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Event Title: Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium Philippe Bronchain called on Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani here at Parliament House
Event Date: 2019-12-10
Ambassador of the Kingdom of Belgium Philippe Bronchain called on Chairman Senate Muhammad Sadiq Sanjrani here at Parliament House on Tuesday. Speaking on the occasion Chairman Senate said that Pakistan values its relations with Belgium both bilaterally as well as within the context of the European Union. He said that bilateral relations are marked by convergence of views on issues of mutual interest. Both sides need to intensify dialogue for strengthening cooperation, especially in economic, trade and tourism spheres. Pakistani Diaspora in Belgium is contributing to the economic and social life of Belgium and can act as a bridge between our two peoples.
Sanjrani said that Pakistan has Parliamentary Friendship Groups with Belgium both at the Senate as well as the National Assembly. High level interactions play an important role in improving bilateral relations. He said that the two countries have good Parliamentary interaction. Pakistan and Belgium have had regular interaction at parliamentary level as well as visits by Senators and Special Advisor. We may continue this trend of parliamentary cooperation. He said that Belgian companies are encouraged to invest in Pakistan. Belgian investors can make use of the incentives provided by the Government in the field of renewable energy, tourism and the burgeoning hospitality industry of the country. He emphasized that Pakistan jumped 28 places in the World Bank's ease of doing business index in 2019. This has been achieved by streamlining and automating administrative procedures and resolving insolvency issues. The current volume of bilateral trade between the two countries is not commensurate to the true potential. Two sides may evolve strategies to give impetus to our economic relations. He said that security situation in Pakistan has remarkable improved which is evident from the fact that the UN has declared it a family station. The current government is focused on increasing tourism in the country. Many reforms have been undertaken to facilitate inflow of tourists.
Earlier, Dr. Mazen Obeid, Charge D'Affaires of Syrian Embassy in Pakistan also called on him. Chairman Senate said that Pakistan and Syria enjoy fraternal ties deeply rooted in our shared religion, values and culture. He said that Pakistan attach great importance to our relations with Syria. He said that Pakistan desire to further promote, diversify and strengthen all areas of bilateral cooperation. Pakistan's position on the situation in Syria is based on the principles of international law, the UN Charter and the rules of inter-state conduct. Pakistan Stands for the protection of sovereignty, territorial integrity and political independence of Syria.
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Mission accomplished! Rog has now completed this challenge and has surpassed his original target by raising more than £25,000 for charity.
With only 15 minutes to spare, Rog putted out on the final (360th) hole at Wentworth to complete his round the UK challenge. Please view the film clip below of Rog, summarising his thoughts about the challenge.


The human parechovirus (HPeV) has resulted in more than 200 hospital admissions since December and a mum whose baby nearly died from this dangerous bug is warning other parents to be aware of its symptoms.
Mum-of-three Ali Tessier became concerned about her newborn son Louis' wellbeing when he just wouldn't stop crying.
"I just started to have a bad feeling that something wasn't right," Ali told 9 News. Determined to get to the bottom of things, she rushed her little boy to hospital, but Louis only had a slight temperature and doctors couldn't pinpoint why he was feeling so unwell.
Thankfully they didn't send this mum and baby home – as is so often the case – instead carrying out a series of tests that would determine he was infected with parechovirus. Things went downhill very, very quickly, but thankfully Louis was surrounded by medical staff as he deteriorated.
"An hour later he had a huge seizure, he stopped breathing, and they had to rush him up to intensive care," Ali recalls.
In severe cases, human parechovirus can affect the lining of the brain, causing the type of seizure poor Louis experienced. Children younger than six months are particularly vulnerable to HPeV. The virus has been re-emerging every two years since 2013, The Medical Journal of Australia reports.
"It was just so frightening because every time a doctor would come in I think, 'oh my gosh, what are they going to say and am I going to take my baby home?'" Ali remembers.
Ali didn't get to take her baby home for quite some time, as he became so ill he spent six days on life support, before turning the corner and finally beginning to get better.
Thankfully Louis is well on the mend now, nine months later, but his vision is impaired and the virus has had some other health implications too.
"It's really heartbreaking because you bring a perfectly healthy baby into the world and now we just have hope that he can learn to see," Ali told 9 News stressing that parents should always go with their gut and head straight to the doctor or hospital if they're concerned about their children's health.
What is parechovirus – and how bad can it get?
Parechovirus is a type of virus which is closely related to enteroviruses. These viruses are usually quite mild, but in some cases can be very severe. An enterovirus is a virus that gets into the body through the mouth and is then absorbed via the gut ('entero' means intestine). Parechovirus can be particularly dangerous in young babies.
"It is now recognised as a leading cause of sepsis-like illness and central nervous system infection, particularly in young infants," Professor Allen Cheng of Melbourne's Monash University revealed.
Parechovirus is spread from human to human via the saliva, mucus, phlegm or faeces of infected people.
"There is currently no evidence to suggest particular concern regarding infection in pregnant women or foetuses," The Medical Journal of Australia says.
What are the symptoms of parechovirus?
"Rates of the human parechoviruses (HPeV) have reached 'epidemic' levels and infants and children who contract the infection need closer medical attention by doctors and ongoing follow-up," the The Medical Journal of Australia recently reported.
There is no vaccine and there are no effective antiviral therapies for parechovirus. Treatment is primarily supportive, and may involve the management of complications associated with the virus.
Good hygiene is the best way to prevent the spread of parechovirus.
thorough and frequent hand-washing, especially before eating, after using the toilet, changing nappies or wiping noses.
Kids with this virus must be kept away from other children, childcare or school while they are unwell.


