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Mansfield has rich history and a bright future. As the city continues to grow and evolve, it is important that we take steps to keep it looking its best. One of the most important ways to do this is through downtown beautification.
Our downtown beautification project has been going strong for fourteen years! This project includes planting flowers and trees, installing public art and is growing into the building of new streetscapes and the updating of lighting and amenities. The goal of downtown beautification is to create a more attractive, inviting, and welcoming environment for residents and visitors alike.
One of the most important benefits of downtown beautification is that it can help to boost the local economy. A well-maintained and attractive downtown area can attract new businesses and visitors, which can help to create jobs and generate revenue for the community. Additionally, a beautiful downtown can make residents feel more proud of their city and more likely to invest in it.
Here in Mansfield, a group of dedicated volunteers have taken it upon themselves to beautify our downtown for over a decade. Each year they plant over 1000 plants funded through donations from individuals and businesses throughout the community. With your help, we can continue to make our downtown a more beautiful and welcoming place.
Donating to this project is easy and secure. You can find us here and make a donation online. Any amount will be greatly appreciated and will be used to purchase more plants and materials, such as fertilizers, mulch, too soil and more to keep the beautification project going.
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This reversible lectern scarf is green on one side and violet on the reverse, to maximize its use at the Altar. It features a beautifully embroidered Fleur de lis Cross with a crown on the violet side, and an IHS Christogram on the green side, for use during Ordinary Time as well as the Lenten and Advent Seasons. The embroidery is reinforced and the scarf is trimmed with fine gold fringe. Dry clean only to preserve fringe.
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Joe Freshgoods and New Balance are up to something again as the Chicago designer recently teased what appears to be his next sneaker collaboration.
On September 1, Mr. Freshgoods took to Instagram to preview his Fall/Winter 2022 projects. On top of cozy apparel like velour tracksuits and rugby tops, the Chi-town creative also revealed a rumored upcoming New Balance collab.
As you can see in the post above, JFG’s New Balance sneaker comes in primarily pink and grey hues complemented by off-white accents on the midsole. It kind of reminds his 992’s love-dovey color scheme in a way.
I suspect this latest Joe Freshgoods x New Balance sneaker could be from the 990 series, judging by the toe box’s suede-mesh construction and the chunky dad shoe sole.
Swiping through JFG’s FW22 photo dump, a collaborative New Balance shoe box featuring the words “Performance Art” teases what may be the following JFG narrative surrounding the Black experience.
“I think by August, y’all are going to get tired of me. Y’all are going to be like, ‘Joe, stop. Another shoe? Another one?’,” Joe Freshgoods said to Highsnobiety in March ahead of the
Though I’m personally not tired of JFG’s drops, the designer has undoubtedly kept busy this year with continuous sneaker drops.
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Summer may be over for some, but Joe Freshgoods isn’t done bringing the NB heat.
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When it comes to gear, especially today’s feature-laden compounds, I want to know the truth – the good, the bad and the ugly. This is why, at least for the next several weeks, you can expect to find my test results from a number of 2016 bows posted here on Grand View Outdoors.
WARNING: I’m going to talk about what I like, what I don’t like and what I feel may need to be improved. Each bow tested has been set up and tuned by yours truly, and I’ve spent at a minimum of four days testing each model on the range.
First off is the Prime Rize. Yes, and those of you who’ve looked over the bow should agree, I let out a few “oohs” and “aahs” when I pulled the 33-inch axle-to-axle Rize with its Sitka Elevated II camo from its cardboard home. Fit and finish on this bow are incredible.
Before going straight to my Lancaster Archery press, I took a minute to appreciate some of the new features I knew Prime poured into its 2016 flagship: the 82X aluminum riser, new Limb Bolt Bezel, Flexis FlexShock damper and Sherpa-enabled accessory-mounting system.
Of course, and I’ve stated this before, I’m a fan of Prime’s Parallel Cam System. Throughout my years of testing Prime bows, I’ve found the dual string tracks promote ease of tuning and the virtual elimination of cam lean. More on this later.
The new Limb Bolt Bezel on both the top and bottom proved ultra-smooth, and I had my 65-pound Rize backed out and pressed in no time. The limb bolts didn’t pop or spark; nor did they chatter and bite. They were a bit stiff but turned smoothly after the first cycle. After the attachment of my QAD UltraRest HDX, G5 Meta Peep and BCY D-loop, I was ready to take a few shots through paper.
My first shot was bullet-hole perfect. No unorthodox tears. I credit the bow’s Parallel Cam System, which we’ve already mentioned, but the design merits a little extra praise. To put it simply, strings from the twin cams are yoked together to a single string a few inches from either end of the bow so the two tracks basically become one. This design allows the string to run straight down the vertical center of the bow, promoting tuneability and overall accuracy.
If I had one complaint, and it would be a small one, it’s the Rize’s draw cycle. Build up to letoff is smooth, but transition to letoff is a bit abrupt and takes some getting used to. The top and bottom limb stops rotate around to contact the bow’s inner-top and bottom limbs. This provides a statue-like back wall. This back wall works in concert with the Rize’s 82X aluminum riser to give the rig a hold-steady-for-hours (I’m exaggerating of course) feel.
Shooting this bow is pure joy. Because of the overall balance, I felt like I could burn my Spot-Hogg single-pin sight into the target no matter its distance and execute a perfect release every time. When you have a bow that provides this type of fit and feel at full draw, confidence builds quickly.
As for speed, this is one area where I will knock myself. I’m not a speed guy and place little emphasis on it. I’m all about overall feel and accuracy. Specs for the Rize show an IBO speed rating of 335 fps, but pulling 65 pounds at a 29-inch draw and shooting 398-grain arrows, I was able to achieve an average speed of 288 fps. Plenty for me.
At the shot the rig jumps forward in the hand slightly, and it does produce a tad bit of noise. No, nothing that will send a whitetail ducking, and it’s my belief this slight hum could be thwarted with the addition of some LimbSaver products.
I’ve not been able to take the new Rize afield in pursuit of game as of yet, but it will be riding shotgun in my truck here in a few months when spring turkey rolls around.

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Adriana Lima Made a Rare Red Carpet Appearance With Her Two Daughters
Sadly, baby Cyan stayed home.
Adriana Lima’s kids are all grown up. On Thursday, the mom of three made a rare red carpet appearance at the touring production premiere of Cirque du Soleil's Corteo in Los Angeles with her two daughters — Valentina, 13, and 10-year-old Sienna — and her boyfriend, Andre Lemmers, in tow (the couple's six-month-old son, Cyan, stayed at home).
Lima’s children seldom join their famous mother in the limelight, but Valentina and Sienna, whom she co-parents with her ex-husband, Serbian basketball player Marko Jarić, appeared more than happy to pose for the cameras next to their supermodel mom.
Lima walked the red carpet alongside her family in an all-black ensemble that consisted of a fitted catsuit layered underneath a long blazer and styled with matching pointed-toe heels. Rounding out her look were a pair of diamond drop earrings and a black leather handbag with gleaming gold hardware. For glam, she pulled her dark tresses back into a sleek braided ponytail, which was teamed with smoky eye makeup, rosy cheeks, and peachy lips.
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As for her plus ones for the evening, Lemmers kept it casual, sporting light brown pants with a bomber jacket and a pair of Nike Dunk Highs, while Lima’s daughters followed suit, matching Lemmers with colorful Nike Dunk Highs of their own.
Back in August, the supermodel and Lemmers welcomed their first child together, a baby boy named Cyan Lima Lemmers. Drawing inspiration from “the beautiful colors of the water across the globe in destinations like the Maldives, Bahamas, and Bora Bora," the couple named their baby boy Cyan “the color between green and blue in the color spectrum." She shared the happy news on her Instagram, adding, “Cyan now is our favorite color … the color of our baby boy’s eyes.”
