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Stratified Charge Engine
In a stratified charge engine, the fuel is injected into the cylinder just before ignition. This allows for higher compression ratios without "knock," and leaner air/fuel mixtures than in conventional internal combustion engines.
Conventionally, a four-stroke (petrol or gasoline) Otto cycle engine is fuelled by drawing a mixture of air and fuel into the combustion chamber during the intake stroke. This produces a homogeneous charge: a homogeneous mixture of air and fuel, which is ignited by a spark plug at a predetermined moment near the top of the compression stroke.
In a homogeneous charge system, the air/fuel ratio is kept very close to stoichiometric. A stoichiometric mixture contains the exact amount of air necessary for a complete combustion of the fuel. This gives stable combustion, but places an upper limit on the engine's efficiency: any attempt to improve fuel economy by running a lean mixture with a homogeneous charge results in unstable combustion; this impacts on power and emissions, notably of nitrogen oxides or NO.
If the Otto cycle is abandoned, however, and fuel is injected directly into the combustion-chamber during the compression stroke, the petrol engine is liberated from a number of its limitations.
First, a higher mechanical compression ratio (or, with supercharged engines, maximum combustion pressure) may be used for better thermodynamic efficiency. Since fuel is not present in the combustion chamber until virtually the point at which combustion is required to begin, there is no risk of pre-ignition or engine knock.
The engine may also run on a much leaner overall air/fuel ratio, using stratified charge.
Combustion can be problematic if a lean mixture is present at the spark-plug. However, fueling a petrol engine directly allows more fuel to be directed towards the spark-plug than elsewhere in the combustion-chamber. This results in a stratified charge: one in which the air/fuel ratio is not homogeneous throughout the combustion-chamber, but varies in a controlled (and potentially quite complex) way across the volume of the cylinder.
A relatively rich air/fuel mixture is directed to the spark-plug using multi-hole injectors. This mixture is sparked, giving a strong, even and predictable flame-front. This in turn results in a high-quality combustion of the much weaker mixture elsewhere in the cylinder.
Direct fuelling of petrol engines is rapidly becoming the norm, as it offers considerable advantages over port-fuelling (in which the fuel injectors are placed in the intake ports, giving homogeneous charge), with the only drawbacks being increase injector cost and complexity. Powerful electronic management systems mean that there is not even a significant cost penalty.
With the further impetus of tightening emissions legislation, the motor industry in Europe and North America has now switched completely to direct fuelling for the new petrol engines it is introducing.
It is worth comparing contemporary directly-fuelled petrol engines with direct-injection diesels. Petrol can burn faster than diesel fuel, allowing higher maximum engine speeds and thus greater maximum power for sporting engines. Diesel fuel, on the other hand, has a higher energy density, and in combination with higher combustion pressures can deliver very strong torque and high thermodynamic efficiency for more 'normal' road vehicles.
The principle of injecting fuel directly into the combustion chamber at the moment at which combustion is required to start was invented by Rudolf Diesel, but it has been used to good effect in petrol engines for a long time. The Mercedes 300SL 'Gullwing' of 1952 used direct fuelling, though Mercedes-Benz subsequently switched to port fuelling for other models.
Honda's CVCC engine, released in the early 1970s models of Civic, then Accord and City later in the decade, is a form of stratified charge engine that had wide market acceptance for considerable time. The CVCC system had conventional inlet and exhaust valves and a third, supplementary, inlet valve that charged an area around the spark plug. The spark plug and CVCC inlet were isolated from the main cylinder by a perforated metal plate. At ignition a series of flame fronts shot into the very lean main charge, through the perforations, ensuring complete ignition. In the Honda City Turbo such engines produced a high power-to-weight ratio at engine speeds of 7,000 rpm and above.
Jaguar Cars in the 1980s developed the Jaguar V12 engine, H.E. (so called High Efficiency) version, which fit in the Jaguar XJ12 and Jaguar XJS models and used a stratified charge design called the 'May Fireball' in order to reduce the engine's very heavy fuel consumption.
Stratified charge engine may be defined as an engine in which fuel is injected in combustion chamber just before the burning of the charge. In Compression Ignition engine, first of all the air is compressed after the intake stroke. This air is compressed from the BDC to TDC with a high compression ration 16 to 20 and just before ending the Top Dead Centre, the Fuel is injected in the combustion chamber and burning takes place. This concept is take in stratified charge engine. In it, the compression ratio is increase much in comparison to CI engine. The timing of fuel injection is put here very correctly.
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Terms related to stratified charge engine:
Homogeneous Charge
Stratified


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Rabble: Nizan Shaked, Michael Ned Holte & Doug Harvey
Insert Blanc Press has been kicking out the Rabble! Well, actually we've been cultivating the Rabble very carefully, just for you, and we think we've come up with some real Rabble Rousers indeed. If you missed the Rabble at MPPSfP (Machine Project Project Space for Projects) event, you really did miss something great, but you can still pick up copies of our newest issues of Rabble by Nizan Shaked, Michael Ned Holte and Doug Harvey, and the Rabble will be Roused!
Rabble: Doug Harvey
What's Happening in The Firesign Theatre's I Think We're All Bozos On This Bus as Best as I Can Make Out
The Firesign Theatre's I Think We're All Bozos On This Bus is one of the greatest works of art of the 20th century: a performative, collectively authored, authentically prophetic, dystopian sci-fi stoner comedy LP from 1971 by the Los Angeles-based "Beatles of Comedy." ... The cultural impact of FT's ITWABOTB is widespread, profound and clandestine. If you don't believe me, ask Siri "Why does the porridge-bird lay his egg in the air?"
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The Urgency of History Painting
on the work of Michael Wilkinson
I have started this so many times I no longer know where to begin. Well, no, I should begin with an apology, for I've promised you a piece of writing for a very long time, and the number of deferrals and delays is (mostly) uncharacteristic but also (totally) unacceptable. Rarely have I stumbled through so many false starts in attempting to write about an artist's work. I should say that this does not point to any deficiency in your work or lack of interest on my part. Rather, I suspect, it points to the difficulty of apprehending your work from this considerable distance of time and space.
Rabble: Nizan Shaked
91 92 93—Returns
The success of 91 92 93 was that it reorganized historical artistic debates against the grain of their contemporaneous reception, allowing its audience to rethink what worked, what didn't, and for what reason. In this way, it stands in stark contrast to the facile toting of the term "conceptualism" by artists who lack any form of political commitment, who regurgitate the past adding nothing by saturated amplification, and whose only claim to fame is appropriating mass media.
Rabble, an imprint of Insert Blanc Press, is co-edited by Holly Myers and Mathew Timmons. Rabble prints single author issues of critical essays of about 1500 words on a subject of the author's choosing. The subject will be an artwork (or series of artworks), but broadly defined: could be visual art, literature, music, architecture, film, design; could be contemporary or historical. The essay will be printed in pamphlet form, with room for a couple full color images, and distributed at a reasonable price.
