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Unlike most other professions, there is no lead body which provides independent advice on best practice based on experience on the ground and evidence from research; there is no register of qualified probation practitioners; there is no requirement on them to sign up to a code of ethics, or to evidence that they have kept their skills and knowledge up to date. The Institute plans to fill some of these gaps.
The Institute will be funded by its membership, after Ministry of Justice start-up money. It will be independent from government, says Savas Hadjipavlou, the Interim Chief Executive, and shaped by its members, who will be involved in the development of professional networks and the Institute's Centre of Excellence functions. It has received the backing of the unions, the Probation Chiefs' Association, and the Probation Association.
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SANA'A, (Saba)- President Ali Abdullah Saleh sent on Wednesday a cable of congratulations to the newly elected Japanese Premier Yasuo Fukuda on his election to lead the country.
In the cable, president Saleh expressed satisfaction over mutual cooperation relations between the two countries, pointing that Yemen is looking forward to push them forward to serve the common
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Fukuda was the head of the Japanese-Yemeni Friendship Association. He was virtually elected prime minister by the country's Parliament after wining 338 votes out of the total of 476 valid ballots last
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Not to brag, but I used to be really good at multi-tasking. I could cook a meal, remember to switch the clothes from washer to dryer, talk on the phone, make my grocery list and keep an eye on the kids—and all at the same time.
Not anymore.
These days if I'm cooking I'd better stay in the kitchen unless I want to find myself cleaning up the stove and trying to figure out what I'm going to cook instead of whatever is stuck on the bottom of the saucepan. I've spent hours searching for the TV remote, the phone or my glasses because I've carried them somewhere they aren't supposed to be.
Last year I moved for the first time in almost 30 years. I packed nearly everything myself. I kept things organized. Labeled boxes. Even so I found myself spending time searching for things like kitchen utensils, matches, the hammer, the measuring tape. I looked everywhere. The minute I gave up and bought new ones they appeared.
It's frustrating. I feel like I've lost a valuable talent.
Maybe it's because the older you get, the less you're called on to use it. The kids are grown, and if the grandkids come for a visit, I don't waste time doing anything but focusing on them.
There's just me. That means less laundry, less cooking, less housecleaning. So I don't have to multi-task any more.
Now if I could just keep up with the remote and the telephone, I'd be happy.


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Soccer Training has drastically changed and what you think you know almost certainly is not the very best method of training. Take it from a recent former professional soccer player that has a behind the scenes understanding that what you are learning out there's most likely counter productive. What do I mean by that?
Well the most advantageous way to becoming likely the greatest soccer player you are able to, or even in case you're a coach the fastest way to teach the soccer players of yours, is with effective soccer training. In the event that you are still doing drills that consist of just standing in a line for minutes waiting to get the turn of yours, then you're probably subject to your first mistake.
1. Drills are dead!
First off for the coaches let me clarify what I mean as a "drill". If you have players standing around waiting for their turn to play you're just flat out wasting training time plain and simple. In case you're working on offensive strategies and then ensure your defense is off working on defensive strategies also.
Moreover, players must be working on more individual skills either simultaneously, where they each have a ball to work on touch drills or perhaps passing with a partner, or perhaps they ought to be working on individual improvements on the own time of theirs. This brings me to mistake number 2.
2. Soccer Practice versus Individual Practice.
While training is great for team building and team chemistry, you have to be sure that you or even your players are practicing individually in case you would like to sky rocket the abilities of theirs to the next level. Think of soccer practice as a time to put all your individual attempts to use and get them game ready for game situation. I saw my soccer skills literally explode over the off season when I decided to do my own individual soccer training rather than join another club team.
Did you know that the average time a player has the ball in a given game is 9 15 seconds? So you need to learn that the time you have the ball is extremely important. Just as important you need to know that the time off the ball needs to be a lot more sharp since that is a majority of the game.
How do you do that exactly? Moreso, what should here you be learning? These are both quite common questions I get.
When you think of soccer you need to be thinking of a few things to make you a game changing player. Personal skill, speed, conditioning, and what I call your soccer I.Q. which is the ability to out think individuals on the area are just a small number of aspects of overall soccer training. You have to also understand exactly where you have to be, where the teammates of yours should be and where the ball needs to go. players which are Great have great soccer I.Q.'s and that does not happen by accident. It comes through practice, understanding, and most importantly great guidance from a knowledgeable coach.
The third mistake that a lot folks make is certainly the biggest.
3. Soccer Training is 90 % mental.
Now this will likely come as a huge shock to you but let's think about the nine seconds you have the ball on average per game. What exactly are you doing the rest of the game. You're supporting, helping other players defend certain spaces of the field, and you're making runs into space. What do all these have in common?
Sure while they need some physical running that is easy to train for, they're mostly mental.
Many people, particularly in America, tend to play soccer physically. Since people were outsmarted by me constantly, I was almost always the smallest yet best player on the pitch. How do you know in case you should go in for a slide tackle or perhaps you should jockey the defender? Should you then push the offensive player towards the sideline so he doesn't have a place to go and / or should you turn him inside towards another teammate that's supporting you?
These are several things coaches really do fail in teaching kids. Please do not make the mistake! I can't stress that enough. There is a big line between being a soccer player along with an excellent soccer player. But there's a very fine line between a great soccer player and an epic soccer player that folks will remember, will have to play with, and fear playing against.
This all starts with the proper guidance, the appropriate mental mindset, and the right soccer training.
Soccer has and will always be coined as a sport of mistakes. It's who makes less mistakes and who could cash in on another team's mistakes. So whether you're a coach, a parent, or a soccer player that's looking to become great remember that it all starts with your individual soccer training before anything else.


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|My idyllic peg in a picturesque location - Major's Lake
One day I should go and visit a different fishery but today it is back to the old slippers, Beaver Fishery and just for a change I am not going to talk about the M25. I didn't use it today. I was packed and ready to roll early, Sitting in the van at 05:45, I decided to take a chance and try going straight through South London rather than going east to join the dreaded motorway.
|Hmmm... a queue - Behind me!
