Oct. 25, 2013 11:00 a.m.
Last Sunday (Oct. 13) I had the privilege of running the GoodLife Fitness Victoria 8K race with my dad, or as many refer to him, 'the running legend' Maurice Tarrant.
At 83, dad is a prime example of how keeping healthy and active can extend your life. A year and a couple months ago, he had heart valve replacement surgery. That took time and strength to recover from, but everyone agrees that his healthy running lifestyle going into that procedure helped him bounce back from it.
Canadian Running reported that in 2010 alone, he set 10 records at various distances, including a world record for 15K (one hour, 13 minutes, 28 seconds). That required a pace of 4:54 per kilometre (7:54 per mile). Age grading would make his time 45:21 using the World Masters Athletics system.
Eight months after his heart surgery, dad ran the TC 10K, a sign he was on the road back to recovery. Then, as if to challenge him more, a couple months later he was affected by gallstones and had to have his gallbladder removed. Another surgery, another story of proof that nothing can keep him down and that being a runner has allowed him many more healthy years.
As dad and I arrived at the awards ceremony following the 8K race on the Sunday, we read the course records board and there was dad's name five times in a row, for past 8K course records, in age categories from 60-64 up to his present 80-99.
In fact, at 63 he had raced through this 8K with an astounding time of 28:56.
His name was also listed three times under the half marathon age-class records, from 70-74 with a time of 1:33:40, up to his 80-84 division record. Of course he was relieved to find out that all eight course records still stood after this day.
As we stood there reading all this, a man approached dad, introduced himself and shook his hand. I recognized him. It was the legendary Tom Howard, who won the masters class marathon this year and in past won this race as an elite runner.
He now appreciated even more what an amazing runner dad is. Going into the 8K race that day, Tom felt he might be able to beat dad's record in the 60-64 age class. Yet he finished a substantial three minutes off that time.
As I watched dad accept his first-place medal, I marvelled once again at all his achievements. Yet he continues to be the humblest man I know. His hundreds of medals and trophies are tucked away in stacks of shoeboxes in his storage room.
Everyone in the running world knows him and speaks of him as a kind and gentle man. He is supported by his wife of 63 years – my beautiful mum Phyllis – his five children and 10 grandchildren.
I was honoured to be able to share that day with my dad. How appropriate it happened on Thanksgiving weekend. I am thankful for his returning health and all he represents as a world-class athlete, a husband, dad and granddad. He truly is my hero!
Claire Tarrant-Rowley is the daughter of veteran distance runner Maurice Tarrant. She lives in Saanich, while her father lives in Sidney.


