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A year ago, vampires, werewolves and zombies mysteriously descended upon the streets of California's San Fernando Valley. The Undead Task Force (UTF) was created to combat the emergence of monsters.
Brimstone is a short-lived Fox television series, featuring a dead police detective whose mission is to return to Hell 113 spirits who have escaped to Earth. The series ran for only one partial season.
Since cancellation, Brimstone reruns have aired on Syfy in the United States from the summer of 1999 onward. The reruns have no set schedule, but are usually aired in marathons during the channel's seasonal events like "Creatureland", "Inhumanland" and "the 31 Days of Halloween". Chiller also began airing reruns, on July 28, 2007. It currently airs in sporadic weekday marathons, like Syfy, and has no set airing schedule.
A group of vigilantes known informally as "The Boys" set out to take down corrupt superheroes with no more than blue-collar grit and a willingness to fight dirty.
After a massive alien artifact lands on Earth, Niko Breckinridge leads an interstellar mission to track down its source and make first contact.
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Set in the year 2199, a young woman who has lost everything finds a new life at Earth's Space Training Academy where she learns to defend the galaxy from intergalactic threats.
Chuck Zukowski, who has researched UFOs for over 30 years, teams up with his son and an investigator to pursue cases in search for definitive proof of UFOs along America's Alien Highway.
After waking in a park with total amnesia — and surrounded by dead bodies, all wearing latex gloves — a young woman must fight to uncover her past, and resume her position at the head of Britain's most secret (supernatural) service before the traitors who stole her memory can finish what they started.
Shy Natsu awakens as part of a group chosen to ensure the survival of humanity. Together, they have to survive on a changed Earth.
Jarod is a Pretender – a genius whose exceptional intelligence allows him to assume various identities at will, be it doctor, test pilot or lawyer. Taken from his parents at an early age, Jarod was brought up in the Centre, a think-tank facility where he believed his computer-like mind was being used to benefit manking. But when he learned the simulations he solved were being sold to the highest-bidder no matter what their intent, Jarod escaped. Now on the run, Jarod embarks on a search for his true identity while also attempting to balance out any wrong his simulations have caused by helping people who are as powerless as he once was.
In the forgotten margins of the segregated communities of a dystopian future, a woman searches for the daughter that she lost upon her arrest years ago.
The lives of a group of teenagers are disrupted when a spiritual figure appears in front of them in the ancient city of Petra. They must try and stop Jinn from destroying the world.
A young Victoria "Vic" McQueen discovers she has the power to unlock portals that help her find lost objects. As she delves further into this hidden universe, she encounters many other "inscape travelers" – some benevolent, and some who have been corrupted by their power. When Vic encounters Charlie Manx, an immortal who stays that way by feeding off of the souls of children, she makes a sworn enemy of Manx.
CDC researcher Abby Arcane investigates what seems to be a deadly swamp-born virus in a small town in Louisiana but she soon discovers that the swamp holds mystical and terrifying secrets. When unexplainable and chilling horrors emerge from the murky marsh, no one is safe.
Cassie Bishop was born with a gift, though she may call it a curse. She can see and communicate with the dead, helping them with their unresolved problems … whether she likes it or not. When her longtime friend Det. Tom Hackett and his new partner, former FBI Agent Damien Asante, need help solving a darkly puzzling murder, Cassie agrees to use her abilities.
Joan Girardi has begun acting a little strange since her family moved to the city of Arcadia. No one knows that various people keep introducing themselves as God, and then giving the teenager specific directions to do things. Unsure of what God wants, and if she's even sane, Joan tentatively begins to follow God's cryptic directives, all the while trying to retain a "normal" teen-aged existence.
The show centers on Jaye Tyler, a recent Brown University graduate with a philosophy degree, who holds a dead-end job as a sales clerk at a Niagara Falls gift shop. Jaye is the reluctant participant in conversations with various animal figurines — a wax lion, brass monkey, stuffed bear, and mounted fish, among others — which direct her via oblique instructions to help people in need.
An updated version of the classic TV series featuring various tales of science fiction, horror and mystery. Next stop ahead The Twilight Zone.
Dragon Tales is an American-Canadian animated pre-school children's television series created by Jim Coane and Ron Rodecker and developed by Coane, Wesley Eure, Jeffrey Scott, Cliff Ruby and Elana Lesser. The story focuses on the adventures of two siblings, Max and Emmy and their dragon friends Cassie, Ord, Zak, Wheezie, and Quetzal. The series began broadcasting on the Public Broadcasting Service on their PBS Kids block on September 6, 1999, with its final episode aired on November 25, 2005. Re-runs ceased in 2010.
In Paris of the near future, a dating app matches singles with their soul mates by mining their brain data. But decoding true love comes at a price.
Pursued by intergalactic bounty hunters, the Critters return to Earth on a secret mission and encounter lovelorn high-schooler Christopher, his crush Dana, his best friend Charlie, and his mom Veronica, whose past will come back to bite them—literally.
Driven by revenge, human-turned-vampire Mia sets out to vanquish Dmitry, a ruthless vampire leader who seeks an artifact that grants immortality.
Join Aankia, Kiliel, Lemley, and S'Lethkk in a fantasy/sci experience. The group will experience an icon story as told by host and game master: Wil Wheaton! Welcome to the Fantasy AGE RPG system! Welcome to Titansgrave: Ashes of Valkana!
Terrifying creatures, wicked surprises and dark comedy converge in this NSFW anthology of animated stories presented by Tim Miller and David Fincher.
Now there's a mysterious Mask before James Blood, and the man behind it is one that shouldn't exist. What is the mystery surrounding this mask…? So begins an action-packed crime story set in a beautiful city!
This surreal, coming-of-age comedy series follows Ulysses and his friends Carly, Ford, and Severine, who are on various quests pursuing love, sex and fame. Between sexual and romantic dating-app adventures, Ulysses grows increasingly troubled as foreboding premonitory dreams make him wonder if some kind of dark and monstrous conspiracy is going on, or if he is just smoking too much weed.
In this reboot of the '80s series, a magic sword transforms an orphan girl into warrior She-Ra, who unites a rebellion to fight against evil.
Classic 12 Episode Serial in which Captain Marvel originates. Shazaam!!!
To protect a magic talisman from being used for evil, a boy is given the power to become an adult superhero with a single magic word.
Off the Air is an American anthology television series on Adult Swim. Its a collection of psychedelic and visually complex animation, art, and culture.
The show is created by editor Dave Hughes, and produced by Hughes' company, Million Monkeys Inc.
After causing the near extinction of mankind seven years ago, genius scientist Leon Lau must now fight the ecological disaster he unwittingly created.
Out to avenge his mother's death, a college student pledges a secret order and lands in a war between werewolves and practitioners of dark magic.
All her life, teen-hacker Robin of Sherwood thought she was an orphan. But when a mysterious Gauntlet unlocks a secret that turns her world upside down, Robin joins forces with a group of renegades who teach her the true value of love, loyalty, and sacrifice. Through the flooded storm-lashed streets of 23rd century London, to the towering citadel of the floating Upper City, Robin and her new friends battle the elements and the odds to defeat the mad Sheriff of Nottingham.
When day becomes night, a strict curfew forces ordinary people to go pedal to the metal in a deadly race for freedom. During this contest, alliances and friendships are both made and lost.
The Doom Patrol's members each suffered horrible accidents that gave them superhuman abilities — but also left them scarred and disfigured. Traumatized and downtrodden, the team found purpose through The Chief, who brought them together to investigate the weirdest phenomena in existence — and to protect Earth from what they find.
