"The movie takes the superficial form of a country house farce, at which wives and husbands, lovers and adulterers, masters and servants, sneak down hallways, pop up in each other's bedrooms and pretend that they are all proper representatives of a well-ordered society. Robert Altman, who once said "I learned the rules of the game from 'The Rules of the Game,'" was not a million miles off from this plot with his "Gosford Park" -- right down to the murder. But there is a subterranean level in Renoir's film that was risky and relevant when it was made and released in 1939. It was clear that Europe was going to war. In France, left-wing Popular Front members like Renoir were clashing with Nazi sympathizers. Renoir's portrait of the French ruling class shows them as silly adulterous twits, with the working classes emulating them within their more limited means. His film opens with a great national hero, the aviator Andre Jurieu, completing a heroic trans-Atlantic solo flight (only 10 years after Lindbergh) and then whining on the radio because the woman he loves did not come to the airport to meet him. Worse, the characters in the movie who do try to play by the rules are a Jewish aristocrat, a cuckolded gamekeeper, and the embarrassing aviator. This did not go over well with French audiences on the eve of war. The film is preceded by a little introduction by jolly, plump Renoir, looking like an elderly version of the cherub so often painted by his father Auguste. He recalls that a man set fire to his newspaper at the movie's premiere, trying to burn the theater down. Audiences streamed out, the reviews were savage, and the film was a disaster, even before it was banned by the occupying Nazis. The French like to be funny, but they do not much like to be made fun of. "We were dancing on a volcano," Renoir says."
"The Rules of the Game provoked something like a riot at its Parisian premiere. Never mind that the anti-Semitic and xenophobic press had a field day with Dalio's Jewishness and Gregor's thick Austrian accent. "People who commit suicide do not care to do it in front of witnesses," Renoir said of the French response to his film, which, beneath its frothy veneer, showed their society going down the drain. The film was cut twice, and its original negative was destroyed by Allied bombing. The occasion for this re-release is its complete restoration from a master print. It is required viewing, if only to understand the ideal that filmmakers from Robert Altman to Woody Allen have been after. And even if you think you know it, see it again for its newly rediscovered depth of field, and even more, for its infinite wellsprings of character and empathy."
"Exactly what Jean Renoir had in mind when he wrote, performed in, and directed The Rules of the Game, Saturday's French import at the Fifth Avenue Playhouse, is anybody's guess. This is the same M. Renoir, if you please, who gave us those notable imports, Grand Illusion and The Human Beast, not to mention The Southerner, from Hollywood. The new arrival, however, is really one for the buzzards. Here we have a baffling mixture of stale sophistication, coy symbolism, and galloping slapstick that almost defies analysis. The distributors claim that the picture, made shortly before the war, was banned by the Occupation on grounds of immorality. Rest assured it wasn't immortality. And there's nothing particularly sizzling in this account of some addle-headed lounge lizards tangling up their amours on a weekend house party in the country. One minute they're making sleek Noël Coward talk about art and free love, the next they're behaving like a Li'l Abner family reunion, chasing each other from pantry to boudoir to the din of wrecked furniture, yelling, and random gunfire. One carefully picturesque sequence, a rabbit hunt, may or may not be fraught with Renoir meaning, but the grand finale, in which everybody down to the cook joins in a hysterical conquest race, would shame the Keystone Kops. In the juicy role of a family friend, M. Renoir acts as though it were his last day on earth. The other principals, Dalio, Nora Gregor, and Mila Parély, are right behind him. The picture ends abruptly with an unaccountable murder, whereupon one of the philanderers murmurs that the victim didn't learn the rules of the game. If the game is supposed to be life, love, or hide-and-seek, which makes more sense, it's M. Renoir's own secret. At any rate, the master has dealt his admirers a pointless, thudding punch below the belt. Twenty-two years after The Rules of the Game was made, and eleven years after a mutilated print was exhibited here, the full version of Jean Renoir's study of the manners and mores of prewar France opened yesterday at the Eighth Street Playhouse and completely justifies its European reputation."


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Council backs Alliance motion calling for NI to remain in the Single Market
Belfast City Council has backed Northern Ireland remaining in the EU Single Market, after a motion proposed by Alliance Councillor Kate Nicholl secured backing on Wednesday night.
Speaking during the latest meeting of Belfast City Council, Councillor Nicholl described Northern Ireland as being in a unique position due to its land border with the EU, adding we can't just apply a one-size fits all Brexit.
"The Alliance Party has been a leading voice for Northern Ireland as Brexit negotiations continue without a unified voice from our region at the table," she said.
"Since the referendum to leave the EU took place, there has been a great deal of uncertainty. I made a conciliatory speech last night, appealing to nationalists and unionists and others that a pragmatic way forward is for Northern Ireland to remain in the EU Single Market so we can ensure that there are common standards on consumer protection, workers' rights, the environment and fair competition.
"Unfortunately the debate descended into political point scoring. We have witnessed a reenergizing of identity politics in Northern Ireland, with our society once again seeing issues in terms of orange and green. Brexit does mean new barriers and new divisions, however we should all remember that Northern Ireland will only function well through sharing and interdependence. We need to work together.
"The heartbreaking thing about Brexit, is that the EU is keen to help us – we just won't help ourselves by uniting to get the best deal for Northern Ireland. I'm delighted my motion passed and in the absence of a functioning executive, the Alliance Council group are determined to ensure Belfast's voice is not lost in these negotiations"

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The world yesterday signed up for the new Sustainable Development Goals (replacing the Millennium Development Goals that were until 2015). In the new SDGs energy is now highlighted.
I am struck by the use of the various terms.
'modern energy' – I never know how much to repeat myself within this blog – I don't want to bore you. However if you got this far, you must know that in Africa, even where electricity is available, households still don't use it for cooking. Why not? In many countries it make sense financially, but it doesn't make sense due to unstable and unreliable supplies. It is 'affordable' especially when compared to the rising urban charcoal prices, and in many countries it makes more sense than LPG. However it is not 'reliable'.
The SDG calls for 'reliable'. In other places in the blog I argue that the presence of a sizable battery within the household (which is increasingly 'affordable') can make the household access 'reliable'. In other places I have drawn attention to Tesla Powerwall, and in the ACE paper (Draft available) I show how reliability by energy storage is more cost effective than buying a diesel or petrol generator.
'Sustainable' – energy storage is vital for the effective use of renewable energy technologies. One thinks of renewables as 'sustainable' – however while they are cleaner, lower emission, technologies, they only become 'sustainable' if their full costings can be recovered, they can be relaced at the end of their life. I am sure the SDGs will create millions of words on the internet and in the air, discussing the meaning of sustainable. There are of course many forms and shapes for sustainability, and use of a renewable source is only one type of sustainability. Of course it contrasts with the finite resource of fossil fuels, but integral 'sustainability' only comes about when the financial aspects (and social) work together as a whole.
