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Black Shark 2 Review – Affordable Gaming Smartphone With Astounding Performance
Smartphones are nowadays more than just a flagship, earlier people use to look for a good camera or a premium design but now the generation is changing and users are also looking for better performance high-end processors and better RAM. The interest in gaming has geared up in India and users are more inclined towards the smartphones which come with better gaming experience. Keeping all the aspects in mind Black Shark has come up with its first gaming smartphone in the country which is known as Black Shark 2.
Here at Gizbot, I have received the device to play around with it. Obviously, it's a gaming phone! What else you want me to do with it. So here is the unbiased comprehensive review of the gaming smartphone which you should consider before buying one for yourself.
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The very first thing you will get in the box is the Black Shark 2 so I will kick off with the design and build factor of the gaming smartphone. Justifying its price range smartphone comes with a premium look with the combination of glass and metal on the rear panel. The design of the rear panel will leave you amazed, it comes with a complicated gaming phone look accompanied by a green line on the edges. The company has managed to give an aggressive look to the edges which makes it very much premium in looks.
The smartphone feels also premium and the weight of the phone is perfect enough which will reduce the stress on your hands while playing gaming for long hours.
The rear panel comes with a Black Shark RGB LED branding at the back which you can customise from the setting option. Apart from that, the dual rear cameras are situated on the top right corner of the smartphone along with an LED flash. The rear panel design is clean but the only issue is that you have to clear it again and again because of its fingerprint magnet design.
On the right the Black Shark 2 houses a dedicated gaming trigger which will take you to the Shark Space. Underneath that, you have the power button to boot up the device. On the left, it has a volume rocker keys and at the bottom, it comes with a SIM tray and USB Type-C Port. Yes, the smartphone lacks the 3.5mm audio jack but don't worry the retail box includes a Type-C to the 3.5mm adopter. Also, there is two LED strip which blinks while gaming and charging the smartphone. Please note that the device doesn't come with an IP rating.
Bright and Clear Display
The Black Shark 2 sports a 6.4-inch AMOLED display with an HD+ resolution of 1080 x 2340 pixels which adds charm to your gaming experience. The display carries a 19.5:9 aspect ratio and a fingerprint sensor that embedded within the screen.
During my use, I have not to face the lack of display brightness while normal usage or gaming. I must say that the brightness of the screen is very impressive and I have a witness refresh rate of up to 30fps (frame per second). The smartphone touted as the most responsive touchscreen, with a 240Hz touch report rate, and a 43.5ms response time.
Apart from that the smartphone also comes with modes like Cinema mode, an Eye Comfort mode, which increases the warmth of the screen and reduces the blue light. The smartphone also arrives with a Video HDR mode that enhances the standard dynamic range of video content. So with this, you can experience more good quality videos content on your phone.
Camera Performance
The Black Shark 2 sports a dual AI rear camera setup with the combination of 48MP primary sensor and 12MP 2x telephoto sensor along with an LED flash. The camera app comes with a ton of modes like Pro, Panorama, Portrait, Photo, Video, Short Video, and Slomotion. However, the Timelapse mode is missing in the app.
Apart from that, you will also get a wide range of filter which you can use while clicking pictures. You can check the camera samples at the bottom of this article.
Up front, the smartphone houses a 20MP sensor, f/2.0 aperture which is capable enough of producing amazing selfies with perfect saturation. The AI featured camera took some time to adjust and focus to give a better result which is good at some point but not at some. For example, you are capturing a fast moving object then you won't be able to focus it very fast.
During my use, I have tried clicking fast moving objects but was not that impressed with the sensors, but when it comes to portrait mode and colourful photography then the camera performance was outstanding.
However, it's a gaming smartphone and a gamer will not give that much importance to the camera. So let's talk about gaming performance.
Super-Fluid Gaming Performance
The Black Shark 2 which is specifically made for the word gaming has a lot to do with it. The smartphone comes with a dedicated gaming space which is known as Shark Space. You can trigger the gaming space directly from a dedicated key.
The moment you hit that key you are in the gaming space which will have all the installed games showcased in a panel. All you have to do is to swipe and tap the game which you want to play.
Apart from all this space will also give the liberty of making game settings directly from the panel. So you need not have to go to each game and change the saturation and sharpness settings. The Shark Space will also restrict all the incoming calls and notification to interrupt your gaming experience.
You can also clear the RAM and keep an eye on CPU performance, Frame rate, Battery temperature and CPU consumption directly from the gaming panel. I have played games like PUBG Mobile, FIFA Mobile, Modern Strike, Modern Combat 5 Blackout on the Black Shark 2.
After the wholesome experience of gaming on this phone, I must say that this one of the best gaming smartphones which I have used so far. There is a time when I sit for around 2 hours and play games on this phone like anything thanks to the ultra-smooth performance I have never faced any lags or unwanted shutdown of the game while playing.
The Black Shark 2 is powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 855 SoC, by 6GB / 12GB of RAM with 128GB/ 256GB storage. But this is not just a normal SD 855 the company has unlocked features which have helped them to make it smooth while gaming.
When it comes to cooling the I must say that the Black Shark is blessed with Direct Touch Liquid Cooling 3.0 which is an oversized cooling plat across all major components in multiple layers. The liquid cooling pads helps in keeping the temperature down. However, don't expect too much because for more than 2 hours any phone will heat.
Battery Performance
The Black Shark 2 comes with a massive 4,000mAh non-removable battery which will ensure your long lasting gaming experience. The smartphone delivers two hours of gaming, 4 hours of video and 8 hours of browsing in just 15 per cent of battery status.
The battery performance was literally insane, during my use I have hardly charged the phone very often. Even while playing the game for the house the battery discharge rate was very less. What else a gamer wants in his/her phone. The company also claims to have optimized the battery in a way that it drains at a slower pace and I have to agree with the claim.
The gaming smartphone does miss out on wireless charging but I don't think so it would be needed. The smartphone gets 0-75 per cent charge in just half an hour with the stock charger.
My Thoughts On Black Shark 2
I have used the gaming smartphone for more than two weeks as my primary smartphone. So I have invested a good amount of time with this smartphone. After using it for so long I have noticed that this is a complete package for a gaming audience as well as for a normal audience which is searching a good phone in this price range.
Altogether I must say that the USP of Black Shark 2 is its top-of-the-line spec sheet at a really aggressive price. The company is offering an excellent performance device which will not miss a single chance to impress you. Black Shark 2 is an affordable gaming smartphone that gives you the best of both worlds.
During my use, I have not faced a single issue with the performance of the device to face any lag while using it. With my personal experience with the smartphone, I must say that this is a highly recommendable gaming smartphone and it is best in all categories.
The Black Shark is now available for sale in India starting at Rs 39,999 in Shadow Black and Frozen Silver color variant.
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I Introduction
There is widespread consensus that schools have the potential to strongly influence the health of children and youth (Shain, Johnston, Dalton and Gauvin-Fleurant, 1998; Steinhauer, 1996; Burgher, Rasmussen and Rivett, 1999; Anderson, Kalnins, Raphael and McCall, 1999). With increasing concerns about fitness, obesity, diabetes, emotional health, violence and risk behaviours in young people, the health promoting school movement provides a timely framework for health promotion action. This article will build on OHPE 96.1, by Barbara Ronson, which provided an overview of the Health Promoting School and Comprehensive School Health models (see 96.1 at http://www.ohpe.ca/ebulletin/ViewFeatures.cfm?ISSUE_ID=96&startrow=181 and the references at the end of this article for details about the models). It will give an update of activities that have since occurred in Ontario and explain the evolution and actions of the Ontario Public Health Association (OPHA) Healthy Schools Workgroup / Ontario Healthy Schools Coalition (OHSC).
