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I searched for a song about "dirty birds" prior to writing this and I discovered that there is not only a song by that name, but a dance to go with it! OH, Atlanta, you slay me. I got a kick out of the video; there are some hilarious background folk featured throughout.
Anyway, the video and that brief preamble are to serve as a slight buffer between you and the visual content of this post, as it's a little dirty. I figured I've got enough street cred as a taxidermist to have earned your trust, so I feel OK writing about the less glamorous aspects of this craft that make so many people queasy. If you cannot stand the site of flesh or bone, then please abort now. But if you're feeling brave, take my hand baby birds, I'll feed your head for a minute.
I had two hunters drop off birds last week. One was what I initially identified as a female Bufflehead but upon closer inspection actually turned out to be a female Blue Wing Teal. The other bird was a white pheasant.
Two gorgeous specimen, although you wouldn't know that from the insides of them.
Let's start with the duck. Ducks are notoriously fatty. There is an odor to them that tends to hang on for a few weeks even after they're tanned, dried and mounted. I have no qualms with the odor, but the fattyness can get quite tiresome. You see, I don't yet possess a fleshing wheel, so I have to cut all the fat off by hand. Being someone who actually finds solace in mundane repetitive tasks, I usually don't mind this but I've been pushing my poor paws to the limit lately and there is a soreness creeping in that only people who work with their hands could begin to understand.
Whining aside, I do like trimming fat. I marvel at it. I mean, this is what flavor comes from. But my first instinct is to recoil in disgust if it gets all over my hands or my face. Why is it gross to touch this substance that is so completely universal-I have it, you have it, all your dogs and cats have it, trust me they do– and it's the common denominator of all things delicious? This fat is the real deal. It's not oleo or some bogus hydro corn science project, its bona fide, warmth providing, lifesaving fat. I am getting better at embracing the stuff however; it doesn't hurt that after handling it I've got smooth Palmolive hands for hours, even after scrubbing with soap!
As you can see from my very official chart above, duck skin is tricky. It's simple to see where trimming needs to be done, but the actual skin is like a thin film of tissue paper underneath all that fat. It's extremely easy to cut too far and make "duck doilies". Needless to say, I'll have quite a bit of sewing to do on this skin before I mount it.
The spoils of duck lipo:
After that, its into the tanning solution and a quick rinse. Whenever I pull birds out of the water, I'm just a tad dubious that I'll be able to turn such a sad looking rag into something as beautiful as its original form, but it always works out.
Onto the pheasant. As is often the case with game foul, this guy was just riddled with bird shot. Both legs were all but shattered.
Lots of holes:
It's not just a matter of holes but picking the shot out of the flesh, since I feed these birds to my animals and I don't want my little babies choking on lead. The feathers kind of clump together around the shot, some still with quills in the skin, some buried in the meat. It's not unlike pulling weeds:
Here's one leg. The bone was totally broken, which can be hazardous for little taxidermist fingers working flesh off of them. I have the scrapes to prove it. The other leg was completely obliterated. This means more work down the line when it comes time to mount, but this all comes with the territory.
Post bath, also looking like a wet rag, albeit one covered in beautiful feathers.
Like I said, I use this meat to feed my cats. If a hunter just wants a trophy mount and doesn't care to eat what he catches, I will gladly play vulture and use whatever meat I can for my four-legged brood at home. Obviously this applies to game and not roadkill. In this case, I cut off what I could and placed it all in the crock pot with some chicken stock. A few hours in there and presto! Warm cozy Sunday dinner was served to my little ones:
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Shamu welcomed him to the neighborhood! There are new friends to meet all over NYC!
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I am so happy for him Linda :)
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Real Madrid has announced how much it will cost any team that may be interested to sign Cristiano Ronaldo away from them. It is reported that PSG of France have strong interest in the talented player to boost their chance of winning the champions league. PSG made a bid of £110 million for the Portuguese international. However, Real Madrid's president Florentino Perez said that if any team is serious at this moment to prize the player away from them, they must be ready to give out the whooping sum of € 1 billion (£730 million). "If PSG want Cristiano Ronaldo it's simple: they have to pay the €1 billion release clause," Perez told Spanish radio (h/t Callum Davis of the Daily Telegraph). "No one is a prophet in football, but we don't want to sell him in 2016, he still has three years left on his contract."
Ronaldo is the world's finest footballer in the eyes of many and despite a slow start to the 2015-16 season, remains the key player in this Real Madrid team. As we can see here courtesy of WhoScored.com, it only seems to be a matter of time before the Portuguese gets his La Liga goal tally up and running this season:
Cristiano Ronaldo: Has had more shots (16) than any other player in La Liga this season pic.twitter.com/4wXkv2gMIH
— WhoScored.com (@WhoScored) September 4, 2015
However, there have been some rumours of discontent recently. As reported by AS (h/t the Daily Telegraph), it was suggested in pre-season that Ronaldo was disappointed with the training methods of new manager Rafael Benitez. The forward was unhappy with a drill in which the players were asked to hit the bar from range.
Also, the 30-year-old forward also took to social media earlier this year, putting his support for Benitez's predecessor Carlo Ancelotti on record before he was relieved of his duties:
Great coach and amazing person. Hope we work together next season. pic.twitter.com/HqHHGjGGUH
— Cristiano Ronaldo (@Cristiano) May 23, 2015
There has often been talk of unrest when it comes to Ronaldo, who is not a footballer who makes much of an effort to hide his emotions. But overall he seems contented to be at Real Madrid, where he continues to post staggering goal tallies and challenge for the biggest honours around.
If he is to leave Real before he reaches the twilight of his career, you suspect Ronaldo will have to push for it. For a player of his quality, there will always be new challenges to tackle and plenty of lucrative gains to be made; two things that PSG would certainly be able to provide, as the flush French champions go in search of Champions League glory.
But as noted by bwin, there are still some accomplishments Ronaldo has yet to achieve in the iconic all-white jersey:
Ronaldo is just 10 goals away from breaking Raúl's all-time record. How long will it take him to do it? #RealMadrid pic.twitter.com/ZEWteHr7P6
— bwin (@bwin) July 27, 2015
If he stays for the duration of his contract, the former Manchester United man will pass Raul's goalscoring mark by some distance. Needless to say, he'll be keen to enrich his legacy further with this tremendous football institution and ensure any new record remains intact for years and years to come.
PSG may come again for Ronaldo, and they represent a tantalising proposition for a player who has achieved it all in Spain. But for the French giants, the Madrid man would be a short-term fix; that money would be better served being invested in younger players, the club's infrastructure and, critically for a club under the financial fair play microscope, toward facilitating growth.