So SDG 7 has some interesting words, and the proposition of ecook could strongly contribute to it. The focus on modern energy distinguishes ecook from traditional biomass cooking, and even improved stoves work. As I have said before, it could be a gateway to modern energy. Its cost effectiveness could be used to increase access (reliable modern energy). It could increase the share of renewables, and indeed renewables will not increase unless the whole system has more energy storage in it. Decentralised household level energy storage whether ongrid (National, Mini, Micro, Nano) or stand alone use of renewables.
'Energy efficiency'? Actually as ecook develops, we have already explored energy efficiency. Nottingham has shown that we could save up to 60% of the cooking process just by strategic use of insulation of pots, UIU in Bangladesh is exploring alternative cooking methods saving energy.
'Increase research' – yep, that's what we have argued. NOT that ecook is possible now, but that it may be at a price tipping point by 2020, so what research needs to be done now to make it a reality? The SDG calls for enhanced research by 2030. I would hope that ecook discussions are encouraging longer term research?
'Increase infrastructure and upgrade technology'. We are exploring a new shape and form of technology, using modern energy with resource poor households. It is only possible if we develop (upgrade) technology and combinations of existing technology.
So SDG 7? Yep, ecook ticks the box and should contribute – lets move forward with the research and go to scale in 2020.
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At Morgan, decades of experience, individual expertise, a collaborative spirit, and a shared vision, come together in a Leadership Team capable of anticipating the demands of a changing industry, and exceeding the needs of evolving markets.
Dan DesRochers
President & Chief Operating Officer
Prior to joining Morgan Truck Body, DesRochers served as Vice President of Lean Operations, responsible for EHS, Lean and Continuous Improvement, at JB Poindexter & Co, a privately held diversified manufacturing company, and as Chief Operating Officer for Morgan Olson, also part of the JB Poindexter & Co portfolio of companies.
DesRochers holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Wisconsin and brings a wealth of industrial experience and specialization in Lean Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management. He previously held executive positions with General Electric, United States Can Company and Federal Signal Corporation.
Bill Piercey
Bill Piercey joined Morgan in 2009 as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Bill has over 35 years in financial leadership roles, with responsibility for overseeing the financial operations of the company. His prior experience includes roles at The Unilever Group over 23 years, and most recently as CFO at API Foils, Inc..
Mr. Piercey holds a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Montclair State University, and an MBA from Seton Hall University. He is also a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).
Tom Diez
Vice President Sales & Marketing
Tom brings over 20 years of global executive experience in leadership roles in Sales, Marketing, Channel Management, and Business Unit Leadership with The Timken Company, Michelin Truck Tire, Carrier Corporation and most recently with Flowserve Corporation, where he led Global Channel Sales.
Tom holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Universidad Pontificia de Comillas, ICAI-ICADE in Madrid, Spain, a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Swansea in the UK and a Master of Business Administration from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University in the Netherlands.
Brady Bagwan
Vice President Human Resources
Brady Bagwan joined Morgan in March 2016 to lead the Human Capital function as the Vice President of Human Resources. Brady also served simultaneously as the interim Vice President of Human Resources for Reading Truck Body in 2017 and JB Poindexter & Co in 2018 and 2019.
Prior to Morgan, Brady served as a Director of Human Resources for Kiewit Corporation from 2009 to 2016 with experience supporting operations in Canada, the United States, and in a Human Resources technology leadership role. He served in a Director of Global Compensation and Benefits role for Norgren (IMI Plc) from 2006 to 2009. Brady is also a military veteran with service as a United States Army Infantry officer in Korea and Iraq from 2002 to 2006.
Mr. Bagwan has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Virginia Military Institute and an MBA from the University of Colorado Boulder. He holds certifications as a Global Professional in Human Resources (GPHR) from the Human Resources Certification Institute (HRCI) and a SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) from the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).
Peter Jones
Vice President Parts & Service
Peter Jones joined Morgan on December 14, 2015 as VP of Manufacturing. He has over 40 years of, primarily automotive, manufacturing experience. In 2017, Peter accepted the role of VP of Morgan Parts and Service. Prior to joining Morgan, Peter was Senior Director of Manufacturing and Construction Services for Civeo, a producer of housing for the oil and gas industry. Prior to Civeo, he was Director of Manufacturing for Pilkington Glass in Canada, Europe and the United States. Pilkington is a global tier one supplier of glass for the automotive industry. Peter's manufacturing experience coupled with his international exposure, has made him a consummate executive team leader.
Corby Stover
Vice President Engineering
Corby Stover joined Morgan as Vice President of Engineering on June 30, 2014 with nearly 30 years of experience in the Defense and Automotive industries. He is responsible for Product Engineering, including Applications Engineering, Product Improvement Engineering and New Product Development Engineering. Prior to joining Morgan, Corby was VP of Engineering at ARC Automotive; a leading producer of airbag inflators. He has beneficial customer relations skills, a strong engineering background and is a proven executive team leader.
Mr. Stover holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Pennsylvania State University and an MBA from the University of Tennessee. He is a certified Design for Six Sigma Black Belt.


This collection of Figures and Tables from each chapter and appendix in the book: Water Resources Systems Planning and Management: An Introduction to Methods, Models and Applications by Daniel P. Loucks and Eelco van Beek with contributions from Jery R. Stedinger, Jozef P.M. Dijkman, Monique T. Villars part of Studies and Reports in Hydrology from UNESCO PUBLISHING. . These images can be copied as needed or desired and used in powerpoint presentations. Click HERE to view the Chapters.
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Figures and Tables from Chapter 14 of "Water Resources Systems Planning and Management: An Introduction to Methods, Models and Applications".
Figures and Tables from Chapter 13 of "Water Resources Systems Planning and Management: An Introduction to Methods, Models and Applications".
Figures and Tables from Chapter 12 of "Water Resources Systems Planning and Management: An Introduction to Methods, Models and Applications".
Figures and Tables from Chapter 11 of "Water Resources Systems Planning and Management: An Introduction to Methods, Models and Applications".
Figures and Tables from Chapter 10 of "Water Resources Systems Planning and Management: An Introduction to Methods, Models and Applications".


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Exploring metabolic resistance to small molecule inhibitors in Trypanosoma cruzi
Burleigh, Barbara A.
