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Celebrity Death Match
I'll always remember where I was when I heard the news that John Lennon had been shot. I was on a sidewalk in New York, outside the Dakota Building, my handgun quietly smoking in my pocket, my well-thumbed copy of … Continue reading
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The City of Sheridan hosted a media conference Thursday to welcome a new business to the community. Owners from Vacutech were in town to break ground on a 40- to 45,000 square foot facility that will be located within the Hi-Tech Business Park in north Sheridan.
Earlier this week Forward Sheridan hosted an open house for their business incubator on Double Eagle Drive in Sheridan.
In 4th Judicial District Court Thursday morning for Day 4 of the State vs. Dharminder Vir Sen trial, State prosecutor Matt Redle called DCI Special Agent Chris McDonald to the stand.
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Prior to the State's last witness being called, Judge Fenn sent the jury into what he hoped to be about a 30-to-40 minute recess while counsel hashed out playing Kendra Smith's one-sided cell phone re
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FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky - Sgt. First Class Phillip C. Tanner of Sheridan died Tuesday, October 26th at Ali Al Salem, Kuwait, of injuries sustained in a non-combat incident.
GENERALS BASKETBALL - The Sheridan college Generals open the new basketball season November 9th but Head coach Steve Smiley and the Generals are giving you a chance to get a preview look at this year's team. They will host an exhibition game with free admission Saturday night in the Hoffman dome. A couple of familiar names will be playing against the Generals.
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All about peer pressure - have a good read 'cos this one's a keeper....25-May-2017
Author Quentin Crisp said, "The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another."
How true.
As a parent, your biggest enemy by far is negative peer pressure. Notice the word "negative." There is such a thing as positive peer pressure – when good friends talk your child out of doing something stupid. But negative peer pressure can destroy everything you've worked so hard for.
* So talk to your kids at the meal table, in the car, wherever but make sure you talk to them about peer pressure. Statements like: "If Jonny jumped off a bridge would you."
Teach them:
* Functional behaviour is: I Feel - I Think - I Act.
* Dysfunctional behaviour is: I Feel –I Act.
* Parents must work hard at having a great atmosphere in the home, so your family will share from an early age what is going on in their daily lives. So that when they are teenagers they will still share.
Never be too busy not to have input into your teenagers decision making processes.
* If your teenager always takes advice from their peers they are getting advice that lacks wisdom from real life experiences. Treat them like young adults not children.
* Do deals with them rather than telling them what they have to do. Great line is, "Does that sound fair!?"


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The Indian railways are broadly divided and sub-divided into zones, divisions and departments, each controlling a particular function. Every division has a certain number of technical and non-technical departments, which form the base structure on which the railways function. Technical departments include civil, technical and mechanical engineering, signalling and telecom, and several others dealing with similar disciplines, while the non-technical departments include general services such as accounts, personnel management, Railway protection Force (RPF) or security and traffic services, among others. Each department has staff at various levels. The highest are the Group A officers, while the lowest in rank are the Group D staff members.
Group A
- UPSC SCRA Exam – Group A officers are recruited by UPSC
- Civil Service Examination – Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) and the Indian Railways Accounts Service (IRAS)
- Combined Engineering Service – Indian Railway Service of Engineers ( IRSE ), Indian Railway Service of Electrical Engineers (IRSEE), Indian Railway Services of Signal Engineers ( IRSSE ) and Indian Railway Store Service (IRSS)
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Group B officers are directly promoted from Group C.
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Group C officers are recruited through the Railway Recruitment Board ( RRB ). The 19 Railway Recruitment Boards ( RRBs ) have been functioning as prime recruiting agencies for all Zonal Railways, Production Units and other extra Zonal units of the Indian Railways. Each Railway Recruitment Board is catering to the recruitment needs of the specified jurisdiction on the Railways. However, there is no regional or linguistic distinction for recruitment to any post as far as eligibility of the candidates is concerned. Any citizen of India fulfilling the recruitment criteria can compete for any post without any regional or linguistic limitations. The Group C posts include assistant station masters, drivers, motormen, guards, signal and mechanical inspectors. Here again, staff are divided into technical and non-technical staff.
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Madrasa students now eligible for government jobs
Oh yeah!! What more do we need? Minority appeasement at its very best.
Before you start making "facist/hindutva" noises at me, just think it over. A certificate that equates children who study science, maths, english, social and stuff like that with children who study the Quran and the Hadith?? How much more can these politicians stoop to?
No I am not against the madarasas or the muslims, but religious education enough for a job?? So some one educated in a madrasa can apply for the job of a scientist? And research what about the quran?
Then why dont they issue a doctorate to the people teaching in the madarasas?Mullahs are they called? They surely can write a thesis about Quran and the Hadith for sure!!
Hell the best thing would be to reserver 30% seats for madrasa educated youth in any goverment jobs. I suggest there should be reservations in the private sectors as well. How dare the private companies reject madarasa edcated youth ina job interview. They know the Quran by heart, what more is there to be learnt in this world?
Why do they stop with just muslims, lets give the same certificate for brahmin kids learning the mantras, and confer a doctorate to all the priests in the temples. and lets do the same with christians , sikhs and all other religions.
God why dont these politicians die when there is a terrorist attack? Why is it always the poor Indian?
Hey i have a few other suggestions too..
Why not confer the status of corporal, general , luietinent major etc to the terrorists who can wield the gun and fight? after all, the army is doing the same thing.
Also give a praticing license and MBBS certificate to the roadside hakeem with tents.
Give an engineering degree to all the mechanics and other people working in the engineering field
How about a civil engineering degree to the Mason
Hey isnt a pilots license great for a kite flyer?
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Child Dedications
We have a child dedication service coming up soon, please let us know if you would like to register your interest.
It is wonderful that your family has been enlarged with the addition of a child.
Congratulations on this new member who has come into your lives, what a joy and a pleasure.
It is natural that we want the best for our children and that includes wanting to give them a great start in life and encourage their growth in all areas of life: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.
So just what is Child Dedication
At Carey we recognise the significance of learning from the very beginning of life and acknowledge the uniqueness of each individual within each family. One of the formal ways that we do this at Carey is through Child Dedication. Jesus welcomed and included children, so we want to acknowledge them and thank God for them: "He called a little child and had him stand among them. And he said: "I tell you the truth, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me."(Matt 18:2-5).
- A Child Dedication is a ceremony in which parents, and sometimes entire families, thank God for the new life of your child(ren) and their presence in the family.
- It's also an occasion where you make promises as parents as best as you are able, to bring up your child(ren) to know God.
- The church community also has the opportunity to acknowledge that they also have a role in giving you their support in raising your child(ren).
- It is not a naming ceremony or a rite to initiate a child into the church.
- It is also not a baptism or christening.
What is involved
At Carey, when we have a child dedication, it is an integral part of a normal Sunday service. It typically takes only a few minutes for each family and child. Families come down to the front of the church auditorium so that they can clearly be seen by family and friends. There may be a number of families simultaneously dedicating their children and making promises.
Service Elements
- There may be a particular Bible verse or verses that are important to you and you may want a significant family member or friend to read these aloud.
- You may wish to make specific comments about what it has meant to have your child join the family
- A prayer by pastor/relative/friend for your child and family will conclude the dedication ceremony.
