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The Lagos State Police Command has quizzed some people in connection with the Monday explosion at Miracle Sand Beach under the Amuwo Odofin Link Bridge.
The explosion killed a sand dredger, Chief Oladele Pius, and injured a police inspector.
Police sources said the persons, who were questioned, were those who spoke on the telephone with the deceased shortly before the explosion.
According to sources, the deceased was at home when he received a phone call to come to work. The explosion was said to have occurred some minutes after.
The first phone call he received was reportedly from the policeman that was with him when the blast occurred while some other calls came in at about 10.54am, 11.06am, 11.25am and 11.30am respectively.
Meanwhile, friends of Pius have alleged that his death was orchestrated and not accidental.
The friends also disagreed with the police, saying the explosion was not caused by electrical fault under the bridge, but a bomb.
The correspondent, who visited the deceased's home located at Lake View Estate, learnt that he had survived murder attempts before his eventual death.
Although thugs prevented our correspondent from gaining access to the premises, some well wishers who stood outside, described Pius as a generous man.
A local lottery operator said, "Who didn't know Dele in the area? He was a very generous man and that is why you can see many residents trooping in to see his family. Before his death, many people had been urging him to run for the Chairman of Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area in the next election.
"Many attempts including diabolical means had been made on his life in the past. I think they wanted to ensure he died this time around that was why the bomb was planted at his duty post."
PUNCH Metro observed some youths searched visitors who were on condolence visit to the family of the deceased.
One of the youths said, "We must search everyone carrying bags because someone could come and make another attempt on the lives of his family members."
Another youth, who was identified as Sodiq, said, "The police are saying it was not a bomb but an electrical fault. If it is an electrical fault that they are investigating, then the case can never be solved."
The deceased, who the hoodlums also referred to as Babalawo (native doctor), was the Chairman of the Local Dredgers Association.
When contacted on the telephone, the spokesperson for the state police, Ngozi Braide, insisted that preliminary investigations showed that the explosion was caused by electrical fault and not a bomb.
"Experts have said the explosion was caused by an electrical fault and not a bomb. No one can fault that for now but investigations are ongoing", she said.
Braide said the police questioned a lot of people in the cause of the investigation, adding that nobody had been arrested.


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Decadence has never tasted this good…We’re talking layer upon layer of sticky caramel, crumbled chocolate biscuits, juicy strawberries and whipped cream. We’re talking gravel fridge tart…
The true joy of this tart is the minimal effort it takes to put together such a deluxe dessert. And you can even get the kids involved with the way the cookie(s) crumble… Just keep an eye on the sweet little darlings as the temptation might be great to nibble away at their own handiwork.
How long does it take to make?
From “start to tart” will take you a mere 20 minutes and most of the “hard” work would probably be whipping the cream if you’re doing it by hand.
After layering your gravel fridge tart, you will need to wait about two hours for it to set in the fridge. But be strong! Good things come to those who wait and this delicious fridge tart is truly the ultimate in sweet indulgence.
We’ve used fresh strawberries as it just always works like a dream with cream, but you could experiment with any type of fruit really. How does raspberries, thinly sliced apricots or peaches sound for a bit of a variation on the theme? Enjoy!
- 125 ml melted butter
- 1 packet white chocolate cream-filled biscuits crushed
- 1 packet chocolate cream-filled biscuits crushed
- 250 ml whipped cream
- 125 ml Caramel Treat (caramelised condensed milk)
- strawberries to taste
- Mix the crushed white biscuits with the butter.
- Press into the bottom of a tart dish.
- Spread a layer of caramel on the crust.
- Now spread a layer of whipped cream.
- Sprinkle a layer of the dark biscuit crumbs over the cream.
- Repeat step 2 to 4.
- Decorate with fresh strawberries on top.
- Place in the fridge for about two hours to set.
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Think of the odds: every day, for years, the Southern Poverty Law Center has been cranking out studies, talking points, and direct mail (oh, sweet, sweet mail!) to show how black people are victims of relentless white racism, all the time, everywhere, and that explains everything.
Just a few days ago, the SPLC declared that black-on-white violence is the “biggest lie” because everyone knows the real problem is white-on-black violence.
But what crazy luck: The more the SPLC says black criminality is a myth, the more it just keeps happening. Isn’t that what you would call a day at the races, where every winner went off at more than 100 to 1?
Maybe it’s just the World’s Greatest Coincidence.
Or maybe the SPLC’s work is odder than a nine-bob note.
Let’s look at just a few examples of black violence, all of which happened since the SPLC’s latest report a few days ago. All of the keep happening wildly out of proportion. All of them, the SPLC could not care less about.
In New York City, a black woman was walking down the street, bumping into white ladies. When one of the white women suggested she stop assaulting white pedestrians, the black woman started hitting the white woman with a heavy metal box, all the while yelling and threatening, “Take that you white b—-,” followed by “that’s what you get, white b—-.”
That’s another unlucky turn on the SPLC wheel of fortune.
A few hours later in Boston, a black women did not like the way an old handicapped white dude…

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[Keywords] Time difference comparison compensation method (TDCC method), Two-degrees-of freedom control, Desired-value's filter, LQ optimal control, Dead beat control, PID controller, PI controller
PID (Proportional, integral and differential) control occupies 80 percent of the feedback control in an actual feedback system even at present.
If the time difference comparative compensation is introduced in the PID controller, two degrees of freedom control will become possible.
Moreover, when this compensation is applied to digital control, the dead beat control also will become possible without excessive manipulation variable.
2. What is the Time Difference Comparison Compensation method (TDCC method) ?
We propose that the time-difference comparison between a desired value and a controlled variable is introduced in the error detector in order to come over the various difficulties brought by the time delay or the phase delay generated in the open-loop transfer function of a feedback system.
Such composed compensation method (TDCC method) can be applied in two ways. One is used in (1) a two-degrees-of-freedom control, and another is used for (2) the simultaneous effects of dead-beat control and suppression of the peak-value of input variables in LQ optimal control in digital system.
In the case of (1) two-degrees-of-freedom control, the TDCC method is used for the improvement of the desired-value's response, after the feedback control on robustness and suppression of response in disturbance, etc. is adjusted by the ordinary controller such as PID/PI controller.
In the case of (2) in the LQ optimal control in digital system, the dead-beat effect and the suppression of the peak-value of input variables can be achieved simultaneously with the use of TDCC method.
(1) Two-degrees-of-freedom control is continued to
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As she spoke, she gracefully pointed with the scarlet-haired mankind beside her, who appeared midst-old yet handsomely s.e.xy. His vision were actually sharpened, while he were built with a desirable jawline. He glanced at Isabella before going his gaze towards Davis, clasping his arms.
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Davis requested as he investigated Quara.
“This time, I won’t permit you to expire before me.”
“But what are you planning to use Bylai Zlatan? She pleaded mercy and admitted her family’s wrongs, indicating relating to despicable prepare. Even for me, I feel some pity in cutting a lady who could congeal a Magnificent Crest and excellent Foundation into a slave. Though she actually is prideful and arrogant, that is nicely deserved as a result of her skill, let alone that she’s significantly more qualified than me from beginning, and when she had attained my Immortal Inheritance, she might’ve been even better than me.”
“I am just Quara, the 3rd younger neglect of the Scarlet Tyrant Hawk House, which is my dad, the Abode Learn, Quillen.”
Isabella giggled, shopping quite amused.
“No… it… it wasn’t my error. It was actually… it was father’s strategy to-“
“World Dragon Queen’s beauty is very well deserved, although i don’t realize why these brutes would lose their so-referred to as righteous ideals as a way to power your spectacular personal into a tyrannical associations.h.i.+p. How heartless… How dishonorable… though both of us have dragon blood stream…”
As she spoke, she gracefully aimed on the scarlet-haired gentleman beside her, who searched midsection-aged yet handsomely s.e.xy. His sight ended up very sharp, while he enjoyed a attractive jawline. He glanced at Isabella before going his gaze towards Davis, clasping his palms.
If it entire world belonged to someone as he browse from the abandoned temple, then those who could loom over the world had been unquestionably highly effective that Davis noticed like they can pierce via the spatial layers and get through to the Subsequent Layer and Primary Layer with no trouble, a.s.suming that there were definitely individuals who were actually hoping to get into this world as Tian Cangjie performed.
“In five hundred decades, I think that we’ll be astonishing immortals, so i don’t believe these those who unknowingly wronged us can have the advantage to get slaves to us when this occurs quickly.”
Still, it do look like they had fairly regressed within the amount of time. Usually, wouldn’t they have been strong such as first Scarlet Tyrant Hawk House?
Reincarnated Devil King
Isabella smirked in reaction as she migrated her lip area.
Miron Zlatan flailed over the nail board, planning to get out. However, the greater number of he fought, the more the nails tore the meridians and epidermis in the body, efficiently making the methods he could cast unproductive.
Isabella blushed and rolled her view as she considered that he was the individual that noticed quite a few methods ahead of her.
“You happen to be…?”
“Emperor of Loss.” Quara’s crimson lip area transferred as she possessed a blatant laugh on the deal with, “Now we have grabbed this vile human to gift item you. Please deal with him as the eminence see in shape.”
Divine Emperor of Death
She appeared approximately, but cannot obtain Nadia, she merely cast a wry smile.
When they extended their wings just like enticing them, Davis and Isabella could understand the intrinsical flaming layout plus a dragon-like eyeball on their underwings which had been designed to intimidate but alternatively showed up as attractive and panoramic. Also, there was clearly a flaming crest on their own crown, getting rid of with intensity as they quite simply kept their heads high.
“What do you indicate using a mankind with the family? You’re the emperor of our own kingdom.”
“In 500 many years, In my opinion that we’ll be astonishing immortals, and so i don’t believe these individuals who have unknowingly wronged us would have the privilege to get slaves to us at that point quickly.”
“I am just Quara, the third fresh miss out on with the Scarlet Tyrant Hawk Home, which is my dad, the Home Become an expert in, Quillen.”
“Ahahaha!~” Davis threw his mind and laughed out deafening, “As envisioned of my empress, wondering into the future, much more further than me.”
“Oh, it’s because we despise humans who strike us, not those who have not a thing related to us. We wish to wipe out or enslave and torture individuals who hurt the magical beasts and us under us, even so the Emperor of Fatality is special. We have now no historical past nor clash, so it’s easier for people for making relationships on you. There is certainly nothing to be concerned about since this is only an indication of goodwill that says that many of us will not be dangerous for you personally. Additionally, we also desired to observe the rumored wicked wolf which terrorized the mankind, making us mystical beasts pleased, but it looks like she actually is not right here, huh…”
If this planet belonged to someone since he study in the deserted temple, then the ones who could loom over the world have been certainly strong that Davis sensed like they might pierce over the spatial layers and reach the Subsequent Coating and Very first Part effortlessly, a.s.suming that there have been people who were looking to get into this world as Tian Cangjie did.
“Then where’s my harem made up of many beauties?”
Miron Zlatan’s expression froze while he commenced trembling. His whole body which was jammed about the countless fingernails or toenails ended up internal bleeding heavily except his go. If he moved any longer, he understood that his meridians would tear aside, however if he didn’t, he would however expire.
Miron Zlatan’s term froze because he began trembling. His entire body that has been caught for the many fingernails or toenails have been internal bleeding heavily except his head. If he shifted any further, he understood that his meridians would tear away from each other, but if he didn’t, he would nonetheless pass away.
As she spoke, she gracefully pointed for the scarlet-haired mankind beside her, who searched midst-old yet handsomely s.e.xy. His sight ended up sharp, as he enjoyed a desired jawline. He glanced at Isabella before switching his gaze towards Davis, clasping his palms.
“But what can you use Bylai Zlatan? She pleaded mercy and accepted her family’s wrongs, suggesting concerning their despicable prepare. Even for me, I feel some pity in lessening a lady who could congeal an impressive Crest and Perfect Groundwork towards a servant. Though she is prideful and arrogant, which is very well deserved as a result of her ability, as well as that she’s way more talented than me from birth, just in case she possessed obtained my Immortal Inheritance, she might’ve been even more powerful than me.”
Davis heightened his brows by using a teasing gaze, producing her to search apart.
“Heh, she lacked your fortune.” Davis chuckled, “But I don’t know what to do with her. Consider her when your servant or anything, and create her care for you and also the others. I’d like to stay away from temptations if possible.”
“Any very last ideas, Zlatan?”
Isabella asked as she narrowed her sight as the scarlet-haired women deeply smiled as she shifted her crimson mouth area.