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February 10, 2020The American Bar Foundation Establishes the William C. Hubbard Law and Education Conference Endowment
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Atlanta partner Nekia Hackworth Jones, pictured center, is coordinating Nelson Mullins’ participation. Shown with her are Georgia Justice Project Staff Attorney Hsindy Chen, left, and Executive Director Doug Ammar.
ATLANTA – Nelson Mullins attorneys are working with the Georgia Justice Project (GJP) and the Metro Atlanta Reentry Facility to provide legal representation to individuals who have been recently released from state custody. Through this initiative, attorneys will assist returning citizens in various civil matters, such as child support modification, obtaining photo identification, and expungements. GJP, in collaboration with the U.S. Attorney’s Office of the Northern District of Georgia and various Atlanta law firms, has launched the pro bono project to address the growing need for re-entry legal services for returning citizens.
Since the summer of 2018, GJP has been assisting returning citizens at the Metro Atlanta Reentry Facility (MRF), a new Department of Corrections facility in Atlanta that utilizes a holistic services model to remove the most significant legal barriers to re-entry. The American Bar Association lists more than 47,000 national and state collateral consequences of incarceration that create obstacles to securing employment, housing, and family reunification–critical factors for reducing recidivism. GJP uses volunteer attorneys to assist in helping returning citizens move forward to becoming productive members of society.
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A family who runs a community football club in South Bristol have spoken of their mission to keep the memory alive of their under-16 captain who was stabbed to death earlier this year.
Mike Alden, his wife Linda, their son Scott and daughter Carly Kingdon run Park Knowle FC along with Carly’s husband Danny - it was where Max Dixon, who was fatally stabbed near his home in Knowle West in January, played his football.
The family are now on a mission to raise funds to get bleed kits - specialist first aid kits to treat heavy blood loss - installed right across South Bristol, and also to make the training on how to use them a standard part of the school curriculum.
Carly has set up an online petition on the Government’s website and already more than a thousand people have signed. It needs 10,000 signatures for the Government to look at the call, and 100,000 signatures for the idea to be debated in parliament.
The campaign is gathering momentum, and the blue t-shirts in Park Knowle FC colours outlining the campaign complete with a petition can be found here. They are becoming a familiar sight around Knowle West, a community still in shock at the deaths of Max and his best friend Mason Rist, 15, who died after being attacked on Saturday, January 27.
Carly has been invited to a 10 Downing Street reception in a few weeks to discuss the idea, and in the meantime, funds are being raised to purchase more bleed kits. The coaches at Park Knowle are undergoing intensive training on the bleed kits to learn how to train others to use them, and there’s even a supermarket bag pack day to raise awareness, funds and signatures.
The club plays its matches on Sundays, and that Sunday morning after the fateful night in January will be forever etched as the most traumatic of the family’s lives.
All the teams, including Max’s under-16s team, were scheduled to play, and word of the terrible tragedy got to the family, including Scott, who was Max’s team coach, early on Sunday morning.
“It was just so difficult. Of course we were all terribly upset and thinking of Max and Mason’s families, but it was too late to cancel all the games that morning,” explained Mike. “It was just solemn, everyone was really quiet. We called off the under-16s’ game obviously, but one of the worst bits was that everyone obviously knew something terrible had happened but at that point, people didn’t know who was involved. We knew but we couldn’t say anything. They were asking us if we knew what had happened, but it wasn’t our place to say. It was awful, on top of dealing with our own shock and grief,” he added.
“I don’t think I have come to terms with it yet,” added Carly. “That morning I was just thinking ‘this is surely not happening’. And I still can’t believe it. It is indescribably such a terrible thing to happen. I’m still in shock, I think.”
Max was a familiar face at the Park Knowle club house. “He’s been with us since he was about eight or nine,” explained Mike.
“He was just such a great kid, a lovely lad. He was growing up into a great young man. He was funny and cheeky and friendly, but when he got on the pitch, he was driven and focused. He was always really encouraging and positive to his team-mates - that’s why he was captain, he was the stand-out kid to be captain, he was a leader,” Mike added.
The club house on the Park Centre campus is a hive of activity on training nights and weekends, and now has pictures of Max alongside all the trophies the teams have won. “We knew Mason quite well, as well,” explained Mike. “He was a familiar face, he was always coming in with his friends - all the young lads hang out here - and he’d just started playing too. He was football mad. It’s terrible.”
The following week saw flowers, pictures, poems and tributes laid on the corner of Ilminster Avenue for Max and Mason, as the community struggled to come to terms with what had happened. Max's team-mates added his number 14 shirt to the tributes.
The following Sunday, after the indescribably tragic news was confirmed and the community in Knowle West was struggling to come to terms with what happened, everyone gathered again at Park Knowle FC. This time, the reverse happened - all the teams’ matches were cancelled except for Max’s under-16s game, which became a tribute match for Max. Buckets were passed around and more than £3,300 was raised for the families.
Mike, Linda and Carly are now focussing on making a change, and creating a legacy. “We are just trying to somehow look for positives,” said Mike. “And one thing we’ve all focused on are the bleed kits. It’s not just about stabbing, these kits could save someone’s life or a limb from any kind of accident or crash if they’ve suffered a serious injury,” he added.
Carly set up the petition and members of the wider Park Knowle family - the coaches, the parents, including Max’s family - are backing the drive. It’s twofold - to raise money to get more bleed kits, but more importantly, to get as many people as possible to know how to use them, so that they are confident if they ever find themselves in a situation where one is needed.
The petition is going from strength to strength. “We just want people across Bristol, and across the country to know about this petition, to sign it, and to understand how it could make a difference,” said Carly.
“Another part of it is that, we hope that maybe if kids at school are taught how to deal with bleed injuries, then the reality of what happens if someone is stabbed will hit home with them, and they might be more likely to think twice about carrying a knife, or using it,” added Mike.
For the Alden/Kingdon family and everyone at Park Knowle, the mission is now set, and they look certain to continue it with the same drive and dedication they have put into setting up, expanding and running Park Knowle FC for the past decade or more.
It was that selfless work that saw Mike named the BBC Sports Personality of the Year’s Unsung Hero award back in 2022.
- The petition can be found here.
- The Park Knowle junior sides are raising funds and awareness with a day of packing bags at the Asda store in Whitchurch next Saturday, March 30, from 10am to 4pm.
Together For Change Aims
Set up a task force - We will develop a community-driven task force to meet and discuss the issue, how best to tackle it and how we can make a real difference with those in power.
Getting knives off the street - We will work with the campaigners to raise awareness of initiatives designed to get knives off the streets.
Social media - We will look at the Online Safety Bill and see if it goes far enough where it comes to harmful knife-related content on social media and how easy it is for children to see.
Raise awareness - We will work together to raise the awareness of how knife crime is linked to poverty, education, employment, social exclusion and the collapse in youth services
Lobby the government -We will cover the issue in the context of the General Election, using our findings from the taskforce and our reporting to lobby for change
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After teasing the world with the new track “Glass House” Fresh Kils and PremRock have released their new album “Shelf Life”. PremRock provides the lyrical assault while Fresh Kils takes care of the rhythms. It’s eight tracks in length with a range of vibes that will hit you in different ways. Zensoul, Birdapres and Curly Castro are featured on the project as well. This is a dope album that you definitely need to check out.
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Flowers engage me. They are a constant source of wonder and inspiration. I am intrigued by everything botanical from their cultivation, their history, and their various uses spanning from artistic to traditional, to medicinal and beyond. Our world is deeply involved with botanicals, and I spend my days honoring this relationship and discovering new ways to enrich the lives of others with this connection. I take great pride in what I do, and sharing with others fulfills me. "I must have flowers, always and always," and I think you should too.