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Thinking about RE as a Career? Here's the FULL Story!
March 1st, 2018 // 8:01 am @ Carla
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'Partners' Magazine and Prayer Diaries availableCategory: Blog
The Autumn/Winter 'Partners' Magazine and the daily and weekly Prayer Diaries have been distributed. However, you can now access them here too, by clicking on the links below.
'Partners' Magazine
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The next issue will be available in June 2015. If your Church is an SGP Partner, and does not feature in the current Daily Prayer Diary, please encourage them to submit their requests for the next edition by 30th April – we love to include as many of our Partners as possible.


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All-Rite's goal is to share our product, installation and service expertise with our existing and potential clients in order to help them reach their dock, door, material handling and related needs. Through our dedication to our clients we hope to help them reduce facility down time, decrease energy costs, and provide safe environments for their tenants, employees and consumers.
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Yes, I'm back, as a repeat contender in the Worst Mom Ever category. So if you're thinking that you've done one thing or another to your kid(s) and you're feeling guilty about it, I'm here to make you feel better about yourself.
You may recall my story from this time last year about why I told my daughter she's smarter than my son – and if you thought that made me a horrible person, then you're going to love this one. And yes, it's about setting up said son for failure. Maybe. Kind of.
After practically pulling all my hair out last year trying to navigate the ridiculous system that is applying for public middle school in NYC, I'm now in the throes of the public high school application process, and boy is it a doozy. I'd say I'll try to make it brief, but if you know me, you know that's not really feasible. So just try and enjoy the ride.
In a nutshell, my son can choose up to 12 schools for his application. He's coming out of a special placement middle school (that's the advanced curriculum) and had a 98.5% average overall for 7th grade. Not too shabby. His state tests were pretty good – a 3.79 in English and a 4.27 in math, both out of 4.5. Generally speaking, getting at least a 4 in both subjects puts you in a better position, but even the top schools we like say they're looking for a 3-4. Of course that's probably just for show, as obviously the kids with the higher scores will fare better.
To add insult to injury, some of these regular public high schools also have additional application requirements of their own. These can range from extra essays, interviews and even graded writing assignments that have been done in school so they can see real examples of the kids' work. But overall, I'm working with a pretty smart kid who, in theory, should be able to get into one of the better high schools. Right? Well…not really.
The process is such that, due to the thousands and thousands upon thousands and thousands of kids throughout the five boroughs of New York City, there are many thousands of kids applying to the same schools. The catch is that none of these schools have thousands of seats for 9th grade. So what happens is that you have 25, 50, 70, sometimes over 100 kids applying PER seat at these schools. The "system" considers these schools to be a "reach". Despite what your kid's grades and test scores are. Any school with more than a dozen applicants per seat is a reach. And they tell you that you can't fill your application with 12 reach schools, you must have some "targets". Let me repeat – even though your child fulfills or even surpasses the requirements for a specific school, it's a reach if the stats show there are 12 or more applicants per seat. So where does that leave you?
I'll tell you where it leaves you. It leaves you feeling pissed off that you have to take off some of the better schools that are perfectly reasonable choices for your kid's academic level, and replace them with lesser schools to be sure you get matched to a school at all. Because if you don't get a match from your initial list of 12, you're in the even less desirable position of needing to submit a second round application, which only consists of the schools that didn't get filled in the first round. I think you can probably guess from my tone here that those aren't going to be the schools we're hoping for.
So if you're thinking this sounds like the most ridiculous, chaotic system ever for a poor 13 year-old to have to go through just to get into public high school, I haven't even gotten to the best part. The specialized schools.
Ahhhhh, behold the specialized schools. For those of you who don't live here and/or aren't in the know, these are like the Ivy Leagues of the public high schools. If you've heard of Stuyvesant, that's what I'm talking about. This is a group of eight schools located throughout the five boroughs, all of which are more elite than even the best high schools on the regular public high school application. And there is a separate application just for these schools. So your child can apply for 12 public high schools, and then apply to 8 more of the specialized schools, if you're so inclined. But the competition is fierce. 40,000 kids applying for 6,000 seats in total at the specialized schools. These are schools that require a special standardized test of their own, much like the SAT. In fact, the test itself is called the SHSAT, the Specialized High School Admissions Test.
It may (or may not) surprise you to learn that many families start tutoring their kids for the SHSAT a year or more before they even take it. Maybe many years. I did not. I had my son start working with a tutor when school started this year, which means he'll have had 2 months to prep for this test. To most people in the world, that may sound reasonable. I thought so. I also thought that we'd get back his SHSAT score before having to apply to the specialized schools, to give us a better idea of how to rank them on the application.
You see, each school has its own base cut-off of acceptable SHSAT scores, and some are higher or lower than others. So maybe you have a super smart kid that didn't score quite high enough to get into Stuyvesant or Bronx Science, but maybe their score could get them into the High School of American Studies at Lehman College or Brooklyn Latin. But of course, allowing parents to see their child's score before actually applying to those schools would be silly, no? Instead, you are forced to rank your order having zero idea of what the score is. When do you find out the score, you ask? Oh, in the spring – when you find out whether or not your kid was accepted into one of these schools.
Except that when you rank a school as your first choice on the specialized school app, and your test score didn't make the baseline cut-off, you've now essentially wasted your chance at acceptance anywhere. Because so many kids are applying to these schools, that they basically get filled with kids who've ranked them first AND have the test scores to get in. They rarely have to move on to the kids that have ranked them number two or lower. In essence, although you can list 8 on the specialized school app, you're really just applying to one. Whichever school you list first.
Ok, so throughout all of this you may be wondering how/why I'm setting my kid up to fail. Which was the whole reason you started reading to begin with, right? So here it is: I am really not sure my son can score high enough on the SHSAT to get into a specialized high school at all. Especially considering the competition. My son does well in school, yes. It doesn't seem to me like he puts in all that much effort, dare I say he's lazy? He likes getting good grades, but I think that's only because it's been fairly easy for him. But trying to get him to really focus and understand the importance of putting forth a lot of effort seems to be lost on him. He'd rather come home and lay on the couch to play on his phone or watch Netflix than do homework and study. Yet he seems to be getting by just fine.
But that's not what the real world is like. In the real world, he will be wholly unprepared. He will find reasons to blame everything and everyone around him for why he didn't do well on something when he "should" have. As little effort as he puts in is always more than enough, in his mind.
And so I have created a situation where he believes he has a shot at a specialized school. He has gone to the open houses and seen the lines literally around the block to get in, filled with thousands of probably extremely gifted students, with whom he is competing. He has seen the Holy Grail that is Stuyvesant, with its beautiful ten-story building and fancy million-dollar library and indoor swimming pool. And he has seen and heard my parents talk about themselves going to specialized schools, and he has seemingly come to understand the sense of pride he might feel by being able to attend one. He's starting to get that being able to say he goes to one of these schools will mean something. I think he wants it. And I'm pretty sure he won't get it.
Many parents choose to protect their kids from the disappointment that rejection brings. In a society and culture where every kid gets a trophy, lots of parents try their best to steer their children away from the hurt and sense of failure that comes from not being accepted. Not me. I've been encouraging my son to put the phone down and study his practice tests, even though the scores he's getting aren't making him a top candidate. I'm building up the excitement and letting him know how proud we'll all be if he gets into one of these schools.
