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Mr. Kevan Jones: Does my hon. Friend agree that many of his constituents, and many of the people whom I dealt with when I handled asbestos claims at the GMB union, were told when they were working with asbestos that it was safe? Many of them are now dying a horrible and cruel death. The hon. Member for Buckingham (Mr. Bercow) also spoke of a safe type of asbestos.
Mr. Hepburn: I agree with my hon. Friend. We must realise that we cannot save those people who are dying of asbestosis. We can do nothing about the people who will get the illness in years to come because of their past exposure to asbestos. We can do nothing to relieve the stress caused by Chester Street Holdings and the Fairchild judgment. What we can do is reduce, if not eradicate, the risk of people getting asbestosis in the future. That is exactly what the asbestos in the workplace regulations are about. They are commonsense measures. All they say is that an employer must identify where the asbestos is in his workplace so that if any contractor comes to do any sort of work, the contractors and workmen are protected.
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I have heard the arguments about white asbestos. One Opposition Member said that it was no more dangerous than talc. If it is no more dangerous than talc, let him put it under his arms for the next 12 months after he has had a wash. I hope he will not contract the disease from which people are dying a terrible death week in, week out in my constituency.
It does not matter what colour the asbestos is. It does not matter whether it is white, blue or brown. It is a killer. Yes, it is a killer to varying extents, but would we ask a person whether he would rather be run over by a mini or by a 10-ton truck? At the end of the day, the person will die; it is only a question of how long it will take.
I welcome the regulations, which I hope will be introduced sooner rather than later to protect people in the workplace.
Mr. Liddell-Grainger: Having been in the building trade in the area where the hon. Member for Jarrow (Mr. Hepburn) lives, I know that one of the first things to look for when entering a building is where the asbestos is. If someone finds asbestos, they must do something about it. I saw more building projects held up because asbestos had been found than for any other reason, and they were held up for longer than any other projects. As a result, sub-contractors went bust. That happened many times on Tyneside.
The regulations refer to a duty to
Xidentify . . . where asbestos may be present in buildings".
That is fine, if the asbestos can be found.
The hon. Member for Barnsley, West and Penistone (Mr. Clapham) mentioned Federal Mogul, which is included in chapter 11. It is in my constituency, and it is a big employer. It may continue to be; we will see what happens in a month's time. I know that the factory has major problems, but I also know that whoever goes in to change things will have a problem with asbestos. It will take a long time to clear the site.
Bridgwater is 100 acres short of industrial land. We desperately need land. If the regulations are introduced and we have to explore every part of every building to make them watertight, building and regeneration will be held up. That applies to other areas as well as mine, especially parts of the north-east, which is still changing from a heavy-industry to a light-industry area.
Another problem is the requirement to keep records of location and condition. XCondition" means condition today. Buildings are intended to have a considerable lifespan. Many factors may change their condition, such as water or air. Will it be necessary to re-regulate every five years because checks have to be made again? How will it be possible to make certain that part of a building has not deteriorated to the extent that it must be removed earlier?
Then there is the risk to workers. Those exploring a building to establish where asbestos is must take samples, which disturbs the asbestos. Someone carrying out such a process for a surveyor's report, through the Institution of Chartered Surveyors or any other organisation, might cause a problem while trying to find out where the asbestos is, and the material might have
to be removed anyway. I may be putting this in a rather longwinded way. What I mean is that the regulations may result in more problems than positive results.
I do not dispute the fact that we must know where asbestos is, but most buildings are that sort of age. White asbestos in particular dates from a time when there was a massive amount of industrial building, and mostly concrete, tin and asbestos were used for the roofs.
The regulations prescribe a duty to establish where premises are, and their condition, before any maintenance work is begun. How will those going into the building know about its condition? Someone examining lengths of piping covered in asbestos will have to establish whether a percentage, or the whole amount, is damaged, whether it can be re-used and whether it can be left. I do not understand how the regulations will regulate that. It must be in the interests of specialist firms to have the stuff pulled out if any of it is not in good condition before rebuilding starts.
If such matters are not addressed, the regulations may be unenforceable. As the Minister knows, there are one or two cowboys in the building industry. We do not want to create a problem because they are looking for ways of getting around the rules.
Tony Worthington (Clydebank and Milngavie): I welcome the regulations, which should have been implemented many years ago. I also very much welcome the contribution of my hon. Friend the Member for Jarrow (Mr. Hepburn), who treated the issues under discussion with the seriousness that they deserve. They are a serious concern in our constituencies.
Clydebank in my constituency has had the highest rate of asbestos deaths in the country for many years because of the shipbuilding and ship repairing industry and Turners asbestos factory. These are serious matters. People have died because of the material and the regulations seek to prevent people from dying in future. Anyone who turns this place into a public school debating chamber in which we make party political points when deaths are involved is not doing anyone a service.
We all anticipated that the main objection would be made in terms of white asbestos. In such circumstances, we can only look at what scientists have said. Asbestos is one of the most investigated materials ever and it is very difficult to investigate whether something causes disease over a period of 30, 40 or 50 years. In 1998, the World Health Organisation concluded that white asbestos caused asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma, so it is clear that this is not only about mesothelioma. Many diseases, including lung cancer, are affected by asbestos. In 2002, the United Nations ruled that all forms of asbestos should be added to an international list of chemicals subject to trade controls. The international chemical review committee said that such controls were another big step towards eliminating the risks associated with asbestos. A prestigious scientific body concerned with occupational health, the Collegium Ramazzini, called for an international ban on all mining and use of asbestos, including chrysotile, and concluded that it causes cancer.
The International Programme on Chemical Safety, which is sponsored by the United Nations Environment Programme, the International Labour Organisation and the World Health Organisation, concluded that exposure to chrysotile posed increased risks for asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma. The French medical research council established that all asbestos fibres are carcinogenic. The World Trade Organisation, adjudicating on a trade war between France and Canada on the issue, concluded that chrysotile was an established carcinogen and that there was no safe threshold.
Those judgments are not from Select Committees, but from controlling bodies, and they are based on research such as that of Smith and Wright, which says that chrysotile is the main cause of pleural mesotheliomas in humans. Research conducted by Mancuso found that chrysotile is far more hazardous in the induction of mesotheliomas and asbestos cancer risk much higher than was previously thought. The findings of Yano and others show that heavy exposure to white asbestos alone can cause lung cancer and malignant mesothelioma in exposed workers. The conclusion of Chaturvedi and Chaturvedi is that chrysotile asbestos cannot be used without risk.
I am very grateful to Robin Howie, a distinguished Scottish scientist, for writing to me about the issue. He said that the critical study on the effects of chrysotile on health was that initiated in 1966 by the McDonalds and co-workers on Quebec white asbestos miners—people working only with white asbestos. By 1992, those authors had observed 108 deaths from pneumoconiosis, 657 lung cancer deaths and 38 mesothelioma deaths. There were 174 more lung cancer deaths than one would have expected in such a population. Robin Howie tells me that the critical fact is that Canada exports more than 95 per cent. of the chrysotile that it produces. If chrysotile is so safe, why do the Canadians not use more of it?
Many people have pointed out that we should also take into account the evidence heard in courts across the continents. Court after court around the world has concluded that all forms of asbestos have caused thousands of deaths. An article in the Financial Times this week showed that ABB was going down because of asbestos claims. Two hundred and fifty of the largest firms in the world are now approaching the United States Supreme Court because they, in turn, are being killed by asbestos. They have been found guilty over and over again, and white asbestos has been involved in those judgments. If they believed that white asbestos was harmless, surely they would have mounted an intensive collective research project to prove it, so that they could win in court. They have not done so because they could not. Now, they are protesting about the level of damages.
There is very little time left, and I am sorry that I shall be unable to respond to any questions about any of those pieces of research. On white asbestos, I would simply say to the hon. Member for Buckingham (Mr. Bercow): XDon't stay in Buckingham. I do not know what the rate of asbestos-related death is there. Come to Clydebank and see what misery and death this substance has caused." The regulations will prevent further deaths, and that is rather more important than the points that the hon. Gentleman was making.


