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Some prebiotics show protection when injected but not when fed
As aquaculture continues to expand, pressures to find alternatives to medicinal disease treatments are also rising. Concerns over antibiotic use in aquaculture include the development and transfer of antibiotic resistance to fish and human pathogens, as well as the potential for accumulation of residual antibiotics in aquaculture products.
As the demand for aquaculture products increases, so does the search for environmentally friendly alternatives to antibiotics. Alternatives to antibiotics include dietary prebiotics, probiotics and synbiotics.
Prebiotics and probiotics have been shown to enhance both growth efficiency and disease resistance in a variety of aquatic species, while synbiotics (mixtures of pre- and probiotics) have yet to be extensively evaluated. Research using prebiotics and probiotics in aquaculture is growing, but the results are often inconsistent, and the mechanisms through which they function are poorly understood.
A prebiotic is a non-digestible substance that is thought to provide a beneficial effect on the host by stimulating growth or activity of naturally occurring bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract. Typically, prebiotics are non-digestible carbohydrates (fructo-oligosaccharides, galacto-oligosaccharides, mannan-oligosaccharides), but can also include indigestible dietary fibers (dextrins, inulin, lignin, waxes, beta glucans).
Many forms of prebiotics have been fed to a wide variety of fish species with varying responses. For example, inulin has recently been shown to alter the intestinal microbial communities of turbot, Arctic char, Atlantic salmon and hybrid striped bass, but did not yield any benefits toward improving growth or feed efficiency.
Prebiotics like glucans have shown protection against enteric septicemia of catfish in channel catfish when the products are injected but not when fed. Furthermore, a prebiotic composed of brewer's yeast, dairy components and dried fermentation products was found to significantly increase feed efficiency and reduce the mortality of hybrid striped bass challenged with bacterial pathogens.
Non-digestible oligosaccharides fed to rainbow trout, European sea bass, channel catfish and hybrid striped bass have shown varying degrees of success in improving growth efficiency and resistance to disease. The results of these studies suggested that prebiotics have a role in aquaculture as a feed additive for improving growth and resistance to disease.
Probiotics are live microorganisms thought to have a beneficial health effect on the host by adding "good" bacteria to the gut. Lactobacillus, Bacillus, Enterococcus, Carnobacterium, Saccharomyces and Candida are probiotic organisms widely investigated in aquaculture. These organisms are added directly to the water environment of the fish or administered orally in feed.
Probiotics have been shown to protect against bacterial infections by Vibrio, Aeromonas, Yersinia and Ichthyophthirius in rainbow trout. In African catfish, Lactobacillus enhanced fish health, survival and growth performance. In channel catfish, Pediococcus and Entebacteria had no growth-promoting or immune-stimulating effect, while Bacillus bacteria were shown to increase the survival of pond-raised catfish.
Another class of compounds called synbiotics includes mixtures of prebiotics and probiotics. Synbiotics may work by stimulating the growth of beneficial bacteria within the gastrointestinal tract of the host. The authors are not aware of any studies in aquatic animals that have evaluated the efficacy of these products, but synbiotics have potential for manipulating the microflora of the gut and improving growth and disease resistance.
MOS research
At the Thad Cochran National Warmwater Aquaculture Center in Stoneville, Miss., USA, the authors examined a commercial mannan-oligosaccharide (MOS) available from Alltech, Inc. derived from the cell wall of yeast as a potential feed additive in channel catfish.
In one study, the catfish were fed the prebiotic at 2 grams per kg diet for six weeks, then challenged with Edwardsiella ictaluri, the bacterium that causes enteric septicemia of catfish. All fish were bled before the challenge as well as on day 14 of the challenge. In a second study, catfish received the prebiotic at 4 grams per kg diet for nine weeks, followed by challenge with E. ictaluri. Mortalities were collected for 21 days.
Gut morphology was examined in fish fed diets with mannan-oligosaccharide, as well as controls prior to challenge. Sections of the upper, middle and lower parts of the intestine were taken for analysis.
Feeding MOS at 2 or 4 grams per kg diet for six or nine weeks did not improve weight gain, specific growth rate or feed conversion in the fish (Table 1). However, survival was significantly increased after challenge with E. ictaluri in both studies.
Peterson, Culture performance of channel catfish, Table 1
Treatment | Weight Gain (g)* | Specific Growth Rate | Feed-Conversion Ratio | Survival (%) |
Study I | ||||
Control | 59.5 | 2.00 | 1.40 | 52.5y |
MOS | 54.9 | 1.90 | 1.49 | 90.0z |
Standard error | 4.0 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 5.8 |
Study II | ||||
Control | 40.6 | 2.60 | 1.32 | 45.0y |
MOS | 44.4 | 2.90 | 1.33 | 70.0z |
Standard error | 1.4 | 0.01 | 0.10 | 1.7 |
Plasma levels of lysozyme, an indicator of a non-specific immune response, were similar in fish fed MOS feed before and after challenge. Fig. 1 shows representative lower intestine sections of fish fed MOS compared to controls. Microvilli lengths in the lower, middle and proximal intestine were similar after nine weeks of feeding.
(Editor's Note: This article was originally published in the July/August 2010 print edition of the Global Aquaculture Advocate.)
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Knowing the Cosmic field-Self
In 1543, Nicolaus Copernicus published "On the revolution of Heavenly Spheres" which introduced the idea that planet Earth moves around the sun.
For centuries previously, the accepted wisdom had been that planet Earth was stationary at the centre of the Universe and the sun rotated around it.
This new idea, of a spinning Earth rotating around the sun was met with widespread resistance, not least because it seemed self-evident that the planet was static while the sun moved across the sky.
Eventually though, this new way of understanding the world was accepted. There was a shift in awareness.
Today, despite some resistance, there is beginning to be a shift in our understanding of the nature of human consciousness.
The established view is that consciousness is produced by our separate brain. It seems self-evident, to many people, that this should be the case.
Suppose though, that our human consciousness, rather than being generated by the brain, is actually present everywhere in the Universe as an intrinsic cosmic consciousness field, which our brain tunes into and participates with.
While we're awake, our human brain is processing a stream of data from our body senses of sight, hearing and touch and flavouring the cosmic field-consciousness which exists within us and in all space everywhere, with the experience of being inside our unique human body.
The seeing and experiencing we're aware of inside ourselves is occurring within a cosmic field-intelligence or consciousness-organism and this cosmic field-self is really who we are, not the 'separate' ego created by our thinking.
Of course, a healthy personal ego is essential when we're navigating through the usual human experiences of living in the everyday world, but now we can begin to see our 'separate' ego as a convenient thought-created fiction, a porous and dissolvable thought construct existing within the all-experiencing, self-knowing field-consciousness.
We can take it less seriously and be less caught up in the insecurities that can emerge for us if we attach our sense of self exclusively to this unstable, thought-created construct we call ego, rather than allowing ourselves to retain a conscious awareness of the underlying cosmic field-self.
If we pay attention inside ourselves to the self-aware, cosmic consciousness field-organism, we can realise intuitively that it is knowable as the same one self in everyone, everywhere, at the same moment.
The authentic self in each one of us is the cosmic field-self present within all of us everywhere rather than the separate ego self we create with our thoughts.
Taking a focus of attention inward and regularly knowing the cosmic field-consciousness, the intelligent aliveness that seems to be in all space within and around us, helps us to dissolve our ego slightly and lessen our sense of separation from others.
The huge benefit this regular tuning-in brings into our daily life in the world is that we can begin to develop a much clearer awareness of the intuitive guidance that the cosmic intelligence field-organism is always offering us.
