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Since my letter to you of the 22nd of October, triplicate of which I enclose, the plan, the object, and the probable effect of the intended expedition to the Southern Provinces, have been maturely considered, and the King has thought fit that the force should be augmented by an addition of the Twenty-Eighth, and Forty-sixth Regiments; so that the whole will consist of seven Regiments. It has been found, upon examination, that Cape Fear River will not admit ships of a large draught of water, on account of its bar; so large a body of troops, therefore cannot receive from the fleet that is to accompany them that protection and assistance which is necessary in their disembarkation, and consequently there is much doubt whether the object of sending a force there can be accomplished. As my letter to you, however, directs that the General Officer who is to have the command should repair to Cape Fear, the Regiments from hence will be directed to proceed thither, and the Commander-in-Chief will be instructed to confer with Governor Martin, and consider whether it will be practicable to effect any essential service in North Carolina, with such a part of the Army as can be conveniently landed. Should that be the case, he will proceed with the rest of the troops, or otherwise with the whole of them, to South Carolina, and after advising with the Governour upon the best means of executing The enclosed Copies of my letters of yesterday's date to Governour Martin, and Lord William Campbell will not only point out to you the orders I have given to them, respecting this expedition, but will also explain to you our ideas of the possible advantage that is to be expected from it. I say of the possible advantage, because the effect of it is very precarious. If however, it should succeed according to the assurances that have been given us in encouraging the friends of Government to stand forth in the defence of the Constitution, and in enabling them to wrest the sword out of the hands of the Rebels, it will be a great point gained. But even if it should fail of that consequence, it can have no effect to weaken the operation to the northward, as there are many situations in the Southern Provinces where the Army may be posted with great security, and with every advantage of a healthy climate, until the season arrives for their joining the body of forces under your Command—a junction that will be made with greater advantage, and at a much earlier period than it could be from England.
iRepository at Perpustakaan UniMAP > Journal Articles > School of Computer and Communication Engineering (Articles) > Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: \|Title: \|\|Intelligent electronic nose system for basal stem rot disease detection\| \|Authors: \|\|Marni Azira Markom\| Ali Yeon, Md Shakaff Abdul Hamid, Adom Mohd Noor, Ahmad Abu Hassan, Abdullah N., Ahmad Fikrib \|Keywords: \|\|Commercial electronic nose;ANN;Basal stem rot disease;Ganoderma boninense;Detectors -- Design and construction;e-nose;Disease detectors\| \|Issue Date: \|\|May-2009\| \|Citation: \|\|Computers and Electronics in Agriculture, vol.66 (2), 2009, pages 140-146.\| \|Abstract: \|\|The agricultural industry has been, for a long time, dependent upon human expertise in using odour for classification, grading, differentiating and discriminating different types of produce. Odour as a parameter of differentiation can also be used to determine the state of health of crops, although this is not favourable when dealing with detecting plant disease that may pose health threats to human beings. In addition to these, human experts may take years of training and can be inconsistent, as well as prone to fatigue. This paper presents a work conducted on utilising an electronic nose incorporating artificial intelligence to detect plant disease, specifically basal stem rot (BSR) disease that is caused by Ganoderma boninense fungus affecting oil palm plantations in South East Asia. This study used a commercially available electronic nose, Cyranose 320, as the front end sensors and artificial neural networks for pattern recognition. The odour samples were captured on site at Besout oil palm plantation, Perak, Malaysia, and the classification performed on a PC. The results showed that the system was able to differentiate healthy and infected oil palm tree using different odour parameters with a high rate of accuracy.\| \|Description: \|\|Link to publisher's homepage at www.elsevier.com\| \|Appears in Collections:\|\|School of Computer and Communication Engineering (Articles)\| Ali Yeon, Md Shakaff, Prof. Dr. Abdul Hamid Adom, Prof. Dr. Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.
International action and policy adjustments at home – EU proposals to mitigate the food crisis. At the UN food security conference in Rome (3-5 June), commissioner Louis Michel is presenting how the EU intends to deal with the recent surge in food prices. The main message is that the problem needs to be tackled now from all sides. EU leaders are therefore seeking to develop sustainable solutions through coordinated action at international level within the UN and the G8. Already in May the Commission outlined a series of measures to mitigate the impact of rising food prices. The EU's response will include adjusting its agricultural policy to maximise production potential and launching longer-term initiatives to increase food supply and security.
With Freddie Mac, a major mortgage lender (and once my employer) gripped by scandal, it might be useful to go over some basic economics of the mortgage business. In particular, I want so describe how mortgages are a depreciating asset. To most of us, a mortgage is a liability. It is the money that we borrowed in order to buy a home. On the other side of the transaction is the lender. On the lender's balance sheet, the mortgage is an asset. From the borrower's standpoint, with respect to inflation, a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage is a "heads I win, tails you lose" proposition. If inflation and interest rates go up, you pay back your mortgage in cheapened dollars. If inflation and interest rates go down, your mortgage payments cost more in real terms--but only if you keep your mortgage. Instead, borrowers typically refinance. Economists call this the prepayment option. We say the borrower is long the option and the lender is short the option. The value of the option grows over time, because the more time passes, the greater the chance of an unanticipated change in interest rates. Since the lender is short the option, the fact that the value of the option increases over time means that the mortgage asset can be expected to depreciate over time. Thus, mortgages depreciate as assets, and they do so in ways that depend on changes in inflation and interest rates. Accordingly, large lenders, such as Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, engage in hedging. The most important hedge is for the lender, say, Fannie Mae, to fund the mortgage by issuing callable debt. Instead of funding the mortgage by issuing "straight debt" (borrowing money) for 10 years at 5 percent, Fannie will issue "callable debt" for 10 years at, say, 5.4 percent with an option to call the debt (to refinance, in effect) in, say, 3 years. Because Freddie and Fannie have such large portfolios, and because callable debt does not perfectly address the depreciation of mortgage assets, the agencies also use more exotic financial instruments, known as derivatives, in their hedging. Freddie tends to do so more than Fannie. While the mortgage assets are depreciating, the callable debt and financial derivatives are appreciating. If the hedging is done correctly, the appreciation matches the depreciation under a wide variety of market conditions and scenarios. The accounting treatment of all of this is interesting. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) do not allow lenders to depreciate their mortgage assets (also known as marking assets to market). They also do not allow lenders to mark their callable debt to market. However, GAAP usually does call for derivatives to be marked to market. Freddie Mac tried to evade the GAAP treatment and treat their derivatives the same way that they would treat mortgages and callable debt. When Freddie Mac had to switch auditors from the Enron-tainted Arthur Andersen, the new auditor challenged Freddie Mac's stance, producing the scandal. Being forced to use GAAP treatment for its derivatives means that Freddie Mac must recognize the appreciation of its hedges while not being able to depreciate its mortgages. The result is to create earnings that are front-loaded. In fact, Freddie Mac will soon re-state its earnings for the past several years to be higher than was reported. By the same token, reported earnings in future years will be lower than would have been reported under Freddie Mac's previous accounting treatment. For Discussion. The pattern of earnings that Freddie Mac originally reported is close to the pattern that would have been reported if GAAP required all assets and liabilities (not just derivatives) to be marked to market. Economists favor mark-to-market accounting, but many banks complain that it makes earnings too volatile. What are other challenges with mark-to-market accounting?
What EdNext Readers Have To Say About Common Core Standards Who hates the Common Core? Teachers? Conservatives? Whoever they are, many of them took the time to vote in this week’s Ed Next Readers Poll. For the past week we have been asking our readers the following question: As you may know, all states are currently deciding whether or not to adopt the Common Core standards in reading and math. If adopted, these standards would be used to hold the state’s schools accountable for their performance. Do you support or oppose the adoption of the Common Core standards in your state? The results were as follows: Completely support – 17% Somewhat support – 13% Neither support nor oppose – 4% Somewhat oppose – 12 % Completely oppose – 54% A number of our readers provided their own thoughts on the question. Here are some of the responses: Against the Common Core: “The common core will require more testing; it is very expensive with money going to test companies and corporations not students or classrooms; there is no justification for common core since common core does not teach, people do.” “I wonder how the results would be if respondees realized that there is no justification for the common core in the first place: the problem is poverty.” In support of the Common Core: “Where are people getting that the Common Core requires more testing than NCLB? I am on my district’s CCSS team as well on the national American Federation of Teachers CCSS work team. The standards are about levels and types of reading and writing that will make students college-ready and critical thinkers. All assessments in the core are authentic, written work evaluated by classroom teachers. The standards themselves were designed with heavy teacher input.” On the fence: “The promise of the Common Core State Standards is that the United States, like other countries to which we are compared, will once again respect and trust the professional knowledge of its educators to teach, guided by a strong, common group of standards. The peril is that others who are not in schools full time will take control of this iteration of the standards movement. If state departments of education, districts, and textbook companies are allowed to own the CCSS, they are doomed to be the next thing layered on teachers—the next thing we have to do with fidelity, but without ownership.” (These comments and more can be viewed by visiting the poll page and scrolling down to the comments section.) According to a recent poll by Achieve, most teachers have a very or somewhat favorable view of the standards, but the majority of U.S. voters have not seen, read or heard anything about the standards. For more about the Common Core State Standards from Education Next, please read: Sign Up To Receive Notification when the latest issue of Education Next is posted In the meantime check the site regularly for new articles, blog postings, and reader comments
What We’re Watching: Can ‘Rocketship’ Launch a Fleet of Successful Schools? Rocketship operates seven charter schools in San Jose. The schools, which serve mostly low-income students, are highly successful and cost-effective. Can they be replicated? In this video, LearningMatters visits the schools to try to identify the secret sauce. Jonathan Schorr and Deborah McGriff wrote about Rocketship in “Future Schools: Blending Face-to-Face and Online Learning,” which appeared in the Summer 2011 issue of Ed Next. Sign Up To Receive Notification when the latest issue of Education Next is posted In the meantime check the site regularly for new articles, blog postings, and reader comments
by Misha Galperin If you are like me, you are anxious about the situation in Israel. You realize how vulnerable we are right now. A cease-fire may be no more than a chance to re-fuel, re-load and re-energize the forces at work against us. We are unsure what the days and weeks ahead will bring or what it will require of the global Jewish community in support. But anxiety has a cost; it can get in the way of gratitude. During this fragile break in fighting, it is time to acknowledge the power of the collective and to say thank you to the North American Jewish community for coming to Israel’s aid with record speed and unified compassion. When Israel’s local municipalities and the National Emergency Authority Third-Sector Roundtable (RACHEL) asked for your help, you responded. The Jewish Federations of North America provided necessary and almost instant relief. Federations across the U.S. and Canada were quick to respond. And The Jewish Agency, serving as the vital bridge between Jewish communities and Israel, connected Jewry’s support to beneficiaries on the ground. Here is what our togetherness did during Operation Pillar of Defense: You created a Day of Respite for 30,000 kids who live in the southern part of Israel and under the daily threat of rocket attacks to central Israel for a day of fun and normalcy at amusement parks, museums, shopping malls, and zoos. Respites were slated for a day for each child and took place Sunday through Thursday as soon as Home Front Command allowed buses to travel from the south. The Victims of Terror Fund provided immediate cash assistance to dozens of families who suffered bodily injury or destruction to their homes through rocket fire. Amigour, The Jewish Agency’s housing subsidiary, renovated fifty bomb shelters and fortified homes in the south. It was contracted to repair the apartment building in Rishon Letziyon that was hit by rocket fire aimed at Tel Aviv. Staff members went shelter to shelter to absorption centers in the south to make sure immigrants from Ethiopia and elsewhere who arrived to Israel within days or weeks of this military operation were calm and prepared. Imagine moving to Israel and fulfilling a dream, only to get there and have thousands of reservists called up to military service while rockets are being stopped by an Iron Dome. Volunteers set up activities for the kids and musical performances for adults and seniors. Masa Israel Journey connects 11,000 young adults to study, internship, and volunteer opportunities in Israel each year. When the rocket attacks escalated, we relocated our program participants in southern Israel to The Jewish Agency’s new International New Media Center in Jerusalem. Working 12-hour shifts, lots of twenty-somethings flooded social media channels with thousands of blogposts, comments, tweets and Facebook updates to promote Israel and correct myths and falsehoods about the situation that were traveling via social media. Speaking of social media, Partnership 2Gether, The Jewish Agency’s Peoplehood platform which partners 550 global Jewish communities directly with Israeli communities, created solidarity through technology. Jewish school kids from all over the globe – Ukraine to Mexico, San Francisco to Peru skyped, wrote letters and emails and communicated to sister city schools throughout Israel, as an expression of solidarity and friendship during tough times. Some of you took this personal commitment to our Jewish homeland a step further. You went on solidarity missions to Israel with groups or on your own. You comforted people under fire. You went to Sderot. Some of you paid shiva calls to the families who lost children in Kiryat Malachi. Some of you lay on the ground during sirens, jumping out of cars and leaving offices within 15 seconds, just like every citizen of Israel who was in harm’s way. To all of you we say Todah Rabbah, thank you very much. We know that we may have much more to do in the days ahead to show our support, but let’s not forget to say thank you for all that you have done already for our Israeli brothers and sisters. In Hebrew, we have an expression: “Gam ze ya-avor” – this, too, we will overcome. We will overcome the challenges ahead because we are committed to each other and a shared destiny. Thank you for caring, supporting and strengthening our global Jewish family. Misha Galperin is President and CEO of International Development for The Jewish Agency for Israel.
From my school days, I was not very well interested in history as many. Even today students show least interest in histories. Some say the books itself are already are the past histories then why do we need history separately. I even had the same thought. But my recent read revealed me the practical facts about histories. The book was about the history of management – The evolution of management thoughts by Daniel a. wren. The answer for my question “Why do we need history?” was there in few sentences. “Today is not like yesterday, nor will tomorrow be like today; yet today is a synergism of all our yesterdays, and tomorrow will be the same.” I felt the phrase has loads of messages for everyone. All I learnt is each day counts. Our very tomorrows may not be in our hands but every today is ours which will be counted for our tomorrows. It took me 25 years to know the need for histories. That’s why history subject is declared to be the compulsory subject for students till 10th class. Teach and provoke the quest in knowing histories to your children. They will know the value of today and they will make histories. Soon will post a review. Wish you a happy today!!!!
The Brown Act, officially known as the Ralph M. Brown Act, was an act of the California State Legislature, authored by Assemblymember Ralph M. Brown and passed in 1953, that guaranteed the public’s right to attend and participate in meetings of local legislative bodies. The Brown Act, originally a 686 word statute that has grown substantially over the years, was enacted in response to mounting public concerns over informal, undisclosed meetings held by local elected officials. City councils, county boards, and other local government bodies were avoiding public scrutiny by holding secret "workshops" and "study sessions." The Brown Act solely applies to California city and county government agencies, boards, and councils. The comparable Bagley-Keane Act mandates open meetings for State government agencies. The introduction to the Brown Act describes its purpose and intent: In enacting this chapter, the Legislature finds and declares that the public commissions, boards and councils and the other public agencies in this State exist to aid in the conduct of the people's business. It is the intent of the law that their actions be taken openly and that their deliberations be conducted openly. The people of this State do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies which serve them. The people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what is good for the people to know and what is not good for them to know. The people insist on remaining informed so that they may retain control over the instruments they have created. A local newspaper opined of the act: \|“\|\|A law to prohibit secret meetings of official bodies, save under the most exceptional circumstances, should not be necessary. Public officers above all other persons should be imbued with the truth that their business is the public’s business and they should be the last to tolerate any attempt to keep the people from being fully informed as to what is going on in official agencies. Unfortunately, however, that is not always the case. Instances are many in which officials have contrived, deliberately and shamefully, to operate in a vacuum of secrecy.\|\|”\| —Sacramento Bee, October 1952 Supporters of the Brown Act say it still lacks enforcement, contending the law has been eroded by court decisions and government officials' efforts to block access to records. "The unfulfilled promise, I'm afraid, that 50 years has revealed, is enforcement," commented Terry Francke, of the California First Amendment Coalition, on the 50th anniversary of the bill's passage in 2003. - Open meetings are required of all county, city and special districts such as water boards. The Brown Act does not apply to the state legislature itself, to the consternation of some commentators. - Closed sessions are only allowed for things like labor and real estate negotiations. The body must report back on the progress of closed session at the following open public session. - Documents at meetings are public, all of them. - Electronic communications auch as emails must not be allowed to be used to conduct a de facto closed private meeting. Back and forth emails constitute an illegal deliberation. - Emergency situations allow some exceptions to rules such as the prohibition of back and forth emails between members of a board. - Public is not required to provide their name or any information when viewing documents. - Notice of meetings - No action or discussion shall be undertaken on any item not on the agenda so that the public will have notice, via the agenda, in advance, that the particular action is being taken or discussed. - Criminal penalties are written into the act if there is proven intent to deprive the public of information, although this is rarely even threatened or discussed. - Public comment is permitted at all open public meetings but the chair has discretion as to the scope and length of such public comment. - Public criticism of governemtnt action is allowed but most agencies specifically prohibit personal attacks. - Recording the proceedings is, by law, permitted, when it is done in a non-disruptive manner. - Special meetings are subject to all of the same requirements as any other meeting. The Brown Act applies to "legislative" agencies such as school districts, which "legislate" policy, boards of supervisors, city councils etc. According to the Primordial Wikipedia Article on the Brown Act,as of the date it was transwiki'd, subcommittees that are less than a quorom do not count. According to that wikipedia article this section was based on, "Advisory committees that do not legislate do not count." However, this writer is on an advisory committee which does not legislate, and Brown Act compliance is enforced very rigorously at all times and, according to city staff, the city could be fined for violating the Brown Act in the conduct of its advisory committee activities. Be sure to consult with the city or county attorney if you are on such a committee or if you are a citizen seeking to enhance the performance of any such committee. According to the wikipedia article, state agencies are covered by the Bagley Keene Act. State agencies are covered by the Bagley-Keene Open meetings actEdit It is the public policy of this state that public agencies exist to aid in the conduct of the people's business and the proceedings of public agencies be conducted openly so that the public may remain informed. In enacting this article the Legislature finds and declares that it is the intent of the law that actions of state agencies be taken openly and that their deliberation be conducted openly. The people of this state do not yield their sovereignty to the agencies which serve them. The people, in delegating authority, do not give their public servants the right to decide what is good for the people to know and what is not good for them to know. The people insist on remaining informed so that they may retain control over the instruments they have created. This article shall be known and may be cited as the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act. Notes and referencesEdit - Lockyer, Bill (2003), The Brown Act: Open Meetings for Local Legislative Bodies, Foreword, Introduction, and Table of Contents, California Attorney General, http://ag.ca.gov/publications/2003_Intro_BrownAct.pdf, retrieved 2009-06-27 - California Government Code §54960 - Government Code Section 54952 - Search CAL. GOV. CODE § 11120 : California Code - Section 11120 - Lockyer, Bill (2003), The Brown Act: Open Meetings for Local Legislative Bodies, Main Text, California Attorney General, http://ag.ca.gov/publications/2003_Main_BrownAct.pdf, retrieved 2009-06-27 - CFAC.org - 'Ralph M. Brown Act: California Government Code Sections 54950 et seq.'
Animal Behavior/Army Ants - Social Hierarchy, Life Cycles, and Migration Army Ants (Eciton burichelli) Army ant colony castes consist of queen ants, soldier ants, and multi-purpose worker ants. In the army ant colony, the queen ant lays eggs, the soldiers focus their attention to the defense of the colony, and the worker ants are split between being foragers or tending to the queens brood. The Army ant is abundantly found in humid lowland forests or heavily forested areas of Central/South America. The changes in temperature and precipitation have no affect on the life cycles or migration of these ants. The social structure and life cycles of army ants have two distinct phases. Army ant colonies go through a stationary phase and a migratory (nomadic) phase. The phases are based on the ability of a queen to produce many eggs in a very short period of time (from 100 000 to 300 000 eggs in five to ten days); thus, the queen overpopulates a given area, which then triggers migration of the colony. In the stationary phase, the army ant queen's abdomen swells to hold 55 000 to 66 000 eggs. As the eggs develop into mature ants, tens of thousands of adult workers appear, triggering the nomadic phase: colony activity increases exponentially, and "swarm raids" increase in size and intensity. With a colony of this size, the army ant colony must emigrate daily. The migration continues until "larval pupation" begins. Once this occurs, the colony re-enters the stationary phase, and the cycle repeats. Due to their large colony sizes, army ants migrate in order to find food. Most ants are "column feeders." Army ants are what are called "swarm feeders." The foraging workers form a fan-shaped swarm with a broad front. Along with feeding, army ants also have a unique way of forming nests. The army ant nest is made up of army ants themselves. The ants form walls and fasten onto each other by using their mandibles. The ant colony forms these walls almost anywhere in order to enclose the queen and her brood. The nest is very structured, as it provides corridors within itself for transporting food and eggs throughout the many areas of the nest. Army ant colonies march and nest in different phases as well. In the nomadic phase, army ants march at night and stop to camp during the day. The colony begins a nomadic phase when available food has decreased. During this phase, the colony makes temporary nests that are changed everyday. Each of these nomadic rampages or marches lasts for approximately 17 days. Army ants are notorious for eating anything that gets in their path. They can kill and eat up to 100 000 animals in a day! They normally consume lizards, snakes, chickens, pigs, goats, scorpions, tarantulas, beetles and other ants. Army ants can also climb trees, and feed on animals within its canopy. Army ants communication is completely dependent on chemical messaging and trail pheromones. These methods of communication act as a stimuli for changing behavior patterns. Unlike other ants, army ants do not have compound eyes, but instead have single eyes. Army ants are also blind and have to use their antennae to sense smell and touch. The army ants use these senses to communicate in nesting and raiding. Alcock, John. Animal Behavior. 7th editionSinauer Associates, Inc.: Sunderland, 2001. The Raiders http://www.ex.ac.uk/bugclub/raiders.html Insecta Inspecta http://www.insecta-inspecta.com/ants/army/ Animal Diversity Web http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/index.html
East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company \|East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company\| \|Locale\|\|Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania\| \|Dates of operation\|\|1873–2012 (Operations suspended)\| \|Track gauge\|\|3 ft (914 mm)\| \|Headquarters\|\|Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania\| East Broad Top Railroad EBT Engine 12 after the railroad was re-opened in 1960. \|Nearest city\|\|Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania\| \|Area\|\|500 acres (200 ha)\| \|NRHP Reference #\|\|66000666\| \|Added to NRHP\|\|October 15, 1966\| \|Designated NHL\|\|January 28, 1964\| The East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company (EBT) is a for-profit, 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge historic railroad headquartered in Rockhill Furnace, Pennsylvania, 19 miles (31 km) north of Interstate 76 (the Pennsylvania Turnpike) and 11 miles (18 km) south of U.S. Route 22, the William Penn Highway. The railroad did not operate public excursions in 2012 or 2013. The East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company was chartered in 1856. Due to financial constraints and the American Civil War, the railroad was not built by its original charterers, but a new group of investors began to acquire right-of-way in 1867 and was able to construct the railroad as a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge line in 1872–1874. Service began from Mount Union, Pennsylvania to Orbisonia, Pennsylvania in August, 1873, and to Robertsdale in November, 1874. The line later was extended to Woodvale and Alvan, with several short branches. At its height, it had over 60 miles of track and approximately 33 miles of main line. The primary purpose of the railroad was to haul semi-bituminous coal from the mines on the east side of the remote Broad Top Mountain plateau to the Pennsylvania Railroad in Mount Union. The railroad also carried substantial amounts of ganister rock, lumber and passengers with some agricultural goods, concrete, road tar and general freight. In its first three decades the railroad supplied much of its coal to the Rockhill Iron Furnace, operated by the railroad's sister company, the Rockhill Iron and Coal Company, and in turn hauled the pig iron from the furnace. As the iron industry in the region faded in the early 1900s, the railroad came to subsist on coal traffic for about 90% of its revenue. Large plants for the manufacture of silica brick were developed at Mount Union around the turn of the 20th century, and these became major customers for coal and also for ganister rock, which was quarried at multiple points along the railroad. The EBT was generally profitable from the 1880s through the 1940s and was able to modernize its infrastructure far more than other narrow gauge railroads. A coal cleaning plant and a full maintenance shops complex were built, bridges were upgraded from iron and wood to steel and concrete, wood rolling stock was replaced by steel, and modern high-powered steam locomotives were bought from the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia. In the 1950s, coal demand plummeted as homes and industries switched to cheap oil and gas. The last nail in the coffin came when the silica brick plants in Mount Union converted to oil and gas and not enough coal could be sold to support the mines and the railroad. The railroad closed as a coal hauler April 14, 1956, and along with the coal-mining company was sold for scrap to the Kovalchick Salvage Corporation. Nick Kovalchick, president of Kovalchick Salvage, elected not to scrap the railroad right away, instead letting it sit in place. In 1960, the twin boroughs of Orbisonia and Rockhill Furnace—the latter being the operating hub for the railroad—celebrated their Bicentennial and asked Kovalchick to put a train out for display. Doing them one better, he rehabilitated four miles of track and two locomotives and operated tourist train rides for several months that summer. The new attraction was so successful that the ride, extended to five miles (8 km), opened as a regular tourist operation in 1961. The railroad has operated tourist trains every summer since. The EBT was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1964 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1966. The railroad was added in 1996 to the National Trust for Historic Preservation's list of America's Most Endangered Places. The railroad is still owned by Kovalchick Salvage and was for years overseen by Nick's son, Joe, and his wife, Judy. From May 2009 until April 2011, the EBT was leased for three years to the East Broad Top Railroad Preservation Association, a non-profit founded with the intention of acquiring the railroad and reactivating all 33 miles (53 km) of the railroad's original main line (only 5 miles (8.0 km) are currently active). The EBTPA made a number of improvements on site as well as adding numerous special events and in 2011 extended the season and operating days of the week. Maintenance standards and customer service were enhanced. The original three year lease expired in April 2012 and the owners and the EBTPA were unable to reach an agreement for operations in 2012. Due to the late date of the negotiations, it was decided not to operate the railroad in 2012. The EBTPA still has an option to purchase the railroad and is pursuing funding. When running the line operates as a heritage railway, with trains pulled by 3 ft narrow gauge 2-8-2 steam locomotives. Vintage diesels operate as backup power. Until 2010 excursions ran June through October, weekends only. In 2011, excursions ran on weekends May 7 through October 30 and Thursday and Friday July 7 through August 12 and October. During special events and holidays trains run other days of the week as well as into November and December. The rides are 10-mile (16 km) round trips and take about an hour. The annual Fall Spectacular, when all operating equipment is in use, is the best weekend to attend. The Spectacular is held on the Saturday and Sunday of Columbus Day weekend in October. There are also special events at Community Appreciation Day in early August and the June Opening on the first full weekend of June (this event did not occur in 2011 as the railroad opening earlier). The train stops at Colgate Grove, a picnic grove at the far end of the operable excursion trackage. The train is turned on a wye for the return trip. The historic railroad maintenance shops are usually open for tours when trains are running, and for group tours by arrangement. Many weekends speeder, handcar and M-3 rides are available on the restored trackage south of Rockhill Furnace. The railroad operates excursion trains on a seasonal schedule. The railroad did not operate public excursions in 2012 of 2013, but a private trains for FEBT members did operate each year on Columbus Day Weekend. As of 2013[update] the railway is not running, although the East Broad Top Preservation Association has raised $2 million of the $8 million needed to acquire the historic line, allowing the purchase of a segment. EBTPA is attempting to raise the rest of the money by the end of 2013 and the Friends of the East Broad Top have continued restoration work. The operating lease of East Broad Top Railroad by the East Broad Top Railroad Preservation Association ended in April 2012. Negotiations between the parties continued into May 2012 but an operating agreement acceptable to both parties could not be reached. In part due to the late date and likely due to other factors it was decided not to operate the EBT in 2012 or 2013. The railroad facilities are currently maintained by a skeleton paid staff and FEBT volunteers. The EBTPA no longer has any involvement with on site activities at the EBT but continues to hold a purchase option for the railroad and is continuing to pursue funding for purchase. FRA inspections and paperwork were being kept up during 2012 on Locomotive #15 in case re-operation occurs. Although no public excursions were held in 2012 or 2013, diesel powered trains operated October 6, 2012 and October 12, 2013 for members of the FEBT. The Friends of the East Broad Top restoration program continued in 2012 and 2013 without abatement and with the active encouragement of owner Joe Kovalchick. Mr Kovalchick in part funded the structural repairs of the Blacksmith Shop, with the remainder of the repairs funded by FEBT and executed by FEBT volunteers. Restoration of Combine Car #14, the Boiler House, the Locomotive Shop and other facilities also continues. Tours of the Historic Shops complex are still being offered in 2012 and 2013 for groups of 20 or more by prior arrangement with the railroad. Public tours were offered in August 2012 and October 6, 2012. Friends of the East Broad Top will still hold its annual Fall Reunion and related events during Columbus Day weekends 2012 and 2013, the traditional time of the EBT Fall Spectacular. The neighboring Rockhill Trolley Museum continues to operate its regular summer schedule and special events during 2012 and 2013, as well as their portion of the Fall Spectaculars in October. On June 3, 2013, it was announced that the East Broad Top Preservation Association had purchased the first part of the East Broad Top Railroad. In two separate transactions they purchased, the old PRR/Conrail spur from the NS mainline to the northern end of the EBT yard from Kovlachick Salvage, and the EBT Mount Union yard from the Conrail Spur tie-in to the US 522 crossing from the East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company The EBT is unusual in that it is a complete, original railroad rather than a collection of pieces from various locations, as most tourist railroads are. All six of the 3 ft narrow gauge steam locomotives that operated on the railroad in its last years as a coal hauler are still on site, and some are used for the excursion trains. Other original equipment includes a 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge switcher steam locomotive (non-operational), operating track-gang cars, the M-3 motorcar (built from scratch by the EBT with an engine and transmission from an automobile), and the M-1, a motorcar (doodlebug) based on scaled-down J. G. Brill and Company plans built by the EBT in 1927. The majority of rolling stock that operated on the railroad in its later coal-hauling years remains on the property in varying condition, including over a dozen flatcars, several boxcars and well over 150 hoppers. Tourist trains use original EBT passenger equipment, as well as converted EBT freight cars. The original railroad maintenance shops have a pair of Babcock & Wilcox boilers, a 19th-century stationary steam engine, and an overhead line shaft system (steel shafts, wood and iron pulleys and leather and canvas belts) that powers antique machine tools, sheet-forming machines, foundry equipment, blacksmithing tools and woodworking machines. Most all 33 miles (53 km) of the railroad's original main 30 mile line is still in place, though only 5 miles (8.0 km) are currently used. In recent years disused trackage from Rockhill Furnace southward and Robertsdale southward have been cleared and gauged for use with speeders and handcars (track-gang cars). In the years following the EBT's opening as a tourist hauler, many of the structures along the disused portion of the railroad fell into disrepair and were lost to neglect or arson. Maintenance on the original railroad maintenance shops and other buildings at Rockhill Furnace and on unused equipment was neglected as employees focused the limited manpower on operating the train and maintaining core facilities. As a result historic fabric outside the core tourist operations was severely threatened. In 1983, the non-profit Friends of the East Broad Top (FEBT) was organized to preserve and restore the East Broad Top. While initially there was a good working relationship between the EBT and the FEBT, including two and a half years of restoration work at Rockhill Furnace, a series of events in 1985 led to friction and distrust between the two entities. At that time, FEBT re-focused on restoration at Robertsdale where it purchased or leased two historic EBT/RI&C Structures, and on former EBT combine #16 it had leased. In the late 1990s the relationship was on the mend with cooperative projects and starting in 2002 FEBT volunteers again began restoration work in Rockhill Furnace. This work continues today and has grown immensely in scope and depth during that time. Currently, FEBT Rockhill Restoration Crew performs restoration work on the historic railroad at least one weekend per month, except October and December, as well as a special work week in May. FEBT volunteers restore buildings, machinery, repair track and rolling stock, provide tours, and help maintain the premises. Since 2002 substantial restoration has occurred on more than half the core maintenance shop complex. Several other buildings have received moderate to extensive restoration. Five pieces of rolling stock have been returned to operation with three more in progress. Six pieces of machinery in the maintenance shops have been restored to operation and some are being used to make parts for other restoration projects. Seven pieces of track have received work. The crew also works on restoration projects on parts of the railroad outside Rockhill Furnace. Rockhill Trolley Museum The Rockhill Trolley Museum, operated by Railways to Yesterday, adjoins the railroad and offers 3-mile (4.8 km) round-trip trolley rides during the tourist season on the former Shade Gap Branch of the EBT (now re-laid with standard gauge), which follows Blacklog Creek. RTM volunteers help the railroad in a number of ways. Friends of the East Broad Top Museum FEBT operates a museum complex in community of Robertsdale in Wood Township, Pennsylvania known as the Friends of the East Broad Top Museum. The museum is located in the East Broad Top Robertsdale Station, about 40 minutes from the operating portion of the railroad, and contains historic artifacts and documents. Robertsdale was hub of the coal mining operations of the Rockhill Iron and Coal Company which hauled the coal on the EBT. The goal of the FEBT Museum is to present the history and culture of the East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company and the industries it served in the surrounding area. FEBT is also nearing completion on the restoration of the RI&C Co. owned Robertsdale Post Office building, which will eventually house the museum's exhibits, while the station will be fully restored to its period appearance. - "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2010-07-09. - "East Broad Top Railroad". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2008-07-02. - East Broad Top Railroad, Orbisonia, Pa. \| National Railway Historical Society. Nrhs.com (2013-09-14). Retrieved on 2013-09-18. - Friends of the East Broad Top Restoration Projects. Febt.org. Retrieved on 2013-09-18. - First section of East Broad Top sold - TRAINS Magazine. Trn.trains.com (2013-06-03). Retrieved on 2013-09-18. - Friends of East Broad Top Museum - Rainey, Lee; Kyper, Frank (1982). East Broad Top. San Marino, CA: Golden West Books. ISBN 0-87095-078-9. - East Broad Top Railroad Official Site - Friends of the East Broad Top - East Broad Top Homepage - East Broad Top Railroad Photos - Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. PA-5556, "Robertsdale East Broad Top Railroad Depot" - Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. PA-127, "East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company" - HAER No. PA-127-A, "East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, Machine Shop" - HAER No. PA-127-B, "East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, Roundhouse" - HAER No. PA-127-C, "East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, Blacksmith Shop" - HAER No. PA-127-D, "East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, Foundry" - HAER No. PA-127-E, "East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, Wood Sheds" - HAER No. PA-127-F, "East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, Sideling Hill Tunnel" - HAER No. PA-127-G, "East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, Orbisonia Depot" - HAER No. PA-127-H, "East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, Paint Shop" - HAER No. PA-127-I, "East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, Farm House" - HAER No. PA-127-J, "East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, Wray's Hill Tunnel" - HAER No. PA-434-A, "East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, Engine House" - HAER No. PA-434-B, "East Broad Top Railroad & Coal Company, Coal Dock" - HAER No. PA-634, "East Broad Top Railroad, Saltillo Station" - HAER No. PA-644, "East Broad Top Railroad & Company, Water Tank at Coles Station" \|Wikimedia Commons has media related to East Broad Top Railroad.\|