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Blast Off! Space Exploration and Literacy
By Suzanne Slade
| Mar 05, 2019
With the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing on July 20, many students will be curious about the brave astronauts who visited the moon and more recent space explorations. To help feed your students' curiosity about space and inspire STEM reading and writing, here are several free NASA resources along with suggested activities. Select one activity, or combine several to create an in-depth unit on this timely, high-interest topic.
Apollo moon missions
The Apollo missions landed 12 astronauts on the moon. These explorers spent approximately 80 hours studying the moon and made many fascinating discoveries.
Activity 1: In Their Own Words
Have you ever wondered what the astronauts talked about while they were soaring through space or walking on the moon for the first time? Fortunately, most of their conversations are available on the Apollo Flight Journal and Apollo Lunar Surface Journal.
Read: Visit the Apollo 11 Surface Journal (timestamp: 109:23:38 to 109:24:48), read the famous sentence Neil Armstrong said when he took his first step on the moon, and read how he described the surface of the moon to eager listeners back on Earth.
Write: How do you think Neil Armstrong might have felt when he took that first step off the lunar module onto the mysterious surface of the moon? Scared? Proud? Nervous? Brave? Tired? How would you feel if you were the first person to explore a place where no one had ever been before? What thoughts would go through your mind?
Activity 2: Discoveries on the Moon
Choose one of the discoveries made by the Apollo missions from the Air and Space Museum's list of "Top Ten" Apollo discoveries.
In your own words, write a short summary of the discovery and why it's important.
Book connections:
Countdown: 2979 Days to the Moon (Peachtree)
Daring Dozen: The Twelve Who Walked on the Moon (Charlesbridge)
A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon (Little, Brown)
Exploring astronauts
Students are fascinated by brave space explorers. Becoming an astronaut requires a lot of education, training, and hard work.
Activity 3: Astronaut Project
Invite students to research various astronauts using books and/or reliable internet websites (see NASA video resource below), or provide the class with a collection of level-appropriate books on various astronauts.
Modification option: For younger grades, provide students with a short list of four or five astronauts to read about.
Ask students to select an astronaut they admire or want to learn more about.
Invite students to write a nonfiction narrative which shares the childhood experiences, struggles, and accomplishments of his or her astronaut.
Modification option: Invite students to display their astronaut research on a bulletin board or poster boards, or share projects through short oral presentations.
Share a few presentations each day of a week as part of a "Space Week" celebration.
NASA video resource: Hear an astronaut describe his or her career journey in NASA's astronaut video interviews (3–4 minutes long). Below are a few great interviews to inspire students:
Jeanette J. Epps
Christopher Cassidy
Rex Walheim
The International Space Station (ISS) is a large spacecraft where astronauts live and study space. Constantly circling Earth, the ISS weighs approximately one million pounds and is the size of a football field. Since it first opened in 2000, more than 200 astronauts have lived on the International Space Station.
Activity 4: Life on the Space Station
Watch a live transmission of astronauts living and working on the International Space Station via NASA TV, including "NASA TV Programming," which is generally livestreamed video of the astronauts, and "Earth Views," which is a live view of Earth from the ISS.
Find out who's currently living on the Space Station by going to NASA Kids' Club and following the "Find Out Who Is on the Space Station" link.
Write a paper about a few tasks that the astronauts living on the Space Station perform. Or, select one of the astronauts living on the ISS and write a summary of how he or she became an astronaut and what his or her role is on the ISS.
Project option: Find out when the ISS will be passing over your town and plan a special outing where your class can watch the Space Station soar over your school. Go to the Spot the Station website, input your location, and it will provide "ISS sighting" times (and an approximate location to help you find it) for the next couple of weeks. You can also receive alerts of future ISS sighting times and dates.
Story Time from Space
Story Time from Space features videos of astronauts reading books aloud from the International Space Station. This is a unique, out-of-this-world reading experience.
Activity 5: Story Time Book Summary
Listen to a book read by an astronaut, then invite students to write a short summary of the book they just heard.
Project option 1: Students may listen to one story and write a report about the same book, or they may listen to the story of their choice outside of class and write a book summary of teacher-specified length.
Project option 2: Students may record their observations of the astronaut while reading. Why didn't the astronaut sit in a chair? What types of equipment did you see in the ISS? Did you see any clues that there is little gravity in the ISS? What was your favorite part of the story? The report may also include an illustration of the astronaut reading the book from space.
More space-themed resources
Challenger Centers are great places for students to participate in hands-on activities and explore. These not-for-profit learning centers are located in 27 states and four countries. Their "Center Missions" allow middle school students to experience "space-themed simulation-based experiences" led by trained flight directors.
NASA Kids' Club is a NASA-sponsored website with exciting activities for students, such as test driving a rover on Mars, as well as other games and craft ideas.
Suzanne Slade is the award-winning author of more than 100 children's books. A mechanical engineer by degree who worked on Delta rockets, she often writes about science and space topics. Some her recent titles include Countdown: 2979 Days to the Moon, Daring Dozen: The Twelve Who Walked on the Moon, A Computer Called Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Helped Put America on the Moon, Astronaut Annie (will be read by an astronaut on the Space Station for Story Time From Space), The Inventor's Secret, and Dangerous Jane. Find free Teacher's Guides for these books at www.suzanneslade.com. Find her on Twitter at @AuthorSSlade.
Innovating With Technology
Classroom Instruction
Social Studies & History
~15 years old (Grade 10)
~14 years old (Grade 9)
Student Level
Putting Books to Work: Jordan Sonnenblick's Notes From the Midnight Driver
By Julie D. Ramsay
Like many of our middle school students, Alex's life is in turmoil. His parents are in the midst of a very expensive divorce and his college fund is quickly depleting as lawyers battle over his time. Compounding that, Alex's dad has moved in with his third-grade teacher and his mom has started dating. He has had enough. So Alex gets drunk, takes the keys to his mom's car, and heads out to give his dad a piece of his mind.
Of course, things do not go as planned. Alex finds himself in police custody having decapitated a neighbor's garden gnome. His actions land him with a strict grounding at home, teasing at school, and assigned community service at a local nursing home with a notoriously cantankerous patient.
The beautifully composed story perfectly blends poignant moments with the humor that typically follows the lives of early adolescent students. Readers easily connect with Alex's plight while seeing his character develop as he becomes less self-centered and learns how to serve others.
Cross-curricular Connections: English language arts, social studies/history
Ideas for Classroom Use:
This book lends itself to several different types of activities to support all of our diverse learners.
Notes From The Midnight Driver provides students with many opportunities to evaluate cause and effect relationships. Students can discuss and reflect on Alex's choices and answer questions like What could have been done differently? What would have been a different outcome? In addition to having large and small group discussions, blogging is a great platform for students to share their thoughts. Unlike oral discussions, blogging gives students more time to contemplate, form their own ideas, and then share them with their peers. Through blog commenting, students can hold ongoing conversations outside of the classroom
In our classroom, we will use a "plot mountain" graphic organizer to study how Alex's character develops and to analyze how Sonnenblick creates a character that the audience can identify with. Students will use that as a model and create a character for their own narratives.
Although we live in the age where digital mediums reign our interpersonal communication, Alex uses letters to communicate with the judge on his progress. This lends itself to a discussion about communication mediums, audience, and impact. Students can select a topic, such as the dress code or the equitable use of physical education equipment, and determine how that would be communicated to a friend, a kindergartner, a parent, a grandparent, or a superintendent. Students can then compose their message for different audiences using different tools. They have to ask themselves, Would I text message, e-mail, Tweet, or write a letter explaining my argument? This is an authentic opportunity for students to practice communicating their message across different mediums for different audiences.
This book inspires readers to learn from the wisdom and experiences of older generations in their communities. Students can interview persons of interest, record their stories and then publish them to share with future generations. Some of my students favorite ways to publish are through video (iMovie or We Video), digital picture books (Mystorybook or Storyjumper), graphic novels, blog posts (KidBlog), and animation (StikBots or PowToon).
Service learning projects
Students want to know that what they are learning in school is relevant to their lives and empowering them to make a difference in the world. Although Alex is assigned community service, he eventually becomes invested in providing the residents at the nursing home, especially his assigned patient, with a jazz concert. This sets an example for students to really examine their communities, identify an area that may be underserved, and use their own talents to provide a service that positively impact the lives of others.
Through many of these learning experiences, students will develop empathy for others while promoting social justice in their own communities.
Jordan Sonnenblick's official website links to Sonnenblick's full list of books, his calendar, blog, and other resources.
"Service-Learning: The Time is Now" is an article explaining why service learning projects are powerful for our students. The article provides several examples of successful projects as well as steps for classroom implementation.
Julie D. Ramsay is a National Board Certified Teacher and the author of Can We Skip Lunch and Keep Writing? She teaches ELA to sixth graders at Rock Quarry Middle School in Tuscaloosa, AL. She also travels the country to speak, present, and facilitate workshops in applying technology to support authentic learning. Read her blog, eduflections.
Julie D. Ramsay will facilitate a workshop titled "Putting Books to Work Mid-Level" (featuring authors Jordan Sonnenblick, Pablo Cartaya, and George O'Connor) at the ILA 2017 Conference & Exhibits, held in Orlando, FL, July 15–17.
5 Books About New Beginnings
By Clare Maloney
Students are constantly learning and growing, embarking on new endeavors and overcoming challenges all throughout their schooling. Here are five books about new beginnings that will help inspire students of all ages who may be hesitant to pursue a new opportunity, who are forced to start over after an unexpected loss, or who are simply looking to begin anew.
Putting Books to Work: Bear and Bird
Putting Books to Work: Fish in a Tree
Putting Books to Work: Wonder
Putting Books to Work: The Thing About Jellyfish
Putting Books to Work: Transgender Pioneers
Clare Maloney is an intern at the International Literacy Association. She is currently seeking a BA in English from the University of Delaware.
~9 years old (Grade 4)
by Suzanne Cline
Wonder. R.J. Palacio. 2012. Alfred A. Knopf.
Ages: 8–12
Wonder is a story about a 10-year-old-boy born with a craniofacial abnormality who has undergone countless surgeries in his young life. After being homeschooled all of his life, Auggie faces the reality of attending school for the first time. His parents, while knowing that he is scared, are also aware that Auggie needs a more well-rounded education than what they can provide for him at home. As he begins fifth grade at Beecher Prep Middle School, Auggie maneuvers the many social challenges he encounters including making friends, fitting in, and dealing with betrayal. Although he has the unwavering support of his family, faculty, and friends, he also faces some mean-spirited behavior from peers and their parents. Throughout all of Auggie's many trials and tribulations, he shows the people around him the real meaning of courage, compassion, and understanding.
There are countless themes that could describe Wonder: family, friendship, coming of age, kindness, isolation, empathy. For my particular group of fourth-grade students, I focus on the theme of identity. Who are we? Do we act differently at home as opposed to at school? What masks do we wear to protect our insecurities? Does a disability, deformity, or diagnosis change who we are? Are we the best versions of ourselves? Are we open to change? Here are a few supporting activities for promoting the theme of identity.
Cross-Curricular Connections: language arts, science, fine arts, social studies
Ideas for Classroom Use
Precept Wall
In the story, Mr. Browne, Auggie's teacher, uses precepts or quotes to teach his students about life. An interesting classroom activity is to set up a wall or space in your classroom dedicated to a weekly or monthly precept. Include a stack of sticky notes nearby so that students can add a brief reflection about the precept or make a personal/world connection to it. Initially, you can use Mr. Browne's precepts, but students who are inspired by the process may want to start adding their own.
The characters in the story are complex, each struggling to deal with Auggie's deformity in the best way they know. Students can choose a character from the story and create journal entries on the basis of a particular conflict that character experiences. Students should include adequate text support for each journal entry.
Break the class into partners or small groups and have the students research Treacher Collins syndrome. The research should include information about causes, treatments, difficulties, genetic makeup, and life expectancy. Students can showcase their research in a variety of ways such as posters, media presentations, and informational brochures. Students can present these projects to other classrooms, at PTA meetings, and at Science Fair/STEM nights to start an open discussion about this syndrome and other childhood diseases.
The illustrations in Wonder are minimal yet thought-provoking silhouettes of the characters. Most of the pictures include only one eye, leading readers to ponder whether this is meant to show people's reactions to Auggie. What parts of Auggie do they really see? Are they seeing only his deformity?
In this activity, have students reflect upon their own positive and negative character and physical traits. They can then input these traits into Wordle (a web-based tool) and create a graphic similar to the silhouettes in the novel. Filling in their silhouettes with the word cloud made from both their positive and negative traits shows how we are all a juxtaposition of emotions, much like the characters in Wonder. Have a gallery wall in the classroom dedicated to hanging students' works of art.
Treacher Collins Syndrome Guide: This website provides detailed information on genetic conditions, including diagnosis and management, and offers additional resources.
StopBullying.gov: This website provides one-stop access to U.S. Government information on bullying topics.
Suzanne Cline is an advanced academics teacher at McVey and Jones Elementary Schools in Newark, DE, and Christiana, DE.
By Jongsen Wee
Suzy, known as "Zu", is devastated when she hears the three words from her mom: "Franny Jackson drowned." Franny was Zu's best friend. Zu couldn't believe that Franny had drowned during her vacation in Maryland because Franny was a good swimmer. The only explanation that made sense to Zu is that an Irukandji jellyfish sting caused Franny's death. In her notebook, Zu wrote, "Maybe she is dead because of that jellyfish sting." To prove her theory, Zu studies jellyfish and secretly plans her trip to Cairns, Australia, to meet a jellyfish expert. As Zu recalls her memories with Franny, it is revealed that Zu's friendship with Franny was over long before Franny's death. Zu felt sad and betrayed as Franny, who used to be her best friend, was fading out in Zu's life. While Zu clung to the long-gone friendship with Franny, Franny hung out with other girls who didn't care much about Zu. Zu's emotional journey begins before and continues after Franny's death.
Cross-Curricular Connections: Language arts, science, geography
Changes in Friendship
Zu and Franny used to be best friends, but their friendship falls apart as they enter middle school. Franny made new friends, leaving Zu alone. Do you think the friendship between Zu and Franny naturally fell apart or do you think Franny intended to break up with Zu? Do you have friends like Franny who you like but the friendship falls apart? What do you want to say to Zu or Franny about the change in their friendship?
Speech Collage
In the YouTube video, the author of The Thing About Jellyfish, Ali Benjamin, said this book is about a lot of things. What do you think this book is about? If you have to pick one keyword for the theme of this book, what word that will be? In class, each student can take turns, and students will be able to hear the recurring words as well as with the new words that they didn't say.
"Travel Route"
Zu attempts to fly to Cairns, Australia, to meet Dr. Jamie Seymour, professor of biology and jellyfish expert. Find Cairns, Australia on the map. How far is it from your home? If you were Zu, what would your travel route look like? Plan your trip from your home to Cairns, Australia. How long it will take? What do you need to prepare for this trip? What do you need to know about Australia before you fly?
K-W-L Chart on Jellyfish
Zu studied the topic of jellyfish and gave a presentation in class. Make a K-W-L chart on jellyfish. K: What do you know about jellyfish? W: What do you want to know about jellyfish? L: What did you learn about jellyfish? Briefly research jellyfish online. Share your findings with your small group members.
A Note to Zu
Zu thinks to herself in the book, "I knew I didn't deserve happiness." Assume you happen to hear this when Zu was saying it to herself, and you want to write a note to her. What do you want to say in your note as a friend? How might your note help her to feel better about herself?
Author Ali Benjamin on The Thing About Jellyfish: A short video clip on the author's introduction of the book, The Thing About Jellyfish. Some of publishers' online reviews are included at the end of the clip.
Author Ali Benjamin's homepage: More information about Ali Benjamin and her books.
Additional Literature With Similar Themes
Addie on the Inside. James Howe. 2012. Atheneum Books for Young Readers.
Fish in a Tree. Lynda Mullaly Hunt. 2015. Nancy Paulsen.
Jongsun Wee is an associate professor at Winona State University in Winona, MN, where she teaches Children's Literature and Language Arts method courses.

