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Karnataka Info Technology Venture Capital Fund (KITVEN Fund) is a State & Central Government monetary institutions backed Venture Capital Fund (VCF) operating in the State of Karnataka because 1999. GPs ordinarily put in individual capital up to 1-2% of the VC Fund size to show their commitment to the LPs. Venture capitalists are quite selective and most of the time has strict requirements. The investment procedure – the concern of shares to the investing business by the issuing firm, and the use of the income raised by it.
This model was pioneered by thriving funds in Silicon Valley through the 1980s to invest in technological trends broadly but only during their period of ascendance, and to cut exposure to management and promoting dangers of any individual firm or its product.
Intermediaries is employed by venture capitalists in developed countries like USA, is certain intermediaries who match VCFs and the possible entrepreneurs. Sebi has a adverse list of sectors in which venture capital investment is not allowed. As aspect of the due diligence method, most venture capitalists will call for considerable detail with respect to a company’s company program.
The venture capital investment in India till the year 2001 was continuously increased and thereby drastically lowered. Including directors of Scheduled Co-operative Banks, directors of subsidiaries/trustees of mutual funds/venture capital funds. Providers finish up spending revenue at a more rapidly price prior to they can study how to do it and earn positive returns in the procedure.
Search for data on private equity firms and venture capitalists that may well be interested in your company. Venture capitalists can kick out the founders out of the way and bring in their educated CEOs. Banks really should not grant bridge loans of any nature, or interim finance against capital/debenture difficulties and/or in the kind …
In a lot of techniques Angel Investors are seeking for the exact same items as Venture Capitalists, but there are some massive differences that businesses must be conscious of that will play a part in shaping their financing strategy. Small firms and entrepreneurs can raise finance for their start off-up enterprise by browsing through Venture Giant which is an Angel Investor Network with hundreds of UK based Angel investors and Venture Capitalists. There are many different kinds of angel investor out there, and even though some do give complete financing for the companies they back, the majority give what is recognized as seed capital to start off ups.
I have but to see a pitch for angel investing that is great but I am certain I will see some quickly. Rise of the Angel Investor: A Challenge to Public Policy,” is the most recent in a series of ahead-of-the-curve, groundbreaking pieces published by way of Third Way’s Next initiative.
Another much less knowledgeable angle funding providers like to go high-tech in their investments. Angels usually invest at the seed funding stage, making them amongst the very first equity investors in a enterprise beyond its founders. Very first, even our outcomes from some of the premier angel groups in the nation show that there is a lot of threat and skewness in the returns to these groups.
Step 5: If an Angel investor reads your investment proposal and contacts you to go over your investment summary you will be invited at this time to spend your listing fee which incorporates this speak to and all subsequent angel investors that select to contact you.
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When you are raising a seed round you will want to optimize your method by focusing on the correct investors at the suitable time. Seed funding is much less normally invested by VC’s and is not necessarily a massive quantity of funding. Other a lot more ingenious entrepreneurs raise seed capital via raising debt capital, sweat equity and funding from buddies and family members.
The high-danger nature of seed funding increases the cost of capital, which implies that investors may perhaps demand a larger share of the startup. Apart from these who make smaller sized investments, such as individual investors, loved ones and buddies, there are distinctive varieties of angel investors and venture capitalist for unique stages of the funding cycle.
A number of major firms worldwide, which includes China’s Alibaba and ZhongAn , have explored applications in this region. The PE funds take ownership in existing funds they are not a supply of seed capital. Bigger seed funds may perhaps want to lead a round and some have minimum ownership needs for an investment.
The lessons investors and entrepreneurs say they have learnt from the funding slow down are beginning to sound like cliches.Excess dollars, inflated valuations and a blind push for development are the main culprits that put the brakes on a vibrant startup market and that a sober method to small business-developing and stronger investor-founder relations are essential to develop.
Do your investigation prior to signing up for this kind of funding to make particular there are no hidden tax ramifications or other issues to consider. Power service and related firms building a proprietary product or technology for these industries are also eligible to compete for program funds.…
Venture capital is possibly the most nicely-identified form of equity investment However, it’s also one of the toughest to land. Of these qualities, funds are most interested in ventures with exceptionally higher development potential, as only such opportunities are most likely capable of supplying monetary returns and a successful exit within the expected time frame (typically three-7 years) that venture capitalists count on.
Therefore, if the shares of a corporate entity were transmitted to an FI on account of operation of a statute, and had been not acquired of its personal volition, such entities could be treated as a Joint Venture and the shares held therein classified and valued accordingly, as per the extant RBI norms.
These are commonly non-binding and commit the parties only to very good faith attempts to comprehensive the transaction on specified terms, but may also contain some procedural promises of restricted (30-60 day) duration like confidentiality, exclusivity on the portion of the business (i.e. the corporation will not seek funding from other sources), and stand-still provisions (e.g. the company will not undertake any major company adjustments or enter agreements that would make the transaction infeasible).
Venture capitalists are commonly very selective in deciding what to invest in as a rule of thumb, a fund may perhaps invest in as handful of as one particular in four hundred possibilities presented to it. Funds are most interested in ventures with exceptionally high growth possible, as only such opportunities are most likely capable of providing the economic returns and thriving exit occasion within the essential timeframe (typically 3-7 years) that venture capitalists expect.
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A hybrid of the Gim and the traditional broad sword, this Wu Jian is substantially heavier than the less common Wen Jian or "Scholars Sword" and was carried into battle by a multitude of soldiers in the Chinese army. The reason for its extensive use was down to its simple, yet effective, design that featured 2 razor sharp cutting edges and and a sharp spear point for punching through enemy armour.
The 30" blade of this sword is forged from the finest 1055 grade steel to ensure a long lasting cutting edge and a great degree of strength. The traditional style handle of this Gim is made from Rosewood for and authentic look and secure grip in all weather conditions.
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Integrated Monitoring of Mola mola Behaviour in Space and Time
Sousa, Lara L; López-Castejón, Francisco; Gilabert, Javier; Relvas, Paulo; Couto, Ana; Queiroz, Nuno; Caldas, Renato; Dias, Paulo Sousa; Dias, Hugo; Faria, Margarida; Ferreira, Filipe; Ferreira, António Sérgio; Fortuna, João; Gomes, Ricardo Joel; Loureiro, Bruno; Martins, Ricardo; Madureira, Luis; Neiva, Jorge; Oliveira, Marina; Pereira, João; Pinto, José; Py, Frederic; Queirós, Hugo; Silva, Daniel; Sujit, P. B.; Zolich, Artur Piotr; Johansen, Tor Arne; Sousa, João Borges de; Rajan, Kanna
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Over the last decade, ocean sunfish movements have been monitored worldwide using various satellite tracking methods. This study reports the near-real time monitoring of fine-scale (< 10 m) behaviour of sunfish. The study was conducted in southern Portugal in May 2014 and involved satellite tags and underwater and surface robotic vehicles to measure both the movements and the contextual environment of the fish. A total of four individuals were tracked using custom-made GPS satellite tags providing geolocation estimates of fine-scale resolution. These accurate positions further informed sunfish areas of restricted search (ARS), which were directly correlated to steep thermal frontal zones. Simultaneously, and for two different occasions, an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) video-recorded the path of the tracked fish and detected buoyant particles in the water column. Importantly, the densities of these particles were also directly correlated to steep thermal gradients. Thus, both sunfish foraging behaviour (ARS) and possibly prey densities, were found to be influenced by analogous environmental conditions. In addition, the dynamic structure of the water transited by the tracked individuals was described by a Lagrangian modelling approach. The model informed the distribution of zooplankton in the region, both horizontally and in the water column, and the resultant simulated densities positively correlated with sunfish ARS behaviour estimator (rs = 0.184, p<0.001). The model also revealed that tracked fish opportunistically displace with respect to subsurface current flow. Thus, we show how physical forcing and current structure provide a rationale for a predator’s fine-scale behaviour observed over a two weeks in May 2014.

