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In March, Afro-Colombian singers from the northwestern Chocó region captivated audiences with their alabaos, or sacred burial songs, at the Ibero-American Theater Festival, one of Colombia's most important cultural events. The singers' participation highlighted the ongoing work of the five-year, USAID-funded Afro-Colombian and Indigenous Program (ACIP). ACIP works with local groups to preserve the cultural heritage of Afro-Colombians in Chocó and Cali as well as that of the Wayuu indigenous people in Guajira.
Over the course of two weeks, the festival attracted theater companies from 25 countries. The Afro-Colombians' performance "Singing to Not Forget"—a tribute to deaths resulting from the armed conflict in Chocó—drew national attention to an ancestral Afro-Colombian tradition that is disappearing due to cultural fragmentation and a loss of ethnic identity.
Additionally, thanks to the technical assistance ACIP provided to festival organizers, 100 Afro-Colombian youth—chosen for their outstanding leadership and artistic abilities—participated in workshops with renowned actors, directors, and screenwriters.
Of the festival, Chocó singer Jesusita Mosquera says "[it] has opened doors for us, allowing us to share our musical traditions with the rest of the country. We are affirming that Bogotá is not the only place where one finds culture."
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As sudden as Catastrophe's seasons can feel — from each arresting start to emotionally jolting finale 6 half-hours later — one never feels fully settled into its world until composer Oli Julian's soaring theme song kicks in. It's at that point that the waves of turmoil and humor and brutally honest storylines for the show's past seasons begin to wash over you, engulfing you even in a journey that always ends too soon.
The final season of the U.K.'s Channel 4 series, which airs in the U.S. on Amazon Prime, is not bittersweet so much as a frustrating farewell to a show that could have run and run. There are small notes to the series' beginnings in this final spate of episodes, including the fact that Rob Norris (Rob Delaney) still has his wife Sharon (Sharon Horgan) listed in his phone as "Sharon London Sex," a nod to the chaotic beginning that led to the two being a couple.
That coupledom, which began more or less as a "why the hell not?" after Irish schoolteacher Sharon finds herself unexpectedly pregnant with her American fling's baby, is always one step away from completely falling apart. There is a very real and resounding love between the two, but it plays out in very different ways than most TV couples — both characters are often mean, selfish, and can be found trying to sabotage the tenuous connection they have built. And yet, the actors imbue both the laughs and conflicts with such raw emotion that it is never short of solid, compelling, and real.
The show's earlier starts are far more of a "drop you in the middle of a scene and leave you wondering if you missed a season in between" than its fourth season premiere, which picks up in the aftermath of Rob's alcoholic relapse and drunken wreck. Season 3 was a particularly hard one on the Norrises, but Season 4 shows us once again how this bizarre couple actually work. The things that bring them together are typically not heartwarming moments so much as bonding after Rob's sister vomits post-fight with her ex-husband (highlighting the horrors of divorce) or the acknowledgement that they have both turned into criminals of a sort (and deserve one another fully). Their comments to each other are always unexpected, like Sharon being upset over Rob coming home late because "now I have to watch Game of Thrones by myself like a pervert."
From Fergal's (Jonathan Forbes) disastrous 40th birthday party to Rob becoming a Quaker for one hot minute, the show continues to keep things messy and real as the Norrises are forced at almost every step to acknowledge their foibles. In a particularly interesting episode that has tinges of "Times Up," the duo resign themselves to practicalities after a stand against the behavior of vile men. "We just can't afford to be idealistic, what with our mortgage and credit card debt, and you said you wanted to get your teeth whitened," Sharon tells Rob. Afterwards, they sit together on the bus holding hands but looking outwards — they know they're hypocrites, but they could use the money that Rob's promotion over a female co-worker would give them. And so they sit with that.
For the most part, though, the season races through a number of plotlines that could have stood some more examination, if only because I so dearly love Mark Bonnar as Rob's friend Chris, and Ashley Jensen as his distraught ex who is more or less Sharon's frenemy. They get some kind of resolution for their stories, as does good ole Dave (Daniel Lapaine), who embodies a kid of scathing commentary on the isolationist tendencies of the overprivileged. The series also pays a lovely and fitting tribute to Carrie Fisher, who portrayed Rob's foul-mouthed and plain-talking mother Mia.