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Wealth: "I, Wisdom, dwell with prudence, and I find knowledge and discretion… Riches and honor are with me, enduring wealth and righteousness… to endow those who love me with wealth, that I may fill their treasuries." Proverb 8:12, 18, and 21.
What the Bible Says about Money and Wealth
The Bible has a great deal to say about money and our use of it. Though an outspoken group of people today suggest that having wealth and making wise financial decisions is selfish or sinful, the Bible doesn't take that viewpoint.
One example is that of King Solomon. According to historians, the wealth of King Solomon was simply astronomical. He was at least the wealthiest person in history at that point. And yet the Bible says that it was God who gave Solomon his wealth. God gave that massive, lavish wealth to Solomon even though Solomon didn't ask for it. If having great wealth and money itself were in fact evil, why would God choose to give someone large amounts of it?
There are other people whom the Bible calls righteous who were blessed by God with great wealth. God blessed Job with great wealth after Job was tested. He also blessed Abraham and David with wealth. If God saw being wealthy as sinful then would He have blessed faithful people with money?
Proverbs 10:22 says, "The blessing of the Lord brings wealth, without painful toil for it."
Yet at the same time the Bible tells us that the blessing of wealth is not a reward God gives to those who are lazy. Again in Proverbs we read, "He who works his land will have abundant food, but he who chases fantasies lacks judgment" (12:11).
Other passages in Proverbs about work:
"All hard work brings a profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty" (14:23).
"Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth. He who gathers crops in the summer is a wise son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son" (10:4,5).
"One who is slack in his work is a close relative of one who destroys" (18:9).
"Sluggards do not plow in season; so at harvest time they look but find nothing" (20:4).
"The cravings of sluggards will be the death of them, because their hands refuse to work" (21:25).
"I went past the field of a sluggard, past the vineyard of someone who has no sense; thorns had come up everywhere, the ground was covered with weeds, and the stone wall was in ruins. I applied my heart to what I observed and learned a lesson from what I saw: A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest–and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man" (24:30-34).
1 Timothy 5:8 says that anyone who does not take care of his own family "has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever."
In Proverbs we're also told that, "A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children" (13:22). In order to leave an inheritance, not just to our own children, but to our children's children requires work, discipline, investing, planning and saving up our money!
The Bible tells us that it is through noble qualities that wealth is obtained (hard work, diligence, sacrifice) and that failure to do those things will result in poverty. That's not to say that all those who are poor or in poverty are sluggards or refuse to work, but it does tell us that those kinds of characteristics and flaws will most often lead to poverty.
In Luke 19 we read where Jesus tells a parable about three servants who were given charge over some money. In the story, Jesus says that two of the servants wisely invested the money while the third buried it in the ground. In His story, the one who simply buried it in the ground was called "lazy and wicked."
What Can We Do With Money?
According to the Bible there are things we can do with money that are fine, good and proper. Here is a list:
Further God's Kingdom – This is to be taken care of above all else. The Jewish people took 10 percent off the top of their earnings to give to further God's Kingdom. We should also give to the church to send missionaries, train teachers and oversee the work of the church (Malachi 3:7-12, 1 Corinthians 9:13-14, 2 Corinthians 9:7).
Provide for our own families. The Bible says that we are expected to provide for our own families. Once we've done that, we can worry about helping others and, in fact, we should work toward being in a financial state where we can help other families but each person should make sure that he/she provides for his/her immediate family first and work outward from there (1 Timothy 5:8, Proverbs 13:22).
Help the poor. I don't know how anyone who is able can refuse to help someone who is in great need. But it doesn't just have to be with money. As the old saying goes, "Give a man a fish, you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." Maybe the best way to help is to train someone to earn for themselves. But when someone is in a time of misfortune, those who have taken care of the first two priorities will be prepared and able to provide financial assistance to help someone get back on his feet. The challenge is to determine which would be best: money, training or, if the person is lazy, to allow that person to experience hunger so that they'll appreciate the value of work. Sometimes that is also being "kind" as Proverbs 19:17 says we should be to the poor (Proverbs 19:17, 21:13, 29:7). 2 Thessalonians 3:10 says, "If a man will not work, he shall not eat." It's our duty to have a very good idea whether someone is hungry because they won't work or because they can't (or have had recent difficult times). Knowing this would require a relationship and perhaps that is why Paul wrote the statement to the Thessalonian church rather than calling on a government or other source. We aren't called to enable laziness or to fund irresponsibility. Allowing someone to experience the consequences of their actions (or inaction), though difficult, is sometimes very helpful to them in the longterm. Either way, the Bible tells us to help the poor.
Invest for our future. It is wrong to mooch off of others especially if we're able-bodied enough to do something to earn an income. And as we are earning we should be planning for a day when we aren't able to work as hard or as long. The Bible speaks well of those who leave an inheritence to their children, but not those who live off of their children. We should plan and save for the future (Proverbs 13:22, 21:20, 27:18, 31:25, Ecclesiastes 11:2, Luke 19:12-26).
Enjoy the fruits of our labor. The Bible doesn't condemn enjoying the results of your work. In fact, we very often read about feasting and celebrations in the Bible after a time of work and production. The first miracle of Jesus was to turn water to wine at a feast of a wealthy man. The Bible says there is a time to "laugh" to "dance" and to have "peace" (Ecclesiastes 3:1-8; also see Proverbs 13:25, 14:24, 15:6, 31:31).
What the Bible Says About Debt
Proverbs 22:7 says "…the borrower is slave to the lender."
The Bible never speaks well of debt. Debt is an anchor around our necks that prevents us from restful nights and restricts our ability to invest for our future.
"One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor but has great wealth" (Proverbs 13:7; also see Proverbs 12:9).
Debt is a temptation because it allows us to have what we can't afford and have not earned. Yet we pay a larger price for it then someone who can afford it. For example, if someone pays cash for a car, they don't pay the interest payments that someone would pay who borrows money. So the person who can afford the brand new car pays less for it than the person who can't. The person who can't afford it in the first place "pretends to be wealthy" but digs themselves a deeper hole in which they are able to afford even less because of the burden of debt. Debt is indeed deceptive and prevents us from becoming financially stable or wealthy.
So as Proverbs points out, it is many times the wealthy who don't buy the latest and greatest gadgets or live in large, expensive houses. But because they have saved, invested wisely and avoided debt they are able to survive and even thrive during a bad economic time or in unforseen hardships (see Proverbs 13:8).
I once spoke with a financial advisor and asked him a hypothetical question: "How can I be financially independent?" His answer was, "It depends on how much you spend." He went on to explain that if my cars were paid off and I didn't spend a lot of money I wouldn't need as much. So if I lived on less and was slow to spend, I could retire early or start my own business and survive during the early days when the business is getting off the ground. It would be especially helpful if I saved my money instead of spending it and then used what I saved for basics when starting my business. Far better to do that than to go in debt.
The message was clear — don't spend what I don't have, don't borrow to "pretend" to be rich and DO save my money for the future. If you read through Proverbs, Solomon says that's how it's supposed to be anyway even if you're not trying to start a business. It is through that type of behavior that someone builds wealth and the Lord blesses such wisdom in action.