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Signaller Stuart Burns works on his art. Photo: Corporal Robert Whitmore
Signaller Stuart Burns has always loved typography: the art of presenting text in a way that can elicit emotions through the creative use of fonts, styles, and layouts.
As an experienced graphic designer with a Diploma in Visual Communication, he dabbled in a range of techniques, including game art and 3D modelling, before joining the Army two years ago.
It was after enlisting that he sustained a serious knee injury during a soccer game.
After a year of medical treatment, his career future is uncertain, and he is receiving support at the Trainee Rehabilitation Wing at Holsworthy Barracks.
It was there his corporal suggested he attend the 2020 ARRTS program as it presented a good opportunity to focus on what he loved doing and would provide new creative directions.
ARRTS is the Arts for Recovery, Resilience, Teamwork and Skills program, which since 2015 has been successfully facilitating the healing of ADF and emergency services personnel facing health and wellbeing challenges.
Held at the University of Canberra's Inspire Centre, the four-week residential program offers three creative streams: music/rhythm, visual arts, and creative writing.
A music lover, Signaller Burns had trouble deciding whether to join the music or visual arts stream, but found an innovative way to combine them.
"I decided to focus on typography and designs that reflected my love of music," he said.
"I'd also spent six months in Japan and was inspired by the temples, shrines, and mountain ranges and wanted to feature these in my art too."
Once Signaller Burns had decided on his themes, he set to work at a vigorous pace.
"I found I could take my mind off my injury and focus on another part of my life and express what's inside, and that really helped," he said.
"Plus, with the mentors always being so approachable and helpful, I was never afraid of failing."
I found I could take my mind off my injury and focus on another part of my life and express what's inside, and that really helped.
In this environment, Signaller Burns decided to use the first three letters of his name ̶ S, T and U ̶ as the foundation for his art.
"All the letter S elements, apart from the outline, were hand-drawn with pencil, pen, and markers, then digitally composited, while the rock-and-roll symbol was done in lino print, where I cut it out of a sheet of linoleum and printed it," he said.
A similar range of techniques was used for the other two letters.
All the works were on display in the visual arts studio for showcase night on November 26, and Signaller Burns' father drove up from Jindabyne to view his son's work.
"It was quite incredible what they were able to put together in such a short space of time," Mr Burns said.
And for Signaller Burns, the effort has been worthwhile.
"While it was hard work to create something so quickly, and presented several challenges, I've now learned techniques that I'll keep using and I'm really glad I did the program."
The next AARTS program will run from May 9 to June 4 next year.
To find out more, email adf.arrts [at] defence.gov.au or visit defence.gov.au/jcg/arrts


The Mediterranean Seminar/CU Mediterranean Studies Group 2nd Annual Summer Skills Seminar on "Reading Ladino/Judezmo" took place from 22–26 May, 2017 at CU Boulder, under the direction of Prof. David Bunis (Linguistics: Hebrew University), a leading authority on Ladino/Judezmo literature.
The Seminar will began with an introductory symposium, "The Language of Exile: Hispano-Jewish Culture Before and After 1492," featuring Brian A. Catlos (Religious Studies: CU Boulder), Janet Jacobs (Anthropology & Women's Studies: CU Boulder), and David Bunis (Linguistics: Hebrew University). This public event was held at 6:30pm at the Grand Assembly Hall of the Chautauqua Historical Park in Boulder, with approximately 75 members of the university and Boulder community attending.
The Skills Seminar sessions took place from Tuesday, 23 May to Friday, 26 May from 10am to 3pm on the CU campus at BESC 380 (Benson Earth Sciences). The Skills Seminarconcluded with a dinner/reception/graduation party at the Catlos-Silleras residence in neighbouring Louisville.
Participants who attend the entire coursereceived a certificate/diploma of completion.
"An incredible week of enrichment! "
"This was an invaluable opportunity for professional development and networking, especially for me as a tenure-track faculty. I not only got to meet colleagues from around the country, but I also learned a lot about CU and its strong presence in Mediterranean Studies and Jewish Studies. "
"Participation in this course has enabled me to work with new research materials. It was a wonderful experience."
"An incredibly valuable and unique learning environment in that it brings together scholars from different institutions, disciplines and ranks to study with a leading expert in the field, and engage with each other over the course of the week. This kind of truly interdisciplinary and non-hierarchical setting is rare in academia--despite all of the talk about interdisciplinarity--and should be fostered and encouraged, as it precisely this kind of academic experience and environment that proves the most fruitful for scholars of all ranks to learn and engage each other. "
"This seminar provided an excellent format for working through a number of texts, several of which would have been difficult -- if not impossible - to have worked out alone. There was also a genuine variety of scholars included in the group, which allowed for deeper conversations, as well as for richer interpretations of texts. This kind of seminar seems a rarity, a real gem, and one that (I thought) nicely highlighted the kind of scholarship that is taking place at Boulder, and elsewhere."
"One of the most enriching experiences of my graduate career."
"The seminar offered a superb mix of practical skill training—I am amazed at how fast I learned to read Judezmo—and cultural context, combined with lively discussion. Professor Bunis's knowledge and expertise was remarkable; he was able to teach at many different levels. He was approachable and extremely helpful. I also learned a lot from interacting with other participants of very different backgrounds. A great learning experience; I highly recommend it.
The Summer Skills Seminar was organized and directed by Prof. Brian A. Catlos, Religious Studies: University of Colorado at Boulder. Logistics were handled by Jeffrey Baron (Program Co-ordinator, Mediterranean Seminar/CU Mediterranean Studies Group) with additional assistance from Dillon Webster.
Administrative support was provided by the Department of Religious Studies, with additional support from the Program in Jewish Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder, and an grant from the University of Colorado Presidents Fund for Humanities.
Proposals for future Skills Seminars are welcome and should be addressed to brian.catlos@colorado.edu.


