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Unity House
- Upper floor
- 12 single en-suite bedrooms
- Activity room
- Gymnasium
- Spacious lounges
- Training laundry and kitchen.
- Lower floor
- 6 spacious flats
- Sensory room
- Sensory garden
- Spacious lounge
- Dining area
Unity House is a purpose built residential care home in a central location in Peterlee. The service provides specialist care for adults with complex needs, including behavioural needs and Autism who require bespoke care and support. Some people we support may have a diagnosed mental illness dual diagnosis and other complex needs. Unity House offers a safe and friendly environment and care packages are tailored to individual needs, with a focus on stability and if possible, reintegration back into the community.
About the home
Unity House is a two storey facility. On the upper floor, care and support is provided for 12 individuals where there are single en suite bedrooms, spacious lounges, a training laundry and kitchen, gymnasium and a large activities room. The ground floor consists of six spacious self-contained flat lets with excellent facilities to prepare people we support for more independent living and a move back into the community.
Individuals benefit from a psychology-led service which is completely bespoke to each individual based on their level of need, to support all aspects of physical, emotional and mental health care. The service also benefits from a full-time occupational therapy service with a focus breaking the barriers impacting on functional skills and focuses tackling social isolation through a range of therapeutic opportunities.
Each person who enters our service has their own specific needs. In this respect their care and treatment will be unique to them to meet their individual needs and length of stay within Unity House will vary from one person to the next.
Our ethos is for people to re-integrate into the community or move into less supported environments as soon as they are able. Flexible and short term care services are also available to provide respite for families and carers.
Surrounding area
Unity House is on a main bus route giving the opportunity for those who reside here the options of accessing other local towns and cities. The local town centre is a short distance from the house and is accessible via the under pass which means people can access the local community safely without having to cross any main roads. We also have a number of beaches and a local nature reserve which are a short distance from the House.
At a glance:
- Dynamic support team offering one-to-one support and interventions.
- Therapy packages based on individual need including on-site, accessible psychology and occupational therapy services.
- Upper floor 12 single en-suite bedrooms, activity room, gymnasium, spacious lounges, training laundry and kitchen.
- Lower floor 6 spacious flats, sensory room, sensory garden, spacious lounge and dining area
- Socially included within the local community
- Access to two company vehicles, one of which is wheelchair accessible.
Life at Unity House
For the person living at Unity House, they are provided with a support team who are responsible for ensuring care and support needs are met on a daily basis. The support team will plan the activities around that person's wants, wishes and needs for that particular day. Regardless of a person's diagnosis, there is an ethos of ensuring people are supported in their everyday living. This ranges from domestic tasks, doing laundry, learning cooking tasks and budgeting finances. This approach supported by the multi-disciplinary team who ensure the support provided remains person centred and focused on the identified therapeutic aims.
Life at Unity House can vary depending on the nature of what a person wishes to achieve in their daily lives. For some, this can be requiring support to achieve a structured and consistent daily planner to meet sensory processing profiles or reduce levels of anxiety which come from a lack of predictability. For others, the flexibility which can be provided by the service enables them to explore opportunities in their daily life which may not have been previously possible. Supporting this philosophy of care, the service places great emphasis on creating a positive and supportive home environment. Opportunities such as house meetings, group meals, themed parties and fun days enable the people we support to develop a sense of community and belonging.
We provide
- An enthusiastic and well supported specialist staff team focused ensuring high quality care for people with intellectual disabilities and co-morbities.
- A dedicated keyworker team wrapped around the person we support, ensuring all their wants, wishes and needs are supported in the least restrictive way possible whilst ensuring safety is maintained at all times.
- On-site multi-disciplinary team consisting of clinical psychology and occupational therapy who can provide support to people who use the service and clinical supervision/training to the support worker team, ensuring a high quality delivery of service following evidence based best practice.
- A transparent, honest and open approach to quality assurance, governance and safeguarding.
- A homely environment which aims to be warm and welcoming to the people who we support, their families and anybody who wishes to visit the House.
Our commitment
- We developed our commitments for Unity House alongside the people we support and the support team.
- Respect – We will ensure we treat people we support and their families as we wish to be treated ourselves. We commit to ensuring judgements are not made and each person is valued as an individual with unique perspective on the world.
- Family and Friends – We commit to ensuring family and friends of the people we support are respected at all times and their views are valued.
- Independence – We will ensure people have the ability to live life to the full and with confidence. We will commit to developing opportunities for people we support to have the ability to do things independently, or with 'just enough' support.
- Community – We want to ensure people are part of something special and part of a safe community where they feel as involved as possible.
- Opportunities – We commit to giving people opportunities, giving chances for them to be grabbed with both hands. We believe in giving opportunities for people we support to expand their knowledge and skills.
- Choice and Control – We want to ensure people are given every opportunity to decide what they want to achieve in their daily lives in the least restrictive way possible. We commit to ensuring people are free to learn from mistakes and achievements in daily lives.
Enquiries & referrals
Tel: 0191 586 1427
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Where to find usWestcott Road
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Oh my God! I think I might've found the best thing to eat in the dining hall, and I'm pretty disappointed I didn't find out about it before. Sushi. It's funny, because I kept seeing people with trays of sushi in the cafeteria and I kept wondering, "Where did they find that?" When I first walked into the Emporium, across from the cafeteria, I immediately saw the sushi and knew I just had to buy it.
Anyway, enough about sushi. So far, today has been packed—from visiting Newsday, where we toured the newsroom and talked to journalists there to the press conference at the Long Island Ducks game—I just realized how long a day could really be. If Cathrine and Zach can fit all these events into one single day, I can definitely learn to be more productive with my own time.

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The park's many streams, such as Boatswain Creek, Beaver Dam Creek, Crewes' Channel and Western Run, provide habitat for at least 25 native fish species. Beaver activity and the topography of the land create many ponds and backwater areas along park streams. Their presence, along with the streams, provides a range of aquatic habitats, from swift moving water to shallow marshes.
This variety of habitat is critical for supporting the park's diverse fish populations. Species from the ubiquitous bluegill to the less common sea lamprey can be found in park streams. One particular highlight is the presence of ironcolor shiners (Notropis chalybaeus). Although scattered populations of ironcolors exist elsewhere in the coastal plain of Virginia, specimens found within the park represent the only known record of this species from the entire James River Drainage.
Richmond National Battlefield Park strives to maintain the dynamic hydrological processes that created its many riparian habitats to ensure that park waters will remain suitable homes for these native species.
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Weekend Matches
Weekend matches for 26 and 27 April. Let's see what we can play for the weekend. Interesting games in UK Premiership, Championship, Germany and Spain leagues. Fulham has one of the latest chances to stay in the Premiership and on Saturday can play with 100% of their possibilities to get those important 3 points. Fulham has 30 points and now is on 19 th position. Last one is Sunderland with 29 points. We predict that on Craven Cottage they will win or make a draw. So we put here 1x double chance. In Germany Bundesliga, Mainz 05 will play for important points for position in League Europe quota. They are strong at home and are 7th on standing at the moment. From their 5 matches at home they have 3 wins and 1 draw. At all very good home performances. We predict here home win. Average odds are 1,65. Below are other games that we predict for the weekend. Wish you good luck.
Fulham – Hull City – 1X double chance, odds: 1.50
Derby County – Watford – 1, odds: 2.00


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Axfood's work areas for sustainable development
Achieving our ambition to be the industry leader at sustainability requires proactive work in our own operations as well as inspiration and guidance for consumers and industry colleagues. At Axfood our sustainability work is channelled through six work areas.
Sustainable products. Axfood shall inspire customers to make good and sustainable choices when shopping for groceries. By thinking along new paths and offering food that has been selected with care for the climate, people and animals, we make it possible for more consumers to access good products. We also drive important issues and are thereby raising the standards in the entire industry. Axfood's private label products are the clearest proof of our efforts.
Climate and energy. Reducing the carbon footprint of our operations is a central part of our strategy for sustainable development. We shall work actively with proven measures and be a forerunner in testing new technical solutions. Axfood's stores today have electricity monitoring systems designed to systematically measure and monitor electricity consumption. Measures are being taken continuously to reduce energy use, and in connection with refurbishments and new construction the focus on energy efficiency is great. We aim to be climate-neutral by 2020.
Employees. Axfood shall create a work environment that promotes diversity, employee involvement and development. Employees who feel at home at Axfood, who approach their work with commitment and who take advantage of development opportunities can achieve a lot – for customers, for Axfood and for themselves.