But the heart and soul of every interaction in the series come of course from Horgan and Delaney, and their unique pairing has been more joyously successful than any of the other couples who have populated Horgan's subsequent work (like the HBO series Divorce). It is a very particular alchemy that the two share that works when by all rights it shouldn't, and works so well even that there are few things more devastating than hearing those final wails of Julian's theme song marking the end of a season.
Catastrophe's series finale is powerful, but one that could have used several more episodes of full exploration. Instead, it's distilled down to the most emotional whiplash-inducing narrative moments, culminating in an accord between Rob and Sharon that seems to be pointing towards a future while never losing sight of their unsteady beginnings. Or as F. Scott Fitzgerald would put it, they "beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." They are as they are, and their merciless candor will be missed.
Rating: ★★★★★
Catastrophe returns for its final season on Friday, March 15th on Amazon Prime.


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Interior Design and Environment Architectures is the design and re-design of existing spaces. This course engages with interiors and pushes the boundaries of how we can make and re-make environments whilst considering the experience of the user.
This course is a fusion of architecture and interior design. It deals specifically with public and private commercial spaces within an urban environment. You will explore the impact of materials, technology, structures and form. You will study the design and rehabilitation of buildings, the technical aspects of construction, and how architecture relates to the notions of live, work and relax. You will develop your skills through a mixture of problem-based learning, design studio tutoring, workshops and traditional teaching.
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Students will normally be expected to possess five GCSEs (grade C/level 4 or above) or equivalent (including English) and also to hold at least one of the below or equivalent UK or international qualifications.
For this course students should ideally have a background in art, creative media, or design.
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Please note: direct entry into year 3 is not available for this course.
You will be continually assessed through preparation of written and project work. Assessment in the final year is through dissertation and portfolio.
You will build skills in communication and representation, construction and dual use environment. Alongside this, you will begin to think about your own design and angles on problems of the built environment. We encourage you to start thinking about your contextual studies research.
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You will gain greater understanding of urban history and theory, urban design, and design for commercial and retail environments, as well as rehabilitation. This will allow you to enhance your practice and develop your approach to your design work. We set briefs that encourage you to collaborate with other students and create work as part of a design team.
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IDS16203 Market Factors: the new commercial paradigm
You will bring your learning together in a final negotiated major project, where you will investigate and make architectural design decisions. Alongside this, you will carry out a negotiated project in the form of a live brief. We ask you to show your contextual studies research and thinking in a long form dissertation. You will leave with a portfolio that shows your skills in areas in entry-level architecture.
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Successful completion of this course can lead to postgraduate study in MA Environment Design.
To prepare you for the profession, we put an emphasis on cross-disciplinary practice and live competition briefs. Teaching staff and visiting professionals bring further industry perspectives to the course.
Interior architecture graduates often go on to design the rehabilitation and extension of existing buildings, or the creation of new built environments. You could find yourself working in architectural and urban consultancy, workplace design, housing research, and retail planning or community development.
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Additional Administrative Announcements for 2018-2019
September 5, 2018 - Parkland School Division's Superintendent of Schools Shauna Boyce is pleased to announce the following administrative appointments for the 2018-2019 school year effective September 5, 2018. Mrs. Brenda Stumbur will moving to the Division's Centre for Education as an Acting Director of Learning Services. Completing the shuffle, Ms. Donna Miners will become the Acting Assistant Principal of Duffield School.
"We are pleased that an educator with Brenda's experience and expertise can temporarily step in to support staff and students in the role of Acting Director, Learning Services," stated Superintendent Shauna Boyce.
"Parkland School Division's administrative pool offers so many great choices and we know Donna will be a great fit as she seizes an opportunity to gain additional leadership experience in the Acting Assistant Principal role at Duffield School."
Brenda Stumbur - Acting Director, Learning Services
Brenda started her teaching career in 1985 in the Northland School Division. She joined Parkland School Division in 1986 working with Early Years students at Entwistle School, Forest Green School and Millgrove School. In 2008, Brenda received an Excellence in Teaching award from Alberta Education. Brenda joined the administrative team at Millgrove as Assistant Principal in 2011 and moved into her current role as Assistant Principal at Duffield School in 2015-2016.
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"I appreciate, on a daily basis, the various opportunities to learn, work and grow with the dedicated staff at Duffield School," said Stumbur.
