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Women With ER Positive Breast Cancer Taking (AI) w Joint Discomfort and Stiffness | The Effect of an Exercise Program in Breast Cancer Patients With Joint Pain While Taking Aromatase Inhibitors.
Women With ER Positive Breast Cancer Taking (AI) w Joint Discomfort and Stiffness research study
What is the primary objective of this study?
The objective of this study is to determine if patients taking aromatase inhibitors (AI), who are experiencing joint discomfort and stiffness, would have reduction in this discomfort and stiffness by participating in a directed exercise program. The overarching objective is to improve patient compliance with the medication and ultimately clinical outcome. In this pilot study, we will utilize a scientific approach for proof of concept employing both objective (inflammatory cytokine profiles and Physical Therapy (PT) measurements) and subjective (patient perception) methods to support an evidence based clinical plan. Patients will be divided into two cohorts. Group A will receive AI therapy with a directed exercise program. Group B will receive AI therapy without a directed exercise program. Data will be collected when both cohorts of patients enroll in the study, at the end of PT for Group A and, at the end of 8 weeks for Group B. At these time points, both groups will undergo a PT evaluation; have blood drawn for cytokine profiles; answer questions on an iPad that includes: the Pain Disability Index, the PHQ-4 (Psycological Health Questionaire depression scale, and pain level scale.
Who is eligible to participate?
Inclusion Criteria: - 1. Women over age 40 with histological evidence of hormone receptor positive breast cancer. 2. Post- menopausal 3. Adjuvant AI therapy. 4. Significant joint discomfort/stiffness when attempting activities of daily living which began or significantly increased after initiation of AI therapy. 5. Currently not in an active directed exercise program (>60 minutes 2x/wk) Exclusion Criteria: 1. Preexisting RA or fibromyalgia. 2. Systemic metastasis 3. ECOG performance status of greater than 2. -
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Women With ER Positive Breast Cancer Taking (AI) w Joint Discomfort and Stiffness
Study Interventions
Interventions can include giving participants drugs, medical devices, procedures, vaccines, and other products that are either investigational or already available or noninvasive approaches such as surveys, education, and interviews.
Other:Arm A Directed exercise program
Study Arms
Research studies and clinical trials typically have two or more research arms. An arm is a group of people who receive the same treatment in the study.
Arm A8 week directed exercise program
Arm BNo directed exercise other than patients normal level of activity
Study Status
Start Date: January 2014
Completed Date: March 2015
Phase: N/A
Type: Interventional
Primary Outcome: Pain Disability Index
Secondary Outcome: Plasma levels of inflammatory markers.
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Lead Sponsor: Christiana Care Health Services
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Authorities have identified the Falmouth man who died in a fire Saturday evening at his home on Gray Road.
Sgt. Joel Davis of the State Fire Marshal's Office said Sunday night that Richard Seiler, 73, of 22 Gray Road died from smoke inhalation.
Davis said that Seiler had returned home Saturday from taking his two-door BMW convertible for a drive – the car's first time on the road since being taken out of winter storage.
According to Davis, Seiler parked the car in his garage. The fire started about 5 p.m. in the area of the car's battery, spread to the garage, and then went into the attached home, which sustained heavy fire damage.
Investigators are still trying to determine what caused the battery to catch fire, but for now the fire is being called accidental.
Falmouth police said Seiler's two cats survived the blaze.
One of the cats, which was discovered during the fire, was given oxygen by a Portland firefighter. The cat was taken to a local veterinarian by police and "is still hanging on and receiving care at the vets," a post on the police department's Facebook page said.
"The second cat (Ginger) was located Sunday morning by Sgt. Frank Soule while meeting with family on scene," Falmouth police said. "She was hiding in the back of a closet. She appeared to be in good health aside from being very scared."
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The article, MD tough phosphorus tool may be joined by revisions of other Bay states (January-February 2016), should have clarified that the "tools" must apply to poultry litter and sewage sludge as well as manure. And Maryland's tool is very far from being tough, which is what agricultural interests want and have so far achieved.
The article states that Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania trigger their respective tools at phosphorus levels of 150, 127, and 200 parts per million in the soil. According to the 2006 Mid-Atlantic Nutrient Management Handbook, the critical phosphorus level for the Mehlich 3 soil test is around 30 ppm for mid-Atlantic soils. If the results are less than 30 ppm we would expect a profitable crop increase if we add phosphorus. But if the test result is higher than 30 ppm, no yield response is expected. [my emphasis] Obviously, the tools favor cheap phosphorus disposal, only kicking in at phosphorus levels much greater than what is necessary for the crop.
None of the tools require that phosphorus application be limited to a "crop-removal" rate. Applications at this rate would not impact crop yield because that is how inorganic phosphorus is applied. In Virginia, "Phosphorus applications from inorganic nutrient sources shall not exceed crop nutrient needs over the crop rotation based on a soil test." (Source: Virginia Nutrient Management Standards and Criteria from the Virginia Department Conservation and Recreation)
Demanding that the use of organic phosphorus follow the same rule would require more acreage, create more hassle for the waste producers and require more bureaucrats to regulate the disposal process. More importantly, additional nitrogen fertilizer would need to be applied because an application of phosphorus in animal waste at a crop-removal rate would not supply enough nitrogen for the crop. Such a rule would protect water quality and crop yield, but not the profits of waste producers.
In certain situations, Virginia and Pennsylvania continue to allow the land application of organic waste to be nitrogen-based, guaranteeing a massive over-application of both nitrogen and phosphorus and proving that agricultural economic concerns continue to trump concerns about water quality.
Pollution is an externality and its real cost is never accounted for. In Virginia, dairy manure is applied assuming that 35 percent of the nitrogen is available to the next crop because it takes time for microbes to decompose the organic material in the waste and release the nutrients for plant uptake.
What happens to the other 65 percent of the nitrogen? Unless nitrogen fertilizers are considerably reduced for subsequent crops — which is not required and rarely done — much of the excess nitrogen is pollution. It is easy to understand why animal waste — poultry litter, sewage sludge and manure — accounts for half of all agricultural nutrient pollution, or a little more than a quarter of Bay nutrient pollution because less than half of the disposed nitrogen and phosphorus ends up in the crop.
For those who want round numbers, assume a yield of 175 bushels of grain per acre and that each 56 pound bushel contains about 0.4 pound of phosphorus pentoxide and 1 pound of nitrogen. To supply 175 pounds of nitrogen for the crop, 500 pounds (175/0.35) of nitrogen in manure must be applied per acre, accompanied by several hundred pounds of phosphorus as determined by the nitrogen/phosphorus ratio in the waste. The grain harvested from an acre contains 175 pounds of nitrogen and 70 pounds of phosphorus, so the disposal results in the application of 325 pounds of excess nitrogen and about 200 pounds of excess phosphorus per acre, depending on how much phosphorus was already present in the soil.
