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- Family-run touring park on the Fylde coast, opened in 2018
- Modern amenities suitable for families and disabled guests
- A minute's drive from Freckleton and 25 from Blackpool
You'll be in a most convenient countryside and seaside setting when you trot along to Donkey Creek Farm Caravan Site.
Countryside – and wanders: this pretty rural place is on the outskirts of the Lancashire town of Freckleton and on the edge of the Lancashire Coastal Way meandering for 137 miles between Merseyside and Cumbria. Seaside: Donkey Creek is on the Flyde coast, eight and a half miles from Lytham, its sands and those four golf courses. Your nifty setting is 25 minutes' drive from the illuminating lights of Blackpool for amusements and shows, and 15 minutes from Preston for pubs and grub.
Those who must have their hols served up with sparkling amenities are also well sorted here; as it only opened in 2018, Donkey Creek's essentials are of the thoroughly modern sort and include plenty to keep guests of all types comfortable. The bright amenities block has underfloor heating, a family bathroom and a disabled-access bathroom with walk-in shower alongside the well-kept toilets and showers; there's a laundry room for ease of cleaning sandy togs, and a veg prep room with freezer facility is also to hand for guests' use.
A selection of groceries and camping/touring kit is at the site shop; for other bits, Freckleton is within a minute's drive or 15 minutes' walk.
Open from 03/01/2022 to 01/03/2023
Bookings must not consist of more than 1 different households.
Commercial vehicles (vehicles used for work-related purposes, carrying goods or fare-paying passengers) and sign-written vehicles are not permitted on site.
No bachelor/bachelorette parties permitted via Pitchup.com.
The park does not accept breeds/crossbreeds listed in the Breed-specific legislation (i.e. Pit Bull Terrier, Japanese Tosa, Dogo Argentino, and Fila Brasileiro).
Protective masks must be worn at all times in common areas.
Discount cards and gift vouchers cannot be applied to bookings made via Pitchup.com.
Under 18s must be accompanied by their parents or legal guardians.
Reception is unmanned after 4 p.m.. Please inform the park while on your way there should you expect to arrive after this time so that the team can provide information about your unit/site.
The site is two miles from Warton Aerodrome so has small planes taking off and landing at various points throughout the day.
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FHU gravel and cement/asphalt travel trailer site
Max. persons: 5 x
One Class B motorhome or Camper or RV allowed per campsite
Campsite size : Min 8.2m width x 8.2m depth (27.0ft width x 27.0ft depth) Calculated area: 67.7m² (729.0ft²)
Ground type: Gravel and cement/asphalt
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Really friendly atmospher conveyed by the staff and other visitors
Excellent well kept and well run site.
Lovely quiet site, spotless and very welcoming
The site is situated alongside a very quiet road that …
Superb site and facilities close to lovely friendly pubs
The campsite was very nice, clean and the vibe was …
The pitches were enormous and the site is spotless.
Check-in: one group at a time
Hand sanitizing stations
We're Good To Go (VisitBritain accreditation)
Leisure on park
Bar or club house
Indoor swimming pool
Outdoor swimming pool
Amenities on park
Car parking by site/unit
Ice pack freezing
Parent & baby washroom
Pick-up from public transport
Single-sex groups welcome
Student groups welcome
Barbecue grills allowed
Commercial vehicles allowed
Dogs allowed all year
Electric car charging point(s)
No drinkable water point
No hot water
No running water
Propane/gas cylinders available
Convenience store nearby
Dog walk nearby
Public transportation nearby
Medium (26-50 sites)
Horseback riding nearby
Indoor pool nearby
Leisure/theme park nearby
Touring and motorhomes
Gray water hook-up for caravans
Motorhome service point
Water hook-up points for caravans
- Coach stations
— 0.5 miles
0.5 miles Blackfield Road — 0.5 miles
0.5 miles Church Road — 1.3 miles
- Train stations
Kirkham & Wesham Rail Station
— 2.8 miles
2.8 miles Salwick Rail Station — 3.0 miles
3.0 miles Moss Side Rail Station — 3.5 miles
- Ferry ports
Knott End-On-Sea Ferry Landing
— 13.7 miles
13.7 miles Fleetwood for Knott End Ferry Landing — 13.8 miles
13.8 miles Heysham Ferry Terminal — 19.9 miles
Liverpool John Lennon Airport
— 28.4 miles
Options immediately around the site include a well-equipped playground in Freckleton Memorial Park and football pitches at Bush Lane playing fields, both within half a mile, and access to the Lancashire Coastal Walk within the same distance. If you're not up for hiking the full 137 miles of the route, the local section from Freckleton to Silverdale passes Lytham, the Ribble estuary, Morecambe and the RSPB reserve of Hest Bank.
Have at least a few days in Lytham whatever your holiday tastes: the Park View 4U Playing Fields four miles from the park are an excellent family option with toddler play area, teen zone, BMX track, skate park and trim trail, and the famed championship golf courses at Lytham St Annes are a top pick for teeing off. The Lytham St Annes beaches have donkey rides, crazy golf and other seaside shenanigans alongside their swathes of sand.
Hikes, hacks and mountain bikes are all available around the lush Forest of Bowland, 25 minutes' drive.
- Forest of Bowland (6.2 miles)
- Pleasure Beach Resort (8.5 miles)
- Sandcastle Waterpark (8.6 miles)
- Rufford Old Hall (7.9 miles)
- Formby (15.6 miles)
Find local routes on the National Cycle Network - over 12,000 miles of cycling routes.
Permitted arrival/departure time
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Donkey Creek Farm Caravan Park cancelation policy
No refunds within 1 week of arrival date.
Modifications are subject to a £5.00 ($6.56) fee.
Bookings cannot be amended within 7 day(s) of arrival.
No refunds/discounts for inclement weather, late arrivals or early departures.
If you need to cancel or amend your booking, please give as much notice as possible so that someone else has the chance to book. You may wish to buy holiday insurance for cancelations and for your property/injury whilst away.
Please note that your deposit is paid to Pitchup.com and is non-refundable.
Deposit transferable during COVID-19. Donkey Creek Farm Caravan Park will debit the balance from your card 1 week before arrival, or if the arrival date is sooner than 1 week then the balance will be taken immediately.Deposit transferable during COVID-19. During COVID-19 you can transfer your deposit to a future stay booked within 3 months of your arrival date. Read more.
You can also opt to pay the full amount at the time of your booking.
Payment methods accepted at the parkCash
Terms and conditionsPark booking terms and conditions
- Does Donkey Creek Farm Caravan Park have a swimming pool? No View all features
- Is Donkey Creek Farm Caravan Park dog friendly? Yes View all features
- What attractions are near Donkey Creek Farm Caravan Park? Options immediately around the site include a well-equipped playground in Freckleton Memorial Park and football pitches at Bush Lane playing fields, both within half a mile, and access to the Lancashire Coastal … Read more
- When can I check in and check out of Donkey Creek Farm Caravan Park?
RV, travel trailer and tent sites Arrive: 2 p.m. – 6 p.m. Depart by: noon
- How much does it cost to stay at Donkey Creek Farm Caravan Park? From $33.09 (for 1 night, 2 adults) - prices may change depending on your dates and party. Check prices and availability


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Submitted to: Developments in Biologicals
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 8/12/2008
Publication Date: 8/12/2008
Citation: Cheng, H., Niikura, M., Kim, T., Mao, W., MacLea, K., Hunt, H., Dodgson, J., Burnside, J., Morgan, R., Ouyang, M., Lamont, S., Dekkers, J., Fulton, J., Soller, M., Muir, W. 2008. Using integrative genomics to elucidate genetic resistance to Marek's disease in chicken. In: Pinard M-H, Gay, C., Pastoret, P-P, Dodet, B., editors. Integrative Genomics for Disease Resistance: Animal Genomics for Animal Health. Developments in Biologicals. Basel, Switzerland: Karger. p. 365-372.
Technical Abstract: While rearing birds in confinement and at high density have proven to be very successful practices for producing poultry meat and eggs, these conditions help promote the spread of infectious diseases. Consequently, the poultry industry places great emphasis on disease control measures, primarily at the animal husbandry level. The field of genomics offers great promise to complement these current control measures by providing information on the molecular basis for disease, disease resistance, and vaccinal immunity. In this review, we briefly summarize some of our efforts to apply several genomic and functional genomics approaches to identify genes and pathways that confer genetic resistance to Marek’s disease (MD), a herpesvirus-induced T-cell lymphoma of chickens. By utilizing the “top-down” approach of QTL to identify genomics regions, and integrating them with “bottom-up” approaches of transcript profiling and Marek’s disease virus (MDV)-chicken protein-protein interactions, we reveal three genes that confer resistance to MD and a number of other positional candidate genes of high confidence. These genes can be further evaluated in poultry breeding programs to see if they confer genetic resistance to MD. This integrative genomics strategy can be applied to other infectious diseases. The impact of the genome sequence and other technological advancements are also discussed.

