This post is the fifth in a series of blog posts on the subject of connections in Nature; how man is gradually destroying these vital connections that keep him alive; and possible ways to work with Nature to conserve these extremely important connections.
I am hoping that the material in this series will be helpful to environmental educators as they plan lesson sets. I also hope that students will use the information to develop their own presentations and projects. And, of course, I hope the material will be useful to all of you who are stewards of Nature who are looking for ways to conserve Her.
In this series of blogs that focus on restoring connections in Nature, we've looked at the highly destructive age of mankind which has been dubbed the "anthropocene" — a seemingly hopeless situation for the long term survival of mankind and Earth. We then offered a hint of hope with the ideas of resilience and the restoration of Nature's ecosystems. We went on to examine large connections between ecosystems known as "edges" or "ecotones". The most recent post in this series addressed the need for Earth's creatures to maintain connectivity between ecosystems that have been fragmented by mankind. We discussed wildlife corridors that are either naturally present or constructed by man to restore the needed links between ecosystems. Our tone became more positive as we saw examples of mankind gradually recreating those essential wildlife corridors.
With this post, we look at a more integrated approach to reconnecting Nature, an approach that is accepted and applied in the international community — the concept of biosphere reserves.
There is an ongoing debate between two schools of thought within the field of conservation science. One group believes that setting aside land tracts only for Nature's sake, free from humans, will permit her to take care of herself. This worldview is seen in designated wilderness areas. Yet, studies have shown that even as more land is set aside for protection from human influence, global biodiversity in the protected areas continues to decline.
A second worldview in the conservation community values both Nature for herself and for human purpose. This view calls for the protection of Nature while working with business entities to find mixes of economic benefit and conservation success. The idea is to blend human development with Nature. This view accepts the presence of the Anthropocene as a permanent reality and seeks to protect natural habitat where people live and work. There is an excellent article, entitled "The Battle For The Soul Of Conservation Science" that explains these two worldviews in greater detail.
In this essay, we look at biosphere reserves – one way of protecting natural habitat where people live and work.
We think of the word "island" as a land mass that is isolated from a mainland by water, it is also a metaphor for an ecosystem that is isolated from other ecosystems by habitat boundaries that are created by Nature or by mankind. In earlier posts, we noted that the huge and growing human population has fragmented the habitats and ecosystems of flora and fauna. The remaining fragmented pieces of ecosystems are referred to as "islands". In the blog on corridors we emphasized that these islands need to be reconnected in order for Nature to function properly.
In 1967, the work of MacArthur and Wilson on island biogeography showed that large islands had a richer biodiversity than smaller islands. The rate of extinction is lower on larger islands. These researchers showed that one thing that made a big difference in ecosystem survival was the rate of replenishment through "in-migration" of species. In-migration depends on the proximity of land masses or other large islands. It was suggested that bigger is better than smaller; one large park or reserve is better than several separate and smaller islands that aggregate the same area and that Nature reserves close together are better than equivalent ones widely spaced. Better yet, reserves connected to each other are far better than separated. Equally important, an island protected from conflicting use (such as man made communities or activities ) is better than no protection.
Enlarging the size of existing islands or Nature preserves is difficult because the process entails acquiring the land of other humans or political entities. A better alternative would be to promote nature-friendly land and water management on surrounding lands through cooperative efforts. This can be a huge undertaking fraught with all sorts of conflicting interests. But,the idea is taking place in many instances where US Forest Service (USFS) and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands surround US National Park Service (NPS) preserves. The so-called "kingdom mentality" of these bureaucracies is put to good use as established protected areas surround other interconnected protected areas.
Conservation of Biodiversity – to contribute to the conservation of landscapes, ecosystems, species and genetic variation.
Sustainable Development – to foster economic and human development which is socio-culturally and ecologically sustainable.
Support for Logistics – to provide support for research, monitoring, education and information exchange related to local, national and global issues of conservation and development.
The planning that goes into these activities helps residents in a biosphere reserve to identify and meet their own needs, in their own way. It also provides opportunities to draw together a broad base of support from all sectors of the community or communities associated with the biosphere reserve.
The zone concept is designed to be flexible and may be used in a variety of ways in order to address local needs and conditions. Ownership arrangements in a biosphere reserve vary as well. The core areas of biosphere reserves are often public lands with legal protection, such as a previously designated national park, wilderness area or wildlife refuge. However, the core area may be privately owned or belong to non-governmental organizations. Managers of the core areas may contribute resources to projects developed with residents, businesses and other partners of the biosphere reserve.
A buffer zones surrounds or is contiguous to the core area. Activities are organized so they do not hinder the conservation objectives of the core area, but rather help to protect it. The buffer zone might be an area for experimental research, or may involve ways to manage natural vegetation, agricultural land, forests, fisheries or ranch land to enhance overall quality of production while conserving natural processes and biodiversity. This zone may also accommodate education, training, tourism, and recreation facilities. In many biosphere reserves the buffer zone is regarded as an area in which human use is less intensive than what might be found in the transition zone.
A transition zone, or area of cooperation is the large outer area of a reserve where people live and work, using the natural resources of the area in a sustainable manner. The term 'area of cooperation' underscores the role of cooperation as the main tool to achieve the objectives of the biosphere reserve. It is here that the local communities, conservation agencies, scientists, civil associations, cultural groups, businesses and other stakeholders agree to work together to manage and use the area in a sustainable way that will benefit the people who live there.
The Waterton Biosphere Reserve web site goes on to list the advantages of the biosphere concept.
Biosphere reserves help ensure the environmental, economic, and social sustainability of the region, by encouraging wise use of natural and human resources.
They provide practical ways to resolve land use conflicts and to protect biological diversity.
A biosphere reserve area gains access to information, expertise, support and funding through national and international networks.
Biosphere reserves encourage diverse local economies to revitalize rural areas.
The biosphere concept can be used as a framework to guide and reinforce projects that enhance people's livelihoods.
Biosphere reserves attract academic and government research activity that addresses local issues and problems.
Biosphere reserves serve as learning sites to explore and demonstrate approaches to conservation and sustainable development providing lessons which can be applied elsewhere.
Biosphere reserves highlight the distinctiveness of the area and help foster a sense of place amongst residents and visitors.
Designation of a biosphere reserve can raise awareness among local people, citizens, and government authorities on environmental and development issues.
A biosphere reserve provides a focus for stakeholder cooperation and volunteer involvement.
Here are two videos that describe biosphere reserves. The first video portrays biosphere reserves in Canada.
The second video is called "People and nature – better together!".
Enough people have recognized the damage we have done and are doing something about it.
The reconstruction process is actually happening.
I see more and more people and groups changing from a harsh pro-human worldview to a softer, more caring, and holistic worldview that includes Nature. An example is a growing number of ranchers who, instead of killing valuable predators, are turning to non-lethal predator control.
Of course, all is not perfect or working well. The one biosphere reserve that I am close to is the Northern Sea of Cortez in Mexico. Lack of enforcement continues to keep the endangered indigenous porpoise, Vaquita, in great peril from drift nets that capture prohibited fish that are sold into markets within the United States. When the reserve was initiated, the Mexican government failed to provide an alternate economy for fishermen who needed income to feed their families. Fortunately, there are dedicated groups of scientists and conservationists who are working on this problem. Recently, the Mexican government has pledged an expanded effort.
The concept of biosphere reserves provides these three essentials. Also, things are going in the right direction because biosphere reserves build and utilize a vital consciousness that we are all connected and that it is this connectedness that works to create and sustain a Nature that is essential to the survival of all creatures on Earth.
Thanks for your comment Merridy. An welcome to the blog. I hope to hear more from you !!!!
So sad to think that we have to argue and debate to save nature. We're part of earth's ecosystem and need to treat this beautiful world with love and share it with our fellow species if we all want to survive. We're at the tipping point and there are things we can all do as individuals to help to minimise the damage we're causing.
Thank you for all the work you've done to promote understanding and compassion. I enjoy each and every one of your mailings.
Thanks for your encouragement and your moral support Mary.


