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50 Favorite TV Shows…..40-31
As we continue the countdown a few random thoughts jump to mind. I understand the deal with reality shows…they are much cheaper to produce than a sitcom or hour long drama. But how ticked off must a lot of struggling actors…who work hard to hone their craft and juggle multiple minimum wage jobs just to pay the rent…be to see an idiot like Kim Kardashian or some clueless himbo from The Bachelor become famous just because they've successfully whored themselves out?? That being said, I do like some of the reality/documentary shows on The History Channel…stuff like American Pickers, Pawn Stars, and American Restoration. Atleast those shows offer some educational value alongside the entertainment. More random thoughts at another time. Until then…we ride!!
40 The Beverly Hillbillies
CBS 1962-71
Here we go with another great theme song!! It's a shame TV shows no longer have memorable theme songs. Most of them don't even have one at all because bean counters figured out that was another 30 seconds that could be used for commercials. At any rate, this is one more fish-out-of-water tale about a family from the south who strike oil and for some reason feel compelled to move to California. Cultures clash, hilarity ensues. I have no statistics for verification, but this has to be one of the most rerun shows in television history. It was cancelled a year before I was born but was on all the time when I was a kid and can still be seen occasionally even today.
39 7th Heaven
WB/CW 1996-2007
The CW (formerly the WB) has never quite risen to the level of the original three networks or even Fox, but it did produce this one good show, which actually holds the record for the longest running family drama ever, beating out both Little House on the Prairie and The Waltons. It followed the trials & tribulations of a minister, his wife, and their brood of seven children. Be fruitful & multiply indeed. Storylines didn't shy away from serious topics like drug & alcohol abuse, racism, teen pregnancy, etc., but overall the show had an easygoing, breezy tone with likeable characters. The powers-that-be went for a general moral vibe rather than an overtly Christian message, which is about as far as the entertainment industry is willing to go nowadays.
38 Pardon the Interruption/Mike & Mike in the Morning
ESPN 2001&2004-Present
As I've gotten older my tastes have naturally evolved, but television has also changed considerably. I just can't get into all this reality stuff that's on nowadays. My own life has enough reality, and I always thought the point of watching television was to escape reality. Anyway, one "real" thing I enjoy immensely is my sports. On autumn weekends you'll find me glued to the 40 inch hi-def flat screen watching as much football as humanly possible. I like watching Nascar on Sundays, keep up with my Pittsburgh Pirates baseball, and follow the NBA and college basketball. ESPN provides a plethora of programming that examines, reviews, debates, and converses about the sports news du jour. Two of my favorites are Mike & Mike and PTI.
37 Remember WENN
AMC 1996-98
There seems to be a lot of buzz about American Movie Classics' drama Mad Men these days. I must confess that I have never seen that particular show, but I was a big fan of AMC's first foray into original programming about 15 years ago. The title is a play on words involving the call letters of the fictional Pittsburgh radio station depicted. Set during the early 1940's before TV was the standard and radio was the most influential form of entertainment, it follows the personal & professional interaction between the talent & management that work at the station…sometimes funny, sometimes melodramatic. Remember WENN didn't last long, but it made a memorable impression on its fans.
36 Beavis & Butt-head
MTV 1993-97
Take a group of college frat boys, add some beer or other intoxicants, and then throw in a cartoon about two dim-witted teenagers who sit around making fun of music videos. That's a recipe for aheck of a fun time.
35 General Hospital/Days of Our Lives
ABC/NBC 1963&1965-Present
My sister & I had a babysitter when we were in grade school that got us hooked on these two soap operas during the summer. I think there is a comfort factor with soaps…they are on the air every weekday – year round – for multiple decades, many characters never leave, and one can miss several days or even weeks and easily keep up with the general plot. We literally watch some characters grow up, get married, have kids, and die. Sometimes they have multiple marriages and deaths. It's all quite kitschy & fun as long as one doesn't take it too seriously. Many big time stars got their start in soaps…folks like Meg Ryan, Demi Moore, David Hasselhoff, Kevin Bacon, Marisa Tomei, Alec Baldwin, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Robin Wright, Ryan Phillipe, Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Sarandon, Julianne Moore, James Earl Jones, and Eva Longoria…just to name a few.
34 The Facts of Life
NBC 1979-88
A spin off of Diff'rent Strokes, this show saw a former housekeeper take on the job of housemother to a group of young girls at an exclusive New York boarding school. Fun fact (pun unavoidable): after the first season the original group of girls was pared down considerably so that the focus could be on just 4 main characters (Blair, Jo, Natalie, & Tootie). Among those cut from the cast?? Molly Ringwald. Fortunately things turned out okay for her. Another fun fact: in 1985 there was a recurring handyman character. Who played the handyman?? George Clooney. He's still doing just fine too.
33 Diff'rent Strokes
The premise: two orphaned black boys from Harlem are adopted by a wealthy white widower who lives in a penthouse on Park Avenue. It was a pretty unique concept 30 years ago. Unfortunately today Diff'rent Strokes is known for the later misfortunes of its three child actors. The breakout star, Gary Coleman, who was 10 when cast in the show, had a variety of legal, medical, and financial issues that made him a favorite of trashy tabloids and died tragically at the age of 42. Dana Plato, who played the spoiled daughter, battled drug addiction, did porn, was arrested for armed robbery, and died of an overdose when she was 34 years old. Todd Bridges, the elder son, had well publicized drug issues and arrests but has seemingly turned things around.
32 Six Feet Under
HBO 2001-05
One would not normally think that a show about a family that runs a funeral home would be all that entertaining, but it was cool in its own dark, brooding, morbid sort of way. The writing was crisp and the acting superb. Each show would open with the death of some random character, with my favorites being the dude who was jogging through a canyon and got pounced on by a cougar (which scared the crap out of me) and the man who got chopped to bits by an industrial dough mixer. The series finale that aired on August 21, 2005 was amazing…I still can't get that song out of my head.
31 All in the Family
For the most part I am not a big fan of preachy, socially conscious, "message" television. That's just not what I watch TV for, and these days the messages conveyed are usually rather Godless, liberal, and morally corrupt anyway. However, part of the issue also lies in the fact that there's just not much left to be said. Most of the boundaries have been crossed, nearly all the taboos have long since been broken. That wasn't the case 40 years ago. With the arrival of Archie Bunker we had a guy whose blatant honesty and disdain for political correctness was way way way ahead of his time. Though the left leaning suits behind the show obviously meant to cast Archie as a depraved, racist malcontent in a blatant jab at conservative values a funny thing happened on the way to the soapbox. It turns out that Archie oftentimes expressed things that a lot of Americans were thinking but were too polite to say out loud. Archie Bunker was Rush Limbaugh decades before talk radio was cool, and we loved him for it.
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Great analysis Sam. I got hooked on General Hospital when my sisters and mom started watching in the late 70's (I think). I was around for the Luke & Laura romance, their flight from a mysterius assassin, the Robert Scorpio / Anna Devane years, Demi Moore, Rick Springfield, John Stamos, Jack Waggoner, and so many others. I'm betting one show that won't appear on your list is "Profit" from Fox back in 1996 or so. An immoral young executive engineers the weekly demise of some coworker as he ruthlessly climbs the corporate ladder – extortion, bribery, blackmail… murder. So sinister it was fun. 🙂
Learning a ton from these neat areiclts.
sammano
I thought that show was called The Alastanos Chronicles *lol*.
Ouch! I must've missed a few things after I left…
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Kristin Strackerjan (right) was sworn-in last night. She is pictured with Mayor Nancy Peckford (center) and Councillor Doreen O'Sullivan (left). Photo: Jennifer Westendorp-Juice FM.
North Grenville can celebrate another first. When Nancy Peckford was elected on October 22, she became the first female mayor in North Grenville. The swearing-in of Councillor Kristin Strackerjan last night marks a female majority at the council table.
This is a first time in the community's history, dating back pre-amalgamation, according to Clerk Cahl Pominville.
Strackerjan says she likes seeing diversity, including the age range of council members and different backgrounds. She says all those factors matter just as much as gender equality.
Strackerjan took the oath of office during the swearing-in ceremony and was appointed council liaison for the Kemptville College Foundation, Kemptville District Hospital Board and Emergency Management.
Peckford says all five members of council offer unique perspectives.
Strackerjan will now commence official duties. She was appointed following the resignation of Craig McCormick on January 22.


