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Sonnet Cricket Club brushed aside Birat Cricket Society by six wickets to enter the semi-finals of the Deepak Gupta Memorial Twenty20 (DGMT) cricket tournament in Janakpur on Thursday.
Needing a big-margin victory to make it to the last four on better run rate, Sonnet -- a club from Kanpur -- restricted Birat to 94-5 in 20 overs before reaching the target in just 12.4 overs for the loss of four wickets.
The win saw Sonnet replace Nepal Armed Police Force Club (APF) at the second spot in Group 'B' on better net run rate. Tribhuvan Army Club (TAC), Sonnet and APF finished with four points each from three games with only net run rate separating the three teams.
TAC, already into the semi-finals, finished at the top table and will now meet Phoenix Cricket Club of Assam, while Sonnet will clash Group 'A' winners Nepal Police Club.
Birat were undone by a disciplined bowling from Sonnet bowlers before Firdosh Ansari pushed them close to triple figures with a 15-ball 24 not out. He hit three boundaries. Sonu Tamang (16 off 17 with one four and a six) was the only other basman to play with some grit.
Shadab Akhtar made a painstaking 14 off 45 balls, while Ankit Subedi (10) made runs in double figures for Sonnet. Kshitiz Kumar returned the figures of 2-22 in three overs. Faiz Ahmed and Anmol Pandey had a scalp each.
Two early wickets from Arsala Akhtar reduced Sonnet to 17-2 before man-of-the-match Rishav Rai and Faiz Ahmed sailed the team home notching up 66-run match winning stand for the third wicket.
Rai topscored with 48 off 32 smashing six boundaries and a maximum. Skipper Faiz Ahmed made 34 off 32 hitting three fours and a six. Sonu dismissed both set batsmen consecutively but by then the match had already slipped from Birat's hands.
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As we Illuminate Christ and Serve our neighbours, we are compelled and encouraged to Grow as disciples. Through prayer, reading the bible and engaging in a community of service we aim to become more like Christ in all aspects of life.
8:30am Traditional Service
10:30am Contemporary Service with Creche & Kids Church

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The Olympic Flame will travel through the spectacular scenery of Dorset today, as it journeys from Portland Bill to Bournemouth.
The 76-mile route will take in scenic locations along the Jurassic Coast, including Portland Bill, the natural rock arch Durdle Door and the vast shingle expanse of Chesil Beach.
The first Torchbearer of the day will be Tom Mules, 16, from Weymouth, who will run with the Flame at Pulpit Rock, Portland Bill. He was nominated as a Torchbearer for his commitment to competing in biathlons, triathlons and his work as a young ambassador for sport and for children with disabilities.
Vickie Mattock, 39, from Gloucester will carry the Flame to the vantage point overlooking Chesil Beach. She was selected through the Lloyds TSB campaign for her work with local charities.
An evening celebration in Bournemouth will include music from dance troupe Wretch 32, and an electric quintet from the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra.
The Flame will be carried through 24 communities: Portland Bill, Southwell, Weston, Easton, Portland, Fortuneswell, Weymouth, Preston, Osmington, Winfrith Newburgh, Wool, Corfe Castle, Swanage, Stoborough, Wareham, Sandford, Lytchett Minster, Upton, Hamworthy, Poole, Ashley Cross, Branksome, Wallisdown and Bournemouth.


