Norfolk Island used to be covered in Norfolk Island pines packed close together – the same terrain you'll find around Mt Pitt and Mt Bates in the national park. When the white man came, all that changed. The trees were cut down to make room for cultivation and exotic animals were introduced – horses, sheep, cattle, goats, rabbits, dogs, rats, mice, pigs. And a few avian interlopers like chickens, sparrows, and blackbirds. Later, crimson rosellas came across from Australia and set up their own population. And then there was corn, bananas, mangoes, paw paws, peaches, grapes, a failed attempt at wheat, and even cold season fruit like apples. I'm sure that's not an exhaustive list.
The gannet chick up close. Or maybe that's mum.
For a long time there was no restriction on what you could bring to Norfolk. That's all changed now and you have to get past the clever little beagles at the airport who can sniff food a city block away. But a lot of damage has been done. On an island with no native mammals, birds could nest on the ground. It's still possible but rather a lot more dangerous. I'm sure gannets have nested under this Norfolk Island pine right next to the bloody bridge for probably longer than human settlers. We could see a chick in the nest when we visited last year and there was a chick there this year, too. Or maybe it's an adult bird sitting on eggs.
A crimson rosealla, introduced from Oz. They've changed a little from the Australian birds.
When the thick rainforest began to be cleared nesting sites for the local birds became in short supply. The feral rosellas compete with the endemic green parrot for nesting hollows and until recently the local birds were facing extinction. Fortunately, the national park people stepped in and carried out a breeding program, providing nesting boxes. Today the parrot population is in a far less parlous condition. Although I didn't get a photo, I saw one cross the road in front of us as we drove down Mt Pitt. Read the whole story here.
The native owl, the morepork, is effectively extinct. A very closely related species is alive and well in the forests – but only because two male owls from a closely-related New Zealand species were brought to the island in the hope that the sole surviving female would mate with one of them. She did. But the birds are very inbred and are consequently under threat. Read more about it here.
The sea birds can roost on the islets around the shores where they are protected. The tern, however, has an interesting way of raising chicks. They lay eggs on a branch of a pine tree, using the same location every year. If the egg falls, they'll lay another one. The chick hatches and spends its days clinging to the perch while the parent birds feed it until it can fly. Some will inevitably fall prey to a raptor but that's life.
I mentioned that once you have your own car you can go off to find interesting things. One of them was a waterfall. A Waterfall! On Norfolk Island. But then when you think about it, there are creeks and when there's a lot of rain the water has to go into the sea somehow. So when we saw the sign on the map for Cockpit waterfall we had to take a look. There was water in the creek but not enough to activate the waterfall, a ledge of rock in a steep-sided valley overlooking the sea.
It would be quite spectacular when the creek was running.
That's it for another year. I doubt we'll go again but if you haven't been I'm sure you'll agree the island is worth a visit. Do take the tours, though. Old ruins are so much more interesting if you know what they are. Here are a few websites you might want to look at.
This entry was posted in Travel and tagged gannets, pines, terns, wildlife on 5 January 2019 by Greta.
This is a female. See the pouch under her belly?
It's been quite the saga with our local possums lately. For my non-Australian readers, possums are native Australian marsupials about the size of a cat. They are mainly vegetarian, eating leaves, fruit, flowers and grass. But they're not averse to insects and bird's eggs, and have become opportunistic foragers in towns. They're nocturnal and sleep away the daylight hours in a dark place such as a hollow log.
And that has become an issue. With increasing urban sprawl, trees are being cut down in record numbers. This has led to a serious shortage of hollow branches for parrots, cockatoos, kookaburras and the like, which use them for nesting, and for possums and other nocturnal creatures who need them as homes.
When we arrived in Hervey Bay we found a large hollow log in one of the out-buildings. It seems a previous owner of the property had been a wildlife carer and I think the log had been used as a nesting box for something like a sulphur-crested cockatoo. We like birds, so we put a lid on the log, fitted a perch, and hoisted it up onto a palm tree near the house.
What are you doing in our house? Note the board to try to limit the size. And the chewed edge.
All was well. The nest box received almost immediate interest and a couple of lorikeets moved in. But after some time this up-market accommodation attracted the attention of a possum, which moved in and has been there ever since, despite our attempts to discourage it by reducing the size of the opening. The tenant just chewed the edges to fit. So we gave up and constructed bird boxes. They were never as popular as the real thing, though. And I confess I enjoy watching the possums in the evening. One regular visitor was a female who brought her latest baby on her back to see if there was anything on the bird table. I often put a mandarin or a piece of orange out for them.
A few months ago we returned from a trip to find the possum peering at us in daylight, from inside the log. That's unusual because they're nocturnal, and also, they attract the fury of many of the small birds – butcher birds, noisy miners, magpie larks and the like, who gather around the box and yell. The reason for the possum's appearance became apparent when we noticed the base had fallen from its house. So Pete took the log down (sans possum), fixed it, and put it back.
As I sat in my office some weeks later, I heard a very loud crash from outside. It was unusual enough to cause me to check on the reason. The whole possum house had fallen to the ground – with the possum inside. I saw a little pink nose and a swarm of mosquitoes which must also have had their slumber (or their dinner) interrupted. Pete and I looked up the tree and decided we weren't going to try to get the log back up there. After some discussion we closed the hole with a piece of tied-on wood (keeping poss inside) and took the whole shebang to a different tree in a more heavily wooded part of the garden and hoisted the log up there. Not as high, but safe and sound within the large pool enclosure.
Not long after that we noticed thumps and noises from the ceiling just before dawn, and again after nightfall. Possums have learned to live in suburbia. They had to. Ceilings are a popular housing site, and a homeless possum had found its way into ours. There are two problems with that. Possums are not house-trained, and they have been known to cause electrical fires (by damaging wires etc). So, much as I like wildlife, poss had to be evicted.
That was that for an early morning snooze. Picture this, if you will. A couple of people well past their best years, dressed in their night attire, chasing a small furry animal around the house. The possum bolted out of the bedroom and into the lounge. We both followed, closing doors as we went. We opened the front door and the back sliding glass door, then we played sheep dogs, gently herding the little creature out into the garden. It immediately charged up the nearest fence, up onto the roof and dived into the ceiling cavity.
It's not the same possum as the one in the log. Like I said, there's a housing crisis for possums. This might have been a juvenile, no longer wanted by mum and looking for its own abode. We several times had junior possums using the nest boxes we'd built for the birds, but they soon outgrow them.
The obvious question was how did it get in? There's a cat flap in the laundry door, set up so a cat can go out, but not come back in. We don't have a cat so tended to ignore its existence. We think the possum levered a corner of the flap up. They have long, powerful claws for climbing, and they don't need much wriggle room. Judging by the paw prints, it wandered around the kitchen, jumping up on benches and fridge magnets to get on the little ledge which was the protruding part of the fridge, just outside the cupboards around it. The thump I heard from the kitchen was the possum jumping down. I suspect it came to the bedroom because it occupied the upstairs apartment and was looking for the stairs.
Pete taped up the cat flap to prevent further visits.
I looked up at the vent for the exhaust fan which is above the toilet and saw some remnants up there, too.
That, dear reader, was the final straw.
I cleaned the mess up. It wasn't poo. Possums do little pellets like rats and rabbits, and there was nothing like that in sight. I *think* the possum must have cut itself or something. Either way, it had outstayed its welcome.
Like all native species, possums are protected, so we could evict, but not harm. We borrowed a cage trap from a friend and baited it with an apple. But it turned out to be unnecessary. Pete went up on the roof and put wire mesh over all the gaps into the roof cavity – except the one we knew the possum used. By this time, we had decided there was more than one possum up there. The poss(es) went out foraging after nightfall, and Pete went up and plugged the last hole.
There are no more night time noises in the ceiling.
This entry was posted in Life and things and tagged ceiling, nest boxes, parrots, possums, wildlife on 14 April 2018 by Greta.
We've had a long dry spell of late. The grass is brown and crunchy underfoot, the trees are shedding leaves and everything seems to want a drink. A pair of Pacific black ducks pops into our swimming pool not long after dawn for an early morning splash and the bird bath is a busy spot for everybody. Not that all the smaller birds use the bird bath. It's set up next to the swimming pool and a few birds prefer the Big Blue. Blue-faced honey eaters and noisy miner birds in particular, prefer the risky but obviously satisfying thrill of bathing in the pool. It doesn't always work out. I've had to rescue quite a few over the years, some lucky enough to attract my attention before they were completely sodden. Some… well, drowning comes at the end.
I've seen kookaburras using the swimming pool for a bath but that was many years ago, when we had another long, dry spell. They're big strong birds, the largest of the king fishers, so they tend to handle the deep water pretty well. But not always. I'd been reading inside and went out to check the letterbox. On the way back I noticed a bird in the pool, sitting on the flexible pipes that run from the skimmer box down to the automatic pool cleaner. The kookaburra had been in there for a while, its soaked wings dragging in the water.
I approached slowly. Kookaburras have a formidable beak and the bird had opened it. But she didn't struggle when a scooped her out, lifting her with her body cradled in the palm of my hand. Her wings hung down, absolutely soaked and she had no energy. Usually, if a bird hasn't been immersed for too long I can put them into a tree, where their claws will automatically latch onto the branch without them being conscious of it. But this bird was past even that. So we dabbed her dry with a towel and then I sat in a chair with her propped up in a towel-nest on my lap. That way she was protected from other birds who might attack a predator in a weak state, and the warmth of my body would help her to recover.
I sat like that for about half an hour, aware of her body moving as she breathed, until she began to stir a little. Then I set her up in her towel nest on the chair to give her a chance to decide what to do next without having the great big human to contend with. I kept an eye on her, though. After another ten minutes she moved to the arm of the chair and then up onto the canvas back.
Ten minutes later, she'd moved to the clothesline in the sun and breeze, moving her wings to dry the underparts. And then she was gone, off to tell the family about her frightening experience.
Two days later, three kookaburras turned up on the pool fence, happy to accept some meat scraps. Life's hard for the predators at the moment. The worms are buried deep in the dry soil, the frogs and lizards are in hiding. I think they were happy to accept some help. Oh, and two of them went for a quick bath in the pool before they went home to bed.
I've called the kookaburra 'she' but I really don't know. There is no discernible difference between the sexes, as far as I know.
And yes, it felt good to know I'd done a small thing to help the wild creatures in my neighbourhood. Very good.
This entry was posted in Life and things and tagged bird rescue, birds, kookaburras, swimming pool, wildlife on 3 November 2013 by Greta.
The highlight of our visit to Kununurra was a trip on the Ord River. After all, without the Ord River, Kununurra wouldn't exist. The town was created in the sixties, when one of the visionary Duracks, who originally opened up the area, persuaded the Government to dam the river. If you've been following my journey, you'd know that year-round water is a huge problem up here. There's the Wet and the Dry, and the Wet is very, very wet and the Dry is very, very dry. In between there's fire, which clears the land ready for the next wet. But traditional crops like wheat, cotton and sugar cane don't grow like that. So a dam was built and Lake Argyle was created. You can read all about it here.
It's hard to give an idea of size when talking about lakes and things. I've often heard descriptions involving Olympic sized swimming pools and football fields. But sometimes even they become insignificant. In Australia we have our own term of measurement – Sydney Harbours. Sydney Harbour holds a big lot of Olympic swimming pools (don't ask me how many) so we have an idea that's an enormous amount of water. Lake Argyle holds about 15 Sydney Harbours in normal times. At the height of the 2011 floods it held 44 Sydney Harbours and the flow over the diversion dam that feeds the irrigation area is also measured in Sydney Harbours.
Yes, there's irrigation, but the other use for all that water is hydro electricity, which requires steady water flow over the turbines. So the line of isolated waterholes that used to mark the course of the Ord River in the Dry is now a fast flowing, all year river.
That's it for context, folks. Let the journey begin. We caught a bus up to the main dam, stopping for a scenic glimpse of the lake. From there, we piled onto a jet boat – very fast, with very shallow draft to get over the shallow, rocky bits, but able to drift very comfortably in the deep bits. And off we went. The very knowledgeable driver stopped often to let us take pictures of wildlife and reflections.
A rock wallaby watches us from high on a vertical rock wall. They are very agile little critters.
Guys, this was the bestest trip. Loved the boat, loved the river, loved the red rock almost glowing in the sunlight, loved the reflections, the bird life, the crocs, the botany lessons. If you get a chance, go do it. And at the end, back at Kununurra, we watched the sunset from the boat.
This entry was posted in Life and things, Photography, Travel and tagged australia, birds, crocs, Kimberley, Kununurra, nature, Ord River, sunset, walkabout, wildlife on 10 August 2013 by Greta.