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Property sector under pressure due to low levels of confidence
Low business and consumer confidence are placing the property sector under pressure. Construction activity is concentrated in upper-market business hubs, as the rising costs of building prompts property developers to scale down or concentrate on projects abroad.
The value of recorded building plans passed in SA was down 8.5% (down R2.19bn) in the first quarter of 2017 compared with the first quarter of 2016.
Planned non-residential building fell by a dramatic 31.2% (down R2.5bn). There were also large year-on-year decreases in plans passed for shopping space in KwaZulu-Natal (which was down R1.4bn), Gauteng (down R730m) and the Western Cape (down R717m).
The value of buildings reported as completed rose by 23.7% (up R3bn) in the first quarter of 2017 compared with the first quarter of 2016.
However, all three major building categories recorded an increase in value. Non-residential buildings were up 32.3% (up R1.1bn), followed by residential buildings, which increased in value by 23.4% (up R1.6bn); additions and alterations recorded an increased value of 12.2% (up R292m).
Growth in the flats and townhouse sector was up 28.8% year on year in the first quarter, while plans passed for houses, as well as other residential buildings, such as hostels and guesthouses, fell by 11.5% and 87.7% year on year respectively.
According to Investec economist Kamilla Kaplan, "These dynamics could indicate that the comparative increased demand for flats and townhouses stems from affordability constraints, amid a higher interest rate environment, tighter financial conditions and high levels of consumer indebtedness."
"With GDP growth expected to recover only modestly, from 0.3% [year-on-year] in 2016 to 0.8% in 2017, and with persistently depressed business and consumer confidence, activity in the building sector is likely to remain suppressed," she said.
This comes after the FNB-sponsored Bureau of Economic Research (BER) Building Confidence Index survey which, at the end of March, indicated that building activity could decelerate in the coming quarters.
The index rose for the third consecutive quarter to 43, remaining under the neutral 50-mark with almost two-thirds of survey respondents dissatisfied with prevailing conditions.

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About Execution Ballads
This page contains information about execution ballads, ballad sellers and the website itself including navigation and search parameters.
Across Europe, from the sixteenth century until the early twentieth century, the news of the deeds of criminals and their subsequent executions was delivered via song, often printed on cheap, single-sheet broadsides or small, book-like pamphlets, as well as passed on orally or via manuscript. Songs were usually set to a familiar tune (often indicated at the top of the pamphlet), which allowed anyone to easily sing along. They were sold in busy streets and marketplaces by street singers, who usually sang the contents of the pamphlet in order to promote their wares.
Execution ballads could be graphically violent, usually compassionate, sometimes satirical, but always compelling.
About Ballad Sellers
Execution ballads were sold on busy streets, bridges, and marketplaces by street singers, who often bought the songsheets and pamphlets wholesale and then sang them as a form of advertising.
These sellers often lived an itinerant, hand-to-mouth existence, turning their hands to whatever work they could find. We have some evidence for singers selling songs at the executions themselves, but they appear to have waited at least until the rope dropped!
For more on street singers of execution ballads see:
- Una McIlvenna, ‘Chanteurs de rues, or Street Singers in Early Modern France’, Renaissance Studies 32/4 (2018), Special Issue: Street Singers in Renaissance Europe
- Una McIlvenna, ‘When the News Was Sung: Ballads as News Media in Early Modern Europe’, Media History (2016) Special Issue: ‘Managing the News in Early Modern Europe’, eds. Helmer Helmers and Michiel van Groesen: 1-17
About this website
Ballads on this website are organised into collections based on language: Dutch, English, French, German and Italian. You can browse the collections using the navigation menu on the left, or search for a specific ballad. Advanced search options allow you to explore and find items by keywords and can be narrowed by specific fields such as date, execution or printing location, gender, collection, crime etc.

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As previously reported, allegations that “The Young and the Restless'” Michael Muhney groped a female co-star’s breasts, which is reportedly what led to his firing last month, made headlines over the weekend when TMZ got wind of the rumors spreading throughout social media and soap opera message boards several weeks back. In announcing his firing on Tuesday, December 17, Muhney used Twitter as his outlet of choice. Since then, he’s been virtually silent, at least until now.
In a tweet to his follower’s last night, Muhney stated, “Benjamin Franklin said it best, ‘Believe none of what you hear and half of what you see.'” To clarify for anyone who may have misconstrued his usage of the quote, the actor today added, “..and that quote doesn’t only apply to what is being said about ME. It also applies to others. Please be kind to everyone. #respect.”

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Artificial sweeteners have harmful effect on human health, so it is great interested in stevia extract. Our experiment was aimed to show the possibility of inland production of stevia. Different plastic mulches were used (black and white) on raised bed and were compared to uncovered (control) plots for yield and state of health of plants. Furth...ermore we evaluated the depth of cuttings (low cutting until the 6th double leaf; normal cutting until the upper ⅓ of the plant) on the yield depending on the covering method. The plants were transplanted on 9 of May, 2014 on raised bed, 3 rows on it, with 33x25 cm spacing. According to our results, the black plastic mulch produced the highest yield, which can be explained by suppressing effect on weeds, furthermore it kept the soil warm, moist and protected the lower leaves from soil wetness. But, the white sheet mulch could not eliminate weeds around the plants. The total biomass on the black plastic sheet covered plots was the highest, nearly 1000 g pro plant by low cutting. On the control plots the fungi infection reached about 25-30%, which caused leaf falling of plants, decreasing of yield by the end of vegetation period. To summarise, stevia production is possible in Hungary, but it is important to pay attention to the balanced soil moisture and low humidity in the leaf area. It is suggested to cover the soil with plastic sheet or organic materials, such as bark and chippings.
Direct sowing in 16 cm deep trench covered with perforated plastic sheet (for 3 weeks), transplant using, and uncovered direct sowing (control) was tried on 2 locations, with 2 varieties (very early Kecskeméti korai extra, and middle early Kecskeméti SC-370) in Szarvas on loamy soil, and in Kecskemét on sa...ndy soil in 1996 — after a preliminary trial concerning perforated plastic covered trench sowing in Szarvas, in 1995.
The plant height (weekly), the average leaf number/plant, the total leaf area (once), the total yield, the quality of cobs, and the earliness was measured. The results are:
- Kecskeméti korai extra during the first 6 week period the transplanted plants were the highest, but from the 7th week the plants which were sown in trench and than were covered with perforated plastic sheet (for 3 weeks) were the highest.
- SC-370: The transplanted plants were the highest-until the end of plant height development.
The plant height development stopped at the 9th week of the measurement by early, - and stopped at the 10th week by middle early variety. The average leaf number/plant varied between 9,25-10,50 and was not influenced either by variety or by the treatment. The total leaf area was (on 5th of June) the largest by transplanted plants, which was followed by plants that were sown in trench and then were covered with perforated plastic film (for 3 weeks).
- The highest yield was observed by plants, which Were sown in trench, and then were covered with perforated plastic film (for 3 weeks). Transplanted plants followed it.
- Quite the total yield (98,3%) of transplanted Kecskeméti korai extra variety plants were harvested on 4th July. 89% of the total yield was picked up of trench sown and then with perforated plastic covered plants. The harvest of uncovered control started on 15th July. The harvest of transplanted SC-370 plants started 19th July, when more than half of the total yield (57%) was picked. The uncovered control was harvested 29th July.
- The weight and the measure of cobs generally were not influenced by the treatments, but the average weight of the cobs of the transplanted Kecskeméti korai extra plants (0,21-0,18 kg) are less than the, requirement.