Harvard University, Boston, MA, United States
Search 31 grants from Barbara Burleigh
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Cigarette Smoking as a Risk Factor for Greater Psychiatric Symptom Severity across Serious Mental Illnesses: A Secondary Analysis of Three Nationally-Representative NIH Datasets
Mechanism of RNA Synthesis and 5'-Capping by Dengue Virus NS5 Polymerase
Regulation of cortical progenitors by Sufu and Shh signaling
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Chronic infections with the protozoan parasite and causative agent of human Chagas disease, Trypanosoma cruzi, are notoriously challenging to treat. The available drugs often fail to achieve sterilizing cure under the current treatment regimens. Ergosterol biosynthesis inhibitors (EBIs) also failed to clear parasites from chronic patients in recent clinical trials. These findings, coupled with results from animal models showing selective survival of T. cruzi in certain tissues after EBI treatment, raise the possibility that characteristics of the local tissue environment impact susceptibility of intracellular parasites to trypanocidal drugs. In the cancer field, it is well-established that differences in the metabolic state of tumor cells, due to heterogeneity of cell populations and their environments, can lead to `metabolic resistance' and treatment failure. Because T. cruzi colonizes diverse tissues in the mammalian host, each with its own unique metabolic signature, we hypothesize that comparable mechanisms of metabolic resistance to anti-trypanosomal drugs may contribute to failure to achieve parasitological cure in chronic T. cruzi infection. Consistent with this idea, preliminary studies show that a single change in the composition of the cell culture medium protects intracellular T. cruzi amastigotes from the lethal effects of EBIs. The goals of this proposed study are to determine the role of glutamine metabolism in sensitizing T. cruzi amastigotes to EBIs using a combination of molecular genetic and biochemical approaches (Aim1) and to determine the broader impact of metabolic environment on the efficacy of the next generation of candidate anti-trypanosomals by re-screening the ChagasBox collection of T. cruzi growth inhibitors under diverse conditions (Aim 2). As a case study for metabolic resistance, the proposed study addresses a critical gap in our understanding of how diverse cellular and metabolic environments, such as those encountered by T. cruzi in vivo, impact the ability to effectively eliminate this pathogen from infected hosts, a key current challenge in the treatment of Chagas disease.
Project Summary The Chagas disease parasite, Trypanosoma cruzi, establishes life-long infection and resists elimination following treatment with the currently available drugs. This proposal examines the impact that diverse cellular and metabolic environments, such as those encountered by T. cruzi in vivo (tissues, cell types, metabolism) can help or hinder the ability to effectively eliminate this pathogen from infected hosts.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Exploratory/Developmental Grants (R21)
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O'Neil, Michael T
Microbiology/Immun/Virology
Schools of Public Health
NIH 2020
R21 AI Exploring metabolic resistance to small molecule inhibitors in Trypanosoma cruzi
Burleigh, Barbara A. / Harvard University
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All starts with Plato. Towards 335 before J.C.. In Timée, it makes tell by Critias a history which it holds of a remote ancestor having known wise Solon. In Egypt, Solon would have met a priest who would have revealed the existence to him, 9000 years earlier, of an island : Atlantis. Located beyond the Pillars of Hercules (i.e. of Gibraltar), broader than the north of Africa and minor Asia joined together, it would be the exit of the sea Atlantique. According to the priest, Atlantis was glorious people and conqueror who would have conquered the Mediterranean, then were pushed back by the Greeks, before being absorbed by earthquakes and cataclysms watery.
Atlantis is the first known Utopia : praising the merits of the declining greek empire, one does not know if it is real or, like Aristote says it, invented by Plato.
Of the Middle Ages, nobody any more thinks of Atlantis. It is the Rebirth which renews the interest : the philosophers base themselves on the work of Plato to study happiness, certain authors see in America the Platonic island.
Bounce in November 2004 : the American architect Robert Sarmast studied with the sonar sea-beds between Cyprus and Syria. Do the images (see opposite) show hills (the Acropolis ?) surrounded of three kilometers length walls. According to him, these structures with 1600 meters under water are too right to be natural. It is based especially on the fact that preceding statements in the area showed that it had been with the free air. An earthquake would have then opened Gibraltar, causing the flood of the Mediterranean by the ocean. But there are skeptics. Among them, the physicist Christian Huebscher. It already studied this sector and according to him, the hills are only some 100 000 year old volcanos.
That Plato took as a starting point an oral tradition or that he very invented, a thing is sure : it bequeathed us a great political allegory.


Sebastian, 7, and Brandon, 9, designed Live Like Bella socks, complete with Bella's handwriting. The socks were part of a campaign to raise awareness of childhood cancer during September, which is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month.
Part of the campaign included "sock hops," which involved people around the U.S. dancing in Live Like Bella socks and sharing photos and videos on social media with the hashtag #LiveLikeBella. The foundation also sponsored live sock hops across Miami-Dade on Sept. 25.
"We partnered up with Live Like Bella so we could help pediatric cancer so no one has pediatric cancer again," said Sebastian, CEO of Are You Kidding. Brandon is sales director.
The campaign was successful, with thousands of people wearing and dancing in Live Like Bella socks. Are You Kidding partnered with local schools to host sock hops and sell socks to the schools. The three schools that sold the most socks and had Live Like Bella sock hops were Pinecrest Academy South Charter School, Pinecrest Preparatory Academy and Sunset Park Elementary.
"It was heartwarming to see Bella's handwriting on all these socks and to see the community come together in the fight against childhood cancer," Rodriguez-Torres said.
According to Rachel Martinez, president of Are You Kidding and Sebastian and Brandon's mother, they couldn't keep up with the demand for Live Like Bella Socks.
Are You Kidding and the Live Like Bella Foundation are already making plans to host more sock hops and launch another Live Like Bella campaign together next September.
The Live Like Bella Foundation has funded 500 clinical trials and is working on building a Live Like Bella pavilion in Miami Children's Hospital where 40 families will be able to stay at a time while their children are getting treatment.
Live Like Bella socks are available for $10 a pair at areyoukidding.net and at all Miami-Dade Navarro locations.