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Donna began her teaching career in 1991 with Wildrose School Division in Drayton Valley where she taught primarily Grade One and Grade Three. Her first stop with Parkland School Division was actually Duffield School in 2006 where she spent a total of eleven school years. Ms. Miners also had teaching posts with Grande Yellowhead School Division in that span. She has previously served in an Acting Administration role at Duffield. The 2017 - 2018 school year was split between Millgrove School and Brookwood School in Spruce Grove as a Collaborative Teaching Partner with a focus on literacy and numeracy.
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I will try to show you two different outfits which may help you come up with an idea of how to dress during summer. I myself find dressing in the summer a rather hard task as summer fashion is so broad. The two outfits I have picked to show you today both have a smart casual element.
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With the shoes on the other hand I was quite indecisive but came to the conclusion the black loafers were enough to complete the look.
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Out of the two outfits the second is by far my favourite as it a casual look. Wearing white is essential in summer as it brightens up your look, in this outfit I wore a slim fit grandad collared shirt.
I know in my previous blog posts I have said that I'm slowly swaying away from jeans but you can never go wrong with a pair of skinny blue jeans.
You're probably thinking to yourselves how is he wearing a jacket in the weather we've been experiencing? The jacket is extremely lightweight and is made out of the same material as raincoats, so it weighs next to nothing and won't really cause you to feel hot in any way. The jacket is by the brand HYPE.
The shoes I wore with this outfit were Reebok Classics. More recently I have been finding it hard to find shoes that I actually really like, however the comfortability of Reebok's is yet to fail me.


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Dr. Mercola Interviews Dr. Andrew Wakefield on His MMR Study examining autism, vaccines and the gut and psychological/behavioral connection. These physicians are heroes in my book. Dr. Wakefield is pro-vaccine and is working tirelessly to ensure that vaccines are safe.
I wish I had known then what I know now when it comes to vaccines. I wouldn't have let them inject my newborn, preemie, immune compromised child with vaccines until she was older and healthier. Does a newborn really need a shot to protect against a sexually transmitted disease (Hep B)? Since her most likely chance of getting Hep B (aside from sex) is from my blood then why not just give me a blood test before injecting her with a vaccine that contains Formaldehyde and aluminum? I only had 12 vaccines as a child and I've been perfectly healthy. She's had over 40 and she suffers with chronic brain, gut and skin issues. I'm just praying that we will be able to get all the heavy metals out of her body and fix her immune system.
If you're interested in learning more, this is a very educational interview with one of the most prominent Gastroenterologist in the world who has spent the last few years researching vaccines and their impact on children's health. He's pro-vaccine but very concerned about the lack of safety tests and the fact that no safety test have every been done on the current vaccine schedule. No one in the industry knows if the huge increase of vaccines and the combination of vaccines given together is safe. I guess our kids get to be the guinea pigs. And vaccine manufacturers are not liable for any of the damages they cause.
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United States District Court, D. Hawaii
January 22, 2018
CHRISTOPHER YOUNG, Plaintiff,v.MICHAEL M. KRAUS, ET AL., Defendants.
S.C. Chang United States Magistrate Judge
the Court is Defendants Michael Kraus and Tree Works,
Inc.'s (collectively "Defendants") Motion for
Sanctions Against Plaintiff ("Motion"), filed
December 5, 2017. Plaintiff Christopher Young
("Plaintiff") did not file a response.
matter came on for hearing on January 22, 2018. Plaintiff
appeared pro se by phone and Ronald Shigekane, Esq., appeared
on behalf of Defendants. After careful consideration of
Defendants' submissions, the applicable law, and the
arguments of Plaintiff and counsel, the Court HEREBY
RECOMMENDS that the Motion be GRANTED for the reasons
articulated below.
October 10, 2016, Defendants filed a motion to compel answers
to interrogatories. Doc. No. 90. The Court orally granted the
motion at the December 20, 2016 hearing and ordered Plaintiff
to submit responses to interrogatories by February 6, 2017.