Transports. Axfood shall reduce its carbon footprint from transports and travel – this is one of the most important measures we can do to achieve climate neutrality. We are working to increase the share of transport by rail, use renewable fuels and train drivers in eco-driving techniques. We are also reducing employee travel, such as by making greater use of digital meetings.
Responsible suppliers. Axfood puts high demands on its suppliers for sustainability, especially with respect to product safety, employee rights and work environments, and environmental protection. We work both preventively and with controls and deviations. Often this is done together with partners who have knowledge about local conditions or in collaboration with industry colleagues – all in an effort to bring about change.
Corporate social responsibility and influence. Axfood aspires to be a positive force in society. Through our operations we interact with and can influence many people and organizations on a daily basis. This gives us new insights and opportunities to contribute to positive change. We are also on the lookout for areas for innovation – in our own operations as well as in our industry.


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Boeing officially opens South Carolina second B787 assembly line
Boeing officially opened its South Carolina B787 second assembly line on Friday, to the background of more controversy over its relationship with unions. Later this week, US National Labour Relations Board will begin hearings against the US manufacturer, claiming the company specifically cited the new plant in South Carolina as retaliation against union unrest in Washington State. South Carolina is one of the 22 US states with right-to-work legislation, forbidding compulsory unionisation of its workforce.
The NLRB case comes as the Society of Professional Engineering Employees in Aerospace, representing nearly 22,000 workers at the manufacturer, called for binding binary interest arbitration for two major contracts that are due to expire over the next two years. The first, with 600 engineers in Kansas, expires in Dec-2011, while the second, expiring in Oct-2012, covers 21,000 workers and engineers at the company.
According to SPEEA, Boeing's change in attitude and reversal of some outsourcing and labour policies since 2008 negotiations creates a much more harmonious platform to negotiate. The union believes it can pursue a collective bargaining model with the carrier that eliminates the need for industrial action, and retaliation from Boeing. Under a binary arbitration, the arbitrator selects the proposal presented by one side, rather than a compromise cobbled together from either sides' positions.
While Boeing may be under pressure over its South Carolina B787 facility, the aircraft programme is finally about to enter commercial service, after more than three years of delays. Launch customer All Nippon Airways first B787 flight crews complete their training earlier this month, as the airline has repeated its belief that the first aircraft will be delivered in August or September.
Just as importantly, the slowly shrinking B787 order book may finally start to show some life again, after several years characterised mostly by order cancellations. Air France-KLM is reportedly preparing to split its widebody fleet replacement order – potentially covering 100 aircraft and another 100 options – between the B787 and its Airbus competitor, the A350. The new leasing company Air Lease Corporation has also confirmed it has made a widebody order, with details to come at this month's Paris Air Show.
Shares in Boeing were down 2%, on a cool day for aerospace shares as global markets fell.
Selected Aerospace daily share price movements (% change): 10-Jun-2011


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Introduction: How to Do Bodywork
This set of instructions will properly take you through step by step and show you how to replace a rusted out panel on your car or truck.
This is just basic bodywork being performed here, following these instructions will enable you to fix minor/major imperfections on your vehicle.
Although this procedure is done on a specific vehicle, it's basically the same for all others.
This process is heavily tool involved (welding, cutting, drilling ext.), so only those who are comfortable with working with these tools are recommended to attempt this procedure. Serious injuries or death could result.
There is a high risk of injury possible when attempting to complete this work.
Certain safety precautions must be taken in order to complete this safely and correctly.
All actions that need be taken will be addressed in these directions.
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Step 1: Gather Tools Needed/Recommended
Step 2: Preporation
1.)Before doing any work make sure all materials and tools are gathered and organized.
2.)Have a clean and well lit workspace.
3.)Be sure to be wearing protective clothing when necissary. (work gloves, steel toe boots, long sleeve shirt, pants).
4.) Read through instructions prior to doing the work, will make work easier and more understandable.
Step 3: Selecting Area to Cut
1.)Take replacement piece of metal and size it up against the car. Making sure its flush against the car.
2.)Trace the outline of this piece onto the car. Grab your Chalk/Sharpie or Pencil and make a line on the body of where you want to cut. ( the area inside the cut will be removed and replaced).
Step 4: Cutting Out the Area to Be Replaced
Using Acetylene Torch(wear hand and eye protection)
1.)Get electric angle grinder out.
2.)Make sure its equiped with the cut off wheel.
3.)Cut out selected area on car.
4.) After the area is cut out, using the angle grinder remove any access paint from the area you are working on, this clean metal surface will allow welding to occur later on.
Step 5: Fitting Replacement Piece
1.)The replacement piece should be the same size as the piece you just cut out.
2.)When adding the new piece, make sure it be flush with the original body. (see picture below)
Step 6: Adding Replacement Piece
1.)With the new panels now in place, its time to permanetly join them to the car.
2.)First start with the first of the two replacement panels, the one located closer to the front of the car.
3.)Position this piece percisely where you want it, trying to match the original position of the old piece on the car.
4.)When you are satisfied with the position of the panel, use a few pairs of vice grips and lock the new panel in place.
5.)After the piece is in place be certain to check that everything is lined up correctly; making sure all body lines and moldings are correct.
6.) Now it is time to permanatly attach the replacement panel. This can be accomplished using a MIG welder or Arc welder, Drill, Drill bits, Rivet gun, and Rivets.
Step 7: Welding
1.)Since most replacement panels on cars are thin sheet metal, we will be using a MIG welder for this.
2.)Set up your MIG welder close to the area of the care that you are working on.
3.)Attach the ground of MIG welder to a clean area on the cars bodywork near the area of welding.
4.)If your MIG welder has a gas additive such as Argon, now would be the time to open the valve to 12 psi.
5.)Before beginning welding make sure you are wearing the proper protective clothes for welding, Pants, long sleeves, welding gloves, and eye/face protection.
6.)You are going to want to make these welds along the top edge of the replacement panels. As shown in the red area in the photo (1st picture below)
7.)These welds will be tack welds; which means they are to be spaced 1" to 2" away from each other and low penetrating. As shown in the photo (2nd picture below).
8.)Go ahead and make your welds along that top edge, making sure to control speed, spacing, tip movement, and penetration.
9.)After successfully completing your welds, go ahead and grind the welds down with your angle grinder; this should make the welds flush with the body. (3rd Picture below)
Step 8: Riveting
1.)Now it's time to rivet the remaining edges of the new panels to the car. This method is done because some of the areas of the car cannot be welded on successfully. If yours is feel free to weld those areas and skip this step.
2.)For this you will need your Drill, Drill bits, Rivet gun, and rivets.
3.)Rivets will be spaced 2" away from each other.
4.)They will run along the bottom edge of the replacement panel, and in the inner wheel well area of the panel. As shown the picture (below).
5.)First mark where u want the rivets to be.
6.)Equip your drill with a 3/16" Drill bit.
7.)Pre-drill every place you want a rivet to be at.
8.)After this is complete load your Rivet gun with a 3/16" rivet and begin to fill all the newly drilled holes with rivets.
9.)The entire replacement panel should now be completely attached to the car.
Step 9: Body Filler
1.)Now with the panel intact completely it is now time to make it blend in with the original panels of the car.
2.)This next step is something that has to be done in a timely manner. Typically 4 to 5 minutes. So fully read through this next part before attempting it.
3.)Get your tack rag, body filler w/ reactor, wood stirrer, a clean working/mixing surface and plastic applicator ready.
4.)Open your body filler and put a golf ball size amount onto your clean mixing surface. (shown below)
5.)With your wooden mixing stick ready, open up your reactor and squeeze an inch's worth of reactor onto the body filler. (shown below)
6.)Immediately after doing so start mixing the two together using the mixing stick. (Don't 'whip' together, but rather a folding motion of the material). (shown below)
7.)Mix until a uniform color is reached. At this point you have about 3-5 minutes of time with the material before it's no good to use.
8.) Apply with your Plastic applicator evenly over welds on the panel. Trying your best to blend the two panels together evenly. Only go over the body filler once or twice after applying it onto the car. (Shown below) Repeat these steps until a good buildup of material is on the car
Step 10: Sanding
1.)Now with a good buildup of material on the car, it's now time to sand it down to make it fully blend in.
2.)Go ahead and grab a various amount of sandpapers, ranging from 36 grit to 1600 grit.
3.)Also it might be necessary to use pneumatic sanders, block and hand sanders. For this particular job the sanding will be done in that order.
4.)Using an air compressor with the capability of reaching 150 psi, you can attach your Pneumatic bar air sander.
5.)With the air compressor turned on and at 150 psi, attach your lowest grit sandpaper to the Pneumatic bar air sander.