A dysfunctional family of superheroes comes together to solve the mystery of their father's death, the threat of the apocalypse and more.
Set in the not-too-distant future, this comedy anthology explores the issues of everyday life in the metropolis of Weird — stories that can only be told through the prism of sci-fi and comedy.
In the near future, spirits and monsters are in full sight. A boy leads a group of people with special abilities as they plot against a massive organization that takes advantage of a certain incident and eventually know the truth about their world in the process.
The adventures of Uncle Grandpa who is out to help every child and adult in the world through the power of imagination. With his mystical R.V. and eternal optimism, Uncle Grandpa is always ready to greet the day – and everyone he meets – with his signature, "Good Mornin'."
Ray Winstone heads a cast of acclaimed actors in four H. G. Wells stories
Tatau follows Kyle and Budgie, two twenty-something friends from London that set off to travel the world. Ahead of the journey, Kyle gets a Maori-style tattoo to celebrate their eventual destination: the Cook Islands. When snorkeling in a lagoon, Kyle finds the dead body of a local girl, Aumea, tied up underwater. Returning to the lagoon with the police, Kyle finds her corpse has disappeared. But Kyle knows what he saw. Desperate to uncover what happened, Kyle and Budgie find themselves sucked deeper and deeper into a world of Maori myths, symbols, and hallucinatory visions… until finally the full meaning of Kyle's tattoo is revealed.


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To a great extent, dentures stay in place comfortably and in a stabilized manner by development of an intimate interface between denture surfaces and the soft tissues they rest upon. Presence of adequate amounts of saliva within this denture/tissue interface is essential. Without enough saliva, a denture will inadequately adhere to tissues, partly through loss of suction. In addition, tissues contacting a denture will become chafed and irritated without the lubricating effects of saliva.
Before managing a persistent dry mouth, it is essential to first become aware of the problem, and then attempt to determine causation for the xerostomia. Sometimes the cause is easily eliminated, but in many instances, that is not possible, and the condition is persistent and often progressive. There are several approaches to managing dry mouth.
Those patients who are not able to comfortably wear conventional dentures due to severe xerostomia might consider implant-supported dentures. If this course of treatment is pursued, intense oral hygiene practices are necessary to maintain healthy implants and avoid periodontal disease in the presence of reduced salivary production. A person should always consult with their dentist to determine which treatment is best for them.
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A. A prosthodontist is a specialist in the restoration and replacement of broken and missing teeth. Their training lasts an additional three years after four years of dental school. During that time, a prosthodontist is taught in greater detail about both removable and fixed prosthodontics.
Removable prosthodontics includes replacing missing teeth with appliances that the patients themselves can take in and out of their mouth, such as dentures and partial dentures.
Fixed prosthodontics includes replacing missing and/or broken teeth with restorations that the patient cannot take in and out, such as veneers, crowns, bridges, and implants.
A. Dentures are removable prosthetic devices designed to replace missing teeth.
A. Complete dentures are dentures that replace a complete set of missing teeth.
A. Conventional dentures are dentures that are made and placed after the remaining teeth are removed and the tissues have healed. Immediate dentures are dentures that are placed immediately after the removal of the remaining teeth.
A. An over-denture is a denture that fits over a small number of remaining natural teeth or implants.
A. For a few weeks, new dentures will feel awkward until you become accustomed to them. They might feel loose until the cheek and tongue muscles learn to hold them in position. It is not unusual to feel minor irritation or soreness. The patient needs to see his or her dentist or prosthodontist for regular fit adjustments to relieve any sore areas.
A. Eating with dentures will take a little practice. You should start with soft foods that are cut into small pieces. As you become used to chewing, you can return to your normal diet.
A. There are only a few eating restrictions for denture wearers. Avoid biting down directly on crunchy or hard foods, like whole apples, hard pretzels, crusty bread, or large sandwiches. They can break because of the angle where the denture comes into contact with the hard surface.
Biting is limited only by the stability of the dentures themselves. Insufficient bone structure (shrunken bone ridges covered by gum tissue), old or worn dentures, and a dry mouth decrease stability.
A. Today's dentures have been significantly improved through advances in both dental and materials technologies. As a result, dentures that fit properly usually do not require adhesives to secure the dentures. When you are just getting used to dentures, adhesives may be advised, but otherwise should not be necessary.
A loose denture is a sign that it doesn't fit your mouth correctly. When first getting used to dentures, you may notice them slipping when you laugh, smile, or cough, which is caused by air getting under the base and moving it. The more you wear dentures, the better you will be able to control their movements in these situations.
If your mouth has insufficient bone structure, dentures will be more difficult to retain. Your dentist or prosthodontist may advise the placement of implants. These are placed in the bone and retain the denture with small, precision attachments.

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- DTEK Opens Europe's 2nd Largest Solar Plant
- Solar, Wind Investors Fight Changing Rules Retroactively
- China Co. to Build the First Section of 'Great Ring Road' Around Kyiv
DTEK Renewables inaugurated the second-largest solar plant in Europe on Thursday, the 240 MW Pokrovska plant in southern Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Built-in six months with 840,000 panels supplied by China's Risen Energy, the plant spreads across 437 hectares of degraded industrial land, the equivalent of 817 football fields. In Europe, the only larger plant is the 300 MW Cestas solar station in western France.
The plant is part of a $1 billion, 1 gigawatt solar and wind crash investment program undertaken this year by DTEK. In February, the company inaugurated a 200 MW plant in Nikopol, 30 km east of Pokrovska. DTEK plans to inaugurate the Prymorska wind power plant, a 200 MW station that rivals DTEK's existing 200 MW wind plant, Botievska, for the title of a largest wind power plant in Ukraine.
Casting a cloud over renewables, Andriy Gerus, chair of the Rada's Energy Committee, has won committee approval for a bill that would relieve Ukrenergo of its obligation to buy power from renewable projects over 150 MW. The bill appears to be aimed at DTEK's mega projects.
Timchenko, DTEK CEO for 14 years, predicts to the UBN the government will realize it will be too costly for Ukraine's image and investment flows to retroactively change the rules of the game. "I am convinced that the President's goals that were publicly presented, such as 40% GDP growth in the course of the next five years, are not possible to realize without direct foreign investment and investment…I am convinced that Ukraine will fulfill its obligations before investors."
Foreign investor worries about the bill were clear Tuesday at the Mariupol investment conference. Renewable energy investors said new projects were slowing down or being abandoned.
Michael Yurkovich, president of TIU Canada, told the UBN: "If they change the rules of the game on electricity, what about the oil sector? the pharmaceutical sector? Retroactive cuts, defrauding foreign investors have very serious consequences." He said government policy switches on 'green tariffs' in Spain and Greece triggered "crippling litigations."
Thorstein Jenssen, Senior VP corporate finance for Norway's NBT, agreed, saying: "I have spent the better part of the last two years talking to people about investing in Ukraine, building confidence. Any retroactive change will destroy that confidence." Noting that he works with eight banks to finance a $1 billion wind power plant in Zaporizhia, he said: "Any change to the existing rules would be catastrophic. Already, banks have stopped financing. Investment is at a complete standstill."
Prime Minister Oleksiy Honcharuk said that talks will take place "with all the stakeholders." In response to a question from the UBN, he said: "We are civilized people. We understand how market financial processes work. We cannot change the rules retroactively."