Why shouldn't phosphorus application be limited to a crop-removal rate? Why should the use of organic phosphorus be any different from the use of inorganic phosphorus, except to promote cheap waste disposal? Even better for the Bay, why not ban the disposal of manure, poultry litter and sewage sludge by land application? This could be accomplished with the stroke of a pen (and lots of litigation) if any political entity really valued Bay health over agricultural profits. The waste is better used as biofuel and the phosphorus recovered. A ban would ultimately have more effect on improving Bay water quality than all the expensive wastewater treatment plant upgrades we have paid for, and which have not resulted in significant Bay water quality improvements because their impact is overwhelmed by the agricultural pollution. Unless agricultural nutrient pollution is significantly reduced, no meaningful improvement in Bay water quality is possible. Period.
Or, will we continue to sanction the cheap disposal of animal waste for a few powerful special interests — paying lip service to pollution with highly permissive regulations so that we might enjoy less-expensive food?


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- Place cake mix, eggs, vegetable oil, and 1 cup salmonberry mixture in a bowl; blend with an electric mixer on low speed until moistened, about 30 seconds. Beat cake mixture at medium speed for 2 minutes. Fold remaining 1 1/2 cups whole salmonberries into cake mixture; pour evenly into prepared pans.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean, about 30 minutes.
- While cake is baking, cook remaining 1 cup salmonberry mixture, remaining 1/2 cup whole salmonberries, and sugar in a saucepan over medium high heat, stirring constantly, until mixture begins to simmer; remove from heat.
- To assemble: While cake is still warm, gently poke holes all over the top of the cake layers with a fork. Pour half the cooled salmonberry mixture over each cake layer; allow to cool completely. Allow to cool completely.
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- Salmonberries grow wild along the west coast of North America from northern California to Alaska. Raspberries are from the same family and would make a good substitute if you cannot find salmonberries.
- For cupcakes: line 24 muffin cups with paper liners; fill 2/3 full with cake mixture. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean, about 19 minutes. While still warm, poke holes into top of each cupcake with a fork; spoon salmonberry mixture over each cupcake.
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- For a sweeter, drier cake omit the topping. The topping is very tart. You can add whole salmonberries for embellishment.
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Millwall enter the race to sign Dutch striker Kevin van Veen
MILLWALL have entered the race to sign Dutch striker Kevin van Veen from Dutch second division side FC Oss.
The 23-year-old, who has scored 16 goals in 20 appearances this season, had looked set to join Scunthorpe United but the Lions have now joined the chase.
van Veen left the Netherlands for England this afternoon with the intention of discussing terms at Glanford Park but he'll now have options to consider.
Championship rivals Rotherham United are also understood be weighing up a bid.
Millwall's chief scout Mick Harford saw the forward score a hat-trick against Almere City FC last Friday but it initially seemed that the Lions would not be following up their interest.
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You won't be able to have a fully autonomous car of your own for at least a few more years, but the race to develop the best technology is already tearing up the asphalt. Google is reportedly interested in spinning off its self-driving unit as its own self-driving company under the umbrella of Alphabet. And that means it will need to generate revenue, which could mean ride-hailing. And ride-hailing, of course, means Uber.
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Can Google successfully challenge Uber, or is Travis Kalanick's company simply too large and too entrenched to unseat? Does Google even want to beat Uber? Or is it simply looking for a way to make self-driving cars generate cash? And with neither committing to actually manufacturing their own vehicles, which carmakers will each be partnering with to bring its technology to the road?
According to Bloomberg Business, Google plans to start small by deploying its multi-sized autonomous fleet in confined areas like college campuses, military bases, and corporate office parks. This is smart, because it would likely help Google get additional miles under its belt before rolling out its self-driving cars onto city streets.
Those streets fall squarely in Uber's turf — hard-won turf.
But while Uber is dominating the ride-hailing business, Google has the advantage in autonomous car research. It has been developing the technology since 2009 and has the advantage, Uber recognizes that, which may explain why the company is so aggressively pursuing Google's engineers and executives. High-definition maps are key to a successful self-driving car project; Uber is building up its mapping division in parallel to its self-driving unit.
Experts believe ride-hailing to be the most obvious application of fully autonomous vehicles. And surveys suggest that consumers are excited about the technology, but also concerned about safety, security, and, of course, how much it will cost them. Licensing and regulation are also serious hurdles, and Uber — its wall decorated with the scalps of politicians who dared to oppose it — has an advantage over Google in that regard.
The question, then, may be whether Alphabet needs to get into the ride-hailing business itself — a daunting task, even without the specter of Uber — or whether it makes money in the long term through partnerships and the licensing of its technology.
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With neither company being perfectly suited for car manufacturing in the long term, the likelihood of outsourcing this component increases which would mean that the self-driving car hailing battle is less about hardware and more about software and litigation. Uber as an irreplacable convenience and Google's lack of litigation expertise thus far will both be put to the test as the self-driving car hits the streets for good.


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One TV program created by Beat Takeshi is called 'Unbelievable' (or Anbariibabou) and highlights extreme things. Recently they showed the three smallest mammals in the world, number one being from Japan. Actually, Encarta lists number 3, Kitti's Hog-nosed Bat, as the smallest. I assume this is because it doesn't have a long tail; however, it is typically about 2-3 grams and the TV show's pick was listed at only 1.7 grams.
The Tokyo Togarinezumi is a tiny shrew that licks dew and sugar off of flowers. Because it has a long tail it is about twice as long as the bat. Of course, if the bat opens its wings…
So, where does the Tokyo Togarinezumi live? One might guess, "Tokyo!" However, that would be wrong. These little critters run around on the sparsely populated northern island of Hokkaido. What goofball named them? Well, back in the Meiji period (late 1800s), when enlightenment was associated with incorporating Western learning, an English anthropologist named the shrew. At that time Tokyo was still called Edo and Hokkaido (and a few other islands) were called Yezo (or Ezo).
Perhaps you figured it out: a simple mistake switched Edo for Ezo, and it has been carried forward in perpetuity.
Beat Takeshi is a very popular figure. You may also know him from Takeshi's Castle, a show where teams would assault a castle with peculiar obstacles and weapons. He started out as a popular comedian. After a disfiguring motorcycle accident he was able to continue his career and he is fascinated by miracles, mysteries, and such. I wonder if Hollywood or American TV would allow a star to continue after their physical 'beauty' was damaged.


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If it's hard for you to remember a name, it's also hard for you to forget a name: Arnold Schwarzenegger
The Austrian Oak, Arnold Schwarzenegger, talks about the roots of his resilience, and how he achieved the American dream.brunch Updated: Nov 29, 2014 17:38 IST
The first thing you notice about Arnold Schwarzenegger is his size. You expect it of course, but it still disarms you. The man is 67 – how can he possibly look like this? But he does.
