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Hi and welcome to the review of Samsung TU7000 series from 2020 TV lineup. This is Samsung’s entry-level UHD TV series this year available in a wide variety of screen sizes, from 43” up to 75”. I tested the 50” version which I paid around 400 euros – for the actual pricing go check the links in the description.
TU7000 is the successor to the 2019 RU7100 series that had decent picture quality and features for the price. TU7000 is very similar, except that it has a few new features, such as HDMI eARC support, so now you are able to get lossless audio out of the TV.
More about that in a moment. TV has a very simple black design, with thin bezels and two feet that are separated approximately 1 meter apart. The feet can be assembled without any tools and you will get two clips for cable management.
On the back of the TV is a nicely textured plastic cover with holes for wall mounting and connectors facing to the side. Wired connectivity is limited, but for most users, it will be sufficient. There are two HDMI 2.
0b connectors that you can use to hook up set-top boxes, Blu-ray players and AV receivers, with one of them supporting eARC. Then there is one USB 2.0, antenna, Toslink and finally, there is a common interface.
Wireless connections include Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, as well as the ability to stream content directly from your Android or Apple smartphone or Windows 10 PC. TU7000 comes with standard remote control without a built-in microphone.
The remote has 44 buttons that include Netflix, Prime Video and Rakuten TV dedicated buttons. There is also a button to open settings menu that helped me a lot during the picture calibration process, though the buttons are very small and difficult to find in the dark environment.
If you want a more advanced remote with built-in microphone, then check a slightly more expensive TU8000 series. All new Samsung 2020 TVs have the latest Tizen OS 5.5. It’s a system that first appeared 5 years ago only on Samsung TVs.
Similar to LG’s webOS, the platform went through many small changes over the years, but its principle remained the same. Again we have a home menu in the lower part of the screen with icons that can be added and arranged as you like.
The default color theme is darker than on previous generations, so it is more gentle on the eyes, especially when watching HDR content in a dark room. The system and all the apps I tried were working perfectly stable and TV was booting from standby within 2 seconds.
There is some lag when browsing the menus, but all the apps were working fine which is more important at the end. Coming to picture quality, TU7000 series delivers a good overall picture. The panel has native Ultra HD 4K resolution so static images are very sharp and full of details.
In motion, due to 60 Hz screen there are fewer details visible, but blur is not distracting like it was – for example of Sharp BL5 series I tested before. As usual for VA panels, contrast is high and images have a good amount of depth, but only if you sit directly in front of the screen or under a small angle.
TV also has the black frame insertion technique that should improve motion resolution, but that only brought negative effects such as doubling of objects, flickering and darkening the screen. So I turned it off.
Also, motion resolution gets worse in dark scenes – another negative effect of VA panels. Samsung says that this TV uses Crystal 4K processor, but my tests revealed exactly the same results as last year.
This is not necessarily bad as TV was handling well my usual set of tests, with good upscaling, cadence detection and effective noise reduction. HDR is very limited, as I expected. Though TV supports HDR10, HDR10+ and HLG, it doesn’t have the hardware capable of displaying high brightness and wide color gamut.
With peak luminance just below 300 nits and without local dimming, HDR basically looks like SDR. Colors were very accurate in Movie mode and for gamers I recommend Game mode with low input lag of just 17.
6 ms. There is also a PC mode if you want full-color resolution. Coming to sound, the two down-firing speakers are good for not demanding users. Of course, I got a much better result when I connected the TV to the AV receiver or used good Bluetooth speakers.
As I mentioned before, TV supports HDMI eARC, but I was only able to get Dolby Atmos within Dolby Digital+ and Dolby TrueHD containers when connecting it to the Marantz NR1710 AV receiver. TV was not passing through DTS or 5.
1 PCM formats through this connection. To conclude, Samsung TU7000 is a decent entry-level Ultra HD series that I expect to be very popular due to its combination of features, picture quality and price.
It is a well-rounded TV that will perform well for watching live TV, movies and TV shows in SDR format. Gamers will also like this TV due to low input lag and auto low latency mode that will automatically activate Game mode when gaming content is detected.
All the popular apps are here and it is also very easy to stream content from your phone to the big screen. Considering all this, I can recommend TU7000 series. You can expect practically the same picture quality from other Samsung UHD TVs this year, such as TU8000 series, as all of them have 60 Hz VA LCD screens with low peak luminance and lack of wide color gamut.
If you need a TV with better HDR performance with Samsung’s logo on it, then consider the QLED series. Big thanks to company Ronis for sending me Marantz AV receiver for testing. Please check their website at ronis.
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Chesterton NSF 61 Seals
Chesterton Expands NSF 61 Certification to All Single Cartridge and Split Mechanical Seals
To meet the growing demand for certified drinking water supplies, Chesterton has expanded its offering of NSF 61 certified mechanical seals to include all its single cartridge seals as well as split seals.
Developed by a team of scientists, industry experts and key industry stakeholders, NSF/ANSI/CAN 61 sets health effects criteria for many water system components. The majority of water treatment or distribution products in North America are now required to comply with NSF/ANSI/CAN 61: Drinking Water System Components – Health Effects by governmental agencies that regulate drinking water supplies.
Previously, Chesterton’s NSF products were limited to the 155 Single Cartridge Seal and the Chesterton 442 with RSC faces. The company recently received approval for ALL Chesterton single cartridge seals as well as its flagship Chesterton 442 and 442C split seals.
The certifiable seal configurations are as follows:
- 155, 150, S10 (Seal Faces: CB/SSC EP, SSC/SSC EP) including variants
- 442C, 442 (Seal Faces: CB/RSC EP, RSC/RSC/EP) including variants
Chesterton also offers an industrial coating NSF 61 certified product, ARC S1PW, which protects pipes and other structures against erosion, corrosion, and chemical attack.


If a new report claiming Bobbi Kristina, 21, was deprived of oxygen for up to 30 minutes before she was found is true, then tragically, she is now brain dead, according to experts. But that’s not stopping Cissy, 81, from hoping against hope. “Cissy thinks the sound of Whitney‘s voice will heal Bobbi Kristina,” a family source. “She told a relative of hers to play Nippy’s ‘I Didn’t Know My Own Strength.’ She said, ‘That song powered Nippy (Cissy’s nickname for Whitney) through one of her dark periods, maybe it will help Krissy come back to me,” the source adds. h/t hollywoodlife
The minute Cissy walked into the room, she was shaking and visibly nervous,” a source said.


Tuesday, November 03, 2015
the amish project | artistic director's notes
I chose the name "Pacific" for this theatre mostly because I was homesick.
I was driving south from Los Angeles to San Diego with my wife, escaping the round-the-clock demands of theatre school to see a show at Lamb's Players, which looked a lot like the sort of company I planned to start up back in Vancouver just as soon as my degree was in hand. We were kicking around names for this enterprise we'd be starting in a half a year or so, but nothing was right. The names we came up with that somehow suggested the faith mandate of the company sounded way too religious – more "church drama group" than "professional theatre company to be taken seriously." But the others we came up with just seemed generic, unrelated to the essence of the theatre I wanted to create.
How about something about the place? That seemed more promising. I knew Vancouver was the place where I felt called to plant this thing and try to make it grow. And since it was the sea that had drawn me to British Columbia in the first place, years before, Carole eventually suggested "Pacific."
And that was that.
Because this is a theatre that's always meant to be woven into the lives of people in this specific place. Because it always mattered to me that we're situated on "the ragged green edge of the world," with the Unknown stretching off beyond sight to the west. Because, at that moment, I was yearning to be back here, and eager to get started with the rest of my life.
But – and this is the part I've rarely mentioned to anybody – we called this company Pacific not only because of geography, but because of the dictionary; "Peaceful in character or intent." The peaceable Kingdom. "Peace be with you." The peace that passes understanding. All that.
And beyond that, because of the thesaurus; "peace-loving, peaceable, pacifist, nonviolent, antiwar." Those were my most political days – Sojourers, Clarence Jordan, Central America, nuclear proliferation – and I hoped that creating something with peace at the centre would somehow stand against the violence of the culture.
All of which is to say... Welcome to The Amish Project. If it had been written in 1984, it might have been our first show. Thanks, Evan and Susie, for bringing it to us.


