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This definitive guide from the Water Environment Federation and the Environmental and Water Resources Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers covers sewer evaluation and monitoring, sewer rehabilitation methods and materials, and quality assurance. The Operation of Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants, MOP 11, 6th Edition 0 Comments This revised edition integrates the experiences, current practices, and innovations from thousands of wastewater treatment plants. Updated to reflect the latest trends, regulations and technologies, this three-volume, hard-cover manual aims to be the principal reference source for beginners or veterans in the wastewater field. Published by WEF Press. Three-volume, hard cover. 2016 total pages. Control of Odors & Emissions from Wastewater Treatment Plants - MOP 25 0 Comments The principal reference of contemporary practice for managing air emissions from wastewater systems. MOP 25 combines updated materials from two former WEF Publications - Odor Control in Wastewater Treatment Plants and Toxic Air Emissions from Wastewater Treatment Facilities into a comprehensive format. Public awareness of odors and air pollutants from wastewater facilities, as well as federal, state, and local regulations have evolved over the Financing & Charges for Wastewater Systems - MOP 27 0 Comments This manual illustrates methods of analyzing and allocating the operating and capital costs of collecting and treating wastewater, and shows how to formulate rates and charges that reasonably reflect the cost of service. 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EDMONTON - Coach John Herdman says a motivated Canada can go deep into the Women's World Cup."Are we the favourites for this event? No," Herdman told a news conference Friday on the eve of the competition. "Can we get on a roll in this tournament with our country behind us? Yes."This group of women believe they can go all the way and they've got a greater purpose. They've got a greater purpose than any other team at this event. A much greater purpose. And when you've got one of them, it gives you a chance of going places you never thought you could get to."The Canadian women, ranked eighth in the world, kick off the competition Saturday against No. 16 China before what is expected to be a capacity crowd at Commonwealth Stadium.After China, Canada plays No. 17 New Zealand on Thursday in Edmonton and the 12th-ranked Netherlands on June 15 in Montreal.Canada is hoping to improve on its poor tournament history, other than in 2004 when it finished fourth. The Canadian women, who were dead last in 2011 under former coach Carolina Morace, have an overall World Cup record of 4-11-3.But Canada is coming off a bronze medal performance at the 2012 London Olympics and enter the tournament brimming with confidence under Herdman.For the workaholic Herdman, the tournament comes after more than three years of meticulous preparation. "The journey's prepared us. We're ready to go," the English native said.Herdman, in an eloquent answer, spoke warmly about the women he coaches and what they had done for him."Look, the simplicity behind it is they have definitely got the best out of me as a man. And I think I've got the best out of them as women ... They've pushed me to new levels and new limits. They've grown off the pitch as leaders and when you have bigger and better leaders around you, you have to become a bigger and better leader too."Goalie Erin McLeod said of Herdman: "He's pushed me as a human being every single day ... It's about being the best people that we can be first and then obviously doing what we need to do on the soccer pitch."That includes scoring goals. Canada has been limited to one goal or less in its last 15 matches during which it has gone 8-5-2. The losses came again Tier 1 teams in France, Germany, Japan (twice) and England.Captain Christine Sinclair, who is entering her fourth World Cup, has seven goals in 12 tournament matches. Canada will be looking to forwards Melissa Tancredi and Adriana Leon and midfielder Sophie Schmidt, among others, to help lead the way.Tancredi has yet to score since returning to the team after essentially a two-year hiatus to complete her chiropractor studies."Look, she's a big game-player, we all know that about Mel," Herdman said. "She got her four goals at the Olympics which I think changed the Olympics for us because it took a bit more pressure off Christine, it took the tactical focus off Christine for the opposition teams. But one thing you know with Mel, when the big games come she'll deliver for you.Herdman has injury concerns at fullback with Rhian Wilkinson (hamstring) and Marie-Eve Nault (calf). He used forward Josee Belanger, to great effect, there in last week's 1-0 friendly win over England. Veteran midfielder Diana Matheson continues to work her way back from knee surgery and a broken foot.The 52-match tournament, expanded to 24 teams from 16 last time out, runs through July 5 in Vancouver, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal and Moncton. Organizers are no doubt be hoping that the spotlight swings back to soccer Saturday.The tournament was dogged by bad press for months over the decision to use artificial turf rather than grass, prompting a human rights complaint from a group of elite players. The mushrooming FIFA corruption scandal created another dark cloud on the eve of the tournament, with Canadian Soccer Association president Victor Montagliani asked whether bribes were involved in getting the tournament.There have been some wobbles elsewhere, as well. A scheduled tour of the Ottawa venue was postponed Friday."Although Ottawa Lansdowne Stadium is incredibly well prepared for the FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015, the Stadium Preparation Tour will not take place today. We will re-schedule for a later date if necessary," FIFA advised in a media release.Follow @NeilMDavidson on Twitter
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The MASTER TEACHER PROGRAM : A Case for the Evolving Practitioner
This article deals with a study on professional development and reflection in higher learning. The author begins by establishing the main contextual elements, notably the obvious links between the quality of teaching and learning, as well as the fact that teachers' concept of pedagogy and learning acts as a filter in their decision-making process. She then provides an overview of the Master Teacher Program, the English equivalent of PERFORMA's second cycle program. The participants in the research, whose results are presented in this article, are part of this program. Results are presented metaphorically (awakening, stretching, training and shaping up) and through extracts from accounts indicating that participants modified their concepts after completing the first four courses of the program: their focus moving away from teaching and the content to be transmitted in favour of making students the focal point. This change shows up in three major areas: an increased awareness for the learner and the learning process; an intentional focus on harmonizing the curriculum; and a greater self-understanding. On this last point, it is interesting to note that participants' identity as experts in a discipline was further developed to include an expertise in pedagogy.