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THE LIST: WATER / WASTEWATER
Pyramid Peak Reservoir & Modifications
East Valley International Semiconductor Client Ocotillo EOP Facility
The Beardsley Road Channel
Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant Phase III
Pyramid Peak Water Treatment Plant Improvements
Scottsdale Water Campus
Val Vista Water Treatment Plant Expansion
South Tempe WTP Water Quality Improvements
Casa Grande WRF Phase 3 Expansion
Willcox Wastewater Treatment Plant
Willcox, Arizona
Ak-Chin Water/Wastewater System Improvements
Ak-Chin Water/Wastewater System Improvements, Maricopa County
Apache Junction Water District, Surface Water Treatment Plant, Apache Junction
CAP WTP Expansion, Scottsdale
Casa Grande WRF Phase 3 Expansion, Casa Grande
Gilbert 4 MG Reservoir and Pump Station, Gilbert
Gilbert WTP Expansion, Gilbert
Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant Phase III, Gilbert
Ocotillo Pump Back Force Main, Chandler
Project Tilden Water Tanks, Mesa
Pyramid Peak Water Treatment Plant GMP1A, Glendale
Scottsdale Water Campus, Scottsdale
Shea Blvd Water Treatment Plant Generator Foundation, Fountain Hills
South Tempe WTP, Water Quality Improvements, Tempe
South Water Reclamation Plant Phase II Expansion, Gilbert
Snyder's-Lance Wastewater Pretreatment Plant, Goodyear
Squaw Peak Water Treatment Plant Expansion WTP, Scottsdale
The Beardsley Road Channel, Peoria
Union Hills WTP-GAC Implementation, Phoenix
Valley Utilities Maryland Avenue Booster Station Reservoir, El Mirage
Val Vista Water Treatment Plant, Mesa
West Anthem Wastewater Improvements, Maricopa County
Willcox Wastewater Treatment Plant, Willcox
The Pyramid Peak Water Treatment Plant (PPWTP) Improvements project is being delivered via the Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) process. The project will include improvements to the water treatment processes and critical plant components, and a fifteen (15) million gallon per day (mgd) plant expansion. The treatment plant improvements and
expansion may need to be phased based on the City's available funding. The total budget for this
project is approximately $50M, including design, construction, and other associated costs.
S&A was contracted by the civil engineer of record to provide geotechnical services for the project.
Subsoil investigation conducted for a wastewater treatment facility. Exact details of the facility are not known at this time however, preliminary elements include an 80,000 square foot building and surrounding support structures for chemical/treatment facilities, blowers, generator building, and equalization basins that in total maybe cover about five acres.
A mile-long cast-in-place concrete pipe on Beardsley Rd for the city of Peoria.
Beardsley Channel receives flows from storm drains, streets, and developments to the north and east. This project will replace the existing earthen channel with underground storm drain pipes. Improvements include storm drain pipes and drainage structures, new signing and traffic signal components at 107th Avenue, an 8-foot-wide concrete sidewalk, ADA ramps, and new landscaping on the south side of Beardsley Road.
A $170 million Phase III expansion project at the Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant, located at 4400 S. Greenfield Road in Gilbert, Arizona. This project represents a 14 million gallon per day (MGD) expansion of liquids and solids treatment that allows the facility to treat up to 30 MGD of liquids and 38 MGD of solids on an annual average flow basis.
Three municipalities - the City of Mesa and Towns of Gilbert and Queen Creek - jointly own the treatment plant while the City of Mesa maintains and operates the plant.
The project will improve plant reliability and provide the ability to meet increasing service demand associated with area growth and development. The plant's treatment capacity will increase by 15 million gallons per day over the plant's current 39 million gallons per day treatment capacity, and worker safety measures such as plant lighting will be installed at the facility.
The current project includes the replacement or rehabilitation of obsolete equipment and processes to ensure the plant's operational reliability and efficiency. The plant treatment capacity expansion includes the installation of new water treatment structures on the east side of the existing plant and within the plant site perimeter to increase the volume of water that can be treated.
S&A has worked on 20+ projects at Scottsdale Water Campus which is located north of Loop 101 off Pima Road. This campus is a 145-acre facility combining all aspects of a full-service water utility. The site includes a 70 million gallon per day drinking water treatment plant that treats Colorado River Water from the Central Arizona Project, a state-of-the-art water quality laboratory, a water reclamation plant, the world's largest Vadose Zone groundwater-recharge well field and the world-renowned Advanced Water Treatment Plant.
Major expansion of existing plant, slope stability investigation of return water pump station, 80 MGD Expansion.
S&A conducted a subsoil investigation at the site of the proposed improvements to be constructed at the South Tempe Water Treatment Plant. The project called for construction of water quality upgrades and miscellaneous treatment plan improvements: new environmental laboratory building, a 50-ton Powdered Activated Carbon (PAC) silo and feed facility, Finished Water Pump Station (FWPS) electrical building, caustic storage and feed facility, a Carbon Dioxide (CO2) storage and feed facility, sludge drying bed, sludge storage area, South Reservoir Hydraulic Control structure, and various junction box structures and a canopy structure. Structural loads are expected to be light to moderate and no special considerations regarding settlement tolerances are known at this time. Landscaped areas will be utilized for storm water retention and disposal.
Located at 1194 W. Kortsen Road, the facility is the city's single source of water reclamation. The expansion builds out the facility to treat 4.38 billion gallons of wastewater per year and will improve the reclaimed water A+ quality, which is the highest recognized level in the State of Arizona. Reclaimed water from this facility is used for irrigation at the municipal golf course, power plant cooling water, preservation of riparian habitat, and other industrial uses.
This project is to improve wastewater treatment service for the city's 1,000-plus existing residential connections by converting it from a lagoon system to an oxidation ditch system. The improved WWTP will provide treatment of 100 percent of wastewater collected in the city's service area. Construction for a wastewater treatment plant including but not limited to the following components; influent pumps, a mechanical coarse screen, oxidation ditch flow control structure, oxidation ditches, secondary clarifier flow control structure, secondary clarifiers, scum piping, chemical disinfecting, and dechlorination facilities, effluent pump station, septage receiving station, sludge holding tank, rotary screw press dewatering equipment, sludge drying area, yard piping, operation and maintenance building, and a blower/electrical building.
Improvements to the existing water and wastewater systems including two 1 MG/day wells, two 0.5 MG storage tanks, a 0.1 MG storage tank, three booster stations and 10,500 LF of 8 to 10-inch waterline. The wastewater component includes a WRF, 17-acre recharge basin, and 4,200 LF of 8 to 18-inch pipeline.


Taxpayers elected the members of Beaufort County's Council to conduct our business responsibly. When we learned that the council intended to buy the Beaufort Commerce Park with $2.5 million of public funds and then literally give away parcels in order to lure businesses to the county, people wondered about the wisdom of the plan, especially since the business park's management had been trying to develop it for about five years and had failed.
On Feb. 14, a number of people went to the council meeting to protest the purchase. The council decided to postpone the vote for 60 days. Consequently, the $2.5 million deal may come up for a vote Monday. A current appraisal of shows the property to be worth about $1.6 million.
Some members of the council still favor the purchase, including Councilman Jerry Stewart, who represents Sun City Hilton Head. The current owner of the park has asked its bank to accept the deed in lieu of foreclosure, which could mean finding a buyer willing to bail out the park for the $2.5 million owed on it.