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Events and Facilities
Developing tomorrow's leaders through song
Kristine Power
When Drs. Angus and Jean Bruneau gave a $1-million gift to create the Bruneau Centre for Excellence in Choral Music (BCECM) at Memorial, they hoped the donation would help people "make ripples within their communities."
Since then, the BCECM has been hard at work cultivating leading-edge choral research and community projects that build on the idea that the power of choral music is life-changing. A series of public consultations were held across the province about the centre's mandate and a process was established to distribute up to $100,000 a year to fund projects from both the university and the wider choral community.
Dr. Doug Dunsmore, director of the BCECM and retired professor of music at Memorial, is proud to reveal the centre's first major endeavour scheduled for this fall—an innovative approach to the first ever provincial youth choir that will go well beyond the boundaries of a musical performance. The event will bring together more than 100 young singers and choral teachers from across Labrador and Newfoundland.
"The Pan Labrador and Newfoundland Youth Choir will be a choral experience like no other," he said. "Provincial youth choirs are usually a gathering of the best singers who get together and perhaps make a recording or do a tour, that's what most of the youth choirs in Canada do. This is an opportunity designed to be a whole life-learning experience built around a choral experience. Singing is what gets us together but everything else that we are planning radiates from that."
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The Pan Labrador and Newfoundland Youth Choir will bring groups of youth and their mentors or choir leaders from around the province to Labrador to participate in a four-day event that will involve collaborating and networking with some of the best minds the province has to offer. There will be industry leaders, political leaders and Aboriginal leaders, all of whom will share wisdom and skills for youth to take back to their respective communities for lasting impact. It is as much about young people realizing their future possibilities in the province and the world, as it is about the music they will sing, explained Dr. Dunsmore.
"The Labrador choir has existed for six years. We decided what we wanted to do was join a successful event and make it into an even bigger event...the concert, much of it, will be like a traditional performance...standing up on stage and singing...but the way we tell the stories that we sing, the words, the expressions, the actions will be visually visceral and dramatic. If one experiences an effective choir concert, one hears words but also the sights and sounds that contribute to making a meaningful and engaging experience. We want the students to engage themselves and engage with others through choral music."
"We are very thankful for the generosity of Drs. Angus and Jean Bruneau, especially for their vision of choral music as a positive force for social transformation," said Dr. Ellen Waterman, dean, School of Music. "In a culture with deep musical roots and traditions, we are fostering new ways of thinking about choral music and its impact on our lives, our province and the world around us."
Nowhere will this impact be more obvious, though, than on the young people who will come together to sing.
"It's a confidence booster for our students and will provide them with a chance to perform, share throat singing and drumming traditions, and bring back those songs, those performances, and build on them in their schools," said Janet Wiseman, a Pan Labrador and Newfoundland Youth Choir project co-ordinator based in Labrador. "Students begin to realize through song, 'I can become a leader. I can sing with the best of them.'"
The BCECM not only funds projects such as the Pan Labrador and Newfoundland Youth Choir, it also has a mandate to hold an annual competition to provide funding for both community-based projects and university-based research on choral music. Applications will be available online as of July 30, 2014, with a deadline of Oct. 1, 2014, for projects that begin as early as December.
For more, please visit www.mun.ca/music/research/BCECM/index.php