6.)While using the pneumatic bar air sander apply a horizontal force pushing the sander into the car. Move the sander in mini X motions while doing the sanding.
7.)Repeat this step using higher grit sandpaper.
8.)After each pass with higher grit sandpapers the surface should be getting smoother and smoother.
9.)Continue doing the same motion using the Pneumatic bar air sander, Block sander, and any hand sanding that needs to be done.
10.)Continue doing all three types of sanding until a completely smooth and uniform surface is left.
11.) Now would be the time for a coat of primer and then paint and a clear coat. You have now successfully replaced a rusted out panel on your car/truck.
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it helps that the car i want to do body work is the same car as the one in the instructable!
Is that a El Camino ? Looks nice


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Lindsay with her cousin Michael who we don't see much any more since he lives in Pittsburg now.
Aunt Patti holds Brooke who is still trying to get used to cousin Michael.
Aunt Patti holds Brooke who is still trying to get used to cousin Michael.
Uncle Steve takes Brooke for a ride!
Uncle Steve helping Linds open a present.
Lindsay was so excited she wanted to do presents FIRST, then lunch and Then cake!
Lindsay got a Tickle Monster book and Monster repellant from Donna and Jeff.
Donna helps Brooke open a present from Aunt Patti and Uncle Steve.
Lindsay got a watch (A REAL WATCH) from Aunt Patti and Uncle Steve.
Showing off the watch!
Lindsay trying out her new candy lip gloss.
Michael and I ( Can't wait to see you at Christmas! )
Lindsay works on her rainforest puzzle with Michael and Uncle Steve.
Brooke loves the hummingbird in Aunt Patti's glitter globe!
The puzzle is almost done!
Brooke LOVES her Candy lip gloss!
Happy Birthday Angel!!
Don't worry Brooke your birthday is just a week and 3 days away!
Just sneaking a taste...she learned that from Derek & Adam!


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By The Gentleman
Lord oh mercy it has not only been damn hot this summer, but humid. It feels more like the Deep South than South Australia right about now and while The Lady and I don't like the heat at the best of times this humidity is something else. Luckily we had plenty of tea concentrate leftover from our So French 75 that we could make the perfect drink for these hot and humid conditions, a delicious and refreshing spiked ice tea! Introducing the Smokin' Iced Tea.
Smokin' Iced Tea
45ml Stolen Spiced Rum
30ml French Earl Grey Tea Concentrate
Juice of Half a Lemon
Lemon peel or wedge to garnish
Add ice to your cocktail shaker and shake the rum, tea concentrate and lemon juice. Grab a highball glass, chuck in some ice and then pour in your boozy tea. Top with lemonade, garnish with a piece of lemon and serve with a straw.
There's nothing too fancy about this drink but boy did it hit the spot. It's cool and refreshing with nice caramel and spice flavours from the rum, sweetness and herbal flavours from the tea, and a satisfyingly sharp tang from the lemon and lemonade. All of these different flavours given the drink an enticing aroma. You can play around with the measurements as well if your tastes lean more towards the rum, tea, or lemon. We think this mix provides the right balance though and we recommend Stolen Spiced Rum or something with similar coffee and tobacco flavours as it provides great flavour to the drink. Either way this is an easy drinking ice tea, almost a little too easy to drink. You'll knock it back in no time and be wondering where the next is. It would be perfect mixed up in a big pitcher so you could just while away the afternoon, not doing anything but escaping the heat and humidity. Just make sure you've got plenty of ice, a comfortable chair, and a book to keep you company.
Given we're experiencing weather more common to the Deep South than South Australia lately it makes sense to imbibe in a bit of Southern hospitality. The Smokin' Iced Tea is quick and easy to prepare, perfect for a hot and humid day where you don't really want to do anything. Just sit back, relax and try not to overdo it ya hear.
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"Orbital variations (eccentricity) remain the most thoroughly examined mechanism of climatic change on time scales of tens of thousands of years and are by far the clearest case of a direct effect of changing insolation (the amount of solar radiation) on the lower atmosphere of the Earth" (National Research Council of the United States National Academy of Sciences 1982).
After about 50 years, Milankovitch's theory was largely ignored. Then, in 1976, a study published in the journal Science examined deep-sea sediment cores and found that Milankovitch's theory did in fact correspond to periods of climate change. Specifically, the authors were able to extract the record of temperature change going back 450,000 years and found that major variations in climate were closely associated with changes in the tgeometry (eccentricity, obliquity, and Precession) of Earth's orbit. Indeed, ice ages had occurred when the Earth was going through different stages of orbital variation. "A model of future climate based on the observed orbital-climate relationships, but ignoring anthropogenic effects, predicts that the long-term trend over the next 7,000 years is toward
extensive Northern Hemisphere glaciation" J. D. Hays, John Imbrie and N. J. Shackleton.
The Eccentricity of the Earth's Orbit Changes slowly over time from nearly zero to 0.07. As the orbit gets more eccentric (oval) the difference between the distance from the Sun to the Earth at perihelion (closest approach) and aphelion (furthest away) becomes greater and greater. Note that the Sun is not at the center of the Earth's orbital ellipse, rather it is at one of focal points. The eccentricty of the orbit shown in the lower image is a highly exaggerated 0.5. Even the maximum eccentricity of the Earth's orbit—0.07—it would be impossible to show at the resolution of a web page. Even so, at the current eccentricity of .017, the Earth is 5 million kilometers closer to Sun at perihelion than at aphelion. (GSFC)
Obliquity (change in axial tilt) As the axial tilt increases, the seasonal contrast increases so that winters are colder and summers are warmer in both hemispheres. Today, the Earth's axis is tilted 23.5 degrees from the plane of its orbit around the sun. But this tilt changes. During a cycle that averages about 40,000 years, the tilt of the axis varies between 22.1 and 24.5 degrees. Because this tilt changes, the seasons as we know them can become exaggerated. More tilt means more severe seasons—warmer summers and colder winters; less tilt means less severe seasons—cooler summers and milder winters. It's the cool summers that are thought to allow snow and ice to last from year-to-year in high latitudes, eventually building up into massive ice sheets. There are positive feedbacks in the climate system as well, because an Earth covered with more snow reflects more of the sun's energy into space, causing more cooling.
Precession The earth wobbles like a spinning top which is running down. This wobble follows a 26,000 year cycle. The Earth's axis now points at Polaris, our North Star. In 13,000 years it will point towards the star Vega. Precession is caused by the gravitational effects of the Sun and Moon. If a hemisphere is pointed towards the sun at perihelion, that hemisphere will be pointing away at aphelion, and the difference in seasons will be more extreme. This seasonal effect is reversed for the opposite hemisphere. Currently, northern summer occurs near aphelion ( the Earth's furtherest distance from the Sun.
1) Three indices of global climate have been monitored in the record of the past 450,000 years in Southern Hemisphere ocean-floor sediments.
2) Over the frequency range 10–4 to 10–5 cycle per year, climatic variance of these records is concentrated in three discrete spectral peaks at periods of 23,000, 42,000, and approximately 100,000 years. These peaks correspond to the dominant periods of the earth's solar orbit, and contain respectively about 10, 25, and 50 percent of the climatic variance.
3) The 42,000-year climatic component has the same period as variations in the obliquity of the earth's axis and retains a constant phase relationship with it.
4) The 23,000-year portion of the variance displays the same periods (about 23,000 and 19,000 years) as the quasi-periodic precession index.
5) The dominant, 100,000-year climatic component has an average period close to, and is in phase with, orbital eccentricity. Unlike the correlations between climate and the higher-frequency orbital variations (which can be explained on the assumption that the climate system responds linearly to orbital forcing), an explanation of the correlation between climate and eccentricity probably requires an assumption of nonlinearity.
6) It is concluded that changes in the earth's orbital geometry are the fundamental cause of the succession of Quaternary ice ages.
7) A model of future climate based on the observed orbital-climate relationships, but ignoring anthropogenic effects, predicts that the long-term trend over the next sevem thousand years is toward extensive Northern Hemisphere glaciation.
J. D. Hays, John Imbrie and N. J. Shackleton… 1976 study
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Thanks to "Geraldine" (4/4/18) for providing details below of the controversial Hockey Stick. The author Michael Mann is suing fellow scientist Tim Ball who claims it to be fraudulent. The case has been bogged down due to Mann not complying with the request to provide his data to the court. If Mann loses this case it will have far reaching consequences for his credibility and for those who have based their reports on his theory.