House of the Seven Gables House of the Seven Gables The House of the Seven Gables, Salem, Massachusetts. View of front and side. \|Architectural style\|\|Colonial, Georgian\| \|NRHP Reference #\|\|73000323\| \|Added to NRHP\|\|May 8, 1973\| The House of the Seven Gables (also known as the Turner House or Turner-Ingersoll Mansion) is a 1668 colonial mansion in Salem, Massachusetts, USA. The house is now a non-profit museum, with an admission fee charged for tours, as well as an active settlement house with programs for children. It was built for Captain John Turner, and it stayed with the family for three generations. It was made famous by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne's 1851 novel The House of the Seven Gables. The house and its surrounding area are a National Historic Landmark District. \|This section does not cite any references or sources. (July 2010)\| The earliest section of the House of the Seven Gables was built in 1667 for Capt. John Turner. It remained in his family for three generations, descending from John Turner II to John Turner III. Facing south towards Salem Harbor, it was originally a two-room, 2 1⁄2-story house with cross-gables and a massive central chimney. This portion now forms the middle of the house. Four windows of the original ground-floor room (which became a dining room) remain in the house's side wall. A few years later, a kitchen lean-to was added. In 1668, Turner added a spacious south (front) extension with its own chimney, containing a parlor on the ground floor, with a large bed chamber above it. Ceilings in this new wing are higher than the very low ceilings in older parts of the house. The new wing featured double casement windows and an overhang with carved pendants; it was capped with a three-gabled garret. In 1692, John Turner II added a new north kitchen ell to the rear of the house (later removed but then restored in 1908–1910), as well as the famous "secret stairway" within the rebuilt main chimney. About 1725 he remodeled the house in the new Georgian style, adding wood paneling and sash windows. These alterations are preserved, very early examples of Georgian decor. Research at The House of the Seven Gables has shown that the kitchen ell, thought to have been added in 1692, was added in 1675; only a small brewing room addition was added in 1692. The House of the Seven Gables is the oldest surviving mansion house in continental North America, with 17 rooms and over 8,000 square feet (700 m2) including its large cellars. After John Turner III lost the family fortune, the house was acquired by the Ingersolls, who remodeled it again. Gables were removed, porches replaced, and Georgian trim added. Their relative Nathaniel Hawthorne, while growing up, was often entertained in the house by his cousin Susannah Ingersoll. By Hawthorne's time, the house had only three gables, but his cousin told him the house's history, and showed him beams and mortises in the attic indicating locations of former gables. Horace Ingersoll told Hawthorne a story of Acadian lovers that later inspired Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's 1847 poem Evangeline. In 1908, the house was purchased by Caroline O. Emmerton, founder of the House of Seven Gables Settlement Association, and she restored it from 1908 to 1910 as a museum whose admission fees would support the association. Boston architect Joseph Everett Chandler supervised the restoration, which among other alterations reconstructed missing gables. In some cases historical authenticity was sacrificed in the interest of appealing to visitors, who expected the house to match the one Hawthorne described in his romantic novel. Thus, for example, Emmerton added a "cent-shop" resembling that operated by the author's fictional character Hepzibah Pyncheon. She also added what looks like a wood closet but has a false back. When opened, the back leads to a secret staircase which leads up to the attic. Many interesting features of the original mansion remain, including unusual forms of wall insulation, original beams and rafters, and extensive Georgian paneling. The Nathaniel Hawthorne Birthplace is now immediately adjacent to the House of the Seven Gables, and also covered by the admission fee. Although it is indeed the house in which Hawthorne was born and lived to the age of four, the house was sited a few blocks away on Union Street when he inhabited it. - List of historic houses in Massachusetts - List of the oldest buildings in Massachusetts - List of the oldest buildings in the United States - List of National Historic Landmarks in Massachusetts - National Register of Historic Places listings in Salem, Massachusetts - National Register of Historic Places listings in Essex County, Massachusetts - "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. - "House of Seven Gables Historic District". NPS.gov. Retrieved 6 September 2012. - North Shore Community College. "Hawthorne in Salem: Images Related to the Turner-Ingersoll House, aka "The House of the Seven Gables"". Retrieved 2006-05-31. - "National Register of Historic Places Listings: April 13, 2007". National Park Service. Retrieved 2007-06-26. - Goodwin, Lorinda B. R. "Salem's House of Seven Gables as Historic Site." In Salem: Place, Myth, and Memory, edited by Dane Anthony Morrison and Nancy Lusignan Schultz. UPNE, 2005. \|Wikimedia Commons has media related to House of the Seven Gables.\|
Qaraoun Lake created behind the El Wauroun Dam \|Primary inflows\|\|Litani River\| \|Primary outflows\|\|Litani River\| \|Catchment area\|\|1,600 km2 (600 sq mi)\| \|Surface area\|\|1,190 hectares (2,940 acres)\| \|Water volume\|\|220×106 m3 (0×109 cu ft)\| \|Surface elevation\|\|861 metres (2,825 ft)\| \|Settlements\|\|Qaraoun Village, Aitanit, Beirut 76 kilometres (47 mi) away\| Lake Qaraoun (Arabic: بحيرة القرعون / ALA-LC: Buḥayrat al-Qara‘ūn) is an artificial lake or reservoir located in the southern region of the Beqaa Valley, Lebanon. It was created near Qaraoun village in 1959 by building a 61-metre-high (200 ft) concrete-faced rockfill dam (the largest dam in Lebanon) in the middle reaches of the Litani River (longest river in Lebanon). The reservoir has been used for hydropower generation (190 megawatts or 250,000 horsepower), domestic water supply, and for irrigation of 27,500 hectares (68,000 acres). The annual surface water flow in the Litani River received at Lake Qaraoun is 420 million cubic metres (0 billion cubic feet). This flow is used for generating hydroelectric power of 600 GWh at three hydroelectric power stations at Markaba, Awali and Jun with the total installed capacity of 190 megawatts (250,000 hp). During the dry season, 30 million cubic metres (0 billion cubic feet) of water is diverted from Markaba power station to meet the needs of the Kassmieh irrigation project. The lake is a habitat for some 20,000 migratory birds which visit it annually. Note 420 million cubic feet is approx 15 billion cubic metres The upper Litani River, where the artificial lake or reservoir has been created with the dam at elevation of about 800 metres (2,620 feet), is in the inland region of the Beqaa Valley, whose elevation range generally lies between 650–1,600 metres (2,130–5,250 ft), with mountain peaks raising as high as 3,090 metres (10,140 ft). The Litani River drains the southern end of the Beqaa Valley plains (a continuation of the Jordan Rift Valley), crossing the southern periphery of the Mount Lebanon range and discharging into the sea north of Tyre, after traversing a length of 170 kilometres (110 miles) entirely in Lebanon. The hydrographical system of Lebanon consisting of 40 major streams is typecast into five regions, which includes the Litani River Basin formed by the Litani River in its eastern and southern part, with the river debouching into the sea at the southwestern end. The basin has a total catchment area of 2,120 square kilometres (820 square miles), which forms 20% area of the country, with about 1,600 km2 (600 sq mi) intercepted at Lake Qaraoun by El Wauroun Dam for providing various benefits. The artificial lake is created across the Litani River in its middle reaches. Litani River is the longest river in Lebanon at the southern end of the Beqaa valley. The Litani River, which lies entirely within the territory of Lebanon rises near the historic city of Baalbek (now the site hardly discernible due to high rate of water extraction in this reach for pumping and ancient city development) and flows through for 170 kilometres (110 mi) before it outlets into the Mediterranean Sea. It is one of the 40 major streams in Lebanon and is the longest from the source to the Mediterranean sea. The land on the periphery of the reservoir consists of agricultural lands on the eastern side where arable crops and olive orchards are seen. Grazing of sheep and goats is also noted. On the steep sloping western periphery of the lake there are fruit orchards and pasture land for grazing. The geological formation at the dam axis and the reservoir consists of limestone, chalky marl, and alluvial deposits with semi karstic and karstic lime stones both upstream of the reservoir area and along the dam axis. Marl in the reservoir area has low permeability. The climate in the catchment of the reservoir is of continental type with 90% of rainfall occurring between November and April, with January experiencing the maximum precipitation. Snowfall is experienced at elevation above 1,500 metres (4,900 ft). The rainfall incidence in the Beqaa Valley, which widely varies spatially and temporally, is an annual average of 1,500 millimetres (60 in) in the mountainous region of the upper valley to a low of 700 millimetres (30 in) in the south in the coastal region. However, the average annual rainfall is 800 millimetres (30 in) in the catchment area of about 1,600 km2 (618 sq mi) at the reservoir carted at the dam. According to water balance studies carried out for the Litani River, the total inflow of the river at the reservoir location has been assessed as 1,280 million cubic metres (0 billion cubic feet) per year, of which 60% is accounted towards aquifer recharge and evapotranspiration. Of the balance of 500×106 m3 (0×109 cu ft) per year of surface water, 80×106 m3 (0×109 cu ft) per year is used for various uses by pumping before the flow reaches the dam. Thus, the flow of 420×106 m3 (0×109 cu ft) is available at the reservoir, in an average year (35-year average flows from 1920s). However, in drought years, the flow could reach a low of 320×106 m3 (0×109 cu ft), as recorded in 1972–73). Based on precipitation data, the total annual flow could be as high as 320 million cubic metres (0×109 cu ft). The average annual flow received at the reservoir is utilised through the dam created at the site and diverting it through a series of tunnels and ponds to generate 600 GWh of energy at three hydroelectric power stations (190 megawatts or 250,000 horsepower total installed capacity) located at Markaba, Awali and Jun. The planning done in the 1950s at the time of building the dam and the Qaraoun reservoir envisaged utilization of 800 metres (2,600 ft) head available between the dam and the Mediterranean Sea through the three power stations. The river outlet at the end of the cascade of power plants is now 30 kilometres (19 mi) to the north of its original outlet. It is also utilised for providing irrigation benefits by diverting 30×106 m3 (0×109 cu ft) per year of water from a channel of the Markaba power station for the Kassmieh Irrigation Project. As result of this development the hydrological regime of the Litani River has been divided into two zones. The basin above the lake is known as the Upper Litani Basin (ULB), and that below the lake is called Litani's lower reaches. The Qaraoun reservoir or lake created by El Wauroun Dam on the Litani River has a water spread area of 11.9 km2 (5 sq mi). It is the largest artificial lake in Lebanon, located in the southern part of the fertile Beqaa Valley, with a total capacity of about 220×106 m3 (0×109 cu ft) and effective storage (live storage) of 160×106 m3 (0×109 cu ft). The power generation is a primary benefit, which meets about 7%–10% of the power requirements in Lebanon. However, the stored waters also provide irrigation benefits with flows of 140×106 m3 (0×109 cu ft), as 110 million cubic metres is used in South Lebanon and 30 million cubic metres in Beqaa, while 20×106 m3 (0×109 cu ft) is used for domestic water supply in the Southern Lebanon. Controlled reservoir operation also provides flood-control benefits and prevention of water logging in an area of about 1,500 hectares (3,700 acres). During 1999–2000, the water quality of the reservoir has been investigated from 16 sampling points on the river and its tributaries, by the Ministry of Environment and the Litani River Authority as a part of an exercise to evolve management plan for the Litani River and Lake Qaroun's catchment. It has been noted that seven sewer networks drain directly into the river. Untreated sewage from the towns of Baalbek, Houch el Rafqa, Qaa er Rim, Zahle, Chtoura, Qabb Elias, Bar Elias, Joub Jannine and Qaraoun flow into the Litani River or its tributaries, apart from industrial effluents many factories related to manufacture of sugar, paper, lead, limestone crushers, agro-industries and also from poultry farms, tanneries and slaughterhouses. The pollution is noted by the high recorded values of BOD5 (79 mg/L) and nitrates (1.7 mg/L) in the Litani River. The vegetation in the periphery of the lake consists of woodland, orchards, and low-growing scrub. During water-level variations in the lake, as the stored water is utilised for various beneficial uses, no submerged or emergent vegetation have been noticed. When the water level is at its lowest in the lake, a steppe-like land slope has been noticed with low vegetation of rocky shingle terrain where flocks of larks and lapwings are seen. The bird life in the reservoir area is very notable, as 20,000 migratory birds of species of raptors, storks, pelicans and others species of birds have been sighted. Ferruginous duck (Aythya nyroca), Pallid Harrier (Circus macrourus), Greater Spotted Eagle (Aquila clanga), Eastern Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca) and Lapwing (Vanellus gregarius) are some of the birds which are of conservation concern, according to the 2008 IUCN Red List. El Wauroun Dam The El Wauroun Dam, built in the middle reaches of the Litani River, has created an artificial lake at (Baalbek. The dam had been under planning since 1964. The Qaraoun village transferred a land area of 760 hectares (1,878 acres) for building the dam. The dam, which created the artificial lake or reservoir, is the largest dam built in Lebanon for multipurpose uses of hydropower generation (190 MW), irrigation of 28,500 hectares (70,425 acres), and drinking-water supply. It is a concrete-faced rockfill dam (CFRD) of 61 metres (200 ft) height built with crest level at elevation 801 metres (2,628 ft), with a dam length of 1,090 metres (3,576 ft), over karstic lime stone formations. The reservoir has a storage capacity of 220×106 m3 (0×109 cu ft) at a maximum pond elevation of 858 m (2,815 ft). The High Flood Level (HFL) in the reservoir is 862 metres (2,828 ft), where the area of the lake is 12.6 km2 (5 sq mi). The average water level for power generation is 835 metres (2,740 ft), with the lowest level or the minimum draw-down level as 827 m (2,713 ft).) with water-spread area of 1,190 hectares (2,940 acres). It is situated about 70 km (43 mi) downstream of the historic city of The dam's upstream face is a concrete face of 47,000 m2 (506,000 sq ft) area, with thickness of concrete face varying from 50 centimetres (1.6 ft) at the bottom to 30 centimetres (1.0 ft) at the top. The spillway of the dam is designed for an inflow flood discharge of 450×106 m3 (0×109 cu ft). The reservoir has a storage capacity of 220×106 m3 (0×109 cu ft) at maximum pond elevation of 858 metres (2,815 ft). The lake water is proposed to be integrated with a pumped-storage scheme planned under the "Qaraoun Lake-Marj et Taouil: Project". The plan is to utilise the water stored in this reservoir to be pumped to an upper reservoir, with a 50.6-metre-high (166 ft) dam at maximum water level of 1,679 metres (5,509 ft) to store water pumped from the Qaraoun Lake or reservoir) to maximize power generation during the daily lean period (off-peak hours) of power generation when load demand is low. In this mode of generation, the pumping will require 560 megawatts (750,000 hp), that would result in a generation of 388 megawatts (520,000 hp) of power. The archaeological site of Ain Jaouze overlooks Lake Qaraoun at the foot of Jebel Baruk on the west of the road from Chtaura to Jezzine. Jesuit archaeologist, Auguste Bergy collected flints from the surface of this site, suggested to be similar to those of later neolithic Byblos. On the western periphery of the lake there are many restaurants and hotels which are popular during late spring and summer. During this time many large boats operate in the lake for lake viewing and also for fishing. In winter, when water level in the lake is high boats are operated to hunt for of birds such as wildfowl, mainly storks, heron, egrets and lark species. - "Qaraoun Village". aub.edu.lb. Retrieved 23 April 2011. - "Lake Qaraoun". Birdlife.org. Retrieved 24 April 2011. - "Chapter 2. Assessing Lebanon's Water Balance". International Development Research Centre (idrc). Retrieved 25 April 2011. - "Lebanon". Aquasta:Fao.org. Retrieved 26 April 2011. - "Lebanon State of the Environment Report" (pdf). Ministry of Environment, Government of Lebanon. Retrieved 25 April 2011. - International Commission on Large Dams; International Association for Hydraulic Research; International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (2008). International journal on hydropower & dams. Aqua-Media International. pp. 77–. Retrieved 26 April 2011. - C. A. Brebbia; K. L. Katsifarakis (2007). River Basin Management IV. WIT Press. pp. 484–. ISBN 978-1-84564-075-0. Retrieved 26 April 2011. - International Commission on Large Dams; International Association for Hydraulic Research; International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (2008). International journal on hydropower & dams. Aqua-Media International. pp. 76–77. Retrieved 24 April 2011. - "Introducing Pumped Storage in Lebanon:Towards a Prospective National Master Plan" (pdf). Littani River Authority. Retrieved 24 April 2011. - Université Saint-Joseph (Beirut; Lebanon) (1966). Mélanges de l'Université Saint-Joseph. Impr. catholique. Retrieved 1 May 2011. - Moore, A.M.T. (1978). The Neolithic of the Levant. Oxford University, Unpublished Ph.D. Thesis. pp. 436–442.
Porta Salaria was part of the Aurelian Walls built by emperor Aurelian in the 3rd century, including pre-existing constructions in order to hasten the works. Under it passed the Via Salaria nova, which joined the Via Salaria vetus ("Old Via Salaria") outside the city. The gate had a single passage and was flanked by two semi-circular towers. The Horti Sallustiani were located in the city just inside the gate. The Goth king Alaric I entered Rome from this gate to begin the famous Sack of Rome. In 537 the area between Porta Salaria and Castro Pretorio was the location of the siege by the Goth king Witigis against the troops of Belisarius. During the Middle Ages, unlike other gates of the city, Porta Salaria did not receive a Christian name. On September 20, 1870 the part of the Aurelian Walls between Porta Salaria and Porta Pia witnessed the end of the Papal States (see Capture of Rome). The gate was damaged by the artillery fire of the Italian troops, and the following year it was demolished. In 1873, it was rebuilt under the design of the architect Virginio Vespignani. However, in 1921, it was again decided to demolish the gate to open the area to road traffic. The area is now occupied by Piazza Fiume ("Fiume square"). The 1921 demolition uncovered several funerary monuments of the sepulchres that flanked the old Via Salaria and that had been re-used to erect the towers. A copy of the sepulchre of Quintus Sulpicius Maximus, an 11-year-old boy, is now visible in Piazza Fiume (the original is the Musei Capitolini). On right of the walls near the square are remains of 1st-century BC tombs. Media related to Porta Salaria (Rome) at Wikimedia Commons - Ball Platner, Samuel (1929). A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome. Oxford University Press. p. 416. - Quercioli, Mauro (2005). Le mura e le porte di Roma. Newton Compton.
The Energy Department recently announced the first step toward manufacturing small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) in the United States, demonstrating the Administration’s commitment to advancing U.S. manufacturing leadership in low-carbon, next generation energy technologies and restarting the nation’s nuclear industry. The release of a draft Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) last week presents supply-chain procurement opportunities for our nation's small businesses down the line, as industry provides input in advance of a full FOA on engineering, design certification, and licensing through a cost-shared partnership for up to two SMR designs. The Department aims to deploy these reactors by 2022. Small modular reactors, approximately one-third the size of current nuclear plants, have compact designs that are expected to offer a host of safety, siting, construction and economic benefits. Specifically, they could be made in factories and transported to sites where they would be ready to plug and play upon arrival, reducing both capital costs and construction times. The small size also makes SMRs ideal for small electric grids and for locations that cannot support large reactors, providing utilities with the flexibility to scale production as demand changes. This announcement comes on the heels of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) certification of Westinghouse Electric’s AP1000 nuclear reactor design, which was supported through a cost-shared agreement with the Energy Department. The Department’s efforts, in coordination with the NRC and private industry, have helped American companies and small businesses lead the way in obtaining certification and licensing approvals for new reactor designs, which will further streamline these processes for future investments in the U.S. nuclear industry. Given that this is a draft FOA, we are not requesting applications or proposals at this time. Rather, we are seeking input from small business and industry to the Contract Specialist, Layne Isom, at email@example.com. The deadline for submission of draft FOA responses is February 17. For more information on SMRs, please visit the Office of Nuclear Energy website.
Waterfront Development for Residential Property in Malaysia Eves, Chris, Yassin, Azlina , & McDonagh, John (2009) Waterfront Development for Residential Property in Malaysia. In Proceedings of the 15th Pacific Rim Real Estate Society Conference, University of Technology, Sydney. Rivers and water are valuable natural resources for human life, environment and national development. Recognition of water resources as national heritage will contribute towards more long term sustainable property development. Waterfront development is already a well-established phenomenon internationally. In Malaysia, as the economy began to change in 1980s, so did the land uses along many of the river and waterfront locations. The pressures of new technology coupled with an urban population growth and urbanization began to force a transition from water dependent industry to a variety of non-water dependent developments such as apartments, offices, and retail shopping areas. Residential waterfront development has taken advantage of available land and water amenities and incorporated as a feature or “selling point” of the development. It has been found that wide views of water add an average of 59% to the value of waterfront property, as well as providing attractive landscaping and better property neighborhoods respectively. Development of waterfront lands in Malaysia occurred with limited federal, state, or municipal planning guidance; resulting in cost aspects like flooding and pollution. Although some waterfront development projects continue to remain profitable with a maintained successful public access component, many have not. This paper provides a brief introduction to the research project to address this issue, which is currently on-going. Impact and interest: Citation countsare sourced monthly fromand citation databases. These databases contain citations from different subsets of available publications and different time periods and thus the citation count from each is usually different. Some works are not in either database and no count is displayed. Scopus includes citations from articles published in 1996 onwards, and Web of Science® generally from 1980 onwards. Citations counts from theindexing service can be viewed at the linked Google Scholar™ search. Full-text downloadsdisplays the total number of times this work’s files (e.g., a PDF) have been downloaded from QUT ePrints as well as the number of downloads in the previous 365 days. The count includes downloads for all files if a work has more than one. \|Item Type:\|\|Conference Paper\| \|Keywords:\|\|Waterfront, Waterfront development, Riverfront, Residential properties, Property development Guideline\| \|Subjects:\|\|Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification > COMMERCE MANAGEMENT TOURISM AND SERVICES (150000) > COMMERCIAL SERVICES (150400) > Real Estate and Valuation Services (150403)\| \|Divisions:\|\|Past > QUT Faculties & Divisions > Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering\| Past > Schools > School of Urban Development \|Copyright Owner:\|\|Copyright 2009 Please consult the authors.\| \|Deposited On:\|\|30 Nov 2009 09:36\| \|Last Modified:\|\|27 Mar 2013 12:05\| Repository Staff Only: item control page
Organización sin fines de lucro Última modificación: 10/09/2012 18:02:12 The mission of the Long Island Bike Challenge (LIBC) charity bike ride is to raise money to defeat skin cancer, melanoma and other serious forms of skin disease and hopefully improve the lives of skin cancer/disease patients and their families. Why The Long Island Bike Challenge?Today, over 100 million Americans — 1/3 of the nation's population — suffer from skin cancers, diseases and disorders that too often result in pain, disfigurement, disability and loss of life. Skin ailments affect people of all ages, races and economic backgrounds, and annually cost the United States alone $39 billion. The Feinstein Institute for Medical ResearchMonies raised by riders participating in the Long Island Bike Challenge are donated to the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research and the more than 1,000 physicians and researchers from the North Shore-LIJ Health System. It is the hope and aspiration of the LIBC to provide the necessary resources to discover cures for all skin cancers and related skin diseases.
One Little Flower, One Little Bee - Year Published: 0 - Language: English - Country of Origin: United States of America - Source: Traditional - Flesch–Kincaid Level: 1.5 - Word Count: 29 Traditional, . (0). One Little Flower, One Little Bee. Counting and Math Rhymes (Lit2Go Edition). Retrieved April 18, 2014, from Traditional, . "One Little Flower, One Little Bee." Counting and Math Rhymes. Lit2Go Edition. 0. Web. <>. April 18, 2014. Traditional, "One Little Flower, One Little Bee," Counting and Math Rhymes, Lit2Go Edition, (0), accessed April 18, 2014,. One little flower, one little bee. One little blue bird, high in the tree. One little brown bear smiling at me. One is the number I like,
Build Boys Loft Bed with Slide Boys loft bed with slide – one, nailing together the wood for build the base of the bed. Make sure the two 6ft pieces go side by side. Then fasten the planks for the base evenly so they fit. For the basic frame of the bed built. Then nail the sides so that 3 foot piece coincides with staircase and 5ft piece with the slide. Two, nail the 4 posts. Place one in each corner. Then the frame is held over them. Now you have the basic structure standing of boys loft bed with slide. Take two slats of wood for stairs and fix them on side most convenient for you for climbing up. Nail steps into two sides. You now have steps made. Fix the support wood to about 2 meters off the ground so your posts are supported. The bars will only be on three sides. Let the fourth open to put a computer desk or toy chest your boys. Four, build slide now. Take two pieces of page three and put the fins on the bottom. It will basically look like a ladder at this point. Attach metal slide to the middle. Your slide is now done. Then put the top side of the top and nail it in strong. Five, paint the boys loft bed with slide. Select a color your boys like.boys bed slide, dollhouse bed with slide
Will the offspring be able to fly??? I started with 15 ducks (khaki, Rouen, runner and metzer layer hybrids). Thanks to predators I now have 11. I want to be able to let them free range. Yesterday I saw a big old fox. So I find the ability to be able to fly very attractive (as long as they stay). If I buy a baby mallard and raise in the pen and let that mallard breed with my current flock, will the offspring fly?
A friend who home-brews beer has asked me if my chickens will eat the spent grain. He saves some of this grain to make bread, but most ends up in the trash. (I did some quick research on what this spent grain is. 'Malt' is germinated cereal grain - barley is the grain most commonly used in beer making. The barley is dried then stored then steeped in water to germinate to a predetermined state, with the process being halted by hot air, then kiln-baking. During beer-making, the malted barley is soaked in hot water to extract the malt sugars, then discarded, thus producing spent grains.) Thanks for any help!!
The fame of the Old Barn began when Edward Allis, founder of the Allis Chalmers Machinery Co. (modern day AGCO) purchased the farmland where the Old Barn Resort now rests. The farm sat on a hill above the decaying milling town of Clear Grit, which had thrived for a few years in the late 1860’s and 1870’s. The mill at Clear Grit was an expansion site for Preston founder and miller John Kaercher. The town had a barrel factory that made containers for the flour and a narrow gauge railway connecting it to the Southern Minnesota line. By the end of the 1870’s, however, a grain disease called “wheat smut” damaged much of the crop, and many farmers began to move farther west. John Kaercher found himself overextended financially, and Edward Allis, who had a mechanic’s lien against the mill, became the sole proprietor of the mill in January 1882. Edward’s son, Jere, came to manage the mill and stayed to farm, raising Poland China hogs, purebred Holstein cattle. When Jere decided to milk Holsteins he built a barn 50 by 100 feet, four stories high, stall room for 75 cattle, with all the modern improvements Later Jere became interested in race horses and is supposed to have had 20 trotters in his stable that he entered in competition at county and state fairs. In fact, the farm had two private race tracks. The barn was then fitted with a tack room and living quarters for stable hands. Emma Allis, Jere’s wife, cultivated a variety of flowers, and the farm became a center for social activities, drawing people from miles around for dances, basket socials, ball games and ice skating and skiing in the winter. Jere and Emma were divorced in 1889, the same year Jere’s father died. Edward left the farm in trust for Jere and his offspring. Later, Jere and a second wife, Gladys, eventually gained control of the farm but were forced to sell it in 1906 to a local land speculator for a mere $15,000, making it one of the biggest land bargains in Fillmore County history. Vernon Michel eventually purchased the farm IN 1988, just before the official opening of the Root River State Trail. Vernon’s intentions were to restore the barn to its former glory and develop a campground. In 1990, following extensive remodeling, repairs and new construction, the barn and farm were transformed into The Old Barn Resort. Doug Brenna and Shirley Endres purchased the property from Vernon in late 1996, and for 20 years successfully took the business to a more complete Resort feel. They added the 18-hole golf course, remodeled the restaurant and bar, made changes to the pool and patio area and even added numerous campsites. In May, 2016 Eric Brenna and Travis Dundore, son and son-in-law to Doug Brenna, purchased the Resort aiming to continue the wonderful family owned Resort. Eric and Travis only look to enhance the property making sure all guests continue to enjoy what was originally created.
Mesa Verde National Park An important archaeological preserve The Mesa Verde National Park is found in the United States of America. It is found in Montezuma County in the State of Colorado; and Mesa Verde is an American National Park as well as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The park is currently the biggest archaeological preserves in America today. President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 established the park and this was to help protect and preserve the cliff dwellings in the area and some of the very best in the world also. He called them the works of man and the President was very proud of the park also. Though, the park still remains a cultural National Park; in fact it was the first park. It currently stretches over 81.4 square miles and there are so many different ruins of villages and homes found in the Four Corners of the park. Currently there are more than 4,000 archaeological sites found at the park and at least 600 cliff dwellings also in the park. There is a complete 52,400 acres of land in the Mesa Verde National Park. This is found in south west Colorado and the many amazing canyons have all been created because of the erosion from the receding water ways, and ancient oceans also. The elevations in the park can range from 6000 to 8572 feet. The climate of the Mesa Verde National Park is fairly arid. Most of the water source is from the summer rains and winter snow falls also. The History of Mesa Verde National Park It was said that the Anasazi used to inhabit the region for many years; though evidence suggests that the people left before the 15th century. However, they made up most of farmers which grew crops; and most famers cropped corn and it was a large part of their every day diets also. Most of the men in the settlers were in fact hunters so that their diets could be expanded to meat products also. The women of the groups spent their days basket weaving and pottery also; and the artefacts were in fact high prized. Though, there are no written records of the group through their groups. In 1190, the people started to build the cliff dwellings in which the park is famed for. These structures are found in the caves of the park and were built expertly also. Though the largest cliff dwelling is going to be the Cliff Palace and it is one of the most visited sites of today. Key References for Mesa Verde National Park In 1756, an expedition of the region near the park under Don Juan Maria de Rivera. During the expedition, the ancient ruins were seen however the expedition didn’t note down any notable proof of existence of these that would clearly mark these ruins out in their journals. This was the first white man expedition from New Mexico. In 1886, a newspaper, the Denver Tribune created and published an article which suggested the creation of the area to become a national Park at the archaeological site. In 1906, American President Theodore Roosevelt approved the parks creation. In the 1930’s-1940’s, the civilian conservation corps started to exclave the park and create roads and rails also. In 1966, the park was named on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1978 the Mesa Verde National Park was named a World Heritage Site. In 1987, the Mesa Verde Administrative District was put on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2003 the park suffered from wild land fires. Services Found In the Mesa Verde National Park The spruce tree house – this is going to be opened throughout the year if the weather is good of course. The Chapin mesa archaeological museum – this part of the park can be opened all throughout the year also. The balcony house, cliff palace and long house are all amazing places to visit. However, these are ranger guided tours and visitors will need tour tickets to go on these tours also. Dwellings throughout the park can usually be seen from the road; however some of the dwellings aren’t open or available to the tourists. Hiking trails – there are many great hiking trails to use. A beautiful and comfortable camp ground Facilities for food – this is usually only during the peak seasons. Lodgings and fuel stations are also available during the busy seasons of the year. During the winter all of these things are not going to be available to view. There is a federal exclusive jurisdiction over the park; this means that the federal National Park Service Law Enforcement Rangers will handle every emergency in the park. All of the services such as fire for wild land and structural as well as medical and law enforcement services also. The Ute Mountain Tribal Park and Modifications Across from the Mesa Verde National Park lies the Ute Mountain Tribal Park which is almost 125,000 acres all along the Mancos River. This helps to bring history, culture and knowledge about the people who lived in the area years ago. In 2008, the Colorado Historical Society invested seven million dollars into a new project to culturally modify trees within the park. The Mesa Verde National Park is certainly a lovely area in which thousands visit every year. The park is going to be one amazing park to visit and there are so many amazing sites and scenery to view today. There is a huge history when it comes to learning who lived in the area and how they managed to receive water from the rain is truly amazing. Many do love the park and it has so many things to explore also today.
Pacific Ring Of Fire Facts The Pacific Ring of Fire is the name that is given to a horseshoe shaped area in the Pacific Ocean which extends from South America and North America to Eastern Asia, Australia and New Zealand. This area is famous for its constant seismic activity and because of the amount of active volcanoes that can be found here. 75% of dormant and active volcanoes are found in the Pacific Ring of Fire. Now it is known that the area is very close to several tectonic plates which may be what influences the violent activity in the area. Volcanoes In The Area It is believed that the Pacific Ring of Fire has a total of 452 volcanoes. Some of the world’s most active volcanoes are found here. Kilauea which is considered the most active volcano in the world is located in the Pacific Ring of Fire. Other volcanoes worth noting are Mt Fuji in Japan, Mt. Saint Helens and Mt. Rainier in the American North West, Krakatoa in Indonesia, Mauna Loa in Hawaii, Galeras in Colombia and Sangay in Ecuador. Those are all volcanoes that are well known and some that could be very dangerous to the population nearby. Most Dangerous Volcanoes Because of all the activity in the Pacific Ring of Fire it is very possible that one of those volcanoes could cause a lot of trouble for a lot of people. If Mt Rainier were to erupt for example the 2.5 million people in the area near Seattle and Tacoma would have to evacuate fast. Adding to the danger is the snowy cap of the volcano which could make the dangers much worse. The Santa Maria Volcano in Guatemala has already shown its power with one of the most catastrophic eruptions in the 20th century taking place in 1902. Back then the volcano affected a very large part of the south west of the country; today with many more people in the area the impact of this volcano in the Pacific Ring of Fire could be much greater. Mount Yasur in Vanuatu is what’s called a stratovolcano and it has been erupting for close to a hundred years. The dangers that Mount Yasur presents are real, and yet tourists risk the dangers of toxic gases and lava flows by getting to the crater every day. This volcano has already taking a few lives from tourists and a tour guide who got too close to the danger zone. The Pacific Ring of Fire is different today than it was thousands of years ago because of the changes caused by tectonic plates. The Pacific Plate will hit other plates nearby and that causes them to sink. The crust melts producing the magma that feeds the different volcanoes in the Pacific Ring of Fire or it will help produce new volcanoes. The tectonic plates are also the reason for the many violent earthquakes in the entire area of the pacific. If you are in a city that is located in the Pacific Ring of Fire then you already know that there are several risk factors that you have to be ready for. Close to 90 percent of the earthquakes reported around the world take place in the Ring of Fire. Add to that the possibility of volcano eruptions and that can really be a dangerous area to live in. People not only have to look at the active volcanoes as the dormant ones also pose a threat. Mt. Saint Helens was a dormant volcano before its eruption in 1980 which caused several deaths and over a billion dollars in damage.
