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Street Soccer Canada team from Vancouver Downtown Eastside present video of Homeless World Cup 2010 at First United Church
March 17, 2011 ahamedia	2 comments
Our local Street Soccer Canada team from Vancouver Downtown Eastside recently presented a video of their memories of their time at Homeless World Cup 2010 in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil to members of First United Church
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Team Canada for Street Soccer at Rio 2010 Homeless World Cup Day 11 ( Last Day )
October 6, 2010 ahamedia	2 comments
Coach Alan Bates writes:
Hi Street Soccer Canada fans,
I bet you thought you'd read the last update. For the last few days I thought you might have already read the last update too. We're all back home now and things have been busy for everyone. But the welcome back we've received from supporters, friends and family has been amazing. Too amazing to not find time for the last update. Thanks so much again for sticking right with us through the rough parts of the tournament and pledging your continued support.
There are more great photos from Sarah Blyth:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=494638&id=852065453&l=ba21c0b8e2
Day 11 of our adventure featured the final games of the tournament and the closing ceremonies. In the men's final, Chile squared off against host Brazil (sorry to anyone who put money on my picks of Mexico and Kenya). One of Chile's players would go on to be named the top male player of the tournament, but the game was all Brazil. The greatest football nation in the world put an incredible team on the pitch that was lead by their bespeckled keeper who can intercept incoming danger better than a patriot missile. Unlike the traditional free-flowing Brazilian game, there was a clear system being used by the home team. Whenever their defense intercepted the ball, they fed it to the goalie who immediately one-timed it straight up the middle to a striker who always knew what to do with it. I'm sure they make it look easy, but it's definitely one to add to our playbook for Paris 2011. The women's contest also featured Brazil in a match-up with fan favourites Mexico. Because Mexico had a men's team and a women's team, they always had lots of fan support. And it wasn't just butts in the seats. The Mexican fans had face paint, whistles, headbands, noisemakers, and, best of all, several Mexican-style wrestling masks a-la Nacho Libre. Unfortunately for the Mexican faithful, the Brazilian women also proved too much for their competition and Brazil walked away with both trophies.
Despite falling slightly short of the big prizes, the Mexican teams were very impressive and there's a Canadian connection to their success. One of the Mexican coaches got his start in Street Soccer coaching Team Canada. He now oversees a program in Mexico with over 6000 men and women enrolled. Roughly half the participants are women. Though we will likely never have as large a program in Canada, we would like to have more female Street Soccer players. How cool would it be to have a co-ed team or even a full women's team in Paris? The other thing about the Mexican program that would be great to replicate here is the participation of a major sponsor. TelMex (the Mexican equivalent of Bell or Telus) sponsors the Mexican program and everything about their organization looks first-class as a result.
At the closing ceremonies, each player received a medal and each team including us received a silver plate stating this year's ranking. We're number 40! Woohoo! No shame there, believe me. In addition to the men's cup and the women's cup, there were some other extra awards for things like best male and female player, top three coaches (guess I bribed the wrong guy), etc. There was also a Fair Play award which went to… wait for it… Canada! There were huge cheers throughout the crowd from all our new friends as we collected our trophy as well as genuine Brazilian national team jerseys for each player and coach. Now, I've been around sports long enough to know that awards like this sometimes just go to the team that obviously couldn't compete with the others and that everyone just kind of felt sorry for. That was not the case here. Our guys earned every bit of that award. Always cheering for other teams. Always cheering and entertaining the crowd. Ambassadors for Canada down every street we walked. Not taking a single card the whole tournament. Always respectful of the officials. The other volunteers and I couldn't have been more proud of the self-generated genuine Canadian spirit that our players packed with them everywhere they went. Given the background of many of the players and the nature of this competition, I think we can all agree that it was special to receive the Fair Play award.
As the final gathering of all the teams, the closing ceremonies also provided a final opportunity for the players to collect souvenirs from the other teams. If there's one thing people from the Downtown Eastside don't need lessons in, it's trading goods. The guys swapped shirts for bags, flags for pins, shorts for shorts (seriously), hats for wrestling masks, and acquired a huge array of items from around the globe.
Overall, I can only say that the Homeless World Cup was an incredible experience. I think it's an experience the players will find strength in for the rest of their lives and it's an experience that couldn't have been provided without all of your support. To Street Soccer coaches, volunteers, fans, and sponsors right across the country: Thank you so much!
Until Paris 2011,
Categories: AHA Media, Alan Bates, April Smith, Downtown Eastside, DTES, Eastside Sun Eagles, PHS, PHS Community Services Society, Portland FC, Portland Hotel Society, Street Soccer Canada, Sun Eagles Street Soccer, Team Canada for Street Soccer, Vancouver Downtown Eastside
Team Canada for Street Soccer at Rio 2010 Homeless World Cup Day 9
September 28, 2010 ahamedia	Leave a comment
Well, today is our last day here in Rio. A lot has happened over the last three days so I'll try to get you caught up before we have to leave for the airport.
For pictures from a triumphant Day 9, see:http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=494628&id=852065453&l=3e0b843e07
I knew Day 9 was going to go well when we actually left the hostel on time. After our Canada cheer and a quick trip on the Metro, we arrived at the Mellow Yellow hostel for breakfast. The meals there have been really good. Breakfast has generally been cheese, ham, eggs, and hotdog slices in somekind of sauce. Hotdogs in tomato sauce seems to be the classic version, but you wouldn't believe how many different delicious hotdog concoctions there can be (for dinner as well as breakfast). Our hostel serves a slightly less refined version of the hotdogs in tomato sauce, so we generally made the trip to Mellow Yellow for the higher quality version.
Our first game of the day was against Switzerland. I'd scouted them a bit over the first few days of the tournament and they'd had some nice results: 7-1 over Greece, a win on penalties after a 3-3 tie with Hungary (who beat us 6-1), and 12-1 against New Zealand. I thought we could play with them though. Taking a page right out of the Coach's Corner playbook, I used our pre-game huddle to ask the guys if they knew why we didn't have names on the back of our jerseys (true answer is that we didn't know who all the players were going to be before they made the jerseys). Don Cherry-esque answer I gave the guys: Because you don't play for the name on the back, you play for the crest on the front. That got a combination of cheers and laughter and I don't know if it helped or not, but it was fun to say.
Whether because of the Don Cherry-like address, the tomato sauce slathered hotdog bits or some other unknown variable, we came out flying against the Swiss. Our team defence was even better than it was against Mexico. Every time we lost the ball in the other team's end, someone was right back to put an end to any Swiss opportunism. We were sacrificing the body as shot after Swiss shot was blocked in one fashion or another. There were some rockets that got through our defence, but they would only get so far. With his performance of the week and one that would redefine his level of play for the rest of the tournament, keeper Kevin King stepped it up big time. He was hitting the deck, stacking the pads, flailing out arms, whatever was needed. Switzerland would manage only one goal against him. Unfortunately, the Swiss defence was equally resolute.
In close games like this, you always look to the character players. Having already secured our first win with a hat-trick, Richard Mountain left nothing to chance when he unleashed an unfaltering one-timer from the left side of the net that would send us into sudden-death penalties. With his previoius penalty performance fresh in my memory, it was an easy decision to give Robert Milton the nod for our first shot. It was a decision that wouldn't be second-guessed as he answered the call by putting it in the upstairs left corner where mother keeps the Toblerones. In the only ending that could do justice to his performance throughout the whole game, Kevin King then came out to the top of the crease, made himself big and gobbled up Switzerland's only chance to keep the competition alive.
We were ecstatic with our second win of the tournament. It could be argued that New Zealand was a team we should have beat, but this was different. If I knew who any of the Swiss guys were, I think I'd be able to say they have a more skilled team on paper than we do. It was a real gutsy performance with a deserved result. Between games, we celebrated our big win with refreshments at one of the boardwalk kiosks and even did a little congo-line dancing when some musicians stopped by provide some entertainment and take an unreasonable amount of our money.
Our second game of the day was against India. In a familiar pattern, we played another good game against a team that was just a few steps ahead of us in skill and experience. Jeremy Isaac continued his good form with a couple of goals to keep things interesting in an 8-2 loss.
Having taken care of business at the tournament, it was time to hit the beach in Ipanema. We jumped through huge waves, played some football with the locals, caught some rays, and bought some ridiculous items from the roaming beach vendors. Ipanema was followed up by a veritable feast of a selection of fine meats and other delicacies courtesy of Paul Gregory, the head of Street Soccer Canada.
We then retreated to the hostel to get ready for a night out in Lapa. Lapa is a party district filled with restaurants, bars and clubs. The guys were looking pretty stylin' and we had a fun time wandering through the festive crowds. In the end though, that environment proved a bit too much for a couple of the guys and we cut the night a little early. We needed to re-focus for Hong Kong in the morning.
Thanks for your support,
Categories: AHA Media, Alan Bates, April Smith, Canada, Community Engagement, DTES, Eastside Sun Eagles, Homeless World Cup 2010, PHS, PHS Community Services Society, Portland FC, Portland Hotel Society, Sun Eagles Street Soccer, Team Canada for Street Soccer, Vancouver, Vancouver Downtown Eastside
September 27, 2010 ahamedia	1 comment
I've fallen even further behind with these updates. A lot happens in a day for some of our guys, even when they're not participating in a soccer tournament in Rio.
Some of you have probably already found photos for Day 8 at:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=493079&id=852065453&l=470e63b66e
Every morning as we leave the hostel, we gather in a circle and someone says something about Canada before we do a 1-2-3-Canada! cheer. You might not have guessed that some or our players are really into the history channel. Things shared in our morning ritual have included Billy Bishop shooting down the Red Baron, Canadians figuring out how to deal with mustard gas, and German POWs being well-treated (apparently with steak dinners?) in Eastern Canada during WWII. Although these are all related to conflicts with Germany, one of our players also told me that he really likes Germans and feels that of all the European cultures, theirs is most like his own First Nations culture. I didn't get a lot of details, but there must be a Sociology thesis there somewhere.
Day 8 was relatively uneventful from a soccer point of view. We only had one game and I feel like there's not a lot to say about it. Either that or I'm too tired to remember details. We played Finland, didn't score, and got scored on a lot. We didn't have a bad game, they were just a better team and we didn't get any bounces. I've got to emphasize again how good the guys have been at just accepting very lopsided games like this, keeping a positive attitude and moving on.
The highlight of the day came off the pitch with our ride on the Santa Teresa streetcar. It only costs 60 cents (or whatever they're called here) for an amazing 40-or-so minute trip. After a section of elevated track that makes it feel like you're slowly floating (in a clunky kind of way) over the city in a streetcar, the tracks wind up narrow curving roads. The scenery includes restaurants, homes, and very impressive street art/graffiti. In addition to the paying customers, scores of kids hop on and off all the way up, barely missing telephone poles and buses going the other way as they hang from the side. Of course, our players couldn't miss out on that kind of reckless fun so they also had a go at barely avoiding utility poles and side-mirrors. We've spent a lot of time near the tournament venue in Copacabana and this felt like a much more genuine part of the city. After the streetcar trip, the Theatro Municipal was also really spectacular at night with lights coming through all the stained-glass windows.
Hopefully, I'll be able to catch up on the updates tomorrow.
Categories: AHA Media, Alan Bates, April Smith, Canada, Community Engagement, Downtown Eastside, DTES, Eastside Sun Eagles, Homeless World Cup 2010, PHS, PHS Community Services Society, Portland FC, Portland Hotel Society, Sun Eagles Street Soccer, Team Canada for Street Soccer, Vancouver, Vancouver Downtown Eastside
I'm still running a day late.
We participated in three great soccer games on day 7. The first was our game against New Zealand. Similar to how the majority of our team is First Nations, the majority of the players on Team New Zealand are Maori. They're big and they really throw their weight around. They also have at least one player who seems to be experiencing some psychosis at the tournament. A couple of days ago, I was just standing around and he started to yell at me "What's your problem?!", "What do you want man, what's your problem?!". There were several possible answers to those questions, but I don't think any were what he was looking for. Fortunately, none of our players who have a history of psychotic episodes have experienced those kind of symptoms on our trip (as far as I know anyways).
Early in the game, I was worried that we would lose our cool against the repeated pushing fouls (some uncalled) that were being dished out by the very physical Kiwis. My worries faded away as incident after incident ended with our guys just getting up and continuing on with the play. A few months ago, at least one of our guys would get right up in your grill if you even looked at him funny. I was really proud to see such good discipline from our whole team. It paid off when a New Zealand player eventually received a blue card (which results in a two-minute penalty similar to in hockey) for overly aggressive play and we capitalized on the man advantage. But really, by that time we already had the game well in hand.
Just like we started losing the game against Cambodia the night before, we started winning the New Zealand game when we came out flying against Mexico. It turned out Richard Mountain wasn't done sending a message after addressing our fans after the Cambodia game. Matching words with action, he lead the team's offence with a well deserved hat-trick. We also found offensive production from Robert Milton with a pair of goals himself and one each from Peter Chow and Randy Comiso (while sporting a bandaged thumb from his injury against Mexico) to propel us to a comfortable 7-3 win. The team has a pretty positive attitude even after most loses, but it was really nice to get a W.
Our second game of the day was against Hungary. I was again impressed with our play and it was a tight game the whole way through. The eventual 6-1 scoreline flattered the Hungarians. The better team won, but I'm sure we would take a game or two against them in a best of seven series. Our goal came from the reliable right boot of Peter Chow and I couldn't really fault our play in any particular area.
That night, we jumped on an on an opportunity to go see some Brazilian football. We joined Botafogo's boisterous fans in a classic battle against Vasco and their supporters at the other end of the pitch. The fans put on an amazing spectacle. As I was watching huge flags waving, toilet paper streamers cascading onto the field and balloons being inflated with unending chanting and drumming, I turned around to realize that a soccer game had also started sometime after our arrival. Vasco controlled the majority of the play throughout the first half, but Botafogo came on in the second and eventually squeaked out a 2-2 draw on a penalty in the final minute. The fans were ecstatic with the comeback tie and nothing celebrates a great result like setting off flash grenades on the pedestrian ramps that lead out of the stadium.
Here are some more great pictures taken by Sarah Blyth for Day 7:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=493073&id=852065453&l=f9a3aefcf4
So, another great day of soccer with more on the way.
Categories: AHA Media, Alan Bates, April Smith, Canada, Downtown Eastside, DTES, Eastside Sun Eagles, Homeless World Cup 2010, PHS, PHS Community Services Society, Portland FC, Portland Hotel Society, Street Soccer Canada, Sun Eagles Street Soccer, Team Canada for Street Soccer, Vancouver, Vancouver Downtown Eastside
Sorry to be a day late again. Our days have been very busy as I'll fill you in on below.
I ended the last update by letting you know that we were having some interpersonal difficulties on the team the night before our second day of games. We'd had a rough ride against Ireland and the Romanian-Brazilian alliance and we have 8 players and me stuffed into a room that's three quarters the size of an average bedroom. Some conflict was inevitable.
But enough with the excuses. Our morning yesterday can only be described as disgraceful. When the opening whistle went for our morning game against Cambodia, it was clear that we were already in full process of losing. We started losing against Cambodia at about 8pm the night before. Team Cambodia have become good friends of ours. We've cheered for them through their loses and they've cheered for us through ours. They're an easy team to cheer for. They just look like an underdog. Despite their youngest player being 17 and the rest of their team being well over 20, they all look like they're about 12 by Canadian body-structure and size standards.
By the time we played them, we'd already seen them get pushed around and generally pasted by two other teams. I think our team was ready to play a team that would surely lose to the old-ladies home, let alone a bunch of big bad guys from the hood in Vancity. We were ready for sure glory. Instead, the ball was in our net within the first three seconds. The game pretty much continued along those lines. I didn't recognize our team out there. We didn't get back to defend, we didn't attack as a team, we didn't communicate at all, and we got out-muscled and out-classed by a Cambodian team that deserves credit for bringing their A-game against us. Goals by Jeremy Isaac and Peter Chow were too little too late.
After every game, we meet as a team on the beach to talk about what went right and what went wrong. The players speak first and then Daniel Errey and I summarize what we agree with and make the points we want to add. Usually, I try to be pretty positive and I don't anger easily. I didn't have anything good to say about our game. I did have strong opinions on how our poor conduct the night before had lead to our abysmal performance and I didn't hold back on sharing them with the team. And if they hadn't really got the message from me, they sure had by the time team organizer extraordinaire Kalin See had translated my words into the players' more familiar Downtown Eastside dialect.
The post-game discussion prompted co-captain Patrick Oleman to call a players-only meeting. The players had their meeting while all the volunteers also got together to talk about how things were going and how to optimize all the organization. I don't know what was said in the players-only meeting, but they came away from it a different team. Despite not being the source of any of the conflict, Richard Mountain came back from the meeting with his teammates to offer a heartfelt apology on behalf of the team for letting down all the people supporting us back in Canada. The rest of the team seemed equally convinced they had a new direction.
We had a great warm-up for our game against Mexico. The team had new determination. I was wishing that we were playing a team that would allow this new attitude to translate into a win. Based on their easy victory over Ireland who creamed us 17-1, I figured we would need a miracle to beat Mexico. In the end, a win wasn't necessary for us to get all the satisfaction we needed out of the game.
We played amazing. Coming hard right out of the gates, we actually went up 1-0 and spent most of the first half losing by scores of only 2-1 or 3-2 (after goals by Robert Milton and Peter Chow). We were on fire. Everyone was getting back to defend and we were attacking with enough pressure to let the Mexicans know they had a real game on their hands.
The MVP performance was definitely by goalkeeper Randy Comiso who probably put on the best performance by a Canadian keeper in an international game ever (Craig who?). The Mexicans can really shoot and Randy was getting a piece of everything. Unfortunately, he got too small a piece of one particularly hard shot and had to leave the game with a bad thumb sprain that required a trip to the hospital. For a great account of the Canada-Mexico game see: http://www.homelessworldcup.org/news/canada-2-11-mexico .
We were really proud of our performance against Mexico and fortunately there were some great things planned for the players that evening that were fitting celebrations. While Randy and I made a trip to the hospital,
In case you're curious about the hospital, I'll describe it briefly. When we pulled up to Miguel Couto public hospital, we found the front steps full of people who were apparently waiting to get into Emergency. The "triage" system seemed to consist of a large security guard who eyed each new person and either let them in or told them to wait on the steps. He let Randy and our interpreter in, but wouldn't let me come in with them. So I spent a couple hours trying to figure out the system for the people on the steps. I never did. In the end, Randy didn't have to wait much longer than he would at a Canadian hospital. He did have to wait in several long lineups though. The good news was that there were no fractures and by today he is already able to move the thumb quite well.
The rest of the team went to see the Christ the Redeemer statue up close. They all described it as an incredible experience. After getting back from the hospital, Randy and I were able to join everyone else for a full-moon gondola ride up to the top of Sugar Loaf. The views of the lights spreading around and sprawling up the hills of Rio were awesome. We started the day on a bad note, but definitely ended on the right one.
Pictures for day 6 for you:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=492765&id=852065453&l=c0b918624c
Time for some sleep.
Hi Street Soccer Fans,
Day 2 started with a meeting to comment on successes and address problems that we had on day 1. Let's be honest, this kind of trip was never going to be without its challenges. I think we're lucky to be here a bit early to work out little things and start to bond as a team.
If you just want to see some photo highlights from today, go to:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=490358&id=852065453&l=ac9f31afa1
After being joined by all the Vancouver-based volunteers who came a day later than the team, we decided we had to hit the beach. We played frogger across 7 or 8 highways (crosswalks seem not to have been invented yet in Brazil) to get to beautiful Botafogo beach. It's covered in soccer nets. There's also a great view of the Christ on the way there.
We then went for salad and pizza washed down with Guarana before returning back to the Hostel to wait for our uniforms. I can't really describe in text how excited the guys were about the unis: home and away professional-looking jerseys, shorts, socks, new shoes, and tons of flags. Paul, Wendy, and Michelle from Street Soccer Canada did a great job getting it all together and to Rio. There were expletives and tears, both out of happiness.
After taking some pictures at the Hostel, we went to break in the new gear by playing with the kids that the players have befriended. We mixed up the teams and had a great game. The kids have awesome skill. A little more size and you could see them really tearing up a soccer field. Some other guys who were standing around joined in the game too. It was a bit like those hockey commercials we have where a ball hockey game just spontaneously erupts out of random people on the street.
We finished the night with a casual dinner at the hostel and are looking forward to finding out who our competition is in the first round tomorrow. Korea, Norway, Poland, and the US are all staying near us. The guys want to play the best teams. We all feel it's just going to be so cool to play teams from other countries. It doesn't really matter who the individual guys are. Just the fact that they all flew here from some other nation to compete with us is awesome.
Tomorrow: Group draws
Sunday: Parade, Opening Ceremonies, first games of the tournament
Categories: AHA Media, Alan Bates, April Smith, Downtown Eastside, DTES, Eastside Sun Eagles, Homeless World Cup 2010, PHS, PHS Community Services Society, Portland FC, Portland Hotel Society, Team Canada for Street Soccer, Vancouver, Vancouver Downtown Eastside


