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Airborne Mine Countermeasures (AMCM)
Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield demonstrated the need for mine hunting systems as an integral element of deployed forces. During Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm, the Navy relied upon dedicated mine countermeasure assets to detect, classify, and localize sea mines. The time required for the arrival of these dedicated assets, however, demonstrated the need for the Carrier and Amphibious Groups to have an organic mine countermeasure capability.
As a result, the Navy began developing a suite of five airborne mine countermeasure systems to negate the identified threat. Deployment of these systems is intended on the MH-60S helicopters to provide organic airborne mine defense for Carrier Battle Groups and Amphibious Ready Groups. The Navy would use this capability in littoral zones, confined straits, choke points, and the amphibious objective area. The system as designed is portable and transferable and represents a capability that did not exist in the Navy's mine countermeasures inventory. The development of the Navy's suite of five airborne mine countermeasure systems to negate mine threats were based on the depth of the mine, the density of the minefield, and the conditions of the surrounding water.
The US Navy has planned for the Littoral Combat Ship to host all five of the developed AMCM systems, developed to provide aircraft carrier strike groups and expeditionary strike groups with full-spectrum organic mine hunting and neutralization capability.
The AN/AQS-20A (also previously referred to as AN/AQS-20/X) Sonar is a helicopter-towed, single-pass, mine hunting detection, classification, and identification sonar. The sonar identifies is designed mine-like objects under the water, but is not designed to identify near-surface mines. The Organic Airborne and Surface Influence Sweep (OASIS, now designated AN/ALQ-220) is a magnetic and acoustic influence minesweeping system. The sweep system is intended to be used where environmental limitations inhibit mine hunting.
The Airborne Mine Neutralization System (AMNS) is a helicopter deployed, expendable, remotely operated, mine neutralization system that reacquires previously identified mines or locates mine-like objects. Military personnel would navigate the system using on-board propulsion and cameras. The operator locates the mines or mine-like objects and uses the Airborne Mine Neutralization System to detonate or otherwise destroy them. However, the associated ordnance as designed would also destroyed when the mine or mine-like object is neutralized.
The AN/AES-1 Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS) is a mine countermeasure that would detect, classify, and localize floating and near-surface moored sea mines. The Navy would deploy the ALMDS on MH-60S helicopters to provide an organic airborne mine defense for Carrier Battle Groups (Carrier Groups), and Amphibious Ready Groups (Amphibious Groups).
The AN/AWS-2 Rapid Airborne Mine Clearance System provides neutralization capabilities for ALMDS-detected, near-surface mines by firing a super-cavitating projectile at the objects from a helicopter. Like the Airborne Mine Neutralization System, the Rapid Airborne Mine Clearance System would be used to neutralize previously identified mines. However, the Rapid Airborne Mine Clearance system could only be used at limited depths because of water penetration constraints.
In October 1993, the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Resources, Warfare Requirements, and Assessments) approved a mission need statement for mine countermeasures that laid the foundation for the AMCM program. The mission need statement presented several alternatives to address the need for mine countermeasures. As a result, the Navy began developing the suite of five airborne mine countermeasure systems.
The systems were designed to provide a full spectrum of functions for the intended mission. The ALMDS and the AN/AQS-20A Sonar are both mine identification systems. ALMDS would be used at near-surface depths. The AN/AQS-20A Sonar was not specifically designed to detect mines, but was designed for precise detection of underwater objects. Working together, the two systems would identify moored and bottom mines. The AN/ALQ-220 OASIS would be used where environmental limitations make mine hunting otherwise difficult. For mine neutralization purposes, the Rapid Airborne Mine Clearance System would then be used to neutralize near-surface mines detected by ALMDS. The Airborne Mine Neutralization System would be used to neutralize mines below the surface and outside the range of the Rapid Airborne Mine Clearance System.
The Center for Naval Analysis (CNA), a federally funded research and development organization, performed a mine countermeasure study to ensure that programming plans and strategies for evolving organic mine countermeasure systems were quantitatively balanced against future warfighting requirements. In June 1999, CNA published its study, "MCM [Mine Countermeasures] Force-21 Study Final Results." The study stated that the Navy and Marine Corps needed 42 AMCM units to fulfill the requirements stated.
The MH-60S helicopter is planned to be deployed on specific ships within Carrier and Amphibious Groups to meet the organic mine countermeasure requirement. The CNA assumed a specific number of MH-60S helicopters would be assigned to each Carrier and Amphibious Group. However, the deployment tactics of the MH-60S helicopters were still in development. The Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Resources, Warfare Requirements, and Assessments) described three scenarios for the use of ALMDS-equipped helicopters, including a single helicopter covering an entire area, two helicopters covering separate areas, or two helicopters covering an area in a grid-like pattern. The decision on the deployment of the MH-60S helicopters would impact the number of helicopters used for mine countermeasure missions and the number of ALMDS units needed. Also, there were competing missions for the MH-60S helicopter, including vertical replenishment and search and rescue. Consequently, the number of ALMDS units potentially needed to support the requirements of Carrier and Amphibious Group Commanders could not be accurately calculated until decisions were made on MH-60S helicopter deployment tactics and mission priorities.
The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Panama City, FL awarded in 2005 a sole source indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract [N61331-05-R-0070] to Northrop Grumman Corporation, Airborne Ground Surveillance and Battle Management Systems Integrated Systems Division, Melbourne, FL for engineering support services for preplanned product improvement (P3I) implementation, post mission analysis (PMA) development, integration of the developmental AN/AES-1 Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS), the AN/AWS-2 Rapid Airborne Mine Clearance System (RAMICS) and the Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis (COBRA) System with existing or future fleet Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems, and technology investigations related to improving these systems. The period of performance was scheduled for five years from the date of award (2010).
This acquisition was unsuitable for full and open competition. Northrop Grumman Corporation was the sole developer and integrator for the ALMDS, RAMICS, and COBRA systems. There was significant commonality in the hardware and design techniques between the ALMDS, RAMICS, and COBRA systems. Additionally, there was significant commonality in the data used by these systems and the interface of resulting system data with existing C4ISR systems. The interface of the AMCM systems, implementation of P3I concepts, development of tools and tactics for PMA, and the interface with C4ISR systems required a detailed knowledge of these specific system designs. Therefore, Northrop Grumman was the only source possessing the expertise, technical data, equipment, and experienced personnel necessary to perform the required engineering studies and interface requirement definition analysis required to work the issues. There were no other possible sources that could satisfy this requirement without significant additional cost to the Government.
A March 2007 report by the Government Accountability Office noted that 33 of the 38 total critical technologies comprising the 5 individual systems were mature, and the remaining five were approaching maturity. This affected the ALMDS, RAMICS, and AMNS systems. The remaining technology for the ALMDS was the system's active pixel sensor, which the Navy had not fully matured. Although the Navy has identified a mature backup technology for the active pixel sensor that would be used in the event problems were discovered during testing, the alternative would impose schedule delays upon the program as it will require integration into the existing system design. The RAMICS fire control system was still under development as of March 2007. The Navy planned to test the fire control system in a relevant environment in the second quarter of fiscal year 2007. The report specified that the remaining technologies to mature for the AMNS involved the launch and handling assemblies, deployment subassembly, and warhead subassembly, but hoped to begin production by June 2007