Government works by consensus of the people and if they don’t support the rule of law the foundations of our democratic institutions are endangered no matter who’s at the top of the mountain. There’s a reason Justices are appointed for life and that’s to allow them the ability to render judgments free of partisan considerations. On Saturday, Mike Pence, President Trump’s V.P., lauded Trump’s, alleged, determination to appoint justices who protect America’s God given rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The negative pregnant of his comment is that some justices do not support God, nor the rights of the citizens of this great country. This is a dangerous notion and one that doesn’t encourage respect for the Court, or the nation. The liberal Mr. Justice William O. Douglas, 1898-1980, was once described by Time Magazine as the most doctrinaire justice ever to sit on the high court. He, also, was the longest serving, at nearly 36 years. Douglas drew lauds and brickbats so fierce that the New York Time, once, called him a “dirty rotten hero.” Justice Scalia had his own intractable dedication, his to a fixed conservative ideology but never, in his own applications of the law, did he approach “Wild Bill’s” reputation as a proponent of individual rights. Douglas, after his retirement, was replaced by President Gerald Ford with Justice John Paul Stevens, a moderate. There were few, if any, calls that Bill should be replaced by the kind of civil libertarian he’d been in his long tenure. President Reagan, showing his wisdom, after earlier failed nominees, appointed Anthony Kennedy as a Justice palatable to liberals and conservatives, alike. Regrettably, both sides of the aisle, currently, have advocated for a court they envision as more of a partisan body than a dispassionate one. This is not what the founders intended though, sometimes, picks veer from their previous political dispositions. Ike said that putting liberal Chief Justice Earl Warren, one-time conservative California Governor, on the court was his biggest mistake. Part of the inherent difficulty in appointing justices, today, is the extreme polarization of the country though it, arguably, predated this past election. Depictions of a nation that’s utterly dependent for its survival, morally, politically, and economically, on its high court pronouncements demeans the legislative and executive branches of government, as well as the court, itself. Another argument used in favor of Judge Gorsuch is that the President has the right to appoint justices of his choosing as provided for in the Constitution. This is correct. It’s ironic, however, that among this propositions most ardent proponents are the same people who blocked the nomination of President Obama’s last pick, Merrick Garland, a moderate, whose vote was kept on ice until his nomination lapsed when a new president was elected. Retaliation against the Republicans for this constitution-thwarting partisanship is tempting but, also, wrong. The people deserve a full court. What could disqualify Gorsuch is the distasteful activity of unknown person(s) who are supporting his nomination with millions of dollars being spent on TV, and other ads. When asked where this money is coming from, and who put it up, Judge Gorsuch told his Senate questioners that he didn’t know. If this is true he should be disqualified for a lack of curiosity and if he does know, but won’t say, that is even more of a disqualification. There is one other potential disqualification. Gorsuch says that Supreme Court decisions must be made on a strict reading of the letter of the law. This literalist interpretation, however, ignores the traditional American notions of fair play and substantial justice found in the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. They are known, in the law, as equity and encompass equal protection. Equity is determined on a case-by-case basis that, often, defies black letter law. Notions of fair play and substantial justice, according to the needs of the times, come from the heart. Where a man’s heart lies, as King Solomon demonstrated, is the ultimate test of his, or her, fitness to sit in judgment over the people and that should be the most important criteria for any new justice. If Gorsuch passes this test he should be confirmed.
For some companies, it may be hard to win the war on talent when livestock far outnumber people in the face of certain labor shortages. Case in point: the state of Vermont whose 623,960 residents outnumber only Wyoming, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Many Vermont employers are at a point where they need to be more creative and strategic about recruitment and retention to compete on both a national and global scale, says Sena Meilleur, managing principal at OneDigital, a Burlington, Vt.-based benefit broker. “We just don’t have a very big talent pool to begin with,” she says. “Our workforce is aging or shrinking.” That’s why one employer, Rhino Foods, a specialty ice cream novelty and ice cream ingredient manufacturer, is serving up a plethora of creative benefits to its workers, including financial education and English language training. “We find ourselves relatively differentiated in the Vermont market as a B-corporation and family-owned business with a reputation for strong workplace practices,” says Caitlin Goss, director of people and culture at Rhino Foods. The mission of certified B Corps is to meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, accountability and transparency. Although located in Burlington, the Green Mountain State’s largest city, Goss understands how challenging it can be for other employers there to find and keep the right talent. But she adds that 31% of the company’s 140 employees have been at Rhino for more than 10 years, 14% for 15 or more years and 10% for 20 years or longer. “What I like about Rhino’s approach to benefits is that they really put their money where their mouth is,” says Meilleur. “They understand how hard it is to live on minimum wage. They acknowledge the difficulty of thriving in a low-wage job by providing a way for employees to get over temporary setbacks like a vehicle breakdown or a medical bill.” With the help of local community resources, Rhino Foods owner and president Ted Castle learned that access to credit was a real struggle for people mired in generational poverty. “They didn’t have a savings account, or a mom, dad or friends to give them money,” he says. A simple $500 car repair could break the bank or a job could be lost if a child is late to school, causing someone to be tardy for work, he adds. So with a fair number of employees living more paycheck-to-paycheck, the Rhino Income Advance Loan allows them to borrow up to $1,000 a day from a local credit union in the event of an emergency. About $350,000 has been loaned and paid back through payroll deduction, while 96% of employees who received such assistance went on to open a savings account. The result is that over time, Castle says “their credit scores start rising, and then they can borrow money for a car or do whatever they need to do. From a purely emergency spending or credit standpoint, this program is really a slam dunk.” English lessons and loans Since roughly 30% of Rhino’s workforce is comprised of refugees with different levels of English proficiency, on-site classes in English as a second language are offered through a grant-sponsored program in partnership with another nonprofit in Vermont. Goss describes the setting as hands-on, with employees learning words that they’re using every day and practicing their language skills in homework assignments. The curriculum also highlights tactical questions such as asking a supervisor for the day off or how to fold a box. “We’re really proud of our diversity,” she says, noting the company’s commitment to an inclusive environment for highly valued employees from different backgrounds. Rhino also offers its employees access to an on-site resource coordinator once a week for four hours through the local United Way chapter’s Working Bridges program. They’re able to inquire about housing, transportation, insurance, childcare and other benefits, or receive assistance filling out various applications. One recent initiative involved steering employees to a program that supports paying heating bill over the winter, while an upcoming program will help with income tax preparation. Register or login for access to this item and much more All Employee Benefit News becomes archived within a week of it being published Community members receive: - All recent and archived articles - Conference offers and updates - A full menu of enewsletter options - Web seminars, white papers, ebooks Already have an account? Log In Don't have an account? Register for Free Unlimited Access
BERGEN ORAL & MAXILLOFACIAL SURGERY in Hackensack, Westwood, Ridgewood NJ After teeth are lost, the jawbone in the toothless area begins to resorb or atrophy. This often leaves a condition where there is poor quality and quantity of bone suitable for dental implants. Today there are several options to pick from. Bone grafting can prepare implant sites with inadequate bone structure due to previous extractions, gum disease or injuries. The bone is either obtained from a tissue bank or your own bone is taken from the jaw, hip or tibia (below the knee). Sinus bone grafts are also performed to replace bone in the posterior upper jaw. In addition, special membranes may be utilized that dissolve under the gum and protect the bone graft and encourage bone regeneration. This is called guided bone regeneration or guided tissue regeneration. Major bone grafts are typically performed to repair larger defects of the jaws. These defects may arise as a result of traumatic injuries, tumor surgery, or congenital defects. Large defects are repaired using the patient’s own bone. This bone is harvested from a number of different sites depending on the size of the defect. The skull (cranium), hip (iliac crest), and lateral knee (tibia), are common donor sites. These procedures are routinely performed in an operating room and require a hospital stay.
First and foremost, remember that there is more to a party than alcohol. Accordingly, there should be plenty of food available for consumption and attendees should not feel obligated to drink beverages with alcohol in them. To make it easy for an attendee, nonalcoholic beverages should be readily available. In addition, the food served should not be too salty. Before the party it is a good idea to encourage attendees to identify a designated driver. In cases where someone who was planning on driving has too much to drink, you should never let that person drive. In the alternative make it easy to contact a taxi service or rideshare company. In some cases it may even be best to let that person stay on your couch. Drunk drivers could cause serious accidents that inflict serious injuries to those involved. In some situations the injuries are so severe that they result in death. People injured in these crashes may decide to take legal action against the drunk driver. When someone dies, their family may initiate such a case. This is not the way that anyone wants to remember this holiday season. While those who get behind the wheel to drive should make responsible choices about driving after consuming alcoholic drinks, unfortunately this is not always the case. The actions party hosts take may help in this endeavor. Source: MADD, “Safe Party Guide,” Accessed Dec. 8, 2014
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Getting up to speed on the 2007 regulations with a choice of CDM training options. The good news for anyone looking to book some CDM training is that there is a growing number of training providers, throughout the country, that offer these courses. If location is a key concern to you, the best way of finding the nearest and most convenient course is to use an online search facility. They can search from 100’s of CDM courses and find the one with the best location, dates and most importantly price, saving you time and money. CDM training courses to choose from include APS Accredited - The Management of CDM Co-ordination Course, CDM – 1 Day Workshop, CDM 1 day - Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007, CDM 2007 Awareness for Contractors, CDM Co-ordinator, CDM Co-ordinator, CDM Explained, CDM Overview, CDM Regulations, Construction (Design & Management) Regulations 2007, Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2007, Construction Design Management (CDM) Course, Construction Safety Management - CDM & The Legal Framework, IOSH Managing Client / Contractor Relationship (CDM) and The Role of CDM Co-ordinator in Practice. Generally the CDM training courses can be split into four groups. The first of these is the coordinator CDM training course. Running over two to three days this course is for those who liaise with primary and sub contractors, the clients and designers with regard to the CDM. A complicated role, many coordinators find that official training helps them to develop their skills, becoming more effective and building on good practice from their peers. The second is the most general of all the CDM training courses. These are usually known as overviews, introductions and one day workshop courses. The courses are a good initial starting point for your team, if they have had no previous experience working with CDM before. They provide a good grounding of what the regulation and processes are, in addition to highlighting the responsibilities of the different roles. The third group is the Association for Project Safety (APS) coordinator course. Similar to the in- house coordinator courses, described above, the key difference of this course is that it allows candidates to skip one of the APS CDM-r registration steps. Candidates successfully completing this course will only need to complete: stage 1: The Application form and fee, stage 3: National Occupational Standard Interview in CDM and stage 4: Complete the 1st year annual subscription. Candidates get to skip stage 2: The online exam for the CDM Coordinator Register. This saves times for those wishing to have an accreditation from professional body. The last type of course on offer, is the IOSH CDM course. The IOSH Managing Client / Contractor Relationship (CDM) course is accredited by Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH). The course is particularly focused on how the roles and responsibilities of each of the duty holders interact. This course is assessed by a multiple choice test. If candidates are successful, they are awarded an IOSH certificate. One of the key strengths of this course is that it is organised into modules, allowing candidates to clearly negotiate each separate issue relating to managing client and contractor relationships
This text provides a comprehensive guide for mechanics with an interest in aircraft, on how to properly use and maintain their tools. It contains a wealth of useful information and practical suggestions. This is a text that will appeal to those with a keen interest in the development of aviation or metalworking techniques, and makes for a great addition to collections of allied literature. The chapters of this volume include: 'Welding Equipment', 'Hand Tools Used by the Aircraft Welder', 'Materials Used in Aircraft Welding', 'Welding Terms', 'Welding Symbols and Their Use', 'Setting up and Operating', 'Procedure Control for Aircraft Welding', 'A Complete Course in Oxyacetylene Welding of Steel Aircraft', etcetera. We are proud to republish this vintage text, now complete with a new and specially commissioned introduction on metalworking.
Cassell's Carpentry and Joinery' is a practical work on practical handicrafts, and it was first published in the confident belief that it was by far the most exhaustive book on these subjects hitherto produced. This text is a comprehensive guide on carpentry, compromising notes on materials, processes, principles and practice, and including about 1,800 engravings. A great book for carpenters of all levels, this book is not to be missed by discerning woodworkers and constitutes a great addition to collections of woodworking literature. The chapters of this book include: 'Hand Tools and appliances', 'Timber', 'Joints', 'Floors', 'Timber Partitions', 'Timber Roofs', 'Framework of Dormer Windows', 'Half-Timber Constructions', 'Arch Canterings', 'Joiners' Rods', 'Door and Door Frames', 'Window Sashes and Casements', 'Mouldings: Working and Setting-Out', et cetera. We are proud to republish this text here complete with a new introduction on woodworking.
This early work by Charles G. D. Roberts was originally published in 1880 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Orion, and Other Poems' is a collection of poems, including 'Ariadne', 'Mamnon', 'One Night', and many more. Charles G. D. Roberts was born on 10th January 1860, in Douglas, New Brunswick, Canada. Roberts's most successful literary genre was that of the animal story which featured in works such as Earth's Enigmas (1896) and Eyes of the Wilderness (1933). He also wrote romance novels and several non-fiction works on Canada.
The Great Barrier Reef of Australia is one of the most sought-after scuba dive locations on the planet. The natural beauty there is unsurpassed by any other dive sites. With so many amazing dive sites to choose from, you can keep yourself busy for weeks exploring every dive site of the reef. Cod Hole is, by far, the most famous dive site within the Ribbon Reefs, which are found on the northern end of the Great Barrier Reef. Ribbon Reef #10 is where you will find Cod Hole, and it is also in the Coral Sea, which is famous for its myriad marine species and outstanding coral reefs. Photo Credit: chamer80 Read on to learn more about this magnificent dive site and why so many divers from around the world flock there throughout the year. What Makes the Cod Hole So Unique The Cod Hole is a dive site that you can enjoy for one day or you can take a liveaboard journey there as well to spend some more time. You will usually need to take your day trip from Lizard Island, but if you are taking a live aboard trip, you will probably be making your way to the Cod Hole from Port Douglas or Cairns. You will find three moorings at the dive site, wich make it easy for to get below the surface and into the action. Once you dive in, you will reach an initial depth of about 15 metres or 50ft. Combine this comfortable depth with no currents and amazing visibility and this site becomes a perfect one for divers of all experience levels. Once you reach a depth of about 32 metres or 100ft you will be able to spot gorgonians and other elusive creatures. As you make your way through the Cod Hole, you may reach an area with a few great swim-throughs and caverns to enjoy. This sandy stretch is where you may encounter sharks, and because it does open out to the ocean, you will begin to feel some currents here as well. Marine Life Found in the Cod Hole The most famous species of marine life that calls the Cod Hole home is the massive Potato Cod that you’ll inevitably find there as soon as you hit the water. These fish are truly huge, weighing as much as an incredible 60kg and growing up to 2 metres or 60ft in length. They’re super friendly and will swim up to you expecting you to feed them, which is completely legal. Try to respect their space and habitat, though, because despite being fed by humans, their population has unfortunately been declining. Another equally large species of fish that you will encounter in the Cod Hole is the Maori Wrasse also known as the Humphead wrasse. They, too, will swim close and look for hand outs. Between the Potato Cod and these fish, you will have plenty of great photo opportunities. Many divers choose to bring down video cameras so that they can document the experience of feeding the large fish and watching them interact with one another. Photo Credit: tarotastic There is more to find in the Cod Hole In addition to the beautiful reef system and all of the myriad creatures that call it home, you can certainly expect to see other fish species, including Barracuda, Frogfish, Goatfish, Boxfish, Batfish, Lion Fish, Parrotfish, Trevally, Emperor Angelfish, Triggerfish, Sweetlips, and Coral Trout. Keep an eye out for the incredibly camouflaged Lacy Scorpionfish amidst the reef as well. If you are lucky, you will catch a glimpse of one unless it is doing a really great job of hiding. While this may seem like a lot of fish to begin with, it is really just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the vast variety of species that you can find in Cod Hole. You may also have the thrill of spotting Moray Eels, lobsters, pygmy seahorses, giant clams that can be up to 2 metres large, and Whitetip Reef Sharks. Dive in the winter season for a truly breathtaking encounter with dwarf Minke Whales. The Best Time of Year to Dive the Cod Hole You can dive in the Great Barrier Reef and Cod Hole throughout the year, but the best months are between late August and early December. The water temperature is typically warm and comfortable, ranging from 23°C in the winter to 29°C in the summer. The summer season, however, which ranges from December through February, experiences the most rainfall, while the driest months are enjoyed from June all the way through November. If you would like to encounter whales during your dive, the Minke Whales are seen June through August. The famous Potato Cod, however, are there waiting for you all year long. Enjoyed this blogpost? Sign up for our free newsletter! and get our scuba blogs delivered in your inbox each month. What are your thoughts about the Cod Hole in Australia? Let us know in the comments below Blog written by: Rutger Thole and his team work full time to create a platform where divers can go to if they are looking for anything scuba related. It started with a simple blog who knows where it ends.
Description - Evaluating Scientific Evidence by Erica Beecher-Monas Scientific evidence is crucial in a burgeoning number of litigated cases, legislative enactments, regulatory decisions, and scholarly arguments. Evaluating Scientific Evidence explores the question of what counts as scientific knowledge, a question that has become a focus of heated courtroom and scholarly debate, not only in the United States, but in other common law countries such as the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia. Controversies are rife over what is permissible use of genetic information, whether chemical exposure causes disease, whether future dangerousness of violent or sexual offenders can be predicted, whether such time-honored methods of criminal identification (such as microscopic hair analysis, for example) have any better foundation than ancient divination rituals, among other important topics. This book examines the process of evaluating scientific evidence in both civil and criminal contexts, and explains how decisions by nonscientists that embody scientific knowledge can be improved. Buy Evaluating Scientific Evidence by Erica Beecher-Monas from Australia's Online Independent Bookstore, Boomerang Books. (228mm x 152mm x 20mm) Cambridge University Press Publisher: Cambridge University Press Country of Publication: Other Editions - Evaluating Scientific Evidence by Erica Beecher-Monas Book Reviews - Evaluating Scientific Evidence by Erica Beecher-Monas Author Biography - Erica Beecher-Monas Erica Beecher-Monas teaches at Wayne State University Law School. She received her MS from the University of Miami School of Medicine and J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law, and earned an LL.M. and a J.S.D. from Columbia University School of Law. Prior to entering academia, she clerked for the Honorable William M. Hoeveler, United States District Court Judge in the Southern District of Florida, and was an associate at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver, and Jacobson in New York. She writes in the areas of judgment and decisionmaking, with applications to scientific evidence and corporate governance, and has been published in numerous law reviews.
Admiring Outdoor Sculptures in Paris – France, Europe Art lovers go to Paris to see some of the most famous masterpieces in the world. While the Louvre and Musée d’Orsay are required stops on this pilgrimage, visitors may soon grow weary of the long lines, large crowds, and the overwhelming size of these museums. On a recent trip to Paris I discovered that some of the most beautiful art in the city can be found by simply strolling through a park or wandering around a cemetery. Once you grow tired of battling hundreds of people for a glimpse of the Mona Lisa or Venus de Milo, step outside and explore the artistic treasures of Paris that are located in much more serene environments. Here are my favorite spots for viewing outdoor sculptures: Between the Louvre and the Place de la Concorde lies the vast Tuileries Garden. Interesting neoclassical statues are scattered throughout the park-like garden. In the springtime, blossoming trees and spiraling tulips add extra splashes of color. Have a craving for sweets while you’re in the Tuileries Garden? Well you’ve come to the right place. Grab an ice cream cone or a portable crepe from a vendor and amble along the tree-lined central path. If you would prefer a more leisurely dining experience, try one of the cafés on Rue de Rivoli, which runs along the north edge of the garden. Angelina, at 226 Rue de Rivoli, serves a variety of mouth-watering pastries and hot chocolate so thick you’ll need a spoon to savor every last drop. After you’ve satisfied your sweet tooth, be sure to walk to the end of the Tuileries Garden and cross the street to the Place de la Concorde. The historic square where Marie Antoinette and countless others lost their heads now houses an Egyptian obelisk and two glorious fountains. Spend some time watching the fountains turn off and on, sending cascades of water in all directions. There is no shortage of small museums in Paris that are worthy of a visit, but one of the best is the Musée Rodin. Even for someone who generally prefers paintings over sculptures, this museum should not be missed. Much of the collection is displayed inside Hôtel Biron, the mansion where Auguste Rodin lived and worked for the last ten years of his life. In addition to Rodin’s own works, his personal collection of sculptures and paintings by artists such as Vincent van Gogh is also exhibited. The interior of the museum can and should be viewed quickly, because the real reason to visit the Musée Rodin is the outdoor sculpture garden. It contains some of the artist’s most iconic works, such as The Thinker and The Gates of Hell, placed among lush green landscaping. Stroll around each sculpture to view it from various angles. Some of them appear to interact with nearby architectural landmarks. The distant Eiffel Tower is framed by the arm of one figure, while another statue points to the golden dome of Les Invalides. The Musée Rodin is open 9:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. every day except Monday. Admission is €6. If you will be visiting several museums in Paris, consider buying a Paris Museum Pass. With a pass you can gain admission to over 60 museums and monuments without waiting in long ticket lines. I lost count of how many times I used my pass during my trip. There are many reasons to visit Notre Dame, the most prestigious cathedral in Paris. Its historic past, decorative Gothic façade and spectacular stained glass windows are just a few of the arguments for placing the cathedral near the top of your Paris itinerary. To get the complete Notre Dame experience, a climb to the top is essential. It requires a hike up 422 winding stairs, but those who make it are rewarded with the most breathtaking view in all of Paris. The entire city is showcased before you, with unobstructed views of the Eiffel Tower, Montparnasse Tower, the Pantheon and Sacré Coeur. Those with eagle eyes will even be able to spot the Arc de Triomphe and the grand Champs-Elysées. From the top of Notre Dame you also get a close-up view of the resident gargoyles. With expressions that range from contemplative to ferocious, these animated creatures are truly a sight to behold. The gargoyles with open mouths actually serve as a drainage system when it rains, making them both fun and functional. Notre Dame may be climbed daily from 10:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Unfortunately, long lines are unavoidable, since only 20 people are allowed up every 20 minutes. To reduce waiting time, arrive a few minutes before 10:00 a.m. and hope that too many other people don’t have the same idea. Admission is €7.50, or free with a Paris Museum Pass. Père Lachaise Cemetery When I found myself with some unexpected spare time, I made a spur of the moment decision to visit Père Lachaise Cemetery. Little did I know it would end up being among the most memorable experiences of my entire trip. Perhaps the most legendary cemetery in the world, Père Lachaise is the final resting place of Oscar Wilde, Jim Morrison, Frederic Chopin, Isadora Duncan, Sarah Bernhardt, Edith Piaf, Marcel Proust and many other famous folks. Located on a wooded hill, Père Lachaise is larger than it appears on any map. After hunting for the graves that you simply have to see, take some time to wander aimlessly and get lost in the maze of tombstones. Magnificent sculptures decorate many of the tombs. You may be surprised to find that the most impressive graves do not belong to celebrities. Admission to Père Lachaise is free, and it is easily reached by Metro. The cemetery is so large that three Metro stations provide direct access. The stops Père Lachaise and Philippe Auguste leave you close to the main entrance and the most illustrious graves, while the Gambetta station will give you a primarily downhill walk through the cemetery. Go Outside and Start Exploring The entire city of Paris is a work of art, so it is only natural that incredible outdoor sculptures can be found just about everywhere you look. Take a break from the chaos of the major museums to discover the artistic riches that await in less conventional settings.
\|Pack Size:\|\|96wells/kit, with removable strips.\| \|Sample Type:\|\|cell culture supernates, serum and plasma(heparin, EDTA, citrate).\| Data & Images \|Product Name\|\|Mouse Fibronectin PicoKine™ ELISA Kit\| \|Description\|\|Sandwich High Sensitivity ELISA kit for Quantitative Detection of Mouse Fibronectin. 96wells/kit, with removable strips.\| \|Cite This Product\|\|Mouse Fibronectin PicoKine™ ELISA Kit (Boster Biological Technology, Pleasanton CA, USA, Catalog # EK0351)\| Our Boster Guarantee covers the use of this product in the above tested applications. For positive and negative control design, consult "Tissue specificity" under Protein Target Info. \|Immunogen\|\|Expression system for standard: from plasma\| \|Cross Reactivity\|\|There is no detectable cross-reactivity with other relevant proteins.\| \|Pack Size\|\|96wells/kit, with removable strips.\| Sensitivity, or Lower Limit of Detection (LLD), is the minimum level of target protein the ELISA assay can detect. We measure 20 blank wells and if the O.D. value is 2 standard deviations higher than the blanks' average O.D. the sample can be deemed positive. This assay range is determined using common samples. For samples with low target protein concentrations, users can adjust the standard curve to extend the lower limit of assay range. \|Sample Type\|\|cell culture supernates, serum and plasma(heparin, EDTA, citrate). The above listed samples are the ones valided with the assay. If you do not see your sample of interest listed, as long as there is enough level of target protein present in the sample, this Picokine™ ELISA kit should detect it. *For protocol and tips regarding preparing your sample of interest, please check our ELISA sample preparation guide. \|Capture Antibody\|\|monoclonal antibody from rat\| \|Detection Antibody\|\|polyclonal antibody from goat\| \|Storage\|\|Store at 4°C for 6 months, at -20°C for 12 months. Avoid multiple freeze-thaw cycles(Shipped with wet ice.)\| \|EK0351-CAP\|\|96-well plate precoated with anti-Mouse Itgb1 antibody\|\|1\| \|EK0351-ST\|\|lyophilized recombinant Mouse Itgb1 standard\|\|10ng/tubex2\| \|EK0351-DA\|\|biotinylated anti-Mouse Itgb1 antibody\|\|130ul(dilution 1:100)\| \|AR1103\|\|Avidin-Biotin-Peroxidase Complex(ABC)\|\|130ul(dilution 1:100)\| \|AR1106-1\|\|sample diluent buffer\|\|30ml\| \|AR1106-2\|\|antibody diluent buffer\|\|12ml\| \|AR1106-3\|\|ABC diluent buffer\|\|12ml\| \|AR1104\|\|TMB color developing agent\|\|10ml\| \|AR1105\|\|TMB stop solution\|\|10ml\| Washing buffer Preparation: Disolve AR0030-E to 1000ml distilled water and adjust pH to 7.2~7.6. Finally, adjust the total volume to 1L. Additional components can be purchased. If you need extra of the above components please order them together to avoid additional shipping charges.See Prices For Extra Components Material Required But Not Provided - Microplate reader in standard size. - Automated plate washer. - Adjustable pipettes and pipette tips. Multichannel pipettes are recommended in the condition of large amount of samples in the detection. - Clean tubes and Eppendorf tubes. - Washing buffer (neutral PBS or TBS). - Preparation of 0.01M TBS: Add 1.2g Tris, 8.5g NaCl; 450μl of purified acetic acid or 700μl of concentrated hydrochloric acid to 1000ml H2 - Preparation of 0.01 M PBS: Add 8.5g sodium chloride, 1.4g Na O and adjust pH to 7.2-7. Protein Target Info (Source: Uniprot.org) You can check the tissue specificity below for information on selecting positive and negative control. \|Molecular Weight\|\|88231 MW\| \|Protein Function\|\|Integrins alpha-1/beta-1, alpha-2/beta-1, alpha-10/beta- 1 and alpha-11/beta-1 are receptors for collagen. Integrins alpha- 1/beta-1 and alpha-2/beta-2 recognize the proline-hydroxylated sequence G-F-P-G-E-R in collagen. Integrins alpha-2/beta-1, alpha- 3/beta-1, alpha-4/beta-1, alpha-5/beta-1, alpha-8/beta-1, alpha- 10/beta-1, alpha-11/beta-1 and alpha-V/beta-1 are receptors for fibronectin. Alpha-4/beta-1 recognizes one or more domains within the alternatively spliced CS-1 and CS-5 regions of fibronectin. Integrin alpha-5/beta-1 is a receptor for fibrinogen. Integrin alpha-1/beta-1, alpha-2/beta-1, alpha-6/beta-1 and alpha-7/beta-1 are receptors for lamimin. Integrin alpha-4/beta-1 is a receptor for VCAM1 and recognizes the sequence Q-I-D-S in VCAM1. Integrin alpha-9/beta-1 is a receptor for VCAM1, cytotactin and osteopontin. It recognizes the sequence A-E-I-D-G-I-E-L in cytotactin. Integrin alpha-3/beta-1 is a receptor for epiligrin, thrombospondin and CSPG4. Integrin alpha-3/beta-1 provides a docking site for FAP (seprase) at invadopodia plasma membranes in a collagen-dependent manner and hence may participate in the adhesion, formation of invadopodia and matrix degradation processes, promoting cell invasion. Alpha-3/beta-1 may mediate with LGALS3 the stimulation by CSPG4 of endothelial cells migration. Integrin alpha-V/beta-1 is a receptor for vitronectin. Beta-1 integrins recognize the sequence R-G-D in a wide array of ligands. When associated with alpha-7/beta-1 integrin, regulates cell adhesion and laminin matrix deposition. Involved in promoting endothelial cell motility and angiogenesis. Involved in osteoblast compaction through the fibronectin fibrillogenesis cell-mediated matrix assembly process and the formation of mineralized bone nodules. May be involved in up-regulation of the activity of kinases such as PKC via binding to KRT1. Together with KRT1 and GNB2L1, serves as a platform for SRC activation or inactivation. Plays a mechanistic adhesive role during telophase, required for the successful completion of cytokinesis. .\| \|Tissue Specificity\|\|Isoform 2 is expressed in skeletal and cardiac muscles only (at protein level). Isoform 1 is very weakly expressed in striated muscles and not detected in adult skeletal muscle fibers and cardiomyocytes. .\| \|Sequence Similarities\|\|Belongs to the integrin beta chain family.\| \|Subcellular Localization\|\|Cell membrane ; Single-pass type I membrane protein . Cell projection, invadopodium membrane ; Single-pass type I membrane protein . Cell projection, ruffle membrane ; Single-pass type I membrane protein . Recycling endosome . Melanosome . Cell projection, lamellipodium . Cell projection, ruffle . Colocalizes with ITGB1BP1 and metastatic suppressor protein NME2 at the edge or peripheral ruffles and lamellipodia during the early stages of cell spreading on fibronectin or collagen. Translocates from peripheral focal adhesions to fibrillar adhesions in an ITGB1BP1-dependent manner. Enriched preferentially at invadopodia, cell membrane protrusions that correspond to sites of cell invasion, in a collagen-dependent manner. Localized at plasma and ruffle membranes in a collagen-independent manner. .\| \|Alternative Names\|\|Integrin beta-1;Fibronectin receptor subunit beta;VLA-4 subunit beta;CD29;Itgb1;\| Background for Fibronectin Mouse Fibronectin PicoKine™ ELISA Kit Images Click the images to enlarge. Intra/Inter Assay Precision \|Intra-Assay Precision\|\|Inter-Assay Precision\| To assay reproducibility, three samples with differing target protein concentrations were assayed using four different lots. \|Lots\|\|Lot1 (pg/ml)\|\|Lot2 (pg/ml)\|\|Lot3 (pg/ml)\|\|Lot4 (pg/ml)\|\|Mean (pg/ml)\|\|Standard Deviation\|\|CV (%)\| Typical Data Obtained from Mouse Fibronectin PicoKine™ ELISA Kit (TMB reaction incubate at 37°C for 15-20min) *The typical data is obtained from Boster's internal QC result and for reference only. It may differ from the lab test results of the end users. It is more important that the user's lab test results reflect the same linearity demonstrated in the typical data than achieving exactly the same O.D. values. Keywords: detection, fibronectin type Keywords: component, ingredient Keywords: expiration, storage, temperature, size
This site is entirely user-supported. See how you can help. Street View is the best available vantage point looking, if possible, towards the location of the building. In some locations, Street View may not give a view of the actual building, or may not be available at all. Where it is not available, the satellite view is shown instead. Latitude: 53.591 / 53°35'27"N Longitude: -2.3653 / 2°21'55"W OS Eastings: 375915 OS Northings: 410550 OS Grid: SD759105 Mapcode National: GBR CVXX.QG Mapcode Global: WH97P.MZVZ Entry Name: Barn at Davenport Farm Listing Date: 29 January 1985 Source: Historic England Source ID: 1067278 English Heritage Legacy ID: 210583 Location: Bury, BL2 Electoral Ward/Division: Radcliffe North Parish: Non Civil Parish Traditional County: Lancashire Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester Church of England Parish: Ainsworth Christ Church Church of England Diocese: Manchester SD 71 SE Barn at Davenport Farm Dated on shield bordered with foliage on gable end 'H/DE/1723'. Former barn. Rubble with dressed angles. North wall partly rebuilt in brick. Reslated roof on 3 original hewn King-post trusses. 3 doorways with flush surrounds below tablet. (Muschamp, History ... of Ainsworth). Listing NGR: SD 75915 10550 This text is from the original listing, and may not necessarily reflect the current setting of the building. Source links go to a search for the specified title at Amazon. Availability of the title is dependent on current publication status. You may also want to check AbeBooks, particularly for older titles. Other nearby listed buildings
Equflow BV produces high quality non disposable and single use flow sensors and flow measurement equipment for bioprocessing and pharma applications. The turbine flow meters utilise a patented infra red reflection measurement technique and have flow sensing capabilities in a wide range of applications, which are suitable for clear, opaque, neutral, corrosive and aggressive liquids. Download the Equflow Product Overview. Broadley James is the exclusive UK distributor for Equflow Flowmeters. Flow Meter: Principle of Operation PVDF Disposable Flow Meter This Disposable PVDF Turbine Flow Meter has low flow capabilities in a wide range of flow processes and is designed to enable a fast exchange of the flow tube in single-use or multiple use applications. The wetted materials are USP Class 6 classified and can be gamma irradiated, resistant up to 50 kGy, or sterilised up to 140°C. Flow ranges are available from 0.03 – 2.0L/min and 0.3 – 20L/min with an accuracy of 1% of reading. - Highly chemical and corrosive resistant PVDF - Gamma radiation resistant up to 50 kGy - Flow tube can be sterilised up to 140º C - PVDF meets requirements of the USP Class VI The PFA/Teflon® Turbine Flow meter with infra red reflection measurement, has low flow sensing capabilities in a wide range of applications, and is suitable for clear, opaque, neutral, corrosive and aggressive liquids. An ultra light-weight turbine rotor monitors the fluctuation of flow very accurately and generates a high resolution IR (Infra Red) reflected digital output signal. Flow ranges are available from 0,06 – 2 L/min 0,5 – 20 L/min 1,5 – 40 L/min. The S601 is a professional instrument that can be used to Monitor, Batch, Dose, Fill, Mix and Totalize when used with an Equflow turbine flowmeter. Housed in a compact IP65 enclosure with an LCD display and push button key pad, it is very simple to program and operate.