Doc. No. 104. A written order issued on January 12, 2017
("Discovery Order"), directing Plaintiff to
provide complete and detailed responses to Defendants'
interrogatories by February 6, 2017. Doc. No. 105. Plaintiff
attempted to appeal the Discovery Order, but his request was
denied without prejudice because it did not comply with Local
Rule 74.1 and because it was untimely. See Order
Denying the Portion of Plaintiff's Motion Seeking
Reconsideration of This Court's January 27, 2017 Order
and Denying Without Prejudice the Portion of the Motion
Attempting to Appeal the Order or Rulings Issued by the
Magistrate Judge ("Reconsideration Order"), Doc.
No. 111 at 8. U.S. District Judge Leslie Kobayashi afforded
Plaintiff an opportunity to file an amended appeal of the
Order, but imposed a deadline of March 3, 2017 to do so, and
identified issues to be addressed in any amended appeal.
Id. at 8-9. Plaintiff did not file an amended appeal
of the Order.
March 13, 2017, Plaintiff filed an appeal of the
Reconsideration Order. Doc. No. 114. The Ninth Circuit
dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction on April 21,
2017. Doc. No. 118.
On May
1, 2017, Defendants filed a motion for sanctions against
Plaintiff. Doc. No. 119. The motion was heard on June 23,
2017. The same day, this Court issued an Order Granting
Defendants' Motion for Sanctions Against Plaintiff
("Sanction Order"). Doc. No. 125. This Court
declined to recommend dismissal at that time, but again
ordered Plaintiff to provide complete and detailed responses
to Defendants' interrogatories by July 7, 2017, and
awarded Defendants the fees and costs incurred in connection
with the motion. Id. at 5. The Court cautioned
Plaintiff that his failure to timely produce responses would
result in the imposition of additional sanctions, including
the possibility of dismissal. Id. at 6. On June 29,
2017, the Court issued an Entering Order ("EO")
concluding that defense counsel reasonably and necessarily
incurred $739.50 in fees. Doc. No. 129.
On July
10, 2017, Plaintiff filed a document entitled
"Verification of Plaintiff's Objection to the
6/23/17 Order Granting Defendants' Motion for Sanctions
Against Plaintiff." Doc. No. 130. On October 12, 2017,
Judge Kobayashi issued an Order Denying Plaintiff's
Appeal of the Magistrate Judge's Order Granting
Defendants' Motion for Sanctions Against Plaintiff and
the Magistrate Judge's Entering Order Determining the
Amount of the Sanction ("10/12/17 Order"). Doc.
No. 134. Plaintiff was ordered to provide complete and
detailed responses to the interrogatories by November 9,
2017, and to remit payment of the $739.50 sanction by
November 16, 2017. Id. at 12.
October 30, 2017, Plaintiff filed a document entitled
"Verification Plaintiff's Objection to Judge's
Order 10/12/17 Continue to Avoid this Court's Lack of
Jurisdiction Based on Undisputed Violations in Removal
09/28/2015 Proof of Evidence in the Docket at [Dkt. Nos.
1-135]." Doc. No. 135. In an October 31, 2017 EO, Judge
Kobayashi construed the filing as a motion for
reconsideration of the 10/12/17 Order and denied the same.
Doc. No. 136. The November 9 and 16, 2017 deadlines to
produce responses to the interrogatories and to pay the
$739.50 sanction, respectively, remained in effect.
Id. A formal order issued on November 7, 2017
("11/7/17 Order"), again ordering Plaintiff to
comply with the foregoing deadlines. Doc. No. 137.
November 13, 2017, Plaintiff filed a document entitled
"Verification Plaintiff's Reply and Objection to
Judge Kobayashi's Order/Judgement [Dkt. No. 134]
10/12/2017, [Dkt. No. 136] 10/31/2017 and Judge Chang's
Order [Dkt. No. 125] 06/23/2017." Doc. No. 139. Because
Plaintiff signed and mailed this filing prior to receiving
the 11/7/17 Order, Judge Kobayashi construed it as a
supplemental memorandum in support of Plaintiff's motion
for reconsideration. Doc. No. 141.
November 14, 2017, Plaintiff appealed the 10/12/17
Order.[1] Doc. No. 140. On December 19, 2017, the
Ninth Circuit dismissed Plaintiff's appeal for lack of
jurisdiction. Doc. No. 146.
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attorneys' fees incurred in connection with this Motion.
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There will be a leadership change at ANZCO Foods next April, when Peter Conley becomes the third chief executive of ANZCO Foods in the company's 33 year history on Mark Clarkson's retirement from the role at the end of March, 2017.
