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Doncaster's family doctors are facing a call for appointments to be made more convenient for patients after it emerged nearly one in six in the borough are unhappy with the hours.
Doncaster MP Rosie Winterton wants changes to be made after figures showed that 15 per cent of the borough's residents – 45,597 - found their local surgery opening times inconvenient.
More than two-thirds of patients said they would like to be able to get appointments after work or on Saturday morning.
A third said they would like make appointment earlier in the morning, and the same number would like to be able to see a doctor on a Sunday.
Doncaster Central MP Rosie Winterton said: "Thousands of people in Doncaster want to be able to book an appointment with a GP outside of normal working hours.
"It's really tough for people to juggle their work and family commitments. Many constituents tell me how hard it is to squeeze in a visit to the GP.
"Surgeries should listen closely to what their patients are saying and offer more flexible opening hours, especially for working people.
"Ministers should instruct NHS England to ensure all GP-led Clinical Commissioning Groups act on patients' concerns."
The figures were from a Labour Party survey.
Ange Sockett, 44, of Turnberry Court, Bentley has experieced problems getting an appointment.
She said: "My surgery is a part time one and only open for two hours in a morning and two hours in an evening and not at all on a Thursday, so if you're ill on a Thursday you've had it. There is a surgery in Scawsby I can use with better opening times but it's still not ideal."
But Patricia Dickinson, of Roseland Drive said: "We've never really had any problems getting appointments. Sometimes you have to wait about a week for an appointment but if it's an emergency you can always get in, we're happy with the service, I'm surprised so many people are unhappy in Doncaster."
And June Stokes, 58, who uses the Bentley Surgery said: "We've just had a letter saying the surgery will now be open from 7.30am to 7.30pm so I'm quite impressed with that, I think it's pretty good because it means I can get an appointment after work."
Dr Nick Tupper, Chair of NHS Doncaster Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), said: "Doncaster GP surgeries are open from 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday, but most also provide some appointments outside these working hours on certain days. Practices involve their patient groups, or registered patients, in helping to determine when appointments are offered outside normal hours.
"The GP out of hours service provides medical cover across Doncaster at all times when surgeries are closed.
"There is also an NHS health centre, based in the Flying Scotsman Centre in Doncaster town centre, which provides pre-booked appointments from 8am to 8pm every day of the year to registered and unregistered patients.
"Responsibility for managing contracts with GP practices, including agreeing their routine and extended opening times, now rests with NHS England. NHS Doncaster CCG has no direct influence on this process. However, as a CCG we recognise the importance of people being able to book appointments around their busy working and home lives and we are sure that NHS England will do its best to work with GPs to manage patients' expectations."
A spokesman for NHS England said:"NHS England is working with GPs to develop plans for improving access and the patient experience. We know that the majority of patients say they're satisfied or very satisfied with the service they receive, but a significant and growing minority of patients say they have problems making appointments at times that are convenient for them."

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Smarter Mom: Rainy Day Activities
If you're going on your second or third day of rain, you've likely exhausted all those rainy day tricks you hide up your sleeve--or in your closet. (My secret rainy day stash includes new books, new toys, and rainy day crafts.) Lets think outside the box, or rather outside the home. No, you don't have to play in the rain, but it's time to get out of the house.
The movies are always a great rainy day option if there's a movie playing suitable for your kids' ages. Try to go to the earliest showing for discounted pricing. Museums are also good on rainy days, though can often draw crowds (especially rainy weekend days). How about bowling or ice skating? Or try an indoor pool at a local hotel, college, or health club; they frequently sell day passes. There's also indoor kid gyms, which let kids run, climb, and jump around, which is a great way to blow off some steam.
Whatever rainy day, get-out-of-the-house activity you choose, be sure you enjoy yourself too. Afterall, you're finally out of the house as well.
What rainy day activity do you usually do with your kids?
I made mystery boxes. It started a couple years ago I bought a 90 lb lot of lego on ebay. Me and my DH went through the lego and made as many of the kits as we could. We ended up with over 40 sets that were complete. As we finished them, we put them in boxes and just labeled the outside of the box with the set number. After we finished them we had a huge stack of boxes hidden in the basement. It took 2 years but the kids went through the stack of boxes. They loved getting new sets and it definetly gave them something to do on a rainy or snowy day. Once they were all gone I started new one of varing themes. The only rule is they only can open one box at a time. They can't open one and say I don't like it and then open another one.
- new coloring book with a box of crayons
- color wonders
- wooden craft kits such as build a pirate ship or a race car
- ceramic figurines and paint
- new movie
- new video game that can be played by at least 2 people
- packet of cookie dough and cookie cutters
- a box of cake mi & frosting & cupcake wrappers
- new play doh
- small lego sets
- binoculars
- new book
- puzzle
- science kit with fun little projects
- Deck of cards
Well I started this thing called the rainy/lazy day jar. I took one of my old formula jars and put scrap book paper on it and labled it Rainy/ Lazy day on it. I put a bunch of ideas on colord sticks like coloring, baking, scrapbooking, legos, Movie, ect. I keep adding to the jar when I find new ideas. When it's a Lazy day we draw things out of that and that is what we do. So we have no fighting on what to do in the house. We also spit toy, games, fun things up into 8 crates and switch them out every week so they don't get board with what they have.
We also have a chore jar and a sunny day jar so no fighting on what to do.
&& if the say they are board then they can pick something from the jar because we don't like to hear we are board. They have many things to do.
Back in the 1990's I was a stay at home mom with 3 young daughters in 'Washington' (Better bring an Umbrella) State. So rainy days was our specialty.
We played board games, read books, played cards, watched Disney and Barney the Dinasour, learned to make homemade Play Dough and Paper Mache.
We did the Macarana (spelling)? And danced to 'Achy Breaky Heart.' We also called in to radio stations to hear ourselves request songs. We held talent shows in the neighborhood which required the art of lip sync.
We made our own Mad Libs which was a learning experience using nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives.
I think the most fun we had thought was when I would take the white meat wrapping paper and tac it to the walls in their bedrooms, living room, etc. and allow them (and myself) to create Murals. It was amazing, creative, and fun for all of us because we each could express our own form of art. BUT, most IMPORTANTLY? My daughters felt like they were writing on the walls.
~Tina Johnson
Tenino, Wa
We dont have many rainy days here. A few a year maybe. But when it is here, we open all of our curtains and enjoy the rain. We might take baths and get all snuggly and order in or make something together and/or play games, watch movies. We dont really go out anywhere unless we have to. Again, we dont have alot of rainy days here in AZ so we like to sit and enjoy them.
Quoting amy7243:
We like to watch movies,bake and play with play dough.
I thought Iwould stop by and say HI, I'm from WA. to I'm here in Port Orchard I have a home daycare/preschool. I'm tired of all the rain we are getting.
Quoting BeachMommy07:
I like doing crafts!