What is a Savepoint? How is a Savepoint different from a Checkpoint?
Can I move the Savepoint files on stable storage?
A Savepoint is a consistent image of the execution state of a streaming job, created via Flink's checkpointing mechanism. You can use Savepoints to stop-and-resume, fork, or update your Flink jobs. Savepoints consist of two parts: a directory with (typically large) binary files on stable storage (e.g. HDFS, S3, …) and a (relatively small) meta data file. The files on stable storage represent the net data of the job's execution state image. The meta data file of a Savepoint contains (primarily) pointers to all files on stable storage that are part of the Savepoint, in form of absolute paths.
Conceptually, Flink's Savepoints are different from Checkpoints in a similar way that backups are different from recovery logs in traditional database systems. The primary purpose of Checkpoints is to provide a recovery mechanism in case of unexpected job failures. A Checkpoint's lifecycle is managed by Flink, i.e. a Checkpoint is created, owned, and released by Flink - without user interaction. As a method of recovery and being periodically triggered, two main design goals for the Checkpoint implementation are i) being as lightweight to create and ii) being as fast to restore from as possible. Optimizations towards those goals can exploit certain properties, e.g. that the job code doesn't change between the execution attempts. Checkpoints are usually dropped after the job was terminated by the user (except if explicitly configured as retained Checkpoints).
In contrast to all this, Savepoints are created, owned, and deleted by the user. Their use-case is for planned, manual backup and resume. For example, this could be an update of your Flink version, changing your job graph, changing parallelism, forking a second job like for a red/blue deployment, and so on. Of course, Savepoints must survive job termination. Conceptually, Savepoints can be a bit more expensive to produce and restore and focus more on portability and support for the previously mentioned changes to the job.
Those conceptual differences aside, the current implementations of Checkpoints and Savepoints are basically using the same code and produce the same format. However, there is currently one exception from this, and we might introduce more differences in the future. The exception are incremental checkpoints with the RocksDB state backend. They are using some RocksDB internal format instead of Flink's native savepoint format. This makes them the first instance of a more lightweight checkpointing mechanism, compared to Savepoints.
Attention: It is discouraged to move or delete the last savepoint of a running job, because this might interfere with failure-recovery. Savepoints have side-effects on exactly-once sinks, therefore to ensure exactly-once semantics, if there is no checkpoint after the last savepoint, the savepoint will be used for recovery.
The quick answer to this question is currently "no" because the meta data file references the files on stable storage as absolute paths for technical reasons. The longer answer is: if you MUST move the files for some reason there are two potential approaches as workaround. First, simpler but potentially more dangerous, you can use an editor to find the old path in the meta data file and replace them with the new path. Second, you can use the class SavepointV2Serializer as starting point to programmatically read, manipulate, and rewrite the meta data file with the new paths.