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New Business Coming to Town | Maple Valley Native Turns outdoor Passion into Local Shop
January 18, 2016 by Danna McCall
Newsflash! A new business is coming to town and it's something different. Actually, it's something that seems to fit right in with the beautiful outdoors that defines the Snoqualmie Valley.
This February, Maple Valley native and recent Eastern Washington University graduate, Kevin Flynn, is bring his passion for [mountain] biking to the Snoqualmie Valley – more precisely, to Snoqualmie Ridge.
Northwest Bicycle will open on February 1st in the former Joseph's Cleaners retail space at 8026 Douglas Ave Suite – next to Snoqualmie Ridge Chiropractic and Gateway Gas and Deli.
Kevin said he's always been a very active outdoor person, whether it be cycling, motorcycles or any other sport, but after a friend introduced him to mountain biking, he was hooked.
After graduating with a degree in business finance, his passion for the outdoors and mountain bikes led him in a different direction – straying away from a typical office job. He decided he wanted to start a bike shop in the area where he grew up.
Kevin said he looked at numerous locations for the shop, but said Snoqualmie was "hands down" his favorite area, adding that he was surprised there was no other bike shop on the Ridge yet – so he jumped on the opportunity.
His goal is to create a local shop for a community that needs one, and with Snoqualmie being an active community filled with kids and right in the heart of some of the best mountain biking in the world, Kevin feels he's found the perfect combination.
He said providing friendly, knowledgeable customer service is the number one priority of his shop, explaining the he's shopped at numerous bike shops over the years and feels he has a good idea of what works and what doesn't in today's market.
It took six months to turn Kevin's plan into reality. He said he is working with some great brands who are very supportive of the local bike shop atmosphere he is striving for with Northwest Bicycle.
Kevin is starting small so as not to begin struggling with a ton of debt. He said that part is a fine line for the business, but said he has managed to get everything the shop needs to best serve local families and riders – his current customer focus.
Northwest Bicycles will sell Giant, Kona and Rocky mountain bikes. Kevin anticipates mountain bikes and kids bikes to be the bulk of his business, but will also sell road, cross and comfort bikes.
The shop will also provide mechanical services and accessories, with Kevin doing all of the mechanical work himself. He said he has a strong background in mechanics dating back to his days racing motorcycles and so the transition to bicycle mechanics was easy.
As far as the technology and innovation introduced to the cycling community in recent years, Kevin said that's also become a passion and what piqued his interest in the service side of the bike world.
Kevin commented, "I have had a number of people stop by the shop already during my build out and the support has just been amazing." He said he's excited for what's to come.
Good Luck, Northwest Bicycle.
Interior of new Northwest Bicycle, which opens on Feb. 1st in Snoqualmie
Northwest Bicycle will open on the former Joseph's Cleaner retail space (near Gateway Gas and Deli) on February, 1, 2016.
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MLK: A riot is the language of the unheard
Three years after "I Have a Dream" and the March on Washington, Dr. King talked with Mike Wallace about divisions in the Civil Rights movement
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This weekend commemorates the 50th anniversary not just of one of the greatest speeches in American history -- Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" -- but also an important turning point in the civil rights movement, when a quarter of a million people marched on Washington, D.C., to demand equality for African Americans.
In one of the most stirring refrains of his speech, Dr. King told the crowd assembled before the Lincoln Memorial on Aug. 28, 1963, about his dream:
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.
The path to this dream, Dr. King said, must be through non-violence:
Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights -- of meeting physical force with soul force.
Three years later in 1966, in an interview with Mike Wallace, Dr. King continued to stress the path of non-violence, despite a summer of violence. Race riots were taking place across the country, and rifts in the civil rights movement were widening. Militant leaders - like Stokely Carmichael and his call for "black power" -- demanded that the movement part from Dr. King's gospel.
Despite such pressure, Dr. King would not budge. He told Mike:
I contend that the cry of "black power" is, at bottom, a reaction to the reluctance of white power to make the kind of changes necessary to make justice a reality for the Negro. I think that we've got to see that a riot is the language of the unheard.
Dr. King fought on, non-violently, for two more years. He was assassinated on April 4, 1968, the day after he gave his moving "Mountaintop" speech in which he told a crowd in Memphis that he'd seen the "Promised Land" of a just country, but tragically predicted:
I may not get there with you, but I want you to know tonight that we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land.
Below is the text of Mike's Sept. 27, 1966, interview with Dr. King for CBS Reports.
REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. (speech): Now what I'm saying is this: I would like for all of us to believe in non-violence, but I'm here to say tonight that if every Negro in the United States turns against non-violence, I'm going to stand up as a lone voice and say, "This is the wrong way!"
KING (interview): I will never change in my basic idea that non-violence is the most potent weapon available to the Negro in his struggle for freedom and justice. I think for the Negro to turn to violence would be both impractical and immoral.
MIKE WALLACE: There's an increasingly vocal minority who disagree totally with your tactics, Dr. King.
KING: There's no doubt about that. I will agree that there is a group in the Negro community advocating violence now. I happen to feel that this group represents a numerical minority. Surveys have revealed this. The vast majority of Negroes still feel that the best way to deal with the dilemma that we face in this country is through non-violent resistance, and I don't think this vocal group will be able to make a real dent in the Negro community in terms of swaying 22 million Negroes to this particular point of view. And I contend that the cry of "black power" is, at bottom, a reaction to the reluctance of white power to make the kind of changes necessary to make justice a reality for the Negro. I think that we've got to see that a riot is the language of the unheard. And, what is it that America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the economic plight of the Negro poor has worsened over the last few years.
WALLACE: How many summers like this do you imagine that we can expect?
KING: Well, I would say this: we don't have long. The mood of the Negro community now is one of urgency, one of saying that we aren't going to wait. That we've got to have our freedom. We've waited too long. So that I would say that every summer we're going to have this kind of vigorous protest. My hope is that it will be non-violent. I would hope that we can avoid riots because riots are self-defeating and socially destructive. I would hope that we can avoid riots, but that we would be as militant and as determined next summer and through the winter as we have been this summer. And I think the answer about how long it will take will depend on the federal government, on the city halls of our various cities, and on White America to a large extent. This is where we are at this point, and I think White America will determine how long it will be and which way we go in the future.
WALLACE: Even Sen. Jacob Javits asked the question recently. He said that he was a slum resident, but he and some of his fellow Jews were able to make it out of the ghetto on the lower East Side of New York. The same thing is true with lots of Irish, Italians, and he asked the question why the Negro finds it so difficult to make his own way up out of the ghetto? You did.
KING: Number one, no other racial group has been a slave on American soil. It's nice to say other people were down and they got up. They were not slaves on American soil. The other thing is that the Negro has had high visibility, and because of the prejudices existing in this country his color has been against him. It's been against him and they've used this to keep him from moving up. In the final analysis, when you say to a man that you are in this position because of your race or because of your color, you say to that man that he can never get out of it. Other racial groups have been able maybe to change their accent or to change their names, but the Negro can't.
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Côte d'Ivoire: Cardinal says it's "not necessary" for current president to seek third term
The Archbishop of Abidjan urges "respect for the law in the consultation"
President Alassane Ouattara and Cardinal Jean-Pierre Kutwa. (Photo by SIA KAMBOU/AFP)
By Lucie Sarr | Ivory Coast
The Catholic spiritual leader in Ivory Coast has used the filing deadline for candidates to run in the October 31 presidential election to express his views on the deleterious socio-political situation in the West African country.
Cardinal Jean-Pierre Kutwa this past Monday said, most notably, that it is "not necessary" for current President Alassane Ouattara to run for an unprecedented third, five-year term in office.
"In certain circumstances, silence can be synonymous with cowardice and complicity with iniquity," he said, apparently to justify his intervention in the political situation.
The 74-year-old Kutwa has been Archbishop of Abidjan, the country's largest city, since 2006, and a cardinal since 2014.
The question of the third term
His statement on the elections comes at a time of heightened tension between the presidential party, the opposition and some civil society groups, especially following President Ouattara's announcement on August 6 that he would seek a third term.
In the days that followed, protest marches were marred by violence in Abidjan and in many other places in the country, resulting in at least seven deaths, many injuries and numerous arrests.
While Cardinal Kutwa has been careful not to express himself clearly on the legality of the 78-year-old Ouattara's possible third term, he has noted the debate that took place in 2016 on the eve of the adoption of the new fundamental law on the issue.
"There were enough explanations from the drafters of the constitution that were shared with the people," he said.
"Similarly, communications by the government on official websites have been made to explain the constitution. In our opinion, there should not be different readings, which are the source of the current clashes," the cardinal said.
In 2016, some people close to the outgoing president had given assurances that he would not run for a third term. This was confirmed in March 2020 by the incumbent himself.
But four months later, Ouattara changed his mind. He did so after the July 8 death of Amadou Gon Koulibaly, who was to be nominated as candidate of the Rally of Houphouëtists for Democracy and Peace (RHDP), the presidential party.
Increasingly strong socio-political commitment
"My responsibility as a pastor is committed before the nation, before the history of our country, before the entire world," Cardinal Kutwa insisted.
"It is therefore necessary for me to say a word of consolation, which, at the same time, encourages non-violence, dialogue, respect for justice and laws, all things without which we cannot build a modern and peaceful state," he added.
His intervention confirms a commitment increasingly taken on by the Ivorian Church in the socio-political field.
Already in June 2019, the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Côte d'Ivoire (CECCI) called on politicians at the end of its 113th Plenary Assembly.
"Avoid another war," it warned.
Seven months later, in January 2020 and at the end of its 114th Plenary Assembly, the tone had become more incisive in challenging the political actors on their responsibilities to ensure that peace reigns in the country before and after the presidential elections.
The text coincided with the Archdiocese of Abidjan's announcement of a peace march and ended up triggering a conflict between the presidential party and the Catholic Church.
As a security measure, and in an effort to avoid any desire for political retribution, the march was cancelled and replaced by a prayer gathering in the cathedral.
"Reconciliation is more important than elections," Cardinal Kutwa said in his August 31 statement.
"It is totally erroneous to think that it is enough to organize elections and declare a winner, so that wounded hearts can be healed and peace can be established," he argued.
He explicitly cited the bishops' conference pastoral letter of July 21, which insists that reconciliation, peace and justice are inseparable.
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Proposal to grant a variation of appointment to Icosa Water Services Limited to enable it to provide sewerage services to a site called land at Perrybrook Brockworth, Gloucester
Published date: June 17, 2020
Closing date: Thursday July 16th, 2020 5:00pm
About Consultation
We propose granting a variation of appointment to Icosa Water Services Limited ("Icosa Water") as a sewerage company and varying the appointment of Severn Trent Water Limited ("Severn Trent'') as a sewerage company. This notice is a consultation on this proposal under section 8(3) of the Water Industry Act 1991 ("WIA91").
Where to send submissions
Any person who wishes to make representations or objections with respect to the application should do so in writing to Sonali Yande at Centre City Tower, 7 Hill Street, Birmingham, B5 4UA or by email at [email protected].
Representations must be received by Ofwat no later than 17.00 hours on 16 July 2020. Further information about how to make representations or objections, including information on the treatment of confidential information, can be obtained from Ofwat at the above address or at https://www.ofwat.gov.uk/foi/
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The Pertronic F220 is a modular, expandable, intelligent fire alarm control panel which fully complies with the ISO based AS 7240.2 Australian fire alarm standard. The F220 exceeds the minimum requirements of this standard by displaying the exact location of the alarm activation as well as the mandated zone location information.
The panel uses a 7 inch (180 mm) 800 x 480 pixel colour display to unmistakably identify the panel status. The alarm mode is clearly identified by the use of red status bars, and by using large easy to read text descriptors. Fault information, device disablement information, pre-alarm conditions, walk test, supervisory and system information all have their own unique coloured display screens to provide comprehensive easy to use information for all users including fire brigade personnel, building managers, and service technicians.
The F220 also has 9 separate event logs to provide all users with powerful diagnostic information.
A full range of LCD and LED mimic panels provide remote display, control and monitoring capabilities. The F220 is fully compatible with Pertronic FireMap® PC Graphics.