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- Massive Far-Right Rally Sanctioned in Moscow
- Moscow City Hall Rejects Sept. 15 'March of Millions'
- Russian Opposition Leaders Detained at Anti-Torture Protest
- Russian Protest Leaders Detained at Moscow Opposition Event
- Russia’s Opposition Council Accuses Kremlin of Political Terror
MOSCOW, November 20 (RIA Novosti) - The Moscow authorities have refused to grant permission for an opposition rally against “political repression” that was to be held later this week on that grounds that there is no such thing in Russia.
“The current law does not provide any measures used by the state for repression based on political motives,” according to the official refusal, which an opposition group scanned and posted online.
Permission had been granted for a similar rally held in July.
The application was for a rally to take place on Saturday near the Pushkinskaya metro station in support of opposition activists and protesters who have been prosecuted in recent months.
At least 18 people have been charged over clashes in central Moscow at a protest on the eve of Vladimir Putin's inauguration for a third presidential term. Only one person has faced trial so far and was jailed for four and a half years after admitting he attacked police.
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The failure of the Islamist political parties who came to power in the dramatic events of the Arab Spring would allow the military to reenter the political arena. Political Islam was successful in the opposition, but it could fail in power, as the negative experience of Egypt and Iraq have shown.

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This Worst Congress Ever (Republican) has done nothing but show that the United States can be a nonfunctioning democracy when it wants to, like Italy but with all-you-can-eat buffets. In a single demi-term, it shut down the government, fouled a fledgling economic recovery with a pointless fight over the debt ceiling, and then threatened to withhold spending money for 160 million working Americans by raising the payroll tax. Brinkmanship is its only game.
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The Ultimate Twink Site. Young guys showing off alone, with a buddy, and in hot group action!
Rad Matthews and Ryan Middleton were hanging out the other weekend. We caught up with them while they were in the middle of throwing the football back and forth. About 15 minutes into the game of catch, a naughty smirk appeared on Rad's face just before he told Ryan that he had a surprise for him.

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Mainstreaming is the original term used for the requirement under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) that children with disabilities be educated in the least restrictive environment (LRE). Under IDEA, states must assure that, to the maximum extent appropriate, children ages three to twenty-one who have disabilities have access to the general education curriculum and are educated with children without disabilities (for infants and toddlers, early intervention services must be provided in natural environments where age peers are typically found).
The term "mainstreaming" commonly refers to the integration of a child with a disability in regular education settings for part of the school day. As legal and social interpretations of IDEA have evolved, the term "mainstreaming" has been superceded by the term "inclusion," reflecting a new understanding of LRE that presumes full participation of children with disabilities in regular education settings while ensuring continuum of participation options based on a child's educational and social needs.
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Hocutt, Anne M. "Effectiveness of Special Education: Is Placement a Critical Factor?" The Future of Children vol. 6, no. 1 (1996):77-99.
Rogers, Joy. "The Inclusion Revolution." In Phi Delta Kappa Center for Evaluation, Development, and Research [web site]. Research Bulletin no. 11, May 1993. Available from http://www.pdkintl.org/edres/resbul11.htm: INTERNET.
Turnbull, H. Rutherford III, and Ann P. Turnbull. "Least Restrictive Appropriate Educational Placement." In Free Appropriate Public Education: The Law and Children with Disabilities. Denver: Love Publishing, 2000.
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As we get close to the end, the pressure rises on the remaining artists. Tonight the Top 8 will sing for a shot at going to next week's semifinals. Here is what you need to know about tonight's performance-packed showdown.
Blake and Adam are bringing in new advisors to help them with their remaining artists. For Blake, it's Gwen Sebastian, a Season 2 contestant on The Voice who joined the country star on his latest album. First up tonight, they will coach powerhouse diva Sisaundra Lewis as she tries to out-Tina Tina Turner with a rendition of "River Deep-Mountain High." Sisaundra is particularly excited because her 76-year-old mother will be attending her performance for the first time in her life. With Mom in the audience, Sisaundra belts out Tina's hit song to the rousing cheers of the audience. What is there for the coaches to even criticize? They'll spend more time critiquing Adam's new platinum-blond hairdo.
After Sisaundra, soul man Josh Kaufman is up. He's the last member of Team Usher. (Pretty glad you stole him then, huh Usher?) Josh is singing Bonnie Raitt's "I Can't Make You Love Me," a classic country song that received a soulful remake a couple of years ago from indie artist Bon Iver. Josh has a similar ability to sing falsetto so it's a perfect song for him. With his wife and daughter in the audience, Josh takes the stage, of course wearing his lucky hat! The mojo must still be working, because he totally kills it, earning himself a standing ovation from his coach and nonstop cheering from the audience. Blake is particularly complimentary, and maybe a bit nervous for all his performers' chances against this guy.
But Blake doesn't fret for long, because he is performing his new single "My Eyes." Gwen Sebastian, who also sang the song with him in the studio, joins him for the smoldering ballad. It's a moving and mournful song and the audience roars its approval. This season's artists are no doubt happy to see that a relationship with a coach does not necessarily end when the season does.
Next, tiny rocker Kat Perkins is taking on Daft Punk's "Get Lucky," though she wisely eschews the robot helmets the duo is famous for. This is an electronic song that Kat, determined to go big and give herself a breakout moment, has turned into a hard rock arrangement. It's a staging and performance that calls to mind Metallica, or maybe her own former band, Scarlet Haze. She gets down in the crowd and jumps up and down with the audience, rocking it so hard she has Adam out of his seat yelling "Yes!" as the song ends. Shakira says it was a Kat Perkins she had not seen before. Good enough to keep Kat out of the bottom three this week, though? We shall see.
The last member of Team Shakira, country singer Kristen Merlin, is up next to sing "I Drive Your Truck," an emotional song about a soldier lost to war. Kristen takes this song very personally and knows she has to connect to the emotion of it to really make it work. She does just that, moving the entire audience and seemingly coming close to tears herself. A great singer and possibly the inspiration for Adam's new hairstyle. Shakira still has a shot at her dream of being the first female coach to win The Voice.
We get a break from the artists to let new Voice coach Pharrell Williams perform his song "Come Get It Bae" with a fleet of backup dancers. It's a good lesson for the artists: now THAT is how it's done.
Singing barista Delvin Choice of Team Adam is next, singing R. Kelly's hit "I Believe I Can Fly." During rehearsals with Adam and his advisor, Maroon 5 bandmate James Valentine, Delvin is so overcome thinking about how far he's come to make the final eight that he breaks down in tears. Adam recognizes a turning point and underscores it for him: this is a good well for him to tap into for his performance. As the first notes sound, the smoke machine is going, the background chorus is rolling, and Delvin is on his game. Blake is so blown away he can do little more than make a Susan Powter joke at Adam's expense. Delvin leaves the stage having done what he set out to do.
The next singer is Audra McLaughlin, the young woman with an old soul's love of classic country songs. She is singing Rebecca Lynn Howard's song "Forgive," which she'll get to just as soon as she and Gwen Sebastian finish annoying Blake in rehearsal by talking about shoes. The lights rise on her performance as she stands next to a giant white piano covered with lit candles and proceeds to hit all the big notes. Shakira calls it an "awesome" performance.
We get another break from the artists to let new Voice coach Gwen Stefani join Pharrell Williams for a rendition of "Hollaback Girl," Gwen's first solo hit that she and Pharrell co-wrote in 2004. Gwen looks like she's still got the same energy she had when No Doubt first broke through; it's a rollicking good time. Afterwards, the two have a short Q&A with host Carson Daly and proclaim their excitement for getting to be coaches on the next season of The Voice.
We're down to the final two artists of the night. First we'll hear Team Blake's Jake Worthington, the teenaged self-described "redneck" taking on a real hillbilly country song in Brooks & Dunn's "Hillbilly Deluxe." Jake is sick during rehearsals and really struggling. Tonight is show night, though, and he puts that all aside as he struts across the stage, owning the song. He even gets Shakira air-drumming, which she assures him is a good sign. He seems a little more subdued than normal after his performance, still suffering the effects of his illness, but inside he knows he gave the fans a rocking good show.
The show closes with Christina Grimmie of Team Adam. Christina's still coping with her emotions after last week's show. She's happy to have moved on but upset because her two closest friends on The Voice, Tess Boyer and Bria Kelly, were both eliminated. Tess tells her to use that emotion in all her performances going forward. First, though, she and her coach have to agree on a song. He wants her to sing Lil Wayne's "How to Love." Christina is reluctant, thinking she has already given a pop arrangement to a rap song with last week's cover of Drake's "Hold On, We're Going Home." Adam talks her into it, and it's a good thing he does. Her performance tonight proves that this sort of song is in her wheelhouse. She blows the doors off the soundstage and has the crowd on its feet. When you really commit to your craft, good things will happen.
With that, another night of fine performances is in the books and fans are voting for their favorites. Tomorrow we find out who stays and who goes home. It's going to be a tough call, but it always is at this stage of The Voice.
The Top 8 artists perform live for America's votes, along with guest performances from Blake Shelton, Gwen Stefani and Pharrell Williams.