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October 4, 2018
Somerset, Ky. -- (9/13/18) – UK HealthCare/The Norton Healthcare - Stroke Care Network has recognized Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital with the "Innovation Award" for its work in improving stroke care for its patients.
At the Network's annual Summit in Lexington on August 16, Dr. Michael Dobbs, MHCM, director of the Stroke Care Network, praised Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital for their dedication to excellence in stroke care.
"Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital's commitment to quality improvement and coordination of resources to provide their patients with the highest quality stroke care is to be commended," Dr. Dobbs said. "Everyone's goal is to provide the best care for stroke patients as close to home as possible and Lake Cumberland's efforts embody that principle."
The "Innovation Award" award is given to those who demonstrate remarkable innovation with implementing a leading edge approach to stroke care.
Lisa Bellamy, RN, BHS, CPHQ, the Stroke Care Network's managing director, notes that Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital "made remarkable progress in their work to enhance stroke care for its patients by creating the 'Adopt a Stroke Patient Program.' " This program is unlike any other program in the state. It ensures all stroke patients get the follow-up and education they need.
"Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital was recognized with the Network's 'Innovation Award' because its commitment to providing the best possible stroke care is evidenced by the unrelenting efforts throughout this healthcare system."
UK HealthCare is certified by the Joint Commission and the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association as a Comprehensive Stroke Center, which is the highest honor awarded to stroke centers.
Comprehensive Stroke Center Certification recognizes those hospitals that have state-of-the-art infrastructure, staff and training to receive and treat patients with the most complex strokes, including advanced imaging capabilities, 24/7 availability of specialized treatments, and staff with the unique education and competencies to care for complex stroke patients.
As an affiliate in the Stroke Care Network, Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital has access to UK HealthCare/Norton Healthcare's expertise and resources; combined with their own excellent stroke care Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital is able to offer "the best care for stroke" for their citizens.
About Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital
Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital is a 295-bed acute care facility serving the people of South Central Kentucky. As a recipient of The Joint Commission Advanced Certification for Primary Stroke Care, the hospital is committed to providing high quality care for stroke patients in its 29-bed dedicated Neuro Unit. With more than forty physician specialties and nearly two hundred physicians on staff, Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital offers the most comprehensive medical services in the region. In addition to providing inpatient services, the hospital's stand-alone outpatient facilities focus on bariatric (weight loss) services, cancer treatment, diagnostic imaging, outpatient surgery, outpatient therapy services, sleep disorders, wound care and hyperbaric medicine. In 2014, the hospital founded the first Residency Program in the region to train new physicians. Established in 1976, Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital is accredited by The Joint Commission and, in addition to Stroke Certification, has also been awarded the following specialty certifications: Commission on Cancer certification; Chest Pain Center with PCI from the American College of Cardiology and The Joint Commission Spine Surgery Certification. For more information, visit: www.lakecumberlandhospital.com.
PHOTO: (l to r) Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital Neuro Team members Kelly Venters, MSN, RN, SCRN, Director of Neuro Critical Care/Neuro MedSurg Unit and Jessica L. Douglas, RN, BSN, CCRN, SCRN, CLNC, Neuro Clinical Coordinator/Stroke Program Coordinator are pictured receiving the Innovation Award from Dr. Michael Dobbs, MHCM, Director of The UKHealthcare/The Norton Healthcare - Stroke Care Network and Lisa Bellamy, RN, BHS, CPHQ, Managing Director of the Stroke Care Network. The award was presented at the Network's Annual Summit in Lexington.


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Don't wear yourself out trying to get rich;
restrain yourself!
Riches disappear in the blink of an eye;
wealth sprouts wings
and flies off into the wild blue yonder
Proverbs 23:4-5 (The Message)
And he said to them, "Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one's life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions." And he told them a parable, saying, "The land of a rich man produced plentifully, and he thought to himself, What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?' And he said, 'I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, "Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry."' But God said to him, 'Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?' So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God."
Luke 12:15-21 (English Standard Version)
If you look at contemporary American society, you see a society that's obsessed about wealth. We parade our wealthy (or the "1%") in the media as icons for the other 99% to adore and hope to be like. We have numerous game shows offering cash prizes. Casinos open up all over the place offering the chance of instant wealth. We're bombarded with ads telling us to trust some financial advisers with our hard earned money so we can have more money to do what we want with some day. Even the American church has spawned a "prosperity gospel"-a nasty hybrid of cherry-picked Scripture texts and good ol' Capitalism.
We're a sorry lot. We diss the poor in favor of the rich. We continually vote in politicians that are more in bed with plutocrats than on the street with We The People. We work harder and harder to have more, yet enjoy what we do have less and less. We have pastors and "prosperity preachers" in the media telling us that God wants us to be "rich", that "Jesus was rich", and that poverty (or being part of the working class) is a sign of God's "disfavor". We've seen people get ahead and gain great wealth, yet sacrifice relationships, their souls, and even their integrity. We watch reality shows about wealthy (and clueless) celebrities and their "troubles"; and shows about people house-hunting in exclusive neighborhoods most folk can't afford to walk in, let alone live in. Every day, we have poor youth joining drug gangs to make money quick rather than take a lower paying, yet honest job.
And, despite the continuing financial nightmare since 2008, we still have this notion that we can "have it all." If we work harder, think better, hang around the right folk, or take that course you see advertised on late night TV, we too can become rich. It's a hamster wheel from Hell we run on every day…
But what does God really say about this van pursuit-the pursuit of wealth? Doesn't God want us to be rich? No. God would rather that we'd be content with what He/She blesses us with. Even though the Bible is full of stories about wealthy folk, most of them are just that-stories; and even those folk couldn't buy their way out of problems.
In the first Scripture text from Proverbs we're warned that we should not kill ourselves to get wealthy, but use our heads as not to fall into such a trap. The writer warns that as soon as we even look at wealth, it disappears! Don't believe me? Ask those who lost it all during the Great Depression, or during the later "dot-com" crash. Look at multimillionaire athletes who get waylaid by one injury and can't play anymore. Or the celebrity who lives too much over his/her head and winds up broke.
The second Scripture text from Luke really should make us think; especially the "I maxed out my 401-K" crowd. We can become so seduced by the attainment and increasing of wealth, that we would dare forget about God. I'm going to give it to you in modern terms:
Let's say a man has a stock that suddenly takes off, I mean blows up bigger than Sony or Coca Cola. This man decides to diversify, to make his money "work" for him so he can have even more wealth: maxes his 401Ks, flips properties in hot neighborhoods, etc. As this man's financial portfolio turns into a gallery, he says to himself, "Soul, you can kick back, chill, and live large for a long time!" Then God appears and says (pretty much), "You asshole! Tonight your ass is checking out of here! Who's going to have your dough now?"
This parable is called "The Parable of the Rich Fool." You see, the fool never took time to invest in spiritual things with eternal payoffs. Instead he invested in transient wealth he never got to enjoy. Jesus sternly warns us against this covetousness towards wealth; for what we have does not make us who we are. We pursuit vainly for wealth, only to end up losing more than we bargained for.
God calls us to pursue the spiritual things. These have value that aren't impacted by market fluctuations; and we don't have to kill ourselves-physically and spiritually-to attain them. Plus, when we seek these things we grow closer to God and to each other. Unlike the rich fool who cared only about himself, we can learn to care for each other. As an added bonus, we'll learn to be truly content in our lives (ref. Proverbs 30:7-9; 1 Timothy 6:6-7). Then we can be children of God and learn to truly live the lives He/She called us to.
As we continue towards the end of our Lenten journey, let's step back from the blind and vain pursuit of wealth and meditate on the above Scriptures. Let us learn to pursue the heavenly things-now and always.
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Rancho Cielo Silver Star Students Visit the Little Sur
Save the Redwoods League for their support of our programming and their mission to connect young people to redwood trees. We'd also like to thank The North Face Explore Fund for their support of the Youth in Wilderness program. For many of the students, it was their first wilderness experience and opportunity to be among old-growth redwoods. Students were amazed to learn of the amazing resilience of the famed Sequoia sempervirens, the world's fastest growing conifer, examining root sprouts, growth patterns, fire scared protective bark and their reliance on the coastal fog belt. It was a humbling feeling to merely stand underneath these immense trees. As one student put it, "The most memorable moments were every single moment, I got to enjoy the outdoors with my friends and had a wonderful time. This was the best experience I ever had!" Returning students Manuel, Allejandro and Kailey helped teach the newcomers the ways of backcountry travel and set the tone for what would be a very positive and fun experience in the wilderness. The opportunity to commune with nature in a wild river valley, bond as a group and get to know each other on a deeper level was an amazing experience. This was evident by the smiles worn by all for the duration of our time together. This is rather remarkable considering some of the students are affiliated with rival gangs. Students also helped conduct site stewardship. Manuel led a thorough camp sweep that produced a bag full of trash that was abandoned by previous campers. The group also identified and removed an improper fire ring near the river. "This little piece of paper, it adds up over time, soon it will be everywhere if we don't pick it up." Manual explained during the trash sweep. Once students experience the beauty and power of a wild place and learn that these wildlands belong to all of us, they realize their responsibility to help care for it. We were delighted to share our passion and knowledge of wilderness with these students and look forward to getting them out again this fall. This trip was part one of a 5-day trip that included educational programming provided by the Ventana Wildlife Society at Andrew Molera State Park. These photos tell an amazing story. Enjoy!Rancho Cielo Silver Star program students and teachers, Christian Lamonea and Luciano Rodriguez, joined Youth in Wilderness leaders Bryce Winter, Franco Guzman and Luna Miller on a 3-day backpack June 9-11th amidst the giant coast redwoods of the Little Sur River valley. With warm weather abounding and cool water still flowing, students savored the opportunity to explore the late blooming flowers, ancient redwoods and clear running waters of the wild Little Sur. Students learned introductory backpacking techniques, outdoor ethics and local natural history with a particular focus on the coast redwoods. Thanks go out to the
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I've just done a Google search for "UFO Rutland" and I notice there was a sighting where I live on the 25th of June. This evening, at 22.30 I saw two bright flame colored lights move across the sky together and then another light followed and then another. They looked too big to be Chinese lanterns and I thought I'd let you know given the report you had on 25th of June.
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Legendary Jazz Label Blue Note Announces 80th Anniversary Year Of Celebrations
First 2 Tone Poet LPs up for preorder! Corea and Shorter, as expected. Out on Feb. 8 @ $34.99 retail. I just ordered from Music Direct and their promotional code works on both.
Thanks, order placed!
Here's what I believe an official press release, I'm assuming from uMe:
Legendary Jazz Label Blue Note Announces 80th Anniversary Year Of Celebrations
Thats my Birthday!
Wow. Looks like I'm eating a lot of ramen this year.
but...you'll be emotionally well
Go (Wayne) Shorter, it's ya birthday
Anyone seen pre-orders for the first two in the UK yet?
Bang..ordered..So does anyone thing this will be (2) a month? Would be nice if they had a subscription series...makes it much easier... but hey we are getting some real good stuff here!
uMe shop above should be able to ship internationally.
Not yet, I was just looking myself.
OK thanks - please let me know if they turn up
Does anyone think that Amazon will also carry these releases?? I've got an Amazon gift card for Christmas and I'd like to put it to good use!
Will do, I can't seem to access anything on the Ume site, so if anyone has links that would be great. Can't see anything on Juno, Amazon or Diverse Vinyl.
You're the man! I tried searching on my mobile device but nothing came up. Thanks for the assist!
From the website...
"The Blue Note Tone Poet Series was born out of Blue Note President Don Was' admiration for the exceptional audiophile Blue Note LP reissues presented by Music Matters. Was brought Joe Harley (from Music Matters), a.k.a. the "Tone Poet," on board to curate and supervise a series of reissues from the Blue Note family of labels.
Extreme attention to detail has been paid to getting these right in every conceivable way, from the jacket graphics and printing quality to superior LP mastering (direct from the master tapes) by Kevin Gray to superb 180 gm audiophile LP pressings by Record Technology Inc. Every aspect of these Blue Note/Tone Poet releases is done to the highest possible standard. It means that you will never find a superior version. This is IT."
34.99 is a beautiful price point.
I sure hope we get a big list of titles!
@Joe Harley can you share the list now that the press release is out?
One Flight Up would be bananas. My Liberty sounds beautiful regardless
I haven't really been blown away by Dex until I heard him on One Flight Up!
Definitely a favorite..and his best IMO
Very excited for the release! Such a better price point than the SRX reissues. Hoping for more great titles
Heh...same price as the original Music Matters 33 RPM series, before they got creative with distribution and pricing.
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What I can't figure out is why people would put their real phone number in while registering anywhere. I mean, I always use the same number, it's a number that is not in use and that we cancelled about 5 years ago. I always remember it so it's a good one to use as a place holder for phone numbers. I never put age, and if required I have a date that has nothing to do with my birthday that I will put in. Why are people putting in actual real information?
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A recent survey in Scotland by UNISON has discovered that violent incidents being reported to employers are on the rise. The yearly report highlights that violent incidents has jumped to 34,739 occurrences, almost 15,000 more than the previous survey.
Commenting on the findings, UNISON's Scottish Organiser Dave Watson, said:
"The latest figures demonstrate an appalling level of violent incidents faced by staff who are simply doing their job."
Incidents in Local Government account for 14,274 with the figure for NHS coming in at 10,974. More are expected in the healthcare with two of the large health boards unable to produce figures for this year.
Scott Donohoe, Chair of UNISON Scotland's Health and Safety Committee, said:
"The biggest increase in violent incidents is happening in those council services that are facing the brunt of spending cuts. Staff are stretched too thinly, dealing with service users facing cuts in the services they rely on. This is a toxic cocktail that is putting hard pressed workers at greater risk of violent assault."
Convictions under the Emergency Workers Act have increased by 44 to 324. Due to the limited scope of the Act, very few violent incidents result in criminal action and efforts to address this were blocked by the Scottish Government when they opposed Hugh Henry MSP's, Protection of Worker's Bill.
Watson concluded:
"Employers must redouble their efforts to protect workers and the Scottish Government must play its role by strengthening the criminal law."


