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Women's Fund complete Cal Chall
The Caledonian Challenge is one of the longest running endurance events in the calendar. Individuals sign up to test their mental and physical stamina while tackling 54 miles in 24 hours or 24 miles in 12 hours. The Caledonian Challenge is one of Scotland's toughest challenges.
"Harder than you think. More rewarding than you can imagine" is the phrase used to describe the 24 mile challenge on the official website. The route beings at Glen Nevis. The Caledonian Challenge joins the route of the West Highland Way to Kinlochleven. From Kinlochleven the route zig-zags from sea level to the 550m summit of the Devil's Staircase. The challengers power through to finish at Glencoe ski centre.
Three teams in support of the Women's Fund for Scotland signed up to tackle the 24 mile journey and began their training and fundraising efforts. The teams decided to push themselves mentally and physically to raise funds for the women in our communities. The Women's Fund teams were: Women's Fund Stravaigers 1, We just popped out for a pint of Heineken and Women's Fund Wanderers. (It is not too late to support the teams, click here for an update on the fundraising totals so far). You can read Gwen's story about completing the Cal Chall here!
The Women's Fund Wanderers in Action
The preparation paid off as all three teams completed the 24 mile challenge. A HUGE congratulations and a MASSIVE well done to all the challengers – what a brilliant achievement!
The Women's Fund Stravaigers 1 & We Just popped out for a pint of Heineken finished in 10hr 2 mins and the Women's Fund Wanderers 10hr 44mins. The Stravaigers 1 have exceeded their target of £1,500 and raised £2,223 so far.
The team members should all be massively proud of themselves. The achievement will support a range of diverse women all over Scotland. The difference the Women's Fund makes to Scottish Women also has a positive ripple effect on the surrounding family members and the wider communities.
Could you complete the Cal Chall?
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Q.1. what does 'land use' refer to?
Q.2. Why is conservation of land resources required?
Q.3. what is referred as the breaking up and decaying of exposed rocks by the?
Q.4. what is the role of parent rocks in the soil formation?
Q.5. where can we find water market in India?
Q.6. what do you mean by Biosphere?
Q.7. what do you understand by the term CPR?
Q.8. How much water is wasted by the dripping tap?
Q.9. what is a biosphere reserve?
Q.10. How forests are classified on the basis of latitude?
what does 'land use' refer to?
Land use refers to the use of land for different purposes such as agriculture, mining, construction etc.
Why is conservation of land resources required?
The conservation of land resources is required because people and their demands are growing but the availability of land is limited.
what is referred as the breaking up and decaying of exposed rocks by the?
It refers to the breaking up and decaying of exposed rocks, by changes in temperature, frost action, plants, animals and human activity.
what is the role of parent rocks in the soil formation?
It determines color, texture, chemical properties, mineral content and permeability of the soil.
where can we find water market in India?
Amreli city in Saurashtra region having population of about 1.25 lakhs that is totally dependent upon purchasing of water.
what do you mean by Biosphere?
Natural vegetation and wildlife exists in the narrow zone of contact between lithosphere, hydro-sphere and atmosphere. That zone is known as biosphere.
CPR means Community Property Resources. They are commonly owned and shared by communities for e.g. a park, a marriage hall, growing area etc.
How much water is wasted by the dripping tap?
A dripping tap wastes 1200L water in a year.
Biosphere reserve is a series of protected areas which are linked through a global network. They are intended to demonstrate the relationship between conservation and development.
How forests are classified on the basis of latitude?
On the basis of latitude, there are two types of forests, Tropical forests and Temperate Forests.


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This brings our representation in Brazil up to three firms with other members supporting the regions of Curitiba and Sao Paulo.