There are rumors in circulation of Apple planning to release a new 12-inch MacBook Air this year, which should features a slimmer design that current models, and it appears that we have receive confirmation to those rumors with a leak. Chinese site iFanr, has uploaded photos which apparently shows off 12-inch display assembly for the rumored 12-inch MacBook Air.
The new 12-inch MacBook Air is expected to be launched before the end of Q1 this year, so if the rumors are true we should get an official confirmation by March. So we could see the official launch alongside some new iPads in March.
In addition to the rumored thinner frame, the 12-inch MacBook Air is said to come with a single USB port which will be used to charge the notebook as well as connect devices. Even though the leak of the 12-inch assembly proves that the MacBook Air could be imminent, you should take it with a grain of salt until we hear more during 2015 Mobile World Congress.


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Situated in the city center, this luxury hotel is close to Tsushima-maru Memorial Museum, Naminouegu Shrine, and Naminoue Beach. Also nearby are Taiheidori Shopping Street and Makishi Public Market.
In addition to a restaurant, Rihga Royal Gran Okinawa features complimentary wireless Internet access. Other amenities include laundry facilities and free valet parking.
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The hotel offers a restaurant. Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. This luxury hotel also offers tour/ticket assistance, concierge services, and laundry facilities. Onsite valet parking is complimentary.
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Year Built 2012
- Total number of rooms - 157
- Number of floors - 14
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Concierge services
- Free WiFi
- Laundry facilities
- Free valet parking
Available in all rooms: Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free valet parking
- Free newspaper
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Designer toiletries
- Climate control
- Premium bedding
- Iron/ironing board (on request)
- Free bottled water
- In-room massage available
- Separate bathtub and shower
- Plasma TV
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Satellite TV service
- Daily housekeeping
- Private bathroom
- Deep soaking bathtub
- Free wired high-speed Internet
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge.
Aiju - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, dinner, and light fare. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-out time is 11 AM
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
- Fee for buffet breakfast: JPY 2350 for adults and JPY 1540 for children (approximately)
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Up to 2 children 5 years old and younger stay free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare requires all international visitors to submit their passport number and nationality when registering at any lodging facility (inns, hotels, motels, etc. ). Additionally, lodging proprietors are required to photocopy passports for all registering guests and keep the photocopy on file.

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I grew up living in a maisonette with a balcony so a garden was always something I wished to have when I was older and had my own home. Technically this isn’t our own home but for the time being it is and we have a garden. It’s not my ideal garden if I’m being honest but it does the job.
What would my ideal garden look like?
I love the ideal of growing our own fruit and veg and MM really wants his own allotment so in our ideal garden we would love an area of veg beds. I’d love to grow my own peas! Pops isn’t bad with eating vegetables but I’m sure she would love the idea of helping grow her own and then picking them ready to cook for dinner.
You can’t have a garden without flowers, I’d love a mix of colourful wild flowers and lavender. Nothing too hard to look after as I have no green fingers. I’d still love it to look pretty though. It would be nice to be able to plant them with Pops too, I’m sure she’d love to get all muddy helping.
At the moment our garden is fully decked and while I like the ease of it while the weather is nice it can be a nightmare in winter. It’s slippery and dirty. I would love to have a gloriously green garden with amazing grass but the odds on that happening is slim. We live in Wales so rainfall is high and the very limited sun would mean our grass would probably always be mud. Artificial grass is the perfect alternative. All the look and none of the hard work that goes into a grassy garden. Plus, we wouldn’t have to worry about killing bits of the grass when the garden furniture and Pops toys are out.
Our garden shed is not only an eyesore but it’s pretty useless too. It’s not waterproof and takes up way too much of our garden. In my ideal garden I’d love a little out house, one that can be used for storage and also something we can use as a little office or games room.
I’d love a little wooden house for Pops too, maybe even a tree house with rope ladder and swing! Plastic houses and garden toys do the job but wooden ones definitely look better.
What would you put in your ideal garden?
Until the next post,
Are and Pops.
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If Google really is on a quest for global domination, as some folks loudly proclaim, then it's wisely starting its efforts in the classroom. In addition to attracting schools to its Chrome OS platform, via low-cost Chromebooks, it's now also offering them access to the \"Google Play for Education\"
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Kno's post-hardware textbook platform has called the iPad its only tablet home for more than a year; it's about to spread its wings. Starting with a bundled presence on the Galaxy Note 10.1, Kno is an option for K-12 and college students who'd rather go the Android route. While all the 3D, note-ta
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Kno's tablet textbooks have only ever been available to the college crowd; the younger among us have typically had to get a comprehensive digital education from either the tablet maker's own solution, like Apple's iBooks 2, or less-than-integrated options. A new deal for K-12 books is giving the s
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One of the things I secretly enjoy is finding other countries in Tokyo.
This is in West Shinjuku. But there is a little bit of Paris here. The glass pyramid is like a miniture version of the pyramid in front of Luvre.
Japanese culture has never been a unique culture. Japan has always been importing new cultures from other countries.
People often consider Japan as a Buddhist country, but Buddha was born in India, Buddhism came to Japan from India via China.
Shinto is considered to be Japanese traditional religion. However, Hindu spirits are often worshipped at the Shrines. Tokyo even has a shrine where a little stature of Mother Merry is preserved.
In fact, a lot of things that are nicely developed in Japan have their roots in other countries.
Cars are from Germany. Animation movies are from the US.
So, what is the traditional Japanese culture?
I have a clear answer to this question. It is the "willingness to accept good things from other countries."
If you feel welcomed by the people in Japan, please consider that you are experiencing Japanese culture.
It's December now. Tokyo is now beautifully decorated by Christmas trees all over.. Yes, people in Japan love Christmas.
Of course, I love Christmas! If Santa Claus visits me, I will treat him very nicely.
Probably he has been very busy delivering gifts to so many children?
I want to give him a nice massage or something.

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Durbin Says There’s a ‘Strong’ Case Trump Obstructed Justice
During an interview on CNN’s Cuomo Primetime Wednesday, Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin said there is an “obviously strong” obstruction of justice case against President Trump.
Asked by host Chris Cuomo where he stands on impeachment, Durbin replied, “I can tell you, the case is obviously strong, when it comes to obstruction of justice, read the Mueller report. … [I]t’s pretty clear that this president, time and time and time again, was involved in conduct that was carefully choreographed, but still crossed the line into obstruction.”
Durbin added that he doesn’t believe there are 67 senators who would support impeachment, but the House should continue its investigation nonetheless.


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Lute by Alhambra
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L-4P Spanish lute, no. 39980282
Alhambra Auction Results
Brompton's reference library, in association with Claudio Amighetti, provides you with the price of a Lute by Alhambra from Gardiner September 2014 auction results. You can find out the value of a Lute by Alhambra and the amount you could expect if you sold your Alhambra Lute at auction.

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Welcome to the Coatesville Dems Blog
Public Corruption in Chester County, PA
I believe an unlikely mix of alleged drug trafficking related politicos and alleged white nationalist related politicos united to elect the infamous “Bloc of Four” in the abysmal voter turnout election of 2005. During their four year term the drug business was good again and white nationalists used Coatesville as an example on white supremacist websites like “Stormfront”. Strong community organization and support from law enforcement, in particular Chester County District Attorney Joseph W. Carroll has begun to turn our community around. The Chester County drug trafficking that I believe centers on Coatesville continues and I believe we still have public officials in place that profit from the drug sales. But the people here are amazing and continue to work against the odds to make Coatesville a good place to live.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Punishing investment bankers?
I we really want to punish Wall Street Investment bankers do a drug bust on Wall Street; take the cocaine out of their offices.
We may not have regulations for the billions the investment banking cartels do but we do have regulations for the drug trafficking cartels.
I think ripping off investors “goes better with coke”; it takes away the vestigial pangs of conscience.

