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Bayesian phylogenetic estimation of fossil ages.
Bottom Line: In fact, in the two datasets we analyse, the phylogenetic estimate of fossil age is on average less than 2 Myr from the mid-point age of the geological strata from which it was excavated.The high level of internal consistency found in our analyses suggests that the Bayesian statistical model employed is an adequate fit for both the geological and morphological data, and provides evidence from real data that the framework used can accurately model the evolution of discrete morphological traits coded from fossil and extant taxa.We anticipate that this approach will have diverse applications beyond divergence time dating, including dating fossils that are temporally unconstrained, testing of the 'morphological clock', and for uncovering potential model misspecification and/or data errors when controversial phylogenetic hypotheses are obtained based on combined divergence dating analyses.This article is part of the themed issue 'Dating species divergences using rocks and clocks'.
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Affiliation: Department of Computer Science, University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, 4058 Basel, Switzerland firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Mentions: Mk-8 was the best-fitting model for the penguin dataset according to the analysis of Gavryushkina et al. [23]. As with Mk-1, this model produced phylogenetic estimates of fossil age that were very concordant with the geological age ranges of the fossils (figure 2b), with an overall R2 = 0.924. The median error was 2.05 Myr across all 36 fossils. In this analysis, none of the fossils exhibited any evidence (i.e. log BF < 0.0) that the phylogenetic estimate of fossil age was inconsistent with the geological age range. However, if we consider the posterior probability that the fossil is in the geological age range, then five of the 36 fossils had a posterior probability less than 0.05 for Mk-8, suggesting low posterior support for the phylogenetic estimate of fossil age being within the palaeontological age range. These five fossils were Madrynornis mirandus, Paraptenodytes antarcticus, Perudyptes devriesi, Sphenicus muizoni and Waimanu manneringi, with posterior probabilities that the phylogenetic estimate of fossil age is in the palaeontological range of 0.035, 0.018, 0.046, 0.004 and 0.037, respectively. All other fossils have posterior probabilities of more than 0.05 of their age being in the palaeontological range. Again the absolute discrepancy in the ages are quite moderate for the five fossils with low posterior probabilities, with M. mirandus: 6.7 versus 10 Myr (phylogenetic estimate of fossil age versus palaeontological age), P. antarcticus: 28.0 versus 22, P. devriesi: 49.0 versus 40, S. muizoni: 5.1 versus 9.1 and W. manneringi: 56.7 versus 61.05. A summary of all the individual estimates are tabulated in table 2. The individual marginal posterior distributions of phylogenetic estimates of fossil age under Mk-8 and the corresponding geological range are shown in figures 3 and 4.Figure 3.
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Affiliation: Department of Computer Science, University of Auckland, Auckland 1010, New Zealand Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich, 4058 Basel, Switzerland email@example.com.
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[Group Stage] England 1 – 0 Slovenia
by SynRaptor on Jun.28, 2010, under International Football
After an abysmal start to the World Cup campaign, England badly needed the result against Slovenia. A win and we were definitely through to the last 16. Slovenia were on form, having beaten Algeria 1-0 and getting a 2-2 draw with the USA had them top of the group and playing well.
So this was it, Capello made some changes to the side, James Milner comes in on the right for Aaron Lennon and Jermaine Defoe replaced the docile and ineffective Emile Heskey to add some much needed pace up front. This proved to be a more solid formula as in the 19th minute it was a James Milner cross into the 6 yard box and Jermaine Defoe got on the end of it to make the score 1-0.
There was an improvement from the Algeria game in that England did actually threaten the goal and had plenty of chances. Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard should have scored in the first half but Lampard's effort way off target despite being an empty net and Gerrard's shot was saved brilliantly by Handanovic.
Rooney also had a 1-on-1 attempt in the second half but had it tipped onto the post by the keeper again. England threatened but dwindled towards the end of the second half with Rooney coming off for Joe Cole ineffectually and eventually Defoe being replaced by Heskey, who unsurprisingly did absoultely nothing.
So 1-0 it finished with a rather unconvincing win for England who finished second in the group as the USA scored a 92nd minute winner against Algeria. The Germans awaited in the second round.


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Walk numbers 9 and 47 - Restoration Walk
Type:Walking Event
Eckington Road
Part of the Chesterfield Canal Walking Festival
We will walk the gap in the Chesterfield Canal that has yet to be restored. We will stop at regular intervals to talk about the proposed restoration plans. Numbers will be limited but the same walk will be run twice. Transport will be organised at 9.30am for those wishing to leave cars at the finish in Kiveton.
Meet at Staveley Town Basin, Eckington Road, Staveley. S43 3XZ
Booking essential – booking opens 4 June 2018
Linear walk
Ordnance Survey Grid Reference SK 495 824
Grading Moderate
Bring a packed lunch
Led by Chesterfield Canal Trust
Guide Prices
Free of charge
- Free Parking
Property Facilities
- Dogs accepted - Dogs allowed on a lead
- Length of route (miles) - 9 miles
- Typical duration of route - 5 hours
Opening Times
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Map & Directions
Road Directions
From North/South Leave M1 motorway at junction 30 and take A616 (signposted Chesterfield and Worksop). At roundabout take 4th exit (A619, signposted Chesterfield). Follow road for approx 3 miles into Staveley and, at roundabout, take 2nd exit (Hall Lane). Follow road to canal basin.
From East Follow A617 to M1 motorway. At roundabout take 4th exit (M1 North). Leave M1 motorway at junction 30 and follow route from North/South.
From West Follow A619 into Chesterfield. At traffic controlled roundabout (Matalan) select middle lane and take 3rd exit. At traffic lights keep left and go straight on. Select right hand lane and at roundabout take 3rd exit. At next roundabout (traffic light controlled) select left lane and take 2nd exit (A617). Follow road for approx 4 miles and, at roundabout take 1st exit (M1 North). Leave M1 motorway at junction 30 and follow route from North/South.


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I arrived home from a coffee date with C - we finally made small plans that worked out. We had talked about work, history and families, and a shared complex that life is running away and leaving us behind. It was pleasant, but it did not feel altogether true - she was wearing armour under her military style jacket. I don't know any other ways to break down her walls, and truth be known, I don't know that I want to anymore. I don't know I can trust her and I think that showed in the awkward silences.
Dad fumbles around like an old man twice his age - he isn't well, and I should have more compassion. I do help him load a DVD into the player... it's "Seven Wonders of the Industrial World" - fuck my life. See, before 'FML' was being dropped by every tween, teen and young adult with a Facebook account to express fleeting abhorrence, it was being used appropriately for moments like these. And I'd just been telling C how I'd like to have my own space. In this moment, I decide two things:
1) that I will go to the gym today, after all and
2) that I really must buy more lotto tickets, to increase my chances of getting out
I cannot be home right now.
I'm at the gym now - apparently I missed the 'hot' crowd, because the room is mostly full of overweight, unattractive 30 and 40-somethings, and 'gym couples' - spew. For an overweight, unattractive 20-something I can be quite judgemental. My shallowness shocks me.
I must have music. I am one of those people who likes to put on her ipod immediately upon entering the gym area - walking amongst people and machinery, pretending like I'm the only one that exists in the room. I like it that way. Plus, the music helps me keep moving - today it seems as if it's telling a story.
sleep is not my friend...
I didn't sleep well last night. I have a weight, pressing on my neck and shoulders that no longer settles when I lay down to rest - I'm in pain.
The treadmill can be difficult, I flit between boredom and fear of falling. Sometimes I sing in my head and my mouth moves. I tried to remember the chorus, I can't remember the verse...I can't swim anymore.
It helps me think, even with the noise and the movement somehow my mind becomes focused. I remember some of my conversation with C - I remember that I don't know what I want to do, that I don't have a focus for my future. ..just keep following the heartlines on your hand.. I don't know where my heartlines point to and it frustrates me. What do I want?
I remember, I remember when I lost my mind...even your emotions have an echo... I certainly remember. I eluded to it with C this morning. I think when it happens, even if you get your mind back, it's never quite the same - it's scarred.
...all the while I was dreamin' of revelry...wanna run, baby run, like a stream down a mountain-side... I wish I understood what kind of revelry a rock-band could possibly yearn for. I just want a friend to call my own and have someone to take me dancing, if the mood so struck me.
Hey! She's freaky and she know it... I nod in agreement.
..we're all in the same boat, staying afloat for the moment.. Are we really? Is everyone so fucking confused? Maybe they are, but they just don't know it.
...hey I heard you were a wild one, oooh... Oooh Sia, you make me want to squeal in excitement when you do that. Almost time to go home.
...don't believe in anything that you can't break... I think this is true - but I'm also not sure that what is broken can be fixed. I really think I might be broken. I don't know what I'm doing. I don't know what would happen, if I someday just ceased to be. Would everything just carry on? I'm trying to commit to forward motion, I don't want to feel like this forever.