The problem for supporters of global warming, caused by man's CO2 emissions, was that they had to "prove" that the current phase of warming that started in the late 19th century was unnatural, unique and unprecedented. If a similar or greater warming phase had occurred in the past, such as during the (MWP) Medieval Warming Period, before human CO2 emissions had caused CO2 levels to rise, then clearly any such recent warming must have been natural and not the result of CO2. To prove their theory they had to alter climate history which is what has happened when the IPCC removed the MWP they had previously documented on page 202 of their 1990 report. ipcc_far_wg_I_full_report (1) 1990
"This period of widespread warmth is notable in that there is no evidence that it was accompanied by an increase of greenhouse gases"
26 Responses to "MILANKOVITCH CYCLE A TIMETABLE FOR ICE AGES ?"
It was unfortunate that the Global Cooling theory, claimed to have been caused by water vapor and minor greenhouse gases, like a "nuclear winter" according to Paul Ehrlich, got the green light for funding before the 1976 study that supported the Milankovitch theory, made it very difficult for scientists who had already written papers on a looming Ice Age.
As we now know they all changed their tune when the earth started to warm slightly and they switched over to Global Warming caused by greenhouse gases also.
You would think that if the earth's distance from the sun can vary by five million kilometers when there is a change in its orbit then it is reasonable to assume that it would cause variations in the earth's temperature.
What relevance does the Milankovitch Cycle have with the Little Ice Age 1645-1715, said to have been due solar activity as part of the Meander Minimum and the Medieval Warming in the period 950-1250, which they say was also due to the Sun's activity?
Climate scientists now understand that the Medieval Warm Period was much warmer than today.
The presence of the Medieval Warm period quickly became a problem for Michael Mann and the supporters of his Hockey Stick. If it was even warmer then, as the IPPC had previously indicated, without human influence than now at the height of industrialization, then why should today's warming not be due to natural causes? Mann is now desperate to silence critics by threatening litigation and name calling which could finish up being a disaster for the "science"
From Independent News: "For almost a generation literally thousands of climate scientists and science publications world-wide have relied on Mann's Hockey Stick graph as the cornerstone of the science to persuade governments to act on 'catastrophic' climate change".
"For the "world leading climate scientist" the upside is that by giving ground to Ball (who he is suing) Michael Mann dodges the deadly bullet – for now. He has bought himself time till 2019 and his lawyers can continue to deny jurors (and Joe Public) access to his disputed data in this protracted legal battle that has already eaten up six years and millions in legal fees".
Did Michael Mann know that Bristle Pine tree ring samples were not regarded as a reliable procedure to be used in the study of world climate temperature history? If not why didn't the IPCC members consult other scientists before they adopted his Hockey Stick graph?. It had already been established that no matter how you feed in the tree ring data you will always get back a Hockey Stick. I think the IPCC, in their haste to prove unprecedented 20th century global warming, needed someone to produce something that could prove that the medieval warming period had never occurred and that the current warming was not natural therefore had to be anthropogenic. Why did he not seek advice before suing the likes of Tim Ball and Mark Steyn which could result in a disaster for the religion.
It seems more plausible than the "dangerous climate change" so why don't they put it up for discussion? The reason is that there is no money in it. The IPPC would not be necessary and the scientist would not receive grants if the theory was adopted. This is just plain deception and greed at the expense of the taxpayer. It is the digital age that is bringing them undone where access to information is now freely available…….its over!
Yes. It could be the beginning of the end for people like Holdren and Ehrlich who helped Gore with his inconvenient truth documentary but I can assure you they won't go quietly because there is too much money involved.
I would like to see a body like a world committee to tackle the pollution of the world rather than wasting money on climate change that happens every day. This whole business is nothing but a rip off as far as I am concerned because they are now saying that all extremes of weather, hot or cold, are due to man's emissions of the trace gas carbon dioxide.
How about finding a way to clean up the the enormous plastic soup floating in the vast North Pacific spanning more than 617,000 square miles (1.6 million square kilometers), which is said to be between four and 16 times greater than previous estimates.
They say the plastic garbage patch has more than 87,000 tons (79,000 metric tons) of plastic in it. That is said to equate to 1.8 trillion pieces, which is a hell of a lot of plastic.
The five warmest years in the global record have all come in the 2010s; The 10 warmest years on record have all come since 1998; The 20 warmest years on record have all come since 1995. So why are we, the biggest carbon polluter in the world, pulling out of the Paris agreement. I believe that the Milankovitch Theory is probably correct but we are enhancing its warming and cooling phases by the carbon dioxide we are putting into the atmosphere.
A small school of scientists believe that moderate temperature increases might benefit the planet going forward. They may well be correct. Without fossil fuels, humanity would still be in a very primitive stage. Sometimes we forget the impact fossil fuels have had on the industrial age and the ensuing Fourth Industrial Age. As much criticism has been generated over the use of fossil fuels, I think our lifestyles have improved significantly in spite of many of the negative consequences attributed to the use of these forms of energy.Our capacity for innovation will provide safe and dependable fuels. Most likely, a century from now solar power will provide all the energy requirements mankind will need if not a new and more efficient power source yet to be invented.
People in the U.S. seem less worried about Global Warming/Climate Change than they have ever been which is a pity. Recent studies list it at number 19 in order of concern. They might agree with it but have given up worrying about it because they have more pressing every day issues. It is our children's children who are going to suffer as a result of our pulling out of the Paris Accord.
The Milankovitch Cycle might explain why species have become extinct during the major ice ages that occur in cycles of thousands of years….. man will be long gone by then.
We have had remarkably stable temperatures with warming and cooling periods about equal varying by about one degree C per century so climate change should not be a concern. What is dangerous is the the world's burgeoning population growth in developing countries where they have no power and are removing the world's trees for fuel. Paul Ehrlich's book, the Population Bomb is worth reading. Paul, together with John Holdren, senior science adviser to the Obama administration, had warned of an ice age during the Global Cooling period of the 70's but changed to Global Warming when world temperatures rose slightly.
We were watching the National Geographic last night where the crew were filming the marine life around the remote Pitcairn Islands. One of the islands called Henderson, unlike Pitcairn, had long stretches of beach. Incredibly you could not walk anywhere on the island's shore without treading on plastic garbage carried there by the ocean currents. Let's get REAL, forget about the fear mongering and the Herd mentality associated with the global temperature scare (one degree C every 100 years) and do some thing about the plastic that is already choking our planet!
The gatekeepers of global cooling and warming, notably Holdren and Ehrlich, had falsely warned of mass starvation, ecological collapse, agricultural collapse etc.. to get support of their crazy ideas they appealed to the fear of the doomsday and mob/crowd mentality of the population.. They both helped Gore, who gets a Noble Peace Prize, with his inconvenient truth and meanwhile Holdren becomes the chief science adviser to the president.
It is remarkable that all of the many world temperature measuring authorities such as NOAA and NASA can come up with pretty much the same readings. Even more so when you consider that most of the thermometers are located in Europe and United States in areas where constant redevelopment is occurring so you would expect that allowances would have to be made for elevated readings due to the heat island effect. If you took temperature readings 500 yards apart, anywhere you care to mention, I can guarantee you they would be different, that's why I find it extraordinary that they can detect one tenth of a degree of global warming in one year.
The Milankovitch theory concerns the long term climate climate cycle which really has no bearing on what is happening today. I would like to see carbon dioxide drastically reduced from from the earth's atmosphere if it is really the cause of global warming at the catastrophic rate we are led to believe. Unfortunately there would be a corresponding reduction in our crop yield which we need to feed the world's increasing population. There would also be concern at the depletion of our forests that also rely on carbon dioxide for their growth.
We can't count on the ever diminishing marine life for food because our oceans are being polluted also at an alarming rate.
You could hardly say that one degree of warming over 100 years is a catastrophic rate of warming despite all the fear mongering using Michael Mann's Hockey Stick. The graph shows current temperatures as unprecedented by deleting the Medieval Warming Period, an era when it was much warmer than today according to the IPCC and recent ice core samples. The Hockey Stick has therefore been regarded as fraudulent by a number of science people including Tim Ball, a highly regarded climate scientist, who has been sued by Mann himself. Mann has failed to produced certain documents in the time frame requested by the court and as a result the case has dragged on. The concern is that it a may never happen because a decision against Mann could seriously undermine the credibility of Gore's Inconvenient Truth which had used Mann's Hockey Stick graph as the lynch pin of the documentary. Not to mention the problem with status of all the awards it received and especially with Gore and the IPCC sharing a Nobel peace prize
It will be difficult to annul the academy award or the Nobel peace Prize it would be an admission that the science is crooked which they already know to be the case. It is more likely they will find some technical hitch with Mann's libel suit preventing it from continuing any further.
We have grown tired of all these doomsday predictions by scientists since world war two.