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Manufacturing activity in New York took a sharp downward turn in the month of June, according to a report released by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on Monday, with the index of activity in the sector showing a record monthly decline.
The New York Fed said its general business conditions index plunged to a negative 8.6 in June from a positive 17.8 in May, with a negative reading indicating a contraction in manufacturing activity. Economists had expected the index to drop to a positive 10.0.
With the much bigger than expected decrease, the general business conditions index recorded its first negative reading in over two years.
The nosedive by the headline index was partly due to a downturn in new orders, with the new orders index plummeting to a negative 12.0 in June from a positive 9.7 in May.
The shipments index also tumbled to 9.7 in June from 16.3 in May, although the positive reading still indicated growth.
The report said the number of employees index turned negative first the first time in over two years, slumping to a negative 3.5 in June from a positive 4.7 in May.
The prices received index also slid to 6.8 in June from 12.4 in May, while the prices paid index inched up to 27.8 from 26.2 in the previous month.
Looking ahead, the New York Fed said the indexes assessing the six-month outlook were generally lower than last month, with the index for future business conditions falling to 25.7 in June from 30.6 in May.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia is scheduled to release its report on regional manufacturing activity in the month of June on Thursday.
The Philly Fed Index is expected to drop to 11.5 in June after jumping to 16.6 in May, with a positive reading indicating growth in manufacturing activity.
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"Field of Trains" Redux: Why Would We Spend Millions for 89 Riders Net Per Day?
The Wickford Junction is an unmitigated disaster. So, of course, it makes sense (???) to strive to repeat it in Pawtucket.
Rhode Island has taken its biggest step yet toward building a new train station to serve Pawtucket and Central Falls, requesting $14.5 million from the federal government to cover about a third of the project's cost.
But a new train station in Pawtucket would net only eighty nine new riders per day, with hundreds more poached from the South Attleboro and Providence stops. By the way, it isn't just federal dollars that would be involved.
Separately on Tuesday, the House Finance Committee is scheduled to take up a bill sponsored by Rep. Carlos Tobon, D-Pawtucket, that would appropriate $10 million to help underwrite the cost of the Pawtucket train station. Tobon proposed a similar bill pegged at $20 million last year.
RIDOT is currently looking to fill a $126,648 – $140,920 position of "Administrator, Office of Transit, New Starts, Operations and Transportation Alternatives". It looks from the job description that this proposed new train station would fall under the purview of this position. Is this taxpayer-funded job the sort of "opportunity to transform the area and provide much needed economic opportunity for local residents" that RIDOT Director Peter Alviti is referencing when he tries to justify this completely unneeded project?
This is serious derangement. The "If You Build It, They Will Come" approach to expensive public transit projects didn't work in Wickford. We know NOW it won't work in Pawtucket, either. So why are our elected officials working to repeat Wickford's costly mistake in Pawtucket?


