he is absent on leave or is prevented from exercising such supervision by sickness or other cause beyond his control, by a person appointed by the owner to exercise such supervision during any such period.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall require the supervision to be exercised by the manager to extend to any operation in so far as it involves matters which, under section 25, are excepted from his management and control.
(3) The person appointed shall, while so acting, be treated for the purposes of this Act in all respects as if he were the manager.
(4) Nothing in subsection (3) shall divest the manager of any power, or relieve him from any duty or liability, conferred or imposed on him by or under this Act.
28. —Regulations may prohibit the carrying on at a quarry of operations of a prescribed class unless the manager has prescribed qualifications, and any such regulations may—
(a) provide for temporary exemptions from the prohibition to avoid, in the case of the manager's ceasing to hold office, sudden cessation of the carrying on at the quarry of operations of that class, and
(b) provide that section 27 shall not authorise the appointment of any person to exercise supervision over such operations unless that person has the prescribed qualifications.
29. —Regulations may require the appointment by owners or managers of quarries, for the purpose of supervising, inspecting or conducting prescribed operations or matters, of such officials, engineers or technicians or other competent persons as may be prescribed, and the regulations may prescribe the qualifications to be held and the duties to be discharged by such persons.
Provisions as to Appointments by Mine and Quarry Owners.
30. —(1) Where the manager of a mine or quarry dies, resigns or otherwise ceases to hold office, nothing in section 13 or 23 shall prevent the mine or quarry being worked at any time during a period not exceeding seventy-two days (or such longer period as an inspector may allow) until a successor is appointed, if at that time there is a person appointed by the owner to exercise and perform, in the event of the manager's ceasing to hold office, his powers and duties until a successor is appointed.
Notification to inspector of appointments by mine or quarry owners.
31. —Forthwith after the appointment by the owner of a mine or quarry of a person to be a manager, or to exercise and perform the powers and duties of manager during a vacancy, or to exercise supervision during a period when the manager is absent or unable to exercise supervision, the owner shall give to the inspector notice, in such form as may be specified by the Minister, of the making of the appointment and of the name and address of the person appointed.
Shafts and Entrances
32. —(1) There must be in every mine of coal or other stratified mineral at least two shafts or outlets, with which every seam for the time being at work in the mine shall have a communication, so that such shafts or outlets shall afford separate means of ingress and egress available to the persons employed in every such seam, whether the shafts or outlets belong to the same mine or to more than one mine.
(2) Such two shafts or outlets must not at any point be nearer to one another than fifteen yards, and there shall be between them a communication not less than four feet wide and four feet high.
(3) Every part of the mine in which ten or more persons are employed at the same time shall be provided with at least two ways affording means of egress to the surface, and so arranged that, in the event of either becoming impassable at any point, the other will afford means of egress to the surface.
(4) No person shall be precluded by any agreement from doing such acts as may be necessary for complying with the foregoing provisions of this section, or be liable under any contract to any injunction, damages, penalty, or forfeiture for doing such acts as may be necessary in order to comply therewith.
(5) Regulations may provide that this section shall, with such exceptions, modifications and adaptations as may be prescribed, apply to any other class of mine.
(6) Regulations may provide such further safeguards as the Minister may think proper to secure safe ingress and egress, including requirements as to the communications to be provided and maintained between shafts and outlets and limitations on the number of persons to be employed at any time in a place below ground from which there are not two separate, convenient and safe ways each leading to a different shaft or outlet.
(7) Provision may be made by regulations or by a notice served by the Minister or an inspector on the owner of a mine for exempting the mine or any specified place therein from all or any of the requirements of this section or of regulations made thereunder.
Provision of winding and haulage apparatus.
33. —(1) Every shaft and unwalkable outlet for the time being in use at a mine of coal or other stratified mineral for bringing persons to and from the surface shall be provided with apparatus for carrying persons between the top of the shaft, or surface entrance to the outlet, and the entrances to the workings and between those entrances themselves.
(2) (a) Every shaft and unwalkable outlet for the time being in use at any other mine for bringing persons to and from the surface shall be provided with apparatus for carrying persons between the top of the shaft or surface entrance to the outlet and the entrances to the workings and between those entrances themselves, if the relevant distance exceeds one hundred and fifty feet.
(b) In this subsection "relevant distance" means, in the case of a shaft, the distance between the top of the shaft and the bottom of the lowest entrance to the shaft provided for affording to persons access to the shaft and, in the case of an outlet, the distance between the point at which the outlet reaches the surface and the underground entrance provided for affording to persons access to the outlet which is furthest from that point.
(c) An inspector may by notice served on the manager of a mine exempt from this subsection a shaft or outlet provided at the mine.
(3) The apparatus shall comply with such requirements as may be prescribed.
(4) The use of the apparatus shall be confined to the shaft or outlet, unless an inspector in any particular case, by notice served on the manager of the mine, consents to its use not being so confined.
(5) All apparatus shall be properly maintained and, when not in use, kept constantly available for use.
34. —(1) Every mine shaft and staple-pit shall, save in so far as the natural conditions of the strata through which it passes render it unnecessary (either as to the whole or as to any part thereof) so to make it, be made secure, and shall be kept secure.
In any prosecution for a contravention of this subsection it shall be a defence to prove that at the time of the alleged contravention no insecure part of that shaft or staple-pit was in use or was the site of any operations in progress by way of driving or extending the shaft or staple-pit.
(2) Subsection (1) shall apply to unwalkable outlets at a mine as it applies to mine shafts.
35. —(1) The surface entrance to every mine shaft and every other entrance thereto (whether above or below ground), and every entrance to every staple-pit, shall be provided with an efficient enclosure or barrier so designed and constructed as to prevent any person from accidentally falling down the shaft or staple-pit or accidentally coming into contact with a moving part of any winding apparatus with which the shaft or staple-pit is provided.
(2) Every enclosure or barrier shall be properly maintained and, where it or any part of it is removable or openable, the enclosure, barrier or part shall be kept securely in position or, as the case may be, securely closed save in so far as its removal or opening is necessary for the purpose of the use of the shaft or staple-pit, or the doing of work in, or the inspection of, or of anything in, the shaft or staple-pit.
(3) Regulations may require such steps as may be prescribed to be taken for the purpose of preventing persons from accidentally entering outlets at mines or from accidentally coming into contact with moving parts of any apparatus therein.
(4) For the purposes of this section so much of any superstructure provided at the top of a shaft as forms an extension thereof shall be deemed to form part of the shaft.
(5) this section shall not apply to a shaft or outlet of, or staple-pit in, an abandoned mine or a mine which has not been worked for a period of twelve months, but, save as aforesaid, shall apply as well to shafts, outlets and staple-pits which are not in use as to shafts, outlets and staple-pits which are in use.
36. —(1) This section applies to every road in a mine.
(2) Every road made after the commencement of this section shall be so made and maintained as to avoid sudden changes of direction, height, width and gradient, save in so far as the system of working the mine or the natural conditions of the strata therein render it inadvisable for reasons of safety to do so, or it is unnecessary to do so.
(3) If, in the case of any road made before the commencement of this Act, an inspector is of opinion that any sudden change therein of direction, height, width or gradient ought to be eliminated, he may serve on the manager of the mine a notice requiring the manager to execute, within a specified period, such works as will eliminate that sudden change.
(4) Every road, which is used at the beginning or end of a shift by not less than six persons shall be kept free from obstructions and the floor thereof shall be kept in good repair.
(5) The provisions of section 146 as to references upon notices served by inspectors shall apply to a notice served under this section.
(6) References in this section to changes of gradient shall be construed as including references to deviations (whether upwards or downwards) from the horizontal.
(7) It shall be the duty of the manager of the mine to take such steps as may be necessary to comply with this section.
37. —(1) Every travelling road shall be of adequate height and width and, if its height or width appears to an inspector to be inadequate, he may serve on the manager of the mine a notice requiring any specified alteration to be made.
(2) (a) Every travelling road, made after the commencement of this subsection, which is used at the beginning or end of a shift by not less than ten persons for the purpose of walking to or from their working places, shall be not less than five feet six inches high throughout.
(b) An inspector may, by notice served on the manager of a mine, exempt any road from this requirement.
(3) The provisions of section 146 as to references upon notices served by inspectors shall apply to a notice served under subsection (1) of this section.
38. —The manager of a mine—
(a) shall not permit vehicles to run in any road therein unless neither the vehicles nor their loads, nor (if the vehicles run as part of rope haulage apparatus) the ropes to which they are attached, nor (if the vehicles are hauled by animals) the animals nor their harnesses rub against the roof or sides of the road, anything supporting the roof and sides of the road or either of them or anything in the road not provided for the purpose of controlling the vehicles or (in the case of vehicles which run as part of rope haulage apparatus) the ropes to which they are attached;
(b) shall not permit a conveyor to be operated in any road therein unless neither the conveyor nor its load rubs against the roof or sides of the road, anything supporting the roof and sides of the road or either of them or anything in the road.
39. —(1) The manager of every mine shall make rules (in this section referred to as "transport rules")—
(a) specifying the maximum loads (by reference to weight, dimensions, number or other criteria) that may be carried in vehicles in any length of road in the mine and the maximum number of vehicles (according as to whether they are loaded or unloaded) that may be coupled together to run as a set or train in any length of road in the mine,
(b) specifying the maximum speeds at which vehicles may run in any length of road in the mine, and
(c) prohibiting the conveyance in roads in the mine of persons in vehicles or on conveyors except in such circumstances and in accordance with such conditions, if any, as may be specified in the rules and specifying precautions to be observed when persons are so conveyed,
and may make such other rules as he thinks proper with respect to the use of vehicles and conveyors in the mine and the conditions under which they may be used.
(2) (a) If an inspector is of opinion that transport rules require modification in any particular, he may serve on the manager of the mine a notice specifying the modification that, in his opinion, ought to be made, and requiring the manager, within a specified time, to modify the rules in accordance with the tenor of the notice.
(b) The provisions of section 146 as to references upon notices served by inspectors shall apply to a notice under this subsection.
(3) A transport rule which is inconsistent with the provisions of any regulation shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be of no effect.
(4) Regulations may require the provision of facilities for the carriage of persons through travelling roads in the interests of safety or to avoid excessive fatigue.
40. —(1) This section applies to every road in a mine, being a road in which run vehicles moved otherwise than by hand or by animal traction.
(2) While such vehicles are moving in the road no person employed at the mine (other than an authorised person) shall, except in accordance with regulations, pass on foot along the road unless the movement of the vehicles is specially stopped to allow him to do so.
(3) If the road is used at the beginning or end of a shift by not less than ten persons, it shall be the duty of the manager to fix a period or periods for the purpose of enabling them to walk in safety, and no person shal cause or permit a vehicle (whether loaded or not) to move, otherwise than by hand or by animal traction, in the road during a period so fixed.
(4) Regulations may exempt from any of the foregoing requirements any road of a prescribed class in mines to which the regulations apply, and an inspector may, by notice served on the manager of a particular mine, exempt from any such requirement any road in that mine.
(5) In any prosecution in respect of a person's passing along a road in contravention of subsection (2) it shall be a defence to prove that he had reasonable cause to believe that it might be necessary for repairs to be carried out forthwith in the road and was so passing to ascertain the nature or extent of the repairs.
(6) Except with the written permission of the manager of a mine, no person shall, except in accordance with special regulations, accompany on foot below ground a vehicle which is moving as part of any rope haulage apparatus.
(7) For the purposes of subsection (2), "authorised person" means, in relation to a road in a mine,—
(a) an official of the mine;
(b) a person employed in connection with the running of vehicles in that road;
(c) a person engaged in, or in connection with, the carrying out in that road of repairs which it is necessary to carry out forthwith; or
(d) a person engaged in carrying out, by virtue of the provisions of this Act relating to workmen's inspections or of any such agreement as is mentioned in those provisions, an inspection at the mine.
Provision of refuge holes.
41. —(1) Subject to any prescribed exceptions, the manager of a mine shall not permit vehicles (not being vehicles moved by hand) to run in any length of road in the mine unless refuge holes are provided in prescribed positions in the road, beyond seventy-five feet of a working face served by it.
(2) Every such refuge hole shall be of such dimensions and comply with such requirements as may be prescribed.
(3) Every such refuge hole shall be kept free from obstruction.
(4) In this section "working face" does not include a place in a road at which ripping or work of repair is in progress.
42. —(1) So long as vehicles are used in a mine, there shall be provided, maintained and used, either in the mine or on the vehicles or both in the mine and on the vehicles, such safety devices as are necessary to prevent the occurrence of accidents to persons by vehicles running away; and every device shall be of a kind designed to assume automatically the position in which it operates for the purpose for which it is designed, save in a case where there is good reason for not providing a device of that kind.
(2) All necessary precautions shall be taken to protect from injury, in the event of a vehicle running away, any person who, otherwise than as a matter of routine, is at work at a place in a mine through which a vehicle runs.
Special Precautions for Winding and Rope Haulage Apparatus and Conveyors.
Charge of winding and rope haulage apparatus when persons are carried.
43. —(1) No mechanically or gravity operated winding or rope haulage apparatus at a mine shall be operated for the carriage of persons except by a competent male person, who is at least twenty-two years of age, appointed by the manager; and it shall be the duty of the manager of every mine to appoint a sufficient number of competent male persons for the purpose.
(2) It shall be the duty of the manager of a mine to secure that a person appointed under this section is in attendance at the mine to operate such apparatus so long as any person is below ground who it is intended should come out by means thereof.
(3) An inspector may serve on the manager of a mine a notice requiring him to secure that, at such times as may be specified in the notice, the person in attendance is not charged with the duty of operating more than one set of apparatus.
(4) Subject to any prescribed exceptions, no person appointed under this section shall be employed at a mine of coal or other stratified mineral for more than eight hours in any day on which his duties consist of, or include, the operation for the carriage of persons of mechanically or gravity operated winding apparatus at a shaft, and regulations may provide for limiting the number of hours for which any such person may be employed in any week.
Charge of winding and rope haulage apparatus when persons are not carried.
44. —(1) No mechanically or gravity operated winding apparatus at a shaft or staple-pit shall be operated on an occasion when no persons are carried by means thereof except by, or under the constant supervision of, a competent male person who is at least twenty-one years of age.
(2) No mechanically or gravity operated rope haulage apparatus at a mine shall be operated on any such occasion except by, or under the constant supervision of, a competent male person who is at least eighteen years of age.
(3) An inspector may by notice served on the manager of a mine exempt any apparatus from subsection (2).
Charge of conveyors at working faces.
45. —No conveyor shall be operated along a working face in a mine except by, or under the constant supervision of, a competent male person who is at least eighteen years of age.
46. —(1) Where winding or rope haulage apparatus is installed in a mine shaft or unwalkable outlet, effective means of transmitting audible and visible signals from each entrance for the time being in use to the place where the apparatus is operated shall be provided and maintained in every case where the distance between the highest and lowest entrances for the time being in use in the shaft, or between the terminal surface and underground entrances to the outlet, exceeds fifty feet.
(2) Regulations may require means of transmitting signals between the entrances themselves to be provided and maintained.
(3) Regulations may require—
(a) the prescribed signals to be transmitted in a prescribed code;
(b) the manager of a mine to secure the attendance of persons, at prescribed times, for the purpose of transmitting and receiving signals.
(4) For the purposes of this section—
(a) so much of any superstructure at the top of a shaft as forms an extension thereof shall be deemed to form part of the shaft, and so much of a line of rails running through an outlet as lies between the point at which the outlet reaches the surface and the surface terminus of the line shall be deemed to form part of the outlet;
(b) "entrance", in relation to an outlet, includes any place at which vehicles stop for the purpose of loading or unloading; and
(c) "terminal surface" and "underground entrances", in relation to an outlet, mean, respectively, the surface entrance thereto or, if there is more than one, that one for the time being in use which is furthest from the point at which the outlet reaches the surface and the underground entrance thereto for the time being in use which is furthest from that point.
47. —Where rope haulage apparatus or a conveyor is installed in a road in a mine or is so installed as to permit of its operation in a road, then, if the length of road through which vehicles can move as part of that apparatus, or through which loads can be carried by means of that conveyor, exceeds ninety feet, there shall be provided and maintained effective means of transmitting signals from every point throughout that length of road, to the place at which the apparatus or conveyor is operated.
48. —Regulations may provide for excluding or modifying all or any of the provisions of sections 43 to 47 in the case of winding or rope haulage apparatus, or conveyors, installed at mines, whose operation is remotely controlled or wholly or partly automatic.
49. —(1) It shall be the duty of the manager of every mine to take such steps by way of controlling movement of the strata in the mine and supporting the roof and sides of every road or working place as may be necessary for keeping the road or working place secure.
(2) It shall be the duty of the manager of every mine to secure that he has at all material times all information relevant for determining the steps necessary to discharge efficiently the duty imposed on him by subsection (1).
50. —(1) Subject to this section, in every mine of coal or other stratified mineral there shall be provided and maintained systematic support for the roof and sides of—
(a) every place where any mineral is worked;
(b) every roadhead;
(c) every junction of two or more lengths of road through any one of which vehicles or a conveyor run or runs; and
(d) every length of road in which persons work otherwise than occasionally or for short periods.
(2) (a) If an inspector is of opinion that systematic support for the roof and sides (or either of them) of any other length of road in any such mine ought to be provided and maintained, he may serve on the manager a notice specifying the length of road, stating his opinion and requiring the provision, before the expiration of a specified period, and maintenance of such systematic support.
(b) The provisions of section 146 as to references upon notices served by inspectors shall apply to a notice served under this subsection.
(3) Regulations may require or empower inspectors to require systematic support for roofs or sides, or both, to be provided and maintained in mines of a class to which this section relates in such cases (not being cases falling within subsection (1)) and to such extent as may be prescribed.
(4) Regulations may provide for exempting from this section any prescribed class of mine or any prescribed class of place where mineral is worked, or of roadheads, junctions or roads, and an inspector may, by notice served on the manager of a particular mine, exempt from this section that mine or any such place, roadhead, junction or road therein.
(5) Such systematic support as is required under this section shall comply with a system specified in support rules being a system consistent with the proper control of movement of the strata in the mine.
(6) Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing a workman from setting in his working place any additional support which he considers necessary to secure the safety of himself or another.
51. —(1) Regulations may require, or empower inspectors to require, systematic support for roofs or sides, or both, in mines other than of coal or other stratified mineral to be provided and maintained in such cases and to such extent as may be prescribed.
(2) Such support shall comply with a system specified in support rules, being a system consistent with the proper control of movement of the strata in the mine.
52. —(1) Subject to any prescribed exceptions, all materials for support shall be provided by the owner of the mine.
(2) No charge shall be levied upon any workman in respect of the provision of materials for support.
(3) It shall be the duty of the manager of every mine to secure that a sufficient supply of suitable materials for support is at all times readily available, for use at the place where he is actually working, to each workman who needs them.
(4) Where such a supply is not so available, the workman shall withdraw to a place of safety and forthwith report to an official of the mine that he has done so.
(5) Where it appears to the person for the time being in charge of a part of a mine that such supply is not so available to a workman employed there, that person shall cause the workman to withdraw to a place of safety.
(6) Where, on any occasion, a workman has, in pursuance of either of the foregoing subsections, withdrawn from the place where he was actually working, the person for the time being in charge of that part of the mine shall not permit the workman to return to it until that person is satisfied that such a supply of materials will be so available.
53. —(1) No person shall withdraw support from the roof or sides of any place in a mine otherwise than by a method or device by which he does so from a position of safety.
(2) Where it is part of the system of work to withdraw from the waste or from under the roof adjoining the waste support provided in compliance with this Act, no person shall withdraw such support except in accordance with a system specified in support rules.
54. —It shall be the duty of every deputy to ensure to the best of his ability that all support rules are executed and enforced and that any additional supports which appear to him to be necessary are duly set.
55. —(1) Support rules for a mine shall be made by the manager of the mine.
(2) Support rules shall comply with such requirements as may be prescribed, and may impose upon persons employed at the mine such duties and prohibitions as the manager of the mine thinks proper to secure compliance with the provisions of this Part relating to support.
(3) (a) If an inspector is of opinion that support rules require modification in any particular, he may serve on the manager of the mine a notice specifying the modification that, in his opinion, ought to be made, and requiring the manager, within a specified time, to modify the rules in accordance with the tenor of the notice.
(4) A support rule which is inconsistent with the provisions of any regulation shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be of no effect.
(5) A copy of all support rules shall be kept at the office at the mine or at such other place as may be approved by an inspector. A copy of such rules as are applicable to a district delimited under paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section 17 shall be supplied by the manager to the deputy in charge of the district and shall be kept posted at the entrance to the district so as to be easily seen and read by the persons employed in the district.
(6) It shall be the duty of the manager of every mine for which support rules are for the time being in force to supply to every person employed at the mine whose duties consist of, or include, the setting of supports in accordance with a system specified in the rules, a document explaining either verbally or diagrammatically, or partly in the one way and partly in the other, the effect of the rules so far as they concern him.
(7) A document purporting to be certified by the manager of a mine to be a true copy of any support rules shall be prima facie evidence of the rules.
56. —(1) It shall be the duty of the manager of every mine to take such steps as are necessary for securing that there is constantly produced in all parts of the mine below ground ventilation adequate for the following purposes, namely,—
(a) diluting gases that are inflammable or noxious so as to render them harmless and removing them; and
(b) providing air containing a sufficiency of oxygen.
(2) Without prejudice to the general application of subsection (1)—
(a) ventilation produced in a part of a mine shall be deemed for the purposes of that subsection not to be adequate for the purpose of diluting carbon dioxide so as to render it harmless unless the amount thereof in the general body of the air in that part of the mine is not more than one and a quarter per cent by volume or such smaller percentage as may be prescribed;
(b) ventilation produced in a part of a mine shall be deemed for the purposes of that subsection not to be adequate for the purpose of providing air containing a sufficiency of oxygen unless the amount of oxygen in the general body of the air in that part of the mine is not less than nineteen per cent by volume.
(3) Regulations may provide that, without prejudice to the general application of subsection (1), ventilation produced in a part of a mine shall be deemed for the purposes of that subsection not to be adequate for the purpose of diluting a prescribed gas (other than carbon dioxide) that is inflammable or noxious so as to render it harmless unless the amount thereof in the general body of the air in that part of the mine is less than the prescribed percentage by volume.
(4) In the discharge of the duty imposed on him by subsection (1), the manager of a mine shall have regard to the desirability of securing (consistently with the discharge of that duty) the maintenance in the mine of working conditions that are reasonable so far as regards the temperature and humidity of the atmosphere and the amount of dust therein.
(5) Nothing in subsection (1) shall be construed as requiring the production of ventilation—
(a) in a part of a mine which is stopped off in a prescribed manner or in such other manner as may be approved by an inspector by notice served on the manager of the mine or is stowed up;
(b) in any waste; or
(c) in any such other part of a mine as may be prescribed.
(6) Where, in any part of a mine required by the foregoing provisions of this section to be ventilated, the ventilation is interrupted or ceases to be adequate for the purposes mentioned in subsection (1), it shall be the duty of the manager of the mine to secure that, until the ventilation is restored, access to that part of the mine is so restricted as to prevent from entering it any person not authorised to do so and that no person is permitted to remain in or pass through it except for the purpose of restoring the ventilation or in a case of emergency.
57. —(1) This section applies to waste other than—
(a) waste which is—
(i) stopped off in a prescribed manner or in such other manner as may be approved by an inspector by notice served on the manager of the mine in which it is contained, or
(ii) stowed up; or
(b) other waste known to contain—
(i) no inflammable gas, and
(ii) either no noxious gas or no noxious gas in a dangerous concentration.
(2) It shall be the duty of the manager of every mine which contains any waste to which this section applies to secure either—
(a) that there is constantly produced in that waste ventilation adequate, in accordance with section 56, for the purposes mentioned in subsection (1) of that section; or
(b) that appropriate steps are taken for the purpose of minimising dangerous emissions from that waste of inflammable or noxious gas.
58. —(1) If an inspector is of opinion that, in the interests of the safety or health of the persons employed, it is necessary or expedient to improve the ventilation produced in any part of a mine that is, by section 56 required to be ventilated, he may serve on the manager of the mine a notice requiring (according as may be specified in the notice) either—
(a) that ventilation which, after the expiration of a specified period is produced in that part of the mine in pursuance of the said section, must conform to specified requirements, or
(b) that such works for the purpose of improving the ventilation in that part of the mine as may be specified in the notice shall be executed before the expiration of that period.
(2) The provisions of section 146 with respect to references upon notices served by inspectors shall apply to a notice served under this section.
59. —(1) Unless, in all parts of a mine that are required by section 56 to be ventilated, ventilation adequate for the purposes specified in subsection (1) of that section is provided wholly by natural means, there shall be provided and maintained on the surface of the mine mechanically operated apparatus capable of producing in all those parts of the mine an amount of ventilation sufficient (apart from any ventilation produced by any mechanically operated apparatus below ground) to enable all the persons who are below ground in the mine at any one time to leave it safely; and any apparatus so provided shall, if it is not normally used to produce ventilation, be used once at least in each week and be kept constantly available for use.
(2) Where (whether in pursuance of subsection (1) or not) there is provided on the surface of a mine of coal mechanically operated apparatus for producing ventilation below ground in the mine, then, unless that apparatus is so designed or adapted, and is so installed, as to permit of its operation both by way of forcing air into, and by way of exhausting air from, the mine, there shall be provided in association with that apparatus, maintained and kept constantly available for use, adequate means for reversing the direction of flow of the ventilation produced by that apparatus.
(3) (a) Regulations may—
(i) exempt any prescribed class of mines from the provisions of subsection (1);
(ii) exempt any prescribed class of mines of coal from the provisions of subsection (2);
and an inspector may, by notice served on the manager of a particular mine other than of coal, exempt the mine from subsection (1) and may, by notice served on the manager of a particular mine of coal, exempt the mine from either or both of those subsections.
(b) No exemption shall be granted unless the Minister is satisfied that no persons employed in mines of the class to which the regulations apply will be exposed to undue risk in consequence of the granting of the exemption, and no exemption shall be granted by an inspector in the case of a particular mine unless he is satisfied that no persons employed in that mine will be exposed to undue risk in consequence of the granting of the exemption.
(4) It shall not be lawful to use a fire for ventilation in a mine or, except with the consent of an inspector, given by notice served on the manager of the mine, to release in a mine compressed air for the purpose thereby of diluting or removing inflammable or noxious gas.
60. —(1) Where, of any two lengths of different passages in a mine of coal or other stratified mineral, one at least is made after the commencement of this section, then, unless there is (without any steps being taken for the purpose of minimising the leakage of air between them) no, or no appreciable, leakage of air between them, it shall not be lawful to use one as, or as part of, an intake airway and the other as, or as part of, a return airway unless such steps are taken as are necessary for the purpose of minimising the leakage of air between them.
(2) Nothing in this section shall render unlawful the use as, or as part of, an airway of so much of any passage in a mine as lies within the relevant distance from a working face to which air is supplied or from which air is drawn off through that airway.
(3) In this section—
(a) "relevant distance" means, in relation to a working face in a mine, four hundred and fifty feet (measured from any point on that face in a straight line on any plane) or such other distance, so measured (whether greater or less than four hundred and fifty feet), as may, in any particular case, be determined by an inspector by notice served on the manager of the mine; and
(b) "working face" does not include a place in a road at which ripping or work of repair is in progress.
61. —An inspector may by notice served on the manager require him to provide and maintain at the mine any instrument being a barometer, thermometer or hygrometer and may direct that the instrument shall be of a specified kind and be provided at a specified place, and that readings shall be taken and recorded at specified times.
Lighting, Lamps and Contraband
62. —(1) It shall be the duty of the manager of every mine—
(a) to secure the provision of—
(i) suitable and sufficient lighting (whether natural or artificial) in every part of the mine above ground in or through which persons work or pass, having regard to the light emitted by lamps normally carried by persons who work in or pass through it;
(ii) suitable and sufficient artificial lighting in every part of the mine below ground in or through which persons work or pass, other than a part in which the installation of artificial lighting is inadvisable for reasons of safety or is unnecessary because of the amount of light emitted by lamps normally carried by persons who work in or pass through it or for any other reason;
(b) to secure that all lighting apparatus is properly maintained.
(2) Regulations may require the provision and maintenance of additional lights at prescribed places at a mine.
63. —(1) Subject to this section, no lamps or lights other than permitted lights shall be allowed or used below ground at a mine after—
(a) the occurrence in any part of the mine below ground of an ignition or explosion of gas naturally present in the mine (whether or not causing death or bodily injury), or
(b) the introduction of the use, in any part of the mine below ground, of locked safety-lamps otherwise than by way of temporary precaution, or
(c) the expiration of four weeks from the day next following that on which a notice, served on the manager by an inspector, stating that he is of opinion that no lamps or lights other than permitted lights ought to be used below ground in the mine, has become operative.
(2) A notice under paragraph (c) of subsection (1) shall not be served except where inflammable gas is known to have been naturally present in the mine at some time during the period of five years ending with the date on which service is effected; and the provisions of section 146 as to references upon notices served by inspectors shall apply to any such notice.
(3) If an inspector is satisfied that, by reason of the special character of a mine or part of it, compliance with the foregoing provisions is unnecessary, he may, by notice served on the manager of the mine, exempt the mine or part from those provisions.
64. —(1) Regulations may provide for—
(a) the construction, provision, maintenance, issue, use and any other matter with respect to safety lamps, lighting apparatus and detection apparatus for use in a mine for the purposes of the foregoing sections;
(b) the prohibition of taking into prescribed mines or parts of mines of articles capable of producing flame or sparks;
(c) the prohibition of taking into prescribed mines or parts of mines of smoking materials;
(d) the manner of search of persons and articles for such prohibited articles and materials;
(e) the posting of notices warning persons of their liability under this section.
(2) No person shall be searched except in the presence of a third person and no person shall search another unless he has given on that occasion an opportunity to some two other persons to search himself and, if searched by them, has not been found to have in his possession any prohibited article or material.
(3) Any prohibited article or material found upon a search under this section may be seized by the person making the search and dealt with in such manner as may be directed by the manager of the mine.
(4) A person found upon a search under this section to have in his possession a prohibited article or material shall be guilty of an offence.
(5) A person who refuses to allow himself or an article which he has with him to be searched under this section shall be guilty of an offence and, if the refusal occurs before he goes below ground he shall not be allowed to go below ground on that occasion and, if it occurs when he is in a mine, he shall not be allowed to remain in it on that occasion.
Electricity and Electrical Apparatus
(a) the generation, storage, transformation, transmission and use of electricity at mines;
(b) the use, construction, installation, examination, repair, maintenance, alteration, adjustment and testing of electrical apparatus and electric cables at mines;
(c) requiring that, where the amount of inflammable gas in the general body of the air in a part of a mine below ground exceeds a prescribed percentage (not being more than one and a quarter) by volume, the supply of electricity to all apparatus, other than prescribed apparatus, shall be cut off;
(d) requiring the cutting off, in such other circumstances as may be prescribed, of the supply of electricity to apparatus below ground in a mine.
(2) If an inspector is of opinion that the use of electricity below ground in a mine or in any part of it below ground would or might involve substantial risk of an explosion of gas or dust, he may serve on the manager of the mine a notice prohibiting, or restricting to a specified extent, the use of electricity below ground in that mine or part.
(3) The provisions of section 146 as to references upon notices served by inspectors shall apply to a notice served under this section; and any such notice shall, if it is so specified therein, become operative forthwith.
Blasting Materials and Devices
66. —(1) Regulations may provide for prohibiting or restricting the supply, storage or use at mines, of blasting materials and devices or any class thereof and, in particular, for prohibiting or restricting the use of such materials and devices or any class thereof in a part of a mine below ground at any time at which the amount of inflammable gas in the general body of the air in that part exceeds the prescribed percentage by volume and in such other circumstances as may be prescribed.
(2) No blasting material or device shall be taken or used below ground in a mine other than material or a device provided by the owner of the mine.