This intuitive guidance often appears in our life as a sudden flash of inspiration or insight and we can encourage these flashes of intuitive inspiration to occur more often if we tune in regularly to the field.
We can also begin to feel more at home in the Universe, our connection with cosmic intelligence re-awakens an intuitive realisation that we're cosmic beings, the continuously generated, apparently material, vibrational expressions of a field of cosmic intelligence.
Moment by moment, the cosmic field-intelligence organism is vibrationally structuring cosmic energy into the flow of quantum scale standing waves which we interpret with our senses as human body cell biochemistry.
Human beings are being generated in realtime by a vibrational transformation of cosmic intelligence-energy into living human body cells.
The transforming of cosmic energy and intelligence into the clusters of energy fluctuations which we observe as our own human hand, is occurring as a continuously emergent process, a streaming flow of emergence from the non-visible into the visible.
Cosmic intelligence is generating, synchronising and orchestrating a very large number of complex chemical reactions inside every one of our trillions of body cells.
Despite the persuasive apparent materiality of our human body and our surroundings in the world, it seems that all material stuff is actually clusters of vibrational fluctuations in a field of cosmic energy.
The world is cosmic intelligence continuously making itself visible.
Knowing this for ourselves, by regularly tuning in to the field-intelligence which is bringing us into being, helps us to live well in the world.
As we consciously realise ourselves as expressions of cosmic intelligence, we can find a larger sense of what it means to be human.
We can begin to know ourselves as cosmic intelligence expressing itself as a living being and this can help us both live better and re-consider our notions about dying.
Intuitively knowing the cosmic field-intelligence helps us realise that it is consciously aware of the birth, life and death of all of us everywhere within itself.
We might reasonably consider that dying within this one conscious space is a dissolving into an immense cosmic intelligence that we suddenly recognise and know.
~We can bring this intuitive realisation into our daily life by taking a focus of attention inward.
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~We can gently hold this focus of attention in the inner core of ourself and allow our thinking to subside.
~Our attention is now focussed within a conscious, self-aware space which seems to be not only inside us, but everywhere throughout the Universe.
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Edible gardens are a world unto themselves in the landscape. There are many strategies unique to vegetable gardens that extend growing times, keep the garden healthy, and maximize crop yields. Here's a cheat sheet of common edible garden lingo and strategies.
Succession garden
Think of a succession garden as a master plan for the garden from season to season. For instance, in June, you can plan to clear some spring vegetables and plant summer crops. Or you can sow and transplant alongside waning spring vegetables with a view to next season's produce.
Succession planting
The primary purpose of succession planting is to provide continuous crop output within the season by sowing seed of a given crop at 1 to 2 week intervals. For instance, you can stagger corn production by making a subsequent planting when the first is 1 to 2 inches tall. Beans, turnips, seasonal lettuce, and beets are well-suited to this practice.
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Crop rotation
Crop rotation is the practice of changing the location of edible crops from year to year. Rotating crops in the garden enhances soil fertility and lowers risk of pests and diseases. Backyard gardeners with limited space should at least avoid planting exactly the same crop or crops from the same plant family year after year in the same part of the garden. For example, do not follow melons with cucumbers or squash, and do not plant peppers, eggplant, or potatoes where tomatoes grew the year before.
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"What if the girls are all mean there"
"Maybe we'll meet our future husbands."
"I hope the pool is heated"
"This is middle school, the big leagues, you know?"
"These people will be our classmates for the next six years, I have to make a good impression."
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Flash forward to the end of my senior year. I don't think I've met my future husband here (though maybe I have and I just don't know it yet) but I still sometimes introduce myself as Nikky. It has become more of a convenience thing and less of a "fearing-I'm-different" thing. However, I didn't realize just how comfortable I've grown in my own skin until this past Saturday, when a classmate of mine came up to me and wistfully told me how much he admired how unapologetically "me" I and how I don't seem to ever be afraid of expressing myself. It suddenly hit me how drastically my mindset has changed since I was in that bathroom, scared to be myself.
I wish I could pinpoint exactly what it was that let me know it was okay to be different, to truly be yourself so I could tell underclassmen do to that exact thing and voila: you're set. It would make sense that as I grew older, I became more confident in myself, but I genuinely feel indebted to this school. It was a culmination of all my experiences on the past six years here at Harvard-Westlake, especially the last three years at the Upper School, that encouraged me to, pardon my French, f*** the haters.
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The Centre for the Study of Ancient Thought, better known as the Léon Robin Centre, is a Joint Research Unit (UMR 8061) placed under the dual patronage of the University of Paris-Sorbonne and the CNRS. It brings together, for the most part, members of the CNRS and teacher-researchers from the University of Paris-Sorbonne and the École Normale Supérieure.
See also the history of the Léon Robin Centre.
The Centre, whose current director is Jean-Baptiste Gourinat (CNRS) and deputy director Marwan Rashed (University of Paris-Sorbonne), aims to encourage and coordinate research on Ancient thought and its history. Members of the Centre, grouped in different research programs (see the article Research themes and programs), question the texts in their philosophical content, while carefully taking into account philological and historiographical problems as well as the political, religious, aesthetic background of these texts. It makes considerable room for the history of their reception and for the issues related to their past and contemporary uses.
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Coming into the new season, women's Basketball Head Coach Jamie Wong had been worried if her freshmen players would have playing chemistry with the remaining five sophomores on the team.
Her concern faded after the Rams achieved three straight wins over some of the top teams in the stated in the first three games her concern faded.
So far, the Rams have reeled off 22 straight wins to start the season which is a school record.
The team worked extremely hard during the off-season, running on the track, and building strength in the weight room.
"We have four post players who run the floor really well, which is something most teams don't have," Wong said.
The Rams won five preseason tournaments, including the Hilton Garden Inn Classic in Pasadena and the Sierra Summit.
"We were in a lot of tournaments this year, more than we have been in the past," Wong said. "I knew it was going to be a test for us and we have responded well to pressure and challenges we have faced."
Sophomore center Courtney Buster added: "I knew we would be strong after the Pasadena tournament because it's always a hard tournament, and when we won that, everybody was like, 'let's keep working hard, hard work pays off, let's go.'"
Wong puts her team through are intense drills, she wants to make them tougher. During their two-hour team practice, the women often play in inter-squad scrimmages to get used to the physicality of basketball.
"Twenty-two wins against top ranked teams is no easy task," Wong said. "Our team has a passion to win and they prepare hard every day in practice to achieve that."
The spark of the freshmen class, led by Jazmine Holmes, Brittani Allen, Mone Peoples and Heather Chow has contributed their share to the team's success as well. Wong has a lot of fun coaching them.
"They are a talented group of athletes who have made a great contribution to our success in the pre-season," Wong said. "I expect them to continue to do so throughout the season."
Although they lost for the first time against Chabot on Jan. 9, this year's team is only five wins away from eclipsing the 27 victories accomplished by the 2005-2006 team during their conference championship season.
While most teams have three to four assistant coaches on their staff, Wong only has one coach on her side. After two other assistants stepped down, Wong is now working with assistant coach Derek Lau.
"Derek is a great assistant. Having an assistant like him makes things easier because he is a good worker, organized, and committed to working hard for, and with our athletes," Wong said.
Despite the intense practice sessions and top notch competition during the pre-season, the team also managed to compile a grade point average of 3.26.
With a number two ranking in the state and five tournament championships, the Rams are focused on winning the conference title and the state championship. After proving they can play against some of the best teams early in the season, they know they have have a bullseye on their back.
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The Vivienne has been confirmed for a guest spot on Emmerdale for the soap's first ever Pride celebration.
