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3 Is A Band: Nyre
Filed Under: 3 Is A Band — By: Elke Nominikat
Nyre is an indie rock trio based in San Francisco. The band is comprised of Tigran Gevondyan, who plays lead guitar and lends his vocals to the songs, Sevag Makasdjian, who plays bass and sings back up vocals and then there's also Kevork Demirjian, who plays drums. A classic three piece! Together they create psych rock inspired melancholic pop.
When I asked Nyre for a band photo, Sevag provided me with the polaroid above and the one you find further down. Looks like the three are truly having fun hanging out together, which just confirms that they have been friends for "our entire lives" as Sevag wrote me.
The three have just began to gig around the Bay Area and will be playing more and more live shows in the coming months. Try to catch them!
Follow Nyre on Facebook and BandCamp to stay connected and listen to "Tin", the newest single by Nyre.
Another really cool song of Nyre is "Myowndiva". Scratch that! I dig all their songs but listen to this one here and then check out their SoundCloud"

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OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR Will the Opposition Lead?
The war in Iraq may end up going well or catastrophically, but either way, this war has always been central to the broader war on terror. That is because terror has never been a matter of a few hundred crazies who could be rounded up by the police and special forces. Terror grows out of something larger — an enormous wave of political extremism.
Nor did the policy produce anything good for America, in the long run. For the sundry movements did share a common outlook, which ought to have been obvious all along — the paranoid and apocalyptic outlook of European fascism from long ago, draped in Muslim robes. These movements added up to a new kind of modern totalitarianism. And, in time, the new totalitarianism found its common point, on which everyone could agree. This was the shared project of building the human bomb. The Shiite theocrats of Iran pioneered the notion of suicide terror. And everyone else took it up: Sunni theocrats, Baathist anti-theocrats of Iraq and Syria, the more radical Palestinian nationalists, and others, too.
Some people argue that anti-totalitarian revolutions can never be brought about from outside. The history of World War II says otherwise. Some people respond with the observation that Germany, Italy and Japan are nothing like the Muslim world. In Afghanistan, the American-led invasion has nonetheless brought about an anti-totalitarian revolution. A pretty feeble revolution, true — but even feeble progress suggests large possibilities.
As for the results — well, in one respect, these have turned out to be, in spite of everything, almost comically successful. Baathism's super-weapons may have been a figment of the universal imagination; but as soon as the United States elevated this figment into a world crisis, astonishing progress was made in tracking down weapons programs and trafficking in Libya, Iran, Dubai and Pakistan. Some people will go on insisting that sudden progress on these matters has nothing to do with Iraq, and the dominoes tumbled simultaneously by sheer coincidence — but some people will believe anything.
Nobody can doubt, however, that even in its planning stages, the invasion and occupation of Iraq were depressingly bungled. The whole thing was done in an odd mood of hysteria and parsimony, a bad combination. It is tempting to conclude that, all in all, we would have been better off staying out of Iraq altogether — and maybe this will turn out to be the case.
Now we need allies — people who will actually do things, and not just offer benedictions from afar. Unfortunately — how many misfortunes can fall upon our heads at once? — finding allies may not be easy. Entire populations around the world feel a personal dislike for America's president, which makes it difficult for even the friendliest of political leaders in some countries to take pro-American positions.
But Mr. Bush muddied these issues long ago by putting too much emphasis on weapons in Iraq (and his gleeful opponents have muddied things even further by pretending that weapons were the only reason for war). He muddied the issues again by doing relatively little to promote a war of ideas — quite as if his loftier comments were merely blather. His national security statement of 2002 flatly declared that totalitarianism no longer existed — a strange thing to say. War requires clarity. Here is incoherence.
Somebody else will have to straighten out these confusions, then. I think it will have to be the Democrats — at least those Democrats who accept the anti-totalitarian logic. And why shouldn't they show a bit of leadership? After the Spanish election last month, America needed to reach out to the new Spanish leader, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, and his voters. Mr. Bush was in no position to do this, given that in November he had delivered a speech that was all-too characteristically insulting to the European left. Instead, it was Senator John Kerry who made a public appeal to Mr. Zapatero to keep troops in Iraq.
I wish the Democrats would follow Mr. Kerry's example and take it a step further by putting together a small contingent of Democrats with international reputations, a kind of shadow government — not to undermine American policy but to achieve what Mr. Bush seems unable to do. The Democrats ought to explain the dangers of modern totalitarianism and the goals of the war. They ought to make the call for patience and sacrifice that Mr. Bush has steadfastly avoided. And the Democratic contingent ought to go around the world making that case.
This is not a project for after the election — this is a project for right now. America needs allies. Today, and not just tomorrow. And America needs leaders. If the Bush administration cannot rally support around the world, let other people give it a try.
Paul Berman is the author of "Terror and Liberalism."


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First-ever veterans list ranks Brandman as No. 2 in the nation for undergraduate programs, No. 10 for graduate education and No. 11 for graduate business programs.
U.S. News & World Report has a long, highly-respected tradition of evaluating the quality of higher education with its annual rankings and Best lists. To help veterans choose a quality online program, the publication has launched its first rankings of the Best Online Programs for Veterans, naming Brandman University, part of the Chapman University System, as the second-best in the nation for undergraduate programs. In addition, online graduate education programs at Brandman were ranked No. 10 and graduate business programs No. 11 on the Veterans list– all lead rankings for the state of California.
Originally founded in 1958 to provide active-duty troops with college courses, today Brandman University serves some 12,000 military and working adult students at 26 campus locations; six of those are located on military bases both in California and Washington. About 20% of Brandman students are either active-duty or veterans.
With a graduation rate of over 70%*, Brandman is a non-profit leader in serving adult students in the pursuit of a quality education. Earlier this year, U.S. News ranked Brandman University as No. 8 on the Best Online Bachelor's Programs list for 2013 – Brandman was the sole California institution among the top ten. Graduate programs in business and education were also named among the top online programs on for 2013. [*The Consortium for Student Retention Data Exchange (CSRDE) definition of cumulative graduation rates was utilized to calculate the Brandman University graduation rate].


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Assessing the State of Contamination in a Historic Mining Town Using Sediment Chemistry
Melida Gutierrez, Missouri State UniversityFollow
Shuo-Sheng Wu, Missouri State UniversityFollow
Jameelah Rodriguez, MSU Undergraduate
Ashton D. Jones, MSU Undergraduate
Benjamin Lockwood, MSU Undergraduate
The United States town of Aurora, Missouri, USA, stockpiled lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn) mining wastes from the early to mid-1900s in the form of chat piles. Clean-up actions were undertaken at intervals in subsequent years including land leveling and removal of chat. This study assessed the current state of contamination by identifying areas where metals are present at toxic levels. For this purpose, stream sediment samples (N = 100) were collected over a 9 × 12 km area in and around Aurora. Their content of cadmium (Cd), Pb, and Zn were measured, and concentration maps were generated using ArcGIS to categorize affected areas. Metal concentrations varied over a wide range of values with the overall highest values observed in the north-northeast part of Aurora where abundant chat piles had been present. Comparison between observed concentrations and sediment-quality guidelines put the contaminated areas mentioned are above-toxic levels for Cd, Pb and Zn. In contrast, levels in rural areas and the southern part of Aurora were at background levels, thus posing no threat to aquatic habitats. The fact that contamination is constrained to a relatively small area can be advantageously used to implement further remediation and, by doing so, to help protect the underlying karst aquifer.
Geography, Geology, and Planning
Gutiérrez, Mélida, Shuo-Sheng Wu, Jameelah R. Rodriguez, Ashton D. Jones, and Benjamin E. Lockwood. "Assessing the State of Contamination in a Historic Mining Town Using Sediment Chemistry." Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology 70, no. 4 (2016): 747-756.
Archives of environmental contamination and toxicology


