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GEA has a new report out, and this one looks at the unique, manageable risks of geothermal energy. Last week, scientific experts presented geothermal energy to congressional staff. Rep. Henry Waxman, who made energy and the environment an important part of his legacy, is retiring. Voters want clean energy. Geothermal heat pumps are important for the U.S. future. And our Graph of the Week looks at geothermal fields in California:
Graph of the Week: Power Capacity and Potential at California Geothermal Fields
Above: California has just begun to tap into its geothermal potential. Our Graph of the Week lists the nine geothermal power producing fields in the state, most of which, with the likely exception of The Geysers and the Heber fields, have a significant amount of untapped potential for power generation. The largest missed opportunity depicted above is the Salton Sea area in Imperial County. This area's unique geology created the perfect circumstances for hot geothermal fluids to seep to the surface, becoming available to generate power. A range of studies estimate the field's generation capacity between 1,700 and 2,900 MW. Imperial Irrigation District plans to build up to 1,700 MW of new geothermal capacity at this field as the Salton Sea recedes to help mitigate air pollution and control habit degradation. However, IID suggested new transmission upgrades and blanket permitting are necessary before this process can begin. If these plans come to fruition this could be a boon to the quiet geothermal industry in California providing firm, flexible, and renewable power to California. (Ben Matek, GEA staff, contributed to this.)
GEA Profiles the Unique Manageable Risks of Geothermal Energy
Experts Brief Congressional Staff on Geothermal Resources and Values
Clean Air Champion Rep. Waxman Announces Retirement
New National Poll Finds 7 in 10 Voters Support Strong Carbon Pollution Limits on Power Plants
Geothermal Heat Pump Systems Crucial to U.S. Energy Policy
GEA Profiles the Unique Manageable Risks of Geothermal Energy
The Geothermal Energy Association has a new report available to the public. "The Manageable Risks of Conventional Hydrothermal Geothermal Power Systems" focuses on the unique risk profile of conventional geothermal power development, where the "one size fits all" approach may be off the mark for geothermal investments.
The economics and risks that are undertaken by companies, investors, and governments, when developing a geothermal power plant are unique from other sources of energy, and as such, risks must be mitigated differently. For example, traditional geothermal systems have more limitations to project location than do wind, solar, or fossil fuel projects. GEA's new report summarizes these risks at different stages of the development process, particularly the drilling and exploration stages, where the largest barriers to the development of conventional hydrothermal systems tend to come into play.
The report also provides a look at the past and current policy and market approaches, both within the U.S. and internationally, that are designed and dedicated to address these risks in areas of exploration, technological barriers, drilling success, and the ability to obtain project financing.
"The Manageable Risks of Conventional Hydrothermal Geothermal Power Systems" includes visual graphs and links to further reading. It is intended as a companion to "The Values of Geothermal Energy," and both reports are available at geo-energy.org
The GEA's library of reports with extensive industry information on geothermal development is available on its Web site. GEA is currently gathering information for its 2014 U.S. Geothermal Power Production and Development Report, an update on the geothermal projects that are being developed around the nation that is based on industry feedback. The GEA has provided an industry update to the public annually for several years. If you or your organization are involved in developing geothermal projects in the U.S., or you know of a project and would like to see the GEA follow up on it, the GEA invites you to provide information for inclusion in the 2014 report. Please contact Benjamin Matek at email@example.com or at (202) 454-5291 by February 15, 2014.
Experts Brief Congressional Staff on Geothermal Resources and Values
Geothermal energy was the topic of a congressional briefing to an audience of 50 staff members on January 29. At the event, a panel of experts discussed "Geothermal Energy Transformations: Nationwide Resources and Value Chains." This was the second in a series of briefings on energy sources derived from geological resources (petroleum, natural gas, coal, uranium, thorium, geothermal, and water). The series is facilitated by a group of scientific and geological organizations. For the geothermal installment, presentations were made by: Brian Anderson, Director of Strategic Research in Energy and Professor, West Virginia University; Patrick Dobson, Staff Scientist, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Chad Augustine, Geothermal Analysis Team Lead, National Renewable Energy Laboratory; and the session was moderated by Douglas Hollett, Director, U.S. Department of Energy Geothermal Technologies Office. Click here to view the presentations.
Clean Air Champion Rep. Waxman Announces Retirement
This week Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.), whom NPR called "a ferocious liberal voice on matters of health and the environment," and who has expressed concern for geothermal energy budget cuts in the past, announced he will not be seeking re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives. He said in both his retirement statement, and in the NPR interview, that his main reasons for leaving after an impressive 40-year, 20-term run are to give someone new a chance to make a difference and to explore a life outside of Congress.
Greg Wetstone, VP for Government Affairs at Terra-Gen Power, a GEA Board-level member company, worked for the Representative from 1982 to 1995. He tells GEA, "Henry Waxman has long been a force for renewable energy, and his decision not to seek re-election after forty years of service deprives us of a great champion. His record of legislative accomplishments – including the Clean Air Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act, tobacco regulation, health care, and a long list of others, is stunning in any era, and especially so in the current climate of legislative gridlock. He has shown himself to be one of the most effective legislators in American History, with a brilliant sense for how to get things done – even, at times, when key leaders of both parties were opposed.
"We still have lots of friends and allies on Capitol Hill, but none will replace Henry Waxman," Wetstone said.
Rep. Waxman laid out his views on protecting the environment and fighting climate change by reducing harmful emissions in his retirement statement:
In perhaps no area have the special interests held more sway than environmental policy, and I have battled them to protect clean air and safe drinking water throughout my career. It took a decade of effort to pass the landmark Clean Air Act of 1990, but the controls on urban smog, toxic air pollution, acid rain, and ozone-depleting chemicals have saved lives and vastly improved our air quality.
In recent years, I have been leading the fight in Congress for limits on the carbon pollution that is causing global climate change. In 2009, I joined with now Senator Ed Markey to pass to the Waxman-Markey climate bill through the House. Last Congress, I formed a Safe Climate Caucus in the House and a Bicameral Task Force with Senator Whitehouse to build public support for the effort to protect our fragile atmosphere for our children and grandchildren.
Even if Congress won't act on climate, President Obama can. The President has laid out a plan to reduce emissions by 17% by 2020, the goal we set in the House legislation. And he is working with other nations to set an ambitious target for post-2020 reductions. Whether Congress acts or not, the Clean Air Act gives President Obama – and future Presidents – ample authority to achieve these emission reductions.
New National Poll Finds 7 in 10 Voters Support Strong Carbon Pollution Limits on Power Plants
By Sustainable Energy Coalition/SUN Day Campaign, source: Sierra Club ~ A new national survey conducted by Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research found support among voters by a nearly a 2-to-1 margin for moving away from coal and other dirty fuels and a preference for investing in clean energy (61% clean energy vs. 33% traditional sources). A strong majority of voters (58%) favor the U.S. setting national goals to move away from coal and other fossil fuels and replace them with clean, renewable sources by the year 2030. Seven-in-ten Americans favor the EPA putting limits on the amount of carbon pollution that power plants can release.
Geothermal Heat Pump Systems Crucial to U.S. Energy Policy
Following President Obama's January 2014 State of the Union address, the National Ground Water Association released a statement from Chief Executive Officer Kevin McCray: "One piece of an 'all-of-the-above' energy policy must be geothermal heat pump systems," McCray said. "Geothermal heat pump systems are a clean, renewable, thermal energy technology that creates thousands of U.S. jobs in the manufacturing, distribution, and installation sectors. They can be used effectively almost anywhere in the United States and are available 24/7 drawing on the thermal energy resources under our feet." McCray concluded, "Our NGWA members look forward to doing our part to help move our nation toward energy independence and a cleaner world."


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Dr Cristina Martinelli
Cristina Martinelli is an NIHR-BRC Postdoctoral Bridging Award Research Fellow at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), and a lecturer at Kingston University. She completed her BSc and MSc in Psychology at LUMSA University and a DClinPsych at La Sapienza University in Rome. She then completed an MSc in Clinical Psycholoy at the University of Sussex, followed by an NIHR-BRC funded PhD at the IoPPN. Cristina is an experimental psychologist with research interests in the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying mental health issues. She uses a combination of behavioural paradigms, neuroimaging techniques and computational modelling to investigate the mechanisms that go awry in psychopathology. Her current research concerns Salience Processing in Schizophrenia.