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Despite the amp's straightforward design, some of the controls are labeled counter-intuitively (and the manual could be clearer). For example, one might expect Master to be a master volume rather than a "Drive Compensation" control likely to increase distortion, and when looking at the front panel, it appears the distortion channel is labeled Normal, and the clean channel is labeled Parallel (the words Clean and Distortion only appear on the footswitch).
When it comes to how the Rocket 88 sounds, however, there's no confusion. The Clean channel is very Fender-like, with all the responsiveness, spank, sparkle, and tight low-mids found in the best examples of mid-'60s amps. The lack of tone controls obviously limits flexibility, but Val King customizes the clean sound to your specifications when you order the amp, making it less of an issue.
AS TIME KEEPS ON KEEPING ON, THE ICONIC AURA OF ORANGE AMPS SEEMS TO BE GROWING. THE brand's absolutely sick color scheme is as identifiable as its potent, über-British tones. For 40 years, everyone from Peter Green, Jimmy Page, and Ike Turner, to modern badasses such as Clutch and Queens of the Stone Age have squeezed the juicy fruit of the mighty Orange. The OR50 is based on the company's early '70s designs known as "pics only" models by Orange diehards—a term born from having only funky symbols on the control panels that ranged from a cryptic "orange fist" for the HF control, to a not-so-cryptic "bass clef with arrow" signifying the Bass control. The OR50 is not a reissue of a vintage Orange circuit, but it sports a single-channel circuit and classic Orange cosmetics.
WANT A VERSATILE AMP WITH A COLLECTION OF AMP MODELS AND BUILT-IN STOMPBOXES AND outboard effects? Check out Peavey's new Vypyr Series of modeling amplifiers, which includes the Vypyr 15 ($169 retail), Vypyr 30 ($279), Vypyr Tube 60 ($599), Vypyr 75 ($399), Vypyr 100 ($699) and Vypyr Tube 120 ($799). The Vypyr 75 on review offers a good balance of power, features, and cost that can make your life a bit easier onstage and in the studio by incorporating most everything you need in a compact, 36.5-lb package (a thick rubber handle also helps make lugging the amp more comfortable). The first thing one might notice about the Vypyr is its array of dancing flashing lights, but the LEDs do more than perhaps signal an imminent alien abduction— they also clearly signal parameter settings in low-light stage situations.
The Vypyr 75 comes armed with 12 amp models, with each model having both a clean and distortion channel. In addition to the 24 amp tones, you can chose from 11 stompbox models, and 11 rack effects, with the option of using up to five effects simultaneously. Many of the controls on the Vypyr have dual purposes, and in order to select effect and adjust parameters, you need to twist either the Stompboxes or Effects knobs to your desired processor, and then depress the knob to enter edit mode. (The Amp selector knob doesn't have an edit mode—the front-panel Pre Gain, Low, Mid, High, Post Gain, Master, and Power Sponge controls take care of that—but holding the knob down for two seconds calls up the Vypyr's onboard tuner.) Some of my favorite stompbox models included XR Wild (a full-bodied crunch tone that works well for metal) and the BC Chorus (a classic analog chorus with an inviting low end), while the "rack effects" menu includes Reverse—a fabulous feature that reverses whatever you play for those psychedelic backwards effects. There's also a Looper that records up to 30 seconds of audio, but, as a footswitch is needed to enter start and stop points onstage, the effect is only available with the optional Sanpera I/II foot controller ($109 retail).
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KNOWN FOR BUILDING GOOD SOUNDING AND EXTREMELYRELIABLE AMPS, TRAYNOR HAS ALWAYS PUT the emphasis on quality rather than cosmetics or an abundance of features. But the Custom Special 50 breaks with the past by strutting a cool retro look and a ton of tonal options. Besides being able to operate at 50 watts in class AB or at 15 watts in pure class A, the Custom Special has a Brit/U.S.A. switch (which revoices the tone circuit to yield more clarity and definition, or more grit and a spongier dynamic feel), an Expander switch (that broadens the EQ range to create a more acoustic-like response on the Rhythm channel), and, for the Lead channel, Modern and Scoop switches (for eliciting classic tube overdrive, or modern metal sounds). The Lead channel also gets a footswitchable Boost level control for kicking up the volume to make a solo cut through (a two-button switcher is included). It doesn't stop there. You also get series and parallel effects loops and global Presence and Resonance controls (which can be bypassed), a longspring Accutronics reverb tank, and an aluminum chassis—a detail that helps keep the weight at a manageable 48 lbs.
KNOWN FOR BUILDING AMPLIFIERS WITH VERY EXOTIC CABINETRY, TRILLIUM ROUTINELY HAS THE last word with its Art Deco-inspired Empyrean and Seraph models. These stately amps—which go for $6,490 and $5,790—respectively, feature curvatious cabinets handcrafted from such beautiful woods as bubinga, paduak, bee wing's eucalyptus, claro walnut, and fiddle-back makore. And, as each is made on a custom order basis, no two Trilliums are exactly alike. That said, the Trillium folks base all of their models on the same amplifier section—the Nace M1-7 designed by audio engineer Art Nace. This single-ended class-A amp uses one 12AX7 and a 6V6 power tube to develop 7 watts. Users can install a variety of octal-base power tubes (including the 6L6, 5881, and KT66) without rebiasing, along with other preamp tubes such as a 12AT7, a 5751, and a 12AY7.
KNOWN FOR ITS DEAD-NUTS REPROS AND SMART REVAMPS OF VINTAGE FENDER TWEED AMPS, Victoria has turned its attention in another direction with its new Electro-King (a remake of the 15-watt Gibson GA-40 from the late '50s) and the Golden Melody tested here—a 50-watt 2x12 combo that packs spring reverb and Victoria's own Harmonic-Varitone vibrato. Clad in hip looking two-tone vinyl, and featuring an electrified Victoria logo, the Golden Melody has the appearance of something Gibson might have developed to contend with Fender's high-power Twin-Amp of 1957. Construction-wise, the Golden Melody is pure Victoria. It has a carefully made cabinet of solid pine, which, besides being more resonant than plywood, is a big factor in the keeping the weight of this robust amp to a manageable 62 lbs. Housed within is a sweet-looking hand-wired circuit that's easy to access without removing the chassis—just undo the four screws that hold the rear panel in place. Two Warehouse Guitar Sound British Lead 12" speakers with ceramic magnets are mounted to the birch-ply baffle, and a long-spring Accutronics reverb tank resides in a padded bag in the bottom of the cabinet.