Fire District Board President Bernie Curtis, along the District Legal Counsel Mark Forsberg and Association President signing three year labor contracts.
After 11 months of negotiations, the East Fork Fire Protection District and the East Fork Professional Firefighters General Association have reached an agreement on a three-year labor contract.
The contract will run until June 30, 2020. The association is composed of two separate bargaining units, one representing firefighters, engineers, captains, inspectors, and mechanics, and the other representing the district's three battalion chiefs. The district settled a contract with the battalion chiefs in November, also with a three-year deal.
At the same meeting, the district board also held firm on the existing tax rate. Under its newly created board of directors, the district could have proposed a tax rate increase, but in a unanimous vote, opted to hold the line on tax rates and proposed its existing rate for the upcoming fiscal year. Board President Bernie Curtis said he felt the district should continue to work within its means and not propose an increase in taxes.
The new three-year labor contract will introduce a new five-step pay plan for job classifications, allow an annual step increase not to exceed 5.2 percent between steps, modifies the incentive pay for certain skills, increases sick leave payouts upon separation, and makes modifications in discipline, grievance, and drug and alcohol articles.
The association agreed to push back wage adjustments to January 2019 and 2020, as opposed to seeing increases in July of each year. The East Fork Battalion Chiefs agreed not to accept a cost-of-living increases for the entire term of their contract. All employees cover a part of increases in health insurance if the total increase exceeds a certain amount and share equally any increases in PERS contributions as provided by state law.
The total estimated fiscal impact for the contract is approximately $27.18 million. The total cost of salaries and benefits for employees covered by the proposed agreement is approximately $8.6 million in year one, including a net increase of $562,283.86 in salaries and benefits in 2017-18.
The cost for year two is estimated at $9.06 million, including a net increase of $465,799.78.
The cost of year three is estimated at $9.5 million, including a net increase of $454,577.62 in FY 19-20.
Labor and benefit costs account for just over 73 percent of the district's budget. Both contracts support 61 represented positions.
The year one increases include adjustments based on regional market comparisons and the district's attempt to become more comparable with similar agencies. East Fork has for the past several years struggled with revenues due in part to the impacts with the Affordable Health Care, the economic downturn, annual losses of revenue to the North County Redevelopment Agency, a loss of tax rate to Douglas County in 2010, and a very slow economic recovery.
The cost of providing services has increased along with call volume at 4-5 percent per year. The district has also increased its appropriated reserve account to 12.2 percent.
"The district's revenue and expense status is still somewhat fragile and there are way too many variables which can impact revenue and expenses right now," said Carlini.
State law allows agencies to maintain a balance of up to 25 percent in their reserve account. Most agencies maintain 8.3 percent or one month's operating costs. The district has not been able to make any significant capital improvements with the exception of upgrading its ambulances. The district received a $350,000 federal grant to purchase a new wildland fire engine. It will be the first new Type III apparatus purchased since 2001.
The district's labor contracts are public record and are available on the district website.
Carlini made an official presentation of the fiscal impacts as required under NRS 288.153 at the Oct. 17 meeting for the battalion chiefs and at Tuesday's meeting for the general association contract.
Both presentations are available on the district's website at eastforkfire.org.


Study leadership skills as a way to improve your leadership of groups in business, education, sports and more. In this course, you'll learn about different theories and styles of leadership, the principles of communication, and how to be influential and assertive. You'll also study body language and how to work well with teams.
There are 7 lessons in this course.
Sources of Power for a Leader.
Nature v. Nurture: Leader Qualities.
The Thought, Feeling, Action Cycle.
Types of Team Members (Collaborators, Communicators, Challengers, Contributors).
Gestalt Theory & Patterns of Perception.
Perception Formation Implications for a Leader.
Integrate factual information with theoretical information to derive a sensible solution to a leadership problem in a sensible time-frame in the same project.
Authority: a person with the acknowledged power to direct and control others.
Achiever: a person who uses their power to set and achieve goals.
Manager: a person who directs others to achieve established goals.
Anyone who emerges as a leader and is accepted as such by the group, formally or informally.
An enabler : a person who enables others to experience or achieve something).
A motivator: a person who aspires to goals or ideals and inspires others to achieve them.
An innovator: a person who inspires others to adapt, change directions, try new ideas, take risks.
Where do you find leaders?
Leaders can be found in all walks of life, and they include leaders who are in formal leadership positions, leaders who impose themselves as leaders, leaders who step forward to lead when the situation requires or in a crisis, and those who lead by example (who may or may not consider themselves leaders). The leadership requirements of different fields may vary, but overall, leaders in all field of activity share common tasks and responsibilities, though the ways in which these are carried out may differ, and accountability to stakeholders (persons or groups with a vested interest in the leaders' activities and successes) may vary.
Leaders in the workplace can include a great range of individuals: managers, supervisors, team leaders, trainers, recreation leaders, sports leaders, human resources leaders, heads of departments, leaders in science, education or the arts, union leaders, leaders of cooperatives or market groups, and so on. These are more involved in the planning and application of policies, strategies and plans to promote the interests or a workplace and ensure worker productivity and cooperation. Workplace leaders are usually accountable to business managers or to executives in the organisation, and to a degree, to government which regulates such factors as safety and equity.
These can be people in high positions in industry, those who establish industry trends and standards, and heads of professional bodies, societies, institutes or guilds. They may be innovators promoting visions for their area of interest, influencing the economic goals and actions of a region or country, establishing goals and policies or and overseeing practices in a particular industry.
Military persons of any rank can be leaders, including captains, lieutenants, generals, sergeants and commanders in chief, as can be mess hall managers, perceived heroes, role models and chaplains. Functions can range from establishing defence or preventive military strategies, meeting political goals, managing and motivating personnel, assisting in times of crisis.
These include all kinds of political office holders from mayors to presidents, as well as leaders of political support or activist groups and individual activists such as Nelson Mandela or Helen Caldecott. Political leaders include persons involved in communicating and promoting visions and ideals for society, implementing regional or national policies, managing resources, meeting the country's or city's basic needs.
Community leaders, social activists, actors, authors, academics, media personalities, teachers, parents, charity and volunteer worker, club leaders can all fall under this category. Their work can include inspiring social change, helping society understand itself or individuals function more effectively in society, forming and influencing social norms and vales, contributing to social and individual wellbeing and addressing social concerns.
These include bishops, vicars, priests, imams, rabbis, spiritualists, religious school teachers, religious writers and role models like Mother Theresa, anyone involved in establishing or promoting value systems or sets of belief about our relationship with the divine or sacred, or in providing spiritual or practical support, or in inspiring and guiding spiritual growth.
Leaders need followers and so are naturally a product of groups. In the animal kingdom, most social animals have hierarchies with a leader at the helm; typically, an alpha male. If you think about any group you have ever belonged to; whether social, recreational, work-orientated, or family - there is nearly always one individual who has more power than the others.
There is no universal opinion as to the functions of leadership. Detailing the functions of leadership does really depend on your own concept of leadership. Leadership functions generally relate to the achievement of a goal or the maintenance or strengthening of a group. The main function of any leadership is therefore to contribute to the group's achievement and to hold the group together. The leader cannot achieve the group goals alone or help it maintain strength and solidarity without support.
Leadership is not an individual activity. By its very definition, leadership means leading others, so it should not be viewed as a solitary activity. In larger organisations, no one person may have all leadership functions, leadership may be spread among different individuals, with different individuals responsible for different areas of leadership. There may be leaders at different levels in a hierarchy. A leader of a large organisation may simply be a symbolic leader or spokesman, or a supreme coordinator.
Whether a person assumes leadership or not will depend on the rewards and costs to the person of what is expected by their followers.
Rewards from the leadership activity itself, such as - need for dominance over others; social-emotional needs; need for achievement itself.
The drain on their time and energy.
Followers may recognise that without a leader that their goals may not be achieved. Also, the followers escape a fear of failure and blame, as they do not take the overall responsibility that the leader does. But even though it benefits the followers to follow the leader, they may also view the leader in a different way, which affects their social relationship with him/her and how they view him.
Not everyone is motivated to become a leader. Even in situations in which a particular individual might seem like the natural choice to take on the role of leader, they may not wish to become the leader. So, what are the individual differences which can underlie leadership motivation?
As we mentioned in the previous section, leaders may have a need for achievement. They may want the status, power, money, and so on that they receive with leadership. They may seek leadership as a way to meet their need for achievement. This achievement can be in a range of ways or fields, for example, a leader in sport may be the fastest 100 metre runner. A leader in business may be someone who sets up a very profitable fast growing company.
The need for affiliation is the need to be linked to others, to become members with others. So a leader may feel that need, that need to belong to a group, to be a member of a group. But obviously with the need for affiliation, they will also have other needs and skills through which to become a leader of the group they are affiliated with.
Some leaders may feel that leadership gives them social respect. They are known as a leader, respected, viewed as someone to follow.
Some leaders may also feel that being a leader is a way for them to receive positive regard, positive feelings from others. Obviously, this is not always the case, some leaders may not receive positive regard all of the time/some of the time. Even leaders who are viewed as positive and good leaders may not be well viewed/liked as people.
Abraham Maslow's developed a humanistic theory. Although he conceded that theories based upon homoeostasis (the maintenance of equilibrium) were useful, he felt that more focus was necessary on the individual's tendency to grow on all levels, including the spiritual. In his own words: "more and more psychologists have found themselves compelled to postulate some tendency of growth or self perfection to supplement the concepts of equilibrium, homoeostasis, tension reduction ..."
Physiological needs, which are the most basic (e.g. food and shelter).
Security needs which involve the need for order and stability, money, shelter, consistent protection from family or parents.
The need for love, which involves reciprocity, that is, give and take, physical and emotional intimacy.
The need for self esteem, which involves respect and appreciation from others, and from one self; the establishment of a positive sense of self worth and confidence.
Cognitive needs; that is, need to know, understand, and explore.
Aesthetic needs; that is, to enjoy harmonious or beautiful sensory or sensuous impressions.
The need for self actualisation, which involves the capacity to develop morally, intellectually and spiritually.
These needs are arranged in a hierarchy in order of primacy. The individual progresses upwards through the hierarchy as each group of needs is met.


Sarah Böttger lives and works in Wiesbaden, Germany. After she completed her apprenticeship as a cabinetmaker, she studied product design at the Hochschule far Gestaltung in Offenbach am Main. During her studies she took a semester at the Art Academy in Helsinki, where she focused on furniture and glass designs with Nordic culture specific traits. Her approach to design is based on experiences in everyday life and people's daily living, which is clearly reflected in her designs. With a clear awareness of the use and handling of material, she shows that there may be interesting results by combining traditional and modern techniques. She does not focus on the changing trends, but strives to develop functional objects that can be used and be part of the dwelling in the long term. To obtain the specific expression and high utility value, she has carefully thought through every detail, but without the final product making a big fuss. She prefers instead to emphasize the simplicity of her designs.