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Ken Saro Wiwa jnr reported dead!
There are reports that Ken Saro Wiwa Jnr is dead! The news of the death of son of the Ogboni activist was broken by Sahara reporters but the source was not revealed.The journalist and activist was also an adviser to Goodluck Jonathan when he was president.Ken's father was killed during the Sani Abacha regime in a move which alienated Nigeria from the rest of the world.His son has since
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DPMS 16 Inch M4 profile, chrome-lined barrel chambered in 5.56 NATO with a 1:9 twist, carbine length gas system, steel front sight tower, bayonet lug, handguard cap, barrel nut, and a 1/2-28 threaded muzzle.
Front sight post, front sight detent and front sight detent spring sold separately.
The 10.5" Stainless Steel, medium weight CQB 5.56mm barrel group consists of a 1 in 7 twist improved polygonal rifled barrel. 5.56 Noveske Match Mod 0 chamber with a carbine gas system. Extended M4 feed ramps with 1/2x28 TPI muzzle threads. Bead blasted finish, 1" long gas block seat, pinned low profile gas block.
Comes complete with lo-pro gas block, gas block pin, gas tube and gas tube roll pin.
The 18" Stainless Steel, medium weight SPR 5.56mm barrel group consists of a 1 in 7 twist polygonal rifled barrel. 5.56 Noveske Match chamber with a intermediate gas system. Extended M4 feed ramps with 1/2x28 TPI muzzle threads. Bead blasted finish, 1" long gas block seat, pinned low profile gas block.
The 7.5" Stainless Steel, medium weight Diplomat 5.56mm barrel group consists of a 1 in 7 twist improved polygonal rifled barrel. 5.56 Noveske Match Mod 0 chamber with a pistol gas system. Extended M4 feed ramps with 1/2x28 TPI muzzle threads. Bead blasted finish, 1" long gas block seat, pinned low profile gas block.
The 14.5" Stainless Steel, medium weight Afghan 5.56mm barrel consists of a 1 in 7 twist improved polygonal rifled barrel. 5.56 Noveske Match Mod 0 chamber with a mid length gas system. Extended M4 feed ramps with 1/2x28 TPI muzzle threads. Bead blasted finish, 1" long gas block seat, pinned low profile gas block.
Daniel Defense 16 inch M4 Cold Hammer Forged Barrel. Machined from ordnance-grade 4150 Chrome Moly Vanadium alloy steel for exceptional strength, and magnetic particle inspected (MPI) to ensure there are no internal flaws in the metal. Chrome lined 5.56 NATO bore and chamber, M4 ramped barrel extension with 1/7 twist rate, "F" marked front sight tower, carbine length gas system, and 1/2-28 threaded muzzle.
Daniel Defense 10.3 inch Hammer Forged, MK 18 CQB Gov't Profile Barrel. Machined from ordnance-grade 4150 Chrome Moly Vanadium alloy steel for exceptional strength, and magnetic particle inspected (MPI) to ensure there are no internal flaws in the metal. Chrome lined 5.56 NATO bore and chamber, M4 ramped barrel extension with 1/7 twist rate, .750 diameter gas block journal, carbine length gas system, and 1/2-28 threaded muzzle.
Rock River Arms chrome lined, R-4 Lightweight profile, chrome-moly vanadium barrel chambered in 5.56 NATO with a 1:9 twist, carbine length gas system, 1/2-28 threaded muzzle and front sight base with bayonet lug. Includes barrel nut and handguard cap.
FRONT SIGHT, FRONT SIGHT DETENT, AND FRONT SIGHT SPRING NOT INCLUDED WITH PURCHASE.
Rock River Arms 20 Inch air-gauged, cryo-treated, stainless steel, varmint barrel chambered in .223 Wylde with a 1:8 twist, rifle-length gas system, and a non-threaded, target crown muzzle. The Barrel Diameter is .920 in front of the gas block and 1.050 behind. Also included is RRA's Single rail gas block with gas tube roll pin.
Rock River Arms 18 Inch air-gauged, cryo-treated, stainless steel, varmint barrel chambered in .223 Wylde with a 1:8 twist, mid-length gas system, and a non-threaded, target crown muzzle. The Barrel Diameter is .920 in front of the gas block and 1.050 behind. Also included is RRA's Single rail gas block with gas tube roll pin.


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What is sound healing?
Sound healing, or sound therapy, is not a new modality. It is undeniable that music and sound affect the body. For centuries, and in all areas of the world, sound has been utilized to maintain health and wellbeing. It is only the concept of applying certain frequencies in a therapeutic setting that is relatively new. Sound healing/therapy is based on the idea that all matter in the universe is alive with vibration, emanating unique frequencies. Systems based on certain types of matter—stone, water, light, pitch, plants, and, indeed, the human body—are in a constant state of resonance.
We know as well that these systems can become unbalanced and fall out of resonance, also known as dissonance, or disease. Illness is caused when a system in a body of matter stops vibrating at its unique frequency. This begins at the cellular level and can be something as seemingly insignificant as being dehydrated to something more invidious such as cellular malignancy, or cancer. Vibratory and sonic therapies can help by sending subtle and penetrating sound waves through the body, down to the cells themselves, returning harmony and ease through frequency and resonance. Restoring this balance to the body and mind is what facilitates healing.
Sound healing has roots in ancient cultures around the world. Aboriginal Australians (Yolungu) are believed to be one of the earliest human groups to perform sound specific healing rituals. Use of an instrument called the yidaki (pictured right) was thought to have healing properties useful for various physical ailments, such as broken bones and tissue damage. Ancient Egyptian ceremonialists chanted vocal tones and used instruments such as the sistra/sistrum. And, in ancient Greece, Pythagoras, a mathematician and philosopher, observed the calming effect of an instrument called the kithara on both humans and animals. The concept of the "Music of the Spheres" originates here, and it was his belief that certain frequencies could trigger various emotions, from peaceful to chaotic and stressful.
Throughout human history, certain instruments have been with us for as long as history records. The drum is perhaps the oldest instrument found in human cultures around the world. It is, unsurprisingly, an instrument which captures the essence of our first heard sound, that of the human heartbeat. We also carry another ancient instrument, the instrument of our birthright—our voice. Supremely portable, this instrument has the power to change hearts and minds, clear blocked energy, and ease or agitate. The voice combined with drum can be an ancestral portal, a universal way to communicate with humans and other than humans, and our deepest, most divine self.
Early modern science by Christiaan Huygens, a Dutch scientist, is credited for the discovery of entrainment in the 16th century. Entrainment is the practice of tuning the body to a desired frequency, and this plays a crucial role in modern sound therapies, including VST. Entrainment Occurs when the sound coming from an external source is used to tune the body back into balance.
What Can Sound Therapy Do for Me?
Many people claim to experience feeling rejuvenated after a sound therapy session. When a person seeks healing through sound therapy, their fundamental objective is to listen deeply and allow for self-care.
Self-care is health care. A sound bath or meditation is an opportunity for recuperation, integration, and ease. It is time gifted to oneself that announces I am worth taking care of. Self-care is a radical act, an act of reclaiming the self from the clutches of societal expectations, which so often are completely unrealistic. Here are some of the benefits of adopting a meditative self-care practice:
Rest and Relaxation – Our minds are constantly processing thoughts, information arrives to us at a rate that is impossible to digest it all, and we are often existing in a state of overwhelm, distraction, and decision fatigue. Meditative practice, one supported by sound, can help stop thoughts in their tracks by offering a focal point that allows the body to deeply relax. Restorative practices such as this has been shown to effectively reduce stress and anxiety (thoughts), relieve physical pain, improve mental and emotional clarity, stimulate the immune system. Ultimately, sound therapy allows one to be fully present in the moment.
Frequency facilitates healing – As mentioned above, sound therapy and meditation can help free up energy in the body, especially that which is stuck in the mind in the form of thoughts, stress, and anxiety, and create a greater capacity for awareness and management of these emotions. When we are less stressed, our immune system is less tasked. When our immune system is running at full strength, we can heal, or remain healthy. With repetition (frequency), we entrain ourselves to the feeling of relaxation, that feeling of balance and harmony, and are more keenly aware when our body informs us that there is something out of balance. We teach ourselves how feeling better feels.
Improved sleep – By relaxing our body and mind, letting go of stress and worries, we can attain the ultimate restorative practice—sleep. When we achieve between 6-8 uninterrupted hours of sleep, a cycle in which N-REM and REM states are reached, our body systems are revived and restored, we can stave off disease, and feel more vital and healthy.
Physical Effects – This may include better joint movement, reduced muscle pain and inflammation, disappearance of kidney stones (medical doctors use a non-invasive sonic therapy), reduced headaches, increased capacity for hearing (especially in people experiencing hearing loss), improved heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature and more.
Some Science, Please
According to Dr. Herbert Benson, Founder of Harvard University's Mind/Body Medical Institute and author of The Relaxation Response, increased levels of stress have made the nervous system continually activate the "fight, flight, of freeze" response. This can cause an increase in cortisol, a hormone that, when not used for fighting or fleeing, can accumulate and converted into other hormones they body can use or better store (like the sex hormones estrogen and testosterone that get stored as fat). High cortisol levels are also one of the prime causes for inflammatory diseases like hypertension, diabetes, and certain cancers. Scientific studies have shown that sound can produce changes in the autonomic, immune, endocrine and neuropeptide systems of the body. By reducing our chronic stress, and by discovering ways to process and restore after periods of stress, we can build our resilience to stress and resistance to disease.
Researchers from Yale University have performed functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans on novice and experienced meditators to observe the effects that various techniques had on them. It was discovered that there was reduced activity in the default mode network of the brain when they ran the scan on advanced meditators. The prefrontal and posterior cingulate cortex were the areas particularly affected, and this effect was seen to occur no matter what type of meditation was practiced. The default mode network has been connected to lapses of attention and anxiety, attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder, and even the buildup of beta-amyloid plaques seen in Alzheimer's disease.
Regarding rest and sleep, the book Why We Sleep by Matthew Walker is highly informative support for how a full night's sleep, and the alternative, affects the body and the mind. Many sound therapists have had clients or sound meditation attendees fall asleep during a sounding. These individuals are often highly apologetic to the practitioner, embarrassed for violation of some social moray. However, it is a high compliment to not only have facilitated such a state of deep relaxation but also trust, that most practitioners will apologize for having to wake you!
The English osteopath, Sir Peter Guy Manners, uses sound and cymatic therapy to achieve a near-ideal metabolic state in a cell or organ, which in the human body vibrates at a fundamental frequency of about 8 cycles per second. This is the same basic frequency of the electromagnetic field of the earth itself. The science of sound, and the idea of "getting back to the earth" suggests that out disease and discord might be remedied by simply returning to our most natural state. It is intriguing.
Read on for scientific evidence and studies, or further reading on the science of sound:
Influence of Music Therapy on Coping Skills and Anger Management in Forensic Psychiatric Patients: An Exploratory Study (Pub Med)
The future of music in therapy and medicine (Pub Med)
Incidental Music: a case study in the development of sound therapy (British Journal of Music Education)
The Healing Power of Sound by Dr. Mitchell Gaynor
When we allow ourselves to rest, the result can have truly transformational effects on our body, mind, and spirit. Something as simple as deep meditative listening in nature or with a single instrument such as a singing bowl or our own voice can be a radical act of self-care.
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Q: The best place to change tableview frame at loading I'am using custom shadow image, and i need to shift table view by 11 points.
Here is how i'm doing it:
self.frontTableView.frame = CGRectMake(self.frontTableView.frame.origin.x,
self.frontTableView.frame.origin.y+11,
self.frontTableView.frame.size.width,
self.frontTableView.frame.size.height);

Im using it in numberOfSections method, which is probably not the best place - because when the view disappear and appear again my tableView is as it was.
So where is the best place to change tableview frame?