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To George Washington from Major General Philemon Dickinson, 15 June 1778
From Major General Philemon Dickinson
Trenton [N.J.] June 15th 1778
Dear Sir,
The inclosed just came to hand, from Genl Maxwell1—the same Intelligence, was brought me a few hours before, which I believe may be relied upon—a Person whom I sent down the River, saw the Vessells on the Stocks, at both the upper, & lower parts of the City, in flames.
A Gentleman of Reputation who lives near Philada sent me word last Evening, that the Enemy were very industrious, in transporting their Troops, Artillery, & Waggons, over to Coopers Ferry. The Intelligence comes so many different ways, & so well authenticated, that it does not admit of a doubt. I shall instantly write to Govr Livingston, respecting a general summons for our Militia2—but perhaps, he may not yet be convinced, of the Enemy's Intentions, I am very apprehensive, they will be greatly advanced in their rout, before any considerable force can be collected, to oppose them. I have the honor to be, Your Excellency's most Obdt
Philemon Dickinson
1. The enclosed letter from Brig. Gen. William Maxwell to Dickinson, dated "½ past 7 oclock" on 14 June from Mount Holly, N.J., reads: "If any thing can make a certainty in the Enemys Movement to this side what Capt. Rice has just now informed me I think will make it certain. It says he has it from good authority the Enemy both horse & foot have been crossing all day Cannon Carriages &Ca and that they have set fire to the Vessels on the Stocks It is going to you therefore I will not detain you nor him If you should think the Intiligence good which I have not much reason to doubt please to forward it to His Excellency … N.B. I expect to give you more news by to morrow Morning" (DLC:GW).
2. Dickinson's letter to New Jersey governor William Livingston has not been identified, but see Livingston's reply of 16 June in Prince, Livingston Papers description begins Carl E. Prince et al., eds. The Papers of William Livingston. 5 vols. Trenton and New Brunswick, N.J., 1979–88. description ends , 2:365–66.


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A few close ups of the Atlanta Contemporary Art Centers most recent main gallery exhibit. In addition to paneled comics on paper, Duford showed wall murals and sculpture, also part of the larger comic.
Speaking of paneling, Duford makes some pretty interesting choices in that department - along the lines of what you'd see in most good indie-comics, but with a more unified overall feel. If you're ignoring the images Duford uses, and only seeing the layout of his panels, you can still get a pretty good idea of his comics narrative path. The boxes swell and overwhelm each other on some pages, become rigid boxes within boxes on others, and, very occasionally, a box expands to fill the equivalent of a double page. Still, Duford is relatively rigid in his use of traditional comic panels - you never see an image without a black border around it, and each page of his comic is surrounded by a larger border.
If you don't get a chance to see the exhibit before it closes August 31, you can still check out Daniel Duford's webpage, which has extensive samples of Naked Boy and his other work.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Daniel Duford at The Contemporary
Friday, July 11, 2008
Frisky Friday
Noot d'Noot's album release party tonight. It's a decent album, but nowhere near their live show. Check them out at The Earl tonight, or, if you can't make it, they play a show at Lenny's with Judi Chicago every Friday this summer. And they're playing at Whirlyball with Dark Meat this Saturday.
Here's Fire King, from the new album.
A lot of local bicyclists are getting together to hold a "Courteous Mass" at 6 pm tonight. The mass is an alternative to Atlanta's monthly Critical Mass; it follows a planned route and obeys all traffic laws. The pace should be slow enough for even the most novice cyclist, so try and stop by after work. We're meeting in Woodruff Park downtown, leaving at 6:30, and will be riding a total distance of 12 miles.
If you can't make it to the park in time, we'll probably be riding until around 8:30ish along this route.
Also, there's an interesting discussion about the Mass here.
There are a few promising visual arts exhibitions connected to the National Black Arts Festival opening this weekend. Dave McKenzie will be showing some video work at The Contemporary tonight (through August 30th). I couldn't find any of his videos online, but The Contemporary offers this description:
Dave McKenzie is best known for a performance documented on video in which he walks the streets of Harlem in NYC, wearing a Bill Clinton mask, shaking hands with area residents. Performed after the former President located his offices to the area but rarely was seen there, McKenzie became a surrogate, hiding in public but also being available. As an artist of color, he was clearly toying with the concept of Clinton as "the first Black President."
Using materials including newspapers, cut metal signs, day planners, and basketballs, the artist will present variously interactive objects and events that continue his exploration of daily rituals, time, communication, and identity.
If you're reading this blog, there's a good chance you started salivating when you read the words "exploration of daily rituals."
The opening is from 7 to 9 tonight.
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
A Paradise For Couples Only at Beep Beep Gallery (Preview)
This is freaking me out:
I'm not sure why. But I am tremendously excited about seeing it in person this Saturday.
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Rain On Our Parade
Not so much going on in Atlanta art this week.
There's the cool sculpture exhibit at Youngblood... but that's the only opening over this last week and the coming weekend, right?
Oh, and New Street Gallery's 4th Annual Vinyl show Saturday the 12th:
I'm looking forward to it - a big handful of artists I recognize and like, another even bigger handful I can't wait to see for the first time.
Speaking of vinyl...
I ran into this guy leafing through a box of records outside Star Bar last night, and asked him what was up. He told me that Wax n' Fact's owner tossed a box of records out every few nights. The records all play fine, they just don't happen to be selling.
(This is how the guy selling records in Little Five Point's concrete park finds his merchandise.)
We looked through the records for a bit, and I wished I still had a record player.
And, speaking of music...
Kiki Blood and Shana Robbins are playing the Masquerade Tuesday night. Check it out.
Friday, July 4, 2008
I Use Google News to Track World Beer Prices
All images by Tom Long. Grabbed from his interview on Fecal Face.
With little useful agricultural land, Japan can only produce around 40 percent of the food that its 128 million people consume every year—the lowest among industrialized nations.
That means the country is especially hard hit by fuel costs, which make importing a larger burden than in other developed nations.
In the past year, the cost of instant noodles has risen 17 percent, spaghetti is up 13 percent, and mayonnaise 10 percent. In April, butter practically disappeared from supermarket shelves as surging global grain prices made it impossible for Japan's dairy farmers to import enough feed to increase milk production.
"Japan's Thirst for Beer Quashed By High Price of Imports," National Geographic, June 3 2008
These last two might convince you to find a bigger monitor.


