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Dear Fisherfolk,Here are another 2 outings for your collection.
The first is part 3 of the River Ebro Trilogy with Thanks to Alvaro for supplying the photos.
You are fishing for Catfish,Wels,Chub,Barbel,Zander,Rudd,Wild and Mirror Carp
http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/6/3/2 ... in%203.zip
The next is from Eire following a mountain river down to the Lough(Lake).
You are fishing for Pike,Chub,Perch,Wild Carp and Brown Trout.
http://www.fileden.com/files/2009/6/3/2 ... Loughs.zip
I hope you enjoy and the annoying postings (I try to delete as soon as possible) do not stop you from enjoying the Forum.
Tight Lines To All, Regards Martin.


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I am looking for a tightly run keeper league to join. It can be a new or exisiting league.
Im looking for one that pays out at least 90% of whats taken in.
Also, I am looking for a cash league of some sort, where the money is collected 100% up front, and the person that is collecting the money has some kind of refrences/credibility.
If anyone knows of a keeper league that meets these guidelines please let me know: mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com

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Tulsa Places
TripWhat's travel guide to Tulsa; our list of the best things to see, including The Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa Zoo and Tulsa State Fair.
Trips >
The best things to do near Tulsa
The Philbrook Museum of Art2727 S Rockford RdTu-W, F-Su 10AM-5PM; Th 10AM-8PM. In a former residence of local oilman Waite Phillips, has changing exhibits, a sculpture garden, art and artifacts from around the World, and a gift shop unlike anything else in Tulsa.food nearby
Tulsa Zoo6421 E 36th St. N$8/$6/$4/Free (Adults/Seniors 55+/Children 3-11/Children under 3). Has zebras, giraffes, elephants, penguins, and reptiles, in addition to a Children's Zoo, Tropical American Rain Forest, Wildlife Carousel, and Zoo Train.eat nearby
Tulsa State Fairat the Expo FairgroundsIt's the last full week in September. "Funnel cakes" are a tradition.restaurants nearby
Oklahoma Aquarium300 Aquarium Drive, JenksCheck out more than 200 exhibits featuring thousands of salt and fresh water marine species and also mammals. The aquarium also houses the Karl and Beverly White Fishing Tackle Museum, billed as "the largest and most comprehensive fishing tackle collection in the world!"food nearby
Oklahoma AquariumExpect to be surprised and impressed! The Oklahoma Aquarium is home to the largest bull sharks in captivity, seen through a unique tunnel and dome. Plus hundreds of other fish and interactive touch and feed tanks.eat nearby
Tulsa OktoberfestOfficial Tulsa Oktoberfest Page - October18-21, 2012. More at www.tulsaoktoberfest.orgrestaurants nearby
The Tulsa Promenade4107 S Yale Ave.M-Tu 9AM-10PM, W 8AM-6PM, Th: Closed. F 8AM-9PM, Sa 10AM-9PM, Su noon-6PM.. Renovated in 2005. The University of Oklahoma is located nearby, and the mall is approximately 2 miles south of the Expo Square, State Fairgrounds and several hotels, all of which provide shuttle service for shoppers.
Yokozuna309 E 2nd StM-Th 11AM-10PM; F 11AM-12AM; Sa 5PM-12AM.
Turkey MountainExcellent location for hiking and mountain biking, with lots of side trails to explore. Features great views of Oral Roberts University and Downtown.restaurants nearby
Gardner's Used Books, Music & Comics, Inc.(South Tulsa|Industrial Zone) Oklahoma's largest used book store, although the variety is very good, the prices here are terribly inflated compared to other bookstores. [15]
Oklahoma Scottish Games & GatheringRecently moved to River West Festival ParkIt's always the third weekend in September.eat nearby
Oxley Nature Center5701 E 36th StHidden in the woods behind the Tulsa Zoo. Open almost all year. Has a few different habitats built up, such as a mini-prairie, a marsh with a walkover, ponds, woods, and plenty of opportunity for bird-watching.restaurants nearby
Palace Café1301 E 15th StFine dining restaurant featuring freshly prepared, local cuisine. Lunch Tu-F 11AM-2PM
Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art2021 E 71st St50; Seniors age 55+ $4.50; Student age 6-21 $3; free admission to teachers with school ID. The largest collection of Judaica in the American Southwest, flagship of The Fenster/Sanditen Cultural Center. As an arts education institution, and the only American Jewish museum in the region, utilizes both art and history to preserve and present Jewish culture.eat nearby
Mama Trizza's1448 S. Delaware Ave.An artisan gift shop, representing local and regional artisans. Pottery, glass, jewelry, hand-turned wood, metal sculptures, stained glass, fountains, yard art, and locally made soap and candles are a few of the many unique items available in this charming shop.
Shades of Brown Coffee & Art3302 S Peoria AveSu-Th 8AM-11PM F-Sa 8AM-12PM. Offers quality coffee in a friendly environment. They feature local art on display, with a different artist every month. They also have live music in the evenings.
McNellie's Public House409 E 1st StAn Irish pub with over 60 beers on tap.
Route 6611th StRenovated in 2005. The University of Tulsa is located nearby, and Tulsa Promenade mall is 2 mi S of the Expo Square, State Fairgrounds and several hotels, all of which provide shuttle service for shoppers.restaurants nearby
Cherry Street Farmer's Market15th and Peoria
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Greenwood Cultural Center322 N Greenwood Ave.Serves to promote the history of Tulsa's Greenwood District. Was home to one of the worst race riots in American history. Special performances are often held at this center.restaurants nearby
- M-Sa 10AM-9PM; Su noon-7PM. 2-level, 1.2 million square-foot, super regional shopping center. The center features more than 165 stores, including over 80 stores you won't find anywhere else in Tulsa. Children's play area, a glass elevator and a food court.
Tulsa Air and Space Museum3624 N 74th E Ave.Tu-Sa 10AM-5PM; Su 1PM-5PM. TASM Collection Highlights include a WWII German Jet Engine, An F-14 Tomcat, Two of Burt Rutan's Experimental aircraft, A locally built Gyrocopter by Spartan Aeronautics, and Art-Deco sections of the original Tulsa International Airport Terminal. TASM also has Many historical and interactive exhibits of interest to young and old alike.eat nearby
Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame111 E 1st St.Housed in the beautiful Art Deco-style Union Station Depot, many local jazz performances are held here.restaurants nearby
Blue Whale6 miles south of Claremore on Rt66 in nearby Catoosa. Large blue whale rests in a swimming hole.food nearby
BOK Center200 S Denver Ave.Depends on act/performance. Tulsa's new sleek, and modern center is the pride of the city. Opened in September 2008, it has already hosted such acts as The Eagles, Celine Dion, Elton John, Billy Joel, and many more are on the way. Starting in summer 2010, the arena will also be the new home of the Tulsa Shock WNBA team, which moved from Detroit after the 2009 season. With fine dining nearby and numerous hotels to stay at, this center is the centerpiece of Vision 2025, a plan to revitalize Downtown and certain parts of the city.eat nearby
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Autism residential supports: A path to life-long relationships
NuPath provides high-quality, specialized supports for adults living with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) through a network of well-trained staff and the pursuit of a better-quality life.
At each home that supports individuals on the spectrum, we use unique person-centered planning and a coordinated approach to best support every person. NuPath's residential team is comprised of passionate staff dedicated to ensuring positive outcomes and hiqh-quality lives for every person we support.
Our autism programs are based on the following core principles:
Autism natural experiences
- High-quality, community-based support using natural experiences and environments as teachable moments.
Autism environments
- High staffing ratios (3:5) to ensure both safety and quality in every environment.
- Environments that are spacious and rugged, yet immaculately clean and tastefully decorated.
- Provision of structure and consistency in both the social and physical environments.
Health and wellness
- Strong commitment to health and wellness, good nutrition and regular exercise – every NuPath environment has dedicated exercise space and is equipped with commercial-grade exercise equipment including treadmills, Stairmasters and recumbent bikes.
- Prudent use of medication to treat illness, ongoing medical conditions and, where appropriate, behavioral or psychiatric conditions. The use of medication to address behavior and psycho-social considerations occurs only at the lowest dose necessary to achieve therapeutic results.
Autism scheduling consistency
- The use of various schedules (spoken, written or pictures) to consistently support routine events or sequences while introducing new experiences or learning opportunities.