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LAFAYETTE — As preseason camp ended, two things appeared certain about the University of Louisiana at Lafayette football team.
The Cajuns secondary was the strong point of a veteran defense and offensively there was still a question whether junior Blaine Gautier, with only two previous ULL starts, could fill the need at quarterback.
Now that the regular season has ended, ULL’s secondary has lived up to expectations, and Gautier has led an offense that leads the Sun Belt Conference in several categories.
Now both Gautier and the defense have a chance to set school records when ULL plays in the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl on Dec. 17, ending Mark Hudspeth’s first year as head coach.
For the defense, Saturday’s 41-yard, fourth-quarter interception return for a touchdown by safety Jemarlous Moten in a 45-37 loss at Arizona, was the seventh, tying an NCAA record set in 1971 by the University of Tennessee.
Four of those TD interception returns came in the Cajuns’ first four games.
Moten had another interception earlier in the game, tying him with linebacker Lance Kelley and cornerback Dwight Bentley for the team interception’s lead with three each.
Gautier went 24 of 36 for 315 yards. His first-quarter pass to running back Alonzo Harris gave him 20 TD tosses this season, tying him with Jake Delhomme (1993 and 1996).
Gautier has thrown for 2,468 yards, including 876 in the past three games, this year.
Hudspeth in demand?
Last week, Hudspeth denied he had been contacted by other schools seeking head coaches, but his name keeps being mentioned as a candidate for the Ole Miss job on several websites associated with Ole Miss football.
Hudspeth, a Mississippi native who played and coached at Delta State and came to ULL from Mississippi State, is listed as a candidate along with Arkansas State coach Hugh Freeze (a former Ole Miss assistant under Ed Orgeron), Southern Miss coach Larry Fedora, Baylor coach Art Briles, Houston coach Kevin Sumlin, former Texas Tech coach Mike Leach and Alabama assistant Kirby Smart.
Hudspeth earns $360,000 per year at ULL. Outgoing Ole Miss coach Houston Nutt was paid $2.7 million this season, according to the Memphis Commercial Appeal, which also reported Nutt is being given another $6 million to leave.
Frustration at Arizona
ULL (8-4) and Arizona combined for 35 fourth quarter points. The Cajuns pulled to within eight of the Wildcats (4-8) three times.
ULL scored the game’s last points with 5:05 remaining on Gautier’s 10-yard run, but the Cajuns never got another offensive possession.
The Cajuns were penalized 10 times for 106 yards, while Arizona received three penalties for 20 yards.
Hudspeth said penalties were a factor, especially after the Cajuns received one for 15 yards for unsportsmanlike conduct because of an excessive end zone celebration after Moten’s touchdown.
“After the penalty in the end zone, we kick off deep and (Arizona) ran the next one back (81 yards to the ULL 2), and then it’s 38-23 (with 13:28 remaining),” Hudspeth said. “When you’re battling all game to take the lead, (penalties) are going to hurt a lot. We were always just a step away, and we kept coming back against a Pac-12 team. It’s the fourth quarter, and we still have a chance.”
Fourth quarter reversal
At the start of the season, Hudspeth promised the Cajuns would be better conditioned and play more inspired during the fourth quarter.
ULL’s 21 final quarter points against Arizona, enabled the Cajuns to outscore their opponents 110-106 in the fourth periods of game this year.
In 2010, ULL was outscored 136-40 in the fourth quarter.
New Orleans Bowl officials are waiting to announce ULL’s opponent.
All but two of the previous 10 games have included a Conference USA team.
Southern Miss (10-2) and Houston (12-0) play for the C-USA title in Houston on Saturday, and the remaining CUSA bowl-eligible teams are Marshall (6-6), Tulsa (8-4) and SMU (7-5).

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NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – Elijah’s Promise has been on a mission for more than 30 years to help the food insecure in the city and beyond.
But, Elijah’s Promise could use some help, itself.
The community kitchen - the most visible resource for the city’s food insecure, serving more than 100,000 meals each year – is expecting a surge of people showing up at its doors as the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic continues.
For one thing, it’s anticipated that the closing of city schools will mean more guests at the kitchen on Neilson Street. For many children in New Brunswick, the free breakfasts and lunches they get at school is the only meals they have most days.
And although the district is providing grab-and-go lunches while schools are shut, many students will likely find their way to Elijah’s Promise.
One other unfortunate outcome of the COVID-19 spread is massive layoffs city-wide and state-wide. Again, people in need will come to Elijah’s Promise.
Elijah’s Promise’s social workers are available at lunchtime every day to accept donations of fresh food, rice, pasta and other foods. Money donations, however, are most effective.
“The best way for people to help is to make a one-time emergency donation,” said Michelle Wilson, executive director. “We know how to make their money stretch and help the most people.”
In the past few weeks, Elijah’s Promise has spent more than $25,000 on emergency supplies including food, new freezers and sanitation supplies.
To compound the situation, many of the fundraising and volunteer groups the kitchen relies on to donate and prepare meals are greatly impacted as well. Volunteers cannot help inside the dining room or kitchen at this time for fear of COVID-19 exposure.
Wilson and her staff have split into two teams that avoid coming into contact with each other.
“If one team has to self-quarantine, the other team can take over and prepare and provide meals,” Wilson said.
Staff members have been handing out to-go meals – one day last week it was baked chicken with vegetables and potatoes – at Elijah’s Promise’s doors.
Elijah’s Promise has managed to stay open through natural disasters, economic downturns, the shock of terrorism and other events and factors. It doesn’t want to close considering people will be relying on it now more than ever.
“Even after (Superstorm) Sandy, we stayed open,” Wilson said. “We want to be able to serve the people in the community and we need help doing that right now.”
Checks can be mailed to 211 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, NJ 08901, or donations can be made by visiting Elijah’s Promise’s website.


text: Join us in celebrating the miracles of Chanukah with this irresistible plot of a 30-something, Ultra-Orthodox Jewish woman determined to be married by the last night of the holiday. Charming, humorous and enjoyable, with rich cultural detail respectful of traditions while at the same time feeling modern, even progressive, this comedy/romance is a New York Times Critic’s Pick. Friday, December 8. Director: Rama Burshtein. 2016. 110 minutes. PG. Israel. Hebrew with subtitles.


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The NFL has reportedly proposed a plan to cut almost 60 percent of guaranteed pay for first-round draft picks, and instead have that money go to veteran players.
It’s a good plan, considering rookies have raked in way too much money over the years before ever stepping foot on the field. Some of them never panned out. At the same time, more deserving veterans have had to sit back and watch the young guys get rich before earning it.
Since 2000, the Titans have drafted nine players in the first round. Those nine players signed contracts worth $90,925,923 in guaranteed compensation before playing a snap, according to figures obtained by The Tennessean. That’s an average of $10,102,880 per player.
Quarterback Vince Young got the biggest pay day – he had more than $30 million in guaranteed money in his original contract back in 2006.
Here’s a look at how all the money has stacked up. Some players, you’ll see, turned out to be way more deserving than others:
Year, Overall pick, Player, Guaranteed money
- 2010 (16) Derrick Morgan, $11 million
- 2009 (30) Kenny Britt, $6.527 million
- 2008 (24) Chris Johnson, $6.885 million
- 2007 (19) Michael Griffin, $8.150 million
- 2006 (3) Vince Young, $30,115 million
- 2005 (6) Pacman Jones, $15,130 million
- 2003 (28) Andre Woolfolk, $4,080 million
- 2002 (15) Albert Haynesworth, $6,628 million
- 2000 (30) Keith Bulluck, $2,410 million
- Total: 9 picks, $90,925,923 million

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A new and informative children’s book, Black History Boy, based on the childhood of the black history explorer and hero of the Black Archaeologist animated series. The Black History Book for kids deals with how and why as a young boy Black Archaeologist got interested in, and the reasons he made the teaching of the amazing history of black people all over the world his life’s mission.
Glossary of Black History Boy – Black History Book for kids
The Ashanti (or Asante), are the dominant ethnic group of a powerful 19th century empire and today one of Ghana’s leading ethnic groups. They used female warriors in their army and in the Kings guard.
The Maasai people live in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania. The Lion hunt is a historical practice that played an important role in the Maasai culture.
The word Zulu means “Sky”.
In the early nineteenth century a young Zulu prince, Shaka, came onto the scene and combined most of the Nguni tribes into the powerful Zulu Nation.
Economically the Yoruba primarily engage in agriculture, with about 15% of the people employed as merchants or artists and craftsman.
The Great Sphinx and the Pyramids of Giza were built during the Old Kingdom. A unified kingdom was founded 3150 BC by King Menes, leading to a series of dynasties.
What is now northern Sudan in ancient times was the kingdom of Nubia. Egypt and Nubia were ethnically and culturally similar.
A black man named Matthew Henson, along with his fellow explorer, Robert Perry were the first to reach and discover the top of the world, the North Pole in 1909. Explorers had been trying and dying for centuries to accomplish this task. While most of Hensen and Perry’s party had to turn back because of the harsh Acrtic weather conditions, On April 6th 1909, Henson followed by Perry, finally reached their goal. Black history month.
Note (The two explorers; Henson and Perry are buried side by side in Arlington National Cemetery.)
1. – Forgotten NewsMakers, Matthew Hesson (1866-1955) First Person To Reach The North Pole.
First as regent, then pharaoh, a black woman of Egypt’s 18th dynasty, was ruler of Egypt from (1479 B.C. to 1458 B.C.) her reign is marked for long periods of peace, prosperity, building and restoring, temples to Egypt’s ancient gods, one of her most rememberable achievements was a trade mission she commissioned to the land of Punt, which many scholars say is probably in the area of the present day Somali after her death (1458 B.C,) many statues, reliefs, and murals with her likeness were destroyed, many say by the new pharaoh her nephew Thutmose lll, who’s power historians tell, was usurped by her.
Queen Hatshepsut Of Egypt will be making an appearance in the new Black Archaeologist animated episode ‘Way Black In Time #2’.
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Mercedes Declares Pipelines For Its Robot Car
It is the age of autonomous driving and connected cars, and the luxury carmaker of Germany Mercedes-Benz aims to launch a “robot car” by the end of 2021. Fascinatingly, the firm is working on a huge amount of R&D for connected and autonomous vehicles in India at its research lab. India is its largest development hub out of Germany.
The board member and global head of R&D for Mercedes’ parent Daimler, Ola Kallenius, claimed that tech firms such as Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Nvidia are more and more playing a major role in the growth of new types of mobility since vehicles turn out to be more connected and intelligent.
“We are in a very sturdy changing stage now. And there are 4 major trends that are boosting this change namely autonomous drive, connectivity, electric drive, and different types of shared services and mobility,” Kallenius claimed to the media at the CES (Consumer Electronics Show) this week.
Mercedes has been operating on a range of new techs, and at the CES revealed the intelligent multimedia system of company named as Mercedes-Benz User Experience (MBUX). Communication with the voice-supported system can be executed by saying “Hey Mercedes” and the set-up then grows on artificial intelligence, augmented reality, and speech recognition to evolve into an intelligent helper.
“We have been operating with tech majors since the beginning of the car market. What is occurring now is that most of the things are collaborating where the tech industry and the car industry are interconnecting. That is why alongside the conventional suppliers such as a Magna or a Bosch, you abruptly see names such as Nvidia, Intel, and firms similar to that,” Kallenius claimed. With constant learning and intelligence being built into cars, he claimed that vehicles cars are turning out to be more than just mobility instruments.


