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Concept #1: Conservation of Angular Momentum
Hey guys! In this video we're going to start talking about the conservation of angular momentum. Let's check it out. Remember that when we talked about linear momentum that the most important part about linear momentum was the fact that it is conserved. It's conserved in certain situations. Let me talk about that in just a bit. The same thing is gonna happen for angular momentum. Most angular momentum problems are actually going to be about the conservation of angular momentum. They're going to be about conservation. They're going to be conservation problems. What I want to do here is do sort of a compare and contrast between linear momentum and its angular equivalent angular momentum. Linear momentum little p is mass times velocity, angular momentum big L is I _ moment of inertia and angular speed. Linear momentum is conserved if there are no external forces and angular momentum is conserved if there are no external torques. This should make sense. Angular momentum is the rotational equivalent of linear momentum. Torques is the rotational equivalent of forces. Even better description is it's actually not that there are no forces, it's just that there are no external forces or that if there are external forces, they at least cancel each other out. An even better definition is if the sum of external forces, they could exist they just have to add up to zero. Same thing here. The sum of the external torques has to be 0. This is the condition for conservation of linear momentum and the conservation of angular momentum. In the vast majority of physics problems, those quantities are conserved. Certainly all the problems we're going to look into from now on for angular momentum will have conservation. One difference between these is that most problems for linear momentum involve two objects, pretty much all of them involve two objects colliding against each other. The conservation equation will look like this: p initial = p final right so itÕs saying that momentum doesn't change, this is of the system. I can expand this equation and I have two objects, so p initial becomes p initial 1 + p initial 2 = p final 1 + p final 2. It's going to be this very familiar equation, m1v1 initial + m2v2 initial = m1v1 fiinal + m2v2 final. Angular momentum is a little bit different that there's a lot of angular momentum problems that involve just a single object. Probably the most classic conservation of angular momentum question is when you have an ice skater. Let's say you have a girl ice skating and she is spinning with her arms open and she closes their arms and sheÕs going to spin faster. This is a conservation of angular momentum question. We're going to solve this later and it's just one object. It's one body that spin. The conservation equation will be similar. I'm going to have that L initial = L final because L doesn't change. That's the whole deal. L is I _, so I'm going to say that I initial _ initial is not going to change, itÕs constants. But what I want to do here is I want to expand this equation a little bit to show you something. Moment of inertia I for a point mass is something like mr^2. For a shape, it's something like let's say for a solid cylinder, it would be _ MR^2. For another object for like a solid sphere, it'd be 2/5 MR^2. The point that I want to make here is that it's something MR^2. What changes is that here you have _, you have 2/5, here thereÕs a 1 that hides in there. That's implicit we don't have to write. I'm going to say that this takes the shape, this I, takes the shape of box which is some fraction MR^2 and then I have _. I'm just expanding I _ to show this. I'm going to say that this is a constant. Meaning this number doesn't change.
Really the kind of problems you're going to have, there's two basic types of problems. In one type, the mass will change. I'm going to put a little _ here on top of M. The mass will change which will cause a change in _. On the other type of problem, the R will change and cause the change in _. If the mass of the system changes, the system will slow down. You might be able to see here if this mass grows, the system will slow down or if the radius of the system, the effective total radius of the system increases, then the velocity of rotation will go down as well. The opposite case of what I just mentioned with the girl spinning is if sheÕs spinning like this and then she opens her arms, she slows down. That's because her total r, you can see that these things are going away from the axis of rotation, so the r grows therefore the _ becomes smaller. The two types of changes we're going to have for one object is that either M or R will change and those will cause a change in _. When we have two objects, we have problems where you're essentially adding or removing mass. The classic example here is there's a disc that's spinning, you add a little block to it, what happens? The disc is now gonna spin a little bit slower and we can calculate that. When we had linear momentum, the two big groups of problems we had were push away problems where two things would like when you shoot a gun, the bullet goes this way the gun goes this way or collision problems. Push away, two things are going away from each other; collision, two things are coming into each other. We also had these types of problems where you add or removing a mass in linear motion, which if you think about it, adding a mass is a collision. One mass joins the other and removing a mass is really a push away problem is if you jump out of a skate or something. That's it for that.
I have an introductory example here talking about a bunch of different situations to see so we can discuss what happens in these situations. We want to figure out whether the angular speed w will increase or decrease. An ice skater, we just mentioned this, an ice skater spins in frictionless ice. What happens to her angular momentum if she closes her arms? If you close your arms, you spin faster. You might know this from class from just watching TV, from doing it yourself or we're gonna use the equation here. What I'm going to do is IÕm gonna say L is a constant, L which is I_ is a constant. I'm going to expand I_ into something (MR^2) _, and this is a constant. What's happening here is that by closing her arms, her R is decreasing therefore here _ is going to increase. The answer is that _ increases. B, a large horizontal disc spins around itself. What happens to discÕs angular speed if you land on it? There's a disc spinning around itself like this. You land on it right here. This is you. You got added to the disc. What happens to the discÕs speed? L = I_ is constant. I'm going to expand I_ to be something (MR^2) _. These are constants. What's happening here is thereÕs mass being added to the system, therefore the system will slow down. IÕm gonna write here that _ will decrease. C, an object is tied to a point via a string that spins horizontally around it. Here's an object and it's tied to a point here. It's connected by a string and it's going to spin horizontally around the string. An object is going like this because it's connected to a string. What we want to know is what happens if you shorten the string. Again, L = I_ is a constant. I_, IÕm going to expand to be something MR^2. It doesn't matter what that something is for these problems. We're just doing a quick analysis of what would happen. If you shorten the length of the string, you're shortening the radius of rotation of this object. Therefore the _ will increase. You can imagine that if you spin something in a really long cable, the second you pull the cable in, it's going to instead of spin like this, it's going to get faster like this. The last one, a star, like the Sun, spins around itself. I want to know what happens if it collapses and loses half of its mass and half of its radius. You may know this. Stars live for obviously billions of years. Eventually they went out of star fuel and they collapse. What that means is that they're going to significantly shrink in size, in volume and in mass. That's going to happen to our Sun like in ten billion years. You're safe, don't worry. What happens if it collapses and loses half of its mass and half of its radius? L = I_ = c. It's an object that spins but its angular momentum is conserved even though this thing is blowing up. This is going to be something MR^2 _ and that's a constant. Here we actually have precise numbers, half and half. If this goes down by a factor of two, and then this goes down by a factor of two, notice that R is squared. I'm going to actually square the factor of 2. The net result of this going down by a factor of 2 is that it actually goes down, the whole thing goes down by a factor of 4. I have this going down by a factor of 2, this going down by a factor of 4. I multiply those two and I have this thing growing by a factor of 8. 2*4 is 8. If these two variables here become 8 times smaller, this variable has to become 8 times greater. The whole thing is a constant. This star would then spin 8 times faster than it was before it collapsed. That's it for this one. Some introduction in terms of what to expect in these different kinds of problems. We're going to solve most of these later on, but that's it. Let me know if you have any questions. Let's keep going.
Example #1: Ice skater closes her arms
Hey guys! Let's check out this classic example of conservation of angular momentum. Remember, conservation of angular momentum are about objects that are spinning that will change either their m and then that will cause a change in w or they will change the radius of some sort and that will cause a change in w. Those are the two types that you have to look out for. Here we have an ice skater that has a moment of inertia of 6, so I = 6, when she spins with her arms open. Her I is 6 when she spins with arms open and 4 if she closes her arms. I close = 4. It says here if she spins with 120 RPM with her arms open, so RPM open is 120, what RPM we should have as a result of closing her arms? What will be rpm close? You can think of open as initial because that's where we start and you can think of close as final. We're going to use the conservation of angular momentum equation, which is Li = Lf. In this case we have one person, so this is going to be just Iw for one person. I initial w initial = I final w final. The IÕs are given so this is going to be initial is 6 and then I have w, and then this is 4. Notice that this is w and this is omega but I gave you one rpm and I asked you for another RPM. This whole question is in terms of rpm but the equation in terms of w like usual. All of our equations are in terms of w. You always have to convert RPM into w. But what I want to show you is that you can actually rewrite this equation here in terms of rpm. Let's do that real quick. Remember, w is 2¹f or 2¹ / T or 2¹ IÕm going to plug in f here and it's going to be RPM/60. What I want to do real quick is I want to show you that there are three variations of this question. Let's do that real quick. This is like the official legit version number one. Here's version number two. Instead of w, IÕm going to write 2¹f. Look what happens. I initial 2¹frequency initial = I final 2¹frequency final. Notice that the 2¹ cancel and you end up with I f = I f. This is another version of this equation. You can just basically replace w by frequency and they are both on the top. If you do this with period, this is what you get. This is version two. I 2¹period initial = I final 2¹ period final. These guys will cancel and you end up with I initial period initial = I final period final. You can do the same thing for rpm. This is the last one. That's the one we're going to use here. We can say I initial now instead of instead of 2¹f, we're going to use 2¹ RPM/60, over 2¹ RPM/60 = I final 2¹ RPM/60. Look what I can do here. I can cancel the 2¹ and the 60 and you're left with I initial RPM initial = I final rpm final. This is the conservation equation, but you can think of it in these three alternative versions as well. This just makes it really easy for you to solve these questions by basically briefly rewriting the equation. One point that I want to make here is that a way to know how to make these exchanges very quickly is look at w. w is on the top, it's on the numerator up here, f is in the numerator up here. They're both up top that's why they both show up top here. T is on the denominator that's why T shows up at the bottom when you replaced it. RPM is at the top that's why rpm shows up at the top here. In this question, we don't have to convert the RPMs into w and then back into rpm. We can just actually plug in the RPM. I'm going to plug in rpm initial rpm final. It would have been quick to just replace stuff but I wanted to show you that we can do this. rpm initial is open which is 120, and then this is 4 rpm final. rpm final will be 6*120 / 4. The answer here is 180 rpm, so this is the final answer. The last point I want to make is notice that our I went from 6 to 4. It changed by a factor of 1.5. It went down by a factor of 1.5. Then the RPM went from 120 to 180, it went up by a factor of 1.5 and that's because conservation of angular momentum is in linear relationship. There's no squares or whatever. If one goes down by 1.5, the other one has to go up by 1.5. That's it for this one. This question is actually really easy. I just took a little longer because I wanted to do a little bit of analysis and I wanted to introduce you to these three alternative versions of the conservation equation so you can solve some of these questions faster. That's it for this one let me know if you need any help, if you have any questions and let's keep going.