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The A542 in north Wales is one of the country's most spectacular motorcycle roads. The steady incline makes both the ascent and descent easy and enjoyable, giving even the newest bikers chance to hit the open road and have fun in safety. The Horseshoe Pass is so-named because of the shape it takes as it winds around the valley. At 1,400 ft above sea level, the peak is a great place to stop and survey the world.
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Child care in Africa
It's hard to be young
A report that seeks to shame parents and governments into doing better
FECUNDITY tends to match instability across Africa: the greater the misery, the higher the birth rate. A woman in Niger, where many infants are already malnourished, can expect to have eight children. Across the continent, this adds up: some 49% of Africans are now under 18 years old. So how should African governments help them? A fat report by the African Child Policy Forum, a think-tank with a pan-African bent based in Ethiopia, has pepped up the debate. It ranks African countries according to their budget allocation for children's education and health care and for the "child-friendliness" of their laws and policies.
Mauritius, Namibia and Morocco, which usually score well in a range of African league tables, come top. A closer look, however, shows a large number of poorer countries outperforming many of the continent's richer ones, several of which do rather badly. Taken together, the findings suggest that leadership, not oil or diamonds, is Africa's most valuable commodity. "Political will and enlightenment play a bigger part in determining child well-being than economic status or wealth," says Assefa Bequele, one of the report's authors.
Child-friendliest among the paupers were Burkina Faso and Malawi. Kenya, a much richer country, also scored highly for bringing in a ground-breaking child-rights law, including a ban on corporal punishment in schools. The oil states of Nigeria, Angola and Equatorial Guinea did very badly. Eritrea, one of Africa's most authoritarian counties, was second from bottom, largely because it has siphoned off money meant for children to pay for its army. Ethiopia, only slightly less authoritarian, was not much better.
The report lauds progress in vaccinating children and getting more into primary schools. Yet life is hard and short for too many. Africa has the highest rate of disabled children; in the Central African Republic nearly one-third have some kind of disability yet have no help from the state and no legal rights. Some 48m children in sub-Saharan Africa—nearly a tenth of the total—are orphaned or abandoned. One-third of African countries have no law against child trafficking. And no matter what the law says, many children are ill-protected from such traditional practices as genital mutilation, torture under sorcery, and under-age marriage. Half of girls in Ethiopia's Amhara region are married off before they are 15.
More from Middle East & Africa
The Arab world is re-embracing its Jews
An EU-funded horror story
Europe is bankrolling a force that routinely abuses African migrants
Happy Christmas, war is over?
Ethiopia promises peace but keeps bombing rebels and civilians
Wagner, worse than it sounds
Small bands of mercenaries extend Russia's reach in Africa
Make way
Why more Arabs are embracing pedal power
Changing attitudes and self-interested leaders are behind a surprising religious revival
Libya's coastguard is not known for its professionalism
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's actions belie his words
Local despots seek unsqueamish hired guns
Cars still dominate, but cycling is growing more popular

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The ATSI 12-Series traverses winding paths of fascia, both superficial and deep, using the Anatomy Trains myofascial meridians as a map for the journey toward balanced alignment.
Anatomy Trains Structural Integration (ATSI), previously Kinesis Myofascial Integration (KMI), is a form of advanced structural bodywork descended from the lineage of Dr. Ida P. Rolf and her original, ground-breaking work with fascia and alignment. Much like Thai Structural Bodywork, ATSI is a modality that re-aligns the body in gravity and can reduce pain from long-held chronic conditions, old injuries, and postural dysfunctions. It can also be used to enhance performance and fine-tune alignment/body awareness for athletic pursuits.
Using a conceptual framework of myofascial meridians as a guide, the ATSI 12-session series touches progressively into each area of the body's myofascia—balancing tensional forces, unwinding restrictions, and re-aligning the body in a way that is tailored to each individual's unique body structure and movement patterns. Each layer of tissue is respected and addressed in order of depth, finding the first layer of resistance and working there before moving on to the deeper layers.
Every ATSI session involves a high degree of interactivity; it is not a modality to be passively received. Some techniques are performed in seated or standing positions to integrate bodywork with movement in gravity. Neck, back, and sacrum work are incorporated into each session, along with various advanced techniques such as Visceral Manipulation and neurovascular mobilization.
How does it differ from Thai Structural Bodywork?
For chronic pain: Structural Integration can be less intense, due to its slower pace and lesser degree of emphasis on differentiation of the fascial septa between major muscle groups. It excels at clearing superficial fascia, cutaneous nerve, and similar subtle restrictions quickly across large areas of tissue—this is extremely beneficial for highly sensitive individuals, hypermobile clients, and for those suffering from certain systemic conditions such as fibromyalgia.
For movement practitioners: Structural Integration work emphasizes active, rather than passive, movement during techniques. Sessions have a more interactive and movement-based focus that is well-suited to those looking to finely tune details of alignment and proprioception. Additionally, for those who plan to work out shortly after their session, this style of work is a better choice since it doesn't emphasize deep differentiation along chains of fascial septa (Although progress can be swift with the Thai work, it generally requires a few hours to a day after a session for the body to begin to adapt to new alignment patterns). With ATSI, working out shortly after a session can often enhance the integration process.
The journey through a full ATSI series involves three distinct segments: Sleeve, Core, and Integration. The first four sessions, the "Sleeve" sessions, address the fascia and connective tissues primarily involved in large movements (fascia surrounding large muscle groups, prime movers, etc.). These sessions balance global movement patterns, increase mobility, and improve proprioception. Freeing up this outer neuromyofascia also paves the way for deeper work.
The second four sessions journey into the myofascia of the "Core", including the deeper postural muscles, local stabilizers, and tissues that lie closer to the bones. These sessions address deeper patterns of compression/misalignment in the body, allowing for more balanced mobility between spinal segments and awakening a head-to-toes feeling of two-way stretch/active length during movement. Cultivating or strengthening one's access to this deep core connection can dramatically improve the practice of Yoga, Pilates, or other movement-based pursuits.
The final four sessions integrate and balance the sleeve with the core, allowing one to find a sense of expansive balance radiating out from one's center in everyday life and activities. The work continues to integrate after the series is complete, as one takes their body out into the world and uses it.
An option for those new to Structural Integration or ATSI, a shorter introductory series can stand on its own or serve as a springboard to a full series. Introductory series cover the first 3 sessions of the "Sleeve" work as well as a dedicated session for the arms. Occasional "tune-up" sessions and mini-series are also an option for past 12-series clients.
Each session begins with a thorough static and dynamic assessment of body alignment, lines of myofascial tension, and relationships between bones and joints. If one is a Yoga, Pilates, or other movement practitioner, specific exercises can be used as part of the assessment/re-assessment process to measure progress over the course of the session/series.
Restrictions in the superficial fascia and cutaneous nerve layers are released to ease the transition to deeper work. With fewer restrictions in the outer layers of fascia, deeper work will not feel as intense, and more layers of tissue will be accessible. Addressing these often-neglected layers can decrease chronic muscle hypertonicity, pain/sensitivity, and increase flexibility.
Differentiation, spreading, and lengthening of deeper myofascial layers is accomplished using a variety of Structural Integration techniques. Tissues are re-aligned and re-organized to bring the body into a more balanced relationship with gravity, promoting better posture, ease of movement, and freedom in the joints.
Re-assessing movement helps to bring awareness to the the positive changes that have occurred in the body during the session. Stretches, exercises, and standing/seated myofascial techniques are also utilized to fine-tune alignment and quickly integrate improvements to movement patterns that result from the work.
We also offer Thai Structural Bodywork sessions and series, based on the teachings of Ajarn Itthidet Manarat (Master Poo) and his system of myofascial Sen. Thai Structural Bodywork excels at peripheral nerve mobilization and deep differentiation of fascial layers, complements ATSI Structural Integration work beautifully, and enhances its effectiveness in creating lasting change in the body.