There was the population bomb and compulsory castration, then acid rain, ozone hole widening, living near power lines, global cooling, the ice age, sea levels swamping our cities, global warming renamed climate change, the latter two have longer legs because of the hangers on and the huge funding they are receiving. It is now a religion, more money and jobs for the boys.
The Medieval Warming Period and the Little Ice Age that had been detailed in the 1990 IPCC report disappeared after the 1995 report which downplayed them and were not mentioned in subsequent reports. The reason for this is because they were the result of natural changes in the earth's climate cycle and not the result of greenhouse gases which have been the very basis of the global warming theory, not to mention Mann's Hockey Stick. e.g. If greenhouse gases had engulfed the planet and caused "the period of widespread warmth" (MWP) then they would have had to disappear to enable The Little Ice Age which followed.
We will need all the carbon dioxide we can create to grow our crops to feed the 10 Billion people who will be living on the planet by 2050. We must also regrow the trees we have cut down over the last century because they are lungs of the earth and they also need carbon dioxide. We might also allow us to reclaim land that was once desert….. Nick Papas
The U.S,. who have more weather stations than anywhere else on earth, show a cooling trend in temperatures readings across the country. In fact their has been a decline since the 1930's and the 1950's hottest decades ever recorded in United Sates.
Climate fraudsters frequently claim that the 1990 IPCC temperature graph showing the Medieval Warm Period (MWP) was only a representation of Central England Temperatures (CET) and was therefore not global. This is nonsense. The graph was derived from James Hansen's 1981 study, which was taken from temperatures in England, California and Greenland..
realclimatescience.com have accused them of fraud and no one is suing the author. Much of the Inconvenient Truth documentary, currently being shown in schools, depends on the integrity of Mann's Hockey Stick Graph which is in tatters.
Body Size Shrinking Because of Global Warming
According to scientific studies, as a result of the 0.9 C of warming this century, the shrinking victims include cotton, corn, strawberries, bay scallops, shrimp, crayfish, carp, Atlantic salmon, herring, frogs, toads, iguanas, hooded robins, red billed gulls, Californian squirrels, lynx and wood rats
0.9 degrees celsius rise in temperatures over one hundred years is global warming…give us a break!
Mann has used government grants to finance his Hockey Stick theory so he must not delay the release of his data any longer.
His name calling and threats of litigation towards respected scientists is not the scientific method.
The above link is to the home page of the Climate Accountability Institute (CAI) which lists Michael E Mann among its board of directors. He had denied any association or affiliation with the CAI when he appeared before the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology. At the end of the video of questioning the pointer automatically takes you to the home page of the CAI then on to the members of the Board where Michael Mann is listed.
The Berkeley Temperature Chart shows the the earth has warmed by roughly 1 degree C between 1775 and 2010. It also shows some spectacular cooling periods.
Summer temperatures in the U.S. have actually been declining since 1930's


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Zimbabweans Nabbed for Harvesting Abalone
THREE Zimbabweans and a Mozambican national were arrested in Cape Town, South Africa, on Thursday for being in possession of abalone worth an estimated R3.8 million (about $262,000).
Police said the four, who were arrested after a tip-off, were running an illegal abalone processing plant in Cape Town.
A police spokesman, Colonel Tembinkosi Kinana, confirmed the arrest.
"R3.8 million worth of abalone was seized and four men were arrested when various police units responded to information of abalone smuggling at a smallholding in Philadelphia, Western Cape," Kinana said.
"The operation secured the apprehension of three Zimbabwean nationals aged 32, 36 and 37 and one Mozambican national, aged 26. Various items such as a large stainless steel cooking pot, burners, fans, gas cylinders and drying shelves were seized in the process."
Abalone is a type of large snail found in the ocean. It is a highly prized delicacy and is also used as an aphrodisiac in the Far East.
A protected species in South Africa, abalone fetches a high price on the black market.
Police said they also discovered a storeroom at the farm with three drying rooms which were used to dry abalone.
Kinana said the seized abalone weighed an estimated 2.7 tonnes.
The police said the latest arrests should send a clear message to criminals that the long arm of the law will catch up with them.
The suspects are expected to appear in the Atlantis Magistrates' Court soon to answer charges of illegal possession of abalone.
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Uncle calls the boys to help pull the kalua pig from the imu pit, where it had been baking and steaming all night. The pot with rice pudding was in there too.
Not too far away, auntie is setting up the table, making sure there is plenty of poi, ahi poke, lomilomi salmon, sticky rice, squid luau, sweet potato and lau lau for the whole 'ohana — and it's a pretty large extended 'ohana.
Oh, there's a big, fat turkey too, and stuffing. After all, it's Thanksgiving, or La Ho'omaika'i, on Kaua'i.
"Over here a party translates to food, lots of it," said Bruce Kaiwi, who grew up in Anahola and whose Hawaiian blood quantum is nearly 100 percent.
To him and many Hawaiians, Thanksgiving is an important event that keeps families connected.
"First and foremost, it means getting together with your family," Kaiwi said. "If it wasn't for events like that, who knows when we would see each other?"
In 1849, when Hawai'i was still a sovereign nation, King Kamehameha III made the first royal proclamation setting Dec. 31 as Thanksgiving Day.
Then in 1956, King Kamehameha IV issued another proclamation setting Thanksgiving celebrations on Dec. 25. Six years later, under a new decree from Kamehameha IV, Christmas took over Dec. 25.
Surprisingly, that first royal Hawaiian proclamation came a full 14 years before the butterball feast and prayers galore was made into a permanent official federal holiday in the United States.
Though Thanksgiving proclamations were common for several U.S. presidents since George Washington's 1789 proclamation, it wasn't until 1863 that President Abraham Lincoln set the last Thursday of November as a permanent federal Thanksgiving holiday. Then in 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt changed it to the fourth Thursday of November.
Over the decades, and through the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy in 1893 and the annexation of Hawai'i to the U.S. in 1898, Thanksgiving in Hawai'i changed dates a few times. But its meaning in the Islands stayed true to the core.
Dan Ahuna, Kaua'i's trustee at the Office of Hawaiian Affairs, said that as a child, he learned in school about Thanksgiving as a holiday celebrating generosity between Native Americans and pilgrims. But growing up on Kaua'i, he said, Thanksgiving was always a celebration of bringing the family together, a time when the 'ohana gives love back to their kupuna, or elders.
Hayley Ham-Young Giorgio comes from a traditional and quite large family on Kaua'i's North Shore. Thanksgiving, she said, is "kind of a big deal" for her family. Someone always has an imu going, filled with kalua pig, turkey and lau lau.
For her 'ohana, "Thanksgiving keeps going" on the day after, "because you have so much food leftover."
But it's not just about the food. Mostly, Ham-Young Giorgio said, Thanksgiving is a time when her family gives thanks to each other and to everyone else: Many who don't have family here are invited to the pa'ina.
Kaleo Lopez said his family usually throws a large party where everybody shares with each other. They may gather at Black Pot Beach Park if his uncle, surfing legend Titus Kinimaka, is throwing the party. Or they may go to his mother's or his auntie's home.
Wherever the party is, he said, there is always a pig in the imu, along with all kinds of Hawaiian foods — and a traditional turkey.
"Of course we're all thankful for everything we have, what we are blessed with," Lopez said. "But for the most part, Thanksgiving is for all our family to spend time together."
For the Smiths, almost everyday is a luau. In the last 50 years, the Smith Family Garden Luau by Wailua River has cemented a solid reputation of organizing one of the best luaus in the state.
General Manager Kamika Smith — whose Hawaiian great-grandmother married an Englishman named Smith — said that about 10 years ago, due to high demand, his family decided to open for business on Thanksgiving Day.
Despite being a workday, the Smiths still celebrate the date, he said. They all have lunch together, and then get to work, with luau tickets sold out two to three weeks in advance.
Ironically, the Smith 'ohana doesn't eat kalua pig on Thanksgiving; not now and not when they would take the day off.
"We wouldn't have the kalua pig, 'cause we always eat kalua pig, we would have the traditional American Thanksgiving kind of meal," said Smith, adding turkey was always on the table.
This year's Thanksgiving falls on Nov. 27. If tradition persists, there might be something else besides food: huge surf.
"Every Thanksgiving, growing up, I remember several things, one of them was going down to Anahola and surfing big freaking stormy waves and then going home and destroying some turkey and everything else that was on the table," Kaiwi said.
Whether you're a kama'aina or a malihini — and whether you surf or not — enjoy the pa'ina.
Hau'oli La Ho'omaika'i.