(3) In this section "blasting materials and devices" means explosives and any articles designed for the purpose of breaking up or loosening minerals by means of explosion, the expansion of gas, the change of a substance from one physical state to another or a chemical reaction not constituting combustion.
Fire Precautions
67. —(1) It shall not be lawful to use below ground in a mine of any prescribed class brattice sheeting other than of a type for the time being approved by the Minister.
(2) It shall not be lawful to use below ground in a mine, or prescribed part thereof, of any prescribed class, conveyor belting other than of a type approved by the Minister.
68. —Regulations may require the making of such provision as may be prescribed for—
(a) the prevention, detection and combating of outbreaks of fire at, and spontaneous heating occurring in, mines and the securing of the efficient conduct (as well in an atmosphere dangerous to life as in an atmosphere not dangerous to life) of such operations for the rescue of persons as it may be necessary to conduct at mines in consequence of the occurrence thereat of outbreaks of fire, explosions or other accidents of whatsoever kind;
(b) the storage and use of inflammable material below ground;
(c) adequate means of extinguishing fire;
(d) the efficient training of the members of any organisation of persons maintained in pursuance of the regulations.
69. —A person shall not be employed at a mine in a room, chamber, or similar confined space in which, owing to the nature of any machinery or apparatus installed therein or of any materials stored therein, there is a risk of the outbreak of a dangerous fire or the escape of steam in substantial quantity or of noxious gas in a dangerous concentration, unless either such steps are taken (whether by the provision of two or more exits or otherwise) as are necessary for the purpose of minimising the risk of his being trapped therein in any such event or the circumstances in which he is employed are themselves such as to minimise the risk of his being so trapped.
Dust Precautions
70. —(1) It shall be the duty of the manager of every mine to ensure that, in connection with the getting, dressing and transporting of minerals below ground in the mine, the giving off of—
(a) any dust that is inflammable, and
(b) dust of such character and in such quantity as to be likely to be injurious to the persons employed,
is minimised.
(2) Where, in connection with the carrying on of any operations or process below ground in a mine or in a building on the surface of a mine, there is given off any dust that is inflammable or dust of such character and in such quantity as to be likely to be injurious to the persons employed, it shall be the duty of the manager of the mine to ensure—
(a) that the entry of the dust into the air or its accumulation in any place in circumstances in which its accumulation in that place might be dangerous or harmful is minimised by means of steps in that behalf taken as near as possible to the point of origin of the dust,
(b) that any of the dust which enters the air is trapped or so dispersed as to render it harmless, and
(c) that any of the dust which is not prevented from accumulating in a place in circumstances in which its accumulation might be dangerous or harmful is either systematically cleaned up and removed to a place where it cannot be dangerous or harmful or treated in manner approved by the Minister for the purpose of rendering it harmless.
(3) Regulations may impose upon managers of mines such requirements with respect to the use of prescribed apparatus and the taking of prescribed steps for the purpose of attaining any of the objects mentioned in this section; and the regulations may provide either that compliance therewith by the manager of a mine is to be taken, either without qualification or to a prescribed extent, as compliance with all or any of the requirements of this section or that compliance with the regulations by the manager of a mine is not necessarily to be taken as compliance therewith.
Precautions against External Dangers to Workings.
71. —(1) It shall be the duty both of the owner and of the manager of every mine—
(a) to take such steps as may be necessary to secure that he is at all material times in possession of all information which indicates or tends to indicate the presence or absence, in the vicinity of any workings carried on or proposed to be carried on in the mine, of
(i) any disused workings (whether mine workings or not);
(ii) any rock or stratum containing or likely to contain water (whether dispersed or in natural cavities);
(iii) any peat, moss, sand, gravel, silt or other material that is likely to flow when wet, and
(b) to take such steps as may be necessary to verify any such information.
(2) It shall be the duty both of the owner and of the manager—
(a) forthwith after any such information comes into his possession to furnish such information to the other, and
(b) forthwith after taking any steps to verify the information, to furnish to the other particulars of the steps taken and of any conclusion reached as a result of taking them.
72. —(1) It shall be the duty both of the owner and of the manager of every mine to take, with respect to any workings carried on or proposed to be carried on in the mine in the vicinity of the sea, a lake or river or any other body of surface water (whether accumulated naturally or artificially) such steps as may be necessary for ascertaining the total thickness of the strata lying between the workings and the surface water.
(2) It shall be the duty both of the owner and the manager, forthwith after obtaining any information in complying with subsection (1), to furnish to the other particulars of the information obtained.
73. —It shall be the duty of the manager of every mine to take, with respect to every working in the mine, such steps as may be necessary to prevent any inrush into the working of gas from disused workings (whether mine workings or not) or of water or material that flows when wet (whether from disused workings or from any other source).
74. —(1) Where an inspector is of opinion that there is avoidable danger of the occurrence of such an inrush into a working as is mentioned in section 73 and either no steps for averting the danger have been taken or steps taken for that purpose appear to the inspector to be inadequate or improper, he may serve on the manager of the mine a notice stating his opinion and that, as the case may be, no steps for averting the danger have been taken or steps so taken appear to him to be inadequate or improper, and imposing all or any of the following requirements—
(a) a requirement that the manager shall, before the expiration of a specified period, execute specified works for the purpose of averting the danger;
(b) a requirement that, until such works have been executed, no person shall (save for the purpose of executing the works of saving life) be permitted by the manager to be in the mine or in a specified part thereof;
(c) a requirement that operations for getting minerals in the working shall, to a specified extent, be discontinued until such works have been executed, or shall not be continued otherwise than in accordance with a specified system of working.
(2) Where an inspector is of opinion that there is unavoidable danger of the occurrence of such an inrush into a working as is mentioned in section 73, he may serve on the manager of a mine a notice stating his opinion and requiring that operations for getting minerals in the working be permanently discontinued and, if the inspector thinks fit, imposing, in addition, either or both of the following requirements—
(a) a requirement that the manager shall, before the expiration of a specified period, execute specified works for the purpose of protecting the rest of the mine,
(b) a requirement that, until such works have been executed, no person shall (save for the purpose of executing the works or saving life) be permitted by the manager to be in the mine or in a specified part thereof.
Duties of Officials and Workmen in Cases of Danger
75. —(1) If at any time it is found by the person for the time being in charge of the mine, or any part thereof, that, by reason of the prevalence of inflammable or noxious gases, or of any cause whatever, the mine or any place in the mine is dangerous, every workman shall be withdrawn from the mine or place found dangerous, and a deputy, or other competent person authorised by the manager for the purpose, shall inspect the mine or place found dangerous, and, if the danger arises from inflammable gas, shall inspect the mine or place with a locked safety lamp, and in every case shall make a full and accurate report of the condition of the mine or place.
(2) A workman shall not, except in so far as is necessary for inquiring into the cause of danger or for the removal thereof, or for exploration, be re-admitted into the mine or place found dangerous, until it is reported not to be dangerous.
(3) For the purposes of this section a place shall be deemed to be dangerous if the amount of inflammable gas present in the general body of air at that place is not less by volume than the following percentage—
(a) in the case of a mine, or a part of any mine, in which the use of lamps or lights other than permitted lights is unlawful—two per cent. or such greater percentage (not exceeding two and a half) as may be prescribed;
(b) in the case of any other place—one and a quarter per cent. or such smaller percentage as may be prescribed,
or if, at a place to which paragraph (b) applies, an indication of gas is seen on the lowered flame of a safety lamp.
(4) Every report under this section shall be recorded in a separate book which shall be kept at the mine for the purpose, and shall be signed by the person who made the inspection.
(5) If a workman discovers the presence of inflammable gas in his working place, he shall immediately withdraw therefrom and inform the manager or deputy.
Machinery and Apparatus
Construction, maintenance, etc. of machinery and apparatus.
76. —(1) All parts and working gear, whether fixed or movable, including the anchoring and fixing appliances, of all machinery and apparatus used as, or forming, part of the equipment of a mine, and all foundations in or to which any such appliances are anchored or fixed shall be of good construction, suitable material, adequate strength and free from patent defect, and shall be properly maintained.
(2) Regulations may provide—
(a) for imposing additional requirements as to the construction, installation, maintenance, use, testing, repair, adjustment, alteration and examination of such machinery or apparatus, and
(b) for prohibiting the installation at mines of machinery or apparatus constructed in contravention of the regulations.
77. —(1) Subject to this section, every fly-wheel and every other dangerous exposed part of any machinery used as, or forming, part of the equipment of a mine shall be securely fenced.
(2) Regulations may require the fencing to be provided by prescribed means.
(3) It shall be the duty of the manager of every mine to ensure that fencing provided in pursuance of this section is properly maintained and is kept in position while the parts required to be fenced are in motion or in use, except where such parts are exposed for an examination or adjustment which it is necessary to carry out while they are in motion or use and all such conditions as may be prescribed are complied with.
78. —No internal combustion engine, steam boiler or locomotive shall be used below ground in a mine except as may be prescribed or with the consent of the Minister or an inspector.
79. —(1) All apparatus used as, or forming, part of the equipment of a mine, being apparatus which contains or produces air, gas or steam at a pressure greater than atmospheric pressure shall be so constructed, installed, maintained and used as to obviate any risk from fire, bursting, explosion or collapse or the production of noxious gases.
(2) Regulations may prohibit the installation at mines of any such apparatus at prescribed places and may require reports to be made of the results of examinations thereof made in pursuance of regulations under section 76.
(3) The Minister may at any time require any such apparatus at a mine to be examined by a person nominated by him and the manager of the mine shall give the necessary facilities for the examination; and if, as a result of the examination, it appears that any report was inadequate or inaccurate in a material particular, the cost of the examination under this subsection shall be recoverable by the Minister from the owner of the mine.
80. —(1) There shall be plainly marked on every crane, crab and winch used as, or forming, part of the equipment of a mine the safe working load or loads thereof, except that, in the case of a jib crane so constructed that the safe working load may be varied by the raising or lowering of the jib, there shall be attached thereto either an automatic indicator of safe working loads or a table indicating the safe working loads at corresponding inclinations of the jib or corresponding radii of the load.
(2) No person shall, except for the purpose of a test, load any such crane, crab or winch beyond the safe working load so marked or indicated.
(3) This section shall not apply to winding apparatus with which a mine shaft or staple-pit is provided or to any rope haulage apparatus, and regulations may provide that this section shall not apply to any other apparatus of a prescribed class.
81. —No person shall, at any time, enter or be allowed to enter any storage bin or hopper from which material is drawn off at the bottom while material is stored therein, unless a second person is in constant attendance and suitable precautions are taken against the danger of caving material. The owner or manager shall, when necessary, provide life lines for persons employed and it shall be the duty of such persons to continually wear such life lines when, by so doing, the interests of safety are advanced.
Buildings, Structures, Means of Access, etc.
82. —All buildings and structures on the surface of a mine shall be kept in safe condition.
83. —(1) There shall be provided and maintained safe means of access to every place in or on a building or structure on the surface of a mine, being a place at which any person has at any time to work.
(2) Where a person is to work at any such place from which he will be liable to fall a distance of more than ten feet, then, unless the place is one which affords secure foothold and, where necessary, secure hand-hold, means shall be provided by fencing or otherwise for ensuring his safety.
Training and Discipline
84. —It shall be the duty of the manager of every mine to secure that no person is employed thereat in any work otherwise than under the instruction and supervision of some person competent to give instruction in, and supervise, the doing of that work, unless the person so employed has received adequate instruction, and, where necessary, training in that work and is competent to do it without supervision.
85. —(1) It shall be the duty of the manager of every mine to secure the provision thereat of adequate facilities and equipment for the purpose of rendering first-aid to persons employed at the mine, who, while so employed, suffer bodily injury or become ill.
(2) Regulations, for the purposes of this section, may—
(a) determine for mines of any class what are adequate facilities and equipment,
(b) require the attendance at mines during working hours of persons trained in first-aid treatment and the making and carrying out at mines—
(i) as respects persons who, while employed below ground thereat, suffer bodily injury or become ill, of prescribed arrangements for their conveyance from the place where they were injured or became ill to the surface, and
(ii) as respects persons who, while employed thereat (whether above or below ground), suffer bodily injury or become ill, of prescribed arrangements for their conveyance, where necessary, to hospitals or their homes.
Excessive Weights
86. —(1) A person shall not be employed to lift, carry or move any load so heavy as to be likely to cause injury to him.
(2) The Minister may, after consultation with the Minister for Health, make regulations prescribing the maximum weights which may be lifted, carried or moved by persons employed in mines, and any such regulations may prescribe different weights in different circumstances and may relate either to persons generally or to any class of persons or to persons employed in any class or description of mine or in any process.
General Welfare Provisions
87. —(1) It shall be the duty of the manager of every mine to secure the provision thereat (as well below as above ground) of sufficient and suitable sanitary conveniences for the use of persons employed thereat.
(2) Where persons of both sexes are, or are intended to be, employed, the conveniences shall afford separate accommodation for persons of each sex.
(3) All sanitary conveniences so provided shall be kept clean and properly maintained and reasonable provision shall be made for lighting them.
88. —(1) It shall be the duty of the owner of every mine to take such steps as are necessary to secure that all parts of the mine below ground are kept free from rats and mice, and regulations may require owners of mines to take steps for the destruction below ground of insects or any prescribed class of insects or otherwise for keeping parts of mines below ground free from insects or any prescribed class of insects.
(2) Nothing in this section shall be construed as excluding the application to parts of the mines below ground of the Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919.
89. —It shall be the duty of the manager of every mine to provide and maintain, for the use of persons employed thereat, an adequate supply of drinking water at suitable points conveniently accessible to all such persons.
90. —Regulations may require the provision and maintenance, for the use of persons employed at mines, of—
(a) washing facilities, including soap and clean towels or other suitable means of cleaning and drying,
(b) accommodation and facilities for changing into clothing worn during working hours and for storing and drying clothing so worn and clothing not so worn, and
(c) canteens, or accommodation and facilities (including facilities for heating food and boiling water) for enabling such persons to partake of meals provided by themselves.
PART IV.
Safety, Health and Welfare (Quarries).
91. —(1) It shall be the duty of the manager of every quarry to secure that quarrying operations are so carried on as to avoid danger from falls whether within or outside the quarry and whether of the minerals worked or any other substance.
(2) The manager shall secure that no part of the face or sides of the quarry or any gallery thereon shall be so worked as to cause any overhanging.
(3) If an inspector is satisfied, having regard to the system of working and the natural condition of the minerals, that the requirement imposed by subsection (2) is unnecessary for safety, he may, by notice served on the owner, exempt the quarry or a specified part thereof from that requirement.
92. —There shall be provided and maintained safe means of access to every place at a quarry at which any person has at any time to work.
93. —(1) So long as vehicles running on rails are used at a quarry, there shall be provided, maintained and used, either at the quarry or on the vehicles or both at the quarry and on the vehicles, such safety devices as are necessary to prevent the occurrence of accidents to persons by any such vehicles' running away; and every device shall be of a kind designed to assume automatically the position in which it operates for the purpose for which it is designed, save in a case where there is good reason for not providing a device of that kind.
(2) All necessary precautions shall be taken to protect from injury, in the event of any such vehicle running away, any person who, otherwise than as a matter of routine, is at work at a place in a quarry through which any such vehicle runs.
94. —It shall be the duty of the owner of every quarry—
(a) to secure the provision, in each part of the quarry in which persons work at a time when natural light is insufficient to enable them to work in safety and in each part of the quarry through which persons pass at a time when natural light is insufficient to enable them to pass in safety, of suitable and sufficient artificial lighting, and
(b) to secure that all apparatus for producing artificial lighting is properly maintained.
95. —(1) Where, in connection with the carrying on of a process at a quarry, elsewhere than in a building, there is given off dust of such character and in such quantity as to be likely to be injurious to the persons employed, it shall be the duty of the manager to ensure that such steps are taken as are necessary to protect those persons against inhalation of the dust.
(2) Where, in connection with the carrying on of any operations or process in a building at a quarry, there is given off dust of such character and in such quantity as to be likely to be injurious to the persons employed, it shall be the duty of the manager to ensure—
(a) that the entry of the dust into the air or its accumulation in any place in circumstances in which its accumulation in that place might be harmful is minimised by means of steps in that behalf taken as near as possible to the point of origin of the dust,
(c) that any of the dust which is not prevented from accumulating in a place in circumstances in which its accumulation in that place might be harmful is either systematically cleaned up and removed to a place where it cannot be harmful or treated in manner approved by the Minister for the purpose of rendering it harmless.
(3) Regulations may impose upon managers of quarries requirements with respect to the use of prescribed apparatus and the taking of prescribed steps for the purpose of attaining any of the objects mentioned in this section; and the regulations may provide either that compliance therewith by the manager of a quarry is to be taken, either without qualification or to a prescribed extent, as compliance with all or any of the requirements of this section or that compliance with the regulations by the manager of a quarry is not necessarily to be taken as compliance with any of the said requirements.
96. —(1) Regulations may provide, in relation to quarries, for—
(a) the generation, storage, transformation, transmission and use of electricity and the use, construction, installation, examination, repair, maintenance, alteration, adjustment and testing of electrical apparatus and electric cables;
(b) the supply, storage and use of blasting materials and devices;
(c) the provision and maintenance of apparatus for the purpose of preventing and combating outbreaks of fire.
(2) In this section "blasting materials and devices" has the same meaning as in section 66.
97. —The sections of Part III mentioned in the Table shall apply to quarries with the substitution, for references to mines, of references to quarries and with the modifications indicated in the third column of the Table.
Sections Applied to Quarries
Subject-matter
Means of escape from rooms in which there is a special risk of fire or gas.
Construction, maintenance, etc., of machinery and apparatus.
For "manager" substitute "owner."
Omit the reference to winding apparatus in subsection (3).
For "on the surface of" substitute "at."
98. —(1) Where an accident occurs at a mine or quarry, causing the death of, or serious bodily injury to, a person employed, notice of the accident, in such form and accompanied by such particulars as may be specified by the Minister, shall forthwith be given by the responsible person to an inspector and to such person as may for the time being be nominated—
(a) in a case where there is an association or body representative of a majority of the persons employed, by that association or body,
(b) in any other case, jointly by associations or bodies which are together representative of such a majority,
to receive on behalf of the persons so employed notices under this subsection.
(2) Where an accident causing serious bodily injury is notified under this section, and after notification the injured person dies, notice of the death shall, as soon as it comes to the knowledge of the responsible person, be given by him to an inspector and to the person so nominated.
(3) Where an accident to which this section applies occurs to a person employed at a mine or quarry and the owner of the mine or quarry is not the actual employer of that person, the actual employer shall, if he fails to report the accident to the responsible person immediately, be guilty of an offence.
99. —(1) If the Minister is of opinion that any special class of occurrences at mines or quarries is of so dangerous a nature as to render it expedient that notice should be given under section 98 in every case, he may by order extend the provisions of that section to occurrences of that class, whether death or serious bodily injury is caused or not.
(2) In any proceedings taken under this Act in respect of a failure to give notice of an occurrence of any kind at a mine or quarry, being proceedings which could not be taken apart from an order under this section, it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that he was not aware of the occurrence and that he had taken all reasonable steps for having occurrences of that kind brought to his notice.
100. —(1) The Minister may by order apply (subject to such exceptions, adaptations and modifications, if any, as may be specified in the order) the provisions of section 98 to the contraction, by a person employed at a mine or quarry, of any such disease as may be specified in the order.
(2) In any proceedings which, by virtue of an order under this section, are taken under this Act in respect of a failure to give notice of the contraction by a person employed at a mine or quarry of a disease, it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that he was not aware that the first-mentioned person had contracted the disease.
101. —Where a coroner holds an inquest on the body of any person whose death may have been caused by any accident, occurrence or disease of which notice is required by or under this Part to be given, the following provisions shall have effect:
(a) the coroner shall adjourn the inquest unless—
(i) an inspector or some other person appearing on behalf of the Minister is present to watch the proceedings, or
(ii) in case the inquest relates to the death of not more than one person and the coroner has sent to the Minister notice of the time and place of holding the inquest at such time as to reach the Minister not less than twenty-four hours before the time of holding the inquest, the majority of the jury think it unnecessary to adjourn the inquest;
(b) if the coroner adjourns the inquest—
(i) he may, before the adjournment, take evidence to identify the body and may order the interment of the body,
(ii) he shall, at least four days before holding the adjourned inquest, send to the Minister notice in writing of the time and place of holding the adjourned inquest;
(c) no person having a personal interest in or employed in or about or in the management of the mine or quarry in or about which the accident, occurrence or disease occurred or was contracted shall be qualified to serve on the jury;
(d) it shall be the duty of the person summoning the jury not to summon any person disqualified under paragraph (c) and it shall be the duty of the coroner not to allow any such person to be sworn or to sit on the jury;
(e) the following persons shall, subject to the power of the coroner to disallow any question which in his opinion is not relevant or is otherwise not a proper question, be entitled to examine any witness either in person or by counsel or solicitor:
(i) an inspector or any other person appearing on behalf of the Minister,
(ii) any relation or friend of the person in respect of whose death the inquest is being held,
(iii) the owner of the mine or quarry at which the accident, occurrence or disease occurred or was contracted,
(iv) any person appointed in writing by the majority of the persons employed at the mine or quarry,
(v) any person appointed in writing by any trade union, friendly society or other association of persons to which the deceased at the time of his death belonged or to which any person employed at the mine or quarry belongs,
(vi) any person appointed in writing by any association of employers of which the owner is a member;
(f) where an inspector or a person on behalf of the Minister is not present at the inquest and evidence is given of any neglect having caused or contributed to the accident, occurrence or disease, or of any defect in or about the mine or quarry appearing to the coroner or jury to require a remedy, the coroner shall send to the Minister notice in writing of the neglect or defect.
102. —(1) Where there occurs at a mine or quarry an accident or other occurrence (being in either case one of which notice is required by this Part to be given), no person shall disturb the place where it occurred or tamper with anything thereat before—
(a) the expiration of three clear days after notification of the accident or other occurrence in accordance with this Part, or
(b) that place has been both visited by an inspector and inspected in exercise of the powers in that behalf conferred by the provisions of this Act relating to workmen's inspections,
whichever first occurs.
(2) Nothing in this section shall prohibit the doing of anything by or with the consent of an inspector.
(3) In any proceedings taken in respect of a contravention of this section consisting of the doing of any act, it shall be a defence to prove that the doing of that act was necessary for securing the safety of the mine or quarry or persons thereat.
103. —Where there occurs at a mine or quarry an accident or other occurrence (being in either case one of which notice is required by this Part to be given) the Minister may, at any time, direct an inspector to make a special report with respect thereto, and the Minister may cause any such report to be made public at such time and in such manner as he thinks fit.
104. —(1) The Minister may, where he considers it expedient so to do, direct a formal investigation to be held into any accident or other occurrence or case of disease contracted or suspected to have been contracted at a mine or quarry and of its causes and circumstances.
(2) The following provisions shall have effect in relation to an investigation under this section:
(a) the Minister may appoint a competent person to hold the investigation, and may appoint any person possessing legal or special knowledge to act as assessor in holding the investigation;
(b) the person or persons so appointed (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the tribunal) shall hold the investigation in open court in such manner and under such conditions as the tribunal may think most effectual for ascertaining the causes and circumstances of the accident or occurrence or case of disease, and for enabling the tribunal to make its report;
(c) the tribunal shall have for the purposes of the investigation all the powers of a Justice of the District Court when hearing a prosecution for an offence under this Act, and all the powers of an inspector under this Act, and, in addition, power—
(i) to enter and inspect any place or building the entry or inspection whereof appears to the tribunal requisite for the said purposes;
(ii) by summons signed by the tribunal to require the attendance of all such persons as it thinks fit to call before it and examine for the said purposes, and to require answers or returns to such inquiries as it thinks fit to make;
(iii) to require the production of all books, papers and documents which it considers important for the said purposes;
(iv) to administer an oath and require any person examined to make and sign a declaration of the truth of the statements made by him in his examination;
(d) persons attending as witnesses before the tribunal shall be allowed such expenses as would be allowed to witnesses attending before a court of record, and in case of dispute as to the amount to be allowed, the dispute shall be referred by the tribunal to a taxing master of the High Court, who, on request, signed by the tribunal, shall ascertain and certify the proper amount of the expenses;
(e) the tribunal shall make a report to the Minister stating the causes and circumstances of the accident, occurrence or case of disease, and adding any observations which the tribunal thinks right to make;
(f) the tribunal may require the expenses incurred in and about an investigation under this section (including the remuneration of any persons appointed to act as assessors) to be paid in whole or part by any person summoned before it who appears to the tribunal to be, by reason of any act or default on his part or on the part of any servant or agent of his, responsible in any degree for the accident, occurrence or case of disease, but any such expenses not required to be so paid shall be deemed to be part of the expenses of the Minister in the administration of this Act;
(g) any person who without reasonable excuse (proof whereof shall lie on him) either fails, after having had the expenses (if any) to which he is entitled tendered to him, to comply with any summons or requisition of the tribunal, or prevents or impedes the tribunal in the execution of its duty, shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, and, in the case of a failure to comply with a requisition for making any return or producing any document, if the failure in respect of which a person was so convicted is continued after the conviction, he shall be guilty of a further offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding ten pounds for every day on which the failure was so continued;
(h) the Minister may cause the report of the tribunal to be made public at such time and in such manner as he thinks fit.
105. —(1) The workmen employed at a mine or quarry may, at their own cost, appoint two persons who are or have been practical miners or quarriers as the case may be, for a period of not less than five years (one of whom at least is employed at the mine or quarry) to inspect the mine or quarry.
(2) The owner of the mine or quarry shall be under an obligation to permit such inspections to be carried out thereat by such duly appointed persons (in this section referred to as "workmen's inspectors") as will enable every part thereof and the equipment thereof to be inspected once at least in every month.
(3) Where there occurs at a mine or quarry an accident or other occurrence (being in either case one of which notice is required by this Act to be given) the two workmen's inspectors may together inspect the place where it occurred and, so far as necessary for the purpose of ascertaining its cause, any other part of the mine or quarry and any machinery, apparatus or other thing thereat and may take samples of the atmosphere at that place and of any dust or water thereat.
(4) On any occasion on which an inspection is carried out by the workmen's inspectors under subsection (2) or (3), they—
(a) shall be entitled to inspect any documents which by or under this Act are required to be kept at the office at the mine or quarry or at such other place as may be approved by an inspector;
(b) shall be entitled to be accompanied by advisers of theirs but shall not be entitled to preclude from accompanying them any of the following persons—
(i) in the case of an inspection at a mine, the owner and any person nominated by him, the manager and any person nominated by him;
(ii) in the case of an inspection at a quarry, the owner and any person nominated by him and the manager and any person nominated by him.
(5) On any occasion on which workmen's inspectors are, under subsection (2) or (3), carrying out an inspection at the mine or quarry, it shall be the duty of all persons employed thereat to afford to them such facilities and assistance with respect to matters or things to which the respective responsibilities of those persons extend as are necessary to carry out the inspection.
(6) Forthwith after workmen's inspectors have, on any occasion, completed an inspection under subsection (2) or (3), they shall make, in a book to be provided for that purpose by the owner of the mine or quarry, a full and accurate report of the matters ascertained as a result of the inspection and shall subscribe their signatures thereto.
(7) Forthwith after the report has been made, a true copy thereof shall be sent to the inspector and another such copy shall be posted in some conspicuous position at the mine or quarry and kept posted there for a period of twenty-four hours.
106. —It shall be the duty of the owner of every abandoned mine and of every mine which, notwithstanding that it has not been abandoned, has not been worked for a period of twelve months to secure that the surface entrance to every shaft or outlet thereof is provided with an efficient enclosure, barrier, plug or other device so designed and constructed as to prevent such surface entrance from being dangerous to any person.
Women and Young Persons
107. —(1) No female shall be employed below ground at a mine.
(2) Regulations may prohibit or restrict the employment of young persons, or young persons under a prescribed age, below ground at a mine.
108. —No child shall be employed at a mine.
109. —A young person shall not be employed at a mine unless and until a birth certificate or other satisfactory evidence of his age has been produced to the manager of the mine.
110. —(1) A woman or young person shall not be employed at a mine except in accordance with this section.
(2) There shall be an interval of not less than twelve hours between periods of employment.
(3) A period of employment of a young person whose age is less than sixteen years shall not begin earlier than 6 o'clock in the morning nor end later than 10 o'clock in the evening.
(4) The interval between periods of employment for a woman and, subject to subsection (5), for a young person whose age is not less than sixteen years shall include a continuous period of seven hours falling between 10 o'clock in the evening and 7 o'clock in the morning.
(5) (a) The Minister may, by regulations, authorise the employment, during prescribed hours falling within the interval specified in subsection (4), of male young persons whose age is not less than sixteen years for the purpose of receiving instruction of such description as may be prescribed.
(b) In any such case the interval between periods of employment shall be such period, not being less than thirteen hours, as may be prescribed or, if no period is prescribed, fifteen hours.
(6) Subject to the provisions of this Act the Minister may by regulations make provision for the hours of employment and intervals for meals and rest of women and young persons employed above ground at a mine or at any class of mine.
111. —(1) It shall be the duty of the responsible person to keep at the office of a mine or quarry, or at some other place approved by an inspector, a register in such form as may be specified by the Minister and to enter in that register in such form and manner as may be so specified the name, date of birth, residence and date of first employment at the mine or quarry of all women and young persons employed thereat, indicating, in the case of male young persons employed at a mine, which of them are employed below ground.
(2) It shall, in the case of every mine or quarry, be the duty of the responsible person to produce on request any register kept by him in pursuance of this section to an inspector.
(3) Before a male young person is first employed below ground in a mine his employer (if not the owner of the mine) shall inform the manager or some other person appointed in that behalf by the manager, that the young person is to be so employed.
Employed Persons Generally
112. —Regulations may require persons employed or seeking employment at mines or quarries to submit themselves for medical examination and may prohibit the employment at a mine or quarry, either absolutely or in a particular capacity or in particular work, of a person who fails to submit himself for such medical examination or is found to be physically or mentally unfit for such employment as a result thereof.
Limit of Hours Below Ground
113. —(1) For the purposes of the subsequent provisions of this Part, "workman" means any person employed in a mine below ground, who is not an official of the mine (other than a deputy), or a mechanic or electrician, or a person engaged solely in surveying or measuring; and any number of workmen whose hours for beginning and terminating work in the mine are approximately the same shall be deemed to be a shift of workmen.
(2) Subject to the provisions of this Part a workman shall not be below ground in a mine of coal, stratified ironstone, shale or fireclay for the purpose of his work, and of going to and from his work, for more than eight hours during any consecutive twenty-four hours.
(3) The manager of the mine shall fix for each shift of workmen in the mine the time at which the lowering of the men to the mine is to commence and to be completed, and the time at which the raising of the men from the mine is to commence and to be completed, in such a manner that every workman shall have the opportunity of returning to the surface without contravention of this section, and shall post and keep posted at the pit head a conspicuous notice of the time so fixed, and shall make all arrangements necessary for the observance of those times.
(4) The interval between the times fixed for the commencement and for the completion of the lowering and raising of each shift of workmen to and from the mine shall be such time as may for the time being be approved by an inspector as the time reasonably required for the purpose.
(5) In the event of any accident to the winding machinery, or other accident interfering with the lowering or raising of workmen, the interval may temporarily be extended to such extent as may be necessary; but in any such case the manager of the mine shall on the same day send notice of the extension and the cause thereof to an inspector, and the extension shall not continue beyond such date as may be allowed by the inspector.
(6) In the event of the manager feeling aggrieved by a decision of an inspector under subsection (4) the matter shall, in accordance with regulations as to procedure and costs made by the Minister, be referred to the decision of a person appointed by the judge of the Circuit Court for the circuit in which the mine is situate, whose decision shall be final; but until such decision is given the times approved by the inspector shall be in force as respects the mine.
(7) A repairing shift of workmen may, notwithstanding the provisions of this section, for the purpose of avoiding work on Sunday, commence their period of work on Saturday before twenty-four hours have elapsed since the commencement of their last period of work, so long as at least eight hours have elapsed since the termination thereof.
