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JOURNAL OF FOOD PROCESSING AND PRESERVATION, vol.41, no.1, 2017 (SCI-Expanded)
In the present study, it was aimed to investigate functional properties (total phenolic, flavanoid and anthocyanin contents and 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl [DPPH] activity) of different tea bags, namely blackberry, rosehip and bilberry steeped at different temperatures (60, 75 and 90C) for different periods (2-12 min) with 2-min intervals. Both the temperature and time period levels significantly affected all of the functional properties mentioned. Increasing temperature and time period of steeping process generally increased total phenolic, flavonoid and anthocyanin contents and DPPH activity of the all samples. Change in bioactive compound concentration with respect to time was successfully modeled with different models (First order rate, Weubillian and Peleg models). All of the developed models could be used to describe relation between bioactive compound content of tea samples and steeping time. According to the results of the present study, steeping temperature and period should be considered to improve functionality of tea samples.


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Health Alert – U.S. Embassy Suva, Fiji (March 26, 2020)
Location: Fiji
Event: The Fiji Ministry of Health has confirmed five cases of COVID-19 in Fiji.
The government of Fiji has implemented enhanced screening and quarantine measures to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Travelers should be prepared for travel restrictions to be put into effect with little or no advance notice. Visit the website of the Fiji Ministry of Health for additional information on these new measures.
Many travelers worldwide have reported unexpected flight cancellations and limited flight availability. Fiji Airways has announced the suspension of scheduled flights, and the Fiji Government has announced the closure of Nadi Airport for scheduled flights. The U.S. Embassy is working to arrange a commercial flight for U.S. citizens seeking to depart Fiji. Please email firstname.lastname@example.com if you would be interested in flying from Fiji to the United States.
The government has implemented a quarantine in the Lautoka, Fiji area. Transportation to or from these areas, and public services including schools and government offices may be closed. Private companies – including hotels, apartment buildings, or supermarkets – have closed, restricted access, or mandated temperature checks, limiting access to goods and services. Fiji authorities may announce quarantines in other areas on short notice as conditions change. Visit the local government COVID-19 website for updated information.
Actions to Take:
- Consult the CDC website for the most up-to-date information.
- For the most recent information on what you can do to reduce your risk of contracting COVID-19, please see the CDC's latest recommendations.
- Visit the COVID-19 crisis page on travel.state.gov for the latest information.
- Check with your airlines, cruise lines, or travel operators regarding any updated information about your travel plans and/or restrictions.
- Visit our Embassy webpage on COVID-19 for information on conditions in Fiji.
- Visit the Department of Homeland Security's website on the latest travel restrictions to the United States
- U.S. Embassy Suva, Fiji
158 Princes Road, Suva, Fiji
+679 331 4466
- State Department – Consular Affairs 888-407-4747 or 202-501-4444
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How does Over Under work? If you are new to best bitcoin sports betting, you have heard about Over and Under terms. If you are not aware of this, here we will know how does it work?
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How does Over Under work?
With some betting providers also refer to an over / under betting, it is the tip on the total number of goals scored in a game. Values such as 0.5, 1.5, 2.5, etc. are specified for this.
You then bet on whether the number of goals will be Over or Under this value. Over / Under bets represent a 2-way bet and therefore have only two possible outcomes. Your chance of winning is 50%.
Over / Under tips:
Before you submit your bet, it is worth taking a look at the statistics. How many goals have been scored in both teams' last games on average? Also, pay attention to the home / away goal balance: While some find it easier in their stadium, others do it in foreign stadiums.
Some teams have one opponent better than the other, so also look at the past results of the direct duels.
Finally, you should also find out about possible team failures. If the defending boss or the regular goalkeeper is missing, the chance of scoring many goals increases just as it does the other way round if the top scorer has to pass.
It is not without reason that Over / Under betting is one of the most popular betting markets. After all, you are not dependent on the outcome of the game, so you do not have to type the correct result or trend. It is only important that the number of goals is above or below your typed value.
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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) threatened Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh on Wednesday. He declared during a pro-choice demonstration on the Supreme Court steps: "You have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price. You won't know what hit you, if you go forward with these awful decisions."
It was a shocking comment — but it was also not the first time Schumer has bullied the Supreme Court.
In 2010, shortly after the controversial Citizens United decision, then-President Barack Obama rebuked the members of the Supreme Court seated before him in the State of the Union:
With all due deference to separation of powers, last week the Supreme Court reversed a century of law that I believe will open the floodgates for special interests –- including foreign corporations –- to spend without limit in our elections. [Applause] I don't think American elections should be bankrolled by America's most powerful interests, or worse, by foreign entities. [Applause.] They should be decided by the American people.
Obama had distorted the case badly. The Justices were helpless to respond, but Justice Samuel Alito shook his head and mouthed the words, "Not true" — for which he was later roundly criticized by the media.
And behind the Justices, leaping to his feat to applaud Obama's attack, was none other than Sen. Schumer, who despite his own Harvard legal training showed no deference to the courts at all.
On Wednesday, Chief Justice John Roberts responded to Schumer's attack: "Justices know that criticism comes with the territory, but threatening statements of this sort from the highest levels of government are not only inappropriate, they are dangerous."
For Schumer, such threats or attacks on the Court are not unusual or unprecedented — "inappropriate" and "dangerous" though they may be.
Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He earned an A.B. in Social Studies and Environmental Science and Public Policy from Harvard College, and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. He is also the co-author of How Trump Won: The Inside Story of a Revolution, which is available from Regnery. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.


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Whether you're traveling for business or pleasure, being able to understand the local language can make your trips more enjoyable. And you don't necessarily have to learn it, either.
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Hengst manufactures modern filter systems and engine components. Tradition and innovation combine to make the company a respected development partner and recognized systems supplier to the automobile and engine industries.
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Physical/Occupational Therapy I (8365)
Physical/Occupational Therapy I (8365)
SThe course is designed to provide an introduction to the professions of physical and occupational therapy. Students explore the principles and practices of therapists in the health care industry and participate in clinical observation under the direct supervision of a licensed physical and/or occupational therapist. Clinical skills in the areas of physical therapy and occupational therapy enable students to gain understanding of rehabilitative care, which is practiced throughout the continuum of care and across the life span of individuals. After successful completion of this course, students may seek higher education for specific degrees/licensure in a variety of fields such as physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, sports medicine, athletic training, chiropractic medicine, biology, or exercise science.
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Style It On: How to Create a Holiday Party Hairstyle
A festive updo you can create on the fly!