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Martin Cash
The story goes that Michelangelo was asked the difficulties he encountered in sculpting his masterpiece, David. "It's very easy", he is said to have replied. "You just chip away any of the stone that doesn't look like David".
Well, there is a lot more to it than this probably apocryphal story indicates. This month's interviewee is someone who could provide an answer since he has developed a parallel career as a successful sculptor. A pivotal moment was visiting the on form sculpture exhibition at Asthall in 2014. "After 20 years of wood carving I went round several times utterly absorbed and have barely sculpted in anything but stone since."
More of his artistic career shortly but first his earlier life. Martin Cash was born and brought up in Salisbury. His father, who trained as a carpenter, "gave me a childhood apprenticeship of woodworking skills". His mother, now a spritely 94, was a primary school teacher.
He left Bishop Wordsworth School after what in those days was called the fifth form, intending to start a (real) apprenticeship but obtained good O level results and was persuaded to go back into the sixth form. He sometimes wonders where life would have led him had he stuck to his original intention. He took degrees in Science and Education at Birmingham and a masters at Keele and became a science teacher working in the West Midlands. During this time he met his wife, Jan, also a teacher. They have two children, Jill, who is currently Manchester-based and Dan who works in London.
Throughout Martin's formal career he devoted much of his spare time to developing skills in wood carving and lettercutting in wood and slate – always there was the desire and dream to fulfil his creative ambitions… "sadly dreams don't pay the mortgage".
After 10 years of teaching he was appointed as a schools' adviser with Hereford & Worcester council. "It was very liberating, no longer controlled by the school bell but instead I was travelling around a beautiful county supporting school science and environmental education." Gradually his role changed from advising to inspecting and Martin moved to work with Ofsted. After several years of school inspections he was invited by the Department for Education to become a Senior Education Adviser to the Labour government of Tony Blair. He was one of a small team charged with ensuring that the investments of 'Education Education Education' were targeted in the most challenged areas and schools. "My area was the North West so we moved to Stafford to be on the main rail route and M6 from where I could commute between a London office and Manchester/ Liverpool." As a civil servant he worked with Estelle Morris (Minister of State for schools 1998 to 2001) and David Miliband (2002-2004). "These were great days of huge investments in schools and in those early days of inspection and national assessments we were able for the first time to get a clearer measure of school and Local Authority achievement and progress. Inevitably, I spent much time in the most challenged and socially deprived parts of Liverpool and Manchester. In these early days we were starting to explore the 'value-added' by schools and Local Authorities: for the first time we were able to track the outcomes of individual children as they travelled through each Key Stage. This helped to identify comparative under-and over-achieving schools irrespective of the community's level of wealth, support or deprivation: for the first time we could identify schools making huge strides in the most challenging of circumstances and those coasting. "
As well as trying to satisfy his creative desire through carving and letter cutting he was, and still is, very committed to sport. "I was a keen fell runner and rock climber [he shows us photographs from his runs across the Cuillin Ridge in Skye and climb of the vertiginous 449 foot Old Man of Hoy in Orkney - perhaps rock climbing was a stimulus to sculpture?]. Like many I also became a MAMIL (middle aged man in Lycra) cycling in events all over Europe including the most beautiful Pyrenean Raid, where you start with one foot in the Atlantic, climb 18 Pyrenean cols over 714km (you see them in the Tour de France) and finish at the Mediterranean… It took me 82 hours including sleep."
In 2010 the coalition government took power and Michael Gove became Education Secretary. "The emphasis shifted to giving schools a much greater degree of independence... including from me.– All inspectors were placed on 'garden leave'. So, finally, this was my moment to commit myself full time to sculpture. With no more commuting and our children leaving home we moved to Burford." Why Burford? "We wanted to move south to the Cotswolds: be accessible to our children; able to walk into town; have parking; small garden and a workshop. We looked at Tetbury, Nailsworth and Malmesbury but Burford ticked the boxes best – plus we met a lot of nice people and were made very welcome."
After his epiphany at on form in 2014 he focused almost solely on stone - working in British limestones and slate; a recent favourite material is Kilkenny limestone because of its texture, hardness and colour. He describes early years in Burford as an intense apprenticeship in stone. "In some ways it's easier to carve than wood, whilst it's heavier and dustier it tends to be more consistent, it doesn't twist or have grain and knots in it". Whilst largely self-taught, Martin often shares a workshop near Witney with another sculptor, Piotr Gargas, who trained as an architectural mason and came over to England to repair and replace statues and gargoyles on Oxford colleges. Seeing each other's work led to studio visits and opportunities to share skills, ideas and support.
Once established in Burford, Martin was invited to join the Oxfordshire Craft Guild, Oxford Sculptors Group and Oxford Art Society. "To be acknowledged as able to demonstrate craftsmanship and to be recognised by peers in your field is always an artist's goal."
Whilst a contemporary artist, Martin maintains a passion for the traditional process of stone sculpture – each idea usually starts with a sketch or photograph and a design evolves, stone is selected, carving progresses and the form slowly emerges… hopefully. Stone can be very unforgiving - unlike clay - mistakes are sometimes impossible to rectify so constant redrawing, measuring and checking are lessons learned quickly. Martin described his sculpting 'rite of passage' in meeting the challenge of carving hands and faces that show the correct structure and morphology – a workshop sign reminds him that 'if it doesn't feel right then it probably isn't'. Irrespective of the piece he aims to inspire consideration and the desire to touch the stone. We are sure Michelangelo would approve.
In addition to the Burford Garden Centre Gallery Martin is a regular participant in Oxfordshire Artweeks (see separate article) and this year will be exhibiting with Sally Wyatt (a previous Bridge interviewee) in Fulbrook Church and in her nearby garden from 18 to 27 May inclusive from 11am to 6pm. He and Piotr have an exhibition called "Hidden in the Stone" at the Turrill Sculpture Garden at Summertown, Oxford, from 20 July to 28 September. Sadly, we do not have space to show more than a few examples of Martin's work.
Further pictures and information can be seen on his website
www.martincashsculpture.com
and on Instagram sculpture.martincash.


Colin Kolles: "We want to be the best new team!"
The newly-renamed HRT Formula One Team may have yet to threaten the establishment, but the simple fact Colin Kolles got his team to Bahrain and both cars out for qualifying showed there's enough grit in the Spanish outfit to earn a place in Formula One as a permanent fixture.
Even more impressive has been the fact that both Bruno Senna and Karun Chandhok tend to finish most of the races, albeit off the pace, when Timo Glock, for one, is yet to see a chequered flag this year and his team mate at Virgin Racing, Lucas di Grassi, only completed the Malaysian Grand Prix by slowing down dramatically over the last eight laps to avoid running out of fuel.
But Colin Kolles is not thinking of just surviving around and in this exclusive interview tells us about his plans to move HRT closer to the midfield as soon as possible.
Q: How do you rate the job done by your team over these first four races of the season?
A: I think we did the best job we could, but now we are ready to tackle more than just coming to the races and trying to finish them. No one can imagine what I found when I took over the team - it was utter chaos and people in the team didn't seem to believe we would be able to get things running for Bahrain. So the first priority was to get the right people to do the job we needed and then complete the cars in time to race in Bahrain.
Obviously with the entire race team staying away for the first four races it was not possible to do much about improving the car, but we did quite a lot of work on the circuits, we fixed most of the car's problems and I'm happy with the way everyone work. So now we can move to the next goal.
Q: Most people in the paddock have been impressed with the reliability of your cars and praised the fact most times you get them both to the end of the race. Is that particularly satisfying for you?
A: No, because I'm not here to finish races in last place - I'm here to make this team the best of the new teams in 2010 and then move on to bigger and more ambitious goals. Maybe for people that have been in Formula One for 20 years or more just finishing the races is a great success for a new team, but in these days everyone finishes the races - that's the norm in Formula One. What I want is to finish them ahead of my competition!
Q: You're also the only team with two rookies. How do you rate Senna and Chandhok's job so far?
A: I'm happy with what they're doing, but it's clear we are at a disadvantage because we have two rookies. We could not afford to hire a Trulli or a Kovalainen, like Lotus, so we had to go with drivers that gave us guarantees but also helped with the budget of the team. The arrival of Sakon Yamamoto will help us move forward, as he has more experience than Bruno or Karun, but our race drivers are progressing well, they've shown their speed and they're getting better every time they drive the car.
Q: How do you plan to move HRT forward this year?
A: It's quite clear there's a lot of work to do in order to improve this car. I'm not going to speak about the work done by Dallara, but we're no longer cooperating with them. They've supplied what we had in Bahrain and from then on we've been developing the car by ourselves. We're currently hiring designers and aerodynamicists to start working on new parts for the car and very soon we'll announce a deal with a top-notch wind tunnel facility, where we'll start testing new parts for the F110.
Of course nothing like this can be done in a day, so we'll need to keep going until the middle of the season, building up the team, giving experience to our drivers and testing things in the wind tunnel and then we'll go for performance in the second half of the season.
We're giving a head start to our rivals, but I still believe we'll be able to finish the season as the best of the new teams.
Q: Finally, can you clarify what Geoff Willis meant when he sad he didn't want to stay in a team racing at the back of the grid for long?
A: I don't want to stay in a team that is racing at the back either - no one wants! What Geoff meant and others too is that we need to find a way out of this situation as soon as possible, as none of us is here just to say to our friends we're in Formula One. We've got a plan already, we're working on it and this team will move forward quite quickly.


