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Assyria, in northern Mesopotamia, played only a minor role in history until, beginning early in the first millennium B.C., the Assyrians began their rise toward becoming the greatest power the Near East had ever seen. In 876 B.C. Assurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C.) led the Assyrian army west into Syria. At that time Omri (885-874 B.C.) was king of Israel. The Assyrians did not advance beyond Syria, but they must have then learned of Omri because from that point on they repeatedly referred to the kings of Israel as being from the "house of Omri."
Assurnasirpal inflicted heavy damage before he reached the Great Sea (the Mediterranean), and he later had wall after wall in his palace at Kalhu (biblical Calah, modern Nimrud) filled with scenes of death and destruction. The beginning of Assyria's policy of cruelty toward other peoples was recorded in both words and reliefs.
I built a pillar over against his city gate, and I flayed all the chief men ... and I covered the pillar with their skins; some I walled up within the pillar, some I impaled upon the pillar on stakes, and others I bound to stakes round about the pillar . . . and I cut off the limbs of the officers. . . . Many captives from among them I burned with fire, and many I took as living captives. From some I cut off their hands and from others I cut off their noses, their ears, and their fingers, of many I put out the eyes. I made one pillar of the living, and another of heads, and I bound their heads to posts round about the city....
Shalmaneser III took the throne of Assyria in 858 B.C. when Ahab was in his last years as king of Israel, and he was on the battlefield nearly every year of his reign. The lives of these two kings intersected early in 853 B.C. when the Assyrian army moved into Syria.
[Relief from Assumasirpal's palace at Nimrud. This relief shows archers and slingers attacking an enemy]
A coalition of twelve kings drawn from west of the Euphrates River confronted Sialmaneser III near Karkar (or Qarqar) in northern Syria. The Assyrian list of opposing troop strengths reports, "2,000 chariots, 13,000 foot soldiers of Ahab." Those figures represent over half the chariots said to have been fielded by the coalition, and only the Syrians contributed more foot soldiers.
Shalmaneser III boasts of a great triumph over the coalition: "I spread their corpses everywhere, filling the entire plain with their widely scattered fleeing soldiers. During the battle I made their blood flow." But scholars note that the Assyrian army withdrew, and that for several years thereafter Damascus needed no help to hold off Assyrian inroads. They credit Shalmaneser III with no more than a pyrrhic victory.
The number of men and chariots Ahab contributed to the coalition implies that he was one of the more powerful kings of that day. There is no mention, however, of this battle in the Bible: the biblical writers focus was on Ahab's religious condition, not his military might. The battle of Karkar represents the first physical contact between Israel and Assyria. Assyria had heard about the "land of Omri," now their forces had met on the battlefield.
When, in 841 B.C., Shalmaneser III marched west again, Jehu had just begun his reign over Israel (841-814 B.C.). This time no coalition came out to meet the Assyrians. Although siege was laid to Damascus, the city did not fall. The Assyrian army moved southwest to Mount Carmel, where, the annals say they received tribute from Tyre, Sidon, and Jehu, the "son of Omri." Here is another event in the reign of an Israelite king which was only recorded extrabiblically.
Jehu's tribute is commemorated on what we today call the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser. On this obelisk Jehu is shown kneeling before Shalmaneser III, and the accompanying text lists the gifts he paid to placate the Assyrians. The Bible implies that although Jehu had a respectably long reign, he was never a particularly strong ruler. The Black Obelisk supports that impression.
Right: The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III. This obelisk stands 6.5 feet (1.9 meters) tall. Of the different campaigns featured on the stele our interest here is in the portion showing Jehu kneeling before the Assyrian king (bottom). On the stele Shalmaneser III says: I received from him silver, gold, a golden saplu—bowl, a golden vase with pointed bottom, golden tumblers, golden buckets, tin, a staff for a king, [and] wooden puruhtu.
Top opposite: Relief of Tiglath-pileser III. Bottom: Panel relief depicts his army conquering an unidentified city. The men on the left carry spears and shields as they use a scaling ladder to gain entry into the city. On the right a battering ram is breaking down the defensive walls. Behind the ram, and in a greatly different scale, archers in mail shirts shoot arrows from behind large wicker shields. The inhabitants of the city are shown surrendering, dead, and dying. Some have been impaled on poles.
The obelisk also lets us mark another rise in Assyria's involvement with Israel's history. First Assyria heard of this "land of Omri," then it fought one of its kings. Now Assyria receives the first of several tributes.
There seems to be a surprising exception to Assyria's increasing pressure on Israel. Shalmaneser III's grandson, Adad-nirari III, reigned from 810 to 783 B.C. Jehoahaz was king of Israel from 814 to 798 B.C. During his reign Jehoahaz was so harrassed by Syria that he momentarily called on the Lord, and 2 Kings 13:5 cryptically states that God gave Israel a "deliverer" (in some translations, a "savior") who freed Israel from this Syrian threat. The verse does not name the deliverer. From an inscribed slab found at Nimrud we know that about 803 B.C. Adad-nirari marched into Syria: "I shut up the king of Damascus in Damascus, his royal residence. The terror-inspiring glamor of Ashur [the chief god of Assyria] overwhelmed him and he seized my feet, assuming the position of a slave of mine. Then I received . . . [a list of tribute follows]." Syrian forces were forced to withdraw from Israel to defend their own lands. It is tempting to see Adad-nirari III as the "deliverer" who freed Israel from Syrian pressure.
Tiglath-pileser III (sometimes called Pul) became king of Assyria in 744 B.C. (744-727 B.C.). The next year he moved west and reached south of Syria into Israel. In his annals Tiglath-pileser III boasts that, concerning Menahem (king of Israel 752-742), "I overwhelmed him like a snowstorm and imposed tribute upon him." According to 2 Kings 15:19-20, in raising this tribute Menahem required the wealthy men of his kingdom to contribute fifty shekels each. The Bible gives no hint of the significance of this amount, but ancient sources reveal that fifty to sixty shekels was then the going price on the slave market. In essence then, the rich men of Israel were told they could remain free by contributing the equivalent of their slave price.
Tiglath-pileser III marched west again in 734 B.C. In his annals for this campaign we read:
Nineteen districts of the city of Hamath, together with the towns in their environs, situated on the shore of the sea of the setting sun [Mediterranean] ... I restored to the territory of the land of Assyria, my officers as governors I placed over them.
Empire had definitely begun. As empire increasingly enveloped the Near East, Syria began to dream of a coalition that could once again stand up to the Assyrian army. Pekah of Israel (752-732 B.C.) agreed to ally himself with Syria, but the two nations were rebuffed when Judah declined to join them. In Judah, Ahaz (735-716 B.C.) had recently been put on the throne by a faction that thought it better to pay Assyria tribute than be destroyed. When Syria and Israel tried to take control of Judah (2 Kings 16:5), Ahaz quickly gathered tribute and rushed it to Tiglath-pileser III with a cry for help. Soon all of Syria fell to the Assyrians. Tiglath-pileser III occupied the northern half of Israel and deported its people (2 Kings 15:29).
Deportation has not been mentioned earlier in the Bible, and Tiglath-pileser III is credited with instituting the policy. Assurnasirpal had slaughtered those who resisted him; Tiglath-pileser III added the practice of moving captured populations within the expanding empire. Those who made these forced migrations were not badly treated—the Assyrians wanted them alive in order to continue their tribute—but Tiglath-pileser III hoped that people relocated to distant areas would be less inclined to revolt. For those groups who felt that the power of their gods did not extend beyond their homelands, this policy could have been quite effective.