The second thing you notice is that he's nice. He smiles a lot, and looks happy to be here. Here being the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit in New Delhi.
"It's his method," an article in Esquire magazine noted, "He tries to give each of them [everyone who meets him] what they came for, the Arnold experience.
Of course, to some extent he gives them the Arnold experience the instant he walks in the room or opens his mouth – his face and his body and his voice are that recognizable."
In his session at the Summit, Schwarzenegger spoke about his journey from Austria to America. He talked about growing up (his family wanted to be like the Von Trapps from The Sound of Music and had no interest in bodybuilding), being the youngest to win the Mr Universe title at 20 ("Every weight I lifted, gave me joy and got me closer to the title"), entering Hollywood ("The leading sex symbols were guys like Dustin Hoffman and Woody Allen.
'They're 150 pounds and you're 250! You cannot possibly get any roles!' they said, but I did."), making it big in Hollywood despite obstacles (he got Conan the Barbarian because he looked the part, and The Terminator because he sounded like the part) and becoming the governor of California ("People said I didn't have a chance. California was 60 per cent Democrat and 40 per cent Republican, and I was a Republican.")
We spoke to him after the session, so you could meet him too.
You met Aamir Khan yesterday. Did you like him?
Yes, very much so. I think he's a very talented guy. He's proven that he can do both – win a lot of awards and also make a lot of money. And be very successful financially at the box office. He was also a very likeable man.
Do you know much about Bollywood?
Not as much as you probably do.
What is your workout routine now?
I still work out 45 minutes a day in the morning and 45 minutes at night. I do my cardiovascular training in the morning and in the evening, I do my weight training.
It's kind of like eating and sleeping, you don't think much about it, right? You get out of bed, and just do it. It's the same before I have dinner, I just do it.
You're definitely not going back to politics? (He was in office till 2011)
No. Well, I work within politics because our institute, the Schwarzenegger Institute at the University of Southern California, deals with issues and policy, specifically for the environment, stem-cell research, good government practice and public reform.
But I think I can have more effect from the outside (through the institute) than inside politics. I'm trying to improve the situation all over the world. You don't have to be a politician to do that.
America is such a multicultural society, with so many first-generation immigrants. Does it seem silly that you can't run for President?
There is a reason the Constitution is written the way it is written. And I think America just didn't want, when it became independent, to have the Brits come over and start running for President.
Now I think the law is a little bit outdated. But the reason you never hear me complaining about it is because I feel like I have achieved everything in America because of America. If this is the only thing that first-generation immigrants can't do, why complain?
But one should make an effort to change the law, so that a foreign-born can also run for President.
For someone who's achieved so much already, what next?
Well, what I'm doing right now: fighting to create a clean environment. We have the responsibility to hand our land over to the next generation in better shape than when we inherited it. And right now, that's not what we are doing.
I would do everything I can in my power to travel around the world, through our organisation to promote the idea of sub-national governance in cities, states and provinces, in individuals and companies and financial institutions and academic institutions, everyone working together to create a cleaner environment – to stop using fossil fuels, to build more renewable energy.
George Clooney is apparently planning to run for Governor.
I think that anyone should give it a shot. It doesn't matter to me if it's an actor or if it is a... coal miner, or an athlete, or a journalist.
It's a very interesting arena to be in, a lot of hard work, but fun.
Did you try hard to lose the accent?
I never learnt or tried very hard to lose it. I always felt like the most important thing is that you're understandable. I worked on it, sometimes, to have different accents – depending on what the movie was, but not to lose it now. I know it's part of the Austrian charm.
You were advised to change your last name when you began acting.
Well, it was difficult. I remember when I did the first movie,
in New York, they changed the name to Arnold Strong. And I didn't even have a choice. I saw it in the poster, "Arnold Strong". But then when I got further down the line in the movie business, I made it clear contractually that I wanted to keep my name Arnold Schwarzenegger.
And I felt that if people could remember Gina Lollobrigida and names like that, then they will also remember Schwarzenegger.
And the other idea was that if it's hard for you to remember a name, it's also hard for you to forget a name.
Life lessons from Schwarzenegger
Have a very clear vision
a very clear goal of where you want to go. Only then will you get there. You can have the best ship in the world but if the captain doesn't know where to go he will just drift around. The key thing is to know where you're going and be very passionate about that. You have to see your goal in front of you.
2. Shoot for the top. You have to have big goals and think big because then you're going to get big, then you're going to achieve big things. We don't achieve big things by accident, so shoot for the sky, shoot for the stars.
3. Work your butt off. If you think you're going to go and accomplish something really special and be the best at that thing in the world, and you think you can do it without working, you're making a big mistake. No matter what I did – whether it was bodybuilding, or acting, or in the political arena – it always took a lot, a lot of work. You gotta make a lot of sacrifices. If you're not willing to work hard, forget about it.
4. There's another rule that is very important. Don't be afraid to fail. If you're afraid to fail, you're always holding yourself back. In weightlifting, we learnt it very quickly: the only way you could break a record is if you're willing to fail. That's when you put on more weight, you try, sometimes maybe you will not be able to lift it (which has happened to me many times) but eventually, when you train hard enough, you will lift it. So don't be afraid to fail. I mean, how far can you fall? There's the ground – that's how far you can fall. Winners dust themselves off and move on.
5. Another thing that I always tell people is, don't listen to the naysayers. There'll always be people out there who'll tell you that you will not be able to do it, forget it, it's a stupid dream you have, a crazy vision. Don't listen to them.
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We're setting tough questions for teens in Israel this summer
By Hannah WEISFELD, Director of Yachad.
Over the next week or so, more than one thousand 16-year-old Jewish students board planes to Israel to take part in a four-week tour.
"Israel tour" is billed as the most significant Jewish identity-building experience for the next generation of the community. More than 50 percent of this age group take part in the experience every year, with a variety of youth movements – each with their own religious and ideological lens.
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In the main, the most committed, capable leaders are given the honour of being responsible for this precious experience. It is an achievement to be proud of. Over the past year, Yachad has been working with five of the youth movements to develop a half-day programme for the tour, focusing on one of the most challenging aspects of Israel: Jerusalem. This is the third consecutive summer we have worked with movements to develop a programme, adapting it based on year-on-year feedback.
But why would Jerusalem present such a challenge to these movements? It is such an obvious place to spend time with 16-year olds getting to know Israel. It is the capital of the Jewish state, the direction to which Jews pray daily and a place imbued with Jewish history and culture. But the city is so much more. And youth movements know that. They know it is also the city that may or may not hold the key to an agreement
between Israel and the Palestinian people. It is where questions about what it means to be a Jewish and democratic state are most alive. It is a place where Palestinians are treated differently to Jewish citizens in every way, right down to how many trees are planted in a neighbourhood. These youth movements do not buy the idea that their four-week experience is a time to instil the next generation of our community with an infantile love for Israel –a hope that one day, when they are a little more mature, someone else will present the challenges. They don't believe that this is a sound education, not least because it is the type of education they received. They regret that difficult questions were glossed over and they were left to their own devices to explore them.