You Will Need
Let's face it: Sometimes we don't have the luxury of spending extra time creating a hairstyle before attending an event, especially during the holiday season. If you're going to be hopping from fête to fête, you'll definitely need a fancy holiday party hairstyle that only requires a few minutes to create. For this Style It On challenge, vlogger Nikki Phillippi demonstrates how you can create the perfect holiday hairstyle in the nick of time. Read on to learn more about how you can master this look today:
How to Create a Quick & Easy Holiday Party Hairstyle
Refresh your hair with dry shampoo.
Spray Dove Detox & Purify Dry Shampoo throughout your hair, focusing on the roots to soak up excess oil as you refresh your second or third-day hair.
Part and separate your hair.
Create a side part on the right side of your face. Then create another part on the side of your hair to separate a section of your hair. Repeat the same steps on the opposite side of your hair then clip up each section while you style the back of your hair.
Tease and create a low bun.
Separate the back section of your hair in half and tease your hair to create some volume. After teasing, gather your hair into a low bun.
Twist each side of your hair.
Create rope twists on each side of your hair and wrap the ends of your twists around the base of your bun.
Add more volume.
Use the end of a rat-tail comb, or get crafty by using your hands to create a bit more volume to the crown of your hair.
Set your style with some hairspray.
Lock your holiday party hairstyle with Suave Professionals Luxe Style Infusion Plump Hold Hairspray to keep your fancy hairstyle in place.
Final look!
Here's the finished product!
Editor's note: If you want to add a bit of shine to your style, don't be afraid to use some hair oil, like Suave Professionals Moroccan Infusion Styling Oil.
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Beyonce Returning To Super Bowl Halftime Show
Beyonce is taking her talents to the Super Bowl! On Thursday, Pepsi confirmed to the Associated Press that the 34-year-old singer will perform at the Feb. 7 show at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. Last month, also Coldplay announced it would perform at the halftime show.
This will not be Beyonce's first time on the Super Bowl halftime show stage.
#TBT: Beyoncé. Super Bowl. pic.twitter.com/ZYin7EJVcD
— Beyoncé Lite (@BeyonceLite) January 8, 2016
In 2013, she headlined the show in New Orleans at the Superdome, where she was joined by her Destiny Child's bandmates, Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams.
Beyonce and Coldplay recently collaborated on the band's new album, "A Head Full of Dreams."
Last year, Katy Perry performed at last year's Super Bowl (bringing out Missy Elliott) and had the most-watched halftime show in history with 118 million viewers.
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The hydration of tricalcium silicate (C3S) in the presence of heavy metal is very important to cement-based solidification/stabilisation (s/s) of waste. In this work, tricalcium silicate pastes and aqueous suspensions doped with nitrate salts of Zn2+, Pb2+, Cu2+ and Cr3+ were examined at different ages by X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), thermal analysis (DTA/TG) and 29Si solid-state magic angle spinning/nuclear magnetic resonance (MAS/NMR). It was found that heavy metal doping accelerated C3S hydration, even though Zn2+ doping exhibited a severe retardation effect at an early period of time of C3S hydration. Heavy metals retarded the precipitation of portlandite due to the reduction of pH resulted from the hydrolysis of heavy metal ions during C3S hydration. The contents of portlandite in the control, Cr3+-doped, Cu2+-doped, Pb2+-doped and Zn2+-doped C3S pastes aged 28 days were 16.7, 5.5, 5.5, 5.5, and <0.7%, respectively. Heavy metals co-precipitated with calcium as double hydroxides such as (Ca2Cr(OH)7·3H2O, Ca2(OH)44Cu(OH)2·2H2O and CaZn2(OH)6·2H2O). These compounds were identified as crystalline phases in heavy metal doping C3S suspensions and amorphous phases in heavy metal doping C3S pastes. 29Si NMR data confirmed that heavy metals promoted the polymerisation of C-S-H gel in 1-year-old of C3S pastes. The average numbers of Si in C-S-H gel for the Zn2+-doped, Cu2+-doped, Cr3+-doped, control, and Pb2+-doped C3S pastes were 5.86, 5.11, 3.66, 3.62, and 3.52. And the corresponding Ca/Si ratios were 1.36, 1.41, 1.56, 1.57 and 1.56, respectively. This study also revealed that the presence of heavy metal facilitated the formation of calcium carbonate during C3S hydration process in the presence of carbon dioxide.
Original language | English |
Pages (from-to) | 817-825 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Journal of Hazardous Materials |
Volume | 147 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 6 Feb 2007 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 25 Aug 2007 |
Externally published | Yes |
- C-S-H gel
- Heavy metal
- Hydration
- Polymerisation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Chemical Health and Safety
- Process Chemistry and Technology
- Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
- Environmental Engineering


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In Rwanda, more than 70,000 people have been arrested in two weeks for violating government directives to combat Covid-19.
According to authorities, most of the offenders who were masked incorrectly or not respecting the curfew from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m., were taken to stadiums or other open places where they were held for several hours before being released.
This drastic practice, which, according to the police, is aimed at raising awareness of the dangers of the disease, is of concern to some human rights defenders.
According to Human Rights Watch, these detentions are carried out without due process or legal authority. For the police, it is not a question of arrest, but of awareness-raising. In a tweet, the Ministry of Local Governance talks about "punishment".
Rwanda has recorded about 2,100 cases of Covid-19 for only 5 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic.
Over the past four months, the country has taken some of the strictest measures on the continent. It is still the only country in sub-Saharan Africa to be included on the list of countries considered "safe" by the European Union.


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Wrapping Up October
Featured Project
Brand Library - Glendale, CA
Spectra Company
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The Brand Library is located in the Brand Mansion which was built in 1904 by Leslie C. Brand. The mansion's name, which can be seen on the entryway to the property, is El Miradero. The architectural style of this building is considered Saracenic and boasts Spanish, Moorish and Indian styles. Upon Brand's death in 1925, the house was donated to the City of Glendale, and by 1956, was converted into the library that still stands today. To view the scope of work and additional pictures please
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October Projects
Just Starting -
Brand Library Ceiling
A small but important part of the Brand Library restoration includes the conservation of 1904 decoratively painted ceilings in 5 rooms located in the library.
In Progress -
Calac Adobe
Spectra Company is currently restoring the second of two historic homes owned by the Pala Indian Tribe in Pala, CA. The Calac Adobe was built in the 1940's and is the only remaining structure of its kind on site.
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Wrapping Up -
El Capitan Theatre
Spectra Company is finishing the final touches on the exterior restoration of the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood, CA.
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Want to learn more about the services we provide?