Comprehensive approaches to school-based health promotion are known under a variety of names (such as Comprehensive School Health, Health Promoting Schools, Coordinated/Comprehensive School Health Program, Quality School Health, Healthy Active or Active Healthy School Communities, School Plus and Healthy Schools), but they always have several common core components: instruction; support services; supportive social environment; healthy physical environment; partnerships; active participation of all partners (particularly students and staff) in decision-making; mechanisms and processes to identify and address health-related issues in an ongoing, sustainable way; and overall promotion of a healthy, active lifestyle.
The issue of health promotion in school settings has increased in importance in Ontario since 1999. While we experienced significant progress with the release of a formal Ontario Health and Physical Education Curriculum in 1998-2000, and a tremendous compilation of curriculum support resources (coordinated through the Ontario Physical and Health Education Association {[OPHEA]), there was a dramatic increase in emphasis on math and literacy testing in the province. This resulted in less of a focus on health and physical education in many schools. Simultaneously, a combination of forces in the public health sector resulted in a reduction of public health nurses and other staff working directly in schools (Falk-Rafael, Fox and Bewick, 2001). In many parts of the province these forces included severe budget limitations and down-sizing; expansion of the understanding of health promotion; a movement in public health away from classroom teaching; a movement away from geographic assignments to topic-specific assignments for chronic disease prevention; and tremendous variation in interpretation of the 1989 and 1997 Public Health Branch Mandatory Health Programs and Services Guidelines (MPSG).
Current research highlights the clustering of risk behaviours in individuals, the significant impact of socio-cultural contexts on behaviours, and how comprehensive environmental "whole school" approaches are more effective than educational approaches alone in affecting health attitudes and behaviours (Scales, 1999; Weare, 2000; RNAO, 2002; Ontario PHRED, 1999; Anderson et al., 1999). There is "overwhelming evidence that pupils learn more effectively in all subjects, if they are happy in their work, believe in themselves, like their teachers and feel school is supporting them" (Weare, 2000, p. 5). Weare identifies the four elements crucial to effective schools: supportive relationships, a high degree of participation by staff and pupils, the encouragement of autonomy in staff and pupils and clarity about rules, boundaries and expectations (p. 40). She emphasizes the need to integrate the frameworks and principles of health promotion with those of education (p. 41). Symons, Cinelli, James and Groff (1997) state, "Further evidence suggests that exercise is associated with improved academic outcomes, maintenance of positive interpersonal relationships and reduced incidence of depression, anxiety and fatigue" (p. 224). Healthy students learn better and education level affects lifelong health. Many believe it is time to re-commit to schools as important settings for health promotion and to seriously examine how education, public health and other sectors can optimally contribute to the creation of healthy schools.
II. OPHA Healthy Schools Workgroup / Ontario Healthy Schools Coalition
The OPHA Healthy Schools Workgroup was formed as a result of interest expressed at the 1999 AGM in having OPHA explore the issue of comprehensive approaches to school-based health promotion. The workgroup began meeting in March 2000 with eight core members and twenty more who participated via email. The workgroup built on the tremendous groundwork that had already been done by the Community Health Nurses Initiatives Group of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario and, subsequently, resolutions were passed at the October 2000 OPHA and CPHA AGM's. These resolutions primarily addressed
* raising awareness within the government and public of the need for comprehensive approaches to school-based health promotion,
* advocating for inter-ministerial policies and funding, and
* inclusion of the concept in the Ontario MPSG, which are currently under revision.
In December 2000, the OPHA Healthy Schools Workgroup merged with the University of Toronto Centre for Health Promotion School Health Interest Group and the Coalition of Ontario Agencies for School Health to form the Ontario Healthy Schools Coalition (OHSC).
The OHSC is an Ontario-wide, broad-based coalition, with members from health units, school boards, hospitals, mental health agencies, universities, health-related organizations, education-related organizations, parents and students. Our vision is that every child and young person in Ontario will have the opportunity to be educated in a "healthy school." A 'healthy school' promotes the physical, mental, social and spiritual health of the whole school community and constantly strengthens its capacity as a healthy setting for living, learning and working. The World Health Organization is spearheading a Global School Health Initiative and many countries have embraced these comprehensive approaches, including 41 European countries, Australia, the United States, and Canada. In Canada, the Canadian Association for School Health and Health Canada are successfully championing this cause in many provinces. The OHSC members feel it is essential that Ontario take steps to make this vision a reality in our province. In partnership with key stakeholders, who have an interest in the health and learning of the children and youth of Ontario, the OHSC will endeavour to
* raise awareness of the benefits of and need for "healthy schools";
* influence policy development and the provision of adequate public funding to guide the implementation of a "healthy schools" approach; and
* provide a forum to share new and ongoing initiatives across health, education and related sectors.
The OHSC now has an email distribution network of approximately 162 people, 45 of who are active members. An average of 18 people have been attending regular monthly meetings, approximately half by teleconference. The meetings serve as a sounding board for presenting and learning about projects and research related to school health across the province. We hear ongoing reports about many initiative, including
* a cross-national study on school health promotion by OISE/UT;
* the combined work of school boards and health departments in innovative regions such as Hastings-Prince Edward County, Durham Region, and many others;
* a school culture research project by the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (DeWit et al., 2002);
* research in schools on healthy body image by the Hospital for Sick Children;
* the work of OPHEA, including its Active Schools Program and School Community Action Partnerships;
* the work of the Canadian Association for School Health (for which the OHSC serves as the Ontario chapter);
* nutrition programs in schools developed by the Milk Marketing Board;
* injury prevention research in schools by St. Michael's Hospital and Think First Foundation;
* an innovative "Friendship class" program developed by George Hull Centre for Children and Families and Toronto District School Board;
* a "Newmarket Youth Health and Active Living" project; and
* publications about school health in academic journals by our members.
The activities undertaken by the OHSC since its inception in 2000 include
* the submission of briefing notes to government task forces and committees (Interministerial Health and Education Committee, Task Force on Effective Schools, Education Equality Task Force reviewing the Education Funding Formula);
* presentations at conferences (OPHEA, OPHA);
* participation in forums/roundtables (Ontario Teachers Federation "Realizing the Promise of Public Education", National Children's Alliance "Developing a Public Policy Agenda for Children Ages 6 to12");
* the development of terms of reference, a three year plan that includes establishment of a coordinating centre and inservices across Ontario and funding proposals;
* developing and delivering, to leaders in health and education in all three political parties, a presentation explaining the concepts of Comprehensive School Health/Health Promoting Schools, the vision of our coalition and recommendations for action;
* exploration into the development of a "Healthy Schools Ontario" logo; and
* early stage development of a brochure to support continued advocacy.
This year the OHSC drafted and submitted to three political parties a succinct Healthy Schools Ontario proposal that identified the key pieces that need to be put in place in Ontario to enhance schools as health-promoting settings. These were grounded in the experience of the European Network of Health Promoting Schools and the realities of Ontario. The nine key pieces are
* an overarching policy statement;
* a coordinating office;
* coordinating staff in every school board;
* a school profile tool;
* a Healthy School team/committee and coordinator in every school;
* adequate public health staff;
* adequate access to social and other services;
* full implementation of the Health and Physical Education curriculum; and
* full implementation of the Comprehensive School Guidance Program "Choices Into Action."
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III Conclusion
This next year -- an election year -- will be an important one for Ontario. Ontario was the birthplace of the "Ottawa Charter on Health Promotion," and health promotion in school settings has been widely embraced internationally. Other provinces, states and countries have formalized their inter-ministerial support for Comprehensive School Health/Health Promoting Schools. The research evidence linking the physical, mental, emotional and social health of school settings with academic success continues to mount. The Ontario Healthy Schools Coalition supported by the Ontario Public Health Association in collaboration with the Centre for Health Promotion, University of Toronto, invites representatives from all health units, school boards and other committed organizations to join our efforts to secure commitment in this province, so that every child and young person in Ontario will have the opportunity to be educated in a "healthy school." The Ontario Healthy Schools Coalition also welcomes any suggestions regarding action or possible sources of funding.
