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Weston charity reopens to help homeless during pandemic
- Credit: Archant
A charity which helps homeless people in Weston-super-Mare is one of the first to reopen after building socially distanced pods for rough sleepers.
Almost all night shelters across the country are closed due to the pandemic, but Somewhere To Go Day and Night was desperate to reopen as soon as possible to enable vulnerable people to access its vital service.
The charity, in the Boulevard, reopened on Friday with 18 new pods to make the centre more resilient for the future.
Richard Nightingale, Chairman of Somewhere to Go, said: “Last year our day service at Somewhere to Go served approximately 4,000 meals to disadvantaged vulnerable adults, many of whom would not have had access to a hot meal without our service.
“It says much about the dedication of our volunteers and staff, that sadly after being forced to close during lockdown, they fought every day to ensure the service was reopened as soon as it was safe to do so.
“A big thank you to them and everyone that helped, especially Julie Shannon our day centre manager, who over saw all the Covid secure alterations needed.”
Around 30 homeless people were put up in B&Bs in North Somerset during the lockdown.
However, Somewhere To Go was desperate to reopen as soon as possible so vulnerable people could access the support they needed to rebuild their lives.
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The charity worked with Public Health England to build the pods and ensure the centre is Covid secure.
The modular pod sleeping units are some of the most advanced in the country and they will enable people to use the centre while still remaining socially distanced.
There are also four separate cubicles with toilets and showers.
Somewhere To Go has used its reserves to pay for the pods, which cost £50,000.
Richard Nightingale added: “The idea is to make the centre resilient for the future.
“We want to make sure we never have to close again because it was an awful decision to make.
“Please remember, if you haven’t yet got involved, you can support this valuable service at www.somewheretogo.org, every penny helps to support vulnerable people in Weston.”
Somewhere To Go was set up in 2000 and provides services, day and night, to help rough sleepers and disadvantaged and vulnerable adults.

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Tamil Nadu Housing Board – Result announced
Tamil Nadu Housing Board announced the recruitment of 277 Posts of Assistant Engineer, Surveyor, Junior Draughting Officer, Technical Assistant, Junior Assistant and Typist. The written examination was conducted in the month of August 2017. Candidates appeared for the written examination can now check their results from the link provided below.
At the final stage of this recruitment, TNHB today released the Provisional List of Shortlisted Candidates called for Original Certificate Verification and Viva-Voice Interview for the above-mentioned posts.

