Violet Township firefighters are dedicated to the well-being of more than just township residents.
They also place a high priority on taking care of their own – and when Dave Woodward, a firefighter and medic with 24 years of history in the Violet Township Fire Department, learned he had bladder cancer, the rest of the firehouse came together to support him.
Woodward, a resident of Duncan Falls – in Muskingum County, near Zanesville – was diagnosed Aug. 6.
He has been on light duty since then, allowing him to work whatever hours he can work comfortably. Firefighters on light duty can go out to scenes, but cannot do heavy work there.
"It's a lot of office work," Woodward says.
To support their colleague, the township firefighters made and sold T-shirts with the "Woody Strong" logo on them, "Woody" being Woodward's nickname. They also put the logo on their trucks as part of an effort to educate the public.
For the last few years, the department has dedicated the month of October to a fundraising campaign, including wearing pink T-shirts to support breast cancer awareness efforts. "Woody Strong" was a perfect choice for this year's campaign, says Fire Chief John Eisel.
Woodward got the benefit of the dollars raised by T-shirt sales, as well as the benefit of a collection taken up by the Reynoldsburg Police Department. Some of the fire department's jurisdiction is also under the jurisdiction of Reynoldsburg police, and one of the department's fire stations is in Reynoldsburg.
He's also been accompanied to each of his doctor's appointments by either Eisel or one of the department's assistant chiefs. That's a big help because having an extra pair of ears at appointments makes it easier to retain information, Woodward says, especially when that pair of ears has medical training as assistant chief Mike Little, a registered nurse, does.
Phone calls, text messages and other expressions of support have added to Woodward's motivation.
The department also reached out to the Firefighter Cancer Support Network to learn more and obtain educational materials. Firefighters' cancer rates are higher than those of the average person, Eisel says, and the network is working hard to determine the causes, be they smoke, toxic chemicals or other factors.
The network also makes recommendations to cut down on risks, such as leaving breathing masks on longer and carrying disinfecting wipes on fire trucks. The department just had posters made to remind firefighters of those safety steps.
"If we can learn from it and make it better for us or better for other departments, then this is a golden opportunity," says Woodward.
The department is a family, Eisel says, with many firefighters spending as much time with their colleagues as at home. The firefighters treat one another accordingly, he says, and as such, they are committed to helping Woodward and his loved ones.
"There's not a better group that comes together and excels in times of need," says Eisel.
The crew has built decks, repaired homes, helped people move and more as part of its team spirit, Eisel says.
Woodward has been working for fire departments since 1976, when he joined the fire department in Muskingum County's Harrison Township as a volunteer. He also worked as a medic for the Malta & McConnelsville Fire Department in Morgan County.
For 23 of his 24 years in Violet Township, Woodward has also been an instructor at the Ohio Fire Academy in Reynoldsburg, specializing in pump operations and hydraulics.
Woodward has undergone four rounds of chemotherapy, and an operation to remove his bladder was expected to take place in mid-January. Scans have not shown any issues outside the bladder, he says, so prospects may be good if the surgery goes well.
Woodward is married with five grown children.
Garth Bishop is editor of Pickerington Magazine. Feedback welcome at gbishop@cityscenemediagroup.com.


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Grade Appeal Process - University College
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Grade Appeal Process and Documentation for University College Courses
Any student who seeks to resolve a grievance of a course grade is referred to the Academic Rules and Regulations § 8.4.6 (approved by the University Senate) as well as the rules of University College, which can be found in this document below. This document is intended to guide you through the various steps in the grade appeal process and help you provide appropriate documentation. If you have questions or need additional help, please contact Darlene Carelli, Assistant to the Associate Dean, dkcarell@syr.edu at Room 403H, University College, 700 University Ave.
Step 1: Determine that your grievance meets the requirements for an appeal. §8.4.6(2) provides that "[a] course grade is based on the instructor's professional assessment of the academic quality of the student's performance on a body of work. Such assessments are non-negotiable, and disputes about them do not constitute valid grounds for appeal." Examples of valid grounds for appeal include, for example, when an instructor "fails to provide or implement uniform and consistent standards" or "bases an assessment on criteria other than academic performance."
Step 2: Develop a clear statement, in writing, of the reason(s) you think your grade should be changed and collect any supporting materials you want reviewed. Developing a clear written statement and compiling all supporting materials will ensure that all the reasons you have will be addressed. Your appeal going forward will be limited to the valid reasons you raise at this time and the supporting materials you compile, and you will only be able to appeal your grade once, so be sure that your statement and supporting materials are complete.
Step 3a: Meet with the instructor and discuss the reason(s) you think your grade should be changed. Provide the instructor with your written statement of the reasons your grade should be changed and supporting materials prior to or at your meeting with her/him. This written statement and supporting materials will help guide the conversation and allow the instructor to address all of the issues you raise. Document the date on which you met with the instructor, what you told the instructor, and the instructor's response. If the instructor gives you a written response, include that response with your documentation.
Step 3b: In some cases, the class instructor (e.g., a graduate teaching assistant) will have a supervisor in charge of the course. If you are not able to resolve your grade dispute with the instructor of record, the next level of appeal is to the person in charge of the instructor. This may be a faculty member who is in charge of the course or the coordinator of the program. This appeal must be in writing, and your appeal may be submitted electronically. If you do not know who supervises the instructor, please consult Darlene Carelli, dkcarell@syr.edu, 315-443-7991 for this information. Remember that only the reasons you raised with the course instructor will be considered. If you are given a written response, include that response with your documentation.
Step 4: If your appeal in Step 3 was not resolved to your satisfaction, your next appeal is to the department chair. This appeal must be in writing, and your appeal may be submitted electronically. If you do not know who the department chair is, please consult Darlene Carelli, dkcarell@syr.edu, 315-443-7991 for this information. Note that if the grade in dispute is in an SU Abroad course, the Center Director is the department chair for purposes of this policy. Remember that the department chair may only consider the reasons you raised with the course instructor. Be sure to explain clearly why you believe that the instructor and, where required, the supervisor in charge of the course was incorrect in determining that your grade should not be changed. The department chair will respond to your appeal in writing. Include her/his decision in your documentation.
Step 5: If your appeal to the department chair was not resolved to your satisfaction, your next appeal is to the dean. This appeal must be in writing, and your appeal may be submitted electronically to Darlene Carelli, Assistant to the Associate Dean, dkcarell@syr.edu at Room 403H, University College, 700 University Ave. Present documentation of each step in the appeal process to Darlene Carelli for transmittal to the dean, and explain why you believe the department chair was incorrect in denying your appeal. The dean will respond to your appeal in writing. Include her/his decision in your documentation.
Step 6: If your appeal to the dean does not result in a decision on which both you and the instructor agree, your final appeal is to University College grade appeal panel*. Present all the documentation connected to your appeal's history, including all of the materials generated, decisions made, and the timeline to Darlene Carelli, Assistant to the Associate Dean, dkcarell@syr.edu at Room 403H, University College, 700 University Ave. for transmittal to the chair of the course grade appeal panel. The decision of University College course grade appeal panel on whether a grade should be changed is final. The only grounds for any further review is on the basis of procedural irregularities, in which case the student or the instructor of record may appeal to the Senate Committee on Instruction, detailing the procedural irregularity that occurred. The Senate Committee on Instruction will not review the merits of the grade dispute; its decision is limited to either finding that there was no procedural irregularity or requiring that the procedure start again at the level where the procedural irregularity occurred.
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DO-IT Scholars Anna and Lloyd work on an Internet project.
As the holidays approach, I have noticed a glut of ads touting the joys of one type of computer over another or the delights of this software over the competitor's version. All of this emphasizes that technology is an important part of American culture.
This technology invasion is most evident when we look at how kids are learning. San Jose Mercury News columnist Joanne Jacobs writes, "Teachers won't be information-givers. Databases do it better. Instead, they'll help learners navigate oceans of data and search for pearls. This is known as going from the 'sage on the stage to the guide on the side.'" Professors and graduate students at the DO-IT Summer Program seemed to make the transition easily as they guided the talented group of high school DO-IT Scholars.
These kids proved that they were on the cutting edge of technology use. Not only did they use adaptive hardware and software to compensate for disabilities, but they made use of the Internet to tailor their own learning experiences. Students learn at their own pace and discover that a computer is not only patient, but able to jump to new subjects quite easily. Many applications also provide immediate feedback helping the student find and correct errors as they are made.
DO-IT Scholars participate in a weekly discussion group via the Internet and one team set up and monitors a bulletin board. Electronic-mail has proved to be one of the most useful tools in our computerized toolbox. Staff and students ask questions, forward interesting news tidbits, answer questions, set up tours, conduct interviews and just keep in touch by tapping messages on assorted keyboards.
Nadira, one of the DO-IT Scholars, managed to keep in touch with the DO-IT gang during her stay at Children's Hospital & Medical Center in September. Dan Comden, our adaptive technology consultant, worked with mentor and CHMC staffer Michael Herbert to set Nadira up with a portable system, modem and phone line so she could continue communicating with her DO-IT friends. Having the system helped her fill the hours during a difficult time.
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The team here at Mahwah Honda shares many values with the Honda family: quality, performance, style, comfort, and the list goes on. Another area where we agree no compromises should be made is in safety, and Honda continues to offer the most advanced features in automotive safety on the market. Take a look at the latest innovations to keep you and your passengers safe out on the roads.
Advanced Front Airbags (i-SRS): These airbags can deploy to different levels depending on the severity of the impact, ensuring optimal protection and reducing airbag-inflicted injuries.
SmartVent® Front Side Airbags: These airbags protect occupants in the event of impacts to the side of the vehicle, and they can vent before fully inflating, decreasing the likelihood of an airbag-related injury.
Side Curtain Airbags with Rollover Sensor: Sometimes accidents don't take the form of direct collisions. In the event of a rollover, these side curtain airbags can deploy to protect occupants from ejection.
3-Point Seat Belts with Automatic Tensioning System: In the event of a collision, these "smart" belts sync with the i-SRS airbags to automatically adjust tension, increasing the effectiveness of the airbag deployment.
Advanced Compatibility Engineering™ (ACE™) Body Structure: This Honda-exclusive body design uses a network of front frame structures to absorb and deflect the energy from a frontal collision, reducing the force transferred to the cabin (video below).
Your modern automobile from Honda also offers a suite of semi-autonomous active safety features that are always at work while you drive. The brand-exclusive Honda Sensing® suite uses input from the vehicle's external cameras and sensors to virtually "see" the road and detect potential hazards in all directions. The vehicle's onboard computer analyzes the input with an advanced algorithm to determine how to react in fractions of a second. Some of these will respond with audible and visual warnings, and some of these can even take control of the vehicle to avoid collisions before the driver has time to react.
Auto High Beam Headlights: When the high beams are activated, your vehicle will use a front-facing camera to sense oncoming traffic and temporarily dim the headlights until the oncoming traffic passes.
Rain-Sensing Windshield Wipers: Automatically adjusts wiper speed to match the severity of the rainfall detected on the windshield.
It can be risky out there on the roads, but these latest safety features from Honda are committed to keeping you and your most precious cargo safe while you travel. To learn more about these and all of the other state-of-the-art features you can enjoy in any one of our new models, visit the Mahwah Honda showroom at 345 Route 17, Mahwah, NJ 07430 or contact a member of our sales team online.
1 CMBS cannot detect all objects ahead and may not detect a given object; accuracy will vary based on weather, speed and other factors. System operation affected by extreme interior heat. System designed to mitigate crash forces. Driver remains responsible for safely operating vehicle and avoiding collisions.
2 Road Departure Mitigation only alerts drivers when lane drift is detected without a turn signal in use and can apply mild steering torque to assist driver in maintaining proper lane position and/or brake pressure to slow the vehicle's departure from a detected lane. RDM may not detect all lane markings or lane departures; accuracy will vary based on weather, speed and road condition. System operation affected by extreme interior heat. Driver remains responsible for safely operating vehicle and avoiding collisions.
3 ACC cannot detect all objects ahead and may not detect a given object; accuracy will vary based on weather, speed and other factors. ACC should not be used in heavy traffic, poor weather or on winding roads. Driver remains responsible for safely operating vehicle and avoiding collisions.
4 The system is not a substitute for your own visual assessment before changing lanes. BSI may not detect all objects behind or to the side of a vehicle and may not detect a given object; system accuracy will vary based on weather, size of object and speed. Driver remains responsible for safely operating vehicle and avoiding collisions.