The EBRD has approved €200 million in new financing for renewable projects in Ukraine. One year ago, the bank had suspended new project loans, pending approval of an auction system to phase out applying 'green tariffs' to new projects in the 2020s. Under a law passed last spring, auctions are to start in 2020.
DTEK Energy is completing a restructuring of its bank debt, including conversion of part into 5-year Eurobonds, the company said on the website of the Irish Stock Exchange. The coupon rate for new Eurobonds is 10.75% per annum, reports Interfax-Ukraine. Concorde Capital's Alexander Parashchiy writes: "After completion of the remaining restructuring, DTEK will complete the debt operation, which began in 2015. This will entail a rating upgrade and, therefore, will become a powerful catalyst for the growth of bond prices. We remain bullish on DTEKUA bonds."
China's Poly Changda Engineering signed an agreement Thursday with Ukravtodor, the state highway agency, to start work on the first phase of the 'Great Ring Road' around Kyiv. The first section of this high volume, limited access beltway would be a 13 km north-south arc connecting the Kyiv-Lviv highway and the Kyiv-Odesa highway. Infrastructure Minister Vladislav Krikliy said he hopes construction will start next year. "Our goal is to ensure 40% growth of the country's economy in five years, and for this, we need to ensure large-scale construction throughout the country," he said at the signing ceremony. "Any infrastructure project gives a return with the greatest multiplier."
Zhang Feng, the commercial attache at the Chinese embassy, said at the DTEK solar plant opening Thursday: "Almost weekly, we get information about a new Chinese company in Ukraine as a supplier, contractor or investor."
- New Concessions for Ports, Airports, Rail Station, and Toll Highways
- Work Starts on State Railroad IPO
- Chinese to Help Build the Largest Wind Farm in the Zaporizhie
- GDP Growth Cooled in Q3
Across the nation, ports, airports, railroad stations and toll highways are to be opened up to foreign and Ukrainian companies to operate as long term concessions, Infrastructure Minister Vladislav Krikliy told the Mariupol Investment Forum. With billions of dollars worth of contracts at stake for the early 2020s, Prime Minister Honcharuk signed a technical advice agreement on public-private partnerships with Georgina Baker, a regional vice president of the World Bank's International Finance Corporation.
Ports: Companies from China, Qatar, and Singapore applied for concessions to run parts of Olbia and Kherson ports. A roadshow in Odesa on Oct. 1 drew 46 companies from 11 countries. Dec. 6 is the deadline for bidders applying for the 30-year concession in Kherson. Dec. 16 is the deadlines for the 35-year concession in Olvia, Mykolaiv Oblast. The Infrastructure Ministry is preparing concession tenders for the ports of Odessa, Mariupol, Berdyansk and the ferry complex in the port of Chernomorsk.
Airports: Working with the IFC, the Infrastructure Ministry is preparing tenders for long term concessions to run the airports of Kherson, Chernivtsi, Zaporizhia and the cargo terminal of Bila Tserkva, southern Kyiv Oblast. Currently used by a flying club and an Air Force Unit, Bila Tserkva airport is a one hour drive from Kyiv's Ring Road.
Toll Roads: The Infrastructure Ministry has started feasibility studies for five privately run toll highways: Kyiv-Bila Tserkva, Kyiv's Ring Road, Lviv-Krakovets (Polish border) and Lviv-Stryi (on the way to Zakarpattia). Krikliy calculates a toll highway will only make money if 13-15,000 cars travel in each direction every day. With the cuts in import taxes, Ukraine's car fleet grows by double digits every year.
Rail Stations: About one year from now, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Khmelnytskyi, Mykolaiv and Chop stations could be handed over to private investors on long team leases. For retailers, the big prize would be Kharkiv which handles 5.7 million passengers annually. By contrast, Chop handles 80,000 passengers a year. These five stations could draw $20 million in investments, the Infrastructure ministry calculates. If these pilot projects do well, Ukrzaliznytsia and World Bank experts have drawn up a second-round list: Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv Central Station, Vinnytsia, and Zaporizhia.
Engaging in 'bridge diplomacy,' Chinese companies backed by soft loans are to build two bridges over the Dnipro – at Kremenchuk, and, 250 km downriver, at Zaporizhia. China has agreed to provide a $340 million to build a bridge across the Dnipro in Kremenchuk. China Road and Bridge Corp. are to build a cable suspension bridge at Zaporizhia. Further south, China's Asian rival, Japan, is to help build a bridge in Mykolaiv, over the Southern Bug.
Preparing to build the largest onshore wind farm in Europe on Ukraine's Azov sea coast, Norway's NBT and China Electric Power Equipment and Technology Co., Ltd. have signed two design, procurement and construction contracts for the 300 MW and 450 MW Zofiya II and Zofiya III wind farms. NBT has signed preliminary financing agreements for €500 million of senior debt with Industrial Commercial Bank of China, Export-Import Bank of China, and China Construction Bank. Located in Zaporizhia's Yakimivskyi district, the €1 billion Zophia Wind Park to have an installed capacity of 792.5 MW, enough electricity to power 340,000 households.
Starting today, Ukrainians and foreigners can buy as much foreign currency from banks as they want. And buyers no longer have to submit documents justifying their purchases. The latest in a year-long easing of foreign currency controls, the new rules scrap the old daily limit on foreign currency purchases – $6,000. To justify the liberalization, the National Bank of Ukraine notes that it has brought a net $4 billion this year as foreign buyers flood the Finance Ministry's weekly bond auctions. At the same reserves are around $21-22 billion, enough to cover three months of imports.
Ukraine's GDP growth probably cooled to 3.4% in the third quarter, down from 4.6% in the second quarter, estimates ICU investment bank. This would make for a 3.5% y-o-y growth for the first nine months of the year. Growth rates cooled for retail, construction and passenger transport, while industrial production continued its gradual decline. ICU writes: "Despite some slowdown in the real sectors of the economy, consumer confidence in 3Q19 was at the highest level since 2008, which should have boosted the services sector. Hence, we estimate real GDP growth to be close to 3.4% YoY in 3Q19."
Ukraine's GDP warrants "could turn out to be a massive financial burden," if the economy grows as expected in the early 2020s, warns Brian Seel, US Treasury attache in the US Embassy until last year, warns in a Financial Times opinion piece. "Payments on GDP warrants could derail the public accounts," headlines the FT. Created during 2015, debt restructuring, the warrants are to start paying out next year, assuming two markers are hit: GDP growth over 3% and GDP over $125 billion. With payouts to run until 2038, "the government's potential liability is unlimited," writes Seel, now senior economist at ProMeritum Investment Management. With buybacks or renegotiation as the only way out, he concludes: "Whatever option the Zelensky team decides to pursue, it is going have to accept that it must spend money today to save money tomorrow."
Work is starting to prepare Ukrazaliznytsia for an IPO, a 3-year process designed to yield $3 billion investment capital for the state railroad. "Ukrzaliznytsyia is the first Ukrainian state-owned company to plan to enter a foreign stock market, thereby raising the country's investment image," Infrastructure Minister Vladislav Krikliy said Tuesday at a signing ceremony in Mariupol. The EBRD is to provide technical advice to prepare UZ for the IPO. UZ CEO Yevhen Kravtsov said: "Thanks to the IPO, we plan not only to raise several billion dollars over the next 2-3 years but also to bring Ukrzaliznytsia to first place among the transport companies in the world." Within two years, UZ is to be divided into three subsidiary companies: freight, passenger and infrastructure.