Practice: Suppose a diver spins at 8 rad/s while falling with a moment of inertia about an axis through himself of 3 kg m2 . What moment of inertia would the diver need to have to spin at 4 rad/s?
BONUS: How could he accomplish this?
Example #2: Star collapses
Hey guys. So let's check out this example here. So a very common example of conservation of angular momentum questions is that they start dying and that's because a star spins around itself and when the star dies or collapses it will change; not only its mass, it will become lighter, but also reduce in size, in radius and volume, okay? So this is a good setup for a conservation of angular momentum because angular momentum movement concerns. So let's check out. When a start exhaust all of its stellar energy it dies, that's why it's sad, poor thing, at which point a gravitational collapse happens causing its radius and mass to decrease substantially. So, just tell me what it happens, no actual information there. Our sun spins around itself at its equator at the middle point right there, every 24.5 days. The time that it takes for you to go around yourself for you complete a full revolution of any sort is period. So period of the Sun is around itself 24.5 days. If our sun were to collapse and shrink 90 percent in mass and 90 percent in radius, in other words, our new mass, the new mass of the Sun, I'm going to call this M prime, is going to be, it's shrinking 90% of mass, meaning my new mass is 10 percent of the original mass, okay? And the new radius is 10 percent of the original radius. I want to know, how long would its new period of rotation take in days? In other words, if it's taken 24 and a half days for the sun to spin around itself, how long would it take for the sun to spin around itself once these changes happen. In other words, what is my T final, right? Think of this as T sun initial, I want to know what is my T final. And what I want to do here is, instead of writing L initial equals L final, because we don't have actual numbers here, we just have percentages in terms of drop, this is really a proportional reasoning question, what I'm going to do is I'm going to write actually like this, IÕm gonna say, L initial equals a constant, I'm going to expand this, okay? I'm going to expand this. Going to be I initial Omega initial is a constant I. So the Sun can be treated as a solid sphere, even though it's actually like a huge ball of gas. So treat it as a solid sphere is kind of bad but it won't matter as IÕll show you in a second. So I have let's just do that for now. half MR squared and then Omega, I want not Omega but I want period and remember Omega is 2 PI over T. So I'm going to rewrite this as 2 PI over T and it's a constant. Because it is a proportional reasoning question, this number doesn't matter and this number doesn't matter, the only thing that matters are the variables that are changing. So, even though it was kind of crappy to model the Sun as a solid sphere, it doesn't matter because that fraction goes away anyway. So just write M R squared and you're good, it's sort of what I did earlier when I had like box MR squared, right? Omega. So something like that because the fraction doesn't matter. So here's what's happening. And this guy here is decreasing by it by 90%. So basically it's being multiplied by 0.1, right? And then, this guy here is being multiplied. Imagine that you're putting a 0.1 in front of the M and of 0.1 in front of the R. Now the R is squared. So if you square 0.1 you get 0.01. So think of it as the left side of the equation here, is being multiplied by a combination of these two numbers which is 0.001. Basically the left side of the equation becomes a thousand times smaller, therefore the right side of the equation has to become a thousand times greater, okay? So the right side of the equation has to become a thousand times greater. So this side here grows by 1,000. Now the problem here is it's a little bit complicated because T is in the bottom. So if the whole thing grows by 1,000, that means that T which is a denominator actually goes down by a factor of 1,000, okay? If your fraction goes up your denominator went down and that's how your fraction goes up, right? Imagine, for example, you have 100 divided by 10, that's 10, 100 divided by 2 that's 50, okay? Your entire thing went up because your denominator went down. So this goes down by a lot the right side, right here goes up by lots and then the denominator goes down by a lot. So basically your new period is a thousand times smaller than your old period. So I can write T final is 1 over 1,000 T initial. So it's basically 24.5 days divided by 1,000 and then what you want to do is you want to convert this into hours, okay? Or some measure of that sort. So we're going to do here that one day has 24 hours, this cancels, this cancels and you multiply some stuff and I actually have this in minutes, okay? I actually have this in minutes. So let me change that into minutes. So it's going to be 24 hours times 60 minutes and when you do this you get that the answer is about 35 minutes. I did minutes because otherwise you end up with like point 55 hours and minutes makes more sense, it's easier to make sense out of it, okay? So imagine this, the Sun takes 24 days to go around itself and after it collapses and it shrinks significantly, it's going to spin a thousand times faster. So it's going to make a full revolution around itself in just 35 minutes, okay? So that's it for this one, let me know if you have any questions and let's keep going.
Practice: Two astronauts, both 80 kg, are connected in space by a light cable. When they are 10 m apart, they spin about their center of mass with 6 rad/s. Calculate the new angular speed they'll have if they pull on the rope to reduce their distance to 5 m. You may treat them as point masses, and assume they continue to spin around their center of mass.
