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Lord Hunt said: "The West Midlands is already taking on the challenge of climate change. Its low carbon sector accounts for some £8.4 billion of the region's economy, comprising 4,179 companies with around 74,000 employees."
He added that as the UK advances as a powerful manufacturer in the green sector the West Midlands will play a key role.
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Potterspury Parish Council has 13 elected or co-opted members. The Parish Clerk is a part-time paid employee, but the councillors are unpaid volunteers. The council manages public amenities on behalf of the village, notably street lighting, grass mowing, allotments, play areas, public seats and footpaths, and the dog-fouling bins.
The council’s duties are defined by law and it obtains its funds by setting a yearly precept to be included within the council tax collected by South Northamptonshire District Council.
If you would like to consider standing as a parish councillor, please contact the Clerk.
Working groups and committees for 2017-18 can be seen here.
The Parish Council meets in the Village Hall at 7.30 pm on the second Wednesday of every month. The Agenda and Minutes of each meeting are posted on the notice board next to the Post Office and are published on this website.
Members of the public are welcome to attend meetings, and to participate during the Open Forum period.
All communications should be via our Clerk, Mrs Jane Spence. Email clerk@potterspurypc.org.uk.Click here to see the Register of Councillors’ Interests on the South Northamptonshire website.
It presents a confused picture. Most people have an abiding sense of good manners or propriety towards the dead and hesitate to abuse or ill-treat a dead body. We don’t even like to speak ill of the dead. But these men are the enemy. You’ve just been doing all you can to hate them, harm them or kill them. What manner of man could instantly turn about and respect the enemy? It would take time.
How strange that neither the men’s officers nor the society they live in can acknowledge the need for hatred, imagine other outlets for it, nor tolerate a failure to switch the hatred off after the mission. But that must be so very hard. I would go so far as to say it requires a level of self-control most people can neither imagine nor summon. They hold the soldiers who do their dirty work to higher standards than themselves.
Urinating on the enemy while alive would have been disrespectful yet would have done no harm. But after death, it becomes irrelevant. In India, during a cremation, if the body slides off the fire, the relatives push it back again with pokers, though nobody would have dared push the deceased around like that while alive for fear of giving offence.
However, it has become more offensive to show disrespect to the empty corpses of those we hate than to kill them in the first place. Even though after death the person is absent and no insult is possible.
What precious principle have these soldiers breached that might deserve a criminal prosecution? They’ve earned a stern rebuke, certainly, for a sickening breach of etiquette, but it’s hardly a crime.
Peeing on your enemy is hardly equivalent to, say, spying on your enemy—now there’s a crime you can get killed for.
Celts (my ancestry), Maori and many others I’m sure, prized severed heads as trophies (today’s badges for the MacNabs, Menzies and Muirs all feature severed heads), often impaling them high up on stakes around a fort for prominent display.
Makes peeing on them that much more difficult.
Many people who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness prefer to spend their last days, weeks or months at home. Everyone facing life-threatening illness will need some degree of supportive care in addition to treatment for their condition. In some cases this could involve 24 hour care, which inevitably also places a huge strain on the carer, who could be a family member or friend.
For the patient and the carer, there are several support networks to provide essential practical and emotional help.
On the pages below you can find out more about the health services available, practical help at home and support for carers.
Or you can call us on 0800 634 9494 for more information on the support options available.
Send Alcohol Gifts and Hampers with their favorite drink to Angola for your friends, family or customers and business partner. With us you can bypass hassle of dealing with International Customs when shipping a gift basket to Angola using a postal service.
Your colleagues, friends, family, and clients in Angola have a slew of holidays where Spirits are often part of the celebration. New Year’s, Christmas, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Birthdays, and Anniversaries are often toasted with a glass of wine or something stronger. Your loved ones in Angola probably also have other unique holidays special to them, like birthdays, graduations, and business milestones. We’ll help you select the best gift for a personal touch. Whatever the occasion, when you’re ready to celebrate with your Angola friends from far away.
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As you prepare to send alcohol gifts to people in other companies in Angola, it is important to keep in mind that there can be corporate policies about what gifts can be accepted. Often there is a restriction the value of any gift that can be accepted (shipping costs are usually not included in the total price), they also often won’t let employees accept alcohol gifts in the office. It is a good idea to check into these rules before ordering your beer, wine, and liquor gifts to Angola. In Angola, the winter holidays – Christmas and New Year – are the most popular times to send corporate gifts with wine or liquor. There are also personal moments that stand out as a reason to send gifts to your clients and business associates, such as birthdays, hiring anniversaries, toasting a new or successful partnership, or retirement. The most popular gifts for any occasion include a fine Single Malt Scotch, a well-aged wine, a wine & gourmet basket, champagne gifts, or shareable drink baskets for the whole office.