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For our first project we are being encouraged to research sustainable and Eco friendly ways of designing through our use of materials, energy sources and means of production. There are some amazing ways of using sustainable sources of energy to create electricity and it seems a bit mental to me that we are not using them. Things like the amazing Solucar solar power plant in Sanlucar La Mayor in Spain. This Solar power plant uses 1000 mirrors to direct the suns rays to a tower where the heat of the sun heats water kept in the towers and powers a turbine creating electricity. The plant generates enough energy to power 10,000 households. The power plant only occupies 120 square meters and looks spectacular!


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Steel Dynamics, Inc. (STLD) Declares $0.19 Quarterly Dividend
Steel Dynamics, Inc. (NASDAQ:STLD) announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, June 12th, RTT News reports. Stockholders of record on Saturday, June 30th will be paid a dividend of 0.1875 per share by the basic materials company on Friday, July 13th. This represents a $0.75 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, June 28th.
Shares of Steel Dynamics traded down $0.63, reaching $49.15, on Wednesday, Marketbeat reports. The stock had a trading volume of 65,662 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,869,103. Steel Dynamics has a 1 year low of $32.20 and a 1 year high of $52.10. The company has a market cap of $11.84 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 18.82, a PEG ratio of 0.87 and a beta of 1.33. The company has a current ratio of 4.24, a quick ratio of 2.38 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.71.
Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ:STLD) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 18th. The basic materials company reported $0.96 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.91 by $0.05. Steel Dynamics had a net margin of 8.59% and a return on equity of 21.60%. The firm had revenue of $2.60 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $2.59 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $0.83 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.0% on a year-over-year basis. sell-side analysts predict that Steel Dynamics will post 4.8 earnings per share for the current year.
In other Steel Dynamics news, Director Keith E. Busse sold 3,590 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $50.32, for a total transaction of $180,648.80. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 1,003,020 shares in the company, valued at $50,471,966.40. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Theresa E. Wagler sold 17,196 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $49.78, for a total transaction of $856,016.88. Following the transaction, the insider now owns 331,381 shares in the company, valued at $16,496,146.18. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 25,298 shares of company stock worth $1,266,868. 4.40% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
Steel Dynamics Company Profile
Steel Dynamics, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the steel products manufacturing and metals recycling businesses in the United States and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Steel Operations, Metals Recycling Operations, and Steel Fabrication Operations. The Steel Operations segment provides hot roll, cold roll, and coated steel products; structural steel beams, pilings, and standard and premium grade rail products; engineered special-bar-quality products; merchant bar products, including angles, merchant rounds, flats, channels, and reinforcing bars; beams, channels, and specialty steel sections; and threaded rod products, and cold drawn and heat treated bars.
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Franklin County horse euthanized after acquiring West Nile virus
A spokesman from the Washington State Department of Agriculture says a 10-year-old mare from north Pasco is the second case of equine West Nile virus reported in Washington for the year, and the horse was euthanized.
The horse was not vaccinated for the disease, and had not left the state. West Nile is potentially fatal in infected equines, other mammals and birds. The Washington State University’s Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory in Pullman reported the positive test results to the State Veterinarian’s Office earlier this week.
The only other confirmed case of West Nile virus in a Washington horse this year was reported in late September for a horse pastured in Outlook, Yakima County.
“A killing frost will reduce the likelihood of further cases for the year,” said Acting State Veterinarian Paul Kohrs. “Horse owners in areas of the state where this disease will overwinter should consider vaccinating for West Nile in 2014 at least a month before the onset of the mosquito season.”
West Nile virus is spread by mosquitoes that have fed on infected birds. The disease sickens people, horses, birds and other animals, but it does not spread from horses to people or other animals.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1,135 human cases have been reported nationwide this year.
West Nile virus is fatal to horses in about a third of the cases where clinical signs are apparent, although most horses do not become ill and show no symptoms at all. Horses that do become ill often display loss of coordination, loss of appetite, confusion, fever, stiffness, and muscle weakness, particularly in their hindquarters.
Washington had 72 West Nile virus cases in horses in 2009, but none in 2010 or 2011. Last year, a horse pastured near Grandview was euthanized after it became ill with the disease.
Veterinarians who learn of potential West Nile Virus cases in horses or other animals should contact the State Veterinarian’s Office at (360) 902-1881. The Washington State Department of Agriculture website displays information on reportable diseases.

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A second explosion has occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi atomic power plant in quake-hit Japan, officials have confirmed.
The blast follows a similar explosion at the No. 1 reactor, which occurred after hydrogen ignited when it mixed with oxygen.
Three workers have been injured and seven are missing, according to the Tokyo Electric Power Company, the owner of the plant.
At present, there are no indications of increase in radiation levels around the plant, and while the wall of the building housing the No. 3 reactor collapsed in the explosion today, officials state that there is low possibility of a radiation leak.
As a precautionary measure, some 170,000 residents living within a 20km radius of the plant have been asked to remain indoors.
Currently, 11 of the 50 nuclear reactors in Japan in areas worst affected by the earthquake have been shut down, an action that is estimated to reduce the country’s output from nuclear power by 25% to 50%.
The earthquake of 9.0 on Richter scale hit Japan on 11 March and triggered a tsunami, causing huge damage to life and property in the country.