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LEE KNOWLES SURF SHACK (NEW STAGE)
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By Ben Stewart
Posted 22nd July 2015
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So all good festivals have a heart & soul because without them they wouldn't survive. It's not about big corporate budgets and spreadsheets being squeezed for the best margins, it's about credible ideas, belief, trust, commitment, hard work and support. Glass Butter Beach has a story behind it, some will know it but many others won't. It's deeper than the one you can read on the GBB website but basically the festival has deep roots and is proudly growing strong. It has been able to do this by a lot of great people, believing & supporting, still supporting!
However, one guy & passionate surfer went above and beyond what can ever be expected in the way of support for a young festival. He understood the vision, the ambition, & the tough struggle that is part of the story and he played a key part in the festival's growth & identity. Sadly this great guy & true friend of the festival is no longer with us and Glass Butter Beach 2014 was his last festival. He left with us his creativity though, and we are honoured to have the support of his friends & family to carry on his legacy and fittingly naming the Surf Shack stage after him.
Introducing the Lee Knowles Surf Shack, a raw stage that no one will argue started its life as primitive as it gets, but will be developed creatively and credibly into something we can all be proud of, and will play host to some of our countries freshest talent & future stars.
Lee William Knowles born 11th July 1968, Lee was a very talented sign writer and graphics designer who had a flair for the unusual, he was a very accomplished musician in his own right and would always be seen with guitar in hand at any festival when camping and socialising was to be found.
A very popular and friendly guy who loved Llandudno and North Wales, nothing would be too much trouble for Lee and he was always at hand to give advice whether you wanted it or not! From birth Lee suffered with heart problems, but this never stopped Lee from doing what he wanted to do, but by the age of Five it became apparent something had to be done and in 1974 Lee had to undergo ground breaking surgery to have a new Aortic valve replacement, it was deemed a short term fix at the time, fast forward to 2014 by now Lee had become a Third Dan black belt karate instructor and lead an incredibly active life, was a surfer, snowboarder, mountain biker and all round outdoor fanatic but still with the same replacement valve from 1974.
Lee was starting to feel ill effects of the valve as it was starting to deteriorate. So it was decided after months of consultations that Lee would have a valve replacement operation at Broadgreen Hospital in Liverpool on 8th September 2014, the operation was not without risks and was a "Challenge" as described by Lee's surgeon afterwards, over the next week or so Lee made a steady and reassuring recovery from the surgery, on the day of his scheduled discharge from Hospital Lee suffered massive heart failure and was taken into immediate surgery where after 14 hours was put onto a heart and lung bypass machine, as Lee had suffered catastrophic heart failure, over the next four days lee battled for life and was surrounded by family and friends throughout, but on Saturday 20th September after consultation with Lees surgeon it was decided by the family that Lee's life support should be switched off.
Lee Knowles passed away that afternoon, a fighter until the very end, he has left a huge gap in the lives of everyone that knew him, his funeral on 3rd Oct 2014 was attended by over 600 people and his hearse was a converted VW Camper van that epitomised the man he was, a free spirit, dependable and always ready for the next big adventure.
The Knowles family could not praise the staff and facilities at Broadgreen Hospital enough, they gave Lee a fighting chance and their professional and personal support was outstanding and a credit to the NHS, In addition to our own tribute to Lee we want to help Lee's family raise £10,000 for the Liverpool Chest and Heart Hospital at Broadgreen where Lee passed away, to supply equipment and care for patients at the hospital and support the staff there.
If you get the chance, a small donation to support this very worthy cause will be hugely appreciated. Donate via this link http://www.justgiving.com/leeknowles or go and enjoy the Lee Knowles Surf Shack at GBB15 and donate while you're there. Respect……
Many more acts to be announced
Ben Stewart
Big Plans for 2016
Harbour Project 2015
We Loved 2015
GBB2015 IS HERE!
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I wondered what this was from the small icon. Beauty!
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Such lovely colors. Great choice for the theme day.
There is nothing more colorful than stained glass. Nice!
Great windows and colors and mood. Even the light on the seats and ceiling is nice.
After enlarging the photo, I can Shabbat, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Succot themes; but the left hand one is a mystery.
Beautiful color and reflection. Nice capture!
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These are such gorgeous windows. Good choice for today's theme.
This is great! I'm surprised there wasn't more stained glass today!
@Dina - the last one is Simchat Torah - which is the holiday celebrating the end and beginning of the daily Torah Readings. The whole set of the 10 windows starts with Shabbat and chronilogically goes through the holidays, ending with marriage and family. I hope y'all will post the other five some time in the future.
Very nice submissions for theme day.
What an amazing picture. Surely able to take breath away. Please have a good start into the new month.
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I'm always enchanted by stained glass.These are awesome, thanks for sharing!
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What do I do? I have a character with eyebrows (using saslite) and he's wearing glasses. my ray tracing is up to 24 optimized and I can't see his eyebrows through his glasses. Clip maps are the same way. My settings must be wrong on something, but i do not know what.
try using an alpha image map.
... and Sasquatch support transparency but not IOR!
That's just great! I can't stand limitations! I thought, and was hoping, this one was all my fault. I hope those Sasquatch people are working on that. That makes me recoinsider purchasing the pro version. That's seems to be a big downfall to me. (no Refraction, geesh) I'm sure everyone has had thier voice on that one by now. So... here's mine, "That really bites!" So...back to the clip maps.
:) Thank's for the info!
He said he was using saslite.
Yes, saslite does not render through trasparent surfaces but the full version of sasquatch does. To get it to render in sasquatch, you simply have to set the index refraction above 1.0. However, neither one of them will show up in reflections because they are pixel filters and not integrated into the rendering engine.
That makes me recoinsider purchasing the pro version.
Which pretty much explains the reason why there are these limitations in sasquatch lite.
I have not tried it yet, but I would think it would be possible to do a two pass render. Hide the glasses render the image, then render just the glasses and apply an alpha to the glasses then merge them together either in Lightwave or a photo editor.
So Sasquatch can do raytraced reflections, Does anyone know how to set it up. I have a buddy who is working with the full Sasquatch and well we just figured that reflections were impossible. If anybody knows how to set it up please let me know.
Who said Sas can show up in reflections? Because it can't.
Makes sence, I could not imagine that It would beacuse it does not have any options to recive raytracing.
It does not receive raytracing because Sas is not a volume, it is a filter that is applied over top of the existing renderer so as far as the scene is concerned, there is nothing there to reflect. It is a post process effect.


