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Physicists detect the enigmatic spin momentum of light
Ever since Kepler's observation in the 17th century that sunlight is one of the reasons that the tails of comets to always face away from the sun, it has been understood that light exerts pressure in the direction it propagates. Radiation pressure is produced by the momentum carried by light, and it plays a crucial role in a variety of systems, from atomic to astronomical scales. …read more
Physicists demonstrate using non-polarized light to produce spin voltage in metal for first time
With apologies to Isaac Asimov, the most exciting phase to hear in science isn't "Eureka," but "That's funny…" A "that's funny" moment in a Colorado State University physics lab has led to a fundamental discovery that could play a key role in next-generation microelectronics. …read more
New spin Seebeck thermoelectric device with higher conversion efficiency created
A thermoelectric (TE) device using cutting edge thermoelectric conversion technology has been created by a team comprising NEC Corporation, NEC TOKIN Corporation and Tohoku University. …read more
Ultrafast photoelectron imaging grasps competition in molecular autoionization
Using time-, energy- and angular-resolved photoelectron imaging, a team of researchers has been able to make snapshots of coupled Rydberg orbitals evolving in time during an ultrafast autoionization process. …read more
Reliability of material simulations put to test
New generations of quantum mechanical simulation codes agree better than earlier generations, scientists have demonstrated. …read more
Ultrafast photoelectron imaging grasps competition in molecular autoionization
Using time, energy and angular-resolved photoelectron imaging, a team of researchers from the Max Born Institute in Berlin, in collaboration with colleagues from Milan and Padova, has been able to make snapshots of coupled Rydberg orbitals evolving in time during an ultrafast autoionization process. …read more
Do wind vent holes in banners make a difference? We used a wind tunnel to find out
The next time you see a banner hung across a street or from a bridge, or hoisted as part of a street march, protest or demonstration, take a closer look. You may see that the banner has holes or slits cut into it. …read more
CERN CMS releases 300 terabytes of research data from LHC
Today, the CMS Collaboration at CERN has released more than 300 terabytes (TB) of high-quality open data. These include over 100 TB, or 2.5 inverse femtobarns (fb−1), of data from proton collisions at 7 TeV, making up half the data collected at the LHC by the CMS detector in 2011. This follows a previous release from November 2014, which made available around 27 TB of research data collected in 2010. …read more
Scientists take next step towards observing quantum physics in real life
Small objects like electrons and atoms behave according to quantum mechanics, with quantum effects like superposition, entanglement and teleportation. One of the most intriguing questions in modern science is if large objects – like a coffee cup – could also show this behavior. Scientists at the TU Delft have taken the next step towards observing quantum effects at everyday temperatures in large objects. They created a highly reflective membrane, visible to the naked eye, that can vibrate with hardly any energy loss at room temperature. The membrane is a promising candidate to research quantum mechanics in large objects. …read more
New state of water molecule discovered
Neutron scattering and computational modeling have revealed unique and unexpected behavior of water molecules under extreme confinement that is unmatched by any known gas, liquid or solid states. …read more


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The Walking Dead: Andrew Lincoln serenades Chandler Riggs in exclusive goodbye video
What? You haven't shed enough tears over Carl's impending demise on The Walking Dead? Well, get ready to shed some more, although some of these may be tears of laughter.
That's because we have an exclusive goodbye video Andrew Lincoln shot for his on-screen son Chandler Riggs — whose last episode will air this Sunday night on AMC — and it is absolutely everything. "On the plus side, I'm never going to have to say 'Coral' again," Lincoln jokes before noting that, "the minuses far outweigh the plusses."
And then the baddest dude in the post-apocalyptic wasteland… bursts into song! And not just song, but piano too, offering up his own unique, Walking Dead-flavored take on Camila Cabello's "Havana." (Sample lyrics: "God I hate those freakin' zombies/They keep eating all of my friends and family.") It then ends on a note equal parts fun and tender.
So, in summary: Andrew Lincoln remains the coolest guy on the planet, the bond between Lincoln and Riggs is about as special as it gets, and Sunday's episode of TWD is going to be an emotional gut-punch. But at least you now have a way to recover: Just watch our exclusive video above of Andrew Lincoln crooning Camila Cabello on a continuous loop until all the pain fades away.
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On Jan 6, 1994, figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was clubbed on the right leg in an assault planned by the ex-husband of her rival, Tonya Harding. Here are bizarre facts of the case that shocked the figure skating community and the world...
The Attack Was Meant to Take Kerrigan Out of Competition It was reported that Harding's ex contacted Harding's bodyguard Eckardt to plan to attack. The bodyguard reportedly paid hit man Shane Stant $6,500 to whack Kerrigan and take her out of competition. Kerrigan's doctor told The New York Times: "He was clearly trying to debilitate her."
Harding's Ex-Husband Turned Himself in to the FBI Less than two weeks after the hit, an arrest warrant for Harding's ex-husband Jeff Gillooly was put out. Because of this, he decided to turn himself into the FBI. Shortly after, he implicated himself and four others—Tonya Harding, Shawn Eckhardt, Shane Stant and Derrick B. Smith. Gillooly ended up pleading guilty to racketeering. This left him with just a two-year sentence for the entire attack. Smith and Stant each got 18-month sentences for their involvement a few months later.
A Handwritten Note Lead To Harding Being Guilty
For a while, Harding's involvement was still questionable. It was thought that she might have something to do with it, but it hadn't been proven. Harding's ex told authorities that she called the Tony Kent Arena, where Kerrigan practiced in Michigan, to find out her schedule to help coordinate an attack. Harding denied his accusation when asked about it by the FBI. Gillooly even gave the FBI a scrap piece of paper with the name of the arena jotted down, saying Harding had written it. The FBI tested the handwriting and determined that the writing was Harding's. This was the evidence needed to confirm that Harding was involved.
Harding Was Banned From Professional Figure Skating Harding was charged with hindering the investigation and was fined $160,000 and sentenced to probation for three years, while Gillooly and others served time. The US Figure Skating Association banned her for life and her win at the US Nationals in 1994 was revoked. Harding resurfaced in 2002 as a boxer on a show called "Celebrity Boxing."
After The Scandal, Harding Tried Her Hand At Boxing Harding's boxing career came about amid rumors that she was having financial difficulties and needed to fight in the ring to earn money. In 2002, Harding boxed against Paula Jones on the Fox Network Celebrity Boxing event, winning the fight. She thenmade her official women's professional boxing debut, losing a four-round split decision against Samantha Browning on the undercard of Mike Tyson vs. Clifford Etienne. Her boxing career was cut short by her asthma. Her overall record was 3 wins and 3 losses.


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Britney Spears Is Back! Again!
Brit-Brit aka, Britney Spears "Make Me" is hitting the charts.
She is back and releasing her 9th album. With all the up's and down's that she has gone through, it's no surprise that she has been out of the spotlight for quite some time now. What I can say is she is coming back with a vengeance at 34 years old, rocking the look that we all know she carries oh so well. Personally I have never heard of G-Eazy, nor is that a reason for me to tune in. I think anything Britney does, will certainly bring her to the spotlight again, and Make-Me is certainly going to grab attention, but perhaps not in the good way you want.
The tracks include a single called "Make Me" featuring rapper G-Eazy, You can download the song on iTunes now. I will say I haven't been impressed myself, as I think she might be headed down the same road as Madonna. Bringing too much "techno" or house music into the spotlight with too much editing, and less singing. Oh, Britney, we really want you to hit us baby, one more time!
Here is the official video below. The cover is what is "Making-Me" click play, It's Britney Bitch, enjoy!
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Ghorepani Poon Hill Trek is extremely popular among the people as with the short trek one embarks the bright sunrise, brighter mountain range accompanied by the authentic poon culture. The natural and cultural beauty exposed by Ghorepani village and the shining sunrise has taken the spot to the next level.
Short Ghorepani – Poon hill trek in the Annapurna region provides the view of the world's 7th highest Mt. Dhaulagiri (8,167m / 26,795 ft) and 10th highest Annapurna (8,091m / 26,545 ft) along with other snow-capped peaks.
Nepal Adventure Team welcomes the people by arranging the Ghorepani-Poon hill trek package and ensures visitors achieve their destination in the most comfortable and reliable way. The trek is short but the trail leaves no stone unturned to please the trekkers with its pinkish trail, cultured stay, shimmering golden sunrise and glorying mountain ranges.
Historic trail of Salt trading system furnished by green woods and pinkish Rhododendron leads to the Ghorepani village enriched with poon culture and authenticity and be the home for all the travelers to enjoying the mesmerizing sunrise and morning beauty of the Himalayas at Poon Hill. Sunrise at Poon hill takes the level of nature's beauty to the next level beyond the human imagination by crafting golden sunrise on East and a long range of the compact Himalayas from the world's top ten mountains to other beautiful peaks of Nepal.


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Completed in January 2018, the new 61,000 sq ft office that ISG delivered for SEEK Asia is setting the standard in their sector.
Located in AIA Capsquare Tower, the office spreads across four floors housing over 500 employees, and have been designed to inspire collaboration, while exemplifying the values and principles at the heart of this fast-growing listed Australian company.
SEEK is a leading online employment market represented by a diverse group of companies with a unified purpose in helping people live more fulfilling and productive working lives, while helping organisations to succeed.
For this project, we delivered a scope of works that included the fit out of an open plan office designed to maximise daylight exposure throughout the space, 26 meeting areas built with a high standard of acoustic performance in mind, a main reception, business lounge and a café with an adjacent meeting suite.
On level 20 where the main reception is, a full-height video wall acts as a centrepiece, presenting business-relevant content to all employees and visitors of the office.
Although the programme of works were relatively tight, we responded with an efficient procurement solution, selecting quality products and materials that allowed for quick delivery, such as the locally-produced glass partition system used in the office meeting rooms.
The immense scheme saw us creating an agile, robust and striking workplace environment over a period of 12 weeks, which also included the early handover of a phase.
We are pleased to have delivered this project with 56,400 man hours without LTI.