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Each session lasts 50 minutes. Initially meeting weekly is usually best, in order for you to tell your story and for us to get to know each other. I also offer Face time sessions. These are the same length and fee as face to face.
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How big is 3,026,870 dunams?
It's about one-seventy-fifth as big as Minnesota
In other words, 3,026,870 dunams is 0.01344256 times the size of Minnesota, and the size of Minnesota is 74.390590 times that amount.
The "North Star State," Minnesota measures 225,170,600 dunams in total area. Due to an error in the map used while writing the Treaty of Paris, a 1,544,500 dunams segment of Minnesota called the "Northwest Angle" lies north of the 49th parallel, which marks the border between the contiguous United States and Canada across the western remainder of the two countries.
It's about 75 times as big as Rock Island
In other words, 3,026,870 dunams is 77.1710 times the size of Rock Island, and the size of Rock Island is 0.012958 times that amount.
(a.k.a. Arsenal Island, a.k.a. Rock Island Arsenal) (Illinois, on the Iowa border) (land area only)
Rock Island measures 39,220 dunams in total area. It is known as the largest government-owned weapons manufacturing arsenal in the United States and the US Army's only active foundry, as well as a former Union prison camp during the American Civil War.
It's about one-eighty-fifth as big as Michigan
In other words, 3,026,870 dunams is 0.01208362 times the size of Michigan, and the size of Michigan is 82.756660 times that amount.
The "Great Lakes State," Michigan measures 250,493,600 dunams in total area. According to some studies, there is no point in Michigan that is more than 9.66 km (6 mi) from a lake or 136.79 km (85 mi) from a Great Lake.
It's about 100 times as big as Inis Mór
In other words, 3,026,870 dunams is 98 times the size of Inis Mór, and the size of Inis Mór is 0.01 times that amount.
(a.k.a. Inishmore, a.k.a. Árainn Mhór, a.k.a. Inis Bant, a.k.a. Árainn na Naomh) (Connacht, Ireland)
The largest of the Aran Islands, Inis Mór measures 31,000 dunams. The west side of the island is home to the Poll na bPéist, a.k.a. the wormhole, a naturally-formed, 0.290 dunams, rectangular pool on the island's cliffside.
It's about one-one-hundredth as big as The Great Barrier Reef
In other words, 3,026,870 dunams is 0.0087 times the size of The Great Barrier Reef, and the size of The Great Barrier Reef is 115 times that amount.
(a.k.a. Barrier Reef) (Coral Sea, off Queensland, Australia) (approximate)
The Great Barrier Reef, the largest such reef in the world, covers about 348,000,000 dunams. Reefs, such as the Great Barrier, grow in diameter at a rate of 1 to 3 cm per year.
It's about 100 times as big as Tuvalu
In other words, 3,026,870 dunams is 120 times the size of Tuvalu, and the size of Tuvalu is 0.0083 times that amount.
(a.k.a. Ellice Islands)
Tuvalu is a chain of islands totaling 26,000 dunams in area and located midway between Hawaii and Australia, near Samoa and Fiji. It is the third-least populated nation in the world, with just 11,992 citizens and residents.
It's about one-one-hundred-fiftieth as big as Montana
In other words, 3,026,870 dunams is 0.0079479187 times the size of Montana, and the size of Montana is 125.81910 times that amount.
The "Treasure State," Montana measures 380,838,070 dunams in total area. The northwest corner of Montana is home to Flathead Lake, the largest freshwater lake in the continental United States with a surface area of 496,000 dunams.
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Be it Alec Baldwin, Fergie or Simon Cowell, fans love and support stars on their mission to start or continue growing their families. By offering comforting tweets about celebrity babies, marketers can seize the opportunity to join the conversation, while also pushing their products incidentally.
Brand are solidified based on their relationships with potential customers, so encouraging chatter about celebrity babies and being early informers of such breaking news helps drive a brand's social media.
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Unsung Hero - Off the Field
June 17, 2019 Posted in Sevens / Canada Rugby / CW Rugby / Giving Back / Prems / Game Reports / Rugby Club / Victoria BC / RWC / News / B.C. Rugby / Community / Fifteens / NSWT / VIRU Tide Rugby / Senior Women / Senior Men
Every little bit counts when it comes to keeping the head above water, regarding the operating costs required to run a rugby club. Each home game, Gord Hawkins and Peter Kilshaw "patrol" the pathway egress at Windsor Park, courteously requesting a "donation' from attendees who plan to witness the game/s. Peter, with his indominatable banter and associated sense of humour and Gord, with his quiet, non-plused "Hello", are the public face of our club to many. The impression they create, is the impression of CW rugby in the Oak Bay and wider community. Both men played with the Wanderers before amalgamation but unlike others, have embraced the emergence of OBC and now, CW, and by 'giving back', and are ensuring the continuance of the game they love. Gordie, as Keeper of the south gate, was recognised as an Unsung Hero a few years back, (the blog can be searched on site). Today, we recognise Peter.
CW: Peter, whenever we play UVic you must no doubt recall your times at the institution with great memories. Can you synthesize your years and the University experience with a few highlights?
PK: Ah yes, the UVic days were short-lived but very sweet for me. I only attended the higher-level, post-secondary institution for one year. Fresh out of Oak Bay High School, I started with a couple games with the Jutes, then Norsemen, and by December I was selected for Vikings play. The 1975 season ended and try outs for a Vikings' Tour of Argentina were held. My pal, Psycho and I both made the team, the youngsters. "Boys to Men" … may well have been the tour for Bob and me. The Tour was in September, beginning of what should have been my second year, but I did not continue at University, as I optioned a butcher apprenticeship offer. Whatever you can dream up to associate with a University Rugby Tour, occurred. We had a terrific time and were very well hosted and received. More than that, we reciprocated with "good manners" so to speak. Howard Gerwing, our stalwart and infamous manager was our spiritual leader and I learned some rugby from the teachings of Reverend Billy Kamloops, moves that were to shape my playing days. [Ed. This team was one of two UVic teams that defeated a National team, when they topped Uruguay.]
CW: Prior to enrolling at UVic, you played your junior rugby at Windsor Park. Tell us something about those times and any highlights from your youth and early "senior" rugby days.
PK: Gordie Hawkins is not only a definition of rugger nut, club supporter extraordinaire, he is the guy who introduced me to Rugby in Grade 8 as my coach, at Oak Bay Junior High School. He hasn't changed a bit. We learned and played and fell in love with the game under Gordy's guidance for three years. He also introduced us to Oak Bay Wanderers RFC, our home ground being Windsor Park. So we played school and third division club rugby with OBW on weekends. Unfortunately for Gordie, we were not that good! Individuals with hidden talent who required more to get the on field magic happening. We moved on to Oak Bay High School, then coached under the watchful eye of Frank "Guppy "Gower. Things meshed, we became one rugby organism. The Oak Bay Barbarians were created, thanks to Kevin Neish, Walter "Wooden Hands" Low, our full back, who thankfully, finally started catching the ball! Our team won the first HS School Provincial Championship as the Oak Bay Barbarians, 1974. A lot of this is success could be credited to OBW club exposure. We were basically the same team, playing and practicing 4 – 5 times a week.
Oak Bay Wanderers was our life. We practiced and played at Windsor Park, before the drainage went in. Don Burgess was our coach and mentor. Jim Dempsey, hooker extraordinaire, captained the OBW tour to England and Wales. Jim Dempsey, curiously enough, married my sister. Our clubhouse was on Oak Bay Ave., just inside Victoria boundary, across Foul Bay Road. Everything was within stumbling distance from home and park. As if Tuesday, Thursday practices with Saturday games were not enough, we often hung out at the club, on Fridays. Sometimes quite late into the evening or early morning of game day. Playing with the likes of the mischievous John Morley who we all know well. As a fly half, playing First Division (top level, back in the day), to see how little John Morley would come out of a ruck with the ball, actually smiling and laughing, tossing over to me to scoot away; those are magic memories! Don Burgess was our coach, a man with National caps was always to be revered.
For me, it was all about the club, the friends, and the rugby. We played a lot of decent rugby. In the 1970's, JBAA were the team to beat. However, we did dominate for a couple of years in a row. I remember being fiercely proud of those days. To beat JBAA at "the park" was lovely, but not quite as sweet as winning at MacDonald. Those post game beers in their clubhouse, were so much stronger, seemingly. I also had good fortune to play some Junior Tide line ups under the leadership and coaching of our one and only, Macca. This was higher level exposure, albeit a short stint as we were "juniors" moving up the ladder, so to speak.
A Spring Tide team well represented by Wanderers (Peter, middle back; Shane Muldrew, front left seated), Captained by Brent Johnston, circa 1974.
Things one never forgets: My introduction to OBW First Div. play was against JBAA at Windsor Park. I was a 'snotty' fly half from UVic. Just off the grand Argentina tour. We won the ball from a set scrum, I decided to loop around the blind side. Easy peazy! The sun went out, I felt cold, crunched to the ground by Casey Walt. Twice the size of me. I couldn't breath, I was carried off the field and laid to rest in the change room with what I was sure to be two collapsed lungs! Burge came in, made sure I was all right, and then; "Welcome to First Div." he turned around and left. I was left alone, learning from the arrogant mistake. I went on to play twenty years of club rugby, including a couple of years with the illustrious Victoria Crimson Tide rep side. Oh, what memories!
CW: Rugby requires volunteers to survive. Many who volunteer are provided with the privilege by their spouses and family. Would you mind sharing a few details about your family with our readers?
PK: My wife, Kathy, is simply put, the greatest! When our three children were young, I stopped playing rugby and became Dad. I took myself out of the rugby scene to dote on my family. This was about an 18 year departure. When the nest emptied and I had new found time, I automatically started coming back to the fold to watch the games and enjoy the brotherhood. Funnily enough, when I would talk about the games and the afternoon, it was Kathy who said, if I was going to attend regularly, why not get involved? Perfect! I had reserved that notion thinking that she may not want me to renew my vows with the club. So this second time around, I have taken on a small, but necessary, position for the club. Management and organization of the "gates" was a void to be filled. This became my role.
CW: Your two sons were very good athletes, rugby being just one of their strengths. What are the boys doing with themselves these days?
PK: Yes, they were and still are. They both played rugby for Oak Bay High School, and they were "starters" with the 1st XV. They made the touring team to Ireland. In the end they chose to stay with soccer. At this time, Brad is a happy, self-employed, husband, father and soccer coach in Delta. Danny, a carpenter, married the love of his life last year and has taken to the woods and fishing for recreation.
CW: Then there is Peter! What career path did you follow after University and what do you do now?
PK: I left UVIC to accept a Butcher apprenticeship with Slaters Meats. This eventually led to Kilshaws Quality Meats. Landlord difficulties encouraged my taking a sales position in the meat business. I was very fortunate to be picked up by a great company, Grimm's Fine Foods. I earned a management position, which came with privileges. After 35 years in an evolving business platform, moving more and more to warehouse distributions, I accepted a fair package. I now enjoy a part time sales position with a counter top company, selling granite, quartz, marble etc. You can find me three days a week chatting up Costco members who might be interested in a home renovation.
CW: We will preface this question with the fact that not too, long ago you had a severe health issue. Why have you become so enthusiastic about giving back to rugby, in particular, your club, CW?
PK: "The widow maker" health scare was just that! Life is sweeter now and I do not feel any rush. I didn't feel it was necessary to give back to rugby and the club, rather, I've always been enthusiastic by nature, and what better and deserving way to spend time than helping out the very club who gave me so much, so many years ago? Also, I was warmly welcomed back, greetings I received when I started coming round again. That's why I have enjoyed "giving back". The club never left me, I left the club, for those intervening years. The camaraderie means so much. We should all be giving back, paying forward, so to speak, in some form or another.
CW: What were some of the highlights for you this past season?
PK: A highlight for me is the fact that we were short four home game fixtures on the season versus last season and we, the gate keepers, managed a 25% increase in collective donations with this 20% home gate reduction! This was partially due to the "suggested admissions" increase. Cash injections are vital to a healthy club. First come the players and the team, then comes the support of that team. The rugby was good as well. I want to point out the quality and entertainment value of CW women's premier rugby. In added effort to capture more gate support, I've come to not only appreciate the women's style of play, but every extra bit counts in the coffers. Thus I have set up a "gate" for the earlier game. I would encourage more supporters to come and watch the "full day" of play. As Johnno recently pointed out to me, quite directly, Saturday is Rugby Day, get your house in order!
CW: If you had a magic wand that would work solely for CW what would you request of it?
PK: More "dependables". Supportive supporters. Besides the cash blood flow, we need a few more hands in the volunteer pool. The fact is, the club functions on the consistent effort of a few of the members. Some of us are getting on. If I had a magic wand for CW, I would love to have a secondary crew of gate keepers, who would be dependable for those few home game fixtures through the year. I'm a CW supporter. I attend those 12 – 14 weekend games anyway. If my appeal sounds like it is for you, it is! Please help out in some small way. One example is that the Gate function carries floats for the four corners of Windsor Park. We invariably only have the two main Gates manned. Bill Palmer has recently stepped up for a third gate, but we have those other days and gates un-manned. Loss of potential income! Can you step in? There are other support requirements needed. Field set up and take down, score board duty. After a 100 years, or so, Hugh Creighton, has rightfully handed over the score board. Many hands make light work. As the old hands wash themselves of it, who is there to step up? Take on a small club function and own it. Every bit contributes and I call on our CW supporters, to make connection with me at the gate at the beginning of season and to identify as a "dependable". The President might even buy you a beer some time! Perhaps some of the juniors who are inheriting the club would come forward and show that commitment?
I respectfully acknowledge I have not mentioned our dedicated executive, coaching and managerial staff who are so much more the life of CW. Having said that, my bit is to recognize us little fellas who chip in to help things run. We could use a few more hands to help out with the chores.
Peter has provided us with an historical synthesis of CW rugby of recent decades! Peter, we thank you for the positive spin you give to visitors, family and supporters as you cajole a few bucks to watch the games. Your indomitable sense of humour and personality makes it; "a lovely day at The Park" for all of us!
Hats off to NSWT 7's, 3rd place in Biarritz this past weekend and third overall in the eight series tournaments. The ladies have qualified for the Olympic Games!
As well, to the Seattle Seawolves, repeating their MLR Championship when they pinched victory from the jaws of defeat with a last second, 26 – 23 come from behind victory over San Diego on the road, in the presence of a very creditable home crowd. This was a quality match except for some of the kicking and aired by CBS, exposing the sport to many not familiar with the game with commentary that was succinct and understandable. The Wolves had suffered two last minute losses during the season to SD so perhaps it was third time lucky. Both teams were constituted with many "imports", Seattle in particular, with a solid host of Canadians. It was a good crowd in San Diego and a great to and fro match. SD went ahead in the very late going 23 – 19 following a droppie from an RSA #10 however they committed yet another error and the Seawolves worked their way downfield in "extra" time and from a penalty and ensuing lineout drove ten yards for the 24 – 23 lead and Brock Staller convert to REPEAT as Champs!! On the field in the end were Phillie Mack, Jake Ilnicki, Brock Staller and Jeff Hassler. Others who started and were subbed – DJ Sears-Duru; George Barton (COW) who is an absolute horse and Nakai Penny from Westshore and I think that was it for Canada. Many other nationalities – NZ, OZ, RSA, SAMOA, TONGA and whatever else, refed by a Kiwi who did a good job. So more opportunities for our kids in the pros and all the more need for clubs to keep finding a way to develop players! 'onyas, Seawolves and our Canadian and CW boys – DJ and Jake. [Ed. Cam Polson, M.I.A.??]
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You can drive through our cities and towns today and where 20 years ago you'd see children playing in the yards and streets and playgrounds, now you rarely see children outside playing with any one or with any thing. Everyone's too busy watching TV or playing video games or checking email or texting someone. What is going to be the effect of this disconnect in thirty years? I shudder to think.
Brandon, my son who writes blogs here on thrivingcouples, told me he recently saw in a restaurant three couples sitting at three separate tables with each person interacting solely with their Smart Phones and totally ignoring their partners. All three couples were on Friday night dates concentrating on whatever drivel was on their tiny little screens instead of interacting with their sweethearts!
This would be funny if it weren't tragic.
One of the blessings of being a marriage therapist dude is I learn things from my clients. It's a real treat to see people thriving after some kind of disappointment or problem and I'm always curious to ask, what was the key to your rising above this obstacle?
Recently, a couple shared with me an idea they'd been trying with much success. The reason they came up with it is because they discovered they were spending too much time as a family and as a couple involved with various electronic devices instead of each other. Even after the children went to bed the husband and wife would be on two separate couches each concentrating on their own laptop computer!
They were growing tired of giving all their energies to technology and not having enough quality time with each other and as a family. They decided to try an experiment, which they called "No Technology Tuesday." No technology meant no phone, no TV, no radio, no computers, no electronic gaming devices, no Facebook. What were they going to do instead? It's almost scary!
With no technology to distract anyone they found they had the energy and creativity to do things together. Soon they were doing puzzles and memory games and table games and reading and talking! YIKES! Actually acting as a family!
What a great idea! I asked if they minded if I shared this information with my readers and they were more than willing. Maybe we need to be doing this even more than one evening a week. The distractions, the bombardment of information, most of it trivial, and not even important, keep us holed up in different universes and hold us captive even though we're inches away. Couples keep telling me they don't have time for each other. Turning all of those crazy things off might be a simple way to force them to actually relate to one another.
Whadayaknow? Maybe they'd discover they actually LIKE each other!
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January 16, 2008 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 401(k) participants had equities on their minds in December, according to the latest Hewitt 401(k) Index data.
A Hewitt news release said participant December transfers favored equities 65% of the trading days with a total of $50 million moved out of fixed income and into diversified equity vehicles over the month.December's showing was in contrast to 401(k) transfer activities the month before when p articipants moved assets out of equities and into fixed-income investments on 76% of the days of the month (See 401(k) Participants Turn Cautious in November ).
Overall, however, December trading activity was comparatively quiet with only a single above-normal trading day. An average 0.003% of balances shifted on a net basis per day – below the 12-month 0.04% trailing average.
According to the Hewitt data, 33.8% of the transferring money in December moved into Lifestyle/Pre-Mix while 22.4% was transferred into Balanced funds.
On a year-end basis, participants moved a modest 0.04% of their 401(k) assets daily but had more above-normal transfer days during 2007 than any of the past four years, Hewitt said. During 2007, 41 days had transfer activity exceeding the trailing 12-month average, compared to 28 days in 2006, 22 days in 2005 and 2004, and only eight days in 2003, the company said.
Focusing on the equity markets, Hewitt said 401(k) participants had a strong international flavor to their transactions by favoring international equity funds over those trading in domestic equities (See Head of the Class. New Frontiers ). In fact, assets were consistently moved out of domestic equities (large U.S. equity, small U.S. equity, and company stock) into either international equities or fixed income investments throughout the year.
With the MSCI EAFE Index gaining twice as much as the S&P 500 Index during 2007, participants transferred $1.2 billion into international equities during the year, which added up to a total of $4.2 billion of inflows to this asset class since 2002, Hewitt said. As a result, the average allocation to international equities went up to 9.8% by the end 2007 — an almost 2% increase from the end of 2006.
GIC/stable value funds benefited from inflows almost as much as international funds throughout the year. Nearly $1.2 billion moved to GIC/stable value funds, which was the highest level of inflows to this asset class since 2003. Other fixed income asset classes also received inflows for the year – $659 million shifted into bond and $352 million into money market, Hewitt said.
Both large U.S. equity and small U.S. equity experienced net outflows for the year – $574 million and $605 million, respectively . Again, company stock was the biggest loser of the year with $2.9 billion transferring out of this asset class. It is the largest amount of yearly net outflows for this asset class since the beginning of the 401(k) Index.
By the end of the year, participants' total equity allocation declined to 66.9%, dropping back 1.7% from the beginning of the year. This was mostly due to the significant drop in company stock exposure (down 4.3%).
On the other hand, participants' discretionary contributions to equity went up slightly from 67.5% at the end of 2006 to 68.4% at the end of 2007. Hewitt said 20.3% of the participant-only money went into Lifestyle/Pre-Mix.
The full December report is here .