I arrived with plenty of time to spare, first in the queue again, filling the
CCTV with blue. By the time the gate opened I had a couple of people behind me. And yes, The gate opened while I was taking the photograph. Nobody hooted me or maybe they had not realised. Either way an orderly procession of hardened anglers precoded to enter and pay our day-ticket money. I paid for a two rod ticket, I had a plan, not a hard and fast plan like I had for the first match, but a plan, nevertheless.
My target this time was to fish Major's lake from one of the newly refurbished pegs sitting under the bank that separates Major's Lake from Maze Lake. I had reason to walk this bank a few weeks ago when fishing on the back of Maze, as it is the route to trek when attempting to recover tackle from the opposite bank - Don't ask!
|The island opposite my peg. Red area is my feeder line target and the blue is where the sleeper should land
I set up my chair with a feeder arm and a small groundbait bowl ring. With Preston and Korum being the same company, the fitting are interchangeable between boxes and accessory chairs. At least they would be if my old box had the same size legs as my brand new chair. This is not a problem as the inserts can be changed to suit. It would have been helpful if Preston had not changed the style of them (at some point in the past) without telling me! It is fine if you have all new fittings as either style of insert will fit. If, like me, you have some of each it can get a bit frustrating. My feeder arm came from eBay and is of the older type. These fittings have a much smaller locating rebate to correspond with a much finer retaining lip on the inset. The newer insets, when used in these fittings, will not open up far enough to accept the leg of either chair or seat box. Now I have discovered this, I need to go through all my inserts and make sure the new fittings have the larger inserts fitted, freeing up a few of the older inserts for my collection of older fittings... Well done Preston, nothing like making life difficult for the novice!
I picked a spot on the far bank and cast a few meters short, estimated the shortfall and let out more line before clipping up and casting again. I continued to do this until I was a foot or so back from the bank. I added a single halibut pellet and a PVA 'tube' of goodies threaded onto the hook length. I was hoping to tempt one of the bigger carp that seem to lurk over there. I cast it out and left it sitting on a couple of short bank sticks and a bite alarm.
|My new cupping kit is made from a cheap eBay telescopic pole
|Close in over the lily pads
most of the time only small volumes of feed would be required. Today I am on the liquid bread so a large cup is required as the bread is very fluffy and light compared with it's volume. I placed one of my small black bowls, tilted towards me by propping it up on a bait box, about three and a half meters to my left, along the bank. This enabled me to scoop the liquid bread without having to collapse the cupping kit.
I cupped in two lots of liquid bread and, after plumbing the depth, fished 12mm compressed bread punch just about an inch over dead depth using a short float with a bulk of weight about six inches below the stem and a shirt-button shotting pattern of four No.10 shot spread out below.
|Wow! first dip!
I continued to land bream and skimmers on the hippo using bread and cupping in more liquid bread from time to time. I probably could have kept this up all day but just as I was thinking about giving it a rest and targeting some small perch, the alarm on the sleeper rod started to peep and then scream as the bait-runner style reel started to give line at a good rate. I pulled the hippo line in and grabbed the rod. As I started to wind the bait-runner mechanism clicked off and the rod took on a serious curve. I had hooked a reasonable fish, but what?
|Not so small golden coloured tench was a nice surprise
I added another PVA bag of goodies and recast the sleeper rod expecting it to be there for a while. I had just got around to casting a feeder rod to the far bank when the alarm when off again. I flicked the bait runner on the feeder and left it in its rest. I grabbed the other rod to discover it was connected to another female tench slightly smaller in size and of similar colour to the first one.
|Like buses. You can wait for hours and two come along together - Chuffed!
I continued with the sleeper rod and caught nothing for a few hours. In the meantime I had gone back to the hippo and changed tactics. I swapped the cup on the new cupping kit for a smaller one. I fed a few maggots and some of my own casters that I had turned from the maggots left over from my last trip out. One caster on the hook and presented it just over the back of the water lilies. I let the float settle and was about to feed a few offerings by hand when the float disappeared and I had a fish on. This time it was a perch - my target fish on casters. I can't believe such a small bait can be so deadly. I continued to fish for the little stripy fellows and caught several over the next hour or so, punctuated by the odd roach.
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Cemetery cleanup will start first. From October 16 through November 20, family members are asked to keep their loved ones' grave sites free of more than 1 ground decoration and 1 solar light, to enable Oak Dale groundskeepers to complete the cleanup. Veterans' flag holders may also remain in place. Items removed by the groundskeepers will be placed along the north side of the maintenance garage.
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who wants to look at a picture of toasted cheese sandwich that I had for dinner.
Let me just say this about that. The picture of my dinner on the Denny's menu sure looked better than the plate I got.
don't it aways. maybe it is time for a class action lawsuit for false advertising
My spaghetti wasn't very photogenic either.
godfathers meat deluxe personal pan and dr pepper.
Ya' know what really sucks. I live in a fairly large city, both population wise and square mileage wise. We have the fewest sit down restaurants per capita than any place on earth I think. And don't get me started on gas stations. I think the city banned gas stations a long time ago. But we have taco carts that pop up every weekend all over town in peoples garages.
Mouth watering!
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I made my Grandma's recipe for beef stew... Yummy... So yummy we ate it up before I knew you wanted a picture! Next time. Here's a picture of my lovely granddaughter instead. She just turned 5 before Christmas
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now that is a beautiful picture
Thanks! That's my little angel
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Leftover New Year's Day slow cooked pork roast. Reheated in sauerkraut and then topped with dumplings. Absolutely delicious. My food pictures don't turn out very good, so I'll borrow this one from the "net" so you get the idea.
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QUETTA - Senator Raza Rabbani stated on Tuesday revival of peace in Balochistan was not possible without resolution of the issue of missing persons.
