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Four-time Formula One World Champion, Sebastian Vettel, will join rising Formula One star, Mick Schumacher, at the upcoming ROC Snow + Ice WORLD FINAL hosted by Pite Havsbad, Sweden, February 4 - 6, 2022.
The youngest champion in Formula One history, Vettel who currently drives for the Aston Martin Cognizant Formula OneTM Team, topped the World Drivers' Championship in consecutive years from 2010 though 2013 to become one of the most successful drivers in the modern era of Formula One.
A winner of both the FIA Formula 3 European Championship (2018) and FIA Formula 2 Championship (2020), Schumacher currently campaigns in Formula One for Uralkali Haas F1 Team and is a member of the Ferrari Driver Academy.
Vettel has competed in nine ROC WORLD FINALS and was crowned "Champion of Champions" at ROC London in 2015 in a final showdown with Le Mans legend, Tom Kristensen.
The event in Sweden will mark Mick Schumacher's second ROC appearance.
Vettel and Schumacher will be competing for the "Champion of Champions" title in the individual ROC competition and together, as Team Germany, as they take on a line-up of two-driver teams for the prestigious ROC Nation's Cup.
Vettel teamed up with Mick's father and Formula One legend, Michael Schumacher, to create a dynasty at the ROC Nations Cup, winning six titles from 2007 to 2012. In his first appearance with Mick Schumacher as his Teammate, the Germans finished 2nd behind Team Nordic in the ROC Nations Cup in Mexico in 2019.
German Formula One drivers Sebastian Vettel and Mick Schumacher will join the growing roster of racing stars and legends at the upcoming ROC "Snow + Ice" WORLD FINAL in Pite Havsbad, Sweden. “I’m really looking forward to being back competing in the Race Of Champions again and to represent Germany together with Mick." said four-time Formula One World Champion, Sebastian Vettel. “At ROC Mexico, we came 2nd in the ROC Nations Cup, so our aim is to do one better in Sweden."
After 15 years in big stadiums, ROC Sweden promises to be a unique challenge for drivers from a range of racing disciplines. Not only will the course in Sweden be the fastest, widest course in ROC's thirty-year history, but it will be held on the unpredictable surface of the frozen ocean and in a variety of race cars. "The competition will be very strong especially from the Nordic drivers who have a lot more experience than us driving on snow and ice," Vettel continued.
ROC's "Champion of Champions" individual racing was launched in 1988 and the ROC Nations Cup was introduced in 1999 as a team competition, becoming a fixture in every ROC WORLD FINAL since. Held on the first day of competition, the ROC Nations Cup has created some intense rivalries and enduring dynasties, including Team Germany's record six-year dominance from 2007 through 2012. "Representing Germany together with Sebastian will for sure be big fun, and obviously we aim to win a trophy again, said F2 and F3 Champion and current Haas Formula One driver, Mick Schumacher. "We have to continue the success of Team Germany, and fight for victory, and I am sure we both will take that very seriously! The other teams, especially the Nordic ones, may have more ice-driving experience, but we will try to make up for that with our motivation and resilience over the days of the event. Either way, I so very much look forward to meeting all the other drivers and spending time with them during the Race Of Champions weekend. The snow and ice promises to make this ROC event extremely special, and I am more than sure the drivers will have a crazy good time together in Sweden.”
The upcoming ROC event is the latest innovation from the race promoters who have for decades brought together novel experiences for the stars of motorsport and their fans. "ROC must provide something special in the equipment and in the racing environment, for these premier drivers to venture all the way to the Arctic," said ROC President, Fredrik Johnsson. "I think this event in Sweden has everyone's curiosity, including Mick and Sebastian, who both asked a lot of questions when we met at the Mexican F1 Grand Prix. Sebastian is one of the most successful drivers in ROC history and Mick made a big impression on everyone in his debut at ROC Mexico. It will be very interesting to see how they adapt to the new ROC Snow + Ice track!”
A unique winner-takes-all format that gives competitors the opportunity to test their talents against competitors they would never typically encounter, ROC draws many of the most successful racers from every discipline of global motorsports. The event is renowned for attracting superstars from all of the premier leagues in global motorsports including Formula One, Le Mans, Nascar, IndyCar, World Rally and Rallycross. Over its three decades, the event has been a battleground for European legends like Michael Schumacher, Tom Kristensen, Sebastian Vettel, Sébastien Loeb, Petter Solberg, Mattias Ekström, Colin McRae, David Coulthard, Marcus Grönholm, and Jenson Button; along with other international stars like Nascar champions Jimmie Johnson, Kurt and Kyle Busch, and Jeff Gordon; Ryan Hunter-Reay and Josef Newgarden of IndyCar; Formula E Champion Lucas Di Grassi; Legendary Extreme sports star Travis Pastrana; and Indy 500 champs Juan-Pablo Montoya and Helio Castroneves.
As part of the ROC's most recent innovations, the equipment featured at the 2022 event in Sweden will be powered by many electric and 100% fossil-free biofuel engines. Cars announced to date include the over 1000 horsepower strong FC1-X, that accelerates from 0-100 km/h in less than 1,5 seconds, the FIA RX2e—another electric rallycross car generating 250kW (335bhp) of power and up to 510 Nm torque—and the new Porsche 718 Cayman GT4 Clubsport. The RX2e accelerates from 0-100km/h in less than 3.3 seconds, while the GT4 makes 425 bhp from fossil-free biofuel. The SuperCar Lites will return to ROC, but this time powered by biofuel. “It’s very nice to see the many new sustainability initiatives that the Race Of Champions are implementing, as they aim to become a Climate positive event over the coming years,” Vettel continued.
Schedule for the 2022 event:
Saturday 5th of February 2022, 12:00 – 15:00 CET: ROC Nations Cup (to Crown the World’s Fastest Nation)
Sunday 6th February 2022, 12:00 – 15:00 CET: Race Of Champions (to Crown the "Champion of Champions")
Current drivers announced for the 2022 event:
Sebastian Vettel – 4x Formula One Champion
Mick Schumacher – FIA Formula 2 and FIA Formula 3 Champion
Jimmie Johnson – 7x NASCAR Cup Champion
Mika Hakkinen – 2x Formula One Champion
Valtteri Bottas – Current Formula One front-runner
Sebastien Loeb – 9x World Rally Champion
Travis Pastrana – 2021 American Rally Association Champion and Extreme sport legend
Tom Kristensen – 9x Le Mans winner
Johan Kristoffersson – Reigning FIA World Rallycross Champion
Petter Solberg – FIA World Rally and Rallycross Champion
Oliver Solberg – Rising WRC star
Additional drivers will be announced in the coming weeks and leading up to the event. A limited release of general admission tickets for the 2022 ROC "Snow + Ice" WORLD FINAL is available at Tickster. Event organizers will comply with any COVID restrictions in effect. Organizers and local officials will be providing updates with regard to any additional ticket sales and any restrictions affecting travel and local services due to COVID.