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Stacey Carlton AIFD is a second generation floral designer and educator residing in Chicago. Her extensive educational journey is supported by her life-long training in floristry, horticulture, and visual arts. Stacey was inducted into The American Institute of Floral Designers in 2010 and is currently serving as the Marketing Chair. She is an internationally published artist most recently in the highly coveted 2016/2017 International Floral Art Book by Stitching Kunstboek. Stacey achieved a three year consecutive win from Fusion Flower Magazine’s International Designer of the Year competition. As the owner of The Flora Culturist she prefers to demonstrate her natural modern design aesthetic in large scale installations, event decor, visual editorials, and street art. Stacey is a member of the Floriology Education Team and has an integral part in product and packaging development and innovation with Fair Trade flower growers. She is passionate about advancing the artistry of the floral and horticulture industry by supporting design education and encouraging individual style and techniques.

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The transformation of economic activity and restructuring of economy caused by transition to green economy lead to reduction or liquidation of jobs in sectors that harm the environment. At the same time, spread of sustainable technologies in traditional and new manufacturing sectors creates conditions for growth of green jobs, which drives demand for new green skills. As a result, green skills empower workers to adapt to the sustainable development model that reduces negative impact of human activities on the environment. To effectively assess the needs of the economy in green skills and elaborate programs for skill development, it is crutial to ensure coordination of actions among state, labor market participants and other stakeholders. In many countries this goal is achieved with the help of social dialogue. Social dialogue aimed, in this case, to develop strategy of green skills development serves as a bridge between government bodies, industry associations, employers’ organizations and trade unions. The role of government bodies, the practices of involvement of employers and workers in the social dialogue vary from country to country depending on the characteristics of both national strategies for the transition to green economy and socioeconomic development path. The article attempts to give an overview of current world practices of using social dialogue mechanisms to forecast and develop skills for green jobs. It highlights common features of mechanisms of stakeholders participation in the social dialogue concerning green employment.
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The Penn State and Columbia University researchers have created a new artificial intelligence tool to detect unfair discrimination based on gender and race. For example, a long-standing concern of civilized societies has been preventing unfair treatment of individuals based on gender, race, or ethnicity.
However, to detect such discrimination resulting from decisions, be it human decision makers or automated AI systems, can be extremely challenging. The general adoption of AI systems to automate decisions in many domains has further exacerbated this challenge, including policing, consumer finance, business, and higher education.
Professor and Edward Frymoyer Chair of Information Sciences and Technology, Penn State, Vasant Honavar, said that artificial intelligence systems such as those involved in selecting candidates for a job or admission to a university are trained on large amounts of data. However, if there is bias with these data, they can affect the recommendations of AI systems.
He pointed out further as he cited an example of if a company historically has never hired a woman for a particular type of job, then an AI system trained on this historical data, will not recommend a woman for a new job.
Honavar noted further that there is nothing wrong with the machine learning algorithm itself. It is doing what it is supposed to do, which is to discover a good job based on specific desirable characteristics. However, since it was trained on historical, biased data, it has the potential to make unfair recommendations.
The researchers created an AI tool for detecting discrimination concerning a protected attribute such as gender or race by human decision-makers or AI systems that are based on the concept of causality in which one thing, a cause, causes another thing, an effect.
With the use of a variety of data, the team tested their method, such as income data from the U.S. Census Bureau, to determine whether there is gender-based discrimination in salaries. Also, they tested their technique using the New York City Police Department's stop-and-frisk program data to determine whether there is discrimination against people of color in arrests made after stops. The results of the team appear in Proceedings of The Web Conference 2019.
According to Honavar, as data-driven artificial intelligent systems increasingly determine how businesses target advertisements to consumers, how police departments monitor people or groups for criminal activity, how banks decide who gets a loan, which employers choose to hire, and how colleges and universities decide who gets admitted or receives financial aid, there is an urgent need for tools such as the one he and his colleagues developed. He added that their tool could help ensure that such systems do not become instruments of discrimination, barriers to equality, threats to social justice, and sources of unfairness.


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Maple Ridge, BC Brigitta Schneiter creates traditional Swiss children’s plates and mugs with whimsical designs as well as wonderful baguette servers that can be warmed up in the oven first, with the baguette, keeping it crisp and tasty!
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Otero County is updating its Comprehensive Plan, which was last updated in 2005. The Comprehensive Plan assesses where Otero County is today, documents what residents and community leaders in the County want for the future, and outlines the steps to get there. It helps shape how the County will operate and develop over the next 20 to 30 years. The County will monitor the progress of the Comprehensive Plan’s implementation and revise it periodically as conditions change.
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Dr. Mary Kinkel, Associate Professor, Department of Biology
Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) Fund Recipient: Fall 2021
Project: “Gut Motility: Expression and Function of Intestinal Sensory Receptor Genes”
The College of Arts and Sciences Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) provided Dr. Kinkel with funding to purchase critical research supplies. Using these funds, Kinkel's lab was able to continue a long-running project on gut motility. The team was able to refine the first aim of a National Institutes of Health R15 application, titled "Gut Motility: Expression and Function of Intestinal Sensory Receptor Genes," with the objective of applying for external funding next semester.
During the award period, a graduate student successfully finished his gut motility project and defended his master’s thesis. A pre-med undergraduate student from the Appalachian State Honors College picked up the project where the graduate student left off. The undergraduate student was instrumental in developing a set of essential protocols for gene expression mapping. From pilot studies, the team determined that specific new reagents were needed, and those were purchased with SAFE money.
Kinkel explained, "Overall, the lab made progress towards understanding common gut diseases that impact human health. We are one step closer to identifying the genes that are required for normal, healthy gut movements."
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The Department of Biology is a community of teacher-scholars, with faculty representing the full breadth of biological specializations — from molecular genetics to landscape/ecosystem ecology. The department seeks to produce graduates with sound scientific knowledge, the skills to create new knowledge, and the excitement and appreciation of scientific discovery. Learn more at https://biology.appstate.edu.
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Initially endowed by Hughlene and Bill Frank, the College of Arts and Sciences Student and Faculty Excellence (SAFE) Fund provides resources that can be used to support undergraduate, graduate and faculty experiences. The SAFE Fund provides funding for college priorities and opportunities that arise throughout the year. These unrestricted funds support student and faculty travel, publication support for faculty and student research opportunities. Learn more at: https://cas.appstate.edu/students/student-and-faculty-excellence-safe-fund.

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Connecting loaded Sata HD to new mobo w/o sata?!?!
My motherboard just died on me and in short time the only mobo I could get to replace it that was compatible with all my other components (i.e. Memory, CPU, etc...) does not have Sata onboard. My HD is a Sata and I've been looking to see if it is possible to transfer that HD to the new mobo using a Sata Pci Card w/o having to reinstall or do anything special. I've read about the Sata Pci card drivers on a floppy and using F6 and what not, but is that only for installing windows on a sata hd that is connected to the sata pci card or will that too work in my situation.? Any help is greatly appreciated.
If your motherboard BIOS can see and allow booting from a HDD on a PCI SATA card, you may be able to add a card like one of these (ignore those that are E-SATA only). Check you motherboard manual. Unfortunately, you may have to actually buy a card, add your SATA HDD and access the BIOS to determine if the BIOS "sees" the HDD. If it does, boot to the HDD and install the drivers for your motherboard from the CD. If it does not, you may have to find an IDE/PATA HDD.
The F6 key is to install RAID drivers into XP, it isn't needed to run non-RAID HDDs.