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The Walgreens pharmacy chain has reached a $683 million settlement with the state of Florida in a lawsuit accusing the company of improperly dispensing millions of painkillers that contributed to the opioid crisis, state officials said Thursday.
State Attorney General Ashley Moody said the deal was struck after four weeks of government evidence was presented at trial. Walgreens was the 12th and final defendant to settle with Florida, which will bring in more than $3 billion for the state to tackle opioid addiction and overdoses.
“We now go into battle armed and ready to fight back hard against this manmade crisis,” Moody said at a news conference in Tampa. “I am glad that we have been able to end this monumental litigation and move past the courtroom.”


I've heard talk about how F4-based flight controllers can't natively support the SBUS receiver protocol without special circuitry. What does this mean and what hardware is needed to invert an inverted protocol like SBUS?
A serial signal is composed of a series of High and Low electrical signals sent down a wire. In the standard serial protocol, a high signal is 0 and low is 1. In an inverted signal this is reversed so that a high is 1 and low is 0. You might think it makes more sense that low should always be 0 and high be 1 but electronics engineers decided that standard serial protocol should be the former.
To convert a standard serial signal to an inverted signal you run it through an inverter chip (which can be as simple as a single transistor) which will simply change all high signals to low and vice versa.
F3 and F7 chips have inbuilt inverters on their hardware uarts, which enable them to transmit or receive serial signals in any polarity. For some reason, F4's were designed without that feature and thus do not support inverted signals on their uarts.
In digital electronics, a signal is sent as a series of ones and zeros. In simple serial implementations, these are represented by zero volts and another voltage, typically 3.3V or 5V depending on the voltage of the system. Some systems use the higher voltage as the one and zero volts as the zero, but some are the other way around - hence, 'inverted', and a converter is required for interoperability.


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Splank! – is the brain behind Zombie Nation. In the 1990s, he spent most of his time working as a DJ and party organiser in empty factories and bunkers. The main idea was to revive long-forgotten places just for one night and to provide a constantly changing situation in order to create the perfect moment. And of course to be able to DJ without any compromises…
“Working for the perfect moment” is how Splank! still describes his work with Zombie Nation. Get the best out of every single live moment and prove it again and again in every new situation. A risk-loving attitude and well-approved hardware equipment is what he needs to rearrange spontaneously and to directly react to the crowd. In the meantime, Zombie Nation live has become a brand and is among the most successful live acts in electronic music.
Equipped with two Technics turntables and a MPC 2000, Splank! started producing his own tracks in 1997. His debut EP on DJ Hell’s International Deejay Gigolo Records was soon followed by his first album Leichenschmaus.
The track Kernkraft 400 taken from the debut EP was licensed a number of times and one remix version even entered the charts. But the game eventually became too stressful due to the rising number of different interests. More about it in ZN’s memoirs (to be published 2025). Giving up or conforming to the others was not an option, so he simply continued producing in good old Zombie manner: good means if it makes you bang your head.
In the to and fro of the upcoming new century, Splank! brought a new project to life: John Starlight. Compared to ZN, the sound was rougher and straighter. The song Blood Angels raised a lot of dust and not only Sven Vaeth voted this one “Song of the Year 2002”.
ZN’s second LP Absorber was released in 2003 with remixes of the tracks Souls At Zero and The Cut ft. My Robot Friend released on the own label Dekathlon Records.
In the beginning of 2005, the sublabel UKW Records was founded exclusively for Zombie Nation and John Starlight productions. 2006 the Zombie Nation longplayer “Black Toys” was released, considered to be “the best Zombie Album ever” by the Zombie-fans and highly acclaimed by press.
With “Peace & Greed”, one of the album highlight tracks, a remix 12” will be released on April 2nd 2007, containing 2 outstanding remixes by Yuksek and Headman.
Zombie Nation LIVE has become it´s s own brand in many countries over the years. Having played shows on all 5 continents from small clubs to all major festivals Zombie Nation is one of the most requested and successful electronic live acts today. And when we say live, it really means live arrangement and a setup that allows to responding to the audience potentially every single second. Plus: The use of Laptops as instruments is prohibited on stage for obvious reasons.
Since 2003, The track Kernkraft 400 has been a popular song at NHL games, used by numerous arenas as their goal-celebration song, and many more as a motivational beat.
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Living down in Sunny Florida, it isn’t often that I get to see snow anymore. Growing up in New Jersey, I pretty much grew tired of the cold, wet, and dreary winters. But I must admit, I do miss the snow. No, not shoveling it or scraping it off of my windshield, but building snowmen, having snowball fights, and sledding down steep hills are memories that I will always cherish. Myself, and my friends back home, share some tremendous sledding memories. There were times when I had so much fun I forgot that I was soaking wet and freezing my butt off in 17 degree weather.
The sled that I had as a child was one of those old wooden masterpieces which my father had restored. Today’s sleds are much more advanced, engineered to travel faster, turn quicker and stop sooner (when needed). This allows kids today to have even more fun than I did as a child, if that is even possible.
Two years ago, one man named Steve Wood, was faced with coming up with a solution to his child’s broken sled, after learning of an impending snowstorm. Wood, who we have covered in the past for his unique designs, which range from 3D printed flexible prosthetic hands to 3D printed insoles, came up with quite an original way of replacing this broken sled.
“My child’s sledge (sled) was broken from the year before, so we were looking to purchase a new one because my printer certainly wasn’t large enough to print one of those,” Wood tells 3DPrint.com. “Whilst we were in the shop looking around, we saw some really small snowboard style sledges, and at first I thought it would be a great idea to attach them to a bicycle, before quickly realising it would be stupid and dangerous. The shop we were in sold all sorts of toys, so right next to the winter equipment and cycles were scooters, then the penny dropped. I still bought a sledge but quickly went home to design something for my lads existing scooter.”
What he came up with was a Snow Scooter Shoe, which could be inserted in place of traditional scooter wheels, creating quite an amazing little scooter sled. In order to fabricate his creation, Wood took the wheels off his child’s scooter, measured the holes and the spacing required, and then designed the relevant sled attachments to replace the original wheels.
“I was trying to use every mm of my print bed on my Orca printer at the time,” Wood tells us. “One of the considerations was the ability to steer, so I designed a twin hull style sled where there are two parallel tracks underneath to cut into the snow and provide some sideways stability, especially when turning. The unfortunate downside to this is that it will need to be printed with support for the area between the tracks. The sleds also should be free to pivot backwards and forwards to travel over uneven snow or ice.”
The end result turned out better than expected. The scooter moved tremendously through the snow, especially on harder, more compact areas. Wood received plenty of compliments from onlookers and friends, and his child got a kick out of being the only one in his town with a “snow scooter”. In the two years since Wood initially designed his snow scooter shoe, he has seen commercial products become available, but he feels as though his contribution to the maker movement has been well appreciated.
As for the shoe itself, you can 3D print your very own via Thingiverse. Wood tells us that it should fit most makes of scooters. What do you think about this clever design? Will you be printing it this winter? Discuss in the 3D Printed Snow Scooter Shoe forum thread on 3DPB.com.
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HOW TO STOP YOUR SUGAR ADDICTION
Do you have a Sugar Addiction?
Did you know that sugar addiction, is just as powerful as any drug on the streets these days?
Sugar fuels every cell in the brain. Your brain also sees sugar as a reward, which makes you keep wanting more of it. If you often eat a lot of sugar, you’re reinforcing that reward, which can make it tough to break the habit.
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Do you have sugar highs? …The sugar in it — called a simple carbohydrate — is quickly turned into glucose in your bloodstream. Your blood sugar levels spike. Simple carbs are also found in fruits, veggies, and dairy products. But these have fiber and protein that slow the process. Syrup, soda, candy, and table sugar don’t.and sugar lows……Your body needs to move glucose out of the bloodstream and into your cells for energy. To do this, your pancreas makes insulin, a hormone. As a result, your blood sugar level may have a sudden drop. This rapid change in blood sugar leaves you feeling wiped out and shaky and searching for more sweets to regain that sugar “high.” So that midday sugary treat has set you up for more bad eating.
Think you don’t have a sweet tooth, but crave bagels, chips, or french fries? These starchy foods are complex carbs that the body breaks down into simple sugars. Eaten without better foods, starches can make blood sugar surge and crash like sugar. White rice and white flour do this. Highly refined starches like white bread, pretzels, crackers, and pasta are worst. Do you find yourself saying , “No I crave salty foods”? Take a second look at the salty foods you crave, are they also starches?
You don’t need sugar as much as you think you do. In fact, you can train your taste buds to enjoy things that aren’t as sweet. Try cutting out one sweet food from your diet each week. For example, pass on dessert after dinner. Start putting less sugar in your coffee or cereal. Over time, you will lose your need for that sugar taste.
Eat Slow Carbs with Protein and a Healthy Fat at Every Meal
This power combo shuts off sugar cravings by keeping your blood sugar from spiking, which sends a message to your brain that you’re full so you don’t reach for sugar. You should eat this combo every three hours.
You don’t have to give up sweetness. Just get it from other sources. Try fresh berries or pureed fruit on oatmeal instead of sugar. Explore fruit that’s dried, frozen, or canned (without too much added sugar). A glass of low-fat milk or low-sugar yogurt can help.