Autism behaviors
- Use of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), as appropriate.
- Applying physical restraint only as an emergency intervention – not a planned behavior consequence or behavior modification technique.
- Supporting effective transitions across all settings using the continuation or adaptation of techniques and life experiences that have proven effective in previous life, educational and/or home settings.
Autism referrals
- Supporting formal affiliations and strategies, as appropriate, with educational institutions and/or residential treatment programs, such as the Boston Higashi School and Daily Life Therapy®.


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Why we were created
Somewhere deep inside everyone is the nagging question "Who am I and what is my purpose?" No one has escaped the great question – "Why were we created?" Author Charles Ambroselli writes that he believes God does not create things in vain and that everything He creates has a purpose. We aren't designed to do nothing with our lives, and we aren't designed to do just anything. God has a plan for all of us to be exactly who He created us to be, fulfilling a mold shaped only for us and no one else.
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On the day of the release of "Femme Fatale," her seventh album, pop star Britney Spears had another gift for her Garden State fans.
The singer, who recently topped the Billboard Hot 100 with "Hold it Against Me," will appear at the Izod Center in East Rutherford on Aug. 5. Tickets for the concert go on sale Saturday, April 9 at 10 a.m. through livenation.com and ticketmaster.com.
Britney Spears made the news for all the wrong reasons in the mid-'00s, but the high-profile controversy hasn't prevented her from selling records. Before the breakdown of her chaotic relationship to former husband Kevin Federline, she'd hit #1 on the Hot 100 once; since then, she's reached the summit three times. "Blackout" and "Circus," her '07 and '08 albums, sold a combined seven million copies worldwide. All of her studio albums have reached the top spot on the Billboard 200 except for "Blackout," which narrowly missed; "Femme Fatale" is likely to be another smash.
Since her '08 hospitalization, Spears has mostly ducked headlines. Unfortunately, her recorded work has reflected her growing reclusiveness. As a teenager, Spears was a mammoth presence on her singles; her hopes, worries, and desires flashed from the tracks in neon-bright colors. The older she gets, the more her personality recedes.The club-friendly "Femme Fatale" is frequently gorgeous, but there's very little evidence that Spears had anything to do with creating that beauty. Her vocals are chopped, twisted, and processed beyond recognition, her lyrics are double entendres from the dustiest part of the gag file, and her songwriting has been farmed out to her producers and a stable of attention-grabbing electroclash performers (Ke$ha, Nicole Morier, Livvi Franc). These days, "Britney Spears" is probably best understood as an import/export concern: she imports her music and her personality from other artists, and exports her mildly controversial brand name. How that business model will play on the concert stage is one of the most intriguing questions of 2011.


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OASIS Emergency Management TC
Enabling information exchange to advance incident preparedness and response to emergency situations
Elysa Jones, email@example.com, Chair
Rex Brooks, firstname.lastname@example.com, Secretary
Table of Contents
- Announcements
- Overview
- Subcommittees
- TC Liaisons
- TC Tools and Approved Publications
- Technical Work Produced by the Committee
- Expository Work Produced by the Committee
- External Resources
- Mailing Lists and Comments
- Additional Information
On 3 April 2018 the HL7 paper Healthcare IT Computable-Interoperability Strategy"Methodology to manage data-quality risk by standardizing data" In accordance with 21st Century Cures Act, TEFCA and USCDI was posted to the Documents repository of the EM Adoption TC.
On 22 March 2018 Best Practices for the Dissemination of Weather Warnings to the Public A Best Practice Statement of the American Meteorological Society(Adopted by the AMS Council 7 January 2018) was posted to the Documents repository of the EM Adoption TC.
From Dec 2017-April 2018 implementers of the Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) are invited to answer questions regarding the creation of an Event Terms List. For details, see Call for Comments which was extended through April.
Late February 2018 marked the signing of the 2017 Statement of Understanding (SOU) between OASIS and Health Level Seven (HL7).
On Jan 30 2018, HL7 Patient Administration Working Group approved joint release of the Hospital Availability Exchange (HAVE) standard which includes an appendix mapping to the HL7 data items. A full announcement from HL7 and OASIS for the joint release is anticipated 1Q2018.
On September 22, 2017 the first international EDXL Workshop was held in Rome. You can access the agenda and presentations here. You can access the Final Report here.
On September 20-21, 2017 the international CAP Workshop 2017 was held in Rome. You can access the programme and presentations here. You can access the Final Report here.
The video "Overview of EDXL Emergency Standards" is now available in both English and Italian. You can access the English version at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eoV5XwZVO8 and the Italian version at https://vimeo.com/234306686?utm_source=email&utm_medium=vimeo-cliptranscode-201504&utm_campaign=29220.
Mert Gencturk from SRDC Corp, a spin-off from the Middle East Technical University, Software Research and Development Center (METU-SRDC) discusses his work on the C2-SENSE Project, a project to a develop a profile-based Emergency Interoperability Framework that exposes the functionalities of C2 Systems, Sensor Systems and other emergency/crisis management systems. The framework uses the OASIS CAP, EDXL SitRep, EDXL RM, EDXL HAVE and EDXL TEP standards. C2-SENSE is a joint project of 8 partners from France (SAFRAN), Austria (AIT), Italy (LUTECH, REGOLA, Innova Puglia, Regione Puglia), Turkey (SRDC) and Poland (PIAP). Watch the full presentation here: https://youtu.be/lDwlAYsshN0: 17 July 2017
HL7 and OASIS Announce Joint Publication of Implementation Guide to Advance Emergency and Disaster Response; 20 Sept 2016 This Committee Note (OASIS) and Implementation Guide (HL7) is a bidirectional transformation specification between the OASIS message for Tracking of Emergency Patients and the HL7 message for the admit/discharge/transfer of patients in hospital administration systems.
On August 23-24, 2016 the international CAP Workshop 2016 was held in Bangkok, Thailand. You can access the presenters and presentations here. You can access the Final Report here.
On September 23-24, 2015 the international CAP Workshop was held in Rome. You can access the presentations here. You can access the Final Report here.
On 11 August 2015, the Emergency Management TC approved Emergency Data Exchange Language Situation Reporting (EDXL-SitRep)v1.0 as a Committee Specification Draft/Public Review Draft and arranged for the 60-Day public review.
On 15 October 2015 National Association of State Emergency Medical Service Officials (NASEMSO) signed a resolution calling for Completion and Implementation of a Data Standard for Tracking of Emergency Patients (TEP)
On 04 August 2015, the Emergency Management TC approved Emergency Data Exchange Language Tracking of Emergency Patients (EDXL-TEP) 1.1 as a Committee Specification Draft/Public Review Draft and arranged for the 30-Day Public Review.
On 13 January 2015, the Emergency Management TC approved Emergency Data Exchange Language Hospital AValability Exchange (EDXL-HAVE) 2.0 as a Committee Specification Draft/Public Review Draft and arranged for the 60-Day Public Review.
Visit the Emergency Management Technical Committee (EM-TC) Activities page for more current topics.
The EM-TC creates vendor-neutral and platform agnostic standards for organizations and agencies to more easily exchange emergency information. The EM-TC welcomes participation from members of the emergency management and response community, developers and implementers, and members of the public concerned with disaster management and response.
The Emergency Data Exchange Language (EDXL) is a broad initiative to create an integrated framework for a wide range of emergency data exchange standards to support operations, logistics, planning and finance.
Overview links below are provided for completed OASIS standards only. Non-linked items are works in progress. For most recent versions of all technical work see Technical Work Produced by the Committee
EM-TC standard efforts include:
- EDXL Common Alerting Protocol (EDXL-CAP)
- EDXL Distribution Element (EDXL-DE)
- EDXL Hospital AVailability Exchange (EDXL-HAVE)
- EDXL Resource Messaging (EDXL-RM)
- EDXL Reference Information Model (EDXL-RIM)
- EDXL Situation Reporting (EDXL-SitRep)
- EDXL Tracking Emergency Patients (EDXL-TEP)
For more information, see the TC Charter and FAQ
- EM CAP Profiles SC
Designs, develops, and releases XML-based standards and specifications as CAP Profiles based on the CAP Standard.
Provides ongoing maintenance of the CAP standard and related work.
