Chiang Mai, Thailand: A Day At The Elephant Nature Sanctuary.
This was our first trip to Chiang Mai and I hadn't heard a bad word about it from anyone – but I also didn't really know what to expect either, except for markets, markets and more markets. My only goal for the week was to find a decent tailor and Lea wanted to spend a day with elephants.
Flying into Chiang Mai was certainly more impressive than landing in smoggy Bangkok. Big green hills covered in tropical forest sit quite close to city and, for the second largest city in Thailand, it has a relatively small airport and few tall buildings.
We caught a taxi to our hotel – Rimping Village. Sitting just over the Ping River from the heart of the city, the hotel had quiet and green grounds and a decent sized pool sheltered by an enormous rubber tree that was filled with epiphytes.
The hotel grounds were full of orchids of various colours, shapes and sizes as well as several frangipani trees. A little oasis in a very busy city.
One of the first Chiang Mai icons we became familiar with was the Iron Bridge (locals pronounce it 'eye-ron', this is important to know when telling a taxi driver where to go!), which didn't look at that impressive to us by day but certainly attracted hordes of self-taking teenagers and fishermen at night. It also just seemed, despite being quite narrow, to be a place to just hang out. People of all ages draped themselves like wet socks over the rails as soon as dusk descended.
While the locals assured us it was winter (ha!) and did indeed walk around in jeans and jackets, it was still 34 degrees during the day and felt about 40 if you were out in the sun in the breeze-less city. We mostly stuck to the pool during the day and wandered out at night.
This was our only whole day, relatively expensive, excursion in Chiang Mai. There are many elephant parks around the city but this one is exceptional as a refuge for elderly, injured, and mistreated animals (dogs, cats, buffalo, horses and more as well) and the respect and love the staff have for the animals is evident everywhere. If you are thinking of visiting an elephant sanctuary I highly recommend this one.
We were picked up at 8:30 from our hotel and our group of six for the day included a nice couple from the UK – Duncan and Fiona. During the hour's drive out into the forest we watched a video on the rules of how to behave around elephants – most of which we ended up breaking at some point during the day.
Our guide was a funny young man named Dave whose love of elephants became more and more obvious as the day progressed. He told us about his favourite elephant dying recently of old age and how, for weeks after, he could not talk about him without crying.
Our first stop was a walk along a forest track with three female elephants. Dave and the mahouts gave us bags of bananas and sugar cane to put in the elephants' trunks. It was a bit intimidating as they could almost eat them faster than we could get them out of the bags and being followed closely by a hungry elephant is quite a memorable experience.
Pete is pestered by a persistent pachyderm.
Next was a tasty vegetarian lunch in a hut where we waited for the next group of elephants.
We helped prepare food for elephants who were on a high-calorie diet after being semi-starved by their previous owners who wanted to keep the elephants small to make it seem that they were younger than they really were – younger elephants can be sold for more money.
We chopped up watermelon and made balls of rice and dried fruit that had to be put directly into the elephants' mouths so they didn't fall apart.
Apparently elephants don't have to wait an hour after eating before going for a swim as we went straight to the river and got in with buckets so we could splash water all over the elephants. One went out into the deepest part of the river and completely submerged itself and rolled around. I was very glad to have my reef shoes for this part of the day as submerged and slippery rocks were a bit of a hazard.
To get to the main camp we got into rubber boats and did a little bit of white-water rafting down the river, passing some bathing elephants along the way.
The Elephant Nature Park lets most of its elephants roam free around the reserve with their mahouts, who are there to protect and help feed them. Newcomers are restricted to the inner grounds and sleep overnight in shelters with sand heaps(for lying against), water and four nightly feedings.
Dave with one of the oldest elephants at the park. I think she was in her 80s!
It was interesting to learn that the elephants at the park choose their mahouts rather than the other way round. Some mahouts come with their elephants to the park and some meet when they arrive. All the mahouts seem to spend most of the day lying in little cabana shelters or wandering next to their elephant. It would have been very interesting to talk to one of them about their job.
The last thing we did was walk around the sanctuary and see the newer or more injured elephants. One was completely blind thanks to a cruel owner's punishment. Another had a deformed foot after stepping on a land mine. While the stories at the ENP are often tragic, it is heartening that places like this exist and so many people come to volunteer their time to take care of the animals.
An incredible and emotional day that we all enjoyed!
To finish, here are a few of the gorgeous dogs that are up for adoption should anyone visit the sanctuary and want to take them home.
Every one of the 600+ dogs at the sanctuary is named and many are adopted by people in other countries, especially Britain. No surprise to me after seeing all the dogs in the UK!
We had left ourselves a free day in Lauterbrunnen to see things in the area that caught our eye. First up was a Swiss culture festival that was being held up a nearby mountain.
We caught the usual assortment of trains and cable cars and arrived at Männlichen on a bright and sunny morning.
It turns out that there's nothing but a hotel, playground and viewing point at the top, plus a herd of cows with bells to make it all one hundred percent Swiss. You could hear everyone stepping out of the cable car station making 'oooh' noises because the scene was just so pretty.
Wildflowers everywhere, snow-capped mountains all around and Grindelwald visible down the valley in the distance. We took some photos and had a wander then made our way to the hotel, where all kind of Swiss things were happening on the deck.
Whip cracking demonstration. I don't know if it's actually easy or he was just really good at it.
We watched for a while and took some photos but it was all pretty similar to the music we'd seen in the last two days so we headed to our next activity, a cog-wheel train to Schynnige Platt. Even though this train had been on the map as an activity, it had looked pretty short and so we expected it to go to a low plateau where the Alpine Botanical Garden was reputed to be.