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Blog Post #8: Our History: Free Afternoon Concerts
by Addison MacDonald | Mar 19, 2014 | Historic Documents, Music, News | 0 comments
By Executive Director Debra J'Anthony
Not too long ago, about four years back, the Academy offered free afternoon classical concerts during the lunch hour on stage. We brought in local professional chamber musicians from all over the valley to perform works of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart and others. Likewise, in the year 1915, free afternoon orchestra concerts were presented on the Academy stage to the public and featured local musicians. The Gazette ran a critique the following day, February 1, 1915:
"The first of the free Sunday afternoon concerts, inaugurated by Mayor W. H. Feiker, was held in the Academy of Music yesterday afternoon and there was a large attendance for a stormy day. There was a crowd of 600 or 700, which filled the lower floor and partially filled the balcony. With the exception of some groups of boys, the audience was attentive and seemed to appreciate the efforts of the entertainers. The program consisted chiefly of selections by an orchestra of professional and semi-professional musicians from Northampton, assisted by two or three Holyoke players, and conducted by Oscar Field, the well-known Northampton violinist. It was hardly possible to judge of the grade of work the players could do under more favorable circumstances, but with little or no rehearsal, the playing suffered seriously from uncertainty and roughness. However, the audience was pleased and was reasonably generous in its applause."
I think that Mayor Feiker would be pleased to learn that we now have as one of our resident companies, a well rehearsed community-based orchestra – the Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra.
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Julián Castro ended his presidential campaign on January 2, 2020.
In his own words: "As study after study has shown, the future of our planet depends on how boldly and comprehensively we address this issue of climate change. My first executive order as president would be to recommit the United States to the Paris Climate Accord. But beyond that, we need to pursue serious, sweeping reforms that reaffirm the United States' role as an international leader in mitigating the effects of a changing climate.
As Secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Obama, I have also led on these issues–overseeing the National Disaster Resilience Competition, which distributed $1 billion in grants to help communities across the country build resilience to flooding, tornados, and other natural hazards that may stem from a changing climate."
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From @GretaThunberg to @sunrisemvmt the next generation is leading the charge to defeat climate change. This crisis is also an opportunity. We need to pass a Green New Deal, unleash a clean energy economy, and create millions of well-paying, union jobs. https://t.co/yW8LV6mv8X
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Isha Kalia, a 17-year-old, considers herself to be a single-issue voter focusing on climate change. She organized a climate conversation with @JulianCastro at her school ahead of the #IACaucus. She's joining me at noon on #RivertoRiver as we take the pulse of Gen-Z #Iowa voters.
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Congratulations @GretaThunberg! Without serious, sustained efforts to combat climate change, our planet will continue to face disastrous consequences. Greta answered the call that generations before her have ignored, and refused to accept no for an answer. https://t.co/sg02Nq5h2C
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Folks applaud Castro in immigration, he then turns to climate change. On Day 1 will rejoin Paris accords, and must make climate a priority, invest in green new deal and jobs. #IACaucus
Women challenges Castro on climate, what would you do immediately? Castro says pass green new deal, set emissions benchmarks, shift to renewable energy, immediately ban fracking on public lands. 2045 is when we get to 0-carbon, but need to act now to do it. #IACaucus
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My first Executive Order will be your rejoin the Paris Climate Accord" — big applause line from @JulianCastro speaking to SRO SF crowd at @welcometomannys
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Julián Castro spoke about the need for U.S. leadership on climate change during a foreign policy speech at Standford University. (at 39:40 mark)
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In closing, Castro cautioned the audience about what he believed to be the greatest challenge of our time: climate change. "The US is the nation best equipped to lead this effort," Castro said. He expressed support the Green New Deal and the Paris Climate Accords. Despite his emphasis on the high stakes of climate change, … Continue reading "https://www.stanforddaily.com/2019/12/05/julian-castro-2020-contender-and-former-assu-senator-returns-to-campus-to-talk-foreign-policy/"
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The climate crisis is an existential threat to life on this planet. Our future depends on marshaling the world to overcome this challenge. America is best equipped the lead this effort. But the credibility of that leadership will depend on what we accomplish here at home.
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During the power blackouts in California, low-income families watched as the food in their fridges spoiled. This holiday season, many are still recovering. When I say vulnerable communities will be the hardest hit by climate change, this is what I mean. https://t.co/HMUjrsP6vk
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We must consider the impact of toxic pollution on vulnerable communities. We must listen to impacted people, and center enviromental justice as we combat climate change. I stand with the grassroots movement opposing the @RockwoolNA factory by a school in West Virginia.
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From the March for Our Lives, to worldwide Climate Strikes, students and young people are leading the charge to protect their futures. I'm inspired by their efforts to hold their universities to a higher standard. https://t.co/tbskzCRvSa
Quick reminder that poor, working class, Black, Brown and Indigenous communities are the first and most greatly impacted by climate change. #DemDebate #JuliánDebates
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Yesterday, I visited the Anaconda Copper Mine in Yerington, Nevada. The mine's pollution is having devastating environmental consequences for the Yerington community—including the Paiute tribe who has called this land home for centuries. In my administration, the federal government will consult and seek consent from Indigenous people on projects like these that affect them. We'll … Continue reading "https://www.instagram.com/p/B5DOdy1nJm6/"
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Dog dies after contact with downed power line
ST. PETERSBURG (FOX 13) - A man just lost his best friend, his dog, and says Duke Energy could have prevented the death.
Kiba was a 4 year-old Husky who was killed over the weekend when he came in contact with a downed power line.
"I am devastated," said his owner Sanford Margolis. "I can't sleep very good. I loved him with all my heart and I'm not afraid to show it."
Margolis says Kiba snuck out for a jaunt around the neighborhood Friday night. He and others printed flyers, and scoured the area. But no Kiba . Saturday afternoon, Margolis got a phone call that Kiba was found dead in the backyard of a home a few houses down on Grove Park Avenue North in the Lealman area of St. Petersburg.
"I just lost control when I heard about it," said Margolis. "All I could do is sit there and cry."
Margolis say his dog died needlessly. He says neighbors knew about the line and were worried that it was incredibly dangerous. One person in the area shot a cell phone video showing the line sparking and bursting into flames.
Luke Baranoski said he tried to get Duke Energy to do something about it quickly.
"It was Thursday, I called 'em, then Friday, I called 'em, then my room mate called 'em Saturday," he said.
But Margolis says Kiba found the line before Duke got to fixing it.
"Anybody's kid or anybody's animal that went back there would be dead," he said.
Late Sunday, Duke Energy released a written statement. In part, it reads: "Our deepest sympathies for their loss. We know that pets can be part of the family. Everyone should consider all downed power lines and electrical wires as energized or live, as well as anything in contact with these lines."