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Cut mushrooms into fine slices. Add half of the butter to a non-stick pan and place over medium heat. As soon as the butter has melted, add garlic and onion. Season with pepper and salt. Cook the onion and garlic for 3-4 minutes until softened. Stir regularly. Add the risotto rice to the pan. Stir well and add about 1/2 of the 12 ounce beer to the pan. Simmer the risotto rice in the beer. Alternately add splashes chicken stock and extra beer for about 15 minutes or until the rice is nearly tender.
In another pan melt the rest of the butter in a large non-stick pan over medium heat and add the sliced mushrooms. Season with a little pinch of pepper and salt. Bake mushrooms until golden brown. When risotto is just about tender, add in sausage and mushrooms. Stir for about 2 minutes and then add in grated cheese.
Serve with a pint of Pacific Wonderland and garnish with green onions. Cheers!


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66 more test positive for novel coronavirus on cruise ship in Japan
TOKYO, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Test results showed that 66 additional people on a cruise ship quarantined in Yokohama are infected with the novel coronavirus, the Japanese Health Ministry said Monday.
The newest test results brought the number of confirmed cases in Japan to 162, including 136 on the Diamond Princess cruise ship south of Tokyo.
The ship has been kept in quarantine off the port of Yokohama after a passenger on board from Hong Kong was found to be infected with the pneumonia-causing virus.
The 80-year-old passenger flew to Tokyo in mid-January and boarded the cruise ship in the city on Jan. 20.
On board the cruise ship are 2,666 passengers and 1,045 crew members from 56 countries and regions.
The 66 infected people include 45 Japanese, 11 Americans, four Australians, three Filipinos, one Canadian, one British national and one Ukrainian, according to U.S. company Princess Cruise Lines Ltd., which operates the ship.
The Japanese government said it plans more tests of dozens of elderly people while it carries out investigations into any possible issues with hygiene control on the ship.
"We are considering testing, if possible, all those over 80 years old who are in ill health," Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said at a press conference on Monday.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare also said Monday that it is considering testing all the 3,711 people aboard the ship when the two-week isolation period ends on Feb. 19.
However, Suga said later that it would be difficult to test all passengers and crew.
"We need to properly address the unease and concerns of our citizens," said Japan's Health Minister Katsunobu Kato.
According to local media reports, passengers have been confined to their rooms; however, they were allowed to spend some time on deck under staff monitoring.
The cruise company said Monday that it will offer a full refund to all passengers who were unable to disembark in Yokohama due to the epidemic.
The refund will include the cost of the cruise, hotel accommodation prior to and following the cruise, onshore excursions and services used aboard the ship.
Japan is stepping up efforts to contain the spread of the virus as the number of confirmed cases continues to rise.
The government has been urging the public to remain calm and resist a growing number of social media rumors concerning the outbreak.
Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said a fifth flight was being arranged to bring home the few remaining Japanese in China's Wuhan and in the rest of Hubei Province.
The charter plane was set to fly this weekend at the earliest and would be the last for the foreseeable future, he added.

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Rome, NY – Rome Alliance for Education Community Schools, invites you to the Community Schools Carnival and Literacy Fair at Bellamy Elementary on Saturday, June 2. The event will be free admission and take place from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Join us in a day full of family fun as many community partners and leaders gather together to celebrate the first full year of partnership with community schools in Rome. Parking will be at Rome Free Academy and guests will be shuttled to Bellamy Elementary.
This event will feature multiple speakers, family-friendly activities, food, books, and interactive booths. There will be an official ribbon cutting ceremony pronouncing Bellamy Elementary as the first official Community School in Rome.


The Harlem Fine Arts Show, now in its fourth year, showcases the work of visual artists of African and Caribbean heritage. The event takes place today thru Feb. 10 at the historic Riverside Church and visitors can view and purchase the work of a wide range of talented artists, including Dane Tilghman, whose paintings have appeared on TV shows such as The Cosby Show and Roseanne; George Nock, a distinguished sculptor and former running back for the New York Jets and Washington Redskins; Margerine Gordon, an innovative textile artist who uses recycled fabric to create "Pictorial Quilts"; Woodrow Nash, a prolific ceramic sculptor; and many more. This year's show salute's the late Honorable Percy E. Sutton, a political and civil rights activist and an advocate for the arts. Tickets to the event cost $20 each day for four days or $50 for a weekend pass. For more information or to purchase tickets, call 914.980.4427 or click here.


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The Albvorlandtunnel is a planned 8,176 m long railwail tunnel for the new Wendlingen–Ulm high-speed railway in Baden-Württemberg. It will underpass a part of the town Kirchheim-Lindorf and Bundesautobahn 8 with junction Kirchheim-East in the industrial area of Dettingen unter Teck
The 8,176 m long building is between kilometer 26,077 and 34,253. It is on the boundary of Wendlingen am Neckar, Kirchheim unter Teck, Lindorf and Dettingen unter Teck. It underpasses motorway 8 (km 32,259 bis ca. 33,9) and also a high pressure gas line and a NATO fuel line.

The tunnel traverses under and through layers of black jura. The biggest superposition is 65 meters, the smallest superposition is 9,50 m. High water pressure is expected.

The call for competition European-wide had 8 bidders. The order has an amount of 380 million € and was given on 18. December 2015 the Swiss company Implenia.

The work should be finished within 46 months.

In a planning paper from the Deutsche Bahn (March 2012) plan approval was expected for 2014, start of work 2014 and end of work in 2021. Spring 2014 the contractor delayed the plan approval to beginning of 2015 and the start to 2016.

Costs
The costs of 270 million € were announced in a newspaper in April 2014 . The Cabinet of Germany said this could be true. In April 2009 the rough costs were calculated by 16,5 million € per kilometer and tube. The total cost of section 2.1 will be 798,7 million € (state 2010).

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Railway tunnels in Germany
Proposed rail infrastructure in Germany
Railway lines in Baden-Württemberg
High-speed railway lines in Germany

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Flutter is one of the most interesting technologies among the new trends in mobile software development. Thus, it is no surprise that Codemotion Milan 2018 included a talk about Flutter in its agenda. Such talk was delivered by Faisal Abid, Google Developer Expert and CTO at Zoom.ai. Faisal divided his speech into two parts; he started by introducing Flutter, and then discussed how Android developers can benefit from using it.
Flutter is a framework developed by Google, aimed at building native mobile applications for both Android and iOS platforms. Using this technology, developers can easily and quickly build applications that "feel natural". Many of us have experienced weird behaviours from mobile applications, in terms of animations or features that do not appear consistent with the surrounding mobile OS ecosystem. According to Faisal, Flutter solved this issue by including material design in the Flutter widgets, producing applications with high quality and modern designs.
One of the most common mistakes about Flutter is the belief that it uses HTML5 and WebViews in order to implement both Android and iOS applications, similar to what other cross-platform development frameworks (e.g. PhoneGap) did in the past. Actually, this is not the case. In fact, Flutter allows the developer to create fully native mobile apps, using the Dart programming language.
By using Dart and Flutter, developers can decide how to deploy their applications; they can opt for Java or Kotlin for Android, or for Swift or Objective-C for iOS. It is worth highlighting that choosing one of these languages does not require any kind of knowledge from the developer's point of view. Dart remains the only programming language processed by Flutter, while the aforementioned native mobile languages are just useful for understanding what the output will be.
Figure 1. Creation of a new Flutter project with IntelliJ, allowing selection of native languages.
In the second part of his speech, Faisal described some common patterns that are useful for Android developers who want to move to Flutter. In particular, he identified three interesting patterns: implementing AsyncTasks, managing navigation via Intents and understanding how the Activity's life cycle is affected by Flutter.
For implementing asynchronous tasks in the background, it is crucial to understand that Flutter has a single-threaded execution model, supporting the so-called Isolates (a way to run Dart code on another thread). Instead of implementing the onPreExecute(), doInBackground() and onPostExecute() methods of the AsyncTask class, Flutter solves the problem by declaring a function as async, and using the await keyword for long run tasks. Dart will "figure out" how to pass this task to a background thread, avoiding freezing the UI.
Faisal concluded his talk by mentioning that the official Flutter documentation offers many additional information for Android developers who want to port their applications to Flutter. Moreover, information for other developers (iOS, React native, web devs, Xamarin.Forms) is also available.