Example #3: Landing and moving on a disc
Hey guys. So here we have another classic problem in conservation of angular momentum which is the problem where you have some sort of disk that spins and then there's either a person or an object that disk and the personal object will either move closer to the disk or closer to the center of the disk or away from the center of the disk and in doing this you are going to change how fast the disk spins, okay? So it's conservation of angular momentum, let's check it out. So you're moving on a rotating disk so we have a disk of mass 200, mass equals 200 radius is 4 meters. Now, this is a disk this means that the moment of inertia we're going to use for the disk is the moment of inertia of a solid cylinder which is half mr squared, it spins about a perpendicular axis through its center, if you have a disk, here is a disk, perpendicular axis means that your axis of rotation imaginary line, perpendicular means it makes 90 degrees with the face of the disk. So it means that the disk spins like this about an axis and there's going to be like a person here walking around, right? So through its center at 2 radians per second. So the disk is initially rotating with an Omega initial of 2 radians per second and then you have a person, so this is Big M, we're going to say the person has mass little m equals 80 that falls into the disk with no horizontal speed. So, here is the disk and the person will just like parachuting to the disk, land on top of the disk you're probably imagining that this will cause the disk to rotate at a lower rate, lower speed because you added mass to it so it's heavy enough, that's actually what's going to happen. So I'm going to draw a top view of the disk. So let's make it a little rounder. Alright, so here's the disk, the radius of the disk r is 4 the person is going to land somewhere over here at a distance of 3. So, remember radius is big R distance from the sensor is little r, little r is 3. So the person lands there, initially there's no person and then after the person lands, we will have person which means our Omega will change, what we want to know is, what is the discs new angular speed? So Omega initial for the disk is 2, Omega final for the disk is what we're looking for so question mark, okay? So conservation of angular momentum. So I'm going to write that angular momentum initial equals angular final, I'm going to expand this as I initial, Omega initial and then this is I final, Omega final however in the beginning there is only a disk. So I'm going to say that this is I of Big M and Omega of big M but at the end, at the end there are two things, there is big m and there's also little m, so we're going to do this I f Omega f of little m, little m, okay? So, we added mass to the system. So the system now has two L's instead of just one but the whole thing still has to be equal, okay? So let's see, we're looking for omega final of the disk which is this. Now, let me point out to you that the final Omega of the disk is the same as the final Omega of the person because if you land on a disk that's spinning, right? If the disk spinning, you land on it, you're going to rotate with the disk, right? So you rotate with the disk so you have the same Omega. So these two guys here are actually the same which means you can do something like this, instead of saying Omega final Big M and Omega final little m, you can just call this Omega final and instead of having two variables you have one variable which is simpler. So you can do Omega final in both of these, you can factor it out and then have I final m plus I final little m, okay? And then you have I initial Big M and then Omega initial Big M which we have. So we're looking for this, we have this. So all we got to do is calculate all the Is, okay? So let's do that the, I'm going to do this off to the side over here and the moment of inertia of the disk in the beginning, the disk is by itself. So you have 1/2 mr squared and I have all these numbers so this is easy to calculate 1/2 m is 200 and r is 4 squared and when you do all of this, when you do all of this to get 1600 so this is going to be 1600 right here, okay? So this number is 1600, the initial speed of the disk is 2 equals Omega final and then these two numbers here. Now at the end after you land on it, well, the disk, the disk still has the same moment of inertia, right? The mass of the disk didn't change, the radius of the disk didn't change what change was the mass of the whole system so this is still 1600 but the difference is now that I have something else and that's what we have to find, we have to find the final, the final moment of inertia of this person, we're treating the person as a point mass. So we're gonna use the moment of inertia of a point mass which is mr squared where r is distance from the center, the person is 80, it is a distance not 4 but 3, 3 squared. So, if you multiply all of this you get that this is 720, this is 720 and that's the number that goes right here 720, cool? So, if you solve here you have, this is 3,200 on the left, the stuff on the right side adds up to 2320 and if you divide you get an Omega 1.38 radians per second. Now, this should make sense you started off at 2 you added mass the disk became heavier therefore the disk slows down a little bit and now it has an Omega final of 1.38, okay? So it went from 2 to 1.38, this is part a, I'm going to make some space here and then solve Part B, Part B is calculate a person's new tangential speed okay, if you are a point mass going around in a circular path not only do you have an Omega but you have an equivalent tangential speed that is tied to your Omega and that's given by r Omega. So that's all we got to do is plug this in, the person spins with the disk. So the person also has an Omega of 1.38, okay? And 1.38. Now what r do you think I use, well, r is the distance that the person has from the center, you are, the radius of the disk is 4 but you're spinning around a circular path of radius of 3. So you put a 3 here. Alright, and if you multiply this answers 4.14 very straightforward, that is your tangential velocity as a result Part C, Part C. So you landed on the disk. Now you're going to walk towards the center of the disk, okay? And, this is what we talked about in terms of moving inside of the disk. So here we're adding mass to a disk when you land and we're moving within the disk after you land. So, it says, the person starts walking towards a disk Center, calculate the disks speed once the person reaches it. So I want to draw here a quick diagram, you got the person here at r equals 3, okay? I'm going to do this and the person is initially at r equals 3 right there. So that's my r think of this as your r initial, okay? And then the person is going to walk in this direction here until gets to the center. So the person is going to have an r final of 0, okay? So do you think the disk is going to be spinning faster or slower, faster or slower, well, one of the ways you can think about this is similar to when you close your arms you're going to spin faster, the effective total radius of this system is going to be small, they're more masses closer to the axis of rotation therefore it spins faster, okay? So the disk will speed up, how do we do this, well, conservation of angular momentum, every time you have something that spins and something about that system changes like the radius or the mass then we're going to write the conservation of angular momentum equation L initial equals L final, in the beginning we have, in the beginning here we're talking about this to this. So in the beginning, we have disk, we have disk plus guy, when the guy is at r equals 3 and at the end we also have disk plus guy but here the guy is at a position of r equals 0, the guy sits on the axis of rotation, okay? So let's expand this equation here I initial, Omega initial I final, Omega final and for both of these, we have guy, and we have guy and disk. So what you can do is you can write I as I disk plus I guy is the moment of inertia of the system, you can do it together like this, Omega initial equals I disk plus I guy Omega final, so this is obviously I disk initial, I guy initial, I disk final, I guy final, the moment of inertia of the disk doesn't really change because the disk didn't change its mass or its radius, what will change is the I, put a little Delta here for change, what will change is the final moment of inertia of the guy will be different than the initial, okay? So here I have half mr squared. Remember, the moment of inertia of the guy since he truly has a point mass is M little r squared, this is little r initial, this is the number that's changing, this is a 3 in the beginning and a 0 at the end Omega initial. So the guy lands at this thing and he automatically picks up a speed of 1.38. So that is the Omega initial of the guy in the disk together 1.38 it's not 2, 2 was the speed of the disk before you landed on it, okay? And then you hear on the other side you have same thing half mr squared, that doesn't change but, this is going to be mr final squared, in this final here r final is 0, okay? And Omega final is what we're looking for, we have all the numbers so we should be able to plug everything in and solve for Omega final. So the rest here is just algebra, most important step was getting here, okay? So let's do this, half the mass of the disk is 200, actually already calculate this whole thing here before, this is just 1600, right? Yeah, this is 1600 plus this thing here which, de we have this before? and the mass of the guy is 80 distance is three squared, I think we had that before yeah, that's 720, right? So we have 1600 plus 720 and the whole thing is 1.38, we had these two guys from before, from Part A, the end of Part A, and then here we have the same 1600 but now, check it out, this whole thing will be 0 because the r is 0, he is sitting of the axis of rotation, a point mass sitting on your axis of rotation doesn't contribute towards your moment of inertia, right? It says, if it wasn't there it's basically the same thing is that this guy just got like picked off from the disk. Alright, so I'm going to put a plus 0 here just to be very clear and omega final. So Omega final will be. Now once you plug this in here this entire left side will be 3,200 divided by 1600 and I get that Omega final is 2 radians per second. Now, where have we seen 2 before, 2 was the original speed that the disk had without the guy which kind of goes with what I just mentioned that if you walk to the center you have no contribution towards the moment of inertia, it's as if the guy got picked off so you'd back to the original part of the problem which is disk without the person was spinning with 2, you add a person, you're slower, the person walks to the center which means that the person's contribution to moment of inertia disappears. So you're back to where you were before the person was on the disk, cool? So 2 is not a coincidence, it should make sense, hope the whole question makes sense, let me know you have any questions and let's keep going.
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With more than 7,000 islands the Philippines has a coastline longer than the United States. We are surrounded by water, in fact more than 2 million square kilometers. A majority the Philippine population eat fish, with 80% of animal protein intake coming from the ocean. One would think that as a maritime nation we would have more sense to take care of the water around us. So why are our oceans in such a sorry state?
Less than 5% of our reefs are in pristine condition, many of our fisheries stocks have either collapsed or are collapsing. The stories are everywhere… Just ask a fisherman who goes out at night to earn a living, the market vendor that relies on a steady cheap supply of fresh fish, the person who buys the fish to eat in your house. There is too little fish left in the ocean.
According to the Bureau of Fisheries, marine catches have been declining since the 1980s. The most dramatic decline is visible in the once abundant Philippine tuna stocks. There are now too many fishermen chasing too few fish and we now have to increasingly depend on imports or resort to fishing farther and farther away.
You can now find Philippine fishing fleets as far away as Micronesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, plunking floating devices in the high seas that attract fish or fish aggregating devices or FADs. These FADs not only catch the target tuna species but also other animals such as younger tuna and sometimes birds, turtles, sharks and even whales.
Unbelievably, slow moving large marine animals including whale sharks are considered as FADs, and some fishing boats set nets around them to catch the tuna underneath!
A selection of stunning images by World Press 2012 prize winner Paul Hilton, of whale sharks swimming off the coast of the Philippines. Unfortunately, many of these beautiful marine animals die as a result of botched attempts to lure tuna.
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Right now, leaders from around the Pacific and elsewhere are meeting in Guam to decide the fate of tuna in the Pacific.
The Philippine government and industry is leading the call to open the high seas pockets to FAD fishing again, which was closed 3 years ago as a conservation measure to help protect some tuna from being overfished.
Greenpeace is asking that instead of opening up the high seas pockets that we close them permanently to all types of fishing so that the stocks can recover and replenish other areas where fishing is happening.
We are also asking the leaders to support the immediate ban of purse seine fishing on cetaceans and whale sharks.
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Samsung Galaxy S6 Avengers Edition – Who wants one?
Samsung has officially released the Galaxy S6 and if you pre-order now, you can get a Marvel's Avengers bundle with it. The bundle includes a Moleskin Diary, a S6 Clear Cover and a One Touch Back Stand. This is Samsung inviting all the Marvel fans to get their hands on this limited edition bundle.
Now there is another news which we all Marvel fans are praying to be true. If rumors have it then Samsung is joining hands with Marvel to come up with a Galaxy S6 Avengers Edition *Fingers Crossed*. Now from the concept below you can see that each member of the Avengers has it own device. Only one word comes to mind when you see these beauties is……DAAAAM!!!!