It turned out to be probably the most scenic ride we took in our whole time there! The sides of the little train were open, which meant it was much better for taking photos and videos (no reflection) and it took about forty minutes to get to the top.
There was not a whole lot there but we had a quick look at the Alpine Garden and then sat and had some lunch at the hotel. It was a perfect day with amazing visibility and pleasantly cool at that altitude.
If you go up Schynige Platt go to the top level of the hotel restaurant.
We had thought about trying to make it to Trümmelbach Falls afterwards but ran out of time so Luke visited them the next morning before we left while I packed my bag.
We were very sad to leave the Bernese Oberland. By far our favorite place that we'd visited so far and it had raised a very high (unfairly high, some would say) bar for Geneva to reach. I don't often go to countries and think that I would happily move there but Switzerland makes the list. One day we'll come back and see it in a different season and visit more of its cities. One day!
View through the cable car station window.


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World Cup 2018: Russia Preview
Jun 04, 2018 Jun 04, 2018
With the World Cup rapidly approaching, can the hosts meet their country's expectations?
by admin Jun 04, 2018 Jun 04, 2018
REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
Enigmatic. That's the only word to describe the Russia team that will be lining out for the forthcoming World Cup.
Nobody – not least manager Stanislav Cherchesov – knows what to expect from a journeyman side that's peppered with individual magic.
Qualifying for the tournament as hosts, Russia's form in the past eighteen months has been sporadic at best.
A desperate showing at the Confederations Cup saw them tumble to defeat against Portugal and Mexico with victory over New Zealand offering cold comfort.
They've also been duly beaten in each of their last three friendlies against Brazil, France and Austria. Heading into their opening game against Saudi Arabia on the 14th June, expectations could barely be lower.
Stanislav Cherchesov is likely to adopt a back-three, particularly in winnable games against Saudi Arabia and Egypt.
Against Uruguay, however, the wing-backs that are usually charged with attacking responsibilities will be asked to sit deeper.
His three-man midfield will be similarly flexible, bowing into defensive positions against gilded opponents whilst being allowed to play expansively against minnows.
Cherchesov's central striker will likely be supported by two attacking midfielders, from whom much of Russia's offensive impetus will be derived.
Key Player: Aleksandr Golovin
CSKA's midfield artisan showed all of his capabilities against Arsenal in the Europa League.
The 21-year-old was outstanding across both legs, dispatching a wondrous free-kick at the Emirates Stadium.
Golovin is deadly across every midfield position, but expect him to be given a free role behind the dangerous Fedor Smolov and Alexei Miranchuk.
Regardless of how Russia perform at the tournament, Golovin is sure to depart for one of Europe's biggest clubs in the summer. He may be young, but he is already top class.
Moscow expects on the 14th June. Saudi Arabia are arguably the weakest side at this summer's showpiece and they will be expecting a difficult game against a riled-up host.
Provided Cherchesov's men get the result that everybody anticipates, the game against Egypt in St. Petersburg could prove vital.
REUTERS/Andrew Boyers
With Uruguay favourites to take the group, Mohameds Salah and Elneny could represent Russia's biggest obstacle to qualification.
Ideally, progress to the next round should be secured before the face-off against Uruguay at the Cosmos Arena.
Prediction: First-round exit
Uruguay might have a young and relatively unproven squad but the South Americans should still boast enough quality to progress.
Egypt, meanwhile, are a dangerous team with an exceptional coach, having reached their first World Cup in nearly 30 years.
If Golovin and Miranchuk can sparkle, however, Russia may spring a surprise.
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Latest newcomer to join the team - PhilJets became part of Luxaviation Helicopters Charter Alliance
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Luxaviation Helicopters Charter Alliance is growing fast, this time PhilJets is the latest newcomer to join the team.
The integration of Philippines-based helicopter charter operator will give members with VIP helicopter charter access in the Asia-Pacific region, to compliment Alliance's existing global capabilities in the US, Europe and Africa.
Chairman, PhilJets Group, Thierry Tea commented: "We are delighted to be joining the Luxaviation Helicopters Charter Alliance, providing our customers with more value and greater access across the globe and raising the profile of rotorcraft charter in the Asia-Pacific region. Luxaviation is one of the world's leading business aviation company's, so we are very honoured that the hard work our teams have put in to reach our high safety and service standards have been recognised in this way. It is our goal to have 20 aircraft in our fleet and, by venturing into new countries in Asia, we are looking forward to working and exchanging with the other members of the Alliance and extending our charter offerings to a greater audience."
And here is the opinio of Charlotte Pedersen, CEO, Luxaviation Helicopters : "We are very keen to work alongside leading regional VIP helicopter charter operators as part of the Luxaviation Helicopters Charter Alliance and are pleased to announce PhilJets as the latest addition. The concept of the Alliance is to provide a truly global service, whereby approved members can call upon each other to unlock new destinations for their clients. We look forward to welcoming more like-minded operators who have a commitment to quality and safety, and we are already speaking to other operators that we hope to confirm soon."
All alliance members must undergo an approval process to ensure they meet Luxaviation Helicopters' exceptional standards in quality and safety management. All members will also benefit from Luxaviation Helicopters' shared practices in industry certifications, efficiencies and customer service.
The Luxaviation Helicopters Charter Alliance is comprised of PhilJets, as well as ExecuJet's helicopter fleet in Mexico and South Africa, US-based HeliFlite, Austria-based HeliAustria, France-based Azur Hélicoptère, UK-based Starspeed and Spain-based Helity.