Ensures the proper use and integration of geographic standards in the development of EDXL standards.
Researches, analyzes, recommends, and organizes currently available information on implementation challenges and comments regarding the EDXL-HAVE standard.
- EM Infrastructure Framework SC
Produces a horizontal intellectual effort predicated on establishing a common set of EM infrastructure standards, regardless of originating industry and/or agency segment. In particular, it provides ongoing maintenance of the EDXL-DE standard and related work.
- EM Messages and Notification SC
Addresses procedures and formats for exchanging new and updated information related to functions including public safety, emergency response and homeland security. In particular, it provides ongoing maintenance of the EDXL-RM and EDXL-SitRep standards and related work.
- EM Reference Information Model SC
Creates the EDXL-RIM specification to provide a high-level, abstract, information model for the family of EDXL specifications. Provides guidance on extensions and constraints (profiles) and maintains Common Types, EDXL-CIQ and EDXL-GSF.
Develops the OASIS EDXL-Tracking of Emergency Patients (EDXL-TEP) messaging standard, which assists emergency responders, coordinators and management in the exchange of emergency patient and EMS tracking information, thus increasing the effectiveness of emergency medical management, patient tracking and care, and family notification.
Develops the OASIS EDXL-Tracking of Emergency Clients (EDXL-TEC) messaging standard to facilitate the tracking of evacuees and other displaced persons during emergencies, disasters, and routine day-to-day incidents, the transport of such emergency clients to shelters, and the repatriation and reunification of emergency clients with their families.
- EM Adoption SC
The former EM Adoption SC has migrated to the OASIS Emergency Management Adoption TC
On January 1, 2015 Health Level Seven International and OASIS signed a Statement of Understanding formalizing a liaison agreement between the two organizations.
TC Tools and Approved Publications
Technical Work Produced by the CommitteeDevelopers please note: Internet searches may lead to earlier versions of schemas, which may cause confusion, if used as implementation directive.
To ensure that you get the versions that correspond to the published standards, please retrieve them only from the following selection.
Expository Work Produced by the Committee
- Overview of EDXL Emergency Standards Video. The video is also available in Italian.
- Wiki for OASIS Emergency Services TC member collaboration
- CAP 1.0 Presentation (7/31/2004)
- CAP Fact Sheet (3/1/2004)
Although not produced by the OASIS Emergency Management TC, the following information offers useful insights into its work.
- 17 July 2017: Mert Gencturk from SRDC Corp, a spin-off from the Middle East Technical University, Software Research and Development Center (METU-SRDC) discusses his work on the C2-SENSE Project, a project to a develop a profile-based Emergency Interoperability Framework that exposes the functionalities of C2 Systems, Sensor Systems and other emergency/crisis management systems.
- Canadian CAP Profile
- Common Alerting Protocol References
- OASIS EDXL Standards LinkedIn Group
- EDXL Sharp
- Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS)
- Customer Information Quality Specifications (CIQ) 3.0 [08 April 2008]
- XML Cover Pages: XML and Emergency Management
- CAP ITU Recommendation X.1303 Video
- EDXL Webinars
- Alerts, Warnings & Response to Emergencies (AWARE) Forum
emergency: the list used by TC members to conduct Committee work. TC membership required to post. TC members are automatically subscribed; the public may view archives.
emergency-comment: a public mail list for providing input to the OASIS emergency Technical Committee members. Subscribe or view archives.*
emergency-dev: an unmoderated, public mail list that provides an open forum for developers to exchange ideas and information on implementing the emergency OASIS Standard. Subscribe or view archives.*
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Meeting Schedule:
- TC Meetings: Regular TC conference calls are held every other Tuesday at 12:00 P.M. EST/EDT
- Subcommittee Meetings: Please see appropriate subcommittee page for specifics.
In The News: press coverage can be found under the press link.
Site last updated: 05/17/2014 -- Content for this OASIS TC web page is maintained by Camille Osterloh & Werner Joerg on behalf of the EM-TC.
For technical assistance, contact email@example.com.
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So this is just a random thought I had but what if the current Flash title which has two issues released a month had alternating stories for Barry and Wally in the same way that Wonder Woman's book initially told two stories being her origin and her current day adventures. An example could be after the Flash War story line each even issue could be Barry and odd issue be Wally. I honestly think considering the current Flash book doing so well (averaging around 50,000) that they could attempt to do a second book entirely for Wally but if DC is still shy about the idea of two different Flash books then this way they could both be under the same banner.
I don't think it is a very likely option as it has as much chance of turning away readers as it does bringing in the Wally fanbase who doesn't want to read Barry but I think it would at least be an interesting experimental way of building up interest for Wally to have his own book. It would be like instead of doing back up stories, Wally could have a six issue run in the odd issues of Flash and then if they feel confident launch his own book.
So would you read a book like this?
Edited: I changed the name of the thread so people don't think it is official news anymore.


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SEND Summer Show – "Silly Bart's Circus"
Huntingdon Campus
The end of the academic year will be a time to celebrate, and what better way to do it than come along and get involved in the SEND UP Productions summer show. This year we will be clowning around with our own version of "Silly Bart's Circus"
Open to staff, student and parents of the SEND learners. Free entry, However, please book by contacting Vicki Austin on 01480 379122.


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The Natterjack Epidalea calamita (introduced in the previous article) is a remarkable animal, well adapted for the dry, relatively saline environments it inhabits (there are places where Natterjacks inhabit saltmarshes, moors, and disused industrial areas). A proficient burrower, it starts digging a burrow with its forelimbs but does most of the work with its hindlimbs (hindlimb burrowing is typical for anurans, whereas forelimb burrowing is highly unusual). The burrows help the toads to gain access to moisture in dry habitats because they typically extend down to damp sediments; a particularly absorbent patch of granular skin on the animal's belly enables it to make the most of damp sediments when they're encountered [adjacent photo by kind courtesy of Neil Phillips].
The Natterjack runs rather than hops, and runs around at night in rapid pursuit of ants, moths and other arthropods. During this nocturnal foraging, some individuals range far and wide (for their size), but others are far more sedentary: foraging ranges might be as small as 50 square metres, or might be 20 or more times this size. Some individuals are highly site-specific and show remarkable homing instincts. Beebee & Griffiths (2000) report that individuals transported 500 metres away from their home burrow 'into areas they have never seen before have been found back in their original burrow within a fortnight' (p. 106). It's still not known exactly how the toads are able to navigate so successfully [adjacent image shows Natterjack pair in amplexus, from wikipedia].
In Britain, the Natterjack is most common on the Irish Sea coast between Merseyside and the Solway Firth, and in the coastal areas of Norfolk and Lincolnshire. The species has declined catastrophically across the country and is now locally extinct across most of its range, mostly due to habitat loss. Its isolated presence in southwest Ireland has resulted in a lot of speculation – it's even been suggested that it might have been introduced, either by humans or by birds (how the hell is that supposed to work?) – but the commonest idea has been that it's a member of a relict Lusitanian fauna that evidences former links with Portugal. Rowe et al. (2006) showed that there was no genetic evidence specifically linking Irish natterjacks from those of the Iberian Peninsula, and that the Irish population had not persisted through times of Pleistocene glacial maxima: instead, it must represent an expansion from a north European clade that occurred more recently than 10,000 years ago (more recent than the coldest phases of the Late Pleistocene, but pre-dating the formation of the English Channel). The surprising discovery of a large Irish Natterjack population in the late 1960s (on the north side of the Dingle Peninsula) raised new suspicions of human translocation efforts, but recent work on genetic variation in Irish Natterjacks supports the view that this is actually a native, in-situ population (May & Beebee 2009) [adjacent picture of German Natterjack by Christian Fischer, from wikipedia].
Outside of the UK, the species occurs widely across Europe, being found in 21 countries across western, northern and east-central Europe. The Iberian Peninsula might be regarded as its stronghold; it is rarer and more sparsely distributed around the fringes of its range (the British Isles, Sweden and the Baltic states). It's absent from Italy and the Balkans. There are no recognised subspecies.
With the European common toad and Natterjack out of the way, I'm going to stick with the theme of looking at 'familiar' Northern Hemisphere species in the next article. After that, things get increasingly obscure…
- Toadtastic – the invasion begins!