The fierce queen, who won the first ever season of BBC's RuPaul's Drag Race UK, will sashay over to the Dales as the village church and LGBTQ+ communities celebrate Pride Month for the first time in history.
"My role is to officially open the event on the stage! It's great for Emmerdale to be doing this and I'm delighted to be part of it," said The Vivienne, who will play herself in the series.
"We're making that little bit of history for all the gays and the LGBTQ+ community and it's just an absolute honour."
Kate Brooke, Emmerdale producer, said: "We're absolutely thrilled to welcome The Vivienne to Emmerdale to help our villagers celebrate this year's Pride event in style.
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Since conquering Drag Race UK, The Vivienne has become one of the most prolific drag entertainers in the UK with appearances on shows such as The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, Celebrity Juice and The Great British Sewing Bee.
She also reprised her widely acclaimed impersonation of reality personality and impeached president Donald Trump in Morning T&T, which also saw Baga Chipz return as Margaret Thatcher, and the BBC documentary Trump in Tweets.
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EU Commission publishes a package of guidelines and recommendations to help Member States gradually lift travel restrictions and allow tourism businesses to reopen. Among others, the package includes Guidelines on the progressive restoration of transport services and connectivity, with some important principles, recommendations and measures related to maritime passenger transport, including guidance on the use of personal protection equipment and on limiting contact among passengers and between passengers and transport workers in ports and on ships.
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When Lawyers Work for Accounting Firms
By Linda Galler [Originally published in NYPRR February 1999]
Large American accounting firms are following the lead of their counterparts in Europe by expanding the range of services offered to the public into areas traditionally served by law firms. The American Bar Association has created a Commission on Multidisciplinary Practice to study how professional service firms operated by accountants and other non-lawyers are seeking to provide legal services to the public. Although the tax consulting practices of "Big Five" accounting firms are the primary focus of the Commission, other types of legal services are targeted, as well.
Throughout the last decade, Big Five accounting firms have stepped up recruiting efforts directed at both recent law school graduates and experienced attorneys. These firms now employ thousands of lawyers in the United States and worldwide, to conduct practices that are remarkably similar to those conducted by law firms. In addition to rendering tax planning advice, attorneys employed by accounting firms engage in estate planning, litigation support, employee benefits consulting, and business planning. Indeed, it has been reported that Arthur Andersen regularly files United States Tax Court petitions on behalf of its clients and may represent these clients as litigation progresses.
Are They Practicing Law
However, accounting firms claim not to engage in the practice of law. Despite legal training, admission to the bar, work experience in law firms, and the nature of professional services provided, lawyers employed by accounting firms also claim that they do not practice law but rather act as consultants. These claims are thought to liberate these individuals from potentially troubling ethical precepts, including obligations to maintain client confidentiality, conflict of interest rules, and proscriptions against sharing legal fees with non-lawyers. But these claims seem inconsistent with ABA Informal Opinion 328, which states that a lawyer who engages in a second occupation that is law-related and involves some practice of law is held to the standards of the bar in that second occupation.
These claims also are meant to deflect charges of unauthorized practice of law on the part of the accounting firms themselves. However, by expanding their consulting practices beyond traditional areas of tax return preparation and related advice, which are generally thought not to constitute law practice, and by representing clients before the Internal Revenue Service, which is permitted by federal law, accounting firms may well be engaging in the practice of law. The ABA Commission report is expected next summer. The report will provide a basis for discussing and formulating the ABA's official response or position with respect to the practices of multidisciplinary firms. Although the report will likely recommend changes to the ABA Model Rules, the Commission has not yet reached any conclusions on what these changes ought to be. Model Rules that are most likely to be affected are: 1.6 (Confidentiality of Information), 1.7 (Conflict of Interest), and 5.4 (Professional Independence of a Lawyer). In these areas, ethical rules for lawyers are more stringent than the rules for accountants.
Incompatible Standards on Confidentiality
Model Rule 1.6 prohibits disclosure of information relating to representation of a client, with limited exceptions. The duty of confidentiality generally applies to matters communicated in confidence by the client and to all information relating to the representation, whatever its source. The lawyer's duty of confidentiality is incompatible, however, with the accountant's duty to disclose. An accountant or firm that acts as an auditor of financial statements has a public duty to disclose certain matters. A key issue for the Commission to consider is how an auditor's duty to disclose can coexist within a single firm with a lawyer's duty of confidentiality.
Recent federal legislation creating a tax adviser privilege complicates the confidentiality question. It appears to provide tax clients of lawyers and non-lawyers with similar levels of protection, but its scope is very limited. The new privilege applies to certain communications between a client and a non-lawyer tax adviser (including an attorney who happens to be employed by an accounting firm that claims not to engage in the practice of law) in circumstances where the attorney-client privilege would apply if the tax adviser were practicing as an attorney. However, this privilege applies only in federal civil litigation — and then only when legal (as opposed to business) advice is rendered. It does not apply to communications made in connection with advice on so-called 'corporate tax shelters."
Different Standards on Conflicts of Interest
Model Rule 1.7 sets forth the general rule on attorney conflicts of interest. Subsequent provisions provide guidance on prohibited transactions and conflicts with former clients. Model Rule 1.10 disqualifies from representation in a client matter all lawyers practicing in a firm in which any one attorney has a conflict. Accountants, in contrast, are permitted to represent two or more clients at the same time in situations where lawyers are not. So long as the accountant believes that she can professionally serve both clients with objectivity, simultaneous representation is permitted, although disclosure and client consent are required. The ABA Commission will consider whether the legal profession's conflict of interest rules should be relaxed. For example, it may consider permitting clients to waive conflicts now thought to be non-waivable, or may recommend the use of screens within firms as a substitute for client consent to conflicts. This is perhaps the most difficult issue faced by the Commission. The duty of loyalty to client lies at the heart of the legal profession.
Fee Sharing Prohibited
Model Rule 5.4 prohibits lawyers from sharing legal fees with non-lawyers, forming partnerships with non-lawyers for the practice of law, and providing legal- services under the control of a non-lawyer. This rule is clearly inconsistent with multidisciplinary practices in which legal services are rendered. It's difficult to see how this Rule can escape modification if lawyers are to compete on an equal footing with multidisciplinary accounting firms.
Circular 230 Controls Practice Before IRS
All tax professionals, including lawyers and accountants, are subject to federal professional standards as well as state rules. Practitioners before the Internal Revenue Service are governed by federal regulations commonly referred to as Circular 230. The IRS Director of Practice has the authority to suspend or disbar from practice before the IRS any practitioner who fails to comply with Circular 230. Circular 230 is taken seriously by practitioners, perhaps because the IRS actively enforces its rules and reports the names of transgressors to the public. Indeed, the level of IRS activity plainly differs from that of state bar disciplinary authorities, who rarely report instances of disciplinary action on United States Tax Court has adopted the ABA Model Rules, so that any person (lawyer or non-lawyer) practicing before that court violates a court rule if she violates a Model Rule.
ABA Commission Wants Comments
The ABA Commission is interested in hearing from those with specific experience and information on the issues surrounding multidisciplinary practice. Hearings were held in November 1998; 21 persons testified. Another hearing will be held in Los Angeles in February 1999.
Linda Galler is a Professor at Hofstra Law School. She teaches Ethics In Tax Practice and is Vice-Chair of the ABA Committee on Standards of Tax Practice.