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CategoryMath Worksheet.
TopicKindergarten math worksheet printable.
AuthorPerez Cameron
PostedWed, May 27th 2020 09:43 AM
The math worksheet is not only for the young children in kindergarten and early primary school; they are also used for tutoring high school and university students to keep the students math skills sharp. The sites that offer these worksheets have helped a lot and this resource is now a common thing to use for all kinds and levels of educators.
The formats for the worksheets differ according to the level and content of the worksheets. For the young kids it is preferable to have the worksheet in large print, while the older students commonly use the small print ones that are simple and uncluttered.


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Ferrari SF90 Stradale hybrid with1000hp is the strongest Ferrari car ever made! This is the all-new Ferrari SF90 Stradale! It's a 1000hp hypercar that comes powered by Ferrari's award-winning twin-turbo V8 drive-train as well as THREE electric motors! It'll hit 0 - 60mph in just 2.5 seconds and has a top speed of 212mph.
Ferrari introduces a new chapter in its history with the introduction of its first series production PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle). The new model is extreme on every level and represents a true paradigm shift, because it delivers unprecedented performance for a production car. Figures such as 1,000 cv, and a weight-to-power ratio of 1.57 kg/cv, and 390 kg of downforce at 250 km/h not only put the SF90 Stradale at the top of its segment, but also mean that a V8 is the top-of-the-range model for the first time in the marque's history.
The SF90 Stradale has a 90° V8 turbo engine capable of delivering 780 cv, the highest power output of any 8-cylinder in Ferrari history. The remaining 220 cv is delivered by three electric motors, one at the rear, known as the MGUK (Motor Generator Unit, Kinetic) due to its derivation from the Formula 1 application, located between the engine and the new 8-speed dual-clutch transmission on the rear axle, and two on the front axle. This sophisticated system does not, however, make for a more complicated driving experience. Quite the opposite, in fact: the driver simply has to select one of the four power unit modes, and then just concentrate on driving. The sophisticated control logic takes care of the rest, managing the flow of power between the V8, the electric motors and the batteries.
The SF90 Stradale is also the first Ferrari sports car to be equipped with 4WD, a step necessary to allow the incredible power unleashed by the hybrid powertrain to be fully exploited, ensuring the car has become the new benchmark for standing starts: 0-100km/h in 2.5 sec and 0-200km/h in just 6.7 seconds.
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Porsche Cayenne Turbo vs Audi RS4 DRAG TEST RACE 2019. Great video by Carwow youtube channel with Mat Watson. One of the best Auto review channels. Enjoy the race. Here is some information about the cars: Both the RS4 and the Cayenne Turbo claim they can jump from 0 - 62mph in just 4.1 seconds, however while the Cayenne may be packing a more powerful engine under the bonnet, it weighs more than half a tonne more than the RS4! Will the extra weight hinder it on the way to the checkered flag? There's only one way to find out... Let's race!
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The Cayenne Turbo is powered by a huge 4.0-liter bi-turbocharged engine that's capable of spewing 550 horsepower and 568 pound-feet of torque. It's all-wheel drive, but so is the RS4. However, the Cayenne Turbo's major disadvantage is its weight. At 4,796 lbs, it's a lot heavier than the RS4 Avant. On the other hand, the RS4 Avant has a bi-turbocharged 2.9L V6 under its hood, capable of producing 444 hp and 442 lb-ft torque. While it has less power output than the Cayenne, it only weighs 3,781 lbs, making it more than a thousand-pound lighter than the German SUV, or the equivalent of four to five adult male. Source: Carwow youtube.
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When you're selling a house, you have about six seconds to make a positive impression on potential buyers. According to Professional Builders magazine, that's all the time it takes for people to decide whether they'd like to purchase your home. That means you can't rely on a stunning interior to make up for a poorly manicured lawn, or a prim bed of begonias to distract attention from peeling paint. Instead, prepping a home for sale requires attending to all maintenance and dècor details to create an attractive, cohesive presentation.
This process of converting a lived-in home into a show-worthy house is called home staging. Not to be confused with redecorating, home staging transforms the highly personalized elements of a house into an appealing blank canvas. A properly staged home should feel warm and inviting, but not worn in. As a result, a listing has a better chance of selling faster for a higher price.
Home staging isn't a one-size-fits-all process -- some places will require more of a face-lift than others. But the following five do's and don'ts apply to any staging project.
Do Clean Like Crazy
The first major step involved in home staging is clearing the clutter out of the house. If you've lived at one address for a long time, you've probably amassed a collection of junk, whether it's stacks of old magazines, worn-out furniture or useless knickknacks. Home staging is the prime time to start tossing the trash; after all, you won't want to take clutter with you to your next destination. An extra set of eyes can help you cull through the mess and prod you to lighten your load.
A staged home must also be sparkling clean. This is time to get out the toothbrush and scrub every nook and cranny. Baseboards, window frames, appliances, grout — all surfaces must gleam. To tackle larger jobs, such as cleaning carpets and window treatments, consider calling in the professionals.
Don't Forget About Curb Appeal
The lawn and landscape deserve as much care as the inside of the house; after all, they're the first thing people notice. When staging, you have to think like a prospective buyer. Would you seriously consider a house with a brown, parched lawn? Probably not. Get the lawn in shape and use mulch and bedding when necessary to fill in trouble spots. Trim hedges and trees, making sure that they aren't blocking the house's visibility. Flowers and bright-leafed plants add welcome splashes of color, especially around entrances. Possibly add outdoor seating or a grill to the patio and deck area — that added touch allows buyers to imagine relaxing and enjoying those features.