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MADISON, Wis. - Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul is asking a court to block subpoenas issued by an attorney hired by Republicans to lead an investigation into the 2020 presidential election that was won by President Joe Biden.
Kaul, a Democrat, asked a Dane County judge on Thursday to block the subpoenas sent to state elections officials by former Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman. He was hired to look into the election by Republican Assembly Speaker Robin Vos.
The nonpartisan Legislative Audit Bureau is doing an independent review of the election. Its findings were expected any day, while Vos said he doesn't expect Gableman to complete his work until the end of the year. The audit bureau review was ordered by Republicans, but its work is done independent of any involvement by either political party — unlike Gableman, who is reporting to Vos.
Biden’s roughly 21,000 vote win over Donald Trump in Wisconsin has withstood recounts and multiple court rulings. There was no widespread fraud. To date, only four Wisconsin voters out of about 3.3 million who cast ballots in the election have been charged with election fraud.
Kaul represents the Wisconsin Elections Commission and its administrator, Meagan Wolfe. She was among those subpoenaed by Gableman, who originally said he was going to interview Wolfe, mayors of the state's five largest cities and other local elections officials in private. He later agreed to cancel those interviews for now and accept a limited amount of documents from Milwaukee, Madison, Racine, Kenosha and Green Bay.
Kaul, in his court filing, argues that the subpoenas are unenforceable under both the U.S. and Wisconsin constitutions as well as under state law. Kaul said the subpoenas are not valid because he wants to interview Wolfe in private, rather than in front of the committee.
Kaul also argued that the subpoenas were too broad and vague and they were issued in the name of the Assembly elections committee. The chair of that committee, Republican Rep. Janel Brandtjen, has said that Gableman is not consulting with her about his investigation.
Gableman did not immediately return a message Friday.
Kaul last week called the Gableman probe a "fake" investigation that should be halted.


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Although it may look simple on the surface, the game is actually very complex because it is possible to upgrade your vehicle. After you level up you get the option to install various enhancements like bombs and guns to help you deal with the enemies. When several gamers play Curve Fever online at the same time, the matches become increasingly chaotic, unpredictable and fun.
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I applaud Russian authorities for convicting Pussy Riot — the very name suggesting sex and violence — of committing a hate crime against religion. The all-girl punk band desecrated a Russian Orthodox Church (“Putin deserves every catcall,” Aug. 18).
Everyone has a right to freedom of expression. This includes those who were attending the religious service in question. These people’s rights were obviously denied and violated by the surprise guerrilla invasion. Many of them — especially the older and religiously devout — may actually have been seriously traumatized for life.
A two-year jail sentence is rather harsh. I would rather the girls be forced to faithfully attend Mass each day followed by an hour of bible school — perhaps for a year. In this way their punishment could be served out in the form of rehabilitation.
— Rick Martin, Boston


The actor played the Time Lord’s greatest enemy back in 2007.
He appeared in five episodes battling against The Doc (played by David Tennant, 42).
However, despite playing many other parts in BBC dramas Life On Mars, The Village, Exile and Sky1’s Mad Dogs, he is annoyed he can’t shake off the sci-fi role.
And he gets angry at diehard fans – called Whovians – who follow him around in shops and think he really is the TV baddie.
Simm, 42, tells Radio Times: “I do get a lot of Doctor Who. God almighty, I’ll be so happy when that’s gone from my life.
“The fans are lovely, I’m sure. But I won’t miss it.
“They don’t want anything but they’re just full on, you know? It’s great to be into something but for goodness sake, really?
“I’m not the Master, I’m not that evil Time Lord who rules the galaxy, I’m just in Tesco with my kids!”
Simm is back on TV very soon in Mad Dogs.
In the third series he will be reunited with fellow cast members Max Beesley, 42, Philip Glenister, 50, and Marc Warren, 46. He adds: “The best thing about being an actor is mixing up theatre, heavy stuff, populist stuff and voiceovers. That’s what it’s about for me.”
Simm claims show writer Cris Cole knows them all so well, he picks up on their real-life traits and uses them in the script.
He adds: “There was a line where my character Baxter was moaning about missing his kids. And I thought: ‘Didn’t I actually say that last week?’”


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While holidays may seem trite and ineffective at promoting the values they represent—Does Christmas generate Christian values?—they nonetheless retain the capacity of drawing peoples’ attention away from the status quo of everyday life. In fact, in the case of efforts at establishing new holidays, the public struggle for recognition may create a maelstrom of controversy and debate. One need only think back to when Martin Luther King Jr Day was considered a subversive, un-American idea.
While Indigenous Peoples Day may not be instigating the kind of passionate reactions that MLK Day once inspired, its message is no less profound—the abolishment of Columbus Day and the heinous crime of colonization that it symbolizes. In its place is a recognition that America is Indian Land and that America’s First Peoples are still here, complete with a celebration of our survival, our communities, and cultures.
Although it will take an Act of Congress to make Indigenous Peoples Day a federal holiday, like MLK Day or Thanksgiving, the idea behind this Day is an idea whose time has come. As of October 10, 2016, the following cities have adopted IPD in place of Columbus Day: Berkeley (CA), Denver (CO), Minneapolis (MN), Seattle (WA), Red Wing (MN), Grand Rapids (MN), Traverse (MI), Newstead (NY), Akron (NY), St Paul (MN), Olympia (WA), Lewiston (NY), Anadarko (OK), Anchorage (AK), Portland (OR), Carborro (NC), Albuquerque (NM), San Francisco (CA), Belfast (ME), Durango (CO), Asheville (NC), Eugene (OR), Cambridge (MA), Bainbridge Island (WA), Santa Fe (NM), Yakima (WA), and Phoenix (AZ).
Below are two short videos that I recorded this past Friday, October 7 at Arizona State University, Tempe Campus, which was celebrating its inaugural Indigenous Peoples Day:


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Senate fails to extend solar tax credits for the eight time
The US Senate has yet again failed to pass legislation that would extend the Investment Tax Credits beyond their end of year expiration dates. The Senate was unable to reach a bipartisan compromise to extend solar tax credits for the eighth time since June last year.
Many solar projects across the country are on hold until this leglislation is sorted out. Large scale solar power projects could be nearly non-existent in the short-term in the US without the 30 percent tax credit.
According to local media, an eight-year extension is being pushed for, but it is possible a one-year extension may be pushed through as a compromise. The Republicans are blocking the legislation because they claim it raises taxes.
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) in Washington is asking that Congress extend the 30 percent federal solar investment tax credit eight years for commercial and six years for residential solar projects.
SEIA president Rhonse Resch warned that a failure to extend the tax credit could damage the domestic solar industry.
"Time is running out to extend the solar tax credits. Already companies are putting projects on hold and preparing to send thousands of jobs overseas - real jobs that would otherwise be filled by American workers. Failure to extend the solar tax credits is a severe blow to an industry that has proven to be an economic engine for the US at a time when we need it most," said Resch.
"The critique," SEIA spokeswoman Monique Hanis told America.gov, "is, 'Why not have [a tax credit] at the federal level that would benefit all of the states and all of the citizens and companies operating here?'"
A federal programme, the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Solar America Initiative, seeks to achieve cost-competitiveness for solar technologies across all market sectors by 2015.


The Lokayukta Court in Bangalore on Saturday ordered a probe against 13 officials including five of IAS cadre, on a private complaint alleging their role in granting permission for construction of a residential apartment on a land denotified for maintaining a plant nursery.
Judge N K Sudhindra Rao, admitting the complaint filed by Lakshminarayana, a former municipal councillor, and directed Bangalore Urban Superintendent of Police to investigate and submit a report by March 30.
The complainant alleged that the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) notified 7.13 acres of land in Arakere village in Bangalore South Taluk in 1996, but the owners of the land secured denotification with an undertaking to maintain the land as a plant nursery in 2006.
However, the owners secured land converted into residential purpose from Revenue authorities suppressing the undertaking given to BDA and later managed to get a plan sanctioned from the BDA for constructing a residential apartment.
The complainant has named BDA Chairman Subir Harisingh, BDA Commissioner Bharatlal Meena, former BDA Commissioner Siddaiah, former Bangalore Urban Special Deputy Commissioner K S Ramegowda, former BDA special land acquisition officer M V Veerabhadraiah, G S Naik, a KAS officer and others as accused.