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What Does A Tiffany Diamond Smell Like?
The Legacy
Tiffany & Co has long been one of the foremost jewellers in the world, ever since its founding in 1837 by Charles Lewis Tiffany. The maison strives to produce pieces that are both contemporary and timeless, and these have been worn by tastemakers the world over, from American society mainstays such as the Astors and the Vanderbilts, to silver screen stars such as Audrey Hepburn and Gal Gadot.
The Inspiration
Capturing the brightness of Tiffany's signature gems and the weight of its heritage is no easy task, one that fell to master perfumer Daniela Andrier of Givaudan, the world's leading flavours and fragrance company. She took inspiration from the iris flower, which has played a significant role in Tiffany's history. It was an iris brooch with demantoid garnet blossoms and Montana sapphires that earned Tiffany the grand prize at the Paris Exposition in 1900.
The Process
The iris butter used in the fragrance is harvested only in July and August every year, and is extracted using hydrodistillation to ensure a bright and rich floral note that lasts longer on the skin. The bottle recalls the 82 facets of the famous 128.54-carat yellow Tiffany diamond from 1878. Naturally, the perfume also comes in Tiffany's signature little blue box.
The Scent
The Tiffany Eau de Parfum Intense is a more powerful concoction than the house's original Eau de Parfum. The scent is musky and floral, but warm and sensual. Top notes of mandarin leaf and pink peppercorn add a hint of brightness to the elegant powdery heart notes of iris flower, which are stronger and deeper in this scent than in its predecessor. Base notes of warm amber and sweet vanilla-like benzoin ground the scent as it is worn throughout the day.
(See also: 8 Charmingly Creative Perfume Bottles To Collect)


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The dispatch said that benzoic acid and its salt sodium benzoate as well as sorbic acid and its salt potassium sorbate are preservatives allowed to use in chili sauce with a maximum content of 1,000 milligrams per kilogram of product according to Circular No.27 issued on November 30, 2012 and Circular No.08 issued on May 11, 2015 by the Ministry of Health on instructions for management of food additives.
Accordingly, the office affirmed that the content of benzoic acid or its salt sodium benzoate and sorbic acid or its salt potassium sorbate in Chin-su chili sauce does not exceed 1,000 milligrams per kilogram of product which is in conformity with Vietnamese regulations and safe for consumers.
However, according to the office, food manufacturers must name all the additives they use in their products, including the group names of additives, names of additives or their International Numbering System codes (if available).
The office also said that Japan has not had any regulation on the use of benzoic acid and sorbic acid in chili sauce yet and these additives are not banned from being used in food here because Japan allows the use of benzoic acid and sorbic acid in caviar, margarine, soy sauce and non-alcoholic drinks.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Phong, head of the Vietnam Food Administration, said that the Vietnam's food standards are in no way lower than international ones as the country's food standards were built based on standards of the Codex Alimentarius Commission. Currently, 189 countries, including the US, Japan and China, are applying these standards of Codex.


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Hamilton Civic Choir has delighted national and international audiences with concerts of great choral music performed at the highest musical standards since 1946.
Characterised by a heartfelt belief in the value of Hamilton Civic Choir's mission and vision, and supported by devoted singers and audiences, talented artistic staff and dedicated Committee members, the group's passion for sharing the thrill of live choral music has remained steadfast throughout its long, proud history. And indeed, this Choir enjoys a reputation as one of New Zealand's finest.
Our mission is: "To continue to be Hamilton's premiere classical choir, regularly presenting the world's greatest choral music, at the highest possible standard, to the people of the Waikato and beyond for the mutual enjoyment and enrichment of choir and audience."
We are committed to connecting singers, audiences, and the community through experiences with diverse choral music. And, under the artistic leadership of Timothy Carpenter, the organisation produces a series of concerts each year in the wider Waikato area with concert performances also in Auckland.
Being a fully auditioned choir with approximately 50 singers, we are able to perform works outside the scope of many community-based choirs. In addition to the large choral works of the great composers, usually performed with organ or orchestral accompaniment and the best national and international soloists, the choir's repertoire includes chamber music and other shorter and more modern works.
Hamilton Civic Choir has been chosen several times to sing major choral works with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. We also sang in Carnegie Hall in 2018, as part of DCINY's Dreamweaver concert. This year we look forward to a tour in Melbourne, which will finish with a collaborative concert with Melbourne's CHIME Choir to commemorate ANZAC Day.
If you are interested in helping us along our journey, please see our sponsorship options.
Timothy Carpenter – Musical Director
Timothy has studied conducting with Dr Karen Grylls, Prof Uwe Grodd, Rupert D'Cruze, Christopher Seaman, Tecwyn Evans and has recently gained his Masters of Music in conducting with first class honours from the University of Auckland. He holds a Licentiate of the Royal Schools of Music in Cello with Distinction, a Bachelor of Music from the University of Waikato and an Honours degree in performance organ from the University of Auckland. He has been a member of the New Zealand National Youth Orchestra, the New Zealand Youth Choir and is currently a member of Voices New Zealand.
Timothy has attended conducting master classes overseas and worked with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Western Australian Symphony Orchestra, Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra, Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra and the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. In the past he has conducted the Auckland Youth Orchestra, OPUS Chamber Orchestra, the Trust Waikato Symphony Orchestra and directed the orchestras at St Kentigern Collegiate. Currently, Timothy is Director of Music at St Paul's Collegiate School in Hamilton, is Musical Director of Hamilton Civic Choir, the conductor of Youth Orchestra Waikato and works as Musical Director for Hamilton Operatic Society. He also works as a freelance accompanist, vocal coach, organist and is guest conductor with the Manukau Symphony Orchestra, St Matthew's Chamber Orchestra, the Devonport Chamber Orchestra, Bach Musica NZ and Opera Otago.
Click here to visit Timothy's website.
Francis Cowan: Assistant Musical Director
Francis Cowan studied piano with Ruby Campbell and then Judith Clark at Victoria University. Following completion of his degree in Piano Performance he trained at Wellington Teachers College where he continued to focus on music including training a demonstration choir of pupils from Karori Normal School. He also studied singing with Rosemary Quinn and taught piano privately.
Francis was appointed Director of Music at St Mark's Church School in 1989. At St Mark's he focused on developing the music programme into a fun and positive outlet for creativity in the academic tradition of the school's curriculum. The Festival Choir grew to over one hundred pupils while the Choral Scholars continued to provide music for the Sunday services at St Mark's Parish Church. While in Wellington Francis gained experience as accompanist for the Russian Ballet School, and for singers and instrumentalists.
He accompanied local choirs in such works as Britten's St Nicolas Cantata, Mendelssohn's Elijah, and the Berlioz Requiem. Francis was also on the committee of the Royal School of Church Music and tutored at the Annual May Residential Choir School. He founded the Capital Boy's Choir. In 1993 they toured New South Wales gaining a standing ovation from an audience of over 1500 at St Mary's Cathedral in Sydney.
In 1994 Francis moved to Hamilton inspired by the respected tradition of music at Southwell School. At Southwell he trained the Boys' Choir to international standards and devoted himself to achieving the highest possible level in all aspects of the annual Opera. This included designing and painting the sets and overseeing the artistic direction. Francis was invited to become the accompanist for the Hamilton Civic Choir in 1994 and has accompanied for competitions, exams and recitals on a regular basis. Highlights have included accompanying Dame Malvina Major, Tenors Richard Greagor, David Hamilton and Ben Makisi, Opera Waikato's Carmen (piano duo with Claire Caldwell) and coaching singers at the New Zealand Opera School in Wanganui.
In 2009 Francis was appointed Director of Music at St Paul's Collegiate School expanding his teaching experience into senior Cambridge and NCEA classes. At St Paul's Francis has promoted the standard of the Annual Musical and conducted outstanding seasons of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Sweeney Todd, Damn Yankees and Les Miserables. The choir has grown to 38 students and has toured Hawaii and performed in public to high acclaim.
Francis continues to teach at St Paul's Collegiate School part time as Director of Vocal Performance. This includes musical direction of the St Paul's Collegiate Choir and the annual musical production. He also retains the position of assistant Conductor of the Hamilton Civic Choir along with a busy schedule of piano accompaniment for the University of Waikato Conservatorium of Music.
Hamilton Civic Choir is pleased to have Dean Williams as patron.