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"Recent Works" by nationally renowned artist Danville Chadbourne is a colorful exhibition inspired by nature. It explores how the artist transforms organic materials, found objects and woodwork into poetic, and mesmerizing works of art. The exhibit bridges ecology and art, and is in dialogue with the Rio Grande Valley's biodiversity and natural resources. One of our continued missions for the San Benito Cultural Arts Department is to create a collaborative environment that promotes, encourages, and shares the narratives of our region. Danville Chadbourne's work adds to the conversation and inspires us to be more curious, and observant of the natural world around us - perhaps it will reveal aspects of ourselves.


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History of Creation
The T-34-85 standard in 1960 is an improved model of the T-34-85 standard in 1944. T-34-85 period majestically Russian War, developed by the design bureau of Gorky plant number 112 «Red Sormovo». Managed the development of the chief designer of the plant VV Krylov Then the technical documentation on the car head-approved plant number 183 in Nizhny Tagil (chief designer — Morozov AA). January 23, 1944 GKO decree number 5020 tank adopted the Red Army. The creation of these tanks was carried out at the plants number 112 «Red Sormovo», № 174 (Omsk) and number 183 in the period from March 1944 to December 1946. In the aftermath of the war were fired plants 5742 tank.
In 1947, the car was given the factory designation «Object 135». In 1950 she once upgraded. Modernization measures at the factory overhaul of the Ministry of Defense of the USSR. These activities (which were to improve the technical and combat characteristics, increasing the reliability of the units and units of the tank, ease of maintenance) developed the Institute of CEZ-100 and number 1 on the instructions of HBTU. Final testing of drawings and technical documents for updating, approved in 1960, performed under the control of head designer Kartseva LN Design Bureau of Plant number 183 (Nizhny Tagil). The T-34-85 standard in 1960 had a conventional model of the general assembly, the crew — 5 people. Interior equipment was located in 4 offices: the transmission, engine, combat and control. The hulls, turret, chassis, transmission and power plant in comparison with the T-34-85 standard in 1944 did not undergo significant configurations.
Building and equipment
In the control compartment located gunner (right) and driver (left), DTM machine gun mounted in the ball mount, controls a tank, instrumentation, two hand-held fire extinguishers, two compressed air cylinders, machine TPU, also spare parts and the ammunition . The driver went through a hatch in the car, which was located in the upper front plate of the hulls and armor locked lid. The cover flap of the driver was equipped with with 2 observation devices, which served to increase the horizontal viewing angle (were deployed in the side of the hull sides). For observation of the terrain and the road into the black at the time of the day the driver had night vision device BVN. BVN set consisted of the device, a high-voltage power supply, lights FG-100 has an infrared filter and spare parts. BVN device and spare parts to it when not in use were stored in the packing box, which is located behind the driver's seat in the first box boeukladki. In the fore body of the bracket fastened to the additional optical element having an infrared filter.
BVN device using mounted in a removable bracket that is mounted on the Bonk, welded to the right side of the flap to the upper front plate (with all the cover flap was open). The power supply unit mounted on a bracket inside the tank on the left side, on the right side of the hull — Light FG-100 has an infrared filter. The left FG-102 filmed optical element and svetomaskirovochnuyu head, and instead of using an optical element having an infrared filter. Before sitting in the bottom of the machine gunner's compartment had emergency hatch, which is locked flip-down lid armor (using a loop).
In the fighting compartment, which occupied the middle part of the body and the internal volume of the tower were armament with mechanisms aiming and sights, observation devices, communications equipment and the ammunition, and jobs, the tank commander and gunner — to the left of the gun, loader — right. On the roof of the tower above the commander's seat was placed non-rotating cupola. The side walls of the observation towers had 5 slots (protected by glass), which provided an overview of the commander of the groove. In the roof of the turret had a front flap, closes bronekryshkoy. In turn base flap installed observation device TPKU-2B or TPC-1. In the roof of the tower above the jobs gunner and loader was installed by one periscope rotator MK-4. For planting crew apart from the input flap present in the commander's turret hatch was used, made over workplace charging in the right part of the roof of the tower. Flap secured with hinged lid armor on one hinge.
The left side of the tank in the fighting compartment was mounted boiler nozzle heater, which was included in the cooling system of the engine. During the fighting compartment housed the engine compartment. They shared a removable baffle. In the engine compartment located engine, four batteries and two radiators. In the left upper removable and non-removable sheet is cut to access the heater blower, covering case. At the door there was a window to the side plate for nozzle heater. In the rear of the chassis transmission compartment was separated from the wall of the engine compartment. It was established with the main clutch centrifugal fan units boxes, air, fuel tanks and electric starter.
Weapons and sights
The main instrument of the T-34-85 standard in 1960 was the tank gun ZIS-S-53 85 mm with a semi-automatic mechanical (follower) of the type and vertical breech. Barrel Length — 54.6 caliber strip height of fire — 2.02 m with gun ZIS-S-53 was paired DTM machine gun 7.62 mm. In the vertical plane of the sighting paired installation was carried out in the spectrum of -5 to +22 degrees with a hoist sector type. Unaffected place in the management of fire from twin set was 23 meters. To protect the hoist during a march on the dynamic loads on the bracket to the left of the gun, located inside the tower stop marching gun position that ensures fixing implements a 2-positions (elevation angles — 16 and 0 degrees). In the horizontal plane of the installation was carried out aiming paired BCH placed to the left of the gunner's seat in the tower. The design of the mechanism of turret rotation provided by electromotive or manual drive. When using electromotive drive (used 1.35-kilowatt electric motor MB-20B) tower turned in both directions with 2 different speeds. The highest rate of rotation of the tower at all it was 30 degrees per second.
On the part of the T-34-85 of the last model year two-speed electric turret was replaced by a new electric KR-31. This drive allows rotation of the tower with the gunner's station or from the commander. Rotating turret gunner was carried out by the controller, the rheostat KR-31. The direction of rotation of the tower with all this corresponded to handle deviation to the right or to the left from the initial position. Swing speed wondered angle of the controller handles and varied in the range — from 2 to 26 degrees per second. Tank commander turned the tower with the help of the commander's control button is pressed, which was mounted on the left handle of the inspection unit commander. Transfer of the tower was carried out on the shortest path until the alignment axis of the bore and the band of sight viewing device. Speed — 20-24 degrees per second. In the stowed position, locking the turret stop carried by the tower mounted on the right side (approximately adjustable loader) in one of the ball gripper support tower.
To observe the battlefield, determining distance to the target, aimed fire from the gun and coaxial machine gun, fire correction was used armored articulated telescopic sight TSH-16. Most range precision fire from a cannon — 5.2 thousand meters of coaxial machine gun — 1,5 thousand meters to prevent fogging of the glass sight it equipped with electric heater. In the conduct of fire from guns with indirect fire was used lateral level, attached to the left-hand panel fencing gun tower and protractor (pointer was attached to the left of the gunner's seat on the overhead support towers). Most of the gun firing range — 13.8 thousand meters. The structure of the trigger gun included electric trigger and manual (mechanical) descent. Electric trigger lever was placed on the handle of the handwheel lifting gear lever on the descent — on the left panel fencing. The coaxial machine gun fire carried out by the same electric trigger lever. Switching on / off electric trigger switches on the instrument produced electric trigger gunner.
Second DTM machine gun of 7.62 mm was placed in a ball mount on the right side of the upper frontal hull plates of the T-34-85. Machine gun system provided corners vertical lay in the range of -6 to +16 degree horizontal angles — 12 degrees in the sector. When shooting this gun used optical telescopic sight PPU-8T. When firing a machine gun from a frontal unaffected place was 13 meters. Gun ammunition consisted of 55 — 60 rounds, machine guns DTM — 1890 rounds (30 discs). In addition, the military branch was laying: AK-47 7.62 mm (supplied with 300 rounds of ammunition, 10 shops), 20 hand grenades F-1, 26-mm flare gun (20 rounds of signal).