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However, this is only the case in instances where the hydroponics system in question has been set up using the most advanced and reliable equipment available. Here at Hydrosys, that's all you'll find. We offer a market-leading collection of hydroponic systems and related accessories, personally selected and verified by our team for total performance and value for money. We believe that advanced hydroponics should be affordable, accessible and easy to work with for growers at all levels. Whatever it is you intend to grow and however limited your budget, you'll find exactly what you need to get up and running right here. Take a look at our wider product range online, or get in touch with the Hydrosys team today for more information.
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Daniel Craig has had his arms around a bevy of Bond beauties, thanks to his highly applauded portrayal of 007, but Twilight's Kristen Stewart as a Bond girl? Craig's gut instinct says, "No thanks."
While appearing on Australia's Kyle and Jackie O Show, Daniel Craig pondered, "Would she make a good Bond girl?" He then jabbed, "No, she's in Twilight."
The sometimes catty Craig went on to explain, "No, I'm being nasty. It's only because the film [Skyfall] is coming out at the same time [as Breaking Dawn — Part 2 in Australia]. We're in direct competition! I'm sure she'd make a great Bond girl."
Kristen Stewart herself is nearly as wishy-washy about the possibility of joining the ranks of Bond girls. When asked about the possibility while on the red carpet in Los Angeles, she replied, "I'm not sure — I would love to read a few drafts of the script. I choose my roles really instinctually. I would really have to connect with the material."
A Bond brush-off? Not quite.
"I don't know, maybe. I'm not sure, I can't — I am so noncommittal, right?" Stewart sputtered. "As long as I get to have a gun," the Twilight star finally decided. "Yes, hell yeah!"
Whether K-Stew gets her Bond-girl gumption together or not, Daniel Craig's going to become a very rich man thanks to those trademark martinis. The man seen here with beauties Naomie Harris and Berenice Marlohe has signed a $49.3 million deal to portray James Bond in two more flicks.
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At the end of the year just before Christmas, she brings them all to the baby shower at St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church in Manteca.
"She makes them all year-round in her free time and then gives them all for the baby shower," said Sister Ann Venita who is in charge of the baby shower for Jesus that the church holds every year to benefit the Manteca Pregnancy Help Center.
Malone's donation this year filled a large wicker laundry basket. Each blanket is even accompanied by a handmade gift tag with the note, "Made especially for you with tender loving care."
This weekend, at all the Masses including the 5 p.m. anticipated Mass on Saturday, parishioners are asked to bring baby shower gifts to church for the infant Jesus. They are invited to place their gifts and offerings around a statue of the Virgin Mary in a makeshift stable near the altar.
Pregnancy Help Center Director Janice LePlume said the donations generated by this annual baby shower for Jesus project has been a big help to the program which is constantly in need of baby items and money to keep its doors open. The nonprofit program does not have any paid staff and relies solely on donations with the exception of a $250 a month grant from the United Way that has been funded for the second time this year. That grant though can only be spent for what it was intended — baby layettes.
The main items on the program's "wish list" include "larger-size" diapers for babies that are from three months to eight months old.
"We get a lot of donations of the smaller sizes and we end up not having enough of the larger ones. We service the babies until they are 12 months old, so we also have seven- to eight-month-old babies," LePlume said.
During the cold winter months, they need warm clothing, long pants and long-sleeved shirts or pajamas that fit babies from three months up to 24 months. They also need toiletries like baby wash and baby lotions as well as milk formula and small toys to put in the layettes for infants. Nail clippers, brush and comb sets, and thermometers are always needed, added LePlume.
"And baby wipes — that's another big one," she said.
Cash donations though are always welcome and encouraged. The program needs cash donations to help pay the monthly $1,105 rent to its office at 327 N. Main Street (across from the Book Exchange), as well as to pay for PG&E bills which runs approximately $200 to $250 a month, and water and garbage which require another $100, or thereabouts, every month.
The program, which provides free assistance and counseling to young mothers and their babies, receives financial support from a handful churches in the area including St. Anthony's but they always need additional help from the public, LePlume said.
For the first time this year, the center held a fund-raiser in the form of a dinner at Chéz Sharî in Manteca.
"We got some underwriting to pay for the meals then invited people to the banquet" who made donations, LePlume said.
Being the first fund-raiser in what they hope will be an annual event, "we only got 70 people. We had invited 100 and we got 70, so that was pretty good for a first time."
That first fund-raising effort raised approximately $7,000.
Business hours at the Pregnancy Help Center are Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1 to 4 p.m. The office is closed on weekends.
For more information about the Pregnancy Help Center, call 239-9899.


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Let the Madness Begin: College Football Recruiting Dead Period Comes to an EndJanuary 16, 2014
Prospects, put your phones on silent. Coaches, get ready to rack up the frequent flyer miles. College football's recruiting "dead period" ended at midnight Wednesday, opening the floodgates for a frenzied final stretch to national signing day.
Under NCAA guidelines, in-person recruiting is prohibited for a month-long span that stretches from Dec. 16 through Jan. 15 and features holiday breaks, postseason All-American games and the American Football Coaches Association convention. With the latest bowl season in the books and signing day quickly approaching, the lift on restrictions permits programs to make final pitches to targeted recruits and their families.
Official visits take center stage during each of the next three weekends. However, the recruiting campaign extends far beyond college campuses.
Coaching staffs spread out across the country to spend time addressing concerns and presenting a case for why a commitment to their respective university makes sense. This morning, student-athletes throughout America will be greeted by coaches at school and in their homes.
Coveted defensive end Lorenzo Carter, a 5-star prospect who propelled Norcross High School (Ga.) to a state title this season, will be a busy man. He received in-school visits from Florida and Georgia this morning, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
New Alabama offensive coordinator Lane Kiffin didn't waste any time fueling the fire of a storied SEC rivalry. His first recruiting visit took him to Oxford High School (Ala.), where he met with 5-star running back and Auburn commit Racean Thomas.
There will be an abundance of attempts to flip recruits in the final three weeks of this recruiting cycle, which ends Feb. 5 with national signing day.
Jordan Wagner, who covers Ohio State for ElevenWarriors.com, reported Buckeyes coach Urban Meyer was expected to be in attendance for 4-star tight end Mike Gesicki's basketball game Thursday night. The Southern Regional High School (Manahawkin, N.J.) standout committed to Penn State in October.
Just as that news was working its way through social media outlets, Gesicki sent out a tweet of his own.
Rumors, rumors...
Get used to them in large capacity during these coming weeks, folks.
Coaches poaching opposing programs' pledges may cross an ethical line in the minds of some fans, but the pursuit for premier prospects continues until letters of intent are signed, sealed and delivered.
How would you feel if a two-time national champion crossed several state borders to see you play hoops three months after you opted to head elsewhere?
Conversely, coaches also focus on reassuring current committed players to stick with their pact all the way to the finish line. Other options can be extremely tempting at this stage, so it's paramount to provide prospects with positive reinforcement and remind them why they initially committed.
The conclusion of the dead period coincides with another dizzying annual phase of the college football calendar. The coaching carousel continues to alter the landscape for powerhouse football programs.
Florida State, Alabama, Michigan, Georgia and Ohio State each underwent seismic changes at coordinator positions in the past week.