A device which pressurises gas in the heat pump cycle. Equipment which transfers solar energy to water within a heating system. An appliance in a heating system which provides energy for the system by burning fuel. It transfers energy to the water circulating in the system by means of an heat exchanger in the appliance. Type of boiler which can only utilise the lower calorific value of gas. A main principle in the design of a conventional boiler is to prevent condensation on the heat exchanger. If condensation occurs, it damages the heat exchanger. This is a method of management of the boiler’s output on the basis of outdoor air temperature. They convert solar energy into heat energy. These systems comprise a solar energy collector, a storage cylinder and a control unit. This is a system which converts sunlight falling on its solar energy collectors into heat energy. In addition to the energy obtained from combustion of the gas, it also uses the energy derived from condensation of the water vapour within the flue gas. When calculating the efficiency of a conventional boiler, this value is not included, and therefore the efficiency value of a condensing boiler can be as high as 110%. These appliances convert electrical energy into heat energy. These appliances absorb energy from low-temperature energy sources and transfer it in a high-temperature form in which it can be used These are appliances designed to produce domestic hot water. In these devices, hot water is not stored. Instead water is heated as it flows upon demand. Energy sources such as wood, sun, wind and the sea. In evacuated tube collectors, the absorber is held within inner of two glass tubes positioned one inside the other. The air between the two tubes is evacuated, minimising heat loss. Primary energy sources are natural energy sources such as coal, natural gas, solar energy or uranium. This device, manufactured from steel or copper, provides transfer of heat between two fluids without letting them mix or come into contact. Used in devices with sealed combustion air. These appliances are equipped with a fan. While the waste gas is removed from the flue, fresh air is also drawn through a coaxial flue into the combustion chamber. Device which controls the output of the boiler on the basis of room temperature. This device provides transfer of heat between two fluids without allowing them to mix or come into contact. The temperature of the water when it leaves the heating device. The temperature of the water when it returns to the heating device. Fluid used for the transfer of thermal energy. Pure water is used in heating systems. Removes the waste gas from the system. May be natural draught or forced draught. Domestic hot water Element of the heating system which provides transfer of the heat produced to the living space. Vessel used in order to compensate for the expansion of water within the system when heated. Expansion vessels of 5-8 L are normally used in wall-mounted appliances. In order to exploit the heat energy available in the ground, plastic pipes are looped down into holes bored into the soil to a depth of up to 100 m, and then covered in. The ground source energy is gathered using water circulating in the pipes. A two-cable control which notifies the boiler whether, on the basis of the set room temperature, it should ignite. Combustion chamber which draws its combustion air from the outside. The waste gas is expelled forcibly to the outside environment by means of a fan. Combustion chamber which draws its combustion air from the space in which the appliance is located. At the same time, waste gas is removed from the system by natural draught through a vertical flue. Using latent heat within flue gas by condensing the water vapour within it. Flue gases are produced by the combustion of fuel (gas, solid fuel etc.). Their structure varies depending on the type of fuel. They mainly consist of water vapour and CO₂. The flue gas produced as a consequence of the combustion is expelled to the outside environment by means of the flue. Materials which ensure that heat generated is transferred without loss to its destination. The heated water is sent to the system or to the heat exchanger or cylinder to produce domestic hot water. Pump fitted to a combi boiler. It is fitted to provide water circulation for the heating circuit.
Learn About Portulacas How to Sow How to Sow and Plant Portulaca may be grown from seed sown early indoors and transplanted outside after frost, or sown directly in the garden after frost. Sowing Seed Indoors: - Sow indoors 6-8 weeks before the last frost in spring using a seed starting kit - Sow seeds 1/8 inch deep in seed starting formula - Keep the soil moist at 70-75 degrees F - Seedlings emerge in 10-14 days - As soon as seedlings emerge, provide plenty of light on a sunny windowsill or grow seedlings 3-4 inches beneath fluorescent plant lights turned on 16 hours per day, off for 8 hours at night. Raise the lights as the plants grow taller. Incandescent bulbs will not work for this process because they will get too hot. Most plants require a dark period to grow, do not leave lights on for 24 hours. - Thin to one seedling per cell when they have two sets of leaves. - Seedlings do not need much fertilizer, feed when they are 3-4 weeks old using a starter solution (half strength of a complete indoor houseplant food) according to manufacturer’s directions. - Before planting in the garden, seedling plants need to be “hardened off”. Accustom young plants to outdoor conditions by moving them to a sheltered place outside for a week. Be sure to protect them from wind and hot sun at first. If frost threatens at night, cover or bring containers indoors, then take them out again in the morning. This hardening off process toughens the plant’s cell structure and reduces transplant shock and scalding. Sowing Directly in the Garden: - Direct sow seeds in average soil in full sun after all danger of frost. - Choose a location in full sun with very well-drained soil. - Prepare the soil by removing weeds and working organic matter into the top 6-8 inches of soil; then level and smooth. - Most plants respond well to soils amended with organic matter. Compost is a wonderful form of organic matter with a good balance of nutrients and an ideal pH level, it can be added to your planting area at any time. If compost is not available, top dress the soil after planting with 1-2 inches of organic mulch, which will begin to breakdown into compost. After the growing season, a soil test will indicate what soil amendments are needed for the following season. - Sow seeds thinly and evenly and cover with 1/8 inch of fine soil. - Firm soil lightly with your hand, water and keep evenly moist. - Seedlings will emerge in 10-14 days. - Portulaca may be grown closely together and usually does not need to be thinned. How to Grow - Keep weeds under control during the growing season. Weeds compete with plants for water, space and nutrients, so control them by either cultivating often or use a mulch to prevent their seeds from germinating. - Mulches also help retain soil moisture and maintain even soil temperatures. For annuals an organic mulch of shredded leaves lends a natural look to the bed and will improve the soil as it breaks down in time. Always keep mulches off a plant’s stems to prevent possible rot. - Portulaca is drought tolerant, but plants need about 1 inch of rain per week during the growing season. Use a rain gauge to check to see if you need to add water. It's best to water with a drip or trickle system that delivers water at low pressure at the soil level. If you water with overhead sprinklers, water early in the day so the foliage has time to dry off before evening, to minimize disease problems. Keep the soil moist but not saturated. - Until plants become established, some protection from extreme winds and direct, hot sunlight may be necessary. Good air movement is also important. - After new growth appears, a light fertilizer may be applied. Keep granular fertilizers away from the plant crown and foliage to avoid burn injury. Use low rates of a slow release fertilizer such as Flower-tone, as higher rates may encourage root rots. - Remove spent flower heads to keep plants flowering until fall. - Monitor for pests and diseases. Check with your local Cooperative Extension Service for pest controls recommended for your area. - Remove plants after they are killed by frost in fall to avoid disease issues the following year. - Portulaca is ideal for containers. Take care not to overcrowd them or the flowers may be significantly smaller than they should be and the plants may be taller. Always use a commercial potting mix, do not use garden soil, and make sure the containers have adequate drainage. Container grown plants will require extra water and fertilizer, look for signs of wilt or a nutrient deficiency. - Portulaca is perfect for rock gardens and for beds and borders in drought-prone areas. It grows nicely between paving stones. - The plants have a spreading habit, so they cascade gracefully from hanging baskets and window boxes. - They also make a great annual groundcover. - Portulaca often will self-sow. If you want it to do so, allow some seed to ripen on the plant at the end of the season. Common Pests and Problems Damping Off: This is one of the most common problems when starting plants from seed. The seedling emerges and appears healthy; then it suddenly wilts and dies for no obvious reason. Damping off is caused by a fungus that is active when there is abundant moisture and soils and air temperatures are above 68 degrees F. Typically, this indicates that the soil is too wet or contains high amounts of nitrogen fertilizer. Burpee Recommends: Keep seedlings moist but do not overwater; avoid over-fertilizing your seedlings; thin out seedlings to avoid overcrowding; make sure the plants are getting good air circulation; if you plant in containers, thoroughly wash them in soapy water and rinse in a ten per cent bleach solution after use. Root Knot Nematodes: Microscopic worm-like pests that cause swellings (galls) to form on roots. Plants may wilt or appear stunted. This is a serious problem in many Southern states. Burpee Recommends: Do not plant into infested soil. Try planting ‘Nema-Gone’ marigolds around your plants. Root Rots: A number of pathogens cause root rots of seedlings as well as mature roots. Burpee Recommends: Practice crop rotation and do not plant related crops in the same area for several years. Pull up and discard infected plants. Make sure your soil has excellent drainage. Contact your Cooperative Extension Service for recommendations. Keep plants healthy. White Rust: White rust cause branches and leaves to swell. Raised pustules can form on the front as well as the back of leaves. Branches can be deformed, erect and spindly. Burpee Recommends: Remove infected plants. Contact your Cooperative Extension Service for recommendations. Common Pest and Cultural Problems Aphids: Greenish, red, black or peach colored sucking insects can spread disease as they feed on the undersides of leaves. They leave a sticky residue on foliage that attracts ants. Burpee Recommends: Introduce or attract natural predators into your garden such as lady beetles and wasps who feed on aphids. You can also wash them off with a strong spray, or use an insecticidal soap. Mealybugs: Mealybugs are 1/8 to ¼ inch long flat wingless insects that secrete a white powder that forms a waxy shell that protects them. They form cottony looking masses on stems, branches and leaves. They suck the juices from leaves and stems and cause weak growth. They also attract ants with the honeydew they excrete, and the honeydew can grow a black sooty mold on it as well. Burpee Recommends: Wash infected plant parts under the faucet and try to rub the bugs off. They may also be controlled by predator insects such as lacewings, ladybugs and parasitic wasps. Check with your Cooperative Extension Service for pesticide recommendations. Scale: Small bugs look like brown, black, gray to white bumps on the stems of plants. Scale may not have any apparent legs and may not move. Scales have a sucking mouth part. Scale may produce a honeydew so leaves and stems may be sticky. Scale can weaken the plant causing it to grow very slowly and it may wilt at the middle of the day. Burpee Recommends: Completely spray the stems with Insecticidal soap. For a severe infestation contact your local County Extension Service for recommendation for your area. Spider Mites: These tiny spider-like pests are about the size of a grain of pepper. They may be red, black, brown or yellow. They suck on the plant juices removing chlorophyll and injecting toxins which cause white dots on the foliage. There is often webbing visible on the plant. They cause the foliage to turn yellow and become dry and stippled. They multiply quickly and thrive in dry conditions. Burpee Recommends: Spider mites may be controlled with a forceful spray every other day. Try hot pepper wax or insecticidal soap. Check with your Cooperative Extension Service for miticide recommendations. Thrips: Thrips are tiny needle-thin insects that are black or straw colored. They suck the juices of plants and attack flower petals, leaves and stems. The plant will have a stippling, discolored flecking or silvering of the leaf surface. Thrips can spread many diseases from plant to plant. Burpee Recommends: Many thrips may be repelled by sheets of aluminum foil spread between rows of plants. Remove weeds from the bed and remove debris from the bed after frost. Check with your Cooperative Extension Service for pest controls. Should I start my portulaca indoors or outdoors? Portulaca may be sown directly in the garden or started early indoors. If you would like earlier bloom you can start them inside six to eight weeks earlier than direct sowing after danger of frost. Is portulaca drought tolerant? Yes portulaca can tolerate drought and full sun conditions. Can you tell me why my portulaca is not blooming? Make sure portulaca is planted in full sun; if it is planted in shade it may not bloom. Also, too much fertilizer can cause portulaca plants to have bright beautiful leaves and no flowers. Portulaca does not like too much fertilizer. What is Moss Rose? Moss Rose is another common name for portulaca. Why do my portulaca flowers close up during the day? Older varieties tend to have flowers that close during the brightest time of the day. Newer varieties such as Sundial mix stay open longer.
LONDON, United Kingdom — According to network technology and services company Cisco, the number of people who watch web videos will surpass 1 billion by the end of 2010. By 2014, web video alone will account for 57 percent of all consumer internet traffic. Already, more than 2 billion videos are played each day on YouTube alone. With staggering statistics like these, it’s no surprise that fashion brands, both large and small, are investing in online video content, while agencies that represent commercial artists are urging their fashion photographers to reposition themselves as image-makers who can direct short films. But what makes a good fashion film? And are these the same primary concerns that go into a good fashion photograph? While these questions have been circulating since SHOWstudio’s early experiments in moving image, this season, as the medium of fashion film matures, we saw the debate condense around two distinct points of view. Some industry figures say that creating a successful fashion film is very different to creating a fashion photograph and underscore the primary importance of elements like narrative and acting. “What makes a good fashion film is exactly what makes any good film: direction, lighting, acting, script, sound,” said Diane Pernet, influential fashion blogger and founder of A Shaded View on Fashion Film. “These are elements that go beyond a static photo shoot,” she continued. Ms. Pernet’s emphasis on the fundamentals of filmmaking was echoed by Alistair Allan, Digital Director at Dazed Group: “Anything near or over two minutes needs to have some form of narrative to keep the viewer engaged. The pace of editing is also important, as is the correct use of cinematography technique, which sadly a lot photographers don’t understand or sympathise with.” Others think that great fashion films are driven by exactly the same concerns as great fashion photographs where the visual or stylistic story comes first. “I don’t think there are any rules when it comes to communicating a feeling, but for me, a fashion film is always led by the fashion — the lines, the colours,” said pioneering fashion filmmaker Ruth Hogben, who frequently collaborates with Nick Knight’s SHOWstudio. “Rather than film, it’s better to think about fashion: what makes a good fashion communication? It’s exactly the same as a photograph,” she emphasised. Over the last two fashion cycles, we’ve brought you our seasonal ranking of the Top 10 Fashion Films. This season, the Top 10 includes powerful narrative films, like Karl Lagerfeld’s “Remember Now” for Chanel, as well as stunning films driven primarily by a stylistic story, like Ruth Hogben’s latest film for Gareth Pugh. We’ve also included “Act da Fool,” Harmony Korine’s controversial piece for Proenza Schouler, a piece that, we think, manages to place equal importance on narrative and visual storytelling. As you sit back and enjoy the films, let us know which approach you think works best. (RSS and Email subscribers, click here to view the films). 1. Gareth Pugh S/S 2011 by Ruth Hogben Starring a future-forward, silver-haired Kristen McMenamy, Ruth Hogben’s 11-minute geometric epic for Gareth Pugh captivated hundreds of editors, buyers and other industry insiders at Paris Fashion Week, where it was projected at giant scale in the Palais Omnisports in Bercy. Since then, it’s been beamed across the world via SHOWstudio and video sharing sites Vimeo and YouTube, entrancing thousands more. Directed by Ruth Hogben and conceived in collaboration with a close-knit team that included artist Matthew Stone, stylist Katie Shillingford and set designer Simon Costin, this is a film that puts fashion first, exploring Mr. Pugh’s S/S 2011 collection with laser-like focus. But the film also demonstrates with great effect how a designer can leverage abstract, visually-centered storytelling to perfectly communicate a collection and articulate a broader brand vision in one powerful communication. 2. Proenza Schouler “Act da Fool” by Harmony Korine Proenza Schouler gave Harmony Korine, writer of “Kids” and director of disturbing features like “Gummo” and “Julien Donkey-Boy,” carte blanche to create this controversial film about teenage angst, resulting in what is possibly the most controversial fashion film released since the movement began a few years back. Shot in Nashville, Tennessee (where Korine lives) the film follows a group of African-American girls in as they drink, smoke, write graffiti and skulk around a schoolyard in Proenza Schouler’s Fall 2010 collection. “It’s about girls who sleep in abandoned cars and set things on fire," said Korine. "It’s about the great things in life. The stars in the sky and lots of malt liquor.” While the film has attracted both severe criticism and praise — provoking a raging debate and discussion online — we rate it highly because it feels like an authentic piece of cultural content and perfectly integrates both narrative and visual storytelling by threading a poetic and mesmerising voiceover through a series of beautifully composed “moving stills.” 3. Chanel: Remember Now by Karl Lagerfeld Karl Lagerfeld’s “Remember Now” for Chanel is a great example of a successful fashion film that’s driven primarily by narrative. Pascal Greggory stars as a veteran playboy who encounters a young and glittering group of friends played by a high-wattage cast including Elisa Sednaoui, Baptiste Giabiconi, Heidi Mount, Abbey Lee and others. We think the film nicely complements Mr. Lagerfeld’s nostalgic, Riviera-inspired 2011 cruise collection and tells a powerful brand story that perfectly captures the gilded and care-free hedonism of summer in Saint-Tropez. Mr. Lagerfeld’s cameo appearance is fun. But our favourite part is the brief intro sequence where Leigh Lezark plays Coco Chanel. 4. Iris by Barnaby Roper Barnaby Roper’s techno-robotic “Iris,” starring Iris Strubegger, is a stunning visual experiment that dissects a range of fall looks from Stella McCartney, Miu Miu, Givenchy, Céline and Proenza Schouler. We love the way Roper — who has directed music videos for bands like Razorlight, Snowpatrol and Moby, alongside his work for fashion magazines — hypnotizes the viewer with his surgically precise editing technique. “It’s the rhythm of the edit that’s the key to the film, the key to all films,” said Roper in an interview with Nowness, where the film first appeared. 5. H&M Designer Collaboration Teasers (series) H&M developed a brilliant short video teaser campaign to get consumers excited for the launch of their annual designer collaboration. Featuring stereotypical designer types like a man in a skinny dark suit and a woman in an extreme blouse and chunky jewelry, the series of black-and-white videos engaged viewers in a collective guessing game on the identity of the yet unannounced designer, dropping a sequence of clues specifically designed to lead fashion-savvy viewers one way, then another. Discussion raged on YouTube, spilled onto Twitter and sparked countless posts in the fashion blogosphere that named Carolina Herrera and Thomas Maier of Bottega Veneta among suspected collaborators, before the identity of the real designer was revealed to be Alber Elbaz of Lanvin. Overall, we thought this was a fun and highly effective use of the short video format that was intelligently conceived to generate positive conversation across the social web. Bravo. 5. Holly Fulton by Quentin Jones “Holly Fulton” by London-based illustrator, animator and director Quentin Jones is a riot of flash bulbs, humming birds, lions and Manhattan skyscrapers that brought a great big smile to our faces, and recalled the signature aesthetic of one of London's rising design talents. Commissioned by British Vogue art director Jaime Perlman for her experimental fashion platform TEST, we think the film is a perfect complement to Fulton’s bold and graphic, 60s meets Art Deco collection. 7. Burberry Acoustic (Series) Debuting three days before the brand’s menswear show last June, the “Burberry Acoustic” series cleverly highlights the brand’s longstanding connection to British rock bands with a collection of nicely styled music videos that populate the brand’s YouTube channel and Facebook page. The short films feature Burberry product, integrate with in-store happenings and function as a kind of digital support platform for emerging British music talent. Plus, the music selection is great. 8. Chronology by Luca Guadagnino for NOWNESS NOWNESS commissioned Luca Guadagnino, director of “I Am Love,” to create this abstract, surrealist film featuring a stunning Mariacarla Boscono in tightly edited highlights from the fall 2010 collections of luxury fashion etailer Net-a-Porter, styled by Cathy Edwards. In a characteristically sharp move from Net-a-Porter, famous for their shopable weekly web magazine and accompanying iPad app, the video content leads consumers directly to commerce opportunities. When the film launched, all the looks seen on Boscono — including fashion from Christopher Kane, Chloé, Miu Miu, Valentino, Yves Saint Laurent, Sigerson Morrison and Azzedine Alaïa — were available for instant purchase. 9. Nike Gyakusou (Dark Edit) by Jamie Morgan Jamie Morgan created this evocative film to launch the first collaboration between Nike Sportswear and Jun Takahashi’s cult brand Undercover: the Nike x Undercover Gyakusou performance running collection. The slow-motion visual treatment and playful yet deliberate soundtrack brilliantly capture the surreal sense of pace, stamina and inner focus that lies at the heart of performance running. We think the rain and smoke looks amazing as well. 10. Black Light by Suzie Q & Leo Siboni Commissioned by Diane Pernet in collaboration with Vogue Italia, Suzie Q and Leo Siboni’s Blacklight appeared at A Shaded View on Fashion Film in Milan last May as part of a special series of one-minute fashion films inspired by “light.” The film plays on codes of fantasy and sporadically immerses the viewer in a blacklit netherworld to dramatic and haunting visual effect. Did we miss someone? Which fashion films captured your imagination this season? Let the BoF community know which films you liked most.
This employer-funded benefit provides income to employees who are unable to work because of sickness or injury. It is usually limited to a certain number of days or hours per year. Sick leave is not required by law and is given at the discretion of the employer or negotiated in a union contract. Short-term disability (private) Partial wage replacement through an employer or insurance company is typically provided to those who have been off work for a short time. Short-term disability plans may have provisions that allow the insurance company to decide whether to offer funding support for services to help with vocational rehabilitation. However, this is less likely than with long-term disability plans. It’s important to note that short- and long-term disability is an optional benefit funded by the employer, the union or by self-pay. Some short-term disability programs offer earlier intervention vocational rehabilitation support. For more information, see Episodic Disability Employment Network Fact Sheet #2 (PDF). Long-term disability (private) Long-term disability plans are purchased by employers and offered as an employee benefit, or are purchased by employees themselves through a union or professional association. Typically, this insurance partially replaces the wages of those who have been off work for an extended period and who provide medical evidence of their inability to work. Depending on the plan, the definition of disability and eligibility for wage replacement varies, and it may change over time. Many plans offer partial wage replacement if someone cannot work in their former job. After two years, however, a medical opinion will be sought as to whether they could work in other occupations. For additional information, see the Guide to disability insurance from the Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association. Some insurance plans have provisions for permanent part-time disability. Note that insurance-provided wage replacement may not continue indefinitely, and plans are not the same across insurers. It is important to encourage the cancer survivor to review their own policy to determine changes in eligibility, so that they can plan for a return to work or anticipate these eligibility changes early to avoid job loss and financial burden. For more information, see Understanding Long Term Disability (LTD) Benefits webcasts, Wellspring Canada or Episodic Disability Employment Network Fact Sheet #3 (PDF). Applying for long-term disability To help patients apply for long-term disability benefits, you may want to refer them to this article Navigating your Long-Term Disability Claim by Ella Forbes-Chilibeck posted on the Canadian Cancer Survivor Network website. Navigating a long-term disability claim At some point in a claim, the insurance company may ask the claimant to apply for a Canada Pension Plan Disability (CPP-D) benefit. This will allow the company to offset its costs. The claimant will likely be expected to sign off so that the CPP-D benefit goes to long-term disability provider or the amount the claimant receives from the CPP-D will be deducted from their long-term disability payment. In some cases, people receiving private insurance (long- and short-term disability) have access to vocational rehabilitation support. Vocational rehabilitation services may include assessment, planning and rehabilitative support with the goal of safely returning an individual to work. The availability and degree of support varies depending on the mandate of these services. For more information, see Long Term Disability Insurance: Support for Longer Absences from Work from the Episodic Disabilities Employment Network. In many situations, the patient will need a referral to access vocational rehabilitation support. A doctor can recommend to the insurance company that the patient would benefit from such support, and the company will decide if it will fund the service. In many cases, insurance providers have a vocational rehabilitation consultant/counsellor assess the patient’s need for such a service before deciding to fund it. In some cases, the company’s case manager handling the claim will refer the employee to a vocational rehabilitation service. See Tips for Working with a Vocational Rehabilitation Counsellor.
Leading projects never has been easy. Its multidimensional aspects both encompass hard skills like planning, reporting, note taking and problem solving, as well as behavioral or soft skills like negotiating, team building and ethics. As third corner in the eye of competence there are contextual competencies like health and saftey, sustainability and legal matters. The International Project Management Association (IPMA)‘s approach to project management is broken down into 46 (!) competence elements. The eye of competence integrates all elements of project management as seen through the eyes of the project manager when he or she evaluates a specific situation. The illustration also represents clarity and vision. Instead of freezing or fleeing uneasy situations, the project manager processes the available information and determines a good, better or best practice to proceed. Managing projects on a daily basis, courses and education, meetings with fellow project managers and coaching or intervision help project managers learn and grow. The IPMA Competence Baseline, a set of specified certification levels associated with maturity levels on these 46 competencies, is the basis assessing candidates. Better project management practices and day-to-day decision making should be the fruits of all these efforts. Agility then isn’t the next buzz word you’ll have to learn. Projects are never simple intellectual exercises. The homo economicus, only showing rational behaviour, as I learned studying economics at the university, doesn’t exist. And the project members are living human people, not resources like a pen or notepad. Gut feeling or intuition without a solid basis in years of experience may damage more than you think. Your quick answers or conclusions may not benefit the organization, skip the listening part in conversations or neglect the blind spot in your professional eye. Integrity, honesty and treating people fair, remember Jesus’ view on hypocrisy: “Why do you see the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye?” Looking for other analogies you may think of an owl, seeing everything sharp. Well, actually, an owl has has 14 vertebrae, which he can turn around 240 degrees. Human traffic is its enemy. Flying too low hunting mouses, etc. the owl can be caught by your car or bus, which he didn’t see. So, even with 14 vertebrae, 46 competence elements you don’t have a 100% success rate. But there’s a lot of improvement possible to get from the 30% successful projects, the Standish Group’s CHAOS report will tell you. As a first step I would recommend reading the underlying assumptions and definitions, which will help you to debunk that urban legend. Next, show leadership, as the International Competence Baseline considers leadership as necessary to practice all other 45 project management competences in a way that your team will see and accept them.
+ Create a new wish list Quantity selected exceeds the amount in inventory. Please select a lower amount. A top-selling teacher resource line, The 100+ Series™ features over 100 reproducible activities in each book! This reproducible math workbook contains teaching instructions, examples, directions, and answers in both Spanish and English to address the needs of a growing diverse population. Each page is designed to address all subject areas of NCTM Standards. Activities focus on addition, subtraction, more or less, shapes, taller or shorter and more! The icons at the top of each page make it easy to identify effective activities using Problem Solving, Reasoning and Proof, Communication, Connections, and Representation. The book also includes an introduction and answer key in both English and Spanish, pretests and post tests, skill checks, and cumulative tests. You don't have express settings configured. Would you like to configure it now? Something went wrong while submitting feedback.
When it comes to children's protests about their bedtimes, parents shouldn't give in. Research suggests that not going to bed at the same time every night may be harmful to the developing brain. The National Sleep Foundation says that preschoolers between 3 to 5 years old need 11 to 13 hours of sleep, while kids up to the age of 12 need 10 to 11 hours of sleep. "Early child development has profound influences on health and well-being across the life course," study author Amanda Sacker, professor of lifecourse studies at University College London, said to HealthDay. "Therefore, reduced or disrupted sleep -- especially if it occurs at key times in development -- could have important impacts on health throughout life." The new research, which was published July 8 in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, looked at 11,000 children in the U.K. Their families were asked about bedtimes and other routines when their kids were 3, 5 and 7 years old. At the age of 7, the children were also given a test to measure their math and reading skills, and special awareness. The 3-year-olds were found to have the most irregular bedtimes, with 20 percent of them going to bed at different hours each night. By the age of 7, the children were tucked in between 7:30 and 8:30 P.M. for the most part. The tests revealed that girls who had irregular bedtimes at the age of 7 were more likely to have lower scores on all three cognitive measures than those who had regular bedtimes. Sleeping patterns did not affect the test scores for boys at this age, however. Looking further into the findings, if a child had an irregular bedtime at the age of 5, it didn't seem to affect his or her test scores at a later age. However, both boys and girls who weren't sleeping at the same time every night at the age of 3 had lower scores in reading, math and spacial awareness. In addition, girls who had irregular bedtimes at 3, 5 and 7 had significantly lower reading, math and spatial-awareness scores than those who had regular bedtimes throughout childhood. For boys, just having irregular bedtimes at any two of those age markers was linked to lower testing. The researchers said that sleep may play a big role in the brains "plasticity," or its ability to learn and store new information. Bad sleep patterns earlier in life may set people up for problems later down the road. They also believe that the evidence shows that 3 might be a crucial age for mental development. "Age three seems to be where you see the largest effect and that is a concern," Sacker pointed out to the Guardian. "If a child is having irregular bedtimes at a young age, they're not synthesising all the information around them at that age, and they've got a harder job to do when they are older. It sets them off on a more difficult path," she added. But, Dr. Robert Scott-Jupp of the Royal College of Pediatrics and Child Health told the BBC that people shouldn't assume less sleep leads to less-smart children. "At first glance, this research might seem to suggest that less sleep makes children less intelligent, however, it is clearly more complicated than that," he said. "While it's likely that social and biological brain development factors are inter-related in a complex way, in my opinion, for schoolchildren to perform their best, they should all, whatever their background, get a good night's sleep."
‘Dealing with recycling and re-use of materials in a highly qualitative manner, is in short what the circular economy is all about’, according to Jacqueline Cramer, ex-minister of VROM and nowadays among others ambassador circular economy in the Metropole Region Amsterdam. Together with the President of the Court Amsterdam, Mr. Henk Naves, she officially opened the new Temporary Courthouse Amsterdam last Friday November 4th. Through a Design, Build, Maintain & Remove (DBMR)-project the building was realized by consortium dpcp – a collaboration between Du Prie bouw & ontwikkeling and developer cepezedprojects. The design was done by cepezed and cepezedinterior. The new construction is part of the temporary courthouse on the grounds of the current Parnascomplex along the Parnassusweg. Here, the larger part of the jurisdiction will take place during the five years that a new permanent housing will be developed on the same premises. However, the interim-character of the building does not denigrate its representativeness or, standards for matters such as equipment, complex logistics, acoustics, comfort and safety. The client RVB aims at reducing waste and maximizing the rest-value after the initial period of use. The building therefor is well adaptable and leaves possibilities for other functions by other users. The adaptability is taken to the limit; the building is no longer restricted to a single location. In order to make the structure customizable and circular it has been designed as a kit of parts and can just as easily be mounted, taken apart and remounted again. Jacqueline Cramer concluded her opening speech by wishing to really attend the Temporary Court House’s demounting in five years after which the edifice will find a new function and user.
Decriminalize and Protect the Rights of LGBTI People in the Pacific Islands Now! 0 have signed. Let’s get to 2,500! As Pacific LGBTI leaders and allies with a view to the protection and promotion of human rights of gender and sexual minorities in the Pacific Islands, we respectfully call on the Pacific Islands Forum, the region's premier inter-governmental policy organisation, to immediately introduce supportive policies to ensure that all of its members uphold the values of its mission “to support full inclusivity, equity and equality for all people of the Pacific.” Seven of the 18 Forum member states* maintain colonial-era laws that criminalize the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people*, threatening gender diverse citizens with harsh penalties, including but not limited to imprisonment, whipping and other corporal punishments. Regardless of enforcement, such laws reinforce negative attitudes that enable an environment of persecution and harm to all LGBTI citizens in the Pacific. On behalf of all LGBTI citizens, and their families, friends, and allies, we respectfully call on the Pacific Islands Forum Chair, Leaders, and Member States to: - Establish a process that leads to full legal protections for all LGBTI citizens in all member states, aligned with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and the commitment to “Leave No One Behind”; - Enforce a policy of full decriminalisation of colonial-era and other laws that restrict the freedom of expression of Pacific LGBTI citizens; - Denounce homophobic and transphobic prejudice and discrimination, and lead the way by ensuring that the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat develops employment policies that protect its LGBTI, gender & sexual minority employees; - Include gender & sexual minorities in leadership positions and in decision-making processes Because of existing discriminatory legislative provisions, LGBTI people in the Pacific face severe challenges and suffer disproportionate discrimination and abuse. They are rejected by their families, kicked out of their homes, bullied, and pushed out of school. Too many LGBTI people are jobless, homeless, without healthcare, and struggling to survive, including LGBTI Pacific citizens that migrate to Australia and New Zealand. The situation of transgender men and women is even worse. They have higher rates of homelessness, poverty and hunger. For individuals and their families, this is a personal tragedy. For society, it is a shameful waste of human talent, ingenuity and economic potential. PLEASE SIGN AND SHARE THIS PETITION TO HELP MAKE THE PACIFIC FREE AND EQUAL FOR ALL. THANK YOU! The Pacific Islands Forum member states are: Australia, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Nauru, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu. **Some Pacific Islands Gender Diversity Terms include: Leiti or fakaleiti (Tonga), Fa’afafine (Samoa, American Samoa, and Tokelau), Fakafifine (Niue), Akava’ine (Cook Islands), Māhū (Tahiti and Hawai'i), Aikane (Hawai'i) Vakasalewalewa (Fiji), Palopa (Papua New Guinea), Ira tāngata, Takatāpui,Tangata ira tāne, Whakawahine, hinehī, hinehua (Maori). Sponsored by Leitis in Waiting Pacific Equality Project - Pacific Human Rights Initiative - Tonga Leitis Association - Pacific Sexual & Gender Diversity Network Today: Leitis in Waiting Pacific Equality Project is counting on you Leitis in Waiting Pacific Equality Project needs your help with “Tell Pacific Islands Forum to Decriminalize and Protect LGBTI People in Pacific Nations”. Join Leitis in Waiting Pacific Equality Project and 1,988 supporters today.