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Our journeys across the history and through the cities of Caria continue. This month we are in Lagina, the center of paganism and the most mystical city in Caria. Located about a kilometer from the Turgut Village of Yatağan, t...his antique city was home to Full Moon rituals of pagan goddess Hekate. Currently under the heavy fog of Yatağan Hydroelectricity Plant, the magical powers represented seem to be seeking the glories of the by-gone. However, marble columns pierce through the fog thanks to fast increasing archeological excavations. Profoundly effective with sacred elements of symbolism, Pagan culture defines a wide spectrum of belief systems interconnecting various rituals with idol worship prior to authoritarian religions. The name of pagan capital Lagina is necessarily mentioned in relation to Carian King Hekate in the stage of history. Throughout history, Hekate is famed for its patronage of witches, sorcerers, magicians, soothsayers and fortune tellers and is known as a goddess holding the key to the underground world of Hades. Although it is not regularly referred to in the Greek Pantheon, mythology says that she is the daughter of Zeus or a Titan. She is not included amongst the 12 gods of Olympus and is very mystical but the most important point is that this god is indigenous to Anatolia. Homeros does not mention it but Hesiodos talks about it a great deal in Theogonia. According to Hesiodos, Hekate is of the heritage of gods known as Sun Gods amongst the Titans. The results of research by Prof. Dr. Ahmet A. Tırpan, head of Lagina excavations and his assistant Asst. Prof. Dr. Bilal Söğüt shows that Kaios and Phoibe had two daughters. One of these girls was Leto (Apollo and Artemisia were born following coalescence with Zeus) and the other was Asterie. Hekate was born to Asterie and Perses. Form time to time, Hekate is especially connected with Artemis and Demeter also. According to Bean, she was referred to as Ompnia in an inscription and this is precisely a name attributed exclusively to Demeter. Hesiodos has a 46 line eulogy dedicated to Hekate. Just like it is in the eulogies for Moses; it is said that this goddess was supreme over the others in the eyes of Zeus and has granted authority to Hekate on land, in the seas, under the ground and in the skies when distributing honors to gods. Osman Hamdi Bey excavates in Lagina First excavations of inspection purposes on the site, history of which dates back to 3rd Century BC., were carried out by Richard Pockockein 1743. Later in the 19th Century, W.M Leake and W.A Waddington began excavations on the site. Tens of travelers and archaeologists continued to excavate in Lagina throughout time and in 1891 Osman Hamdi Bey, the Creator of Turkish Museums, carried out excavations for about two weeks on the site. He discovered 17 friezes; collected the new and the previous finds and placed them under protection in a room of the mansion he stayed at Turgut village, about a kilometer away. Today, following restorations, this mansion is known as Osman Hamdi Bey Mansion. The dark side of Hekate Hekate the goddess represents the evil in human dreams and it is the one who dispatches ghosts amongst the living. However sometimes, contrary to common, it dispatches protectors against the spirits. In summary, life on earth and the underground was under the control of Hekate. In addition, Hekate accompanied travelers and helped those who are stranded whilst journeying, the traders, the thieves and especially the fortune tellers. Most of the time, dogs accompanied the Goddess and it is known that people sacrificed dogs in honor of her. Mainly used as a sacrifice at the time of Carians, the dogs were also seen as a creature of the underground life. Again, warden of the dead and owner of the riches underground in the Greek Pantheon, Hades had a dog called Kerberos. Hekate the Moon Goddess On the other hand, Hekate is the moon goddess; she is depicted in Lagina as carrying a torch in her left hand and a plate in her right hand. She wears a head cover called polos and seems to stand over a dog and a crescent moon. She wanders about the main roads and road crossings at nights. The Carians presented such offerings as cookies, fish, eggs and cheese to her when the moon entered into its last phase. Hekate has been depicted in different forms throughout history. The earliest one in Lagina depicts her as having either a single torso or triple torso or single torso with three heads. Her main symbols are torches, daggers, whips, snakes and keys. Once more, according to Bean, it is determined that goddesses sometimes prophesized in rituals held in the temple in Lagina. The sacred site, temple and the altar dedicated to Hekate in Lagina are the largest of their kind in Anatolia. Naturally, Lagina had become the center of fortune telling due to the fame and function of Hekate. In line with the information provided by archaeologists Prof. Dr. Ahmet Tırpan and Asst.Prof. Dr. Bilal Söğüt, who have been excavating in Lagina antique city since 1993, we discover that there were more than one feasts held in Lagina sacred site and that amongst those were Hekatesia, Key Carrying, Birthday Celebrations and Secret Religious Rituals. In addition, the most important of the feasts held at Hekate sacred site was the Hekatesia-Romania Feasts, which became regular after 81st Century B.C. This had been the largest of the feasts held at the sacred site and was held every four years. Key Carrying Feasts went on for a few days and various games were staged. A girl, in company of (kleidophoros) a procession carried a key brought from Stratonikeia. This ritual showed that the key to underground was held by Hekate and this ritual center was controlled by Stratonikeia. Secret religious rituals were also carried out in the Temple Naos. It is not certain how such rituals were carried out. Such secret rituals had begun to be regularly practiced after 2nd Century AD. A bodros trench has been discovered in the Naos of the Temple. This section is connected to the underground and had been used for liquid offerings. The Naos of the Temple is not a place where ordinary beings can easily enter into and observe the rituals. As such, such secret rituals as has been described above may have been held in this place. Depiction of the goddess in the friezes when offering sacrifices in Bodros should be related to the rituals held in the temple. The ceremonies held in the sacred site were held in a specified order and program. Visitors who came to observe this ritual entered the stoa through the door just before the entrance to Propylon on the North West and the stairs leading down and took their seats. The attendants of various cults stood on the spots provided for them on the sacred site. Sacrifices were made for gods or goddess determined prior to the rituals and the fattiest part of the sacrifice was burnt on the altar. As the smoke of burnt fat rose, the most important part of the ceremony had been considered to be held. The meat from the sacrificed animals was eaten by the participants and presents for Hekate and other gods or goddesses were offered. The value of presents differed depending on the wealth of the person offering them. Throughout the rituals, the rich and generous earned the tolerance of the layperson with the money and food distributed. European Pagans Discover Lagina A similar ritual was re-enacted at Lagina Sacred Site by the European Pagans. Flocks of Pagan groups in Europe flew into Lagina as an outcome of the effect of an informative web site on the internet platform. About 5 thousand of European pagan worshippers organized a Full Moon Ritual for Hekate after about 5 thousand years of its beginnings. Held as Witches Festival, those Europeans, who are interested in magic, fortune telling and similar metaphysical subjects, and most importantly are pagans, reenacted the beliefs of thousands of years ago in this event in Lagina. A GENERAL OUTLOOK ON LAGİNA The Hekate Sacred Site covers an area of 142x150 m in size. One finds a considerably ostentatious entrance (Propylon), a sacrificial and ritualistic altar, a temple that is the home to the goddesses, a stoa which protects the participants from the rain in winter and the rays of sun in summer, and a seating area for the onlookers. Different from the ordinary sacred sites, the seating areas can only be found in front of the South west side of the stoa. In addition, the statues of those who have done good deeds for human beings, column bases, column studded structures and other monuments as well as homes, where the priests lived can be discovered on this site. The researches carried out until today shows that the earliest of the finds are the ceramics of Geometrical Period, sections of a terracotta figurine dated back to 5th Century B.C, and coinages. At this stage it is not known what kind of structures existed back then. However, a wall construction discovered and other archaeological finds suggest that there were at least a peribolos, a Propylon, an altar and a temple existing in 4the Century BC. PROPYLON Inscriptions about the Propylon use the term “Propylon and entry structure”. As such, this section was not just a Propylon but an entry gate at the same time. This was the Ceremonial gate out of three entrances. Apart from the triple Propylon, it is suggested that there was at least one small entrance on the peribolos, the walls defining the periphery of the sacred site. Surface excavations were carried out by Osman Hamdi Bey and the inscriptions found were separated. The most detailed excavations began in 1993 and today the structure has been re-erected down to the orthostatic blocks. There are many large inscriptions on the Propylon side walls. The inscriptions contain the names of key carriers and priests as well as priestesses, who worked in the Lagina Hekate Temple. Propylon is connected to the Stoa via an entrance on the Northwestern side. Ten flights of stairs on the Eastern side of the Propylon leads down to a stone paved path, which takes you to the Altar. Research suggests that there was another Propylon here, which dated back to earlier times. Inscriptions on the door transom as well as the decorations leave no doubt that this had been constructed after 27th Century BC. at the time of Emperor Augustus. STOA A Dorian style, single story Stoa surrounds the inner section of the peribolos. There are seating areas for the audience at the front of the Southwestern side of the Stoa. There has been excavations carried out on the section close to the Propylon and the marble back wall of the Stoa, the base where the columns stood, the foundations of Stoa made out of pressed earth and marble chippings as well as components of a Dorian style superstructure were discovered. The marble chippings found on the site indeed suggest that the fine works on the marble blocks were carried out on the stoa. The lower sections of Dorian columns are smooth and the upper sections are finely grooved. The wall construction technique on the Northern corner of the Peribolos dates the construction to 4th Century BC. It is understood that there were changes to the architecture of the Stoa throughout the Hellenistic era. A greater part of the stoa must have been completed after 27th Century BC at the time of Emperor Augustus, when largest of public improvements was carried out. However, there is information that the stoas were rebuilt in 2nd Century AD. When such information is considered, the stoa had somehow been demolished and was re-built in 2nd Century AD. THE TEMPLE OF HEKATE Built on a point facing northwest-southeast about the center of the sacred site, the temple has been constructed in the pseudodipteros planning style that was the most important in the Hellenistic Era. Erected on a platform of about five flights high, the temple is about 29mx22 m. in size. There are 8 columns on the narrow side and 11 columns on the wider side. The columns between the antes of the temple are erected on Ephesus type bases and have Ionian style tops. The columns surrounding are Attic-Ionian based and have Corinthian style tops. The Architrave Beams over the temple walls and the column tops have anthemion decoration works on the sides facing one another. However, the decorations are non-complete. Research carried out until today determined from the friezes covering the external facade above the columns of the temple that there are four main themes depicted. The frieze on the Eastern side of the temple depicts the birth and life of Zeus. Here, Hekate is carrying a Stone in order to offer to Kronos, father of Zeus, who ate children. A moment of peace and friendship between the Amazons and the Greeks is depicted on the Northern side. Here, Hekate pours sacred drink on the ground in honor of peace. Moments of war between Gods and (Gigantomachia) is carved on the eastern side and Hekate is depicted as taking part in the war with the torch in her hand. Although the interpretations on the Southern side are not completely defined, it is thought that the figures represent the Carian Gods and their cities. Remains of the offering ditch on the Naos floor suggest that offerings were made for bodros in the temple. This must be certainly closely related to Hekate being the goddess of the underground. A similar offering session is depicted in the Northern friezes. It can be claimed that this particular session is related to the ceremonies held in the temple Naos. According to the senate decree, approving the sacrosanct nature of the Sacred Site, inscribed on the Temple of Hekate, the temple definitely existed in 81st century BC. However, the definite date of construction is unknown. The researchers generally agree that it was built either in the last quarter of the 2nd Century BC. and the beginning of the 1st century BC. The Corinthian style column tops exhibit characteristics of the beginning of the 1st Century BC. The excavations carried out on the temple Naos and some architectural features suggest that the Naos and pronaos of the temple and the surrounding persistasis colonnade may have been constructed at different times. Carving of decorations on the temple seems to have continued for a long time. Despite being included in the initial planning of the temple, some decorations must have been completed at the time of Emperor Augustus. Research on Architectural details of the temple, stages of construction and dating continue. ALTAR One of the most important features of offerings and religious rituals are the altars. The altar is surrounded by a colonnade and the extreme outer section is surrounded by a parapet. It is understood form the remains of the parapet that that there were smaller offering altars on the outer side of the parapet. A set of steps on the Northwestern side leads up to the platform of the altar. The ceiling deck is constructed of block on the inner section of the podium and the central section is filled with debris and Stones. A couple of fault cracks on the altar suggest that the structure had collapsed as a result of an earthquake. No repairs were carried out on the temple following this earthquake. Some of the architectural blocks of the altar have been reused in Early Byzantium structures. Full or partial relief blocks were recovered from the ruins of these structures. The structure can be considered to be the most protected altar structure in Anatolia because of the rich ruins and architectural blocks spread about. The architectural decorations and archaeological data point out to the fact that the altar had been constructed at the time of the Emperor Augustus. PRIEST RESIDENCES We learn from the inscriptions that there were residential structures for the priests on the sacred site. Surface excavations carried out suggest that such residences were built over on the southeastern section of the sacred site. A drilling activity carried out on this section unearthed an inscribed door frame, which is thought to have been part of a priest’s house. Since full excavations have not been carried out on this section, architectural planning of the homes is unknown. NAİSKOSLAR Inscribed or non-inscribed superstructure elements collected from the previous structures have been discovered at the excavations carried out on the section called Chapel and Byzantium Structure, located somewhere between the altar and the temple. Accordingly, it is determined from the blocks used that there were at least three structures with saddle roof on this spot. It is shown in the inscriptions that a structure belonging to Rhodes and Helios had been constructed at the time of the Rhodes dominion between 188th Century and 167th Century BC. The inscription on one of the pediments shows that the pediment had been a part of a naikos made in honor of Emperor Augustus. Another pediment, found on a relief in tympanon may be said to refer to Serapis the Egyptian God. CHAPEL AND THE BYZANTIUM STRUCTURE Remains of a Chapel on the southwestern side of the altar and a Byzantium structure at a point between the chapel and the temple are other details of interest. The podium of the altar has been used as the northeastern wall of the Chapel. Walls of both the chapel as well as the Byzantium structure have been constructed out of the marble and limestone elements collected from the sacred site. A statue has been used as part of the wall construction of the Northwestern wall of the chapel and a frieze block from the temple has been used as part of the wall construction on the southwestern section of the Byzantium Structure. The stonemasonry on the western wall of the chapel is considerably deficient. The coinage and archeological finds suggest that the chapel had been constructed after 325th Century AD., when Christianity was officially recognized and must have been demolished in an earthquake in the third quarter of the same century. Initial evaluations show that this structure had been enclosed by walls on three sides and there was a colonnade on the elevated stylobat in front of the wall on the southwestern side. There is an entry point on the southwestern side. The flooring of the structure consists of Stones on the sides and square bricks in the inner section. This structure seems to have been built on a level marble section between the altar and the temple. SACRED POOL The sacred pool is located at approximately 300 m southwest of the Lagina Hekate Sacred Site. Water is carried through stone carved channel works from a spring laying 50 m to the South of the pool. Today, there are travertine formations on the southwestern side of the pool. Inside of the pool is covered with 3 to 4 cm. thick sand and there is a blockage consisting of vertically placed small rocks. The pool walls are constructed using small and medium sized rocks and lime mortar. The surface of walls is plastered with a 1 to 1.5 cm thick tile chippings and lime mortar. Findings suggest that the pool was originally built in the Hellenic era. The pool had been used throughout the Roman era and later. YAYALAR NECROPOLIS The necropolis located in the Yayalar region between the Hekate Sacred Site and Koranza contains many different samples of dromos style tombs, rock tombs and two chamber hypogeum style tombs. Three different tombs from the Classical era and a ceremonial site have been excavated as part of evaluations and the finings prove that the necropolis site had been in use since 5th Century BC. and that there are more tombs from 4th Century BC. than any other era. In addition, existence of 4th Century BC. tombs in the area are confirmed in the inscriptions discovered in Koranza. It is understood that there was a different section within the necropolis compound, where ceremonies were held. KORANZA Located at about 1 km. northeast of Turgut in the Taşlı Yol Region, Koranza is about one km. northwest of Hekate Sacred Site. Prof. Dr. Yusuf Boysal has carried out archaeological excavations in the Apollo and Artemisia Sacred Site as well as the Necropolis of this settlement and discovered artifacts belonging to Archaic and Classical eras. In addition, inscriptions dated back to 4th Century BC, have been found and contents published. The finds show that there had been a sacred site here at least since 6th Century BC. SACRED ROAD There exists a sacred road of about 9.5 km. in length between the administrative center Stratonikeia and the religious center Lagina Hekate Sacred Site. The road begins at the Propylon in Hekate Sacred Site and connects to the Grand city Gates of Stratonikeia in the northern walls of the city. Providing passage between two centers, the sacred road has been used for ceremonies at Hekate Feasts. However, today this road is within the land borders of Lignite Corporation and is closed to visitors and salvage excavations are carried out by Archaeology departments of the University of Selçuk and the University of Pamukkale. When there were ceremonies at Hekate Sacred Site, a singing chorus of young girls used to leave Lagina and bring the keys to Hekate from Stratonikeia. The doors to the sacred site would be opened with this key and the ceremonies would begin on the site. This road was very important in the antiquity both in terms of its normal function and in terms of religious purposes. There existed various tombs, water wells, fountains, small and large settlements dating back to Geometrical era and related workshops and ateliers on both sides of the sacred road starting from the city Gates of Stratonikeia. The road surface had been repaired many times and used up until today. From what we understand of the protected sections, the road was about 3, 30 to 3, 50 m. in width and is stone paved. On the sides of the roads are cisterns, still full of water and fountains, still usable. Börükçü, Beybağı, Bozukbağ and Emirler settlements on the side of the sacred road between Stratonikeia and Lagina and the antique settlements of Turkish castle, Infidel’s castle, Taşkesik and Gibye are other attractions to be seen. These settlements generally date back to geometrical era and later periods. The oldest settlement near Lagina is dated back to pre-historic Bronze Age and is located at approximately 1 km. south of the sacred site in Yarbaşı Region. References: Works of Lagina head of excavations Prof. Dr. Ahmet A. Tırpan and Asst. Prof. Dr. Bilal Söğüt published on http://lagina.pamukkale.edu.tr/ AND http://fen.selcuk.edu.tr/arkeoloji/lagina/giris.asp web site.
DICTIONARY Altar: Place where offerings were presented. The stone used for placing sacrificial offerings and votive offerings in antique religions. Ante: The plaster located on the corners of Naos side walls in a temple. Antemion: A type of carved decoration consisting of Lotus and palmet lines, similar to honeysuckle flower in appearance Arris: The sharp sides of columns Architrave: The beam over the columns in Greek and Roman architecture. Dromos: Trench like entrances added in front of the underground or rock tombs. Hipoje Tomb: Underground tomb chamber mostly for Kings. There may be one or four chambers in the tomb and the entrances are hidden. Lentos: A massive block placed on the top section of Windows and doors in masonry structures. Naıskos: Small Temples in ancient Greece. Naos: Cella- The sacred section in a temple where statues of gods would be placed. Necropolis: Graveyard Orthostatic: Massive stone blocks forming the lower part of a wall. Peribolos: Periphery walls of sacred site Peristasis: The colonnade surrounding the temple. Pronaos: Usually placed on the eastern side of the temple, the ante chamber to cella (or Naos). Propylon: Monumental doors in Roman and Greek architecture. Stoa: Covered and columned galleries located next to an agora or another structure or on the side of a road. Stylobat: Column bases in a temple. Terracotta: Terracotta Tympanon: The triangular surface of a pediment in antique architecture
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text: Biscotti is one of those cookies that can be hit or miss. I have nearly broken a tooth on dry, flavorless store-bought biscotti. I know you’re supposed to dunk them in coffee, but I believe a good biscotti should taste delightful even by itself. I’ve been tinkering with this recipe for years, starting with the original version for Chocolate-Dipped Cherry-Hazelnut Biscotti. The first time I made it, I thought the orange zest was overpowering, and dipping the biscotti in chocolate was messy and time consuming. However, I kept the recipe because I always ship some cookies at Christmas, and biscotti are very sturdy and keep for several weeks. Instead, I started tweaking the recipe a little bit each year. I dropped the orange zest and swapped out hazelnuts for almonds. I tried mixing in chocolate chips, which tasted good if inauthentic. This year I decided to simplify by ditching the chocolate altogether and enhancing the nuts with Amaretto. The resulting cookie has the rich almond flavor and crunchy (but not rock hard) texture that I’ve been looking for all this time.