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Stepper motors can be used in many handy applications. Their rotation angle and speed are easily controllable within some safe range. But in order to drive them correctly you will need to count pulses as stepper motors is spinning only when it gets step commands. Luca shares his experiment where he explains how to drive allegro A4988 stepper motor using building blocs of hardware including Arduino, LCD keypad shield and Pololu A4988 driver.
He wrote software bits that allows him controlling motor speeds from 0 to 70RPM. Using keypad shield buttons he is able to adjust rotating speed and direction while seeing current results on LCD screen including progress bar. Arduino sketch code uses timer1 to calculate timing steps. He uses Timer1 library for easy configuring the timer without digging too deep into of AVR chip itself.


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Having educated my stomach to want and need less food I’m not feeling very hungry so after my lemon and hot water, supplements and copious glasses of water I felt quite full. I also had a very busy morning and knew that supplies are running low and I would have to get to the shops. Everyone swears by eating breakfast but I rarely feel like eating in the morning, and if I do, it normally makes me hungrier at lunchtime.
After a dash to collect some supplies Mr M and I stopped for lunch at Carluccios, I ordered a mixed salad to start off with and the Antipasto Di Verdure, which includes roasted peppers with pesto, green bean salad, roasted tomatoes, artichokes, rustica olives and caponata, I asked not to have the buffalo mozzarella but completely forgot that it came with focaccia. Of course I left the bread and ate the vegetables, see a true convert! I also forgot to take a photograph as I tucked straight in, something’s never change!
Earlier in the day snow was forecast throughout the country for the coming weekend, judging by the way the shelves in Waitrose had been picked clean you would have thought someone had declared war. I managed to get the last bag of organic carrots, stocked the trolley with lots of fruit and vegetables and headed home to the warm.
As I hadn’t done any juicing I had this crazy notion that I wanted to juice sweet potatoes, I know it was crazy but they actually taste really good, you need to leave the sludge which I guess is the starch in the bottom of the jug but the juice mixed with carrot and ginger tastes great. The end of this detox seems to be very calm, I have gradually slipped into this pattern of eating and juicing and it feels completely normal.
My body is calm and my skin clear and soft, this is a very gentle winding down phase.
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The technical expertise and capacity of Soares da Costa Construction and its subsidiaries can be divided into three main strands:
- Civil Construction
Namely residential buildings, offices, hotels and tourism, restoration and refurbishment of buildings;
Including structures for education, sports & culture, industrial, health care & assistance (hospitals, health centres, clinical facilities), airports, roads, motorways, bridges, tunnels, railways, hydro, environment and other urban infrastructures (car parks, pedestrian bridges, etc.);
- Technical installations and solutions
Electricity, telecommunications, technical management, heating, ventilation, air conditioning, sewage, water treatment, design, manufacture and assembly of steel structures.
In the markets in which we operate, Soares da Costa is synonym for high technical expertise and excellence in execution.
Our employee base is a true reserve of value and knowledge in the engineering and construction areas..
Soares da Costa brings together more than 420 senior and middle executive workers in the area of construction: civil engineers, mechanical engineers, electrical engineers, environmental engineers, mining engineers, technicians and safety prevention, designers, trainers, meters/ estimators, topographers, etc.
Most of our employees have a long professional experience in the industry and offer a high capacity to answer to the greater complexity and technical requirement works that Soares da Costa performs. The installed capacity of Soares da Costa is organizationally divided into three areas: Production, Technical and Commercial and Support to Production.
The Production area includes: contract, human resources, equipment, materials and subcontractors management, and technical skills on safety, quality, environment, project analysis, alternative proposals, project design, construction, and coordination of central support.
The Technical-Commercial area includes exploration, studies and proposals and commercial monitoring/ post sale. While the area of studies and proposals is currently centralized in Porto (Portugal), the areas of exploration and commercial monitoring/ post sale naturally have local presence in the various geographies in which the Company operates (Angola, Mozambique, Portugal ...).
The Support to Production area, with simultaneous and cooperative presence, both locally and centrally at headquarters, includes design/ preparation, logistics/ supply, quality, environment, safety and health, topography, production resources management, planning and contract management.


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Maaveeran Kittu02 December 2016
Maaveeran Kittu is a Kollywood drama movie directed by Suseenthiran. The main roles of this movie are done by Vishnu Vishal, Sri Divya, and R. Parthiepan. The movie is initially released on 02 December 2016. Maaveeran Kittu is released in Tamil language from India to the world.

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The gigantic installations get a lot of attention due to their sheer spectacular scale. But as I think back through the years, lots of small things have been my favorites. I was thinking it might be a good idea for people to talk about some of the small stuff that could reasonably be made by one or a few people. Especially considering some folks come back from their first time completely stunned and want to bring some massive, and probably impossible project, for the next year. Then, realizing the impossibility of their vision, they settle into a lethargic stupor and are eventually kidnapped, cooked and served as barbeque at some shady camp on playa.
One of my favorites I found one night in '06 or '07 -- it was called Dora's Boxen. It was shaped like a chest, but just big enough for one or two people to climb in through the side. Inside was a comfortable cushion to sit on, and some drawers filled with various art supplies and paper and blank stickers. People wrote messages on the inside.
Another favorite I found way out in deep playa late one night, maybe in '08 or '09. It was a couch facing a TV with a mirrored screen. On the TV was a blank book that was a TV Guide. A message on the book said that you were supposed to fill in the description for the show that you imagined was on at whatever time you found yourself there.
What are some of your favorites of small to eensy proportion?

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Exclusive item from the Walt Disney World theme parks and resorts.
You’d have to be mad as a hatter not to love this Alice in Wonderland zip satchel bag by Dooney & Bourke. The allover print features classic black and white illustrations of all your favorite characters from Walt Disney’s 1951 movie. This coated cotton bag comes with a special leather tag with embossed Alice in Wonderland logo.
Screen art on coated cotton. Stitched leather finishings. Zip top closure. Exterior zip pocket Characters include Alice, Cheshire Cat, Queen of Hearts, White Rabbit, Mad Hatter, and Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum
Stitched leather finishings. Zip top closure. Exterior zip pocket. Interior zip pocket. Two interior slip pockets. Interior key hook. Detachable adjustable shoulder strap. Goldtone finish hardware. Fully lined. Removable leather tag with embossed ”Disney Alice in Wonderland” type.
Measures 10” H x 12” W x 6 1/2” D. Handle drop: 4 1/2”. Strap drop: 21 1/2”. Please note: Each piece is unique. Pattern elements may vary.


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This research report is an outcome of the research conducted by Amnesty International into the actions of the Tanzanian authorities that resulted in multiple forced evictions of the Maasai Indigenous people of Loliondo. It focuses primarily on human rights violations during the forced evictions of June 2022, but also looks at other historical human rights violations and discrimination of the people of Loliondo, which culminated in the events of June 2022. The report reveals that brutal force was used against the Maasai to acquire the 1,500km2 of village land in Loliondo and highlights grievous defects in the decision-making process used to justify the forced evictions. It also exposes how the state continues to exclude, from its conservation plans, community members who have the right to and are custodians of the land, and instead displaces them from their traditional grazing lands, restricting their access to resources within their grazing land and providing no compensation.
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When I was painting on location in Kuwait back in 2009, I did several sketchbook watercolours around the Dhow Harbour. These studies became the catalyst for a number of original watercolour paintings of dhows, some of which I’ve had reproduced as limited edition prints.
This particular painting depicts a solitary dhow bathed in sunlight, slowly making its way in to the safety of the harbour to join the many other vessels birthed there. The painting can be seen at my Studio & Gallery in Ponteland. It’s also available as a limited edition print from alanreed.com


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Noida: AAFT School of Performing Arts invited renowned music director Tarun Bhalla from Mumbai to conduct a workshop on music and its latest trends in India at Noida Film City.
â€œAs a professional field, fine-arts offers some very interesting and challenging career opportunities. For all those looking to make a career out of it, a certification or degree course in music & fine arts would help you cut itâ€ said Bhalla emphasizing on the formal training of music for all those who wants to join music business.
â€œAAFT music academy has an array of degree and diploma music production courses at the bachelors and masters level. From the comprehensive four-year bachelor program in musicÂ to short-term diploma courses, we offer a wide variety in our programs. All our courses have a singular approachâ€“to make students successful professionals in the field of fine artsâ€ said Sandeep Marwah President Marwah Studios.
The interactive workshop was a hit. It gave ample exposure to the students about Bollywood style of music and unwritten norms of the industry.