Also assess the outside of the house. Cracking paint, broken shutters and sagging gutters should be fixed. Put some extra thought into the appearance of the doorways; buyers and realtors will have an up-close view of them, and you'll want them looking pristine and welcoming. To cap things off, pressure wash the exterior of the house.
Do Stick With Neutrals
As mentioned earlier, home staging isn't another term for design overhaul. But if your dwelling needs a more dramatic makeover to transition it from family crash pad to model home, a fresh coat of paint can work wonders. Better yet, painting can have as much as a 150 percent return on investment. But if you're playing with color, stick with neutrals. Creams, beiges and soft browns can brighten a room without overpowering it.
Remember that the goal of successful staging is an attractive living area that people can envision themselves in. Choosing a bold palette may alienate prospective buyers, and too much color contrast can distract. To spice up a space, rely on tasteful furniture and accessories to do the heavy lifting. Professional home stagers may recommend renting upscale furnishing to create the polished effect. This may seem like a gratuitous expense, but if your high-class dècor fetches a higher offer for the home, you'll save money in the end.
Do Update When Necessary
Although home staging shouldn't involve much in the way of major renovation, spot updates can bring a house built years ago into today's market. Look around for features that date your house, including wood paneling, shaggy carpet and old appliances. These are immediate buyer turnoffs. Take stock of furniture as well. Is that loveseat a little too loved? Or maybe the bed in the master suite is lacking. In that case, a professional home stager may advise putting your old furniture in storage and bringing in rented replacements.
Home-staging experts also recommend focusing first on the kitchen, since it's the primary room that prospective buyers are interested in. Adding at least one stainless-steel element, for instance, can give it a fresh look for marginal cost. Even changing out the hardware on cabinets and drawers can make a surprising difference.
Don't Leave Behind a Personal Touch
For home owners, one of the hardest parts of staging can be removing personal signs of ownership. It may seem endearing to leave up candid photos, report cards and crayon drawings on the refrigerator, but they may be a costly diversion. Take down the family portraits, kitschy collectibles and even monogrammed towels. In order for prospective buyers to imagine living in a house, they can't see constant reminders of your presence. Just like selecting neutral wall colors, the dècor should also be somewhat muted for broad appeal.
Removing the individual touch may also include rearranging furniture to open up spaces. Bedrooms and bathrooms ought to showcase minimal personal items as well. Perhaps most importantly, a well-staged home gives no indication of any residing pets. Someone who isn't a dog lover may be instantly deterred at the sight of Fido's food bowl by the door or a leash daggling from a coat rack.
When it's time to groom your house for the real estate market, just keep in mind that people want to buy a place of their own — not one that has your signature all over it.


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The video embedded above has the lyrics of the main ingredient of this recipe - Osmanthus flower. It is alright if you have never heard of this song before... in fact you should feel glad because if the tune doesn't sound familiar to you, you are probably born 20-30 years after me... haha. This song was one of the top hits of my time.
Well, back to the cake. The texture is soft and fluffy, with a slight hint of the taste of the flowers. The osmanthus is not a common ingredient and I think you will be pleasantly surprised at the fragrance of your chiffon cake.
Recipe: Adapted from famous cuisine issue no.83 (2014)
Ingredients A:
2 tbsp of dried Osmanthus
80 ml hot water
1 tbsp oligose (I replaced with brown sugar)
120 g egg yolk
35 g cane sugar
1/3 tsp salt
160g low protein flour
1 tsp baking powder
70g grapeseed oil ( I replaced with sunflower seed oil)
Ingredients B:
240g egg white
150g cane sugar
1 tsp fruit vinegar ( I replaced with lemon juice)
1) Add hot water into osmantus. Leave to cool.
2) Combine sugar and egg yolk, beat till foamy. Add osmanthus tea (with flower), flour and baking powder, salt , mix till well combined. Pour in oil and mix well.
3) In a grease free mixing bowl, beat egg white and sugar, lemon juice till stiff peaks form but not dry. Add in mixture (2) in 2 to 3 batches.
4) Pour batter into an 8" chiffon cake pan and bake in a preheated oven at 180 deg C for 50 minutes until cooked. Remove from the oven and invert baking pan immediately. Let it cools completely, use a plastic knife to run around the side of the baking pan. Take out the cake and place on a plate, Cut and serve.


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Labor Day Coonhound graveyard festival No Joke it's real
August 30, 2009 by shilohtv
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The annual Key Underwood Coon Dog Cemetery Labor Day celebration will be held Sept. 7 at the historic Colbert County, Alabama. rural graveyard. The celebration will feature bluegrass music, buck dancing, liar's contest, food and souvenirs. I will also bet a bit of drinking will be going on as well, I think that is how they got the idea? not saying just guessing. More than 200 coon-hunting hounds have been buried there since Underwood buried his dog Troop there in 1937. The Florence Times.


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At the start of February, New Zealand hosted the signing of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). Years of negotiation now open up 800 million potential customers to our exporters. TPP is expected to enter into force within two years, once countries have completed their domestic implementation processes.
The 12 countries involved in TPP make up 36 per cent of the world economy. New Zealand sells around $28 billion worth of goods and services to other TPP countries each year. The agreement includes Japan and the United States, two of the three largest economies in the world, which successive governments have tried to get a free-trade deal with for 25 years.
This is a big deal for a small country such as New Zealand that relies on trade to grow its economy. It further builds on the Government's wider plan to diversify and strengthen our economy, support more jobs, and provide more opportunities for Kiwis to get ahead. It will be Kiwi businesses and innovators that seize these opportunities – and we have plenty of these in TKC. The savings they will make mean there will be more money available to grow their businesses, lift wages, and employ more people in our community.
All this is expected to be worth at least $2.7 billion a year to New Zealand by 2030. We know from the free trade agreement with China that these figures are likely to be underestimated. Two-way trade with China exploded after that deal was signed.