Precitech along with AMETEK Electronic Packaging, Taylor Hobson, TMC, Vision Research, and Zygo recently exhibited at Photonics West in San Francisco. On display in our booth was The Fast Tool Servo 5000, Levicron high speed milling and grinding spindle, and Nanoform X. Precitech and Vision Research also collaborated to make a high speed video of the fast tool servo cutting process.
The First Annual North Ameriican DIFFSYS user's Group Meeting The first annual North American DIFFSYS User's Group Meeting was held at the Best Western hotel in Keene, NH on 4 May, 2017. There was a very good turn out with representatives from BAE, Clear Align, General Dynamics, ISP Optics, Janos, Rochester Precision Optics, Syntec, and Wilcox Industries all participating. We were happy to also have Alan Edwards, the founder of DIFFSYS in attendance. The meeting was a chance for DIFFSYS users to share their experiences and collaborate with other expert users. If you are interested in attending future user group meetings please contact Kirk Rogers or Cathi Giard.
Photonics West – San Francisco, January 28 – February 2, 2017 Precitech recently exhibited at Photonics West in San Francisco. On display in Precitech's booth was our Nanoform X on TMC SEM-Base active vibration cancellation platform. Also on display was a laser assisted machining device from Micro-LAM along with diamond turned infrared and tungsten carbide samples. We also conducted an in booth DIFFSYS training session.
Lens Expo, Yokohama Japan May 2016 Precitech along with Taylor Hobson recently exhibited at the Lens Expo in Yokohama, Japan.
Aachen Polymer Optics Days 2016 Precitech recently participated and exhibited at the Aachen Polymer Optics Days conference in Germany.
Defense + Commercial Sensing Precitech recently exhibited at Defense + Commercial Sensing in Baltimore, Maryland.
Laser World of Photonics India – New Delhi, India September 2015 Precitech participated in the second Indian Diamond Turning workshop hosted jointly by IIT Mumbai and Mechvac in Mumbai.
CIOE China International Optoelectronic Expo Shenzen, China – September 2015 Precitech recently exhibited at CIOE in Shenzhen, China along with Taylor Hobson and Zygo.
Laser World of Photonics – Munich June 2015 Precitech along with Taylor Hobson, Zygo, TMC, Levicron, and Vision Research exhibited at Laser Munich. Where we introduced our new line of machines to the European market.
Opto Taiwan – June 2015 Precitech exhibited along with Zygo, Levicron, and our agent Long Hong International at Opto Taiwan. At this show we introduced our new fleet of machines optimized for light management applications.
Lens Expo OPIE 2015 – April 2015 Precitech along with Taylor Hobson exhibited at the Lens Expo (OPIE 2015) in Yokohama, Japan.
Laser World of Photonics China – March 2015 Precitech along with other AMETEK businesses including TMC and Zygo recently exhibited at the Laser World of Photonics China in Shanghai.
Photonics West – February 2015 Precitech, along with other AMETEK businesses including TMC, Taylor Hobson, Zygo, Vision Research and EPC exhibited recently at Photonics West in San Francisco.
Precitech Asian Sales Office – January 2014: Precitech installed its newest small frame machine, the Nanoform X, at its Shanghai applications lab. (see more photos).