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The Role of Financial Services in Building Household Resilience
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The primary theory of change for the microfinance industry has historically been one in which access to and use of formal financial services reduces household poverty. Newer theories of change suggest that the use of financial services for poor households results in resiliency. In effect, financial services help households anticipate, adapt to, and/or recover from the effects of shocks in a manner that protects their livelihoods, reduces chronic vulnerability, and facilitates growth.
To fill some of the gaps in knowledge about how financial services contribute to household resilience, CGAP engaged Freedom from Hunger to conduct a research project with two of its partners in rural Burkina Faso: le Réseau des Caisses Populaires du Burkina Faso (RCPB), a credit union that provides formal financial services, and the Office de Développement des Églises Évangéliques, a nongovernmental organization (NGO) that facilitates savings groups. The research agenda was designed to answer two research questions:
What strategies do poor households employ to manage economic, environmental, and health shocks that disrupt their financial lives?
What roles do formal, nonformal, and informal financial products play in improving household resiliency and building assets?
Four research methods were used to answer these questions: (1) a formative research exercise conducted with both men and women, (2) 10 "resilience" diary surveys with 46 women over a seven-month period, (3) an economic game conducted with 400 women, and (4) a wrapup qualitative assessment including focus groups and key informant interviews with partner staff.
The research revealed that the most common shocks households faced, in descending order, were illness/injury, death of family members, livestock loss, and poor harvest. To cope with these shocks, households primarily relied on savings held at home, reduced their food consumption, and sold grain and livestock. Borrowing from financial institutions, family, and friends was less preferred. Households frequently used negative coping mechanisms, such as reducing food consumption and selling grain, which would likely result in long-term negative developmental consequences.
The preferred coping mechanisms were different from the ones frequently used: selling small livestock ranked first, followed by borrowing from a savings group, reducing food consumption, using savings, borrowing from family and friends, and selling grain. Purchasing on credit was not a preferred method for coping with any of the shocks.
The two most important factors that determined whether a mechanism was used to cope with shocks were its availability and timeliness. Did the resource or mechanism exist and how quickly could it be accessed? The following features were mentioned but were considered relatively less important: reliability, effectiveness, preventing a family from being worse off (avoiding aggravated food insecurity, the early sale of livestock, or acquiring unmanageable debt), preserving family honor and privacy, and flexibility. Informal financial services played a larger role than formal services in helping households cope with shocks.
Overall, the demand for financial services to anticipate and cope with shocks appears widely unmet. For financial services to help the poor build resilience, they need to be designed to provide vulnerable households with more viable options. The research yielded the following recommendations for designing products and services aimed at improving resiliency:
Design financial products with features that matter most for coping with shocks: timeliness of payout and availability of the product.
For a very food insecure population, design and offer financial products with the goal of the population consuming more and better food. Food security should be an explicit, not an implicit, goal of any product designed to improve resiliency.
Incorporate a gender analysis in market research that allows women to speak freely about the challenges they encounter with all current and potential products.
Develop more products and mechanisms that help households increase their savings. Savings, for this population, was the preferred coping mechanism and most used (whether in the form of livestock or cash) to anticipate and respond to shocks.
Develop financial products designed to address specific shocks (not all shocks are considered equal). Shock-specific products, such as health savings and loan products could help the poor build resilience to shocks and reduce long-term costs.
For highly food-insecure contexts, financial service providers (FSPs) may need to partner with NGOs, such as those offering ultra-poor programs or other support programs (such as health and business and financial education services), to help clients make effective use of financial services.
Financial services can and should play a role in helping women and their households build resilience. But building resilience should be treated as an intentional goal. This may require a shift in focus for some FSPs. Clients need financial and nonfinancial services that help them mitigate risk, lessen the severity of trade-offs, and avoid long-term adverse developmental consequences. Recommendations from this study can be applied to financial service design in a way that increases access and use of financial services for the poor while also making business sense for providers.
Resilience and Health Shocks
Based upon the findings of a field experiment conducted in rural Burkina Faso, this working paper suggests that health savings accounts and health loans have the potential to help the poor better manage health shocks and build resilience.
How Do You Know "Resilience" When You See It?
The findings presented in this working paper are based upon research conducted in Burkina Faso. They provide unique insights into the set of factors, if reinforced by financial institutions and development practitioners, that are likely to strengthen household resilience.
Designing Financial Services to Respond to Household Shocks
This case study from Burkina Faso highlights key findings from the CGAP resilience research that can help guide further thinking about how to best design financial products for anticipating and covering health shock expenses.
Topic: Customers
Tag: Products, Sub-Saharan Africa, Burkina Faso
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Publication 03 October 2018
A Digital Credit Revolution: Insights from Borrowers in Kenya and Tanzania
To identify who is using digital credit, the purposes for which it is used, and the risks borrowers experience, CGAP, FSD Kenya, and FSD Tanzania undertook the first large-scale surveys dedicated to these topics.
Publication 21 August 2018
Using Satellite Data to Scale Smallholder Agricultural Insurance
Smallholder families that use agricultural insurance can increase investments in more productive farming and nonfarming ventures as they feel more confident in managing related risks. However, significantly scaling the use of agricultural insurance among smallholders has been difficult in many parts of the world, especially in Africa.
Publication 20 June 2018
Building Inclusive Payment Ecosystems in Tanzania and Ghana
Across Sub-Saharan Africa, new success stories are playing out, yet little is understood about the approaches many countries in the region have taken to develop inclusive payment ecosystems. CGAP set out to examine pathways to inclusive payment ecosystems in two Sub-Saharan African countries, Tanzania and Ghana, to learn from their experiences.