Hoshea (732-722 B.C.) murdered his way to the throne of Israel (2 Kings 15:30). If Tiglath-pileser III's annals are to be believed, he had a hand in this assassination: he took
[Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria depicted in his chariot is preserved for us]
the credit for Hosheas accession. Hoshea withheld tribute when Shalmaneser V 726-722 B.C.) succeeded his father as king of Assyria. Shalmaneser V forced Hoshea back into line, but then he revolted a second time. This second defiance of Assyria resulted in Samaria coming under siege. Three years later, in 722 B.C., "The king of Assyria captured Samaria and carried Israel away into exile to Assyria" (2 Kings 17:6).
The identity of this "king of Assyria" is not fully clear. Perhaps Shalmaneser V died just before Samaria fell. In any event, in one of his annalistic reports Sargon II (722-705 B.C.) claimed credit for the victory:
I besieged and conquered Samaria, led away as booty 27,290 inhabitants of it. I formed from among them a contingent of 50 chariots and made [the] remaining inhabitants assume their social positions. I installed over them an officer of mine and imposed upon them the tribute of the former king.
Judah had now lost the northern buffer between it and the Assyrian army; the empire was advancing closer. And 2 Kings 17:24 names cities elsewhere in the empire from which Sargon II drew people to repopulate Israel.
Sargon II ordered that a new capital, Dur-Sharrukin, be built. In one text he claims, "Day and night I planned the building of that city." When Khorsabad, as the city is now called, was excavated, the archaeologists found that it was never fully completed. Sargon's son abandoned the project and no future king had anything to do with it. As one scholar puts it, the "sudden rise and decline apparently reflect only the whim of a single monarch." Still, Khorsabad is a beautiful capsule in time, and provides evidence of how powerful Assyria, the destroyer of Israel, had become.
Sargon II went back into Palestine in 720 B.C. and then again in 712 B.C. This second campaign is mentioned in Isaiah 20:1, the only direct reference to Sargon in the Bible. Concerning this second campaign Sargon says in his annals:
Philistia, Judah, Edom, Moab, who had paid tribute and gifts to Ashur my lord [the chief god of Assyria], planned rebellion and evil against me; they brought gifts of friendship to Pharaoh king of Egypt, a prince who could not save them, and endeavored to form with him an alliance.
Ahab's participation in the battle of Karkar and Jehu's tribute to Shaknaneser III are only known to us extrabiblically. More of this extrabiblical amplification occurs within the reign of Hezekiah (716-687 B.C.). Trouble broke out when Sargon II died and Sennacherib (704-680 B.C.) took the throne. Sennacherib's Prism relates that only three kings in Palestine, including Padi king of Ekron, remained loyal to Assyria:
The officials, the patricians, and the common people of Ekron [threw] Padi, their king, into fetters because he was loyal [to me] and handed him over to Hezekiah .. . and Hezekiah held him in prison....
Sennacherib had other problems to deal with but by 701 B.C. he was able to lead his armies west. One by one the revolting cities were brought back into line. Again Sennacherib's Prism:
I assaulted Ekron and killed the officials and patricians who had committed the crime and hung their bodies on poles surrounding the city.... I made Padi, their king, come from Jerusalem and set him as their lord on the throne ...
The mural reconstructed, found in "residence K" shows Sargon II, perhaps followed by the owner of the residence, standing in front of a statue of the god Ashur. Two men were added by the modern artist to provide scale to the mural,
The Taylor Prism in the British Museum in London (15 inches [37.5 centimeters] tall). A nearly identical prism is in the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute Museum. Both prisms are six-sided, made of baked brick, and detail Sennacherib's military campaigns, including his 701 B.C. invasion of Judah.
Sennacherib claims that he attacked dozens of Judean cities, "by means of well-stamped earth-ramps and battering rams brought near to the walls, combined with the attack by foot soldiers " Sennacherib took special interest in directing the assault on Lachish, and while it was under siege Hezekiah tried to placate Sennacherib with tribute (2 Kings 18:14-16). Sennacherib's prisms expand on the variety of tribute given. It agrees with the Bible concerning the amount of gold handed over, but lists a much larger volume of silver. Perhaps the Assyrian scribal notes were misread, or the silver stripped from the Temple was added to the total.
Lachish fell and Sennacherib moved on to attack another city (2 Kings 19:8). But Sennacherib was most proud of his victory at Lachish, and he later had some seventy linear feet (21.3 meters) of wall reliefs carved to commemorate his success.
Older books sometimes refer to another, later, campaign by Sennacherib into Palestine. Some scholars thought a second campaign was necessary to explain the biblical reference to King Taharqa coming to aid Judah (2 Kings 19:9). They argued that Taharqa was not old enough in 701 B.C. to have been ruling Egypt. According to this "two campaign theory," 2 Kings 18:1-16 related to 701 B.C., but the remainder of that chapter and into chapter 19 told of subsequent events in the reign of Hezekiah. It has since been recognized that when the Bible refers to Taharqa as "king" it is affording him the title that he later held. Sennacherib led only one campaign into Palestine, in 701 B.C. Hezekiah's dealings with the Assyrian threat are recorded in 2 Kings 18-19, 2 Chronicles 32, Isaiah 36-37; on Sennacherib's prism; and on Assyrian palace reliefs (the excavation of Lachish also adds its own insights concerning the city's siege and fall, see page 122). Putting all these sources together allows us better to recreate this moment in Judean history. We also become aware of some of Hezekiah's political maneuvering that is not recorded in the Bible.
Archaeology also allows us to understand better one episode of political maneuvering that is mentioned in the Bible. According to 2 Kings 20:12-13, messengers from Merodach-baladan approached Hezekiah, but the Bible gives no real explanation for this contact. Merodach-baladan was a Chaldean who for a number of years kept declaring himself king of Babylon, and kept trying to end Assyria's control of southern Mesopotamia. The Assyrians would put him
Relief from the ceremonial room at Nineveh devoted to the assault on Lachish in 701 B.C. This central scene from the tableau conflates the attack on the city and its aftermath as Judeans are being led away into exile or are impaled on posts.
to flight, only to find subsequently that he had returned. When his envoys met with Hezekiah, they were undoubtedly hoping that Judah might ally with them. A second front against Assyria could make it more difficult for Sennacherib to deal with Merodach-baladan. Fortunately, although flattered, Hezekiah stayed clear of this Intrigue. Soon Merodach-baladan fled into Ham for one last time.
Earlier kings had palaces at Nineveh but Sennacherib built what he called the "palace without a rival." The palace walls were decorated with carved stone reliefs depicting his military exploits, including his victory over Lachish. Sennacherib commissioned an inner city wall—-"wall that terrifies the
[Black marble boundary stone, 18 inches (45.5 centimeters) high. Here Merodach-baladan, the man who would be king, is shown on the left conferring a land grant to an official on the right. Emblems of four Babylonian deities are at the top of the stone]
enemy," he called it—that ran some 7 miles (12 kilometers) in circuit and was fronted by a deep moat. He gave names to the fifteen gates that led into the city. He also had an elaborate system of canals constructed to bring water into Nineveh.