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Study Finds Low Rate of COVID-19 Among Dental Hygienists
CHICAGO, February 24, 2021 –– Despite having been designated as high risk for COVID-19 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a new study finds 3.1 percent of dental hygienists have had COVID-19 based on data collected in October 2020. This is in alignment with the cumulative infection prevalence rate among dentists and far below that of other health professionals in the U.S, although slightly higher than that of the general population.
The research, published by The Journal of Dental Hygiene, is the first large-scale collection and publication of U.S. dental hygienists' infection rates and infection control practices related to COVID-19. In partnership, the American Dental Hygienists' Association (ADHA) and the American Dental Association (ADA) have released initial findings from their ongoing, joint research designed to estimate the prevalence of COVID-19 among U.S. dental hygienists, as well as examine infection prevention and control procedures and any associated trends, including employment data.
"We were pleased to collaborate with the ADA on this research that takes a closer look at the impact of the pandemic on the dental team," said ADHA CEO Ann Battrell, M.S.D.H. "The low infection rate shows us we can provide oral health care in a safe manner, which is critically important since the safety of dental hygienists and the patients they serve is of the utmost importance to ADHA and the dental hygiene profession."
The data reflect results from the first month of a longitudinal study on the impact of COVID-19 on dental hygienists in the U.S. As of October 8, 2020, a total of 4,776 dental hygienists from all 50 states and Puerto Rico had participated in the survey. Of the survey participants, 149 respondents (3.1 percent) had ever been diagnosed with COVID-19, either through testing or by a medical professional, and they were not clustered in any particular geographic region.
"The dental team has been following strict infection control guidance since long before COVID-19," said Marcelo Araujo, D.D.S., M.S., Ph.D., a senior author of the report, chief executive officer of the ADA Science and Research Institute and ADA chief science officer. "This study is another proof point that dental care is safe for patients and dental professionals."
According to the study, more than 99 percent of respondents reported their primary dental practice had enhanced infection prevention or control efforts in response to the pandemic. The majority of respondents wore eye protection, masks, protective coverings and gloves during dental procedures.
A second study in the joint research examined employment rates of dental hygienists, finding that 8 percent of dental hygienists had left the workforce since the onset of the pandemic. Of this group, nearly 60 percent left the workforce voluntarily, citing reasons such as overall concerns around the pandemic, safety concerns and childcare issues.
"We know the pandemic has impacted healthcare workers in so many ways," said JoAnn R. Gurenlian, R.D.H., M.S., Ph.D., A.F.A.A.O.M., a lead author of the research and the chair of ADHA's Task Force on Return to Work. "While one-quarter of the 8 percent of dental hygienists who left the workforce were laid off due to early dental office closures, others were faced with tough decisions around whether or not they could continue to work in a setting that requires direct patient care. It's a very personal decision. The good news is, the infection rate data shows that dental hygiene care can be delivered safely. And, with vaccine availability we may see more opportunities for dental hygienists to return to practice."
According to the authors of the report, COVID-19 has led to a reduction in the dental hygienist workforce that is likely to persist until the pandemic passes.
"The pandemic is bringing unprecedented disruption to the U.S. health care sector, including in the dental workforce," said Marko Vujicic, Ph.D., chief economist and vice president of the ADA's Health Policy Institute. "We are continuing to examine employment patterns and the impact on the dental team, including how continued vaccine distribution will contribute to these patterns. Our research suggests once the pandemic is over, we could see employment patterns largely return to pre-pandemic levels."
The ADHA and the ADA will continue to work together to track infection rate data and the impact of COVID-19 on dental professionals.
About the American Dental Association
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(also known as The Kamikaze Guy and The Kamikaze Guy: Duel at High Noon, is a 1966 Japanese crime action comedy film directed by Kinji Fukasaku and starring Sonny Chiba.