Bulldogs defensive coordinator Todd Grantham left to join newly hired head coach Bobby Petrino at Louisville. Mark Richt responded by stealing defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt away from the Seminoles after a national championship run.
Ohio State lost rising recruiting star and defensive line coach Mike Vrabel to the Houston Texans but swiftly replaced him with longtime Penn State mainstay Larry Johnson. Meanwhile, the Crimson Tide hired Kiffin after allowing offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier to depart for Michigan.
Texas captured national headlines with the hiring of former Louisville coach Charlie Strong, who must quickly find his bearings in uncharted territory in order to salvage this pivotal 2014 class. His inaugural Longhorns' recruiting journey gets underway with a visit to the home of uncommitted 5-star defensive end Solomon Thomas, according to 247Sports reporter Steve Wiltfong.
And so the madness of college football's offseason meets at this crossroad. New coaches scramble to add a late boost to recruiting efforts while teenage talents try to remain calm under the immense pressure of promises and misdirection.
Like it or not, we're under the three-week mark on our countdown to signing day. Prepare for some intense scrambling, relentless rumors and last-minute surprises.


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1948 Hudson Commodore woodie. Photos by Brandon Harper, courtesy RM Auctions
Like two ships passing in the night, the eras of the wood-bodied station wagon and the step-down Hudson just barely overlapped. While the latter grabbed headlines with its unitized perimeter chassis when introduced in 1948, the former found itself being phased out with less expensive and less maintenance-intensive steel-bodied station wagons starting in about 1949. It's no surprise then that Hudson never built a step-down woodie station wagon, yet we see one listed to cross the block at RM's auction at St. John's next month.
One of the more revolutionary post-war American automobile designs, the step-down Hudson used that unitized chassis to sit lower than any of its competitors, and it would later combine that low center of gravity with its potent Twin-H six-cylinder engine to briefly dominate stock car racing, but Hudson only ever offered the step-down cars in sedan, coupe, and convertible body styles. Don Butler, a designer at Hudson after World War II, envisioned other body styles – pickup, town car, and station wagon – but Hudson didn't express any interest in his designs, so Butler stashed away his sketches and didn't show them to anybody else until he published his Crestline book on Hudson in 1982 and included the sketches within.
Bill Eggert, one of the many Hudson enthusiasts who saw those sketches and wondered what a woodie step-down would look like in real life, decided to actually build such a car, starting with a rust-free 1948 Hudson Commodore Eight four-door sedan. To it he added a rear roof section from a 1954 Hudson and completely hand-built wooden body using ash framing and mahogany veneer, the latter applied over the existing sheetmetal below the beltline. He treated the rest of the car to an exceptional restoration to make it appear as though Hudson very well could have built a woodie step-down had it decided to go along with Butler's sketches and debuted the woodie in 2007 at the Hudson Essex Terraplane Club's national meet in Auburn, Indiana.
According to RM, it has been shown just one other time since then and has recently been treated to a mechanical and cosmetic refresh. RM's pre-auction estimate of the woodie ranges from $150,000 to $200,000.
1948 Buick photo by Darin Schnabel, 1948 Chrysler photo by Erik Fuller, 1948 Packard photo by Theo Civitello, all courtesy RM auctions
Nor is the Hudson the only termite's delight to cross the block at the St. John's auction. RM has consigned five other wood-bodied cars to the event, including a 1937 Dodge Westchester Suburban that took best in class at the 2008 Willistead Concours d'Elegance, a 1947 Buick Super Estate Wagon restored in the late 1990s by Bud Hicks, a 1948 Chrysler Town and Country sedan, a 1950 Chrysler Town and Country Newport two-door hardtop, and a 1948 Packard Eight Station Sedan from the estate of John O'Quinn.
RM's St. John's auction will take place July 28 at the Inn at St. John's in Plymouth, Michigan. For more information, visit RMAuctions.com.
UPDATE (30.July 2012): The Hudson woodie sold right in RM's estimate, hammering for $159,500. For full results from the auction, visit RMAuctions.com.
This one is painfully beautiful, in my opinion. The way the wood curves down around the covered back wheels.. wow. And the color; perfect (again, just my opinion).
Couldn't agree with you more Scotty. Beautiful to the point
of magnificence.
I really like it,, Great job, Well executed !! Bravo !! Thanks for sharing it,, would have never even suspected…
The Hudson woodie is absolutely gorgeous. Well-designed and executed. I would never have thought the Stepdown would look so good as a wagon. Kudos all around!
Scotty G., I agree with you a great job and the perfect color combination. I was lucky enough to have a three year old Plymouth Station wagon to drive when I was in high school, it too was maroon. Interesting that the color of the light maple in woodies varies from company to company, as the body builders of station wagons used local sources for their maple. Original Ford wagon bodies were built in Iron Mountain Michigan. With the iron content in the ground being so strong the maple in Ford woodies has a red cast to it. A repair with maple from an other area will stand out. If you ever see a Ford or Mercury woodie with birdseye maple it was built for a company official. As the maple came into the mill in the Ford plant, birds eye maple was put aside until a special; order came in from Dearborn for a company official. Just some Monday trivia.
Howard Payne retired Ford Design Manager email@example.com
Except that a certain number of ordinary Ford woodies have been rebuilt with all-new "birdseye bodies" in recent times, because, well…just because.
Mr. Payne,
I'm still trying to track down, and add to my tiny collection, my first car: a red, 1971 Toyota Corolla 2-door wagon (not a classic, but one's first car is usually a favorite).
I would much rather have YOUR first car!
I second Bob Huffman's comments. (And we aren't related, to my knowledge!) The Hudsons I owned (four in all) were great cars.
I have been in love with woodies since I was a young boy and realized that cars were special. I have been promised a gift of a 1948 Ford woodie from by friend Karen. (When she wins the lottery!)
Fantastic job. I can't imagine what was involved in fabricating the roof. Wonder what has been done with suspension and brakes owing to what developed as presumably a heavier car. Have to admire trying to recreate the what might have been. Vide Hemmings Classic Car's piece Built Today from Yesterday's Designs on 2 Cadillac v-16. I suppose two of none. .
Thank you for your kind comments. The roof was a bit of work. I estimate between 100 and 150 hours.
Again Bill you speak of the car like you did the work, you should really give my dad Dick Bell the credit that he deserves, I do have all the pictures through the years of my dad working on the car and don't recall you even being there.
What a BEAUTIFUL automobile! I can't imagine the amount of HOURS that was spent fabricating the wood and interior parts but the end result is nothing short of OUTSTANDING!
Thank you. The entire project took about 2500+ hours with the wood about 800 to 850 hours over about a years time because no patterns existed. Imagine say 10 hours hand carving a piece and finding the fit not quite right and doing it all over again ….. perhaps several times.
I remember this because my dad DICK BELL was the one who built this car. My Brother-in-law did the wood and my brother Troy Bell did a ton of work on it as well. I can't believe he was not even mentioned in this article. You speak of the car like you did the work, but all you did was write checks to my Dad and he put in all the hours of work.