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Report: Land to reintroduce red wolves open in North Carolina, other states
A report from the Center of Biological Diversity said it identified land in multiple states that could support the reintroduction of red wolves, KAIT
Land in multiple states states, North Carolina, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Virginia and West Virginia, could support nearly 500 breeding pairs of red wolves, the report said. The land in North Carolina is publicly owned land in the Pisgah and Nantahala national forests, the report said.
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, as of 2018, only about 40 wild red wolves live in Eastern North Carolina today.
"Red wolves could thrive again across these vast areas, but only if the Trump administration returns them to the wild,” said Collette Adkins, the Center’s carnivore conservation director. “Without more reintroductions, the red wolf could soon be extinct in the wild. These incredibly imperiled animals can’t afford any more delays.”
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PETE RADEMACHER died last week at the age of 91 and will forever be remembered for losing the most audacious debut in boxing history. Armed with an Olympic gold medal and a bellyful of bravado, Washington’s Pete Rademacher decided he wanted to challenge for the world heavyweight title in his very first professional fight. The inevitable defeat that followed would define Rademacher’s career yet his desire to initiate the contest should say even more about the man he was.
He tore through the heavyweight field at the 1956 Games with such power and finesse that he saw no reason to hang around. Nine hours after Pete knocked out Russia’s Lev Moukhine inside a round to win gold in Melbourne, the heavyweight championship – vacant after Rocky Marciano’s retirement – was won by 21-year-old Floyd Patterson with a fifth-round win over the 39-year-old Archie Moore.
“I’d already decided that I wanted to fight the winner [of Patterson-Moore] before I fought in the final,” Rademacher later explained. “Moore was a great fighter but he was getting older and older and Patterson was just a young punk. I saw nothing in either of them to suggest they could beat me.”
Rademacher first persuaded sporting goods magnate Melchior Jennings to head a syndicate that backed him financially before convincing Patterson’s manager, Cus D’Amato, to agree to the fight. With a guaranteed $250,000 on the table, Patterson signed the contract. Floyd knew the bout would be ridiculed but saw even less sense in turning down such a monstrous sum to fight a debutant. Predictably, the 1957 contest, set for Sicks’ Stadium in Seattle on August 21, was roundly criticised.
The bookmakers – exhibiting far more sense than those who gave Conor McGregor half a chance against Floyd Mayweather sixty years later – refused to take any bets on the outcome. For the first and only time in a world heavyweight championship fight, the bout was deemed such a grotesque mismatch that no odds were posted.
Rademacher cared not a damn. Showing remarkable levels of confidence, and no shortage of unashamed naivety, he set about banging the promotional drum. The 16,000 fans he persuaded to buy tickets would be the only fans who watched the events unfold in real time; there was no live TV or radio.
By the time the first round began, Rademacher already felt like the winner. “The hard part was getting the fight done,” he later said. “The easy part was actually fighting.”
And so it proved… to a point. He won the opening round by boxing clever and then decked Patterson in the next. Rademacher later said: “I thought to myself when he went down, ‘He’s not getting up!’” But Patterson did get up. And it was at about that point, as Patterson dusted himself off, that Rademacher realised the utter madness of his plan.
“I saw him standing there and I’d hit him with my best punch. I knew I couldn’t go 15 rounds. I started to worry at that point.”
Rademacher was floored seven times before being stopped in the sixth round yet the challenger showed remarkable guts to keep rising. “He’s the most courageous fighter I have ever seen in a boxing ring,” said referee and former light-heavyweight king, Tommy Loughran.
Rademacher fought on. Almost as barmy as fighting Patterson in his debut was his decision to take on leading contender Zora Folley in his second bout. Though Rademacher had split two bouts with Folley in the amateur ranks, the stylist had progressed significantly since. Folley was ruthless while thrashing Rademacher in four rounds.
Most men would have stopped at that point: 0-2 and with 11 knockdowns scored against him, the writing was on the wall. But perhaps the most remarkable thing of all about Pete Rademacher is that he ignored it.
After the most torrid of starts, he boxed on in very good company for four more years. Furthermore, though he would lose another five bouts – to Brian London, Archie Moore, Karl Mildenberger, Doug Jones and George Logan – he actually won 17. The likes of George Chuvalo, LaMar Clark and Bobo Olson were among Rademacher’s victims.
He went on to promote, judge and referee (he officiated the likes of Ray Leonard, Tim Witherspoon and Azumah Nelson) and the former Army officer also found success away from boxing as a president within the McNeil Corporation, as a shooting instructor and as a charity fundraiser.


WELD COUNTY, Colo. (CBS4) – There have been four tragic deaths and now Weld County is taking action to keep babies safe while they sleep.
Four infants died last year from sleeping in unsafe conditions. Either their parents rolled on top of them or they suffocated in soft bedding and blankets.
Weld County Health is urging all parents not to share a bed with their babies and put them in a safety-approved crib or bassinet.
Babies should also be placed on their backs with no pillows or comforters in the crib.


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About the BookA companion volume to "Owls and Other Fantasies" and "Blue Iris," this collection of new poems and beloved classics about creatures of all sorts completes the three-volume series of Oliver's works.
Book SynopsisThe Truro Bear and Other Adventures, a companion volume to Owls and Other Fantasies and Blue Iris, brings together ten new poems, thirty-five of Oliver's classic poems, and two essays all about mammals, insects, and reptiles. The award-winning poet considers beasts of all kinds: bears, snakes, spiders, porcupines, humpback whales, hermit crabs, and, of course, her beloved but disobedient little dog, Percy.
About the AuthorA private person by nature, Mary Oliver (1935-2019) gave very few interviews over the years. Instead, she preferred to let her work speak for itself. And speak it has, for the past five decades, to countless readers. The New York Times recently acknowledged Mary Oliver as "far and away, this country's best-selling poet." Born in a small town in Ohio, Oliver published her first book of poetry in 1963 at the age of 28; No Voyage and Other Poems, originally printed in the UK by Dent Press, was reissued in the United States in 1965 by Houghton Mifflin. Oliver has since published twenty books of poetry and six books of prose. As a young woman, Oliver studied at Ohio State University and Vassar College, but took no degree. She lived for several years at the home of Edna St. Vincent Millay in upper New York state, companion to the poet's sister Norma Millay. It was there, in the late '50s, that she met photographer Molly Malone Cook. For more than forty years, Cook and Oliver made their home together, largely in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where they lived until Cook's death in 2005. Over the course of her long and illustrious career, Oliver has received numerous awards. Her fourth book, American Primitive, won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1984. She has also received the Shelley Memorial Award; a Guggenheim Fellowship; an American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters Achievement Award; the Christopher Award and the L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award for House of Light; the National Book Award for New and Selected Poems; a Lannan Foundation Literary Award; and the New England Booksellers Association Award for Literary Excellence. Oliver's essays have appeared in Best American Essays 1996, 1998, 2001; the Anchor Essay Annual 1998, as well as Orion, Onearth and other periodicals. Oliver was editor of Best American Essays 2009. Oliver's books on the craft of poetry, A Poetry Handbook and Rules for the Dance, are used widely in writing programs. She is an acclaimed reader and has read in practically every state as well as other countries. She has led workshops at various colleges and universities, and held residencies at Case Western Reserve University, Bucknell University, University of Cincinnati, and Sweet Briar College. From 1995, for five years, she held the Catharine Osgood Foster Chair for Distinguished Teaching at Bennington College. She has been awarded Honorary Doctorates from The Art Institute of Boston (1998), Dartmouth College (2007) and Tufts University (2008).