So all those who are waiting to get an S6, why not wait a little longer and get one these bad boys. I'm sure it will be worth it!


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To start, I've never really been a night owl. I used to go to bed between 8 - 10 in the evening; I still do occasionally. However, three years ago, I had a psychotic episode. I tried a SSRI and got hypomanic; the little bit of energy was kind of fun.
Now, I got to bed between 6 and 7 in the evening. I'll stay up a little later on weekends. My energy levels have been greatly affected. I'll be fine all day, then I lose all energy by the evening. I just recently found out that this was a symptom of the disease.
I started Abilify, and it is slowly helping. I have more energy lately, but it still doesn't always last the entire day. I feel like an old lady when I get tired so soon. It's a daily fight of I should stay awake versus I need to listen to my body.
Working at home as a freelancer is great because I can work when I have the energy. When you have a mental illness, you just learn to deal with different symptoms and side-effects. Sometimes, it's hard to tell if I'm really tired or just out of energy. I'm just happy when I'm not in a depressive state, and I haven't had psychosis in a long time.
If you are experiencing, these kinds of symptoms just know you are not alone. It will get better. I've been diagnosed for two-and-a-half years, and I'm very well stabilized. I used to be a programmer, and now I'm a freelance writer. I'm still getting on my feet here, but I'm working my butt off every day. I hope that sometime in our lifetimes there will be a cure for mental illness.
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Participation in tertiary education in Australiapdf 784 KB Citation »
Australia needs more people participating in vocational education and training (VET) or university studies to ensure our future prosperity. However under current policy settings, a smaller proportion of Australians will take up tertiary studies into the next decade, if recent trends continue.
Completing a higher education or VET qualification is becoming increasingly important to access jobs and grow successful careers. The Department of Jobs and Small Business forecasts that over 90 per cent of the 948,000 new jobs expected to be created by 2022 will require a post school qualification.
Australia's population is growing and getting older - we need to grow workforce participation rates to offset the impact of population ageing. But we will have fewer people of prime working age able to contribute to the future labour market if participation rates in higher education and VET fall as the population increases.
A well-educated population is essential to Australia's economic and social wellbeing.
If we are to meet the needs of Australia's growing population and increase workforce participation, we need a comprehensive, sustainable and long-term funding framework for VET and higher education. This framework must ensure that participation levels in tertiary education in Australia grow rather than decline. It should also provide better balance in terms of participation between the higher education and VET sectors.


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As we approach EPA's March 17 deadline for comments on its proposal lowering the National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone, Americans should be fully informed of the impacts. In many communities, the answer is simple: Fewer jobs, slower growth.
Perhaps the real-world consequences of EPA's plan are hidden behind confusing terminology. In EPA-speak, regions that can't meet a new, lower NAAQS are called 'nonattainment areas.' In plain English, these are places where it will be harder to attract industry and sustain economic growth.
Here's why. In nonattainment areas, total emissions are capped. Business growth becomes a zero-sum game: In order to expand, companies must shut down other parts of their production, wait for others to close, or buy emissions 'offsets' that are difficult to find and extremely expensive. All these factors create uncertainty in investment projects that can ultimately make new investment not worth the trouble.
Take Louisiana for example. It's poised to benefit from an influx of new investment projects – the start of a U.S. manufacturing renaissance led by the chemistry industry and made possible by shale gas. So far, 51 projects representing $35 billion in new investment are planned for the state. The projects would generate $21.5 billion in additional chemical industry output and 37,200 permanent new jobs (direct + indirect). Most of Louisiana would be in nonattainment at 65 ppb. By lowering the NAAQS, EPA could limit the vast economic potential of these historic investments.
Lower ozone standard would affect every sector of the economy
Being designated 'nonattainment' triggers a cascade of harmful impacts for local economies. As state and local officials seek emissions reductions from cars, fuels, consumers, and commercial activity, nonattainment areas could lose jobs and tax revenue to neighboring locales that are in attainment. Federal highway and transit funding could be at risk, since projects must conform with state implementation plans. Small businesses such as gas stations, bakeries, printing operations, dry cleaners, auto body shops and small manufacturers will be affected.
For factories and power plants, a lower ozone standard means new facilities, expansions, and restarts could be delayed or scrapped. Facilities that do expand will have to pay millions for offsets even though their new production is cleaner and state of the art. And they still don't know the requirements for their facilities: EPA has admitted that a significant portion of the controls and technologies needed are "unknown controls."
EPA's plan is hardly the way to support shale-related manufacturing. In his 2014 State of the Union Address, the President said, "Businesses plan to invest almost $100 billion in new factories that use natural gas. I'll cut red tape to help states get those factories built."
Some of the potential consequences defy common sense. There could be increased costs from vehicle fees and expenses. In regions that have already implemented emissions controls, "the only options left are mandates like cutting speed limits to 55 mph and/or preventing cars from idling by closing down drive-thru restaurants," Congressman Pete Olson wrote.
The effects of EPA's lower ozone standard could be coming to a community near you. At 65 ppb, which is at the lower end of the range EPA proposed, 2000 counties in 45 states covering a population of 255 million would be in nonattainment, based on EPA's most recent complete air quality data. At 70 ppb, 1300 counties in 40 states covering a population of 210 million would be in nonattainment.
EPA should finish the job on the current standard
America's air quality is improving. Between 1980 and 2013, total emissions of the six principal air pollutants dropped by 62 percent, even as U.S. gross domestic product grew 145 percent. Voluntary and regulatory programs will continue to reduce ozone concentrations through 2030.
The current ozone standard of 75 ppb is the most stringent ever and hasn't been fully implemented across the country, and the full extent of the benefits in terms of emissions reductions aren't known yet. EPA just completed the rules for states to implement 2008's standard and pledged to help them comply. They have their work cut out for them: Parts of 26 states covering a population of 120 million still don't meet the current standard.
Maintaining the current standard will enable further emissions reductions while supporting U.S. manufacturing growth.
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There was some plan this year to publish a blog entry here once a month, wasn't there? Well, that's out the window. Here we are in March already.
Settling into life in Brussels hasn't been easy. Few things work the way you expect (bureaucracy). Some things you take for granted are bust (oh the tears shed over our water supply) or just awkward (light fittings, curtains). And some things don't work full stop. Other expats say "Welcome to Belgium!"
But then other things do work beautifully (Brussels public transport, my Internet connection via Proximus/Belgacom, the Sonos sound system I bought and married to a Spotify sub). And for the things that don't work, you find work-arounds – or you find you didn't need them after all.
And then you fall ill and really nothing else matters for a while.
I'm recovering from what seems to have been a bout of tonsillitis: swollen, red throat, with interesting but not very attractive white nodules on my tonsils, left eye weeping matter, deaf in my left ear, occasional fever, short of breath and coughing.
My Belgian doctor's antibiotic cure was temporaily as bad as the disease. At least, swallowing the giant sized antibiotic tablets was a challenge with my throat. (Had to bite them in pieces.) And then they decimated my gut flora too, which wasn't pleasant. But I am feeling better now. Like recovering from a bad cold. Still can't hear properly in my left ear though.
Oh, and here's a fun fact. What flavour do you suppose Belgian cough syrup has? Remember – Belgium…
I have tried not to let all this unwellness flow over into my blogging – no one like a whinger – but it means I have not blogged so very much. Or written for that matter. Or published photos on Ello. Or updated my status on FB. At least I've managed to keep up the Blogg52 challenge – see my site At the Quill.
I have a follow-up visit to the doc this afternoon, after which I'm hoping I will soon be hearing properly again. It's important to be as well as possible this coming weekend as I shall be visiting family in England – travelling on Thursday – and taking the Eurostar through the Channel Tunnel. A first for me. I'm quite excited.
I'll try to get back on track and update again at the begining of April.
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Protests Over European and Western Officials Attending Rouhani Inauguration
As the cries throughout the international community continue to lean toward regime change in Iran, the latest Iranian election has resulted in a second term for Rouhani, who has the interests of the regime in the forefront.
High Representative and Vice-President Federica Mogherini is scheduled to travel to Tehran for the inauguration in her capacity as the Chair of the Joint Commission of the JCPOA. In addition to attending his inauguration for his second term, she will also have bilateral meetings with various Iranian dignitaries to review the state of implementation of the nuclear deal and to discuss issues of bilateral and regional relevance, according to a statement released by the European Union.
Individuals are expressing concern about this visit, since her press statement did not include any mention of human rights, including the prison conditions and executions of political prisoners. Under the #No2Rouhani, hundreds have expressed concern that this visit is a show of support to the regime that doesn't acknowledge the increase in repression to crush any aspirations or hopes of regime change.
The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) also voiced its calls for justice for those who were part of the 1988 massacre, while at the same time, voicing concern for current political prisoners.