And you know why? Because when he doesn't get in, I want him to understand that in order to really achieve what you want in life, you have to do better, put in more effort and try harder than you thought. I want him to know that you can't coast by in life, just expecting everything to fall at your feet. I want him to think about the kind of discipline and labor it takes if he wants the honor of being one of the best.
I'm hoping this will inspire him to be more aware of what it takes to strive for what he wants. I'm hoping this will actually help him to maintain his straight-A average throughout high school, so he can continue to feel proud and feel the pride of his parents and grandparents. I'm hoping this will help him study harder for his SATs, so that he can go to one of the colleges or universities he sees on the bulletin boards during all of these school tours.
It's a lesson I think is invaluable. So judge me for putting my kid in a situation in which he may be getting set up to fail. Or don't. The truth is you can't always get what you want just because you want it. And maybe, just maybe, he'll actually get in.
Jess xo


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Scientific publications
Pharmacodynamics of high-dose methotrexate in pediatric patients
Aquerreta I., Aldaz A., Giráldez J., Sierrasesúmaga L.
Pharmacy Department, University Hospital of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
Magazine: The Annals of Pharmacotherapy
Date: Sep 1, 2002Pediatría [SP] Pharmacy [SP]
To establish a relationship between the pharmacokinetics of high-dose methotrexate (MTX) and toxicity in children of a pediatric oncology department and to reassess MTX concentrations at which the patients would be at high risk for toxic effects.
This study included 37 patients (227 treatment courses) who received a median dose of 4.87 g/m(2) of MTX in a 4-hour infusion. The population pharmacokinetic parameters of MTX were estimated by parametric (IT2B) and nonparametric methods (NPEM). Gastrointestinal, renal, and hematologic toxicity were evaluated. The relationship between pharmacokinetic parameters and toxicity was analyzed by logistic regression and multiple linear regression.
Equations to predict hematologic and nonhematologic toxicity were obtained. An increase of 100 micro mol/L in the MTX peak concentration meant a 12% (p = 0.03) higher risk of vomiting; a significant delay in MTX elimination implied a 5.76-fold higher risk of mucositis (p < 0.001). An increase of 1 micro mol/L in the MTX concentration 24 hours after the end of the infusion (Cp(24h)) led to a 43% increase in the risk of renal toxicity (p < 0.001). Hematologic toxicity was significantly conditioned by the baseline leukocyte count and Cp(24h) (p < 0.001).
The analysis of high-dose MTX pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic relationship to toxicity has led to equations able to predict toxicity that are easily applicable to daily practice. Cp(24h) >3.5 micro mol/L was confirmed as an indicator of high risk of toxicity.
CITATION Ann Pharmacother. 2002 Sep;36(9):1344-50
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Experience promotes skill.
Working with professional models is a real blessing. They know what is expected of them when they pose in front of the camera, and they know what to expect from you as their photographer. More importantly, they have had to time experiment and find out how to use their bodies and faces to give the photographs character, and they are comfortable with where they are and what they do.
However, working with young and inexperienced models is a very different story. Most of them feel slightly shy, vulnerable, and wary, which is completely understandable. It is your job as a photographer to guide both of you through this experience in a way that both parties will feel comfortable, professional, and leave the photoshoot happy because they got what they came for.
See, the line between the "friendly photographer" and the "creepy photographer" can seem a little confusing for some – it can be so easy to step over that line and freak your model out to the point that it earns you a bad name in the industry. So to help you understand how to direct inexperienced models and learn the very important boundaries, we will give you some advice. With these points in mind you will soon become the photographer that all of the models want to work with.
First impressions matter.
Your professionalism must begin from the very first sentence you say or write to your model. It does not matter if you begin your conversation online or in real life, you should be friendly yet professional, and most of all – respectful.
The first impression you make will be the image the model will have of you up until the photoshoot, and possibly all the way throughout it as well. If you ask too many personal questions or give too many compliments, you may seem interested in the model for all the wrong reasons. Stay professional and discuss only the things of importance. You can show a more relaxed side of your personality when you meet in person.
Get to know each other before the photoshoot.
Once you meet on the day of the photoshoot, spend some time with your model. The efforts you put in before the photoshoot will determine the outcome of the project. This is the part where you should build a good relationship and learn the boundaries – once those are in place it will be smooth sailing from there!
The best start to any friendship or relationship is to break the ice, and what better way to do it than to ask some questions and get to know each other? Before the photoshoot begins, spend some time with your model and ask her/him some questions about their career and future plans. Be friendly and relaxed, but not too invasive. Show some interest in your model, tell them a little about yourself, but always keep a respectful tone. Too many personal questions can make you seem creepy, and that's definitely what you want to avoid.
Set the boundaries.
Now that you have created some sort of a relationship between you and your model it is time to set clear boundaries. Ask your model what they are and aren't comfortable with, and make sure to memorize it well. Different models will have different boundaries and it is your job to make sure that you don't overstep them, because doing so will only make you seem unprofessional and inconsiderate. And no model wants to work with a photographer like that.
Have fun during the photoshoot.
After an hour or so of getting to know each other and setting the boundaries it time to begin the photoshoot. By now your model should feel much more relaxed and comfortable, which is a necessity for a productive and smooth shoot. Make sure to keep the environment comfortable and relaxed for your model throughout the whole day, whilst staying respectful and professional. Keeping these points in mind will not only help you make some friends in the industry, but will also earn you a good name.
Direct your model.
Your model being inexperienced means that they don't yet know how to hold their body to portray the needed characteristics. Subtle changes, like avoiding spread legs or straight unbusy arms, can make a huge difference on the overall look. Give directions, tell them to lift and bend their arms above their head. Ensure they seem safe and confident to experiment with their poses and you will end up with some surprisingly creative shots!
Same goes for the model's face – encourage them to experiment with different emotions and gazes. Always have their eyes visible in the pictures. After all, they are windows to the soul, and that's what gives life to the photographs.
Be approachable.
As the photoshoot continues, don't get lost in your camera. You are photographing a person, not an object. Make sure to give feedback and compliments regularly, and every once in awhile go through the photos with your model. This will show them your appreciation and willingness to collaborate. Most importantly, it can help you build a potential friendship. And there's never too many of those when trying to establish yourself in photography business.
Now that you have a clear idea of how to work with inexperienced models, it is time to put this knowledge to good use. Go find yourself a model and begin building your career! Also, share this article around with your photographer friends – it is crucial that more people understand the difference between friendly and creepy.


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At the age of five Emma enrolled in violin lessons, followed by piano lessons a year later which was recommended to help improve her violin technique. She later studied violin at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music after auditioning and perfected her instrument there for four years. Once she entered Bristow Middle School Emma became intrigued with the idea of playing in the jazz band, but the two instruments she currently practiced weren't appropriate. So Emma decided to add trumpet to her list, teaching herself by ear. "I made it into the jazz band as one of 20 students," Emma said. "I got to play first chair." Emma was also selected as one of only three Brentwood students to be a part of the honors band. With her freshman year at Heritage High School just beginning, Emma plans to audition for the jazz band and hopes to have time in her schedule to include orchestra.
