Several times during the past few years, I have written about the Zion Nuclear Power Station. The station, located on the shores of Lake Michigan, about 30-40 miles from Chicago, hosts two 1100 MWe Westinghouse Pressurized Water Reactors. Commonwealth Edison shut it down for repairs the mid 1990s (Unit 2 on September 19, 1996 and Unit 1 on February 21,1997). The company announced its decision not to restart the units on February 13, 1998.
On September 1, 2010, Exelon, the successor to Commonwealth Edison, took another step designed to ensure that the reactors never again produce electricity. It transferred the possession only license to ZionSolutions, LLC for a 10 year, one billion dollar decommissioning project. If you want more of the back story you can scroll down to the section titled “Background” for some historical context of the situation.
I want to tell you about the crusading efforts of a woman who lives in Zion, Illinois. I hope this will be recognized as an unusually important “man bites dog” type of story. Unlike NIMBY activists that work to stop corporations from building or operating productive facilities, Nancy Thorner has been fighting Exelon, one of the largest utility companies in the US, for several years in an often lonely attempt to force it to start up and operate a nuclear power plant that is located in her backyard.
Here is a copy of a report that she recently wrote after attending a public meeting about the decommissioning process.
I attended a Community Open House held by ZionSolutions, LLC, on Thursday, Oct. 28, which is a special-purpose subsidiary of EnergySolutions, Inc. formed specifically to deliver integrated services and solutions for the safe decommissioning and environmental restoration of the Zion Station site.
Exelon Corporation made the decision to waste its Dual Zion Nuclear Plant in 1998 stating economic reasons. The Plant operated from 1974 to 1998 when it was prematurely closed down and put in Safe/Store. The Zion decommissioning represents the largest plant dismantling everundertaken in the U.S. The billion dollar project is a ten-year operation.
A question never sufficiently answered: Why was Zion mothballed in 1998 when it had many years left of service and why is Zion being decommissioned when aging equipment could be replaced?
I exchanged cards with a number of ZionSolutions officials present and asked very pointed questions of the engineers, etc., not being surprised when their answers were illogical or not based on fact. I listened politely to their responses, but refrained from responding, thinking it best to play along with the experts so as not to expose their efforts to pull the wool my eyes.
All of the officials assigned to ZionSolutions were courteous to me. Some seemed to agree with what I was saying about the foolishness of closing a plant which has the potential of producing a massive amount of energy, but it was obvious that the Community Meeting message was to convince me and others in attendance that ZionSolutions was making every effort to be open and transparent with the public. (When people try too hard to be congenial where there are outstanding issues that demand explanations, I become suspicious of motives. This was the case when interacting with ZionSolutions officials.).
The major theme was that ZionSolutions had nothing to do with the Zion Plant closing. It was all Exelon’s doing. ZionSolutions was only handling the decommissioning. (Weren’t contracts signed and negotiations happening during the past three years between ZionSolutions and Exelon Corporation, yet ZionSolutions had no knowledge about why Exelon was wasting a perfectly good plant! Not believable.)
The same story was related to me by officials from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. I was told that the NRC only deals with safety and that it had no part in shutting down Zion. The NRC was called in only when Exelon decided to mothball Zion in 1998, as licenses needed to be changed (revised) to conform to the Plant’s new Safe/Store status.
I did inquire about the invitation. When did it go out? Was the event advertised? I was informed proudly by the public relations person that a full-page ad was placed in Mona Shannon’s Zion-Benton Harbor newspaper, where upon I responded that the Zion-Benton Harbor newspaper is but a weekly publication that doesn’t reach very many individuals.
I was thanked for my information and proceeded to name other newspapers in Chicagoland which have far larger readerships. (Molly has concluded that the invitation was purposely put in a little read newspapers, so ZionSolutions could honestly say that the community was notified. In that ZionSolutions didn’t know what the major newspapers were in Illinois is not believable! What about the Chicago Tribune?)
There were as many ZionSolutions officials present at the event as there were outsiders, no more than 50 individuals all total. Only one County Commissioner was present, John Paxton. Paxon was also surprised that no one else showed up, not even Mayor Lane Harrison of Zion; legislators Jo Ann Osmond and Michael Bond; Mona Shannon, editor of the Zion-Benton News; or Ken Graesser and Ken Butterfield, plant managers at the Dual Zion Plant during its operation.
The previous week I had contacted all Lake County elected legislators and officials and selected Illinois Republican and Democrat legislators about the Zion Community Open House.
I was somewhat surprised when a ZionSolution engineer, now assigned inside the Plant, told her that the Units are beautiful inside. After hearing the engineer’s response, I walked over to the person in charge of the Zion project, John Hess, and questioned why the Plant couldn’t be reopened if all looked beautiful inside.
Mr. Hess told me that “just because something looks beautiful doesn’t mean that it’s still functional.” To which Molly responded: “Doesn’t Zion still have the equipment inside which it did when the plant was mushroomed back in 1998? If so, the other plants still operating in Illinois most likely have the same equipment, with perhaps some upgrades, so why can’t the Zion Plant be upgraded accordingly and restarted?”
I also raised the issue that “to replace what was required inside the Zion Plant could be done at a fraction of the cost that it would take to build another Plant having the same power capacity as Zion. After all, a billion dollars was being spent to tear the plant down.”
Another inquiry was made about the validity of “economics” as the reason given by Exelon Corporation for wasting the plant. John Hess didn’t quite know how to reply to my questions other than to say that is was Exelon’s decision to decommission the Zion Plant. (Question: Is it possible for a citizen to request information though the Freedom of Information Act? Just an idea that might be worth looking into).
And what about Exelon? There was no one from Exelon Corporation at the Zion event. Why? Exelon knows there are questions that demand answers. Exelon Corporation has shut up like a clam. Transparency and openness have been lacking from the beginning with its decision to take Zion
‘s power off the electrical grid.
I proceeded to ask about security at the Zion Plant. The Zion Plant has had many individuals inside taking care of the Plant — it is not crumbling — and outside guarding the Plant since it was shut down in 1998. The radioactive rods in dry cast storage will rest on an area about the size of a football field. There will be a two chain link fences around the site which will be set as far back from Lake Michigan as possible not to encroach upon the Wet Lands (ZionSolutions is very much into considering the environment in dealing with its Zion decommissioning.).
A natural berm will be built around the football-sized storage area so it can’t be seen by the public. When I asked how many guards would be needed to guard the area where the radioactive rods are to be stored, I was told, “just as many because the government mandates that we do so.” (I can only imagine the cost of all these guards and the use of only Union Workers to decommission Zion. No wonder a BILLION dollars is needed for the Zion operation which shouldn’t even be on-going!)
Here are several other items of interest:
1. Only the radioactive fuel will stay behind. The low radioactive waste will be transported to ZionSolutions storage place at their Clive facility in Utah.
2. When I asked why the radioactive rods weren’t being reprocessed as they were in other countries, I was told by one ZionSolutions representative that the process was too new to be considered (Untrue) Another representative was perhaps more truthful when he told me that our government doesn’t wish to go that route.
3. The licenses given for the decommissioning process gives ownership of all the building, etc., to ZionSolutions; Exelon owns the land underneath. Once the decommissioning is done, Zion can do with the land whatever it wishes for it as its owner.
4. The Chicago Tribune sent a reporter and camera man to the Zion event. The reporter came and spoke to me, asked for my comments, and then gave me his business card on which he wrote his telephone number. I was told that the CT sent a reporter and camera man to the event because of my notification to the Tribune editors about the event.
Notices were sent to all other newspapers in Chicagoland, but only the Tribune responded.
I did design a handout about Zion which was distributed to those present, even the ZionSolution team members.
On the handout these two important question were emphasized that need to asked of Exelon Executives (Public statements from Exelon regarding Zion’s closure have been opaque and confusing.) before Zion is unnecessarily demolished, which does not bode well for future energy needs here in Illinois:
1. Did Exelon intentionally prematurely close the two Zion Nuclear Fueled Electricity Generating Plants that customers have already paid for, in order to keep these least expensive, safe, green, non-polluting electricity generating plants out of the grid, thereby keeping electricity prices high?
2. Why hasn’t Exelon tried to sell these two Zion electricity generating plants? Could it be because a new owner would produce lowest cost, safe, green electricity for Illinois customers and this would lower the electricity bills for consumers, reducing Exelon’s profits?
Nancy J. Thorner
For a variety of reasons which included labor-management relations, material condition of the plant steam generators, and unusually low natural gas prices (with official predictions from the Energy Information Administration of low escalation for the next ten years), Commonwealth Edison made the temporary shutdown permanent on February 13, 1998. In order to reduce the carrying costs of the plant, Commonwealth Edison removed all of the fuel from the reactor and notified the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that it wanted to give up the plant operating licenses.
Aside: The current annual cost of holding a nuclear plant operating license under 10 CFR 171.15(b)(1) is $4,784,000 per unit. The cost for a possession only license under 10 CFR 171.15(c)(1) is just $148,000 per unit. Though those numbers were different in 1998, you can see why a company would not want to hold onto an operating license if it was pretty certain that it did not want to operate the plant again. End Aside.
It is important to remember the contributing factors in the decision within the context that it was made. The Zion work force had a reputation for resisting management initiatives. Commonwealth Edison had a poor reputation within the industry and at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. At the time, the average capacity factor for the Commonwealth Edison fleet of reactors was less than 50%. Just a few months after the decision to give up the license for Zion and focus on improving the remaining units, a new team led by Oliver Kingsley established a completely different culture based on discipline, accountability and investing in improvements where required to improve reliability.
Besides issues specific to the Zion station itself, there were also some industry wide issues of concern that contributed to the shutdown decision. Westinghouse steam generators were failing to achieve the longevity initially promised in the late 1960s and early 1970s and the company was being sued by many of its customers. According to a January 1, 1996 article in PowerGen titled Steam Generator Replacement Overview
As of Dec. 31, 1995, 38 steam generators had been replaced in 13 of the 72 operating PWRs, and three units had been shut down prematurely, due primarily (or partially) to degradation of their steam generators: Portland General Electric`s Trojan unit, located in Prescott, Ore., in 1992; Southern California Edison`s San Onofre 1, located in San Clemente, Calif., in 1992; and Sacramento Municipal Utility District`s Rancho Seco unit in 1989.
In the coming years, operators of PWRs in the United States with degraded steam generators will have to decide whether to make annual repairs (with eventual derating likely), replace the generators or shut the plants down prematurely.
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Finally, owners considering steam generator replacement will find the job easier to justify if they are also considering license renewal, as a long license term provides a lower per-kilowatthour cost for the replacement.
That last statement needs some additional historical context. Though license renewal discussions had been a big topic for more than a decade as the earliest units began approaching the expiration of their initial 40 year licenses, there was a great deal of uncertainty about the process remaining in February of 1998. It was not until April of 1998 that the first application for a license renewal was submitted to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The process that application initiated was not completed until March 2000, more than 2 years after Commonwealth Edison gave up its operating license.
When the Zion owners decided to shut the plant down, they could purchase natural gas for $1.80 per million BTU, they had a balky labor force, they needed to replace steam generators, they had about a dozen other units that needed attention and investment, they were operating in a region whose power demands were shrinking as industries shut down, and they were not even sure they would be able to operate the plant afte
r 2013, even if they did solve all of the other problems.
However, times change and decisions should be reevaluated in the light of new information if possible. For reasons that remain shrouded in the veil of corporate decision making, Exelon has transferred the possession only license to a newly formed company called ZionSolutions, LLC to begin a 10 year long, $1 billion effort to dismantle the two 1100 MWe, emission free nuclear plants.
My suspicion, which has been confirmed by several conversations with former Exelon insiders, is that the company financial analysts have determined that the additional supply of power from the plant would drive the selling price of electricity down for all of the suppliers in the region. The predicted result of a lower price for power in a model where regional demand is held static would be lower total revenue, making the required investment in a restoration project “not cost effective” for Exelon.
Aside: I phrased the above paragraph carefully. Predicting the economic benefit of substantially lower electricity prices for the entire region would require a much more complex model. Also, the computation of cost effectiveness for the required investment would be substantially different for a purchasing company that does not already sell power in the affected market. End Aside.
If the Zion plants had been purchased by a normal private enterprise, I might simply note that the decision might not be in the best interest of customers and move on. However, the two units at the Zion Nuclear Power Station were built under the old model of regulated monopoly utilities. Those utility companies received the full cost of construction plus a guaranteed profit in return for a legal obligation to reliably serve the power needs of their customers at a reasonable cost.
Though I have never lived in Illinois or any part of the service territory and might be accused of meddling in other people’s business, I have a life-long association with the electric utility business. Dad spent his career as an electrical engineer at Florida Power & Light and often brought his work home with him to the dinner table. My dad’s influence firmly planted the importance of an obligation to serve. My personal understanding of that obligation grew during 33 year years in uniform.
At my alma mater (the United States Naval Academy) there is a very important saying that is used to explain why there are different levels of privilege associated with different positions within the military structure. “Rank has its privileges. Rank also has its responsibilities.” Another way that to express the same thought comes from Luke 12:48 “For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.” (King James Bible.)
For me, the decision to destroy Zion is being made by people that have already been given access to more wealth than most of us can even imagine. It is especially irritating to see that decision being implemented since the people who will pay the price in higher electricity bills for decades to come were the people who paid for the plant in the first place. I applaud Nancy Thorner’s stubborn struggle against one of the most dominant corporations in her region and willing play the role of Sancho Panza as she tilts at something far more valuable than a windmill.
Disclosure: I own some stock in EnergySolutions, the owner of ZionSolutions, LLC. I expect that the value of those shares will drop if the project gets cancelled, but I am willing to take that risk.
November 3, 2010 (Chicago Tribune) Debate unfolds over what to do with Zion power plant site