A: I'd do it either within the nib itself or in viewDidLoad - not in any of the delegate methods, which you won't know when or how many times will be called.

A: use this method:
-(void)viewDidLoad
{
   [super viewDidLoad];
   self.frontTableView = [UITableView new];
   self.frontTableView.frame = CGRectMake(self.frontTableView.frame.origin.x,
   self.frontTableView.frame.origin.y+11,
   self.frontTableView.frame.size.width,
   self.frontTableView.frame.size.height);
      //other custom methods . . .
}

if you make some change in tableview during executing, dont forget to call the method
[self reload frontTableView];

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October 2019 marks 30 years since Matilda was published! This brand new jacket comes with a never-before-seen illustration of Matilda as the Director of the British Library - one of the careers that Quentin Blake himself has imagined that Matilda might have at 30 years old.
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Nowadays Steinway uprights and grands are produced in two places in the world. One is in New York, USA, and another one is in Hamburg, Germany. Together they craft about 2,500* instruments per year.
Steinway & Sons is a company established in the United States, but its founder was Henry Engelhard Steinway – a German who emigrated to the USA. Together with his four sons, he worked on modern grand piano models for the first thirty years of activity. When they were working on an instrument, they paid total attention to it, and didn't begin any new project before finishing the current one.
Constructing a piano takes about one year. Wood that is destined to each element is prepared by seasoning outdoors for several months, drying in stoves and air-conditioned rooms until the humidity will reach stability. The process of creating pianos is free of rush. Tone and responsive action mechanism of Steinway instruments captivated many pianists all around the world, even the most demanding ones.
Why Steinway and Sons piano price list and models?
Producing a piano lasts about one year.
Used materials are only top quality.
9 of 10 concert pianists choose Steinway grand pianos.
"There is nothing more serene than the feel of the keys of a Steinway under my fingertips. With a tone that rich, I would never be afraid of the dark. Steinway is the only and the best!"
"It is a privilege and honor to perform on Steinway pianos."
"The Steinway is the most versatile instrument I know."
Before Henry Engelhard Steinway established his Steinway & Sons brand in 1853 he already had 482 built grands. The first factory of the company was in the attic of one of the buildings near Varick Street on Manhattan. The first grand piano with the serial number 284 was sold for 500 dollars. Nowadays it has historical value, and it's an exhibit in the oldest and the biggest museum in the United States – The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The first thirty years of activity were very productive. At this time Henry with his sons C.F. Theodor, Charles, Henry jr. and Albert developed half of all 127 already existing technical solutions. They were inspired by the latest scientific discoveries of those times.
Steinway grands received medal awards at the European and American exhibitions for excellent quiality, building techniques and precision in making, after only two years of activity.
The intercontinental "Grand Gold Medal of Honor" award brought fame of good reputation among royal families and outstanding piano virtuosos.
By the end of XIX century until now the main company center is in New York, Queens district.
There is a Steinway town with its own foundry, post office, parks and flats for the workers.
Henry Engelhard Steinway built his first grand piano in the kitchen in his house in Seesen - Germany.
The founder changed his name from Heinrich Engelhard Steinweg to Henry Engelhard Steinway. It was a result of functioning in an English-speaking country.
The first Steinway & Sons grand piano has the serial number 284, which is an inverse of 842 – amount of grands that Henry crafted before establishing his company.
Now it is an exposition in The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.
The Steinway & Sons company is well known all over the world as the finest class piano manufacture. Tone, and mechanism action fascinate everyone who gets in touch with them.
Craftsmanship and professionalism in each detail.
Project inspired by XVIII century trends.
Because of Hexagrip patent piano will hold its tuning longer.
Elegance of France from XVIII century closed in handcrafted case.
Soft, sustaining, and full sostenuto pedals.
Graceful grand piano from Steinway & Sons.


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/**
 * Clinics
 *
 * This model handles patient search on groups management. It operates the following tables:
 * - Groups,
 * - users
 *
 * @author	Visions
 */
class Manage_groups extends CI_Model
{
	private $table_name			    		= 'mc_clinic';			// Clinic entry

	private $countries_table_name	        = 'mc_countries';
	private $states_table_name		    	= 'mc_states';
	private $cities_table_name		    	= 'mc_cities';
	private $aus_suburb_table_name	        = 'mc_aus_suburb_list';
	private $state_table_name 	            = 'mc_aus_states_list';
	private $mc_clinic_admin 	            = 'mc_clinic_admin';
	private $mc_clinic_access 	            = 'mc_clinic_access';
	private $mc_clinic_rooms 	            = 'mc_clinic_rooms';
	private $mc_patients 	            	= 'mc_patients';
	private $mc_groups						= 'mc_groups';
	private $mc_groups_members				= 'mc_groups_members';
	private $mc_consultation				= 'mc_consultation';
	private $mc_appointments				= 'mc_appointments';
	private $table_practitioners			= 'mc_hp_info';
	private $mc_speciality					= 'mc_speciality';
	private $mc_billing_relation			= 'mc_billing_relation';
	private $mc_billing_codes				= 'mc_billing_codes';

	function __construct()
	{
		parent::__construct();
		$ci =& get_instance();
		$this->table_name			                = 	$ci->config->item('db_table_prefix', 'tank_auth').$this->table_name;
		$this->countries_table_name	                = 	$ci->config->item('db_table_prefix', 'tank_auth').$this->countries_table_name;
		$this->states_table_name	                = 	$ci->config->item('db_table_prefix', 'tank_auth').$this->states_table_name;
		$this->cities_table_name	                = 	$ci->config->item('db_table_prefix', 'tank_auth').$this->cities_table_name;
		$this->aus_suburb_table_name	            = 	$ci->config->item('db_table_prefix', 'tank_auth').$this->aus_suburb_table_name;
		$this->state_table_name   	                = 	$ci->config->item('db_table_prefix', 'tank_auth').$this->state_table_name;
		$this->mc_clinic_admin   	                = 	$ci->config->item('db_table_prefix', 'tank_auth').$this->mc_clinic_admin;
		$this->mc_clinic_access   	                = 	$ci->config->item('db_table_prefix', 'tank_auth').$this->mc_clinic_access;
		$this->mc_clinic_rooms   	                = 	$ci->config->item('db_table_prefix', 'tank_auth').$this->mc_clinic_rooms;
		$this->mc_patients   	                	= 	$ci->config->item('db_table_prefix', 'tank_auth').$this->mc_patients;
		$this->mc_groups   	                		= 	$ci->config->item('db_table_prefix', 'tank_auth').$this->mc_groups;
		$this->mc_groups_members   	                = 	$ci->config->item('db_table_prefix', 'tank_auth').$this->mc_groups_members;
		$this->mc_consultation   	                = 	$ci->config->item('db_table_prefix', 'tank_auth').$this->mc_consultation;
		$this->mc_appointments   	                = 	$ci->config->item('db_table_prefix', 'tank_auth').$this->mc_appointments;
		$this->table_practitioners   	            = 	$ci->config->item('db_table_prefix', 'tank_auth').$this->table_practitioners;
		$this->mc_speciality   	            		= 	$ci->config->item('db_table_prefix', 'tank_auth').$this->mc_speciality;
		$this->mc_billing_relation   	            = 	$ci->config->item('db_table_prefix', 'tank_auth').$this->mc_billing_relation;
		$this->mc_billing_codes   	            	= 	$ci->config->item('db_table_prefix', 'tank_auth').$this->mc_billing_codes;
	}

	public function patient_Details(){

		// $patient_surname=$inputValues['surname'];
		// $first_name=$inputValues['fname'];
		// $dob=$inputValues['dob'];

		$return= array();
		//if($inputValues!=''){

		$this->db->select("*");
		$this->db->from($this->mc_patients);
		$this->db->where('status', '1');
		// $this->db->like('last_name', $patient_surname);
		// $this->db->like('first_name', $first_name);
		// $this->db->like('date_of_birth', $dob);

		$query = $this->db->get();
		$result = $query->result();

		if(count($result) > 0)
		{
			return $result;

		}
		else
		{
			return false;
		}

		//}
			return $return;
	}

	public function all_patient_Details(){

	$return= array();

	$this->db->select("*");
	$this->db->from($this->mc_patients );
	$this->db->where('status', '1');

	$query = $this->db->get();
	$result = $query->result();

	if(count($result) > 0)
	{
		return $result;