It looks amazingly like the would-have-been-contemporary Packard "Station Sedans", doesn't it?
My folks had an all new slab side design Frazer in 1948, it would have looked good as a wagon, but this Hudson is a dream on wheels, looks great today can only imagine what car jams it would have caused when new!!!
What a delight to see !! Surprises like this can't be beat ! Just a veritable work of art – Kudos to the creator..!!
Beautifully executed although I can understand Hudson's rejecting the idea. Wasn't Hudson the first to advertise 100% steel body construction as far back as the mid 1920s? Besides a few Cantor bodied wagons in the 1930s and 40s Hudson surely saw the hand-writing on the wall that the woody era was ending.
What I want to know is why there was no all-steel bodied wagon? That was the coming thing in wagons and might have "saved" Hudson's bacon. Those would have been fine wagons.
Absolutely magnificent!
I can only imagine the work and detail that went into creating this beautiful Hudson.
My first collector car was a '48 Hudson Commodore coupe. I'm only surprised that the creator of this car did not restore, as original, the wood grained dash and window trim in this Commodore. IMHO it would have added a nice touch.
The dash was re-woodgrained as was the window trim. It comes off a bit darker in the photo. I did want the window trim carved in ash but the wood carver was really burned out after so many months carving and re-carving the exterior wood to get the fit just right. He simply didn't want to do anymore so I thought we would finish the car and then find a wood carver to do the window trim.
I grew to like the woodgrain touch and that this was more realistic if the Hudson staff wanted to impress management that a woodie could be built more economically if it used a maximum amount of standard production parts.
I can summarize my thoughts into one word: "Outstanding!"
Is the fellow who wrote the book in 1982 who created the designs still with us?? Or did he at least get to see one of his wonderful sketches come to life?? Its ashame if he didn't but a beautiful automobile!!!!!
Sadly he died many years ago never seeing the car. At the 2007 Hudson meet an older gentleman, known as "Sparky" was brought by friends to see the car. He said he was a friend of, and worked with, Don Butler. He told us many great stories and had tears in his eyes when he said how much he wished Don would have lived to see his creation brought to life. This moment made it all worthwhile.
All are beauts, but I think the Packard would look better without the doors-in-wood treatment.
The end result is so attractive, it looks like it was always meant to be. (Although it wasn't.)
I saw this car in Auburn. Even better than in the picture.
Wow! Gorgeous, and I'm not really a fan of the era, station wagons, or woodies :).
I wonder what the rolling weight of this thing is? I can't imagine trying to stop it with drun brakes!
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Beautiful car. I remember it at Auburn but why no mention of the person who did much of the work, Dick Bell?
My Dad is Dick Bell and he DID build this car. I can't believe he wasn't even mentioned in the article. He was a talented man and it showed in his work.
I have been to hundreds od car shows and have never seen one, It is a beautiful rare car.
I notice you have yet to get a reply!
Dealer in calif. had a 1 off pickup recently
Supposedly made by factory as factory run around / parts hauler.
Made from a step down.
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South Africa 2003
August - September 2003
Mike Spiller and I started from Houston and Oklahoma City, respectively on July 30, 2003. We spent the night in Atlanta and caught the morning flight to Cape Town on July 31 and arrived in Cape Town on August 1st. (I had not informed James of the itinerary change and he and the Bishop were there on July 31 to meet our plane. Thank heavens that he stayed on another day to see if we were on the August 1st flight.)
James Adams, Pastor for much of Namaqualand met our plane and after a couple of business stops we started off for Kharkams in Namaqualand. In Cape Town I bought a new printer for James' office. A nice trip through rolling hills, farmland, vineyards, grazing land of the Western Cape and then into the semi-arid territory of the Northern Cape. We stopped at Glanwilliam for lunch. Mike had a Monkey Gland burger. I settled for a regular burger. (We found out that Monkey Gland is a sauce.)
I should explain for those who don't know, Mike Spiller is a games person and has a business called "Games of the World". He has put Christian applications on these outdoor and indoor games and activities. I invited him to go along on the trip thinking it would be advantages to be able to visit schools and give them a double dose of the Gospel Message. We worked well together but I wonder if we would have been more effective to visit schools alone and not "split" the message.
When we arrived at Kharkams it was good to see James' wife Bernie, and the three children, Sarelda, Vonita and Terrone. I had met them last year when I went on a Volunteer In Mission trip to the area. It was at that time, when James saw me working with school children that he thought it would be good to return and work with all the children of the district.
Our original plan was to give James $3.00 a day each for our food and $200 for petrol. We increased the petrol monies to about $400 by the time it was over. We did travel many, many miles over some very rough roads, from Cape Town and back, some sightseeing in Cape Town and a side trip to Namibia. I think the money was well spent and it also helped his ministry.
I might tell you a little about his territory. With the resignation of another pastor in the area he now has 26 churches that he covers. He visits two churches every Sunday and therefore gives communion at each church once a quarter. He has Lay Speakers that he runs training for to cover the churches at the other times. The Methodist Church also owns the land that 17 of the village schools occupy and he is responsible for the land and is the last word on hiring teachers for those schools.
The Methodist Church also has a Nursing home in Springbok. James office and secretary are in that Nursing home. He is also Chairman of the Board for the Nursing home and has responsibilities for many of the problems that arise. That home has 70 residents and more room available. They are talking about opening a wing for AIDS patients.
The Methodist church in Kharkams is also starting a bakery. They received a grant and have all the equipment. It will be housed in the old Methodist Church building and be source of employment for the villagers. The bread will be sold at cost.
As I said before, this is a semi arid area and has little employment. About 70% unemployment. The villages are kept alive by pension checks, men going to the mines to work, living in the hills as shepherds or the young men and women going to Cape Town. The High School children in the villages go to boarding school in the 4 larger communities so the small village's end up with Grandparents and younger children during the week.
Now, about our itinerary.
August 2nd. Gave a program for the Sunday School Association people that were providing a workshop for some of the area church workers. The Sunday School Association is an organization that works with people to prepare them to work in a Sunday School situation. I worked with them in Mongolia. They are a very knowledgeable and dedicated group. About 40 people.
August 3rd. We gave a program for the 70 children and youth that were in the Sunday School program. Went to Kamieskroon Church service in the afternoon. I gave a little presentation at that service. There were about 15 at that service.
August 4th. During the day went to Springbok to show the secretaries what we did so they could contact schools and get us in. In the evening we gave a program for the boarding students at Kharkams School There were at least 170 junior and senior high school students crowded in a large meeting room. Mike and I started to perfect our "dog and pony" show, as we called it. We could not split up and there was not room for active games so we improvised and filled the hour with string games, inside activities and a devotional message from James in Afrikaans.
August 5th. Went by dirt road, over the mountain pass to Tweeriviere School, a Methodist school. Worked with about 40 students in small groups. Their English was limited so much was by showing and acting out what we wanted. Of course, before we started we had to have tea. Redbush tea, a locally grown herbal tea. The teaching principal had a birthday so James gave him money for cake and he drove James' car back over the pass to Kamieskroon to get it. It was about an hour trip, but he returned with cake for all the students.