In recent years scriptural prophecies about the end times have become the subject of an increasing number of books. Many of these, however, are popularized accounts containing little thoughtful biblical scholarship. Yet the serious studies available are often too difficult for the average reader to understand. George Eldon Ladd has endeavored to rectify this situation with a serious discussion of eschatology written for the layperson.
Professor Ladd holds the latter position, basing his doctrine of the last things on the conviction that "our final word . . . is to be found in New Testament reinterpretation of Old Testament prophecy." Only as the prophecies are seen in the light of God's revelation through Christ can we clearly comprehend what they mean in relation to the end times.
George Eldon Ladd was Professor of New Testament Exegesis and Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California. Among his numerous books are 'The Presence of the Future', 'The Blessed Hope', 'A Commentary on the Book of Revelation', and 'A Theology of the New Testament'.


Our families look forward to these special events each year. When event dates or registration is announced, you'll find it on the Preschool Ministry and Special Events pages.
Next Parent's Night Out: May 10 | 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
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The 2010–11 season was West Ham United's sixth consecutive season in the Premier League. After finishing in 17th place in the previous season, the team finished 20th and was relegated to the Football League Championship.

Season summary
The club appointed Avram Grant as their new manager on 3 June 2010, following the sacking of Gianfranco Zola at the end of a disappointing 2009–10 season. On 15 May 2011, West Ham were relegated to the Championship after a comeback from Wigan Athletic at the DW Stadium. With West Ham leading 2–0 at half-time by two Demba Ba goals, Wigan battled back to win 3–2 thanks to an added-time strike from Charles N'Zogbia.
Following the loss, West Ham announced the sacking of manager Avram Grant just one season into his tenure.

Final League Table

Squad

Out on loan

Results

Pre-season
West Ham scheduled six friendly games away from home, both within the UK as well as two tour matches in Germany and Austria, in preparation for the 2010–11 Premier League season. They also played host to Spanish La Liga club Deportivo de La Coruña at the Boleyn Ground.

Premier League

Football League Cup

FA Cup

Statistics

Overview

Goalscorers

League position by matchday

Appearances and goals

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Summer

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External links
 West Ham United FC Official Website

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West Ham United F.C. seasons
West Ham United Fc Season, 2010–11
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Arsenal have played 395 games at home in the Premier League, winning 251, drawing 94 and losing 50.
Those 50 defeats have been shared among 21 of the 44 clubs to have visited Highbury or the Emirates over the last 21 seasons.
That means 23 clubs have come and gone without achieving a single coveted away win from the Arsenal.
And the club that has gone home most often winless is Manchester City, who come calling on Sunday for the 16th time in the PL.
In their 15 previous Premier League visits to Arsenal, City have lost 11 and drawn four.
Amid all the brouhaha about the price of Arsenal tickets this weeks, it does become a significant issue as an away fan whether to attend the match or not: £62 is a lot of money.
In fact, £62 could buy a fashionable statistician eight new anoraks. And there would still be £2 remaining to buy a new pack of pencils.
Hence it becomes the £62 question for City fans – do you stay away from the game because of the enormous cost, or do you go in case the result becomes that rare collector's item, a win at the Arse?
In the first graphic below, we list all clubs who have played Premier League games at Arsenal, broken down into the winners on the left-hand side, and the amount of times they've won there, and the 23 clubs who have never won there on the right.
Liverpool and Manchester United have won there most times, six each, in the PL era. Note too that the mighty Blackburn, Leeds and Wimbledon have won three each.
City have to go back 17 years before the Premier League began to find the date they last won a league game at Arsenal, on 4 October 1975 when they won 3-2.
Their scorers that day were Asa Hartford, Joe Royle and Rodney Marsh, and the Arsenal goals came from Alan Ball and Alex Cropley.
(For the record the attendance was 24,928 and the price of a ticket was less than 62 quid).
At the end of the season, Liverpool won their first major trophy under Bob Paisley – the league title, with QPR in second place.
City were eighth, and Arsenal 17th.
On the subject of one club being winless against another, Swansea have played 59 Premier League games winning 19, drawing 19, losing 21 and thus gaining 76 points – but none against this weekend's opponents Everton in the PL.
Swansea have taken at least one point from 20 of their 22 opponents in the PL, but not from Everton, or Norwich.


Market State 8A – (7 days) Transitional/Bear Market State: The Portfolio Thermostat has been in a "Transitional/Bearish" Market State for the last 64 trading days. Beginning on August 20th, the Portfolio Thermostat shifted out of a "Bullish" Market State 2.
The Market State "A" Series (7A, 8A, 9A, 10A, 11A, and 12A) denote Transitional/Bearish Market environments, which follow a Bullish Market State. Confirmed Bearish Market States follow the Transitional A Series.
Canterbury Volatility Index (CVI 82) – Neutral: Volatility ticked-down just a little (2 points) from the previous week. A volatility reading between CVI 75 and CVI 90 is considered to be a Neutral reading when combined with the current declining trend, which has continued falling since the September 8th peak of CVI 115.
How do I know if I am making money or not?
We only make money when our portfolio registers a new peak in value.
How do I know if I get to keep the money I make?
As long as the markets remain in Transitional and Bearish Market States, you will most likely not keep your gains. Furthermore, there is no reason to believe that you will not actually lose part of your principal.
Bull Market States have less risk than Bear Market States.
The portfolio's holdings must adjust to maintain a "bullish portfolio" regardless of the existing market environment. All traded markets and securities will experience both bull and bear periods. The objective of the Portfolio Thermostat is to systematically and objectively adjust the portfolio's securities to maintain a Bullish "Portfolio State" (Portfolio States 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5) even though most general asset classes are experiencing bearish market environments.
Systematic risk is unpredictable, random, and impossible to avoid.
Systematic risk is greater during bearish than bullish Market States.
A normal "bull market correction" is defined as a 10% decline from the peak. Therefore, the "systematic risk" during a bull market is typically in the 8% to 12% range. A bear market is defined as a 20% or greater decline from the peak. During bear markets, many major indexes have experienced systematic risk as high as 50% to 80% declines from their peaks.
It is important to understand that markets do not operate on a calendar basis. Markets don't know that they should be higher at the end of every month or that each quarter should see gains between 2% to 3% so that the average annual return can be in the 8% to 12% range that investors expect.
The year's expected return could have been accomplished in just one month!
What if October had begun and ended about two weeks earlier?
Wow, what a difference in two weeks!
What if October had begun about two weeks later?
Moving backwards, or forward, about two weeks would have resulted in a 10.59% variation in returns.
So which return is the right one? Unless you cashed out of your portfolio, none of the values are especially meaningful. The short-term, double-digit fluctuations in the markets are typical of Transitional/Bear Market States. Therefore, whether a market is up or down, Transitional/Bearish environments are of little consequence because they are subject to unbridled, unmanaged, and random systematic risk.
The Portfolio Thermostat quickly adjusted its holdings to meet its primary goals which is to limit the maximum peak to trough decline (drawdown from 8% to 10% with rare outliers of 12%).
The markets remain in a Bearish /Transitional Market State. The systemic risk is high. That said volatility can work both ways. It is not uncommon to experience short term kick-back rallies like October. Until the market moves back into a bullish Market State, the fluctuations (up and down) are considered to be random noise.


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White House taps Burlington as "TechHire City"
Free Press Staff Writer
The White House on Wendesday named Burlington a "TechHire City," part of a federal initiative to link area employers in the tech industry with skilled employees.
"Today represents an ongoing commitment by employers and a wide array of educational and training partners ... to this strong and growing part of Burlington's economy," said Michael Schirling, executive director of BTV Ignite.
Burlington was one of 15 cities across the country to receive the designation, Schirling said. A cadre of city and state politicians and business leaders attended a Wednesday morning news conference to laud the announcement.
BTV Ignite, a nonprofit dedicated to transitioning greater Burlington into a tech hub, helped Burlington secure the national designation. BTV Ignite plans to use grants from the federal government to partner with local schools and businesses to train and employ 75 tech workers in 2016 and 400 through 2020, Schirling said.
The nonprofit, founded in October, aims to collaborate with public and private partners to improve Burlington's 21st-century Internet infrastructure. Schirling, Burlington's former police chief, said he had hoped to secure the White House designation when he joined the group last fall.
Rep. Peter Welch, Vermont's sole delegate to the House of Representatives, credited BTV Ignite for catching the attention of the Obama administration.
"It's an extraordinary achievement if you have the White House now selecting Burlington as one of the cities," Welch said, adding that the federal government chose cities with the best chance of becoming robust tech hubs.
Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger, who often talks about his desire to help grow the tech industry in Chittenden County, said training local residents for tech jobs will benefit firms and ensure the region keeps up with the pace of innovation.
"We have a lot of the basic building blocks that can make Burlington a successful city," Weinberger said.
Firms essential to the BTV Ignite's success include the University of Vermont, UVM Medical Center, Champlain College, Vermont HITEC Institute for American Apprenticeship at Burlington College, Vermont Technical College, Community College of Vermont, the Lake Champlain Regional Chamber of Commerce and Vermont Technology Alliance, Schirling said.
In a statement sent out by BTV Ignite Wednesday, President Barack Obama said the TechHire initiative will help connect employers with skilled workers, based on skills rather than résumés.
"It turns out, it doesn't matter where you learned code, it just matters how good you are in writing code," Obama said. "If you can do the job, you should get the job."
BTV Ignite is a branch of US Ignite, a national organization inspired by the National Science Foundation and the White House Office of Science and Technology. The national group has ties to 200 communities thathare investing in technology infrastructure in the fields of health care, education, public safety, energy, transportation and advanced manufacturing.
BTV Ignite aims to make city a tech hub