Allowance of ammunition
To fire the gun used unitary shots with subsequent rounds: boneheaded armor-piercing tracer BR-365 has a ballistic tip; ostrogolovy BR-365K; Subcaliber armor-piercing tracer BR-365P; also solidbody fragmentation grenade 0-365K with a reduced and a full charge. Armor-piercing tracer had an initial velocity of 895 m / s, a fragmentation grenade on a full charge — 900 m / s and at a reduced charge — 600 m / s. Blank range at a target height of 2 meters using armor-piercing projectile — 900-950 meters, armor-piercing sabot tracer — 1100 meters.
Summary racking installation consisting of 12 shots (O-365K), located in a niche of the tower. Homutikovye stacking, 8 shots, located 4 shots (BR-365 or BR-365K) — on the right side of the hull in the fighting compartment, 2 shots (BR-365P) — the corners of walls in the fighting compartment, 2 shots (BR-365P) — in front of the crew compartment on the right. The other 35 shots (24 O-365K, 10 BR-365 or BR-365K and 1 BR-365P) were placed in six boxes in the fighting compartment on the old days.
Wheels of machine guns were placed in the spec. clusters: in front of the machine gunner on the front seat head-sheet — 15 pcs, on the right side of the body to the right of the machine gunner seat — 7 units to the left of the driver's seat at the bottom of the hull — 5 pcs, sitting in front of the loader on the right wall of the tower — 4 pcs. Hand grenades F-1 and the fuses in the bags were placed on the left side in the laying nests.
Ammunition for AK-47 (180 pieces), equipped with a 6 stores were located: in the spec. the bag on the right side of the tower — 5 stores; cover on the machine in a special pocket — 1 store. Other cartridges (120 pcs.) In a regular fit capping at the discretion of the crew. 6 signal cartridges were in spec. bag, left the sight TSH on the left side of the tower, the other 14 rounds in capping located at the discretion of the crew on the occupation of the fighting compartment.
The hull and turret
Armor protection — protivosnaryadnaya, differentiated. The design of the hull and turret in comparison with the T-34-85 standard in 1944 remained without changes. Housing tank welded from rolled and cast armor width of 20 mm and 45 mm with separate bolts. Cast tower with Weld in the roof, mounted on the hull of the tank with a ball bearing. Maximum thickness in the frontal part of — 90 mm. The tank T-34-85 standard established in 1960 towers with improved ventilation system of the crew compartment. 2-install exhaust fans smashed. With all of this one fan mounted above the cut breech gun in the front part of the roof, does the exhaust, and the second, mounted in the rear section of the roof of the tower — the delivery. This placement has allowed fans to increment the efficiency of the crew compartment purge and eliminate the passage of gases produced during the combustion of gunpowder through jobs crew. The upper aft hull plates for making smoke screen installed two smoke bombs BDSH-5 with a reset and an electronic ignition system (from the commander). In the stowed position (in the case of 2-installation of additional fuel drums to be installed on spec. Mounts on the upper aft sheet) smoke bombs to strengthen the upper cut-sheet before the additional tank with oil (on some machines then set the third extra tank capacity of 90 l.).
The engine and fuel system
On tanks T-34-85 standard was set in 1960 500-horsepower (at engine speed of 1800 r / min) diesel engine B2-34M or V34M-11. Starting the engine was performed using a 15-horsepower electric starter ST-700 (priority startup) or compressed air (alternate method) stored in the 2-cylinder air volume of 10 l .. To facilitate the launch of low temperatures in the criteria used nozzle heater with a water-tube boiler, which is included in the cooling system, and a heater for heating the air that enters the engine cylinders. The heater was attached to the bulkhead of the engine compartment on the bracket. Apart from the nozzle heater in the heating system, radiators were heating oil in both oil tanks, electrical equipment (electrical wiring and candle lamps), and pipelines. The heating system provide training for start-up diesel engine cooling water heating, as part of the oil in the tanks. In addition, to facilitate the start of the motor at low temperatures used device that removes oil from the frozen oil line, the supply of it is pumped to the oil pump.
In the fuel system were 8 fuel tanks placed inside the body and integrated into 3 groups: a group of feed tanks, a group of right-wing and left-side tanks. The total capacity of the internal tank — 545 l .. On the right side of the tank was equipped with two additional external fuel tank 90 liters. each. External fuel tanks in the fuel system were not included. On the sloping rear plate fastened two barrels with a capacity of 200 liters. any. The composition of the fuel system was included cistern, which was located on the partition of the engine compartment on the right side of the body and is used to drain through a special pipe fuel injection pump housing. In the spare parts of the tank went compact charging unit MSA-3, packed in the transport position in an iron box, secured on the outside of the left side of the inclined housing. In store stroke of the T-34-85 standard in 1960 on the highway on the inner (main) fuel tanks — 300-400 km on dirt roads — 320 km.
The cooling system of the motor — forced, liquid, closed type. Any radiator core was cooling surface 53 meters. Capacity of the cooling system after the installation of a heating system (constant inclusion in the system) with the fuel injection heater was 95 liters. To reduce the time of preparation for the launch motor at low temperatures in the cooling system of a filler neck. Burning liquid is poured into the mouth of this, came specifically to the head and the engine block zarubashechnoe place, th e speeding up its heat.
Air cleaning system
The system uses two air-cleaning air cleaner VTI-3 combined type filled ejection automatic removal of dust from the first-stage dust collector. Ejectors are connected to dust collector installed in the engine exhaust pipe. Air cleaner consisted of a housing unit with cyclone dust collector, lid and cover with 3 cassettes of wire spun.
Lubrication system
Circulation combined (splash and pressure) lubrication system engine with dry sump (oil applied MT-16p) consisted of: three-section gear pump oil, 2-oil tanks, oil-wire slotted filter «Kimaf» surge tank, tubular oil cooler , maslozakachivayuschego pump MOHP-2 electric, temperature gauge, pressure gauge and piping. Between the engine and the oil tanks on each side were the water radiators included in the system cools. Oil heating, cooling coming out of the engine oil, fastened with 2 screws to the posts of the left radiator hoses. In the conditions of low temperature oil cooler with a special line (busy in the spare parts) of the lubrication system is turned off. The oil in this case received in the equalizing tank, specifically, thereafter — the tanks.
Total charging capacity throughout the oil system T-34-85 standard in 1960 was 100 l .. Each oil tank consists of 38 liters. oil. The lubrication system had a nozzle heater to warm up the oil before starting the engine at low ambient temperatures and special radiators, placed with oil in the tanks. On the left side of the T-34-85 standard in 1960 had an external 90-liter oil tank, which has no connection to the engine lubrication system.
Gearbox and chassis
Units and components of the chassis and the box was not significantly different from the T-34-85 standard in 1944. Manual tank consists of a multi-plate clutch head dry friction (steel on steel), four-, or five-speed box, 2-on-board multi-plate clutch with floating, band brake, having cast-iron lining, and 2-gear-row side gear. Box in the lower half of the crankcase drain valve had to drain the oil. Between the tapered roller bearing of the drive shaft and gearbox adapter bushing apart a seal slinger. The outflow of lubricant at the head of the shaft bearings and oil seals prevented resilient sealing rings.