Power struggles for the throne were not exclusive to Israel and Judah. Sennacherib's heir apparent, Esarhaddon, was so slandered by his brothers that he was forced into exile. Only after his father's death did he return, wrest control of the throne, and begin his
[Plan of Nineveh showing the city walls, the fifteen gates, and the location of two of the excavated palaces, including the one built by Sennacherib]
reign (680-669 B.C.). Manasseh was then king of Judah (697-643 B.C.), and from Esarhaddon's "Prism B" we learn that he was among those conscripted to build a new palace at Nineveh:
I called up the kings of [Syria] and of the region on the other side of the Euphrates River, to wit: King Balu of Tyre, King Manasseh of Judah. . . . together twenty-two kings. ... All these I sent out and made them transport under terrible difficulties, to Nineveh ... as building material for my palace: big logs, long beams, and thin boards from cedar and pine trees....
Esarhaddon blamed Egypt for repeated unrest in Palestine and in 671 B.C. he invaded and appointed local Egyptians to run the new Assyrian province. Empire had extended into Egypt.
Egypt broke free in 652 B.C. when Assurbanipal was king of Assyria (669-627 B.C.). Wanting to reclaim that breakaway province, Assurbanipal would have been concerned that the landbridge to Egypt (Palestine) remained secure. It is therefore most likely that he is the Assyrian king who "captured Manasseh with hooks, [and] bound him with bronze chains" (2 Chronicles
[In this tall stele—it is over 9.8 feet (3 meters) high—Esarhaddon is shown facing symbols of the gods, and holding ropes attached to rings through the lips(?) of two small figures (sometimes hooks were used). There is some debate over the identity of the two figures, but the one kneeling might be Taharqa of Egypt. Whatever the correct identifications, the stele is illustrative of action taken against Manasseh]
33:11). Either Manasseh had gotten caught up in the general unrest and was being punished, or he was being cautioned not to get out of line. The stele of Esarhaddon shown above provides a graphic description of the humiliation Manasseh suffered.
In spite of the apparent power of Assyria, the precipitous fall of both empire and nation was about to begin. In 626 B.C. people known as the Scythians stormed down from the north and rapidly tore the western regions free of Assyria. That same year a Chaldean named Nabopolassar (626-605 B.C.) conquered Babylon and with it all of southern Mesopotamia. Assyrian letters and legal documents reveal a throne in trouble: "In the land discord, in the palace strife, depart not from my side. Rebellion and evil plotting are continually contrived against me." A few years later the Chaldeans allied with the Medes (based to the east in modern Iran) and began advancing on the heartland of Assyria. Nineveh came under siege in 612 B.C. and collapsed within three months. The Assyrian empire had fallen.
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>>What are you playing?>>Oh it's just my BMG drive.>>Wait, what are you wearing?>>I don't know like, my daven shirt?>>Not your shirt! Under your shirt!>>Oh, you mean my armor?>>Armor? You look ridiculous!>>It's not ridiculous. It's comfortable.>>What do you need an armor for?>>When do I not need armor?>>Hmm. Have you tested it yet?>>Sort of, but not really.>>You look like a turtle.>>I don't care what it looks like
it's comfortable!>>We need to test this.>>Don't shoot me yet! It worked?>>I don't know.
Did you feel it?>>Wait I didn't feel anything!>>All right, I'm getting something else. Hmm… Try this! [Gunshot]>>Nothing.>>Impressive. Let me try something else. All right, let's try this. It's a little tiny tennis ball. Right, you ready?>>I guess so! I didn't feel anything!>>That's some pretty good armor
but can it stand this? All right, are you ready?>>Yes.>>One…
>>Two…>>Boys! Wait, what are you doing? Were you about to shoot him with that?>>Mom, we're just testing armors.
It's all okay.>>Okay, well that is for the dog,
not for playing.>>Fine here you go, mom.>>Your dad and I are gonna be
leaving in a few minutes. So you're gonna be home
for a little bit on your own. Are you guys gonna be okay with that?>>Oh, we'll be fine.
>>Yeah, no problem.>>Hmm… Okay, just please be good?>>Hey Cole, do you think your armor
can block a sword? Alright, you ready?>>Boys! Again?!>>We're you about
to hit him with the sword?>>I just told you boys
to stop doing that!>>But mom, we have to test the armor!>>That's a pretty cool armor.
Does it work?>>No, it doesn't, and we're not doing that anymore!>>Yeah. Okay, guys. No more armor.>>All right mom, we'll stop. We'll be good while you're gone. We promise.>>All right, we're leaving.
Be good.>>Yeah, no trouble.>>Mom! Mom, wait!
>>Please!>>You think the boys will
be okay here by themselves?>>Yeah, they'll be fine.
Why wouldn't they be?>>I don't know. I just have a really
bad feeling about this.>>Well, you want to go like,
spy on them? See what they're doing?>>No, I don't think we need to do that.>>I think we should. Let's go do it. Come on, come on, come on!>>Okay, but for the record,
I do not think this is a good idea. I trust them. We really should not be doing this.>>This isn't about trust. It's about what–
We have to sneak up on them! They snuck up on us so many times!>>Oh, I knew it! It was about YOU trying to get back
at them for all those times they snuck up on you.>>Yeah, so? I'm gonna go this way,
you go that way!>>Whoa, whoa, whoa. Who put those bouncy balls
all over the floor? We leave for five minutes
and there's a giant mess! Why is this door locked? Bubbles! What in the world? Ethan! Cole!>>Whoa! Where that come from? I know you're over there! There's gotta be something here
I can use. Oh! This will work! Go get 'em! No! Over there! That way!
No, no! Come back! Come here! Not that way! [Robot noises] Piece of junk! What's that? What is this? Where are those boys? Oh! A-ha! Where'd they go? [Splash] What was that?>>Oh, we got you!
>>We just got–! That was pretty good, boys! How'd you guys know we are—
I was sneaking up on you!>>Well, you're not very good
at making plans quietly. Here's what happened:>>I knew it! It's about YOU
getting back at them for all the times they snuck up on you!>>Yeah, so? You go that way
and I'll go this way. Go!>>I can't believe
they didn't trust us home alone!>>Yeah, what's up with that? We need to teach them a lesson. Yeah, we do.
What do we got in here?>>I got a whole box of stuff
we can use.>>Where?>>This way! Hurry up!
They're gonna be inside in a minute! Hurry up!
Up here, up here!>>What do we have in here? We got a tennis ball launcher.>>Ooohh! Dibs. I'm good with this.>>That will leave me
with bubbles and bouncy balls.>>Well good luck with that.>>Hmm, I have some ideas!>>Alright, set it up!>>Wait, Ethan!>>What?>>You might want this? This should be fun.
>>Oh sweet! Oooh! I can actually have fun with this.>>All right, well go and get this
on the other room.>>Oh, Cole! They're coming!
>>Oh!>>Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa!>>A-ha! [Splashing sounds]>>Heh, this is too perfect! Sorry, Dad.
This is too easy! And that's it!
>>Yeah, next time be way more sneaky.>>Yeah, that's pretty funny! Well, sorry for sneaking up on you. We'll trust you guys next time, but where's your mom? [Banging sounds]>>Those boys are in so much trouble! [Robot noise]>>Uh-oh.>>That's a good question.
Where is mom?>>Yeah! [Screaming] [Gunshots]>>Hey guys! Comment of this week comes from:
Sean Evans. "Can you help the Sharer bros
get a monster out of their pond?" "P.S. Bring lots of NERF guns. Thanks!" We noticed even Sharer
had a crazy monster in his pond! Guys, if you need help,
you know where to find us.>>Thanks for your comment, Sean.>>Picture of this week comes from: Colton!