As ethics and compliance officers continue to think about corporate culture, and skillful ways to push corporate culture toward higher ethical standards, we continue to have a fascinating example from perhaps the most high-profile corporate culture in the United States - Uber.
The stresses affecting Uber as it tries to rectify its corporate culture are worth noting; those same forces affect any large organization.
The latest news is that Uber's head of HR, Liane Hornsey, resigned on July 10 after 18 months on the job. The circumstances around her departure are unclear, but Hornsey left hours after news reports surfaced that employees had been complaining about how she handled allegations of racial animus at the firm. Uber had commissioned an outside investigation, which substantiated at least some of those employee complaints.
The purpose of this post isn't to second-guess Uber's personnel decisions or to speculate on its internal operations. Rather, the stresses affecting Uber as it tries to rectify its corporate culture are worth noting; those same forces affect any large organization. Meanwhile, as we've seen from regulators, consumers, and other stakeholders, their attention to corporate culture won't fade any time soon.
One force that figured into Hornsey's departure apparently was an anonymous group of Uber employees of color. They submitted anonymous complaints about Hornsey's conduct.
I've written before about the rise of anonymous employee groups, and how they are a fact of life for ethics and compliance professionals. You may not love the anonymity, but that anonymity encourages candor — so compliance officers should heed those groups and engage with them when possible.
What intrigued me here was how anonymous employee groups tie into another concept: the idea of an organization as a "linguistic entity" — a collection of people having multiple conversations, whether those conversations are verbal, written, a clever meme, or some other format.
That's a powerful concept, because ethics and compliance officers worry constantly that management's exhortations for a strong ethical culture don't reflect the "real" culture employees encounter every day.
Why are the multiple conversations in our corporations happening in parallel, never to meet; rather than overlapping, so senior executives can hear dismay more clearly?
If you suspect that disconnect exists in your organization, ask: Why are the multiple conversations in our corporations happening in parallel, never to meet; rather than overlapping, so senior executives can hear dismay more clearly?
An important point here is that a policy is not a conversation. A policy is something senior management sends to employees. It then often becomes the subject of conversation, which can be a good thing — if senior managers participate in that conversation.
If not, you still have different groups talking past each other. That's how an organization ends up with senior managers issuing policies (some perhaps quite sensible, such as pay or promotion parity among gender or racial groups), while employees encounter deviations from that policy and start complaining among themselves. Cynicism festers, until crisis hits.
I also encountered another piece of social science research that fits here. The theory (developed by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) is that once 10 percent of a population holds an unshakable view, that view will quickly become majority opinion.
I hesitate to embrace that theory as a law of human behavior. But the idea that a small group of committed people can change the world — well, Margaret Mead said those words decades ago for a reason.
The challenge is for ethics and compliance officers (along with other senior executives) to use all the tools at the organization's disposal to engage in conversations as we noted above; and then tip that majority opinion away from cynicism and toward a belief in ethical conduct.
The crucial element is that you take visible, demonstrable action to support your policies, core values, and ethical objectives.
Now, let's not ignore the obvious: the 10 percent Rule identified above only works when you have an unshakable belief in your idea, and talk to others about it constantly — a point some organizations might overlook. And in corporations' case, the crucial element is that you take visible, demonstrable action to support your policies, core values, and ethical objectives. After all, the key to gaining trust from employees is that they feel heard when they bring a matter to your attention. They want to see results.
Still, the tools and practices for compliance leaders to change corporate culture are there. You can wade into those conversations about culture at your organization — which are going to happen, whether senior executives participate in them or not.
Focus on what truly matters to employees (which might not be the latest and greatest policy idea sweeping Corporate America), and you might start to turn the tide.
Our compliance training benchmark report has found that more board members are receiving ethics and compliance training. This re-evaluation of efforts appears to be motivated by the recent spate of sexual harassment allegations and the #MeToo movement.