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Jillian Gordon, a 2015 Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences' graduate in agricultural and extension education, has been working to develop a national FFA chapter at Clarke Central High School in Athens, Georgia. Written by: Kelly Jedrzejewski
Caption: Jillian Gordon, at right, is shown with members of the national FFA chaper at Clarke Central High School in Athens, Georgia
Gordon, formally of Birdsboro, Pennsylvania, always knew she wanted to be a high school agriculture teacher, but was unsure where she wanted to attend college. She explored several schools outside Pennsylvania before touring Penn State. Daniel Foster and John Ewing, both associate professors of agricultural and extension education, spoke with Gordon and convinced her that the program at Penn State was the best place for her.
"Both Dr. Foster and Dr. Ewing made it very clear that they wanted me to be part of the program," she said. "I didn't feel like I was going to be just another person at a large university. I knew it was a great place to train to be an ag teacher and having that personal connection through Dr. Foster and Dr. Ewing made the decision to attend Penn State an easy choice."
During Gordon's time at Penn State, several experiences made lasting impressions on her. Gordon was part of Alpha Zeta, a coeducational national agricultural fraternity, where she gained valuable social skills and professional networking opportunities. "It was an excellent group of people who were all interested in succeeding both in college as well as after graduation. Everyone had a desire to work toward a bigger goal and it was a great environment to be in."
Gordon also wrote for Onward State, and said it was a good way to branch out and get to know the whole University community.
Ewing describes Gordon as someone who was always willing to help others learn. "Jill always has a smile on her face and she really wants to help her students succeed. She has a passion for helping youth understand the importance of agriculture and our environment. She's also fun to work with as she often sees the positive side, even in difficult or unfamiliar situations."
After graduation, Gordon was hired to teach agriculture classes at Clarke Central High School. Previously, the ag classes at the school were only offered part time, but Gordon was hired specifically to start a national FFA chapter at the school. Active in the FFA herself in high school, Gordon's chapter has been growing since its inception during the 2016-17 school year.
"We're a very diverse chapter; about half of my students are African American, 25 percent are Hispanic, and the rest are a mix of Caucasian and other races," she said. "There's also a very diverse socioeconomic standing among the kids. This dynamic gives us a unique perspective and a chance to embrace these differences."
The Clarke Central High School FFA chapter has partnered with the Junior National Society for Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences (Jr. MANRRS). The group, which has a collegiate chapter at Penn State, is designed to stimulate interest in science, technology, engineering, agricultural and mathematics fields for students from diverse backgrounds.
Aside from continued growth, Gordon's goals for the FFA chapter include gaining recognition for more than just winning awards. "Yes, I'd like my students to win plaques at the events we attend, but it's not the most important aspect for me," she said. "I want my students to gain a strong foundation from the activities we do, and know that when they leave my chapter, they feel like confident leaders who can be part of any organization and succeed in all areas of their futures."
Ewing explains that agricultural and extension education majors at Penn State have numerous opportunities to learn what it's like to be an agricultural education teacher in a high school setting. These opportunities include observing teachers and students in classrooms and laboratories, as well as taking part in conferences, competitions and conventions that they will be attending with their own students.
"The faculty and staff of the AEE major work closely with our Pennsylvania agricultural education teachers," Ewing said. "We provide professional development to all of the agricultural education teachers, but we especially focus on those teachers who are in their first through third years of teaching with a special program called 'New and Beginning Teachers.' This allows us to stay connected with and help those teachers who may need support in the first few years of their career."
Foster added, "At Penn State, we strive to empower our teacher candidates to be prepared to teach all learners about the exciting opportunities in food, fiber and natural resources; wherever they are in the world, no matter the context."


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Elbit will upgrade tanks to a country it declined to name
JERUSALEM ($1=3.27 Israeli Shekels) — An unnamed country ordered the modernization of its main battle tanks from Elbit Systems. The company announced the conclusion of two contracts worth a total of $240 million.
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The Israeli company traditionally does not disclose its buyers and the quantitative parameters of the contracts. Elbit Systems only noted that the customer was from a foreign country.
Under the terms of the contracts, Elbit Systems will upgrade the tanks and supply the necessary advanced electronic kits.
The contract is worth $60 million. will be completed within two years, and the contract for the amount of 180 million dollars. will be completed within four years.
Elbit Systems President and CEO Bezalel Mahlis said that the armed forces of many countries around the world are once again interested in improving the combat capabilities of armored vehicles.
According to him, Elbit Systems is well positioned to meet the growing demand in this market thanks to its ability to provide end-to-end solutions.
Elbit Systems offers its customers integrated gunner and commander sights, and fire control systems [FCS] for their armored vehicles.
Also a wide range of onboard electronic systems, remotely controlled combat modules, a wide range of warning systems, panoramic surveillance systems, and unmanned turrets. These systems are easily adapted to specific requirements.
The company's anti-aircraft missile system provides the ability to fire day and night, on the move, and a high probability of hitting moving targets with the first shot.