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UC Berkeley campus grapples with aftermath of violent evening
After Wednesday's violent protests, classes resumed at Cal. But it was not back to normal.
By Carlo David
Feb. 32017, 11 a.m. Oct. 102020
Standing in front of a Sproul Hall bathed in the colors of the LGBTQ movement, crowds protested a talk slated to be given by Milo Yiannopoulos. Photo: Dan Lurie
A day after violent protesters clashed with university police and damaged campus properties, leading to the cancellation of Milo Yiannopoulos' event, continuing tensions loomed over the UC Berkeley community.
Returning to normalcy on campus in the aftermath of a violent protest was not easy. For some, it was even uncomfortable.
On Sproul Plaza, right below the Pauley Ballroom, where Yiannopoulos was slated to speak Wednesday night before violent protests prompted UC to cancel his talk, there was a long line of students Thursday getting their morning dose of caffeine. Every couch was occupied and every table was filled with stacks of books and laptops.
The silence was almost deafening.
Outside, ashes from a generator that angry demonstrators set on fire the night before could still be seen on the ground. Smashed and broken windows had been replaced with wooden panels. One tree had been badly singed. Campus officials have estimated the damage to be around $100,000.
Yet Sproul Plaza was cleaner than one might expect after such a destructive protest, in part because a group of students had spontaneously organized a brigade, through Facebook, to clean up the plaza. They arrived before dawn (university clean-up crews were already at work) with brooms, dust pans, trash bags and gloves to try to restore order, and later moved over to Telegraph Avenue, too,
"We started at Sproul Plaza around 5 a.m., primarily focusing on picking up trash and stacking extra barricades off to the side," Tanwei Chen, a second-year energy engineering major, told the news site, The Tab. "Once the plaza was cleared enough to power-wash, some volunteers left to rest or attend class. A smaller group went along Telegraph then Shattuck. Though we picked up some trash, we spent most of our effort on picking up broken glass."
Clubs and organization had lined up their usual array of tables on Sproul, including the Berkeley College Republicans, whose table was draped with an American flag, hoping to recruit interested parties. There were also the regular collection of campus outsiders preaching about a myriad of things – socialism, the Second Coming, or the present administration's plan to subvert democracy.
But the façade showed several cracks.
Around 11:40 a.m., Jack Palkovic, a Cal student and member of the College Republicans, was being interviewed by KTVU at the intersection of Telegraph and Bancroft when two men in a car pulled over. They jumped out and tried to take off Palkovic's red Trump hat, according to the television station. UCPD arrested two men, who were not affiliated with the university. Two men were arrested on suspicion of battery, grand theft and criminal threats, according to police.
Then around 2 p.m., a spontaneous debate ensued between a self-identified Trump supporter and an outsider, who was among those who showed up Wednesday night, hoping to shut down Yiannopoulos. "This is a [expletive] odious administration!"
The animosity reverberated across campus such that even a hoard of students rushing out from lecture halls would not drown them out.
Protesters gathered at Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley on Feb. 1 to protest an event being held by the Berkeley College Republicans featuring "alt-right" (white nationalist, anti-trans, anti-immigrant, etc) media personality Milo Yiannopoulos. Things were peaceful and empowering until a small group of Black Bloc protesters began tearing down barriers, shooting fireworks at police, and setting things on fire. Photo: Dan Lurie
In a lot of ways, the exchange was telling of a campus divided over whether Wednesday night's events were justified or not.
Matthew Verish, a third-year mathematics undergraduate, disagreed with the level of destruction caused by a small portion of the protesters.
"How can an anti-fascist organization resort to violent means, just because it does not agree with [Yiannopoulos]?" he said, a note of exasperation in his voice. "You just cannot have a debate on free speech when you are intent on censoring others."
Among Berkeley College Republicans, the idea of censorship pales compared to the alleged harassment, both physical and verbal, they have had to deal with as an outlier in a progressive bastion.
"We were followed by thugs [Wednesday night] on our way home, as soon as UCPD announced the event had been canceled," said BCR representative Troy Worden. "I am not just sure how we move forward from this, given the kind of treatment our members have been receiving from both outsiders and students."
However, attendance at the group's weekly meeting surged after the protests, with a "line out the door," to get into the meeting room, according to KTVU.
UC Berkeley says about 150 "masked individuals with paramilitary tactics" hurled Molotov cocktails, set fires, shot fireworks at police and damaged property Wednesday night. Photo: Ted Friedman
It appears as though the campus is polarized over the subject of responsibility for Wednesday night's turn of events. Some lamented vicious acts and paramilitary tactics, employed by masked agitators, as university spokesman Dan Mogulof described them. Others point to the administration's decision to allow the event to go on despite wide opposition, including from some members of the faculty. (See the letter here).
If there is any room for common ground, it would be that the issues at the heart of the protests — immigration, women's rights, rape culture, LGBTQ — have been drowned out by dominant portrayals of Wednesday's events as a war zone between police officers and violent protesters. This was disheartening to those who had hoped to engage peacefully.
The somber mood inside one of the university's study spaces is a proof of that.
On what was otherwise a busy day, the room was uncharacteristically empty. A campus staffer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, expressed dismay toward the administration while pointing out the impact Yiannopolous' presence had created, particularly among LGBTQ students.
"This goes beyond what happened last night," he said. "Since the election, we have seen an upsurge in the number of students seeking services. Last night exacerbated fears among those who are being singled out [by Yiannopoulos]."
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Corporate Parenting Board
Thursday, 18th January, 2018 5.30 pm
Supplementary Report Virtual School Head Annual Report 2016-2017 PDF 660 KB
Venue: Training Room - Ground Floor - Civic Centre, St Peter's Square, Wolverhampton WV1 1SH
Contact: Helen Tambini Tel: 01902 554070 or Email: helen.tambini@wolverhampton.gov.uk
Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Hodgkiss, Koussoukama, Mills and Sweet.
There were no declarations of interest made.
Change to the Order of Agenda Items
The Chair moved that agenda item 6, Care Leavers Forum – Reducing Care Leaver Isolation on Birthdays and item 7, Children in Care Council – Feedback from Take Over Day, be considered before item 3, Minutes of the Previous Meeting, item 4, Matters Arising and item 5, Schedule of Outstanding Matters.
That agenda items 6 and 7 be considered before items 3, 4 and 5.
Care Leavers Forum - Reducing Care Leaver Isolation on Birthdays
[A presentation by representatives of the Care Leavers Forum]
Members of the Care Leavers Forum (CLF) attended the meeting and presented their ideas on ways to reduce the feelings of isolation on birthdays.
They suggested that rather than having two sums of £50 for eighteenth and twenty-first birthdays, the money should be split into £25 for eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first birthdays. That would help to make all of those birthdays special.
They suggested a revision of the Birthday Monies Policy. All young people needed to have an up to date Pathway Plan and as part of that, to encourage positive behaviour and integration it was suggested as an incentive that any young person who did not have an updated Plan or meet with their Young Person's Advisor (YPA) would not receive their birthday money and that money could then be put into a fund for holidays and group activities for other young people who were integrating.
Members of the CLF stated that birthdays could often leave Care Leavers (CL) feeling very isolated as they would not have an opportunity to spend time with their families and appropriate support was needed, particularly to help with mental health issues. In terms of the individual support packages, it was suggested that each one should be individually assessed regarding mental health.
The Chair thanked the young people for the excellent presentation and the two proposals.
In answer to a question regarding contact with young people after the age of 21, Emma Bennett, Director of Children's Services advised that all CL should receive a birthday card delivered by their YPA up to the age of 25 and she confirmed that she would also send a birthday card. In respect of contact after the age of 25, further discussions would need to take place with the Transitions Team.
Members of the CLF invited members of the Board to attend future meetings of the Forum.
Members of the Board thanked the young people for attending, sharing their own experiences and for their comments and proposals.
That the presentation on Reducing Care Leaver Isolation on Birthdays be noted.
That the proposal to split birthday monies into four gifts of £25 for eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first birthdays be agreed.
That the proposal to revise the Birthday Monies Policy to encourage engagement and integration be agreed.
That the further comments made by the members of the CLF be noted.
Children in Care Council - Feedback from Take Over Day
[A presentation by representatives of the Children in Care Council]
Members of the Children in Care Council (CiCC) attended the meeting and gave a presentation on feedback from the Take Over Day.
The Chair thanked the young people for the excellent presentation which had raised many key issues which would be considered.
Members of the Care Leavers Forum (CLF) suggested a peer mentoring programme, with older Care Leavers (CL) helping younger CL who were struggling. Peer mentoring would also help to encourage those who were not engaging with their Young Person's Advisor (YPA).
Alice Vickers, Corporate Parenting Officer confirmed that officers were in the process of looking at mentoring schemes.
In answer to a question regarding what further help could be offered to foster carers, Emma Jane Kisby referred to the training courses she had attended, in particular the excellent course arranged by Joginder Shoker Kang. Receiving advice and support on nurturing, in particular attachment issues was paramount. Foster carers needed support in understanding children.
Alison Hinds, Head of Looked After Children confirmed that the training programme for foster carers was being reviewed. Issues raised at the Take Over Day would be taken into consideration.
In answer to questions regarding Total Respect training, Emma Bennett, Director of Children's Services stated that she would check if that training was mandatory for foster carers. She advised that each Fostering Agency had a version of Total Respect training as part of their assessments.
Alice Vickers advised that she had visited three of the top 10 independent Fostering Agencies used by the City of Wolverhampton Council and the Commissioning Team would be happy to take that forward.
Emma Bennett confirmed that this would be a priority as part of the Corporate Parenting Strategy for next year.
That the presentation on the Feedback from Take Over Day and the comments raised be noted.
Minutes of the previous meeting - 9 November 2017 PDF 100 KB
[To approve the minutes of the previous meeting as a correct record]
That the minutes of the meeting held on 9 November 2017 be confirmed as correct record and signed by the Chair.
Schedule of outstanding matters PDF 59 KB
[To consider and comment on the schedule of outstanding matters]
The Chair presented the report on current progress on matters previously considered by the Board.
Emma Bennett, Director of Children's Services confirmed that 92% of LAC were known to the local authority at least 30 days prior to becoming LAC. Only 48 had not been known before.
That the report be noted.
Virtual School Head Annual Report 2016-2017 PDF 587 KB
[Darren Martindale, Virtual School Head for Looked After Children and Youth Offending to present report]
[TO FOLLOW]
Darren Martindale, Virtual School Head of Looked After Children and Youth Offending presented the Virtual School Head Annual Report 2016-2017 and highlighted key points, including the Turnabout Programme and the Aspire2Uni (A2U) Programme.
The Chair thanked Darren Martindale for the excellent report and referred to the Turnabout Programme which was welcomed by all and highlighted the positive outcomes of working with children.
In addition to the information contained in the report and in response to questions from Board members, officers stated the following:
Foster carers would usually attend parent evenings at school and such details would be recorded on each Personal Education Plan (PEP). The PEP had been designed to prompt discussions on those issues.
The I Awards celebrated young people's achievements as did schools and foster carers who took an active role in celebrating achievements, both academic and non-academic.
The I Awards invited nominations from Designated Teachers (DT) and there had been a record number from DT, both from inside and outside of the city.
In some cases, both foster carers and family members attended parent evenings and other school events; however, that was dependent on individual circumstances.
The Council ensured that foster carers encouraged the aspirations of the young people they were caring for and additional support was always available if foster carers wanted some extra help.
Training was given to foster carers to support education at home and there was an additional section on the PEP which asked how a foster carer supported study in the home. Foster carers were involved in the Aspire2Uni Programme and it was hoped to further expand that. An online resource Britannica was also available and had already received over 23,000 hits. That resource was both safe and comprehensive.
Young people received a congratulatory card from the Council for exam and degree successes.
The importance of stability for LAC was acknowledged and every effort was made to ensure that; however, there were times when change was unavoidable, sometimes due to staff turnover and exit interviews were undertaken to identify why staff were leaving. The workforce was also being consulted to identify what were the most important factors of working in the city.
In many cases foster carers would be willing to travel long distances to prevent a child or young person having to move school.
Sometimes to ensure stability a child or young person might remain in a lower achieving school as it would be less beneficial to move them.
That the Virtual School Head Annual Report 2016-2017 report be noted.
Performance Monitoring Report/Children Looked After Return Initial Analysis 2016-2017 PDF 82 KB
[Emma Bennett, Director of Children's Services to present report]
2018_01_CorporateParentingBoardReport (002) , item 10. PDF 2 MB
Children Looked After Return Initial Analysis 201617 (002) , item 10. PDF 197 KB
Emma Bennett, Director of Children's Services presented the Performance Monitoring Report and the Children Looked After Return Initial Analysis and highlighted key points. She confirmed that the Board was receiving the standard performance report, together with additional benchmarking information providing initial analysis of Looked After Children (LAC) performance as reported in the Children Looked After (903) statutory return.
In respect of routes into care and Ofsted ratings, Emma Bennett advised that as of the end of November 2017 there were 11 Unaccompanied Asylum Seekers. Where an Ofsted inspection had taken place and a children's home had been identified as inadequate or requiring improvement, then inspections would take place immediately.
In respect of health, Emma Bennett advised that there had been a slight dip to 86% and that would require monitoring.
Fiona Brennan, Designated Nurse, Looked After Children stated that the dip was most likely caused by initial checks rather than reviews and it would be helpful to have a breakdown of those figures.
In respect of adoptions, Emma Bennett advised that additional resources had been made available until the end of March 2018 in order to ensure the Council improved performance in supporting the application of adoption orders.
In respect of the Children Looked After Return Initial Analysis 2016-2017, Emma Bennett confirmed that this was an annual report. It was known that Wolverhampton had a relatively high number of LAC at 108 per 10,000 population instead of 85; however, Wolverhampton had a slower rate of increase compared to other authorities. Wolverhampton was the 37th best performing authority in the country for statutory outcomes for Care Leavers (CL).
In answer to a question regarding a comparison with statistical neighbours in respect of care proceedings, Emma Bennett confirmed that statistics were available and an analysis could be undertaken and the data made available. There had been a considerable increase in care proceedings across the country.
That the Performance Monitoring report and the Children Looked After Return Initial Analysis 2016-2017 report be noted.
That a breakdown of initial health check and review figures be submitted to the next meeting of the Board.
That details of care proceedings and comparisons with Wolverhampton's statistical neighbours be submitted to the next meeting of the Board.
Corporate Parenting Board - Proposed Amendment to Terms of Reference PDF 55 KB
[To consider a proposed amendment to the terms of reference of the Board]
Terms of Reference Appendix , item 11. PDF 47 KB
Helen Tambini, Democratic Services Officer presented the Corporate Parenting Board – Proposed Amendment to the Terms of Reference and highlighted key points.
That the amendment to the Terms of Reference of the Corporate Parenting Board be approved.
The Chair referred to public attendance at future meetings and advised that items relating to the Care Leavers Forum (CLF) and the Children in Care Council (CiCC) should not be held in public as young people were in attendance. Rather than waiting until the latter part of the meeting to consider exempt items, it was proposed, when such items were on the agenda, to have exempt items at the beginning.
That future agenda items be varied to ensure that items relating to the CLF and the CiCC be considered first and in private.
[To pass the resolution:
That in accordance with Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business as they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information falling within paragraph 2 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972]
That in accordance with Section 100A of the Local Government Act 1972 the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following items of business as they involve the likely disclosure of exempt information contained in paragraph 2 of the Act, namely information that is likely to reveal the identity to an individual.
Councillor Visits to Establishments
No visits to establishments had been undertaken since the last meeting of the Board.
In answer to a question regarding Councillors visiting private establishments, Emma Bennett, Director of Children's Services advised that if there were young people placed in private establishments by the Council then Councillor visits would be welcomed and a list of those establishments would be provided.