(8) (a) In the case of a deputy, onsetter or pump-minder, the maximum period for which he may be below ground under this Part shall be nine hours and a half.
(b) Where the work of sinking a pit or driving a cross-measure drift is being carried on continuously, no contravention of the provisions of this Part shall be deemed to take place as respects any workman engaged on that work if the number of hours spent by him at his working place does not exceed six at any one time, and the interval between the time of leaving the working place and returning thereto is in no case less than twelve hours.
(9) If any question under this section arises (otherwise than in legal proceedings) whether any person is a workman or is a workman of any particular class, that question shall be referred to the Minister, and his decision shall be final.
(10) The Minister may by regulations substitute a shorter period of time for the period provided by subsection (2) or by paragraph (a) of subsection (8) and, during the continuance of the regulations, this section shall stand modified accordingly.
(11) Regulations may provide that this section shall, with such exceptions, modifications and adaptations as may be prescribed, apply to any other class of mine.
(12) There shall not be a contravention of any provision of this section providing for a period of time in relation to a workman employed on a shift if the period from the time when the last workman on that shift leaves the surface to the time when the first workman on that shift returns to the surface does not exceed the period of time so provided.
114. —(1) The manager of the mine shall appoint one or more persons to direct at the pit head the lowering and raising of men to and from the mine, and shall cause a register to be kept in the prescribed form and containing the prescribed particulars with respect to the times at which men are lowered into and raised from the mine, and the cases in which any man is below ground for more than the time fixed by this Act, and the cause thereof, and the register shall be open to inspection by an inspector.
(2) The workmen in a mine may, at their own cost, appoint and station one or more persons, whether holding the office of checkweigher or not, to be at the pit head, at all times when workmen are to be lowered or raised, for the purpose of observing the times of lowering and raising, and the provisions of this Act and of the Checkweighing in Various Industries Act, 1919, relating to the checkweigher, and to the relations between the owner, agent, or manager of the mine and the checkweigher shall, so far as applicable, apply to any person so appointed as they apply to the checkweigher, with the substitution, as respects appointment, of the workmen in the mine for the persons who under that Act are entitled to appoint a checkweigher.
(3) If any person knowingly makes a false entry in the register which is to be kept under this section, or knowingly causes or permits any such false entry to be made, he shall be guilty of an offence.
115. —(1) The time fixed by this Part as the time during which the workmen in a mine may be below ground for the purpose of their work and of going to and from their work may be extended as respects any mine by the manager of the mine, on not more than sixty days in any year by not more than one hour a day, and on any day on which an extension of time is made in accordance with this section as respects any mine the time as so extended shall be substituted for the purposes of this Act as respects that mine for the time as fixed by this Part.
(2) The manager of every mine shall cause a register to be kept in such manner as the Minister may direct of the cases in which any extension of time has been given under this section, and the register shall be open to inspection by an inspector.
116. —In the application of this Part to mines which are entered otherwise than by a shaft, and to workmen who are not lowered to or raised from the mine by means of machinery, the admission of men to the mine shall be substituted for the lowering of men to the mine, and the return of men from the mine shall be substituted for the raising of men from the mine, and such times as may be determined by the owner, agent, or manager of the mine, with the approval of an inspector, as the times properly corresponding to the times fixed for the commencement and completion of the lowering and raising of workmen to and from the mine, shall be substituted for the times so fixed.
117. —For securing compliance with the provisions of this Part, it shall be the duty of the manager of every mine—
(a) to make rules for that purpose and publish such rules by posting them and keeping them posted at the pit head, and by supplying a copy thereof free to every workman employed underground in the mine who, not having been previously supplied with a copy, applies therefor at the office at which he is paid; and
(b) to provide necessary means for raising the men from the mine within the time limited by this Part.
Workman below ground for longer than fixed period.
118. —If a workman is below ground for a longer period during any consecutive twenty-four hours than the time fixed by this Part, he shall be deemed to have been below ground in contravention of this Part unless the contrary is proved.
119. —Where on any occasion a person remains, after the time at which his period of employment ends, below ground in a mine for the purpose of rendering assistance in the event of accident, meeting any danger (whether actual or apprehended) or dealing with any emergency or with work uncompleted through unusual and unforeseen circumstances which requires to be dealt with without interruption in order to avoid serious interference with ordinary work in the mine, there shall be deemed not to be a contravention of the foregoing provisions of this Part in relation to him.
120. —Before making any regulations for the purposes of section 110, 112 or 113 the Minister shall consult with the owner of every mine to which the regulations will apply and with any association appearing to him to be representative of persons employed to whom the regulations will apply.
121. —For the purposes of this Part a person employed below ground in a mine shall be deemed to be so employed during the period between the time at which he is required to attend for the purpose of going below ground and the time at which he returns to the surface.
122. —(1) Every book which, in pursuance of this Act or of regulations, is provided by the owner of a mine or quarry for the entry of any report, record or other item of information shall be in such form as the Minister may direct.
(2) Every entry made in any such book or a copy of that entry shall be preserved for three years or such other longer or shorter period as may be prescribed for a particular class of entry and, until no longer required to be preserved, shall be kept at the office at the mine or quarry to which it relates or at such other place as may be approved by an inspector and shall be open to inspection by, or by a person authorised in that behalf in writing by, any person employed at that mine or quarry.
123. —(1) At all times at which persons are employed at a mine or quarry there shall be kept posted thereat a notice of the name of the mine or quarry, the name and address of the owner and the name of the manager.
(2) Where, in the case of a mine or quarry,—
(a) regulations affecting it are made, or
(b) a notice is served under this Act by an inspector on the responsible person,
notice of the making of the regulations or of the service of the notice shall be kept posted at the mine or quarry at all times during a prescribed period.
(3) All notices to which this section relates shall be posted in such characters and in such positions as to be easily seen and read by the persons employed, and if a form is specified by the Minister for any such notice, it shall be posted in that form.
(4) It shall be the duty of the manager to keep, at the mine or quarry, copies of this Act and of any orders, regulations and rules affecting the mine or quarry and to permit persons employed to read them at all reasonable times.
Periodical returns by owners.
124. —(1) It shall be the duty of the owner of a mine or quarry if directed so to do by the Minister, to furnish to him, within such period and in such form and manner as may be specified in the direction, such returns and statistics relating to the mine or quarry, and such other information (if any) relating thereto, as may be so specified.
(2) No returns, statistics or other information obtained under this section shall, without the consent in writing of the person carrying on the undertaking, be disclosed except—
(a) with the consent of the Minister, to specified persons, being officers of a State authority, namely, a Minister of State, the Commissioners of Public Works in Ireland or the Land Commission, where the Minister is satisfied that it is necessary for the proper discharge of the functions of that State authority so to do, or
(b) in the form of a summary of similar returns, statistics or other information furnished by a number of owners of mines or quarries, being a summary so framed as not to enable particulars relating to the undertaking of a particular person to be ascertained therefrom, or
(c) for the purposes of any proceedings for an offence under this Act or any report of any such proceedings.
125. —(1) The owner of a mine or quarry shall give notice to an inspector of any of the following events—
(a) the beginning of operations for opening a mine, seam or vein, or a quarry or driving a new shaft or outlet of a mine;
(b) the abandonment of a mine, shaft, outlet, seam or vein, or of a quarry;
(c) the expiration of, in the case of a mine, seam or vein, two months, and, in the case of a quarry, twelve months, from the day on which it was last worked for getting minerals or products thereof;
(d) the expiration of two months from the day on which a shaft or outlet was last used;
(e) the resumption of working after abandonment or after the expiration of any such period.
(2) The notice shall be given within two weeks after the happening of the event.
(3) Where—
(a) a mine, seam or vein is abandoned within two months, or a quarry within twelve months, after it was last worked for getting minerals or products thereof, or
(b) a shaft or outlet is abandoned within two months after it was last used,
it shall not be necessary to give notice of the expiration of such period.
Notification of change of ownership or name of mine or quarry.
126. —(1) Where a change occurs in the ownership or name of a mine or quarry, the owner shall, within two weeks after the change occurs, give notice thereof to an inspector.
(2) For the purposes of this section a name shall be deemed to be changed if its spelling is altered.
127. —(1) The Minister may make regulations for any of the purposes of this Act.
(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, regulations may provide for any of the following matters,—any matter referred to in this Act as prescribed or to be prescribed, the prevention of the occurrence of accidents at mines or quarries, the use of vehicles and conveyors in mines and the conditions under which they may be so used, securing the safety, health or welfare of employed persons or maintaining proper discipline amongst them or securing the proper care and treatment of animals in use at mines or quarries.
(3) The inclusion in this Act of provision in respect of any matter shall not operate to preclude the making of regulations (consistently with that provision) in respect of that matter.
(4) Regulations may, subject to any express provision to the contrary, relate to mines or quarries generally, to a specified class thereof, or to a particular mine or quarry.
(5) Regulations may—
(a) make different provision in respect of different classes of mines or quarries or different subdivisions of a class and in respect of different parts of a mine or quarry;
(b) grant, or provide for the granting of, exemptions from any of the provisions thereof;
(c) make provision for any ancillary or supplementary matters for which the Minister thinks proper to provide.
(6) The Second Schedule shall apply in relation to the procedure for making regulations.
128. —(1) The Checkweighing in Various Industries Act, 1919, shall apply to the getting of coal from coal mines.
(2) The power to make regulations under any provision of the said Act may be exercised by the Minister.
129. —To avoid doubts, it is hereby enacted that the repeal of the Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887, the Coal Mines (Check Weigher) Act, 1894, and the Coal Mines (Weighing of Minerals) Act, 1905, effected by section 10 and the First Schedule to this Act, shall not affect the incorporation, by subsection (3) of section 2 of the Checkweighing in Various Industries Act, 1919, of the provisions of those Acts set forth and adapted in the Second Schedule to that Act and that Act shall be construed and have effect as if the said provisions formed part of that Act.
130. —(1) The Minister may authorise any of his officers to act as inspectors for the purposes of this Act.
(2) Notice of an authorisation under this section shall be published in Iris Oifigiúil.
(3) Such annual report of the proceedings of the inspectors as the Minister directs shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas.
131. —(1) An inspector shall, for the purpose of the execution of this Act, have power—
(a) at any time (whether by day or by night) to enter a mine or quarry and to inspect the whole or any part thereof, anything thereat and any animals employed for the purposes thereof;
(b) to make such examination and inquiry as may be necessary—
(i) to ascertain whether the following are complied with, namely, the provisions of this Act and of orders, regulations and rules thereunder, any direction, prohibition, restriction or requirement given or imposed by a notice served under or by virtue of this Act by an inspector and any condition attached to any exemption, consent, approval or authority granted or given under or by virtue of this Act by the Minister or an inspector, or
(ii) to ascertain any matter appearing to the inspector to affect or relate to the safety or health of persons employed at a mine or quarry or the care or treatment of animals employed thereat and in particular (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing) the causes and circumstances of any accident or other occurrence at a mine or quarry, being in either case one of which notice is required by this Act to be given;
(c) on entering any premises, to take with him a member of the Gárda Síochána if he has reasonable cause to apprehend any serious obstruction in the exercise of the powers conferred on him by this subsection or, for the purpose of any examination or inquiry relating to the care or treatment of animals, a duly qualified veterinary surgeon;
(d) for the purpose of any examination or inquiry under the foregoing provisions—
(i) to require any person whom he finds at a mine or quarry, or whom he has reasonable cause to believe to be, or to have within the preceding two months been, employed at a mine or quarry, to answer, in the absence of persons other than a person nominated by him to be present and any persons whom the inspector may allow to be present, such questions as the inspector thinks fit to ask, so however, that no answer given by a person in pursuance of a requirement imposed under this subparagraph shall be admissible in evidence against him in any proceedings,
(ii) to take samples of any articles or substances found at a mine or quarry and, in the case of a mine, of the atmosphere therein, and
(iii) to take possession of any machinery, apparatus or other article whatsoever at a mine or quarry which appears to him to have caused, or to be likely to cause, danger to safety or health and cause it to be dismantled or subjected to any process or test, notwithstanding that it is thereby damaged or destroyed;
(e) to require the production of, and to inspect,—
(i) any registers, books, plans or other documents which by, or by virtue of, this Act are required to be kept, and
(ii) any other documents, being documents which are in the possession or under the control of the owner or manager of a mine or the owner or manager of a quarry and are relevant for the purposes of an examination or inquiry under the foregoing provisions of this section;
(f) to require the manager of a mine to mark on any plan of workings in the mine produced in compliance with a requirement imposed under paragraph (e) the state, as at the time of the imposition of the requirement, of those workings or of such of them as may be specified in the requirement;
(g) to require any person having responsibilities in relation to a mine or quarry (whether or not the owner or a manager or any other person employed thereat) to give him such facilities and assistance with respect to any matters or things to which the responsibilities of that person extend as are necessary for the purpose of enabling the inspector to exercise any of the powers conferred on him by this subsection;
(h) to exercise such other powers as may be necessary for carrying this Act into effect.
(2) A person who—
(a) fails to comply with any requirement imposed by an inspector under this section, or
(b) prevents, or attempts to prevent, any other person from appearing before an inspector or from answering any question to which an inspector may, by virtue of the foregoing subsection, require an answer; or
(c) without permission granted by an inspector, removes from a mine or quarry, or conceals or tampers with, any machinery, apparatus or other article of which possession has been taken by an inspector under this section, or
(d) obstructs an inspector in the exercise or performance of his powers or duties;
shall be guilty of an offence.
132. —(1) If an inspector is of opinion that a mine or quarry or any part thereof or any matter, thing or practice at a mine or quarry or connected with the control or management of a mine or quarry is or is likely shortly to become dangerous to the safety or health of the persons employed at the mine or quarry or any of them, he may serve on the responsible person a notice stating that he is of that opinion and giving particulars of the reason why he is of that opinion, and imposing upon the responsible person such prohibitions or restrictions or requirements (of whatsoever kind) as appear to the inspector to be necessary for the purpose of safeguarding the safety or health of the persons employed at the mine or quarry.
(2) Nothing in this section shall authorise the service by an inspector of a notice with respect to a mine in a case in which the service by an inspector of a notice on the manager of that mine is authorised by section 65 or 74.
133. —(1) In the event of a contravention, in relation to a mine, of—
(a) a provision of this Act, of an order made thereunder or of regulations, not being a provision which expressly provides that a person is to be guilty of an offence, or
(c) a condition attached to an exemption, consent, approval or authority granted or given under or by virtue of this Act by the Minister or an inspector;
each of the following persons shall, subject to the following provisions of this Act, be guilty of an offence, namely, the owner of the mine, any person to whom written instructions have been given by the owner in pursuance of section 12 specifying as, or including amongst, the matters with respect to which that person is charged with securing the fulfilment in relation to the mine of statutory responsibilities of the owner, matters of the class to which the provision, direction, prohibition, restriction, requirement or condition relates, the manager of the mine and any person who is for the time being treated for the purposes of this Act as the manager.
(2) In the event of a contravention, in relation to a quarry, of—
(a) a provision of this Act or of regulations, not being a provision which expressly provides that a person is to be guilty of an offence, or
each of the following persons shall, subject to the following provisions of this Act, be guilty of an offence, namely, the owner of the quarry, any person to whom written instructions have been given by the owner in pursuance of section 12 specifying as, or including amongst, the matters with respect to which that person is charged with securing the fulfilment in relation to the quarry of statutory responsibilities of the owner, matters of the class to which the provision, direction, prohibition, restriction, requirement or condition relates, the manager of the quarry and any person who is for the time being treated for the purposes of this Act as the manager thereof.
(3) Neither the manager of a quarry nor a person who is for the time being treated for the purposes of this Act as the manager thereof shall, by virtue of subsection (2), be guilty of an offence which consists of such a contravention as aforesaid with regard to a matter responsibility for which is duly reserved to the owner in pursuance of section 25.
(4) In the event of a contravention, in relation to a mine, by a person other than one mentioned in subsection (1), of such a provision as is mentioned in paragraph (a) of that subsection, being a provision which expressly imposes on that person or on persons of a class to which he belongs a duty or requirement or expressly prohibits him or persons of a class to which he belongs or all persons from doing a specified act, the person who contravened that provision, as well as the persons mentioned in the said subsection (1), shall be guilty of an offence, and in the event of a contravention, in relation to a quarry, by a person other than one mentioned in subsection (2), of such a provision as is mentioned in paragraph (a) of that subsection, being a provision which expressly imposes on that person or on persons of a class to which he belongs a duty or requirement or expressly prohibits him or persons of a class to which he belongs or all persons from doing a specified act, the person who contravened that provision, as well as the persons mentioned in the said subsection (2), shall be guilty of an offence.
(5) Neither the manager of a mine or quarry as such, nor a person who is for the time being treated for the purposes of this Act as the manager of a mine or quarry shall, by virtue of subsection (1) or (2) be guilty of an offence by reason of a contravention by the owner of the mine or quarry of—
(a) any provision of this Act, of an order made thereunder or of regulations, being a provision which expressly imposes on the owner of the mine or quarry a duty or requirement or a prohibition, or
(b) any prohibition, restriction or requirement which, by virtue of a notice served under or by virtue of this Act by an inspector, is expressly imposed on the owner of the mine or quarry,
or of a contravention of section 14 or 26.
134. —If any persons are employed at a mine or quarry otherwise than in accordance with the provisions of this Act, orders made thereunder and regulations, there shall be deemed to be a separate contravention in respect of each person so employed.
135. —(1) A person guilty of an offence under this Act for which no express penalty is provided shall be liable on summary conviction thereof—
(a) if he is the owner of a mine or quarry, a person to whom instructions have been given by the owner of a mine or quarry in pursuance of section 12, the manager of a mine or a quarry or a person who is for the time being treated for the purposes of this Act as the manager of a mine or a manager of a quarry, to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds, and
(b) if not, to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds.
(2) (a) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this Act and the contravention in respect of which he was convicted is continued after the conviction, he shall be guilty of a further offence and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding five pounds for each day on which the contravention is so continued.
(b) An offence under this subsection shall be a continuing offence and accordingly fresh proceedings in respect thereof may be taken from time to time.
(3) Where the court by which a person is convicted of any such offence as aforesaid is satisfied that the contravention in respect of which he is convicted—
(a) was likely to cause the death of, or serious bodily injury to, a person employed at the mine or quarry in relation to which the contravention occurred or a dangerous accident, or
(b) was likely to endanger the safety of any such person,
the court may impose upon the person convicted (either in addition to, or in substitution for, a fine) imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.
136. —In any proceedings under this Act which, by virtue of subsection (1) or (2) of section 133 are taken against a person in respect of the contravention by a person other than himself of—
(a) a provision of the Act, of an order made thereunder or of regulations, being a provision which expressly imposes on that other person or on persons of a class to which, at the time of the contravention, he belonged, a duty or requirement or expressly prohibits him or persons of such a class or all persons from doing a specified act, or
(b) a prohibition, restriction or requirement which by virtue of a notice served under or by virtue of this Act by an inspector is expressly imposed on that other person,
it shall be a defence for the person charged to prove that he used all due diligence to secure compliance with the provision, prohibition, restriction or requirement, as the case may be.
137. —It shall be a defence in any legal proceedings to recover damages and in any prosecution, in so far as the proceedings or prosecution are or is based on an allegation of a contravention, in relation to a mine or quarry, of—
(a) a provision of this Act, of an order made thereunder or of regulations (not being a provision which expressly provides that a person is to be guilty of an offence), or
(b) a direction, prohibition, restriction, or requirement given or imposed by a notice served under or by virtue of this Act by an inspector, or
to prove that it was impracticable to avoid or prevent the contravention.
138. —To avoid doubts it is hereby enacted that the owner of a mine or quarry is not absolved from liability to pay damages in respect of a contravention, in relation to the mine or quarry, by a person employed by him of—
(b) a prohibition, restriction or requirement imposed by a notice served under or by virtue of this Act by an inspector,
by reason only that the provision contravened was one which expressly imposed on that person or on persons of a class to which, at the time of the contravention, he belonged, a duty or requirement or expressly prohibited that person, or persons of such a class or all persons from doing a specified act or, as the case may be, that the prohibition, restriction or requirement was expressly imposed on that person or that that person was, in pursuance of this Act or regulations, appointed by a person other than the owner.
139. —If a child or young person is employed at a mine or quarry in contravention of the provisions of this Act, the parent of the child or young person shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds, unless it appears to the court that the contravention occurred without the consent, connivance or wilful default of the parent.
140. —(1) If a person—
(a) with intent to deceive, forges or uses or lends to, or allows to be used by, another person a certificate granted under or by virtue of this Act by the Minister, or makes or has in his possession a document so closely resembling any such certificate as to be calculated to deceive, or
(b) for the purpose of obtaining for himself or another person—
(i) the grant of any such certificate or the issue of a duplicate thereof or the restoration of any such certificate or a shortening of any period for which any such certificate is suspended, or
(ii) employment as manager of a mine or employment in an office the appointment to which is required by or by virtue of this Act to be made by the manager of a mine, or
(iii) employment as manager of a quarry or employment in an office the appointment to which is required by regulations having effect by virtue of section 29 to be made by the owner or manager of a quarry,
makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular, or produces, furnishes, sends or otherwise makes use of a document which he knows to be false in a material particular or recklessly produces, furnishes, sends or otherwise makes use of a document which is false in a material particular, or
(c) wilfully makes a false entry in any register, book, notice or other document required by or by virtue of this Act to be kept, served or given or, with intent to deceive, makes use of any such entry which he knows to be false, or
(d) in purported compliance with a requirement imposed by or by virtue of this Act to furnish any returns, statistics or other information or to inform a person of the substance of any instructions, makes a statement which he knows to be false in a material particular or recklessly makes a statement which is false in a material particular, or
(e) discloses any return, statistics or other information in contravention of this Act, or
(f) on being required under paragraph (f) of subsection (1) of section 131 to mark on a plan the state of any workings, marks it thereon in a way which he knows to be false in a material particular or recklessly marks it thereon in a way which is false in a material particular, or
(g) falsely pretends to be an inspector,
he shall be guilty of an offence, and liable—
(i) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds or to both,
(ii) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine not exceeding two hundred pounds or to both.
(2) In this section "forges" has the same meaning as in the Forgery Act, 1913.
141. —(1) A person employed in a mine or quarry shall not wilfully interfere with or misuse any means, appliance, convenience or other thing provided in pursuance of this Act for securing the health, safety or welfare of the persons employed in the mine or quarry, and where any means or appliance for securing health or safety is provided for the use of any such person under this Act, he shall use the means or appliance.
(2) A person employed in a mine or quarry shall not wilfully and without reasonable cause do anything likely to endanger himself or others.
142. —If, without reasonable excuse, a person removes, injures or defaces a notice which is for the time being posted at a mine or quarry in pursuance of any provision of this Act or regulations, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding five pounds.
143. —(1) The District Court shall, in any proceedings for an offence under this Act, if required by either party, cause a note of the evidence to be taken and preserved.
(2) Where, in consequence of an accident or other occurrence at a mine or quarry, a special report is made in pursuance of this Act by an inspector, a report is made by a person appointed under this Act to hold a public inquiry or a coroner's inquest is held, and it appears from the report or from the proceedings at the inquest that, at or before the time of the accident or other occurrence, there was a contravention, in relation to the mine or quarry, of
(c) a condition attached to an exemption, consent, approval or authority granted under or by virtue of this Act by the Minister or an inspector,
summary proceedings against any person liable to be proceeded against in respect of the contravention may be commenced at any time within three months after the making of the report or the conclusion of the inquest.
(3) Summary proceedings against any person liable to be proceeded against in respect of a contravention of section 21 may be commenced at any time within three months from the date on which evidence sufficient in the opinion of the Minister to justify a prosecution for the contravention comes to the knowledge of the Minister.
For the purposes of this subsection, a certificate of the Minister as to the date on which such evidence as aforesaid came to his knowledge shall be conclusive evidence thereof.
(4) Subsections (2) and (3) shall have effect notwithstanding paragraph 4 of section 10 of the Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851, which prescribes time limits in cases of summary jurisdiction.
(5) Where an offence is committed under this Act by reason of a failure to give notice, enter a report or do any other thing at or within a time specified by this Act, an order made thereunder, regulations or a notice served under or by virtue of this Act by an inspector, the offence shall be deemed to continue until the notice is given, the report entered or the other thing done, as the case may be.
Restriction on institution of certain proceedings.
144. —No proceedings for an offence under this Act shall be instituted against any such person as is mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 135 except by or with the consent of the Minister or the Attorney General.
145. —(1) An owner or manager of a mine or quarry by whom are instituted proceedings against a person employed at the mine or quarry for an offence under this Act shall, within twenty-one days after the conclusion of the trial of that person for that offence, give to an inspector notice of the result of the trial and shall also, within twenty-one days after the conclusion of any proceedings by way of appeal arising out of the trial, give to an inspector notice of the result of those proceedings.
(2) For the purposes of this section the bringing of proceedings before the High Court to quash a conviction by order of a certiorari shall be deemed to be an appeal.
146. —(1) The following provisions of this section shall apply in relation to any notice served under any provision of this Act or regulations by an inspector on the owner or manager of a mine or quarry, being a notice which is expressly declared to be one to which the provisions of this section with respect to references upon notices served by inspectors are to apply.
(2) (a) If the person on whom any such notice is served or, in a case where it is served on two or more persons, any of them, by a counter-notice duly served on the inspector who served the notice demands a reference upon the notice, it shall stand referred to a person or persons selected by the nominated selector (as hereinafter defined) from amongst the members of that one of the panels of persons appointed by the Minister under this section which is appropriate to the circumstances of the case.
(b) If the said selector is satisfied that special reasons exist which render it expedient for him to act as referee instead of a person or persons selected as aforesaid, he may direct that the notice shall stand referred to him.
(3) On a reference under this section upon any such notice, any of the following persons may appear in person or be represented, and may give evidence and call such witnesses as he thinks fit—
(a) any person on whom the notice was served;
(b) any inspector;
(c) any association or body representative of a majority of the total number of persons employed at the mine or quarry to which the notice relates;
(d) any other persons appearing to the referee or referees to be affected by the notice or any association or body representative of any such persons.
(4) The following provisions shall have effect with respect to the quashing or confirmation of any such notice upon a reference thereon under this section—
(a) if no relevant ground of objection to the notice is established to the satisfaction of the referee or referees, he or they shall confirm the notice;
(b) if a relevant ground of objection is so established, the referee or referees shall quash the notice unless he or they is or are of opinion that the objection can be met by modification of the notice, in which case the referee or referees shall confirm the notice subject to such modification as appears to him or them to meet the objection;
and where the notice is confirmed subject to any modification it shall take effect as modified.
(5) For the purposes of subsection (4)—
(a) in the case of any such notice served under a provision of this Act, any of the following grounds which are appropriate to the circumstances of the case shall be a relevant ground of objection—
(i) that compliance with a prohibition, restriction or requirement sought to be imposed by or by virtue of the notice is, wholly or to a particular extent, unnecessary, inadvisable for reasons of safety or impracticable;
(ii) that any period limited by the notice is insufficient for the purpose of enabling any works to be executed or other thing done;
(b) in the case of a notice served under any provision of regulations, the relevant ground or grounds of objection shall be such as may be prescribed.
(6) Save as otherwise expressly provided by this Act or regulations, any such notice shall not become operative in any event until the expiration of the period within which a reference thereon may be demanded under this section or, if within that period such a reference is so demanded, until the notice is confirmed by the referee or referees.
(7) The quashing under this section of any such notice shall neither be taken to prevent the service by an inspector of a fresh notice nor, if the notice became operative before it was quashed, affect the previous operation thereof.
(8) The Minister may—
(a) constitute such number as he thinks fit of panels of persons from whom referees may be selected for the purposes of references under this section and, as respects each panel, may designate the cases in which it is to be treated for the purposes of this section as the appropriate panel;
(b) make rules for regulating such references and, in particular, for making provision with respect to the costs of such references (including the payment of remuneration and allowances to referees) and for specifying the form of a counter-notice under subsection (2) and the period within which such a notice must be served;
and different periods may be specified by rules under paragraph (b) of this subsection in relation to the service of counter-notices relating to notices served under different provisions of this Act or regulations.
(9) The reference in subsection (2) to the nominated selector shall be construed as referring to such person as may for the time being be nominated by the Minister to discharge the duty of selecting referees to act upon references under this section.
147. —Where the Minister is of opinion, with respect to mines or quarries of any class, that by reason of the nature or amount of work involved, or of the shortness of the period during which the mines or quarries are expected to be worked or other special circumstances affecting them, it would not be right to require compliance with the provisions of this Act or any particular provision thereof, he may by regulations exempt mines or quarries of that class from such provisions or provision for such period, and subject to such conditions, as he may prescribe.
148. —Any power conferred by this Act to make an order shall be construed as including a power, exercisable in the like manner and subject to the like conditions, if any, to revoke or vary the order.
149. —(1) A notice required or authorised by or by virtue of this Act to be served on or given to an inspector may be served or given by delivering it to him or by leaving it at, or sending it by registered post to, his office.
(2) A notice required or authorised by or by virtue of this Act to be served on or given to the owner of a mine or quarry may be served or given—
(a) where the owner is an individual, by delivering it to him, by leaving it at the office at the mine or quarry or by sending it by registered post addressed to him at his usual or last known place of abode or the proper postal address of the mine or quarry;
(b) where the owner is a body corporate, by delivering it to the secretary or clerk to the body at their registered or principal office or by sending it by registered post addressed to the secretary or clerk to the body at that office;
(c) where the owner is a firm, by delivering it to any partner of the firm or by leaving it at, or sending it by registered post to, the office of the firm.
(3) A notice required or authorised by or by virtue of this Act to be served on or given to the manager of a mine or quarry may be served or given by delivering it to him, by leaving it at the office at the mine or quarry or by sending it by registered post addressed to him at the proper postal address of the mine or quarry.
(4) This section shall apply to the sending or lodging of any document as it applies to the giving of a notice.
150. —(1) Where the age of any person is required to be ascertained or proved for the purposes of this Act, any person shall, on presenting a written requisition in such form and containing such particulars as may be directed by the Minister for Health and on payment of the appointed fee, be entitled to obtain a certified copy of the entry of the birth of that person in the register of births under the hand of the registrar or superintendent registrar or other person having the custody thereof, and forms for such requisition shall on request be supplied without any charge by every registrar of births and by every superintendent registrar or other person having the custody of the register.
(2) The Minister for Health may, with the consent of the Minister and the Minister for Finance, by regulations appoint fees for the purposes of this section.
151. —(1) There shall be a council consisting of a chairman and eight ordinary members (in this section referred to as the Advisory Council) to perform the functions assigned to it by this section.
(2) The Advisory Council shall consider, and advise the Minister on, any matters arising on or in relation to the execution of this Act (including any proposals by the Minister to make, amend or revoke any orders or regulations under this Act) which the Minister may refer to the Council.
(3) The Advisory Council may, as they consider necessary from time to time, advise the Minister on:—
(a) the desirability of making, amending or revoking any orders or regulations under this Act;
(b) matters relating to the enforcement of the provisions of this Act or of orders or regulations made under this Act;
(c) the organisation or promotion of safety and welfare campaigns among employees and employers;
(d) the organisation of lectures, film shows or exhibitions, the publication of posters or pamphlets or any other measures, being lectures, film shows, exhibitions, posters, pamphlets or measures designed to educate employees and employers on questions of safety and welfare in mines and quarries and on methods of safeguarding and improving the health of workers.
(4) The Chairman and the ordinary members of the Advisory Council shall be appointed by the Minister.
(5) The first such appointment shall be made as soon as conveniently may be after the passing of this Act and subsequent appointments shall be made from time to time as occasion requires.
(6) In appointing persons to be ordinary members of the Advisory Council, the Minister shall include persons representative of organisations of employees and of organisations of employers.
(7) The Chairman and the ordinary members of the Advisory Council shall hold office for such period as the Minister may decide.