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Billy Ball
Billy Martin and the Resurrection of the Oakland A's
In the early 1970s, the Oakland Athletics became only the second team in major-league baseball history to win three consecutive World Series championships. But as the decade came to a close, the A's were in free fall, having lost 108 games in 1979 while drawing just 307,000 fans. Free agency had decimated the A's, and the team's colorful owner, Charlie Finley, was looking for a buyer. First, though, he had to bring fans back to the Oakland Coliseum. Enter Billy Martin, the hometown boy from West Berkeley.
In Billy Ball, sportswriter Dale Tafoya describes what, at the time, seemed like a match made in baseball heaven. The A's needed a fiery leader to re-ignite interest in the team. Martin needed a job after his second stint as manager of the New York Yankees came to an abrupt end. Based largely on interviews with former players, team executives, and journalists, Billy Ball captures Martin's homecoming to the Bay area in 1980, his immediate embrace by Oakland fans, and the A's return to playoff baseball. Tafoya describes the reputation that had preceded Martin—one that he fully lived up to—as the brawling, hard-drinking baseball savant with a knack for turning bad teams around. In Oakland, his aggressive style of play came to be known as Billy Ball. A's fans and the media loved it.
But, in life and in baseball, all good things must come to an end. Tafoya chronicles Martin's clash with the new A's management and the siren song of the Yankees that lured the manager back to New York in 1983. Still, as the book makes clear, the magical turnaround of the A's has never been forgotten in Oakland. Neither have Billy Martin and Billy Ball.
During a time of economic uncertainty and waning baseball interest in Oakland, Billy Ball filled the stands, rejuvenated fans, and saved professional baseball in the city.
About Tafoya, Dale
Dale Tafoya is author of Bash Brothers: A Legacy Subpoenaed (Potomac Books, 2008) and has followed Oakland A's baseball for thirty years. His work has appeared in the Oakland Tribune, Contra Costa Times, Orlando Sentinel, Modesto Bee, The Source, and Beckett Baseball Card Monthly. In addition to his writing credits, Tafoya has been a guest on ESPN Radio, FOX Sports, Cumulus Media and Comcast Sports. Tafoya resides in the San Francisco-Bay Area.
The Immaculate Inning Cox, Joe
The Ultimate Boston Red Sox Time Machine Book Gitlin, Martin
Ultimate Cleveland Indians Time Machine Book Gitlin, Martin
The New York Yankees of the 1950s Fischer, David
The Last Icon Travers, Steven