If you have and questions about the INDIO information page below please contact us. A General Description of Sailing Yacht INDIO This good sized luxury yacht INDIO is a sailing yacht. This 31 m (100 ft) luxury yacht was produced by Wally in 2009. She could be described as a recent cruising yacht. INDIO was previously registered as (Wally 101). Superyacht INDIO is a impressive yacht that is able to accommodate a total of 8 passengers on board and has a total of 4 professional crew. Completed by 2009 the recent interior design proffers the perspicacious progression of Wally. The Building & Design relating to Luxury Yacht INDIO The yacht's general design work came from German Frers and Wally. The professional naval architect firm plans are the products of German Frers. Sailing Yacht INDIO received her stylish interior designing from the interior design company of Wally. In 2009 she was actually launched with accolade in Fano and post sea trials and finishing touches was thereafter delivered to the new owner. Wally completed their new build sailing yacht in Italy. Her hull was constructed with composite. The sailing yacht superstructure component is made for the most part with composite. With a beam of 6.8 metres / 21.2 feet INDIO has reasonable size. She has a deep draught of 4.9m (16.08ft). S/Y INDIO Engines & Speeds: The main engine of the ship generates 330 horse power (or 246 kilowatts). Her total HP is 330 HP and her total Kilowatts are 246. She is driven by a single screw propeller (gory 3 blades varifold). Regarding bow thrusters she uses Maxpower. Superyacht INDIO Has Accommodations: The good sized luxury yacht S/Y INDIO is able to accommodate up to 8 guests and 4 crew members. A List of the Specifications of the INDIO: \|Superyacht Name:\|\|Sailing Yacht INDIO\| \|Built in:\|\|Fano, Italian\| \|Length Overall:\|\|30.5 metres / 100.1 feet.\| \|Waterline Length:\|\|26.6 (87.3 ft)\| \|Naval Architecture:\|\|German Frers and Wally, German Frers\| \|Designers Involved in Yacht Design:\|\|Wally\| \|Hull / Superstructure Construction Material:\|\|composite / composite\| \|Owner of INDIO:\|\|Unknown\| \|INDIO available for luxury yacht charters:\|\|-\| \|Is the yacht for sale:\|\|-\| \|Helicopter Landing Pad:\|\|No\| \|Material Used For Deck:\|\|teak\| \|Class society used:\|\|RINA (Registro Italiano Navale)\| \|Max yacht charter guests:\|\|8\| \|Number of Crew Members:\|\|4\| \|Main Engine(s) is one 330 HP or 246 kW Cummins. The Model type is QSB 5.9 diesel.\| \|Giving the combined power of 330 HP /246 KW.\| \|Cruise Speed:\|\|12 knots.\| \|Bunkering capacity:\|\|2500 L.\| \|Potable water capacity:\|\|2000.00.\| \|Gensets:\|\|Cummins 1 times 27 kilowatts.\| \|Total Sail Size:\|\|542 Metres Squared.\| \|Waterline Length (LWL):\|\|26.6m/87.3ft.\| \|Draught at deepest:\|\|4.9m/16.08ft.\| \|Yacht Type:\|\|cruising yacht.\| Miscellaneous Yacht Details Condaria is the company which installed the AC . INDIO features a teak deck. The luxury yacht INDIO displayed on this page is merely informational and she is not necessarily available for yacht charter or for sale, nor is she represented or marketed in anyway by CharterWorld. This web page and the superyacht information contained herein is not contractual. All yacht specifications and informations are displayed in good faith but CharterWorld does not warrant or assume any legal liability or responsibility for the current accuracy, completeness, validity, or usefulness of any superyacht information and/or images displayed. All boat information is subject to change without prior notice and may not be current. "What I try to achieve when designing any kind of boat is to do something which is fast and good looking. That is to say, the whole thing is well proportioned and has grace regardless of the size and type. A boat that is responsive, gracious and has character." - German Frers
Carrying signs demanding “pre-college, not pre-prison,” and “caps and gowns, not cuffs and bars,” high school students and organizers clad in bright blue and green t-shirts protested revisions to the CPS Student Code of Contact outside Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s office on Monday. The Chicago Board of Education revises and adopts the code annually and is scheduled to vote on the 2012-13 document on June 27. This year, leaders in Jean-Claude Brizard’s new administration spent many hours talking with student groups and community organizations about the changes they want to see. Many of the groups are not happy with the results, saying that district officials did not go far enough in curtailing suspensions, expulsions and arrests. “We hoped this would be the year for more dramatic changes,” says Charles Bergman of Community Organizing and Family Issues, a nonprofit opposed the district’s zero tolerance policies. (Photo by Mark Yuk Chong.) Bergman’s organization is participating in the High Hopes Campaign, a coalition of community groups that wants a 40 percent reduction in suspensions and expulsions .Bergman says one measure the coalition wanted is a graduated punishment system, so that students could not be suspended on the first offense if the misconduct wasn’t serious. In its most recent presentation on code changes, officials said it will reduce the number of days that students can be suspended for certain acts. It also will eliminate the automatic 10-day suspension for the worst offenses. Principals could issue a five-day suspension and would have to justify any additional time. Student and community groups say the revisions are an improvement, but they are disappointed that suspension remains an option for lesser offences, such as unauthorized use of the parking lot or using the Internet for something other than school work. They also are disappointed that officials didn’t change at all the police notification guidelines, leaving students vulnerable for being arrested at school for offenses that could be handled internally. VOYCE, which stands for in Voices of Youth in Chicago Education, also would like charter schools, which are allowed to adopt their own codes of conduct, to be banned from doing certain things, such as fining students for misconduct. On Monday, VOYCE delivered to the Mayor’s office and School Board offices its recommended code, based in part on codes used in Baltimore and Denver. It was accompanied by a letter asking: “Is the Board of Education on our side? Do you want us in Chicago Public Schools? Or do you want the most vulnerable among us, the students who need the most support, forced out onto the streets or into prison?” Mohamed Dia, a sophomore at Gage Park High school and a member of VOYCE, told the crowd that, as a student who is undocumented, arrests at school are particularly worrisome for him. He said he was excited that President Barack Obama announced last week that some undocumented students will be allowed to stay in the United States. “For students to be eligible, they cannot have a criminal record,” he says. “CPS has done little to eliminate school-based arrests. CPS failure to address this potentially prevents students from reaching their goals.” According to VOYCE, 2,546 students were arrested at school during the first six months of this school year, 82 percent for misdemeanor offenses. “No one wants a safer school than we do,” said Alberto Brito, a junior at Roosevelt High School and a youth leader in the Albany Park Neighborhood Council. “But extreme discipline does not make our schools any safer.” CPS officials say that many of the community groups’ suggestions have been incorporated and that the revised code is less harsh and gives principals and disciplinarians more discretion. In addition, CPS spokeswoman Marielle Sainvilus says that under Brizard, there’s already been a nearly 30 percent reduction in expulsions and arrests. She says the administration is disappointed that VOYCE and other groups are still unhappy. “We have told these groups that we do not intend to halt all disciplinary actions for certain infractions, as they suggest, because there are situations where different intervention practices may be appropriate,” she says. “Under the revision, the principal can choose to send a student to a peace circle or to send a student home,” he says. “For some things, there’s no reason for a student to be out of school at all.” The High Hopes Campaign and VOYCE also would like to see more transparency around discipline. According to the CPS presentation, the district is going to include misconduct and “consequences” as part of its school monitoring system. However, there’s no commitment to make any of this information public. Emma Tai, an education organizer for VOYCE, says that Denver Public Schools publishes “rich information” about suspension, expulsion and disproportionality and that principals have responded with changes. Currently, it requires a Freedom of Information Act request to elicit this information from CPS or the Illinois State Board of Education, which also keeps this data. Photo by Mark Chong Man Yuk.
A response to "Shelter in the parsonage" Case by case: Case by case Read Ellen Blue's fictional narrative first. Domestic violence is an open secret at Elm Street Church. Everyone, pastors and congregation alike, knows or at least suspects that Roberta is being battered by her husband, Hank. She is distraught about her marriage but can’t articulate what the problems are; she often has bruises on her body which she has difficulty explaining; she cancels appointments at the last minute. When Abigail, one of the ministers, asks her point blank if Hank is beating her, Roberta denies it but also rushes to explain that Hank is under a lot of pressure. As Marie Fortune has taught us, religious communities can offer “roadblocks or resources” for women in situations of domestic violence. Religious notions of self-sacrifice, the sanctity of marriage and the redemptive value of suffering can all conspire to keep women in abusive relationships. Religious communities willing to discuss the double-edged quality of these religious ideas can give women in violent domestic partnerships new theological ways to interpret their situation. Religious communities can also offer crucial spiritual and material support as well as connections to the medical, psychological and legal resources that women like Roberta need. Elm Street Church is not a theological roadblock in this case, but neither has the church found a way to be an effective resource. Three years into Roberta and Hank’s marriage, the church seems to have integrated the open secret of the violence in their home into the ongoing lore of the community. Although members of the congregation speak to Abigail and Ian about their suspicion that Hank beats Roberta, they are also frustrated with Roberta for being such an “unreliable” church member. When Roberta, scheduled to lead a program for a women’s group in the church, cancels at the last moment, the women in the group laugh at Abigail for thinking that Roberta would follow through. The congregation seems to feel unable to do anything for Roberta except laugh bitterly at a bad situation. If she won’t help herself, their laughter seems to say, how can we help her? Domestic violence has a tremendous power to isolate, and the open secret of domestic violence in the Elm Street Church seems to have isolated all parties. Roberta is unable to say what is happening to her, Hank no longer comes to church, Abigail and Ian counsel Roberta hour after hour but cannot find a way to intervene, and the congregation has learned to live with the secret by focusing on Roberta’s faults. The new, overwhelmed ministers have not yet turned to therapists, domestic violence advocates or law enforcement officials to help them think through the ways they might help Roberta, although they have offered such resources to Roberta herself. Everyone in this story seems worn out and isolated in their inability to speak or act. One issue this case raises is the mandatory reporting of domestic violence. Laws vary from state to state, but in many places, if a woman repeatedly turned up at church with bruises on her body, the minister is required by law to report it. Are Abigail and Ian reluctant to do this because Roberta has denied that Hank is battering her? Or are they afraid that Roberta will feel betrayed by them and put herself beyond the reach of their pastoral care? When Roberta asks to stay in Abigail and Ian’s house just hours before they leave on a trip, Abigail feels confronted with two stark options. She has good reasons for not wanting Roberta to stay in her house: she doesn’t trust her, she keeps sensitive documents in the house, she cherishes her privacy. There are other reasons that Abigail might have balked at Roberta’s request as well: her unwillingness to leave Roberta alone and vulnerable; her reluctance to continue the cycle of stop-gap measures that may only reinforce the ongoing situation; Roberta’s manipulative appeal to the former pastor’s willingness to let her stay in the parsonage so she and Hank could “cool off.” But beneath all of these reasons is Abigail’s fear that, if she refuses Roberta’s request, Hank might do Roberta terrible harm. Abigail knows that Roberta needs sanctuary from Hank, and she remains silent on the phone because, as much as she does not want Roberta to stay in her home, she does not want to leave her with no place to go. In an ideal situation, Abigail would have help in caring for Roberta: her copastor would share the work not only of offering referrals but also of accompanying Roberta to see the people to whom they have referred her; she would have a network of colleagues who have skills and resources and with whom she could consult; she would have a pastoral team of congregational leaders who could help arrange safe havens for Roberta. In the best of all possible worlds, Abigail would have been prepared in this way for Roberta’s phone call. But she meets Roberta not in an ideal world but amid the ambiguities of the practice of ministry, where we are often feeling our way along, hoping to contribute to the good of others and not to their harm. Rather than saying yes or no to Roberta’s request, perhaps Abigail could tell Roberta that she will call her back in a little while with a plan. Then she and Ian could talk through their options together: Is there anyone else in the church who would be willing to take Roberta in for a few days? Is there anyone in the church who might be willing to stay in their house with Roberta while they are gone? And if Roberta needs to get away from Hank, doesn’t it make sense for her to leave her home that night rather than waiting until tomorrow? Should they call the police? Should they call a colleague with more experience with domestic violence to ask for advice? Should they sit down tonight with Roberta and make a plan to accompany her to a therapist or an advocate when they return? Abigail and Ian are tired and frustrated, and they didn’t plan to spend their evening this way. But this unwelcome request might offer them a way to begin again in this difficult ministry, a way to start gathering the resources they will need in overcoming the isolating power of the open secret.
Abortion clinics are closing at an astounding rate as Republican-run states continue to pass measures to restrict and regulate abortion access. Bloomberg business reports that since 2011, at least 162 abortion providers have closed their clinics or stopped offering abortion procedures. Only 21 new clinics have opened. Not since Roe vs. Wade passed in 1973 has access to abortion been so dependent on where a woman lives. One abortion clinic is reportedly closing every two weeks--in 35 states. Clinics are closing all across the country as the pro-life movement impacts policies, but some states have seen a greater increase in abortion clinic closures than others. Texas, for example, which passed sweeping regulations against abortion in 2013, has seen at least 30 abortion clinics close. Iowa saw 14 close, while Michigan saw 13. Even California, a largely Democratic state, saw a dozen abortion clinics close. Some clinics have closed after new laws were implemented which stated that the clinics needed to become like hospitals with outpatient surgical centers as well as offer doctors access to nearby hospitals. This has led to a decline in access to abortion facilities for women, which has subsequently led to a decline in the abortion rate. A clinic in Bridgeport, Connecticut recently closed after 40 years of providing abortions, saying that demand was too low. Photo courtesy: Religion News Service Publication date: February 25, 2016
Religion does not produce love, it produces man's flesh power. Power of conquering and power of indifference. Agape love may be alongside or within religious systems, for there is nowhere that love can't go, but it is in opposition to religion, never in favor of it. Religion glorifies man. True agape and spiritual truth glorifies Yahweh. We may mix the two in America, but understand they are opposites. Also this is one reason that we lack the power of God. Religion tries to snuff that out. Why? Because when Yahweh is in prominence by the Holy Spirit, then man cannot be. Therefore, truly, you ultimately can't have both. "Choose you this day whom you will serve." Psalmist, Teacher, Preacher, Thinker, Writer and Human Being
Stormwater Quality Management Requirements In 1990, the federal government amended the Clean Water Act adding stormwater quality management requirements to city government water pollution control regulations. Phase 1: Larger cities with a population over 100,000 Phase 2: All the cities in Galveston County including the urbanized areas of the unincorporated county except Jamaica Beach Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System Phase 2 of the stormwater management program requires operators of a Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System (MS4) in urbanized areas to implement programs and practices to control polluted stormwater runoff. Cities, counties, the State of Texas, Drainage Districts, colleges, and universities are all operators. As an operator of a MS4, the City of Dickinson applied for a permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality that authorizes it to discharge its stormwater from the storm sewer system into the waters of the State of Texas. Storm Water Management Plan Under this permit, Dickinson is required to control to the “maximum extent practicable” pollutants contained in these storm waters. Dickinson was also required to draft a Stormwater Management Plan (PDF) recently submitted to satisfy the federal stormwater mandate. The StormWater Management Plan (SWMP) contains elements called minimum control measures that when implemented should result in a significant reduction in pollutants discharged into receiving waters. 5 Minimum Control Measures Public Education, Outreach and Involvement Illegal Discharge Detection and Elimination Control of Construction Runoff Post-Construction Stormwater Management Pollution Prevention and Good Housekeeping The City of Dickinson receives and inspects various types of drainage and stormwater concerns including but not limited to:
This Mullaghmeen is an isolated area of forest rising above the farm land of north Westmeath. Mullaghmeen Forest is the largest planted beech forest in Ireland. Along with beech, within its 400 ha of forest it also has Sitka spruce, Scots pine and Noble fir and a very interesting native tree collection. This is well worth a stop on the Mullaghmeen Summit Trail / Red Trail. The summit of Mullaghmeen provides magnificent views north across Lough Sheelin and into the neighbouring county of Cavan. The forest, once an out farm belonging to a Lord Gradwell, has many examples of the former impacts on the landscape. Following the White Trail one passes sad reminders of famine times with relic walls of famine fields. A Booley Hut, a summer grazing shelter is just off the Red Walk / Mullaghmeen Summit Trail, while the Flax Pits show that this important crop for the linen industry was once harvested and cured in this area. The area has an extensive network of way marked trails for varying levels of fitness. Things to do Walk: Three looped walks and a multi access trail in a broadleaved forest setting. Don’t miss our hidden gem Explore the history of the site and climb to the summit off the red trail to enjoy the magnificent views.
The normal Agricultural Economics & Business salary starting out is $39,547 per year. If you select among the colleges here, there’s a good chance your salary will be above average. To find out more about how these colleges and universities were chosen, visit the ranking methodology page. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is among your best bets if you want to study Agricultural Economics & Business. With over 20,000 students, University of Nebraska - Lincoln is among the largest schools in the U.S.. UNL has been rated among the best for quality of education for veterans and active-duty military. Quite a few UNL first-year students receive scholarships. Obtain all of the essential details on UNL by viewing their scorecard. Any student who is interested in Agricultural Economics & Business needs to take a look at University of Nebraska at Kearney. Students who get pleasure from a more slow-paced life will appreciate the school's position in the modest town of Kearney, Nebraska. Score higher than 22 on the ACT? That's above the standard applicant score, so you have a good chance of getting in. 80.0% of first years return for their second year. Get an idea of what being on campus at UNK is really like by watching a few campus videos.
Just when you thought we were finally done with the right-wing freakout masquerading as a national healthcare debate, we may be in for another culture war. This time, the "controversy" would be less about whether your tax dollars will be lavished on evil abortion doctors, but, remarkably, whether helping women prevent unwanted pregnancy is a good thing. For half a century, one little pill has given women unprecedented power over their reproductive destinies, and in turn reshaped their economic and educational opportunities. Not surprisingly, that doesn't sit well with policymakers who long for simpler times, when baby-making was the only full-time job that mattered for half the population. Now, advocates for reproductive rights are bracing for a battle with social conservatives as they push to make health insurers offer contraceptives for free. Currently, many plans don't provide comprehensive coverage for the pill or other forms of contraception, forcing women to pay as much as $50 per month in order to avoid unintended pregnancy. Not only does this undermine the goals of family planning and preventive health--which, as Monica Potts points out, even abortion foes should support--it marginalizes the health needs of women and exacerbates the economic gender gap. Yet one thread that hasn't been highlighted in the feminist blogosphere is that safe contraception, like abortion, is an especially fraught issue for women of color, whose choices are often further limited by racial and economic barriers. Indeed, the reproductive justice movement evolved out of a long struggle to develop a race-conscious feminist analysis of gender, family, community and motherhood. As activist and academic Dorothy Roberts wrote in 2000, the pill was a watershed for all women, but Black women in particular came to see it as a tool for strengthening their power of choice: For nearly a century, black women have found themselves at the center of controversies about birth control's role in the struggle for racial and sexual equality. They have battled not only men--white and black--who discounted the importance of women's bodily autonomy, but also white women who discounted the significance of racism. The dominant women's movement has focused myopically on abortion rights at the expense of other aspects of reproductive freedom, including the right to bear children, and has misunderstood criticism of coercive birth control policies. Attending to black women's perspective on the pill and other contraceptives can help to transform the movement for reproductive freedom. It can help us understand that there is nothing contradictory about advocating women's freedom to use birth control while opposing abusive birth control practices. Social justice requires both equal access to safe, user-controlled contraceptives and an end to the use of birth control as a means of population control. At a time when Black women were regularly shamed and dehumanized by racist stereotypes about so-called welfare mothers and Black fertility, a medical innovation that could liberate sex from procreation was a major step toward realizing the full spectrum of human rights. The fight for health sovereignty continues today, and women of color have more at stake than ever in protecting the reproductive freedom they helped define.
This simulation shows the motion of an object moving with constant velocity. The user can perform measurements on the simulation to compute the velocity. Options are available to display the position of the object or show a motion diagram displaying ghost images of the object. This is part of a large collection of Physlet-based illustrations and tutorials covering introductory physics. %0 Electronic Source %A Schneider, Scott %D March 15, 2006 %T LTU Physlet: Constant Linear Velocity %V 2018 %N 21 July 2018 %8 March 15, 2006 %9 application/java %U http://vnatsci.ltu.edu/s_schneider/physlets/main/constvel1.shtml Disclaimer: ComPADRE offers citation styles as a guide only. We cannot offer interpretations about citations as this is an automated procedure. Please refer to the style manuals in the Citation Source Information area for clarifications.
Network World is publishing this report in its entirety as a community service. The University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL) hosted its third IPv6 Customer Edge (CE) Router Interoperability Test Event the week of November 7-11, 2011. The event brought together users and suppliers of CE Router equipment in order to gain perspective on the current status of interoperability against the Internet Engineering Task Force's (IETF) Basic Requirements for IPv6 Customer Edge Routers (document draft-ietf-v6ops-6204bis-02). During the IPv6 CE Router event the UNH-IOL used publically routable IPv6 addresses, allowing participants to connect to the global IPv6 Internet. The eight participating vendor companies tested a total of 12 distinct CE Router implementations throughout the week. Participants included Actiontec, Broadcom, Cisco, D-Link, Lantiq, Motorola Mobility, and Time Warner. An IPv6 CE Router is a customer edge router intended for use in a home or small office environment. The router connects the end-user network to a service provider network and forwards packets not explicitly addressed to it. Implementing IPv6 on CE Routers is necessary in order to sustain growth and usability of the Internet. While IPv6 is the solution for keeping current customers connected and adding new customers to the network as the supply of remaining allocated IPv4 addresses reaches exhaustion, it is not widely deployed in broadband networks at this time. With that said, operators are deploying native IPv6 on operational networks when possible. One effect of the IPv6 transition is that some operators are choosing to implement native IPv6 without native IPv4 on new network deployments. In cases where an access network is not dual-stack (both IPv4 and IPv6), operators are looking to transition mechanisms, such as 6RD and DS-Lite, to help connect their subscribers to both IPv4 and IPv6 networks. As more networks become IPv6 operational, these mechanisms will continue to be refined and help ease end-users through the transition. Going forward, the UNH-IOL will continue to host IPv6 CE Router Interoperability Test Events in order to help operators to find solutions to interoperability challenges that may be experienced in the transition, thereby cost-effectively speeding IPv6 broadband deployments. The tests executed during this event were performed in order to verify that an IPv6 CE Router implements IPv6 routing; that is, that the IPv6 CE Router properly looks up IPv6 addresses in the routing table and sends them to the correct interface, as well as acts like a proper IPv6 node as defined by the IETF. Tests were also designed to verify the WAN side configuration, specifically that a node supports protocols necessary to enable IPv6 deployment on multiple network access architectures. LAN side configuration testing was limited due to time constraints. The following common topology was used for all test cases. o The WAN interface was a DOCSIS, DSL or an Ethernet network for all CE devices. o Cisco Network Registrar (CNR) acted as both the DHCP-Server1 and DNS-Server. IETF Standard: Basic Requirements for IPv6 Customer Edge Routers Detailed test cases were developed from the requirements designated as "MUST HAVE" in the IETF Basic Requirements for IPv6 Customer Edge Routers. This event was critical for providing measured progress of CE Router implementations over the past year. Several essential requirements were successfully demonstrated during this event including delegating prefixes from a prefix pool larger than /64, preventing forwarding loops, and duplicate address detection. Although implementations have shown vast improvements compared previous IPv6 CE events, issues remain and are documented in this paper as follows: • Experience with the M and O Flags in the Router Advertisement • Routing Delegated Prefixes • No Route Available • No Address Available • Support for 6RD Importantly, many of the issues identified were resolved during the week and implementations were then retested in order to pass the entire test plan by the end of the event. Experience with the M and O Flags in Router Advertisements A recent topic of IETF discussions has been the possibility of using the M and O flags in Router Advertisements to control the CE Router's DHCP client. The table below documents how the M and O flags affected CE Routers starting DHCP Clients and DHCP Prefix Delegation. As the above table shows, implementations vary their behavior based on the M and O flags' configuration. Some implementations treated the O flag as an indicator for turning on Prefix Delegation. However, this behavior is not conformant to RFC 6204, as it states Prefix Delegation should be done regardless of the M and O flags' state. Other implementations ignored the flags altogether and always started DHCP IA_NA and IA_PD acquisition. This behavior is acceptable per the current RFC 6204. The varied and sometimes non-conformant behavior of CE Router devices observed indicates a need for further clarification in the IETF about the relationship between the M and O flags and DHCP in CE Router devices. From these observations, it is clear that current requirements have led implementations to react differently depending on the M and O flags configured. This results in confusion and misconfiguration for administrators and operators as how DHCP clients are operating. Routing Delegated Prefixes DHCP Prefix Delegation is the mechanism intended for delegating a long-lived prefix from a delegated router to a requesting router. This allows Internet Server Providers to delegate prefixes to CE Routers to be distributed. During previous events, assigning prefixes to LANs from a delegated pool larger than /64 was deemed problematic for some implementations. However, at the most recent event, implementations demonstrated the ability to delegate a /64 prefix to the LAN networks from a /60 and /52 delegated pool. Another additional - but important - component is properly routing the assigned and unassigned prefixes. Incorrect routing of prefixes leads to forwarding loops, and excess traffic in the network. In order to test the routing of delegated prefixes the following conditions were setup. A DHCP Server delegated a prefix of /60 to the CE Router through DHCP Prefix Delegation. The CE Router then assigns a /64 prefix from the /60 delegated prefix pool to the LAN interface, advertising the prefix in a Router Advertisement. An IPv6 Host, TAR-Host1 in the Common Topology, was attached to the LAN network and transmitted data destined to an IPv6 address in the /60 delegated prefix pool but unassigned. The node identifier (suffix) of the address is unimportant as the prefix is unassigned. Several behaviors were witnessed. Some CE Router implementations routed the packets destined for the non-delegated prefixes to TAR-Router1, the default route rather than the null destination. TAR-Router1 had the CE Router as the next hop for the delegated prefix and routed the packet back to the CE Router. This behavior caused a forwarding loop, and excess network traffic. A previously unobserved behavior seen under the described conditions was the transmission of ICMPv6 Redirect messages in response to the data packets destined for what was assumed to be a delegated but unassigned prefix. These types of messages indicate that the CE Router installed a route for the entire delegated prefix pool to the LAN interface, instead of only the /64 prefix assigned to it. This behavior is problematic because the IPv6 host will try to route the traffic on-link, again causing excess network traffic and inconsistent behavior for applications and ultimately the user. Most implementations addressed these behaviors and corrected them by the end of the event. No Route Available When no route is available to a CE Router on the WAN interface, the router must transmit a Router Advertisement with a router lifetime of zero to the LAN interfaces which indicates to hosts that this device may not be used as a default router. Three implementations at the event transmitted Router Advertisement with a default lifetime value greater than 0 instead of transmitting a router lifetime of zero. This behavior would improperly tell the IPv6 hosts on the LAN Network that there is a route available when in fact there is not, and could contribute to improper routing in the face of multi-homed networks. One implementation transmitted a Router Advertisement on the LAN with a default router lifetime (a value greater than 0) prior to receiving a Router Advertisement on the WAN interface. Once a Router Advertisement with a default router lifetime of zero was received on the WAN interface, the CE Router transmitted a Router Advertisement with a router lifetime of zero on the LAN interface. While this is not prohibited in an IETF standard, this could cause delays to an IPv6 host if the second Router Advertisement, with a router lifetime of zero, is lost. No Addresses Available An important scenario was unable to be tested during the event due to DHCP servers and CE Routers support for handling a no address available situation. This scenario occurs when a CE Router has been delegated a valid prefix via DHCP, but no DHCP client unicast addresses are available on the server. This situation arises on networks wishing to use stateless global addresses, where stateful DHCP addresses are not required. DHCP prefix delegation however, will still be desired. The detailed explanation below documents the original RFCs and updated RFC describing the behavior each would exhibit in an implementation. A CE Router will request both an IA_NA and IA_PD in the DHCP Solicit but will receive a DHCP Advertise with a status code option of NoAddrsAvail, indicating no addresses are available. A CE Router that received the NoAddrsAvail option in the DHCP Advertise will not process the remaining options. According to RFC 3315 a DHCP server must do the following: "If the server will not assign any addresses to any IAs in a subsequent Request from the client, the server MUST send an Advertise message to the client that includes only a Status Code option with code NoAddrsAvail and a status message for the user, a Server Identifier option with the server's DUID, and a Client Identifier option with the client's DUID." Also, a client must react according to the following text from RFC 3315: "The client MUST ignore any Advertise message that includes a Status Code option containing the value NoAddrsAvail, with the exception that the client MAY display the associated status message to the user." The IETF issued errata in August 2010 that changes the behavior described in RFC 3315. The RFC has been updated to state the following for a DHCP server: "If the server will not assign any addresses to an IA in a subsequent Request from the client, the server MUST send an Advertise message to the client that includes the IA containing a Status Code option with status code NoAddrsAvail and a status message for the user, a Server Identifier option with the server's DUID, and a Client Identifier option with the client's DUID. The server SHOULD include other stateful IA options (like IA_PD) and other configuration options in the Advertise message." Also the DHCP client has been updated with the following behavior: "The client MUST ignore any Advertise message that includes a Status Code option containing the value NoAddrsAvail, with the exception that the client MAY display the associated status message to the user." Thus for future events, the UNH-IOL will use an updated DHCP Server that will support sending the status code option value NoAddrsAvail in the IA. One implementation worked around this problem. When a Status Code option with a value of NoAddrsAvail was sent outside the IA, the implementation sent a DHCP Solicit with only an IA_PD to get the Prefix. Support for 6RD During the event eight of twelve implementations showed support for IPv6 Rapid Deployment (6RD). 6RD is a mechanism that allows a network operator to roll IPv6 out on an existing IPv4 network. All of the implementations were capable of using the 6RD DHCPv4 Option for acquiring 6RD Parameters. All but one of the implementations had to be configured to use 6RD; the other implementation started to use 6RD when it received a 6RD DHCPv4 Option. It should be noted that one implementation preferred routing IPv6 traffic to an established 6RD tunnel instead of a native IPv6 interface if both were available. IPv6 is paramount for Internet access as IPv4 addressing runs out. It is vital that IPv6 be implemented in customer edge equipment in order for operators to have the ability to use IPv6 in deployments. The participants in the IPv6 CE Interoperability Test Event demonstrated that IPv6 is implemented and is becoming deployable in IPv6 CE Routers. Furthermore, participants are making great strides forward in quickly resolving issues in CE Routers once discovered. It's important that implementers thoroughly test to ensure that limited issues arise in the field and do not hinder the deployment of IPv6. It is also understood that additional standards work is needed detailing the interaction between transition mechanisms and native IPv6. Moving forward, the UNH-IOL is working in conjunction with the IPv6 Forum to create an IPv6 Ready CPE Logo program that will help both operators and equipment manufacturers understand what features they need to support in order to aid in the worldwide deployment of IPv6. After the basic requirements are complete, new areas such as transition mechanisms and routing protocols will need to be covered in future testing. About the UNH-IOL: Founded in 1988, the UNH-IOL provides independent, broad-based interoperability and standards conformance testing for data, telecommunications and storage networking products and technologies. Combining extensive staff experience, standards bodies' participation and a 32,000+ square foot facility, the UNH-IOL helps companies efficiently and cost effectively deliver products to the market. For more information, visit http://www.iol.unh.edu/. About the author: Winters is a senior manager at the University of New Hampshire InterOperability Laboratory (UNH-IOL). He works with companies to develop broad-based, flexible testing strategies to cost effectively meet network interoperability requirements for the Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6), Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), routing, and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) communities. He is also the United States Government IPv6 (USGv6) and IPv6 Ready Logo technical lead for the UNH-IOL. You can reach Winters at Email: email@example.com Read more about lan and wan in Network World's LAN & WAN section.
Sputnik, a new service that performs continuous automatic code reviews for Java, can integrate directly with open source projects hosted on GitHub at no charge. The service's underlying software is open source -- and is hosted on GitHub to boot. Users can contribute to the code directly, or they pull a copy to use on premises, although the convenience of plugging into an existing GitHib repository is a big draw. Sputnik uses the Jenkins continuous integration server and the Maven and Gradle build systems. It performs code analyses with the Gerrit or Stash code tools, featuring support for Checkstyle, PMD, FindBugs, CodeNarc, JSHint, JSLint, TSLint, and Sonar. Any problems found by those tools are reported back to Gerrit or Stash, although with Sonar, rules generated by that program can be plugged directly into Sputnik's configuration file. Sputnik's service version takes care of all the integration with those third-party tools. Aside from supporting generic Java applications, Sputnik can also screen code written in two other languages that run on the JVM, Groovy and Scala. The former, now an Apache Software Foundation project, has carved out a niche in automating servers and business taskflows. Scala, meanwhile, is currently one of the major functional languages, along with Clojure. In theory, Sputnik could add support for other JVM-hosted languages, provided they have code analysis tools that are also compatible with Gerrit or Stash. The default way to use Sputnik is by attaching a GitHub repository to it, with GitLab support being planned for sometime in the future. Public, open source repos cost nothing to use; the cost for integrating with commercial GitHub repos, though, is by quote only at this time. Alternatively, a copy of Sputnik can be checked out and set up locally, but that requires manually integrating it with all the tooling it works with.
Philips has released a new technology that it hopes will alleviate the continuing problem of viewing multimedia files on computer monitors. It's LightFrame technology is a hardware and software package that works to boost the brightness and sharpness of pictures, particularly as Internet content moves towards photos and video streaming. LightFrame allows the user to select a window on screen and increase the video signal to get a better picture. The feature is patented by Philips and will be included in most of the companies new monitors. It is currently available in models 107S, 107T and the 109S. It transmits coordinates of a selected area to the monitor by writing instructions on the last line of the video signal. This is invisible to the user. The instructions are then translated by an exclusive circuit within the monitor to the selected part without changing the remainder of the screen. Philips claims LightFrame will "bridge the border" between computer and television by bringing TV display to the monitor without sacrificing performance on typical PC applications. Users can choose which part of their screen they wish to enhance by clicking and dragging a rectangle with their mouse. The system works with Windows 95,98 and NT 4.0 and 2000 as well as Mac operating systems 8 and 9.