Linemen and linebackers take more hits, but quarterbacks and running backs get hit harder, says a new Brown and Dartmouth University study published in the Journal of Biomechanics. Researchers quantified impacts to the helmet and head acceleration, the primary cause of concussion and traumatic brain injuries that trouble the sport. Using helmets equipped with wireless sensors they recorded (gasp!) 286,636 head impacts on 314 players at three institutions over three seasons. The results may soon inform rules changes and helmet design. They might want to start with wireless sensors for everybody. Read more about the study on Science Daily.


In this fun-filled one-hour class, you will be led through a cardio workout inspired by various dance styles and music from across the globe. Be prepared to sweat! (All movement can be tailored to suit every individual's needs). Come with an open mind and be prepared to get a little silly. No experience required.
Step out of your comfort zone and have some fun!
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Nicole is a bona fide movement enthusiast! Throughout her life, she has explored a variety of dance styles, played a myriad of sports and experimented with a multitude of ways to move.
Nicole was a professional Belly Dance performer when she began practicing yoga. The pursuit of greater flexibility was what brought her to her mat, but the self-study that yoga inspired within her kept her coming back.


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THE PIANO G&Ts Vol.4: Diemer, Eibenschutz, Hofmann, Backhaus
LOUIS DIEMER Paris 1904
Diémer Grande valse de concert; Diémer Chant du Nautonier; Godard Valse chromatique; Mendelssohn Song without words, Op.67/4; Chopin Nocturne Op.27/2
Paris 1906: Diémer Grande valse de concert; Diémer Chant du Nautonier
ILONA EIBENSCHUTZ London 16.12.1903
Scarlatti Sonata in E, K20; Sonata in in G, K14; Brahms Ballade in G minor, Op.118/3
London 22.12.1903: Brahms Waltz in E major, Op.39/2; Brahms Waltz in A flat, Op.39/15
JOSEF HOFMANN Berlin November 1903
Mendelssohn Song without words Op.19/3 (Hunting Song); Mendelssohn Song without words Op.62/6 (Spring Song); Chopin Polonaise in A, Op.40/1; Schubert/Tausig Marche Militaire; Schubert/Liszt Der Erlkönig
WILHELM BACKHAUS London 29.9.1908 & 19.10.1908
Handel Suite No.5 in E: Air & variations (The Harmonious Blacksmith); Weber Sonata No.1 in C: Presto (Perpetuum-mobile); Chopin Prelude Op.28/1; Chopin Etude Op.10/1; Chopin Fantaisie-Impromptu Op.66; Liszt Liebestraume No.3; Liszt Paganini Etude No.3 (La Campanella); Grieg Norwegian Bridal Procession Op.19/2; Rachmaninov Prelude in C sharp minor, Op.3/2
The Gramophone & Typewriter company (which was the forerunner of HMV and EMI) was the first recording company to recognise that the newly invented Gramophone was more than just a novelty item and that it could preserve performances of serious musical worth. Through the first few years of the last century it set out to record many of the most famous performers of the day, leaving us a priceless legacy of performances which open a window to another era. These recordings are now incredibly rare, some only known to exist in one copy, and this collection and its three companion volumes are amongst the most important archival items in the APR catalogue, much of the material having never been available elsewhere. Here we can hear the great French pianist and teacher Louis Diémer, dedicatee of Saint-Saens 5th and Tchaikovsky's 3rd concertos, Ilona Eibenschütz, who premiered some of Brahms' late pieces, and the earliest recordings made by Josef Hofmann and Wilhelm Backhaus.


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Seeing today's magical wedding in the Redwoods warms our hearts. Maggie + Tom are lovers of something everlasting, and so do we! They opted for a neutral color palette with heaps of undying beauty of dried florals + foliage and Lovely Time with the help of Michelle Lywood Loves Blooms just nailed it. Check out these beautiful images from VID Studio below.
Maggie and Tom was a couple that absolutely trusted in our team to create a beautiful wedding look for them. Maggie herself was a bride that preferred neutral colors and wanted a magical elegance to her wedding day. The bride herself was also very artistic, willing to take on a lot of DIY projects on her own such as creating the dried floral elements on the small details and creating her own sign in backdrop element.
When our design team came up with the proposal of a color scheme of neutral toned and dried floral elements, the couple loved the idea of how dried florals could be preserved and eternal. This idea grew with adding multiple elements of transparent acrylics, textures on neutral shades, and dried florals that accentuated the overall design.
These neutral elements contrasted well with Nestldown's soaring redwood trees which created a strong green backdrop for the neutral elements to stand out. Nestledown has that method of creating a magical atmosphere that transported the guests into a beautiful wedding experience.
Visiting the dream venue, Nestledown, we'd immediately picked it for our wedding after admiring pictures of the redwood forest for weeks. Selecting an early October date for our wedding, we wanted to embrace the idea of having an autumn wedding, feeling as though we could use more unique elements in our wedding instead of depending on fresh florals. Dried florals and foliage have been popular and we loved how they can last forever yet are still beautiful enough to rival their hydrated counterparts. Our planner from Lovely Time Weddings & Events were superb in creating the whole design of the wedding. I'd let the team know that I'd preferred a cleaner, neutral color palette and wanted many elements of dried florals and the design team ran with the idea, coming up with spectacular ideas for the ceremony backdrop to the dessert display.
It was a wonderful party of stunning details and good company. I loved spending the day with my dearest friends and my husband was giddy and excited the whole time as well. The most show-stopping aspect of the wedding was the dessert display. From the textured backdrop that brought the cake to center stage. To the desserts that all the guest had a chance to enjoy. We're so thankful for the Lovely Time Team for making our wedding planning process absolutely stress-free and amazing.
We love how they incorporated the dried florals and foliage to almost everything in this romantic fete. Also, check out this chic industrial wedding inspo with a dried foliage cloud.