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A survey in the UK showed that the gap in health between rich and poor is widening. From the US perspective that comes as a bit of a surprise. After all, don’t the Brits have universal healthcare through the NHS?
But of course, social determinants of health such as diet, exercise, stress, access to transportation, and education play a bigger role in health than the healthcare system. With socioeconomic disparities widening, it serves to reason that health disparities will grow, too.
So where do things go from here? They probably get worse –that’s my guess. Current political and economic forces in the US, UK and elsewhere point toward an exacerbation of current gaps. And as climate change makes the world a generally harsher environment it’s the poor who will be more adversely affected by floods, fires, air pollution, etc.
But in a decade or two that will be nothing compared with the haves and have nots wrought by the advancement of medical technology. Expect the well off to increasingly invest in tools that let them get further ahead: for example cyborg inventions that augment intelligence, strength, vision, hearing and more. Not to mention artificial organs and genetic interventions to greatly extend life.
Will such modifications make people happy? Maybe not. But it will enable them to lord it over the rest of society to an increasingly greater degree.
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For the first time, Samsung is looking at coming out with a product that is not a follow up to Apple and other competitors.
The company is looking at coming out with something revolutionary- bendable phones. People with the knowledge of the matter, these phones might be released in May 2017. The technology powering one of these phones would use organic light-emitting diodes.
The second Samsung model will have a 5-inch screen when used as a handset, that unfurls into a display that’s as large as 8 inches, similar to a tablet.
According to source who spoke to Bloomberg:
“This product could be a game-changer if Samsung successfully comes up with a user interface suitable for bendable screens,” said Lee Seung Woo, an analyst at IBK Securities Co. in Seoul. “Next year is a probable scenario. Their biggest obstacle was related to making transparent plastics and making them durable, which seems resolved by now”
If these information is true, then Samsung will be making a bold statement to the market. The company will be making a move that will bring investor, shareholders and consumer interests to its products. Samsung alongside other Asian phone makers have been criticised for their mimicking of Apple’s iPhone in its design. This argument had culminated into court cases overtime.
Samsung has not comment, deny or confirm the rumour. Investor reacted positively to the news as Samsung’s shares listed on Korea Exchange, KRX rose from KRW 1.37 million per share to KRW1.39 million per share after the trading day.