>>That's a cool arsenal Colton.>>Look! He's a member
of the Sneak Attack Squad! Awesome!>>Thanks for your picture Colton. And speaking of dog tags, wristbands, you can go get those somewhere around here.>>Give us a thumbs-y up!>>And check our Instagram page
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Dr. Chris van Tulleken is an infectious diseases doctor at UCLH, and one of the BBC's leading science presenters having worked on many flagship Health & Science programs. In 2017, Chris' concerns about antibiotic resistance and over-reliance on prescription drugs led him to create a campaigning series for BBC One; 'The Dr Who Gave up Drugs', which generated a huge volume of letters and emails, having struck a chord with the nation. In 2018, he turned the focus of the topic to children with the second series, which received rave reviews. Another highlight of 2017, was Chris' BBC1 film The Truth About...HIV - a programme supported by HRH Prince Harry, and Sir Elton John. Operation Ouch, Chris and twin brother Xand's double BAFTA & Broadcast award winning series for CBBC, continues to delight audiences around the world, with Series 7 being filmed in 2018. Throughout the series the twins create fun and often disgusting experiments to help kids learn how the human body works. The programme results in fan mail from around the world from a young audience who want to know, above all, what they need to do to become doctors. Their second Operation Ouch tour of Australia this January was a huge hit and they hope to bring the fun to their British fans with a tour in 2018. Chris and Xand's programmes are often shaped by their readiness and ability to self-experiment and test out theories on one another (as clones, they are the ideal test and control) – whether changing their diets, exposing themselves to environmental extremes of heat, cold, sleeplessness, pain (sticking spikes through their faces and sticking cameras down their noses), Chris learns and informs his audience by becoming a patient himself. Last year saw Chris and Xand publish two new books - Operation Ouch! The HuMaual - a book all about human biology for children; and Secrets of the Human Body which accompanied aground-breaking BBC2 Science series. Chris and Xand grew up in London and both trained in medicine at Oxford University. Chris specialized in infectious disease and tropical medicine. He has worked as a doctor in some of the harshest and strangest environments on earth and trained the Army in survival. Chris's expedition series Operation Iceberg for BBC Two saw a group of scientists adventure into the arctic exploring the formation and life of icebergs, whilst Chris and Xand's debut series on Channel 4 Medicine Men Go Wild, (2008) saw them travel to remote locations such as Congo and South Georgia, in a hugely adventurous journey that sought to explore the limitations of Western Medicine. In 2016 Chris won the Max Perutz award at the Royal Institution for his HIV research.


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Air turbulence plays a role in pesticide dispersion when spraying fieldsWritten by Natasha Wheeler
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Published: 02 April 2016
"Usually, farmers will get up early in the morning to go out and spray their fields as soon as they can see enough. But, what we really ought to do is wait until about two hours after sunrise," remarks Tom Wolf of Agrimetrix Research and Training.
Wolf recommends spraying after the air temperature has risen two degrees Celsius above the temperature at sunrise, the coldest time of the night.
"By then, the sun has warmed up the soil, the air has warmed up a little bit, and we start to get a little bit of breeze so there is more turbulent mixing," he explains.
Many producers want to spray in calm conditions to avoid off-target movement, but calm conditions can also be associated with inversions, which are unfavorable for spraying.
"An inversion is defined by a temperature difference between two heights," he explains, describing how there can be different temperature layers in the air.
Rising air
In sunny conditions, the sun heats up the soil, and the ground becomes warmer than the air above it.
"The higher up we go from the ground, the more the air cools. That's a normal daytime condition – air near the ground is warmer than the air above it," Wolf says.
Even without the presence of the sun, air is typically cooler higher up, as illustrated by snowy mountaintops.
"There is less air pressure there. The rate of cooling with elevation is related to air pressure, and it's called the adiabatic lapse rate. It means, if we take a parcel or air and simply elevate it, it will expand a little bit because there is less air pressure the higher we go," he comments.
"That expansion takes work. The molecules have to physically move further apart and that work is temperature related," he adds.
Typically, the rate of cooling is approximately one degree Celsius per 100 meters.
Warm soils
"When it's sunny out, that rate of cooling is actually much faster because the soil has warmed the air near the ground, and as that dissipates, it causes the air to cool faster," Wolf describes.
A parcel of air that is elevated from the ground on a sunny day, despite cooling as it rises, will still be warmer than the air around it, and therefore, it will continue to rise.
"Once that parcel of air rises, it's gone," he states. "Likewise, if we displace a parcel of air from above and move it down, the opposite happens."
A cold parcel of air that sinks is still colder than the air around it when it nears the warm soil, so it is pushed all the way to the ground.
"What we have is very high turbulence – lots of parcels rising and falling. That's called turbulent conditions, and it leads to dispersion of spray," he explains.
Spray clouds
A spray cloud released into turbulent air moves across the currents and disperses out over the field until it's gone.
"If I was to release a spray cloud a few meters to my right, by the time it was a few meters to my left, it would probably be about five meters high. It would just go up, and by the time it reaches a little bit further downwind, there's almost nothing left of it. It's gone into the atmosphere. That's why spraying under sunny daytime conditions is favored," Wolf says.
On a day without sun, the ground can be much cooler than the air above it.
"If we take that same parcel of air and make it rise, it will warm a little bit as it rises, but it will still be colder than the air around it. As a result of that, it will fall back down to the ground and fall to exactly the same place where it came from," he continues.
A parcel of air from above that is displaced downward will likewise return to where it started. Therefore, no mixing takes place in the air, creating two distinct layers.
"The parcels of air cannot be displaced," states Wolf. "We see this in the evening fog sometimes, for example when the fog is hanging just at windshield height," describes Wolf.
These distinct temperature layers are known as an inversion, and inversions are most common early in the morning and throughout the night.
"The reason it's dangerous to spray in an inversion is because if the spray cloud doesn't mix up, it will stay very concentrated, and it will cause a great deal of damage where it sits," he remarks.
Large spray particles fall to the ground, but smaller particles remain buoyant in the air and can be carried for miles without dispersing.
"The small particles rely on atmospheric turbulence to disperse themselves. That's what the sun will do for us," he notes.
Before spraying, Wolf recommends, "We should take the temperature at sunrise and wait until we get about one or two degrees Celsius above that. Then, we'll know the sun has done its work."
Army Cutworms likely culprit in pasture die-offWritten by Dallas Mount
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Published: 28 October 2008
The group gathered first on the ranch of Doug DesEnfants near Prairie Center. A few pastures in the area failed to green-up or show any signs of growth this spring and the DesEnfants contacted Dallas Mount, with the University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Service. "I was completely baffled by it. I knew I needed to get a group together to assess this situation and make recommendations to Doug as well as address the ecological concerns this will create. The affected pastures seemed to be irrespective of ownership or management, this was something environmental causing the damage," said Mount.
The group included employees of the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Southeast Wyoming Resource Conservation and Development Council, conservation districts and the University of Wyoming Cooperative Extension Services as well as interested neighbors that had similar conditions in their pastures.
"We talked about drought, funguses, herbicide even considered aliens," laughed Mount. "The most likely explanation seems to be army cutworms that caused the damage by feeding on the rangeland plants either last fall, or early spring. The cutworms work at night, or even underground and can do their damage completely unnoticed until the plants show signs of stress."
UW Extension Entomologist Scott Shell took soil samples back to Laramie for testing to see if he could find pupal casings that would likely be left behind by the cutworms when they turn into the familiar miller moths that pester homes in the spring.