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Hi all, i am looking to get back into the 40k Tournie circuit, but this time in a bigger way, and i think i am going to struggle to get any interest from my gaming group. So would anyone be up for forming an AoS national tournie team?
Obviously it requires some level of commitment and i understand that not everone could attend every event we pick to go to, either due to time or finances, so the goal would be to have a pool of 6/7+ players who are up for it and hopefully we could get a team of 3/4 players from that for each event.
So if intrerested post below and we can see if this is achieveable or if i have to think of some other way. All levels of ability would be welcome, so dont worry if you have never been a tournie type player before.
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Interested-- not committed, Wife has just taken on a new weekend job that may be messy for weekends this year.
If you lot end up near me I might make just the bar afterwards.
When would you be looking to get this off the ground?
I have had a breif look at the Tournie program and except for the ones we are too late for (end of this month start of next) the next burst of them start in June/July, so plenty of time.
Al, I'd love to get back into tournaments, it would give me the kick up the pants I need to get back into painting again, unfortunately due to me working away I never know exactly when i'm home so I couldn't make the commitment needed. I suppose you could put me down as a squad member though.
Mark, thats all i am looking for, as you know i work away as well so i would be unlikely to be able to attend all events too. The idea is to have a pool we can draw from, different people will be able to represent us at different events depending on there availabilty.
Sorry Phil, not remotely interested. If the next HE book is half-decent I'd be up for WHF (alongside DB and KoW) though.
Wowsers that comes across abrupt (I'm sure betwixt the 2 of you you have atriedes battlefield language but today is KMBsleepdeprived coffee high widdly so I'll say what it looks like generic web wise) find yourself a new friend.
Cmon, He'll let you be necrons, and play 2 games you pick to each one he does??
Phil doesn't nee me to hold his hand at tournaments (well, dinner and flowers first and that's a different story), especially if he's going with other AoS peeps.
I didn't say I wouldn't play 40k at all, just not going to any tournaments. Besides which, he could quote easily find other peeps at the club to play 40k against anyway, he doesn't need me to keep enjoying 40k.
Baragash wrote: I didn't say I wouldn't play 40k at all, just not going to any tournaments. .
My bad,but at no point in listing the 3 games systems you did play were you putting them into tourney nutter status to highlight the difference being tourney rather than casual status of "getting into it".
I would look at doing the WFB/other systems tournies too if there was enough support, i said 40K because its my most far forward army painting wise.
Al, I've had a think about it (and got permission from the wife ) and you can put me down for the team list. I'd be interested in doing WFB, only ever done 40K tournaments in the past, but you would have to give me a while to get the HE finished!
Cool, 3 and a half is a good start.
I'm well up for it. It'll make me start to focus my list again instead of just throwing units down for giggles like I am at the moment.


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Whole Tower is an array of Towers. Each Tower contains Box[] array containing single Box'es.What layout should I use for this and can you give me any tips on how to create it ?
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Friday, May 31st 2019, 6:55 PM EDT
Monday, June 3rd 2019, 7:00 AM EDT
By Andy Ober
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Bank of Japan Seeks 'Plain, Easy-to-Cook' CBDC Model
An executive director has stressed that the BoJ has "no plans to issue a CBDC at this time,.
By Jamie Crawley
Oct 15, 2021 at 8:08 a.m. UTC
Updated Oct 15, 2021 at 2:21 p.m. UTC
Monex Group CEO: Bank of Japan 'Seriously Working' on Digital Yen
Jamie Crawley
Jamie Crawley is a CoinDesk news reporter based in London.
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The Bank of Japan (BoJ) would try to develop a central bank digital currency (CBDC) that can easily coexist with private payment methods, Executive Director Shinichi Uchida said in a speech.
Seeking "vertical coexistence," with other payment methods used by the public, a CBDC should be made of "relatively plan, easy-to-cook material," Shinichi Uchida said on Friday.
The central bank official cited an example in which a CBDC could be used within a digital wallet provided by a private company.
"There are various options, but the Bank of Japan would like to work with you to draw an overall picture of the payment system when the CBDC exists," he said.
The director said the priority of the central bank is that the addition of a CBDC should enable competition between private payment systems providers, while also being universally accessible by the public.
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The other night after a delicious and filling dinner at Sandro's Jilda conviced me to join her for a nightcap -truthfully it did not take convincing, but merely suggesting - so she whipped us up a couple of grasshoppers. I'm sure I hadn't had a grasshopper since literally 1982, which is I think six years before Jilda was born. They were festive and tasty, though rather more a dessert than a cocktail.
I had my first Negroni last week while waiting for my table at Barbaresco. I loved it so much it is bound to be my go to apéritif for a long time. It's so simple I couldn't wait to make a batch myself. Just shake together equal parts gin, sweet vermouth and Compari, strain over ice and garnish with a big slice of orange peel.
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Top education ministry bureaucrat to resign over revolving-door appointment
Online: Jan 19, 2017
The education ministry's top bureaucrat is set to resign following his alleged involvement in illegally securing a senior official a post-retirement university job, a senior ministry official said Thursday.
An inquiry into the case against Administrative Vice Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Kihei Maekawa also found evidence that the practice was widespread.
According to sources close to the matter, the probe centered on claims that the ministry's human resources division gave information to Tokyo's Waseda University about the director general of its higher education bureau, who was hired by the university in a so-called amakudari (descent from heaven) appointment after retiring in 2015.
The panel is also thought to have been given information on dozens of similar cases, raising the possibility that the ministry has been systematically involved in amakudari, in which retired bureaucrats land cushy jobs at entities in sectors they used to supervise.
