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Method for soil deoxidation
C09K17/40 - containing mixtures of inorganic and organic compounds
FIELD: chemistry.
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to agriculture and may be used to reduce soil acidity, improve its structure and fertility. Method implies soil application of deoxidiser, which is a mixture of organic and mineral components with a deoxidising agent. Peat of 30-70% decay degree and pH 3.5-4.5 is used as organic component, borogypsum is used as mineral component and 53% alkaline solution (potassium hydroxide) is used as deoxidising agent. Ratio of components (kg per 1 tonn of resulting deoxidiser) is as follows: peat of 30-70% decay degree and pH 3.5-4.5 1200-1230, 53% potassium hydroxide solution 48-49, borogypsum 70-74. Deoxidising agent is applied in amount of 2-3 t per 1 ha.
EFFECT: reduced soil acidity, improved structure and fertility.
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The invention relates to agriculture and can be used to reduce the acidity of the soil, improve its structure and fertility.
Acid soils in Russia account for more than half of agricultural land, much of which is used for growing crops. It is known that the growth and development of many cultivated plants, as well as the activity of beneficial soil microflora strongly suppressed at high acidity. Improving the fertility of these soils is possible only when systematic liming, application of organic and mineral fertilizers, and other reclamation activities. Known methods of reducing the acidity of the soil by making it of high doses of lime (Liming of acid soils. Ed. by Acad. Avdonina and other Meters, spike, 1976, 304 S.; Vneshnej. Liming of acid soils. Rosselchozizdat, 1982, 64 S.; Liming of cropland in the Khabarovsk region. Recommendations. Novosibirsk, 1990, 23 C.).
Existing methods do not solve along with neutralizing soil acidity problems enrichment of soil organic matter, and, on the contrary, reduce its quantity. This deteriorates the quality of their products, because lime and, especially, waste containing it, are not free from Negele the nutrient admixtures and including from heavy metals. In addition, when the liming of soils (starting with doses of lime 0.5 and above t/ha), such batteries as potassium, sulfur, boron, manganese and others, become inaccessible form for plants (Rasinsky, Ivanov, Gritsun. Liming and potassium mode meadow brown bleached soils. In the book: Processes of soil formation and transformation of elements in soils. Vladivostok, 1983, s-149). And, finally, the introduction of lime at the recommended doses (more than 8 t/ha) require high material costs.
Closest to the claimed method is a method of reducing soil acidity using a deoxidizer "Lime-Gumi" (Catalogue of agrochemicals permitted for use. Number of state registration 22-14051 (14052)-0168, 1996). Rescission substance that perform the function of neutralizing soil acidity, is a mixture of carbonates of calcium and magnesium. As the source of this component use the by-product of sugar production - precipitate defecatory beet juice. The source of the organic component is a by - product of soil and humus mass (mainly Chernozem)remaining after the washing of sugar beets. In the composition, in addition to these components, includes nutrients: nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and boron. As sources of these elements are used is described conventional mineral fertilizers and fertilizing preparations: urea, ammonium nitrate, potassium chloride and boric acid. Humic substances are added in powder form Gumi. Soil humic substances and mineral fertilizers to maintain soil fertility, boron accelerates germination and further growth of the shoots, and the presence of Gumi stimulates root formation and activates soil microflora. This drug make in powder form during the fall or spring tillage.
However, as mentioned above, the action of lime is ambiguous and largely depends on the biological characteristics of crops, chemical properties of soils and weather conditions. For example, if you make the recommended doses of lime, rainy weather can cause too sharp decrease in soil acidity and the fixation of some nutrients (K, S, B, Cu and others)that, in turn, can reduce the yield of crops. In addition, this product is only partially or even not at all solve the problem of enrichment of soil organic matter as soil humus mass that remains after washing beet, insufficient to compensate for the required amount of organic substances.
The present invention is to reduce the acidity of soil to improve the soil and its structure. The problem is solved in that the manual deoxidation soil includes soil deoxidizer in the form of a mixture of organic and mineral components with rescission substance, at the same time as the organic component use peat decomposition degree of 30-70% and a pH of 3.5 to 4.5, as mineral - borovits, and as rostislaleva substance - 53% solution of alkali is potassium hydroxide, the following ratio of components, kg per 1 ton of finished product:
peat decomposition degree of 30-70%,
and pH 3.5-4.5 1200-1230
53% solution of potassium hydroxide 48-49
borovits 70-74
when the deoxidizer applied to the soil in the amount of 2-3 tons per 1 ha
Part of the deoxidizer peat, especially well-decomposed, and with great acidity contains significant quantities of humus - high molecular weight, dark-colored organic substances, comprising up to 60% humic acids. Humic acids are plant growth regulators. But in natural conditions they form practically insoluble salts with calcium and magnesium and some trace elements, which cannot be assimilated by plants. Processing of peat mass alkali solves the problem of transition insoluble salts in soluble form. During processing of peat alkali is potassium hydroxide, the formation of water soluble potassium HUMATE. Acidic tor the and completely neutralized and gradually becomes alkaline, that provides a yield of humic acids from peat in the form of soluble and colloidal soluble humates, contains well-absorbed by the plant nutrients. The use of potassium hydroxide is preferable to other alkalis, since potassium is one of the most important elements needed by the plants. In this case, the potassium hydroxide is simultaneously the supply of potassium. In addition, it reduces the biochemical stability of the peat to the mineralization of humus, contributing to the accumulation of nutrients. To neutralize soil acidity needs much less neutralizing substances in comparison with the known compounds (lime and others). The use of potassium hydroxide as rostislaleva substances in the production of deoxidizer obviates the need for additional technical measures for liming soils. Borovits, due to the property well to absorb moisture, acts as a binder and which is the source of several nutrients provides a well-mixed structure deoxidizer. Borovits contains 20-30% calcium, up to 15% of sulfur, boron, magnesium is well absorbed by the plants and not washed sediments through adsorption on the surface of humates especially in an alkaline environment. Thus, the proposed method making deoxidizer with the stated according to the current ratio of components ensures the achievement of the technical result of the task.
The deoxidizer to reduce soil acidity is prepared from natural material - peat, Borovitsa (waste production of boric acid) and a 53% solution of alkali is potassium hydroxide.
Peat in the number 1200-1230 kg handle 53% potassium hydroxide solution 48-49 kg, add borovits 70-74 kg, mixed, incubated for 12 hours and granularit. Next, the granules are dried with a soft drying at a temperature of 50°in the drying unit. The mixture of reducing agents applied to the soil broadcast application in the amount of 2-3 tons per 1 ha before sowing or planting vegetables.
To test the effectiveness of the proposed method of deoxidation soil wildebeest in the far East NRS agriculture have been conducted field experiments according to the method described in work Bagasheva (Methods of field experience, ed. "Kolos", M, 1968) - vegetable and some field crops (corn, soybeans, potatoes, cucumbers and other). The deoxidizer was made in the spring before sowing (planting) broadcast application.
Examples of the effective use of the method of deoxidizer in the cultivation of various crops according to Dannish presented in tables 1, 2, 3, 4.
The influence of different doses of deoxidizer on the yield of cucumber (average for 3 years, the experiment was repeated 4 times)
Options Yield in kg/ha The increase in t/ha Increase in %
1. Control 147,8 - -
2. The deoxidizer 2 t/ha 164,7 16,9 11,4
NDS05=9,4 kg/ha
Effect of reducing agents on the yield of maize (average for 3 years, the experiment was repeated 4 times)
Options Yield, kg/ha Gain, kg/ha Gain, %
2. The deoxidizer 2 t/ha 364,3 112,3 44,4
NDS05=35,7 kg/ha
Effect of reducing agents on the potato crop (averaged over 3 years, repeated 4 times)
Options Yield, kg/ha Increase centner/ha Gain, %
Effect of reducing agents on the cabbage crop (averaged over 3 years, the experiment was repeated 4 times)
2. The deoxidizer 2 t/ha to 369.6 152,9 70,6
4. The deoxidizer 4 t/ha 347,7 131,0 of 60.5
As can be seen from the results given in the tables, the application of the proposed method of deoxidation of the soil, i.e. the soil before sowing (planting), deoxidizer, significantly increases the yield of crops cultivated. Moreover, the optimal dose of deoxidizer for soil should be considered 2-3 t/ha, as a further increase of its quantity, as a rule, does not increase the yield of the test crop.
The use of the proposed method of deoxidation of the soil, carried out by introducing into the soil before sowing or planting deoxidizer, allows to neutralize soil acidity. The pH value of soil extract has grown over the 5 years from 3.9 to 4.2 to 4.8 to 5.1. At the same time improved soil structure and increased its fertility.