A couple of grandmothers cooked our lunch in an iron pot over a stick fire. It was mutton stew. This would be the pattern for most schools. At the end of the day, James gave all the students a little talk in Afrikaans. We could guess it was about teamwork, trusting God, etc.
August 6th.Went over the same pass to Leliefontein School. Nice new facility with about 150 primary and intermediate students. A cold day. Worked with all the students in class groups. One of the teachers had prepared lunch at her home for us. We walked to the home and had mutton, chicken, sweet potatoes, roasted potatoes, rice, tomato salad, beet root salad, and tea.
August 7th. Went South to Garies. Did some grocery shopping and visited the school. We each did a couple of classes with the older students. About 60 students. It is a regional high school. Then ate lunch in the restaurant in Garies.
August 8th. My birthday. I am now 64. Went over another pass on dirt roads to Rooifontein. About 150 primary and intermediate students. When we arrived the principal had lunch ready for us. Brunch really, as it was only about 10:00. We had the traditional mutton stew cooked outside. Then split up the classes and worked with each class separately.
A beautiful day and we were able to split up the classes and take them outside. There were three teachers in this school. Each had about 50 students. One of the teachers was sick; the teaching principal was at a meeting so the remaining teacher had all 150 students. Drove from there the back way to Springbok to check on some things at the Nursing home. Then back to Kharkams.
August 9th. Saturday and had a day off. There was a funeral for a 12-year-old in Kharkams. It lent a somber view of the day.
August 10th. Sunday went to church in Kharkams and then Oom Willem (Uncle William) took us to see Bethelsklip. It is where the Barnabas Shaw, the first Methodist pastor for the area landed on the shore of Africa and went inland to this area. He started a mission at Bethelsklip and for a while spent winters there as it is a warm valley and then summers in Leliefontein. It is now deserted except for an outdoor amphitheater, which is used for some church events.
August 11th. Went to Steinkopf. When we arrived the principal was did not understand what we had in mind for his school. He was gathering ALL the students for an assembly. ALL 1,500 of them. We persuaded him to exclude the primary - k through 3rd – and just have 4th through 7th. About 1,000 students. We were given an hour. Mike and I did our "Dog and Pony" show. James gave a talk and the principal was happy. We felt that we had some impact but not like when we have individual classes and time to work with the student body.
August 12th. Pension day in Kharkams. Each month the government goes to each village and gives out the pensions in cash. It is quite a market day. The donkey carts are in town. Selling wood and picking up supplies. There is one man who brings flour to sell, another eggs, another meat. Bills are settled at the store and the liquor starts to flow. Quite a bit of excitement.
We went North to Concordia and worked with about 300 students in small groups. The faculty was very involved in that school. So much so that they wanted the students to stand back so they could learn the string tricks. Then we went to Springbok for some shopping.
August 13th. The winter rains started – finally. It was too rainy to go over the dirt roads so we stayed in Kharkams. Since I had done programs for the school last year, we did not plan on doing it again. Since we were stranded there by rain, we decided to take our programs to the school. Boy was it cold there. 45 degrees in the classroom. They were more than ready for us. The word has spread and they wanted their share. We had a great time.
In the evening the High School Drama group was putting on a program in the city building across from the Manse – parsonage. Most of it was in Afrikaans. There were about 10 acts, most of them dancing. They put on two plays, one in English. Both had to do with AIDS. They were very straightforward and did not pull any punches about the causes or transmittal of the disease. Well done for the students.
August 14th. We went over another pass to go to the village of Nourivier. There were about 80 students in the school. We were received with the usual routine of tea on arrival and mutton stew at noon.
Back to Kharkams for the Bible study that James was starting. He wants his people to grow in the Word and be able to discuss what they think. Wore many thickness of clothing to keep warm.
August 15th. Went over a pass to Kys, pronounced keys. About 80 students. A very nice small school. The students were very receptive and I learned a new string figure there.
In the evening we went to Kamieskroon to the residential facility for wayward and displaced youth. Bars on the windows and total lockdown at night. We gave a program for the students there. Mostly Junior and Senior High students. Many are awaiting trial for offences from the very serious on down. We had the total group of 100, then were able to split them up into two groups. Quite an evening that needed lots of energy.
August 16th. Back to Liliefontein for a Lay Speakers training. While that was going on Mike and I wandered the town. Of course, all the kids recognized us and we started to get a following. We played games, made string figures and just saw life as it is. I went to the boarding school and there were a couple of students that did not go home for the weekend. We did some more difficult string figures that they can teach the others. I also learned a new figure on that trip.
August 17th. Went up to Okiep for the church service.
August 18th. Went North past Springbok to Nababeep. It is a primary school of about 230 students. There are two schools there and we went to the other one later. This was Sacred Heart, the Catholic school. They were very receptive and had all the students in the hall for an assembly. We gave them the "Dog and Pony" show then split the groups up and worked with individual classes.
The principal was very chagrined that they had not prepared lunch for us. (Did I tell you we had tea when we arrived.)? He sent out for Burgers for us.
August 19th. We were in Springbok and the weather was miserable. There were snow showers and the school called and said that most of their students would not be in school. We spent the day looking around Springbok, shopping for tourist stuff and eating. It was nice to have a quiet day.
August 20th. Attempted to go to Komaggas which is over a couple of mountain passes over dirt roads. We got as far as Buffelsbank and the mud was too bad so we turned back. We had been driving about an hour and a half at that time. We stopped at Naries Guest Farm and had tea. It was neat to see how many of the visitors to Africa live. It was too wet or they would have taken us on a jeep ride to see the baboons, Cape buffalo, springbok and other local animals. We returned to Kharkams.
August 21st. Went to Okiep. There were about 240 students there. Quite a big school. It was cold and we tried to work inside. Mike had a challenge to find things to do inside. I had a challenge trying to make string figures with frozen hands. We had a good day and the students were turned on to strings and games that shared the Gospel.
When we got "home" to Kharkams, Bernie had another specialty for us. Pickled Fish. Cold. With cooked onions. Cold. And bread. I should mention that Bernie tried to fix us an assortment of local foods. We had some wonderful things. We ate in the tradition of the locality. The men were served at the table while the children filled their plates in the kitchen. The women ate as they were cooking. Nothing subservient about it that is just the way it is.
August 22nd. Went back to Nababeep to the public school, St. Crispans. There were about 180 students, assembled in the hall to greet us with singing. "This is the Day that the Lord Hath Made" among others. A nice welcome song in Africans also. We did the usual "Dog and Pony" show with James wrapping it up with a devotional then we went to each class to work with them individually. We had a great day and the principal was very encouraging.
We learned some new games and string tricks there. The children did not want to leave to go home. (As in so many of the villages, there is so little to do that anything out of the ordinary was so welcome.) It is great to share the love of Christ.
