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Braden Griffiths takes on iconic role for Vertigo's Sherlock Holmes and the American Problem
Today's pop quiz.
Who is the most portrayed character in film history?
Elementary, dear friends. According to The Guinness Book of World Records it's Arthur Conan Doyle's Victorian detective Sherlock Holmes.
Since American actor William Gillette portrayed Holmes in the first authorized stage version of a Holmes mystery in 1899 and later on screen, more than 100 different actors have portrayed the detective in more than 250 films and TV episodes
For Braden Griffiths, who will be wearing the sleuth's famous deerstalker cap in Vertigo Theatre's Sherlock Holmes and the American Problem from May 12 to June 16, the holy trinity of Holmes portrayers includes Basil Rathbone, Jeremy Brett and Benedict Cumberbatch.
Rathbone was the Holmes of the 1940s, Brett of the 1980s and Cumberbatch since 2010 has played Holmes opposite Martin Freeman's Dr. John Watson 12 times.
Rumours of mounting friction between Cumberbatch and Freeman on the BBC set of Holmes have made it unlikely there will be a fifth season of their immensely popular series.
Fear not, Robert Downey Jr has just announced he and Jude Law will bring their Holmes and Watson back to the big screen for Christmas 2020.
"Before I started working on The American Problem my touchstone for Holmes was Cumberbatch," Griffiths says.
"It was my mother-in-law who told me I needed to watch episodes from the old British television series The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes because Jeremy Brett is the quintessential Holmes."
He became an instant convert to Brett's cantankerous, rude, whimsical, arrogant but charming super detective.
"Brett was able to play all of Holmes' off-putting qualities while still maintaining the man's heart and charm," he says.
"I still love the bombast Cumberbatch brings to Holmes. Brett's Holmes is more of a slow burn. His performance is more sly and subtle especially in the way he handles Holmes' addiction to cocaine.
"Depending on which case Holmes and Watson are investigating, Holmes is either an addict or a recovering addict."
Griffiths says he vows to bring three essential qualities to his portrayal of Holmes.
"He has to have a twinkle in his eye and a cutting wit but he also has to have a genuine humanity. He'd never admit it, but Holmes does feel some empathy for the people whose cases he accepts. He's not the robot he claims to be."
Sherlock Holmes and the American Problem was written by R. Hamilton Wright in 2016.
Vertigo's artistic director Craig Hall was able to secure the Canadian premiere of the play because he had worked with Wright when Vertigo staged his version of Double Indemnity.
Griffiths says it's obvious Hamilton is an actor who also writes plays.
"He has a great eye for writing characters," he says. "They may be eccentric but they are not cartoon characters. They're very real and he knows every actor should have moments to shine on stage and everyone in our cast does."
Curt McKinstry is playing Watson to Griffiths' Holmes with Kathryn Kerbes is the long-suffering landlady Mrs. Hudson.
The American Problem is set in 1887 on the occasion of Queen Victoria's Jubilee which meant people from all over the world came to London for the celebrations.
Holmes and Watson are approached by famed American western performer Annie Oakley (Charlie Gould) to find her brother who has gone missing but this missing-person case quickly turns into a web of murder and mayhem.
Rounding out the cast under the direction of Mark Bellamy are Graham Percyas, Arielle Rombough, Nathan Schmidt, Kevin Rothery and Devon Dubnyk.
Griffiths starred in Stage West's Sherlock Holmes comedy Baskerville under Bellamy's direction, in which he played men, women, children, villains and heroes.
He had one day off after completing his run in Baskerville before beginning the rehearsals for The American Problem.
Tickets have been selling so quickly for Sherlock Holmes and The American Problem that Hall has added five performances extending the original June 10 closing to June 16. It is advisable to check tvertigotheatre.com for best available seats.
Sherlock Holmes and The American Problem runs from May 12 to June 16 at Vertigo Theatre.


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Walk the Tube: Map reveals number of steps between stations
Do you know how many steps you would have to take to walk between Oxford Circus and Bond Street stations? Well wonder no more.
Transport for London (TfL) has tinkered with the London Tube map to show commuters how many steps there are between every station.
So, want to get from Oxford Circus to Bond Street? That will be 700 steps.
Fancy ditching the train for a walk from Highbury & Islington to King's Cross? You might need some sturdy walking shoes – the map says it is 3,500 steps.
TfL says it hopes the new map will "inspire people to try new routes".
The map follows one released last year that showed the walking distances between stations in minutes.
See the full map here.

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TYLER, Texas - Three members of the Austin College men's distance track team broke the program record in the 5000-meter event and the 'Roos got a number of strong performances at the Marc Randal Classic hosted by UT-Tyler on Saturday.
RJ Navarro, Johnny Biffar, and Charlie McIntyre all topped the previous program best in the 5000-meter, with Navarro placing 15th overall with a time of 16:12.68, Biffar coming in 17th with a time of 16:19.71, and McIntyre finishing 22nd with a time of 16:39.98. Chris Biffar nearly added another program mark in the 1500-meter, coming up just short of his own record as he finished with a time of 4:18.39. That was good for 5th place in the event.
Austin College also got personal records for Jessica Hoffman in the 1500-meter, coming in with a time of 6:07.73, and Abigail Morgan had a personal best time of 3:17.40 in the 800-meter. Back on the men's side, Andrew Thomas had a personal record in the 1500-meter, finishing with a time of 4:30.75, placing him 10th in the event.


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The Indiana University Center on Philanthropy noted that about 65 percent of American households earning $100,000 and under give to charity. Almost every American household bringing in more than $100,000 also contribute to various charities. According to research studies conducted by The Chronicle of Philanthropy those people who individually earn at least $100,000 yearly contribute a somewhat smaller portion.
The study revealed their average to be four point two percent. People who individually bring in between $50,000 – $75,000 every year contribute, on average, seven point six percent. Today the tradition continues with present-day philanthropists. Here are few examples in the United States today:
Warren Buffett & Bill Gates
Warren Buffett, the current chairman of Berkshire Hathaway and a well-known investor, and Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, have contributed reportedly billions to a number of different charitable organizations. Furthermore, through their famous Gates-Buffett Pledge, the philanthropic pair continue to formally challenge many of their successful, rich peers to earmark 50 percent of their total individual assets to charities. Buffett himself contributed $31 billion to The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation back in 2006. The Gates Foundation manages charity campaigns to end both malaria and river blindness.
Phil Knight
Since 2008, A co-founder of the Nike Corporation, Phil Knight, and his spouse Penny, have pledged or donated $725 million to the Portland, Oregon-based Oregon Health Sciences Center specifically for medical research. They have contributed hundreds of millions to sports facilities at the University of Oregon as well.
Ronald Perelman
In 2008, investor, financier, and businessman, and financier Ronald Perelman contributed $70 million to charity, according to Antony Gordon. Perelman is also one of the very wealthy people to agree to the above-noted Gates-Buffett Pledge. He pledged as much as half of his professional assets to several charitable organizations in August 2010.
Mark Zuckerberg
In 2015, Co-founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg and his pediatrician wife Priscilla Chan officially promised to contribute 99 percent of all their Facebook shares after the December birth of their daughter Max. The Facebook shares, then worth a total of $45 billion, were earmarked for their then-new charity foundation known as the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative which centers on education and health.


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The 5th August 2017 will be the boutique's first year anniversary! I cannot believe how fast the last year has gone and how much the boutique has achieved in the last year! It has been utterly amazing!
As some of you will know, opening the boutique was a big risk to take in my life, however I know that I made the right decision pretty much as soon as I took the leap! It feels difficult to call this work when its something you love so much!
Since cutting my blue ribbon on my open evening the boutique has achieved so much and I'm so proud of what we've done so far. My family, friends and husband have been amazing in supporting me every step of the way and I look forward to the many more years of bridal to come!