With Ukraine's booming IT industry reaching into all corners of the nation for skilled workers, President Zelenskiy inaugurated the latest Beetroot Academy in the new Mariupol Startup Development Center. This Swedish and American-funded NGO is doubling its schools to 22 cities by the end of next year. Offering $500, 4-month courses to train Ukrainians with math and engineering skills to work for Western outsourcing companies, Beetroot also is more than doubling its student body this year, to 1,300, says Andreas Flodström, founding CEO. Andriy Kolodiuk, a leading Ukrainian IT venture capital investor, said: "New schools training students for real jobs will be very successful."
- Ze Promise: No Return of PrivatBank
- For the Donbas: More Trains, Planes, Roads, Ports, Cellphones and Digital TV
Ukraine's top political leaders said Tuesday PrivatBank will not be returned to its previous owners. "PrivatBank has been nationalized," President Zelenskiy said in a keynote speech opening an investment conference in Mariupol, Donetsk Oblast. "I will only defend Ukraine's interests," he said. "The rumors that me or someone from the presidential office is going to return the bank to its former owners are false."
The next speaker, Prime Minister Honcharuk, made the same point: "If anyone hears rumors that the presidential team, the government team has the intention to return those banks to previous owners or resolve that the expense of the taxpayers, that is not true. We understand the macro stability of the country depends on that." Speaking to about 500 foreign and Ukrainian attendees, he also cautioned: "In the case of PrivatBank, it is in the plane of the courts, in the judicial plane…We don't have a dictatorship. We cannot introduce martial law, and tell every judge what to do."
Alain Pilloux, a vice president of EBRD, the largest foreign investor in Ukraine, told the forum: "The mixed signals on PrivatBank must stop. We need to see what is Plan B if the courts decide otherwise. We want to hear that the state of Ukraine is supporting the efforts to recover the assets that evaporated from the bank — $5.5 billion – in London, in Europe, in Ukraine."
Ukraine now is the number one country destination for EBRD loans, Pilloux said. New lending this year should hit €1.2 billion. Pilloux announced a €300 million loan for the development of regional roads across Ukraine. Honcharuk wrote on Facebook: "We start with rebuilding roads in the Kherson region."
The focus of the forum was to channel investment into the government-controlled half of the Donbas. Held in Mariupol, a port city of 500,000 on the Sea of Azov, the conference took place only 30 km west of front lines where Ukrainian troops face Russian-controlled separatists. Agreements came in steady succession:
To bridge Ukraine's digital divide, Honcharuk and executives of the nation's three largest mobile operators signed an agreement to extend high-speed 4G internet to 90% of the nation within two years. Zelenskiy said: "Every corner of our country will finally be covered by mobile communication and the Internet." This will be eased partly by releasing the 900 MHz band for civilian use. Coverage will not be extended to Crimea and Russia-controlled Donbas, where de facto authorities do not allow Ukrainian coverage.
To bridge the information gap, USAID is helping fund the construction of 11 digital TV transmitters along the control lines of Russia-controlled Crimea and Donbas. This 'digital carpet' is designed to give all residents access to Ukrainian TV programming, in Ukrainian, Russian and Crimean Tatar. "By the end of this year, more than 2 million people will get access to Ukrainian content," reports Ukraine's Ministry of Information Policy.
To ease Mariupol's highway isolation, Zelenskiy and Honcharuk inaugurated "the road of life" a new, two-lane, 225 km highway connecting Mariupol with Zaporizhia, a city with a growing international airport. Turkish and Ukrainian companies rebuilt the road in three months, with 1,000 workers using 600 pieces of equipment. Zelenskiy said: "Two hundred kilometers of the road was built from scratch. For steelmakers, ports and the Ukrainian Army, this is perhaps the most important transport artery."
For rail passengers, Ukrzaliznytsia invested $6 million in renovating sleeper cars and locomotives to add a second Kyiv-Mariupol night train, making it a daily service. In addition, UZ spent $18 million to repair or rebuild almost half of the 312 km line between Mariupol and Zaporizhia. By doubling several sections of track, the railroad eliminated bottlenecks, allowing daily trains to increase from 20 in 2016 to 50 today. UZ CEO Evhen Kravtsov said: "We were able to build a new track in the direction of Mariupol, which is the key to the further successful development of the region."
For the seaport, China's COFCO signed an agreement committing to invest $50 million to rebuild two berths, expand the new grain terminal, and build a food transshipment complex. This would increase cargo traffic by 2.3 million tons, a 40% increase over the port's 2018 cargo level. Despite continued harassment by Russian Coast Guard patrol boats, cargo handled by Mariupol, Ukraine's largest port in the Azov, was up 2.3% through September, compared to the first nine months of last year.
To improve drinking water, the French government signed a declaration of intent with the European Investment Bank and the Mariupol City Council for a €100 million water supply and treatment project.
To improve air quality, Metinvest, Ukraine's largest mining and metallurgical holding, signed an agreement to spend $400 million through 2024 to reduce pollution caused by its industries in Mariupol, Kriviy Rih, and Zaporizhia. Residents say Metinvest cut production during the two days of the conference to clean up the air for the foreign visitors.
To improve air service, Alexander Yaroslavsky, owner of DCH investment group, promised to start building in April a $50 million terminal for Dnipro airport. Yaroslavsky, who built Kharkiv's new airport terminal, said his Dnipro terminal construction would go in tandem with the government rebuilding the runway, extending it to 3,200 meters. Competing for air travelers from Mariupol, Zaporizhia will get a head start on its rival Dnipro. During the two-year construction period, Dnipro airport will be closed, with flights transferred to Zaporizhia, 80 km to the south.
Challenging Ukraine and Russia to bring peace back to the Donbas, Yaroslavsky offered to rebuild Donetsk airport. "The main issue of this forum is the restoration of Donbas," he told 112 TV. "While I was traveling here, I had a concrete proposal to the Ukrainian government: I am ready to invest $100 million in the construction of a new airport in Donetsk. If there are all conditions for the construction of the airport, which was almost completely destroyed, I'm ready to start this project."
- Naftogaz Jumps Back in Eurobond Market
- AmCham CEO Survey Picks up Optimism
- Kyiv's Dnipro and Ukraina Hotels to be Privatized
- Back to the 1990s: 10 km line of Trucks to Enter Slovakia
Naftogaz plans to place Eurobonds for $500 million with maturities of five to seven years, Interfax reports. A roadshow organized by Citibank starts tomorrow with investor meetings in London, New York and Boston. In July, the state energy company placed three-year Eurobonds for $335 million and five-year Eurobonds for €600 million. The yield on the dollar issue was 7.375%. The yield on the euro issue was 7.125%.
Interpipe, the international vertically integrated pipe and wheel company, has completed a restructuring with partial cancellation of its debt, including $200 million Eurobonds with a 10.25% coupon. The debt was partially reduced by a new issue of five year Eurobonds of $309 million at 10.25%. Interpipe is one of the world's 10 largest manufacturers of seamless pipes and is the world's third-largest producer of seamless-rolled railway wheels.
Over the next two months, the Finance Ministry plans to raise $2 billion – in foreign currency or hryvnia bonds, Finance Minister Oksana Markarova tells LB.ua. Referring to the steady compression of yields at the Ministry's weekly auctions of hryvnia bonds, she said: "For the last three months, we have been reducing the cost [of borrowing] every Tuesday, and doing it with incremental steps."