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The good news is that people are living longer. The bad news is that our health and social care systems, designed for different times, are not coping well. The worse news is that the mismatch has been exacerbated by aggressive austerity measures by this now fading coalition government.
We've all seen the stories about huge pressures on Accident and Emergency departments where people have to wait longer to see a medic or be admitted to hospital.
This is often blamed on so-called bedblockers, a term that implies that the often elderly people in hospital beds are behaving selfishly.
But the problem is that they have nowhere else to go, either because they have no family to take on the burden or because social care, provided by increasingly under-funded councils, has failed them.
The respected Age UK organisation has issued a damning report which outlines the crisis in social care. Their overall finding is that there is rising demand for social care but national spending on such services for older people has fallen by £1.1bn or about 14% since this government came to office.
Ten years ago, 15% of elderly people received social care but this has been steadily dropping and is now under a tenth. Yet the number of over 65s has increased by 16% in that time. Age UK also reckons that there are nearly a million pensioners with unmet needs.
The report digs deeper into the numbers, showing, for instance, catastrophic cuts in day care places, meals on wheels, and home adaptions. It finds that a third of all pensioners find it difficult to look after themselves - getting out of bed, washing themselves, going to the toilet, getting dressed, taking their pills, or cooking. Such support should always be delivered with respect and dignity.
Age UK describes a care system in calamitous and quite rapid decline. And it will get worse because in 15 years time a quarter of pensioners will be childless and the safety valve of family support will not be available for them.
An Institute for Public Policy Research report estimates that this voluntary care system, which saves billions, will start to unravel in two years because there will be more pensioners in dire straits than adult children able to lend a hand. As a care worker in the 1990s, I know that helping people keep clean, warm and well-fed may be a less than glamorous task but one that is crucial to making the most of their longer lives. It also saves huge amounts of money in allowing people to stay in their homes rather than hospitals.
We should focus on the human costs of these failures but also put real effort into integrating social care and health services. There will be a start-up cost but there should also be greater savings in the longer term as well as increased well-being and economic activity.
The need to integrate health and social care is becoming vital to help keep health costs down and to match increasing life expectancy, as well as repaying the huge debt we owe to elderly people who have built our economy.
Of course, new health and social care means new economics too. I have argued for public investment, which is easier now that interest rates have hit rock bottom. This could kick start the economy out of faltering growth and generate real job creation and rising incomes, as well as the tax revenues that we can use to resource and reform our public services.
But integrated health and social care of good quality - more than a 15 or even 5 minute visit by an overworked care worker - requires political will and that means that people making their views known. It is why I support the Grey Pride campaign, initiated by Anchor - the largest not-for-profit provider of care and housing for older people - and which urges the appointment of a Minister for Older People. Decent health and social care should be a priority and requires a deep national debate about how we deliver this vital need and, whether, ultimately, we are prepared to fund it properly.
Dave Anderson is the Labour MP for Blaydon


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Finally, handsome hunk Prabhas is getting relieved from the shooting part of magnum opus Baahubali almost after four years. This might be the first time where an Indian actor gave his whole time all these years for a single movie. That explains the dedication levels of Prabhas. After Baahubali, Prabhas will soon move on to his next project with director Sujeeth.
Apparently, Sujeeth is now searching for a lead actress who will suit Prabhas. Initially, Parineeti Chopra was considered but it didn't get materialized. Now, makers are planning to bring a fresh face. The film is being made on a budget of 150 crores and will be shot extensively in Dubai. B-Town actor Neil Nitin Mukesh is playing the villain role and Shankar Ehsaan Loy will be scoring the music for this action flick.


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Robert Browning's Bishop Blougram's Apology makes reference to Schelling, Fichte, and D. F. Stauss.
Delmore Schwartz was one of the most philosophical poets of the 20th Century. Among his poems that name philosophers are 'In the Naked Bed, In Plato's Cave', 'Socrates Ghost Must Haunt Me Now', and 'For The One Who Would Not Take His Life In His Hands' (which mentions Socrates and 'knock-kneed Hegel'). Here are more of Schwartz's poems.
Schwartz's best philosophical poem is 'The Heavy Bear Who Goes With Me', which, while its epigraph quotes Alfred North Whitehead, has no proper names in the poem itself. Here's an excerpt, in which the heavy bear (the poet's body)
Last September, I mentioned Edgar Lee Masters' poem 'Imanuel Ehrenhardt', which mentions Sir William Hamilton, Dugald Stewart, Locke, Descartes, Fichte, Schelling, Kant, and Schopenhauer in its first five lines, after which Masters sets aside these philosophers in favour of John Muir.Moves where I move, distorting my gesture,A caricature, a swollen shadow,
In search of 'scientism' in 19th-Century periodicals, I happened upon a dismissive poem about John Stuart Mill. It was said to have been originally published anonymously in Blackwood's Magazine but I can't locate it in that source. Here's the poem as re-produced in the American Presbyterian Review (1871, pgs. 613-614):
His system by some very shallow is reckoned;
Three facts, or three fancies, fill up his cast;
Sensation comes first, Recollection is second,
And then Expectation, the third and the last.
We feel something present
That's painful or pleasant —
We repeat or recall it by memory's skill;
What happened before,
We look for once more —
And that's the whole Soul of the great Stuart Mill.
At a glimpse of things real we never arrive,
Nor at any fixed truth that we try to explore;
In some different world two and two may make five,
Though appearances here seem to say they make four.
Our mental formation
Has small operation;
The mind, if we have one, is passive and still.
We are ruled by our senses
Through all our three tenses —
Past, present and future, says great Stuart Mill.
What we never have witnessed, we can not conceive;
What we can not conceive must a nullity be;
In a God or a Devil can any believe,
When the one or the other they don't feel or see?
A future existence
Had best kept its distance
Till there's ocular proof that the thing" s a true bill.
Any childish emotion
Of faith and devotion
Is fully explained by the great Stuart Mill.
Three different stages of changing opinion
Are traveled by men in this planet of ours;
In the first, Superstition exerts its dominion;
In the next, metaphysical forces and powers.
When these two are passed,
Comes the best and the last —
Comte's positive laws every purpose fulfill;
But about the Great Cause,
That founded those Laws,
There's nothing in Comte, and as little in Mill.
Yet without any God a religion may be,
Which in priesthood and power with its rivals may cope;
Which in dead men and women may Deities see,
And have Comte for its prophet, and Mill for its pope;
But what's called Right and Wrong,
Is just an old song;
Nor tell me of Duty, Good Actions, or Ill;
Being useful or not,
Determines the lot;
So Bentham found out, and so thinks Stuart Mill.
Now, let all men have freedom to speak and to write,
And let others who differ stand up for the truth;
But I think we should pause as to those we invite
To make laws for the land, or to train up our youth.
To the helpless and young,
You do a great wrong,
To give them a teacher, false views to instill;
And I won't by your leave
Pin my faith to the sleeve
Of so godless a guide as the system of Mill.