Consequently, they want to find a way to address these issues – hence the challenge of Jerusalem. I have just returned from there, having spent a day with 28 Israel tour leaders from the five youth movements, who between them will be responsible for guiding 400 participants. The programme – created by Yachad and an Israeli organisation, Ir Amim, whose tour guides will be used to deliver the programme includes visiting Jewish neighbourhoods where there are view-points into Palestinian neighbourhoods of East Jerusalem – places like Silwan, Shuafat refugee camp and Sheikh Jarrah.
It raises questions such as how one shares a city between two nations, what challenges a mixed population present and how Palestinian neighbourhoods in which 300,000 Palestinians live (around 38 percent of the inhabitants of the city) test the ideals enshrined in Israel's Declaration of Independence.
The most fascinating part of the day was watching the conversation that took place during the final hour between the 28 tour leaders. There was consensus across the board. They wanted participants to leave Israel with a love for the country and a desire to be invested in her future. They thought that four weeks in Israel must include an experience that tackles difficult questions – shades of grey.
They wanted to "ideas share" about how to process these challenging questions and make sure they were being the best, most honest educators they could be. So this summer, 400 British Jewish 16-year-olds will come back from Israel tour having stood in the east Jerusalem Jewish neighbourhood of Pisgaat Ze'ev looking out into Shuafat refugee camp, home to more than 20,000 Palestinians inside the municipal borders of Jerusalem.
The question is whether they will return to families and shuls that will be willing to ask the same tough challenging questions the future leadership of our community will have asked this summer, having looked out over that view.
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With all the recent lawsuit debacle, we almost forgot the PUBG Global Invitational 2018 was taking place this month. Here's the list of all the finalists set to compete in Berlin.
The top 20 top professional PUBG teams have earned their place in the first official tournament hosted by PUBG Corp. The PUBG Global Invitational 2018 will be taking place July 25 – 29 at the Mercedes-Benz Arena in Berlin, Germany.
The $2 Millon prize pool is set to be split across 2 tournaments, one for first-person, and the other for third. The full list of teams competing at the PUBG Global Invitational 2018 can be found below.
1. TEAM LIQUID (Scoom, Jeemzz, Sambty, Ibiza)
2. WELCOME TO SOUTH GEORGO (MiracU, Gaxy, vard, Larsen)
3. PITTSBURG KNIGHTS (Voxsic, Draedon, texqs, Krama)
1. TEAM GATES (Mossy, Exko, Cillo, Mortify)
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3. HONEY BADGER NATION (Timid, GrislyMallard9, Fastrail, w1ckk)
1. NATUS VINCERE (POKAMOLODOY, pijamaenota, Drainys, iLame_ru)
2. AVANGAR GAMING (MuMiNo, keeN, 0nuqtive, DieZzz)
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3. AHQ ESPORTS CLUB (ahq_K3, ahq_Waisun, ahq_W1nner, ahq_M4)
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1. OYUN HIZMETLERI (POLLADERUC, MrSedaT, Colorist, tmhMM
1. SAVAGE ESPORTS (RagnarLoth, Maikzj, Loquix, SzylzEN)
1. CHIEFS ESPORTS CLUB (eDGe, Champzzzz, Potato, kritikalmotion)
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Opting for a vendor is one of the most daunting tasks you might face when getting your business online. You need to be aware that you are choosing an important business partner that can make your business grow and flourish. Keeping the future in mind is important, while making a choice of IT and computer services. There is no specific manner in which you can make the right choice of the computer supplier as the requirement of each business is different. To get proper guidance and advice you need to consult an IT firm which is well reputed and experienced.
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When opting for a specific PC determine whether you need this for your office or home. This helps you to make a choice of the apt hardware and software. The size of the hard drive, ram monitor size, video card depends on the type of work you need from the computer.
Cloud software is now a norm for businesses of all sizes. A cloud enterprise needs to be chosen in accordance to the specific deployment which is suitable to the IT infrastructure of a business besides the functionality required for a business. You need to make a choice between the public and the private cloud. You need to make sure to try out the application even before you contact the vendor. You get an insight on the usability of the application. It is also important to understand the number of integration points required.
With cyber-crimes on the rise, it is essential to look for a vendor who can consider this matter. With managed security solutions you are benefitted in more than one way. You are provided with data security which is improved to a considerable extent. The system and data are monitored round the clock and any discrepancies are reported in a timely manner. Security collection devices can be accessed easily even though the systems are managed remotely.
Keeping all the above in view, you can look for IT and computer services even online. You can safely opt for a company which can assure you of network planning and projects, ongoing maintenance, security and cloud solutions. The company should have the required knowledge and deliver the expected results. You need to look for factors like accountability and systematic besides reliable and trustworthy. You can think of asking around from friends and family if you are not too confident about your online search. Patience and perseverance can help you make the right choice of the IT services required for your business. This might take some time but is totally worth it.
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I teach to empower. Studying International Development at Tulane University, I learned that education is the cornerstone of all progress—healthcare, civil rights, environmentalism, and the like advance hand-in-hand with knowledgeability of the populace. For that reason, I decided to go into education. Well, that and the fact that kids are hilarious; high impact plus good company makes for an easy career choice! In addition to International Development, I studied Spanish and Psychology at Tulane. Upon earning my Bachelor of the Arts degree in 2012, I moved right out to Arizona. Two years later, I graduated from Arizona State University with a Master of Education degree. Since that time, I've enjoyed teaching special education in the valley with students in grades K-8. I'm thrilled to be part of the Focus Tutors team, and I look forward to sharing my passion and expertise in: organization and time management, study strategies, ADD/ADHD coaching, executive functioning support, test-taking skills, Spanish, and elementary & middle school mathematics, reading, writing, spelling, and grammar.


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Tori Spelling has just given birth to baby no. 5!
The Beverly Hills, 90210 star and her husband, Dean McDermott welcomed a baby boy on March 2. His name is Beau Dean McDermott, and he weighed 5 pounds and 2 ounces.
""We are over the moon in love with baby Beau," the couple told People. "He is a true blessing and his brothers and sisters were overjoyed to meet him! We are all truly grateful for our big beautiful and healthy family."
Spelling, 43, shared the first photo of baby Beau on social media. "We are so excited to announce the birth of the newest member of the McDermott family! Please join us in welcoming Beau Dean McDermott," she tweeted.
We are so excited to announce the birth of the newest member of the McDermott family! Please join us in welcoming Beau Dean McDermott. pic.twitter.com/xPCK25cBHV— Tori Spelling (@Tori_Spelling) March 3, 2017
For weeks, the actress has teased Beau's arrival, posting lots of social media photo flaunting her baby bump. She recently threw an over-the-top baby shower that came with an eyebrow-raising bill.