Many concerns raised previously about TPP are not reflected in the final agreement. Consumers will not pay more for subsidised medicines as a result of TPP. There will be no change to the PHARMAC model. There are high hurdles for investor-state dispute settlement claims. This agreement does not have any impact on New Zealand's sovereignty.
The opportunities that TPP presents are going to be a real boost for the Kiwi economy, for which the industries in the Waipa are immensely valuable.


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Actresses need to be pickier than men about with whom they work if they want to survive in the movie industry, suggests a new study.
"My research indicates that women in the film industry suffer a lack of access to future career opportunities when they tend to work with people who have collaborated frequently in the past," said Mark Lutter, lead author of the study and head of the "Transnational Diffusion of Innovation" Research Group at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) in Germany.
Accepting a job below one's skill level can be severely penalizing when applying for future employment because of the perception that someone who does this is less committed or less competent, according to new research from a sociologist at The University of Texas at Austin.
Millions of workers are employed in positions that deviate from the full-time, standard employment relationship or work in jobs that are mismatched with their skills, education, or experience. Yet, little is known about how employers evaluate workers who have experienced these employment arrangements, limiting our knowledge about how part-time work, temporary agency employment, and skills underutilization affect workers' labor market opportunities.
Since the 1980s, leading U.S. firms have announced massive downsizing plans in the name of maximizing shareholder value, but some observers are skeptical about how serious firms are in implementing these plans. Building on political theories of corporate governance, I examine how conflicts of interest and alignment among investors, workers, and top managers affect the implementation of announced downsizing plans.
We investigate the impact of external differentiation and vocational orientation of (lower and upper) secondary education on country variation in the mean numeracy skills of, and skills gaps between, adults with low and intermediate formal qualifications. We use data on 30- to 44-year-olds in 18 countries from the 2011–12 round of the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies. We find that higher levels of external differentiation (tracking) amplify skills gaps between less- and intermediate-educated adults.
This conversation explores emerging debates concerning teaching to and about marginalized populations often left out of "representative" data sets. Based on our experiences studying, teaching, and belonging to some of these unrepresented populations, we outline some strategies sociologists may use to transform the limitations of data sets traditionally labeled as representative into tools for delivering core sociological concepts.
It is well documented that interaction between diverse students encourages positive learning outcomes. Given this, we examine how to enhance the quantity and quality of student diversity in university classrooms. Drawing on sociological theory linking life experiences with ways of knowing, we investigate how to increase classroom diversity by considering when, where, and how courses are scheduled and delivered.
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The Vortex Grenade is an extremely rare and advanced type of specialised grenade used by a few, select individuals in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. The grenade opens a "hole" to the Warp in realspace, which destroys any troops caught in its area of effect. The Vortex Grenade is also an unpredictable weapon because it not only destroys anything that it comes into contact with, but also that the Warp vortex it creates drifts randomly after activation, slaying friend and foe alike.
Vortex Grenades, as a result of the ancient arcane technology used in them, are very difficult to produce, as might be imagined. Only the most specialised and advanced Adeptus Mechanicus Forge Worlds still retain the technical knowledge required to manufacture them. As a result, these unpredictable weapons are only made available to the most high-ranking of Imperial servants, such as the senior officers of Space Marine Chapters, agents of the Officio Assassinorum and Inquisitors.
Tactical Role
The Vortex Grenade takes the form of a weighty sphere, approximately the size of a man's fist, which consists of an outer shell which encases a delicate and temperamental Warp field generation mechanism. The designs of the device date back to the Dark Age of Technology. When the grenade is activated, it creates a tiny rift between realspace and the Warp, a rift that becomes a vortex in the very fabric of space-time. In appearance the vortex is a ball of glowing blackness like a small black hole. Everyone and everything encompassed by the vortex is destroyed; all matter and energy present is drawn through the vortex and consumed by the psychic energy of the Empyrean.
Warp vortices are incredibly dangerous, as once they are created they behave in an unpredictable and uncontrollable manner. They may shrink, expand, vanish, remain for long periods of time, move or even divide. For this reason, Vortex Grenades can prove as deadly to their user as to their intended target.
- Warhammer 40,000: Apocalypse (4th Edition), pg. 187
- Warhammer 40,000 - Apocalypse War Zone: Damnos, pg. 18
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Uncharted: The Lost Legacy Trailer
While not the most inspired choice for a gameplay demo, the demo for Uncharted: The Lost Legacy sure did leave a lot of people guessing. This was the portion I missed, being late to the show, but following the forums, the prevailing question I kept seeing was "Is this the new Tomb Raider?" Personally, I didn't think it was just because we'd already gotten that this year with Rise of the Tomb Raider, but considering the name of the new Tomb Raider leaked (Shadow of the Tomb Raider, by the way), anything could've gone down.
Once the metaphorical smoke cleared, we saw that it was our old "friend" from Uncharted 2 and Uncharted 3, Chloe Frazer. And alongside her, Nadine Ross, of Uncharted 4 fame. A pairing that isn't all too shocking, as Nadine is a gun for hire and Chloe, being a thief, does whatever and steals whatever. Early on in Uncharted 4, there was a note from Chloe that mentioned she was in Sri Lanka, so I guess we'll get to see just what she did there.
I'm looking forward to this. Chloe was always a character that I wanted to see more of, character-wise. Even though we have newer characters like Nate's brother, Sam, I think that his story and adventure may come off as a little same-y.
Looking at this trailer closer, I noticed they're introducing a lock picking to the Uncharted franchise. Naughty Dog tends to do things like this when it comes to their DLC. It's nice to see that, even once the original game is done, they're still introducing mechanics to it's franchises. One can only hope that they do more of this in The Lost Legacy.
