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With a major cabinet shuffle announced, pundits have had a field day analyzing the tea leaves of its significance.
Despite all the so-called analysis, there remained a limited insight about the road map to achieve the government’s intentions.
Were the appointments a sign of Trudeau’s legacy efforts to boost the fortunes of women as future potential Liberal leaders? Will carefully crafted and balanced Cabinet teams advance the goal posts on climate change, indigenous affairs and infrastructure? Will the creation of standalone ministries dealing with housing and mental health give those portfolios the attention they richly deserve?
Despite continuity in key economic roles, business and labour interest groups alike are seeking clarity to address skilled labour shortages, global supply chain challenges, employment insurance system failings and to deliver an equitable recovery for women in the workforce.
Beyond rehashing personal anecdotes and scoring political points, have the pundits really been concentrating on the right metrics to make a sound policy assessment of the government’s future direction?
The 2021 election campaign sorely lacked a serious public policy focus, flitting instead from one to another transactional promise: the competing Covid related leadership agendas drove most of the campaign debate and ‘horse-race’ coverage.
Within the next month, several crucial public policy documents will be released. Those analysts willing to hold their fire about future policy direction until then will have a veritable banquet of information to feast upon.
Throne Speeches are notorious for their vague language and lack of quantifiable outcomes. They do however send an important signal to the public service about the government’s priorities and where to marshal their resources.
But it will be a longer wait for budgets and economic statements including estimates to spell out in detail the likely availability of financial resources and allocations to specific project priorities.
Even before those documents are produced, there is a an important transitional process step that can provide clarity about the Liberal government’s intentions and priorities. In line with ongoing parliamentary practice, individual mandate letters will be sent by the Prime Minister to each of his ministers around the time of the Throne Speech.
While ministerial mandate letters have been a common practice in Canada and abroad for many years, their public release was accelerated by Ontario Premier Wynne’s publication of these letters in 2014 as part of her Open Government initiative.
“Ontarians want their government to work for them – and with them. Making the mandate letters public makes it easier for people to see what we are working on, and how we can work together to build better lives for everyone across Ontario.”
In 2015, Mr. Trudeau set an important federal precedent by publicly releasing the expectations he had for each Minister: “to outline responsibilities and considerations that I expect you to undertake on behalf of Canadians”. He has continued to issue such guidance following each Cabinet shuffle as well as the swearing -in of a new government.
Ministerial mandate letters follow a common format and serve as a roadmap to manage both public service and sectoral expectations.
After confirming and thanking the Minister for taking on their official duties, there is a short pro-forma summary of the challenges facing the country. A general restatement of the government’s priorities and the tone and style it wishes to follow in governing includes references to the communications themes that frame the government’s agenda.
The meat of the letters rests in the specifics related to each Ministers’s accountabilities. For example, after the start of the COVID -19 crisis, the Prime Minister spelt out additional accountabilities for Finance Minister Freeland in 2019.
“You will use whatever fiscal firepower is needed in the short term to support people and businesses during the pandemic, and will keep supporting the economy with emergency measures until the economy improves. Doing so, you will avoid creating new permanent spending.” (my bolding)
Trudeau’s letter also flags certain sectors for attention:
“Tailor support for those sectors hit hardest, such as travel and tourism, hospitality and cultural industries like the performing arts… consider options for further, targeted measures for personal support workers as they continue to provide essential services in our communities.”
It also gives clear direction about new revenue sources:
“Identify additional ways to tax extreme wealth inequality, including by finalizing amendments to the Income Tax Act to limit the stock option deduction for high-income individuals at large, established firms… Continue work with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), with the support of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, to ensure that multinational technology giants pay appropriate corporate tax on the revenue that they generate within Canada. If no consensus can be reached among OECD members, you will ensure that a made-in-Canada approach is applied no later than 2022. You will also work to ensure that international digital corporations whose products are consumed in Canada collect and remit the same level of sales tax as Canadian digital corporations.”
The letter also reinforces existing government policy approaches: “… Continue putting a price on pollution while putting that money back in the pockets of Canadians. As part of Canada’s climate plan, move forward with tax policies that support clean energy transition, advancing policy work on border carbon adjustments and ensuring carbon pollution pricing rebate payments move from being distributed on an annual basis to a quarterly basis, starting as early as 2022. … As part of Canada’s climate plan and to create jobs and make Canada a world leader in clean technology, cut tax rates by 50 per cent for companies that develop and manufacture zero-emission technology including a listing of eligible sectors.”
For those wishing to understand and benchmark the government’s progress in meeting its accountabilities, the ministerial mandate letters remain an excellent place to start.


text: This picture was taken last year, around a time where I was really unsure about myself and the path I was taking. Anxiety and paranoia would keep me up at night. It would interfere with the relationship with myself and others. Much later on, I realized that if life wasn’t going to give me the answers, I would have to search for them myself. So, I decided to learn about me— my bad habits, my fears, the things I love and value most, the reason why I do what I do. It was, and continues to be, a really uncomfortable, funny and beautiful process. At the end of the day, my anxiety made me question everything. Those questions you ask yourself in bed before you go to sleep. “Am I doing enough?” “Did I have a successful day?” “What about the future?” “What about my existence and purpose?” The answers to those questions changed all the time. Some days, I would feel like shit because I didn’t go out of my way to make a huge difference in the world. I would shame myself for the smallest, irrational things. I felt like if I wasn’t moving efficiently enough, that I was wasting time, and if I didn’t utilize my time by being the best at every single thing, that I was a failure. But how things turn out in every situation isn’t always gonna be within my control. I can improve my behavior and my mindset, but I can’t change others, or the way the world works. All I can do is try my best. To me, as of this moment, success is finding a way to grow, connect with other people and contribute something to society. Success is also in the little things— having good conversations with people that remind me of my future. Making sure that I walk down a hallway with confidence, and grace. Reminding myself when I’m feeling anxious and desperate to look at my emotions from a practical perspective and get to the bottom of the issue. I used to feel insecure when people would ask me what I’ve been up to. I felt like I wasn’t physically doing much compared to them because a lot of the issues I dealt with were mostly internal. But it doesn’t matter if my idea of success sounds big to them, because it’s fucking big to me. That’s success in a day for me.