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When the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) was established by Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and its funding partners in 2003, it was with the intention of stimulating and accelerating the development of tidal prototype energy generating devices. As part of the Prime Contracting Framework Agreement, Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) engaged Tulloch Prime Contracting Limited (Tulloch) to undertake the design and construction of the tidal test facility.
The establishment of a test centre for assessing the performance of new and developing tidal energy technology is a strategically important facility for Scotland and the UK. AURORA Environmental Ltd (AURORA) was contracted by Tulloch to undertake the environmental works for the construction and installation phase of the tidal test facility, including a number of baseline studies and the production of an Environmental Statement (ES) to support consent applications. The scope of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) originally produced for the test site covers the construction, installation and generic presence of the test site. In order to be able to assess the impacts of the long-term presence and operation of the site, it was necessary to consider a range of likely potential devices at a generic level. The detailed consideration of individual devices is the responsibility of each developer making use of the site. To this end, EMEC has developed impact assessment guidance for potential developers in consultation with a wide range of regulatory organisations and local stakeholders.
In order to streamline the developer consenting process at the test site, in 2014, EMEC published an Environmental Appraisal which effectively pre-appraises an envelope of tidal energy device types to undertake testing activities with regard to the potential environmental effect. EMEC has acquired a site-wide Section 36 consent for an envelope of device types and activities with an an installed capacity of 10MW. All developers accessing EMEC's facilities must develop a robust environmental monitoring programme to support developer licence applications.
Export Cables:
The Fall of Warness test site consists of eight berths, each with an 11kv seabed cable to export electricity to the onshore substation. The cables are wet-type composite cables consisting of three EPR-insulated stranded copper power cores designed for alternating current, three 2.5mm2 copper signal/pilot trip cables and a 12-core single-mode fibre-optic bundle. The cable is then armoured with two layers of galvanised steel wire. Cables were provided by AEI (wave test site cables) & Pirelli (tidal test site cables).
The cables were laid as standard sub-sea cables on the seabed. As the cables approached the shore, in 15m of water, ductile iron cable protectors were attached. At the low water spring tide mark, each passes into a trench dug 12m into the seabed and beach. Onshore, the cables are fed into a manhole and then into the substation.
At the seaward end, each cable, when not occupied by a developer, is terminated using a specially designed connector provided by J+S Ltd, which allows EMEC to carry out planned condition monitoring of any cables not in use by developers. These terminators can, if required, be converted into splices to enable developers to use umbilical cables to attach their devices to the cables.
Onshore Infrastructure:
The onshore substation is a single storey building covering an area of 30 x 5.5m. Inside the substation, each cable terminates at an 11kV circuit breaker, along with the tripping cable. The fibres are terminated in the communications area of the substation. The electrical output performance of each of the devices is measured by equipment within the substation and transmitted to the data centre. EMEC then analyse the quality of the electricity to demonstrate that the devices can provide a smooth and reliable supply of electricity to the grid. The metered data is also provided to the developer through the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system and the power data is logged in the data historian to be made available for historical trending. We ensure the confidentiality of the data collected.
EMEC's hydrogen production plant is located onshore next to the site's substation. Producing hydrogen and using it as an energy storage medium is a solution to overcome local grid constraints, enabling large scale renewable integration. In 2016, EMEC installed a 0.5MW rapid response PEM (Proton Exchange Membrane) electrolyser in the laydown area adjacent to the substation to produce 'green' hydrogen from excess renewable energy produced by tidal energy converters testing at the Fall of Warness and from the 900kW community wind turbine. In 2017 EMEC achieved the world's first tidal generated hydrogen using power from tidal energy clients, Orbital and Tocardo, which were testing tidal energy devices on site. Control switchgear inside EMEC's substation determines whether the power fed to the electrolyser is to be routed from tidal generators testing at the Fall of Warness site or the community wind turbine. The electrolyser is housed in a standard 20′ by 10′ ISO container and can generate up to 220kg of high purity, fuel cell grade hydrogen per day. Hydrogen gas is produced via electrolysis at 20 bar which is then passed into a compressor to further pressurise the gas to 200 bar at which point it is stored. Up to 500kg of hydrogen can be stored in storage cylinders on site. The hydrogen can then be transferred to specially designed mobile storage units (MSUs) and transported to the Orkney mainland by road and ferry. The hydrogen is then used locally in a variety of fuel, power and heat applications in hydrogen technology projects.
Vessel Spread:
Vessels used in the installation of the EMEC tidal test site were:
Vessel type
Survey vessel
Swathe bathymetry – site characterisation surveys
Exact vessel used unknown
ROV seabed surveys
Exact vessel used unknown
Cable lay vessel
Installation of sub-sea export cables
CS Sovereign
The EMEC Fall of Warness grid-connected tidal test site is situated off the island of Eday where the Atlantic Ocean meets the North Sea, approximately 20km north of Kirkwall in the Orkney Islands, Scotland. EMEC's grid-connected tidal test site is situated in a narrow channel between the Westray Firth and Stronsay Firth. The site has a very strong tidal current, with a typical spring flow of 4m/s (8 knots). The eight test berths on site range in depth from 12m to 50m.
Construction of the EMEC Fall of Warness tidal test site was completed in 2005 and the facility was commissioned shortly afterwards. EMEC welcomed their first tidal developer client in 2006. Two new subsea cables were installed at the test site in 2010 bringing the total number of EMEC-owned test berths to seven. All 8 berths are now contracted and options for accommodating further test devices are being considered. The following is a list of all EMEC tidal clients who have deployed devices at the Fall of Warness test site:
- Open Centre Turbine, OpenHydro
- Installed December 2006
- Deepgen, Alstrom
- Installed September 2010, Decommissioned 2016
- SR250, Scotrenewables Tidal Power Ltd
- Installed March 2011, Decommissioned 2013
- AR1000, Atlantis Resources Corporation
- Installed August 2011, Decommissioned 2012
- HS1000, ANDRITZ HYDRO Hammerfest
- Installed December 2011
- HyTide 1000, Voith Hydro
- Installed September 2013, Decommissioned April 2015
- PLAT-O, Sustainable Marine Energy
- SR2000, Scotrenewables
- Installed October 2016, Decommissioned September 2018
- CoRMaT, Nautricity
- Installed April 2017, ongoing
- T2 Array, Torcardo
- Installed May 2017
- ATIR Tidal Platform, Magallanes Renovables
- Installed February 2019, ongoing
EMEC has been examined and accredited as a test laboratory for full-scale wave and tidal test facilities by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS), since 2005. EMEC is accredited to test the performance of wave and tidal energy devices against IEC Technical Specifications. EMEC can provide you with independent verification in accordance with ISO 17020 to confirm that your technology satisfies conceptual reliability, survivability and performance targets.
EMEC has been granted the consents required to install an agreed 'envelope' of device types and activities at the site.
EMEC holds licences and consents relating to the following legislation:
· Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997
· Marine (Scotland) Act 2010
· Crown Estate Act 1971
· Food & Environment Protection Act 1985 Part II Deposits in the sea (FEPA)
· Coast Protection Act 1949 (section 34) (CPA)
· Electricity Act 1989 (section 36)
· The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) Regulations 1994
· The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981
In February 2019, Crown Estate Scotland granted an extension to EMEC's lease for the Fall of Warness tidal energy test site in Orkney until 2040.
Each developer is required to submit device-specific information in order to acquire a marine licence to allow the installation of their device. This information includes a project summary and details on how the specific device details align with the EMEC's environmental appraisal and navigational risk assessment. All developers are expected to submit an environmental monitoring programme.
Site construction
The following potential environmental issues were identified for the construction of the Fall of Warness site:
- Modification to coastal processes (e.g. water movement and sedimentation patterns)
- Disturbance/modification to benthic habitats and communities due to cable laying in inshore waters.
- Disturbance (noise and physical presence) to wildlife including birds, cetaceans, turtles, pinnipeds and otters
- Pollution of water column from antifoulants, lubricants and hydraulic fluids.
- Ongoing minor disturbance to seabed communities in the immediate vicinity of the routes where the cable is laid on the seabed.
- Seabed disturbance/modification during foundation installation and during device installation/removal e.g. anchors etc.
- Disturbance (noise and physical presence) to local fish, seabird, seal, otter and cetaceans populations as a result of device installation.
- Loss of water current energy from the marine environment due to presence/operation of test devices may result in sedimentation and habitat and community modification and increased stratification in the water column.
- Foundations could affect seabed current flow and consequent sedimentary processes.
- Seabed scour around device foundations
- The effect of tidal turbines on seals and cetaceans is at present unknown as is the extent to which these populations pass through the waters of the Fall of Warness
- Wildlife entanglement/entrapment and collision with device blades e.g. diving bird populations, cetaceans (in particular the harbour porpoise), seals (in particular pups) and otters present in the area.
- Devices that break the sea surface may attract roosting birds and provide a seal haulout
- Electrical and electromagnetic effects – wildlife interactions
Of these environmental issues, those relating to seabed and coastal processes, water column contamination, and disturbance to wildlife were screened out due to the residual impact being classed as negligible. The only remaining environmental issue was:
- Disturbance/modification to benthic habitats and communities as a result of cable-laying in inshore waters.
Developers are not required to undertake a baseline seabed survey as this was carried out as part of the ES. They are however required to undertake a seabed survey post-decommissioning to assess the effect of the device upon the seabed. Other commitments are defined in the Guidance for Developers Document.[1]
Device testing
Potential residual impacts and their pathways associated with device testing are listed in EMEC's Environmental Appraisal for the Fall of Warness site.
Environmental Webpage: http://www.emec.org.uk/services/consents/
Mitigation Measures:
Site construction:
The following section describes environmental mitigation measures undertaken during construction of the Fall of Warness site:
- Construction activities were planned to occur for 7 consecutive days in August, towards the end of the bird breeding season (cormorants) and before the start of the grey seal pupping season thus minimising any disturbance;
- Any evidence of wrecks encountered during cable laying were to be reported immediately to the County Archaeologist;
- Recognised marine standard materials held on vessel(s) and recognised marine working standards and regulations were applied;
- A Navigation Risk Assessment was undertaken and the site was marked on the appropriate charts providing the mariner with adequate information;
- The cable laying vessel complied with the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGS) and displayed the appropriate lights and marks for a vessel restricted in her ability to manoeuvre;
- The works were promulgated by appropriate Notices to Mariners and Navigational Warnings;
- Consideration was given to test berths being clear of the adverse weather ferry routes were possible (in the case of the surface piercing device), and away from the main transit route (in the case of the buoyant surface device);
- Appropriate marking, lighting and aids to navigation to be specified for all surface piercing devices;
- EMEC have implemented a wildlife monitoring programme to in an attempt to investigate the effect of device presence on marine wildlife; and
- EMEC has been involved with a number of other research institutions to identify the knowledge gaps and initiate research aimed at addressing these.
Device testing
Within EMEC's Environmental Appraisal the following potential monitoring measures (where relevant) were listed for deployments at the Fall of Warness site:
- *Site-wide monitoring of wildlife abundance and density is currently delivered by EMEC for the developers. In the event that EMEC become unable to fund or conduct this monitoring, each developer must contribute accordingly to the continuation of this monitoring and data analysis;
- Focal studies on animal behaviour in the vicinity of devices and marine works;
- Monitor colonisation of selected devices and infrastructure. This may also form part of a marine non-native species (MNNS) management protocol or bio-fouling management;
- *Use of appropriate method(s) to detect collision or near miss, and monitor any other interaction between mega-fauna and the operating device;
- *Any use of underwater lighting at night to be gradual and alongside monitoring to determine any fish/bird attraction and collision risk for predators;
- In situ measurements of strength and range of Ei and B fields under different energy generation scenarios;
- Pursue passive and active monitoring on and around selected devices and infrastructure to inform knowledge base. This may also form part of a MNNS management protocol;
- Monitoring changes to hydrodynamic forces around particular devices would provide data that could inform impact modelling for later commercial-scale proposals. Lambkin et al (2008) may provide some useful information;
- *Acoustic monitoring of drilling and anchor/mooring installation noise at various distances and frequencies, particularly if novel methods are in use;
- *Establishing the acoustic signature of operating devices;
- *Reporting of observations from MMO records;
- *Depending on timing and duration of activities specific short term monitoring of, for example, seal haul outs may be required;
- *Device monitoring should be capable of alerting the developer to an entanglement event (e.g. use of load cells, underwater video); and
- Reporting of behavioural reactions through wildlife surveys (e.g. underwater video) and opportunistic observations.
(*) Monitoring measures which are a likely condition of a licence or consent (Note: although some of the above measures are described as not being required by the Regulator as a licence/consent condition, developers may choose to undertake research in these areas for their own purposes).
[1] European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) (2013) Guidance for Developers at EMEC Grid Connected Sites: Supporting Environmental Documentation. EMEC. Available [Online] http://www.emec.org.uk/services/consents/ Accessed 31/10/2014