So the next time you hear someone villainizing a wealthy person because they are wealthy, remember that the Bible attributes wealth to hard work, wisdom, personal sacrifice, patience, perseverance, self control and wisdom. Not only that, but the Bible says that "the blessing of the Lord brings wealth (Proverbs 10:22)."
It's time for us to see money as it should be seen so that we can use it as it should be used. The next time you see someone who is wealthy, instead of feeling jealous, perhaps you should try to learn from them. Not all people earn money through an honest, respectable way but the ones who do are good examples for us and the Bible says we should "Walk with the wise to become wise…" (Proverbs 13:20).
Ref: http://www.gracecentered.com/what_the_Bible_says_about_money.htm
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α-N-terminal methylation represents an extremely widespread and conserved post-translational modification however its natural function provides remained generally speculative. (SAH) and six substrate peptides respectively and reveal that NTMT1 contains two quality structural components (a β hairpin and an N-terminal expansion) that donate to its substrate specificity. Our complicated structures in conjunction with mutagenesis binding and enzymatic research also present the main element elements involved with locking the consensus substrate theme XPK (X signifies any residue type apart from D/E) in to the catalytic pocket for α-N-terminal methylation and describe why NTMT1 prefers an XPK series theme. We propose a catalytic system for α-N-terminal methylation. Overall this research provides us the initial glimpse from the molecular system of α-N-terminal methylation and possibly plays a part in the development of therapeutic agencies for individual diseases connected with deregulated α-N-terminal methylation. H2B (Villar-Garea et al. 2012) and poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase 3 (Dai et al. 2015) while data loan company evaluation of NTMT1/2's consensus series predicts the lifetime of possibly >300 goals for α-N-terminal methylation (Tooley and Schaner Tooley 2014). NTMT1 is in charge of the α-N-terminal methylation of DDB2 in response Rabbit Polyclonal to EPHA2/5. towards the era of UV-induced cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (Cai et al. 2014). This methylation of DDB2 promotes its recruitment to create foci at the websites of DNA harm and facilitates nucleotide excision fix possibly indicating a job of NTMT1 in the DNA harm response (DDR) network (Cai et al. 2014). Furthermore knockdown of NTMT1 qualified prospects to hypersensitivity of breasts cancers cell lines to both etoposide and γ-irradiation remedies further recommending NTMT1 as an element of DDR (Bonsignore et al. 2015a). Oddly enough NTMT1 knockout mice suffer a higher mortality rate soon after delivery and exhibit early maturing and phenotypes quality of mouse versions lacking for DDR substances indicating the natural need for NTMT1 in vivo (Bonsignore et al. 2015b). Additionally NTMT1-mediated α-N-methylation of CENP-B promotes its binding to centromeric DNA (Dai et al. 2015). Overall the above mentioned findings highlight a general and important role of NTMT1-mediated α-N-methylation GSI-IX in facilitating interactions between methylated target proteins and DNA. Although some progress has been made in the field of α-N-terminal methylation many questions remain to be answered. For instance why does NTMT1 specifically carry GSI-IX out the α-N-terminal methylation and what is the catalytic mechanism? Given that the majority of known physiological substrates of NTMT1 contains an XPK (X = S/P/A/G) N-terminal sequence what is the structural GSI-IX basis for the requirement of this consensus sequence and is there any residue tolerance along the N-terminal consensus sequence? In an effort to address these questions we decided the X-ray crystal structures of human NTMT1 in ternary complexes with its cofactor product (S-adenosyl-L-homocysteine [SAH]) and six different hexapeptides as substrates including the very N-terminal fragment of RCC1 and its mutant peptides. We deduced the molecular mechanism of NTMT1-mediated α-N-methylation on its physiological substrate RCC1 based on data obtained from structure-based mutagenesis as well as enzymatic characterizations. Results and Discussion Overall structure of the NTMT1 ternary complexes NTMT1 is an α-N-terminal methyltransferase highly conserved from yeast to humans (Fig. 1; Webb et al. 2010). So far all known substrates of NTMT1 contain the N-terminal consensus sequence XPK (X = S/P/A/G) (Fig. 2A) although NTMT1 can also methylate peptides with X being F Y C M K R N Q or H in vitro (Petkowski et al. 2012). In order to understand the substrate specificity of NTMT1 we decided GSI-IX the crystal structures of the full-length human NTMT1 in complex with its cofactor (SAH) and a peptide derived from either human (sequence: SPKRIA) or mouse (sequence: PPKRIA) RCC1. Furthermore we also generated crystals of NTMT1 in complex with SAH and either the RPK or YPK peptide which can be efficiently methylated by NTMT1 in vitro (Tooley et al. 2010). These crystal.
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Transit authorities launch major new initiatives in the coming years
Volume 19, Issue 9 - February 26, 2021
Transit authorities to launch major new initiatives in the coming years
As the Biden administration begins to address climate change, transit authorities throughout the country will benefit from funding.
Clean air is a major component of sustainability, so increased funding will flow to public transit authorities in an effort to reduce the number of automobiles on roadways. Major initiatives at the local levels of government will provide hundreds of contracting opportunities as public officials attempt to make public transportation more convenient, economical, and attractive.
Here are a few examples of what to expect over the next few years.
The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) on February 17 provided new information related to the 2021 Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant program. Approximately $889 million for new transportation projects will be available. Evaluation criteria will steer funding decisions to projects that address climate change. Program officials will look for projects that support clean air and incentives to reduce vehicle-miles-traveled. Funding requests also will be evaluated by whether or not projects are structured to include good-paying jobs, enhanced safety, and/or the purchase of transformative technology.
Richardson ISD calls $750M bond vote
Two bond propositions totaling $750 million would help Richardson ISD (RISD) transition into a middle school model if approved by voters on May 1.
Bond 2021 will be the first phase of RISD's transition to a middle school model that will culminate in all eight junior highs being transformed into campuses serving sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. Funds would go toward opening up space at RISD's elementary campuses for the district's Pre-K for All initiative.
Proposition A, with a price tag of $694 million, will provide money for capital construction, infrastructure, repairs, safety and security, student instruction, and equipment.
RISD would spend $110 million to rebuild Lake Highlands Junior High School and renovate Forest Meadow Junior High School. Growing student enrollment would be addressed with $114 million in renovations to Richardson J.J. Pearce High School and Mohawk and Brentfield elementary schools.
Renovations for student safety would be made at Brentfield and Hamilton Park Pacesetter Magnet at a cost of $25 million, and the district would spend $20 million to renovate facility conditions at Northrich and Stults Road elementary schools
Proposition B would provide $56 million for upgrades to student and staff technology devices throughout the district.
To get the May bond amount to a smaller total than the failed $986.6 million November bond election, district officials postponed items such as land acquisition, furniture replacement, and recreational facilities upgrades.