I can't believe that in just one year the boutique has won Best New Business of 2017 at the Great Northern Wedding Awards, has come runner up in the Chamber of Trade Best Dressed Window and been chosen as a finalist for two awards at the national Bridal Buyer Awards, New Bridal Retailer of the Year and Retailer Website of the Year.
I have recently been through it all when we got married in May and so I can relate exactly what my brides are going through and help guide them in all aspects of their wedding, it doesn't just stop at the wedding dress. I have been so lucky to meet so many amazing suppliers that with their support and working on styled shoots and numerous wedding fairs it brings the bridal industry together.
So to celebrate an AMAZING year I have a few treats lined up during the summer… shoes, designers weekends and lots of champagne!
To celebrate the boutiques first year, the next two weeks are going to be jam packed! In collaboration with Rachel Simpson Shoes the boutique will be hosting a special 10 day event where I shall have a gorgeous selection of these STUNNING shoes!!! Many of my past brides have shown me their beautiful Rachel Simpson Shoes and it is definitely something to look forward to! The shoes will be in the boutique from Thursday 27th July to Saturday 5th August.
"At Rachel Simpson we're passionate about shoes- it's what we do. Every shoe is lovingly handmade using the finest materials."
If you want to come and try on some of these beautiful shoes then just give me a call or email to book a drop in appointment so I can make sure the boutique is available for you.
Whilst the boutique has these shoes in store, all brides who have booked in for the Catherine Deane event, Friday 28th – Sunday 30th July, will have a great selection to try with these whimsical dresses and also benefit from an extra 10% off your dress AND shoes! There are just a couple of appointments left on Friday however Saturday and Sunday are now limited.
The boutique will be hosting the FINAL summer sample sale where ALL samples must go!!!
If you want to take advantage of this special event book an hour's drop in appointment to ensure you try before you buy! It is a first come first served event so once it's gone it's gone!
Quote 'SAMPLE SALE' when booking your appointment to receive a special bridal goodie bag.
Visit the SAMPLE SALE page to see what there is currently available.
Appointments will be booked as normal in the morning and afternoon however during the hours of 12noon – 2pm the boutique will be open to all brides to come and join me for a glass of bubbly, delicious treats, browse my beautiful dresses, try on Rachel Simpson shoes and we are also lucky to host a trial and Q&A session for all brides and bridesmaids with the very talented Amy Lauren MUA.
She will be here with a model on the day to show you a bridal look for your big day and answer any questions you may have.
I look forward to the next couple of weeks coming up and hope to see you all very soon!


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Dive deep into JMeter testing
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Apache JMeter software is a pure Java application designed to load test functional behavior and measure performance of applications. It is used to simulate a heavy load on the server to test its strength and to analyze the overall performance under different load types.
This Learning Path starts with a brief on JMeter and its installation. You will understand and learn how JMeter can be used to check the performance of any web based application. Then, you will understand the elements of a test plan and will create test plans for performance testing. You will also learn basic scripting features of JMeter such as script creation, validation, test execution, and monitoring which will help you in using this tool independently for performing testing activities. Further, you will perform different types of performance tests such as load, stress, endurance, and capacity with different concurrency. Next, you will learn monitoring the hardware performance of servers using counters such as CPU, memory, disk I/O, and network I/O. Finally, you will understand the performance metrics such as response times, transactions per hour, throughput, and error rate by analyzing the test reports provided by JMeter.
By the end of this Learning Path, you will have a strong understanding of JMeter's capabilities, how to run custom load and performance tests, and the best practices using it.
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1. Who and in which play said 'Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish"?
2. Who said "I love your majesty according to my bond no more no less"
3. What literature work starts with "Tell me O Muse of the man of many devices who have wandered full many ways after he had sacked the sacred citadel of Troy."
4. Who yelled "A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse"?
5. Who believed "Logic takes you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere"?
6. Who sings Der Hölle Rache"Here in my heart, Hell's bitterness"?
7. In what play do we hear the line "Eros undefeated in battle"?
1. God Dionysus (Bacchus) said that to king Pentheus in Euripides The Bacchae.
2. Cordelia in Shakespeare's play King Lear when she was asked how much she loves her father.
3. The Odyssey by Homer.
4. King Richard III from Shakespeare's play Richard III.
5. Albert Einstein
.6. The Queen of the night from Mozart's opera The Magic Flute.
7. In Euripides' Antigone the Chorus speaks these lines.
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The 2017 Canada Summer Games Host Society and Co-Hosts are celebrating 50 years of the Canada Games, a bi-annual sporting and cultural event that has united Canadians and left a legacy of sport facilities, community pride and exceptional athletes.
"Competing against the best of the best from across Canada in Quebec City was a tremendous experience as an amateur athlete," said two-time Olympian Doreen Botterill who in 1967, skating for Manitoba, won four gold medals in the women's 500m, 1000m, 1500m and 3000m speed skating events at the inaugural Canada Winter Games. "The friendships and memories I made as we pushed each other to new heights and readied ourselves for the rigours of international competition will last a lifetime."
"6,000 highly engaged community volunteers will leave a legacy of enhanced capacity to host future sport and special events as well as create a new generation of leaders," remarked Jeff Hnatiuk, President and CEO, 2017 Canada Summer Games Host Society. "We are equally proud of the new or improved sport facilities that will leave an indelible mark on Winnipeg and the surrounding area long after the athletes, coaches, technical officials and visitors return home."
The most significant capital legacy project is the Canada Games Sport for Life Centre. The 124,000 sq. ft. Qualico Training Centre features three fully convertible court spaces, strength and conditioning areas, aerobic training space, plyometric training and testing, and an indoor training track. The building will host basketball and indoor volleyball events during the Games.
The University of Manitoba Stadium is hosting the athletic events for the 2017 Games. The Games will serve as a catalyst for major upgrades both on and off the field of play, including resurfacing the track, upgrades to the field disciplines competition areas, and a variety of other modernizations to deliver an exceptional athlete experience for years to come.
"Our government is proud to invest in the Canada Games Sport for Life Centre and the University of Manitoba Stadium infrastructure projects. These will help the community and our outstanding athletes prepare for the 2017 Canada Summer Games in Winnipeg," said the Honourable Carla Qualtrough, Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities. "For 50 years, the Canada Games have left legacies of sport excellence, community development and social inclusion that continue to be felt for many years after the Games have ended."
The new Bison Butte Mountain Bike Course at FortWhyte Alive is a major legacy project and will be the first of its kind in a city of Winnipeg's size. The course is a series of interlocking trails including berms, a pump track, rock gardens and a table top.
The Sargent Park Beach Volleyball Centre was built inside the Susan Auch Oval, an outdoor ¼ mile speed skating venue. This facility will become a beach volleyball centre, with 10 permanent courts for Winnipeg and provide greater training opportunities for Manitoba athletes for years to come.
"We are beyond excited to welcome the summer edition of the Canada Games to Winnipeg for the very first time and back to Manitoba for the second time since 1967," said Rochelle Squires, Manitoba Minister of Sport, Culture and Heritage. "As one of the funding partners, the Government of Manitoba is thrilled to host athletes and spectators from across our country to celebrate the spirit of sport and mark two huge milestones: the 50th anniversary of the games and Canada's 150th."
"Winnipeg is thrilled and honoured to host the Canada Games this summer during Canada's 150th birthday celebration," said Mayor Brian Bowman. "The 2017 Canada Games will be an important part of Winnipeg's athletic legacy for many years to come, and we can't wait to welcome athletes, coaches, and visitors from all over the country, and show them why Winnipeg is increasingly becoming a top tourist destination."
The Canada Games Council, 2017 Canada Summer Games Host Society and Co-Hosts are pleased to announce a new national partner, Dairy Farmers of Canada, who will be a signature sponsor of the 2017 Games and the presenting sponsor of athletics.