The penultimate episode of season four has aired! The climax is approaching, and after last week's exploration of brutality and corrupted innocence, this week's was rather soft and cushy by comparison. A good thing too, I don't know if anyone came away from that one unscarred! In addition, this week also began bringing season 4.5's various plot threads together – and by that I mean the different bands of characters who, up until now, have been separated and looking for each other.
The episode opens with Glenn, Tara, Abraham, Rosita and Eugene carrying on down the railroad tracks and getting to know each other. Along the way, they find another road map with Maggie's writing on it, telling Glenn to go to Terminus. After running some distance, Abraham tells Glenn they need to stop and rest in a water tower. However, a Walkers emerges from it and nearly lands on them, which sends Tara to the ground, hurting her knee.
Tara says she's okay to walk, and Glenn insists that they keep going. To make it happen, he promises to hand his riot gear over to Eugene to ensure his safety. They come to another message painted on the side of a tunnel, but hear Walkers inside and debate going around. Glenn decides to proceed through with Tara and avoid a day-long detour, but Abraham and his group choose to take the detour route and promise to meet them on the other side.
When they get deeper into the tunnel, they find a slew of Walkers pinned under a fallen section of the ceiling. Glenn worries that this would have prevented Maggie and the others from getting through, but Tara concludes that it had to have happened today. Glenn proceeds through it and inspects the Walkers to make sure none are Maggie or the others, and they begin killing them. Once they make it over, they find a dozen or more Walkers on the other side, which begin to approach them.
Outside, Abraham, Rosita and Eugene double back to the last intersection and find a vehicle, which they plan to start driving for Washington DC again. However, Eugene insists on navigating and tells Abraham to sleep, then misdirects Rosita so that they end up back on the railroad on the other side of the tunnel, where Glenn and Tara are expected to emerge. Abraham wakes up and they begin to argue, until Eugene warns them of something that's approaching them from the tunnel.
Back in the tunnel, Glenn once again is scanning the faces of the Walkers, making sure Maggie isn't one of them and finding no traces of bodies on the ground. Tara says they don't have enough ammo to make it through and insists they turn around, but Glenn demands that they push through. Tara's leg gets caught by a piece of concrete and she tells Glenn to leave her, which draws the Walkers closer. Glenn tries to fight it out, and they are both saved when a group arrives from the opposite end in a vehicle and opens fire on the Walkers.
After shooting them all dead, Maggie runs forward and embraces Glenn. Her group had met up with Abraham, Rosita and Eugene on the road and came in to help them through. They make camp in the cave and introductions are made. Abraham tells them that Eugene knows what caused the walker outbreak and once again says they should head to Washington. But Eugene insists they continue to Terminus first and a consensus is struck. Maggie takes the picture Glenn was keeping of her and burns it, saying he will never need it again.
Elsewhere, we catch up with Daryl's new found companions, the group of armed men led by Joe. Daryl heads out to hunt and is joined by Harley, and the two begin to fight over a wild rabbit they both have claim to. Joe intervenes and tells Daryl that they live by a strict rules to ensure that things don't get chaotic. By the rules of their band, everyone is forced to lay "claim" to something and respect it, and he then splits the rabbit between them.
As they continue on, Joe insists that Daryl join them since no one can make it alone anymore, despite Daryl's insistence that he's better off by himself. He also fills Daryl in on the rules – you claim; if you steal, you kill; and don't lie – and the punishment for breaking any of them, which is a beating. They take shelter in a rail station for the night, find a bunch of cars inside, and begin claiming them for the night. Daryl, having made no claim, sleeps on the floor.
During the night, Harley confronts Daryl and accuses him of stealing his half of the rabbit they killed. Joe inspects Daryl's bag and finds the missing half, and Daryl accuses him of planting it there. Joe orders that Harley be beaten and tells Daryl that he saw do it. In the morning, Daryl finds Harley's body outside with an arrow in his head and covers him up. On the road, they see a sign to Terminus, and Joe reveals that this is where they are headed, mainly because they are tracking the guy who murdered one of their own (Rick!).
At the end of the line at last, Maggie, Glenn and the others see a building with the name TERMINUS painted on it in large letters. They enter through a gate and find a series of small gardens and come to a large barbeque being tended by a woman. She identifies herself as Mary (though Trekkies and geeks will probably recognize her as Tasha Yar), and welcomes them to Terminus.
Straight off the bat, let me say that I enjoyed this episode. It had just enough twists and turns to be interesting, and revealed enough that it was enjoyable. At this point in the season, that is to be expected since they can no longer afford to drag things out or confound viewers with 11th hour complications. I was glad for that much. I was also pretty pleased with the way they answered some important questions and brought key members of the cast back together finally.
Naturally, the big focus of this episode was the reunion of Maggie and Glenn, something which we've been waiting for since season 4.5 started. And I liked how they went about doing this, showing one group retracing the others' steps and then meeting up in the middle. But another thing I enjoyed just as much was the way they revealed Joe and his group's story. For some time now, we've been seeing them pop up and wondering what their angle in all this is.
Obviously, they are a bunch of marauding survivalists that no one in their right mind would turn their back on. And Daryl's involvement with them represents a conflict which is sure to be resolved next week (echoes of Merle's involvement with the Governor here…) But I also wondered if they were related to Terminus at all, if it was their base camp or a trap they were leaving out for unsuspecting wanderers. I also wondered if they played any role in Beth's disappearance.
Now, it would seem that they are just an armed group of survivalists looking to make their way and take from others. The reason they are heading towards Terminus has everything to do with their last encounter with Rick, and apparently nothing to do with the town itself. And Beth's disappearance? Well, that wasn't revealed, but I'd bet dollars to doughnuts this Terminus community is a cooky social experiment and she was kidnapped by them because they are looking for women of child-bearing age. Seriously, anyone want to take that bet?
Ah yes, and at last, we got a glimpse of the place itself and now know that it does in fact exist. We did not find that the place was overrun and the promise of salvation it once offered had expired long ago. Nor was it an obvious trap where men with guns jump out and murder anyone willing to accept the invite. If anything – and this is a key part of that bet I'm making – it's Woodbury 2.0, a seemingly nice community who's happy exterior hides a dark and sinister interior.
In any case, that and other things will be answered next week. And as the sneak peak shows, we will be hearing from Rick, Michonne and Carl; who I imagine will have some 'splaining to do once the marauders catch up with them. And of course, it won't end well, mainly because things never do on The Walking Dead. Actually, they never really end at all. They just keep going and going, despite themselves. But in a post-post-apocalyptic landscape beset by rotting zombies and evil people, what else can you do?