The method of deoxidation of soil, including soil deoxidizer in the form of a mixture of organic and mineral components with rescission substance, characterized in that the organic component use peat decomposition degree of 30-70% and a pH of 3.5 to 4.5, as mineral - borovits, and as rostislaleva substance - 53% solution of alkali is potassium hydroxide, the following ratio of components, kg per 1 ton of finished deoxidizer:
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borovits 70-74,
Method of binding composition preparation, processing method of material of solid particles, curable binding composition, solid aggregated matrix (variants), product // 2326925
SUBSTANCE: binding composition for processing material of solid particles with formation of solid aggregated matrix is prepared including the following stages: blending of polar solvent and additional quantity of urea; addition of emulsified bitumen; addition of ureaformaldehyde precondensate; addition of other binding promotors in order to enhance bonding between the binding composition and solid particles; addition of sugar into weak organic acid; addition of weak organic acid mixed with sugar with formation of the binding composition; blending of binding composition with solid particles, which harden during over 30 minutes while mixing with above mentioned material of solid particles, besides weak organic acid is being chosen to ensure pH value of binding composition from 2.0 to 5.3.
EFFECT: binding composition was prepared for processing of materials of solid particles.
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Method for land reclamation // 2298026
FIELD: agriculture, in particular improvement of soil physical, biological and agronomic characteristics.
SUBSTANCE: claimed method includes introducing of carbonate-containing material into soil, wherein as said material bergmeal containing (mass %): calcite 13-19; zeolite 18-25; glauconite; and balance: clay and silicate material is used. Bergmeal is introduced into soil in amount of 1.5-5 t/hectare.
EFFECT: enhanced assortment of ameliorants; improved soil agronomic characteristics and productivity.
Filled viscoelastic gel-like composition // 2280658
FIELD: production of filled gel-like composition with viscoelastic properties.
SUBSTANCE: claimed composition contains (vol.pts): 0.5-2.0 mass % sodium tetraborate aqueous solution 1-2; 1.0-8.0 mass % polyvinyl alcohol aqueous solution 1-5; 1.0-8.0 mass % carboxymethyl cellulose aqueous solution 1-5 or 1.0-8.0 mass % polyacrylamide aqueous solution 1-2; and filler 1-3. Composition has dynamic viscosity of 642-2467.87 mPa.s; elasticity modulus of 61.12-81.12 N/m2, and adhesion of 53.76-86.79 N/m2. As filler sand with particle size of 0.23-0.5 mm; lavsan or propylene fiber of 70-100 mum in diameter and filament length of 3-6 cm, or Teflon granule at most 1 mm in diameter. Composition of present invention is useful in production of petroleum industry, oil line purification, as anticorrosion, biocide and wear resistant coatings.
EFFECT: new viscoelastic composition of improved quality.
Ruminatively improver, method thereof and method of reclamation of disturbed soils and land use // 2215769
The invention relates to the protection and restoration of the natural environment in the oil and gas companies and can be used for the disposal of waste drilling fluids, detoxify, as well as in agriculture for reclamation of disturbed soil and land
Humic sorbent, its production method; a way of detoxifying land and soil reclamation for agricultural purposes with the use of this humic sorbent // 2205165
The invention relates to agriculture and can be used to obtain funds for detoxification of land and soil reclamation for agricultural purposes, and also for the development of methods of their use
The structure for land reclamation of mineral-organic mixture on the basis of quartz-glauconitic sand // 2193590
The invention relates to the field of land reclamation, and in particular to compositions for remediation
The method of fixing sand to obtain coverage // 2190060
The invention relates to the construction and can be used for consolidating sand in the construction and repair of main oil and gas pipelines, roadsides of roads, slopes of channels, the pillars of power and communication lines, and for other similar purposes
Wagonbody soil conditioner and method thereof // 2189382
The invention relates to agriculture and can be used in plant breeding to improve the water regime of the soil
The method of fastening sands // 2171336
The invention relates to knitting means for fixing sand and can be used for these purposes in the construction, maintenance and operation of gas pipelines and gas pipelines, Railways, roads, slopes of channels, the bases of the supports of power transmission lines and communication
The invention relates to knitting means for fixing sand and can be used to hold them in place during the construction and operation of gas pipelines and gas pipelines, Railways, roads, slopes of channels, the bases of the supports of power transmission lines and communication
Method for soil deoxidation // 2346973
Composition to restore bioproductivity of clayey soils // 2411281
FIELD: agriculture.
SUBSTANCE: sapropel and natural loosener are ploughed into soil at the depth of 10-15 cm. Natural loosener is represented by siftings of open pits of construction materials, at the following weight ratio of components, %: sapropel 8-12%; siftings of pits of construction materials 13-32%; upper layer of clayey soil - balance.
EFFECT: increased bioproductivity of soils and protection of recultivated soils against wind erosion.
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Method of recultivation of damaged soil // 2449001
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the field of recultivation of damaged soil in conditions of the Far North and may be used when restoring the soil and vegetation layer disturbed by industrial and economic human activities. The method of recultivation of damaged soil is described, including introduction into the ground of bentonite clay, seeds of perennial grasses, fertilisers, humic compounds and binder, and the bentonite clay is inserted as part of the waste mud, followed by stirring the top layer of soil. Then the fertiliser, humic compounds and seeds of perennial grasses are inserted, and then a binder is inserted, which is used as a solution of xanthan gum.
EFFECT: invention provides a more efficient process of recultivation, expansion of the scope of application on the surface of soils with different steepness.
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Soil and ground propping composition // 2478683
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to soil and ground chemical propping compositions and can be used in agriculture against water and wind erosion, as well as in construction of roads and other earth structures. The composition contains a polyelectrolyte, a water-soluble salt and water. The polyelectrolyte is a charged polyelectrolyte which is a reaction product of aqueous solutions of a cationic polyelectrolyte and an anionic polyelectrolyte, selected from a group comprising a sodium salt of carboxymethyl cellulose, an alkali metal or ammonium salt of polyacrylic acid or polymethacrylic acid, taken in a ratio at which content of charged links of one polyelectrolyte is equal to 5-50% of the content of charged links of the other polyelectrolyte, and the salt is an alkali metal or ammonium salt, or a mixture of such a salt with a calcium or magnesium salt, with the following ratio of components, wt %: reaction product 0.91-9.91; water-soluble salt of aqueous solutions of the cationic and anionic polyelectrolytes 0.10-0.62; water - the balance.
EFFECT: low content of salt in the composition and lower consumption rate of the composition.
Method of producing soil and ground propping composition // 2478684
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to soil and ground chemical propping methods and can be used in agriculture against water and wind erosion, as well as in construction of roads and other earth structures. The method involves mixing aqueous solutions of an anionic polyelectrolyte and a cationic polyelectrolyte and a water-soluble salt. The polyelectrolytes are mixed with their total initial concentration ranging from 1 to 10 wt % in a ratio at which content of charged links of one polyelectrolyte is equal to 5-50% of the content of charged links of the other polyelectrolyte and concentration of at least one salt, selected from a group comprising an alkali metal salt, an ammonium salt, a calcium salt and a magnesium salt, ranges from 0.01 to 0.1 wt %.
7 cl, 7 ex
SUBSTANCE: invention relates to soil and ground chemical propping compositions and can be used in agriculture against water and wind erosion, as well as in construction of roads and other earth structures. The disclosed aqueous soil and ground propping composition contains 0.90-4.62 wt % of a charged polyelectrolyte complex and 0.08-0.87 wt % of a salt of an alkali metal or ammonia. The charged polyelectrolyte complex in said composition is a product of reacting water-containing solutions of a cationic polyelectrolyte, which contains chloride and bromide counter-ions, and an anionic polyelectrolyte from a group which includes a sodium salt of carboxymethyl cellulose, an alkali metal or ammonium salt of a polyacrylic acid or polymethacrylic acid, taken in a ratio where content of charged links of one polyelectrolyte ranges from 51% to 60% of the content of charged links of the other polyelectrolyte.
EFFECT: compared to the closest counterpart, the disclosed composition provides efficient soil and ground propping from wind erosion while reducing content of salt in the composition from 1,5-3,7 wt % to 0,08-0,87 wt % and consumption of the composition from 1-2 l/m2 to 0,3-0,45 l/m2.
Sorbent-ameliorant for cleaning oil-contaminated soil // 2496820
SUBSTANCE: three types of clay of different chemical composition is used with addition of molasses and Linex biopreparation in the following ratios, wt %: Dialbeculit clay -38-40; Irlit clay 1 - 28-32; Irlit clay 7 - 16-20; molasses - 8-12; Linex biopreparation -2-4. Adding such a composition to the soil reduces the amount of oil pollutants by 72%.
EFFECT: low toxicity of soil and expenses on amelioration.
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"DSA equips young men by providing a Christ-centered, disciplined education. We promote the highest achievement in academics, a biblical worldview, a competitive athletic environment, and character development."
Over the next four months, my goal is to meet with staff to review and discuss each aspect and then hold a monthly assembly with the students. I am definitely more of a "get your hands dirty" than a "rah-rah" leader, but I am learning that voicing goals and setting clear expectations make attaining our preferred outcomes easier and more effective.