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Microsoft had a really big reveal last E3 2017 as it finally gave everyone a look at the upgraded version of the Xbox One. The console is a powerhouse to say the least and its capable of a lot of things. Oddly enough, Microsoft is still holding back on their very own VR for the console. Microsofts unwillingness to create Xbox VR could also be holding back the popularity of VR gaming.
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It has been three long years since Oscar De la Hoya controlled the sport of boxing. In late 1999, an undefeated De la Hoya called all the shots. He was welterweight champion, the biggest non-heavyweight draw, and the highest paid athlete in the sport. But a loss to Felix Trinidad had some questioning his heart. A loss to Shane Mosley had some questioning his pound-for-pound status. Set-up opponents like Derrell Coley and Arturo Gatti had some questioning his desire to fight the best. A decision victory over Javier Castillejo had some questioning his power at 154. Surgery on his power hand had some questioning his physical condition. And a 15-month layoff had nearly everyone questioning how much longer De la Hoya intended to fight professionally. So who would have guessed that De la Hoya would storm out against the bigger, stronger Fernando Vargas and turn in the single most impressive victory of his 36-fight career?
Fight fans like to see their champions overcome adversity. De la Hoya did just that against Fernando Vargas, who proved himself to be every bit a worthy challenger to De la Hoya's supremacy. As the fighters met at center ring to begin their long-awaited showdown, De la Hoya opened up first, bursting quick punches to Vargas' sides and peppering him with a stiff jab. As Vargas patiently waited for a counter opportunity, De la Hoya's handspeed advantage swept the first half of the round. Pumping his jab equally at Vargas' nose and navel, De la Hoya wasted no time showing why bookmakers had installed him as a -270 betting favorite in a pick 'em fight. But De la Hoya's flashy flurries were not accompanied by his usual floating footwork, and after only 90 seconds of action, Vargas was able to time De la Hoya with a crisp counter right hand. Thirty seconds later, Vargas would back De la Hoya to the ropes with a pair of right hands to the side.
Back to the ropes, Oscar ducked a short Vargas hook and his feet slipped out from under him. He fell back between the middle ropes and Vargas pounced. Fernando clipped De la Hoya with two power shots as he tried to untangle himself from the ropes. As the crowd cheered with approval, Vargas kept De la Hoya pinned against the strands and began firing his best shots. At first, De la Hoya assumed a Mayweather-esque pose (right hand over right cheek, left hand at right elbow, left shoulder tucked over chin) and tried to roll with Vargas' shots. But a Vargas hook and then straight right caught De la Hoya flush. Oscar tried to move to his left, but Vargas was on top of him, trapping him now in a corner. Vargas hammered De la Hoya with another straight right and a few shots that only caught Oscar on the arms. As De la Hoya pushed out towards center ring, Vargas punched him back to the ropes with three hard left hooks to the face. Those shots contributed to a large red scrape on De la Hoya's right cheek, a contusion partially blocked by the growling grin De la Hoya flashed at Vargas when the bell sounded. First round to Fernando.
De la Hoya met Vargas at center ring to begin the second round and immediately began working the body. Keeping Fernando away with a heavy jab, Oscar was again able to control the pace from a mostly flat-footed stance. Not since his bout with Miguel Angel Gonzalez has De la Hoya's stick been so effective. He routinely touched Vargas' nose with the punch, and on more than one occasion stopped Vargas in place by jabbing to the stomach and then quickly re-jabbing to the mouth. As Oscar continued to touch Vargas with two and three punch flurries, it was clear that De la Hoya's punches (for now, anyway) were nowhere near as powerful and painful as those being thrown by Vargas. This point was emphasized when Vargas again timed De la Hoya with a straight right hand, this time much later in the round. The punch bounced clean off the center of Oscar's forehead and a concerned De la Hoya voluntarily backed up to the ropes after Vargas followed with a loud body shot of his own. But Vargas' offense came too late in the round to make a difference, and Oscar's steady workrate evened the score.
And so each fighter's objective became clear: Oscar would try and keep the bout at center ring where he could use angles and occasional movement while Vargas would try and bull De la Hoya to the ropes, where short power shots and a smothering offense could be most effective. Round three started at center ring with De la Hoya again double jabbing downstairs and up with great effect. But another Vargas counter right found its target and again sent De la Hoya into retreat mode. This time, Vargas got in his shot early, and most of the rest of the round saw De la Hoya moving from one set of ropes to another while Vargas pounded his sides, arms and shoulders. De la Hoya's attempts to roll with Vargas' shots worked occasionally, but also left him open for the occasional face shots Vargas began to land in the round. Appearing too wary of Vargas' power to fight his way off the ropes, De la Hoya instead tried merely to survive. The result was a big Vargas round in which Oscar started to look visibly concerned with his inability to hold off his stronger opponent.
When a fight comes down to setting the pace, the boxer has the distinct advantage. De la Hoya spent the fourth round reestablishing his jab in the middle of the ring with a frenetic pace and not giving Vargas any chance to counter. The blows began a slight swelling under Vargas' left eye and allowed De la Hoya to again focus on Vargas' body. When Oscar was in this zone, Vargas was neutralized. Although he took De la Hoya's shots with relative ease (again, for now), his return fire was limited to only a few lead hooks. Vargas was fighting a patient fight, but also allowing De la Hoya to get loose with his most effective weapon.
Vargas' corner insisted that he needed to be the one setting the pace, and so El Feroz came out in round five and immediately chopped De la Hoya with an overhand right. Vargas followed with another busting right hand, and De la Hoya answered with a flat-footed hook-cross answer. Vargas answered the answer with two more right hands of his own, the second of which bloodied De la Hoya's nose. For a fight that was mostly based on strategy, timing, and sweet science, this brutal exchange stood out in the bout as a reminder that these two guys didn't like each other. Both guys were swinging for the fences with singular power shots... and landing. This was most certainly a fight.
De la Hoya seemed instantly distracted by the red moustache he had suddenly grown. As he again retreated until his back touched ropes, he blew blood out of his nose in short bursts and pawed at the mess several times. Vargas came alive at the sight of his rival's blood and again began pounding Oscar on the ropes. For over a minute, De la Hoya again slid along the edge of the ring while Vargas followed him with effective punches. De la Hoya had no answer from this ring position, and Vargas was really letting him have it. In the fifth round, De la Hoya took more clean hooks and crosses to the chin that he had in his fights with Mosley and Trinidad combined. When the round finally ended, a bloody and confused De la Hoya returned to his corner, where even more chaos was underway. Floyd Mayweather, Sr. may have panicked a bit, as Oscar's instructions before round six were frantically screamed while De la Hoya looked like he was seeking more sound advice in his own head.
Oscar needed to make adjustments, the first of which was the presence of more determined footwork. De la Hoya continued to jab and hook at Vargas in the sixth round, but he did so mostly while floating away. As a result, his punches lacked steam and his retreat occasionally resembled the stay-away footwork of De la Hoya-Trinidad. Vargas did his best to give chase, but was having a harder time catching up with De la Hoya. At one point, Vargas may have charged in too quickly, as a De la Hoya hook, one of his best so far in the night, opened a small but deep cut under Vargas' right eye. The wound was not in any danger of halting the fight, but it did streak a wide river of blood down Vargas' face in this, and almost every remaining, round. With De la Hoya moving and Vargas chasing, the round was not as action packed as the earlier stanzas. Thus, when the 10-second clacker sounded both men tried to flurry to steal the round. De la Hoya started first with three quick bursts of punches, none of which landed. Then Vargas clocked De la Hoya with a massive hook, followed a missed-right later by another short hook to the chin. Both punches rattled De la Hoya, who answered with a wicked right cross that was thrown as the bell was sounding and landed after Vargas had already dropped his hands. Easily the toughest round to score, we favored Vargas by the slimmest of margins.
As the second half of the bout began, fans started scanning the fighters for fatigue. And while De la Hoya was the one who came into the ring with a reputation for fading down the stretch, it seemed that it was Vargas who had lost a half-step in the speed department. De la Hoya opened round seven by again moving, but punching at Vargas with more determination. As Vargas diligently pursued, De la Hoya continued to jab to the head, pound the body, and give Vargas angles. At mid-round, Oscar cracked into Vargas with a solid hook. The punch stopped Vargas in his tracks. Oscar waited a beat, then fired a massive lead right hand. Oscar has used his right with surprising effectiveness in a few recent bouts, but now he was really turning the punch over and hurting Vargas with it. After another beat, Oscar timed another single lead right, again smacking Vargas hard on the jawline and drawing a huge pop from the crowd. Whether through confidence or a bit of exhaustion of his own (De la Hoya had been maintaining a blistering pace for most of the night), De la Hoya ended the round by fighting Vargas with both hands down at his waist. Vargas tried to capitalize, but seemed too thrown off by De la Hoya's heavy right hands. While he tried to figure out an answer to Oscar's adjustment, he rarely threw a punch.