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Underwater and largely out of sight, it’s long been assumed that catfish spend winter months on pond bottoms, lethargic and uninterested in feeding. A two-year study conducted at the University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff, is challenging that notion.
As director and researcher at the Aquaculture/Fisheries Center at the university, Carole Engle does much work with the economics of catfish production. Engle is interested in winter feeding because, besides being a function of biology, it also impacts producers’ bottom lines. Engle and colleagues are trying to determine how essential the feeding is.
It takes two years from the time a producer stocks a fingerling until he harvests a catfish. Because of that, “we build economic models over a two-year period,” says Engle. “Most farmers stop feeding in October and pick back up in April. There’s a five-month period that we don’t know much about. Are the fish losing weight or not? If so, how much? Does the size of the fish play a part?”
In the researchers’ models, any answer plugged into the above questions “changes the results of our analysis. So we went back and did a very simple study to get some basic numbers. There have been winter-feeding studies before, but they’ve been complicated, making it hard to sort out basic production values from them. For example: what’s the survival rate of large fish over the winter? We need those numbers for our economic models.”
Because winters are so variable, “we looked at this over two winters. In the study, five ponds were fed and five weren’t. We fed according to the standard recommendations for winter feeding that Extension folks have been citing for many, many years.
“What we found was unexpected: even the fish that were fed over the winter lost weight. The recommendations for winter feeding kept them from losing as much weight as the unfed ponds. But it was bothersome that even the fed fish lost weight.”
Engle decided to take a closer look. It’s no good when producers put all that money and feed into them during the first growing season only to see weight — and profits — shed over the winter.
So, last winter, “we tried to figure out if we weren’t feeding enough by following the standard recommendations or if we weren’t feeding often enough.”
Catfish were placed in concrete vats and fed full-sinking pellets. The pellets were placed on a feed tray “that looks like a square, fine-mesh net that was placed on the tank bottoms. Every day, we’d pull the trays out and count the pellets to see exactly how much the fish had eaten.”
Water was pumped in from the bottom of a pond to keep temperatures in the vats close to what would be experienced in the pond. Data-loggers that continuously measured the temperatures were also employed.
After the winter study and data-crunching, “what we found was rather surprising — except to our facility manager. He’s been telling us this for a long time. He’s out feeding fish constantly, so he’s knows what’s going on. The study proved him right.”
For a long time, the manager has been saying catfish will eat at far colder temperatures than is commonly thought. The study showed catfish continue to eat daily down to water temps of 45 degrees. Lower than 45 degrees and they quit eating — “there’s no point feeding at that level.”
The standard winter recommendations say that at temps below 55 degrees, producers should only feed once per week. That’s not enough, says Engle.
“At 55 to 70 degrees, the standard recommendation is to feed every other day. We don’t think that’s enough — the fish might need to be fed five days a week, or so.
“At different temperatures, the amount they consumed was close to what the recommendations called for. So, on the days they feed, the recommendations called for the right amount of feed.”
The difference came with the number of days catfish need to be fed.
“A lot of people think — and I did too — that catfish just go to the bottom and sit there all winter. But now, I’m convinced they’re looking to eat more often than we expected.”
The fish didn’t lose weight when fed every day. Even so, Engle doesn’t know if daily feeding will become the recommendation for winter feeding. “We’re going to run some other studies this winter to pin that down and take a close look at the costs of feeding more often as compared to the benefits of feeding more often.”
The other important implication of the study involves the disease called visceral toxicosis of catfish (VTC), “a rather tough disease to work through. Catfish can acquire it by eating dead fish in the pond.”
The disease tends to pop up from time to time and usually shows up when there is higher mortality over the winter. There’s not yet a medication that can help control it.
“Well, if the catfish are looking to eat more than we’ve realized, they may be moving to the dead fish because feed isn’t available. By offering more feed, more often, that might cut down on losses from VTC.”
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PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – Four Pinellas County Schools are no longer on lockdown or lockout status after a nearby business owner reported hearing a single gunshot.
Seminole Middle School and Bauder Elementary School were placed on lockdown after the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office received the report. School officials said Seminole High School and Career Academies of Seminole were placed on lockout status.
A Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson said that deputies are investigating an alarm call involving the report of a citizen hearing the sound of a single gunshot.
The sheriff’s office received the call around 8:24 a.m. Deputies responded to Rita’s Italian Ice store at 13147 86th Avenue.
The store owner reported seeing three juveniles at the location and heard the sound of a single gunshot.
There were no injuries.Deputies determined the incident was related to an attempted armed robbery.
Deputies say a 17-year-old and two 15-year-olds were congregating at the Rita’s, when the 17-year-old took out a gun and pointed it at the 15-year-old boy. The older boy told the the 15-year-old to give him his belongings.
The victim refused and the 17-year-old pointed the gun at the ground and shot in an attempt to scare the victim.
Deputies believe the incident was drug-related, but no drugs were found at the scene.
The 17-year-old is in custody.
The Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to investigate the incident.
No other details have been released.
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THE National Project Coordinator of Rural Access and Agricultural Marketing Project (RAAMP), Aminu Bodinga Mohammed has hinted at the expansion of the project to cover the 36 States of the federation.
Speaking in Calabar at the annual training and retreat for staff of the project, Bodinga said RAAMP is geared towards making remarkable impacts across the country hence the need to extend the project to all states.
In a signed statement by the Development Communication Officer, RAAMP, Khadija Ishaq and made available to News Point Nigeria, the coordinator who noted that, the successes recorded since the start of the project in 2008 with Cross River and Kaduna States had paved way for the project expansion expressed delight at the increase in the number of participating States to 20 States.
He urged all participating States to be more active in the implementation of the project as this would enable them access more funds required to expand rural road infrastructure in their States.
Mohammed stated that, the introduction of technology in the implementation of the project would reduce security threats being faced on the project.
“Some of the State Project Coordinators are doing very well. All hands must be on deck to achieve the goals of the project. There will be more funding if we are able to do the job well. This is service to humanity and whatever is borrowed now has far more value in future.
“We can always do more and not rest on our oars. We are looking at making the project multi-phased. We are also introducing technology in the implementation of the project because we believe that using technology will reduce security threats”, he stressed.
Also speaking at the training, the World Bank Tasks Team Leader, Engr Olatunji Ahmed allayed fears of the challenges that may hinder the smooth running of the project.
He assured of the readiness of World Bank in ensuring a seamless implementation process.
Staff underwent training on project management, team building in service delivery and Systemic Tracking of Exchanges in Procurement (STEP), amongst others.