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California's labor and employment laws protect the LGBT community against discrimination over gender identity or sexual orientation. In fact, California has some of the strongest protections for workers in the LGBT community. However, some employers illegally discriminate against gay, lesbian, bi-sexual, and transgender people.
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Victims of LGBT discrimination at work can include:
Bi-sexual men and women
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The federal government and states have passed laws that seek to protect the LGBT community from discrimination and harassment in the workplace. While much progress has been made, LGBT rights are not fully accepted in society.
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Failing to hire a qualified job candidate
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Low-performance rating despite them being hardworking
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In 2020, employment discrimination on the basis of one's sexual orientation or gender identity was made illegal on a federal level under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination based on sex or gender. This is after the Supreme Court landmark ruling that discrimination stemming from an individual's status as a homosexual or transgender violates this law.
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Understanding your rights as a member of the LGBT community can help you seek justice against biased employers. California law promotes equality and fair treatment of all employees.
In 2005, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed into law the Civil Rights Act of 2005. The Civil Rights Act makes it illegal for public accommodations to discriminate against people due to their gender, sexual orientation, or marital status.
The Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) explicitly prohibits discrimination, harassment, and retaliation against employees in all stages of employment. However, this law only applies to employers with 5 or more employees.
As opposed to claims filed under Title VII, there are no limits to the amounts recoverable in compensatory and punitive damages in claims based on the FEHA.
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When the temperature and humidity reach the typical highs of Atlanta's summer months, you should pay close attention to any signs that signal your child is experiencing heat exhaustion or dehydration. Make sure your child is well-hydrated before beginning any outdoor activities and has the opportunity to take frequent water breaks during play or exercise. Stay hydrated to play safely.
Also, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, any child who is dizzy, lightheaded or nauseous during play or during a strenuous sports practice, should be moved to a cooler environment.