Mike Smith, UW Extension Rangeland Specialist said that during his 30-year career this is the first time he has seen anything like this. "Likely you all will never see it again," said Smith to the affected ranchers. Shell explained that once the cutworms affect an area that area is unattractive to them in the near future because they feed on the healthy plants.
The main question for the landowners now is do they reseed the affected areas or just defer grazing to allow the perennial grasses to repopulate the area naturally. Some ranchers seemed to think the reseeding would be necessary to speed recovery of the land, while others thought simply deferring grazing would be enough. The Goshen County conservation districts will be made aware of the situation and NRCS expressed an interest in using some EQIP funding to assist the ranchers in either reseeding and/or grazing deferment to help the areas recover.
"If ever there was a need for conservation dollars to be put to work, this is an ideal situation," said Mount.
Cheatgrass continues as discussion topic in WyoWritten by Emilee Gibb
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Cody – Landowners from around the Cody area gathered on April 4 for a workshop by University of Wyoming Sheridan Research and Extension Center Director Brian Mealor on cheatgrass management, funding and local prevalence.
"For a long time, we thought there was an upper elevation limit, but within the last 10 years, we've seen upward expansions and movement into areas cheatgrass hadn't previously occurred," said Mealor.
Cheatgrass is primarily a winter annual plant, meaning that its top priority is seed production, said Mealor.
"It doesn't invest a lot of resources into structure development, but it can get a lot of fibrous roots. It's really good at taking up moisture from snowmelt," he explained.
Mealor noted that moisture has a large impact on when cheatgrass will germinate.
"If we get fall moisture, most of the cheatgrass in this area will germinate in the fall," said Mealor.
According to Mealor, if cheatgrass overwinters, or vernalizes as a seedling, the plant will produce more seeds than if it vernalizes as a seed.
The cold period is critical to cheatgrass reproduction, he commented, explaining, "If it doesn't vernalize, it doesn't go through to seed."
Cheatgrass density also influences seed production of individual plants.
"When it's really thick, each plant produces fewer seeds per plant, but if we thin it out, they produce more seed per plant, so we end up with pretty consistent seed production," he continued.
While many landowners think that native perennial biomass declines because of an increase in cheatgrass, Mealor explained that the increase in cheatgrass can be because of increased bare ground, as well.
"It's a chicken and egg thing. We do know that cheatgrass is highly competitive for moisture in the early spring, which is part of why it becomes such a problem," he said.
Cheatgrass presence is also able to change landscapes, particularly when looking at the example of changing fire intervals.
"Fire doesn't always equal cheatgrass, but a high amount of cheatgrass does increase the risk of a fire," commented Mealor.
He continued, "If we look at traditional historical fire intervals, it is safe to assume we see fires every 40 to 50 years. There are places along the Snake River that burn every three to five years."
The prolific seed production of cheatgrass is another factor that makes it highly competitive with native species, producing 400 pounds of seed per acre.
"It stays viable in the ground from five to seven years," commented Mealor. "If we've only got 10 percent carry over, that's still a lot of seed."
While many treatments exist and the plant itself is not difficult to kill, Mealor stressed, "One treatment is not enough because of seed viability. Biology informs management. There is no silver bullet. It's a long-term sort of commitment."
Chemical control is one of the most common and effective methods for both short-term and long-term control.
The most common chemical used is Imazapic, also know as Plateau, which does not having any grazing limitations after application.
Imazapic may also be mixed with glyphosphate, but landowners should be aware that the chemicals will not be selective.
Other chemicals including Matrix, which is available as the off-brand. Laramie, Canter R+P, Landmark EP and Outrider are also available but have differing requirements than Plateau for application rate and grazing.
"It's open to interpretation, but the way I read the Matrix label, there can be no grazing for one year after application," he continued.
Mealor noted that a new herbicide called Esplinon that is currently in trials.
"It's a root growth inhibitor. It doesn't affect established grasses at all," he said.
Grazing is another common method that landowners use when managing cheatgrass.
"In some cases it works, but 'work' is relative. The results are a little more subtle," continued Mealor.
However, grazing can be particularly effective when used in combination with other control methods.
"When we don't graze, we get a buildup of litter. Cheatgrass emergence and establishment is facilitated by a litter layer," he said.
A large amount of research is currently being done on utilizing various bacterial and fungal strains as biological control methods, but many concerns about practicality must be addressed.
"At this point, I don't think we have an adequate biological control method," noted Mealor.
Several factors should be considered when deciding whether to treat a particular site.
"Timing is important. If the plants gets too big, our treatment is just not going to be effective in killing the cheatgrass," said Mealor.
Landowners should also consider how much natural recovery potential there is at a site.
"Is there some natural recovery potential on the site? We can get the herbicide to do exactly what we want it to, but there's just bare ground," he commented. "Then we're talking about a restoration project and not a weed control project."
Mealor continued, "I firmly believe that the best long-term suppression comes from a healthy perennial plant community. If it comes to the point that we need to reseed, we're not going to have long-term suppression."
Mealor outlined three key considerations when making decisions at landscape level.
"One, leverage is important. Next, every tool has its limitations and finally, there are some unintended consequences of doing a good thing that we should be prepared for," said Mealor.
Bark beetle takes a bite out of Wyoming forestsWritten by Heather Hamilton
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Cheyenne— The devastating impacts of the bark beetle was a primary discussion topic during the House Ag Committee Hearing in early May.
Representative Cynthia Lummis explained the bark beetle has taken a toll on about 17 million acres of forest in regions one, two and four within the state.
"The magnitude of the problem is really difficult to grasp without seeing it. Forest health is critical to Wyoming's health and economy, and so is the health of Wyoming's vast ranges and open spaces; particularly watershed. In our semi-arid state the health of the land is synonymous with the health of state," commented Lummis.
State Forester Bill Crapser explained that Wyoming has approximately 11.5 million acres of forest. Of those acres about nine million are in federal ownership and about 2.5 million are in private, tribal or state ownership.
"Wyoming forests are facing health issues that are probably unprecedented. We've never seen anything like what we're seeing with the bark beetle across the state," adds Crapser.
"In the last couple years this beetle has exploded. There are 3.6 million acres of dead forest in the Medicine Bow Forest and National Forest in Colorado. That's an area the size of Connecticut," adds Regional Forester for the Rocky Mountain Region of the U.S. Forest Service Rick Cables.
In addition to dying trees, Cable says another emerging issue is falling trees.
"On average we're going to see 100,000 trees fall per day for 10 years over this 3.6 million acres unless we have a wind event that causes them to fall early," says Cable.
Falling trees threaten infrastructure and require an increased labor force to keep trails open and remove trees from recreational sites.
"We've got over 550 miles of power lines within this area. One tree on a power line and you're out of power. So you can imagine, as you look at those corridors, how much cutting back adjacent to the infrastructure we need to do to protect the power source. Another 211,000 acres adjacent to communities need to be treated to protect them from fire.
"The threat of wildfire, both in the urban interface and outside the interface, is on the great increase. The occurrence of fire and the number of acres burned has almost quadrupled over the last 10 years," notes Crapser.
"There are 3,700 miles of road in this part of the country. We've treated about 500 miles, which leaves 3,200 miles to go. It's becoming very labor intensive to keep trails open and we've had to remove every tree surrounding some recreational sites," adds Cable.
Crapser includes the lack of a viable forest products industry as another growing concern. Noting that seven years ago there were seven large or fairly large sawmills in the state and today there is one in operation.
But of all the issues, both men list the impacts on watershed at the top.