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Screening and awareness contribute to fewer prostate cancer deaths
Fewer men are being diagnosed with and dying from prostate cancer these days. While that is due in part to widespread awareness and better treatment, it is also the result of more judicious screening. Learn more here from urologist Jay Raman, M.D.
Cooper Joins Liver, Pancreas, Foregut Program
Amanda Cooper, M.D., joined the Liver, Pancreas, and Foregut (LPF) team of the Division of General Surgery Specialties and Surgical Oncology on August 18, 2014. She is Assistant Professor of Surgery. Dr. Cooper comes to Penn State Hershey from M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, where she completed fellowships in complex surgical oncology and hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery. Dr. Cooper completed her general surgery residency at Indiana University, Indianapolis. During a post-doctoral research fellowship at Indiana University, she completed a Master's degree in clinical investigation. A native of Tennessee, Dr. Cooper is a graduate of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, having completed both her undergraduate education and medical school there.
Dr. Cooper is board certified in general surgery and board-eligible in complex surgical oncology. Her clinical interests include upper gastrointestinal (GI), pancreas, liver, and bile duct surgery. Dr. Cooper's research interest is in quality of life and outcomes for patients with hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancers. She will work with the multidisciplinary LPF team to diagnose and surgically treat patients with GI tract, abdominal, and retroperitoneal malignancies.
Construction begins on expansion of chemotherapy unit at St. Joseph Medical Center
Note: written by Jason Brudereck and published in the Reading Eagle August 2014
Construction of a nearly $1 million expansion of a chemotherapy program at St. Joseph Medical Center began this week.
The chemotherapy area opened about 18 months ago in the medical office building at the hospital's Bern Township campus.
Demand is already high enough that the chemotherapy treatment area is being almost doubled in size, hospital spokesman Michael B. Jupina said Friday.
The number of patients being seen at any one time will increase from about a dozen to about 20, he said.
The construction is inside an existing building, so no additional external structure is being added to the building.
The project should be completed this fall.
The hospital's cancer program has grown significantly since it began its affiliation with Penn State Hershey Cancer Institute nearly five years ago, said Karen Wagner, director of oncology services.
The expansion was necessary because hours for infusion services have been running late into weekday evenings and on Saturdays to meet patients' needs, she said.
The cancer center also is adding another nurse practitioner later this year, said Dr. Marc Rovito, St. Joseph's chief of oncology.
"The fact that we need to expand is an illustration of the referring physicians' belief in us," Rovito said. "We have worked hard to establish good relationships by providing comprehensive care, as well as communicating quickly and regularly on each patient's progress."
As an affiliate of the institute, St. Joseph cancer patients have access to 30 clinical trials that offer new treatments, said Rovito, who also is on staff at Penn State Hershey and is a faculty member of the Penn State Hershey School of Medicine.
The hospital also expedites patients' access to cancer specialists in Hershey who then return patients to St. Joe's for treatment, he said.
"This partnership is working," Rovito said. "Patients typically prefer to receive their care close to home, but when all of the care cannot be provided for in their community, helping them access it elsewhere and then return home to finish treatment is a viable alternative."


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Okay, if this isn't the most confusing artist name we've seen all year, but we'll try and simplify things for you. US DJ Armand Van Helden is one of the most successful DJs on the planet. Canadian DJ A-Trak has just visited Aussie shores where he played at Parklife. Together, the boys have come together to form a duo called 'Duck Sauce'. And what's Duck Sauce all about? According to the OFFICIAL MYSPACE, "Duck Sauce is Armand Van Helden and A-Trak making house music and eating Chinese food. Who's hungry? Quack quack."
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STRUCTURE OF THE NEURON
The structure of the neuron (see Figure 5.2), the func-tional unit of the nervous system, varies from site to site. Typically, a neuron has a cell body/soma, or perikaryon, with a nucleus and cytoplasm, alongwith the organelles normally found in a cell. The prominent rough endoplasmic reticulum is known as Nissl bodies. However, most neurons do not have acentriole and lose the ability to multiply.Nuclei are clusters of cell bodies of neurons in the CNS (excep-tion, basal ganglia). These clusters in the PNS are known as ganglia.
Many processes lead off from the soma. The axon is long and helps conduct impulses away from the cell body. The axon may have many branches, known as collaterals. The collaterals help the cell commu-nicate with more than one neuron. The dendrites are highly branched processes from the cell body that take impulses to the soma. The presence of numerous dendrites enables many neurons to have an effect on one cell.


Annex V: Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)
Soil degradation and desertification is severe in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). While the degree of land degradation in the CEE region varies from country to country, evidence shows that the problem is getting worse.
The CEE region experiences various forms of land degradation caused by:
- Development of transitioning economies
- Soil depletion caused by agricultural processes
- Deforestation, due to pollution stress and frequent forest fires
- Inappropriate irrigation and excessive exploitation of water resources, which contribute to:
- Chemical pollution
- Exhaustion of aquifers
Central and Eastern Europe: Regional cooperation
The UNCCD’s regional Annex V entered into force in 2001 by the Decision of
Conference of the Parties (COP) 5, titled “The Regional implementation Annex of the Convention for the region of Eastern and Central Europe”.
Currently, 19 countries of the CEE are the Parties to the UNCCD. Fifteen of these Parties have declared their status of being affected country Parties.
At COP12 in 2015 the countries of CEE 12 endorsed the Regional Action Programme (RAP CEE) at its regional meeting. The RAP CEE identifies the following priority areas for regional cooperation:
- strengthening regional policies
- increased knowledge on desertification, land degradation and drought (DLDD) in the region
- achievement of land degradation neutrality (LDN)
- capacity building
- organic agriculture
- elaboration of joint sustainable land management (SLM) projects
Sub-regional activities aimed at managing drought in South Eastern Europe are underway. In 2006 the countries in this sub-region established a Drought Management Centre for South Eastern Europe (DMCSEE) to better forecast drought occurrences, frequency and impacts. The center is hosted by Slovenia and in cooperation with the UNCCD secretariat and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO).
With adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 the region of Central and Eastern Europe is set to translate the Goals into the national targets. Most of the countries of the region have prioritized the SDG 15.3. “By 2030, combat desertification, restore degraded land and soil, including land affected by desertification, drought and floods, and strive to achieve a land degradation-neutral world”.
The countries will build national capacity to set up the LDN target and monitor its achievement.
Contact Regional Liaison Office for Europe (Annex V)
(located in UNCCD Headquarters in Bonn)
Ms. Nadezda Dementieva
- Regional Liaison Officer
- ndementieva [at] unccd.int
- 00 49 228 815 2824
Land degradation, one of the world’s most pressing environmental problems affects 16.5 percent of the land in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), according to the latest UNCCD baseline assessment; equivalent to one out of every eight acres or hectares of the land in the region. From 6 to 9 December 2022, Bosnia and Herzegovina, one of the countries in the region, hosted a workshop to consider actions to take to avoid, reduce and reverse the land degradation, and to increase the area to be restored. Most CEE countries, including Bosnia and Herzegovina, participate in the drought initiative that is helping countries to be better prepared for droughts and have set their targets for restoring degraded lands. However, more restoration commitments above the current 13.5 million hectares, or 5% of the total degraded area, are needed to to reverse the ecosystem degradation and loss forests, croplands, grasslands, and peatlands in the region. The Workshop explored how to restore 350 million hectares of land degraded landscapes. The workshop participants, drawn mostly from countries in Central and Eastern Europe, the UNCCD and agencies that the Global Environment Facility (GEF) finances to help countries to carry out the desired actions discussed a new GEF programming cycle, known as “Healthy planet, healthy soils,” which offers countries the possibility to deliver on their environmental and climate agendas. The Global Environmental Facility (GEF) is a financing instrument of the UNCCD and the largest environmental multi-donor trust fund. It contributes directly to the goals of the Convention through targeted financial and technical support to the countries which seek to meet the objectives of the UNCCD, and other international environmental agreements. Senad Oprašić, Head of Environmental Protection Department at Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which hosted the workshop spoke about the importance of tackling environmental challenges with the help of existing climate financial mechanisms. Bosnia and Herzegovina committed to revitalize 100,000 hectares of abandoned land as a part of its LDN target-setting process, according to the Global Land Outlook’s second edition of the Central and Eastern European Thematic Report. Ms. Nadezda Dementieva and Ms. Munazza Jaleel Naqvi, on behalf of the UNCCD, stressed that investing in land restoration as a win-win solution for the environment, the economy and people to combat desertification, climate change and loss of biodiversity. They encouraged participants to work closely with the Global Mechanism of the UNCCD (GM), which assists countries to mobilize substantial resources to implement agreements under the Convention. The GM helps Parties to translate their voluntary LDN targets and national drought plans into concrete actions on the ground, including developing gender-responsive transformative projects and programmes that generate multiple benefits. The GM also drew attention to upcoming events relevant to the work under consideration, more specifically, the 21st session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC21) that will take place in October 2023 in Uzbekistan and the 16th session of the Convention’s Conference of the Parties to be held in 2024 in Saudi Arabia.