Plot
Three men involved with the murder of a Taiwanese man receive threatening letters signed with the initials K.M. and a skull. The first recipient, Mr. Yajima, is killed on a ski slope and the prime suspect is the Tokyo pilot Ken Mitarai, also known as "Mr. Toilet". Ballistics clear him but later a diviner tells him that he will travel to Taiwan and the next day he receives a mysterious booking from the dead man Mr. Yajima to fly an MU-2 to Taiwan. The Taiwanese photographer & journalist Koran flies along with him and in the airplane they discover the diviner's body in a trunk belonging to Tianci Rai, the President of Taiwan Tourism and another recipient of the threatening letter.

Upon arriving, they are attacked by Rai's men but manage to escape. Ken is dragged into a brothel, where a kind worker allows him to spend the night. The next day, Ken attempts to leave the country but receives a note from Mr. Kitazawa, the final recipient of the threatening letter, to meet him at the Confucius Temple. Once there, he is told by Mr. Kitazawa that Mr. Kitazawa received the same note, leading them to believe that another attack is imminent. Mr. Kitazawa leaves and his car explodes immediately thereafter.

Koran and Ken confront President Rai, who drugs their drinks to knock them out with plans to have them die in a staged plane crash, but they are saved by a rival journalist of Koran's named Fumio Kuroki, who informs them that the murders relate to 20 billion yen in diamonds seized during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan. Koran and Ken visit a funeral march for Mr. Kitazawa, where they are spotted by President Rai, who sends men to eliminate them. Ken allows them to believe that they have run him and Koran off the road into a gorge, but they secretly hide in the men's trunk, gaining them access to President Rai's hideout, where Koran learns that they are heading to Hell Valley.

President Rai and his men dig up the stolen gems from their hiding spot in Hell Valley but then Rai's assistant Fengying shoots the men and it is revealed that she has been working with Mr. Kitazawa, who faked his own death. They kill President Rai and escape in separate cars. Mr. Kitazawa accidentally kills Fengying while attempting to kill Ken, then escapes into the MU-2 and attempts to smuggle the gems back to Japan. Ken jumps onto the plane and climbs inside while it is in the air, then overpowers Mr. Kitazawa and throws him out.

Ken Mitarai is given a medal at a ceremony in Taiwan, after which Fumio Kuroki admits to him that he is actually the son of the murdered man. Ken and Koran take a flight back to Japan, but when it is announced that the plane will be returning to Taiwan due to bad weather, Ken parachutes out of the plane to avoid returning.

Cast
 Sonny Chiba as Ken Mitarai
 Minoru Ōki as Mr. Kitazawa
 Ken Takakura as Fumio Kuroki
 Gōzō Sōma
 Hideo Murota as detective
 Pailan as Koran
 Hiroko Kuni
 Ririko Sawa

Marketing
The film was marketed as the first of what was planned to be a series of multiple Kamikaze Man films, much in the way that Kinji Fukasaku and Sonny Chiba had previously worked together on multiple Drifting Detective and Vigilante in the Funky Hat films. However, no further films were produced featuring the character Ken Mitarai.

References

External links

 Kamikaze Man: Duel at Noon at allcinema (in Japanese)
 Kamikaze Man: Duel at Noon at Japanese cinema db (in Japanese)
 Kamikaze Man: Duel at Noon at Kinenote (in Japanese)

1966 films
1960s action comedy films
1960s crime action films
1960s crime comedy films
Films about aviators
Films about journalists
Films directed by Kinji Fukasaku
Films set in Taiwan
Films set in Taipei
Films set in Tokyo
Films set in Yokohama
Films shot in Taiwan
1960s Japanese-language films
Japanese action comedy films
Japanese crime comedy films
Taiwanese-language films
Japanese crime action films
Toei Company films
1960s multilingual films
Japanese multilingual films
1960s Japanese films

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The National-led Government is no stranger to the difficulties of seismic activity. Over the past 6 years we have had half a dozen major earthquakes and tens of thousands of smaller ones. The response to this most recent 7.5 earthquake has shown that we know what to do and we are here to get on with the job.
It is a really tough job being a first responder. You have to adapt, you have to improvise, and you have to overcome new and challenging situations. Making decisions is particularly difficult in such fluid situations, and I think the Prime Minister and Minister Brownlee have done an outstanding job in reassuring those affected by the earthquakes that they are committed to supporting those communities. I would also like to thank local MP Stuart Smith who has been working so hard in the area. We need to remember that the situations of a disaster are always different. There is no one single correct method of dealing with it. Sometimes you just have to roll with the punches, and that is exactly what our communities are doing. They are looking after each other, they are supporting each other, and they are making sure that everybody is moving in the right direction.
Shortly after the earthquakes on Monday morning, I went to the Linwood College welfare centre in Christchurch. There were over 400 people there and they were mostly evacuated due to tsunami danger. Thankfully, of course, Christchurch was not hit by the tsunami but there were 2-metre waves recorded in Kaikōura and a 1-metre wave recorded in Wellington. At the Linwood centre everything was really calm, very well organised and professional, and the volunteers knew exactly what to do. Mostly people came, they set down, they waited it out, and they had a cup of tea. The minor emergencies were dealt with quickly and pragmatically. Everybody could be useful, and I actually ended up with a job of driving a man with very high blood pressure to the hospital and then relocating his car.
I want to thank everybody who was involved at Linwood, because that is a really good job. I know that right across the country, right across the affected area, that sort of thing is happening in communities everywhere. I suppose if there is one thing that is consistent about these difficult times, it is that that is when the Kiwi spirit comes out. Somehow disasters seem to bring out the best in all of us. Neighbours talk to each other, they check on each other, and they support each other. And I think that is something that is really heartening to know—that when things get tough Kiwis come out and support each other in our time of need.
The same thing can be said with our international partners. In Christchurch we were very appreciative of the offers of international support that we received. It felt like the rest of the world was there, standing beside us and working with us. This week is no different. Countries from around the world have offered their assistance this time, and we have accepted offers from the US, Australia, Canada, Japan, and Singapore—and this time they are bringing their ships and their helicopters. It is humbling to see our overseas partners prepared to work with us, and it certainly strengthens our international ties.
Finally, I think international experience and our own local experience tells us that recovery takes time. But just as our Government was there to support us in Canterbury and was committed for the long term, it will be here also for Kaikōura, and for anyone else and their communities that have been impacted by these earthquakes. Kia ora.


The conventional wisdom is that, like so many people in their "golden years," Grant Hill was going to spend the rest of his (playing) days in the warm sun and great training facilities of Phoenix.
But maybe he is going to trade that in for a cold but exciting New York Winter.
That's what Marc Berman at the New York Post is suggesting.
Grant Hill's interest in joining the Knicks and being slotted as their starting shooting guard on a potential Eastern Conference contender is growing by the day, and there is a sense he is leaning toward the Big Apple.
If I had to bet I would bet on him staying with the Suns. But it seems that the decision is up in the air now, which is different than it felt to most observers a few days ago.