- Bidder's organ and the holy quest for synapomorphies
- Our sex lives in words and pictures (or, On the reproductive biology of the Bufonidae)
- Skulls, crests, snouts and giant poison glands: the heads of toads
- Toads of the world: first, (some) toads of the north
For previous articles on hyloid anurans see…
- Britain's lost tree frogs: sigh, not another 'neglected native'
- Ghost frogs, hyloids, arcifery.. what more could you want?
- Green-boned glass frogs, monkey frogs, toothless toads
- It's the Helmeted water toad!
- Horn-headed biting frogs and pouches and false teeth
- More wide-mouthed South American horned frogs
- We need MORE FROGS
Refs – –
Beebee, T. & Griffiths, R. 2000. Amphibians and Reptiles. HarperCollins, London.
May, S. & Beebee, T. J. C. 2009. Recent introduction or ancient ancestry? Use of genetic evidence to investigate the origins of range edge populations in natterjack toads (Bufo calamita). Conservation Genetics doi: 10.1007/s10592-009-9805-4.
Rowe, G., Harris, D. J. & Beebee, T. J. C. 2006. Lusitania revisited: a phylogeographic analysis of the natterjack toad Bufo calamita across its entire biogeographic range. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 39, 335-346.


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It's that time of year again: E3 2017 is just on the horizon. From June 10-15, we'll be covering the biggest games and hardware announcements of 2017 and beyond. While you can check out our continually-updated Games of E3 List, we're now going to start diving deeper. Every day leading up to the show, we'll be highlight the stuff we want to see and play at E3 2017.
Today's game: Kingdom Hearts III.
When Did We Last See Kingdom Hearts 3?
Kingdom Hearts III footage hasn't debuted since 2015, when Square Enix included a look at the sequel alongside this year's Kingdom Hearts HD II.8: Final Chapter Prologue.
At the very least,Square Enix has debuted a few new screenshots from the game since then, including looks at what appears to be the sequel's take on a Hercules/Olympus level, as well as a Final Fantasy VII-esque shot near Yen Sid's Tower.
Why We're Hyped for Kingdom Hearts 3
Kingdom Hearts 3 has been a long time in the making, with Kingdom Hearts 2 having released in 2006 (2005 originally in Japan). But what makes our hype this year any different than the decade-plus of waiting? Well, aside from the drought of footage in recent months, Square Enix seems to have lain the groundwork to bring Kingdom Hearts 3 back into conversation.
The releases of Kingdom Hearts 2.8 and the Kingdom Hearts 1.5 + 2.5 ReMix collection in the last couple of months serves as the ultimate primer to let players both new and old catch up on everything they need to know ahead of the third numbered entry in the franchise. Especially considering Final Chapter Prologue perfectly sets up Kingdom Hearts III, it feels like the time is right to reintroduce Kingdom Hearts III after Square confirmed its existence back in 2013.
Will Kingdom Hearts 3 Be at E3 2017?
Hopefully! Square has not publicly said either way whether Kingdom Hearts 3 will appear. The game was confirmed at an E3, and previous world reveals have also come from the yearly expo. So there's certainly a precedent for more information to come during Sony's press conference or from Square itself.
The sequel did, of course, skip E3 last year, with Square putting an emphasis on Final Chapter Prologue's impending release. Square has also not been afraid to show off new information for the game at other conferences, whether that be PSX or D23. And considering game director Tetsuya Nomura said earlier this year that Kingdom Hearts III still has a ways to go, Sora's next adventure may sit out this year's E3 reveals.
Jonathon Dornbush is an Associate Editor for IGN. You will not be surprised to learn he likes Kingdom Hearts. A lot. Find him talking about it on Twitter @jmdornbush.


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How One Man's Bad Ideas Can Affect A Nation
Today's Washington Post has a profile on the man credited with being the father of the modern anti-immigration movement, and a sad story of how one man can help create a movement that destroys freedom:
PETOSKEY, Mich. — Let's just get this out of the way. John Tanton, mastermind of the modern-day movement to curb immigration, is a tree-hugger. Literally. He has a favorite pair of ash trees "this big around," he says, spreading his arms wide. He likes to visit them every so often in the forest just north of here, see how they're doing.
He worries about them, too, whether — or when — the invaders, the metallic green emerald ash borers, will overwhelm them, wipe one of the dominant native tree species off the North American continent. To think that this little bug could do such a thing, he says, "it's just hard to take."
But it's not just environmentalism that impacts Mr. Tanton's thoughts:
Three decades after he began agitating about it, immigration has become a hot-button issue — the House passed a $6 billion bill to build a fence along the Mexican border, and several local governments have passed measures to crack down on illegal immigrants already here. But the courts have struck down several of these.
Tanton worries — how will the United States survive the "invasion" of people from Central and Latin America, not to mention China and Korea? More than ever, he is convinced that as they continue to come — waves of legal and illegal "interlopers" — the environment, the culture and the economy of the country will irreparably erode.
"We have 19 cities now on the globe with more than 10 million people in them," he says. "Only one of them [Tokyo] is in the First World. So all the rest of them have got poor water supplies, poor sewage, poor public services."
Okay, but how many of these cities are actually located in the United States. None of them, of course.
Interestingly enough, Tanton's anti-immigrant beliefs are not of recent vintage, but stretch back to the anti-capitalist 60's:
In 1964, while he was interning in a Denver hospital, his young wife, Mary Lou, provided family planning information to low-income women who had wanted two children but were leaving the maternity ward with their fifth or sixth. In this, Tanton saw a looming apocalypse, living evidence of the theory postulated in Paul Ehrlich's 1968 book, "The Population Bomb" — left unchecked, the world's population would double every 35 years, occupying the remaining habitable open space and overrunning cities and towns.
This did not come to pass. But, Tanton says, the threat is still out there. "I'm anti-immigrant like a person on a diet is anti-food," he insists. But the intake must be controlled. "You don't wait till you're at 390 million [people] and think you can deal with the problem." His ideas became even more focused after he read the French novel "The Camp of the Saints," a darkly prophetic allegory of a million destitute people fleeing Kolkata and landing in Europe, where they loot, rape and pillage.
Yes sir, but that was a novel. In reality, immigration, and the increased population of workers and contributors that comes with it, has been a net-plus for the United States.


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AceShowbiz - Drake tells people why he deserves the title of hottest MC in the game and is worth of the hype. The Canadian rapper explains it in a trailer for his upcoming studio album "Take Care". Instead of previewing the new project, he is counting the accomplishments he achieved in the short period of time.
The list includes "US Number 1 Platinum Selling Debut Album," "6 Grammy Nominations," "5 BET Awards," "Over 19 Million Facebook Likes," "750 Million Views on YouTube," and "Over 3 Million Twitter Followers." Some of his prominent works like "Moment 4 Life", "Fancy", "What's My Name?" and "Find You Love" are played as backsound.
Drizzy was forced to push back the release date for "Take Care" from October 24 to November 15 because he got a roadblock in clearing some samples in his new songs. "I do apologize for the delay but I promise that it is only for the benefit of our experience together," the MC once said.
Cover art for the album features Drizzy sitting at a lavish dinner and staring wistfully into his gold goblet. Explaining why he's pictured so broody despite the expensive-looking decor around him, the MC told MTV RapFix, "It was a world that was very much real to me, but I created it in my mind."
"It was a world that, being a kid from Toronto, I used to look at from the outside and I used to be like, 'Man that looks crazy.' All those strip clubs and all those nightclubs and the drinks and the girls and the fame. I used to stare at this world through a glass window and, like, two to three years later, I become a king in that world."
"That's who's sitting on that album cover, that kid that's just somehow gone from his mom's basement in Toronto to becoming a king," he elaborated. "That's what that album cover is about and there is a lot of deep thought involved in that 'cause you can go crazy doing this."


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Wearable computing devices have come to the forefront lately thanks to a convergence of technologies. Everyone is speculating about an Apple iWatch. Who's saying what, what are the prospects for this technology, and how could the technology affect our culture?
There are two technical avenues before us, and neither one is exclusive of the other. First, there are smart glasses, designed to directly display data in our visual field. Recently, I interviewed the CTO of APX Labs about the work his company is doing with smart glasses, "Can Smart Glasses Replace the Smartphone?" and it has a lot of good background information on the technology. And a side discussion of Google Glass.