Like his predecessors, Peter Conley is well grounded in the workings of the New Zealand meat industry and currently heads ANZCO's harvest division. He has had in-depth overseas experience, including five years as president of the Chicago-based ANZCO Foods North America from 2005 – 2010.
A B.Com graduate of the Victoria University of Wellington and the Advanced Executive Program of the Kellogg School of Management at the Northwestern University in Chicago, Peter Conley held various sales and marketing roles, including with Crown Marketing Limited when it became part of the ANZCO Group in 1997.
"The ANZCO Board is pleased to have been able to continue our tradition of appointing within," says company founder and chairman Sir Graeme Harrison.
"Peter Conley will follow on from Mark Clarkson who has given wonderful service to the company since he joined the ANZCO Group in 1991 as general manager of Five Star Beef Limited, then as chief executive of ANZCO's fully owned subsidiary Canterbury Meat Packers Limited, before becoming managing director of the ANZCO Group in 2004," he said.
"During his 13 years in the role, the New Zealand meat industry has experienced intense livestock procurement competition and thin margins. Yet ANZCO Foods achieved annual profits and maintained half year dividends to shareholders in all but one year," he says.
The investment focus of ANZCO Foods in recent years has been on value-adding activities in largely what is now the company's Food and Solutions division, rather than expanding livestock processing capacity.
In 2015, Itoham Foods Inc. increased its shareholding to a majority position of 65 percent but the balance of the company's shares continue to be held by Nippon Suisan Kaisha Limited and by Graeme Harrison, along with company senior managers.
"Despite ongoing excess livestock slaughter and processing capacity in the New Zealand meat industry, ANZCO Foods intends to remain a major player and grow value-add activities through the company's network of overseas offices and other marketplace investments," says Harrison.


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Barberstown Castle is pleased to share what our guests have to say about their experience with us. We would be grateful for your feedback! Please note that a few quotes have been taken from feedback left on www.Tripadvisor.com
"Beautiful Restuarant and lovely unobtrusive service"
Taken from www.tripadvisor.com
"As a family we've dined here many times , and most recently for a birthday celebration last week. Fabulous food and service as always - comfortable country house feeling, non fussy unprettentious but still fab service - long may it continue"
"If you want to feel special"
- 5 of 5 stars Taken from www.tripadvisor.com
"I was brought here my my family for my birthday and the experience can only be described as fantastic. The staff are the friendliest and efficient that I have ever come across and the rooms and surroundings are absolutely top class. The food was also top class and the manner that it was served was 100%."
"I totally enjoyed my stay here and will definately come back."
"Top Class Stay"
- 5 of 5 stars Taken from www.tripadvisor.com
"We cannot recommend this hotel highly enough, the service was outstanding, from the very warm welcome on arrival right through to our departure. On arrival we were greeted by Sally in reception and Ken the owner, who even took our luggage to our rooms, a nice touch. We were struck by the truly open and genuine warmth of them both. Our four poster room was palatial with amazing attention to detail and we had the most comfortable stay there, it was well appointed , luxurious and typical of the Irish Castle.
We dined on both nights, the food was second to none!, deliciously tasty, fresh and unique, our appetizers were excellent and well prepared, the steaks were meltingly tender and again cooked to order and perfection, what can we say about the deserts only that there truly scrumptous. We found all the staff very attentive and extremely friendly and we had a good repore with our waiter Norman and he contributed immensely to our dining experience. The passion for food and wine certainly through as they presented a fascinating menu, with the best of local produce. A special word of thanks also to Gillian, Linda and Ester in reception for also making us so welcome, there were always on hand and very professional , friendly and courteous. Truly all this praise and more is deserved. We are already looking forward to a return visit as we found something special and we know it will not fail to impress us once again. Thank you Ken and all the wonderful staff. " Room Tip: A Haven
- Stayed May 2011, traveled as a couple
"Comments on our stay: If life is peppered with little luxuries, then Barberstown Castle is one of them. The genuine Irish Welcome which is repudetly extinct in Eire is alive and roaring in this oasis of calm and kindness. Service and staff that rival Dubai, Seven Stars and more. Thank you for a memorable and relaxing respite! Kindest regards, Annette & Enda"
"Hello, How lovely to be welcomed by a friendly greeting, and a crackling log fire at your superb Castle hotel on March 22nd. The staff were all friendly, and most helpful. The ambience was opulent. My bedroom very comfortable and the view divine. The food delicious. The spring crocuses a treat. I will delightedly recommend Barberstown Castle to all. Melanie"
"Hi there, I just want to thank the hotel for sending on my pyjamas that I left behind in my room after I checked out! That was really very good of you. We were there for a wedding -the hotel was fantastic, very helpful staff and loved the breakfast, reception and lobby area also. Kind regards, Aileen"
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Our Alaska trip was a true bucket list vacation in a way we had not envisioned when we made arrangements for it in late 2016.