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⇑⇑ Photo ⇑⇑ — Champion and Reserve Champion Suffolk Rams (shown as Ram Lambs, 8 months old in photo, about 180-190 lbs.) — Kelly Vorac is on the right
Special Sale: All Aluminum livestock equipment sale: need an excellent Livestock Hauler insert for your truck bed? Electronic Scale? Trimming Stand? Goat Milking Stand? Show Box? 10% off your order — and no shipping charge. Call: 301-371-4111. Website: https://www.allaluminum.com/
Ram and Ewe Lambs. We have a very good selection of Suffolk and Suffolk/Hamp. 4-H ram lambs and ewe lambs — for your County and State Fair — both 4-H and Open Class shows. Arrange to Visit and pick-out your lamb. Send your Email to: firstname.lastname@example.com — or call: 301-371-4111
Custom-Processed Whole Lambs, or Half a Lamb — from our farm to your table. Send an email for information and a Lamb Order Form. Send Email to: email@example.com — or call: 301-371-4111
Do You Need Some Hay? Square Bales of 2nd. cutting Grass Hay — was baled on Saturday and Sunday, September 8-9, 2019 — perfect weather for baling — dense square bales are in the barn — easy to load. $5.00 per bale — $4.50 for 20 or more bales. For details, best to call 301-371-4111 — or send an email: email@example.com
⇓⇓ Food Comes Directly From Our Farm in Frederick County, MD to Your Table — not from thousand of miles away or imported:
- Custom-Processed Lamb — also called Freezer Lamb: whole or half lambs can be cut as roasts, bone-less roasts, steaks, chops, rack-of-lamb, kabobs, etc. — also, have lambs for a BBQ — lamb sausage — and lamb burgers. Click on the "How to Purchase" tab for details.
- 4-H Club (Market) Lambs for 4-H'ers to raise and show at their County & State Fairs. Click on the "How to Purchase" tab, scroll down to #4 for 4-H project lamb details.
- 4-H Ewe Lamb Leasing Program is available — registered lambs and yearlings are leased to 4-H'ers for the summer, to show at their County & State Fairs — at no leasing cost to the 4-H family. Our way to help 4-H'ers enjoy having a ewe or ram for the summer, without the long-term expense.
- Registered Ewe & Ram Breeding Stock — 2020 lambs, and 2019 yearlings ewes available — click on "Sires & Breeding Ewes". We have some yearling ewes that will be at the top of their class — or win any County Fair!
- Ewe Breeding Services — for small flocks that don't own a ram — click on the "Sires & Breeding Ewes" tab. Please Note in 2020 schedule early — we can only take 14-16 ewes to breed for a few small flocks. We should have 4 rams to choose from.
- Do you need an On-Farm Processing Resource? We'll refer you to a farm in Westminster, MD that has the proper facilities to do on-farm slaughter of lambs and goats.
- Greek Easter Lambs. In 2021 Greek Easter is May 2, 2021. Plan ahead for 2021. If you want a lamb carcass — we need to schedule dates at Hemp's Meats well in advance.
- Square Bales of 2nd. Cutting Grass Hay. Very good 2nd. cutting of 2019 grass hay, heavy bales, picked-up at the farm. You can back-up into the barn to load. $5.00 per bale. In summer, 2020 — we'll spray for broad leaf weeds — continue to use liquid manure from a dairy as organic fertilizer — our hay should be weed-free this Fall.
- Suffolk & Hampshire Fleeces. Blends well with finer wool to add crimp to your yarn.
- Sheep & Goat Livestock Equipment Dealer — we're a dealer for 3 livestock equipment manufacturers — we can make special steel fabrication. Scroll down to #10 below for details.
- We're a resource when you have a question, health problem, plan to start or improve a sheep flock. Please call Peter or Kelly. We'll try to help — might save you a vet call.
- Aged Sheep Manure (compost) — we'll load your truck — a full-size pick-up truck holds 3-4 cu. yards. $25.00 per load.
⇓⇓ Details of Our 12 Product & Service Areas ⇓⇓
1. Custom-Processed Lamb — call or email to discuss what you like — farm-fresh lamb for individual customers. Will email you an Order Form. Our lambs are custom-processed, vacuum-sealed, and labeled at Hemp's Meats, in Jefferson, MD 21755. Website: Hemp's Meats, Jefferson, MD We've been working with Hemp's to do our processing for the past 30+ years. Click on our "How to Purchase" tab to order a lamb. Recommend ordering your lamb weeks in advance. A Crown Rack of Lamb, or Double English Loin Chops, and 1½" thick Rib Chops are great for that special dinner party. Order early — Hemp's is very busy in the Fall months. By December, lambs born in February and March will be 9-10 months old.
• Sweet Italian Lamb Sausage and Maple Brown Sugar Lamb Sausage. Available in 1 lb. to 1.5 lb. packages — 4 links per package — $11.00 lb. 5 oz. Lamb Burgers — $10.00 lb. Call to order: 301-371-4111.
• One great way to BBQ a lamb. For information on China Box Roasters, click on: China Box Roasters — available at Home Depot and on-line. Also, Google "China Box Cookers" — for a list of resources, recipes, making your own China Box, etc.
2. 4-H Project (Market) Lambs. (also called 4-H Club Lambs): Need a Market Lamb for your 4-H Project? Call to arrange to visit, evaluate and pick-out your 2020 4-H Project Lambs to be shown at your County and State Fairs. We have a very good selection of wethers to choose from.
3. 4-H Lamb Leasing Program. We lease (loan) very good registered ewe and ram lambs to 4-H'ers to raise and show at their County Fair and other Fairs. Then the 4-H family returns the lamb(s) in the Fall after showing at various Fairs — and transfers the lamb's registration papers back to us (Kelly Vorac). Interested — call us — 301-371-4111.
• We follow-up with 4-H'ers and their parents: We follow-up and are glad to help families who purchase and lease our 4-H Project Lambs and breeding stock. When a 4-H'er has a question, problem — halter breaking, exercising, what to feed, lamb not eating, high temperature, shots, rate of gain, anything — call for assistance. We should be able to save you a vet call.
4. Registered Ewe and Ram Breeding Stock. We kept 8 – 2019 registered Suffolk ewe lambs as replacement stock — now yearling ewes, weighing 210 to 230 lbs. — all are registered — ewes that are in our "keeper pen" — sold two in the spring, and three during the summer. These 8 remaining 2019 Yearling Ewes will be bred in the Fall, 2020 to have their first lambs starting in February, 2021. Click on the "Sires & Breeding Ewes" tab for up-to-date information on our breeding rams.
• Registered 2018 and 2019 Yearling Ewe Lambs and a couple of Ram Lambs (sold out).
• Recent Rams Sold: Two Registered Suffolk Rams — 1446 RR/NN (4 yrs. old) — and 1538 RR/NN (3 yrs. old). Both rams have done a very good job for us and are in great shape. Only reason we sold them is that we brought in some new Tom Slack (Indiana) Suffolk genetics to compliment what we have.
5. Ewe Breeding Services. For shepherds with small flocks and just a few ewes — when the shepherd does not want to own a ram — click on the "Sires & Breeding Ewes" tab. The maintenance and feeding cost for a full-grown Suffolk ram is at least $350.00 per year. Example: our full-grown Suffolk rams eat 5 lbs. of grain per day, plus hay. Ram lambs fed a bit less. For small flocks it's usually not worthwhile to own a ram. For more information go to the "Sires & Breeding Ewe" tab.
• Contact us to schedule breeding services for your ewes in the summer of 2020 — for your 2021 Spring lambs.
- This summer — call to set-up breeding dates for your ewes — based on when you want lambs to be born in 2021.
- Breeding costs have been the same for past 5-6 years: $70.00 per ewe, plus the same $1.00 day for hay, grain, worming if needed, any shots needed, hoof trimming, and minor vet care that we can take care of.
- Ewe must be in good shape — not too fat, or very thin, sheared, feet trimmed, up-to-date on CD&T shots, wormed, no foot rot, no Ring Worm, no skin infections that are contagious.
- In 2020 0ur plan is to begin breeding by August 25, 2020 — for late January and February 2021 lambs.
6. If you require On-Farm Processing — ⇓⇓ contact the farm listed below — 1-443-506-5243 — they have the proper on-farm slaughter and wash-up facilities ⇓⇓: Lambs, goats, sheep can be purchased and processed at the farm. You must know how to properly kill a lamb or goat — and clean-up all the parts of an animal. Or, the owner will harvest the lamb or goat for you.
⇒⇒ Call this farm ⇓⇓. We do not have the needed slaughter and wash-up facilities for on-farm processing. ⇐⇐
• Caanan Run Farm, Westminster, Carroll County, MD. Excellent resource. Farm has the proper on-farm processing facilities to process lambs, goats, and adult sheep. Believe they charge around $2.80 to $3.00 lb. live wt. for lambs. Processing is $40.00. Not sure if they have chickens. Phone Earl Gouker: 1-443-506-5243. Address: 1661 Old Westminster Pike, Westminster, MD 21157. Use MapQuest for direction
7. 2021 Greek Easter is May 2, 2021. Plan ahead — order early — we'll have smaller 50 to 80 lb. lambs. We'll take the lamb to Hemp's Meats. Customer picks up their cleaned lamb carcass by Friday or Saturday, May 1. New customers — a $100.00 deposit is required — mail your check to Peter Vorac. Address is in the "Contact" tab.
Note: 2021 Greek Easter is My 2, 2021. Order now, so we can breed some ewes earlier in the Fall of 2020 — in order to have a lamb for your 2021 Greek Easter.
8. Square Bales of 2019 Grass Hay. Very good dense bales, 2nd. cutting, made right, no rain, you can pick-up right in the barn, bales are easy to load. Have only used liquid manure from a neighbor's dairy farm for the past 5 years. We also use our manure bedding pack from our sheep barn and loafing shed as fertilizer. Purpose is to build organic matter, increase soil microbes in our hay/pasture fields, and better retain moisture in the soil. Call 301-371-411 to order hay. $5.00 per bale picked-up at the farm.
9. Suffolk & Hampshire Fleeces. Skirted fleeces, fairly clean, good crimp, bagged individually, works well when blending with other yarn types. Suffolk fleeces, $4.00 lb., Hampshire fleeces, $5.00 lb.
10. Need some sheep and goat equipment? We're a Dealer for 3 Sheep & Goat Livestock Equipment Manufacturers: call or send an email with your questions — we'll assist with your planning. Can provide any kind of special steel and aluminum fabrication to fit your barn space. We've been using Sydell steel equipment on our farm for over 30 years. The Sydell equipment lasts. Open these 3 websites and enjoy.
(a) Dealer for Sydell Sheep & Goat Equipment: http://www.sydell.com
(b) Dealer for All Aluminum Livestock & Show Equipment: type in, look at list of products: https://www.allaluminum.com/
(c) Dealer for Riverside Plastics hanging livestock feed troughs: http://rsicalfsystems.com/hanging feeders.php
11. We're a resource and encourage on-going communications with fellow shepherd's, all customers, the 4-H'ers we work with — and especially new farmers, who are considering raising sheep and goats. What is needed — health care — more than you think. Call Peter and Kelly to discuss your issues.
12. Sheep Manure — Compost, pick-up truck load, $25.00. Pick-up trucks with 8′ beds hold 3-4 cubic yards — we'll load your truck or trailer. Need a few bags of compost, $1.00 bag. Comparison: a sheep farm in Howard County charges $5.00 per 40 lb. bag of sheep manure/compost.
Arrange to visit the farm. See a working farm, bottle feed and hold a lamb, help feed the sheep. Thinking about raising sheep — we can discuss possible breeds to select? It all depends on many factors — your interests, your land's soil quality, water, barns, equipment, pasture, ability to make hay, fencing, want to raise meat breed sheep, or wool breed sheep, do you want to produce woolen products — your marketing plan and end goals — and your available time and energy. Call to make arrangements to visit.
Welcome to Our Farm
Vorac Suffolks & 4-H Club Lambs, at Castle Hill Farm, is a Suffolk sheep breeder and lamb producer located in Jefferson, Maryland (southwest of Frederick), in Frederick County, Maryland. The owners are Peter & Kelly Vorac.
We believe in a dual purpose sheep. Our goal is to produce Suffolk sheep that excel in the traits that have made the breed popular, producing fast growing lambs, with well-muscled carcass composition.
Also important in our balanced-trait approach are:
- Maternal Performance — ewe must milk well, watch over her lambs, no bottle babies.
- Structural Soundness — good udders, growth, and good loin eye measurements.
- Structural Correctness and Eye Appeal — no defects in legs, hocks, mouth, no false teats, etc. Vorac Suffolk lambs look flashy in the show ring with their thick loins and full legs.
- Exceptional Lamb Carcasses — well muscled, good size lamb chops, racks, steaks and roasts.
We specialize in supplying whole or half custom-processed lambs, 4-H club lambs, and registered breeding stock. Over 95% of our flock is RR at Codon 171 for genetic resistance to Scrapie. All sheep are NN and carry the spider-free genotype.
Give us a call. Come out to visit, see the baby lambs — and talk "sheep". Establish on-going communications.
Farm History — settled in 1813
Our farm was settled in 1813 and originally owned by Judge Dewalt Willard and his family, from Frederick, Maryland as a dairy farm. The Willard family named the farm Castle Hill Farm. The farm is located in the beautiful Middletown Valley, north of Burkittsville and south of Middletown, Maryland.
We are the 4th. owners from the original land grant in the late 1700's.
The farm was a dairy farm up to the late 1960's, when Emery Ahalt (former owner) stopped milking and sold his dairy herd. The farm was then leased out to Ford Harwood, the neighboring dairy farm to the north — up to when we purchased the farm.
Our farm is a working farm with sheep, lambs, barn owls, bee hives, barn swallows, a stocked fish pond, at times beef cattle, clean, well-managed pastures, a rotational grazing system, various soil conservation practices, too much work, not enough money — and fences that need fixing. The farm is managed by border collies Frisk, and Kelly's dog Sadie, who watch over the ewes and lambs. Buzz, Snow, Jake, Jack, Mia and Shelby, our former border collies, are buried on the farm.