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This dual text book in German and English looks at photography of the human face starting out with a history of photographic techniques that includes the out of focus pictures by Julia Margaret Cameron through the avant-garde techniques from the likes of Man Ray, to the computerised generation images of today. Its a fascinating insight with lots of great examples of how we can distort the face using morphing, focusing and exposure. Not great for technique, but fine for inspiration and intrigue.
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Rockefeller Center pedestrian zone goes into effect Friday
MANHATTAN — The holiday season is underway, and that means more shoppers and tourists will be flocking to some of the most popular sightseeing locations in New York City, including Rockefeller Center.
Because of that, the city’s Department of Transportation is closing the popular area to vehicles — effective Friday.
About 800,000 people filter through the Rockefeller Center area everyday during the season. To ensure crowd control and pedestrian safety, Mayor Bill de Blasio enacted unprecedented street closures.
Starting Black Friday, 49th and 50th streets between Fifth and Sixth avenues will be closed to vehicular traffic.
Both 49th and 50th streets will be shut down from Monday through Thursday 2 p.m to midnight, Fridays from 1 p.m. to midnight and weekends from 10 a.m. to midnight.
Tourists tell PIX11 they appreciate the move, but local authorities, including the Uniformed Firefighter Association and the MTA, have blasted the move.
The UFA called the move “misguided and makes this city less safe,” while MTA President Andy Byford called the plan “disappointing” since it “gives no priority to MTA buses and ignores the needs of bus customers.”
The plan goes into effect at 1 p.m., and the traffic changes run through at least Jan. 1.


This is my favourite category. Pay to give
yourself an electric shock or see yourself on television. See how many
scrap cars you can load into the car crusher, shoot a striptease artist
to make her clothes fall off. The scope is endless. There is a good
index of machines at www.arcade-museum.com,
but these are some of my favourites.
Coin operated x-ray machine c1900
. The glass case contains the x-ray tube and high voltage coil. stick
you hand in the slot about and view your hand bones through the double
eyepiece on top
Barrel of Fun, USA 1940s
Inserting coin switches on the light so you can see what's inside - in
this case some plastic monkeys.
Le Cochon Electriser
Le feu c1910
Two machines which gave electric shocks. Electric shocks were a popular
medical treatment for almost any disease at the time. With the pig, the
shock gradually increased as you turned the handle. If you can take the
maximum - the pigs eyes light up.
The boxers c1930
Pull the triggers on the side 'pistol grips' and the boxers spar - I'm
not sure how you win.
There was a brief vogue for plain metal art deco machines - all now
highly desirable by collectors.
Football UK 1920s
The diecast metal players have real knitted woolen vests
One of the first uses of electricity was for 'magic eye' gun machines.
Instead of shooting pellets, the gun was just a narrow beam torch - with
an light sensor in the target.
Haunted House UK 1930s
Machines like these were still common in the fifties when I was a child.
I built one myself - not coin operated though (everything was controlled
by strings and levers from behind). I've been told that the models were
made by two women in Yorkshire who continued to make them during WW2,
converting crane grab machines to models, as the prizes for the cranes
Smash Hitler early UK 1940s
Quite few shooting games were converted to be patriotic during the war.
Turnpike Tournament USA 1950s
The screen shows 8mm film of a real road. I think the idea is to keep
the model cars, sticking vertically up in front of the screens, from
going off the edge of the film roadway.
See Yourself on Television, USA late 1940s
Sputnik, Germany 1960
I've no idea what this did, but it looks wonderful
Bimbo Box USA c1970
The monkeys play their instruments to music - but what a great name.
Open the safe, USA 1970s
An electric meter above the safe door provided 'clues' to the tumbler
positions, while the LED display counted down the time you had left to
get the door open.
Junkyard, USA 1970s
Pick up diecast metal cars with the crane grab, move them over the
hoppers (marked one and two) and drop them in.
Pussy Shooter, UK c1970
I should add a whole section about shooting games. I love them because
they are so politically incorrect.
Defatigueur was basically a Vibrating Armchair
A newspaper of the day described it as follows:
certain points in the Exhibition, the visitor can't help stopping and
laughing in front of some strange machines, composed of blue armchairs
placed in front of luminous screens bearing the word “fatigue”.
like to talk about the “Universal Defatigateur”. A tired man sits
down in the blue armchair, stays there for a few moments, then leaves
– the machine confirms this – completely refreshed! It seems to him
that he feels lighter; what is absolutely certain, at least at the
moment of departure, is that he's lighter by a coin.
of these machines, the other day we heard a demonstrator who, to attract
clients called out:
on, don't be shy, these machines are marvellous! Moreover, they are
short-wave; that really can't do you any harm, you are taking no
interjected, “Oh yes you are! You are risking 40 sous!”


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Education in Ukraine is marked by integrity violations from early childhood education and care through postgraduate study. In the past decade policy makers and civic organisations have made progress in addressing these challenges. However, much remains to be done.
Corruption in higher education affects the developed and the developing world equally, even if the motivation and the actors are different.The author focusses her attention exclusively on academic misconduct, given its ubiquity in higher education institutions.She provides a context by outlining
The case study introduces a brief analysis and reflections on anti-corruption educational activities carried out in Lithuania by the Modern Didactics Center, an educational NGO, in cooperation with national and international partners during the period of 2002-2008.
International research project “Impact of Policies for Plagiarism in Higher Education Across Europe” (IPPHEAE, EU funded, 2010-2013, Project Lead Partner: Coventry University, United Kingdom) carried out a survey in all EU countries.
Increasing costs of running educational institutions and funding educational programs, coupled with decreasing government subsidies to support such costs, have made privatisation and marketisation of higher education a common phenomenon throughout the world.

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Stormwater is rain and snow melt that runs off surfaces such as rooftops, paved streets, highways, and parking lots. As water runs off these surfaces, it can pick up pollutants that contaminate local water bodies.
We use stormwater permits to limit the amount of pollution that drains into lakes, rivers, and marine waters. The permits are guided by both the federal water pollution permit program and state laws.
Stormwater "general" permits apply to certain types of facilities that are similar in their processes and type of wastewater produced. See our additional general water quality permits that regulate specific categories of discharge, such as boatyards or wineries, which release treated storm/wastewater to either surface or groundwater.
We issue individual water quality permits for one specific entity where discharge characteristics are variable and do not fit a general permit category.


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Fine Art America is the world's most powerful sales and marketing tool for photographers and visual artists.
Simply open an account, upload your images, set your prices for all our available products, and you're instantly in business! FAA provides you with an e-commerce website, fulfills your orders for you, and sends you your profits each month.
Daliya (Dahlia), as her name suggest, is the flower born in an enchanted town sorrounted by mountains, and full of blooming apple trees. From the first time when she took the camera, it was clear, they belong together. Now, the flower of the City of Apples giving the world a chance to see the wonderful scenes of an enchanted place through her eyes.
~written by Anneliese N.