August 23rd. Saturday and we were headed North and West. To the Atlantic coast at Port Nolloth then North to Alexanderbaai. Most of the time we were traveling through diamond country. The "company" owns all the land and it is illegal to stop along the road. It is strip mining and there are great piles of slag. We found out in Port Nolloth that there was not going to be a service the next day as the families were out of town.
We drove north to the Orange River, the border between South Africa and Namibia. We drove along the river to meet with a family to the East. The land across the river in Namibia was very desolate. Just sand dunes.
Alexanderbaai, or Alexander Bay on some maps, is a company town. You need to show your papers to get in and out. (They stopped the strip searches just a few months ago.) The "company" owns everything from the stores to the school. We stayed with a diamond contractor at his house. Went out to eat at the restaurant run by the High School training their students in restaurant management.
August 24th. Church in Alexanderbaai for about 40 people. I did a short string program for the church service. After church the pastor met with some of the members about some problems that had arisen. It felt like Paul on his visits to the churches. Mike and I stood outside with some of the young people and visitors. We started doing string tricks and had about 15 people involved for about 45 minutes until the meeting was over.
We returned to the family's home for lunch then back to Steinkopf where one of the church members there has supper prepared for us. Actually, she was in Cape Town but her daughter had the meal for us. Again, we three men ate in the dining room while the women stayed in the kitchen.
August 25th. Went over the pass toward the Atlantic to Spoegrivier. I had been in that village last year to a church service. The community has no electricity except for one of the school buildings that has a solar unit put in by the Danish Government.
Oom Willem took us in his pickup. He had the points fixed so it didn't lurch along like last time. However, it was raining and his windshield wipers did not work. It was quite a time of trust as he would drive, assuring us that there are only two slippery places and stopping once in a while to wipe the windshield off with a greasy cloth. We made it safely. We did pray a lot though.
Cold and rainy, we met with each class and then had lunch at the home of the retired principal. He is a walking encyclopedia on the history of the Methodist church. We had a good time visiting until Oom Willem came to pick us up. He has a herd of about 70 sheep in the area with a shepherd the same age, as he is, 72.
August 26th. We went off to Namibia, to the North. We were going just to see the country. A one day drive of 4 hours each way with some time to look around. We drove to the border town of Vioolsdrift through very arid land. At the border we filled out the proper papers and paid our 100 Rand, the equivalent of about $13.00 to drive on their roads. James was very upset about that and wants to charge them to drive on SA roads. Drove past Noordoewer and stopped at Grunau, a small town in the middle of the desert and then on to Karasburg.
We did not know, but it was a national holiday and everything was closed…there was not much to be open. We ate in a gas station café. While there I went outside and started a conversation with 4 or 5 beggar kids that were hanging around. They wanted bread money. I pulled out a string and started to do some string tricks. They showed me some they knew and then a couple of men joined in and showed some things. I gave each a string and we had quite a "jam" session with strings. I went in to eat, but when we left they all were hanging around and waved us off with smiles. Man does not live by bread alone! Back across the desert to Springbok for the night.
August 27th. Back to try to get to Komaggas – across two mountain passes, dirt roads and two rivers to ford. The roads had dried up considerably and we made it. After explaining what we could do and a meeting with the principal and his assistant, he worked out a schedule for us to see the students. There were about 1,000 students and we explained that we could not see all of them. We showed that if we worked with the older ones, they could show the younger ones.
They were large classes, even for South Africa. 60 or students in a class. The teachers were great and stayed to help us. We had a great day and were so glad that we were able to make it to the community. It is a Dutch Reformed School and James did not have much experience in the area. There is no Methodist church there.
August 28th was a day to say our good-bye's to Namaqualand. We headed South to Cape Town. Arrived at a lay pastors home in Atlantis and spent the night. Went with him to his church where there were about 40 older youth. We had lots of fun doing strings with them. They loved the figures and how the stories went with them.
The rest of the time was spent in the Cape Town area, visiting church
members in where James will be starting in January. He will have two
churches and we visited them, where he used to pastor and did some of the
tourist stuff.
Left Cape Town for the US on September 3rd.
Africa August 2002
They caught on very fast.
Serving with all of you,
David Titus
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PINTO NETO, Walter; ISSY, Adriana Machado and SAKATA, Rioko Kimiko. A comparative study between bupivacaine and clonidine associated with bupivacaine in cervical plexus block for carotid endarterectomy. Rev. Bras. Anestesiol. [online]. 2009, vol.59, n.4, pp.387-395. ISSN 0034-7094. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0034-70942009000400001.
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Neurological evaluation can be done during cervical plexus block for endarterectomy, which also maintains postoperative analgesia. The objective of this study was to compare the analgesic effects of clonidine associated with bupivacaine to those of bupivacaine in cervical plexus block. METHODS: A randomized double-blind study was undertaken with 30 patients divided in two groups: G1 received 1.5 mg.kg-1 of 0.375% bupivacaine associated with 150 ¼g of clonidine (2 mL), and G2 received 1.5 mg.kg-1 of 0.375% bupivacaine associated with NS (2 mL). The following parameters were evaluated: heart rate and blood pressure at 0 (block), 30, 60, 90, and 120 minutes; the need for anesthetic supplementation; time until the first analgesic supplementation; amount of analgesic used; and pain severity at 0 (end of the surgery), 30, 60, 120, 240, and 360 minutes. RESULTS: Group 1 received 3.8 mL of lidocaine for anesthetic supplementation, while G2 received 3.6 mL of lidocaine, but this difference was not statistically significant. In G1, the time until the first supplementation was 302.6 ± 152.6 minutes, and in G2 it was 236.6 ± 132.9 minutes, which was not statistically significant. Differences between the doses of dypirone and tramadol were not observed. Differences in pain severity between both groups were not observed either. CONCLUSION: The association of 150 ¼g of clonidine and bupivacaine in cervical plexus block for carotid endarterectomy did not improve significantly the analgesic effects evaluated by pain severity, time until the first analgesic supplementations and amount of supplementary analgesics.
Keywords : ANALGESIC [clonidine]; ANESTHETIC TECHNIQUES [Regional]; ANESTHETIC TECHNIQUES [cervical plexus]; SURGERY [endarterectomy].


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BEIJING - A Chinese electronics maker has issued a recall for millions of products sold in the U.S. following a massive cyberattack that briefly blocked access to websites including Twitter and Netflix for many U.S. users, but has lashed out at critics who blamed its devices.
Hangzhou Xiongmai Technology said in a statement that customers failing to change their default passwords resulted in millions of web-connected cameras and digital recorders becoming compromised.
The hack has heightened long-standing fears among security experts that the rising number of connected home gadgets, appliances or even automobiles represents a cybersecurity nightmare. The added convenience of being able to control home electronics via the web also leaves them more vulnerable to malicious intruders, experts say.
Unidentified hackers seized control of gadgets including Xiongmai's on Friday and directed them to launch an attack that temporarily disrupted access to a host of sites, which also included Amazon and Spotify, according to U.S. web security researchers.
The "distributed denial-of-service" attack targeted servers run by Dyn Inc., an internet company in Manchester, New Hampshire. These types of attacks work by overwhelming targeted computers with junk traffic, so legitimate traffic can't get through.