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Justice League Dark: Apokolips War Review
Brandon AveryAction, Adventure, Animation, Comic Book, Fantasy, War May 5, 2020
A poorly executed attack on Apokolips results in the deaths of many of DC's heroes and Darkseid successfully conquering the earth. Now the remaining heroes must regroup and consider a new strategy in order to take their planet back from the intergalactic tyrant.
Being the sequel to Justice League Dark (2017), Justice League Dark: Apokolips War is the final chapter in the latest of DC Animated films from Warner Bros Animation. All of the heroes from the Justice League, Justice League Dark, The Teen Titans, and the Suicide Squad team up in an all-out battle to save the galaxy from the evil cosmic terrorist Darkseid.
What stands out within this film is the unfamiliar territory that it explores. It's nothing like what has come before in terms of engaging the heroes. It has always been safe to assume that the good guys will always triumph in the end, but this film presents a new challenge that may not deliver that expected outcome. Being a superhero comic book fan myself, I have nothing but respect for this approach. This time around I had no idea how things would conclude, but I'll go ahead and say that I was at the very least satisfied.
The film is full of characters who have been known for decades. So it's a breath of fresh air to see them struggling at rock bottom, barely clinging on. This delivers a level of tension that I wasn't aware could exist in this type of content. Does Superman still have a good heart? Is he as rational as he's been in the past? How does he handle his emotions during times like these? These are all questions that the film asks, and the answers it provides is quite entertaining.
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Another highlight in the film is its R rating. This is somewhat of a new take, and it's well warranted during a multi-planetary war of death and destruction. When you have characters like King Shark, whose signature moves include biting off evil doers' heads and limbs, it would be difficult to execute without a rating allowing you to show those moves. And like always, you will get your fair share of Superman, Batman, and a few other core characters; but it's the else world personalities that they're tied to that makes this a special surprise.
When it comes to the action it was decent at best, and being honest past DC Animated films have far exceeded the attempts that were put together here. This leads me to the aspects of this movie that I didn't care for too much. With this being one and a half hours, the runtime could've been stretched out much more. While it is filled with characters from all of the previous films, too many of them didn't have any dialogue at all, and some had only two seconds of screen time. This is extremely disappointing and makes me feel as if the film was rushed. Why a decision like this was made to conclude a multi-film arc story is beyond me.
Also, when it comes to the characters' abilities and powers, who they're able to defeat in battle came off as convenient at times. It is a bit of a stretch for some heroes, who are thrashed at the beginning of the film, to be able to hoald their own towards the end with a simple weapon upgrade.
Then again, some audience members may prefer to have a weak beginning in a film and conclude with a strong ending, rather than the opposite; and I can say that the ending of this film is perfect! I was actually overjoyed. It was bold, daring, and a bit shocking that the writers would take it there. While I do have my complaints about this film, I do respect some of the decisions that were made, especially when it came to all the death and destruction. It also leaves things open to start a new set of films, or just to leave it as is. So, while this isn't the best DC Animated film, and I still wanted more, it's still able to get the job done and wrap up an epic battle royal of good vs. evil that has entertained thousands of fans over the past decade.
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In the coming year cycle you will look back at your life as a whole and start to make plans looking forward. You will take care of loose ends, and will be wise to finish projects which have been lingering, so that you can make room for the future to come through. You will need the help of a friend or partner to assist you in preparing for the future. Relationships will rule the year as you will have to adjust to others in your life. Be flexible and ready to make necessary changes in order to accommodate others in your life.
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Michael Vick is without symptoms three days after suffering a concussion.
If only the Eagles could say the same thing about their linebacking corps three days after none of them sustained any head injuries.
On a day when the Eagles unveiled the latest array in an endless loop of linebacker personnel shifts, they also clung firmly to the hope that Vick will be able to take the field Sunday afternoon for their home opener against the New York Giants.
Vick was knocked out of last Sunday's 35-31 loss to the Atlanta Falcons when his head banged off the shoulder pads of teammate Todd Herremans as he was being taken down after releasing a pass.
Vick still has neck and jaw soreness, but no more concussion symptoms, according to trainer Rick Burkholder, who nevertheless held Vick out of Wednesday afternoon's practice after allowing him to participate in the morning walk-through.
Though Vick's fast recovery would seem to put him on pace for a rare (but not unprecedented) return to the field just one week after sustaining a concussion, Burkholder wasn't ready to make that proclamation yet. In fact, he wasn't even ready to send him off to an independent neurologist — the final step NFL teams must take to get clearance, based on recent rigid guidelines established by the league.
"Just know this: that everybody in the league has to go through this process," Burkholder said. "It's part of the new concussion protocols and everything we're all dealing with. There's guys that get to certain points and then have a setback, and there's people who sail through it, so you can't predict. We're not trying to hide anything, we can't predict, it's not fair.
"Symptoms-wise, he's OK. I'd like to do just a little bit better and challenge him a little bit more exercise-wise before I send him [to the neurologist]. That's why I haven't sent him yet."
If Vick, who was unavailable for comment Wednesday, can't return in time for the Giants, it's unclear whether the team would turn to Mike Kafka, who finished up Sunday night, or backup Vince Young, who's been inactive the first two weeks with a hamstring injury.
Young was able to fully participate in practice for the first time on Wednesday since suffering that injury in the final preseason game. But coach Andy Reid said he wasn't sure how ready Young would be to leap back in this weekend.
"We've just got to see how he goes through this week and where he's at physically," Reid said. "I'm not going to put either of those two in jeopardy if they're not physically there, I would never do that."
One thing is for sure: the confidence Reid has in both reserve quarterbacks extends to the locker room.
"Throughout the preseason, all three quarterbacks instilled confidence in us," said left guard Evan Mathis, who spent most of his time in the preseason working with the backups, until getting promoted to starter right at the end of camp. "There's not a lot of teams in the league that have as much talent or are three-deep at the quarterback position like us. I have all the confidence in the world in [Young and Kafka].
"At Pitsburgh, going up and down the field with Kafka, he commanded the huddle, controlled the tempo of the game and just hit his receivers on every throw."
Unfortunately, the Eagles are not yet able to say the same thing about any of their starting linebackers, who played at times on Sunday as if they were in a daze — when they weren't getting overpowered in the run game.
That's why the coaches decided to rotate all three to new spots. Rookie Casey Matthews was shifted from the middle to the weak side, Moise Fokou went from the weak side to the strong side and Jamar Chaney moved from the strong side to the middle, a spot he played brilliantly after stepping in for injured former starter Stewart Bradley last season.
"I like the change," Chaney said. "I'm down for everything that [defensive coordinator] Juan [Castillo] and Coach Reid are doing."
Chaney did admit to being surprised by the moves but said everyone was taking them in stride.
"Out at practice today, [Matthews said] he's already starting to like the new position," Chaney said. "With the WILL, he doesn't have to worry about making the calls or anything like that. And he did a good job with that. Out of all the rookie linebackers in the league, he probably had the most pressure and responsibility on him, so I think he did a pretty good job."
Also held out of practice Wednesday were defensive ends Juqua Parker (ankle) and Darryl Tapp (pectoral tear).
"It's getting better," said Tapp, who sat out Sunday night's loss. "We'll see how it goes. Just keep pushing."
Reid is not particularly worried about how the rotation might set up if Tapp and Parker are unable to go, because defensive tackle Cullen Jenkins can play outside too.
Jenkins was fined $15,000 for a helmet-to-helmet hit he put on Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan while sacking him on Sunday night. No penalty was called, but the illegal hit was clear on replays.
"There was a guy grabbing, holding onto my leg and stuff," Jenkins said, "and you're fighting and clawing, trying to get to the quarterback and really doing what you're supposed to do, and you're getting pulled and this and that being done to you and you're like, `man, I just want to make sure I get him down.' "