DFW airport among trio awarded $76M by FAA for improvement projects
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will award $76 million in Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants to Chicago O'Hare, Dallas-Fort Worth, and Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood international airports.
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport will receive $31 million to construct 10,200 feet of the Northeast end-around taxiway system to eliminate the need for aircraft to cross active runways. The taxiways are expected to be completed in September 2025.
Chicago O'Hare International Airport will receive $25 million in reimbursement for Runway 9C/27C construction that includes site utilities, grading, and pavement work.
Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport will receive $20 million for extending Runway 10R/28L to 8,000 feet. The extension allows higher service volume of aircraft and reduces traffic delays.
The AIP grants fund airport infrastructure projects such as runways, taxiways, airport signage, airport lighting, and airport markings. Annually, the grant program is funded for approximately $3.2 billion.
These are the first three grants of more than 1,500 grants to hundreds of U.S. airports that the FAA will issue this year.
Austin offers arts center design options
Austin Parks and Recreation Department (PARD) staff on February 22 presented several options for the Dougherty Arts Center replacement at the city's Design Commission.
The project is in the design phase to relocate the existing center in Butler Shores Park.
It is anticipated that design and construction phase services will follow a series of public meetings in 2021.
PARD's preferred scenario (Option 1B) would place the new facility in a western location that creates a stronger civic presence, identity, and trail adjacency. A new arts promenade would activate parkland and provide partnering opportunities with the city's Austin Art in Public Places program.
Option 1B would maintain the existing PARD office, which is eligible for entry on the National Register of Historic Places. Heritage trees would be preserved at a reduced risk, and impact to the ZACH theater operations would be minimized.
A proposed 230-stall parking garage would consolidate surface parking, have garage access from two streets, and would be decoupled from building construction, reducing the project duration and cost.
Bradley Hoover, Chief Information Officer
Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) - RELLIS Campus
Career highlights and education: I am the chief information officer for the RELLIS campus, a collaborative ecosystem built to foster advanced research, technology development, testing and evaluation, and hands on career training in a higher education environment. I have been with the TAMUS for 19 years, beginning my tenure as a software developer and progressing within multiple A&M System organizations before advancing to my current position in 2019. Prior to joining TAMUS, I served in several IT roles within the retail lumber industry. I hold a B.A. in computer science from Texas A&M University, in addition to numerous industry certifications.
What I like best about my public service is: The best thing about serving in a public service role is the opportunity to give back to my community. The innovations developed at the RELLIS Campus will one day more than likely save the life of someone within my family. While I may not be the one actually making the discovery or developing the product, what I do makes much of the innovation that happens on this campus possible.
The best advice I've received is: To pay attention, not only to the good things your peers or superiors do, but also to the bad as those learnings are just as important so that you know what not to do. Running a close second is: Don't be afraid to ask for something. You would be amazed at the doors that will open if you just ask. The worst that can happen is an answer of "no" and you are where you would have been anyway except at least they know you are interested.
My favorite way to destress is: There are a lot of things I enjoy doing in my free time, including spending time with my family in the garden, hunting, playing golf, or going fishing.
People might be surprised to know that I: Grew up in a small town called Dime Box, and my graduating class had 13 people. I still help manage the ranch in Dime Box and have over 100 cattle on the ground at any time.
One thing I wished more people knew about the RELLIS Campus is: How awe-inspiring it is. The innovations that are developed here and the opportunities for workforce development and education are just amazing. There's a reason it's growing so quickly as more and more folks see what's going on out here or discover how their passions and ideas can have space to roam. I give tours to folks all the time, and they all walk away saying "Wow, I had no idea all of this was here. This is just amazing."
Northwest ISD tweaks bond package for $746M in facility, technology projects
After a failed bond election last November, the Northwest ISD (NISD) is proposing a similar bond vote for May 1 that seeks voter approval for $745.7 million.
Four propositions on the ballot will address new facilities, capital improvements, stadium renovations and upgrades, technology upgrades, and recreational facilities.
The propositions are:
Proposition A – School facilities and capital improvements - $712.4 million.
Proposition B – Stadium renovations - $8.2 million.
Proposition C – Middle school recreational facilities - $5.7 million.
Proposition D – Technology devices - $19.4 million.
Citing tremendous growth in the school district, NISD officials say that all but five schools in the district will be above capacity by 2030 unless new schools are added.
Demographers say that by the year 2026, the district's enrollment will likely exceed 32,000 students.
Port of Corpus Christi partners with Rotterdam on future opportunities
The Port of Corpus Christi entered a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Port of Rotterdam to collaborate on improvement of their global maritime operations.
Some of the ports' shared objectives include co-developing trade and commercial opportunities.
Other objectives are fostering an exchange of information and advancing the development and deployment of navigational safety and environmental protection technologies.
Corpus Christi is the nation's largest crude oil export gateway, as well as the largest in total revenue tonnage. It boasts a 36-mile, soon-to-be 54-foot deep channel. The port of Rotterdam is Europe's largest deep-sea port.
EDA awards $19M in COVID-19 recovery grants to Texas projects
Multiple recovery efforts around the state will benefit from $19.3 million in CARES Act Recovery Assistance grants from the U.S. Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration (EDA).
The EDA investments announced on February 18 are:
Lamar State College Port Arthur will receive $4.3 million to support workforce development and diversification through the design and construction of a commercial driver education and examination center.
Milam County will receive $3.77 million to revitalize the vacant hospital complex in downtown Cameron for commercial use and as an additional COVID-19 testing and medical care site.
The city of Eagle Pass will receive $3.5 million to support small business growth by renovating a downtown, city-owned building for use as a small business incubator and retail center. The facility will support and attract a variety of industries, including retail, technology, real estate, and innovative energy solutions.
The town of Fairview will receive $3 million to construct a new four-lane divided roadway that will create a primary access to Medical Center Drive in support of a hospital expansion and a mixed-use private development.
The city of Kilgore will receive $2.5 million to construct two additional floors of new space on the northwest side of the Roy H. Laird Memorial Hospital for use as a health sciences education center. The Roy H. Laird Regional Medical Health Sciences Education Center will train workers for jobs in nursing and health sciences fields in a state-of-the-art facility.
The city of Pflugerville will receive $2.3 million to make critical roadway infrastructure improvements along the Pecan Street-Dessau Road Corridors to support business growth, including at the 130 Commerce Center.
This project is funded under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which provided the EDA with $1.5 billion for economic assistance programs to help communities prevent, prepare for, and respond to the coronavirus.
Amarillo considering master plan for Tri-State Exposition development
The city of Amarillo is engaging partners in the area to draft a master plan for the Tri-State Exposition and boost tourism revenues.
Chartered in 1923, the year-round facility is in use an average of 240 days per year. It hosts the Tri-State Fair & Rodeo and is home to the Amarillo National Center.
Amarillo intends to partner with Potter County, Amarillo ISD, Amarillo-Potter Events Venue District, and the Tri-State Expo board of directors on a plan patterned on the city's successful revitalization of its downtown.