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I took the last week off to have time for another sewing project and decided to tackle this wonderful victorian era inspired steampunk costume, consisting of jacket, skirt and bustle. I bought dark green dupioni silk in Brussels at Maison des Tissus and beige lace at Maison dore a few weeks ago (I forgot to take the pattern with me then and was so lucky to have bought just enough of both!). The pattern is incredible – it was the first time for me that all patterns parts matched perfectly (and I am always very careful with cutting them out) and the instructions are easy to follow. I decided to shorten the skirt to make the costume a bit more suitable for daily wear and I will probably take it in a bit but I changed nothing else.
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The One Tower is inaugurated on the Malecón, it starts with 60% of its sales completed
Mazatlán, Sinaloa.- The tourist and industrial development that Mazatlán has, will be strengthened with new projects such as the USMCA Railway Corridor, the new port, and a new aerospace park, among others, which will greatly increase the tourism of businesses, highlighted Javier Lizárraga Mercado.
When inaugurating the 13-story tower “The One”, the Secretary of Economy thanked the investors for trusting in Sinaloa and particularly in Mazatlán
“Mazatlán is another, it has been transformed, it is now one of the tourist destinations not only at the national level that are privileged because finally the Pearl of the Pacific is renewed with this type of development,” he said.
For his part, businessman Alejandro Rojas said that times of crisis are the best time to invest in the real estate sector and proof of this is that this development comes to the market with 60% of its sales completed.
“There are many of us who believe in Mazatlán and in the state of Sinaloa, we are in expert hands on economic development, with the government of Quirino Ordaz Coppel,” he said.
When talking about the project’s specifications, he stressed that it is about innovative designs that combine artistic elements from different currents.
“It is an incredible masterpiece of cutting-edge architecture, which has its own charm with volumetric games and symmetry, without a doubt one of the most innovative projects in the state of Sinaloa and the country,” he explained. Photos courtesy of the Secretary of Economy.
The socialite and businessman Alejandro Rojas expressed that “at the present time many people believe that it is not a good time to invest. Although it is true that it is a complicated situation and the economy is going through a moment of contraction, however, for those of us who are used to experiencing turbulence, we always make the best of it and capitalize on adverse moments ”, concluded the businessman.
In that sense, Alejandro Rojas explained that “we focus on amazing designs that combine artistic elements from different currents. It is an incredible masterpiece of cutting-edge architecture, which has its own charm with volumetric games and symmetry, without a doubt one of the newest projects in the state of Sinaloa and the country. Hence the name “The One” was born.
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Benefit Concert for Sam Reiser Sunday, June 14th, 2009
Sam Reiser fights against Hodgkns Lymphoma Cancer, 16 year old diagnosed with stage 4 and a student of Carlsbad High.
Here's a snap shot of Sam and a handful of Great Musicians
This Benefit Concert for Sam was held at the Carlsbad Cultural Arts Center (CAC).
Chris Swann rocks out on his acoustic guitar "Reach"
Johnny V blues it up on guitar
Johnny "V" Vernazza with Special Guest
Len Rainey, Walter Gentry, Michele Lundeen, Vincent Enderson, Charlie Martin
The big Jam Session with Sam and Friends
Sam and Chris enjoying the music festival
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This article describes a simple circuit, low cost and easy production of UV mosquito circuit.
1. Electric circuit and the principle of mosquito
Circuit shown in Figure 1. It consists of UV lamp emitting circuit, high voltage DC generator, high pressure circular grid and so on. UV lamp emitting UV lamp circuit by the composition of H and capacitor C1, the DC high voltage generator consists of diodes D1, D2, potentiometer W, resistors R1, R2, capacitor C2. One-way thyristor SCR, the pulse transformer T and the current limiting resistor R3 and so on.
After the power circuit in Figure 1. The power of positive half cycle rectified by the diode D1, through the step-down current limiting resistor R1, R2 and potentiometer W, respectively, the anode to the one-way and control of thyristor SCR to provide a very positive voltage. Adjust potentiometer W. So that the channel voltage to control the trigger voltage pole, one-way thyristor SCR will turn on, capacitor C2 through the pulse transformer T primary winding and one-way thyristor SCR discharge. C2 greater capacity of the secondary pulse transformer T, the higher the voltage sensor. When the supply voltage changes from positive to zero, one-way thyristor SCR is less than the current due to flow through the holding current and shutdown. After the one-way pipe SCR crystal illustrates the power supply to withstand the reverse voltage. Trigger pulse until the next cycle of control again added to the re-turn on the pole. Potentiometer to change the value of W. To change the size of the conduction angle, which can change the output voltage level. Because of frequent one-way thyristor SCR on and off, the formation of high-frequency oscillations in the pulse transformer secondary winding on T induces a high voltage 10000V to 15000V. By the D2 rectifier high voltage silicon stack to form the circular electric line DC high-voltage attack.
When the power is switched on 220V AC, the UV lamp H is lighted. The wavelength of 253.7nm. Phototaxis by mosquito lure mosquitoes. When the mosquitoes toward the UV lamp time. Must be touched to the circular high voltage power grid. The results of electric shock and died.
2. The choice of components
Pulse transformer T can be chosen from the TV, 12-14 inch black line output transformer.
H UV lamp power can be used 3W. High-voltage power grid to be made round, wire grid can be used in the plastic frame around f0.5mm on the isolation around the system, shown in Figure 2. Note that two wire A, B can not have any contact, otherwise it will cause a short circuit, the distance between the two is more appropriate to 2mm.
3. Production and commissioning
In addition to the electric shock mosquito printed circuit boards, high-voltage power grid need for self-circular, the other components can be bought finished assembly. When the lamps installed in the rotary screen production, the remaining components are installed in a box. If the components well, the installation is correct, the power, adjust potentiometer, the electric shock mosquito is able to work properly. Although the high-voltage electric shock mosquito, but the current in the microampere level, the use of security, even if accidentally touched, just look at it like a needle, do not panic. Use, plug in the power plug, rotary potentiometers with a power switch, to power. Continue to generate rotation can hear the high-pressure, circular net in the UV lamp light. Thus, the electric shock mosquito that is making a success. Not, the reverse rotary potentiometers to turn off the power.
4. Use the following precautions:
(1) normal height when the rotary screen hanging in order to obtain the good effect of controlling mosquitoes and prevent the children touch.
(2) The best source in the case of no use, so as not to affect the mosquito effect. Generally after the opening of the bed.
(3) within 2 minutes off, because the Internet does not discharge the charge is completed, staff may shock, so do not touch.
(4) As the harmful ultraviolet radiation on the human body and eyes, so the lamp power should not be too large, do not look directly at the lamp.