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The Office of Electronic Communications has analysed the prices of fixed-line internet access in Poland in the years 2014-2016 for individual and institutional clients.
The Office of Electronic Communications presents a document analysing Machine-to-Machine services (M2M) in Poland.
Information on the submission of data to the Telecommunications Information Point run by the President of UKE by network operators, road managers and heads of local administrative units - heads of communes (mayors or presidents of cities), heads of districts and voivodeships.


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Gelete Burka
Gelete Burka Bati (sometimes misspelled Burika, Oromo: Galate Burqaa Baati, Amharic: ገለቴ ቡርቃ; born 23 January 1986) is an Ethiopian middle-distance and long-distance runner. She was born in Kofele in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region, the same district as double Olympic champion Haile Gebrselassie.
|Personal information
|January 23, 1986
Kofele, Ethiopia
|5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
|95 lb (43 kg)
|Women's athletics
Medal record
Gelete was the short course champion at the 2006 IAAF World Cross Country Championships. She is a three-time medalist at the IAAF World Indoor Championships, her best performance being a gold medal win in the 1500 m in 2008. She is a four-time participant at the World Championships in Athletics (2005 to 2011) and represented Ethiopia at the Olympics in both 2008 and 2012.
She has also medalled on the regional stage, having been the runner-up at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics and the gold medallist at the 2007 All-Africa Games. She was the African record holder for the mile run and the indoor 1500 m.
Burka's first significant achievement was at the 2003 IAAF World Cross Country Championships, where she won the bronze in the junior race. She made her first impact in senior athletics later that year when, following the Ethiopian federation's refusal to allow Merima Denboba to compete, Burka took the women's race at the Lotto Cross Cup Brussels. She returned to Belgium the following year and repeated the feat.[1] After becoming junior world champion in cross country running at the 2005 World XC Championships, she competed at the 2005 World Championships in Athletics to finish eighth in the 1500 metres race. A month later she won the bronze medal in 3000 metres at the World Athletics Final. She closed the season with a win at the Spanish Cross Internacional de Venta de Baños.[2]
In April 2006 she won the short race at the World Cross Country Championships, as well as a gold medal in the team competition. She established herself as a force to be reckoned with on the cross country circuit, winning the Great Edinburgh International Cross Country three times consecutively from 2006 to 2008 and taking the Cross Internacional de Itálica title in 2007. Internationally, in 2007 she placed fourth at the World Cross Country Championships, was the 1500 m winner at the All-Africa Games and was tenth in the 5000 m at the 2007 World Championships in Athletics. She had improved her 5000 m best to 14:31.20 minutes that year.[3] She was sixth at the 2008 IAAF World Cross Country Championships.
She represented her country at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but failed to make it out of the 1500 m heats. In September 2008 she set a new one mile African record of 4:18.23. The previous record (4:20.79) was held by Hassiba Boulmerka of Algeria and was set in 1991.[4] She was a finalist at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics, but finished last in tenth place. She attempted to defend her 1500 m title at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships, but was beaten by a younger Ethiopia (Kalkidan Gezahegne) and took the bronze medal on this occasion. She claimed the silver medal behind reigning Olympic champion Nancy Langat at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics in the outdoor season.[5]
During the 2011 IAAF Diamond League circuit, she won the 1500 m at the Prefontaine Classic, but did not manage to finish the distance during the semi-finals at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics. She came second to a returning Tirunesh Dibaba at the 2011 San Silvestre Vallecana 10K race.[6]
Gelete reached the podium for the third time running at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships, finishing behind Hellen Obiri and Meseret Defar in the 3000 m.[7] Newly focused on distances from 3000 m upwards, she came fourth in the 2012 IAAF Diamond League races in Doha, Rome, Lausanne and Brussels that year, and her best on the circuit was a third place at the Adidas Grand Prix in New York.[8] She represented Ethiopia in the 5000 m for the first time at the London Olympics and came in fifth place.[9] She made her debut over the 15K road distance at the Zevenheuvelenloop, placing fifth, then ended the year with at the San Silvestre Vallecana with an Ethiopian record of 30:53 minutes for the 10K road distance.[10][11]
She began 2013 with a win at the Cross Internacional Juan Muguerza.[12]
Gelete Burka placed 8th in 30:26.66 at Athletics at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Women's 10,000 metres.
Personal bestsEdit
- 800 metres outdoor - 2:02.89 (2010)
- 1500 metres outdoor - 3:58.79 (2009)
- 1500 metres indoor - 3:59.75 (2008)
- Mile run outdoor - 4:18.23 (2008)
- Mile run indoor - 4:23.53 (2010)
- 3000 metres outdoor - 8:25.92 (2006)
- 3000 metres indoor - 8:31.94 (2008)
- 5000 metres outdoor - 14:31.20 (2007)
- 10,000 metres track - 30:26.66 (2016)
- 10K road - 32:01 (2014), (2017)
- Half marathon road - 1:09.32 (2016)
- Marathon road - 2:26.03 (2014)
- ^ "Brussels' victors Tergat and Burika aim at World Cross return". IAAF. 21 December 2003. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Valiente, Emeterio (18 December 2005). "Burika and García go unchallenged in Venta de Baños". IAAF. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Gelete Burka Archived 2013-02-11 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ^ "Powell cruises to 9.77 and 9.82 in Rieti – IAAF World Athletics Tour". IAAF. 7 September 2008. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Burka Gelete. IAAF. Retrieved 6 January 2012.
- ^ Valiente, Emeterio (1 January 2012). "Gebrehiwot surprises, Dibaba signals strong return in Madrid 10Km – San Silvestre Vallecana report". IAAF. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Johnson, Len (11 March 2012). "EVENT REPORT - Women's 3000 Metres - Final". IAAF. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
- ^ Gelete Burka. Diamond League. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ^ "Gelete Burka". London2012.com. Archived from the original on 2013-04-05. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ^ van Hemert, Wim (18 November 2012). "Dibaba and Kipkemboi prevail in Nijmegen 15K". IAAF. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ^ Tariku Bekele y Gelete Burka repiten exhibición etíope. EFE/AS (31 December 2012). Retrieved 17 February 2013.
- ^ Valiente, Emeterio (14 January 2013). "Kipruto and Burka the commanding victors at Elgoibar". IAAF. Retrieved 18 February 2013.