These rare 1914 Motorcycle Plates are the only 4 known to exist.
to the 1911 Thor motorcycle it was registered to as shown above.
They measure 2 7/8 x 7 1/2 and are shown to a larger scale than those below.
Rare 1914, 1915 and 1916 Motorcycle Disks.
For explanation of disks, see Prestates.
Vertical-format MC plates are known for 7 years: 1923 thru 1929. They measure about 4 1/8 by 7 1/4.
Up to 1929, the verticals were County-coded with the top number representing the County.
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Report: Star Wars Game Knights Of The Old Republic Getting A Movie Adaptation
by Imran Khan on May 23, 2019 at 07:00 PM
Of all the Star Wars licensed titles in video game history, Bioware's Knights of the Old Republic might be the most venerated. The 2003 RPG put players into a Star Wars universe 4,000 years before the movies and was well-loved for its strong character writing and exploration of the Star Wars mythos. The game is so well-liked that it reportedly influenced director J.J. Abrams during concept meetings for bringing the series back with The Force Awakens.
It makes sense, then, that Disney and Lucasfilm would consider adapting the title as a Star Wars movie. According to a report from BuzzFeed, that's exactly what they're doing.
BuzzFeed's sources report that the movie is currently being written in preparation for next steps. Kathleen Kennedy, president of Lucasfilm, has told reporters that an adaptation is being looked at, but BuzzFeed's report states that it is currently in active development. The same story identifies Laeta Kalogridis as the writer, who is best know for her work on Shutter Island, Alita: Battle Angel, and the Netflix show Altered Carbon.
Disney recently recoiled a bit after Solo: A Star Wars Story failed to perform at the box office, deeply cutting back the bench of currently scheduled Star Wars title and mostly leaving movies from Game of Thrones showrunners Benioff and Weiss, but still has other announced movies in development. With the decision to back off more planned spinoffs like Solo, a space is left open for a KOTOR movie to come to fruition.
[Source: BuzzFeed]


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High on adjectives! | Wherever you go, there you are.
At the end of the 1950's, most girls my age swooned over Elvis Presley. I was goggly-eyed over Pat Boone. "Love me tender" versus "Speedy Gonzales." The popular girls were cheerleaders and majorettes. I played string bass in the orchestra.
Woodstock? Beatles? I scoffed throughout that era. The very idea. I came to love the Beatles, though I never could have endured Woodstock. All that mud! Yech.
Years before we knew each other, my husband went to see Bette Midler in concert. I saw Neil Diamond. Neither of those events were anything like a recent Friday night in our little town.
Roget doesn't have enough adjectives in his thesaurus to describe the evening: loud, steamy, laugh-filled, hilarious, sweet, joyous, sultry, ribald, brilliant. sparkling, cacophonous, delirious, silly, energetic, sweaty, boisterous, entertaining, and crazy were the words I jotted down.
Nearly twenty years ago, daughter Leslie gave Peter a Squirrel Nut Zippers "Perennial Favorites" CD. He loved it. Even stuffy ol' me got into it. I turned into a teeny-bopper fifty years too late. Leslie loved SNZ too, but she was a mere thirty-something at the time. This year, as her October birthday approached, I saw that SNZippers were coming to town. Did she and Martin want to go?
Squirrel Nut Zippers reborn and on tour!
There we four were, orchestra seats, eight rows back, and there they were, blasting the theater with frolicsome, earsplitting, eyeball-popping, sweat-streaming musical madness.
Many from the audience crammed in front of the stage, dancing, hopping, jiving, singing. It was ninety-plus minutes of laugh-inducing, foot-stomping, hand-clapping hilarity. My tapping foot wanted to dance, but the rest of me played possum.
When I was as young as most of the crowd, I would have sniffed at the music and the antics. But all these decades later, I got the groove…if that's how one would say it.
Thanks, CJ. I can still sing the lyrics to "Young at heart" as well as most of his songs.


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Service Battalion - Staff Officers and SNCO's
HQ Company
Approximately 80 men.
Included the Bn transport section, signallers, stretcher bearers, pioneers and officer's batmen (personal servants)
Lt Col Alfred James Foster
Officer Commanding:
Lt Col. Alfred James Foster
It is not clear how he first became involved in the lead manufacturing business; however Alfred's grandfather James (b.1819) was the joint managing partner in the Tyneside firm of Locke & Blackett until 1856. The family then moved to Sussex, but returned to Tyneside in 1862 whereupon James set up the rival lead manufacturing plant of Foster, Blackett & Wilson at Hebburn in partnership with Robert Blackett and John Wilson . The company specialised in the production of white, red and orange lead as well as chemical sheet lead and lead pipes .
In 1871 seven year old Alfred (b.1864) was boarding at 'The Mount School' in Northallerton. His father James was listed in the census as a 'Lead Refiner and Manufacturer' employing 198 men and 102 women.
In 1874 James purchased the Hindley Hall estate near Stocksfield and relocated his family from Newcastle. On his death, five years later, the family moved into Hindley House, a smaller property on the estate, and rented the Hall out to colliery owner Matthew Liddell and family.
The 1891 Census lists Alfred as a Lead Manufacturer and Magistrate. He was now married to Mabel and along with his two children, was living in Hindley House along with five servants and a nurse. The Hall itself was still occupied by Matthew Liddell, his wife Hannah, one daughter and seven servants including a governess. The Liddells were colliery owners and philantropists in nearby Prudhoe. Matthew Liddell's father had bought three hundred acres in Prudhoe upon which he built Prudhoe Hall (more recently Prudhoe Hospital).
Alfred continued with the lead manufacturing business, but in another house move, probably linked to the general downturn in the fortunes of the lead manufacturing industry towards the end of the 19th Century, the family took up residence in Anick Cottage, a more modest property on the North bank of the Tyne, purchased from Mrs Isabel Clayton of 'The Chesters'.
By 1903 the Liddells had relocated to Cheeseburn Grange, Stamfordham and the Richardsons had taken up residence in the Hall. John Wigham Richardson's (1837-1908) father owned and ran a leather tanning business, but John was to make his fortune in the shipbuilding industry and founded the Neptune Works at Walker-on-Tyne. John's first move up the property ladder occurred in 1866, when he moved his family from Elswick to Wingrove House, Fenham. The subsequent move to Hindley Hall coincided with a merger between the Neptune works and the Swan Hunter yard. The new company, Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, became the most technically advanced ship building firm in the world and one of it most famous products, was the Cunard line's RMS Mauretania, launched in 1906 (Wikipedia). The Richardson's occupation of Hindley Hall was shortlived, the Fosters finally selling the Hindley estate to the Pumphrey family in 1907 (Baker A. P.).
Led the battalion into battle at Ypres during April 1915. However, he fell ill during July 1915 and returned to England to convalesce.
Appointed Deputy Assistant Director at the Ministry of Munitions 16th Sep 1915.
Major William Ernest Stephenson
Second in command:
Maj. William Ernest Stephenson
William was the grandson of William Stephenson a Throckley farmer who in the early part of the 19th Century married Elizabeth Ward from Edmondbuyers, Northumberland. The couple resided at Throckley Farm Cottages and had nine children. The eldest son, William Haswell Stephenson married Elizabeth in Caistor, Lincolnshire and raised two daughters. William went on to become a successful businessman, owner of the Throckley Coal Co Ltd, mayor of Newcastle on seven occasions and one of the city's greatest benefactors.
William was one of the sponsors of the project to build the Scotswood, Newburn and Wylam Railway. Also involved in the project were the Spencers, the family who owned the Newburn steelworks, and Thomas Bates who owned Heddon Colliery and brickworks. The line was built to serve the needs of the colleries and works owned by these industrialists on the North bank of the Tyne, but it undoubtedly also helped to unite the 4th NF and enable it to function as a cohesive unit.
In July 1899 Stephenson wrote a letter to the press offering to erect a statue of Queen Victoria as a way of marking the 500th anniversary of Newcastle's shrievalty which was about to fall in the following year The statue was built and Mr Stephenson was knighted.
His younger brother Charles John Stephenson married Annie and had two children, Elizabeth (b.1874) and William Ernest (b.1875, Walbottle). The family lived at Throckley Farm cottages (1871 Census, 1871). William Ernest Stephenson was educated at Leys School, Cambridge and also in Germany. From 1893 onwards William Ernest was an employee of his uncle's William's business. William also joined the Newburn Coy of the 2nd VB and served with one of the Volunteer Service Companies (VSC) during the Boer War
He was an excellent shot and figured prominently in Bisley competitions for many years. He was in splendid shooting form and carried away the honours of the day, being first in the Lambton Cup. He was also first for the County prizes and the Grand Aggregate, taking the leading prizes in both these shoots.
William suffered badly from the effects of poison gas and was sent home. He reported for duty with the 3/4th NF in Hexham and was appointed Bde Major on the 4th Oct 15. William was serving at Rolston Camp near Hornsea in 2 Jan 1919. When his uncle (William Haswell Stephenson) died in 1918, William became Managing Director of Messrs. Stephenson & Sons and married Canadian socialite Ruth Sherwood (b.1886). The Company did not fair well in the interwar years and an Official Notice in the London Gazette, published 31st August 1954, shows that the Throckley Coal Company Ltd was wound up:
At an Extraordinary General Meeting of the Members of the Company held at 31, Mosley Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, on Thursday, the day of August, 1954, the following Resolution, was duly passed as a Special Resolution:— "That the Company be wound up voluntarily and that John Sherwood Stephenson, of Milburn House in the city and county of Newcastle upon Tyne, and Joseph Michael Smith Coates, of 31, Mostey Street, Newcastle upon Tyne aforesaid, be and they are hereby appointed Liquidators for the purposes of such winding-up." J. S. Stephenson, Chairman.
Major Bertrand Dees Gibson
Maj. Bertrand Dees Gibson
The Hexham firm of Gibson & Co was founded in 1815 by Jasper Gibson. By 2012 it was England's oldest family-run solicitors' practice with offices in Hexham, Bellingham and Newcastle . Jasper's great great grandson Wilfrid Gibson (b.1850) was born in Salford and educated at Ushaw College, Durham. Wilfrid married Ann Margaret Dees in 1874 and their first child Bertrand Dees Gibson was born in 1876. In 1881 the family was residing at Acomb House and Wilfrid was a practising solicitor and a Captain in the 1st VB. During his career Wilfrid was Treasurer of St Cuthbert's Society; Member of the Catholic Education Council; Vice- President of the Hexham and Newcastle Voluntary Schools Association. He also attained the rank of Lt Col in the 1st VB and commanded it from 1901.
Bertrand was admitted to the Bar in October 1899 and joined his father in the Hexham practice, which was renamed W. & B. D. Gibson. Bertrand was also commissioned into the 1st VB and married (m.1907) in ……. in Kingston, Middlesex. (Kelly's Directory, 1910).
Wilfrid's cousin, Jasper Craven Gibson (b.1865) of Battle Hill, Hexham, was also admitted to the bar in 1896 and joined the family firm. He was Clerk to the Tyne Salmon Conservancy and Lt Colonel in the 1st VB from 1903.
Captain Bernard Cruddas
Adjutant:
Capt. Bernard Cruddas
Bernard was born on the 1st of January 1882 in Stoke Bishop/Barton Regis near Bristol, Gloucestershire and educated at Winchester College. His father was from North Shields, but his mother was a local from Bristol. He was commissioned into a volunteer battalion of the North Staffordshire Regiment in 1899, but the following year transferred to the Regular Army and the Northumberland Fusiliers. The 1901 Census shows him at Strensall barracks near York. Bernard was transferred from the 1st NF to the 4th NF on …….. and served as the adjutant until …., whereupon he was transferred to …… In 1914 Bernard was living at The Lea, Riding Mill. (Kelly's, p. 97). Bernard was awarded the Distinguished Service Order during WW1.
His daughter Evelyn Margaret Cruddas was born in 1919
He was elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Wansbeck at the 1931 general election, and returned at the 1935 election. He stood down in 1940. Bernard was High Sherrif of Northumberland in 1942 and living at Middleton Hall, Morpeth. Bernard died on the 23rd of December 1959. His wife, Dorothy Wilkinson died in 1964 and daughter in 2001 at Hexham.
Lt William Henry Wynnsford
Quarter- Master:
Born 1870 in Leicestershire. Former regular soldier who joined the Fusiliers on 15th March 1891. Married at Dover in 1892. Served in Newcastle, Woolwich, Aldershot, Dover, Lydd, Dover, Aldershot, Hilsea, Portsmouth, Singapore, Penang, Portland, Malta and South Africa.Former 4th Bn Col-Sgt and Acting Sgt-Major. Appointed Quartermaster, with the honorary rank of Lieutenant, effective 16th April, 1912. (The London Gazette 26 April 1912). Died 1944.
Responsible for Battalion stores and transport.
Lt David Henderson Weir
Responsible for the medical orderlies and stretcher bearers
Sgt Maj. George Fewster
Previously with 'F' Haltwhistle Coy
Quarter- Master Sgt
Sgt P. Connell
Orderly Room Sgt
Sgt J. Scott
Drummer Sgt
Sgt J. Foster
Believed to have been responsible for the stretcher bearers who were often musicians from the Battalion Band
Cook Sgt
Sgt Robert A. Goodchild
Pioneer Sgt
Sgt P. Donnelly
Staff of 10 Privates responsible for construction, repair and general engineering duties
Provost Sgt
Sgt G. Birnie
Transport Sgt
Sgt R. Pittendreigh
Transport Section comprised 11 Privates responsible for Battalion horses, carts and bicycles
'Reserve' Battalion (2/4th) Staff Officers and SNCO's
Data on 126 men who enlisted in the Reserve Battalion is held.
The 2/4th battalion became part of the newly formed 188th Bde, 63rd Divn during January 1915. The 63rd Divn was tasked with home defence, but was disbanded in Jul 1916. The 2/4th joined the 217th Bde, 72nd Division, but continued with home defence duties. The 72nd Divn was broken up Jan - Apr 1918.
OC - Maj. Edward Dixon
Maj. Robert Cecil Hedley
Born 1862. Farmer and auctioneer
Robert is listed in the London Gazette (dated the 10th of October 1911) as a captain and honorary major in the 4th Bn on the Retired List.
Medical Officer (RAMC)
Lt Robert Lowis Routledge
CSM Matthew S Charlton