The other technology is a wearable display. I mentioned this in Particle Debris on January 25 in the context of curved glass and a currently popular depiction in the SyFy TV show, Continuum. There, agent Kiera Cameron wears a device on her forearm that not only displays information but is a handy digital tool (and Taser).
Rachel Nichols plays Kiera Cameron on SyFy's Continuum -- has a device kind of like that on the right.
Each technology has its advantages. With smart glasses, there's no need to look at a distant, moving target, like an arm. There is an opportunity to overlay information in a helpful way. For example, augmented reality or alternate wavelength (infrared) vision. Sound and vision are easily integrated. On the other hand, those people who wear corrective lenses or prescription sunglasses will find it difficult to integrate smart glasses with their conventional eyewear. Technical advances in optics, however, might allow smart glasses to provide multi-functions: optical correction, opacity, polarization and digital data, all with good taste and style.
Smart glasses are especially useful for the military or surgeons, where the hands must remain free and mobile -- or may be encumbered. Wearable devices, like a smart wristwatch suffer less from the curent geek stigma of smart glasses that make one appear awkward -- but the cosmetics there continue to improve. A smart wristwatch doesn't have to solve certain optical problems, isn't as likely to get lost, and may be more amendable to casual consumer use.
The fact that Google is working with smart glasses and Apple is apparently leaning towards a smart wristwatch may say something about the expertise of each company, the patents they hold, and how they want to integrate their current technologies into the consumer space. However Nick Bilton with the NY Times in "Disruptions: Where Apple and Dick Tracy May Converge, notes: "Last year [Apple] filed patents for displays that sit over the eye and stream information to the retina." Plus, another enormous patent application by Apple has come to light that focuses on sensors and movement and leverages from Apple's previous work with Nike.
Rumors are that Apple has 100 people working its iWatch, a placeholder name only.
The problem nowadays is that a thin piece of curved (sturdy, tough) glass on the forearm, weighing perhaps an ounce or two, in order to remain light, likely wouldn't have the battery and processing power to be a stand alone device. That's why we're hearing about a first generation wristwatch that's tied to an iPhone via a wireless link. In time, I would expect the smart wristwatch to grow in size and power, but not weight, while the iPhone in the pocket shrinks and then disappears. In five years the smartphone will seem as ancient as a Sony Walkman.
I've seen two really good articles lately that lay out how such smart wristwatches might operate. The first is by the legendary Bruce Tognazzini: "The Apple iWatch." He goes into the human interface issues such as charging, (lack of) buttons, and, of course, design by Ive. The second is from one of my favorite writers, Jonny Evans, "5 wearable ideas Apple could borrow from sci-fi." Both these articles explore wearable computing devices in considerable detail.
One of the questions that has come up is whether a smart wristwatch would have a small, conventional display in its first iteration, like the Pebble, or whether it would be an ambitious, curved glass affair like this:
Image credit: gridgamecase
Everyone is talking about Corning's "Willow" curved glass as if that's the total answer, but of course, there are many other manufacturing issues to take into account before we can jump from a flat iPhone-like display to curved glass with all its attendant, high tech layers and capacitive touch. But that's definitely the future.
The Business Prospects for Apple
Some may view the idea of an Apple "iWatch" as a an attempt to demonstrate, in a strained way, innovation or to insert some jazz into the product line. But there's more than that going on. Advanced in technologies are making it clear that this is a palpable technological avenue that needs to be explored. The fact that many companies are working on this technology at the same time represents a technological current in the industry. The question is not, "is this a good idea?" The question, rather, is. "Who is going to implement this technology in the best, most commercially successful way?"
Another thing that Apple is really good at is developing a hierarchy of interoperable products. The original iPod wouldn't have been as useful without iTunes on a Mac. The iPad steps in when the iPhone can't do the job, and, in turn, is backed up seamlessly to the Mac. I would suspect that the rumored iWatch will fit into our lives in such a way that it complements an iPhone and brings utility that we hadn't really realized that we needed. When Apple can do that gracefully, the company will spring it on us.
A Changing Culture
All of this technology seems to be leading to the idea of an intelligent companion, instantiated with data and a vocal interface, namely Siri. Not only does the intelligent companion provide routine information, but assists with that oh-so important element of search. In Apple's world, an intelligent companion, with a Siri interface, is a powerful tool to combat Google. TMO's Bryan Chaffin recently explored this important aspect of Siri: "Apple Needs to Go Into Search."
Not only does Flynn's Effect suggest that we're getting organically smarter with each generation, but now we're on the doorstep of mobile, augmented intelligence.
We may not see it as the process of being smarter at first, because the technology is an add-on. Without it, we're stranded, helpless. However, from an external perspective, beings that act smarter can be taken as being smarter in an objective sense. And we're already doing that. We avoid bad weather thanks to our weather apps, we seldom get lost anymore with Google maps, apps can find where we parked our car and we don't forget to buy butter when we're in the grocery store. The next level of intelligent companion will drive us to even higher levels.
The question is, who will be the master? Will an intelligent companion steer us towards the maker's goals or will it be an enabler that allows us to be more human, more productive in a positive sense?
Image credit: The Blue Mountain Shepherd
Perhaps Jonathan Ive is working on that too.


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To spend time in Prague and Amsterdam is to luxuriate in the charms of Old World Europe. Strolling along the winding streets or tidy canals, a visitor can soak in as much beauty and art history as could be absorbed in months of gallery tours. These are cities where museums are hardly necessary.
But loveliness is not the only tie that binds these two gems of European civilization. In both Prague and Amsterdam, there is another tale to be told - a sometimes less visible one -and that is the story of the rise and fall of once-vibrant Jewish communities.
Although today the Jewish populations of both cities are only a shadow of what they once were, tracing the roots of Jewish history in Prague and Amsterdam remains a fascinating way of delving into the complex pasts of these cities.
Prague is today a place of dreamy charms, rich in its mix of various styles of European architecture. But it certainly presented a harsher faade to the Jewish immigrants who first began arriving in the 10th century. For generations they lived in poverty and isolation in a small ghetto within their adopted city.
With time, however, the group expanded and prospered, and by the end of the 16th century, the community of Jews in Prague was one of the largest in Europe. The Jewish ghetto was by then a labyrinth of winding alleyways, courtyards, and synagogues.
Few of those buildings survived the 19th century, however, and perhaps the best way to garner definitive information about life then is to visit the city's Jewish Museum. But for those who prefer to absorb their history firsthand, there remain a number of richly atmospheric sites.
Jewish history in Prague
Many visitors say they find the spirit of the crowded, ancient ghetto still alive in the Old Jewish Cemetery, a haunting but highly picturesque graveyard crammed with more than 12,000 ornate headstones dating back to the 15th century. The Old-New Synagogue nearby - which still offers services -is one of Europe's oldest and is infused with a rich, otherworldly charm.
Six other synagogueshave been preserved as museums. One of the six, the Pinkas Synagogue, also serves as a memorial to the 80,000 Czech Jews -including 13,000 children under the age of 15 - killed by the Nazis.
A visit to the memorial is a deeply moving experience. The name and age of each victim is written in tidy print on a wall, with families listed together. After a few minutes of gazing, it becomes difficult not to create mental images of what each little family group must have looked like.
These were ordinary citizens who, even a few years before the Holocaust, could not have imagined the events ahead.
By the 19th century, the Jewish population in Prague was highly assimilated into the mainstream of daily life, and many were respected business and cultural leaders. It is still possible to see the site of the old cafe in New Town Square where Einstein, Kafka and other Jewish intellects once gathered to share ideas or to hear Einstein play the violin.
This assimilation, however, ultimately played a tragic role in the events of the 20th century, lulling many Jewish families into a false sense of security and preventing them from fleeing the country before the arrival of Hitler.
A trip to Terezin, a couple of hours outside of Prague, is in many ways a difficult experience, but also a powerful one. There, the German concentration camp known as Theresienstadt has been turned into a museum and memorial. The camp is one of the few in Europe that have not been altered or renovated, and it offers a chillingly accurate view of life in a concentration camp.
The museum tells the story of the town, which the Nazis turned into a propaganda showcase, inviting visitors to see a select group of Jews pretending to live comfortably in a contrived setting. Meanwhile, only yards away, stood the camp.