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Students in substance abuse counseling programs learn to assess, diagnose and treat patients struggling with addiction and substance abuse, and how to apply counseling techniques to individuals and groups in substance abuse situations. Many programs are only available in campus-based formats, and students may need to complete counseling field experiences.
It's important that students look into state licensure requirements to determine the level of education needed. In some states, substance abuse counselors only need a high school diploma and professional certification, while others need to complete a formal college program in order to apply for mandatory state licensure.
Substance Abuse Counseling Education Certificate
A substance abuse counseling education certificate program is designed to prepare students to educate others about alcohol and drug abuse counseling programs and treatment. Students are trained to work with either adults or children. Students in a substance abuse counseling education certificate program can expect to complete an internship in human services. They might also take the following courses:
- Substance abuse counseling practices
- Addiction and prevention treatment procedures
- Case management for substance abuse counselors
- Psychology of substance abuse counseling
- Drug use and abuse
Associate's Degree in Substance Abuse Counseling
Associate's degree programs in substance abuse counseling prepare students to enter human services careers and assist people who are coping with the effects of substance abuse. Upon graduating from such a program, students are often eligible to take licensure examinations to become substance abuse counselors. Students can expect to take classes in the following topics:
- Alcohol counseling
- Drug addiction counseling
- Family counseling for the substance abuse-affected
- Abnormal psychological behavior
- Substance abuse in youth culture
- Individual assessment and substance abuse case management
Bachelor's Degree in Substance Abuse Counseling
A bachelor's degree in substance abuse counseling program is designed to prepare the student to work in the addiction recovery services field. Students will also learn to design and provide abuse recovery programs and supply individuals and their families with chemical dependency information. A typical curriculum for a bachelor's degree in substance abuse counseling may include classes that cover:
- Substance abuse fundamentals and prevention
- Drugs' effects on the central nervous system
- Family dynamics with regard to substance abuse
- Personal assessment and evaluation in substance abuse counseling
- Individual substance abuse counseling techniques
- Group substance abuse counseling techniques
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Some states, including Vermont and Massachusetts, require students to have a master's degree before they can become licensed substance abuse counselors and practice independently. Master's degree programs in substance abuse counseling emphasize leadership, public policy, management and human services. Students should expect to take the following classes that cover assessment strategies in substance abuse counseling:
- Rehabilitation procedures in substance abuse counseling
- Human growth and development in relation to substance abuse
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The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) predicted faster-than-average job growth of 22% for substance abuse counselors between 2018 and 2028. Additionally, in a May 2019 report, the BLS listed the median annual salary for substance abuse, behavioral disorder and mental health counselors as $46,240.
Students can pursue certificates, undergraduate degrees or graduate degrees in substance abuse counseling. Depending on state licensure requirements, graduates can pursue substance abuse counseling certification or licensure in the field, which is expected to see above-average job growth from 2018-2028.


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Apinun Tunpan is a researcher turned entrepreneur who currently serves as Chief Technology Officer and Founder of the SMART Sense Industrial Design Co.,Ltd. (SMART-Sense) based in Bangkok, Thailand. He also serves as Research Consultant for the Internet Education and Research Laboratory (intERLab) at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT), located in Pathumthani province, Thailand.
In 2009, Apinun joined intERLab, AIT, as Senior Research Specialist and conducted his research in the areas of Mobile Ad hoc Networks (MANET), Vehicular Ad hoc Networks (VANET), and Self-Configuring Self-Healing Disaster Emergency Communication Networks. From 2013 to 2015, through the grants from the THNIC Foundation, and in 2014 through an ISIF Asia grant from the APNIC Foundation, Apinun was one of intERLab's key persons in the research and development of Community Wireless Mesh Networks (CWMN) technology targeting at ICT for Development (ICT4D). His team's CWMN prototypes were gradually tested and evolved in a small number of rural villages and rural schools in Thailand. He focused his CWMN research on making it easy-to-use, low-cost, and low-powered. Some major goals were to create simple and affordable wireless Internet mesh "routers" that allow rural citizens to get connected and to get involved in sustaining their CWMN deployments. IntERLab's team was able to get a few interested rural villagers to help maintain and sustain the CWMN by turning some of them to a small group of "rural networking engineers and entrepreneurs."
In December 2014, intERLab was supported by the Network Startup Resource Center (NSRC), USA, and the T/ICT4D Lab at International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Italy. NSRC and T/ICT4D ICTP's researchers came to train intERLab's team on the Internet of Things (IoT) and Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN) technologies. IoT and WSN prototypes were built and deployed within AIT's main campus in Pathumthani province, Thailand.
In December 2015, Apinun founded the SMART Sense Industrial Design Co.,Ltd. with a business partner and a seed investor from the Thai Industrial Sector. SMART-Sense currently is a Technology Startup company, endorsed by the Thailand Board of Investment (BOI) in the "high value added software" category, focusing on the design and realization of the Internet of Things (IoT) software and solutions for the Industrial Sectors. SMART-Sense now has a number of referenced large corporate customers and is expected to expand its IoT solution business rapidly in the coming years.
In this 2017 "SMART Rural Schools" initiative, Apinun's company, SMART-Sense, has teamed up with intERLab in a joint ICT and IoT for development (ICT/IoT4D) mission to bring IoT and WSN technologies into the hands of rural communities. We seek Venture Philanthropist's support to bridge the Digital Divide gap between rural and urban communities. We plan to directly transfer technological knowledge to interested and contracted high-school rural students first in a small number of selected rural schools, and then to the rural communities around those students. Armed with our unique combination of CWMN and Industrial IoT expertise, we will devise proper IoT tools and do-by examples to teach participating rural students as well as to allow them to develop rural IoT business within their rural communities. We will then subsequently scale our efforts to other rural regions. We will acknowledge our Venture Philanthropist (VP) on our rural community IoT solutions as well as can do revenue sharing or co-ownership with our VP.
Apinun Tunpan earned his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Maryland College Park, USA, respectively in 2002 and 1997. He earned his B.Eng. in Computer Engineering from Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, in 1993.