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Welcome to the Big Bend log cabin is a magnificent depiction of the original architecture of log cabins; yet, it has been modified to add contemporary comforts that will make your daily life more comfortable. This house can be found in Big Bend.
In addition to being the perfect setting for rest and relaxation on special occasions, it also fulfills the requirements of this role in an admirable manner on a daily basis.
The Front Porch
Your attention is instantly drawn to the gorgeous woodwork that can be seen all over this log cabin the minute you walk onto the front porch and enter the grounds. You can see it anywhere you go within this house.
To get the rustic and traditional appearance of a log cabin in the finished product, an excellent stain protectant was used throughout the building process, and the raw logs were hand-hewn.
Both of these steps were taken. Because there is sufficient space for two seats, you won’t have any problem finding a position on this porch where you can kick back, relax, and take it easy on any given day.
The Inside of the log Cabin
When you first enter the log cabin, you are greeted with the outstanding log work that has been accomplished on the structure.
The inside of the house, including the walls, the ceiling, and the accents, are all constructed of log, which brings the outer aspect inside and completes the stunning log design that you like so much.
The Living Area
The entryway is spacious and open, and on each side of it are stairs that go either down to the basement or up to the loft. On the ground level, there is a bedroom that may be found on the other side of the doorway from where it leads into the hallway.
The photograph’s left foreground has a fireplace that can be seen in the great room, which can be seen in the image. The main door of the log cabin is directly opposite the great room, which is located in the center of the house.
This amazing location perpetually gives out an overwhelming amount of charm and coziness to anybody who comes here. You have access to a large area that emanates a rustic charm owing to the presence of a stone fireplace on one of the walls and great room windows on the other side.
You can find this space in the great room. Both of these characteristics are located on the rear wall of the room. Something about the installation of a chandelier made of antlers in the middle of the room is something that speaks to both of us on a deep and personal level.
The point of entry to the ceiling is provided by the very top of the chimney, which consists of yet another wood addition. In addition to that, the stone fireplace has a wood mantle that is integrated into the structure of the fireplace.
On the main level, there is a bedroom and a bathroom; the bedroom can be found to the immediate right of the fireplace, while the bathroom can be found down a short corridor. Both of these rooms are accessible from the main hallway.
Through these exquisite wooden archways, one may enter both the dining room and the kitchen from the area that is situated behind the great room.
This is possible because to the layout of the interior. Despite the fact that the floor plan of the house is open concept, it is still possible to enjoy some degree of seclusion thanks to the walls that comprise the log cabin.
The Kitchen of the Log Cabin
The kitchen in this property is extremely spacious and open, and it has dark oak log cabinets, stainless steel equipment, and a large island in the center that offers seating in addition to a large number of storage compartments.
This kitchen has a contemporary appearance; nonetheless, it manages to have a rustic sense because to the log walls that are integrated into the backsplash. This is accomplished by using natural materials. This is something that piques our interest tremendously.
This adds to the feeling that the kitchen is a natural extension of the rest of the house and assists to strengthening that image.
The Upstairs Bedroom
The fact that the loft has an open floor plan in the bedroom is likely another one of our favorite aspects of the space.
We are major supporters of the concept of using it as an open loft bedroom similar to the one that is represented above, but it could also be utilized as an extra den or family room if that is more your style.
This loft is amazing and spacious, with room for everything you could ever want, as well as open areas that allow views down into the great room and entryway of the log cabin below.
The Bathroom of the Log Cabin
There is not a single location that does not meet the standards set for either comfort or attractiveness. The bathrooms in this property have a more rustic vibe to them, yet they create lovely places that serve a utilitarian purpose despite their appearance.
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Low Power Electrically-Driven Microfluidic Pumping/Delivery Device
Patients with chronic conditions such as diabetes rely on frequent testing and intrusive administration of medication to regulate their chemical balance. For some medical conditions, laboratories have to conduct tests that are inconvenient to the patient, using expensive equipment. Physician intervention may also be required. State University of New York researchers have developed a low-power pump, the size of a small computer chip that is intended to perform microfluidic analysis inside the body and deliver precise amounts of medication as needed. With no mechanical parts, the pump consists of a detector, a column filled with moving liquid and an injector. Key to the pump is a tiny column with a boundary of two immiscible fluids inside that actuates in response to an electrical signal and, in the case of the diabetes patient, could measure insulin levels constantly. This detector responds to changes in patient chemistry by electrically charging fluid in a miniature column to make it move. The motion triggers the injector to supply the body with more insulin from a convenient external source. The miniaturized pump, combined with glucose monitoring capabilities, works like a thermostat to analyze a small sample and tell other components how to respond.
- No mechanical parts that require lubrication, repair or spare parts.
- Practically weightless.
- Size of computer chip.
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Editor’s note: This is the first part in a series on local schools amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
MERIDEN — More than three months into the school year, district officials continue to toe the tenuous balance of keeping school buildings open to students and staff amid an ongoing pandemic that is worsening throughout the community.
The pandemic has in many ways strained the abilities of district leaders, educators and families to support an increasingly diverse student population whose needs have grown steadily over the past decade. It has also prompted those same stakeholders to develop solutions that support continued teaching and learning.
The growing needs among students long predated the emergence of COVID-19. The school system has made strides over recent years in addressing them. But they will still be present well after the risks of contracting the disease have subsided. Educators and families interviewed by the Record-Journal expressed some worry that those needs would be compounded by newer, lingering mental and emotional health concerns and socio-economic challenges post-pandemic.
At the same time, they remained optimistic that students, their families and educators alike are resilient and will be able to overcome obstacles yet to be seen.
Amid an accelerating rise this fall in COVID-19 cases across the city and state, in-person learning continues in the city’s schools, with around 60% of kindergarten through grade 12 students attending school five days a week or part-time, through hybrid in-person and remote learning schedules. Infections impacting students and school staff members thus far have led to limited quarantines and the temporary closure of classrooms — not entire buildings, as in other districts.
Meanwhile, the number of confirmed COVID-19 cases throughout the city continues to climb. For the two week period starting Nov. 22 and ending Dec. 5, the state Department of Public Health reported 748 confirmed cases. The city’s COVID-19 case rate, reported on Dec. 10, rose to 89.7 cases per 100,000 residents. The city ranks among the communities in Connecticut with the fastest growing number of COVID-19 cases, matching, and in some instances surpassing, the spread in cities more than twice its size.
A week before, Meriden’s case rate was 76.1 cases per 100,000 residents.
According to the Meriden Public Schools online COVID-19 dashboard, as of Dec. 10, the current positivity rate for city students attending in-person learning tested for the coronavirus stood at 0.15%. Of the total population of in-person learning students, 1.69% of them were currently quarantined due to possible in-school exposure to the virus.
Cumulatively, since the school year started, more than 19% of city students have had to quarantine at some point due to suspected exposure.
Meanwhile, 0.72% of staff members are currently in isolation because they tested positive for the virus. Another 1.35% of district staff are currently quarantined because they had been exposed.
As of the latest data, nine of the 13 schools and programs listed on the district’s dashboard had groups of students in quarantine. Six schools have staff members in quarantine.
With 48 students and six staff members currently in quarantine, Roger Sherman Elementary School, 64 North Pearl St., is currently the school building most impacted by the virus. The dashboard lists the number of students who have tested positive for COVID-19 as less than six; the same goes for Sherman staff.
While the spread outside schools has not been contained, data suggests it has not adversely impacted schools thus far. District officials are staying the course of in-person learning.
According to Meriden Public Schools data, 4,718 of the city’s 7,845 public school students are attending school in person. Citywide, the needs of those students, and their peers learning from home, had been growing well before the public health crisis.
For example, the number of Meriden Public Schools students whose families were considered low income by federal definitions had increased by more than 19% within the span of a decade. As of the previous 2019-20 school year, during which the pandemic started, 6,241 of Meriden’s 8,163 students — three out of every four students — qualified for free or reduced lunch, based on their family income.
During that same 10-year period, the population of students receiving special education services and those considered English language learners increased sharply — by 42% and 47%, respectively.
Louis Bronk, assistant superintendent for personnel and talent development, acknowledged that implementing new protocols to accomplish in-person, distance and hybrid learning came with significant adjustments for the city’s educators.
“I have to give credit to our teachers,” Bronk said, acknowledging many of them are nervous about the current public health crisis. “… Our teachers are coming in, they’re doing what they feel is best for our students. They are providing them an education.”
"I know a good number of districts paused (hiring), but we kept things moving along as usual."
-Assistant Superintendent Louis Bronk
Bronk acknowledged there are two different sets of stakeholders among the district’s families: those who feel confident with the systems in place, and those who don’t.
Bronk noted distance learning is not an option for many families based on their work schedules.