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Natural Regions, Chubu
parallel mountain ranges, central Honshu, climbing season, Japanese Alps, narrow valleys
Chubu, meaning ďcentral region,Ē encompasses central Honshu west of Kanto. This region contains some of Japanís longest rivers, its highest mountains, and numerous volcanoes. The Japanese Alps run through the center of Chubu, dividing the region into three districts. The central district, known as Tosan, contains the three parallel mountain ranges that make up the alps: the Hida Mountains (Northern Alps), the Kiso Mountains (Central Alps), and the Akaishi Mountains (Southern Alps). At least ten peaks in the Alps exceed 3,000 m (10,000 ft). The highest peak is Kita Dake, which stands at 3,192 m (10,474 ft) in the northern Akaishi range. Most inhabitants of the district live in elevated basins and narrow valleys scattered among the mountains. Silk traditionally has been produced in Tosanís valleys, although that industry has declined in recent decades.
West of the alps lies the Hokuriku district on the Sea of Japan. It receives heavy winter snowfalls, and its rapidly flowing rivers provide bountiful hydroelectric power. Extensive rice fields cover Hokurikuís plains, while its main cities are important manufacturing centers.
Tokai, the district east of the alps on the Pacific coast, is sunnier and warmer. Most of Japanís tea is produced there. Chubuís biggest city, Nagoya, is located on the Nobi Plain, a densely populated agricultural and industrial region. Also located in Tokai is Japanís highest mountain, Fuji, a remarkably symmetrical volcanic cone that rises to 3,776 m (12,387 ft). Referred to in Japan as Fuji-san, the mountain is beloved by many Japanese and appears often in art and as a symbol of the country. Fuji last erupted in 1707. During the July and August climbing season, thousands of climbers ascend the mountain each day. Many spend the night in order to see the sun rise the next morning from the horizon on the Pacific Ocean.
Chubu encompasses the prefectures of Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi, Nagano, Gifu, Shizuoka, and Aichi.
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Rail tracks lie deep underneath Brisbane for the first time after the first rail section was installed in Cross River Rail’s twin tunnels.
Major milestone: Brisbane’s new underground making tracks
Installation commenced south of the future Albert Street station and is headed towards the Brisbane River and future Woolloongabba station.
Currently progressing at around 50-100 metres a day, the 40-strong track installation crew will fit out the project’s 5.9-kilometre twin tunnels with about 25 kilometres of rail over the next 12 months creating Brisbane’s first below-river rail crossing in the process.
Unlike surface tracks where rails are laid on top of sleepers and ballast (or rocks), rail in the tunnels is placed on concrete blocks, which are then embedded into the underlying concrete slab.
While track installation is underway below the CBD, rail has also arrived at the project’s northern tunnel entrance at Bowen Hills, with fit-out set to start there later in the year.
Journey into the heart of new Roma Street Cross River Rail station
A network of more than half a kilometre of cavern and tunnels has now been completed beneath Roma Street, heralding the next exciting phase of construction for the key Cross River Rail underground station.
Progress at the Roma Street site means there is now a very real sense of the journey future passengers will take to get to platform level, almost 30 metres underground.
The milestone and a new flythrough of the future station illustrate how Roma Street will become Queensland’s most significant transport interchange once Cross River Rail becomes operational.
Meanwhile, work has progressed well elsewhere on the new underground station, with a cavern arch permanent lining and back-of-house construction underway.
The new Roma Street station will be open when Cross River Rail becomes operational in 2025.
Roma Street tunnels fast facts:
- Including the station cavern and adjoining adits, about 587 metres of tunnels have been excavated beneath Roma Street;
- The 280-metre long cavern will house the station’s platforms, which will be about 220-metres long and set up to 27 metres below the ground;
- The five adits connecting to the cavern have different purposes, including pedestrian access, use for services and electrical equipment, tunnel and station ventilation, and construction access;
- In total, about 126,000 cubic metres of spoil has been excavated to make way for the cavern and adits;
- A further 38,382 cubic metres of spoil was excavated for the station box and 22,700 cubic metres for the services building;
- More than 46,000 people will use the new Roma Street station each weekday by 2036.
New Cross River Rail Boggo Road underground station takes shape.
Cross River Rail’s Boggo Road site is a hive of activity, with thousands of tonnes of concrete and steel used to build the new underground station.
Around 120 workers are onsite in the everyday building of the new station inside the 27-metre-deep box and underground cavern.
Crews have poured enough concrete to fill six Olympic swimming pools and installed steel to outweigh the Eiffel Tower.
Two of the strongest tower cranes in the world – each capable of lifting 330 tonnes at once, or the equivalent of about 47 African elephants – are being used to help move the steel reinforcement into place.
When it opens, the new Boggo Road station will become South East Queensland’s second busiest interchange, with almost 23,000 people expected to use the station each weekday.
Boggo Road station fast facts
- Boggo Road is one of four new underground stations being built as part of Cross River Rail (including Woolloongabba, Roma Street and Albert Street).
- All up, about 17,000 tonnes of concrete (41,000 cubic metres) and 16,000 tonnes of steel will be used for the permanent station.
- Within the cavern, works are progressing on the back-of-house structure, where mechanical, electrical and service equipment for the new station will be housed.
- The two tower cranes on site are the strongest (largest capacity) globally, lifting 330 tonnes each.
- The station’s 220-metre-long platforms will be about 19 metres below surface level.
- Almost 23,000 people will use the new station each weekday by 2036.
- The new underground station will integrate with walkways, cycle paths, Park Road station and bus services, providing improved access to The University of Queensland and the CBD.
The new webinar series sheds light on a transformational project
Cross River Rail has launched a new ‘After Dark’ Online series of educational webinars with monthly episodes showcasing the real-life learnings of Queensland’s largest infrastructure project.
The free episodes feature guests discussing their area of expertise and how it is being applied to the project.
Recent episodes have focussed on innovation, archaeology and sustainability, with experts ranging from Cross River Rail’s Lead Innovation Officer to renowned archaeologists. You can catch up on past episodes at the Cross River Rail Experience Centre’s website.
Six ground-breaking Cross River Rail engineering feats
As Queensland’s biggest infrastructure project, Cross River Rail is completing a scope of work never before seen in the state’s history.
We look at just some of the most impressive feats of engineering completed so far during the construction of Brisbane’s new underground.
The 5.9-kilometre twin tunnels stretching from Dutton Park to Bowen Hills under the Brisbane River and CBD are the critical component of our mega project.
The mammoth excavation task, which used 165-metre-long Tunnel Boring Machines and 115-tonne roadheaders to remove over 400,000 cubic metres of spoil, was completed at the end of 2021 and has become known as Cross River Rail’s “Year of Tunnelling”.
Brisbane’s deepest hole
Our record-breaking Albert Street station box holds the title for the most bottomless hole ever excavated in Brisbane.
Reaching 50 metres below ground at its deepest point, crews generated over 47,000 cubic metres of spoil while excavating the hole, which will house the first new train station in Brisbane’s CBD in 120 years.
Lifting Cross River Rail’s two 1350-tonne, 165-metre-long mega TBMs was no small job, making it all the more impressive that our 280-tonne gantry crane did it twice.
The crane lowered the TBMs into Woolloongabba’s station box before they began tunnelling in early 2021, before relocating to the project’s Northern Portal to extract the mega machines piece-by-piece after they completed their 3.8-kilometre journey.
Over 27,000 4.2-tonne tunnel segments were made to line the 3.8km section of tunnel between Woolloongabba, and the Northern Portal carved out by our mega TBMs.
Cast at Wagners Concrete in Wacol, around 110,000 tonnes of concrete was used to make the segments that now line the tunnels.
The future Woolloongabba station is being built using an innovative jumpform method – a self-supporting method of concrete construction where each level is built on top of the last.
The method has helped crews build the future transport hub up from the bottom of Woolloongabba’s 33-metre-deep station box, with the highest point now 21 metres above surface level.
Crawler crane’s lift
Our new crawler crane at Woolloongabba has been the talk of the worksite recently, and it’s pretty clear why when you see it in action.
With a massive 800-tonne lift capacity, the crane guided our 121-tonne mezzanine loader (yellow machine pictured below crane) 30 metres below ground.
Image Sources: © Cross River Rail Delivery Authority 2021
Cross River Rail is a new 10.2-kilometre rail line which includes 5.9 kilometres of a tunnel under the Brisbane River and CBD.
Construction works will soon commence to deliver important safety improvements on a 1.5km section of Samford Road in Queensland.