"This area contains the Colorado River Basin, the Rio Grande River Basin, Arkansas River and Platte River. There are 177 counties that depend on water from this watershed and 13 downstream states in addition to a large agriculture interest. The condition of this watershed isn't very good right now due to the mortality of the trees and the falling trees," comments Cable.
"There's an old saying in Wyoming that whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting. That gives you an indication of how important water is to our farmers and ranchers," adds Lummis.
"Water quality and quantity are important issues both in our state and this part of the country. Habitat is under pressure and we're seeing more and more fragmented land ownership, which also has an impact. A lot of ranchers and farmers can't afford to stay in the business anymore for various reasons and they are dividing up their lands. Our ability to manage those fragmented lands is becoming more and more complicated that continues to be an issue," adds Crapser.
A key element of the 2008 Farm Bill was a state directive to develop a statewide forest resource assessment and strategies to address any issues raised in the assessment. Crapser says that Wyoming has already completed the task and to the best of his understand is the first state to do so.
"I'm proud of my crew for that. We took an all-lands approach to forestry in the assessment and achieved special analysis using 14 key data layers that were identified by agencies, special interest groups and individuals. These include everything from development risk, wildfire risk, insects, disease and aquatic habitat, to green infrastructure.
"What we hope to do with these documents is help focus our efforts and help focus the Forest Services' efforts and develop projects that will deliver maximum return on our investment. We believe the partnership between the state and federal agencies and the forestry service aspects of the Farm Bill will all contribute to this success," says Crapser.
Cables notes that last year Secretary Vilsack delegated or dedicated over 40 million to be spent on the forest health issue, which everyone really appreciated.
"It's a daunting challenge. There is a lot of work to be done, but there are a lot of opportunities as well in terms of jobs, sustaining supplies of wood and biomass and the research associated with it," he explains.
Cheatgrass restoration challenge reveals diverse plots, strategies for weed controlWritten by Gayle Smith
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Lingle – The final year of the Cheatgrass Restoration Challenge at the University of Wyoming (UW) James C. Hageman Sustainable Agriculture Research and Extension Center (SAREC) revealed a lot of diversity in the 13 plots in the contest.
"The Cheatgrass Restoration Challenge started in Lingle three years ago," according to Brian Mealor, UW Sheridan Research and Extension Center Director, who oversaw the project. "It is a contest that was about taking a widespread and very important resource concern, which is the invasion of cheatgrass and its impacts across the western U.S., to see how others would approach it."
Mealor explains, "Instead of a research team implementing treatments and collecting data through time, we appreciate there is a lot of local, expert knowledge around from people who know how to control weeds."
"We had people from producers and students to government agencies who actively addressed these concerns and came to the center to compete in this competition," he says.
After three years and a number of treatment methods, Mealor announced the winner of the contest during the SAREC Open House in late August.
Larry Cundall of Cundall Ranch in Glendo, Sydney Bureks and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) partnered to come out on top of the 13 teams competing in the diverse competition.
While accepting a belt buckle, Cundall told producers that this competition was an opportunity for ranchers to work with NRCS and share ideas.
"It is the way it should be," he said. "We were able to bounce a lot of ideas back and forth to improve the vegetation on our plot."
After touring the plots during the open house, producers were able to vote on the "People's Choice winner," which was the SAREC team composed of Brian Lee, Kevin Madden and Troy Cecil.
Their treatment method consisted of spraying, mowing and reseeding the plot to wheatgrass. During the tour, producers noticed a nice stand of wheatgrass had overtaken the plot, helping them gain the win.
Learning from the contest
Mealor told producers he learned a lot from this contest, and the best part has been analyzing the data and doing evaluations.
"One of the reasons I wanted this contest was because I was tired of people asking me how to get rid of cheatgrass and not knowing the best answer," he told producers. "I wanted to see how other people would approach it. This contest has drawn interest from a lot of producers who are concerned with cheatgrass and what they can do to eliminate it."
Contest origins
The contest was approved for a three-year run starting in the spring of 2015. Everyone in the contest had to agree to a set of criteria that would be used to judge each team's performance, including how much cheatgrass they eliminated, how much forage productivity was improved, diversity of desirable species on the site and scalability.
"We also wanted to know how scalable the practices were if they were implemented across a larger area," Mealor explained.
Other criteria were economical treatments, which included the benefits and costs of each of the different practices, and an educational program.
"The challenge was to take a piece of ground that was almost entirely cheatgrass and restore it with perennial cover for diversity, using economically sound and appropriate practices," one contestant says in a video about the contest.
"Cheatgrass is something of interest to every producer and agency," another added.
It also served as a unique opportunity for students to take what they learned in rangeland studies and other agriculture classes and apply it to a real-life scenario.
The contest also educated even the most seasoned professionals.
"We can look at these plots for education of what did and didn't work and what people can try," Mealor says. "We had everyone from current undergrads at UW, whose team was a rotation of students, to seasoned professionals who had been at it for a long time."
"Everyone's practices were diversified – from a very minimalist approach that engaged only a few practices they thought would move the ball forward to some teams who were very active in the number of practices they did," he says.
During the contest, plots were disked, burned, sprayed, mowed and grazed with cattle and goats in attempt to reduce the cheatgrass populations.


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More than 200 low-income households in Western Australia have moved into private rental homes following a trial of a State Government initiative.
The Assisted Rental Pathways Pilot (ARPP) provides eligible social housing applicants and tenants with tailored assistance and a discount on their private rental property for up to four years to help them improve their circumstances.
The pilot - a partnership with private landlords as well as the community sector - offers a new option for Western Australians in need of affordable housing.
The Department of Communities is delivering the program in partnership with Centrecare, Multi-Cultural Services WA, Outcare and the Salvation Army. The program recently passed its initial target of helping more than 200 waitlist applicants and social housing tenants by June 30, 2017.
Today, more than 200 applicants and their families have a place to call home in private rentals, including in Perth, Albany and Bunbury.
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The battle over preservation and growth divided a the Edgehill neighborhood and led to an emotional debate at a Metro City Council meeting.
Residents packed Tuesday night's meeting to have their voices heard. Afterward, the council voted 28 to 5 to pass a conservation overlay for Edgehill on its second reading.
This came after people with strong opinions on both sides weighed in for two hours. There was one thing everyone could agree on: this issue has deeply divided the neighborhood.
"There is history in Edgehill, there is history today. It is one of the last African American communities in the city. It would be a shame a crying shame for developers to silence that history," said one Edgehill resident.
"Within the last few years, the fabric of the neighborhood is being ripped to shreds by predatory developers, by investors masquerading as residents," said another resident.
The conservation overlay would impact about 200 homes in a mile long portion of Edgehill from South Street to Wedgewood Avenue.
It would protect older homes from being replaced with modern housing. Supporters said it would preserve the neighborhood's history. However, opponents also lined up to speak.
They said the majority of the neighborhood opposed it, because it was too restrictive. And they felt there was a lot of incorrect information spread throughout the process.
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Still, did not work. Had to call in dodgy plumber guy. I was at a meeting when he arrived so I only communicated with him via the phone. He said it'll cost $450 to unblock it, I said okay. Then he said, no, can't unblock. Had to take the whole toilet out and see what's actually blocking the thing, another $200, I said okay. Not like I have a choice really.
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Being an educator caught me by surprise. I had a different route in mind when young, even though my older sisters were both teachers and I admired their work. During college, while an apprentice at a summer theatre company in Western Massachusetts, I was assigned to (or "gifted" with) developing a day long theater experience for kids coming out from Boston. Under a canopy of trees with a lively bunch of tweens, suddenly I found myself in a role I had not expected, and absolutely loved.