The district has been able to avoid shutdowns of buildings because of a deliberate and forward-looking strategy for maintaining staffing that began in March, Bronk explained. District officials never stopped hiring over the summer.
“I know a good number of districts paused, but we kept things moving along as usual,” Bronk said, noting the interview and training processes were different: virtual instead of in-person.
To offset a shortage of substitute teachers, the district utilized an existing pool of interns, student-teachers and teachers’ aides to lead classrooms.
“The state allowed us to be a little bit more creative in how to access staff for subbing,” he said, noting the unions representing teachers and classroom paraprofessionals have also collaborated in the process.
At John Barry Elementary School on Columbia Street, Principal Kimberly Goldbach said educators are taking a proactive approach to address students’ wellness by developing deeper connections between teachers and students.
Goldbach used the example of built-in mask breaks for students throughout the school day. Teachers are using those breaks and other changes in schedule as opportunities to have non-academic conversations with students. Administrators, like Goldbach, are intentionally building in more time throughout the school day to talk with students.
“That has really helped this year,” Goldbach said. “We always say that Barry’s a community — definitely more so this year.”
Goldbach explained that teachers have always received training around trauma and how it informs teaching.
“We’re making sure we’re looking deeper at things,” Goldbach said, noting some of the practices her school has implemented because of COVID-19 she would like to see continued in the future.
Orlando Valentin isn’t afraid to give his fourth grade students a few glimpses into his personality and to share with them some of his passions.
Among them, football and the University of Connecticut — Valentin’s alma mater.
So in Valentin’s classroom at Casimir Pulaski Elementary School on Clearview Avenue, pennants awash in UCONN’s navy, white and gray colors hang among other posters meant to foster students’ literacy and math skills. In the mix are awards acknowledging the academic strides made in recent years by Valentin’s past students, along with a framed Pittsburgh Steelers photograph.
Valentin is a city native with Puerto Rican roots and a product of the Meriden Public Schools. He is also a first generation college graduate. He was a karate instructor as a teenager, but did not decide he would pursue a career as a teacher until he had already started college. Valentin noted a past experience while he was student-teaching in Willimantic, when a third grade student, who is Latino, approached him asking if he spoke Spanish. Valentin said the moment was a revelation: he realized how much representation matters in education.
“I took it on as a moral duty… This kid is a third grader. Through his entire educational career, he has yet to see a mirror of himself in his education. He has yet to see someone who looks like him, who he might have shared experiences with,” Valentin said, adding the moment informed how he approached teaching.
“I’m going to tell these kids that my parents got divorced, that I grew up in low income subsidized housing. I’m going to throw that all out there,” he said, describing the importance of making connections with his students.
“It’s amazing to see kids who cannot only relate, but they’re thriving to meet someone who looks like them,” Valentin said.
Four out of every five students at Pulaski is a student of color, a group that includes Latino, Black, mixed race or other backgrounds, making it one of the city’s most ethnically and racially diverse elementary schools.
Pulaski is also among the city’s most impoverished schools, as shown by free and reduced lunch data reported by the state Department of Education.
At Pulaski and other Meriden schools students automatically get free breakfast and lunch through the district’s universal free lunch program. Even without that program, more than 85% of Pulaski students still would qualify for free or reduced lunch based on their families’ incomes.
Overall, about 60% of Pulaski’s students are currently attending class in-person, mirroring the district wide average.
Pulaski Principal Christine Laferriere said there is an increased need for in-person instruction.
“The instruction that goes on at home with the parent is different than what our in-person instruction is. So I think our families just have that need. Yes, they’re their child’s first teacher but they need that classroom teacher as well,” Laferriere said.
She said despite the unpredictability of COVID-19, staff and families have been resilient. She praised her school’s staff.
“There are many days you don’t know what’s going to happen during the day, whether you have exposure, whether you’re quarantining a classroom. The commitment that our staff have here is above and beyond,” Laferriere said. “The amount of time that they’re putting in this year, it’s not a typical school day anymore, from 9 to 3:30. Now, it starts with an email sometimes at 6 in the morning. They’re here early, they’re here late.”
Laferriere said families too have been great, receptive partners. “We have strong communication with our families,” she said, noting parent attendance at virtual parent-teacher conferences this October “was greater than ever before.”
Last Tuesday morning, about a dozen students, all wearing facemasks, were in Valentin’s class. Most of them were at work on their Chromebook computers. Valentin, also wearing a blue mask, sat down at a small table, behind a plexiglas window, at the front of the room. Three boys joined him.
Casimir Pulaski Elementary School fourth grade teacher Orlando Valentin sits behind plexiglass as he works with students on math problems during class on Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. | Aaron Flaum, Record-Journal
They were reviewing the long multiplication they used to answer word problems in a recent math test. For one problem, students were asked to forecast how many copies of a particular book a store would sell over a two year year period, based on the number of books already sold. That number was 54.
“... Are they selling 54 books a month or in a week?” Valentin asked. One student noted it was a monthly number. That led to Valentin’s next question: “So how many months are in two years?” Students answered 24. Valentin continued those questions until they arrived at a formula and the answer.
Aside from the physical arrangement of the room and the mask-wearing, it was a typical lesson.
Adjusting to distance learning
Angela Guido has a daughter in first grade and a son in seventh grade. She opted for distance learning for both prior to the start of the school year.
Guido said her son would have been at Lincoln Middle School on the city’s west side as an in-person student. Because he’s a distance learning student, his virtual classroom includes students from Washington Middle School on North Broad Street.
In-person learning wasn’t a viable option for her children, Guido said.
Her daughter, who has special education needs, has difficulty wearing a mask. Her son has allergies that make attending school in-person feel less safe.
“They don’t feel safe going to school,” Guido said. “They don’t feel safe with COVID.”
One silver lining, Guido noted, is that her son now interacts virtually with peers he hadn’t seen since elementary school. One drawback, though, is not seeing friends from Lincoln.
Parents adjusting to a new role of supervising their children’s distance learning have experienced inconsistent approaches across schools, Guido said. Not every teacher uses the same platform. Even those who do, don’t always post assignments and messages in the same places as others do.
Guido and other parents have taken to social media, leaning on each other for distance learning support.
For Guido’s son, the first quarter of the school year has been a difficult adjustment.
“His grades are not where they usually are,” she said.
The district has offered virtual clubs for distance learners. Guido said her son is a band kid and plays percussion while learning guitar. He’s benefited from virtual band rehearsals. They’re not the same as in-person rehearsals, “but it’s better than nothing,” Guido said, describing her son participating with other students and their conductor, Evan Gray, filling the computer screen.
Guido credited Gray, Lincoln’s director of bands and applied music, for keeping students engaged.
“Mr. Gray has been great,” Guido said. “He makes the kids feel connected.”
While local and state school and health officials hope to maintain in-person learning, the rate of community spread of COVID-19 in places like Meriden has far surpassed the levels present when state officials put forth reopening guidelines for local districts this past summer, with an addendum in October.
The rate of spread in Meriden has risen well above the case rate state officials set as a benchmark for when local health and school leaders should "discuss the appropriateness of an increase in remote learning..." The addendum set that bar at 25 new cases per 100,000 residents. Meriden's case rate is more than triple that threshold.
"I think now we have more technology and we understand it a lot more. However, you lose that personal approach. This is not normal for teachers."
In addition to community spread, the addendum also described other circumstances local officials should use in their decision making: whether space exists for social distancing, cohorting, the buildings have proper ventilation and cleaning protocols and whether students and staff are taking steps to “self-screen,” and stay home if experiencing COVID-like symptoms.
The surge in cases statewide has prompted the leaders of unions representing teachers, secretaries, cafeteria workers and other school district employees to call for the implementation of full-remote learning until at least next January.
Union leaders presented a petition, with 14,000 signatures, in Hartford on Thursday.
The Meriden Federation of Teachers was among the unions to sign onto that petition. Lauren Mancini-Averitt, president of the local union, says what’s lacking is a universal statewide practice for rules around quarantine.
“It’s not established at all. And it depends on each health department,” Mancini-Averitt said. “It is a worry for a lot of the teachers. We can only control what’s in our walls.”
Staff, she noted, do not have any control over what happens when students leave their school buildings.
Mancini-Averitt said overall district leaders have been “very receptive” to the concerns of union members. “That’s because Meriden has gone with the mantra that the health department makes the call,” she said, adding she believes overall the district has worked hard to maintain safe educational environments.
That said, members of her union and others seek more clarity around rules that seem to be ever-changing. “It seems like things tend to change constantly and information doesn’t get to the teachers as quickly as it should,” Mancini-Averitt said. “We do need to make a statewide plan that benefits everybody.”
Overall, Mancini-Averitt believes teachers, students and their families are doing the best they can despite difficult circumstances.
She described last spring as “baptism by fire” when it came to rolling out distance learning efforts. Communication with families has since improved.
“I think it’s easier than what happened last year. I think now we have more technology. And we understand it a lot more,” Mancini-Averitt said. “However, you lose that personal approach. This is not normal for teachers. We expect to interact with our students.”