	}
	else
	{
		return false;
	}

		return $return;
	}

	public function saveGroupData($inputValues)
	{
		$ip = $this->mc_constants->remote_ip();

		if(isset($inputValues['selectedUser']))
		{
			$group = array(
				'group_name' => $inputValues['grpName'],
				'group_admin_id' => $inputValues['grp_admin_id'],
				'created_ip' => $ip,
				'status' =>1,
				'created_date' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
				'created_by'  => $inputValues['grp_admin_id']
			);

			$insertGroup = $this->db->insert($this->mc_groups, $group);

			$inserted_id = $this->db->insert_id();

			//$count = count($inputValues['selectedUser']);

			$counter = 0;

			foreach ($inputValues['selectedUser'] as $value) {

				$this->db->set('group_id', $inserted_id);
				$this->db->set('member_id', $value);
				$this->db->set('created_ip', $ip);
				$this->db->set('created_date', date('Y-m-d H:i:s'));
				$this->db->set('created_by', $inputValues['grp_admin_id']);
				$this->db->insert($this->mc_groups_members);
			}

		}
		else
		{
			$group = array(
				'group_name' => $inputValues['grpName'],
				'group_admin_id' => $inputValues['grp_admin_id'],
				'created_ip' => $ip,
				'status' =>1,
				'created_date' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
				'created_by'  => $inputValues['grp_admin_id']
			);

			$insertGroup = $this->db->insert($this->mc_groups, $group);
		}

		return "true";

	}

	public function saveGroupDataFromCalendar($inputValues, $adminid)
	{
		$ip = $this->mc_constants->remote_ip();
		$group = array(
			'group_name' => $inputValues['grpName'],
			'group_admin_id' => $adminid,
			'created_ip' => $ip,
			'status' =>1,
			'created_date' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
			'created_by'  => $adminid
		);

		$insertGroup = $this->db->insert($this->mc_groups, $group);

		$inserted_id = $this->db->insert_id();

		$group_members = array(
				'group_id' => $inserted_id,
				'member_id' => $inputValues['PatientId'],
				'created_ip' => $ip,
				'created_date' => date('Y-m-d H:i:s'),
				'created_by'  => $adminid
			);

			$insertGroup = $this->db->insert($this->mc_groups_members, $group_members);

		return "true";

	}

	public function groupList($id)
	{
		$this->db->select('*');
		$this->db->from($this->mc_groups);
		$this->db->where(array('group_admin_id' => $id));
		$this->db->where('status', '1');
		$results = $this->db->get();
		return $results->result_array();
	}

	public function enrolled_members($pId)
	{
		$this->db->select('group_id');
		$this->db->from($this->mc_groups_members);
		$this->db->where('member_id', $pId);

		$results = $this->db->get();
		// echo "<pre>";
		// print_r($results->result());
		// echo '</pre>';die;
		return $results->result_array();
	}

	public function recycleGroupList($id)
	{
		$this->db->select('*');
		$this->db->from($this->mc_groups);
		$this->db->where(array('group_admin_id' => $id));
		$this->db->where('status', '0');
		$results = $this->db->get();
		return $results->result_array();
	}

	public function groupdetails($id)
	{

		$this->db->select("*");
		$this->db->from($this->mc_groups .' as groups');
		$this->db->where('groups.id', $id);
		$this->db->where('groups.status', '1');
		$results = $this->db->get();
		$results = $results->row();

		if(isset($results->id) && $results->id != ''){
			$this->db->select("*");
			$this->db->from($this->mc_patients .' as patients');
			$this->db->join($this->mc_groups_members .' as mem', 'patients.patient_id = mem.member_id');
			//$this->db->join($this->mc_patients .' as patient', 'mem.member_id = patient.patient_id','inner');
			$this->db->where('mem.group_id', $id);
			$resultsInfo = $this->db->get();
			$results->members = $resultsInfo->result();
		}

		return $results;

	}

	public function deleteGroup($sid){

			$data = array( 'status' => '0');

			$this->db->where('id', $sid);

			$this->db->update($this->mc_groups, $data);

		if ($this->db->affected_rows() == '1') {
			return 'success';
		} else {
			return 'failure';
		}
	}

	public function restoreGroup($sid){

			$data = array( 'status' => '1');

			$this->db->where('id', $sid);

			$this->db->update($this->mc_groups, $data);

		if ($this->db->affected_rows() == '1') {
			return 'success';
		} else {
			return 'failure';
		}
	}

	public function assignPatienttoGrp($pId,$grpId){
		$userdata = $this->session->all_userdata();
  		$uId = $userdata['user_id'];

		$ip = $this->mc_constants->remote_ip();
		$this->db->set('group_id', $grpId);
		$this->db->set('member_id', $pId);
		$this->db->set('created_ip', $ip);
		$this->db->set('created_date', date('Y-m-d H:i:s'));
		$this->db->set('created_by', $uId);
		$this->db->insert($this->mc_groups_members);

		return true;
	}

	public function removePatienttoGroup($pId,$grpId){

  		$this->db->where('group_id', $grpId);
  		$this->db->where('member_id', $pId);
		$this->db->delete($this->mc_groups_members);

		return true;
	}

	public function get_all_consultation_history_groups($patientID)
	{
		$this->db->select("appointment_id");
		$this->db->from($this->mc_appointments .' as appointment');
		$this->db->where('appointment.patient_id', $patientID);
		$appId = $this->db->get();

		$appIds = $appId->result_array();

		$consultHistroy = array();
		$newComArry = array();

		foreach ($appIds as $value) {

			$this->db->select("const.*,hpin.title,hpin.surname,hpin.name,clinic.clinic_name,spec.speciality");
			$this->db->from($this->mc_consultation .' as const');

			$this->db->join($this->table_practitioners .' as hpin', 'hpin.hp_id = const.hp_id','left');
			$this->db->join($this->table_name .' as clinic', 'clinic.clinic_id =const.medical_clinic','left');
			$this->db->join($this->mc_speciality .' as spec', 'spec.ID =const.speciality','inner');
			$this->db->where('const.appt_id', $value['appointment_id']);
			$query = $this->db->get();
			//print_r($this->db->last_query());

			$consultation = $query->result_array();
			if(!empty($consultation))
			{

				foreach ($consultation as $con) {
					array_push($consultHistroy, $con);
				}
			}

		}

		if(count($consultHistroy) > 0)
		{

            return $consultHistroy;
		}
		else
		{
			return array();
		}
	}

	public function get_all_billing_history_groups($patientID)
	{
		$this->db->select("appointment_id");
		$this->db->from($this->mc_appointments .' as appointment');
		$this->db->where('appointment.patient_id', $patientID);
		$appId = $this->db->get();

		$appIds = $appId->result_array();

		$billingHistroy = array();

		foreach ($appIds as $value) {

			$this->db->select("const.*,bill.billing_codes_id,billcode.*");
			$this->db->from($this->mc_consultation .' as const');

			$this->db->join($this->mc_billing_relation .' as bill', 'bill.consultation_id = const.ID','left');
			$this->db->join($this->mc_billing_codes .' as billcode', 'billcode.id = bill.billing_codes_id','left');
			$this->db->where('const.ID', $value['appointment_id']);
			$query = $this->db->get();

			$billing = $query->result_array();

			if(!empty($billing))
			{

				foreach ($billing as $bill) {
					array_push($billingHistroy, $bill);
				}
			}
		}

		if(count($billingHistroy) > 0)
		{

            return $billingHistroy;
		}
		else
		{
			return array();
		}
	}

	public function removePatientFrmGrp($input){
		 $this->db->where('group_id', $input['gid']);
		 $this->db->where('member_id', $input['pId']);
  		 return $this->db->delete($this->mc_groups_members);

	}

	public function get_patient_by_appointment($appntID)
	{
		$this->db->select("patient_id");
		$this->db->from($this->mc_appointments .' as appointment');
		$this->db->where('appointment.appointment_id', $appntID);
		$pat_id = $this->db->get();

		$patient_id = $pat_id->row();
		return $patient_id;
	}

	public function getPatientTonewGroup($pId)
	{
		$this->db->select("*");
		$this->db->from($this->mc_patients);
		$this->db->where('patient_id', $pId);
		$patientdata = $this->db->get();