The first assembly with the students will focus on the "highest achievement in academics." While we have many areas that we can improve in, the pursuit of excellence in the classroom is one area that needs enhancement. A majority of our students are comfortable with just passing their classes. (We do have students who work tirelessly to excel in their studies- see student of the month below!) While academic excellence is important, our ultimate goal is to make sure that all four tenets of the mission statement are built on the foundation of the Gospel. Without Christ, it really is all futile. So our focus in each of the four assemblies will be to magnifying Christ and call both our students and faculty to a life of repentance. Just like our students, I did not constantly pursue excellence in the classroom, and PRAISE GOD He has shown me mercy and grace! We want to teach that our academic pursuits are another way we can glorify him!
I cannot THANK YOU enough for your prayers and support! May God be glorified!
in the Delta Streets Mission Statement. After having discipline issues at his previous schools, Gabby made the decision to turn his act around. He has a 95 average or above in all his classes and no discipline issues. "I made a promise to do better at Delta Streets since I haven't done well at schools in the past," says Gabby. "I was making D's and F's". He strives to do his best and make good grades because he knows school is very important and he needs a good education.
Gabby's favorite subject is math and says that ever since he started school he has been "attached" to it. When he grows up, he would like to be a soccer player, but he knows he needs an education because you can't always count on being able to play.
Science teacher, Coach Reagan, says, "Gabby is a pleasure to have in the classroom. He is always prepared and contributes to the class discussion!" In addition to being active in the classroom, Gabby is also very engaged during the morning devotionals. He enjoys the scriptures they are given to learn, and he looks forward to reading more.
While this is his first year at the school, Gabby has great things to say about DSA: "They have great teachers- they may be strict, but they just want the best. I'm learning something new that I haven't learned in a long time. You're not just learning academically, but you're also learning about God and who He is." We are thankful for Gabby's dedication in the classroom and his eagerness to learn!
Students and visitors received a great message from guest speaker, Voddie Baucham, on Monday, January 23rd. He encouraged them to be men of integrity, especially later in life when they become husbands and fathers. The students were attentive and had great inquisitive questions for him.
Both junior high and varsity teams are closing in on the end of their seasons. Junior High has their district tournament next week starting on Monday. Coach Dickey is excited about the tournament and hopeful that the guys will compete for the championship. The tournament will be played at Tunica Academy.
The varsity team has hit a major bump in the road. We have had some injuries and grades have held two players from playing time. We will finish district play tonight, and have one week of non-conference games until the varsity district tournament. Because of our slide, it looks like we will finish fifth in the district and play the four seed the first night of the district tournament. If we lose that game, our season will be over. But we have beaten the three teams that could possible finish fourth. Hopefully the guys turn it around just in time to make a run for the State title!


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What is Gluteus Medius Tear?
A gluteus medius tear is a condition characterized by severe strain on the gluteus medius muscle that results in partial or complete rupture of the muscle.
The gluteus medius is one of the major muscles of the hip and is essential for movement of the lower body and keeping the pelvis level during ambulation. The gluteus medius muscle arises from the top of the pelvic bone and attaches to the outer side of the thighbone or femur at the greater trochanter by the gluteus medius tendon. The muscle functions as a hip abductor, controlling side to side movement of the hip and providing stabilization to the joint. Gluteus medius tears often occur at the tendinous attachment to the greater trochanter of the femur bone.
Causes of Gluteus Medius Tears
The tear or rupture of the gluteus medius muscle is commonly seen in runners and athletes involved in high-impact sports such as soccer or basketball. It can occur from sudden bursts of activity and poor flexibility of the gluteus muscle. Any traumatic or overuse injury, or degenerative changes can also lead to partial or complete tear of the gluteus muscle.
Symptoms of Gluteus Medius Tears
The symptoms of a gluteus medius tear involve pain and tenderness over the lateral aspect of the hip which may be aggravated with activities such as running, climbing stairs, prolonged sitting or walking, and lying on the affected side of the hip. One of the main symptoms of a gluteus medius tear is the presence of Trendelenburg's sign, evidenced by dropping of the pelvis towards the unaffected side during ambulation from being unable to properly bear weight on the affected limb.
Diagnosis of Gluteus Medius Tears
The diagnosis of a torn gluteus medius muscle starts with a physical examination of the patient including palpation of the affected muscle, testing muscle strength and assessing the walking pattern or gait of the patient. Special tests such as single-leg squat test or positive Trendelenburg's sign confirms the diagnosis of a gluteus medius tear. MRI or ultrasound may be helpful to view the pathological changes of the muscle.
Treatments for Gluteus Medius Tears
The aim of treatment is to restore the normal function of the gluteus medius muscle. Immediately following the rupture, RICE therapy is initiated and involves:
Medications such as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or NSAIDs and steroid injections may be given to reduce the pain and inflammation. You should use a pillow between your legs when sleeping and avoid positions that overstretch the muscle. Assistive devices such as a cane or crutches may be used temporarily to facilitate pain free ambulation.
Surgical treatment may be recommended to repair a complete, full-thickness gluteus medius tear. The surgery can be performed endoscopically through tiny incisions to reattach the torn tendon back onto the greater trochanter with stitches. This helps to restore strength and function to the gluteus medius muscle.
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The Grable Gallery under construction on the main floor at the Museum Lab. Photo courtesy of Children's Museum of Pittsburgh.
Meet the 5 remarkable women behind Museum Lab
Melissa Rayworth
City Design, Current Features, Features, Kidsburgh Pittsburgh, NEXT Wave, North Side, Pittsburgh for All
Imagine taking a long-neglected building that has aged through Pittsburgh summers and winters since the 1800s — and has stood empty and decaying since a lightning strike more than a decade ago — and transforming it into an inspiring, healthy and sustainable, state-of-the-art laboratory and museum for 21st-century students.
And do it on a budget. In fewer than 18 months.
To make things even more complicated, imagine that each time you think you finally have the architectural plans laid out in detail for this remarkable old/new space, you discover surprises. Good ones crop up, like hidden, 19th-century coffered ceilings and long-forgotten oil paintings abandoned in this former Carnegie Library, but somehow still intact. But troublesome surprises keep erupting as well, like unexpected water leaks that led to hidden black mold in the years when no one was caring for this stunning structure and that now seems nearly impossible to fix.
And whether a given day brings good discoveries or bad ones, know that every surprise means the design plans have to be reconceived and redrawn, and the work of everyone — from the architect and the construction project manager, to the museum's project director and its executive director, to the chairperson of the charitable initiative to fund this project — is impacted.
This is the story of Museum Lab, a sprawling new addition to the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh complex, which will open soon as part of the country's largest cultural campus for families.
The Assembly Hall at the soon-to-open Museum Lab. Photo courtesy of Children's Museum of Pittsburgh.
Unlike other children's facilities around the nation, Museum Lab will focus not on younger kids or on older teenagers, but on the important cohort in between — the tween-aged middle schoolers who find "children's museums" too young for them, but who need and deserve a creative place where they can step away from Snapchat and Fortnite long enough to expand their minds and skills.
This once-epic but long empty Carnegie Free Library of Allegheny building, located on the eastern edge of the Children's Museum's property at Allegheny Commons on the North Side, is the perfect place for Museum Lab. It will soon house Manchester Academic Charter School's middle school along with a public museum and lab space.
But the road to developing this project — beginning with meetings and planning in the summer of 2017 and under construction since January of 2018 — has been challenging and full of unexpected curveballs, including the discovery of gargoyles lurking behind an entryway wall.
Four of the five women at the helm of the construction of Museum Lab (left to right: Christi Saunders, Chris Cieslak, Jane Werner and Julie Eizenberg. Not pictured: Karen Larrimer). Photo courtesy of Children's Museum of Pittsburgh.
"It's maddening, because it has an effect on budgets and the schedule and stress levels," says Chris Cieslak, project director for the soon-to-open Museum Lab at the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh. "And so we get upset with each other. But there's a high degree of trust among the team members that we're all pulling in the same direction. There's a really deeply ingrained sense of history and place in the work that we do. And so every time we do have one of these discoveries, we get together and we try to figure out what to do that honors all of those values."
The "we" that Cieslak refers to is the remarkable team of five women who are shaping and leading this ambitious project. Along with Cieslak — who originally came to Pittsburgh to design public spaces including PNC Park and CAPA High School, and has also supervised major construction projects elsewhere in the country and served as an Army Reserve lieutenant colonel overseeing engineering planning in Afghanistan — that team consists of:
Julie Eizenberg, the Museum Lab's architect and co-founder of Koning Eizenberg Architecture, Christi Saunders, the Mascaro Construction Company construction engineer working as on-site project manager, Jane Werner, the Children's Museum's executive director and Karen Larrimer, PNC's head of retail banking and chief customer officer, who serves as chairperson for the project's capital campaign fund.
When you speak to each of these accomplished women about Museum Lab, two things happen: First, you hear their excitement at developing this unique, hands-on learning space for Pittsburgh's families, and for kids worldwide who will benefit from research that will happen there.
Along with offering a wide range of project-based learning opportunities, the Museum Lab will collect data and study the impact of this hands-on, goal-oriented style of learning, which is increasingly favored by education experts.