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Q: How to assign x-axis and y-axis using VBA I am trying to graph a chart using VBA, I have 2 ranges rn1=Range("A1:A5") and rn2=Range ("B1:B5")
How can I set rn1 as x axis, and rn2 as y axis?
And vice a versa, rn1 as y axis and rn2 as x axis?
I know by setting range ("A1:B5") it plots them both on the same axis?
Dim rn2 As Range

Set rn1 = Range("A1:A15")
Set rn2 = Range("G1:G15")

Set ch = Sheets("Sheet1").Shapes.AddChart2(Width:=300, Height:=400, _ Left:=Range("k5").Left, Top:=Range("k5").Top).Chart

With ch .SetSourceData Source:=Range(rn1, rn2), PlotBy:=xlColumns .ChartType _ = xlXYScatter End With

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Die Elektrolunge ist ein Reizstromgerät, mit dem die Atemhilfsmuskulatur oder die Phrenicusnerven elektrisch angeregt werden können. Taucher bezeichnen elektronisch geregelte Kreislaufatemgeräte ebenfalls als Elektrolungen.

Anwendung
Zwei mit Hilfe von Gürteln angelegte Elektroden (zwischen Zwerchfellkuppe und unterem Rippenbogen sowie zwischen Rippenbogen und oberem Hüftrand) erzeugen während des Betriebes der Elektrolunge bei der Einatmung einen leichten Reizstrom, der die Kontraktion des Zwerchfells unterstützt. Bei der Ausatmung werden Bauch- und Lendenmuskulatur durch den Reizstrom in der zweiten Elektrode angeregt. Ihre Kontraktion bewirkt ein Hochdrängen des Bauchinhaltes und eine zunehmende Entspannung des Zwerchfells.

Anwendungsgebiete
 Schwächezustände (bis hin zur Lähmung) der Zwerchfellmuskulatur.
 beim Tauchen (siehe Geschichte des Tauchens)

Quellen
 Roche Lexikon Medizin, 5. Auflage

Medizinisches Gerät

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Chickabee (aka "Chicky", aka "The Chickster") is an old man approaching 15 years old now. Skinny-Mini and Hidey Cat are new additions, apx 2 years old and spooky as all get out still. Skinny-Mini is quite a talker, always carrying on conversations, while Hidey Cat is a bit of a grump who just wants to be left alone.


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Cambodian opposition leader arrested and accused of treason
Kem Sokha, leader of the Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), gestures during an interview with Reuters Credit: Pring Samrang /Reuters
3 September 2017 • 3:41am
Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha was arrested early Sunday and accused of treason, the latest in a flurry of prosecutions brought against critics and rivals of strongman premier Hun Sen.
His surprise overnight detention raises the stakes as Hun Sen's political opponents, NGOs and the critical press are smothered by court cases and threats ahead of a crunch general election next year.
Hun Sen, 65, is determined to extend his three-decade rule and dismantle the burgeoning popularity of the main opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP), who have gained from public anger over inequality and corruption.
In a statement, Hun Sen's government alleged "a secret plan of conspiracy between Kem Sokha, his group, and foreigners that harms Cambodia".
"The above secret conspiracy is an act of treason," the statement said, adding Kem Sokha faced up to 30 years in jail if convicted.
Kem Sokha is the leader of the CNRP which has been battered by court cases, bans and threats against its key figures, including his predecessor Sam Rainsy who fled to France to avoid charges.
Cambodian opposition leader Kem Sokha (L) is escorted by police at his home in Phnom Penh Credit: AFP
In a Twitter post, Kem Sokha's daughter Kem Monovithya said her father was handcuffed and "taken away by 100-200 police without warrant after they raided his home".
The CNRP called the arrest "politically motivated" and illegal because Kem Sokha, a serving MP, is protected by parliamentary immunity.
The arrest came just hours after pro-government website Fresh News ran a report accusing Kem Sokha of discussing the overthrow of Hun Sen with support from the United States.
Fresh News frequently runs leaks from inside the government that often precede an investigation or arrest.
However Saturday's report was based on a 2013 speech Kem Sokha gave to supporters in Australia with cameras present in which he talked about travelling overseas, including to the US to discuss his opposition work.
During the speech he boasted that the US was "advising me about strategies to change the dictatorship in Cambodia".
A former Khmer Rouge officer who defected, Hun Sen has become one of the world's longest-serving leaders through years of wily political manoeuvring and little tolerance of dissent.
He portrays himself as the only person who can bring stability and prosperity to a country once ravaged by civil war and genocide.
In the last decade, Cambodia has become one of Asia's fastest growing economies.
But there is rising anger, especially among the youth, over how that wealth is spread and the cronyism that remains endemic under his rule.
In 2013, the opposition parties made surprise gains, dealing Hun Sen his first ever electoral scare.
Ahead of next summer's national polls, the Cambodian strongman has become increasingly alarmist in his speeches, warning of foreign-sponsored "colour revolutions" and the spectre of civil war if he is voted out of office.
In recent years he has become increasingly hostile towards the United States.
Washington has a complex and fraught history with Cambodia, secretly bombing it during the Vietnam War era and then becoming one the country's biggest aid donors as it tried to rebuild from the murderous Khmer Rouge years.
Last week the US expressed "deep concern" over the state of Cambodia's democracy after the government there ordered out an American NGO and pursued a crackdown on independent media.
Among the media in the firing line is the well respected Cambodia Daily, which often criticises the government.
It faces closure on Monday if it fails to pay a $6.3 million tax bill, a threat it says is a political move to muzzle its critical reporting.
It says the hefty bill was invented by the government and not based on an audit of its books.


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involve staff
As a new museum director, what are your main goals and priorities?
Eric Shiner, Director of the Andy Warhol Museum, talks about the importance of a realistic, pragmatic approach to change.
How does a leader effect change in her organization?
Susan Broad, Executive Director of DuPage Children's Museum, discusses the importance of transparency, trust and working with staff when leading an organization through change.
How does a leader effect change in his organization?
Edward Nichols, President and CEO of History Colorado, discusses the need for a clear vision and staff involvement to create change in his organization.
Jessica Deutsch, Marketing and Publicity Manager for Milkweed Editions in Minneapolis, discusses the importance of engaging the collective wisdom of an organization's staff when leading an organization through change.
Linda Hafer, Executive Director of The Art League in Alexandria, Virginia, shares her insights about building consensus when implementing change in an organization.


An earlier blog entry noted how we have created five broad and interconnected categories: How We Grow, Getting Around in the City, Health and Safety, Quality of Life, and Civic Engagement and Governance, and right now we want to focus in on Health and Safety.
Underground sewer and water infrastructure is part of the foundation of any city. We are used to the fact that our water reliably arrives (and our waste leaves) every day. And because of work done by researchers, builders, engineers and visionaries (both now and in past civilizations) we have complex sanitation systems that keep us healthy. Similarly, law enforcement and emergency response services are an intricate and essential part of the City's operations.
Cities contribute more than just basic health and safety needs like clean water and emergency response. Cities also provide parks, can work to include more people in decision-making processes, can provide active ways for people to get around, and can help increase access to healthy food. These things matter a lot: according to the World Health Organization, a healthy city is one that continually creates and improves physical and social environments, and expands community resources so people can develop to their maximum potential.
So how can this review help the City of Winnipeg make (or improve) policies to help people reach that "maximum potential"? We want your feedback. This two-page summary will give you some background information. After you read it, please fill out this questionnaire to let us know what your vision is for health and safety in Winnipeg.


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AF: Arrogant or bores or arrogant bores.
AF: My husband Johnny Davis. The one and only.
AF: Broccoli and chili and anchovies. Lots and lots of chili.
AF: Chocolate. Never eat the horrible stuff.
AF: Clothes you can't slump in.
AF: Picking up small plastic toys. I have young children.
AF: Carol singing in the estate where I live. The tenants association is the nicest bunch of good people.
AF: 6am to give a 6 year old an inhaler.
AF: I'm totally happy with my mid-brown. I've never dyed it.
AF: Broccoli and chili and anchovies.
AF: Pyjamas and ear plugs so I can't hear my 2 year old playing harmonica in the middle of the night.
AF: The crusts from my children's toast standing at the countertop.
AF: Don't really have one. But I like saying Darren Aronofsky.
AF: No. Literally. Wet behind the ears.
AF: Burnt orange and light grey..
AF: Autumn. All the leaves.
AF: The north coast of Lanzarote and to Cesar Manrique's house in Haria. I could do with some sun and a look at a nice bathroom..
AF: Magazines. A fashion one for The Guardian and a lifestyle one for The Observer.
AF: I love writing and putting magazines together.
AF: I enjoy an unnecessarily long meeting but I'm allergic to office politics.
AF: Mainly. If I get overexcited I sound like a seagull trapped in a church.
AF: Listening knock knock jokes.
AF: My older daughter Robin is very ill and no one has yet worked out why. You shouldn't have to be that brave when you're 6.
PJ: What part of yourself do you like best?
PJ: What part of yourself don't you like?
AF: I'm a bit ferocious.
AF: The bit that means people don't realise I'm joking.
AF: Overdosing on podcasts about murder.
AF: When I was 15.
AF: Dreamy musician. Ambient techno. We still say hi occasionally which makes me happy.
AF: Funny, imaginative, completely lacking common sense.
AF: That I got into a row at work and someone called Debbie Lawson stood up for me. Go Debbie.
AF: How can anyone not?
AF: No but I always really hope karma exists when people are mean to me.
AF: By the Lovin' Spoonful?
AF: I don't think so.