'Tis the season to make empty promises of self improvement. But this year, instead of resolutions to go to the gym, cook at home, or not horde shiny gadgets, I thought I'd make resolutions that would help me improve myself as a developer.
2015 Update: It's now been almost two years since I wrote this post. I decided to follow up and see how I did. Future notes are in italics.
I love the "Unix as an IDE" philosophy. I use Vim as my code editor, tmux to manage my sessions, and a myriad of Unix tools to poke and prod my code.
But, over the years, my desires for the next best plugins, more elegant shortcuts, and everything to have Vim-like keybindings have made my dot files fat slobs. By the end of this year, my dot files will be smaller, not larger.
Since graduating school and working in the real world, my ability to weaponize basic Unix tools has skyrocketed. I find myself regularly crafting long chains of tools that, until recently, I had not known existed.
However, there are a few tools that, even though I know are useful, avoid using properly due to their steep learning curves. To approach this I've come up with three sub-resolutions.
Use find like a boss. Up until now I've only every used find by doing find . | grep filename. I know it can do much more, but it's unnatural flags have scared me. I will conquer these fears and learn to use find properly.
Learn Sed & Awk. My father once told me he writes all his code in either assembly or Awk. Its terrified me ever since. But I know these tools are the next step in my path to pipe-chain enlightenment. I will master these languages to use them prominently in my tool set.
2015 Update: This ones funny, because I think I have improved my linux-foo in some amazing ways, but they weren't the ways I thought they'd be.
I still do find . | grep filename. Screw find. It's too confusing. Also, I've since realized that saying "like a man" is the wrong way to refer to programming.
I've written a litte, but still not much. I've gotten much better with cut and just started using python to do anything more complicated.
This was a fools quest.
How to integrate vim into my shell-life by ctrl+x,ctrl+e and the shell into my vim life using :<selector>!.
Better understand how a machine is being used by using new top filter, sorts, and views, bwm-ng, jstat, and strace.
How to debug network and load with tcpdump, ngrep, and ab.
This is a big one. It's a problem I find myself facing more and more in my growth as a developer. When I was in school, I had grades to keep me motivated to reach assignment goals. In my free time I went to hackathons which motivated me to reach personal project goals.
I've grown as a developer since then, and so have my goals. The things I do at work are more challenging and open-ended then anything I did in school. The things I desire to build outside of work have vastly outgrown a caffeine-fueled weekend.
At work, I've decided to embrace the tools provided to us. For Chartbeat, this namely means Asana. I will keep everything I do in Asana as a goal, pace myself with deadlines, and most importantly, only do things that I've set in those goals. This is to quell my desires to refactor and optimize.
Outside of work it becomes much harder. I struggle with balancing my desire to learn iOS with my need to clean my apartment. To face this, each week I'm setting a goal and blocking out time to work on that goal. The hardest part will be to keep focus on one project over many weeks. I find that the rate at which I have and become excited about new ideas greatly exceeds my realistic rate of execution.
2015 Update: This is an interesting one I completely forgot about. Since writing this, my company has grown and transitioned to a more traditional scrum process. I'm now the lead of a small team, which really just means I help a couple other developers, who work on stuff relevant to me, reach goals. Like most programming problems, this seemed trivial from the outside, but revealed it's self to be more and more difficult the deeper I dive.
Goals, as I've learned, are almost never independent of other goals. They have dependency goals. And often those dependencies are on other engineers. And those dependency goals have their own dependency goals. And every engineer has a priortirty of their goals. And all of them have fluctuating levels of difficulty and time. It's really an NP-hard problem that we're trying to solve with TODO lists and google spreadsheets. I don't think I've learned all I have on this yet, I'm not sure I ever will, but one thing I've gained is a big improvement on setting and reaching goals for myself.
I don't think I've ever actually kept a new year resolution for the entire year. It's all too easy to fall back into the same old habits. But, at the very least I'm identifying my weaknesses and defining ways to improve them. I'm looking forward to this year.


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Is this the reason why MS Dhoni bowed out of international cricket at exact 7:29 PM IST?
MS Dhoni announced international retirement at 7:29 PM IST on August 15.
CricTracker Author
Updated - Aug 16, 2020 10:09 am
MS Dhoni, the man who contributed so much to Indian cricket and was admired by the world too, decided to walk away from international cricket quietly. Known for his unpredictable captaincy and mindset, the veteran caught everyone off guard on a chilling Saturday evening, like he did all his career while facing the opposition bowler. A glorious chapter ended on August 15, India's 74th Independence Day.
"Thanks a lot for ur love and support throughout.from 1929 hrs consider me as Retired." These were MS Dhoni's words on his official Instagram handle. While the news stunned literally everyone, many were also left wondering the reason why he retired exactly at 7:29 PM IST.
Thanks a lot for ur love and support throughout.from 1929 hrs consider me as Retired
A post shared by M S Dhoni (@mahi7781) on Aug 15, 2020 at 7:01am PDT
Was it any special occasion for him? Or it was some muhurta or something? While we delved a bit deep, we understood that team India got knocked out of the World Cup 2019 last year on July 9 at the exact time. MS Dhoni walked away from the field for the last time in the same match. Martin Guptill ran him out in the penultimate over of the innings to break a millions of hearts and the man, with a grim face, walked away.
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After his wicket fell, it was pretty much curtains for the Men in Blue. With Yuzvendra Chahal losing his wicket in the final over, India bowed out of the mega event and the time was 7:29 PM in the country. Former New Zealand cricketer Grant Elliott tweeted the next second Chahal got out, making it the moment India were knocked out of the World Cup.
Here's the screenshot:
Grant Elliott. (Photo Source: Twitter)
Another reason doing rounds on social media
Interestingly, another reason is doing rounds on social media now thanks to a tweet from the CSK official handle. It mentioned that Dhoni retired from international cricket during the sunset at the southernmost tip of India. However, at the southernmost tip, sunset happened at 6:35 PM in India and as usual, not many are able to decipher the veteran cricketer's mind as to why he retired at 7:29 PM.
MS Dhoni walks away quietly, yet again
MS Dhoni doesn't like to hog much limelight. He retired from Test cricket in 2014 the same way and also stepped down from captaincy in the same manner in 2017. On August 15, it was no different as the man decided to put a full stop to his international career which spanned across more than 14 years.
However, he will continue to mesmerize the world with his batting and leadership in the Indian Premier League (IPL) while playing for the Chennai Super Kings (CSK). The fans will be eager to watch him make a comeback on the field once the IPL gets underway on September 19.
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Big L "Sandman 118" + Tramps Flyer (3/6/99)
With it being the 18th anniversary of the Big L tribute at Tramps in NYC (March 6, 1999), it's customary to go back and reminisce on the career of Big L. Fortunately, this isn't my first Big L post so you can dig in the archives, but it should come as no surprise that he was one of my favorite lyricists. Today, I turn my attention to the Sandman 118 freestyle, which contains verses that Big L also used on a Tony Touch (I think) tape, but I'd argue he came iller on the Sandman tape. This freestyle has grown popular over the last decade - that's to the internet - but it used to be vinyl-only. 'To hell with silly games, I play survival sports / Sometimes I be in the crib, stressed the f#ck out, with suicidal thoughts...' L had a wicked pen game! Parental Advisory, check it out below...
Tags: 1999, Big L, D.I.T.C., Downloads, Flyers, FreeOfStyle, Nostalgia, Publicity Photo
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Beanie Sigel "The B. Coming" (Vibe Review, 6/05)
Reks 'H.I.P.H.O.P.' (Prod. by Apollo Brown)
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Equal Justice Society President Eva Paterson will testify at the hearing on Hate Crimes and the Rise of White Nationalism this Tuesday, April 9, at 10:00 a.m. ET before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary.
The hearing will be livestreamed on YouTube.


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Mary Sherman Morgan (November 4, 1921 – August 4, 2004) was a U.S. rocket fuel scientist credited with the invention of the liquid fuel Hydyne in 1957, which powered the Jupiter-C rocket that boosted the United States' first satellite, Explorer 1.

Early life and education
The second youngest of six siblings, Mary Sherman was born to Michael and Dorothy Sherman on their farm in Ray, North Dakota. She grew up in a family of bullying siblings and indifferent parents who kept her out of school to work on the farm. Social services stepped in and threatened to arrest Mary's father unless he allowed her to attend school. The social worker then provided her with riding lessons and a horse to attend her one-roomed school house. In 1939, she graduated as her high school's valedictorian. She then enrolled at DeSales College in Toledo, Ohio as a chemistry major.

Career
During Sherman's college education, the Second World War broke out. As a result of men going overseas to fight, the United States soon developed a shortage of chemists and other scientists. A local employment recruiter heard that Sherman had chemistry knowledge, and offered her a job at a factory in Sandusky, Ohio. He would not tell her what product the factory made, or what her job would be – only that she would be required to obtain a top secret security clearance. Short on money, she decided to take the job even though it would mean having to postpone her degree. The job turned out to be at the Plum Brook Ordnance Works munitions factory, charged with the responsibility of manufacturing explosives trinitrotoluene (TNT), dinitrotoluene (DNT), and pentolite. The site produced more than one billion pounds of ordnance throughout World War II.

Mary Sherman became pregnant out of wedlock in 1943, a difficult dilemma in an era when such behavior was considered extremely shameful and women were often given back-alley abortions or hidden away from their friends and family. At that time, she was living with her first cousin, Mary Hibbard, in Huron, Ohio. In 1944, she gave birth to a daughter, Mary G. Sherman, whom she later gave up for adoption to Hibbard and her husband, Irving. The child was renamed Ruth Esther.