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It’s obvious now that it’s impossible for a nuclear reactor to explode like an atomic bomb. However, other accidents can occur in the nuclear reactor and lead to explosions. One example is hydrogen explosion where hydrogen build-up in the reactor core causes a hydrogen explosion.
Why can a nuclear reactor not explode like a bomb?
Fortunately, the reactor cannot explode. A nuclear explosion cannot occur because the fuel is not compact enough to allow an uncontrolled chain reaction. The MIT reactor has a lot of water and core structural materials that slow the neutrons down before they reach other fissile atoms.
How likely is a nuclear power plant to explode?
Based on the operating hours of all civil nuclear reactors and the number of nuclear meltdowns that have occurred, scientists have calculated that such events may occur once every 10 to 20 years (based on the current number of reactors) — some 200 times more often than estimated in the past.
What would happen if a nuclear bomb hit a nuclear power plant?
What would happen if a nuclear facility were bombed or destroyed? A meltdown or explosion at a nuclear facility could cause a large amount of radioactive material to be released into the environment. People at the nuclear facility would probably be contaminated and possibly injured if there were an explosion.
What is the difference between a nuclear power plant and an atomic bomb?
Nuclear fission involves splitting an atom and releasing energy. … In a nuclear weapon, all of the energy comes out in an instant. So a nuclear reactor can produce radioactive fission fragments continuously over a long period of time while a nuclear weapon produces them in one shot.
Do nuclear meltdowns explode?
In a complete nuclear meltdown, the fuel rods’ contents – uranium and fission by-products such as cesium – can be exposed and sink to the bottom of the reactor. … That then led to a rupture in the reactor’s fuel rods, which exploded, blowing the heavy sealing cap off of the building.
How can a nuclear core explode?
A meltdown may be caused by a loss of coolant, loss of coolant pressure, or low coolant flow rate or be the result of a criticality excursion in which the reactor is operated at a power level that exceeds its design limits. Alternatively, an external fire may endanger the core, leading to a meltdown.
What if all nuclear reactors exploded at once?
What if all of these power plants exploded at the same time? Life would become a daily struggle for survival, all while being stalked by an invisible predator. Radiation. The Earth would be one giant exclusion zone, a highly radioactive realm filled with danger and contamination, that we are forbidden to enter.
Is Chernobyl safe now?
The official verdict is that it is safe to visit the zone. That is provided that you follow the rules set out by the Chernobyl administration. During your time in the zone, you will pass through areas of high radiation.
Is Chernobyl still radioactive?
But even 35 years after the disaster the land is still contaminated by radiation, a third of it by transuranium elements with a half-life of more than 24,000 years.
Would a nuke hurt?
It would hurt, but it wouldn’t last long. The ambient air temperature in this zone would be so hot your skin and muscle tissue would simply melt off your body (for lack of a better term).
Is Chernobyl reactor 4 still burning?
As a result, Reactor No. 4 was completely destroyed, and therefore enclosed in a concrete and lead sarcophagus, followed more recently by a large steel confinement shelter, to prevent further escape of radioactivity.
Why are nuclear power plants guarded?
Weapons-usable material must be kept out of the hands of states and terrorists trying to make nuclear weapons, and nuclear reactors and spent fuel must be protected from sabotage, lest an attack spread radioactive debris over a large area, killing many and injuring more.