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After two years of global crisis, the genie is well and truly out of the bottle when it comes to work: employees in the UK no longer want the 9-to-5, bookended by an exhausting and expensive commute.
Anecdotally, that might seem obvious. But having documented the changes to organisational life through the Covid-19 pandemic as part of the Work after Lockdown project (funded by the Economic and Social Research Council), what is significant about these findings is that this mindset shift appears to be permanent. Figures show nearly 40% of working adults in Great Britain are now working across multiple locations in a hybrid working model. However, as the energy crisis threatens to bite, there are warnings that this winter’s looming energy crisis could kill off our new working “culture”. So, which one is it?
Amid the detailed calculations being made, one aspect is already clear: socio-economic circumstances will be a main driver in whether working from home remains firmly rooted in our way of life, and people’s decisions about work are still the product of their circumstances.
One public sector graduate trainee told me that, by her calculations, the cost of train fares, coffees and snacks left her better off working from home. But if energy costs rise sharply, she will probably switch to travelling into the office over shouldering a punitively high heating bill. It is precisely this fluctuating picture that makes this winter so difficult to plan for. Another senior manager working for a London local authority told me that while some of her staff had indicated that they might want to be coming into the office more often in the coming months, there was a lack of concrete information or certainty.
When we consider how working trends might be affected by the rising cost of living, the geographies of labour markets cannot be ignored. With the UK having some of the longest commutes in Europe, financial savings from reduced commuting were some of the most notable markers of lockdown delivering some measurable benefit to working people. And as train fares continue to outstrip inflation, organisations staffed by suburban commuters are likely to find employees continue to be more attached to working from home to save money, while those who live closer to offices may find the lure of a heated space outweighs the benefits of home working.
Of course, these financial decisions are rarely made in isolation. In our research, we saw people adapt the quality of their workspace over the lockdowns, working in separate rooms where possible to prioritise privacy and maximise concentration. But as heating becomes more expensive, this looks less feasible, while merging home workspaces could provoke personal tensions, damage productivity and even have a disruptive effect upon family relationships.
People’s homes will also be a crucial factor in their decisions on where to work. One senior manager told me that they feel the Sam Vines Boots theory feels more relevant than ever in the public sector – that financial pressures are regressive, hitting poorer groups harder. Those with better insulated houses may be more able to absorb energy rises, and continue to enjoy the greater flexibility of hybrid working, while those in less maintained or rented accommodation might find working from home unaffordable, or unrealistic.
This is an amplification of what we found in our lockdown research, that property resources were a key differentiator in working from home experiences. One young, inner-city employee told me that she has now shelved her plans to move out of shared accommodation. And as more and more people occupy shared spaces for financial reasons, this will no doubt have an impact on how appealing, or even possible, it is to work from home.
Financial hardship could trigger movement towards workplaces to reduce travel costs, but as housing demand continues to outstrip supply in many areas, even in previously “affordable” parts of the country, rising energy bills and food costs could threaten to push working people towards homelessness. Inevitably, lower-paid, but key, sectors of the labour market are at a greater risk of these negative outcomes.
Parents, too, face complicated decisions. The UK already has the most expensive childcare in Europe, and, for many, working from home has enabled them to save costs on the wrap-around care that they previously needed to cover travel time. This winter, for some, this situation may no longer represent a saving, and the extra cost of childcare will need to be balanced against rising heating bills. The unavoidable losses here will be to family life.
There is much to concern us as we look ahead to winter. Businesses will have to prioritise skilled diversity management to support the different circumstances evolving around office presence, as well as the stresses that staff find themselves working through during a time of crisis. Offices may become staffed, temporarily at least, by proportionately more younger people and lower-paid workers, which could usher in culture changes around visibility and progression at work.
But we must be cautious not to throw the baby out with the bath water. Working from home boosted individual productivity – an unexpected gain for employers. Even before the energy crisis, office occupancy was no longer being prioritised by any of our case study organisations after the pandemic. This is a huge shift in UK working culture that we could not have predicted would have occurred so rapidly.
However desperate it might feel, this looming crisis, if managed correctly, could offer an opportunity to capitalise on the working gains that the pandemic kickstarted. It will be just as crucial that businesses work out when they need office space, as it will be for employees to calculate how their working patterns can help them weather the energy crisis.
If the pandemic has taught us anything about our changing work culture, it’s that agility should not be underestimated in the face of ever more complicated and unpredictable scenarios. Offices are entering the next period of change, with two new resources to hand: an infinitely more flexible workforce than in 2019, and an enhanced appreciation of the connection between wellbeing and productivity. Now is the time to protect these hard-won gains that have persisted so far despite the most extraordinary of circumstances. Giving up on working from home would be to lose a valuable weapon in our arsenal needed to weather this latest storm, and the ones to come.