De la Hoya, who had claimed before the bout that he was once and for all a "two-handed fighter," wasted no time in round eight testing out Vargas' ability to avoid the right hand. He couldn't. De la Hoya ripped Fernando with two more heavy rights early in round eight, and the effect was yet more Vargas waiting. It was now Vargas' turn to be the one shuffling left and right. You could see Vargas' frustration and feel his confusion as his aggressive gameplan yielded to a more cautious approach. With De la Hoya temporarily freed from the pressure of coping with a stronger opponent who comes forward, he again set a busy pace, busting Vargas with the jab, body shots and an occasional uppercut. Just before the bell, De la Hoya capped off a dominant round by crushing Vargas with a loud one-two, perhaps the single most effective right hand De la Hoya has ever thrown in the ring.
With the fight still too close to call, but starting to shift towards De la Hoya, Vargas needed to rally. Focusing on De la Hoya's right side, Vargas began throwing low right hands at Oscar's ribs. After a few such shots, De la Hoya's hands again began swinging low. After a few more, De la Hoya again found himself retreating to the ropes, the one place he did not want to be. Vargas crossed De la Hoya's chin with a couple of beautiful right hands early in the round, but he was not as fresh as he had been in the first part of the fight. While Vargas still maintained the advantage with De la Hoya trapped in corners, Vargas' punches were starting to look slower and come less frequently. Still, his efforts in round nine were more than enough bank him a round and keep his chances alive.
Vargas felt he had finally solved the problem of De la Hoya's right by digging his own right to the body, and in round ten he continued to dig to the ribs. While Oscar continued to add minor swelling to Vargas' face with the jab, Vargas was starting to answer with jabs of his own. Both men were landing punches, but Vargas caught a brief second wind and began to show more signs of life as the round wore on. For his part, De la Hoya was now picking his spots more carefully. Sometimes he would throw a flurry quickly, other times he would commit harder to a smaller combination. His harder shots were landing clean, but Vargas was still being the more effective fighter in the round overall. As the ten-second clapper sounded, Vargas looked like he had banked another important round at a time when the fight was up for grabs. But with five seconds left to go, De la Hoya threw three short punches to the ribs and ended the combination with an upstairs hook. The punch landed right on the base of Vargas' jaw. Vargas took a quarter step back and began doing the noodle dance: that incontrollable full-body shake that comes only when your central nervous system is temporarily on the fritz. The crowd erupted with a deafening cheer, but De la Hoya could not land a follow-up shot before the bell sounded. The punch not only flipped a Vargas round to De la Hoya's column, but changed the entire course of the evening. Vargas appeared to be rallying, but now he sat slumped in his corner, blinking feverishly as his seconds dumped ice water over his head.
As the eleventh round began, it was up to Oscar to see what Vargas had left in the tank. But De la Hoya started tentatively, perhaps with good reason. Vargas did not look wobbly as the round started, and he came at De la Hoya with his hands closely guarding his face. Oscar spent most of the first 90 seconds of the round jabbing carefully. Then, only seconds after the fight went long enough to pay the over, De la Hoya swung his trademark half-hook/half-uppercut. The punch swiped the front of Vargas' face. A half-second later, De la Hoya launched another massive hook, this one from a more conventional angle. The bomb was a bull's-eye, landing flush on the side of Vargas' head. He may not have even seen it coming.
The punch lifted Vargas off his feet. He flew backwards, his entire body floating above the canvas before he landed on his tailbone and smacked the back of his head on the floor. As he has in the Trinidad fight, Vargas popped up immediately. But he was so shaken that even the fans could see the stars he was dancing around his head. Joe Cortez completed a mandatory eight count and then allowed De la Hoya to finish the show.
Oscar ran at Vargas, who had barely stepped out of a neutral corner, and fired off a six-punch combination. Maybe Vargas has some senses left, or maybe his floppy body was just lucky... but De la Hoya missed all six punches. Luckily, Vargas was doing little more than trying to slip and cover up. De la Hoya took a half-step back, took a deep breath, and then fired at Vargas again. This time he found his target, pushing Vargas across the ropes with the force of his blows and then trapping him in another corner. De la Hoya knew Vargas was hurt and knew just how to end the fight. Holding out his left arm straight, De la Hoya took two seconds to perfectly measure Vargas, then let his hands go in a blinding, but random, flurry. A few early blows snapped Vargas' head back, and then to the left. Cortez moved closer. Vargas covered up and De la Hoya simply unloaded a dozen unanswered punches to the front of his gloves. Cortez had no choice but to step in and halt the action. Vargas was not returning fire, was barely covering up, and was starting to slump into the ropes. It was a good call. De la Hoya KO11.
There was no protest from Vargas, who seemed completely dazed. A relieved De la Hoya circled to center ring, spit out his mouthpiece and then slowly raised his arms with complete satisfaction. He had just knocked out the cocky young upstart who for over five years had taunted him both in private and public. It was probably his best win as a pro.
After the fight, De la Hoya (now 35-2/27) could not contain his broad smile. Now the WBA and WBC champion, Oscar did a lot to erase his image as a cautious, powerless-at-154, questionably conditioned, ABC titlist. He is now not only the man at 154, but he is finally a legit champion in four weight classes (we didn't count the win over Castillejo as a real junior middle title and we still don't count the WBO title he won at 130). This time, when he called out for rematches with Mosley and Trinidad, he did so with the confidence of a man who thinks he can win, not a man who feels he must because he has few other options. Nearly three years removed from his fall from grace against Trinidad, De la Hoya has, with this gritty performance, once again risen to the top of the sport. While he still may not fight on much longer, his future plans are now vastly more relevant. De la Hoya has some big fights ahead of him... and after this amazing performance, they may prove to be his biggest fights yet.
Vargas (now 22-2/20) was unavailable for reaction after the bout... he was wisely rushed to a hospital. We're not sure if he was ambulanced away because he needed medical treatment (Vargas sustained a beating almost as bad as the one Tito gave him) or because he needed to be put on suicide watch. Having invested so much time and emotion into this bout, it will be most difficult for this young fighter to swallow losing to man he so genuinely despised. Still, his career is far from over. Vargas fought valiantly. At times in the early rounds, he fought far above expectations. He will be back. The fans love warriors of Vargas' ilk. There will always be butts in the seats when he fights.
But this was Oscar's night. Past victories haven't always been. After most of his welterweight showdowns, even the ones he won, Oscar often left much to be desired. This night was a different story. This was Oscar's night to shine.
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Cisco Bug: CSCsz33550 - Not precise message when saving wrong FF date
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- Cisco Unified MeetingPlace
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Description (partial)
N/A Symptom: Not precise message when saving wrong FF date Navigate to FF config page on App server Set some Profile FF to be active,Visible to user,date type Navigate to User Group page and set some non existing date (e.g. 13/32/2500) and save Expected result: A error message appears stating :wrong data format, wrong date range or something like that. Actual result: A message appears stating: "data entered is not of Date type".The message is pointing to format of the data entered and not the over ranged date. Conditions: N/A
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More than 60 Mothers Celebrated Their Pending Births at the Semi-annual Event!
WZZM was onsite earlier that day, promoting the great work of Clinica Santa Maria.
Twice a year, the staff of Clinica Santa Maria hosts an invite-only baby shower for their expecting patients, and most recently, the staff celebrated on May 14, 2015.
The sixth "Celebrating Mom" event "was the best ever for our staff," said JoAnn Gorby, clinical site manager. "These events take many people to pull it off, and from planning to food prep, to set up, to clean up. We are so proud of our staff for helping with this event each time."
This event was not only fun, but also educational for the families. Community partner agencies, including the Kent County Health Department, car seat safety technicians and Safe Haven ministries, all attended to educate the mothers on available resources.
New learnings still happen at each event for the staff, including an elderly patient who wanted to help with the event. During the night, she sat in a corner, reading to the children.
"It was a blessing for the moms, so they could pay more attention to the presentations without their children accompanying them," said Gorby.
This simple act sparked a thought for the staff: maybe they can think of ways to link young patients to the older ladies, simply for support.
"Each time we host "Celebrando a Mama," we learn something or have another avenue to explore," said Gorby.
The clinic will host another event in the fall of 2015 for expectant mothers.