(8) On the request of the Advisory Council and subject to the consent of the Minister, an inspector may attend a meeting of the Advisory Council for the purpose of giving any information which the Advisory Council may request for the purposes of discharging its functions.
Section 10 .
Session and Chapter or Year and Number
Extent of Repeal
35 & 36 Vict. c. 77.
Metalliferous Mines Regulation Act, 1872.
The whole Act.
45 & 46 Vict. c. 3.
Slate Mines (Gunpowder) Act, 1882.
Payment of Wages in Public Houses Prohibition Act, 1883.
In section 2, the words from "nor any person" to the end of the section.
Coal Mines Regulation Act, 1887.
Quarries Act, 1894.
Coal Mines (Check Weigher) Act, 1894.
Mines (Prohibition of Child Labour Underground) Act, 1900.
5 Edw. 7, c. 9.
Coal Mines (Weighing of Minerals) Act, 1905.
6 Edw. 7, c. 53.
Notice of Accidents Act, 1906.
Sections 1, 2, 3 and 5.
10 Edw. 7, & 1 Geo. 5, c. 15.
Mines Accidents (Rescue and Aid) Act, 1910.
1 & 2 Geo. 5, c. 50.
Coal Mines Act, 1911.
Police, Factories, etc., (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1916.
Section 10.
10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 50.
Mining Industry Act, 1920.
Employment of Women, Young Persons and Children Act, 1920.
The whole Act so far as it relates to mines.
1955, No. 10.
Factories Act, 1955.
Section 128.
Section 127 .
1. Before the Minister makes any general regulations, he shall publish in Iris Oifigiúil and in such manner as he thinks best adapted for informing persons affected, notice of his intention to make the regulations.
2. Before the Minister makes any special regulations, he shall give notice in such manner as he thinks best adapted for informing persons affected of his intention to make the regulations.
3. In either case, the notice shall specify a place where copies of a draft thereof may be obtained and the time (which shall be not less than twenty-one days from the date of publishing or giving the notice) within which any objection made with respect to the draft regulations must be sent to him.
4. (1) Special regulations shall not be made otherwise than on an application made by an inspector or by or on behalf of the owner or the majority of the persons employed at the mine or quarry.
(2) The application must be accompanied by a draft of the proposed regulations.
5. Every objection must be in writing and state—
(a) the specific grounds of objection,
(b) the omissions, additions, or modifications asked for.
6. The Minister shall consider any objection made by or on behalf of any persons appearing to him to be affected which is sent to him within the required time, and he may, if he thinks fit, amend the draft regulations and, after doing so, he shall, unless an inquiry has been held under this Schedule, cause the amended draft to be dealt with in like manner as an original draft.
7. If after the publication of the notice with respect to any draft regulations (whether an original or amended draft) any general objection as hereinafter defined is made within the required time with respect to the draft and not withdrawn, then, unless a previous inquiry under this Schedule has been held with respect to the draft or some previous draft of the regulations or the Minister withdraws the draft regulations, he shall before making the regulations direct an inquiry to be held in the manner hereinafter provided. The Minister may, if he thinks fit, also direct such an inquiry to be held in regard to any objection, notwithstanding that no such general objection has been made or that such a previous inquiry has been held as aforesaid.
8. Where any such inquiry is to be held as to any draft regulations, the following provisions shall have effect with respect to the inquiry:
(a) the Minister shall appoint a competent person or competent persons to hold the inquiry, and to report to him thereon,
(b) the inquiry shall be held in public, and any inspector and any objector and any other person who, in the opinion of the person holding the inquiry or, if there is more than one such person, of the person presiding over the inquiry, is affected by the draft regulations, may appear at the inquiry either in person or by counsel, solicitor, or agent,
(c) the witnesses may, if the person holding or presiding over the inquiry thinks fit, be examined on oath (which such person is hereby empowered to administer),
(d) subject as aforesaid, the inquiry and all proceedings preliminary and incidental thereto shall be conducted in accordance with rules made by the Minister and the rules may make provision as to the costs of the inquiry and other proceedings, including the remuneration of the person or persons holding the inquiry.
9. For the purposes of this Schedule "general objection" means, as respects any draft regulations, an objection made—
(a) in the case of general regulations—
(i) by or on behalf of the majority of the owners of mines or quarries affected by the draft regulations or by or on behalf of the owners employing a majority of the persons employed; or by any person who satisfies the Minister that he or an association on behalf of which he acts, represents a majority of the persons employed, or
(ii) by or on behalf of the majority of the owners of any class or description of mines or quarries affected as respects which it appears to the Minister that, by reason of special conditions existing in connection therewith, there is reason to believe that any of the requirements of the draft regulations may be unnecessary or inappropriate in the case of that class or description, or by or on behalf of the owners employing a majority of the persons employed in any such class or description of mines or quarries; or by any person who satisfies the Minister that he or an association on behalf of which he acts represents a majority of the persons employed in any such class or description of mines or quarries;
(b) in the case of special regulations—by or on behalf of the owner of the mine or quarry or by any person who satisfies the Minister that he or an association on behalf of which he acts, represents a majority of the persons employed. | in relation to—
(a) a provision of this Act, of an order made thereunder or of regulations, or
(b) a direction, prohibition, restriction or requirement given or imposed by a notice served under or by virtue of this Act by an inspector, or
(c) a condition attached to an exemption, consent, approval or authority granted or given under or by virtue of this Act by the Minister or an inspector,
a failure to comply with the provision, direction, prohibition, restriction, requirement or condition, and "contravene" shall be construed accordingly;
"gas" includes fume or vapour;
"general regulations" means regulations other than those applicable to a particular mine or quarry only;
"gravity operated rope haulage apparatus" means rope haulage apparatus worked solely by the action of gravity on a vehicle or vehicles attached to a rope forming part of the apparatus;
"gravity operated winding apparatus" means winding apparatus worked solely by the action of gravity on a part of it in which a load is carried;
"inspector" means an inspector appointed under this Act;
"legal proceedings" includes arbitration;
"mechanically operated rope haulage apparatus" means rope haulage apparatus worked by a stationary engine;
"mechanically operated winding apparatus" means winding apparatus worked by a stationary engine;
"minerals" includes stone, slate, clay, gravel, sand and other natural deposits except peat;
"the Minister" means the Minister for Industry and Commerce;
"notice" means a notice in writing;
"parent" means, in relation to a child or young person, the individual having the legal custody of the child or young person and where, owing to the absence of that individual or for any other reason, the child or young person is not living with or in the actual custody of that individual, includes the individual with whom the child or young person is living or in whose actual custody the child or young person is;
"period of employment" means the period (inclusive of the time allowed for meals and rest) within which a person may be employed on any day;
"permitted lights" means, in relation to a mine or a part of a mine, locked safety-lamps and any other means of lighting the use of which below ground in mines generally, in mines of a class to which that mine belongs or in that mine is authorised by regulations;
"prescribed" means prescribed by regulations;
"railway" means any railway used for the purposes of public traffic whether passenger, goods or other traffic and includes any works of the body corporate managing and controlling the railway which are connected with the railway;
"regulations" means regulations made by the Minister;
"responsible person" means, in relation to a mine, the manager and, in relation to a quarry, the owner;
"road" includes part of a road but does not include an unwalkable outlet;
"rope" includes chain;
"rope haulage apparatus" means apparatus for transporting loads in vehicles attached to ropes;
"sanitary conveniences" includes urinals, water-closets, earth-closets, ash-pits, privies and any similar convenience;
"the school-leaving age" means the age at which the School Attendance Act, 1926 , ceases to apply;
"shaft" means a shaft the top of which is, or is intended to be, at the surface;
"special regulations" means regulations applicable to a particular mine or quarry only;
"staple-pit" includes winze;
"statutory responsibilities" means responsibilities under this Act, orders made thereunder and regulations;
"support rules" means rules made under section 55 for any of the purposes of the sections relating to support in mines;
"travelling road" means a length of road in a mine, used for the purpose of walking to or from working places;
"unwalkable outlet" means an outlet which, owing to the gradient thereof or of any part thereof (whether alone or in combination with other circumstances), persons cannot walk up with reasonable convenience;
"week" means the period between midnight on Saturday night and midnight on the succeeding Saturday night;
"winding apparatus" means, in relation to a mine shaft or staple-pit, apparatus for lowering and raising loads through the shaft or staple-pit;
"woman" means a woman whose age is not less than eighteen years;
"young person" means a person who has reached the school-leaving age but is less than eighteen years of age.
(2) For the purposes of this Act mine workings having a common system of ventilation, or any part of a system of ventilation in common, shall be deemed to form part of the same mine.
(3) For the purposes of this Act—
(a) the working of a mine shall be deemed to include the operation of driving a shaft or outlet therefor;
(b) the working of a quarry shall be deemed to include the operation of removing overburden thereat;
(c) a mine or quarry shall be deemed to be worked notwithstanding that the only operations carried on thereat are operations carried on with a view to abandoning the mine or quarry or for the purpose of preventing the flow therefrom into an adjacent mine or quarry of water or material that flows when wet, but shall not be deemed to be worked by reason only that pumping operations are carried on thereat for the purpose of supplying water to any person.
(4) References in this Act to the use of safety-lamps by way of temporary precaution shall, in relation to a mine, be construed as references to the occasional or intermittent use of locked safety-lamps by workmen employed below ground in the mine in a place in which the use of naked lights might be dangerous and, in relation to a part of a mine below ground, be construed as references to the occasional or intermittent use of locked safety-lamps by workmen employed in that part in such a place.
(5) References in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as references to that enactment as amended by any subsequent enactment including this Act.
6. —This Act applies to mines and quarries belonging to or in the occupation of the State in the same manner as it applies to mines and quarries generally.
7. —The expenses incurred by the Minister in the administration of this Act shall, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.
8. —Every regulation made under this Act shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the regulation is passed by either House within the next twenty-one days on which that House has sat after the regulation is laid before it, the regulation shall be annulled accordingly but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.
9. —Regulations under this Act in regard to the health of persons employed shall be made by the Minister only after consultation with the Minister for Health.
10. —The Acts mentioned in the First Schedule are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of the Schedule.
11. —(1) Any order, regulation, rule, certificate, exemption, consent, approval, permission, notice or authority made or given under any enactment repealed by this Act and in force immediately before the commencement of this Act shall continue in force and shall have effect as though it had been made or given under this Act and, in so far as it could have been made or given under a particular provision of this Act, shall be deemed to have been made or given under that provision.
(2) Any such order, regulation or rule made under a power which is exercisable under a corresponding provision of this Act by a different class of instrument shall be deemed to be an instrument of that class.
(3) Any person holding office or acting or serving under or by virtue of an enactment repealed by this Act shall continue to hold office or to act or serve as if he had been appointed under the corresponding provision of this Act.
(4) Any register kept under an enactment repealed by this Act shall be deemed part of the register to be kept under the corresponding provision of this Act.
(5) The provisions of this section are without prejudice to the general application of section 21 of the Interpretation Act, 1937 , as to the effect of repeals.
Mine and Quarry Owners
12. —(1) It shall be the duty of the owner of every mine and quarry to secure that the mine or quarry is planned, laid out, managed and worked in accordance with this Act and with the orders and regulations and to comply with all requirements thereunder.
(2) The owner shall give written instructions to every person appointed by him for the purpose of securing the fulfilment of the owner's statutory duties defining that person's responsibilities.
(3) The owner shall forthwith send a copy of such instructions to an inspector and to the manager of the mine or quarry.
Mine Managers and other Officials
13. —(1) Subject to this Part, no mine shall be worked unless there is a sole manager of the mine, being an individual duly appointed and having such qualifications as are required under this Part.
(2) The manager of a mine shall have the management and control of the mine, exercisable subject to any instructions given to him by or on behalf of the owner, and shall also—
(a) have the duty of securing the discharge by all others of obligations imposed on them with respect to the mine under this Act, and
(b) have | 1,953 |
Even without standout Jason Nolf, Penn State rallies from a big hole to stun Ohio State in a Big Ten wrestling showdown on Saturday night.
No. 1 Penn State rallied for a 19-18 wrestling victory over No. 2 Ohio State on Saturday night.
The match was held in front of a packed house of nearly 7,000 fans inside Penn State's Rec Hall.
PSU was able to win despite the absence of their standout 157-pounder, Jason Nolf, who is injured.
UNIVERSITY PARK — Penn State coach Cael Sanderson admitted it was a strange week preparing for Ohio State without Jason Nolf.
But that "strange" feeling was replaced with one of unbridled ecstasy Saturday night after the No. 1 Nittany Lions rallied for a thrilling 19-18 win over No. 2 Ohio State in front of 6,699 screaming fans inside Rec Hall.
Penn State rattled off four straight bout victories after intermission to claim its 42nd straight dual win and clinched at least a share of the Big Ten dual team title.
He may as well have been looking at Anthony Cassar as he uttered those words. Cassar, who is unranked by Intermat, finished off the four straight victories with an upset of No. 1<|fim_middle|> at 6-6 but McKenna had 1:32 in riding time for the decisive winner.
The Nittany Lions wrestle again in a week when they host Iowa inside the Bryce Jordan Center. However, Sanderson knows his team isn't through with seeing the Buckeyes. | Kollin Moore at 197 pounds.
Cassar knew early in the week that he was getting the start against Moore. He said it was a match he had visualized — probably with the same result.
Cassar scored the first takedown of the bout with 1:10 left in the second period. He continued to pour it on in the third period with an escape, takedown and riding time point for the 6-3 win. It handed the Nittany Lions a 19-15 lead going into the final bout.
Match comes down to heavyweight match: The entire match fell on heavyweight Nick Nevills' shoulders. If he limited Kyle Snyder — who didn't mind a little trash-talk earlier in the week — to a decision, his team would've won. If one of the world's best wrestlers earned a major decision or better, however, the Nittany Lions would've had to lean on criteria or possibly even lose.
Nevills tallied the first takedown of the match on the reigning Olympic gold medalist. Fueled by giving up the takedown, Snyder rattled off three of this own to have a 7-5 lead after one period. In the second period, Nevills earned another takedown and almost pinned the two-time NCAA champ. In the end, Nevills fended off another shot from Snyder, that if Snyder finished would've given him the major decision. Instead, it was just a 15-10 win for Snyder.
Rec Hall erupted after Snyder was only able to manage a decision. Nevills may not have won — but he clinched the victory for his team. No loss for Penn State was sweeter.
Joseph starts rally: But, to get to that point, the team needed to turn around the deficit — and that started with Vincenzo Joseph out of the break. He started the rally at 165 pounds by snapping off four takedowns and getting a little help from Te-Shan Campbell in a 12-3 major decision. The Nittany Lions then trailed 15-9.
Penn State's Mark Hall got the best of Bo Jordan again, but this time he dominated the Buckeye in the 6-4 win. Hall hit his patented duck under with 1:16 left in the third period. After that, he rode out the rest of the period for 1:40 in riding time. Penn State was within three.
In the most anticipated bout of the dual, Bo Nickal continued his winning ways over Ohio State's Myles Martin at 184 pounds. Nickal had three takedowns of Martin and even collected some near-fall points. He amassed 2:07 in riding time and collected the 10-2 major decision. The Nittany Lions had their first lead of the dual at 16-15 before Cassar stepped on the mat.
Slow start for PSU: The "strange week" seemed to have a slight effect on the Nittany Lions as they dropped the first three bouts and trailed 10-0.
Penn State fans got to see the debut of Carson Kuhn at 125 pounds. He did so against Nathan Tomasello and proved he's got quite the potential.
Kuhn, who was wrestling for the first time in two years, snapped off three takedowns of the former NCAA champion — even breaking a sign on the table by the mat. However, Kuhn's gas tank ran out and he fell 21-12 to Tomasello.
Corey Keener and Nick Lee each suffered one-point losses at 133 and 144 pounds, respectively. Keener gave up two takedowns to No. 2 Luke Pletcher in the 5-4 defeat. Lee was tied with Joey McKenna | 794 |
Reclaiming Conservative Pessimism
John Derbyshire (View Bio)
Hardcover: Crown, 2009.
Derbyshire aims in this book to pour cold water on all "schemes for political improvement," both at home and abroad, to argue that our civilization is in its twilight, and to show that while there are things we could do to save the situation, we won't do any of them, because we have sunk into a collective mindset that won't let us. Hence: We are doomed.
It's not a frivolous subject. Still, every sinking ship should, like the Titanic, have a band playing on deck as she goes down. He aims to bring the bad news with a light touch, to highlight some of the ironies, and to emulate the late, great Samuel Beckett, who seasoned his sermons on futility ("we give birth astride a grave") with jokes and slapstick.Furthermore, the acquiescence of conservatives in the happy talk has been a big part of the problem. That should never have happened. Conservatism ought to be pessimistic. It has always had a strong streak of pessimism, from Hobbes and Burke, through Lord Salisbury and Calvin Coolidge, to Pat Buchanan (DEATH OF THE WEST) and Mark Steyn (AMERICA ALONE) in our own time. Derbyshire aims to out-gloom all of them, thereby sparking a needed debate within conservatism as to the proper temperament of the movement.
Additionally, too many conservatives are, for social and psychological reasons, turning their faces resolutely away from the new understandings of human nature beginning to be revealed by the human sciences. Yes (we now know, to high probabilities), there are innate, intractable differences between the sexes, and between races. No, not all nations are capable of rational, consensual government. No, crime is not a consequence of poverty or neglect. No, not every<|fim_middle|> human condition, liberals have been developing a pessimistic style all their own, preaching the irredeemable corruption of man (at least, of white male heterosexual man) and the advent of catastrophe by global warming or resource depletion. But this is really bogus pessimism, a loss leader for liberalism's real bill of goods. The left is, as it has always been, the party of heaven, seeking to transform us into angels fit to live in their utopia of perfect equality. Conservatives are the true party of earth, seeking in human nature as it is for the drives and restraints that make civilized society possible. No happy talk, no wishful thinking for us; only a cold eye for a cold world, for fallible humanity, and for Western civilization—so painfully won, so precariously held, and now slipping irretrievably from our grasp.
WE ARE DOOMED will seek to reclaim a proper conservative pessimism from the faux pessimism of the left. Why should the Devil have all the best tunes? | child is educable beyond elementary reading and arithmetic skills. No, parenting style does not determine life outcomes, nor even affect them much. A human being is at least half finished at birth; subsequent interventions have small, and often only temporary, effects.
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'Hey, do you want to grow now?', said the red flower to the grass next to it.
'I am already grown. Don't you see?', said the flower.
The grass was offended but did not say anything else. Luckily for that day, the flower stopped talking, but only after he said all the crap and made a facial gesture that the grass did not like. But whatever.
Days went by and the flower still asked the same question at times, getting the same answer from the grass. He just did not understand and he was also annoyed because he did not get the answer he was looking for.
Thinking that the grass would never say something that would help him understand, the flower decided to ask the same question to one of the butterflies that came around once a week. Maybe they would give the answer.
The grass looked at the flower sideways, annoyed.
'Oh, it is.', said the butterfly.
'Oh', said the flower, surprised to learn that not everything was like him.
Her eyes opened while her body was stiffly lying on the bed.
She did not look around because she knew everything here and she was sure nothing had changed.
Just like nothing had changed last night.
She lay, knowing that the bed was her place to be in.
Where she was meant to be in.
The place she was most comfortable at.
She did not want to leave the comfort. She did not have the energy to fight anything that was out of comfort.
Secretly, she wanted someone to get her out of the bed.
Why did she have to get out by herself all the time?
Why was there no one to help her?
But again, no one came.
She closed her eyes and wanted to go back to sleep. Then, at least, she would not be waiting for someone to come. She would not feel or think of anything.
Her eyes closed but her brain did not.
And she lay and lay like that.
She would lie like that forever if she did not have this smallest, tiniest joy for life hidden somewhere in her being. The little flame of joy that somehow stayed hidden in her all through her life.
That joy helped her get up and do her work today again. Until the next night.
Next night: repeat again. Until forever.
Just sitting on the top of the small hill and watching the waves hit the shore. This was what she came to see to escape from all the stress of the world.
With each wave hitting the shore, she felt more drown to the ocean.
She started walking down the hill. She wanted to respond to this call.
She felt the call getting louder as she came closer to the waves.
Now, she was just by the waves. She sat on the beach and watched the waves for a bit of time.
But the call was so loud that it was impossible to resist.
She stood up and walked closer.
Now, she was in the waves.
She was finally unseen from the outside.
She was in what brought her calmness all her life.
Was that calmness really here, though?
She felt something on her feet. As if someone was tickling her.
She looked down. Was that an insect or something?
She could not believe what she saw.
Her feet were slowly turning into dust.
She panicked. She started shouting, but damn it, there was no one home. No one heard her.
She wanted to reach out to her phone to call 911. But she had left her phone in the other room.
And now she could not walk anymore. Her feet were all dust and it was reaching her legs.
Soon, all of her body had turned into dust and the dust had spread into emptiness in random directions. She was swiped away from the face of the earth. She did not have existence anymore.
All she could feel now was that she was just hovering in some unknown place. Was this the afterworld they were talking about? Or some other earth that she somehow found a way to get to?
She felt emptiness. As if nothing existed. Including herself.
She stayed in this empty place, with empty feelings, for God knows how long.
She did not like it.
One day, she felt she had enough of it. She wanted to exist.
It was only then that the dust started appearing in front of her again. The dust started forming her body again. Soon, her body was put together and alive. Feeling.
As she opened her eyes in her room, she checked her feet to see if they were ok. They were and she felt relieved.
She thought she deserved another piece of the cake she was eating. This had been hard imagination. Maybe because it was so real.
She did not remember how she had fallen into this well. All she could remember now was that she was walking in the forest. She remembered walking into a part of the forest with fewer trees. She had seen the well there. She was out of water, so she had thought it would be a good idea to go and see if the well had any water.
Had she leaned too much below? Was that why she had fallen? She did not know.
However she had ended up here did not matter. What mattered was finding a way to get out of here.
She tried to climb up on the walls, but she fell in each attempt. There was not enough to hold onto on the walls. The most she could climb was half way up. The other half was impossible to get through.
Then, she started shouting with the hope that someone would hear her.
Her screams turned into violent cries as she lost hope of getting anyone to hear her. Apparently, this was not a place frequented by anyone.
She sat in the well and cried loudly.
Not only could she not find water here but she was also going to be lost forever.
She cried more. And more. And more. Loudly. More loudly.
In the midst of her cry, out of nowhere, she remembered that she had a rope with a hook in her backpack.
She opened her backpack with the hope that she was remembering correctly.
She took the rope out.
The climb with the rope was not too difficult and the walk back home was accompanied by a sense of relief. The tears now were those of joy.
He had been walking in the empty streets of this strange city without a specific place to go since he had landed on the earth. This was a strange place. It was dark. Too dark. The moon did not seem to do its job of illuminating that well here. His hometown was not like this. There, the moon shined.
He was not used to being in the dark for that long. He continued walking to see if there was any sight of light. But he had failed to see one so far.
He walked around the tall buildings and did not catch a glimpse of the light he was looking for there either. The light was not hiding behind these buildings either.
With that last failure, he thought he should give up on his quest altogether. It was not worth looking for something that apparently did not exist. So, he started walking back to his arrival location. 'My spaceship should still be there', he thought.
The moon was finally giving its way to the sun that was coming out from its behind.
Yet, he was boarding on his spaceship to set out for his journey back.
If only he had waited just a little bit more.
He would have liked the earth better with its light.
The sun was bored today. He wanted to stay in and not get out. He was tired of coming out at the same time every day. He wanted to teach all the creatures down on earth to be independent of him to survive.
Yes, this was a good excuse to make.
He reached out to his good old friend, the moon, to tell his decision so he could get<|fim_middle|> He was happy that he would not have bad experiences anymore. But good ones. The thought that he would not be able to experience anything fun and good made him shiver as he was falling. It was over.
He thought of the day when his father and him were playing in the entertainment park. There was a really big one in the city he spent his childhood in. Bigger than other parks. They were able to go there only once for his whole life because his father was a busy man. But the day when they went there was beautiful.
Then, there were those moments when he took walks with his mom when he was a kid. In reality, his mom walked but he ran to be able to catch up with her.
There was also his best childhood friend. How many times they had got themselves into trouble while playing. They enjoyed getting into trouble. That made their games more fun.
Then, there was the time when he had met his first girlfriend. He had loved her a lot, at least as far as one can understand love at that age.
Now, the sad thing was that he had not seen his father, mother, friend or first girlfriend in years. He had had a fight with his dad and did not talk to him afterwards. He was stubborn. He never gave up. Now he wished he wasn't that stubborn. He would have talked to his father if he wasn't.
His mom had died five years ago. Luckily, he talked to his mom frequently before she was gone. He felt good about this.
He had lost contact with his best childhood friend. He did not know why.
He had broken up with his first girlfriend after a year of dating because they had finished school and went to different places. He never thought of calling her again. He felt ashamed. They had shared so much in that year. Why had he not been more considerate towards her?
Maybe, he was just not happy to keep contact with people he could not see in person. Weird, but maybe. He could not use this explanation to justify his behavior, though.
As he was thinking of these, he was still falling. He could feel he was close to the ground now. He was about to hit it. When he felt that, he tried to reposition himself by instinct. Maybe he would be able to land soft and neat. Long shot, but who knows.
He used all the strength he had left to achieve that. He could not do it initially. He tried several times and eventually he did it. He landed soft and nice. He felt proud.
He looked at where he had fallen from. It was high, very high. He did not know how to go back up. He did not even remember how he had got up there. There were no elevators nor stairs. Old building.
Then he saw something right in front of him. A ladder that climbed all the way up. He did not know how he had not seen this before. Maybe he would hold onto it while he was falling. He would try, at least.
He started climbing up the ladder. When he reached the top, he looked down. He wanted to make sure he remembered where the ladder was, in case he fell again. But he did not see any. The ladder was gone. The ladder was there only to help him to climb back up.
He thought the ladder would probably be there if he fell again. At least, he now knew that and that made him feel safer. He had the ladder to take him back on track.
The woman felt some breeze on her face in the middle of the night. Had she left the window open? She opened her eyes and looked at the window. No, it was not open.
Then, she felt some breeze on her face again. She looked around. She did not see anything. It was weird.
When the breeze came for the third time, she saw something passing her very fast. She could not see what it was but it went out the window. At least she knew where to look at now.
To be able to see better, she walked closer to the window. She looked out. There was nothing there. She looked up. She saw something up there. Something that was approaching her. She watched it come by. It did come much closer, but it passed by her so fast that she still could not see what it was.
She continued watching nevertheless. This time, she was determined to see who or what that thing was or what it was doing.
After a ten-minutes wait, she saw the thing coming closer again. She watched very closely this time. Now, she could see that it looked like a human. A young girl, it seemed. As it got closer, she could also see that the girl had brown hair, a white top and jeans. She could also see that the girl was swinging. How was that possible? How could she swing in the air?
She looked up and saw that the swing was actually tied to something in the sky. Was it tied to the stars or the moon? She laughed at this idea that popped up in her mind. How was that ever possible?
When the girl came close to her, the girl stopped. In the woman's room. The girl smiled. The woman was scared.
The woman could now see the similarity between her and the girl. She got on the swing and they started swinging up to the sky.
The girl was biking to the coffee shop that everyone was praising so much. She had heard so much of it that she finally decided to give it a try. She could not resist her friends' pressure anymore.
She pictured so many things about the café in her mind. A nice patio with some trees and fancy, antique table. Most importantly, good coffee. In fact, very good coffee.
She had set out on her way with these thoughts in mind. The first twenty minutes of biking was not that fun. Just a bunch of houses. That is it. And she knew this area. Boring part of the trip.
After the twentieth minute, though, she got into an area which she had never been to before. Both sides of the road were full with trees. It was a scene to watch. She wanted to just stay and watch this beauty. But she had to continue. She had a café to get at.
Soon came an area full of cafés. She was surprised. She was still half-way through her way. What was this area? How had she not heard about it? Those cafés were nothing like she had seen before. These were more beautiful than any she had seen before. Those patios were a delight for the eye. With the trees, the flowers, the tables and the people. The smell of coffee indicated that the coffee was good too. She thought to herself: 'Can there be any coffee shops more beautiful than these?' She checked the address of the café she was heading to. Maybe the café was here and she had misread the address.
But no. It was right. The café was further ahead. She had to continue. She wanted to stay here. Get into one of the coffee shops and sit there and talk to people. Play with children. But she had to continue. She had a café to get at.
She biked forward. Now she was almost at her destination. Ten minutes before her arrival, she saw another very nice place. This time, it was a university campus. She was sure there were nice cafés here.
Ah, there was one. She liked the vibe, with students coming in and out. There were nice sitting places outside too, with some greenery accompanying them. She wanted to just go there and hang out with university students and be part of the vibe. But she had to continue. She had a café to get at.
Finally, there it was! The café looked very beautiful. But she found it weird that there was no one there. How can anyone miss this coffee shop! Everywhere else was full. Why not this one?
With these thoughts, she parked her bike. She walked towards the café.
Oh, there was a sign on the door. She got closer. It said: "Closed for good".
The child was laughing heartily. He had been doing that for several hours now. He laughed non-stop as he continued playing games with his toys. Weird enough, though, he did not stop laughing even when he took a break from the games and the toys. He laughed just because.
The man just watched him. Lately, he had been questioning the sincerity of his actions. He had realized that he was not enjoying anything he was doing. He went to work for money. He met people only if that would not mean a waste of time or a stain on his social status. He could not find one thing that he did only because he wanted to. His only daily fun activity was to do exercise, but even that had become a competition. He was no longer enjoying it.
That is why he envied the child. Only if there was a way of enjoying everything in life just as naturally as he did.
He felt beaten by the child. The child was winning in the game of life.
It was cold outside. So, he decided to go to the kitchen and make himself some tea.
As he was making the tea, he listened to the child still laughing. The innocent laugh of the child made him smile.
The water for tea had just boiled when he heard a loud scream from the living room where the child was. He ran there quickly.
The child was loudly screaming and crying. He did not understand what had happened. He asked the child. The child said he had touched the heater and it was too hot. He had burnt himself a bit.
The man helped the child and eventually the child calmed down.
The man and the child sat there hugging each other for a while. Then, the man decided to go back to the kitchen and get his tea.
As he walked back into the kitchen, he knew the child was not winning anymore. Yes, he had the innocence. But the man had the experience. That is how he knew he would not touch the heater.
She was sitting on a bench, waiting for her bus. The bus was late, as usual. She had been waiting for twenty minutes, with no signs of the bus's arrival yet. At least, she had finished her work, so she did not have to rush. She was just watching people pass by.
The person was surprised, because it was a small accident and it did not hurt anyone. He had also apologized. So, there was no reason for this lady to give this reaction. But he decided to just walk away because he did not want to deal with someone like that.
But thinking that this would be rude, she did not say anything.
She was getting angry at the fact that it was crowded here. Last week was nice. There were not many people around. It was calm. Now all this chaos here was making her feel bad, even angry. Why had those people come back? For some time now, this area had been her territory. Now they were occupying it.
She really wished to be away from all these people. She wished that with all of her heart. She closed her eyes so she would not see all these people that bothered her. She thought how nice it would be if she could now get away from them.
When she opened her eyes, she was on the Moon. She was on the side of the Moon that looked to the Earth. So, she sat and started watching her old home. She could not see much from this distance. She could only see some of the beautiful colors of nature on Earth. The oceans, for example. She did not see trees and mountains. This made her a bit sad. She loved those. But at least she did not have the chaotic environment that frustrated her. So she decided that this was better.
What she especially liked about this place was that it was all calm here. Silence. Total silence. She could finally calm down instead of getting angry at people for disturbing her personal space. She in fact did. She was very calm.
She continued watching the Earth for a longer while. She was indeed liking this place.
But she also started getting a bit sad for an unknown reason. It was all calm here and she had a beautiful scene. She did not have to deal with chaos. What was wrong?
She did not know the answer for some more time. Honestly, she tried not to think about it.
A bit later, she noticed she started getting bored. Maybe it was too calm here. Maybe this was what was bothering her. She started longing for people that would just walk around her.