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Illinois law closely scrutinizes non-compete and non-solicitation agreements, and in the event a court finds them to be too restrictive on the employee, it usually will not hesitate to find the agreement to be unenforceable. Therefore, it is imperative that employers enlist the help of attorneys with considerable experience in this area of law when drafting such agreements. The importance of doing so was made clear in a recent case out of the Northern District of Illinois.
The case, captioned Call One, Inc. v. Anzine, involved an employer who brought suit against one of its former sales representatives for violating a non-compete agreement and misappropriating trade secrets. The non-compete agreement prohibited her from soliciting any customer of her employer to sell telecommunications services or products after she had ceased working for the employer. The employee argued that this non-compete agreement was overly broad, since it prohibited solicitation of a large number of potential customers, many of whom the employee had no interaction with during her employment.
The court agreed with the employee, and found that this non-compete agreement was overly broad and not necessary to protect its legitimate business interests. The court found that the restriction would prevent the employee from soliciting customers who ended their relationship with the employer more than a decade previously.
The court also rejected the employer's argument that the employee misappropriated trade secrets by taking the employer's "customer report," which contained information like monthly recurring charges for each employee. The court found that this information was not entitled to trade secrets protection because the employer did not take reasonable steps to keep the report secret.
This case is just the latest example of the close scrutiny that Illinois law gives to non-compete agreements. Illinois courts have generally rejected agreements that prevent former employees from contacting people whom they never had contact with during the course of their employment. Non-compete agreements must be carefully tailored to suit the legitimate business needs of an employer, and nothing more. Contact us for help doing this.


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Why is it that we only have the desire to cough when everything is *ssshhh* oh-so quiet?
I was thinking about smells last night on the bus. Or was it this morning? Ack, who cares. So anyway, I was thinking about smells. This came about because I was sitting next to a man at the bus station [ah, it was last night] who was smoking a stinky cigar. It's quite a nice stink. Then someone else was smoking a cigarette and it was also stinky. Again, it was quite a nice stink – I'm not one of those ex- [eighteen months!] smokers who gabbles on about how disgusting it is. I'll actually breathe the smell in and savour it. I have no choice in the matter usually because we let the students at work smoke at break and lunch times, and if one is on duty outside they will do the oh-so funny thing of blowing it in your face.
Last night it just brought back memories, moments that had been forgotten and live in some lonely corner of my cluttered mind just waiting to be fondly remembered. I have a fondness for smells …
Any type of smoke will remind me of my Uncle Brian. It will take me back to my childhood and the days following the departure of The Father when Uncle Brian [TF's older half-brother] would come round and hang his coat on the stair bannister, and I would stand there and soak up the smell of the pipes [or was it just cigarettes?] he smoked. He would hide tubes of Smarties in his pockets and send us into the hall to delve deeply and find them. It was only years later that Mumsy told me he was probably trying to get into her pants.
Brewery smells remind me of my Uncle Brian too. He used to live in Gip near the smelly Maltings and I still can't stand that smell to this day.
The smell of dope makes me think of vomit [and Bacardi, long story]. And the smell of vomit makes me remember all those times when I was little and refused to open my mouth when I was sick.
Petrol makes me gag, but the smell of summer rain is magical.
Minted peas make me think of my maternal nana, and orange squash brings back the giggles I had with my other nana, the one with the long garden. Martini? My Auntie Terri. New shoes? Getting the sack aged sixteen. Chlorine? Barry, who was SO old. Perfumed sweets? Nancy [the town], in France.
I like the smell of manure and sweaty feet, Chanel [No. 5] and baby talc, vodka and brie, The Blokey and my Tabatha-Cat, new books and packages that arrive in the post.
But more than anything I love the smell of my mum. She smells of warmth and love, protection and security, hope and dreams …
[and i really ought to tell her of my wedding plans]
And right now I can smell yet-to-be-opened chocolate cake …
We have a dilemma. Do we have a Harry weekend [what with going to see HPIV next week], a Batman weekend [so I can drool over Christian and Cillian (but not Michael K)], or a Star Wars weekend [so The Blokey can just drool]? Oh, bugger the people who buy DVDs for birthdays …


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I just signed on to compete at the ART de COMBAT at the Enchante Gallery in West Branch, Michigan on Saturday, May 30 from 4-7.
Here's the premise: artists come in, set up and at 4pm they begin creating a piece of artwork for the next three hours. During this time, the "audience" wanders around, watching the artists, ask questions and vote for their favorite piece. Also during this time, drinks and food are provided (beer, hors' d ouvres, wine, etc) for viewers and artists. At 7 pm the artists stop and the ballots are counted. There is also an auction for the artwork that's been created at the event. There's a 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winner. Part of the auction proceeds of the evening goes to charity, I do believe, and the other part to the artists whose pieces are bought. This is the second art battle at Enchante, but the first I've ever participated in.
Now, here's where it gets interesting, at least for me. I don't know what I'm going to do! So, I'm asking people to give me suggestions (remember that I am, for the most part, a portrait artist). So if someone suggests Jack Nicholson, and you like that idea, let me know and the idea with the most 'votes' has a better chance of getting done. OR I can do a drawing or painting of a live model. If you come to the event, and want to be my model, let me know. Then you or someone you bring with you can bid on the artwork. Or if you want a portrait of someone, bring them to the Art de Combat and they can sit for me for 3 hours (breaks are acceptable, of course). You can e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com to give me your suggestions, or mention it on my Facebook or my MySpace. I will post a link to Enchante once my internet connection works right.


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This classic tale has been soothing night-fearing children for generations and has even been reworked into a picture book for very young readers. Help to conquer your child's bedtime worries with the story of Plop, the baby owl who discovers that the dark he once feared can be fun, exciting and magical. Age 3+
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(Reuters) - Williams Companies Inc (WMB.N) sued Energy Transfer Equity LP ETE.N and its Chief Executive Kelcy Warren on Wednesday, claiming they violated the U.S. pipeline companies' merger agreement by making a private preferred share offering to ETE's top investors.
Williams argued that the offering in March, which prompted a public rift between the companies, was designed to siphon money to Warren and away from Williams and ETE shareholders.
"Warren devised the special offering as a means to shield his own personal financial interests in ETE - namely, the distributions he stands to receive from ETE on his ETE common units - from the economic uncertainty that has been facing ETE in recent months," Williams said in a lawsuit filed in a Texas district court.
Another Williams lawsuit filed against ETE on Wednesday, in the Delaware Court of Chancery, remains under seal.
Williams, based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, said in a statement it was committed to the nearly $14 billion deal and hoped to hold a stockholder vote to close it as soon as possible.
The offering at the center of the lawsuit effectively protects Warren and other top shareholders from a cut in distributions by ETE, a master limited partnership.
The offering to top investors, which ETE said would help it pay down debt from the merger, would provide convertible units in exchange for a temporary cut in distributions. These investors would eventually receive equity in exchange for the convertible units even if other ETE shareholders had their distributions reduced.
Energy Transfer said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it would vigorously defend itself against the lawsuits. It said it believes that it has complied, and intends to comply, with its obligations under the merger agreement.
Dallas billionaire Warren is ETE's largest shareholder and controls the company through its general partner. He received more than $200 million in distributions from the company over the last year.
He set his sights on Williams last year in order to transform his empire into one of the biggest pipeline networks in the world but the timing was poor. A prolonged drop in oil and gas prices has made the deal more difficult to finance and to justify to shareholders.
ETE would need to take on a heavy debt load to fund the $6 billion cash portion of the deal. Williams said in the Texas lawsuit that ETE has looked into how it might be able to walk away from the merger even though the terms do not allow that.
ETE has also fired its chief financial officer and slashed projections for cost savings from the Williams tie-up, making investors highly skeptical about whether the deal would close.
"The news stream around this deal over the last several months has not been constructive," Quinn Kiley, managing director at Advisory Research Inc, which owned around 9 million ETE shares and 3.7 million Williams shares as of the end of 2015. "It's hurt holders on either side, and created a negative spin cycle."
Williams shareholders, who will receive mostly ETE stock for their shares if the deal is completed, have yet to vote on the deal.
ETE said in March it had originally intended to offer the preferred units to all of its shareholders, but Williams did not consent to a public offering. ETE said it did not ask Williams for its consent on the private offering.
Shareholders including Warren, who hold around 31.5 percent of Energy Transfer's units, participated in the offering and agreed to take smaller distributions for up to nine quarters.
Other shareholders participating in the offering include Energy Transfer's President Jon McReynolds and Chief Commercial Officer Marshall "Mackie" McCrea, according to SEC filings.
Shares of Williams rose 68 cents, or 4.6 percent, at $15.49, while ETE shares rose 49 cents, or 7.6 percent, to $6.94.
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LIT to honor first responders
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Lamar Institute of Technology will honor area first responders and military personnel with its "A Salute to the Real American Heroes" fundraiser on Sept. 11.
The event raises scholarship monies for the LIT Foundation. The scholarships are awarded to outstanding students in the Regional Police Academy, the Regional Fire Academy, homeland security, emergency medical technology and criminal justice programs.
The program will begin at 6:00 p.m. at Wesley United Methodist Church, 3810 North Major Dr., in Beaumont. Dinner will be provided by the Cooks 2 Doz. + Inc., and is sponsored by the Sabine Area Restaurant Association. Tickets are $50 each, and admission is free to active uniformed personnel and their spouses.
Reservations are required. You may reserve a table or buy tickets at www.lit.edu or by calling (409) 839-2983.