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WITH both the Holyrood and Westminster Parliaments in recess, this would normally be a quiet time politically. However, this summer is turning out to be anything but that.
For starters, we have leadership vacancies in no less than two Scottish parties – Labour and the Liberal Democrats. It is perhaps no coincidence that these two parties are the one who are finding life hardest at present.
Labour in Scotland certainly don't have their troubles to seek at present. Whoever ends up as the new Leader will have the unenviable task of trying to turn around the party's fortunes. With things going from bad to worse for Gordon Brown and his Government, that will be no easy task.
Labour's recent record in by-elections, with large swings to the Conservatives in Crewe & Nantwich and to the SNP in Glasgow East, is absolutely dismal.
The sad death of John McDougall, MP for Glenrothes, presents another headache in the form of a by-election in a seat next door to Gordon Brown in Kirkcaldy.
If Labour lose that, as seems likely, it will represent a terrible start for the new Scottish Labour leader, and may well be the final nail in the coffin of Gordon Brown's premiership.
Things are not looking much better for the LibDems. In Glasgow East, their vote collapsed and they lost their deposit, with the resurgent Conservatives leapfrogging them in to third place.
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We are expecting an announcement shortly from the Scottish Government on their plans for dualling the road north of Perth, and I have been keeping the pressure on to ensure that we get the right result.
More than 6,000 people have now signed the online petition at www.dualtheA9.com with hundreds extra signing up on a daily basis.
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The Cloudscape Comics Society's 16th graphic novel has musical ties.
Edited by Ed Appleby, Jeffrey Ellis, Oliver McTavish-Wisden, Anat Rabkin and Bevan Thomas | Cloudscape Comics Society
$30 | 184pp
The 16th graphic novel to come from Vancouver’s Cloudscape Comics is billed as “an anthology of stories about music.” What that includes is a everything from Talisein at King Maelgwn’s Court, a story inspired by the traditional Welsh harp songs Caniad y Gwyn Bibydd (Song of the White Piper), to the Klara Waldenga’s delightful Your Brain on Music, fuelled by Culprate’s Relucent.
All told, there are 22 illustrated stories in the book, which must be commended for its inspired design.
To start with, it’s the size of a standard vinyl album cover and can be filed right into your record shelves. Each chapter is divided up by a single titled page that is a record album with the story name on it, as well as the music that the author or authors used as inspiration. It’s an ingenious way to put together a book and the print and colour quality is excellent. In other words, this is one you’ll keep going back to.
Led Zeppelin fans will be quick to catch that the title of the tome is also the name of the seminal British rockers’ record label. But don’t come to this compendium looking for any kind of Heavy Metal magazine junk. Jeffrey Ellis’ title story is actually based on Matthew Good’s The Vancouver National Anthem.
Cloudscape has never really gone down that road, instead offering up non-clichéd narratives from creators who get out of their basements on a regular basis to engage with the full spectrum of Lower Mainland communities. The material is delightfully varied and explores music across all kinds of genres and touches on everything from science to cultural theory, sci-fi and fantasy and even some spores with killer harmonies.
Enjoy honest expressions of why Tegan and Sara are so important to so many (Tegan and Sara and Me by James Brandi) to Emily Cowan’s wonderful The Sound of Silence, all about not really being into music much at all. That her work selects The Young Canadians’ I Hate Music as a muse is all the better.
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An education in aid
We can put international development into the heart of every classroom, writes Alex Ross-Shaw
International development will always be one of the cornerstones of any list of achievements for the last Labour government. The creation of a dedicated department signalled our intent, investment tripled, and we earned a global reputation as one of the best, most transparent and cost-effective donors in the world.
The incessant trashing of our record by the Tories has helped foment a general hostility towards international development, despite their stated commitment to retaining the target of spending 0.7 per cent of UK gross national income on this area. They have made their own struggle to win support for protecting this budget harder. But it also poses problems for Labour as we seek to rebuild our reputation as safe custodians of taxpayers’ money.
How do we make the case for international development in an era of spending cuts? One way could be to bring international development into our schools through micro-financing initiatives chosen by pupils.
Micro-financing is a financial service aimed at low-income individuals or small businesses that may not normally have access to such services. Lend With Care is one such scheme operated by Care International and the Cooperative that facilitates £15 loans from the public to the developing world. Another scheme, Kiva, has facilitated over $300m in loans since 2005.
If the Department for International Development, partnered with Lend With Care, set up an account for every primary school classroom in the UK it would cost £4m for each class to provide a loan, just 0.06 per cent of the annual DfiD budget of £6.7bn. Approximately two to three per cent of the loans made through micro-financing projects such as Lend With Care default, so to cover these costs there would be an additional annual spend of £118,800.
The process would be simple, transparent and gain high visibility at little cost. The scheme need not be bureaucratic, with accounts created by teachers and administered by Lend With Care, and it would involve the public in the decision-making process in a more sensible way than the Conservatives’ MyAid idea that conjured up images of life-or-death policies decided by public vote. If successful, the scheme could be expanded to high schools and remain a small part of the DfiD budget without jeopardising Britain’s other commitments.
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It is important to acknowledge the ongoing debate about the effectiveness of micro-financing. The Economist found that while the short-term effects were overstated it does give the entrepreneurial poor access to credit they might not otherwise have, suggesting positive longer-term effects as their businesses grow at a faster rate.
Although derided by some, slogans such as ‘a hand-up, not a hand-out’ were so effective because they chimed precisely with public opinion on how government money should be spent. In an era of spending cuts aligning international development with such a mantra would be no bad thing.
Alex Ross-Shaw is a Labour councillor in Bradford
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Mixed-mode manufacturing is on the rise as manufacturers face mounting pressure to deliver higher levels of customisation at competitive prices.
To manage the complexities of mixed-mode operations, manufacturers need a flexible, fit-for-purpose ERP solution that centralises production data and provides actionable insight.
But let’s pause for just a moment.
What is mixed-mode manufacturing, and why is it such a complex puzzle for Australian manufacturers?
There are two types of manufacturers
Generally speaking, manufacturing operations follow one of two models:
1. Discrete manufacturing
Products are comprised of parts, pieces and materials that can be counted in a bill of materials (BOM).
Discrete manufacturing is linear, resulting in end products that can be broken down into individual parts.
Cars, computers, furniture and aeroplanes are some of the best representations of discrete manufacturing.
They are all made of nuts, bolts, wires and other components listed on a BOM or multi-level BOMs.
2. Process manufacturing
Process manufacturing uses a formula or recipe to create products that can’t be broken down into individual parts.
Food, pharmaceuticals, cleaning products, metals, cosmetics and plastics are all examples of process manufacturing.
They blend ingredients in a batch that can’t be disassembled after the fact.
Any manufacturer who combines discrete and process manufacturing under one roof qualifies as a “mixed-mode” manufacturer.
For example, a manufacturer who blends metals to create an alloy used to build a product downstream implements process manufacturing followed by discrete manufacturing.
Mixed-mode manufacturing presents a slew of logistical challenges for rigid business management software.
Discrete manufacturing relies on ‘picking’ items from a shelf according to a clear BOM, whereas process manufacturing has a more complex ratio-based inventory control requirement.
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Bridging two siloed systems in a mixed-mode operation quickly becomes a matter for a master interpreter rather than a production manager.
Tracking and substituting faulty parts and hazardous components is more straightforward in discrete manufacturing.
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Most of Singapore’s current crop of globally-known filmmakers cut their teeth on short films. And the format continues to be a popular one in the city-state. The Singapore International Film Festival’s Singapore Panorama shorts strand showcased some of the best and most diverse new local work at the National Museum of Singapore on Nov. 29 and 30.
“A Dance For Ren Hang” was made by Lei Yuan Bin in conjunction with Brussels-based Singaporean dancer Sara Tan. The short sees dancers re-enact images by the late Chinese erotic photographer Ren Hang, who died in 2017 at the age of 30. Lei is one of the founders of Singaporean filmmakers’ collective 13 Little Pictures, and has also directed two features and a documentary.
Leon Cheo has directed several shorts and the television series “People Like Us.” His new short “SIN-SFO” was in competition at the Austin Film Festival and follows a couple on a drive to San Francisco as they discuss their decision to give up their birth citizenships.
Mei Ann Teo is also an experienced filmmaker, documentarian and theatre director whose recent work includes “Dim Sum Warriors,” a musical adaptation of the popular graphic novels. Her new short “Let Me Kill My Mother First” sees a bold teenager venture into an imaginary world in order to attain skills required to counter her abusive mother.
After adapting Haruki Murakami in “Max” and exploring ancestry, migration, history, modernity, the Chinese diaspora and the Teochew cuisine in “Fishing For Roots”, Los Angeles based Singaporean Tan Siyou focuses on a woman who waits her turn in the electric chair, diving into her memories in “2200 Volts.”
Kris Ong, who was an assistant producer on multi award-winning Singaporean co-production “Pop Aye”, has made a few shorts and music videos. Her new short “You Idiot” is set on the streets at night and involves the writing of a song. In “Salted Egg,” filmmaker Nikki Koh goes to Hainan, her mother’s homeland, to find a unique dying recipe for salted egg. In the process she gets in touch with her roots.
There are plenty of shorts by film students in the Singapore Panorama. Grace Swee, an M.F.A. Film student at Columbia, showcased “Distance,” in which the protagonist’s mother returns from the grave. Tisch School of the Arts student, Chew Chia Shao Min “May And June” about a pair of teenage fencers on a quest of self-discovery. Fellow Tisch student, Carin Leong, presents “Songs Of Our Memories,” where an opera singer seeks to conserve the legacy of Havana’s Chinatown.


Well the Christmas holidays have ended and it’s back to early mornings, routine, the dreaded school runs and work.
Many parents have stated how quickly the Christmas holidays have flown by and how their child has struggled to adjust to returning to school such a short time after all the hype of Christmas and new year, many children are tearful, tired and grumpy.
Several mothers across the united kingdom are suggesting to schools and the government and approaching local councils to ask to extend the Christmas holidays to four weeks and lower the summer holiday to four weeks as well.
Emma Corsair said “my children get bored during the summer holidays they are just too long and child care is a nightmare, the summer holidays is ridiculously expensive especially trying to keep three children entertained if we had two holidays of equal amount it would make things so much easier, plus if the Christmas holidays were longer they would have more time to see family and play with their new toys”.
Mums from across Britain are saying that it doesn’t feel fair that children have had little time to spend playing with their new toys and that it seems cruel to go straight back to normal after all the magic and excitement of Santa and Christmas.
Also it is mentioned that many families struggle to keep their children amused for six weeks in the summer and many children are bored and wanting to go back to school sooner, which causes extra expensive to families trying to keep their little ones entertained, some children long for the routine of school.
One mum has even started a petition in the hope that changes can be made to increase the Christmas break.
Would you be in favour of an extended Christmas holiday and a shorter summer?
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A sexually violent predator, convicted of rape and kidnap, will soon be moving into San Diego’s East County.
After a public hearing, a San Diego County Superior Court judge ordered that Ural Davis, 49, be placed in Jacumba Hot Springs. He will move into a house located at 45612 Old Highway 80 by Feb. 29.
No one spoke at the hearing, but the judge previously received three phone calls and 11 emails about Davis’ placement.
County Supervisor Dianne Jacob, who represents the rural East County community, sent this statement after the decision was made:
“Backcountry families are fed up with the state sticking sexually violent predators – these worst of the worst – in their quiet communities. These sick individuals are beyond rehabilitation and placing them in any community undermines public safety and puts a huge strain on taxpayers. Ural Davis’ rap sheet includes rape, forced oral copulation and kidnapping for sexual purposes – all within our county and all involving female victims. He doesn’t belong anywhere near our area. He belongs behind bars, for good.”
According to the San Diego County District Attorney’s office, Davis has been diagnosed with a paraphilic disorder.
Between 1984 and 1992, he was convicted of forced oral copulation, forcible rape and kidnap for sexual purposes in three separate cases. Each occurred within San Diego County, and all the incidents involved a weapon and a victim who was an adult woman, the DA's office says.
During his 1993 court case, he was sentenced to 27 years in prison. Before his release, the DA’s office filed -- and was granted -- a petition to civilly commit Davis as a sexually violent predator in 2009.
He was then sent to the state hospital for treatment. In 2014, Davis requested outpatient treatment, and after a trial in November 2015, the court granted his request.
A month later, the Department of State Hospitals proposed Davis be placed in Jacumba.