The plan would incorporate 104 acres of the fairgrounds and 24 acres owned by the school district, as well as the neighboring commercial and residential areas.
TxDOT studying SH 361 improvements
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will hold a virtual public meeting on March 1 to present design concepts for improvements to State Highway 361.
TxDOT is working on a feasibility study to address SH 361 and the SH 361/SH 35/US 181 interchange in and around Gregory, Portland, and Ingleside.
The purpose of this feasibility study is to identify opportunities to better connect US 181 and SH 361 while improving safety and mobility. This is part of a larger project to improve the SH 361 corridor in San Patricio County from the SH 361/SH 35 interchange to east of FM 1069.
During the feasibility phase of project development, engineers and planners are conducting studies to define problems, gathering data, recommending solutions, weighing the potential environmental impacts, and analyzing a preferred concept.
Kenedy revisits convention center plan
The city of Kenedy is revisiting a concept for a new convention center, possibly at Joe Gulley Park.
Previous discussions ceased due to a dearth of parking spaces near the proposed site close to the park's soccer fields. Since then, the city acquired several lots in the area that would make the area more attractive for building a convention center.
Earlier conversations produced two options for either a 29,000-square-foot convention center or a 16,000-square-foot venue.
City staff members will be developing a more detailed concept to present to the Kenedy City Council at an upcoming meeting.
Virtual K-8 campus considered at Denton school district
Problems require innovative solutions, and the Denton ISD (DISD) could well be a future trend-setter when it comes to virtual schooling. The district is studying creation of an entirely virtual K-8 campus to replace an existing online option being used by the school district.
With pre-registration planned for March and through the summer, DISD officials would have a better handle on how many students would be interested in the new virtual campus, which would give administrators an idea of how many teachers they would need to conduct classes. Teachers hired for the virtual campus would only provide online instruction, and the campus would have its own principal. DISD administrators hope to have the campus online at the start of the 2021-22 school year.
Teachers interested in teaching on the virtual campus can express their interest in the program, but the principal will make selections of those who best fit the program. Officials are planning only for the 2021-2022 school year, but if it is successful, it could be continued into the future.
More than 8,000 students are participating in virtual classes, or more than 25 percent of the student body. Officials say that not everyone prefers virtual classes, but some students have great success using that model. While teachers apparently have a preference for working out of an on-site district hub, that part of the plan has not yet been decided.
Bugg, New reappointed to Texas Transportation Commission offices
Gov. Greg Abbott reappointed J. Bruce Bugg, Jr. and Alvin New to the Texas Transportation Commission on February 23.
Bugg, Jr. of San Antonio is chairman and chief executive officer of an investment company as well as chairman of several Texas banks. He is a former board member of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and trustee of a biomedical research institute.
New of Christoval is a ranch owner, former CEO of a food store chain, and former mayor of San Angelo. He is a member of the Goodfellow Air Force Base Advisory Council, and he serves on various councils and committees for Angelo State University.
Appraiser board taps Tran to be 1st director
The Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board (TALCB) promoted Melissa Tran as the agency's first director.
Tran previously served as a managing attorney in TALCB's enforcement division. Before joining the agency, she worked as a risk-management consultant and associate attorney.
Corpus Christi appoints assistant city manager
Corpus Christi City Manager Peter Zanoni appointed Neiman Young as assistant city manager on February 23.
Neiman most recently served as county administrator for King George County, Virginia. Prio to that, he served as a U.S. Army officer.
H-GAC hires Raborn as transportation director
The Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) hired Craig Raborn as its new director of transportation services. He succeeded Alan Clark who retired in fall 2020.
Raborn most recently served as director of the Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada. Before that, he was transportation program manager at the Western Arizona Council of Governments, a senior policy analyst at Duke University's Nicholas Institute, and program manager of the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center.
Bee Cave names Oskoui assistant city manager
The city of Bee Cave promoted Lindsey Oskoui to assistant city manager.
Oskoui most recently served as Bee Cave's director of planning and development. Before joining the city, she was a senior planner with Ontario County, New York.
Taylor ISD taps Padavil as new superintendent
The Taylor ISD board of trustees recently announced Dr. Devin Padavil as the district's new superintendent. He succeeded Superintendent Keith Brown who resigned in August 2020.
Padavil most recently served as area superintendent with Leander ISD. Before that, he was assistant superintendent of secondary schools at Fort Bend ISD, a high school principal at Frisco ISD, and high school and middle school principal with Pflugerville ISD.
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Vis-en-Artois Memorial is een oorlogsmonument dat werd opgericht voor de vermiste slachtoffers uit de Eerste Wereldoorlog die in de periode van 8 augustus 1918 tot de wapenstilstand tijdens de eindstrijd in Picardië en Artois en tussen de Somme en Loos, sneuvelden en geen gekend graf hebben. Dit monument maakt deel uit van de Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, gelegen in de Franse gemeente Haucourt (departement Pas-de-Calais).

Het monument werd ontworpen door John Truelove en bestaat uit een schermwand in drie delen, opgebouwd in witte natuursteen. Het centrale deel van de schermwand is gebogen met in het midden een door beeldhouwer Ernest Gillick ontworpen reliëf dat de H. Joris en de Draak voorstelt. De andere delen van de schermwand zijn ook gebogen en maken deel uit van een overdekte zuilengalerij die de centraal opgestelde Stone of Remembrance omsluiten. Het verhoogd terras met de Stone wordt geflankeerd door twee pylonen van 21 m hoog.

In de hele schermwand zijn 12 panelen aangebracht waarop de namen van 9.830 vermisten zijn gegraveerd. Ze behoorden tot de strijdkrachten van Groot-Brittannië, Ierland en Zuid-Afrika. De Canadese, Australische en Nieuw-Zeelandse vermisten worden herdacht op andere monumenten (meestal in de bestaande Britse oorlogsbegraafplaatsen).

Het monument werd op 4 augustus 1930 door Rt. Hon. Thomas Shaw onthuld en wordt onderhouden door de Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Onderscheiden militairen
 George Prowse, adjudant-onderofficier bij de Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve werd onderscheiden met het Victoria Cross en de Distinguished Conduct Medal (VC, DCM).
 Frederick Charles Riggs, sergeant bij het York and Lancaster Regiment werd onderscheiden met het Victoria Cross en de Military Medal (VC, MM).