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As part of the booking process a payment for a refundable breakage deposit is required. This is due 10 weeks before your stay and will be refunded to same payment method within 14 days. The deposits are held on behalf of the owners and any damages or excess cleaning will be deducted from the deposit.
Further information as stated in our full terms and conditions:
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The breakage deposit is a security bond made between the client (Principal Renter) and the property owner, which is taken on the understanding that the client will take care of and cause no damage to the property rented during their stay. Please note that all Lodges are privately owned and Great North Lodges act only as booking agents. Any difficulties or complaints while staying at the Lodges should be directed to the relevant owner . The principal renter agrees that the Breakage Deposit will be taken at the time of final payment or that any damages costs incurred (Including any charges relating to Hot Tubs) can be debited from the Debit/Credit card used to make final payment. Great North Lodges also undertakes to return the Breakage Deposit (or balance there-of) within 14 days of vacation or satisfaction of any remedial works required to meet the renters obligations in respect of the condition of the property (whichever is the later). Great North Lodges, reserve the right to charge the client automatically for any excess. If a breakage deposit payment is delayed after the 71 day due period a £10 + Vat Admin fee is payable.
If there are any "accidents" or breakages during the stay please make a note and leave in the lodge for the housekeepers. You will be required to pay for replacements. The lodge will be cleaned before you arrive and it is expected that the private ownership of the lodge will be respected and that it will be left in decent order for the next guests. Any extra cleaning charges received by GNL, from the lodge owners, or our contract cleaners for excess cleaning, will be automatically passed on to the client.


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A few post back talked about that I had a dead battery in my motorcycle. Well sent some time looking around at my options. Should I get another one from the dealer. Buy a cheap one from Wal-Mart. Looked online as well. Found some options after looking for awhile. There are so many types of batteries. Did a search on Amazon.ca, with no luck. So changed up my search words. Then seen a listing for Amazon. Turns out third parties sell though them. They even have a nice "does it fit" drop down menu. You pick the year, brand and model and it will tell you if it fits.
Was going to buy a cheap one at first. Then after thinking about it for a day. Better off getting a good one. Might have to wait a week or a bit more (hopeful less) before it comes in. If I got a cheap one. Would have to put the battery acid in and charge it up. With this better one, it is good to go right out of the box. Sure it cost more but it just might last longer than a year. The one I got is > here.


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This is really hard to explain.That fact makes it even more important for me to try to give an explanation for it. I think what I'm about to explain is an abnormal thing to feel. If I'm wrong, please correct me.
The fact is; I feel both that I always am, and never are, alone.
The reason for me never feeling alone might be described in two ways:
1. I got a lot of paranoia, and always feel that someone is watching me.
2. My mind is always working and always kind of talking to me.
The reason for me always feeling alone may also be described in several ways:
- I feel alone if nobody understands me….
- I always feel like nobody understands me.
- My mindset and my expression isn't always the same (this makes it very difficult for anybody to understand).
- My way of expression things are often disturbed/clouded by social norms and expectations.
These facts makes it really hard for both me and others to understand my true intension, and therefore understand me. Even if somebody might understand me, I can't feel like they do. Because usually I don't understand myself. How can they understand me if I don't understand myself?
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14th June will see the start of the Football World Cup in Russia. And, because digitalisation also does not stop at football, it remains to be seen who will come out ahead since only physique and technical training are comparable.
Team networking, taking part in training drills, downloading training ideas – the football software from easy2coach.net enables clubs to manage their team effortlessly. TSG Hoffenheim, for example, was already an extremely innovative club when it was promoted to the Bundesliga in 2008. They had hired one of the most modern coaches in Ralf Rangnick as well as a psychologist called Hans-Dieter Hermann. Incidentally, in those days, a psychologist in the Bundesliga was still seen as a creative solution. And, with Bernard Peters, a former national field hockey coach, the club had brought in a tactical wizard from another successful team sport – which was considered very cutting edge at the time. This was way before 2013, when the Deutscher Fußball-Bund (DFB – German Football Association) recruited Peters' successor Markus Weise, a hockey coach, to head up the DFB Academy.
The sports psychologist Jan Mayer, Hans-Dieter Hermann's successor, is as similarly committed to innovation as his predecessors. A few years ago he still had a low opinion of cognitive psychology, but football has changed decisively in the past ten years. Peter Rosen, who is in charge of professional football at the club, said at a meeting with the health insurer AOK Baden-Württemberg in 2016 that a game was now decided in the players' heads, since the physique and technical training of many of the Bundesliga players were comparable. Jan Mayer is of a similar mind. The passing speed at top level is now three times faster, so physiologically players are at their performance limit, but their mental capacity is far from exhausted.
Playing computer games to prepare for Saturday
Today's players have all grown up with smart phones. They use them at every opportunity, in the team bus, during training breaks, in their leisure time. They share their lives via social media, and playing computer games is part of their life. Jan Mayer exploits this. He has joined forces with SAP, the main sponsor of TSG Hoffenheim, to programme apps that players can use to simulate real football situations. Oliver Baumann, the club's goalkeeper, recounts, for example, that the video training has already helped him to stop goals in playing situations against national players Mario Gomez and Julian Draxler.
At the beginning of each season, Mayer records a kind of basic value for the players' mental processing speed and continues measuring this over the year to see whether they have improved. Mayer talks about annual progress of 0.2 seconds on average, which is a real competitive advantage in the professional game because often a few seconds decide the outcome of a football match.
Who doesn't know has to leave the pitch
Their coach Julian Nagelsmann is meanwhile so enthusiastic about mental training that he has started to also apply it to analogue training on the pitch, where a football field has not two, but four goals. When the training team has scored a goal, the pitch turns by 90 degrees and the team changes. This is a way of practising flexible playing situations. During the game the coach asks some of the players what the score is, which team they are playing in, and where the goal is at that moment in time. Who doesn't know has to leave the pitch.
Anyone who still thinks digitalisation will have no impact on their professional environment will very quickly be left behind, since even football cannot, and does not intend to, pass up on the advantages of digitalisation any longer.