When we arrived in Fairbanks at 8:30 PM, the afternoon sun was still well above the horizon and the temperature was in the low 80s. These temperatures, combined with exceedingly long hours of sunlight, mean that Alaska is the home of giant vegetables. We saw cabbages the size of basketballs. It wouldn't surprise me if coleslaw were the state's official dish.
We were fortunate enough to be among the 30% of visitors who are able to see the great mountain, Denali.
From Denali, we traveled to Talkeetna and onward to Anchorage via private rail observation car. The next stop was Seward, where we joined our cruise ship.
Said ship deposited us in Vancouver one week later.
But this post was not intended to be a travelogue. Yes, we visited many beautiful places. Yes, we saw and experienced things we have never seen before. We saw a glacier calving icebergs. Dee was awakened during our night in Anchorage by an earthquake.
As fascinating as all these sights were, what really mattered on our trip was the care and solicitousness with which we were treated at every step of the way.
Traveling as a disabled person was a new experience for me... and traveling with a disabled person was a new experience for our traveling companions. The three words with which I became intimately familiar were mobility, accessibility, and vulnerability.
Mobility – the ability to travel from place to place - is something most of us take for granted. But under my current circumstances, the walk from curbside to the entrance to the airport was impossible without some kind of assistive device. Fortunately, the airlines are well equipped to handle passengers with limited mobility. I was whisked from airport entrance to gate in a wheelchair – my first such experience.
Accessibility is mobility's counterpart. A wheelchair cannot help you get into a bathtub or get up a flight of stairs. Without the appropriate infrastructure, all the mobility in the world will not help you go where you need to go. On our trip, accessible facilities were a godsend. The ability to navigate a hotel bedroom and to use the restroom were critical needs, and in almost every case these needs were met.
My biggest new discovery, however, was vulnerability. Needing mechanical devices to move from place to place exposed me to feelings of vulnerability I had never had before. Complicating this was the fact that my own capabilities were declining bit by bit over the course of our trip.
When we began our vacation, I was able to climb up the steep steps into our motorcoach. That ability disappeared after a few days. Almost all of our land tour involve me being pushed around in a wheelchair. Getting on and off our motorcoach and our railroad observation cars was accomplished through the use of a wheelchair elevator. Believe me when I tell you that it is not a comfortable experience to be sitting on a wheelchair on a platform just large enough to hold said wheelchair while you are being hoisted six feet in the air.
I also discovered that, at least in my case, the number one fear of a wheelchair rider is a down staircase. Anytime I was anywhere near a staircase, my sphincters would clench in terror. Uneven surfaces were also not my friends.
The flipside to all of this was the fact that we were traveling with two couples - very dear friends – and were also assisted by a wonderful tour guide and motorcoach driver. Everything that could be done to ensure my comfort and safety was taken care of.
Our vacation was certainly one to remember. We have photographs for documentation, but memories are more than that. What I came away with was far more than the sights we saw or the meals we ate. What I brought home was memories of loving care.
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Sounds as though your adventure was wonderful on many different levels. I envy you the experiences you've had. All the same, I'm sure you're glad to be back home.ReplyDelete
So glad you have such dear friends and family close....they're more precious than gold....never more so than when you're in need. Also glad you had a wonderful trip, even given the mobility issues.ReplyDelete
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A new design for gigantic blades longer than two football fields could help bring offshore 50-megawatt (MW) wind turbines to the United States and the world.
Sandia National Laboratories' research on the extreme-scale Segmented Ultralight Morphing Rotor (SUMR) is funded by the Department of Energy's (DOE) Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy program. The challenge: Design a low-cost offshore 50-MW turbine requiring a rotor blade more than 650 feet (200 meters) long, two and a half times longer than any existing wind blade.