"The Iranian Resistance is issuing a warning regarding the lives of 53 political prisoners in Gohardasht Prison of Karaj, west of Tehran, who have been attacked and transferred to a different location. These measures are taking place as the Iranian people mark the 29th anniversary of the 1988 massacre of over 30,000 political prisoners," said the NCRI tweet. They also noted that the regime has managed the country through "execution and imprisonment."
Others argued that any visits to the regime during this time would serve as tactical approval, thus insuring more executions and inhuman treatment.
"The Iranian authorities are preparing to adopt a deeply disappointing piece of legislation, which will continue to fuel Iran's execution machine and help maintain its position as one of the world's top executioners," said Iran Freedom in a tweet. "The choice between life or death should not come down to a crude mathematical calculation based on a quantity of drugs seized from an individual."
The last section of the Iran Freedom tweet referenced the fact that executions for drug-related charges are common in Iran. In July alone, over a dozen or more were executed for drug-related offences. International organizations, such as the UN, and NGOs have all called for a moratorium on executions in Iran, but despite these calls and the international law, the regime continues its executions.
Others noted that after visits from European leaders, more executions occurred. They argued that European leaders need to take a stand against Iranian extremism and not curry favor in pursuit of a financial windfall. Europe must speak out to halt the killings.
Continued visits by Western leaders will continue to be a powder keg, particularly with the Iranian opposition, who is watching the regime continue its spree of executions with little in the way of consequences from the international community.


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Nowadays, hand sanitizer has become the first choice for people to clean their hands, both at home and in public places, and more and more has replaced the use of soap.
Hand sanitizer is an essential cleaning product in life, increasingly replacing the use of soap, whether in public or at home. Hand sanitizer is usually composed of water, alcohol, essence and glycerin, Hand Wash Detergent Powder in which alcohol is the main antiseptic ingredient.
Hand sanitizer is a rapid development of the washing products in recent years, to wash hands, quick and easy to remove bacteria and popular consumer favorite. However, the quality of hand sanitizer and its impact on human health in recent period have been questioned by the media and consumers, so we might as well look at the effects of hand sanitizer and how to buy and use them.
Hand sanitizer generally does not contain phosphorus, aluminum, alkali, Hand Wash Detergent Powder alkyl benzene sulfonic acid sodium and other ingredients, decontamination is relatively mild, easy to accept the skin. But counterfeit products wash the opponent's skin damage is very large, so usually after the selection of products to pay attention.
1. To the regular shopping malls to buy, regular shopping malls have a more stringent purchase control system.
2. Observe whether the packing is intact, the printing of the bottle is clear and the pump head is strong.
3. See whether the sign is complete, if there is no factory name, site, etc., Hand Wash Detergent Powder especially to pay attention to whether there is a standard number. At present, hand sanitizer has a unified national standard, QB2654 hand sanitizer and GB19877.1 Special hand sanitizer.
Hand sanitizer is a variety of surfactants, conditioners and stabilizers as the main raw materials, according to different proportions of the products. The main effect of hand sanitizer is surfactant, in the washing can remove the body's epidermis insoluble in water stains (such as oil), Hand Wash Detergent Powder so that it is quickly dissolved in water, to achieve the purpose of cleaning the skin. Different manufacturers in the variety of raw materials and use of different proportions, that is, the commonly said formula is different.
The main role of hand sanitizer is to clean the hands of the skin, some specific ingredients can also play a sterilization effect. For example, the use of hand-washing lotion after the toilet to prevent the hands with E. coli.
The hand sanitizer is divided into 3 kinds:
1, ordinary hand sanitizer, generally "quasi-font size"
2, the other belongs to disinfection products, Hand Wash Detergent Powder many for the "elimination of font size"
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RaySearch has decided to develop a treatment control system, RayCommand. The first customer will be Advanced Oncotherapy plc (AVO), a UK based developer of next generation proton therapy technology. AVO will use it for the first LIGHT (Linac Image Guided Hadron Technology) system at the proton therapy facility under construction at Harley Street in central London, UK.
RaySearch's main product today is RayStation, a treatment planning system for radiation therapy. It is used to produce a sequence of settings for the treatment machine, a so-called treatment plan, designed to produce an optimal distribution of dose in a patient, targeting regions with cancer cells and avoiding surrounding tissues. The planning process involves detailed modeling of patient anatomy and treatment machine components in order to accurately predict and optimize the delivered dose distribution.
By the end of 2017, RaySearch released the first version of its oncology information system (OIS), RayCare*. An OIS is used to coordinate all the complex procedures that are involved in a comprehensive cancer treatment regime. This includes handling of diagnostic studies and consultation notes, facilitating tumor board meetings, scheduling of resources, data collection, charge capture and follow-up of treatment outcome. RayCare is designed around patient centric digital workflows that help increase efficiency and quality of care.
Now, RaySearch has decided to develop a treatment control system (TCS), RayCommand. A TCS is the link between the TPS and OIS on one side and the treatment machine on the other. It coordinates and orchestrates the different systems involved, such as the imaging systems, the beam delivery system and the patient support system. This is critical in order to achieve safe and efficient patient treatments. For multi-room proton therapy installation, there is also the extra dimension of coordinating activities between treatment rooms to maximize beam utilization and minimize wait times.
The decision to build a TCS is connected to an order from AVO for its first proton therapy facility. AVO has previously purchased RayStation and RayCare for the facility and has now also ordered RayCommand. This means that this AVO facility will be the first clinic to use an all RaySearch software suite with both TPS, OIS and TCS. Tight integration between these systems will ensure a safe and efficient treatment process. RayCommand will build on the user friendliness and attention to detail in RayStation and RayCare.
Another important aspect of RayCommand will be to enable online adaptive radiation therapy. Support for offline treatment adaptation has been a key feature in RayStation for many years, but clinical implementation together with the other OIS:es on the market was cumbersome, which RayCare overcomes. But for online treatment adaptations, the TCS must also be involved and many existing TCS are not designed for this. RaySearch is confident that RayCare, RayStation and RayCommand will provide an overall user experience of the highest standards.
Nicolas Serandour, CEO AVO, says: "RayStation was the obvious choice for TPS to complement our advanced particle therapy treatment technology. It is also clear to us that RayCare represents the next generation in the OIS field. Likewise, for TCS, we wished to offer a next generation system to take full advantage of the LIGHT capabilities. We are pleased that RaySearch decided to move into this field and work together with us to create a fully integrated solution with our technology. The unified TPS-OIS-TCS-LIGHT chain is expected to bring the prospect of truly personalized medicine to our proton therapy installations."
Johan Löf, CEO RaySearch, says: "We are all on the same side in the fight against cancer and it is by working together in an environment with both competitors and partners that we can achieve the most. By introducing RayCommand, an open and independent TCS, we can enable more vendors to provide best in class solutions for the treatment room. AVO is an excellent example of such a vendor and we are excited to work together with them to advance cancer treatment."
The order value for RayCommand is 3,6 MEUR and is anticipated to generate revenues of circa 1,8 MEUR within the next 12 months and the remaining part within 36 months.Back To Top
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I couldn't think of a better way to kick-off 2010 than kicking off a new chapter in the Real"ad"tor Awards story. So, starting in 2010, we will now be taking website submissions. Yep, you've asked, and now you'll receive. And, to be honest with you, I think the real talent is online anyway. WAIT … THAT WASN'T ME TYPING, SERIOUSLY.
Anywho, to wet your palate (just a bit) before the new year and let you know just where we're going to set the bar, I thought I'd bring you a little teaser. It's my pleasure to introduce none other than Earl & Marilyn Mendoza and their website. Which, by the way, is frickin' sweet. Between the pleasing colors, modern layout and nifty navigation graphics, you will undoubtedly agree that they deserve nothing less than gold.
But … they did one better. They gave us a hook. Or rather, a little something to remember them by. The decided to cleverly merry there catchy headline, "Shopping For A Realtor?", with a literal interpretation of just what they were talking about. Looks like Marilyn found herself a good deal on some Earl.
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And so ends my summer of happy reading. What began with a Three for Two offer at a Doncaster Waterstones and took in books like The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ by Philip Pullman and Glen David Gold's debut novel Carter Beats the Devil reaches its conclusion with a book that Guillermo Del Toro tells us on the sleeve to be a "Pulse-Pounding Tale" – Heavens Shadow by the writer of the Dark Knight (David S Goyer) and the Twilight Zone (Michael Cassutt). I'll start with a disclaimer. As a teenager I read dozens and dozens of books from series like Sharpe and other historical fiction sagas. By my old age of 25, I'm pretty burnt out on on going books. I've discovered a passion for reading self contained novels that contain all the information I ever need to know between its two covers and leave no questions unanswered at its conclusion. If I had realised in the shop that Heavens Shadow was the first of a series of books from the Bat Zone team, I would not have bought it – regardless of how sumptuous the cover looked.