In the chassis of T-34-85 1960 standard personal use spring suspension, components of which were placed inside the hull. Suspension of the first track roller, which is located in the department of management, enclosing a special guard. Suspension rollers 2 — 4 was placed in special mines obliquely. Caterpillar tracks consisted of a 2-krupnozvenchatyh tracks, 10 track roller having an outer depreciation, 2-swivel castors filled track adjusters and 2-engage the drive wheels raised bed. The machine is mounted on road wheels 2-types with cast or stamped discs with bulky external rubber tires.
Electrical Equipment
Electrical equipment of the tank was carried out by a single-circuit (emergency lighting used by-wire system). System voltage — 24-29 V (BCH and the starter circuit to trigger relays) and 12 (other users). The main source of electrical power is a 1.5-kilowatt generator G-731 relay-regulator RRT-30. Subsidiary — 4 batteries 6STEN-140M, which is connected between the series-parallel, with total capacity of 256 and 280 amp-hours, respectively. In front of the slanted sides of the hull behind the headlamp exterior lighting installed on the bracket signal C-58. On the right cut-sheet tilt mounted light ambient light, which has an infrared filter FG-100. The left headlight equipped with a nozzle svetomaskirovochnoy FG-102. Apart from the rear position lamp GTS-64, there was a similar position lamp placed on the tower, which was located near the light FG-126. To connect the compact charging unit MOHP-3 and a portable lamp in the rear of the chassis has been installed outside household outlet.
Communication devices
In the turret of a tank used for outdoor radio station R-123, and for internal communications — tank intercom P-124. For communication with the commander of the troops had socket. At the command vehicle, installed radio 9RS and SSR-F, as tank intercom TPU ZBis-F. To power the radio stations were established batteries. Charging BATTERY performed using a standalone charger unit which receives engine L-3/2.
The performance properties of the T-34-85 standard in 1960:
Combat weight — 32.5 — 33 tons;
Crew — 5 persons;
Overall length — 8100 mm;
Body length — 6100 mm;
Width — 3,000 mm;
Height — 2700 mm;
Ground clearance — 400 mm;
— Gun S-53 85 mm;
— two machine guns DTM 7.62 mm;
Ammunition of:
— 56 shots;
— 1953 cartridge;
Aiming devices:
— telescopic sight TSH-16;
— machine gun telescopic sight PPU-8T;
forehead towers — 90 mm;
board towers — 75 mm;
head-case — 45 mm;
board housing — 45 mm;
roof — 16-20 mm;
feed bottom — 40 mm;
feed top — 45 mm;
Front page bottom — 20 mm;
back sheet of the bottom — 13 mm;
The engine:
— B-2-34, 12-cylinder, diesel, liquid-cooled, 500 hp at 1700 revolutions per minute; tank capacity — 550 liters.;
— a manual 5-speed manual gear change (4 forward, 1 reverse), final drives, clutches;
Chassis (on board):
5-twin rollers (diameter 830 mm), rear and front guiding the drive wheel; caterpillars — melkozvenchatye, iron, engagement ridge, 72 truck in each track;
on the highway — 54 km h;
in store down the highway — 290-300 km;
cross country — 25 km h;
turn on a dirt road in store — 220-250 km;
Overcoming obstacles:
The rise — 35 degrees;
Descent — 40 degrees;
Wall height — 0.73 m;
Width of the trench — 2.50 m;
Fording depth — 1.30 m;
— intercom TPU-47;
— radio 10-RT-26E.
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Coats, a media consultant who lives in Sarasota, discussed his writing process and read from the book, which was published last March, at a luncheon Tuesday at The Fountains at Lake Pointe Woods as part of "A Way With Words: Connecting Writers With Readers," which is co-sponsored by the Sarasota County Libraries.
"Out of Touch" began as a sketch Coats wrote a number of years ago at the Iowa Writers Festival, where the assignment was to develop a character sketch incorporating as many of the senses as possible. The resulting sketch involves a young man (named Jonah, after the biblical prophet) who is burdened with a particular gift: touching objects reveals not just the pasts of those who have touched them before him, but their futures, bright or tragic. Jonah's vision of the coming crash of an airplane carrying an Indiana high school basketball team to a tournament sets the stage for a catastrophe in a small town.
The Indiana setting, a dogged newspaper reporter and the huge significance of basketball all came from Coats' own history.
Early in his career, Coats, who has a bachelor's degree in journalism and English from Indiana University, was a reporter for the newspaper in Evansville, Ind., where some years before, the high school basketball team had perished in a plane crash.
"If you're not from Indiana, you don't know what religion is," said Coats. "It's basketball."
Coats' observational skills as a reporter play into his character development in the novel. A crusty newspaper editor is an amalgamation of several in Coats's past. The intrepid young reporter, Natalie, is as driven by the desire to get the story, and get it right on deadline, as any journalist.
"It all starts with character and the underlying theme," said Coats.
"Out of Touch" was Coats's sixth manuscript, the others still buried in a drawer somewhere, he said. This one finally came to fruition through the workshopping process, where fellow writers advise each other on how to improve the manuscript. After the Iowa workshop, Coats formed his own writers' circle.
"It was the humility of being able to take someone else's feedback...that made it a much better book," he said.
Coats settled on InknBeans Press because of its "digital first" publication practice. For the first few weeks, "Out of Touch" was for sale only in digital form, available to owners of Kindles, Nooks and other e-readers. The book now is available as a bound paperback as well.


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We aim to provide the best community palliative care to our clients and their families using a full range of services including Telehealth.
Telehealth allows an alternative way to deliver care. Some people like and prefer this service; it uses secure and current technology like smart phones to provide care safely from a distance.
We will use video calls to connect with patients when they call our after-hours emergency number and also with stable patients who are happy to have a video call rather than a home visit.
Benefits of Telehealth
Convenient for the client or carer as they can contact with our staff anywhere that suits them
Efficient use of time for the client and staff
Easy to involve family and other support people
Requirements for Telehealth communication
Clients will need:
- A private, well lit room
- A smart phone, iPad, tablet or a reasonably up-to-date computer
- Webcam, microphone, and speakers (built in or plug in)
- Reasonable internet connection


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Liam Neeson returns as former government operative Bryan Mills, whose life is shattered when he's falsely accused of a murder that hits close to home, as his reconciliation with his ex-wife (Famke Janssen) is tragically cut short when she is brutally murdered. Consumed with rage and framed for the crime, he goes on the run, evading the relentless pursuit of the CIA, FBI and the police. For one last time, Mills must use his "particular set of skills," to track down the real killers, exact his unique brand of justice, and protect the only thing that matters to him now – his daughter (played by Maggie Grace).
Taken 3, which hits theaters on January 9, 2015, is produced by direct by and stars Liam Neeson, Forest Whitaker, Famke Janssen, Maggie Grace, Dougray Scott, Sam Spruell and Leland Orser.
Check out the first trailer for Taken 3, below.


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The Edina Senior Center offers art, education, health and exercise classes along with dozens of games, trips and special events. For ages 55 and older whether or not Edina residents. Other classes also are held at the center, which has rooms available to rent. Hours, classes and more at EdinaSeniorCenter.com.


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Stop Studying and Start Doing (Video)
If someone would pay me, I could easily be a professional student. I have always loved school, I think mostly because I love to learn. Even now, I like doing the research for projects and presentations. I like gaining new knowledge and skills.
There comes a time, though, when I need to stop "studying" a topic and start "doing" something about it.
There are many reasons people do not accomplish what they intend. This is just one. If you are one of those who enjoy the studying and preparation so much that you never finish, it may be time to "leave school" and "enter the real world."
If I can do it, so can you!


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Nevada's nail-biter of a Senate race could end up benefiting Tesla Inc. and other makers of electric vehicles.