Interval International has announced two new affiliations to its exchange network: Geovillage Sport and Wellness resort on Sardinia's Costa Smeralda, and the five star Royal Club at Bonnington Tower in Dubai.
Geovillage Sport and Wellness Resort is developer Gavino Docche's first venture into timesharing. Set on 14 hectares of Mediterranean gardens near Olbia, on the northeast coast of Sardinia, the resort includes timeshare units within the existing hotel, with a range of amenities such as swimming pools, tennis courts, a world-class spa and fitness centre, bars and a restaurant.
The 40-story Bonnington Tower is located in the heart of Jumeirah Lakes Towers, one of Dubai's most prestigious residential and commercial communities. Royal Club at Bonnington consists of 30 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments overlooking Jumeirah Lakes. Owners and guests can enjoy a choice of six restaurants and bars, a gym, hairdressing salons, and a Leisure Deck with an infinity pool on the 11th floor.


Limor holds a Masters degree in Social Work and Group Facilitation from Tel Aviv University. She has 15 years of experience of working with individuals and groups in various fields, in both public and private sectors, including mental health, drug addiction and counselling cancer patients and their families.
Limor has completed 5 years of professional training in Identity-Oriented Psychotrauma Therapy.
Limor co-facilitates Identity Therapy Constellations Workshops in London with Daren De Witt. She also sees clients individually in north London and near Liverpool St station in east central London. She lives in north London with her husband and two children.
Limor is passionate to support people to find their way to understand and love themselves.
Daren has been facilitating groups for more than 35 years. He is a senior UK representative of the international Centre for Nonviolent Communication (NVC) which is a process that supports self-awareness and interpersonal communication. For some time Daren has been searching for ways to reach the deeper, unconscious parts of ourselves, that are less easy to bring into awareness. This search led Daren to train in Voice Dialogue between 2006-8. In 2015 Daren qualified as a teacher of TRE (Trauma Release Exercises) which is a body process designed to release the tension associated with traumatic experience. Daren also has a diploma in Relationship Counselling.
Daren's search finally led him to Identity Therapy (Identity-oriented Psychotrauma Therapy), which he immediately recognised as a process that reaches back as far as we need to go for personal healing – to the very origins of this life. Daren has completed 3 years of professional training in Identity-Oriented Psychotrauma Therapy with Vivian Broughton in London and is currently in his fourth year of training.
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use JHWEB\ContravencionalBundle\Entity\CvCfgPorcentajeInicial;
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class CvCfgPorcentajeInicialController extends Controller
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        $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();

        $porcentajes = $em->getRepository('JHWEBContravencionalBundle:CvCfgPorcentajeInicial')->findBy(
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        $response['data'] = array();

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    }

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            $response = array(
                'status' => 'success',
                'code' => 200,
                'message' => "Registro creado con exito",
            );
        }else{
            $response = array(
                'status' => 'error',
                'code' => 400,
                'message' => "Autorizacion no valida",
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    public function showAction(CvCfgPorcentajeInicial $cvCfgPorcentajeInicial)
    {
        $deleteForm = $this->createDeleteForm($cvCfgPorcentajeInicial);

        return $this->render('cvcfgporcentajeinicial/show.html.twig', array(
            'cvCfgPorcentajeInicial' => $cvCfgPorcentajeInicial,
            'delete_form' => $deleteForm->createView(),
        ));
    }

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     * Displays a form to edit an existing cvCfgPorcentajeInicial entity.
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     */
    public function editAction(Request $request)
    {
        $helpers = $this->get("app.helpers");
        $hash = $request->get("authorization", null);
        $authCheck = $helpers->authCheck($hash);

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            $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();

            $porcentaje = $em->getRepository('JHWEBContravencionalBundle:CvCfgPorcentajeInicial')->find($params->id);
            if ($porcentaje!=null) {

                $porcentaje->setAnio($params->anio);
                $porcentaje->setValor($params->valor);

                $em->persist($porcentaje);
                $em->flush();