The team is led by the University of Virginia, and includes Sandia and researchers from the University of Illinois, University of Colorado, the Colorado School of Mines and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Corporate advisory partners include Dominion Resources, GE, Siemens AG and Vestas Wind Systems.
"Exascale turbines take advantage of economies of scale," said Todd Griffith, lead blade designer on the project and technical lead for Sandia's Offshore Wind Energy Program.
Sandia's 100-meter blade is the basis for the Segmented Ultralight Morphing Rotor (SUMR), a new low-cost offshore 50-MW wind turbine. At dangerous wind speeds, the blades are stowed and aligned with the wind direction, reducing the risk of damage. At lower wind speeds, the blades spread out more to maximize energy production. (Illustration courtesy of TrevorJohnston.com/Popular Science)
Sandia's previous work on 13-MW systems uses 100-meter blades (328 feet) on which the initial SUMR designs are based. While a 50-MW horizontal wind turbine is well beyond the size of any current design, studies show that load alignment can dramatically reduce peak stresses and fatigue on the rotor blades. This reduces costs and allows construction of blades big enough for a 50-MW system.
Most current U.S. wind turbines produce power in the 1- to 2-MW range, with blades about 165 feet (50 meters) long, while the largest commercially available turbine is rated at 8 MW with blades 262 feet (80 meters) long.
"The U.S. has great offshore wind energy potential, but offshore installations are expensive, so larger turbines are needed to capture that energy at an affordable cost," Griffith said. Barriers remain before designers can scale up to a 50-MW turbine — more than six times the power output of the largest current turbines.
"Conventional upwind blades are expensive to manufacture, deploy and maintain beyond 10-15 MW. They must be stiff, to avoid fatigue and eliminate the risk of tower strikes in strong gusts. Those stiff blades are heavy, and their mass, which is directly related to cost, becomes even more problematic at the extreme scale due to gravity loads and other changes," Griffith said. He said the new blades could be more easily and cost-effectively manufactured in segments, avoiding the unprecedented-scale equipment needed for transport and assembly of blades built as single units.
The exascale turbines would be sited downwind, unlike conventional turbines that are configured with the rotor blades upwind of the tower.
SUMR's load-alignment is bio-inspired by the way palm trees move in storms. The lightweight, segmented trunk approximates a series of cylindrical shells that bend in the wind while retaining segment stiffness. This alignment radically reduces the mass required for blade stiffening by reducing the forces on the blades using the palm-tree inspired load-alignment approach.
Segmented turbine blades have a significant advantage in parts of the world at risk for severe storms, such as hurricanes, where offshore turbines must withstand tremendous wind speeds over 200 mph. The blades align themselves to reduce cantilever forces on the blade through a trunnion hinge near the hub that responds to changes in wind speed.
"At dangerous wind speeds, the blades are stowed and aligned with the wind direction, reducing the risk of damage. At lower wind speeds, the blades spread out more to maximize energy production." Griffith said.
Moving toward exascale turbines could be an important way to meet DOE's goal of providing 20 percent of the nation's energy from wind by 2030, as detailed in its recent Wind Vision Report.
Sandia National Laboratories is a multi-program laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corp., for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration. With main facilities in Albuquerque, N.M., and Livermore, Calif., Sandia has major R&D responsibilities in national security, energy and environmental technologies and economic competitiveness.
Sandia National Laboratories is a multi-program laboratory operated by Sandia Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corp., for the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration. With main facilities in Albuquerque, N.M., and Livermore, Calif., Sandia has major R&D responsibilities in national security, energy and environmental technologies and economic competitiveness.
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Once upon a midnight dreary, while I polished, weak and weary,
The electric Brompton bicycle entrusted to me just the day before,
While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping,
As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my bike shop door.
"'Tis some visitor," I muttered, "tapping at my bike shop door—
Only this and nothing more…"
Thus begins the famous poem "The Raven" by our Canonmills shop manager Euan – and what a wonderfully chilling piece of writing it is.