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Doctor Who: The Aztecs: Special Edition
The Aztecs, a four-part story written by John Lucarotti and initially broadcast in May-June 1964 as the sixth story of Doctor Who's first season, was first released on DVD in 2002. That edition was reviewed for this site by Mark Campbell, and as usual with special edition releases,. I'll link to that original review and come back here to discuss the new edition and its extras. So, over to Mark...
DVD review by Mark Campbell
The Special Edition of The Aztecs comprises two dual-layered discs, the first encoded for Regions 2 and 4, the second for Region 2 only. Both discs have optional audio-descriptive menus.
In 1964, each serial did not have an overall story title on screen, only individual episode titles (here, “The Temple of Evil”, “The Warriors of Death”, “The Bride of Sacrifice” and “The Day of Darkness”). On the 2002 release, if you watched the story via the Play All option, it began with a colour title card – see above – with one of six randomly selected introductory messages, voiced by Tlotoxl (John Ringham), Tonila (Walter Randall) or Ixta (Ian Cullen). This feature wasn't repeated by 2 Entertain on future DVDs, but it has been retained on this Special Edition.
The DVD transfer is in the original ratio of 1.33:1. Apart from some pre-filmed scenes in Ealing Studios (which constitute Carole Ann Ford's appearances in the second and third episodes, as she was on holiday during the two weeks during which they were rehearsed and recorded), The Aztecs was shot in the studio in black and white on 405-line video and was broadcast from two-inch quad tapes. These tapes were wiped in August 1967, but the serial survived on 16mm telerecordings made for overseas sales, held by BBC Enterprises and fortunately never junked. The 2002 release was the first DVD to use VidFIRE, which restored a video look to the film telerecordings, and the results look as good as they are ever likely to, given that they are based on second-generation materials, the originals no longer existing.
The soundtrack is in mono, as it was on broadcast, cleaned up and restored. The fourth episode is also available in an Arabic dub, which begins with a voice announcing the on-screen written credits at the beginning and end and also features some different music and effects. Hard-of-hearing subtitles are available for the episodes and all the extras except the commentary. The information subtitles are the work of Matthew Kilburn this time, and are up to the usual standard, telling you all you might need to know and more besides.
The audio commentary is reused from the 2002 release, and features Verity Lambert, William Russell and Carole Ann Ford. It's a rather directionless chat, hampered by gaps in memory from nearly forty years after the event. Soon after this, many commentaries used a moderator, more often than not Toby Hadoke, and the benefit was obvious, especially with the very oldest stories such as this one.
“Remembering the Aztecs” (28:21) is a making-of documentary, featuring three of the guest cast, John Ringham Walter Randall and Ian Cullen, the former two interviewed together. (John Ringham passed away in 2008.) There's a BBFC-mandated edit in this featurette, bleeping out the precise word that Cullen says actors had to use if they wanted to do a retake. “Designing the Aztecs” (24:34) features the work of designer Barry Newbery, one of the show's longest-serving crewmembers, who split much of the first season with the recently-departed Raymond Cusick. Newbery specialised in the historicals and Cusick the futuristic stories. There are colour stills from the story, and also from Marco Polo, which no longer exists. Production design is often overlooked, but in many ways the designer is one of the most important members of the crew, and Newbery looks back with fondness on his role in the show.
“Cortez and Montezuma” (5:56) is an extract from a Blue Peter from 1970, featuring Valerie Singleton flown out to Central America to bring you this location report. It's an informative little piece for its intended audience, and managing not to be too gruesome for teatime given that its subject matter involves human sacrifice.
“Restoring the Aztecs” (8:09) is a featurette which describes the process as mentioned in its title, allowing you to compare, grainy, fuzzy film telerecording with restored VidFIRE DVD transfer, with examples not only from the present serial but also from Terror of the Autons and The Dominators.
The remaining extras on the first disc are slight. “Making Cocoa” (2:30) is an amusing item featuring John Ringham and Walter Randall as their characters, animated South Park style. Next we have number 3 of the TARDIS-Cam computer animations (1:06, and the only item on this disc in 16:9 with stereo sound) and a self-advancing stills gallery (3:51). Click left from the stills gallery to reveal an Easter Egg, a BBC Enterprises ident (0:13). I'm sure you've always wanted one.
On to Disc Two. In December 2011, I was at the BFI Southbank at Missing Believed Wiped when Mark Gatiss introduced not one but two newly-discovered lost episodes of Doctor Who. Fifteen minutes of the 16mm telerecording were shown then, with the whole episode (in its restored and VidFIRED form) at the following year's event. Now the first of those two episodes appears on DVD, “Air Lock”, the third episode of Galaxy 4. But you don't just get that episode. You get a reconstruction of the whole serial, made up of the off-air soundtrack, telesnaps with captions and occasional animation where appropriate, some 8mm footage shot at the time of broadcast by a fan pointing his camera at his TV set, the five-minute chunk of the first episode we already had (and which appears on the Lost in Time DVD set) and of course the whole of the third episode, running 64:45 in total. Obviously the materials don't exist to make this sort of thing viable for all missing or partly-missing stories, but unless a miracle happens and more missing episodes turn up, this is the best alternative. At the time of writing, I don't know what the plans are for the other found episode, the second of The Underwater Menace (the third can be seen on Lost in Time as well). Maybe another reconstruction, given that that story is now fifty percent complete?
Chronicle was a long-running BBC history series. This instalment from February 1969, “The Realms of Gold” (49:52) deals with the Aztecs. Like the Blue Peter clip described above, this harks back to a time when the BBC would fly their presenter (here, John Julius Norwich) off to foreign parts with a film crew – and it is 16mm colour film, not video, let alone the HD that it would be nowadays – to make this documentary, which is in the great tradition of BBC public service and doesn't talk down to the audience. It was made in colour and broadcast that way on BBC2, at the time the only UK colour channel, but undoubtedly most viewers would have been watching in black and white. There's an extra fillip for Who fans in that the music score is the work of Delia Derbyshire and the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Doctor Forever! - The Celestial Toyroom (22:36) is a companion piece to “Love and War” which appeared on the Special Edition of The Ark in Space. Hosted again by Ayesha Antoine (in the same dress and large earrings), this deals with a second area of Who spinoffery, namely toys and merchandise and what were alarmingly described as “pleasure products”. Interviewees include Paul Cornell, Robert Shearman and Russell T. Davies. I'm someone whose Who fandom didn't ever extend to this kind of ephemera, so there's my geek card handed in right there, but this is a well-put-together piece that avoids being too much ado about nothing.
It's a Square World was a semi-surreal TV comedy series starring former Goon Michael Bentine. This extract (7:23) features Clive Dunn in Hartnell-Who garb and some quite impressive special effects as the BBC TV Centre gets launched into space. It's certainly funny.
A Whole Scene Going was a magazine show aimed at young people, and presented by two of them, Barry Fantoni and Wendy Varnals. An edition from 1966 was recently found and shown in full at the 2012 Missing Believed Wiped, featuring such things as a guide to Manchester clubs and a roundtable discussion on the film industry. In this extract (4:33), Fantoni introduces an interview with a chain-smoking Gordon Flemyng, with a backstage glimpse of the film he was then directing, Daleks: Invasion Earth 2150 A.D..
Next up are the Radio Times listings for The Aztecs in PDF format, which include a brief article on the first episode which includes interview comments from Jacqueline Hill, who reveals that she uses friends' children to judge her performance. The Coming Soon trailer is for The Ice Warriors (0:55). That's not actually due until August; as of this writing the next DVD release will be a Special Edition of the Peter Davison story The Visitation, out in May.