"We are very excited to be part of the 2017 Canada Summer Games as we welcome young athletes, coaches, volunteers and visitors to Winnipeg. On behalf of our dairy farmers here in Manitoba, we are looking forward to showing Canadians what our province has to offer," said David Wiens, Chair of the Board of Dairy Farmers of Manitoba and member of DFC's Board of Directors. "Dairy farmers across Manitoba and all of Canada care about the health and well-being of Canadians and this is one of the reasons why they love producing safe, nutritious, Canadian quality milk. We are proud to work with Dairy Farmers of Canada as they partner with the Canada Games to promote the benefits of an active lifestyle for Canadian youth."
Jeff Hnatiuk, President and CEO of the 2017 Canada Summer Games Host Society also announced new official supporters of the 2017 Canada Summer Games, including National Leasing, the presenting sponsor of the Closing Ceremonies pre-reception.
MLT Aikins LLP is the official law firm of the 2017 Games and the presenting sponsor of the Canada Games exhibit at the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame.
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Fans Will Not Be Happy About This Male R&B Singer Calling Out Beyoncé, SZA And Cardi B
"Stop using that f**king pain to make it OK to say some bullsh** on your record and get nominated for a Grammy..."
Although people initially had mixed reviews about Rihanna's performance at the 2018 Grammys, fans have seemed to change their tune on Twitter. Now, the Navy is celebrating Rih for including a traditional South African dance in her performance routine.
The dance that the performer included during her set with DJ Khaled and Bryson Tiller is called the Gwara Gwara dance. The popular dance move, which is native to South African culture, gained notoriety around last year thanks to artist DJ Bongz. Some unfortunate, souls have incorrectly called the dance, the "stanky leg," which was coined by the GS Boyz in 2009. But luckily South African Twitter was quick to correct the mistake.
Of course, it wasn't long before fans screenshot Rihanna and transformed her into the latest meme. If you haven't caught the singer hitting the Gwara Gwara, watch it below and check out some of the Twitter reactions there as well.
NAH. @rihanna is doing a South African dance called #GwaraGwara. Give credit where it's due. Learn how to do it here: https://t.co/8VHp66addx https://t.co/0ougv9F9Cy— OkayAfrica (@okayafrica) January 29, 2018
Best Highlight of the #Grammys2018 ..— Omoniyi Israel (@omoissy) January 29, 2018
Rihanna doing the Gwara Gwara!!! For the Culture!!!!😍😍😍 pic.twitter.com/EAAqh8fYGL
Rihanna just did the Gwara Gwara!!!!! Omg!!! #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/doJ9ICG2iu— Makho Ndlovu (@makhondlovu) January 29, 2018
Me when #Rihanna hit the Gwara Gwara at the end of the #WildThoughts #GRAMMYs performance 👏🏽 #Shoutout #SouthAfrica pic.twitter.com/CAbXdvhVnx— G I E S H A (@GabWithGiesha) January 29, 2018
Rihanna doing a GWARA GWARA. A South African dance move. I'm so shook! pic.twitter.com/IQxUVyJFBF— 🅢🅐🅝🅓🅡🅐 (@Sandyrosey) January 29, 2018
South Africa is so influential and relevant right now, Look at Rihanna killing i Gwara Gwara at the #GRAMMYs #ZA pic.twitter.com/AzLp7qzF73— Luks K (@LuksK_) January 29, 2018
OMG Rihanna is doing the gwara gwara a South African dance step 😲😲😲— IvyWhyte✨ (@IvyWhyteTV) January 29, 2018
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"Stop using that f**king pain to make it OK to say some bullsh** on your record and get nominated for a Grammy..."
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Might Mental Health – Different types of Therapy
Please don't feel misinterpret or ashamed of the particular conditions women's emotional wellness, when being applied to help you/us specially. After get older 40 so much is taking place to us, a great number of modifications and transitions. Most of us may realize what is heading on for the human body. This suggests the physical, psychological, mental and spiritual elements of each of our bodies.
A new discussion associated with could mind health may usually include therapy involving some sort. There is no way to steer clear of it. U. Ok.?
Within this article, try to help see the cable connections concerning women's mind health and your ex family members. She is included and a primary member. The lady may have your ex own personal mental health and fitness problems as well while those of her children and friends and family. Women have the remarkable burden on their very own shoulders–and the woman mental overall health is drained and afflicted, to say the least.
What on earth is therapy?
Women's intellectual well being therapy is a good way to help you understand yourself better together with to manage better. Becoming in therapy does not always mean anyone are crazy. Everyone possesses problems. Therapy is one particular way to help on your own with your problems.
Many of the problems that could be helped with therapies include things like:
pill or alcohol abuse
eating disorders
sleep problems
There are many various kinds of women's mental well being therapies, which work properly for other artists also. A person kind of treatments could work best for an individual, including play therapy with regard to small kids, or family treatment for family conflicts. The form of therapy that may be greatest for you depends in what very best meets the needs.
What types connected with might emotional health remedies exist?
The more widespread types of therapy are usually:
Skill Therapy. Pulling, artwork, or even working with clay with an art psychologist can assist you express factors that will you may not become able to put into words. Fine art therapists get the job done with children, teens, in addition to adults, including those that have problems.
Behavioral Therapy-works effectively to get women's intellectual health issues. This type of therapy is usually very organized and target oriented. The idea starts together with what you are undertaking right now, and then may help you change your actions. Behavior therapists may use methods such as:
Exposure treatment or perhaps desensitization. Initially you learn strategies to take it easy. Then you learn for you to deal with your fears when anyone practice these pleasure abilities.
Aversive therapy. This frames something unpleasant with a actions to support you stop the habits. For example, putting something that tastes bitter in a child's thumbs for you to help stop thumb-sucking.
Role playing. This may help you be more aggressive or help resolve disputes in between family members.
Self-monitoring, or even keeping a log on your daily activities. This may well help distinguish which behaviours are causing problems.
Biofeedback. This type of therapy can help you find out to control physique features such as muscle anxiety or brain wave habits. Biofeedback can help with tension, stress and anxiety, and actual symptoms including headaches.
Intellectual Remedy. Such type of treatment will take the approach that how you think affects the way you feel and act. This specific therapy helps an individual recognize bad techniques involving thinking that keep you caught up. You understand to name automatic negative thoughts such while:
"I never do everything right"
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"The world can be often in opposition to me"
"If I may succeed most the time I was a failure. "
A person learn how to transform your thoughts and this also can easily lead to changed behaviours. It can also enhance self-esteem and self confidence. Cognitive-behavioral therapy mixes behavior and cognitive remedy procedures.
EMDR (eye movement desensitization reprocessing). In EMDR the particular psychologist helps a person cope with sensations and thoughts about uncomfortable previous events. You transfer the eyes back and out, commonly following the therapist's hand or even pen, while you recall the wedding. This type of therapy is usually considered by many people to become experimental.
Women's mental health/Family or Couples Treatment. Family members therapists view the loved ones as a system. They will assist the whole loved ones rather than just a single person. Often the goal will be for family associates for you to openly their show thoughts and to find methods to change negative family shapes.
Women's intellectual health related to help Couples therapy allows companions boost their capacity to speak with each one other. The idea may assistance you choose what improvements are expected in the relationship and in the behaviour of each partner. Both mates then work to understand new behaviors. There are usually distinct forms of married couples therapy.
Can certainly mental health/Group Therapy. In group treatment a small number involving folks (6 to 10) satisfy regularly with some sort of counselor. There are numerous types of therapy organizations. Some focus on a specific problem such because anger management. Process categories do not focus on some sort of single topic, but as an alternative explore issues increased simply by members. Short-term groupings are problem-focused and meet up with regarding a limited time, for instance 6 to 12 months. Long-term groups deal using continuing issues such while self-esteem.