Lets be grateful for lazy book buying eh? Not doing my research meant I picked up a book that I read cover to cover in 7 days and was left panting for more. Before I go into the detail let me just give an overview of the book.
Set in the next decade, this science fiction tale feels immediately familiar in all its references to technology and procedures and tracks two competing international teams of astronauts (respectively called cosmonauts in Russian, and vyomanaut for India) as they race to be the first humans to touch down on a Near Earth Object. Not the moon, though that had been what everybody had trained for, but what appears to be a rogue meteorite approaching Earth from below the south pole. It's going to miss, so no panic, but it does provide a unique opportunity for national pride and demonstration of technical feats. So off they go, only to find on their final approach massive volcanic activity on the meteorite causing it to tumble into orbit around the earth. Analysis by the brains in Houston and India confirm the unbelievable truth – those eruptions were not so much volcanic in nature as similar to thruster's on a space ship. In other words, the NEO suddenly becomes a UFO with two unprepared crews landing on its surface unsure what to expect.
For what is clearly going to be an epic piece of science fiction writing by the authors, Heavens Shadow manages to accomplish the feat of building a near future world that seems very familiar. For anybody who keeps well read on science and space, almost everything referenced in this book has been talked about in journals and the media. It takes it from Science Fiction to Science Possible, which is the first step on the road to greatness for a Sci-Fi story in my opinion. It has been plotted to such an incredible detail that not one of its 400 beautifully laid out pages seems wasted. In fact the whole book feels like a prologue to the main event. ordinarily that would be a criticism, but the tension, wonder and sheer fantasy that is ratcheted up page by page leave you hoping the book doesn't end. I am glad there will be a sequel! So many questions are open at the end of this book that thrill rather than frustrate, amongst which I wonder just how big are the writers thinking? Its a story that could span generations of characters.
Cassutt and Goyer do a sublime job of re-stoking the cold war space paranoia introducing the new players in the space race – Brazil, India, Europe, and preserving gratuitous displays of pig-headedness from American bureaucrats. The story lurches from petty politics, to the brink of galactic warfare between our old Super Powers, before throwing everybody in to the same mess together. From nuclear detonations, to the living dead, crash landings, extremely dangerous aliens, and the enforced conscription of thousands of humans into a conflict, a war, that we cannot begin to comprehend… its a story with all the big ideas and concepts. Its about how we treat each other, how we treat the memory of our loved ones and how we should face the wonders out in the universe which no matter how clever we think we are will always surprise us.
Heavens Shadow is published by an imprint of Macmillan in the UK but copyright is owned by Phantom Four Films and St. Croix Productions. This is no surprise. The clean way it is written and set out screams for a television adaptation. Cover to cover this could be an entire television season in one book. I look forward to seeing if anything develops and also waiting for its sequel Heavens War.
Shame I have to go back to reading textbooks for the courses I'm teaching. What a fun summers reading.
P.S. I've subsequently done some digging and the Heaven trilogy of books has been picked up by Warner Bros. to make into films. Bit of a disappointment as the number of cliff hangers and surprises in the book I thought would have made it great fodder for TV.


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Saturday and Sunday, August 11 and 12, 2012 marked the first ever craft beer fest at the Roundhouse in Toronto. Why we've never put trains and beer together flabbergasts me
There were only a few stands, but they seemed to fill out the day well over the four hours that I was there.
The stands included
King Brewery
Grand River
Great Lakes Brewery
Flying Monkeys
Mill Street
Black Oak Brewery
Wellington Brewery
The event was all about the craft beer and food trucks parked inside of Roundhouse Park, beside the Steamwhistle brewery, and honestly, the food was just as good as the beer.
I went down there on Sunday, and spent most of my no-beer sampling time at the Tide and Vine food truck. Ten oysters and one delicious lobster roll later, I still wanted everything else on their menu. And lucky for all of us there, but one of Canada's best oyster shuckers shucked my oysters.
Gorilla Cheese - Canada's first grilled cheese food truck, was also there, and sold out of most of their goods by the time I allowed myself to drift away from Tide and Vine.
Once the Jays Yankees game let out (we won!) the fest got a bit busier which was great to see....which I unfortunately can't say about the bands, as the music was both docile and screamy all at the same time. Next year, I hope more energetic bands are on the bill.
Some highlights
- Meeting the Grand River guys was fun. They know a lot about beer, and were really great to talk to about different brewing styles and hops.
- One of the ladies from Great Lakes, named Erica, looks just like Erica from that show Being Erica
- Ran into Troy from Great Lakes and the founder of the Great Canadian Beer Blog - always nice to say hi!
I hope they bring back the festival for year two.


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History of Williamstown Baptist Church 1868 to 1968
Page 9: 1911 to 1916
9th MINISTRY—Rev. E. Isaac—August 1911 to 16th February 1916
The Pastorate did not remain vacant for very long for in August 1911 the Rev. E. Isaac accepted the call for an initial term of three years. This was afterwards extended and he remained over four years before leaving on 16th February 1916.
The debt on the Church and Sunday School building which consisted of a loan from the Baptist Fund had been steadily reduced year by year, and at the farewell meeting of Mr. Isaac, the amount required to meet the last repayment was handed in. Thus the Church properties became free of the liability which had so long been carried by its members.
Branch Sunday Schools of the Church existed at -South Williamstown under the care of Miss Margaret Tay!or and at Newport where Messrs. Presser and Osmond were the prime movers. The cause existed at Newport for 20 years before it culminated in the opening of the Baptist Church at Mason Street, Newport. in May 1914, by the leading layman, D. McRoric, of the Baptist Union. Contract price of the building exclusive of seating and furnishings was £1,240 and the site was presented by Ratten and Penn.
On May 24th, 1914, Mr. Isaac pulled a fast trick by circulating handbills printed by Bower and Young by which he advertised that his subject would be "The Greatest Liar in Williamstown Exposed". His sermon was supported by soloist Florrie Pacott.
It was during his pastorate that a Church Jubilee was celebrated on October 10th, 1911.
At the close of Mr. Isaac's ministry things were in a rather disturbed condition in the Church which resulted in the withdrawal of quite a number of members and adherents from the Church. Some wanted Mr. Isaac to remain whilst others felt the need for a change. Those who left the fellowship founded what is now known as the Williamstown Gospel Mission. Whilst several attempts were made over the next half century to reconcile the memberships, the mission faithfully maintained its Christian witness independently of the Church of which it was once part and over 50 years there has been an ever growing fellowship between the two groups demonstrated by interchanges of pastors, visiting preachers, and in many other ways.


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ILLUSION is truly an exceptional boat. Designed by Bob Perry and custom-built by Marine Metals Inc. of Virginia (Howdy Bailey), she is a powerful, first-class, offshore pilothouse sailing vessel. Further, she is close to a class of her own, thanks to her thoughtful and knowledgeable owners and long-time professional captain. ILLUSION has not only been maintained like few others, she has been updated and improved like almost no other. Improvements such as HALL SPARS carbon spars with in-mast furling, (new in 2015), plus all new rod rigging (also new 2015), new engine and generator seven years earlier, are indicative of the standard by which ILLUSION has been cared for. Bottom line, ILLUSION is one those rare boats that needs to be seen as she is all the more impressive in person. If anything, photos fail to convey the detail and condition of this special vessel.
Miltz Maritime would love to guide you through a personal showing of this 67' Perry Custom Center Cockpit Pilothouse S/y 1993. This yacht for sale is located in Fairhaven, Massachusetts and priced at $750,000. For a showing please contact us by filling out the form on this page and we will get back to you shortly!
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ILLUSION has three private staterooms, plus a skipper's/crew single. Her galley, truly exceptional in form, function and especially size, integrates well with her equally generous salon. Belowdecks joinery is first-class varnished cherry with raised-panel doors, drawers and locker fronts. MAIN SALON The salon is open and airy with a U-shaped settee to starboard with a beautiful four-leaf, up/down multi-facet table that easily converts from cocktails to dining. To port is a fore and aft bench-style settee. Outboard of the settees are glass-front lockers and large hull ports with shades. An entertainment-sized flat screen TV is mounted on the forward starboard bulkhead. The navigation station is aft to starboard, and an open bar/staging counter with access to the galley is to port at the bottom of the companionway. Main Salon Additional Features:
OWNER'S STATEROOM The owner's stateroom, aft, has a centerline queen berth. The stateroom runs full-beam, providing uncommonly generous seating, book shelves, lockers, cabinets/drawers and varnished teak and holly floor space. Few sailing vessels of her size can match the generous feel of ILLUSION's owner's quarters. Owner's Cabin Additional Features:
GUEST STATEROOMS Forward of the salon are two double staterooms for guests. Both have private heads, each with stall shower. The VIP guest stateroom to starboard accommodates a double berth, while the port guest stateroom has upper and lower single berths. Joinery, like the rest of the boat, is of varnished cherry, and there are opening ports with shades, plus teak and holly soles. Guest Staterooms, Additional Features:
GALLEY ILLUSION's exceptional galley is aft of the salon and behind the companionway. The space is so great, one is tempted to call it a kitchen -- an excellent live-aboard layout! Galley Equipment:
MIDSHIP SKIPPER'S/CREW CABIN Across from the galley is the skipper's/crew single cabin. This cabin is well-placed and has decent storage under the berth. The vessel's washer/dryer is located at the entryway facing aft, and there is a hanging locker forward. Crew/Skipper's Cabin Additional Features:
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WATERMAKER: Spectra Newport 400 MKII: Operates on as little as 15 watts per gallon (4 watts per liter), making it possible to run your system on a small generator, solar, wind or batteries. Multi-speed capacity allows machine operation on high mode for maximum product flow or low mode for maximum efficiency, making it ideal for onboard power management. The system will automatically switch to low mode to extend the pre-filter life in challenging feed water. The standard MPC 5000 control system automatically operates and maintains your watermaker, fresh water flushing the system to keep it clean to extend your system's lifespan.