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Introducing Dr. Laurie Cruise
Dr. Laurie Cruise graduated from the University of Guelph with an Honours B.Sc. in Biological Science. She then went on to complete her Doctor of Dental Surgery degree at the University of Toronto, graduating in 1992. In January, 1993, she began practicing dentistry in Uxbridge. In August of 2007, she and her family moved to Uxbridge and have become an integral part of the community.
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Amy is a Certified Level II Dental Assistant. She works as Dr. Cruise's treatment coordinator and manages the front desk. Amy graduated with honours from Everest College for Dental Assisting and Office Management in '08 and has been working with Laurie Cruise Dentistry for 9 years. In her spare time she is an avid canoe tripper, and wilderness guide. Amy loves spending time in the outdoors with her dog Caius, friends, family and her boyfriend.
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The Federal Reserve System has a Data Download program providing all kinds of information about
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Mkhitaryan started all-but one of Manchester United's Premier League games going into the Newcastle game but was dropped from Mourinho's matchday squad on Saturday.
Reports have since surfaced that Mourinho has reservations about the Armenia international, who has struggled for form in recent weeks after an impressive start to the campaign.
But the United manager has played down suggestions of a problem with the 28-year-old, claiming Anthony Martial and Marcus Rashford were his preferred wide men to face Newcastle.
On Mkhitaryan's exclusion for the 4-1 win at Old Trafford, Mourinho said: "There is always a question about someone who is not playing or is not in the best form.
"There are no questions about Anthony Martial and no questions about Chris Smalling.
"There are always questions about somebody in a certain moment, a certain match and a certain period that didn't play.
"The story is always the same. In some positions, when you don't have injuries, you have lots of options in other positions.
"In this moment, we have [Paul] Pogba, Marouane Fellaini, Ander Herrera, Nemanja Matic and Scott McTominay so I can imagine, next week, you are going to ask - why is this player not playing?
"Micki is not playing because we had lots of options for that match. I decided to play Marcus Rashford and Martial together.
"For many weeks, the questions was - why do they not play together? Now the question is why is Micki not playing.
"The answer is every simple - until the international board change the rules, I can only start with 11!"


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In the course of the last 24 hours, aircraft of the Russian air group in the Syrian Arab Republic have performed 59 combat sorties engaging 212 objects in the Aleppo, Idlib, Latakia, Hama, Homs, Hasakah and Raqqah provinces.
Terrorists continue suffering losses of manpower and military hardware.
Just for the last 24 hours, over 320 militants and 34 pieces of armoured and automobile vehicles of terrorists including 2 tanks, 1 infantry fighting vehicle and 15 SUVs fitted with large-caliber machine guns DShK have been destroyed.
In order to undermine the income sources of terrorists, during the last 24 hours Russian Su-34 bombers have eliminated 94 oil trucks near Deir ez-Zor settlement.
Near Rashidiya-Ghaubia (Hasakah province), during the "free search" performed by a Su-34 bomber, a column of 15 oil trucks transporting oil products in the northern direction from territories controlled by terrorists was detected and destroyed.
In the Aleppo province, a Su-24 bomber made a strike on an ISIS concentration of manpower and military hardware. Objective monitoring data confirmed elimination of not less than 10 militants and 3 automobile vehicles with large-caliber machine guns.
Near Al-Karatein settlement (Homs province), a Su-24M destroyed a hidden base of the ISIS terrorists. A command centre, an ammunition depot and barracks were equipped in the underground shelters. Direct hits of BETAB-500 air bombs destroyed these terrorist facilities with all the contents.
Near Maarat an-Numan (Idlib province), a Su-25 attack aircraft destroyed a large ISIS base. In a separate building, there was an ammunition and materiel depot, as well as a command centre of illegal armed groups.
Data concerning the coordinates of this object had been received by the Russian Defence Ministry from representatives of the Syrian opposition. After the data had been checked by the Information centre in Baghdad and unmanned aerial vehicles conducted additional reconnaissance of the base, a Su-25 attack aircraft eliminated this facility.
After the combat task performance, all the aircraft of the Russian air group have returned to the Hmeymim airbase.
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Gasp! Another tidbit!
This one comes from an issue I was having while binding and I was getting so frustrated!! Let me explain...
When I bind, I like to use Aurifil 40 weight thread (the green spool). I cut off a long piece, thread it through the needle, match ends, and tie a knot. This way my needle doesn't fall off (those hurt to sit on, by the way) and I have secure binding.
What kept happening is after a few stitches, my threads would somehow become uneven and I'd get loops where my stitches were. I'd have to go back and fix them.
Does this happen to you?
What I did to fix it is simple. After you thread your needle, match the ends and tie the knot. At this point the thread by the needle is loose. This allows the needle to slide wherever it wants to.
Now, hold the knot in one hand and the needle in another. Stretch it so that the needle is exactly in the middle. Pinch the threads at the needle and tie a knot right below your needle. This way the needle stay right in place!!
No more loops!!
Hope this helps someone else too!
Much Love!!!
Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Tidbit Tuesday #46 - Binding Thread
Crafted by KarrieLyne at 6:00 AM
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Something I like to do when using 2 strands is to take the thread, fold in half and put both tails together. Thread both tails through the needle, pull just a short ways then run the needle through the loop created by the thread. Hold onto the tails and pull the needle tight. This should 'lock' the thread into the needle, then you can knot the tails and proceed. Make sense? HTH!! ;-)ReplyDelete
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Smoked Mash Potatoes Recipe
- 4 large potatoes whole (prick them lightly with a fork a put them in a roasting tray in the oven at 160 degrees till soft all the way through)
- 150 ml Cream
- 150 grams Butter (melted gently on the stove)
- A couple of cups of oak wood shavings,old pot you don't mind getting smokey and a colander
- The trick is to do all three steps whilst the potato is warm never letting it cool down otherwise you will end up with stretchy mash.
- After your potato has been baked quickly slice it length ways and arrange it carefully around the colander leaving wholes for smoke to get through.
- Place this over your pot of wood shavings and put it on a gas flame on a high heat till they start to smoked and cover the top of the colander with tinfoil.
- Smoke for about 5-10 minutes not forgetting that potato soaks up smoke like a sponge and can quite easily become to Smokey.
- Once your done smoking scoop all the flesh of the potato out and through a fine sieve with a back of a spoon push it through.
- A bit at a time add the melted butter and cream to your sieved potato and combine the two with the back of spoon, add some salt to your liking.
- The result should be smooth, smokey and buttery mash.
Please feel free to post any comments or any questions below.
Constantijn Hahndiek
Head Chef | Hartford House


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The most difficult innovation question for companies is not developing new technology, but building a creative culture that maximizes problem-solving capabilities and opportunities to discover new skills. Zach Efrati, Director of Innovation at Vonage, is faced with exactly this challenge at the telecommunications giant. We talked with Zach about his approach to innovation, his greatest obstacles and how he overcomes them.
What does it mean to be the "Director of Innovation"?
Behind any rainforest teeming with animal and plant life is a well balanced habitat that provides the right conditions for all that activity to survive and prosper. Fostering an innovative culture within an organization is similar—you need to build an environment that encourages to share ideas that align with the company's vision, provide feedback, and take an active role in validating and pushing these ideas forward. I strive to contribute to this culture through a variety of initiatives that teach employees how to think creatively and to provide opportunities for them to be intrapreneurs. Again like in a natural habitat you can't do just one thing; every ecosystem is different.
What does innovation mean to you?
Identifying opportunities stemming from emerging behaviors, needs and technologies and then distilling them into new ideas that you build and release to users in the form of a valuable service or product. Each company should come up with its own definition of innovation. That definition should resonate throughout an organization so that everyone understands what the company's innovation vision means to them and what is expected from them.
You have a background in engineering, how did this affect your approach to innovation?
As a software engineer, I participated in many cutting-edge technology projects, but soon learned that success was never about technical skills. More crucial was creating an environment for the team to succeed. I took this same sensibility to my current role and am always excited to help people connect the dots in a new way to come up with something creative.
What is your biggest challenge?
Setting expectations across all levels of the company:
– Stakeholders should understand that innovation is like an exploratory journey. Nothing is guaranteed and there may by delays or even dead ends. Chances of success can, however, greatly improve by creating a common language, vision and strategy, and investing in an environment that is open to new ideas and change.
– Employees need to believe that the company's vision is real and that actions match rhetoric or there is a risk of cynicism when confronted with an innovation initiative. As an innovation manager, one must "walk the talk" – explain constantly the innovation vision and how employees can be part of it.
– Others need help to manage conflicts between time spent innovating and doing their day-to-day work. Incentives are important, like linking innovation efforts into their yearly bonuses.
What is the greatest myth about innovation?
"We need more ideas!" The concept of success stemming from finding brilliant ideas is misleading. Coming up with ideas is easy. The real challenge is quick and frugal validation and execution of those ideas. There is also a tendency in companies, especially those threatened by change, to look for outside ideas. That overlooks your best asset—your own employees. You need to encourage them to speak their mind to improve the chances that whatever they come up with will be successfully executed. Again, it comes down to having the right habitat for them to thrive.
What is one thing you do to promote innovative thinking in your daily practice?
I try to talk to as many people as I can outside of my daily environment. Many people are under the misconception that creative insights just happen. There is a subconscious element, but you need to invest considerable pre-effort by leaving your desk and meeting different people and being open to outside elements.
What is your favorite innovation from the last decade?
The concept of "sharing economy" is amazing. Think about that for a minute—for a long time we encouraged people to completely own a resource and now we look at resources completely different. This is an incredible change in people's perceptions. This again demonstrates why innovation is not only just about technology, but is just as much about changing someone's beliefs and mindsets to be accepting of a new way of doing things.