The second thing that happens when you ask these women about Museum Lab is that each member of this all-star team takes moments to note the contributions of the others.
Werner praises Eizenberg for the work she's done on the original Children's Museum building and on this new project, and she speaks of the mutual respect among the entire team.
"We laugh a lot," Werner says, smiling. "At the same time, we argue a lot."
Eizenberg points out that Werner and Cieslak spent their Christmas holiday at the drafty, unheated construction site to arrange vintage tiles into their original pattern on the upstairs lobby floor.
"Jane, who I think follows after Mr. Rogers, said, 'We can't throw these tiles away. We'll come in and reinstate the pattern,'" Eizenberg remembers. "They put together the old tiles that had been put aside. … It was their Christmas project. It must have been freezing in there!"
Meanwhile, Cieslak says the team is lucky to have Saunders on board. Since the beginning, Cieslak says, Saunders has encouraged the idea of exploring what was underneath the historic building's more recent renovations.
Just one example: A room on the second floor had been "renovated in the '70s and the ceiling was really low and flat and sterile," Cieslak says. It could have been left intact, but instead Saunders told the group, "You know what? You could have the '70s ceiling that's sterile, or you could uncover that 1890's ceiling." It was more work, but definitely worth the effort.
Cieslak's eyes light up as she describes it: "When you see it, you'll be blown away," she says, "because it's curved and it's coffered and it's historic and it's beautiful. And it just makes the space."
A rendering of the Grable Gallery, showing the dramatic glass ceiling and original tile floor. Courtesy of Children's Museum of Pittsburgh.
As these surprises have cropped up, Saunders and Cieslak have worked more extensively with Eizenberg than is common, since the architectural plans have required frequent updating.
"She's very creative and she's a visionary, and she gets the Children's Museum aesthetic," Cieslak says of Eizenberg. "And she gets the budgetary concerns — to some degree."
That aside elicited laughter from both Saunders and Cieslak. A cheerful sense of humor seems to be a recurring theme at Museum Lab. Despite their levels of accomplishment and skill, these women seem entirely comfortable setting their egos aside and finding humor in challenges. It's an ongoing balancing act.
Eizenberg, Cieslak says, "proposes the designs that will work with what we're trying to do. We're the ones that are implementing that design, but we have to be conscious of opportunities that we uncover. Christi has been great about identifying areas where we could really make the space more inspirational."
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The Most Popular Paid Attractions In London
The Tower of London is the most visited paid attraction in London.
Westminster Abbey is a popular tourist attraction in London.
London is one of the most enchanting and historically rich cities in the world. It is not surprising that it is one of the world's most visited cities. There are several free attractions in London like the National Gallery, British Museum, Natural History Museum, etc. There are, however, other attractions where a ticket needs to be bought to visit them. The most visited paid attractions in the city are mentioned below:
9. Tower Of London -
This historic castle is the most visited paid attractions in London. It is located on the northern bank of the Thames River. The ancient castle was built in 1066. Its White Tower from where its name is derived was constructed in 1078 by William the Conqueror. The Tower of London is a complex of buildings that are surrounded by two protective walls and a moat. It was built to serve as the residence of the royals as well as a prison. The castle played a vital role in the history of England for centuries. It was besieged several times in the past. Controlling it was regarded as a significant step to controlling the country. Presently, the Tower of London serves as a museum of historical attractions that is open to the public. The Crown Jewels of England are displayed here. The Tower of London was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1988.
8. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Gardens -
It is an internationally famed botanic education and research institution. On July 2003, the UN designated the Kew Gardens as a World Heritage Site. The Kew, located in southwest London, hosts 40 historically important buildings. It has a collection of over 40,000 plant species. The library of the Kew Gardens has more than 750,000 volumes with thousands of illustrations of plants.
7. St Paul's Cathedral -
The St Paul's Cathedral is London's third most visited paid attraction. It is an Anglican cathedral that sits on the Ludgate Hill, the city's highest point. The present cathedral was built in the late 17th century at the site of an ancient church. The dome of the cathedral is an important feature of London's skyline. For a period of time from 1710 to 1967, the St Paul's Cathedral functioned as London's tallest building. Presently, it is an operating church with regular prayer services. Tourists are charged an entry fee but the worshippers are permitted inside for free.
6. Royal Academy Of Arts -
This art institution is located in the Burlington House of Piccadilly. It is a privately funded art institution managed by eminent architects and artists. It serves the purpose of promoting the visual arts with the help of exhibitions, debates, and educational programs. The organization was established in 1768 by King George III.
5. ZSL London Zoo -
Established in 1828, the London Zoo is the world's oldest scientific zoo. It was founded with the aim of conducting zoological research. Animals from the menagerie at the Tower of London were transferred to this zoo. Later, public entry was allowed in 1847. Today, it is the fifth most visited paid tourist attraction in London. The zoo houses 20,166 individual animals representing 698 species. Exotic species like lions, tigers, and gorillas can be observed here.
4. Westminster Abbey -
This a Gothic abbey church located in London near the Palace of Westminster. It has served as the coronation and burial site of the country's monarchs for centuries. A number of royal weddings have also been hosted here. According to historical reports, a church was established at the site in the 7th century. The construction of the church seen today, however, started in 1245. It was commissioned by the then-monarch of England, King Henry III.
3. Palace of Westminster -
The two houses of the Parliament of the UK, the House of Commons and the House of Lords, meet at this venue. It is located on the Thames River's north bank. Initially, the 11th-century palace served as the residence of the Kings of England. However, a raging fire in 1512 damaged most parts of the building. After renovations were made, the site acted as the seat of the English Parliament. Later, another fire engulfed the palace in 1834. Reconstructions turned it into the beautiful building that we see today. The Palace of Westminster is an important hub of political activity in the UK. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most visited paid attractions in London.
2. Shakespeare's Globe -
This complex houses the reconstruction of the Globe Theater, a playhouse associated with the legendary playwright, William Shakespeare. The complex is located on the Thames' southern bank. The original theater that was built in 1599 was demolished in 1644. Although the replica found today has been created to resemble the original theater as closely as possible, the seating capacity is only 1400 as compared to the original theatre's 3000. The Shakespeare's Globe is about 740 ft away from the site of the original theater. It is now open to the public who can purchase tickets to attend the plays held here. Other buildings like an indoor theater, a studio complex, and exhibition area, etc., are also located within the complex.
1. Tower Bridge Exhibition -
The Tower Bridge is one of the most iconic symbols of London. It was built between 1886 and 1894 over the River Thames near the Tower of London. The Tower Bridge Exhibition is hosted in the Victorian engine rooms, the twin towers of the bridge, and the walkways. The history of the Tower Bridge is exhibited in the form of films, photos, and other types of displays. It is the tenth most visited paid attraction in London.
Number of visits in 1000's in 2016
1 Tower of London 2741
2 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Gardens 1829
3 St Paul's Cathedral 1519
4 Royal Academy of Arts 1286
5 ZSL London Zoo 1211
6 Westminster Abbey 1202
7 Houses of Parliament 990
8 Shakespeare's Globe 938
9 Tower Bridge Exhibition 828
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A delicious new cozy mystery series featuring the Culinary Capers Dinner Club—who are fearless when it comes to cooking up new dishes and putting the lid on crime...Event planner Jennifer "J.J." Tanner has a full plate, but that's the way she likes it. First, it's her turn to choose the recipe for the next meeting of the Culinary Capers Dinner Club, a gathering of foodie friends who experiment with entrées for their creative and gastronomical pleasure. Second, she's organizing an Italian princess party for the twenty-one-year-old daughter of a high-tech millionaire.
"Young," J.J. sniffed. "I do recall us being classmates at Champlain College and it wasn't all that long ago. Are you finding it more difficult to remember things these days?" She flashed a grin. "Anyway, happy to help, as always. So this means the corporate bash is wrapped up?
"As ready to go as it will be. Saturday night is the big event. I'll be very relieved when it's over. It doesn't matter how many years I've worked as an event planner, I always hold my breath until clean-up begins. How is your Italiana princess party coming along?" Skye hefted a hip onto the edge of her desk and folded her arms across her chest. She wore her long blonde hair up in a chignon on days when she had meetings with clients. Today had been one of those days.
"I wouldn't be a good friend if I didn't point out that it's been nearly a week since the last dinner club evening. That's right isn't it? One week on Sunday?" Skye peered over the red frames of her reading glasses.
Skye gave her a thumbs up.
"Could have knocked me over with a feather when you said you were joining the dinner club," Skye answered with mock sincerity.
"So that's why I get Ms. Barker," J.J. shot back, smiling all the while.
The phone rang before Skye had a chance to reply. She shook her head in answer while picking up the receiver. J.J. watched her old friend, and more recently, her boss as she wound a thick strand blonde hair that had escaped its bonds, around her finger. She's tired. It had been a long week, what with the current client list, the new ones being added, and trying to come up with ideas that would re-vamp their website. They weren't yet at the stage where they had too many clients.