Massage Therapy. Massage treatment might help to reduce stress and anxiety and stress.
Ladies intellectual health and Pharmacological Therapy (Medicines). Medicines could help transform your mental well-being. They may be prescribed by a psychiatrist or even your own personal healthcare provider. Your own provider can be used with you to carefully select the right remedies for you. There happen to be several kinds of psychiatric medicines.
Antipsychotics may help with psychosis or perhaps other conditions.
Mood stabilizers may possibly be used to handle feelings troubles such since zweipolig disorder.
Medicine may well help with depression or anxiousness.
Antianxiety medicines may be prescribed to treat panic problems.
The right medication may enhance symptoms consequently that other kinds connected with remedy are more successful. Medicines could also be used alone.
Play Treatment. Participate in therapy enables kids to do something out his or her problems with playthings in addition to games. Play therapists aid a child feel self-assured and less afraid.
Psychoanalytic Therapy. This type associated with therapy was developed by simply Sigmund Freud. In that sort of treatment, you operate to help find out things coming from your earlier that have an impact on your feelings, emotions, in addition to behaviors. These kinds of therapy can certainly take years. This generally involves meeting many times a good week. It can possibly be quite expensive.
Psychodynamic Treatment. This type of treatment helps you deliver your own personal genuine feelings to typically the surface. Should you repress (purposely forget) or maybe deny unpleasant thoughts, feelings, and memories, they can nonetheless influence your lifetime. Once you are aware of these repressed thought processes, feelings, and memories they become less painful.
Psychoeducational Remedy. This type of treatments involves the specialist training instead of the client talking. You may well find out about disorders, cure options, and how to cope with symptoms. Trained counselors may well provide you using useful information or perhaps may help you learn various skills. They work having folks and groups.


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Photo Credit: Eveline Carle, Cape Cod Dance Center
Many people turn to dance as an escape from everyday life. Sometimes, this form of artistic expression is the only place where people feel they can truly be themselves. Take dance director and author Eveline Carle for example. After her brother died, her mother left, and her father kicked her out of her family home at age 7, she found dance as her refuge; her one true home. Carle's recent book, Dancing Feat, shares her path as a dancer and how she aspires to make dance education something sacred that can make a difference in young people's lives.
In her book, Carle recounts a noteworthy experience from when she was in high school and one of her dance instructors used some extremely questionable teaching methods. Carle's teacher regularly addressed the class as "fat marshmallows" and brought in a scale for weekly weigh-ins, which obviously is detrimental to any young girl's self-esteem. Despite this traumatic experience, Carle went on to have a successful professional dance career. She began her professional training in Montreal, Canada at L'Ecole Superieure de Danse du Quebec, then danced with world-renowned company Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. Later, she moved to the United States to choreograph and perform live in theater and film, and now is the director of Cape Cod Dance Center in Massachusetts.
As the director of Cape Cod Dance Center, Carle practices very different teaching methods from what she experienced in high school. She provides a well-rounded education and artistic inspiration while helping students find a greater sense of self-esteem through the study of dance. Through her 14 golden rules to teaching dance, which are outlined in Dancing Feat, she teaches students to follow their own pace when achieving their goals. "Whether talking about competition, self-esteem or trust, the rules emerged from personal experiences," said Carle. Some of her rules include: dance training is a path not a leap; learn by teaching others; and build self-esteem, not egos.
Eveline Carle; Photo Credit: Eveline Carle, Cape Cod Dance Center
So far, Dancing Feat, has had rave reviews. Actor and director, Jeff Zinn, describes the book as "much more than a "how-to" for dancers and those who might teach dance. It is a deeply felt and deeply moving memoir of a difficult life lived, challenges overcome, and insights gained." Also, Zinn recommended the book to all those who love the performing arts, either as audience or as practitioners. As for Carle, she's overwhelmed with the positive responses she's received from people in the dance community. "I am very excited about the response to Dancing Feat so far. I have received many wonderful responses from my students, parents, local Cape Cod media, and from dancers of all ages," commented Carle. Clearly, Dancing Feat is not just a book about dance, but it also tells a story of how dance can positively affect someone's life.
Dance helped Carle find her place in this world, and she believes it has the power to do the same for anyone who is open to it. "I would say that confidence lives inside of each one of us and dance can help anyone get more connected to that self. Once we get anchored in that self, that's where the strength comes from that allows us to really feel good about who we are," commented Carle. To Carle and so many others, dance is something nobody can take away. Opening your body and mind to the freedom of expression brings many people to a place they can call home. So next time life becomes too much for you, take a page out of Carle's book and put on some music to dance it out.
For more information on Dancing Feat, or to purchase the book, visit http://evelinecarle.com/books/.
Cape Cod Dance Center teaches a variety of disciplines including ballroom dancing, classic ballet, contemporary dance, jazz, tap, lyrical, hip hop, yoga, and wellness which are all taught by dance professionals with years of experience. For more information on Cape Cod Dance Center, visit www.capecoddancecenter.com .


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|This week I went to see Al. Hmm, I guess he is
actually Vice President Al Gore, but that's all so formal. Anyway,
Al and Tipper were in Moscow this week for his usual chat with the
Russian Prime Minister, who's name is too long and twisted for me to
attempt, but sounds like Chernobyl.
I made a special poster for Al, so he would not forget that there
On Al's way out after the speech, I got a photo shaking hands with him.


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H.R.2 - Sunset Act of 198197th Congress (1981-1982)
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|Rep. Blanchard, James [D-MI-18] (Introduced 01/05/1981)
|House - Government Operations; Rules
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|House - 04/21/1982 Subcommittee Hearings Held. (All Actions)
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Introduced in House (01/05/1981)
Sunset Act of 1981 - Title I: Reauthorization of Government Programs - Sets forth a ten-year schedule for reauthorization of all Federal programs according to budget function and subfunction as set forth in the Budget of the United States Government for fiscal year 1979.
Sets forth the procedure in the House of Representatives and the Senate for the consideration of any bill, resolution, or amendment which authorizes new budget authority. States that it is not in order for either House to consider any legislation which authorizes the enactment of new budget authority for a program for a period of more than ten years, for an indefinite period, or for any fiscal year beginning after the next reauthorization date applicable to such program.
Provides that before the Congress can appropriate funds for any program, after its first reauthorization date, there must be a specific authorization in law to support the appropriation.
Requires the committees of the Senate and House of Representatives to schedule and conduct a sunset review of programs to be reauthorized. Requires that the report accompanying such reauthorizations contain specified information and be completed during the Congress in which the program is scheduled for reauthorization.
Exempts from the requirements of this Act specified programs such as interest on Federal debts, health care services, general retirement and disability payments, as well as litigation activities which have as their objectives the protection and implementation of civil rights guaranteed by the Constitution, and specified retirement pay and benefits.
Allows the reauthorization schedule set forth in this Act to be changed by concurrent resolution of the two House of Congress and sets forth the procedure for such change. Requires all legislation and other matters related to changes in the dates for programs under this Act to be referred to the committee with legislative jurisdiction over any program affected by the proposal and, sequentially, to the Committee on Rules in the House Representatives and to the Committee on Rules and Administration in the Senate. Requires such committees to report any concurrent resolution or bill referred to it by a committee of legislative jurisdiction within 30 days, with a statement on each of its recommendations. Makes provisions for any proposed change which has been reported by a committee before June 1, 1982.
Title II: Program Inventory - Directs the Comptroller General and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, in cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Research Service, to prepare an inventory of Federal programs.
Declares that the purpose of such program inventory is to advise and assist Congress in carrying out reauthorization and reexamination requirements and to link such reauthorization and review process with the budget process.