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By Jonathan LePera
Special to BassFan
(Editor’s note: As part of our continuing Pro’s Corner series, this is part 3 of a 3-part feature on how pro anglers utilize the tried and true spinnerbait to put fish in the boat. Today, four-time Bassmaster Classic winner Kevin VanDam opens up about his passion for spinnerbaits and offers his theories on what styles and blade/color combinations work in certain situations. To read part 1 about Mike Iaconelli's spinnerbait/smallmouth tactics, click here. To check out part 2, which covered how Scott Canterbury fishes a spinnerbait on a constantly changing river system, click here.)
Seven-time Bassmaster Angler of the Year Kevin VanDam has amassed a lot of money during his career chucking spinnerbaits, but not so much anymore. In recent years, his spinnerbait program has been derailed.
“It’s not as dominant as it was a few years back because we have so many other tools now,” he said. “For me, it’s always been a high confidence bait.
Another reason spinnerbaits weren’t in the news is because the weather conditions haven’t been right.
“For a while, we had lower-water years, lakes got clear, we didn’t have high water or flooded conditions in the spring,” VanDam added. “In the last year, that kind of changed where we saw high, stained water with flooded bushes and grass in the spring.”
Greg Hackney pointed to Rick Clunn’s 5th-place finish at the Lake Texoma Elite Series (BASSFest) in 2016 as evidence to back up VanDam’s point. Clunn simply never put his spinnerbait down.
Slow-rolling a spinnerbait around outside grass lines, docks, fishing it above grass and brush tops is still in VanDam’s wheelhouse.
“Bass are more aggressive under low-light or cloudy conditions and windy days,” he said. “That’s when bass are feeding upward and where a spinnerbait really shines.”
VanDam is meticulous about pairing the correct head weight and blade combination to match the specific set of conditions he’s trying to solve at the depth that needs to be targeted while still triggering a bite.
“With a spinnerbait, you have the ultimate in depth control in the upper to mid-part of the water column,” VanDam said. “You’re varying your presentation to have the maximum triggering qualities. I almost never just cast a spinnerbait out and reel it with a steady retrieve. I’m always stopping it, starting it, twitching it, jerking it.”
Colliding a spinnerbait with a piece of cover also can pay dividends.
“When you bang a spinnerbait into a limb or grass and change the rotation of those blades and the skirt flares, the sound that it makes and the visual appeal that it has at that time, that’s a great way to trigger a bass,” he added.
In cold and stained water, VanDam throws a spinnerbait that he can fish in the strike zone longer with more triggering qualities, more vibration and more water displacement.
In clear water, a faster presentation that displaces less water helps keep fish from getting a good look.
Should he need to tweak a bait, he’ll swap out the rear blade by opening the rear loop and use a blade he’s kept from one he’s retired.
“It’s all about fine-tuning the overall package,” he said. “In almost every situation, I want to fish my bait above the bass’s line of sight. I want him to look up at the lure.”
For shallow presentations or cold, muddy water, a single Colorado blade creates a slow-moving bait easily kept in the strike zone. It displaces the most water, gives off the most vibration and provides the most lift.
As the dirty water warms, a double-Colorado works for the same reasons but can be retrieved to hover just below the surface, but excels with a slow to medium retrieve.
A Colorado/Indiana blade combo excels in warm, muddy water and fishes well on a slow to medium retrieve. The willow blade provides the flash; the Colorado provides the vibration. Bright colored baits also help to achieve maximum visibility.
A willow-leaf blade covers the whole water column, handling both high- and low-speed retrieves by displacing the least amount of water and providing the least amount of vibration. VanDam says the Strike King Raz-R Blades don’t swing with as wide an arch as standard willows and spin even faster.
VanDam says there's a time and place for spinnerbaits with tandem blades, single blades and even painted blades.
Match the size of the blades to the forage that the largemouth are feeding on.
Silver and gold blades often provide the necessary flash to entice a bite.
“Every time a nickel or gold blade makes that loop around that gives that bright flash, it’s hard for the bass to see exactly what it is,” VanDam said. “Under better light conditions, you get a lot of flash off metallic blades.”
Painted blades have their place, too.
“I throw a lot of painted blades under low light conditions – real cloudy and windy days – where your light penetration is cut down,” he noted. “They give off a great profile and silhouette with a much more subdued flash.”
VanDam said he has spent hours underwater, wearing a mask and staring upward as a spinnerbait went zipping by overhead to help him better understand the impact of wave action, the surface of the water, water clarity, and how the color of the sky disguises the bait.
“In dirty water, the silt in the water does that for you,” he said. “The lack of light penetration breaks up the outline of the lure, making it harder for the bass to identify what it is. They feel it with their lateral line and they can sense it feeling that displacement. In stained water situations, spinnerbaits can be so effective.”
In low light situations, VanDam hypothesizes bass see in black and white.
“There’s nothing realistic about a chartreuse/white spinnerbait,” he said. “If you take a black and white photo of one, it basically looks grey-white or pearl-white.”
He reasoned that when fished properly under low-light situations or early in the morning, a bass needs to view that spinnerbait as white.
“If a bass is looking up at any baitfish, the belly of everything that swims is white and light-colored,” he noted.
VanDam pointed out that bass have become more conditioned to lures and angling pressure, so matching the hatch is paramount, especially in clear water.
“You want something translucent so that the light passes through it like it does an emerald shiner or a shad in that same situation and looks natural,” he said.
The same rules apply when mimicking solid-colored forage like bluegill and perch. In clear water, trimming the skirt to the back of the hook to offer a more compact, realistic offering is imperative, while dirtier water might call for a bulkier skirt.
“It’s not the blade size that matters for the profile of your presentation, it's the size of the head and skirt and tail or trailer that you have on there that imitates the profile of your bait,” he said.
Targeting shallow cover calls for a 6-foot, 10-inch Quantum Tour KVD PT casting rod. The soft tip and rod length facilitate precise casts and feel for what the lure is doing. A Quantum Smoke HD reel with 6:6.1 gearing spooled with 25-pound Bass Pro Shops XPS fluorocarbon forces him to slow down.
For open water, a 7-foot, 2-inch rod provides the necessary power, leverage, and tip for long casts and bone-jarring hook-sets. A high-speed reel and 20-pound fluorocarbon works best.


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Ecotechnologies for wastewater treatment (EWWT) have been used as a cost-effective alternative to conventional wastewater treatment methods for improving the removal of organic carbon, nutrients and pathogenic microorganisms from wastewater. However, due to biochemical transformations of organic matter and nutrients EWWT are net sources of CO2, CH4 and N2O greenhouse gases (GHGs), which may be transferred into the atmosphere contributing to global warming.
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Ecotechnologies for Wastewater Treatment provides scientific information about greenhouse gas, such as CO2, CH4 and N2O, generation and emissions from different municipal EWWT. The main EWWT considered in this book are anaerobic ponds, facultative ponds, duckweed-based ponds, and a freshwater natural wetland perturbed by anthropogenic activities such as wastewater discharge and nutrients from agricultural run-off. The book includes a full literature review of recent publications about GHGs emissions from EWWT. It also introduces the calculation of GHGs flux using a static chamber technique. Besides, the book presents information on the influence of environmental factors such as temperature, pH, DO, and nutrients on GHG emissions produced in EWWT under tropical conditions.
This book will be a useful reference for researches and students interested in the broader area of water and climate change subjects. The publication may also be of interest to policy makers concerned with climate change, water sector planning, and wastewater treatment.
Table of Contents
Literature review of greenhouse gases from ecotechnologies for wastewater treatment, Biases in greenhouse gases static chambers measurements in stabilization ponds: Comparison of flux estimation using linear and non-linear models, Greenhouse gases from anaerobic ponds under tropical conditions, Influence of photoperiod on carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide emissions from two pilots-scale stabilization ponds, GHG emissions from stabilization ponds, GHG emissions from a freshwater wetlands under tropical conditions.