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Let's make it 7 in a row shall we,what another shocking coincidence. CME rotation 2/21-3/2 meaning the MJO will stall/weaken/loop or pull to Maritime around 3/2 -3/8 and that's exactly what MJO forecasts look like around 3/7-3/9.Gonna be a full 15 day lag on this one,sometimes it's 9 or 10.
Right on 5'' for the last 7 days,pile of water everywhere.
Looks like this big cutter coming through this weekend will flip the pattern finally and put the low heights,PV on our side of the hemisphere. MJO has a good chance running out to 3/8 or 3/9 considering this sun rotation is coming much,much weaker than the previous one,first 10 days or so in March are in play IMO.
And look at that,the MJO forecasted to stall,weaken Feb.3-4 with the loop de loop(representing a pull to the Maritime Continent)and reemerge around Feb.11th-12th.What a coincedence. That makes 6 straight coronal hole rotations with the same result if this one happens,let me say that again 6 straight times over the last 120 days or so. And here's a clue for later,this same coronal hole will rotate back in Feb.20th-Mar 1st meaning the MJO will stall,weaken,or get pulled to the Maritime Mar1st-Mar.6th,reemerge Mar.10th-Mar.15th. Everything ENSO related will be amplified in the Solar Grand Minimum this century,these so called "experts" might still be in denial or can't cope or comprehend the magnitude of solar wind,CME's,,cosmic rays,etc. Just my opinion.
Coronal hole rotating in today (Jan.24th-Feb.3rd) meaning the MJO will stall,weaken,or get pulled to the Maritime around Feb.2nd-Feb 7th given a 9-14 day lag on this.It should reemerge around Feb.11th-Feb 16th given another 9-14 day lag after the rotation ends(Feb.2nd). MJO should progress and tick stronger the next 10 days solar wind was pretty low Jan.8th-Jan 23rd,should get to p7 maybe p8. Just my opinion.
All you want to do is hit the target somewhere more than half the time with all these models,model runs,ensembles,etc.You won't hit a bullseye with every run that's gonna come through here but enough hits keeps you in the hunt. Inside 48 hours is when you wanna start aiming for bullseyes. Just my opinion.
Agree I'll take that look at day 6 on the Ukie.These heights usually bump north with time and the trajectory of them are more southwest-northeast at day 6 then day 5.
Ukie has a 1011 low in far south Texas at day 6,pretty low heights across the southeast.
Ukie has that piece of energy(1009 low)in Alberta at day 6,same thing the GFS and CMC show diving south/southeast to the gulf later on. Bout the only thing to watch at the moment.
Ukie moved north from 0z and is more amped at 999 in S.central Alabama.Heights behind it and northeast of it are a bit lower though. That looks like a good hit for E.Tennessee and Ky if I had to guess,0z Euro had a 996 coming right through CLT at day 7.
Should start to see some stronger high pressures coming down if the SSW was strong and persistent. They'll filter down from the strat to the troposphere,Ukie has a 1039 coming into SE Canada at day 6.
By my observations it should start Jan 8th or 9th,10 days from the Dec 29th-Jan.7th rotation.Usually it takes 7-10 days for this to filter through the atmosphere so there is a 7-10 day lag .January 17-18th or so we should see the MJO emerge again after the 7-10 lag after effect. Good news it this latest rotation doesn't seem to be a strong as the Dec 2nd-12th one and the Dec 19-22 surprise flareup. There were 6 days above 500 km/s that rotation with 1 day above 600 km/s,so far into this rotation only 2 days above 500 km/s with two more days to go.This gives me more confidence the MJO should stay a bit stronger a bit longer maybe emerging at a weak phase 6 or 7 but just a guess. Next rotation is Jan.24th but the sun looks pretty quiet Jan 8th-to Jan 23rd which should help keep the tropical forcing out of the Maritime(phase 4,5,6) in the long term.
Check out the heights crash on the Ukie. Has the 582dm line on the NC/SC border at day 2,then south of Cuba and approaching Jamaica at day 6.That line usually hangs around south/central Florida in a typical winter.