In an acknowledgement of its products' role in the hack, Xiongmai said Monday that it would recall products sold in the U.S. before April 2015 to demonstrate "social responsibility," but added that its devices did not make up the majority of those used in the attack.
Researchers at the New York-based cybersecurity firm Flashpoint said most of the junk traffic heaped on Dyn came from internet-connected cameras and video-recording devices that had components made by Xiongmai. Those components had little security protection, so devices they went into became easy to exploit.
The company, which also makes dashboard cameras and computer chips, said it would recall more than 4 million web-connected cameras and has offered customers a software security fix. But it downplayed its culpability, saying that as even the world's largest technology companies experience security lapses, "we are not afraid to also experience it once."
Xiongmai also slammed "completely untrue, malicious and defamatory" reports about its products and appended a letter from its lawyers threatening litigation.


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Stayed as a Couple, Enjoyed the Private en Suite Room Jan 05, 2011
I stayed in a private en suite room with my boyfriend. It was nice and clean. The staff was nice and helpful. We really enjoyed our stay in Wellington!
Please note, we came as a couple and stayed in a private en suite room. The common area was rather small so I'm not sure how it would be for socializing or what staying in the dorms might be like.
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A Nomad's Home Away From....His Tent?? Mar 22, 2010
I stayed here as I journeyed down New Zealand and once again on my way back up as I liked it so much.
As far as a Nomad's hostel goes, this is one of their best. The only major faults I had with this hostel was that the common room was tiny and the kitchen plus food storage area was not equipped for the amount of people passing through the hostel.
However, on the point regarding the food & the kitchen, Nomads give out free food vouchers with every days accomodation. In Auckland this meant a fork full of stew or 7 chips and something that was once part of a sausage. Here, you got an actual plate of food. Granted myself & Russell did eat a plate and a half each but I think that was because we were exceptionally hungry.
With the food voucher you also get a drinks voucher. If you like the hostel on Facebook you get a further drink free. All in all, you can have a cheap night if you plan on taking it easy for a night.
The hostel is an easy walk from the bus & train station although there is a handy bus route there as I found out afterwards. Also all the Magic, Stray & Kiwi buses stop there.
The hostel is an easy walk to all the museums, bars, shops and nightclubs.
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Great location May 02, 2008
I stayed here twice on my trip to New Zealand, I liked it that much.
It's in a great location: there are bars, restaurants and cafes within five-ten minutes' walk. The hostel is connected to a bar, where you get some free drinks and a discounted meal on your first night - you get some tokens on checking-in.
Lots of PCs with internet access, through Global Gossip cards (you can get an account with them, as G.G are pretty popular in the hostels).
They have a TV room, kitchen, laundry and a storage room. Security is really good with access cards to the front door, rooms and access to blocks.
The front-desk can arrange travel and sight-seeing (got to see those Hobbits, right?!)
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Offering budget Wellington accommodations, the Nomads Capital is located near the town's Civic Square, Town Hall, and Art Gallery. Guests can find out about the city at the Tourist Information Center, which is just a short distance from the hotel's entrance. Guests of the Nomads Capital Wellington will be within easy reach of Wellington's public transportation system, and they'll be within walking distance of many of the city's attractions.
The rooms of this hotel are available in various configurations. The cheapest option is for guests to stay in dorm-style rooms, which feature lockers, but guests can also rent double or quad rooms for a private space for their own party. The rooms of the Nomads Capital in Wellington feature free linens and duvets.
Guests of the Nomads Capital Hostel Wellington will find plenty of amenities, such as its own restaurant, the Blend Café and Bar, which is located right next door to the hotel. The café features high-speed Internet, beverages, meals, and snacks. The hotel also offers guests a communal television lounge, which is stocked with pool tables and games, and a courtyard garden where they can relax on warm evenings.
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Hi anyone who is reading this, it is my first wild child story so wish me luck.
My story is going to be set so it is after Freddie receives the letter and the fire hasn't happen yet.
Chapter 1
I knew where I had to go I had to go and see, Freddie just check he hadn't received a dodgy email like my friends. As I was running up to his door, I could see him
reading it, he looks up to me and he is about to close the door in my face when I put my foot in the way and squeeze in before he has a chance. "What are you doing
here Poppy?" he asks, "I didn't write that email, I promise you I didn't!" I exclaim, "How could you do this to me Poppy?" He said completely ignoring my last
comment, "Freddie, listen I didn't write that!" I said again, "And I thought you really cared showed how much of a fool I was!" He says again, "Freddie just listen," I
say I was starting to panic and the tears that were forming pools in my eyes, I could hardly keep them at bay any longer it was getting harder and harder. "How
could you trou-Poppy? I think you should leave now!" says Freddie. If he really thought he was going to get rid of me that easily he could think twice, I am Poppy
Moore don't forget and I never go down without a fight! "I am not leaving until you hear my side of the story" I say to him, he gives in and says with a sigh, "Fine tell
me." I was beyond relief that he was giving me a chance to explain I had to make sure I did not mess this up! "Listen well at first I was desperate to get out of here
because in truth I was homesick," I admitted, he looked like he was holding back a slight smile at the memory of the matron's car prank, but as quick as it had come
it was gone in a flash. "All my pranks were obviously not going to the trick so me and my friends," I gulped remembering the last time I saw them. "Decided that in
order to get thrown out I had to snog you! So I was up for it because I didn't know you at the time! Then I got to know you and that all changed and I couldn't do it
because I was really starting to like you and fall for you, especially when you kissed me," I was now blushing and I couldn't stop I couldn't believe I was admitting to
him all this! "You're the only guy Freddie that can make my heart skip a beat, make me blush like a beetroot, go weak at the knees and stumble and mutter because
I am nervous." I finished and I think I really did look like a tomato and I couldn't look him in the eye anymore because my sudden gush of feelings made me go all
jeloid and nervous. "Poppy I feel the same about you but how can I be sure that you're not lying?" he said, I was stumped I didn't know how else to prove it and then
I had a sudden idea there has to be a mistake in the email there just has to be! Something had to be a mistake! "Freddie pass me the letter," I say to him he passes
it over to me and I start scanning it, I look at the date that is right I then look at the wording, there it was the word snog I would never write that to Ruby it's so
bloody English! "Look there!" I said to Freddie since when would I use the word snog to Ruby! "Poppy it's one word?" he said with a sigh, "I think you should leave."