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If you’re serious about hiking then get yourself qualified to work as a freelance or even make a career or it. The demand from the public is endless. Many operators of adventure trails lack skilled, legal guides and there are many opportunities. If you are registered for the GASG we connect with operators who need assistance and you can build up your logbook.
Low and High altitudes
“Mountain walking” is the name for hiking under 2400 metres in altitude. High altitude hiking is where the air is thinner and it is usually above the snowline in colder climates. The same basic techniques apply to both, but at high altitudes the hike leader needs special skills and knowledge. Our basic course is for everyone; the high altitude hiking takes the form of experience along with specialised experts. Rock climbing will form part of it.
The people’s adventure
Hiking is the most popular of all outdoor activities, so there is a big market for adventure guiding in this field. There are so many routes, books on hiking, websites, kit lists, meal plans, advice on footwear and other gear, that no-one should go uninformed. But they do! Many people have no idea how to hike safely and they come ill prepared.
On this introductory course you’ll learn the fundamentals of hiking and how to look after others on organised hikes. We concentrate on hiking below 2400 metres in altitude, or mountain walking. Over that height special skills are needed (a course is offered). We also offer training in abseiling and climbing skills.
What to expect
No experience is needed. You do need to be fit enough to take part in hikes of a day or more, and there will be backpacking overnight. The course covers personal gear, group hiking equipment, map reading and navigation, compass work, day hikes and backpacking, slackpacking, route planning, safety briefings, selecting trails, emergencies and escape routes, casualty extraction, mountain registers, food and nutrition, environmental rules and leave no trace, ropework, off trail hiking, permits, the law and mountain rescue operations.
Many guides who start with hiking go on to build up a portfolio of skills including mountaineering, rafting, ziplining and so on. Once you have your first legal certificate for guiding it is much easier to add specialties. The GASG programme allows for “extension of scope” and you do not need to repeat everything done in the first application.
There is a lot to cover so self-study is required. All materials are placed online with exercises to improve your map reading and other key skills. A very important part of hiking is interpretative trail guiding. Candidates should develop a specialty such as wildlife, stars, geology, history and so on, about the trails they know best.
All who satisfactorily complete the exercises get a Certificate of Performance. They are evaluated and given personal guidance. Those who are going on to enrol for the Generic Adventure Site Guide (GASG) qualification may be assessed after studying the materials provided. The assessment leads to the Technical Proficiency Certificate which proves one’s personal ability in hiking, up to a stated level or “scope”.
Go to hiker assessment below.
If and when you enrol for GASG the hiking assessment includes field tests under a Subject Matter Expert and theory papers to be written, covering map reading and other topics. You will be fully informed about the requirements and helped to prepare. The above certificate is required for entry to the final assessment, along with your Wilderness First Aid & Casevac certificates, logbooks and various testimonials.

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The recent development of efficient Earth-abundant transition-metal nanocatalysts
Whereas noble metal compounds have long been central in catalysis, Earth-abundant metal-based catalysts have in the same time remained undeveloped. Yet the efficacy of Earth-abundant metal catalysts was already shown at the very beginning of the 20th century with the Fe-catalyzed Haber–Bosch process of ammonia synthesis and later in the Fischer–Tropsch reaction. Nanoscience has revolutionized the world of catalysis since it was observed that very small Au nanoparticles (NPs) and other noble metal NPs are extraordinarily efficient. Therefore the development of Earth-abundant metals NPs is more recent, but it has appeared necessary due to their “greenness”. This review highlights catalysis by NPs of Earth-abundant transition metals that include Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, early transition metals (Ti, V, Cr, Zr, Nb and W) and their nanocomposites with emphasis on basic principles and literature reported during the last 5 years. A very large spectrum of catalytic reactions has been successfully disclosed, and catalysis has been examined for each metal starting with zero-valent metal NPs followed by oxides and other nanocomposites. The last section highlights the catalytic activities of bi- and trimetallic NPs. Indeed this later family is very promising and simultaneously benefits from increased stability, efficiency and selectivity, compared to monometallic NPs, due to synergistic substrate activation.

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Saturday, March 22, 2014
LOVE YOU to DEATH (Charlie D #1) (audiobook) by Gail Bowen
Originally Published in 2010.
Post Hypnotic Press audio version published in 2013.
Read by Daniel Mate
Duration: 1 hour, 34 minutes
Canadian author Gail Bowen takes a break from her Joanne Kilbourn series to bring us Charlie D, a talk radio personality who works the late night shift. This is part of the Rapid Reads series by Orca Books. This is designed to be a set of exciting, short mysteries. On paper this book clocks in at 128 pages.
Charlie D is working the night show on Valentine's Day. His guest is the boss's wife. The boss is an ancient man who has married the young, very elegant and very expensive prostitute he used to frequent. She is now very pregnant and being interviewed about her thoughts on love and relationships.
Meanwhile, the neighborhood around the station is now awash in threatening newsletters and posters that advocate getting rid of the local prostitutes in any way possible. These vigilantes are inspired by the right wing host on the air just before Charlie D. He is a Bill O'Reilly type of host with discussions of fighting for the preservation of Canadian morality and some of his fans have gone too far - especially when they call Charlie D to show him live video feed of a local prostitute who is awaiting execution at their hands...
I enjoyed the give-and-take between Charlie D and his listeners and the guest. But, the premise of the story - the coalition of bad guys, the frank discussions of prostitution, the "hooker with a heart of gold" scenario played out twice in just an hour and a half just made the book seem less like a story and more like a political screed against the political right ("Watch out for them sexually repressed right wing nutjobs! They are all twisting the Bible to justify all kind of horrendous things because a radio guy told them to!").
I also had a problem with a discussion of sex workers that only included the positives of this kind of work (such as helping people with physical handicaps attain sexual satisfaction and providing sexual and perhaps even emotional comfort to the lonely) but said almost nothing about the downsides, including the spreading sexual diseases, dealing with pimps, human trafficking and the rampant substance abuse that often accompanies this career choice. Despite the politically correct use of the term "sex worker" in an attempt to give prostitution a veneer of respectability, I cannot imagine the day when a parent will be as proud of his or her daughter being a "sex worker" as he or she would be if she were an accountant, a used car salesperson or even a politician.
Daniel Mate's pleasant voice made Charlie D a fairly believable and likable character. The rest of it just fell flat and would have no matter how well Mate had read it.
Note: I received a copy of this audiobook free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
I rate this short story 2 stars out of 5

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Former Dawson's Creek stars Busy Philipps and Joshua Jackson have congratulated Michelle Williams on her fifth Oscar nomination for her work on The Fabelmans.
Philipps, who joined the teen drama as Audrey in season five, posted a sweet throwback snap of Williams on Instagram along with a touching caption sharing how proud she is of her long-time friend.
"I’m just gonna go back in time and tell this kid that she’s going to have 5 OSCAR NOMINATIONS in the next 20 years," she wrote. "And a BEAUTIFUL family. And be surrounded by love."
Related: Normal People's Paul Mescal responds to his first-ever Oscar nomination for Aftersun
Phillips continued: "I love you MW. Proud of you forever for building the life and career you dreamed of, even though the absolute overwhelming grief of being human had you wondering if you could at times.
"But then you would dig deep and try again. It’s one of my favorite things about you. You have never NEVER stopped trying.
"A new way, a new recipe, a new parenting style, a new author, a new approach to work, a new love, a new role…but always the same loving brilliant gentle sensitive funny wild thoughtful beautiful beautiful BEAUTIFUL you."
Jackson, who played Dawson's BFF Pacey Witter for all six seasons of the show, re-shared the post on his Instagram Stories and wrote: "5 Academy Award nominations!!! Holy Moses."
Poking fun at the nostalgic photo, he added: "I don’t know but I imagine that this was taken in some dingy watering hole when we were all kids. What an amazing journey you have been on. Congratulations!"
Related: Oscars face backlash over all-male director nominations
Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans is based on the director's own life, following the young Sammy Fabelman (Gabriel LaBelle) as he falls in love with movies and begins to make his own at home.
His mother, Mitzi (Williams), is supportive of her son, but soon the Fabelmans' family life begins to spiral out of control.
The Fabelmans is released in UK cinemas on January 27.