The council is correct when it says Beaufort County needs economic development, but the way to do it is to make it attractive and easy for private enterprise to do business here. The way not to promote economic development is to bail out a failed business park.


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Education Digest for Dec. 22
Roberto M. Robledo
The Salinas Californian
Winter break in on for local schools
Salinas-area school districts are on winter break. Here is a schedule:
Alisal Union School District, Dec. 21 to Jan. 8; students return Jan. 11.
North Monterey Co. Unified, Dec. 21 to Jan. 8; students return Jan. 11
Salinas City, Dec. 21 to Jan. 8; students return Jan. 11.
Salinas Union High School, Dec. 21 to Jan. 8; students return Jan. 11.
Santa Rita Union, Dec. 28 to Jan. 8; students return Jan. 11.
Spreckels Union, Dec. 21 to Jan. 4; students return Jan. 5.
Washington Union, Dec. 21 to Jan. 4; students return Jan. 5.
Notre Dame High School, Dec. 21 to Jan. 4; students return Jan. 5.
Palma High School, Dec. 21 to Jan. 4; students return Jan. 5.
Better attendance focus of bike giveaway
Perfect attendance may win you a bike at Roosevelt School in Salinas. Locally-based Markon Cooperative Inc. is sponsoring a drawing to award bikes as a way to discourage truancy and improve attendance at the elementary school.
Markon is funding six bike giveaways throughout the 2015-16 school year. The first two bikes were awarded at a school assembly Dec. 4, according to a press release.
Nearly the entire student body at Roosevelt comes from socio-economically disadvantaged families. Poverty is associated with high truancy levels and resultant low literacy rates, according to research. About 50 children who attend Roosevelt are absent on a daily basis, officials said.
"Establishing community partnerships is a main goal for our district and schools," said Roosevelt Principal Linda Barrera. "Through our partnership with Markon, we are able to provide our students with an amazing incentive that not only encourages them to come to school more often, but also serves as a healthy form of entertainment."
Markon Cooperative, Inc. provides fresh produce purchasing, logistics, information, and marketing services to seven member distributors and their food-service customers. Online: Markon.com.
Writing coaches needed for Youth Authors 2016
The National Steinbeck Center's Young Authors program is looking for writing coaches for this year's contest.
The 13th annual event to inspire middle school students to write will be held Monday, March 7, 2016.
Steinbeck Young Authors focuses on John Steinbeck's novella "The Red Pony." The program takes place in three stages: a classroom component, a Day of Writing event for finalists and an awards ceremony.
On the Day of Writing, March 7, students will write an essay about their personal life and their reflections on the Red Pony. Students are paired with a writing coach and later judges review the students' final works.
Coaches should plan to commit three hours to the program. The award ceremony will be held on April 16.
To volunteer, email Marci Bracco Cain marci@chatterboxpublicrelations.com.
Silicon Valley group offering STEM scholarships
Latino students focused on the STEM subjects are eligible for scholarships through the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. This scholarship, established SVCF by the Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley, will award up to $30,000 to help 100 Latino students continue their education in science, technology, engineering and math programs. College students including those in the Salinas Valley who are entering their junior or senior year are eligible. Online: For an applications and details, visit: http://www.siliconvalleycf.org/scholarships/latinos-technology-scholarship. Applications will be accepted online starting Jan. 6, 2016.
Waste Management board honors Carmel Unified
Carmel Unified School District has received another honor for its environmental stewartship projects. On Dec. 18, the Monterey Regional Waste Management District Board of Directors presented the district with a resolution recognizing its efforts to help conserve the local lands and marine life. Earlier this year, Carmel Unified became the first school district in the nation to become an Ocean Guardian School District, so named by NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. All six district schools have projects under way to recycle, reduce waste, engage in composting – all toward protecting local watersheds, the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary, and the ocean.
The Waste Management board noted Carmel's focus on the 4 Rs: waste reduction, reuse, recycling, and composting; including the reduction and elimination of single-use plastics, such as water bottles, drinking straws, and food wrappers.
Special kids basketball league begins Jan. 23
Families of children with special needs are invited to join Special Kids Crusade's REACH Basketball program, which begins Jan. 23. Children and young adults ages 6 to 22 are welcome. Participants will meet for one hour per weekend for six weeks at one of the two Boys & Girls Clubs. The cost is $50 per player. To register online, visit www.SpecialKidsCrusade.org or call 831-372-2730.
REACH Basketball gives children an opportunity to play basketball. Through weekly one-on-one connections with volunteer partners, participants get a chance to develop motor skills, enhance cognitive abilities, and practice socializing with peers and adults. Special Kids Crusade is a nonprofit whose mission is to develop resources, raise awareness and provide support for children with developmental disabilities and their families.
Compiled and edited by Roberto M. Robledo. The Education Digest appears online on Monday and in print each Wednesday. If you have an item for the Education Digest, call 831-754-4269 or email to: rrobledo@thecalifornian.com


Understand that technology is driving social media sites as well as the other way around. On a daily basis that social media sites end up being even more preferred, technology races to catch up, which triggers social media sites to become extra preferred. Know what the technology is suing your customers in their social demands to ensure that you can participate in speaking WITH them, instead of speaking AT them.
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Points relocate really fast in social media sites, as well as your company will have to adjust quickly to the modifications as they come. Simply, a couple of years back, tablet computer systems as well as cellular phones did not exist in an openly readily available as well as mass-produced type. Keep an eye on the brand-new technology to ensure that you are better planned for the modifications to your advertising and marketing.
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Ethical issues in South African psychology : public complaints, psychologists' dilemmas and training in professional ethics.
This study examined three perspectives on ethical dimensions of South African professional psychology. These perspectives were derived from three data sets. The first data set comprised a series of public complaints against psychologists; the second a series of ethical dilemmas reported by psychologists themselves, and the third comprised a study of the training of South African psychologists in professional ethics. Clear patterns emerged in the analysis of each data set, and efforts were made to integrate the findings. Psychologists in particular registration categories, trained at particular universities and working in particular practice contexts were disproportionately more likely to attract complaints. Similarly, patterns of dilemmas experienced by psychologists also emerged. Comparison of complaints with dilemmas suggested that there were significant differences and some similarities in the ethical issues and contexts associated with public complaints and psychologists' own ethical dilemmas. The study of ethics training suggested general dissatisfaction with the relevance and quantity of ethics training nationally. The main findings were integrated to make recommendations for improving the ethics training of South African psychologists. The limitations of the data are described, along with suggestions for future research to examine in greater depth and specificity several dominant patterns described by the present study.