So these days you frequently read all these horror stories about how farmers treat the calves and the cows and how they are never together and all that type of stuff. I know that for quite some farms this is fully true. But not for all. I want to show you how things work at the farm where we buy our milk. How they treat the cows and their calves. And this is quite different than what the horror stories are all about. The calves at the farm where we go spend their time in the stables. We always have a look at them when we get milk. They love being stroked and love the attention. They are lovely and very social. The calves are always with others in one of the stables, as they really do love the company. It is fascinating to see how curious they are. They are also careful, but really do come to us, be it is slowly and carefully. They are so friendly! Several times a day the mothers come to the calves. They then feed the babies. From what I have seen happening it means that the calves drink directly from the udder. Once the calves have had their fill the mothers go on to the milking area if that is still necessary. From what I have understood from the farmer is that not all cows want to feed calves. So when it happens that a mother cow doesn't want to feed a calf, they find another cow who is the type that will feed two calves. The farmers also explained to us that they find that calves are much healthier when they are udder-fed. They have found that calves that are bottle fed are much more frequently ill. Even if it is the milk from their own mother. Sometimes they have had to do this when there was no mother cow available to feed two calves. So they do know what they are talking about. This post will have so many more photos than text I'm afraid, simply as the photos really do speak for themselves. It is always really interesting to be there and watch was is all happening on the farm. Above, to the right and below you see a series of photos that I made from a calf feeding from the mother cow. It shows very clearly what the calf is doing, so you can really see that this is actually really happening at the farm where we get our milk. I really enjoy watching the cows and the calves together. When feeding time is eminent both cows and calves are making noises, plus the cows want to go to the calves and the make an effort to get there. The farmer doesn't have to do much about it, other than open the doors of the stables in which the calves are. Once they are bigger they go to the field as well, but in the time they are young they keep them warm in the stables. The calves are very calm in the stables, they just lay and sleep until the cows arrive, unless we are there to get their attention, then they get up and come to us for a cuddle. I remember learning in school that most herbivores, such as deer, always had their young laying in safe places, away from the world, while their mothers were eating in other areas. I expect this to be similar with the cows and calves as it looks very similar. The calves being so calm and nicely tucked way in the straw while the cows are out on the pasture and coming to the calves to feed them. See these lovely pictures on the left and right. There are 2 calves with this cow. One of these calves has a mum who doesn't want to feed a calf, so the farmer got this cow to adopt the calf to substitute for its mum. It has worked out very well as you can see in the pictures. To the left you see a series of picture of the path the cows are taking to get back to the stables and go in for milking. The pasture you see in the back, they have a lot of pasture room, as it is also behind the trees. The cows change pasture regularly so they get fresh grass very frequently. The stables that you saw earlier in the pictures with the calves are to the left of my pictures of the path the cows take. So the pastures are right next to the stables. These cows are very often outside. Unless the weather is really really bad they go outside, also in winter, simply as the cows need it. It keeps them healthier. At the bottom picture you see the big chickens that are always walking around on the farm. You can find them everywhere. This farm is actually Meadow Cottage Farm (Blackburn & Hayes) in Headly, Bordon (GU35 8SS) in Hampshire, UK. They are easy to reach. If you would like to order milk from this farm, you'll have to order by phone on 01428-712 155 I hope you have enjoyed my ramblings. Feel free to comment or ask a question. I'd love to hear from you. Have a great day! Do you have access to a farm like this? Do you buy any of your food at a local farm? Let me know in the comments below and also feel free to ask questions if you like. In case you would like to have more help than what you find in the blog to get healthier, please do contact me. I'm here for you. You can make an appointment through my booking page, or you can send me an email through the email form.
Accurate and reliable first cut pressure regulator The Type 3500 provides a low cost, dependable regulator to reduce inlet pressures from as high as 6000 psig (413 BAR) down to working pressures ranging between 0 and 225 psig (15.5 BAR). This first cut regulator is available in three separate spring ranges. These versatile devices can be used as pilot supply or pressure loading regulators where a high-pressure operating valve must be controlled by a gas regulator pilot. The Type 3500 is designed for use with noncorrosive gases. \|Inlet Port\|\|1/4" NPT\| \|Outlet Ports (3)\|\|1/4" NPT\| \|Output Ranges\|\|0-125 psig (0-8.6 BAR), 0-150 psig (0-10.3 BAR), and 0-225 psig (0-15.5 BAR)\| \|Supply Pressure\|\|6000 psig (413 BAR) Maximum\| \|Temperature Range\|\|-70° to 225° F (-57° to 107° C)\| \|Weight\|\|3.25 lb (1.5 kg)\|
According to UN data, provided by Pew Research Centre, 560,000 people of out Croatia’s population of around 3.9 million were born outside the country. The Pew Research Center, which is a Washington, D.C. based fact tank providing information and data on social issues, public opinion, and demographic trends shaping the world, says that 560,000 people were living in Croatia in 2017 who were not born in the country. Out of the 560,000, 390,000 were born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, whilst 50,000 were born in Serbia. Around 30,000 were born in Germany and 20,000 were born in Slovenia. There were around 80,000 more people born outside Croatia living in the country than there were in 1990. Around 70% of people born abroad now living in Croatia were born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the last census revealed. A large number had moved due to the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 1990s. Before the war, around 317,000 residents in Croatia were born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vecernji list reports. According to the United Nations, an estimated 258 million people are international migrants, a number that has grown by a half since the turn of the century.
“If You Had Been Here. . . . ” Now Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.” In all honesty, by the time Jesus got to Martha told Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died” (John 11:21). Loose paraphrase: “Lord, with all due respect, You didn’t come through. We told everyone, ‘Jesus is our friend. We will send Him a message, and He will come and heal Lazarus. You watch. He cares about us. He loves us.’ Then You come strolling in here a few days later. Now my brother is beyond sick. He is dead.” Jesus said, “Your brother will rise again” (verse 20). “I know that, Lord. I know he will rise in the final resurrection,” Martha replied. He said, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?” (verses 25–26). “Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world” (verse 27). Martha wasn’t getting it. She wanted a healing; Jesus wanted resurrection. Yes, He loved Lazarus. But He wanted to do something more dramatic. In the same way, we say, “Lord, you have to do this. . . .” But do we ever stop and think that God may want to do more? Do we ever stop and think that God might want to do abundantly above and beyond that which we could ask or think? If God closes one door, then He will open another. For more relevant and biblical teaching from Pastor Greg Laurie, go to www.harvest.org. Copyright © 2006 by Harvest Ministries. All rights reserved. Scripture taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Bible text from the New King James Version is not to be reproduced in copies or otherwise by any means except as permitted in writing by Thomas Nelson, Inc., Attn: Bible Rights and Permissions, P.O. Box 141000, Nashville, TN 37214-1000.
I Have a Dream On August 28, 1963. Martin Luther King Jr. discarded his prepared remarks and responded to a Gospel singer's request who shouted, "Martin, tell them about the dream." The result was one of the most famous speeches ever given in our nation. Sharing dreams is a powerful way to inspire others. As we celebrate Martin Luther King Day we should remember the power of expressing our own God-given dreams. Dreams inspired by God can provide hope and direction to others. God said in Habakkuk 2:3, "For the vision is yet for the appointed time; It hastens toward the goal and it will not fail." If a dream or vision is from God it will provide hope and it will not fail. Dont be afraid to share your God given dream. Learn more about Rick Boxx and Integrity Resource Center
How we discovered the world’s largest tropical peatland, deep in Congo a path to progress A team of three scientists and five assistants found 33 billion tons of carbon locked up in a Congo ecosystem – the equivalent of 20 years of current US fossil fuel emissions. The discovery is a key step in ensuring this carbon-storing area is protected. —In the geographical heart of Africa lies a huge wetland. After years of exploring these remote swamps, our research shows that the region contains the most extensive tropical peatland on Earth. Astonishingly, 145,500 square kilometers (56,200 square miles) of peatland – an area larger than England – went undetected on our crowded planet until now. We found 30 billion metric tons (33 billion tons) of carbon stored in this new ecosystem that nobody knew existed. That’s equivalent to 20 years of current US fossil fuel emissions. You can read the important science in Nature. Here we describe how we did it, and our struggles against sabotage, arrest, and losing our own minds. Peat is usually associated with cold places, not the middle of the hot, humid, Congo Basin. It’s an organic wetland soil made of partially-decomposed plant debris. In waterlogged places those plants can’t entirely decompose, and are not respired as carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. The peat thus builds up slowly, locking up ever-more carbon. The amounts involved are huge: peat covers just 3% of Earth’s land surface, but stores one-third of soil carbon. We knew that peat can be formed under some tropical swamp forests. Might the world’s second largest tropical wetland, known as the Cuvette Centrale, overlie peat? After the eureka moment of asking the right question, we searched to see if somebody else already knew the answer. About once a decade from the 1950s some obscure report would mention in passing that there was peat in the Congo Basin. Not one gave a grid-reference, village, or river to locate it. It was important to confirm whether it was present, though, as peatlands in Southeast Asia have been targeted for palm oil and other industrial agricultural projects, leading to huge carbon emissions and catastrophic wildlife losses. Palm oil is now on the march in Africa. For our Congo search, we had nothing to go on. Given the Congo Basin is slightly larger than India, it is not practical to just turn up and begin your search on foot. To pinpoint where to go, we combined data from different satellites to identify year-round waterlogged areas with the right sort of plants. In 2012, with researchers from Congo and UK universities plus NGO Wildlife Conservation Society, we began to look for peat in northern Republic of Congo. No one was really prepared for the reality of life in the swamps. The forest is quite open, which increases the equatorial heat, but humidity is still 100% which makes it extremely sweaty. Your feet are wet and your new world is filled with insects. Walking through the swamps is only possible in the dry season. Wading is the mode of transport at all other times. But then when it is dry, there isn’t any free-flowing water. We often had to filter drinking water from the pits that crocodiles excavate and live in. Dry land and water kept us leashed near the edges of the swamp. But, happily we found some peat. There were various hiccups. The team allegedly did not have the right papers, and was put under “town arrest,” confined to the provincial capital Impfondo. A week in and still no movement, but a friendly BBC journalist asked if the government had any comment on the arrested UK student. The next day everyone was free. On another occasion, a curious panther unearthed and broke our instrument measuring the water table. But, as the work progressed, we learned more and more about the swamp from the local villagers who made the expeditions possible. We would see elephant feet and gorilla hands imprinted in the peat. We were increasingly in awe that a remote, almost unknown, wilderness such as this could still be found on Earth today. We were then able to undertake our biggest expedition yet: a 30km (19-mile) walk to the center of what we suspected was one of the largest single areas of peatland in the region. In February 2014, our team of three scientists and five assistants from the local village Itanga, with the blessing of their chief and elders, began its trek to the middle of the swamp. With all our food and equipment on our backs, the days were spent advancing our way through (or sinking into) the forested swamp, sampling the peat and overlying vegetation every 250 meters (273 yards), then doubling back to pick up more food and equipment. In the evenings, we made wooden platforms, on which we could pitch freestanding mountaineering tents. We washed in one of the many muddy pools of water on offer. The team would then sit round the fire – on a platform, to be out of the water – and enjoy a meal of cassava and smoked-dry fish. After 17 days, covering just 1.5km (0.9 miles) a day, we finally reached the center of the swamp between two of the major rivers. Our reward was not only the knowledge that these peatlands are indeed vast. We also found ever-deeper peat, reaching up to 5.9m, roughly the height of a two-story building. Yet being in such a remote location was mentally disconcerting. We knew that tree roots would always stop us sinking into the peat up to our necks. And we knew that the rain in a single torrential storm was not enough to flood the swamp and erase our path out. But our senses informed our brains that this was a dangerous place. Days later, wading the last river, we appeared blinking into the bright sunlight of the savanna; all eight of us sank to our knees, elated to have survived. Our field measurements revealed that just two specific forest types have peat underneath: a year-round waterlogged swamp of hardwood trees and a year-round waterlogged swamp dominated by one species of palm. We then used satellite data to map these two specific peat swamp forests to determine the boundaries of the Congo Basin peatlands. Combining this area with peat depth and peat carbon content from our laboratory analyses allowed us to calculate that just 4% of the Congo Basin is peatland, but it stores as much carbon below ground as that stored above ground in all the trees of the other 96%. And now what? In policy terms, while the area is not under immediate threat, it needs protecting: as well as being critical habitat for gorillas and forest elephants, the Congo peatlands are only a carbon-rich resource in the fight against climate change when left intact. The good news is that the Republic of Congo government is considering extending the area of protected swamp by expanding the Lac Tele Community Reserve by up to 50,000 square kilometers (19,000 square miles). And for us scientists? Now that we know this vast new ecosystem exists, we’d like to know how it works.
Turkey is second after China in terms of watermelon production with 3.5 million tonne. Places that production of watermelon is the most respectively are Aegean Region, Mediterranean and Southeast Anatolia. %20 of the total watermelon production in Turkey is done in Adana province. Antalya, İzmir and Diyarbakır are the provinces behind Adana in terms of watermelon production. Cultivars of watermelon that are cultivated in Turkey; Tekirdağ Watermelon, Yeni Dünya Watermelon, Alacalı Watermelon, Gulle Watermelon and Diyarbakır Watermelon. The most famous among these is Diyarbakır Watermelon. This watermelon which is unique to Diyarbakır only is very big and very juicy. Its weight was seen to have reached up to 60 kg. - It lowers the muscle discomfort after sports. - It prevents embolism by decreasing bad cholesterol. With a matter called lycopene which also gives the colour of red to the fruit, it is effective against macular degeneration and cataract. - It has a property of decreasing the high blood pressure in overweight people. - It helps in losing weight thanks to its low calorie, high fiber nature and ability to fill the belly. ( Sugar rate should be noted) - As it contains vitamin A it is effective against xerophthalmia, eye infection and sight feebleness. - It helps the digestive tract as it is rich in fiber. - It balances heart functions and heart pressure. - If the seed of the watermelon is consumed by chewing it lowers the blood pressure and cleans the urinary tract because it contains cucurbocitrin. - Watermelon rind acts as a massage to the gums and lowers the amount of acid that makes the tooth decay. - The white part of watermelon rind gets rid of the bad smell in the mouth if chewed and gargled. - Watermelon contains vitamins A, C, D, B12 and B6. - 100 gram of watermelon contains; 1 mg sodium, 112 mg potassium, 8 g carbohydrate, 0.2 g grease, 30 kcal, 0.4 g diet fiber, 6 g sugar and 0.6 g protein. - In 2017, watermelon exports around the world are around 1.5 billion USD. - The most exporting country is Spain with 350 million USD. - Mexico and America are the countries with the highest sales. - Turkey, meanwhile, has 6 million USD exports. - Watermelon imports around the world in 2017 is around 1.5 billion USD. - The most importing country is the US $ 350 million. - Then Germany and France make the most purchases. Stock for the product that is in demand is checked. Later on production status in the fields are examined. After we supply our still fresh products, we make them ready for packaging and delivery. Information for the product is shared with our customers. Payment and delivery methods are agreed upon. Supply, packaging and delivery pricings are examined to the utmost detail. We later give the optimal price to our customers. Pricing work would be completed. Payment proceedings would be over. Payment for the bought product would be done. We give limitless service to our customers in terms of logistics and transportation. And now products become ready to be packaged.
The New Forest National Park Authority has voted through plans on how to spend a central government grant The New Forest National Park Authority voted through plans to improve cycling on Thursday, with a £2m grant from the central government. The Authority will now have to put its plans in front of the Department of Transport for approval, with the intention of spending over half of the funds on improving roads through the centre of the New Forest. The NPA said on the plans: “The scheme will ‘cycle proof’ an important route through the centre of the National Park. Upgrading road edges on both edges will create a consistent, high quality surface. Our funding would improve its safety and comfort for cyclists.” The plans also propose spending over £350,000 on improving and creating off-road routes, including a new route near the town of Ringwood which the NPA says would significantly improve safety. But the NPA has come under serious criticism from cycling campaigners after it abandoned its popular plans to implement a Boris-bike style hire scheme within the forest. Cycling blogger Tim Barry told the BBC on Thursday that the new plans were nothing but a “glorified pot hole repair scheme” and that the Authority should consider revisiting their original hire scheme ideas. “It was such a good idea and now cycling has taken a real hit,” he said. “In the wider cycling press the thinking is the New Forest is anti-cycling. And yet the New Forest gets its main income from tourism”. The NPA has also been accused of rushing through its new improvement plans after it was set a deadline of March 2015 to implement the funding. Chairman of the NPA Oliver Crosthwaite-Eyre , responded to criticisms by saying the new plans were not “last minute” and that road maintenance would not be “run-of-the-mill.” “It [the road maintenance] will make it safer and more enjoyable for families to cycle,” he said. The plans now wait for full approval from the Department of Transport.
In remarks on World Environment Day, the Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Pascal Lamy, pointed out that, “Trade opening has much to contribute in the fight against climate change and to the protection of the environment.” Indeed, the most practical improvements in energy efficiency and protecting the environment over the past decades haven’t stemmed from government regulatory mandates. As shown in the analysis of the Index of Economic Freedom, the most progress has been driven by advances in freer trade and economic freedom. These unleash greater economic opportunity and prosperity, generating a virtuous cycle of investment, innovation, and dynamic economic growth. Echoing the same message, the WTO chief further noted: The entire world is well aware of the environmental dangers posed to our planet. But the ability of governments to respond to these dangers is tied closely to the resources at their disposal. Countries which have had success in alleviating poverty and raising living standards tend to be more adept at creating the conditions for a cleaner environment. Policy efforts aimed at imposing stricter environmental standards through a national or global regulatory body run great risk of being not only fruitless, but also counterproductive. They undercut the economic growth and efficiency indispensable to effective efforts to protect the environment. Such regulations are likely to be little more that feel-good actions! The fundamental flaw of those favoring new government directives is the fallacy that there must be a trade-off between economic growth and environmental protection. They seem to think that to get more of one, you have to have less of the other. The truth is just the opposite: to get more environmental protection you need more growth, not less. It is encouraging that many Americans see that truth. As a March 2010 Gallup survey reveals, more Americans believe that economic growth should take priority over environmental protection when the two goals collides, with fewer willing to support environmental measures that may have a negative economic impact!
What seems like an endless summer will come to a stop when frost and falling leaves this month require attention in the landscape. You’ll rest easier after it is all tucked in for the season. Tree and Shrub Care After last year’s November flash freeze and this year’s Mother’s Day snowstorm, we can’t let our trees down this fall — they are stressed enough. Plant roots need to be moist going into cold weather prior to the ground freezing, and it has been quite dry since July. Dry roots can lead to winter desiccation, in which the amount of water lost by plants exceeds what’s in the roots to be used. Dry conditions can lead to root and branch death, and less foliage next year, or no foliage. It all depends on how stressed or damaged the tree or shrub may be. Trees require moisture to a depth of 12 inches through the growing season. Sprinklers and drip lines may not have provided enough water since the rains stopped in mid-June. It may take time to rehydrate dry trees and shrubs, so focus on it now while temperatures are mild. The water will soak down much easier than when soil is cold or frozen. First, check the soil surrounding tree and shrub roots. The easiest way is to poke a long screwdriver into the ground where tree roots are growing (mature tree roots can extend 2-4 times wider than the height of the tree). If it goes in easily, the ground is moist. If you need to push the screwdriver down, the area needs water. If you water with hoses, set the hose around the drip line (edge of the tree canopy) and move it about every 10 minutes, before water pools. Soaker or hoses that weep work too. Encircle the tree and turn the water on very low for an hour, then use your screwdriver to check moisture depth. Or use an irrigation probe with a hose attached, but do not insert the probe past 8 inches. Move the probe often around the whole tree canopy. If you use a sprinkler system, until the system is blown out, bump up the sprinkler time to get moisture down 12 inches. Avoid runoff by breaking up the run time so water has a chance to soak in. Don’t overwater because soaked soils do more harm than good. Aim for moist soil, like a wrung-out sponge. Newly planted or young trees are susceptible to drought injury. Focus on watering the root ball and surrounding area since roots haven’t reached out yet. Evergreens and broadleaf shrubs need deep watering, too, because they lose more water through their foliage. Sunscald on newly planted and young trees can be prevented by wrapping the tree trunk from late October to April. Fruit trees, oaks, maples, lindens, willows and honey locusts are at most risk from sun damage. Our low-angle winter sun heat causes the tree cells to warm up and become active during the day, and then freeze at night. The thaw/freeze cycle may cause trunk damage or cracking. Start wrapping from the bottom and overlap as you go up to the lower branches. Secure with tape. Protect trunks of young trees from gnawing animals with 2- to 3-foot-tall wire mesh around the trunk. More: https://lancaster.unl.edu/hort/articles/2008/protecttrees.shtml Wait until late winter to prune trees and shrubs unless removing dead branches, which can be done any time through the year. Add a 2- to 4-inch layer of mulch around the base of trees and shrubs to conserve moisture. Make sure the mulch is coarse and loose to allow air and water to get through to the roots. Bark, wood chips, chopped leaves or evergreen needles work well. Keep mulch 6 inches away from tree trunks. Keep an eye out for critters that might set up winter residence in newly mulched areas. In the landscape Rake leaves from the lawn as soon as the trees are bare. Leaves that remain during the winter can smother the lawn. Many municipalities collect leaves each fall to make free mulch and compost for a small fee, and are available next spring. Denver leaf drop information is at 311 or https://www.denvergov.org/content/denvergov/en/trash-and-recycling/composting/seasonal-programs.html Schedule the automatic sprinkler shutoff for the season, including self-draining systems which may not completely drain (especially on older pipes that have settled). Pipe damage caused by water left in pipes or valves can be costly to repair. Winterize water fountains and containers. Pumps should be lifted, drained, dried and stored. Take stem cuttings from geraniums for new plants next year. Root 4- to 6-inch cuttings in fresh potting soil and keep in bright light. Also take cuttings from coleus, fibrous begonias, sweet potato vine and place in water until rooted, then pot and grow as houseplants near a sunny window. More http://elpasoco.colostate.edu/hort/hort_docs/Juy%2019%202014%20 Stem%20Cuttings%20 -Tully.pdf Plant amaryllis bulbs indoors in October for December bloom. Continue planting spring-blooming bulbs through November as long as the ground is not frozen. Water bulbs during dry winters. Dig up summer bulbs — gladiola, cannas and dahlias — after frost kills the tops. Dry for a few days and store in sawdust, vermiculite or perlite in a cool, dry place. Clean and sterilize containers for a quick start next spring. Unless the container is made of concrete, metal, foam or fiberglass, it’s best to move them indoors or under shelter for the season. If that’s not possible, cover and secure with plastic to prevent freeze damage and cracked pots. After several hard frosts, begin a program of watering the landscape every four to six weeks through the winter if conditions are dry. Wait for a day when the temperature is over 40 degrees, and water midday. South and west-facing areas will dry out first. Drain hoses after use. Vegetables and soil improvement Harvest pumpkins and winter squash after the vines are frost-killed but before a hard freeze (24 degrees). The skin should be hard enough that a fingernail cannot puncture it. Leave a 2-inch piece of stem attached to the fruit. They store for several months in a dry room below 60 degrees. Parsnips and carrots can be heavily mulched and harvested throughout the winter and early spring. Collards and kale can be used through frosts or until temperatures kill the leaves. Save seeds from heirloom tomatoes, herbs, squash and pumpkins for planting next year. More http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/garden/07602.html Dig up small clumps of perennial onion or garlic chive plants and pot them for culinary use indoors. Use fresh potting soil to fill the container, water well and place near a sunny window. Use cloches, cold frames or season extenders for cool-season vegetables like lettuce, spinach and kale. Remove spent vegetables, annual plantings and containers and add to the compost pile. Always toss diseased plants in the garbage. Build healthy vegetable and annual beds for next year by enriching the soil with the bounty of organic materials like fallen leaves or weed-free grass clippings (or a mixture of the two) from your yard. Dig shredded materials into the beds and leave a thick layer on top to keep the soil from blowing away and cracking. The material will break down over the winter, adding valuable organic matter to the soil. Another option to improve soil fertility and protect the top soil layer is to plant a cover crop, also known as green manures. Direct-seed winter rye, vetch, legumes or a combination of seeds now; they’ll germinate quickly and last through the winter (if it winter kills, that’s OK). Turn it over early next spring to break down in the soil six to eight weeks before planting. Purchase seeds locally or mail order. More http://www.ext.colostate.edu/ptlk/1616.html Get a jump on next year’s weeds and remove them this fall. Hand dig or spot treat. A fall aeration followed by fertilization is beneficial. The fertilizer moves into the holes left from the plugs and gets right to the root system. Water the lawn a day or two before aerating so deep plugs are pulled. If skipping the fall aeration, fertilize the lawn one final time while it is still green and the ground is not frozen. The lawn wakes up healthy and green next spring. More http://www.ext.colostate.edu/ptlk/1523.html Areas along the Front Range affected by Japanese beetles can apply products now to kill larvae that live in the soil below turf all winter. Adult beetles emerge next summer, so ridding larvae in the fall may reduce numbers and/or turf damage. More http://gardenpunchlist.blogspot.com/ 2015/09/japanese-beetles-blues-part-iii.html Betty Cahill lives and gardens in Denver. Read more of her advice at gardenpunchlist.blogspot.com
- Project plans - Project activities - Legislation and standards - Industry context Last edited 27 Jun 2016 Quantity surveyors and BIM Quantity surveyors provide expert advice on construction costs. They help to ensure that proposed projects are affordable and offer good value for money, helping the client and the design team assess and compare different options, and then track variations, ensuring that costs remain under control as the project progresses. The profession of quantity surveying has played a significant role in the construction sector for around 150 years. However, the continuation and survival of the profession has been under question, due in part to the success of building information modelling (BIM) and its ongoing technological improvements. The role of the quantity surveyor has, for the most part, been associated with: - Quantity take-off - Estimating and resource costing and analysis. - Advice on procurement. - Preparation of bills of quantities. - Tender documentation. - Monthly valuations. - Contractual claims. - Final accounts. But estimators and quantity surveyors are becoming increasingly aware of the benefits that software can offer them in their roles, as well as how much more efficient and productive they can be in their measurement and cost management functions. Advancements in automated measurement and quantification as well as the development of BIM processes have helped pave the way for more efficient automation of quantity surveying functions. BIM is being widely adopted in the construction industry and for this reason the expectation is there that quantity surveyors embrace it for the purpose of boosting the cost effectiveness and value in their functions. It is of great importance, then, that estimators and quantity surveyors alike meet this expectation, grasp the full potential of BIM and begin learning, developing and employing effective processes and tools to harness the power of BIM in their existing operations. A recent BIM survey conducted in South Africa by CIS revealed that many contractors, internal quantity surveyors and estimators are behind in understanding and adopting BIM processes. In the UK, according to the RICS BIM survey (Matthews, 2011b), a significant number of quantity surveyors are still not aware of what BIM is and only small numbers (10%) claimed to be involved with BIM. In South Africa, there is little evidence of the systematic introduction of BIM by the quantity surveying profession, which may be a result of the available literature on BIM being primarily aimed at architects and designers, and limited available case studies showcasing the integration of BIM into quantity surveying practice. It’s therefore time to initiate this awareness and integration in service of a profession that is up to speed with software technology and that can maintain its competitive edge in an ever-changing sector. The key values for estimating software vendors to review are: - Estimating quantity take-off and processes in general and its application to BIM. - Examining the RICS NRM1 (New Rules of Measurement) for both cost estimating and elemental cost plans. - Reviewing processes for BIM-based software tools to support NRM order of cost estimating. If the significant needs of developing a comprehensive understanding of how to support the cost estimating / planning processes through BIM are to be recognised by the industry at large, this will go a long way in establishing and cementing industry compliance. 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The March issue of Government Technology magazine has some terrific reading, including an article on “The Quest for Digital Equity” that features NDIA’s Executive Director on digital equity and digital inclusion. The article points to the rapid and continuing movement of government services to the Internet as a key driver of investment by cities in closing the gap. NDIA’s framing of the problem is front and center, giving a comprehensive picture of the challenges of inclusion. The article also describes city-wide programs in Portland, Boston and Seattle that are making a difference. Chair, NDIA Board of Directors Laura Breeden has worked since 1983 to extend the benefits of the Internet to everyone. Highlights of her career include making grants on behalf of the US Department of Commerce to support public computer centers, broadband adoption, and innovative applications of the Internet in the public sector. She also led a national technical assistance consortium for community technology centers and consulted to universities, foundations, and nonprofit organizations. In 2015, Laura helped found the National Digital Inclusion Alliance, where she now chairs the Board.
Groups Collaborating with the Riley Research Group Within Oxford University: - Professor Roger Patient (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine). Zebrafish heart development and regeneration. - Professor Angela Russell (Department of Chemistry). Small molecule screening and target drug development in human epicardial cells. - Professor Tatjana Sauka-Spengler (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine). i) Genome-wide approaches to profile epicardial heterogeneity in zebrafish developing larvae and adult heart regeneration. ii) Molecular profiling of macrophages during zebrafish heart regeneration and scar formation. - Professor Shankar Srinivas (Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics). Investigating the onset of cardiomyocyte Ca2+ handling and contractility in the early embryonic heart. - Professor Jurgen Schneider (Radcliffe Department of Medicine). MRI of regenerating zebrafish and neonatal mouse models. - Professor Matthew Freeman (Dunn School of Pathology). Role of TNFa/iRhom2 and inflammation in cardiac wound repair. - Professors Robin Choudhury (Radcliffe Department of Medicine) and Professor David Greaves (Dunn School of Pathology). Role of macrophages in cardiovascular regeneration and fibrosis. - Professor David Jackson (Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine). The role of Lyve-1 in cardiac lymphatic vessel trafficking of immune cells following injury. - Professor Paul Winyard and Dr David Long (UCL-Institute of Child Health). Role of Tb4 in kidney development and disease. - Professor Paul Martin and Dr Beck Richardson (University of Bristol). Wound healing and inflammation in the regenerating zebrafish heart. - Dr Sanjay Sinha (University of Cambridge). Human epicardial development and lineage heterogeity. - Professor Andrew Baker (University of Edinburgh). Modelling human lymphatic endothelial cell development. - Professor Wolframm Zimmerman (University Medical Center Göttingen; Leducq TNE). Epicardial exosome signaling and myocardial regeneration.
Jaehoon’s Jip-Soori Development, South Korea, Heekyung-dong, Dongdaemoon-gu Architecture Jaehoon’s Jip-Soori, Korea Development in Heekyung-dong, Dongdaemoon-gu, Seoul – design by Moohoi Architecture Studio 2 Sep 2013 Design: Kim Jae-Kwan, Moohoi Architecture Studio Location: Heekyung-dong, Dongdaemoon-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea Jaehoon’s Jip-Soori (Korean term for revitalization of house) From the old Korean residential zone, it is difficult to find one-story house. But even 42 years ago since this building has been built, there were a lot of one-story house. However, four-story apartment houses, which are also called as ‘multiplex housing’ or ‘multiple dwelling’ occupy most of residential zone. This is because people removed old houses and extended dimensions and then built new houses to make more profits from rent. Therefore the old houses are often surrounded by higher buildings. To solve this problem, new buildings could be constructed instead of old houses. However, then they will be disturbed by higher buildings around them. As a result of this, villagers will file a civil complaint to administrative office with the reasons of the prospect right and right sunshine are limited and village becomes stuffy. Therefore building new houses in the old residential zone in these days is more disadvantageous than people who have already built before. This house was that case. However, Jip-Soori(Korean term for revitalization of house) of old houses is never easy. The first reason for this is because of the word ‘being old’. If a house does not stand for up to 42 years, it would be difficult for people to understand. But when think of the time when a lot of new buildings had been built in a short period of time because of the society-economic situation and population concentration phenomenon, it is understandable then. At that period, it happened more often that the more soils from the ground were used when make bricks rather than using cements or sands. As a result of this, the bricks which were used when built the houses in the past, were not strong enough. However, it was absolutely amazing that this house (that kind of bricks written above, were used) had not crumbled for 42 years. Before this house had been built, 42 years ago, living parents, husband and wife and their children together was normal life in Korea. But now it is not. Even though they wish to live all together like before, there is one thing that disturbs their wish. This is because of the structure of apartments located in Korea. Then I want to ask what if 3 generations have to live in the same house or they want to? For example if granddaughter, year in 9 who likes playing computer more than reading books and her little brother who always plays and runs around house, and grandfather who prefers ‘Yeo-gang’ more than modern toilet and loves gardening and poultry farming, have to renovate the ’42 years old house’ and live there all together after living separately for a long time. But this house was that case. Jaehoon’s Jip-Soori Korea – Building Information Title: JAEHOON’S JIP-SOORI (Korean term for revitalization of house) Architect: Kim Jae-Kwan, Moohoi Architecture Studio Location: Heekyung-dong, Dongdaemoon-gu, Seoul, South Korea Program: JIP-SOORI (Korea traditional language about Revitalized) Site area: 298m2 Gross floor area: 9.2m2 Building scope: 1 floor Exterior finishing: cement brick, red pine wood Interior finishing: cement brick, water paint Construction: Kim Jae-Kwan. Lee GI-Joo, Kim Tae-Hwan, Moohoi Architecture Studio Photographer: Park Young-Che Jaehoon’s Jip-Soori images / information from Kim Jae-Kwan, Moohoi Architecture Studio To see all listed projects on a single map please follow this link. Korean Architecture Designs – chronological list Buk Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea – 25 Jul 2013 Design: SAMOO Architects & Engineers photo : Young Chae Park Recent South Korea Building Design Twin Towers – The Cloud at Yongsan Dreamhub, Seoul image © MVRDV Yongsan Masterplan Seoul South Korea Building Designs H House, Seongbuk-dong, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul Design: BANG by MIN emerging design group photo : Joonhwan Yoon New Korean House Velo Towers Seoul Design: Asymptote Architecture image © Asymptote Architecture Velo Towers Seoul Comments / photos for the Jaehoon’s Jip-Soori – South Korea Architecture page welcome Jaehoon’s Jip-Soori Building Website: Visit South KoreaNo tags for this post.