She sat there for longer and the boredom started getting denser. Now, she wanted to go back. She wanted some people around her. That guy who stepped on her foot, she wanted to see him again. That baby cry, she wanted to hear it again.
She closed her eyes in despair and tried to imagine people around her. She kept them closed for a while, maybe to escape from the fact that she was all alone here. She would at least not see that fact when she closed her eyes.
Then she heard an engine stopping in front of her. She opened her eyes. It was her bus. It was finally here. So, she got up to get on the bus. Like all these people that were waiting for it. They would all get on the same bus. Her and other people.
The girl woke up towards the end of the night. She noticed a balloon in her. In her chest. Who had put it there? How had they put it there? Who had accomplished this task, which looked like an impossible one?
The balloon was inflated. It was very big. So big that she could not breathe properly. Anytime she tried to breathe, she failed. First, she tried breathing deeply. When that did not work, she also tried regular breathing. That did not work either. Her breaths were very short. But that was all she could do. It tired her.
She was lying on her back. She thought maybe that was the problem. So, she tried turning to her left side to see if that was going to help with the balloon. It was better for a few seconds. But just that. She started having the problem again.
Despite that, though, she tried to stay on that position, hoping that her body and brain would adapt to the position and her breathing would improve. That did not work. She was in that position for half an hour and no improvement happened.
Then she tried turning to her right side. Maybe that would help a bit. This one lasted a bit longer. Maybe twenty seconds of good breathing and relaxation. But that was it. Again, she tried to keep her position stable for as long as she could. This time she stayed longer, around forty minutes or so, but the bad feeling due to short breaths was still there.
Just as she was trying to think of something as her next solution to the problem, her alarm went off. It was morning already and she needed to get up. But the balloon. What was she going to do with it? It was still there and she could not have gone to work in this situation. She could not even breathe properly. She sounded like she was drowning.
She tried to make some noise to see if her voice was there. Luckily, it was. That made her feel slightly better. So, she decided to get up.
But initially, she sat on her bed a bit. Interestingly, the balloon started deflating when she did that. She was surprised. Taking advantage of this situation, she started taking deep breaths because she needed some good ones.
'If sitting up helps with this, maybe standing up will do even better', she thought. So, she got out of the bed.
She started walking slowly towards the door of her room. She noticed the balloon deflating even more as she walked. She felt happy. She felt as if she was coming back to life.
To prove that she was indeed coming back to life, she went to the kitchen to make herself some coffee, as the balloon disappeared entirely. For the day.
The fish were beautiful. That one over there, the blue-ish one, for example. That one was the prettiest one. It was also the friendliest. It had always helped the creature find its way around in this vast place whenever it was lost. The creature was not mature enough to help itself yet. It felt that it would definitely have been lost had it not been for that fish.
There was also the grey one on its left. That fish did not come around all the time. They said that that fish had some issues with its family, so it tended to lock itself up at the back of a rock. 'That is why it is not always here', they said.
The creature asked if there was anything they could do to help that poor fish. They said there was not. That fish was hopeless.
The creature sighed deeply. It felt sad. It thought of going and asking the fish how it was. Just as the creature leaned toward the grey fish, the blue one told it not to do so with a gesture. The creature stopped.
The creature then just sat down and thought. It was not sure if it was born or brought here. There was no one like it. Everyone looked like fish here whereas the creature looked like, well, nothing. But this place was its home, so it felt. This home was so big that it had everything it wanted. This home satisfied it to the fullest.
Years went by and now the creature was more mature. In the meantime, it had strangely started developing some kind of emptiness in itself as well. It did not know how to describe it. But it did not bother the creature that much for now. So, it ignored that feeling. The feeling would reveal itself every now and then but would go away right after because the creature would start chatting with someone. It was very talkative and liked having fun. It used that habit to avoid thinking about this feeling of emptiness.
One day, a new fish joined their group. That fish was crazy. It liked having fun. The creature liked the fish. They started hanging out together very often. One day, when they were having fun, the fish said that it wanted to see what was beyond this place. The fish asked what it meant. Was there any place beyond this beautiful home? The fish said it did not know but just wanted to explore. The creature ignored this conversation. That day continued as if that conversation had never happened.
That night, though, that emptiness became bigger for no apparent reason and really bothered the creature this time. It did not have anyone to talk to. So, it could not resist it and went to visit that new fish to get some help. The fish said it also had the same feeling. They decided that they would go explore a bit to forget about this feeling. They went out and it was dark outside. They swam and swam. Without realizing it, they had come to a point further than even before. The creature asked for a break. They rested a bit. After a bit of rest, they started swimming again. Now it was getting brighter, because the night was going away. They had never been out at dawn before and they did not know that this was how the day started. There was something up there that was rising. They decided to swim up to see better. They continued for a while. They were both very scared when they looked down. They were so high up! What if they fell? But luckily they also felt excited. This helped them to continue swimming up a bit more. They reached the end. They put their heads out of the water just a bit and saw a whole new world out there. There was some yellow-orange bright thing on a blue surface. They thought that thing probably brought the day in. They also saw some green high places across the ocean. They also saw loud, huge machines sliding on the water. They watched this scene as much they could.
When they were swimming back, they both felt that the emptiness was filling up. The creature was also thinking of telling all of this to the grey fish. It thought maybe this would help the fish to relax from its family issues. The creature imagined the smile that would appear on the fish's face. That made it smile too.
This is not a new story. It is a story I wrote at the very beginning of my re-started writing practice about 2.5 years ago, almost untouched. It is when I decided to get into mindfulness/meditation practices for good to get me out of some loopholes I felt I was in and this story is about how I imagined the process to be like. Well, it does not go as expected, but at least I am in better loopholes.
There is something in me. That wants to be free. That needs to be free. For such a long time now, it has recognized its cage as its home. Satisfied with the world it has set up in there. Once, though, it dared to put his head out of the cage just a little bit. And it saw what it was missing. It was missing the whole world. The world it was created for.
That thing looked inside. It saw the world it had formed for itself. Full of its past and present. It thought its future would be there too. But then it saw this new big world out there. There was something in this big world that felt familiar. It looked like it was this big world that thing was craving for for years.
Then, that thing remembered how it felt in its cage. Its craving for freedom. As if this was not its home already. Why was it feeling trapped in its own home? Was it ever possible to feel that your home was not your home? Should it try a new home? The big world, maybe?
Then, it put its head out again. Yet again, it felt that this, that is the outside world, was its real home. This was its future.
In a daring act, it put its little foot out too but dared not put its second foot out. It went back right inside. To the world that it had always been in.
But still, something felt wrong. Something daunting. Facing this feeling yet again, it wanted to dare more. Again, it put its head and foot out. Then, the second foot came out. Trembling. It looked around, afraid to start flying. On its back, there was the home that it knew from bottom to top, or it thought so, as well as the feeling of being trapped. On its front, there was the unknown but somehow familiar world, with its vastness. And somehow it knew that once it decided to get into the new world, it would never want to come back. So, it raised its wings and started clipping them. Then, it set its feet apart from the ground.
It was flying now. It looked around. It looked down. It looked around. It looked down. It looked around. It looked down. This place was freedom. This place was not trapped. This place felt right. This new world gave that thing a new feeling. Now that it was free from the bonds of the past and the present and the future. It was close to itself, not to times.
Then that thing looked down and saw its old familiar home. It wondered whether it should go back. It knew that it did not want to. But everything was vague here. As much as there was freedom, there was the unknown. It was high up, free from the boundaries. But it did not know where to go. And it was actually not even totally free. It had the longing for the old home, because that was familiar. It still had connections to it, drawing it near.
Hovering high up. Hovering and no direction. Was the worst decision better than no decision? Should it just go back to avoid uncertainty? What were all this daring steps for? All to go back to the old ways? To the trapping feeling it used to feel?
That thing happened to put his head high up in the midst of all this confusion. It looked up. And it saw a direction. There was light there. There were all the fellow things, soaring in the air peacefully. But that place was very high up. Should it dare? Can it make it up there? How did those things manage to do that?
It felt like one more daring was needed. That thing lifted its head up, stretched its legs and started clipping its wings harder and faster. It was going up now. To where other fellow things were flying. Even the road felt like peace. That thing started imagining how it would feel when it arrived up there. And it smiled.
Short Story 5: Get lost to find it.
This was the first time she came to this forest on her own. She wanted was some alone time in a place that she knew and that would give some sense of calmness. She had had some troubled days dealing with issues with people in her life, and with herself.
She thought she knew this forest well because she had been here many times with friends. They had come here just to walk around for a few hours. It helped them relax.
Today, she had arrived here at around ten in the morning. It was about an hour drive from her home. She started walking. It was very relaxing. The tall and green trees made her happy. Not only that, she also liked watching animals in nature.
She continued walking. She liked the walk even more this time because there was no one around her now. No one to be distracted by. Her plan was working perfectly.
After walking for two hours, she sat down to get some snacks. She had another hour to go. So, she wanted to get a bit more energized.
As she ate, she watched the tree leaves being moved gently by the wind. The wind was very soft. She liked it whenever it touched her cheek.
After she rested, she started walking again. Since she was now closer to the end of her walk than to the beginning, she started wondering where the exit location was. She had always followed others and had never paid attention to the directions. But she was still confident that she would find it, because she had been here many times after all.
She was wrong. All she remembered was that at some point where trails diverged, she needed to go left. But there were so many of them. There was some divergence point every ten minutes or so. She had not even noticed these before.
She decided to go left at each of these points to make sure that she did not miss the real exit. How much time could it take anyway? She would easily notice a wrong trail one she entered it, right?
But she did not. Each time she took a wrong route, it took her about an hour to come back to the diverging point. This happened four times and she was now very exhausted, very thirsty and very angry. She wanted to shout as loudly as she could. She wanted to cry as loudly as she could. Why on earth had she not paid attention to the route before?
She sat there in despair. All she wanted now was to have someone rescue her. Just be taken by the arm and be walked. Guided towards the end. But that did not happen.
So, she had to stand up and continue walking. She walked for around 15 minutes and came across another diverging point. She noticed a sign there. She had not noticed any sign before. What did it say? She wondered and wanted to check. She came closer.
It said 'Exit to the left'.
That was what she needed since after the break. But how had she not seen this sign before? Apparently, she had relied on her friends' expert knowledge too much.
With some relief but also frustration, she continued to the left. At least, she now knew she was on the right path.
Just as she was feeling that, she heard her alarm clock go off. It was morning already. She opened her eyes and immediately went to write her dream in her dreambook. As she was writing, she was also thinking what her dream could mean. Initially, she did not have an idea. Later, it occurred to her that maybe her dream was a reflection of her recent personal struggles, which she had tried many different things to solve with the help of her friends and wanted to escape from now. If so, was there a sign she was missing in life too? What and where was it? She did not know.
Instead of thinking about that, she just went to the kitchen to get her morning coffee. That was, after all, easier than thinking.
Short Story 4: You don't have friends? I do. At night.
Short Story 3: Damn you, rain! Or maybe not.
The woman felt something on her nose. A drop of rain. She looked up to the sky and it was indeed starting to rain. The weather forecast had not predicted rain today, at least when she left her home in the morning. Therefore, she was not prepared for this unpleasant surprise. That was why she had decided to walk to her destination rather than taking a cab. It would be a nice, pleasant walk under this warm weather, she had thought. But now, the rain was messing up with her expectations.
She started walking faster with the hope that she would reach her destination before it started raining harder.
However, there was one problem: the faster she tried to walk, the harder it started to rain. She thought of getting a cab. But she would get soaked in the rain while waiting for the cab anyway. There was none around. So, it did not make sense. Walking or taking a cab, neither was a better option under this condition. She finally gave up her hope of reaching her destination and found a bus stop to wait at until the rain was over. At least she would be protected from more rain.
She told her friend that she would have to miss the meeting today. She sat on the bench at the stop for a while, still angry at her situation. Not only had she missed the meeting she was waiting for eagerly, she had also got wet all over. Moreover, she was starting to feel cold. She started cursing. A lot. Luckily, no one heard her because there was no one around. This was an isolated place.
At that point, a bird flying through the sky caught her attention. She watched the bird's harmonious moves for a while and later noticed other birds that were coming to join that one bird. All of them were in harmony. That was beautiful but what really caught her attention was that they were not angry at the rain. They were not supposed to, but that still made her think: Was SHE supposed to get angry like that?
After all, the rain did not have conscious. So, she could not be angry at the rain. Who or what was she angry at? No one. Her anger did not have a target. Also, why was she angry? Yes, she had missed the meeting. But that was recoverable. She could invite those people over later. Yes, she was soaked in the rain. But she could get dry in a short time once she went home. Yes, she was cold but it was almost time for cold season. So, she was supposed to be cold anyway. If not today, tomorrow.
With these thoughts in mind, she stood up, walked out of the bust stop and reached her hand out in the rain. She watched rain drops fall on her hand. She had a pleasant feeling when raindrops touched her hand. She liked it. Her hand stayed there for a while. In fact, a long while. Her hand was tired but she did not care.
Later, she started walking back home. But very slowly. So slowly that she was taking one step in the time she could take three. She did not want to go fast anymore. In fact, she did not have the will to go home after all. All she wanted was to watch the raindrops drop on her nose one after the other while also enjoying walking under the rain. She did that. It was enjoyable. Very.
When she got home after a long time, it was still raining. She was sad to leave the rain outside. But she was also happy that she had made the best decision she could have made that day. That had made today different from the others.
Short Story 2: Alien or Not? That is the Question.
It had been about two years since the alien started living among humans. The humans did not know that he was an alien. They just thought he was a weird person.
The alien had started attending college with other fellow human students. He did not speak to a lot of them. What he rather wanted to do was to observe how humans interacted with each other. Where he was from, the only way to communicate was through silence. Somehow, they were able to interact without noise. Here, there was too much noise. Humans seemed to like making noises when they interacted. They called this 'speaking'. Even if they did not speak, though, humans reacted to things with noise. They shouted, cried or sang.
This situation made him think that there was a sharp contrast between humans and his own people on his planet and he wanted to see why humans were so different from them. This had motivated him to come to the human world.
When he first came here, he was lost in the crowd, not knowing what to do. The only way he knew how to communicate was through silent signals and that did not work here. He had learnt a bunch of words to get by but nothing that would enable real conversation. He was desperate. So, he decided to learn the language of humans better and eventually he started talking a bit more. That started to help him in his quest.
He somehow had always thought that humans were not so different. He did not know why he had this thought. But once he started talking to humans, this thought was strengthened even more. He was convinced that there was some silence, some silent communication, in all of this noise. But where was it? What was it? Why could he not detect it? He had mastered silent communication on his planet after all. He must be equipped with right material. But his ability failed here.
This curiosity led him to enroll in college. He thought that he would have closer and continuous contacts with people, which would help him understand the issue better. However, although it had been about eight months since he started the school, he had not yet uncovered a single trace of the silence he thought existed in humans. Until today.
He had made one good friend several months ago. They had started with simple greetings. Later, they started hanging out outside of school as well. This made them better friends. Now, they even ate together all the time. So, they were even better friends.
This closeness made the alien brave enough to ask the question that was bothering him to his friend. He was looking forward to their lunch today for that reason. That is why he was very uneasy in classes today. He was unable to sit still. His pencil was his friend during this wait time: he kept playing with it the whole time.
They laughed together and then continued eating. The heavy talk was over.
The alien was finally relieved. He had found his answer: In addition to their noises, humans communicated with emotions as well. And they did so very often. That was their silent language. He had also discovered that he himself also had that language, which was how he had connected to humans in the first place and known that humans were somehow similar to him (or him to humans). He was not an alien after all. But he did not really have a full grasp of what feelings were yet or how much of them he himself had. He decided to work on that in the remainder of his stay in this world.
As the alien walked back to his place after school, he was finally smiling at humans on the way. He now had a better understanding of these creatures and he even felt like one of them. He was actually one of them.
There was a fly flying over her head. Again. This fly kept coming here and flying over her head. It always bothered her. But this time it was very close, too close. She tried to keep it away. But the fly was consistent. It kept flying over her and it kept coming closer. She got annoyed. She decided to send the fly into eternal silence once and for all. For that, she waited until the fly got even closer. Once she thought the fly was close enough, she raised her hand with the aim of hardly knocking it down. Now, her hand was going down on the fly. But the fly flew again, very quickly, and sat on her nose.
She looked at where the fly was. She could not see a fly but a ladybug. The ladybug was also flying over her head. She watched the ladybug fly around for a while. She was surprised at what had just happened. Where had the fly gone or how had it turned into a ladybug? But her feeling of anger was still there: she still wanted to get rid of the ladybug. Though still captured by her surprise, she tried to raise her hand. But her hand just wouldn't move. The ladybug then flew towards the ceiling. It flew and flew and once it touched the ceiling, the ceiling cracked open.
The ladybug started flying through the opening towards the now-directly-visible sky. But it stopped after a while. She could still see it. It stood just at the corner of the roof that was split in half. She noticed the wings of the ladybug getting a bit bigger. And its wings started flapping harder and faster. This caused a strong wind and she could feel it. Now, there was so much dust because of the wind that she barely saw anything. She thought she lost the ladybug. A few minutes later, though, the wind started dying down and she started seeing what was up there a bit better. There was no ladybug this time. There was just one giant white bird. A beautiful giant white bird. This was yet another transformation. What was going on?
She stayed silent. Was it really the bird that was talking? What was really going on?
But her curiosity eventually took over and she said 'Yes'. The bird then came down and grabbed her. She sat on its back and they flew together high into the sky. They traveled to many places. To places which she had learnt about in her geography class. Mountain ranges, deep oceans, poles. She saw forests and rivers. She saw flies and ladybugs and birds.
The bird then stopped. It said it was time to go back. She was initially reluctant but she still agreed. After all, who was she to decide on the routes in this journey? She had not done anything anyway. She was just being carried around on the back of a bird.
Note: I wrote this on the plane from Los Angeles to New Jersey. My final destination is Brussels, so I believe there is more to come.
Thanks kuzi😘İstediğin gibi yorumlayabilirsin. Benim aklımda olan biraz böyle değişikliğe direnmek, farklı bir şey gelince onu yok etmeye çalışmak idi. Ama doğa kendi halinde seni değişikliğe zorluyor ve sen onu sonra seviyorsun.
This is so great to hear! ❤️My purpose was to just work my imagination. And I hope it is serving the purpose😊 and I also sometimes write other things too, and this keeps me going, because it is difficult to do the same thing. I believe it is going to be similar in your case too. Having different parts in your blog is like exposing different sides of you.
Hey thank you for the nice comment! I am on a break now, but I will definitely read your stories when I come back! | his validation. After all, their schedules depended on each other.
'Hey, can you take over my shift today?', said the Sun to the Moon.
The sun had not thought about that side of his excuse. For him, it was just a good cover-up for his reluctance in that it sounded like it was going to benefit others. So, he hesitated.
'Well, they would be more successful. They would also understand my value better. And your too.', he said a few minutes later.
The Sun had not thought that his absence would torture his friends down on earth. He shamed himself for trading his friends with laziness. He laughed at his naivety and decided to come up for that day too. And for all the days to come. He needed to keep what he was loved for.
Sam was tired of carrying the food home. It was always the same. Wake up, get together with all the other ants and get out of home. Carry all day and come home at night. All for the sake of surviving.
Sam felt different. He did not want to be part of this boring ritual. He wanted to be free. Free to do what he wanted. Free to experience life.
With that urge in him, Sam decided to explore the hill just at the back of his home. That day, he started everything as usual. He woke up, got together with other ants and got out of home. In the midst of the carrying time, though, when everyone was a bit tired and took a bit of rest, he slid away. To the hill.
As he was climbing, he enjoyed the nice view of his town from above. But he hated the fact that climbing was hard. His feet were starting to hurt.
Yet he continued. He wanted to sit at the top. That was his dream.
And he accomplished his dream. He reached the top and sat there. He enjoyed the view for a while, until he heard his friend Jim scream from below the hill.
Sam looked at Jim and then at his back. Indeed, there was a human coming. He started running downhill and reached his friend before the human arrived. And they started running away together.
As they were running away, Sam looked at his friend who was now out of breath. He was happy that he was by his side now.
When they reached the town, people were just waking up from their rest and starting to work. Sam smiled at Jim as they both picked some food up to carry it home. Jim smiled back. That was the first time Sam felt his town becoming his home. This feeling would be the only consistent fact about his life in all the years to come. It would be the definition of his personality. It would be him.
As Mary sat on her narrow seat on the plane to her city, she watched her surroundings with empty looks and empty mind. Knowing that travel always inspired her, she wanted to write a story, taking advantage of the situation. To get to the point faster, she took out her notebook and pen and held them in her hand, ready for the inspiration to come her way.
If inspiration was stubborn, she was even more stubborn. She would wait until she got it. It had to be hers. It could not be walking around, going to other people. It could not be other people's. It belonged to her. It was not free to choose.
She watched the crew as they served drinks. She did not get anything because she did not want to be disrupted. Drinking something would take her mind off of her focus on inspiration.
A few minutes later, a baby started crying. Poor little thing. He was probably tired of being stuck in her mom's lap and the bad air in the plane. Too bad he had to travel in these conditions when he was so vulnerable.
Mary watched the baby. She watched his innocent face that did not know how bad the world could be. She hoped that the baby would have a nice life.
She also saw people walking around in the plane, trying to minimize the bad effects of the long trip. It was not easy to be in such bad conditions for so many hours. She watched people's body language, which all indicated boredom and irritation. Everyone wished for the trip to be over already.
In the meantime, the crew started serving food. She saw people trying not to look at the crew while waiting for them to come to their seats. But she noticed that most people ended up looking at them anyway and they had to force their eyes away so as not to look rude. So as not to look as if they were staring.
Her eyes now went to the notebook that was still sitting on her lap. She had found her inspiration. In fact, she always had it.
People became her words and sentences. They became her muse. And they did so only by being themselves. People being people was her inspiration.
I always get inspired while flying (or any kind of travel for that matter). This is one of the products of my recent travel. In fact, I started this blog with a story I wrote on a plane (here), so this made me nostalgic.
The child was happy to be on the cloud. From here, everything down there in the world looked tiny yet beautiful. The way the mountains and forests complemented each other impressed him. The perfect combination of brown and green. High and low. He also noticed the round farms in between. They added to the beauty of the scene. The smooth, round-shaped farms were perfectly complimentary to the pointy mountains.
He remembered that one day when he had been to his grandparents' farm with his father. It was very muddy and he hated it at first. But his father invited him to work and play with him right away and for the whole day. This made him happy. That was one of those days when he could feel his father's presence by him to the fullest. One of the days when he felt like a real part of his father's world. One of the days when he felt really safe.
He could also see in some distance the lake his mom had talked about multiple times and had never visited. His father had promised to take him there, but that also had never happened. It was not that far but oh well. His father was a busy man. He was happy that he could see it a bit now for the first time in his life. It looked very blue and very beautiful. This satisfied some of his curiosity about the lake. But he also wondered if it was shallow enough for him to swim. This, he could not get an answer for from this distance.
'Maybe one day', he muttered to himself, 'I will go there and swim'.
He saw a plane flying just under the cloud he was sitting on. He got excited. He had never been on a plane and he wanted to do this so badly! But he specifically wanted to do it with his mom and dad.
He looked down and closely at the plane. Who was in it? Who was now accomplishing his biggest dream?
Towards the end of the plane body, he saw a boy that looked like him. He rubbed his eyes in disbelief and opened his eyes again. The boy was still there and was waving at him. The plane was not moving now and the boy was still waving. He reflexively waved back and smiled.
He looked a bit more carefully at the kid and noticed that there was a man next to him that looked like just like his father in those old photos. The man waved at him too.
There was also a woman on the other side of the kid in the plane. The woman bore striking similarities to his mom, especially when she was younger. She was also waving at him.
He waved back at all of them. But why were they waving at him? That looked weird. And they did not stop doing it either. His hands were tired, but theirs weren't.
Eventually, the plane started moving and was now no longer in sight. He did not see the family anymore. Well, he assumed they were a family.
'Yeah, sure.', Paul agreed to his wife's statement.
On their way to the nursing home, Paul wondered if he would ever fly on a plane with his mom and dad. Or if he would ever swim in the lake with them. Though he knew the answer, he still wanted to keep his hope intact. Maybe his mom and dad would suddenly be young again. Miraculously.
'The good days are over', his cousin said loudly.
'Yes, look at us squeezing in this place like that.' added his friend from the other side of the house.
Indeed, there were so many fellow mice on one tiny house that Harry felt breathless. He put his head up and out of the mice pile to get some air. But that did not help much. It was too cold outside, so his little nose almost froze instantly. It was not as strong as his body was. His body was still enduring the cold. But his nose. That was weak. So, he had to put his head back into the pile.
To find some comfort, he started cuddling his mom. He looked at his dad while he did that. He looked anxious. So did his mom, actually.
'Mom, will we die here?', he asked, curious why his parents were so worried.
'No dear. Someone is going to rescue us.', replied his mom.
There was panic among the mice. Harry saw one fall off from the top of the house to the ground. He hoped that the poor mouse did not die.
The oldest mouse told everyone to be silent and the other mice stopped shouting. It was always like that. That old guy had good authority. Harry adored him.
All of the mice looked at the elephant. He was very close now.
Just minutes later, the elephant used his trunk to pick up and hold the house full of mice up on it and started walking back. To a place where his mice friends could be warm and safe. The elephant was happy to have so many friends in a world no one could approach him at all. He had always resented being so big because that is what had made him friendless. He looked frightening to everyone. But today was different. Today, he had friends and he was happy to serve them all.
She sat in the café, with her pen in her hand, waiting for inspiration to come her way.
She always felt inspired here. The atmosphere gave her a home feeling.
A home in the nature.
There were no tables or chairs here. Only cushions. This made her feel close to the ground, to nature.
There were also trees in the corners, as well as some flowers around the trunk. Flowers of all colors. Her favorite was the daisies. She had always been fond of them, and here they were part of her inspiration.
The people that came here were also different. They were calmer, slower, less loud. More natural.
What else can a writer ask for, right? All sources of inspiration right here.
But something was wrong today.
She did not feel inspired. Not one word flowed onto her notebook. Not one!
But she waited. The inspiration had never failed her here. It would certainly come, right?
It did not. And she gave up.
She started walking randomly in the streets, searching for the inspiration.
Then she decided to head towards the riverside, with her notebook in her arm, still looking for inspiration.
The river looked at its bluest ever today.
She sat by it and watched the water flow.
It flowed and flowed and flowed, never ending. Never stopping.
Why could her inspiration not flow like that?
It could and it did.
It flowed just like the river.
If only he could open the door.
He was curious about the park that his brothers always went to. He wanted to see why they always came back tired, sweaty but happy from that place. What did it look like?
He was also curious about the place called school. What did that look like? His brothers always seemed tired when they came from that place. He could not understand the words they were saying, but he understood the emotion. They also always rushed to put their backpacks down and run to their rooms as soon as they came in. As if somebody was chasing them.
There was also a place called the restaurant. Sometimes, his mom and dad went there, leaving him alone with his brothers. His brothers took good care of him when mom and dad were gone, because they had a big responsibility now. He liked playing with them. But that did not help with his curiosity. He wanted to know what that place that drew his mom and dad to itself looked like.
Sometimes, he tried to reach out to the door to be able to open it. He tried many times, but to no avail. He was not sure if there was another way of getting rid of this annoying barrier between him and the interesting things that were waiting for him on the other side of it.
He sat in the middle of the living room and watched the door. He carefully inspected everything around the door. Especially the couch that sat just next to the door. He tried to understand how close enough it was to the door and if he could use it as a tool to open the door.
In the meantime, his younger brothers were running in the house and one even slapped him in the back of his head as he was passing him. He got annoyed but did not cry. He was too busy inspecting the door. His oldest brother had gone to his room to find his book. So he would come back soon. He better hurried.
He started crawling to the door. Rather, to the couch next to it. He had never tried to climb on that couch but today he thought he would maybe do it. That could be his way out.
His first seven attempts did not yield any results. He failed miserably. He fell to the ground. It hurt.
On his eighth attempt, though, he managed to do it. Now, there was one more step to be completed.
But before that, he checked to see if any of his brothers were here and could see him.
But everything was clear. So, he went ahead. He stood up as straight as he could and reached out for the handle of the door. His mom would always lock the door but his brothers were not as careful.
He pressed the handle down with all of his strength and the door opened. His brothers had forgotten to lock the door! That was great news! So, he did not complain about that at all. To make the best use of this opportunity, he quickly went down the couch and started crawling to the door.
Finally, he was out. He felt happy. Finally, he would see the park and the school. Maybe he would even visit the restaurant and get the good food that his parents sometimes brought.
So, he started crawling fast to the garden gate. That one had big empty parts, so he knew he could squeeze himself in between somewhere and get out. He was hopeful.
'Oh, there he is!', his oldest brother was saying.
He was disappointed. Disappointed not to have made it to the park. But he thought he also liked the warmth of his brother's arms as he was going back home with him. That is why he was not bothered too much.
'Dad, what is this human nature that you keep talking about with your friends?', asked the 7-year old, curiously waiting for an answer.
'I will take you to a place you will enjoy a lot today.', said the dad.
The kid forgot about his original question. Rather, he started asking about the place. Was it a playground? Was it similar to Disneyland? Did it have ice-cream?
From what the kid gathered from his dad's words. it did not look like a playground nor like Disneyland. He was not even sure if this place was for kids like him.
They would first climb a hill. After they reached the top, they would run down and dive into a lake. They would go to the bottom of this lake and stay there for a while. They might see some fish, though his dad did not assure they would. Then, they would get out of the lake and start walking in the park. Then, they would run a bit when they saw another hill, until they reached the bottom of that hill. They would do this cycle again until they got so exhausted that they could not move at all.
The kid did not like the idea much, but he agreed to go because he wanted to spend time with his dad.
And they did all that day. Just once.
Sitting on his chair and drinking his coffee, the man looked back on that day now.
He recalled the good feelings he had had when they had reached the top of the hill. It had felt so good. So freeing. Relaxing. Having the feeling of being above the world. Being above the world.
But the run-down afterwards, that was really scary. He could not control himself. He just kept falling. He wanted to hold onto his dad, but his dad was also falling. He was on his own here, and he felt unprotected. Insecure. He wanted this to be done already.
So, when they jumped into the lake, he felt relieved. The fall was over. What else could he ask for?
Only that the bottom of the lake turned out to be the worst part of the whole day. He could not breathe well. He felt suffocated. He could also not see properly because he was too afraid to open his eyes. But even when he did, there was not even one single fish around. It was bare. He wanted to get out as soon as possible. It was not worth the effort for this plain place.
Seeing him struggle, his dad helped him get out of the lake. Then, they started walking. The walk was nice and calm. It felt really good after the horrible time in the lake.
The run to the hill felt good too, both because he wanted to feel like he did on the top of the previous hill and because he was curious about what was beyond that hill. He wanted to discover. He wanted to learn.
But he was so exhausted from all of this that he could not reach the bottom of the hill. He fell on the ground half way to the hill, not being able to stand up again. He just laid on the ground until his dad came to rescue him.
'Dad, that was hard', he said, as his dad lifted him in his arms.
'I know.', answered the dad.
Then, he went back home in his dad's arms. It felt nice. It felt like peace.
The man realized the wisdom of his dad once more. He had actually given the answer to his question that day.
He just was not receptive to it, until today.
Why did the sun have to come up again? Could it not just rest for one day? Why was it forcing him to get back to life? To the things he had to do. Things he was forced to do. To all the rush. Why did it not let him sleep forever?
He lied in his bed, lingering. Turning from side to side. Finding excuses to not get up. Getting up meant exerting energy, of which he had none. Not even enough to get up and sit on the bed, let alone getting out of the bed and do things.
He imagined a life where the concept of energy did not exist. Or maybe a world where energy did not run out. A world in which no one said 'You look tired' to anyone. He was tired of hearing this. He was tired of feeling this. He was tired of being tired.
That world also needed to be one in which he could do whatever he wants without being forced. Things that he was doing only because he had to tired him even more.