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The Breathin' Part
Nancy Bingham Farley Years ago, when my beloved grandmother Mama Farley died at age ninety, my husband, Don, and I decided our then five-year-old daughter, Holly, and six-year-old son, Jay, would attend the Kentucky funeral with us. During the long … Continue reading
Lazarus, Light Bulbs and Trust
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Believing Makes It So
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Has someone ever changed your life with just a few words? Years ago, that happened to me. In fact, a three-minute conversation gave me the vision to get an education. The summer before I entered seventh grade, I met Doris … Continue reading
Give Yourself a Not-So-Silly Gift
What are your thoughts about giving yourself a gift? As my friend Marian and her 72-year-old neighbor, Ruth, browsed in an antique shop, Ruth gently picked up a doll with soft hair. "I used to have a doll just like … Continue reading
Our Past Is Not Compelled to Cloud Our Future
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Speaker Profile
Ph.D., Associate Research Professor, International School of Diagnostics, Arizona State University
Carl Yamashiro has played a major role in the development of the MS degree program for Biomedical Diagnostics at ASU. He brings more than 20 years of R&D industry experience in the biotechnology and in vitro diagnostics arenas. This includes executive and senior leadership positions and R&D management positions in large medical device and diagnostics companies, including Applied Biosystems, Boehringer Mannheim, Roche and Amersham Biosciences (now part of GE Healthcare), as well as a number of startup companies focusing mainly on developing systems and applications for molecular diagnostics. Dr. Yamashiro has mainly focused on cutting edge technologies which included real-time PCR, microarrays and nanotechnology. Dr. Yamashiro has a BS in Biochemistry from UCLA, a Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from the University of Oregon and was an American Cancer Society Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University.
Biomedical Diagnostics Education: A New Frontier
The International School of Biomedical Diagnostics at Arizona State University offers a unique set of educational options. This includes a MS degree and Executive Education programs focusing on developing leaders in the diagnostics industry. How individuals and companies can become involved will be discussed.


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If you're a brand-new fiscally sponsored project looking to set up direct deposit, or if you're an existing fiscally sponsored project trying to change direct deposit to a new checking account, you can download the EFT sign-up form for electronic funds transfer (EFT) here.
When you fill out the form, keep in mind that we will also require supplemental documentation from the bank that confirms the account and routing numbers as well as the account holder name and address. The best way to confirm this info is with a voided check. Please note that we cannot accept temporary or starter checks and that the check must include your account and routing numbers as well as confirmation of the account holder name and address.
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You can send the completed EFT sign-up form and voided check/account documentation via email to firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also fax it to 212-277-8025 or mail it to our address below.
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I recently came across this article in Breitbart.com which describes how recent studies have shown that those who attend religious services regularly are happier than those who don't. Interestingly the study, as far as I can tell from the article, indicates that the practice of the religious aspects of the faith ie attending church, are critical. It is not just what you believe that is important, but also the practice of the faith and more than anything else the regular attendance at services as a contributory factor to happiness, as measured in this study. (I always wonder whether if these studies have any value, I must admit, wondering how accurately you can measure happiness, but for argument's sake, I will take the results at face value here.) The article, presumably reflecting thoughts of the scientists who made the study, goes on to the consideration of why people are happier if the go to services regularly and admitted they found it puzzling. They hypothesized about whether or not it is the fact that those who attend religious services are more likely to be involved in the community and so the additional social support makes people happier. But then point out that that this doesn't seem to be the reason because they found that those people with a similar level of community involvement reported lower levels of happiness if they did not attend religious services as well.
I haven't read the full study, only the newspaper article about it, so there may be aspects of this study missing, but based upon what I read, this is what is interesting to me about the analysis. There appears to be an assumption that the explanation must relate to the impact of human relationships. There appears to be no consideration of the possibility that what the religions themselves might have to say about why people are happier, is true. That is, that God exists and if we worship Him we are happier. Always, it seems, it is assumed that he doesn't and the explanation must be psychological.
There is an alternative hypothesis, that is probably the one the scientists would have been given if they had asked any one of the thousands whom they observed going to the religious ceremonies under consideration. That is that there is truth in what they believe about God. The religious ceremony is part of the expression of a relationship with God, and it is the flourishing of that relationship which causes greater happiness.
For Catholics, I suggest, it should be no surprise that this is what the study showed (other things being equal) for the Church says that the worship of God is 'summit'' of human life. In other words, the purpose of human existence, to which all other activities and goal ultimately conform if we want to be happy, is the worship of God. At first glance, this research is consistent with the idea.
There may well be many other possible psychological reasons for the survey results and the properly scientific approach is to consider each one and investigate it. Anyone who is genuinely interested in the search for truth would have to consider, at least, in addition those hypotheses that rest upon an assumption that there is a God, just as much as those that rest upon an assumption that there isn't.
The difficulty with the God-hypothesis, if I can call it that, is that it is beyond the realm of what natural science can investigate. As soon we enter into consideration of that which is "beyond the physical" (from Greek we use for this the term "metaphysical"), we move out of the realm of physics and into that of philosophy as the word is used today. (In the past natural science would have just been a subdivision of philosophy). This causes problems for many. To acknowledge the possibility of a realm of existence beyond the physical challenges a dogma of the modern age - scientism. Scientism is a philosophical viewpoint held by many people in the West, which says that only that which can be proved by natural science is true. That is, if you can't prove it scientifically, it isn't true. This philosophical viewpoint is not in itself scientifically provable, it is just an assumption, and so contains within it the logical contradiction that disproves it.
The other point that many, even scientists, do not know is that natural science can never prove the existence of God. Because of the underlying assumptions behind the scientific method - especially that it is investigating only those things that obey the natural order - natural science can neither prove nor disprove the existence of God who by definition is not bound by the natural order. It cannot speak on the subject at all. Science assumes that the whole universe conforms to this order and does not take into account any other form of existence.
This is not to disparage the value of science, rather just to be aware of its limits. I for one am very glad that the scientific method, based upon these limiting assumptions, we developed. For this is part of what opened up the natural world to the great advances in science; and I enjoy the fruits of modern science in almost every area of my everyday life. Science, as we understand the term today, is a good thing. However, this will only be so provided that we are aware of the limitations that the assumptions that underlie the scientific method place on it's power as a tool for investigating truth; and do not depend on it to help us in areas that are beyond its scope.


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Mandy Mitchell
Mandy says she loves colour. ' There is nothing quite like the pleasure to be had playing with paint' which is how most of her work starts.
She may have a particular idea as a starting point but then the picture takes over and sometimes seems to go in completely its own direction.
Mandy then builds layers until it is time to stop. Mandy is ably assisted by her four-legged studio assistant, Dug. His main job is to catch any paint before it hits the floor.
Lately Mandy's main influence and starting point for a painting has been the natural world. She loves wildflowers and the colours of summer: her most recent works have been her interpretation of this.
Mandy's other passion is making collages. She searches old maps, vintage and antique music scores, interesting papers, old stamps; anything that can be recycled in to beautiful and often poignant pieces of art.


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Jarrod manages the financial and secretarial functions of Body Corporates managed by Adpen Strata. He provides advice and direction on Body Corporate structuring and requirements to Adpen generally.
He enjoys working with people passionate about property development and urban growth.
Work Experience
Jarrod has worked in Body Corporate since 2014, specialising in layered schemes. He has worked for numerous large companies in the Body Corporate industry, managing in excess of 2500 lots. He has worked extensively in advising on Body Corporate structuring and layering arrangement and worked with developers in the establishment of their schemes. Jarrod has a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Business (HRM) and is currently completing his Masters of Business Administration.
Additional info
Outside of work Jarrod keeps himself busy by engaging in various hobbies. At the moment, he is particularly passionate about photography, especially event photography. He also enjoys Taekwondo and competes in tournaments with his club.


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23 June, 2015
The delivery trucks rolled up today with these 4 handy little mobile platforms for our service pits. They will enable techs to easily manouvre under trucks and remain safe while doing so. The floors have also been buffed and coated with a slightly reflective paint to allow more natural light to illuminate the bellies of our favourite machines.