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Introduction: 3D Printed Rotating Ferris Wheel
For a class project, my group was assigned with coming up with an idea to build and we decided to create a 3-D printed rotating Ferris wheel. Using programs like OnShape, we built a frame and programmed it to spin with the aid of an arduino.
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Step 1: Find a Design.
Make sure to plan out your project with approximate measurements and structures.
It's easier to draw out a life-size wheel to be able to see what measurements the supports and box cars should be. Use a ruler and straight edge to be exact.
Step 2: Find a CAD Software.
We used OnShape. Find your design and start building.
Step 3: Build Your 3D Frame Model From the Written Plan.
1. Start with a plain 2D hexagon.
2. Extrude the shape to .3 inches and sketch six equilateral triangles on the surface of the hexagon.
3. Extrude and remove the triangle through the hexagon to form the frame of one side of the wheel.
This is the finished part of one side of the wheel. This will be printed out separately to prevent supports from being built and basically filling in the entire structure.
4. Open another project within the same folder.. Label it separately to be able to tell the difference.
5. On this half, however, extrude the hexagon 1.5 inches and sketch six spokes along the edges from the center to the vertices.
6. Sketch six more triangles on this half and extrude and remove them to make holes in the frame.
7. Flip the frame on it's side, sketch, extrude and remove six rectangles on the edges, leaving a .3 inch post on the bottom as the frame.
8. Repeat step 7 to remove the side pieces of the frame.
9. Fillet the spokes the stick out to be slender and allow the boxes to slide more easily.
Step 4: Build Your 3D Box Model From the Written Plan.
1. Start with a small square about .5 by .5 inches and extrude it .5 inches.
2. Make a hole to bore through both sides of the box for hanging purposes.
3. You can also fillet the top edge to make it smoother or leave it flat.
Step 5: Print Your Boxes.
Since the boxes are faster to make, you can start the printing process while fine tuning details for the wheel frame. They can either all be the same color, which then they could all be printed together, or make them colorful and print each one separately.
1. Save the file as an STL file, select the correct measurements and load onto a flash drive or SD card.
2. Load into 3D printer or computer, convert, slice, and print.
Step 6: Print the Frame.
When there is a space in box printing, start printing your frame.
1. Save the file as an STL file, select the correct measurements and load onto a flash drive or SD card.
2. Load into 3D printer or computer, convert, slice, and print.
Repeat these steps for the other half of your frame.
Step 7: Program and Set Up the Arduino.
1. As your boxes are printing, acquire an arduino and a servo to run the wheel.
2. Find the SIK Guide Version 3.2 for the SparkFun Redboard arduino to help setup the program.
3. Use Circuit #8: A Single Servo and plug in the wires according to the pictures provided.
4. Attach servo to the board and set aside.
Step 8: Glue the Frame Together.
Align the halves to fit together and super glue the posts to the other side of the frame.
Let sit for a few minutes to allow drying.
Step 9: Build the Base and Platform.
1. Using 3/4 inch thick wood blocks, cut out two 5 x 1 inch long wood pieces. These will be holding up your ferris wheel.
2. With any kind of thin wood, cut out a 4 x 6 inch rectangle to be your platform.
3. Paint both the wood pieces and platform to fit your standards.
Step 10: Connect the Pieces.
1. Take the servo and place the screw holes of the long face on one of the blocks.
2. Drill a pilot hole and then screw in short screws.
3. Repeat steps 1 & 2 for the other wood piece.
4. Then flip the structure over and screw the wood pieces to the platform, preferably towards the front of the platform to ensure stability.
Step 11: Connecting the Servo to the Wheel.
1. Remove the head of the servo and place the body aside,
2. Place the servo head of the backside of the wheel frame to where at least two blades of the servo make reasonable contact with the plastic.
3. Drill pilot holes into the frame and then drill in short screws.
4. If desired, cut off the screws ends on the inside.
It is okay if not all blades are screwed onto the wheel. Depending on how big your dimensions are, you may only be able to get two. You can cut off the remaining blades if desired.
Step 12: Put Servo Back Together.
Place the attached servo head to the attached servo body to complete the structure.
Attach box cars by string or by wire long enough to swing freely but short enough to not drag in rotation.
Step 13: TEST.
1. Connect the arduino to a computer with the Arduino program and drivers installed.
2. Pull up the arduino program and type in the code found above to set the servo to spin.
3. Upload the code and watch the magic happen.
Step 14: Marvel at the Finished Project.
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I love that you hooked it up and programmed it to turn. Did you get a video of it in action?
Hi Penolopy!! Yes, we did get a video of it moving. Here it is!
That's great :)


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In case you weren't aware, Chrissy Teigen does not play games. She has no problem speaking her mind — be it at a rally, on Twitter, or in front of the relentless paparazzi.
Chrissy is also a mom who's comfortable with her body, a concept that still manages to shock many in 2018. Female celebrities receive endless criticism for how they behave as mothers, from what they wear to how they embrace their sexuality to what they do and don't do in public. Chrissy is no stranger to receiving backlash from her actions, and she'll stand up for herself as much as she deems necessary. Recently, photographers have harassed the mom of two by trying to snap pictures of her pumping breast milk, an action as regular as sneezing to moms around the world, and yet still deemed disgusting or shameful by others.
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News Corp. Reports Robust Earnings in Fiscal Q2
News Corp. reported second-quarter net income of $832 million, up from $822 million in the second quarter a year ago.
Consolidated operating income for the quarter was $1.4 billion, up 24% from the $1.1 billion reported a year ago. That was based in large part on the $74 million improvement from News Corp.'s satellite-TV segment.
Chairman and CEO Rupert Murdoch called it the highest operating-income quarter in company history and singled out the balanced nature of the earnings, including "double-digit growth at nearly every operating segment." "Domestically, the strength of our broadcast-network and cable assets has enabled us to capitalize on the current advertising market," he added, "while at the same time, we continue to ramp up affiliate revenues across our cable channels. And our Internet platform is now delivering real profits from locked-in search revenues, as well as from advertising-revenue growth as a result of our hypertargeting initiatives."
Filmed entertainment reported second-quarter operating income of $403 million, down from $470 million a year ago.
Television reported operating income of $245 million, more than double the $112 million reported a year ago, thanks to a stronger performance from Fox Broadcasting, MyNetworkTV and STAR. Fox Broadcasting reported that second-quarter operating results nearly doubled from the quarter a year ago thanks to "increased advertising pricing in conjunction with strong network ratings for primetime and sports programming."
The Fox Television Stations reported a 16% decline for the quarter, due to decreased political advertising, "a decline in Major League Baseball revenues from the absence of the Divisional Series and one League Championship Series and decreased advertising revenues" at MNT stations.
Cable-network programming reported second-quarter operating income of $337 million, a 23% jump from the second quarter last year. Fox News Channel, for one, reported operating-income growth of 47% thanks to "higher affiliate revenues on increased rates and additional subscribers."
Finally, satellite TV announced operating income of $62 million, well up from the $12 million loss a year ago, thanks to more than 400,000 net subscribers added over the past year.
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As we salute the departing Piri Weepu, appreciation should be growing that Aaron Smith was ready to take over as All Black halfback.
He was sharp, had a pass to rival the tungsten-wrist delivery of Graeme Bachop, was getting on top of his kicking game, his tactical diversity and starting to boss the forwards. Speed was his main weapon.
Smith was tough too, able to take the knocks and smart enough to avoid them if he was going to perform his primary role of clearing rucks and pinpointing his targets.
When he eased past the experienced shadow of Jimmy Cowan at the Highlanders, Smith flowed into the grateful gaze of the new All Black panel.
Weepu, Cowan and Andy Ellis were the World Cup triumvirate but a change of selector-coaches brought an altered vision for the game with the skills and speed of the halfback a foundation for the plans.
It was a bold and decisive choice, which startled a fair chunk of the nation's rugby watchers.
Not only did the selectors identify Smith but they promoted him to start ahead of Weepu in the three-test series with Ireland. His form was infectious and the selectors persevered with Smith, starting him in all but two of the 14 tests that year.
He put the buzz back in the All Black business. Outside him, Daniel Carter and Aaron Cruden could stand flat and a little wider where they got time on the ball to stress defences even further.
Only rarely did they have to stretch, stoop or reach for passes from the livewire.
Weepu battled on in Smith's wake as first, Tawera Kerr-Barlow then TJ Perenara pitched up for some combat.
They've gone past Weepu who has farewelled his fans and headed for rugby in the UK where long seasons and slower grounds encourage a game based more on forwards and attrition than frantic adventure.
Weepu did not have the speed to fit the All Black selectors' uptempo blueprint beyond his 71 tests but he has the guile and frame to deliver for London Welsh.