IV. References
Anderson, A., Kalnins, I., Raphael, D. and McCall, D. (1999). Partners for health: Schools, communities and young people working together. Toronto: University of Toronto. Retrieved from http://www.cahperd.ca.
Burgher, M. S., Rasmussen, V. B., and Rivett, D. (1999). The European Network of Health Promoting Schools: the alliance of education and health. Copenhagen: WHO Regional Office for Europe. Retrieved September 3, 2002 from http://www.euro.who.int/document/e62361.pdf.
DeWit, D. J. et al. (2002). Sense of school membership: A mediating mechanism linking student perception of school culture with academic and behavioural functioning (Baseline Data Report of the School Culture Project). Toronto: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.
Ontario Public Health Research Education and Development Program (1999). Effectiveness of school-based interventions in reducing adolescent risk behaviour: A systematic review of reviews. Toronto, Ontario: Ministry of Health
Falk-Rafael, A., Fox, J., and Bewick, D. (2001). A survey of nurses in public health: The nature and scope of public health nursing practice in Ontario. International Council of Nurses, 22nd Quadrennial Congress, Copenhagen, Denmark, June 9-15th.
Ontario Ministry of Education. (1999). Choices Into Action: Guidance and Career Education Program Policy for Ontario Elementary and Secondary Schools. Retrieved from http://www.edu.gov.on.ca.
Registered Nurses Association of Ontario. (2002). Enhancing Healthy Adolescent Development. Toronto, Canada: Registered Nurses Association of Ontario.
Ronson, B. (March 19, 1999). The Health Promoting School Movement. OHPE Bulletin 96.1. Retrieved October 10, 2002, from http://www.ohpe.ca/ebulletin/ViewFeatures.cfm?ISSUE_ID=96&startrow=181.
Scales, P. (1999). Reducing risks and building developmental assets: Essential actions for promoting adolescent health. Journal of School Health, 69 (3), 113-119.
Shain, M., Johnston, M., Dalton, T. and Gauvin-Fleurant, A. (1999). Influences on the health of adolescents at school: In search of the modifiable. Issues in Health Promotion Series
HP-10-0107. Toronto: Centre for Health Promotion at the University of Toronto
Steinhauer, P. D. (1996, August). Toward improved developmental outcomes for Ontario children and youth. Ontario Medical Review, 43-50
Symons, C. W., Cinelli, B., James, T. C. and Groff, P. (1997). Bridging student health risks and academic achievement through comprehensive school health programs. Journal of School Health. 67 (6): 220-227
Weare, K. (2000). Promoting mental, emotional and social health: A whole school approach. London: Routledge.


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What, exactly, is wrong with the Democratic Party of Wisconsin?
Last week I posted a piece about how I thought DPW Chair Martha Laning should resign. The feedback both here and on Facebook was predictable, and ran along lines we've heard previously.
It goes like this: the chair doesn't really have much power, the systemic problems the party faces are beyond the chair's control, if we want to really change the party we need to deal with both the systemic problems and the power brokers behind the scenes, etc. But here's what we don't know, and what we haven't been able to find out over the last several years.
If the chair doesn't really have much power, then exactly what does the chair actually do? How does the person in this position spend their day? And how do the 15 other staff currently listed on the DPW website spend their day? With 16, presumably, full time staff people on the job, we currently have 640 hours a week of staff time devoted to advancing the cause of electing democrats across the state.
And if the chair of the DPW and her staff don't really have much power, then who does? Do they have names? Are they at the helm of organizations that run parallel to the DPW? If so, what organizations, and how do the people that staff these organizations spend their day?
I can almost guarantee you that the bulk of the 14,000 members of the DPW statewide couldn't answer these questions, and neither can I, even though I've been asking them since well before Mike Tate left office.
It's time for some answers. It's probably time for a radical restructuring of the entire edifice of both the party and its allied entities, but we won't know what's needed until there's some stark transparency about what's going on now.
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Jeff Simpson says:
Good question I think what they do all day is compliment each other, complain about bloggers, and discuss what their next job is in politics!
And help Hillary Launder money!
Lynne says:
Wouldn't it be fair for the members of the state Democratic Party to request an accounting of what each and every staff member does with their time? If not, why not?
blubing says:
Couldn't agree more. Unless the DPW is asking for a donation or complaining about the republicans they're silent.
GuyFromWI says:
Where do we go from here? I wish I knew. It's not just the DPW…the whole Democratic Party needs to reform nationwide, or it will go where the Whigs have gone.
Duane12 says:
Steve, I appreciate your effort to find a solution to the recent loss either at the leadership level or other areas.
One we must consider as a primary cause is that of Wisconsin's gerrymandering and the slow course of appeal justice.
Laning or even St Jude (patron of lost causes) could not have overcome the rigging of the vote process by the Republican gerrymandering.
Lynne says:
Gerrymandering has zero effect on statewide or nationwide offices such as governor or president…
I believe we have to place major blame on the national Democratic Party for all but ignoring Wisconsin during the campaigns…where was Hillary? where was Obama? They took us for granted and it bit them in the *ss.
The Democratic party desperately needs new blood…not necessarily just younger people, but older folks who have never been a real part of the party other than voting for candidates…we need that mix of ages at every level of the organization…national, state, local.
GuyFromWI says:
Very true. In my area, I saw some very hard working quality Democratic candidates who lost to GOP incumbents, some of whom did literally no campaigning whatsoever. None of the Democrats got more than about 38% of the vote, despite plenty of GOTV activities, advertising, yard signs, doing well in debates, etc. Very uniform results across the board. If that doesn't tell you that gerrymandering works, I guess nothing will.
It's also very telling that some of these losing Democrats still got more votes in their districts than either Hillary or Russ. The top of the ticket was a downward dragger in this election.
Mark E. Bye says:
If this article rings true, it really doesn't matter much does it?
Dohnal says:
Simple, they have forgotten the working people that Tommy, Reagan and Trump get. They listen to the dingbat left and talk bout Climate Control, redistribution, instead of jobs, education and crime.
Steve Carlson says:
I've seen that article posted in multiple places, but what I don't see anywhere is anything about the author. Who in the hell is the Forsetti in the article linked above, titled " Forsetti Justice?" What justice might he be pursuing? It's an exceedingly long winded rant by an anonymous author making claims that cannot be verified at all. We just got done with an election that saw no less a public figure than Stephen Colbert decry the influence that fake news on Facebook might have had on voters. This is worse than fake news, it could well be fake opinion.
Joe Kallas says:
There is a lot wrong with the DPW. The party refuses to change the way they do business and intolerant of any criticism.
There are many things that needed to change when Lanning took over and it appears that she picked up where Mike Tate left off and the majority of Democrats seem to be OK with that even though we continue to loose one election after another.
How in the world did Feingold and Clinton loose Wisconsin? I hear people say they lost because they ran poor campaigns. What role did the DPW play in these races?
Until the DPW cleans up its own house, we will continue to be the minority party of Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Badger Fan says:
DPW staff working this month on State Senate recount in LaCrosse. Takes time and money to fight a recount with main task of finding provisional ballot voters and getting them to clerk's office to vote.
Also working on collecting data to figure out what happened. Voting data, surveys, etc… to collect info before determining how to address loss that had similar outlines in numerous midwest states.
There's no conspiracy here. Small staff working hard to put Democrats in best position possible to win elections.