Ukraine ranks as one of the top three countries in the developing world for making progress in data transparency by sovereign bond issuers with international portfolio investors, according to an annual rating by the Institute of International Finance. In particular, the Institute praised the Finance Ministry's new practice of posting online public debt repayment schedules. The Institute is an association of 450 financial institutions from 70 countries.
Company executives are optimistic about Ukraine during the five-year Zelenskiy government, according to 110 top managers interviewed this month for the American Chamber of Commerce's annual Ukraine Business Climate Survey. Of the group: 88% forecast an increase in revenues this year; 84% believe Ukraine's government is committed to further opening Ukraine to foreign investment; 82% plan to expand their business in Ukraine over the next five years; 65% are increasing investments in Ukraine, and 64% see an improving investment climate.
Ukraine's top three advantages are: skills – 51%; low labor costs – 51%; and access to the EU market – 44%. Ukraine's most attractive investment sectors are: agriculture – 85%; IT – 73%; and energy & renewables – 45%.
Top obstacle for business are: courts – 74%; tax authorities – 51%; and law enforcement agencies – 48%. "Rule of law is top of the list of areas that requires urgent improvement," says Chamber President Andy Hunder. "Ukrainian authorities should focus on further boosting IT and renewable energy. There are concerns of new legislation that could hinder further growth in these sectors."
President Zelenskiy signed on Monday a law abolishing a 20-year-old list of over 1,000 state companies protected from privatization. To jump-start sales, the government plans to start with iconic properties in Kyiv: the Dnipro and Ukraina hotels and the Koncha Zaspa and Pushcha Vodytsya resorts. Yulia Kovaliv, deputy head of the President's office, told reporters that a prime candidate for sale is Ukrspirt. With 41 distilleries producing 36 million decalitres per year, the state alcohol monopoly producer could sell for $200 million, she estimates.
Kostyantin Zhevago has "temporarily" stepped down as CEO of Ferrexpo, the Ukraine-based iron pellets producer. Traded as FXPO on the London Stock Exchange, Ferrexpo exported 10.6 million tons of pellets last year, making it the world's third largest exporter to the world steel industry. A Rada member for 21 years, Zhevago lost his reelection bid last July, opening up him to 'note of suspicion' earlier this month by the State Bureau of Investigation for possible involvement in the embezzlement of $100 million from his bank, Finance & Credit, in 2015.
A 10-kilometer long line of 450 trucks has backed up at Ukraine's main highway crossing into Slovakia: Uzhgorod- Vyšné Nemecké. Ukrainian truckers try to take their goods through Slovakia to the EU because Poland cut its quota of Ukrainian trucker permits by one quarter. Ukrainian truckers charge that Poland is trying to force them to emigrate to work for Polish trucking companies, which lack drivers. With exports to the EU threatened, Ukraine tries to negotiate more permits from Poland.
The government will invest $25 million more in expanding and modernizing Zaporizhia airport, Prime Minister Honcharuk said Monday, shortly after landing on the newly resurfaced runway. In December, the airport will open a new terminal capable of handling 400 passengers an hour. With Donetsk airport destroyed and Mariupol too close to the war zone, planners believe that Zaporizhia will be the main airport in the 2020s for Ukraine-controlled Donbas. SkyUp launched flights from Zaporizhia to Sharjah on Sunday and to Kyiv Boryspil on Monday. Wizz Air plans to launch flights in March to six EU cities.
- A Flat Tax for Ukraine?
- Gambling To Boost Tax Revenue
- UIA Drops Beijing, Adds Flights to Delhi, London and Toronto
- Scandinavian Airlines Returns to Ukraine
A flat income tax, possibly of 10%, is under government discussion as part of a wide-ranging tax change package, says a participant in a government working group. Separately, Economy Minister Tymofiy Milovanov proposes a debate on adjusting taxes to "provide incentives for job creation, increase salaries, and reduce unemployment." Writing on his Facebook page Sunday, Milovanov proposes lowering personal income taxes, raising real estate taxes, and improving VAT collection. Ukraine's rock bottom real estate taxes explain why many cities are blighted with buildings that stand vacant for years on end.
Russia will allow landlocked Kazakhstan to export 140,000 tons of coal every month to Ukraine by rail. The new quota is 23% lower than the 195,000 tons exported each month from July to September. Over the summer, Russia's 'Economic Development' Ministry rejected 37% of the Ukraine tonnage requested by Kazakh coal companies.
With the Rada reviewing 11 different draft laws for a farmland market, the Ministry of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture have created a website on this work in progress. In Ukrainian, the site is instantly translated into English by most web browsers. President Zelenskiy has asked the Rada to pass land market legislation by year's end. The market is to start next fall.
Taxes on gambling could yield the Treasury $200-360 million a year, Finance Minister Oksana Markarova estimates in an interview with lb.ua. A bill to legalize gambling was submitted to the Rada 10 days ago. Finance Ministry economists are calculating tax earnings from the proposed legalization of amber mining.
Alexander Rodnyansky, a Cambridge University economist, will be the government's chief economic adviser, Reuters reports, citing Volodymyr Bondarenko, state secretary of the cabinet of ministers. "I was told by people working in the president's office that my surname was a risk factor," Rodnyansky told Reuters, alluding to his father, also Alexander, who founded 1+1, the TV channel that promoted Zelenskiy. "On the other hand, you can count the number of Ukrainian professors in Western universities on one hand."
In a major schedule reshuffle starting Nov. 16., UIA will stop flying to Beijing and reduce flights to Bangkok but will increase flights to Delhi, London and Toronto. UIA said the cost of flying around Russia's air space makes the Far East routes money losers. UIA also will stop flights to Amman, Jordan and to two highly competitive destinations: Minsk and Riga. With British Airways and Brussels Airlines ending their Kyiv flights, UIA will increase its Kyiv-Boryspil flights to Brussels to daily and Kyiv London-Gatwick to twice a day.
UIA flights to Copenhagen, Krakow, Madrid, and Stockholm also will increase to daily. Flights to Toronto will increase to three times a week and to Delhi five times a week. Next summer, Delhi is to be daily. The daily New York to Kyiv flight will once again become an overnight flight, leaving JFK just after midnight and arriving Boryspil at 16:20 Kyiv time. Flights to the US and Canada will be operated on Boeing-777 aircraft. UIA lost $100 million last year. Ihor Kolomoisky said last month he owns 25% of the shares.
SAS, or Scandinavian Airlines, returned to Ukraine Saturday after an eight-year pause, launching a three times a week flight between Oslo and Kyiv Boryspil. With the 2h50 minute flight, Kyiv now has direct flights to the three Scandinavian capitals – Copenhagen, Oslo, and Stockholm. Wizz Air flies from Kyiv Sikorsky to Billund, Denmark and from Kyiv and Lviv to Copenhagen. From Kyiv Boryspil, Ryanair flies to Stockholm-Skavsta, and UIA flies to Copenhagen and to Stockholm-Arland. Between 2012 and 2014, Norwegian flew between Oslo and Kyiv but dropped the flight after the war broke out.
The original English version is from our partner UBN – Ukraine Business News. For more information and news archive, go to: www.ubn.news.