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izanami is upscale izakaya fare--small plates served in a casual atmosphere with the most extensive selection of premium Japanese sake within a thousand miles! We are open for indoor and outdoor dining.
Heading up the kitchen is Kiko Rodriguez, a talented young chef who came to us from La Boca and Taberna, both of which serve tapas--the Spanish equivalent of izakaya fare. Kiko likes to mix up the cultures and flavors of Japan, Spain, and his native Veracruz.
Supervising our adult beverage program is Deborah Fleig, one of fewer than 40 female master sake sommeliers in the world, importer of fine sake to the US--a woman with a truly amazing palate.
90% of our pork, chicken, wagyu beef, and produce is organic or sustainably raised by purveyors we know and trust. Some of our organic and local farmers and ranchers are Freshie's Farm, Romero Farms, Morgan Ranch, and Urban Rebel Farms. Fresh ingredients are emphasized in all our preparations. We make our own desserts, ice cream, and pickles in house. We offer amazing seafood, much of it flown in directly from Tokyo. Chef Shigeru Usuki has been making beautiful sushi and sashimi all his life.
All our beef is either Nebraska or Miyazaki wagyu. It's possibly the most delicious meat you will ever eat. Click this link to learn everything you need to know about wagyu. Many items on the menu are gluten free--including most of our fried food. We have a dedicated gluten-free fryer. You may be able to eat soy sauce, even if you're gluten-sensitive. Read about it here. There are always plenty of vegetarian and vegan items on the menu. Please inform your server of any dietary restrictions.
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Asbestos Exposure in Pipefitters
Not to be confused with plumbers, pipefitters are skilled tradespeople who are responsible for the design, installation, and maintenance of the pipe systems found in both manufacturing facilities and commercial buildings. Because pipefitters work on the internal areas of buildings and other structures, they come in contact with insulation, wiring, and other systems necessary to the proper functioning of said structures. Unfortunately, many older buildings, in particular those erected between 1940 and 1980, were manufactured using products containing asbestos.
Pipefitters: A One-Time High-Risk Group
During the period from 1940 to 1980, asbestos was a preferred means of insulating pipes because of its advanced resistance to both heat and friction. As pipefitters worked, routine tasks frequently put them at risk for asbestos exposure. For example, insulation blocks and other forms of insulation had to be sanded down to size and asbestos paper wrap for pipes had to be cut to fit. In the course of only these two necessary activities, a great deal of asbestos dust would be released into the air and was inhaled by pipefitters.
Today, pipefitters working in cramped areas to repair and maintain older equipment are likely to wear ventilation masks that trap asbestos fibers shed from products containing asbestos. However, it is not always immediately evident which products contain asbestos, and in the past, pipefitters were not necessarily encouraged to wear protective gear while working.
Pipefitters Used a Variety of Asbestos-Containing Products
In the past, numerous products that were important to a pipefitter’s responsibilities would have contained asbestos. Aircell, for instance, was a corrugated paper used to wrap air supply ducts and contained as much as 90% asbestos. Asbestos was frequently combined with other materials to form insulating blocks, and while these were typically covered with cloth or tar paper, sometimes were simply bare to the air which meant that asbestos may have been shed into the air with any disturbance.
Pipefitters Still at Risk of Asbestos Exposure
When a pipefitter does any kind of work on a building where asbestos is present, as it frequently is in older structures, he or she may be exposed to asbestos dust or fibers. In such cases, the asbestos exposure may not be due to the pipefitter’s equipment or the fixtures specific to the job at hand, but rather a kind of secondary exposure via insulation and other asbestos-laden products that exist next to or near pipes.
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This is the refined golden version of the classic game Snake. If you are a Snake fanatic, Gold Snake is the game you have dreamed of all your life. SOME FEATURES - Supreme instant controls. Just tap the screen in the direction where you want the golden snake to go - OpenFeint integration with lots of achievements and a global leaderboard - 3 different speeds: Slow, Normal and Fast - Connect to Facebook and let the golden snake brag on your wall when you set a new high score. - 2 Levels ... and more! GAMEPLAY Eat as many gold candied apples as possible. You will gain points for each apple, the amount of points depends on what snake speed you select: Slow -> 10 points per apple Normal -> 20 points per apple Fast -> 40 points per apple.
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KKR Said to Be Wooing Apple to Switch Sides in Toshiba BidBy and
IPhone maker allied with Bain Capital in chip unit deal
Toshiba facing March deadline to sell unit or be delisted
KKR & Co. is trying to persuade Apple Inc. to switch sides and join the private equity firm in a bid for Toshiba Corp.’s flash memory chip business, according to a person familiar with the discussions.
The pitch comes just days after the Japanese company said its board agreed to sell the unit to another group, led by Bain Capital, that included the iPhone maker, Dell Inc., SK Hynix Inc. and Seagate Technology Plc for for 2 trillion yen ($18 billion). Apple has yet to agree to final terms with Bain and is negotiating the volume of chips to be supplied, another person familiar with the matter has said.
Switching to the KKR group from the Bain group would require Apple to become more comfortable with Western Digital Corp.’s role in its manufacturing joint venture partnership with Toshiba after the acquisition and that may still prove a sticking point, said the person, who asked not to be identified because the matter is private.
Toshiba shares were little changed in Tokyo trading.
Apple, as the largest consumer of the type of chips that Toshiba produces, is aiming to get the best deal on price and volume for a key component and has a vested interest in keeping the market competitive. The compact chips are essential for its iPhones and iPods, storing every photo, video clip and animoji. Apple previously opposed a bid by KKR and Western Digital for the Toshiba unit in part because it would concentrate power within the chip industry.
If KKR is able to persuade Apple to switch sides at the last-minute it could upset a deal that had looked like it would end months of twists and turns in finding a buyer for Toshiba’s prized asset. The Japanese company needs cash to shore up a balance sheet destroyed by a failed foray into the nuclear power equipment industry and is facing a deadline in March to complete a deal or be delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
Apple, Toshiba, Western Digital and KKR declined to comment. Bain didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
A switch of allegiance may also provide a lifeline to Western Digital, which has opposed a deal that includes competitors. The company is trying to guarantee a future for its joint-venture manufacturing partnership with Toshiba. The U.S. company’s lawsuits and attempts to influence the sale have caused a rift with Toshiba and provoked its Japanese partner into trying to lock it out of new, more efficient manufacturing that’s being planned.
Western Digital withdrew from the KKR bidding group to allay concerns in Japan over the U.S. company taking an ownership stake and is now focused on renegotiating the joint venture. The company has filed for arbitration in the U.S. and argues it has rights in any sale.
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Update on Firefly Fun House Character Wobbly Walrus – As noted, this week’s Firefly Fun House segment on WWE RAW saw Bray Wyatt and Alexa Bliss introduce a new puppet character – Friendship Frog. The frog may have been killed off already, but you can see photos & video from the segment at this link.
The arrival of a new Fun House character led to fans speculating on what happened to Wobbly Walrus, who was introduced back in September and inspired by Paul Heyman. Walrus was named the “Special Advisor” to the Fun House.
In an update, the Walrus character had to do with creative plans for Wyatt and The Fiend that WWE never got around to doing before Wyatt and Bliss were drafted to RAW. There were plans for WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns to face Wyatt with the title on the line, which is why Bliss had the staredown with Reigns in late September.
Due to the Wyatt vs. Reigns feud being nixed, there was no use for the Walrus puppet, which was a direct shot at Reigns’ Special Counsel, Heyman. It was noted that the feud plans were nixed as Jey Uso’s program with Reigns continued in September. The nixed feud is why the Wobbly Walrus character was introduced in the first place, which was an idea pushed forward by Bruce Prichard.
WWE still has the Walrus puppet, but there is no reason to use him at this point, and he has been cut from the Fun House, at least for now.
Wyatt is now feuding with Randy Orton on RAW. The Friendship Frog puppet was introduced during the segment to hype Bliss’ match against former friend and tag team partner Nikki Cross, which Bliss won this past Monday night.
Stay tuned for more.
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- 【Packlist】In the box includes 1 x USB Cable, 1 x Camera Lens with 15m Cable, 1 x Display, 2 x Brackets, 1 x Float, 1 x Fishing rod accessories bag, 1 x Manual.
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- Easy to Use & Durability: When you put wireless/wifi fish finder into water, it will work automatically. If it is not put into water, it will switch to resting state automatically stops work. And the outer covering of the device should be durable enough to keep the sensitive electronics protected.
- Record Video with Sound: This Ice Fishing Video Camera comes with DVR recording which can record surprising moments as you want (Built-in 64GB memory card), you post them on Facebook or share display information with fishing buddies.
- Ultra Portable & Lightweight: It's lightweight, portable, and camera fish finder ideal for ice sea, lake, boat fishing and other underwater adventures. Weighing just under 0.1 lbs, it is can be easily packed and taken with you wherever you go.
- ★【Professional Fishing Finder】This fish finder camera includes 2 parts: underwater camera and HD LCD monitor, it’s a good partner for those who like sea fishing or ice fishing, this machine helps you to monitor the fish and to observe the underwater topographic, you can see clearly if the fish bite the hooks or not. Perfect As Fathers Day Gifts
- ★【Multi-Function Lcd Monitor】Portable high resolution LCD fish monitor has sun visor and highlight LED backlight, can be used under the sun, HD 4.3in LCD display comes with multiple functions such as: 4x digital zoom, low battery power reminder, high fidelity video output functions, Control IR light on/off.
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- ★【Long and Strong Cable Wire】The cable wire of the video fishing camera with the length of 15m is very convenient for you to see clearly in the deep water, which is also waterproof, cold-resistant and anti-pressing to work well and you will not worry about the corrosion. The maximum bearing tension is 40 KG to allow you to fish bigger fishes.
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- 🐟【Perfect for Carp Predator and Sea Fisherman】- Use the D1 Fishing Camera to capture underwater video (records in HD 1280 X 720) while casting, trolling and bottom fishing in lakes, rivers, and sea. D1 has an AVI cycle recording (3 minutes) function, which can catch each follow, strike, and hit by underwater lives.
- 🐟【Highly waterproof Rechargeable Battery】- D1 can be used up to 20m (~65ft) depth and a built-in 1360mA polymer battery contributes to an up to 4-hour video recording time when the battery is fully charged. When contacted the computer, you can clearly see the fish biting bait, more fun for fishing.
- 🐟【Light Weight Design】 -The hydrodynamic design and lightweight (88g/3.1oz) of D1, balances both stability and floating features underwater. The Fishing camera is also mini and portable, Which is very convenient for you to carry anywhere you want.
- 🐟【Night Recording and Expandable Memory】- A built-in yellow LED light（won't scared fish） at one end of D1 is applied for fill-in illumination in dark environments, which allows users to shoot videos at nights. TF/Micro SD card up to 32G provides enough space and for a couple of hours videos.
- 🐟【Designed for Underwater Fishing】- It fits pockets or buckle box easily, applying for fishing at a dock, on a boat, or even on the ice. Using D1 Fishing Camera to explore the subsea and see the underwater landscape, you will definitely get an unexpected fun when you fishing. It’s ideal for sea fishing, ice fishing, lake fishing, boat fishing, and other underwater adventures.
- 𝗘𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗛𝗗 𝟭𝟮𝟬𝟬𝗧𝗩𝗟 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮 and 𝟳 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗛𝗗 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿- 20% clearer than ordinary 1000TVL camera, so you can see fish in dark environment or murky water, it can show you the real underwater world. And the underwater fish finder features a 7‘’LCD screen with a HD definition that produces an unbelievably crisp and clear images. Furthermore, the LCD monitor comes with a removable sun visor so you can easily use it when you’re go fishing on sunny days.
- 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮 𝗖𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗲 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝘁 𝟰𝟱° / 𝟵𝟬° / 𝟭𝟴𝟬°- It is perfect for you to detect underwater environment and not miss any fish in all direction. It benefits from our unique design position fin. This ice fishing finder camera comes with 15m/49ft wire, which bears a max of 40kg/88lb loading, just feel free to use
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- 𝗨𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗮𝘅 𝟴 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲-The video camera fish finding system features a powerful 12V 4500 mAh battery that gives the underwater fishing camera a full run time of up to 8 hours when fully charged!
- 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗼 𝗙𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝘂𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗺 𝗕𝗼𝘅 - The underwater fishing camera system comes with a durable carrying case so you can easily carry it wherever you go, and make sure you always have the fishing camera in your boat or car.
- 【9" LARGER COLOR MONITOR】: The image display is more realistic and delicate. The 9 inches bigger TFT color monitor comes with a removable sun-visor ideal for bright environments.
- 【1000TVL CAMERA w/ 12pcs INFRARED LIGHTS】: Specially manufactured 1000TVL program chip and 12pcs IR lights, fishes will be seen more clearly in the dark environment. Please note: the image will turn black and white if you open the infrared light.
- 【DVR RECORDING FUNCTION】: 8GB TF card included, you can record the underwater landscapes as your want.
- 【6-8H WORKING TIME】: 4500mAh high capacity rechargeable battery cell box included, It can also be used for light control.
- 【SPECIAL FISH SHAPE AND SILVER COLOR DESIGN】: This unique design will not disturb the fish, it can Lure the fish close to them.
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Although it was rumored for quite some time, it looked the Farrellys were actually going to return to their break-out hit Dumb and Dumber with a sequel, following up The Three Stooges earlier this year. But this summer a major roadblock came as one-half of the duo, Jim Carrey, said he was leaving the project due to problems with lack of studio interest on the film.
Things are looking to get back on track though, as The Newsroom star Jeff Daniels told WENN that “Jim wants to do it, I want to do it, the Farrellys want to do it.” But it looks production will miss the rumored fall production start, as Daniels said the script is still being worked on and they were “almost able to get it done” by this year, but they are “all hoping that it’ll come together early next year.”
With a string of duds from the directing duo, I remain hesitant on this follow-up. But if there’s anything that could get them to return to former comedic glory it could be the iconic characters of Harry and Lloyd and the original actors returning. I just hope this one doesn’t become another Ghostbusters 3, or any other return to a franchise that like won’t happen, yet be talked about for years and years.
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Kara DioGuardi Out - JLo and Steven Tyler In at American Idol
Jennifer Lopez takes over the gig and waves goodbye to Kara DioGuardi who was fired from AI. Steven Tyler takes over for Simon Cowell. Simon made the show. American Idol is has jumped the shark.