Uncharted: The Lost Legacy is set to launch for PS4/PS4 Pro sometime in 2017.
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CPFTs respiratory team has won praise from paramedics for a speedy response to a patient who phoned for an ambulance after becoming short of breath.
Following a thorough assessment by the ambulance crew it was decided that this patient did not necessarily need to go to hospital on this occasion, Paramedic Clare Hadley and AAP (Associate Ambulance Practitioner) Sarah Andrew contacted the Trust's respiratory nurses to see if they could help.
Specialist nurse Erin Turney arrived at the patient's home within half an hour while the ambulance crew were still there to carry out an assessment.
Clare Hadley, paramedic, East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust, said: "Although thankfully we didn't need to go to A&E, the patient was suffering from a chest infection,
shortness of breath and was very anxious which made her symptoms worse. We get a lot of patients with COPD who dial 999 or go to hospital unnecessarily, but they could easily be referred to CPFTs respiratory team."
ErinTurney, specialist respiratory nurse,CPFT, said: "Our aim is to help people to manage their respiratory condition as well as possible by helping them to understand their treatment and tips for controlling their symptoms. She had been to her GP with a chest infection and had been given antibiotics and steroids, but hadn't really been given advice on how to manage her symptoms or understand what was normal for someone with a chest infection. She was also worried she wouldn't be well enough to go on holiday.
"She was quite isolated which added to her anxiety so I put her in touch with a befriending service run by Age Concern, but mostly she just needed reassurance and information – and she did go on holiday which was a brilliant outcome. I also told her she could contact the service direct if she needs any more help."
CPFTs respiratory team provides specialist care for patients with a chronic lung disease such as COPD, bronchiectasis and pulmonary fibrosis. The service provides a mix of clinics, home visits and exercise classes. Referrals are accepted from health professionals, but patients can self refer once they are known to the service.
Pictured (left to right) are Clare Hadley, paramedic; Erin Turney, respiratory specialist nurse; and Sarah Andrew, associate ambulance practitioner.


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I remember the first time I played a MUD. I was in the 7th grade, and my newest friend told me about an awesome game where your imagination is the only limitation. It didn't take long before I dove headfirst into Dragonstone. I never got into the grind, and couldn't bring myself to level mindlessly, but I was immediately enthralled with the roleplay.
I would spend hours a day writing stories, building my character background, and interacting with the other players. It didn't take long before I started creating my own areas. I burned through dozens of books of graph paper, and countless notepads, creating my own world. After building areas for a few MUDs, I started buying books on C and C++, and dove headfirst into modifying, and eventually extending, different codebases. DIKU, Merc, Envy, Rom... I loved them all, but will always hold a special place in my heart for EOSII and EotS.
I don't run any MUDs anymore, growing up has a habit of getting in the way, but I still play when I can, and have recently been trying to build a list of MUD clients to help new players figure out where to start. I hope to build the site out to have user guides and pro guides for as many clients as possible, and download mirrors for the clients that are getting increasingly difficult to find (RoAClient anyone?).
I hope this forum stays alive, I love to hear how the community, while small, is still alive and kicking.
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Growing up totally gets in the way! :-P Good luck with your client project - I am very much no help because I've basically stayed on zMUD and MUSHclient the entire time I've been on MUDs. Oh wait - I do use Mukluk on my Android phone too.
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How Can I Check On My Social Security Disability Application?
Checking on the status of your Social Security disability application depends upon the stage that the case has reached. Here are some guidelines, although you may find them confusing:
- If you are still in the process of filing your claim: Call your local Social Security field office. You can find their phone number in the book. However, it is almost impossible to get through. There are back door numbers but I can't disclose those without getting in trouble with Social Security! You can call Social Security's toll free number –1-800-772-1213 but be careful. You can't always rely on what they tell you when you call that number!
- You have filed your claim and it has been sent to Disability Determination Services: If you are in NC, call the number on the paperwork you receive. Until you get that paperwork, contact the Social Security field office, as above.
- You have been denied at initial and reconsideration and have asked for a hearing: Call the Office of Disability Adjudication and Review (ODAR) that has your case. That number will be on the paperwork you receive. Until you get that paperwork, contact the Social Security field office, as above.
- You have been denied by an Administrative Law Judge and have asked for Appeals Council review: Call the Appeals Council at 1-703-605-8000.
- You have been approved and are awaiting payment of benefits: This gets complicated. Without giving more information than you probably want or can process, I would suggest contacting your local field office. They do process SSI claims and should be able to tell you about the status of other Social Security disability claims.
The weak link here, as you've already figured out is the Social Security field office. I don't have any good suggestions. It can be hard getting through to them even when you know the back door phone numbers. Knowing who to call and how to get through to them is a significant part of what we do at the Charles T Hall Law Firm. It shouldn't be that hard to get through to them, but it is. If you're reading this, you've probably already experienced that.


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Florida's no-fault insurance requirement is set to undergo major changes this legislative session.
Right now, Florida drivers are required to have $10,000 worth of personal injury protection, or PIP, for payout in a crash regardless of who is at fault.
But fraudsters have taken advantage of this system, and auto insurance rates are skyrocketing.
Florida is one of the most expensive states for car insurance, according to the Insurance Information Institute. A fender bender can cost an insurance company tens of thousands of dollars.
Walt Dartland was targeted in a staged accident years ago in Miami, but he says he knew immediately what was up. Dartland is a former deputy attorney general and is now executive director of the Consumer Federation of the Southeast.
"All of a sudden they just plain stopped, and because I was going so slow, I basically hardly touched them," said Dartland. "They immediately got out of the car, and I tried to tell them we better call the police department and get a report on this. They said, 'no, no, no, no.' They pulled the car across the highway and walked right into a chiropractor's office."