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int main()
{
	POGL_HANDLE windowHandle = POGLCreateExampleWindow(POGL_SIZE(1024, 768), POGL_TOCHAR("Example: Draw Cube"));

	POGL_DEVICE_INFO deviceInfo = { 0 };
#ifdef _DEBUG
	deviceInfo.flags = POGLDeviceInfoFlags::DEBUG_MODE;
#else
	deviceInfo.flags = 0;
#endif
	deviceInfo.windowHandle = windowHandle;
	deviceInfo.colorBits = 32;
	deviceInfo.depthBits = 16;
	deviceInfo.pixelFormat = POGLPixelFormat::R8G8B8A8;
	IPOGLDevice* device = POGLCreateDevice(&deviceInfo);

	try {
		IPOGLRenderContext* context = device->GetRenderContext();

		//
		// Set viewport
		//

		context->SetViewport(POGL_RECT(0, 0, 1024, 768));

		std::atomic<bool> running(true);
		std::atomic<POGL_FLOAT> angle(0.0f);

		IPOGLDeferredRenderContext* deferredContext = device->CreateDeferredRenderContext();
		std::condition_variable condition;
		std::thread t([deferredContext, &angle, &condition, &running] {
			try {
				//
				// Create vertex data for a cube.
				//

				const POGL_POSITION_COLOR_VERTEX VERTICES[] = {
					// Front vertices
					POGL_POSITION_COLOR_VERTEX(POGL_VECTOR3(-1.0f, -1.0f, 1.0f), POGL_COLOR4(1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f)),
					POGL_POSITION_COLOR_VERTEX(POGL_VECTOR3(1.0f, -1.0f, 1.0f), POGL_COLOR4(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f)),
					POGL_POSITION_COLOR_VERTEX(POGL_VECTOR3(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f), POGL_COLOR4(0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f)),
					POGL_POSITION_COLOR_VERTEX(POGL_VECTOR3(-1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f), POGL_COLOR4(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f)),

					// Back vertices
					POGL_POSITION_COLOR_VERTEX(POGL_VECTOR3(-1.0f, -1.0f, -1.0f), POGL_COLOR4(1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f)),
					POGL_POSITION_COLOR_VERTEX(POGL_VECTOR3(1.0f, -1.0f, -1.0f), POGL_COLOR4(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f)),
					POGL_POSITION_COLOR_VERTEX(POGL_VECTOR3(1.0f, 1.0f, -1.0f), POGL_COLOR4(0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f)),
					POGL_POSITION_COLOR_VERTEX(POGL_VECTOR3(-1.0f, 1.0f, -1.0f), POGL_COLOR4(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f))
				};
				IPOGLVertexBuffer* vertexBuffer = deferredContext->CreateVertexBuffer(VERTICES, sizeof(VERTICES), POGLPrimitiveType::TRIANGLE, POGLBufferUsage::IMMUTABLE);

				//
				// Create the index buffer for the cube
				//

				const POGL_UINT32 INDICES[] = {
					// front
					0, 1, 2,
					2, 3, 0,
					// top
					3, 2, 6,
					6, 7, 3,
					// back
					7, 6, 5,
					5, 4, 7,
					// bottom
					4, 5, 1,
					1, 0, 4,
					// left
					4, 0, 3,
					3, 7, 4,
					// right
					1, 5, 6,
					6, 2, 1
				};
				IPOGLIndexBuffer* indexBuffer = deferredContext->CreateIndexBuffer(INDICES, sizeof(INDICES), POGLVertexType::UNSIGNED_INT, POGLBufferUsage::IMMUTABLE);

				//
				// Create the shaders in this thread and use it as if it was created in the main thread
				//
				// Please note that the program isn't actually created until the deferred render context is
				// executed in the main thread.
				//

				IPOGLShader* vertexShader = deferredContext->CreateShaderFromFile(POGL_TOCHAR("simple.vs"), POGLShaderType::VERTEX_SHADER);
				IPOGLShader* fragmentShader = deferredContext->CreateShaderFromFile(POGL_TOCHAR("simple.fs"), POGLShaderType::FRAGMENT_SHADER);
				IPOGLShader* shaders[] = { vertexShader, fragmentShader };
				IPOGLProgram* program = deferredContext->CreateProgramFromShaders(shaders, 2);
				vertexShader->Release();
				fragmentShader->Release();

				//
				// Generate a perspective- and lookat matrix
				//

				POGL_MAT4 perspective;
				POGLMat4Perspective(45.0f, 1.2f, 0.1f, 100.0f, &perspective);

				POGL_MAT4 lookAt;
				POGLMat4LookAt(POGL_VECTOR3(0.0f, 20.0f, 20.0f), POGL_VECTOR3(0.f, 0.f, 0.f), POGL_VECTOR3(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f), &lookAt);

				//
				// Set static uniforms for this program
				//

				program->FindUniformByName("ProjectionMatrix")->SetMatrix(perspective);
				program->FindUniformByName("ViewMatrix")->SetMatrix(lookAt);

				//
				// Set default properties for this program
				//

				program->SetDepthTest(true);
				program->SetDepthFunc(POGLDepthFunc::LESS);

				//
				// Run while loop
				//

				std::mutex m;
				std::unique_lock<std::mutex> lock(m);
				while (running) {

					//
					// Apply the program (note that the program is actually loaded, but not initialized, in this thread).
					//
					// This has to be done in inside the running render loop.
					// Why is this important here? It's important because the commands will be cleared after the flush method is invoked
					// and we can't know for sure if some other program or buffer is bound somewhere else in the program (from this thread's point of view).
					//
					// Any unneccessary state-changes are prevented when the apply command is executed on the immediately render context (if the program is already bound).
					//

					IPOGLRenderState* state = deferredContext->Apply(program);

					//
					// Set the active vertex- and index buffers
					//

					state->SetVertexBuffer(vertexBuffer);
					state->SetIndexBuffer(indexBuffer);

					state->Clear(POGLClearType::COLOR | POGLClearType::DEPTH);

					//
					// Set the same model multiple times
					//

					IPOGLUniform* modelMatrixUniform = state->FindUniformByName("ModelMatrix");

					POGL_MAT4 modelMatrix;
					POGLMat4Translate(POGL_VECTOR3(-5.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f), &modelMatrix);
					POGLMat4Rotate(angle, modelMatrix, POGL_VECTOR3(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f), &modelMatrix);
					modelMatrixUniform->SetMatrix(modelMatrix);
					state->DrawIndexed();

					modelMatrix = POGL_MAT4();
					POGLMat4Translate(POGL_VECTOR3(5.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f), &modelMatrix);
					POGLMat4Rotate(angle, modelMatrix, POGL_VECTOR3(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f), &modelMatrix);
					modelMatrixUniform->SetMatrix(modelMatrix);
					state->DrawIndexed();

					modelMatrix = POGL_MAT4();
					POGLMat4Translate(POGL_VECTOR3(0.0f, 0.0f, 5.0f), &modelMatrix);
					POGLMat4Rotate(angle, modelMatrix, POGL_VECTOR3(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f), &modelMatrix);
					modelMatrixUniform->SetMatrix(modelMatrix);
					state->DrawIndexed();

					modelMatrix = POGL_MAT4();
					POGLMat4Translate(POGL_VECTOR3(0.0f, 0.0f, -5.0f), &modelMatrix);
					POGLMat4Rotate(angle, modelMatrix, POGL_VECTOR3(0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f), &modelMatrix);
					modelMatrixUniform->SetMatrix(modelMatrix);
					state->DrawIndexed();

					state->Release();

					//
					// Flush the commands so that they can be executed in the main thread
					//

					deferredContext->Flush();

					//
					// Wait until the commands have been executed. Otherwise the deferred context will start allocating memory faster then it will be released.
					// The reason for this happening is because this thread will be executed much much faster than the main thread because of all
					// OpenGL commands. We allocate variables faster than we can release them.
					//

					if (running)
						condition.wait(lock);
				}

				vertexBuffer->Release();
				indexBuffer->Release();
				program->Release();
			}
			catch (POGLException e) {
				POGLAlert(e);
			}
		});

		POGL_FLOAT angleFlt = 0.0f;
		const POGL_FLOAT ROTATION_SPEED = 90.0f;

		while (POGLProcessEvents()) {
			angleFlt += POGLGetTimeSinceLastTick() * ROTATION_SPEED;
			if (angleFlt > 360.0f)
				angleFlt = 360.0f - angle;
			angle = angleFlt;