Juan Pablo Silva Vinasco was born on 27th of March 1964 in Cali, Colombia. Currently he works as a full Professor at Universidad del Valle, Cali, Colombia. He teaches both undergraduate and post-graduated courses in environmental processes, air pollution, and industrial ecology. His current research interest include greenhouse gas measurements in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, biological waste gas treatment, air pollution modelling, life cycle assessment.


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The recent data revealed that the number of Indians who filed Income Tax Returns in FY23 was 7.4 crores. If you are one of them, you must know about different forms related to income tax, which substantiate your income tax liability for a particular financial year. Form 26AS is one such document that proves crucial in terms of filing ITR in India.
Since the information that Form 26AS carries is indispensable in calculating your tax payable, you must know the ins and outs of it, including how to access it.
What is Form 26AS?
Starting with the basics, Form 26AS means a consolidated document that records all tax-related details and transactions that took place against your PAN number in an assessment year.
Form 26AS is also referred to as the Tax Credit Statement in India. It contains details like the TDS/TCS information, advance tax or self-assessment tax you paid, as well as the high-value transactions you made in a particular income tax cycle.
Taxpayers are provided with Form 26AS income tax to update the financial and tax-related activities against their respective PAN numbers. In short, taxpayers can get an overall picture of the tax paid and tax refund against their incomes in a particular financial year through this form.
How to View Form 26AS and Download It?
Gone are the days when you had to visit the office of the Income Tax Department to retrieve the Form 26S. The online method facilitated a positive customer experience where you can view 26AS Form by visiting the respective portals. There are two ways to view this form:
Through e-Filing Portal
You need to follow the steps to view or download the Form 26AS statement:
- Log in to the Income Tax Department’s e-filing website (https://www.incometax.gov.in/iec/foportal/)
- Navigate to the ‘My Account’ tab and click on ‘View Form 26AS (Tax Credit)’
- Go through the ‘Disclaimer’ and click on the ‘Confirm’ button. It will redirect you to the TDS-CPC site
- On that portal, agree to the usage policy and click on ‘Proceed’
- Select ‘View Tax Credit (Form 26AS)’
- Choose the Assessment Year and ‘View Type’ (available in HTML, PDF or Text)
- Click on ‘View/Download’
You can finally download Form 26AS in PDF form and save it for future reference.
The deductor can check the amount they have deducted against the PAN numbers. But, a point to remember here is that this facility is only available against PAN, for which the TDS/TCS has been filed.
The steps to view Form 26AS on TRACES are below:
- Log in to the TRACES portal
- Navigate to the ‘Statement/Payment’ section
- Click on the ‘View TDS/TCS Credit’
- Enter the relevant details and click on the ‘Go’ button
Note that this facility is available exclusively for the deductors. Besides these two methods, selected banks also allow you to view Form 26AS by PAN no, through their net banking facilities against your account.
Understand Different Components of Form 26AS
Form 26AS is divided into 7 parts, from Part A to Part G. Each of these sections deals with different components of tax.
The table shows the details below:
|Part A||Tax Deducted at Source (TDS)|
|Part B||Tax Collected at Source (TCS)|
|Part C||Advance Tax or Self-Assessment Tax (other than TDS/TCS)|
|Part D||Different Tax Refunds like TAN refunds, 26QB refunds, ITR refunds, etc.|
|Part E||High-value transaction details like bonds, property purchases, mutual fund investments, etc.|
|Part F||TDS on rent and TDS for buying immovable property|
|Part G||Any defaults for TDS payments|
Note that Part A of Form 26AS is further categorised into two sections, Part A1 and Part A2. The A1 concerns low to no tax deductions from 15G or 15H forms. A2 concerns the TDS for sales of immovable property.
Besides, Form 26AS also includes another Part H, which includes the turnover details (as per GSTR – 3B).
Things to Know About the Updated Form 26AS
The government made some changes in May 2020 in regard to the information available on Form 26AS. These are:
- Tax return information or demands (if applicable) against your PAN.
- Details of specific financial transactions, including the purchase and sale of stocks, credit card bill payment details, and transactions related to real estate.
- Any status related to income tax proceedings.
For more information, you can visit the web portal of the Income Tax Department of India and log in using your personal information. Note that you also need to have form 26AS login details to access your statement.
Form 26AS can be considered as a tax log book that records all the details that concern your income tax liability. Besides the income tax details, this form also contains sensitive or confidential details like your name, address, PAN, Aadhaar Number, etc. Therefore, you must protect this statement to avoid any breach of privacy. At the same time, any errors or absence of any details on the 26AS form should be corrected immediately to maintain transparency.

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Justin Fields and His New Girlfriend
When you hear the name Justin Fields, you automatically think of his football success and stats. But there’s a little more to this young quarterback than that.
The former Georgia quarterback jumped from the SEC to Ohio State in 2017. He was a Big Ten Offensive Player of the Year and a Heisman Trophy candidate.
1. Gianna Carmona
As the Chicago Bears prepare for their next season, dual-threat quarterback Justin Fields appears to be enjoying his offseason with a new girlfriend. According to reports, he’s taken Instagram model Gianna Carmona on a trip to Turks and Caicos during his break.
The 21-year-old Instagram influencer is based in Miami and Arizona and has over 7,000 followers on her social media account. Her content is a mix of gorgeous travel photos, lifestyle pieces, and glimpses into her personal life.
She recently posted a series of bikini pictures to her page that were geotagged from Turks and Caicos. She also wowed her fans with a picture of herself putting her toes in the sea while donning a tiny blue bikini.
Neither Fields nor Carmona have acknowledged their relationship publicly yet, and it’s unclear when they began dating. However, the fact that they’ve been spending time together this offseason has definitely sparked interest from media outlets and followers alike.
2. Jaiden Fields
One of the Chicago Bears’ new girlfriends has caught the attention of fans. Instagram model Gianna Carmona has been spotted spending time with quarterback Justin Fields in Turks and Caicos.
She hasn’t publicly confirmed her relationship with Fields but she did make a post on February 19 about spending time together in Miami. Whether or not their relationship will last remains to be seen, but it’s certainly a hot topic among NFL fans.
Jaiden Fields is the sister of Bears quarterback Justin Fields and plays softball at the University of Georgia. The redshirt junior recently signed a Name, Image and Likeness (NIL) deal with WWE.
The NIL program is a talent development opportunity for athletes from diverse athletic backgrounds who have been invited to work with WWE on a part-time basis. It also gives these athletes the chance to be offered a contract with WWE should they decide to pursue a career in wrestling. Since its launch in December 2021, WWE has signed 46 athletes to the NIL program.
3. Alyssa Carmona
The Chicago Bears quarterback, Justin Fields, is a highly talented footballer and has an extremely bright future ahead of him. He is one of the hottest names in the NFL right now, and has been the focal point of many fans’ attention this year.
While Fields has been relatively quiet about his personal life, he appears to have a new partner, and the relationship is reportedly going strong. According to a report from The NFL, Fields is dating Instagram model Gianna Carmona.
Currently based in Miami and Arizona, Gianna Carmona is known for her glamorous travel and lifestyle content on Instagram. She also has an extensive following on TikTok, where she posts stunning vacation photos and fashion content.
It’s clear that Carmona is a big fan of Fields, and she has been posting bikini pictures from their latest trip to Turks and Caicos on her social media. However, it’s still unclear whether the couple is officially dating.
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University of Queensland research shows there is more at play than just a sinking feeling when you stumble during movement or trip in a hole in the ground.
Depending on the situation, a complex system of energy absorption is taking place in either the knee, hip or ankle joints to help humans recover from an unexpected change in the height of the ground on which we move.
UQ School of Biomedical Sciences researcher Dr Taylor Dick said studying the human response to perturbations, like falling into a hole, highlighted these mechanics in action.
"In getting from here to there, humans negotiate complex environments and unpredictable terrain," Dr Dick said.