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Red Hill Nature Reserve
Looking out, Red Hill offers amazing panoramic views over many national icons from the southern side of the city centre. The reserve's biodiversity and range of rare and threatened species is astonishing.
Where is Red Hill Nature Reserve?
Red Hill Nature Reserve (293 hectares) is a prominent hill located between Woden Valley and south Canberra. It makes an impressive 'Bush Capital' back drop to Parliament House. The reserve encompasses a ridge system that includes Red Hill (720m) and Davidson Hill (750m). The reserve is surrounded by the suburbs of Deakin, Forrest, Red Hill, Garran and Hughes. There is road access to the top of Red Hill through the suburb of Forrest. The lookout provides a striking view of central Canberra.
What's so special about Red Hill Nature Reserve?
The ACT and region was, is and always will be part of the traditional home of the Ngunnawal Aboriginal people.
A connected landscape
Red Hill contains one of the largest remaining remnants of its woodland type, anywhere. As part of an ancient ecosystem that was once widespread from the northern end of NSW down into Victoria, Red Hill is an important part of an extensive area of Yellow Box-Red Gum grassy woodland in the ACT. This includes Mugga Mugga, Isaacs Ridge, Wanniassa Hills, Farrer Ridge, Mount Taylor and Oakey Hill nature reserves. Wildlife use these areas for foraging, habitat and as a movement corridor, along the wooded ridges to the south and west, and connecting with the Murrumbidgee Corridor.
Natural landscapes
Red Hill Nature Reserve is home to many threatened, rare or uncommon species of plants and animals, especially regionally declining woodland birds. The reserve contains one of Australia's largest remaining populations of the nationally endangered Button Wrinklewort (Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides). Red Hill is also an important breeding location for the Gang-gang Cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum). The reserve is home to the vulnerable Pink-tailed Worm Lizard (Aprasia parapulchella) and the Perunga Grasshopper (Perunga ochracea). Geologically, exposures of metamorphic hornfels and tonalite are regionally significant examples of their type and an important educational feature.
Walter Burley Griffin's original plan suggested planting red flowers on Red Hill. Plantings of Crimson Bottlebrush (Callistemon citrinus) and Rosemary Grevillea (Grevillea rosmarinifolia) began in 1917 through to the early 1920s. Many of these plants have survived and continue to thrive today.
Grevillea rosmarinifolia
Callistemon citrinus
Red Hill Lookout
To access the top of the hill by car enter Gowrie Drive from Mugga Way/Stonehaven Crescent in the suburb of Red Hill/Deakin. Keep left and onto Red Hill Drive to the lookout.
Red Hill
Pedestrian access into the reserve from Red Hill is along Mugga Way opposite the following streets:
- Baudin Street
- Torres Street
- Flinders Way
- Francis Street (with an off-road car park)
- La Perouse Street
- Tamar Street has limited parking
- parking at the lookout, Red Hill Drive.
There are several pedestrian access points into the reserve and street parking in the suburb of Deakin, including on:
- Buxton Street
- Strickland Crescent
- Galway Place
- Beauchamp Street
- Kent Street with parking on Hampden Place.
Pedestrian access into the reserve is from the following streets, which offer street parking only:
- Brereton Street
- Couvreur Street (52-60 and 38-46)
- Bonwick Place
- Astley Place
- Richardson Street.
Pedestrian access is from Glasgow Street, offering street parking only
Red Hill has many walking and management tracks. The most popular activity is to enjoy a walk or run through the nature reserve.
Walking tracks
There are several walking tracks traversing the reserve, including:
- The Red Track
- Centenary trail passes through the reserve.
- Canberra tracks heritage trail
Dogs are allowed on leash in Red Hill Nature Reserve. Please pick up your dog's droppings.
Cycling/mountain bike riding is only permitted on management trails and the marked Centenary Trail.
Share the experience of the bush on your door step with your family. Go to the Nature Play website for more ideas.
Local recommendations
The reserve is rich in photo opportunities of plants and animals and amazing views of Canberra. It is worth the walk to several lookout locations such as at the top of Gowrie Drive/Red Hill Drive where there are great views of Parliament House, and along the ridge beyond the cafe.
The Red Track is a 3.2km loop walk. Discover Red Hill's natural and cultural heritage attractions through the theme of the colour 'red'. There are some steep sections with rocky and uneven surfaces. Start at the lookout and reward yourself at the end of the walk at the Lookout Cafe.
The summit of Red Hill includes a scenic lookout accessed by a sealed public road, a cafe and restaurant and public toilets. There are no barbecue facilities, public phone or water station in the reserve, so make sure you plan ahead.
Toilets are located near the Red Hill Cafe and in La Trobe Park, on Melbourne Avenue
There are two picnic tables near the cafe at the Red Hill lookout. Otherwise, picnic in the shade of an ancient gum tree.
We want you to enjoy Red Hill Nature Reserve safely. Parks and reserves are natural environments that can be unpredictable. For your safety tips read our safety in ACT Parks and Reserves.
To help us protect the rich biodiversity of Red Hill Nature Reserve, we ask you to follow the following restrictions.
- No camping
- No timber collection – it's home to our wildlife!
- No lighting, using or maintaining fires
- No motorised vehicles.
Note: If you have difficulty accessing the information in this map please contact Access Canberra on 13 22 81.
- Callum Brae Nature Reserve
- Issacs Ridge Nature Reserve
- West Jerrabomberra Nature Reserve
- Jerrabomberra Wetlands Nature Reserve
Urban parks
- La Trobe Park
- Collins Park
- Griffith Park
- Willem Janszoon Commemorative Park
- Weston Park
- Eddison Park
Nearest shopping centres, cafes
- Red Hill shops
- Griffith Shops
- Manuka Shops
- Deakin Shops
- Garran Shops
- Hughes Shops
- Woden Westfield shopping centre
There is no accommodation in the reserve.
Learn more
Not only does Red Hill Nature Reserve offer panoramic views, but also offers an insight to the local natural and cultural history, geology and biodiversity. Learn more about the bush on your doorstep.
Natural landscape
Cultural landscape
European heritage
Canberra Nature Map
Managing our reserves
Natural landscapes
Ecosystems in this reserve
- Woodland
- Landscape ecosystems
Red Hill is one of several nature reserves that form a large forested-woodland area in south Canberra. Other reserves include Mugga Mugga, Isaacs Ridge, Wanniassa Hills, Farrer Ridge, Mount Taylor and Oakey Hill nature reserves. Wildlife use these areas for habitat and as a movement corridor, along the wooded ridges to the south and west, and connecting with the Murrumbidgee River Corridor.
The nationally endangered Yellow Box-Blakely's Red Gum Grassy Woodland is the main ecosystem in the reserve. This woodland is part of a much larger area that once ranged from northern NSW down to Victoria. It is also home to ten threatened and 19 uncommon plant and animal species.
Land of diversity
Red Hill has one of the highest native plant diversities recorded in a Yellow Box-Red Gum grassy woodland remnant anywhere in Australia. Over 175 plant native species have been found in the reserve including threatened species. Most of the diversity lies in the understorey and becomes more obvious as plants are flowering.
There are five main eucalypt species on Red Hill. Yellow Box and Blakely's Red Gum, along with Apple Box, form an endangered ecological community on the lower slopes. Apple Box-Broad Leaved Peppermint Woodland occurs in the south-west of the reserve above Garran. Other eucalypts growing on Red Hill include Red Box, Scribbly Gum, and Broad-leaved Peppermint.
Drooping She-oak (Allocasuarina verticillata) occurs on one third of Red Hill. Seedlings of this species have been planted in several areas with an aim to increase the food source for the threatened Glossy Black-cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami), which is a rare visitor to the reserve.
With over 5,500 plants at 11 separate locations, the reserve contains one of Australia's largest remaining populations of the nationally endangered Button Wrinklewort (Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides), Bright yellow flowers appear from December to April.
Red Hill contains relatively large populations of Silky Swainson-pea (Swainsona sericea).
The Shrubby or Smooth Rice Flower (Pimelea glauca) ranges from a much-branched shrub to one metre tall. Its flower clusters attract insects and butterflies. Aboriginal people made fine nets from the reddish-brown stems of some of the larger Pimelia species.
Other reserve values include:
- high diversity and abundance of woodland pea, daisy and fern species considered rare in the ACT
- largest ACT populations of Yellow Burr Daisy (Calotis lappulacea) and Smooth Flax Lily (Dianella longifolia)
- one of just three known ACT locations of Bunch Wire grass (Aristida behriana)
- The 2003 woodland survey recorded Mountain Swainson-pea (Swainsona monticola), but the species could be located during a comprehensive 2012 spring/summer rare plant survey.
- The Red Hill Regenerators ParkCare group has prepared a list of threatened, regionally rare and regionally uncommon species on Red Hill which can be found at www.redhillregenerators.org.au/.
Home to many
Red Hill Nature Reserve is home to an abundance of diverse mammal, bird, reptile, and invertebrate species. Bird species have been monitored in the Red Hill Nature Reserve since 1998. A number of threatened bird species have been identified in the reserve and there is a resident population of Speckled Warbler (Pyrrholaemus saggitatus), and Diamond Firetail (Stagonopleura guttata). Red Hill is also an important breeding location for Gang-gang Cockatoo (Callocephalon fimbriatum).
Red Hill's bird population peaks in late autumn when flocks of small birds including silvereyes, weebills and thornbills move through the area. Old hollow-bearing trees provide nesting sites for many birds and other tree dwelling animals, including possums and bats. For more information on Canberra's birds go to Canberra birds
Every rock tells a story
Many rocks of the Canberra region were formed about 425 million years ago. A shallow sea teeming with life covered much of south-eastern Australia. Behind the shoreline the land was completely barren of any life, though in places the first primitive plants were making a momentous move onto the beaches. To the west and north of the reserve, volcanic islands erupted huge clouds of white-hot volcanic ash and red-hot material. The sedimentary rocks that we see in the reserve today were once sediments that eroded from the nearby land and deposited on the sea floor (Yarralumla Formation mudstone, siltstone and limestone).
The eastern side and southern end of the reserve, including Davidson Hill, is a hard grey-coloured volcanic rock called dacitic ignimbrite. It is around 425 million years old and part of the first series or eruptions in the Canberra region.
Around 417 million years ago a granitic igneous intrusion, known as Tonalite, came in contact with the local sedimentary rock. The hot molten intrusion baked and hardened the sedimentary rock, forming hornfels. The hard hornfels is resistant to weathering. Over millions of years, the surrounding softer rocks have eroded down into broad valleys and plains. Hornfels can be seen on top of Red Hill and along the Red Track.
Granite rock such as tonalite usually becomes solid at a depth of five kilometres. Its presence today at the top of Red Hill is indicative of a deeply eroded landscape, probably up to five kilometres over the past 400 million years. One large tonalite boulder can be seen 20 metres upslope of the road into the Federal Golf Course.
Cultural landscape
A continuing connection to country through past present and future
Aboriginal people lived in and managed the landscape in this region for thousands of years and have maintained a connection to the land to the present day. Generations of Aboriginal people have cared for Country, and have been sustained, physically and spiritually, through their relationship with the land, waterways and cosmology. Traditional Custodians have actively managed the landscape for thousands of years, through activities such as 'fire stick farming' and selectively cultivating certain plants, which created the landscapes first seen by European explorers and settlers. Grasslands were frequently burnt to maintain high levels of fresh, succulent, green growth to attract animals for hunting and to provide open pathways for travel.
Red Hill and other hills in the region served as distinct visual markers and provided excellent vantage points for keeping an eye on intruders or to signal to other family groups.
Continuing culture
The reserve protects cultural values as well as possible physical (archaeological) traces of the rich Aboriginal history of the area. Traditionally, the local Ngunnawal people shared knowledge and responsibility for Caring for Country. Today, this cultural knowledge continues to be passed down to younger generations and has a role to play in the management of ACT reserves. Aboriginal community organisations and the Murumbung Rangers in the ACT Parks and Conservation Service run cultural activities to educate the wider community about the cultural landscape, heritage values and land conservation practices.
European heritage
Foundations of the Bush Capital
The reserve was part of the 'Duntroon' property owned by Robert Campbell. It was one of the largest grazing properties in the area. Early photographs and maps show that large areas of Red Hill were cleared of trees for grazing. Cattle grazing continued on Red Hill until 1995.
Walter Burley Griffin's vision for Canberra included the colour-themed revegetation of its bare hills, which had been denuded by grazing prior to 1917. There were yellow flowers and foliage for Mount Ainslie, white and pink flowers for Black Mountain, white flowers for Mount Mugga Mugga and red for Red Hill. Under the direction of Charles Weston, over 5,000 of the red flowering Crimson Bottlebrush (Callistemon citrinus) and Rosemary Grevillea (Grevillea rosmarinifolia) (both not local to the ACT) were planted from 1917 to the early 1920s. Griffin later changed his mind and urged that Canberra's hills should be restored to their natural state. To aid this, he called for the grazing leases over the hills to be withdrawn. However, cattle and horse grazing continued for another 80 years. The bottlebrush and grevillea species that are seen today on Red Hill are retained for their heritage value, but any seedlings found outside the planted area are removed.
Managing our reserves
Nature reserves are created to protect and conserve native flora and fauna with high conservation value. Reserves are also an important place for scientific research, education, and nature-based recreation. A management plan is in place to ensure the protection of a healthy ecosystem for the plants and animals that live there and for visitors to enjoy. Park rangers follow the reserve management plan in order to:
- restore biodiversity
- protect heritage sites
- research and monitor natural values
- manage threats (weeds, pest animals, inappropriate grazing, impacts of urbanisation and climate change)
- manage fire
- engage with community.
Managing Red Hill Nature Reserve
Red Hill Nature Reserve is managed by the ACT Parks and Conservation Service, which oversees programs to protect rare plants and animals through various management actions. The control of invasive plants and animals is one important part of conserving and enhancing biodiversity. Park rangers work collaboratively with researchers and volunteers and conduct regular patrols of the reserve. Red Hill Regeneration Group volunteers contribute their time to improve and protect the reserve's natural and cultural values. Join the ParkCare group for their once a month working bee. New members are welcome.
For more information refer to the Canberra Nature Park Plan of Management.
Red Hill, because of its proximity to suburbs and major public facilities, is subject to regular fuel reduction burns. The frequency and extent of these burns is part of the Bushfire Operations Plan, which sets out to manage the risks of bushfire in the ACT.
The ACT Parks and Conservation Service employs specialist fire managers and professionals who are responsible for the planning and delivery of the fire programs following ecological guidelines. Staff work closely with ecologists to ensure that the patchwork of burnt and unburnt areas promotes the growth of healthy plant and animal communities.
For further information see the Bushfire Management in the ACT
About Canberra Nature Park
Canberra Nature Park is made up of 37 nature reserves ranging from bushland hills to some of the best examples of lowland native grassland and endangered ecological community of Yellow Box-Red Gum Grassy Woodland left in Australia. The ACT Parks and Conservation Service is responsible for managing Canberra Nature Park. For more information visit the Canberra Nature Park webpage.
The management of Canberra Nature Park is greatly assisted by a group of volunteers called ParkCare. ParkCare volunteers undertake a variety of activities including seed collection, plant propagation, tree planting, weed removal, erosion control, vegetation mapping and recording, water quality monitoring, raising community awareness and the maintenance and restoration of heritage places.
For more information visit ParkCare
Caring for Ngunnawal Country
The ACT Government acknowledges the Ngunnawal people as Traditional Custodians of the Canberra region, and their continuing sense of responsibility to preserve the spirit and stories of their ancestors throughout the landscape. Cultural values ;are also living and current, as much as an appreciation of the past. For more information visit Caring for Ngunnawal Country.
Canberra Nature Map
Report rare and endangered plant sightings via the Canberra Nature Map.
For more information on heritage tracks, visit Canberra Tracks which is a network of heritage signage that incorporates six self-drive routes leading to many of Canberra's historic sites.
Prescribed burns
The ACT Parks and Conservation Service conducts prescribed burns throughout Canberra Nature Park.
More information and feedback
For more information or to provide feedback, contact Access Canberra on 13 22 81 or complete an online feedback form.