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Plate 383X. Roger Peak 1948 - 1953 - 2003 The Roger Peak Photo Plot Transect was established in 1943 and reread in 1948, 1953, 1974, and 1979. The transect is situated along the Hell's Backbone Road on the southside of Boulder Mountain. By road, the transect is located three miles east of Pine Creek and three-tenths of a mile west of the old gravel pit turn-off. When the transect was established, the area was very heavily grazed by domestic sheep and erosion was common. "Bitterbrush and oakbrush are the [most] common shrubs [on] the transect. Both have been heavily browsed and about 20 percent of the [bitterbrush] and 10 percent of the oak is dead. There are a few patches of tall oakbrush…but the majority…[is] 2-3 feet tall and [is] kept browsed off. Grass is not plentiful on this transect." Both soil and vegetation trends were described as downward in 1953. After remeasuring the transect in 1974, Dan Baird noted that "the most striking change has been the increase in size and numbers of ponderosa pine." In 1979, Dr. Jim Bowns, range ecologist at Southern Utah University, reported that "the trend…is definitely up and the condition is good or perhaps even excellent…This is primarily a bitterbrush range, the plant exhibiting exceptional leader growth and therefore good vigor…cattle have [used] this area this year, but utilization has been very light" - - domestic sheep use was discontinued sometime in the 1960s (unpublished reports in the range files on the Escalante Ranger District, Dixie National Forest, Escalante, UT). Plate 383x is viewed south from the low ridge crossed by the Photo Plot Transect. Fiftymile and Navajo Mountains are visible on the skyline in the 1953 image. The area has been logged and thinned. Nevertheless, ponderosa pine has increased dramatically. Bitterbrush is the most common shrub and it appears to have increased, except where it has been overtopped by conifers. Rabbitbrush seen in the 1948 and 1953 images has been eliminated. Grass cover has increased. Unless this area is repeatedly logged or thinned, it will became a closed pine forest with little understory vegetation. Livestock had not used this area in 2003 nor was there any old livestock sign. Deer and elk sign, however, was abundant and many bitterbrush plants were browsed.
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U.S. Forest Service photographs (unnumbered) taken by Walter P. Cottam on July 29, 1948; and I.H. Johnson on September 2, 1953; retake by Charles E. Kay on August 30, 2003 - - Photo No. 5274-14. Original photographs, negatives, and narrative reports held in the range files on the Escalante Ranger District, Dixie National Forest, Escalante, UT.
Vegetative Community:
Mountain Brush, Oakbrush, Conifer
South West: Section 1, Range 2 East, Township 33 South; UTM of transect starting point 445200 E, 4201300 N; elevation 8,860 ft.


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Bill Rowe
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- Finance and Audit
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Bill has a strong connection with the organisation as he has a son who utilises the services of Community Living Australia and is keen to ensure there are quality services available to people with disabilities across the region. He is married to Sarah and has lived in Strathalbyn for over 25 years.
Bill is an active member of Rotary and enjoys the opportunity to volunteer in the community. Having a diverse business background through work in the flour milling industry, rural merchandise businesses and in the wine industry for Orlando Wines has given Bill the expertise to support the community with sound strategic vision.
Bills interests include woodworking, winemaking and family gatherings.
Jill Coombe
Deputy Chair
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- Service Quality (Chair)
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Jill lives in Murray Bridge with her husband Steve and for the past 14 years has managed the Murray Bridge Medical Centre.
Jill is a Graduate of the Governor's Leadership Foundation (2011) and was a recipient of the SA Telstra Business Women's Award for private and corporate sector leaders in 2010.
Jill's focus is on teamwork and communication and she places importance on doing your best for the local community.
Jill in her spare time enjoys road trips, singing, reading and spending time with family and friends.
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Awarded Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for contributions to industry as a Senior Executive at Mitsubishi Motors and the community, particularly World Vision, Woodcroft College & Scouts Australia, Rex has extensive Board and community engagement experience. Rex's other Board experience include Port Elliot Neighbourhood Watch, The Bible Society, Coopers Foundation, Business SA, Centre for Manufacturing and Strathalbyn District Commerce Association.
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When she isn't moonlighting as a newsreader for radio station FIVEaa, she and husband Ben spend their weekends cooking together and planning their next travel destination.
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Kym is married to Carla and has one daughter.
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Chapter C. The Loma Prieta, California, Earthquake of October 17, 1989 - Preseismic observations
Professional Paper 1550- C
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The October 17, 1989, Loma Prieta, Calif., Ms=7.1 earthquake provided the first opportunity in the history of fault monitoring in the United States to gather multidisciplinary preearthquake data in the near field of an M=7 earthquake. The data obtained include observations on seismicity, continuous strain, long-term ground displacement, magnetic field, and hydrology. The papers in this chapter describe these data, their implications for fault-failure mechanisms, the scale of prerupture nucleation, and earthquake prediction in general. Of the 10 papers presented here, about half identify preearthquake anomalies in the data, but some of these results are equivocal. Seismicity in the Loma Prieta region during the 20 years leading up to the earthquake was unremarkable. In retrospect, however, it is apparent that the principal southwest-dipping segment of the subsequent Loma Prieta rupture was virtually aseismic during this period. Two M=5 earthquakes did occur near Lake Elsman near the junction of the Sargent and San Andreas faults within 2.5 and 15 months of, and 10 km to the north of, the Loma Prieta epicenter. Although these earthquakes were not on the subsequent rupture plane of the Loma Prieta earthquake and other M=5 earthquakes occurred in the preceding 25 years, it is now generally accepted that these events were, in some way, foreshocks to the main event.
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Where can I get Hornady 75grn TAP ammo?
Any place that sells Black Hills ammunition, you can buy the BH version ammo loaded w/ the 75grn. MHPBT round.
MidWay, MidSouth Shooter's Supply, etc...... (btw the "bluebox" BH versions are cheaper and come in 50 round boxes)
Life Member NRA, TSRA, LEAA, LSBA
"Light travels faster than sound. That's why some people appear to be bright until they say something."
Got mine from Northwest Loading Supply , and he is a site supporter.
Your village called, they want their idiot back.
+1 Northwest
Hello all:
I was looking at buying some of this ammo. my local dealer told me,"they were having trouble with that ammo, here buy some of this instead". I thought, WTF?? said, "no thanks" and walked out.
anybody else here anything like this? I think it's hard to believe. Proly just wanted to get rid of some excess ammo he had on shelf..
But then, I bought several guns from him past few years, always treated me right. only dealer around for along ways. sells alot of guns to local LEO's.
any Ideas??
Only trouble is he had something else he wanted to get rid of.
There is nothing wrong with TAP, red box at least. I have not tried any of the
new black box FPD stuff.
Your village called, they want their idiot back.
Me personally I wouldn't buy the stuff.
I would go with the Black-Hills variant.
I think North West Loading has what your looking for.
Why not?
I second DevL's question. Why would you NOT buy/use it? I use the BH blue box 75gr loads for practice and re-zero with the Hornady 75gr TAP loading.
TWINS -- An Heir and a Spare
Why NOT use BHA? Well, mainly because availability is so spotty. Sometimes you can find
it sometimes not. Maybe just my personal experience, but any time I've wanted
TAP 75grainers I have found them easily enough. And there's the expense.
If I'm gonna have to re-zero I might as well re-zero from shooting good old cheap XM193.
Your village called, they want their idiot back.
We are disscussing a match grade load (OTM) versus a practice load (same OTM). If you can find the Hornaday 75gr loading easier then the BH, let me know where you are getting it. I live in the Great State of Texas also. I talking about loads that will consistently yield 0.5MOA (Hornaday) and for practice 0.75MOA. XM193 is a fine 55gr load, but it ain't replacement for either the Hornday or BH loadings.