In addition to her busy music schedule, Emma has also not simply been involved in but thrived in multiple sports. After chasing down the ice cream man instead of racing toward the soccer ball, Emma's parents realized that soccer was not her favorite activity. Since she was already at the Community Youth Center in Concord for her brother's wrestling practice a couple times per week, Emma decided that she would prefer to keep herself busy while waiting. "I was pretty bored while my brother was doing his practice, so I decided to try the CYC gymnastics team," Emma said. Emma competed in all four events: beam, vault, floor, and bars. She said that she did best in vault and bars. A month into gymnastics the competitive coach approached Emma's mother and expressed an interest in testing her for his team based on her natural talent. After placing her on the pre-team the same coach spoke with Emma's mother again, explaining that her kind of talent really needed to be on a competitive team. It turns out that he was right. In her first season Emma was ranked 4th in the state, always earning a spot on the podium. "People kept coming up to me and asking how long Emma had been competing," Emma's mother, Sandra said. "It was almost like a joke that it was her first year."
After two years in Concord, Emma switched to Black Diamond Kids Center. Her first year there she was 1st in the state; however, Emma was beginning to feel the pain that gymnastics was causing her body. "Emma is incredibly tolerant of pain, so when she was constantly icing her knee and other body parts, I knew it had to be bad," Sandra said. Emma had always expressed an interest in running but being involved in even one more activity was unrealistic. When her parents sat her down to let her know that she needed to choose one sport to focus on, Emma chose track. "I knew I wanted to letter in something in high school, and wanted to do track for three years," Emma said. "So I decided to leave gymnastics and finally run."
Emma joined the Bristow track team in her 8th grade year, participating in the 100, 200, 1x1, and 4x4. "My favorite is the 100," Emma said. "My fastest time is 13.1, but my goal is to get below 13 seconds." Emma was the anchor for her relay team, which was the spot she preferred. "I trust myself the most to catch us up if we're behind." She took 2nd place in the league for the 100 and 1st place for the 200. She is currently ranked 8th in state. While at Freedom High School for a track meet, the Heritage boys' team was warming up nearby and noticed Emma running. They asked her mother if Emma was in high school yet and told her to come back the next day because she needed to meet their coach. So they did just that, and Emma has been practicing and learning technique from them ever since.
The most amazing part of Emma's musical and athletic involvement is that she is dangerously asthmatic. She has two inhalers that she takes daily and has even been hospitalized because of her trouble breathing. "I know it sounds cliché, but one day I asked Emma why she wanted to run so badly when it could cost her her health," Sandra said. "She said to me, 'I'd rather die running than be alive and not do it.' That really hit me." Thankfully part of her training with the high school coaches is focused on proper breathing techniques so that Emma doesn't have to struggle so much to get oxygen while running.
School doesn't seem to be a problem for Emma, earning all A's at Bristow, so she's not worried about a higher level of academics. The part about high school that she is most excited about is meeting new people. "I'm excited to find other serious female athletes," Emma said. "I hope to make it onto the varsity track team." Her dream for the future is to take her track career all the way to college, possibly earning a scholarship.


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You've got to feel sorry for second children. Or have you? They get less of you – your time, energy and attention – but they are likely to be more confident in the end.
With your first baby, you couldn't be more attentive: signing up to NCT the day you find out you're pregnant, tracking the weeks and reading all the books. Then baby arrives and you attend baby massage and whatever other class you can, determined to do the very best by your child. New-parenthood is a project you're determined to ace.
You fill their baby book with key measurements, dates and locks of hair, have their feet cast in plaster (or bronze, if you're feeling flush), and clog your hard drive and Facebook feed with the pictures that you can't stop taking.
Then the second child comes along. And let's just say your standards get a little lax. This time around there's no baby yoga, Gymboree or Kindermusic. Whereas first time around you worried about the right time to wean, and whether or not they could eat nuts, this time you almost completely forget to fret. Frankly, they're lucky if they get their hair washed once a week.
SEE ALSO: How (and why) to raise independent children
But it's not all bad news. This benign neglect can have a positive effect on your second child. A study published in the journal Child Development suggests that first-born children are likely to be conformist, while second-born children tend to be more independent and adventurous. They're often confident, too, being more used to battling for attention. The downside? They tend to rebel…
1o signs that you are suffering from 'second child syndrome':
- You buy them a baby book and then leave every page blank
- Rather than carefully sterilise their bottles, you shove them in the dishwasher.
- You stick them in the tiny box room.
- They only wear their sibling's holey cast-offs.
- The first child has a personalised hooded bath towel and teddy bear, and a wooden train that spells out his name. The second child may or may not own a toothbrush.
- You agonise over which school will suit your first child, then send the second one wherever the first one goes.
- You find yourself with 12,000 photographs of the first child and 12 of the second.
- You carefully ration the first-born's TV, making sure it's appropriate and that they don't watch too much. The second, meanwhile, skips CBeebies entirely in favour of the trashy commercial channels his older sibling likes.
- With the first, you avidly track every developmental milestone, stressing endlessly about whether they've reached it at the right time. You miss the second one's first parents evening.
- You spend weeks getting your first child into a routine, ruining lunch plans and, often, friendships to accommodate them. The second simply has to fit in with everybody else.


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Name the trend — Hunger Games, Downton Abbey, cupcakes, social networking, recycling and eco-friendly lifestyle, financial education for kids, apps, eBooks — and you can count on us to offer enlightening resources. We know that our customers will be hungering for a full accounting.
But not for lionfish.
The ad for The Lionfish Cookbook in my husband's scuba magazine describes this entree's role in the invasivore movement. "Eat 'em to beat 'em": that's the slogan of those seeking to manage invasive species by consuming them, as this New York Times article explains.
Conservation magazine explores implications of this approach, and others warn that extreme caution must be exercised during the sea-to-sushi process. Still, diners with open minds are in for a pleasant surprise: lionfish are allegedly delicious. Freed from the guilt associated with fattening and non-nutritious foods, lionfish consumers may derive satisfaction from having joined NOAA, The Nature Conservancy, REEF, and other concerned groups in eradicating an aquatic predator currently threatening reef fish populations.
And just imagine the product possibilities as this delicacy is embraced by the masses: Shake 'n Bake for Lionfish, lionfish noodle casserole, the inevitable new artery-clogging taste sensation at the State Fair of Texas, perhaps a takeout run for some KFL.
Added to the obvious appeal of fork-as-weapon, the lionfish trend affords this attraction that we Americans seem to crave: focus. Blessed with hundreds of opportunities to use our powers for good, along with thousands of products up for purchase, we are inundated with choices. When a new option incorporates meal selection and world-bettering action, who wouldn't consider it?
Based on checkout figures for home improvement and DIY resources, I suspect that most library patrons (like me) operate more comfortably with challenges involving limits — e.g., budget — anyway. We embrace makeover projects on battered cabinetry or furnishings armed with only hand tools and paint. How empowering it feels to achieve multiple goals: re-purposing, cost-saving, aesthetic enhancement.
Books like Upcycling: Create Beautiful Things with the Stuff You Already Have, along with HGTV (whose slogan should probably be "Spray Paint is Your Friend"), and the online resource Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center are proven successes here in Round Rock. Perhaps lionfish will catch on, too.