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Al-Alaq clan is besieging one of the satellite channels .. The Association for the Defense of Press Freedom invites Abdel-Mahdi to interveneBy [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] 2 hours ago
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The Association for the Defense of Press Freedom on Tuesday called on Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi to intervene immediately in the case of besieging the clan of former MP Ali al-Alaq of the Asian satellite channel.
"In the meantime, dozens of members of the family of the former MP Mr. Ali Al-Aalak are trapped in the Asian satellite channel, and the channel's colleagues mentioned that more than 100 members of the MP's clan were besieging the building in protest against criticizing one of the channel's programs For the relationship. "
"The protesters are encircling the building, preventing the staff from leaving, and they are concerned about this gathering in front of the building, which has been sabotaging their work," the statement said.
The Association for the Defense of the Freedom of the Press is the action by the Alaq clan "a flagrant violation of the constitution that guarantees the freedom of press work, and the Assembly is surprised that Mr. Al-Alaq or his family is not being taken to justice.
The Assembly calls on the Prime Minister to "immediately intervene, dispel and end the farce of attacking the media, especially as it signals a state of legal chaos and the process of strengthening people's lack of faith in the state."
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China has identified bird flu victims who had no previous exposure to poultry, although it's still unknown how these people became infected in the first place.
Further, a 4-year-old Chinese child has been identified as a symptom-free carrier of H7N9, after 24 poultry owners were screened for the virus in the Chaoyang District of Beijing.
Read more from GlobalPost: China media urge eating poultry despite bird flu
"This is one of the puzzles still (to) be solved and therefore argues for a wide investigation net," said World Health Organization spokesman Gregory Hartl said to Reuters of the unexposed bird flu victims, though he added he did not know the exact percentage.
The Beijing News newspaper reported on Tuesday that 40 percent of bird flu sufferers had not been exposed to poultry, wrote Forbes.
Bird flu cases continue to increase, wrote Xinhua, with 14 new cases of H7N9 reported on Tuesday alone. A total of 77 cases have now been reported, with 16 deaths. 30 of these cases have been reported in the city of Shanghai.
The infected 4-year-old boy, known as Zhu, is the second case of H7N9 and the first symptomless carrier, wrote CNN, which added that the boy's parents were involved in trading live poultry.
The boy is under medical observation, reports Bloomberg, which added that his case was caught as authorities investigated neighbors of a 7-year-old girl who recently came down with the virus.
It remains unknown if H7N9 is transmissible between humans, but these two recent developments are worrisome to health officials, who are concerend that more cases could be asymptomatic.
"It really depends on whether this H7N9 virus is transmissible between humans ... that key question needs to be answered," said Dr. Leo Poon Lit-man of University of Hong Kong's School of Public Health to CNN.
"If it can (transmit human to human), then it's a very different scenario -- we would not be able to detect asymptomatic carriers and that would be a huge problem," Poon added to CNN.


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In just a few short weeks I will be turning the big 3-0! I can’t believe that I will soon be someone who is in their thirties. I don’t know quite just yet how I feel about being 30. Part of me feels that I am getting old very quick and the other part of me feels that it’s a new decade to start some wonderful memories and truly live life, more so than I ever have.
As I look back at my life and what I want out of my next thirty years, all I can think about is how I so badly want to just relax, enjoy life and not be so stressed out over the smallest of issues.
For a good part of my life I had to deal with and address some hefty stress-induced situations, some of which I exacerbate, and others, that are completely out of my control. No matter what the situation is, I really need to start looking towards my heart and soul for comfort and healing from the anxiety that creeps upon me.
While I don’t know how I’m going to train my mind to think differently, I am going to start with a list of statements that I will recite to myself when I am feeling anxious or stressed out.
– You do not own anxiety, it is something that comes and goes and do not make it part of you.
– Stop worrying about whether the house is clean, if the dishes are washed and if the laundry is put away. You can’t enjoy life if you are inside cleaning.
– Look at the person you have married and how much you love him. While you would want to think your stress doesn’t affect him, you are wrong. Not only does it affect him, but it affects your daughter too. Try to breath and take a walk if you feeling stressed.
– Stop thinking you are the only one who is stressed and frustrated. Not only are you wrong, but you are putting extra pressure on yourself.
– Think about how wonderful your life has been and how much you love your family. You are one blessed person.
– Calm down. Stop running around the house like a mad woman, stop pretending to be supermom. You can’t do it all and stop thinking you can. Maybe if you did this you would be less stressed.
– You are a high energy person who married a laid back, easy-going man. Try taking on some of his qualities and ditching your old ones that make you so frazzled.
Wow, after just writing this out, I actually feel somewhat better. I think writing about my struggle with anxiety is something I should do more of.
How did you feel when you turned 30? Were you excited? Did you reflect on your past thirty years and what you want out of the next thirty?
For anyone who is turning 30 in 2013, I’d like to wish you a Happy Birthday!

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Tuesday marked the last of the three-group practices. Now, it’s time for players to show what they can do in exhibition games on Wednesday and Thursday. Only two group practices are scheduled for Friday, so it looks like a safe bet to say that cuts will come before then.
Coach Peter Laviolette has said that, while the practices are nice, sometimes you don’t really know what you have until the exhibition games start. That makes the upcoming home-and-home series with the Capitals, starting in Raleigh Wednesday night, important for a handful of prospects and depth players.
“You can go through all these drills here and a guy can look like a million bucks and then you get to a game and maybe it doesn’t translate,” said Laviolette. “Conversely, there could be somebody who is a checking player or a smart player who brings something different that may not necessarily show up, but in a game situation has an opportunity to show what they can do. The evaluation always comes down to games.”
Whether he meant to or not, Laviolette described Brandon Sutter’s situation in camp to a tee in the second part of that statement. Sutter, known for his excellent defensive skills and hockey sense, isn’t the type of player who will wow you in drills or in practice. His contributions will show best in game situations when he’s trying to shut down top offensive players on other teams or killing penalties – both things he will be counted on to do if he makes the team to start the season.
“He’s going to get some games to see what he can do,” said Laviolette. “It’s not a make-or-break, I don’t want to put the pressure on him where he feels like he can’t move out there. Training camp is to make the best of opportunities, and he and others are going to get that opportunity.”
Although the lineups for the upcoming games won’t be finalized until the mornings of, Laviolette said that both Sutter and Drayson Bowman would be in the lineup tomorrow night. Bowman, a more offensively skilled player, will be given the chance to show what he can do on a scoring line.
As for the rest of the players that will fill out game rosters over the next few days, don’t count on seeing too many veterans in the lineup just yet. The early games will be geared more towards young players, players coming off of injury and players still getting back into game shape.
”There’s a few guys that are I guess regulars but have either been away for a year or are new to us, guys we want to see,” said Laviolette. The lineup tomorrow night will have some of our veteran players in it, but by veteran also, a guy like Jeff O’Neill who wasn’t with us but has lots of games, he’s been away for a year so we want to give guys an opportunity to show what they can do.”
Unfortunately, not everyone will get a shot to appear in exhibition games. There are simply too many players and only six games, meaning that some will return to their junior teams or be assigned to Albany before they get a chance.
“That Red/White game had some meaning,” said Laviolette. “Guys that played well in that Red/White game and stood out are going to get an opportunity. There’s only six exhibition games, and the last three I want to have a lot of our players in it, certainly for the last two, and that narrows it down even more.”
A few other notes from camp:
- Anton Babchuk hasn’t practiced since spraining his knee in the Red/White game and is expected to miss another week or so. Laviolette said he would not be available for either of the Washington games.
- Laviolette said that he thought Zach Boychuk looked strong in camp, especially after having his wrist in a splint until only recently. However, since he won’t be cleared for contact for another few weeks, Laviolette doesn’t expect him to appear in any exhibition games before returning to his junior team - Lethbridge of the WHL.

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Caitlin Sanchez Former Voice of Dora the Explorer Sued against NickBy Mayuri, Gaea News Network
Friday, October 8, 2010
LOS ANGELES (GaeaTimes.com) — Caitlin Sanchez is the 14 year old girl who used to deliver her voice to the famous character in Nickelodeon’s hit animated series “Dora The Explorer“. She sued against Nickelodeon this week claiming that she had been cheated by the channel.
Caitlin Sanchez was removed from Nick on the pretext that her voice is now not suited for the most successful kids’ character as she has reached the age of puberty.
Caitlin Sanchez stated that she was pressurized signing an unconscionable contract in 2007. But the channel network has completely opposed her allegation.


In recent years we've heard plenty about hydrogen fuel cells, bio fuels and even cars powered on wine and cheese, but what about a car battery that relies on fresh air for generating electricity?
Toyota's research department in Japan is currently investing heavily in so-called air batteries in an effort to replace the current generation of electric car batteries.
Current nickel-metal-hydrogen batteries and even the next generation of lithium-ion batteries are seen to be holding back the mass adoption of electric cars, as they can't hold enough charge for many users' needs.
However, air batteries, which create electricity from a reaction between oxygen in the air and a zinc negative electrode, can store five times as much electricity as a similarly sized li-ion battery, although there are problems before they can be commercialised.
The most fundamental of these lies in scaling air batteries up to the size needed to power a car efficiently.
Existing air batteries have only been made large enough to power hearing aids or similar devices, which is why Toyota is working to enlarge them. Once that happens, the days of the combustion engine could finally be numbered.