Today my inspiration comes from a vision of young people engaged in a world that extends beyond classroom walls. Of course I admire what occurs inside schools and universities. However, not all environments operate equally.
Some learning spaces are devoted to preparing students for what comes next: "Get those middle school students ready for high school!" "Get those high school students ready for career and college!" I propose that if we do the best job creating developmentally appropriate, challenging and engaging learning experiences for students where they are, then we will be preparing them for what comes next, and prepare them more effectively. The overly pressure-cooker atmosphere of always getting ready and never being present and in the now can shut down the nascent curiosity and desire to learn. What we can end up with is students (and teachers) going through the motion of drill and kill style lessons to meet pre-determined outcomes (different from what we actually see as generating deep learning and understanding), writing papers that end up in drawers, and preparing for tests.
What gets me excited are learning spaces built on curiosity and discovery – including the teachers in this dynamic as well. For any academic subject, at any grade, we can take into account student interests, skills, talents, and self-determined areas for growth. We can knock down a few walls by considering how what we are learning in class relates to what is going on around us – either to our school, neighborhood, larger community, region, and to the world. Indeed, those connections are ready to be made. From the youngest grades, we can draw upon the inherent caring of children that continues through their years as adolescents, to be active contributors to society. To care for people, animals, and our planet. To take what we find out in school and bring it to life in ways that benefit the common good. This is the WOW moment, when we all answer Why am I learning/teaching this? And we all become inspired lifelong learners.
I am inspired when learners and their wonderful teachers connect the knowledge, skills, and dispositions from their studies in science, math, technology, the arts, social sciences, literature, writing, physical education, and languages (and all the other categories) to an authentic applied purpose. We know they have learned when they transfer classroom content into a new construct. This is authenticity. Through application students raise questions, gain deeper understanding, and typically develop meaningful reciprocal relationships with people they meet, people in the community.
What can this look like?
- Kindergarteners designed a child-friendly hospital emergency treatment room for their regional hospital. They created a wall mural of their happy self-portraits, had a chalk board, safe toys, and their own authored book with photographs about how they made the room. This eliminated the use of restraining devices by nurses and doctors on children arriving to the emergency room. And the teacher met and exceeded her academic markers for math, reading, writing, and social studies as they engaged with their community.
- Third graders became "water warriors" as their studies of water expanded to create water saving kits for every family in their school. One document they created with 23 water saving tips was mailed out with the water bill to every household in their community!
- Middle school students, as part of world studies, collected oral histories of recent immigrants in their community. This led to partnerships in the school garden, visiting poets for language arts, and a community gathering that built understanding (and had great food!).
- High school math students take pride in becoming proficient at preparing tax returns for low income individuals and families each year; all students achieve certification by the IRS. (This is college and career readiness – in fact I could benefit from this certification!) Hundreds of tax returns prepared free of charge, with students so eager to participate every year.
Let's get practical. How can this happen? A few ways to get started.
- Come to the Character.org Conference! Be surrounded by other educators striving to meet the needs of children to grow beyond any confinements, as contributing members of communities—at every age.
- Become familiar with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. There are 17, and at least one will connect with what you have going on in your class. Make that connection. Let students know they are part of something bigger, viable efforts to connect people and create opportunities for all that extend around the globe. I have seen students' eyes get bigger and bigger as they come to know they can make life better, reach others, and protect our planet and all it's inhabitants. http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/sustainable-development-goals.html
- Become familiar with the five stages of service learning – investigation, preparation, action, reflection, and demonstration. You may be surprised that you already follow a similar pathway to learning. Find the ease of using this methodology with a particular approach outlined in many articles easily found on my website cbkassociates.com/resources.
- Reframe what you do. For example, rather than teach lessons, consider that students learn from experience. So reframe your language, and replace lessons with "learning experiences." This notion has become transformative to many educators I reach around the world. And for every unit or concept or set of learning experiences, pause. Give yourself some time and "blank space" to consider What is my real overarching purpose in engaging students with this learning process? For too long our authentic role as educators and what truly inspires us has been put to the side with the urgency of test scores and more test scores. Take some time and make some space to pause. And think about your purpose. Let this shine a light on what you create for your students to grow and flourish.
I am inspired by you – and all the educators I meet who go above and beyond to educate our children and teens. Keep in mind that "education" comes from the Latin, educare, to draw forth. That's our job. To draw them out, to lift them up, and provide opportunities so youth can make our world a better place for us all.
Cathryn Berger Kaye, M.A., CBK Associates, travels the globe inspiring educators and learners to participate in the world around them. She has authored eight books, including the award winning The Complete Guide to Service Learning and Going Blue: A Teen Guide to Saving Our Oceans, Lakes, Rivers & Wetlands with Philippe Cousteau. In addition to service learning, she has developed a range of curricular programs, including for "Growing Community Leaders" for elementary children in after school settings, and middle and high school advisory programs. In addition to conference keynotes and workshops, Cathryn spends over 200 days annually providing onsite consultations to promote best teaching practices, engaged learning, character and social and emotional development, and adult and youth leadership. Learn more at www.cbkassociates.com and drop an email to email@example.com.
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Withdrawal of funds policy
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How Can I Withdraw Funds From My eMarketsTrade Account?
Avoid delays in receiving your funds by ensuring that all your documentation is correct, up to date, and confirmed before you submit your withdrawal request. Every time you use a new payment method you will need to verify it, but once you have done this you will not need to verify that particular card in order to make a withdrawal again.
The stages of verification include:
Proof of ID – Photo identification, including passport, driver's license, or any other form of government issued identity card.
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Complete assessment of appropriateness – One of the sections of the verification process, make sure that all your answers are correct and up to date.
Verify your payment method – If you are using a credit card, please send a picture of both sides of your credit card, displaying the last four digits of your credit card ONLY.
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How can sales leadership in credit cards be used to take the UOB brand to greater heights? The Halo Effect. Just as the halo created by the red-hot iPod has rubbed off on other Apple products, the halo created by UOB's No. 1 position in credit cards could do the same. If UOB is the No. 1 Bank For Credit Cards, it must have done something right. If UOB is so successful in credit cards, it is probably a good bank, the customer might reason.
Will UQB use this strategy? Unlikely. Because a bank like UOB has many products and services to offer, it is unlikely to promote its credit cards as a differentiator. There are too many factors and the needs of too many divisions that it has to take into consideration.
However, if UOB were to assert its sales leadership in credit cards, another bank — let's call it Bank BOO — could still claim leadership by further sub-dividing the category. The way to do this would be to find a particular category of credit card in which UOB did not have leadership. If Bank BOO has sales leadership in a particular sub-category, it could claim to be No. 1 there. For the sake of illustration, let's say that Bank BOO has sales leadership in credit cards for pilots. Since being a pilot is quite a respectable (and maybe even glamorous) profession and pilots fly all over the world, being the No. 1 credit card among pilots may be quite a good thing. So Bank BOO could claim this as a differentiator, "Bank BOO. The No. 1 Credit Card For High Flyers " This comes off quite well actually. High flyers in the literal sense refers to the pilots but it could also refer to people who are successful in their careers or businesses.