"When we're walking down the street, nowadays typically looking down at our mobile phone, we often stumble on a curb or uneven surface, yet we understand relatively little about how the human body stays upright.
"Most of what we know about human movement comes from experiments under constant speeds and terrains -- meaning no hills, bumps or abnormalities in the environment -- but this isn't very representative of everyday life."
Dr Dick and her colleagues pulled the literal rug out from under people's feet -- and measured how they respond.
They simulated the movements of falling into a hole by pulling a platform out from under the feet of subjects while they were jumping on a stationary treadmill instrumented with specialised sensors that measure the forces.
She said the experiment provided novel insights into how humans use their lower limb joints to stabilise themselves following a rapid drop in ground height.
"Humans were able to successfully recover from falling into a hole at low drop heights by increasing the energy absorbed in distal lower-limb joints such as the ankle," she said.
"This is probably, in part, related to the behaviour of the long compliant Achilles tendon that connects our calf muscles to our heel.
"Whereas we increasingly rely on our more proximal lower-limb joints, such as the knee and the hip, to absorb energy and stabilise falls from higher drop heights -- perhaps due to the larger muscles that cross these more proximal joints.
"Nevertheless, we seem to use quite different strategies when we compare how humans respond to the different drop heights."
Those using wearable assistive technology, such as prosthetics or exoskeletons, could reap the benefits of new and improved designs that can withstand complex and unpredictable environments.
"The potential impact of these sorts of wearable devices ranges from improving gait symmetry for optimal rehabilitation post-stroke to increasing the stiffness of the Achilles tendon to counteract the effects of aging, and increasing movement efficiency during load carriage in military personnel," she said.
"By implementing wearable devices that can respond to unexpected changes in the environment, like falls, we can start to move these devices from the research environment to the real-world."
This collaborative research project was undertaken with researchers from Georgia Tech's George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering.
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Anna always loved the way that Asteroid Bites’ door dinged when they pass through it. A loud and annoying sound that became happy and sweet in Anna’s life, because it remembers so many happy moments in her childhood. Moments that she will never forget.
They crossed the restaurant and moved to their seats. A pair of red sofas divided by a rectangular table.
Seconds after they had seated, Amanda the waitress walked in their direction with a big smile in her face. The kids were ready to order.
“Good Morning guys, what can I get for you all?” she asked calmly.
“Same as usual” answered Martin before everyone else.
“What about you Stuart?” asked the waitress
Anna forgot about the mentor, she was not paying attention at all, only thinking about the radio and what could happen to the old man if no one helps him.
Amanda walked away after writing everyone’s orders. Anna didn’t hear what Stuart ordered to eat.
“Well, how have your day been so far?” asked Martin looking at Zack and then Anna.
“Excellent!” answered Zack almost jumping for his seat. The sugar was making him anxious and excited.
Anna was still a little grumpy, she wasn’t too sociable right after waking up. She was peacefully sleeping less than an hour ago, maybe it wasn’t a good idea to get ice cream so early in the morning after all.
Zack and Martin were both excited and talking to each other, discussing about school and making funny jokes about Stuart’s appearance.
“Stop with that, kids! It’s too early for these types of actions. Bullying and insultations are not allowed in SpantVille” said Stuart quieting down both.
No more talking in the table. It was quite boring.
Anna closed her eyes, trying to get some rest after waking up earlier than normal. But a few seconds after that, Amanda came with their orders.
“Here it is guys! A hot chocolate sundae for Zack, a blue malinova for Martin, a strawberry milkshake for Anna and a croissant with cheese for Stuart”.
Amanda was walking away when she suddenly came back and said:
“Oh and before I forget, an early happy birthday for you, Anna! You are getting older every time I see you”
The girl seemed confused.
“Thank you, but how do you know my birthday is tomorrow? I never told you that” asked Anna.
“Oh… I can’t remember who told me that” answered the waitress.
Anna looked at Stuart, he was serious and seemed a little nervous.
“ That was probably me, Miss. Banchell. I think it was me who told her that” suddenly said Stuart with a smile in his face.
Amanda agreed with her head.
“ Oh good! I’m going to have a party tomorrow in my house, only for friends and family, you should come” said Anna to the waitress.
“Thank you for the invitation, I will try to leave work earlier to be there”
Amanda said goodbye to everybody and walked away. At the table she left the food bill for Stuart to pay.
“Why don’t you guys go outside while I pay for it?” offered Stuart looking at the kids.
“Let’s go do something!” said Martin leaving the restaurant. Anna was the second to leave.
Zack got off from his seat next to Stuart. He was writing something with his black pen.
The young boy needed to tie his shoes. He tied them and got up to leave the restaurant. But he wanted to check out what Stuart had written. He waited close to the table. Stuart finally got up from the sofa and walked away after finishing writing.
Zack bent over to look at the paper. He got surprised with what was on it.
At the food bill the amount to pay was marking $0.00 and right below it was a message from Amanda’s red pan.
She was curious
Zack looked at Stuart response.
Don’t worry, I ordered the bracelets.
“Zack let’s go!” heard the young blond boy. A voice coming from outside, probably from Martin.
“Weirdos” said him referring to Stuart and Amanda. He then ran away passing through the door which made a loud ding noise
1 day later
Anna opened her eyes. It was dark. She couldn’t see much.
The girl looked around without moving. She was lost.. SpantVille wasn’t a huge village, almost impossible not knowing where she was.
She tried forcing her vision, looked around again. This time she knew the place.
The forest. Located in the Western part of the village.
Suddenly her legs started moving, at the direction of the forest, getting into it. She couldn’t control it.
Anna tried screaming for help, nothing came out from her throat. Her legs started moving faster until she suddenly start running.
Deeper into the forest.
Dodging trees, woods in the floor and high grass. The blond girl tried to stop the legs by holding them with her hands. Nothing happened.
Anna looked forward. She was reaching the wall. The huge wall that makes the north and east borders of SpantVille. A huge and thick wall.
The western and southern borders were surrounded by the sea. There was no land or island as far as the horizon line met the sun.
She was closer and closer to the wall as each second passed. Anna knew her legs were not going to stop until she hits the wall.
Seconds separated Anna from the wall.
“This is going to hurt…” she thought before being interrupted by a sudden man in the woods who took her attention away. He was hiding himself from her, but Anna could see him, and she was able to describe the man. He was old, probably 70 years old. He was bald, with a white long beard and huge eyebrows.
Anna looked forward, for one moment she thought she would be able to pass through the wall, find out the mysteries and creatures that would be, beyond the wall.
It was too late. The blond girl hitted her face directly into the wall. She finally had control of her body, and her legs stopped moving. Anna started crying, blood was coming out from her nose, making her hair a reddish-yellow tone. The girl was sobbing due to the pain.
She heard noises coming from the right direction. Noises of someone moving in her direction, grass and plants being stepped and smashed by someone’s foot.
The old man stood beside her, really close to her face.
“Wake up birthday girl! wake up birthday girl!”
Anna jumped of her bed after the horrible bad dream she had. Toro was seating at the edge of the bed, a little confused by her reaction.
“ Are you ok Anna? Were you having a nightmare?”
“I think I had, but it seemed so real, I could actually feel it.” she responded, scared for the first time in her whole life.
“Anna your nose is bleeding, are you sure that you are ok?” Toro asked running into the bathroom to get some paper to give her. “That’s not a good way to start a birthday”.
Anna forgot. Today was finally the day. Her 16’s birthday.
“Today at night we are going to have a talk, it’s important for you” said her uncle apparently nervous.
She agreed and cleaning her nose, started planning and preparing herself for the big party that was going to be at night.
“Anna they are almost here. You were supposed to be dressed by 7:00pm!” screamed Toro from the dining table.
“Sorry sir!” she replied back.