			//
			// Execute the deferred context commands and notify the thread so that it generates the commands once again
			//

			deferredContext->ExecuteCommands(context);
			condition.notify_one();

			// Swap buffers
			device->EndFrame();
		}

		//
		// Stop running and wait for the thread to stop running
		//

		running = false;
		condition.notify_one();
		t.join();

		deferredContext->Release();
		context->Release();
		device->Release();
	}
	catch (POGLException e) {
		POGLAlert(e);
	}

	POGLDestroyExampleWindow(windowHandle);
	return 0;
}

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Eco Homes: How to Make Your House Airtight
Sustainable buildings expert Nigel Griffiths describes how to build a home with minimal air leakage – and explains why this is vital for energy efficiency
by Nigel Griffiths
As buildings have become better insulated, the amount of heat they lose has fallen dramatically – this is true even for dwellings that are constructed to the minimum standards of the Building Regulations.
What this means, in turn, is that the proportion of heat that's lost through uncontrolled air leakage has become relatively higher. So for all self-builders who want to be energy efficient, airtightness merits close attention.
This reflects a key issue in construction: namely that many modern houses do not perform as well as they are designed to do. This is known as the performance gap, and poor airtightness is one of the major causes.
How & where buildings leak air
Most people think of air leakage in terms of the wind blowing into our houses. While this is partly true, in reality the situation is more complex.
Wind creates zones of positive and negative pressure around our homes, which both pushes air in and sucks air out. In addition, as we all know, heat rises and this can also generate positive and negative pressure zones within a building.
Air leakage occurs mainly at the junctions between different elements of the building and particularly between materials. Some components are naturally airtight, while others need to have an additional layer applied to achieve the desired performance.
Any open chimneys or ventilation bricks are of course free air passages to the exterior. Leakage also occurs through penetrations – a typical example would be from services, such as drainage pipes and cables – and even from light fittings if the airtight layer is on the inside of the structure.
What about ventilation?
We all need fresh air to breathe, of course, as well as to push unwanted toxins and odours out of the house. A completely airtight building would not be healthy and in fact would contravene the Building Regulations (Approved Document F), which sets out a minimum air change rate of [email protected]
Cost Guide: Walls and Insulation
MVHR – Mechanical Ventilation & Heat Recovery FAQ
Is Eco Heating Efficient?
Many people ask: why should we go to such a lot of effort to seal up our buildings, if we then have to cut holes in them in order to provide adequate ventilation?
This is a perfectly reasonable question, and the answer is that what we are seeking to eliminate (or at least minimise) is uncontrolled air leakage. Once the building is airtight, a fresh supply can thus be provided through controlled pathways to all rooms (note that simply opening a window can effectively be a controlled pathway).
In a super-efficient and airtight building, such as a Passivhaus, the amount of heat lost through controlled ventilation becomes an issue; however, if the pathways are known, heat can be recovered from the expelled air and used to pre-warm the incoming fresh supply.
This is achieved with mechanical ventilation and heat recovery (MVHR) technology. Ventilation aside, it's worth noting that the heat recovery won't begin to save energy until airtightness is better than [email protected], as electricity is needed to run the system and this energy will outweigh the gains in situations where there's too much leakage.
How to optimise airtightness
The basic principle is to establish an air barrier line all the way around the building, including its walls, floors and roof. This is similar to the thermal envelope that is used to establish the boundary for insulation.
A holistic approach is required – in other words, every aspect of the house needs to be considered. The recommendation in Passivhaus guidelines is to draw a red line on the detailed plans to show where the barrier will lie.
This barrier line can be drawn either inside the structural members of the building or outside of it, but cannot be a mixture of both, as this introduces great complexity and is a recipe for failure.
Gapotape is a Build It award-winning foil and foam tape that bridges the gap between rigid insulation board and timber rafters, preventing air leakage between joints
A cement- or lime-based parging coat, such as British Gypsum's Gyproc Soundcoat Plus, applied directly to masonry helps to create an air barrier in brick and block builds
In the UK, internal air barriers are more common, but these require specialist components and have multiple penetrations for services. In North America, external air barriers are generally preferred, as they are considered simpler to install correctly, with fewer components and fewer penetrations to worry about.
The barrier may require an additional layer to be added to the construction in some places, but in other areas the existing material may be sufficient. For example, oriented strand board (OSB) is relatively airtight so it may only be strictly necessary to provide an effective seal at the joints between the boards.
However, some OSB products are more airtight than others, so it's important to take care
with their specification. There are now also some specialist OSB components that are designed to be used as airtight layers.
Concrete is another product that's effectively airtight, so solid floors should not need an additional layer. Some masonry can be made airtight with the addition of a parging coat (a thin layer of mortar), while monolithic systems such as insulating concrete formwork (ICF) perform well.
Glass is also airtight, so in most cases it's the junctions between dissimilar materials that need to be focused on.
Buildings are complex and have all kinds of necessary structural connections between elements, such as at wall/floor junctions or wall/roof junctions.
Careful detailing is required to achieve good performance at these points but, increasingly, products are becoming available that help designers and installers deal with these challenges.
For example, where a soil pipe exits the airtightness layer, a purpose-made flange is fitted to the pipe and the horizontal section is then sealed to the barrier through which it penetrates to attain the required result.
Planning & execution
The most important thing in achieving good airtightness is to plan the barrier line fully at design stage, then to have a process in place to ensure that every detail of the design is carried through during the construction phase.
Getting this right requires cooperation between the design team and the main contractor. It is much cheaper and less stressful to do this at the early stages than to have to take sections of a building apart and retrofit a barrier where air leakage has been identified by post-construction testing.
A particular challenge is to think ahead and get the sequencing correct. For example, achieving airtightness where rafters sit on a ridge beam is difficult.
Here, airtightness testing is undertaken by specialists PYC Systems: the front door is replaced by a temporary unit, with a fan that pumps air into the house to increase the pressure
Doors from the Performance and Ultra range by Green Building Store meet the highest standard (Class 4) of air permeability according to European Standard EN 12207
Placing a strip of membrane over the beam before the rafters are put in place makes it much easier and quicker later on, but needs to be done as the roof is put in place – much earlier than we would normally think about airtightness and well before the finishing trades are on site.
Some tradespeople may not have worked to these standards before, so will need to go through training to fully understand their role in the process and learn the sequencing of applying what to many will be new products.
This is best addressed by appointing an airtightness champion – someone who will understand exactly where the barrier lies and communicate this to all trades on site, supervise all relevant work and make sure that later trades do not damage the layer as they work.
Some sites also put in place a 'no blame' reporting mechanism where any breaches in the airtightness layer can be detailed and thus made good before they get covered up.
Is an air barrier the same as a moisture barrier?
In a word, no. Although vapour-control layers (VCLs) can be airtight, bizarrely, it is possible to use airtight materials that still allow water vapour to pass through.
This can be important for the control of moisture and other pollutants – a true eco building will be able to adsorb these into the structure.
A VCL prevents this but it is not necessary to use one in all timber frames, depending on how they are constructed and insulated, and on the local climate.
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One of the key steps to getting a good airtightness result is forensic testing. This isn't the final pass/fail test. Instead it is undertaken when the airtightness barrier is in place, but the finishing layers (plasterboard etc) have not been completed. This means that the barrier is accessible and remedial action can be taken if required.
The process is basically the same as for a final test (ie, pressurising the building) but involves the identification of leakage routes using smoke pens and thermal imaging cameras. The result should be a detailed report that shows the builder where there are issues in the fabric to resolve.
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March 3, 2010 12:16 pm Tags: Bloch School of Management, College of Arts and Sciences, Scholarships, School of Nursing Category: Features, Spring 2010
Osher Scholarship provides second chances