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Bartlett pears: The possibilities of 2,4-D sprays in controlling preharvest drop
AuthorF. W. Allen
Author AffiliationsF. W. Allen is Professor of Pomology and Pomologist in the Experiment Station, Davis.
Hilgardia 3(1):4-13. DOI:10.3733/ca.v003n01p4. January 1949.
Experimental application of 2,4-D— 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid—to Bartlett pear trees for the control of drop at Davis was first made on July 3, 1947, to determine the effectiveness of the material in retarding drop, the necessary and critical concentrations and the influence upon ripening and storage quality.
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Farmer's share of food dollar: Currently higher than long-range average of 43 cents
Small farm homes: Problems of part-time suburban farmers with full-time city jobs
Range brush problems: Twelve recommendations for the study of range land utilization
Dairy cattle: Inheritance of growth, reproduction and milk production characteristics
Brucellosis control: Vaccination of dairy and beef calves proves promising in experiments
Root-lesion nematodes: Resistant rootstocks most promising method of control
Nucellar seedlings: May permit development of disease-free citrus varieties
Soil bacteria: Useful in studying processes of organic matter formation and decomposition
Weeds in flax: Chemical control of grasses and broad-leafed weeds in Imperial County
Gypsum in irrigation: Effective use governed by application and ratio of salts in the water
Redwood boards: Durability studied in 12-year test of decay-resistance and weathering

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I knew from a very young age that my passion for animals would lead me on a journey towards becoming a veterinarian. Growing up in Bowmanville I have actually been a part of the Bowmanville Veterinary Clinic for almost 10 years; including volunteering and working in various aspects and now officially as a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. I could not be happier to begin my career with such an amazing and dedicated team of individuals!
I completed my Bachelor of Science degree in Biology at Ontario Tech University where I received an athletic scholarship to play varsity hockey. I then completed my Veterinary Medicine degree at the Ontario Veterinary College and graduated with distinction in April 2020. My interests truly include all species from dogs and cats, to exotic small mammals, reptiles, birds, and wildlife. I enjoy the diversity and challenge that each day brings and look forward to learning as much as I can about all the special creatures we share our lives with. My passion is focused on the emotional well-being of pets during their trip to the veterinary clinic while making these visits as “fear-free” as possible in order to reduce stress and anxiety. My other interests include small animal dentistry and preventative feline medicine.
I enjoy spending time with my 3 cats, Toby, Dixie and Phoebe, and corn snake Norra. I am looking at adopting a dog in the near future and hopefully purchasing a home in the countryside. I love playing hockey, baseball, and ultimate frisbee, and enjoy horseback riding, camping and gardening.

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Design and energy performance assessment of high-efficiency lighting systems Indoor lighting efficiency is a major opportunity for energy efficiency in buildings, towards near zero energy buildings. In addition to increasing lamp efficacy, lighting design has evolved from a “night-time” approach to a “day-time approach”, taking advantage of control equipment and strategies and of daylight contribution. To date, lighting efficiency is committed to the designer’s skill, while an aided design tool could allow for a real-time efficient design. In this work, evaluation procedures are reviewed and a design tool is devised. A set of case studies is then evaluated, returning reference values and comments for an efficient lighting design. An efficient lighting system is then proposed, according to design comments. In conclusion, a real-time design aid can be a useful tool for efficient lighting design.


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CBD Topical uses
CBD comes in various forms and thankfully has many different uses and benefits. Topical CBD is great for those users who do not want to ingest CBD but would rather apply it to the skin and receive comparable results. Manufacturers of topical CBD claim that these products can help aide in easing pain and reducing inflammation which in the end is beneficial for patients with specific health conditions. However, more research is needed surrounding this topic to validate these results. “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)” says that further research will help determine whether CBD products are equally effective as other pain medications, such as ibuprofen, in providing pain relief (Medical News Today).
Topical CBD often uses broad-spectrum CBD which contains no THC or only trace amounts. Research indicates that topical CBD is beneficial for various conditions. “ The American Academy of Dermatology Association (AAD) says that the anti-inflammatory properties of CBD may aid treatment for acne, psoriasis, and eczema. A 2016 study in rats found that some CBD products may have long lasting therapeutic effects on inflammation and behaviors associated with arthritis. Also, a 2020 study found that CBD oil can significantly reduce pain for people with peripheral neuropathy, which is nerve damage that generally causes discomfort, numbness, and weakening in the feet and hands.A 2019 study found that people who experience temporomandibular disorder (TMD) may notice an improvement in their condition after using CBD products. TMD can cause pain and stiffening in and around a person’s jaw” ( Medical News Today).


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Sometimes I think of my purpose;Why God created me, why I am here typing my story with a possibility of being read by strangers and what is my mission why I am still here consuming the oxygen roaming in this room.
Today I went to an adventure, an adventure that I would never forget until my last breath.
I accompanied my cousin for her check-up, we’re finding a doctor that would suit on the symptoms she was feeling for the past days. I sacrificed my whole day just to find her a doctor even though I’ve been absent for three subjects.
I love my sister so much,we’ve been together since we were born. She’s my best friend and my soulmate. She wanted me by her side today because she was terrified on the result of the check-up. I’ve seen in her eyes that my presence was the reason why she still managed to smile and laugh. Then a thought came into my mind, in this hospital, there were people taking their first breath and last breath, people who were crying of joy because of new born and mourning because of death of their love ones. Do you think those who died today already discovered and did their mission in life?, Do you think those new born with a smile in their faces already know the meaning why they were here?
I have many questions in life and the irony here is those questions were being answered too by myself. Then reality hits me, that God is here, He’s with me, making me see on the side of life I’ve never seen before. The almighty is in the laughter and tears of the people happy, mourning and suffering because if not why there are still people coming in my life to teach me something? to stay? and leave me?
My life mission is to help people in need, to teach them a lesson, to become their sister, to not just wipe their tears due of distress but also due of happiness and also a friend that can be a shoulder to cry on and a listener. My mission is to make this world a better place for everyone.
This day made me tired physically but never my mind that was filled with so much life lessons, experiences and appreciation in the life that I have in this life time.
Life is not easy, it is a path with many thorns but also with many rose on it. You just need to see the beauty in every situation even how hard and painful it is in that way you will learn that in order to enjoy the rose, you need to face its thorns.

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A United Coalition Pressured UC Berkeley’s Dean Gilless to Defend the Oxford Tract
A diverse coalition of over 80 people from groups across campus and the neighboring Berkeley community convened at the Defend the Oxford Tract Press Conference on December 7th, 2018 in Giannini Hall to pressure Dean Gilless to stand in opposition of the development of the Oxford Tract, a UC Berkeley agricultural research station.
We presented our manifesto and a letter to the Dean with specific asks including to “pledge to maintain support of metropolitan agricultural research and practice on Oxford Tract, SOGA, and Gill Tract farm,” and to “issue a public statement to Chancellor Christ that you support the Oxford Tract Research Station to remain undeveloped.”
Speakers stated: “We are students of the University of California. We have learned to work the soil. We have learned to appreciate the rain. We have learned to work with one another to grow and share food. We have undertaken the role of teachers, to make up for the lack of education in self-care at this university.”
Speakers wish to make sure that it is clear that “We are also here standing in solidarity with those fighting for affordable housing. The development of the Oxford Tract would fail to address the systemic failure in housing availability–at a very high cost to students, placing their basic needs of education, food, and housing in opposition to one another.”
Please direct questions and inquiries to Save the Oxford Tract organizers at firstname.lastname@example.org