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In TikZ is it possible to draw lines thinner than 0.1 mm?
ultra thin option gives line thickness 0.1 mm. I want to draw a pattern using line thickness 0.07 mm.
In TikZ is it possible to draw lines thinner than 0.1 mm?
Welcome to TeX.SE. – Peter Grill Oct 7 '14 at 3:52
4When asking questions it is better to provide a full minimal working example (MWE) both in order to demonstrate what you are trying to do and to help others help you. The MWE should like like
\documentclass...\begin{document}...\end{document}, it should compile and contain close to the minimal amount of code needed to explain/demonstrate what you are asking. This saves a lot of time for everyone. – Andrew Oct 7 '14 at 4:01
Sorry andrew. It was my first time and next time I will be careful to give MWE. I have got my answer. Thanks – praveen pathak Oct 7 '14 at 15:24
You can specify the
line width. Here is a zoomed in view of the output so that one can see the difference:
As John Kormylo pointed out the
tikz-pgfmanual says
Line width: The "thickness" of the line. A width of 0 is the thinnest width renderable on the device. On a high-resolution printer this may become invisible and should be avoided. A good choice is 0.4pt, which is the default.
Not really sure what
0mmmeans in this case, but it seems to be a non-zero width :-)
Obviously at some point the size difference won't be noticeable at all, especially in a print edition.
\draw [line width=0.25mm, red ] (0,-1) -- (2,-1) node [right] {\SI{0.25}{\milli\meter}};;
\draw [line width=0.1mm, blue] (0,-2) -- (2,-2) node [right] {\SI{0.10}{\milli\meter}};;
\draw [line width=0.05mm, red ] (0,-3) -- (2,-3) node [right] {\SI{0.05}{\milli\meter}};
\draw [line width=0.01mm, blue] (0,-4) -- (2,-4) node [right] {\SI{0.01}{\milli\meter}};
\draw [line width=0mm, black] (0,-5) -- (2,-5) node [right] {\SI{0.0}{\milli\meter}};
3According to the manual, a line width of 0 is actually the smallest width possible (page 1107) – John Kormylo Oct 7 '14 at 3:52
@JohnKormylo: Thanks. Have incorporated that into the answer. – Peter Grill Oct 7 '14 at 4:00
2+1 for using the
siunitxpackage – onewhaleid Oct 7 '14 at 6:21
1From PDF reference 1.7: A line width of 0 denotes the thinnest line that can be rendered at device resolution: 1 device pixel wide – percusse Oct 7 '14 at 10:03
@user63827: Please see How do you accept an answer?. – Peter Grill Oct 7 '14 at 18:07
A PSTricks solution:
\multido{\rA = 0.1+-0.01, \rB = 0.1+0.5}{11}{
\psline[linewidth = \rA mm](0,\rB)(5,\rB)
\uput[0](5,\rB){\texttt{linewidth} = \SI[round-mode = places, round-precision = 2]{\rA}{\mm}}
You specify the width of the line with the option
linewidth = <length>.
P.S. As can be seen, the line width is too small to distinguish when using PSTricks, so that is not a good tool in this case. (I can't believe I'm saying that.)


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Published November 1st 2016 by Knopf Books for Young Readers (first published November 12th 2015)
Format read: Finished copy via publisher
Eleven-year-old Nikolas—nicknamed "Christmas"—has received only one toy in his life: a doll carved out of a turnip. But he's happy with his turnip doll, because it came from his parents, who love him. Then one day his father goes missing, and Nikolas must travel to the North Pole to save him.
Along the way, Nikolas befriends a surly reindeer, bests a troublesome troll, and discovers a hidden world of enchantment in the frozen village of Elfhelm. But the elves of Elfhelm have troubles of their own: Christmas spirit and goodwill are at an all-time low, and Nikolas may be the only person who can fix things—if only he can reach his father before it's too late….
Sparkling with wit and warmth, A Boy Called Christmas is a cheeky new Christmas classic-in-the-making from acclaimed author Matt Haig and illustrator Chris Mould.
Full review:
Matt Haig's latest offering opens up with a grumpy-looking illustration of an elf - deftly rendered by Chris Mould - with the quote, "'Impossible.' - an old elf swearword." Which basically tells any reader that they're in for an amusing, intelligent ride.
And what a ride it is. Nikolas - a.k.a. Christmas, since he was born on Christmas Day - is immediately likable from the first page, with his optimism and cheer, even in the face of of a hardscrabble life. Even when his father goes missing, Nikolas takes it on himself to go after him, with bravery and optimism.
What follows is a whimsical, elaborately-constructed world full of grumpy reindeer, elves and adversity that pushes Nikolas beyond anything he's ever imagined. But he also learns plenty along the way, which helps him prepare for the knowledge of his eventual future as Father Christmas. With great-writing at every interval, this is both a magical tale that will inspire readers of all ages during the holiday season, and also serve as a fantastic read-along.
All in all, A Boy Called Christmas is an unusual, enchanting story that is a perfect twist on the holiday season. Highly recommend for Matt Haig fans, and also fans for who are looking for good holiday reads either to gift themselves, or as gifts.
About the author & illustrator:
Matt Haig is an internationally bestselling author whose novels for children and adults have been translated into 26 languages. His children's books have won the Smarties Gold Medal, the Alex Award, and the Blue Peter Book Award, and been nominated several times for the Carnegie Medal and the Waterstones Children's Book Prize. He lives in Brighton, England, with his wife and two children. He lives in Brighton, on the south coast of England, with his wife and two children. Visit him at matthaig.com and follow him @matthaig1
Chris Mould began studying art at the age of sixteen and has gone on to become an acclaimed illustrator of children's books. He lives with his wife and two children in Yorkshire. Visit him at chrismould.blogspot.com and follow him @chrismouldink.


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LCI Industries First-Quarter 2017 Conference Call Scheduled for May 4, 2017, at 11am ET
Apr 20, 2017, 16:15 ET
ELKHART, Ind., April 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- LCI Industries (NYSE: LCII), a supplier of components for the leading OEMs of recreational vehicles and adjacent industries and the aftermarkets of these industries, will release its First-Quarter 2017 financial results before the market opens on Thursday, May 4, 2017.
LCI Industries will also host a conference call on Thursday, May 4, 2017, at 11 a.m. ET to discuss the results and other business matters. The call will conclude with a question-and-answer session with participation limited to institutional investors and analysts. Individual investors, retail brokers and the media are invited to listen to a live webcast of the call on the LCI Industries website at www.lci1.com\investors.
Participating in the conference call will be:
Jason Lippert, CEO
Scott Mereness, President
Brian Hall, CFO
About LCI Industries
From 49 manufacturing and distribution facilities located throughout the United States and in Canada and Italy, LCI Industries, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, Lippert Components, Inc., supplies, domestically and internationally, a broad array of components for the leading original equipment manufacturers of recreational vehicles and adjacent industries including buses; trailers used to haul boats, livestock, equipment and other cargo; trucks; pontoon boats; trains; manufactured homes; and modular housing. The Company also supplies components to the related aftermarkets of these industries, primarily by selling to retail dealers, wholesale distributors and service centers. LCI's products include steel chassis and related components; axles and suspension solutions; slide-out mechanisms and solutions; thermoformed bath, kitchen and other products; vinyl, aluminum and frameless windows; manual, electric and hydraulic stabilizer and leveling systems; furniture and mattresses; entry, luggage, patio and ramp doors; electric and manual entry steps; awnings and awning accessories; electronic components; televisions and sound systems; navigation systems; backup cameras; appliances and other accessories. Additional information about LCI and its products can be found at www.lci1.com.
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As promised, I wanted to tell you guys about my experience with Crackle Glaze. I love it!! Pictured below is the Black Mesh Crackle Glaze on top of Sexy in the City. Mistakingly though, I painted my pinky and ring fingers with a regular black polish (Liquid Leather by China Glaze) before I realized that it wasn't the Crackle Glaze. Lol…Obviously, the bottles look very similar. Either way, I love the way my nails turned out…Take a peek below:
One quick tip is that you should wait until your base color is completely dry before applying Crackle Glaze. Also, it initially looks a little dry, but once you put a top coat on top of it, it will be ultra shiney and both the base color and the Crackle Glaze will pop even more.
Secondly, I've recently spoken with a manicurist who told me that Creative Nail Design is the best brand to go to for base and top coats. To ensure that your polish lasts, try the Creative Sticky Base Coat and the Creative Super Shiney Top Coat!! Please let me know how these work for you, I will certainly be trying them as well…Smooches!