The scandal, which comes a day before the start of the regular Diet session, indicates authorities have been unable to fully end such practices, a potential vehicle for corruption, despite targeted reform of the law governing public servants in 2007.
According to the sources, the ministry initially denied that it had used its influence to land the former bureaucrat a job when asked by panel investigators. The panel found this was false after checking with the university.
The former bureaucrat at the center of the scandal denied Thursday that he had sent documents on his own career history to Waseda while still employed by the government, another potential violation of the law. He said he will "consult with the university" over the matter.
Under Article 106 of the National Public Service Act, public servants cannot ask companies or entities to employ their retired colleagues, nor can they provide information about them.
The law also restricts bureaucrats from carrying out their own job searches while still in office. It forbids them from asking companies to set aside a job for them to take up after retirement.
Retired public servants who have found private sector jobs are forbidden from lobbying their former employers, such as by feeding them industry-relevant information, for a period of two years.
The former director general was employed by Waseda in October 2010, around two months after leaving the ministry.
His five-year contract as a professor at the university's Center for Higher Education Studies involves teaching higher education policy and copyright process.
The sources said the Cabinet Office's Re-employment Surveillance Commission has interviewed a number of retired and current senior bureaucrats at the education ministry in connection with suspected amakudari cases.
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Amazon Seller Central: A short while ago, I ran a post on Amazon Advantage — describing how you can set up a distribution-style arrangement with the online sales giant. And I've recently updated the information on this site being offered in regards to the Amazon Affiliate program. In the interest of maximizing your effectiveness on Amazon, there's one more program that you should be aware of: Amazon Seller Central.
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Keeping up with the Houston Astros prospects: Justin Ferrell
By Eric Huysman
Astros prospect interview: Justin Ferrell
Photo courtesy of @QCBanditPhotog.
Many Houston Astros fans may hear the name Justin Ferrell, and think about Riley Ferrell, who the Astros drafted in the second round of the 2015 MLB draft. However, Justin Ferrell is a totally different person. The Houston Astros drafted Ferrell in the 36th round of the 2014 draft, which is a polar opposite of his counterpart. However, Justin Ferrell has had a strong start to his minor league career in his first two seasons in the Astros organization.
Ferrell pitched last season with the Gulf Coast League Astros and was successful in his time there. The six-foot-seven-inch pitcher had a 1-3/ 3.67 ERA/ 39 strikeouts in 34 1/3 innings with the GCL Astros.
This season, Ferrell was starting to find his groove. With the 85-46 Quad Cities River Bandits in 2015, he has been a big part of the success of the team in the rotation and as part of the tandem system as the second starter. This season he got off to a late start but made up for it with an impressive 4-3/ 1.95 ERA/ 37 strikeouts in 64 2/3 innings. You might have noticed the drop in the ratio of strikeouts to innings pitched, but he will address it later in the interview.
Ferrell is another player to add to the lists of the Tyler White type of players who are not top prospects because of how late they were drafted, but have played like top prospects. Before I get into the interview, since Ferrell and I have talked, he has been placed on the seven-day DL list with an arm injury. I hear he might be getting it looked at soon, so good luck to Justin, I hope it is not anything serious.
Quad Cities River Bandits placed RHP Justin Ferrell on the 7-day disabled list retroactive to August 26, 2015. #Astros
— Astros Transactions (@astrosactions) August 31, 2015
Let's see what Justin Ferrell has to say. If you were looking for Riley Ferrell, this is the wrong post, but you are welcome to continue reading.
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UK continues to subsidise coal sector despite phase-out commitments
Open-access content 12th May 2017
The UK subsidises coal to the tune of £356m each year, despite government proclamations to the contrary, according to a report by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI).
The Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy announced last November that it intends to close all coal-fired power stations by 2025, and the government actively denies providing any fossil fuel subsidies.
However, it refuses to undertake a peer review under the G20 process, and is accused of continuing to introduce new subsidies to the coal sector, with one plant receiving £60m last year alone to remain on standby during the winter.
"These subsidies to coal risk encouraging asset sweating, a strategy where coal plant operators delay shutting down their coal plants so they can continue to benefit from coal subsidies," the report states.
"This delays the shutdown of coal plants and discourages both investment in low-carbon and more flexible capacity. Coal subsidies also undermine the carbon price support measure as well as broader market developments that render coal increasingly uneconomic."
The UK is the only country out of France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Czech Republic, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, and Spain, described as 'very poor' in its transparency of coal subsidy reporting.
These 10 countries are responsible for 84% of the continent's greenhouse gas emissions, and hand out €6.3bn (£5.3bn) in coal subsidies on average each year, despite promising to phase-out coal and transition to clean energy.
Germany provides by far the largest amount of coal subsidies, handing out €3.2bn each year on average, while France gives out €2m, the least of all the countries studied.
The report also shows that six of these countries have introduced €875m worth of new subsidies per year to support the coal sector since 2015 - the year of the Paris climate change agreement.
This is despite research showing that there are approximately 23,000 premature deaths in Europe every year as a result of coal burning.
"European countries need to phase-out coal if they are to meet the Paris climate agreement targets, fight air pollution and support a change to low-carbon energy systems," report co-author, Shelagh Whitley, said.
"However as our research shows, governments are continuing to provide lifelines to coal by handing over new subsidies without which the coal industry would not be economically viable.
"Governments in Europe must stick to their promise to shift to low-carbon and efficient energy systems and focus any remaining subsidies on supporting workers and communities to move away from fossil fuels."