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Habitable Zones & Global Climate: May 2017
Spin States of Habitable Zone Exoplanets Around M Dwarfs: The Effect of a Near-Resonant Companion
One longstanding problem for the potential habitability of planets within M dwarf systems is their likelihood to be tidally locked in a synchronously rotating spin state. This problem thus far has largely been addressed only by considering two objects: the star and the planet itself
No Snowball on Habitable Tidally Locked Planets
The TRAPPIST-1, Proxima Centauri, and LHS 1140 systems are the most exciting prospects for future follow-up observations of potentially inhabited planets. All orbit nearby M-stars and are likely tidally locked in 1:1 spin-orbit states, which motivates the consideration of the effects that tidal locking might have on planetary habitability.
Neutron Star Planets: Atmospheric Processes and Habitability
Of the roughly 3000 neutron stars known, only a handful have sub-stellar companions. The most famous of these are the low-mass planets around the millisecond pulsar B1257+12. New evidence indicates that observational biases could still hide a wide variety of planetary systems around most neutron stars.
A Super-Earth on the Inner Edge of the Habitable Zone of the Nearby M-dwarf GJ 625
We report the discovery of a super-Earth orbiting at the inner edge of the habitable zone of the star GJ 625 based on the analysis of the radial-velocity (RV) time series from the HARPS-N spectrograph, consisting in 151 HARPS-N measurements taken over 3.5 yr. GJ 625 b is a planet with a minimum mass M sin i of 2.82 ± 0.51 M⊕ with an orbital period of 14.628 ± 0.013 days at a distance of 0.078 AU of its parent star.
First Tentative Steps to Explore the Potential Climate of Proxima B
The quest to discover whether a planet orbiting our closest neighbouring star, Proxima Centauri (4.2 light years or 25 trillion miles from Earth), has the potential to support life has taken a new, exhilarating twist.
The Galactic Habitable Zone Around M and FGK Stars With Chemical Evolution Models With Dust
The Galactic habitable zone is defined as the region with highly enough metallicity to form planetary systems in which Earth-like planets could be born and might be capable of sustaining life surviving to the destructive effects of nearby supernova explosion events.
Stellar Cosmic Rays in a Habitable Zone
According to recent observations relative number of flare stars does not change very much from cool dwarfs to hot A stars.
The Full Spectral Radiative Properties of Proxima Centauri
The discovery of Proxima b, a terrestrial temperate planet, presents the opportunity of studying a potentially habitable world in optimal conditions. A key aspect to model its habitability is to understand the radiation environment of the planet in the full spectral domain.
Habitability of Exoplanetary Systems
The aim of my dissertation is to investigate habitability in extra-Solar Systems. Most of the time, only planets are considered as possible places where extraterrestrial life can emerge and evolve, however, their moons could be inhabited, too.
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Q: increase the separation of two lines in double bonds using chemfig package I was trying to draw a molecule using chemfig package where i would like to increase the spacing between the two lines of double bond. From the manual of chemfig, i came to know that by using the option double bond sep = 3pt, we can do it. But when i use the same in my file, i get the error Package pgfkeys Error: I do not know the key '/tikz/double bond sep', to which you passed '3pt', and I am going to ignore it. Perhaps you misspelled it.
I don't know how to resolve this.
MY MWE is as follow:
    \documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{article}
\usepackage{chemfig}
\begin{document}
\chemfig{B=C}~~~~~~
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Phnom Penh Post - Antimicrobial program begins
Antimicrobial program begins
Igor Kossov | Publication date 12 January 2016 | 06:54 ICT
A pharmacist packs antibiotics and other medicines into bags at a Phnom Penh pharmacy in 2014. Pha Lina
Tue, 12 January 2016
The Ministry of Health yesterday launched a nationwide program aimed at holding back the spread of drug-resistant diseases.
Microbes are continuing to evolve resistance to drugs at an alarming rate all over the world, often due to the unsupervised and inappropriate use of antimicrobials, health experts say.
The problem is particularly pronounced in Cambodia, where studies have shown that up to 55 per cent of subjects are resistant to certain drugs.
The new program, established at the urging of the World Health Organization, will seek to address antimicrobial overuse, promote infection control and set up more research on infection.
While Cambodia is one of very few Asia-Pacific countries to initiate such a program, according to the WHO, its health system and knowledge base lag behind many of its neighbours, and many Cambodians don't know that the misuse of antimicrobials can cause germs to become untreatable.
"These people are buying drugs from a guy on a moto . . . They don't even know what they're taking," said Dr Alex Costa, a technical officer at the WHO's disease surveillance unit here.
"And the amount they take depends on how much money they have or until they feel better," instead of completing a regime.
Failing to complete antimicrobial courses, or taking medicine of substandard quality, is what allows diseases ranging from gonorrhoea to tuberculosis to steadily develop resistance to drugs, Costa said.
What's more, he continued, disease resistance in microbes is exacerbated by the misuse of antimicrobials in livestock, which accounts for about 80 per cent of the world's usage, and Cambodia currently has no information about the pattern of drug use in food-producing animals.
Misuse often occurs when drugs are taken or administered unsupervised, and the Health Ministry is seeking to prevent antimicrobial use without a doctor's prescription, said ministry spokesman Ly Sovann.
Sovann said that the new program will include public education, research both on diseases and public behaviour, a focus on infection prevention and control at health centres, the creation of more biology labs, and medicine quality control.
TV and radio broadcasts, billboards and health centre staff will try to steer the public away from bad habits regarding medication.
"If they have a runny nose, they want antibiotics," said Ysa Niva, a Phnom Penh pharmacist. "I try to tell them how to use the medicine, but I think some of them don't listen."
According to the WHO, surveillance on medicine use patterns and drug quality will be essential to get the data needed to drive the new policy, and Costa yesterday said the government, the health industry and the public will have to work together to provide that data. However, he noted, the program has significant budgetary shortfalls.
The Health Ministry could not provide the final budget yesterday, but Sovann said that he expected support from international donors. "It's a global problem," he said.
Antimicrobial-resistance battle a top health priority, says Vandine
Antimicrobial resistance workshop held
Kingdom eyes drug data
Drug resistance in crosshairs


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Q: Windows Updates installation fails - has never happened before I am running W2K3, have Windows auto update enabled and things have been running smoothly for a long time, but the last time I have OK'ed to install downloaded updates all of them have failed.
Any ideas what to do?

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*First, close any opened Internet Explorer windows.