                $response = array(
                    'title' => 'Perfecto!',
                    'status' => 'success',
                    'code' => 200,
                    'message' => "Registro editado con éxito",
                );
            }else{
                $response = array(
                    'title' => 'Error!',
                    'status' => 'error',
                    'code' => 400,
                    'message' => "El registro no se encuentra en la base de datos",
                );
            }
        }else{
            $response = array(
                'title' => 'Error!',
                'status' => 'error',
                'code' => 400,
                'message' => "Autorización no válida.",
            );
        }

        return $helpers->json($response);
    }

    /**
     * Deletes a cvCfgPorcentajeInicial entity.
     *
     * @Route("/delete", name="cvcfgporcentajeinicial_delete")
     * @Method("POST")
     */
    public function deleteAction(Request $request)
    {
        $helpers = $this->get("app.helpers");
        $hash = $request->get("authorization", null);
        $authCheck = $helpers->authCheck($hash);

        if ($authCheck==true) {
            $json = $request->get("data",null);
            $params = json_decode($json);

            $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();

            $porcentajeInicial = $em->getRepository('JHWEBContravencionalBundle:CvCfgPorcentajeInicial')->find($params->id);

            $porcentajeInicial->setActivo(false);

            $em->persist($porcentajeInicial);
            $em->flush();

            $response = array(
                'title' => 'Perfecto!',
                'status' => 'success',
                'code' => 200,
                'message' => "Registro eliminado con éxito",
            );
        }else{
            $response = array(
                'title' => 'Error!',
                'status' => 'error',
                'code' => 400,
                'message' => "Autorización no válida",
            );
        }
        return $helpers->json($response);
    }

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     *
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     * @Method({"GET", "POST"})
     */
    public function searchActiveAction()
    {
        $helpers = $this->get("app.helpers");
        $em = $this->getDoctrine()->getManager();

        $porcentaje = $em->getRepository('JHWEBContravencionalBundle:CvCfgPorcentajeInicial')->findOneBy(
            array('activo' => true)
        );

        if ($porcentaje) {
            $response = array(
                'status' => 'success',
                'code' => 200,
                'message' => 'Porcentaje inicial parametrizado '.$porcentaje->getValor().'%',
                'data' => $porcentaje
            );
        }else{
            $response = array(
                'status' => 'error',
                'code' => 400,
                'message' => "Interes no parametrizado",
            );
        }

        return $helpers->json($response);
    }
}


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AIK Handboll är handbollssektionen i idrottsklubben AIK från Solna kommun i Stockholm. Sektionen bildades 1943 efter initiativ av Nils-Yngve Bolling. Sektionen var igång till och med 1980 och under den perioden vann AIK ett SM-guld, 1951.

2003 startades sektionen återigen, efter att ha varit vilande i 23 år, på initiativ av bla. Jan-Erik Pettersson. Det var då Väntorp/Solna IK som gick över i AIK med hela föreningen. Sedan dess hade herrlaget som bäst spelat i den näst högsta divisionen, allsvenskan, 2007/2008. Ungdomssektionen består i dagsläget av cirka 15 lag och är växande. Handbollssektionen är idag AIK:s tredje största sektion efter fotbollen och ishockeyn.

I maj 2018 blev det klart att Ricoh HK i högsta serien, Handbollsligan, upplöstes till förmån för AIK Handboll, som då spelade i division 2. AIK tog över Ricoh HK:s plats och kvalificerade sig därmed för Handbollsligan 2018/2019. AIK Handboll återvände därmed till högsta serien efter 38 år.

Historia

1900-talet
1943 bildades AIK:s handbollssektion genom att Nils-Yngve Bolling tog tag i det och AIK fick ytterligare en av de stora bollsporterna på programmet. Under de första åren spelar AIK i de svenska serierna och får inte mycket medialt uppmärksamhet medan de avancerar uppåt i serierna. Men endast åtta år efter bildandet, 1951, spelade AIK i den näst högsta serien och skulle möta IFK Kristianstad i SM-finalen (SM avgjordes i cupform oberoende i vilken serie lagen spelade i). AIK vann också finalen och tog alltså sitt första SM-guld utan att någonsin ha spelat i den högsta serien. Året efter blev det SM-final igen - även då mot IFK Kristianstad. Den här gången blev det förlust efter förlängning, i det som skulle bli den andra och sista finalen under 1900-talet. AIK gick dock upp i Allsvenskan den säsongen och fostrade under 1950-talet landslagsspelare som båda Kjell Jönsson och Lennart Ring, som blev världsmästare under tiden de spelade i AIK.