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NIGHTFALL – a new family arts event celebrating Middlesbrough after dark – is set to be launched.
The occasion will begin once the sun has gone down on Friday, October 14, and will mark the beginning of the annual Discover Middlesbrough programme.
For one night only Centre Square will play host to installations and performances with a celestial theme.
Visitors can listen to the stories of the constellations, experience art under canvas in the stargazing tents and book on a night time tour around some of Middlesbrough’s landmark buildings.
Nightfall is an event created by Middlesbrough Council in partnership Stellar Projects and secured with funding from Arts Council England.
Cllr Lewis Young, Middlesbrough Council’s Executive Member for Culture, Leisure and Sport, said: “Discover Middlesbrough is a much anticipated staple on the town’s cultural calendar, and one which always offers a variety of events exploring Middlesbrough’s past, present and future.
“Nightfall is a fantastic way of opening Discover Middlesbrough, and offers people the chance to experience Middlesbrough in a different – or rather without – light.
“There will be a wide array of installations and performances as well as visits and tours to some of our town centre landmarks that everyone can enjoy.”

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According to medical experts 95% of all cancers live in an acidic environment. They also discovered that cancer can not survive in an alkaline environment with a pH value of 7.36 or more. This means that if you have an acidic environment in your body you’re at higher risk of cancer. And not only cancer but a number of other diseases as well like osteoporosis, diabetes, heart disease and many other chronic diseases which are prevalent today.
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Here’s how you can prepare the amazing alkaline water. Take a glass of water and squeeze the juice from half a lemon in it. Add a pinch of Himalayan salt and mix well. Drink this lemon infused water every day on an empty stomach and soon you’ll notice how fresh and energized you feel.

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Where did the summer go? Alright, I know we have a few weeks left... But I still don't understand how it got to be August already. Mitchell starts pre-school on the 24th, so maybe that is the source of my consternation.
The pool closes after Memorial Day weekend, and we have barely used it... It's nice when we do, though!
Gma W gave Mitchell a pack of floaties (water wings, ring, raft, ball), and he loves the ring and water wings. We tried to get him to take them off and practice his swim strokes, and he said, "I'm not practicing in this pool." I guess the YMCA is for practicing and Gpa's pool is for playing. Well, at least he likes the water!

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Unknown gunmen suspected to be militants fired upon a man in Pombay area of south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Wednesday evening.
A top police officer said that a local was shot at in Pombay area this evening by suspected militants.
He was immediately shifted to nearby hospital for treatment, the officer added.
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196 candidates in fray for 3rd phase of polling in Maharashtra
As many as 196 candidates remained in fray for the third phase of polling in Maharashtra where ten Parliamentary constituencies in Mumbai and Thane go to polls on April 30.india Updated: Apr 13, 2009 19:52 IST
As many as 196 candidates remained in fray for the third phase of polling in Maharashtra where ten Parliamentary constituencies in Mumbai and Thane go to polls on April 30.
Monday was the last date of withdrawal of nomination papers for six constituencies in Mumbai and four in neighbouring Thane.
The election office in Mumbai said that the highest number of candidates were 30 for Thane Parliamentary seat followed by 23 each for Mumbai North and Mumbai South Central Lok Sabha constituencies.
There are 21 candidates in fray for Mumbai North West, 20 each in fray for Mumbai South and Kalyan ,16 each for Bhiwandi and Mumbai North East, Mumbai North central (19) and Palghar (8).
The fate of Congress candidates and sitting MPs Priya Dutt, Milind Deora, Eknath Gaikwad, BJP ex-MPs Kirit Somaiya and Ram Naik will be sealed in the third phase of polling.
Counting of votes will be held on May 16.
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This post has been brought to you by #ProjectWednesdays! Join us each week as we share our creative endeavors. We hope you’ll share your creative projects with us, too – just post them to Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #projectwednesdays.
When a tech woman I follow on twitter launched her project called RailsThemes (similar to WordPress themes for developers) by offering her twitter followers a coloring book, I got excited! Two things immediately came to mind:
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B) Who doesn’t love a coloring book?
Of course, I ordered one and when it came in the mail, it was the funniest, nerdiest coloring book – complete with word jumbles and crosswords. I recently found one of the copies and sat down to color them in again. Here is my coloring an image of an running (active) record.
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WINDHOEK – Employees of the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) vowed to continue with their demonstration every second week until their demands are met.
The employees started the demonstration last Thursday at Windhoek head office, unhappy and frustrated with the current state of affairs of the organisation, giving management two weeks to address their concerns, stating that they will continue demosntrating should the company fail to do so. The workers, among others, are calling for the removal of CEO, Gisbertus Mukulu, they are also calling for the removal of the board, pleading for the equal treatment of workers by management and demanding that inconsistencies in their different salaries be fixed.
In a petition read by NAFINU general secretary, Asnath Zamuee, which they handed over to Mukulu during the demonstration last Thursday, the workers of NHE are voicing their concerns about the token of appreciation (which was a monetary reward to employees) that was removed unilaterally in 2017, with the promise that the company will implement performance bonuses but thus far has failed to do so. “The consequence of the above is that a benefit was removed unilaterally and employees are left worse off,” said Zamuee. “A job grading exercise was commissioned three years ago because of the anomaly in the remuneration structure that was detected,” reads the petition. To this end, workers are worried that “employees are employed on wrong grades/salaries and this grossly affects general staff morale across the board, despite consultants contracted for this exercise and paid handsomely by NHE.”
NHE workers representative, Rowley Upingasana, is particularly questioning the re-appointment of the ‘non-performing board’, calling for the immediate implementation of a job grading system and a performance management system, stating “if not, the token of appreciation should be re-introduced until such time the PMS is fully operational”.
Mukulu promised the workers “a favourable response within a reasonable time” pointing out that he first needed to review their demands together with management without committing himself to any date.