In his address to a seminar of the Boy Scouts, Quetta, here, the top PPP leader affirmed that retaining law and order and carrying out development in the province was not possible without resolution of the sensitive issue which, according to him, called for immediate government attention.
Rabbani said Balochistan had been kept deprived for the past 65 years. He however recalled that it was the former PPP government that made certain moves, such as passage of the 18th Amendment and Aghaz-e-Huqooq-e-Balochistan package, to mitigate the sense of deprivation of the Baloch people. "These revolutionary steps created a sense of ownership in the provincial government besides generating jobs," he told the attendants.
Rabbani also recalled that PPP ended the very impression of "traitor or patriot" in Balochistan, saying, "Those nationalists who had been labeled as traitors had supported the 18th Amendment and the bill was unanimously adopted in the assembly. No one is traitor. Circumstances prompt people to take extreme steps."
Rabbani held the view that those creating obstacles in devolution of powers to the provinces were actually endangering the federation. "They must understand they cannot take back powers of the provinces, devolved under the 18th Amendment."
He said the provinces should unite for the provincial autonomy that was the best way for them to struggle for their rights. But he added that in Islamabad some people did not want the transfer of powers and instead they wanted the subjects of health, education and social welfare back.
Speaking in favour of PPP-led former federal government, Rabbani argued that one could not see any improvement in these sectors during the past 63 years, when they were with the federation. According to him, provinces with more powers guaranteed a powerful federation. "Civil and military bureaucracy have been saying that political actors who were empowering the provinces were weakening the federation. But we observed that without provincial autonomy, Pakistan could weaken." The senator came down hard on the federal government, accusing it of making attempts to bypass the provinces. He also said the government had yet called a meeting of the Council for Common Interests since July that was tantamount to violation of the Constitution.
"Without the approval of the CCI, the government cannot privatise the Pakistan International Airlines and other corporations," he went on to say, restating that it was trying to bypass the provinces.
Rabbani was of the view that the issue of Balochistan was political in nature and it was the high time for the government to find out a political solution for it. "Baloch fighters do not trust the public representatives. That is why there is a need to empower the institution to end the mistrust and flaws in Balochistan."
Commenting on failure of National Security Policy, Rabbani said the policy would never be successful unless it was debated in Parliament.
The seminar was conducted by United Nations Development Programme and Ministry for Inter-Provincial Coordination to discuss the outcome of the 18th Amendment.
Information Minister Raheem Ziaratwal said his coalition government was seeking a political solution to the various issues confronting the province. "Efforts are on to address every single issue of Balochistan."
National Party Balochistan chief Dr Ishaq Baloch said the separatists did not trust the elected representatives and there was a need to empower the institution.


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The Scientific World Journal
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The Variation of Riverbed Material due to Tropical Storms in Shi-Wen River, Taiwan
Department of Civil Engineering, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 91201, Taiwan
Received 28 October 2013; Accepted 12 December 2013; Published 12 January 2014
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Taiwan, because of its location, is a flood prone region and is characterised by typhoons which brings about two-thirds to three quarters of the annual rainfall amount. Consequently, enormous flows result in rivers and entrain some fractions of the grains that constitute the riverbed. Hence, the purpose of the study is to quantify the impacts of these enormous flows on the distribution of grain size in riverbeds. The characteristics of riverbed material prior to and after the typhoon season are compared in Shi-Wen River located at southern Taiwan. These include grain size variation, bimodality, and roughness coefficient. A decrease (65%) and increase (50%) in geometric mean size of grains were observed for subsurface and surface bed material, respectively. Geometric standard deviation decreased in all sites after typhoon. Subsurface material was bimodal prior to typhoons and polymodal after. For surface material, modal class is in the gravel class, while after typhoons it shifts towards cobble class. The reduction in geometric mean resulted to a decrease in roughness coefficient by up to 30%. Finally, the relationship of Shields and Froude numbers are studied and a change in the bed form to antidunes and transition form is observed, respectively.
1. Introduction
Fluvial processes are not uniform through time. Often, storm events occur during which the rate of fluvial process is highly accelerated. In these events, polishing, grinding, and breaking of the transported material take place [1]. Taiwan is located in a subtropic area and as a result it is flood prone and is characterised by typhoons and torrential rains, which brings about two-thirds to three-quarters of the annual rainfall amount. These typhoons and torrential rains are frequent during summer-autumn season (June to August) and have a mean precipitation of 2500 mm/year and reach 3000–5000 mm/year in the mountainous regions. Consequently, the capacity of rivers to mobilise sediments increases. The flood does not only erode riverbeds and coasts and damage river structures but also affects the geomorphology and topography of rivers. Due to the effects of geography and typhoons, most of the rivers in Taiwan are intermittent rivers with steep slopes, great disparity in discharge, and high sediment transport rates [2, 3]. Scour and fill of the riverbed in a steep slope intermittent river is quite different from that in a mild slope perennial river as illustrated by [4] in their investigation of typhoon induced scours in Taiwan rivers.
The nature of riverbed has a significant influence on the river's morphological and hydrodynamic characteristics. Riverbeds typically exist in two forms: gravel and sand beds. Sand beds are comprised of sand and smaller sized particles. Gravel beds consist of a wide range of particles, from fine sediments to gravel or coarser particles. The gravel streambeds are vertically stratified in three layers, in terms of particle size [5]. The top two layers of the streambed, the pavement and subpavement, are the most significant in determining the hydraulic characteristics of the stream. How the riverbed grain size is distributed is one of the most important factors that influence a stream's hydraulic, geomorphologic, and ecological health. This distribution, which in the case of Taiwan will be greatly influenced by Typhoons, affects streambed stability, sediment transport rates, and flood levels by defining the roughness of the stream channel. Roughness of the stream channel will determine frictional resistance. This resistance of the bed to flow affects the average flow velocity in a cross section for a given discharge, hence, affecting the energy the flow has for sediment transport. Consequently, it will play a significant role in the total supply and type of riverbed materials supplied. Reference [6] showed that, during exceptional events such as typhoons, boulders of up to 135 cm in diameter are transported. These observations of riverbed material have potential significance for hazard risk mitigation and stream engineering and restoration. Moreover, the riverbed analysis may bring significant information regarding solid flow, sediment sources, and their behaviour at riverbed deposits fluvial processing. References [7, 8] illustrated the role of grain size variability on sediment transport. Reference [9] investigated the sediment mobility in a large gravel-bed and demonstrated the relationship between shear stress and sediment transformation.