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You have been pulled over for suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol. Rather than taking you to the local hospital for a blood alcohol test, the officer decides to administer a breath test using one of the devices approved for testing in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. After the second test, the officer informs you that you are over the legal limit for driving and informs you that your blood alcohol content is .085, just over the limit of .080. While you did have a few drinks, you do not believe that you had enough to push you over the limit. So why have your results shown that you are over the limit? One reason may have to do with Henry's Law.
Henry's Law is a relationship between the concentration of dissolved gasses in a liquid to the concentration of the air above the liquid, or the saturation ratio of alcohol in the air in which the gas is contained. This is easy to understand when you think of how a person smells a scent such as tomato sauce when someone is making dinner. The pressure above the sauce is constant, the heat is constant, and the sauce is in direct contact with the air in which the scent is traveling. As the gas escapes the sauce, the saturation ratio in the air increases and the smell of dinner becomes perceivable.
The proportionality constant between the liquid and air concentration in Henry's Law is the partition ratio. The partition ratio varies for different liquids and is strongly temperature dependent. A breath testing instrument assumes a partition ratio of 2100, and that value is used for calibration of breath testing instruments and is considered the equilibrium ratio of alcohol between a liquid and air.
Variations in temperature have a profound effect on partition ratios. An average human being has a body temperature of 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, but that can vary by as much as 1.8 degrees. This temperature variation may not seem significant to us most of the time; however, a 1.8 degree temperature increase can increase the partition ratio and increase breath alcohol concentration by as much as 6 1/2 per cent. This means that a breath concentration level of .080 can rise to a level of .085 with a body temperature increase of 1.8 degrees. Interestingly, it is normal for a person's body temperature to vary by 1.8 degree throughout the day, and women normally experience a 1.8 degree variation during their menstrual cycle. Other factors can increase a person's temperature including disease, physical trauma, or emotional trauma.
Blood hematocrit also significantly influences the proportion ratios of breath alcohol concentrations. Hematocrit is the amount of blood that is cellular and normally varies. When alcohol dissolves in the blood, it tends to go into the plasma, which is more watery, more than in the blood cells. Individuals with a higher hematocrit have a lower partition ratio and a higher breath alcohol concentration.
Currently, breath alcohol testing does not require measurement of either blood hematocrit or body temperature. For these reasons and more, testing an individual's breath is far less accurate than testing a person's blood. If you have been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after the results of a breath test, schedule a consultation with one of our experienced attorneys. These experienced attorneys know best what challenges to raise to the tests that were administered.