Immediately after Topalov extended his hand in a sign of resigning the 4th tiebreak game, the crowd became ecstatic. There were shouts, applause, friendly slaps and handshakes… Kramnik got off the table, threw his fists in the sky, just like in Moscow 1994 after his sensational victory over Kasparov, and got into tight embrace of his manager Hensel. Other team members were also there – Illescas, Rublevsky, Motylev, Krylov, Rösch, and even the cook… In a few minutes the new 'absolute' FIDE world champion moved to the press conference hall, where he was warmly met by dozens of journalists.
– In a situation that was similar to yours Mikhail Tal said 'My head is filled with sun!' What were your first words after the match ended?
– I was very concentrated on the play, and even after I won the last game, I was still in a fighting mood. The moment after Veselin played 44…Rc5 was very emotional for me – I felt very happy. The joy passed after I replied 45.Rb7+. I need time to realize what happened. This was a very tough match, and I think I did a good job, considering the odds given to the opponent. Maybe it was the first case in the history of the world championship matches when one of the players had extra point and extra White. I am glad I managed to win under such circumstances.
One has to note that despite short time control the game was played at the top level. Kramnik solved opening problems and seized the initiative, but Veselin confidently overcame the difficulties by making several accurate defensive moves. Topalov did not calm down, and expressed his ambitious style by sacrificing a pawn. His opponent repaid by unobvious 36...Nc4, getting rid of the problems. On the 42nd move Black could obtain a clearly better ending, but he missed the opportunity, and soon the resources were depleted.
–What is the structure of the technical security support of the match?
– First of all, I would like to underline the correct use of the technical terms. The Department of the Information Resources of the Republic of Kalmykia deals with the issues of information and technical security of the information. We will touch upon the issues of the informational security. These issues, according to the Match Organising Committee, have been carried out by the organizational, administrative and technological character in accordance with the FIDE Regulations. According to the Match Regulations, the play zone is lit up so that the audience sees the chess players from any point of the hall, and the players should not see the spectators and members of their teams. The stage is guarded by transparent glass shields, which are furnished with light curtain. These glass shields together with this curtain play a rolу of a sound shield and create comfortable conditions for the players. There are also videocameras in the play zone, which broadcast the images from the players' restrooms only for the Chief Arbiter and his Deputy, who are controlling the course of the game. All the video surveillance complex is meant for realization of general measures of the match security and is coordinated with the FIDE Regulations.
The regulation time of the match ended in a draw – 6-6. This result was probably highly antici-pated by chess fans. Why? It's simple – everybody wants to see a real battle between Kramnik and Topalov, especially scheduled on Friday, 13th. The fact that the owner of the unified title will be determined in a quickplay is also very symbolic – chess is not stagnating, it is speeding up.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3. Vladimir was impressed by the way his opponent handled this variation, and he decides to give it a try with colors reversed.
4...Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6. This position suits ideally for the last game. White enjoys a comfortable plus, but Black's position is solid, and his play is simple.
Traditional meeting with the press started with more than a half-hour delay. The reason was more than serious – Vladimir Kramnik and Veselin Topalov attended a doping control. Curiously, this topic was not discussed at the press conference at all – everybody got tired of toilet stories.
– Many games of this match are played under the motto 'Let the opponent offer a draw!' Why so? Nobody wants to yield?
– I didn't think in such terms today. The post-opening position was very close to equal, but Topalov had two bishops, which secured him slight advantage, so it was impolite for me to offer a draw. After White made a poor move 35.Be4, I could play for a win absolutely without risk, so then Veselin was not in a position to offer a draw. Still, the game was within limits of a draw all the time in my opinion.
11.10.2006 Game 11: Kramnik attacks?
During the whole match the team Kramnik took moderate wait-and-see attitude. They avoided conflict as much as possible, and only reacted to attacks from the other side.
1.d4. Topalov does not please us with variety of first moves. However, we should not forget about his main trump – 1.е4.
1...d5 2.c4 c6 (Kramnik is also consistent, which is explicable and logical) 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 (other continuations are 4...Bf5 and 4...a6) 5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 c5. Here comes farewell of a Slav – a well known QGA position arose.
7.0-0 a6 8.Bb3 cxd4. Let us try why Black rushes with this exchange – 8...Nc6 allows the following regrouping: 9.Qe2 cxd4 10.Rd1 Be7 11.Nc3 0-0 12.Nxd4 Nxd4 13.exd4 Nd5 14.Qf3 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Qc7 16.Bf4. More principled 16.с4 gives White serious initiative: 16...Bd6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.c4 Rb8 19.Rac1 Bd7 20.c5 Qc7 21.d5 (Leko-Karpov, Hungary, rapid 2006).
Kramnik's absence at the Game 5 combined with peculiarities of the match regulations inciden-tally forced Vladimir playing three Black game in a row. A fearful prospect for any opponent of 'new' Topalov! However, judging by the course of today's encounter, Vladimir took this unex-pected punishment almost gladly: he repelled Veselin's opening pressure so confidently that the Bulgarian, instead of lambent attacks, had to turn to careful defending.
Topalov's first move was accompanied by a protest letter, which becomes a tradition in Elista. This time his manager brought to our attention percentages of Kramnik's moves coinciding with the main line of Fritz9. Curiously, the highest number – 87% – was registered in the second game, in which both opponents missed a checkmate in several moves. This was not another appeal, but rather decla-ration of war.
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 (Kramnik continues the opening discussion, choosing the Slav defense again) 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 (deviating from the second game: Topalov does not allow 4.Nf3 dxc4) 4...e6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4. The Meran Variation had been a reliable weapon of Kramnik in the 90s, later it was forgotten, and only this year Vladimir returned to his old favorite.
7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.a3. 9.e4 is also popular. 9.0-0 is the main continuation: 9...a6 10.a4 b4 11.Nb1 c5 12.Nbd2 Bd6 13.Qe2 Qb8 14.Nc4 Bc7 15.h3 0-0 16.a5 Ne4 17.Rd1 Rd8 18.Bd2 Bd5 19.Be1 Qb7, and the players agreed to a draw, Gelfand-Kramnik, Dortmund 2006.
We hereby acknowledge the receipt of your Appeal dated October the 2nd, 2006 addressed to this Committee.
We have taken note of your arguments, however we should like to point out that the appointment of the new Appeals Committee does not mean that the new one appointed has the power of overruling any decisions taken by the former Appeals Committee which are absolutely final.
03.10.2006 Who will become a Hero of Kalmykia?
Kirsan ILYUMZHINOV: Dear Vladimir, dear Veselin, on behalf of the FIDE leadership and millions of chess fans all over the world, let me express great gratitude for you for coming to this game and resuming the World Chess Championship match! Thank you for your courageous decision!
Veselin TOPALOV: Perhaps it sounded too emotional; there is nothing for me to be proud of. I shook hands with Kramnik, and the match continued. I believe that his play is fair, and my decision to continue the match proves it. We are humans, and sometimes we make mistakes.
Game 6. The 5th game, in which Kramnik had to have White, was not played. Resuming the play as Black with the score 3-2 is a brave decision – in case of a defeat the classical champion risked losing all his advantage. Bravo, Vladimir! The match goes on – hurrah!


Managing a non-profit, like any business, is not all rainbows and butterflies despite the worthy cause involved. The effective management of an NGO, CBO, or any civil society group requires leaders to establish and refine specific skills that secure the survival and advancement of the organization.
In order to get the most out of your team members a manager must know how to inspire, encourage, and guide employees, delegate tasks, oversee operations without abdicating responsibility, demonstrate decisiveness and problem-solving skills, prioritize tasks and constructively multitask to maintain productivity. It's quite the balancing act.
A good manager must know how to keep their finger on the pulse of the industry in order to know when and how to change to gain the competitive advantage. They must be capable of spotting areas whereby the organization can be advanced, processes improved, and collaborative relationships developed.
Another critical skill is understanding and being able to manage the finances of the organization to some extent. Managers should be able to read financial statements, forecast cash flows, and profit and loss. This allows managers to be able to consider the future financial security of the organization in their decision making and problem-solving pronouncements.
Project planning and management skills provide managers with team management, time management, risk management, negotiation, organizational, and problem-solving skills crucial to proficiently oversee the operations of a non-profit.
As the head of an organization, a good manager must be able to effectively market the organization in order to secure donations and support. This includes being able to 'sell' the organizations' vision and mission and also being able to provide customer service!
While as a manager or future manager you may not be strong in every area, it's a great idea to be familiar and flexible with the role and requirements of each area and purposefully invest in developing and sharpening these management skills.