When to Send Christmas Gifts to Angola?
Planning your Christmas Gifts to Angola can be overwhelming, but it shouldn’t be. In Angola, most people understand that Christmas is the busiest time of the year. Often people only have Christmas Day and New Year’s Day off from work, so they understand if a gift has to come early or late. In fact, doing either of these things can help them spread out their holiday cheer.
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According the US News, the average incoming college student will take cost into consideration when school shopping. While some may believe that a higher price means a better education, that simply isn’t always the case. The following highly respected schools have all been placed on the 2014 Best Value Schools list for offering excellent academics along with consumer friendliness.
Just outside of Los Angeles, Caltech was founded in 1891 and boasts alumni such as Nobel laureates Vernon Smith and Douglas D. Osheroff along with Intel founder Gordon Moore and Former US Senator and Astronaut Harrison Schmitt. 52% of students here receive needs-based grants meaning the average 4-year tuition is approximately $21,500.
Attracting scholars from 122 countries, Cornell University is considered one of America’s premiere Ivy League Research Centers. And with an average degree costing just over $21,000 after grants and scholarships are accounted for, it’s one of the most affordable schools in the nation for those who can keep up with the curriculum.
MIT is comprised of 32 academic departments and maintains a focus on engineering, science, and technology education and research. The university is considered one of the most selective, with an acceptance rate of just 7.73% on average. However, with a degree program that costs just under $20,000, those who are admitted save tens of thousands of dollars over similarly ranked schools.
Known for both its academic and athletic programs, Dartmouth was founded in 1769. Students today continue to uphold most of the school’s traditions. This liberal arts institute’s name is impossible to ignore on a resume which makes its cost of $21,587 per four-year degree a no-brainer for college-bound teens willing to relocate to its rural campus is Hanover, New Hampshire.
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Posted on Wed, Mar 14, 2012 : 8:40 a.m.
A Manchester woman’s selfless gift could help extend the life of a co-worker’s husband, WXYZ reports.
Lisa Moutinho, an administrator at the Washtenaw County District Court in Ypsilanti, is giving one of her kidneys to Michael Brunson, who’s been on dialysis for five years, the station reported.
The surgeries are scheduled for Wednesday at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
Thu, Mar 15, 2012 : 3:28 p.m.
My daughter has lived 37 years with one kidney. No problems all these years. Not even a kidney infecion. Congratulations to Lisa for her generosity and good future health to Michael!!!
Wed, Mar 14, 2012 : 6:03 p.m.
I've known Lisa for many years and this doesn't surprise me in the least. Yeah Lisa!
Wed, Mar 14, 2012 : 3:15 p.m.
This is certainly an amazing gift. Usually it is a relative who does this. But, if something happens to her one-good kidney, then what? She also has 3 children.
Thu, Mar 15, 2012 : 1:41 a.m.
The fear you express in this question is one many people have. Part of the reason that I hear people asking this question is that folks are really unaware of basic biology. It's really uncommon for something to happen to "one" kidney. The most likely thing to have happen to one kidney, is to be born without it. Donating doesn't have a mathematically significant impact upon the donor.
Wed, Mar 14, 2012 : 5:20 p.m.
Harry, I am an organ donor but maybe some people have religious objections? I just hope that people will consider doing it.
Wed, Mar 14, 2012 : 3:51 p.m.
Hopefully there are people who are as generous as she is. One thing I will never understand. Why isn't every person in america an organ donor. Your dead why would you want to be buried with your organs?
Wed, Mar 14, 2012 : 2:29 p.m.
Now here is a hero. Its not her job. She's not getting paid. We seem to throw around that word a lot these days.
Wed, Mar 14, 2012 : 2:27 p.m.
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Background: For the study of gestational diabetes mellitus one of the types of diabetes mellitus a refined model is developed by considering different parameters which plays an important role in the field of gestational diabetes mellitus. Motherhood and a journey of having a child is a blessing of God and a significant occasion for every woman. This disease is associated with the pregnant women and now a day either its global or Indian scenario it is increasing and becoming a risk for women as well for fetus. It sometimes does not go with pregnancy but its effects can be seen afterwards. Many patents have been granted and filed in past two decades related to gestational diabetes mellitus.
Method: A differential equations based model of different parameters are taken into account for gestational diabetes i.e. glucose concentration, insulin concentration, placental volume, beta-cell mass and haemoglobin alc. Further in this work the stability of model is discussed by routh-hurwitz stability criterion.