That was his perfect world. He wanted to be in that world. He wanted to be transmitted to it right here, right now.
He waited in silence. Who knows, maybe something miraculous would happen.
He waited more. That b****** sun was still coming up, yet nothing was happening. No entry to a new world. Not even a change of state of his mind.
'Yes!', said someone with a loud but weird voice.
Who was it? There was not supposed to be anyone in this house. Was it a thief?
It was not a thief. It was a unicorn standing there right in front of his eyes in his room.
'Now, we will go to a place where no one ever feels tired.', it said.
He was suspicious but immediately agreed nevertheless. He was too willing and curious to hold himself back.
'Hey, that is awesome. What should I do?', he asked in curiosity.
The place they arrived at looked no different from his town.
As he was looking around, surprised, the unicorn told the man to do whatever he wanted and promised that he would not get tired.
The man did not understand but started walking anyways.
He was shy at first. He did not know this world at all. He stopped by a park nearby and walked around it a bit.
Then, he saw a lake and went to sit by it. He ended up swimming in it because the water looked so beautiful.
Then, he saw a mountain and climbed it. He did not even think whether he could. He just did. He did not know how that had happened. How had he not questioned his ability and energy to climb all the way up?! It had just happened. He did not even feel one bit of tiredness either. He wanted to do more now, convinced that he could indeed do anything. Convinced that the unicorn was right after all.
From the top of the mountain, he started flying. He flew to nearby towns first. Then, he remembered that unicorn had told him that he could go anywhere, so he continued further.
After a while, he could not see land below anymore because he was flying over the ocean. He got scared. But he continued.
Then, he reached other countries. He was on the other side of the world and he was enjoying everything he was experiencing. Everything he had always dreamed of; now they were coming true.
But after a while, he ran out of places to fly to. So, he decided to go back to the unicorn.
As he got closer to the town, around the lake, he heard a ringing sound. Very loud. He did not know where the sound was coming from. But he extended his arm at the direction he thought the source of the sound was. The sound was gone. He did not know how he had turned the sound off just by extending his arm, but it had happened. That was what mattered now.
But there was one problem: once the sound was gone, he had started feeling dizzy. He was not able to keep his balance anymore. In fact, he was falling now. What was happening?
He opened his eyes and silenced his alarm. His second alarm today. Now he had to definitely get up and go to work.
He was still feeling tired, but at least now he knew that there was one world where he did not get tired and did everything he could: his dreams.
The meeting had lasted longer than she thought. She would now have to walk back home. There were no buses at this time of the night. Even if there were, they would not be safe. She did not have enough money for a cab either. So, she had no choice but walk. In those streets. At that time. She would have to walk in the streets that she, and no one, thought were safe. What if someone just appeared in front of her? Someone with a gun? What would she do? Where would she run? Would she survive?
She was afraid. Very. Extremely.
She started walking. She had to. But she was constantly looking around. Constantly stopping to see if she had heard anything.
The streets were empty. She wished there were some people. But then, she would be suspicious of those people. So, she also liked the streets the way they were. She was not sure what she wanted. So, she continued walking.
She freaked out when she saw a dog suddenly appearing in front of her, barking. She yelled at the dog for frightening her like that. The dog did not care. It looked at her and continued its way.
She started walking again, cursing at the dog. She had walked for only a few minutes when she heard some men talking. She looked back. They were there. They were big. They were following her! Though she could not see a gun, she deduced from their manners that they had guns. They were talking loudly and cursing all the time. Although she could not understand what they were talking about because they were still a bit far, she was sure that they were talking about killing her. What else could they be talking about after all?
Trying to look as natural as possible, she started walking faster. The men were still walking slowly. She felt a bit relieved. She would probably reach home before they caught her, if they did not change their speed.
Finally, she saw the door to her house. She now sped up so much that she ended up running to the door. The men were still visible. She reached out for her keys and unlocked the door as quickly as she could. She got in her home and took a relieved, deep breath.
Now she was breathing with her eyes closed, trying to calm down. After a few minutes, she opened her eyes and guess what! She saw the men in front of her, with the dog in their arms. They were in her house! How had they got in here?! What were they doing with the dog? Poor animal!
But wait, they were not doing anything. No movement at all. No talk. Nothing. Why? Were they not here to kill her? Were they not just talking about this a few minutes ago?
She waited for a while. Nothing happened. Then, she went to touch them to see if they were alive. They seemed alive and real. Including the dog. She just slid past them to her room afterwards to save her life and they still did not move.
As she prepared to get into her bed, still in fear, she saw the men and the dog again. They were in her room this time. But again they were not moving at all.
Now she did not care if they were here anymore. She was seeing them now as she had seen them for years before and for years to come. The men were not in the streets, nor in her house, nor in her room. They were right in her; in her mind. They had always been and would always be.
There were so many of them. She had written so many journals in her early years, up to adulthood and kept all of them. Today, she thought that it would be nice to check in what condition they were. They had been in the same box for so long that she doubted any survived in proper condition.
Some did. She found one from age 9. She opened one page and started reading. She had written about how much she had jumped that day at home with her siblings. She was talking about how much fun they had had that day.
As she was reading the journal, she started hearing noises from downstairs. Kids were shouting. They were jumping and making all these random noises. She also heard them shouting to their dads to come and play with them. Those kids were always making these noises. But she could not tell them to go away. She actually liked them. If only they were a bit more silent. That was the only thing she wanted.
She moved onto another journal from her teenage years. She guessed maybe age 17. There was no age mark on this one. This time, she had written about how difficult it was to not be considered a child nor an adult. She was talking about her confusion and anger.
She stopped reading because she had noticed that the children downstairs were not making noises anymore. Were they tired already? She listened carefully. Yes, she could not hear the children at all. Maybe they were gone. But she heard something else. She heard women talking. No, actually young girls. One was talking and crying loudly. As they were talking, she heard a boy's voice as well. 'Don't worry. You will grow out of this soon', he was saying. 'You will grow older and everyone will accept you.', he added.
The old woman was confused. But she thought maybe her daughter-in-law had invited some people, although she could not hear her either. Leaving her confusion aside, she decided to continue reading.
She pulled out another journal from age 30, the last year she had kept a journal as far as she could remember. She blew away the dust and opened the journal. She found a random page. This time, she found a page on which she was talking about a celebration party she had organized after she got a job. She was talking about a family party. She was talking about the games they had played that night and the talks they had had.
This time, she could not finish reading the page, though. There was such big noise coming from downstairs. Loud music. Maybe those girls had decided to have an impromptu party or something. She could also hear two women shouting. A man's noise was also audible at times. She also heard an old man and woman talking once or twice.
These people could have all the fun they wanted but she could not bear with it. So, she decided to go down and tell them to be more silent. She got up slowly and started going down the stairs.
There was no one there. Had they heard her and left already? But there were no signs of any party, or anyone having sat or jumped on the couches. No children, teenagers or adults in sight.
As she went up, she remembered her sister and her brother. The times when they used to jump on their couches. The time when she was complaining about her being perceived as a child although she thought she was an adult already. She was a grown woman. She had talked to her sister in her home and her brother had also consoled her. There was also this one day she had got a job in a university and they had had a small family party.
'Ah, those were the days', she said to herself as she climbed the stairs again. 'I wish those children would come back', she added. As she said that, she started hearing children jumping downstairs. She smiled.
She picked her mug up from the table she was working on. As she was walking to her kitchen to get another cup of tea, she looked at her cup. Her cup had been a friend of hers for two years now. They were together every day.
She poured the tea in the cup and walked back to her room. She still had some work to do. She sat in front of her laptop and started looking at the screen. But she just looked. Motionless. Blanked out. She stayed just liked that for some time. She did not know how long.
When she was out of this state, she reached out for her cup. It was cold. 'How long have I been out?', she asked herself. She did not know when she had sat down here after she came back from the kitchen, so she could not calculate the time. It was 11 pm already now, and she decided to give up on work for today. It did not make sense to start a whole work session now, as she had to wake up early tomorrow.
She went to her bed and lied there for a while. Just lying. She was staring at the ceiling. She kept staring for God knows how long. She did not blank out this time, but her body was motionless, her mind thoughtless. Complete stillness. She thought she maybe did not even blink. She could not feel her breath. She got scared. She took in a forceful breath and blinked hard to make herself feel alive. She felt alive.
She fell asleep at 1 am.
When she woke up next morning, she forced herself out of bed and got ready. She wanted to stay motionless. But she now did not have time for that. Maybe when she comes back in the evening.
'Will you listen to me today?', asked the girl to the tree.
One of the leaves of the tree moved smoothly as a peaceful breeze went through it. The girl took this as a sign that the tree would listen to her. Just like the way people node.
The girl leaned her back towards the tree and closed her eyes. She tried to feel the breeze on her face. It felt nice. She wanted to stay in that position forever.
After fifteen minutes of this silence, she heard some men approaching. She wanted to see who they were and where they were going. Also why they were so loud. But no, they were not going; they were actually coming. They had saws in their hands. The girl got scared. She wanted to run away but then decided that this was not a good move. It would make her look very vulnerable. She decided to stay.
'We gotta get this one down', said one of the men pointing to the tree the girl was sitting under.
Then, one of the men started talking to her.
'Hey! What are you doing here?', he said.
She was shouting now. In fact, she started shouting so loudly that some people in the distance heard her and came to see what was happening. The girl explained to them what was happening. People got angry too. The men could do nothing but leave. The girl was crying out of anger and fear. People tried to console her. 'We saved the tree', they said. They then left to mind their own businessess.
He had been falling for quite a long time. He did not remember how he had slipped. He had watched all his steps. But still, one moment. Just one moment had brought about what he had been avoiding. He was falling now. His head down, his mind in the air.
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Important Events and Special Days in Sri Lanka in 2023
by Team Next Travel Sri Lanka on January 2, 2023 9:16 am on January 2, 2023
Important Events and Special Days in Sri Lanka – 2023
Have you decided on your travel plans for the brand-new year of 2023? Hope you haven't forgotten to add the paradise island of Sri Lanka to your bucket list! It is always considered one of the best tourist hotspots. From the gorgeous beachline to the colorful mountainous region, Sri Lanka is basically an all-in-one package for an avid traveler. Since Sri Lanka is a multi-cultural country, people belonging to different ethnicities and religions live there in peace and harmony. And a multi-cultural country means there are more festivals and holidays! It will be important for you to be aware of Sri Lanka's holidays prior to your visit for many reasons. Firstly, it will be a fascinating experience to learn about the unique culture. Besides, some services and institutions are closed during public holidays. So, here's all you need to know about such important days in Sri Lanka.
What are the Important Events and Special Days in Sri Lanka?
Here is how the important events and special days for the year 2023 are lined up!
Special Events Day of Celebration in 2023
Dawn of the New Year 1st January 2023
Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day 6th January 2023
Thai Pongal Festival 15th January 2023
Independence Day 4th February 2023
Navam Full Moon Poya Day 5th February 2023
Maha Shivaratri Festival 18th February 2023
Madin Full Moon Poya Day 6th March 2023
Bak Full Moon Poya Day 5th April 2023
Good Friday 7th April 2023
Easter Sunday 9th April 2023
Sinhala and Tamil New Year 14th April 2023
Eid-Al-Fitr 22nd April 2023
May Day 1st May 2023
Vesak Full Moon Poya Day 5th May 2023
Poson Full Moon Poya Day 3rd June 2023
Eid-Al-Adha 29th June 2023
Adhi Esala Full Moon Poya Day 3rd July 2023
Esala Full Moon Poya Day 1st August 2023
The Grand Procession of Esala Perahera Festival 1st August 2023
Nikini Full Moon Poya Day 30th August 2023
Milad-Un-Nabi Festival 28th September 2023
Binara Full Moon Poya Day 29th September 2023
Vap Full Moon Poya Day 28th October 2023
Deepavali Festival 12th November 2023
Ill Full Moon Poya Day 26th November 2023
Christmas 25th December 2023
Unduvap Full Moon Poya day 26th December 2023
Do you like to learn more about these special days in Sri Lanka in detail? Some of these days hold a cultural significance and others hold a national significance. So, here's some more information on the above-mentioned special days.
Sri Lanka in January 2023
January brings out the hopes for the new year of 2023. Here are the main events of the brand-new month of the brand-new year.
Dawn of the New Year
According to the Gregorian calendar, Sri Lankans also celebrate the beginning of the new year on the 1st of January.
Date of Celebration: Sunday, 1st of January 2023
Significance: First day of the year according to the Gregorian calendar
How Sri Lankans Celebrate: Even though the 1st of January is not a public holiday in Sri Lanka, Sri Lankans also celebrate the day to welcome the new year. So, a 'Kiribath' dish, a traditional Sri Lankan dish prepared with rice and coconut milk, is enjoyed in every household as the first meal of the new year. Since Sri Lanka is a country that always gives priority to its religious and cultural values, many tend to visit their respective religious places to get blessings for the upcoming year. Like in any other country, the youngsters start the new year with a blast along with the 31st night celebrations. As such, Sri Lankans welcome the new year with many celebrations to take a fresh start.
Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day
This is the first Poya day of the year which is important for the Buddhists in Sri Lanka. However, it is important to keep in mind that the Poya days are public holidays in Sri Lanka.
Date of Celebration: Friday, 6th January 2023
Significance: On a Duruthu poya day, Lord Buddha visited Sri Lanka for the first time and left his footprint on Adam's peak.
How Sri Lankans Celebrate: Buddhists visit the temple to engage in various religious observances such as observing sil, Bodhi puja, and almsgiving. This poya day is also the beginning of the pilgrimage season to Adam's peak. From this poya day onwards, the pilgrims can visit Adam's peak to worship Lord Buddha's footprint.
Thai Pongal Festival
This is a religious festival celebrated by the Tamils. The main purpose of the Thai Pongal festival is to<|fim_middle|> There are many rituals and events during this season that are incorporated with religion, astrology, and culture. The main rituals include lighting the hearth, enjoying the Avurudu table, exchanging money and gifts, engaging in work at auspicious times, and anointing oil. Furthermore, Sinhalese and Tamils make traditional sweetmeats and celebrate the new year with their families. Moreover, they visit their relatives and friends to extend greetings. After these multiple festivities, Sinhalese and Tamils move on to the new year with hearts filled with warmth and happiness.
Eid-Al-Fitr
This is a festival celebrated by the Muslim community.
Date of Celebration: Saturday, 22nd April 2023
Significance: This is the first of the two Eids in the Islamic calendar and it is held to break the holy fast of the Ramadan season.
How Sri Lankans Celebrate: This is a joyful occasion for Muslims as they end their month of holy fasting and prayers on Eid-Al-Fitr. They observe their religion on this day by attending communal prayers and listening to sermons. They also make sure to engage in good deeds such as sharing food and money with the needy.
Important Events and Special Days in Sri Lanka in May 2023
May is an important month for Buddhists. The special days in the month of May are as follows.
This is International Workers' Day which is celebrated in high regard in Sri Lanka.
Date of Celebration: Monday, 1st of May 2023
Significance: The purpose of May Day is to celebrate the historic struggles and achievements of the working class along with the commemoration of the global labour movement.
How Sri Lankans Celebrate: This is considered an important day for the political parties as they organize massive rallies to celebrate May Day which is usually held surrounding Colombo. This is a public holiday in Sri Lanka. So, public services and transportation modes don't work on the day.
Vesak Full Moon Poya Day
Vesak is the most important day of the year in the Buddhist calendar. It is a festival with both religious and cultural values.
Date of Celebration: Friday, 5th May 2022
Significance: Lord Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and death happened on a Vesak poya day. Apart from that also, there are several important events of Buddhism which happened on this day.
How Sri Lankans Celebrate: Buddhists gather at temples around the country in remembrance of the sacred life of Lord Buddha. Apart from the religious observances, Buddhists also decorate their houses with Vesak lanterns, lights, and oil lamps. Furthermore, there are huge decorations with lights in the urban areas to celebrate Vesak poya day.
Important Events and Special Days in Sri Lanka in June 2023
June can be considered another important month for Buddhists and Muslims in Sri Lanka. These are the special days in the month of June.
Poson Full Moon Poya Day
Poson is an important poya day with much religious and historical importance.
Date of Celebration: Saturday, 3rd June 2023
Significance: Arahat Mahinda introduced Buddhism to Sri Lanka on a Poson poya day in the 3rd century BC. King Ashoka of India sent his son, Arahat Mahinda to Sri Lanka with the sacred message of Buddhism. This happened during the reign of King Devanampiyatissa.
How Sri Lankans Celebrate: Arahat Mahinda arrived at the Missaka Pawwa, also famous as the 'Mihintale rock' on his first visit to Sri Lanka. Therefore, the Poson celebrations are mainly held surrounding Anuradhapura and Mihintale areas. Buddhists engage in their religious observances. Further, there are Poson devotional songs, Poson pandols, and almsgiving stalls which are usually held across the country in honor of the Poson festival.
Eid-Al-Adha
Eid-Al-Adha is popularly known as the Hajj festival and it is the second event of the two main Muslim festivals.
Date of Celebration: Thursday, 29th June 2023
Significance: This is also known as the 'feast of sacrifice' as it is celebrated for the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son under the command of Allah.
How Sri Lankans Celebrate: Apart from the religious observances held in the mosque, they also celebrate it together with their families and friends. Furthermore, they engage in several good deeds usually within their community.
Important Events and Special Days in Sri Lanka in July 2023
After a few buzzing months, the number of special events is gradually decreasing when it comes to the second half of the year.
Adhi Esala Full Moon Poya Day
This poya day is the only special day in the month of July 2023. And yes, it is yet another Poya day!
Date of Celebration: Monday, 3rd July 2023
Significance: Adhi poya day is celebrated when there is an extra full moon day for the year.
How Sri Lankans Celebrate: Buddhists visit the temples and perform their religious rituals on this poya day as well.
Important Events and Special Days in Sri Lanka in August 2023
Undoubtedly, the iconic Esala perahera is the highlight of the month. Here is more information on the Esala perahera and the other special days in August.
Esala Full Moon Poya Day
This is also another important poya day for the Buddhists in Sri Lanka.
Date of Celebration: Tuesday, 1st of August 2023
Significance: Several important events of Buddhism happened on an Esala poya day such as the conception of Prince Siddhartha in Queen Mahamaya's womb, the deliverance of the first discourse by Lord Buddha, and the preaching of Dhamma to the five ascetics, etc.
How Sri Lankans Celebrate: A significant event that happens on the Esala poya day is the Buddhist monks observing 'Vas'. It is the annual rain retreat for the monks. Apart from that, Buddhists engage in their religious rituals as usual on this Poya day.
The Grand Procession of Esala Perahera Festival
This glamorous Esala Perahera is a cultural procession that takes place in Kandy, Sri Lanka.
Date of Celebration: Tuesday, 1st August 2023
Significance: This attractive celebration is held in honor of the sacred tooth relic which is placed in the Temple of the Tooth Relic in Kandy.
How Sri Lankans Celebrate: Esala perahera festival is held for 10 days with grand processions and various religious ceremonies. Randoli Perahera, which is held on the last day, is the most spectacular event of the festival. There are decorated tuskers, drummers, traditional dancers, singers, flag bearers, torch-bearers, and nilames in the Kandy Esala Perahera. This perahera showcases the pride and the grandeur of the rich Sri Lankan culture to the whole world. This event attracts thousands of Sri Lankan pilgrims and tourists from all around the world.
Nikini Full Moon Poya Day
Nikini poya day comes as the second poya day for the month of August 2023.
Date of Celebration: Wednesday, 30th August 2023
Significance: Main events which happened on a Nikini poya day are the first Dhamma sangayana which was held after 3 months from Lord Buddha's parinirvana and the attainment of arhatship by Lord Buddha's chief disciple, Ananda Thero.
How Sri Lankans Celebrate: Buddhists visit the temple to practise their religious observances. Furthermore, Buddhist monks can observe 'Vas' if they have missed the event on the previous poya day.
Important Events and Special Days in September 2023
There are only a few special days in the month of September. Here is more information on those days.
Milad-Un-Nabi
This is an important and the most popular festival for the Muslim community.
Date of Celebration: Thursday, 28th September 2023
Significance: To celebrate the Prophet Muhammed's birthday.
How Sri Lankans Celebrate: Muslims follow many festivities such as recitals, family gatherings, and enjoying delicious meals on this special day. However, there are different ways of celebrating the festival within the Muslim community. They visit the mosque and also engage in various charity programs. Muslims celebrate the festival with much respect.
Binara Full Moon Poya Day
This is the poya day for the month of September.
Date of Celebration: Friday, 29th September 2023
Significance: Females joined the Buddha sasana for the first time with the permission of Lord Buddha, upon the request of his stepmother, Queen Prajapati on a day like such.
How Sri Lankans Celebrate: As usual, Buddhists engage in various religious practices throughout the poya day in Buddhist temples.
Important Events and Special Days in Sri Lanka in October 2022
Poya day is the only special day in the month of October.
Vap Full Moon Poya Day
This is one of the last poya days for the year 2023.
Date of Celebration: Saturday, 28th October 2023
Significance: On a Vap poya day, Lord Buddha visited the Tavatimsa to teach Abhidhamma to his mother.
How Sri Lankans Celebrate: As this is the 'Vas' season, Buddhists attend to the needs of the Buddhist monks who are staying in the temples. They also engage in their usual religious practices.
Important Events and Special Days in November 2023
There are some special days of religious value in the month of November. They are as follows.
Deepavali or the festival of lights is one of the major festivals celebrated by the Hindus in Sri Lanka. It is also well known as 'Diwali'.
Date of Celebration: Sunday, 12th November 2023
Significance: Deepavali is the beginning of the Hindu new year according to the lunar calendar.
How Sri Lankans Celebrate: Hindus engage in various religious festivities for Deepavali which symbolizes the victory of good over evil and light over darkness. There are many colorful decorations with fireworks and lamps in Hindu households for Deepavali. Furthermore, they exchange traditional sweets and gifts with their family members and friends. Hindus visit the kovil wearing glamorous traditional attire to celebrate this festival.
Ill Full Moon Poya Day
This is the second last poya day for the year 2023.
Significance: On an Ill poya day, Lord Buddha obtained vivarana for his enlightenment by the Bodhisattva Maitreya.
How Sri Lankans Celebrate: This is the last day of the three-month retreat followed by the Buddhist monks. Buddhists follow their religious observances on this poya day as well.
Important Events and Special Days in Sri Lanka in December 2023
Here comes the most wonderful month of the year which also marks the end of yet another year.
This is the most important festival for Christians all around the world. Sri Lankans also join in to celebrate Christmas with much joy and happiness.
Date of Celebration: Monday, 25th December 2023
Significance: To commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ.
How Sri Lankans Celebrate: There are midnight mass services in the churches to welcome Christmas. Moreover, on Christmas day, there are joyful celebrations with fireworks, family gatherings, and feasts. All Sri Lankans join hand in hand with the Christian and Catholic communities to celebrate Christmas. Besides, people decorate their houses with Christmas trees and other decorations. And yes, there are vibrant and huge decorations mainly surrounding the urban areas. So, it is indeed a delightful experience to roam around Sri Lanka during the Christmas season. However, at present, Christmas is not just a festival for Christians and Catholics. Other communities also join hand in hand with these celebrations. So, in the present, it has become more of a cultural festival rather than a religious festival in Sri Lanka.
Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day
This is the last poya day of the year.
Date of Celebration: Tuesday, 26th December 2023
Significance: Ven. Sangamitta brought a sacred Bo sapling to Sri Lanka on an Unduvap poya day. It is now famous as the sacred Jaya Sri Maha Bodhi in Anuradhapura.
How Sri Lankans Celebrate: Buddhists engage in their religious activities in the temples on this last poya day of the year as well.
So far, you may have noticed that there are so many unique festivals celebrated on the small island of Sri Lanka. And yes, most of them are special festivals where you can get a proper idea of Sri Lankan culture. So, visiting Sri Lanka during these festivities would magnify the delight of your trip. Meanwhile, it will be an amazing experience for a tourist to learn about unique and amazing Sri Lankan traditions through these important days in Sri Lanka as well.
After all, we hope this article helped you to plan your memorable tour in Sri Lanka with convenience. So, spare the days to witness these awesome and important days of Sri Lanka. Happy and safe traveling!
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Date of Celebration: Sunday, 15th January 2023
Significance: This day is dedicated to the Sun God and this is basically a thanksgiving ceremony for the goodwill of mother nature.
How Sri Lankans Celebrate: In Sri Lanka, the Thai Pongal festival is well known as an event of retreat. Sri Lankan Tamils celebrate the festival to pay tribute to the sun, cattle, and nature for the support extended towards their agricultural purposes. Boiling milk marks the beginning of the various festivities. Moreover, Tamils decorate their house with 'kolam' patterns for the festival and they prepare various traditional sweetmeats and a sweet Pongal rice dish for the special day. They share these food items with their neighbors and relatives. Another special item of the Thai Pongal festival is bathing their cattle, decorating them, and treating them with festive food. Furthermore, the Tamils visit the kovil to offer their gratitude to the Gods and take the blessings for the new year.
Important Events and Special Days in February 2023
There are only a few special days for Sri Lankans in the month of February.
National Independence Day is unarguably the most important day in the month of February for Sri Lankans.
Date of Celebration: Saturday, 4th February 2023
Significance: On 4th February 1948, Sri Lanka gained political independence from British rule after being colonized by three nations for a period of over five centuries.
How Sri Lankans Celebrate: Sri Lanka celebrates its 75th independence in 2023. On this day, Sri Lankans celebrate the bravery and freedom of the Sri Lankan nation with pride. The main event for Independence Day is held at Independence Square in Colombo with the Sri Lankan president, prime minister, ministers, other dignitaries, and foreign officials gracing the occasion. A parade of the Tri forces and other cultural performances can be seen in this event. All Sri Lankans raise the national flag at their homes to celebrate their nation. It is a public holiday in Sri Lanka.
Navam Full Moon Poya Day
This is the poya day of the month of February and it is also a public holiday in Sri Lanka.
Date of Celebration: Sunday, 5th February 2023
Significance: The first-ever Buddhist congregation and the appointment of the two chief disciples happened on a Navam poya day.
How Sri Lankans Celebrate: Buddhists visit the temple to observe their religion. Apart from that, Ganagaramaya temple in Colombo organize its perahera festival on this poya day.
Maha Shivaratri Festival
Maha Shivaratri is another important festival for the Hindus in Sri Lanka. It is popularly known as the 'Great night of Shiva'.
Date of Celebration: Saturday, 18th February 2023
Significance: This festival is to celebrate God Shiva and according to popular belief, Lord Shiva performs his heavenly dance on this day.
How Sri Lankans Celebrate: This festival symbolizes overcoming darkness and ignorance. The religious festivities include bathing the Shiva linga with milk, offering prayers, fasting, and conducting various puja as means of respect for the God Shiva. Moreover, Hindus organize colorful and vibrant festivals in Shiva temples for Maha Sivaratri day.
Important Events and Special Days in March 2023
Poya day is the only special event marked in the calendar for the month of March 2023 for Sri Lankans.
Madin Full Moon Poya Day
This is another important poya day for the Buddhists in Sri Lanka.
Date of Celebration: Monday, 6th March 2023
Significance: Lord Buddha visited his family after six years of enlightenment on a Madin poya day. On this day, Lord Buddha's son, Prince Rahula entered the Buddha sasana.
How Sri Lankans Celebrate: On this poya day also, Buddhists visit the temples to observe the Dhamma teachings of the Lord Buddha.
Important Events and Special Days in Sri Lanka in April 2023
Here comes the most happening and the most anticipated month of the year for Sri Lankans. There are several important festivals that are celebrated in Sri Lanka in April. Along with that, the spring vibes make the month much more exciting. Keep reading to know about those festivals in detail.
Bak Full Moon Poya Day
The special days of the month of April start with the Bak full moon poya day.
Date of Celebration: Wednesday, 5th April 2023
Significance: Lord Buddha paid his second visit to Sri Lanka on a Bak poya day. This was after five years of enlightenment.
How Sri Lankans Celebrate: Buddhists engage in their usual religious activities on this poya day as well. In fact, they visit temples, observe sil, and listen to Dhamma sermons.
This is an important day for Christians as they celebrate Good Friday before the Easter celebrations to pay respect for the sacrifices made by Jesus Christ.
Date of Celebration: Friday, 7th April 2023
Significance: To commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Cavalry
How Sri Lankans Celebrate: There are church services in the afternoon for Good Friday which usually lasts for 3 hours symbolizing the last hours of Jesus Christ. Christians attend these church services wearing sober attire as it is considered a day of mourning. Further, this is a public holiday in Sri Lanka.
This is another religious festival celebrated by Christians in the month of April.
Date of Celebration: Sunday, 9th April 2023
Significance: This is to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
How Sri Lankans Celebrate: Christians attend the church services held with joy and celebration as it is celebrated for the empathy of Jesus Christ towards humankind. In the present, Sri Lankans also accompany events like Easter parties to celebrate Easter Sunday. However, such events can be seen mainly around urban areas.
Sinhala and Tamil New Year
Sinhala and Tamil New Year day marks the beginning of the traditional new year and it is celebrated by the Sinhalese and Tamils in Sri Lanka.
Date of Celebration: Friday, 14th April 2022
Significance: The day marks the beginning of the traditional new year as the sun moves from the Meena Rashiya (house of Pisces) to Mesha rashiya (house of Aries).
How Sri Lankans Celebrate: The traditional new year's day is possibly the biggest celebration of the year for the Sinhalese and Tamil communities. | 1,419 |
Opening the Door to High-Demand Jobs: SkillsUSA Week Kicks Off Feb. 3
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Leesburg, Va. — From South Pasadena High School in California to Pulaski County Technical Education Center in Virginia, SkillsUSA chapters at schools across the country are opening their doors Feb. 3-9 during SkillsUSA Week. The annual event run by SkillsUSA, a national nonprofit focused on workforce development, helps build awareness for high-demand jobs available through career and technical education (CTE). More than 4,000 schools are expected to participate.
SkillsUSA Week includes presentations to administrators, business leaders and legislators; school tours and open houses; community service events that benefit local organizations; student-led rallies and campus outreach; and industry partnership development.
Channellock, Inc., an American tool company based in Pennsylvania, is lead sponsor of SkillsUSA Week. SkillsUSA longtime partner Toyota is also sponsoring the week of festivities.
"SkillsUSA Week is a time to lift up our students, chapters, teachers and recognize business partners such as Channellock and Toyota, who bolster support for local programs that define student excellence," says SkillsUSA's executive director, Timothy Lawrence. "SkillsUSA is a talent pipeline that graduates 100,000 SkillsUSA students each year who are career-ready on Day One of their job. This is one of our most important weeks of the year."
"We are proud to be lead sponsor of SkillsUSA Week," says Ryan DeArment, Channellock, Inc.'s vice president of sales and marketing. "As a company, we are committed to strengthening the skilled trade workforce. This is good for our country and good for our company."
Channellock, Inc., will visit select SkillsUSA chapters Feb. 3-9 to discuss opportunities in the skilled trades and the importance of service to others, a key component of each SkillsUSA chapter's program of work.
To support the week, 50 eligible chapters across the nation were awarded grants to create a SkillsUSA open house. The open houses will increase community awareness and help recruit new members. A list of grant recipients can be found by visiting: www.skillsusa.org/events-training/skillsusa-week.
"SkillsUSA Week highlights the pathway to in demand technical jobs and the skills important to employers," said Michael Medalla, manager Toyota USA Foundation. "By providing the opportunity for students to interact directly with other students on hands-on projects and skills-based competitions, we can help spark interest in pursuing a CTE career."
For more about SkillsUSA Week, including $1,000 grant winners, resources and tools for successful events, visit: www.skillsusa.org/events-training/skillsusa-week/.
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Collins Dictionary picks NFT as word of the year 2021
FILE - An NFT, or non-fungible token, is displayed on a billboard in Time Square, New York, on Nov. 4, 2021. Collins Dictionary has chosen the term NFT as its word of the year after surging interest in the digital tokens that can sell for millions of dollars brought it into the mainstream. NFT is short for non-fungible token. Collins defines it as "a<|fim_middle|> is used to record ownership of an asset such as an artwork or a collectible."