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WATCH: West end city councillor relieved of duties at STM
Long time Cote des Neiges-Notre Dame de Grace city councillor Marvin Rotrand says he's been fired from his position at the STM.
Rotrand has been removed as vice chair of the transit corporation, he was appointed to the post in 2002.
He says he found out by accident, in an exchange of texts with his director general, and blames Mayor Denis Coderre for the decision.
"He's (Coderre) had to cobble together a voting majority by getting others on board but as he recruits people and gets stronger, he's getting less and less tolerant of any other points of view," he says.
Rotrand was elected as a member of the Coalition Montreal party and is now interim leader of the party but because he is the only party member on city council, he is treated an an independent councillor.
Rotrand has been a city councillor for 34 years.


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Introducing the SF 150 "SOLO". Our new technology and new patents have brought about many significant design changes in our product that have allowed us to introduce a new upscale version. We've gone wireless so you can use your favorite off-the-shelf handle and tow rope. A "clamshell" with the controls clamps on to the center of your favorite handle and communicates to a small device the size of a matchbook that's embedded in our custom life vest/personal flotation device. The device commumicates to the boat wirelessly.
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Street View is a fashion series in which Isa Giallorenzo spotlights some of the coolest styles seen in Chicago.
I spotted Carly on a late Sunday afternoon walking back to her home in Lincoln Park. She was coming from her DJ boyfriend’s place after a long Saturday that ended with a warehouse party. Now that’s a perfect outfit for a cool night out: glamorous and sporty, stylish and comfortable. Carly’s mix of a faux-fur jacket, a T-shirt, and a leather cap make her look like a rock star muse, just like Kate Moss, who’s printed on her tee.
See more Chicago street style in the Chicago Looks blog.


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ARA Stocks Build up to July 2021 Levels (Week 3 – 2023)
Independently-held oil product stocks at the Amsterdam-Rotterdam-Antwerp (ARA) trading hub rose in the week to 18 January, according to consultancy Insights Global, their highest since July 2021, with the increase driven by a build in gasoil stocks.
Gasoil stocks increased on the week, their highest since October 2021. The European market is poised to experience further supply issues as the Russian oil ban is approaching, due to take effect on 5 February.
Expected French strikes could take roughly gasoil off the market, according to Argus calculations.
Gasoil stocks have grown for seven consecutive weeks despite steep backwardation in the market. According to consultancy Insights Global, less product was going up the river Rhine as inland depots are full.
Gasoline inventories remained virtually unchanged on the week. Stocks of the lighter road fuel probably accumulated on weakened export demand, with smaller US-bound volumes departing ARA
European blending increased, which is lending support to gasoline margins. Components have been trading at higher levels in the ARA trading hub, according to market participants.
At the lighter end of the barrel, naphtha stocks declined.
Cargoes arrived from Algeria, France, Spain and Russia. Inventories retreated on higher demand from the petrochemical sector up the river Rhine, and gasoline blending further pressured supplies, according to Insights Global.
Fuel oil stocks have also decreased, on the week. Demand is probably being fuelled by workable arbitrage economics. Fuel oil buyers were mainly from Denmark and Finland. Cargoes carrying fuel oil arrived at ARA from Germany, Poland and the UK.