Zack ran across the hallway to go talk to his uncle.
“Come in” she heard Toro say to the people that were invited.
She was anxious to see them. Martin, Amanda, Martin’s parents, David Weel and Martha, etc…
She was finally dressed up and it was the show time.
She ran through the hallway to meet them. The guests were wishing happy birthday, asking for photos and hugs. Anna had a big smile in her face, definitely the best day of the year. The music started and people start dancing.
Time passed fast, it was almost time to cut the cake.
“Anna” she heard a voice coming from her room.
She ran to her room to see if it was someone trying to prank her.
It was Toro, he was sitting at the edge of the bed and had a mini-radio in his hands. He had a serious face.
The birthday girl was confused.
“It’s time for we to talk” said her uncle “Close the door. We have no time to waste, people will notice that we are not at the party”
She walked in his direction and sat right next to him.
“What do you wanna talk about it?” Anna asked
Toro turned the radio on, the volume was low. He turned it up to the maximum.
“They can’t hear us” Toro said “They will hurt us if they do”.
Anna was starting to get nervous, she could see fear in Toro’s face.
“Anna, listen carefully what I’m going to say.”
“This place, SpantVille, it’s not safe…”
“ This place is not what you think, it’s not supposed to be a happy place…”
“Trust no one, be curious…”
The birthday girl notice that she had her mouth opened. She was shocked, confused and feeling sick.
Both stayed quiet for a moment.
The radio started making noises, the music disappeared. The weird noises were back.
The noises became voices. A voice. From a girl, probably 10 years old.
“My name is Lucy, I’m 9 years old. My parents are feeling really sick, we need help, our coordinates are…” Toro turned the radio off.
“Helping them is impossible and you will find out why” said Toro “I love you girl. I don’t want you to get hurt or anything even worse than that”
“Worse than that?” thought Anna. “What could be worse than getting hurt?”
She didn’t know the answer.
“Pack it up” said her uncle.
“What? Pack it up?” she asked confused, everything was happening to fast…
“You are going to sleep in Martin’s house with him and his parents. You and Zack. It’s your birthday, and I know that you two would love that” he said.
Anna wanted to sleep at Martin’s house. It would make her head distracted so that she stop thinking about all things that Toro said to her.
They both passed through the door and finished celebrating the party. All guests in the party were eating and laughing.
“Anna you need to prove this piece of cake! It’s delicious!” screamed Zack to Anna
She took the plate from her brother’s hands.
“ Thanks Zack” she said with a big smile in her face.
After the party Zack and Anna got their things and said goodbye to Toro; who stood at the door of the house watching them cross the road in the dark of the night.
“They are only kids” he thought “It was too early to tell her”
The uncle of the two blond siblings close the door behind him and got into the house.
While Anna and Zack got into Martin’s house.
The birthday girl was tired from the party and also confused with all the thoughts she had after the chat with Toro.
“I just need to sleep and rest” she thought.
Martin and Zack tried to make her feel better so that they could play during the night, but Anna didn’t want to. She couldn’t stop thinking about Toro’s words.
“Trust no one, be curious”.
Her eyes closed and her thought became dreams.
“Anna wake up”
The girl opened her eyes.
Martin was standing, staring at her.
“Stop being creepy” she said getting up from the bed.
Both of the kids walked to the dinner table. Zack was already there, waiting for Martin’s parents to cook something for them.
Martin was kind of sad that it would take 4 more days for them to eat sugar again.
“Stupid rules” he thought
The 16-year old boy looked at his best friend. She was not feeling good. He could see that Anna was tired and some way different from normal.
“Are you ok Anna?” asked Martin
The girl moved her head forward showing that she was ok.
The kids ate their whole grain cereal with oatmeal.
“This thing sucks!” said Zack laughing about his own comment.
“I know, I hate oatmeal” responded Martin making ugly faces.
They both laughed and made jokes with each other.
Zack always felt like a little brother for Martin. He would do anything for him, everyone knew that.
“Guys, stop joking around” asked Anna
They acted like they hadn’t heard it.
Anna was starting to get nervous with both, but she also didn’t know what would make them stop.
“You know what? I’m not feeling so good and you two are giving headache, so I’ll just go home. Sorry about that Ms. Dockree” she said
Martin and Zack were impressed by Anna’s reaction.
“It’s ok, go home and rest. I hope you get better soon” said Ms.Dockree
Anna got up from the blue chair and went to get her things in the room.
Martin ran to help her packing.
“You don’t need to do this, I was just joking around with your brother” Said Martin with a sad face
“I know, I just want to go home Mart” responded Anna with a tired voice.
She walked and passed through the Dockree’s door.
Leaving the house and walking approximately 6 minutes to get into hers.
Anna passed the entrance with the front yard. She noticed something different.
The door was half closed.
She threw the bag on the grass and walked in the door’s direction.
Questions were all over her head.
“Why is the door opened?” “ Did Toro forgot to close it?” “ Did Toro know that she was coming earlier home?”
She finally reached the white door which looked much bigger at the moment.
Anna gently pushed the door to see what was inside.
What she saw made She stumble back, almost falling in the wet grass. Anna was shocked, scared, confused. All prohibited emotions in SpantVille at the same time.
The house was destroyed inside, everything was out of place, like if someone had robbed them. There was broken furniture all over the place. The dining table was crushed in half. It looked like someone had a fight and broke it.
But Anna didn’t care about that, she didn’t care about the house condition, she didn’t care about the furniture.
She cared about Toro. And he was not there.
Someone had captured him.
End of Part 2


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Bases take the shakes in quake-prone Japan
Stars and Stripes November 2, 2003
Last month an offshore magnitude 6.7 earthquake rocked Japan’s northernmost island of Hokkaido, jolting Misawa Air Base residents more than 200 miles away out of bed shortly before dawn.
And in recent weeks, two moderate temblors have shaken base housing units and office buildings across the Kanto Plain.
Like sushi and spring cherry blossoms, earthquakes are a way of life in Japan, one of the world’s most temblor-prone regions.
In fact, during October, more than 55 earthquakes of magnitude 4.0 or larger were recorded.
For some, Mother Nature’s violent tremors are exhilarating.
“It just feels like you’re on the ride Tilt-A-Whirl,” said Jamie Redrick, 22, the spouse of a Yokota Air Base airman.
Tim McKitrick compares it to rafting a rocky river.
“When you’re lying on the couch, it feels like you’re on a wave,” the Yokota Air Base resident said. “It hasn’t been spooky or anything like that.”
Not so for Camp Zama spouse Cindy Potter, who says she was frightened when a recent temblor rattled her Sagamihara home.
“I was jumping up and down, telling the kids to get under the table or in the door frame,” she said. “My husband was just sitting back like it was no big deal.”
When the earth buckles and lampshades sway, how safe are base residents?
Building experts say military housing and offices, designed to strict Japanese seismic standards, are very safe.
“They build very robust structures,” said structural engineer Bruce Riley of Japan Engineer District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Camp Zama.
The Japanese government builds most base housing under the facilities improvement program, Riley said.
“By agreement, we allow them to build to the Japanese seismic code,” he said.
Anything constructed after 1981 meets Japan’s current building standards, adopted that year when seismic construction codes for concrete-frame buildings were overhauled, and limited changes were enacted for steel-frame structures.
Under current standards, concrete buildings require reinforcing bars every 4 inches, said Keiichi Moriya, chief of Disaster Prevention Section, Housing Bureau of the Land, Infrastructure and Transportation Ministry. Prior to 1981, rebar was required every 6 to 8 inches.
“Just because the standards have changed, doesn’t mean the [older] facilities we have are unsafe,” said Army Lt. Col. Dennis Polaski, director of Directorate of Public Works, U.S. Army Garrison-Japan, Camp Zama.