Most people didn't know what an NFT was until this year, when sales boomed, sparked in large part by artist Beeple's March auction of a digital collage NFT for nearly $70 million. Other highlights include Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey selling an NFT of his first tweet for $2.9 million and electronic musician Grimes selling $6 million worth for her digital art.
Experts at Collins, based in Glasgow, Scotland, said Wednesday they chose NFT because of its "meteoric rise in usage," up 11,000% in 2021.
"NFTs seem to be everywhere, from the arts sections to the financial pages and in galleries and auction houses and across social media platforms," said Alex Beecroft, managing director of Collins Learning. But whether NFT will have a lasting influence is yet to be determined, he added.
The Oxford English Dictionary's publisher, meanwhile, recently chose vax as its word of the year, as interest in vaccinations spiked over the past 12 months.
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LONDON (AP) - Collins Dictionary has chosen the term NFT as its word of the year after surging interest in the digital tokens that can sell for millions of dollars brought it into the mainstream.
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Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could live off your real estate investments? Wouldn't it be even better if you could do it using only minimal amounts of your personal savings?
It probably doesn't surprise you to know that both are possible. But, like any other investment, real estate investing also has the potential to lose your investment.
Knowledge is power, after all. The more you know about real estate investing before you get started, the greater success you will have.
That is where this collection of the best real estate investment books comes into play. There are hundreds of books on how to buy investment properties. Some are good, some are of dubious quality, and some give downright bad advice.
Real estate is a big investment. Don't rely on just one source of information. Read these books, listen to podcasts, and gather all the information available.
Before buying my first real estate investment property, I did months of research. I read quite a few blog posts and podcasts, but mainly I searched for the best books on real estate investing.
I bought about 30 books on the subject and read them all. I don't slam the books that were not worth reading. I just don't include them on my list.
The 16 books remaining on this list make up the "must-read" books of real estate investing. Start with these and then move on from there.
This practical book emphasizes that the first step to building wealth is to learn and understand the foundational truths and models that drive financial wealth.
Using a collection of wisdom and experience from over 100 millionaire investors who achieved financial wealth through various methods of investing, The Millionaire Real Estate Investor delivers a straightforward and easy-to-read guide that reveals successful strategies.
This real estate investment book is very motivational. It gets you hyped on the possibilities of investing and gets you to want to rush out and get started. It covers all the basic information for people who are just starting on their financial journeys.
This book will help save you time if you are new to the industry, and is an easy read for people who can take the ideas from the book and apply them to their own situations.
The beginning of the book guides the reader in working past some common myths that tend to prevent people from starting investments in real estate. It then works to correct common misunderstandings and promote habits that will help lead to success. The book finishes with describing the overall structure of a complete real estate business. After working through the four stages of real estate investing, the reader is able to clearly envision their own success.
The only thing this book lacks is some of the advanced tips that you can find in others. All in all, it's a great read, especially for anyone new to real estate investing.
The Book on Rental Property Investing is written by a real estate investor and provides detailed advice and strategies that he learned from years of experience accruing wealth through rental properties.
This book teaches a realistic plan to help you find profitable deals and finance your rentals.
This book provides solid real-world advice on real estate investing. The author gives good details on various rental property investment topics.
When I was looking to pull the trigger on my own property purchase, I found myself using this rental property investing book as a reference more than once.
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When you read the common reviews on this book, you will see a fair amount of complaints about the authors using some "hype-style" filler material designed to fill the reader with a sense of anticipation.
I agree that this is true, but that is an issue of style, not substance. When Wheelright does get to his points, they are all great ones, and they will certainly be useful in helping you keep more of your money—which is the whole point of this book!
Tax Free Wealth will pay for itself many times over come tax day. It not only gave me ideas for my real estate investing, but also some ideas for my book business. It has plenty of good information on how to protect your business and pay lower taxes.
The book is rich with hypothetical examples that get right to the point of explaining various scenarios the author cooks up. With a lot of solid ideas, this is a useful read for beginners who have yet to learn about various strategies.
Some of the hypothetical examples are a bit repetitive, which is why readers who aren't familiar with the topic might miss some of the intricate differences in the scenarios. This is not a book for those looking for super subtle nuance or advanced tips that will help them get more out of borrowing from lenders.
It is perfect for what it is, however—a basic guide to teach anyone new to the concept of borrowing for real estate investing how to completely understand all the related intricacies. After reading this book, you will know how to get your loan approved and get the best deal humanly possible. What more could you ask for?
This another book that I include because it has important points for running a real estate business—but the fact of the matter is that it also provides knowledge that is a lot broader.
This book is great for entrepreneurs who are having trouble taking their profits to the next level.
It offers a reasonably simple plan to manage and grow your company's finances.
Readers are given a new perspective to change the financial focus of their businesses. This provides business owners with valuable insight when doing taxes or looking for more financially efficient ways to run their businesses.
The logic behind the concepts explained in this book are simple, with explanatory graphs and charts to drive home the author's points. This book is especially great for people who are new to running their own businesses or who are having trouble keeping their businesses afloat. The author's tone is conversational and easy to read, but also firm about serious topics.
With my first child being born not long before I purchased my first property, this book had a certain importance to me. I want my wife and child to be able to painlessly take over my various businesses should something unfortunate and unexpected happen to me.
And I didn't want the government getting their paws on a massive portion of my tiny estate.
This book clearly lays out the fundamentals for effectively transferring estates and wealth. The authors' goals in this book are to prepare beneficiaries for inherited wealth by looking at the person who is being entrusted as the organizer of the estate, rather than just the sole recipient. They focus on the transfer of opportunities that have the potential to last over multiple generations.
Unlike other books that work with the benefactor to effectively plan his estate, this book focuses on preparing the beneficiaries who are receiving the wealth. While the advice is practical, it is also meaningful because the approach looks past the immediate future. It also goes beyond talking only about wealth and assets and teaches lessons about family values, long-term visions, and goals.
Having read this book, I feel like my family will be better able to handle any small amount I am able to leave them, and hopefully make it into something even greater.
This is the quintessential book on the power of investing.
This biography of sorts tells the author's personal story of two father figures in his life, both of whom had an influence on his adult concepts of money and investing.
The book largely focuses on working for money versus investing your money in order to have it work for you.
Overall, this book is not one of the most beneficial books to read about specifics of investments and finances. However, The author's candid and insightful writing make it highly influential and inspirational.
This is an important book to read because it will clearly show the important potential of investing. It will give you inspiration to continue your investment education and set you on the path to getting real-world knowledge.
One aspect of real estate investing is flipping. This is what you often see on TV, where people get in and out fast, making a profit and moving on to the next investment.
This book is not about that. If anything, this book is the opposite.
This book's real estate investing is more akin to Warren Buffet than hedge fund traders.
It shows how to buy properties that you will keep for decades—properties that will help support you through retirement.
This is a great read for people who have little to no money in retirement and are considering investing in a rental property to bring in additional income. It touches on matters such as how to choose the best investors based on their demographics, how to choose properties that will be worth a long-term investment, evaluating expenses, and managing properties.
Unlike some other books of this nature that make promises of getting rich quickly, this book provides a more realistic timeline for making money from rental properties. The author provides practical advice with verified statistics so as to not create a dream reality for the reader.
I love this book, because this is how I plan to invest in my current (and any future) investments. Real estate may see slumps and climbs in home values, but people always need to rent, and rent prices always rise.
This is another useful book for people who are looking to invest in real estate for the long term.
McElroy gives a helpful overview of the entire process of investing in real estate from beginning to end.
The book helps readers know what to expect in the industry and learn more about what they are getting into.
One of the best things about this book is that it is direct and full of valuable information. There is no need to read through fluff to get to the meat of the subject. McElroy also works to dispel myths about real estate investment that often keep people from getting themselves started.
One of the most valuable parts of this property investment book is the author's explanation of formulas that can be used to analyze the potential outcome of an investment from a cash flow perspective.
Many real estate investment books showcase all the positive possibilities. They might mention that "results vary" or that there is always an element of risk, but they do not dwell on the bad. They dwell on the good.
What I love about this book is that it teaches through analyzing real mistakes made in the world of real estate investing.
An entertaining and informative read, this book contains 21 true failures of real estate investment deals, and what to learn from these mistakes.
This book is great for people who are looking to flip houses, as well as those who are investing in long-term real estate.
Unlike the other real estate investment books that paint property as something that gives you complete control over your investment, this book faces the reality of the mistakes people often make that end up costing them a lot of time and money.
This is an ideal read for people who are just getting into real estate, as it is important to realize there are dangers to go with the potential profits.
This book is great for people who are already in the business of investing in real estate. It concentrates on being an effective landlord to maximize your profits and decrease the stress that comes along with managing and owning rental properties.
The great thing about this book is that it has something for everyone. It covers the basics of effective property management while also giving helpful hints for people who are seasoned in the industry.
This is one of the more thorough real estate investing books. It offers both a new perspective and practical advice. One of the best characteristics of this book is that the authors emphasize how important it is to take real estate seriously, but don't take themselves too seriously, leaving room for humor.
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Real estate investment may seem crazy when you are still trying to make ends meet.
Saving money is something you should be doing as early as possible. Many 20 somethings and millennials ignore savings while they are young and greatly regret it. The reason they often ignore savings is because money can be "tight" while you are young. But if you follow the books in the link below, you will find out how to save money and climb out of debt, regardless of your income. | Rental Property Investing is more of a comprehensive guide for people who are interested in learning more about finding rental properties, tenants, and screening practices, and how to get the most out of a rental property investment.
The book lacks some of the motivational "rah rah" inspiration of the previous book, but more than makes up for it by being a very thorough guide through the entire process of managing a rental property, including required maintenance.
I am sure you have heard the saying "It takes money to make money." The same thing is true in real estate: It takes money to make real estate purchases. The entire point of this book is to help you get your hands on money for your real estate deals.
Real estate investing has been proven to build wealth when done right. But it is hard to get the money to get started on your own. Not many people have enough spare money to buy a second property without borrowing some or all of it.
I know I needed to borrow for my first property. And this book was essential in getting that money at the best rate possible.
Getting the Money provides the reader with the clear framework needed to raise the private capital needed for real estate. This inspiring property financing book talks about the author's first-hand experience in using creativity and a genuine personality to raise millions of dollars for investing in real estate.
This book has useful tips and tactical information to use for closing a deal. If you need to raise any private money for your investments, you are going to want to have read this book before you try to negotiate for your money.
4. The Sale of a Lifetime: How the Great Bubble Burst of 2017-2019 Can Make You Rich by Harry S. Dent Jr.
Harry S. Dent Jr. has created another guide to financial cycles in The Sale of a Lifetime: How the Great Bubble Burst of 2017-2019 Can Make You Rich. With his urgent warning about the upcoming financial crisis, he uncovers the bright side that provides financial investors a rare opportunity to accrue wealth.
It is a historic fact that times of trouble are also the times of greatest economic opportunity.
Dent's opinion (and many other economists) is that a collapse is imminent. Given this supposition, Dent walks us through how to identify the cycles that drive financial booms and falls. Dent conveys information that is both historical and current as this page-turner recaps historical cycles and uses them to project the state of future financial markets.
This is a very interesting read. If Dent is wrong about the coming bubble bursting, it still lays out a solid case and teaches us about historic economic cycles. However, if Dent prove to be correct, this book could be worth its weight in gold (x 1000).
Learning how to not only prepare for economic downturns, but also position yourself to take full advantage of these downturns can leave you scooping up loose cash with a shovel while others are jumping out of buildings.
That may be a bit of hyperbole…but let's just say it is a good thing to be a step ahead of any market correction, whether up or down.
This practical guide provides investors with the necessary tools to make educated decisions to gauge the potential worth of investment properties. This is a great read for both seasoned real estate investors and those who are just getting into the business.
Written as a straightforward guide, Berges carefully walks readers through each stage of analyzing properties for their potential value.
This book is a bit complex, with case studies that are meant to be useful for seasoned investors. But if you also read some of the more "basic" guides, you will be ready and understand all the real estate lingo.
However, this real estate investment book covers all of the important points when it comes to real estate financing. It clearly shows readers many important considerations they need to be aware of prior to making investment decisions.
After all, the starry-eyed dream of living off of real estate investments is a wonderful one—but there are potential financial risks involved. Berges does a great job of helping us navigate around those risks.
This book focuses on mastering numbers to succeed at real estate investments. As a revised and updated edition of the original book, this is relevant to the present market. This new edition provides updated and current discussions of how to gain capital as well as an internal rate of return.
With the explanation of basic formulas, readers learn to measure principal aspects of their real estate investments, such as cash-on-cash return, return on equity, net present value, discounted cash flow, and net operating income.
Written in an entertaining and exciting manner, readers are able to find many innovative and useful ideas in this book to help make worthwhile real estate investments. With over three dozen key concepts presented, readers learn rules of thumb that can be used as points of reference to evaluate potential investment properties.
The spreadsheet models that are provided in the book are useful to help demonstrate how to read a property's potential, and how to apply financial concepts to be a successful tool. Also, the methods that the author uses and explains are consistent with general business practices, while also providing insight into the impact of accounting rules on taxable income and industry-specific financial ratios.
The author also provides examples of relevant math, including calculations within each chapter. The reader is given a problem to solve, which can then be checked against the solution provided by the author to help test the reader's knowledge.
This is a quick and easy read, with humor sprinkled throughout to keep the reader engaged. There is not much fluff in this book. It gets straight to the point, quickly and painlessly. It is a very helpful guide to financial cash flow.
Math has never been my strong suit. While I did take a class in accounting in college, I would say I am about as far from being an accountant as is humanly possible.
One of the things I loved about this book was that it was about the finances of accumulating multiple homes, but did not make me feel mathematically inept.
It is a great read for people of any financial background, as it talks about how just about anyone can accumulate multiple houses debt-free while earning a steady income indefinitely.
This real estatebook is different from others, as it focuses on making housing investments in high-caliber neighborhoods with a nine-step program for success.
Some highlighted tips include renting to long-term tenants, providing them with financial incentives to pay rent on time, avoiding falling for deals that are "too good to be true," and a 10-year plan to be debt-free.
This property investment book offers traditional investment principles that have made people successful for years. It does give its main focus to single-family homes, as they are typically easier to buy and resell than commercial properties. For the small amount of new investors interested in other forms of property, this book lacks strong advice. But that is fine, since 95% of first-time investors buy single-family homes. John is really just spending his time wisely by teaching the best advice to the most people.
Come April 15th (or 18th this year), you will be glad you had this book in your real estate tool bag. This book's main focus is on tax planning concepts. With complicated tax laws, people often miss out on opportunities to reduce their taxes and gain wealth.
Wheelright aims to help readers understand the basic principle of taxes so they are not intimidated by the process. The long-term goal of this book is to have readers be able | 1,520 |
A high-resolution layer-wise discontinuous Galerkin formulation for multilayered composite plates
In this work, a novel high-resolution formulation for multilayered composite plates is presented. The formulations is referred to as high-resolution since it combines (i) Layer-Wise plate theories, which are based on a perlayer, high-order expansion of the primary variables throughout the plate's thickness, providing a detailed layerlevel description of the sought solution; (ii) The discontinuous Galerkin method, a numerical approach based on a discontinuous representation of the unknown fields over the mesh elements and on the introduction of boundary integral operators enforcing inter-element continuity, which allow the natural treatment of high-order mesh elements and provide high-resolution on the representation of the primary variables and their derivatives; (iii) The implicitly-defined mesh technique, a meshing strategy based on an implicit representation of the plate domain, which allows resolving the presence of curved boundaries with high-order accuracy. Numerical tests are provided to investigate the effect of the penalty parameter and to show the optimal convergence of the proposed formulation, which is subsequently employed in combination with an implicitlydefined hierarchical quad-tree mesh to resolve the stress distribution in a rectangular plate and in a plate with a circular hole
Gulizzi, V., Benedetti, I., & Milazzo, A. (2020). A high-resolution layer-wise discontinuous Galerkin formulation for multilayered composite plates. COMPOSITE STRUCTURES, 242.
Titolo: A high-resolution layer-wise discontinuous Galerkin formulation for multilayered composite plates
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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.compstruct.2020.112137
Abstract: In this work, a novel high-resolution formulation for multilayered composite plates is presented. The formulations is referred to as high-resolution since it combines (i) Layer-Wise plate theories, which are based on a perlayer, high-order expansion of the primary variables throughout the plate's thickness, providing a detailed layerlevel description of the sought solution; (ii) The discontinuous Galerkin method, a numerical approach based on a discontinuous representation of the unknown fields over the mesh elements and on the introduction of boundary integral operators enforcing inter-element continuity, which allow the natural treatment of high-order mesh elements and provide high-resolution on the representation of the primary variables and their derivatives; (iii) The implicitly-defined mesh technique, a meshing strategy based on an implicit representation of the plate domain, which allows resolving the presence of curved boundaries with high-order accuracy. Numerical tests are provided to investigate the effect of the penalty parameter and to show the optimal convergence of the proposed formulation, which is subsequently employed in combination with an implicitlydefined hierarchical quad-tree mesh to resolve the stress distribution in a rectangular plate and in a plate with a circular hole
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A Storm Too Soon: A True Story of Disaster, Survival, and an Incredible Rescue
By Michael J. Tougias
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A heart-stopping true-life tale of maritime disaster,survival, and daring rescue from a master storyteller Seventy-foot waves batter a torn life raft 250 miles out tosea in one of the world's most dangerous places, the Gulf Stream. Hanging on tothe raft are three men, a Canadian, a Brit, and their captain, Jean Pierre de Lutz, adual citizen of America and France. Their capsized forty-seven-foot sailboathas filled with<|fim_middle|> feet.Lowering the wind-whipped helicopter to drop a rescue swimmer into such chaos willbe extremely dangerous. The pilots wonder if they have a realistic chance ofsaving the sailors clinging to the broken life raft and if they will be able toeven retrieve their own rescue swimmer from the towering seas. Once they committo the rescue, they find themselves in almost as much trouble as the survivors,facing one life-and-death moment after the next.
Also caught in the storm are three other boats, each one ina Mayday situation. Of the ten people on these boats, only six will ever see landagain.
Spellbinding, harrowing, and meticulously researched, AStorm Too Soon is a vivid account of the powerful collision between theforces of nature and the human will to survive. Author Michael J. Tougias,known for his fast-paced writing style and character-driven stories, tells thistrue saga in the present tense to give the reader a thrilling,edge-of-your-seat immediacy. A Storm Too Soon is Tougias at hismasterful best and a heart-pounding narrative of survival, the power of thehuman spirit, and one of the most incredible rescues ever attempted.
"Tougias spins a marvelous and terrifying yarn…This is a breathtaking book." —Los Angeles Times
"This book captures the wit, grit, and sacrifice of Coasties and their boats." —Minneapolis Star Tribune
"A heart-pounding account." —Boston Globe
"Michael Tougias has done it again, this time delivering an edge-of-your-seat chronicle of what happens when a sailboat goes up against a fierce storm in the heart of the Gulf Stream." —Providence Journal
"[A] miraculous rescue story…Recreating this dangerous mission, Tougias deftly switches from heart-pounding details of the rescue to the personal stories of the boat's crew and those of the rescue team. The result is a well-researched and suspenseful read; some knowledge of sailing is helpful, but Tougias makes the material accessible for landlubbers." —Publishers Weekly
"Readers of true-life adventures, especially those involving disaster and rescue at sea, should find this one very much to their liking." —Booklist
"Gripping…By depicting the event from the perspective of both the rescued and the rescuers and focusing only on key moments and details, Tougias creates a suspenseful, tautly rendered story that leaves readers breathless but well-satisfied. Heart-pounding action for the avid armchair adventurer." —Kirkus Reviews
Author Bio: Michael J. Tougias
Michael J. Tougias is the author and coauthor of twenty-three books, including Rescue of the Bounty, A Storm too Soon, Fatal Forecast, and Ten Hours Until Dawn. Tougias has written for the New York Times and several other prestigious magazines and newspapers. He is a sought-after lecturer who gives more than seventy presentations each year. He lives in Massachusetts.
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ISBN: 9781482958638 ISBN: 9781482164480 ISBN: 9781482958607 ISBN: 9781482958614 | water and disappeared below the tempestuous sea. The giantwaves repeatedly toss the men out of their tiny vessel, and JP, with ninebroken ribs, is hypothermic and on the verge of death. The captain, however, isa remarkably tough character, having survived a brutal boyhood, and now he mustrely on the same inner strength to outlast the storm. Trying to reach these survivors before it's too late arefour brave coast guardsmen battling hurricane-force winds in their Jayhawkhelicopter. They know the waves will be extreme, but when they arrive they areastounded to find that the monstrous seas have waves reaching eighty feet.Lowering the wind-whipped helicopter to drop a rescue swimmer into such chaos willbe extremely dangerous. The pilots wonder if they have a realistic chance ofsaving the sailors clinging to the broken life raft and if they will be able toeven retrieve their own rescue swimmer from the towering seas. Once they committo the rescue, they find themselves in almost as much trouble as the survivors,facing one life-and-death moment after the next. Also caught in the storm are three other boats, each one ina Mayday situation. Of the ten people on these boats, only six will ever see landagain. Spellbinding, harrowing, and meticulously researched, AStorm Too Soon is a vivid account of the powerful collision between theforces of nature and the human will to survive. Author Michael J. Tougias,known for his fast-paced writing style and character-driven stories, tells thistrue saga in the present tense to give the reader a thrilling,edge-of-your-seat immediacy. A Storm Too Soon is Tougias at hismasterful best and a heart-pounding narrative of survival, the power of thehuman spirit, and one of the most incredible rescues ever attempted.
A heart-stopping true-life tale of maritime disaster,survival, and daring rescue from a master storyteller
Seventy-foot waves batter a torn life raft 250 miles out tosea in one of the world's most dangerous places, the Gulf Stream. Hanging on tothe raft are three men, a Canadian, a Brit, and their captain, Jean Pierre de Lutz, adual citizen of America and France. Their capsized forty-seven-foot sailboathas filled with water and disappeared below the tempestuous sea. The giantwaves repeatedly toss the men out of their tiny vessel, and JP, with ninebroken ribs, is hypothermic and on the verge of death. The captain, however, isa remarkably tough character, having survived a brutal boyhood, and now he mustrely on the same inner strength to outlast the storm.
Trying to reach these survivors before it's too late arefour brave coast guardsmen battling hurricane-force winds in their Jayhawkhelicopter. They know the waves will be extreme, but when they arrive they areastounded to find that the monstrous seas have waves reaching eighty | 598 |
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Capability frameworks are all the rage in today's L&D world, and for good reason. When prepared correctly, they describe in very easy-to-understand terms the behaviours, skills, knowledge, abilities and attributes that contribute individually to collective success.
In the same way that a blueprint helps builders translate the architect's dream into functional space for living or working, a capability framework enables HR leaders to turn management vision into business success – from hiring people with the right stuff to managing them, promoting them and having those all-important performance conversations with them that keep everyone's growth on an upward trajectory.
This may sound straight-forward enough, but it's anything but – and the expertise needed to design capability frameworks has never been in higher demand.
That's because as organisations become more diverse, face more competition and strive to achieve more with less, a failure in capability at any level of the workforce or key business area can severely impact organisational performance. And not a day goes by that MCI Solutions isn't asked by clients large and small to help with capability frameworks.
So, here's some of what we've learned about<|fim_middle|> usually see a minimum of three levels of differentiation ranging from foundational/beginner to intermediate and then highly advanced/expert, but we also see capability frameworks with four, five or more levels of differentiation.
The final step in building our sample sales capability framework, and easily the most time-consuming part, is to develop one- to three succinct sentences for each level that describe the skills and experience you would expect from a salesperson at the foundation level, the intermediate level and at the expert level.
From here you can now assess the selling capability you already have across the organisation – considering, if you can, your salesforce's structure, methodologies and management – identify any gaps, and move on to the next stage.
Every capability framework should be supported by a framework, or pathway, aimed at developing the growth of the role and the employee, now and into the future.
At MCI Solutions we build development frameworks using Education, Experience and Exposure opportunities. For example, a competency might be to "influence key stakeholders" so to build this competency, team members might undertake an influencing skills course (education), receive coaching from a peer or manager (exposure), or undertake engagement strategies for stakeholders on a project (experience).
In each case, we use common language to describe competencies in terms of observable behaviours and actions, both formal and informal, and where possible reflect the client organisation's unique culture, values and mission.
Organisational Development, or OD, is focused on combining the people skills we've been talking about with the organisation's systems, processes, structures and culture.
In the best of all OD worlds, these are interlinked, aligned to corporate priorities and outcomes, and are supported by unambiguous lines of accountability for both individual and collective performance.
Of course, there's much more capability frameworks. We've not yet mentioned the need to develop competencies by either job role, which is fairly clear-cut if your organisation has only a few generic job roles, or by level which allows an organisation to choose capabilities and related competencies based on the needs of many different roles.
The latter suits organisations that have many different roles and/or different levels of competency requirements for similar roles. For example, a sales associate in a small office might need more high-level skills than, say, a sales associate in a larger office where duties can be doled out to more senior sales team members.
Then there's the need train your managers on the capability framework and how to use it since they "own" it in a day-to-day operational sense.
Also, the never-ending process of communication, feedback and improvement, embedding the competencies and capabilities into the corporate culture, the growing popularity of competency frameworks and leadership competencies, and, well, you catch my drift.
And that is why, going back to our financial institution example, it's easy to see that if a blue-chip organisation doesn't have the internal resources required to design, communicate and implement capability frameworks, what hope is there for smaller L&D teams with fewer resources but with the same business imperatives? And why the need for qualified MCI Solutions professionals who live and breathe capability frameworks has never been greater.
So if you need help with the critical area of a capability framework for any or all areas of your organisation, call us on 1300 768 550, email us at info@mci.edu.au – or have a chat with the MCI Solutions Learning Team. | capability frameworks over the past three decades that might help you.
It's amazing how often these two terms are used interchangeably, yet they are two very different qualities.
At first glance the two terms seem alike, and a great many business, management and HR authors have used them interchangeably, but there are subtle differences in their literary meanings. Whereas capabilities implies "there's some space still left" that can be utilised to achieve a goal, competencies gives the feeling that something is "full of the capacity" to achieve that goal.
These shades of differences lie in the realm of the abstract, but in the real world an employee may be capable, but not yet competent.
If you'd like a great example of how competencies roll up to capability, check out this great scholarly article from Rand Afrikaans University's Department of Human Resource Management about what makes a Human Resource call centre tick.
I recently heard about a large player in Australia's financial sector that commissioned a leading management consultancy to prepare a capability framework for one of its divisions.
Now, that in itself is not unusual. Even the largest of corporations can lack the skills in their L&D teams, or the manpower, to map out the many interconnected behaviours needed in their business.
What is unusual is that a lot of money was paid for a framework that was, in a word, unusable. It contained too many capabilities and too many behaviours under each, instead of a few capabilities supported by even fewer competencies under each.
It was so unwieldy that the organisation needed to bring in a second consultancy, and spend yet more time and money, to render the framework in simple, plain-English terms that could be understood and applied by every team member.
As in many business endeavours, simple is best.
Starting with a clear understanding of your organisation's business strategy, consider the core capability areas required to be successful in a particular function, say for example, sales.
Responsive – They respond appropriately to different customer personalities and traits.
Each core capability can then be broken down further into specific competency requirements, and written in a way that are observable behaviours.
Structure and systems – Applies creative contractual terms and conditions.
The next stage is to consider how many levels of differentiation you would expect to find in your organisation's selling activity.
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KQDI-FM (106.1 MHz, "Q106") is a radio station broadcasting an active rock format. Licensed to Highwood, Montana, the station serves the Great Falls area. KQDI-FM is currently owned by STARadio Corporation.
History
The station went on the air as KARR-FM in 1964, changing to KOPR-FM on December 15 of that year. It was acquired in 1977 by Sun River Broadcasting, owner of KQDI (1450 AM), and became easy listening KOOZ.
In 1984, the station changed to Top 40/CHR under the name "K-106" and with new KQDI-FM call letters. The change was short-lived,<|fim_middle|> States
1964 establishments in Montana | as KOOZ-FM returned the next year.
On January 1, 1989, the easy listening format moved to AM, and KOOZ became KQDI-FM again with a classic rock format. The very first song played was Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll" (been a long time since I Rock and Rolled); the DJ was Great Falls' legendary Bob Pepper.
References
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ToC Critic's Pick: Brothers Osborne, '21 Summer' [Listen]
"21 Summer" is the song from Brothers Osborne's Pawn Shop album that stings. It's lead singer TJ Osborne at his most earnest. Seriously, if the girl slipping off those cutoff jeans isn't his own bittersweet summer memory, he should consider theater.
Lyrically, it's all chorus after a first verse that brushes a few colorful details on the canvas. The Osborne brothers wrote "21 Summer" with Craig Wiseman, and together the trio tell a relatable, accessible story by relying on all five senses. One almost smells the warm rain that's about to burst through dark<|fim_middle|> antitheses of several raw, garage-rock country songs on their debut, like "Rum" and the title track.
TJ Osborne carries the song, however. "21 Summer" is his most dynamic performance yet, and the first time one truly senses his vulnerabilities.
Listen to Brothers Osborne, "21 Summer"
Brothers Osborne, "21 Summer" Lyrics:
"Now and then I think about you now and then / When I see that Chevrolet, that certain shade of blue / I hear that song, the one we sang all summer long / And even though its been so long it brings me back / Right back to you."
"I hope you find the storm that you were chasing / I hope your eyes are still full of dreams / As they were that night when you slipped off those cut off jeans / When I hear the sound of high tide thunder / I can see your hair blowing in the breeze / I think about how you and that 21 summer made a man of me / Yeah you made a man of me."
"How you been I'd love to hear 'bout how you've been / You're the only broken heart I've ever had and love to have again."
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Like Keith Urban's "'Til Summer Comes Around," this new single from Pawn Shop takes a few listens to appreciate. While John Osborne's guitar work isn't featured as prominently on "21 Summer" as it was on "Stay a Little Longer," the arrangement is significant. At times Jay Joyce's production is almost orchestral — this song is the | 80 |
VV R&B Roundup: Drake, Rihanna, Chris Brown, Elle Varner and more!
If you're ever feeling like you're out of the loop in R&B, say no more. Check out our Vixen R&B Roundup made weekly, and especially for you. Spread the word<|fim_middle|> last night (March 29), too. Toni revealed that her marriage to her "wasband" (ex-husband) was just finalized after almost three years of being separated. Fear of how their kids would react to the news was supposedly the reason for the prolonging the act.
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Kelly Price, Luke James and Stacy Francis recently put their vocals down and their hoodies up for a Chaka Khan-pioneered musical track, "Fear Kills. Love Heals," dedicated to the late Trayvon Martin. The song is a re-cut of Chaka Khan's "Super Life" and includes Hollywood appearances by Angela Bassett, Eva Marcille, Loretta Devine, Boris Kodjoe, Rebecca/Terry Crews and more.
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If nobody else sees Olivia's potential, at least Sean Kingston does. After releasing the video for the "Walk Away" single she sang on VH1's Love & Hip-Hop, she's back. This time, on Kingston's newly released "Sun Don't Shine." Looks like 'Liv is still grinding. #Respect. We see you! Which reminds me: You know how Basketball Wives' Kenya Bell has been looking to break into the music industry? Well, she sort of got her shot. Guess who scored lead video girl in K'Jon's new music video for "Bad Gurl"? Yup.
And yaaas! to Elle Varner for releasing a new video for "Refill," the second single off her upcoming album, Perfectly Imperfect. Remember when music videos had storylines? This is it! In the story of a small-town girl with big city dreams, boy meets girl, they dine and dash, steal a car, sneak into a club, miss curfew and only exchange half of their phone numbers before the girl is rushed back to her small town. Perfectly cute.