Spectra Company would love to meet with you and your staff to discuss the scopes of work that our company performs and the projects that we have completed in the past. During this meeting we will provide attendees with lunch while we present a short PowerPoint presentation on our company. If you are interested please email our Director of Business Development, Heather Jones
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"The Peninsula Hotel takes its name from its setting on a picturesque headland in the far north of Guernsey"
The Peninsula Hotel in Guernsey sits on a picturesque headland with a wonderful view over Grand Harve Bay from the front and a lovely sheltered beach from the rear. Surrounded by five acres of gardens, it takes its name from its location on a tranquil grassy peninsula in the quiet parish of the Vale. There's a heated outdoor pool, pitch and putt, volleyball and petanque, plus a children's playground.
The Peninsula Restaurant's menu is based on selected fresh local produce with a menu which is changed daily throughout the season and weekly in the winter. There's also the brand new Bar Du Nord which does a great pizza and an excellent Sunday lunch.
The Peninsula is an ideal base to explore the island of Guernsey, from beautiful beaches, cliffside walks and country rambles, to historic buildings and museums like the German Occupation Museum, Guernsey Folk and Costume Museum, Castle Cornet or Hauteville House – the historic home of Victor Hugo.
Room Type :
Classic Double (or Twin) room
Extras Included :
Return flights from your chosen airport
Breakfast each morning
Transfers on arrival from the airport to your hotel, and back again for your return
Car hire can be added for £59.00 per day, just let us know after your booking is confirmed and we can arrange this for you.
4, 5 & 7 night stays arriving after 01 May 2024 and departing before 01 October 2024 include a half day excursion to the island of Herm with lunch at the Mermaid Tavern.
5 & 7 night stays arriving after 01 May 2024 and departing before 01 October 2024 also include a deluxe Sark island trip including 2 and a half hours pony and trap ride exploring the island.
5 & 7 night stays arriving after 01 May 2024 and departing before 01 October 2024 also include a coastal cruise within the Bailiwick of Guernsey taking in stunning scenery, views and landmarks which can only be accessed by sea.
Especially Pleasing :
Wandering through the gardens to the sheltered beach is the perfect way to feel like you're getting away from it all, yet the bustling St Peter Port is just 15 minutes away
Meal Basis :
B&B: Breakfast each morning
Other Informations :
Based on two people sharing
We're happy to accommodate individual travellers, families, large groups, or tailor a break to suit you, give us a call on 0203 955 5050 to discuss your options
Guernsey Museums and Galleries
Things to do in Guernsey
Guernsey food and drink suggestions
Bus travel in Guernsey
Go Guernsey cycle hire
Adventure Cycles cycle hire
Address :
Peninsula Hotel
Les Dicqs
Travel Details
Flights are included from London Gatwick, Southampton, Bristol, Exeter, Manchester, Birmingham, London City, London Stansted, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool to Guernsey, Channel Islands.
Please note that the specific flights allocated to your booking may be any of those indicated below, depending on availability and date of travel. Your flight details will be confirmed to you by email once your booking has been processed. Timings shown reflect the times when the flights operate which differ daily, so not all of the times shown operate every day.
From London Gatwick to Guernsey, with Aurigny:
Outbound: departing at 08.35, 16.30, 19.40
Return: departing at 07.00, 14.50, 18.15
From Southampton to Guernsey, with Blue Islands:
Outbound: departing at 08.20, 10.45, 19.45
Return: departing at 07.05, 13.30, 18.30
From Bristol to Guernsey, with Aurigny or:
Outbound: departing at 14.20, 12.05
Return: departing at 10.40, 12.55
From Exeter to Guernsey, with Aurigny:
Outbound: departing at 08.30, 19.05, 20.15
Return: departing at 07.20, 18.00, 19.05
From Manchester to Guernsey, with Aurigny:
Outbound: departing at 08.50, 12.35, 19.20
Return: departing at 06.50, 10.40, 17.25
From Birmingham to Guernsey, with Aurigny:
Outbound: departing at 08.35, 19.40
Return: departing at 06.50, 13.45, 17.55
From London City to Guernsey, with Aurigny:
Outbound: departing at 09.00, 19.20, 15.35 (Fri only)
Return: departing at 07.10, 17.30, 37.45 (Fri only)
From London Stansted to Guernsey, with Aurigny:
Outbound: departing at 15.30 (Fridays and Mondays), 11.45 (Sundays)
Return: departing at 13.50 (Fridays and Mondays), 10.00 (Sundays)
From Leeds Bradford to Guernsey, with Aurigny:
Outbound: departing at 15.00 (Wednesdays), 15.20 (Saturdays)
Return: departing at 13.00 (Wednesdays), 13.20 (Saturdays)
From Liverpool to Guernsey, with Aurigny:
Outbound: departing at 09.00 (Saturdays), 15.40 (Tue, Thur)
Return: departing at 07.05 (Saturdays), 13.45 (Tue, Thur)
With Aurigny, you are permitted 2 items of cabin baggage with a maximum combined weight of 10Kg. 1 piece with maximum dimensions of 55x36x20cm ** to fit in the overhead locker and 1 piece maximum 35x25x20cm to fit underneath the seat in front. **If you are asked to check the size of your bag in the gauge ALL parts (including wheels and handles) must fit comfortably inside without being forced. 1 hold bag of up to 20kg is also included.
With Blue Islands, hand luggage allowance per person includes one standard cabin bag measuring no more than 55x35x20cm, including wheels and handles, and one small personal item, such as a handbag or laptop bag/briefcase, which can fit under the seat in front of you. The combined weight of your cabin baggage and smaller personal item must not exceed 10kg. 1 x 23kg hold luggage is also included per passenger with Blue Islands.
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A huge thank you to everyone who supported our Accessible Driving Cart Purchase Campaign! Together we raised $2,050 online with an additional $3,000 donated by community members. We are over half-way to our goal of raising $10,000.
Thank you to the Brentwood Rotary Club and the Telus South Island Ambassadors for your continued fundraising work... Together we will reach our project goal and proudly offer Vancouver Island's first and only adapted cart driving program!
Thank you to the BC Carriage Drivers Association and BCCDA Vancouver Island Chapter for your generous donation supporting our accessible driving cart purchase campaign!
We are now $1,000 closer to our $10,000 goal.


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Most foreigners traveling throughout Japan marvel that something like a Shotengai can exist. For those not up to date with Japanese lingo, a Shotengai is more or less a single street market covered by glass roofing. What makes these streets so remarkable is that they often stretch on for miles and sell everything from fresh fruit to new bicycle parts. Visiting one of these "market highways" is essential for any tourist in Japan, however choosing which one to go to can present a dilemma in itself.
The following is a guide to Osaka's two most famous Shotengai.