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2018 Miracles Begin With You! Event to Honor Dr. Mark Barret and "Lucky" Larry Thompson
On Thursday, January 26, 2018, Children's Miracle Network Hospitals will be honoring CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic pediatrician Dr. Mark Barret and Mix 93.1 DJ and passionate CMNH advocate, "Lucky" Larry Thompson at the 6th Annual Miracle Begin With You! Event at Willow Brook Country Club in Tyler, Texas.
Mark Twain is credited with saying that there are two days in your life that are particularly important, the day you were born and the day you discover why. The 2018 Miracles Begin With You! Honorees have been blessed to fulfill their lifes' purposes and serve the community selflessly each day.
One mantra of Children's Miracle Network Hospitals is "For The Kids." These simple words remind us of why we work so hard, but few people embody that phrase more faithfully than Dr. Mark Barret.
A graduate of UT Southwestern Medical Center, Barret has been a CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic pediatrician since 1995 and has treated several children who have joined the CMN Hospitals' family as Miracle Children, including 2018 Miracle Child, Jack Bryans!
Those who know Dr. Barret know that his heart is not only in his work treating local children here in Northeast Texas, but investing in the communities served by Parental Care Ministries in Eastern Uganda.
In 2006, prompted by their youngest daughter Libby, Mark and his wife Monica were drawn to missionary work, and in 2008 helped in founding Parental Care Ministries USA.
The Barret family travels regularly to Uganda with Parental Care Ministries USA, where they serve some of the most under-resourced individuals on earth.
We are honored to recognize Dr. Mark Barret for his tireless work for the kids at home and abroad.
You can hear it in his voice. "Lucky" Larry Thompson cannot hide the passion he has for Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, and we are so glad he doesn't!
For the past 20 years, Lucky Larry has hit the airwaves each August to prompt his listeners to give from their hearts to help kids during the Mix With Kids Radiothon on Mix 93.1. And for these two decades, Lucky has been a dedicated partner and advocate for children and the impact that is made when community members come together to make miracles.
Lucky Larry is a member of the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Community Advisory Board, which is the committee that helps turn money raised into miracle-making equipment and critical pediatric programs. This committee hears from pediatric caregivers from across the CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Health System as they present their "wish lists" of equipment and programs that would help continue the tradition of pediatric excellence in our community.
There is always far more in requests than Children's Miracle Network Hospitals has in dollars…and that is how we know our job is not done. But, with partners like Lucky Larry, more miracles are made each year.
We are thrilled to recognize "Lucky" Larry Thompson for his passionate dedication to Children's Miracle Network Hospitals.
We invite you to help us celebrate these dedicated miracle makers by becoming one of our sponsors for this year's event. Enclosed with this letter is a sponsorship reply form and return envelope for your convenience. For additional information, please contact Robin Rowan, Director of Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, at 903-606-4752.
When you give to Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, one hundred percent of your contribution works to make miracles for children right here in Northeast Texas. We hope you will be a part of this special event as we eat, drink, and celebrate these wonderful men, and all they have done as miracle makers.


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I've been rather demanding for the last couple of weeks. When I leave the office I've really wanted to walk down Massachusetts Avenue toward the parking garage. Jason would much rather walk down Mt. Auburn because it's less busy and distracting. I however have other plans. I like the distraction and I've been busy making new friends. So what if it takes an extra half hour to get home?
Two weeks ago I demonstrated I have a mind of my own even when I'm on a leash. There was someone sitting on the sidewalk against a building. I thought the guy looked interesting so I started wagging my tail. I couldn't control myself for long and ended up in a play bow and then a full body wiggle. I dragged Jason by his leash over to the man.
I first met Jerry two Tuesdays ago. Over the last two weeks I've learned a lot about the man. His name was Jerry (I'm not using his real name: while he didn't ask me not to, I want to protect his privacy). He's a homeless Veteran from the first Gulf War. He owned a home and was married. Things got difficult, he lost his job, his house, and then his wife.
It's was around nine and the sidewalk on Mass. Ave. was pretty quiet. It was the in between time: early evening rush was gone and the after dinner crowd had not yet appeared. Jerry was sitting down on the ground with a cardboard sign that said homeless Gulf War Vet. He was sitting with a female friend.
Like I started saying before (I'm a puppy, I get distracted a lot!), I saw them and started wagging my tail. When I caught their eye I went down into a play bow. Both of the people got all animated: I knew what that means. Play time! I went into a full body wiggle and dragged Jason over there by his leash.
I got right up onto their laps and lavished them with love. Lots of kisses, tail wagging, and general merriment. My new friends talked about how many people walk by them trying to pretend like they don't notice them or turn their lips up in a sneer. With big smiles on their faces they both hugged me and showered me with a whole lot of love.
"Five minutes with you," they said, "is the best Christmas present we could ever get."
Last night I was playing with Jerry and some students from Harvard came up with backpacks. I was instantly excited because I smelled food. Apparently there are a few groups of Harvard students who walk around Cambridge every night offering sandwiches, warm socks and hats, and conversation. The students asked Jerry if he has been on the streets for a lot of days. He commented "It's almost 2010, right? I've been here since 2006." That's a lot of days.
I do have to apologize for my behavior: they students had birthday cake in their bag. I had a great deal of time controlling myself and wanted to enjoy the cake. After some pressure, I finally relented and listened to the "leave it" command from Jason.
By the way, kudos to the students volunteering their time at the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter.
I've also made friends with another gentleman. He's a little more quiet: he didn't really talk at all. I met him along the sidewalk in his wheelchair. I approached slowly. He started to pet me, so I put my paws up on his lap. He pet me more so I got into his lap and sat down. His weary face warmed up and came a live for a few short moments. That's another story, however.
This is the gift of a therapy dog. As my teacher Maureen Ross says, I share with people, in my own way, that someday, something good will happen, as it did when I found Jason. Until then, I'll sit on your lap, give you some attention, a kiss, and accept you as you are.