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Bike “Sharrows” coming to Richmond
Bike “sharrows” coming to Richmond after the city receives $119 million in transportation funding.
Between 2012-2017, Richmond will have more than $119 million to play with. The recently adopted Six-Year Improvement Program budget from the Commonwealth Transportation Board (CTB) will fund several transportation improvement projects.
Among them will be Bike sharrows, typically a bicycle with arrows atop it spray painted in the center of a travel lane, done as a visual indication to both motorists and cyclists that bicycle travel takes place at that particular location. Designated to installed in fiscal year 2012, the sharrows will run as follows:
- West on Westhampton Way at the University of Richmond to the east at Williamsburg Road.
- Hermitage Road to South Corporate Limit (SCL) Richmond on Cherokee Road
- Hermitage Road to SCL on Iron Bridge Road)
Although unrelated, the announcement of the bike sharrows comes on the heels of Mia Birk’s talk at the Science Museum of Virginia on how to successfully implement bike-friendly initiatives in cities. Birk oversaw the 20 year process in Portland, Oregon that ultimately made the city the most bike-friendly in the U.S.
Other funding in the Six-Year improvement program includes completing Phase 3 of Main Street Station, providing a cobblestone roadbed on the east end of the African Burial Ground, traffic system upgrades in South Richmond, among other projects.
- Originally we reported that sharrows were painted “within roadside bike lanes” which is misleading. Sharrows are typically painted in the center of a lane without an accompanying bike lane.
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Partnership model promises tailored Public Services
Partnership model promises Public Services tailored to individual needs
London, United Kingdom – 2006-06-22 the Government set out its vision for a partnership approach between public, private and third sectors to deliver the services that people want in the way that suits them best.
Speaking at Future Services Network’s Three Sectors summit, the Prime Minister described an enhanced role for the third sector in working with the Government to deliver public services that are more focused around the needs of individuals and communities.
Marking an important step forward in the Government’s public service reform agenda, today’s event saw a range of announcements from different departments designed to ensure the work of the third sector is expanded on and properly supported.
The Prime Minister announced a comprehensive review of community equipment, including wheelchairs, handrails and walking aids, will be led by the Department of Health. The aim is to achieve an unprecedented improvement in the way in which this vital equipment and support are delivered to people coping with difficult circumstances.
The review will draw on this experience and identify a new delivery model that ensures that users are always guaranteed a service tailored to their needs, through effective local partnerships between public, private and third organisations. The review will allow the third sector to play a bigger role in a market worth around £220m, both in delivering services and informing their design.
Speaking alongside the Prime Minister, the new Minister for the Third Sector Ed Miliband set out what the Government is doing to ensure third sector organisations who want to take on public service contracts are confident and able to do so.
Ed Miliband spoke about how the public sector can best learn from third sector organisations and their capacity to innovate and tailor services to specific community-level needs, including engaging hard-to-get-to groups.
Ed Miliband said: ‘The relationship between government and the third sector is evolving as public service delivery changes to better meet the complex needs and rising expectations of individual users.
‘The third sector is uniquely positioned to make sure that local users experience public services that are specifically tailored to meet their needs. The role of the Government will be to enable voluntary organisations to deliver services in partnership with the public and private sectors, bringing with them a more intimate knowledge of user needs, the ability to engage hard-to-reach groups in society, and the capacity to innovate in response to unique local combinations of delivery challenges.’
The following announcements were made today by the Government:
Minister for the Third Sector Ed Miliband announced that:
- The Office of the Third Sector will work to ensure that longer-term funding arrangements become the norm rather than the exception.
- He is working with Ministerial colleagues on how to ensure that highly specialised services often provided by the third sector are being commissioned at the right level, and that commissioning approaches being developed by departments allow the third sector the chance fully to become involved in partnership working.
- A new Public Service Innovation Team will be established in the Office of the Third Sector, which will work with the IDeA to be an intelligence bank for best practice in the third sector and act as a bridge for sharing and fostering innovation in the public sector.
- Building on the Chancellor’s Budget announcement that the next £14m Invest to Save programme will be focused on the third sector, the Office of the Third Sector and the Treasury will work together to develop this round with a particular focus on disseminating third sector innovation and developing stronger partnership working. We will ensure that our investment programmes, such and the next tranche of the Futurebuilders programme and the new ISB round are developed as a consistent package of support.
- All this work will be brought together in the Autumn, through the publication of the Third Sector Public Service Delivery Action Plan.
Department of Health (DH)
Care Services Minister Ivan Lewis announced that:
- DH has established a Social Enterprise Unit to encourage innovation and entrepreneurialism in health and social care, paving the way for new services which better meet patients and service users’ needs.
- DH will publish a report from its ground-breaking Third Sector Commissioning Taskforce.
- DH will continue work over the coming months on some other areas for greater third sector involvement, including the Expert Patients Panel and the Expert Carers Program.
Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG)
Local Government Minister Phil Woolas announced:
- A senior Central-Local Government-Third Sector Engagement Board will provide national leadership across the public and third sectors.
- DCLG will work to build Compact financial principles into Local Government financial codes of practice and the CPA.
- A reaffirmation of government’s belief that councils should pass on the security of three-year settlements to their funding of the third sector partners.
- The development of regional and local networks between the two sectors is being encouraged. For example, the North East Regional Centre of Excellence will also be appointed as lead centre on Third Sector issues working with the IDeA and 4Ps to develop a national programme of capacity building work to improve commissioning and procurement practices.
- A commitment to explore new and growth areas for the sector, including the publication of a discussion paper on waste management, local & community transport and neighbourhood & street scene services, and further work in areas of community leisure and public libraries. DCLG will host a summit meeting in the autumn to facilitate progress in these areas.
Department for Education and Skills (DfES)
Children’s Minister Parmjit Dhanda announced:
- A £3m programme to increase the involvement of local groups in children’s trusts development and decision-making, and to improve local groups’ competitiveness when bidding for children’s services contracts. This programme will be led by the third sector through a consortium of voluntary organisations and social enterprises, chaired by Paul Ennals of National Children’s Bureau.
- 2006-07-17 DfES will hold its first Third Sector Forum for children and young people’s services, and aims to steer the work of DfES’s Third Sector Capacity Building Programme. The event will be chaired by Parmjit Dhanda and Clare Tickell, Chief Executive of National Children’s Home and attended by senior representatives from the third sector, local and central government.
Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions John Hutton announced that:
- DWP are working toward welfare reform that goes way beyond just changing benefit structures but is about modernising welfare delivery, and that reform needs to explode the myth that the third sector is a cut-price alternative to Government that doesn’t have the capacity to deliver first rate services.
- Government needs to provide a level playing field in which public, private and voluntary sector providers can compete to give the best service to customers, stressing that the 21st century view should be of all providers working in partnership to produce the best service for customers.

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We’ve been doing research with healthcare professionals for over 10 years and wanted to share with you some interesting facts that we have discovered over this time. The statistics included in this blog are from our research with GPs, GPs with commissioning roles, community nurses and nurses based in a GP practice, as well as from our research with the general public.
1) Three quarters of primary healthcare professionals see the charity sector as a force for good in the NHS
Healthcare professionals are positive about the contributions that charities make through providing additional support and filling in the gaps.
"it can 'bridge the gap' where the NHS can't fill with financial constraints."
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Healthcare professionals also mentioned the tough time pressures that they are under and how charities can help ameliorate this. One GP mentioned how in their ten-minute appointment they might not have enough time to cover all aspects of a new diagnosis, so they find patient information leaflets an excellent resource.
For those curious about the a quarter of healthcare professionals who didn’t agree that charities are a force for good in the NHS, it is not that they saw charities as a negative influence but rather that they were unsure about the impact charities make. For example, a community nurse noted that charities can be “limited to areas”, and a GP with a commissioning role was concerned that some areas might be promoted disproportionately.
2) Healthcare professionals think charities are well placed to provide emotional support to patients
In 2014 we asked healthcare professionals who they thought should be providing emotional support. 77% said the voluntary sector, compared to 60% saying the public sector and only ¼ the private sector. This is in tune with wider attitudes, as the general public see emotional support, such as helplines and support groups, as something that national charities, local charities, and local authorities should be responsible for providing.
This reflects comments from healthcare professionals in our survey, who said that research and support from charities was vital to their work because of the additional services that would not have been available otherwise, and the independence that charities can give patients.
"Provides services that might not be available otherwise."
3) Nearly half of the GPs and nurses we surveyed said they don't feel equipped to provide patients with the information they need on mental health
Approximately 1 in 4 people will experience a mental health problem each year, so it’s crucial that healthcare professionals feel prepared to provide information and advice to patients.
However, mental health was one of the conditions that they felt least equipped to deal with. Healthcare professionals said they want more information about local support groups and the emotional support available for patients with mental health problems.
In previous research, we found that mental health care was considered by primary health care professionals to be the most insufficiently funded area out of a list of 15 different services, with only 14% of respondents satisfied with levels of funding in this area. This further underlines the importance of the services offered by charities.
4) Healthcare professionals appreciate the range of ways in which information can be accessed
When we asked GPs and nurses for the reasons why charities have impressed them, a common theme which they valued was the support that charities provided to their patients, as well as the information and advice that they offer. There were lots of different forms of communications mentioned such as websites, leaflets, networks and guidelines. Age UK and Diabetes UK were specifically mentioned by GPs for the information and advice on their website, and one GP was particularly impressed by British Heart Foundation’s “free in-depth information leaflets for patients”.
5) 'High quality services' and 'delivers good outcomes for patients' are the top priorities for commissioners
GPs with CCG/CSU roles are a key audience for charities who are looking to get services commissioned. We have asked about their top priorities when it comes to deciding which organisations to commission. In 2018, as in 2017, the high quality of the service was one of the top priorities for commissioners. Delivering good outcomes for patients was also considered a high priority, followed by responsive and timely delivery. An important concern for charities working in this area is how GPs with commissioning roles perceive your organisation against these top priorities.
Charities should also give thought to the areas healthcare professionals want to hear more from them about, whether healthcare professionals feel comfortable providing information on your key conditions and what services they associate your organisation as working on.
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As part of Sister Nivedita’s 150th Birthday celebrations, the Ramakrishna Mission, New Delhi, organized a cultural programme – a dance drama, -Swacchha Ganga – A river with a Soul” in the Vivekananda Auditorium on 30th July 2017. This is a mythological ballet choreographed by Smt. Rajeswari Sainath, who also took an active role in this dance drama. Along with her 14 more artists including her daughter, Ms. Vaishnavi (who portrayed the role of Ganga) participated in this programme.
Smt. Rajeswari Sainath is a leading exponent of Bharatanatyam as a dancer, teacher, choreographer, and scholar. She has also expanded her horizons to include fusion works by collaborating with artists from the West. She has choreographed thematic ballet presentations on our vast cultural traditions by her troupe which has received wide acclaim.
For this programme Respected Sushri Uma Bharati, Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, was invited as the Chief Guest, for which she kindly agreed.
Accordingly, the Hon. Minister arrived at the Ashram on time and the programme started with a welcome address by Revered Secretary Maharaj. Then the dance ballet began with a salutation to the River Ganga and traced its descent from heaven to earth, mingling with other rivers like the Yamuna and Saraswati form the confluence of the river trinity – the Triveni Sangam – during its long journey. Interspersed with mythological stories, the ballet ended with Ganga Arati by all the dancers.
At the end, Rev. Secretary Maharaj expressed a few words of appreciation for the excellent enactment of this dance drama by Smt. Rajeswari Sainath and her troupe. Then the Hon. Minister Sushri Uma Bharati addressed the gathering and appealed to them to lend all the support for working for a pollution less Ganga and maintain the purity of Ganga, which will be of immense benefit to our countrymen.