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M.A.D.D. Rhythms kicks off year 20 with new company members
Tap dancers Ivy Anderson (left) and Izaiah Harris join M.A.D.D. Rhythms along with Caleb Jackson and Molly Sute. The tap dance company celebrates its 20th season in 2021. Photo by William Frederking.
Feb 4, 2021 | By Lauren Warnecke
Now in its 20th year, the tap dance company M.A.D.D. Rhythms is adding four new dancers, announced Wednesday. Ivy Anderson, Izaiah Montaque Harris, Caleb Jackson and Molly Sute join this extraordinary group of hoofers, led by artistic director Bril Barrett.
Anderson, of Muncie, IN, will continue dancing with 333, a group started by Nico Rubio, in addition to M.A.D.D. Rhythms. Chicago High School for the Performing Arts and Columbia College alum Harris studied contemporary, urban and popular music, recently finishing an 8-month stint in the musical "After Mindnight" on Norwegian Cruise Lines. Seventeen-year-old Jackson has worked his way up the ranks with M.A.D.D. Rhythms, begining at age 10 in the company's tap academy. And Michigander Sute has numerous performance credits including Detroit Music Weekend, Detroit Jazz Festival, Detroit Pride and the Detroit Pistons Drumline.
"These new members give all of us another reason to celebrate our 20th anniversary season. We welcome Ivy, Izaiah, Caleb and Molly to the company," said Barrett in a prepared statement. "Each of these young people has been dancing for almost their entire lives and we look forward to seeing them grow, learn, teach and perform as members of M.A.D.D. Rhythms."
Upcoming events, planned as a mostly digital season, will include a new documentary about the company, a full docket of classes and tap jams, plus the return of the Chicago Tap Summit.
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All children go through periods of poor oral intake and picky eating; however, severe food refusal and selectivity can negatively impact a child's health and development. Feeding disorders have a variety of presentations that could include total refusal of oral feeding with complete dependence on gastrostomy tube feedings, or a selective diet including only one or two foods a child may eat. Multiple factors may be related to the onset of a feeding disorder including illness, inability to chew and swallow, and behavioral mismanagement during meals. Due to the multiple causal factors and the interaction between these factors, children with severe food refusal and food selectivity present with a host of challenges to assessment and treatment. An interdisciplinary team involving physicians, nurses, nutritionists, speech and occupational therapists, and psychologists is crucial to successfully assess children with feeding disorders. This course presents an interdisciplinary approach necessary to develop and implement effective interventions for children with pediatric feeding disorders.
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Describe the five potential components of a thorough interdisciplinary assessment for children with pediatric feeding disorders and the six disciplines that comprise the core group of professionals for such an evaluation.
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Great business powerhouses like China, Germany, and India are already moving towards new markets of the world, where do we stand in this race? I understand that the US policies are very competitive when it comes to dominating the business and trade but my question especially concerns untapped markets such as the African countries; what policies are you expecting in the near future when the presidential elections are knocking on our doorstep?
I don't mean to put a gloomy shadow on our country's business outlook but countries like Japan and China are well known from their technological achievements, do you think we will be able to beat them, probably at their own game? I have thoroughly read the mission statement of your department, but quite frankly it doesn't answer the 'HOW' to many of the good things that you have mentioned there.
It says that your department touches the lives of American people in many ways, I respect that but I'm seeking an external view of you would actually make all the great things happen for the citizens of your country.
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Little Falls es una ciudad de Estados Unidos ubicada a orillas del río Misisipi, en el condado de Morrison en el estado de Minnesota. En el Censo de 2010 tenía una población de 8343 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 414,26 personas por km².

Geografía
Little Falls se encuentra ubicada en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, Little Falls tiene una superficie total de 20.14 km², de la cual 18.74 km² corresponden a tierra firme y (6.94%) 1.4 km² es agua.

Demografía
Según el censo de 2010, había 8343 personas residiendo en Little Falls. La densidad de población era de 414,26 hab./km². De los 8343 habitantes, Little Falls estaba compuesto por el 96.14% blancos, el 0.79% eran afroamericanos, el 0.38% eran amerindios, el 0.54% eran asiáticos, el 0.04% eran isleños del Pacífico, el 0.22% eran de otras razas y el 1.89% pertenecían a dos o más razas. Del total de la población el 1.39% eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

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Ciudades de Minnesota
Localidades del condado de Morrison
Localidades a orillas del río Misisipi

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The flaw in a psychopath's brain that allows them to lie easily.
In a prior post, I discussed how psychopaths lack the brake pedal most of us have that stops us from engaging in immoral behavior. Now a new study shows that this lack of conscience is actually wired into the physical structure of a psychopath's brain.
In this study, incarcerated men's brain activity was examined (via a functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, fMRI, machine) while the prisoners played a game. During this game play, the men were given multiple opportunities to behave dishonestly. The first thing they found was that psychopathic prisoners were quicker to lie than non-psychopathic prisoners. No real surprise there. But when the researchers looked at the brain activity data, they did make a startling discovery. The higher the prisoner's psychopathy score, the lower the activity in a specific area of the brain known as the Anterior Cingulate Cortex (ACC).
So what is the ACC and why should we care about it?
As it turns out, the ACC is a part of the brain that plays a vital role in impulse control and conflict monitoring. When most people consider committing an immoral act like lying, they experience conflict. On one shoulder sits a metaphorical devil hissing in their ear, daring them to be bad. On the other shoulder sits an angel, pleading for them to be good. The ACC is the part of our brain that recognizes when we are experiencing this tug-of-war between good and bad and helps us resolve it, usually by appealing to "our better angels," as Lincoln once said.