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Agreement signed on Mackerel for 2022 but distribution to be decided
by editor | Oct 28, 2021 | European Fishing Industry, Featured News, Latest News
The coastal states have entered into a new coastal state agreement for mackerel in 2022
The EU, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Norway and the United Kingdom have today signed an agreement on a total quota of 794,920 tonnes of mackerel for 2022.
This is in line with the ICES International Council's recommendation and entails a reduction from the quota for 2021 which was 852,284 tons. The distribution of shares is not yet clear, but the parties have agreed to start work on this as early as possible in 2022. The issue of zone access has not been resolved either.
"The scientific advice shows that the mackerel stock is declining, and we have taken this seriously when this year's quota was set," says the Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Marine Affairs Bjørnar Skjæran.
The coastal states also agree to set up a working group to gather information on the spread of mackerel. The purpose is to get a good basis for further negotiations on quota distribution. The working group will present its report no later than 28 February next year, and the parties have agreed to meet in March for further negotiations.
"It is good that the coastal states have set up a working group to look at the spread of mackerel. Good information is a prerequisite for a good agreement on distribution and should be able to help counteract overfishing of mackerel," says Minister of Fisheries and Marine Affairs Skjæran.
Read the details of the agreement: Mackerel – Agreed Record – 27 Oct 2021.pdf
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Brian DeMaris served as Director of Opera and Musical Theatre at Ithaca College until spring 2015. He is currently on faculty at Arizona State University Herberger Institute for Design and The Arts.
He also currently serves as Music Director of the Mill City Summer Opera in Minneapolis and Artist-Factulty of the Aspen Music Festival. He has worked with New York City Opera, Florida Grand Opera, Glimmerglass Opera, Opera Theater of Saint Louis, Syracuse Opera, Tri-Cities Opera, American Opera Projects, American Lyric Theater, Ash Lawn Opera Festival, Music Saint Croix and the Israel Chamber Orchestra. He has appeared at the United Nations, the Aspen Music Festival, Boston's Jordan Hall, New York's Studio 54, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Symphony Space, Alice Tully Hall, Skirball Center, La Maison francaise, and in recitals, competitions, and master classes throughout the United States and abroad.
DeMaris has taught at Lawrence University, New England Conservatory School of Continuing Education, George Mason University's International Opera Alliance, and the International Vocal Arts Institute in Tel Aviv. He has served on panels with Opera America and the National Opera Association, and presented master classes with the New York State Music Teachers Association and New York School Music Association. His students have performed on Broadway, film and television, and at opera companies and festivals throughout the world.
A frequent performer and advocate of contemporary music, he conducted the Middle Eastern premiere of Mark Adamo's Little Women with the Israel Chamber Orchestra and the world premiere of Stefan Weisman's Darkling with American Opera Projects at the Classical Stage Company with additional performances in Gniezno, Poland, at Frei Universität in Berlin, Germany, the New York City Opera VOX Festival and the United Nations. He also leads the world premiere recording of Darkling, released on Albany Records in 2011. DeMaris was also involved with the professional American premiere of Richard Rodney Bennett's Mines of Sulphur at Glimmerglass Opera, which was broadcast on NPR and BBC, released on the Chandos label, and nominated for a Grammy Award, as well as the world premieres of Peter Ash's The Golden Ticket and John Corigliano's revised version of The Ghosts of Versailles at Opera Theater of Saint Louis, for which he provided assistance with the preparation of the published piano-vocal score through G. Schirmer. He has served as Resident Conductor of American Lyric Theater in New York, through which he has done several workshops of new works including The Golden Ticket at Jazz at Lincoln Center, Adam and Eve at Symphony Space and Why Is Eartha Kitt Trying To Kill Me at Le Poisson Rouge. Mr. DeMaris is also a composer himself: his art songs have been performed throughout the United States.


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Jamieson, Alexander, 1822, A Celestial atlas. Cancer.
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Q: Rails - Retrieve data from upper tables I have two models: Brand and Campaign where Brand has_many Campaigns. I'd like to get my current brand when I work with any brand.
The fallowing codes just writes "Brand" instead of all of Brands names.
My campaign model include:
 class Campaign < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :brand

My Bradn model:
 class Brand < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_many :campaigns

This is my campaigns_conroller:
def index
        @campaign=Campaign.all
        @brand=Brand.all
    end

and this is my index view
<% @campaign.each do |campaign| %>

        <%= @brand.name %>
        <%= campaign.title %>

The 'campaign.title' works properly. I have retrieved just 'Brand' text instead of Brands name.
Can anybody say what I should do?

A: First some changes to your index :
def index
  @campaigns = Campaign.includes(:brand).all # (1) Plural naming to reflect its a collection of objects, (2) One call to the DB to fetch both campaigns and associated brands, read about include
end

Then, (you already figured how to access associated objects), difference is with :includes this won't fire a nother DB call:
<% @campaigns.each do |campaign| %>

    <%= campaign.brand.name %>
    <%= campaign.title %>

A: @brand is an array with all the brands, I'm not sure what element you try to show.
I guess you want the brand for every campaign.
<%= campaign.brand.name %>

A: You have to get the brand of the campain. You can access a belongs_to model by the name of the association:
<% @campaign.each do |campaign| %>