Greg over at Counter-Currents recently republished my talk on hatred at the Northwest Forum in June, 2017. Incidentally, this was the month that an infiltrating "journalist" hit-man from Hope Not Hate was in attendance, which continues to amuse me a full year later. I doubt my talk resulted in any ideological rethinking on his part, but I do hope that it helped reveal the philosophical idiocy and dishonesty of most of these anti-hate movements: "hope not hate," "love trumps hate," etc.
There are few things more hated today than hatred itself.
This line of thinking may seem shocking, but it really is symptomatic of our culture's collective opinion of love and hatred. And once you notice it, you begin to see it everywhere. Many in our society would rather not love at all then love something if that love carried any potential for hatred.
And of course, the book is available on Amazon.


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Les sols bruns. ou brunisols, sont la forme classique de sol évolué que l'on rencontre sous forêt feuillue en zone tempérée. Ils portent généralement un humus de type mull, avec un pH de l'horizon A entre 5 et 6.

On observe la présence d'un complexe argilo-humique bien structuré, ce qui évite le lessivage des argiles et du fer. Dans les milieux d'acidité modérée (pH de 5,5 à 6,5), les cations Ca2+ et Al3+ qui relient habituellement les argiles aux composés humiques, sont peu abondants. Ils sont remplacés par l'oxyde de fer hydraté qui est issu de l'altération des minéraux ferro-magnésiens de la roche-mère et est à l'origine la couleur brune (processus de brunification).

Profil du sol type A(B)C, résultant d'une évolution ayant suivi la phase juvénile à profil AC. La désignation entre parenthèses (B) désigne un horizon illuvial enrichi en oxydes de fer.

Les sols bruns sont en général de bons sols forestiers et offrent de bonnes potentialités agricoles..

Condition d'apparition
Les sols bruns apparaissent à la suite du processus pédogénétique de brunification qui intervient en pédogenèse dans les climats tempérés humides. Si les matériaux sont calcaires, ils subissent une décarbonatation, donnant naissance aux calcosols (sols bruns calcaires) puis aux calcisols (sols calciques). L'altération modérée des minéraux primaires dans les sols bien drainés, libère en quantité suffisante des argiles et des oxydes de fer, permettant ainsi la mise en place d'un complexe argilo-humique CAH avec une liaison Fe+2 (pont ferreux) caractéristique. L'association de ces oxydes de fer avec le CAH donne une teinte brune caractéristique.

En clair, les sols bruns apparaissent en zone tempérée dès lors qu'aucun cas particulier ne se présente (calcaire actif, nappe d'eau, humus acide, pente, etc.).

La désaturation progressive du sol par lixiviation crée progressivement des conditions favorables au lessivage des colloïdes (argiles et hydroxydes de fer), ce qui entraîne la dispersion de ces composants puis leur migration vers les horizons inférieurs (phénomène d'illuviation) où ils refloculent grâce à la présence de cations issus de l'altération de la roche-mère. Ce processus de lessivage est accéléré dans les zones mal aérées ou hydromorphes (une partie du fer Fe3+ est réduite en Fe2+ et se sépare des argiles). On aboutit à la formation de néoluvisols (sols bruns lessivés), puis de luvisols (sols lessivés). Ce lessivage important est fréquent dans les zones d'humification à faible acidité (mull mésotrophe) ou lorsque la couverture végétale a disparu ou est trop sollicitée (incendies, essartage, étrépage, défrichage, etc.).

Sous-catégories

 Sol brun eutrophe :
 taux de saturation > 70 % (saturé le plus souvent),
 humus : eumull,
 sur sol riche en base,
 souvent en bas de pente ;
 sol brun mésotrophe :
 taux de saturation entre 30 et 70 %,
 humus : mésomull ;
 sol brun acide :
 taux de saturation < 30 %,
 humus : dysmull,
 sur roche-mère acide (exemple : granite, schiste, grès…),
 souvent en milieu/haut de pente faible ;
 sol brun hydromorphe :
 présence d'une nappe d'eau temporaire ne remontant jamais à la surface,
 d'où un horizon (B)g de type pseudogley (bariolé de taches rouille et blanchâtres, traces caractéristiques de l'hydromorphie),
 horizon (B)x compact, plancher de la nappe ;
 sol brun ocreux ou sol ocre podzolique (≈ alocrisol) :
 intermédiaire entre les sols brunifiés et podzolisés (podzosol), il présentant un ou plusieurs horizons humifères acides au-dessus d'un horizon ocre à rouille riche en fer libre
 exclusivement sur roches acides,
 humus de type moder,
 début de dégradation chimique des argiles (acidolyse des argiles conduisant au processus de podzolisation).

Notes et références

Voir aussi
 Pédologie (géoscience)
 Pédogenèse

Type de sol

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