MUST-SEE: Tori Spelling's Baby Shower Came With a Whopping Bill
At the beginning of her pregnancy, Spelling revealed that Beau was a "total surprise," but that she and McDermott were eagerly awaiting his arrival because they had always hoped for a big family. Spelling and McDermott are also parents to Liam, 9, Stella, 8, Hattie, 5, and Finn, 4.
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Tears were shed, memories were made and hundreds of futures officially began May 6 and 7 at the Gainesville campus as Brenau celebrated its Spring 2016 graduation ceremonies.
About 400 students – from those earning associate degrees to those receiving doctorates – walked across the stage over the weekend to pick up their hard-earned diplomas. Retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Annie B. Andrews served as the commencement speaker for both the 137th Women's College commencement on Friday and the undergraduate and graduate ceremonies on Saturday.
"Now you are entering into that part of life where your destiny is up to you," she told the Class of 2016. "Successful people understand the old adage that 'If it's meant to be, it's up to me.'"
You can read more about The Women's College commencement and view a gallery of photos at https://www.brenau.edu/inmotion/admiral-encourages-graduates-to-blaze-own-paths-to-greatness.
You can read more about the undergraduate and graduate commencement and view a gallery of photos at https://www.brenau.edu/inmotion/admiral-andrews-commads-graduates-set-sail-professional-adventures.


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Arrived Monday the 7th at Stanstedt airport and made my way to Leicester where in the first day i completed much of my business . Later that evening after going to my local tackle shop i sat down for a glass of Stella and a little wine with the meal .
I was rather unfortunate to miss the draw by 5 minutes so i decided to go to my local fishing club complex , the Greenhill AC Thurlaston lake and moat and sat on peg on the Moat where i had fished previously in July.
Just behind is the Lake where several anglers were catching carp constantly
After 3 hours i decided to finish and complete further tasks . Nice net of Perch , Roach and Rudd for about 8 LB.
Leicestershires finest beer !
Only wanted a small meal but this was enough for a platoon !
The thursday gave me an opportunity to fish the Holly Farm open where 36 of the local cracks assembled for breakfast and good banter.
This is typical of English angling waters at a commercial level , they provide everything.
Great friends to meet ...... Don Slater , legend !
Further legends , Brian Envis (Right) great friend , team mate and former member of the Leicester Likely lads. On the Left is eldest soon Gary , also former team mate and Leicester Sensas Juniors.
The Legends continued with also former Likely lad Dave Rossi on the right with top rod and well known local angler Tom Watt. on the left.
I drew peg 15 on Gils lake , not the best of draws and not known for winning off .
Anglers who could not handle the walk were helped to their pegs and their equipment also.
My office for the day
The menu : Corn , small and big meat , red maggots and fishmeal
4 tops rigged with 0.2-0.4 gr. floats rigged with 0.15/0.13 18/16 's hook on 10-14 elastic.
The day went from reasonably mild in the morning to bitter cold by the end of the match . It started well with an F1 on the first put in but after bites were a premium and i started after the silvers for an hour which only yielded about 12 small fish.
After 2 hours i went margins and took 3 big mirrors on big meat over small meat and in the last hour of this 6 hour match i took 8 more carp to end up 2nd place overall out of 36 in a very good field of anglers.
Great that i can still compete with the best even though my fishing time in UK is very limited.
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This post was written by the incredible wedding photographer, Kristin Sweeting. She has a unique perspective as not only a traveling photographer, but also as an educator. I'm thrilled she was able to share her advice with us! For more about Kristin, check out her website!
Finding your wedding photographer can be a daunting task, especially when you're getting married in a destination you might not be familiar with.
Things to look for when hiring a wedding photographer:
Can you see yourself in their work? When looking through a portfolio, try to picture yourself in a picture and if you would like to photographed that way or would feel comfortable in that pose. Does the photographer see the world the way you want to see it on your wedding day?
Are they an experienced traveler? If they're not a local vendor, make sure they have a lot of experience traveling to remote locations. You don't want to have to worry about micromanaging your vendors travel or worrying about them knowing how to get there safely and with enough time to get settled before the wedding. An experienced destination wedding photographer will feel very comfortable getting to the wedding city and site with very little guidance from you and will know what questions to ask to make sure they are prepared for any situation on the day. Look through their website and social media for travel posts, destination weddings, and various personal travel experiences.
Do you like their editing or the colors of their work? Do you think you'll still like those edits in a few years?
Are they vouched for? Read reviews, get referrals from vendors, and see where their work has been published. Magazines and blogs and venues all have certain quality standards when publishing work, so that can be a great place to start! If you're working with a wedding planner, they would be a great resource to help with this as well - either helping you find a local photographer that is well-vetted or helping you hire a traveling professional who is familiar with that country's rules for working there and traveling there.
Are there real weddings on their site? Believe it or not, many photographers' portfolios are filled with "styled shoots" with models. These aren't bad, but make sure there is a good mix of real couples in the mix, because shooting a wedding is very different than a styled editorial and you want to make sure your photographer has experience with real weddings!
Do they seem like someone you'll want to hang out with on your wedding day? At destination weddings especially, I become part of the party! All your friends and family are on vacation and having great experiences together, and you want to make sure your photographer adds to the good vibes and doesn't take away from them. Read their posts and social channels and see if they seem like a cool person, because you'll spend a lot of time with them on your wedding day and you want to make sure you like them! I always advise scheduling a phone call or Skype call as well. Make sure you feel comfortable in their abilities and in your communication.
Kristin Sweeting is a traveling wedding photographer and educator. She lives in Nashville, Tn with her 2 year old son Hudson and loves teaching photographers how to run sustainable businesses, shoot film, and expand their horizons. Her work had taken her all over the US, Europe, and Asia and she teaches a handful of international workshops each year. She proudly shoots Kodak film and has been honored to have her work featured in various online and print publications including Martha Stewart online, Brides online, Rangefinder Magazine, and The Knot Magazine.


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Ski/Snowboard Trip. Bormio (Italy) 5th- 13th April 2019
Dear Parent/Carer
Pool Academy will be running a trip with Camborne Science and International Academy to Bormio in northern Italy during part of the 2019 Easter Holidays.
Activities include:
• Six days of ski tuition (four hours per day with the option of additional skiing)
• Full ski equipment, helmets and boot hire.
• Apres ski activities (this could include swimming and bum boarding)
• Full board accommodation, including hot lunches.
• Bus travel to/from Bormio (and within the resort).
The cost for this trip is £835*
The Bormio trip is available to 42 students from Year 10. To apply for a place on this trip please return the reply slip below to Mr McKenzie via Student Reception. Students have until Friday 8th June 2018 to submit their application.
Pool Academy ski trips are popular so the attendance and behaviour of students will be factors considered when issuing places for the trip and will be monitored prior to the trip. Please note: the deposit will not be banked until your child has a confirmed place on the trip. Students will be notified before the end of the school year if they have been offered a place on the trip.