As far as Shotengai go, this is the crème de le creme. Tenjinbashisuji is the world's longest covered arcade stretching an amazing 2.6km. For those wanting nothing more than a brief stroll through a Japanese icon, Tenjinbashisuji is the place to go. However, don't expect it to be devoid of tourists or necessarily cheap for Osaka's standards; this is the place where travelers seem to converge.
Unlike other markets around Japan, Tenjinbashisuji doesn't have a particular commercial focus or specialty. The marketplace is crammed full of vendors offering a variety of products from common groceries to high-end fashion.
For those with limited time in Osaka or for the particularly foodie-orientated traveler, Tenjinbashisuji offers the perfect place to sample Osaka's two main culinary delights; Takoyaki (fried octopus balls) and Okonomiyaki (savory style pancake). Both items are widely sold throughout the complex.
Much lesser known but a more famed older brother, Karahori marketplace is more suitable for those with a longer stay in Osaka. Stretching only 600m, Karahori is far less aesthetically pleasing than the Tenjinbashisuji edition, however, prices are significantly lower for essentially the same goods.
However what makes the Karahori distinct so unique, are the array of traditional Japanese houses that have been transformed into trendy cafes and small restaurants.
At the bottom of the marketplace also exists a Supermarket Tamade. The supermarket chain, native to Osaka could probably command an article to itself; however, in short, it offers just about the cheapest food anywhere in Japan.
With its neon flashing lights and eccentric music, Tamade is stuck somewhere between being a pachinko and a Japanese wholesaler. Supermarket Tamade is something so unique to Japanese culture that even a walk through is a worthwhile experience.
However, after visiting the grizzly Meguro Parasite Museum (LINK) and learning of the countless ways in which parasites can enter your body through uncooked food, I would suggest refraining from the sashimi and sushi sections!
How to get there:
Karahori Market is located next to Tanimachi Subway Station
Tenjinbashisuji Market is located next to Tenjinbashisuji Station


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January 14, 2015
Throughout November and December, NHS gathered money from the members and used it to buy gifts for those sponsored through Angel Tree. Once this was accomplished, they decided that that wasn't enough. With the extra money, they gave each Cafeteria worker a $25 to Mellow Mushroom. Mr. Singler, one of the NHS Sponsors, explains that "we wanted to make sure that every member of the cafeteria staff knew how much we appreciate all of their efforts every single day".
While all of this was happening, Wakeland Stickens, son of Ms. Joanna Stickens, who is a part of our wonderful cafeteria staff, had been in the hospital for a few months, going through a couple different surgical procedures. "Being a parent," Mr. Singler says, "I felt this was a 'cause' that NHS could get behind and give both of them a very special Christmas". With all of the donations, Wakeland ended up receiving and Xbox, a PS3, 62 games for the game systems, and a new TV.
As high school students, it's easy to look past all of the hard work put into making our lunches every single day. Although it may seem like a simple job, there's more that goes into it than what it looks like on the outside. They spend all day preparing food, which most of us take for granted. Next time you go through the cafeteria line, make sure to give them a smile.


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Aycliffe Neighbourhood Police Team Sergeant Mark Edwards continues his regular blog on Aycliffe Today…
It feels like it's been some time has passed since the last blog – hopefully the 'Meet Your Bobbies' and 'Day in the life of the Plod' regular features have been just as informative.
The team have been coming up with various innovative ways of using QR (or Quick Response) codes of late – in short, an educational approach has been adopted to highlighting the dangers of alcohol misuse amongst the youth and the risks associated with playing with fire.
Most youths do not understand the long term effects and consequences of drinking underage and arson.
This is the first stage of a three phased initiative that went live last week.
Signs bearing a series of QR codes were distributed en masse across Aycliffe – each one linking to one of six sites, and the hope is that curious youngsters with their smart-phones will scan the thereby accessing information in relation to alcohol and arson.
Originally titled 'QR Quest' this scheme has been developed in partnership with 4Real, County Durham and Darlington Fire + Rescue Service, Durham Constabulary Alcohol Harm Reduction Unit, Balance amongst others.
I will provide updates via this forum and the Team's other social medium (@Aycliffe_FiveO, @AycliffeNPT) as things progress.
We have seen an unfortunate spike in vehicle related crime over the past few weeks in Aycliffe and Middridge.
There have been 13 reported crimes of this type over a week period, areas hit have included Woodham's 'Yellow Estate', Alverton Drive, Foxglove Close and Middridge.
It's sad to say that many of these crimes have arose as a result of vehicles been left insecure with items on display in footwells, on seats etc.
For the opportunist thief skulking around in the dark during the early hours it only takes a second to try a car door and just a few seconds more to be in.
The team blitzed the Greenfields and Middridge areas last week where a large scale leaflet drop was conducted.
This wasn't rocket science but merely a basic common sense leaflet raising awareness as to the issue and urging owners to secure their vehicles when parking.
This doesn't apply to every crime but it does account for a significant percentage of them. So please…take note!
Aycliffe Today has been running a series of articles entitled 'Meet Your Bobbies' which is a way (we hope) of readers becoming familiar with their NPT – putting a 'face to a name' so to speak.
It's worth checking out! So far, we've had PC's Alan Thompson and Mike Welch and PCSO Richard Scott in the limelight, there's still plenty more to come.
If you haven't seen those articles please feel free to check out past features on the website.
Right, sales pitch over now back to business!
Court results time…
Henry Devlin, 49, from Aycliffe, appeared at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates Court charged with drink driving. He was fined £110, ordered to pay a £20 victim surcharge, ordered to pay £50 court costs, and disqualified from driving or holding a licence for 12 months.
Stephen Boyes, 43, from Aycliffe, appeared at Newton Aycliffe Magistrates Court on September 18 charged with assaulting two police officers. He was fined £400, ordered to pay a £40 victim surcharge, and ordered to pay £250 court costs.
Until next time, Be good!