He opened the door indicating I should go and as he opened the door in came crashing to a heap on the floor Kate, Drippy, Josie and Kiki, I stared at them stunned,
they jumped up to their feet and Drippy exclaims, "Wait stop!" Kate adds to mine and Freddie's confused looks, "I'm sorry but we have been eavesdropping we know
the whole story, but listen Freddie she's telling the truth she really didn't write the letter look at your letter," he looked, "Now tell me what time your date was with
Poppy?" Kate continues, Freddie looks up and gasps, "It was 11," he says, "But this letter was sent at 11.30 when Poppy was with me so it has to be impossible for
her to have sent it!" I was over the moon, I was beyond relief they all believed me, "We are all so sorry," Josie gushed, I just hugged them so hard I think I may have
nearly squished them! "Thank you so much guys you don't know how much this means to me that you believe me!" I gushed not sounding like my usual self, "Yes
okay no mushy," said Kiki. "Look Poppy we're going to give you some time to talk to each other and we'll meet you in assembly," said Kate. They left and closed the
door behind them, I turn to Freddie, "Poppy I'm so sorry for not believing you at first, and all those things you said to me well I feel the same, Poppy Moore would
you do me the honour of becoming my girlfriend," Freddie asked. I couldn't believe it, I was in a state of shock and he looked worried that my silence meant
rejection, "Look I don't mind if…" he started but I didn't give him time to finish before I crashed my lips on to his, he smiled against my lips and returned the same
amount of force and he pulled away after a few seconds and said, "I take it that means a yes," I just laughed and once again he kissed me, but we were stopped
short as Mrs Kingsley walked in and we sprung apart, she didn't say anything but, "Assembly is about to start, it's show time…"
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Maybe the idea is that Stark keeps improving on his armor technology. Now he has the Extremis armor that responds to his thoughts and forms around him by though and he can control it from a distance. So Maybe the nano tech of the Extremis armor evolves into an artificial intelligence. It would be different from another armored bad guy if Stark has to fight his own armor. But my guess is its the Mandarin controlling the armor with his own Extremis (or maybe he is in the armor). Why does the Mandarin have a Captain America tattoo on his neck?
Maybe the tattoo is a visual way to show that the Mandarin has injected himself with the Extremis too, in his neck there. And maybe thats why Tony is attacked by his own armor and why Pepper is attacked in bed by the armor. I think its Mandarin using the Extremis to attack Stark, destroy everything he has and kidnap his love.
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What does Senescence mean?
Definitions for Senescence
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Senescence.
Princeton's WordNet
aging, ageing, senescence(noun)
the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
agedness, senescence(noun)
the property characteristic of old age
The state or process of ageing, especially in humans; old age.
Ceasing to divide by mitosis because of shortening of telomeres or excessive DNA damage.
Old age; accumulated damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time.
Fruit senescence, leading to ripening of fruit.
Origin: From senescere.
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the state of growing old; decay by time
Origin: [See Senescent.]
Senescence or biological aging is the process of accumulative changes to molecular and cellular structure that disrupts metabolism with the passage of time, resulting in deterioration and death. Senescence occurs both on the level of the whole organism as well as on the level of its individual cells. The science of biological aging is biogerontology. Albeit indirectly, senescence is by far the leading cause of death. Of the roughly 150,000 people who die each day across the globe, about two thirds—100,000 per day—die of age-related causes; in industrialized nations, moreover, the proportion is much higher, reaching 90%. Senescence is not the inevitable fate of all organisms, and animal organisms of some groups even experience chronological decrease in mortality, for all or part of their life cycle. On the other extreme are accelerated aging diseases, rare in humans. There are a number of hypotheses as to why senescence occurs; for example, some posit it is programmed by gene expression changes, others that it is the cumulative damage caused by biological processes. Whether senescence as a biological process itself can be slowed down, halted or even reversed, is a subject of current scientific speculation and research.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
sē-nes′ens, n. the state of growing old or decaying: decay by time.—n. Senec′titude.—adj. Senes′cent, growing old: decaying with the lapse of time. [L. senescens, -entis, pr.p. of senescĕre, to grow old—senex, old.]
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The numerical value of Senescence in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
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The numerical value of Senescence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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Strengthened by a California Public Employee Relations Board (PERB) ruling last January that said the San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) had violated the law by engaging in bad faith bargaining, the San Diego Education Association — now in its seventh month without a new contract — is standing firm in demanding a fair, equitable and reasonable proposal that deals with major work issues faced by its members.
"The PERB ruling is a huge victory for SDEA members," says SDEA President Camille Zombro. "It is further evidence that the district has not been up-front with SDEA's negotiators, and that their refusal to bargain cannot continue."
The PERB charges against SDUSD included: canceling two of five scheduled bargaining sessions last September and October; rejecting SDEA requests to schedule additional sessions; attempting to postpone the negotiations process until after the Nov. 4, 2008, election; and failure to come prepared to bargain at sessions, as evidenced by refusing to make proposals or counterproposals. The ruling completely validated the unfair labor practice charge filed by SDEA last December.
According to Zombro, the top issues San Diego teachers want to see addressed in the contract include numerous workload issues. "Teachers are working harder than ever, but top-down changes in programs are cutting down instructional time and creating unsafe conditions in schools."
San Diego teachers have experienced massive increases in assessments. In addition to the annual statewide exams, many teachers administer 16 or more district-required assessments each year. Teachers must administer one-on-one reading tests starting in kindergarten that can take 30 minutes per student. One teacher administered seven tests in one day, and another says she lost an entire week during the course of a month to do her midterm tests.
SDEA members have also seen detrimental changes to special education programs. The district has dismantled special education programs, while cutting teaching assistants in most classes and providing little or no clear direction or training to teachers on their new assignments. Special ed students are now fully included in general education classrooms at all levels, taught by teachers who have no special ed training. Specialist and general education "co-teachers" who share students have no time to plan their collaboration or to assess the students they share.
"Teachers and students are just thrown together with no understanding of what's expected or how to make the classes work," says Zombro. "SDEA wants to bargain a workload model over the existing caseload or class-size model. We want a model that takes into account the actual work required to meet students' needs, rather than simply a number of students assigned to each individual teacher."
Continuing low salaries of SDUSD teachers compared to county colleagues are also of concern. Over the last two years, teachers in the district have risen from 37th to 32nd (out of 38 county districts) in career earnings. While that's an improvement, SDEA members say, they still have a long way to go, especially since San Diego County's salaries lag behind those of other coastal counties relative to the actual cost of living.
"The district appears to want to settle the contract quickly, but their proposal doesn't address our major priorities," says Zombro, "and they aren't willing to part with any of the money, projected up to $144 million, they stand to gain from a proposed early retirement incentive offer over the next five years."
On Friday, Feb. 13, in the first bargaining session conducted in the shadow of the PERB bad faith ruling against SDUSD, the district responded to SDEA's last proposal by offering to "settle the contract now," with a two-year contract and immediate re-openers on wages, benefits, transfer policy, evaluation and up to two additional articles. "The district's positions were unacceptable to SDEA," says Zombro. "Agreeing to that proposal would allow the district to avoid the legal constraints of the unfair labor practice ruling that is now forcing them to bargain with us in good faith."
"SDEA has made a fair, equitable and reasonable proposal that deals with major work issues, while the district seems focused solely on wage/benefit issues," says Zombro. "SDEA members have clearly expressed that workload increases and the impact of changes to special education must be addressed in any contract settlement, and we are hopeful that the influence of the three new board of education members SDEA helped elect to office late last year will facilitate the process toward a speedy contract settlement."
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