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The Orthopedic Foundation for Animals offers free Breed Club Health Surveys of many dog breeds so that breed associations and breeders can be better informed about health issues of their breeds. The surveys can be completed online (although you may need the assistance of your veterinarian for a question or two) in about 20 minutes. They're pretty thorough, too. The results are confidential and are used to identify health issues of various breeds. They also tell you as a pet owner which genetic health screens your dog should have.
To take the survey, visit http://www.offa.org/surveys/index.html. You can even read the results of some of the surveys, which are fascinating.For example, did you know:
- 22% of Papillons have been diagnosed with dental disorders?
- 1 in 10 Staffordshire Bull Terriers is used in obedience trials?
- The most common skin disorder in Parson Russell Terriers is seasonal allergies?
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Debtor Refuses to Acknowledge their Unpaid Debt:
When a Debtor Refuses to Acknowledge their unpaid debt, UK Debt Collect Ltd will commit to starting the recovery of the Debt. The first step being to contact the debtor and inform them of the debt & request payment, whether in full or via a payment plan. The aim to get to the bottom of the reason they are relying upon to keep the debt as being unpaid.
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A lump of anxiety usually hung over my chest whenever I walked into homosocial places such as boys hostels. It told me to hide. To conform. Blend in and behave like everyone else the best way I could. For a while, I tried to do as it said: I clenched my fist to hide the limp of my wrist. I talked low to obscure the lisp in my voice. I shouldered my gait to draw attention away from the swing of my hips. Yet someone always spotted the difference. (A difference that was, in my experience, only questioned. Never not tolerated.)
The clenching, talking, and shouldering felt wrong. (And to be sincere required to great a deal of effort). So I followed the easier (but scary) path of being my queer self and have never looked back ever since. That's why my current obsession is this short clip.
It revolves around an advice of a father to his son. It's message of authenticity is one that is at my core and the major reason I began GlowRite. An advice summarised in two words. It says: Don't Sneak.
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Whilst wedding breakfast musicians will provide a wonderful atmosphere to complement the dinner, your guests must still be able to talk easily with each other. A fine balance required, but easily achievable when using professional musicians.
We advise our clients to have instrumental music rather than an ensemble that includes a vocalist. Guests may feel uncomfortable talking over a singer feeling obliged to sit in silence!
A small jazz band or classical ensemble works well for gatherings of 40 or more, whilst a cocktail pianist or harpist will suffice for a lesser number of guests.
If holding your wedding breakfast in a marquee, you will need to allow for the rather dry acoustics. If space allows, then a reasonably sized ensemble of musicians will make sure the music can be heard by everyone. For the same reason you may wish to consider hiring a small PA system, so that your guests can hear the speeches clearly.
If you have a DJ booked for the evening reception, the provision of a microphone for the speeches may be possible. An early set up fee will need to be negotiated when booking.
Remember, all venues now require visiting musicians to have adequate public liability insurance with electrical equipment PAT certified. Kaleidoscope will provide you with the necessary documentation required.
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What does UCJ stand for?
UCJ stands for Unité de Coordination Jeunesse (French)
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- University Center Information Technology (University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Charlotte, NC)
- University Committee on Information Technology (various universities)
- University of Cincinnati Information Technologies (Ohio)
- User-Centered Information Technology
- Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act
- University Center for Innovations in Teaching and Education (Case Western Reserve University; Cleveland, OH)
- Undertaking for Collective Investment in Transferable Securities
- Union of Christmas Island Workers (Australian trade union)
- Union of Commercial and Industrial Workers (Trinidad and Tobago)
- Union Cholet Judo (French: Cholet Judo Union; Cholet, France)
- Universal Classics and Jazz
- University College Jutland (Skejbyvej, Århus, Denmark)
- University Council of Jamaica (est. 1987; Kingston, Jamaica)
- Universidad Camilo José Cela (Spanish)
- Utah Criminal Justice Center (S.J. Quinney College of Law; Salt Lake City)
- United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands (Kingston, Jamaica)
- Union Chretienne de Jeunes Gens du Liban
- University of California Jazz Ensemble
- Union Chrétienne de Jeunes Filles (French: Christian Union of Young Girls)
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Otago Development
Our mission is to be the leading land development firm in the Southwest.
Otago Development launched in 2008, in response to builders, developers, and financial institutions need for a comprehensive full service civil construction contractor delivering turnkey finished residential lots.
Otago makes the construction of finished residential lots easy by removing the risk of lot development through Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) contracts while providing homebuilders with full-service project management and quality construction to mitigate problematic legal issues that can take place years after completion of the project.
Otago provides general contracting services to some of Arizona's top private development firms and top homebuilding companies over the last several years. We have constructed a diverse portfolio, from small, 16-lot subdivisions to large, 1400-lot master-planned communities with master improvements such as arterial road construction, tank & booster stations, sanitary lift stations and storm water lift stations.


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In order to differentiate yourself in this competitive market, we understand that you need to present your customers with fresh and unique design. When you work with us we guarantee you exactly that, along with unparalleled and consistent quality, service, and expertise.
Design is the core of our business. Everyday we are sampling new colors and designs inspired by fashion trends from around the world. Our design capabilities are comprehensive and range far beyond the categories listed below. Get in touch with us today to see samples and learn how our decorative and functional designs can make your collection stand out.
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Our materials are woven, knitted, or laminated up to 110 inches (280 centimeters) wide. They will make any space more comfortable, fashionable, and will regulate your energy usage. We offer roller, roman, pleated, vertical, cellular, panel, and more. Contact us to see how we can help differentiate your offering.
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Every movement with the potential to change the injustice system we are all under has had and will have political prisoners, from labor struggles to the Black Panthers.
Since January 7th, 2009, hundreds have been arrested for various forms of participation in demonstrations for Justice for Oscar Grant. Most were arrested for merely being present, as part of mass arrests. Others were arrested for crimes or intended crimes against property.
Violence is what the police enact on a daily basis, especially in poor, black and brown neighborhoods. As daily targets of the system, black and brown folks with limited resources are the ones that spent the most time in jail after the protests, most being held on parole or probation violations. Taking shoes from footlocker or breaking windows do not and cannot fit in the same category as the violence that perpetually targets and incarcerates poor people of color and results in incidents such as the murder of Oscar Grant, III.
Those who are charged on crimes against property must not be isolated but embraced by the movement. In most cases, these allegations are false, but defendants are forced to take plea deals and bound by the system.
If and when allegations are true, solidarity must come first. Those who participated in crimes against property crossed all lines of race, gender, and age, and have the agency and self-determination to push back against the system how they see fit.


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Play by Play: Getting Started with Laravel 5 with Steven Maguire
By Derek Weatherford and Steven Maguire
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This course introduces the Laravel framework to a relatively green PHP developer who is tasked with building a functional and maintainable microservice application. The course will cover everything from project setup & installation to functioning endpoints with automated test support.
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Hi, I'm Steven Maguire. I've been building software for over a decade and I'm currently excited about Laravel, a modern PHP framework that makes development easy and enjoyable. I've teamed up with Derek Weatherford, a junior developer with a Ruby on Rails background, to create a micro service project for managing product ideas. You'll be joining Derek and me through a step-by-step process of creating the service, complete with automated testing in under two hours. I've also made a free sample project available on GitHub that follows along with our conversation. You can find a link to that project in the course materials. Thanks for watching.


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This industry has also started to use Firemaster® product group thanks to the establishment of a set of international standards in the field of fire protection.
The Firemaster® family of products have all fire protection certificates required in shipbuilding, design service is also offered to the user completely for a customized solution.
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• Hydrocarbon fire resistance as it is resistant up to 1200 oC,
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