A company specializing in superabrasive grinding wheels has developed a high-performance bonding technology that it says can reduce grind cycle times by 25%.
With the influx of baby boomers entering their 60s, the demand for orthopedic implants and heart valves is on the rise. Because these products are meant to go inside the body, they require precise tolerances and superior surface quality. But with the increasing use of such materials as ceramics for these components, surface quality is becoming more difficult to achieve, according to Bruce Northrup, general manager of Meister Abrasives USA.
“The materials they [OEMs] are using in the components that they’re grinding are becoming harder and more difficult to grind, and that means that we need tougher abrasive solutions to cope with that,” he says.
Answering this call for tougher abrasive solutions, Meister, a manufacturer of superabrasive grinding wheels, has developed a high-performance bonding (HPB) technology that it avers can reduce grind cycle times by 25% and may double wheel life. The technology is a vitrified bonding process set apart by its different bonding material chemistry and a modified manufacturing method.
“One of the challenges for abrasives manufacturers is producing grinding wheels that have a lot of porosity, that can cut very efficiently and very cool with minimal friction, and can also last longer as people are looking to reduce their abrasive costs per component,” Northrup notes. Meister has met this challenge head on. Since the HPB technology forms strong bonds, less bonding material is used and wheels are more porous than with previous bonding methods, according to the company. Consequently, wheels have better grip exposure and grind faster. Furthermore, enhanced porosity enables wheels to cut with less friction and heat, resulting in minimal subsurface damage to the components, as well as a better overall surface quality and finish, Northrup says.
The company also cites cost-effectiveness as an advantage for OEMs. Meister asserts that, because the new chemistry holds onto the abrasive for a longer time than with previous bonds, the wheel will experience less wear. As a result, customers can grind more parts per wheel than in the past.
HPB technology can be employed in the company’s full product line, which includes internal and external vitrified cubic boron nitride wheels ranging in diameter from 1 to 700 mm.
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2020 Girls Footy is Back! – Training Starts 17 February.
Welcome to all current and potential new players, parents and families to Season 2020.
Our Girls Football programme has gone from strength to strength with 2019 seeing us grow to 3 teams and over 70 registered players. What a great effort by all our teams – some great new friendships, lots of improvement and a little success on and off the field along the way. It would be fantastic to continue this trend in 2020.
Our first training for Girls of all ages is at Canterbury Sports Ground (Chatham Road) at 5.45p.m, Monday 17th of February. No Football Boots – Runners Only! Training at the Tennis Club end of the oval. Following training an information session will be held at the ground from 7.00 – 7.30. Parents and players are encouraged to attend as our intent is to provide an outline of the 2020 season and seek feedback on what is working well and areas we can improve upon. Please come along armed with questions and ideas
A schedule for remainder of Feb will follow. We intend to alternate Monday and Wednesday nights as many girls have existing commitments on one or the other evening.
All players and parents are encouraged to forward our communications onto friends and girls potentially interested in playing football in 2020 and invite as many interested parents and girls along on Monday. Girls trying footy for the first time are particularly welcome. We can only grow if we spread the word.
In 2020 we are hopeful of fielding 4 or more teams for girls aged from 8 up to the age of 16 (born 2004). We are extremely keen to field an all-girls team in the YJFL under 8/9/10 modified competition (New Team) and at least 3 teams from Under 11/12 up to Under 16’s ensuring our Under 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 girls this year can all continue to enjoy their football at Canterbury.
To register simply go to www.canterburyjfc.com.au and follow the prompts. Early registrations greatly assist us in finalising teams hence your support in registering is requested. Come along, invite all your friends and have fun – Girls Footy is the fastest growing female sport in Australia.
So Why Canterbury:
- A Club committed to the premise that sport is about fun, participation, building confidence, and community engagement.
- An extensive focus on skills acquisition and development for all girls regardless of experience with specialist skills coaching sessions organised throughout the season.
- Access to support and assistance throughout the season from Harriet Cordner (current AFLW player for Melbourne) in a skills coaching/mentoring capacity.
- Developing children not only on the field – but off the field through team participation and exposure to leaders in our community. In 2019 we were fortunate enough to have Susan Alberti – AC, Dr Amanda Green and Tyrone Bean speak to our club about Diversity and Inclusion.
Please refer to the club website www.canterburyjfc.com.au to learn about our club, our commitment to safe participation in sport and regular updates relating to girls football and club activities.
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The COVID-19 pandemic was a trying time for small businesses across the globe.However, for freshman Grace Gillmar, it proved to be an unexpectedly fruitful season. This was when she experienced the birth and launch of her brand, Goodness Grace Design (GGD).
It is not typical of the average college student to end a long day of classes with long hours in the recording studio, but for junior music composition major Ethan Watts, this is second nature.
This year’s cohort of fellows working alongside President Lindsay and the senior leadership team has expanded to a team of 12 students.
There’s always room to worship the Lord, no matter the current posture of our hearts. Knowing this, student chapel band leaders Josiah Gonzales and Tristina Tucker, have grown to see chapel leadership as a way of honoring whatever season the student body finds themselves in.
This summer, sophomores — and best friends — Anna Runion and Lauren Dykes found themselves drawn to a three-month adventure serving the Lord in the Tetons.
Servant leader. It’s not just a buzz word that tour guides try to fit into their monologues or that prospective students put into their application essays.