The Dialectic Of Freedom (Teachers College Press, $14.95) The German socialist Rosa Luxemburg once wrote to a friend: "See to it that you remain a Mensch. . . .Being a Mensch means happily throwing one's life 'on fate's great scale' if necessary, but, at the same time, enjoying every bright day and every beautiful cloud." I think of Luxemburg writing that line from a prison during World War I, and my thoughts turn to Maxine Greene. In her many articles and books, from Teacher as Stranger to Releasing the Imagination, but particularly in The Dialectic of Freedom, Greene reminds me to engage the world, to see this or that new film, to rush out to an important exhibit, to live life fully, and she challenges me to throw myself into the struggles for peace, justice, and freedom. Maxine Greene is a mensch, and she invites her readers-her students-to join her. In Dialectic, published in 1988, Greene displays the range of issues that animate her active and creative mind: the role of the arts, the power of social imagination, the question of justice, and the problem of freedom. Drawing on film, literature, and theory as well as everyday encounters, she demonstrates how each of us can "do philosophy," how we can engage the world in an ongoing exercise of thinking about what we're doing. Through her writing and teaching, Greene carries the progressivism of John Dewey and W.E.B. Du Bois, Hannah Arendt, and Paulo Freire forward into the 21st century. She embodies progressivism as hard work performed in the mud and muck of daily life. There is nothing weak or easy or softly romantic in her progressivism. It is, rather, a muscular and troubled progressivism, rooted in the hard realities of the times we live in, edged with the challenges we face. It is political struggle, intellectual conflict, social tension, and more. She offers progressivism with a punch. Like Dewey, Greene is a philosopher committed to freedom and intelligence, democracy and imagination. She challenges us to imagine a world that could be otherwise and, in that gesture, to consider what life demands of us at each and every step along the way. Like Du Bois, she seeks freedom for all and values the power and meaning new points of view bring to the collective search for fulfillment. Like Arendt, Greene reminds us that freedom requires a refusal to accede mindlessly to the given, a reaching for new possibilities. And like Freire, Greene embodies an education ideal that is deeply political, that fights the "silences" and the dehumanizing objectification of people. Greene urges us to become more intentional and more aware in our teaching and in our lives, to confront issues as they emerge. She insists that we keep our eyes wide open to the students before us, certainly, but also to the contexts of their lives, to the wider world we share, to the indecent and the unacceptable. She insists that we link our consciousness to our conduct-that as we know, so must we act. Without sounding quaint or orthodox, Greene upholds the best in the progressive agenda. She resists the soft progressivism of sloppy practice and shoddy standards. She rebels against progressivism as a fad or an easy niceness without the pain and difficulty of authentic engagement with real obstacles. And she is acutely aware that it is not just the Christian Right or the Republican impeachment managers who are entangled in dogma; she also decries the convention, the easy beliefs, of comfortable progressives unwilling to engage the challenges of today. In the end, Greene reminds us that education is about freedom, that it's a powerful project of liberation. This beautifully written book shows us a tough progressive at work. Maxine Greene loves life in all its messiness, complexity, and richness. Her words resonate with hope. Vol. 11, Issue 7, Page 60Published in Print: April 1, 2000, as The Dialectic Of Freedom
Saturday morning: I set a flat of plants out in full sun for 30 minutes in the morning. Don’t forget and leave them out longer then 30 minutes. Set a timer – its too late to start over from seed if you blow it now. Later in mid afternoon do it again for 30 minutes and bring the plants back in under fluorescent lights. Sunday: Take the plants out in the morning for 1 hour. Do the same in the mid afternoon. Monday: Give the plants a rest from full sun. Monday evening look for early signs of sun damage. Damaged plants will start showing whitish patches on the leaves. It looks like a burn. If you see this then halt further hardening off for the rest of the week and start over next Saturday. If the damage is more than minor than also back off on initial exposure times and reduce the daily increments in exposure. Tuesday (assuming no significant damage on Monday): Put them out for three hours straight. Wednesday: Four hours. Thursday: Five Hours. Friday: Six Hours. Saturday: Seven Hours. Sunday: They are hardened off. Leave them out all day from here on. Note: The above is a guideline that must be modified by your local conditions. If the weather is cloudy and overcast then the times should be lengthened. If the weather suddenly changes from cold & cloudy to warm and sunny then be conservative on the length of sun exposure. Use your good judgment. If you are in doubt then back off a couple days to allow monitoring of any latent damage symptoms. If the plants are rare and not replaceable then be conservative. If you are growing ordinary jalapenos and know you can get replacements at the local nursery then be more gregarious. One final note: One never really knows how fast you can do something until you have done it too fast. If you are like me and are always pushing the limits then get ready to accept defeat when you go too fast – but make sure that it happens to your ordinary plants and not the special ones.
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Nepal Discover Tours lets you experience the variance of diversity of the country, its architectural integrity and idiosyncrasy, cultural and traditional heritages, historical sites and monuments, beguiling landscapes encompassed with the thrill of undergoing jungle safaris letting you discover and explore the highlights of Nepal’s ingenuity. It provides you the opportunity to excurse the UNESCO listed World Heritage Sites in Kathmandu, like The Kathmandu Durbar Square, the holy Pashupatinath Temple, the Bouddhanath Stupa, the Swayambhunath Stupa, Bhaktapur Durbar Square and the Patan Durbar Square. The opulence of the architectural carvings on the old palaces in the Durbar Squares is amazing to look at and they give off the feeling of nostalgia of days gone by. The temples and the courtyards at the Durbar Squares are a strong reminder of the history and glory of Nepal’s monarchial days. Ornamented with intricate carvings and beautiful Nepali architecture, the palaces and the temples at the Durbar Squares are truly a lovely sight to see. The holy temples and stupas are also grand and provide a religious ambiance to the tour. The holy temple of Pashupatinath is one of the most sacred temples and religious sites belonging to the Hindu people. It also has a very interesting back story to its construction. Dedicated to Lord Shiva, it sees thousands of pilgrims on the day of Mahashivaratri, both from Nepal and from India as well. You can observe a cremation ceremony on the bank of the holy river of Bagmati as well on the temple. Generally, the temple is surrounded by Sadhus. They are a sight to see in themselves because of their bright attires of orange and saffron, matted hairs and painted faces. The Swayambhunath Stupa, also known as “the Monkey Temple”, is one of the oldest religious sites in Nepal. The Bouddhanath Stupa is one of the largest stupa in the country. The golden spire of the stupa looms up against the cerulean sky, providing a wonderful serenity to everything. You will also be driving to Nagarkot Viewpoint to witness the stunning sight of the rising Sun from behind the Himalayan Ranges like Dhaulagiri-located on the west from Mount Kanchenjunga. The sight of this manifestation is absolutely breath-taking; as the tincture of the mountain peaks turn from ivory to that of cascades of molten gold and burning saffron and amber, the celestial feeling of experiencing such a wonderful ordeal is hard to put into words. Decorated magnificently with the natural quintessence of Nagarkot’s natural environment, you will also be observing the historically significant Gorkha Durbar, brimming with the tales of Nepal’s lavish history. Visiting Bandipur, you would be subjected to the dainty settlement’s charms and will get to observe the people’s traditions and lifestyles there in close proximity. The idyllic landscape of the place is simply gorgeous and utterly heavenly, the emerald terrains of the land is a prime example of a picturesque postcard. Visiting the Lake Side City of Pokhara, you would get the opportunity to enjoy lots of adventure activity there. Boating on the cyan Fewa Lake is a lovely interlude for your trip as the water reflects the image of Mount Machhapuchhre in its crystal clear saturated aqua. Driving to Sarangkot as well, you would be able to see beautiful views of the Sun rise amidst the mountain peaks. Excursing Tansen, the headquarters of Palpa, lets you immerse yourself in the winsome natural beauty of the place. Driving to Lumbini, you would get to see the birthplace of Lord Buddha and many of its surrounding temples, monuments, historical sites and religious quiddities. You would also be undergoing Jungle safari where you will catch glimpses of and encounter various rare animals like Deers, Leopards, Rhinoceroses, Wild Boars, Sloth Bears and Royal Bengal Tigers among many more. The avifaunas of the National Parks are also wonderful to experience. Once back in Kathmandu, you would also be visiting the Manakamana Temple, dedicated to a Goddess who fulfills people’s wishes. The Nepal Discover Tours designed by Escape Himalaya is one of the most thrilling Sight-seeing tours in Nepal that bestows an exciting jungle safari experience. The Nepal Discover Tour will be an unforgettable experience Escape Himalaya presents to you. Escape Himalaya provides an excellent rendering of services to its customers and we make sure that our customers are getting the optimal context on their journeys. The Nepal Discover Tours package is designed carefully, keeping the satisfaction of our customers in mind, and at the same time, the package also incorporates all of the beautiful natural and cultural quintessence of the historical and religious sites of Nepal in a relative amount of time. Come join us in this ravishing adventure where you can experience aesthetically pleasing magnificence of the jungles and alluring natural winsomeness of the rare animals and the myriad of cultural sites in the Nepal Discover Tours Package with us! You can also opt for Kathmandu Experience Tours as well. - Day 01: Arrive in Kathmandu - Day 02: Kathmandu City tour and an evening drive to Nagarkot - Day 03: Nagarkot - Bhaktapur – Patan – Kathmandu - Day 04: Drive to Gorkha Durbar - drive to Bandipur, Distance: 200 km - Day 05: Drive to Pokhara, Distance: 75 km - Day 06: Sarangkot Tour - drive to Tansen, Distance: 122 km - Day 07: Drive to Lumbini, Distance: 85 km - Day 08: Drive to Chitwan for a jungle safari, Distance: 175 km - Day 09: Tour Activities in Chitwan - Day 10: Drive to Kathmandu - visit Manakamana Temple, Distance: 175 km to Kathmandu - Day 11: Departure Day 01: Arrive in Kathmandu As you land at Tribhuwan International Airport, one of our airport representatives from Escape Himalaya will be there to greet you and will help you get transferred to the hotel in Kathmandu. You do not have any other activities planned on this day, so you can just relax at the hotel; perhaps get to know the lay of the land. Overnight stay at the hotel. Day 02: Kathmandu City tour and an evening drive to Nagarkot This is the second day of your Nepal Discover Tours. You will get to travel around striking temples, old Royal Palaces and more which are enlisted in UNESCO World Heritage list. You will make a trip to Kathmandu Durbar Square, where we will notice several temples with unique arts. Visiting the Pashupatinath Temple, a major temple of Hindus dedicated to Lord Shiva; you can have a look around the area and get to know about the religious significance of the temple. The Bouddhanath Stupa, the largest stupa on Earth and the Swayambhunath Stupa, lying at the hillock and also named as “the Monkey Temple” will appeal you with their artistic and past glories. In the evening, we will drive to Nagarkot which is located 30 Km east of Kathmandu. Overnight stay at the hotel in Nagarkot. Day 03: Nagarkot - Bhaktapur – Patan – Kathmandu We will wake up early in the morning to reach the viewpoint and witness the stunning view of the sunrise over gigantic Himalayan ranges like Dhaulagiri- situated on the west to Mount Kanchenjunga located on the east. After spending an absolutely breathtaking time witnessing the view of the sunrise over massive Himalayas, we will drive to Bhaktapur and explore the Bhaktapur Durbar square. At Bhaktapur Durbar Square, we can visit The National Art Gallery, The Golden Gate, the Palace of 55 windows, and the Taleju Temple; and passing by several Newar communities, you will reach Dattatreya Square and the Nyatapole Temple. After spending a wonderful time in Bhaktapur, we will drive to Patan and excurse and observe the Golden Gate, the Krishna Temple, Sundari Chowk and the Char Narayan Temple in Patan Durbar Square. The sites are historically and culturally extremely rich and opulent, and are quite captivating. Then, we will drive to Kathmandu. Overnight stay at Kathmandu. Day 04: Drive to Gorkha Durbar - drive to Bandipur, Distance: 200 km From Kathmandu, we will on this day, drive to Gorkha Durbar. The twin structures of the palace located at the highest tip of the edge, propped by stone walls is just amazing. The doorway to the durbar is on the western side. After visiting this historical setting, we will drive to Bandipur. Bandipur is a charming settlement situated in the Himalayan foothills of Nepal. It captivates with its cultural uniqueness and perfect landscape. This Newar settlement has preserved long-established culture and presents incredible views of beautiful landscapes. Overnight stay at Bandipur. Day 05: Drive to Pokhara, Distance: 75 km We will drive to the beautiful city of Pokhara, also named as ‘the Lake City’. We will pass along eye-catching views of terraced fields brimming with the plantation of rice and mustards, see wonderful panorama of Mount Manaslu, Lamjung Himal, Ganesh Himal and lots of other peaks. In Pokhara, we can go for boating in the beautiful Phewa Lake or visit several places of attractions like the Seti Gorge, Mahendra Cave, Gupteshwor Cave, Peace Stupa and more. Overnight stay at the hotel in Pokhara. Day 06: Sarangkot Tour - drive to Tansen, Distance: 122 km From Pokhara we will drive to Sarangkot to observe the beautiful sunrise views over massive peak ranges. On the southern side, the view of Pokhara city can be seen; we will also notice the Dhaulagiri Peak in the northern direction and if the weather is clear, Annapurna Range is also visible on the same direction. We will then drive to Tansen on this day. Tansen is a striking hill town set on the lap of the renowned Srinagar Hills. It is the headquarters of Palpa district and presents charming natural setting as well as its cultural heritages. Ranighat is one of the major highlights of Tansen, decorated by an amazing building on the shores of River Kali Gandaki, built in the memory of Tej Kumari by her husband Khadga Shumsher, the then governor of the district. Overnight stay in Tansen. Day 07: Drive to Lumbini, Distance: 85 km We will, on this day, drive to Lumbini from Tansen. It is the birthplace of Gautama Buddha. We will visit the World Peace Pagoda and also walk around monasteries of Teravadi and Mahayani Buddhism which are stretched transversely through the cannon. We will also visit the Mayadevi temple protecting the ruins of old temple walls and see the Ashoka Pillar which displays the messages explaining Emperor Ashoka’s visit to the birth place of Buddha. Overnight stay at Lumbini. Day 08: Drive to Chitwan for a jungle safari, Distance: 175 km Leaving Lumbini, we will drive to Chitwan where we will experience an amazing jungle safari. Chitwan National Park holds approximately 68 species of mammals, 544 species of birds, 126 species of fish and more. Here, you may spot different kinds of Deers, Monkeys, Leopards, Rhinoceroses, Wild Boars, Sloth Bears and the Royal Bengal Tigers among a myriad of other exotic animals. In the evening, we can enjoy the Tharu Cultural Program. Overnight stay in the park. Day 09: Tour Activities in Chitwan We will experience jungle activities on this day. We can go for an Elephant Ride, have a village tour of Tharu settlements, have a jungle walk, Go on a Canoe Ride, do bird watching, visit the Elephant breeding center and more on this day. Overnight stay in the park. Day 10: Drive to Kathmandu - visit Manakamana Temple, Distance: 175 km to Kathmandu We will drive to Kathmandu on this day and en-route; we will visit the Manakamana Temple. Manakamana Temple is believed to fulfill wishes as you pray to the Goddess. It is one of the important temples built in 17th century in the Pagoda style. Then, we will return back to Kathmandu. Overnight stay in the Lodge. Day 11: Departure Finishing the tour, you will return back from Nepal. Escape Himalaya’s representative will transfer you to the airport. Then you will fly back.
Read your latest personalised notifications No account yet? Start here Don't miss out Ok, got it Endomyocardial biopsy has been a gold-standard technique in the diagnosis of myocarditis for years . Current recommendations for endomyocardial biopsy do not involve patients with troponin positive ACS and normal coronary arteries on coronary angiography, especially when they respond to conventional treatment, have no dysrrhythmia and deteriorating LV function . The majority of patients with myocarditis, presenting with a mask of MI have excellent long-term prognosis . However, late sudden deaths have been reported [1,4,6] and some of the patients have progression to dilated cardiomyopathy with time . That is why, identifying the cause of the disease, explaining its pathogenesis, learning more about the myocardial tissue disease process may be helpful in defining patients’ prognosis . On the other hand, endomyocardial biopsy is an invasive procedure, although safe in experienced hands, but with a small percentage of complications related to the procedure . Death and cardiac tamponade have been reported, although no complications were observed in the presented paper. Other inherent limitations of endomyocardial biopsy are sampling error that may lead to a negative diagnosis with smoldering, patchy process of myocarditis. Interobserver variability in the interpretation of data is another issue. In this paper, the authors used immunohistological criteria, developed initially for the diagnosis of a chronic inflammatory process in the setting of a clinically acute disease. The immunohistological criteria of active myocarditis applied by Baccouche et al. define the inflammatory infiltrate as ≥14 leukocytes/mm2 (CD3+ T lymphocytes and/or CD68+ macrophages) with additional myocardial damage, while borderline myocarditis – without myocardial damage/necrosis . In order to assess chronic myocardial inflammation, other authors used the criterion of ≥7 leukocytes/mm2 (CD3+ cells) [10,11]. There are few reports on the results of endomyocardial biopsy in the setting of MI-mimicking myocarditis [4,12]. True acurate diagnosis of myocarditis may be life-saving, especially in the setting of rare forms of myocarditis, like giant-cell, eosinophilic myocarditis [13,14]. CMR is by no means helpful in defining the type of inflammatory infiltrate in the myocardium, and this knowledge influences on the way of treatment. Kuhl et al. identified genomes of Parvovirus B19 in the myocardial tissues of patients presenting with ACS and normal coronary angiography . Parvovirus B19 is known to infect endothelial cells and to cause obstruction of microcirculation, in this way leading to ischemia, micro-areas of necrosis, and elevation of necrotic enzymes . Of interest, Mahrholdt et al. demonstrated that each of two most common agents causing viral myocarditis [parvovirus B19 (PVB19) and human herpesvirus 6 (HHV6)] can lead to a different pattern of myocardial damage and clinical course as demonstrated with LGE-CMR . The identification of viral genome in the myocardium has prognostic implications [12,17]. In the presented paper, endomyocardial biopsy was shown to be superior to LGE-CMR in identifing myocarditis mostly due to its ability to reveal minor forms of the disease (borderline myocarditis). There are at least two causes which could have influenced this finding. First, endomyocardial biopsies performed in the presented study were all CMR-guided, which most likely improved the diagnostic accuracy of this procedure. Secondly, limitations of CMR protocol to cine and LGE-CMR could have underestimated the diagnostic potential of CMR in myocarditis. The study by Abdel-Aty et al. demonstrated that the diagnostic accuracy of CMR in myocarditis increased with the extension of LGE-CMR protocol by addition of two other sequences: T2W triple inversion recovery (to assess myocardial oedema) and T1W spin echo early after gadolinium injection (reflecting increased hyperemia and capillary leak) . The best diagnostic accuracy was achieved with any two positive out of three sequencies yielding 85% diagnostic accuracy. That study and also others led to the recent development of standardized CMR protocol and diagnostic criteria for myocarditis known as Lake Louise Consensus Criteria . According to those criteria the presence of at least two out of three findings consistent with myocardial inflammation (regional or global myocardial oedema on T2W imaging, global hyperemia and capillary leak on T1W imaging early after gadolinium administration or at least 1 focal lesion with a nonischaemic pattern of necrosis/fibrosis on inversion recovery prepared T1W images late after gadolinium administration) in a patient with clinical suspicion of myocarditis are diagnostic of the disease. The presence of left ventricular dysfunction or pericardial effusion are also supportive . If there is strong clinical evidence of myocardial inflammation and the onset of symptoms has been very recent but none of the criteria are present or if only one of the criteria is present, a repeat CMR study between 1 and 2 weeks after the initial one is recommended . 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NOVA Online now offers teachers quick access to more than 500 of the popular science program’s educational resources in its expanded Teachers site, which includes a searchable database of program information, activities, and other classroom tools. The ever-growing collection includes detailed content summaries for most NOVA programs since 1993, along with information on which videos are for sale and how to purchase them. It also features more than 125 printable and 100 online activities with grade-level designations in anthropology, archaeology, chemistry, earth science, forensics, health science, life science, mathematics, paleontology, physical science, and space science. Teachers can use the site to access resources for cross-curricular connections in the areas of social studies, science and society, and technological design; gain ideas from other teachers on how they are using NOVA in the classroom; find links to available resources for each NOVA program by program title; join an eMail list to receive weekly updates on upcoming broadcasts and new web sites; learn about NOVA’s Featured Teachers and how to become one; peruse information about taping rights and suggestions for using videos in the classroom; and order NOVA’s printed teacher’s guide. In addition, the expanded Teachers site gives educators access to curricula from other science specials from the producers of NOVA, including, “A Science Odyssey,” “Building Big,” and the recently broadcast “Evolution” series.
So you're a savvy car insurance shopper comparing your quotes online. You keep noticing something called uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage, and each time you see it you think, "Why would I need that? Everybody's got to have insurance." It's sound logic. And from a legal standpoint, you're absolutely right. (Unless you happen to live in New Hampshire, where car insurance isn't required.) But as you know, people break the law. And an accident with an uninsured/underinsured driver could be costly. That's why uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage exists. uninsured drivers are out there Today, approximately 1 in 8 drivers in the United States are driving without even basic coverage according to the Insurance Research Council. The Insurance Research Council has found that the health of the economy has a direct impact on the uninsured motorist rate. In tough economic times, drivers tend to test the law more to avoid monthly premiums, and that can have serious consequences for those who are properly insured. The consequences of getting in an accident with an uninsured driver can be pretty grim. If the uninsured driver is at fault in your accident and you don't have uninsured motorist coverage, you may have to seek damages through the courts. And even then, there's a good chance the driver won't have funds to cover your expenses. And those with minimal coverage (or underinsured motorists) can also cause big problems for other drivers, such as when their bare-bones bodily injury limits fail to cover all your medical bills. We'll get more in-depth on the consequences of going without uninsured/underinsured motorist coverages, but first let's define these coverages and what they do. underinsured/uninsured motorist coverage defined Here's where things get a little complex. First off, not all states offer this coverage (while others require it). Second, each state that does offer these coverages handles them differently. So differently, in fact, that it's hard to decide whether to say "this coverage" or "these coverages." In most states, however, underinsured and uninsured coverages are distinct. There are 5 different flavors of underinsured/uninsured motorist coverage, and they come in 2 standard types familiar to anyone with car insurance: bodily injury liability and property damage liability: - Underinsured motorist bodily injury - Uninsured motorist bodily injury - Underinsured motorist property damage - Uninsured motorist property damage - Underinsured/uninsured motorist bodily injury We cover all of these in greater depth in our jargon-free car insurance glossary, but the long and short of all these coverages is that they help pay for damages caused by a collision with an uninsured or underinsured motorist. so what happens if i get into an accident with an underinsured/uninsured driver? The consequences of being hit by an underinsured/uninsured driver depend on your state's insurance laws. States define themselves as either "no-fault" or "tort" as far as insurance goes. In no-fault states, drivers go to their own insurance company for payment after an accident. The question of who is at fault in the accident doesn't usually enter into the equation. In tort states, car insurance companies pay for damages based on who is at fault. So if you're in an accident where the other driver is deemed completely at fault, their company would have to cover all damages — yours and their own. As you can see, colliding with an uninsured or underinsured driver is a simpler matter in a no-fault state: You simply file a claim with your car insurance company and they handle your needs. However, you might still want to consider uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage if you live in a no-fault state due to the extra financial protection it provides. For instance, if you're hit and injured in a collision with an uninsured driver, your health insurance will pay your medical bills — but they won't help you with lost wages or pain and suffering compensation, things the other driver's liability policies would normally provide. Thankfully, uninsured/underinsured coverage can help. If the crash happens in a tort state, on the other hand, you may have to sue for damages — hence the "tort." This can be a costly and stressful process. And considering that an uninsured or underinsured driver probably lacks insurance due to limited funds, chances of payment may be slim. Your own policy will of course cover you, but only up to your selected limits. If your limits are too low to cover all costs, you'll have to choose between paying out of pocket or litigating. Note that some states have "contributory negligence" laws, which mean that insurance companies pay claims based on degree of fault. So if you're deemed to be 21 percent at fault in a collision, your insurance company will pay 21 percent of damages. save yourself the pain — and the money Unfortunately for the insured, there are too many uninsured and underinsured drivers out there, and the consequences of skimping on uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage can be both expensive and stressful. So save yourself some anxiety and some cash by protecting yourself from those who aren't properly covered. A little extra protection can go a very long way. Find out how much uninsured driver coverage might cost when you get a quote. What is a collision deductible waiver? Learn about another way to protect yourself against the consequences of an accident with an uninsured or underinsured motorist. Insurance by state Want to know more about your state's car insurance standards? You got it. Myth: a lapse in car insurance coverage won't affect your rate Find out how going without car insurance coverage can affect you. 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The publishes updated guidelines on cryptographic algorithms usage and key management. This technical document aims to provide guidance to the European banking industry (especially to security officers, risk managers, system engineers and systems designers) in this field. This document was recently updated to incorporate newsworthy developments in cryptography, such as: • The publication by the National Institute of Standards and Technology of a final standard for SHA-3. • As a reaction to the computation of a “freestart collision” (i.e. a collision where the attacker can choose the initialisation vector) for SHA-1, many parties are now migrating away from SHA-1. • The announcement by the US National Security Agency of preliminary plans to transition to quantum resistant algorithms. If you would like to comment on this article, please identify yourself with your first and last name. Your name will appear next to your comment. Email addresses will not be published. Please note that by accessing or contributing to the discussion you agree to abide by the EPC website conditions of use.
An expert who worked to reduce road accidents involving commercial vehicles has received a posthumous award. Huddersfield-based road safety charity Brake named Dr Will Murray as the winner of the Kevin Storey Award for Outstanding Commitment to Road Safety at the Brake Fleet Safety Awards. A spokesperson for the charity said: “Throughout his accomplished career as an international occupational road safety expert, Will was motivated by a relentless passion for helping clients measure and maximise the impact of their safety programmes.” Will, who died last December aged 51, was fleet research director for Bradley-based eDriving, which provides online driver training and risk management. He was visiting fellow at universities in the UK and Australia, a founding member of Brake and a trustee of the charity. Will gained an MSc in distribution, technology and management at Cranfield Institute of Technology and a PhD in management developments in logistics at the University of Huddersfield , where he was a senior lecturer for more than 12 years. He became research director at interactive Driving Systems in 2004 and research director for the fleet division of its successor organisation eDriving in March last year. Will, who lived in Nottingham, leaves a wife, Marie, and sons Sam and Joe. All three attended the awards ceremony, along with Will’s sister, Janet, to accept the award on Will’s behalf. The award was presented by Mary Williams, Brake chief executive, who founded the charity in 1995 with Will’s help. Will continued to serve as a trustee for 21 years. Ed Dubens, executive vice-president of eDriving FLEET, said: “Our relationship with Will and his family extends over 20 exciting years. Everyone who came in contact with Will always enjoyed every minute they spent with him. His charisma and congeniality were unrivalled and his passion for our industry and saving lives was palpable in every conversation. “Throughout his accomplished career as an international occupational road safety expert, Will was motivated by a relentless passion for helping clients measure and maximize the impact of their safety programmes.” Brake has also introduced a new award this year in Will’s memory. The eDriving-sponsored Dr Will Murray Award for Action and Analysis in 2017 was presented to Kent-based infrastructure services company FM Conway Ltd. Brake’s annual Fleet Safety Awards recognise organisations for their contribution to improving the safety of at-work drivers. This year’s event, was held at the Hilton Metropole in Birmingham and was attended by almost 400 guests.
Baron Édouard - Jean Empain 1937 - 2018. But his world came crashing down on the morning of January 23, 1978. While being chauffeured from his apartment to his office in an affluent neighbourhood in Paris, Empain’s vehicle was intercepted by armed gunmen. Blindfolded, he was quickly bundled into the back of a car and taken to a secret hideaway in one of the city’s suburbs. In a kidnapping that gripped the nation, Empain would go from one of the richest and most influential businessmen in Europe to a “broken man”, beaten, starved and tortured. Upon his release his reputation was left in tatters after the police investigation uncovered a string of sordid revelations about his lifestyle. Born in Budapest, Hungary, Empain was the grandson of Édouard Louis Joseph, the 1st Baron Empain who was ennobled by Leopold II of Belgium in 1907. His father Jean died in 1946 and his mother Rozell remarried his father’s cousin who took over Empain-Schneider, a conglomerate dealing in industrial construction. Destined to join the family business he spent his childhood in “privileged solitude” and left education after gaining the school baccalaureate. For the next 20 years he worked for the group and gained a reputation as a ruthless businessman when he demanded his stepfather step aside as president for him or else he would sell his majority shareholding to a rival Belgian company. In a shock twist, part of his little finger was severed and sent along with a ransom note demanding 80 million francs to his wife Silvana He got his own way and became president in 1971 but his life changed irrevocably seven years later. At the mercy of his captors he went through a terrifying ordeal which lasted 63 days. In a shock twist, part of his little finger was severed and sent along with a ransom note demanding 80 million francs to his wife Silvana, who was advised not to pay. As the police scrambled for clues in a bid to find the perpetrators they inadvertently uncovered numerous affairs and gambling sprees. With u the apparent motive, namely that he owed huge sums of money after losing £1million a year at the casinos, public sympathy for Empain waned. Once the kidnappers realised the game was up they dropped Empain, who had shed over 15kg while being held hostage, in the middle of Paris with enough money to cover the cost of an underground ticket. But Empain was not warmly welcomed home. His embittered wife divorced him soon after his release while colleagues wasted no time in rallying for a new Empain-Schneider president. Despite managing to regain control he was eventually toppled, with the group changing hands in 1981. His family name was later expunged. Eight defendants were brought to justice and received jail sentences ranging from five to 20 years. Empain is survived by his second wife Jacqueline, who he married in 1990, two daughters and son.
Essiac formula is made from a blend of roots, bark and herbs that grow in the Canadian wilderness of Ontario. It was originally a remedy used by the region’s native Ojibway Indians. Here’s what you’ll find in Natures Choice Essiac Formula: - Burdock root: Boosts immunity, stimulates digestion, promotes healthy liver function. Prevents water retention by acting as a diuretic, and supports good digestive health. Burdock contains vitamin A and selenium, which fight free radicals, and chromium, which keeps blood sugar levels stable. - Sheep sorrel: Natural diuretic, promotes healthy kidneys and urinary tract. A source of magnesium, calcium, potassium, ascorbic acid and phosphorus. - Turkey rhubarb root: A mild natural laxative; eases indigestion and constipation. Neutralises excess acid, and promotes a healthy digestive system. - Slippery elm bark: A source of mucilage; promotes a healthy digestive tract and helps to treat indigestion. The bark contains high levels of calcium, magnesium and vitamins A, B, C and K. Promotes healthy mucous membranes, organs and tissues. Did You Know? Essiac formula takes its name from nurse Rene Caisse, who discovered it in the 1920s. “Essiac” is “Caisse” spelled backwards. - Bring 16 cups of water to the boil. Add ½cup of Natures Choice Essiac Formula - Stir the mixture well and bring to the boil. Cover and boil for 10 – 12 minutes - Remove from heat, cover and leave to stand for 10 – 12 minutes - Stir well, cover and bring mixture to scalding point (do not boil) - Remove from heat, cover and let settle for 20 minutes - Strain the liquid through a fine strainer or filter, into hot, sterilised glass jars - Refrigerate the jars (do not freeze) Take 4tbsp of the liquid twice daily: - In the morning, 5 minutes before breakfast - At bedtime, 2 hours after dinner (on an empty stomach) Burdock root, sheep sorrel, turkey rhubarb root, slippery elm bark 1 out of 1 people would recommend this product14/06/2018, By SamExcellent detox Faithful to Nature is an online retail store, specialising in a wide selection of natural supplements, vitamins, superfoods and health-related products. Our green team is all about helping you unlock your full potential to live a healthy life; however we are not medical professionals. Please do consult your health care practitioner when seeking medical advice. Some products may be manufactured in a factory that also produce gluten, nuts and dairy products.