Doug says:
Much of the power within the DPW rests with the
Administrative Committee. The details are in the
Constitution and bylaws. As I recall they have extensive final authority and delegate it to the chair.
The targeted races in the assembly and the senate
are run by the respective minority leaders through the assembly dems campaign committee and the
Senate dems campaign committee. Clinton and Feingold ran their own campaigns. That leaves the
Party chair helping candidates run in races where the candidate would need a miracle to win.
Campaigns should move from
top down control to empowering local volunteers.
Robert Lewis says:
I have read your blog post and it is spot on. So— Martha Lansing and her lemmings have no power, but the Republican Party of Wisconsin does, is that the idea?
It is a ludicrous statement and even worse a ludicrous proposition that someone would head the Democratic Party of Wisconsin only to be humiliated and taken to the woodshed, month after month, year after year and we hear nothing in protest. We hear no words of action. Nothing, but give us donations so we can continue to do nothing.
It is also a preposterous idea that the Martha cannot do her own job description. It is like a surgeon saying he cannot operate or a teacher saying she cannot teach and really saying nothing so we don't even know about it and never hear about it, BUT THE AUDACITY OF TAKING A SALARY AND BALD FACED LYING TO THE PUBLIC OF WISCONSIN IN WHAT THEY ARE DOING ON LINE, WHEN THEY ARE ACTUALLY DOING NOTHING.
Finally, anyone can get out the vote. Anyone. 40,000 Democratic voters in Milwaukee did not vote in November Is Ms. Lansing claiming she could not get off her fat butt and go door to door to get out the vote? Or she could not get volunteers?
You are right. Buck passers. Nebishes. The Democratic Party of Wisconsin is the most neutered State Democratic Party Office in the country. It is embarrassing and what is worse, Ms. Lansing and the rest of those idiots don't even feel bad for taking a paycheck for destroying peoples lives and the democratic party in the state. It is truly disgusting.
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Located in Gruene Texas on the Guadalupe River, New Braunfels.
1259 Gruene Rd. • Phone: 830-624-2300
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Arriving in Texas in the mid 1840s, German farmers became the first settlers of what is now known as Gruene, Texas. Ernst Gruene, a German immigrant, and his bride Antoinette, had reached the newly established city of New Braunfels in 1845, but acreage was scarce. Thus, Ernst and his two sons purchased land along the Guadalupe River, and Ernst built the first home in Gruene in early fachwerk , German Timber Framing house style.
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This posting is a guest entry from the Career Doctor, Randall S. Hansen, PhD: Anonymous writes: If I am 40 years old. Should I leave my high school off my resume and just keep the college and special education? Or should I keep the name of the high school and just leave the year graduated off? Thanks.
The Career Doctor responds: I have a former student — a college graduate — who was valedictorian of her high school. Quite an accomplishment — years ago — but no one cares about it anymore, yet she still clings to it on her resume (partly because her college career was less than stellar). Even in her case, I recommended removing the high school stuff as soon as she was a college student. So, here's the rule. If you made it into college, one can assume that you completed your high-school education in some fashion, so drop it off your resume. Why should you waste precious space on your resume on an accomplishment that is inconsequential to most employers. Note to non-U.S. job-seekers: The norm for curriculum vitaes in many countries outside the U.S. is to list your high school education, but if you're applying for a job in the U.S., leave it off. Why are you clinging to that high school degree? Take it off your resume! But, you also raise an interesting question for all older job-seekers — we baby boomers and older job-seekers. At some point — probably in your 40s — I would remove dates from college degrees as a preemptive strike against the possibility of age discrimination. (Be careful, though, as some employers, and especially recruiters want to see all dates from college on.) While you're a little young to be worrying about age discrimination, others might be interested in our growing section of Job and Career Resources for Mature and Older Workers.


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Head Lifeguard at City of Enid
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It is the policy of the City of Enid to provide equal opportunities to all persons regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, marital status, national origin, political affiliation, veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected status. Drug free.
POSITION: Head Lifeguard/Assistant Pool Manager
DEPARTMENT: Parks & Recreation/Champlin Pool
POSITION DESCRIPTION: Responsible for preventing accidents, rescuing swimmers in danger of drowning, and provide swim test evaluations. Will prepare facility for opening and/or closing. Open pool for daily use by following the pool opening procedures. Will be responsible for operating pool in Pool Managers absence. Monitor pool deck and lifeguard awareness at all times. Will assist in maintenance of pool and facility. Work the Admission and Concession counters. Collect admission fees, make change, stock shelves, and answer telephones. Perform other duties as required.
QUALIFICATIONS: Requires valid Lifeguard Training and CPR certificates. At least 1 year lifeguard experience. Previous experience with pool operations preferred.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Apply online at: www.enid.org
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May 29, 2013
He Said/She Said: TANDEM by Anna Jarzab
Stereotypically, girl books are pink, have a girl on the cover and FILLED with sickeningly sweet romance. Boy books, on the other hand, are darker, have blood dripping or something more creepy on the cover and there are NO girls to be found. But we all know this isn't true, right? There are books that boys AND girls love!!! Teenreads.com's "He Said/She Said" feature aims to highlight a book each month to discuss its guy and girl appeal.


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If eisbein (literally translates to ice leg/bone) or other porky dishes takes your fancy – then Der Keller is the restaurant for you.
This German restaurant goes, according to Dubai standard, a long way back – being one of the oldest restaurants in Dubai. Der Keller used to be located in the old Chicago Beach Hotel before that got demolished to give way to the flashier Jumeirah Beach Hotel. Many old-timers in Dubai were upset when the restaurant disappeared from the map and equally happy when Der Keller re-emerged in Jumeirah Beach Hotel.
The location is perhaps a bit incognito. Take the lift to the first floor and turn right. After passing the hairdresser you'll see the name on the red brick wall above the arch and iron gate.
Walking inside you get a feeling of entering an authentic German restaurant and bar – a bar that offers a special selection of German beers and wines and the restaurant serves traditional German cuisine – pork being the main focus.
What is eisbein?
Eisbein is the German name for a culinary dish involving the pickled ham hock (pork knuckle), usually boiled. In Der Keller they serve it boiled or crispy. It's accompanied by sauerkraut (of course), mashed potato and very strong horseradish.
We have experienced arriving at the restaurant only to find out that they were out of eisbein – not fun when accompanied by hungry men who tend to get a bit grumpy when they don't get what they came for!
If eisbein is what you want – order in advance!
As mentioned in an earlier blog, I'm not a big fan of pork, but that's not really a problem when dining at Der Keller. They do have options. On our last visit I opted for Jägerschnitzel (veal escalope) with a creamy mushroom sauce and a green salad. Very tender and tasty!
There is really no need for starters, or dessert for that matter, as the main course is more than ample for most of us, especially if you can't stop eating the delicious bread put in front of you upon arrival.
Could mention that our waiter was a bit confused and got a few orders mixed up, but with a loud group of eight – that can be forgiven.
All in all a good dining experience where everyone left with the intention of not eating for the next few days!


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Global Learning and Experience Exchange: Conservation Enterprise Posters
At the July 2019 USAID Environment Officers' Conference, USAID's Conservation Enterprise Learning group hosted a Global Learning and Experience Exchange (GLEE). Representatives from 12 USAID-supported conservation enterprise activities presented case studies based on the Conservation Enterprise generalized theory of change.