His All Black replacements have not yet been convincing and have not put any great heat on Smith.
Kerr-Barlow is a competitive beast in the best tradition of halfback scrappers who guards the channels around the breakdown with all the physical clout of a loose forward. His pass is functional and his play suits the attritional demands of wet-weather footy.
Perenara is an impressive athlete but needs to calm down with his entreaties to referees and con-centrate more on getting better precision into the basics of passing, kicking and balancing his decisions. Neither he nor Kerr-Barlow control games with a balance of tactics.
Their advantage is their youth (Perenara is 22, Kerr-Barlow 23), their fitness and their ability to adapt. Both are a work in progress. Although Ellis remains a fallback option, it is hard to see the selectors going back to the future. They ignored that option with hooker Corey Flynn and it's unlikely they would do that with Ellis unless there were multiple injury defections.
The options at halfback do not end there anyway. The Chiefs and Counties Manukau have another good No9 in Augustine Pulu who brings a strong game while Willi Heinz also gets plenty of acclaim down in Crusaders country. And who knows who might emerge from the ITM Cup with the sort of sizzle Smith provided when he leaped into our national consciousness.


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June 6, 2019 · 0 Comments
Written By JOSHUA SANTOS
Caledon Council voted seven to two on amendments to a motion for all day parking in downtown Bolton to mitigate traffic.
It follows a request for the Region of Peel to initiate the pilot program for one year.
In a move by Ward 1 Regional oun. Ian Sinclair and seconded by Ward 2 area coun. Christina Early the pilot will measure the number of accidents, stacking from the King Street intersection during rush hour, traffic counts, speed, business viability including economic activity, response times for EMS, and that traffic counts be conducted on Emil Kolb Parkway, Caledon-King Townline, Caledon-Vaughan Townline and Columbia Way.
An original motion, tabled by Mayor Allan Thompson, called for the Region of Peel to implement a one-year pilot of all-day parking on Highway 50 in downtown Bolton.
Ward 5 Regional Coun. Annette Groves was frustrated the Mayor had no consultation with herself or Ward 5 Area Coun. Tony Rosa prior to tabling the motion.
"This has been an issue in Bolton, not just since last term but for a number of years in Bolton," said Groves. "It would've been the right thing to do, the proper thing to do, to consult with councillor Rosa and I before this motion was brought forward."
The motion has created division and tension with community residents and councillors. Many are for or against the pilot program.
"This, I want to make sure on record, in no way I do not, and I'm certain councillor Rosa feels the same, we do not support the safety of our residents," said Groves. "We all support the safety of our residents."
Groves said it is not a problem that occurs just in downtown Bolton, but rather, it happens throughout the community.
"It's driver behaviour," said Groves. "People need to recognize that they're driving through neighbourhoods and they need to slow down. We have issues on Highway 50 going southbound right along Highway 50 from southbound to northbound."
Groves said they should've sat down with regional staff, and at the Town in the traffic and engineering department to find a number of solutions, without looking at implementing all day parking thinking it will solve the problem.
Former Ward 5 Area Coun. Rob Mezzapelli voiced his support for all day parking in downtown Bolton during a delegation speech.
"When considering all aspects and implications, quite simply, it is the right thing to do," said Mezzapelli.
Mezzapelli said the issue is not about politics, sour graves or interpersonal differences.
"I have been very clear and very consistent that the only reason I support returning all day parking and the need to have it, to attain the ultimate vision for the core, is because overall, considering all the pros and cons, it is the right thing to do," said Mezzapelli. "It will improve the core as well as Bolton and all of Caledon."
Mezzapelli said he wants to see less articles about accidents in the downtown core. He said the motion is a critical and a required next step to create a core that is more focused on visiting, living and shopping in an environment that is inviting, safe and attractive.
"This is not a lofty pie in the sky vision, it is a transformation that many communities around us have done with very successful outcomes," said Mezzapelli. "This vision is not something that was conjured up out of the blue, indeed it is a common vision for downtown that a number of different multiyear studies commissioned by the Town or the Region, support, including the Bolton Heritage Conservation District, the Queen Street Corridor study, even a study focused on transportation, the Bolton Transportation Master Plan, recommends a core that is more focused on people and less on cars."
Groves said all day parking is a band aid solution and said drivers will filter to other neighbourhoods causing more safety concerns.
"Parked cars should not be the shield for pedestrians, because those cars are not there 24/7 and there are people walking up and down all the time," said Groves.
Caledon OPP Insp. Ryan Carothers voiced his opinion in a memorandum note dated on April 24.
"I am not convinced all day parking would assist," said Insp. Ryan Carothers. "Due to the large volume of traffic during the morning and afternoon commute, I believe this would impede the regular flow of traffic, increase grid lock and increase aggressive driving behaviour. With lanes being reduced drivers will tend to cut in and become more aggressive trying to get to their destination because it's all about (ME). This would also impede and restrict the movement of Emergency vehicles trying to get through. I believe the Region and Town Traffic staff would be best to have discussions with regarding the impact on implementing all day parking or perhaps other traffic calming measures. The problem is, this is a very heavily travelled road."
Carothers provide additional comments May 28 showing a different tone of voice.
"As your aware this road carries a high volume of commuter traffic and changes to the traffic pattern may have an impact on adjacent secondary roads as drivers avoid, but in saying that, maybe this will force drivers to use the Bypass," said Insp. Ryan Carothers. "There may be an impact on police response times during rush hour but I believe not significant due to other routes we can use."
Groves said she was disappointed in Carothers noting his comments were very different than what he expressed a month earlier.
"It makes me wonder if there was any influence there in having a totally different opinion from the inspector," said Groves. "I agreed with the inspector, with really what he wrote on April 24, is that we all need to sit down with the Region and Town to find the best traffic calming and what types of traffic calming is going to help alleviate the issues we're having downtown."
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Last Week's Meeting - Friday 11th December
This was the Courtenay Place Rotary Club's last meeting for the year 2015!
Guests: Mary E., Norma P., Mary K., Helen Y., Carol C.
Apologies: Paul C., Bernard W., Bede C., Stephen D., John C., Ron H., Dexter B.
On behalf of the Courtenay Place Rotary Club, we wish all our online followers and supporters a wonderful Xmas and a very Happy New Year!
Meetings and online Chronicle will resume on:
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Due to weather, personal things, and groups not doing much, I haven't done any riding since the last post. However, last month I purchased passing lamps for my bike and we took a few pictures of the installation process! I saved this post information for a time of inactivity and here it is!
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Liu, Ying Chun (2002) Comparison between C++ and Java : a case study using a networked automated gas station stimulation system. Other thesis, Concordia University.
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This project aims at the comparison between the features and qualities of the Java and C++ programming languages. Even though they are both object-oriented programming languages, there exists a surprising number of differences between C++ and Java. These differences are intended to be significant improvements in favor of Java. It is by investigating on these differences that we will see why Java and C++ are both such beneficial programming languages on different aspects. This project will take us through the important features that distinguish Java from C++. We proceed by first describing what are the key concepts of object-oriented programming, then we present a case study that consists in the building of a software system for the simulation of a gas station network system. The design of the system is shown, then the system is built in two different versions using both Java and C++. Then the differences between the two languages are shown in light of this experience
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By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 2-4-09
As an American historian, I instinctively dismiss third parties. In American elections they usually are spoilers. At best, they fulfill the role the historian Richard Hofstadter identified, serving as bumblebees, stinging larger parties, injecting their ideas like toxins into the system, then dying. In Israel, at best, third parties have been comets, illuminating an issue brilliantly but fleetingly, then crashing and burning. Usually, Israeli third parties are like rotten eggs, their stench creates a strong presence you cannot ignore even though most voters wish the politicians would. Yet in this desultory but critical election campaign, with three flawed candidates leading three tired political parties, third parties may once again shape Israel's future. And one party in particular – the Green Movement-Meimad — may play a particularly constructive role.
This small but potentially transformative party has been generating surprising buzz despite the challenges of this truncated campaign. The Gaza operation deprived new parties of weeks to become better known while refocusing debate from quality of life back to security. Polls favor established parties, due to small sample sizes and younger voters' reliance on cell phones rather than the land-lines most pollsters call. As a result, horse-race-driven reporters ignore small parties. Also, too much green is clouding Israel's political horizon – the Green Movement-Meimad with its electoral sign "Hay" is not The Greens nor is it Alei Yarok – the Green Leaf, pro-marijuana party, nor the Green Leafers who allied with Holocaust refugees forming a party that makes Israeli politics seem like a Seinfeld parody.