On to the men of the week… Chris Brown's doing it all, huh? Singing, rapping (whoa there! *Big Sean voice*), producing and directing music videos! Plus, he dropped another single called "Sweet Love" from his upcoming album, Fortune. Did I mention his feature on DJ Khaled's "Take It to the Head," featuring Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross and Lil Wayne, dropped this week, too? #YouGoBoy!
Trey Songz is another jetsetting crooner. He debuted a video for "Sex Ain't Better Than Love" last week, and he's back this week with a new single titled "Heart Attack" off his upcoming album, Chapter V. It's quite a change from the usual sexy-time and party music. "It's important for me to keep my music urban and keep my music what I started it to be as 'cause it's not cool to be an R&B singer no more. That's not the thing to do if you want a hit and I think we as the gatekeepers we gotta make sure that we bring that music to the forefront," he said in an interview with The Breakfast Club.
Speaking of moods: Drake!
He wants to make an album with his "Take Care" co-star, Rihanna! He told UK's Capital FM, "I've always urged her to let me come and really work on an album for her, with her. I feel like I could do some great writing for her." With their chemistry, his writing and her Bajan rebel flare–That'd. Be. Dope! The two were actually spotted hanging out this week at Drake's Club Paradise concert. Rihanna had been in London promoting her debut acting role in the upcoming movie, Battleship, slated to hit theaters May 2012.
In her route to making a musical comeback, Toni Braxton released a video for her new single, "I Heart You." We get to see a more loose side of Toni, something her sisters encourage. The Braxton Family Values season 2 reunion premiered on WE tv | 803 |
California Fish and Game Commission Adopts New Striped Bass Policy for Delta
California Department of Fish and Wildlife Issues Incidental Take Permit for Long-Term Operations of the State Water Project
In late February 2020, the California Fish and Game Commission voted unanimously to adopt an amended striped bass policy for the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Striped bass are non-native species that have established a presence in the Delta beginning in the late 1800s. The new policy eliminates a specific population objective for striped bass, but also states a commitment to sustaining the striped bass fishery within the Delta.
Striped bass were introduced into the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta (Delta) in the late 1800s. Commercial fishing of striped bass was outlawed in 1935. Between the mid- 1970s and 1990s, populations of the non-native striped bass in the Delta plummeted from over 2 million fish (estimated) to less than 700,000. To improve the population, in 1981 the California Legislature established the Striped Bass Management Program. However, the program was eliminated in the early 2000s. According to a Senate Floor Analysis for a<|fim_middle|> bass population of 3 million was likely unrealistic given the current state of the Delta, and that pen-rearing and artificial propagation would likely be unsuccessful in light of past efforts using those methods, which were not successful in reversing fish declines. Moreover, pen-rearing is not a practice employed by the Department of Fish and Wildlife in inland waters. Nonetheless, stakeholders and the Commission agreed that activities designed to support striped bass, such as habitat improvement, controlling invasive aquatic vegetation, improving water quality, reducing striped bass loss, and monitoring populations of striped bass should be included in the policy.
Point of Disagreement—Numeric Target
The primary point of disagreement between the Commission and stakeholders was setting a numeric target for the striped bass population in the Delta. From the Commission's perspective, identifying a specific numeric target would not lead to a different result compared to striped bass population numbers over the past few decades, when a specific numeric target was in place. Instead, according to the Commission, the striped bass population in the Delta would depend on management actions aligned with policy-based guidelines, as well as third party and stakeholder relationships. Generally, the Commission adopted the view that many Department of Fish and Wildlife projects that help restore the Delta ecosystem also benefit striped bass, including by focusing on benefits to native species. Accordingly, given limited resources available to the Department of Fish and Wildlife, the Commission contended that resources should be devoted to native species, as opposed to restoring numerically defined striped bass populations in the Delta.
Fishing industry stakeholders advocated for specific numeric targets, typically around 1 million striped bass in the Delta. Many stakeholders contended that a specific numeric population figure would help make the Commission's policy concrete and measurable. Additionally, academic support was offered for maintaining striped bass populations in the Delta due to the bass' long-term presence in the Delta, despite its introduction as a non-native species. In particular, striped bass populations can be used to evaluate the health of the estuarine ecosystem of the Delta, because the bass spend each of their life stages within the Delta and typically parallel salmon and smelt population increases or declines. Nonetheless, the Commission adopted a policy that does not provide a specific population target, but does commit to maintaining the striped bass fishery in the Delta.
Without a specific numeric population figure for striped bass in the Delta, some stakeholders may believe the Commission's policy could lead to a decline in striped bass populations. At the same time, however, if the Commission is correct that general improvements to Delta ecosystems and habitat that benefit other species may also benefit the striped bass, the species could experience some level of stability or even increase. Only time will tell how the Commission's new striped bass policy will affect population numbers in the Delta. The Striped Bass Policy is available online at: https://fgc.ca.gov/About/Policies/Fisheries#StripedBass
(Miles B. H. Krieger, Steve Anderson) | pertinent bill from 2003:
"Striped bass populations have been steadily increasing. In fact, they have reached a point where predatory striped bass, an introduced species, are becoming a problem in recovering certain native species of fish." (Senate Floor Analysis, SB 692 (2003), p. 2.)
Indeed, trawl survey data indicate that striped bass populations have substantially increased in the last ten years, though they are still not near the abundance levels seen in the 1970s and prior years. Some estimates put the number of striped bass in the Delta at or below 300,000.
In 1996, the California Fish and Game Commission (Commission) adopted a striped bass policy that set a long-term population restoration goal of 3 million adult striped bass within the Delta. The Commission set a five to ten year goal of 1.1 million adults, reflective of the striped bass population in 1980. The Commission identified several means of achieving its population targets, including helping to maintain, restore, and improve habitat, pen-rearing fish salvaged from water project fish screens, and artificial propagation. Additionally, Commission regulations continued to provide for a take limit of two striped bass, with a general 18-inch length limit, unless an exception applies. (CCR, tit. 14, § 5.75.)
In 2016, the Commission received a regulation change petition from a local interest group called the Coalition for a Sustainable Delta, among others, requesting an increase in the bag limit and a reduction of the minimum size limit from striped bass in the Delta. According to the petition, the purpose of the regulatory change would be to reduce predation by striped bass, as well as black bass, on fish native to the Delta and listed as threatened or endangered under the federal or California Endangered Species Acts. These threatened or endangered species include winter-run and spring-run chinook salmon, Central Valley steelhead, and Delta smelt. Negative impacts on threatened or endangered species can, according to the petition, affect water deliveries from the Delta to local water users as well as water users elsewhere in the state.
Despite the petition later being withdrawn, the Commission requested that the Wildlife Resource Committee (WRC), operating within the Commission, begin reviewing the existing striped bass policy adopted in 1996. More broadly, an effort to review existing policy and to potentially adopt a new policy concerning fisheries management in the Delta has been in progress since 2017. Following public stakeholder meetings and discussions, including with representatives from the Coalition for a Sustainable Delta, an initial draft fisheries policy emerged that became the subject of stakeholder and Commission discussion leading up to the Commission adopting its newest striped bass policy.
Policy Options
In early 2020, the Commission held a meeting with the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and stakeholder groups representing fishing and water interests to discuss three striped bass policy options that were presented to the Commission in December 2019. The three options were comprised of two stakeholder options and one Commission staff option. According to the Commission, discussion focused primarily on whether a specific numeric population target for striped bass was appropriately included in a revised striped bass policy. Ultimately, the Commission voted unanimously to adopt an amended policy that did not include a specific numeric target, and instead aimed to "monitor and manage" the striped bass fishery in the Delta.
Points of Agreement
Prior to the Commission's adoption of the revised striped bass policy, the Commission and sport fishing industry stakeholders reached several points of agreement related to the importance of a striped bass fishery in the Delta. In particular, stakeholders and the Commission agreed that a new policy should include ensuring a robust recreational fishery or maintaining/increasing striped bass recreational angling opportunities. However, stakeholders and the Commission also agreed that the 1996 policy's objective of achieving a striped | 800 |
Before we talk about the recumbent exercise bikes lets use a common sense when it comes to health Being fit and losing those excess calories doesn't necessarily mean that you have to go to the gym regularly.
You just need to provide your body with the regular exercise it needs to keep you in shape or to lose those excess pounds. You can effectively do this through the help of bicycles (the best home gym equipment in my opinion) that are widely available on the market.
These workout machines will help you burn those calories without having the trouble of commuting to the nearest gym. You can easily use it at home whenever you feel like exercising or whenever you are free to do so.
With all the different bicycles out in the market today, you can't help but to feel confused about which one to pick. Of course we want the best bikes out there but sometimes the best bikes for your friend may not be the best one for you.
Our preferences and expectations about the different bikes out there all help us to choose one. With the help of the overview below, we may be able to finally choose the exercise bike that is perfect for ourselves.
Among those that are usually bought when you want to have your very own exercise machine.
One thing that you have to consider in buying bicycles is the comfort you get from it. Although recumbent bikes are more comfortable than the upright bike machines, it does not necessarily mean that they are not as useful as the later. The only difference is that they provide more support for your back so that you won't strain it.
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There is an mp3 port where you can connect your music player that contains your very own range of work out songs you have personally chosen.
Like its older sister, the Schwinn 240, it also comes in 16 preset levels, 8 workout programs and 6 course profiles to allow multiple users to use and adjust this model according to their preference.
You can now share this exercise machine with other family members or with your home buddy.
The fan and the water bottle holder attached to this unit will make you feel more comfortable while you burn those calories. It also has transport wheels so that you can easily move it from room to room without having to disassemble and reassemble it again.
This unit can even withstand a user who weighs 300 pounds.
With the stabilizers, you wouldn't fear of the trampling down on you when you use it.
Another highly rated exercise bike is the Stamina 4825 Magnetic Resistance, which has an average rating of 4.3 stars on Amazon.
One of the reasons many people love this one is because it low to the ground as compared to other models. This enables you to see the TV without any obstruction so that you can concentrate on what you are watching while you work out.
The resistance and workout intensity can be easily adjusted with the use of dial tension control that is found across the seat. There are 6 preset programs available for different workout intensities and the padded seat makes it very comfortable for you to last hours just sitting and exercising.
The machine just requires 2AA batteries to function and it is very quite that you can hear hardly anything coming from it when you exercise.
This can be your perfect companion in shedding away those unwanted pounds.
Track the time your speed, the time you spent, distance you covered and the calories you lose with the Exerpeutic 900XL Extended Capacity Recumbent Bike with Pulse.
It has monitor display to enable you to easily see the information you want to view. It can also show your heart rate, which it gets from pulse sensors found on the handrails. Now you do not need to attach anything on your chest just to determine your heart rate because you can simply hold the rail to record your heart rate.
The over sized and padded seat offers additional comfort and the 45 degree angle it makes also helps your legs, hips and feet to be more comfortable as well as aligned in the correct manner.
The ergonomic recumbent seat protects your back, neck, shoulders and neck from unnecessary pain that you usually feel when you use the upright bicycles.
If you need to put the bike in storage, you can easily do so with the help of the wheels attached to the unit. It only takes up a small space so you can keep it easily when not in use.
You can get the Schwinn A20 (2011) for only a couple hundred dollars and you can choose from 8 resistance levels in a single bicycle.
Like other recumbent bikes, it also has an ergonomic seat that can be adjusted to fit you comfortably.
The main feature it has to offer is the computer controlled eddy current resistance system that is powered by batteries. This system makes it possible for you to customize your own workout through the different workout programs available.
The LCD display shows you a variety of information such as the RPM, distance, speed, pulse, time, resistance level, calories and course profile to help you determine your progress.
It is the lightest of the Schwinn bikes, weighing only 60 lbs, but it is able to accommodate a user with up to 275 lbs of weight. To add to the stability of the unit, they also included over sized stabilizers.
Stamina 15-0200 InTone Folding Recumbent Bike is the smallest bicycle from the list and it has a dimension that measures 40 x 21 x 45 inches. Furthermore, this unit can easily be folded so that you can store it once it is not in use.
This is perfect not only for your home but also for those who live in apartments where space is minimal.
It is made up of a sturdy steel frame, which provides the durability and foam pads, which provide comfort while you use it. The footpads are also slide-resistant to make sure that you don't accidentally fall off during your workout.
Through this bicycle, you still get the increase in the metabolism you need without having to strain your lower back, buttocks, thighs and hips. The increase in the metabolism it brings is enough for you to burn the calories and excess fat in your body.
One of the bicycles that offers the best warranty is the Nautilus R514c (2013). It gives you a 10 year warranty on the frame and 2 years warranty on the other parts.
It has 2 programmable user profiles so that you can customize your own course but you can also use the 7 profile courses that are already recorded in the device. You can easily monitor your progress by viewing the information on the LCD screen.
It has a 300 pound weight capacity and it conveniently supports your back with the ergonomic seat installed in the unit. You can also use the basket located under the seat to place your magazines, towels or water bottle to keep you entertained, clean and hydrated throughout your workout period.
Second to the last on the list is the Schwinn 230 Recumbent Bike that offers 16 resistant levels with 6 preset programs to help you get in shape in time for the summer or a weekend getaway. You can also edit the recorded calorie goal so that you can see the improvement.
One of the things it is most proud of is the dual position lumbar support it gives to the user as well as the adjustable seat slider that helps users of various shapes and sizes to comfortably use the machine.
Added in this machine are the water bottle holder, transport wheels, reading rack as well as the oversized deluxe pads that helps your foot stay in place. More comprehensive review can be found here.
Lastly, we have the Phoenix 99608 Magnetic Recumbent that runs with through the ultra-quiet magnetic resistance system. This machine offers you 8 resistance levels that can be easily adjusted with the use of the adjustment dial, which is adjusted manually.
Added stability to keep your foot on the pedal is achieved by adding foot straps to each of the pedals. This is the only Phoenix brand included in the list and it is perfect for those who are just starting to use the bicycles who want to be in better shapes than what they are now.
The large screen allows you to see the speed, distance, time and calories you burned through your session and it can take up to 250 pounds of weight. Those who are new to bikes will find that this product is easy to assemble (also relatively small bicycle) and that you don't have to disturb others while you workout because you can use it in silence. | also perfect for those who are injured or aged who still need to exercise their body, specifically their limbs. This reclining position is ergonomic and many have already felt the difference it offers from riding one.
Products listed below are only a few of the many models out there but those included in this list are those that we feel are most likely best for you to check out because of the high ratings and reviews that they have already received. Let us take a closer look at those included in the list and review them one by one.
The first one on the list is the Marcy Recumbent Mag Cycle.
This model gives you 8 levels of preset resistance so that it can meet your needs even if you are just a beginner or someone who has dealt with this kind of exercise machine before.
There is also a tension-tightening knob that can be adjusted to make it more challenging or easier for whoever is going to use it at home. With the console display, you can see how many calories you burn throughout your workout.
Athletes who want to improve on their cycling can also use the speed tracking mechanism of this machine to improve their speed and their current record.
This bike's recumbent seat is also perfect for those who are recovering from previous injury and also for those who do not feel comfortable in using traditional seats.
The foot straps and counterbalanced pedals will also be helpful in keeping your feet on the pedal at all times even if you already feel tired because of the exercise.
Another recumbent bike on the market is the Schwinn 250. This is built with 16 resistance levels and you will always feel comfortable sitting at the padded ergonomic seat.
The seat is adjustable so it can comfortable allow anyone of any height to comfortably use it and the lumbar support found on this chair will also prevent further damage to your spine as you work out. This is one of the reasons why it is so popular among people who have back problems.
With the help of the heart rate monitor, you will be able to know when to slow down or speed up to keep your heart rate at a steady pace to burn those calories.
Aside from monitoring your heart rate, the Schwinn Advantage workout tracking will also help you set your fitness goals and achieve them.
You can enjoy working out while you read your favourite magazine and the magazine storage rack under your seat gives you an easy access to the magazines you love while you are already starting with your workout.
If budget is not a problem, you should think of getting this one because it is priced at just around $500-600. It also comes with a 5-year warranty for the frame and 1-year warranty for the electronics and other parts.
People who love music when they exercise will surely love the Schwinn 220 (2012 Model). This has built in speakers so that you can jive to your music | 584 |
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Congress enacted the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) in 1935 to protect the rights of employees and employers, to encourage collective bargaining, and to limit certain labor and management practices that can harm the general welfare of workers, businesses, and the U.S. economy. Although a good portion of the NLRA deals with unionization, Section 7 provides protections for all non-supervisory employees, even those not involved with a union.
Specifically, Section 7 defines and protects concerted activity<|fim_middle|> | by employees. Generally, protected concerted activity takes place when employees act as a group (i.e., in concert) for their mutual aid or protection. That said, it's easy for an individual employee to gain protection under the Act if they are discussing the terms and conditions of their employment either physically around co-workers or in the same virtual space (e.g., Facebook). The terms and conditions of one's employment are just as broad as they sound; they include pay, benefits, treatment by management, dress codes, workplace policies, scheduling, and more.
The most common mistake employers make in violation of Section 7 is placing restrictions on discussions of wages. If you have policies or practices that explicitly or implicitly forbid employees from talking about how much they are paid, those should be eliminated immediately. | 158 |
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― March of Crows
I recently had my web site rebuilt. Tracey joined us for our anniversary sale and began shooting. What I found most interesting was, we barely noticed the camera. I thought a handful of photos had been taken. Tracey asked me to pose for one shot and that was all. Two days later I received an email. She took over 70 pictures on the day. If my site was dedicated to having fun at a record store I could have used every last one. Instead my designer and I picked about a dozen to use. Tracey'photos took the site to the next level. Tracey has a knack for cap
turing people in natural emotional states. That day, she captured the joy and vibe of my shop. Tracey's hard work and attention to detail have made my hard work and love of my business pay off that much more. We will work together again." -Darren Revilla, owner, Revilla Grooves and Gear
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"I worked with Tracey to shoot the photography of my invitation designs for my website and was totally pleased with the result. Working together was a great experience. Tracey took into account the overall look that I was designing for my website and produced shots that really let the work shine. Tracey's concern for my satisfaction, and her dedication to her craft made me confident that I was making a smart investment. I have a collection of shots now that I can use online and in print to promote and build my brand!" – Suzy Morais, graphic designer, www.suzymorais.com
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"After 5 years of hiring Tracey year after year for photo shoots, I hired her as Director of Creative Media to create meaningful branded content for my company "Boys Dance Too". Our most recent project, a short promo for white tights received over 3,500 views as a FaceBook post and about 1000 via Youtube at the time of this writing. As a result, those tights are the fastest selling new release since the launch of our company 6 years ago. Tracey has worked closely with me and my team to articulate our mission through photography, copy and videography. She is an extremely talented videographer and photographer, in addition to writing excellent copy for our blog. In creating successful content that speaks to our customer base, the process is very collaborative, and Tracey helps us bring our vision to life. Her turn around is quick and she is committed to the success of our company, which is reflected in her work. " -Micheal Colucci, owner | 741 |
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As with the wardrobe of the perfect gentleman, the same sentiment applies to the SR Home Collection – handmade crystalware and cutlery, porcelain with platinum and gold finishes, bespoke furnishings and fragrances made of essences selected through purity. Fabrics for estates, home accessories from the Antico Setificio Fiorentino, which has been open uninterrupted since 1786 and has furnished noble palaces, royal homes, museums, penthouses in contemporary metropolises, and the most exclusive yachts... Welcome to the world of Stefano Ricci! | , light as clouds; their measured proportions following the lines of the body, with strong and masculine aspects. That's the Stefano Ricci man!
The focus is on creating a collector's wardrobe, with outfits that recount a personal story created within a culture of elegance, with an attention to detail, absorption in materials and colours. It is this sense of style that makes Stefano Ricci a summa of tailoring and tradition – the philosophy of the company founded in 1972 by my father.
This season, the suave gentleman sports a classic look enriched with luxury jeans and comfortable sneakers, aligned for daily city life as well as relaxing moments. The colours are sober and classic, so that they can also be worn with an outfit broken by an English jacket — tasteful for the countryside — above a turtleneck sweater in tune with the colour of undergrowth. Bags and backpacks are the companions of everyday life, between business and leisure, similar to lace-up shoes that are hand-brushed in a warm palette. The overcoat, a symbol of fine dressing, is found in precious and lightweight fabric with sable lapels. Flashes of excellence are found in sophisticated knitwear — mocknecks and zip cardigans with leather and fur. In the evening, elegance abounds, with attention to splendour that does not dazzle but conquers, with the impeccable touch of an heirloom tuxedo. This is our collection — homage to Frederick Stibbert, a lover of art who transformed his villa into a house-museum in the early 1900s.
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This is why we took 20 years to open a monobrand boutique, choosing the Far East as a starting point. We opened our first boutique in Shanghai, in 1993. Now, we have 56 boutiques worldwide. All, designed by my father, include Californian briar-root wood, travertine marble or pietra serena. There is a perpetual search for techniques and finishes that we know will combine manual tradition with modern technology. Yet, we never sacrifice the pleasure of a precise hand-sewn double row of stitching. We don't sell a style, but an emotion. This is for the man who already has everything and only buys for personal pleasure. We dress heads of state, business leaders, celebrities and clients who love quality. But we do not follow trends. However, we often anticipate them. This happened with plissé ties, a return to double breasted suits, silk shirts and pekan fur collars. There is also now a hue that the world calls Blu Ricci. But, it is our productive capacity that is sought after with growing interest by the number-ones | 912 |
The Re-invention of the Set-top Box
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Trevor Warner - trevor@warnerconsulting.com
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Technology can be a wonderful thing. While the argument might be made that it doesn't improve our lives it certainly is making the hotel room more efficient. Specifically in the media solution we went from bigger and bigger bulky tube TVs with wires and boxes hanging all over to advance to PriDiom installations with programmable TVs that use only one wire, a beautiful HD picture and a clean, simple appearance.
But now it appears the trend is reversing and the set-top box is making a come back. How has technology failed us and why do we seem to be reverting? The appearance may be the exact opposite of the reality. Technology is advancing the set-top box to a new level. The three primary drivers for the reinvention of the set-top box are technology, cost of ownership and flexibility.
"Consider it now a computing device in the room centrally managing multiple products and services," said Ken Barnes, VP of IT for White Lodging. While the original set-top box was used as a method to deliver media the current set-top box can control products such as wired and wireless Internet, climate controls, door locks, sensors in the room and of course, media to the TV. A single set-top box can contain the standard wireless connections Bluetooth, 802.11x, Zigbee, and RFID (and wired connectivity) providing multiple vendors options for connecting into the broader network. Integrators can now offer multiple services, multiple products and multiple ways to connect to the network. Another important step is the ability to use coaxial as the back haul for the network versus traditional Ethernet (Cat6 and Cat5). Not all hotels have an Ethernet environment but every hotel has coaxial. This technology, which is deployed in Europe, is coming to America.
Vice President of IT for Magnolia Hotels Jeffery Parker said, "Going back to a control box, either set top or hidden behind the TV, gives us the flexibility to select from many different providers and solutions." Flexibility breeds competition and keeps the hotel in a position to always meet guest needs. The set-top box is also the lowest cost piece of equipment in this configuration. "Replacing the set-top box to upgrade, change or repair becomes a cost effective option in this environment even when you are within an agreement with a provider," Barnes said.
The new set-top box brings efficiency through a controller-based environment. In simpler terms, the brain resides in a single-network device in the network room resulting in a TV that is nothing more than a monitor and a set-top box that becomes a conduit for the data to be routed. This configuration has many positives both short and long term. For the owner it's a lower cost of ownership. For operations it is less labor distracted on technical issues. For the guest, it<|fim_middle|>Guest Internet
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03/01/2010 - The HD Effect | 's speed to resolution. In a PriDiom environment each TV must be programmed for the initial install, channel line up changes, loss of power during a storm, or other maintenance issues that arise in a PriDiom television environment. The anticipation for PriDiom was great, but when it arrived we were not ready for the complexity that it brought. PriDiom is a programmed environment which requires onsite skill and equipment. Unlike PriDiom, the set-top box does not require onsite expertise and equipment which can greatly increase uptime and speed to resolution when a problem occurs. By simply replacing the set-top box with a spare, all the technology work can be completed remotely.
The upfront cost is an easier baseline to compare than ongoing maintenance but both are important financial pieces. Barnes said, "The initial expense needs to be at least cost neutral and we are seeing that or better in the industry finally."
In the past, the technology was still maturing so the pieces needed to put together this configuration outweighed the potential benefit. With the brands pushing hard to implement HD and the maturity of the technology, those numbers have changed. "Many of these boxes will do IP TV over COAX (or Ethernet), have wireless (Zigbee,Wi-Fi or both) connectivity for in-room automation and come at a price point that is often less than the difference in a PriDiom set versus a standard unit," Parker said. More options for the same money or less always sounds good.
While the set-top box could cost approximately $250 per room, a PriDiom television can cost three times more and it requires on-site expertise to troubleshoot and repair. Many times hotels have to carry spare TVs and the equipment to program the new television. A set-top box is plug and play which allows for lower labor time and cost in addition to a greatly increased speed to resolution for the guest.
The improved design and the reduced size of a set-top box has changed minds as well. As mentioned earlier the set-top box was an eye sore with multiple wires going in multiple directions. While the new set-top box is not integrated into the TV, it is much smaller and can be hidden behind the TV or with the design of the room. It is also developed to rely more on wireless and less on wires so it's much less of an octopus than its predecessor. In our modern hotel room that is designed to have clean lines and a high quality feel the box doesn't detract from the ambiance.
Like any technology it's still improving but ultimately cost is still the factor. The technology has not reached the point of a black and red ROI. While the coaxial distribution technology makes it more universal in appeal, limited service properties with older in-room technology may not have the buying power or capability to take advantage of all the features that a new build full-service hotel may be able to do. However, this is clearly the direction the technology is heading. At some point the set-top box may be integrated into the TV (similar to the idea behind PrCentric). For now, it's a set-top box—again.
Trevor Warner is the president of Warner Consulting Group and can be reached at trevor@warnerconsulting.com.
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I read this book in 5th grade and loved it! Set in the Midwestern United States during the late 19th century, Jacob Witting, a widowed farmer who is still saddened by the death of his wife during childbirth several years earlier, finds that taking care of his farm and two children, Anna and Caleb, is too difficult to handle alone. He writes an ad in the newspaper for a bride. Sarah Wheaton, from Maine, answers his ad and travels out to become his wife. The Lexile level is 560L. I would use this in a 4th or 5th grade classroom. I would use this in writing centers and have students write a letter to Sarah from the<|fim_middle|> words. Students can then read their writings aloud to partners, and partners will attempt to draw the objects or places based on the author's carefully chosen words. This lesson focuses on word choice and sentence fluency. | point of view from Anna and Caleb. Since Sarah, Plain and Tall is so descriptive of nature, another writing activity is to have the students paint a verbal picture of an object or place in nature, using carefully chosen adjectives, especially color and texture | 50 |
"So very beautiful with amazing eyes "
"A kindly turn of speech attracts new friends, a courteous tongue invites many friendly response. Let your acquaintances be many, but for advisors choose one out of a thousand. If you want to make a friend, take him on trial, and do not be in a hurry to trust him;for one kind of friend is so only when it suits him but will not stand by you in your day of trouble. Another kind of friend will fall out with you and to your dismay make your quarrel public, and a third kind of friend will share your table, but not stand by you in your day of trouble: when you<|fim_middle|> too can be the elixir of life and make your life better for being her friend and sharing great love. Thank you." | are doing well he will be your second self, ordering your servants about; but, if disaster befalls you, he will recoil from you nd keep out of your way. Keep well clear of your enemies, and be wary of your friends. A loyal friend is a powerful defense: whoeer finds one has indeed found a treasure. A loyal friend is something beyond price, there is no measuring his worth. A loyal friend is the elixir of life, and those who fear the Lord will find one. Whoever fears the Lord makes true friends, for as a person is so is his friend too. For in Mia Cameron we have found a loyal friend. Her love is an elixer for life. For with her kisses she is able to make all things better. for Mia is a true friend that is a treasure that is beyond price. I do pray that you too can find in Mia such a blessed lady and loyal friend as I have. For with her wonderful soul, loving heart, and beautiful body, she is able to make all of life better. Mia is by far the best in her private room. Please take the time to be in private with Mia so she | 237 |
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Army Plans 500 MW of Solar Power at Fort Irwin by 2022
Mat McDermott
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Last October, the US Army announced that it would be developing a 500 MW solar thermal power plant at Fort Irwin, California. At the time details as to who would be developing the project and when it might come online were lacking, but we now have more details on that (via Greentech Media):The big twist at this stage is that this won't be one single power plant but a series of solar power projects spread out on 14,000 acres of land, employing both photovoltaic and solar thermal technology.
Construction Not to Begin Until 2011
To develop these projects the Army has tapped Clark Energy Group and Acciona Solar Power. Total cost for the projects -- which it should be stressed are still really in the planning stages -- is expected to be on the order of $2 billion. Construction isn't expected to begin until 2011 and not be completed until 2022.
Power generated by the projects will be used both by the base and sold to the private-sector.
via: Greentech Media
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Rye Golf Club
Campbell, Sir Guy
Arnold, Frank
2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18
NCG Rank:
43/100 in GB&I
Golf.com Rank:
67/100 in the World
There are no tee times at Rye Golf Club - just an invitation at the Secretary's discretion.
Not only is it one of England's best links, but it also tops many of the lists in the United Kingdom and even the world!
Tom Simpson regarded 13, The Sea Hole, as one the very best blind two-shot holes in the game.
Tom Doak recommends golf architecture students pay special attention to the routing.
From 1899, the Oxford and Cambridge Golfing Society began playing their home matches at Rye. This relationship continues strong today. The biggest event in the Society's calendar is the President's Putter.
Bernard Darwin wrote of the links: "A narrow strip of admirable golfing country with a range of sandhill running down the middle and a road and a fence running down one side. That road is a great source of exasperation... but it has largely been the making of the course. It is constantly playing a more or less subtle part, and the merits of rye are subtle rather than obvious." His armchair can be found today in the clubhouse.
Independent Reviews of Rye GC
Sean Arble's tour of the course can be found here
Read Golf Club Atlas' review here
Jaeger Kovich contributed an analysis of the 7th hole to The Fried Egg
Rye Golf Club is built on the only dunes system in East Sussex on England's south coast. In 1893, it was decided that Camber sandhills would be ideal for a links. A course was laid out and opened for play in 1894. However, it was in 1895 that Harry Colt designed 18 holes which would become the permanent course. In 1907, Colt lengthened the course making use of the 'new' land made available by the receding sea.
Rye Golf Club & WW1
Despite its location on the South coast of England and heavy fighting taking place just across the Channel, Rye Golf Club was relatively unaffected by WW1. In 1925, Harry Colt was called in to consult on the road boundary. The club then consulted James Braid. Both proposals were ultimately rejected. In 1932, Tom Simpson was called in and completed work. By 1932<|fim_middle|> and therefore all players, regardless of format, are expected to play their part in ensuring there is adequate time for those lunching and playing again in the afternoon. Calling other, faster groups through is encouraged at Rye, and there should be no reluctance to do so to ensure that everyone travels at the speed they wish without inconveniencing anyone on the links." This alone should put it on the top of your must-play list. It says so much with so little about the club and course.
While Rye Golf Club is a private members club and traditional values are held in high regard. Despite this, visitors are more than welcome at the discretion of the Secretary if an approach is made in the right way.
www.ryegolfclub.co.uk
East Sussex, TN31 7QS, England
Sea Gem | , a redesign of the course was undertaken by Tom Simpson. In 1938, more major alterations were made by Sir Guy Campbell.
RGC & WW2
Despite the fortuitous near-miss of WW1, the club would not remain unscathed during WW2. Despite the clubhouse taking the brunt of the hit, the course would be affected too. The front nine accommodated anti-invasion defences with eight of nine holes on the back remaining open for play. Despite this, the 1938 course remains largely intact with the exception of gravel excavations alongside the right of the 11th and a new green surround on the 17th in 2010.
The Rye Golf Club website reads: "Speed of play is a very important aspect of golf at Rye, largely because a foursome, to be enjoyable, needs to play 18 holes at a very good pace, | 193 |
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