*Locate and empty the folder C:\WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download

*Reboot and relaunch windows update

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Rio Antonio Zoba Mavuba (born 8 March 1984) is a French former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He works as assistant manager at Bordeaux II.

He spent most of his professional career with Bordeaux and Lille, winning the 2011 national championship with the latter.

A France international since 2004, Mavuba represented the country at the 2014 World Cup.

Early years
Mavuba's father was Mavuba Mafuila, a footballer who appeared at the 1974 FIFA World Cup with Zaire, while his mother was an Angolan national. He was born on board a boat in international waters during the period of the Angolan Civil War, and later stated that his birth certificate did not have a nationality on it, reading only "born at sea"; he received French nationality in September 2004.

Mavuba's mother died when he was two, and his father when he was 12 years old. He launched himself into football to help deal with his grief.

Club career

Bordeaux
Mavuba played youth football with Bordeaux. He made his Ligue 1 debut on 10 January 2004 in a 2–1 away win against Montpellier and, under recently appointed manager Michel Pavon, became an immediate first-choice.

From the 2004–05 season until the end of his spell, Mavuba never appeared in less than 32 league matches.

Villarreal and Lille

On 3 July 2007, Mavuba signed a five-year contract with Villarreal worth €7 million, as the Spanish side had lost Alessio Tacchinardi who returned to Juventus following a loan. He found it hard to break into the first team, only totalling 219 minutes in La Liga, and in late January 2008 joined Lille on loan until the end of the season.

The transfer was made subsequently permanent in summer 2008, with the player penning a four-year contract for a reported fee of €7 million. He appeared in 46 matches between the league and the Coupe de France in his third year, helping Les Dogues win both competitions, the former after a 57-year wait.

Mavuba suffered a knee injury midway through the 2012–13 season, being sidelined for more than three months. On 22 December 2013, the team captain scored his first goal of the new campaign, helping to a 2–2 draw at Paris Saint-Germain and being involved in a scuffle with Zlatan Ibrahimović, with both players being booked late into the first half.

On 26 May 2015, Mavuba signed a new four-year deal with Lille.

Later career
On 21 July 2017, 33-year-old Mavuba agreed to a three-year contract with Czech club Sparta Prague. He returned to his adopted homeland on 14 September 2018, signing with Championnat National 3 amateurs .

Mavuba was appointed manager of his last team in April 2019. In October 2020, he became assistant coach at Bordeaux's reserves.

International career
In 2004, Mavuba was asked to play for the DR Congo national team, but he turned it down. From the 2004 Toulon Tournament to the 2006 UEFA European Championship, he acted as captain to the French under-21s.

Mavuba won his first cap for the senior side on 18 August 2004, in a 1–1 friendly draw with Bosnia and Herzegovina in Rennes. From 2008 to 2011, he did not make one single appearance.

Mavuba was selected by coach Didier Deschamps for his 2014 FIFA World Cup squad. He made his debut in the competition on 15 June, coming on as a second-half substitute for Yohan Cabaye in a 3–0 group stage win against Honduras.

Honours
Bordeaux
Coupe de la Ligue: 2006–07

Lille
Ligue 1: 2010–11
Coupe de France: 2010–11

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Living people
People born at sea
French people of Angolan descent
Black French sportspeople
French sportspeople of Democratic Republic of the Congo descent
French sportspeople of Republic of the Congo descent
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Association football midfielders
Ligue 1 players
Championnat National 3 players
FC Girondins de Bordeaux players
Lille OSC players
La Liga players
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France under-21 international footballers
France international footballers
2014 FIFA World Cup players
French expatriate footballers
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In the last few months, Beijing has been reluctant to relax its credit controls in an effort to cool down the overheated economy, particularly with regards to the property market. The squeeze on liquidity has impacted not only the property market, of course, but other segments as well, notably the manufacturing and import/export industries, on which the Chinese economy heavily relies. Capital flow has dried up, leading to the failure of many cash-strapped businesses across the country. In the last six months, the significant drop in mainland buyers for Hong Kong properties, as well as the forced sales and defaults of some property transactions by mainland investors, are manifestations of the dire financial situation across the border.
While local government officials are still threatening further restrictive measures on high property prices based on statistics that are very much lagging behind the current situation, market transactions and sentiment have already pointed in the opposite direction. Front-line property brokers can tell you right away how low sales are these days due to Euro crisis, stock market fluctuations and the uncertainties associated with the new government's impending new policies towards the property market.
Based on his recent comments and assertions, it is fairly easy to read C.Y. Leung's mind on Hong Kong's housing policy. Increasing the supply is already on the table; the question is, how much? Of all the developers Landscope Christie's International Real Estate recently contacted, none expressed optimism on the future of the market. Some are "cautiously optimistic" about the high-end market due to limited supply.
Then again, there are worries that the impact of a declining mass market will eventually spill over to the high-end market. From history we know every downturn in the property market will bring about a series of problems, including foreclosure, pressurised sales, lack of financing collateral to support businesses, and rising unemployment. A glut of unsold inventory weakens investment appetite and so the vicious cycle spirals downward. The result is an economic setback from which it will take years to recover, if external factors swing into positive.
At the time of writing, the People's Bank of China has just announced a quarter of a per cent reduction of the benchmark interest rate, thereby indirectly confirming the dire economic situation in China. While the move may help spur investment sentiment, the real impact will take time to manifest. With regards to Hong Kong's property market, we are of the view that it will get worse before it gets better.