This weekend I am attending a bachelorette party.
Well actually over here we call it a hen party, but this was the closest for the theme I could find paper for!
I bought this paper quite a few years ago, and the cover got lost in the many years of storage!
I used Spellbinder dies and a flower embossing folder to cut out and emboss the black card. I used a silver grey card for the smaller size and heat embossed the message on.
I used some paper flowers and skeleton leaves from my stash, and used a button and brads as the centres.
I had hoped to enter this in a challenge, only that after a week of technical difficulty and baby difficulty, I missed the deadline! I'm thrilled how it turned out, and hope my friend likes it.


ARLIN REPORT THOUGHT OF THE DAY: REMEMBER ME?
Maybe you don't care to. I haven't written much lately. There is only so much you can write about protests, protesters, the media, on and on. The patterns pretty much stay the same, pretty much come from the same side……left. I'm tired of writing about the snowflakes…..would like that word to go away, go back to being a normal winter element.
I could write about President Trump, but I prefer to give him a chance and see how things fall. Its only been a small sample, even though he has been very active. I will say he is doing much of what he spoke of doing during his campaign. Won't say much about Hillary and Gowdy……… where that goes, will see how that plays out as well. Will just say no one but no one is or should be above the law.
Anyway, I haven't had much to say…….I'm in a thinking mode.
MISLEADING TITLE: Gowdy didn't say it!
This quote below from the link above.
"I would like to apologize for the misleading title, I am sorry y'all. I couldn't help myself. After all, it is not often that you see that Gowdy will have unlimited support and backup from President Donald Trump (unlike Obama).
I made comments to a reblog of a similar post, I had some doubts whether Gowdy actually made the remark "…….Obama no longer my President……..and that Hillary will be charged." To me it made no sense that Gowdy would take the chance of such remarks before Obama left office, igniting a possible pardon. When I clicked publish (to reblog)……..I even thought to myself "I should have said…. if in fact he even said it." But I didn't…..my mistake, I should have. If you don't know for sure, you should say ….."I don't know for sure". I'll try to DO BETTER.
Hillary and her supporters believe that the Gowdy led Benghazi Investigative Committee is nothing but a Witch Hunt to keep Hillary from the Oval Office. They would not necessarily be wrong, but then so what. They know it is more than that.
Hillary will do what Hillary does best. Going before a committee and tell a story filled with lies. It works for her, she is an habitual pathological liar; they easily come across as truth tellers. She knows they are lies, but she can cause the subconscious mind to believe it to be true. The subconscious accepts everything as fact that is fed by the conscious mind. Yes, even Hillary has a subconscious………but an evil conscience.
I truly believe, this select committee has an honorable goal, to find the truth. Gowdy knows he won't hear it from Hillary, he knows what she is, but he'll have her perjury on record in front of all America.
As for the Witch Hunt? So what. A successful hunt could save We the People from having Witch Hillary occupying our White House. That could be the Committees' greatest service to our country.
The effect of Hillary's testimony is yet to be seen. She is a lawyer, she bought herself more time. That may be all.
WOULD YOU PUT YOUR LIFE IN HILLARY'S HANDS?
Of course the Democrats want the Hillary emails to go away; particularly Hillary and Bernie. I wouldn't want to deal with it, if it were me either. But, Hillary must be held accountable for the risk, and there were most certainly high risk to national security. They say there was no risk. That is ridiculous, there certainly was.
We know there were nations and probably terrorist groups to attempted to hack her server. It doesn't make any difference if they were successful or not, the fact there were attempts, put the information that was or could have been retrieved at risk.
If Hillary is dumb enough to do it, and she was, someone is smart enough to break into it; she was hacked.
Now about Benghazi: Suppose, and this is likely; Ambassador Stevens emails Hillary, or sends word by any means that the situation in Benghazi was dangerous, and he asked for help. Hillary emails the Ambassador, there was no help coming, or other messages were sent to Hillary's State Department team as well as Obama, with information that could place he Americans in Benghazi were in a vulnerable position if in the wrong hands. Terrorist hackers could easily have found out. The attack was on!
Whether it happened or not, Hillary placed our people and the security of our nation in jeopardy. Those 4 Americans murdered, were part of our security that deserves defending.