    <%= campaign.brand.name %>
    <%= campaign.title %>

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House of Rock
Killer Dwarfs have rocked since the 80's churning out their brand of Canadian metal and the band are currently on the road in support of their new record which is actually 20 years old.
Before the bands set I had a one on one with Russ Dwarf and he was super nice, down to earth and very positive/upbeat.
Rock N Roll Experience: Is Killer Dwarfs still based out of Canada?
Russ Dwarf: Yes we are.
Rock N Roll Experience: What made Killer Dwarfs want to reunite?
Russ Dwarf: That's a good question....it just came about because we were all doing our own things, we have been...we did a reunion in 2001 and we put that to bed in 2005 and I think we might have been a couple of years ahead of that kind of thing....we all started doing our own thing... I have a couple solo albums out, I did a few records with some other people and I did an acoustic record of Dwarf songs & Darryl and I have been brothers for 30 years so we talk every week anyways and we had this old record that we had never released, it's almost like a glorified demo thing but we did it up correctly 20 years ago this year and some people that work with us talked about doing some shows and here we are right now....who knows what the future will bring but we all get along together really well, we travel well together and it's just music man, it's not rocket science. We don't have the cure to cancer here, we thought the fans of ours might wanna hear the songs and they seem to be happy with it.
Rock N Roll Experience: What do you think of the Canadian music scene?
Russ Dwarf: It's hard to say, it depends upon what you're talking about...we are old guys so we are beyond starting everything so I don't know, I'm not in the trenches of it so I don't know how healthy it is but there seems to be alot of young rock bands which is great to see...when we play up there alot of the bands that play with us are young and still rockin and alot of the bands are in their early 20's which is shocking when I talk to them because they come out to all the shows & they know all our songs & I'll say, "How do you know us?" and they'll say, "Oh my Dad was a huge fan!" so you know, rock n roll is still alive in Canada...the Canadians love Rock N Roll & beer.
Rock N Roll Experience: But don't you think Nickelback fucked it up just a little bit?
Russ Dwarf: I don't know...I always hear bad things about them & I don't know why people always jump on them...I can't say that I'm a fan or that I'm not a fan...I've heard some songs & I think they are ok but I don't get the big...why does everyone shit on them? Is it because they are so famous? They are doing their thing, that's what I don't understand with the internet & everything...everyone's so negative sometimes especially when it comes to music...to be shitting on other peoples stuff...this is not why we do music, we do music as a spiritual thing for me atleast and after being together for so long in this band the people that come to see us are fans...we are not trying to convince anybody that we wanna be huge or anything, our music has touched them and that's what it does to everybody if you're a music lover...obviously I am a huge fan first before anything & music should be a positive thing....I really don't understand that kind of mentality but it's a big, bad ugly world out there and I know everything's not a Disney fucking movie but I don't know...Nickelback...that was a long fucking answer wasn't it? Tell them to take us on tour & we'll be fine with everyone hating us too!
Rock N Roll Experience: Are you a big Ramones fan because you gave each band member the last name "Dwarf" ala The Ramones.
Russ Dwarf: Yeah...I heard that before....it started as a joke but I love The Ramones, who doesn't love The Ramones it's like who doesn't love Elvis I mean it's like calling it Legends of rock...we are basically a rock band and I can't recall the story exactly but I've heard that analogy before and if you know us we have a sense of humor and we take the music seriously but we're in a fucking rock band, our motto is you have to laugh or you're gonna cry....we have alot of fun together and we fucking laugh our heads off and we've always been about sarcasm and tongue in cheek...we thought it was funny and it escalated into a ridiculous career.
Rock N Roll Experience: Did you like the Anvil movie?
Russ Dwarf: I love it...those guys are old friends of mine and I used to do sound for them like in 1979....I've been friends with those guys since like 1977 so yeah, they are close pals of mine and more power to anybody that can survive.
The Killer Dwarfs set this night was a little under 2 hours long and the band's energy was through the roof. Russ Dwarf reminds me of Andrew WK as far as his spastic dance moves & his nonstop energy throughout the entire show while the players onstage sound amazing & play every song to perfection.
Tossed in the set was a brief cover of "Honky Tonk Woman" by the Rolling Stones as well as brief AC/DC riffs and even the guitar into to "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd. Killer Dwarfs joked amongst themselves onstage & despite the crowd being small they made every member of the audience part of the show.
"Dirty Weapons" & "It Doesn't Matter" were the big crowd pleasers of the night and one smart individual kept yelling out "Dirty Weapons" between every song which seemed to annoy the band after a while yet they made it a joke & laughed it off.


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Q: How do implement UIScrollView and UIPageControl Programmatically in Swift4? Recently I want to implement the UI of Image and text slide show, because of my personal reasons: App pages are implemented by program code. I spent some time researching the usage of UIScrollView and UIPageControl, and found this link(How to create a Scroll View with a page control using swift?) is very informative, but the code is in My environment is not working, the SubView of UIScrollView has not been displayed correctly, and there is a problem with sliding to switch pages. I spent a lot of time searching for the answers to the questions, and I didn't find any valid information.

A: update my solution:
After some practice, the problem is solved, I will post the notes and solutions.
Just remember:
1、Your UIScrollView must have left (or leading) / top / width / height values.
2、The content elements of your UIScrollView need define the bounds of the contentSize-but they do so with the bottom & right (trailing) constraints.
3、The middle SubView of each UIScrollView requires some left (or leading) and right (trailing) constraints. See the code example for details.
class NTDummyVC: UIViewController, UIScrollViewDelegate {

    let SCROLLVIEW_HIGHT:CGFloat = 500

    let PAGECONTROL_WIDTH:CGFloat = 200
    let PAGECONTROL_HIGHT:CGFloat = 50

    var scrollView = UIScrollView()
    var pageControl = UIPageControl()

    var contentViewArray: NSMutableArray = NSMutableArray()

    var imageArray: NSArray = ["ImageName one",
                               "ImageName two",
                               "ImageName three"]

    var titleArray: NSArray = [NSLocalizedString("Title one", comment: ""),
                               NSLocalizedString("Title two", comment: ""),
                               NSLocalizedString("Title three", comment: "")]

    var subTitleArray: NSArray = [NSLocalizedString("SubTitle one", comment: ""),
                                  NSLocalizedString("SubTitle two", comment: ""),
                                  NSLocalizedString("SubTitle three", comment: "")]

    override func viewDidLoad() {
        super.viewDidLoad()
        self.view.backgroundColor = .white
        initScrollView()
        initPageControl()
        loadScrollView()
        //After loading all SubViews, update the contentSize of UIScrollView according to the number of Subviews.
        let scrollViewWidth = scrollView.frame.size.width * CGFloat(getPageCount())
        self.scrollView.contentSize = CGSize(width: scrollViewWidth, height: scrollView.frame.size.height)
    }

    func getTopbarHeight() -> CGFloat {
        let statusBarHeight = UIApplication.shared.statusBarFrame.height
        let navigationBarHeight = navigationController?.navigationBar.frame.height ?? 0.0
        return statusBarHeight + navigationBarHeight
    }

    func getPageCount() -> Int {
        var pageCount = 0
        pageCount = imageArray.count
        if titleArray.count < pageCount {
        pageCount = titleArray.count
        }
        if subTitleArray.count < pageCount {
            pageCount = subTitleArray.count
        }
        return pageCount
    }

    func initScrollView() {
        self.scrollView = UIScrollView(frame: CGRect(x: 0, y: 0, width: self.view.frame.width, height: SCROLLVIEW_HIGHT))
        self.scrollView.delegate = self
        self.scrollView.bounces = false
        self.scrollView.isPagingEnabled = true
        self.scrollView.showsVerticalScrollIndicator = false
        self.scrollView.showsHorizontalScrollIndicator = false
        self.view.addSubview(self.scrollView)
        //Constraints for ScrollView, by snapkit tool.
        self.scrollView.snp.makeConstraints { (make) in
            make.width.equalToSuperview()
            make.height.equalTo(SCROLLVIEW_HIGHT)
            make.top.equalToSuperview().offset(getTopbarHeight())
            make.leading.equalToSuperview()
        }
    }

    func initPageControl() {
        self.pageControl.numberOfPages = getPageCount()
        self.pageControl.currentPage = 0
        self.pageControl.tintColor = UIColor.gray
        self.pageControl.pageIndicatorTintColor = UIColor.gray
        self.pageControl.currentPageIndicatorTintColor = UIColor.green
        self.view.addSubview(pageControl)
        //Constraint displayed in the center, by snapkit tool.
        self.pageControl.snp.makeConstraints { (make) in
            make.width.equalTo(PAGECONTROL_WIDTH)
            make.height.equalTo(PAGECONTROL_HIGHT)
            make.top.equalTo(self.scrollView.snp.bottom).offset(10)
            make.leading.equalToSuperview()
            make.trailing.equalToSuperview()
            make.centerX.equalToSuperview()
        }
        pageControl.addTarget(self, action: #selector(self.changePage(sender:)), for: UIControlEvents.valueChanged)
    }

    func loadScrollView() {
        let pageCount = getPageCount()
        for index in 0...(pageCount - 1) {
            var frame = CGRect.zero
            frame.origin.x = self.scrollView.frame.size.width * CGFloat(index)
            frame.origin.y = 0
            frame.size = self.scrollView.frame.size