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OPINION: No mistake, it's a triumph for our city
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IN what was just another day for most towns and cities across the state of NSW yesterday, Newcastle celebrated a big vote of confidence in our future.
VOTE OF CONFIDENCE: Yesterday's budget announcements will help our beautiful city reach its potential.
The Newcastle CBD will undergo a long-awaited metamorphosis and a world-class future awaits us. It's time to make the most of the opportunities in front of us. It's time for the naysayers to leave the so-called "debate" surrounding the urban renewal of Newcastle and it's time for the overwhelming majority of people to step up and support the exciting future that this opportunity presents for us and for future generations.
Yesterday's NSW state budget, delivered by Treasurer Mike Baird, sent a strong message to the people of Newcastle, the Hunter and the state of NSW that our city does matter and it is poised for great things.
The announcement of $340 million in funding for the revitalisation of Newcastle is certainly welcome news. The funding is subject to the long-term lease of the Port of Newcastle and we look forward to the detail of that proposal and what it will mean for the future growth and diversification of the Port.
Make no mistake, the Port of Newcastle is the most important infrastructure asset in our region and deserves the opportunity to have its potential fully realised well into the future.
The Port of Newcastle is a highly significant player in the world coal export market. This is no secret to the people of the Hunter region and it is one of the key economic drivers for NSW and will continue to contribute strongly to the export growth of the nation. Yet most people are usually not aware of the highly diversified nature of our port. Numerous commodities are moved on a daily basis through our port and the work of the Newcastle Port Corporation to actively attract and grow investment in a range of commodities must be clearly recognised and commended.
The NSW government has indicated that the time is right to take the Port of Newcastle to the next stage of growth. It will be vital to ensure that the long-term lease process achieves the very best result for our region and our port.
The funding committed by government will be used to implement the first stage of a light rail service between Wickham and Newcastle with the potential for further investment in a wider light rail system to improve access in and around Newcastle and its surrounding centres.
We look forward to hearing more detail about the allocation of this funding and how it will be used to drive the development of a centre of activity in the city.
The Chamber has long advocated for the needs of our region and the Newcastle CBD. Building a city that is dynamic and vibrant and will attract people to the region is key to our region's continued success. The NSW Treasurer, Mike Baird, handed down his third state budget for the O'Farrell government and there can be no denying the strong focus and commitment to delivering infrastructure that will drive investment.
Like elsewhere around the state, business confidence in the Hunter is low and the region's appetite for economic stimulation and growth is stronger than ever.
This investment will go a long way towards realising the greater potential of our city and provide an effective transport solution that will deliver the necessary infrastructure to enable development and growth.
I am excited by the prospects this new initiative will deliver. Newcastle is the second largest city in NSW and this will put us firmly on the map in terms of our national prominence. It will unlock our city as a world-class place to live and do business.
In conjunction with other key pieces of the urban renewal puzzle, including the legal precinct and the university precinct, this major initiative will complete the work needed to bring about significant change and revitalisation to our city.
This state budget has recognised Newcastle as a city that will continue to deliver great things for NSW. If our city and region are to step up and deliver the goods, then we need the right framework for growth and investment.
This budget commitment of $340 million will combine with the funding of $120 million promised late last year to create a very real platform for delivery of a signature urban renewal project and a huge win for Newcastle and the Hunter.
Richard Anicich is the president of the Hunter Business Chamber.
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BUDGET: Art gallery revamp denied State cash
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THE $21 million Newcastle Art Gallery redevelopment will almost certainly collapse after failing to recieve any money in Tuesday's state budget.
A ''livid'' Newcastle MP Sharon Grierson said she expected the federal government will now revoke a $7 million grant for the expansion when the latest deadline expires on Thursday.
Doing so would leave the gallery with little money and at the rock bottom of Newcastle City Council's capital spending priorities.
The state government has suggested that Newcastle City Council could apply for an $80 million Royalties for Regions program that closes in October.
But Ms Grierson said the state was well aware of the latest federal government deadline, which has already been extended twice.
''That was the deal and they knew that,'' Ms Grierson said.
''We entered into good faith negotiations and I now have no faith in [state MP] Tim Owen.''
''It's absolutely outrageous and I am livid about the process. ''We won't get that money again.''
Even if the federal government was willing to grant another extension, the timing of the September election is problematic. The Commonwealth would want the issue resolved before going into caretaker mode in August.
The council failed to apply for the first round of the Royalties for Regions program.
Gallery chairman Robert Henderson said the suggestion that gallery funding could come from the program was ''a cynical attempt at shifting the blame for this shameful state of affairs on to the council''.
''Newcastle will look back with shame at this lost opportunity to enrich the cultural and economic life of the inner city'', Dr Henderson said.
The Art Gallery of NSW recieved $10.8 million in the state budget to plan for a future expansion.
''$430 million is available from the state budget to revitalise Newcastle and yet, once again, Newcastle misses out'', Dr Henderson said.
From left Ron Ramsey, Newcastle Region Gallery Director and Dr Robert Henderson Chairman Newcastle Art Gallery Foundation outside the gallery in December. Picture: Simone De Peak
BUDGET: Business upbeat over rail decision
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PEAK business and developer groups yesterday applauded the government's decision to seek a long-term lease for the Port of Newcastle to help revitalise the inner-city, including a light rail service.
Hunter Business Chamber president Richard Anicich said it was ''big dollars'' for a ''new Newcastle'' that was desperately needed.
''This is about reinventing Newcastle, providing a more effective transport system in and around the city and opening access to the harbour,'' Mr Anicich said.
He said the chamber had long argued for the preservation of the corridor for the use of light rail when funding was available and the budget decision sought to ''fast track the optimal solution''.
Hunter Development Corporation chairman Paul Broad said the additional $340million in CBD funding (stemming from an anticipated $700million windfall from the port lease) would allow the city to ''aim higher and get moving''.
"By lifting the funding commitment, the government has made it possible to consider light rail in the vision of a revitalised city centre,'' he said.
The Property Council of Australia's NSW regional director Andrew Fletcher said placing light rail as the centrepiece of the city's urban renewal strategy was a ''win-win'' for the city.
''Light rail is more compatible with the broader agenda for renewal and will ensure the debate around people being able to travel into the CBD ends today,'' he said.
Mr Fletcher praised Planning Minister Brad Hazzard's comment that the light rail decision would provide the ''potential basis'' for a wider light rail service linking the CBD with surrounding beaches and suburbs.
''Turbo-charging the transport solution will sustain the city for decades to come and make Newcastle a magnet for further investment.''
Alan Squire, head of lobby group Hunter Transport for Business Development, said that while it was a shame the light rail system was conditional on the lease deal, it was a step forward.
''It's exactly what we asked the government to do … and it needs to happen sooner than later,'' he said.
Labor's federal candidate for the seat of Newcastle, Sharon Claydon, slammed the government for ''short changing'' the Hunter.
"The Port of Newcastle contributes $70million a year to the NSW coffers [yet] Barry O'Farrell is happy to sell it off on a 99-year lease for 10 years worth of revenue,'' she said.
''Over 99 years our port could make $16billion for the state, but will be sold for just $700million.''
Mrs Claydon said the budget was devoid of sweeteners for the region.
"All we get from the selloff of the biggest coal port in the world is a one-kilometre tram line replacing a one-kilometre train line,'' she said.
"There is no money for the Newcastle art gallery, no money for the inner city bypass to be completed, no money for a new Tourle Street bridge.''
Hunter Business Chamber president Richard Anicich said the long term plan to lease the port and provide light rail was ''big dollars'' for a ''new Newcastle'' .
BUDGET: Health funds for disability care
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DISSATISFIED: NSW Nurses Association Hunter organiser Matt Byrne wants more money for staff in key departments. Picture: Max Mason-Hubers MORE than $17 million will be spent on dedicated Hunter health services in this year's state health budget but the biggest cash splash is sure to be $585 million for the launch of the National Disability Insurance Scheme in the region.
There were no surprises in the health pages of the budget, with previously announced plans for $6.8 million for planning a new hospital in the Coalfields and $4.5 million for a paediatric intensive care unit at John Hunter Hospital.
There are also funds for Muswellbrook emergency department refurbishment, the reopening of Bulahdelah Hospital as a medical centre and Raymond Terrace HealthOne.
Statewide, highlights in the budget included money for palliative care ($10 million), mental health, ($1.45 billion), oral health ($50 million), medical research ($51 million), more nurses and emergency departments.
There's also money for ambulance fleet replacement and ambulance service reforms.
NSW Health Minister Jillian Skinner said this year's record $19-billion health budget increased by 5.2 per cent compared to last year.
The most recent consumer price index for health was running at little over 7 per cent.
John Hunter Hospital's struggling emergency department is likely to benefit from $220 million across NSW to cope with increased health activity including emergency department attendances, intensive care and hospital admissions.
There's also $9.2 million across the state for 80 more clinical nurse/midwife specialists and educators, including $3 million for 30 new palliative care nurses across NSW.
Ms Skinner said she was pleased the budget recognised the importance of integrated care, such as those schemes at Bulahdelah and Raymond Terrace.