But psychopaths have an inactive ACC. This means that when they find themselves in a moral dilemma, their brains fail to register that a conflict even exists. To a psychopath, deciding whether to lie or not is like choosing between eating chocolate versus broccoli. There is no conflict.
Now remember, this study focused exclusively on men who were incarcerated for committing a crime. First, this means that not all criminals are psychopaths. But more importantly, this tells us that criminals who are low in psychopathy do in fact experience conflict when they are lying (and perhaps even when they are committing a crime). Criminals high in psychopathy do not.
So what can these results tell us about others?
It is certainly not the case that everyone who has an inactive or small ACC is a psychopath. Psychopathy occurs because of a combination of traits, not just one (to learn more about what those traits are, click here). But this research does suggest that when those combined traits do exist, the psychopath's neural architecture makes it easy for them to behave immorally, and do so with little concern or remorse.
I found this article very interesting. I think reading about the part where there are different brain activities in the men who had high levels of psychopathy showed me something I didn't know. Maybe these people really do need help and treatment. I always thought that these people were just terrible but what if they really are just sick and need help.
Oh, no. Here we go. A lot of the problems our society is experiencing now spring from the antique notion "there is no such thing as a bad boy." Or that there is such a thing as "rehabilitation." There are truly terrible people out there. While both psychopaths and non-psychopaths choose actions that hurt other people, criminals are probably way over-represented among psychopaths, for whom destruction comes very easily and without any internal conflict. Nowhere in the article was it suggested that there was any help or cure for psychopathy. The best we can do is keep them away from the general public so as to limit the amount of damage they are capable of doing.
Our own behaviour affects how our brain develops. The article didn't state their brain was like that at birth.
I found this article very interesting especially the experiment with the prisoners. Is there a way to make these type of tests on a more commercial scale for security reasons? I am surprised that there is a certain area in the brain associated with impulse decisions and lying.
That idea seems like a Pandora's Box to me. Just another way to artificially categorize and discriminate against people for employment, opportunity, etc. All criminals are not psychopaths, nor are all psychopaths technically criminals. I think we would totally freak out if we were forced to confront the pervasiveness and level of ease with which the people we have placed in positions of trust in managing our money and welfare lie in the quest of their own seemingly bottomless quest for their own wealth, power, and self-aggrandizement. The ones who have convinced some of us on both sides that they are the "good guys" are the scariest ones of all because they are claiming some moral high ground that doesn't exist.
It would be beneficial to remove psychopaths from positions of authority. It's clearly not a job they're suited to. It's not discrimination when you remove somebody to protect others.
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It once happened that King Jannai went to Kohalith in the wilderness and conquered sixty towns there. On his return he rejoiced exceedingly and invited all the Sages of Israel. Said he to them, 'Our forefathers ate mallows when they were engaged on the building of the [second] Temple; let us too eat mallows in memory of our forefathers.' So mallows were served on golden tables, and they ate. Now, there was a man there, frivolous, evil hearted and worthless, named Eleazar son of Po'irah, who said to King Jannai. 'O King Jannai, the hearts of the Pharisees are against thee.' 'Then what shall I do?' 'Test them by the plate between thine eyes.' So he tested them by the plate between his eyes. Now, an elder, named Judah son of Gedidiah, was present there. Said he to King Jannai. 'O King Jannai! let the royal crown suffice thee, and leave the priestly crown to the seed of Aaron.' (For it was rumoured that his mother had been taken captive in Modi'im.) Accordingly, the charge was investigated, but not sustained, and the Sages of Israel departed in anger. Then said Eleazar b. Po'irah to King Jannai: 'O King Jannai! That is the law even for the most humble man in Israel, and thou, a King and a High Priest, shall that be thy law [too]!' 'Then what shall I do?' 'If thou wilt take my advice, trample then, down.' 'But what shall happen with the Torah?' 'Behold, it is rolled up and lying in the corner: whoever wishes to study. Let him go and study!' Said R. Nahman b. Isaac: Immediately a spirit of heresy was instilled into him, for he should have replied. 'That is well for the Written Law; but what of the Oral Law?' Straightway, the evil burst forth through Eleazar son of Po'irah, all the Sages of Israel were massacred, and the world was desolate until Simeon b. Shetah came and restored the Torah to its pristine [glory].
However, this prosperous state of affairs moved the Jews to envy Hyrcanus; but they that were the worst disposed to him were the Pharisees, who were one of the sects of the Jews, as we have informed you already. These have so great a power over the multitude, that when they say any thing against the king, or against the high priest, they are presently believed. Now Hyrcanus was a disciple of theirs, and greatly beloved by them. And when he once invited them to a feast, and entertained them very kindly, when he saw them in a good humour, he began to say to them, that they knew he was desirous to be a righteous man, and to do all things whereby he might please God, which was the profession of the Pharisees also. However, he desired, that if they observed him offending in any point, and going out of the right way, they would call him back and correct him. On which occasion they attested to his being entirely virtuous; with which commendation he was well pleased. But still there was one of his guests there, whose name was Eleazar, a man of an ill temper, and delighting in seditious practices. This man said," Since thou desirest to know the truth, if thou wilt be righteous in earnest, lay down the high priesthood, and content thyself with the civil government of the people," And when he desired to know for what cause he ought to lay down the high priesthood, the other replied, "We have heard it from old men, that thy mother had been a captive under the reign of Antiochus Epiphanes." This story was false, and Hyrcanus was provoked against him; and all the Pharisees had a very great indignation against him. Now there was one Jonathan, a very great friend of Hyrcanus's, but of the sect of the Sadducees, whose notions are quite contrary to those of the Pharisees. He told Hyrcanus that Eleazar had cast such a reproach upon him, according to the common sentiments of all the Pharisees, and that this would be made manifest if he would but ask them the question, What punishment they thought this man deserved? for that he might depend upon it, that the reproach was not laid on him with their approbation, if they were for punishing him as his crime deserved. So the Pharisees made answer, that he deserved stripes and bonds, but that it did not seem right to punish reproaches with death. And indeed the Pharisees, even upon other occasions, are not apt to be severe in punishments. At this gentle sentence, Hyrcanus was very angry, and thought that this man reproached him by their approbation. It was this Jonathan who chiefly irritated him, and influenced him so far, that he made him leave the party of the Pharisees, and abolish the decrees they had imposed on the people, and to punish those that observed them.