Today came the remarkable news that researchers at Johns Hopkins University in the USA , and published in Science have developed a non-invasive blood test that can detect 70% of eight common cancers, including pancreatic cancer – even at the early stages.
They have even said that this is relatively inexpensive; the same cost of a colonoscopy for example.
The way the test, known as CancerSEEK, works is to detect DNA mutations and proteins that are ‘shedded’ by the tumours into the bloodstream. The challenge has been that these circulating DNA mutations and proteins are small and have previously been difficult to detect, especially in early tumours.
8 out of 10 patients are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer when it has spread to other parts of the body making the disease incurable, so we desperately need better ways to diagnose pancreatic cancer earlier to give patients the best chance of survival.
This blood test is a really exciting development. While a 70% success rate needs to improve, the fact that it can detect some early pancreatic cancers could be game-changing for patients.
This test will be particularly important for those who are suffering vague but persistent symptoms (such as early pancreatic cancer patients) and gives a potential tool for GPs to rule cancer in or out.
The caveat is that it now needs to be tested on people without a cancer diagnosis to see if very early disease can be detected even when patients have little or no symptoms, and for it to be used as a screening tool in those at high risk of developing cancer.
As a rare 10 year pancreatic cancer survivor, I will be watching developments closely, but I feel buoyed by this news that there could soon be a non-invasive and inexpensive blood test to detect pancreatic cancer early and ultimately improve survival for patients.
On Wednesday 10th January, I drove up to Oxford at the request of Channel 5/ITN News to give my comments for the evening news bulletin on a memo leaked by the Head of Chemotherapy at the Churchill Hospital, Oxford to the Times newspaper.
In the memo, Dr Andrew Weaver blamed a 40 per cent shortage in specialist cancer nurses trained to administer chemotherapy medication as the reason why the Churchill Hospital would be considering delaying the start of chemotherapy treatments by up to four weeks and/or rationing treatment by reducing the number of cycles [of chemotherapy] patients receive.
While the Churchill Hospital denied that any current chemotherapy services have been affected by staff shortages, I firmly believe that this is a shot across the bow from senior clinicians to highlight the fact that teams are stretched almost to breaking point.
The UK has some of the lowest cancer survival rates in the developed world. Pancreatic cancer patients, who are already on the back foot because of delays in diagnosis, will be further disadvantaged if they have to delay starting chemotherapy treatment or their treatment is rationed. This will undoubtedly have an impact on life expectancy and possibly quality of life, as chemotherapy can also help palliate the symptoms of the disease, such as pain.
What we have to remember is that behind every statistic, there is a patient; a mother, father, brother, sister, aunt or uncle, all of whom are struggling to cope with a cancer diagnosis and do not need additional anguish over whether they will be able to receive the appropriate treatments in a timely manner. Treatments need to be started as soon as possible to help prolong life, relieve symptoms and for patients to spend more time with their families.
The Churchill Hospital example may well be the tip of the iceberg and one wonders whether similar conversations may be being had at other cancer units across the UK.
The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt and the wider government needs to tackle this immediately before this becomes a national and more severe issue and before cancer patients die prematurely.
On March 7-8 we exhibited at the Health and Wellbeing at Work show at the NEC in Birmingham. This gave us an opportunity to discuss pancreatic cancer with Occupational Health (OH) professionals from organisations large and small from across the UK.
We stressed the lack of public awareness about pancreatic cancer (70% of the UK population does not know where their pancreas is) and that in the UK, 40% of patients are under the age of 69 and some therefore will be in the workplace.
We talked about our Pancreatic Cancer Aware campaign and its dedicated website and how some of those assets, including videos, can be used on their company intranets and in their internal health and wellbeing emails.
We talked about how, by utilising Pancreatic Cancer Action’s comprehensive awareness materials, we can try to improve early diagnosis by making the UK workforce more aware of the disease and its symptoms and risks.
We had an excellent response and have had a lot of requests for literature and for us to visit some of the organisations to talk to their staff. Most Occupational Health professionals told us that they have not ever had an awareness drive on pancreatic cancer and that they would be keen to do so in the future.
This for us is a fantastic opportunity to work with Occupational Health professionals to communicate our messages about pancreatic cancer to their teams and to staff within their organisations.
If you would like us to visit your company to talk about pancreatic cancer or provide your Occupational Health team with pancreatic cancer awareness materials, please get in touch.
A recent study by Cancer Research UK* has found that for all cancers, the number of cancer cases and deaths will increase by 2035 by 42% (cases) and 30% (deaths).
However, what we do see is the rate of incidence for all cancers combined falling in women by 0.11% and in men by 0.03% by 2035 and, for most cancers, the mortality rate is decreasing too. (The age standardised rates describe cancer incidence and mortality with reference to a standard population and accounts for such things as differences in age and composition of the population).
One of the cancers that is bucking that trend in terms of reduced rates of incidence is pancreatic cancer. Instead of seeing rates falling, the rate of incidence of the number of cases is predicted to be up by nearly 5% in women and nearly 7% in men between 2014 and 2035.
The rates of incidence for cancers such as bowel, bladder and lung are predicted to reduce significantly over the same period.
So what does this mean? Well the number of actual cases of pancreatic cancer (which is a different number than the rate at which they occur) is likely to top 15,000 by 2035 and the numbers of actual people dying is predicted to be over 13,000. See the tables below:
That’s a predicted increase of nearly three per cent per year in the number of cases and over two per cent per year for the numbers of people dying from pancreatic cancer.
With an increasing population size and an ageing population, it is not surprising to see that the number of people affected by cancer is increasing over time. What is concerning is that the rate of incidence and mortality for other cancers is predicted to decline by 2035 and in some cases significantly. One of the exceptions is pancreatic cancer.
And, while the rate of mortality (death) is influenced by the incidence (cases) rate, other factors will influence these numbers such as how successful the healthcare system is in diagnosing and treating the cancer in question.
We know that pancreatic cancer is diagnosed late, when it has already spread to other parts of the body. This, and the fact that we have few treatment options available to patients, means that we will only continue to see increasing death rates from pancreatic cancer to 2035 and beyond. This is unless we see noticeable improvements in diagnosis and treatment which will only happen when we get greater focus on and funding for the disease.
Oct 24th 2016
*All data from: Smittenaar, Petersen & Moitt (2016) Cancer incidence and mortality projections in the UK until 2035. Brit.Journal of Cancer 1-9 DOI:10.1038/bjc.2016.304
After nine years of managing to avoid it, it has happened to me. It has now been confirmed that I have Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency and I am awaiting an appointment with my specialist HPB dietitian to advise me on a prescription of the digestive enzyme drug CREON. This diagnosis is not something that is unusual for those of us who are/have been suffering pancreatic cancer, but what is unusual is that I have not been diagnosed with it before now.
Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency (or PEI for short) is where there has been a change in the flow and amount of pancreatic juice (which contains enzymes to break down foods such as fat, protein and carbohydrate). Without enough digestive enzymes, the food can pass through the digestive system without being properly broken down and absorbed.
In my case, they symptoms of this condition included more frequent and looser bowel movements and periods of sudden evacuation (rush to the loo time!), terrible bloating and sometimes debilitating stomach cramping, especially just after I had eaten, plus the odd bout of wind. Some people with PEI will lose weight, but not so in my case. Perhaps it is because my level of PEI is moderate: on the scale at 118.
The test I had was a poo test known as a faecal elastase test. The ranges of normal to moderately or severe insufficiency are below:
- More than 200 ug Elastase/g stool = Normal
- 100 to 200 ug Elastase/g stool = Moderate to slight exocrine pancreatic insufficiency
- Less than 100 ug Elastase/g stool = Severe exocrine pancreatic insufficiency
Now, many people in my position (who have had surgery to remove a pancreatic cancer tumour) will develop PEI from the outset. Others tend to find they either don’t get it at all or, like me, it creeps up on you over time. After my surgery, I was left with around 20% of the head of my pancreas and this has kept going like the clappers for years.
I had noticed the odd change in bowel habit about 18 months ago but, because these were infrequent and had no pattern, I just thought it may be something I was eating that didn’t agree with me. I had always (since my operation) had difficulty digesting red meat and had side effects from eating strong cheeses like Stilton, but removing these foods from my diet seemed to sort the problem. Until recently.
The last 3 months or so have been really trying as my symptoms took a noticeable turn for the worse. To say I have been struggling with day-to-day activities is an understatement. It has been difficult to concentrate and the fear that I may not get to a loo in time has been immense. My coping strategy has been to consume a lot of Imodium and to plan journeys expertly according to where facilities are.
What is interesting is that pancreatic insufficiency may be having an effect on my glycaemic control which could in part explain why, as an insulin dependent diabetic, my blood sugars have been difficult to control over the past year or so.
I am looking forward to starting on the digestive enzymes despite the fact it is yet another drug I have to take and that I will have to remember to take it with any meals and snacks I eat. It is likely that I will have to adopt this for the rest of my life – a small price to pay for surviving pancreatic cancer.
The 30th August 2007 was the day I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. A disease I hadn’t ever heard of and, at the time, I had no real understanding of what I was about to endure. I had no idea that the survival statistics were so poor and that I was then facing only a 3% chance of surviving beyond five years.
But, survive I have, and more years than many others who have faced the same diagnosis. That’s because I was diagnosed in time for surgery to be possible. My surgery was a distal pancreatectomy and splenectomy where I lost 80% of my pancreas and all of my spleen. Of the two main surgical procedures, mine was the lesser but it still took five hours to perform and several weeks to recover from. I followed this with six months of chemotherapy including two drugs: gemcitabine and cisplatin then a further 5 weeks of chemo-radiotherapy.
It was nearly a year’s worth of treatment: weekly appointments with the oncologist, then daily appointments at the radiotherapy centre. I was becoming used to a kind of institutionalised lifestyle and the support of my medical team along the way.
Then it all stopped and I began to feel the loss of that support and framework to my life. It was a good thing to rid myself of so many hospital appointments but nevertheless I felt a kind of emptiness which was compounded by an overwhelming sense of what had just happened to me. I suppose had I been a soldier back from Afghanistan, I may have been labelled with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder – something I can really relate to.
However, with the strength that my family and friends have given me, I have been able to cope (more or less) with the impact of the pancreatic cancer diagnosis and the resulting survivor’s guilt and was helped in a major way through my founding of and working at Pancreatic Cancer Action.
My work at the charity is a daily reminder that life isn’t all about me – there are many touched by this disease who are far worse off than I am and it is my life’s work now to try to ensure many more are diagnosed sooner so they too can have the same outcome as me.
I now, more or less, live a normal life, but there are some things that have changed since my surgery. I am insulin dependent diabetic – type 3 – a type I had never heard of (and some doctors are unaware of this type too!). I need to be on permanent antibiotics now I don’t have a spleen, and I can suffer the effects in wintertime of the peripheral neuropathy which is a hangover from my chemotherapy treatment.
I am currently being investigated for new changes to bowel habit and being fast tracked (this time!) for urgent referrals for tests. It is a bittersweet irony that on the anniversary of surviving nine years following pancreatic cancer, I am awaiting the results of a CT scan to see if anything nasty has returned. The fear of this is as real as it has been throughout the past nine years and I guess it is something that will never leave me. Hopefully it will only mean I will now have to take CREON with meals to help me digest food properly – something I have managed to avoid so far!
But I am lucky, I have been here to see my two boys grow up into fine young men, enjoy lots of family holidays to lovely places including Australia, Egypt and Africa, go on walks in the woods with my dogs and to still have the support, love and company of my true best friend, my husband Phil.
As I enter the 10th year of my diagnosis, there is a lot to reflect on and a lot to be thankful for. Next August will mark my 10th anniversary and, statistically, only 1% of us diagnosed with pancreatic cancer ever live that long.
When you’re at the beginning of your ‘journey’ with pancreatic cancer, it almost seems inconceivable that you will hit those milestones and become one of those slim statistics. My husband’s positive attitude and mantra that I was a statistic of one: my disease, my treatments, my outcome. This helped me mentally get through and to believe that I could be one of the 3% (to survive 5 years) and now to believe I will make up one of the 1% to live for 10 and more years. Here’s hoping!
30th August 2016
I joined the first formal Board meeting for Pancreatic Cancer Europe (since its new legal status as a not-for profit registered in Brussels) which was held in Liverpool in early July.
I have been a founder member of Pancreatic Cancer Europe (PCE) which is a multi-stakeholder platform made up of clinicians, patient groups, researchers, industry, journalists and EU policy makers. Our aim is to improve diagnosis and care for patients across the EU and to ensure that there are no inequalities in that care no matter where patients reside.
There are four main work streams: Awareness and Diagnosis, Registries, National Support and Research and I am proud to be the lead for the Awareness work and being able to bring some of the knowledge and experience of my work with Pancreatic Cancer Action to PCE.
Funded by pharmaceutical companies Celgene and Shire, we have been in operation since November 2014 and have already produced several documents and awareness materials including a micro site, symptoms posters, 10 key facts and GP leaflets on diagnosing pancreatic cancer.
Thankfully, PCE covers a geographical Europe and not a political one so, being from the UK, my role as a Board member is currently unaffected by the Brexit decision.
Having a legal entity for the organisation is an important step for PCE as it gives it a formal structure and increased credibility and legitimacy within the EU. This foundation will underpin the four work streams (Awareness and Diagnosis, Registries, National Support and Research) and will enable us to apply for funding from a wider group of sponsors than present. It will also enable funding from the EU itself for future projects – all with the aim of improving outcomes for pancreatic cancer patients across the EU and the UK!
For more information on Pancreatic Cancer Europe, visit http://www.pancreaticcancereurope.eu
We have seen a lot in the press recently about the advances in immunotherapy for many cancers and, in the case of melanoma, with extraordinary results.
We’ve not as yet seen this happen for pancreatic cancer which, so far, has proven difficult to treat with either conventional chemotherapy and/or novel immunotherapy. Some trials of immunotherapy (which targets the body’s immune system to fight the cancer) have failed and, it is believed one of the reasons for this is that pancreatic cancer tumours are cunning in the way they are able to manipulate the immune system to help their own progression.
Our immune system contains many different types of cell, whose job it is to detect and destroy dangerous invaders such as viruses and bacteria in order to prevent serious diseases. What is important is for these cells to also be able to recognise the good bugs, such as healthy bacteria in our gut, which are important for maintaining health.
A very important cell in our immune system is the T-cell (or T lymphocytes) and these cells patrol our system, looking out for anything that could be harmful and, when encountering such, will decide whether to attack.
Cancers actually contain lots of T-cells, but, for some reason they seem not to recognise that the cancer is a threat. Scientists have discovered that T-cells in cancers actually contain a molecule that tells them not to act. Many immunotherapies have focussed on what they call this ‘molecular handshake’ to allow the T-cells to do their job and kill the tumour cells.
However, for pancreatic cancer, the tumours are encased in a thick layer of proteins and cells which act as a barrier to stop the immunotherapy dugs from getting to the tumour and destroying it. This is why immunotherapy trials for pancreatic cancer have, so far, shown disappointing results.
Now a new study by researchers at the Beatson Institute in Glasgow and published in the journal Cancer Cell1 has found in mouse models and human studies that pancreatic cancer tumours contain a protein (called CXCR2) which protects the tumour by controlling the immune system and preventing it from acting. The scientists have found a way to block the CXCR2 protein using a drug: AZD5069 which has previously been studied in COPD, asthma and is being looked at for head and neck cancers.
By blocking CXCR2, scientists found that there was an initial ‘rush’ of T-cells into the tumour and that this is what can prime the tumours making them more sensitive to chemotherapy drugs as well as immunotherapy agents. Ultimately it is hoped that this will lead to tumour cell death and reduction of the tumour.
While more studies are needed, it now looks like there could be real hope that we can find an effective immunotherapy agent for pancreatic cancer – ultimately unleashing a new weapon against the disease, which is very much needed.
This week is #NationalDiabetesWeek and social media has been full of interesting facts and hints and tips on how to manage either Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes. What I have noticed though is that no-one has, thus far, mentioned Type 3 diabetes. This hasn’t come as a surprise.
A year before I was diagnosed with operable pancreatic cancer, I was told that I may have Type 2 diabetes. However, I wasn’t overweight, nor did I have a family history of the disease. We now know that it was probably the cancer causing the blood sugar level elevations and this link between new-onset diabetes without weight gain (which can occur 1-3 years before a pancreatic cancer diagnosis) is something that we at Pancreatic Cancer Action are investigating in our research programmes.
This I had never heard of before and so went about trying to find out more. I looked at some informed websites including Diabetes UK and found nothing. Not even a mention. And not all of the medical profession has heard of this type of diabetes either – unless they are specialists in this field.
Never being one to give up, I kept on researching. I have since found out that, of all diabetes cases Type 3c makes up about 8%1 – not a lot, but not insignificant either.
Type 3c Diabetes is usually characterised by the fact that the patient has had all or part of their pancreas resected due to cancer or cystic lesions or other diseases of the pancreas such as pancreatitis and cystic fybrosis.2
Patients often have Pancreatic Exocrine Insufficiency (malabsorption) and are on Pancreatic Enzyme Therapy (PERT) to help them get their nutrients from food.
Initially, my diabetes was considered a ‘side-show’ to the pancreatic cancer and rightly so. Treatment for it started with a combination of gliclazide medication and diet, but over the years my glucose control has declined. Gradually an insulin regime was introduced and, with increasing lack of glucose control (despite being very strict with my diet) the gliclazide has been removed, metformin added (slow release) daily, with insulin injections with meals and snacks and at bedtime.
My diabetes is difficult to manage – I am strict with my carb intake (to the point of being obsessive) and I have taken advantage of new technology in the form of a Freestyle Libre monitor system to help me regularly check my glucose levels without the need to prick my fingers. This is at great expense to me as this system is not funded by the NHS, and each monitor (which lasts 2 weeks) costs about £50.
What is difficult for me is that there is little or no information for patients on how to manage Type 3c diabetes. Do we follow a regime for Type 2 patients or Type 1? Not knowing makes me feel like all of this is a bit of trial and error. I’m lucky to be very closely monitored by my specialists who are helpful in finding strategies I can adopt to get my sugar levels under better control.
I am also lucky that, following my pancreatic cancer diagnosis nearly 9 years ago, my primary health concern is now my diabetes control. And, while it is a nuisance and an intrusion into every-day living, this is something I can live with because I am living many years after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer – something that happens for only the very few.
Founder and Chief Executive
Pancreatic Cancer Action
June 15th 2016
- From Cui Y & Andersen DK 2011 Pancreatogenic diabetes: special considerations for management. Pancreatology 11 279–294. Copyright 2011 S Karger AG. Data from Hardt et al. (2008). ↩
- From Cui Y & Andersen DK 2011 Pancreatogenic diabetes: special considerations for management. Pancreatology 11 279–294. Copyright 2011 S Karger AG. Data from Hardt et al. (2008). ↩
It has been an amazingly inspirational couple of days at the very first World Pancreatic Cancer Coalition (WPCC) meeting in Orlando, USA. Over 54 delegates from 24 countries attended and I had the pleasure of meeting some people who I had only previously known through social media or conference call and email exchanges.
There were many more who I was meeting for the very first time – representatives from organisations big and small but, regardless of size, were there for one common purpose: to change the landscape for pancreatic cancer on a global level.
The WPCC has been in development for just under a year under the stewardship of the Steering Committee comprising of Chair, Julie Fleshman, CEO and President of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network in the USA, myself as co-Vice Chair alongside Alex Ford and Barbara Kenner from the Barbara Kenner Family Research Fund (USA). In this short time we have managed to found the WPCC, set its constitution, develop the branding, develop and launch the website http://www.worldpancreaticcancercoalition.org as well as bring together the very first WPCC meeting. Julie Fleshman had assigned some of her team to work on the logistics of this event – and thanks to her and her team, everything worked like clockwork!
One of the key components of the meeting was to have a facilitated brainstorm session to carve out the future priorities and plans for WPCC. This was a very energetic session and there are many key initiatives both for the short and for the longer term that we have taken on board and will publicise once the priorities have been finalised.
As Chair of World Pancreatic Cancer Day, I along with Ruth Fitzgibbons from our creative agency, The Richards Group, presented to WPCC the plans for the Day in 2016 (17th November 2016).
Historically, the World Pancreatic Cancer Day (WPCD) was an initiative of its own and it is from that has provided the springboard for the WPCC. Now, WPCD is one of the key initiatives of the WPCC.
More will be revealed about WPCD to the wider world later, but suffice it to say, the WPCC members were very engaged and excited by the concept we presented and we hope that WPCD on 17th November will be the best EVER!
The WPCC Steering group outlined the governance structure of the Coalition and encouraged members to apply for places on both the main WPCC and WPCD steering committees.
What went down extremely well were the presentations by Coalition members about their activities in their countries. There were many inspiring presentations about initiatives members have developed and run to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer. A lot of learning points and some novel ideas were presented.
We also had presentations on social media strategy and PR relations skills. This was especially beneficial to smaller organisations in the meeting who do not as yet maximise social media on a daily basis.
What we all found very interesting were the scientific presentations by Dr Anirban Maitra and Prof Margaret Tempero (she’s one of PCA’s Scientific Advisory Committee Members).
Both presented good overviews of the research landscape in presentations that weren’t too technical in nature and were easily understood by all.
The key thing I took away from this inaugural WPCC meeting is that there are a lot of people out there across the globe doing amazing work in the pancreatic cancer field. And, while that work may be diverse and different, what we all have in common is a fierce drive and passion to effect change for pancreatic cancer worldwide.
Now we have come together, we will be a collective force to be reckoned with. So, watch this space and if you want to help us, please get behind World Pancreatic Cancer Day on 17th November – it’s going to be a good one!