''Integrated care provides patients with options to avoid hospitalisation,'' she said.
''This is the future of modern healthcare systems.''
Disability Services Minister Andrew Constance said the state government was on the ''front foot'' with $585 million for the NDIS.
However, the funding is only a slight increase compared to what the state government would have spent on disability services in the region regardless.
''We were proud to be the first state to agree to the full funding of the NDIS with the federal government,'' Mr Constance said.
NSW Nurses Association Hunter organiser Matt Byrne said yesterday's budget contained only re-announcements and he was ''gutted'' to see no new funds to improve staffing levels in neonatal, paediatric, intensive care or emergency departments.
''The cuts to health jobs are well known but the equivalent staff enhancements are not known at all,'' he said.
''The state government said it has hired 4000 nurses into the system but can't tell us where they are.''
Tinkler calls Singapore home
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Embattled coal magnate Nathan Tinkler has quietly moved to set up a new company in tax haven Singapore as he continues efforts to sell assets in Australia.
The debt-laden former electrician has also moved to tighten his grip on his business in Singapore by tipping out the local director of his existing company, Bentley Resources, and taking control as sole director and shareholder.
He is also the sole director and shareholder of the new company in the Singaporean group, Bentley Resources Administration, which is a subsidiary of Bentley Resources.
A spokesman for Mr Tinkler declined to comment on the new Singaporean structure.
Singaporean company records show Mr Tinkler embarked on the restructure in late April, less than a fortnight after liquidators of his failed Australian company, Mulsanne Resources, said they planned to bring legal action against him for insolvent trading.
ASX-listed junior miner Blackwood Corporation forced Mulsanne into liquidation last year after Mulsanne failed to honour a deal to pay $28 million for a third of Blackwood.
However, that claim was settled for $12 million earlier this month, putting the liquidator's action against Mr Tinkler on ice.
Mr Tinkler has also recently settled lawsuits brought by the Tax Office and his former corporate adviser BKK Partners.
And he has moved to sell many of his Australian assets, including 466 horses, reportedly worth tens of millions of dollars, from his stud thoroughbred operation Patinack Farm and his $5.2 million country retreat near Brisbane. Mr Tinkler put the horses – about half of Patinack Farm's stock – on the market after failing to find a buyer willing to take the entire operation.
In March, under examination in the NSW Supreme Court, Mr Tinkler valued Patinack Farm at a minimum of $100 million, after debts were cleared. He told the court he had access to a family trust worth up to $1.4 billion – but only when given money by his wife, Rebecca.
His connection with Singapore began in March last year, when he set up Bentley Resources, and was strengthened three months later when he announced he was moving to the city state.
At the time, Mr Tinkler's spokesman said the miner "just wants to be closer to the markets, to Asia", and he remained committed to his Australian business interests and his rugby league team, the Newcastle Knights.
Singapore's top personal tax rate is 20 per cent, compared with a top marginal rate in Australia of 46.5 per cent, including the Medicare levy. In Singapore, companies are required to have a locally resident director, a role that at Bentley Resources was filled by an accountant at Tricor Group, Lee Wei Hsung. Mr Lee also owned the single share issued by Bentley Resources.
However, company documents show Mr Tinkler's immigration status changed some time before July 17 last year, when the Singaporean government issued him with a Foreign Identification Number. The number starts with the letter G, indicating Mr Tinkler was granted employment rights.
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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA —Each morning, on opposite sides of this city, two women wake up thinking about water.
For both Helen Moffett and Musa Baba, entire days are choreographed around the vital resource: Where they will get it. How long the line will be. If it will be safe. How little they can manage with and still get by.
Each morning Ms. Baba, a barista, picks her way down a sandy hillside crowded with tin shacks to the communal tap she shares with about 100 of her neighbors. When it's her turn, she fills a seven-gallon bucket, hoists it onto the top of her head, and carefully walks home, trying not to let too much slosh out into the powdery dust below. That water, after all, has a long day ahead of it. She'll use it first to wash herself and her kids, then chuck the same water back into a bucket to scrub her floors. Finally, she'll squeeze out the dregs from the mop, saving them to flush the toilet.
A year ago, Baba and Moffett had almost nothing in common, and in many ways, they still live in two different universes. Moffett lives in a manicured gated community flanked by mountains. Baba's house is two tin rooms she built herself that grip the side of a hill cluttered with other small shacks.
But these days, the two women, along with millions of others here, share a common preoccupation: how to save water. For Baba and many others, that's been a lifelong project of necessity. But for another population of Cape Town residents, including Moffett, it's part of a massive lifestyle pivot that has helped bring the city on the southwestern tip of South Africa back from the brink of the unthinkable.
As recently as March, Cape Town's government was instructing residents s to prepare for an imminent "Day Zero," when taps across most of the city would be shut off indefinitely.
Following three of the driest years in the city's recorded history, the growing water crisis earned Cape Town a dubious distinction: South Africa's tourist hub, newspaper headlines across the world blared, was about to become the first developed city in the world to completely run out of water.
But behind the scenes, a tectonic shift was under way. As the city bartered for water with local farmers and hustled to build desalination plants, its residents simply started using less water. A lot less.
And it has worked – at least for now. In March, the city government announced that if current water use patterns held and winter rains fell normally (still a big if), there would be no Day Zero this year.
That's because since 2016, using a combination of sticks and carrots to coax residents on board, the city has cut its water use by half. Its biggest customers now use 80 percent less. Today, every Capetonian is allowed just 13 gallons of municipal water per day – a little less than the amount it takes to flush a toilet four times. Use more, and the city reduces your pressure to a trickle, and your water bill can turn into a mortgage payment.
By comparison, during its infamous Millennium Drought of 1997 to 2009, Melbourne, Australia, also cut its water consumption by half, but it took 12 years, and at the end of it, residents were still guzzling 17 gallons a day. And between 2012 and 2016, parched California brought its home water use down 25 percent, to about 100 gallons per person per day.
Here in Cape Town, suburban residents have become connoisseurs of taking 90-second showers and then flushing their toilets with the water they collected while doing it. On popular water-saving Facebook groups, city residents debate the best way to wash their dog "off the grid" (bottled water, one woman suggests. Scrub him down with used bath water, offers another.) They swap the names of local companies that will sink a personal well in your backyard. Local police, meanwhile, receive a steady stream of tips from concerned residents who've seen their neighbors committing the ultimate middle-class drought crime: watering their lawns.
In South Africa – by some measures the most unequal country on earth – water restrictions have had another, less obvious effect: They have given the rich a small but rare experience of how the poor have always gotten by.
But in many ways Cape Town's vast income divide also raises the stakes of its water crisis even higher. For activists in working-class areas of the city, for instance, this is a rare moment when officials have their eye on the same thing as the advocates: how to make sure shared resources like water are divided equitably.
Like so many things in South Africa, these activists point out, water access is a legacy of apartheid. The people at the outer edges of the city, in places with the worst maintained public infrastructure, tend to be black and poor. The people in areas with the best facilities tend to be wealthy and white.
Many of the city's wealthiest residents have quietly begun to opt out of the city's water system altogether. As restrictions on municipal supplies have tightened over the past several months, tens of thousands of people have gone essentially off-grid, drilling backyard wells to supply their showers and trucking in treated factory wastewater to fill their swimming pools. One luxury hotel chain recently announced it was constructing its own desalination plant.
"In the immediate future, people tapping into those alternate supplies relieves pressure on the system, so there's great benefit for us," says Xanthea Limberg, the Cape Town city councilor in charge of water. But in the long term, she worries, all the extra wells could drain the city's vital aquifer, which also needs to recharge after periods of drought. Not to mention that the wealthy going off-grid could deprive the city of income it desperately needs to subsidize water access for the poor.
That divide between those with alternative sources of water and those without them is already beginning to play out in varied ways across the city.
On a recent morning, a convoy of six dirt-streaked police cars screeches to a halt in front of a public beach. Cyclists in spandex, floppy-haired teenagers on skateboards, and elderly women with fluffy white dogs turn to watch as cops pour out and march to the site of the crime – a public bathroom.
"This is where they've been filling up the buckets," one of the policemen says, pointing to a still-dripping tap.
A group of homeless men here, they explain, were using municipal water to wash visitors' cars – a violation of city water restrictions. But the culprits have made themselves scarce – and, anyway, the cops know they were unlikely to pay any fine they were issued. So they toss the contraband buckets in the back of a police van and pull away.
"These guys aren't the city's worst offenders by far," explains Inspector Shane Blake. But the big malefactors have more resources to hide what they are doing. "There's a lot of illegal water use happening, but we can't catch them all." So Blake and his team are largely limited to spooking the small transgressors.
Across town, water trucks rumble into Cape Town's tree-lined suburbs, carrying a precious cargo – recycled wastewater from local factories and vineyards. For a few hundred dollars, residents can pay to have their pools filled with the treated discharges, which are clean enough to swim in.
But Nazeer Sonday doesn't see it that way. A farmer and activist in Philippi, a township of Cape Town, he says this crisis is about more than shifting water use off the grid.
For him, solving Cape Town's water woes requires a different approach than just forcing people to use less water from the city system. As climate change and the extreme weather it brings close in, people need to learn to see water as finite.