Studies of changes in riverbed size distributions along river channels have focused on the tendency of downstream fining [1, 10, 11]. However, studies on variability of riverbed material, especially due to typhoons and heavy torrential rains, are limited due to the difficulties associated with sampling of riverbed material, such as time consuming and costly field work. Reference [12] states that volumetric sampling, which is one of the most commonly used methods, is a significant obstacle for those that study the phenomena. They further point out that the sample in situ measurement would be more than a tonne implying extraordinary effort for those doing the sampling. Regardless of the challenges outlined, precise information on riverbed material is still required for many purposes (e.g., suspended sediment-water quality interactions, ecological and recreational problems, and river channel responses to changes in land use and rates of erosion). Hence, the objective of the paper is to assess the changes in riverbed induced by typhoons and torrential events in Shi-Wen River.
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Area
The study was conducted at Shi-Wen River, located (21°34′48′′ North latitude and 120°47′56′′ East longitude) in the Southern part of Taiwan (Figure 1). The length of the main stream is about 22.3 km and the basin covers 89.61 km2. The average slope is about 0.03 with a design flood at 1300 m3/s (50 years return period).
In general, the bed material in the studied reach is gravel; therefore, two distinct layers, surface and subsurface, are recognized. The surface layer is often called the paved or armoured layer. According to [13], rivers are considered paved if their surface and subsurface layers are composed of particles that are similar in their size, but lack sand and fine gravel in the surface layer. They are considered armoured if the particles of the surface layer are coarser than the subsurface layer. Consequently, different methods were employed to determine characteristics of these layers. In this study, we used both volumetric and grid methods to sample bed sediments before and after the typhoon season. The grid was mostly used for sampling because the procedure is simple to perform, sample is representative of the entire river reach, and the sample is reproducible [14]. However, due to its inability in representing fine particles, volumetric method was also used. Figure 2 shows the distribution of the sampled sites (S1 to S11) and the methods used (yellow star and a pink circle, representing volumetric and grid methods, resp.). Four volumetric samples (site 1 to site 4, presented as S1 to S4 in the figure) located at a distance of about 6 km to each other were collected. The grid method was used to collect samples from seven sites (site 5 to site 11, presented as S5 to S11 in the figure) and were located at a distance of about 3 km from each other. The data obtained was put into tables from which cumulative distributions were drawn. In addition, roughness coefficients, a number of distribution parameters such as geometric mean (), geometric standard deviation (), and bimodality () index, were computed. Reference [15] proposed a parameter to describe the bimodality degree. The parameter is based on the distance between two modes and on the sediment quantity obtained in the modes. The formula proposed by Wilcock is where is the dimension of the particles in the coarse mode expressed in mm, is the dimension of the particles in the fine mode expressed in mm, is the fraction of sediment in the coarse mode, and is the fraction of sediment in the fine mode. When , sediments are unimodal and when , sediments are bimodal. To sustain observations made on the variation of riverbed material, a Shields diagram as a function of Reynolds number and as a function of Froude number was utilized. The Shields diagram was used to observe if indeed the variation of bed material was a result of the flow conditions during typhoon season and grains moving from upstream to downstream or from outside catchment. Due to difficulties in observing flow conditions during typhoon and torrential rain events, flow data for 2-year and 10-year return period, simulated by a Hec-Ras model, was obtained from the Taiwan Water Resource Agent. The simulated flows had flows similar to the observed events in the study. Hence, the data was used to compute parameters for these diagrams.
2.2. Volumetric Sampling
We identified a sampling perimeter of one square meter, sprayed with red paint (Figure 3(a)) to be a representative for each section out of which we collected subsurface samples. To measure the sediment from subsurface layer, we used a volumetric method proposed by [16]. According to this method, the total sample weight is a function of the largest clast in the sampling perimeter, which is 5% of the total mass of the sample. Some of granulometric fractions were sieved directly in the field using a set of sieves with holes having diameters according to the Wentworth scale. Four sieves were used and they featured the following hole diameters: 64 mm (−6 phi), 32 mm (−5 phi), 16 mm (−4 phi), and 8 mm (−3 phi) (Figure 3(c)). Samples with diameters between 64 mm and 128 mm were weighted and measured in the field using a special calliper. For the ones larger than 256 mm, more difficult to be weighted in the field, a diameter-weight scale conversion according to [17] was used, built on the basis of river clasts we investigated by evaluating the weight of the largest clasts on the basis of the axis. Fractions smaller than 8 mm were taken to laboratory for further mechanical sieving after having been dried at 90°C in the oven. The samples that were brought to the laboratory weighed 5 kg. The sieve diameters were 4.75 mm (−2.25 phi), 2 mm (−1 phi), 0.85 mm (0.25 phi), 0.425 mm (1.25 phi), 0.25 mm (2 phi), 0.15 mm (2.75 phi), and 0.075 mm (3.75 phi).