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Sportsplex features 4 Ice Hockey Rinks available for Hockey teams, rentals, ice skating and tournaments. We also operate a Daycare & a Family Fun Center (Indoor Playground & Party area). Sportsplex Daycare and Captain Kid's Fun Centre are fantastic facilities that cater to active children and sports enthusiasts.


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Are you Thinking about moving home? Do you need to improve an outdoor space, water feature or garden before you put your property on the market … If you do, Serenity can help.
Over the last couple of weeks, we've had the pleasure of working on a beautiful old water feature in Milngavie, Glasgow. This included functionality restoration, creation of a new cascade stream and reinstatement of the feature focal point; thus significantly improving the outdoor view of a property about to be put on the market for sale.
The water feature is +30 years old, and sits at the front of the house meaning it's the first thing potenital buyers see when they approach the property. As you can see from the 'before' pictures, the feature was in dire need of some TLC and by the end not only was the feature fully operational, it looks rejuvenated and is also welcoming to buyers not just visually but now with the beautiful sound of cascading water.
Here's how we did it ….
We initially got a call about a leaking water feature but we could see lots more could be improved than just the leak.
Our job was limited to just reconstruction of the stream and to use the existing stone, one of the problems with the feature was that when turned on, the bottom pond would drain in order to fill the top pond and catchment areas down the stream.
When constructing a pond with a top and bottom pool it is important that the bottom pool is larger than the top in order to account for the water displacement.
Due to this being a problem with this feature we circumvented the top pond and created a narrower stream with lots of small falls all the way down limiting the amount of water displaced while achieving a burbling stream in the process.
A new pump was installed in both ponds which run off of a low wattage keeping the features economical to run. Lined in 1mm Greenseal EPDM this stream will last for a long time and no doubt optimise the value of this property before it goes to market.
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The Steps to your Initial Disability Determination
Once apply for disability in Nevada and your application arrives at the Disability Determination Services (DDS), your case is assigned to an examiner. The DDS examiners job is to use the information provided in your application to see if you meet the criteria for disability benefits.
These criteria are:
1. Are you working at Substantial Gainful Activity (SGA)? Even being able to work a small amount does not disqualify you from claiming disability. If you are found to be able to support yourself by working, you will be denied benefits. If your impairment keeps you from earning enough money to support yourself, then you pass this step.
2. Is your condition(s) severe enough to prevent you from doing basic work?
3. Does your condition(s) "meet or medically equal" the definition in the list of impairments? If you can prove that you have met a listing, or if your conditions combined create problems which equal the listed conditions, then you will continue on to the next step. If your condition does not meet or equal a listing, you could be denied.
4. Are you able to perform your past line of work? If you can return to your line of work, you will not be given benefits. If you are found unable to return to your previous line of work, you will go to the last step.
5. Do your condition(s) and abilities allow you to do a different line of work? This is somewhat up to the SSA and their experts to determine whether there is another line of work that you are able to do. Rather than only going on your medical records, they must speculate about other jobs you can perform.
If more medical information is needed before a decision can be reached, you may be asked to have a Consultative Exam (CE).
This is an exam performed by a doctor assigned by the state which is intended to fill in any gaps in your medical information. The Social Security Administration (SSA) pays for this exam. Once enough medical information is gathered your initial application will either be approved or denied.
Your application will be returned to the SSA who will continue with the appropriate action. If you have been found to be disabled, then the SSA will calculate the benefit amount and pay benefits. If you are found not to be disabled, your file will be kept in the field office in case you decide to appeal your claim. This is called a Reconsideration Appeal.
When applying for disability in Nevada and you are in need of Social Security help don't hesitate and contact us today! We are glad to help with Social Security.
Help with Social Security Disability. We are here to help you on how to apply for disability in Nevada.


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Australian Olympic team flag bearer Anna Meares has asked her family not to travel to the Games to watch her because of security concerns in Rio.
Her father Tony has revealed the Meares family discussed the issue.
No family members will go to the Olympics, saving Meares any worry about their safety.
"She has a little bit of a concern about the security for visitors, which is what we would be," Tony Meares told AAP.
"What's the best outcome? She was saying `I'd prefer you not to come' and that's just one worry that's eliminated immediately."
Meares' parents Tony and Marilyn were at the Beijing and London Olympics to watch her compete.
Anna Meares also said at Wednesday's flag bearer announcement that she was regularly in contact with team doctors about the Zika virus.
"For me, it's really hard to decipher between hype and reality and I'm just trying to take the information (from) the AOC's medical team," she said.
"For me personally, being female ... it's been really difficult and I'm constantly on the phone to my team doctor.
"I decided to ... `diss' the hype around it.
"Honestly, it may actually be more beneficial to the people of Brazil, to put a spotlight on something they're living with daily."
Meares added the track cycling team had discussed concerns about a mosquito-borne illness that was also raised before the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games.


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General Information on Scholarships
|Section in charge
|Student Support Division, Scholarship Section
|Administration Office Building, 1st floor, Counter 7
|Reception hours
|9:00 - 16:30
Applying for a Scholarship
Two types of scholarships are offered, one by the Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO) and the other by local public organizations and public corporations. Information on the application process is explained below.
In addition, the Ichiko-Shibata Scholarship Fund offers emergency scholarships for students at the College of Arts and Sciences.
1. Japan Student Services Organization (JASSO)
All JASSO Scholarships are loan based. All students who receive aid have a repayment obligation. Students interested in applying should think carefully about their ability repay after graduation.
Categories of Loans
There are two categories of loans: Category 1 (interest-free) and Category 2 (low-interest).
Monthly Loan Amount (for students starting in 2011)
|Level of study
|Monthly loan amount
Category 1
Students living at home: 30,0000 yen or 45,000 yen per month
Students not living at home: 30,000 yen or 51,000 yen per month
|Master's students
|50,000 yen or 88,000 yen per month
|Doctoral students
|50,000 yen or 122,000 yen per month
Category 2
|30,000 yen, 50,000 yen, 80,000 yen, 100,000 yen or 120,000 yen per month
|Master's and doctoral students
|50,000 yen, 80,000 yen, 100,000 yen, 130,000 yen or 150,000 yen per month
Students must meet both academic and financial requirements. Requirements for Category 2 loans are less strict, and are relatively easy to apply for. For more details, please refer to the application guidelines or ask for more information at Counter 7 in the Administration Office Building.
Application Period
Application information for undergraduate students will be distributed in mid-April; information sessions will also be held so please ensure that you attend. Application information for graduate students will be distributed in mid-March. Detailed information will be displayed on the Scholarship Section bulletin boards at the Student Support Division (Administration Office Building, 1st floor)
In addition, if there is a sudden change in your financial circumstances please contact the counter to find out more information about emergency funding.
Other information
Students who are in receipt of JASSO Category 1 or 2 scholarships must renew their scholarship once a year. If you fail to make the necessary arrangements your scholarship will be terminated. More information will be displayed on the Scholarship Section bulletin boards from mid-December (to be confirmed).
2. Local Public Organizations and Public Corporations
(1) Eligibility for scholarships offered by local public organizations are limited to students from the local area, or students whose guardians are residents of the area. There are around ten organizations who offer scholarships to students through the university, most of which are loan-based, interest-free scholarships from 25,000 yen to 51,000 yen per month.
(2) Eligibility for scholarships offered by public corporations vary according to the corporation. Many place restrictions on place of birth, or by field or year of study. There are around 20 corporations that offer loan-based, interest-free scholarships (20,000 yen - 60,000 yen per month) and around 40 that offer scholarships with no repayment obligations (15,000 yen - 80,000 yen per month). In addition to assessing academic performance and household income, many corporations require applicants to write an essay or attend an interview. Generally, only one to four students are accepted per year.
(3) Application periods for both (1) and (2) are generally concentrated in April, but there may be other opportunities throughout the year. These will be displayed on an ad-hoc basis at the lobby of the Administration Office Building, Student Support Division. Interested students should regularly check the bulletin boards and speak to a member of staff at Counter 7 well in advance.
In addition, there are organizations that offer scholarships to students privately and not through the university.
3. Ichiko-Shibata Scholarship Fund
(Emergency Scholarships for undergraduate students in the College of Arts and Sciences)
The Ichiko-Shibata Scholarship Fund was established from donations given to the College of Arts and Sciences. The fund provides emergency financial assistance to students in need, taking into account the wishes of the donors as well.
Students who meet all three requirements below are eligible for a scholarship.
(Research students and visiting students are ineligible.)
1. Students who are experiencing financial difficulty, while also displaying academic excellence and exceptional character.
2. Students who have had a sudden change in their family's financial circumstances that makes payment of tuition fees difficult. Such circumstances may include, but are not limited to, the death of the person primarily responsible for payment of tuition fees, or situations in which students or their providers have sustained damage from storms, floods or other natural disasters.
3. Students who were unable to apply for a tuition-fee waiver or other regular university scholarship programs for the semester of application.
(Students who have had a sudden change in their family's financial circumstances after already applying for a tuition-fee waiver or other regular scholarship programs are eligible to apply.)
Scholarship amounts and number of installments
The scholarship amount will be up to half of the yearly tuition fees, and will be determined based on the financial situation of the student's family. As a general rule, the amount will be paid in one installment.
Application Period
First semester: 1st May to the last day of August
Second semester: 1st November to the last day of February
* Please submit the prescribed application form along with required materials (e.g. income verification forms) to the section in charge. Application forms are available throughout the year from the same section.
Other Information
1) Selection for scholarships will be conducted according to the same criteria as for the tuition waiver program, which takes into account the financial situation of the student's families, etc.
2) Selection decisions for scholarships will be announced after the decisions for tuition waivers for each semester, and will vary according to the application period.
In cases where the student has also applied for a tuition waiver and were successful for a full waiver, they will no longer be considered for this fund. They may also not be considered if they gained a waiver for half of their fees.