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Bring joy to the faces of children living in developing countries this Eid.
As the blessed month of Ramadan draws to an end, we start to prepare for our Eid celebrations by decorating our homes, wearing new clothes, buying the best food available and giving gifts to children in our families.
Sadly, though, there are millions of innocent children who won’t experience the same joy and excitement that we have been blessed with.
As they deal with the incredible hardship of living in war, displacement or poverty, you can create a moment of joy this year by adding a £5/$7 USD gift to your Ramadan Relief donation to provide Eid gifts to children, such as new clothes, shoes, toys and stationery.
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Using the internet cash advance business generally speaking pricing enhanced part of notice than in shop lenders, since the shown of the an excellent 2014 file from Pew Charitable Trusts.
Pew found that 30% regarding online payday loan applicants found having been confronted with an excellent loan provider otherwise an obligations enthusiast. Furthermore they decided that businesses are generally speaking spending $5 to $13 for every simply click on the web finance advertisements. That’s a hefty rate, as the a click payday loans places from inside the Gastonia never sooner effects for the credit.
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The web based ban talks about all of the You.S. signature loans with annual amount rate out-of 36percent or maybe more, a category that has one another payday cash and you can large-cost installment money. Personal loans which need installment totally inside the 60 days or decreased are affected by the new club.
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Nutrient agar is a basic dense nutrient medium, comprehensively ensures the growth of most bacteria. It is used to diagnose samples the presence of bacteria, for identification of individual strains and for various laboratory tests. Consisting of no inhibitors, peptone and extract provide the microorganisms with nutrients to build biomass, separation of pigments and other typical products.
Purpose: Cultivation of microorganisms
Brief description and explanation: Nutrient agar is the main nutrient medium used to support the growth of microorganisms, the cultivation of demanding organisms in the case of enrichment of the medium with serum or blood, and nutrient agar used to check the purity of the culture before conducting biochemical or serological testing of the culture. This relatively simple formula of agar has been preserved and is still widely used in the microbiological examination of various materials and is also recommended by standard techniques. This is one of several nonselective media used in routine cultivation of microorganisms. Nutrient agar can be used to grow and count bacteria that are not particularly sophisticated. Adding various biological fluids to nutrient agar, such as horse or sheep's blood, serum, egg yolk, etc. makes it suitable for the cultivation of exciting microorganisms. As needed, nutrient agar can be enriched. The nutrient agar modified by the addition of 4-methylmelblylperyl-β-D-glucuronide (MUG) is used for the fluorogenic detection of Escherichia coli. Nutrient agar meets the requirements of APHA and the Association of Official Chemists - Analysts to standard techniques. Nutrient agar is a part of many standard methods for testing food, dairy products, water and other materials.
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BY: Elinam Acorlor | Voltaonlinegh.com |
The Volta Regional Division Two Middle League has recorded five goals in Match Day One, as group A matches were honoured on Monday 6th September at Ho sports stadium.
The road to National Division One league kick-started with Akatsi All Stars beating Yadzo Oti Warriors FC, who were making their debut in the middle league by a goal to nil, in their group A opener.
New boys, Volta Rangers marked their maiden appearance in the middle league with a 4-0 victory over former division one side Roberto FC.
Volta Rangers were at their best as they demolished a 10-man Roberto FC in the second Group A match.
Number 5 shirted player of Rangers chanced upon a loose ball at the goal area of Roberto FC to put the new boys ahead in the 21st minute, Rangers made it two in the 28th minute through number 11 shirted player.
However, Roberto FC had a chance to score a consolation goal in the 30th minute but miss from the spot. The first half ended with 3-goals advantage to Rangers as they score in the 42nd minute.
After recess, Rangers continued from where they left in the first half, piling more pressure on Roberto FC. Four minutes from time, Volta Rangers found the back of the net again and registered their fourth goal on the day.
Deep into time added on, number 20 shirted player of Roberto FC was sent off as he saw a second yellow card.
Results from Match Day-One
Yadzo Oti Warriors 0-1 Akatsi All Stars
Volta Rangers 4-0 Roberto FC
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French commuters are squeezing into scarce trains and tourists are rearranging their plans, as the second day of a three-month strike hits one of the world's most-travelled rail networks.
Rail unions and President Emmanuel Macron's government are holding firm so far in a battle over a plan to abolish a benefits system that allows train drivers and others jobs for life.
The SNCF rail authority said some 86% of trains were cancelled nationwide today.
The strike is also hitting international traffic. SNCF said no trains are operating between France and Italy, Spain and Switzerland.
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Heeding the Wake Up Call – A Letter From Our Founder
Dear Teleos Community,
As I type, protests and riots, are underway in 75 cities in the United States and more in the world, including my beloved Philadelphia. The combination of such raw recent examples of the horrible murders of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd at the hands of the police, the stark intimidation of Chris Cooper by Amy Cooper, the disproportionate death toll of black and brown citizens due to Covid-19, and the harsh economic reality of more than 40 million newly unemployed people has broken open the system. Before seismic change there is pain and destruction. We will not go back to the old ways.
More than 100,000 people have died in our country in less than four months, more than 1,000,000 people in the world are confirmed to have COVID-19. Each person is important to their people, each person matters to me. The trauma is incalculable. Some of us have gone numb, some think it “doesn’t affect” them, that it is something happening over there or to other people, not their kind of people.
We are interconnected. We are offered the opportunity to learn, again, how interconnected and interdependent we are. My health is impacted by yours. My breath, your breath. My humanity is tied up in the humanity of others. I am enriched by your existence, and impacted by your suffering and your joy.
More than 100,000 small business have expired due to COVID, and now more due to the riots. All the dreams, blood, sweat and tears that went into starting and maintaining those precious entities. They matter to their people and their community. They matter to me.
Our Federal government is mired in conflict, and our state and local government leaders are scrambling to respond to the ever-unfolding crises – health, justice, education, economic. They are learning and leading every day.
My Friends, we are called.
We are called as citizens and community leaders to take action. We must speak up for essential human values of love, care, respect and community. We share these values. I know because I have witnessed the way you strive to be your best self, to be leaders in the essential, time honored practice of creating safe spaces where people grow, heal and evolve. We must coach and raise awareness, and advocate for new ways of being, working, educating, and living with one another. As leaders, and as coaches, you stand behind your teams and colleagues. Now is the time to be a little (or a lot) bolder, clearer. If ever there was a time when emotional intelligence is needed, it is now. It is time to look clearly and critically at the systems that we work and live in from the perspective of non-majority people. Thank goodness you are on the journey of growth so you can be a role model for others. People are afraid, they are weary, some are angry, many are grieving; everyone is affected.
In challenging times we must look to our values — I am clear — we stand for Equity, Fairness, Black Lives. I want to yell, I am WAY beyond Black lives mattering, Black lives are precious, have significance and are part of the fabric of our society. We must continually act to ensure Black and Brown people’s safety and access. Poor people everywhere are suffering, they are hungry and worried for their children and families. We must work to make America, and the world, a society that offers equal opportunity and looks out for the vulnerable amongst us with love and compassion.
My heart has broken so many times these past months. I have been all over the place emotionally, and walked a hundred miles around the block –literally and figuratively. Each day, week and month presents new and different losses and challenges. I don’t know how yet, but I am sure I, and we, will be different as we reemerge and reconfigure our behaviors, relationships, work and focus. This period of quarantine, social distancing and social explosion has presented us with a serious set of wake up calls. Apparently, we need a really loud one, or many of them. These calls help us tune into our selves. What needs to change? What have you realized about your self and your systems? Where are you called to serve?
This is the time to speak and lead from your values. Still your mind and listen to your heart. Your heart knows what is needed now. Trust yourself. Take actions that make sense to you, listen, act, grow. I trust you. I have your back, I love you.
If you feel like joining me for a reflective conversation about what we are seeing and feeling, and where we feel called to act, we will hold our next Teleos Community Forum this Friday, June 5th at 10am EST. To join the conversation, email email@example.com for a link to participate.
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NHLBI BioLINCC is a data and biospecimens repository that contains health information collected by NHLBI’s epidemiological cohorts and clinical trials. Users can browse available data using the BioLINCC studies page. This resource also contains a limited selection of open access health datasets.
The BioLINCC coordinating center grants access to data found in the repository. To request access, Participants should submit a data request form, which can be initiated from any open BioLINCC study listed on the studies page. The data request process is further detailed in section 3.0 of the BioLINCC handbook.
dbGaP is a phenotype and genotype data repository hosted by NCBI which contains datasets funded by NHLBI and other NIH institutes. The database contains genomic and other “omics” data and related phenotypic data for many NHLBI cohorts and studies, including data generated by the Trans-Omics for Precision Medicine (TOPMed) program. Users can browse available data using the dbGaP search tool.
Access to dbGaP data is overseen by a data access committee (DAC) located at the funding institute for each specific study. Participants should access data downloads by initiating a Data Access Request (DAR), using their eRA commons account. The dbGaP data request process is outlined in this video.
NHLBI encourages exploration of the NHLBI Big Data Analysis Heart Failure Challenge Data Collection. The collection is a helpful list of NHLBI-funded dbGaP datasets with data use limitations fitting the scope of the Challenge. Participants may determine that other NHLBI-funded datasets not listed in the collection are useful in developing their Solutions. The datasets in the collection do not require institutional review board approval for their use, which may ease access for some Participants.
Streamlined dbGaP Data Access Request (DAR) Approval for Challenge Participants
Participants in this Challenge can take advantage of streamlined dbGaP DAR approval processing for NHLBI-funded dbGaP datasets by closely following these streamlined data access request instructions. Participants may request other non-NHLBI-funded dbGaP datasets as part of the same streamlined DAR.
For questions related to dbGaP data access, contact firstname.lastname@example.org.