J.J. could help with the first but not the latter, although she loved tossing out ideas. That's the part she loved the most about being an event planner – not the final product, but the process of creating it. She smiled as she checked her email for a final time that day. She was lucky to have landed on her feet and in such good company.
Toasting Up Trouble ( Dinner Club Mystery #1) by Linda Wiken is a 2016 Berkley publication.
For 14 years, Linda Wiken owned the mystery specialty store, Prime Crime Books in Ottawa, ON. It was with sadness and a sense of anticipation that she closed the store in 2010. Now, she's embarked on a life of crime between the pages. Her first novel in the Ashton Corners Book Club mysteries, A Killer Read, was published April, 2012 as her alter ego, Erika Chase, and was shortlisted for an Agatha Award for Best First Novel at the Malice Domestic conference. There are now five books in the series.
She embarks on a new writing adventure as the real Linda Wiken with another series, the Dinner Club Mysteries, also from Berkley Prime Crime. The first book, Toasting Up Trouble, will be released on July 5, 2016.


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Q: SharePoint Javascript Internet 11 issue Code works in Edge and Chrome but does not display in Internet Explorer 11.   Not displaying row formatting in 11.
Windows 8 build
SharePoint 2013 On Premise
Explorer 11
Any help would be appreciated.
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Thanking you in advance.
M.

A: This is due to IE implementation of Date. Parsing using hypens (-) instead of slashes (/) works in Web-Kit browsers but not on IE. Try changing your ConvertSPListDate method to following:
function ConvertSPListDate(_date) {
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For the IE handling of input date-time formats you can check http://dygraphs.com/date-formats.html it hasn't really been changed till Edge.

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United weighs back-to-school options
Sheila Pressley
The Register-Mail
MONMOUTH — United School Board members held a late afternoon session July 16 to interview six candidates for the board seat recently vacated by Kristen Dutton. Personnel and closed session minutes were discussed during an executive period.
The board then adjourned to the gym and commons area, where a group of 30 parents, grandparents, teachers and friends of United students were seated in a socially distant manner. Three parents, Eric Olson, Kylee Weinberg and Chase Flatt, were each given a five-minute limit to speak. Each expressed their wish for students to return to classes this fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Superintendent Jeff Whittsitt gave a presentation of 2020 school opening models.
"All kids and teachers will have to wear masks and students' temperatures will be taken upon arrival at school," Whitsitt said. "They'll go to their rooms, where breakfast will be served. These are guidelines from the Illinois State Board of Education."
Whitsitt referred to surveys the district sent out to United parents.
"488 parents responded, with 30% saying that their children would not wear masks," Whitsitt said.
He continued, "any confirmed cases along with any contacts would be quarantined for 14 days. I hope that I'm wrong, but I think that we'll be shut down again."
Whitsitt discussed a hybrid plan, a mix of in-person instruction and remote learning. Board members felt that more in-person instruction is needed.
Board members set a special meeting for 6 p.m. Monday, July 27, when a final decision will be made on a school plan for 2020-21. The name of the new board member will also be announced.
In other business, Whitsitt presented tentative budget figures for fiscal year 2021.
"These figures will change by the September meeting," Whitsitt siad. "As of July 1, 2019, the starting balance was $12,482,807, with expected expenditures at $18,071,790. We overspent the budget in O&M by $87,707. We amended O&M expenditures budget to $1,225,000."
A budget hearing will precede the Sept. 10 meeting.
First Midstate Inc. of Bloomington was approved as underwriter/placement agent and Chapman & Cutler LLP as bond/disclosure counsel to the agent with respect to the district's general obligation refunding school bonds. The restructuring amount is $3,375,000.
Whitsitt said bids for the new auditorium would be let on Aug. 12 and opened on Sept. 3, with ground to be broken in October. Also, the new roof on the senior high school was expected to be done last week.
The board consent agenda was approved. Included was the resignation of Kerry Leadbetter as United West paraprofessional and Jeff Kramer employed as junior high math and technology teacher.
The next regular meeting is 6 p.m. Aug. 13 in the unit office.
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Q: What is a common-emitter bjt push-pull output stage? My professor mentioned it briefly in class, and I've been googling it and all I find is the CC output stage. Can anyone show me a picture of this configuration and maybe describe how it works? Can you provide a source?

A: A BJT (NPN in this example) connected in common emitter configuration looks like this:

Putting two of these with opposite polarity together is a push-pull stage:

The name comes from the fact that the output is actively pushed and pulled in both polarities.
There are a great many details about how to drive the two transistors so that they each turn on when needed, but not both turn on to fight each other.  Just getting the DC quiescent operating point right isn't trivial.  This is sometimes called biasing.  That would be good to look up.
Also look up class A amplifier, class B amplifier, and class AB amplifier.  These classes have to do with the overall strategy of when each of the transistors are intended to conduct.  The classes are a tradeoff between smooth transitions and wasted power.
Those details are beyond your simple question, but this should give you things to go look into.


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As with any artist who, rarely, continues to develop their work until the end of their life, the focus tends to be on their later, more adventurous productions, with the emerging and early work confined to the studies of art historians, and seen largely as merely a precursor to the later, greater achievement. The Mahara Gallery has made a bold and unexpectedly refreshing attempt to shift the focus to Hodgkins as an emerging artist, both in Dunedin and fresh off the boat in Europe, giving a decided New Zealand perspective on the artist's origins.
When the news of Frances Hodgkins being hung "on the line" at the Royal Academy filtered through to New Zealand in 1903, "Local Girl Makes Good" may have headed the report in a community newspaper had they existed at the time (1). Frances Hodgkins has always occupied an ambivalent place in New Zealand's memory: she may have been born here, but she soon left, and all her lasting stimulation and achievement happened on the other side of the planet. Our provincial pleasure in such achievement is not so much about valuing her work as offering reassurance that a cultural outpost like New Zealand could produce an artist admired in metropolitan European centres. Recently, much the same thing has happened with Len Lye - except that his stage was New York, a place as aspirational for New Zealand artists in the later 20th century as London was in the later 19th. Since then this country may have grown in cultural confidence and experience globally, but echoes of the old "colonial cringe" still resonate (2).
Since her death in 1947 her reputation has had a somewhat chequered career. At its height she was seen as one of the more adventurous members of the British avant-guarde - such as it was - but from the 1950s to around the mid-1970s she dropped out of sight in exhibition and art history culture. Even now, with a revival of interest in that period, her inclusion in more recent historical shows has been minimal. It's been suggested that her foreignness and gender have counted against her being remembered more widely. In the meantime art institutions and private collectors in New Zealand have been assiduously amassing her work in very belated recognition of her achievement (3), with the current catalogue raisonne project the apex of local, gathering interest.
As with any artist who, rarely, continues to develop their work until the end of their life, the focus tends to be on their later, more adventurous productions, with the emerging and early work confined to the studies of art historians, and seen largely as merely a precursor to the later, greater achievement. The Mahara Gallery has made a bold and unexpectedly refreshing attempt to shift the focus to Hodgkins as an emerging artist, both in Dunedin and fresh off the boat in Europe, giving a decided New Zealand perspective on the artist's origins.
Waikanae has a special connection with Hodgkins. In 1893 her painter sister Isabel married lawyer Will Field who later became the long-serving MP for Otaki. The Fields collected art - including Frances's - and their collection represented an interesting cross-section of her contemporaries. About half of it was later broken up and dispersed (4), the remaining half retained by the Field family to the present - known as the Field Collection Trust - making parts of it available for Mahara exhibitions, with a promise of a long-term loan of the whole collection when the Kapiti District Council is able to provide a building with the necessary secure and environmentally suitable conditions. After her death and cremation Frances Hodgkins' ashes were returned to New Zealand and interred in the Fields' family plot at the Waikanae cemetery.
With Hodgkins' early work it's easy to stumble at the seeming conventions of her subject matter and fall prey to prejudices against watercolour, but seeing past these considerations opens a portal to her real achievement - a rapid transition from an often clunky hesitancy to a sometimes breath-taking accomplishment of expression. This latter, once exposed to the influence of British modernism in the 1920s, graduated to constant experiment in which an apparent realism was wholly subject to an abstracted naturalism that both recorded personal sensations and explored the possibilities of colour and form. She maintained this approach vigorously to the end of her life. An Emerging Talent is where it began.
(4)	Fortunately, a full photographic record exists for the entire collection, albeit in black and white, a copy of which is available in the current Mahara show.
(5)	Frances Hodgkins; the link with Kapiti: the Field Collection, with an essay by Peter Trim, Mahara Gallery, Waikanae, 2000; Frances Hodgkins: Kapiti treasures, with essay by Jetta Cornish, Mahara Gallery, Waikanae, 2010, 45pp; Frances Hodgkins in Kapiti: the Field Collection, with essay by Avenal McKinnon, Mahara Gallery, Waikanae, 2014, 52pp; Everywhere is Elsewhere: Frances Hodgkins and Petrus van der Velden in the Field Collection, with essay by Simon Gennard, Mahara Gallery, Waikanae, 2016, 16pp.