Republican Senator Dean Heller, who is engaged in a re-election fight with Democratic challenger Jacky Rosen, is preparing legislation that would extend the $7,500 per vehicle federal tax credit that's stoked demand for electric cars. Such a move could boost his popularity in his home state, where Tesla has its giant gigafactory making batteries for the company's Model 3 sedan.
Heller said he's still seeking support for the legislation, but analysts say Republican leaders would be smart to back it to help his re-election effort. Nevada is one of three states where Democrats have their best chance of taking a Republican seat, along with Arizona and Tennessee. The independent Cook Political Report rates the race as a toss-up.
The measures would remove an existing 200,000 vehicle per manufacturer cap on the credit, a move that would benefit Tesla, which reached that limit in July, according to Colin McKerracher, who manages coverage of the transport sector at Bloomberg New Energy Finance. General Motors Co., which is expected to reach the 200,000 vehicle cap by the end of this year would also be one of the main beneficiaries of such a bill, he said.
Elon Musk spoke out in defense of electric-vehicle subsidies during a podcast interview with comedian Joe Rogan Thursday, during which the Tesla chief executive officer also sipped whiskey and took one drag from what Rogan said was a joint containing tobacco mixed with marijuana.
"People tend to think, like, 'Why should electric vehicles have a subsidy?' But they're not taking into account that all fossil fuel-burning vehicles fundamentally are subsidized by the environmental cost to Earth," Musk said. "We are going to pay for it, obviously — in the future, we'll pay for it. It's just not paid for now."
Even if Heller is unable to get electric vehicle tax credit legislation passed before November, it could provide an issue for him to campaign on leading up to the election. Heller said his work on the issue isn't related to his efforts to win re-election. "It's the same policy I've been advocating since I've been in Washington."
"That tax credit needs to be expanded," Heller said in an interview.
Rosen, now a Democratic Representative, agrees. She announced in June she was co-sponsoring a House bill by Vermont Democrat Representative Peter Welch, H.R. 6274, that would extend the tax credit as well. That bill has been introduced in the House Ways and Means Committee.
"Incentivizing the use of electric vehicles will be good for Nevada's economy and our environment," said Stewart Boss, a Rosen campaign spokesman. "Jacky Rosen voted against the House Republican tax plan that would have repealed this tax credit last year, and she was proud to help introduce legislation in June to extend the electric vehicle tax credit at the federal level for another 10 years."
Heller's bill hasn't been introduced but it may be incorporated into a new round of tax cuts or into a package extending already expired tax breaks that Republican leaders are considering moving after the November midterm elections, which will decide control of Congress.
"It really demonstrates an opportunity for Heller," said Kevin Book, managing director of Washington-based consultancy ClearView Energy Partners. "Getting the credit out there in September could give that senator an opportunity to campaign on saving it."
There's no guarantee Heller's measure would be included in any tax plan that gets a vote. The House last year tried to eliminate the tax credit altogether, though Heller was credited with defending it.
And the overall prospects for the bill could hinge on the results of the election, said Senator Rob Portman, an Ohio Republican, who serves with Heller on the Senate Finance Committee, which has jurisdiction over the tax code.
"It's something I'd like to work with him on," Portman said in an interview.
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Powder Pink Open Robe Coat with fringed sleeves and hem
MC000048This open Coat will always add an edge of glamour to every outfit with its fabulous design details. It has a beautiful textured lace with soft fringing in sleeves and hem.
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Wear this powder pink open robe over a simple flowing or fitted dress for many occasions, or with a fitted pair of jeans or pants, and a simple top. Pair it with large jewelry to highlight the bohemian edge in silvers or beads to help complete your look.


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Georgetown, South Carolina, one of the oldest cities in the southeastern United States, has a history, rich in culture and elegance, as it once embodied genteel southern society in the manner it was before the Civil War. This was thanks primarily to the highly-lucrative rice and indigo plantations that were scattered throughout the area. In fact, between the 1700 and 1800s, Georgetown County was considered the wealthiest in the nation.
Many of the plantation homes that existed during the 18th and 19th Centuries have been carefully preserved and still remain in tact along the rivers that meander throughout the locale. In its 70th Annual event, the Prince George Plantation Tours offers guests the opportunity to travel back in time and experience these homes and gardens as they were hundreds of years ago. Starting on Friday, March 31, 2017 and culminating on April 1, the tours will take visitors inside most of the plantation homes, many of which are listed on the National Registry of Historic Places.
Hosted by the Women of Saint George Parish, guests can pick up tickets, maps, brochures, and lunch at the Church Parish Hall, where the Tours begin. These historic excursions also take visitors to the other side of Plantation life, as guests have the chance to visit old slave cabins on many of the properties. A special glimpse into the Gullah culture will also be shared along the tours.
In addition to these intriguing trips into the past, the Prince George Men's Ministry will host their annual Oyster Roast and Pig Pickin' on Friday, March 31 at 6 p.m. Tickets to this event are $30 and go on sale on February 6, 2017.
If you would like to attend the Prince George Plantation Tours, reserve your tickets in advance, as day-of tickets are generally limited. Single-day tour tickets are $45, and two-day tickets are $80. A list of homes and sites included on the tour, as well as lunch requests for the day of the tour, can be found by visiting http://www.pgwinyah.org. Don't miss out on a great opportunity to learn more about the rich history of Georgetown!


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Singer-songwriter Julien Baker's sophomore effort, Turn Out The Lights, is out now. The releases includes past singles "Turn Out The Lights" and ""Appointments." Baker also recently appeared on A Prairie Home Companion, where she performed the then-unreleased single "Hurt Less." Baker made her mark with her 2015 debut Sprained Ankle and was quickly signed to Matador Records.
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Class Teacher: Dan Luckham
Welcome to Orangutan Class one of the Upper School classes here at Cliffdale Primary Academy.
Autumn 2021
We have had a great start to the new school year and have settled well, but we're a mixed age class, but we've all been at Cliffdale a while now so we're great at this!
We access a varied curriculum and we're all working on different skills, as we're all unique and getting better at different things. Although we're a mixed bunch we get along well, and we have lots of fun and laughter as we learn.


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The first all-inclusive resort in the Florida Keys, Bungalows Key Largo, will be reopening on Dec. 19, 2019. The property is now accepting reservations for stays starting in December.
After experiencing a fire this past May, the property has completely replicated the original resort amenities, fully restoring the 2-story Beach House under thatch roofing, which is home to the Living Room common area, two restaurants—Fish Tales and Bogie & Bacall's, as well as the Hemingway bar, the main pool area, and the Zen Garden Spa.
"Bungalows Key Largo opened to a bevvy of buzz and incredible interest from guests throughout the U.S. and beyond," says owner Jerry Johnson. "We have worked tirelessly to restore the resort to its original grandeur, and we are confident the finished product is worthy of the hotel's opening fanfare. We look forward to welcoming new guests as well as loyal guests back for a truly immersive Florida Keys experience."
The property, which is located at mile marker 99 bayside, features 135 private bungalows, across the property's 12 acres. Each bungalow is outfitted with its own bougainvillea-laden veranda complete with an alfresco soaking tub and garden shower. Other amenities include dining experiences at Bogie & Bacall's for a multi-course dinner with wine pairings, the beachside Seaside Señor for Mexican fare, and a resort-casual seafood restaurant, Fish Tales. In addition, there's also Larry Largo's food truck, two on-site bars, and two six-seat floating tiki boats—the S.S. Rum Runner and the S.S. Margarita. The resort also features two pools and two jacuzzi tubs, 1,000-ft. of shoreline with beach cabanas, and a full service Zen Garden Spa featuring a Himalayan salt room and a eucalyptus steam room among other restorative offerings.