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'The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' review: Tolkien adaptation is a triumphant return to Middle-earth
One show to rule them all.
By Mashable SEA Aug. 31, 2022
You know that sense of pure joy that comes from watching a world you love get translated marvelously to the screen? That's the feeling you'll get when watching The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.
Prime Video's series is a stunning, meticulously crafted love letter to J.R.R. Tolkien and Middle-earth. It draws from a variety of Tolkien's works, including The Silmarillion and the appendices of The Lord of the Rings. However, showrunners J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay also make the bold choice to weave entirely new storylines and characters into stories we may already know. Instead of pulling focus from Middle-earth as we know it, these new stories help bring parts of the world we haven't yet seen onscreen to life. In the end, The Rings of Power's gamble pays off: It is as much a fully-fledged portrait of Tolkien's universe as it is an epic tale of the battle between good and evil.
Welcome back to Middle-earth
The Middle-earth of The Rings of Power is different from that of Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings film trilogy. We're in the Second Age, thousands of years before Bilbo and Frodo took their first steps outside the Shire. This is a world where the great dwarven kingdom of Khazad-dûm is still at the height of its power, where elves are ruled by the High King Gil-galad (Benjamin Walker), and where hobbit ancestors known as harfoots migrate with the seasons.
It's also a world at peace — for now. In an epic prologue reminiscent of Cate Blanchett's narration at the start of The Fellowship of the Ring, the elf Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) speed runs us through key events of the First Age. The great evils of Morgoth and Sauron have been defeated, and now elves, dwarves, and humans can live without fear. At least, that's what most of them think. The shadow of Sauron still lingers, and threatens to appear in the most unexpected of places.
In our journey to some of these places around Middle-earth, The Rings of Power brings us to gorgeously wrought locations. The Elvish realm of Lindon is reminiscent of Jackson's take on Rivendell and Lothlórien, full of natural beauty and delicate Elvish architecture. Khazad-dûm is a stony marvel, and the harfoots' village is a quaint (and mobile) version of the Shire. Add to that the sheer beauty of New Zealand, where this season was shot, and you've got a world you'll want to get lost in for hours.
New heroes — and some familiar faces
But what good is a beautiful world if you don't have interesting characters to follow? Luckily, The Rings of Power has those in spades, boasting an ensemble of exciting new heroes to latch onto, as well as a wonderful cast.
Let's start with what is arguably the main arc of the series: Galadriel's hunt for Sauron. Sauron killed Galadriel's brother Finrod. Now she has taken up his mission to find the evil left in Middle-earth and snuff it out. Her fellow elves doubt her, but she remains steadfast in her quest. Her journey takes her from the icy wastes of Forodwaith to the perils of the Sundering Seas, and beyond.
We've seen Galadriel before, but not like this. Clark's Galadriel is a dedicated warrior hell-bent on justice. She has centuries of life experience, yet she has much to learn — and much to prove. Clark is phenomenal, taking a role so closely associated with Blanchett and making it her own. She is captivating right from her very first voiceover, which serves as an instant gateway back to Middle-earth.
Joining Galadriel in the "you may recognize us from Lord of the Rings" squad is Elrond (Robert Aramayo). With Middle-earth now at peace, Gil-galad sends Elrond to work with master smith Celebrimbor (Charles Edwards). Celebrimbor's next great project will involve the cooperation of the dwarves, including Prince Durin (Owain Arthur) and Princess Disa (Sophia Nomvete), who will for sure be your new favorite Middle-earth power couple. Of course, the fact that this show's title references the forging of the Rings of Power does not bode well for this group's endeavors, but the dwarf-elf interactions are, as always, a delight to watch.
Balancing out the stories of elven commanders and dwarven princes are characters like young harfoot Nori Brandyfoot (Markella Kavenagh) and human healer Bronwyn (Nazanin Boniadi), whose lives are upended by forces beyond their control. Bronwyn and Nori's stories are wonderful contrasts to the high drama of, say, Galadriel's journey. Boniadi and Kavenagh's performances are grounded and immediately engaging, reminding us that Middle-earth is not solely a place of cosmic forces of good and evil. It is also a place where anyone can be brave in the face of darkness.
Equally excellent is Ismael Cruz Córdova as the elf Arondir, who forms a deep bond with Bronywn. Their romance is sweet yet understated, and Córdova is every the inch the stoic elven hero. He and Clark deliver some of the first two episodes' best action sequences — including a tense tunnel chase and a troll battle — proving that epic fights are still very much alive and well in Middle-earth.
There is still so much more to come
While I have only seen the first two episodes of The Rings of Power provided to critics for review, they have absolutely left me hungry for more. Based on the trailers, we still have the entirety of the Númenor plotline to explore, as well as further adventures with the characters we've already met and grown to love. (If Disa, Nori, and Bronwyn don't immediately capture your hearts within two seconds of screen time, you may simply be heartless.) Sure, there's a slim chance that The Rings of Power falls apart in the next episodes, but the show more than earns the audience's trust with these first two episodes.
Perhaps the show's most impressive accomplishment is how true it feels to The Lord of the Rings while so much of it is new material. Showrunners Payne and McKay have clearly used Tolkien's work as more of a guiding frame than a strict list of plot points to hit, but they do so in a way that captures the spirit of the original source material. The Rings of Power turns out to be a rousing tale of perseverance in the face of evil, a sumptuous re-introduction to Tolkien's world, and just all-around great TV. You won't just feel like you've returned to Middle-earth: You'll feel like you never left.
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The WildLife: Reindeer, Nancy Bazilchuk
Nancy Bazilchuk reveals reindeers' special adaptations as she describes her dramatic cross country ski trek across Hardangervidda Plateau in one of Norway's most famous national parks in search of this elusive animal. Traveling the same route that nearly defeated legendary explorer Roald Amundsen, she tells "The WildLife" host Laurel Neme about the slow seasonal waltz from east to west as the wild reindeer let winter storms expose the lichens they depend on for 80 percent of their winter diet and also divulges whether reindeer really can fly.
Nancy Bazilchuk is a freelance science writer and editor living in Norway. She used to work the environmental beat at Vermont's Burlington Free Press, where she covered a range of topics such as land use controversies, invasive species and hazardous waste sites. She's written for numerous publications, including the New Scientist, Scientific American and Audubon Magazine. This episode of "The WildLife" originally aired on The Radiator, WOMM-LP, 105.9 FM in Burlington, Vermont on December 28, 2009 and was rebroadcast December 27, 2010.
The WildLife: Tapirs & Saving Scarlet Macaws, Sharon Matola, Part 2
Sharon Matola, founder and director of the Belize Zoo, discusses her work with tapirs and her fight to save Belize's last scarlet macaws. She tells "The WildLife" host Laurel Neme how her fight to stop the Challilo hydroelectric dam on Belize's Macal River, which threatened numerous rare species, including the country's last scarlet macaws, resulted in the government branding her an enemy of the state. This fight was documented in the book "The Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw: One Woman's Fight to Save the World's Most Beautiful Bird" by Bruce Barcott. We also talk about tapirs and learn how one very special one, Tambo, is poised to become a true animal ambassador. This is the second of a two-part interview. Part 1 addresses what makes the Belize Zoo the "best little zoo in the world" and also her work with jaguar rehabilitation.
Sharon Matola is an American-born, motorcycle-riding, lion-taming, monkey-smuggling Air Force veteran who's fluent in Russian and an expert in jungle survival, mushrooms and tapir biology. In 1983, she started the Belize Zoo as a home for a collection of 17 wild animals used in a documentary film she'd worked on about tropical forests. Today, The Belize Zoo and Tropical Education Center has grown to about 170 animals, including jaguars, tapirs, harpy eagles and macaws. Sharon is best known for is her work rescuing and rehabilitating rare creatures and is often referred to as the Doctor Doolittle of Belize or else the "Jane Goodall of jaguars." In addition to serving as Director of the Belize Zoo, she hosts a regular radio program on BFBS Radio in Belize and is author of several books, including a series about Hoodwink the Owl for schoolchildren, one about Junior Buddy, one of the zoo's most famous jaguars, and another called Tambo the Tapir, which is forthcoming. This episode of "The WildLife" aired on The Radiator, WOMM-LP, 105.9 FM in Burlington, Vermont on December 20, 2010.
The WildLife: Belize Zoo & Jaguar Rehabilitation, Sharon Matola, Part 1
Sharon Matola talks about the "best little zoo in the world," the Belize Zoo, and its jaguar rehabilitation program. Often referred to as the "Jane Goodall of jaguars," Matola describes to "The WildLife" host Laurel Neme her work with "problem" jaguars who have killed livestock and how she trains them to be less aggressive. She notes that typically her rehabilitated jaguars have a health ailment that prevented them from successfully hunting wild prey and prompted them to turn to domestic livestock for food. This is the first of a two-part interview. Part 2 addresses her work with tapirs and her fight to save Belize's last scarlet macaws.
The WildLife: Manatee Insanity, Craig Pittman
Craig Pittman, St. Petersburg Times environmental reporter and author of Manatee Insanity: Inside the War Over Florida's Most Famous Endangered Species, discusses manatees and the struggle to protect this endangered marine mammal. He tells "The WildLife" host Laurel Neme why manatees are so beloved and why these homely creatures are a flashpoint for Florida's environmental debates. Did you know early sailors mistook manatees for mermaids? Or that the closest relative of the manatee on the evolutionary scale is the elephant?
Craig Pittman is an environment reporter for Florida's largest newspaper, the St. Petersburg Times. Born in Pensacola, Craig graduated from Troy State University in Alabama, where his muckraking work for the student paper prompted an agitated dean to label him "the most destructive force on campus." Since then he has covered a variety of newspaper beats and quite a few natural disasters, including hurricanes, wildfires and the Florida Legislature. Since 1998 he has reported on environmental issues for the St. Petersburg Times, and in 2004 won the Waldo Proffitt Award for Distinguished Environmental Journalism in Florida for revealing a secret plan by the state's business leaders to transfer water from sleepy North Florida to booming South Florida. The stories caused such an uproar that Gov. Jeb Bush scuttled the plan. In 2006, he won the Kevin Carmody Award for Outstanding Investigative Reporting from the Society of Environmental Journalists and also the Proffitt award (with Matthew Waite) for the series "Vanishing Wetlands," which found that federal and state wetland protection programs were a sham that enabled development to wipe out swamps and marshes. He and Waite shared a second Proffitt Award and a second Carmody Award in 2007 for a series called "When Dry is Wet" that exposed the flaws in the wetland mitigation banking industry. That led to their book, Paving Paradise: Florida's Vanishing Wetlands and the Failure of No Net Loss. Manatee Insanity: Inside the War Over Florida's Most Famous Endangered Species, published by the University Press of Florida, is Craig's second book. This episode of "The WildLife" aired on The Radiator, WOMM-LP, 105.9 FM in Burlington, Vermont on December 6, 2010.