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A.M. D, M.M. H, N. S, A.A. E-A, L. M. Effect of Silicon on the Tolerance of Wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) to Salt Stress at Different Growth Stages: Case Study for the Management of Irrigation Water. Plants. 2018; 7(2):29.
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Physical music sales skyrocket amid pandemic, Discogs report says
Vinyl sales have risen 33.72% from 2019
Tuesday, September 1, 2020 - 15:05
Sales in physical music have skyrocketed amid the coronavirus pandemic, according to online music marketplace Discogs.
In their 2020 mid-year report, the website - which also operates as a database - revealed that physical sales on its marketplace rose by 26.69% - a total of 4,228,270 orders - between January and June 2020. These figures are measured against sales in the same period last year.
Making up the lion's share of the rise was vinyl sales, which increased by 33.72%. More than 7.6 million pieces of physical music were sold by independent sellers during the first half of the year.
Summarised the sharp rise, the report said: "We witnessed a tidal wave of sellers doubling down on submissions to the Database and items for sale on the Marketplace, with many record stores listing their entire stock online. The result was a thriving market throughout the first half of 2020."
"From where we're sitting right now, the future of the record industry looks different, but it certainly looks quite bright."
Last year, it was revealed that Daft Punk's 2013 album, 'Random Access Memories', had topped Discogs' 200 best-selling albums from the last decade.
Did you miss this new record store for mice?
physical music sales pandemic discogs report coronavirus COVID-19 vinyl CDs
Spiritland announces closure of Southbank London venue
Eric Prydz 'Opus' vinyl sells for $2105 on Discogs
Streaming services unlikely to make sufficient "excess profits" to improve artist pay, report shows


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Q: TypeError: 'Tensor' object is not callable | Keras Autoencoder I'm creating an autoencoder in Keras following this tutorial and I keep getting the following error.
decoder = tf.keras.Model(encoded_input, decoded(input_img))
TypeError: 'Tensor' object is not callable

I believe it's something to do with not being able to use tensors in this way because of the nature of this type of object but I have some gaps in understanding of why and how to go about solving this.
Here is a minimal working example of my code:
# input_img input placeholder
input_img = tf.keras.layers.Input(shape=(16, 16, 1), name ="input")
encoded = tf.keras.layers.Dense(encoding_dim, activation='relu')(input_img)
decoded = tf.keras.layers.Dense(256, activation='sigmoid')(encoded)
autoencoder = tf.keras.Model(input_img, decoded)
encoder = tf.keras.Model(input_img, encoded)
encoded_input = tf.keras.layers.Input(shape=(encoding_dim,))
decoder = tf.keras.Model(input_img, decoded(encoded_input))

A: Keras Model expects input & output arguments as layers, not tensors. The tutorial is correct - you appear to have missed a line right before decoder =: -- decoder_layer = autoencoder.layers[-1]
All together, with decoder = changed appropriately:
input_img = tf.keras.layers.Input(shape=(16, 16, 256), name ="input")
encoded   = tf.keras.layers.Dense(encoding_dim, activation='relu')(input_img)
decoded   = tf.keras.layers.Dense(256, activation='sigmoid')(encoded)

autoencoder = tf.keras.Model(input_img, decoded)
encoder     = tf.keras.Model(input_img, encoded)

encoded_input = tf.keras.layers.Input(shape=(encoding_dim,))
decoder_layer = autoencoder.layers[-1] # gets 'decoded' = last layer of 'autoencoder'

decoder = tf.keras.Model(encoded_input, decoder_layer(encoded_input))

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Ivone Benedetti (São Paulo, 15 de fevereiro de 1947) é escritora e tradutora brasileira.

Biografia
É doutora em Letras pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP), tendo defendido sua tese sobre poesia medieval francesa, em 2004. Seu primeiro romance, Immaculada, foi finalista do Prêmio São Paulo de Literatura de 2010. Seu segundo romance, Cabo de Guerra, mistura ficção e realidade, tratando de modo complexo o tema da ditadura militar no Brasil.

Atua no mercado editorial desde 1987. Traduziu, entre outras, obras de Honoré de Balzac (Eugénie Grandet, Ilusões perdidas), Giovanni Boccaccio (Decameron), Umberto Eco (Número Zero) e Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (O Pequeno príncipe). Criou cursos para tradutores e organizou o Dicionário Martins Fontes de Italiano.

Obras
 2016 - Cabo de Guerra (romance) - Boitempo
 2011 - Tenho um Cavalo Alfaraz (contos) - Martins Fontes
 2009 - Immaculada (romance) - Martins Fontes

Não ficção
 2017 - Altos contrastes - estudo dos contrastes sintáticos entre os pares inglês-português e francês-português, aplicado à tradução.
 2004 - A Arte da Conjugação dos Verbos em Português - Martins Fontes
 2004 - Dicionário Martins Fontes de italiano - organização.

Ligações externas
Site pessoal
Lista de traduções
Artigos publicados
Cabo de Guerra (fragmento)
O Cavaleiro de Pernas Curtas (conto)
Immaculada (fragmentos)
Tenho um cavalo alfaraz (fragmentos)
Contos online
Altos Contrastes: a arte de traduzir sem sotaque

Alunos da Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas da Universidade de São Paulo
Escritores do estado de São Paulo
Escritoras do Brasil
Naturais da cidade de São Paulo
Tradutores do Brasil


It's no secret that Sydney is in love with Chocolate, with boutique chocolaterias popping up all around Sydney. One of my favourite chocolateria chains is San Churro, which not only offers delicious drinking chocolate options but also produces to die for spanish-style churros. If you are unfamiliar with what Churros are, San Churro is a great place to discover these delights.
I had my first encounter with San Churro Chocolateria at their Glebe store, in the heart of Glebe's bustling village strip on Glebe Point Road, and right next to the iconic Glee Books Bookshop. San Churro Glebe is a great place to get together with friends for a lazy afternoon gossip over delicious hot chocolate, or finish a great night out with a plate of hot Churros or one of the many other sweet delights.
We tried the Hot & Cold Spanish Hot Chocolate and one of the newest additions to the San Churro menu - a Peanut Butter Melt Couverture Hot Chocolate.
The Hot & Cold was absolutely delicious - the hot chocolate is thick and smooth and fills your mouth with velvety goodness, and contrasts perfectly with the cold vanilla ice cream.
The Peanut Butter Melt defines nutty deliciousness - combining San Churro's signature couverture Hot Chocolate with a choc-peanut butter spoon to stir through creating an unexpected and delicious blend.
You can check out the full menu on the San Churro website.
Churros are San Churro's signature dish and are made fresh to order. They are a light and fluffy on the inside, and delightfully crisp and crunchy on the outside - just perfect.
The Churros come with your choice of milk, dark or white couverture dipping chocolate.
If Churros are not your thing, there are plenty of other dessert options available so there's sure to be something for everyone. Some of my other favourites include the Triple Choc Dome and Raspberry Cheesecake.
If you're after something small, try one of San Churro's macaroons or a Petit Chocolate Cup.
For the more health conscious, San Churro also offer a Strawberry Bowl filled with fresh strawberries and a side of dipping chocolate.
For the true chocolate connoisseur, San Churro also has their own range of chocolate truffles and if you're lucky, there will be a free tasting plate on the counter so you can get a taste of these little morsels of chocolate heaven.
There is also a great range of pre-packaged chocolates for that quiet moment of indulgence at home.
I love this place too. The atmosphere is great and the hot chocolate is simply sensational.


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Yes, specs are half the picture and yes, Apple has exemplified this statement rather convincingly by delivering a second to none performance with just 2 cores and 1GB RAM, but we would say it was about time.
A new finding by developer Hamza Sood confirms the presence of 2GB RAM in iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, and 4GB in iPad Pro, which the Cupertino giant is projection as a desktop alternative. Compared to previous generation iPhones and iPads, RAM capacity has been doubled.
Ram affects the number of apps you can keep in active state on a device. With less RAM, you can't get back to the point you left and apps would need re-loading every time you wander away. iPhone has been doing just fine with 1GB RAM since iPhone 5 days, but complaints about RAM deficiency have grown with the last generation iPhones, especially iPhone 6 Plus.
No, Apple is not simply playing to the gallery here. The new iOS 9 and its split screen multi-tasking features would surely benefit from all the additional RAM available.
On the other hand, Android is still much more obsessed with RAM capacities and part of this stems from necessity (Android and RAM management woes have been around forever). In fact, Apple's arch nemesis Samsung recently started mass producing 6GB LPDDR4 RAM chips for smartphones, which for now seems like too much of a good thing.