Ranveer Singh is on a vacation in Switzerland and his Instagram feed is proof that he's having quite a, let's just say, nice time.
No, the actor hasn't gone to the European nation with lady love Deepika Padukone but with his 'homeboys' none of who have made it to his pictures.
From doing an SRK impersonation from Darr to riding on a toboggan to skydiving, Singh seems to be ticking off boxes from his bucket list at avalanche speed.
In a recent picture that he posted on Instagram, the actor is seen posing with a group of unidentified women, all of whom are posing topless.
Yes. Because that happens, like, all the time to people on a foreign holiday, doesn't it.
Here, have a look at this gorgeous picture.
How, Mr. Singh, how do you manage to shock us almost on a weekly basis?
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MADISON, NJ – In its second budget hearing for 2012, held on Saturday, Feb. 4, the Borough Council heard from the Public Works, Fire and Police Departments.
Mayor Robert Conley announced that budget information is available on the city’s website: rosenet.org. Another hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 11, when revenue and expenditure updates will be discussed and a town hall format will allow public input. A capital budget meeting will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16. Councilman Robert Catalanello suggested postponing a revaluation discussion for a later date.
An extensive discussion with Superintendent David Maines of Public Works focused on maintenance of turf fields, followed by snow removal overtime, part time help and standby pay.
“They’ll take a lot of maintenance,” Maines said of the artificial turf for the Madison Recreation Center fields. He estimates that four hundred to 600 hours would be devoted to cleaning the turf and preparing it before soccer and football season. ”There’s no resting of the fields,” he said. He noted that the turf has not been down a month yet, so he needs more time to supply a full estimate of costs. In addition, grass surrounds the fields, which must be cut.
Councilman Robert Landrigan suggested reaching out to other towns with similar facilities to learn about the number of hours required and cost estimates. Conley said some savings could be seen through user fees and shared services.
Road supplies were also an issue, including costs of snow removal overtime, snow plowing and salting last year. Maines said the department has seen a savings with a GPS system that helps track daily work locations and connecting with employees who may be in various parts o the community. He also said a brine solution is eliminating the need for salt and is lower in cost.
Councilman Donald Links commended Maines and his department for “forward looking thinking.” But Catalanello, who chairs the finance committee, said, “We need to be very strict on this budget. We should sell equipment if it’s not worthwhile.”
Maines said the department saved about $90,000 from not outsourcing certain functions and doing away with middlemen. “Our goal is to save money for the borough,” he said. Madison has also seen savings through recycling for both residences and businesses, including reducing tipping fees. Developing a compost area is also in the works, which could generate revenue. He recommended a total cost of $1.3 million for salaries and wages and $265,130 for maintenance and supplies.
Resident Judy Honohan suggested purchasing and reselling containers, with wheels, for residents to use and which would be easily recognizable. Assistant Administrator James Burnet said Princeton has started composting food waste, which could be another consideration.
Fire Chief Louie E. DeRosa told the council that his department responded to 1,373 calls in 2011. “It was a record year,” he said. Among the demands were Hurricane Irene, the late October snowstorm and a plane crash on Route 287.
The department operates with full time and volunteer firemen and welcomes additional members. A stipend of $5,000 is in the budget, which is “not randomly given out,” he said. It averages about $300 per volunteer, enough to pay for a uniform and transportation.
Some safety precautions, such as smoke detectors, “slip through the cracks for some residents, especially apartment dwellers. DeRosa said his firefighters will go to individual homes and help with installation. They also track ‘false alarms’ and after three calls to the same location, will charge a fee. He said pagers and dispatches save $800 a year.
Discussion centered on responses to Drew University, which account to about 20% of calls. Conley suggested the matter be covered in an executive session.
“You’re doing a fabulous job and have come in under budget,” Council President Jeannie Tsukamoto said. “Salary and operating expenses are almost flat.” Salary and wage estimates are $1,375,881 and other expenses are recommended at $60,500.
Police Chief John Trevena provided an overview of that department, consisting of 26 sworn-in officers as well as volunteers and three civilians on staff. He said they are operating with a ‘bare minimum” after disbanding some units. He observed that Councilman Landrigan was the coordinator for the emergency management team during Hurricane Irene and the October snowstorm.
Trevena said savings have been seen by electronic scheduling, eliminating paper and printing costs and anticipating the narrow band for the radio system. “We’re becoming leaner and more efficient,” he said. Revenue comes from Municipal Court fees, fire arms and other registrations. The 2012 proposed budget is almost flat, just over 1%. Wages and overtime are the biggest items, with plans to reduce overtime. “We’re always looking for ideas,” he said.
Michael Piano, representing the electric field, said the vision is for safe and reliable electric service. Four part-time meter readers are employed and less is being budgeted for professional services. Although the October snowstorm costs have been paid, “We’re still removing dangerous branches,” he said. Maintenance for municipal buildings, including plumbing and heating, furniture, janitorial supplies, electrical supplies and hardware tools is recommended at $74,600.
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The Yamaha SLG is the perfect instrument for practice, travel or stage use – any time an acoustic guitar just won't do. Near-silent performance makes discrete practice simple, Yamaha's exclusive SRT-Powered pickup system gives incredibly natural acoustic tone through headphones or line-out, studio-quality on-board effects enhance your playing to perfection and line-in functionality makes jamming easy. Coupled with unique, striking looks and a rosewood and maple framed full-size collapsible body SLG lets you play whenever and wherever inspiration hits.
SRT Powered is a new system designed to recreate the body resonance of an acoustic guitar in a bodiless guitar. Yamaha developed SRT Powered, collaborating with recording artists to create a system tailored to the unique properties of the new SLG body and modelled after the tones of a high-end Yamaha acoustic guitar captured using a carefully selected microphone in a professional recording studio environment. By actually reproducing the sound of an acoustic guitar—right down to its natural sustain and decay—Yamaha lets guitarists experience the genuine body resonance, body tone and ambience of an acoustic guitar.
SRT Powered sound can even be mixed with the sound from the instrument's piezo pickups, allowing guitarists to be even more flexible in their creative endeavors.
Because the SLG can virtually reproduce the sound of a guitar recorded with a microphone, players are free from complicated procedures involved in mic-ing up a guitar when recording at home or in other settings.
The detachable top section of then SLG's frame means that practicality and portability are far better than that of a conventional guitar.
The luxury gigbag provided can be carried with ease and fits into an aircraft overhead compartment with room to spare.
With the SLG, Yamaha set out to bring a modern feel to the classic contours of a conventional guitar. The distinctive design that emerged is the result of a collaborative effort between the project team and the Yamaha Design Laboratory, and combines traditional guitar lines with an innovative new form unlike that of any guitar before it.
With its bodiless design, Yamaha's SLG offers an extremely quiet sound. That means guitarists can play without bothering people nearby, whether practicing late at night or playing in the living room when the family is home.


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I’m not an outdoorsy person, unless I’m lying on a beach or next to a pool somewhere. I don’t get the appeal of going for a walk just for the sake of going for a walk. Like where are we going? Why do we need to go there? Isn’t it faster to drive? I need a purpose. So, these last few weeks, prompted by an unexpected autumn heat wave, I decided to explore the great outdoors with Mila and Marlowe, camera in tow of course. I had found my purpose.I first found myself embracing the great outdoors toward the end of summer when we stumbled on a hidden gem just 15 minutes away from our house. Here are some photos we took in the stunning Lake Wilcox area. I may have encouraged my kids to trespass on private property to get the following shots… but don’t build a cool arch if you don’t want people to take photos under it. Duh.
And we also might have trespassed on this dock. I’ve been a great example to my kids these past few weeks. Lake Wilcox was so beautiful, that we went back again the next week. There was still so much to explore on our second trip. I didn’t even mind “going for a walk for no reason”.
We did a little less trespassing on our second trip, but we still had to walk on the dock. For our next outdoor location, I took the girls to a nearby farm, on a particularly warm autumn day. We were expecting to go apple picking, but realized that mommy should read descriptions more carefully. There were no apples at this farm, so we spent our time feeding the animals, exploring the corn maze and playing in the hay. Here are some photos I took at Whittamore’s Farm. This is the moment I learned that the girls aren’t exactly graceful jumpers: The next week, blessed with more amazing weather, we finally made a visit to an apple orchard. While daddy picked apples that met his high standards, the girls and I did what we do best in the great outdoors, take photos. Here are our photos at Pine Farms Orchards.Although I am not an outdoorsy person, I have really enjoyed taking photos in the great outdoors. What I love most is watching the girls explore new places. Capturing these moments of wonder is my favourite thing, because for a while I can see the world through their eyes and that’s when I can feel the joy of going for a walk for no reason.
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Chateau Les Bugadelles Le Bergerie Rosé (750ml)
Chateau Les Bugadelles is located in the South of France, in the La Clape uplands in the heart of Languedoc, between Narbonne and the Mediterranean. Jean-Claude Albert and his family bought the estate in 2004 and has since then breathed new life into it. Abandoned for over a century, the 400 hectares of scrubland or garrigue had become overrun by kermes oak and wild boar. Driven by a commitment to excellence, the family identified the finest terroirs and prepared the land to plant vines as well as olive groves, truffle oaks and fruit trees.
The soils are mainly limestone with some sandstone, red clay and shale. The estate’s virgin soils and the strong incentive to respect the environment and produce authentic, idiosyncratic wines have been naturally conducive to going down the organic route. Only the natural products and viticultural techniques permitted for organic wine growing are used in this unspoilt wilderness. Here, the sheep take care of the weeds and provide the finest organic manure for this beautiful vineyard. Ewes are also beneficial to the garrigue because they aerate the soils and protect against forest fires. Les Bugadelles goes well beyond the basic prerequisites for organic, reverting to ancient farming wisdom whilst simultaneously using cutting edge technology.
Domaine Les Bugadelles is certified organic. Their signature style is top Mediterranean wines that are distinctive, refined, dense and fresh. They are also extremely palatable. The whites contain very few sulphites, a feature which loyal customers appreciate because it ensures they keep a clear head after a meal.
This rose pleasing red fruit aromas and flavours; raspberries, fresh strawberries, ripe peaches and citrus. Bright acidity is balanced by a rounded texture and suppleness mid palate.
For Château Les Bugadelles Bergerie Rosé, the grapes are hand harvested and pressed immediately after harvest. Before pressing, a rigorous sorting is done in the vineyard to choose only the best grapes. The entire vinification is done under nitrogen or carbonic gas protection, to minimize the potential oxidation.
This is an AOP Languedoc rose made from Grenache Noir, Syrah, Mourvèdre. The Domain is located in the heart of an abundant « garrigue » nearby the Mediterranean shore. The soils are mainly limestone with some sandstone, red clay and shale. Mediterranean climate with strong sea influence. The grapes are direct pressed at low temperature and fermentated in stainless steel tank (separately by grape variety). Maturation on the lees.