The owner's personal effects are excluded from the sale.
This listing is presented to you courtesy of a member of the International Yacht Brokers Association and may be centrally listed with another broker. It is offered as a convenience by this broker/dealer to its clients and is not intended to convey direct representation of a particular vessel.The Company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change, or withdrawal without notice.


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A local duo by the name of FAKA are doing fantastic things in the global space.
A couple of weeks ago, Donatella Versace posted a picture of herself with the duo at Milan Fashion Week. The fashion heavyweight used the local music groups tunes as the official runway music for their men's fashion show.
FAKA consists of group members Desire Marea and Fela Gucci.
The two artists joined Gugu Mhlungu on #NightTalk to chat about the inspiration behind their music and Milan Fashion Week.
Desire Marea says that what happened in Milan sort of unfolded overnight. He adds that they had played in Milan before, and one of their shows actually took place during the men's wear week in January.
We had sort of been building quite a good following in Milan especially in the fashion industry. I think because of that, Donatella had better access to us and she was introduced to our work.— Desire Marea, member from musical duo FAKA
We heard that as soon as Donatella saw us she was like 'I want them at my show – I need them.'
Fela Gucci says that their work comes from an authentic place. He adds that if that's what fearless means and represents, then they are fearless.
Our music varies from Gqom - to spiritual - to Gospel - to African spiritual music says Fela.
We call it black spiritual music.— Desire Marea, member from musical duo FAKA
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As I was walking the other day, I noticed that all people were entranced - they walk in their particular clothes, with their particular characters & tastes, believing every thought they have, seeing only what they are ready to see by filtering reality through those beliefs.
It was crystal clear to me that they were sleep-walking, each playing their individual movie in front of their eyes, transforming reality into what they had learned to make out of it.
And then it occurred to me that virtual reality goggles are just one step ahead of that, manifesting what is already happening inside people's minds.
I particularly like the name of the Google VR headset - 'Daydream' :)


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Co-op promises alternative to High St banks after Lloyds branch deal but critics say price means taxpayers will lose
Co-op boss Peter Marks has said the mutual will offer customers a genuine alternative to the High Street banks following the purchase of 632 Lloyds branches, as critics say the deal will leave the taxpayer shortchanged.
Marks brushed off suggestions that the Co-op's unusual structure meant a lack of transparency around strategic decision-making, and said public anger towards the big High Street banks will help make the 632 branches he has bought from Lloyds a success.
But the deal, that saw Lloyds agreeing to sell for a rock-bottom price yesterday, prompted fears that taxpayers will end up short-changed from their bail-out of the bank.
Lloyds is also giving the Co-op £1.5billion in capital as part of the extraordinary deal, meaning that it could end up taking a loss of more than £1billion from it.
The 632 branches gained by the Co-op come with 4.8million Lloyds customers, 8,000 of its staff, £24billion of mortgages and 3.1million current accounts.
Lloyds was forced into offloading the branches by European state aid rules, after it accepted a £20billion bail-out from the taxpayer at the height of the global financial crisis that left it 40 per cent state-owned.
In light of the state support, its share of almost a third of the UK mortgage and current account markets was seen as unfair, and Lloyds was told to reduce it.
Yet the sale for such a low price raises questions about taxpayers' chances of getting back their investment. The only other sale so far of a bailed-out bank – the recent sale of the 'good' part of Northern Rock to Virgin Money – lost the taxpayer 'between £175million to £289million', according to spending watchdog the National Audit Office.
Co-op could pay an additional £400million on top of the initial £350million, but only if financial performance targets are met. Even if they are, the full amount will not be paid until 2027.
But that does not take into account the £1.5billion of capital Lloyds included with the sale, which leaves it with a net loss of up to £1.15billion.
Rival bidders, such as NBNK, led by the former Northern Rock boss Gary Hoffman, are understood previously to have offered £1.7billion but it is thought the Co-op was seen as a more stable, experienced purchaser.
Co-op boss Marks said the group has enjoyed a 61 per cent increase in requests from customers of other banks to switch to the Co-op in the past three weeks.
The period coincided with major scandals that have inflicted severe reputational damage on Barclays and HSBC.
'When you look at the terrible unprecedented news coming out about the big five, we're finding that customers are banging on our door to open accounts,' he said. 'We offer something different.'
The Co-op is different to publicly traded banks, in that it is owned by its members and directors are elected via a complex voting system.
Marks said the structure should not give cause for concern about governance. 'I don't think we're opaque,' he said. 'We have a network of area committees and regional boards who elect people to represent them.'
He said that the Co-op represented the 'gold standard' in banking governance, although he acknowledged that 'we've not got an awful lot to beat'.
Marks dismissed any suggestion that the Co-op might struggle to integrate Project Verde, the codename Lloyds gave to a sale it was forced to carry out by the EU as a condition of the bailout that left it 40 per cent owned by the taxpayer.
Why did Lloyds sell?
Under European state aid rules, Lloyds was forced to sell off some of its branches, customers and their accounts in return for being rescued by the taxpayer.
What are they selling?
Lloyds is selling 632 branches – all its Cheltenham & Gloucester branches, all Lloyds TSB Scotland branches and some of its Lloyds TSB branches in England and Wales. For a full list, go to www.lloydstsb.com/branch_transfer.asp and click on the link at the bottom of the page.
Is it just the branches?
No. The Co-op is also getting 4.8million Lloyds and Cheltenham & Gloucester customers that come with those branches, including 3.1million current account customers and 100,000 business customers.
When will this happen?
The deal should be completed before the end of November 2013. By then, all the sold branches will be rebranded as TSBs.
How do I know if I am affected?
You will be affected if you bank with one of the branches included in the sale. Lloyds said it will write to all customers who are affected by the transfer early next year to explain exactly what the changes mean.
What if I don't want to become a Co-op customer?
You can switch to a rival bank or building society, or simply switch your account to a Lloyds branch which is not being sold.
Will the terms that I have with Lloyds change immediately?
No. Everything from mortgages to current accounts will stay on the same rates – for the moment. A Lloyds spokesman said: 'You can carry on banking just as you do today.'
What about the future?
Yesterday the Co-op insisted it will offer 'a great deal for customers'. In reality, no one yet knows whether Lloyds customers could end up with a better deal or a worse deal.
How does the Co-op compare at the moment?
Many Lloyds customers enjoy a fabulous deal that they will not want to see changed. For example, around 520,000 homeowners have one of the best mortgage deals in Britain.
Under this standard variable rate (SVR) deal, which new customers have been banned from getting since June 1, 2010, the rate can never be more than two percentage points higher than the Bank of England's base rate, which means it is currently 2.5 per cent. By comparison, the Co-op's SVR is almost double that, at 4.74 per cent.
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Martial Arts Thriller KILL ZONE on Blu-ray Disc 11/30
Martial Arts Legends Donnie Yen And Sammo Hung Star In The Dragon Dynasty Favorite, Arriving As An Ultimate Edition Blu-Ray Disc November 30 From Vivendi Entertainment And The Weinstein Company
"An all-star smack-down that will get fans salivating...a must see item!" - Daily Variety
Synopsis: Detective Chan (Simon Yam) relentlessly pursues vicious crime boss Po (Sammo Hung) for the death of his brother. Unable to tie him to the murder, Yam eventually resigns himself to the fact that Po will never pay for his crimes and prepares to retire from the force. His replacement, Ma (Donnie Yen) is a principled, committed cop who is a deadly martial arts expert and has no problem using his skills to bring down the bad guys. Ultimately, the two manage to grab Po in what turns out to be one of the bloodiest confrontations ever filmed!