Despite this color confusion, the Green Movement-Meimad has a distinct identity and has been gaining traction. Two leading environmentalists, Eran Ben-Yemeni and Professor Alon Tal, founded the Green Movement. This grassroots, quality of life party allied with Meimad – a left-leaning religious Zionist party established in 1999, led by Rabbi Michael Melchior. Meimad is a Hebrew acronym for Medinah Yehudit, Medinah Democratit, a Jewish state, a Democratic state. This powerful alliance unites religious and secular activists with an impressive track record for cleaning Israel's environment, improving Israel's education system, and, most important, showing Israelis that grassroots activism and traditional politics can improve their lives.
Some experts, noting that 2000 people attended the campaign launch and 12 percent of Hebrew University students participating in the recent campus vote voted Green Movement-Meimad, speculate they might yield the election's surprise. A recent Maagar Mohot Survey Institute poll found as many as 7 percent polled saying that if they did not worry about the voting threshold for getting Knesset seats, they would likely or definitely vote Green-Meimad. The approximately 70,000 votes needed to pass the threshold are attainable. Some security-minded voters, expecting Bibi Netanyahu's victory, even confessed they are considering the Green-Movement Meimad to pull Likud toward the center and toward quality of life concerns.
To learn more about this little engine that may succeed, I contacted my old friend Alon Tal, who is number three on the list. Full disclosure: Professor Tal and I were Young Judea Zionist Youth Movement leaders together and graduate school tennis buddies. Despite his academic credentials combining a Hebrew University law degree with a Ph.D. from Harvard's School of Public Health, and his current job as a professor of environmental policy at Ben Gurion University, Tal is a doer. While he can wax eloquent about his green dreams for a better Israel, he focuses on what the Green Movement can accomplish if it is elected, reassuring voters that voting "Hay" will not be wasting votes but maximizing their impact. "Israel's political system gives undue influence to small parties," he said, responding to my third-party skepticism. "Sadly, the system has been exploited by sectoral parties that seek benefits for special interests – ultra-Orthodox, agriculture, kibbutzim, etc. We are the only small party that seeks to 'blackmail' the large parties for the good of the general public, especially: access to excellent education for Israeli children; clean air and water for all; open spaces and habitat for the creatures and nature of the Holy Land." Finessing his blunt academic analysis, he added: "I think 'leverage' would be a better verb than 'blackmail.'"
Tal believes allying with Meimad boosted the party's chances of getting elected and, even more important, the party's potential to make history in the next Knesset. He notes that "Rabbi Melchior, operating virtually alone as head of the Knesset's environmental lobby, passed laws from a new Clean Air Act to the Polluter Pays Law. As head of the Knesset's education committee, Melchior passed the revolutionary '12 year mandatory education law.'" Melchior clearly is one of Israel's good guys – and he knows how to get things done.
Speaking practically, Tal addressed the unfortunate color confusion with the Greens, who, he reports "are universally rejected by Israel's environmental community. Their party leader is highly unpopular for his anti-democratic norms and bullying tactics. The new 'Green Movement' was a result of Israel's environmental movement's collective decision to provide voters with an authentic alternative with integrity, professionalism and leaders with strong records."
American presidential elections concentrate on the one individual who will wield tremendous power. That focus, along with America's winner-take-all elections, marginalizes third parties – although the Republican Party began as an anti-slavery third party in the 1850s. In Israel, with proportional representation and prime ministers perched on broad frequently unstable coalitions, third parties play a critical role. The correct third party can be a constructive protest vote, tempering extremes or advancing specific agendas.
Zionism has always been about making a better world not just surviving. Perhaps after this election, the Green Movement-Meimad will function as neither comet nor rotten egg but as a contrapuntal melody line in the symphony of visions shaping the next Knesset, yielding a more vibrant governmental chorus bringing harmony and security to Israel.
Gil Troy is Professor of History at McGill University and a Visiting Scholar at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Montreal. The author of Why I Am A Zionist: Israel, Jewish Identity, and the Challenges of Today, his latest book is Leading from the Center: Why Moderates Make the Best Presidents.


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Friday November 14
Cine-X Shorts
filmmakers in attendance!
Animation, politics, juggalos, the Cine-X Shorts program has it all!
This varied selection of experimental short films will kick off with an introduction to the US premier of The Secret of the Sauce by director Leonardo Liberti.
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There's something all of us fear deep down, even if we don't verbalize it or give into the terror. Children are no different, but they don't usually have much say in avoiding the things that make them nervous, whether it's the barking dog on the walk to school or the terrifying spotlight of Show & Tell every Tuesday (that would have been me).
Since I'm big on moving onward and upward, creating life lists, and overcoming fear big or small, I've been thinking lately about my approach to teaching my children to conquer fear.
We achieved a major milestone in the last few months with Precocious starting junior high, leaving Charming to fend for himself in elementary school. Last year was officially the last time both my children attended the same school together, and we've squared ourselves into the wind to face the barrage of changes rolling into us all at once. I won't pretend for a second I'm not completely terrified by the turmoil of the elementary school playground bullying and the horrors of the junior high boys who don't stop talking about sex long enough to take a breath (When do we talk about sex at my house? We talk about sex all. the. time.). Parenting small children is physically exhausting, and there were more than a few times I wanted to pitch my little ornery toddlers into the snow for the night, but teaching older children how to navigate the social, hormonal, intellectual, and societal waters is a constant emotional battleground.
Nevertheless I take my responsibility to teach my children in every regard (who made me the boss of maturation?) and every discipline (show & tell can be a very scary thing – for some of us) rather seriously. As far as I'm concerned, learning to conquer fear is one of the more important things I can impart to my little people while they're under my daily care. If I can help them learn how not to be wholly terrified by all the big (and sometimes very small) things in life, I'll consider my job well done.
So, how does one achieve this elusive non-fear of the fearful things? By facing them head on with a brave face and a racing heart. Like the age old adage, one has to get (back) on the proverbial horse and hold on for dear life (until the ride is over), whichever comes first.
At this crossroads with my children there have been a handful of options for after-school extracurriculars to help expedite their growth and understanding of the world, and a random selection of sports teams to join. Some mandatory, like piano lessons and church activities, and some not so much. Things that terrify my children, and things that terrify me. We tried a smattering of sports with both kids over the years but nothing ever stuck, and I decided this Fall things were going to change, it was time for the kids to get thrown into the deep end.
I forced the kids try out for swim team. I told them they needed to physically push themselves, against themselves, with a team, under a coach who would make them push until they cry. If they didn't make the team, I would have dropped the issue and moved onto another avenue for growth, and I told them as much. But if they did make the team, they were 100% committed for the season, end of discussion.
Both kids made the team and swim double digit hours several days a week. It's hard, they're exhausted, and they're regularly pushed to do things that terrify them, which is the whole beauty of fear:
it can be overcome.
After watching the Olympics as a family this past summer (as we do every four years) we talked about win or lose, the monumental ordeal it is for athletes to be there at all. We talked about the sacrifice and fear, the possibility for injury, the fear of failure on such a terribly important global stage. With the rest of the world, we sat on the edge of our seats watching with bated breath as athletes tumbled on the track and false started off the blocks at the most important races of their athletic lives. When it was all over and the sweat and tears ran dry, we talked about the importance of trying, win, lose or fall, that sometimes the best way to conquer a fear is to close our eyes and plunge straight into the deepest waters before we break to the surface and find the light.
This post was sponsored by Hallmark. I'm thrilled to be partnering with them in 2012 as part of their "Life Is a Special Occasion" campaign. As always all stories, opinions, and willfully disobedient children are my own.


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BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — Rocco Mediate played the first 13 holes in 9 under and closed with five pars for a 62 to match the Senior PGA Championship and Harbor Shore records Thursday.
Taking advantage of greens softened by overnight rain, Mediate matched the marks set by Kenny Perry in the 2012 final round.
The 53-year-old Mediate capped a front-nine 29 with an eagle on the par-5 ninth and added birdies on the par-3 11th and 13th holes at Jack Nicklaus-designed Harbor Shores.
Gene Sauers had a bogey-free 63. Mike Goodes shot 64, and Kenny Perry, Kirk Triplett and club pro John DalCorobbo were another stroke back. Perry played alongside Mediate and two-time defending champion Colin Montgomerie, who had two late bogeys in a 67.
Bernhard Langer, fresh off the 100th victory of his career – at a major, no less, at the Regions Tradition in Alabama, opened with a 69. The 58-year-old German is going for an unprecedented sweep of all five PGA Tour Champions majors.
John Daly struggled to a 75 in his second senior major start. He had a 9 on the par-4 16th.