Säsongen 1960/61 flyttades AIK ner till Division II och började en jojo-liknande resa genom det svenska seriesystemet, även om den lägsta serien man faktiskt spelade i var Division III. Trots att laget bytte serier då och då under dessa år förblev styrelsen intakt utan större förändringar. Under slutet av 1960-talet började dock AIK etablera sig som ett stabilt handbollslag i tvåan och satsade för att nå Allsvenskan. Ett led i detta var att fusionera klubbarna SoIK Hellas och AIK, en idé som höll på att förverkligas innan säsongen 1973/74, något som dock aldrig hände.

AIK spelade i Allsvenskan under den senare delen av 1970-talet och hade stora ekonomiska problem, men lyckades alltid få klubben att få ihop ekonomin. Inför säsongen 1979/1980 (den sista AIK skulle spela innan verksamheten lades ner i 23 år) värvade AIK en målvakt från IK Heim. Men förbundet förhalade övergången av målvakten och AIK var tvungna att spela ett par matcher utan honom. Detta var bara ett exempel på den fientlighet mot AIK som man tyckte att handbollsförbundet visade. En annan var när serien var i ett avgörande skede och Västra Frölunda IF från Göteborg inte infann sig för att spela match. Trots att det gick mot reglerna spelades matchen en annan dag utan att AIK tilldömdes en walkover-seger. AIK flyttades ner säsongen 1979/1980 och istället för att börja om i tvåan överlät man verksamheten till Täby HBK.

2000-talet
2003 nystartades AIK Handboll efter initiativ av Jan-Erik Pettersson och Per-Arne Jonsson. AIK inledde seriespelet i Division 1 Norra som spelades i en höst- och vårserie. I höstserien kom AIK trea från slutet av 12 lag och fick spela i Division 1 Norra Vår. I den serien kom de trea av åtta lag och fick spela kvar i Division 1 även nästa säsong. Säsongen därpå lyckades AIK komma på en fjärdeplats i höstserien och fick därmed spela i Allsvenskan under våren. Där kom de sexa av åtta lag och fick inte ens kvala till spel i Elitserien utan fick fortsätta spela i Division 1 säsongen därpå. Den säsongen upprepades samma bedrift och placeringar och återigen var det spel i Division 1 som gällde säsongen 2006/2007. AIK placerade sig den säsongen i mitten och sedan trea under höstserien vilket garanterade spel i den nya rikstäckande Allsvenskan som skulle bli den nya serien under Elitserien och som skulle spelas över hela säsongen. 2007/2008 kom AIK trea från slutet av 14 lag och styrelsen beslöt att laget 2008/2009 skulle spela i Division 3 istället för Division 1 och nysatsning som nu resulterat i att laget klarat kvalet till Division 2. Laget har sedermera blivit kvar i divisionen efter att två år i rad ha missat uppflyttning efter förlust i den andra kvalomgången. Under säsongen 2011/2012 hade AIK inför säsongen en mycket stark trupp som dock drabbats av skadebekymmer och spelarrotation vilket resulterade i att laget till sist slutade i mitten av tabellen.

Inför säsongen 2012/2013 hittade flera spelare, som tidigare representerat klubben, tillbaka från högre divisioner. Detta, tillsammans med stommen från fjolårets säsong, gjorde att föreningen hade ambitionen att åtminstone kunna kvalificera sig för kvalspel i division 1. AIK lyckades emellertid inte kvalificera sig för division 1 och efter säsongen togs beslutet att dra sig ur division 2 för spel i division 3.