There was no specific seismic intensity level that the old building codes imposed, according to an official at the Okinawa prefectural government’s Construction Department.
“However, the old building codes required all buildings to withstand a medium level earthquake,” he said.
He then said that the medium level could be interpreted as Level 5 or so.
Under the new codes, buildings are safe without damages when hit by a large-scale earthquake measured at between 5 upper and 6 lower (on the Japanese 10-point seismic intensity scale), Moriya said. “And basically, all the buildings are designed to withstand a quake up to 7.”
The Japanese seismic intensity scale measures the direct impact tremors have on the ground — what people actually feel, he said. The magnitude, or Richter scale, measures energy released at the epicenter.
While no formula converts the Japanese scale to Richter — the measurement used by the United States — Riley said U.S. military buildings on the Kanto Plain built after 1981 were erected based on a 7.0 magnitude baseline.
That means newer buildings, including tower apartments, should not sustain major damage from a quake of magnitude 7.0 or lower, he said.
Beyond that, a building may be damaged beyond repair, but it’s designed not to collapse, regardless of quake magnitude, Riley said.
“I can’t say it would never happen, but it’s designed not to,” he said.
Residents of the nine-story high rises built after 1981 say that although their buildings are supposed to be safe, they can feel their buildings move during earthquakes.
“It feels like a short rumble, then like swinging back and forth,” said Ken Weir, a civilian at Yokota Air Base who lives on the ninth floor of a west-side tower.
A recent earthquake tipped over a few dishes in Weir’s china cabinet, but nothing broke.
“The building seems to sway with the movement of the ground very well,” Weir said.
Despite the rocking, it’s not riskier to live on a higher floor, Moriya said.
As long as a building meets code, the seismic-resistance level is the same on each level, he said. The only advantage of being on the ground floor is that it would be much easier to evacuate.
The towers are typically built on concrete piles (similar to telephone poles) to carry the building load down to firm rock, Riley said. Most also have shear, reinforced concrete walls, which are stronger than partitions or dry walls.
The Great Hanshin Earthquake of 1995, however, proved that modern Japan was not immune to earthquake catastrophes.
The 7.3 Kobe quake killed 6,000 people and destroyed 100,000 houses.
But most damages in the port city erected on soft ground were to buildings erected under older standards, Moriya said.
An EQE International engineering study of structural damage from the Kobe earthquake found that pre-1981 concrete-frame buildings performed very poorly, with many collapses.
“Post-1981 buildings performed much better,” the study said. “Some were extensively damaged, but most had light damage.”
In Japan, about 45 percent of the country’s 3 million public buildings were constructed before 1981, Moriya said. Only about 4 percent of privately owned buildings meet current standards.
With most bases dating back to at least World War II, many older buildings from single-family homes to warehouses still stand.
Few bases, still have towers constructed before 1981.
Of the 20 towers at Yokota Air Base six were built in the mid-1970s, according to Judith Ware, deputy housing chief. The rest were erected between 1982 and 1999.
Camp Zama’s two high-rises were built in the 1970s, said Maj. John Amberg, U.S. Army Japan spokesman. Fifty-one buildings on post were built pre-1981; the oldest houses, dating back to 1951, are two-story dwellings.
“Building safety is a continual process,” Amberg said. “Regular efforts are made to improve projected and existing construction with the best possible earthquake standards.”
The oldest housing facilities at Misawa Air Base are 18, one-story and two-story units built in 1948; the oldest tower was built in 1988, 35th Civil Engineer Squadron officials said.
Some of the oldest housing is at Sasebo Naval Base, which has seven, single-family dwellings built by the Japanese Navy in 1912, base officials said.
And at Iwakuni Marine Corps Air Station, the oldest housing units are Quarters 501 and 504, constructed prior to 1947, base officials said. The oldest tower was built in 1985.
New standards are not only designed to make a building safer, but to lessen the impact of an earthquake, he said.
In fact, the Army recently conducted a seismic study of some older U.S. Army Japan buildings and found they would hold up in a “moderate” earthquake, though temblor intensity was not defined.
An analysis of Hardy Barracks, a 1964 Army lodge and residence hall in Roppongi, concluded the building had no seismic design, Riley said.
But, “in any given earthquake, people wouldn’t be subjected to collapse. It was a cursory examination of the way it was built, figuring a moderate earthquake based on historical” data, he said.
The 1952 U.S. Army Japan headquarters at Camp Zama also were evaluated.
The study determined it needed “a little bit of strengthening” so the building could remain operative in the event of a moderate earthquake, Riley said, adding, “It should survive a pretty good earthquake.”
“We get earthquakes all of the time, and we don’t really see a lot of damage,” he said.
But if the “big one” hits, would older structures remain standing?
“Although the old building standards also required an earthquake-resistant structure, those buildings would not be strong enough to withstand a major earthquake, compared to those built under the new standards,” Moriya said.
Regardless, residents say they feel safe from earthquakes in base housing and at work.
“Even though we are subjected to these earthquakes on a regular basis, the buildings don’t show any evidence of weakness,” said Command Master Chief Mike McCarthy of Misawa Naval Air Facility.
“Everyone’s aware of it, and everyone takes care of each other,” he said.
Bill Turnbull, Navy Misawa safety manager, said most buildings at Misawa are new, so “we’re in very good shape.”
The key to surviving a violent earthquake is knowing how to react.
“The best thing to do is to stay in the building until the earthquake is over,” he said, adding experts recommend sitting on the floor against a wall and away from windows.
Back at Yokota, McKitrick doesn’t worry about the “big one.” But he also doesn’t think people will be prepared if it does strike.
“We haven’t seen the big one. We haven’t even come close to the big one,” he said. “How can you picture how you’re going to prepare for that?”
— Chiyomi Sumida and Jim O’Donnell contributed to this story.


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There is no doubt what Shauna Ennis' ambition is for 2020 after suffering the heartbreak of losing consecutive TG4 All-Ireland Intermediate finals in the past two seasons.
The Meath centre-back and vice-captain played in both the 2018 loss to Tyrone and last year's cracking decider against Tipperary, but after a positive return to Division 2 of the Lidl National League, she thinks Eamonn Murray's side have the ability to go one better later this year.
In the last week, all of Ennis' focus has gone on containing her excitement at returning to club football and camogie training. There was a heart-lifting hour-and-a-half dual session for the Na Fianna players, and with games to come in the next week or so, the primary school teacher at Kilcloon NS is already thinking of hearing that first whistle.
"It has been a really long time away from the game for us. We were out on the pitch last week for the first time with the club and it was great to get back out there. It was great to see everyone again. It has been a long old trek," says 26-year-old Ennis.
"It was like going back to school. Everyone was delighted running around. It was a very hot evening for it, we were all panting by the end of the first session."
While the TG4 championship draw has set the pulses racing even further, Ennis still knows there is another three months to go before she can tog out in the county colours.
Meath have been grouped with Leitrim and Down in the TG4 Intermediate Championship, but as a seeded team, the Royals managed to avoid some potential banana skins.
"The only real difference this year is that there is no provincial championship and ahead of the pools we have last year's three semi-finalists and Westmeath as the seeded teams," Ennis says.
"Down will be a good test for us and Leitrim will be a tough one too. Obviously there were very tricky teams out there who weren't seeded. The likes of Clare, who beat us in the league, and then Wexford who beat us in the Leinster final last year. We had a really tough game against them after that in the All-Ireland quarter-finals. Kildare are another in-form team."
After the disappointment of losing to Tipp in last year's final, the months that followed were very important for a youthful Meath side. Manager Murray's decision to stick with the team was a huge lift for everyone, according to Ennis.
"That gave us a big boost then coming out of the winter. When you are looking at it you want to think it will be third time lucky. We really want to push on this year and hopefully do it."