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“At the forefront is his father, the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, whom Patrick now believes suffered not only from a serious “drinking problem” but also from untreated post-traumatic stress disorder following the assassinations of brother and President John F. Kennedy in 1963 and brother Robert F. Kennedy in 1968.
Patrick goes on to paint a raw and unsettling portrait of his father, a man he says suffered “in silent desperation for much of his life, self-medicating and unwittingly passing his unprocessed trauma onto my sister, brother and me.”
I know something about a common struggle of “untreated post-traumatic stress!” Patrick Kennedy does too… Children growing up in a family affected by severe traumatic experiences, often take on the same mental health symptoms and behaviors as parents who struggle. Untreated PTSD is mostly hidden behind closed doors with family members getting the direct hit of the symptoms of self medication, anger, depression, panic attacks, including emotional and physical abuse. The toxic behaviors are mostly invisible outside of the home where parents who suffer can keep a safe distance from the pain of the past while becoming workaholics who self medicate with a good whiskey to keep calm. The false cover of calmness by day turns into a nightmare for family members during evening hours and on weekends as the trauma sufferer releases all the pent up anger connected with bottled up pain from the past and the sickness from a never ending hang over…
When I wrote my book many years after Dad passed away in 1998, my family members helped me with stories that were difficult to remember and to share with the world. But it was a most cathartic and healing experience that gave me and others who read my story a path to recovery, including peace of mind. When my book was published; however, family members became agitated and anxious, distancing themselves from me and our painful family story. There has never been any denial of the events described in my book since my siblings and mother helped me reconcile the stories and experiences showing a violent and toxic family life that drove us all away. We carried the emotional baggage with us and were consistently challenged in confronting something we did not understand until later in life. We acted out in our own ways to each other and our own family members with behaviors that added up to all the symptoms of post-traumatic stress, that all of us know much more about in the 21st century. Even though we know so much more, there is still denial and stigma keeping sufferers from seeking treatment and find the lasting peace of mind we all deserve.
I attempt to write in my latest book, My Journey of Healing in Life after Trauma, Part 2, about how critical it is to seek treatment, if for no other reason than to save your children from suffering the same fate, and their children as well. PTSD is an inter-generational national mental health crisis that will take decades of awareness and treatment to cure from society. We have been a nation at war since the Civil War with families becoming embroiled in the symptoms of post trauma as a fact of life. It doesn’t have to be like bad genes that carry forward forever. I am encouraged and confident that someday, following my life-time, that PTSD will be in the history books and cut off at the pass eventually. We will become strong enough as compassionate human beings to address mental health needs effectively, starting with kids at an early age, without the stigma that holds us back today. I know we can do it, and the books written and on-going awareness efforts by those who have survived and thrived like Patrick J. Kennedy will help society heal in time. We must talk and write freely about mental health to each other and in public places so that it is as comfortable as talking about a cure for a common cold.
Steve Sparks, Author, Reconciliation: A Son’s Story and My Journey of Healing in Life after Trauma, Part 1&2… Click the highlighted text for my author page…