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The work environment at Scania's IT department is international and our employees are representing many different nationalities and countries. To this exciting and dynamic environment we are now looking for new IT-professionals to assist Scania Production and Logistic business.
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- You will transform requirements into IT solutions, together with colleagues in the team as well as with other development teams.
- Manage components and unit testing.
- Develop User Interface in accordance with GUI design guidelines and other principles.
Your profile
When you talk about development and modern technologies you get excited! You have an academic education in Computer science or similar. Work life experience of 2-5 years is required as a minimum. On top of that, you are a driving personality with a big interest and knowhow in UX and web design, more specifically:
- Angular 2 to 6
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- Experience with browsers and their limitations (chrome and Internet Explorer)
We expect applicants to be curious and passionate about working in an agile environment. You should have a positive attitude and be able to cooperate with the team, but are also capable of working independently. Your ability to take responsibility and be organised is very important, and you must be proficient in written and spoken in English. As a person you have a proactive approach, excellent problem solving skills and you enjoy taking on new challenges and working with a focus on quality and targets. To be successful in this role you will also need good communication skills and feel comfortable working closely with several parties within the business
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Scania headquarter is located less than 40 km south of Stockholm city. It is easily accessible by regional train, commuter train, bus or car. Scania's own bus line, Scania Job Express, goes from Stockholm city directly to Scania in Sodertalje.
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In addition to exciting career and personnel development opportunities, we offer Scania employees a competitive salary and other benefits, such as a company car, performance bonuses, a pension plan, flexible working hours, lunch at reduced prices and much more. We can also offer support for the relocation to Sweden.
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Please contact Tobias Viklund (Scania Recruitment Centre) , +46 (0)8-553 703 90 or Dan Weslien (Manager), +46 (0)8-553 859 15.
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Government ministers have called for urgent nationwide action against the spread of malicious fiery aunts running for office, after the highly invasive species was found winning several electoral seats in Tokyo this month.
"The government must implement an effective eradication program with the cooperation of the male community," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihede Suga announced at a press conference.
"These fiery obasans must be exterminated," he said.
"If left uncontrolled, the country will go through what the United States and some other progressive countries have experienced."
Suga said a significant portion of humans in managerial positions are now women in the United States, which has caused around 500 billion yen (US$4.4 billion) worth of economic damage to males each year.
He said the damage is particularly serious in certain parts of Europe and Australia.
Making the situation more serious is the fact queen aunts, known to be extremely fertile, were among the aunts found in the Tokyo area.
The now infamous Yuriko Koike queen aunt has laid the foundation for thousands more and government officials are saying once they build a colony, their numbers will increase dramatically.
"It is crucial to block them at an early stage. They will be extremely difficult to exterminate once they take root," said Suga.
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There was a fairly sizeable earthquake yesterday afternoon, its epicentre far from Vancouver, though apparently a friend of a friend's UBC lab was quivering noticeably.
|From Earthquakes Canada (NRCAN): http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent_eq/maps/images/canada_e30d_e.l.jpg
If you've never been to the Pacific Geoscience Centre or Natural Resources Canada's earthquake sites, you're missing out! Here's the report on EarthquakesCanada for yesterday's 6.3 coastal quake.
It's an amazing website - you can watch seismographs in real time (the squiggly lines machines that tells you an earthquake is occurring) from the comfort of your own PC; you can see where the most recent earthquakes have happened and their magnitudes (they're much more prevalent than you might think!); but most importantly of all, you can read about Megathrust Earthquakes, such as the imminent "Big One" destined to shake the living daylights out of Vancouver, Victoria, Seattle, Portland and everywhere in between, and which will invariably send an enormous tsunami at Japan (as the last one did, dated January 26, 1700 according to meticulous Japanese record keeping, and corresponding perfectly with oral histories of BC's aboriginal population, as well as sediment and tree-ring data studied today).
|Thankfully, some of the biggest waves I've ever seen come from the wake of ferries. I'm rather glad I don't have a photo of a tsunami to post here!
Here's a scary quote (from Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN) at http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/zones/cascadia/strain-eng.php), with my emphasis put in:
Points on the outer coast of the North American Margin, which overlay the locked portion of the Cascadia Subduction Zone, move at rates of over 10 mm/yr in a north-easterly direction. The fact that inland sites move at half that rate, or less, indicates that the outer margin is slowly being compressed like a giant spring. At the time of the next great earthquake it is expected that the accumulated compression will be totally released and that the outer coast of southern Vancouver Island will move up to 5 metres to the south-west.What bothers me most of all are politician's short stints in office, and how instead of wanting to leave a lasting legacy long after they've retired (like seismically stable hospitals and schools), they appear to focus on short-term goals and gains that will keep them in good stead for the coming election n months from today.
|Another risk to Vancouver is the resulting fire from downed, above-ground electrical lines. There won't be any water pressure left in the hydrants to put it out, since those water lines will also likely rupture.
St Paul's hospital, for example, is going to crumble to nothing at all. Parts of it, still used, were built before 1900. Most of it was built in the 1930's. It's composed of brick (unreinforced masonry) and is estimated to be destroyed by an earthquake of even 7.0 on the Richter scale. And that includes the newest Providence Building. Yikes.
|This is the corner I'll be cowering in during an earthquake (provided I'm, mercifully, at home when it strikes); it's potentially the most structurally rigid part of the apartment, away from appliances, windows and large/tall furniture.
Interestingly, "The Big One" is not the worst-case scenario for seismic events in Vancouver. Many experts point to the 1995 Kobe, Japan earthquake - Kobe had wonderful building codes to weather a subduction zone earthquake like our impending "Big One" (NRCAN reference here), but it didn't focus on shallow, 'crustal' earthquakes which shake differently (and whose epicentres are closer to the city and its buildings). Unfortunately, the large crustal earthquake experienced by Kobe pretty well wiped it out completely, killing countless people and destroying livelihoods, homes, and public infrastructure.
"The Big One" is likely going to affect Vancouver the way the 1964 Alaskan earthquake did (reference here at NRCAN), as the subduction zone is about 150km from our city. (Photos of the Alaskan Subduction Zone Quake can be seen here, on the US Geological Survey's website on the subject. My personal favourite is found here, though this one and this one are also amazing to behold). This is bad enough, if you ask me! Check out those photos - wow wow wow!
A large crustal earthquake, however, could occur directly below Vancouver. This is our biggest threat.
Quote again from NRCAN, on a FAQ page (source here):
If a magnitude 6.9 earthquake can devastate Kobe, Japan, what would a magnitude 9 megathrust earthquake do to Vancouver?
The Kobe earthquake was right beneath the city and the megathrust earthquake will be about 150 kilometres from Vancouver. The damage pattern would be very different. We can get a good example of the kinds of damage Vancouver can expect to experience if we look at what happened to Anchorage, Alaska, during the 1964 magnitude 9.2 megathrust earthquake. Anchorage is about the same distance from the Alaska subduction fault. Small buildings generally had little or no damage, unless they were affected by landsliding. Almost all the damage involved large buildings or large structures such as bridges.
Are megathrust earthquakes our biggest earthquake hazard?
No. Inland earthquakes, which are not as big but can be much closer to our urban areas and occur much more frequently, are our biggest earthquake hazard.
Hopefully I've managed to get your attention to the great risk of earthquakes here (yes, you should opt into earthquake insurance, absolutely!). I hope it didn't scare you too much, 'cause it scares me like crazy. I have found, however, that I worry significantly less now that I've prepared for an earthquake (as much as you ever can, of course!). Read my past blog post on how you can make yourself an earthquake kit on the cheap.
|Purchased Earthquakes Preparedness kits are costly. Find the Green, Broke & Living in Kits alternative DIY kit suggestions via the link above.
To me, earthquakes are like tornadoes and great white sharks: they are really scary things, best avoided, and yet I can't seem to get enough of Shark Week* on TV and I think I've seen 99% of all broadcast video footage of American tornadoes. Morbid curiosity forbids me from changing the channel/not watching the next queued online clip.
*Mike - I still want in on your gruesome but hilarious Shark Week drinking game. It's terrible. And it's ingenious!
Earthquakes are absolutely amazing, and they have lovely benefits in the long run (i.e. Whistler and Blackcomb; Mt Rainier, Mt Baker, Mt Shasta, and the late Mt St Helen's, which was also an amazing cataclysm in recent history).
|Okay, these are in the Rockies and not a direct result of the Cascadia subduction zone. But they are lovely, lovely results of plate tectonics and past seismic upheavals!
But it really does behoove us all to not completely bury our heads in the proverbial sand and let important issues become "Somebody Else's Problem*" because, let's face it - if the inevitable happens, it's going to instantly become 100% YOUR PROBLEM and there won't be a lot you can do about it after the fact!
*(We miss you, Douglas Adams!)
Let's not get in that regrettable and tragic position and try to have some foresight. I personally view science and engineering to be divine gifts that should be used for the betterment of all people - and that certainly includes building structurally sound hospitals, schools, homes and infrastructure that won't easily collapse and unnecessarily take lives. Especially in the case of hospitals - it's an irony I can't even laugh at.
We may not be able to predict earthquakes, but that doesn't mean we haven't been blessed with the technology and scientific research that shows invariably that we need to prepare now, and prepare well, for them! Let's demand better for our cities and put new hospitals, schools and bridges before completely frivolous things like casinos and even better stadiums (not that I have anything against sports - I really don't!).
|Our building was built in the 1960's and is made of wood. It's already shifting on its foundations. One part of our apartment is about 4" lower than the other, and this difference occurs over just 2 feet!
First off though, let's house and feed the poor. (Now there's something that could be considered a seismic upheaval - sacrificing our personal wealth for the good of others! What a radical idea! Oh wait, it's been around for 1000's of years....). We can use the bricks that constitute the current walls of St Paul's to make lovely brick-work paths and patios in the fruit and vegetable producing gardens of the beautiful and seismically smart social housing projects we're going to build. I will personally build (and plant!) raised planting beds from the bricks of St Paul's hospital, given the opportunity!*
*Now there's a good use for them - if The Big One hits when you're gardening, you'll bruise your foot. Much better than a horrifying fall from the 7th floor as the Burrard Building caves in on itself, entombing you and everyone else in it.
Being broke and having to live in Vancouver (or Seattle/Victoria/Portland or areas nearby) doesn't mean you're screwed! See my post on DIY earthquake preparedness kits (conveniently doubling as camping gear!) and start hoarding jugs of sterile drinking water around the house. And try to keep the heavy things off the top shelves!