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Washington Nationals shortstop Trea Turner issued an apology on July 29, after anti-gay slurs he posted in several tweets in 2011 and 2012 when he was 18 years old and playing college baseball at North Carolina State University resurfaced.
According to media reports, including a report in the LGBT blog Out Sports, Turner used the word "faggot" in four tweets sent in response to messages from acquaintances in which it was unclear whether they were intended as insults or were used in jest.
Regardless of the intent and the fact they were made when Turner, now 25, was a teenager, Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo issued a statement calling the tweets "inexcusable" but noting that Turner has taken full responsibility for his actions.
"There are no excuses for my insensitive and offensive language on Twitter," he said in a separate statement released by the Nationals. "I am sincerely sorry for those tweets and apologize wholeheartedly. I believe people who know me understand those regrettable actions do not reflect my values or who I am," he said.
"But I understand the hurtful nature of such language and am sorry to have brought any negative light to the Nationals organization, myself or the game I love," he said.
News of Turner's six- and seven-year-old tweets came as a surprise to people familiar with his participation and support of Major League Baseball's "Shred Hate" anti-bullying program. The Washington Blade reported in its sports issue last month that Turner has worked with gay former MLB player Billy Bean, who coordinates the Shred Hate program, in speaking with school kids about how bullying is harmful and should be stopped.
Earlier this year, Turner appeared in a video public service announcement speaking out against bullying, which has been shown on the large video screen at Nationals Stadium during games.
In a development that started MLB officials, Turner became the third MLB player in the past month discovered to have posted anti-gay tweets in years prior to their joining MLB teams. The other two are Atlanta Braves pitcher Sean Newcomb and Milwaukee Brewers relief pitcher Josh Hader. In one of his offending tweets Newcomb used a racial slur as well as an anti-gay slur.
"The Nationals organization does not condone discrimination in any form, and his comments do not in any way reflect the values of our club," Rizzo said of Turner's tweets. "Trea has been a good teammate and model citizen in our clubhouse, and these comments are not indicative of how he as conducted himself while part of our team."


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Welcome to Peace News, the newspaper for the UK grassroots peace and justice movement. We seek to oppose all forms of violence, and to create positive change based on cooperation and responsibility. See more
"Peace News has compiled an exemplary record... its tasks have never been more critically important than they are today." Noam Chomsky
John Gittings, The Glorious Art of Peace: From the Iliad to Iraq
Polymath John Gittings – a Guardian journalist and associate editor of The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Peace, is a Sinologist, literary critic and classicist. He crams his considerable knowledge of history, art, literature, and languages into this personal review of peace through the ages, arguing for a 'peace discourse' to counter our current one obsessed with the glory of war and the culture of death.
Indeed, for Gittings 'The study of peace can be as exciting as the study of war and, far from [there] being little to say about it, it is an engrossing subject' – a fact he ably demonstrates.
The first four chapters analyse classical Greek and Chinese historical texts, as well as Shakespeare from a peace perspective, and from chapter five onwards we are given a condensed history of grassroots peace movements, the League of Nations and the United Nations, and events ranging from the Cold War to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
The text is dense with references, expanded in endnotes for each chapter, and includes a useful bibliography and a comprehensive index.
The focus on the history and art of peace is unusual and compelling, and combines myriad quotes from historical writings (including original translations by the author) with a scholarly grasp of peace studies.
In his conclusion Gittings is optimistic about the future, sensing a globalised and popular impetus for peaceful means of conflict resolution, with war having 'become almost completely deglamourised'.
Eminently readable, this book would make a great gift for the activist and sympathetic non-activist alike, providing inspiration from the glorious heritage of peace activism down the ages.


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Accelerometers measure linear acceleration. They can be also used for specific purposes such as inclination and vibration measurement. MEMS accelerometers embed several useful features for motion and acceleration detection, including free-fall, wakeup, single/double-tap recognition, activity/inactivity detection and 6D/4D orientation.
Our accelerometer portfolio
ST's state-of-the-art 3-axis MEMS accelerometers include analog and digital sensors featuring up to ±400g acceleration full scale and from 1.71 to 3.6 V supply voltage.
Ideal for low-power applications
ST's accelerometer sensors have advanced power-saving features that make them the ideal choice for ultra-low-power applications. These features include low-power mode, auto wake-up function and FIFO buffer that can be used to store data, thus reducing the host processor loading and system power consumption.
They are suitable for handheld portable applications such as mobile phones and PDAs, or any other application where low power consumption and reduced package size are required. The new generation of accelerometers, recently introduced by ST, makes a significant step forward in miniaturization, with packages sized only 2x2x1 mm, available with both 14 and 12-leads pinout.
For Automotive and Industrial applications
ST's portfolio also includes accelerometers:
- for automotive applications, such as the AIS32x family, with extended temperature range and AEC-Q100 qualified
- for industrial applications, such as the IISxxx devices
which are part of ST's longevity program and will stay in production for ten years from the date of introduction.
Featured Videos
This video on the SensorTile.box Pro Mode shows you how to use this IoT and wearable sensor development kit to create customized wireless applications using an STM32Cube function pack. Use-case on a Human Activity Recognition algorithm included.
Watch this short tutorial on the Expert mode of the SensorTile.box to learn how to use a graphical wizard to build programs without having to write any code.
The first video in the SensorTile.box series of short tutorials will guide you through the pre-recorded examples in the device firmware to help you use IoT and wearable sensor applications.
Featured Products
65 different working modes provide the highest flexibility in an industrial grade accelerometer
First 10-year longevity accelerometer with high inclination accuracy
New IIS3DWB sensing solution for wide scale adoption of vibration monitoring in Industry 4.0 applications
Optimized for high performance industrial vibration sensing, the 3-axis IIS3DWB MEMS accelerometer with an ultra-wide bandwidth and low-noise is a power-efficient and affordable digital sensing solution included in ST's 10-year longevity program.
The IIS3DWB sensor is a key enabler of industrial vibration monitoring:
· it offers a 3-axis digital plug-and-play solution for a seamless and cost-effective adoption
· its wide and flat frequency response up to 6kHz and low noise ensure high-quality vibration data is collected
· the sensor low-power and extended temperature range up to +105°C is ideal for long-lasting, self-powered wireless sensor nodes and allows them to be retrofitted into existing systems
The STEVAL-STWINKT1 development kit takes the prototyping of vibration monitoring solutions to the next level by integrating the IIS3DWB sensor with numerous additional sensors and an ultra-low-power STM32L4+ MCU, and offering wired and wireless connectivity. Software libraries for vibration processing are also available, including a high-speed data logger for data scientists to develop algorithms.
- IIS3DHHC High-resolution, high-stability 3-axis digital inclinometer for industrial applications
- IIS2ICLX High-accuracy, High-resolution, Low-power, 2-axis Digital Inclinometer with Embedded Machine Learning Core
- LIS3DSH 3-axis accelerometer, ±2g/±4g/±6g/±8g/±16g user selectable full-scale, SPI/I2C digital output, ultra low-power, high performance
- IIS3DWB Ultra-wide bandwidth, low-noise, 3-axis digital vibration sensor
- LIS2DE12 MEMS digital output motion sensor: ultra-low-power high-performance 3-axis "femto" accelerometer
- AIS1120SX Automotive MEMS accelerometer sensor, single-axis for central airbag applications, AEC-Q100 qualified
- LIS2DTW12 MEMS digital output dual motion and temperature sensor
- AIS2120SX Automotive accelerometer for airbag, dual-axis hi-g accelerometer, AEC-Q100 qualified
- IIS2DLPC MEMS digital output motion sensor: high-performance ultra-low-power 3-axis accelerometer for industrial applications
- AIS328DQ Automotive 3-axis accelerometer, ultra low power, SPI/I2C digital output, AEC-Q100 qualified
- LIS3LV02DL 3-axes digital output linear accelerometerr, ±2g / ±6g user selectable full-scale, I2C, SPI
- H3LIS331DL Low power High-g 3-axis accelerometer, SPI/I2C digital output MEMS motion sensor, user-selectable full scales of ±100g/±200g/±400g
- AIS326DQ MEMS inertial sensor 3-axis, low g accelerometer with digital output
- AIS1200PS MEMS peripheral acceleration sensor, single-axis with PSI5 point-to-point interface, AEC-Q100 qualified
- LIS2DH MEMS digital output motion sensor:ultra low-power high performance 3-axis femto accelerometer
- IIS2DH Ultra low-power high performance 3-axes accelerometer with digital output for industrial applications
- LIS331HH 3-axis accelerometer, ±6g/±12g/±24g selectable full-scale range, ultra low power operational modes, advanced power saving, smart sleep to wake-up functions, digital I2C/SPI output
- LIS2DW12 3-axis MEMS accelerometer, ultra low power, configurable single/double-tap recognition, free-fall, wakeup, portrait/landscape, 6D/4D orientation detections
- LIS2DH12 MEMS digital output motion sensor: ultra-low-power high-performance 3-axis "femto" accelerometer
- LIS3DH 3-axis MEMS accelerometer, ultra-low-power, ±2g/±4g/±8g/±16g full scale, high-speed I2C/SPI digital output, embedded FIFO, high-performance acceleration sensor, LLGA 16 3x3x1.0 package
- AIS3624DQ 3-axis accelerometer for non-safety automotive applications, ultra low power, SPI/I2C digital output, AEC-Q100 qualified
- LIS344ALH 3-axis analog accelerometer, ±2 g / ±6 g user selectable full-scale, ultra compact, low power
- AIS2DW12 MEMS digital output motion sensor: ultra-low-power 3-axis accelerometer for automotive applications
- LIS3DHH 3-axis accelerometer, ultra high resolution, low-noise, SPI 4-wire digital output, ±2.5g full-scale
- LIS2DW MEMS digital output motion sensor:high-performance ultra-low-power 3-axis "femto" accelerometer
- LIS25BA MEMS digital output motion sensor: low noise, high bandwith, 3-axis accelerometer with TDM interface
- LIS2DS12 3-axis MEMS accelerometer, ±2g/±4g/±8g/±16g full scale, high-speed I2C/SPI digital output, ultra-low-power, high-performance acceleration sensor
- H3LIS100DL Ultra low power 3-axis accelerometer, SPI/I2C digital output MEMS motion sensor
- MIS2DH 3-axis accelerometer for medical/healthcare applications, ±2g/±4g/±8g/±16g user selectable full-scale
- H3LIS200DL Ultra low power 3-axis accelerometer, SPI/I2C digital output MEMS motion sensor, user-selectable full scales of ±100g/±200g
- IIS328DQ High-performance ultra-low-power 3-axis accelerometer with digitaloutput for industrial applications
- LIS331DLH 3-axis digital accelerometer, ultra low power operational modes, advanced power saving, smart sleep to wake-up functions
- LIS2HH12 3-axis accelerometer, ±2g/±4g/±8g full scale, high-speed I2C/SPI digital output, ultra-low-power, integrated FIFO