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T'gana to accord rousing state reception to Sindhu
August 22, 2016 by Sameer
Hyderabad: A rousing state reception will be accorded by the Telangana government to Olympic silver medallist P V Sindhu after she arrives here tomorrow morning from Brazil.
After Sindhu's arrival at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) here she will be given a grand welcome followed by a rally in an open-top-motorcade towards Gachibowli stadium where the ace shuttler will be felicitated.
Scores of fans are expected to throng the airport to witness the celebratory atmosphere.
Telangana IT Minister KT Rama Rao will lead the reception along with senior officials and all necessary arrangements have been made in this regard.
While congratulating Sindhu for her feat, Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao, after chairing a Cabinet meeting yesterday said, "a grand welcome would be organised on her arrival in the city on August 22".
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There's nothing more splendid than walking through a garden with salt shaker in hand and sampling both yours and Mother Nature's handiwork. But, if you're purchasing fresh produce from the local grocery store, how fresh actually is that product?
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KoMets capture HVL title in Girls Soccer
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CHRIS SCHAD Sports Editor
For years, the Kasson-Mantorville KoMets have been trying to get over the hump and claim a HVL conference championship. For about the same time, they've butted heads with the Lourdes Eagles for that title. It only made sense that Tuesday night's match-up between the two schools would have the title on the line.
The game got off to a great start for the KoMets when Sarah Bernards continued her knack for scoring goals as she was able to put one past Rebecca Freilburger to give the KoMets a 1-0 lead midway through the first. Getting out to an early lead was extremely important in this game as Freilburger stood on her head during the first matchup on Sept. 22.
Although Lourdes would tie it up before the half, K-M was determined to capture the HVL crown with a strong second half. MaKayla Griffin would set up Maddie Worden on a nice pass through the Eagle defense and Worden would bury the breakaway opportunity to put the KoMets up 2-1.
Lourdes would come back with a flurry down the stretch, but the KoMet defense would stay strong en route to capturing the conference championship for the second straight year with a 2-1 victory.
"Lourdes made a nice little run," head coach Chris Soderberg observed. "But our defense was great. Every time they threw it into the box, we were able to knock it back out."
Just like the last meeting, the KoMets enjoyed a nice shot advantage (16-8), but the defense stepped up and Laken Bartell was able to make seven saves in the victory.
Riding the momentum that came with the HVL championship, the KoMets hosted Cannon Falls. The explosive offense that K-M had shown during conference play continued as nine different KoMets scored including first varsity goals from Ashlyn Liebenow, Gabby Suhr and Laurel Woodrum.
"That's really been the strength of our team," Soderberg said of the KoMets' depth. "We are very deep and have several girls that can put the ball in the net. Hopefully, this will take us a long way in the playoffs."
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Install the small cube-shaped brackets into the inside corners of the window. One of the two open sides faces straight out, and the other toward the center (Image 1).
The blinds unit fits in the brackets with the strings facing toward the room (Image 2).
Secure the blind in the bracket with small plastic pieces that slide into the brackets.
Attach the long plastic wand to the blind controller as directed in the manufacturer's instructions. The wand is used for opening and closing the blind slats.
The process of shortening the blinds is easy if you follow the instructions and diagrams that come with the blinds. Drop the blinds as far as they will go — so that the bottom rests on the windowsill to determine the appropriate length.
Remove the plastic retaining tabs from the bottom piece for adjusting the length (Image 1).
Next, slide out the larger bottom piece and cut the strings to the proper length.
Remove the excess slats and discard them (Image 2).
Replace the bottom piece into the last rung (Image 3).
The string ends are tied and pushed into holes under the last rung.