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Today I participated in a Summer Solstice yoga class.
This was right across the street from me at The Oval. The yoga was led by peaceful folks from Dhyana Yoga. Early birds received a mat courtesy of Athleta. After doing at least 50 sun salutations (not kidding) we noshed on bars from Kind and new flavors of Vita Coco coconut water (my friend LOVED the espresso flavor).
All in all, a wonderful way to begin the summer and celebrate Sweatpink's (fitness network for women)third birthday!


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Last week there were two happenings that changed the fiber of my being. I will attempt to describe them in the next two posts.
I was doing a session with Angela of Restorative Empathy. I was telling her how I had been seeing myself as a two-year old having tantrums, and understanding that the tantrums were saying "NO!" to life of restrained, Christian service in which God was not in me but outside of me. The people in my environment were energetically asking me to fit into this box that didn't fit me. She said, "Let's do a rescue." She asked me to see myself at this time, and I saw two-year-old-me having a tantrum in our apartment in Chicago. She asked me what energy I was carrying, and I felt the connection to the entire universe that I still carried with me from my birth. I felt the incredible power that was available to me via this connection, and, how threatening this power was to people who believed that only Jesus could be powerful. I was so happy to reconnect with the power I was born with. Then she asked me to be with the scream, and as I screamed "NO!!!!!" I felt the energy of my scream traveling to all corners of the universe, as as I screamed, I felt every cell of the universe vibrating with the power of my "NO!!!!."
from my painting/collage –
I was so moved by the universe's response to my scream and I wished that I had been able to seal this "NO!" in place and grow up with complete awareness of my connection to the power of all things. It is then that many Black Taras came and surrounded me. They surrounded the two-year old and they surrounded me now – they created the energy to seal this "NO!!" in place.
I have been working with Black Tara this past year. She has the power to slay enemies of enlightenment and send them to a better re-birth. She is the wrathful Feminine, the side of us that linear, rational, western, industrial, do-as-you-are-told culture would like to suppress.
"Black Tara" by Paul Heussenstamm
Surrounded by these Taras, I KNEW that I could walk forward embodying this power of the universe. The Taras would cradle me in this place.
-another section of my collage/painting.
And then I understood the meaning of this Buddhist phrase: enlightenment is retroactive. By accepting the enlightenment of my original connection with all of the universe, and by rescuing the two-year old who had been asked to abandon it, I could now live as if that abandonment had never happened. I could embody for myself all the love and compassion of Tara, all the love and compassion that I had spent a lifetime giving to others, I could now give fully to myself, and in so doing, heal this disease in my body.


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2. Explain how the topic of deviancy is relevant to the study of the physical environment.
3. Describe the first five mass extinctions. Explain why, or why not, we are currently in the era of the sixth mass extinction.
4. Why are humans so dependent upon fossil fuels? Is this the most efficient form of attaining power?
5. Describe what is meant by climate change. Is climate change a reality? Explain your answer. Why do some people refuse to accept all the evidence that supports the notion that our planet is experiencing a significant climate change?
6. Do the positive aspects of plastic products outweigh the negative? Why or why not?
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By Oluwatobi Opusunju
Tech giant, Google is dedicating its famous doodle to late Nigerian prolific writer and novelist, Chinua Achebe in celebration of his 87th posthumous birthday today, 16th of November.
Doodles are changes made to the Google logo to celebrate holidays, anniversaries, and the lives of famous artists, pioneers, and scientists.
Considered to be the father of modern African literature, Achebe gained worldwide attention for his first novel, 'Things Fall Apart' which was written in 1958.
According to The Economist, the novel is unarguably one of the most read books in the world and has been translated into more than 50 languages, with over 10 million copies sold.
The novel which follows the life of Okonkwo, an Igbo leader and local wrestling champion in the fictional Nigerian village of Umuofia, tells the story of Igbo's earliest encounter with British colonial masters in the 1800s and the impact of colonial rule in Africa — the first time the story of European colonialism had been told from an African viewpoint.
His later novels include No Longer at Ease, Arrow of God, A Man of the People, and Anthills of the Savanna— all of which are successors of the previous novel in chronicling African history.
Achebe who also published collections of short stories, children books, poems and influential essays won 'The Man Booker International Prize' in 2007 and the Commonwealth poetry prize for his collection 'Christmas in Biafra'.
He lived in the United States for several years in the 1970s as a Professor, but would later return to the US in 1990, after a car accident left him partially disabled and confined him to wheelchair.
Explaining why he moved to the US for medical attention, he said "I need to know that if I went to a pharmacist, the medicine there would be the drug that the bottle says it is."
Meanwhile before his death on March 21, 2013 in the US, at the age of 82, Achebe had rejected twice, in 2004 and in 2011 government's offer to name him Commander of the Federal Republic; one of Nigeria's highest honors.
He cited unchecked corruption in government as his reason for turning down the awards.


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Client: Sorrento Golf Club
Builder: Cooper Morison
Architect: Domaine Partners
Timing: 16 months
The redevelopment of the Sorrento Golf Club entailed the demolition of half the original building, a rebuild of 2 new levels plus a full major refurbishment.
The original 1907 historic clubhouse façade and verandah was fully restored to meet planning requirements and then merged together with the new build creating a uniform seamless building envelope on both levels.
Further works included raising the carpark to allow for a new ground enterance from carpark side, new bars, function rooms, large limestone clad desks, winter garden, new and enlarged buggy stores, member change rooms and amenities a large gymnasium all of which were carfully tailored to the new design envelope.
Overall a great result which has receieved many accoldaes from its membership and committees.
Value: $14 million
Client: The Lakes Golf Club
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Architect: Darryl Jackson Robin Dyke
Timing: 18 months
The Lakes Golf Club was a total replacement of the original circular building. The process of building half the building, occupation, half the demolition of the building then completion of a 2nd half was a very well planned and methodical process that delivered a wonderful new clubhouse.
Works on this first class facility included the new architectural designed clubhouse with all required member related amenity areas, increased function space, external decking administration areas, member change rooms, fine dining restaurant and improved indoor and outdoor golfing specifics to the practice fairways and greens which now provides a 280 metre driving range.
Value: $14 million
Client: KLTC
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Architect: Bruce Henderson Architects
Timing: 15 months
The main challenges for the Kooyong project included retaining the club member operational areas (although reduced) throughout as we worked around them safely and as less obtrusively as possible.
The project involved merging new design elements with muliple previous renovations with limited as built documentation. Thorough design development with architects or engineers, led to the ultimate success of this complicated project with time and costs being the biggest factors for this client.
$14 million dollars worth of work squeezed into 15 months, between one Kooyong Classic and the next. An intense, successful delivery for the club and its members.
Value: $500,000
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After sucessfully project managing the major build works for the club, Nash was provided with the opportunity to continue the relationship through the construction team.
The works involved extending the outdoor terrace pergola outside the racquet club and modifications to the members BBQ area.
Value: $4 million
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Timing: 18 months
The Sorrento Sailing Couta Boat Club redevelopment, while nestled on the beach front at Sorrento Foreshore, was undertaken with the presence of sand and a large cut into the embankment which was required to be completed using a design and construct metal sheet piling and anchoring system set well back into and under the sandy cliff.
Once sandbank forces were secured, a concrete retaining wall system was completed as secondary line of defence.
The completion of projects involving sand and harsh weather conditions was all about strategic planning and a well versed consultant and construction team. The project was completed within strict time and budget constraints and met with great results from the SSBC board members.
The well chosen finishes and materials are meeting the test and time for the locaton.
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The re-development of the Portsea Surf Life Saving Club will see the original existing 1970's building demolished and in its place a new state of the art building created.
The current access road and timber bridge will be upgraded to provide increased operational capacity to Parks Victoria emergency services and oversee the advancement in surf life saving dynamics and its ever increasing desire for safer beaches.
The re-development will also incorporate greater member amenities and function ability for the club's need to transition into the future.
An extensive value management process was undertaken to align with a revised construction methodology to better suit the complex nature of the site.
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Nash completed works with RMYS on their milestone re-development which included seawall extensions, a 250-berth boat marina and St Kilda pier upgrade works. The seawall works included extensions of both the north and south existing rock seawalls with specially designed groin and wave attenuators to provide protection from the elements for the new boat marina which has provided RMYS with a sate of the art marina facility to take them into the future.
The works also included the upgrade of services and re-construction of part of the pier in preparation for the proposed Parks Victoria sea pool to be constructed adjacent to iconic Kerby's Kiosk.
Value: $12 million
Client: RYCV
Builder: TBA
Engineer: AW Maritime
Timing: Due for completion 2018
Located in the heart of Williamstown the new marina at the Royal Yacht Club of Victoria is the next natural step in the clubs ongoing pursuit of excellence and to maintain their position as a leading yacht club in Australia.
Works to the marina will see the existing piled marina replaced with a new floating marina, providing berthing for over 200 boats, including a purpose built sea wall arragement to create the ideal wave environment required for sucha a marina.