            let contentView = UIView(frame: frame)
            contentView.backgroundColor = .white
            self.scrollView.addSubview(contentView)
            //Constraints for SubView, by snapkit tool.
            //Do't add extra constraints such as top, bottom, width, height, etc., which will cause abnormal display.
            contentView.snp.makeConstraints { (make) in
                make.width.equalTo(UIUtils.screenWidth())
                make.height.equalTo(self.scrollView.snp.height)
                if index >= 1 {
                    let view:UIView = contentViewArray.object(at: index - 1) as! UIView
                    make.leading.equalTo(view.snp.trailing)
                } else {
                    make.leading.equalTo(0)
                }
                if index == (pageCount - 1) {
                    make.trailing.equalTo(0)
                }
            }

            let imageView = UIImageView(image: UIImage(named: imageArray[index] as! String))
            imageView.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
            imageView.contentMode = UIViewContentMode.scaleAspectFit
            contentView.addSubview(imageView)
            imageView.snp.makeConstraints { (make) in
                make.centerX.equalToSuperview()
            }

            let titleLabel = UILabel()
            titleLabel.font = UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: 18)
            titleLabel.text = titleArray[index] as? String
            titleLabel.textColor = .black
            titleLabel.numberOfLines = 0
            titleLabel.lineBreakMode = .byWordWrapping
            titleLabel.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
            contentView.addSubview(titleLabel)
            titleLabel.snp.makeConstraints { (make) in
                make.top.equalTo(imageView.snp.bottom).offset(30)
                make.leading.equalToSuperview().offset(30)
                make.trailing.equalToSuperview().offset(-30)
            }

            let subTitleLabel = UILabel()
            subTitleLabel.font = UIFont.boldSystemFont(ofSize: 12)
            subTitleLabel.text = subTitleArray[index] as? String
            subTitleLabel.textColor = UIUtils.color(2)
            subTitleLabel.numberOfLines = 0
            subTitleLabel.lineBreakMode = .byWordWrapping
            subTitleLabel.translatesAutoresizingMaskIntoConstraints = false
            contentView.addSubview(subTitleLabel)
            subTitleLabel.snp.makeConstraints { (make) in
                make.top.equalTo(titleLabel.snp.bottom).offset(5)
                make.leading.equalToSuperview().offset(30)
                make.trailing.equalToSuperview().offset(-30)
            }

            if (contentViewArray.contains(contentView)) {
                contentViewArray.replaceObject(at: contentViewArray.index(of: contentView), with: contentView)
            } else {
                contentViewArray.insert(contentView, at: index)
            }
        }
    }

    // MARK : To Change while clicking on page control
    @objc func changePage(sender: AnyObject) -> () {
        let x = CGFloat(pageControl.currentPage) * scrollView.frame.size.width
        scrollView.setContentOffset(CGPoint(x:x, y:0), animated: true)
    }

    // MARK : When UIScrollView slides over, update PageControl
    func scrollViewDidEndDecelerating(_ scrollView: UIScrollView) {
        let pageNumber = round(scrollView.contentOffset.x / scrollView.frame.size.width)
        pageControl.currentPage = Int(pageNumber)
    }
}

Hope to help people who encounter the same problem.


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Mantellinae is a subfamily of frogs in the family Mantellidae. These frogs are native to Madagascar and Mayotte. The species vary in size from under 25 mm (e.g. some species of Blommersia) to over 100 mm (e.g. Mantidactylus guttulatus). The subfamily is most famous for the genus Mantella, which contains species that superficially resemble poison dart frogs of the tropical Americas, and have converged on similar aposematic colouration and toxins. As of 2 May 2016, there are 128 described species in this subfamily, but several more are described each year.

Systematics
Historically only two genera were recognized within the Mantellinae: Mantella and Mantidactylus. Several subgenera were recognized within the genus Mantidactylus. These were elevated to genus level in 2006 and are now universally accepted. These are Blommersia, Boehmantis, Gephyromantis, Guibemantis, Spinomantis, and Wakea. Tsingymantis is also often considered a member of this subfamily.

References

External links

 Vences, M.; Wahl-Boos, G.; Hoegg, S.; Glaw, F.; Spinelli Oliveira, E.; Meyer, A.; Perry, S. (17 October 2007). "Molecular systematics of mantelline frogs from Madagascar and the evolution of their femoral glands". Biological Journal of the Linnean Society. 92 (3): 529–539 – via Oxford Academic.