2.3. Grid Sampling
At each site where we used this method (Figure 2), we established a grid as illustrated in Figure 3(d) by using a tape measure according to the procedure outlined by [14]. The length of the grid and width were 16 m and 7 m, respectively. Each pebble was randomly picked at 1 m interval, until total pebbles were 100. To ensure randomness in pebble selection, the sampler did not look at the riverbed while picking the pebble and practice was to draw each pebble from beneath toe-tip of the sampler's boot. Difficulties arise if the hand comes in contact with more than one particle. Reference [5] states that by selecting a specific point on the hand as a reference point (i.e., the right corner of the fingernail on the index finger) this problem can be overcome. We then measured the intermediate axis, grouped the pebbles into proper classes, and later plotted a frequency distribution. From the distribution, we also computed the distribution parameters as we did for volumetric samples.
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Variation of Riverbed Material Using Volumetric Method
In the investigation of riverbed material, focus was on analysis of the changes induced by typhoons and torrential rains, which occurred between June and August 2012. In the mentioned period, there were three typhoons and their characteristics are given in Table 1.
Figure 4 shows the distribution of grains prior to and after the typhoon season using the volumetric method. In all sites except site 4 there is a decrease in size for all sizes after typhoons. Site 4, which is the most upstream, showed an increase of grains sizes after typhoon. We attributed this to the fact that there are larger particles upstream since most of finer sediments are usually transported first. In site 1 (most downstream), there is a sharp decrease of grain size compared to other sites. For example, is about 90 mm prior to and about 25 mm after typhoons. Site 1 is the closest to the sea; hence, the proportion of fine sediments increases. The average grain size () show an increase from site 1 to site 4; is about 2, 18, 22, 24 mm. However, the overall grain size after typhoons from site 1 to site 3 and site 4 shows a decrease when compared to before typhoon period (in order from site 1 to 4, is 20, 30, 50, and 15 mm before typhoons, resp.). In site 3, the grain size is larger compared to other sites. This is because site 3 was closest to the bridge as shown by Figure 2. In addition, finer sediments transported from upstream as illustrated by Figure 5 raise the riverbed. Site 1 (downstream) before typhoon season is dominated by gravel class (2–64 mm) having 72.58% share and after typhoons the gravel class is reduced to 48.82%. The share of sand class (0.063–2 mm) increased from 15.60% to 48.82% after typhoons in site 1. There is a gradual increase after typhoons in the share of sand class from upstream in site 4 (48.82%) to downstream in site 1 (8.56%) and an increase in cobbles from site 1 (2.73%) to 17.15% in site 4.
3.2. Variation of Riverbed Material Using Grid Method
Figure 6 shows variability along Shi-Wen River using the grid method before and after the typhoon season. The variation of grain size observed with the grid is reverse compared to observations by volumetric method. There is an increase in grain sizes from all sites (5 to 11) except site 8. In this site, there is a reduction of grain size after typhoons. We assumed this was because of the tributary shown in Figure 2. Some of the finer sediments transported from this tributary were deposited in site 8. Before typhoons, there is an increase in bed material size between the two extreme sampling points. However, in between there is no regular pattern. After typhoons, the median grain size, , does not show much change as it is 64 mm downstream (site 5) and 65 mm upstream (site 11). however, shows an increase from site 5 to site 8. Overall, there seems to be not much variation in all sites after typhoons, for example, from site 5 to site 11 is 64, 55, 54, 60, 68, 75, and 65 mm, respectively. Figure 7 demonstrate the proportion of the different clasts in each site. Site 5 (downstream), having 100% of gravel prior to typhoon season, shows a decrease in this class (49.11%) and an increase of cobble class (50.90%) after typhoon season. General observation in Figure 7 is the proportion of sand being halved except in site 8. In site 8, the share of gravel increases from 36.72% to 58.92% and cobbles are reduced from 60.94% to 41.07%. The share of boulders (greater than 256 mm) seen prior to typhoon season in site 8 is not observed after typhoon. Since the grid method involves picking up pebbles in the pavement layer, only coarser sediments will be available for picking, as floods will have removed the finer particles. This show that floodwaters transport grains selectively. Fine gravels are entrained first and displaced for the greater distances. The coarser gravels are mobilized only when the shear stress is large enough to entrain the clasts.
3.3. Comparison of Volumetric and Grid Methods
Table 2 shows the statistical parameters of the samples obtained from volumetric and grid methods. The Shi-Wen riverbed stream typically have values of median size () of bed sediments exposed on the surface of 15 mm to 200 mm or larger (Figure 6). The subsurface sediments are usually finer by a factor of 1.5 to 3 [18]. The of subsurface sediment size is typically larger in excess 3 being quite common. The geometric mean () and the geometric standard deviation () of the bed material prior to and after the observed season were computed and the results are shown in Table 2. and are the sizes below which 84% and 16% of the sample, respectively, are finer. The results are in line with those of [18] as the samples from volumetric method (site 1 to 4 in Table 2) had in excess of 3 in both prior and after typhoon season indicating more variability within the sample. Moreover, the grid method (site 5 to 11 in Table 2) showed of less than 1.6 indicating homogeneity of bed material on the surface. According to [19], a geometric standard deviation of less than 1.6 means the riverbed has uniform grain size distribution. The typhoon season does not show significant effect on the statistical parameters, since there is a slight reduction of the geometric coefficient after the season (Table 2). However, there is a clear difference with the geometric mean. After the typhoon season, for volumetric method there is a reduction while for grid method there is an increase, similar to observations in Figures 4 and 6, respectively.