Requires the Comptroller General to submit such program inventory to each House of Congress no later than January 1, 1982. Sets forth the contents of the inventory program, including the type of authorization provided for such programs' new budget authority and the manner in which related program areas may be grouped for evaluation and review.
Permits the Congressional committees, the Congressional Budget Office, and the Congressional Research Service to review the program inventory and to suggest revisions. Requires that the program inventory be revised at the end of each session of Congress, and that such revisions be reported to each House. Requires that periodic reports tabulate the progress of Congressional action on bills and resolutions authorizing budget authority for programs in the inventory. Requires the Comptroller General and the Director of the Congressional Budget Office to submit periodic reports to the Congress on the adequacy of the functional and subfunctional categories for grouping programs of like missions or objectives.
Title III: Program Reexamination - Requires each committee of the Senate and the House of Representatives to reexamine selected programs or groups of programs over which it has jurisdiction.
Sets forth procedures for such review, and criteria for selection of program areas for evaluation. Directs each committee to consult with the appropriate committees of either the House of Representatives or the Senate in order to achieve coordination of program reevaluation. Directs each Committee to inform itself of the related activities of or available assistance from the General Accounting Office, the Congressional Budget Office, the Congressional Research Service, the Office of Technology Assessment, and other appropriate instrumentalities in the executive and judicial branches. Requires each committee to deliver a report on the reexamination to the Secretary of the Senate or the Clerk of the House at the date specified in the funding resolution first reported by such committee in 1983 and thereafter for the first session of each Congress. Allows two or more committees which have legislative jurisdiction over the same programs or portions of the same programs to examine such programs jointly and submit a joint report. Stipulates that such report: (1) contain the findings, recommendations, and justifications of the program; and (2) include specified information including, but not limited to, an assessment of the cost-effectiveness of the program and an identification of any trends, developments, and emerging conditions which are likely to affect the nature and extent of the problems or needs which the program is intended to address.
Requires each executive department or agency which is responsible for a program selected for reexamination to submit a report to the Office of Management and Budget and to the appropriate committees of the Congress on its findings, recommendations, and justifications of specified aspects of the program.
Title IV: Tax Expenditures - Requires the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, after consultation with the Joint Committee on Taxation of the Congress, to prepare an inventory of tax expenditure provisions and to submit a report on such inventory to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House and the Senate Finance Committee. Defines the term "tax expenditure provision" as any provision of Federal law which allows a special exclusion, exemption, or deduction in determining liability for any tax or which provides a special credit against any tax, a preferential rate of tax, or a deferral of tax liability. Specifies the contents of the report, which include an estimate of the revenue loss from each tax provision. Requires the Director to: (1) submit a revised inventory to each House of Congress by December 1, 1982; (2) revise the inventory after the close of each session of Congress and report such revisions to Congress; and (3) periodically report on Congressional action on bills and resolutions which create or affect tax provisions.
Directs the House Committee on Ways and Means and the Senate Committee on Finance to prepare a reauthorization schedule for all tax provisions similar to the schedule set out for Federal programs in title I of this Act. Requires Congress to take final action on the reauthorization schedule for tax provisions before the end of the 97th Congress.
Provides that each tax expenditure provision shall expire unless it is reauthorized by a law enacted during the Congress in which it is scheduled for review.
Sets forth procedures and restrictions for the consideration of bills reauthorizing tax provisions, which are similar to the restrictions and procedures governing bills authorizing new budget authority for Federal programs as described in title I.
Requires that the report accompanying a reauthorization bill include specified information.
Permits Congress to prescribe technical rules necessary to mitigate adverse effects which might result for taxpayers who rely on a certain tax provision.
Title V: Miscellaneous - Amends the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 to permit the committees of Congress to obtain from the agencies of the Government estimates or requests for appropriations, or requests for increases in an item of any such estimate or request, and recommendations as to how the revenue needs of the Government should be met. Sets forth administrative procedures and requirements.
Directs the President, with the cooperation of the head of each appropriate agency, to submit to the Congress a "Regulatory Duplication and Conflicts Report" for all programs scheduled for reauthorization in the next Congress. Requires that each such report identify duplicative or conflicting rules and regulations promulgated by executive departments, independent agencies, and State and local governments and contain recommendations which address such conflicts or duplications.
Directs the chairmen of the House and Senate committees having jurisdiction over a program scheduled for reauthorization during a Congress, to introduce a bill constituting a reauthorization within 15 days of the beginning of the second session of that Congress. Declares that it shall be in order to discharge a committee from consideration of such a bill if the committee fails to report the bill by a specified date.
Makes it the duty of the Committees on Governmental Affairs and on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committees on Government Operations and Rules of the House of Representatives to review the operation of the procedures established by this Act and to submit a report every five years beginning December 31, 1988.
Authorizes appropriations through fiscal year 1992.


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A man was fatally shot by armed police in a bedroom at his flat, an inquest has heard.
Trevor Alton Smith, 52, died at the scene after a single gunshot was discharged on March 15 at a block of flats in Lee Bank, Birmingham.
A team of six West Midlands Police firearms officers were executing a warrant on the fourth floor of the building in Wheeleys Lane when the incident happened.
The officers 'used an enforcer' to get into the property where they saw Birmingham City supporter Mr Smith in his bedroom, the inquest heard.
Ambulance crews were called to the flat by police at 5.04am and investigators from the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) were notified by the force of a police shooting just before 6am.Quiz: How has Britain changed from 2010 to 2020?
Birmingham Coroner's Court heard the divorced van driver's post-mortem confirmed he died from a single gunshot wound to the chest.
Reading a brief statement at the inquest opener, Frances Gwilliam of the IOPC said a firearm was recovered from the scene.
Ms Gwilliam added that the IOPC investigation and report would be completed by the end of the year.
Speaking from the witness box on Tuesday, she said: 'Officers saw Mr Smith in the bedroom. He did not move out of the bedroom and he was fatally shot by an officer.'
At the hearing on Tuesday, Mr Smith's mother and sister were told his body could now be released to them and they could go ahead with his funeral.Britain's most married man calls off ninth wedding as 'it didn't feel right'
Coroner Louise Hunt said although an inquest does not seek to attribute blame, it will 'check things were done that should have been done'.
Mr Smith's death was the second fatal shooting this year involving the force's armed officers, after 31-year-old Sean Fitzgerald was shot once in the chest during an incident in Coventry in January.
The coroner provisionally listed the inquest for February 3 next year.


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This is a walk cycle WIP from a short scene I'm animating. It's the first time I've animated with the Mery rig (available from meryproject.com) and it's been a lot of fun to use.
New Portfolio and Showreel
I thought it was time for an update of my portfolio and showreel!
Here's a peek: click on the image to view the full portfolio.
My latest animation showreel, featuring Maya and paper animation:
Music: "Dial Up" by Kris Oliver www.krisoliver.com
Paper Animation (Photoshop / ToonBoom): All character, background and colour design by myself.
Maya – Personal Project (1): Character (Morpheus) from here: www.joshburton.com/projects/morpheus.asp, chair prop provided by Aardman.
Maya – Personal Project (2): Horse rig by Tomasz Jurczyk and Carlos Contreras, from www.mothman-td.com/portfolio_items/horse_rig/
Maya – Aardman / NFTS: All characters and props provided by Aardman.
All sound effects from www.freesfx.co.uk
Rude Awakening
Character (Morpheus) from here: http://www.joshburton.com/projects/morpheus.asp
Chair prop provided by Aardman
All sound effects from http://www.freesfx.co.uk
This is a short animation I created while a Trainee Animator at Aardman. I wanted to push my animation and go for a more cartoony style. For reference I watched a lot of Tex Avery takes! However I still struggled to push the rig (even Morpheus) to get the same exaggeration as a drawn figure while keeping it looking good.