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New Sydney FC signing Sasa Ognenovski's first game back in the Hyundai A-League could come against his former club on Saturday night.
Fate or just an uncanny coincidence - whatever you call it, the possibility that new Sydney FC signing Sasa Ognenovski-s first game for the Sky Blues could come against Adelaide United on Saturday night gives the game at Allianz Stadium added fascination.
Ognenovski may have spent just a year with the Reds, but it was a year that launched a phenomenal period in his career and saw him make a successful move to one of Asia-s biggest clubs. Now he returns to the Hyundai A-League for the first time since his Asian sojourn having also played a significant role in the Socceroos- World Cup qualification.
But after time at Brisbane Roar and Adelaide United, this time around he will line up for Sydney FC with a likelihood that he could feature this weekend against the Reds.
Regardless of the fact that Eugene Galekovic and Cassio are the only players still at the Reds from the time Ognenovski was at the club, it would be almost fitting that the 34 year olds first game back in the Hyundai A-League is against his last Australian suitors, a side that proved to be the stepping stone to his lucrative stint in Asia and led to him representing his country.
Ognenovski was part of the Reds- squad that competed in the FIFA Club World Cup and finished runners-up in the 2008 AFC Champions League in 2008, before he went one better in 2010 as he led Seongnam to the title while also being named the Asian Player of the Year.
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Little did I know that 20 years ago today the one individual who would eventually open my mind and heart would be making his debut as a national talk radio host.
It was the Spring of 1992 (and I was a month away from graduating college) when I heard Rush Limbaugh for the first time. And it was actually by accident. I had been listening to the Minnesota North Stars the night before on AM 1500 KSTP when I turned on my radio that afternoon. Upon doing so, I heard a rather self-assured gentleman talking passionately and eloquently about things like patriotism, capitalism and democracy. It immediately grabbed my attention since such terms were scoffed at by my Political Science professors at my University. Combining a high intellect with a witty repartee, Rush's radio show became an instant favorite! His show also taught me to be optimistic and how I could indeed make my own destiny as opposed to accepting the doom and gloom doled out by the mainstream media on a daily basis.
Before long, I would become a "Rush junkie." When his TV show debuted that Fall, I stayed up late every evening to watch it! I would even take notes when he presented actual statistics documenting how cutting taxes actually generated more tax revenue. I even purchased the first book he ever wrote, entitled The Way Things Ought To Be. Not only that, I actually read it cover to cover in about a week! Indeed, this transformation had my head spinning. Despite vowing to never take another class or read another book after
So today I would like to take the opportunity to acknowledge Rush Limbaugh on this his 20 year anniversary on the national airwaves! May your indelible passion and optimism continue to light the torch of liberty for many more years to come.


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A soldier returns home to surprise his daughter, who has transitioned from male to female while he was away. He has accepted her, in his heart, but is afraid that he might accidentally say or do something to upset her. His daughter is facing the everyday tribulations of being trans in America.
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Sophie Giannamore as Allie
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BioMed Research International
Volume 2015, Article ID 636548, 8 pages
Analysis of Retinal Peripapillary Segmentation in Early Alzheimer's Disease Patients
1Instituto de Investigaciones Oftalmológicas Ramón Castroviejo, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), 28040 Madrid, Spain
2Departamento de Oftalmología y ORL, Facultad de Medicina, UCM, 28040 Madrid, Spain
3Departamento de Oftalmología y ORL, Facultad de Óptica y Optometría UCM, 28040 Madrid, Spain
4Servicio de Geriatría, Hospital Universitario Clínico San Carlos, 28040 Madrid, Spain
Received 23 March 2015; Accepted 8 June 2015
Academic Editor: Jose F. Arevalo
Copyright © 2015 Elena Salobrar-Garcia et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Decreased thickness of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) may reflect retinal neuronal-ganglion cell death. A decrease in the RNFL has been demonstrated in Alzheimer's disease (AD) in addition to aging by optical coherence tomography (OCT). Twenty-three mild-AD patients and 28 age-matched control subjects with mean Mini-Mental State Examination 23.3 and 28.2, respectively, with no ocular disease or systemic disorders affecting vision, were considered for study. OCT peripapillary and macular segmentation thickness were examined in the right eye of each patient. Compared to controls, eyes of patients with mild-AD patients showed no statistical difference in peripapillary RNFL thickness (); however, sectors 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, and 11 of the papilla showed thinning, while in sectors 1, 5, 6, 7, and 10 there was thickening. Total macular volume and RNFL thickness of the fovea in all four inner quadrants and in the outer temporal quadrants proved to be significantly decreased (). Despite the fact that peripapillary RNFL thickness did not statistically differ in comparison to control eyes, the increase in peripapillary thickness in our mild-AD patients could correspond to an early neurodegeneration stage and may entail the existence of an inflammatory process that could lead to progressive peripapillary fiber damage.


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Plot Ratio Controls
The Victorian Planning & Environmental Law Association (VPELA) recently held a seminar where the theme was 'To plot ratio or not to plot ratio?' Industry experts discussed the recent introduction of an interim plot ratio control in the Melbourne CBD (Schedule 10 of the Design and Development Overlay) that has taken the industry by surprise.
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CSIRO publishes
Essentials of Urban Design
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have released 'Essentials of Urban Design.' Written by David Lock Associates very own Mark Sheppard, Essentials of Urban Design explains the fundamental concepts of urban design, providing the understanding and tools needed to achieve better design outcomes.
David Lock Associates
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David Lock Associates announces the appointment of Kirsty Smith in our Sydney operations.
Restrictive New Built Form
Controls for Central City
New interim controls over density and built form in the central city were gazetted without warning late on Friday 4 September 2015. Amendment C262 to the Melbourne Planning Scheme introduced:
- A new schedule to the Design and Development Overlay (DDO10) which contains mandatory controls in relation to maximum podium height and minimum tower setbacks, and a discretionary maximum plot ratio (density) control.
- Mandatory maximum height controls in place of the current discretionary height controls in DDO2 (CCZ), DDO7 (Former Fishmarket Site Northbank), DDO40 (River Environs), DDO60 (Southbank) and DDO62 (Bourke Hill).
- Mandatory requirements in the Central City Zone except Fishermans Bend (CCZ1-3) in relation to overshadowing of the north bank of the Yarra River and wind impacts.
- Changes to Clauses 22.01 (Urban Design within the Capital City Zone) and 22.02 (Sunlight to Public Spaces) to align with the interim controls above (replacing the previous 24m tower separation policy in Clause 22.01).
The Amendment also made the City of Melbourne a referral authority for all applications in the central city with a gross floor area (GFA) greater than 25,000m2.