In both of these versions there is one common theme, there is a Pharisee that insulted the king inappropriately and this allowed for the king to be swayed by one of the Sadducees to become evil. Obviously, if there was no wicked Sadducee there would have been no problem, but that is the point, there is always a "wicked Sadducee." Had the foolish Pharisee, who was punished in both stories (see commentaries on Kiddushin 66a), not insulted the king based on a foolish assumption NOTHING bad would have happened. His ridiculous attempt at righteousness caused much death and sorrow for the Jewish people.
The question is who should be blamed in a situation like this? Obviously, we give blame to the Sadducee, but that is expected of him. The Sadducee is the antithesis of Torah Judaism, should we have expected him to stay silent when the Pharisees allowed the king to be insulted? No, he was doing what was in his nature. It would be foolish for us to place the true blame on the Sadducee just like it would be ridiculous for us to place blame on a lion released from the zoo for mauling a person. Obviously, you place blame on the lion keeper that freed the lion and not the lion itself. The Sadducee in this case was a malicious animal that was "caged" because King Yannai was an ardent follower of the Pharisees. However, the Pharisee that insulted the King's lineage and status "released" this caged beast and allowed it to maul the Pharisees.
This is exactly what is going on in Israel today. Obviously, there are left wingers that are anti the Chareidi way of life that are waiting to jump on them at every moment. The only way the Chareidim can stave off their criticism is by being completely innocent (which has hardly been the case in the past). However, when you have people that associate with the Chareidim and are not denounced by the Chareidi leadership in Israel that do such disgusting acts what do you expect from the left wingers? It is not their fault that they are criticizing the Chareidi community, that is what they have been doing all along. However, since these acts are SO INCREDIBLY reprehensible everyone is listening to them now. They are able to turn the general public against the Chareidim in a way that was not achievable before.
The only way for the Chareidim to stave this crisis off is by giving these thugs the harshest punishment. In the Josephus story (and in the commentators to the story in Kiddushin) we see that the reason King Yannai was so furious at the Pharisees had nothing to do with this single Pharisee. What upset King Yannai was the reaction of the greater Pharisee community. They did not punish the Pharisee that insulted him harshly enough. If the Chareidi community would disavow this sect with the harshest criticism then the general Israeli public would be much more forgiving. NONE of the Chareidi leadership has done anything to disavow these disgusting thugs. That is what is so frustrating. The Chareidi apologists fail to see this. If you do not punish those within your ranks appropriately, you are at fault. You can cry and cry about how they are not 'REAL" Chareidim (whatever that means), but until you take actions against them your words are meaningless and the "King" (the Israeli Public) will punish you for being complacent with their acts.


TechCity's UK digital tech sector report recently showed how Bristol and Bath are revelling in the success of its tech cluster, boasting an impressive £109 million of investment raised by its tech businesses and startups in 2016/17.
To celebrate, we've put together a list of some of the most impressive investment raises by individual technology companies in the region, including some not listed in that report. This makes a total investment of over £200m in the region – Go South West!
Bristol-based startup Graphcore fast tracked its way to an impressive raise of $30million from worldwide venture capitalists late last year, as well as an additional $30m in July 2017, bringing its first-round investment up to a colossal $60m, in order to develop its machine learning and artificial intelligence chip and system development technology.
This November Graphcore raised a further $50million from Sequoia Capital, who were also private early investors in the likes of Apple, PayPal, Instagram, Oracle, Nvidia and Google. Sequoia is based in the heart of Silicon Valley and rarely invest in European ventures, so this is quite a coup for the company.
Graphcore has emphasised keeping investors relevant to its goals. So, with plans to have its chips powering the edge of the internet in consumer devices and driverless cars, having investors that specialise in this field such as Samsung, Bosch, Uber and Google's Deepmind has formed part of its key to future success.
Bath-based renewable energy firm Green Hedge raised a huge £30m investment from Zouk Capital this year in order to expand the production and operation of its battery-energy storage units across the UK.
The storage units, which have an exceptionally small land footprint and produce zero pollution, work by charging from the grid and then feeding electricity back again when it is needed. Usually, polluting power stations or diesel generators provide the electricity at these times but, with the Green Hedge battery system, these peak needs are catered for by the excess energy created at times of less power demand.
Posing significant potential for the production of green energy, once rolled out across the country, the company's battery projects could store as much energy as that produced by 750 acres of solar panels.
FiveAI is a Bristol-based startup that's developing artificial intelligence and machine learning software for fully autonomous vehicles.
In September 2017 FiveAI received a £14m investment from lead investor Lakestar Capital, plus existing investors Amadeus Capital Partners, Notion Capital and Kindred. This is on top of the £12.8M in government funding FiveAI's consortium-led StreetWise project had already been awarded. The investment is thought to be the largest single venture funding for any European driverless technology startup to date.