3.4. Modality of the Grain Size Distribution
A bimodal grain size distribution has two modes (distinct peaks in the frequency distribution), one in the finer and one in the coarser fraction. If the percent sand and fine gravels become high enough, the distribution becomes bimodal, developing a mode in the sand and in the gravel range. Bimodality can indicate the presence of two distinct particle size populations, supplied from a different source, with different abrasion resistance and each population may have had a different transport distance [10]. The recognition and characterization of the degree of bimodality are important for fluvial studies because incipient motion conditions differ in unimodal and bimodal sediment mixtures [15]. The degree of bimodality for all the samples was calculated as outlined by (1) and the results are shown in Table 2. Our study did not emphasize the origin of modality; instead it focused on the possible changes in modality that maybe induced by floods. The modality grain size distribution was analysed separately for surface (grid) and subsurface samples (volumetric). Based on individual shares of cobbles, gravel, and sands that compose the river clasts, histogram distributions were calculated and are shown in Figures 8 and 9. From the figures, we can observe that bimodality is different from the surface and subsurface samples. In subsurface sample, the bimodality index is higher both before typhoons and after typhoons. Prior to typhoons, it ranges between 3.16 and 6.55, whereas after it ranges between 2.65 and 5.88. These indexes show that subsurface sediments are bimodal () prior to and after typhoon season (Figure 8). Modes can be seen in the cobble class and gravel class prior to typhoon season. However, after typhoon, the samples show a polymodal (more than two modes) distribution because the proportion of sand increased showing another mode in the sand class.
The surface samples show a mode that is centred in the gravel class before typhoons (Figure 9(a)) and after a mode that is close to the cobble class (Figure 9(b)). The sediment layer exposed by the riverbed is usually washed of fine materials like sand; hence, only the coarser material will be left on the surface. Thus, grain distributions are unimodal () as shown in Table 2 and illustrated by Figure 9. Reference [12] suggested that the main cause for bimodality in rivers is the lateral inputs of fine sediments. Our study reveals similar findings and further shows that typhoons accelerate the rates of bimodality.
3.5. Riverbed Material Transport and Bed Forms
From the above discussion and the change in grain size distribution, it is assumed that grains were selectively moved from upstream to downstream. Moreover, before any entrainment can occur, the flow must exceed a threshold of motion where the dynamic flow force exceeds the static force of the streambed. To sustain this assumption, the median grain size from all the sites investigated and the simulated flow conditions for the 10-year and the 2-year return period were used to plot on a Shields diagram in Figures 10 and 11, respectively. The Shields diagram represent the variation of the nondimensional threshold boundary shear stress (or threshold Shields parameter) with shear Reynolds number corresponding to the threshold of sediment entrainment [20]. It is considered the reference of any sediment transport research [21]. However, both figures showed that the points plotted were outside the range for Shields diagram. It was concluded that typhoon flows were high to best fit into this diagram, and these flow moved some grains from each site further downstream. Despite the wide application of Shields diagram, some researchers have expressed dissatisfaction [22–24] since the diagram less complies with the experimental data plots in the smooth and rough flow regimes. According to [25], Shields equation predicts sediment transport in fine or well-sorted sediments, while its application to poorly sorted sediments, typically of natural channels, has proven to be difficult.
As a result of the storms, it is evident that characteristics of sediments in the riverbed changed, as illustrated in Figures 5 and 7. The high velocities generated during these events entrained some grains and deposited them further downstream, hence, altering and creating bed forms. It is generally agreed [12] that changes in river channels will take longer periods, but storms can accelerate those changes. Various bed forms are associated with various flow regimes. Therefore, the effects of storms in the creation of bed forms were estimated using 10-year and 2-year return periods and are shown in Figures 12 and 13, respectively. Reference [26] plotted the Shields number as a function of Froude number for the classification of bed forms in their flume experiments. Therefore, predictions of the resulting bed forms were based on their diagram. The Froude number is a dimensionless variable that describes the ratio of inertia to gravitational forces on flow [21]. It is a function of gravity and fluids average velocity and depth. When the Froude number is less than 1, gravity is the dominant force driving the fluids motion, and flow is subcritical. When it is greater than 1, inertia is the driving force; flow is called supercritical. Critical flow will occur when the inertial and gravitational forces are balanced and the Froude is 1.
In the 10-year return period, most of the Froude numbers are beyond 0.5 and less than 3, making most of the sites fall into the antidunes form, indicating that such floods could create antidunes in Shi-Wen River. The less flood flows (2-year return period) had Froude numbers concentrated between 0.2 and 1, and most of the sites fall on the transition form. In both return periods, only a few sites fell on the dunes and ripple form. The change in bed form reveals that Shi-Wen River's geometry and morphology is the direct consequence of the sediment transport process, in agreement with [25] when investigating bed material transport and morphology of alluvial river channels. In addition, the different bed forms will also influence the sediment transport in the river.
3.6. Roughness Coefficient
Roughness coefficient has an extensive effect on flow analysis of a river, including computation of velocity; hence, its estimation is crucial for design of hydraulic structures and stability assessment of revetments. In addition, it is also essential in the simulation of flow conditions associated with habitat suitability. Due to its importance and the significant relationship it has with riverbed material, we investigated the effects of typhoon season on its values. The roughness coefficient () based on empirical equations that relate the roughness coefficient to bed material was computed and results are shown in Table 3. In addition, to compute , volumetric samples are used based on observation by [27]. They observed that surface grain size maybe more variable than subsurface samples and may require a large number of samples. These empirical formulas include the following: Strickler [28]: , Einstein [29]: , Lane and Carlson [30]: , Meyer-Peter and Muller [31]: .
The estimated differs with the different methods; however, a common observation is that is reduced after the typhoon period. Site 4, which is the furthest upstream, shows a smaller value of before typhoon compared to sites 1, 2, and 3. After typhoon season, site 4 has the largest value of compared to the other 3 sites. This is explained by the observation made in Section 3.3, which showed an increase in the share of cobble particles after the typhoon season and a reduction of gravel class due to erosion. Therefore, it is crucial to assess the values of especially after such events as it is illustrated in Table 3. If, for example, the values of prior to typhoon season are used for planning after the typhoon season, there will be an overestimation of , resulting to an underestimate of flow velocity and an overestimate of river depth. Hence, engineering works will be greatly impacted.