August 2015
St Kilda Junction
David Lock Associates and ARUP are pleased to announce the winner of our Re:imagine the Junction student competition is Carlos Reyes. Carlos is an Urban Design post graduate student from the University of Melbourne.
Planning Approval gained
for Pier One Drive,
Patterson Lakes
Pier One Drive, Patterson Lakes, Victoria
Cavendish Properties
John Demos Architects
David Lock Associates's town planning team recently helped Cavendish Properties gain a planning approval for a six storey apartment building containing 72 apartments at the corner of Pier One Drive and McLeod Road, Patterson Lakes. The building has been designed by John Demos Architects, and has been designed to set a new benchmark for apartment living in Patterson Lakes.
Better Apartments for the future
By 2051 the number of households in greater Melbourne is projected to almost double from 1.59 million in 2011 to 3.11 million. We face a huge challenge to ensure there is sufficient housing to meet the needs of future households. Apartments are an important part of the housing mix.
July 2015
David Lock Associates Appoints
Non-Executive Chairman
David Lock Associates announces the appointment of Michael McDonald as a Non-Executive Chairman to the Board of David Lock Associates Australia.
New stars join planning team
David Lock Associates would like to welcome two new staff members to the planning team.
June 2015
Smart Cities Habitat
Master Planning Framework
By David Klingberg and Julia Bell
Cities the world over are facing difficulties in waste management, scarcity of resources, air pollution, human health concerns, traffic congestions and inadequate, deteriorating and ageing infrastructure are among the more basic technical, physical and material problems.
These challenges require an urgent response and smart ways to manage them.
May 2015
Highpoint Maribyrnong crowned
VIC development of the year
Highpoint in Maribyrnong has been crowned Victoria's development of the year at the 2015 Property Council of Australia/Rider Levett Bucknall Innovation and Excellence Awards.
April 2015
Does Melbourne's CBD
need density controls?
Planners and urban designers have mostly sought to increase densities in Australia's cities. Society's low-density love affair has brought us unending sprawl, with all its social, environmental and economic ills. Attempts to rein in our metropolises' spreading girth and create more sustainable, liveable and economically-efficient cities have focused on strategic increases in density to support public transport use and reach viability thresholds for local amenities within walking distance.
March 2015
New stars join
David Lock Associates
David Lock Associates would like to welcome a number of new stars to our team.
Darren joins David Lock Associates as CFO. Darrens' focus is on the provision of a range of services from financial modelling to mergers and acquisitions, due diligence work, negotiations, banking submissions and relationships and general consulting. Darren holds a degree in Accounting and is a CPA member with over 20 years experience both in Australia and overseas. Darren was awarded a Dean's Award for Academic Excellence for his Bachelor of Business – Accounting.
Our Sydney Office
is moving
Our Sydney office is moving to a new location from Monday 9th March 2015.
Our new address is:
Studio 111, 50 Holt Street,
Surry Hills 2010
Our telephone number will remain the same 02 9699 2021.
Please update your records.
We look forward to welcoming you to our new space.
September 2014
Help drive our statutory
planning business
David Lock Associates is looking for an experienced Associate Planner with a focus on business growth and development.
If you have strong networks in the Melbourne market, a track record in building and maintaining client relationships and delivering excellent planning outcomes for clients, this could be the role for you.
This is a permanent, full-time position in our office in South Melbourne. Please review the detailed duties and responsibilities on Seek for more information on the next steps.


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We are encouraging contractors, suppliers and stakeholders to propose changes to our standards.
Standards are the detailed requirements that underpin how the railway and the delivery of improvement projects are run. The changes are to encourage greater innovation, cost efficiency and third party funding into the rail network, whilst maintaining safety.
We have already updated and streamlined 400 of these standards to reduce both complexity and cost, and to encourage innovation. Suppliers and other stakeholders can proactively suggest better ways of maintaining and enhancing the railway via our new standards challenge process.
Safety first
Standards exist to ensure Britain has a safe, high performing and cost efficient railway, but they are often seen as overly complex and adding unnecessary cost. Our response to the Hansford Review identified a number of opportunities to address this by encouraging suppliers and other stakeholders to proactively challenge standards to increase innovation and creativity, and propose more cost effective solutions.
We've adopted a collaborative and iterative approach in developing the new standards challenge process in partnership with the Railway Industry Association (RIA) and a number of key suppliers and stakeholders.
As part of the process, suppliers and other stakeholders can now submit a standards challenge application when they consider the standard to be incorrect, not enable the application of best practice, or drive increased cost without comparable benefit. We will review all challenges received, and conduct a rigorous impact assessment across a broad range of output capabilities such as safety, performance, environment and compatibility to make sure the capabilities are not compromised.
Following the launch of the process, we are progressively introducing a series of incentives to encourage challenges. These include:
- Providing our corporate recognition of successful applications through jointly authored and promoted case studies
- Introducing a future category for standards challenge and innovation in industry awards
- Seeking suppliers to identify potential standards that could be challenged within tender returns
- Assessing ongoing contract performance in relation to standards challenge and innovation
- Enabling suppliers and other parties to introduce innovative approaches/products to the industry following a successful application
- In certain scenarios sharing a proportion of the identified savings realised arising from a successful standards challenge in design and construction projects
As the scope covers Network Rail's whole portfolio of policies, standards, processes and specifications, including initiating dialogue with the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) in relation to Railway Group and Industry Standards, there's excitement to see what limitations can unanimously be removed and the opportunities that will be enabled through successful challenges.
We've recently updated our 400 most critical standards but to ensure they always represent current best practice and constantly strive to safely reduce the cost of the railway, we need the help of our wider industry partners as well as experts from other industries and universities. The launch of the standards challenge process is the lever for this, providing genuine recognition and incentives to propose more efficient ways of both enhancing and maintaining our railway.Jon Shaw, chief engineer at Network Rail
Challenges received so far
As of July 2019, we've received 63 challenges where contractors, suppliers and other stakeholders tell us they can improve current best practice, and safely reduce the cost of running the railway. In addition to the 400 most critical standards we've updated already, we've opened ourselves up for other standards to be challenged if better ways of maintaining and enhancing the railway can be suggested. So far, the challenges received relate to buildings & civils (22), track (13), electrical power (13), quality, safety, health & environment (4), projects (4), Network Rail assurance panel (2), signalling electrical power (2), signalling (1), plant (1) and information management (1). You can download a more technical and detailed list of the standards challenged to date from our downloads for third parties page.
We are reviewing all challenges received, and will conduct a rigorous impact assessment to make sure safety, performance, compatibility and the environment are not compromised. Of the challenges received to date, 19 have resulted in agreement be reached with the standard owner to modify the standard, and a number of the other challenges are currently being evaluated.
An example challenge: British Steel
British Steel has challenged some designs of our overhead line masts. They believe our current design standards mean some masts are fabrication intensive, use higher cost products and require structural steel not currently produced or stocked in the UK.