Mantellidae
Taxa named by Raymond Laurent
Amphibian subfamilies


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Public Access Defibrillator programs make life-saving difference
The NCAA News -- November 11, 2002
Supplement to The NCAA News -- Health and Safety Newsletter
BY ROCHEL RITTGERS
AUGUSTANA COLLEGE (ILLINOIS)
Gerry Bram, an NCAA Division I football referee, is alive today due to the availability of a defibrillation device and the swift actions of the sports-medicine staff from Syracuse University.
University and college athletics programs are in a unique position to raise public awareness of the life-saving capabilities of automatic external defibrillators (AEDs) just by having them available for the people they service.
Sudden cardiac arrest was responsible for about 490,000 deaths in 1999, according to the Center for Disease Control, and only about half of those victims made it to the hospital. Tomorrow, about 1,000 people will suffer a cardiac arrest in our country, and only about 50 will survive. Most of those deaths are unnecessary.
In the collegiate athletics environment, the risks of sudden cardiac arrests are present with our coaches, referees, staff members, bus drivers, fans and even student-athletes. Most cardiac arrests are caused by a disruption in the heart's normal rhythm. This rhythm disruption most often results in a condition called ventricular fibrillation, where the heart maintains an electrical charge, but it is essentially misfiring.
Defibrillation is the technique involving the administration of an electric shock that can restore the heart's normal rhythm. While this procedure historically has been available only from paramedics or in hospital settings, the development of a portable computer that can analyze a person's heart rhythm has enabled lay people, coaches and sports-medicine staff members to be trained to perform this procedure. These portable devices, about the size of a lightweight laptop computer, are increasingly more practical to have available.
Remarkable outcomes
Sudden cardiac death in young athletes is a rare but devastating occurrence. Although attempts are made to identify athletes at risk for cardiovascular disease, many have no symptoms and no physical examination findings. Structural cardiac abnormalities are the most common cause of sudden cardiac death in student-athletes. Because of the difficulty in identifying these underlying anomalies, the accessibility of an AED is important in the event of a life-threatening dysrhythmia.
Truly remarkable outcomes are seen when defibrillators are used on sudden cardiac arrest victims. The success rate of restoring normal heart rhythm through standard CPR techniques is less than 5 percent. Add defibrillation within the first minute after arrest, and it becomes an amazing 95 percent. Communities who have initiated Public Access Defibrillator (PAD) programs that place AEDs in ambulances, police cars, and other public locations are experiencing sudden cardiac arrest survival rates of as high as 43 percent, compared with large cities with no such program where the survival rate drops as low as 1 percent.
Paramedics nationwide will be the first to admit that their life-saving attempts in cases of cardiac arrest are rarely successful. The time it takes for the emergency squad to respond to a 911 call is usually greater than 10 minutes. Those precious minutes are the critical difference between life and death. As mentioned, 90 percent of sudden cardiac arrest victims who are treated with a defibrillator within the first minute of arrest can be saved. However, for every minute that defibrillation is delayed, there is about a 10 percent reduction in the chance for survival.
AED availability
The value of having these devices appears obvious. However, liability concerns, quick availability of emergency personnel, training requirements, cardiac risk of the population and the cost and maintenance of the machines are among valid concerns that have arisen regarding the need for having AEDs at athletics venues.
The liability risk of using an AED was addressed when in 2000 President Clinton initiated a bill that grants legal immunity to good Samaritans who use AEDs. Since then, most states have rewritten their own good Samaritan laws to include language about the use of AEDs.
From another angle, a plaintiff in a fitness facility received a $2.5 million award after a lawsuit charging the facility for not meeting a member's emergency-response needs when the plaintiff had a heart attack and there was no AED available (Chai versus Sports Fitness Clubs of America, Circuit Court, 17th Judicial District, Broward County, Florida). This suit may represent a shift toward requiring fitness-related facilities to have AEDs available.
All instructors of CPR through the American Heart Association and the American Red Cross are now trained in the use of AEDs. The NCAA currently recommends annual training of athletics personnel in CPR. The inclusion of AED education within that training would be practical and time efficient.
Although the cost of AEDs is dropping, most still range between $2,000 and $4,000, a hefty sum for many athletics departments. For state institutions, the U.S. Senate passed the Community Access to Emergency Defibrillation Act in 2001, which budgeted $55 million a year for five years for communities to install AEDs in public places, to train first responders, to encourage private companies to purchase AEDs, and to promote public access to defibrillation in schools. Grant applications can be sent to the Secretary of Health and Human Services. More information on the details of this act is available at www.senate.com.
Public access to AEDs is critical for successful intervention. The statistics speak for themselves and the cost of saving one life certainly justifies the purchase price of a unit.
Douglas P. Zipes, former president of the American College of Cardiology, said in a recent New York Times article, "I have a cure for sudden death: it's getting a defibrillator to the patient. The problem is getting it to them in an appropriate time interval. How can I make that happen?"
The initiation of PAD programs by colleges and universities has created results that travel like waves from campus communities all the way to state legislation. Those who have recognized the need are spreading the awareness and making a difference.
Athletic trainers promote AED use
There are countless stories of university and college medical teams using AEDs to save lives. As a result, many have impacted the awareness and availability of AEDs on their campus and also in their surrounding communities.
Stephanie Brandt, athletic trainer at Concordia College, Moorhead, was glad the school purchased its AED when it did. Less than one month afterward, a retired professor had a massive heart attack after playing a lunch-hour basketball game in the athletics building. "He is alive today, two years later, because of the training I obtained and expedient use of the AED by myself and others," Brandt said.
The medical staff at Syracuse University, including athletic trainer Tim Neal and team physician Irving Raphael, joined forces with athletic trainers from East Carolina University to save the life of a football referee during the teams' game in September.
At a University of Iowa wrestling match, the device was used after the collapse of a spectator in the bleachers. Iowa athletic trainer Dan Foster said, "The results were dramatic. The immediate success has resulted in a continued high quality of life for the patient. That one incident has resulted in an increase in AED purchases in the community, general public awareness, and changes in the AED regulations in the state."
Athletic trainers nationwide are spearheading Public Access Defibrillator programs on their campuses and in their communities. These programs market the development of phases to initiate the availability of AEDs in public places. Initially, they are made accessible on all ambulances, followed by police cars and campus security, and then in public buildings. Communities that recognize PAD as a priority are using ingenuity to make it happen.
Rochel Rittgers is the director of athletic training services at Augustana College (Illinois). She chairs the drug-education and drug-testing subcommittee of the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports.
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A 'planning failure' as the three STPs were set upstream of the Ashwani Khud water supply schemes. Health experts said the 10.80 MLD capacity Ashwani water scheme was inaugurated in 1995-96 while the STPs came up much later, overlooking the placement.
SHIMLA- Sewerage Treatment Plants (STPs) finds its way into Ashwani Khud water schemes. The three STPs are located upstream of the two water schemes and have not been working since the time they were set up.
Health experts and virologists warned that hepatitis outbreak may compound in the years to come when the three STPs 4.44 MLD capacity Malyana STP, 19.35 MLD capacity Lalpani STP and 0.76 MLD capacity Dhalli plant— would run to their full capacity, as till date, the whole city is not connected to the STPs. These could discharge up to 24.55 MLD 'treated or untreated sewage' into the Ashwani Khud located downstream.
It was perhaps a 'planning failure' as the three STPs were set upstream of the Ashwani Khud water supply schemes. Health experts said the 10.80 MLD capacity Ashwani water scheme was inaugurated in 1995-96 while the STPs came up much later, overlooking the placement. As an added disadvantage, these are not working.
The three STPs were receiving about 6.40 MLD effluents daily from Shimla city, whereas these have a combined capacity of treating about 24.55 MLD of sewage.
As of now, the STPs are not even receiving one-fourth sewage of their capacity. You can imagine the level of contamination if the entire sewage, treated or untreated, finds its way into the khud,
the health experts said.
What makes the condition for the hepatitis virus conducive in winter months is low dissolution of sewage in the natural streams due to lean discharge of water in the catchments, virologists observed.
During rains, the sewage flow is diluted due to increased water discharge in the Ashwani Khud. So the repetitive hepatitis outbreaks are taking place only in winter months, they said.