"Nobody knows how to make a pencil. There's not a single person in the world who actually knows how to make a pencil."
"In order to make a pencil, you have to get wood for the barrel. In order to get wood, you have to have logging. You have to have somebody who can manufacture saws. No single person knows how to do all that."
"What's called lead isn't lead. It's graphite. It comes from some mines in South America. In order to make pencils, you'd have to be able to get the lead."
"The rubber at the tip isn't really rubber, but it used to be. It comes from Malaysia, although the rubber tree is not native to Malaysia. It was imported into Malaysia by some English botanists."
"So, in order to make a pencil, you would have to be able to do all of these things. There are probably thousands of people who have cooperated together to make this pencil. Somehow or other, the people in South America who dug out the graphite cooperated with the people in Malaysia who tapped the rubber trees, cooperated with, maybe, people in Oregon who cut down the trees."
The above piece of musings inspires in many ways. What I'd like to point out is we don't need individuals knowing everything. We don't need self sufficient people with high IQs. Instead we need everyone to contribute. We need, for the benefit of humanity through innovation, effective ways to communicate our ideas, even though they might not be complete, and collaboration strategies to use the same.


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This year's National Night Out event, organized by the Cielo Vista and Valley View Neighborhood Association, was celebrated at Ponder Park. Several neighbors, families, law enforcement representatives and city officials gathered to share information, enjoy fellowship and participate in the festivities that included music, food and a movie under the stars.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone that attended, helped and contributed to making National Night Out 2015 a huge success. I received numerous compliments and positive feedback from surrounding neighbors and guests that attended the event. I would also like to extend a special thank you to Armando and Ceci Renteria, Jaime Barceleau, Frances Bernal, Hector Bernal, Emma Acosta, Brandon Guzman, and lastly Armando Medina my right hand, going above and beyond helping to make this event happen.
Guests picked a cozy spot to watch the movie "Grease" under the stars.


Kaitlin is a young artist struggling to make great work and find great love. She believes that the love depicted in Hollywood movies is real and that she will be one of the lucky ones to find it. When Kaitlin falls for someone who challenges her romantic ideal, she is faced with an impossible choice and a decision that can't be unmade.
You can listen to The Shadows here or on Apple Podcasts or Google Podcasts.
For the best audio experience listen with headphones.
Though the sword hidden among [its] pinions may wound you.
For even as love crowns you so shall [it] crucify you.
Even as [it] is for your growth so is [it] for your pruning."
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Kaitlin Prest's work in podcasting, performance and installation has been featured at audio festivals and conferences around the world. She was the creator and host of Radiotopia's The Heart, where she explored intimacy through innovative approaches to sound and storytelling. She is the winner of the Prix Italia, Third Coast International Audio Award and is a Peabody Award Finalist. On The Shadows, Kaitlin brings together some of her most talented collaborators from her work on The Heart — audio/installation artist Phoebe Wang, screenwriter/performance artist Sharon Mashihi and composer Shani Aviram.
Phoebe Wang is a multidisciplinary artist and curator who works primarily in sculpture, installation and sound. Phoebe formerly produced live events at The Moth and is a member of The Heart. In 2018, she won an NLGJA Excellence in Journalism Award and a Third Coast International Audio Award.
Sharon Mashihi makes podcasts, movies and performances. Sharon believes that the only form of true love is to hold someone's hand while they make great art. As an editor, she pushes for strong story structure and to help create the context where wild ideas feel natural, even inevitable. As a writer, Sharon tries to find good editors. Previous podcast projects include The Heart, Stranglers and United States of Music. As a screenwriter and story editor, Sharon's recent projects include The Ticket and Madeline's Madeline. This year, Sharon was awarded a MacDowell Fellowship and won a Third Coast International Audio Award. Next year, Sharon will launch a new podcast series.