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StarHub launches e-waste recycling programme for Earth Hour with a challenge [Press Releases]
March 30, 2012 by Zero Waste Singapore
Filed under News
Singapore, 30 March 2012 – For Earth Hour this year, from 8:30pm till 9:30pm on Saturday 31 March, expect to see dimmed lights, as well as lights and television screens turned off, at StarHub's retail shops and Customer Service Centres around the island. That is because StarHub will be joining the rest of the planet once again to reduce electricity and greenhouse gas emissions.
Beyond this support for Earth Hour, StarHub will also be launching their electronic waste (e-waste) recycling programme. E-waste recycling bins will be placed at StarHub's Customer Service Centres at OUB Centre, Plaza Singapura, Tampines Mall and StarHub Green. An e-waste recycling bin will also be placed at the Grid MMS Office at *SCAPE.
"StarHub is deeply committed to being an environmentally conscious corporate citizen and caring for the natural world," said Neil Montefiore, Chief Executive Officer, StarHub. "Furthermore, as a provider of electronic equipment and e-services, we feel that it is only right to provide consumers with an avenue through which they can safely and responsibly dispose of their electronic waste." Read more
Over 300 corporate organisations participating in Earth Hour [News]
March 30, 2012 by Zero Waste Singapore
Filed under News
By Qiuyi Tan, Channel NewsAsia, 29 Mar 2012.
More than 300 corporate organisations will be taking part in Earth Hour this Saturday.
Some companies are going beyond the hour in their sustainability drive this year, and they are doing more than turning off the lights.
Shopping malls, cinemas, hotels and even restaurants are prepared to hit the light switch for Earth Hour, which will take place between 8.30pm and 9.30pm.
But for local telco StarHub, it is only the start of a new recycling programme for old mobile phones, laptops, batteries and other electronic waste (e-waste).
Caitlin Fua, assistant vice-president of corporate communications at StarHub, said: "Today we are all familiar with where to recycle paper, where to recycle plastic and glass. But when we talk about electronic waste, people may ask, where can I do that?
Source: Channel NewsAsia
Singapore Waste Statistics 2011
March 27, 2012 by Zero Waste Singapore
Filed under Insights
The latest 2011 waste statistics and recycling rate for Singapore can be found at the National Environment Agency website. The following infographic gives an overview of the waste figures:
Waste Generated refers to the total amount of waste generated in Singapore, which is the addition of Waste Disposed and Waste Recycled. Waste Disposed refers to the total amount of waste disposed at the four waste-to-energy or incineration plants, and at the offshore Semakau Landfill. Waste Recycled refers to the total amount of waste that is recycled locally or exported overseas for recycling.
In 2011, about 6.9 million tonnes of waste was generated in Singapore, and each person generated around 1,330 kg of waste in a year. The recycling rate in Singapore for 2011 is 59% (58% in 2010), and has been increasing steadily over the years. The government has set a target of 60% recycling rate by 2012 in the Singapore Green Plan 2012, and 70% recycling rate by 2030 in the Sustainable Singapore Blueprint.
41% of Singapore's waste is still disposed of, with 38% going to the waste-to-energy plants for incineration and energy recovery, and 3% of non-incinerable waste such as construction and demolition waste, used slag and treated sludge, going to the Semakau Landfill for landfilling.
% Composition of Waste Generated
The top 5 waste types make up 76% of the total waste generated in Singapore, which are either disposed of at the waste-to-energy plants and landfill, or recycled locally and exported:
- Paper/Cardboard (20%)
- Ferrous Metal (18%)
- Construction Debris (17%)
- Plastics (11%)
- Food Waste (10%)
% Composition of Waste Disposed
The top 3 waste types make up 65% of the total waste disposed in Singapore:
- Plastics (23%)
- Food Waste (21%)
- Paper/Cardboard (21%)
% Composition of Waste Recycled
The top 3 waste types make up 77% of the total waste recycled in Singapore:
- Construction Debris (29%)
- Ferrous Metal (29%)
- Paper/Cardboard (19%)
Recycling Rate of Waste
For the 3 common types of waste disposed, the recycling rate for plastics and food waste is still low:
- Food Waste (10%)
- Plastics (11%)
- Paper/Cardboard (56%)
More efforts are needed to reduce the amount of plastics and food waste disposed and to increase their recycling rates. The recycling rate for plastics in 2011 is the same as 2010, and more can be done to educate Singaporeans on reducing the use of plastics and the recycling of plastic waste. The National Environment Agency (NEA) is likely to miss the target of 35% recycling rate for plastics by 2012, set in the Singapore Green Plan 2012.
The recycling rate for food waste has dropped from 16% in 2010 to 10% in 2011. This is likely due to the closing down of IUT Global last year, which was recycling food waste into biogas and compost. There is currently no news of the setting up of new food waste recycling plants, nor is there any food waste reduction campaign by the NEA. Without any concrete plans to reduce or recycle food waste, the food waste recycling rate would remain low over the next few years, and NEA is likely to miss the target of 30% recycling rate for food waste by 2012, set in the Singapore Green Plan 2012.
For paper, the recycling rate is 56% in 2011. NEA has met the target of 55% recycling rate for paper by 2012, set in the Singapore Green Plan 2012. Nevertheless, there is still room to recycle more paper, as 44% of the paper and cardboard waste generated still ends up being burned at the waste-to-energy plants.
Waste Statistics from 2000 to 2011
From 2000 to 2011, the waste disposed has increased by only 2% but the waste recycled has increased by a massive 117%. The total waste generated has increased by 48% from 4.6 million tonnes in 2000 to 6.9 million tonnes in 2011.
The waste data show that the efforts of the government in promoting waste recycling has paid off. However, waste generated has been increasing steadily since 2003. To work towards zero waste, there is a need for the total waste generated to reach a peak and decrease every year.
This means that we can't depend only on high rates of recycling but we also need greater reduction in the waste disposed, in other words, more reduce and reuse of waste. Recycling is still the least effective of the 3 Rs and should be practised last after reduce and reuse.
Read the latest Singapore Waste Statistics 2012
Compulsory for large hotels, malls to report waste data [News]
March 7, 2012 by Zero Waste Singapore
Filed under News
By Grace Chua, The Straits Times, 7 Mar 2012.
In a bid to cut waste and boost recycling, the Government is making it compulsory for large hotels and shopping malls to report how much waste they generate and their targets for reducing and recycling it.
Only hotels with more than 200 rooms and malls with net rental areas of more than 50,000 sq ft will have to do it.
In all, about 100 hotels and 74 malls will be affected by the measure, which will be introduced in 2014.
Environment and Water Resources Minister Vivian Balakrishnan announced the move on Tuesday.
Elaborating on it later, a National Environment Agency (NEA) spokesman said the outcome of the new measure would help decide whether it will be extended to 'other commercial and industrial premises'.
Hotels and malls can generate more than 1,000kg of waste a day, while their recycling rate can be as low as 10 per cent or even less, said the spokesman.
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