Osher Scholar Adania Godwin will be excited to graduate from the School of Nursing next spring, but the 34-year-old says it's been a long road. Her struggles started with a rap at the door that turned her life upside down. Knock. Knock. "Mrs. Adania Godwin?" a man asked. She nodded. "You've been served."
"With a knock on the door, I found myself facing an unexpected divorce," she says. "Words of divorce were never spoken. An argument never occurred. I was dependent on my husband at that point. I wasn't working because I was focused on school. He took the money and told me to get out. He left us with nothing." Desperate to keep it together for her three young girls and with nowhere else to turn, Godwin sought out her counselor at the UMKC School of Nursing who put her in touch with the Osher Scholarship Program. "One door closed but another one opened, and the Osher Scholarship stepped in. I'm here today because of the generosity of strangers," she says. "This scholarship has blessed and changed the life of my entire family."
Godwin says this isn't the first time she's had to start over. After graduating from high school in 1994, she enrolled at Wichita State University, but she dropped out after a year and a half. She eventually returned to Kansas City and landed a job as a patient care technician in the rehabilitation department at St. Luke's Hospital—a position she held for nine years. After Godwin had her first daughter, she says she wanted a change and started thinking about going back to school. "While working at St. Luke's, I knew I liked nursing," she says, "but I was frustrated, because I was in an assistant role. I didn't have a lot of options or flexibility. I didn't have a voice, but I knew I could be the nurse."
Godwin enrolled in some classes and tried to juggle them with work and raising her daughter, but she eventually dropped out. It took another six years before she tried college again. "I finally got really serious with my schooling in 2003," she says. "I was married and had two more young girls at home, but I was determined to go back to school and finish. I didn't know how, but I was going to do it."
Godwin applied to UMKC and was awarded a general scholarship from the UMKC Bloch School of Business and Public Administration, which awards more than $130,000 annually to its students. "I began general studies in fall 2005," she says. "I learned so much about myself and got back so much confidence. People here encouraged me where I didn't believe in myself." The encouragement, she says, got her through one of the roughest times in her life: her divorce.
In January, Godwin pushed graduation back a year to pick up a minor in humanities and healing, and says she will continue working as a student nurse at Kansas City's Veterans Affairs Medical Center until graduation. Her hard work is paying off. Godwin already accepted a full-time job with the VA starting next May. With graduation within reach, Godwin says her educational journey is just beginning. She plans to work at the VA for a year before returning to UMKC to pursue a master's degree in nursing education. "I want to be the next voice that pushes somebody along, just like the ones I had who encouraged me," she says. "I want to be able to give back and say, 'Don't give up. If I could do it, you can do it.'"
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eftPay participates in Retail Asia Expo for 3 consecutive years
Showcases one-stop e-Payment service solution "e+Pay", which supports over ten e-Payment methods and is embedded with innovative e-Coupon platform
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HONG KONG, Nov. 11, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- eft Payments (Asia) Limited ("eftPay"), one of the leading e-Payment services providers in Hong Kong, is pleased to announce that, for the third year in a row, it is participating in Retail Asia Expo 2020, a leading retail industry event in APAC region. Kicking off today, the Expo takes place at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Center for three consecutive years. eftPay sets up a booth (location: Hall 1C, 500) with the theme "Energize your business", to showcase the e-Payment services it offers, including "e+Pay", a one-stop e-Payment service solution; and "e+Coupon", an innovative e-Coupon platform launched in recent months, which allows consumers to experience how a comprehensive e-Payment solution can helps merchants to improve their business efficiency.
Mr. Andrew Lo, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of eft Payments (Asia) Limited shows the one-stop e-Payment service solution "e+Pay"
"e+Pay" supports multiple e-Payment methods with a comprehensive back-end management system
"e+Pay", an e-Payment service solution designed to meet the needs of merchants, adopts eftPay's core integrated payment system and is embedded with value-added functions and innovative services. The integrated payment system supports multiple e-Payment methods in one terminal, including credit card, QR code payment, and even overseas e-payment methods from Taiwan and South Korea. Currently, eftPay's integrated payment system is one of the payment platforms that support the most e-Payment methods in Hong Kong, its installation-free and user-friendly that helps merchants to improve operational efficiency and reduce manpower.
In addition, "e+Pay" is embedded with a powerful back-end management system that includes multiple value-added features, such as Electronic Receipt Management (ERM) and Discount Offer Management, providing a convenient portal for merchants to access the receipt records via mobile and monitor their business performance at anytime and anywhere while reducing manual operations. Merchants used to have different terminals for different e-Payment methods, which is a heavy workload for staff and an inconvenience for daily settlement. "e+Pay" caters to the needs of merchants and provides a unified interface to complete the payment effectively. It has streamlined the transaction process, from account application to payment, for easier management in order for merchants to meet consumers' payment needs.
"e+Coupon", an innovative e-Coupon platform to create marketing campaigns at a low cost
"e+Pay" also offers an e-Coupon platform "e+Coupon", combining membership system and e-coupon function. This installation-free feature can be easily operated using eftPay's terminal. It allows merchants to set up marketing campaigns at a low cost, enhancing the opportunities to promote, reach out to potential clients, drive revenue, and review the effectiveness of the campaign at any time.
"e+Coupon" was officially launched in September this year and is a breakthrough of the industry. Apart from providing fundamental e-Payment services, eftPay is committed to continuing to seek innovation. It has thus designed "e+Coupon", a low-cost promotion channel for SMEs, which has received widespread support since its launch. Currently, more than 200 merchants have participated, most of which are small enterprises. To boost up sales, eftPay also offers promotion opportunities on social media platform and helps merchants to produce promotional videos.
eftPay, as one of the leading e-Payment service providers in Hong Kong, is dedicated in easing the blow of COVID-19 on SMEs. "e+Coupon" is designed to converge different merchants to establish marketing campaigns at a low cost.
Highly recognized by the market with its award-winning services
"e+Pay" is a highly effective solution and has won multiple awards, including the "Hong Kong Retail Innovation Award 2019: Best Retail Innovation (Product) Award for Technology Vendors (Bronze)", the "HKRMA 2020 Smart Retailing Award: Smart Retail Tech Award (Technology Vendors) -- Merit Award" by The Hong Kong Retail Management Association and the "Hong Kong ICT Awards 2020: Smart business (Solution for SME) Gold Award" by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer, an important award in the technology industry, which has affirmed "e+Pay"'s market recognition of.
Since its establishment in 2013, eftPay has been leading the development of local e-Payment industry. Its terminals are able to support the most commonly used payment methods in Hong Kong, including QR code payment, credit card payment, smart card payment, and mobile payment, etc. eftPay covers a wide range of merchants in Hong Kong. Apart from transaction services, it also provides services that improve operational efficiency and drive sales, including rapid processing of transaction data, promotional activities, etc.
Mr. Andrew Lo, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of eft Payments (Asia) Limited said, "at eftPay, meeting customers' needs is our core focus. We strive to provide merchants with the best quality e-Payment services. With our extensive experience, we clearly understand what merchants need and "e+Pay" is the brainchild. It is installation-free, user friendly, flexible and convenient, providing high quality payment services and creating win-win opportunities in the industry."
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About eft Payments (Asia) Limited
Established in 2013, eftPay is one of the leading e-Payment services providers in Hong Kong, providing merchants with comprehensive e-Payment services, including account opening, point of sale system and integration of payment system, transaction processing and payment settlement services. Currently, eftPay serves at least 22,600 stores in Hong Kong, including well-known local jewelry chains, electrical appliances stores, makeup and beauty stores, clothing stores, food and beverage, theme parks, convenience stores and supermarkets. Website: http://www.eftpay.com.hk/
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John and Monty have requested the help of the members of the club to help them clear the outfield of the fallen leaves.
This is an important job as they need to be cleared so the ongoing improvements to the outfield can be carried out.
A better outfield will benefit us all so could anyone who is free lend them a hand from 1pm on Sunday for a couple of hours ( no earlier as Archery will be there). Bring rakes, black bags and most importantly yourself and lets give the outfield the Christmas present it deserves!!