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Annan demands action on Zimbabwe
Kofi Annan on the crisis in Zimbabawe
Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has urged African leaders to do more to address the crisis in Zimbabwe.
He said the situation was dangerous and could have an impact beyond the country's borders.
Three weeks after polls were held, the presidential result has yet to be declared. Some of the votes in the parliamentary race are being recounted.
The parliamentary vote was won by the opposition, which insists its candidate defeated President Robert Mugabe.
Mr Annan made his comments to reporters in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, where he held talks with Zimbabwean opposition leaders on Friday.
"On the question of Zimbabwe there has been substantial international attention.
"The question which has been posed is: where are the Africans? Where are their leaders and the countries in the region, what are they doing?
"It is a rather dangerous situation. It's a serious crisis with impact beyond Zimbabwe."
He said action by African leaders had helped resolve the post-election crisis in Kenya, where mediation led to the formation of a coalition government.
"You've just been through a crisis here, and you've managed to solve it, and I must say the credit goes to the Kenyan people, to the African Union - it was an African solution to an African problem," Mr Annan said.
In Zimbabwe itself, the election commission is conducting a recount in 23 of 210 constituencies that could overturn the parliamentary result which saw Mr Mugabe's Zanu-PF lose its majority for the first time since independence in 1980.
It is thought the recount may also lead to a run-off vote in the presidential poll.
I predict that the situation will end up like Kenya. Mugabe will be encouraged by the African Union to form a national unity government
Frank Hartry, South Africa
Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), is adamant he won the election outright.
He has fled the country, saying he fears for his life.
His party has said Mr Tsvangirai will not contest a run-off unless certain conditions are met - such as a secure environment, with thorough international monitoring.
The MDC's secretary general, Tendai Biti, said the party would not accept any recount in respect of parliamentary seats "because ballot boxes have been stuffed".
"Those ballot boxes have become pregnant and reproduced," he said.
Arms shipment
Meanwhile, a Chinese ship carrying arms to Zimbabwe has left the South African port of Durban after workers would not unload it.
Its whereabouts is currently not known - there were reports that it was en route to Mozambique, but the country's transport minister, Paulo Zucula, told Reuters new agency that the ship was in fact headed to Angola.
The An Yue Jiang was forced to move after a South African court refused to allow the weapons on board to be transported across the country.
Dock workers had refused to unload the weapons shipment from the vessel, which had been anchored off the port of Durban for four days.
The South African Transport and Allied Workers Union had said it did "not agree with the position of the [South African] government not to intervene". Reports say the An Yue Jiang is carrying three million rounds of ammunition, 1,500 rocket-propelled grenades and 2,500 mortar rounds.
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Usain Bolt ready 'to prove people wrong' in soccer mission
Olympic sprint champion Usain Bolt says he was ready to prove his doubters wrong by winning a professional football contract.
Bolt eased into his first training session with Australia's Central Coast Mariners on Tuesday.
"For me, I'm not setting myself any targets to say 'alright, this is what I'm gonna do'. I'm just gonna put in the work, you know what I mean. This is my first chance playing, getting a chance to train and to get to a level to play as a professional footballer, so I don't know what to expect. So I'm just here to push myself, learn as much as possible. I told the coach from the start, 'listen I'm here with a blank slate, no matter what I have learned, no matter what I've seen on TV'. For me it's a blank slate, I'm here to learn and to get better, and that's my focus", Bolt said.
No matter what I've seen on TV'. For me it's a blank slate, I'm here to learn and to get better, and that's my focus.
The eight-times Olympic gold medallist has been given an open-ended trial with the Mariners, who finished bottom of the 10-team A-league last season.
There is plenty of doubt as to whether the fastest man on earth can reinvent himself as a top-flight footballer. His Coach Mike Mulvey rejected the view that Bolt's trial was a gimmick and could prove a distraction to his squad
Australian program helps refugees towards a career in sports
Ugandans in Australia start a language school
Cricket: Zimbabwe beats Pakistan in latest upset at ICC Men's T20 World Cup
African women footballers striving for the best in the Turkish League
Ivorian Eric Bailly suspended for 7 matches
'A historic match': Fans in Riyadh react after PSG vs Saudi All-Star friendly
Football: VAR explained at the Club World Cup in Morocco
Man City's Mendy cleared of six rape charges
Qatari league: Ayew is back in action, scores third goal of the season


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Grand Rapids and West Michigan is constantly being recognized for the excellent health care facilities in the region, and now Grand Rapids is also being recognized as one of the premiere cities in the nation for Americans with disabilities.
Grand Rapids ranks the 10th best city for people with disabilities among all other American cities. The city ranked just below Bismarck, ND (#9) and just above Chandler, AZ (#11). Grand Rapids also ranks as having the 10th best health care options for people with disabilities in the nation.
Here are the 10 best cities for people with disabilities in America.
Only one other Michigan city made the list and it was in the bottom half. Detroit was 108th on the list, despite being tied for second in highest percentage of persons with disabilities living in the area.
WalletHub used 3 major dimensions to determine their study: Economy, Quality of Life, and Health Care. Those dimensions were further broken down into a few dozen weighted metrics that determined the ranking of the cities. You can see how they developed their study here.


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Nice Try But 'No Sale', Sparky
Obviously this is Bill Kristol's "Baby, please don't go. I'll change. I know I can change" plea to me to stick around:
Sarah Palin could rehabilitate her political career with a 2014 Senate run, Bill Kristol said Sunday.
"I think the way Palin would possibly resurrect herself, if that's the right word, or rehabilitate herself I guess a better way of putting it, [is] run for Senate in Alaska in 2014," The Weekly Standard editor said during a Web interview with ABC.
"I'm not urging that, I'm just saying if I were her adviser I would say, 'Take on the incumbent, you have to win a primary, then you have to beat an incumbent Democrat. It's not easy.' But if she did that, suddenly if she can imagine that, you know, 'Sarah Palin, freshman senator, Jan. 15, in Washington having beaten an incumbent,' that would be pretty interesting," he said.
Kristol, who has yet to take me up on an offer I extended to him for lunch, then explains that Palin does have, y'know, a little baggage she needs to, y'know, kind-a sort-a, unload like so much unwanted cellulite:
Kristol added that Palin's departure before the end of her term as governor hurt her leadership image.
"That I think is something she has to recover from in terms of being a serious leader in the party. She still has a lot of loyalty, she can still shape the debate, she has a great political touch," he said.
Even though Kristol is all hopey-changey about Palin's mad political skillz, we have to ask how Alaskans feel about Sarah Palin II: Grizzly Grandma Resurrection.
Eh, maybe not.
Sen. Mark Begich (D-Alaska) faces a tough reelection battle in 2014 but has an easier path to victory if he faces former Gov. Sarah Palin (R), according to a new poll from Democratic firm Public Policy Polling.
Begich leads Alaska Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell (R), the GOP's current frontrunner, by a narrow 44 percent to 40 percent.
Palin leads the pack of potential and declared GOP challengers, but trails Begich by 12 points, 52 percent to 40 percent in a potential general election showdown.
Oh, Scarecrow Bill Kristol, I think I'll miss you most of all….
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Moxostoma poecilurum is een straalvinnige vissensoort uit de familie van de zuigkarpers (Catostomidae). De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1877 door Jordan.

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With each record you will find a transcript and an image of the borough document. The detail found in each record can vary depending on the type of event. Most transcripts will include a combination of the following.
Mother's name – parents' names are generally only available in the bastardy case records.
The image will reveal even more about your ancestor and give you more context about the event and why your ancestor has been discovered in these records.
Bastardy (1844-1852) – These are applications by an unwed mother to state that she will be giving birth to a child and the father is unknown. The parish would then investigate and try to determine the father responsible for the child. The records are listed by surname since they were created before the mothers gave birth.
Cases (1850-1860) – These are records of cases brought before the court for infractions such as not paying the toll at the turnpike bridge. You will find the date of the case and the reason for the hearing.
Convictions (1839-1896) – The register will show the date of conviction, the name of the informant (or complainant), name of the defendant, the offence and the conviction terms.
Informations (1845-1847) – These records are similar to witness depositions. You will be able to read the full account as written by the Justice of the Peace.
Lunacy (1855) – The lunacy records are reports from doctors after examining a patient. The report testifies to the patient's state of mind.
Recognizances (1849) – These were issued to a person awaiting trial. If the person did not appear in court they would be fined.
Summonses (1853-1855) – A court summons recorded the person's name, date of court appearance and offence.
Warrants (1853-1855) – The warrant will give you the name of both the defendant and the plaintiff, the offence which has led to an arrest and the date the warrant was issued.
Witness depositions (1852-1855) – A witness deposition will give you a full account of an event. It will include the names of other parties involved in the event and the date.
The Tavistock Borough Court Luxton Manuscripts are court papers from the Tavistock borough court collected by Robert Luxton of Tavistock, clerk to the magistrates. The original documents can be found at the Plymouth and West Devon Record Office. The borough was integral to daily community life. They were responsible for the administration of poor relief and law enforcement.
The market town of Tavistock, formerly known as Tavistoke, is in West Devon. The town became a borough in 1159. In the mid-eighteenth century, the area was flourishing from copper mining.