Author(s): Maria Elena Santana, Ximena Garcia, Emily Waytoti, Alvaro Gaillour, Marioldy Sanchez Santivañez, Annie Wallace, Teresa Robles, Regina Soto, Sofia Mendez, Celly Catharina, Andrea Pavlick, Jason Seuc, Netra, Khuong Tran Chinh, Scott Bartos, Beatrice Wamalwa, Brian Otiende, Ben Wandago, Mikala Lauridsen, Madalitso Kaferawanthu, Bronwyn Llewellyn, Jestina Kimbesa, Karolyn Upham, Shawna Hirsch, Jassiel M'soka, David Arnaldo Mijan, Jeremy Boley, Harry Ngoma, Catherine Lwando-Tembo
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MBP 48. The Price of Heartbreak is Self Awareness - Rick Sharpe
Rick Sharpe is a man on a mission; to raise awareness about emotional struggle and to help others suffering emotionally. Rick wants to demonstrate to others that it is possible to heal from failed relationships and transform your own life in the process.
Rick first became visible when he wrote a book "The Price of HeartBreak", with the intention to help others suffering from intense emotional heartbreak feel they are not alone". The thought-provoking read is a refreshing take on the struggles of human existence from the eyes of a man who has opened his heart to emotional vulnerability and enlightenment.
What is exceptional about Rick is his ability, unlike many men, to express raw emotion vulnerably and authentically. He tells stories from the highs of climbing Kilimanjaro to the lows of a deeper emotional abyss and back again.
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- Paul introduces Rick
- Creating his book
- Rick's family background and having a divorce
- Self-awareness
- Rick's relationship with his daughter
The Middle Bits
What's your #1 tip for a fulfilled life?
- Self-awareness – your thoughts dictate who you are
Whose work inspired you?
What is your word of intention for the next 12 months?
- Growth
Episode Takeaways
- Build self awareness is to self-reflect
- Seek professional assistance
- Get what's in your head out of your head
- Respond rather than react
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The Price of Heartbreak: Healing is mindfully feeling
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Programme at Helsinki Book Fair 2018
Welcome to Lecti Book Studio stand 6m63 and join Sabira's exciting programmes in Swedish on scenes at and the stand.
Welcome to Lecti Book Studio stand 6m63 and join Sabira's exciting programmes in Swedish on scenes at and the stand.
Author Sabira Ståhlberg visited Leipzig Book Fair 15-18 March 2018. Here is a postcard from the fair. Autorin Sabira Stahlberg besuchte die Leipziger Buchmesse vom 15. bis 18. März 2018. Hier ist eine Postkarte von der Messe.
Finland's most multilingual author Sabira Ståhlberg will present her poetry in many languages at the book fair in Leipzig, Germany, 15-18 March 2018.
Finnlands vielsprachigste Autorin Sabira Ståhlberg wird ihre mehrsprachige Poesie bei der Buchmesse in Leipzig 15-18. März 2018 präsentieren.
Welcome to our stand A04:04 and find our programme at Gothenburg Book Fair 28 September – 1 October 2017 in Swedish here.
Sabira participated in several events at the book fair – read in Swedish and English about the events and see photos from the book fair! On Lecti Book Studio's pages you will also find the new books by Sabira.
Helsinki Book Fair programme 2016 is published! Read more about Lecti Book Studio's events on the scenes and at the stand 6n73 here.


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WATCH: Celebrating the Old Fashioned Cocktail at Mootee Bar will never go out of fashion
It's that time of the year again… honouring the father of cocktails, the Old Fashioned. Old Fashioned Week is an annual celebration which is currently in its fourth year and still going strong, with an entire week dedicated to its beauty. Ten days, 1200 bars nationwide and one cocktail makes this a global event for every discerning whisky drinker.
Launched in 2015 by Michael Landart of the Maria Loca Bar in Paris, and Cyrille Hugon of Rhum Fest France/Rumporter, Old Fashioned Week is now an international phenomenon. Old Fashioned Week is an open festival which gives prominence to spirit connoisseurs' favourite cocktail and bartenders' creativity. Whether you are in Tokyo or San Francisco, find the closest bar to your place and celebrate!
The Old Fashioned cocktail may come from 100 years ago, but it's well and truly still in fashion. Boasting serious street cred, it has been named the world's most popular cocktail for the last four years in a row. Mootee Bar, that has been named in this year's top 10 best new cocktail bars in the world by the Spirited Awards, will also honour Old Fashioned Week. Celebrating its history and many variations, Mootee Bar created a special menu for this week-long event.
Inspired by the very essence of Africa, Mootee Bar takes all the juxtapositions of the beautiful continent, shakes it up and takes your senses on a journey from Cape to Cairo. Having opened their doors less than a year ago, Mootee Bar is already receiving critical acclaim and is being recognized on the global stage after recently being named one of the 10 Best New Cocktail Bars in the 2018 Spirit Awards.
Their standard cocktail menu took eight months to develop and, unlike traditional cocktail menus, the recipes are not displayed. Instead, patrons are enticed to explore the twelve cocktails - each inspired by a classic African tale – through a unique visual interpretative technique, and their Old Fashioned cocktail menu commands just as much attention.
This OG cocktail is quite versatile and can be made with just about any spirit – whiskey, brandy, rum and even gin. A firm favourite on Mootee Bar's menu is the Baksteen Fashioned, clay-aged underground in Melville for 30 days. This Old Fashioned includes ingredients such as Woodford Reserve, Monkey Shoulder Blend, Brick Distillate, Sour Fig and Clay Syrup and Earth Bitter. They've created five Old Fashioned cocktails for you to choose from - so be sure to try them all (responsibly, of course)
It's an entire week dedicated to a classic cocktail, kicking off on Thursday, 1 November and running through to Saturday, 10 November. Head over to Mootee Bar and celebrate Old Fashioned Week with friends.
Bookings highly recommended as space is limited. Visit www.mootee.co.za for more information or email [email protected] for reservations.
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Tip 4: Capture Business Intelligence to Support Smarter—And Bolder—Strategies
So far we've given you some sage advice. "Keep investing in growth when times are tough." "Grow your census." "Optimize your payer mix." We'll forgive you at this point if you're saying, "Well, yeah, of course we'd like to do those things. But how?"
These last two survival tips focus on the "how." How do you make the business case for maintaining and investing in strategic programs? How do you start building and managing the highest quality census? Your most valuable starting asset is knowledge.
If you're going to champion a business case that your SNFs should invest in tools and processes for improved sales and capacity management, you're going to need the data to back it up. At a minimum, your SNFs need to produce accurate, timely reporting and analysis of the following:
Referrals and admissions by referring physician
Win/loss analysis and conversion rates
Referral response times and velocity analysis
Referrals volumes and admissions by payer mix
Reasons and sub-reasons for lost business and declined referrals
Payer trends for lost and declined referrals
Marketer/liaison activities and effectiveness
Discharges and reasons for discharge
This information, if reliable, current and comprehensive, tells SNFs what they are doing well—and where they must improve to increase census and manage capacity effectively. Executive managers need this information to keep facilities accountable for performance, and to adapt and improve marketing strategies and admissions processes to meet census objectives.
Our clients, using our Web-based Referral Management System to enter, track and manage all patient referrals, are able to view live reports and dashboards with accurate census and marketing trends and analyses. They translate that knowledge into action, with significant census and revenue performance results:
- Greystone Healthcare Management (27 SNFs) applied knowledge learned from referral source trend and payer mix reports to significantly increase volumes of quality referrals, and improve overall Medicare census by 25 percent.
- Berkshire Health Systems (17 SNFs) has been able to assess reasons for declined and lost referrals, and make adjustments to prevent those opportunities from getting away, focusing on relationships with case managers that need attention and providing high-demand clinical services for patients they previously had to decline. The results: Overall admissions increased by 25 percent (70 new admissions per month), and overall referral volumes increased by 7.4 percent.