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Detailed schedule of assessment as follows:
6th Dec - 9th Dec 2016: A2LA auditor performed accreditation reassessment at Testing Laboratory in Can Tho;
12th Dec - 15th Dec 2016: Accreditation reassessment was performed at Testing Laboratory in Ha Noi;
17th Dec - 21th Dec 2016: Accreditation reassessment was performed at Testing Laboratory in Ho Chi Minh City.
Entry briefing at Laboratory in Hanoi.
In the assessments, after the entry briefing, announcement of the scope and agreement of A2LA assessment program with the Company Executives, Director of Testing, Testing Quality Assurance Department and all officers/staff, Mrs. Tessi Gamber assessed the procedures, documents and forms in the quality management system which is being applied by VinaCert's Laboratories in accordance with ISO/IEC 17025.
Tracing document and records at Laboratory in Hanoi
In the accreditation reassessment process, along with tracing the records of sample collection and management process, Mrs. Tessi Gamber also assessed the Chemistry Division and Microbiology Division technicians' demonstrations of tests in sample analysis.
Assessing demonstrations of tests at Laboratory in Ha Noi
Assessing demonstrations of tests at Laboratory in Ho Chi Minh City
Along with the requirements to perform testing methods for food, animal feed and water quality, Mrs. Tessi Gamber also directly interviewed the technicians on the related knowledge like criteria, testing methods, limits of findings, procedure, etc.
Mrs. Tessi Gamber providing useful suggestions for the technicians
During the assessment process for technicians' demonstrations of tests, Mrs. Tessi Gamber always analyzed and explained clearly, as well as provided suggestions for technicians to perform analytical methods properly and ensure accurate and reliable results.
Mrs. Tessi Gamber proving evidence of non-conformances
At the end of the reassessments under the registered scope of Laboratories in Ha Noi and Can Tho, Mrs. Tessi Gamber provided some non-conformances and recommended VinaCert to improve and apply corrective actions.
"Compared with the accreditation assessments and monitoring assessment done previously at the Laboratories in Ha Noi and Can Tho, the technical competence of the technicians and the competence in organizing testing activities and record control/tracing process of VinaCert have been improved significantly, which meets the basic requirements of ISO/IEC 17025: 2005", Mrs. Tessi Gamber commended.
Exit briefing at Laboratory in Ha Noi
Based on the results of the targets accreditation reassessment for the Testing Laboratories in Ha Noi and Can Tho, Mrs. Tessi Gamber has provided the following preliminary conclusions:
27 targets in Chemistry and 28 targets in Microbiology have been reassessed by A2LA for VinaCert's Laboratory in Hanoi.
39 targets in Chemistry and 20 targets Microbiology have been reassessed by A2LA for VinaCert's Laboratory in Can Tho.
It was the first accreditation assessment for VinaCert 's Laboratory in Ho Chi Minh City, and 24 targets in Chemistry and 6 targets in Microbiology have been assessed for accreditation.
Mrs. Tessi Gamber highly appreciates the competence of VinaCert technicians
Along with the completion of accreditation reassessment at Laboratories in Hanoi, Can Tho and the first accreditation assessment for Laboratory in Ho Chi Minh City, VinaCert officially announced the establishment of Laboratory in Ho Chi Minh City on 22nd December 2016.
VinaCert is proud to be the first and only organization of Vietnam which has a Testing Laboratory system in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh city and Can Tho, and is accredited by the American Association of Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA) to be adequately competent in accordance with the international standard ISO/IEC 17025:2005 - General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratory in providing testing services for products quality.
Laboratories must meet the requirements of ISO/IEC 17025 if they want to prove that the laboratories are applying a quality management system, have technical competence and can provide reliable and technically valuable testing results or calibration.
An organization which has achieved the recognition of A2LA will continuously improve the technical competence and laboratories management, ensure the accuracy and reliability of analysis and testing results. At the same time, the accreditation and mutual recognition between laboratories accredited by A2LA in Vietnam and international laboratories is a crucial factor that helps customers reduce the cost of testing and increase business competitiveness.


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Siberian Cranesbill
Geranium wlassovianum
Siberian Cranesbill in fall
(Photo courtesy of NetPS Plant Finder)
Height: 12 inches
Spacing: 15 inches
Hardiness Zone: 2b
Ornamental Features
Siberian Cranesbill has masses of beautiful purple flowers at the ends of the stems from mid summer to early fall, which are most effective when planted in groupings. Its deeply cut lobed palmate leaves are dark green in colour. As an added bonus, the foliage turns a gorgeous brick red in the fall. The fruit is not ornamentally significant.
Landscape Attributes
Siberian Cranesbill is an herbaceous perennial with a mounded form. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other garden plants with less refined foliage.
This is a relatively low maintenance plant, and should only be pruned after flowering to avoid removing any of the current season's flowers. Deer don't particularly care for this plant and will usually leave it alone in favor of tastier treats. It has no significant negative characteristics.
Siberian Cranesbill is recommended for the following landscape applications;
Planting & Growing
Siberian Cranesbill will grow to be about 12 inches tall at maturity, with a spread of 18 inches. When grown in masses or used as a bedding plant, individual plants should be spaced approximately 15 inches apart. Its foliage tends to remain dense right to the ground, not requiring facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 10 years.
This plant does best in full sun to partial shade. It prefers to grow in average to moist conditions, and shouldn't be allowed to dry out. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This species is not originally from North America. It can be propagated by division.
Siberian Cranesbill is a fine choice for the garden, but it is also a good selection for planting in outdoor pots and containers. It is often used as a 'filler' in the 'spiller-thriller-filler' container combination, providing a mass of flowers against which the thriller plants stand out. Note that when growing plants in outdoor containers and baskets, they may require more frequent waterings than they would in the yard or garden.
Disclaimer - This Plant Database is an online catalog representing many of the varieties that we carry over the course of the season, and is intended for informational purposes only. Inventory varies seasonally, so we cannot guarantee that every plant will be in stock at all times - please contact your favourite GardenWorks location directly for current availability. It does not include our entire inventory of plants, so be sure to visit GardenWorks to see varieties that may not be represented on this list.


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Touch a horseshoe crab, drive a remotely operated vehicle and map the ocean floor at the University of New Hampshire's Ocean Discovery Day! Ocean Discovery Day provides visitors with an opportunity to explore the wonders of the ocean through interactive exhibits and demonstrations. Visitors can make a fish print, band a lobster and see the plankton that form the base of the food chain in New Hampshire's Great Bay. Watch a scuba diving demonstration to learn how UNH scientists conduct research below the waves, and learn about marine snow and tern restoration at the Isles of Shoals.
Student Day
Our Student Day is designed for educators and organizations to visit with students. They'll get their hands wet exploring and learning about our marine ecosystems at this interactive event.
Public Open House
Join us at the Chase Ocean Engineering Laboratory on the UNH Durham campus for the Ocean Discovery Day Public Open House, featuring family friendly activities, demonstrations and tours.
Faculty, students, staff and partners have the opportunity to promote efforts in the area of marine science, STEM education, marine history and more.
Ocean Discovery Day would not happen without the hundreds of individuals who volunteer their time in a large range of activities from greeting guests to working along side of our researchers. Volunteer registration will open in summer 2020.
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Ocean Discovery Day is a collaborated effort between The Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, The Center for Ocean Engineering, New Hampshire Sea Grant, UNH Marine Docents, and The School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering, along with students and faculty from the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture and the College of Engineering and Physical Sciences.