Starring: Donnie Yen (Seven Swords), Sammo Hung (Legend of the Dragon) and Simon Yam (Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life)
Bonus Features:
Audio commentary by Hong King cinema expert Bey Logan
Exclusive interviews with director Wilson Yip and stars Sammo Hung, Simon Yam, Donnie Yen and Wu Jing
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Price: $19.97
Order Due Date: October 26, 2010
Street Date: November 30, 2010
MPAA Rating: NR
BD Catalog #: WN01399
Run Time: 93 mins
Languages: English & Cantonese
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Last weekend marked one month since the break-up, and it also meant that my mind is finally getting through to my heart. I've finally accepted it's over, which has caused me to feel new versions of heartbreak, but it also tells me I'm healing, progressing and moving on.
Acceptance sure is a lonely place to be, though.
Which is why I'm so thankful for Anne. The day after the break-up, Anne let me cry to her for a little bit, and then when I'd gotten it all out she told me, "I'm very sorry for you but very happy for me. It's good to have you back!" And have me back she has! I really loved being in a relationship with The Ex, but man it feels good to be a gangsta. I mean single.
The same week that allathat happened, Klout gave me two tickets to a pre-season Redskins game and threw in two passes to welcome the players onto the field. Obviously I took Anne, as she had never been to a pro football game and most of my single friends have married off in the past year, and all the married ones had babies.
On Saturday I picked her up at 2:30 p.m., giving us plenty of time to get to the stadium, chill for a while and then go down to the field. WRONG. Trayvon Martin protest around the White House made the 30-minute trip two hours. (This is what Washingtonians have to deal with, people who don't live here. You're constantly battling with yourself over issues you like to preach about during the week and then are faced with demoralizing situations that make you realize you really just want to enjoy your weekend and keep your ethics to business hours.)
I waited an unreasonable amount of time for the Air National Guard to let us through, and then, to Anne's
"Excuse me, so sorry to bother you while you're doing your job, but would it be possible to let me turn right? You see, I'm late for a Redskins game and I..."
He put up his hand to stop me. Here comes the arrest... I thought and imagined the headline in DCist: "Woman arrested during Trayvon Martin protest for not protesting Trayvon Martin." (In hindsight that would never be a headline because no one was protesting Trayvon Martin.)
"I cannot allow you to make it on time to a Redskins game. I'm a Patriots fan," he said instead of arresting me.
"Well, it's just that I won these tickets and my girlfriend and I really really really want to go and ...pleeeeease?"
He looked over at the traffic. "Where is your car?"
"About three back. See? The little red one?"
He nodded. "Go on back to your car, I'm gonna get you to your game."
As I skipped back to Anne, I thought with amazement, I still got it!
Sadly, we arrived six minutes after we needed to in order to introduce the players onto the field. I called the organizer and told her what had happened, and she told me not to worry and enjoy the game. We walked up to will call where we were given Women of Washington Redskins t-shirts and our tickets, to which the lady behind the counter said, "Looks like you've been upgraded!"
"Great! We got better seats!" I told Anne. We walked up to the gate and learned all about the NFL's new policy regarding purses, so we had to walk back to the parking lot and put our purses in my car. We also changed into our shirts there. Anne posed for pictures.
We went to find our seats and kept being ushered closer and closer to the field until finally we found them. Two rows back...
...in the Dream Seats. (In case you are like us and didn't know the significance of this, Dream Seats are where the players' wives sit.)
To our surprise and delight, we found out that in dream seats you get free food and drinks whenever you want, however much you want.
...and making jokes about/loathing our long-ago-lost high metabolism over this:
During the 3rd quarter we used our fancy tickets to get us into the fancy Club Level with the fancy concessions. At the Audi Bar, we treated ourselves to a mid-afternoon cocktail.
And there, in my now very sweaty t-shirt, I was hit on for the first time since my new single status was enacted. He was nice but seemed kind of boring. Anne egged him on. She also noticed he was with friends and therefore could introduce us to more prospects. He asked for my number. I gave it to him. Anne told him about my blog. I gave him that too. At that point my heartwrenching break-up post was at the top of the page, so we both assumed he would read it and run.
(He did not. In fact, he did better research on me than anyone I'm aware of ever has and friended me on every social media platform he could think of. But, per his very long voicemail, he was perpetually busy with work, and I wasn't ready at that point anyway, so nothing happened with that.)
We went back to the game until four minutes were left, and then we decided to beat the rush and go get some dinner, since it was clear the Redskins would win anyway. Anne suggested her very quiet, low key neighborhood bar that also had good food -- The Gin Joint, part of New Heights in Woodley Park.
She should have known or maybe had just forgotten, I don't do very quiet and low key. Instead, I flirted with the bartender who I assumed was gay (he wasn't) then flirted with the guy in the flowery shirt drinking wine in a gin joint who I also assumed was gay (he definitely wasn't), and long story short we ran up a $700 tab and didn't pay for any of it. Several times Anne grabbed my leg as if to say, Simmer down, which just provoked me to take it further.
Highlights from the evening:
- Wine Guy let me try his wine, and I told him I liked it so he ordered me a bottle. As he opened the bottle, the bartender whispered to me, "This is a $280 bottle of wine!"
- Wine Guy kept talking about his Maserati so I called him out on it and told him to prove it to me. We walked outside and, sure enough, there was his Maserati. He gave me the keys and told me to take it for a spin. I did not. A sweet couple came over and asked if they could take a picture of it because their son was in the Marines and he would be "tickled pink" if he got this photo from them. I suggested they get in and I'd take the picture for them. They did not.
- Wine Guy asked us if we like bubbly and obviously I squealed. "Your best champagne!" he waved to the bartender, who by now had told me about his girlfriend. Trying to be sophisticated in a sweaty t-shirt, I leaned in and very loudly (so everyone would be impressed) asked, "Where is this champagne from?" The bartender looked confused. "Cham-paaaaaaaaagne." Oh. Right. Because real champagne comes from Champagne. (It was deeeeeeelicious.)
- Wine Guy, who by now I was calling "Maserati," had a friend who came a little later. He was a recently retired Army colonel which led me to call him "Sir" a lot. Before they left, The Colonel gave me cab fare and told me he wanted to set me up with his son.
- Also before they left, Maserati's girlfriend showed up and hung out with us drinking champagne from Champagne. She is the daughter of a very prominent politician. That's all I can say. It was weird and awesome.
- After they left, the owner came downstairs and we finished the wine and champagne with him and the bartender.
All I can say is, watch out DC, 'cause I'm back! And now I have a partner in
crime age appropriate and perfectly legal activities.
Oh...the lime with bitters thing? All that champagne (pronounced "sham-POG-nay") gave me the hiccups. The owner told the bartender to give me a lime with bitters on it, and he said, and I quote, "Lime with bitters, the one and only cure for hiccups." I don't know about all that -- hanging upside down off of your bed and drinking water works pah-ritty well. But it was much classier and it did the trick.


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then RSR is your kind of property manager
Chicago and its surrounding communities are truly a very special place to live and work. When they're not working at some of the great businesses that call Chicago home, her almost 3 million residents are out enjoying their town. Whether they are savoring a deep dish pizza, viewing the treasures at the Art Institute of Chicago, cheering for one of its famous sports teams, or talking a walk on the Navy Pier, Chicagoans love living in this city.
They want their homes to live up to the high standards their city sets, too. That's where RSR Management comes in. We are a real estate brokerage that is also a property manager. If you are looking for a place to live, need a property manager for your existing property, or are interested in buying or selling investment property in the Chicago area, our Chicago property managementservices can meet all of your needs.
We have provided professional property management services in the Chicago market for over 10 years. We know this town, and are proud to be able to make it home for so many people.


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A Modern Approach to Lifetime Tax Planning for Private Clients (with Precedents) published by Jordans deals with the legal aspects of tax planning for private clients. It is a companion volume to the popular A Modern Approach to Wills, Administration and Estate Planning (with Precedents).
This work begins by looking at the essential legal framework of giving and tax law through a combination of detailed and authoritative commentary, worked examples and precedents. It then examines specific topics including: trusts and settlements, the family, and looks at particular assets such as the family home, CGT main residence relief, chattels, businesses and farms, investments, and insurance based products. It then goes on to examine tax planning using statutory reliefs and exemptions including joint ownership of land/sharing arrangements, gifts for family maintenance, normal expenditure out of income and charitable giving.
This new 2nd edition includes:
- Introduction of the Residential Nil Rate band (Finance (No 2) Act 2015)
- Effect of the Taxation of Pensions Act 2015
- The impact of the Inheritance and Trustees Powers Act 2014
- Changes to IHT charges on relevant property trusts
- Full text of the STEP Standard Provisions and STEP Investment Policy


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Your business's synaptic network finds connections you likely didn't know existed. Nara Logics may illuminate strong connections deep in the iceberg depths from user web behavior, product preference, logistics tracking data, etc. Sales rep Bob now sees that CONTACT TIME is more important for his territory, whereas HOLIDAY impulse purchases are a focus for sales rep Rhonda.
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