Today, only about 1,500 Jews live in Prague, compared with more than 40,000 before the war.
Amsterdam: 'Jerusalem of the West'
In Amsterdam - where 120,000 Jews lived before World War II -the story of the Jewish settlers has its own unique cultural flavor.
Montelbaantoren is the ancient tower marking the area once at the heart of the city's centuries-old Jewish community. Some Jews who arrived in Amsterdam by boat -many fleeing persecution in the Iberian Peninsula in the 16th century - saw the tower before they touched ground and rejoiced to know they were in the "Jerusalem of the West."
But Jewish assimilation there wasn't easy either. As in Prague, Jews were isolated from mainstream society for many years. Ben Haim, the historic and lovely Portuguese-Jewish cemetery dating from the 1600s in Ouderkerk, just outside Amsterdam, serves as a reminder that Jews were once not allowed to be buried inside city limits.
Eventually though, as in Prague, the Jewish population came to play a leading role in the cultural and economic life of their city. Rembrandt, who lived in the heart of the Jewish quarter in Amsterdam, frequently drew on Jewish themes and models for his paintings, and that influence can be felt by visiting the museum now established in his former home.
The Dutch culture left its mark on Jewish customs as well, as can be seen in a trip to Amsterdam's beautiful Portuguese synagogue, built in the 1670s. The old synagogue - which still holds services today despite a membership of only 50-has a somber quality that reflects the influence of the Protestant Reformation.
But as in Prague, the comfort the Jews felt here was delusive. While Europe nervously watched Hitler, most of Amsterdam's Jews stayed put, never believing they were in danger.
A number of museums in Amsterdam offer a wealth of information about the Holocaust in Holland. The most famous, of course, is the recently renovated Anne Frank House. The house pays tribute to the courage of the Dutch friends who hid the Franks, while exhibits at The Dutch Theatre and the Museum of the Dutch Resistance tell of some of the Dutch -and in one case, even a German SS guard -who risked their lives to help the Jewish cause.
Today, only about 26,000 Jews are living in the Netherlands. Yet their history, especially that of the Holocaust, remains powerfully imprinted on Amsterdam, with the Anne Frank House attracting more than 800,000 visitors last year.
It's a fitting tribute that this city -known worldwide as a model of tolerance -should also offer such powerful lessons about the dangers of intolerance.
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LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) - A Lufkin boy learned about cancer at the young age of six after doctors discovered a tumor on his brain. The now nine-year-old and his family are grateful his tumor was removed in time to spare his young life. Titus Grigg is happy to get back on the baseball field after doctors said he would possibly never play sports again.
Titus has survived a brain surgery, 6 weeks of radiation and four months of chemotherapy. He's cancer free now and enjoying priceless blessings he's given each day.
"Nobody is ever prepared for it in any way. It's a gut punch. There's just nothing that will prepare you to see your child suffer," Amy Grigg, Titus' mother, said.
In 2009, things started off as what seemed to be migraines but the MRI showed differently.
"The radiologist came in and pulled us aside and said that he had a brain tumor; and that we needed to make our way to Texas Children's as quick as we could," Amy Grigg said.
Their church family and the Lufkin community rallied around them to support Titus as he spent months in the hospital.
"Seeing the smile on his face brings a smile to ours," Donnie Grigg, Titus' father, said.
Three years ago, the Griggs were unsure when Titus would smile again, or even talk, or walk.
"One of the things that they kept saying to us was that most likely and probably he will wake up and not be able to speak," Amy Grigg said.
Titus didn't lose his speech but he did lose one important thing.
"I lost my balance," Titus said.
It was certainly a very sad time for the then six-year-old who had to stay in bed all day.
"We're just extremely blessed that the possibilities that could've happened to Titus that god protected him from those," Donnie Grigg said.
Watching Titus on the baseball field now you'd never know how sick he once was.
"I get to run and play with my friends now," Titus said.
The Griggs watched their son lose weight and his hair, but today they are grateful to watch their son enjoy life while being able to play sports again.
"Seeing how sick he was from the chemo and radiation treatments, and to see how really weak he was, and to see him today years down the road just brings joy to you because of what he went through," Donnie Grigg said.
"To now be on this side of it and to see him riding bikes, riding scooters, playing ball is just an immense feeling of just being so thankful," Amy Grigg said.
Looking back on having a child survive cancer Amy Grigg can't thank doctors enough for finding the tumor and not ruling out her son's problems as migraines.
"We were told several times down there that over and over pediatricians miss medulloblastoma until it's too late," Amy Grigg said.
Today, Titus wants to assure one thing to the 175,000 plus children worldwide that are diagnosed with cancer each year.
"That god loves them," Titus said.
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Johnson Controls continues to grow spectrum of energy storage technology in China
High-capacity absorbent glass mat (AGM) batteries to power Start-Stop vehicles in China
SHANGHAI, May 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Johnson Controls has signed a new long-term automotive battery supply agreement with SAIC Motor Corporation Limited (SAIC Motor), a further indication of Johnson Controls' commitment to expand rapidly in China.
The China region is Johnson Controls' primary target for market expansion.
Under the agreement, Johnson Controls, a global multi-industrial company, will provide its Absorbent Glass Mat (AGM) batteries to power SAIC Motor's Start-Stop vehicles.
"Our company's history in this market gives us unique insight into our current and prospective Chinese customers," said Luke Lu, vice president and general manager of Original Equipment China, Johnson Controls Power Solutions. "As the global leader in automotive batteries, we are well-positioned to help the Chinese automotive industry grow by offering a spectrum of solutions to meet increasingly strict fuel efficiency regulations."
The leading global supplier of automotive batteries, Johnson Controls has produced nearly 20 million AGM batteries since 2007. By 2020, Johnson Controls estimates that 175 million vehicles around the globe will include Start-Stop technology. Already in Europe, more than half of new vehicles built feature Start-Stop. Johnson Controls is investing in AGM technology globally to increase production capacity for North America, Europe and China.
Start-Stop technology turns off a vehicle's engine when the vehicle comes to a stop. When a driver's foot leaves the brake pedal or engages the clutch, the engine turns back on. Compared with a conventional combustion engine, Start-Stop can provide an estimated 5-8 percent fuel savings. To successfully power additional starts and stops, the system requires a more robust battery. Johnson Controls' AGM batteries deliver the necessary increased durability.
Johnson Controls entered the Chinese automotive supply market with batteries in 2005 and continues to invest in bringing advanced technologies, capacity and technical capabilities to China. Today, Johnson Controls employs more than 26,000 people in China. Johnson Controls is in the process of building a new corporate headquarters in Shanghai.
About Johnson Controls
Johnson Controls is a global diversified technology and industrial leader serving customers in more than 150 countries. The company's 170,000 employees create quality products, services and solutions to optimize energy and operational efficiencies of buildings; conventional automotive batteries and advanced batteries for hybrid and electric vehicles; and interior systems for automobiles. Johnson Controls' commitment to sustainability dates back to its roots in 1885, with the invention of the first electric room thermostat. Through its growth strategies and by increasing market share, Johnson Controls is committed to delivering value to shareholders and making its customers successful. In 2014, Corporate Responsibility Magazine recognized Johnson Controls as the #12 company in its annual "100 Best Corporate Citizens" list. For additional information, please visit http://www.johnsoncontrols.com.
About Johnson Controls Power Solutions
Johnson Controls Power Solutions is the global leader in conventional automotive batteries and advanced batteries for Start-Stop, hybrid and electric vehicles. Its 50 manufacturing, recycling and distribution centers supply more than one third of the world's conventional batteries to major automakers and aftermarket retailers. Through its innovations the company is building the advanced battery industry for hybrid and electric vehicles. Johnson Controls was the first company in the world to produce lithium-ion batteries for mass-production hybrid vehicles. The company's commitment to sustainability is evidenced by our world-class technology, manufacturing and recycling capabilities.
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I read a post this week from Nicola over at All Things Spliced which reminded me of my deep rooted anger at the companies responsible for baby and infant formula.
Don't be pissed off with me yet, my anger is not because I'm about to splash 'breast is best' all over your screen; in fact it's much the opposite. Like many women I bottle fed both of my children. Some of us bottle feed because we choose to while for some the choice is made for us, for a variety of reasons. Either way the baby milk industry is huge, like billions of pounds huge, and the industry has a vested interest in us not breastfeeding, or at the very least feeding our kids some of their other products when we stop breastfeeding.