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Before I continue, let me answer Ann Coulter's question: Me. I don't want Trump impeached, at least not until he does something clearly impeachable. Impeaching him for policies you don't like or even for political malpractice would simply be a time-wasting tantrum. And I say that as a consistent critic of Donald Trump, going back to his flirtation with running on the Reform Party ticket in 2000.
That said, Coulter's reaction is understandable and even a little praiseworthy. After all, she wrote a book — a whole book! — in 2016 called "In Trump We Trust: E Pluribus Awesome!" But unlike a lot of her compatriots in the Trump Army, Coulter was driven by a policy position, not an infatuation. Or perhaps she was infatuated, but her commitment to the policy was greater than her commitment to the man.
On Wednesday night, Trump had dinner with the Democratic leaders in the House and Senate, Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Sen. Chuck Schumer. These two famously partisan Democrats came out of the dinner announcing that they had struck a deal with the president to make DACA permanent without providing any funding for Trump's cherished border wall.
The majority of immigration hawks, however, considered DACA to be the president's most valuable negotiating chip. He could have gotten funding for the wall — or perhaps E-Verify, or portions of Sen. Tom Cotton's immigration reform legislation, the RAISE Act — passed in exchange for making DACA permanent. Instead, the author of "The Art of the Deal" essentially tossed his best chip into the pot as if it were the ante.
This poses a crisis for two different kinds of Trump true believers. The "nationalists" honestly believed he was one of them. Meanwhile, the super-fans honestly believed Trump was the greatest negotiator and strategist the world had ever seen. Both of these notions were delusions. Oh, I'm sure Trump believes much of his America First talk, but that's talk. What really matters to him is praise. It was only a matter of time before the moth flew to glow of public opinion.


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Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019) – Review
Tarantino-tailored time capsule.
Don Draper described nostalgia as "a twinge in your heart far more powerful than memory alone". Tarantino's vision of a pre-Manson, sun-kissed 60s Los Angeles – illustrated with Pan Am planes, Cadillacs and neon-lit cinema dusk-scapes – transcends the reality of your experiences and radiates like a warm memory, creating a tangible sense of place that's every bit authentic as it is irresistible. Like Scorsese's titular twinkly Casino, QT's city of angels is an alluring character of its own.
The filmmaker's legacy is a complex menagerie of violent, sweary concoctions: among them is the ultra-nihilism of The Hateful Eight; the jet-black, scalped revisionism of Inglorious Basterds; the ode to Grindhouse exploitation of Death Proof; and the superfly pithiness of Reservoir Dogs. He's famously proclaimed he'll only make 10 films; which makes Once Upon a Time in Hollywood his ninth (counting Kill Bill as one bloody affair).
Though, contrasting expectations as his filmography draws to a close, his penultimate release doesn't write history with lightning in Pulp (semi-)Fiction. For much of its 161-minute runtime, it's closer in spirit to Jackie Brown; still layered with Tarantinoisms – freeze frame flashback exposition à la Hugo Stiglitz, snazzy editing and infectious tunes (particularly Los Bravos' Bring a Little Lovin') – but much mellower, allowing every little thread to untangle at a leisurely, captivating pace.
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We open with a reel of Bounty Law, an amusingly corny western TV show, before cutting to an interview with our leads: Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio), a jading television actor; and his stunt-double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt), who helps "carry Rick's load". Rick is floundering in a youthful arena; as his agent warns him (Al Pacino in a cameo powered by legend-casting), he's playing the bad guy so the good guys can run in the industry, coming "face to face with he failure" of his career as he averts change.
Cliff on the other hand plays fiddle to Rick's lifestyle. Without a gig next to his double, he's yang without ying. He drives him around, picks him up, fixes his aerial – though it isn't begrudged. The pair share a brotherly bond; while Rick's actions may appear selfish, Cliff's puppy-like eagerness makes their rapport particularly charming as they traverse their respective tales.
The film takes place over the course of 1969, placing up-and-coming starlet Sharon Tate (Margot Robbie) in their orbit, living next door to Rick with world-renowned director Roman Polanski (Rafal Zawierucha). The Bryan Adams timestamp is no secret coincidence; the Manson family pervade frames as Rick and Cliff cruise around, dead behind the eyes and endlessly hitchhiking back to Charles (Damon Herriman). The presence of the cult (who infamously slaughtered Sharon Tate and four others) is more of a lingering reminder of the (seemingly) inevitable than an examination from the director; perturbing the almost wistful essence that makes much of the picture feel like a reverie.
There's a certain poeticism to OUATIH. Robert Richardson's cinematography is beautifully textured and composed, feeling more of a tool to establish a world you'd roam than the wall-worthy pizazz of The Hateful Eight and Kill Bill. There's no major takeaway moment of screenwriting genius like Jules' recital of Ezekiel 25:17. Nor is there much of a plot at all – while Django Unchained's narrative path is rather traditional compared to Pulp Fiction's vastly different, groundbreaking spliced storytelling, the filmmaker's latest flows through the trio's vignettes like an epic rhapsody.
It's Tarantino at his most personal. He's crafted an immense love letter; not to racial slurs, not to feet (even though there are many, and they're all dirty), but to the movies. Robbie's Tate is a vessel for his addiction to the ecstasy of Hollywood – she's an utterly joyous presence, glamorous and grin-inducing (particularly in a scene where she charms her way into a free screening of her own film, The Wrecking Crew, lapping up the audience's reactions as she sits wide-eyed in pride).
Pitt's Cliff embodies the problematic essence of Tarantino's best characters, now entering his pantheon of icons. It's an exceptional turn, one layered in stud charisma that straddles you from the off. He's what Stuntman Mike imagines he is – take a concoction of him, True Romance's Floyd and Inglorious Basterds' Aldo, and you have Cliff. Whereas DiCaprio's Rick is more delicate; an actor losing his feet and forever battling his own – frequently weepy – insecurities. One could read him as a representation of QT's post-Death Proof emotional state (disheartened by the sedated critical and audience response). His first lead role since The Revenant could see him win another Oscar – though often played for laughs, the actor never forgets to imbue despair with genuine, poignant pathos.
Tones diverge without pattern; you have a hilariously silly, albeit very brief, tussle with Bruce Lee one moment, then an arse-clenching, suspense-knitted trip to the Manson family's Spahn Ranch the next. As you hurtle towards the film's show-stopping conclusion (smartly spawned from a meta-commentary on the violence debate), the underlying dread releases. The result is an explosion of exhilarating bloodlust that only Tarantino could orchestrate – audiences will laugh, scream and cheer till the credits roll. Also, there's an amazing dog.
Tarantino's penultimate film is pure movie magic; a beautifully crafted, deliriously cathartic sonnet to Hollywood's Golden Age.
Cameron Frew – @FrewFilm
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U.S. Postal Service loses CBD Delivery Case, a major step in the right direction further defining the legality of hemp derived CBD. Hemp for Victory!
December 3, 2018 – Vancouver, BC – Isodiol International Inc. (CSE: ISOL) (OTCQB: ISOLF) (FSE: LB6A.F) (the "Company" or "Isodiol") is pleased with the U.S. Federal Court Systems decision for clearing the way to transport CBD derived from industrial hemp and for also providing further clarity to the legality of CBD in the United States.
In January 2018, the USPS seized a package in Denver, Colorado mailed by KaB, LLC, containing cannabidiol which is widely known as CBD that was derived from industrial hemp and argued that CBD was a controlled substance. On February 9, 2018, KaB timely appealed the non-mailability by the USPS of the package and Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) James G. Bilbert oversaw the appeal and wrote an opinion in favor of KaB.
Pursuant to 39 C.F.R. § 953.13, the USPS appealed and both parties filed appellate briefs. Then on November 1, 2018, the Judicial Officer conducted limited oral arguments and then denied the USPS appeal and ruled that the CBD at issue is mailable.
"This is a landmark ruling that will have a significant impact on the hemp industry and further establishes federal judicial precedent defining the clear letter of the law," said Isodiol CEO, Marcos Agramont. "This case also further clarifies the intent of Congress and clarifies misinterpretations by the DOJ and DEA," added Agramont.