Teams of experts from National Institute of Virology, Pune, and National Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC), New Delhi, have recommended not to allow sewage water into the collection point of the Ashwani Khud water scheme. Both the water schemes of Shimla and Solan are located downstream of the STPs, raising chances of water contamination.
Irrigation and Public Health (IPH) and Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) have stopped the supply of water from the Ashwani Khud since January 2, soon after the current outbreak of jaundice in Shimla.
The city has reported more than 1,620 jaundice cases, out of which nine have died, while Solan has reported 620 cases so far.
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Himachal Gets First Fully Automated 'Doppler Weather Radar', Would Provide More Accurate Short Range Forecast
Shimla-India Meteorological Department (IMD) January 15, 2021, celebrated its 146th Foundation Day. IMD is one of the oldest, scientific service organizations in the country, in existence well before Independence.
On the occasion, Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurated Doppler Weather Radars at Mukteshwar, Uttarakhand and Kufri, Himachal Pradesh; Multi-Mission Meteorological Data Receiving and Processing System in IMD in collaboration with ISRO (MMDRPS).
According to the IMD, these modernized Radars would give a more specific short-range weather forecast.
It's pertinent to mention that accurate and advance weather information is of utmost importance to Himachal Pradesh – a state largely dependent on agriculture and tourism.
The one installed in Kufari, Shimla, is Indigenous dual polarised X-Band Doppler Weather Radar. Two more Radars would be installed at Mandi and Dalhousie in Chamba district of the State. A site had already been finalized at Mandi and a site for Radar at Dalhousie would be finalized soon, the State Government informed.
This specific type of Radar uses the Doppler effect to gather velocity data. The Radar transmits a signal, which gets reflected when hits a raindrop. Based on the changes in the frequency of the reflected signal, data is obtained about the motion of droplets and intensity of the precipitation. Scientists can analyze this data to determine the structure and severity of storms.
Radar installed at Kufri is on test mode for a period of two weeks. Thereafter its data would be used for forecasting purposes. This Radar has a range upto 100 kilometres in radial distance. It would observe and provide the weather data of 100 kilometres in all directions, which would be used for forecasting purpose, especially for the short-range forecast. More précised area-specific weather forecast and warning can be issued for a particular place, for the weather phenomenon like thunderstorm, lighting, hailstorm, heavy rainfall/snowfall, gusty winds etc.
This Centre would help the horticulturists and farmers of the State by providing them with accurate weather information.
The DWR Kufri would run round the clock and it is fully automatic. It would transmit the data in various digital format and picture form.
Union Minister for Earth Sciences, Science & Technology, Dr Harsh Vardhan today inaugurated the first Doppler Weather radar in Himachal Pradesh installed at Kufri pic.twitter.com/jaayu08MSf
Forecasting monsoons is the lifeline to India's food security and affect the economy as the nation's GDP is dependent on agriculture. Moreover, weather prediction is critical to reducing the loss of lives from various extreme events like a cyclone, heavy rain, thunderstorm, heatwave and cold wave, monsoonal floods and droughts.
India Meteorological Department says that it is modernizing its observational network in the Central and Western Himalayas by the installation of Doppler Weather Radars in a phased manner, at different locations.
IMD said that this radar will be providing severe weather information to the weather forecasters, thus, improving the safety of the public in the states of Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. It will also provide support to the disaster managers and the pilgrims undertaking the pilgrimage to Kailash Manasarovar and Char Dham yatra.
The GHNP and Tirthan Wildlife Sanctuary Ranked as Best Managed Protected Areas of India
Shimla-The Great Himalayan National Park and Tirthan Wildlife Sanctuary (WLS) have been ranked as the best managed protected areas in India. Sainj WLS has also been placed among the top five Sanctuaries.
Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar, on January 11 released Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) of 146 National Park and Wildlife Sanctuaries in the Country. At present, India has a network of 903 Protected Areas in the country covering about 5% of the total geographic area of the country. The purpose of it was to assess the efficacy of Protected Areas, evaluation of management effectiveness.
The evaluation process was executed by the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, in which nation-wide 146 National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries, including 13 protected areas of Himachal Pradesh, were assessed through a team of evaluators. The score is given for various parameters including staff position, provision of financial resources, degree of protection, peoples' participation and awareness of the communities towards the conservation values. Against a national average of 62 percent GHNP and Tirthan WLS scored a high of 84.17 percent while Sainj recorded 82.5 percent.
Currently, Himachal Pradesh has a network of 5 National Parks, 28 Wildlife Sanctuaries and 3 Conservation Reserves covering 8391.42 km2 which is 15 percent of the total geographical area of the state.
Top five and bottom five scored NP&WLS
Source: MEE Evaluation Report
According to this Evaluation three of the top five best managed Protected Areas in the country are from Himachal Pradesh. However, the Evaluation also mentioned weaknesses in management in these National Parks and Wildlife Sanctuaries. (Scroll down for details info)
Top two highest and lowest scored NP&WLS in five regions
What is Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE)?
Protected area (PA) management effectiveness evaluation (MEE) is defined as the assessment of how well NP&WLS are being managed—primarily, whether they are protecting their values and achieving the goals and objectives agreed upon.
The term 'management effectiveness' reflects three main themes of PA management -design issues relating to both individual sites and PA systems, the adequacy and appropriateness of management systems and processes, and delivery of the objectives of NP&WLS, including conservation of values.
Management Effectiveness Evaluation (MEE) of Protected Areas (PAs) has emerged as a key tool for PA managers and is increasingly being used by governments and international bodies to understand the strengths and weaknesses of the protected area management systems.
MEE is a very important document that provides valuable guidance on various aspects of wildlife and protected area expand MEE of Marine Protected Areas. A new framework for MEE of Marine Protected Areas has been also jointly prepared by WII and MoEF&CC.
In recent years there has been a general concern amongst PA professionals and the public that many NP&WLS are failing to achieve their objectives and, in some cases, are actually losing the values for which they were established (Hockings et al. 2008).
As a result, improving the effectiveness of PA management has become a priority throughout the conservation community. Protected areas that are effectively managed generally lead to improved biodiversity outcomes.
However, only 20% (21,743 NP&WLS) of the total coverage of protected areas reported in the WDPA has been assessed for management effectiveness according to the Global Database on Protected Areas Management Effectiveness (UNEP-WCMC, IUCN and NGS 2018). The result indicated that only 17.5% of the countries have achieved the 60% score of management effectiveness (Coad et al. 2015).
Further, Javadekar also announced that from this year onwards 10 best National Parks, 5 coastal and Marine parks and top five Zoos in the country will be ranked and awarded every year.
Management Strengths and Weaknesses of National Parks and Wild Life Sanctuaries in Himachal Pradesh
Himachal Bans Import of Poultry Products from Other States, Migratory Bird Death Toll Reaches 4324
Shimla-Import of poultry products to Himachal Pradesh from other States has been banned for a week, the State Government informed today. The step was taken in order to ensure that the Bird Flu (Avian Influenza) infection does spread from other States through poultry products.
According to the Government, the "Bird Flu death toll" for migratory birds has reached 4324. The Government said that about 65 rapid response teams of Animal Husbandry and Wild Life departments were regularly monitoring the Pong Dam and adjoining areas. It said that keeping in view the intensity of Bird Flu, samples of poultry have been sent to RDDL Jalandhar by Animal Husbandry Department.
Further, recently 1000 dead domestic poultry birds were found dumped in Dharampur Sub Division of Solan district, which were disposed of by deep burial and area was being sanitized as per protocol, it was informed. Samples of these dead birds have been sent to RDDL Jallandhar for diagnosis.
Further, it was informed that 215 other birds were also found dead in various parts of the State till date.
Officers have been asked to keep a strict vigil on birds alongside reservoirs and people to sensitize about proper handling of poultry products.
The Government has requested the people to inform the Animal Husbandry and Wild Life Departments if any dead bird is found in their areas.
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According to the official statement released by the Government of India, till January 11, 2021, Avian Influenza was confirmed in 10 states of the country. ICAR- NIHSAD has confirmed death of crows and migratory/wild birds in Tonk, Karauli, Bhilwara districts of Rajasthan; and Valsad, Vadodara and Surat districts of Gujarat. Further, death of crows was confirmed in Kotdwar and Dehradun districts of Uttarakhand. In Delhi, crows and ducks, respectively, were reported dead in New Delhi and Sanjay lake areas.
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149.00 CC 46.00 km/l 13.00 litre 12.23 HP @ 7250 RPM 13.60 Nm @ 5500 RPM TCI (Transistor controlled ignition)
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