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There's a complex process that has to be followed for new projects - they need to be included in CMAP's long-term plan, CTA has to see a need and then order an Alternatives Analysis, etc. And, of course, a major politician probably has to push for it at various points. Other cities have a environment that's easier to navigate for transit planners, but here it's quite difficult (from what I understand). Long Range Plan for CTA Capital Projects (distinct from the short-term plan including the Red/Orange/Yellow extensions and Circle Line Phase II) Circle Line Vision (northern half) BRT-Cicero BRT-Ashland BRT-Western BRT-79th BRT-Clybourn to McCormick Place HRT-Midway to Pink Line HRT-Kimball to Jefferson Park HRT-West Loop (Clinton-Larrabee) Transit to South Works Site |
As for through-tracking, there are already two through tracks. During WWII, when long cross-country troop trains were regularly passing through Chicago, there was a scheme to connect tracks 17 & 26 to create an additional through track at the east end. Apparently the original caissons had been placed with that in mind, and I'm guessing 222 South Riverside didn't change that. There's another runthrough track that doesn't have platform access. Also there's a service roadway next to the river that's underused. With a few million dollars of work and a small encroachment on the river channel, I think there's room for a total of four through tracks next to the river. It will be many, many decades before our region needs more capacity than that. |
Quite a bit of work on the UP Westline. Here is an article about it
Metra train station project chugs along in Elmhurst By Annemarie Mannion, TribLocal reporter Improvements to the Union Pacific West rail line and to the Metra station in Elmhurst are slated for completion sometime this fall. The project, which is also being done at 11 others on the line, is intended to improve operations. "It's a project to make the line run more smoothly and efficiently," said Michael Gillis, a Metra spokesman. "There are old signaling systems that need improvement." The work includes adding crossovers, which allow incoming trains to switch tracks if a train is already on the track. "It increases the flexibility when you're running a train," Gillis said. The work includes adding sidewalks to better channel where pedestrians walk. ------------------------------------- I've observed much of this work taking the train everyday. Other work that I've seen includes a pedestrian underpass in Winfield, some new track between Elmhurst and Berkley, in addition to adding and replacing (work still in progress) some small bridges to support 3-tracks (the UP-West Line goes down to two track between River Forest and Elmhurst). It's beautiful to see something get done. For those curious, here are the details of this work: http://metraconnects.metrarail.com/upw.php. |
Union Station Intermodal Center
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/1...intermodal.jpg This could turn out right, or it could turn out wrong. I'd love it if they built something like Kennedy Plaza in Providence... they do a great job of blending in historic architecture, and reconciling the opposing natures of a public plaza and a bus terminal. |
I believe the big Corner Bakery is a tenant of 444, not of Union Station (though Corner Bakery has another outpost down in the food court). Here's a street-level plan I did a few years ago: http://i52.tinypic.com/9vfjab.jpg |
Is this supposed to replace the ad-hoc bus berthing along Canal? Do the Greyhound buses stay on Harrison? The best thing would be to rebuild the entire block with a massive multilevel multiuse structure containing a bus terminal, parking and also car rental, and kiss & ride lanes serving Union Station (and the future WLTC). (Come to think of it, is the wait for plans on WLTC what's keeping this block from redevelopment?) |
I think the situation is that CDOT very much wants it and Amtrak very much doesn't (because they don't want to provide facilities for Megabus). Curious things about the rendering above: why no stairways or ramps down to station floor level? The sloping site would seem to allow ingenious ways to get from trains to buses without having to cross Jackson. Why no taxi lane? And what are those LRVs hiding in the shadows next to the parking garage?
^^^ Nice catch with the LRVs, perhaps they are trying to represent some future iteration of the Kinze/caroll busway or light rail or something like that?
^Yes, it would make sense, but notice that there's no room for passenger loading. They're up against the parking garage wall. I guess the designer is just showing that as possible mid-day storage, and that a real LRT line could be routed through one of the bus lanes.
Apparently, CDOT commissioned Terry Guen, so this is something approximating the actual planned design. The description also mentions a taxi stand, although it would probably just replace the bus lane on Jackson. |
^ Good sleuthing ardec.
The general idea would be for the 120-series "downtown distributor" buses to use this terminal as their layover/staging spot. I've heard conflicting things about whether intercity buses are a part of the plan, so I'd say that part is still up in the air. If Megabus is willing to pay a curb fee then it seems an ideal opportunity, and the Great Hall could actually function as a waiting area for intercity Megabus travelers (again if Megabus is willing to pay a rental fee for ticketing/information screens inside Union Station). Taxi loading is of course also up in the air. I've still never heard a convincingly good reason why the existing dual taxi ramps accessible directly from the Concourse can't be reopened as part of all this, and sending taxis into the bus terminal would clog it to the point of negating any potential traffic engineering benefit of having the off-street facility. |
That is such a great thing lol. I love it. I have saved in my phone the bus stop numbers I take and text the CTA while walking towards the stops. All the time now every time I text to see when the next bus is coming. And it works! It's so simple to use. |
The stickers were ordered last winter but they had to wait for sustained warm weather to put them up, and it takes a while to do 11,577 signs--both sides.
Nice figure there... I had no idea how many bus stops were in the city.
I was actually in the early stages of planning a little website with an applet that would automatically generate stickers for any given bus stop in the city, so people could do it guerilla-style. Good to know the CTA already anticipated the need. It would be nice to put the Bus Tracker information not on a sticker on the bus stop sign, but on the inside of the shelter somewhere. Of course, if a stop is busy enough for a shelter, it should probably have a Next Bus LED sign... |
Well I don't care what you think of HSR, pro or con (or maybe just because I'm a little tipsy right now)
but this is BIG news, considering that it's happening in IL first: High-speed rail construction begins September 17, 2010 (AP) — Politicians on Friday cast Illinois as a pioneer for being the first to roll federal stimulus money into a high-speed passenger rail line, claiming that the jobs, tourism and traveler convenience anticipated from the St. Louis-to-Chicago route justifies the $1.1 billion taxpayer tab. http://www.chicagobusiness.com/artic...ruction-begins |
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June 2005
Arts & Letters
Boy's in a hood
An overturned bucket of fish, their jaws gaping with a death-rictus, pours out onto the tabletop. A crustacean on a plate is contorted, all hooks and limbs and tail. Opened mussels rest on heavy folds of cloth. A crab clasps its claws, almost meditatively. It looks like a good day's fishing on the open seas. But you cannot eat this catch; it will not stink or putrefy. It is a work of art, painstakingly carved in wood. It is Ricky Swallow's Killing Time.
There was never a chance Swallow wouldn't make it. Picked up by Sydney dealer Darren Knight while still at art school, he staged his first solo shows in Melbourne, Sydney and Auckland at 24. A year later his triumph at the 1999 Contempora 5 Art Award, with its $100,000 prize, consolidated his reputation as Australian art's wunderkind. He is too reserved to be its enfant terrible. These days he exhibits worldwide, from Dunedin to Tokyo. Major art magazines declare themselves inspired by his work. There's even a hagiographical book about him – Ricky Swallow: Field Recordings by Justin Paton. Now he has been chosen to represent Australia at the Venice Biennale, running from June 12 to November 6, perhaps the most prestigious art fair in the world.