- Meadow Green Nursing and Rehab shares monthly reports with referring case managers documenting length of stay and patient outcomes—extremely valuable post-discharge patient information that helps strengthen relationships with case managers from top referral sources. One of the results: Payer trend reports show that Meadow Green has seen a 40 percent increase in highly desired commercial payer rehab patients.
We encourage providers to think about outputs—what executive dashboards, performance and analysis reports, and information are critical to understanding and continuously improving operations and performance. Most often we encounter providers that scramble and struggle to collect this information from individual facilities, frequently in manually compiled reports and spreadsheets of dubious completeness and accuracy. The more completely you can automate and apply the collection and reporting of critical business trends and information, the greater the returns your SNFs will see in improved census, payer mix and revenue.
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About Wilson Fire/Rescue Services
Mission Statement
We are dedicated to life safety by providing emergency services and community risk reduction to serve our community and to assist other agencies.
Vision Statement
We will be the premier Fire/Rescue Service in the Nation
The Commission on Fire Accreditation International, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation formed originally in December, 1996 under a Trust Agreement between the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and the International City/County Management Association (ICMA). Our mission is to promote quality improvement in the fire service through a process of self assessment.
The Commission on Fire Accreditation grants accreditation to fire and emergency service agencies upon the successful completion of an in-depth self assessment, and on-site evaluation. The CFAI self assessment process has been under development for over 15 years and has involved hundreds of fire service professionals.
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Wilson Fire and Rescue Services
Wilson, North Carolina
The Commission on Fire Accreditation International is dedicated to assisting the fire and emergency service agencies throughout the world in achieving excellence through self assessment and accreditation in order to provide continuous quality improvement and the enhancement of service delivery to their communities.
Wilson Fire/Rescue Services, having met in full the requirements of the Commission on Fire Accreditation International, as witnessed by a team of their peers and members of the Commission, is hereby awarded the status of Accredited Agency. In witness whereof this
Accredited Agency Award is issued this twenty-sixth day of July the year two thousand seventeen.
Strategic Plan
The City of Wilson Fire/Rescue Services prides itself on customer service. The quality of service to our customers inside and outside the organization depends to a large extent on how we plan our future.
The City of Wilson Fire/Rescue Services has created a Strategic Plan since accreditation in 2002. Our organization has utilized members from all areas of the department to help establish strategic goals during our budgeting process in the past. This document is a merger of the goals into a single document.
This Strategic Plan should serve as a road map to help guide our future. We have incorporated a review and planning process into our Standard Operating Procedure Manual. The planning team establishes issues and goals that will be incorporated into action plans. Progress will be measured in a variety of ways.
The planning process sets goals and includes general time frames within which to complete them. We will periodically reevaluate the goals and adjust our course, as necessary; along the journey…being flexible is an important part of effective planning.
I would like to thank the planning team and each of the members of WF/RS, who work every day to move us effectively toward the future.
Wilson Fire/Rescue Strategic Plan 2019-2024
Personnel & Leadership
Everyone Contributes – Everyone is Important
The people who make Wilson Fire/Rescue Services work, from personnel to leadership, are of the highest quality. Various people in our organization including staff, emergency operations, training, maintenance, public education, or fire prevention have all dedicated themselves to the life safety of the citizens of Wilson. Every individual has been selected specifically for the role they serve, and have committed themselves to being an important part of the team.
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The Signal Man's Fire
Inspired by "The Signal Man" by Charles Dickens
By Letter Burn
The Signalman looked up from his personal modern computer and glared with contempt and disgust at the ancient technology that ran this cheapskate railroad.
Its tubes whizzed, its dull red LED lights blinked, and an annoying 19th century bell rang. He adjusted it with a good ol' fashion whack. He look at the north mouth of the Clayton Tunnel, home of many wrecks and derailments. Then he went back to writing his memo on technology upgrades. He wanted the railroad to buy the 2Smart4U integrated system. The Signalman fell into a daydream about how he could pompously lord his technical prowess over his coworkers and how he could make them realize that it was such a burden for him to work with such idiot coworkers. He would insist they call him "IT Director" instead of that silly, ancient, legacy name, "Signalman."
Suddenly the Signalman saw staggering out of the tunnel a strange, ghostly white apparition floating a few inches above the tracks. It wore an antiquated coat with tails and an archaic top hat with vertical stripes and a band of stars. He buried his bearded face in the crook of one arm while the other arm swayed and flailed in front of him. Soon other hallucinatory chimera oozed out of the tunnel. They seemed to depict scenes of lobbyists bribing Congressmen. Brobdingnagian money bags spilled open and winged dollar bills flew away. Then suddenly the paramnesia transformed into monstrous leaping flames of smokeless and noiseless fire. Whirling into a gargantuan fire vortex, it rose and dissipated into the sky.
Hours before the appearance of these phantoms, train cars were filled with paper copies of the recently passed and signed "Congressional Bill 1342: Reducing Wildfire Risk. How commercial logging will pay for forest thinning." And then the train pulled away from the publishing warehouse and headed toward the Clayton Tunnel. Simultaneously, at another warehouse, a second train was loaded with appendices to Congressional Bill 1342 and headed to the Clayton Tunnel. These appendices explained that commercial logging wouldn't really pay for reducing wildfire risk. Taxpayers would pay loggers to remove ecologically essential but very profitable old growth and the millions of acres that needed thinning of trees and brush would remain untouched. The Bill sponsors hoped no one would read these appendices. Now both trains, with dozens of freight cars filled with tons of mind-numbing graphs, photos, and monotonous script, bore down on the Clayton Tunnel. Moments after the Signalman witnessed those haunting revenants . . . TRAINWRECK!!!
No one was injured by the wreck but the collision was so forceful that great reams of paper ignited, wafted into atmospheric elevations and ignited a multitude of wildfires. The subsequent investigation concluded that the Signalman wasn't at fault. There had been an anomaly in the ancient monitoring system. The railroad made a tidy profit on their government-subsidized insurance. But it didn't replace the outdated monitoring technology. Instead, they passed the profits on to shareholders.
Some weeks later, the Signalman looked up from his application for a new job on his computer. The dismal device was blinking, buzzing, and blaring again. He looked at the tunnel and gave the machine a whack. Some moments later he saw the tall gaunt phantom again. Top hat, coat tails, beard. This time the apparition seemed to cover his face with his hands, weeping and mourning. Now other ghoulish scenes emanated from the tunnel and floated above the tracks. They seemed to be apparitions of bureaucrats applying for other jobs on the clock while ignoring scant little goblins that looked like people petitioning State and County governments, voicing concerns over corruption and payoffs. They too coagulated into a colossal ghostly conflagration.
Some miles away, two trains at different stations simultaneously filled up with people bound for the state capital. One train was filled with forest contractors and astro-turfers who wanted subsidies from the state for logging to reduce old growth, I mean, reduce wildfire risk. The second train filled up with protesters conducting puppets shows and waving signs proclaiming the shame and fraud of using wildfire risk to ruin wildlands. The two trains simultaneously chugged out of their respective stations and barrelled down the track toward the Clayton Tunnel. Then moments after the Signalman witnessed the ghostly specters . . . TRAINWRECK!!!
Luckily, there were no serious injuries from the collision. Many passenger cars derailed and a few overturned. But when those in each train realized who the other train carried, fistfights commenced. A lighted cigarette rolled from the right side of the tracks and ignited a fire that burned through a nearby housing development. A lithium battery malfunctioned on the tracks' left side and started a fire that burned through critical habitat for salamanders. The investigation of this train collision again blamed old and faulty monitoring equipment.