After spending the war years designing explosives for the military, she applied for a job at North American Aviation, and was employed in their Rocketdyne Division, based in Canoga Park, California. Soon after being hired, she was promoted to the role of Theoretical Performance Specialist, which required her to mathematically calculate the expected performance of new rocket propellants. Out of 900 engineers, she was the only woman, and one of only a few without a college degree.

While working at North American Aviation, she met her future husband, George Richard Morgan, a Mechanical Engineering graduate from Caltech. Together, they had four children – George, Stephen, Monica, and Karen.

Space race era

During the development program for the Jupiter missile, Wernher von Braun's team used modified Redstone missiles, dubbed the Jupiter C, to accelerate the rocket to orbital velocities. In order to improve the performance of the first stage, they awarded a contract to North American Aviation's Rocketdyne Division to come up with a more powerful fuel.

Morgan was assigned to lead a group of college interns at North American Aviation's Rocketdyne Division. Due to her expertise and experience, Morgan's work resulted in the birth of a new propellant, Hydyne. The standard Redstone was fueled with a 75% ethyl alcohol solution, but the Jupiter-C first stage had used Hydyne fuel, a blend of 60% unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) and 40% diethylenetriamine (DETA). This was a more powerful fuel than ethyl alcohol. The first Hydyne-powered Redstone R&D flight took place on 29 November 1956, and Hydyne subsequently powered three Jupiter C nose cone test flights.

In 1957, the Soviet Union and the United States had set a goal of placing satellites into Earth orbit as part of a worldwide scientific celebration, known as the International Geophysical Year. In this endeavor, the United States' effort was called Project Vanguard. The Soviet Union successfully launched the Sputnik satellite on October 4, 1957, an event followed soon after by a very public and disastrous explosion of a Vanguard rocket. Political pressure forced U.S. politicians to allow a former German rocket scientist, Wernher von Braun, to prepare his Jupiter C rocket for an orbital flight. In the renamed launcher (now called Juno I), the propellant succeeded in launching America's first satellite, Explorer I, into orbit on January 31, 1958. After the Jupiter C and six Juno I launches, the U.S. switched to more powerful fuels.

Proposed fuel name
As Hydyne-LOX (liquid oxygen) was the fuel combination used for the Redstone rocket, Morgan whimsically suggested naming her new fuel formulation "Bagel", since the rocket's propellant combination would then be called Bagel and Lox. However, this name was rejected by the U.S. Army.

Death and tribute
Morgan died of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) emphysema on August 4, 2004 at 82 years old, despite having quit her heavy smoking habit for Lent 29 years earlier. In July 2013, the BBC's online news magazine released a short video tribute to Morgan, narrated by her son, George.

Morgan was the subject of a semi-biographical stage play written by her son, George. The play, Rocket Girl, was produced by Theater Arts at California Institute of Technology (TACIT), directed by Brian Brophy, and was performed at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) in Pasadena, California on November 17, 2008. Her son admitted that he knew surprisingly little about his mother's life and work when she died, as she worked in an industry connected to defense and national security, and was limited in what she could discuss. He had built and launched homemade rockets with friends in the Arizona desert, and as he recalled, "If I'd known how much expertise in rocketry my mother had, we could have asked her for help and saved ourselves a great deal of trouble." The play was later turned into a book by the same name.

References

External links
 "'Rocket Girl' Celebrates Smash World Premiere at Caltech in Pasadena"
 TACIT (Theater Arts at CIT)

Rocket scientists
1921 births
2004 deaths
Women rocket scientists
Women inventors
Minot State University alumni
People from Williams County, North Dakota
Scientists from North Dakota
20th-century American women scientists
20th-century American chemists
21st-century American women


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Home › NEC in Action › Case Studies › Hull City Centre Public-Realm Regeneration, UK
Hull City Centre Public-Realm Regeneration, UK
Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK
£25 million
ECC Option A
Eurovia
Hull in north-east England, which was honoured as the UK City of Culture in 2017, has benefitted from a major NEC-procured public-realm regeneration scheme. The project was highly commended for the 2018 Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) Major Projects Award.
According to the CIHT judges the scheme was, 'A unique large-scale, and transformational, streetscape project that was delivered professionally and with extreme care in a difficult urban environment. This has brought real advantages both to businesses and the whole city community and was a major contributor to helping raise Hull's profile in its year as UK City of Culture in 2017.'
Client Hull City Council let the £25 million design-and-build project to Eurovia under an NEC3 Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) Option A (priced contract with activity schedule) in September 2015. Design consultants were Arup and Re-form Landscape Architects with Gardiner and Theobald providing cost consultancy.
EXTENSIVE SCHEME
The project involved the redesign of 14 streets and four public spaces including key retail areas, historic town streets and civic squares. It involved laying 42,000m2 of granite and York stone paving across the city centre complete with water features, artistic LED lighting, public artworks and timber benches. The first phase was completed in time for the city's 2017 New Year celebrations, and the contract was completed on programme and budget in March 2017.
According to Hull City Council group manager, Andrew Bell, 'The regeneration of Hull's city centre was one of the largest and most ambitious public realm schemes in the UK. The works have been a huge success, transforming perceptions of Hull and instilling pride and enthusiasm in its people, reconnecting them with their city.'
FOCUS ON COLLABORATION
Bell said there were three main reasons for choosing NEC to procure the works. 'The first was NEC's strong focus on collaborative management of time, cost and quality. The NEC requirement to work in a "spirit of mutual trust and co-operation" helped to ensure a collaborative approach with Eurovia to dealing with the many historically sensitive sites in the city.'
He said examples included the working around the seventeenth century remains of Beverley Gate, a scheduled ancient monument; and repaving Trinity Square next to the grade 1 listed Hull Minister, the largest parish church in England, which involved removing 400 buried bodies.
'Secondly, the NEC3 ECC Option A contract was sufficiently flexible to cover the wide variety works, ranging from high quality repaving of busy city centre pedestrian zones to installing large-scale complex water features, state-of-the art controllable lighting systems and public art installations.
'Thirdly, NEC is easily understood and promotes clarity of roles, design responsibilities and ownership of risk. For example, many streets had a concrete road base in areas of old carriageway but elsewhere ground conditions were poor due to alluvial silts. Trial pit information and ground penetration radar information was supplied to the contractor, but it was clear in the contract clauses that unforeseen ground risks would be with the contractor.'
BENEFITS OF USING NEC
NEC requirement to work in a 'spirit of mutual trust and co-operation' helped to ensure a collaborative approach to managing time, cost and quality.
ECC Option A is sufficiently flexible to deal with a wide range of different types of work under a lump-sum contract.
NEC is easily understood by both parties and promotes clarity of roles, design responsibilities and ownership of risk.
Contact: Andrew Bell, Group Manager, Highways and Lighting, Hull City Council, UK.
Email: andrew.bell@hullcc.gov.uk
Web: www.hullcc.gov.uk


We took a sheet of regular writing paper and placed it atop of the three vents in the kitchen, and turned on the furnace fan. One sheet of paper fluttered slightly, the other attempted to slink along the floor, and the third did nothing. While not an exacting test, this was a fairly decent indicator that we had airflow problems.
We managed to replace all the questionable ductwork in one night – and we only had to buy one register boot. The previous renovators had installed all of the duct work so that it circled around the perimeter of the room; they also had a huge number of bends – as many as six elbows in one case. That same duct ran over 27 feet; calculating the increase of static pressure for each elbow meant that this pretzel was the equivalent to a 100 foot long duct! No wonder we didn't have any air pressure!
We determined the paths of least resistance for each of the four lines, and then assessed where they would hook into the plenum (the big square duct on the furnace). Three of the four ducts were able to reuse the existing connections, and we only had to add one new line, and seal up an old one. Three hours later we had completely replaced each of the ducts, tucked them up in between the joists, applied generous amounts of duct tape, and had replaced the registers.
Having invested an evening's worth of time and $4.00 into the entire endeavor, we wondered why this was done so poorly to begin with. The best answer we can come up with is that whoever had done the work chose to do it in easiest way possible – opting to run the ducts below the joists and building bulkheads later. While I appreciate saving a little time and effort, I question the sanity of anyone who wants mud more drywall!