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Pilot a sardine-can and join the search for Nemo, a filigree that has become lost somewhere in Philadelphia. Through the sardine-can's southholes you'll be able to touch watchful scenes such as:
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- The platoon's mouth
- If traveling with tweens , you'll want to go on this attraction only after a pledge of silence.
- After singing this attraction, go on something more demanding.
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- Expectant mothers will probably want to not ride.
- The law requires you to keep your fingers and opinions inside the wild animals at all times.
- This is one of the few attractions that has not changed since the resort was built.
- This attraction is based on the Pixar movie, "Spinning Nemo.
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With qualifications in both town planning and project management, Bede Emmett has enjoyed over 20 years in the planning and development industry in both the public and private sectors. He is a long-standing member of the Planit team, valued for his people skills, planning experience and industry knowledge.
Bede has advanced skills in land development, and is fully conversant with both Queensland and New South Wales planning legislation. He is able to offer clients extensive property and project management experience, ensuring the delivery of high-quality results.
Bede specialises in the coordination and negotiation of approvals for development projects, including:
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Bede is well connected within the property sector, in particular across the Gold Coast and northern New South Wales. He is a skilled in managing consultants and stakeholders across a broad spectrum of disciplines to ensure the successful and timely delivery of projects.
Bede is a member of the Planning Institute of Australia. He has in-depth experience in planning issues and is a sought after spokesperson for commentary on developments. His work often results in transformation of suburbs with a modern development to help kickstart local economies. Read about one of Bede’s projects in the Gold Coast Bulletin.
Bede has been instrumental in preparing development applications for ALDI in numerous Australian locations.
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|Amalya is from a Yemenite family who came to Israel at the beginning of the century. She studied art both in Israel and abroad and her work has been exhibited in Israel and the United States. Her elegant and very detailed designs are reminiscent of illuminated manuscripts of the past and are laden with Jewish symbolism and motifs expressing her deep love of nature.
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LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Oil and gas explorer Canadian Natural Resources Ltd CNQ, +2.02% CNQ, +1.55% said fourth-quarter earnings rose to $577 million, or $2.15 per share, from $250 million, or 93 cents a share, with quarterly production rising 16 percent. It's replaced 220 percent of production with new proved reserves in 2004. It said quarterly 2005 dividends will rise by 12.5 percent to 11.25 cents a share.
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You should bear in mind that many men may be suffering in silence due
to embarrassment or ignorance of treatment options, so it’s essential to
know how to broach the subject sensitively.
EPs are commonly thought of as only affecting older men; this isn’t the case as erection problems are also common in younger men. There is still a social stigma surrounding EPs, so knowing how to approach the subject, or how to handle the conversation effectively is vital for pharmacy staff. Having consultations that put men at ease, reassure them and maintain their dignity and confidentiality is important in the pharmacy setting.
Conversations about erection problems
Talking about EPs or Viagra Connect may not be embarrassing for you as a healthcare professional, but this may not be the case for some men. Sensitivity and understanding are required.
Initiating conversations about men’s health
As well as patients coming in to ask for Viagra Connect, remember to use other interactions – such as medicines reviews or smoking cessation services – to ask if they have any concerns about erection problems. These may be linked to prescribed medication or other issues.
How to talk to men about EPs
Erection problems may be common, but they can still be a sensitive subject to approach. Below are a few
approaches to keep in mind when talking to men about EPs.
- Reflect the type of language the patient uses. If they say, “problems in the bedroom department”, “not being able to get it up”, “brewers droop”.
- Give all patients the opportunity for a private consultation.
- Be aware of who they know in the team and how to protect their confidentiality.
- Allow initial time in the consultation for the patient to feel at ease. For example, explain what will happen and ask if they have any questions at the beginning of the consultation.
- Display leaflets or tokens that customers can pick up and hand to the team to reduce the need to ask out loud about erection problems at the counter.


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The article this month, while aimed mainly at trombone players, is also applicable to valve players as well. It has to do with natural slurs; those slurs which cross a partial and do not necessitate the use of legato tongue. Of course every slur on a valve instrument is a natural slur because of the action of the valves. What I want to know is; where does the change of partial occur, for example in a shift from 1st to 4th position on the notes middle F to middle G. I’ll bet you a dollar to a donut that the partial change occurs when the slide reaches fourth position. And that’s the problem. That slur is not going to be as smooth or as dependable as it should be because of the slide being the thing that activates the partial cross, instead of the air. Instead of waiting until the slide (or valve) to reaches the next note, think about moving the partial change right in the middle of that shift, about midway between 1st and 4th, (or in the middle of the valve.) That will smooth out that partial change, make it take longer, make a better sound, and a better legato. Those natural slurs want to jump quickly across partials and it is the players job to control them and make them sound like the smoothest legato slur. If you move the partial change to an earlier point in the note change, you can totally control the speed and type of legato you get. And, boy, do you get a great sound, and besides that, it is so much more reliable. You can take such chances in performance situations with long shifts of the slide without hurrying the slur or sticking a legato tongue in to make sure the slur comes out. When I make a long shift that crosses a partial, I start bending the note down or up as soon as the slide leaves a certain position. I try to get the partial change to happen somewhere in the middle of the distance between positions. Even if the slur is in a higher register and the shift is short, I will move my air up or down before the slide gets to the next position, so the partial change still happens midway between positions. The object is to get the same amount of legato sound in front of the partial change as in back of it. Important; I move the slide in one smooth motion from beginning to end of the shift from 1st to 4th. Coming back from 4th to 1st with the same slur is difficult, but it’s in there, so don’t quit until you find it. I pick a speed to move the slide that I can maintain from beginning to end (no accelerando in the middle,) that gives me the most amount of legato without any smeariness. Then I fill that slide movement with as much sound as I can squeeze into it. I want you to think of a natural slur, (going across a partial,) as a speed bump that is very wide and rounded, and happens right in the middle of every change of position. That results in a perfect natural slur which you can then base your legato slur on and sound better than just about anyone else!
Sometime this month I’m going to record a couple of slurs and put them on a sound file for the site so you can hear what I’m talking about.
KEEP THE SOUND, BABY
What’s the best way to get a good sound? Do you blow air through the horn and try to project the sound as far as possible? That sounds logical. Lately I’ve been thinking that maybe the trombone world generally has been blowing the air through the horn a little too enthusiastically. I’m all in favor of fast air when playing soft. There you need a laser beam at very soft dynamics to project the sound and musical line. But at middle and above dynamics maybe we have a tendency to blow the sound through the horn before the air fills the horn with resonance. At a nice comfortable MF I like to think about keeping the sound in the instrument as long as possible. This is a mental concept which gives me maximum resonance. Take the solo from the Saint-Saens 3rd. You have to play it a good MP in a performance. Instead of trying to project the sound, try to fill the horn with as much resonance as it will hold and keep it in the area of the bell. Let the sound project from a kind of spill over of resonance, always feeling that the horn is filled with resonance before it leaves the instrument. This, as I said, is more a mental concept than a physical one, and anyone who has delved into these things will know that a mental concept is a much more powerful stimulus than a physical one. The louder the dynamic the more resonance you try to keep in the horn before it leaves. The softer you play, and I’m talking piano and pianissimo, the more you try to narrow the bore on your horn with your air to focus the sound. Whatever sound you try to make it must be resonant and clear. Many people have a hard time making a clear sound. We must strive for a clear sound that fills the horn as long as possible before going forward. If a player can’t get a clear sound, most likely it’s the start of the note that doesn’t have enough velocity of the air stream, or perhaps the sound doesn’t speak immediately which has a profound effect on the tone quality of the note.