Efter 38 år utanför Handbollsligan stod det klart att AIK skulle ta över Ricoh HK och dess verksamhet inför säsongen 2018/2019. Med långsiktig målsättning att bli en svensk och nordisk toppklubb. Detta betydde att spelarna som spelade för AIK i division 2 fick lämna klubben. AIK:s nya tränare i återkomsten till Handbollsligan utsågs till Henrik Schneider och den första värvningen blev Adam Tumba. Andra nyförvärv var Matija Spikic, Philip Jonsson, Andreas Windahl och Nikola Arsenic. Säsongen började tufft med hela tolv raka förluster för laget och en sista plats i tabellen. Den första vinsten kom den 20 november när man besegrade HIF Karlskrona med 28-24. Säsongen skulle visa sig vara lång och tuff för AIK, trots två vinster mot stadsrivalen Hammarby IF och en vinst regerande mästarna IFK Kristianstad blev man inte bättre än en trettonde plats. Under kvalet till Handbollsligan mötte man Varberg HK som slutade i förlust 3-1 i matcher och nedflyttning till Handbollsallsvenskan.

En vecka efter att nedflyttning till Handbollsallsvenskan blev klart valde huvudtränare Henrik Schneider att lämna.  Flera spelare i AIK:s trupp hade redan under och innan kvalet skrivit på för nya klubbar. Det kom uppgifter i media om att alla spelarkontrakten som sträckte sig till 31 maj hade avslutats i förtid på grund av föreningens dåliga ekonomi. Det dementerades senare av AIK Handboll AB:s vd Thomas Edselius.

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Handboll
Handbollsklubbar i Sverige
Sportklubbar bildade 1943
Handbollsklubbar i Stockholm

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Кита Николаевич Шавишвили (25 октября 1923 года, Тбилиси — 2000) — советский хозяйственный, государственный и политический деятель.

Биография
Кита Шавишвили родился в 1923 году в Тбилиси.

С 1945 года — на хозяйственной, общественной и политической работе. Член КПСС с 1946 года. В 1945—2000 гг. — инструктор ЦК ЛКСМ Грузии, 1-й секретарь районного комитета ЛКСМ Грузии, в ЦК КП(б) Грузии, 1-й секретарь Аджарского областного комитета ЛКСМ Грузии,
2-й секретарь Аджарского областного комитета КП Грузии, 1-й секретарь Самтредского районного комитета КП Грузии, партийный организатор ЦК КП Грузии Самтредского территориального производственного колхозно-совхозного управления, первый заместитель председателя Комитета народного контроля Грузинской ССР, председатель Правления Грузинского республиканского Союза потребительских обществ, руководитель Внешнеэкономического объединения «Грузагроимпэкс».

Избирался депутатом Верховного Совета СССР 6-го созыва, Верховного Совета Грузинской ССР 4-11 созывов.

Умер в 2000 году.

Ссылки
 Справочник по истории Коммунистической партии и Советского Союза 1898 - 1991. Шавишвили
 Шавишвили
 ГА РФ Р7523 105 157 Указы и Постановления Президиума Верховного Совета СССР, принятые с 1 по 9 сентября 1971 года, и материалы к ним /к протоколу № 15/ с № 2094-VIII по № 2114-VIII. Том 1

Вторые секретари Аджарского обкома КП Грузии
Первые секретари районных комитетов КП Грузии
Депутаты Верховного Совета СССР 6-го созыва
Депутаты Верховного Совета Грузинской ССР 4-го созыва
Депутаты Верховного Совета Грузинской ССР 5-го созыва
Депутаты Верховного Совета Грузинской ССР 6-го созыва
Депутаты Верховного Совета Грузинской ССР 7-го созыва
Депутаты Верховного Совета Грузинской ССР 8-го созыва
Депутаты Верховного Совета Грузинской ССР 9-го созыва
Депутаты Верховного Совета Грузинской ССР 10-го созыва
Депутаты Верховного Совета Грузинской ССР 11-го созыва
Первые секретари краевых, областных и окружных комитетов ВЛКСМ