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1984 GODZILLA PVC figure by Plus Garage Toys
Second Image is stock photo
Condition: New, in great condition with minor wear to the packaging and small tear and bend on side of box. This can be observed in the accompanying pictures
BOX Dimensions (approximately): 14.5 in x 12.5 in. x 9 in.
Figure is approximately 12 inches tall
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Tuesday night was a pretty big step forward in our transition from marathoner to triathlete.
The event wasn't such a big deal to many in attendance. Just a 750 Meter swim followed by a 3 Kilometer run as part of the Pure Austin Fitness Splash and Dash Series.
But it was the first time that I would ever be swimming with other athletes in the water, all of us trying to navigate the buoys around the course, exit the water, transition into my run shoes and head off into another discipline. An all-out 3 Kilometer (1.9 mile~) run.
To add a couple more things to be worried about, I had come down with a little virus overnight on Sunday. Something that had been passed around at Landry's Day Care last week, where all of the little infants were having some tummy issues. I spent most of Monday feeling ill, Monday evening I was only able to have a bowl of soup at dinner – the thought of food was very unappealing.
Knowing that the Marathon makes allowances for nobody. I still needed to log my 8 run miles on Tuesday, so I hopped out of bed at 5:15 a.m. and ran a steady, easy-paced 6.25 miles. I didn't want to tax my race legs too badly, knowing I had the Splash and Dash event later in the evening – but it was good to get out there and get the legs moving after Sunday's 17 miler.
Still without much of an appetite on Tuesday, I ate my usual breakfast and lunch while making sure I hydrated throughout the day. The temperature at the start of the race (6:00 p.m.) would be right at 98 degrees, the lake temperature a cool 86. Even though the race was a short one, I would still be pushing pretty hard for about 28 or 29 minutes I was guessing. If my swim went well that is.
I needed to make sure I wasn't so tapped out and dehydrated that the final mile of the run felt like the final 10K of the marathon.
Pre Race: I made my way over to Pure Austin about an hour before the race start. I wanted to make sure I could get parked, check-in and find a good place to lay out my transition area exiting the lake. Quarry Lake off of Stone Lake Boulevard as you might guess is an old stone quarry that has been flooded to form the lake.
It makes for beautiful clear water, but as you might imagine a very rocky exit out of the water and up to the trail that surrounds the lake. I wanted to be sure to find a good place for my towell and shoes so I would not have to cover too much rocky terrain in my bare feet. I checked in, strapped on my ankle timing chip and made my way down to the lake to lay out my towel, socks and shoes to transition.
I bumped into my coach before getting into the water and as the pre-race announcements were being made, I slid to the back of the pack for the Men's group start.
There were 101 Men in the water all jostling for position. About two times the size of what my Age Group Start will be like at Jack's Triathlon. They instructed the strongest swimmers to the front, the slower swimmers to the back. I started to tread water about 8/10 of the way from the rear of the pack.
The Swim: At the sound of the horn there were arms and legs everywhere. One of the disadvantages of starting in the rear was I would have to swim a bit further than the rest of the men. Everyone's time started at the horn, not when you crossed the starting line. I thought it was wise to avoid some of the major pushing and shoving in the water and sacrifice some time.
Even still over the course of the first 100 Meters or so there was a lot of kicking and shoving going on. I couldn't find smooth water and I knew that I needed to stay calm and relax. I slowed down my stroke and just focused on breathing easily. I made the turn at the first buoy and started to sight up ahead to the second one.
I had found some smooth water, which meant I was very far behind the leading men, but I was able to get into a rhythm and go.
My sighting was pretty solid, there was only one point around 500 Meters into the swim that when I came up to look for the buoy, all I saw were swim caps. I had to sight two more times to pick out the buoy and adjust my course just a bit.
Somewhere along the way I had lost count of the buoys, my plan was to start pulling hard with about 300 Meters to go, once I passed the second to last platform. When I reached what I thought was the second to last platform, it was actually the last platform.
So as I started to increase my pace I knew that I had left even more time out there in the water, only swimming "hard" for the last 150 Meters or so, just crusing for the first 600. Not good enough.
Transition: I have to admit it was a pretty good feeling to swim up onto the shore and get out of the water. I glanced down at my watch and saw a somewhat disapointing time of 16:34. I had swam the course in 15:45 previously during a workout. I was hoping for something under 16:00 minutes even with the rear of the line start and all the turmoil of swimming in a crowd.
I got horizontal, found my transition mat and quickly got the sand off of my feet.
I pulled on my race socks, slid into my running shoes, hiked up my Yanxz speed laces and made my way up the hill to the running trail
The Run: When I hit the timing mat the clock said 17:34, meaning my transition was about :50 seconds. That wasn't too bad, but I had a ton of time to make up. The fastest man out of the water Jamie Cleveland had posted a 10:14 swim. He was running his final loop around the trail while I was only starting my first.
The trail was very crowded due to the fact that I was the 115th athlete out of the water, I was going to have to pass a lot of athletes.
I tried to lock in to a slightly uncomfortable pace – not sure really how fast I was going as I did not have my GPS watch on my wrist as it is not waterproof, only water resistant.
With the soft granite trail pulling at my strides and the constant zig zagging around the runners up ahead, it was pretty challenging to really put the hammer down on the run the way I would in a 5K on a road course. I thought that the Lake would provide a nice cooling effect prior to the run, but I was already drenched in sweat less than 1 time around the course.
My 1 Kilometer splits were:
Loop 1: 4:14 – 8th fastest
Loop 2: 4:19 – 9th fastest
Loop 3: 4:07 – 8th fastest
The Finish: My total time was 30:05. I left the water in 115th place and finished 42nd overall. Among the men, I would catch up to and pass all but 29 competitors, finishing 30th overall, 8th place in my age group of 40-44.
Post Race: So, with just over a week and a half to go before Jack's Generic Tri I learned that I still have a long way to go if I am going to succesfully transition from marathoner to triathlete. On my 8.3 mile run this morning, just 11 hours or so after last night's race, I carried the disappointment of my swim and to some degree even my run with me for 1 hour, three minutes and 30 seconds.
In the shower after my run I decided that I would do what I do with every workout that wasn't exactly what I would hope it to be.
Flush it.
It's over now. Yes I could have swam harder, longer and not been so timid in the water. There is a balance I am going to have to find at Jack's between not being afraid to fail and blowing up in the water. I have that in my road races and can adjust my pace accordingly. I need to find that in the water.
I also learned that even if my swim is not so great, I need to forget about it and focus on the next event. I know that not having a great swim effected my run. I should have and most certainly could have run faster last night. My heart just really wasn't in it.
Lastly, nutrition. Being under the weather for a couple of days definitely effected me. I'm down in my weight this morning about 3 1/2 lbs. That is strength that I need to lean on when I am fatigued that I simply do not have right now. I need to get back on my diet, eat even if I'm not feeling hungry and make sure I get my calories back to where they need to be by the weekend.
Then take it easy Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday during my workouts.
Taper on Thursday, Friday with a little shake-out run on Saturday and then Rock the TRI on Sunday.
I've been here before. Doubting myself before a race. Am I fast enough? Strong enough? Have I trained enough? When things get difficult, will I have what it takes to dig deep and push even harder?
We'll find out on July 31st.
If history is any indication, don't bet against me.


text: Andrea Bocelli – BEST Song EVER – The Lord's Prayer 37512 This is the BEST Andrea Bocelli song EVER. Listen as he joins the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in Salt Lake City for an unforgettable rendition of "The Lord's Prayer". David Foster sets the stage for the music in this beautiful PBS performance. A song about Christ's prayer to His Father in Heaven. Music video by Andrea Bocelli: The Lord's Prayer. (C) 2015 Sugar Srl, under exclusive license to Universal Music BV, a Universal Music Group company. THE LORD'S PRAYER – CON MORMON TABERNACLE CHOIR


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Hey everyone! Soooo..... I've been putting off this post for a while. I got married 2 weeks ago (woohoo!!) and I actually finished my dress a few weeks before that (yess!!!!) BUT to be honest, there were a bunch of pictures that I took during the process of the dress-making, and the final part of… Continue reading DIY Corner // Wedding Dress Part 3 (+ lots of wedding pictures!!!)
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I am DIYing a… what?!
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Spending Power Report
23 January 2012
- Essential spending continues to rise at its fastest pace in over a year and a half, up 4.6% year on year in December.
- Spending on utilities, in particular, is squeezing household budgets: spending on gas and electricity was up 9.3% in December from a year ago.
- As a result, spending power and consumer sentiment still remain at low levels, although both improved slightly in December.
- Spending power rose 0.4%, after inflation, in the year to December; indicating that consumers are still
- feeling considerable strain on their finances.
- At the same time incomes were still growing below the rate of inflation. December saw a 3.8% annual increase, which is a real terms fall of 0.8%.
- However, the number of consumers who say that they have money left over after they have covered all monthly outgoings has been rising steadily. Similarly the number looking to save surplus income is also increasing.


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I've often wondered how socialists can possibly explain away the actual track record of socialist regimes in countries like the USSR, Cuba, and China. Now I know: they were actually capitalist countries all along!
It is widely assumed that capitalism means a free market economy. But it is possible to have capitalism without a free market. The systems that existed in the U.S.S.R and exist in China and Cuba demonstrate this. These class-divided societies are widely called 'socialist'. A cursory glance at what in fact existed there reveals that these countries were simply 'state capitalist'. In supposedly 'socialist' Russia, for example, there still existed wage slavery, commodity production, buying, selling and exchange, with production only taking place when it was viable to do so. 'Socialist' Russia continued to trade according to the dictates of international capital and, like every other capitalist, state, was prepared to go to war to defend its economic interests. The role of the Soviet state became simply to act as the functionary of capital in the exploitation of wage labour, setting targets for production and largely controlling what could or could not be produced. We therefore feel justified in asserting that such countries had nothing to do with socialism as we define it.
Apparently, a regime is "socialist" only if it's an egalitarian's utopia, and "capitalist" as long as it has any amount of inequality. Since an egalitarian society defies basic human nature, these Marxists can safely claim that "Capitalism is the social system which now exists in all countries of the world." In fact, the basic alternative in all social systems is not between egalitarianism and inequality, but between a hierarchy based on the superior application of talent and innovation and a hierarchy based on the superior application of organized violence. By rejecting the possibility of the first, it is clear which one all varieties of socialists choose.