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Aside from the commercial faux-attraction that is called The World of Beatrix Potter in Bowness, we finally sought out Hill Top which is the real-deal; a National Trust Treasure. In fact, I loved the fact that Beatrix Potter was so intrinsic to the setting up of the NT because of her love of the Lakeland Fells and her desire to preserve them from development, that I decided to join! (Well, that and the fact that you got two months free if you signed up there and then).
According to the lovely Guide (who seemed to pop up everywhere on our Literary Tour) whose admiration for Beatrix was infectious, Ms Potter had left the house as if she had gone for a walk as she wanted people to get a real sense of what it is like. This excited me so much because it meant that most of what we would see wouldn't be behind ropes and we could get a real feel for what the Cottage would have felt like when she actually lived there. My excitement was a little tainted by the posh guy next to me who said to his companion in his best received pronunciation voice, "Well Serge; I think that is quite arrogant". Rob managed to stop me from calling him a tit and ushered me through the small door of the homely cottage.
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as the posh guy) are out to ruin the children's fun and will
probably try to eat your radishes!
Bethan was in her element and it was delightful to see.
Although we were asked not to put our bums on the intricate furniture, we could sit on the cottage's beautiful window benches. It was here that Bethan decided to sit down and read the book in her own unique way.
Unfortunately, it was also the same time that the posh guy came into the room who decided to tell Serge that the piano in the room was actually "a long piano" or something. He did it so everyone could hear his knowledge of the musical instrument and seemed to stop when he heard Bethan reading. No, it wasn't to remark on how Beatrix Potter would have loved to see a child sit down and read one of her books in her revered cottage; oh no, it was to sshh her so that he could continue to discuss the instrument before him.
All I can say is thank goodness the artifacts and furniture in the cottage are protected by the National Trust otherwise he would have ended up suffering an injury and helping to create a new Chapter in The Hill Top saga.


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Red Farm is a New York institution that has made its way across the pond and all the way to a small space in Covent Garden. They do Chinese food here, but you should be going specifically for their crab soup dumplings, a doughy balloon of soup, served with a straw. It’s all very cute, but, sadly, the prices aren’t quite as cute, and you can easily drop forty quid in a single sitting here
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Temper Covent Garden
Temper Covent Garden is a loud and fun spot from the same people behind the Soho and City branches. This one specialises in pizzas and ‘not pasta’.
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Homeslice Pizza Covent Garden
A casual restaurant in Covent Garden, Homeslice makes great thin crust pizzas with adventurous toppings.
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My Neighbours The Dumplings in Clapton is a dim sum parlour done East London stye. There’s a great bar and Chinese dishes, Totoro optional.
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Bang Bang Oriental is a massive Asian food hall in Collindale, that’s worth a visit if you so happen to be in Collindale.
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Leonardo DiCaprio was pushed to the limit in The Revenant, as he revealed that he had to sleep in animal carcasses and eat raw bison liver for the movie. Pleasant.
The Hollywood star offered a glimpse of what he had to endure while taking on the lead role in Alejandro González Iñárritu's upcoming thriller.
"I can name 30 or 40 sequences that were some of the most difficult things I've ever had to do - whether it's going in and out of frozen rivers, or sleeping in animal carcasses, or what I ate on set," he told Yahoo.
"[I was] enduring freezing cold and possible hypothermia constantly."
When asked what he had to eat for the film, DiCaprio replied: "I certainly don't eat raw bison liver on a regular basis.
"When you see the movie, you'll see my reaction to it, because Alejandro kept it in. It says it all. It was an instinctive reaction."
The Revenant stars DiCaprio as 19th century fur trapper Hugh Glass, who is left for dead by his three companions (Tom Hardy, Will Poulter and Domhnall Gleeson) when he is mauled by a bear.
The screenplay was adapted from Michael Punke's 2002 novel of the same name.
Look for the potential Oscar hit to launch in UK cinemas on January 15, 2016. Watch a trailer below:


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Support seems to be pouring in for residents of Shivaji Park in their fight against a proposed move to give the area a heritage tag. The ruling party in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), on Saturday cleared that it will stand by the residents, who are opposed to Shivaji Park being declared a heritage precinct.
Speaking to media persons on Saturday, BJP’s unit chief in Mumbai, Ashish Shelar termed the move to label Shivaji Park as a heritage precinct, which is set to affect redevelopment of structures in the area, as a mindless one.
“We support the residents greatly. It wasn’t visible because we have been busy preparing for a rally (of BJP’s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi),” Shelar said when asked about why the party was not seen taking up the issue aggressively. Modi is set to visit Mumbai on December 22.
Shelar took pot-shots at the state government for listing the precinct in the heritage category. “We had opposed the list when its draft was prepared by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA). The draft was later submitted to the BMC, but the state government is responsible for the situation,” Shelar, also a member of the legislative council, said.
Residents are welcoming the party’s support. “We welcome support coming from every side in our fight against the heritage tag,” Pravin Seta, a local resident, said.
Earlier, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), another ruling party in BMC - Shiv Sena,
Congress and NCP have declared their support to residents, intensifying residents fight.
Meanwhile, the authorities have already started hearing suggestions/objections made by residents in this regard. The second hearing is set to be held next week.
The civic body had received 4038 suggestions/objections in connection with listing 948 structures. Out of all the suggestions/objections, 800 were made by Shivaji Park residents.

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A court filing from 1996 has been unearthed that helps corroborate the claims made by Tara Reade of sexual assault allegedly committed by Joe Biden three years prior.
The document was first reported by the Tribune in San Luis Obispo, California, on Thursday.
Reade accuses Biden of sexually assaulting her in 1993 when she worked for his office as a congressional aide, a claim he completely denies.
The court filing was made by Reade's then-husband Theodore Dronen, who said she had told him about "a problem she was having at work regarding sexual harassment, in U.S. Senator Joe Biden's office."
The document does not say that Biden was the aggressor of the sexual assault, but it provides more evidence of her claims.
"It was obvious that this event had a very traumatic effect on (Reade), and that she is still sensitive and effected (sic) by it today," Dronen said in the statement.
"I'm saying unequivocally, it didn't happen. It never happened," he said.
"I don't remember any type of complaint she might have made. It's been 27 years," Biden added.
Here's more about the damaging claims against Biden:
Where Is #MeToo for Tara Reade? | Glenn TVwww.youtube.com