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The rasp is thinner close to its tip to allow ease of entry into your workpiece. For flat and convex work only.
As normal, the longer the rasp, the coarser it is. We offer 2 sizes. The Combo rasps are new from Auriou and represent an excellent investment for general work. The size shown are the rasp dimensions without the handle.
The 10" (250mm) long combo rasp is "stitched" grain 5 & 9 (coarse/medium) whilst the 8" (200mm) is stitched 11 & 14 (fine & extra fine).


1. Attract and retain the best people to create sustainable competitive advantage. Your people drive all success and failure.
2. Control and guide your culture to create high-performance teams and increased value creation and productivity.
3. Improve morale, communications and reduce employee friction. Minimize bad politics and maximize results.
4. Lower employee turnover and the repeated training costs, which can be over six figures for managers, and are mostly hidden in lost opportunity and reduced efficiencies.
5. Create a culture of constant innovation and high-quality to increase market share and margins.
6. Use proven "out-of-the-box" procedures, processes and forms for employee hiring, review and development that will increase tenure, job fulfillment, and individual growth. Superglue the best employees to your firm while ejecting non-performers and malcontents automatically.
7. Groom your top people to run their areas like their own business and drive profitable growth.
Systems #6, or (HCAD or phonetically "H + CAD") is about creating and controlling your corporate culture to maximize performance, market share and to attract and keep the best people.
We call this ideal culture a "Darwinian Meritocracy" because it evolved naturally, taking into account all internal and external (marketplace, industry etc.) conditions. Generally this System cannot be implemented until after System #2 PAMS and System #3 Dashboards are already in place and practiced because they are fundamental tools to help create this culture.
Every company needs to have its own cultural flavor that is appropriate for its industry, market position, brand and other factors. However, there are also many proven best practices to managing employees that create a great company and a great culture that all companies should use. Most do not know and use these proven best practices. We have scanned the globe and top business minds and texts for the 'best of the best' ideas that are all compatible and integrated into HCAD System #6.
System #2 Management Best Practices (PAMS).
both vertically and horizontally as our AirTight Six Systems.
<-- Watch this short video, then call for a free evaluation and analysis of what would make sense for your company at this time.
Our training, coaching and implementation process has evolved and been enhanced since 2002 when we started helping companies full-time. However, these ideas and best practices have been extracted from hundreds of books and used since as early as 1989 and come from the best of the best business gurus and thought leaders.
It is all timeless because human beings do not change much, even though technology does. Modularity and a variety of tools that allow all our Systems to be customized for any company, industry or any situation.
Next Step: Use the pull down menu above under "What is AirTight Management?" to explore each System and decide which you need most to begin. There is a short video on each system with a list of the advantage and some information to help diagnose your company's most important gaps. Or call to set up a 30-40 minute professional discovery at no cost. We will guide you through the options and System to optimize your results and experience.
to your Management Systems to create a higher performance company.
Increase customer satisfaction by providing more consistent service, products and quality, as well as better predictability.
Business Process Management (BPM), Process Management (PM), and Process Management System (PMS) are all very similar things. Our System #5 Process Management System provides a simple set of best practices a manager can learn and use without complex tools or certifications. This is Process Management (PM) appropriate for small and medium size companies (SMBs or SMEs) to get all the benefits of using conventions, without spending hundred of thousands of dollars on software and training. Often these expensive implementations fail due to over-complexity. Everything you need for software is available free, or included in standard suites like Microsoft Office, Open Office or any number of other applications. It is the philosophy and convention that matters most, not the software tools.
System #5 captures the institutional knowledge in a company's key processes so that this can be trained and improved on over time. It provides the tools for Constant and Never-ending Improvement (CANI), or what the Japanese call "Kaizen". Processes move through a life cycle from infancy (creation) to maturity.
Having a simple framework to invent, document and improve processes is critical. No company can scale its business without dong this properly and many companies explode, going out of business or losing customers because they do not take Process Management seriously.
The reality is that almost every company is a collection of processes that create value. Management and enhancement of those processes is a critical factor in the growth and success of most companies.
Everything from the customer marketing funnel to production and delivery of products and services is composed of key processes. Great organizations document and improve these constantly and have clear lines of responsibility and communications to see that there is full "ownership" of each process. Mature processes have metrics associated with them so that they can be delegated and scaled with performance expectations.
Every company is a collection of value creation processes which can be improved over time to drive higher profitability, market share and innovation.
Our training, coaching and implementation process has evolved and been enhanced since 2002 when we started helping companies full-time. However, these ideas and best practices have been extracted from hundreds of books and used since as early as 1989 and come from the best of the best business gurus and thought leaders of the last seventy-five years.
It is all timeless because human beings do not change very rapidly, even though technology does. Modularity and a variety of tools allows all our Systems to be customized for any company, industry or any situation.
Next Step: Use the pull down menu above under "What is AirTight Management?" to explore each System and decide which you need most to begin turning your company into a leader in its field. There is a short video on each system with a list of the advantages and some information to help diagnose your company's most important gaps.
Call (508) 381-8013 to get a free consultation from and expert, not a sales person.
that can have a rapid impact on your company's profitability, innovation and market share.
1. AirTight Strategic Budgeting develops better allocation of resources to optimize Return on Investment (ROI) based on opportunities and innovation. It is not just a cost control system/method, like most accounting departments will implement, but a strategic process that is linked directly into a Strategic Plan.
2. Increase accuracy of projections to improve cash-flow and capital needs planning.
3. Includes all the tools needed to implement a monthly financial review process that holds everyone accountable and makes managers treat their area of the business as their own to "own results" not just activities.
4. Fund small projects with frugal experimentation to increase innovation then scale those that work.
5. Dovetail monthly and quarterly financial results with Strategic Planning goals for long-term tracking and projection and a feedback loop to improve.
6. Reduce inter-departmental friction and unhealthy competition for resources by making managers justify expenses and investments and understand trade-offs to increase teamwork.
Listen to this short video on Strategic Budgeting.
Our process has evolved and been enhanced since 1989 when our founder first started designing and using these systems in a company that grew to $156 million in revenue only 18 months after product launch.
Our implementation process uses a proprietary process and formula only we can provide and contains a set of tools that allow us to rapidly customize each AirTight needed to any company, industry or situation.
Depending on your company size you may need more or less of the overall process but most elements automatically scale with your company's growth.
Next Step: Use the pull down menu above under "What is AirTight Management?" to look at each System you think you may need to see the symptoms of not having that System and the advantages achievable when you add it to your management tool box. There is a short video on each system to help diagnose your company's most important gaps.
Call (508) 381-8013 to get a free phone consultation with an expert, not a sales person.
better profitability, growth and long-term market share gains.