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Norbert Rillieux
Norbert Rillieux was an American inventor in the 1800s. He invented a machine that changed the way in which sugar was made from sugarcane. The machine produced a higher quality sugar and made the process less dangerous.
Norbert Rillieux was born on March 17, 1806, in New Orleans, Louisiana. He was the son of a white plantation owner and an enslaved woman. His father declared him free at birth. Norbert had a privileged childhood. He attended some of the best schools in New Orleans. Later, his father sent him to study at an important school in Paris, France.
While in Paris, Rillieux wrote many papers on steam engines. These papers became the basis of his most famous invention, the multiple-effect pan evaporator.
Rillieux returned to Louisiana to work in the sugar industry. At the time, making sugar was a slow, expensive, and dangerous process. Sugarcane was boiled in large, open kettles to create a syrup. Teams of enslaved people ladled the hot liquid from kettle to kettle until sugar crystals began to form. Rillieux wanted to make this process safer and more efficient. He came up with the idea of the multiple-effect pan evaporator.
In Rillieux's evaporator, sugarcane juice was heated in a vacuum pan. The steam produced by the heated juice was then used to heat cane juice in a connected pan. This process saved fuel and produced better sugar. It also used less manpower. Similar evaporators are still used to make sugar and other products, including soap and glue.
Rillieux had more ideas, including draining the water in the swampland surrounding New Orleans. He thought this would reduce the number of mosquitoes, which had been spreading disease. However, the state government ignored him. Rillieux returned to Paris. He died in France on October 8, 1894.


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We regularly send text messages to remind parents of relevant workshops and upcoming events.
Every base produces a termly topic overview with relevant information for your child's class.
Every class should send home a regular 'pre-teach' letter informing parents about the learning for the folowing week so they can help their child prepare.
Here is a wordle composed from our recent parent questionnaire. We were very pleased with the results which can be viewed in full in the document sent with the January newsletter.


All That Glistens Could Be Gold!
Ever wonder what your gold jewelry is worth? Well, more and more of us are checking out the value of our valuables. Since gold prices change daily, a great site to visit to learn more about the gold market is Kitco® .
Find out how precious your precious jewelry is and how to sell online. Fast and easy way to turn thos out-of-date, broken pairs, or inherited pieces into hard CA$H!
Whether you inherit vintage linens or they are your personal sale "finds," they not only represent the workmanship of a bygone era, but can be incorporated beautifully within any design concept. Even those pieces that are not in pristine condition can be rehabilitated and used for unique looks.
For example, damaged chenille bedspreads are great sources of fabric for slipcovers, lampshades, bedroom and decorative pillows, and more. Crochet edges can be taken from old, damaged pillow cases and sheets and reused as embellishments on today's sheets, pillowcases, sheets, and apparel. The options are boundless for recycling. Plus, many linens only require treating stains from age. There are several items you can use for removing yellow age spots on linens.
A new one found by MDM is from JunkMarket, an online American junk club, is the Star Spangled Sampler & Company Vintage Textile Soak, for $19.95 sold in set of 2. This product helps remove yellow and brown age spots from vintage quilts and textiles of all kinds.
Another one that MDM has used is the delicate OxiClean ® Baby Stain Soaker, 3.5 lb. tub msrp $9.99, and new Baby Stain Remover, 22 oz. bottle, msrp $4.99.
As with any products, MDM recommends you first test fabric in an inconspicuous area for color fastness.
All of us are acquainted with Government Surplus Stores and discount stores that carry discontinued merchandise or overstocks, but Ax-man Surplus on University Avenue, a couple blocks from Snelling heading west in St. Paul is rather unique among this genre.
With a "No Admission Fee" sign and antiques in the window among other items, one can ascertain that this store has a sense of humor. Where would you find bins of everything from electrical components, each labeled with a unique description of the item contained within, to an Iron Lung, and a statuary female head sporting a roman helmet with water coming out of her mouth? Now MDM is not suggesting that this type of store is solely unique to the Twin Cities Metro area because to some extent you can find these stores in most large communities both big and small. What MDM is suggesting is that bargain hunters should not dismiss quickly these unique stores as "junk stores," since oftentimes the merchandise within will assault the senses with variety and value coupled with oddity.
Ax-man get new shipments in every Wednesday and much of their merchandise are overstocks, discontinued items. If you are crafty and want to try your hand at DIY Designing/makeover, you can find enough components to make your own lamp or a lamp redo.
Other items MDM found were these glass beads at $12.00/lb. Some retro style, others millefiori, even murano look alike beads and glass seed beads are perfect for jewelry.
Additionally, this German butter dish with its' interior ceramic and seal can be used for travel, or containing gourmet salt for cooking, or spices–compact, spillproof, and s/steel makes them perfect for many applications, $1.95/each. Check out the dental supplies, scientific beakers, dishware, office furniture and supplies, and so much more.
Weekdays, Ax-man is open from 10 a.m.-8:00 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Sun 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Although not totally handicap accessible, entrance to the store is at street level and the interior has two levels that are connected by ramps.