When was the last time you wanted to gaze on a bloody, mangled body? Instinctively our stomachs churn, faces contort, emotions mourn at the sight. We turn away; the rawness too much. But a newborn babe? Ahhhh … we smile, emit sounds of delight, and yearn to snuggle those sweet cheeks. Our hearts long to drink in the softness, the newness, the hope wrapped in newborn flesh. Do you feel the difference? It’s more than the difference between the Easter and Christmas stories. It is the conundrum of our Christian faith—that Jesus, once a beautiful, cuddly, newborn babe, was eventually betrayed, brutally beaten, and bloodied beyond recognition as a man, though He did nothing wrong. His innocence on the cross was the same innocence He bore in the manger, yet He was convicted as a criminal. Rejected and alone, Jesus limped and crawled to His death hill, carrying a splintered wooden cross on His raw, shredded flesh. His body submitted to man’s evil intentions, His arms and legs hammered securely to the instrument of execution. There He hung—naked, tortured—and there He died. Willingly He endured all of this for us because of infinite love. Even though we understand Easter’s facts, we eagerly anticipate and prefer Christmas. The story of the teenage virgin who bravely birthed a tiny baby king is a much happier one. By contrast we falter at knowing how to celebrate Easter. Though our lives are daily altered by sin and the burden of our human depravity, the necessity of a blood sacrifice isn’t welcome in daily conversation. The sweetness of the Christmas babe being lullabied by His angelic choir is easier to celebrate. We, the redeemed, have wrongly reversed our affections. Following the culture’s leading Christians, like most everyone else, spend a lot of time and money preparing for Christmas with parties, presents, and elaborate decorations around our homes and communities. Twinkling lights, glowing fires, warm mugs full of cheer are enjoyed by bright-eyed hopefuls from 1 to 92. By contrast, most of us give Easter little thought, time, or preparation. We take a minimalist approach to celebrating the greatest event of history. Jesus never asked us to commemorate His birth; we ignore what He commanded us to do—remember His death (1 Corinthians 11:23-26). Does that make a difference? Does it make you pause? We are not following our Savior’s instructions. Without thinking, we have followed the lead of retailers and adopted their softer, gentler symbols into our Easter experience: bunnies, chicks, chocolate candies in colorful plastic eggs, and new pastel clothing. It’s time to change how we celebrate Easter; and I hope you will agree. Here are four ways to begin to correct our upended thinking. 1. Lengthen the Easter holiday experience. Make Easter a season, like Christmas, by starting your Easter preparation with Ash Wednesday and continuing through the 40 days of Lent. By preparing earlier you will have more time to focus on, and teach your family about, Christ’s sacrifice on the cross. And don’t stop at Easter. If you can leave Christmas lights up through the New Year, then you can carry on the joy, repeating, “Christ is risen!” daily for the 40 days until Ascension Day! 2. In your home, fully display the importance of this holiest of holidays. The colors of Easter are red and white, not springy hues of pink, yellow, and green. Remember His blood, the color of red wine, which He commanded us to drink in remembrance of Him. This year consider wearing all white or shades of off-white and soft khaki. Set an all-white table with lots of white candles and three crosses for your Resurrection Day feast to remember the purity of His life and death. Or center your table with a white lamb to celebrate our future as His bride at our marriage to the Lamb when we will be dressed in “fine linen, bright and pure—for the fine linen is the righteous deeds of the saints” (Revelation 19:8). 3. Worship with exuberance what Christ has done for us on Resurrection Sunday. Can you imagine what the women who went to the tomb felt when they saw Jesus alive? What about the disciples, and the multitudes? Like a groom who first sees his bride, I imagine beaming faces, tears of happiness, pure delight, and overflowing joy. And I picture dancing. Psalm 149:3 invites us to “Praise His name with dancing, making melody to Him with tambourine and lyre!” This is the kind of worship the resurrection calls for. Does your Easter day look like this? It should. St. Augustine wrote, “Learn to dance, so when you get to heaven the angels know what to do with you.” I want to be ready. 4. Celebrate the sacrifice and miracle of Easter with others. When we understand more of the immensity of His sacrifice and as much as is possible, the depth of His love, our gratitude will lead to a celebration—with laughter and music and feasting—far surpassing that of Christmas. Make your Easter party grand, and if weather permits, have your lunch or dinner feast outside with lights and music and revelry. Invite friends and neighbors just as we do at Christmas. The watching world will take notice. Easter, the celebration of the cross and resurrection, should be a time of contagious, overflowing evangelism. As N.T. Wright wrote, Easter is about the wild delight of God’s creative power … we ought to shout Alleluias instead of murmuring them. We should light every candle instead of only some. Is it any wonder people find it hard to believe in the resurrection of Jesus if we don’t throw our hats in the air? This is our greatest festival. Take Christmas away and in biblical terms you lose two chapters at the front of Matthew and Luke. Take Easter away and you don’t have a New Testament; you don’t have Christianity. The incarnation and resurrection are inseparably linked. Our celebrations of these miraculous events need to be proportionate and more balanced in our focus and attention. Don’t shy away from Easter; instead elevate it to the status it deserves. Your faith and that of others will benefit. The miraculous wonders of Easter Because I am so awed by the cross, Easter truly is my favorite holiday. While I enjoy the sparkle of Christmas, it’ll never match the amazement I feel that one Man willed to die for me, a sin-stained woman, helpless to change on my own. Were it not for His initiation, “He first loved us” (I John 4:8), I would not know love at all. Christmas is fun, but Easter is wonder-filled and jubilant! As the temple curtain was ripped in two from top to bottom at the precise moment Jesus breathed His last, the door to a relationship with God flung open. God the Father—my holy God, my Creator—was forever accessible. I’m thankful for the first whimpers of that hay-born Savior, but I’m even more grateful that He gave His last breath for sinners—for me—as He hung nail-bound on a cross. Without His death, resurrection, and ascension, His miraculous incarnation for us on Christmas morning would mean nothing. Shouldn’t we grow up and focus on the miraculous wonders of Easter, His Resurrection Day? This year I invite you to ponder the uncomfortable truths of Jesus’ death and burial. Allow yourself to feel just a hint of His agony, His suffering, His pain. Walk away from the cross with the disciples who were shocked at His death, whose hopes were dashed, whose fears were crippling; their despair and depression deep and debilitating. Then you will be ready for Sunday’s dawn. Then your joy on Resurrection Day will begin to match theirs. Then the world will know that you have been with Jesus. That your life has been changed forever. And plan a grand celebration because the heart of Christianity is not what we must do, but what He has done! For us! Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed! Copyright © 2017 by FamilyLife. All rights reserved.
08 Mar 2011 The NGO that produced the report, Vision for Alternative Development (VALD), received official acknowledgement and consideration of the report from the Ministry of Health, and the report was covered in numerous news stories in national and local newspapers. The project seems destined to lead to greater cooperation between civil society and the Government of Ghana on tobacco control issues. The Coalition for a Tobacco-Free Palau decided to take a different approach. CTFP produced a series of public service announcements, which they aired on both of Palau’s television stations. Within days, the Ministry of Health requested DVDs of the announcements, and within two months the first major piece of tobacco control legislation in a decade was passed, legislation that had been languishing without much consideration before the television ads. Please see the reports below. All are in English unless otherwise noted. Brazil – English [Adobe Acrobat PDF – 471.59 KB], Portuguese [Adobe Acrobat PDF – 191.52 KB] Ghana [Adobe Acrobat PDF – 4.33 MB] India [Adobe Acrobat PDF – 1.29 MB] Kenya [Adobe Acrobat PDF – 1.02 MB] Mauritius [Adobe Acrobat PDF – 331.57 KB] Pakistan [Adobe Acrobat PDF – 90.75 KB] Sri Lanka [Adobe Acrobat PDF – 494.85 KB] Syria [Adobe Acrobat PDF – 184.28 KB] Thailand [Adobe Acrobat PDF – 3.65 MB]
It is amazing how quickly we become blase about Ostriches(Struthio camelus). Because we have seen them in zoos, in ostrich farms, on countless TV documentaries. And yet here they were in the 'wild', just wandering about being ostriches. The ostrich is the largest (up to 150kg), tallest (up to 2.75m) bird, laying the largest egg, and has eyes that are said to be the largest of any land vertebrate – 50 mm in diameter. They can tolerate huge daily temperature variations - 40C; are incredibly adaptable to different climates and can run up to 70km/hr for 30 minutes. In contrast to all other birds they secrete urine separately from faeces and the male has a copulatory organ, which is retractable and 20 cm long. Ostriches do not bury their heads in the sand but get out of trouble by either running, lying flat on the ground or standing and fighting with their strong legs capable of delivering a forwards-only killer blow. That such a big bird could think it could hide by lying down! But in fact their acute eyesight, which allows them to see predators from afar, and the heat haze prevalent in ostrich habitats can reduce them to a formless lump on the horizon. Ostriches lay their eggs in a communal nest. The dominant hen discards some of the eggs. Each hen can regonise her own eggs in the communal nest. The females incubate the eggs during the day - and being drab in colour - are hard to see. The males take their turn at night - and being black- are almost impossible to see. Ostrich eggs have been used as water carriers by human for 60,000 years and are still used as such by Kalahari bushmen. Their feathers, meat and skins (for leather) have been prized and the rage for ostrich feathers almost led to their extinction. There are estimated to be 700,000 ostriches in captivity while their wild population declines. (Wikipedia Ostrich). Bushmen creation stories feature an Ostrich Woman as custodian of the First Fire who kept the embers alight under her apron or wings. There are also many Bushman medicinal uses of Ostrich parts. Necklaces of the ostrich eggs were worn by babies to make them strong by imbuing Ostrich potency (see Low, 2011 p.302) Oudtshoorn, in the Little Karoo, has the largest population of ostriches in the world. It experienced two Ostrich feather booms between 1875-85 and 1902-13. The demise of the industry was blamed on the motor car which made wearing flamboyant hats problematic. The second boom funded the building of so-called 'Feather Palaces" (you can stay in one here). The town was known as the 'Jerusalem of South Africa' and 300 Lithuanian Jewish families emigrated to it during the height of the second ostrich boom (see Seligman.org).
Rowan Williams is without doubt one of the most significant and learned theologians in the English-speaking world. Unfortunately, during his tenure at Canterbury, it has at times seemed that he has managed to get nearly everyone in that world angry at him, liberals and conservatives alike. As Rupert Shortt shows in his excellent new biography, Rowans Rule , this is to some extent the archbishops fault¯Williams, although superlatively brilliant and profound as a theologian, and justly beloved as a pastor and spiritual guide, does not to the same extent possess the spiritual gifts of administration and political savvy. But many of the criticisms sent Williamss way, Shortt argues, are unjust, often due to misunderstanding, projection, and a lack of perspective. In Rowans Rule , Shortt sets out to provide Rowans critics with a true measure of the man, attempting to relate both the substance of his thought and the story of his life. Shortt is that rarest of breeds¯a religion journalist who knows what he is talking about¯and he succeeds brilliantly in his project, showing both that Williams is well worth listening to and that many of his critics may not have listened to him closely enough. From the right, Williams has come under heavy fire for his supposed theological liberalism and typically Anglican wishy-washiness. To a certain extent, such criticisms are unavoidable. Williams is in fact in favor of womens ordination, his revisionist position on same-sex relations is on record, and his understanding of Scripture has drawn objections from many, not only evangelicals. If that were the end of the story, Williams would seem to be no more than a conventional liberal, along the lines of the average Episcopal bishop. But as Shortt shows, nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, Williams is best viewed as part of the rebellion against the rebellion of the 1970s, working alongside his colleagues Oliver ODonovan and N.T. Wright to bring the Church of England away from the arid liberalism of Honest to God and Don Cupitt and back to its roots in Word and sacrament, prayer and worship, tradition and Nicene-Chalcedonian orthodoxy. While many of his professors busied themselves with demythologizing the gospels and re-presenting Christian doctrine as anthropology, Williams insisted that Christianity at its core is answerable to Gods initiative, and most particularly so in the unique revelation of the life, death, and resurrection of Christ. Very much against the grain of British academic theology of the day, Williams first book, The Wound of Knowledge , showed through relating the history of Christian spirituality that the theologian, as the fourth-century monk Evagrius said, is the one who prays¯which is to say that theology must always grow out of the encounter in worship and prayer with the surprising and extra nos Word of Christ, rather than taking its agenda from modernity. And in his second book, Resurrection , Williams showed that the churchs message of forgiveness and new life rests entirely on its real encounter with the risen Christ, who unexpectedly returned to his disciples from beyond the grave. Likewise, although critics have pointed justly to a certain degree of fuzziness on the sources of authority (Scripture, but not quite? Or the churchs tradition and language, but what parts from which church?), Williams has always been forthright that the churchs authority is God in Christ, who speaks through Scripture, sacrament, and our ongoing reception of the same. Arguably, it is just here where Williams parts company most with theological liberals¯he insists that the first task of theology is to listen to Gods revealed and redeeming voice, and he truly has sought to hear this voice in Scripture and tradition. By thus placing Williams in his proper theological context, Shortt has performed a genuine service to those who would prematurely write off Williams as just another Anglican liberal. While Williams does not always line up with traditional positions, Shortt shows that it is simply misleading to view him as of a piece with the standard liberalism represented by Gene Robinson and Katherine Jefferts Schori. All that is not to say, of course, that Williams is beyond criticism. Shortt certainly does not regard him as such, and points in particular to Williams views on politics and economics. One friend of Rowans, according to Shortt, averred that Williams politics have always come out of a different and less sophisticated part of him. The chief trouble, as Shortt sees it, is that Williams has not shown himself to possess a particularly subtle voice on the right use of state power, or a very helpful understanding of the genuine benefits of free-market economics for the welfare of the worlds poor. More often than not, Williams is prone to broad condemnations of war and globalization. Shortt also notes, however, that Williams has elsewhere been quite critical of the childishness of utopian politics, which wrongly supposes that hard choices do not have to be made about the distribution of scarce goods, and that peace will simply break out when social constraints are removed. The puzzle, for Shortt and many other observers, is why Williams has not followed through on his own best insights. Williams has also been criticized for lack of emphasis on the central truths of the Christian faith, and for pointing too much to how the gospel unsettles our judgment and not enough to the blessed assurance given to the saints. Shortt quotes Eamon Duffy, who argues that Rowans version of the Christian tradition at times can seem like a never-endingly argumentative seminar, constant upheaval without any point of rest or leverage. The judgment is, to a certain extent, sound. Particularly before his enthronement as archbishop, Williams work gave great weight to the apophatic moment in theology¯to the need for our words about God to be open to judgment and the possibility of saying more. But in his new role as the most visible Christian bishop in a very secular and uncomprehending England, Williams appears to have taken this criticism to heart. As Shortt points out, his recent book Tokens of Trust is a clear and winsome introduction to the basics of Christian faith; his short guide to the desert fathers, Where God Happens , was very well received; and his most recent book on Dostoyevskys fiction is (viewed from one angle) a profound apologetic for the Christian faith in response to the shallow and naively optimistic atheism of Richard Dawkins. Williams the archbishop, it appears, is not the same man as Williams the professor. This has also shown itself to be true in Rowans conduct during the ongoing Anglican struggles about homosexuality. It is well known that as a professor Williams had been quite forthright in his support of same-sex relations, but he changed his tune after becoming archbishop. Many liberals have seen this as Williams great betrayal of their cause, charging him with giving in to conservative bullies or of sacrificing truth and justice for unity. Shortt, for his part, makes it clear that he believes Williams ought to have taken a firmer line on the advancement of same-sex unions. But all the same, he does step back and allow Williams to make his defense. As a bishop, Williams believes that it is his responsibility to teach what the church teaches. The bishop, Rowan argues, does not make decisions, doctrinal or disciplinary, alone: The church decides, and the bishops unique role is to guarantee all that the church decides. Moreover, Williams as archbishop has come to believe that Anglican unity is no small thing¯in fact, it matters a great deal that Anglicans continue to speak the same language of faith, even if in different idioms. For Williams, preserving the catholicity of the church is not just a matter of sacrificing truth for unity; it is a principled stand. Of course, it remains to be seen to what extent Anglican catholicity can in fact be preserved. One of the strengths of Shortts book is his narration of Anglicanisms ongoing turmoil, and of Williams role throughout. Shortt is a good journalist; he mostly reports the viewpoints of various parties and tries to get out of the way. Here, the portrait he gives us of Williams prior tenure as a diocesan bishop in Wales is invaluable¯while beloved by many in his old diocese, administration seems not to have been his forte, and he was criticized by some for being overly hesitant to make decisions and enact needed discipline. This will sound familiar to anyone who follows the Anglican crisis. Shortt argues that these qualities may yet be viewed, in retrospect, as a strength, if Williams is able to keep people talking to each other long enough to reach a consensus. But they just as easily may not, and only time will tell. In the books introduction, Shortt quotes a few lines from Wordsworth: That best portion of a good mans life is His little, nameless, unremembered acts / Of kindness and of love . Some of the books high points are Shortts attempts to relate a few of those portions of Williams life that, for the most part, are away from the public eye. One does get the sense, as do so many who have met him, that Williams is above all a man of deep faith, humility, and prayer. Mounted on the wall in his study, Shortt relates, is a large nail imprinted with the letters INRI. Williams is, whatever his faults and errors may be, a man who knows himself to stand under the judgment of Christ. Even more than his vast intellectual achievements, that may yet be his most enduring gift to the troubled church he serves¯to point us all, again and again, to the cross of Jesus. Jordan Hylden, a former junior fellow at First Things , is a graduate student at Duke Divinity School. Rowan’s Rule: The Biography of the Archbishop of Canterbury , by Rupert Shortt Resurrection: Interpreting the Easter Gospel , by Rowan Williams Tokens of Trust: An Introduction to Christian Belief , by Rowan Williams Where God Happens: Discovering Christ in One Another , by Rowan Williams
\|Other Retailer\|\|Price Checked Time\|\|Their Price in AUD\|\|Our Price\| \|Amazon UK\|\|12 days ago\|\|38.37\|\|$19.57\|\|You save $18.80\| \|Amazon US\|\|2 days ago\|\|31.5\|\|$19.57\|\|You save $11.93\| Charlotte Bronte (1816 - 1855) was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Bronte sisters who survived into adulthood and whose novels have become classics of English literature. She first published her works (including Jane Eyre) under the pen name Currer Bell.
Q: After years of investing in mutual funds, I'm finally going to start buying individual stocks. What are some red flags that would suggest a stock is a bad investment? While there are few 100% accurate indicators that a stock is a bad investment, there are some things beginning investors should generally stay away from. First, be wary of any stocks whose dividend yield looks too good to be true. For example, if most stocks in an industry pay 3%-4% dividend yields, a stock in the same industry that pays 8% might be a dividend yield trap. Similarly, avoid stocks that have cut their dividends in the past few years. Generally speaking, this is a sign of instability in a company. It's also a smart idea to stay away from stocks trading for less than $5. Not all low-priced stocks are trouble, but this area of the market certainly tends to have more scams and distressed companies. Steer clear of companies with lots of debt. The definition of an appropriate debt level is industry-specific, so comparing debt metrics like a company's debt-to-equity ratio with others in its industry can help you identify these. Finally, avoid investing in companies with falling revenue, unless there's a good reason for it. If sales are falling, it can be an indicator of serious problems with a company's business model or with the entire industry (think department stores like Sears and J.C. Penney).
Polka is in mid to late season variety. The fruits of Polka are of average size, uniform in shape, intensely red and very good in flavour. The yield is high. Polka is especially used used for the fresh market in Scandinavia. It’s frost resistance plays an important role in it. Also it’s good taste is well appreciated there. Polka is very suitable for the fresh market and for making jam and juice. The information sheet of Polka can be found here The fruits of Polka are shiny, have an intense dark red colour and are red on the inside. The strawberries have a pleasant sweet sour strawberry aroma. The taste is very good and the fruits are firm and conical. The size of the fruit is average, becoming smaller as the season lengthens. It is important the plants receive sufficient water to grow. The fruits are easy to pick, and if left on the plant a bit longer, it is also fairly easy to pick them without the crown. FLOWERING AND HARVEST Polka plants are robust and somewhat closed. The flowers of Polka have well developed stamens that produce sufficient pollen for a perfect fruit set. The harvesting period is more or less equal to that of Elsanta. Polka is a productive variety, provided the fertilization and moisture supplies are well regulated. SENSITIVITY TO DISEASES The fruits of Polka are sensitive to fruit rot (Botrytis cinerea). The plants are sensitive to red core (Phytophthore fragariae) and moderately sensitive to crown rot (Phytophthora cactorum). Polka is quite resistant to mildew (Sphaerotheca macularis) and purple leaf spot (Alternaria alternata). Polka has been developed for the processing industry as an alternative for Senga Sengana. However, Polka is especially used for the fresh market in Scandinavia. It’s frost resistance plays an important role in it. Polka fits well in growing systems in which the plants remain in the field for some years. Polka grows better in somewhat heavier soil. Polka is protected by Plant Breeders’ Rights and available under licence
As Halloween approaches once again, parents will be trying to think of increasingly exciting and scary activities to keep the young ones happy. Kids are growing increasingly technologically minded these days, so finding games that will truly impress them can be difficult. Fortunately, there are a number of apps for mobile phones that will keep them occupied when the big day arrives. Halloween by Eugene Yu This app is available on the iPad and most smart phone operating systems. It features a number of different scary soundtracks, as well as spooky special-effects that can be used to make Halloween parties a little more exciting. Users can access a number of original scary stories to read to the kids on the night. The app also provides a number of impressive recipes for exciting and scary finger foods. Make a Zombie by Skunk Brothers There can surely be no sight more scary than a zombie. This app allows users to create their own zombies with a very simple design interface. Several design choices can be selected, including colour, disfigurements, scars, eyes and clothes. The app comes loaded with a number of design features, although many more can be downloaded. Users can share their creations with the world and compare them with other zombies. There is also the opportunity to have zombies printed onto baseball caps, T-shirts and drinking vessels. Pumpkin Pal by Jeff Mohl Design Many parents shudder at the mere thought of having to carve a pumpkin lantern for Halloween. Fortunately, there is now an app that is capable of creating a virtual one. Users can select from a number of facial features, settings and backgrounds. Once the design has been completed, the lantern can be lit and left to glow in the background. This app is also available on the iPad, creating a virtual Halloween pumpkin that is almost the same size as the real thing! True Ghost Stories From Around The World by Joe Kwon This app features several ghost stories that can be read to the kids at the dead of night. The spooky tales are categorised by specific subjects, making the selection of the perfect story easy and very quick. Users can also store their favourite tales in one file and access them from the main menu. Each story comes with its own scary photograph which gives the reader an indication of where the story will go. A really interesting feature allows kids to create their own stories and upload them for other users to enjoy. Scary Scream Soundboard by Hemant This app contains over one hundred different spooky sounds that can be used to scare people witless on the night. Sounds are divided into simple categories and include doors creaking, people screaming and howling wild dogs.
Wild rose bushes come alive during the spring and show their beauty throughout the summer and into the fall. With clusters of fragrant blooms in colors of white, pinks and reds, these roses have to be pruned in order for them maintain a definite shape. Without pruning, wild rose bushes will grow and spread, and will easily cover a large area with unorganized, thorny foliage. Much like a standard rose bush, wild rose bushes are straightforward to prune and maintain. Clean and disinfect the pruning shears by wiping them thoroughly with a clean cloth saturated in rubbing alcohol. The cleaning will keep you from spreading disease from one plant to another when pruning. Prune the wild roses in early spring before the plant begins to form buds. Prune away dead or dying growth on the rose bush. Cut out any canes that overlap or rub each other; cut back these portions of growth to where they join the main cane of the bush. When pruning other areas of the bush, make the cut(s) above any buds. Do not remove the buds, as this will be be where new growth sprouts. The best results come from pruning if make your cuts on a 45-degree angle. Do away with the clippings from the pruning. Adding them to a compost pile, or burning them, will be sufficient. Leaving the clippings on the ground under and around the rose shrub can kill grass and any other plants growing around the base of the wild rose bush.
All Geography starts with someone going into the field to find out what's there. This section will help you to gather the primary data (data you collect yourself) and secondary data (data collected by someone else) that will support your analysis and conclusions. \|Type of data\|\|Primary data collection technique\|\|Secondary data collection source\| \|Distribution of landforms in the landscape\|\|Field sketching Photographs\|\|Maps and aerial photographs BRITICE Geological maps\| \|Shape of landforms (morphology)\|\|Cross-sections Mapping\|\|Maps and aerial photographs BRITICE Geological maps\| \|Ice and meltwater movement\|\|Sediment analysis: size, shape, sorting Mapping ice direction \|BRITICE Geological maps\| \|Drumlins\|\|Drumlin surveys\|\|BRITICE Geological maps\| Distribution of landforms in the landscape 1. Field sketching The aim of field sketching is to produce a drawing which could be used by someone else as a guide to a landscape that they had never seen. Find a comfortable and safe view point to sit down and draw. Record the grid reference and direction. A cardboard frame may be useful if the view is wide. Use a soft pencil (no harder than HB) and smooth paper. Once the preliminary sketch is complete, you may wish to use black ink and different grades of pencil to finish off the picture, but this requires more confidence. A view is made up of “masses” (such as hills, cliffs, buildings and trees). The first task is to draw the outline shape of each mass in the correct size, shape and position in relation to the other masses. To do this, it may help to divide the view up into the background (including the boundary line between land and sky, middle ground or foreground. Start by drawing the background and work towards the foreground. Many students draw slopes that are far too steep. Try holding a pencil or the edge of a book horizontally in front of you, then estimate the angle of elevation. As a rule of thumb, if you can walk up the slope without using your hands to steady yourself, then it is no steeper than around 22°. A slope marked as 25% (or 1 in 4) on roadsigns – about the maximum steepness that a car could easily drive up – has an angle of elevation of 14°. It is also very easy to exaggerate the vertical scale. Measure true vertical or horizontal distances with the tip of the thumb on a pencil held out at arm’s length. Shading is used to finish off the sketch. Emphasise valley sides and other slopes with faint lines that run up and down the slope. You can create the illusion of depth in the landscape by adding tone, best done by using a pattern of dots. The light parts of close objects are very light, and the shadowed parts are very dark. Distant objects are more uniform in tone. Annotate the view with descriptive and explanatory comments. Example of using sketching to illustrate a particular upland landform: periglacial stone stripes in the Rhinog mountains, Snowdonia. Notice how most detail has deliberately been left out, especially in the background. Don’t turn your project into a photo album. Instead use a small number of photographs that illustrate a particular feature of the landscape. Record the grid reference and direction for each photograph. It is a good idea to mark these on a base map. Annotate each photograph with descriptive and explanatory comments. Shape of landforms (morphology) 3. Cross sections Cross sections use distance and angle measurements to help you investigate the shape of the landforms. You may wish to take a cross-section of drumlins, an esker or a slope with head deposits. The diagram is an example of a cross-section, through a dry valley in an area of chalk in the South Downs in Surrey. The two slopes are not symmetrical. White Hill (to the north) is steeper and more convex, while Lodge Hill (to the south) is gentler and more concave. Follow a straight transect line. Split the line into segments where the slope angle changes. Each reading is taken from from break of slope to break of slope. - Person A holds a ranging pole - Person B stands holding a second ranging pole further uphill where there is a break of slope - The distance between the two ranging poles is measured using a tape measure - The angle between matching markers on each ranging pole is measured using a clinometer - Repeat this process at each break of slope until the edge of landform is reached You can also sketch exposures of sediment. The sketch below shows a cross-section through fluvioglacial deposits in west Somerset, exposed by coastal erosion of cliffs. Obtain a base map of the area. A 1:25 000 Ordnance Survey map is ideal. It is best to concentrate on a small area, of no more than a few square kilometres. Try to walk over the whole area. Mark on the map the location and size of all landforms that you see. These might include glacial erratics, mounds of moraine, drumlins and eskers. In this example, a base map of part of Mosedale in the Lake District has been annotated with numbers 1-20. Each of these features is described and explained in the key. Ice and meltwater movement 5. Sediment analysis: size Use a trowel or soil augur to take sediment samples from below the soil. Each sample should be placed in a sealed plastic bag and accurately labelled. Use rules or calipers to measure the a, b and c axes of each pebble. The a-axis is the longest axis The b-axis is the widest axis at right angles to the a-axis. The c-axis is the shortest axis.Error loading Partial View script (file: ~/Views/MacroPartials/ContentImageFullWidth.cshtml) 6. Sediment analysis: shape The simplest way to record pebble shape is to classify the stone as very angular, angular, sub-angular, sub-rounded, rounded or very rounded using a Power's Scale of Roundness. This is judged by eye.Error loading Partial View script (file: ~/Views/MacroPartials/ContentImageFullWidth.cshtml) Using a protractor or concentric circle card, measure the minimum radius of curvature. This is the sharpest corner on the a-axis.Error loading Partial View script (file: ~/Views/MacroPartials/ContentImageFullWidth.cshtml) Alternatively use the pebble size measurements (a, b and c axes) to calculate Zingg’s shape classification, Krumbein’s Index of Sphericity or Cailleux’s Flatness Index (see Data Analysis). Use the a-axis and minimum radius of curavture to calculate Cailleux’s Roundness Index. 7. Sediment analysis: sorting Use a set of graduated sieves can be used to sort sediment samples into different size categories (in millimetres or as phi sizes). The sieves are arranged in decreasing mesh diameter with the largest at the top. The sediment sample is placed in the top sieve then the sieves are shaken to sort the sediment into the various sieves. The mass of sediment in each sieve is measured using scales and the percentage of the total sample can be calculated. 8. Mapping ice direction It is fairly easy to tell the direction of ice flow for a present-day glacier, but not so easy to trace the direction in a deglaciated landscape in Britain. Instead you have to look for what evidence has survived. There are four main sources of evidence you could consider. These are a combination of glacial erosion and glacial deposition: (a) Striations: scratches on glacially eroded bedrock surfaces, produced by rock embedded in the ice as it moves across. Using a compass or protractor, note the orientation of the striations. Striations are not always easy to identify, and it is possible to confuse them with joints and faults in the rock. (b) Rock provenance: working out where the rocks deposited by the glacier have come from. Glacial erratics (blocks of rock which are different in rock type to the country rocks of the area) are a good place to start. Map the location of large boulders. Use secondary sources to work out from where they might have originated. (c) Orientation of small-scale landforms: including drumlins and roche moutonnees. A drumlin is a landform of glacial deposition. The high and steeply-sloping stoss side is the upstream side, while the gently sleeping lee side is the downstream side. A roche moutonnee is a landform of glacial erosion. Here the gently-sloping stoss side is the upstream side, while the steeply-sloping stoss side is the downstream side. (d) Stone orientation: find the orientation of fragments in glacial deposits. It is easiest to do this for a recently exposed till face, such as besides a new farm track or a meandering stream. Without disturbing the till face, sample at least 50 protruding pebbles. Use a compass to find the direction that each pebble points. The long axis of the pebble should be parallel to the direction of ice flow. 9. Drumlin surveys (a) Step 1 of 2 - measure the length, height, width and shape of each drumlin Use a tape measure to record the length of the long axis of the drumlin and the width at its widest point. Place a ranging pole at the base of the drumlin and a ranging pole at the highest point, then use a clinometer to measure the angle of elevation between them. Use a tape measure to measure the distance between the two ranging poles. Two components of the shape of the drumlin which are straightforward to measure are the angle of the stoss side (steep) and the angle of the lee side (less steep). Use two ranging poles, a clinometer and a tape measure to record data for either side. (b) Step 2 of 2 - collecting data on the distribution of drumlins Measure the ground distance between drumlins on a large-scale map. Alternatively, measure the ground distance between the highest point of one drumlin and the next nearest drumlin. Use a compass to find the orientation of the longest axis of each drumlin. Record the results in degrees from 0-360. BRITICE is a map and GIS database of glacial landforms in England, Wales and Scotland. This includes moraines, eskers, drumlins, ice-dammed lakes and meltwater channels. You can download Google Earth map layers. 2. Geological maps Glacial, fluvioglacial and periglacial deposits have been mapped at the Geology of Britain viewer. Zoom to a location, then select “Superficial only” for the surface geology.
For the collection of your qualitative data it is not necessary (or practical!) to measure all parts of the river – you will need to take a sample. The accessibility of your chosen site will have an influence on your approach to sampling – for a question investigating downstream changes it is ideal to gather data from points progressively further downstream. A systematic sampling strategy as illustrated – with sampling sites at equal intervals downstream – will help remove bias in site selection, whilst ensuring that your data best illustrates any changes downstream. In situations where access is more limited you may have to take a more opportunistic approach to sampling – however in this case it is sensible to get as close as possible to a systematic sample as possible. An alternative approach would be to base your sampling on areas where you might expect significant changes in river discharge – By choosing sampling sites immediately downstream of confluences you may be able to identify the significant changes in discharge and consider the impact of stream order. This stratified sampling strategy is probably better suited to more able students who can justify their choice of sites. Which river channel characteristics you chose to measure will depend on the question you investigate. For the question “How and why does discharge change downstream at Glenderaterra Beck?” you will need to measure those variables required for the calculation of Discharge – Width, Depth and Velocity, but also may choose other variables that may help explain reasons for those changes. In justifying your choice of the variables you have measured it can be helpful to consider the linkages between the different river variables. Measuring river discharge It is not possible to measure river discharge directly in the field. Instead take measurements which will allow us to calculate discharge. `"Discharge" (m^3//s) = "Cross sectional area" (m^2) xx "Velocity" (m//s)` `"Cross sectional area" (m^2) = "Width" (m) xx "Mean depth" (m)` So in order to calculate Discharge we must measure Width, Depth and Velocity. Measuring channel width Using a tape measure, hold one end at the point where the water meets the bank one side of the channel. Ensure the tape is not twisted pull the tape measure across the river and measure to the point where the water meets the bank directly opposite. To ensure accuracy: - Ensure the tape is pulled taut - Measure to the point directly opposite - Ensure you are measuring across the surface of the water - Be aware of any overhanging vegetation or undercut areas of bank Measuring channel depth There will probably be some variation in channel depth across the cross profile, so it would not be representative to take a single measurement of depth. Instead take a number of measurements. How how many measurements you chose to take will depend on the variability of the channel depth and the width of the river channel. Divide width measurement by 10. e.g. `"Width" = 1.20m` so `"width"/10 = 0.12m or 12cm` Use this interval to measure at 9 equally spaced points across the channel. With a metre rule measure from the water surface to the river bed. To ensure accuracy, turn the metre rule so that the narrow side of the ruler faces into the flow of the river. With a flow meter it is possible to obtain a measure of velocity in the field – if you do not have access to a flow meter you can take some measurements using a float and calculate velocity using the formula `"Velocity" = "Distance"/"Time"` Dog biscuits make good floats as they are not too easily moved by wind and break down in the water if swept away. - Measure out 5 metres downstream - Place the float in the water at the upstream end - Start timing when you let go of the float - When it reaches the end of your measured stretch stop timing - Repeat three times and calculate a mean time `"Velocity" = "5m"/"Time"` Recording site location The easiest way to accurately record the locations of your sampling sites is to use a GPS – there are many different Smartphone apps that will allow you to do this. If you want to use GIS to locate your sites on a map or to display your data, you need to record your location as latitude and longitude. River landforms can be recorded using annotated field sketches or annotated photographs. These can be used to look at a view of the whole landscape from a given point, or in detail at given features. Here are some useful words to use.
Muslim passengers came to the rescue of Christians on their bus when terrorists with the Somali-based al-Shabaab group ambushed the vehicle in Kenya’s northern Mandera state. Two people died in the initial shooting, but the rest of the passengers put up a united front against their attackers. Because there were 12 Christians on the bus, Muslim passengers immediately began hiding those they could while handing out head scarves so the Christian women could disguise themselves. WANT MORE GLOBAL GOOD NEWS? …GET OUR NEW APP—> Download FREE for Android and iOS The terrorists ordered everyone off the bus and demanded Muslims and Christians divide into two groups, which in the past has preceded the killing of anyone identified as Christian. But this time, Muslim passengers refused to be separated from the rest. “If you are going to kill us, kill us all. There are no Christians here,” recalled one witness who quoted his fellow passenger’s words when speaking to CNN. The show of unity stalled the terrorists, while an approaching truck, which could have been police, scared them off. “The locals showed a sense of patriotism and belonging to each other,” Mandera Governor Ali Roba said later, praising their heroism. (WATCH the video from CNN below) — UN Photo of anti-al-Shabaab patrol SHARE the Good…
DigitalGlobe has selected Raytheon Company as the next-generation WorldView Legion satellite imaging constellation payload provider. Under the contract, Raytheon will deliver the telescopes, detectors and combined electronics to Space Systems Loral, the WorldView Legion space vehicle integrator. Raytheon's new payload doubles DigitalGlobe's capacity to capture multispectral and 30 cm imagery, while tripling to quadrupling the company's capacity to image high-demand areas. Once the WorldView Legion constellation is on orbit, DigitalGlobe's combined constellation will be able to image the most rapidly changing areas on Earth every 20 to 30 minutes, from sunup to sundown. WorldView Legion will begin launching in 2020. Raytheon's payload solution maximizes efficiencies while maintaining quality, extending mission life, delivering a larger field of view and increasing coverage area.

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