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The Hanoi mission could pose a different task for the battle-hardened Filipino athletes who traveled to the charming northeastern Vietnamese city armed with months of training and a big motivation that comes handy with a little prayer. With the cauldron now lit to mark the pandemic-delayed 31st Southeast Asian Games open, the image of the massive 2019 success is both a spark for a medal drive and a pressure on shoulders too heavy to overcome.
The country hosted the 30th edition more than two years ago, with the national athletes putting domination on all fronts to rake in 149 gold, 117 silver and 121 bronze medals. The roaring hometown fans came in huge throngs to support the Filipino teams in spanking new stadiums. It was the best finish for the flag in memory, a feat so immense that it is hard to replicate.
With the sporting world placed in the dark due to the pandemic, there was no way the reigning SEA Games champions, the podium finishers, or the aspiring medalist could buckle down to work and prepare for the Hanoi sportsfest. It was only when the Covid-19 cases spiraled down that these athletes could start intense training and have a taste of local and foreign competitions to get themselves warmed up before the Games.
Vietnam organizers have lined up only 40 sports, a big reduction from the 56 sports that the Philippines had penciled in 2019. Arnis, which earned the Filipino athletes 14 gold medals, was also cut from the list.
With all these playing in mind, can the Filipino athletes match the haul in 2019? Or, given the conservative predictions by sports officials, make a statement out of the powerhouse teams of Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and host Vietnam?
With EJ Obiena, the Asia’s best pole vaulter, beaming tall and proud during the opening rites Thursday night, and Hidilyn Diaz, the Olympic champion, in town to provide the medal, and also the lift of spirit for her fellow athletes, the answer is a resounding YES. It’s going to be an arduous climb, but it’s possible to conquer.
Team Philippines has a lot of aces in store to give the opposing nations a good fight. Obiena, the flag-bearer during the parade of colors, is a sure bet for the gold medal, so does weightlifting queen Diaz whose eyes are burning with desire to give the country another moment of pride. Carlos Yulo, the world champion gymnast, is also a favorite, along with billiards star Carlo Biado, tennis sensation Alex Eala, and Tokyo Olympic veterans Nesthy Petecio and Eumir Marcial. Old but still gold, Efren “Bata” Reyes, the dashing cue master, could provide the fire along with the World Cup-bound women’s football team. Who could forget from the list the Gilas Pilipinas basketball team and the esports athletes?
The Hanoi SEA Games is a unique edition as it serves as a symbol of victory for the people that hurdled the worst of the pandemic and gather for one sporting spectacle. With the men and women of the Philippine delegation aiming to perform in the best way possible, and, hopefully, preserve the throne as the region’s best, these warriors are in unison to finish the second mission on the list: get back home safely and reunite with their families.


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Penn Student Government Feuds over Money, “French Macaroons”
Much like they may go on to do later in life, Penn kids are feuding over money.
Today’s Daily Pennsylvanian brings an incredible report on Sunday night’s meeting of the Undergraduate Assembly. Debate over one amendment lasted past midnight!
I get how these things happen. I worked for the Daily Pennsylvanian in college, and many of the editors and writers there, myself included, took editorial and other decisions with a level of seriousness more fit for discussing how to publish a shocking expose of the president. The people who invest a lot of time in college activities invest a lot of time into college activities; one of the reasons they treat it so seriously is that it’s a way to validate that use of your time. Also, in this and my case, because Penn kids.
The DP article notes this Undergraduate Assembly budget meeting had already been postponed so there could be a private meeting to “rehab internal UA culture.” (Okay, at least these people are even bigger dorks than I ever was.) A UA rep introduced a budget amendment to transfer $10,000 from one party to another. It was unexpected, because it was last minute. Then, stuff happened:
Despite some confusion as to what Carnival actually entails, opponents of the amendment asserted that the Carnival budget should not be reallocated because of its importance to student safety. The event’s free food is integral in helping intoxicated students sober up, said several UA members.
Other members, however, argued that Carnival features unnecessarily “high quality” food options, such as French macaroons, that deplete valuable budget allocations.
“When they buy French macaroons — which are not inexpensive in the least — I think there are options that are cheaper and that can sober people up just as effectively,” junior Class Board Vice President of Finances and Wharton junior Patrick del Valle, who is also the Lowbrow editor of 34th Street Magazine, said.
Hopefully del Valle is planning an expose on macaroon prices in the next issue of Street. Later, the debate was resolved after several students said, “I’m tired — let’s end this,” and money was transferred from a different budget to one of the parties.
Man, doesn’t going to Penn sound exciting? I can assure you it was the same when I was there.


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© Loughill graveyard
The parish graveyard is situated off the Loughill-Ballyhahill
road. The oldest headstone that we came across dated from 1837 and was
erected to the memory of Mary Collins (nee Doody), who died on August
the 20th of that year.
© Tower in Mount Trenchard graveyard
Mount Trenchard graveyard is multi-denominational. A tower
that was part of the Protestant church marks the graveyard. The Vere
O'Brien's are buried in the graveyard.
There was a graveyard in Kyle Tinnakil, as well as Ardnakisha
graveyard in the townland of Finnoo and Ahenogorp graveyard in the townland
of Cloonlahard East. There was also a kyle in Ballyhahill. No traces
of any of these sites remain.
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Top Tips to Combat Mould in your Home
Moisture can build up in your home in unwanted places, especially if you live in an area with a humid climate like Brisbane.
In the wake of the recent flood, numerous homes across South East Queensland have been inundated by mould, affecting both the occupant’s health and the house itself.
Over time, dampness and moisture can lead to mould growing in your home. From kitchens to bathrooms to bedrooms, mould can grow anywhere that’s warm and humid. Mould and mildew can be difficult to get rid of, make your home smell and be harmful for your health.
What causes mould in a home?
- Poor ventilation in bathrooms and laundries
- Leaks in the roof
- Low levels of natural light
- Heavy rainfall, storms and floods
How can we combat mould?
The good news is that simple daily habits like opening doors and windows to increase air-flow can help to prevent mould from growing. Here are our top tips to combat mould in your home.
Look for moisture
Identifying problem areas in your home can be a good place to start. Look for signs of dampness on your walls, ceilings, roof, and in your laundry and bathroom. Do you have a stain in your ceiling from a leak? Is there a certain spot that gets damp whenever you get heavy rainfall?
Once you have identified areas that need attention, it’s best to get them repaired. Even a small leak can lead to significant damage over time, so it’s well worth getting it fixed.
Ventilating your home helps to increase air flow and prevent mould growth. Leaving doors and windows open and moving furniture away from the walls can allow air to flow more freely and reduce the chance of excess moisture building up.
Ventilation helps to keep your home warm in winter and cool in summer. It will help to keep your home at the right temperature and reduce humidity in the air, making it difficult for mould to grow.
Install a skylight
If you live in a sunny place like Queensland, installing a skylight can be a good option. It will help to let more natural light into your home. Since mould prefers to grow in dark places, having more sunlight in your home can help to prevent it from growing.
Clean your gutters
Are your gutters stuffed full of leaves? Clean them out! Gutters that are full of debris can’t drain properly during heavy rains, leading to moisture seeping into your roof or ceiling. This can also cause cracks and leaks in your roof. This excess water then leads to mould growing.
Maintain your roof
When was the last time you had your roof inspected? Your roof is what protects your home from the elements. If you’re finding mould and moisture building up in your home, then it might be time to take a look at your roof.
Maintaining proper roof maintenance can help to extend the lifespan of your roof, retain its structural integrity, and prevent leaks. Learn more about how to maintain your roof here.
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If you’ve got mould as a result of your roof leaking, it’s best to get it repaired ASAP.
Whether you need a full roof replacement or to fix a leaking roof, Roo Roofing have experienced and qualified tradesmen who can handle anything.
If you need advice on your roof, talk to one of our experts today. Get in touch today for a free assessment and quote.