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The UK's departure from the European Union could bring GM crops to our fields and our shopping baskets. Find out why and what you can do to safeguard our food and our farms.
The UK currently abides by European Union (EU) law on almost all aspects of food and farming. That includes crucial safeguards on the growing of GM crops and the use of GM in our food.
GM Freeze is campaigning to protect UK farmers right to farm responsibly, fairly and sustainably and consumers' right to make informed choices.
This means ensuring that the UK has:
Rigorous GM regulation that protects people, animals and the environment.
GM labelling that allows people to take control of what they are eating.
Protection from GM contamination.
Safeguard our Farms is our campaign to secure robust GM regulation and proper protection from GM contamination, as the UK leaves the European Union,
Don't Hide What's Inside is our campaign to ensure that the UK retains the requirement for GM ingredients to be clearly identified on food labels after Brexit.
Take Action
If you live in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland, please contact your MP, MSPs, AM or MLAs to highlight the risk that Brexit could bring GM to their fields, whether they want it or not.
Key Brexit issues that affect GM in food and farming
Our updated briefing, Brexit and GM explains why Brexit could change everything on GM in our food and on our farms. Share with your MP on twitter.
Withdrawal and retained EU Law
The UK's relationship with the EU after 31 October is the subject of intense political debate.
The various withdrawal deals proposed so far would see the UK abide by EU rules on GM in food and farming until December 2020. After that point, things could change drastically.
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I surrender to You, Lord.Father, my God, my Only-
I sit at your feet worshipping
Your presence surrounds me
My all belongs to You, Lord.
My King, the Holy one-
You lift me upon mountains high;
set me down within Your hope.
I am surrrended to You, Lord.
Abba Father, my beginning and end-
Eternity laid out before me
Forever I will worship the Lamb.
© Debby Sorensen Carlson


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I shot this wedding as a "second shooter" for my buddy Charlotte, who's a talented photographer and a good friend. Her husband Mike usually shoots weddings with her, but since he injured his foot I've helped her out for a couple of events. I like being second shooter because a lot of the pressure is off of me and I can enjoy and snap away without having to worry too much about it. This wedding was lovely. Marcia is from Brazil and Mike is from here, and they are clearly madly in love! Mike had the most gigantic grin on his face all day long and Marcia was practically glowing with giddiness. There was an international crowd in attendance, including lots of extremely adorable kids. The whole event was held way up in Divide, in an aspen grove, and the light was amazing. This is my favorite time of year. We really enjoyed ourselves and I got some fun pictures -- here are a few.
Mike recited his vows in Portuguese.
I thought this little guy was so cute. He looked just like a miniature grownup in his suit.
One last peek before heading down the aisle on the arm of Mike's father.
The flower girl seemed to be a little in awe at first.
The bride and groom wisely hired a clown and a face painter to entertain the kids all day. It was a big hit!
I like this picture of Mike's dad receiving a surprise kiss.


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Best Salsa First Dance Songs for Weddings
Szewai Lee
Looking to spice up your first dance at your wedding? Many people think of a first dance as a slow waltz or traditional foxtrot, but you can find just as much romance in an untraditional style as well...let's talk salsa!
Salsa emerged in New York in the 1970s. It was a mix of other popular dances of the time, such as cha cha, mambo and swing. This concoction gave dancers unique rhythms and patterns that became very popular among the social scene.
Although salsa is still a popular social dance, it is generally overlooked when it comes to wedding first dances. However, this is a great style for couples looking to do something unexpected, romantic, and fun! Think you won't be able to find a romantic salsa song? Check out our list below for some favorites that are perfect for a first salsa dance. We've divided our list into the traditional, the new, and the unconventional, so that there's a Salsa song for everyone!
The Traditional
Como Fue by Ibahim Ferrer
Tu Amor Me Hace Bien by Marc Anthony
Ven Devorame by Lalo Rodriguez
Anhelo by Adolescentes Orquestra
Just the Way You Are by Alex D'Castro
Lady by Orquesta La Palabra
You Are My Home by Chayanne, Vanessa Williams
Lluvia by Eddie Santiago
Sin Salsa No Hay Paraíso by El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico
The New
Mas Que Suerte by Beatriz Luengo
Valio la Pena by Marc Anthony
Corazon by Maluma
Bailando by Enrique Iglesias
Despactio by Luis Fonsi, Daddy Yankee
Vivir Mi Vida by Marc Anthony
Fotografia by Juanes, Nelly Furtado
Me Llamare Tuyo by Victor Manuelle
El Perdon by Nicky Jam, Enrique Iglesias
No Te Enamores by Paloma Mami
Soltera by Lunay
The Unconventional
I Believe in Miracles by Sunlightsquare Latin Combo
Thinking Out Loud by Antony Nova
Better by Khalid
Feels by Calvin Harris, Pharrell Williams
Taki Taki by DJ Snake, Selena Gomez
No Brainer by DJ Khaled, Justin Bieber
Particula by Major Lazer
Thinking Of You by Lenny Kravitz
Love On Top by Beyonce
Trip by Ella Mai
What is your favorite salsa song? Please share with us. Need help learning to salsa? Check out these easy tutorials below.
Want to learn more about salsa? Schedule a Skype Lesson with us or check out our Online Dance Lessons!
Duet Dance Studio is a group of friendly dancers who are passionate about helping people and sharing the joy of ballroom dance. Our physical studio is located in Chicago West Bucktown. We offer ballroom dance lessons, wedding dance instruction and private dance parties. Online Wedding Dance Lessons and Skype dance lessons are also available! Dances we teach include Salsa, Swing, Tango, Bachata, Merengue, Waltz and Foxtrot. Sign up for an introductory dance lesson now to get started!


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The Breakfast Programme
Our breakfast programme is one of our keynote ministries on site and provides nourishment and fellowship to people experiencing homelessness and poverty in inner Melbourne. The programme is run by the Lazarus Centre.
The Lazarus Centre
The Lazarus Centre operates from St Peter's Eastern Hill, and provides nourishment and comfort to people sleeping rough. St Peter's Eastern Hill is committed to Social Justice and our call as Christians to reach out to those in need of both spiritual and temporal sustenance.
The Breakfast program is run under the auspices of Anglicare Victoria, and is co-ordinated daily by two paid staff members. However, the running of the program would not be possible without the volunteers who work each morning to help provide this ministry. Volunteers are drawn from within and outside the parish, and from a diversity of backgrounds and ages.
Breakfast generally consists of cereal, toast, tea and coffee. The service operates on a self-serve basis and people can eat as much or as little as they wish. Food is obtained for the breakfast and for food parcels through donations, purchases from a food warehouse, or purchases from supermarkets.
The service operates seven days a week between the hours of 7.30 and 9.00 am.
A cooked breakfast of bacon, eggs and hash browns occurs every Wednesday. We have extra help from corporate volunteers on those days.
On Fridays at 11.00 am a Health Time Barbecue is held in conjunction with Cohealth. During this time workers from legal, housing and health services are able to come alongside clients in a relaxed and friendly environment.
After breakfast, clients are encouraged to access further services at St Mark's Community Centre in Fitzroy, where there are a number of facilities, including showers, washing machines, dryers, substantial food parcels, meals and recreational activities.
Support our ministry
If you feel that you would like to participate or contribute to this valuable service, please contact the co-ordinator on 0458 750 031. The Centre is always keen to staff new volunteers, and all donations (especially non-perishable groceries and blankets) are graciously appreciated.
Lazarus Centre Chaplaincy Project
The Lazarus Centre runs out of St Peter's and also the Cathedral on Flinders Street. St Peter's involvement is through the Breakfast Program which provides breakfast to 60-80 homeless people every morning of the year.
To complement this service, which has been running for several years, a new initiative was undertaken in October 2012. This was for the St Peter's Foundation to fund a part-time chaplaincy to the homeless, operating in conjunction with the breakfast program for two days a week, usually on Fridays and Sundays.
The chaplain, Fr Phillip Gill, has been the chaplain to the Lazarus Centre since 2012 and is also a valued member of the St Peter's ministry team.
Pastoral Care
St Peter's is known for the beauty of its Liturgy and music, but it also has a long tradition as a caring church community.
With a strong belief in inclusiveness, where each person is important and valued, the current Ministry team places an emphasis on the pastoral care and support of a parishioners. The sick are provided with sacramental ministry in hospital or at home and, whenever possible, those who, because of age or infirmity are no longer able to come to church, are visited and encouraged to still feel part of the parish community that, in many cases, has sustained them through much of their active life, and to which they may have contributed in many practical ways.
If someone is uncharacteristically absent from Sunday worship for a week or so, a phone call is always appreciated.
Parishioners, too, support and care for each other in many ways. The sick are prayed for daily, and all parishioners who have died since the church opened its doors in 1847 are remembered and prayed for on the anniversary of their death, and so pastoral care is provided through all stages of life and beyond.