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Statement of the President of the Republic on the death of President Meri March 14, 2006 on Estonian Television
Dear fellow countrymen,
It is with deep sorrow that I have to announce the death of President Lennart Meri.
When on the occasion of today's Native Language Day we hoist our national flags, let us also think of Lennart Meri, who as a statesman and as a writer appreciated the beauty of the Estonian language and taught others to do the same. A politician and a visionary, whose diverse legacy will stay in the life of our state and our people, has left us.
In his youth, Lennart Meri found his calling as a writer. His travel books, as well as his later films, were born out of his interest in the culture of small nations and the roots of Estonians. His creation helped to preserve and fortify Estonian identity under the conditions of a foreign totalitarian regime.
In his mature years, Lennart Meri became recognised as a politician. At the time of the restoration of the independence of the Republic of Estonia he worked as Foreign Minister to whom we have to give credit for restoring the foreign service of our state. Being the President of the Republic, Lennart Meri worked in the name of securing the international position of our state. His goals were Estonia's accession to NATO and the European Union, and building up a reliable state.
As the President, Lennart Meri, during nine years, had to carry the task of restoring the presidency as well as building up the Republic of Estonia in its broadest sense - the Estonian idea and value. Lennart Meri will stay in the memory of Estonian people as an outstanding personality.
I express my heartfelt condolences to the family of Lennart Meri and to all those close to him.
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As the five-year tenure of Director- General of Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Arunma Oteh, ends today, there is anxiety in the organisation over her successor.
It was gathered Monday that Oteh had been lobbying the presidency for an extension of her tenure despite stiff opposition from workers' union.
The workers have threatened to go on strike should President Goodluck Jonathan extend her tenure, but the presidency is yet to make any pronouncement and no letter has been forwarded to her in that direction, according to a source.
Oteh and Amalgamated Union of Public Corporations, Civil Service Technical and Recreational Services Employee have been at loggerheads over her management style.
A top union official said Oteh would cease being the director general of SEC with effect from tomorrow because her five-year tenure would end on today.
Oteh's appointment as SEC director general took effect from January 7, 2010. "The letter that brought her here is tenured and is not an open-ended appointment.
"We learnt she is desperately looking for a six-month extension but this not an issue. Look at the capital market capitalisation. From N13.9 trillion market capitalisation in January 2010 when she was appointed, it has crashed to N8.5 trillion and portfolio investors are withdrawing their funds because of lack of confidence in the market," he said.
Oteh's Media Adviser, Obi Adindu, had in an interview with a national newspaper, dismissed the union's threat as "a mere ranting that is of no effect. As usual, I will tag this as irresponsible threat.
"They are in no position to determine who the DG of SEC is. That is the prerogative decision of President and Commander-in- Chief. The fantastic work the DG has done in the last five years is obvious for everyone to see," he stated.
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Q: Did I find a false proof showing that $|\mathrm A\mathrm u\mathrm t(Sym(6)):\mathrm I\mathrm n\mathrm n(Sym(6))|\le2$? How can I prove it anyway? This is part of an  exercise in Abstract Algebra: Dummit & Foote showing that$|\mathrm A\mathrm u\mathrm t(Sym(6)):\mathrm I\mathrm n\mathrm n(Sym(6))|\le2$. (Sec. 4.4, Ex. 19)
In a previous exercise, I've shown that the automorphism group of a group $G$ permutes the conjugacy classes of $G$ in a way that for each $\sigma\in \mathrm A\mathrm u\mathrm t(G)$ and each conjugacy class $\mathcal K$, the set $\sigma (\mathcal K)$ is also a conjugacy class of $G$. And $|\sigma(\mathcal K)|=|\mathcal K|$.
I want to:

deduce that $\mathrm A\mathrm u\mathrm t(Sym(6))$ has a subgroup of index at most $2$ which sends transpositions to transpositions.

I already know why the choice of $6$ is special. Let $\mathcal K$ be the conjugacy class of transpositions in $Sym(6)$. It contains $15$ such 2-cycles. Let $\mathcal K'_1$ be the conjugacy class containing all the products of two disjoint transpositions. There are $45$ of them. Let $\mathcal K'_2$ be that containing all the products of three disjoint transpositions. There are $15$ of them. We have $|\mathcal K|=|\mathcal K'_2|$. i.e. The conjugacy class of transpositions in $Sym(6)$ has order equal to the conjugacy class containing all the products of a particular no. of disjoint transpositions. This is the case for $Sym(6)$ only.
This is what I found from http://math.stanford.edu/~mkahle/hw8_solns.pdf:

Let $H$ be the subgroup of $\mathrm A\mathrm u\mathrm t(Sym(6))$ consisting of automorphisms that takes transpositions to transpositions. Note that $H$ is nonempty, since it contains the identity element... We have shown that, given any automorphism $\sigma$ of $Sym(6)$, the automorphism $\sigma^2$ takes transpositions to transpositions. That is, $\sigma^2\in H$. This means $H$ has index at most $2$ in $\mathrm A\mathrm u\mathrm t(Sym(6))$.

but I noticed that in general, even if for all $x\in G$, $x^2\in H$, it may not be true that $H$ is a subgroup of index at most $2$: Take $G=Dih(4)$, $H=\{x^2\}=\{1,r^2\}$ is a subgroup of index $4$. So, the proof is false, right?
By the way, I have no idea how to begin writing my proof. I only know that as $\sigma\in \mathrm A\mathrm u\mathrm t(Sym(6))$, $\sigma$ permutes conjugacy classes and preserves order of elements. So either $\sigma(\mathcal K)=\mathcal K$ or $\sigma(\mathcal K)=\mathcal K'_2$... This is where I get lost.
Anyway, many thanks to those who read the whole thing!!!! :D

A: The argument is indeed not correct. However, it can be easily fixed. Note that for automorphisms $\sigma_1$ and $\sigma_2$ with $\sigma_i(\mathcal{K}) = \mathcal{K}_2'$ you have $\sigma_1^{-1} \sigma_2(\mathcal{K}) = \mathcal{K}$, so $\sigma_1^{-1}\sigma_2 \in H$. This shows that $H$ has at most one non-trivial coset in $Aut(Sym(6))$, thus its index is at most two.
This is essentially an example of the orbit-stabilizer theorem. $H$ is the stabilizer of $\mathcal{K}$ on the action of $Aut(Sym(6))$ and the orbit of $\mathcal{K}$ has length $1$ or $2$ (it is $\{\mathcal{K}\}$ or $\{\mathcal{K}, \mathcal{K}_2'\}$), thus $H$ has index $1$ or $2$.

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No One Willing To Provide Solution To The Problem Of Waste Generation In The City: National Green Tribunal
The green panel had asked Central Pollution Control Board and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to approach the Delhi government to provide more landfill sites in the city and maintain them strictly in accordance with the Solid Waste Management Rules of 2016
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Waste Management: Delhi Lieutenant Governor visits Okhla landfill site to review plan on its closure and redevelopment
NGT has restrained DSIIDC from carrying out construction on land Ranikhera
NGT had earlier ordered inspection of land at Ranikhera for waste disposal
Site was identified at least 2 years ago, but waste disposal couldn't begin
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has restrained the Delhi State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC) from carrying out any construction on land at Ranikhera near the Delhi-Haryana border, which was earmarked for dumping waste but was not used till now. NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar slammed the DSIIDC for giving priority to industrial activity at the site and said no one was willing to provide a solution to the problem of waste generation in the city.
"People are dying. There is no place to dump municipal solid waste. You will not put a single brick at this site. You call your managing director," the tribunal bench observed.
The observation came after the counsel appearing for the DSIIDC informed the panel that it was planning to set up a multi-storey non-polluting industrial unit at the site and expressed inability to give land for setting up a landfill site.
The matter will now be heard on December 6. The tribunal, which is looking into the issue of alternative landfill sites, had earlier ordered inspection of land at Ranikhera.
It had directed the officers of the Delhi Development Authority, Delhi Jal Board, North Delhi Municipal Corporation and DSIIDC to visit the site and apprise the tribunal about the status of the land.
The direction came while hearing a plea for setting up of additional landfill sites at all available locations which can be used for waste management.
After the recent Ghazipur landfill collapse, the tribunal was working on alternative sites for dumping of waste, including the 50-acre site in Ranikhera located on the Delhi-Haryana border.
The site was identified at least two years ago, but waste disposal couldn't begin because of the differences between the authorities.
The landfill sites at Bhalswa, Ghazipur and Okhla are already over-saturated.
The green panel had earlier slammed the Delhi government and the municipal corporations here over dumps of waste overflowing from various landfill sites in the city and sought a status report from them.
It had last year constituted a committee to look into the working of waste-to-energy plants in the national capital. It had also asked Central Pollution Control Board and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee to approach the Delhi government to provide more landfill sites in the city and maintain them strictly in accordance with the Solid Waste Management Rules of 2016.
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The National Green Tribunal said that after clearing the garbage from Pirana landfill in Ahmedabad, the state of Gujarat may consider using a part of the recovered land for waste treatment and some other part for building a bio-diversity park to improve the air quality