		$patient = $patientdata->result_array();
		return $patient;
	}
}


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Moving picture: Maryam D'Abo
(David Sandison)
Maryam D'Abo: 'It's like losing a layer of skin – you experience life more intensely'
The actress Maryam D'Abo was lucky to survive when she had a brain aneurysm. Her experience inspired a moving film that she hopes will give voice to other sufferers of brain injuries
Jack Watkins
Wednesday 11 July 2012 00:50
Maryam D'Abo describes the sensation of having a brain haemorrhage as like "shotguns in my head" – a series of explosions arising from the rupturing of an aneurysm that had formed on one of her blood vessels in the subarachnoid. The London-based actress underwent this harrowing experience five years ago, while she and her film director husband Hugh Hudson were staying with friends in Los Angeles.
"I had been having acute headaches for six months before, which I'd attributed to hormonal changes of a woman in her forties. But when we flew to America, I was suffering terrible headaches from the time we got off the plane. Two weeks later I woke up feeling out of sorts, but thought I'd work it off exercising on our friends' Stairmaster. After about five minutes, I felt dizzy, as if I was going to faint, then this massive heatwave – whoosh! – swept up through my head, followed by the 'explosions'. "
D'Abo says she went from sweating to freezing, and started vomiting violently. "I just remember I had so much pain in my head that I was trying not to move, praying it would go away." At first, she was misdiagnosed as suffering from viral meningitis – its similar symptoms of sweating, headaches, nausea and sensitivity to light and noise can lead to brain aneurysms initially being undetected. But as her condition worsened, after three days she was admitted to the renowned neurosurgery department of Cedar-Sinai Hospital. Lumbar puncture revealed the haemorrhage, and an emergency four-hour operation was carried out to prevent further blood seepage into the brain.
"Luckily, my aneurysm was accessible, whereas some occur in parts of the head that are hard for surgeons to get to," explains D'Abo.
It is estimated that only one in 10 of those who suffer actual brain haemorrhages survive, and of those who do reach neurosurgery, only one-third return to their pre-haemorrhage state, one-third die within a month of operating, and a further third have severe disabilities for the rest of their lives. No one is certain what causes aneurysms, but her own experience prompted D'Abo to make a documentary explaining the ordeal, and giving voice to other sufferers of brain injury.
Rupture: Living With My Broken Brain is at times graphic and disturbing, but at other moments poignant, funny and even uplifting. It was scripted by writer and neurologist Paul Broks, who had access to D'Abo's stream-of-consciousness diaries, was directed by Hudson, and has music specially composed and performed by Hudson's old friend and associate from Chariots of Fire, Vangelis, along with that of Mark Knopfler, performed and donated to the film. It features D'Abo's interviews with people such as Quincy Jones who, like her, suffered a brain haemorrhage in his forties, jazz guitarist Pat Martino, who for several years "forgot" how to play until he underwent surgery to correct an aneurysm, and former literary editor of The Observer, Robert McCrum, who suffered a haermorrhagic stroke that left him partially paralysed.
All these were people who, like D'Abo, "made it back from brain injury", and the intention of the film "is to give hope to others fighting the same problem, and to help their families to understand what their loved ones are going through".
It is clear that it is the sense of isolation and social disconnectedness in the aftermath of brain injury that presents one of the greatest challenges to overcome. Hugh Hudson, having witnessed his wife's plight at close range, describes the brain injured as "existing in a kind of desert of their own, struggling to find a way out". McCrum talks of feelings of "anger and self-bereavement", of being "ashamed", and of experiencing a loss of confidence that even made meeting friends difficult. D'Abo says that for a time she "was frightened of everything, unable to cross a road, or to eat in a restaurant". She felt "stupid" because her short-term memory was damaged. "I can't put things in order now. And for some time afterwards, I could not watch a foreign film and read the subtitles at the same time. If I was at a dinner with several people round a table, I could not assimilate the flow of conversation."
She is keen to highlight the existence of The Silverlining, a charity initiated by American neuro-psychologist Dr Sherrie Baehr. Its members are sufferers of brain trauma who meet each month and who raise money for those needier than themselves. "These are people who have lost their careers, but the charity helps lift this sense of uselessness and of being a burden on society," says D'Abo. "And it provides a long-term aftercare of a type the NHS cannot give." The charity is growing, and alongside its London branch, now has ones in Oxford and Sussex.
And yet convalescence has compensations, argues D'Abo. "Many people say that recovery from an aneurysm is like having a layer of skin ripped off – your experience of life is more intense. I appreciate the physicality of things now, the lushness of greenery, the sight of a robin." She describes herself now as recovered – she drives, swims, does yoga and pilates and, alongside appearing in an upcoming TV episode of a Ruth Rendell crime story, is currently updating a film, Bond Girls Are Forever, which she originally did for American TV, for the 50th anniversary of the film franchise this autumn.
The work of producing Rupture was therapeutic, and stirred a desire to make more documentaries. The film ends with a lyrical scene of her in Hyde Park, finding joy in gazing up into broad-canopied London plane trees in the spring. "The thing is to appreciate the fragile wonder of it all, down to the last breath, down to the dying embers of consciousness," she maintains. "Life is good –we forget that."
Rupture: Living With My Broken Brain is on BBC4 at 10pm on 12 July as part of Flesh, Blood and Bones, The Amazing Human Body season.
thesilverlining.org.uk
The facts about brain aneurysms
* A subarachnoid aneurysm is an abnormal ballooning in a blood vessel that develops in the subarachnoid.
* An aneurysm occurs when the pressure of blood passing through part of a weakened artery forces the vessel to bulge outward. Not all aneurysms are life-threatening, but if the bulging stretches the artery too far, this vessel may burst, causing a person to bleed to death.
* An aneurysm that bleeds into the brain can lead to stroke or death.
* A person with a family history of aneurysm is twice as likely to get one.
* People with high blood pressure are at greatest risk. Women are twice as likely to develop a brain aneurysm haemorrhage as men.
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Bourg-sous-Châtelet – miejscowość i gmina we Francji, w regionie Burgundia-Franche-Comté, w departamencie Territoire-de-Belfort. W 2017 roku liczba ludności wynosiła 120 mieszkańców.

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? Hard candies use hydroxyethylated starches to hardening the candies.
? Ice cream needs starch to maintain its strength after being shipped and prevent it from collapsing.
? In addition it is used as a binding agent in animal feed. Pregelatinized alpha starch is used for the production of eel feed.
2.Sweetener industries tapioca starch accounts for about 80 percent of the raw material for sweetener products, such as glucose and fructose syrups. These products are used in the beverage industry as well as canned fruits, jams and others.
Oxidized and hydroxyethyl starches are used to dousing thread in order to reduce friction and fraying. This increases flexibility of the thread.
? Pregelatinized starch ether is used in the printing on fabrics to achieve better color consistency and dirt protection during the printing process.
Glue industry tapioca starch is the most important raw material in the production of both dry and wet glues. When it comes into contact with hot water or chemicals, it becomes sticky and stays sticky. Tapioca starch used for glues must be pure with low acidity.
Plywood industry used tapioca starch in combination with glue. This is an important process in the production of plywood. After the wood is dried, it enters into the machine that spread the glue over the entire surface of the sheet.
MSG and lysine industries use tapioca starch as a source of carbohydrate. One kilogram of MSG uses approximately 2.4 kilograms of tapioca starch.
Medical industry uses tapioca starch as filler, both in capsule and tablet.
Biodegradable materials tapioca starch is combined with biodegradable plastic compound that is further used to produce various types of products such as bag, container, etc.
These diverse applications make the undeniable note that cassava is the very important crop for Thailand agriculture and the development of industrials in general. No matter what form it may take, the benefits remain unchanged.


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The holidаy period is а seаson of excess, crаzy crowds, "ugly" sweаters аnd wааааy too mаny tаsty treаts. It's аlso the seаson of spаrkle. Shimmer is everywhere from holidаy decorаtions to mаkeup. And while mаny of us sаve our glittery looks for one of two speciаl occаsions (thаt "cocktаil аttire" holidаy pаrty аnd New Yeаr's Eve), we sаy thаt it's time to weаr glitter аnd rhinestones аll seаson long in аn effort to spreаd festive cheer аnd look fаbulous.
Don't sаve the spаrkly аnd metаllic pieces for certаin "speciаl" occаsions. Mаke every dаy of the holidаy seаson feel speciаl by incorporаting some shine into your outfits. Not only does it reduce the cost per weаr of the spаrkly gаrments, it cаn trаnsform old wаrdrobe stаples. When we stаrt worrying less аbout аutomаticаlly pаiring а sequin dress with heels аnd stаrt exploring other options, it cаn leаd to some interesting looks.
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This is the mathematically optimised best fantasy team for the season so far.
We've optimised the above team using our 'Team Solver', an excel spreadsheet that programatically picks a team based on our input criteria. You can read more about how the Team Solver works here. The team was optimised with a budget of £80M for the first XI, leaving a generous £20M for subs. Four £4.5M substitutes would leave you with £2M left over. Note also the team has been optimised using today's prices and not GW1 prices.
This team would have got you to 2nd place in Fantasy Premier League right now on 566 points and with Costa as the default captain. Allowing 2 auto-sub points for Costa in GW8 and with Pelle as VC the team would be 8 points clear at the top.
Looking at the team as a whole you'd have to say it's stocked with players who are all pretty well known by now, but how realistic would this team have been for Gameweek 1? Let's be honest, not very. We can use our Pre-Season Guide as a reference point; Baines, Ivanovic, Sterling, Sigurdsson and Costa were all recommended as GW1 buys with Tadic and Pelle listed as potential breakout players. We liked Spurs as a defensive team this season and looked at one of either Rose or Davies, but focused on a cheaper option overlooked Lloris. Chadli and Berahino were completely off the radar.
Southampton's incredible season so far is obviously a key factor for the success of this optimised team with 3 Saints players on board. Again, being realistic, not many fantasy managers would have wanted to max out on 3 players from one team at the start of the season, especially a team surrounded with as much uncertainty as Southampton were. We looked at the performances and underlying numbers behind their success so far earlier this week and they certainly look like a team who can do very well this year. We'd imagine Koeman's side can replicate Everton's success of last season. That is, they'll challenge for a Top 4 spot for long stretch of the season, although ultimately we'd expect them to fall short of Champion's League qualification once Liverpool and Arsenal get their act together. Still, from a fantasy football perspective this is very good and continued investment in Southampton's top players looks a very worthwhile one.
Note the absence of any of the elite midfielders except for Sterling, who is the cheapest of the lot. Elite mids are extremely popular with FPL managers; you'll find many a team with the midfield trio of Di Maria, Fabregas and Sterling. The fact is though, so far at least, there are much cheaper midfielders who have scored the same amount of points as their more expensive peers*.This only reinforces one of the cornerstones of success for any fantasy football team – it's all about value for money. In fact, with the exception of one or two players that will be your regular captain picks, your whole team should be based on value for money. Berahino's unlikely success and his inclusion in the team underlines this factor. At just £5.7M in FPL he's the best value for money player in the game so far along with Ryan Bertrand.
The inclusion of value for money players over the more obviously "elite" allows this team to pack in Baines and Ivanovic at the back. These guys are of course very expensive for defenders but considering their potential going forward are actually quite cheap when compared instead to midfielders. It is, however, always a little bit of a risk signing expensive defenders, if they fail to score they can be an enormous drag on your team. Relying on goals and/or assists from defenders requires you to stick with them through long stretches of the season and be very patient until they pop up with the goods. They're only likely to score half a dozen or so goals a season and thus the real worthwhile points won't come around very often. Both Baines and Ivanovic look in great form this season however and it's not too late to add either or both players to your team.
The big question surrounding this team and the players is how well they'll do from this point on. We'll take a closer look at this in a post next week but first thoughts are that it should do very well. Costa's injury is obvioulsy an issue right now but recall that there's at least £2M remaining budget to play with and a move for Aguero would be possible. The continued form of Berahino in particular as well as Siggy, Chadli and Tadic (versus Di Maria, Fab, Ramsey, etc.) would also have to be questioned but so far the underlying stats for all these players look terrific and suggest further success should be on the cards.
* - we should point out here we know Di Maria missed 2 games this season and may make the team if we did this on points per game (PPG) instead of total points. We'll look to optimise a team by PPG next week.