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WBS Group are based in Wantage, Oxfordshire. We have a core team of highly selected individuals, with a growing team of additional alliance partners and specialist consultants.
The first prerequisite for joining the WBS team is a practical, hands-on knowledge and experience of your subject. You also have to have a passion for investigation, constructive tinkering, and problem solving.
Joe Turnbull
Joe has more than 25 years experience in manufacturing and supply chain, during which time he has built million square foot distribution facilities, re-built factories, closed factories and dealt with the full spectrum of supply chain issues, from post-merger integration to software implementation. Email Joe
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Gavin Bridges
Gavin is a highly experienced performance improvement and programme/project manager. Working experience in ERP Systems includes: JDA Inventory Optimiser, Sage 500, SAP and many more. Gavin has an Honours degree in Mechanical Engineering, is a Chartered Engineer, and a member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. He also holds an EITB Fellowship in Manufacturing Management.
Sophie Breslin
Sophie is a Lean Process & Systems Designer; a strategic thinker, able to use own initiative within challenging environments to get results. A positive communicator and coach whose key strengths include having strong analytical skills combined with a practical approach to successfully solving operational problems, achieving 'right first time' production. Key skills include: MOD Security Clearance (through Rolls Royce), Lean Six Sigma Black Belt, Business Systems & Process Analysis and more.
A Manufacturing and People Manager with over 20 years varied experience that includes team, budget, process and project management. A change agent who uses lean principles to quickly assess a process, and the problems associated, and then implement changes using lean tools and techniques to improve overall efficiency. Experienced leader in operations planning, supply chain logistics and procurement set up.
Gerald Sutton
Gerald is an experienced Senior Consultant with in-depth knowledge of the retail sector. Gerald has completed several performance improvement projects in manufacturing, warehousing and logistics and understands how these aspects of a business interact and interlink both in terms of processes and systems.
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Mental Health Facilities Dillingham, AK
Mental Health Facilities in Alaska
Mental Health Facilities in Dillingham, AK
Here is a list of all mental health facilities in Dillingham, AK. Majority of the facilities provide dual diagnosis treatment. Dillingham mental health clinics provide treatment to men, women and teenagers who have mental health problems that include depression, anxiety, panic disorder, eating disorders, OCD, PTSD and other issues and phobias.
Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation
Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation is a mental health facility in Dillingham, AK, located at 6000 Kanakanak Road, 99576 zip code. Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation offers Residential treatment, Telemedicine/telehealth and Outpatient treatment. Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation provides Behavior modification, Group therapy and Activity therapy to Children/adolescents, Young adults and Adults. Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation also supports Persons with serious mental illness, Persons who have experienced trauma and Clients referred from the court/judicial system. Some other services offered by Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation include Court-ordered outpatient treatment, Family psychoeducation and Psychosocial rehabilitation services.
Frequently asked questions at mental health facilities in Dillingham, AK:
What kind of mental health issues do Dillingham mental health facilities treat?
Mental health facilities in Dillingham can provide treatment and counseling for a wide range of mental health issues and disorders. Such issues include psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, PTSD in veterans or those who have experienced some sort of trauma, eating disorders such as anorexia and/or bulimia, depression, delusional disorder and psychosis, mood and personality disorders, anxiety disorders, various forms of phobias, and bipolar disorder.
Do mental health facilities in Dillingham also treat drug and alcohol addiction?
4 out of 5 mental health facilities in the state of Alaska also provide addiction treatment services for those who suffer from dual diagnosis – a mental health condition along with a drug addiction or alcohol addiction.
Are there both inpatient and outpatient mental health clinics in Dillingham?
The two types of mental health facilities in Dillingham can work on either an inpatient, also known as residential, or outpatient basis. The outpatient mental health clinics will provide counseling and mental health services but do not require overnight stays at the facility. Both types of facilities will have licensed mental health counselors and other professionals as part of staff. The residential in-patient mental health facilities require a prolonged stay at the facility to completely cure the mental health issues.
Is luxury mental health treatment available in Dillingham?
Certain mental health facilities in Alaska are considered luxury or upscale. These facilities may offer luxurious treatment along with mental health services, although they are also more expensive than non-luxury clinics.
What age groups can get mental health treatment in Dillingham?
Mental health services in Dillingham are available for any age group, whether the people seeking treatment are teenagers, young adults, older adults, men or women.
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Full list of all mental health facilities in Dillingham, AK and nearby within a 75 miles vicinity.


The SGPCA is a non-profit, non-mandatory civic association formed to ensure that the residents of St. George Place have an active and strong voice in the issues and decisions that affect our neighborhood. SGPCA is not a Homeowner's Association, and does not impose rules or fees on residents.
This website is just one of the ways the SGPCA strives to ensure that all our current neighbors and potential new home owners stay informed and involved on the many issues (and fun activities) the neighborhood is involved in each year.
The SGPCA also oversees and manages the community's Security and Landscape Maintenance contracts and activities. Likewise, the SGPCA stays actively involved in issues and solutions that continue to ensure that St. George Place is an attractive, safe, friendly, and resident-focused neighborhood.
The SPGCA holds regular quarterly meetings open to all homeowners and landowners and renters.
… again, there are no membership dues as we are all automatic members of the Civic Association! Of course, we gladly accept donations of any amount sent to our mailing address. And remember that your volunteer time is priceless and even better than money. So please find a way to get involved.


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Arizona Vs Washington State: NCAA Basketball Betting Lines, Odds And Trends – January 26, 2023
The Washington State Cougars (9-12, 4-6 Pac-12) will host the No. 6 Arizona Wildcats (17-3, 6-3 Pac-12) after winning three home games in a row. The matchup begins at 11:00 PM ET on Thursday, January 26, 2023. Keep reading to find betting insights and statistics to help place a wager on the Wildcats' (-228 to win on the moneyline) matchup versus the Cougars (+185).
The insights in the following article use the latest odds as of January 26, 2023 at 9:38 PM ET.
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Arizona Betting Insights
Arizona has covered 10 times in 20 games with a spread this season.
When playing as at least 5.5-point favorites this season, the Wildcats have an ATS record of 6-8.
Arizona and its opponents have combined to hit the over nine out of 20 times this season.
In 16 games this season, the Wildcats and their opponents have gone over 144.5 combined points.
Arizona has an average total of 155.3 in its contests this year, 10.8 more points than this matchup's over/under.
Washington State Betting Insights
Washington State has won 10 games against the spread this year, while failing to cover 11 times.
When playing as at least 5.5-point underdogs this season, the Cougars have an ATS record of 4-1.
Washington State and its opponents have combined to go over the point total seven out of 21 times this year.
The Cougars have played four games this season that ended with a combined score over 144.5 points.
Washington State has had an average of 133.2 points scored in its games so far this season, 11.3 points fewer than this game's over/under.
Arizona Key Players
Azuolas Tubelis leads the Wildcats in points and rebounds. He scores 19.9 points per game while adding 9.5 rebounds.
Kerr Kriisa paces the team with 5.8 assists per game.
Courtney Ramey connects on 2.6 treys per game to lead the Wildcats.
Arizona's steals leader is Tubelis, who grabs 1.1 per game. Oumar Ballo leads the team averaging 1.7 blocks an outing.
Washington State Key Players
TJ Bamba outpaced his teammates on the Cougars scoring front by putting up 15.2 points per game. He adds 3.9 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game this season.
The Washington State leaders in rebounds and assists are Mouhamed Gueye (7.9 rebounds per game) and Justin Powell (3.0 assists per game).
Jabe Mullins leads the Cougars in shooting from beyond the arc, averaging 2.4 made threes per game.
Nobody on Washington State grabs more steals than Powell (0.9 per game) or blocks more shots than Gueye (0.9 per game).
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Council's Active Moreland website provides detailed information about each centre, including group fitness classes, lap pool timetables, swimming classes, membership, casual fees and childcare.
Please take note of the Active Moreland Hot and Cold Weather Pools Policy.
personal training studio and functional training studio.
Open 1 December 2018 to 31 March 2019.
The indoor pool and centre is open all year.
The outdoor pool will open 1 December 2018 to 31 March 2019.
The Oak Park Sports and Aquatic Centre can reach capacity, especially during hot weather. At these times, members are given priority and people are let in on a 1-in-1-out basis to ensure the health, safety and fun of all pool-goers.
The indoor gym and group fitness facilities are open all year.
The outdoor pools open 29 October 2018 to 30 April 2019.
24/7 cycle studio with virtual fitness.
Open 10 December 2018 to 11 March 2019.


Your on-site staff's time is one of your business's biggest operating expenses. This session will show you how you can ensure their time is optimized and streamlined with the power of technology. You'll be surprised the difference our tech tips can make in your team's daily productivity!