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Biology in P-A adds a new depth beyond DNA called "epigenetics." "Epigenetics is a newly recognized second genetic code that controls the activity and programming of an organism's DNA while epigenetics recognizes that our perceptions of the environment, including our consciousness, actively control our genes. Through epigenetic mechanisms, applied consciousness can be used to shape our biology and makes us 'masters' of our own lives." In other words, epigenetics explains the mechanism behind the principle that we control our own reality.
"Rather than being 'programmed' by our genes, our lives are controlled by our perceptions of life experiences!" Here is where P-A is critically important because our perceptions are also related to what we expect to perceive. The context that we believe we are contained in has a profound effect on what we will experience. It is important that our story about who and where we are is as close to Simple Reality as we can make it. The current dominant worldview which we call scientific materialism varies substantially from what a fully conscious person perceives and experiences.
"Energy psychology directly impacts subconscious programming rather than trying to manipulate genetics, physiology, and behavior. This new understanding will also help to recognize the power that fundamental perceptions have on programming the subconscious mind." Since much of human behavior today is influenced by factors beyond the awareness of most individuals, we have very little understanding of why human beings behave the way they do. Adding the insights of energy psychology to an awareness of the influences of the shadow, the collective unconscious, the false-self survival strategy and the personal unconscious will transform our ability to understand and address the causes of human dysfunction and suffering.
In summary, the emerging disciplines of the new science will lead us into a radically transformed worldview which we have labeled Simple Reality. However, intuitive understanding of the so-called new science is ancient and can be found expressed in the language of the world's sacred texts, world mythology and the writing of mystics. Only the way the new science is conceived and formulated is new—the inner wisdom has always been felt in the heart of the awakened mystic.
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Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health
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Prof Janet Stocks
UCL GOS Institute of Child Health
Faculty of Pop Health Sciences
Joined UCL
1st Jan 2015
My research has focused primarily on lung growth and development and the impact of respiratory disease and early life exposures on such development. I have played a major role in international initiatives to develop and validate suitable methods for assessing lung development in infants and young children, and appropriate interpretation of these results across all age groups to ensure that the effects of disease or treatment can be distinguished from changes due to normal growth and development. Significant research landmarks include:
a) Development and validation of a wide range of lung function tests for use in sleeping infants from birth to 2 years of age
b) Application of these tests in a wide range of clinical and epidemiological studies to elucidate factors influencing early lung development and the early origins of lung disease, such as maternal smoking during pregnancy, intra-uterine growth retardation and prematurity
c) Adaptation of lung function tests for preschool children, an age-group previously felt to be 'un-testable'
d) Elucidation of the nature and magnitude of changes in lung function that occur in children born extremely preterm, as part of the EPICure study (www.epicure.ac.uk)
e) Establishment of the highly successful London Cystic Fibrosis (CF) Collaborative (LCFC) network in 1997, the most recent studies showing that while ~ 1/3 of infants with CF diagnosed by newborn screening (NBS) have functional lung abnormalities by 12 weeks of age, these improve or stabilise during the first year of life in many NBS infants. The original LCFC cohort of clinically diagnosed infants, recruited 1998-2000 is currently being followed up through adolescence, while the second LCFC cohort of NBS infants, recruited 2008-2010 is undergoing follow up at 3-5 years
f) Derivation of multi-ethnic 'all-age' growth charts for spirometry, which has revolutionised the way in which changes in lung function can be interpreted worldwide and across the entire life span (www.lungfunction.org)
g) Investigation of the extent to which differences in body physique (i.e size, proportions and composition) contribute to ethnic differences in lung function. This is being conducted as part of the Wellcome Trust funded 'Size and Lung function In Children (SLIC) study (2010-2015) (www.ucl.ac.uk/slic).
I have now retired but was regularly invited to lecture at national and international meetings. Throughout my career, I organised and contributed to numerous international postgraduate courses on developmental respiratory physiology and the assessment and application of pulmonary function testing in infants and young children throughout Europe, USA, Australia and Asia. I was responsible for organising and directing an international training course on lung function testing in early life, as an integral part of the European Training Syllabus in Paediatric Respiratory Medicine, and edited the first text book on Infant Lung Function Testing. A comprehensive manual of infant lung function of testing using commercial equipment that is currently available has been published recently.
ACADEMIC SUPERVISION: Over the past 20 years I have supervised 23 higher degree students, many of whom now hold senior positions world-wide. Additional research training has been provided for numerous international clinical research fellows, for whom collaborative grants or scholarships have been awarded to work under my supervision. Teaching Activities within UCL include lecturing on various courses organised by both academic and clinical departments (Physiotherapy, ECMO, PICU, anaesthetic) holding of regular journal clubs and contributing to a Pan London course on Paediatric lung disease (Lung in Childhood - monthly seminars at ICH) and monthly respiratory physiology tutorials
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Twelve individuals in Jersey spanning the public, private and voluntary sectors were recognised for their outstanding achievements and leadership qualities as winners at a black tie awards event on Friday last week.
For just the second time in their seven-year history, the awards included a Lifetime Achievement Award which was presented to former chief executive of the Channel Television Group, former Chairman of Jersey Telecom, founder member of Jersey Finance and former Chairman of the Tourism Shadow Board John Henwood MBE. Accepting the award, he gave an inspiring talk calling on all Jersey organisations to focus on high quality leadership. Colin Powell is the only other recipient of an IoD Jersey Lifetime Achievement Award, presented with the accolade in 2013.
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The event was once again hosted by guest speaker, renowned writer, broadcaster, former MP, Government Whip and Jersey expert Gyles Brandreth. The judging panel for the Awards was chaired by Chris Clark, CEO, Prosperity 24.7 and also included Colin Macleod, CEO, Co-Op, Claire Boscq-Scott, CEO, The Busy Queen Bee, Dr Andrew Mitchell, Consultant Cardiologist, and Nigel Le Quesne, Group Chairman & CEO, JTC Group.
A total of 21 different senior professionals and directors had initially been shortlisted across all categories for the Awards, which are designed to celebrate the achievements of individuals and recognise excellence in the business community.
Here's who they were up against….
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Crime report: Scofflaws remove concrete barriers from Highway 19 in Qualicum Beach
Crooks pilfer election signs, carpet cleaning machines and more in busy week for RCMP
Nov. 6, 2020 12:00 a.m.
Oceanside RCMP received 269 complaints the week of Oct. 11 to Oct. 17.
Some of the incidents included:
• A surveillance camera was reported damaged in the 100 block of Corfield Street, Parksville. A suspect was identified and arrested.
• A purse containing a wallet was reported stolen from a vehicle in the 500 block of Stanford Avenue East, Parksville. There was no damage to the vehicle.
• A resident reporting an abandoned vehicle resulted in the recovery of a dirt bike stolen from Port Alberni in the 400 block of Moilliet Street South, Parksville.
• A purse left on the front seat of a vehicle was reported stolen in the 300 block of Judges Row, Qualicum Beach. Entry was gained by smashing a window. RCMP investigation resulted in a subject being arrested.
• A vehicle window was reported damaged in the 900 block of Royal Dornoch Drive, Qualicum Beach. Entry was not gained into vehicle.
• A vehicle was reported stolen in the 200 block of Fourth Avenue West, Qualicum Beach. The damaged vehicle was later recovered in Nanaimo and a subject arrested.
• A propane tank was reported stolen from a vehicle in the 5300 block of Island Highway West, Qualicum Beach.
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• A vehicle and building windows were reported damaged by a truck doing donuts in the 5900 block of Island Highway West, Qualicum Beach. Video surveillance was provided to Oceanside RCMP.
• Auto parts were reported stolen from a business in the 600 block of Island Highway East, Parksville. The stolen materials were recovered and returned.
• A purse was reported stolen from a vehicle in the 800 block of Kazan Avenue, Parksville. There was no damage to vehicle.
• A business break-and-enter was reported in the 200 block of 2nd Avenue, Qualicum Beach. Damage was sustained by glass display cases, display shelves and file cabinets.
• A black specialized Cross Trail Sport 24 speed bicycle valued at $1,000 was reported stolen in the 2500 block of Outrigger Road, Nanoose Bay.
• A business break-and-enter was reported in the 3700 block of Fairwinds Drive, Nanoose Bay. A hole was cut in a fence and recycling containers were stolen.
• A purse was reported stolen from a vehicle in the 200 block of Stanford Avenue West, Parksville. A subject was identified and arrested.
• Change was reported stolen from an unlocked vehicle in the 500 block of Rowan Avenue, Parksville.
• Change was reported stolen from a vehicle in the 100 block of Ballenas Place.
• Two Bissell carpet cleaning machines valued at $422 and money was reported stolen from an unsecured vehicle in the 200 block of Moilliet Street South, Parksville.
• A pair of sunglasses were reports stolen from an unlocked vehicle in the 200 block of Bagshaw Street, Parksville.
• A set of Craftsman wrenches were reported stolen from a vehicle in the 300 block of Morison Avenue, Parksville.
• Election signs were reported stolen in the area from Northwest Bay Road and Island Highway East, Nanoose Bay.
• A green Cannondale mountain bike with neon green pedals was reported stolen in the area of 1100 block of Resort Drive, Parksville.
• Two vehicles had their windows broken and a third vehicle reported rummaged through in the 300 block of Wembley Road, Parksville.
• The door to a business was reported damaged in the 800 block of Island Highway West, Parksville.
• Beats headphones, RayBan sunglasses and a change were some of the items reported stolen from an unlocked vehicle in the 200 block of McVickers Street, Parksville.
• The hard drive from a car camera was reported stolen from a vehicle in the 200 block of McVickers Street, Parksville.
• A green Marin 11-speed bicycle valued at $4,000 was reported stolen in the 700 block of Primrose Street, Qualicum Beach.
• Concrete block barriers were illegally removed at Highway 19 and Corcan Road, Qualicum Beach.
If you see a crime in progress, call 911. If you have information regarding an incident, phone the Oceanside RCMP non-emergency number at 250-248-6111 during regular office hours (8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) weekdays except holidays. Outside of business hours, phone 250-248-6111, extension 7.
— NEWS Staff, submitted
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On May 23, 2017, the Washington State China Relations Council hosted a business delegation from Jiangsu province. This delegation of 28 representatives from various Chinese sectors including construction, investment, manufacturing, medical technology, etc. participated in the University of Washington's executive leadership program and then met with Washington State business leaders to exchange information and share business opportunities.
WSCRC Board Member Yuping Wang, Partner at Davis Wright Tremaine (DWT), and her DWT colleagues advised the delegation how family businesses operate in the United States. Snohomish County representatives presented an overview of how cross laminated timber is produced in the county and different ways it can be integrated into sustainable real estate development.
Attendees represented Davis Wright Tremaine, Snohomish County and the University of Washington. Davis Wright Tremaine Bellevue office generously provided the venue for this meeting.