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GAYLORD — During the late-night fire at Alpine Plaza on Nov. 17, a vacant area used to store donated toys and clothing for this year's Community Giving Program was damaged and many items were lost.
In just two short weeks, thanks to the citizens, businesses and organizations from Otsego County and across the nation, the lost items have been replaced by way of monetary, toy and clothing donations.
However, the program's goals have not yet been reached, and the deadline for collection is fast approaching.
The following events will take place today (Wednesday):
• The Otsego County Bus System will have a Toys For Tots Toy Trolley at Walmart, 950 Edelweiss Parkway, from 4 to 7 p.m. to collect monetary donations or new, unwrapped toys. Eagle 101.5 will broadcast the event, sending challenges out to local businesses to donate.
• Otsego County firefighters have teamed up to collect new clothing and toys, as well as cash. Fire trucks will form a parade at the Wisconsin Avenue fire station and arrive at Walmart at 6 p.m. to deliver the donations to the trolley.
• Holiday After Hours, hosted by Michaywé Inn the Woods restaurant, 1535 Opal Lake Road, and sponsored by Citizens Bank, 5 to 8 p.m. Cost is $10 for chamber members and $15 for nonmembers. A 50/50 drawing will be held to benefit Toys For Tots. This will also be a drop-off location for those wishing to donate a new, unwrapped toy.
• The Otsego County Sportsplex, 1250 Gornick Ave., will hold a benefit skate from 7:30 to 8:50 p.m. There is free skating for those who bring toy donations. The cost is $2 for children and $3 for adults who don't bring donations. All proceeds go to Toys For Tots. Skate rental is $1.
The generosity of donors allows these programs to continue their mission to bring Christmas joy to every child in need in Otsego County.


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An attempt at starting a blog
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Ok, let's be frank. This is an attempt at starting a blog. Having failed miserably in similar attempts in the past (diaries, journals), now I know better! I'm not saying I'm going to commit this time. It's not going to be my next year's resolution. I won't be writing something at least once a week.
I'm simply starting this blog because I feel the need to write. Generally. To write about design, about working at a startup, about my life back in Athens after four years studying in the UK, about traveling…
Nonetheless, I have high hopes for it this time. Let's see how it goes.


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Christians In Action is our teen ministry here at TBC and is a great opportunity for your teenagers to meet other young people and build Christ centered relationships. We have a very vibrant and exciting program that gives them an outlet to enjoy many activities with a main focus on teaching Biblical foundational doctrine. We believe that this is the most important time in a young person's life for building a relationship with Jesus Christ. When a teen is old enough to leave the youth group this is the time that will be the greatest test of their relationship with our Savior. How they embrace their walk with Jesus can have a huge impact on the rest of their life.
We are concerned with these young adults are involved with service as well as interaction. We have many activities throughout the year, that promote Christian fellowship along with service. Once each month we visit a local rest-home in order to minister and serve.
We meet on Sunday mornings at 10:00am for a time of teaching every week. We are glad to see real growth through this opportunity to interact and to teach young people. Music is a large part of our ministry and we have our own time of singing each time that we meet. We have found this to be a great opportunity to involve the group as a whole.


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NEW YORK, Feb 1 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury yields held to their earlier rise on Thursday as an unexpected drop in weekly jobless claims and a surprise fall in worker productivity in the fourth quarter did little to alter traders' view on domestic economic growth.
At 8:53 a.m. (1353 GMT), benchmark 10-year Treasury yield was up 1.1 basis points at 2.731 percent. The 10-year yield reached a near four-year high at 2.754 percent on Wednesday, according to Reuters data. (Reporting by Richard Leong Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)


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Enterprise value drivers are those elements of a business that may and do add worth. Measures profits after taxes on the yr's gross sales (earnings earned per greenback of gross sales). Revenue Assertion: Earnings Statement, also called the Profit and Loss Assertion, studies the company's financial performance by way of net revenue or loss over a specified period. Internet revenue or loss can be obtained by deducting bills from income. The essential parts of an revenue statement are revenues, bills and earnings.
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It may seem obvious, however it's not. The aim is to seek out an advisor accustomed to working particularly with a business owner. These are the financial companies which are provided by the finance trade, giant scale businesses, corporations like insurance, credit score unions, credit cards, stock brokerages, investment funds etc. The scope and scale of our enterprise will allow you to take your profession in an amazing array of instructions.
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Bike Mount Holly is a community-driven effort to create a Comprehensive Bicycle Plan that will assess current bicycle conditions, identify ongoing needs, and recommend ways to make it safer and easier to bike in our community.
The Bike Mount Holly Bicycle Survey is now open. This survey takes less than 3 minutes to complete. Click HERE to take the survey.
Planning is a multifaceted part of city government that involves the processes of developing public policy and plans that forecast future growth in an area and insure that Mount Holly is prepared for said growth. The Planning Division integrates land use planning with varying areas of interest in order to improve the built, economic, and social environment within the City of Mount Holly; such areas include environmental, transportation, sustainable development and current and long range planning. Staff is always interested in discussing innovative ideas and developing well-thought-out strategies, which serve to better enhance Mount Holly.
The Planning Division promotes, coordinates and enforces land use activities in accordance with the Land Use Plan. The Plan, adopted in December 2001, protects, maintains and helps to develop an attractive, safe and healthy environment. In 2008, the City adopted the 5-Phase, Strategic Vision Plan, which helped to update and strengthen the City's land use guidelines. Staff also relies on the Zoning Ordinance, where Design Guidelines for New Residential and Commercial Construction are found.
The Planning Commission is an advisory body made up of nine (9) members appointed by the Mount Holly City Council. Eight of the nine members reside in the city, and one member represents the Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction (ETJ). The Commission reviews and makes recommendations to the City Council on amendments to the Zoning Ordinance, Conditional Use Permits, major development plans, rezoning requests, conditional zoning requests, Comprehensive Plan amendments, and small area plans.
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The storage of electrical energy has always posed a technological challenge.
Test safety
Tests on batteries can generate potentially dangerous situations, since they are carried out by simulating the limit conditions that may occur when there is a transfer of energy from the battery to the electric motor or during the battery's fast recharge phase. These situations, in fact, may generate strong overheating or the formation of dangerous atmospheres.
To handle and solve these problems, our chambers are equipped with all the instruments necessary for monitoring potentially dangerous parameters and the following main devices which are activated to reduce risk conditions:
Smoke sensor
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This week we will highlight three different learning opportunities pertaining to corporate social responsibility.
Harvard Business School
Through their Executive Education programs, Harvard Business School (HBS) is offering a course called Corporate Social Responsibility: Strategies to Create Business and Social Value this coming October. The HBS Executive Education programs prepare "executives from all over the world for new levels of leadership in their careers and within their organizations." The programs are taught worldwide by full-time Harvard Business professors. Although the programs are non-degree, certificates are awarded for completion. Each program generally runs for about 3-4 days.
Corporate Social Responsibility: Strategies to Create Business and Social Value will focus on "the practices of companies that have successfully created business and social value through focused, aligned, and integrated CSR programs. It provides the practical knowledge and insight you need to improve decision-making, leverage partnerships, manage risk, and measure performance."
The objectives of the course are described on the HBS course webpage. At least four weeks advance notice is required for application.