TWINS -- An Heir and a Spare
I understand what we are talking about, but I have problems locating the BHA match loads. I can call Northwest Loading and have 500 rounds of 75gr TAP in 2 days 100% of the time. I can't find the BHA in stock on a regular basis so I just don't shoot it. That's a shame, but it's just worked out that way when I went looking for the stuff.
Your village called, they want their idiot back.
I said me personally but I'm not the consesnus of the group.
I would not use TAP because it's more expensive than black hills.
Hornady does not install a canelure on the bullet.
Black Hills reputation of having quality consistant rounds from day to day and lot to lot is impressive.
Hornady does NOT rely on their ammunition, to my knowledge the majority of their profits come from their reloading equiptment and such.
Black Hills has spent more time with testing to produce ammo that is consistant in accuracy and velocity.
Besides though TAP has that cool black coating that is supposidely makes it easier to load there is a need of friction in the chamber so that the projectile will fire correctly. I would rather have ammo that is un coated so that there is one less posibality for error.
But I'm not the consesus of the forum, just one guy
They're about the same price, TAP is sometimes cheaper depending on where you look.
Hornady TAP 75gr has had a cannelure for well over a year now. BH just added cannelures this year.
BH makes wonderful ammunition but they are not without fault (nobody is). I have seen variances in velocity lot-to-lot and occationally a box will have some "high" extreme spreads for match ammunition. Of all the Hornady TAP I've shot it's been the most consistent lot-to-lot ammunition I've ever used. Yes, I have chrono numbers to back all this up.
Do you have any information to back this up? I don't know for sure but I believe it's actually their bullets and ammunition that is their money maker.
Really? Do you have a log book of hours for both manufacturer's or something?
High chamber friction = good? That's news to me. Let's all ditch our chrome lined barrels, scrape the polymer off our Wolf ammo and go shooting.
Actually the coating is there to make it easier to extract. FWIW the TAP FPD brass does seem to be a bit softer than the normal brass they used previously so it's probably not good for reloading. The cases crushed easier with a pair of pliers.. kind of a subjective measurement, but works for me.
You are perfectly entitled to your opinions and are welcome to share them on public forums. Varying opinions are good but you should have some evidence to back them up or expect to get called on them.
FYI, I like both and shoot both. I don't think you can go wrong with either. Choose the one that shoots best out of YOUR barrel. If they shoot the same, go with whichever is cheapest & most available to you.
If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
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wyv3rn there are numerous people that have more information between these two ammo's, you are one of them.
My statements are from what I hear other people say, I have yet to shoot them.
I will not defend what I said because I have little evidence I can prove what I said with.
What ever that black coating on the TAP is, it makes the cases look better and load easier but all I know is that it I consider it a lube. From what I've read, lubes on the brass is something I would want to stay away from.
Until I get more information on what that part of the ammo is, The black coating, I would prefer to stay away from it.
I have seen lot to lot spreads of 150 fps difference in BH Red box before and thought it was NATO pressure. Black Hills informed me it was a bad batch. THey said it did not chrono THAT differently but its so extreme I still have 10 rounds of it and it FEELS and SOUNDS like NATO pressure and Brouhaha's chrono showed it was in fact 150 fps hotter. Is that the extreme lot to lot consistancy you were saying is better than anyone else? BH is just another ammo manufacturer. I have 1000 rounds of 75 grain Blue box on order for practice. TAP is still my prefered carry load. Id use BH just as interchangably. Being devout to one brand is foolish IMO.


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So my 19 year old dd got tested recently for ADHD. They did the WAIS-IV along with attention related testing (measures of impulsivity and attention). They could not give her a FSIQ and did not give her a GAI (not sure why -- she went the the appointment alone). She did get diagnosed with ADHD, though the tests measuring impulsivity and attention were both in the average range. The psychologist thought her scores were definitely all over the place, but as she is following up through her campus psychologist, she basically just went through the report with her and wished her well. Does anyone see anything I am missing, other than that she is kinda all over the place? She definitely is an odd mixture of achievement and struggle in life -- she is doing awesome academically but loses her possessions non-stop, trips and falls or bangs into things constantly, and has struggled for years with executive functioning and procrastination. Just wondering if ADHD is it or if the large gaps in these scores have any other meaning I am missing! Verbal Comprehension -- 141 Similarities -- 15 Vocabulary -- 19 Information -- 16 Perceptual Reasoning -- 121 Block Desgin -- 15 Matrix Reasoning -- 16 Visual Puzzles -- 10 Working Memory -- 100 Digit Scan -- 10 Arithmetic -- 10 Processing Speed -- 117 Symbol Search -- 15 Coding -- 11
I think my daughter has ADHD
VorLady posted a topic in The Learning Challenges BoardI usually lurk but I'm looking for advice from people with similar educational philosophies as me. My 8 year old daughter is incredibly bright, creative, funny, and impulsive. I've always known she's distractible, but we've been able work with it til now. We're trying to do 3rd grade work and she can mentally do any of it but she can't focus, she can't sit. Math lessons take an hour, unless I work with her every minute. The careless mistakes are adding up. She can narrate stories for hours, but getting a whole paragraph out of her on paper is pulling teeth. In group activities she's the kid who has to throw up her hand and say something, but half the time it's "um, um, um, I forget". I love her and don't want to change her but my techniques for helping her concentrate, keeping her on task, and redirecting her aren't working any more. My husband and I aren't particularly enthusiastic about medication so I'd rather have that be a last result. Can you point me to resources about how to help her? Books on ADHD? Do I need to change out her curriculum? She's been doing an online typing program this week and doing so well with it, do I need to do more computer-based school instead of book-based? She will read for hours but I'm not sure she's retaining knowledge. She's suffering now because what she needs to be doing mentally and what she's capable of actually producing don't match. Both my husband and I are extremely intelligent and also distractible / have followthrough issues. I'm 95% convinced my husband has/had ADHD (we were both homeschooled so we never ran into formal diagnoses) and I am either high functioning Asperbergers or just really weird nerd girl, I don't need labels for us but I do want to make sure I don't excuse my daughter's issues by thinking it's completely normal. Thanks for your time.
Classroom decor... to cute, or not to cute?
Mainer posted a topic in The Learning Challenges BoardI'm starting to think about classroom setup for the fall. Yay! I'll have a small class of almost all boys, almost all of them with ADHD and dyslexia both. My initial thought is that less is more in this situation. A lot of teachers go for extreme cuteness and classroom themes, but that's just not for me. I kinda just want to go minimalist... plants in colorful pots, some maps on the wall, a globe, and the basic art and writing supplies. As far as I can tell, kids neither notice nor care about how cute their classroom is. With older elementary boys, I especially don't want to offend their sensibilities with "baby stuff." I also think it's easier to concentrate in a streamlined, peaceful room. All thoughts welcome! It's fun to think about decorating a classroom :)
Breaks at school - how often?
Mainer posted a topic in The Learning Challenges BoardI've been reading a lot of research about kids' attention spans and how exercise helps focus and learning. Some schools are increasing recess time, but some are not. It seems like the pro-recess schools get as good or better results than the non-recess schools. For those of you with kids in school, how much recess/movement do your kids get? Or... how much do you wish they would get? For some reason I'm picturing 30-45 minutes of inside time followed by 15 minutes of recess, rinse, repeat. At my school they get one 30 min recess, with short movement breaks during classes, but there isn't any real serious outdoor time except for the one recess in the middle of the day.