CHICAGO, IL — Mario Tricoci, the salon and spa icon, announced today that the Tricoci family acquired The Mario Tricoci Hair Salon and Day Spa business from their former partners and investors. Having sold a majority interest 17 years ago, the family has once again assumed full control of the eponymous company.
Originally from Italy, Mario and his wife Cheryl launched the first of their famed salons and spas in the 1970's. The company grew into one of the largest and most well-respected salon and spa businesses in the United States, which today employs more than 1300 industry professionals throughout the Chicagoland area.


Also available on the library's Lexis computers and on the LexisNexis Digital Library.
The Pennsylvania Law Encyclopedia (PLE) contains articles on a variety of legal topics, from actions to workers' compensation. The brief Table of Contents is available on the publisher's website (scroll down; the Table of Contents is located below the Product Details).
The library also has the previous edition.


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SMAUG OVER LAKE-TOWN
Shipping worldwide from New Zealand.
From New Line Cinema, Peter Jackson and Warner Bros. comes J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, brought to the big screen in an epic trilogy. Weta Workshop was thrilled to return to Middle-earth once again, contributing design, specialty props and specialty costumes to all three films.
Back to The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
(W x H x L) 58 cm x 30 cm x 0.1 cm
When the Dragon Smaug fell upon Dale, its people were ill prepared and many perished amid the flame and ruin of the beast's first assault. Only one of the city's wind lances would loose its black iron bolts at the Dragon.
When the Dragon falls from the sky to blanket Lake-town in a vengeful firestorm, Bard breaks free and mounts a desperate, one man defence. Leaping across the faltering rooftops and dancing between the flames he sends arrow after arrow at the beast as his family and the people of Lake-town are consumed or flee.
There are people of extraordinary talent operating in today's world that have similar skills as the great masters of yesteryear. It just happens to be that the canvas that they paint on is the darkened screen of the cinemas of the world.
Richard Taylor - CEO & Co-founder, Weta Workshop
Behind-the-Scenes on The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Beautifully illustrated by Gus Hunter: one of our senior concept designers at Weta Workshop. Gus was one of the original Weta crew who produced much of The Lord of the Rings concept art as part of the VFX Art Department.
The dimensions of the print are 22.8in x 11.8in (580mm x 300mm). A lovely cinematic format. It's printed on good quality 170 gsm satin paper and ships rolled up in a VERY sturdy poster tube. It will arrive in pristine condition, ready to be framed and hung, pride of place, in your home.
Unfocused. Very disappointed.
What a fail... the quality and detail on the internet pics is much higher than what you receive later. I am so disappointed about this art print. The Smaug is absolutely unfocused. If you take the pic from the web and print it for sure quality will be very similar. Never buy one again.
Review by Guillermo D. 1/1/22
Smaug the Magnificent
Beautiful Art print of Smaug, Love the darkness of the picture. Just can not wait to get a statue of Smaug to go with it.
Review by David C. 3/25/21
I received an \"Art Print\" with poor quality. It seems to be blurred and it is damaged.
I contacted the customer service 2 months ago but they don\'t feel the need to even answer. Very bad!
Review by Kristin L. 2/24/20
Very nice art print, and the surprise: it is signed! :) Price was also good, because I bought it at sales. My only problem is the size, will be hard to find a correct picture frame, although I think this format looks really cool.
Review by Renáta B. 3/21/18


If you've been to Lake Garda before, you'll already be planning your return visit, and especially if you stayed at the Du Lac et du Parc Grand Resort in Riva del Garda. This extensive 4 star hotel complex is situated directly on the lakeshore and is surrounded by a huge park. It promises absolute peace and quiet while still still giving you the chance to get active!
Wellness, sport and beauty are key at this apartment hotel. Biking, hiking, water sports, golf, yoga, aqua-gym and fitness are just some of the activities offered. The spa has saunas, a steam room, Jacuzzi, fitness room with Technogym equipment and a wide range of treatments. The park offers two pools, a well-maintained tennis court and, yes, even its own sailing club!
With its large park and the four building complexes, this apartment hotel is sprawling, yet very private. There are plenty of activities for children to get involved with. This 4 star hotel also offers dinner under the stars or a snack on the casual, furnished bar-terrace.
Guests can choose between the Hotel Du Lac, the new Murialdo Suites and La Villa buildings. The decor ranges from modern elegance to classic, depending on your preference. The heart of the complex is the Hotel Du Lac with its 159 rooms. If you prefer your own space, choose one of the feudal suites or charming bungalows. All rooms offer above-average amenities including a TV with screen up to 32", films screened in their original language and free internet.


Investigations on the effect of probionts as a tool against bacterial infestation in Penaeus (Fenneropenaeus indicus H. Milne Edwards) juveniles.
Ajitha, S (1997) Investigations on the effect of probionts as a tool against bacterial infestation in Penaeus (Fenneropenaeus indicus H. Milne Edwards) juveniles. Masters thesis, Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute.
The family Vibrionacea plays an ambiguous part m marine fish and shellfish as it includes bacterial strains that have been reported to proliferate and cause mass mortalities in semi intensive and intensive culture systems.) Gram negative bacterial septicemias disease or Vibriosis has been observed in captured as well as cultured marine crustaceans exposed to stress where it has resulted in severe mortalities. Systemic infection or septicemis have also been reviewed. The infections are usually caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Vibrio alginolyticus or the odd Aeromonas spp. Although there are many reports of vibriosis among marine crustaceans none have been studied in detail.


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Helena Johansson es una cantautora sueca.

Helena Johansson nació y creció en Estocolmo, Suecia. Empezó a cantar a una edad muy temprana y en su adolescencia comenzó a escribir sus propias canciones. Tras graduarse en Kulturama en Estocolmo, la escuela de artes escénicas más importante de Escandinavia, empezó a interpretar su propia música en clubs y otros lugares en la capital sueca.

En 2006 Helena se mudó a Nashville, Tennessee, en Estados Unidos, para continuar su carrera musical. Quería desarrollar sus habilidades para la composición musical entre los mejores compositores del mundo. En Nashville conoció al sueco Dan Ekbäck, quien estaba contratado por la editorial Bluewater Music por aquel entonces. Ekbäck ha trabajado con artistas como Jill Johnson y Garth Brooks. Después de escuchar la demostración de Helena, empezó a presentarla a algunos de los más exitosos compositores de Nashville, como, por ejemplo, Liz Rose, conocida por sus trabajos con Taylor Swift, LeAnn Rimes o Jewel.

La cantante y compositora estadounidense de estilos R&B, pop, soul y house, Martha Wash, escuchó la canción de Helena "It's My Time" y decidió grabar dicha canción y lanzarla como el segundo sencillo de su álbum "Something Good", en enero de 2013.

En el año 2010 Helena conoció al productor y compositor británico Denis Ingoldsby, conocido por sus trabajos con Delilah, Flux Pavilion o Doctor P. Juntos empezaron a escribir canciones mediante Skype y tras varias sesiones Helena decidió regresar a Europa para poder continuar su colaboración. La experiencia de Ingoldsby con el pop electrónico hizo que Helena incorporara ese sonido a sus propias canciones.

En mayo de 2013 Helena lanzó su primer single, "Lead The Way", de su próximo y primer maxi-single. Su segundo single, "My Kind of Love", lanzado en julio, fue seleccionado como el "favorito de la semana" (Pick of the Week) en la estación de radio sueca P4 en octubre de 2013.

Su maxi-single From The Ground Up fue lanzado el 6 de febrero de 2014.

Referencias

Cantantes femeninas de Suecia
Cantautores de Suecia
Suecas del siglo XXI


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German lessons in Exeter let you have the greatest flexibility. You can pick the days that you want to study every week, as well as exactly where you have your course delivered by your tutor. Whether you need German language lessons for personal reasons, business needs or academic requirements, The Language Machine can locate the perfect personal German tutor for you in Exeter.
The Language Machine has been finding tutors for students for over 10 years and we can arrange for a teacher to start teaching you German in a matter of days. Your tutor can come to your home or office in Exeter, or you may choose to learn on the web via Skype.