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An innovative, eel larvae-like robot developed by engineers and a marine biologist at the University of California can swim silently in salt water without an electric motor.
Instead, the robot uses artificial muscle-inspired electrode chambers filled with a conductive ionic solution akin to seawater to propel itself. The foot-long robot, the first prototype of which is connected to an electronics board that remains on the surface, is also virtually transparent.
The team, which includes researchers from UC San Diego and UC Berkeley, detailed its work in the April 25 issue of Science Robotics. Researchers say the bot is an important step toward a future when soft robots can swim in the ocean alongside fish and invertebrates without disturbing or harming them. Today most underwater vehicles designed to observe marine life are rigid and submarine-like and powered by electric motors with noisy propellers.
"This robot, inspired from biology, will provide a novel platform with which a whole new set of 'un-disturbed, non-invasive' biological and behavioral data of aquatic communities will be possible to record," said Dimitri Deheyn, a marine biologist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego and a member of the research team, "thus opening a new window of opportunities for ecosystem observation, understanding, and management."
Fluorescent dye illuminates a robot inspired by eel larvae in a low-light setting. The dye helps researchers observe the robot during testing. In the future, fluorescence might be a mechanism for internal communication among sensors installed in the robot. Photo: Jacobs School of Engineering/UC San Diego
One key innovation was using the salt water in which the robot swims to help generate the electrical forces that propel it. The bot is equipped with cables that apply voltage to both the salt water surrounding it and to pouches of conductive water inside of its artificial muscles-like chambers. The robot's electronics then deliver negative charges in the water just outside of the robot and positive charges inside of the robot that polarize the material and activate the muscle-like propulsion. Alternative changes of these electrical charges cause the artificial muscles to bend, generating the robot's undulating swimming motion. The charges are located just outside the robot's surface and carry very little current so they are safe for nearby marine life.
"Our biggest breakthrough was the idea of using the environment as part of our design," said Michael T. Tolley, the paper's corresponding author and a professor of mechanical engineering at the Jacobs School at UC San Diego. "There will be more steps to creating an efficient, practical, untethered eel robot, but at this point we have proven that it is possible."
Previously, other research groups had developed robots with similar technology. But to power these robots, engineers were using materials that need to be held in constant tension inside semi-rigid frames. The Science Robotics study shows that the frames are not necessary.
"This is in a way the softest robot to be developed for underwater exploration," Tolley said.
The robot was tested inside saltwater tanks filled with jellies, coral and fish at Birch Aquarium at Scripps and in Tolley's lab.
The conductive chambers inside the robot's artificial muscles were loaded with fluorescent dye to help researchers observe the robot's activity. Deheyn said the fluorescence could serve an additional purpose in the future, being a mode of communications through which researchers activate or deactivate sensors within the robot.
Next steps also include improving the robot's reliability and its geometry. Researchers need to improve ballast, equipping the robot with weights so that it can dive deeper. For now, engineers have improvised ballast weights with a range of objects, such as magnets. In future work, researchers envision building a head for their eel robot to house a suite of sensors.
"This robot is just the beginning and it has a bright future ahead, especially for communities currently difficult to observe using traditional means," Deheyn said.
The research was supported with a grant from the Office of Naval Research. Christianson is supported by a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Deheyn's work on the fluorescence was funded in part by the Lounsbery Foundation.
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Fire is one of the most important tools in a survival situation or even just camping. From fire you keep warm, melt snow and boil water, cook, sterilize, make signals, and much more. Unfortunately starting a fire is not always easy, so why not have some tools that can make it easy. Ultimate Survival Technologies has a large selection of just those tools, along with many other great products.
My latest guest article for my friends over at MOTUS is on the LiteFighter-1 tent by LiteFighter. This is my go to tent when it comes to humping a pack around. If you click the picture below it will take you to the review.
A good tent that doesn't weigh a ton and is roomy enough to not feel claustrophobic can be a hard thing to find, especially if you want something designed for military members, by military members. The FIDO-1 fits that bill however, it's a single person tent that can also be strapped to a cot and is one piece of kit with a ton of utility.
I reviewed the FIDO-1 in a previous edition of Tactical News Magazine which can be read online by clicking the image below. Stay tuned for my review of Litefighter's other tent, the LiteFighter-1, coming up sometime in the next few months.
Having eaten more rations then anybody should happily consume I have come to several conclusions. The first of these conclusions is that whomever decides that the flavoured gruel within that silvery package is edible is an evil mean spirited person and the second is some meals just can't be consumed easily with a spoon. I have had various sets of KFS's (knife, fork and spoon) as well as sporks and most have left me unsatisfied. I have even jokingly brought chopsticks with me to the field on a challenge. Like most Fridays a few years ago I was looking through my Triple Aught Design email blast letting me know what had been released in store that week and saw this little gem. TAD had released a folding titanium spork that seemed to address most of my issues with the eating utensils that I had previously used.


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blue moon, bright stars guide him
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"over moors and miles of heather" I've always been fascinated with novels that take place here… Just google "moors and heather" and it takes your breath away. (actually, I just saved an image to be my screen saver :) I love this poem - very sadly romantic.ReplyDelete
sadness all over....great use of the prompt words...ReplyDelete
A great love song, albeit washed with so many purples and blacks--a ncoturne of how far loss can take a lover into the farthest realms of soul. Very nicely done.ReplyDelete
quite the striking tale...i can imagine his grief on that journey to take her home to the place he loved...imagine the feelings as you made her coffin as well....ReplyDelete
A resting place for the angles ~ I like the leading back to the faraway places she loved best ~ Good one Helen ~ReplyDelete
This is such an imaginative take on the original prompt - the idea of a husband fashioning a coffin for his wife..I found it very moving to read.ReplyDelete
Beautiful love poemReplyDelete
Your opening lines…I imagine an old man, hard at work, carving that coffin for his one true love, his tears lining the inside.ReplyDelete
There is a haunting beauty to this...ReplyDelete
a very nice amalgamation of the objects of museReplyDelete
also speaks to me of Hardy (following Margaret), or the same landscape sung of in The Long Black Veil ~ReplyDelete
oh how lovely...and sweet and sadly romanticReplyDelete
this is beautiful and sad and filled with his love! wonderful take on the prompt, Helen!


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I recently read an article by Robert Kiyosaki of "Rich Dad-Poor Dad" fame in Entrepreneur Magazine. It struck a chord with me. I'm not in the same league as the BIG THREE...yet, but I took this article as a lesson to learn and to be remembered.
Here's a brief summary:
"1. Leaders should be on the same compensation plan as the sales staff."
"2. Leaders listen to the customer."
"3. Politicians reward incompetence."
As for bullet number 1, he sighted that maybe the Detroit leaders should have only been paid for the number of cars sold. I agree. That would have opened their eyes and made them better businesspeople. Instead, they flew all over the country, gave themselves huge bonuses, and completely stuck their heads in the sand. This is the impression I get from the media, which is not to say is the absolute truth.
The number 2 bullet is important for all of us entrepreneurs and business professionals. Although the BIG THREE listened to the customer and provided SUVs. [This is debatable though. Did the customers want them or were they just marketed into wanting them?] When should they have started to see the writing on the wall? I realize that know one has a crystal ball...but it seems silly to think they didn't see this coming!
The lesson here is to always keep your finger on the pulse of the "next big thing". Is a fear of failure the reasons these big corps always trip and fall on there face? I wonder what Apple is working on? Is Google resting?
The third bullet is the one that is talked about the most amoung my peers...usually over a few beers and some pizza at our wateringhole. Bailouts are just not in my volcabulary. It's hard for me to feel sorry for a huge-mega-corporation that allowed greed to cause it to fail. If capitalism is day then failure is night. Those are the rules. That is the American dream. Why is the playing field titled to favor thes HUGE CORPS and not us...the small entrepreneur. I think we can all throw out a few statements...what's yours?
So, I'll remember these lessons and try to apply them to my business.


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Contract Senior Quality Engineer needed with a leading engineering consultancy on the outskirts of Cambridge, 6 month contract with possibilities to extend.
We have interview slots scheduled for next week with a view for a person start on Monday 30th October or 6th November.
The role is a supervisory inspection & quality role to support the Quality Manager, maintaining standards for the company within the automotive sector.
Duties will include validating metal products, producing quality documents & support the Quality manager and other members of the team. One of the first projects will include modifying and improving systems for performance regarding delivery of its bespoke products.
Skills / experience required:
- Ability to program CMM bridge machinery/Romer Portable Scanner Arm/CMM would be an advantage
- "PC-DMIS" & Delcam Power Inspect & Metrologic Evo would be an advantage
- Automotive industry experience required.
- Interim & First Off Inspection / Final Inspection
- Supervision of Inspection staff
- Excellent communication skills
More detail is available upon request
Please note we cannot provide sponsorship, we require you to gold a valid work visa or UK / EU Passport.
If you are interested in this role then please send me your latest CV or give me a call in the Manchester Progressive office.
To find out more about Progressive Recruitment please visit www.progressiverecruitment.com
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