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After all the predictions of record rainfall in Victoria, the cyclonic weather has stayed away so far for today’s Victoria Derby Day with the Flemington track currently rated a Good 3.
The track was expected to suffer a thrashing from heavy rainfall overnight, deteriorating the ground to a Heavy rating.
Current Flemington Track Rating for Victoria Derby Day 2010 – Good 3
However, with the rain at bay and only showers predicted later in the day, it looks as if the tips on the wet trackers can be held off for later.
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Displaying items by tag: halal industry
There may be an ongoing trade dispute between India and Malaysia over palm oil imports but the Southeast Asian nation has not halted efforts to tap into the country of some 200 million Muslims as a huge market for halal products and services.
“India is one of the priority markets that we are getting into,” Mohammad Shukur Sugumaran, Manager, International Footprint and Industry Development at Malaysia’s Halal Industry Development Corporation (HDC), told Salaam Gateway.
“We feel there is a lot of untapped potential,” said the official, whose agency falls under the Ministry of Economic Affairs.
Mohammad Shukur believes India’s industry players know the potential of the halal market but that there is not much help for them.
In the last couple of years, Malaysia has intensified its efforts to create awareness in India about halal business at various platforms including halal exhibitions and road shows. This was evident during the recently concluded India International Halal Expo in Hyderabad, where Malaysia’s government bodies, trade agencies and companies were present to develop synergies between companies of both the countries.
“I would ask the industries which are not halal-certified but have halal potential to come together to support halal and see that halal grows to the next level,” the HDC official said on the sidelines of the Halal Expo in Hyderabad.
HDC is collaborating with the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) in Chennai to expand the presence of the country’s halal companies and organisations in India.
“We have halal organisations in Malaysia and we want to work with companies and buyers over here. We are trying to collaborate to see how we can maximise the exposure of Indian companies as well as the Malaysian companies so that there is more trade between us,” said Mohammad Shukur.
Muzzafar Shah Hanafi, who took charge as the Trade Commissioner of MATRADE in Chennai in 2018 told Salaam Gateway that one of the agendas for his term in India is to position Malaysia as the halal business reference for the Indian market.
“Halal is one of those industries that we really want to push for, knowing that India is the second-largest Muslim population in the world and has the second-largest purchasing power parity,” he said.
Halal business in India, he said, is largely an “untapped market”.
“People know about halal but the understanding about halal is still very much restricted to food only, more precisely halal beef,” said the trade commissioner.
India exported 124,357 MT of halal beef (buffalo meat) worth $368.5 million to Malaysia in the last financial year (2018-19) ending March 31, 2019, according to the government’s agriculture agency APEDA. In this fiscal year (2019-20) for which data is available from April to November, 2019, it recorded 73,757 MT export worth $219.32 million.
Muzzafar points out that halal embodies not just meat but the whole ecosystem of a business, from logistics and operations to how financial transactions are being conducted. “So, everything needs to be Shariah-compliant. Since these things are not being put in place in India yet, we see a lot of opportunities for us to explore,” he said.
MATRADE, which started promoting halal in India a couple of years back through a seminar in Chennai, is planning a number of industry engagements this year.
With awareness and demand for halal is growing in India, industry experts say this will also create demand for thousands of skilled and qualified workers. Malaysia hopes it can play a part in India’s capacity-building.
“[The] halal industry is growing as people are interested in the business aspect of it but they don’t realise that we also need manpower which is mentally as well as educationally prepared to serve the industry,” said Prof. Hamzah Mohd. Salleh, Dean of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM).
Citing an estimate given by a former Malaysian minister, he said Malaysia would need at least 20,000 skilled workers for the halal industry. “We have a population of 32 million only. And if you were to extrapolate halal industry globally, you would realise how many halal professionals we need to produce,” said Prof. Hamzah, who spoke about human capital development for the halal industry at the Hyderabad expo in January.
However, he added, there is only a limited number of institutions around the world that are providing this service or preparing the workforce for the halal industry.
While Malaysia has been in the business of halal standards and certification for over 40 years, Prof. Hamzah noted that the country is at a stage where it needs to have proper educational training to sustainably develop a knowledgeable and skillful workforce for the halal industry.
“I hope there will be an interest in India as well as around the world to follow the footsteps of Malaysia in trying to have a proper educational curriculum and training for halal industry in their own countries.”
One of the things his university sought from participating at the Hyderabad expo was “some sort of collaboration” with local entities for some of its activities including research, and other services such as consultancy and Muslim-friendly hotel rating systems.
Trade relations between the countries are not at their best at the moment as India recently put a curb on palm oil imports from Malaysia, with further restrictions reportedly being mooted on other items including petroleum, aluminium ingots, liquefied natural gas, computer parts and microprocessors.
However, Malaysia is hopeful of resolving these issues soon as both countries have a long bilateral relation.
“It’s India’s position,” said MATRADE’s Muzaffar, referring to India’s curbing of Malaysia’s palm oil imports.
“There is no trade dispute from our side and we don’t retaliate,” he added.
He agrees that the restriction is impacting Malaysian exports to India but that currently “it’s only for one product which is refined palm oil”.
India was Malaysia’s largest buyer of palm oil in 2019, with 7.99 billion ringgit ($1.93 billion) worth of imports, according to data from the Department of Statistics Malaysia.
Muzzafar said his government is engaging with the Indian government to settle the dispute. “I hope these things will be resolved soon because it’s not going to benefit anyone in any way.”
Malaysia currently has two bilateral trade agreements with India: the Malaysia-India Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (MICECA) signed in 20111 and the regional trade agreement ASEAN-India FTA (AIFTA) signed in 2003.
“We want to look how we can actually leverage on these two trade agreements first, in term of [the] halal industry, before embarking on a much more dynamic engagement,” said Muzzafar.
Malaysia's exports to India were 37.54 billion ringgit ($9.1 billion) in 2019, while its imports were 24.28 billion ringgit ($5.88 billion), according to the country’s statistics department.
While increasing exports is one of MATRADE’s objectives, Muzzafar points out that it’s not just about trying to sell to the Indians. “In this global trade environment, I think it’s not only that we sell and you buy – it doesn’t work like that now.
“Now it’s more of joint ventures, partnerships and many other things. We want to create that kind of platform where business communities from both sides interested in the halal market landscape can actually leverage on,” he said.
There are four major industries that Malaysia can tap into in India, said Muzzafar, naming F&B, pharmaceuticals, modest fashion, and FMCG.
“These four market segments are our main target.”
HDC’s Mohammad Shukur agrees Malaysian companies have opportunities in cosmetics and personal care, and modest fashion.
“There is a lot of demand for these two segments but local producers are not in a position to meet that. We feel we can help India in these areas as they can buy from us and supply to the demand here,” said Mohammad Shukur.
He believes Malaysia can fill the current supply gap in India for halal-certified products. In the meantime, Malaysia can also play a part in helping India develop its own halal industry.
“India can get ingredients from Malaysia and develop its own industry. It can develop its own F&B, cosmetics and personal care, or modest fashion, or services like tourism and all, so that it becomes sustainable and is able to meet the demand of people over here,” said Mohammad Shukur.
For MATRADE, Muzzafar believes India’s halal pharmaceuticals is a huge growth sector.
“India already has a very strong ecosystem for the pharmaceutical industry. Actually, it just needs to incorporate the halal elements into the whole supply chain. It just requires a bit of fine-tuning because India already has a concept of veg and non-veg,” said Muzzafar.
Malaysia and India could be a major force in halal pharmaceuticals if the two countries could work together in collaboration, believes Muzzafar.
“I think that could be a good platform for Malaysia and India to create joint ventures, partnerships and collaborations for creating a more comprehensive halal pharmaceutical industry.”
Published in: SalaamGateway.com 2020