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I got her to play two strings, back and forth, plucking at a quickening pace, along with my heart. I touched her arm. I closed my eyes, and felt fearful of how much I felt for her.
'Music is about time,' I told her. 'It is about controlling time.'
Tom Hazard is much older than he looks, having been born in Elizabethan England with a rare genetic condition that causes him to age very, very slowly (at the rate of approximately one year for every fifteen years). While his mother considered it to be a gift, the condition has caused Tom numerous problems in life. Fear, suspicion and heartache dominate his existence. He's had to endure his losses, alone, for centuries.
When a mysterious woman named Agnes holds him up at gunpoint late one afternoon in 1891, telling him that she's taking him to Plymouth and, from there, to America, he has no idea what to think. What he learns is that there are others like him in the world, and that they're part of a secret organisation, which he now must join. The first rule of the organisation: that you must not, under any circumstances, fall in love. Those who are part of the organisation must change their identities every eight years, moving to a completely new location in a different part of the world and becoming an entirely different person. This is, supposedly, to ensure their safety and the safety of others like them.
The story is told in first person from Tom's perspective and alternates between his present—where he teaches history in a Tower Hamlets comprehensive school—and his various, colourful pasts. Haig does an excellent job of capturing the feeling of history without getting bogged down in detail, while simultaneously keeping the focus on how Tom's past affects his present-day reality.
How to Stop Time contains all the right ingredients for a highly engrossing and memorable story: romance, adventure, an exciting plot with mounting tension, immersive settings and an empathetic protagonist I rooted for all the way through the book (and then some). Matt Haig has certainly succeeded in stopping time with this novel, not only for his protagonist, but also for this reader.
How to Stop Time is published by Canongate Books.
I bought my copy of How to Stop Time from my local independent bookstore, Ink 84.
How to Stop Time is available from all good bookstores and from Amazon.
I imagined Paul strutting home, a girl on each arm, somehow sporting a moustache and a foot of extra height. Moustachioed imaginary Paul would look down at me as he glided past with his harem.
'Who's she?' the girls would chirrup.
'Her?' Paul would laugh. 'Oh, she's nobody.'
Kate and Paul have been married for nearly ten years and have two beautiful children—Isabel and Harry. Paul works in advertising and Kate spends her time looking after the kids. However, despite the appearance of happiness, Kate and Paul are both dissatisfied with their relationship.
As they're preparing for their anniversary trip to Cornwall, Kate stumbles upon a letter, carefully hidden inside a book in their library. What she reads in it will change her life, and marriage, forever. But, now that Kate knows, she needs to tell Paul. Before she's able to muster the courage to do so, she tries to discern the emotional truth of her marriage. She thinks back over her history with Paul—they grew up together in Somerset, and were best friends during childhood and adolescence, before separating to go to university. It was only after he moved to London, for work, that they started a relationship.
Told in first person, from Kate's perspective, and alternating between her past and present, Seddon delivers a story brimming with suspense as she paints an empathetic portrait of a relationship in jeopardy.
Having thoroughly enjoyed Seddon's first two novels, I was looking forward to reading her third. I was not disappointed. If anything, I enjoyed this novel even more. While Seddon's work falls into the thriller/suspense categories, her stories focus primarily on character—how a specific character came to be who they are and what makes them act as they do. It's this well-considered interplay between her characters' motivations and her plot that makes her work such a joy to read. In Love Will Tear Us Apart, there's also a romantic element, which enhances the story further. It was this last aspect that particularly stayed with me after finishing the book. As always, Seddon raises some interesting questions that resonate beyond the bounds of her story. I can't wait to read her next novel!
Love Will Tear Us Apart is published by Corvus and available from Amazon UK and Amazon US.
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I was recently interviewed by Amy over at The Shelf of Unread Books about my novel The Forest King's Daughter and historical fiction more generally. Here's a link to the interview, if you'd like to read it: https://theshelfofunreadbooks.wordpress.com/2018/04/29/qa-with-kendra-olson-author-of-the-forest-kings-daughter/
My Review of Smash all the Windows by Jane Davis
Maggie's chest rises and falls. Orange buoys, the shape and size of hay bales, move to the same rhythm. There is something bovine about them, but also something desperately sad. At any other time she wouldn't feel foolish mentioning this to Jules who, she thinks, would dismiss nothing.
With an impressive array of research at her disposal, a full cast of true-to-life Londoners and a fascinating and timely premise, Davis casts a spell over her readers.
The families of those who were killed in the St Botolph and Billingsgate station disaster have become accustomed to defending their loved ones. For over thirteen years they were told that the victims were responsible for their own tragic deaths but, with London Underground consistently running over capacity and the severe overcrowding that's resulted from it, the families refused to believe the verdict of the initial public inquiry. With opinion against them, however, it was difficult to know what to do. That was, until gentle-natured law student Eric took an almost obsessive interest in the case. Eric's certainty that the evidence doesn't match up leads him to spend all his waking hours investigating. But when his hard work finally pays off and a second inquest declares that the commuters were not responsible, it doesn't bring about the closure the families expected.
Told through the eyes of the families of the survivors, their grief, anger, frustration and attempts at reconciliation are brought vividly to life. Davis does an excellent job of depicting modern-day, multicultural London, and her diverse cast of characters reflects this. The story is inspired by the Hillsborough tragedy, where 96 Liverpool football fans lost their lives in a crush in 1989, and is highly relevant given their families long battle for justice. Davis's exploration of personal grief and public tragedy is sensitively rendered and deeply empathetic. Although literary fiction, the novel reads almost like a thriller. Smash all the Windows is an engrossing, addictive novel. I look forward to reading more of Jane Davis's work in future.
Smash all the Windows is available from Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Smash-all-Windows-Jane-Davis-ebook/dp/B079MBP3WD/
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Smash-all-Windows-Jane-Davis-ebook/dp/B079MBP3WD/
You can read more about the novel on Jane's website: https://jane-davis.co.uk/books/smash-all-the-windows/
My Review of Violet by Leslie Tate, the third book in his Lavender Blues: Three Shades of Love trilogy
They picked at the contents, one by one. The nuts came in all sizes; they were whole, lightly roasted and unsalted. Dipping and munching, they shared what they had.
When fifty-year-old café owner Beth Jarvis, divorced and with children, finds herself on a blind date, she wonders what it is she's doing. Due to her nervousness she's arrived at the restaurant far too early and now can only watch and wait while other diners arrive, staring at the door, wondering when—and if—James will show up. Biding her time, Beth sips her wine as she sifts through the letters he's sent her. Will the real-life version of James be as good-natured and charming?
After James arrives, they share stories over a platter of Indian food. Later that night, Beth is, quite literally, swept off her feet as they dance. Not wanting the evening to end, they draw it out for as long as possible. When it finally comes time for them to part, they promise to meet again, and soon.
As Beth and James are getting to know each other, they realise that they share very different pasts. James was raised in Chester-le-Street, in Durham, to working class parents. His father worked on the railways and considered himself a revolutionary, of sorts. Later James moved to London, where he married and had children. He works as a gardener and prides himself on seeing the beauty in life. Beth, on the other hand, had an almost idyllic rural childhood, and later married a minister with whom she has two daughters. Her gentle, caring nature means she follows her heart. While this tendency has led her into James' arms, it's also meant that she's sometimes been taken unawares in life. How Beth and James come together as a couple is the focus of the story.
Violet is an empathetic and skilfully crafted exploration of modern day love. It is also a study in character, and the ways in which a character changes, and is changed by, their experience of relationships. The story is written in a non-linear fashion, moving backward and forward through time, showing Beth from different angles and points in her personal history. The narrative is experimental in style, with some sections written in text-speak and including the letters James and Beth shared. This challenged my perceptions, making me pay closer attention to the writing. Tate's in-depth exploration of Beth's character allowed me to draw my own conclusions about her past and present. This made for an enjoyable and refreshing reading experience.
Violet is the third in Tate's Lavender Blues trilogy, exploring three generations of the Lavender family and their experiences of love in its many forms. The novel stands alone—indeed, I have yet to read the first two books. The first two books are Purple and Blue. You can read about them here: https://leslietate.com/lavender-blues-three-shades-of-love/
Violet is available to purchase from Leslie Tate's website: https://leslietate.com/shop/violet/
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Violet-Lavender-Blues-Three-Shades-ebook/dp/B07BNR37XK/
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Violet-Lavender-Blues-Three-Shades-ebook/dp/B07BNR37XK/
My Review of The Tides Between, a coming-of-age, historical novel by Elizabeth Jane Corbett
"Elffin, Gwyddno and Taliesin, that's the way it works, isn't it? Each of us in every character, the stories shifting and changing as we learn to see differently."