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Playing Nice With Others — Improvised scene workshop with Awkwardly QuietThis workshop aims to help develop the players' awareness of self, co-players and the scene as a whole. How do I playfully find the next and most helpful choice to move the scene forward? When do I talk? When do I not? How? And why? Through the participants exploration of improvised scenes we will ask these questions, and many more.
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GHT Oasis Park & Spa is one of the best family hotels to spend the summer holidays in Lloret de Mar. The hotel is only 6 minutes walk from the beach, it has a children's pool with water games and swimming pools for adults.
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The Raven H is a portable speaker with built-in AI that came from a collaboration between Baidu, a Chinese multinational technology company, and Teenage Engineering, a Sweden based tech house. What sets apart the Raven H from its competitors is its visual style. The speaker boasts a color design with a detachable top panel that has a LED array to display simple status information. You can attach your top panel to a friend's Raven H and use the device as if it were your own.
The AI within the device is capable of interacting with services like Baidu Music and iQiyi. Not only that, but it can also be used to control your smart TV after being connected. The device only supports Chinese voice input as for now, though it is possible that English support could come later.
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Japanese people are enigmatic, and so are their earthquakes. Seismologists all around the world are endeavouring to understand the characteristics of earthquake activity in the Japanese archipelago, but it is not a simple task. Deciphering the regional pattern of seismicity is just as great a challenge to the scientific community as the underwriting of Japanese earthquake risk is a challenge to insurers.
The earth's complex pattern of seismicity emerges as a consequence of the confluence of four of the major tectonic plates that cover the globe. Japan sits uncomfortably astride one of the most significant cross-roads of the earthquake world. Apart from the major offshore sources of seismicity, the Nankai and Sagami Troughs, there are clusters of major on-land faults, many of which are capable of generating destructive earthquakes.
In the past, a massive resource invested in seismic monitoring, alongside the most technically sophisticated and lavish efforts at earthquake prediction, have given Japanese seismologists an air of self-confidence in their internal capability to deal with the earthquake threat. But in assessing this insidious peril, a seismologist has to be as vigilant and as far-sighted as a military commander, and should be prepared for the unexpected.
When the Japanese army crossed the Johor strait from Malaya to Singapore during the Second World War, the British guns were facing out to sea, in entirely the wrong direction. The bearing of attack came as a complete surprise, and the city was soon surrendered. A similar tale can be told of the devastating earthquake which struck central Japan just before dawn on 17 January 1995. It killed more than 5,000 people. The Japanese were astonished that the ruptured fault managed to reach as far as downtown Kobe.
How could this have happened? Japanese scientists naturally knew of the potential for fault rupture, but had not reckoned on a rupture crossing from the nearby neighbouring island, where it began. Needless to say, had the fault behaved as they had anticipated, the earthquake loss would have been minor. Instead it was catastrophic. But the fact that a large, damaging earthquake had occurred in the region four centuries earlier, in 1596, only raised more awkward questions about the apparent lack of Japanese seismological preparedness. As is evident with faults which exhibit new rupture behaviour, preparedness involves a degree of lateral thinking. It is the only way to contemplate sequences of events which may have no historical precedent.
Bad though an earthquake disaster might be, it is not terribly difficult to conceive of ways in which the losses might have been worse. In the 1995 Kobe earthquake, the office of the water authority was badly damaged. At the early hour that the earthquake occurred, the office was, fortunately, unoccupied, but had the earthquake occurred during regular office hours, casualties among key water officials might well have resulted. That would have set back seriously the restoration of the city's water supplies. Insurers, as well as Japanese citizens, may be relieved to know that action to minimise such potential threats is a task that civic authorities are addressing, through integrated disaster risk management programmes.
1995 was a particularly disastrous year for Japan, but 2000 was also punctuated by significant natural hazard events. There were the eruptions of Mount Usu in Hokkaido, northern Japan, and on the island of Miyake, quite a long way offshore from Tokyo. Fortunately losses from these eruptions were slight, although 4,000 inhabitants of Miyake were forcibly evacuated to Tokyo. More tragically, ten people died and 500 buildings were damaged by flooding in the Tokai district, arising from a September typhoon which generated rainfall in excess of the design capacity.
This event has been a turning point in Japanese disaster management, in so far as flood management is now recognised as requiring regional coordination, and the designation of areas at flood risk is now mandatory. A month after the September flood came the earthquake in the Tottori prefecture, which injured several hundred and damaged 20,000 buildings. The earthquake threat to Japan has been further kept vivid in the public consciousness by an earthquake on 24 March 2001, which caused some fatalities, as well as damage to 40,000 buildings in the Hiroshima, Yamaguchi and Ehime prefectures.
Damaging though these two recent earthquakes were, the prefectures that earthquake insurers are most concerned about are those in the Tokyo metropolitan area. But is Tokyo prepared? Ever since 1992, Tokyo has been on red-alert for a major earthquake. Several decades ago, the Japanese professor Hiroshi Kawasumi heightened earthquake awareness by suggesting an approximate 69-year rule-of-thumb for damaging earthquakes in the Tokyo area, based on a cursory historical survey going back to the era when Tokyo was called Edo. These past events varied in epicentre and magnitude, and their recurrence today would result in quite a wide range of potential economic losses. Thus the 1855 Edo earthquake, if it were to happen now, is estimated by RMS to cause a loss of about 20% of that of the 1923 great Kanto earthquake.
Sixty-nine years on from the great Tokyo earthquake of 1923 was the year 1992, which, fortunately, was not the ominous year it might have been had Kawasumi's rule been cyclically precise. And while few seismological phenomena are really rhythmic, because earthquake processes are dynamically chaotic, time never stops ticking in the build-up of seismic strain.
Fire, of course, was the great curse of the Kanto earthquake of 1923. The flames may have been fanned by typhoon winds, but part of the fire tragedy was man-made. As far back as the 18th century, a fire protection buffer zone had been created in the old city of Edo. However, this fire break was conveniently, if recklessly, built over during the later urban development of Tokyo. Furthermore, voluntary fire brigades had been effective in limiting fire disasters in Edo. They were a nice example of human self-organisation to deal with common societal risks. Both the effectiveness of fire suppression and the presence of fire breaks are key elements of simulation models of fire loss following an earthquake.
Fire prevention cannot be separated from urban planning, and integrated urban disaster risk management is becoming a watchword in Japan, with an institute in Kyoto focusing on strategies for improvement. Not just civic authorities, but corporations too are appreciating the need to address the issue of disaster risk management, and especially to protect the critical nerve centres of their businesses. Efforts to mitigate consequential business interruption are being made, through decentralization of offices and industrial facilities away from the most vulnerable parts of metropolitan Tokyo.
Notwithstanding the increasing local efforts at earthquake loss reduction around Tokyo, large Japanese insurers are prudent in attempting to diversify their book of business away from excess concentration on Tokyo earthquake risk. One efficient way of achieving this objective is to swap Japanese earthquake risk with Californian earthquake risk. In the jargon of the theory of competitive games, this is a 'win-win' strategy, because both parties to the swap gain a benefit, even though they may otherwise be business competitors. Tokio Marine and Fire Insurance Company has recently swapped $150m of Japanese earthquake risk with Californian earthquake risk held by Swiss Re. Transactions such as this can be engineered so that the risk characteristics of the swap will be similar to both parties. But, inevitably, the surprise element of earthquake risk will affect the loss volatility.
The Kobe earthquake surprised the Japanese in various ways, but it is not unusual for earthquakes to pack a few bombshells; the Northridge, California, earthquake, which occurred exactly one year before the Kobe quake, caused several. Post-earthquake surveys in California and elsewhere have been conducted for the very purpose of learning from earthquakes' unwelcome surprises. At Northridge, the fault which ruptured was not mapped as active by the US Geological Survey. The pattern of ground shaking showed notable directional variations, which were not anticipated. The failure of steel welds resulted in much more damage to steel-framed buildings than structural engineers had envisaged.
Many Tokyo citizens may have little option over their earthquake exposure, but a risk-averse Tokyo resident of reasonable financial means would choose to live in an apartment of recent construction. With improvements to the Japanese building code, the vulnerability to earthquake shaking deteriorates notably with age of construction.
Is a well-to-do Tokyo resident living in a modern apartment safer than his counterpart in Los Angeles? After all, an earthquake in Tokyo might occur while a resident is working in an old office, walking in a narrow, fire-prone street, or travelling in a crowded train. But then the nightmare scenario for catastrophe insurers is a rupture of the Newport-Inglewood fault, which cuts right through the Los Angeles area. Which is more volatile, the estimate of the property/casualty loss in Tokyo or Los Angeles? The answer to this question may eventually be reduced to fine issues such as fire susceptibility. The spacious boulevards of Los Angeles have no parallel in modern Tokyo, although, centuries earlier, the wise authorities in Edo planned broadways for their value in fire mitigation.
The surprise element in earthquake loss is one of the elusive factors of earthquake underwriting that insurers would do well to appreciate, even if it is not reflected explicitly in premium rates. A surprise can arise from some hitherto unknown or poorly understood seismological phenomena, or from an exceptional sequence of contingent events, but underwriters inclined to a jaundiced view of current premium rates can always take comfort from knowing that surprises over earthquake loss occurrence need not necessarily be negative. New initiatives by Japanese authorities in disaster risk management may prove to be successful in mitigating future losses. Reinsurance underwriters should wish them luck.


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