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Utah County Sheriffs conducting search and rescue in Diamond Fork Canyon
Utah County Sheriffs conducting search and rescue in Diamond Fork Canyon (MGN) UTAH COUNTY (KUTV) — Utah County Sheriffs are conducting a search and rescue operation in Diamond Fork Canyon, Sgt. Spencer Cannon with the Utah County Sheriff's Office confirmed to 2News. Deputies got a SOS call from a satellite phone from an unidentified female at Fifth Water Hot Springs in the canyon who said a boulder or large rock fell on her. As of 6:30 p.m. Sunday, search and rescue crews were on their way but had not yet made contact with the trapped woman. 2News will update this story as more information becomes available.
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View alumni that have participated in Carpinteria High School Football. If you participated in Football while at Carpinteria HS, register now and add your name to the list with a message to your old friends.
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Let Justice Roll: Implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
2017, 11 pp
Canadian churches are committed to the full implementation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a crucial means for achieving reconciliation between Indigenous and settlers in Canada.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) named the UN Declaration in 16 Calls to Action. In Call to Action 43 the TRC called upon the Government of Canada to "fully adopt and implement" the UN Declaration as "the framework for reconciliation." Call to Action 44 calls upon the Government of Canada to "develop a national action plan, strategies, and other concrete measures to achieve the goals of the United Nations Declaration."
This resource provides a guide for taking action to ensure that the Government of Canada takes the necessary steps to revise federal legislation so that all relevant legislation is consistent with the UN Declaration.
A theological reflection.
Some Frequently Asked Questions about the UN Declaration.
A guide for arranging delegations to visit your Member of Parliament.
A resource for congregations on how to produce banners declaring their commitment to reconciliation.
A list of other print and video resources
Genre Introductory Reference
Topic United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)
Publisher Kairos
Collection Wrongs to Rights Additional Resources


This week's pick is an interesting twist on the Rabbit-Duck illusion, presented in the German magazine Fliegende Blätter in 1892.
I haven't been able to locate the precise source, but here's how you make a rabbit-duck in real life (death?) with a little help from taxidermy.
Also, check the Duck! Rabbit! animation of Amy Krause Rosenthal's children's book, and John F. Kihlstrom discussion of the history of the Rabbit-Duck illusion.


Meet Joselyn Toro Leigue, an 18 year old stunner from Santa Cruz is the new winner of Miss Global Teen Bolivia 2012 pageant. She was chosen during a casting conducted by Promociones Gloria. She was crowned by the reigning Miss Bolivia Universe, Alexia Viruez, who in 2010 represented Bolivia in Miss Global Teen.
Joselyn Toro is a model and student of Business Administration. She loves to swim and plays all kinds of sports, including volleyball, basketball and soccer.
Leigue will be the official representative of Bolivia in Miss Global Teen 2012 contest to be held on November 24 in Mar del Plata, Argentina.


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Каршинський степ — хвиляста рівнина в Узбекистані, біля західного підніжжя Зеравшанського і Гіссарського хребтів.

Рівнина полого нахилена зі сходу (висота 500 м) на захід (200 м). Покрита річковими відкладеннями, на заході розташовані рухомі піски Сундуклі. Зрошується водами річки Кашкадар'я і Каршинським магістральним каналом.

Клімат району посушливий, кількість опадів становить 200-400 мм на рік. Значна частина земель використовується під посіви зернових і бавовнику. Також населення займається садівництвом і вирощуванням баштанних культур. У східній частині рівнини біля південного підніжжя височини Кунгуртау розташоване місто Карші.