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With a tough economic climate on one hand and a major increase in patient volume on the other, you might expect an emergency department to have a difficult time coping. But at McLaren Lapeer Region, just the opposite is happening.
McLaren Lapeer Region Emergency Department won two major national awards in the past year. The independent health care ratings company, HealthGrades, recognized McLaren Lapeer Region with the Emergency Medicine Excellence Award. McLaren Lapeer Region was among 200 out of 4,000 hospitals to be given that distinction. McLaren Lapeer Region also won a Press Ganey Top Improver Award for continuous improvement in emergency department patient satisfaction scores. This is a level of performance reached by only about 5 percent of hospitals nationwide.
“Our emergency department has done it all,” says Betsy Felton, R.N., ED nurse manager at McLaren Lapeer Region.
“Despite an increase in volume to 29,000 ED patients this year, we’ve stayed competitive with major hospitals for inpatient satisfaction and quality measures. We’ve remained committed to customer service, and our employee engagement scores are very high.”
Teamwork Does It
Brad Blaker, D.O., ED medical director says, “We have made significant changes to meet the needs of our patients.” The majority of admissions, including trauma patients, come through the ED. “We view the department as the front door to the community,” Dr. Blaker says. “It has taken a lot of collaboration and teamwork, focusing on a common goal of patient satisfaction and high-quality patient care.”
“On every level, from the nurses, ED techs, unit clerks, doctors to managers, we come together as a team,” says Felton. “We’ve implemented unit-to-unit meetings to encourage staff collaboration so that people are heard. We get great support from the administration to make needed changes. This is the core difference that allows us to be the top 5 percent in the nation for patient satisfaction.”
When the Patient Is Happy, the Staff Is Happy
“We give our staff the tools and empower them to make decisions. That results in the optimal patient experience. Our goal is to make the patient happy first. When you do that, the staff is happy, too,” says Felton.
ED patient feedback is tracked on a regular basis, so it’s clear when an employee has done his or her utmost to ensure a good patient experience.
“Our Star Program is frequently used to recognize staff members for exemplary work—for going above and beyond,” says Felton.


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Meet Carol Ramnarine, multiple myeloma survivor
Carol Ramnarine has always been a silver-lining kind of person. So, when layoffs ended her school administrator job, she spent more time at the health club.
“I was exercising and noticed a bruise on my leg,” says Carol. “By the weekend, that bruise became a hematoma and I found myself in the hospital.”
Because Carol’s family nurse practitioner, Kathy Herrera, had been concerned about the rapid change in the bruise, she sent Carol to the hospital emergency room. After being hospitalized for a week under the care of her family physician, Dr. David Mysko, in consultation with a medical oncologist, Dr. Phillip Chatham, a bone marrow test was ordered. The test showed that Carol was in the first stages of multiple myeloma, a relatively rare cancer with a historically poor rate of cure.
About 16,000 Americans are diagnosed with multiple myeloma each year. With this aggressive disease, cancerous blood plasma cells reproduce in bone marrow. Malignant tumors form, crowding out healthy cells. And, because bone marrow exists throughout the human body, multiple tumors can develop at multiple sites.
From that point, Carol says, life for herself and her husband, Patrick, became a roller coaster ride. “Within 2 weeks I was being treated with Aredia, steroids and Thalidomide to stop reproduction of fast-growing cancer cells.” After 7 months of medication and care, Carol was referred to City of Hope, a nearby NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. There, Carol was seen by Dr. Leslie Popplewell, Division of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation, and the hospital’s Chair of Radiation Oncology, Dr. Jeffrey Wong.
“City of Hope is a major bone marrow transplant center,” Dr. Wong says. “And high dose therapy and bone marrow transplantation are often considered in cases like Carol’s.”
“Bone marrow transplantation often combines radiation therapy delivered to the entire body—total body irradiation—with chemotherapy,” says Dr. Wong. “Standard radiation therapy can be an effective way of purging the body of cancer cells, but it also can affect normal cells and non-target organs. This can cause inflammation of the lungs and irritation of the liver. And side effects such as nausea, sore mouth and throat, vomiting and diarrhea are common.”
Carol’s situation seemed grim. But she was about to find a silver lining.
Carol was eligible for a cutting-edge clinical trial directed by Dr. Wong and colleague George Somlo, MD. The purpose of the trial was to study treatment of multiple myeloma with the TomoTherapy® Hi·Art® treatment system.
Carol began a multi-step process in which stem cells from her body were collected and stored. Then, to purge her body of cancer cells, the bone marrow where they were reproducing was treated by chemotherapy, followed by targeted radiation therapy. Radiation was directed primarily to the bone and bone marrow using the TomoTherapy Hi·Art treatment system. Finally, Carol’s stem cells were reintroduced and, if all went well, her marrow would begin to produce healthy cells.
With traditional approaches to total body marrow irradiation, the same dose of radiation is delivered to the rest of the body as to the bone marrow—often with a single, large beam directed from only 1 to 4 angles. In contrast, the Hi·Art treatment system uses thousands of tiny “beamlets” directed from all 360 degrees, in a spiral pattern, around the patient.
Each TomoTherapy beamlet delivers one small part of the total radiation dose, allowing doctors to deliver therapy to where it is needed most, with much less radiation going to normal organs. In addition, built-in 3D imaging capabilities let clinicians see where they are about to treat, further increasing the system’s precision.
Carol called it “a little like Star Wars.” Dr. Wong calls it “exciting.”
“With the TomoTherapy system, radiation is primarily targeted to bone and bone marrow while significantly reducing radiation delivered to healthy organs,” Dr. Wong says.
Each day for 5 days Carol received total bone marrow irradiation using the TomoTherapy Hi·Art treatment system.
“My body was supported by a cast,” Carol recalls. “In I went. It wasn’t painful. [The staff] did everything to make me comfortable, even putting a baby monitor inside the machine so we could easily speak to each other.”
Carol found her own, unique way of coping with the treatments. “There I was, lying on my back, absolutely still,” Carol says. “I pretended I was bobsledding. I sang old Peter, Paul, and Mary songs….It was my own approach to TomoTherapy!”
Although Dr. Wong’s goal was to eradicate cancerous cells in Carol’s bone marrow, his team carefully monitored all effects of the TomoTherapy radiation treatment.
“We knew TomoTherapy could deliver radiation in ways not possible with previous technology,” Dr. Wong says. “Standard total body marrow irradiation is often a life-saving procedure.” However, serious side effects are common. One question addressed by the clinical trial was, would the reduction in radiation doses to healthy organs using targeted bone marrow irradiation also reduce side effects?
“I didn’t have the side effects you hear about,” Carol says. “No mouth sores, almost no nausea. A little itchy dry skin.”
Carol was the first patient at City of Hope to receive total marrow irradiation using the TomoTherapy Hi·Art treatment system.
“We expected the usual side effects of standard total body radiation,” Dr. Wong says. “The day her treatment was completed, we were aware of her side effects—or lack of. One of the doctors asked, ‘Are you sure you’ve given her enough?’
“But, in a few days, her blood counts dropped as expected. We had purged the bone marrow successfully.”
One and one-half years later, Dr. Wong is treating the 19th participant in this clinical trial. Repeated experience is demonstrating how multiple myeloma patients respond to TomoTherapy treatments.
With standard radiation therapy, tumors and surrounding tissues can receive 100% of the dose of radiation. Healthy organs can receive unwanted radiation exposure.
“With TomoTherapy, we’re seeing normal organs receiving less than 65% of the total radiation. Sometimes that’s as low as 15%,” Dr. Wong explained.
“That’s the beauty of this technology,” Dr. Wong said. “Our projections were that lower radiation doses to healthy tissue would result in fewer and less-intense side effects. So far, patients’ experiences correlate with projections. Although more experience is needed, the initial results are encouraging. This has the potential to make a big difference for patients with many types of blood cancers.”
After Carol’s treatments were completed, her bone marrow stem cells were reintroduced and maintenance drug therapy continued.
“A year and a half into this, I’m in remission,” Carol says.
“Of course, we don’t know the final outcome….I have to pace myself. But, before, when my life was filled with activity, I didn’t necessarily take time. Time to connect. To interact at a different level.”
Carol has become involved with on-line support networks for multiple myeloma patients and their families. She’s also contributed with her firefighter son, Chad, to a cancer support network for firefighters. “Recently I’ve told firefighters in other states and total strangers in England and Korea about TomoTherapy,” she says.
Family, church and friends are Carol’s priorities. Her family took a “dream trip” to Moloka’i, a beautiful, less developed Hawaiian island. They have plans for more travel.
“I’m not afraid,” Carol says. “I take care of myself. I’m cautious. But I’m going to live life now. I’m going for it!”
Recently, Carol was reminded of the silver lining TomoTherapy treatments brought to her cancer experience.
“My daughter, Kelly, and I saw a billboard. It read ‘TomoTherapy—Cancer’s Newest Enemy.’ I thought, this is great! People need to know about TomoTherapy. They need to know they have a choice.”