To make your world (and city) a better place, cardholders can request purchase of The Lionfish Cookbook, recipe guides centered on non-venomous edibles, or many other resources to guide your current path of exploration.


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More people are reporting instances of discrimination by airlines, according to a new report from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
As part of its monthly Air Travel Consumer Report — which also includes data about flight cancellations, mishandled baggage and on-time delays — the DOT said it was releasing the data on reports of airline discrimination as concerns rise about the treatment of passengers. The data includes complaints of treatment based on ancestry, color, national origin, race, religion and sex.
The DOT found that there were 67 complaints from January to September this year, up from 49 complaints for the same period last year — a rise of 37 percent.
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For the first nine months of this year, there were 52 complaints regarding race, eight regarding national origin, four regarding sex, two regarding religion and one regarding color.
Six of those complaints were received in September: three regarding race, two regarding national origin and one regarding religion. This is down from eight in September 2015 and 15 in August of this year.
The DOT investigates all allegations of discrimination against airlines to see if a violation has occurred.
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We are one of the few (if any) American companies that still hand paint our own canvas backdrops right here in Kansas-USA! It is a lost art form that will probably die with Brad Owen. Check out this video to see how it is done. Transcript: Brad Owen: I'm Brad Owen of MuslinsCheap. I think, kind of like The Last Of The Mohicans, I may be the last American backdrop painter. I thought maybe before I stop doing it that we give you a little tour of how we paint backdrops. It's basically the hand painted canvass backdrops. This is Ted and Larry. They help out in our warehouse and also help paint canvas for us. They're cutting 5 X 6 canvasses off a big roll in the back room but now this canvass that they're cutting is a hundred percent cotton artist canvas. I think we may well be the last company that still uses this stuff. It's a hundred percent cotton material. Real canvas. We did for a short time try using PVC canvas which is imported Chinese product. It only cost about a third of what the cotton canvas like this cost but it doesn't paint nearly as well and I don't think it's as durable. Cotton canvas has to be hung and stretched on the wall before it can be painted and that's what the guys are doing here. We have sheet rock walls in this paint room. The canvas gets stapled directly to the wall. It has quite a stretch on it. When it's wet it has to be all stapled in. It's fairly labor intensive but I think that the outcome is well worth the work.Continue Reading
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Tracy: Hi, my name is Tracy Kerestesh, from Tracy Portraits. I'm here to tell you all about the wonderful backgrounds, the Softeez 3D backgrounds from MuslinsCheap. I just have gotten these backgrounds in the last two weeks, and I love them. Yesterday they were on the location shoot, and I just brought them back in a garbage bag and hung them up. As you can see they're wrinkle free, they just stretch right out, and they're just wonderful views. They're very life-like and just really ... I'm going to do a few shots with them. Just come over here, sit nice and tall, point your toe. I'm using 3D 4-lights, I'm using my [key light 00:01:28] here off to the side, a hair light, a back-kicker light, and a fill light here on one side. .


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Serving With A Purpose
Returning from the county hospital after being admitted for a day, the female inmate gave me her yellow wrist band marked "Prego" [pregnant], as I gathered my instruments to take her vital signs.
"I don't need this anymore, right?" she asked.
"You're right! And just to let you know, your prenatal vitamins would be discontinued also and your bedtime snacks."
The day before, she had continued bleeding. It was her 6th pregnancy I gathered. She told me that she had previous complications, too from her past pregnancies. She had 3 alive children and the rest, she ended up having miscarriages, including this last one.
Speaking calmly, she didn't appear to be in distress. She answered appropriately with all of my queries pertaining to her health.
"How are you? Tell me, what are you thinking now about this loss. I'm so sorry this happened."
"No. I'm okay Ma'am. I'm okay with it since I always had problem sometimes from the past," she replied, her gaze meeting mine. Her penetrating cold stare that seemed to evade any empathy from my part.
"Okay, I just want to let you know that if much later on, you feel like you need to vent out, help is available. So, just put a sick call request from your unit, "I advised.
"Thank you Ma'am. May I go back to my unit now?"
"Of course! I know you must be tired. Just keep drinking lots of water, too as long as you can tolerate that," I added.
After handling out her yellow pass so she could go back to her housing, her shadow slowly disappeared from the hallway of the clinic's female side. No other inmates would know what she had just gone through, just by merely looking at her.
She might not have accepted my offer of help. But that was okay, too. Because deep in my heart, I know that our strengths were given to us to help us serve. God is the One rejoicing when we change our "How can I help myself?" attitude to "How can I help others?"
And that strength is for service, not for status. No matter who is in front of us, true service is helping them out without any bias and without seeking for praises or even recognition.
The right attitude when serving others arise from loving God first. When our motive is to love God and please no other, no ingratitude can hinder us from serving others.
There's a big difference when we look at our workplaces as just "a job" versus an area where "we can have that opportunity to faithfully serve God and man."
"Work hard and cheerfully at whatever you do, as though you were working for the Lord rather than for people. Remember that the Lord will give you an inheritance as your reward, and the Master you are serving is Christ." -Colossians 3:23,24
"You are the light of the world---like a city on a mountain, glowing in the night for all to see. Don't hide your light under a basket! Instead, put it on a stand and let it shine for all. In the same way, let your good deeds shine out for all to see, so that everyone will praise your heavenly Father." - Matthew 5:14-16
"For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink. I was a stranger, and you invited me to your home. I was naked, and you gave me clothing. I was sick, and you cared for me. I was in prison, and you visited me." -Matthew 25:35,36
Then, these righteous ones will reply, "Lord, when did we ever see you hungry and feed you? Or thirsty and give you something to drink? Or a stranger and show you hospitality? Or naked and give you clothing? When did we ever see you sick or in prison and visit you?" -Matthew 25:37-39
And the King will tell them, "I assure you, when you did it to one of the least of these my brothers and sisters, you were doing it to me." -Matthew 25:40
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The Attacker (5/15/09)
The sun was just peeking from the Eastern skies.
Out in the prison's yard, some huge Sheriff's buses were illuminated by the soft glow coming from the lights all over from the tall lamp posts. Their engines were turned on, warming up, before the buses would take the inmates to the different courts where they would have their trials.
Orange-uniformed men were lined up in pairs, joined together with handcuffs and chained, forming a long line. They already had their breakfast and had their morning medications prior to going to courts. Some were fidgeting, as they waited to board those buses.
All of a sudden, all hell broke loose! Two men were engaged in a fight, using weapons they made secretly for a while. Deputies called for help on the radio, both for custody back-up and medical staff, as well.
When the air was cleared and the other inmates were secured, one man was down on the floor. He sustained multiple gashes but two of them were deep. One cut was vertically etched from his left ear going down to the jaw line. The other dangerous cut was horizontal on his left neck, close to the jugular vein. Pool of blood dripped all over the floor. Holding his bleeding neck, he was pointing at the other inmate few feet away, being guarded by the other deputies.
The other man being accused was not hurt. There were no lacerations nor any other signs of trauma. He was obviously very agitated as he was being questioned by those deputies, while the medical staff started treating the other man on the floor. They cleaned the wounds and controlled the bleeding. That man was sent to the nearby hospital.