T.S. Eliot once told the writer Colin Wilson that he had achieved fame the wrong way: too early, too fast. The giddy vacuity of critical and commercial success has undone armies of promising young artists, and Wilson rapidly degenerated from promising British existentialist to pulp hack. Swallow, though, seems undismayed by his own success. His work is as weird and intense as ever. His mastery of diverse craft skills seems still to be improving. In person he favours hooded tops and is compact, restrained, quiet. Yet he trembles with an anxious energy. Bumping into him on the street or in a gallery, I am always struck by his conversational sharpness, shifting rapidly from one topic to another in a kind of éclat of tangents. This speed evokes that of our accelerated, delocalised universe and its strange imperatives: don't ever rest, keep moving, lest something unexpected waylay you.
If the developed world now engages in a ceaseless orgy of ultra-hyped art festivals – to the point where Australian poet Michael Farrell says he's "just trying to take it one festival at a time" – certain events still stand out. The Venice Biennale is one of them, and Australia is going to be there. As the Australia Council for the Arts proudly notes in its own publicity material: "The Australia Council has managed and funded a long history of Australian representation at the Biennale since 1954 and has participated in every event since 1978 (except in 1984)." Well done, Australia (except for 1984).
Whatever the irritating restraints on art in this country – the lack of any decent national art magazine, for instance – Australian art bureaucracy somehow retains much of its larrikin slapdash appeal at the very moment it adopts a harder-edged professionalism. If you're an American and want to get to Venice it's going to be a nightmare. If you're an Australian simply submit your two-page proposal to the Australia Council, sit back and cross your fingers. You might be a genius bozo from the sticks or some well-connected, big-city mediocrity; either way, the selection committee will decide your fate while pondering "the appropriateness of the artist/s and the artist/s' work to the event". If you don't get it right, try again next year. It's not a bad system, mixing mercantile necessity and hard-nosed spin with democratic openness. This year's managerial personnel are an impressive array of art investors and aesthetocrats, and if anyone can "maximise Australia's art potential internationally" it's probably them.
Certainly they were eager to talk about the forthcoming show in Venice – until I started asking about money. Wrong question. The first thing North Americans often ask is: "How much do you earn?" Australians are so coy about financial transactions you get the feeling their economic life is far more private and exciting than their sex life. No matter that I could get the figures easily enough through Freedom of Information laws – the Australia Council is still, after all, a public body – it just isn't right to go sniffing around bank accounts. "And no, don't bother contacting Ricky yourself, you have to go through me."
There are understandable reasons for such anxiety, including fear of other people's envy. Australians are envious about how much others earn, whether they be judges, CEOs or art workers. But there's another issue here too. International festivals like Venice demand particular kinds of art, which are then reproduced and circulated in the glossies as being somehow representative of a nation's aesthetic endeavours, though they are clearly nothing of the kind. The late English critic Peter Fuller coined the dismissive acronym BICCA – Biennale International Club Class Art – for this unhappy state of affairs, believing it inimical to any genuine culture.
Swallow's work is unquestionably perfect for such an international market. Many critics are insistent on this point. Swallow, they say, despite his upbringing in the Victorian coastal town of San Remo, is hardly an Australian artist; his art was born with an eye to global success. It's more art-market than art. Yet these critics also admire his extraordinary technical skills, his attention to finish. Several youngish Australian artists offer a slightly resentful meta-version of this: "Why, when people talk about Ricky, do they always mention how well-made the work is?" Notably, that's as nasty as people get, a rarity in an art world where tastes can be as stable as a dot-com bubble and where opinions don't need to be fair to have serious personal and professional ramifications.
Swallow's work shows it's been worked, a riposte to the tiresome lament of reactionary art critics that "no one pays their dues to technique anymore". His recent hand-carvings in wood are exemplary, from the hilariously sinister "Come Together" – a bean-bag into which a skull has been idly tossed – to "Sleeping Range", a two-metre-long sleeping bag. The effort that must have gone into them is mind-boggling. His 1999 work "Peugeot Taipan, Commemorative Model (Discontinued Line)" is a full-scale BMX bike reconstructed out of PVC and bleached white, like a skeleton picked clean by time. At the other end of the scale he produces tiny turntable dioramas, such as "The City Sleeps", where tiny figures sprawl in an apocalyptic urban landscape. If your optometrist is up to the job, check out the detailing on the figures' pants.
What Swallow does is apply a craft sensibility and craft techniques to materials and ideas usually treated in far less rigorous fashion by high-end artists. In a field where grand but vacuous gestures often reign, Swallow sweats harder than anyone, like a small-business owner at the tail-end of an economic downturn, worked off his feet but dreaming of a windfall somewhere down the track. Except that Swallow isn't in it just for the money. What matters is that he gets to keep going – his hard work an insurance policy against succumbing to aesthetic disaster – and to do so he tries to maximise his audiences and minimise his risks. Representing Australia at the Venice Biennale is not the culmination of all this. But it's an important waystation.
Compared with other young Australian artists, Swallow's range and tastes are encyclopaedic. From hi-tech computer design to old-school teeth and skulls – if it works, he's prepared to use it. He is also smart enough to know that fickleness and fashion are ungovernable seas. Ambition, talent, sweat, good luck, the right connections; you can have it all, and still be swept into the gutter of oblivion by the broom of art history. So you get the sense that art is not entirely fun for Swallow. On the contrary, he's staking his life on it. Other wannabe artists take part-time jobs, or turn into curators or designers, or enrol in one of the innumerable fine arts courses offered by Australian universities. Swallow's vision allows no time for time out.
It is an obsession with time that holds his ideas together. Time passing, time hastening, time wasting; the blindness, impotence and frustration of being a being in time. He is conscious of pretensions to monumentality, as in pre-mummified assemblages like the geological Darth Vader mask "Model for a Sunken Monument" (1999). "Everything is Nothing" (2003) is a carved skeleton's head in an Adidas ski-cap. Swallow creates BMXs you cannot ride; optical instruments you can only look at, not through; sound pieces you can't play. This hoary theme of a time that renders all vanity is itself mocked, as in "We the Sedimentary Ones/Use Your Illusions Vol. 1-60" (2000), a wall array of techni-coloured resin key-chain skulls, their little jaws gaping in disbelief at their unjust treatment; or in "iMan Prototypes" (2001), its human skulls courtesy of Apple computer design. Swallow's magic is to capture the consequences of entertainment technologies in a striking gesture without being too direct, too cheesy, too worthy. His pieces tend towards a dissociated blank beauty, their content distanced by the effort dedicated to their making. He knows how and when to shift materials, forms, techniques, media, places. He moves from high-tech to lo-fi, from wood chiselling to water-colours, and then back again.
Despite his range, discussions of Swallow tend to emphasise his weird saintliness, his ascetic devotion to his art. What emerges from a long-time familiarity with his work is a peculiar combination of hip anaesthetic promiscuity with extreme protestant solitude. He's like a hooded monk: to make the sort of work Swallow does requires such concentration, attention to detail, inventiveness and sheer brute persistence that most of his time must truly be spent alone. It's not that he doesn't have friends, partners and a fulfilling personal life. It's just that his life is absorbed almost entirely in his work. One of Swallow's beautifully carved works in wood is a bird sitting in a running shoe entitled "Together is the New Alone".