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Ian Darling discusses his documentary about Adam Goodes and racism in sport.
A look at the iconic work of costume designer Norma Moriceau.
The Walk for Reconciliation took place 20 years ago on 28 May 2000.
Through our Newscaf program, we share footage of some of the famous stars who love the Opera House – including Oprah Winfrey and Jackie Chan.
Photographs, news and home movie footage capture the excitement of the opening of the Sydney Opera House, 45 years ago on 20 October 1973.
Overcoming childhood adversity, Australian silent movie star Annette Kellerman took on the world – swimming, acting, performing and writing herself into the history books.
Jennifer Coombes explores the life of Pearl Schweig, an actress from the 1930s Cinesound casting books who features in the exhibition Starstruck: Australian Movie Portraits.
The NFSA recently acquired two signed photographs of silent film star Louise Lovely and a letter of hers responding to a fan in 1916.
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May Miturich-Khlebnikov (1925-2008) Jasmine in Blue Vase. 1985 Oil on canvas
Leonid Tikhomirov (b. 1925) Red Square. 1965 Oil on cardboard
Boris Ioganson (1893-1973) Summer. 1963 Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard
Yury Zhdanov (1925-1986) Rain. Bolshaya Dorogomilovskaya Street. 1962 Oil on cardboard
Nikolai Sokolov (b. 1921) Night Moscow. 1930s Oil on canvas
Sergey Kuprianov (b. 1928) In Maleyevka. 1974 Water-colour and Chinese white on cardboard
Alexander Vasiliev (1911-1990) Landscape with Poplars. 1981 Tempera on canvas mounted on cardboard
Sergey Kuprianov (b. 1928) Light Rain in Piatnitskaya Street. 1979 Water-colour and Chinese white on cardboard
Konstantin Zefirov (1879-1960) Zamoskvorech'e. From the window. Late 1940's — early 1950's Oil on canvas
Evgeny Tretiakov (b. 1926) Untitled. 1967 Oil on canvas
Oskar Rabin (b. 1928) Untitled. 1959 Gouache on paper
Boris Ioganson (1893-1973) Maslovka. View from Balcony. 1946 Water-colour on paper
Ivan Dmitriev (1902-1991) Landscape near Moscow. 1940-1950's Oil on canvas
Olga Kalita (1955-2004) Joy. 1988 Polished toned painted wood
Aleksey Parkhomenko (1911-1987) South of France. Marseille. Seashore. 1959 Water-colour on paper mounted on cardboard
Boris Bulgakov (1893-1964) Holidays in the Countryside. 1920's Water-colour and gouache on paper
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Hello dear friends, this is my first post here on this forum, and i would like to introduce myself, my name is Joseph, and i´m from Portugal, i always liked model trains, and to add attention to details, on the scale modelling works, I joined this forum to exchange ideas, and learn from everyone, I hope it will be a good exchange of experiences about model railroading.
Next i share where some works that i´ve made some time ago, it´s small model railroading dioramas, in the H0 1:87 scale, that i leave for your considerations, i hope that all can enjoy, my best regards, have a nice day.
Diorama - The level crossing - in the H0 1:87 scale - size 25cm x 35 cm.


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Cumbria & Lake District Cottages
Cumbria is home to the Lake District National Park, the beautiful Eden Valley and the stunning west coast, famous for its amazing sunsets. The county has much to offer visitors with miles of paths and trails for walking, cycling, horse-riding and fell-climbing. Picturesque towns and villages offer visitors a great choice of shops, places to eat and things to do.
Take a look at the cottages we can offer in Cumbria and the Lake District by browsing the listing below. For more information about Cumbria and the Lake District why not take a look at our Cumbria and the Lake District Holiday Guide for more on things to do in this part of the North West.
If you are thinking of visiting the Lake District, why not escape the crowds by choosing one of our cottages in the quieter areas of Lakeland. Villages such as Backbarrow, Longsleddale and Burton in Kendal are close to the Lakes but also give easy access to areas such as Arnside and Silverdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Lancashire.
Ireby and Raughton Head lie on the northern side of the National Park and close to the historic county city of Carlisle. There are plenty of museums and attractions to explore in this area. The Pencil Museum in Keswick is a firm family favourite. Close by is the Keswick Museum and Gallery offering an interesting look at this beautiful area and its past. A little further afield you can find the Rheged Centre at Penrith which is a hive of activity for all the family, including a cinema, workshops, adventure play, and crafts.
The Eden Valley villages of Kings Meaburn, Appleby and Milburn are great locations for exploring the Lakes, Yorkshire Dales, and the Scottish borders, as well as the lovely Eden Valley. For a coastal break, the Victorian seaside town of Silloth is a great location, next to the Solway Coast Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, with views across the Solway Firth to Scotland.
We have a great selection of holiday cottages in Cumbria, to view them all please see below. To refine your search further simply use the options to the left hand side.