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Federal climate change legislation?
For the second time in a year, the federal House of Commons has passed climate change legislation put forward by the opposition parties. On June 4, the House gave third reading to Bill C-377, an Act to ensure Canada assumes its responsibilities in preventing dangerous climate change:
The purpose of this enactment is to ensure that Canada meets its global climate change obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change by committing to a long-term target to reduce Canadian greenhouse gas emissions to a level that is 80% below the 1990 level by the year 2050, and by establishing interim targets for the period 2015 to 2045. It creates an obligation on the Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development to review proposed measures to meet the targets and submit a report to Parliament.
It also sets out the duties of the National Round Table on the Environment and the Economy.
The Bill still requires third reading from the Senate and Royal assent before it comes into force.
Meanwhile, Friends of the Earth are awaiting the decision of the Federal Court on their lawsuit to enforce last year's statute, the Kyoto Protocol Implementation Act. The minority federal government argues that such statutes have merely political significance and cannot be enforced to the courts.


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Home » With Plans to Nab Anshen + Allen, Stantec Continues Its Buying Spree
With Plans to Nab Anshen + Allen, Stantec Continues Its Buying Spree
Laura Raskin
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Roger Swanson, CEO of Anshen + Allen
Stantec, Canada's largest architectural firm, announced on Aug. 26 that it has signed a letter of intent to purchase Anshen + Allen, a firm of roughly 200 employees with offices in San Francisco, Columbus, Boston, and London. Weeks earlier, Stantec announced it plans to acquire California-based ECO:LOGIC Engineering. If both sales go through, they will be Stantec's seventh and eighth acquisitions in 2010, adding to the 70-plus companies it has purchased since 1997.
The recent bids verify that Stantec is homing in on its goal, announced in 1998, to become and remain a top 10 global design firm. Currently, Stantec is ranked 24th with revenues of $1.5 billion, up from 28th in 2009, in Engineering News-Record's Top 150 Global Design Firms list.
More broadly, Stantec's purchases show that the merger trend in North America continues. In January of this year, Shore Tilbe Irwin & Partners, a Toronto-based practice, joined Perkins + Will. In March, Seattle-based NBBJ merged with Chan Krieger Sieniewicz of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and California-based WWCOT joined DLR Group. These are just a few recent examples.
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"Now that the economy has found its feet again, it's easier for firms to talk about the future. I think that's why you're seeing not just us, but other firms make that decision to buy or sell," says Jay Averill, a Stantec spokesperson. Averill dismisses the notion that Stantec's recent buying spree is an effort to take advantage of the economic downturn to snap up smaller firms in peril. "When we look at the infrastructure market as a whole, it is a long-term market. We're looking further into the future," he says.
Snapping Up Companies
Since March of this year, Stantec, a publicly traded company, has acquired PCGI of Toronto; TetrEs of Winnipeg, Manitoba; Natural Resources Consulting of Cottage Grove, Wisconsin; WilsonMiller of Naples, Florida; Industry and Energy Associates, LLC of Portland, Maine; and CommArts of Boulder, Colorado.
The Anshen + Allen acquisition should be finalized within a month, says Jenifer Altenhoff, Anshen + Allen's principal in charge of marketing. Neither firm would disclose the bid price. Stantec's gross revenue in 2009 was about $1.5 billion (in Canadian dollars). The company is headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, and has about 10,000 employees and 150 offices.
Founded in 1940 in San Francisco, Anshen + Allen's focus on healthcare, education, and research aligns with Stantec's desire to expand its architecture practice in the U.S. "They're a very well-respected firm, one of the best in the healthcare industry," says Averill. He believes that the trade-off is equal—Stantec offers Anshen + Allen the partnership of its 150 North American offices and building engineering expertise.
The addition of Anshen + Allen would also add considerably to Stantec's revenue from architectural design. Currently, Stantec derives only $47 million from architectural design revenue, putting it at 51st on Architectural Record's Top 250 Firms list. Anshen + Allen ranks 31st on the same list, with $64.2 million in revenue. For comparison, their combined architectural design revenues would have outpaced RTKL, which was ranked number 12 on the Top 250 list this year, with revenues of $97.8 million.
Industry Shift
For Anshen + Allen's part, the decision to sell was not an effort to stay afloat—three pending projects rolled in last week, according to Altenhoff—but a long-term strategic move. "If we look back over the last decade, there's really been a shift in the industry," says Altenhoff. That shift includes a demand for more complex teams, increased globalization, and stiffer competition, she says, adding that the firm wants to work in Canada and Asia. "For us to compete on a global platform, we felt we need to be part of a top 10 or top 20 global design firm," she says.
Anshen + Allen will also benefit from Stantec's expertise with public-private partnerships and its sustainability initiatives in Canada, says Altenhoff. The two firms found they could work well together when they partnered on three new LEED-certified buildings for the Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center in San Francisco.
Anshen + Allen has 21 partners, with Roger Swanson, AIA, serving as CEO. All of the firm's offices will remain open, and leadership will remain the same. There will be no layoffs; in fact, Altenhoff says growth is expected. "They really want us to control our own destiny," she says. "They expect it from us." Anshen + Allen will keep its name for an "extended" transitional period before taking the name Stantec.
Editor's Note: This story was updated to reflect that Edmonton is located in Alberta, not Ontario.
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When looking for what kind of security system is ideal for a business or home, there are a variety of different paths one can go down. While some companies choose the more traditional key and lock route, there are more advanced options available such as access control systems. These systems offer companies the flexibility of not only choosing how people have access to certain buildings or areas, but by also adjusting the times of day and even the days of the week. These systems can integrate all security information and is often connected to a variety of different locations. It gives the owner the flexibility and the option of making changes from computers or even mobile devices so you have control even while on the go. If you're looking for more information regarding the installation of an access control system, get in touch with your local locksmith service.
Often used in companies who require the best, most-trusted security, access control systems are often seen in such places as schools, hospitals, apartment complexes, and businesses large and small. One of the most appealing aspects of an access control system is the added layer of security to any building. Unlike the standard lock and key system, control access systems have added layers of security by giving administrators the ability to control who has access to what door and when they have access. This creates more secured environments ensuring only the necessary people are entering and exiting the necessary areas of a building.
One of the highlights of choosing to go with an access control system is the variety of options available. There are more basic readers available that only require a card to be swiped or a PIN number input. There are also options of fobs, key coding, and even the high-tech palm or fingerprint scanning. Beyond basic readers one can even find intelligent readers, which are self-contained with almost sci-fi like decision making abilities. In addition, most access control systems allow you to purchase a system for the number of doors believed necessary and more doors can be added down the road.
Whether a business is a small facility with less than ten employees or a large facility that holds hundreds of employees, access control systems are adjustable for any time of company. And one of the best features is the fact that with many access control systems changes can be made to the system remotely. So it's not necessary that you are physically in a building to make adjustments to the security system. It generally only takes an internet connection to sync with the system, allowing system coordinators to choose who has access to what door and when.
The next time a security system needs to be put into place, take some time to research your local locksmith service to see if they have technology based security options. If you are hoping to install a new security system and are looking for access control solutions in Reno give us a call at Reno Sparks Lock & Safe at (775) 525-5712 right away. Our team of experienced and trustworthy locksmiths are ready to bring your security systems into the future.


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2021 Best Altoona, Pennsylvania Online Human Resources Management Degrees & Colleges
Are you looking for a school near Altoona, Pennsylvania where you can earn an online human resources management degree? Start your search for the best online human resources management colleges and universities near Altoona, Pennsylvania here.
The Best Adult Colleges & Careers Guide makes it easy to find information about the schools offering online human resources management degree programs near Altoona, Pennsylvania. Get detailed information about colleges and universities located within 20 miles of Altoona with 100% online human resources management programs, including the number of distance-offered human resources management degree completions, student type and more. In the end, you'll have an understanding of which college or university may be right for you.
Altoona, Pennsylvania Online Human Resources Management Degrees by the Numbers
Online human resources management degrees in Altoona, Pennsylvania have been at institutions over the past 5 years. In 2020, students completed 24 human resources management-related degree programs that were offered 100% online by Altoona colleges and universities. That was of % from completions reported in 2016.
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Best Nonprofit Online Colleges in Altoona, Pennsylvania for Online Human Resources Management Degrees
According to 2020 data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), there were 2 nonprofit 4-year schools near Altoona, Pennsylvania where students completed 131 distance education Human Resources Management degree programs. Of those schools, 2 were private nonprofit institutions and 0 were public schools. Browse through the listing below to learn more about each of the nonprofit colleges in Altoona offering online Human Resources Management programs. Tuition shown reflects in-state rates.
Franklin offers more than 50 online bachelor's degrees, master's degrees and doctoral programs in Pennsylvania. Franklin University is an accredited nonprofit 4-year school where most students attend classes part-time. Most of the students are adults and all human resources management programs completed were offered online. Bachelor's degrees are the most popular at Franklin University. In 2020, 73 distance education human resources management bachelor's degrees were completed. In addition, 0 associate degrees, 34 master's degrees, and 0 doctoral degrees were completed as distance education programs.
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Saint Francis University
Saint Francis University is an accredited nonprofit 4-year school where most students attend classes full-time. Most of the students are of traditional age and all human resources management programs completed were offered online. Master's degrees are the most popular at Saint Francis University. In 2020, 23 distance education human resources management master's degrees were completed. In addition, 1 associate degree, 0 bachelor's degrees, and 0 doctoral degrees were completed as distance education programs.
Affordable Online Human Resources Management Degree Programs near Altoona, Pennsylvania
Wondering what you can expect to pay for an online human resources management degree in Altoona, or which online Pennsylvania schools have the most affordable options? According to undergraduate tuition data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the average tuition at Altoona-area 4-year nonprofit schools is $23,874. The average tuition at 4-year for-profit schools in Altoona is N/A, while tuition at 2-year online colleges and universities is N/A.
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Earning a college degree is an investment — and earning an online human resources managementdegree from an accredited university is one of best ways to ensure your education is of high quality. Accredited universities are held to rigorous standards by state and regional bodies and undergo regular reviews to verify that their processes and academic programs meet the proper standards.
Wondering if a certain Altoona college or university is accredited? View a list of accredited online Human Resources Management colleges and universities in Altoona here. We've made it easy to find your school by breaking down the list by school type.
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In Episode 3 of Spill The Cup, Edgar Chavero recaps the Group Stage of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, and gives his predictions for all the Round of 16 matches. Discussed in this episode is Argentina's chances of advancing over France (3:35), the reasons behind Germany's elimination (6:15), the players whom have impressed the most so far (14:45) and much more.
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As soon as your bankruptcy case is filed, your lawyer at Bankruptcy Legal Center will call you and let give you your bankruptcy case number so that you can go and take your Debtor Education class. You should complete your Debtor Education course immediately after your case is filed to prevent any delay or denial of your discharge!
If you prefer not to use Abacus and want to select a course provider from the full list of providers, use the following link: list of approved providers of personal financial management instructional course (Debtor Education). From the list, select your state (example, California), then select your district (example, "Southern District of California," which covers San Diego County).
If you need to take your course in a foreign language, then from the list of approved providers of personal financial management instructional course (Debtor Education) instead of selecting "California" go down to the next menu and select your foreign language of choice, then select your state and district.
The Debtor Education course is referred to by some course providers as "Financial Management" or "Personal Financial Management Instructional Course." These are all names used to describe the same course, namely Debtor Education.
Plan to spend about 1 – 2 hours completing the course.
Expect to pay $14-$30 depending on your course provider, or up to $50 if taking your course in a foreign language.
Obtain a Certificate of Completion AND give your Certificate of Completion to your bankruptcy lawyer at Bankruptcy Legal Center.


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