The year is 1841 and fifteen-year-old Bridie Stewart is emigrating from England to Port Phillip, Australia with her ma, her stepfather Alf Bustle and a book of magical Welsh fairy tales her dad told her before his sudden passing 18 months previously. With her ma pregnant and a new life ahead of them, Bridie's ma and Alf want her to forget her childhood and grow up. Most of all, they want her to give up on the memory she has of her father as a kind-hearted, misunderstood dreamer. In order to appease them, Bridie has to hide her notebook, the last tangible object on earth she has to remind her of her father.
When it's discovered, Alf insists that she use the notebook not to write down further stories but to make a record of their ocean crossing. Bridie feels angry and hurt. Luckily, Bridie has become friends with a young Welsh couple, Rhys and Siân, who share her love of stories and who help Bridie feel less isolated on the ship. Rhys is a dreamer, like her dad was, and Siân's daintiness and mysterious ways remind Bridie of a fairy. But will their mythical ballads, music and storytelling be enough to help Bridie discover her own truth about what happened with her dad?
Corbett's portrayal of life between decks for the English and Welsh emigrants was realistic and empathetic. She does not shy away from showing readers the harshness of her characters' lives or the ocean crossing but nor does she allow for this aspect of their experience to dominate. The Tides Between is an enchanting novel, filled with Welsh myths and the magic of possibility.
The Tides Between is available from Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tides-Between-Elizabeth-Jane-Corbett-ebook/dp/B077SS6847/
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Tides-Between-Elizabeth-Jane-Corbett-ebook/dp/B077SS6847/
To find out more about The Tides Between and Eliizabeth Jane Corbett's writing, visit: elizabethjanecorbett.com
My Review of All the Colours in Between by Eva Jordan
"Don't forget that darkness is a force absent of love. just like black is the absence of colour. The more love you can feel, the more colour added, the more light is achieved. And ultimately, in the end, our choices seal our fate."
Lizzie Lemalf is now officially writing full time, her first novel having been a success. Maisy and Cassie, her two teenage daughters from 183 Times a Year, the first book in the series, have grown up and flown the nest. Cassie to London where she's recently finished university and is now working for a well-known record producer and Maisy to Australia where she and boyfriend Crazee run a tattoo shop. Their little brother Connor is now a teenager himself, though nowhere near as much trouble as his sisters ever were. With Lizzie's mum remaining cancer free, all seems to be going well for the Lemalf family. However, when Lizzie visits Cassie in London, Cassie appears thin and withdrawn. Despite Cassie's telling her that nothing is wrong, Lizzie can't help but be concerned. But this is just the beginning of Lizzie's worries as everything is about to change for the Lemalf family.
I thoroughly enjoyed Eva Jordan's latest novel which is written in her characteristically colourful style. The story is by turns laugh-out-loud funny—she does an excellent job of depicting the speech and perspective of teenagers—and terribly sad. Above all, she captures the love of a modern-day family for one another, through the tragedies and joys of life and, of course, everything in between. There were times where I felt she could have been writing about my own family, as she did such a remarkable job of showing the emotions around life events.
The story is told from several different perspectives, including Lizzie, Connor, Cassie and, occasionally, Salocin, Lizzie's strong and kind-hearted father. This has the effect of increasing the reader's empathy for the different characters and their roles within the family. While there were certain characters whose experiences I could relate to more than others, by the end of the book, I felt I could understand all of their motives for acting as they did.
Having read and loved 183 Times a Year, I had high hopes for All the Colours in Between. I was not disappointed. If anything, I'd say that Eva Jordan's second book exceeded my expectations, possibly being even funnier, more poignant and better written than her first one. The themes she explores within the novel are timeless, as well as being timely. All the Colours in Between is a beautiful novel which will stay with me for years to come.
All the Colours in Between is available from Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B074Q352TS/
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074Q352TS/
WH Smith: https://www.whsmith.co.uk/products/all-the-colours-in-between/9781911583288
My review of Sealskin, by Su Bristow
'And the thing is, Donald, I'll never know if it was the best way or not, do you see? You choose your path, and then you have to walk it, all the way. We all do.'
Donald is a gentle and lonely young man living with his mother in a tiny, close-knit fishing village off the west coast of Scotland. Struggling to eke out a living for the two of them, he fishes, keeps crab pots and helps his Uncle Hugh when necessary. Unable to relate to his cousins or to the other villagers, Donald takes joy in nature and being on his own.
When he goes out to check his crab pots late one night, he witnesses something magical. Seized by the beauty of this spectacle, Donald acts out of character and does something unthinkable. Afterward, filled with remorse, Donald hopes to make up for his actions. But it's too late. He will have to live with his deed for the rest of his life. How he manages the aftermath will make all the difference.
I enjoyed this story, which is based on the legend of the selkies, one of my all-time favourite myths (for more on selkies see my review of this series). Bristow's exploration of Donald's character was skilful and refreshing—while Donald does something terrible, the writing is never heavy-handed or judgmental. Bristow shows her characters, presents the dilemma and lets the action play out naturally—no easy feat! Her writing is poignant and evocative of the harsh but magnificent landscape of the west coast of Scotland, an area I was lucky enough to visit last year. This is a beautifully-written and memorable novel, which I hope to reread someday.
Sealskin is available from Amazon UK, Amazon US and all good bookstores.
My Review of The Adventures of Shifting Jack: New Friends, by Denise Ersalahi Erguler
…the prophecy began ringing in Militis' ears: the most gifted will rule next, one to guard and protect, one to rule, both bound by blood. None shall stand in their way, they will suffer great injustices, great grievance. But they shall rise in times of peril. Shifters will unite.
Jack and Lily Legend live in North Cyprus, with their mother, Linda, and their father, Militis. On the surface, they look like any other family, but beneath their ordinary veneer, they are avian shapeshifters with a mission to help protect animals and the environment.
When Jack and Lily decide to take a boat ride one afternoon with their teacher, Mr Gardener, Lily discovers dead fish floating on the surface of the sea. Hoping to practice her magical, healing powers, Lily leans in for a closer look. Just as she does, the boat rocks, knocking her overboard. Lily gasps for breath and tries to reach the surface of the water but becomes entangled with a giant squid. Unable to free herself, a friendly dolphin comes to her assistance. What Lily discovers next will come as a huge surprise.
A richly imaginative fantasy adventure for children, The Adventures of Shifting Jack: New Friends features the familiar Jack and Lily Legend from book 1 in the series, The Adventures of Shifting Jack: A New Home. This is a delightful story underpinned by an educational message about the importance of taking care of nature and each other. Children will enjoy getting to know Jack and Lily Legend and all their friends, both old and new. Adults will also enjoy this tale of bravery, determination and camaraderie between adults and children set in the unique location of North Cyprus.
The Adventures of Shifting Jack: New Friends is the second, and final, book in the Shifting Jack series. Although the books would, ideally, be read in order, each can equally be enjoyed on its own. For more about The Adventures of Shifting Jack: A New Home, see my interview with Denise about the book, published last year. At the end of the interview, you'll find my review of book 1.
For those that read that interview, you'll know that at the time of writing The Adventures of Shifting Jack: New Friends, Denise was battling a rare form of brain cancer. Sadly, she lost that fight in January of this year.
The Adventures of Shifting Jack: New Friends is available from Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adventures-Shifting-Jack-New-Friends-ebook/dp/B0771N81BF/
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Shifting-Jack-New-Friends-ebook/dp/B0771N81BF/
The Adventures of Shifting Jack: New Friends has been published posthumously. Author Denise Ersalahi Erguler fought a courageous battle with a rare form of brain cancer for 13 months. This, the second in the series of Shifting Jack books, was written after Denise was diagnosed in December 2015 and bears testament to her courage, determination and great story-telling ability. Denise leaves behind a husband, Olkan, and two young children, who inspired her to write her children's books.
Denise Ersalahi Erguler was born and raised in Hackney, London and moved to North Cyprus in 1994 with her family where she studied Interior Design at a local university for four years. She then pursued a career in this field in London working for various designer companies at the peak of the industry. In 2005 setup her own interior design company.
In 2007, Denise left her successful business in London behind and moved back to North Cyprus to help grow her family business, Mermaid Fabrics of London in Kyrenia. This decision was made upon the belief that she would be closer to home and family for support in bringing up her child in a safe environment.
Denise began writing in 2010. In her stories, she used real life characters and stories evolving around her to build her fantasy world giving us the opportunity to share her dream world.
Also by Denise:
The Adventure of Shifting Jack: A New Home, which won the Children's book award at the Radio WORKS Author Awards, London, December 2016.
The Essence, an adult Sci-fi novel.


The Sixth Circuit ruled on Friday that most of two suits against the State of Michigan, state officers, Flint, and Flint officials for creating the ongoing water crisis can move forward. The ruling is a significant victory for the plaintiffs and all residents of Flint. It reverses a lower court and means that much of the original case can move to discovery.
The two consolidated cases arose when residents of Flint sued the state, the city, and state and city officials for a variety of constitutional claims for creating the water crisis that continues to plaque the city. The district court dismissed the cases on several grounds, but the Sixth Circuit on Friday reversed much of that ruling.