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Questions about a music project
- January 19, 2006 @ 1:03pmdannywilliams says:Hi,
I am a music technology student. I am currently sampling the sounds generated by childrens toys to create a sample library for use in one of my projects. My question is this: does anybody own copyright to the sounds that the toys make?
I guess its a similar issue with famous electronic instruments (TR808, FM7 etc) of which you can easily get hold of sampled versions.
I will be using the sample library to create versions of famous classical pieces. How long after a composers death does their work become copyright free? Also, if somebody else has created a MIDI version of a classical piece which is copyright free, do they own copyright to that MIDI file or is that too copyright free?
Any help greatly appreciated,
- January 23, 2006 @ 8:41amCOvalle says:For a quick answer, I believe that someone does own copyright to the sounds a toy makes. For example, I know someone who has created sound effects for electronic games; those are copyrighted. Electronic instruments are a different story; I'm not sure about the status of the sounds the instrument makes.
The public domain chart on the left can give you an idea of when a work is copyright free. If someone created a MIDI version of a classical piece, they may own the copyright in that version- but not the classical piece itself. You couldn't copy that MIDI and use it as your own, but you could make your own MIDI version.
- January 24, 2006 @ 7:52amwilliamsonl says:This could probably all fall under fair use if you are doing this for a class project. The copyright issues would come in if you wanted to take the project outside the classroom and either sell or use it in a public forum.
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Don't bother. Order made previously was never sent and then we were bombarded with emails to but their stuff!
Terrible company. If you do order anything you will be very lucky to get it.
I wonder if this place will for fill orders?
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although the extent of the decrease varies somewhat between reports. For younger age groups, binding affinity appears to be substrate specific. Thus, fetal serum albumin binds salicylate with lower avidity than adult serum albumin (association constants are 1.7-2.9 x 105 M"1 vs. 4.0 x 105 M"1), whereas it binds bilirubin more strongly (association constants 5.2 x 107 M"1 vs. 2.4 x 107 M"1).
For healthy elderly persons, in contrast to infants of age 1 year or younger, there is little conclusive evidence that dosage regimens of orally administered drugs, as recommended by Thummel and colleagues,21 need be altered for expected changes in plasma protein binding associated with advancing age.22
During the 1950s, a series of therapeutic disasters involving the administration of water-soluble preparations of vitamin K,23 sulfonamides,24 and chloramphenicol25 to premature and newborn infants occurred at several pediatric centers. Careful study of these events prompted investigators to propose inefficient glucuronidation of vitamin K derivatives and chloramphenicol and inefficient acetylation of sulfonamides as factors responsible for these adverse drug reactions. From these studies, and additional studies in immature animals, the delayed development of drug-metabolizing enzymes during the perinatal period was suggested to be a phenomenon of general significance.2 Since then, metabolic biotransformation has been amply demonstrated to be a major determinant of the pharmacokinetics of drugs (see pp. 18-50), usually by increasing the polarity of a drug to hasten its elimination through the action of Phase I enzymes that catalyze oxidation, reduction, and hydrolysis and Phase II enzymes that attach moieties such as glucuronic acid, acetate, sulfate, glutathione, and glycine to the drug molecule or its metabolites.
A total of 57 cytochrome P450 genes distributed among nine gene families of the Phase I cytochrome P450 superfamily of genes have been identified in humans (see p. 31).26,27 Among these, three families, CYP1, CYP2, and CYP3, as well as at least 24 individual enzymes they encode, dominate the biotransformation of therapeutic drugs and toxicants.28 Studies of the content, activity, and, more recently, gene expression are beginning to provide insight into the complex patterns of developmental change of Phase I enzymes accompanying early growth and development.
Within the CYP3 family, CYP3A enzymes metabolize more therapeutics and toxicants than the CYP1 and CYP2 families. CYP3A4 and CYP3A5 gene products account for about 30-40% of the total cytochrome P450 in adult liver and intestine. CYP3A7, the predominant fetal form of CYP3A, is uniquely expressed in fetal liver as early as 50-60 days of gestation. CYP3A7 expression continues through the perinatal period after which it declines progressively, reaching undetectable levels by about 1 year of age. CYP3A7 has been considered a fetus-specific enzyme, but it has been shown more recently to be expressed in adult human livers carrying the CYP3A71C allele by Sim and colleagues.29 CYP3A4/3A5 expression begins by about 1 week after birth, reaches 30% of adult levels by 1 month of age, and a maximum during childhood.30,31 The clearance of the narcotic analgesic fentanyl is 11.5 ml/kg/min at 33 weeks gestation, about 30% of its value in term infants, provides a measure of developmental changes in CYP3A431 (Figure 4.1A).
Members of the CYP1 and CYP2 families of enzymes exhibit various matu-rational patterns. By 1-3 months after birth, CYP1A2 has reached full adult activity, while CYP2C9, CYP2C19, and CYP2D6 have reached less than 20% of adult activities. At 3-5 years of age, CYP1A2 has twice the adult activity, while CYP2C9 and CYP2C19 exceed 100% of adult activity by 50-60%. At puberty, activities of these three enzymes have decreased to adult levels.
The flavin-containing monoxygenases (FMOs), encoded by a six-member gene family, is a Phase I gene involved in oxidative metabolism of xenobiotics containing nitrogen, sulfur, selenium, and phosphorus. One member of this family, FM03, has been identified as genetically defective and causative of the fish malodor syndrome (see Appendix A). The human hepatic FMOs exhibit a developmental switch somewhat reminiscent of that seen in the CYP3A family.28 FM01 was readily observed in two laboratories in hepatic tissue during gestation (at 14-17 weeks and 8-15 weeks), whereas FM03 was undetectable. FM01 expression declined during fetal development to undetectable levels at birth and was undetectable in adult tissues. In contrast, the onset of FM03 expression was highly variable. Most neonates failed to express FM03, but expression was evident by 1-2 years of age. Intermediate FM03 expression was observed until 11 years of age, after which a gender-independent increase was seen from 11 to 18 years. Because the decline in CYP3A7 expression is accompanied by a simultaneous increase in CYP3A4/3A5, CYP3A expression is relatively invariant. On the other hand, the absence of FM01 at birth and the delayed onset of FM03 result in a null hepatic FMO phenotype in the neonate. The developmental picture is not yet complete, however, because there is no information on the developmental expression of FMOs in extrahepatic tissues.
With respect to the ontogeny of Phase I enzymes in elderly persons, the bulk of evidence has not suggested any definitive relationship between age and change in hepatic microsomal protein content or activities of various cytochrome P450 enzymes including the common variants of CYP2D6.11 Two laboratories observed an age-related decline in CYP3A and 2E1, but not in CYP1A2 or 2C; there were, however, also confounding factors including disease, drugs, and smoking that render these findings moot.10
Several decades have elapsed since the perinatal inefficiencies of glucuronida-tion and acetylation in infants were identified,2 but knowledge of developmental changes is still far from complete, mainly because of ethical and technical difficulties that retard or prevent their systematic investigation. Nevertheless, there are indications that many drug-metabolizing enzymes are expressed early in development. For example, there is evidence for glutathione-S-transferases (GSTs) in fetal liver, lung, and kidney, for NAT1 in fetal tissues, for some isoforms of glucuronosyltranferases and sulfotransferases in fetal liver and other tissues, and for epoxide hydrolases 1 and 2 in fetal liver. However, nothing is known about human NAT2 developmental expression, the more important isoform of NAT to drug and toxicant metabolism in adults.32
Whether impairment of Phase I enzymes is associated with aging has, for some time, been a controversial issue. In their review of the literature, Le Couteur and McLean found no relationship between age and either the hepatic content or activity of various cytochrome P450 enzymes,33 but by analyzing the results of published studies into in vivo clearance of drugs, they concluded that the effect of aging on hepatic drug metabolism was likely to be secondary to the reduction of blood flow and liver size, as stated in the following section.
With respect to the effects of aging on Phase II enzymes, data on human subjects are even more limited and spotty than for Phase I enzymes. One study found no change in paracetamol glucuronidation or sulfation in aging human liver preparations.10
Recently, three drug-metabolizing enzyme polymorphisms were examined to detect a relationship between them and longevity, but none was found.34 The distribution of genotypes for CYP2D6, and two conjugating enzymes, NAT2 and GSTM1, but none of the phenotypes for CYP2D6 extensive or poor meta-bolizers, rapid or slow acetylators, and active or defective GSTM1 correlated with human longevity, alone or in combination. The expression or activity of drug transporters in liver, or of P-glycoprotein and multidrug resistance-associated protein, is of recent interest in drug clearance, but as yet no data are available that describe the effects of age on them.10
Bodily clearance of therapeutic drugs and other substrates is a function of both metabolic capacity and blood flow, and in some cases blood protein binding.10,35 To interpret kinetic data at different stages of development and aging, it is important to distinguish between ''high extraction'' and ''low extraction'' drugs. The metabolic clearance of highly extracted drugs is primarily determined by hepatic blood flow, and is termed ''flow-limited metabolism''; in contrast, the metabolic clearance of poorly extracted drugs is influenced mainly by intrinsic clearance (i.e., by the metabolizing capacity) of hepatic tissue, and is termed ''capacity limited.''
Studies in Infants and Children A number of drugs that are substrates for Phase I metabolism have been classified as having high or low hepatic extraction from adult human pharmacokinetic data (Table 4.2). Antiepileptics and certain benzodiazepines that are frequently used therapeutically in infants are low extraction drugs. The half-life of these drugs depends primarily on drug-metabolizing activity and can serve as an approximate estimate of the capacity to metabolize the drug. Aminophylline and caffeine both have lengthy plasma half-lives compared to those in adults and both are substrates for CYP1A, which is consistent with the extremely low activity of CYP1A in fetal liver. On the other hand, the capacity to metabolize carbamazepine and phenytoin in newborns is well developed at birth. Carbamazepine is a substrate of CYP3A4/5 while phenytoin is a substrate of CYP2C9. Perhaps the enhanced capacity to metabolize these substrates in newborns is a result of intrauterine induction. The fact that the maximum velocity (Vmax) for oxidation of phenytoin in children exceeds that in adults explains the recommendation of higher doses in children than adults.35
The half-life of drugs belonging to the high extraction group depends largely on hepatic blood flow, and only to a minor extent on metabolic capacity. All of the examples cited in Table 4.2 have longer elimination times after an intravenous dose in newborns than adults, but the drugs in this group are less commonly used in infants than adults.
Some drugs not classified with respect to hepatic clearance are also included in Table 4.2. Among these, the overall impression is that drug elimination in neonates is slower than in adults. Not only is there variation from drug to drug, but also from newborns to adults. This suggests that attempts to predict drug metabolic capacity for children from adult data would likely be unsuccessful.
The half-lives suggest that the metabolism of most drugs is reduced in the neonatal period, but many drugs do not conform to this trend. For certain drugs, alternative metabolic pathways may be quantitatively more significant during early life than later on, as acetaminophen, salicylic acid, and theophylline il-lustrate.35 In the full-term neonate, acetaminophen and salicylic acid are eliminated primarily as the sulfate and glycine conjugates, respectively, while adults eliminate both drugs primarily as glucuronide conjugates. Theophylline, in contrast, is eliminated by premature and full-term neonates mainly by direct
Table 4.2 Half-Lives of Drugs with Low or High Hepatic Extraction and Drugs Unclassified with Respect to Hepatic Extraction35
Half-life (hours)
Drugs with low hepatic clearance
Drugs with high hepatic clearance
Drugs unclassified with respect to hepatic extraction
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Stop Letting Anxiety Rule Your Life And Take Back The Control You Desire Right Now! You don't have to keep letting your anxiety disorder run your life. You can take back your inner power and change your life for the better starting today! In order to have control of a thing, you first must understand it. And that is what this handy little guide will help you do. Understand this illness for what it is. And, what it isn't.


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Our new FENSA MTC Cards recently dropped onto the door mat. As the new compliance of FENSA it shows the identity of the window and door installer/surveyor and the scheme stores the details of the experience and qualifications that have been achieved by the card holder. In September 2012 the DCLG (Department for Communities & Local Governments) agreed the new measure of competency for installers and surveyors of replacement windows and doors in domestic properties. Therefore having to comply with Minimal Techinal Competencies (MTCs).
FENSA has enforced the transition to MTC Cards for its 2015 deadline by giving the option for its window and door installers to complete the process through the experience route or the qualification route. The Experience Route for the MTC Card was only relevant for those with a minimum of 2 years in the industry.This form of assessment combined site visits and inspections with online tests at an approved assessment centre. Surveying and Installing qualifications needed to be taken seperately. The assessment then needs to be completed every 5 years.
The Qualification Route means that a minimum of NVQ Level 2- for Installers, and Level 3 -for Surveyors had been achieved.
So the benefits for the domestic customer are visible evidence of Minimal Technical Compentances in the form of being able to ask to see an MTC Card. This obviously enables the customer added peace of mind with proof of ID and that a surveyor/installer at their home has been monitered and considered to be compliant with testing. Though the question is will customers actually be aware of the scheme in order to request compliance of it to a company?
From a companies point of view the MTC gives recognition to the current skills, knowledge and competance of their staff and company and the card itself gives proof of meeting with the MTC requirements. In theory for staff it can allow greater employability with the proof to a prospective employer of knowledge and that a qualification has been achieved.
Though many companies will argue that its just another tick box compliance enforced to bump up FENSA's revenue if it helps to define the bonafide installer from the rougue trader then surely it can only be of benefit to the window and door industry.