The way this works is a clinic owner will recruit a group of people to stage a minor accident. No one is actually hurt, but the passengers go straight to the clinic. No treatment is given, and claims of ten-thousand dollars per person are filed under the driver's PIP coverage. The money is split between the passengers, clinic operators and lawyers.
Florida's No-Fault Law was supposed to cover economic losses and medical treatment for crash victims without the need for a lawsuit to establish who's to blame. But in the last five years, the state has seen a 275 percent increase in PIP related lawsuits.
Gov. Rick Scott calls PIP fraud a billion dollar tax on Florida's citizens. He addressed a rally at the Capitol.
"You are sick and tired of a billion dollars a year in fraud," said Scott. "You're tired of it. You're tired of scammers taking advantage of you."
Cydnee Knoth lives in Tampa and came to Tallahassee to complain about her premiums.
"PIP is the biggest thing I pay for on my insurance, more than liability," said Knoth. "I carry $100,000 worth of liability, and that is cheaper than carrying $10,000 of personal injury."
Tampa and Miami are among the top 10 most expensive cities for car insurance because of staged accidents.
Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater says moving to one of those cities can increase your monthly insurance payment by $50 to $100.
"The average family in Miami Dade County with a teenage driver is now paying over $3,200 a year for the value of coverage that's only worth $10,000."
Atwater says the Florida Legislature mandated no-fault coverage and the legislature must fix it.
But he doesn't want PIP to go away.
"I would say there is value in a no-fault system, that someone can get quick care and coverage when they have access to no other healthcare," said Atwater. "For us in Miami Dade, there is well over 25 percent of our population that has no other healthcare other than what's offered in PIP."
The Florida House and Senate have two competing bills for PIP reform.
The House version is supported by Gov. Scott, CFO Atwater and the business and insurance industries. It requires accident victims to seek treatment at a hospital, not a clinic, within 72 hours. It also puts a cap on attorneys' fees. The bill has passed one committee so far.
The Senate version is supported by attorneys, chiropractors and some consumer groups. It requires police to use long form reports at accident scenes. It provides for more regulation of clinics and creates a fraud task force. It has not been taken up by any committees.
Both versions would force insurance companies to eventually lower their rates.
Changes in the bills are expected, but Atwater thinks some kind of reform will pass.
"I believe there's one last good fight in us, and I believe it's this year."


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To begin, I should make it clear that this is not a list of my top overall prospects. No, this is a 2014-specific list, and it exists only to serve those of us in fantasyland. The names that follow are, at this moment, the prospects who have the best chance at offering positive fantasy contributions during the 2014 season. Those of you who follow my Prospect Power Rankings series during the season, understand that time-specific prospect rankings are fluid — it's a tricky game, weighing potential impact against current opportunity, and outlooks can change drastically overnight. There are too many variables at work to peg these ETA's accurately, and that is precisely why we revisit these rankings often throughout the year with the aforementioned power rankings. Consider this a starting point. Numbers 26-50 will run next week, but for now, let's dig into the top-25.Please, blog, may I have some more?
Archi Bradley
In my Week 4 MiLB report, I included a brief writeup on Blue Jays pitching prospect, Roberto Osuna, highlighting his hot start to 2013 season at Low-A Lansing. My blurb from that particular post: "Number five on my Blue Jays top ten from March, Osuna is a rather plump 18-year-old with a front-end arsenal. Through 18 IP at Low-A Lansing, he's posted a 26/3 K/BB along with an ERA at 2.95 and a WHIP at 0.82. Some folks are concerned about his potentially tubby frame, but the stuff might just be good enough to overcome the weight issue." Well Osuna was pulled from his most recent start with elbow discomfort. A subsequent visit to Dr. Andrews has revealed a UCL tear, and it's now all but official that the Jays' prized prospect will require season-ending Tommy John surgery. The developmental setback is disappointing, but at age 18, Osuna was ahead of the developmental curve already. There's still reason to remain optimistic about his future outlook, but it looks like it'll be a full year before we see him pitching in a meaningful game again. And that sucks.Please, blog, may I have some more?
Jorge Soler was off to a great start at High-A Daytona, batting .435/.519/.739 with 2 homers through his first six games. The was promising news for the Cubs, who inked him to a nine-year, $30 million contract last summer. The 21-year-old Cuban is not a cost-controlled prospect — there's an opt-out clause that would make him eligible for arbitration after three years service time, but both sides would be thrilled if it came to that. In any case, there's incentive for the Cubs to develop him quickly in order to make sure the bulk of those nine years are spent at the highest level. Chicago was smart to make such a long-term investment in Soler — it gives them a little developmental cushion — but they're still trying to avoid unnecessary setbacks. Things were going well in that department up until Wednesday, when Soler decided to brandish a baseball bat as he sprinted toward the opponent's dugout following a benches-clearing incident. The league suspended him five games, which isn't a huge setback, but the Cubs are reportedly investigating the matter further and could tack on more time. I doubt it'll come to that, but the ordeal still raises some major character concerns. Let's hope this was an isolated incident and that the new regime in Chicago doesn't enable such behavior as the old group did with headcases like Carlos Zambrano.Please, blog, may I have some more?


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Dragonfire Standard Strat HH (Humbucker Humbucker) Pickguard
Brand New Stratocaster GREEN PEARL 3 Ply Guard
This Humbucker-Humbucker pickguard is cut for one humbucker at the bridge and one humbucker at the neck. It features a shielded electronics area with an 11-hole mounting pattern to fit U.S.A. Fender Standard Strats and MEX 2002 & newer Standard Strats. This pickguard will not fit other guitars or styles and will not work with specialty sized pickups. Please contact us prior to purchase if you have any questions regarding fit.