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The River will save us by: Linda Simone
(Kelsay Books, Aldrich Press, 2018) ISBN: 9781949229073
reviewed by: Tina Tocco
Home. What is it? Where is it? Is it rooted or fluid? These are some of the questions tackled by Linda Simone's third poetry collection The River Will Save Us, an assembly of poems that is as intimate as it is welcoming. Whether you live only blocks from your birthplace or have carted boxes far and wide, Simone's poems will touch that place called home.
Simone's collection tracks all aspects of relocation and journeys — the joy of new opportunities, the possessions left behind, the dreams realized, the loss in displacement. The book's first section, Postcards from a Past Life, focuses on her own voyages and that of her family's, both from place to place and through life's various points. Sometimes wistful, such as when recalling her departed mother in "Family Photo, 1981" ("Her smile spreads like good news. She holds/my son in his Crayola colors."), other times more practical in "Turning in My License" ("Give it back, I want to shout./It's where I'm from, who I am!"), Simone consistently hits on those life changes that make and transform us. Her choice of details, always brilliantly simple, allows her to give richness to something as all-encompassing as the universe or as seemingly mundane as heading to the bus stop.
In "Migration," for example, the author recounts the culture shock of moving with her husband to Manhattan from their longtime home in the New York suburbs:
Awakening to dusk we behold
not finch-filled willows
but pinnacles lighted golden,
holy as church spires.
She later discovers the symbolism in urban nature, a juxtaposition that would likely escape most of us:
Today, on the way to Grand Central
a starling sings from his niche —
straw and trash jammed in a Starbucks sign,
resilience his tune.
Some of the finest work in these pages stems from Simone's more recently settled roots in Texas, where the author and her husband relocate to be near their son. Simone's deep commitment to family breaks through again and again, such as in "My Son Moves to San Antonio," where she declares:
and it might as well be Prague.
I can't reach him by cheek,
call in a hug, or drop biscotti at his door.
One of my favorites, "First Texas Christmas," is the epitome of simple details. They are so well chosen, they will take you back in time:
I unwrap balls treasured for decades
popsicle-stick sled
glittering pine cones
by our son's small hands
my mother's (last unbroken)
ornament of glass
Though the author begins with familial journeys and recollections, she broadens the book's scope by crafting poems inspired by the Jingu family, Japanese immigrants and their children whose happy, successful lives in San Antonio are altered by the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Their section casts a different outlook on American life and relocation.
"Teahouse of the Texas Moon," the poem for which this section is named, gives a mother's perspective on Japanese internment, her thoughts addressed to the moon hanging over her adopted home of San Antonio:
My eight young
who yesterday splashed among lily pads
long for their artist father
as if five years passed in five nights.
Beneath your piercing eye, I lie:
We will be all right.
We also share in a photograph of a more happily expectant time in "Footing," when the family begins their San Antonio experience:
So much sepia-hued hope
in the photo.
Proud papa, clad in shirt and tie,
arms drape across slight
shoulders of two young sons.
only to end with an oddly prophetic hint:
Beneath his right heel
you see the foundation
And even further back in "Approaching Angel Island," a brief memory of nearing the West Coast immigration station where the Jingus were first accepted into the U.S., we experience the anticipation that parallels other immigrant cultures through a distinctly Japanese perspective:
I dream of palms, divine smiles
coalescence of miso and burgers
sticky rice and fries
matcha and milkshakes
soon to be mine.
Throughout this collection — and quite fitting, considering the book's title — Simone masterfully intersperses poems about rivers, culminating in the final section Speaking with Rivers. Here, she uses not only water, but many interconnected aspects of nature to bring together her themes of home and change.
In "Walking the River's Edge," she observes:
Despite scarce water, spiny xerophytes
from another place thrive.
I, a transplant too,
like the prickly pear,
Inspired by Langston Hughes' "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," she joins her East Coast and newly formed Texas roots, bridging two cultures:
I've tread narrow wanderings of the Bronx River.
I've watched dawn make the Hudson blush.
Near Tom's River under the brightest star
succumbed to sleep.
I've caught the San Antonio singing to me
in Spanish
An additional trait that distinguishes this collection is the haiku found throughout (a mini collection in itself) that serves as a subtle homage to the Jingu family. These charming surprises tucked at the bottom of various pages are just as powerful as their longer counterparts.
Linda Simone's poems, even those that do not originate from her own history, are so personal that they read like tiny memoirs, yet they are perfectly accessible because they reach the same core we all share — that deep longing for home. Stay put one weekend, as I did, with The River Will Save Us. It will take you to places you have definitely been — and those you may reach someday.
The book can be ordered in support of small presses at https://kelsaybooks.com/products/the-river-will-save-us. It is also available on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=linda+simone&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Alinda+simone.
The River Will Save Us is Pushcart-nominated poet Linda Simone's debut full-length collection (Kelsay Books, 2018). Past publications include Archeology (2014), Cow Tippers (2006), and the children's book, Moon: A Poem (2002), and poems and essays in numerous journals and anthologies. She earned her MAW from Manhattanville College in 2004 when she served as poetry editor for Inkwell. She proudly served as Associate Director of the MAW program from 2005 to 2009, focusing on building relationships with many local arts organizations and libraries where students could present their work. Since moving to San Antonio from New York in 2015, Simone's poetry has been selected for city Poet Laureate Laurie Ann Guerrero's signature project, and most recently has been included in San Antonio's Thirty Poems for the Tricentennial: A Poetic Legacy. www.lindasimone.com


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Germany's justice minister, Heiko Maas, has described the anti-Islamic PEGIDA movement as "shameful for Germany." The movement is planning a rally on Monday in Dresden, expected to be attended by thousands.
In an interview with the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Germany's justice minister Heiko Maas said that the protest rallies of the anti-Islamization movement, PEGIDA, were "a shame for Germany" and that Germany was experiencing a new "level of escalation of agitation against immigrants and refugees."
Maas pointed out that several people participating in the movement had likely been misled by its leaders and would probably be ready for a rational discussion on the issue. The movement, according to Maas, did have people who "had a clear affinity towards hatred of foreigners."
Maas asked for a civil society and political parties to come together against the anti-Islamization movement, in order that PEGIDA be "exposed" for its "outrageous arguments," especially since those expressing their hatred were doing so "behind the backs of refugees who had lost everything and were asking for help."
10,000 expected in anti-refugee rally
PEGIDA stands for "Patriotic Europeans against the Islamization of the occident." Members of the movement protest against a perceived Islamization of western countries and demand stronger laws for those seeking asylum.
The movement has generated extensive debate in Germany, especially in connection with the HoGeSa or Hooligans against Salafists, also an anti-Islamic group with about 40,000 members on Facebook.
Several counter movements have also sprung up in German cities, like the one called "Dresden for all, all for Dresden," which plans to demonstrate against the Pegida rally in Dresden on Monday, expected to be attended by around 10,000 people.
mg/es (AFP, dpa)
There has been much talk of a rightward shift in European politics this year, though Germany's has been relatively mild. Here's a rundown of the right-wing scene in Germany and its attempts to catch the mood. (14.12.2014)
The western German city of Cologne has seen thousands march in a peaceful demonstration against xenophobia and right-wing extremism. The march comes amid worries of rising anti-immigration sentiment in Germany. (14.12.2014)


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Judah Peter's Birth Story
It's been traditional in my pregnancies for my water to break...and then contractions to kick in within the hour. And then it's go time.
But from the start - the VERY start - Judah has been different. He took only 3 months to conceive (over 24 for my others) and he showed himself within the first 4 weeks on me....three's a charm, right?
And so...no water breaking on my own. Here's his story...read if it interests you.
Monday, 4-14-14:
9am - I don't feel so well. Just kinda off and heavy and a lot of pressure.
10am - in the shower...my thought: "This is probably my last shower before I have a baby...." how do we kinda know? But kinda not?
11am- take every thing out of my refrigerator, wipe it down, empty yucky stuff and organize. Last ditch nesting?!?
12am - call my friend, labor coach and OB nurse Sandy while frosting some Spring cookies to have for my mom and kids cuz the pressure is getting about 10 minutes apart
1:30pm - arrive at hospital and only 2-3 cm dilated....darn.
1:30-5pm - walk the halls of Toledo hospital that is hopping with pregos everywhere.....so much that I do not even get into the maternity wing until AFTER I give birth that evening. I gave birth in the OR (Operating Room) and I labored in a "Special Post Ops" room. With no shower or baby stuff. Awesome.
5pm - still 3 cm dilated....getting sad...but as I walk contractions increase
5pm-8pm: walk halls and start squatting at the end of each hall. Had read the day before on squatting during natural birth - brings the use of gravity, hip opening and took away my back labor (amazingly)
8pm - they check me - I am at a 4. We decide with the doctor to break my water....we prayed to progress one more cm before that and things start to move fast.
Equal and Opposite Calm
I had also read that while squatting to try to relax and calm every muscle to the equal and opposite degree of pain in the contraction. Where I had squeezed hands and writhed and bounced on a ball in each contraction with Olive....now I squatted, hung limp over the bed and as Sandy touched different parts of the body, I tried to relax at each touch. Breath it out. It took GREAT concentration and control. But really helpful.
10:30pm They check me again... only a 6cm dilated...have to get to 10....... Sad. I felt defeated. Wasn't sure how long I could do this. They shifted me back off the bed (um...no thank you! But movement is another key with getting you dilated) and I did a few more squats....and then everything moved REALLY fast. Like a crazy train...like you are being overtaken. Pretty nuts. I transitioned and Judah came out 45 minutes later!
7 minutes of pushing (about 3) and at 11:16pm Judah Peter Seiffert was born!
Reflections: Squatting Spirituality
I squatted through my contractions and tried to apply equal and opposite peace and calmness in my body compared to the level of chaos in each contraction. It was a mental discipline that I honestly felt like my athleticism and pain management in tough matches, tough races, tough games had paved the way for me. It felt like an intense athletic event with the BEST prize ever after.
And the same needs to hold true in motherhood. When things get crazy, kids get loud, disobedient, rude, pull attitudes, refuse instruction - the chaos has arrived. The contraction of the moment. I often want to go around squeezing heads and writhing and yelling to control it all.
But may I "squat" through the chaos...applying equal and opposite whispers to their yelling, applying gentleness to their hitting, applying peace to their inner emotional storms that are spilling out all over our family.
May our contractions in child bearing be our teachers in daily motherhood. May we listen and respond with grace, peace, kindness.