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Jane Lynch remembers ‘Glee’ co-star Naya Rivera
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Jane Lynch is fascinated by the subject of extraterrestrial life.
“Believe or not believe, there’s evidence,” the “Glee” alum told Page Six exclusively Friday at the 88th annual Drama League Awards.
Lynch, 61, shared that her “Funny Girl” co-star Ramin Karimloo “bought me two big books that I’ve been diving into,” adding, “Yeah, I think it’s fascinating. We are not alone.”
Don’t go telling people that the actress believes in aliens, though.
“I don’t use the word ‘believe,’ ever, because that’s stupid. Who cares what you believe? What do you know?” she explained. “So I’m interested. Let’s say that. I’m compelled.”
Lynch did not reveal whether her wife, screenwriter Jennifer Cheyne, shares the same compulsion.
The couple quietly wed at a Santa Barbara, Calif., courthouse last year.
“We were married before we got married, so it’s just a piece of paper,” the “Weakest Link” host told us. “‘We don’t need no piece of paper from the city hall,’ as Joni Mitchell says, but we got one anyway.”
The two have been together for seven years and previously dated for two years in the early 2000s.
“We know each other very well,” Lynch, who was previously married to clinical psychologist Lara Embry, gushed. “We’ve raised several dogs together, and now we’re together forever. Our story’s not interesting. It’s two very nice people who love each other.”
Other Broadway stars at Friday’s luncheon, which took place at the Ziegfeld Ballroom, included Hugh Jackman, Sutton Foster, Rachel Dratch, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jesse Williams, who only spoke to the house crew. No doubt he didn’t want to answer endless questions about his penis.
Recently, some NSFW photos and video of Williams, 40, in the revival of the Broadway play “Take Me Out” were leaked online, causing a media maelstrom.
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SaaS system full automatization and integration APIs
Post date: Jan 26, 2014 8:22:54 AM
Lately I have been thinking a lot about SaaS concept and required automation. Here's some thoughts.
- Server deployment (provisioning) in cloud (Easy)
- Server configuration, securing it on basic level (Easy)
- Generic software installation
- Generic software configuration
- Specialized per customer software installation
- Specialized per customer software configuration
- Different software (automatic, if even possible) license management issues
- Per customer multi-tenant configuration deployment (on demand)
- Secure and easy access right management (Very important and not so easy!)
- Efficient and secure customer data and resource isolation. (Absolutely no clear weaknesses or shortcuts allowed. My major focus point.)
- Payment tracking
- Integration with user account management
- Self-service portal usability, clarity and reliability
- Centralized control system for servers
- Centralized control system for installed applications
- Centralized control system for customer instances (data)
- Secure API-key based standardized integration APIs for all data, allowing 'automated' 3rd party integration via self service control panel
- Automated off-site backups with long term rollback feature (already implemented and done)
As you can see, I've been doing some light planning and testing. But as we know, it's not very easy to get all that to work reliably and fully automatically. But full automation is still absolute requirement for reliability, because doing all those complex steps manually, is guaranteed recipe for disaster and major trouble. Some times I just wish that architecture would be simpler, so number of required steps could be radically reduced, like using Google App Engine, or Azure PaaS platforms. But currently that just isn't the way to go.
Major benefit from this is that multi-tenant installations provide huge cost savings when producing services. Instead of running several hundreds of small single customer instances, it's possible to just run a few beefy servers. This also helps on the four first steps of the list. Because number of servers is highly reduced, it might be possible to do four first steps manually.
If you're interested about these topics, feel free to contact me.


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James L. Weil & Elizabeth Press
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New Rochelle, New York: Elizabeth Press, 1973. First Edition. 8vo; unpag., stiff wrappers. One of 100 copies, signed by both poets, designed and printed by Tony Weil at the Fieldston School. Includes a recollection by Weil of the genesis of this verse dialogue between two poets and the seeds that.....
New Rochelle, New York: Elizabeth Press, (1977). First Edition. 24mo, unpag. booklet in printed wrappers, saddle stiched. One of 200 copies, the entire edition, designed and printed by Martino Mardersteig at Stamperia Valdonega in Verona. An early poem that originally appeared in the magazine Sparrow.

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The streets of Surry Hills are going to come alive with joyous strumming, energetic drumming and melodic humming. The Sydney Folk Festival is back with a heel-kicking program of music, dance, workshops and all things folk-infused for the folk-enthused.
Presented by the Folk Federation of NSW, this three day festival celebrates music across cultures, genres, and timelines. Forget images of daisy-filled dreadlocks and billowy paisley shirts – the Sydney Folk Festival offers a dynamic range of artists whose music spans the spectrum from simple, soft acoustic to multi-timbral hybrids, from folkish rock to jazzy folk and beyond.
SydFolkFest22 takes place in two major hubs: The NSW Teachers Federation Conference Centre and the Gaelic Club, both mere minutes walk from each other and from Central Railway Station. They’ll host workshops, creative sessions and concerts, sharing more than 35 acts over the three day weekend from 19 – 21 August.
The festival begins with a very special Acknowledgement of Country by Central West based Aboriginal cultural group, Milan Dhiiyaan. Milan Dhiiyann (which means “one mob” or “one family”) are an educational/arts/ceremonial company who provide immersive traditional experiences.
Highlights of this year’s festival include the extraordinary raconteur and musician, Fred Smith (partially his real name) with his all-star band. Smith has a unique dual career as a singer/songwriter and Australian diplomat. His songs and poetry are funny, sad, raw and real, echoing his reflections on human nature, and his experiences in places like Afghanistan and Papua New Guinea.
Also of note: string strumming duo, We Mavericks; Michael Waugh, whose songs are heart-achingly honest; esoteric Taiwanese-Australian songstress Kim Yang; powerhouse all-girl group the Miriam Lieberman Trio; high-energy, four-piece Australian Celtic outfit, Austral; and long-standing duo from Queensland, Penny Davies and Roger Ilot.
Torch-bearers of the future will get special focus with the Young Folk Artist Awards to be presented at a special concert on Saturday August 20 with contenders including: Charlie Gastineau-Hills, Emma Foote, Felicity Dowd, Sean Cooper, Bodhi Turner.
SydFolkFest22 aims to be a celebration of the creativity and diversity of folk arts and artists from across NSW. The the inaugural SydFolkFest was in 2019, but thanks to two years of nothingness, this year will be only the second live event. And it’s going to be a cracker.
So for folks sake – get your tickets now!

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The national Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has downgraded expectations for economic growth of Ukraine in 2019 and predicts a slowdown to 2.5%.
About it reported in a press-service of the NBU.
According to the NBU, in 2019, real GDP growth will slow to 2.5% (previous forecast of 2.9%) due to the exhaustion of the effects of raising social standards, and because of the restraint of fiscal policy, and this will be determined by the need to repay large amounts of public debt.
The GDP growth forecast in 2018 and 2020, the regulator left unchanged at 3.4% and 2.9% respectively.
“The key assumption outlined scenario remains further progress in implementing structural reforms under the program of cooperation with the IMF,” — noted in the NBU.
Earlier it was reported that according to the state statistics service, Ukraine’s GDP growth in 2017 has accelerated and amounted to 2.5%, while growth for the previous 2016-God was 2.4%.
In the first quarter of 2018 compared to the same period last year astralnova gross domestic product (GDP) of Ukraine amounted to 2.3%.
Recall, the IMF revised the growth rate of the Ukrainian economy by 2019, increasing the nominal GDP from $118,8 billion to $of 126.7 billion.


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2021 FanExpo Dallas is finally here after a year of postponements due to Covid-19. Crystal and I couldn’t be more excited to take part in this year’s convention on the weekend of September 17 -19, 2021.
Issue 4 Tribute Covers Yes, you heard correctly! The tribute covers for Trophy Girls issue 4 is finally complete! Once again, Crystal and I decided to make them both fun and exciting! For the regular cover we brainstormed, or to be honest we argued, about its theme and look.
Let’s say goodbye to 2020 and cheer in 2021 with some great news! Trophy Girls Issue 4 is in full swing with the magnificent Judit Tondora at the helm! Her work on Trophy Girls issue 1 is brilliant and in this issue she nails it! (no pun intended)


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Six years ago, Lenzie Academy became one of Scotland's 17 Schools of Rugby in partnership with Scottish Rugby and Lenzie Rugby Club.
And now, more than 120 pupils - including many from other local schools - benefit from coaching sessions and an extensive extra-curricular development programme delivered by East Dunbartonshire Leisure and Culture Trust.
Headteacher of Lenzie Academy Brian Paterson said: "This new artificial pitch replaces our grass pitch and is a major boost to the continued development of Lenzie Academy as a School of Rugby.
"The artificial surface and floodlighting mean we can deliver high quality training sessions all year round, with no disruption over the winter.
"We have a very enthusiastic group of players at all ages and stages from Lenzie Academy and other schools including local primaries where children are introduced to the sport early on in a fun way. The future of rugby is in good hands."
As a result of the partnerships that have been built up over recent years, Lenzie Rugby Club is able to regularly field five boys' teams and three girls' teams at youth level.
There are now also established routes for young people to go on to gain coaching and refereeing qualifications, allowing them the opportunity to play an ongoing role in the programme.
Joint East Dunbartonshire Council leader Vaughan Moody said, "It's great news that despite the challenges of the pandemic we have been able to deliver this new pitch at Lenzie Academy.
"It looks fabulous and the young people are really excited to use it and be able to train and play on a state-of-the-art surface.
"It is a superb resource for the area's young people and will further enable rugby locally to flourish."
In 2015, Lenzie Academy was identified as an ideal school to strengthen senior rugby in the local area because of its strong rugby heritage.
Joint Council Leader Andrew Polson added, "Having access to quality outdoor space like this is vitally important for young people to help improve physical and mental wellbeing.”
" The benefits of taking part in sport are well known so I am delighted to see this new pitch completed. It's also great to see the links with the local rugby club whose numbers have been boosted by the partnership. I might give it a 'try' myself."