The philosopher Simone Weil once spoke of the beatitude that envelops a child struggling with a maths problem. One suspects the happiest and most intense moments of Swallow's life are when he's carving a lobster out of a hardwood block. It's suggestive in this context that Weil's example is of a boy – presumably she was thinking of her brother André, one of the 20th century's great mathematicians – because there is something very boyish about Ricky's obsessions too: skulls, Game Boys, BMXs. You don't need to be a psychoanalyst to discern a swerve away from the messy details of human sexuality and towards the safer boy-zones of solitude, sci-fi and death. I can't think of a single work by Swallow that directly confronts sexuality in any interesting way; his apocalyptic chimps, whacked-out robots and Hollywood serial killers are typical symbols by which adolescent boys deal with the banal traumas of growing up. In the end, what exposes itself through all the pop references and high finish is a melancholy sense of dereliction, a Swallow utterly alone. Or as Nat, from the Australian art-duo Nat and Ali, wonders: "Why is a guy so young wound so tight?"
This tension invariably means that a Swallow piece will be gorgeously made and impeccably finished, the product of long thought and hard labour. It will probably fit comfortably in a variety of spaces, perhaps in an architect-designed summer mansion at Pretty Beach, New South Wales, or on an expensive coffee table in a New York condominium. The work will bristle with allusions, both kitsch and high-art, from dinosaur theme parks to Philippe de Champagne. It will have a great title. It will contain tiny details that, properly noted, will impress dinner guests. It will hint at intense autobiographical events. Yet it will be immediately accessible. A child could appreciate its symbolism – even if no child could have made it.
If art says something about its time and place and the culture it emerged from, one would have to say from looking at Swallow's work that Australians are tense but flexible, dedicated performers and conservative inventors, still deeply anxious about sex and money, ambitious workers who remain sensitive to all the things of this world. And, for all their restless activity, it seems they somehow still feel alone.
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Chief resilience officer, new key figure for cities in the making
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To address the climate emergency, big cities are appointing chief resilience officers – a new key role for cities facing new challenges. Paris and Mexico City are two cases in point.
The recurring heatwaves experienced in Europe during the summer of 2019 serve as a stark reminder that climate change, particularly in terms of the effect it has on the lives of city dwellers, can no longer be tackled on an ad-hoc basis by the authorities. "Exceptional events" have now become a regular occurrence in cities worldwide. And their impact is likely to become more of a problem given the growth of huge cities. Indeed, more than 50% of the world's population lives in urban areas, a figure that will reach 70% by 2050, says The Guardian, a British newspaper.
This increase is all the more worrying since cities not only have to deal with climate change but also economic instability, social inequality, migration and resource scarcity.
To meet these new challenges, cities are starting to develop a comprehensive strategy that closely interlinks ecology and resilience, focusing on the capacity to withstand climate-related shocks. And a new role, that of chief resilience officer (CRO), has been created to drive the strategy. It's a position devised by the non-governmental organisation 100 Resilient Cities (100RC), which was launched in 2013 by the Rockefeller Foundation.
The skills required to be a chief resilience officer include enterprising spirit, innovative drive and the ability to get diverse stakeholders to work together
The ambition is clear: to help cities deal with increasing urbanisation, globalisation and climate change, all of which result in "recurring stresses" such as water and air pollution, social inequality and economic crisis.
Oasis project in Paris
The number of CROs appointed in large cities is today estimated at around 100. Paris is one such city, where resilience is coordinated by Sébastien Maire. In an article in the Le Monde newspaper, he explains his vision for the "general delegation for ecological transition and resilience" that he runs: "Climate policy can no longer be split into separate silos – housing, transportation, food, security, supply, etc."
The "Oasis" project, one of the initiatives launched by Maire, "is about turning school playgrounds into oases, or cool areas, by replacing asphalt with lighter innovative materials that limit solar radiation, and setting up fountains and educational gardens." Sound anecdotal? Not according to Maire who quotes two figures: Paris is set to experience at least 25 days of heatwave by the end of the century and heat events with temperatures of 55°C in the shade between now and 2050.
Another initiative in Paris involves the development of "resilient roads", designed with porous and permeable materials, types of pavement that help combat the heat island effect, and more trees.
Holistic approach
Michael Berkowitz, president of 100RC, addresses another example of a resilient city in a different continent and on a larger urban scale: Mexico City. Since the 1950s, the population of this North American megacity has shot up from 3 million to 21 million, with around three million people living in informal settlements. "The proliferation of these informal settlements has greatly exacerbated the risks of shocks, as earthquakes, long-term water shortage and land subsidence impact them at a greater rate."
To build resilience, Mexico City is starting to establish links between the various problems. For instance between informal housing and economic inclusion, and building codes and water aquifers. The goal is not just to "survive a possible disaster but to adapt, grow and thrive," points out Berkowitz.
In order to successfully develop then implement a resilience programme, CROs must work across city departments, stresses the NGO. This applies to all disciplines, whether transportation, energy, healthcare or education. Indeed, the CRO skills listed by 100RC include enterprising spirit and the ability to innovate and to get diverse stakeholders to work together – not just government officials but also, crucially, the private sector, NGOs, associations and civil society.
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Abdul Rahman, Muhammad Taqiuddin and Ahmad, Salmiah and Akmeliawati, Rini and Altalmas, Tareq, M. and Aula, Abqori (2013) Centre of Gravity (C.O.G)-based analysis on the dynamics of the extendable Double-Link Two-Wheeled Mobile Robot. In: 5th International Conference on Mechatronics (ICOM'13), 2 – 4 July 2013, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (In Press)
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This paper discusses about the analysis on the centre of gravity (C.O.G) in affecting the input reference of the motion control of the extendable double-link of two-wheeled mobile robot. The proposed system mimics double inverted pendulum, where the angular position of the first link (Link1) is to be varied depends on the value of the angular position of the second link (Link2) and the elongation of the extendable-link (Link3) that is attached to Link2 with different payload. The two-wheeled mobile robot together with the extendable link on Link2 makes that system become more flexible but yet, the system has become more unstable. The inclination of extendable link at any interest angle will affect the C.O.G of the system especially when the payload is having a significant weight. This two-wheeled mobile robot can be balanced on the condition that the system's center of gravity must be located on the centre of the wheels. Therefore the input reference of Link1 will be determined from the C.O.G analysis of the system with the payload. Preliminary results show that the angular position of Link1 can be set at suitable degree based on C.O.G analysis that is used for motion control.