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Below is a list of LGBTQA organizations who provide support and/or resource to our New Jersey community.
If you would like to add your organization to this list, please email us with your company information.
Being Bullied?
Need resources?
Someone to talk to?
Legal assistance?
A Whole New Closet
Stockon University Women's Gender, and Sexuality Center provides fund to FTM and MTF students to purchase up to two complete outfits at local area second hand stores -- up to a $50 value. For more information or to sign up, come to the WGSC lounge on campus or ask to speak with a peer educator or the WGSC Director.
Service Area: Stockton University Students
Address: Women's Gender and Sexuality Center, Room J-204, 101 Vera King Farris Drive, Galloway, NJ 08205
Time: M-F, 9:00AM-5:00PM
Email: wgsc@stockton.edu
PRIDE ALLIANCE (Student Club)
Meets weekly, all LGBTQIA+ are welcomed to join. For more information and a schedule of meeting dates and events, visit the Ospery Hub on campus.
Transcendence: A Transgender Support Group
A safe space group for any student questioning or identifying along the transgender spectrum, including non-binary, gender fluid, or gender queer individuals. This groups is run in conjunction with the Office of Counseling Services.
Time: Tuesdays at 4:30PM
Contact Person: Laura Shaw
Egg Harbor Township High School Teen Center
Service Area: Egg Harbor Township Students
Address: 24 High School Drive, Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234
Email: erica.leak@fsasj.org
Mainland Regional High School - Rally for Diversity Club
Service Area: Mainland Regional High School Students
Address: 1301 Oak Lane, Linwood, NJ 08221
Contact Person: Dr. Kim Spagone
Email: kspagone@mainlandregional.net
Ocean Heights Presbyterian Church
Address: 2116 Ocean Heights Avenue, Egg Harbor Township, NJ 08234
Contact Person: Rev. Dr. Wm. Blake Spencer
Email: laughlinpastor13@gmail.com
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of South Jersey Shore
Location: 75 S. Pomona Road, Galloway, NJ 08205
Email: uucsjsadmin@gmail.com
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Ours Institute
Ours Institute is a nationally-recognized institute that provides affordable, online digital education in the form of online courses, webinars and one-on-one workshop on a variety of levels, ranging from introductory to advanced LGBTQIA topics.
Camden AHEC: Area Health Education Center, Inc.
Camden AHEC is committed to improving the health of the medically under-served - the ethnic and culturally diverse, the aged, the poor, the very young, the unemployed, the homeless, and the uninsured. Particular emphasis on providing services in the City of Camden and the counties of Camden and Burlington. They provide a number of services including AHEC Neighborhood Health Van, Camden Community Farmers' Market, HIV Prevention Program, Community Health Worker Institute, Senior Wellness Program, and Syringe Access Program (SAP) and referral.
Address: 514 Cooper Street, Camden, NJ 08102-1250
The Drop In Center is a safe haven for LGBTQ youth between the ages of 17-24. Youth engage in health education and social activities. A light evening meal is provided on most occasions.
K.I.S....Keeping It Safe
A peer centered program seeking to educate, encourage, and support LGBTQA youth in the community. Youth participate in life skills activities and training. KIS is part of the AHEC HIV Prevention Program.
S.P.I.L.L.
Strengthening parental involvement in the lives of LGBTQ youth.
Youth Making a Difference (YMAD)
The Y-Mad Program takes an innovative and creative approach to addressing the most important issues facing minority lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender youth and their allies in the City of Camden, New Jersey with a priority population being young men who have sex with men (YMSM). The goal is HIV prevention while providing the means to build self-esteem and positive self-image among LGBT youth. The program provides outreach, health education/risk reduction sessions and prevention case management for YMSM.
Kaleidoscope - Center for Family Services
Kaleidoscope is a community based gay-straight alliance (GSA). Kaleidoscope offers monthly student-led meetings in a safe, supportive environment for LGBT and allied teens to gather, socialize, organize, and help each other. It will allow those attending schools without a GSA to seek support and guidance and serve to help unify area GSAs in planning out of school events such as a GSA forum or prom.
The group meets up every third Saturday of the month from 2:00PM-4:00PM. No summer meet ups.
Service Area: Those attending schools in Camden County without a GSA.
Address: Cherry Hill Library, 1100 N. Kings Highway, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
Collingswood High School GSA
The Collingwood High School Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) meets 3-4 times per month. Student leaders work to educate the school community and partner with other GSAs to promote intersectionality.
Service Area: Collingswood High School students
Address: 424 W. Collings Avenue, Collingswood, NJ 08108
Contact Person: Elisabeth Yucis
Email: eyucis@collsk12.org
Instagram: @GSAonegoodthing
LUCY (Lifting Up Camden's Youth) Outreach
Teen Space provides a safe space for LGBTQ teens in or near the City of Camden. A social group meets on Wednesdays at 4:00PM. Meet new people and enjoy pizza and soda!
Address: Planned Parenthood of Southern New Jersey, 317 Broadway, Camden, NJ 08103
Contact Person: Jennifer J.
Phone: 856-365-3519 x 232
Email: jenniferjo.stevens@ppsnj.org
St. Mary's Episcopal Church
Address: 18 White Horse Pike, Haddon Heights, NJ 08035
Contact Person: Reverend Genevieve Bishop
Website: www.stmaryshhnj.org
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Unitarian Universalist Church in Cherry Hill
Address: 401 Kings Highway North, Cherry Hill, NJ 08034
Email: info@uucch.org
Website: www.uucch.org
Address: 317 Broadway, Camden, NJ 08103
Website: www.PlannedParenthood.org
Cooper Hospital Early Intervention Program
Cooper's Early Intervention Program (EIP) is committed to improving the health and well-being of those infected with or affected by HIV in southern New Jersey through high-quality, compassionate medical care and support services, community education, and early detection regardless of ability to pay.
Core Services:
Medical Case Management
Behavioral Health Medicine