The court ruled first that the federal Safe Drinking Water Act did not displace the plaintiffs' constitutional claims under Section 1983. In particular, the court said that the language and legislative history of the SDWA did not point to displacement, that the SDWA's remedial scheme is not so comprehensive as to demonstrate congressional intent to preclude, and that the "contours of the rights and protections" under 1983 are different than those under the SDWA. The court went on to rule that the SDWA similarly did not displace the plaintiffs' conspiracy claim under Section 1985.
The court also ruled that the Eleventh Amendment barred claims against the State of Michigan and, in one of the two cases, against state agencies and Governor Snyder. (It noted that Eleventh Amendment immunity doesn't cover municipalities--Flint and Flint officials.) The court said that the plaintiffs in the other case sought injunctive relief against the agencies and Snyder, and could therefore move forward under Ex Parte Young. The court rejected the plaintiffs' claim that the defendants waived their Eleventh Amendment immunity based on their positions in this litigation.
Finally, the court rejected the defendants' other arguments, including absolute and qualified immunity defenses for agency officials.
Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly (D.D.C.) yesterday denied a motion by the Electronic Privacy Information Center for a Temporary Restraining Order and Preliminary Injunction to stop the Presidential Advisory Commission on Election Integrity from collecting voter roll data from the states.
The ruling also says that EPIC lacks organizational standing to sue on behalf of members of its advisory board, and that, while it has standing to seek redress for informational injuries under the E-Government Act, the Act isn't enforceable against the Commission (because it's not an "agency").
But the court went to lengths to say that the Commission limited its request to the states for only publicly available information, that the request is only a request (not a mandate) of the states, and that publicized voter information will be de-identified. If these things change, the court's analysis could well change, too. As a result, while the ruling allows the Commission's requests for voter roll information to go forward, the ruling also reminds us that states may decline to provide the information, and that the Commission will only get already-publicily-available information, and will have to store and use it with certain limitations.
The court said that EPIC lacked organizational standing to sue on behalf of members of its advisory board, because, even if EPIC is considered a membership organization for organizational standing purposes (which the court suggested it's not), "the only practical harms that Plaintiff's advisory board members would suffer, assuming their respective states decide to comply with the Commission's request in the future, is that their already publicly available information would be rendered more easily accessible by virtue of its consolidation on the [Commission's] computer systems . . . ." According to the court, that's not enough for standing.
But the court went on to say that EPIC had informational standing under the E-Government Act. The Act requires government agencies to conduct a privacy impact statement and publicize it. The court said that EPIC (1) had been deprived of this information and (2) therefore suffered the kind of harm that Congress sought to prevent by requiring it. The court also said that EPIC had standing under circuit precedent recognizing standing for an organization that "suffered a concrete and demonstrable injury to its activities . . . ." The court held that EPIC "has a long-standing mission to educate the public regarding privacy rights, and engage in this process by obtaining information from the government," and thus suffered such an injury.
But the court held that the Administrative Procedures Act (the basis of EPIC's suit, because the E-Government Act doesn't create a separate cause of action) doesn't apply to the Commission, because the Commission isn't an "agency" under the APA.
So even though EPIC has standing, it's not likely to succeed on the merits, and the court rejected its motion for a TRO and Preliminary Injunction.
In a careful and well-reasoned opinion in Animal Defense Fund v. Herbert, United States District Judge for Utah, Judge Robert J. Shelby, has concluded that Utah's so-called "ag-gag" statute, Utah Code §76-6-112, is unconstitutional as violating the First Amendment.
(d) without consent from the owner of the operation or the owner's agent, knowingly or intentionally records an image of, or sound from, an agricultural operation while the person is committing criminal trespass, as described in Section 76-6-206, on the agricultural operation.
The analysis separated these provisions into the lying provision - - - "false pretenses" under subsection (b) - - - and the recording provisions in the other subsections. As to both types, Utah argued that the First Amendment was not applicable.
It is certainly possible that a lie used to gain access to an agricultural facility could cause trespass-type harm; a protestor, for example, might pose as a prospective customer, and then, after being let in the door, begin causing a scene or damaging property. But the Act also sweeps in many more trivial, harmless lies that have no discernable effect on whether a person is granted access, and, consequently, on whether a person causes any trespass-type harm. Indeed, given its broad language ("obtain[ing] access to an agricultural operation under false pretenses"), the Act on its face criminalizes, for example, an applicant's false statement during a job interview that he is a born-again Christian, that he is married with kids, that he is a fan of the local sports team. It criminalizes putting a local address on a resume when the applicant is actually applying from out of town. In short, the Act criminalizes a broad swath of lies that result in no harm at all, much less interference with ownership or possession of the facility . . . .
Judge Shelby also rejected Utah's argument that "recording" was not protected speech under the First Amendment, citing the Seventh Circuit police recording case recognizing a First Amendment protection (note a similar Third Circuit case in the past week).
Utah also argued that the First Amendment did not apply because the acts involved private property rights, although one of the plaintiffs had been charged while she was on public property filming. More importantly, however, Judge Shelby criticized Utah's argument as confusing a landowner's ability to exclude from her property someone who wishes to speak with the "government's ability to jail the person for that speech."
Not only is the Act seemingly not necessary to remedy the State's alleged harms, it is an entirely overinclusive means to address them. It targets, for example, the employee who lies on her job application but otherwise performs her job admirably, and it criminalizes the most diligent well-trained undercover employees. And it is simultaneously underinclusive because it does nothing to address the exact same allegedly harmful conduct when undertaken by anyone other than an undercover investigator.
While recognizing that Utah has an interest in addressing "perceived threats" to the state agricultural industry, Judge Shelby concluded that suppressing "broad swaths of protected speech" is not a constitutionally permissible tool to accomplish this goal. Thus, this opinion joins Idaho district Judge Winmill's 2015 decision in Animal Defense League v. Otter in a defeat for the so-called ag-gag laws.


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Institutions of upper studying look commonly remoted from the realities of the neighborhoods round them. yet more and more, schools and universities have thrown open their gates and made a public flip towards school-community partnerships, bringing literacy actions to the streets and service-learning possibilities to college, employees, and scholar volunteers.
Paula Mathieu is one such school volunteer, and in strategies of wish she examines the workings at the back of the general public flip in composition stories at numerous associations. Recounting quite a few sorts of projects, she describes how those principles for outreach have been bought by means of either neighborhood citizens and individuals of the campus, and he or she outlines how either side labored jointly to alleviate town-gown tensions. extra very important, Mathieu examines why a tactical, no longer strategic, method of outreach offers the main flexibility for all concerned and creates the simplest possibilities for actual studying and deeper interplay among volunteers and their community.
Outside the dormitories, the lecture rooms, and the gates of each college stay those that can reap the benefits of public-academic partnerships. And at the inside these exact same constructions are those that can profit both. learn strategies of desire and observe principles and strategies for tapping the transformative strength of studying on and from the streets.
The writer debts for South Africa's transition from apartheid to democracy from a rhetorical point of view. according to an exhaustive research of thousands of public statements made by means of South Africa's leaders from 1985 to the current, Moriarty exhibits how key buildings of the political scene cleared the path for negotiations, elections, and nationwide reconciliation.
His "black dog"--that used to be how Winston Churchill talked about his personal melancholy. this day, people with emotions of disappointment and irritability are inspired to "talk on your health professional. " those became buzz phrases within the competitive merchandising of wonder-drug treatments seeing that 1997, whilst the meals and Drug management replaced its instructions for the promoting of prescription prescribed drugs.
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Apr. 10, 2008). GAO concluded in this report that until the Army provides a comprehensive plan for its modular restructuring and expansion initiatives, which identifies progress and total costs, decision makers may not have sufficient information to assess progress and allocate defense resources among competing priorities. GAO-05-575. Sustainment of the ANSF covers items such as salaries, equipment replacement, operations and maintenance costs, logistics support costs, and training for replacement soldiers and police.
If, as stated, Defense intends this document to provide strategic-level guidance for the development of the ANSF, including in it an articulation of the roles and responsibilities of partners and key stakeholders could assist in implementing and coordinating the program's efforts. For instance, we note in our report that the dual chain of command between State and Defense has complicated the efforts of civilian mentors assisting with the program. 6. We maintain that, without a detailed plan, assessing progress in developing the ANSF is difficult.
Structure of the Ministry of Defense and Afghan National Army Component Ministry of Defense and General Staff Sustaining Institutions and Intermediate Commands Combat Forces Afghan Air Corps Description Department of the Afghan government responsible for developing, fielding, and ensuring the operational readiness of the ANA. The Ministry of Defense develops strategic plans for the defense of Afghanistan. The General Staff implements Ministry of Defense policies and guidance for the ANA. Sustaining institutions and intermediate commands support the Ministry of Defense at an institutional level and include facilities installation and management, acquisitions, logistics, communications support, regional military intelligence offices, detainee operations, medical command, ANA training and recruiting commands, military police, and the Headquarters Support and Security Brigade, an ANA unit that performs specialist tactical and ceremonial missions.


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