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After nearly two months of distillation since returning from North and West Africa, the photographs I took there earlier this year have simmered down to a fine stock. Late last night (yes it was a Friday night, wince) I carefully bottled this eclectic distillation, mixing together flavours from Morocco, Mauritania, Senegal and Ghana. With a nervous brow I made sure to reveal hints of documentary, street, sport, portraiture and even architecture photography in the mix.
I invite you to take a sip on my website here.
And if that doesn't quench your thirst join me on the Facebook page.
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#21 Jüri Vips (EST – Hitech Grand Prix Mecachrome Dallara)
FIA F3 Championship position: 3rd – 122 points – after 12 of 16 races
#14 Yuki Tsunoda (JAP – Jenzer Motorsport Mecachrome Dallara)
FIA F3 Championship position: 10th – 37 points – after 12 of 16 races
#4 Liam Lawson (NZL – MP Motorsport Mecachrome Dallara)
FIA F3 Championship position: 11th – 22 points – after 12 of 16 races
The penultimate round of the FIA F3 Championship takes place this weekend at Monza and like everyone else, the Red Bull Juniors travelled to Italy with the sad thoughts of Spa's tragedy still very much in their minds.
As they must, Liam Lawson, Yuki Tsunoda and Jüri Vips will apply themselves to the task at hand along with the rest of the paddock.
Vips to improve
The Belgian round did not provide the results that the 19-year-old Estonian was looking for. "We are looking for a much better weekend than at Spa. We have ideas about what went wrong and what we are going to do here. We have things to try on the car and I certainly made some mistakes that could have been avoided so we are all in this for better results and more points."
"I very much like Monza as a circuit, it's a special feeling driving here, it's a bit weird, hard to describe, all the trees next to the track, the history, a special atmosphere, it is certainly different to anywhere else."
"Like Spa it is a high speed track so the set-up is quite similar, I think everyone will be running a bit less wing looking for that extra speed but it is not so different to Francorchamps," explained the Hitech Grand Prix driver.
Lawson to find answers
"I've never been here before, it is one of the few new tracks for me this season," explained the 17-year-old New Zealander. "So Free Practice will be all about learning the track. I have done a lot of sim work but that is never quite the same."
"It's great to be at such a historic track but honestly after the disappointment of last weekend I've just got to treat it like another race. We need to improve. We don't need to make amazing changes but we really need a step forward. We are still a bit unsure where things went wrong at Spa."
"It's another fast circuit, Qualifying will be important so I can see it will be like Spa, a mad dash at the start of Qualifying, 30 cars all battling for position, scrapping for a place behind about 5 quick cars to pick up the slipstream," stated the MP Motorsport driver.
Tsunoda to be in the top three
The 19-year-old Japanese driver was on the pace all weekend at Spa and finished second in Race 2 in the Jenzer Motorsport car so is determined to carry that forward.
"This is another track where I have not raced before so I have a lot of work to do. Looking at the forecast things could be complicated by the weather, it is due to change through the weekend so that might be quite tricky," explained the Honda Formula Dream Project driver.
"I know I have to concentrate on Qualifying, that is still where I need to improve. I am aiming for top three finishes this weekend and that will start with the grid position. Honestly I am not thinking about race pace at the moment, that has been quite good all year and it is still the priority to improve Qualifying."
Monza weekend schedule – all times Central European Summer Time (CEST)
Friday 6th September
09:35 – Practice (45 minutes)
17:50 – Qualifying (30 minutes)
Saturday 7th September
10:30 – Race 1 (22 laps)
Sunday 8th September
09:30 – Race 2 (22 laps)
FIA F3 Focus on Monza for Vips, Tsunoda and Lawson
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Haycarb records turnover of USD 123.33 million and profit before tax of USD 7.9 million for 2018/19
The Sri Lankan multinational Haycarb PLC reported revenue of USD 123.33 Million, profit before tax of USD 7.9 Million and profit after tax of USD 6.3 Million for financial year 2018/19. The earnings per share of equity holders of the company increased to USD 0.189 for the year.
The Chairman of Haycarb PLC and its parent company Hayleys PLC, Mr. Mohan Pandithage said that Haycarb posted noteworthy results through the execution of its strategic plan in a year of significant challenges in the raw material supply chain for the activated carbon business and adverse local business environment for the environmental engineering segment.
Haycarb PLC Managing Director, Mr. Rajitha Kariyawasan stated that the activated carbon business faced shortages and high cost of raw material in Thailand while the effects of shortages and high prices experienced in Sri Lanka and India up to the third quarter of the year impacted the operations negatively. The availability of raw material in Indonesia continued to be stable during the year under review contributing significantly to the results. He said that the retention of existing suppliers and broad basing the procurement network of the coconut shell charcoal supply chain in key coconut growing countries in the region, remains one of the most important initiatives of the Company in the short to the medium term. Haycarb also promoted sustainable business practices by establishing environment friendly charcoaling technology, through the Haritha Angara project in Sri Lanka and the Vertical Charcoal Kiln Project in Thailand. He added that the productivity improvement initiatives launched under the Lean Operational platform reduced costs and increased value to its loyal customers.


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Global Warming's Terrifying New Math, the game-changing article by climate journalist and Middlebury College Scholar, Bill McKibben.
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But all eyes are set squarely on the big prize — the Grey Cup — at the end of November
The Edmonton Eskimos announced on Wednesday their nominees for the 2017 Canadian Football League player awards, led by their most outstanding player in league-leading quarterback Mike Reilly.
But make no mistake, with a home playoff date still in reach as they head into Saturday's regular-season finale against the Saskatchewan Roughriders (5 p.m., TSN, ESPN3, 630 CHED), all eyes are set squarely on the big prize at the end of November.
For all the attention that's given at this time of year to individual accomplishments and potential team records being broken, it's also the time when those players have to be most focused on the task at hand.
"We talk all year about the beginning of the season, about the first-third and how you can set yourself up pretty well, the middle third and how you want to keep pace and build your lead if you can," Reilly said. "And then the last third is really the most important one where you want to be ramping up and playing your best football.
"And, physically, we know what we're capable of, it's just about being mentally focused on and ready to execute. You can't make mistakes this time of year. Everything's amplified, it becomes more costly."
As for all the award talk, Reilly turns a deaf ear.
"I don't hear anything other than when my offensive line gives me grief about articles that are written about me," Reilly said of the spotlight that's been squarely on him throughout a season in which he is just 128 yards away from breaking the club's single-season passing yards record of 5,663 set by Ricky Ray in 2008. "And I've seen them do it with the wide-outs, so that's pretty much the only time we ever hear about it."
And you can bet Reilly will happily dish some trash talk right back at Matt O'Donnell now that the right guard has been nominated as not only the Eskimos' most outstanding offensive lineman, but also the team's most outstanding Canadian in 2017.
O'Donnell is the only O-lineman, and only Eskimos starter along with Reilly, to have played all 17 games so far this season.
As for which O-lineman Reilly would have chosen this season, the answer is simple.
"I don't have enough votes," said the quarterback, who sits atop the passing stats after completing 426 of 627 pass attempts (68 per cent) for 5,536 yards, 30 touchdowns and 13 interceptions, while also leading all quarterbacks with 361 rushing yards and nine touchdowns on 87 carries. That puts him tied for the league lead in both passing touchdowns and rushing touchdowns heading into Week 20.
He was named a CFL player of the month for July and October, both of which saw the Eskimos go unbeaten.
The Eskimos nominee on the defensive side is nickel linebacker Kenny Ladler, who has been their biggest playmaker with 81 tackles, three interceptions, two forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, a field-goal block and 12 special-teams tackles across 16 games.
While Christophe Mulumba-Tshimanga isn't leading the Eskimos in special-teams tackles – that honour currently belongs to Natey Adjei with 14 in 17 games – he sits just one behind. That comes despite having played significant time on defence in a rookie season that's seen him earn 19 defensive tackles, three sacks and two forced fumbles between the WIL and MAC linebacker spots.
But it's fellow newcomer Kwaku Boateng who is up for the most outstanding rookie award, after the defensive end out of Wilfrid Laurier has earned 22 tackles, four sacks and a forced fumble, while also allowing the Eskimos to have important ratio flexibility on defence as the lone Canadian rotating in on an otherwise all American defensive line.
In this first ballot, FRC representatives from each CFL city, plus the respective head coach, submitted votes for the six categories. Voters were asked to select players from their local CFL club who, through on-field excellence, best represent the award titles.
The East and West Division winners for the 2017 CFL awards will be announced on Nov. 8. The 2017 league top honours will be handed out during Grey Cup week in Ottawa.
"I think they're all well deserving, there were one or two on all of our thoughts as coaches," said Eskimos head coach Jason Maas. "The guys that got nominated are right there, it couldn't happen to better guys and well deserving.
"Most of those guys played all 18 games and that's a feat in and of itself for this year."
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Eskimos 2017 CFL awards nominees
- Most Outstanding Player: Mike Reilly
- Most Outstanding Defensive Player: Kenny Ladler
- Most Outstanding Canadian: Matt O'Donnell
- Most Outstanding Offensive Lineman: Matt O'Donnell
- Most Outstanding Special Teams Player: Christophe Mulumba-Tshimanga
- Most Outstanding Rookie: Kwaku Boateng


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Hiding in the Corner
Just a quick note for those wondering about the silence of the blogs. It's not truly quiet, it's just been hiding behind a microphone for a while.
All my normal snark and sassiness, my opinions and epiphanies, still happen—they're just shared on the podcast rather than written out on the blog like the old days.
But here's the thing. The decision has been made to stop doing the podcast. My time needs to be focused elsewhere. I will be doing one final episode this summer, after I get all caught up on the other demands on my list, and then it will be gone. Finished. Over.
You can still listen to all of the aforementioned snark and sassiness, as the episodes will remain online for a while. Check out the Buttercup of Doom on the podcast page of the menu here, and listen while you can…
I may or may not snark on the blog as I have in the past. I will most likely post mini writing101 podcasts on my patreon page. And of course, I'll be writing. Which is what I should have been doing the whole time. But things are shiny and sometimes we have to investigate them for a while and see what happens. I did. But now this writer, is returning to her regularly scheduled pipedream.