You've defeated Diablo. When you finally thought that there will be peace, a threat of a new conflict comes over the land of Sanctuary. Malthael – the Angel of Death, wants to take over the Highest Evil, hidden in the Soulstone. That is why you have to hide the devil's stone and protect the land of mortals from annihilation at any cost. It depends on you and your gaming chair whether this mission will end successfully. The following long hours spent in front of the computer require focus, dilligence, and a good condition – these can be ensured only by the black-white DIABLO X-ONE gaming chair.
The DIABLO X-ONE model with its construction brings to mind the mighty and invincible Crusader, the new character in Diablo III. Just as the armor of the game's character, the chair is also black and white and nearly impossible to rip apart. The durable, metal frame perfectly stabilizes and lifts the high, bucket backrest of DIABLO X-ONE, just like the inside of an armor. The massive sides of the backrest perfectly refer to the spaulders and bevor.
These two parts of the chair and the Crusader's armor protect the player and character against injuries of the neck and shoulders. The role of sabatons is played by rubber wheels thanks to which DIABLO X-ONE moves smoothly across all surfaces, and in any conditions (on both a wet floor and a shaggy carpet).
When your spine, neck, shoulders, and wrists face serious strains, The Crusader has to face equally difficult efforts as the future of Sanctuary is in his hands. That is how the functionality of the DIABLO X-ONE chair and the weapons of your warrior have a lot in common.
The wide seat and soft neck and spine pillows make your posture one to worth imitating. You have a lot of space to control your character, and apart from that you better protect your back and neck against unpleasant tension and numbness.
The high, ergonomic backrest – which includes a headrest – constitutes a prolongation of your own spine and that is why you won't feel tired, despite the long marathons in front of the computer.
The TILT system makes it easier for you to fight in any position. It's your weapon against bad posture and back pains. One pull of the lever is all it takes to precisely adjust the chair's position, perfectly fitting your current needs.
The crusader's strength is outstanding. The DIABLO X-ONE gaming chair is inspired by it. With calmness worthy of a saint, and a devilish efficiency, it fights for your health. That's why together you are going to form a deadly duo which will end every mission successfully.


The Trench (Al-Khandaq):wich was formed as a manmade borderline on the north side of madinah extended from "Waqem'sHarra" east to "Alwabrah'sHarra" west, on a span of 2500 LM , concaved on the ground with a V shape pit with a straight base , the top part is approximately 6.5-7 LM & the bottom part is 4.5 LM, it is 3 meter high. With an extra defensive fence from the north side that was formed from digging the trench and that was 1.8 meter high.
Al-Fath Mosque: located on the top of a hill next to the trench, it was the Prophet's tent base during the days of Al-Ahzab Foray.


Transportation will be provided to the wedding location @ 2:00 pm from the Resort at Squaw Creek.
The ceremony and festivities will take place at a location off property. We encourage you to check-in the day prior to ensure your attendance for this event.
A friendly competition between teams from the Bride's side and Grooms' side in a Best Ball Tournament.
for those of you who want to join the golf tournament, we suggest you arrive tuesday May 28th.
We encourage you to arrive on Thursday, May 30th at the latest to ensure attendance of all events and / or to avoid any potential issues with check-ins on the day of the wedding ceremony. Early check-ins cannot be guaranteed and therefore, we suggest that you plan accordingly.
For instance, if you intend on arriving the day of the wedding ceremony, you may not be able to check in prior to the shuttle departures times scheduled at 2:00 pm. In this case, we recommend arriving the day prior to avoid any issues.
The Resort at Squaw Creek is located in North Lake Tahoe, a 4-6 hour drive from most places in the bay area depending on traffic.
Squaw Creek is about a 1 hr drive from Reno-Tahoe Airport (47 mi).
An Uber from Reno to the Resort At Squaw Creek is roughly $55-65.
We've always wanted a destination wedding because we love the idea of our family and friends spending time together beyond just the wedding events.
We hope you will join us and enjoy a vacation along with the wedding by experiencing all that Lake Tahoe and the Resort at Squaw Creek have to offer.
Our favorite hike: From the base of Squaw Valley, take the Granite Chief Trail, a moderate 6.5 mile hike (out and back).
Our favorite bike ride: Take a separated, paved path that follows along Truckee river to Tahoe City and back (12 mile round trip). If you have more juice, bike along Lake Tahoe.
We are looking into childcare facilities— please stay tuned for more information.


Designed for riding in varying temperatures between sub zero and 15°C, the Merino Membrane Softshell Jacket combines the finest Merino wool with a wind and water proof membrane.
With a sleek and contemporary design Isadore's Merino Membrane Softshell Jacket combines aesthetics with the highest level of comfort and functionality. A wind and water proof membrane has been included on the outside and finest Merino wool fibres on the inside ensuring it is soft and comfortable to wear whilst being highly practical.
Isadore have designed this softshell jacket for everyone who enjoys riding in the colder months and needs to be prepared to handle alternating periods of heavy perspiration during vigorous exercise and freezing cold during the breaks. The selection of materials and highly elastic cut gives this jacket wide range of use between temperatures close to sub zero up to +15 °C.
All depends on how many layers you choose to apply underneath this jacket.
A new generation YKK AquaGuard Vislon zip has been included at the front and on the back pocket, this is 100% waterproof and versatile enough for easy manipulation. An optional lower back extension can be elegantly hidden when not needed and easy to apply once the road gets wet.
Isadore Merino Membrane Softshell Jacket is rated 4.0 out of 5 by 4.
Rated 1 out of 5 by RobScan1 from Stylish and unique, but doesn't live up to billing Returned this for a refund after getting soaked through on a sub 2hr ride in persistent but not heavy rain. It is OK in the dry, but not particularly breathable therefore tends to get wet on the inside if you're doing a decent tempo. I don't know where the membrane thing comes from as mine seemed to have no waterproof qualities whatsoever. Kudos to Wiggle who refunded without quibble, and I do have other Isadore clothing which I do like.
Rated 5 out of 5 by pager from WOW! The best jacket I have ever used I am a massive fan of Isadore, and am doing my best to accumulate a large collection. I have (or have had) winter jackets from Assos, Sportful, Castelli, all of which are good at some things. The Isadore jacket has become my favourite by far- it handles the widest range of conditions, and is supremely comfortable with lots of useful features. I have used it down to about 0-1 degrees, with just a long sleeved/high neck baselayer, and up into double figures with a short sleeved (Isadore) merino baselayer. It seems to wick sweat very effectively, and has really useful vents on the chest and below the arms. It has an unconventional rear pocket layout, with a standard pocket on the left, and a large zipped pocket where the other 2 pockets would normally be. Inside there are 2 smaller dividers for phone, tools, etc, and the zipped area gives useful storage for larger items. There is also a small zipped pocket at the right hip which is handy for keys, money, etc. There is a drop down tail flap for wet conditions. I haven't used it in heavy rain but it seems to keep most of the rain out, and would be fine for an hour or two. I bought the Marsala colour, which is a sort of faded red. I really like it, it's unusual and a bit retro. I have been able to use it for several rides between washes with absolutely no trace of any smells! Presumably due to the use of merino. The only minor downside is the popper behind the zip which stops the jacket from opening too far with the zip undone. I never really use this feature, and the popper on the flap behind the zip is too close to the teeth of the zip, so it catches on the zipper when you move the zipper up and down. I'm worried that it might eventually damage the zip, so I'm considering cutting out the popper, which seems a shame on such a high quality, well thought-out piece of kit. Thoroughly recommended.
Rated 5 out of 5 by autokad from Slovak style without skimping on performance. I have only managed to wear this jacket a few times, but those rides have covered all the weather of the Scottish Highlands in November. On a 95km ride in -3°C temp, my fingers frozen, but my body temperature always felt comfortable with just a couple of baselayers under the jacket. The next ride was 110km in slightly warmer conditions, with blasts of rains, warm sunshine and hellish winds.. again with just a couple of baselayers underneath, i felt fine. There are zip vents to allow air to circulate when it get a bit warm. When it rained, you do get wet but the fabric didn't get waterlogged or make me freeze. I imagine it will not be the best item for torrential rain over prolonged periods - but i don't think any jacket can withstand hours of rain. The back pockets are substantial - with one open and the other two under a zip enclosure which is big enough to easily hold a small pump (vertically or horizontal) plus whatever else you want to keep there - phone, valuables, gels, etc. there is also a nifty side zip pocket which is great for keys. I am 170cm, 60kg and the Small size is perfect, snug with a bit of stretch. At about £200 it is expensive - but like all other Isadore products i have purchase and used - it feels like this will last for years and functions better than any other winter jacket i've experimented with.