Like I said, lots of us bottle feed, so my issue is not with infant formula (stage 1). Equally I have no problem with specialist formula products that are necessary for health reasons, such as lactose free formula. So what do I have a problem with? Everything else!
Hungry baby, Comfort formula, Follow-on , Good night milk, Growing up milk; the list is as endless as it is useless and unnecessary!
For me this issue is a by-product of the 'breast is best' argument. We are all aware of the health reasons behind this argument, but in this house we are 'fed is best' all the way. #SorryNotSorry. The fear over being perceived to 'promote' formula means that (in my experience anyway) hardly any valuable, impartial information is given to expectant parents about all the different types and brands of formula available to us and our babies. For many, this winds up with us falling prey to the super-smart marketing of formula brands, and spending our hard-earned pennies feeding our kids stuff they just don't need.
Don't believe me? Read on…
Hungry baby milk
The NHS says that there is "no evidence that babies settle better or sleep longer when fed this […] formula". And isn't that why we buy it?! Hungry baby milk is basically based on a different type of protein (casein) to regular stage 1 milk (whey); casein is more complex, so harder to digest. Theoretically this should lead to babies staying fuller for longer as it takes their body longer to digest the milk. However, there is ZERO supporting evidence for this.
Comfort formula
This formula is marketed as being perfect for providing comfort to babies suffering with things like colic and constipation. Once again the NHS tells us "there is no evidence" to support this.
Follow-On formula
If you've ever had swig of this (don't ask me why or how, just trust me!) you will know that this stuff literally tastes like sticky, sweet condensed milk. I don't think I really need to say much else in support of my argument here (but I will, obvs!) It tastes so sweet because that is what will get your kids hooked to the stuff. What's worse, Netmums reports that "there are […] concerns that these milks may lead to babies becoming obese". And guess what the NHS says about follow-on formula? Yep, "no benefits for your baby". And if you needed further convincing, even the World Health Organisation isn't happy with follow-on formula, and this is what they have to say;
"Follow-up formula is […] unnecessary" and "even though follow-up formula is not necessary […] it is marketed in a way that may cause confusion…"
IBFAN goes one step further and just puts it as bluntly as they can;
"The baby feeding industry invented follow-up formulas for marketing purposes"
We are led to believe through clever marketing schemes that at some point we should be moving our babies from breast milk or first stage formula to follow-on milk. Remember the Cow & Gate advert with all the super-cute belly-laughing babies in high chairs? That advert told you that their follow-on milk is "nutritionally tailored to your baby's stage". Aptamil's advert declares that "your baby's future can be influenced by the early choices you make" with a not-so-subtle undertone of 'not choosing us means not doing the best thing for your baby's future'.
Did you know that Cow & Gate and Aptamil are registered at the same business address and owned by the same company? So that's one company covering a huge range of parents with two very different sets of advert campaigns; I could go on for hours about the various demographics covered by each brands' campaigns, but their price tags say most of what I'm getting at; a tub of Aptamil Stage 1 costs £11, while a tub of Cow & Gate Stage 1 costs only £9.*
Good Night Milk
Hands up who tried absolutely everything to get their baby to sleep through, or even just to sleep more? That is exactly why I think calling a milk Good Night milk is not only wildly misleading, but also a cruel use of the one thing that all parents crave the most – a good night! Especially when the NHS has "no evidence that babies settle better or sleep longer after having it".
Growing Up milk
Just as bad as follow-on formula, by the time you have got to this stage, they have well-and truly got you. Your kids are hooked and it doesn't seem to matter what you try, none of it works. At least with this stuff you might be able to get your next batch on 3 for 2 because they're allowed to do that with growing up milk. The law says that promotions can't be run on the sale of infant first formula so as not to discourage mums from breastfeeding, but there is no such restriction on growing up milk. Apparently that's ok. Guess what though;
"There is no evidence to suggest that these products provide extra nutrition benefits for young children. Whole cows' milk is a suitable choice as a main drink for your child from age one" NHS
And I don't know about you, but after a year of £10+ a week on baby milk, I more than welcome the switch to £1 for 4 pints of cows' milk!
Like many, we skint ourselves silly making sure that Amelia was drinking the 'best' infant formula, and when she seemed exceptionally hungry at a couple of months old, instead of just giving her an extra feed, we gave her hungry baby milk. It is only with the benefit of hindsight, being pissed off, and a bit of research, that we haven't fallen foul to the same marketing ploys with Wills. But what really makes me angry is how many parents are spending money sometimes they just don't have on a multitude of products which have no proven health or nutritional benefit for their child, and in some cases may even be doing more harm than good.
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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Dec. 1, 2003—Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE:HOT) announced today the appointment of Vasant M. Prabhu to Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer. Prabhu will be responsible for the accounting, tax, treasury, strategic planning, corporate development and risk management functions of the corporation, and will report directly to Barry Sternlicht, Starwood`s Chairman and CEO. Ron Brown, who has served as Starwood`s Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since 1995 will assist Prabhu during the transition and has been named Executive Vice President of Strategy.
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A Successful Season
By all accounts, the gender experiment proved women could work in the Antarctic.
"They did a fairly good job," Bull says. "They made about the same number of mistakes as four neophyte males would have done — but no more. It was a highly successful little expedition."
Clarke says he doesn't recall any problems while the women were in McMurdo.
"They all stuck together. They had what we called the Mother Hen. She [Jones] was an older woman," he says. "We told these guys these women were scientists. They were married. Be respectful to them and don't smart off. As far as I know, there were no problems. They were in the Dry Valleys most of the time.
"I think a bigger problem for the admiral was tourists," he adds. "I think the admiral was more concerned about tourists becoming a problem than women scientists. By the time I left, we had both tourists and women. I guess I was there at an interesting time. It went from what it was in the old days to more of what it is now."
Antarctica today
Today, women account for about a third of the American population in Antarctica. They lead major multimillion-dollar science expeditions, drive heavy equipment on long tractor traverses across hundreds of miles of ice, and serve in key leadership roles throughout an operation that moves 3,000 people to and from the Ice each year.
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Pam Hill, a field support coordinator for the USAP, is at McMurdo Station for her 20th season on the Ice. She has seen some amazing changes since her first season working as a shuttle driver in 1985.
"As equal opportunity has become the norm versus the exception in America, the same is true for here on the Ice," says Hill, whose Antarctic résumé includes a stint as winter site manager at the Palmer research facility on the Antarctic Peninsula.
Both Terrell and McSaveney have fond memories of their 1969 adventure.
Says Terrell, "When I left I was absolutely heartbroken, because I loved it there. From the perspective of doing research for the first time. From the perspective of being in that kind of intellectual environment. And from the perspective of being in a beautiful, wild place. There aren't enough adjectives for beautiful."
McSaveney says Antarctica is always tucked away at the back of her mind. "I have tried to keep up with scientific discoveries related to Antarctica, its geology and climate. And even many decades later, the beat of helicopter blades immediately conjures images of the Valleys."
A few years ago, McSaveney adds, she saw a documentary on television showing people at McMurdo. There were a large number of women working both as scientists and in operational support roles.
"It was obviously so commonplace to have women working there that no particular mention of it was made in the commentary," she says. "That told me that things are now as they should be — and gave me a really warm glow inside."
Additional sources to this story: "The New Explorers: Women in Antarctica" by Barbara Land; Bill Spindler's invaluable Web site, South Pole Station ; Billy-Ace "Penguin" Baker and friends with the Old Antarctic Explorers Association ; and "A Warmer Climate for Women in Antarctica" by Ellyn Hament, The Exploratorium .


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (January 18, 2015) – The Colorado State University-Pueblo swimming and diving team wrapped up competition at the Colorado College Classic Sunday, finishing the three-day meet in fourth place. Samantha Sannes (Fr., Torrance, Calif.) highlighted the weekend for the ThunderWolves, recording first-place finishes in four events.
Sannes kicked off the weekend for the Pack Friday evening, winning the 1650 freestyle in a time of 18:25.06. April McDonough (Fr., Frisco, Texas) gave CSU-Pueblo a one-two finish in the event, touching the wall in 18:38.82.