Screening, Identification, Linkage to Care (SILC) Services
Health Self-Management Program
Addiction Management
Nutritional Guidelines
Support Groups:
Women's Support Group: Meets on the third Wednesday of each month at noon. All are welcome. Please call 856.968.8376 for more information.
Men's Support Group: Meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month at 5 p.m. If interested, please call 856.968.8651 or 856.968.7261.
Community Advisory Board: This open group includes individuals who are infected, affected by, or who provide services for the HIV community. The group meets on the fourth Wednesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. Please call 856.968.8376 or 856.963.3575 for more information.
Address: 3 Cooper Plaza, Camden, NJ 08103
Toll Free: 1-(800)-8-Cooper
Website: https://www.cooperhealth.org/services/early-intervention-program
NJ LGBTQ Democrats
This group exists to assure that current legal protections of LGBT people in New Jersey are guaranteed into the future and that the voice of the LGBT community continues to be heard and respected so that emerging issues and concerns that impact us are addressed politically and legislatively. We will strive to achieve this by education, support for LGBT candidates and with a voice throughout New Jersey.
Email: njlgbtdems@gmail.com
"JUST US" is a group of friends who are committed to providing support to each other and to the LGBT community at large. We meet regularly to discuss life situations in hopes of providing a listening ear, an open heart & mind and share experiences that will keep each other encouraged in the daily struggles of life. Just Us events occur in Southern New Jersey and the Greater Philadelphia area. Join their Facebook group to get updates.
Prism LGBTQ+ South Jersey
This group is open to the LGBTQA+ community.
I'd like to make this a group with many different kinds of social events, not just hanging out at bars or clubs. The goal is to build a strong community of people, to enjoy social gatherings, and build real life connections by meeting face to face to participate in fun activities.
Suggestions are welcome as this is just getting started and I want to make this a community that all of us can enjoy.
Benson House
Address: 560 Benson St, Camden, NJ 08103
Email: bensonhouse@centerffs.org
Benson House provides the tools and resources necessary for male teens to build a strong foundation for a positive future. As one of the only group homes serving male youth ages 15-19 in the southern New Jersey region, Benson House provides a safe home environment for young men to build self-sufficient futures.
Benson House offers counseling, education, and job readiness training for six months to one year.
Counselors work closely with youth in a structured environment to provide:
individual, group, and family counseling
substance abuse assessment, counseling and education
life and social skills education
education and advocacy
job readiness and placement
assessment and referral
available community service assignments
monitoring and accountability with graduate awards
Camden DREAMS
Email: camdendreams@centerffs.org
Address: 554-558 Benson Street, Camden, NJ 08103
Camden DREAMS provides apartments in the Camden area for young adults who have aged out of the foster care system or for young people without the support of family. With the guidance of counselors, young adults learn to set goals, make responsible choices, and develop a plan for a self-sufficient futures.
Through the Camden DREAMS program, young people are provided with many opportunities. Securing an apartment creates a sense of pride and a feeling of accomplishment. Maintaining a job and earning an income builds a sense of security and encourages independence. In addition, Camden DREAMS provides individual and family counseling to help our residents who may be dealing with past or present issues.
At Camden DREAMS, our goal is for each resident to:
Develop successful permanent housing
Renew their love for themselves and others
Experience healthy, productive independent living
Achieve the ability to visualize positive futures
Master household budgeting and responsible decision making
Strengthen and improve communities
Lower Cape May Regional High School GSA
Address: 687 Route 9 • Cape May, NJ 08204
Website: https://lcmrschooldistrict.com/studentorganizations
Service Area: Lower Cape May Regional High School Students
OASIS Youth Services Program of Cape May County
Email: oasis@centerffs.org
Provides 24-hour emergency shelter to children age 10-18 offering a safe haven for those experiencing a personal or family crisis, as well as runaway, homeless, or abused children. OASIS seeks to provide a caring and healing home while children receive support and work on their future with the goal of family reunification. When this is not possible, we work to connect children with alternative, stable living arrangements.
The following support services are provided at OASIS:
temporary care such as food, clothing, medical attention and recreation
individual, group, parent and family counseling
substance abuse prevention and education
youth advocacy with DCPP, schools, courts, and police
educational assistance and life-skills training
For information on the National Runaway Switchboard, please call 1.800.runaway or visit www.1800runaway.org
Ocean City High School - STOP Club
Address: 501 Atlantic Ave, Ocean City, NJ 08226
Service Area: Ocean City High School Students
Contact Person: Laura Saks / Tifaya Noble
Email: isaacs@ocsdnj.org tnoble@ocsdnj.org
Student led, advised by faculty members, that follows the mission of "be the change you wish to see in the world." Club members bring up important awareness topics and create programs and activities for the student body to enhance the culture and climate. Their club is not LGBT specific, but encompasses students from all walks of life.
Greater Philadelphia Region
LifeTies, Inc.
Address: John S. Watson Sr. Building, 2205 Pennington Rd. , Ewing, NJ 08638
Website: www.LifeTies.org
Founded in 1982, LifeTies, Inc. is a supportive network of professional staff and trained volunteers dedicated to creating programs for youth to overcome the effects of abuse, neglect or homelessness. Our programs offer a nuturing, safe environment to heal, learn and become equipped with the tools to work towards a brighter future.
LifeTies' mission is to provide quality care and services to youth in crisis due to sexual orientation, gender, abuse, neglect, homelessness and/or various health issues including HIV, AIDS, Diabetes and Lupus.