A few months later, the Signalman looked up from his smartphone where he was web-surfing and texting to a like-minded adherent of the conspiracy of phantoms, sasquatch, and space aliens. The machine buzzed, flickered, and hissed. The Signalman leaped up with his smartphone and dashed toward the tracks, videoing as he ran. Soon the bearded gaunt phantom in top hat and coattails raced by him away from the tunnel. The ghost sprinted as fast as it could. Its legs leapt in sturdy strides. Its boots kicked up eidolonian dust five inches above the tracks. Its arms pumped back and forth. Its striped and starred top hat jostled from its wraithing head. Its eyes wide with fear. Its lungs gasped for air. Suddenly from the tunnel behind the specter, a mass of white ghostly scenes of mayhem and violence burst forth. Hulking aircraft dropped shrouds of ignis fatuus retardant. Shadowy helicopters dropped buckets of slithering water. Hallucinatory bulldozers gouged a miraging landscape.
Hours before, two trains at different warehouses simultaneously filled their freight cars with massive amounts of fire suppression equipment. Simultaneously they barreled down the tracks toward the Clayton Tunnel. Then a few moments after the Signalman saw the running apparition . . . TRAINWRECK!!!
The collusion was so colossal that, though there were no human fatalities, it ignited the worst wildland fire seen in several generations. They found the Signalman unconscious beneath a fire camp bulletin board. Somehow the trainwreck launched the bulletin board into the upper atmosphere and it hurtled down on the poor Signalman. His video of the event was a whirl of white flashes and incoherence. As he breathed restfully beneath, "help wanted" notices flapped around the Signalman's face. The notices requested workers for thin-the-thin and prescribed fire projects. No IT skills needed.


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The Ashes: Third Test, day one in Perth live blog
Follow all the action from the third Ashes Test between Australia and England at the WACA in our live blog.
ENG 2-89 (Root 0, Stoneman 47)The captain Joe Root comes out into the middle. His first job? Stay in until lunch, just a few minutes away.GOOD BALL. Root leaving, and Hazlewood's in-swingers are getting closer and closer to the stumps.SHORT BALL! That's a wicket maiden for Hazlewood.
GONE! VINCE IS OUT FOR 25, CAUGHT BEHIND OFF HAZLEWOOD! ENGLAND 2-89The breakthrough comes just before the lunch break! A good little innings from Vince concludes at 25 as his forwardish nothing drive finds an edge through to the keeper's gloves! Joy for Hazlewood!
ENG 1-89 (Vince 25, Stoneman 47)Lyon continues to Stoneman, hunting a half-ton.Stoneman looks to cut Lyon late through gully, but bunts it straight to the fielder. No run. Things being kept tight by Lyon on a pitch not exactly conducive to his craft.CHANCE? Stoneman blocks Lyon but inside edges it past Bancroft at short leg! Hit the helmeted fielder on the boot before bouncing away. No run.
FROM THE COMMENTARY BOXSome observers have questioned what influence Nathan Lyon will have at the WACA, but Dirk Nannes believes he could potentially benefit from the extra life in this third Test pitch.This is the cricket ground where Nathan Lyon has had least success, least impact as a player. It's going to be interesting to see how he goes here with the extra bounce.
ENG 1-82 (Vince 25, Stoneman 42)Lyon continues, Stoneman faces.CATCH IT is the cry as Stoneman advances down the ground and chips the ball gently towards midwicket. It bounces short of the sliding fielder. Stoneman gets a single.FOUR! NICE SHOT, SIR! Down the track and driven smartly on the half-volley through cover! Vince moves to 25.
ENG 1-77 (Vince 21, Stoneman 41)Nathan Lyon comes into the attack! Who is ready for the GOAT?
Stoneman moves into the forties with a single towards fine leg.
Now Vince puts Stoneman back on strike, before Stoneman goes for a big (mistimed) sweep, getting it away to fine leg for another single.
ENG 1-73 (Vince 19, Stoneman 39)Swing and a miss! Starc continues (still!) and Vince goes for the cover drive, and the bait nearly works! Missing the edge, narrowly.FOUR BYES! Another bouncer flies over the ducking batsman and beyond Paine's reach, and it's another boundary to the extras column!
FROM THE COMMENTARY BOXJim Maxwell has been calling Test cricket at the WACA since the early 1980s and he hopes the venue is not lost to the five-day game despite this being its Ashes farewell.I'd still like to be coming here for some cricket matches. If you're not going to fill that place (Perth Stadium) regularly I'd rather 20,000 here than 20,000 up the road because this is a wonderful theatre for sport, cricket in particular.
ENG 1-69 (Vince 19, Stoneman 39)An inside edge as Vince looks to drive through cover, but deflects it through the leg side and gets a single off Cummins.FOUR! Overpitched by Cummins, in the zone for Stoneman, who drives fiercely down the ground towards the sight screen. Gorgeous.ZOOM ZOOM! A short one whizzes past the helmet as Cummins looks to get his own back on the last ball of the over.
ENG 1-62 (Vince 16, Stoneman 35)EDGED? CAUGHT? Stoneman looks to glance Starc, and there is a noise as Paine takes something of a blinding, diving catch down the leg side to pouch it! But HotSpot confirms the noise came off Stoneman's trousers.SHORT AGAIN! Brutal stuff from Starc as another heatseeker whizzes past Stoneman's ducking helmet.Stoneman gets a shot away for a single, before Vince drives handsomely through mid-off to pick up three runs in the deep.
ENG 1-52 (Vince 8, Stoneman 33)As Katich intimated, the short stuff continues to Stoneman, who ducks beneath a Starc heatseeker, angled past his shoulder.Stoneman works the ball away, driving through cover. A lovely elevated elbow and through the gap for two.FOUR BYES! Wheeeeeee! That's the WACA pitch we know and love! Short (too short) from Starc, who bends his back to let fly well over the keeper's head, and over Paine's outstretched glove!
FROM THE COMMENTARY BOXSimon Katich has taken note of the bounce of the WACA deck and he's suggested Mark Stoneman needs to read it's extra pace.The one thing that has stood out for me is the bounce in this wicket. It's been climbing, particularly on Mark Stoneman. He's got to come up with a plan otherwise he will spoon one up to gully or short leg.
ENG 1-45 (Vince 8, Stoneman 30)Hazlewood continues, steaming in like a cricketing Boonta Eve Classic to Stoneman.ZOOM! Short and sharp from Hazlewood, and it springs to life off the pitch! Stone man ducks, Tim Paine leaps skyward and just about stops it with his glove as slips mop up. No run.FIELDING! A glance from Stoneman is brilliantly stopped one -handed at short leg.Now Stoneman does get a run, a single through cover via a back-foot drive.FOUR! Vince is into the action against Hazlewood, clipping the ball expertly off his pads through midwicket.
ENG 1-36 (Vince 0, Stoneman 29)Stoneman takes guard against Hazlewood, coming around the wicket.Short! Stoneman again just about fends it away, but again through the air before landing in the turf.FOUR! Stoneman's looking in very good nick, as he glances sharply off his toes through midwicket.
ENG 1-32 (Vince 0, Stoneman 25)Starc to Stoneman, who looks to swipe a shot down to fine leg but misses everything with a big 'whoosh' of air.IN THE AIR! Nasty from Starc! A sizzling bouncer angles straight into the front shoulder and Stoneman just about gets bat on it, and it loops in the air only to fall short of gully.FOUR! That is a shot strong with the force! Down the ground, driven imperiously by Stoneman. A good response to the nasty delivery before.Good running. Fended by Stoneman to short leg and he gets a quick single.
ENG 1-26 (Vince 0, Stoneman 19)IN THE AIR, but safe! Vince looks to glance a short Hazlewood delivery away from his ribs, but it loops up invitingly towards short leg. The catch in the fine print here, however, is that there's no fielder stationed there. No run.