Five general practitioners in West Auckland – Dr Craig King, Dr Vicky Macdonald, the late Dr Philip Rushmer, Dr Maelen Tagelagi and Dr Peter Woolford are the driving force behind Health New Lynn which opened in April 2013. The GPs wanted to establish a strong community-based health care centre where their patients could receive coordinated health services in a community setting beyond that which each individual practice could provide.
Health New Lynn is the amalgamation of Golf Road Medical Centre, Kinross Family Medical Centre, New Lynn Medical Centre and Titirangi Family Health Care practices.
The facility is based around a core of general practice services, but is in no way limited to this. An extended hours urgent care service is fully integrated with the general practice.
Nursing services will be highly valued and expanded allowing an increased role in managing your care. Skilled practice and specialist nurses will provide a range of nursing interventions from the centre.
We continue to work with District Health Boards to identify services which can be provided from the centre.
NZ Doctor interview with the late Dr Philip Rushmer and Greg Clarke (CEO Health New Lynn) which includes a tour of the Health New Lynn clinic.


Kurtis Lunz – I'm Kurtis Lunz. I love music. I play ukulele. I wanna flow and spread good vibes.
Not fully awake, I remain in mistake.
jumping or standing in place.
Then, I'm sinking to hell.
keeping me from the drinking well.
For the momentum to propel my release.
compared to the value of Grace.
To a far away shore.
On the battled sea fare.
When we started this race?
As we journeyed our trek.
Though at present we fret.
Keep your Faith in respect.
With a Blue frame of Mind.


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Richard Grocke
Richard is a Senior Associate in the Melbourne studio. His enthusiasm for creating functional and innovative public spaces built on deep connection to the community has paved the way for his recent focus on large scale integrated transport projects.
During his career, Richard has been drawn to complex projects that require a unique combination of commercial acumen, design capability and detailed project management. His extensive design experience spans multiple geographies and typologies. Most recently, these projects include the significant Caulfield to Dandenong Level Crossing Removal Project and his current focus on the Level Crossing Removal Projects.
Richard's passion lies in ensuring that integrated transport projects maintain a strong design element that enhance the community offering. Richard believes in delivering tangible outcomes for the communities in which these projects reside, which is why he is championing the implementation of technology-driven post-occupancy analysis to effectively measure the value back to the community and key stakeholders.
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News - Completed Projects
New beginnings for the former Pentridge Prison with new public Piazza
News - Awards
Caulfield to Dandenong Level Crossing Removal Project wins Green Space Urban Award
Sydney CBD and South East Light Rail
Oaklands Crossing Grade Separation Project


True Eco shelter at one of the Aashram in Jaipur, created under a Banian tree to make it more ventilated and cool during the summer, made from using local thatch roof, local stone patti, dry bark of trees, florring done from cow dunk mixed with local sand ( balu mitti). During the whole day big amount of local birds are playing on tree and floor and it makes this space more eco friendly and near to nature.
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Transformetrics Forums > Ask the Authors > Living Strength » The Last Castle.
Has anyone here seen the movie 'The Last Castle' starring Robert Redford and James Gandolfini? I have to say, Robert Redford certainly had an impressive physique in that movie.
it's one of my favourite movies!! Such a good story. Yes he had a great physique in that movie I agree.


Celeste Perrino, my partner-in-crime and co-author of Salome's Charger, helped me man our booth at the Society of Adventist Communicators meetings in Columbia, Maryland.
I'm sitting in our booth, trying to sell books, at the annual national convention for the Society of Adventist Communicators in Columbia, Maryland. At home in Texas, it's still raining after pummeling us for a week, and I see news reports of massive flooding. Here, I wake up to ice on the windshield.
I just sold the entire Champion Trilogy to a fellow from It Is Written in southern California, which means three fewer books for me to carry home. Earlier, a female college student from the West Indies, now living in Maryland, wanted the same set but told me she didn't have the money right now. I told her that I would give her my business card and the books. When she finished them, she could pay me. Better yet, just post a review on Amazon. She was profusely grateful.
This has been a good trip. I've seen a lot of former students here, as well as people I have worked with over the past 40 years. The convention draws them from all over. I am still looking for Miguel Valdivia, a former editing colleague of mine at Pacific Press, and now the VP for editorial there. I haven't seen him in 20 years, but I heard he was around, so I'm watching for him.
Probably the biggest plus has been seeing the young adults who are here, both to learn and to present. I've been exceedingly impressed by their energy, devotion to the ministry of the gospel, and their imagination. At the same time, I've seen what a gap has developed between where as I am as a 60-something communicator and this new wave of innovators. It make me want to start some sort of kickstarter campaign to help them in their ministries. The things we grumble about, lack of interest by the public, lack of results, lack of sales or money, is pervasive. It makes the pain a little better knowing you're not alone.
I will have to say the trip has been a shot in the arm for me. There are many like me who are doing this, not to become famous or make money, but because we are called to do it. It's inspiring to hear their stories. And I am flying back to Texas on Sunday with many more ideas to share and perhaps utilize myself.


> saying that they're done.
well, that means the master becomes a potential bottleneck.
that's fine if each node has only trivial globally unique state.
you have a huge amount of global state, and each of N nodes owns 1/N of it.
can your program somehow survive when 1/N of its state disappears?
hand the space to some other node or distribute it among the survivors.
fine on a grid.  like prime-cracking, seti at home, etc.


Today, saw a great deal of work going on with the construction of the stage. In addition to that activity there were other maintenance works taking place by everyone.
Below, the photos show some of the work carried out today.
Every space is being used on Sunday to guarantee the smooth running of the show. The programme hut was cleared to allow it to become the resource assembly location. The tables in the Abbey Arms needed to be moved to the areas being used as dressing rooms as were all the fold up tables we could source at the Abbey.
The accessible access at the south stand was cleared for there to be a clear pathway. There was no problem with access as during the season it is tended to regularly, however while clearing areas nearby we cleared either side again to make absolutely sure.
Ian and Paul Harrison cut the grass on the area that is still uncovered. The grass isnyoung and growing quickly in that area.
We also washed down all the turnstiles following last weeks sweep and clearing of rubbinsh in those areas. During the next few weeks we will be carrying out maintenance work on the roof of the Newmarket Road turnstiles to stop a leak. We will also be looking to remove any unused furniture in the turnstiles and reapir the dripping guttering at the Newmarket Road turnstiles.


What a fantastic piece of history to wear with pride, this reproduction Old West vintage Texas Ranger law badge has the same details you would see in the original 1900s Texas Ranger Co A badges that were pressed out of real silver pesos from Mexico. The obsolete police officer law badge features a Peso Back where the words "Estados Unidos Mexicanos" and the original peso details are also visible. On the front, "Texas Co A Rangers is stamped, along with a design on the sides and on the star in the middle of the police badge. On the back is a thin pin that runs vertically down the badge. These antique reproduction badges are painstakingly manufactured to original Texas Rangers' specifications, right down to the coin ridges on the edge of the badge. This historically accurate early 1900's Texas Rangers Company A Law Badge also makes a great gift for police and old west collectors. The Old West Badges measure 2" in diameter, and ship brand new in manufacturer's packaging with our 100% Customer Satisfaction Guarantee.
Back of the badge reads "Estados Unidos Mexicanos"
This Texas Ranger police badge is over 75 years old and has NO LAW ENFORCEMENT POWERS.


AIS long track speed skating athlete Daniel Greig achieved qualification and represented Australia at the World Single Distance Speed Skating Championships in Heerenveen, Netherlands, at the final international event of the season for long track speed skating athletes.
Greig 20, did not achieve a top 10 finish as hoped, but after a season disturbed by a nagging knee injury, and ending with 3 days in bed recovering from a cold during the week of the Championships, there were some encouraging signs for the future in both the 1000m and 500m performances.
Greig skated his fastest ever first 600m in the 1000m, but could not hang on and slipped to 22nd place. The World Championship was won by local Dutchman, Stefan Groothuis.
In the 500m event, Greig produced a personal best of his fastest 500m at sea level in 35.5 seconds. Even though this time was only .4 of a second away from a top 10, Daniel ended up in 21st place overall after combining both 500m races. The winner was Mo Tae-Bum, South Korea.
Greig will now travel home to Australia for a brief off season, before returning to Holland for inline training with Coach Desly Hill.