I'm glad I tried to replicate part of the Popeye test a few months ago, because what I learnt doing that (see here) was very helpful with this.
Here are some of my favourite frames:
Animating a Horse III
Previous posts: Posing and Breakdowns.
This is actually the hardest stage to describe, I think; there are so many small things that I do it's hard to summarise them. But I'll give it a shot!
I normally don't use the graph editor all that much before the polishing pass as I know I'll have to come back to it again anyway. What I do is pick a point on my character (in this case, illustrated by the horse's head).
I then open the graph editor to see how the head moves. As seen by the graph below, the curve begins and ends smoothly but in the middle it changes direction quite sharply with the points all over the place.
What I do is adjust the points until the whole curve is smooth. I try not to make it perfect, otherwise everything will move evenly. The idea is to keep the general shape while smoothing out the kinks.
It's at this stage that I make sure to get rid of all evenness and stiffness in the movement. I adjusted the horse's feet so that the hooves don't lift off the ground all at the same time, and so the hind legs don't kick out at exactly the same time. I adjusted the tail so it follows the movement of the body. The ears were looking pretty stiff, so I added a little flick in there – hopefully just enough to keep them alive. If you look really closely, you'll also be able to see the horse briefly open its mouth.
There are many things like that which have been tweaked and adjusted since the last video I posted. The aim is to recreate life, to make it believable – an illusion people want to believe. By rolling the body from one side to another as it lifts and lands, I'm making the horse look like it has real weight.
As seen by the graph editor, smoothing things out is important. This is also seen in the arcs of the character – how the hoof moves across the screen, for example. Below I've used Maya's handy sketch tool, Grease Pencil, to examine how the left fore leg (on the right) picks up and then sets down. I've already adjusted this leg in terms of timing (slower as it lifts and falls, faster in the middle) and the arc is getting there. You can see by the purple line that it is quite straight in the middle, and wiggles around at the end.
Using a different colour I add another line to my sketch – this is the arc I want the leg to have. (The leg is now on the left.) I've picked out the keys I want to change the position of: 16 needs to be slightly raised, 18 needs to be shifted quite significantly to the right, and 19 needs some adjusting to fit between the new 18 and the final key. Once these are changed, I'll get that nice smooth arc.It is possible to use Maya's editable motion trail, but I prefer the old-fashioned way because then I can measure the arc against exactly what I want to, in this case the point of the hoof.
Here, then, is the final animation:
The problem with the polishing stage (and 3D in general) is the ability to go back and revise and revise again. Even while making this post I discovered more things to change – and I certainly can see many more things in previous animations I've done! However I'm pleased with this little project and I hope to use this rig again.
Previous posts: Posing and Breakdowns.
Animating a Horse II
Find parts I and III here: Posing and Polishing.
What with Christmas, applying for jobs, and so on, it's taken me longer than I hoped to do some more work with my horse animation. Today I've had the chance to do so! To find my first post about this animation, click here.
I began by looking at my reference video again. My first pose (horse crouched down) was from frame 2,
and my second pose (horse in the air) was from frame 6.
I found my breakdown pose on frame 5.
This is important for describing the action because it shows when the feet lift from the ground. Rather than the horse drifting upwards, it will lift up suddenly.
I repeated this process of "breaking down" the movement between each set of key poses for the whole animation. I also adjusted the posing and timing of the keys when necessary. Once I had all my keys and breakdowns, my Maya file looked like this:
The graph editor shows how the horse moves between keys. In the image above, the position holds until the next key: it's stepped. This is somewhat like 2D animation (which is often shot on "twos", or twelve frames a second; in other words, held for two frames) which I've found familiar and very helpful.
When I'm happy with the keys and breakdowns at the stepped stage, I spline it. That means taking the stepped graph editor and turning it into this:
You can see the different stages of the animation in the video below:
Version 6 is the first four key frames, stepped. Version 13 is the keys and breakdowns, stepped. Version 14 is (almost) the same keys and breakdowns, splined.
The next stage is to adjust the timing (getting rid of any evenness) and to polish (like fixing that wobbly knee).
Animating a Horse
Find Parts II and III here: Breakdowns and Polishing.
One thing I'm determined to do is to keep animating in 2D and 3D. There are lots of free 3D rigs available online, so I downloaded Tomasz Jurczyk and Carlos Contreras' horse rig from here. I want to add variety into my reel with some four-legged creatures. Today I found some videos of horses rearing and bouncing about. Then I sketched some quick key poses. Next I opened up Maya and, after struggling for a while with the controls (I like mine to be in layers most of the time, so it usually doesn't look like what's below – I prefer to only look at the controls for the head, tail etc. if that's what I'm moving) I posed out the rig using the sketches as reference. If you're interested in learning Maya (or other software), I'd recommend starting with a simple rig. It can be a little overwhelming at first, but once you've learnt a couple of controls adding a few more is much easier. There are many fantastic tutorials online to learn from. Below are the key poses for my animation – they tell the story. The horse crouches down, pushes up, kicks out, and settles to a standing pose. Though there's an overview of what happens, there isn't yet enough detail to show how the body moves from one pose to another. When Maya splines between these poses, the horse moves evenly between poses like a PowerPoint on a default setting. The next stage is to add breakdowns (poses between two keys that describe movement) which I'll be working on soon.
Find Parts II and III here: Breakdowns and Polishing.
I've now finished the Aardman / NFTS Character Animation course … twelve weeks over already!
You can find my updated showreel (with lots of animation from the course) here and my new portfolio here.
And now for something a little different … we had some free time at the very end of the course so I tried to recreate some of the very poppy Popeye test animation (you can see the original here, at about 2:05).
I'd like to try more animation similar to this – with a rig that's a little more suited to it!
Walk and Run Assignments
Character provided by Aardman, animation by myself.
The last few weeks have taught me a lot. There have been a few difficult days when I've really doubted my ability: "I'll never be an animator!" Somehow those dark moments were followed by days where everything worked beautifully.
I wanted to show a little of the referencing I've been doing for my assignments. You also get to glance a small part of Aardman!
Weightlift Exercise
Animation by myself, character and prop provided by Aardman.
I found Week Four's exercise challenging not only because I lost a day through illness but because the nature of the exercise meant lots of slow, steady animation (which I find hard enough to do in 2D) which in 3D was very unfamiliar. 3D seems to become floaty and unrealistic much more easily than through other ways of animating.
Lunge and Baseball Swing Exercises
Animation by myself, characters provided by Aardman.
I'm now about to begin my fourth week on the Aardman course. This video's made of the assignments I completed over the last two weeks.
The lunge is the first character animation I've done in Maya. I had lots of helpful comments on how to improve it, and after a week on the other assignment I now see other things I'd change.
We began the baseball exercise using the stepped function in Maya, something which felt familiar to me after 2D! I felt much more confident with the controls this time around. I'm really pleased with the result. (Let's see what I think in a week … )
Bouncing Ball
It's the end of my first week on the Aardman / NFTS Certificate in Character Animation. I've been learning Maya (help!) and animating different weights of bouncing balls. As Lloyd Price says, "It all comes back to the bouncing ball!"


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1. Introduction
The bachelor program in Sports Business and Event Management is based on the curriculum of the Michigan University
- USA (top 17th in the world) and with reference to that of the National Taiwan University of Sports, Chulalonkorn University
- Thailand (top 60th in Asia).
Total credit: 130 credits, training time: 4 years
The training program with 6 international standards including: curriculum, international staff, learning environment, cooperative relations, scientific research and international exchange.
Specifications of the program
- 03 internship courses and 1 graduation internship (students work as full-time employee at the enterprise)
- 50% of major courses are hand
- on classes; and linking with business for training.
- 30% of courses are taught in English; regularly studying and working with overseas professors.