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A woman from the Grimsby area contacted the Leader to explain that, due to the recent changes to the Number 51 timetable, there were no buses to take her daughter home from Louth Academy between 3.55pm and 5.15pm - meaning that she often has to wait over an hour for a bus back home after finishing a school day.
Ironically, the bus route does include a stop in Louth at 4.15pm which then heads towards Grimsby - but this only applies on Saturdays and during school holidays.
A Louth Academy spokesman confirmed that a ‘small number of students who live in outlying areas’ were being affected by the changes to the timetable.
The spokesman added: “We are working with parents and LCC School Transport to try and find a resolution.”
Stagecoach spokesman Dave Skepper told the Leader: “We made changes to our InterConnect bus services between Grimsby, Louth and Mablethorpe from the end of April 2019, which were designed to improve connections to the East Coast for local people, visitors and holidaymakers.
“Generally speaking, the revised routes and timetables have been well received by bus users and, importantly, we are starting to attract some new customers.
“Prior to the change date we worked closely with transport officers at Lincolnshire County Council to make sure that the core school movements to and from Louth were covered in the new timetables; this is challenging, particularly in the afternoons, because the schools have different finishing times, which makes it difficult to coordinate homeward bus departures.
“On school days, buses depart from Louth to Grimsby at 3.55pm and 5.15pm.
“We are aware that a small number of students travelling outside of these core school times have experienced some difficulties with the revised timetables and we are exploring possible solutions with county council transport officers.”