AirTight Management Creates High-Performance Teams and High-Performance Companies!
Tip #1: The magic of dashboards is in selecting the right metrics (KPIs), not the software and sizzle or colored graphs.
An expertly designed dashboard will frame and focus a company, or department, and drive the right focus and results. Even just by using a simple spreadsheet to track these.
Whether you call it Business Intelligence (BI), Performance Management (PM), Executive Dashboards or Business Performance Management (BPM) it is really based on all the same best practices of Management Science and leadership. You cannot improve what you do not measure and watch closely.
We Can Design a Custom Dashboard for You in One Week That Will Turn Your Company Into a High-Performance Machine Over Time!
1. Dashboards allow a business to be "run by the numbers" freeing up management to work "on", not "in" the business. When the dashboard metrics are right strategic decisions come easily. Unfortunately most people cannot design the right metrics (KPIs) into the dashboard as it requires vast business experience.
2. Dashboards allow many day-to-day activities and processes to mature and improve, as well as be put on on "auto-pilot" so employees and managers are accountable to perform.
3. Good dashboards drive Constant and Never Ending Improvement (CANI), or Kaizen, for key processes and metrics to increase quality, reduce costs and result in increased market share.
4. A well designed department dashboard can transform a mediocre manager into a good to excellent manager by creating focus, accountability and making subtle issues far more visible to all involved. Then corrections can be made quickly that often linger unnoticed for years. Dashboards also allow quicker and less disruptive transitions when people leave.
5. Dashboards provide early warning indications of both industry (external) and company (internal) trends that might go undetected until it is too late to adjust.
6. Well designed dashboards connect "cause and effect" that is separated in time and location in organizations so that you see connections that are often missed, especially across departments. Patterns will become obvious that were previously hidden.
7. Dashboards allow better projections, goal setting and setting of performance standards and bonuses to increase both productivity and morale.
8. When you are ready we have other compatible Management Systems to take you further that integrate with these departmental and corporate dashboards. All with cost effective, on-demand video training included.
A business that wants to scale, increase profitability, revenues and market share must systematize its business to "Run it by the numbers". This allows leverage and creation of more value, and also allows less skilled people to do more sophisticated things. It is all about getting your business processes down to a science with known inputs and outputs and the ability to constantly hold people accountable to acceptable results.
Doing a particular task or process well is one thing. Replicating it so others can do that task with good performance measures, improvement goals and other things is a more advanced skill that fewer people know how to do. Dashboards allow managers to use "Management By Exception" (MBE), as well as Management By Objective (MBO). MBE is an appropriate style of management for both senior people and mature processes that have been reduced to certain performance metrics. It is the responsibility of every manager to move people and processes up this maturity scale. Our video training includes management best practices modules that will allow your managers to use more advanced management techniques that 93% of managers do not know. These are guaranteed to enhance your company's performance.
AirTight Management's proprietary Dashboard System and templates are used to create a high level company wide dashboard, as well as a dashboard for each department. This enables constant improvement, better projections and enhanced quality over time. We can design dashboards that will very rapidly improve your company. We will also help you implement the proper procedures and processes until these dashboards are effective. This can be done very economically remotely. We will interview the department heads remotely and combine this with our on-demand Video Training Library (VTL). Alternately we can come on site to hand-hold everyone through the change process and then guarantee results. On-site is recommended for companies over about 30 employees because more change management is needed.
Tip #2: Focus on the business and the right numbers to watch, not the software. Dashboard design is an art and where the magic happens. Don't let software people do the design work as it requires vast business experience and understanding of management and psychology.
<== Watch this short video introduction to our Dashboards and Metrics System of AirTight Management's full framework.
Dashboards is one of the quickest and easiest Systems to implement for fast impact on a business. This also requires some management training to work well.
We include several short courses to ease implementation of dashboards into your firm.
The key and magic is in the design and proper training of your team. We also certify professional consultants and coaches to design, train and implement dashboards correctly for maximum business impact.
We have introductory, intermediate, advanced and expert level dashboard courses for all levels of employees. On-demand video is used for consistent, effective and low cost training delivery, and optional certification. Video training modules are available 24/7/365 on any standard browser or device (i.e. PC, tablet or smartphone). We can train and certify employees, managers and individuals to do just what they need to - or create an in-house "owner" and expert for your company to develop and maintain these critical tools. Green Belt certifications are for end-users and more advanced belts are for managers and executives responsible for designing and improving your company's performance.
For the best and quickest results and lowest risk we recommend you use our experts to design your dashboards at the corporate and departmental levels. We are very, very good at this and do it quickly too because our experts have done this for over 20 years. Done right these dashboards will impact your business quickly and change how you think about it too. We can design all corporate and departmental dashboards in as little as a week but recommend two weeks to allow for a week of training for your team. You will be amazed how much leverage you can get running a business by the numbers.
Tip #3: There are four categories of numbers that need to be used in every dashboard to make it effective.
If you do not have all four, balanced, the dashboard and metrics will not work well and can even cause harm. Call us to learn about those categories.
What is the Key Goal of a Dashboard?
What are the Benefits of a Well Design Dashboard?
Who should NOT Design a Dashboard?
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2018 Range Rover Velar: Two touch screens too many?
Powertrain: 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder diesel mated to an 8-speed automatic powering all wheels.
New for 2018, the Range Rover Velar enters a field flooded with luxury crossovers. Like so many overlooked middle children, it's challenging to tell where Velar fits even within the Rover family.
The fourth crossover sibling in the more luxurious Range Rover lineage is slightly larger than Land Rover's Discovery Sport, yet falls in line between the compact Evoque and midsize Sport. So how does it stand out?
With not one but two touch screens.
If you're screen-averse like me it's not as bad as Touch Pro Duo sounds; if you prefer the smartwatch look of touch and swipe over the paneled basements known as buttons and dials, then prepare to be impressed.
Assuming you have the right gloves, of course.
The Velar is a technology showcase indicating the new double-screen direction of Jaguar Land Rover's modernized cabins. The stacked 10-inch-wide screens blend into the dash materials, looking like glossy black finishes until the car is started and the panels illuminate. Unlike Volvo's tablet-sized do-it-all screen, these twin screens have separate functions. The upper panel tilts out of the center stack for navigation, backup camera, media, apps and such. The lower panel takes over all climate, seat, and drive mode settings. There are no dials in the console, no buttons on the stack. It's all very clean and uncluttered.
There are two climate dials on the lower panel to adjust temps and the intensity of the heated and massaging seat functions. A menu at the top switches between climate, seats and vehicle settings, with corresponding touch-sensitive buttons. Over the course of our week with the tester, we never got familiar enough with the layout to operate it without looking down, so in that sense it's a little more distracting than the control dial used by German luxury makes.