description: it is a real underwater paradise, a relatively little known and frequented; among huge boulders (6-8m in diameter) there is a lot of gorgonians and table corals and living among them fish, eg. razor fish, goby.
description: Twins is a series of two large rock formations located to a depth of 18 meters; it is primarily known as the home of the family of clown fish; you can meet many gobies, moray eels, trigger fish, anemone shrimp, morays, flatworms and pipefish, cleaner wrasse, baby angelfish, squid, juvenile sweet lips and many others.
description: the dive site is located halfway between Koh Nang Yuan and Koh Tao and it is a very popular place for night dives; there are two pinnacles submerged underwater at a depth of 20 meters and 2 meters protrude on the surface, they have many shelves, various formations which overgrown hard and soft corals; you can meet stingrays, wide variety of pelagics, barracudas, and even turtles; this is the home of the beautiful titan triggerfish called by divers Trevor.
description: fascinating rock formations sculpted form numerous caves and inlets; macro photography lovers will delight fabulously colorful nudibranchs; corals occupy harlequin sweetlips, angelfish, anemone shrimp, butterfly fish, you can also meet barracudas, sea snakes, white tip sharks, and deeper - a huge grouper; should also be careful of titan triggerfish, who fiercely defend their territory.
description: a beautiful pinnacles covered with corals; their name comes from one of the pioneers of diving in Koh Tao - Hin Pee Wee; you can meet stingrays, moray eels, between pinnacles can be seen a large coral table.
description: a very picturesque place, where among huge boulders are numerous corals - they are a real maze perfect for underwater fun; in addition to many species of fish, such as grouper, pufferfish, angelfish, snappers, moray eels, you can meet a turtle!
description: Nang Yuan Pinnacle, a small granite peak, which rises from the water with a depth of about 20 m, surrounded by numerous caves and swim throughs, to the west of it there is a small cave with a length of 12 m, which can affect, numerous clearances make it fairly well lit; among many corals (whip coral, soft coral and sea fans) you can meet stingrays, turtles and traditional inhabitants of reefs, as angelfish, moray eels, scorpion fish, nudibranchs; this dive site is suitable for all levels though during full moon, currents may be experienced.
description: single rock protruding from the water between Koh Tao and Koh Phangan, with a characteristic "chimney "- a vertical tunnel in the rock, stretching from 18m to 8m; rock is full of small shelves and holes that are ideal habitat for octopuses, white moray eels, anemones, shrimp; in the winter months they appear here whale sharks and other large pelagic species.
description: this dive site is known for its numerous swim throughs and cave systems; huge boulders create an underwater labyrinth; the most famous is the gap "Star Wars", where a crack in the rock extends up to the surface.


HSN Community / Forums / Customer Service / My debit card was charged twice but my order did not go through?
My debit card was charged twice but my order did not go through?
My debit card was charged twice along with a donation fee that I gave however, my order did not go through because my billing address was different than my shipment address. Will the fees drop? I cant find an order history and i did not receive any confirmation e mails. Thank you!
Sorry to hear about this! It does look like this was canceled fully, so the authorization should drop off soon. Most banks drop it within 72 business hours, but you'll want to check with your bank for their authorization release time frames.
NO it hasn't and what you are actually doing is wrong and you know it. Fraud is what you are.
There were 1,012 1 star reviews a couple of days ago. I have been tracking the numbers for over 2 weeks. If you read this thread from the beginning you will see what we are talking about.
I too have watched the numbers and I have never seen it hit 1000 and then move to another number. Sorry but I haven't. Just sayin.
VelveteenRabbit, you are a gem. You've done such an excellent task in keeping us informed and on track. – Thanks!!
Yes, the numbers are looking funny today. I think they want at least a three for her return. I knew something was off, because I gave 2 of the (new) 1's the helpful sign, but I couldn't on the others because the system said I had already 'helpful' them. (Not if they are the new ones since yesterday).


Farfa Abbey (It.: Abbazia di Farfa) is a territorial abbey in northern Lazio, central Italy. It is one of the most famous abbeys of Europe. It belongs to the Benedictine Order and is located about 60 km from Rome, in the commune of Fara Sabina, not far from the Fara Sabina railway station.


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On a scale of one to ten, one being foods like cauliflower and lamb (sometimes I feel as though I'm the only meat-eater on the plant who doesn't like the latter) and ten being arugula, mushrooms and cookies with a dash of lemon, cakes in jars rank in at a 12.
I hope that sentence made sense. I'm worried that it did not, so let me summarize.
Cakes baked in cute little jars are wonderful.
I was in a baking mood this past Saturday. Having made another batch of cookies for my special cookie gift bags (that post is coming up), I decided I didn't want to leave the kitchen. The stove was making my legs feel fuzzy and warm. So, I did what any reasonable person would do, I decided to bake a cake. Luckily my baking buzz lined up perfectly with my friend Emily's birthday.
I'm not sure what was once in this jar. I suspect it was marmalade, however, all reminders of its former life were erased when I used it to carry hummus to school when we ran out of Tupperware containers. What a multi-functional little jar.
I'm mildly concerned that the end product was too much cake and not enough icing, so I'll have to work on tweaking my cake-in-jar logistics for next time. Oh yes, there will be a next time. I'm thinking some sort of layered trifle.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Find a glass jar that is about the size of those tomato paste cans you buy at the grocery store. It should be around 6 oz.
In a bowl, add egg white and sugar and whisk until combined. Add in vanilla and melted butter and stir until mixed. Add flour, baking powder and salt and stir until smooth. Stir in milk. Pour batter into jar.
Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes, or until a very long toothpick (I recommend a shish kabob skewer) comes out clean. Let cool completely. Slice the top off to level it (perfect for taste testing,) and ice it with your favourite batch of buttercream icing.
Makes one mini, jarred cake.