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- Brand new pickguard/Fender replacement pickguard
- 11 hole standard mounting pattern with counter-sunk mounting screw holes
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- 2 rectangular standard size humbucker pickup mounting holes (not counter-sunk)
- 2 pickup mounting screw holes per pickup opening (centered one each side; not counter-sunk)
- 1 standard size switch cut with 2 switch mounting holes (1 each side of switch cut; not counter-sunk)
- 2 control pot holes pre-drilled as pictured
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Record: 15-10 (39-37 overall)
AL West Standings: L.A. (42-33); Texas 1.5 GB; Seattle 3.5 GB; Oakland 10.5 GB.
Top Hitter: Ichiro continues to tear the cover off the ball, hitting over .400 in June including a streak of 7 straight multi-hit games. He has hit safely in 35 of his last 37 games and looks ready to run away with the AL batting title for the third time in his career. Ichiro also scored 18 runs and stole 8 bases in June, his highest monthly totals of the year in those categories. More importantly, Ichiro looks relaxed around his teammates this season and the talks of him being a clubhouse cancer have quieted down (at least while the Mariners keep winning). Despite missing the first two weeks of the season to a bleeding ulcer, Suzuki is still on pace to become the first player in baseball history with 8 consecutive 200+ hit seasons.
Top Pitcher(s): Felix Hernandez is finally starting to pitch like a king ready for his crown, coming off a stellar month of June in which he went 3-0 with a 0.94 (yes, 0.94) ERA while striking out 35 in 38 innings. With the Mariners' offense struggling to score on a nightly basis the team has needed Hernandez to be a stopper and so far the 23-year-old hurler has answered the call. King Felix has rebounded nicely after a bumpy May and should have a shot at making his first AL All-Star squad. Just as important to the Mariners' resurgance has been the continued dominance of off-season acquisition David Aardsma. The stud of the Mariners' pen was perfect in June, converting all 8 save opportunities while not allowing a single run and striking out 20 in 11 innings (and only 4 walks). If Aarsdma can continue to keep his walk total low he should be a long-term answer for the Mariners because he certainly has the stuff to be among the game's elite closers.
Biggest Surprise: Despite a negative run differential (296 runs scored/314 runs allowed) the Mariners are two games over .500 and only 3.5 games out in the division. First year manager Don Wakamatsu should receive praise for his effective use of the bullpen which has allowed Seattle to grit out one run games and stay competitive despite the club's offensive woes.
Biggest Disappointment: It's never a good thing when a player gets hurt—it's probably something much worse when you're actually glad a player a did. But such is the case with the perpetually underwhelming chipmunk-cheeked SS for Seattle, Yuniesky Betancourt. The M's shortstop has been nothing less than mediocre the past three seasons, playing average defense at short while hitting around .280 with little power and even less plate discipline (70 BB in 2088 career ABs). Betancourt had been even worse this season, hitting .250 and getting benched by Wakamatsu for his poor work ethic and struggles at the plate. Betancourt was placed on the 15-DL over the weekend with a pulled hamstring, an injury that would be much more exciting if his replacement Ronny Cedeno wasn't hitting .133. Where the heck is Felix Fermin when you need him? Should the M's think about giving the Rays a call and asking about Triple-A shortstop Reid Brignac?
Griffey Watch: The Kid continues to "heat up" as the season progresses, improving to a line of .238-4 HR-11 RBI in June (he just missed hitting his 10th HR of the season off Mariano Rivera last night). It doesn't seem like much, but it's good to see that there's still some life left in his bat and Mariners fans hope that he can continue to turn the corner and add some pop to an otherwise listless lineup.
Injuries: Endy Chavez (torn ACL–out for year); Adrian Beltre (bone spurs in left shoulder–6 to 8 weeks); Erik Bedard (left shoulder inflammation–due back July 4); Yuniesky Betancourt (hamstring–mid July return); Carlos Silva (nauseau, heartburn, indigestion, upset stomach, diarrhea–no return expected, ever).
July Schedule: 2 @ NY; 3 @ Boston; 3 vs Baltimore; 4 vs Texas; All-Star Break; 4 @ Cleveland; 3 @ Detroit; 3 vs Cleveland; 3 vs Toronto; 2 @ Texas.
Overall Grade: (A) June was a step in the right direction for Seattle, as the team continued to win close games and the offense began to show some signs of life. The next few weeks will be very important to the Mariners as they will determine whether the team becomes buyers or sellers with the trade deadline looming. Don't forget to vote for your favorite Mariners to send them to the All-Star game in St. Louis!
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text: Guest #1 Posted 6 February , 2003 I am looking for information regarding Pte. Thomas McDonagh who died on 8th Sept 1914 while serving with the 1st Bn. Irish Guards and also Pte. W Nangle who died on the 9th Feb 1916 while serving with the 4th Hussars. Can anybody tell me any thing regarding these two units and where the were on the days in question. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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One heck of a day I am having, beginning with powerful emotions surging from a very rough weekend of spouse in a strange mood-itis. I'm so sensitive that it always hits me hard and takes me a while to recover, and he seems to react to my moods the same way, so we ride nice big waves around here. Some days I just chalk the whole mess up to our passionate Italian heritage. Other days, I realize we are far more alike and sensitive than I had ever imagined.
It started with going to bed too late, which always sets me up for mood swings. Then there was the fact that it was the first day of his huge successfulness in a brand new arena of career wins and the gifts and basking therein, and suddenly not only was I tired and emotionally worn, but I was hit head on with loss. My choices, my sacrifices, my stubborn insistence on putting my child first before myself, and the endless windows of opportunities lost were all slamming me in the head.