It had previously raised £2million in July 2016 from venture capital funds Hauser's Amadeus Capital Partners, Spring Partners and Notion Capital to fund a bigger team for the development of the technology as well as simulation and road testing of the software.
It's hoped that the company will develop to the top level of autonomous operation, Level 5, similar to the Google cars currently being testing in California.
Ultrahaptics was founded by University of Bristol PhD student Tom Carter, incubated by world-leading university incubator SETsquared, and quickly rose to fame when investors saw the huge potential and excitement around its unique haptic feedback technology. In case those words mean nothing to you, its tech lets you feel and interact with things in mid-air which aren't really there (check it out in the video below).
Raising the GBP equivalent of 18million in May 2017, the company has now brought its investment raise total to $40m. Now, with an office in Silicon Valley as well as a large central Bristol office with more than ten-fold the number of staff and developers it had last year, Ultrahaptics plans to go global.
Xmos is a Bristol-based microprocessor and microcontroller designer, and a leader in voice capture solutions for the consumer electronics market (think, Amazon Alexa). In September 2017 they raised $15m (£11.5m) in Series E funding (making the total investment in Xmos since it was created an impressive total of £67m).
Earlier this year Blu Wireless Technology sealed a £10million deal with ARM – a world leader in microprocessing technology – to develop 5G chip designs chip for high-speed modems that run up to 10Gbit/s.
Working together strategically means that Blue Wireless' modem will combine with ARM processors for small mobile phone base stations that include processing and storage to provide faster browsing.
In July 2017 Reach Robotics closed a $7.5m series-A investment round to further develop MekaMon – a multi-functional, connected battlebot with augmented reality capabilities.The money will be used to expand its Bristol team and focus more on marketing and awareness of the brand which is hoped to gain global reach.
The money will be used to expand its Bristol team and focus more on marketing and awareness of the brand which is hoped to gain global reach.
Bristol SETsquared university incubator alumni UltraSoc is transforming the way companies develop and deliver next-generation electronic devices and systems by developing the technology to embed complex system-on-chip designs to monitor performance and find any problems.
In June 2017 the company raised £5m of fresh investment to drive continued deployment of its technology and realise its vision of embedding intelligent analytics capabilities into every chip.
Bristol-based startup Zeetta Networks has developed a unique software approach to network solutions called NetOS, which received $2million in venture capital investment back in December 2015 and a further $2million in August 2017 – bringing its total investment in the past 18 months to an impressive $4million.
The software network solution simplifies and dramatically increases the performance of ICT networks and has found itself optimising projects from Ashton Gate Stadium's pursuit to go high-tech to the University of Bristol's quest for 5G.
Industrial Phycology, which is based at the University of Bath Innovation Centre, was awarded a £2.2million Horizon 2020 grant in late 2016.
The funds will allow them to grow its team and continue to develop its incredible biotechnology that uses microalgae on a mass scale to recycle wastewater, converting it into green energy and livestock feed.
Bath-based Living Map is unlocking the potential of our spaces and cities. They won the UK Big Pitch, an Engie investment pitching competition, back in May 2016 and went on to receive £1.2million worth of investment.
Living Map's clever and eye-catching smart maps have caught the imagination of some impressive clients, with its team building GPS maps for Heathrow Airport, the Met Museum in New York, as well as the maps for the Legible Bristol and Legible London projects.
A spin out from research carried out at the University of Bristol, Inductosense were awarded £1.1 million in August 2017 to develop its unique ultrasonic sensor technology, designed to detect microscopic corrosion and defects.
The technology is novel due to its compact size and wireless capabilities with the sensors using technology known as the WAND – Wireless and Non-Destructive system.
The startup's first official product, a system for measuring internal corrosion on pipework has already been released with current plans in place to develop the technology to assist within the oil, gas and nuclear sectors in which they are currently trialling.
Bath SETsquared member Smart Antenna Technologies (SAT) has embarked on the challenge to create the world's first multi-functioning antenna with help from £1million worth of investment funding from the University of Birmingham.
Currently, a typical device will have six separate antennas – GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 2G, 3G, 4G – so a multi-functioning antenna will mean greater efficiency (think better battery life!). It also eliminates the fear that new antennas will not be able to operate in harmony as we progress into using more advanced technologies such as 5G.
Bath-based software startup Cloudfind impressed angel investors with its automatic tagging software for businesses who use cloud storage.
The company received £830k worth of investment in 2016 to develop its innovative tagging system to radically simplify how teams access information stored in the cloud.
Earlier this year online booking and scheduling software provider BookingLive raised £500,000 pounds from venture capital firm The Summit Group, and non-profit investors Creative England to show off what they can do to others.
Having already won over clients like the BBC, the NHS and BMW, BookingLive's founder and CEO Vinnie Morgan is now looking to develop a freemium version of his product that would be accessible to any organisation of any size: from SMEs to local voluntary organisations.
DoodleMaths has been steaming ahead with its clever app that helps children with their understanding of maths and numeracy.
As well as raising £350k worth of angel investment, the startup won the prestigious [email protected] competition as well as the Best Mobile App award at the SPARKies tech awards – both in 2016.
High-tech disabled support provider, Autonome, uses technology to help people with learning disabilities live independent lives. By scanning unique QR codes around their house user can access videos via their phones or tablets that show them tasks such as making a cup of coffee or using the tumble drier.
Supported by the Bristol Private Equity Club, Autonome provides over 70 videos covering various aspects of cooking, cleaning, safety and personal hygiene, accessible via any Apple or Android smartphone or tablet.
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