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These days it might be hard to remember that the Yahoo Maps API was ever second fiddle to the Google Maps API. These days, it barely picks up its fiddle. And in less than two weeks, Yahoo will lift its once-mighty mapping API above its head and bang the fiddle repeatedly into the stage like Pete Townshend. The remnants, barely held together with strings and the crumpled instrument neck, will then go in some dumpster in Sunnyvale. It's okay, after all, because Nokia's Ovi Maps API will be a fine replacement. It's only the nostalgic, like me, who'll have any problem with seeing the Yahoo name disappear.
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TDK launches portfolio of sensors and technologies for VR platforms
TDK Corporation announces today the launch of a complete portfolio of VR sensors enabling a new class of highly accurate and affordable all-in-one VR solutions.
TDK Corporation announces today the launch of a complete portfolio of VR sensors enabling a new class of highly accurate and affordable all-in-one VR solutions. The key platform components are:
- InvenSense ICM-42688 6-axis motion sensor for HMDs provides the lowest noise figure in the industry and features the only high-resolution measurement mode, enabling the measurement of VR headset movement with unprecedented accuracy.
- InvenSense ICM-42686 6-axis motion sensor for VR controllers provides the industry’s only extended range motion measurement mode, enabling the accurate tracking of the handheld controller movement at any speed.
- Chirp Microsystem’s ultralow power CH-101 ultrasonic transceiver coupled with Chirp’s SonicTrack™ system is the only time-of-flight based inside-out tracking solution for all-in-one VR systems that delivers true 3D positioning between the head-mounted-display and the handheld controllers.
- TDK Sensor Fusion software that processes the sensor inputs simultaneously to create a simple, fused output that describes the exact 3D position and movement of all VR HW components and runs on commercial application processors.
- TDK TMR sensing elements that enable magnetometers with significantly higher resolution than traditional Hall-effect based magnetometers, thereby enabling the exact determination of the orientation changes of the HMD and controllers.
The key sensor requirement for any VR system is the precise alignment between the Head-Mounted-Display (HMD) and the Handheld Controllers. This means that even the slightest head or the most extreme hand movement needs to be measured fast and accurately, to allow the immediate rendering of the changed VR scenery. Even small misalignments between the HMD and controllers can severely impact the user experience and eventually lead to game-over “motion sickness”.
In addition to the excellent performance of the VR sensor platform, TDK all-in-one VR platform also sets new standards with respect to small size, low weight, and reduced Bill-of-Materials (BOM), which taken together enable the most affordable and wearable all-in-one VR systems in the industry.
“At this year’s CES show we’re announcing innovative VR solutions with some of the world’s leading VR system providers like HTC and platform enablers like Qualcomm, and together we’re shaping the all-in-one AR/VR/XR space,” said Behrooz Abdi, president and general manager of MEMS sensors business group at TDK. “We’re AR/VR enthusiasts ourselves, so we’re motivated to always refine the precision and accuracy of our technology, removing timing lags and hiccups, thus allowing for a truly immersive AR/VR experience.”
TDK and its group companies offer a comprehensive portfolio of sensors, electronic components and solutions for mobile, wearables, AR/VR, automotive, IoT and industrial applications will be at CES 2019, showcasing the next-generation of all-in-one VR platforms, in Booth #30306, Las Vegas Convention Center, South Hall 3, January 8-11, Las Vegas, Nev. Please visit: InvenSense or contact InvenSense Sales for more information. TDK TMR sensing element-based magnetometers are available from TDK partner AKM (and samples are available under the part number AK09940.
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The difference between the wealthy and the Poor is the way in which they think.
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1) Tell people what they need to know (stop waring a mask)
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3) Eliminate negative people
4) be selfless and help people solve their problems
5) You must change to grow
6) Learn what you need to learn so you can move on (Never give up)
7) Delegate responsibility don’t try to micromanage everything (Don’t care who gets the credit)
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Barcelona – Real Sociedad: First Half Goals Sufficient As Barcelona Show Signs Of Revival (2-1)
Strikes from Jordi Alba and Frenkie de Jong proved sufficient for Barcelona to beat Sociedad, but what truly impressed was the dominant nature of this win. Better spacing on the pitch and dynamic ball movement demonstrated what Ronald Koeman’s side can do, as they stacked up the shot count though without the required clinical edge.
Tactical analysis and match report by Manasvin Andra.
In a typical season, Barcelona versus Real Sociedad might have been important to examine whether the Catalan club could hold off Real Madrid as they chased the league title. However, in these unprecedented times, football has decided to flip the script, as it is Sociedad who were under pressure to put away the home side and continue their astonishing tilt towards the title.
Imanol Alguacil’s side came into this match looking off-color, as a run of six draws across all competitions has brought some grimaces when compared to the liveliness of the early part of the season. Still, their sparkling attack and stout defense had the potential to turn the situation around, and Alguacil accordingly named a strong side in his usual 4-3-3 shape.
Goalkeeper Alex Remiro was protected by a defense of Nacho Monreal, Robin Le Normand, Igor Zubeldia and Andoni Gorosabel. The midfield consisted of Mikel Merino and Ander Guevara either side of Martín Zubimendi, with Portu, Willian José and Adnan Januzaj making up the attack.
When compared to the visitors, Barcelona look almost decrepit, with the recent injection of youth unable to lift the gloom that has settled in since the 8-2 capitulation against Bayern Munich and Lionel Messi’s subsequent request to depart the club. Despite their strong underlying . . .


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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0306456745, Hardcover)After volume 33, this book series was replaced by the journal "Evolutionary Biology." Please visit www.springer.com/11692 for further information. Volume 30 brings readers up to date on the investigation of eminent evolutionary biologists and paleobiologists. Contributions explore such topics as Adaptation in Drosophila and the role of cytochrome P450s Population genetics and species conservation of the cheetah germ-layer theory assymetry in the mammalian skeleton genetic diversity of marine fish the phenomenon of industrial melanism the variation in lizard cranal kinesis.Other chapters focus on such issues as overdominance and its relation to higher mutation-rate estimates and the use of molecular clocks in determining the rate of nucleotide substitution in higher plants.
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More than half of San Mateo County’s residents are overweight, and health leaders say they are not taking it lying down.
Now they’re hoping residents won’t, either.
The Sequoia Healthcare District, which operates hospitals and medical programs in the Peninsula, released a 56-page report this week analyzing what medical services are not being provided adequately, and how to remedy the situation. </p>
The report also shows that 57 percent of San Mateo County residents are overweight, less than 10 percent live healthy lifestyles that could prevent premature deaths and 54 percent do not participate in regular exercise.
The district plans on shifting its resources away from treating people who are sick and focusing more on preventing people from becoming unhealthy in the first place, said interim Executive Director Dev Mahadevan.
“If you’re drinking three cans of pop a day … and if your major source of exercise is pressing the remote, it’s not good for you,” Mahadevan said. “Clearly we need to spend more money on those sorts of things.”
Local programs, education and awareness will be increased to cut down on obesity, diabetes and other health problems running rampant throughout the county.
In addition to grants, the district has anywhere from $7 million to $10 million in taxpayer and other dollars to dole out to about 15 programs each year, Mahadevan said. The district also offers programs for living healthy during a disaster, and keeping youth and adults engaged and active.
Supervisor Rich Gordon, who was interviewed during Sequoia’s independent report by Los Angeles-based The Camden Group, said he would like to see existing services, such as the Children’s Health Initiative for uninsured kids, continue to thrive.
The district is generally more helpful in providing the county with money than vice versa, so it would be difficult to increase funding for Sequoia’s programs, Gordon said.
Northern Peninsula is also beefing up its plans to slim down residents.
Cheryl Fama, CEO of the Peninsula Healthcare District in Burlingame, said her group is in the process of determining health trends in the northern part of the county before itapplies for a new batch of grants. They also purchased 5,000 pedometers to pass out to residents looking to get healthy “one step at a time,” Fama said.
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San Mateo County health statistics
57% Population that is overweight
54% Population that doesn’t participate in regular exercise
67,000 Non-elderly population without health care
24% Population without employer-provided health care available
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This limited edition, 12" vinyl album features a rare meeting of threeof-a-kind powerhouse musicians who blur the boundaries between contemporary improvised music, avant-rock and shifting grooves. Norwegian drummer Paal Nilssen-Love and Italian electric bassist Massimo Pupillo (founding member of punk-jazz trio Zu) are the driving rhythm section behind saxophonist Peter Brötzmann's Hairy Bones quartet, and collaborated before in the trio OffOnOff with The Ex guitarist Terrie Ex, among countless other collaborations. Japanese percussionist Kumiko Takara plays contemporary music and collaborates regularly with like-minded sound sculptors like guitarist Kazuhisa Uchihashi's Altered States and Otomo Yoshihide's New Jazz Orchestra.
This live recording was captured in a small club in Copenhagen, and finds the trio in such a powerful moment that even the neighbors protested. "Ochlocracy," the short opening track, features Pupilo building dense layers of distorted and scorching sounds through Nilssen-Love's uncompromising drumming, but the addition of Takara's vibes inject an openness and tenderness to this tough mix. "Cain's Breed" begins as an abstract, spare improvisation that stressed the metallic elements in Nilssen-Love's cymbals and timpani drums, but almost instantly and organically mutates into a hard-rocking and highly addictive groove, still with nuanced rhythmic textures.
The other side of the 33-minutes Raids On The Unspeakable begins with the short, grinding interplay of "The Uncanny," led by the inventive and scorching Pupilo, his electric bass enhanced with many effects, but is soon contrasted by the gentler sound of Takara's vibes. The closing "Sigmund, We Have A Problem," presents the telepathic interplay of this unique trio, while continuing to explore shifting groovesdeeper and deeper into uncompromising rhythmwith humor, elegance and fearless determination.
With Raids On The Unspeakable , this trio demonstrates a rare potential. Hopefully it won't be long until its next release.
Ochlocracy; Cain's Breed; The Uncanny; Sigmund, We Have A Problem.