Maintaining focus
Mainer posted a topic in The Learning Challenges BoardDoes anyone have any tricks for helping a kid learn to maintain focus? What do you do when they focus while you're talking to them (1 minute) and then instantly zone out (waaaaay out) the second you turn your back? It's making learning impossible, and this is a very smart kid. Very frustrating for everyone. I'm not sure if this is an autism thing, an adhd thing, or what. Asking questions as often as possible helps, but I can't always be doing that.
Another on Slow Processing Speed
mymommy1 posted a topic in The Learning Challenges BoardAs a spin-off of the recent thread on improving processing speed, are there math curriculum or methods that work well with slow processing speed? My son's at 11 yrs is in single digits. On untimed content tests, he is low avg to average. On reading comprehension and logic, he is above average. We just finished 4th grade math with him, and it's just painful to continue for both of us. He is getting OT help with physical writing. I already accommodate - five problems or 30 mins or one good sentence, etc. Thanks.
Our 14 year old DS is very bright, but really needs help with time management. He's actually asked for planning systems to help him structure his time (he has inattentive ADHD). I'm thinking of something like Homeschool Planet this year. But what I really want are features thatwould send him text reminders and/or alarms. To help him know when to stop/start/get ready, etc. (I have no idea if Homeschool Planet or other planners have any feature like this.) Any good recommendations?
Shoes - SPD UPDATE
mymommy1 posted a topic in The Learning Challenges BoardUpdate Post #26~ I know this is a weird topic for a homeschool forum, but someone on here has had to have had this problem. My DS 11 is wearing shoes that are literally 1/2 in to short. How do I know? He is wearing the horrible clogs his grandmother bought him possibly 1.5-2 yrs ago, and his heel sticks over. We have tried 3 times in the last 6 months to go shoe shopping and have come home empty handed or with shoes he wouldn't wear. He has ADHD with SPD issues with clothes, shoes, food, etc. Problem now is his heel is hurting from being over the shoe. Tennis shoes won't let his toes move. New clogs have bumpy things in the bottom. I don't think they are good for his feet anyway as many times he says his knees hurt. What can I get that he can run and play in, slip on, and move his toes in? Just thought I'd seek advice before I head to the more expensive shoe stores this weekend. PLEASE HELP ME!
I happened on this book at the library while looking for something else and was caught by the title: Dyslogic Syndrome: Why Millions of Kids are "Hyper," Attention-Disordered, Learning Disabled, Depressed, Aggressive, Defiant, or Violent--and What We Can Do About It by Bernard Rimland. I have not finished it yet. Rather than say more at this point, other than that it is changing how I am thinking about a lot of things I see IRL and read on these boards, I'd like to put it out here and hope that others will read it too and then want to discuss it. And maybe it can help somebody here. Here is a link: http://www.amazon.com/Dyslogic-Syndrome-Attention-Disordered-Aggressive-Violent/dp/1843108771
What is this? Social issue
mymommy1 posted a topic in The Learning Challenges Board*Update in Post #15* We are waiting on reports from recent evals, but this is killing me. Can you name it? My 10 yr old son wants to be in groups with kids, do activities, seeks the attention and time with others. However, he is reserved, quiet, doesn't speak up much, and often misses cues or what's happening. Example, in small group at scouts, the boys were to vote on a yell for their group. I asked if he got to vote or voted, and he wasn't sure if he had or not. If I or another caring adult isn't there to walk him through, he misses what's going on, lags behind. My husband said he was the same way and always struggled in school because of it. He know has a few close friends, but I find he still misses cues like when a conversation should end or we should leave a place. His mother has it, too. She is unable to even hold a job because she can't understand what is happening or keep up or gets too upset by others or something. I know they all have ADHD or something very like it; although, I don't have a dx for that. Does anyone else have this?
Behavior Help
mymommy1 posted a topic in The Learning Challenges BoardI appreciate the help with the social issues yesterday, and so, I thought you might help me again. It is almost a daily struggle with my 10 yr old and instigating, teasing, picking, back-talk, just 'ugh' behavior. Under handed messing with peoples' stuff and pretending he didn't, saying he's not playing a game and then declaring himself the winner, etc. It drives his brothers nuts, which drives his parents nuts. When we talk to him about it, he doesn't seem to understand what he does, or doesn't remember, or claims not to remember, or says that everyone is always fussing at him. Well, he's always messing with people or their stuff, unless he is highly focused on his own thing. He honestly doesn't seem capable of learning to not piss people off or understanding what he did. Recall that we've had evals and are waiting on results. I did email to tell her these things, which we did talk about before, and ask if we could get in any sooner. In the meantime, I don't have any idea how to fix or improve this. Do we need ABA, more excitement, meds, counseling? Any ideas?
Our DD was in public school for PK and K, and then we homeschooled 1st, 2nd, and this year 3rd. She has always been bright but highly active and has difficulty sitting still. With occasional outbursts. However, this year has been a battle and she's been refusing to do work, writing nonsense when she doesn't feel like doing assignments, etc. We have already discussed ADHD with her ped, and there are probably both sensory and attention issues. However, I'm thinking of enrolling her back in public school while we have her evaluated. She may benefit from the structure, I need a break quite frankly, and our other child needs more attention than I am able to give at the same time. Has anyone done this and what happens when you re-enroll? Do they test? I'm thinking she may possbly have to finish the year, but then repeat this grade. Which may not be totally bad, as she is yo9ung for her age and behind at least in reading.
Our DD (8) is in 3rd grade. We pulled her out of public school in fall of her 1st grade year. She has other issues where she had to have an IEP (not behavior, a physical disability). Bottom line is, it worked well for two years, although there have always been ups and downs in her behavior. She can be hyperactive, challenging. But you know, it worked for two years. But this year the work is a bit harder, it does take a bit more concentration. And she has been SO challenging. She doesn't want to do her work, and she will actually make up numbers or scribble in her book to try to get away with not doing work. Multiple times. And she will shout, sometimes hit. And corner our animals. But then in between can be sweet and intelligent. But you never know when--except if you tell her no or try to correct her work or behavior, watch out. And we also homeschool another older child with ADHD and processing issues. Because of the attention, I have to constantly work to monitor progress. Did I mention one is loud and sensory seeking, and the other needs quiet to focus at all? I am literally shaking as I'm reading this, thinking about putting her back in public school. And this year also I've had some minor physical health issues that I need to get control of. What exactly happens if you enroll a child mid-year in public school? I'm thinking they might not count that year, or might test her abilities and then might not count some of the homeschooling since it isn't public. I'm not fond at all of the option, and we had problems getting and implementing the IEP, but I'm almost to the point of thinking that seeing her behavior corrected by others might help. Or at least give me a small break to regroup during the day. I know we need to pursue more evaluations, but in the meantime I am CRAZY trying to monitor her all the time. Any comments/suggestions would help so much. I need to be able to weigh what the options are. I don't want to pull in and out of school, but I'd look at this as a try it and see how it goes option. Maye?
We have a 13 year old and will be getting him a phone for the first time. He has ADHD inattentive, as well as slow processing. He's extremely bright, but needs a huge number of reminders of tasks to accomplish, staying on track, etc. The plan is to start with something inexpensive -- hopefullly not a smart phone, but a less expensive phone (possibly a trackphone). So there would be some limits and also if it is lost there is not a huge out of pocket expense. I KNOW an iPhone or something would have lots of helpful apps. But what could we get that is not as expensive if lost or as hard to monitor usage (especially internet). Any ideas?


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