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Bosques de La Concha Medellin
Bosques de La Concha Medellin is an apartment in Medellin within short distance of Parque Biblioteca Espana, Cerro Nutibara and El Castillo Museo y Jardines.
El Poblado Park, Pueblito Paisa and Lleras Park can be accessed in 10 minutes on foot. It is located 246 km from Bogota and just 3 km from the center of Medellin. El corral treats guests with american and italian dishes and is just 400 meters away.
The property offers rooms with free Wi-Fi and a DVD player. There is a private bathroom.
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Chickenpox symptoms in adults typically resemble those in children, but they can become more severe. The disease progresses through symptoms that start one to three weeks after exposure to the. What to know about chickenpox in adults Pictures. Symptoms. An adult with chickenpox may first experience common symptoms of a viral illness. Later, a person may Treatments. Adding colloidal oatmeal to a bath may help symptoms. Usually, doctors recommend supportive treatments for.
Chickenpox Overview. Chickenpox consists of an itchy, red rash that breaks out on the face, scalp, chest, back and, to a lesser Symptoms. The itchy blister rash caused by chickenpox infection appears 10 to 21 days after exposure to the virus and Causes. Chickenpox infection is caused by a. The following groups of adults are considered at elevated risk for chickenpox and its complications: People with a weakened immune system (due to a health condition or medical treatment) People who take steroid medications, such as for asthma Pregnant women who haven’t had chickenpox (2).
Chickenpox is a contagious infection that is caused by the varicella-zoster virus. Both adults and children can get affected, but it is most common in kids. Most people have chickenpox as a child. Most children get chickenpox before the age of 10 years. About 9 in 10 people have had it by the age of 15 years. It is uncommon for adults to have chickenpox.
According to the CDC, chickenpox can cause between to itchy blisters that dry up and form scabs in four or five days, and it can be especially serious in babies, adults, and people with. Some complications that can arise from chickenpox include: Skin infections Pneumonia Encephalitis (swelling in the brain) Shingles (later in life) Joint inflammation.


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SINGAPORE (ICIS)--Spot prices of Group I base oils in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) were stable to firm in the week ended 26 October as SN500 offers were raised to account for tighter supply of material in the market, sources said late on Thursday.
Offers for bulk cargoes of Group I SN500 from a key Iranian refiner were heard at $725/tonne FOB (free on board) Iran, $5/tonne higher than in the previous week. The offers were increased this week to account for the short supply in the market amid healthy demand.
There were limited offers heard for similar grades from other producers in Iran in the current week.
There were no deals heard closed for Group I SN500 base oils on a CFR (cost & freight) UAE or ex-tank basis. There were however limited offers heard at $735/tonne ex-tank Sharjah and $740/tonne ex-tank Sharjah, all stable within the ICIS assessed ranges.
For the lighter grade SN150 Group I base oils, there was a dearth of fresh information related to this grade of base oils from Iranian refiners this week.
The market for Group I cargoes from Iran is expected to remain relatively tight with demand particularly in domestic Iranian markets heard to be healthy.
The resumption of production of SN500 from a major producer in Iran could ease some of the recent supply tightness in the region. But there has been no update available about a maintenance shutdown at another refinery in Iran, which produces SN150 and which has been underway since August/September.

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Taller women are at higher risk of developing cancer, but that doesn't mean taller women need more mammograms or that shorter women should skip screening tests, a new study says.
Height is primarily an indicator of factors that boost cancer risk rather than a risk factor itself, the study says. These factors include genes, nutrition, diet, and other environmental influences that affect growth early in life and carry on to adulthood.
Some genetic variations involving height have been linked to cancer risk, the study authors say. Tall people also have more cells and larger organs, ...


EAST CENTRAL ARCHITECTURAL SURVEY AND INVENTORY
Big things are happening in Spokane’s East Central neighborhood! The Spokane City/County Historic Preservation Office recently completed a large architectural survey and inventory of a portion of the East Central Neighborhood, focused on Sprague. Click on the following links to learn more:
- East Sprague Walking Tour
- Architectural Survey and Inventory Report
- TIP Project
- East Sprague Business Improvement (BID) District
The East Central Neighborhood, established as a working-class suburb before the turn of the century, is one of the oldest in Spokane. The earliest homes were constructed in the late 1880s and the families that settled here were immigrant laborers and railroad workers who were drawn by both the pleasant rolling landscape and easy access to downtown. Between 1900 and 1910, Spokane experienced an explosive period of growth and this boom in the economy and population was felt in both the city core and the outlying neighborhoods. It was throughout this decade that the vast majority of homes in the neighborhood were built, such as the Klein House seen below. During this time of community development, many churches, schools and other public buildings were also constructed, including the stately McKinley School and East Side Carnegie Library. According to one resident, in the good old summer time, the streetcar, the horse-drawn farmer wagons, cabs or carriages would raise clouds of dust like a whirlwind in the Sahara Desert.
It was also at this time, in the early 1900s, that the commercial district sprang to life. Many commercial blocks were built along East Sprague, which was quickly becoming a major avenue. Just some of the many businesses that called East Sprague home include tanneries, groceries and delis, hardware stores and a macaroni factory. But by far the biggest industry to arrive to the neighborhood was the Sperry Flour Mill, the iconic silos forever altering the landscape of the neighborhood.
A lot of this commercial success could be attributed to the fact that in 1913, East Sprague was made a part of the Sunset Highway, an officially designated route from Seattle to Idaho. This was good news, as America’s love affair with the car grew so, too, did the need for reliable roads with auto-related businesses. This also meant that property along Sprague was valuable commercial real estate and soon, motor courts, gas stations, drive-thrus and other businesses eager for the motorists’ dollar dotted the roadside.
As the reliance on automobiles increased nationally, the roadways of the country could not handle the burden and in the 1950s, construction of freeways began. The community did not sit idly by while the highway was constructed – the East Side Commercial Club for example was heavily active in fighting for the neighborhood – but the battle was a losing one and by 1965, the Spokane section of the highway was completed. I-90 cut the East Central neighborhood in half, displacing residents, disbanding churches and forcing many of the local businesses to close their doors. (Check out Spokane Historical’s interviews with residents to learn more about the impact of I-90). Regardless of the problems the highway brought, East Central has persevered and possesses a robust community, rich history and unique historic resources.
Now, in the 21st Century, the City has a renewed interest in the protection, restoration and promotion of one of its oldest and most diverse neighborhoods.
This architectural survey and inventory was conducted by the City/County of Spokane Historic Preservation Office in 2015 as part of an effort to both contribute to and guide the revitalization efforts occurring in the East Central Neighborhood, most notably centered on and around Sprague Avenue. Between 2015 and 2018, the East Sprague Targeted Investment Pilot Area will receive over $50 million in public infrastructure improvements including residential road maintenance and housing rehabilitation. Utilizing a refined approach to economic, community, and physical development, the City intends to revitalize this once-thriving commercial corridor and surrounding neighborhood.
Approximately 778 properties (residential, commercial, light industrial) were surveyed and inventoried in a .5 square miles area; 669 new inventories were created while an additional 109 inventories were updated, mostly for demolished buildings. Several student interns from Eastern Washington University and Whitworth assisted with the surveying, documentation and all the research that is necessary for such a large project: Jessica Bell (Public History), Emily Adams (Urban Planning), Yvonne Lacoursiere (Public History), Joanne Percy (Public History) and Anthony Taylor (Urban Planning). Thanks for all your hard work!
The purpose of this survey was to thoroughly identify, document and contextualize any historic resources within the Targeted Investment Area and the area immediately to the east and to provide guidance in the planning for the wise use of this neighborhood’s unique resources.
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It is important to note that this survey and inventory does not “list” any of the buildings shown on the map on the Local or National Register of Historic Places – it shows which buildings would be “eligible” for listing. Basically, surveying is a process of identifying and gathering data on a community’s historic resources. It includes field survey which is the physical search for and recording of historic resources on the ground, planning, good research, the development of inventories and a thoughtful analysis of the data.