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Interesting action in the markets this morning. Some bad economic data, including a Philly Fed so negative that you have to do a double-take, thinking it either must be a mis-print, or you just read it wrong. It appears to be neither, just a really horrible data set, and has thrown stocks into a nosedive and bond yields plumbing new depths. We were already off to a negative start on overseas weakness.
What is really interesting is that while we are down a blistering 50+ SPX points as of this writing, most commodities are up: oil, natural gas, copper, all up. Also see that preferred stocks and high yield bonds are not taking the hits they took a couple of weeks ago. That complicates the analysis a bit, showing that this is not an across the board risk off move.
Keep looking at the big picture, we’re getting some mixed signals. If we get heavy volume and hold above the recent lows, we may put in an intermediate term bottom here.


As part of the Lükex 23 exercises, an attempt to disrupt the functioning of the German government through a large-scale cyber-attack will be simulated.
The exercises will not directly impact the lives of citizens. At least eight federal states, the German Armed Forces, the Federal Police, and several government agencies will be involved in the exercises to test the response to a massive cyber-attack on governmental bodies and administration. “Currently, numerous federal and state agencies and their subordinate authorities are jointly preparing,” stated the Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance (BBK), as quoted by the dpa agency on Friday, July 14.
The precise scenario of Lükex 23, scheduled to take place on September 27 for two days, will not be disclosed to avoid compromising the effectiveness of the exercises, according to a spokesperson for the agency. While over 50 government agencies and more than a thousand individuals will participate in the training, the general population is unlikely to take notice as the exercises will not directly impact their lives.
Lükex 23 will be the ninth nationwide crisis response exercise. Originally planned for 2022 but postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and then rescheduled for 2023 due to the war between Russia and Ukraine. The spokesperson explained that the personnel responsible for crisis management were heavily engaged in the ongoing situation, which would have made preparations for the exercises challenging. Germany has faced powerful cyber-attacks in recent years. In 2020, hackers targeted the computer network of a university hospital in Düsseldorf. Scheduled operations were canceled, and the emergency ward was temporarily unavailable which resulted in at least one fatality.
In July 2021, a state of emergency was declared following a hacker attack on the administration of the Anhalt-Bitterfeld district in the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt, which caused the local authorities to be unable to provide social security benefits and financial assistance.
Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Russian hackers have repeatedly targeted German government websites. On May 7, 2022, attacks were carried out on portals of the Ministry of Defense, the Bundestag, the Federal Police, and several state police services. Additionally, Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s website was temporarily inaccessible. In January 2023, the group known as Killnet orchestrated DDoS attacks on German airport websites, governmental bodies, and organizations in the financial sector.


Hi Alan, thanks again for the reply. I thought you must ave be an Aussie, but I was wrong. I also collect trainers and have just got another two, Officer Pattern Trainer small frame martini in 297/230 and a Pattern trainer in .22 which is marked NSWNR (New South Wales Naval Reserve). I also like cadet rifles and have a few 310 cadets. we are about on par with guns. i also have about the same amount as you. i have only been collecting for a couple of years, but have managed to get a good range of guns form mint to ones that you would use to stake up a plant in the vegie garden, but in their own way they are all collectable.
I also collect the armourers tools and are trying to piece together a WW2 kit back into an original box.
Hi Steve there is no date or anything else on the barrel, nor is there any sign of a rear sight being mounted. I would guess that it was a reject for some reason, it isn't even blues but in the white. I got the rifle through Ian Skennerton and Brian Labudda about 15 years ago. I live just out side of Portland Oregon and collect Lee Enfields as well as a few other interesting rifles and pistols or at least interesting to me. I have a large trainer collection and a intrest in Lithgow stuff. I have in total about 85 Enfields. Alan Abramson
Hi mate, thanks very much for the additional info. So, I would say the barrel is a new un finished barrel and the extractor grove not machined from the factory??????
What date is the barrel??????? and at a guess it may be void of proof marks??????
Also at a guess, the barrel will also be void of any signs that there was a rear sight ever fitted?????
Did you get the trainer local?????
And sorry for asking about selling, but if you dont ask you just never know.
Thanks for the info.
Hi the barrel at the breach is flush with the end of the barrel with no groove for the extractor the front end of the barrel is bored an inch down. The nosecap is marked with the s broad arrow. Thanks for the offer to buy but its got a good home here.