We're evaluating and progressing their challenge through a series of collaborative workshops. The potential benefits their challenge proposes include:
- UK economic boost, helping increase our UK-sourced steel to over 97 per cent
- Locally sourced materials, reduced lead time, reduced carbon footprint
- Lower manufacturing cost
- Lower material cost
- Lower transportation cost
- Potential for up to 50 per cent cost saving for certain designs
Our rail and construction teams have formed a close working relationship with Network Rail, who've an excellent record of supporting UK manufacturing. By working in partnership, and accepting challenges like this, we hope to make it easier for Network Rail to source more high quality, cost effective products manufactured in the UK.John Austin, account manager, British Steel
List of challenges to standards received
|Summary of challenge
|Date challenge received
|TSP Projects
|Modular steel platforms
|Buildings & civils
|Clarification of the current prescribed design life of platforms and minimum steel galvanising levels
|British Steel
|Overhead Line Equipment (OLE) mast design
|Electrical power
|Potential simplification of fabricated overhead line masts
|Network Rail
|Planning & managing construction work
|Quality, safety, health & environment
|Potential for contractor's construction phase plans to be referenced to the Network Rail template sections
|Track design handbook module 07 gauging
|Potential simplification as several sections reference requirements for other disciplines
|Track design handbook system interfaces – Electrical clearances
|Potential simplification as several sections reference requirements for other disciplines
|Track design handbook system interfaces – conductor rail
|Potential simplification as several sections reference requirements for other disciplines
|Track design handbook system interfaces – platforms
|Potential simplification as several sections reference requirements for other disciplines
|Track design handbook system interfaces – level crossings
|Potential simplification as several sections reference requirements for other disciplines
|Kwik-Step Ltd
|Lineside access steps
|Buildings & civils
|Design requirements for lineside access steps
|Network Rail
|Specific document NR/L2/RSE/100/Guide
|Network Rail Assurance Panel
|Request for document to be withdrawn as it is out of date
|Network Rail
|Requirements framework
|Clarification on accountability
|Kwik-Step Ltd
|Electrical clearances
|Electrical power
|Providing improved clarity
|Kwik-Step Ltd
|Positions of safety
|Quality, safety, health & environment
|Providing improved clarity
|Network Rail
|Train borne monitoring of traction power contact systems
|Electrical power
|Clarification in relation to a number of requirements
|Grand Central
|Wheel impact load detection
|Controls applied to trains following measurement of forces at Wheel Impact Load Detection (WILD) sites
|DNO test points
|Quality, safety, health & environment
|Providing test points for DNO supply cubicles
|Points heating equipment
|Electrical power
|Using lower power points heating strips nearer the switch toe
|J Murphy & Sons
|Line speed following drainage works
|Proposal for more cost-effective regime of track stabilisation following installation of drainage
|Track affected zone
|Proposal to change the influence angle for the track affected zone
|Buffer locking
|Update to calculations to include vehicles without buffers, autocoupler limits and lateral movement of through-corridor trains
|Rail Asset Development Ltd
|Monitoring track during building works
|Buildings & Civils
|Improving clarity of requirements for monitoring of track in various situations
|Amey Sersa
|Stretcher bar settings
|Improving clarity of installation and maintenance instructions for new stretcher bars at switches and crossings
|Earth electrode/mat connections
|Signalling electrical power
|Clarification of requirements
|Network Rail
|Bridge strengthening
|Buildings & Civils
|Minimum train live loading values applied to bridge strengthening schemes
|Siemens Rail
|Non-application of design for reliability standard to signalling fibre interface
|Network Rail Assurance Panel
|Potential for non-application of requirements for certain commercial off-the-shelf components
|Network Rail
|Clarity around authority to work roles
|Clarification concerning authority of certain roles
|Network Rail
|Engineering assurance requirements
|Electrical power
|Document listed in references has been withdrawn
|Mott MacDonald
|Wind loading on Overhead Line Equipment (OLE) structures
|Buildings & Civils
|Alignment of wind loading equations
|Points heating equipment
|Electrical power
|Proposed changes to the arrangement drawings for electric points heating equipment
|Points heating equipment
|Electrical power
|Transformer terminal arrangements for supplying point strip heaters
|TSP Projects
|Platform crossfall
|Buildings & civils
|Ability to construct platforms that achieve the specified crossfall gradient limits
|Document revision strategy
|Difference between the revision strategy specifiied in the standard and the way ProjectWise is configured
|Power Supply Projects
|Cable testing voltages
|Electrical power
|Clarification of testing voltages for single core cable used on 25 kV a.c. systems
|Document format
|Readability of text in subject index.
|J Murphy & Sons
|Buildings & civils
|Use of a single borehole to confirm ground conditions for under track crossing
How to submit a challenge
We are encouraging contractors, suppliers and other stakeholders to proactively suggest better ways of maintaining and enhancing the railway via our standards challenge process. You can submit a challenge to any of our standards by reading the guidance for completing the standards challenge application and completing a standards challenge form found on our downloads for third parties page. If after reading the catalogue of Network Rail standards you'd like to make a challenge, you can request a copy of the standard by emailing the standards management team: email@example.com


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Professional Designations
Wealth Advisor
Advisory Team Leader
Jeff Johnson, CFP®
Jeff Johnson has worked in the financial services industry since 1982 and has many longstanding clients. These relationships — built on mutual trust and a deep understanding of his clients' goals — feel far more like family than business to Jeff. So it's no surprise the importance he places on helping clients make smart money decisions that align with their responsibilities and goals.
Nothing is more rewarding for Jeff than the satisfaction of helping clients achieve their objectives — such as educating their children, accumulating for an enhanced lifestyle, making meaningful charitable contributions and having a comfortable life after working.
Jeff works with clients to create comprehensive financial plans tailored to their individual circumstances. His evidence-based approach involves reviewing all parts of a client's financial life, including investments, retirement planning, education savings, estate planning, charitable giving and tax strategies.
Prior to joining Buckingham Strategic Wealth in 2017, Jeff was president of Executive Wealth Management, which he founded in 2004. He had previously served as senior vice president and senior portfolio manager at a major Wall Street investment firm and established his own firm because he wanted to do better work for fewer clients. Jeff earned his bachelor's degree in business from the University of Nebraska-Kearney.
Jeff is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ professional and is president of NAPFA's Midwest Board of Directors. He is a past member of the advisory board of the Journal of Financial Planning. He is the author of four books: "The Extreme Retirement Planning Workbook," "The Five Financial Foundations," "The Eight Points of Financial Confidence" and "The Five Financial Foundations for Physicians." Jeff is currently working on a new book, "The Bookkeeper and The Surgeon."
In the community, he teaches personal finance at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is president of the Board of Trustees at First Plymouth Church.
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Valley Park (VP) Youth is a church community for kids in middle school and high school. We are the clubhouse crew you wanted to be a part of as a kid. We play, pray, and learn.
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