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Transport to/from Chennai Airport
Transport to/from Chennai Airport Reviews
Avoid the traffic jam and pay a fraction of the price by using the train Jan 31, 2011
Taxis to/from Chennai Airport to the city cost around INR350. However the train is only INR6 (about EUR 10 cents)!! It's much more tranquil than being stuck in the Chennai traffic (unless you're travelling peak hours on the train).
AIRPORT TO CITY
Upon arrival, the train station is a bit hard to find. It is accessed through the carpark in front of the original terminal building (which is flanked by the steel and glass ones being built on both sides).
If you are lucky you'll see a sign "Subway to Tirusulam" which will take you under the busy road and flyover to the ticketing desk of the station. All ticketing is based on honesty system ... there must be some random checks that I haven't seen.
The train departs from Platform 1 to Chennai (going through the various stations). Make sure you don't accidentally board the First Class compartment as you could be fined for not having the proper ticket.
CITY TO AIRPORT
From Chennai to the Airport, my knowledge is only limited to boarding at Egmore Station. Trains depart Platform 10. Tickets are purchased from the newish building beyond Platform 11.
Get off at Tirusulam and you'll see the Airport terminal building; the preceding station is Minambakkam.
Trains leave every 10 minutes for most of the day and the journey takes about 30 minutes. Frequency is reduce to about every 20 minutes during the early morning (starting around 4am) or late night.
Useful hotels directly in front of Egmore Station include Chandra Park, Raj Residency and Hotel Victoria.
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Hatoful Boyfriend is an interactive text-based visual novel that follows a branching plot line, with the player’s decisions determining which of the game’s multiple endings they title is a pun on the wasei-eigo word hātofuru (ハートフル, “heartful”, also “hurtful”), and the Japanese word hato (鳩, “pigeon”, “dove”), as the game features pigeons and other birds as major.
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It took several resets and a wallop from the office knobkerry to finally coax a decision out of it. Couple Train Simulator to high quality routes and rolling stock and the results can be mesmerising. As with the civilian flight sims arrayed at the other end of this list, TS offers those of us with a pre-existing interest in the subject matter the chance to clamber aboard countless old friends, myriad mechanical heroes.
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History[ edit ] The first otome game is generally acknowledged to be Angelique , released in by Koei in Japan for the Super Famicom , and created by an all-woman team. In , Famitsu ‘s listings for the Top 20 selling love games included seven otome games. Since then there have been a small handful of releases increasing each year, including Hakuoki: Otome games that are released on console and handheld platforms contain no pornographic content, as companies such as Sony and Nintendo do not allow it.
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Size 1×1 “My software uses a decentralized, self-organizing network of artificial ecosystems of evolving information-filtering and discovery agents that cooperate and compete to find my consumer ideal work and gaming scenarios,” said Marco himself at a recent trade show. The uses of a computer have been greatly expanded, as they could previously only be used for gaming and finding jobs.
In general, using a computer will not disturb Sims or pets who are sleeping in the same room. However, the sound effects of computer games are loud enough to wake sleeping Sims or pets. Computers on community lots can be used for more than just gaming, though some features are not available, and Sims are no longer charged for using them. Computers in The Sims 2 are identical except for price and style.
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Romeo on the Run The aim of these dating games is to find, date and pursue the man or woman that you desire. You must use this time to build your stats and grow your relationship with the guys and girls in the city before going on multiple successful dates. To build your relationship you must talk to potential dates, ask them questions and remember their answers and give them gifts. You can build their interest further by building stats that they find attractive.
These stats are usually intelligence, charm and athleticism, but they will vary from dating game to dating game. Some online dating games will even require you to dress in a certain style to get your potential partner to take notice of you.
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My Candy Love is a dating and flirting game that is based on the Japanese dating simulation genre otome. As such the game appeals to girls of varying ages and with multiple partners to pursue there is something for everyone. My Candy Love lets players enjoy a number of scripted scenes and scenarios while making decisions that impact romantic relationships with the characters within the game.
Which character you pursue a relationship with is completely up to you, meaning the outcome in your game can be entirely different to someone else. In the game players explore the storyline through a visual novel interface, players are presented with various scenes and then choose from a number of options. Players are given a daily allowance of Action Points AP to explore the game world and money to purchase items.
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The most common objective of dating sims is to get a date or achieve a romantic realationship between the playing character and another character. Usually you .
A notable landmark was Jast ‘s Tenshitachi no gogo , a precursor to the modern dating simulation. It was also the first to have recognizably modern anime -style artwork: Prior to , girls were generally drawn either as normally proportioned adults or super deformed children. Some games involved elements of force and brutality. These came to national attention in Japan in with the release by dB-soft of , a game where the player takes the role of a rapist.
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Health care fails to recognize its customer profiles
Health care fails to recognize
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In public debate, users of health care services are usually roughly divided into those using public health care and those using private health care – or into patients and customers. However the issue is in fact much more complex. From a culture theoretical perspective, we can distinguish five different groups each of which has their own approach to using and also evaluating health care services. If we could recognize these groups and tailor services accordingly, it would benefit both patients and budget-makers.
Individualist, hierarchist or fatalist?
Jari Vuori, Professor at the University of Eastern Finland, discussed different user groups and their significance at the Laboratory Medicine event.
Vuori describes the first group as being autonomous actors, who are very independent in looking after their wellbeing and are especially eager to use electronic services. They should also be provided with this type of services, Vuori says.
– They will handle matters for themselves, if we just provide them with the tools. This would also free up resources, which are limited as it is, to take care of these other groups.
Individualists, on the other hand, follow their consumer needs. They use private services and often consider health, wellbeing and looking good as being one and the same thing.
The majority of Finns are probably hierarchists. They rely on the authorities – in other words, doctors – and primarily use public health care services, because that is the way it has always been done.
–– If we could direct even half of these people somewhere else, we would see an enormous decrease in costs. This could be made possible through case management. Some matters could be dealt with by different communities instead of health care units.
Like autonomists, egalitarians are also very active in maintaining their wellbeing. They prefer to rely on their family or some other community and value a sense of community as being the most important factor in services as well.
The last group comprises fatalists, who are indifferent to their health and do not seek services until they absolutely have to.
– They consider their health – and death – to be their own business. If and when they end up facing treatment, it will be costly.
Freedom of choice does not guarantee good health
The freedom to choose between different health care service providers has been much praised in Finland in recent years. According to Jari Vuori, this freedom is, however, often only apparent and can even be dangerous in some cases.
– The lower the level of education, the more likely a person is to make an appointment with a masseur instead of a physician. In other words, not seek help where they could receive health care.
Vuori considers especially risky a situation where individualists start picking services according to their personal preferences.
– This can lead to the Brazilian approach, where you can get a nose job through public health care services but have to pay for a mammography.
According to studies conducted in OECD countries, an unlimited freedom of choice increases happiness but not health. Few are able to pick the right service provider despite the unlimited choice.
– Could you? Vuori asked the audience at the Laboratory Medicine event.
– If you were diagnosed with cancer, how many of you would know how to choose an appropriate place for treatment? As citizens, we simply do not know enough to make an informed decision on the best possible treatment for ourselves.
Health care professionals are not any better either.
– It has been shown that the most non-resourceful people when making decisions like this are physicians and nurses themselves. At the time of emergency, the mind goes blank. That is why there should be some kind of guidance in place for making these choices.
Health centres on wheels
Freedom of choice is also made more difficult by limited resources. Vuori has a clear vision of where savings could be made.
– We do not need so many health centres in rural areas, popping up in the middle of nowhere. Health centres should be put on wheels instead.
According to Vuori, such mobile clinics could serve as local village meeting points like health centre waiting rooms and mobile libraries do now. They could create a sense of community and encourage elderly people to look after themselves better, for example.
– This requires the utmost competence and careful planning, though, Vuori points out.
Tailored service through profiling
Vuori says that we should now start analysing different customer profiles within health care to identify different user groups and their needs. While people cannot find a service profile to suit their needs, their ability to look after their health is reduced, leading to ever increasing costs.
– The best option would be for everyone to be able to use exactly the type of services that would be best suited to promoting their health, whether it be private, public, electronic or something else.
Profiling would also help to identify the “outsiders”, i.e. those fatalists, who do not seek treatment on their own but who should however be reached before they end up facing expensive treatment with multiple chronic conditions.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Police say an 8-year-old boy beat a 1-year-old girl to death after the girl's mother left the children without supervision, reports CBS affiliate WIAT.
Birmingham police have charged the 8-year-old with murder and the mother, 26-year-old Katerra Lewis, with manslaughter in the Oct. 11 death of baby Kelcia Lewis.
Police said the baby's mother went to a nightclub with her friend on Oct. 11, and left the baby at the friend's house, where there were several other children between the ages of two and eight, but no adults.
While the two women were gone, the 8-year-old boy allegedly attacked the one year old because the baby wouldn't stop crying. The baby suffered head trauma and internal organ damage, which led to her death, police said.
Her mother found her unresponsive in a crib, police said.
The boy is currently in the custody of Alabama's Department of Human Resources. It is not clear if he is related to Lewis or to the owner of the home where Kelcia died.
Katerra Lewis was taken to the Jefferson County Jail, and was released after posting $15,000 bond.


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Sister Quotes and Sayings for sisters
Without a sister life is incomplete.
Having a sister is like having a permanent friend! Someone you can’t get rid of, someone who is always ratting you out! But at the end of the day, you love them so much!
Sisters have a Tom and Jerry relationship, always on each others trail but can never be complete without the other.
Angels couldn’t be everywhere so God created sisters like you, thank you so much for being there with me when nobody else was.
Sister is second mother & first daughter of her brother.
I sat beside my sister on one coach, were two centimeters apart but what made two miles far apart is that we were holding our cellphones chatting with people we think we know and love. We think we are connected to them with common interests not knowing that we have common things a lot. Actually we have the same DNA I dropped my cellphone and walked away. I tried to hold my tears but they were begging me to let them free but I could not I hold in. I kept all the feelings of loneliness inside me. I will be waiting for our chats to come back. Sister, even if you did not drop your phone I will never pick up mine. I will be waiting for you to come back, my sister.
Boys leave, so do friends, but sisters are friends that will never go. And they just happen to have come from the same mother.

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Upholding the Catholic character of the University of Notre Dame
Those who know Notre Dame, no explanation is necessary. Those who don’t, no explanation will suffice.” -Lou Holtz
The telos, or end, of a university, what makes it different from a Scout summer camp, Bell Labs, Human Rights…
John Paul II opened his apostolic constitution on Catholic universities, Ex Corde Ecclesiae, in dramatic fashion. Issued on the Feast…
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In her last editorial as editor-in-chief, Sophia Buono reflects upon Notre Dame’s Catholic mission and the ‘s goal of promoting such a mission.
Sophia Buono discusses the challenge of integrating Notre Dame’s Catholic mission into all aspects of Notre Dame.
Debate over consistency with university’s Catholic identity
Tim Bradley’s last editorial as Editor-in-Chief
Alexandra DeSanctis reflects on her time at Notre Dame and the intrinsic Catholic nature of the University.
Lilia Draime on the decline in numbers of Catholic faculty at Notre Dame
A look at the mission statements of student political student groups at Notre Dame
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Asia Cup Final Highlights, India vs Bangladesh Updates: India Beat Bangladesh By 3 Wickets To Clinch Title
Highlights, Asia Cup 2018 Final, India vs Bangladesh (IND vs BAN) ODI Cricket Match: India defeated Bangladesh to clinch their seventh Asia Cup title
India beat a spirited Bangladesh by three wickets in a last-ball finish of the final in Dubai on Friday to retain the Asia Cup. Liton Das scored a maiden one-day international hundred as Bangladesh were bowled out for 222 in 48.3 overs before India survived a middle order slump to chase down the target for the loss of seven wickets in 50 overs at Dubai stadium. Skipper Rohit Sharma top-scored with 48 while Dinesh Karthik made 37 and Mahendra Singh Dhoni scored 36. This is India's seventh Asia Cup win in 14 events. (HIGHLIGHTS) (Play fantasy league and win cash daily)
Earlier, a disciplined bowling along with some exceptional fielding in the middle overs helped India bundle out Bangladesh for 222 in 48.3 overs in the 2018 Asia Cup final in Dubai. Opener Liton Das' brilliant century (121 off 117 balls) was the only bright spot for Bangladesh as they suffered a collapse after a whirlwind start. Indian skipper Rohit Sharma, after winning the toss, invited Bangladesh to bat on a track that favoured the batsmen. Openers Liton Das and Mehidy Hasan provided their team with a flying start, sharing a 120-run stand. But soon after Hasan's dismissal, the middle-order crumbled for Bangladesh. Imrul Kayes (2), Mushfiqur Rahim (5), Mohammad Mithun (2) and Mahmudullah (4) departed in quick succession leaving Bangladesh in trouble. With 120-0 at one stage, Bangladesh lost five wickets for 31 runs. Three crucial run outs and six wickets by the spinners jolted Bangladesh's hopes of a high score against the defending champions in the final. Soumya Sarkar played a gritty knock of 33 runs towards the end but wickets at regular intervals restricted Bangladesh to a below par score. Kuldeep Yadav was the most successful bowler for India, taking three wickets. Kedar Jadhav took two wickets while Yuzvendra Chahal and Jasprit Bumrah picked up a wicket apiece.