Top that with reading a metaphysical book written by a woman who looked more like a man from a Victorian generation, about ego and serving others, with every reference to God in the masculine and suddenly I was having an internal war between my empowered, pissed off inner goddess and my good little conservative baptist inner child. I set myself up with staring at my own failure at everything and wondering whether this spiritual path I had chosen was a big mistake. Yup, I was a big, fat, lazy, inept, ungrateful failure. Even this blog I was so excited about sucked. My writing sucked. I had no friends. I felt fat, ugly, old, and opposite of fabulous.
While retching up my existential misery in successive Facebook status updates, I was making tortellini for my son and burned my arm on the pan. Great. I may as well just ensure my misery today and eat sugar and fat, too. So I did. Apparently, I like to go down with a big, hideous splat and then ricochet with a dramatic comeback. Did I mention there was thunder and lightening and a brief power outage as well?
I have surrendered fully to this misery inasmuch as I know how. Today, there is nowhere to go that is of any interest to me. I want to hide my fat body in my too small for me apartment. I'm in my own way and have no idea how to get out of it. I'm so pissed that I don't even care. Every solution has a problem with it, why it won't work, and a price that's more than I want to pay. Even no solution has a price, but right now it's where I am and it still costs less than the calculations I've done on my standby fantasy of running away. Nowhere with no solution.
I imagine you have a load of advice for me, and so do a ton of other people, and it's all varied, some excellent, some peppered with spiritual cliche, and some empathetic, some not. The problem is that none of it will help. Did you know that it actually makes it worse? The hardest thing for most people to do is to simply hold space and witness someone else's brilliant process. The best place for me to be is where I am, miserable, burned, regretful, frustrated, angry, jealous, grieving, and afraid. I've learned it's a good place to be and that the very best thing I can do is to love exactly where I am because the fertilizer down here is the richest thing happening.
Each individual has unfathomable wisdom and resource inside, and our egos don't like to admit that someone may know what's good for themselves better than we do, and we certainly don't like to see the messiness that reminds us of our own "failing". When I rise, you can be certain I'll be carrying some diamonds of wisdom, and that the simmering desires I've been sitting on will explode into a firework of new creations.


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"I did not know Senator Barack Obama at all, but like many others here in Illinois became completely convinced about his leadership abilities after I had the opportunity to watch him deftly help guide our state through a crisis in our criminal justice system. I can say from personal experience that Barack Obama definitely has what we need to lead this nation and is the man that can help us solve our most complex problems.
"It was the spring of 2003 when I made the long drive down to our our capitol city of Springfield, Illinois to give testimony regarding a complex series of criminal justice reform bills being considered in the Illinois General Assembly.
"Three members of my family had been brutally murdered, and I went representing a victim organization concerned with some of the legislation. The hearings were tedious and very contentious and went on before the state's Senate Judiciary Committee for over 5 hours that day.
"Illinois had been through a very traumatic couple of years. The Chicago Tribune and other major media outlets had done lengthy and high-profile exposés about the many problems in the state's criminal justice system, including the release of several wrongfully convicted men, some on death row, some within hours of execution, and millions of dollars of taxpayer money wasted through incompetence. A study commission had recommended a lengthy list of reforms. Victims' families and prosecutors had been through months of agonizing public hearings.
"After the state legislature refused to implement even a single one of the needed reforms, Illinois' previous Governor made national history by commuting the entire death row population to natural life sentences. The political climate in the state was highly charged and everyone knew the problems were systemic and a lot was at stake. When the new legislature and Governor came to office, all these pieces of reform legislation were brought forward again, and all had to pass through the Senate Judiciary Committee.
"The lead co-sponsors of the reform bills were State Senators John Cullerton and Barack Obama. I had heard of the very prominent attorney Senator Cullerton, but did not have a clue who the other guy was. The bills were highly complex, legally often very technical, and feelings were running very deep. Law Enforcement, States Attorneys, victims families, civil rights groups, science experts, human rights organizations, defense attorneys, media and religious figures, politicians and public officials from all over the state were very concerned with the details of the various bills. There was little agreement, it was all incredibly complex, and yet the need was clear that we had to make some big changes.
"While waiting for my turn to speak, I listened to the other witnesses give the most complicated and technical testimony imaginable. I watched more than a dozen state senators for hours and they were, expectedly, all over the place: in and out of the room, often on the phone, or eating, or reading, or talking to someone else, sometimes even seemingly just inattentive to the testimony that droned on and on. But not Barack Obama.
"He was really, really listening. And fully engaged. And incredibly insightful. And helpful. I remember several hours into the hearing leaning over to the woman from the League of Women Voters seated next to me and saying, 'Who is this Barack Obama guy? He is really good . . .'
"Because what I had been seeing that day, and what I saw several other times I had to return to Springfield for similarly lengthy hearings and debates, was a man so competent, so intelligent, so articulate, so patient, so 'on-task', so able to cut to the very heart of the issue and craft so well the solution to such complex problems, that he stood out unmistakably. He never broke focus, hour after hour, from the important testimony being given. He listened intently without distraction. He asked incisive and important questions. And when he would finally speak after difficult debate, the discussion would be over. Because invariably what he would say was so clearly the common sense solution that it was evident to everyone in the room. He spoke with such charismatic authority, he showed such leadership, conscience, and clarity of thought and word, that opposition simply melted away. His solutions received strong bi-partisan support and dozens of complex reforms were passed into law. In the final package of bills that passed there were many 'winners' and no 'losers'. Everyone was engaged, heard, and reasonable, acceptable solutions were found for all concerned. I am fortunate to now serve on a committee for the Illinois General Assembly that is monitoring the progress of those reforms.
"What I can say without equivocation is that knowing now the state of our nation, this is exactly the kind of man we need running everything from Cabinet meetings in the White House, to international negotiations on the global stage."