McDonough got things started Saturday morning with a fourth-place clocking in the 100 freestyle in a time of 56.10.
In the following event, Sannes recorded her second win of the classic, outdistancing the competition in the 400 individual medley with a time of 4:47.54.
Emily Foster (Jr., Santa Barbara, Calif.) earned a win in the 100 breaststroke, clocking a final time of 1:09.87. It was Foster's fourth win this season in the event.
Two events later, McDonough registered a second-place time in the 200 freestyle with a mark of 2:02.64.
Magdalena Contreras-Gomez (Fr., Austin, Texas) notched a pair of fourth-place finishes during the weekend. The freshman notched a time of 2:23.74 in the 200 butterfly and a mark of 1:03.40 in the 100 butterfly.
In the 200 breaststroke, Foster and Leila Zijadic (Fr., North Vancouver, B.C., Canada) placed second and fourth, respectively. Foster recorded a time of 2:36.38, while Zijadic posted a mark of 2:42.97.
Sannes capped her strong weekend by winning back-to-back events. The freshman won the 500 freestyle with a time of 5:22.10, with McDonough coming in right behind her in second place with a mark of 5:27.02. Sannes then proceeded to win the 200 individual medley for the third time this season with a time of 2:18.38.
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Every Republican governor this state has had for the past 40 years has raised taxes.
Republican legislators and most of their leaders have always been involved with those tax hikes.
So, it's probably not fair that nobody bats an eye when every Republican candidate for governor - announced and unannounced - is allowed by the media to get away with saying that taxes shouldn't be raised to balance the state's horribly deficit-ridden budget.
But, that's life, I suppose. George Ryan said he wouldn't raise taxes when he was running for governor, either. The Republican candidate didn't get a lot of grief for that, even though his public works plan was so big that everybody at the Statehouse figured there was no way to avoid a tax hike.
They were right. Ryan flip-flopped right after he was elected. Taxes went up, and so did fees.
Once again, pretty much everybody at the Statehouse knows that taxes will have to rise in order to balance this massively out of whack budget.
Some Republican gubernatorial candidates have talked about various budget "reforms," even though many of those reforms are illusory at best.
Some talk about deep cuts then quickly skip over the intense hardships those cuts would produce.
At least one is talking about borrowing to balance the budget, but the state's bond rating has already taken multiple hits, and it's doubtful that anybody would want to buy several billion dollars of bonds from a state that cannot show it can responsibly balance its own budget.
Luckily for the Republican candidates, taxes will almost assuredly have been raised by the time next year's fall election rolls around. And the Republican candidates who are now state legislators will not be forced to vote for a tax increase this year because they belong to the minority party, so a handful of others in their party will likely be obliged to take the plunge.
What will likely happen is that a tax hike will pass long before the campaign even starts to heat up. And then watch all those candidates pontificate about how they would've done things differently. Most will also probably say they'll roll back those tax hikes, even though that probably won't be possible until the economy has had a chance to fully recover, whenever that may be.
Surveying all this political posturing, is it any wonder that Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn has found it so difficult to convince the Democratic controlled Illinois House to go along with an income tax hike? That rhetorical question is not, by the way, intended to defend the House Democrats and their leader, Speaker Michael Madigan. They knew what the right thing to do was, and they didn't do it. I won't defend that behavior.
And even though I think it's unfair to let Republican gubernatorial candidates off the hook on the tax issue just because they're Republicans, I do believe it's high time that Democratic Attorney General Lisa Madigan comes out of hiding and expresses her views on this crazy mess.
We don't know for sure as I write this what office Attorney General Madigan will seek. She could run for governor, she could run for US Senate, she could run for reelection.
We do know, however, that every single poll taken in the past year has shown Madigan to be, by far, the most popular politician in this state.
Other statewide Democrats, like Comptroller Dan Hynes and Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, have said they were open to a tax hike. Hynes laid out a plan last week, although wholly inadequate, which included major cuts, expanded riverboat gaming and an expansion of the sales tax to some "luxury" services.
But Lisa Madigan has been mum. She said months ago that a tax hike would hurt people who were already hurting, yet she's been silent ever since. A group of protesters opposed to massive budget cuts marched to her Springfield office last week to try and get an answer out of her. No luck.
If the Republican candidates are being irresponsible, well, that goes double for Madigan. As the most likely of all candidates to win whatever office she seeks, she owes us all an explanation of her views on this crisis.
Come out of hiding, attorney general. The sooner the better.
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Tax cut analysis: 13.8 million households would pay more
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Teachers unions fighting proposal
WASHINGTON – Teachers often have to spend their own money to provide students with books, pens and pencils and currently can get a tax deduction of $250 for their expenses – but they would lose that break under Republican tax legislation.
Both House and Senate tax bills would end the deduction, and powerful teachers unions are mobilizing to fight the proposal.
"It's a slap in the face to teachers to take it away. For teachers, it's like 'Are you kidding me? You're coming after our $250?'" said Lisa Ochs, president of American Federation of Teachers-Kansas.
The National Education Association, under the hashtag #outofmypocket, is asking teachers to share via social media pictures of the sticky notes, pens and scissors that they buy for their students.
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WASHINGTON – Promoted as needed relief for the middle class, the Senate Republican tax overhaul actually would increase taxes for some 13.8 million moderate-income American households, a bipartisan analysis showed Monday.
The assessment by Congress' nonpartisan Joint Committee on Taxation emerged as the Senate's tax-writing committee began wading through the measure, working toward the first major revamp of the tax system in some 30 years.
Barging into the carefully calibrated work that House and Senate Republicans have done, President Donald Trump called for a steeper tax cut for wealthy Americans and pressed GOP leaders to add a contentious health care change to the already complex mix.
Trump's latest tweet injected a dose of uncertainty into the process as the Republicans try to deliver on his top legislative priority. He commended GOP leaders for getting the tax legislation closer to passage in recent weeks and then said, "Cut top rate to 35% w/all of the rest going to middle income cuts?"
That puts him at odds with the House legislation that leaves the top rate at 39.6�percent and the Senate bill as written, with the top rate at 38.5 percent.
Trump also said, "Now how about ending the unfair & highly unpopular individual mandate in (Obama)care and reducing taxes even further?"
Overall, the legislation would deeply cut corporate taxes, double the standard deduction used by most Americans, and limit or repeal completely the federal deduction for state and local property, income and sales taxes. It carries high political stakes for Trump and Republican leaders in Congress, who view passage of tax cuts as critical to the GOP preserving its majorities at the polls next year.
With few votes to spare, GOP leaders hope to finalize a tax overhaul by Christmas and send the legislation to Trump for his signature.
The key House leader on the effort, Rep. Kevin Brady, said he's "very confident" that Republicans "do and will have the votes to pass" the measure this week.
Brady, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said he doesn't expect major changes to the bill as it moves to a final vote in the House. Still, he said Trump's call for removing the requirement to have health insurance as part of the tax agreement "remains under consideration."
Trump and the Republicans have promoted the legislation as a boon to the middle class, bringing tax relief to people with moderate incomes and boosting the economy to create new jobs.
"This bill is not a massive tax cut for the wealthy. ... This is not a big giveaway to corporations," Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, insisted as the panel had its first day of debate on the Senate measure.
Hatch also downplayed the analysis by congressional tax experts showing a tax increase for several million U.S. households under the Senate proposal. Hatch said "a relatively small minority of taxpayers could see a slight increase in their taxes."
The committee's senior Democrat, Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon, said the legislation has become "a massive handout to multinational corporations and a bonanza for tax cheats and powerful political donors."
The analysis found that the Senate measure would actually increase taxes in 2019 for 13.8 million households earning less than $200,000 a year. That group, about 10 percent of all taxpayers, would face tax increases of $100 to $500 in 2019. There also would be increases greater than $500 for a number of taxpayers, especially those with incomes between $75,000 and $200,000. By 2025, 21.4 million households would have steeper tax bills.
The analysts previously found a similar magnitude of tax increases under the House bill.
A group of more than 400 millionaires and billionaires, including Ben and Jerry's founders Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, designer Eileen Fisher and financier George Soros, asked Congress to reject the GOP tax plan and not give cuts to the super-wealthy like themselves.
"We urge you to oppose any legislation that further exacerbates inequality," they said in a letter made public Monday.


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