Pitt women’s soccer played a solid match in their first ever appearance in the ACC Semifinals against the No. 1 team in the country, Florida State, but still fell short 2-0 Thursday night at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, N.C.
The Panthers (14-5-1) (W-L-D) lose for the second time this season against the Seminoles (15-0-1), as they fell in a 3-2 defeat two weeks ago in Tallahassee on Oct. 19. The Seminoles hold the all-time series with a perfect 13-0-0 record, including four matches in the past two seasons, including a 3-0 win against the Panthers in the Sweet 16 in the 2022 NCAA Tournament.
Not much occurred in the first 15 minutes of the match, with both teams trying to figure out their attacking game plan.
Florida State senior midfielder and ACC Offensive Player of the Year Onyi Echegini had the first real chance in the 19th minute, as she put in a powerful, dipping shot that would hit the crossbar.
Echegini had another opportunity to score in the 24th minute, thanks to a great through ball from first-year midfielder/forward Mimi Van Zanten, to her in the box. She would take a shot right on goal, but Pitt sophomore goalkeeper Ellie Breech made a great stop, putting her right glove up to push the shot out for a corner.
The best chance for the Seminoles saw junior midfielder Taylor Huff put in a beautiful through ball to first-year forward Jordynn Dudley in the box. Dudley ran onto the ball, but put her shot just wide of the right post.
Pitt had two great chances to score in the second half that would’ve given them the lead over Florida State.
Fifth year forward Landy Mertz put in a great cross to the back post for fellow fifth year forward Amanda West, but she couldn’t get a foot onto the cross, despite no defender anywhere near her in the 49th minute.
Junior midfielder Ellie Coffield struck a free kick just outside the box with tremendous power and it hit the left post, just inches from going into the goal in the 60th minute.
The Seminoles would take advantage of those misses, taking the lead just 10 minutes later.
Senior forward Leilanni Nesbith passes it from the halfway line to find fellow senior forward Jody Brown running down the right wing. Brown then crossed it into the box and found Dudley, who headed it at the right post into the net in the 70th minute
𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗔𝗖𝗖 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗛𝗠𝗔𝗡 𝗢𝗙 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗬𝗘𝗔𝗥 𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗘𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗚𝗛 𝗜𝗡 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗘𝗠𝗜𝗙𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗟!
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Florida State scored again just five minutes later, which would seal the Pitt defeat. Huff took a corner and put in a great ball to find senior forward Beata Olsson, who got in front of Breech and put her header in for the goal.
— The ACC (@theACC) November 3, 2023
Pitt would improve their attack over the final 15 minutes with some good opportunities to make a comeback, but none finished in a score, leading to the loss.
Florida State head coach Brian Pensky gave credit to Pitt for putting up a great fight, as well as to his team for fending off a great opponent.
“Very thankful and grateful that that has been the case,” Pensky said on Florida State’s success over Pitt. “Even in the Sweet 16 last year, the score was 3-0, but that score did not indicate the kind of game it was…I think our possession has been good. I think in those three games, we have only given up the two goals, both of those were on set pieces a couple weeks ago. We shut them out both games a year ago. So we’ve defended them really well and that’s something to be proud of because we talked about coming into this game, that’s a very good team. They have a very good front five players that are really, really dangerous and they’ve scored a lot of goals this season. So I think the consistent thing in those four games we’ve defended at a really high level and along the line, we’ve found ways to score goals.”
Pitt will wait for the NCAA Tournament Selection Show on Monday, Nov. 6, where they will find out their seeding and their next opponents for the second ever postseason appearance.


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MANKATO — A recent study found childhood rates of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, have risen significantly over the past two decades.
The report published in JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association, included results on more than 186,000 children and adolescents from 1997 to 2016. The ADHD rate rose from 6.1 to 10.2 percent during the time period.
Further studies could better shed light on why the rise occurred, but researchers noted greater public awareness and increased physician recognition of the symptoms, as well as a reduced stigma surrounding the diagnosis could partly explain it.
While medical professionals in Mankato say the results suggest more children are appropriately being diagnosed, they caution parents against conflating inattentiveness in their children for ADHD.
“Inattentiveness has gotten worse in our society because of phones and electronics and multiple demands for our attention, so you really need to have a good, solid diagnosis,” said Lisa Hardesty, a clinical psychologist at Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato.
The initial step for parents should be determining whether a child’s ADHD symptoms are present across different settings, said Travis Hansen, child and adolescent psychiatrist at Mankato Clinic.
“Parents are familiar with their kids in the home settings, but talk with teachers, day care providers,” he said. “Get a feel for what they’re seeing.”
ADHD symptoms, including inattentiveness and impulsiveness, should be evident regardless of the setting. Hansen said it’s not uncommon to hear from patients who suspect they or their child have undiagnosed ADHD.
But, he added, "so many different things I see, especially in psychiatry, can mimic ADHD." It could be anxiety or depression, both of which can go hand-in-hand with ADHD.
What Hansen and Hardesty don't want are people self-diagnosing, or worse, self medicating with Ritalin or Adderall.
“What we get is often patients are frustrated, and we want to do the diagnosis and do it right, but they already looked online and saw all the symptoms and thought it must be ADHD,” Hardesty said.
No blood test can identify ADHD — although it has a strong genetic component — so the best way to diagnosis it is to consult with your physician. Undiagnosed ADHD in children can have lifelong, negative impacts.
Additional research suggests more time spent staring at a screen could even contribute to the symptoms. A study published in JAMA over the summer found teens frequently using smartphones and tablets could be more likely to develop ADHD symptoms. The connection between screen time and ADHD isn’t yet fully understood, but the study seems to support medical professionals’ anecdotal observations about the relation between ADHD and screen time.
Heather Von Bank, chair of the department of family and consumer science at Minnesota State University, said the rise of screen time and ADHD rates among children underscores the need for a more thoughtful approach toward play. Unstructured play time should be emphasized, she said, while screen time should be regulated.
“If we focus on play as the way children learn social cues, ways to interact with individuals, that’s going to be the key in developing their prefrontal cortex,” she said.