4. Conclusion
Quantification of grain size distribution in riverbeds is an important issue in the study of river channel behaviour in hydraulic, geomorphology, and ecology. The changes in grain size distributions that may have been induced by typhoons and torrential rains have been investigated in this paper. These events have been shown to indeed induce some changes in the grain distribution. For volumetric samples, the share of sand class after the investigated season increased downstream (from 15.60% to 48.82%) and reduced from upstream (15.86% to 8.56%) indicating movement of sediment from upstream. Findings from the grid method shows that the 100% gravel observed downstream prior to typhoons is reduced to 49% after typhoons. The remaining 51% is occupied by cobbles. Further, torrential rains and typhoons can alter the bed form in a very short period to either antidunes or transition form, depending on their magnitudes in the study herein. The bimodality index had the same consistency with findings reported by other authors. Subsurface samples were found to be bimodal () prior to typhoons and polymodal distributions are observed after typhoons. Moreover, surface samples were found to be unimodal. Prior to typhoons, the modal class is centred in the gravel class and after typhoons, the modal class shifts towards the cobble class. This showed that finer sediments including some gravels were moved during the typhoon season. Since there were great variations in the arrangement of grains after torrential rains, the roughness coefficient of the river was also altered. The empirical equations were employed, all showed a reduction in the roughness coefficient, indicating a necessity to consider such events in engineering works since they can alter roughness in a short time.
Conflict of Interests
The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper.
The authors gratefully acknowledge the financial support from NSC Taiwan under the Grant of NSC102-2221-E-020-028. Colleagues from the Department of Civil Engineering are thanked for their assistance with collection of data.
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Lou Pelletier, the father of Justina, had made a round of news and talk show appearances the previous week, telling the story of their daughter which has garnered national media attention. There were high hopes that they might see some positive results from this case that has been going on for over a year, but their daughter was not returned them this time either. She will reportedly be transferred to a foster home until the next court appearance later in March.
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A KDian who doubles as an LIB reader stumbled across a disturbing comment someone made against what could only have been an LGBT post on Linda Ikeji's blog. And he brought both comment and blow-up picture of the commenter to me. And now, in the spirit of enlightenment, I'm sharing it with y'all.
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Chilling. In a sane community, he would have been called in for questioning.
And seriously they think what the've done was funny or interesting? Now who's worse? An innocent man staying on his own or those bandits who beat up pple and take away their belongings? He was even proud to mention the injured him with weapons part! I weep for the callousness of pple!
Assault, grievous bodily harm, invasion of privacy, extortion, theft, blackmail, attempted murder….
And I'm not even a lawyer sef.
"He runs away when he sees us"
I am sure you guys know what I want to say and how I feel about such things already.
Let me just keep mute
This post made me scared for my life.
Now this guy is a good candidate for a hit and run… I swear down, I run him over and I would feel good about myself. I promise to reverse to make sure the job is excellent.
I curse all our Nigerian leaders, such a worthless country… each and every one of us has to take a more active role in politics.
GEJ is one of the smartest politicians I know, he knows his term is coming to an end and seeing as he has achieved only two things: diddly and squat! He decides to give frustrated, angry and unsatisfied Nigerians a 'common enemy' and they channeled all that frustration and anger to the common enemy (us), and the clueless fools ate it all up. And thus with that distraction Nigeria can go on as it is. Hey we have no electricity, but the law is against the gays, GEJ is working. Hey we have no water, but the law is against the gays, so GEJ is working, hey most of the youths are unemployed, at least the law is against the gays abi, well GEJ seems to be working.
That law has done nothing but set Nigeria back a couple of centuries and the Nigerians applaud it, the people who passed it and those who exploit it, and you think this country will progress?
I hope he dies a horrible death
Someone just confessed to a crime on a blog, why isn't he in jail?.. They jail people for updating incriminating status updates on fb in other countries.. Once again, I'm ashamed of Nigeria..
So this is what Nigeria has turned to, where a psychopath boasts of his torture skills while others look on and applaud him?? I weep for humanity
These stories…
Just see the way he bragged.
How can people be capable of such wickedness?
Can't the office of the state attorney general prosecute this person?
That office don't scout for cases. They act on cases brought b4 them by parties and d police.
Hmm. Who knows what Linda posted..
"We stormed into a hotel room…" Whatever happened to hotel security? The place is too local like that?
Chai. The man sef is a shrimp!
A group of ppl can walk into a hotel,asking to see a guest. The front-desk just has to call the guest to confirm the appointment (I'm guessing the victim had invited one or some of them to see him)…it's the walking past security with "weapons" that I'm not so sure of.
Pls, for those, who for one reason or another, have to invite a "new" acquaintance to a hotel room, when the reception calls to confirm, ask how many ppl are there, so u can make sure it's only the ONE person u're expecting that is coming up to see u.
The sooner this homophobic people stop being obsessed about us the better. No seriously its the creepiest thing ever. You decide to spend all that time and energy hating someone just because he is a little different from what you are used to.
Whenever I see coments like 'i hate gay people' , i am like but what has a gay person ever done to you that you will just hate 'em like that.
See that one was even so proud of his achievements that he put #homophobic. Well hallelujah you should be knighted for being homophobic. Nonsense.
Once again my decision to stay away from that woman's blog is looking better and better.
Ok…..so my killer instincts just kicked in as I read this……me self get torture skills ooooo, and I'd like to use em on someone like this, till he begs to die……for starters my pliers will like to pull his fingers and toe nails off very slowly, a lil water boarding should help too, only this time itvaint water but caustic soda.
Ok…..so my killer instincts just kicked in as I read this……me self get torture skills ooooo, and I'd like to use em on someone like this, till he begs to die……for starters my pliers will like to pull his fingers and toe nails off very slowly, a lil water boarding should help too, only this time it ain't water but caustic soda, a lil shock therapy sould fry his dick/testicles to crunchy bits……..I guess he can go home after.
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*evil grin*, why thank you Dennis.
Just like, "I Spit On Your Grave", the movie.. Or we do it 'Mord-Sith' style!
The torturing go make sense!
There is something called Revenge! And I am not talking about the TV series!