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When It Comes To Women's Issues, Facebook Still Hasn't Figured Out How To Play Fair
Hortense Smith
According to Dr. David J. Ley of Psychology Today, Facebook has started deleting several "pages of several women and female sexuality organizations," including the page of Self Serve, "a women-owned and run sexuality resources center."
The women at Self Serve, Ley writes, had their page deleted after they posted an informational video about labiaplasty. The video, Ley notes, "has a heartfelt message, urging women to love their bodies as they are, and not to give in to mutilation to fit an unrealistic, and uncommon ideal based upon porn," but apparently triggered the organization's page removal from Facebook due to the fact that it contained pictures of vaginas. The context, it seems, was unimportant: the fact that vaginas were being shown was enough of a justification for Facebook to delete the page. Ley also notes that the page of sex columnist Violet Blue was also deleted, even though she "had worked hard to comply with Facebook's rules. She was given no advance notice and no explanation of why her page was deleted." Ley wonders if perhaps these deletions are indicative of a larger, scarier issue: that the site is intentionally targeting, and removing, women-run celebrations of the female body and female sexuality
We've discussed Facebook's strange approach to handling groups and pages before; last Fall, I wrote a piece about how Facebook had allowed a "pro-rape, anti-consent" group to remain active for several months, all the while removing pictures of breastfeeding women as they were considered violations of the site's policies. Heinous Facebook groups are nothing new: a reader notes that as of today, the charming "B.O.T.H. Treatment, For When She Gets Outta Line" group (B.O.T.H. standing for "back of the hand") is still active, and has been since February. Is the group a joke? Casual misogyny? Or a celebration of violence against women? I suppose context matters, but why are groups advocating beating your girlfriend to "keep her in line," given the benefit of the doubt over groups that have clearly stated a positive mission to promote female sexuality and women's health issues?
Facebook Allows "Pro-Rape, Anti-Consent" Group To Stay On The Site For Months
A group of students, both past and present, of the all-male St. Paul's College at Sydney…
It's especially frustrating when you consider the rule that most likely led to Self Serve's deletion: "You will not post content that: is hateful, threatening, or pornographic; incites violence; or contains nudity or graphic or gratuitous violence." The "nudity" in the labiaplasty video or pictures of women breastfeeding were enough to make the service take down women's pages and pictures, and yet that very same rule doesn't seem to be applied to groups that are, jokingly or no, celebrating violence and carrying a "hateful, threatening" undertone. If Facebook is going to make the argument that they're simply enforcing the site's terms, they need to be a bit more consistent in actually following through, otherwise it makes the deletion of organizations like Self Serve look even shadier when groups like "B.O.T.H." are allowed to remain.
All of this makes it appear that Facebook still hasn't figured out how to differentiate between images of women's bodies in health context and images of women's bodies in a pornographic context, nor are they taking their own rules regarding violence and threatening statements seriously. If Facebook really wants to create a space where women feel welcome to discuss their health and safety and issues that directly affect their everyday lives, it might want to spend more time promoting healthy attitudes towards women's bodies and lives, instead of deleting women (and sex) positive groups and allowing misogynistic groups to remain. Or perhaps the current system, as Ley wonders, really is being used to, you know, keep the ladies in line, where they belong.
[Cutting Off Your Vagina To Spite Your Face(book) [Psychology Today]


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Fisher declines to revisit Lakers trade before return
This time, Lakers fans probably won't be as appreciative if Derek Fisher hits a remarkable shot with 0.4 seconds left.
Fisher returns to Staples Center on Thursday to play the Lakers with his new team, the Oklahoma City Thunder.
When Fisher was dealt on the day of the trade deadline, his Lakers teammates were stunned.
So was he.
Fisher negotiated a contract buyout with Houston and quickly joined the Thunder as a free agent after being waived by the Rockets last week.
He politely declined to answer specific questions about the trade when asked about it Tuesday.
"Obviously, life changes quickly and there's a lot going on with the family, with my kids and those things," Fisher told The Oklahoman. "But on the court and around this team -- the community in Oklahoma City -- it's everything and more than I imagined in terms of how good it would be to be around these guys. From the first player to the 15th player, every guy has been great. All the coaches, everybody has just been wonderful to work with, so I'm looking forward to continuing this process, getting to know these guys better."
Oklahoma City (38-12) has won all four of its games since acquiring Fisher, though he hasn't played well while getting acclimated to his new team. He is averaging 3.8 points and shooting only 22.7%, playing primarily at backup shooting guard.
He was two for 11 in Oklahoma City's double-overtime victory against Minnesota last week and later said the game wouldn't have gone to overtime if he had played better in regulation.
"He hasn't shot the ball as well as he's going to," Thunder Coach Scott Brooks told The Oklahoman. "There are a lot of factors involved in that. He's still trying to learn our system where he will get looks. He has gotten some good looks and will continue to get good looks."
Fisher will be used as a scout against his former team before Thursday's game. The Lakers (31-19) are third in the Western Conference, seven games behind the Thunder.
"He knows Kobe [Bryant]'s game better than anybody," Brooks said. "We definitely will talk to him and we have already."
The normally stoic Bryant acknowledged Fisher's return to Staples Center would create a highly unusual backdrop. Bryant and Fisher played together on the Lakers for almost 13 seasons.
"It's going to be strange, him going down to the visitors' locker room," Bryant said. "But I talk to him pretty much every single day, though, still. So in terms of our personal relationship, there really hasn't been any separation in that sense. But seeing him coming into Staples Center in a different uniform is going to be extremely, extremely weird for us all."
The Lakers sent Fisher to Houston two weeks ago for a first-round draft pick and reserve forward Jordan Hill, who has barely played for the Lakers. The draft pick was the one they received last December from Dallas in the Lamar Odom trade.
Fisher reportedly agreed to let the Rockets off the hook for his salary next season ($3.4 million) if they agreed to waive him so he could sign with a contending team.
"We're playing well and it's very apparent that these guys are hungry. They're playing with a passion and enjoy playing the game together," he said. "I just want to add anything I can add to what I thought was a special situation already before I got here."
--Mike Bresnahan


Today let me share with you of my impressions about first business trip to Oman. We visited Muscat with Triol Head of Export Sales Department – Mariia Ternovska – with the intention to develop a sales market for Triol products and find a new opportunities for cooperation with the existing clients.
But my first words for you will be about amazing beauty of Muscat! If you remember fairy tales from your childhood, then you can easily imagine where Maria and I were. I was surprised of old city architecture, and I found that The Arabian Peninsula is not the only desert but a beautiful mountains also next to the emerald sea.
During our visit we had a lot of meetings with the local well-known oil and oil servicing companies. One of our main target was meeting with the largest Omanian petroleum company – Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) for which we were presented our Linear ESP.
PDO is like city in the city with their own security system, parking zone, facility zone, production zone, park and game zone and open exit to the sea. We spent 2 days of technical meetings with the different PDO teams for presenting our LESP technology and advantages. We received a lots of technical questions and comments, but the main for us were that PDO team was impressed of LESP as a new technology for them and that they want to test it on their facility as soon as we will confirm all our answers.
Summarizing above saying, I'm definitely advise you to visit Oman and to see one of the oldest sultanates in the world and to taste Middle East as it is.


It's a big one this weekend - it's a big one every weekend. But since it's this weekend now, it's time to go out there and get some more points.
If the Engineers play to their full potential as we've seen them do, executing with the precision we've seen on multiple occasions, there's no reason they can't come out of this road weekend with four points and potentially put themselves in the driver's seat for the first-round bye.
On the women's side, it's officially crunch time. Tonight's game at home against the Crimson determines who becomes the favorite for home ice. If the Engineers can duplicate their sweep at Harvard and Dartmouth from just a couple of weeks ago, we may see the first D-I playoff games in women's hockey at Houston Field House just one week removed from Freakout.
Basically, we need to be raising hell this weekend. I think I've got just the ticket.