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Join Little Nelson and his Lion family to explore objects from the museum's collections and engage with them through stories, songs, and play!
This week we will look at objects that are round and objects that can roll, just like the rolling pin that Grandad Nelson found in Walker’s kitchen. You can expect lots of ball play, rolling movement and to find little Nelson hiding in the ball pit! Silly Nelson!
- Nelson's cub club is for young children between 1 and 4 years and their families.
- There will be space to park your buggies.
- All sessions are FREE and include a drink and small snack.
- The session numbers are extremely limited, and we will be operating on a first come first served basis.
- We will meet in the drawing room every other Wednesday (10:00AM until 11:30AM and 12:30 until 02:00PM) during term time.
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Olivier and Carole didn’t hesitate when they came across this millstone house from the beginning of the century, a stone’s throw from Parc Montsouris. It was just perfect for a large blended family. Delightfully old-fashioned with its small rooms and flowered papers, it still needed a complete overhaul. This allowed it to be slightly restructured to make it a place that is totally adapted to the new inhabitants.
Each floor is beautifully organised. The ground floor is the meeting place for the whole family: a beautiful entrance hall with its 1900 cement tiles and an invigorating red colour, a large living room with two deep velvet sofas and a reading corner near the library and the fireplace; a huge kitchen with a farm table and large shelves for displaying the dishes, not forgetting the scullery which overlooks the inner courtyard. The first floor is the children’s floor: two bedrooms for the girls with a spacious bathroom to share, a third bedroom with its toilet for Igor. The top floor under the roof is mainly the parents’, with a huge room that allows for the accumulation of books…
As is quintessentially Marianne Evennou, she has created a vibrancy and homeliness in this 160m2 space in Paris’ 13e. Photos: Grégory Timsit
Spaces that stand the test of time, confidently layering colour, pattern and texture whilst cohesively blending old with new. Unique, bespoke, casual and as comfortable as can be. Loving these rooms designed by London based Maddalena Minerva.
This stunning 11 bedroom, 9 bathroom French castle was built in the the middle of the 19th century and is located about a 20 minute drive from Bordeaux. This castle has been completely renovated with quality materials by an architect specializing in the restoration of historic buildings and I can’t help but laugh at alot of the interior. Trendy much? It has a lot going for it regardless – a 5-hectare park, 19th century wind turbine, heated outdoor swimming pool with pool house, a “sound and light” installation that illuminates the chateau in the evening while music is played from loudspeakers hidden throughout the chateau grounds (OMGGGGG). For sale via Leggett and Belles Demeures.
It’s like I say week in week out. If you have to drag yourself into work on a weekend it helps if it’s somewhere stylish. MAAP HQ by Clare Cousins Architects.
As in right on the Thames. Estate agency The Modern House describes the unique home as “Handsomely moored on the southern banks of the Thames, Bosco is a spectacularly converted 1950s Dutch barge with a 120-year mooring on Oyster Pier in Battersea. She was designed by LAB Architects for their own family and contains three bedrooms, two living spaces, a utility room, an open-plan kitchen/dining room, and a sublime winter garden on the deck.”
I’ve always had a daydream of living on a houseboat but this is a houseboat on steroids and I’m in love.


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Many people experience depression daily, including our children. Water has long been known as being therapeutic whether it’s watching the ocean waves, sitting and listening to a fountain or swimming in a pool. Exercise is also one of the most common activities recommended to combat mental illness and it’s hard to find an activity more suited than swimming which combines the physical exercise with the healing benefits of water. Here are some of the reasons that swimming can combat depression.
It physically lowers depression –
- Regular swimming, even just 30 minutes a day is known to lower depression and improve sleep patterns. Swimming also releases endorphins that help us experience a greater sense of happiness and well-being.
- Swimming can lead to an improvement in self-worth, and a general sense of satisfaction in life. Research shows that water-based activity helps release tension and just being in the water can make people feel happier about themselves.
Provides Stress Relief –
- Swimming provides a fun and effective way to relieve stress, maybe more than any other exercise. Being in the water itself can relax the mind and body and bring a sense of peace.
- Focusing on your breathing as you practice the rhythmic strokes of swimming can have an almost meditative effect on the mind.
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- Recent studies show that being in water boosts the blood flow to the brain. This increases the supply of oxygen, glucose and nutrients needed for a positive impact on brain health.
Further studies suggest that children who learn to swim earlier develop quicker than their peers or non-swimmers. These developments include talking, reading, numeracy and visual motor skills.
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- While swimming itself is a solo form of physical activity, it can also be a hobby and team sport that is shared with others. It is so beneficial to meet others that can share experiences, swap techniques or tips or just enjoy some fun time together with.
- Swimming can keep the whole family active. There are games that can be played at any age and any swimming ability. Take some friends to the pool and try some races or set up some challenges.
- Social interaction can continue out of the pool too through other sports, social events or just eating together after swimming.
While depression should always be discussed with your doctor, swimming is a safe and healthy way to fight it anytime. It can be a physical release while swimming laps and focusing on breathing, or an emotional boost while laughing and playing games with family and friends. Plan it into a routine to make it easier to make the decision to get up go do it, and most importantly keep doing whatever it takes to help your depression.


By Annie Spiegelman, MOMAS Advisory Committee Member Wondering how to create a city-wide plastic bag ban or a Green Building Ordinance or how to stop a government planned aerial pesticide spraying of your own ‘hood? Two dynamic sustainability experts and community organizers were involved in all of the above changes in the last few years […]View Post
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Children are uniquely vulnerable to pesticides, as well as other common household toxins. Scientific data is emerging linking many chronic childhood diseases, as well as long-term health issues, to common toxins found in our homes, food, air and water. Long term chronic exposure to substances in every day products – such as BPA found in can linings and plastic containers & flame retardants found in our bedding, couches and children’s car seats – are having serious health consequences that may not appear for decades or even until the next generation.View Post
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Thanks to our calls, letters and in person meetings, our County Supervisors have agreed to fund the County’s integrated pest management program (IPM Program) to not only allow it to continue but also to strengthen the program during the next fiscal year.View Post


The makers have confirmed the title as Nenu Local and the shooting will kick start once Nani wraps his his current film Majnu. Dil Raju will be producing this film which is touted to be a completed entertainer.
Keep watching this space for more details about this project.
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Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans powered past a Democratic boycott Thursday to advance Amy Coney Barrett's Supreme Court nomination to the full Senate, keeping President...
Trump convened GOP leaders at the White House as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell prepared to roll out his $1 trillion package in a matter of days.
Members of Congress in both parties called for additional information and consequences for Russia and its president, Vladimir Putin.
Two proposals are on a collision course as Congress seeks to show voters it hears the demonstrators marching in the streets.
Behind closed doors, Trump was unscripted and freewheeling with the 53 GOP senators.
His decision to leave the chairman position surprised fellow committee members.
Despite the urgency to act, it's a sudden breakdown over what all sides agree is the need for federal help.
After this week's early leaks about the book, White House aides and allies are privately expressing concern about what more Bolton might reveal.
Senators will begin each day with a proclamation: "All persons are commanded to keep silence, on pain of imprisonment."
President Donald Trump has directed a “vast, government-wide effort” to protect American elections after Russian attempts to interfere in 2016, the White House said...
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The Social Security COLA adjustment is under fire from some groups of people who believe it is outdated and unjust.
The Social Security COLA is significant in the United States. This is significant because, as a result of the adjustment, retirees will be able to live better in the years to come.
The administration raises the Social Security COLA for the following year after the government calculates inflation each year.
This boost is intended to help pensioners maintain a reasonable standard of living in the face of rising costs rather than to give them access to a life of luxury.
But for individuals who receive Social Security, the COLA boost does not seem to be sufficient.
Various algorithms that bring benefits a little bit closer to prices after inflation are the cause of this increase.
In any case, these developments are merely hypotheses; whether or not they come to pass in the future remains to be seen.
According to CNBC, some organizations want to alter how COLA hikes for Social Security are calculated.