- Regularly participate in organizing many international, national and city events.
- Opportunity to receive scholarships at universities in Thailand, Taiwan, Malaysia, Korea ...
- Exchange activities with international students.
2. Outcomes
Graduated from Sports Management, students gain the knowledge and skills as follows:
3. Career opportunity
Graduates will find many attractive positions and opportunities in businesses, organizations, sports associations at all levels or resorts, hotels, media companies, events ... including:
- Computer skills: International MOS Certificate (750 marks); Applied proficiency in applied computing in the work;
- Foreign language skills: IELTS 5.0 or equivalent international English certificates.
- Professional knowledge and skills:
- Understand and apply the theory of business management in the field of sport and event organization into practice;
- Ability to analyze, evaluate, identify trends in the sports business market and event management;
- Independent, creative and confident research skill in the identification, settlement and implementation of sports business activities;
- Business planning skills, event management skills and risk management planning in business and event.
- Director of sports business
- Event Specialist
- Sales executive in event
- conference
- seminar
- Sports marketing researcher
- Expert negotiation sponsor
- Manager at gym
- Program designer, manager in sports leisure
- Specialist in sports tourism; sports section management in hotels and resorts
- Specialist in sports sales management
- Sports facility manager, sport club manager at international schools and universities


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This project will obtain spatial and long-term pollutant load information from the Root River watershed in Southeast Minnesota. To accomplish this, the Fillmore Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD) will assist the MPCA with water quality monitoring and annual pollutant loading calculations. Approximately 25 grab samples will be collected/site/year at 5 sites within the Root River watershed (totaling 125 grab samples/year). Annual load calculations for each site will be determined using the FLUX32 model.
The AgBMP Loan Program provides needed funding for local implementation of clean water practices at an extremely low cost, is unique in its structure and is not duplicated by any other source of funding.The AgBMP loan program provides 3% loans through local lenders to farmers, rural landowners, and agriculture supply businesses.
This project will identify and compile existing nitrate data from groundwaters and surface waters in the Lower Mississippi Basin (LMB) generally and focus on the Root River Watershed. The purpose is to investigate the quantity and quality of existing nitrate data, and to organize it for use in comprehensive watershed strategy development (including assessment, TMDL computation and identification and study of nitrate sources and delivery mechanisms).
This project will build network and the skill set of local resource professionals to do effective civic engagement work for water restoration and protection in Southeast Minnesota. The cohort will be administered through the Southeast Minnesota Water Resources Board (SE MN WRB) which is an area wide Joint Powers Board (JPB) established to help improve and protect the water resources of the area through coordinating local water planning efforts. This JPB has successfully administered water quality grants in the past that have positively impacted the water resources of this region.
This project will study the geologic controls on nitrate transport in southeast Minnesota's karst landscape and will also provide datasets for other projects over time.
This project will support water quality monitoring and data analysis in the Red River Basin. The monitoring will assist in providing water chemistry data needed to calculate annual pollutant loads for the Major Watershed Load Monitoring Program (MWLMP) and provide short term data sets of select parameters to other MPCA programs.
Refinement of the Sediment Recution Strategy through incorporation of feedback gather during 30-day comment period.
This project supports monitoring and assessment activities by MPCA EAO staff and includes lab analysis, equipment, and fieldwork expenses associated with monitoring and assessment activities.
Lake Monitoring: Lakes are monitored for nutrients, clarity and other information to provide the data needed to assess the aquatic recreation use support.
This project supports monitoring and assessment activities by MPCA EAO staff and includes lab analysis, equipment, and fieldwork expenses associated with monitoring and assessment activities within the described priority watersheds.
This project supports monitoring and assessment activities by MPCA EAO staff and includes lab analysis, equipment, fieldwork, data management, and interpretation expenses associated with monitoring and assessment activities.The ambient groundwater monitoring network describes the current condition and trends in Minnesota's groundwater quality.
The Prioritization, Targeting, and Measuring Water Quality Improvement Application (PTMA) connects the general qualitative strategies in a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) and Watershed Restoration and Protection (WRAP) and the identification of implementable on-the-ground Best Management Practices (BMPs). Leveraging geospatial data from the International Water Institute this application will be developed for two pilot areas within the Red River Basin.
This project will support water quality monitoring and data analysis in nine major watersheds (8-digit Hydrologic Unit Codes) of the Lower Red River Basin. The monitoring will assist in providing water chemistry data needed to calculate annual pollutant loads for the Major Watershed Load Monitoring Program (MWLMP) and provide short term data sets of select parameters to other MPCA programs.
The goal of this project is to engage citizens in local watershed monitoring, work with regional partners to promote understanding and protection of watersheds, and organize and facilitate gathering of scientific data for the benefit of water quality in the Red River Basin.
The objective of the project is to demonstrate controlled drainage and saturated buffers as flood mitigation practices as well as their water quality and quantity benefits. The project is intended to set a compelling example to increase the acceptance and adoption of drainage water management practices in the Red River Valley.Surface and subsurface runoff will be monitored, and water samples will be collected and analyzed for nitrate-nitrogen. Installations were completed in 2015-2016.
The purpose of this project is to improve understanding of primary productivity in the Red River and the diversity and population structure of the algal communities occurring along the river system. This will be accomplished through taxonomic identification of periphyton and phytoplankton assemblages necessary for characterizing responses to nutrient gradients along the Red River of the North.
This project will develop an effective transferable model to engage and educate watershed residents, stakeholders and others to better understand and protect watershed ecostystems through environmental monitoring, training, and formal and informal education programs in their local watershed. The project will build on the foundation of the existing Red River Basin River Watch program by strengthening three main activity areas: 1) curriculum integration and teacher training, 2) youth leadership and civic engagement, and 3) applied research collaboration and watershed science skills building.
This project will monitor nine locations in the major watersheds (8-digit Hydrologic Unit Codes) of the Lower Red River Basin. The stream outlet monitoring will provide the water chemistry data needed to calculate annual pollutant loads. Staff from the Red River Watershed Management Board (RRWMB) will conduct the sampling, initially manage the data and provide the data to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) for load calculations and import into the STORET data system.
International Water Institute (IWI) staff will monitor 24 sites in the Bois de Sioux, Mustinka (2 sites), Buffalo (8 sites), Red Lake (4 sites), Sandhill (3 sites), Thief (2 sites), and Tamarac River (3 sites) Watersheds intensively over a 2 year period in an attempt to collect 25 samples per year at each site. If conditions allow for the collection of all planned samples, 1200 stream samples will be collected over the time period. Monitoring will include field measurements, observations, and at least three photographs during each site visit.
MN Legislative Clean Water Fund funding to engage citizens in local watershed monitoring, work with regional partners to promote understanding and protection of watersheds, and organize and facilitate gathering of scientific data all for the benefit of water quality in the Red River Basin.
The goal of this project is to development a Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) study that addresses all of the non-mercury-related impaired reaches along the Red River of the North (RRN). The TMDL study will provide an analytical and strategic foundation for recommending restoration strategies for impaired waters. This phase of the project will also include civic engagement efforts by providing water quality framework and stakeholder activities for civic/citizen engagement and communication.
The International Water Institute (IWI) will monitor 42 sites (3 basin, 12 major watershed, and 27 subwatershed) in the Red River and Upper Mississippi River Basins intensively during 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019. There will also be 5 sites in the Red River Basin where mercury samples will be collected in 2016 and 2017 and sent to Minnesota Department of Health for analysis. The IWI will collect water samples across the range of flow conditions targeting sample collection at times of moderate to high flow.
TMDL project in the Root River Watershed that will support surface water assessment, analysis of data, interpretation of southeast Minnesota's karst landscape, stressor identification, TMDL computation, source assessment, and implementation planning.