In subzero temps, we had the wrong gloves.
Fortunately, most of the media, navigation and phone commands can be accessed through the redundant steering wheel controls. The instrument panel is another screen, in this case a customizable 12.3-inch-wide display featuring the traditional analog tach and speedo, or it can blow up the map view, or switch to one-dial display with an info panel. Techies will appreciate how Range Rover has set phasers to stun.
There's plenty to play with, and the spartan design matches the exterior.
Velar leans more to the sporty side of things than the SUV side. The long wheelbase and 21-inch wheels on the HSE trim give it athletic proportions, wide and low, with a long nose and short front overhang. The belt line rises as the roof line lowers, so the integrated rear spoiler and dual twin exhaust pipes make it appear from the rear more hatch than SUV. Overall, it looks Range Rover sleek, which distinguishes the brand from that homogenous field. The deployable door handles, which retract into the body when the doors are locked or at speeds over 5 mph, enhance the sophisticated stance.
With the 2018 XC60 plug-in hybrid crossover, Volvo has demonstrated that it is a luxury brand at the vanguard of electrification.
The low coupelike roofline limits rear and side visibility, and lowering the seat to its lowest position opens up headroom. Otherwise, it can be a tight fit up front. If you like to feel like you're riding high, this is not the crossover for you. Cargo room is ample.
Range Rover might be the only brand that can bring diesel engines back from the scandal-plagued recent past into efficient powertrain relevance. The turbocharged four-cylinder engine on the tester was so quiet on the inside we didn't know it was diesel until we checked the highway fuel economy of 32 mpg. It's noticeable on the outside, but is more of a tick than a diesel knock. Don't let the 180-horsepower rating fool you into thinking it's underpowered; the 317 pound-feet of torque paired with the smooth shifting eight-speed automatic transmission powering all four wheels never lacked motivation. There are more powerful V-6 offerings for Velar but the turbo four-cylinder diesel and its EPA-estimated 28 mpg combined is an impressive balance of efficiency and punch.
The challenge in these crossover-crazy times is to stand out, subtly. Velar is sophisticated and technologically advanced, though I'm not sure much of it is needed. But when did need ever matter much to luxury?
New for 2018, Range Rover Velar luxury midsize crossover is powered by a turbocharged four-cylinder diesel engine in a sleek sophisticated design featuring twin touch screens in the cabin. Pictured in Morton Grove, Ill., December 22, 2017.


I definitely prefer a cooler pool. Ideally I think it would be about 79-80 for training.
We have an unusual alliance with our water aerobics folks. Where I swim there are two pools, the indoor 25 yard pool that's usually about 83 and a year-round heated outdoor pool that's mostly for goofing off but that does have an area that's good for water aerobics. It's kept much warmer than the indoor pool even in the winter. The swimmers would rather the water exercise folks be outside and the water exercise folks would rather be outside so we are allied against the guards who want to close that pool when the air temperature drops below 60. Put on a sweatshirt, kids!
I prefer the colder pools. At my old club, there was a battle between the high school gym teachers and the swim coaches (both Masters and USA). The pool would routinely be around 84-86 degrees and had reached as high as 88. Once school let out in the beginning of June, they turned the heaters off completely. When the temps hit around 75, I was in swim heaven. I could still tolerate the 70 degree water, however I think I was the only one who could. at 70 degrees, I could feel my muscles wanting to tighten up. Long story short, I much prefer the colder water...75-80 degrees would be ideal.
The pool I train in claims the water is kept at 85. If you're used to 80 this seems very warm, but you will adapt. You just need to keep hydrated. After training in this pool for a few years I think it's actually good to train in a slightly warmer pool. If you find yourself in a meet with warmer water you'll be used to it where other swimmers may not be. I also haven't noticed a problem in cold water swims. I've done open waters in water under 70 degrees without any problems.
I also find this to be true. I swim in a pool at the Y that is about 84 degrees, and at the meet last weekend that I swam in, the pool was 81-82. Great for me, but not so great if you're used to training in a 79 degree pool, right? I agree that the warmer water practice temps may be more advantageous when it comes to competitions.
The pool where my team trains is usually kept around 78F. It feels chilly to first get in, but after 200-300, I feel nice and warm.
Due to a diving competition, the water temp was raised up to about 85 last Friday, and everyone noticed the difference. It was harder to swim as fast and we needed more rest between sets. At least our pool is outside, and this time of year the morning air temp is in the mid-50s, so all we had to do was sit out on deck to cool off.
In the summer, our pool water will warm up to mid/upper 80s. It happens gradually over a few weeks, so usually isn't too horrible. As with this past weekend, the coach will adjust our intervals a bit more generous, give more rest between sets, etc. They do use aerators to help cool the pool, but when overnight lows are 90, there isn't much that can be done.
The heater at the pool I work out in routinely breaks and we often swim in 74F water... it's brisk and doable.. the water aerobics people rely on us to "heat it up" before they get in.. and they're such troopers to do that in 74F water.. but they're as dedicated as the rest of us.
I prefer pools in 65 to 75, depending on the intensity of the training.


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The ceremony of raising the Ukrainian flag took place on Sofiivska Square to the sounds of the orchestra.
August 23, on Sofiivska Square in Kyiv a solemn ceremony of raising the national flag took place. The ceremony was attended by the Head of the National Security and Defense Council Oleksandr Turchynov, Verkhovna Rada Speaker Andrei Parubiy, the full Cabinet of Ministers headed by Vladimir Groisman, the Heads of the General Staff and the National Guard of Ukraine, as well as the Head of the Kyiv City State Administration Vladimir Klichko.
After raising the national flag, the President of Ukraine stressed that a lot of Ukrainian people perished for this symbol.
"Today we raise our national flag and bow our heads to those who gave their lives for its heavenly golden color, for glory, for the people," Petro Poroshenko said after the flag was raised.
The President said that on August 24, on the Independence Day of Ukraine, during the parade, the banner of the first Ukrainian regiment named after Bogdan Khmelnytsky and the combat flag of the 3rd Infantry Zalizna Division of the Ukrainian People's Army will be raised.
In his speech, Poroshenko noted the importance of consolidating political forces for the sake of national interests of the country faced with external aggression.
"Unfortunately, due to egoism or blindness, some politicians are unable to discern the fact that in the conditions of external aggression particular red lines exist that must not be crossed," the Ukrainian President said.
Poroshenko also assured that Ukraine would do everything possible to become a member of the European Union and NATO.
"Working persistently we will approach those days when, in perspective, Ukraine will become both an EU member and a NATO member," he said.