 Allan Leonard Lewis, korporaal bij het Northamptonshire Regiment werd onderscheiden met het Victoria Cross (VC).
 de onderluitenants Herbert Benjamin Biggs (Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve) en Neil Wallace Robertson (Royal Scots Fusiliers) werden tweemaal onderscheiden met het Military Cross (MC and Bar).
 nog 28 officieren werden onderscheiden met het Military Cross (MC).
 sergeant William George Griffiths (The King's (Liverpool Regiment)) en soldaat John Lane (The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment) werden onderscheiden met de Distinguished Conduct Medal en tweemaal met de Military Medal (DCM, MM and Bar).
 korporaal Joseph Henry Vale (Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry) werd onderscheiden met de Distinguished Conduct Medal en de Meritorious Service Medal (DCM, MSM).
 de  sergeanten James Norman Williams (Devonshire Regiment), Philip Collingwood (Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)), Percy Campbell (The King's (Liverpool Regiment), Jack Brown (Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)), Arthur James Ayres (The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)), John Martin Rooney (King's Own Scottish Borderers) en Thomas Jones (The King's (Liverpool Regiment), de soldaten Thomas Flynn (Royal Munster Fusiliers) en Michael Condon (Royal Welsh Fusiliers) werden onderscheiden met de Distinguished Conduct Medal en de Military Medal (DCM, MM).
 nog 36 militairen werden onderscheiden met de Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM).
 de sergeanten Harold Bacon (Army Service Corps) en Fred Ellis (West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)) werden onderscheiden met de Meritorious Service Medal (MSM).
 onderluitenant William Frank Hardy, de sergeanten Frederick H. Walker, George Frederick Tamplin en Arthur Haigh, de korporaals James McArthur, William Edward Harris en Charles Raymond Treadgold en de soldaten Frank Pigott, Frederick Fletcher en James Gregory werden tweemaal onderscheiden met de Military Medal (MM and Bar).
 nog 273 militairen werden onderscheiden met de Military Medal (MM).

Minderjarige militairen
Vijf soldaten waren 17 jaar toen ze sneuvelden: Albert George Paddock (South Wales Borderers), Stephen Blake (Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry), John George Daltry (Lincolnshire Regiment), Vernon Lees (Lancashire Fusiliers) en Stanley Morton (Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)).

Aliassen
Acht militairen dienden onder een alias:
 sergeant R.L. Addison als George Abbott bij het London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers).
 sergeant John Thornton Short als George Doncaster bij de Royal Fusiliers.
 geleider Jack Hibberd als Jack Kirby bij de Royal Field Artillery.
 soldaat Leonard Frederick Evans als Leonard Charles Evans bij het Middlesex Regiment.
 soldaat Stanley Ernest Atherton als Stanley Reynolds bij de Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).
 soldaat John Samuel Solomons als John Samuels bij het London Regiment.
 soldaat Horace Adkins als Frank Adams bij de Royal Marine Light Infantry.
 soldaat Arthur Hindle Carter als Arthur Hindle Whiteley bij de Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment).

Gefusilleerde militair
 soldaat Frederick Charles Butcher (The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)) werd op 27 augustus 1918 wegens lafheid gefusilleerd. Hij was 26 jaar oud.

Haucourt (Pas-de-Calais)
Bouwwerk in Pas-de-Calais
Eerste Wereldoorlog-monument in Frankrijk
Monument van de CWGC


Dr. Khosla is a general ophthalmologist which differs from an optometrist in the training and scope of practice. Ophthalmologists are "Eye MD"s with a medical degree and training in all systems in the human body. An optometrist has specialized training in eye health and also may have more experience and training in the optics of prescribing glasses and contact lenses. . Dr. Khosla covers a wide array of eye health problems including screening for diabetic patients and treatment of many common eye diseases such as glaucoma and macular degeneration. Dr. Khosla also cares for urgent conditions including foreign body, eye infections, styes, and retinal tears. He speaks a number of languages including Hindi, Punjabi, Urdu, and Tamil and has a number of years of experience in ophthalmology. Urgent eye care problems and new patients are welcome.
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Al-Bidayah fi usul al-din (An Introduction to Islamic theology) is a classical text on Maturidi theology authored by Imam Nur al-Din al-Sabuni (d.580/1184), a prominent Muslim theologian from Bukhara.
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Al-Bidayah fi usul al-din (An Introduction to Islamic theology) is a classical text on Maturidi theology authored by Imam Nur al-Din al-Sabuni (d.580/1184), a prominent Muslim theologian from Bukhara. It is a concise yet thorough manual of key doctrinal issues that were historically debated in early Islamic history.
The text explains the central tenets of the Islamic creed and refutes erroneous positions of alternative theologies. The discussions are uncomplicated and unencumbered by technical terminology, and the positions of orthodoxy are presented with rational and scriptural evidence.
This text includes the original Arabic script, concise translation, and comprehensive notes by translator Faraz A. Khan, providing a rare rendering into the English language of the extraordinary richness and enduring relevance of the kalam commentary tradition. Finally, an insightful foreword by Dr. Hamza Yusuf and a valuable appendix on the kalam cosmological argument provide an enhanced support of this remarkable text.
Al-Ghazali's Forty Principles Of The Religion (Al- Arba'in Fi Usul Ad-Din)
Imam al-Ghazali's Mukhtasar Ihya Ulum ad-Din
Ihya Ulum Ad-Din (Arabic) by Imam Al-Ghazali
Al-Arbaʿīn al-Nawawiyyah (The 40 Hadith of Imam Nawawi in Arabic)
Etiquette Of The Learner: Ibn Jama'ah, Abridgement of Tadhkirat
The Quest for Virtuous Character
The Ladder to Success in Truly Loving Allah
Reliance of The Traveler : A Classic Manual Of Islamic Sacred Law
The Encompassing Epistle: Al-Risālah Al-Jāmiʿah Wa Al-Tadhkirah Al-Nāfiʿah
Minhaj al-Abidin ila Jannati Rabbi'l-Alamin: The Path of the Worshipful Servants to the Garden of the Lord of All the Worlds
The Beginning Of Guidance (Bidayat Al-Hidaya)


Who better to advise businesses on how to hire an SEO than Google?
Google is the primary search engine for which SEOs optimize (sorry Bing). Search is Google's most lucrative product, and Google needs to protect the integrity of their search results.
Any information and advice from Google concerning SEO is always welcome!
On Valentine's Day Google showed SEOs some love by releasing a video that offers advice on how to hire an SEO professional. The video is just over eleven minutes long, and features Developer Programs Tech Lead at Google Maile Ohye.
I've seen Maile speak before at a conference, and she is a very knowledgeable and excellent presenter.
In this post, I'll break down my top takeaways and the topics she discussed for hiring an SEO.
I recommend you watch the video in full. Maile shares insightful advice and it is definitely worth eleven minutes of your time.
Here are my top takeaways. Enjoy!
There's a wealth of good information in Maile's video, from which I have 7 main takeaways.
Quality SEOs Will be Genuinely Invested in Your Business.
Let's look at each of these takeaways individually.
Maile began her advice by reinforcing the fact that SEO isn't a magic bullet. There are no shortcuts.
Citing her experience working with Google search for over a decade, Maile explains there aren't any magical tricks that an SEO can provide to make your site rank number one.
Instead, an SEO can only help your site rank where it deserves to rank.
This advice aligns with our core belief at Page One Power that your site will only get the links it deserves — your site, page, or asset must be worthy of links.
Maile also touched on the fact that it takes time for good SEO practices to impact your site's visibility, and that results don't happen overnight.
In most cases, SEOs need four months to a year to help your business first implement improvements and then see potential benefit.