City of Toronto launches plan to transform central waterfront|
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Today, Chair of the Waterfront Reference Group Councillor Joe Pantalone
released the City's draft plan to renew the central waterfront. Making Waves:
Principles for Building Toronto's Waterfront puts forward "23 Big Moves" for
successful renewal of the 10-kilometre area between Dowling and Coxwell
Avenues. The Big Moves include a grand waterfront boulevard for Lake Shore
Boulevard, a series of new waterfront communities, a spectacular pier and
public plaza at the foot of Yonge Street and new parks for the East Bayfront,
Port Lands and Fort York.
"Waterfront renewal is a great opportunity for our city economically, socially
and financially," said Councillor Joe Pantalone, who is also Chair of the
City's Planning and Transportation Committee. "We have started down a road that
is going to make a difference to people for generations to come. The Central
Waterfront Plan is the next step on this exciting journey."
Renewing Toronto's waterfront represents an investment in the future of
Canada's largest city and an important means of achieving key social, economic
and environmental objectives. Each of the three levels of government has
committed $500 million - $1.5 billion in total- to the initiative.
"Toronto is demonstrating the smart sustainable way to grow urban centres in
this plan," said Councillor Pantalone.
Members of the public are encouraged to comment on the Central Waterfront Plan
in community meetings to be held in November. Following public consultation,
the report will be presented to the Waterfront Reference Group, the Planning
and Transportation Committee and Council for approval.
While City Council maintains authority over all land use decisions, the Toronto
Waterfront Revitalization Corporation headed by Robert Fung is responsible for
overseeing the renewal of Toronto¡¦s waterfront over the next 20 years in
consultation with the three governments. In the coming months, the corporation
will develop a comprehensive business strategy for waterfront renewal that is
consistent with the Central Waterfront Part II Plan. The City will then work
with the corporation, major stakeholders and the public to develop
area-specific precinct development strategies that detail street and block
patterns, building heights, urban design and housing targets.
Community meetings are scheduled for November 5, 13, 15 and 17, 2001 in each of
four city districts. The location of the meetings will be announced shortly.
Making Waves: Principles for Building Toronto's Waterfront will soon be
available in PDF file format on this site
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A man has died after he was found unresponsive at a hotel in Southington.
Police said they responded to a medical incident at the Homewood Suites on West Street after getting a report of an unresponsive male.
Officers administered first aid and CPR to the man, later identified as 40-year-old Sean Lawlor. Police said he was transported to Bradley Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Police said there were no signs of foul play at the scene.
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Bhubaneswar: The Biju Janata Dal Tuesday decided to support NDA nominee Om Birla's candidature for the Lok Sabha Speaker's post.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik-led BJD, which has 12 Lok Sabha members, took the decision at its Parliamentary Party meeting held in Delhi. "The BJD will support the NDA's proposal of selecting Om Birla as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha since the regional party stresses on constructive cooperation with the Centre," BJD Parliamentary Party leader Pinaki Mishra said.
He said senior BJP leaders and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi had sought Patnaik's cooperation. "We have decided to support the BJP's proposal," he added. Replying to a question about speculation doing the rounds that the BJD will get the Deputy Speaker's post, Mishra said, "We have not received any such concrete proposal from the ruling party or the government.
Let the Speaker's election be completed." If the BJD gets such a proposal from the BJP, the party president will take a decision on the matter, he added.
Asked about Wednesday's meeting to discuss the idea of "one nation, one election", Mishra said Patnaik has already made his stand clear; the BJD is in favour of "one nation, one election". Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday invited heads of all parties for the meeting to discuss the idea. Patnaik will be attending the meeting, BJD sources said....


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Open beta for NHN Corporation's new free-to-play fantasy MMORPG Karos Online begins this Friday, the 4th of December, and NHN Corporation is celebrating by offering lots of useful prizes to players as they discover the game. "We are really excited to open Karos Online to everyone this Friday," said Heejin Jeong, Senior Overseas Sales Manager at NHN Corporation. "We hope the players will have a lot of fun taking part in the various events that we are preparing for them, and we wish everybody good luck in gathering prizes!"
Players can receive prizes in several ways:
Referring friends: From the start of open beta, players will be able to invite their friends to play Karos Online via the official website. For every five friends who join the game and reach level 5, the referring player will receive a reward, as follows:
Five friends will award the player 10 Strength Potions
Ten friends will award the player 3 Weapon Enchant Scrolls and 3 Armor Enchant Scrolls
Twenty friends will award the player 5 Weapon Enchant Scrolls and 5 Armor Enchant Scrolls
The first invited friend to reach level 5 will be awarded 5 Big Potions of Rejuvenation, which restore their character's HP and MP.
Entering a Gift Key: Gift Keys will be offered by participating websites starting this week. Upon entering a Gift Key, players will receive 5 Strength potions which temporarily increase their character's movement and attack speed.
Levelling up: Upon reaching levels 5, 10 and 20, players will be automatically entered into a weekly prize draw. The draw will take place every Friday, and winning players will be announced on Karos Online's website. The higher the level, the greater the prize!
Level 5 (10 weekly winners): an Amethyst, Diamond or Sapphire (depending on character's class) giving a bonus when combined with an accessory
Level 10 (4 weekly winners): 10 Weapon Enchant Scrolls and 10 Armor Enchant Scrolls
Level 20 (1 weekly winner): an Iron Wyvern, a Holy Creature piece of armor which serves as a mount in the game.
Guild building: The start of open beta will also kick off a month-long build-up exercise for guilds that will run through the 31st of December. Guilds meeting the target criteria on the 31st will receive exciting prize bundles -- more details coming soon!
Visit the official website of Karos Online to get more details. It is scheduled to release in English in Q4 2009. German and Turkish versions will follow in 2010.
Karos Online is a brand new free-to-play fantasy MMORPG developed by Galaxy Gate (lead developers of Laghaim and Last Chaos), to be published by NHN. An English release is scheduled for Q4 2009, with German and Turkish versions to follow.
In Karos Online, players take the role of a hero determined to defeat the curse of darkness falling over the world of Asmara and ascend to ultimate glory by becoming the mythical Karos warrior. Through questing, guild clashes and mass PvP, they enter the fight for domination over the world's vital energy source, Fletta. Fletta provides the basis for the game's unique and complex alternate progression system; alongside traditional leveling within the game, Fletta energy can be used to increase stats, give buffs, buy resources and enchant items.
With a strong RPG component, wide range of class skills and fantastic visual combat effects, Karos Online offers a rich player experience and an exciting end-game for guilds, including castle sieges and resource control points. There are a variety of dynamic dungeons to explore, with shifting paths and surprises to challenge players as they progress in level. The economy is well-developed, with mining, fishing and crafting elements, and a consignment system for storage.
Karos Online offers rare graphical quality for its small client size, has low minimum requirements, and will be accessible to a vast range of computers. Videos demonstrating graphics and gameplay are now available on the official website at www.karosgame.com, and more features will be revealed as the closed beta test continues.
Karos Online features
* Breathtaking 3D graphics and combat action effects
* 5 different races and 9 original classes, evolving into 36 different specialized classes
* Dynamic, evolving dungeons with shifting paths and surprises
* Guild wars, territory control and large-scale castle siege battles
* Alternate Fletta level progression system
* Elaborate mining, fishing and crafting system
* Small client size (760MB) and low minimum PC requirements
* Keyboard and mouse control both available