When the investigation was finalized, it turned out to be that the "downed man who was accusing the other inmate" was the attacker and the other one who didn't have injury was the one attacked. The deputies found out that it was the second attempt to attack the unhurt man. Both attacks on him failed. He was well-prepared after the first attempt on him, that when the second attempt was done, he was able to defend himself and ended up injuring his attacker severely.
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We also have an "accuser of the brethren." Satan and his army of demons are the enemies of God and of everything good.
"Because God's children are human beings – made of flesh and blood – Jesus also became flesh and blood by being born in human form. For only as a human being could he die, and only by dying could he break the power of the Devil, who had the power of death." –Hebrews 2:14
Because of what Jesus had done [dying on the cross], we, who live in constant fear of death shouldn't be afraid anymore. Jesus had freed us from that fear so we can live for Him. When we belong to God, we know that death is only the portal that leads into "eternal life". ["Thank You Lord!].
Paul warned us, too that we also battle against the evil forces of Satan, who is a vicious fighter. But to be able to withstand their attacks, we must depend on God's strength and use every piece of His armor. We face an army whose goal is to defeat Christ's church. When we believe in Christ, they become our enemies. They will try any device to turn us away from the Lord.
Fear not! For God has provided His supernatural power to defeat Satan and his army, through His Holy Spirit within us. So, arm yourselves with God's armor.
Let us be strong in the Lord's mighty power. Let's put on His whole armor to resist the enemy's attacks: put on the sturdy belt of truth and the body armor of God's righteousness. For shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Good News, so that we are well-prepared. We will need faith in every battle as our shield to stop the fiery arrows aimed by Satan and his army. Let us put on salvation as our helmet, not forgetting the sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God. Let's pray at all times, on every occasion in the power of the Holy Spirit. We must stay alert and be persistent in our prayers for all Christians everywhere. [Ephesians 6:10-18].


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|Santa Made a special trip here for today
|what happened to you ?
|you know it is still nice out when Suzie is still in shorts
|I like the Red Suzie likes the Blonde
|love sitting under our awning, nice a dry listening to
and watching the rain come down
|love our Chicken on the Weber Q
|yummy? yup!
|Hi Santa !
|On Dancer on Prancer and away they go
|ho. ho ho. too much fun
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Fine Arts Association (Muthamil Mandram)
The Fine Arts club of Sethu Institute of Technology aims at identifying the various hidden talents of our students and to bring them out. It provides an environment for the education, creation, performance and celebration of arts. It encourages and brings out the artistic capabilities of students in the field of Music, Dance, Drama, Visual Arts and other cultural activities.
Objectives of the Association
• To organize Competitions to identify and encourage the potentials.
• To motivate students for Inter-college cultural events to enable them to prove their mettle.
An Event of Joy- Muthamizh Kalai Mandram is the most awaited and major attraction of Fine arts club. Muthamizh Kalai Mandram is an intra-collegiate cultural competition in which more than 900 students competes. One auditorium 'Pavendhar Bharathithasan Arangam' in the main campus of the institution with a seating capacity of 800 and a green room and seven Air conditioned seminar Halls in various department blocks are available for organizing cultural programmes. Besides, major cultural events are organized in the Open air theatre which has a seating capacity of 5000. These halls provide ample space for conducting cultural programs / events. The College team has won prizes in various intercollegiate level competitions. Muthamizh Kalai Mandram also invites guests from the world of music, art, theatre etc. The events which are organized by the club includes Rangoli, Mehandi, Cartooning, Paint the face, Art from waste, Dance, Orchestra , Elocution , Recitation , Tamil and English Verse writing and skit. The SIT orchestra adds feather to the crown of Fine Arts Club. (facebook link: SIT Orchestra Team)
List of cultural activities organized and concerned faculty in-charges is furnished below:
|Muthamizh Kalai Mandram
|Dr. D. Lakshmana Raj
Mrs. R. Sivaranjani
Mrs. J. Rahila
Mr. S. Malaisamy
|College Day
|Staff Day
|Women Fest
|Mrs. R.Sivaranjani
Mrs. J.Rahila
Mrs. C.Abirami
Mrs. D.Roja Ramani
|SIT Orchestra Team
|Dr. D. Lakshmana Raj
Mr.S. Malaisamy
Muthamizh Kalai Mandram also invites guests from the world of music, art, theatre etc.The dignitaries who represent are the doyen in their chosen field. They interact with our students, which is of immense value for the students. Some of the guests who visited our college for interactions with our students are Sudha Ragunathan,"Pattimanra Pugazh" Raja, M.S.Swaminathan, Nithyasree Mahadevan, Gnanasampanthan, and Solomon Papaya.


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March 10th, 2015
CRSA and Make Vancouver are both set up for embroidering the Dragon logo as well as a large line drawing of the Dragon, which looks great on the back of jackets. Both have a wide assortment of clothing and accessories suitable for sailors.
To order from Make Vancouver, call them and ask for the Canadian Dragon Association files (logo and line drawing). You can also customize with your boat name and sail number. http://www.makevancouver.com
CRSA has a shop front set up for the American Dragon Association - http://www.coralreefsailing.com/index.php/american-dragon-association.html If you want something that is not in the shop, call them and they will quote you a price for adding the Dragon logo and any customization. And for the next two weeks, Dragon logo merchandise is 10% off with the coupon code.
Anne Garrett is the National Secretary for the American Dragon Association and has been sailing and racing Dragons since the early 80s.
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Best HDTV under $300
A great HDTV for under $300?
Low price doesn't mean low quality anymore when it comes to TVs. Prices have come down to where you can get a quality HDTV with smart TV features like integrated Roku to watch Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, YouTube and more. If you're on a tight budget or looking for a TV for a smaller space like a dorm, RV, or for a children's bedroom or play room, we've got a great pick for you.
Our Top Pick
TCL 40S305 40-Inch 1080p Roku Smart LED TV (2017 Model)
TCL is currently our favorite brand for high quality HDTVs in the lower price categories... and for good reason.
This 40 LED TV has a 120Hz refresh rate for smoother, clearer video (good for things like sports), built in WiFi, and integrated Roku TV. Roku gives you access to over 4,000 channels of internet streamed content from Netflix, Amazon Prime, Hulu, HBO Now, YouTube, and more.
The direct-lit LED screen is full 1080p resolution which is great on a screen of this size. The colors are rich and the contrast is excellent for a TV in this price range.
The remote is easy to use and you can even download an app to your smartphone to control the TV through the app's interface or with voice commands.
Another nice feature is you can plug a USB thumb drive into the back and use it to pause live TV for up to 90 minutes. It only supports up to a 16GB drive so it's inexpensive to add this functionality if it's something you're interested in.
3 HDMI(1 w / ARC), 1 USB, RF, Composite, Headphone Jack, Optical Audio Out is a solid assortment of input/output ports and should accomodate most entertainment setups.
You really can't beat This TCL if you're budget is under $300 or you need a smaller TV without high end features like 4K resolution or HDR.