Why do we always cower away and hide? Organaise people, strike back! Don't kill him, but do damage that will last forever so he will always remember to mind his business.
Let him loose an arm and then give him 4 big oyo tribal marks on each side of the face. These guys need to be stopped, otherwise they will continue on to the next one!
Dennis, it's not that simple. Everyone does not move in the same kind of "crowd". I may not be comfortable with area boys or know any influential military men; why will it be because of one kito case I'll start knocking on these doors? Where do I begin? What if the solution fails or I get doubly exploited?
Leaving response to kito cases to the victims, anything can go wrong…
I don't know how we are going to run it but what we need is an organised support system victims of hate crimes such as this can go to and make a report – a report that doesn't have to be disguised as something else e.g. kidnapping.
In saner climes, countries take care of their LGBT community; the average American will walk straight from that hotel room to the police station, and god help this idiot whose picture is here when the law descends on him. But we're not that fortunate here. It's like being orphans. So we have to help ourselves – but not on an individual basis. It has to be a collective thing. It's the kind of support rape victims get when they get to a centre that handles such cases.
Even here, on the blog, we tend to send people off with recommendations on what to do after a kito sob story. Is it that easy? What about follow-ups to these cases?
Perhaps you're a brave person – good for you – but if you've ever been beaten up or molested for being gay it is scary; the experience shakes you. And the last thing you want is to be left on your own to handle the matter.
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I totally get you and I cannot say I know for sure what it feels like, but I know it will be traumatizing.
As for me that pain will turn to rage and I will strike back in a well orchestrated plot. I am speaking for myself alone.
My point is that these things need to stop! Punish a few people and the frequency will begin to decline! They think of us as "men-women" who will runaway and hide, hence these people continue to wreck havoc.
The government will not protect us, the police will not protect us! So what do we do? PROTECT YOURSELF
I'm with you Dennis. If we start fighting back, it'll eventually stop. First thing to think about before committing a crime is how and if you'll get away with it. Sadly they've profiled most gay people as girly wimps who can't fight back or make such noise after so they already know they can get away with it.. That's why they keep doing it. They never born pesin wet go wear me kito.. I'll show them they messed with the wrong dude.. My agony in life always turns to rage.. And I always revenge.. No matter what.. Not that I'm praying for such experience though.. I always have my anti-kito kit with me.. Everywhere i go. Yeah, I'm that security conscious..
Trail them @ night and know how they commute, wear hoodies to hide your face. Go to a convenievece store and get a good claw hammer and pliers..
Package petrol or any highly inflammable liquid inside a used bottle water can… With a lighter.. Find their apartment and throw in the Molotov cocktail inside. Destroy their life the way they destroyed yours.. When they rush out of the house, hit em with the claw part of the hammer… Theyll never do kito in their life again…
And again don't let people know your address.. Especially new acquaintance s.. Always meet up at a neutral place..that way there'll be no way to trace you…and also watch your language in chats..
Or you could just sit in your car and wait for them(if you drive).. You you can borrow ur parents ride… If you see em passing by, you just punch it on the pedal.. Once u hit em real gud, reverse like a champ and go fix your bumper.. You'll feel a lot better. Trucks are better eg Hilux… There are many ways to deal with kito ppl… Just that ppl cower away easily like Dennis said… Stand up for yourself cos no one else will…
Wow. I have no words. This is messed up
Tears just struck my eyelids! May his days in this earth be shorter than a weeK in Jesus name,AMEN
This is terrible, prejudice and these kind of people should be the one eradicated in this world. I hope he gets his karma ten folds!
Awwwwww, he is so cute
I wanna carve off his face, Texas chainsaw massacre style….and then feed it to a rabid dog..
We should have three support groups like I said before and the kito support group, maybe a little 'militarized'.
PS: There are some guys wrecking havoc on guys in Asaba, around immigration. Pls no one should go there and wait for anyone for any reason. My friend was a victim
Two of my acquaintances were victims too. I was practically begging them to provide information and the efforts it will take to bring those asaba rogues to justice but they were all scared of more wahala and d case rests
Haba Brian Is it today that you knew Asaba has been a KITO capital!!!!
Well, the guy is actually cute. I wonder why someone like this should waste his time on such a thing when he could invest his time on something better. I think it is time to strike back. I hate it when I hear stories of people being attacked because of their sexuality…it actually disgusts me…you can check him out on facebook for more pictures https://www.facebook.com/maxy3rigger…this guy is a potential murderer…
I have my reservations about what this obviously gay boy said but I will restrain my comments as Christmas gift to all who can't stand opposing opinions. I will only add that issues should be viewed from all angles including,motives,rationality etc @ all times
I've met this guy.
Pls can u tell us more because I believe the guys is gay.
So sad that such a goodlooking young man, the type you probably would wish to shag with eagerness, can be so twisted and ugly in the heart! Its heartbreaking! What on earth could make a promising young man – someone who should seek to take his rightful place among the future generation – be so full of hate and bigotry as to maim and injure another human being for no other reason other than by reason of his sexuality, its sad … it's an ill wind that blows not (not even straight people) any good …
I saw what you did somewhere there, Old man.
There's nothing good looking abt this man…absolutely nothing. I'm shocked that some of u would think dt he is. He looks under fed. With a head bigger than the rest of his body and clearly cannot afford a wristwatch.
During my spare time..I am going to visualize evil things happening to him; if i persist long enought then they'll come to fruition. A technique I read in book.
He's all hot air.
He likes talking too much.
Dis same story makes me sick,4 hw long will dis continue?wen can we live our natural lives just like every oda Nigerian?I pity any son of an unrepentant slut who's gonna tink he can set me up,hhhhmmm!!!both of us won't live to tell d tale,I swear
I see graphic & written evidence for a legal indictment. If Nigerian law doesn't work that way, I wonder if the Interpol/ICJ Hague has jurisdiction? Or is that only for African Heads of State…


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