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Clever Child Carrier Makes Piggyback Rides Pain-Free + Safe
Every parent knows the piggyback phase – that special time when your little one begs to ride on your back at every opportunity. It gets tiring, though, and once a child is too old for a wearable carrier it's tough to indulge their requests every time. The brilliant Piggyback Rider is a back carrier that lets an older child ride on your back while standing up.
Straps fit over the parent's shoulders and hold a small platform across the small of the back. The little one puts his feet on the platform and his arms on mom or dad's shoulders, getting a piggyback ride that's more comfortable and safer for both.
A second set of straps keep the child secured to his parent, so even if he happens to let go of the fabric handles with his hands he won't fall to the ground. The carrier frees up the parent's hands as well since they no longer need to be looped under junior's legs to keep him from falling.
Besides being a novel idea that will save countless parents from backaches, the Piggyback Rider alleviates the need to haul around frustrating strollers. And to the kids who get to ride on them, they're sure to become a fast favorite.
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After that fateful day on Namek, where Goku became the first Saiyan to turn Super Saiyan in a thousand years, we all knew it wouldn't be long until the Prince of Saiyans himself, Vegeta, turned Super Saiyan as well. But it took Vegeta some time to learn this transformation, so when does Vegeta go Super Saiyan?
Vegeta first goes Super Saiyan while training on a planet with 150 times Earth's gravity after a meteor shower almost kills him. The first time we see Vegeta turn Super Saiyan on-screen is against Android 19 in Episode 129, named "Upgrade to Super Saiyan".
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The short answer is hard work! Vegeta became friends with Bulma, and so had access to all of Capsule Corp's advance technology.
First of all, he made use of their gravity chamber technology to train in extremely high gravity.
Then he borrowed a spaceship to train on an unknown planet that was 150 times earth gravity.
After a serious training session where Vegeta was frustrated by not turning Super Saiyan, yet again, he was close to giving up.
On top of his failure, a huge meteor was about to hit his training planet, and he didn't have the strength to destroy it after his rigorous training.
This was when something inside Vegeta snapped. He thought he was about to die a failure, and this is what caused him to turn Super Saiyan.
He already had the required power level and needed that catalyst event to spur his Saiyan DNA into going Super Saiyan DNA.
Vegeta first fight as Super Saiyan was against Android 19.
Even though everyone hates Android 19 and 20 for what they did to Yamcha, you couldn't help but feel a little sorry for them when faced with a Super Saiyan Vegeta.
They were in a world of trouble, as they were facing both an intelligent and powerful warrior in Super Saiyan Vegeta.
Poor Android 19 got his arms ripped off by Vegeta and then blasted to smithereens while trying to retreat.
Thankfully Android 20 was smart enough to get the hell out of there to activate his other Androids, which didn't actually end up too well for him.
Vegeta's Super Saiyan reveal was one of the coolest transformation reveals in Dragon Ball Z, as it really feels like Vegeta earnt it.
What episode does Vegeta go Super Saiyan?
In the original Dragon Ball Z series, Vegeta goes Super Saiyan in Episode 129, named Upgrade to Super Saiyan, which first aired in English on September 19th 2000.
In the Manga this happens in chapter 343 named Vegeta Returns, first published October 1st, 1991.
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Huckleberries: Former CdA resident hardly shy about how Hawaii ranks for retirees
Major John Chamness of the Salvation Army emails a business story from Hawaii about that MoneyRates.com study claiming Idaho is a better place to retire than the islands.
John has a good idea of what both states are like year round. In June 2012, he transferred to his new post as a divisional commander of Hawaii and the Pacific Islands after guiding the construction and first years of the Coeur d'Alene Kroc Center. He appreciates both places, which rank high in the poll – Idaho at No. 1, Hawaii at No. 3.
MoneyRates.com considered four factors: life expectancies at age 65; violent and property crime rates; economic factors such as cost of living, taxes and unemployment; and senior population. But John wasn't swayed by the MoneyRates ranking. In his email, he said: "This came through my email today about Idaho and Iowa being better places to retire than Hawaii. I then looked out the window of my office to view the palm trees and the beautiful Hawaiian sun and 87 degrees! Lucky we live Hawaii!"
And that's how the other half lives.
If a tree falls in the Coeur d'Alene National Forest, it may or may not make a noise. But it sure can leave a mark, especially if it lands on a shiny black pickup. Last Sunday, Linda Lantzy, the superb Idaho Scenic Images photographer, was snapping scenes on the forest when she spotted the pine tree on the pickup's crushed cab. The dead tree had fallen from about 50 feet up the hill. She was relieved to discover that no one was in the cab. She figured the owner was a hunter. She'd heard a shot earlier and saw hunting gear in the rig. Linda called the Forest Service to report the incident and then whistled and yelled for the owner to no avail until almost dark. How would you like to explain this one to an insurance company?
Poet's Corner: "Your eyes of flame blaze in the night,/your fiendish grin burns strange and bright,/and little children won't walk near you/and hurry by because they fear you/But when a few short days elapse/we'll see your power quite collapse,/and you'll turn squishy, soft and shrunken …/for after all, you're just a punkin" – The Bard of Sherman Avenue ("Jack O'Lantern") … At 11:42 a.m. Friday, two yellow labs ended a long chase along I-90 near the state line by jumping a fence and running off along the Centennial Trail. An officer who was concerned that motorists were stopping to try to help the dogs reported to dispatch that the "little puppies are 10-4" – copspeak for OK … Coeur d'Alene house-cleaner Kris Helstrom writes: "As much as we ladies complain about how dirty, nasty and messy guys are – every single house I've ever cleaned with his and her sinks, it's always her side that is way worse than his! Sorry girls, but guys win for cleaner bathroom sink!" … That bogus report of a possible Secret Service officer shooting in an alley behind 18th and Sherman around 4 p.m. Friday was called in by a man who later said he received the info "telepathically." Which was a relief for the officers who scrambled from all over town to the scene … The council and mayor winners in Coeur d'Alene and Post Falls in Huckleberries Online polls? Amy Evans, Woody McEvers and Kiki Miller for Coeur d'Alene council, Ron Jacobson for Post Falls mayor. The poll for the Coeur d'Alene mayor's race among Joe Kunka, Mary Souza and Steve Widmyer is running this weekend.
Parting shot
Employees of the Fort Ground Grill were surprised to find a round Mary Souza sticker on the eatery's glass door when they arrived for work Friday morning. Souza is running for Coeur d'Alene mayor against their boss, Steve Widmyer. Deadpanned Widmyer later: "I wonder if Mary is coming for dinner tonight?"