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Red Lantern Cycles
1982 Raleigh Team Professional, Reynolds 531, designed for Dura-Ace AX
This 1982 Raleigh Team Professional is from the year of a whole new design movement for road bicycles: aerodynamics. Cinelli introduced the new streamlined Laser bicycle at the New York and Cologne bicycle shows, while Shimano unveiled a huge production, promoting an entirely new components group with every part designed specifically for aerodynamic efficiency, all the way down to elliptical section cable adjusters. This new way-of-life was entitled 'Dura-Ace AX', and Shimano just immersed itself entirely within it, with racer-models in silver full-cover helmets and full-body skinsuits, projected in promotional videos with hissing streams of air passing over the low profile riders on silver AX'd bicycles. Every single AX component was tested and attributed with a specific percentage benefit against its conventional counterpart's aerodynamic drag. From a Shimano company timeline: '1982: Dura-Ace AX components are introduced at the International Cycle Show in Cologne Germany. The group is based on an innovative new aerodynamic design theme. Through the use of the bicycle industry's first wind tunnel, Shimano engineers developed a component series with 20% less drag than contemporary designs.'
I was just awe-struck by all of this at the time; I still am. Never before nor since has a leading bicycle parts company just laid it all so completely on the line, all at once, with such an entirely radical theme applied to every single part in the group. Every component that touched the frame was utterly redesigned as if from zero. The designs were aesthetically fantastic, and certain parts even performed reasonably well. Unfortunately, the subsequent real world comparisons in European stage racing against the gold standards (Campagnolo Super Record, and even the Dura-Ace EX knock-offs thereof) were less than entirely favorable. Somehow, Shimano survived its near-death experience with Dura-Ace AX, but proved its mettle as an innovator and shortly thereafter commercialized SIS indexed shifting very successfully, all this in spite of (or perhaps because of) the painful financial exposure associated with its AX predecessor.
Still, Alexi Grewal won the 1984 Olympic Road Race on the matched Dura-Ace 'DynaDrive' pedals and crankset that were the core of the AX group, and Lance Armstrong used the very low profile center-pull 'ParaPull' brakesets on his TT bicycles in the majority of his Tour de France time trial victories 20 years after they were first manufactured. These parts did provide performance benefits, and were beautiful to behold as examples of completely passionate, deep-dive industrial designs of the early 1980s.
Back to this particular 1982 Raleigh: the new Cinelli Laser of that year was built around a completely special aerodynamic frameset, with the bicycle featuring mostly standard components that were slightly modified towards the aerodynamic cause. This particular Raleigh Team Professional of the same year showcased the completely new and aerodynamic Dura-Ace AX component group, but with its Reynolds 531 frameset only slightly modified to accommodate the very special parts. That included the shifter braze-on hidden behind the leading edge of the down tube, the sloping fork crown, and what Raleigh called the 'shot in' seat binder bolt option behind the seat tube. These were the kinds of options you'd see on custom British road TT frames in the 80s. One more modification was unique to frames built for AX: no cable stop for the rear derailleur cable housing. The bare rear shift cable routes directly from shift lever to bottom bracket guide to rear derailleur; an integrated 'ear-piece' on the derailleur arcs over the skewer to receive the cable core without a housing.
In 1980s group rides, I'd become just about speechless when someone rolled up on a red and yellow Raleigh Team Professional frameset like this one. Almost all were fit with Campagnolo, but just about every bicycle brand on earth rushed to produce a Dura-Ace AX bicycle in that first year. I've been accumulating the AX parts one at a time for a while now, and once I picked up that proper water bottle, I finally had enough together to build this bicycle right.
Now this is different. The center pull cable pulls a triangular wedge upward, which when adequately lubricated levers the upper brake arms outwardly and so brake pads inwardly in a nearly symmetric motion. The brakes actually work reasonably well - believe it or not the large gap between pads and rim on this bicycle is matched to the throw of the brake levers, and the pads hit the rims well before the brake levers bottom out. Still the lowest profile functional brake ever.


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A Three-Pronged Approach to Greatness
Henry Ford said, "Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. Vision without execution is just hallucination."
I often am asked by readers of my columns and articles to describe recent examples of modern, successful metalforming companies with which to benchmark against. After having consulted with hundreds of companies over the past 30-plus years, I can most definitively hold up metalformer Larsen & Shaw Limited, Walkerton, Ontario, Canada, as among the finest practitioners of the three critical business components that, in my opinion, define such success:
Mentoring is part of the hands-on training that operators undergo at Larsen & Shaw.
- Use of an electronic sensor-based error-proofing program;
- An internal shop-floor skills-training academy; and
- Mastery of an effective ERP program.
A family-owned business since 1919, Larsen & Shaw employs some 100 people in its Walkerton facility; it also operates a newly opened plant in Rome, GA. Its metalforming and assembly specialties include production of custom, standard-continuous and architectural hinges, as well as other varieties of stamped metal products, including hardware.
On the Subject of In-Die Sensing
"'We've come a long way,' are the words I would use to describe our progress on the subject of in-die sensing, inhouse technical training and ERP utilization," says Mary Jane Bushell, president and CEO of Larsen & Shaw, in describing the company's journey to productivity excellence. Having had the pleasure of watching her company successfully navigate the path to manufacturing excellence, I can truthfully attest to this. For, just a few years ago, die crashes, part-quality issues, lack of skills training and massive paperwork bottlenecks were the norm at the company. Today, all of that is a distant memory for Bushell and her team.
The company's first step toward worldclass manufacturing: implementation of a full-time sensor-applications expert position, with a full error-proofing sensor laboratory for research and development. The goal was to develop digital (die protection) and analog (in-die part-quality measurement) sensor applications. Many of the company's hinge-stamping dies incorporate complex tooling stages in order to achieve tight-tolerance part geometries.
Classroom training at Larsen & Shaw encompasses 11 core modules developed inhouse supplemented by several advanced technical-training modules. Here, shop-floor workers take in a class on coil-feed setup.
Describing the sensor program, Bushell says, "We launched our formal die-sensor program in 2011, and since then die sensing has become a way of life. It prevents downtime associated with misfeeds, as the press stops automatically or the tooling adjusts on the fly thanks to use of small servo motors. This has eliminated the concern of potential machine/tool damage or out-of-spec parts. As a result, operators can tend to more than one press at a time, and our customers enjoy a higher level of consistent part quality."
In just a handful of years the company has truly mastered, to the highest global standards, digital and analog sensor applications within its tooling, and has spread this wealth of sensor expertise throughout the rest of its shop-floor manufacturing processes. It just makes sense that the lessons learned from implementing an error-proofing sensor program to prevent die crashes carry forward throughout the rest of the company's manufacturing processes, including assembly.
A Skills-Training Academy
Finding skilled manufacturing help is a challenge throughout the United States and Canada, as baby boomers retire with few if any new replacement employees being formally and thoroughly trained on the requisite retiring skills. And, Larsen & Shaw is no exception. To address this concern, the company created an internal school to grow its own manufacturing talent from within.
"As a well-established family-owned company with a very dedicated, rural workforce," Bushell says, "we lacked a formal technical training program for much of our history. The management team viewed this as a major threat to our ongoing sustainability. So, in 2011 we began to invest heavily in training.
"We've built 11 core modules and half of a dozen (and counting) advanced technical-training modules," she continues. "And, we supplemented these modules with other training systems available in the market, including the Precision Metalforming Association's OnBoardingME program, which we use to orient new hires into the world of manufacturing. Our training includes a wide variety of delivery methods, including self-study, classroom and online, and includes shop-floor hands-on competency assessments."