Often, there is an analysis phase followed by implementation. Even after implementation, changes don't occur immediately. You'll still need time to see the benefits of those improvements.
Maile's strongest advice for working with an SEO is to request they corroborate recommendations and suggestions with advice directly from Google.
You should ask for corroboration that supports both the SEO's description of the issue that needs improvement, and the approach they prescribe to accomplish this task.
Asking for verification will prevent you from hiring an SEO that offers useless or toxic suggestions, such as adding keywords to meta tags or buying links. Buying links falls in line with the stance Google has always had on buying links and link schemes.
As Maile points out, links influence PageRank (organic search visibility). Securing links should be part of an SEOs job, but purchasing manipulative links is never a good strategy.
You should never go against Google's webmaster guidelines, or hire an SEO who makes recommendations against the guidelines.
A rule of thumb is that good SEO typically means providing a good experience for your online customers, according to Maile.
For established brands and websites, Maile recommends updating your infrastructure to become more agile and better able to implement features faster in the future.
Maile recommends you begin your hiring process with a two-way interview, to check if the SEO is genuinely interested in you and your business.
Quality SEOs will ask questions about what makes your business unique and valuable to customers, according to Maile.
How your business makes money.
What other marketing channels you use.
Maile explains it's difficult to do SEO well without knowing about a business' goals, customers, and other existing marketing efforts. This advice rings true for link building, and is something I've echoed here on Linkarati.
Maile also strongly recommends checking references when vetting potential SEOs.
You should talk to past clients to learn whether or not they were able to provide useful guidance and work effectively with their teams.
Quality SEOs will want to educate you and your staff on how search engines work, so that SEO becomes integrated into your general business operations.
If a potential SEO has passed your initial vetting, Maile suggests testing them further by having them conduct a technical and search audit.
In order to do this, you can provide them with restricted view to your Google Search Console and Analytics data. This way they can conduct a technical and search audit without being able to actually modify anything on your website.
For larger companies, Maile recommends hiring multiple SEOs to conduct these audits, and using that information to select who you could work with the best.
An estimate of the overall investment.
Plan of how to iterate and improve on the implementation or how to experiment and fail fast should results not meet expectations.
She also has a word of caution regarding duplicate content.
In the search audit, Maile explains that experienced SEOs will break down your search queries into two categories: branded and unbranded terms.
For branded terms, Maile states that a good SEO will ensure your site is providing a great experience that helps customers who know your brand easily find exactly what they need and potentially convert.
For unbranded queries a good SEO will help you better make sense of the online competitive landscape.
Regardless of the SEO you hire, your company must buy into SEO improvements to be successful.
And that wraps up Maile's video on "How to hire an SEO". Thank you to Maile and Google for creating this helpful and insightful video, which benefits site owners, businesses, SEOs, and the greater online community.
Andrew Dennis is a Content Marketing Specialist at Page One Power. Andrew is an alumnus of the University of Idaho and consequently a lifelong Vandals fan. You can connect with Andrew on Twitter or LinkedIn.


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Police release CCTV footage of man running away from home of murdered pregnant woman
By Group Reporter
Wednesday, 03 July, 2019, 09:31
Police are looking to identify a man caught on camera walking towards the address of a murder victim and running away from the scene minutes later.
Kelly Mary Fauvrelle, 26, was eight months pregnant and found with stab injuries at her address in Raymead Avenue, Thornton Heath in South London in the early hours of Saturday.
Paramedics managed to deliver her baby son, but he died in the early hours of this morning, Scotland Yard said.
Police released footage showing a man walking towards the address and running away 10 minutes later
In the footage released by the Metropolitan Police, a man is seen walking towards Ms Fauvrelle's address at 3.11am and running back just over 10 minutes later.
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder. One, aged 37, was released under investigation on Sunday, and a second, aged 29, has been released on bail until early August.
Detective Chief Inspector Mick Norman of the Met's Homicide and Major Crime Command said: "This morning, we heard the sad news that Kelly's baby son, Riley, has died in hospital. Our thoughts remain with their family.
'Challenging investigation'
"This tragic development makes it even more important that anyone with information comes forward as a matter of urgency.
"We have released footage as the next step in what has been a fast-paced, and extremely challenging investigation.
"We need to identify the man shown in the footage urgently, even if only to eliminate him from our inquiries. I need to hear from anyone who knows who he is.
"If this is you, it is imperative that you contact my team immediately."
He added that the force was unable to say whether Ms Fauvrelle's attacker was known to her and officers are keeping an open mind.
He said: "A dedicated team of detectives are working day and night on this investigation.
"We have assured Kelly's family - and I want to assure local residents and the wider public too - that we are doing absolutely everything in our power to find the person responsible.
"I am aware that there is some speculation about whether Kelly's attacker was known to her. At this stage we simply are not in a position to say and we must retain an open mind.
"One of the key aims of my investigation is to build a complete picture of Kelly's life and the people with whom she was in contact, but I also need to consider other possible scenarios.
"Members of the public may have useful information, and I am today reiterating my appeal for anyone who may know anything that will assist the investigation to make contact as soon as possible."


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Antonio Pio (composer) (1753–1795), Italian composer
Antonio Pio (painter) (1809–1871), Italian painter


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Fruit jokes
5 jokes about fruits
One day in class the teacher brought a bag full of fruit. "Now class, I'm going to reach into the bag and describe a piece of fruit, and you tell what fruit I'm talking about. Okay, first: it's round, plump and red."
Of course, Johnny raised his hand high, but the teacher, wisely ignored him and picked Deborah, who promptly answered "An apple." The teacher replied, "No Deborah, it's a beet, but I like your thinking." Now for the second. It's soft, fuzzy, and colored red and brownish."
Well, Johnny is hopping up and down in his seat trying to get the teacher to call on him. But she skips him again and calls on Billy."Is it a peach?"Billy asks."No, Billy, I'm afraid it's a potato. But I like your thinking,"the teacher replies. Here's another: it's long, yellow, and fairly hard."
By now Johnny is about to explode as he waves his hand frantically. The teacher skips him again and calls on Sally. "A banana," she says. "No," the teacher replies, "it's a squash, but I like your thinking."
Johnny is kind of irritated now, so he speaks up loudly. "Hey, I've got one for you teacher; let me put my hand in my pocket. Okay, I've got it: it's round, hard, and it's got a head on it." "Johnny!" she cries. "That's disgusting!" "Nope," answers Johnny, "it's a quarter, but I like your thinking!"
52 teacher jokes
A guy walks into the doctor's office. There is a banana stuck in one of his ears, a cucumber in the other ear, and a carrot stuck in one nostril.
The man says, "Doc, this is terrible. What's wrong with me?"
The doctor says, "Well, first of all, you need to eat more sensibly."
17 doctor jokes
What's cannibalism?
Men eating pork.