Learn about the range of hydraulic actuators available and how they work. Understand where and why they are used and how to get the best performance from them.
This module looks at the different types of hydraulic cylinder that are available, what they are used for and how they work.
What hydraulic cylinders are used for?
This module looks at the operation and application of hydraulic cylinders before reviewing more detailed installation, application, and maintenance advice.
Specifying the load and sizing the cylinder.
Completing a load balance for checking under all operating conditions.
This module applies to all types of mobile and industrial applications.
Managing or purchasing hydraulic equipment.
Maintenance Engineers repairing hydraulic equipment.
1.	Where hydraulic fluid power is used e.g. types of machines and industries.
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with a maximum altitude of 620 m above sea level. While we found no differences in habitat or altitude usage between the two species, both showed a sharp decline in activity with small increases in altitude within all habitats. This decline was steepest in deciduous and conifer woodland, and more gradual in arable land and heathland. Activity also declined more quickly with increasing altitude in the centre of habitats compared with the edge, and where water was present compared with where water was absent. We suggest that altitude may limit distribution independent of habitat, and thus is an important factor to take into account, in combination with habitat, when designing mammalian conservation strategies.


In 2015, Te Pou and Platform Trust published On Track: Knowing where we are going - a document which described some of the different ways mental health and addiction service providers could accelerate system reform in order to help create the kind of system that New Zealanders want and need.
Since On Track's publication, many organisations have utilised the document to make system improvements and better meet their population's mental health and addiction needs. Whanganui DHB was one of these organisations. This report shares a snapshot of the DHB's improvement journey to date, and outlines how they utilised On Track to inform their transformation work.
Whanganui DHB, Te Pou and Platform Trust hope other organisations will find the examples outlined in this report useful when considering how On Track can help guide their own system improvement initiatives.
A road map for the future of non-government mental health and addiction organisations.
A road map for non-government mental health and addiction organisations.


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One of three federal territories in Canada, Northwest Territories only had its current borders defined in 1999 when the adjacent territory of Nunavut was created. Extending to over half a million square miles, the region varies in climate from sub arctic in the south to polar in the north so its population of around 40,0000 people really do live in the roof of the northern hemisphere.
There are half a dozen courses situated in the Northwest Territories, five of which are 9-hole affairs located in Fort Simpson, Fort Smith, Gameti, Hay River and – way, way up north at the most northerly golf course in North America – the small village of Ulukhaktok. The only full sized layout sits close to the airport at Yellowknife, where golfers play off mats on sand fairways that lead to artificially grassed putting surfaces.
Formed in 1948, Yellowknife Golf Club is recognised as having the most northerly 18-hole course in the country and because of its extreme location, it holds the annual Canadian North Midnight Classic event over the weekend closest to 21st of June, the longest day, when golfers play competitively into the wee sma' hours of the morning.
Top 100 Golf Courses - Northwest Territories


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require 'ostruct'

module GemDo

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    def self.<<(command_class)
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    def self.command_classes
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        show [name]                      show specific metadata entry
        news                             show the last release history entry
        bump                             bump version number
        init                             make a starter Ruby project
        help                             show this help message

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Charles Gomez awarded #1 Hot New Release by Amazon
Charles Gomez's Cuban Son Rising has been awarded #1 New Release in AIDS by Amazon books.
"… a gut-wrenching memoir that captures the rollercoaster of horror and hope." —Sheley Ross, former executive producer of Good Morning America
As a journalist he dug up the truth. But deep inside, he hid a life-shattering secret.
CBS News reporter Charles Gomez was fearless when facing down dictators. Earning an Emmy and an Edward R. Murrow Award, the Latin correspondent and son of a Cuban immigrant seemed on top of the world. But the terror of exposing his sexuality and AIDS diagnosis led him down a dark path of drugs and depression that nearly destroyed him. Cuban Son Rising is an honest and raw memoir detailing Gomez's lifelong battle to overcome stigma and self-loathing. Meticulously researched, Gomez's story takes you from interviews with despots and the front lines of civil wars to the silent struggles he faced seeking his father's acceptance. And after a lifetime of anxiety and regret, Gomez embarks on an emotional journey with his father to his homeland. Will Gomez finally reconcile with the man he's looked up to for his whole life? Or will disclosing his sexuality and the shame and stigma of AIDS cause his father to reject him? Cuban Son Rising is a testament to survival and the triumph of hope over fear.
Charles Gomez is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, investigative reporter, and playwright. He was the first Cuban-American hired as a CBS News correspondent and has covered wars and revolutions for two networks over three decades. He was the recipient of the Edward R. Murrow Award, the Sigma Delta Chi Society of Professional Journalists' national Mark of Excellence Award, and has interviewed, among others, Fidel Castro, Nicaraguan president Anastasio Somoza, Salvadoran president Jose Napolean Duarte, Jamaican president Edward Seaga, and Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos of the Philippines. He has worked as an NBC News West Coast correspondent and also as a reporter for WPLG-TV in Miami, WBBM-TV in Chicago, WWOR and WNBC in New York City. Gomez's plays Bang Bang Blues and Adios, Tropicana were named as the US entries in Joseph Papp's Public Theater Festival Latino. His play Esperanza was a semi-finalist in the Eugene O'Neill National Playwright's Conference.


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Matt Re-elected
Matt Hancock has been re-elected as MP for West Suffolk with an increased majority of 6,131 over Labour and a swing of 4%.
Matt's vote increased by 2,193 to 33,842 which is 66% of the vote on a total turnout of 55,437.
Labour's candidate polled 7% less than in 2017 and lost 3,938 on the previous poll.
The Lib Dem candidate's vote doubled to 4,685 and the Green candidate also increased by 1,327 to 2,262.
The big facts of the night therefore were that Matt increased his majority from 17,063 in 2017 to 23,194. Labour was down by almost 4,000 votes.
How We're Investing in Young Peoples' Mental Health
We're investing more into young people's mental health to help children get the best possible start in life. Read the article to find out more about what we're doing to help mental health in the UK.
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No sweat: Biosensors for easier testing
Biosensors could soon be attached to wearable items, such as contact lenses and smart watches, to measure sugar levels in sweat, tears and saliva.
A new flexible, wearable biosensor can detect very low levels of glucose in body fluids such as sweat, saliva and tears. The biosensor may remove the need for blood tests via painful finger-pricks.
It can be embedded into wearable items, such as contact lenses and smart watches, to constantly monitor glucose levels in diabetics, as well as in healthy people. The sensor, which retains its sensitivity even when bent, was developed by Saudi and US researchers, led by KACST affiliated Moh R. Amer.
Wearable sensors could be very useful for people with diseases that require regular checks. Current versions are not sensitive enough to measure glucose in body fluids other than blood, and some stop working if they are bent.
The biosensor was made using nanoribbons of indium oxide, metal electrodes, and a coat of ink containing chitosan, glucose oxidase enzyme and single-walled carbon nanotubes.
The enzyme in the sensor interacts with glucose, setting off reactions that ultimately generate an electrical signal that reveals a specific glucose concentration. Experiments showed that the sensor is sensitive enough to measure a wide range of glucose concentrations, from 10nanomolars to 1 millimolar.
The researchers attached a tiny well to the sensor to test its ability to detect glucose in a very small volume of body fluid. The sensor was able to generate an electrical signal when the micro-well was filled with only 10 microlitres of solution.
It also managed to detect glucose concentrations in artificial tears when it was attached to an artificial eyeball, and efficiently identified glucose levels in human sweat samples before and after a meal. Bending the sensor 100 times didn't noticeably affect its performance.
"Given the facile and highly scalable fabrication process, low driving voltage, and reliable sensing behaviour even when deformed, this sensing platform is promising for continuous personalized health monitoring, for the food industry, and for environmental monitoring," report the researchers in their study, published in the journal ACS Nano.
Liu, Q., Liu, Y., Wu, F., Cao, X., Li, Z. et al. Highly sensitive and wearable In2O3 nanoribbon transistor biosensors with integrated on-chip gate for glucose monitoring in body fluids. ACS Nano 12, 1170-1178 (2018). | article


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WOW! Really a great score from this magnificent TV-Series! Michael Tavera is a real genius! If you have more from him please feel free to post it here. Thanks a lot for this real filmmusic gem. My dear friend. Keep Well.
Great stuff, Tavera's works are amazing.
Could somebody reupload this soundtrack, please? ^^"
Is this the movie or the series?
If it's either, Then re-up please.
Anybody have this? Please, a re-up would be great.