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Zoom is known to be credited with keeping students and teachers connected, the justice system running, and gym classes running. may also be included a metallic album on that list.
The band met weekly on their computers to stay connected during the pandemic, and those meetings became a songwriting factory. The first step was an acoustic version of his song Blackened.
“He showed us that, yes, we could at least make some at a distance even though we were still separated,” the guitarist said kirk hammett. “He Turned into trying to string riffs together for the new album via Zoom.”
the new album
About six of those song sketches ended up 72 seasons, He twelfth album by the band, which was released on Friday April 14th. His sound is that of a band that doesn’t stop, despite being a singer and guitarist James Hetfield and the drummer Lars Ulrich They’re turning 60 this year, and Hammett has already passed that milestone. Bassist Robert Trujillo is the youngest, at just 58 years old.
“It worked out really fantastic in the end,” said Hetfield. “I know what we do. I know what we do best. I know what we did before. But there’s also an artist in me who wants to keep evolving and trying to do different things.”
“As far as the voice goes, I really wanted to explore a few different things. I’m afraid all the songs will end up sounding the same. So I like to give them a little more character with different things,” she said.
The album closes with in love, an expansive song that unfolds with rude riffs. It lasts 11.10 seconds!, making it one of Metallica’s longest songs.
“I never worry about what the end time of the song is, as long as it serves its purpose,” said the singer. “We don’t want to prove anything and we don’t want to set records like, ‘Hey, this is our longest song. Wonderful!’. You know, there’s no mission there. The song wrote itself”.
Lately, the band has had another boost in popularity from the series Stranger things. In the Season 4 finale, fan-favorite character Eddie Munson goes on a heroic rampage Puppet master of Metallica in upside downa sequence Hammett calls “the Metallica music video that never got made”.
The song also peaked at number 40 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart.
Fans can expect to hear many of the new songs on Metallica’s upcoming stadium tour of Europe and North America, but not everyone will have the same experience. Metallica plans to hit the cities with two concerts per leg and promises two completely different setlists.
In addition, Metallica exhibited their documentary film on Thursday, April 13 72 seasonsin cinemas.
“we need a challenge because we’ve been playing these songs for a long time and we need to change them to keep them interesting and fun for us,” Hammett said.
Hetfield agrees: “It’s fun for us and hopefully fun for the fans. And if they want to come to both shows, that would be great.”
Charles Hurd is an entertainment journalist for News Rebeat. He brings a fresh and engaging voice to the world of pop culture, covering the latest developments in film, television, music, and more.


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In 1986, Kate Darling is a 27-year-old photographer still mourning her mother, June, a celebrated ballerina; the two had been exceptionally close. After the subsequent death of June’s adoptive mother, Evie, Kate is shaken to learn that Evie had withheld information about June’s birth mother. An exquisite decades-old sketch of a beautiful dark-haired woman with a striking resemblance to June leads Kate to renowned artist Thomas Stafford, now an elderly widower living on Corsica.
Intervening sections reveal the tale of a long-ago love that transformed Tom’s life. He and Alice Eversley, born into different social classes, become friends as children, when their families vacation on Cornwall during the lazy summer of 1913. They meet again at an English house party in 1928. Although separated due to life circumstances, neither forgets the other.
While imperfect, this debut novel has much to recommend it. Fans of Kimberley Freeman, Lucinda Riley, and Rachel Hore will want to look for it.
The Book of Lost and Found was published by Back Bay/Hachette in August ($14.99/C$17.99, pb, 432pp). Previously, it was published by Harper UK. I reviewed it for the Historical Novels Review's November issue. Which cover do you like best? The US design, at top left, is based on an actual photograph of the Corsican coastline, which amazed me. What a view!