FROM THE COMMENTARY BOXChris Rogers sums up the Cook dismissal.I think he knew what Starc was trying to do but he still got done. He set up on leg stump but his first movement was to go back and across and he almost went too far and his head is going towards point and therefore he has just missed the ball when he shouldn't have. That's hitting middle and leg, isn't it? Plumb.
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La Juiceria @ Mid Valley Megamall
Nowadays I prefer to have healthy drinks rather than having coffee while shopping. I heard a very good review about Lifejuice therefore I wanted to give a try. Since it is after my heavy lunch, I decided to have a Passion Fruit Drink which is very good for fast digestion. But of course, I don't buy it by just reading the review. I tried their sample first before coming up with the discussion and it tasted pretty good. Lifejuice is located at LG, The Gardens Mall. It is located on the connecting bridge of The Gardens and Midvalley Megamall. Just choose your own beverage from the counter and pay it at the cashier counter if you know what flavor to buy. If you are unsure on what to buy like me, try their sample and come up with a choice of yours.
Passion Fruit Drink was damn good and it is perfect to have in this sunny weather. I really felt hungry pretty fast on that day.
Passion Fruit Drink @ RM 12.17
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Getting crews trained up on LNG
Of the reasons given for the slow uptake of LNG as a marine fuel the lack of a bunkering infrastructure is the most often quoted followed by issues of cost and space requirements for fuel storage on long-haul vessels. However, for shipowners actively contemplating LNG use, there is one other reason that is likely to be the strongest deterrent and that is the lack of suitably qualified crew.
There is no doubt that LNG – or any flammable or explosive gas – possesses hazards that need to be properly understood and crew trained to deal with. The crew of LNG carriers will have undergone the necessary training but most seafarers have never needed to do this. If there is to be a large increase in the number of gas-fuelled vessels, then a major training initiative needs to be put in process.
When the IMO adopted the IGF Code changes were also made to STCW with a simultaneous coming into force of 1 January 2017. The changes are contained in IMO Resolution MSC.397(95) and add a whole new section (Section A-V/3) to STCW. The new requirements extend to 16 pages and cover mandatory minimum requirements for the training and qualification of masters, officers, ratings and other personnel on ships subject to the IGF Code.
As from 1st January 2017 all applicable seafarers serving onboard ships subject to the IGF Code are required to have a valid Certificate of Proficiency that relates to the IGF training appropriate to their assigned shipboard duties. IGF training should satisfy the requirements specified in STCW Code A-V/3 and fall into two categories – Basic and Advanced training.
Seafarers responsible for designated safety duties associated with the care, use or in emergency response to the fuel on board ships subject to the IGF Code should hold a certificate in basic training for service on ships subject to the IGF Code. Safety duties in relation to fuel handling should be clearly defined in the ISM Company's Safety Management System (SMS). The training will need to be certified either by an IGF Training Certificate of Proficiency or alternatively a Certificate of basic training for liquefied gas tanker cargo operations in accordance with STCW A-V/1-2 paragraph 1.
Masters, engineer officers and all personnel with immediate responsibility for the care and use of fuels and fuel systems on ships subject to the IGF Code should hold a certificate in advanced training for service on ships subject to the IGF Code. Once again, seafarers who hold a Certificate of Proficiency for advanced training for liquefied gas tanker cargo operations (STCW Regulation V/1-2.4) are considered as satisfying the requirements for IGF advanced training.
The term "person with immediate responsibility" means a person being in a decision-making capacity with respect to handling of fuel addressed by the IGF Code or other fuel related operations. Aside from the master and engineer officers, the Safety Management System should clearly identify all personnel with immediate responsibility (if any) for the care and use of fuels and fuel systems on ships subject to the IGF Code.
Simulators filling the skills gap
In common with most other aspects of seafarer training, simulators are becoming indispensable in addressing the lack of in-service experience as more crew and officers are needed to keep pace with demand. The number of seafarers experienced in matters relating to LNG s severely limited and mainly confined to those who have served on LNG carriers.
Simulator training is permitted as an alternative to time served experience in most aspects of STCW and training in matters related to LNG is no exception. Already many officers, engineers and crew serving on LNG carriers acquire their necessary training at simulator centres around the globe.
Simulator training allows for situations that may be rarely or never experienced in the course of a sea-going career and as such does allow for skills to be transferred and learnt much more rapidly than would otherwise be the case. Being able to deal with excessively rapid boil off, leaks and over-cooling could not safely be learnt in anything other than a simulator environment.
One of the aspects of training with simulators is that trainees will have the opportunity to 'work' with the different tank types that could be used for LNG fuels. The different types of tanks allowed for in the IGF Code have different degrees of refrigeration, pressure and installation and each will carry specific risks that may not be experienced with other tanks types. There are also different means of refuelling and particular risks involved that are not present when handling conventional oil fuels.
An added expense
Training costs are probably the hidden cost of any switch to LNG or other fuels that may come under the IGF Code in the future. Almost certainly there will be a shortage of appropriately trained and certificated officers and crew if there is a big switch to LNG. Looking slightly further ahead there will surely be even more training requirements if and when hydrogen and other gases are looked on as providing a solution to environmental demands.
Trained crew for LNG carriers are able to command higher salaries than crew on many other ship types. The increase in the LNG Carrier fleet in recent years has already seen an upward pressure on wages. This has been further exacerbated by the fact that there is competition as well from the growing number of FSRUs and also from operators seeking suitably qualified staff for shore positions.
Because most of the gas-fuelled ships (other than LNG carriers) now in service have been in short sea sectors, the impact on crew for ocean going vessels has been quite limited. If as seems likely there will be more ship types other than LNG carriers built or engines converted, then the pressure on training and wages bills for shipowners choosing gas will inevitably increase in the short to mid-term. That is something that needs to be addressed well before any decision is made to switch to LNG or other exotic fuels and at the very least when ordering new ships.


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O'Connor, Kelley
The last time we saw you, you were very happy. Hopeful that you would proceed with your life in the direction you had envisioned for yourself - positive in the strength you possessed to live your life free of past struggles. We hold that feeling in our hearts as a reflection of possibility, hope and love of the individual we encountered when you were born and grew into a beautiful, intelligent and inspired young woman. You died in your sleep on June 6, 2018 when you were 38 years old. Born in Albuquerque, New Mexico on October 18, 1979 to Neil O'Connor (deceased) and Emily LaLumia and are survived by your mother, Emily LaLumia and step-father, Moss Aubrey; sister, Rachael Duran and brother-in-law, Danny Duran and their children, Leia Daydra and Lucca Duran; sister, Loren O'Connor and brother-in law, Omit Koray; aunt, Peggy Jourden and uncle, Chuck Jourden; uncle, Tony LaLumia and aunt, Edith LaLumia; aunt, Rita LaLumia and uncle, Ed Majoney; aunt, Robyn LaLumia, widow of uncle, Walter LaLumia as well as many family members and friends.
We will celebrate your life on Saturday,October 20, 2018 at Hotel Andaluz 125 2nd St N.W. in Albuquerque, NM from 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. Please visit our online guestbook for Kelley at www.frenchfunerals.com.
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Hiking and climbing
Hiking and climbing
I've always enjoyed being in the mountains. I still get out to do some hiking, camping, and climbing. Some day, I hope to run a mountaineering business so that I can take groups of people on outdoor adventure trips.
I've slept in snow caves. I've hiked the deserts in southern Utah. I've climbed at Yosemite. Sometimes I think I should have pursued a profession as a professional outdoor guide. I love all 4 season. There is nothing that compares to the experience of climbing to the summit of a major mountain.
Fitness and nutrition
Fitness and nutrition
I also have a passion for fitness and nutrition. I enjoy cycling, running, and swimming. I believe in whole foods and plant-based eating.
I relax by playing musical instruments. Music is very soothing to my soul.


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