Results: Different parameters are taken into account for gestational diabetes i.e. glucose concentration, insulin concentration, placental volume, beta-cell mass and haemoglobin alc. Further in this chapter the stability of model is discussed by routh-hurwitz stability criterion. MATlab simulation is used for graphical representation.
Conclusion: In this work, different parameters associated with diabetes mellitus has been taken into consideration for the mathematical model which shows the effects on glucose level and thus helpful in understanding the role of these parameters in the diabetes. In future by understanding the role of these parameters necessary action can be taken as precautions to avoid/treat gestational diabetes mellitus.
Haemoglobin A1c, β-cell mass, placental volume, Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM), Routh-Hurwitz (RH) stability criterion, equations based model.
Artist rendering of Jason-3 satellite over the Amazon.
The Jason-3 oceanographic satellite is planned to launch on Sunday 17th January from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, aboard the Space-X Falcon 9 rocket. Named after the Greek hero Jason, of the Argonauts fame, Jason-3 is actually the fourth in a series of joint US-European missions to measure ocean surface height. The series began with the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite launched in 1992, followed by Jason-1 and Jason-2 which were launched in 2001 and 2008 respectively.
Jason-3 should provide a global map of sea surface height every ten days, which will be invaluable to scientists investigating circulation patterns and climate change.
The primary instrument is the Poseidon-3B radar altimeter, which will measure the time it takes an emitted radar pulse to bounce off the ocean’s surface and return to the satellite’s sensor. Pulses will be emitted at two frequencies: 13.6 GHz in the Ku band and 5.3 GHz in the C band. These bands are used in combination due to atmospheric sensitivity, as the difference between the two frequencies helps to provide estimates of the ionospheric delay caused by the charged particles in the upper atmosphere that can time delay the return.
Once the satellite has received the signal reflected back, it will be able to use its other internal location focussed instruments to provide a highly accurate measurement of sea surface height. Initially the satellite will be able to determine heights to within 3.3cm, although the long-term goal is to reduce this accuracy down to 2.5cm. In addition, the strength and shape of the return signal also allows the determination of wave height and wind speed which are used in ocean models to calculate the speed and direction of ocean currents together the amount and location of heat stored in the ocean.
In addition, Jason-3 carries an Advanced Microwave radiometer (AMR) which measures altimeter signal path delay due to tropospheric water vapour.
DORIS (Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite) – Uses a ground network of 60 orbitography beacons around the globe to derive the satellite’s speed and therefore allowing it’s precise position in orbit to be determined to within three centimetres.
Laser Retroreflector Array (LRA) – An array of mirrors that provide a target for laser tracking measurements from the ground. By analysing the round-trip time of the laser beam, the satellite’s location can be determined.
Global Positioning System – Using triangulation from three GPS satellites the satellites exact position can be determined.
The importance of extending the twenty-year time series of sea surface measurements cannot be underestimated, given the huge influence the ocean has on our atmosphere, weather and climate change. For example, increasing our knowledge of the variations in ocean temperature in the Pacific Ocean that result in the El Niño effect – which have caused coral bleaching, droughts, wet weather and movements in the jet stream in 2015, and are expected to continue into this year – will be hugely beneficial.
This type of understanding is what Jason-3 is setting sail to discover.
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The benefits of Industry 4.0 may add between US$28.5 billion and $62.1 billion to Việt Nam’s gross domestic product (GDP) by 2030, according to a report by the Central Institute for Economic Management (CIEM).
The report was presented at CIEM’s conference held in Hà Nội on Tuesday to discuss international experiences and recommendations for Việt Nam in developing a national Industry 4.0 strategy.
Studying different scenarios in which Việt Nam implements only economic reforms or implements both economic reforms and an Industry 4.0 strategy, CIEM found that Industry 4.0 would increase GDP growth by 7 per cent in the worst-case scenario and even 16 per cent per year in the best-case scenario annually by 2030.
In addition, GDP per capita would increase by $315-640 by 2030, thanks to improvements in labour productivity and employment, according to CIEM.
Nguyễn Đình Cung, CIEM’s director, said that Việt Nam had a national goal of industrialisation and renovating its growth model, adding that science and technology were the most important factors for economic growth.
Đặng Quang Vinh, deputy head of CIEM’s Business Environment and Competitiveness Department, said that new industries emerging from Industry 4.0 would be the major drivers for growth in Việt Nam, changing and enhancing the competitiveness of other industries, such as manufacturing and processing, trade, retail, agriculture, finance and banking, and insurance.
However, a majority of firms in Việt Nam were small and medium sized enterprises and did not devote adequate attention to the application of new technologies, Vinh said. The State had a tight budget, and financing was often difficult to access, he added.

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