Just in time for Halloween, we've selected spooky stories from near our bike shops in Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Newcastle and Leeds, all laid out here for your reading pleasure. So turn off the lights, grab a tub of crispy bat wings, and enjoy our selection of spooky local stories…
The Demonic Mr. Weir
Thomas Weir was a well-respected and wealthy member of the community born in the early 1600s. He went on to become an army veteran and was devoutly religious, holding prayer sessions at his house in West Bow off the Grassmarket; Such were his oratory powers that people flocked to his abode to hear "the Bowhead Saint" speak. In his later years, however, he began behaving strangely, and after falling ill in 1670 he began to confess his secret life of crime and vice.
Weir claimed that he was in the service of the Devil, and described an incestuous relationship with his sister Grizel, as well as occasionally engaging in bestiality. The Lord Provost at the time dismissed his behaviour as madness brought on with age (Weir was now over 70), but upon his own insistence Weir was eventually arrested along with his sister. Much to the surprise of everyone, his sister began corroborating his stories, describing how a stranger had come for him many years before in a "fiery coach". She also claimed that her brother received his demonic powers from his black walking stick, which "paraded in front of him" as he walked and was topped with a carved human head. The Weir siblings left the authorities no choice but to sentence them both to death by hanging.
Weir's house remained empty for a long time before being bought by an elderly couple in the late 1700s, but they fled the house after just one night, having seen a number of demonic apparitions. Today the house exists as part of the Quaker Meeting House, and staff have reported many ghostly sightings of Weir walking through the walls…
Jake the ghostly stagehand
One gloomy night in 1942, a stagehand known as "Jake" was killed when a fast-spinning winch handle struck him in the head at His Majesty's Theatre in Aberdeen. Poor Jake had been trying to stop an out-of-control lift sending circus horses to the bottom floor.
Jake can be spotted today as a shadowy spectre on the suspended bridge that runs above the stage, and staff report hearing other-worldly male voices, as well as objects being moved and doors being mysteriously opened. There are also "cold spots" in the passageway which runs along the side of the Theatre, with the red-painted brick wall at the end sitting directly opposite to where Jake's death occured.
Many believe that Jake is a benevolent ghost, and none more so than historian Edi Swan. One day when Swan was a young man working at the Theatre, a spray pain canister exploded in his face. As he stumbled blindly across the stage trying to reach a nearby sink, he felt a strong hand guiding him in a different direction. Reaching the sink eventually, Swan was shocked to realise that if he had continued along the same trajectory, he would have fallen off the stage and into the orchestra pit.
Mrs Moffat's grizzly request
One fateful day in Newcastle in the 1800s, a poor sailor named Wilkinson found himself destitute and began going between the houses of Pilgrim Street, begging for food and drink.
Among the houses was that of Mrs Moffat, who looked after horses, and since her husband wasn't at home she offered him some bread and cheese and weak beer. She then said that since she had provided him with sustenance, he should do her the kindness of removing her fingers, which had been troubling her for some time. There was a hatchet on the table and she laid her hands flat out on either side so that he could cut off her fingers with greater ease.
Upon her great insistence, Wilkinson was "monster enough" to eventually give in to her request, cutting off three fingers of one hand and two on the other.
According to the original reports, Mrs Moffat was "occasionally subject to fits of insanity."
The Parrot Man
Local lore reports the existence of the Parrot Man, an aged maniac who lives in the woods of the north-Eastern suburb of Meanwood. Legend has it that he seizes any youngsters trespassing in Meanwood woods, and peck their eyes out with his beaky mouth.
And if that won't make you behave yourself and do what your parents tell you, we don't know what will.


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Blues boost squad ahead of busy December
PUBLISHED: 17:00 06 December 2018
The Maurice Rebak Stadium have signed Carl Stewart, Jake Hutchings and Calvin Ekpiteta
Wingate & Finchley added to their squad this week ahead of a busy month of football.
The Blues, who have found form recently under new boss Glen Little, completed three transfers over the past seven days.
Last Wednesday, November 28 the Maurice Rebak Stadium club announced the signing of Carl Stewart from Oxford City.
The 21-year-old winger had been a Watford trainee in the early part of his career and he was the first of three additions.
On Tuesday, the Blues were able to confirm the return of centre back Jake Hutchings, who had a brief spell in N12 in the 2015/16 season.
He made five appearances and scored once and will look to impress in his second stint.
Also on Tuesday, Wingate confirmed midfielder Calvin Ekpiteta had agreed to join the club from East Thurrock United.
The 22-year-old has previously played for Bishop's Stortford and will add to the competition for places in Little's squad.
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