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This week we see a very humbled Brittani all torn up about Tyra reaming her ass at panel. She apologizes to Alexandria for calling her ugly in front of some very important people, and in general the mood of the house seems a bit less fraught. Molly, however, assures us that her hatred of Alexandria burns hot and fresh. The girls meet up with Tyra at an art gallery, where she proceeds to give them tips on putting their portfolios together. They'll need the portfolios because they're heading out on go-sees, and also because each contains a letter. All the letters put together spell out the season's foreign destination -- Morocco! They'll be going next week, which means that one poor eliminated girl will have her international travel hopes dashed.
Kyle Hagler from IMG Models meets up with the girls to tell them about their go-see parameters. They'll have four hours in which to try to make four go-sees, and must be at designer Lana Marks at 3:00 p.m. There, the top three go-see performers will have the opportunity to do a 5th go-see with Lana. Each casting represents a different archetype - athletic, bombshell, girl next door, and couture - and the girls are told to pack a small bag that will help them prepare for each. Each girl has a driver, but they have to figure out directions on their own using only a map. Alexandria reminds us that she's from L.A., and so has quite an advantage.
All of the girls wind up at Frankie B. first, since it's closest. Molly arrives last, and decides that instead of waiting she's going to head to another go-see. She gets back in the car and proceeds to verbally abuse her poor driver. She winds up at House casting for a commercial audition, and is told that she could be friendlier on camera. Alexandria has no such qualms about acting friendly, and the casting agent likes her even though her performance is ripe as Vermont cheddar. An athletic go-see at Smashbox Studios proves to be a challenge in terms of attire, as none of the girls have brought proper athletic wear. Molly improvises by stripping down to her sporty underwear, while Alexandria changes into her swimsuit on the street.
All of the contestants manage to get to Lana Marks in good time, so no one is disqualified. The three girls who did best on their go-sees are Molly, Kasia and Alexandria. The challenge winner will get to be in Lana's global campaign, and also get a goody bag from some of the go-see designers. Alexandria is named the challenge winner, much to the chagrin of everyone else. Molly was a strong contender, but her stank attitude in her off moments, which basically involved a lot of sitting around and rolling her eyes, did her in.
The photo shoot for the week takes place at a landfill, where the girls wear specially designed eco-dresses made out of recycled materials like paperclips. There are a ton of seagulls around (who shit upon Jay Manuel twice, and so are our allies), and the whole thing makes me nostalgic for Marjory the wise trash heap from Fraggle Rock. I may have to take a moment and enjoy a small Doozer stick snack. Brittani gets way down in the trash to try to nail her photo, and she earns a reprieve from Tyra and a ticket to Morocco. The best photo of the week, however, goes to Alexandria. Molly winds up in the bottom two by virtue of her bad attitude alone. This scare is clearly designed to teach her a lesson, as she gets to stay for another week and poor, sugar-sweet Jaclyn is sent home.
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Previously on ANTM: Brittani threw down with Alexandria on the set of a challenge shoot that was filled with important people and ostensibly about working for a cause. Jaclyn excelled and Mikaela faltered on a crazytown Bates Motel photo shoot, but both of their performances were overshadowed at panel when Brittani had a panic attack after being called out by the judges on her crimes of stankery. Tyra wanted to send her ass home, but the other judges outvoted her (yes, it's possible!) and Mikaela was eliminated instead. Six bitches remain!
The girls ride home from panel in their bus, and Brittani confessionalizes that this has pretty much been the worst day of her life. And she lives in a trailer park. Think about it. We flash back to Tyra telling Brittani that she needs to figure out on how own how to prove her value as a human being and her worthiness of being on this show, even though the sole point of this show is to devalue genetically blessed human beings. Brittani cries as she tells us that now Tyra sees her as a horrible person. That's like the lobster pot calling the cast iron skillet fiercely real. Brittani does not want to go home, and shows a little gumption as she says that, whether or not Tyra thinks she deserves to be there, she knows she deserves to be there.
Back in the bus, Brittani eats shit and apologizes to Alexandria in an effort to "clear the plate." These types of mixed metaphors are what happen when you regularly deprive people of food. Brittani says that she's normally non-confrontational and exploded because she kept all of her hatred of Alexandria on the inside, which was the wrong way to approach the situation. If she had been outwardly hostile throughout the previous weeks, none of this would have happened. She apologizes for exploding, and Alexandria thanks her for apologizing. In an interview, Alexandria says that what Brittani did is almost unforgivable. It would take someone of Jesus's or Tyra's magnanimity to forgive Brittani's actions. Alexandria is that person. She claims that she's not dumb, and so still doesn't necessarily trust the other girls, but still she agrees to hug it out. Kasia tells us that the attitude toward Alexandria has flipped, and everyone feels better because their grievances are all out in the open. From under a blue hoodie, Alexandria tells the others that she has no problems with them. Only Molly stands resolute. She says that Alexandria is totally fake, and everyone buys it, which is ridiculous. She asks, "How dumb are you people?" Official measurements from a seismic scale tell us: quite dumb indeed.


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PHOTOS: Bisi Adjapong Thrills Audience at E-Ananse Book Reading
The second edition of the e-Ananse book reading session at the Baby Nest in Osu was filled with thrilling informative discussions.
The event which was held on Friday, August 9, 2019, at 7 pm had the author of 'Of Women of Frogs', Madam Bisi Adjapong took them through her novel.
The event which is the first of its kind in Ghana is initiated by West Blue Consulting; an Information Technology (IT) company is with the aim of reintroducing readers to African culture with the use of Ghana's Kwaku Ananse folklore.
Madam Adjapong also took the audience through sex education, how to promote quality education, increase the quality of life and general well-being, eradicating ignorance of early pregnancy, poverty and disease among other topics.
"The subject of sex and gender disparity has always fascinated me. But I didn't want a didactic book. I wanted to entertain and touch hearts. I wanted to write the kind of book I loved to read, a book featuring a woman who is intelligent, well-educated, funny, and romantic and has a healthy libido for sex education," Madam Adjapong said.
Reading Culture
Madam Bisi Adjapong at the reading session backed efforts in promoting reading through public libraries by West Blue Consulting Company.
She believes that such opportunities offer school children the chance to come closer to books and also enable them to have the opportunity to choose from among a variety of books.
She observed that the choice of a particular profession for any individual begins at an early stage of human development, and therefore such opportunities contribute to the decision that they would make in the future.
She, therefore, charged parents, guardians, opinion leaders, the media and all stakeholders at the gathering to play a role in ensuring that children cultivate the habit of reading to actively participate in the 'e-Ananse Library' project.
e-Ananse Library Mission
The e-Ananse Libraries are to help revitalize Ghana's reading culture and provide people with the tools to compete in the 21st Century by giving them access to high-quality contemporary literature, state-of-the-art computing facilities, and world-class literary events.
Each library has an e-Ananse technology hub, christened the Innovation Hub, which is equipped with internet-enabled computers which would give library-members access to the full range of resources available on the World Wide Web.
West Blue Consulting Company aims at using the concept to help improve the standard of education in the country.
General Manager, Mr. Kingsley Abeyieh revealed the libraries are opened every Tuesdays to Fridays from 12 pm to 8 pm and Saturdays from 10 am to 6 pm.


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On a "Saturday Night Live" episode that featured Anne Hathaway as host, a disturbingly funny TSA spoof, and a Miley Cyrus sketch, it's easy for the musical guest to get lost in the shuffle. But not when you're Florence and the Machine, who burst onto the mainstream scene a few months ago by performing "Dog Days Are Over" on the MTV VMAs in September.
Florence and the Machine was arguably the best thing about the VMAs, an awards show that featured performances by Rihanna, Eminem, and Justin Bieber. That didn't really matter though, as Florence Welch (who goes by the recording name Florence and the Machine) belted out lyrics while countless dancers and back-up singers performed simultaneously in the background.
On SNL, Anne Hathaway eagerly introduced Florence and the Machine, who once again performed "Dog Days Are Over." With the smaller scale stage that "Saturday Night Live" provides its guests, the overall performance isn't as spectacular as it was on the VMAs, but the red-haired talent makes it worth watching nonetheless.
To the left, watch Florence and the Machine perform "Dog Days Are Over" off the 2009 album "Lungs" on SNL.
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