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Super 8 Westlake / Cleveland hotel is located off Interstate 90 with quick access to downtown Cleveland and Lake Erie. Our Westlake hotel near Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport offers plenty of handy perks to make your stay a success and get you back on the road.
Wake up to free 8-item SuperStart breakfast bonanza every morning before you hit the road. Take advantage of conveniences like free Wi-Fi Internet access, large-vehicle parking, 24-hour coffee station, and drive-thru check-in and check-out service. Kick back by the seasonal outdoor pool to relax. Handicapped-accessible and pet-friendly hotel rooms are available, and kids 17 and under stay free with an adult. Book your room online today.
Great shopping options are available at River Plaza Shopping Center, Rockport Shopping Center and Westwood Town Center, all within five miles. See big-name entertainment and high-stakes sports games at Quicken Loans Arena or Progressive Field. In downtown Cleveland, about 20 miles from our Westlake hotel, visit the famous Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, or see the scenic shores of Lake Erie. Drive out to Cedar Point Amusement Park for a wild adventure for kids of all ages — including kids at heart.
To try a bite from a local restaurant, head to Greenisland Irish Pub and Restaurant or grab a sandwich on the go from Lehmans Deli near our Westlake hotel. Several familiar national restaurants are within walking distance as well, like Carrabbas Italian Grill, Outback Steakhouse and Houlihans.
BUSINESS AND EVENT FACILITIES
Our Westlake, OH, hotel features a meeting room that can accommodate up to 20 people for business or social events. We also feature copy and fax service at the front desk, so you can stay connected to work on the road.
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Geohydrology Section, Kansas Geological Survey
Welcome to the Dakota Aquifer Program!
This is an online version of the Dakota Aquifer Program of the Kansas
Geological Survey. This document is divided into two sections. The first
section is an online exploration of the Dakota Aquifer's geology, subsurface
hydrology, stratigraphy, and water quality, and gives recommendations on the
future use of the Dakota Aquifer.
The second section contains the data and reports generated by the program.
Some of this data will be formatted for use of WWW browsers, while others will
be available for downloading for use in other software.
Kansas Geological Survey
Updated October 1998.
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How to Choose the Most Sustainable Underwear
Good or bad, underwear can truly make (or ruin) your day. The next time you restock your underwear drawer, choose a pair that’s good for your bum and the planet. Here’s a guide that can make this easier for you:
How to maintain the underwear you already have
If you find underwear that fits you well, you'll probably want to extend its lifespan. This not only saves you money and time spent on buying new pairs but also reduces landfill waste.
To maintain your underwear's elasticity and color, wash it in cold water using a gentle cycle. Choose to air-dry your underwear, as the high heat from the dryer can damage the elastic and cause shrinkage. If you can't air dry, use your dryer on a no-heat setting. Avoid ironing them, as heat can damage the elasticity and distort their shape.
After drying, neatly roll and store your underwear. Overcrowding them in a drawer can lead to unnecessary stretching. To minimize wear and tear, regularly rotate between different pairs.
When your underwear is worn out, consider recycling them responsibly. Most donation centers, thrift stores, and consignment shops don't accept donated used underwear due to hygiene concerns. Although brands like Subset have underwear recycling programs, few brands currently do this.
What to look for when buying a new pair of sustainable underwear
When buying a new pair of underwear, look into what you have been using till now and how well they have stood the test of washing and wear and tear.
Opt for the ones that have reinforced stitching, strong elastics, and high-quality fabrics. They are more likely to withstand frequent wear and washing. Avoid underwear with loose stitching or loose threads.
Consider the intended use of the underwear when making your choice. Cotton is a good go-to for everyday softness and comfort. But you may want to choose synthetic underwear for workouts, hiking, backpacking, or camping, as cotton underwear absorbs moisture but doesn't dry as quickly.
Try on underwear before buying, if possible. You can do this by wearing an existing pair of underwear underneath.
Choosing a sustainable underwear brand
Greenwashing claims like eco-friendly and green can incentivize people, making it difficult to avoid them. To avoid that, you can check for the certifications that the brand has.


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Nausicaä grew up in a world destroyed and then reborn after a nuclear catastrophe.
Divided between those who try to live together and who fight with nature that has regained possession of the world.
A war among harmony with the green and who would rather set forests on fire to make more new cities.
Sweet but combative Nausicaä will try to play her part in this conflict, in addition defending herself from animals cursed by a form of ferocious madness.
Magnificent fantasy / ecologist fairy tale by the legendary Hayao Miyazaki.
As usual for the master, an inimitable union of poetry and love, struggle and violence, nature and technology.
Superb drawings in a living world of animals and plants and with even more expressive characters than real ones in the flesh.


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August is wisdom tooth season at Dr. Grant Hinze’s office, so we are sharing some tips on this procedure and the importance of scheduling it before problems occur.
- More than 90 percent of people need their wisdom teeth pulled.
- Between the ages of 16-21 years is the most common time to have wisdom teeth pulled. The teeth need to be pulled after puberty (or their growth spurt) and after the chin/jaw are fully formed.
- Dr. Hinze makes his decision to extract wisdom teeth based on X-rays showing how far the teeth have erupted and how close the roots are to the nerve.
- Wisdom teeth extraction needs to occur before the roots of the wisdom teeth get too close to the nerve. If a patient waits too long and the roots grow too close to the nerve, extraction could cause permanent nerve damage.
- Other dangers of waiting too long include inflammation in the tooth/gum in the area of the wisdom teeth or impacted wisdom teeth.
- Not pulling the wisdom teeth at all could result in infection, overcrowding of other teeth, and gum disease and decay because wisdom teeth are more difficult to clean than other teeth.
Twice a year visits to the dentist are recommended for teens for overall healthy teeth and to monitor the growth of wisdom teeth. Extraction generally takes about 30 minutes and is done under local anesthesia at Dr. Hinze’s office. The recovery period lasts about three to five days.
Call us today at 995-5331 for more information about scheduling wisdom teeth extraction. Our next busy season for wisdom teeth is Christmas break!


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The new technology processes organic waste in two phases.
Remember, APS stands for Anaerobic Phased Solids digestion.
First, the waste material is loaded into a large, closed container, along with different types of anaerobic bacteria.
The bacteria break the solids down into acids and hydrogen gas.
The hydrogen is extracted and the remaining acids are transferred into a different container for the second phase of the process.
There another type of bacteria converts the acids into methane gas.
Student: Aren't hydrogen and methane gas bad for the environment though?
Professor: The answer in this case is no, because they don't escape into the atmosphere.
The gases are captured and can be burned to produce electricity, which saves a lot of money and ultimately decreases our need for fuels like petroleum and coal, which are not only expensive but are also polluting.
Student: So organic waste from landfills could be processed this way?
Professor: It is certainly one possibility.
And APS digestion systems are very versatile.
They can be installed just about anywhere.
See, anaerobic digestion systems used at waste water treatment plants are huge tanks that hold thousands of gallons of waste water.
But the APS containers are small enough to be set up on site, where the waste is generated, like at food processing plants or on farms.
So garbage doesn't have to be transported long distances.
As a matter of fact, a couple of universities successfully set up demonstration projects.
They collected food scraps from dining halls and local restaurants and process them in APS facilities.
Not only did the university save money, we are also learning even more about the APS process.
What is the next step forward?
Well, APS digestion uses several different types of anaerobic bacteria, right?
So what are the most efficient bacteria in the process?
If researchers can figure that out, the highest performing bacteria mix for a system could be determined.
Ultimately the goal would be to grow enough of these particular bacteria to support large-scale commercial APS systems.
What is the lecture mainly about?
What is the professor's opinion about the use of landfills to manage solid organic waste?
What does the professor imply about processing solid organic waste in equipment designed for processing wastewater?
What does the professor suggest about methane and hydrogen gas?
According to the professor, what are two advantages of APS digestion systems?
What does the professor say is a promising focus for future research into APS digestion systems?

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The housing market recovery – in particular the recovery of housing starts and new home sales – continued in 2014, but was weaker than one would have expected given the improving labor market and the relatively low level of housing inventory.
Total housing starts in 2014 through November were 927,000, which is slightly higher than the full-year 2013 level of 925,000. New home sales through October were 373,000, up from 366,000 over the same time period in 2013. The changes in starts and sales in 2014 continued the slow annual increases from the lows of 554,000 starts in 2009 and 305,000 sales 2011, but are substantially lower than the average annual levels of 1,438,000 starts and 664,000 sales from 1980 through 2000.
Could it be that tight mortgage credit has held back a stronger housing recovery? While there is no single measure of the overall level of availability of mortgage credit, there are some measures that indicate that credit has been tight. The Federal Reserve’s October Senior Loan Office Opinion Survey shows that the net percentage of banks reporting they had tightened standards on residential mortgages spiked in 2007 and 2008 and remained high through early 2010. Only in the two most recent quarterly surveys has there been a modest increase in the net fraction of banks reporting an easing of standards.
High credit score requirements provide further evidence that some borrowers are finding it difficult to get mortgage loans. According to Black Knight Financial Services, 56 percent of new mortgage originations in 2014 (through October) had credit scores higher than 740. This compares to 39 percent, 44 percent, and 51 percent in 2005, 2008, and 2011. Black Knight reports that only 2 percent of new mortgages in 2014 went to borrowers with scores below 640, which compares to 15 percent in 2005 and 2008 and 5 percent in 2011.
Credit score requirements have also remained high and near the peak levels established in 2009 for government-guaranteed loans, such as loans purchased by the Government Sponsored Enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, or by the Federal Housing Authority (FHA) or the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). These government-backed loans still dominate the market, with GSE, FHA, and VA mortgages making up 51 percent, 12 percent, and 9 percent of new originations, respectively, in the first three quarters of 2014.
In an effort to ease the credit conditions for GSE loans, the administration in 2013 appointed Mel Watt as Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), the regulator for the GSEs. After a heated confirmation battle that led to changes in the Senate’s filibuster rules, Mr. Watt was sworn in as Director in January, and immediately signaled a shift away from his predecessor’s emphasis on reducing taxpayer exposure by shrinking the footprints of Fannie and Freddie. Throughout the course of the year, Director Watt took steps to ease mortgage credit, including delaying a series of increases to the guarantee fees, shelving plans to reduce the maximum loan amounts that are eligible for purchase by Fannie and Freddie, and most recently, allowing the GSEs to back mortgages with down payments as little as three percent.
Perhaps the biggest focus this year for Director Watt and FHFA was to attempt to clarify and relax the system of representations and warranties that can force lenders to repurchase loans after they are sold to the GSEs and subsequently default. This risk was frequently cited by lenders as the reason for requiring high underwriting standards (including high credit scores) and for charging credit overlays (fees in excess of those required by Fannie and Freddie) for the loans they originate, fearing that any loans that went bad might be “put back” on their balance sheets in the future, as frequently happened following the housing collapse. Throughout the year, including at a speech here at Brookings, Director Watt announced a series of steps to address this “put back” concern, including allowing two delinquent payments in the first 36 months after the GSEs acquire a loan and eliminating the automatic repurchases of a loan when its primary mortgage insurance is rescinded.
The verdict is still out on the degree to which these measures will ease mortgage credit, and indeed if they have moved too far, exposing our economy to some of the risks that precipitated the financial crisis. But combined with the current low mortgage rates (which have returned to the pre-Taper-Tantrum levels), relatively low inventories, and most importantly an improving labor market, 2015 should see stronger growth in home construction and sales, helping feed stronger economic growth.


ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on the Broadsheet case said that 76 properties of Nawaz Sharif’s family were valued at 800 800 million, then said let go of Nawaz Sharif’s properties and move on.
According to details, Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry said in a statement on social networking site Twitter that the facts of the Broadsheet case are a new shock. The court in London is saying, then they say leave the properties of Nawaz Sharif and move on, how can the brothers go ahead if they leave them.
It may be recalled that Home and Accountability Advisor Shehzad Akbar while publishing the documents of the agreement related to Broadsheet had said that transparency cannot come without making the documents public.
Shehzad Akbar said that Nawaz Sharif’s Avonfield property was given to Broadsheet, $20.5 million dollars out of $21.5 million dollars had to be paid to the Sharif family while Shawn Group, Sherpao, and others paid only $1.08 million dollars.
He said that according to the law, the process must be completed and the 2000 agreement with Broadsheet must be reviewed by December 31, 2020.


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The Museum of Art offers several salons throughout the year when they invite an expert to give a talk in conjunction with a current exhibition. The most recent salon talk, by museum co-diretor Anne Goodyear, was about Marcel Duchamp.
Black History Month kicked off at Bowdoin with a slam poetry performance and art reception in Smith Union. A few days later, students performed a series of short plays that address Trayvon Martin's death and the acquittal of the man who shot him.
Edwards Arts Center, Room 116 [Gallery]

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There's a facile contention that President Donald Trump — hostile to free trade pacts and skeptical of grand military alliances — is an isolationist, an advocate of American retreat and retrenchment on the global stage. This is not quite true: As Cambridge historian Stephen Wertheim noted earlier this month, "Trump isn't an isolationist. He is a militarist, something far worse."
Throughout the election campaign, Trump proclaimed that he would be the military's president. He repeatedly summoned the ghosts of Gen. Douglas MacArthur and George Patton and spoke in their name. Dumping even more money into defense spending was a key plank of his platform to Make America Great Again, and Trump followed through this week by announcing plans to expand the Pentagon's already enormous budget by $54 billion — at the apparent expense of other federal agencies, including the State Department.
"Hopefully we'll never have to use it, but nobody is going to mess with us. Nobody," Trump said last week. "It will be one of the greatest military buildups in American history."
"Our military will be given the resources its brave warriors so richly deserve," Trump declared during an address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday night, where he promised a "renewal of the American spirit."
There's growing bipartisan disquiet with Trump's initiatives, particularly proposed cuts to the U.S.'s foreign aid programs.
Trump's own defense secretary, former Marine Gen. Jim Mattis, has also previously linked diplomatic support to military success. "If you don't fully fund the State Department, then I need to buy more ammunition," he said in 2013. A group of more than 120 former generals and admirals echoed Mattis in an open letter on Monday opposing Trump's budget plans.
Meanwhile, Trump's critics on the left argued the expansion was simply unnecessary. Trump's "premise is that the nation's defenses are 'depleted,' and he's simply wrong," wrote Slate's Fred Kaplan, noting that the Obama administration's last defense budget was the largest U.S. military budget of the post-9/11 era. "If there were deficiencies in Obama's war policies, they did not stem from a shortage of weapons or manpower."
But the Trump administration's embrace of the military is as much — if not more — about creating an ethos than making new policy. Trump frequently hails "his" generals (when he's not blaming them for the deaths of servicemembers, that is). He fixates on the projection of muscular, unilateral American power on the world stage and has sneered at the supposedly equivocating diplomacy of his predecessor.
This is all an extension of the ultra-nationalist politics of his key advisers, ideologues who see the world in stark, simple and terrifying terms. Consider the lengthy essay published earlier this month by Michael Anton, a staffer on Trump's National Security Council whose earlier writings won him a cult following on the fringe far-right. Anton makes an argument for bolstering American "prestige" on the world stage, something he suggests was diminished under Obama.
"People like to be a part of something greater than themselves," observed Anton, with not particularly great profundity. "This emphatically includes their nation. Patriotism is thus a natural phenomenon. It is satisfied best when people feel that their nation is strong, or at least not weak." This is language and thinking that Trump viscerally understands.
Anton's essay calls for a revision of American foreign policy and its focus on the "liberal world order" fashioned by Washington after World War II. He mocks the "cosmopolitan orientation" of liberals who preach solidarity with "strangers on the opposite of side of the world." (Not surprisingly, Anton wrote an essay last year in which he called diversity "a source of weakness.") He casts doubt on long-held American convictions about universal values and democracy. He instead preaches the importance of bolstering "national, civilizational" prestige — the same vague triumphalism that has peppered Trump's speeches since last year.
What exactly this means for policy is unclear, but Trump's America is already casting a belligerent shadow across the world.
"Rather than seeking to withdraw from the world, [Trump] vows to exploit it," wrote Wertheim, the Cambridge historian. "Far from limiting the area of war, he threatens ruthless violence against globe-spanning adversaries and glorifies martial victory."
That militarism was part and parcel of the geopolitics of a century ago, when nationalist great powers, unchecked by the systems built after World War II, embarked on arms races and entered into devastating, cataclysmic conflict. Observers now see a return to the politics of that era, when a period of "liberal" free trade and proto-globalization gave way to destabilizing struggle and the collapse of empires.
"Trump's sense of abuse and humiliation is potent," wrote Wertheim. "'The world is laughing at us,' he endlessly repeats. It's a cry more common to revolutionary states and movements than to the world's sole superpower. Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany did not conquer territory for the thrill of it; their leaders acted out of perceived desperation, believing that they were losing a ruthless competition for power and status."
At a time when Trump's closest advisers obsess about status and see themselves at the vanguard of revolutionary change, the historical echoes can be chilling.


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Mulch For Sale: Delivery or Self-Pickup
A cornerstone of spring lawn improvement is applying mulch. Rice’s Nursery has several types of mulch to choose from that would improve the aesthetics and help the soil as well. And to make it quick and easy, you can buy mulch online and receive mulch delivery! If you live near Canton, Ohio, here's why you'll want to get your mulch from Rice's Nursery.
Applying mulch to your beds will retain moisture, suppress weeds and improve your soil. Along with weed prevention, our mulch acts as a protective layer to stop and prevent soil erosion. Mulch will also provide a rich, dark color that will accentuate your flowers, shrubs and trees. Determining the type of mulch to use will depend on color, texture, duration and of course price. Certain plants will do better with finer mulches such as Sweet Peet or Triple Ground, while Double Ground mulch is best for most beds that have trees, shrubs and perennials. Rice's mulch is high quality, composted and not cheap, dyed-pallet wood.
Applying mulch to your landscape adds both an attractive and practical feature. With different colors and textures, you can customize your lawn to stand out from your neighbor's or blend in. Stop in or call Rice’s Nursery to buy your mulch today, or you can skip the lines and order your mulch delivery online. You'll love how easy it is to order and receive delivery on the weekend you prefer!

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