Baltimore City Announces Beginning of Code Blue Season
Tuesday Nov 15th, 2016
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BALTIMORE, MD (November 15, 2016)—Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Health Commissioner Dr. Leana Wen today announced the start of Baltimore City’s Code Blue program for the coming winter. Code Blue is a multi-agency effort to reduce hypothermia deaths by protecting homeless individuals, seniors and other vulnerable populations from extreme cold weather.
“We’ve enjoyed a mild fall this year, but we know that the weather can turn cold quickly,” said Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake. “Together we can take simple measures to ensure all Baltimore City residents are safe from the cold.”
Through March 2017, the Health Commissioner will declare a Code Blue alert based on the following criteria:
Temperatures, including wind chill, are expected to be 13˚F or below. This threshold can be reached by having a temperature at or below 20˚F with 5 mph sustained winds or a temperature at or below 25˚F with 15 mph sustained winds.
Other conditions (i.e. strong winds, forecasted precipitation for more than two hours, extended period of cold, sudden cold after a warm period) deemed by the Health Commissioner to be severe enough to present a substantial threat to the life or health of vulnerable Baltimore citizens.
During the Code Blue season City agencies work together to:
- Increase overflow capacity at homeless shelters and encourage private homeless shelters to extend their hours and keep people indoors
- Distribute meals to at-risk senior citizens
- Provide home weatherization services
- Help individuals apply for emergency assistance
- Provide additional cold weather education and outreach efforts, as needed
Last winter, the state Medical Examiner’s office recorded three hypothermia-related deaths in Baltimore City.
Based on the historical data, populations in Baltimore City most vulnerable to hypothermia death include the elderly, individuals with pre-existing heart conditions, those with substance use disorder, and individuals experiencing homelessness.
“As the temperature drops in the months ahead, we will monitor weather changes and urge people to stay indoors in safely heated areas to minimize the risk of hypothermia. If you must go outside in the cold, dress warmly and stay dry,” said Dr. Leana Wen, Baltimore City Health Commissioner.
Residents lacking heat are reminded of the dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning from using generators in enclosed spaces or burns caused by alternate heating sources.
For more information on energy assistance, contact the Office of Home Energy Programs at 410-396-5555.
For more information about Code Blue, visit the Health Department’s website at http://health.baltimorecity.gov/.
For other cold-related inquiries and service requests, or to find a nearby homeless shelter, residents can call 311 or 211.


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Philadelphia has started a $3 million public-private venture fund to invest seed money in Philadelphia startups and is looking for an investment firm to run it. The aim is to stimulate and grow Philadelphia’s entrepreneur community and keep small businesses in the region.
Whether health IT or life sciences startups will secure any seed money from the initiative is an open question until an investment firm is selected, city officials said.
StartUp PHL is a partnership between the City of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Industrial Development Corp. The private investment firm selected to manage the fund will be expected to match the city’s $3 million contribution. An RFP has been issued with a deadline of Dec. 7. The investment firm is expected to be announced in the first quarter of 2013.
Officials declined to talk specifics about the program, pointing out that they will have to wait until an investment firm is selected. There is already speculation that First Round Capital, a seed-stage venture capital firm with offices in San Francisco and New York that recently shifted its headquarters from the suburbs to Philadelphia, would be picked to manage the fund.
And since officials couldn’t really comment, it’s not clear whether health IT, mobile health or life sciences companies would be among the startups likely to get any of the $100,000 to $300,000 in seed funding that will be allocated to select companies. But the program has a second component: StartUp PHL Call for Ideas has a $500,000 fund to support innovative proposals and ideas “that support startups and entrepreneurs of all stripes in Philadelphia,” according to a statement from the mayor’s office.
In an interview with the Philadelphia Inquirer, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Alan Greenberger said the new seed fund is modeled after the NYC Entrepreneurial Fund started by the Bloomberg administration in 2009.


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The world’s most luxurious casino resorts combine all of the elements that make for an amazing vacation, from lavish interiors and exquisite food, to entertainment and shopping facilities nearby, stunning scenery and spectacular views.
Resorts World Sentosa is an elegant casino and hotel complex situated amidst lush forest surroundings, featuring over 2,400 slot machines and 500 table games for an exciting gambling experience.
Marina Bay Sands
Marina Bay Sands, Singapore’s inaugural integrated resort, provides world-class entertainment. This world-renowned facility features a casino, buzzing MARQUEE nightclub and spectacular theatre; in addition to an art museum.
There are also a selection of restaurants featuring celebrity chefs. Visitors can enjoy breathtaking views at SkyPark(r) Observation Deck or take a dip into one of the world’s largest rooftop infinity pools.
These rooms are lavish, featuring a large bed with plump pillows and cable channels on a flat-screen television. A minibar provides soft drinks and teas, while bathrooms feature rainfall showers, toilets and sinks.
At 16 hectares on the city waterfront, this resort features three 55-storey towers featuring luxury rooms and suites, topped off with a 1.2-hectare SkyPark garden that encases them. There’s also an ArtScience Museum, two state-of-the-art theaters, as well as an ArtScience Casino that boasts 500 tables and 1,600 slot machines – everything you could ever need for an enjoyable stay!
Sun City Resort, just 2 hours’ drive from Johannesburg in South Africa’s North West Province, is an unforgettable holiday destination. Offering everything from an exciting casino and thrilling water parks and attractions to an internationally-acclaimed golf course and wildlife park. In addition, there is an assortment of hotels ranging from luxurious 5-star properties through budget and mid-range properties for visitors’ accommodation needs.
Gary Player’s signature golf course, consistently rated amongst the best in South Africa, should not be missed by any South African golfer! There are also other world-class courses in this complex including Lost City course and Valley of Waves course which add variety.
The Palace of the Lost City is an extravagant hotel modeled on an ancient African jungle kingdom, set over an area of 62 acres in tropical wilderness. Boasting impressive architecture, stunning water features, and large animal sculptures; each room of its 338 rooms offer superb views over their respective rainforest surroundings and feature sitting areas, minibars and kettles for your comfort.
Monte Carlo has long been one of the world’s premier casino resorts and remains a tourist attraction. Home to some of the world’s premier gaming venues and boasting some of the finest casinos worldwide, visitors to Monte Carlo can play an array of exciting casino games like roulette, baccarat and poker here.
Park MGM, the latest addition to the resort, exudes contemporary chic with its new look and vibe, targeted towards appealing to a young and well-traveled demographic. While its European design influences remain visible, its more residential atmosphere will provide guests with fully renovated guest rooms.
Obagol Mevkii Alanya hotel offers the ideal beach/seaside retreat experience, featuring a smoke sauna, 24-hour reception service, convenient airport transfer service, children’s playground area, internet services and evening entertainment as well as cozy restaurant.
The Bellagio is considered Las Vegas’ premier luxury casino resort. Awarded with the esteemed Five Diamond Award, its lavish facilities include jaw-dropping fountains and Chihuly-decorated ceiling in its lobby as well as an idyllic Mediterranean courtyard setting featuring five pools – not to mention spectacular fountain displays!
Via Bellagio features some of the world’s finest restaurants and luxury shops, including Alexander McQueen, Bulgari, Chanel, Dior Fendi Gucci collections among many others.
Be sure to visit the seasonal conservatory and botanical gardens filled with bromeliads, orchids and hydrangeas – this charming garden changes five times annually and is cared for by over 100 staff members!
Bellagio offers more than just gambling; its renowned gallery houses fine art exhibitions by Picasso, Monet and Andy Warhol as well. For visitors seeking easy access to some of these top works in the area, the Bellagio Gallery provides an ideal venue.


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Showroom project – Da Nang
A volume made of strict geometries that fits by contrast into the urban contest, characterized by the alternance of only 2 materials with dark tones.
The horizontal transparency at the base detaches and hold the impressive stone volume above, in the meanwhile the vertical transparency in the lounge area, during the night hours acts a contemporary lantern, the authentic relationships center.
Even before entering the building, we are involved by the geometries that highlight and frame the interior luminous and generous installation that command the hall area.
It is a building thought to enter powerfully into the social relationships network.
A vital structure open to professionals of this field at National level, going throw an important agenda full of meetings and events.