Approximately 70 percent of all Minnesotans rely on groundwater as their primary source of drinking water. Wells used for drinking water must be properly sealed when removed from service to protect both public health and Minnesota's invaluable groundwater resources. The Minnesota Department of Health protects both public health and groundwater by assuring the proper sealing of unused wells.
Clean Water funds are being provided to well owners as a 50% cost-share assistance for sealing unused public water-supply wells.
The purpose of this effort is to create an educational video that will "bring to life" geo-scientific information related to groundwater movement in southeast Minnesota. This video will be used by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) and other regional partners to help explain the local geology and related groundwater movement. It is anticipated that the video will be used at meetings and other events related to water resource management and natural resource issues. In addition, three stand alone high resolution graphics will be created.
The lack of sewage treatment in many small communities in Southeast Minnesota is causing surface water and groundwater pollution. Fourteen of these small communities will receive technical assistance provided by this project. These communities have community or individual straight pipes which are discharging raw sewage directly to the environment, surfacing sewage, or have sewage contaminating groundwater.
The goal of this project is to investigate nitrate transport and the sources of nitrate in karst for more effective implementation of best management practices that will reduce nitrate concentrations in ground and surface water.
This is a joint project between the United States Geological Survey (USGS), Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), North Dakota, and Manitoba. The project is a basin-wide, up-to-date water quality trend analysis using the "QWTrend" program for approximately 40 bi-national river sites to review nutrients, total suspended solids, total dissolved solids, sulfate and chloride from 1980 - 2015.


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Allscripts scoops up NantHealth provider, patient engagement business
Allscripts will buy NantHealth's provider and patient engagement solutions business.
NantHealth filed an 8-K Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, dated August 3, 2017, that stated NantHealth "agreed to sell to Allscripts substantially all of the assets of the Company's provider/patient engagement solutions business, including the FusionFX solution and components of its NantOS software connectivity solutions."
Allscripts senior manager of communications Tom Lynch confirmed the deal.
[Also: Allscripts buys McKesson's EHR, revenue cycle tools for $185 million]
"To better align the long-term commercial interest between Allscripts and NantHealth, we have restructured the relationship between the two companies," Lynch wrote in an email. "We have signed an agreement to exchange our ownership interest in NantHealth for certain technology assets and client relationships that they own today."
The transaction comes just days after Allscripts acquired McKesson's health IT business for $185 million and Allscripts announced record bookings in the second quarter of 2017 with $407 million, up 12 percent from the same quarter in 2016.
Under the agreement with NantHealth, Allscripts will transfer 15 million shares of Allscripts common stock – par value $0.0001 per share.
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NantHealth founder and billionaire Patrick Soon-Shiong has agreed to deliver a minimum dollar amount of total bookings over 10 years. Also, NantHealth and Allscripts will license certain intellectual property to one another. NantHealth will provide certain transition services to Allscripts, and it will license to Allscripts certain software and sell certain hardware to Allscripts.
The transaction between Allscripts and NantHealth is scheduled to close in the third quarter of this year and does not require the approval of either company's shareholders, according to the 8-K.
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I when heard a very famous real estate master say, You could call the cost if I can name the terms, indicating that rate doesn't matter if you could get the interest rate, payback term as well as down payment you desire. That declaration clings a level but it certainly has its limitations. The guidelines of organisation as well as economics are like those of physics, and also damaging them could end in catastrophe.
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I intend to take a look at bigger deals, and also if I want to check out larger deals, sooner or later everybody runs out of cash. I do not care exactly how abundant someone is, eventually you lack money. You're purchasing an organisation so get creative. There's absolutely nothing set in stone. If you intend to get involved in the video game, you either head out and also inform your mommy, your daddy, your uncle, and also discover others to enter on a deal, or you discover a man like me and ride his bargain. In either case, you will have to raise cash.
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Making A Deal On A Residence Template Structural inspections are specifically important. Throughout these evaluations, an examiner concerns the building to establish if there are material physical issues to the home and also whether costly repair work and also replacements are most likely to be called for in the following couple of years.
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A substantial quantity of time and also automobile mileage could be spent in the quest of excellent residence offers. In order to reduce this expense, a rigorous process has been developed to certify properties for their investment potential, and sellers for their adaptability as well as compatibility. The procedure consists of 2 components: a telephone testing script and also a residential property evaluation form.
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Now that property markets around the nation are revealing indications of sputtering, it comes to be even more essential that a house is valued suitably. In Fairburn, one of the targeted "bubble" realty markets, rates per square foot in the 3rd quarter basically reGeorgiad the same from the second quarter; and the price-per-room decreased 2.9 percent, according to the Corcoran Team, a Fairburn-based property broker agent firm.
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Typical Variety Of Days on the Market (DOM) If homes in your area consistently offer within a week or two, your location is likely a seller's market. If they frequently stay on 60 days or more, you are probably in a purchaser's market. The longer homes stay on the marketplace, the much less power sellers have in that market. Definitely inspect this number specifically for the one mile distance surrounding your home different neighborhoods in the very same town or towns in the very same city location can have dramatically different DOM standards.
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UC Riverside No. 2 systemwide for renewable energy
UC Riverside is serious about its zero carbon footprint goal.
For the past month UC Riverside has been installing more than 9,600 solar panels in two campus parking lots, a 4.3 megawatt project that puts UC Riverside in the number two spot — at the UC systemwide level — for on-site renewable energy, just behind UC Davis.
The solar panels installed at parking lots 30 and 32, located at the intersection of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Canyon Crest Drive, are part of UC Riverside's zero carbon footprint goal under the Carbon Neutrality Initiative launched by UC President Janet Napolitano four years ago. The initiative commits UC to emitting net zero greenhouse gases from its buildings and vehicle fleet by 2025.
"This project demonstrates UC Riverside's commitment to being cleaner and greener as a campus," said UC Riverside Chancellor Kim A. Wilcox. "Every solar panel we install is another victory in the fight against global warming and a step toward achieving our goal of carbon neutrality."
The construction project, built and fully financed by SunPower, is expected to cost $14.4 million. UC Riverside does not own the solar canopies, and will purchase the generated electricity from SunPower.
"This is the most effective solution for the campus to reach its carbon neutrality standard," said Nathan Griset, director of sales for SunPower.
The solar canopies are the third UC Riverside project for SunPower. The first was a 3.4 megawatt solar farm built in 2013, next to UC Riverside's Community Garden near parking lot 30. The second is a smaller solar parking canopy at the UCOP IntelliCenter (UCPath Center) at Meridian Parkway in Riverside.
"We are a growing university; buildings are coming up. These panels will support the added power demand," said John Franklin, UC Riverside's project manager with Architects and Engineers.
The work in lots 30 and 32 did not eliminate any of the 2,450 existing parking spaces. Major construction is expected to be completed and the parking lots will be open by September 28, the first day of instruction, said Andrew Stewart, superintendent with UC Riverside's Transportation and Parking Services.
Partnerships and collaborations between Riverside Public Utilities, SunPower, UC Riverside's Business and Administrative Services, and Research and Economic Development, were key to the success of this eight-week project, Franklin said.
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- 9,600 solar panels
- 4.3 megawatts of solar energy
- The system is expected to generate about 7.6 million kWh in the first year of operations, equivalent to powering 788 homes
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Although described as "diminutive" in a late '90s edition of the University of Akron football media guide and affectionately called Smurfy by his mother, Zac would be quite tall for a hobbit. Born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA, among 5 siblings (including an identical twin), he earned an undergraduate degree in Emergency Management from The University of Akron and a master's degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Serving as our Lead Pastor since the Fall of 2010, Zac and Hilary, along with Jillian Davy (11), Andrea (9), Abram (7) and Simeon (5) enjoy reading, wrestling, home improvement projects and growing as much food as they can on their little slice of Wadsworth.