The sensor program and formal training system at Larsen & Shaw both represent significant investments for the company. The benefits of the sensor program are, perhaps, obvious: increased machine uptime, minimized tooling damage, less scrap and improved better part quality and consistency. When it comes to training, Bushell says, "the benefits of training may be questionable to some, but not to us. In the past, this was a serious deficiency that would have eventually threatened the ongoing success of the company. The time and money that we have invested on the internal development of critical educational materials, the purchase of third-party training programs, and having a dedicated trainer (our most experienced technical resource), as well as dedicating time for other people to create educational material and to teach, is the only way to ensure that we develop the necessary skills needed to ensure long-term success. What could be more important than that?"
It is fair to say that for the vast majority of the company's history, training was a serious weakness. Within the last few years, it has turned it into a strength, "which helps me sleep much better at night," Bushell adds.
The Critical Role of ERP Software
The proper selection of manufacturing employees is more important than ever as various computer technologies become mainstream on the manufacturing floor. Finding truly trainable metalforming and assembly employees can prove difficult for many companies. At Larsen & Shaw, a new ERP system helps overcome this ongoing challenge.
"We have developed a robust candidate-screening process, orientation and technical-training programs," Bushell says. "And, we have tied it all together with the help of our ERP system (Plex, implemented in January 2015). With Plex, for example, we can document for any given position the various steps in the required training plan, using a work-flow process. This provides online visibility of an employee's progression through the plan, and allows us to provide assistance when necessary.
"Training materials store neatly online as well," Bushell continues, "for ease of access by the trainer and as ongoing references for employees. We maintain formal training records within Plex as well, so supervisors can quickly and easily verify which operators have been adequately trained for a particular job. Throughout the manufacturing floor, all employees are fully versed and totally engaged with the ERP system."
Employee Comments
I often ask shop-floor workers and managers to share their thoughts on their employer's progress toward worldclass manufacturing. Here are some observations from various employees at Larsen & Shaw.
- "The training is good. It gives me a basic understanding of how the line works…what is happening beyond just the numbers I am entering. It is like starting and stopping a car—a lot is happening behind the scenes and it is good to understand that."
- "I picked up a few pointers. I realized immediately after the training that I did not have my feeder set to the optimal speed for the line, so I made the adjustment and the line runs better as a result."
- "The training was good. I made a change to the height of the roll release as a result, and set up a system to verify for other operators. I also learned about a feed-initiate adjustment that will allow quicker line startup."
- "We have come a long way with still a long way to go. Seeing the engagement of the operators tells me it is time well spent. I believe that the success we are seeing lies with the operators who are open to learning and open to new technology that keeps us ahead of our competitors."
- "Our training has grown in leaps and bounds. Total commitment would be the reason for this change. The current training is going great and the reason I say that is because of the on-the-floor response of the operators, which within hours of their training are actually putting their training into action and improving productivity and equipment efficiency. This is the ultimate of training success." MF
See also: Tecknow Education Services, Inc.
Related Enterprise Zones: Sensing/Electronics
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Governments and public organizations all over the world, offer support programs and grants for sustainable farming, energy and water efficiency, and carbon footprint reduction related methods. DryGair solution entitles the grower to several of these grants.
DryGair Energies provides general information on how our solution can fit into the different programs of agricultural grants for growers.
A grower buying DryGair solution can apply according to various support programs, granting according to energy efficiency criteria, water conservation criteria, and reduction in carbon emission criteria.
By saving a significant amount of heating energy, DryGair solution allows growers to reduce fossil fuel or gas consumption for heating in greenhouses, thus, reducing carbon emissions according to requirements of the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris.
DryGair removes 45 L/h (12 G/h) of pure water which means ~600 L/night (~160 G/night). DryGair allows growers to recycle large amounts of purified water which can be used for irrigation or for any other purpose. For example: Assume there is a greenhouse pepper grower with DryGair unit that covers 1,250 m2. The grower irrigates around 5,500 L (1453 G) of water per day for that area. The unit condenses ~600 liters (~160 G) in 13 hours evening-night operation- 11% of the water invested in the growing process is returned to grower = Water Saving. These quantities of purified water can be collected and reused (after enriching it with minerals) while contributing to sustainable water management.
DryGair units are highly energy efficient and provide the highest liters removed per kWh ratio on the market. Using 10 kWh, it is able to remove 45 L/h (12 G/h) which leads to 4.5 liters per kWh (more than 1 Gallon per kWh) – remarkable numbers compared to other equivalent scale products. DryGair users report up to 80% energy savings. With an airflow of 22,000 m3, the unit provides perfect air distribution in the greenhouse. DryGair's COP (Coefficient of Performance) is 8, which makes it a highly efficient solution compared to the competitors.
The rural settlements are often tied to the agricultural sector. Agriculture is challenging work; it requires growers' expertise and knowledge in order to save costs and increase income.
DryGair solution is characterized by fast ROI (Return on Investment) and contributes to improving the growers' work and quality of life.
Organic growers cannot use conventional pesticides and are obligated to grow according to specific requirements. Since DryGair helps growers prevent diseases and makes the use of some pesticides unnecessary, it makes growing organic easier.
Except for water and energy conservation, DryGair units' components are environmentally friendly and designed to meet the highest standards around the world. DryGair units only use approved refrigerant which reduces the damage to the environment, the ozone layer, and the crops.
The DryGair concept saves a significant amount of heating energy and allows the grower to use renewable energy, thus reducing CO2 emissions. In addition, the concept allows the grower to close the greenhouse (when applicable) and re-use the CO2 required for the plants instead of releasing it to the outside air.
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DryGair allows the grower to produce more yield for less input. Increasing quality and quantity while using less energy, water, pesticides, and reducing labor hours.


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JWT Uses Emotion In New Campaign For Kimberly-Clark Australia
Emotive messaging about unsustainable deforestation and the devastating effects it has on Borneo's endangered Orang-Utans, takes centre stage in a new brand strategy and creative campaign for Kimberly Clark's Kleenex Cottonelle brand, via J. Walter Thompson Sydney.
With a clear and strong objective to raise awareness of the importance of sustainable forest management, the campaign is spearheaded by 30 sec and 15 sec TVCs, supported by digital and social, a new website (www.keeptheheartbeating.com.au) developed by Resolution, and in-store activity.
As the only toilet tissue brand to partner with World Wildlife Fund (WWF's) 'Love Your Forest' program, the Cottonelle campaign also aims to highlight how simple purchasing choices can help protect the endangered apes.
Simon Langley, executive Creative Director, J. Walter Thompson explained: "The campaign aims to make people feel they really can make a difference in keeping the Heart of Borneo beating by choosing Kleenex Cottonelle and pledging their support for the cause."
Kimberley Finsten, marketing manager – bath & towel, family care division, Kimberly Clark Australia, said: "We are incredibly proud of our partnership with WWF and the fact Kleenex Cottonelle has Forestry Stewardship Certification and is the only Australian toilet tissue brand to partner with WWF's Love Your Forest program.
"We are very excited about the new campaign launch and ongoing support we can provide to WWF, it will go a long way to raise awareness of the importance of sustainable forest management."
The campaign runs until September.
Campaign Credits
Client: Kimberly Clark
Product: Kleenex Cottonelle
Creative Agency: J. Walter Thompson Sydney
Production Company: Method