- March 22, 1944 - the first squadron aircraft depart Liepaja-Grobini and are flown to the Vecumi aerodrome. The ground support follows on March 29. The unit had already made its first operational sorties on March 28.
- May 14 - 22, the unit is seconded to the Estonian forces and spends these nights bombing objectives very close to the front lines, rather than the more strategic targets which they usually targeted.
- On May 26 the squadron moved to Salas airfield, about 50 km to the south.
- Their assigned task was the night bombing of enemy strongpoints, HQs, supply lines, supply depots and other targets of opportunity.
- The Arado 66 was a two-seater but for most of these night operations they were flown by the pilot alone.
- A typical bombload would include 2-3 70 kg. anti-personnel or firebombs, which would usually be dropped from an altitude of approximately 1000 metres. They would fly as far as 50 km behind enemy lines and, in case of forced landing in enemy territory, each flier carried a pistol and machine gun.
- May 1944 - the Estonian aviators are reassigned to a unit in Pernau.
4 officers and 13 NCO aviators.
1 German liason officer and 3 German administrative personnel.
- With the creation of this second squadron, the Latvian Units were officially designated as Nachtschlacthgruppe 12 (NSG 12). The first commander of this Unit was Capt. Rademacher (German).
- June 26, 1944 - the second squadron departs Libau-Grobini and joins the first at Salas aerodrome, near Vecumi.
- In July, 1944 the third unit was trained and ready. Capt.Greizis was named commander of the unit but, due to a shortage of aircraft, they did not become operational. Instead, at the end of July, the 3rd Squadron and its eight aircraft were sent to Riga-Skulte where it was broken up and divided between the two already existing units.
- July 29, 1944 - the Latvian units are transferred to Riga-Skulte.
- July 30, 1944 - both units begin operational flights from Riga-Skulte against the Soviet forces. They took part in the intensive battles occuring in the Sauli-Jelgava-Tukums region, and flew many sorties each night. For example, the 35 aircraft of both units combined completed almost 300 sorties attacking Soviet units south of Jelgava on the night of July 31 - August 1, 1944. This was possible only because at this time their airfield at Skulte was only 40 km from the front. The sky was so crowded with aircraft on that night that they flew with their navigation lights turned on to help them avoid collisions. They flew at an altitude of 800-1000 metres which was out of the range of soldier's rifles and, as the Soviets did not yet have anti-aircraft batteries in this region they were not concerned that their navigation lights would be seen.
- During the period of July-September 1944 the nightly flights continued to be quite intensive. The perilous situation at the front required them to fly in almost any weather. Occasionally, this led to chaos and losses. One such example occured on the night of July 23rd, when it was raining heavily and they had to fly almost entirely by instruments. On that night, the ground targets were located 150 km from their base and, of the 16 aircraft which departed on that mission, only 9 returned. Most were later accounted for, but three disappeared without a trace. All three aircraft lost were from the 2nd Squadron, whose pilots were less experienced that those of the 1st. Another such incident took place on the night of August 12-13, when they launched a mission despite thunderstorm activity with wind speeds of up to 90 km/hr. On this night a pilot of the 1st Squadron was killed in a crash and one aircraft of the 2nd Squadron simply disappeared.
- During the summer of 1944 their primary base was Riga-Skulte, but they occasionally operated from secondary airfields in Idrica, the Blomes estate (near Smiltene), Cesis and Salaspils. Ordinarily, the units would stay at these bases for only a night or two, but in mid-August the 1st Squadron transferred to Salaspils and remained there until early September, when they re-based to Tukums.
The Training Unit at Liepaja-Grobini.
- Luftwaffen Legion Lettland was placed under the command of Lt.Col Rucels.
- August 22, 1944 - Lt.Col.Bulmanis is designated to command NSG 12 and, after a brief flight refresher course at Cesis, he officially takes command on September 18.
- September 18, 1944 - Major Tomass is designated to take over command of the Liepaja-Graubini Training Unit. However, by the time he arrives at his new post the unit is already being transferred to Germany to be disbanded and, as a result, the German commander never really relinquished command of the unit.
- With the creation of the Latvian Aviation Legion, the number of Germans in the unit decreased to only five - Communications/liason officer 1st.Lt. Bindhak, and four administrative personnel.
- September, 1944 - as a result of the fuel shortage, the operational sorties of the Latvian units is greatly curtailed.
- September 27, 1944 - the Liepaja-Grobini Training Unit is ordered to Stettin. The aircraft depart immediately, and the ground crew follow a few days later by ship. Latvian aviation personnel gathering at Stettin are assigned to the Altdamm aerodrome.
- October 8, 1944 - the Soviets have advanced as far as Kekava, and their fighter aircraft patrol over the Riga aerodromes seemingly unchallenged. Both Latvian sqaudrons, one from Tukums and the other from Riga-Skulte, are withdrawn to Liepaja-Grobini. The following morning, October 9, they flew to the north airfield at Liepaja (Libau-Nord) and, later the same day, they departed for Konigsberg in Germany.
- October 8, 1944 - the ground crew personnel from the 2nd Squadron are ordered to travel to Germany. They travel by ground to Liepaja from where, on October 28, they are transported by ship to Germany. On Nov.1 they arrived at Stettin.
- October 10, 1944 - the aircraft fly on to Sorocki aerodrome, near Bromberg, where the aircraft are handed over and the units disbanded. After handing over their aircraft, the flying personnel were transferred to Hohensalz, about 24 km SW of Torna.
- October 11, 1944 - the 1st Squadron ground crew personnel are ordered to travel by road to Germany. With great difficulty, and coming under fire near Klaipeda, they arrive at Hohensalz on October 20.
- October 29, 1944 - the remaining aviators and ground personnel from NSG 12 are gathered at Hohensalz. From here they were redistributed in a number of different ways, often being separated from Latvian units and assigned to German units according to their skills and specialties. Futher details about this distribution and the outcomes can be found in Silgailis' book, "Latviesu Legions"
- With the transfer to Germany, the Latvian Aviation Units in the Luftwaffe ceased to exist as such.
- From March - October 1944 the 1st Squadron had completed about 3,500 operational sorties.
- From June - October 1944 the 2nd Squadron had completed 2,658 operational sorties.
- The two units suffered a total of six casualties (J.Karklins, Daiga and Jacis from the 1st Squadron, Gailis, Jansevics and Kirsteins from the 2nd Squadron - the three pilots lost on July 23).
- About 80% of the aviators from the Latvian units were awarded the Iron Cross.
Krastins, K. Latviesu Lidotaji 2. Pasaules Kara in Daugavas Vanagu Menesraksts 1979 No.1- 1980 No.1.


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