LifeTies, Inc. has four programs; Triad House, Rainbow House, TILT and Mary's Place. All of our programs emphasize self-sufficiency and health care in conjunction with a commitment to prevent the ongoing generation to generation dysfunctional behavioral patterns that so drastically affect the young
people we serve.
• Triad House is a 24 hour residential group home for GLBTQ and heterosexual GLBTQ-friendly youth ages 14-18 who are victims of abuse, neglect and/or homelessness.
The majority of our adolescents are referred to us through the Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS) and are unable to live with their families. They have been victims of physical, emotional or sexual abuse. In a family atmosphere, these children attend school and receive services designed to meet the needs of each adolescent, including individual, group and family counseling, substance abuse assessment and referral, independent living skills, tutoring, educational planning, job readiness training and program aftercare.
• Rainbow House is a 24 hour special needs housing program for medically fragile females, ages 12-21 who are living with HIV, AIDS, Lupus and/or Diabetes.
Rainbow House is the first group home of its kind in the nation for young women affected/infected with HIV/AIDS. For the most of our residents, Rainbow House is the first nurturing and secure home they have known. We provide and coordinate a myriad of comprehensive support services through an individualized treatment plan developed for each resident. These include the same services available to Triad House residents along with additional specialized medical programs.
• TILT (Teenage Independent Living Training) is a program for older adolescence, ages 15-21, which focuses on independent living skills for those without family support.
The majority of the young people we serve have lived in some type of juvenile facility, residential or foster care situation and have "aged out" or been released. They are unable to live with their families or relatives for a variety of reasons, and while a few still remain in foster care for a brief time, most live in boarding homes, with friends, or all too often, on the streets.
TILT's objective is to empower each of these adolescents to become self-sufficient and responsible for their own well being as they make the transition into young adulthood. Services available include advanced independent living skills training, community involvement and service, parenting skills training, life skills through the arts, youth advocacy skill and opportunity, individual and group counseling, substance abuse assessment and referral, educational planning, tutoring, job readiness training and program aftercare.
• Mary's Place is a permanent supportive housing program for aging out youth, between the ages of 18-21. We offer scattered site housing as well as a myriad of support services aimed at empowering our residents including the TILT program.
HiTops
Address: 21 Wiggins St., Princeton, NJ 08540
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Echo on 80M
Discussion in 'Radio Propagation Questions' started by G4LNA, Dec 13, 2016.
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I was talking to a local last night 12/12/2016 and at about 20:30 an echo started to appear on our signals, at one point it was so strong I had to use semi break-in because I couldn't hear what I was sending. The return echo was about the space of a dit at 22WPM, so if I sent a dit, I would dit a dit returned, so it sounded like I'd sent two dits. As I say, at one point is was so strong it was as loud as the sidetone monitor, so I had to switch from full break-in to semi break-in.
We were located about 11 miles apart and sometimes the echo was on both our signals then it faded and appeared on only one of our signals, which is strange seeing as we are only a few miles apart. This all lasted for about 10 minutes. The return echo was quite fluttery.
Conditions on 80M last night were terrible.
I've got no idea what this is, so I'm wondering if anyone else might have a theory?
G4LNA, Dec 13, 2016
Steve Nichols G0KYA Administrator
My first thought is that you have two signals interfering. One direct ground wave signal and the other from the ionosphere. For that distance it would have to be an NVIS (near vertical incidence skywave) signal. Luckily, we can look at an ionosonde chart for that day and time. According to QRZ.com you are in St Albans. The nearest ionosonde is therefore Chilton, near Harwell.
The plot for 20:00hrs shows a critical frequency of 2.35MHz, but by 20:30hrs it had improved to 3.50MHz, with extensive Spread F. It then declined back to 2.550MHz by 21:00hrs. So I am pretty sure that what you heard was the direct ground wave and a strong ionospheric return from about 346km. It looks like the effect would have only lasted 10 minutes or so. The delay would have been around 2 x 346km = 692km, which at the speed of light would be about 2 thousandths of a second. You may have had additional ground reflections that would have smeared the signal out further.
You may have also had a reflection from further into the plasma cloud, so the 0.002 second could easily be double that. Anyway, that's my best guess!
Regards, Steve G0KYA
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Steve Nichols G0KYA, Dec 16, 2016
Thanks for the possible explanation Steve. I have heard around the world echos before, but nothing quite like that with such a long delay and so strong as well.
On hindsight I wish I had the foresight to record it, but because I was taken back by the whole episode it didn't occur to me at the time.
At first I thought it was someone messing around till Rupert G4XRV, who I was in contact with at the time, said I had an echo on my signal that I took notice. I must say it's most off putting hearing what you've just sent coming straight back to you.
Petr M0SIS New Member
I experienced with LDE in between 2-4sec on 80m. Interesting is that I noticed it only when I used the 80x35m wire half square loop only. When I switched back to inverted V at 12m apex there was no LDE hearable at all.
73 - Petr, M0SIS
Petr M0SIS, Jan 11, 2018
There have a lot of reports on LDEs over the years, but they are hard to pin down and not that common. I think this sums them up quite well - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_delayed_echo
Steve Nichols G0KYA, Jan 11, 2018


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