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Just as with many other shrubs, roses can be grown from cuttings. It’s not a fast process – it may take a couple of years before your new plant produces flowers. But if you have a favourite rose, it can be fun to try. The cuttings need to be taken fresh from a healthy plant – don’t try to grow a new rose bush from the bunch of cut flowers you have sitting in a vase. And as roses bushes are pruned during winter, this is the most convenient time to take and pot up your rose cuttings.
When pruning, be judicious. If you prune too hard in autumn, plants can be damaged beyond recovery. Instead, wait until spring, when plants begin to leaf out for the new season. (Roses are often not the earliest plants in the garden to respond to spring’s warming temperatures, so be patient.) Give the plant time to show its leaf buds then prune above that level.
After the rose seeds have soaked overnight, rinse them in a strainer and place them into the blender with at least a cup of plain purified water (making sure all seeds are covered), and turn it on for a few minutes. It usually doesn't chop up the seeds, but rather, it will clean off the pulp remaining from the rose hip, which would otherwise mold if left on the rose seed. You may see a few seeds chopped up, but those usually aren't viable anyway. Flush the rose seeds again through a strainer using fresh purified water.
Remove the seeds from the fridge. Try to do this around the time that the seeds would normally start to germinate, such as in early spring. Make sure that the environment outside of the fridge is about 70 degrees Fahrenheit. The seed will not sprout until you take them out of the fridge. Depending on the rose variety and individual seeds, the seeds could take anywhere from four to sixteen weeks to germinate. Often, 70% or more of the seeds never sprout at all.
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Put the rose cuttings directly into water. It’s very important for the rose cuttings to stay hydrated so that they don’t dry out before you plant them. Immediately after you take the rose cuttings, put them in a cup of room temperature water until you’re ready to transfer them. Ideally, you’ll be ready to put them into the soil right after you cut the stems.
Site: For most abundant blooms and greatest vigor, roses need to receive 6 to 8 hours of direct sunlight each day. In hot climates, they will appreciate receiving protection from the most intense afternoon sun. In cool climates, a fence or a warm south- or west-facing wall can add enough extra warmth to boost flower production and reduce winter damage.
Alfalfa provides solid nutrition to roses, supplying nitrogen, calcium, iron, phosphorus, and other nutrients, including a fatty acid known to promote plant growth. Work alfalfa meal or pellets into soil around roses (1 cup per large bush; one-half cup for miniature roses). You can also brew alfalfa tea by soaking alfalfa meal or pellets in water. Discover tips on making and using alfalfa tea from the American Rose Society.
This is a fungus called black spot. Left untreated, it can cause all the leaves on your roses to turn yellow and fall off. It will also affect nearby plants, as it spreads by spores. Remove ALL INFECTED material and throw it away or burn it. Do NOT leave it on the ground as this fungus is very hardy. It can survive winter and travels very easily, even after being removed from the affected plant. Spray your plants regularly (bi-weekly) in the growing season with a good fungicide (I like the Bayer products). You can also add a little bit of dish soap and baking soda to a spray bottle with water and spray the entire plant.

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Home Design, Classic Brown Kitchen Wall Stained With Glass Rectangle Table And Brown Cupboard Also Mirror: Amazing New Favorite Home Style
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In the draft Budget for the 2018 inherent rate of 29,3 USD for dollar – danyluk
The draft State budget for 2018 is formed on the basis of the rate of 29,3 USD per dollar.
In an interview to Ukrainian news said the Minister of Finance of Ukraine Oleksandr danylyuk.
Videosignala salary in Ukraine will reach 7 thousand hryvnias, – Volodymyr Groysman
14 June, 20:45
In addition, the budget assumes GDP growth at 3%, inflation at 7%.
We also plan to increase social standards: from January 1, 2018 the minimum wage will be UAH 3723, a living wage – UAH 1700.
According to danyluk, the budget deficit in 2018 is expected at 2.4%.
The state Treasury notes a significant over-fulfillment of the state budget
“The budget deficit we are gradually reducing as planned. In 2018 assumes a deficit of 2.4%. We mean that revenues are growing at 14% compared to this year”, – said the Minister.
We will remind, the Ministry of Finance on 6 September introduced the Cabinet of Ministers the draft state budget for 2018. According to first Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine Stepan Kubiv, the document has been agreed with all ministries and will be submitted for consideration of the Verkhovna Rada until September 15, as it should be according to the rules.
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Al Ahly claim fifth place at the 2015 Super Globe handball championship
Al Ahly came fifth at the 2015 Super Globe handball championship after beating Esporte Clube Taubate.
The Red Devils defeated the Brazilian side 28-24 in the 5/6 placement match on Thursday.
Al Ahly were in the front for most of the first 30 minutes, until Taubte levelled the score to 9-9 in the 20th minute. The Egyptians, however, were able to regain their lead ending the first half 16-11.
Taubate played a better 30 minutes trying to make a comeback, and actually won the second half 12-13, however, Al Ahly five-goal advantage at half-time allowed them to maintain their lead, finishing the game with a score of 28-24.
Al Ahly have previously took the silver medal at the Super Globe championship, when they hosted the competition in 2007.


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On Nov. 8, Jim Farley spread straw on the barn floor to bed down cattle. He ground feed and plugged in his diesel skid steer about 2:30 p.m., before heading to the nearby town of St. Johns to do some banking.
At 4:20 p.m., Jim walked out of the bank. “My phone rang, and it was my grandson Jake [Farley], saying he needed my help. … The barn was on fire,” explains Jim, who then immediately called his wife, Theresa, at their home in Fowler, Mich., which is just down the road from the barn.
“I backed out of the driveway, and I could see the flames as tall as the peak on the barn,” Theresa recalls. “I called him back, and I said, ‘Jim, it’s all gone.' I didn’t want him to think it was a minor little fire. … I didn’t know how he would respond.”
The 285-foot barn, which started as a timber-frame barn built in 1870 and included modern additions in 1963 and 2005, was gone within two hours.
“I could see the smoke in the sky from the city limits of St. Johns [about 10 miles away],” says Jim, who rushed to the scene, pulling onto two-lane M-21 right behind a St. Johns Fire Department truck.
By 5 p.m., seven fire departments from Dallas Township, Maple Rapids, Hubbardston, St. Johns, Pewamo, Muir-Lyons and Westphalia were on the scene. “They did a remarkable job; they had to haul water in,” Theresa says. “But there was no saving it.”
The fire departments were there until about 10 p.m., and some came back the next day as the fire continued to smolder and reignite.
No one was injured in the incident, and Jake was able to get all 19 head of Jim’s cattle and two of his own out of the barn safely. But the rest of the contents were reduced to rubble.
Jim, 77, is a semi-retired farmer. Most of the 475 acres he farms are leased, including a portion to Jake, who produces organic feed to supply organic egg production, chickens, lambs, pigs and cattle.
There was no furnace or stove in the barn. Early indications are that it was some type of electrical or wiring issue.
“I plugged in the diesel skid steer just like I’ve done for over 20 years,” Jim says. “They are not sure if that’s the cause.” Early indications are the fire started on the west side of the original barn where the skid steer was parked.
While the main portion of the barn is well over 100 years old, Jim says it was upgraded with a modern circuit breaker box.
Weeks later, the remnants remained — charred timber beams, steel sheeting from the new roof that was put on only two years earlier, clumps of cement, burned equipment and the smell of destruction. “It was heartbreaking just to drive by it,” Theresa says. The cleanup started in early January, after details were settled with the insurance company.
Jim meticulously accounted for everything in the barn, right down to extension cords and a coffeepot.
Theresa says Jim’s “persnickety and has a place for everything — in a good way.” Just before the fire, he had finished packing the barn tight for storage through the winter.
“He knows everything that was in that barn, and while a lot of the equipment was not new, it was fixed up and rebuilt,” Theresa says. “It was what we had, and it’s worth something. We couldn’t afford to have replacement value insurance, but we did have insurance. We always had insurance, no matter how horrible things were … health, car, fire, home. If you own something, you've got to insure it.”
With no way to feed or house the cattle, neighbors helped load them onto a long trailer supplied by Gary and Pat Fedewa, who drove them to the St. Louis Stockyards for sale.
More than 80 tires were in the barn, Jim says, as he recalls what was parked inside — including five gravity boxes, two flat-rack wagons with 120 bales of hay on each, a chopper wagon, a corn planter, a 6-ton capacity hydraulic trailer with dual wheels (dump wagon), a skid steer, a lawn mower, a 100-gallon sprayer, a manure spreader, a baler and a homemade dehorn cattle trailer. “I made that 50 years ago, and everybody wanted to borrow it,” Jim says.
Also inside was a 1986 Chevy van that Jim used to take to Mackinaw City, Mich., during the antique tractor crossing weekend.
“You could hear the wheels popping,” says Theresa, who is most upset about losing the all-original, deluxe, five-window 1942 Ford Coupe they acquired three years ago. They both had become attached to it. “There’s not five of those cars in the U.S. like that one,” says Jim, who adds that it still had the original license plate and color.
The barn could hold more than 6,000 bales of hay or straw in the mow, which went from one end to the other after rafter boards were added to connect the two original mows.
Jim had just finished grinding up two weeks’ worth of feed in preparation for time off during deer season.
Nobody likes to think about this kind of loss, but Theresa says, “If nothing else, take pictures and write down what you own, and then put that list off premises. You can also take a picture, or a video, and right down the date of purchase and what you paid for it. You can’t cut costs or corners when it comes to insurance.”
The insurance company has settled with the Farleys. “We are satisfied,” says Jim, noting that they got the full value of the policy.
“That’s not the replacement value,” Theresa adds, “and it certainly doesn’t fill the emotional void. It’s not just a building. It represented generations of farming, a legacy of hard work and was a sign of accomplishment. I have so many memories.”
The barn becomes entrenched in the history of the family, Theresa says. “It’s a symbol. … It’s like a church. The barn is an essential part of the family farm.”
It’s a barn they invested in to save 20 years ago when the east end was starting to settle into the ground and the roof was no longer straight.
“I had a quote for $7,000 to tear it down,” Jim says. “But then I got a quote from Schneider Builders, Leon Schneider, who said he would straighten it up and fix the roof for the same price. So, we saved it, and then my son Kenny and I added onto it.”
There is a plan to rebuild, although exactly what and where is yet to be determined.
Looking back, Theresa says, “We were blessed to have it as long as we did. We’ll manage.”


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