Active-focused travelers will enjoy two Huffy cruiser bikes provided with each bungalow for guests to use as they explore the property and beyond. There is also a Fitness Tiki Hut furnished with Peloton equipment, and offering morning yoga, as well as various aquatic activities such as snorkeling, kayaking, and paddleboarding. Guests also have access to a fleet of boats including electric Duffy boats and catamarans, as well as sailing boats.
All-inclusive rates include around-the-clock golf cart pickup and drop-off service, lodging, food and premium beverages, resort amenities, water toys, beach cruisers, activities such as morning yoga, cooking, and mixology classes, sunset happy hours, fish fries, log roasts, and more.
For more information, visit BungalowsKeyLargo.com. Don't miss "Cool Spots in the Florida Keys."


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Risk Assessment
Whilst cobalt is an essential element for most forms of life, at high enough concentrations it can have adverse effects. As part of promoting the responsible use of cobalt, the Cobalt Institute (CI) has conducted research to characterise environmental exposures and possible effects of cobalt to a range of organisms that inhabit waters, sediments and soils. This information is used to identify safe environmental concentrations and to inform industry and regulatory authorities about the acceptable uses of cobalt in the materials and products that we use in our daily lives.
One of the key factors determining the effects of cobalt in the environment is the availability of cobalt to be taken up into the bodies of organisms.
A variety of factors can affect the bioavailability of cobalt and many of these factors are associated with the physico-chemical characteristics of the environmental medium (e.g. pH, water hardness, and concentrations of organic matter).
The Cobalt Institute has investigated the role of various physico-chemical parameters on cobalt bioavailability and their effect on cobalt toxicity and this information has been used to develop computer-based models to allow us to predict the roles of those parameters on the toxicity of cobalt under realistic environmental conditions.


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Prayer Evening
This evening Vanessa Naish will be leading 'Gathered to Pray' focusing on the Persecuted Church. If that sounds remote from us in Corsham, I urge you to come along as Open Doors have prepared some very illuminating and encouraging first-hand stories that we will be sharing. Please take this prompt to consider whether you can support the work of our mission partner, Open Doors, either with a one-off gift or more regularly. CBC recommends you do this directly and prayer diaries at the back of church contain details on how, as well as plenty of information for your prayers. Details for sending Christmas cards to persecuted believers are also available at the back of the church.
Midweek Service
Eric will be leading and preaching on Wednesday 5th December, starting at 2pm. The reading is Psalm 145 and there will be communion. All welcome. Refreshments follow at 3pm.
*** Farmyard Nativity! ***
Thank you to all who helped in the 'work party' at the farm yesterday, a job well done! Tickets are selling out fast, only a few remaining, if you haven't booked yet go to www.born-in-a-barn-live-nativity.eventbrite.co.uk to get yours. There will be refreshments served at the Nativity so we are looking for donations of mince pies and gingerbread men and cookies (bought or homemade; recipes can be provided if you want to make gingerbread but don't have one!). Please check the "best before" dates on the boxes to ensure they are in date for the 15th December. Please speak to Rhiannon if you are able to make a donation. Donations can be left at church from Sunday 9th December until Friday 14th December (or passed directly to Rhiannon). Please continue to pray for this amazing event.
Carols by Candlelight Service – 16th December
Once again this year it would be great to get a band together for the carol service,to give the occasion a certain something extra! So if you play an acoustic instrument and would like to be part of the band, David Morrell would love to hear from you. If you have not been part of this before, please let David know what you play, and to roughly what standard, together with your contact details if you're not already in the church directory. Many thanks. David Morrell (firstname.lastname@example.com)
Women's Christmas Meal – 10th December
We are ordering curry from Haq in Corsham for our Christmas meal! There will also be delicious home-made puddings. This is an invitation to ALL the women in our church and you are welcome to invite friends as well! Monday 10th December @ 7.30pm. Cost £10pp. PLEASE SIGN UP ON THE SHEET AT THE BACK!!
Men's Bible Study
Tuesday 4th December @ Priory Street, 7:30pm – "Jesus as King."
Christmas decoration workshop
Come and make some decorations for your tree on Saturday 8th December between 10am and 12pm at Priory street, all are welcome. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Volunteers are needed so if you would like to help at this event, please contact Rhiannon. Thank you.
Elections of Safeguarding Deacon, Elder and Fabric Deacon will take place at the January Church Meeting on 21st January. Nominations for these positions will open on 23rd December and close on6th January 2019. Adrian Pillinger and Martin Sheringham have indicated their willingness to be renominated for positions of Elder and Fabric Deacon respectively.
Church Directory 2019
Please take the time to complete the information for the new church directory if you are new to this fellowship or if any of your personal details have changed. There is also a section to complete if you would like specific information on any aspect of church life. You may complete either online or the paper copy which can be left in the white box on the table at the back. (Blank forms at the back). Remember…please write clearly!!
Corsham Foodbank – Feeding Back to You
The Christmas Hamper project will be run again this year, and we expect to be blessing in excess of 50 households. If you would like to support this project by donating edible seasonal treats with a post-Christmas best before date, please leave them in or by the collection bin in the porch at Priory Street. Tonight is the deadline! Items which would enable us to bless children would be particularly welcome.
Christmas Service Offerings – 2018
On Saturday 15 December, the offering taken at the Farmyard Nativity Events will be given to Compassion UK's "Most Needed Fund" and will be used to support the work of their Child Survival Programme in many poor communities across the world.
On Sunday 16 December, the offering from the Carols by Candlelight Service will be sent to support the work of the Oasis Centre, our mission partners in Austria working alongside refugees. In February, we will be sending out a Building Team to renovate a toilet and make it fully accessible for the disabled; the money will be put towards the costs of this work. If you are able to gift aid your donation,special yellow envelopes for your monetary offering are available on the table at the back of the building. Please do mark them "NATIVITY – COMPASSION" or "CHRISTMAS – OASIS". When the offering is taken on the day, only the contents of the yellow envelopes, and loose cash/cheques will be included in the offering total. Blue envelopes will be treated as regular giving to the general work of the church. Please do pray about how you can contribute towards this offering, and speak to Paul Garcia (COTG Rudloe), Michael Prior (Priory Street 9.15) or Roger Hammett (Priory Street 11.15) should you wish to clarify these arrangements.
…This week…
Monday: Mums' bible study, 9:30am
Tuesday: Men's bible study, 7:30pm
Wednesday: Midweek service, 2pm
Thursday: Toddler Group, 10am; Corsham Money Debt Advice Centre, 7:30pm
Friday: Corsham Money and Debt Advice Centre, 9:30am; Encounter, 3.45pm; Engage, 4:30pm; Energize, 5:30pm
Saturday: Christmas decoration workshop, 10am
… Looking ahead over the next days, weeks and months…
10th December: Men's fight night, 8:00pm
10th December: Women's Christmas event, 7:00pm
15th December: Nativity @ Castle Combe farm
16th December: Carol Service, 6pm Priory Street
18th December: Corsham Town Carol Service, 6:45pm
19th December: Midweek Christmas service, 2pm
23rd December: Nominations open for various leadership roles
23rd December: DIY Nativity at Rudloe, 10am
24th December: Christmas eve service, 6pm/ Carol singing in Rudloe, 6pm
25th December: Christmas day joint service, 10am @ Priory Street/ 10am at Rudloe
30th December: No evening service
**2019 Church Meeting Dates**
21st January
15th April
15th July
21st October