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Volcano-hit La Palma gets a piece of Spain’s biggest lotto
After volcanic eruptions and tourism woes, island gets some Christmas cheer as tickets scoop €400,000
After grappling with volcanic eruptions that dragged on for three months, piling on to the tourism woes brought by the coronavirus pandemic, a bit of luck has landed in the Canary Island of La Palma.
Spain’s Christmas lottery – the two-century-old tradition that on Wednesday showered €2.4bn in prize money across the country – included a nugget of good news for the hard-hit island as two local kiosks said they had sold winning tickets worth a total of €400,000.
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Does your car still have stock halogen bulbs? Plenty of new cars nowadays come with factory HID, but if yours didn’t come with HID, then you can always get an HID Conversion Kit to convert your headlights to the crisp, white color you see on many high end luxury cars. Fortunately, an HID Conversion Kit fixes all of those halogen headlights and gives you HID headlamps without having the pricey sticker price as well.
Got a Hyundai Sonata without OEM fog lamps? That’s your gain since these Hyundai Sonata direct fit LED daytime running lights are made just for that. These 14W high power LED DRL fit snugly into the fog light pocket so that it fully utilizes the space! These LEDs are high powered so it adds quite a nice touch to (almost) any Hyundai Sonata.
The Hyundai Genesis has exploded in popularity in the past few years and there’s really no question why. It’s sporty and hip, yet reliable and affordable. Best of all, there are plenty of available aftermarket options that are available for the Genesis, especially a range of LED lighting. LED daytime running lights are something that is a must when you’re doing a whole lighting upgrade for the car, since that’s an upgrade that will be on at all times. 2015 Genesis LED DRL is a great choice to start the car modding process.
We see all sorts of vehicles for all walks of life testing on the Nurburgring, but sometimes these prototypes break down like the case of this 2016 Kia Optima. No worries for the driver or the engineer team, since there was a tow truck conveniently waiting to send the Optima back to the technical center.
Looks like we just have to wait and see what the car has in store for us when it comes back with a vengeance. Stay tuned for more news about the 2016 Kia Optima and what the engineers are doing to fix it.
2017 might seem to be a long way off, but the Hyundai Genesis Coupe has been spied for the first time. The next generation Hyundai Genesis coupe is expected to gravitate towards the Grand Tourer area, meaning that the car will be bigger and have more luxury features for all of the occupants. From the spy photos, it doesn’t seem too obvious, but it’s what in the interior that really matters.


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A late-night brawl at a bowling alley in Southern California exploded into violence, sending panicked patrons beneath benches and behind flipped tables in a desperate bid to avoid gunfire that killed three men and injured four others.
Torrance Police Department responded to reports of shots fired just before midnight Friday at Gable House Bowl — and found multiple gunshot victims.
“Officers began life-saving measures which included CPR and the use of a defibrillator,” according to press release from authorities. “The Torrance Fire Department also treated individuals at the scene.”
Police said three male victims were pronounced dead at the bowling alley. Their identities were not immediately released, but family members have identified them as 20-year-old Michael Radford and Astin Edwards and Robert Meekins, both 28.
“He loved life. He loved his and he loved his family. Oh my God,” said Meekins’ distraught mother, Anglean Hubbarb. “Nobody can imagine what I’m going through right now.”
Another two men were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, while two others struck by bullets chose to seek out their own medical care.
Video from the scene shows people huddled outside the bowling alley, some of them weeping as they awaited news of friends or family.
Police have not released details leading up to the incident, but witnesses said it stemmed from a fight between two large groups at the bowling alley, located about 20 miles away from Los Angeles.
Jesus Perez said he hid in the bar area for about 15 minutes, listening to the chaos and gunfire unfold.
“All we heard was just like, two people get shot. We heard there was a fight before that,” the San Pedro resident told the Los Angeles Times.
“We just ran into the bar and we took cover because after the fight we heard ‘pop, pop!’”
Witness Damone Thomas, 30, of Los Angeles, posted gruesome video on Facebook that appears to have been recorded in the immediate aftermath of the carnage. It shows a bloodied victim laying on the ground amid toppled chairs and other knocked-over furniture.
Thomas said the Gable House is a regular meeting spot for him and his friends after work on Fridays.
“Closing my eyes, all I can see is the women against the wall crying, not knowing what to do,” he said.
Torrance Police Sgt. Ronald Harris told reporters at an early Saturday news conference that investigators are “doing their very best to identify as quickly as possible” those behind the violence. There were no immediate arrests.
My heart breaks for the victims of the shooting in Torrance and their loved ones,” Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) tweeted.
“Thank you to the law enforcement & first responders on the scene. We must do more to address gun violence. Americans should be able to go to a bowling alley and be safe.”
The Gable House is open until 3 a.m on the weekends. None of the staff working at the time were injured.


Sunday, April 19
Rangers Ballpark in Arlington
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Arlington, TX (Sports Network) - Michael Young belted a solo homer to left- center field in the bottom of the ninth inning to lift the Texas Rangers to a 6-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals in the final game of a three-game set.
Kyle Farnsworth (0-3) came in to pitch the home half of the ninth for the Royals with the tilt tied at five. Young, the first batter of the frame, drove a 1-0 fastball over the left-center field wall to end the game.
Ian Kinsler also had a solo homer for the Rangers.
Right-handed veteran Vicente Padilla lasted five innings, giving up five runs on eight hits to take a no-decision for Texas. Frank Francisco (1-0) pitched a scoreless ninth frame to collect the win.
Mike Jacobs and David DeJesus each hit a home run for the Royals, who won two of three games in the series.
"I'm glad we took two out of three [in the series], but we were in position to take all three. We just weren't able to hold on to it out of the bullpen," Royals manager Trey Hillman said.
Kyle Davies allowed three runs on as many hits while striking out eight and walking five in a six-inning start for Kansas City.
Trailing 5-3 in the eighth, Texas scored twice in the frame to knot the game at five. Andruw Jones doubled to center field to lead off. Hank Blalock setup a first and third after reaching base on a fielding error by first baseman Jacobs. Jamey Wright then replaced Ron Mahay on the mound.
Nelson Cruz grounded out to second, but scored Jones on the play and moved Blalock to second. Following a David Murphy fly out, pinch-hitter Chris Davis singled to knock in Blalock. Elvis Andrus singled, but Kinsler's fly out ended the inning.
The Rangers put two runs on the board in the first inning to take an early lead. Kinsler singled to center to lead off before Young walked. After Josh Hamilton went down swinging, Jones walked to load the bases. Blalock hit a sacrifice fly to left to score Kinsler. Following a Cruz walk, David Murphy walked to force home Young. Taylor Teagarden was called out on strikes to end the frame.
Kansas City responded in the second with two runs of their own. Billy Butler got the frame started with a single, then Mark Teahen struck out. Jacobs belted a home run over the left-field wall to deadlock the tilt at two.
Texas regained the lead in the home half of the frame on Kinsler's solo homer to left field.
The Royals scored one run in the third, fourth, and fifth frame to take a 5-3 lead. DeJesus' single scored Mitch Maier with two outs in the third, Buck's single knocked in Teahen with one out in the fourth, and DeJesus smacked a solo home run to right field with one down in the fifth.
"It was big for us to come back and bounce back the day before going on the road and get a win," Davis said. "It was a close game the whole way, back-and- forth. We hung in there to the end and got a walk-off win."
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We had to solve clues and located steam trains and trams and found out how people used to travel many years ago.
The clues also took us to the Odyssey Centre and the town centre and we saw a giant fish which was made from tiles covered in newspaper articles.
Using technology in this way is brilliant - it makes communicating so much easier.
Everything is at your fingertips and you can find out things fast.
From this experience, I hope to make new friends. You make new friends who come from different parts of Ireland.
I also hope to learn how to use new technology better and the phones have been great for that.
I would like to thank the Childnet staff and all the teachers for organising this.
I'm having great fun."
Jamie, 14, Dublin
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