6 cannibalism jokes
A young woman in New York was so depressed that she decided to end her life by throwing herself into the ocean. She went down to the docks and was about to leap into the frigid water when a handsome young sailor saw her tottering on the edge of the pier, crying. He took pity on her and said, "Look, you have so much to live for. I'm off to Europe in the morning, and if you like, I can stow you away on my ship. I'll take good care of you and bring you food every day." Moving closer, he slipped his arm around her shoulder and added, "I'll keep you happy, and you'll keep me happy."
The girl nodded yes. After all, what did she have to lose? Perhaps a fresh start in Europe would give her life new meaning.
That night, the sailor brought her aboard and hid her in a lifeboat. From then on, every night he brought her three sandwiches and a piece of fruit, and they made passionate love until dawn. Three weeks later, during a routine inspection, she was discovered by the captain.
"What are you doing here?" the captain asked.
"I have an arrangement with one of the sailors," she explained. "I get food and a trip to Europe, and he's screwing me."
"He certainly is," the captain said. "This is the Staten Island Ferry."
21 sailor jokes
A young single guy is on a cruise ship, having the time of his life. On the second day of the cruise, the ship slams into an iceberg and begins to sink. Passengers around him are screaming, flailing, and drowning but our guy manages to grab on to a piece of driftwood and, using every last ounce of strength, swims a few miles through the shark-infested sea to a remote island.
Sprawled on the shore nearly passed out from exhaustion, he turns his head and sees a woman lying near him, unconscious, barely breathing. She's also managed to wash up on shore from the sinking ship. He makes his way to her, and with some mouth-to-mouth assistance he manages to get her breathing again. She looks up at him, wide-eyed and grateful and says, "My God, you saved my life!"
He suddenly realizes the woman is Cindy Crawford!
Days and weeks go by. Cindy and our guy are living on the island together. They've set up a hut, there's fruit on the trees, and they're in heaven. Cindy's fallen madly in love with our man, and they're making passionate love morning, noon and night.
Alas, one day she notices he's looking kind of glum. "What's the matter, sweetheart?" she asks, "We have a wonderful life together, I'm in love with you. Is there something wrong? Is there anything I can do?"
He says, "Actually, Cindy, there is. Would you mind, putting on my shirt?"
"Sure," she says, "if it will help." He takes off his shirt and she puts it on.
"Now would you put on my pants?" he asks.
"Sure, honey, if it's really going to make you feel better," she says.
"Okay, would you put on my hat now, and draw a little mustache on your face?" he asks.
"Whatever you want, sweetie," she says, and does.
Then he says, "Now, would you start walking around the edge of the island?"
She starts walking around the perimeter of the island. He sets off in the other direction. They meet up half way around the island a few minutes later. He rushes up to her, grabs her by the shoulders, and says, "Dude! You'll never believe who I'm sleeping with!"
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Coaching ● Aug 21, 2017
Lions and Lionesses Continuing Coaching Journey
Seven current and former National Team players – from both the men's and women's teams – embarked on the next step of their coaching journey together with 15 other coaches in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) 'B' Coaching Diploma course last Monday.
Though they turned out for the national set-up at different times, Fazrul Nawaz, Isa Halim, Muhammad Ridhuan and Noh Alam Shah are course-mates in the 'B' Coaching Diploma course. They are joined by Women's National Team (WNT) players Ernie Sulastri and Angeline Chua, as well as former WNT captain Shida Shariff.
All seven of them are actively coaching in various capacities. In particular, two-time ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) Championship winners Noh Alam Shah (2004 and 2007), Isa Halim (2007 and 2012) and Muhammad Ridhuan (2004 and 2007) are coaches in the Active Cubs Football Academy. Both Shida Shariff and Angeline Chua are with the Women's National Team coaching set-up – the former an assistant coach with the Under-19 WNT, and the latter coaching the Under-14 WNT.
In recognition of their services to the nation, the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) offers subsidies to National Team players who have made significant contributions to Singapore during their playing career. The subsidies go a long way in encouraging the players to continue to be actively engaged in the football scene after they retire as players.
Noh Alam Shah, who holds the honour of being the all-time record goalscorer at the AFF Championship with 17 goals, said: "I have to thank the FA for subsidising the course for us. The fee waiver is an incentive for me to attend the course, but more importantly, the course is an opportunity for me to upgrade myself and get to know the game better. I take a lot of joy and pride in helping to develop the younger generation."
Shida Shariff expressed similar sentiments, and pointed out the need for more women coaches in Singapore: "I think this is a great opportunity and encouragement (by FAS) for former players to become coaches and give back to future generation of players. Former players not only can coach but also be mentors and role models to those they coach. We can relate to the players and are aware of the challenges faced at the international level.
"We need more female coaches to be involved in football, especially former National Team players who can impart their experience to current and future players. Also, for women's football, the FIFA and AFC tournament guideline is to have at least one female coaching staff for the (Women's) National Teams, so increasing the pool of qualified female coaches is crucial."
Shida, who earned her first international cap for Singapore in 1997 added that for her, the reward she derives from coaching is the satisfaction from developing a player and watching them grow and improve.
This sentiment is echoed by both Alam Shah and Isa Halim, who heads the Bedok Stadium Active Cubs Football Academy.
Coaching is Alam Shah's way of staying in touch with football – which he describes as being "in [his] genes and blood" – since his retirement at the end of the 2015 S.League season. He spoke about the joy he feels in developing the younger generation, adding that seeing the players under his charge grow into better people and players is "the greatest gift a person can get".
As for Isa, the affection he has for the children he coaches is evident in the way he speaks of them. When asked what motivates him as a coach, he gushed: "Seeing the kids smile and being appreciated by them as their coach is what keeps me going. In fact, some of them start to take an interest in the S.League and have even come to watch my matches. It can be tiring, especially when I have to coach after a late game the night before, but seeing them having fun makes it worth it."
Another initiative which has been in place since 2016 is the flexibility to attend make up sessions the next time the same course is organised, should participants miss certain sessions. This arrangement allows active players to respect their commitments to their clubs, while still preparing for a post-playing career at the same time.
Isa Halim, who has 58 international caps, said: "While I only have one S.League match scheduled in the duration of the course, I will still have to fulfill my commitments as a player. Being given this flexibility to make up for the sessions will be good for us players.
"My club (Geylang International FC) and coach have been very understanding of my commitments as a coach. I also appreciate FAS for being very supportive of me preparing for a post-playing career by subsiding the course and providing various opportunities for me. The onus is on us players to take the initiative and approach the FA because there is a platform for players to plan for a post-playing career."
Fazrul Nawaz, who juggles playing for Tampines Rovers FC and coaching at private academies on weekends, also welcomed the flexibility: "It is a good system for us players who are keen on taking up coaching courses but have club commitments too. I am preparing myself for a post-playing career, and coaching is a way I can give back to Singapore football. I appreciate that the FA is helping to develop us in different ways. It is something for us players to look forward to after we stop playing, and it is good that they are there to support us."
The 10-day course this August is the first of two modules of the AFC 'B' Coaching Diploma course. The coaches will return in November for the second part of the course, which will include theoretical and practical assessments as well as a presentation of their dissertation.
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