Work is progressing the Nissan Juke-R project that will see the big-power drivetrain from Nissan’s GT-R supercar wedged into the Juke small crossover. Two street legal prototypes are currently being built in a collaboration effort by Nissan Europe and motorsports firm RML. One of the prototypes will be in RHD with the other in LHD.
The Godzilla motor is the latest version of this 3.8-litre twin-turbo V6 monster and produces 390kW of power and 612Nm of peak torque. Nissan’s engineers mounted the GT-Rs six-speed transaxle under the boot while the front and rear ends are joined by a modified GT-R 4WD driveline and prop shaft.
Once the frog-eyed Juke has it’s new engine in place Nissan will modify the exterior with a carbon-fibre wide body kit that includes several GT-R styling touches. These include hood vents and a prominent rear wing, filling the guards will be 20-inch RAYS forged alloy rims.
In the cabin the stock Juke dash has been reworked to house the gauges, dials and 7-inch LCD display screen from the GT-R. Whoever is brave enough to drive the Juke-R will be treated to race seats with five-point harnesses, the rear seat has been thrown out in favour of a FIA spec roll cage.
If the project is a success and there is enough interest, Nissan may look at doing a very limited production run of the Juke-R but expect it to be plenty more expensive than a standard GT-R. Check out a video detailing this wild build below.


Applications of nano PPR composite pipe system
NFβPP-R (H) is formed by organic βPP-R (H) materials with inorganic nano materials in the molecular bonds for assembly bonding, this way can achieve enhanced toughness, high temperature resistance, creep resistance and lower linear expansion. This pipe is produced using compound materials from modified PP materials and tensile fiber materials. The pipe enhances its use in high temperatures, and overcomes the defects of plastic pipe in high temperature creep of short service life, low thermal deformation temperature, the size of unstable defects. NF β PP - R (H) pipe is a very ideal piping system in heating, air conditioning, heating, water supply and other fields.
The most suitable range of NF β PP-R
The main heating pipe system (≤ 95 ℃)
The high temperature heating pipe system (indoor, outdoor, horizontal pipe, vertical pipe) (≤ 95 ℃)
The central air conditioning pipe system (≤ 60 ℃)
Solar energy pipe system (≤ 95 ℃)
Central heating pipe system
Parameters of Nano PPR Composite Pipe System
1. Enhanced design strength: under the use condition of 70℃ /50, the strength can reach to 5.0Mpa, which is 50% higher than the strength of 3.2Mpa of PP-R that under the same conditions.
2. According to DVGW (German gas and drinking water association) W544 standard, in the design requirements of 70 ℃ /50 years, safety factor Sf = 1.5, you can use the pipe S4 to take the place ofof S3.2, S3.2 to take the place of of S2.2.
3. More water flow and higher pipe pressure can be achieved.
4. The hot water βPPR composite pipe system adopts the optimizing additive system to ensure the excellent oxidation resistance of the pipeline.
5. The material properties of β PP-R greatly exceed the requirements of ENISO15874, 9080 and DDIN8078 for raw materials.
6. The high temperature resistance is increased by 25 ℃, and the highest use temperature is 95 ℃(PP-R is 70℃).
7. The high temperature resistance pressure is increased by 4Kg, under temperature of 90/70 ℃ the hot water βPPR composite pipe system can withstand pressure of 10Kg (PP-R is under the condition of 80/60℃ withstand pressure of 6Kg ).
8. The service life is increased by 40 years, the average water temperature is 90 ℃, and it can be used for 50 years under the pressure of 10Kg (PP-R is 10 years under the pressure of 6Kg ).
9. The room temperature toughness is increased by 4 times, the impact strength is 25KJ/M2 (PP-R is 5 KJ/M2).
10. The performance of low temperature resistant is improved, it won't break under the condition of -15 ℃(PP-R is 0℃).
Features of Nano PPR Composite Pipe System
1. High temperature resistance: meet the high temperature heating (95/70℃) design and use requirements, to fill the domestic high temperature plastic pipe blank.
2. High pressure resistance: meet the high-rise building 10Kg design and use requirements, to fill the domestic plastic pipe high temperature resistance to the blank.
3. Long life: to meet the requirements of China's Construction Law for 50 years, fill the gaps in the domestic plastic pipe.
4. Economical: because of better pressure resistance, wider pipeline application is achieved; accordingly the pipe wall thickness can be reduced, 13% materials can be reduced.
5. Energy saving:
(1) Because the crystal structure of beta PP-R is bundle type, the structure is loose, the heat conductivity is poor, the heat insulation is good, and the heat loss of pipeline circulating system is reduced.
(2) Due to the addition of inorganic (nano) material toughening agent in NF beta PP-R material, some organic materials are saved, and part of the energy is saved.
NF β PP-R is a new type of hot and cold water pipe, it is produced by Weifang Palconn Plastic Technology Co., Ltd. with the proprietary technology in accordance with ISO international standards. The pipe in addition to its physical properties (high temperature, creep resistance, long life) and applicability are better than PP-R, PE-RT, aluminum-plastic PP-R, steady-state PP-R and other pipe types. Its design, installation, acceptance is in full compliance with the existing national plastic pipe specifications. It is PP-R upgrade products, but also the best replacement products of PE-RT, aluminum, steady-state composite pipe and other pipes. This pipe can be made into straight pipe or coil pipe; both can be used in either exposed or concealed installation; it can be used for new construction and renovation projects.


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Thanks to support from the Friends of the Ridgefield Library, we are now pleased to offer the Mango Languages online language learning system. Mango is a web-based program that can be used at the Library or accessed at home, school or anywhere Internet access is available. All you need is your Ridgefield Library card.
Mango was selected after several months of trials of different language learning systems, during which it got the highest ratings from Ridgefielders for ease of use and functionality. It offers 23 languages (with more coming soon), ranging from Arabic to Vietnamese and including the most requested languages such as French, Greek, Italian, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. It also includes numerous ESL courses. Offerings include both Basic and Complete courses in most languages.
The interactive Mango methodology teaches four key language components simultaneously – vocabulary, pronunciation, grammar and culture – and allows users to learn at their own pace, customizing the learning environment to their own preferences. It emphasizes practical skills and everyday conversation to get the user up and talking right away, along with exercises to strengthen retention and comprehension.
To give Mango a try, visit our website at www.ridgefieldlibrary.org and follow the link.


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SilSoft is a specially designed soft contact lens for adults who have had cataract surgery without an intraocular lens being implanted (aphakia). Because the material allows oxygen to pass through it, SilSoft lenses can even be worn overnight.
- For daily or overnight wear
- Allows more oxygen to pass through than any other lens for aphakia
- Leading treatment option for pediatric patients recovering from cataract surgery