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Approximately two weeks after legendary musician Prince died from a drug overdose, Colorado prison inmate Carlin Q. Williams of Kansas City, Mo., filed a paternity claim with a Minnesota court against the singer’s estate.
Williams underwent a DNA test to prove if Prince was indeed his father, and now the DNA results have come back negative, erasing any entitlement to a piece of the musician’s fortune.
Williams, 39, claimed in legal documents that his mother, Marsha Henson, met Prince in the lobby of the Crown Center Hotel in Kansas City. They allegedly drank some wine and then purchased a room for the night. According to the affidavit, the pair had unprotected sex.
READ MORE: Gene Simmons: Prince’s death was “pathetic”
Henson says she didn’t have intercourse with anyone else for six weeks before the encounter, and refrained from sex during her entire pregnancy; she insisted that Prince was the only man who could be Williams’ father.
The judge overseeing the estate case authorized genetic testing in April on a sample of Prince’s blood in case it’s necessary to determine who’s entitled to share in his estate, and gave creditors four months to file claims.
At the time, a Kansas City woman said she’s Prince’s half-sister; the outcome of her claim is not known. Nearly 700 Americans claimed some DNA link to Prince. (It’s not unusual for this to happen with celebrity deaths: the court overseeing Michael Jackson’s estate case rejected more than $50 million worth of dubious claims.)
READ MORE: Arsenio Hall sues Sinead O’Connor for accusations he gave Prince drugs
Court and prison records show Williams is being held at the maximum security federal prison in Florence, Colo., after pleading guilty in 2013 to unlawfully transporting a firearm. He was sentenced to seven years and eight months.
Prince died April 21, 2016 at his home in the Minneapolis suburb of Chanhassen.
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With the election of business-friendly Republican President Donald Trump, it might seem that the Justice Department would be more cognizant of the expanding digital media world and its effect on media consumers' range of choices, but so far that's not the case.
David Kully, who oversaw antitrust issues on newspapers until he left Justice for private practice last year, says the division's disdain for newspaper mergers in a shared market remains. Regulators continue to view newspapers as competing for advertisers that want to reach a certain type of reader, namely those still willing to open a newspaper as opposed to pull out a phone. And papers vie for subscribers, too, with thousands of people preferring their local print product, he says. "No one (at Justice) has their head in the sand, and isn't aware of the alternatives that are out there," Kully says.
Meanwhile, Facebook, Google and other digital outlets not tied to legacy media companies have taken command of the advertising world. Internet platforms are expected to attract 35 percent of U.S. ad spending this year, versus 8.4 percent for newspapers, according to Zenith, a media analytics unit of global ad giant Publicis Groupe.
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Industry trends driving down newspaper revenue for more than a decade aren't expected to let up. Even Chavern's alliance last year ditched the name Newspaper Association of America.
The $11 million figure attached to the Eisendrath group proposal would prop up Sun-Times operations currently losing about $4.5 million annually, sources say. The newspaper's spending includes $25 million paid annually to Tronc for printing and distribution—a contract the companies cited as an argument in favor of their merger. Eisendrath declines to comment on the group's bid.

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I confess. I took a diamond block or two (or three...) :/
Don't sweat it!
I'll replenish my personal cache before too long...
From the start, I'd actually been planning to de-op myself after about a week to bring some balance back to the game's economy. The doling out of free resources was my way of jumpstarting these big building projects, just like other government funded stimulus packages.
Technically, I'll still be able to help out if someone's in a real bind, but I'll have to ssh over to the server and execute commands from the console instead, which is enough trouble to completely dissuade the casual cheating we've been doing.
So, soon enough we'll have to be a little more protective and thrifty about our resources. Trees will be replanted, mines will go deep, and territorial battles will be waged. Maybe not so much the last one, but PvP is


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