Джерела
 Географічна енциклопедія
 Велика Радянська Енциклопедія

Рівнини Узбекистану


FILE - U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh testifies before a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 27, 2018.
Amid a new investigation of his Supreme Court nominee, U.S. President Donald Trump maintained his support for Judge Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday, saying that "hopefully, at the conclusion, everything will be fine."
Trump, speaking to reporters on the White House South Lawn prior to his departure for a political rally in nearby West Virginia, noted that the FBI "is all over, talking to everybody," including women who have accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, and "I would expect it's going to turn out very well for the judge."
The president also accused opposition Democrats of acting terribly and dishonestly during the Kavanaugh confirmation process. He expressed anger about the leak of Christine Blasey Ford's accusation against Kavanaugh, which she sent to a congresswoman but had previously requested remain confidential.
President Donald Trump talks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, before leaving for Wheeling, W.Va., Sept. 29, 2018.
Despite what Trump told reporters, news reports indicated the White House might be limiting the scope of the FBI's investigation — such as not permitting scrutiny of the claims of another woman, Julie Swetnick, who has accused Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct at parties while he was a prep school student.
"The scope and duration has been set by the Senate," according to a statement by White House spokesman Raj Shah. "The White House is letting FBI agents do what they are trained to do."
News reports said the FBI had contacted Deborah Ramirez, the second of Kavanaugh's accusers. The Associated Press reported that Ramirez's lawyer, John Clune, said she had agreed to cooperate with agents.
FILE - Christine Blasey Ford is sworn in before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sept. 27, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
The Judiciary Committee voted Friday to send Kavanaugh's nomination for the Supreme Court to the full Senate after securing a party-line vote in favor of the nod, but Arizona Republican Jeff Flake requested a delay in the floor vote and the additional investigation.
"This country is being ripped apart here, and we've got to make sure that we do due diligence," Flake said.
Another Republican senator, Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, said Friday that she agreed with Flake's call for additional FBI investigation.
FILE - U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh meets with Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Aug. 23, 2018.
"Throughout this process, I've been interviewed by the FBI, I've done a number of 'background' calls directly with the Senate, and yesterday, I answered questions under oath about every topic the senators and their counsel asked me. I've done everything they have requested and will continue to cooperate," he said.
In another development Friday, a high school friend of Kavanaugh, Mark Judge, said he was willing to cooperate with any FBI investigation. Judge is likely to figure prominently in any inquiry by the FBI, because Ford contends he was present when Kavanaugh assaulted her at the suburban Washington party. Judge has denied being at any party with Ford when an attack took place.


Despite being specialists, CES offer high-quality installation services for any electrical or lighting requirement from a single socket change to an electrical overhaul.
CES has a heritage of training apprentices to work competently within historic, places of worship and other architecturally sensitive buildings.
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The submitted documents and associated fees will be tailored the requirements of the client.
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References for similar installation works will be provided allowing the client to visit and/or receive feedback on how CES care for each project.
CES are able to offer quotes for any electrical work requirements that fall within the remit of their business. The installation experience covers Lighting and Electrical Installations; Emergency Lighting and Documentation; Electric Heating; Small Works and Refurbishment Works.
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Twitter Execs Assure Staff Elon Musk Deal is Moving Forward as Planned
Citing people who attended an all-hands meeting with the company staff, Bloomberg is reporting that Twitter executives have told employees the $44 billion deal to sell the company to Telsa CEO Elon Musk is proceeding as planned.
Twitter's top lawyer and head of policy Vijaya Gadde also told workers that there is "no such thing as a deal being on hold," and that the company will not renegotiate the agreed-upon price of $54.20 per share.
During the meeting, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and finance chief Ned Segal also addressed the employees, answering questions about the transaction, such as whether the social media company would try and legally force Musk to buy the company based on his agreement.
Gadde assured employees that Musk must "do everything he can" to make sure he gets his financing in order, and that it's possible Twitter could try and "enforce" the terms of the deal "if we ever needed to do that in a court." She added that getting to that step would be "pretty rare."
Earlier this week, Musk hinted that he might renegotiate his deal for Twitter, which resulted in the company's shares falling well below the offer price. Twitter stock is currently trading at $37.45 per share.


Richard Murutar is a man with a vision of making our planet a better environment for us and our children. He does this through his company SprayPrinter, a wireless printer that can print an image from your smartphone, tablet, or computer directly to a freely-selected place.
"We as the Humanity need to learn how to transform energy into heat and electricity more efficiently and without pollution, we need to learn how to turn Ocean water to drinking properly in massive amounts and need to learn how to use technology to distribute riches and resources to all people. I have a vision that all this is possible if we want to," Richard tells.
So many unique personalities with amazing stories and unique skill sets are making SprayPrinter a focused, passionate and extremely resilient team.
How did you start with your SprayPrinter? Was it rather easy or difficult? What were the main obstacles?
We founded SprayPrinter officially in 2015 but for me, it's like a story with no beginning, yet we recreate ourselves every day. So many unique personalities with amazing stories and unique skill sets are making SprayPrinter a focused, passionate and extremely resilient team. We have come together to bring this Unicorn into being. For sure our path has been filled with lessons that have helped us grow as a team but we never label our challenges easy or difficult, we are in search of solutions that work.
Why is now the time for SprayPrinter to exist?
Now is the only time for SprayPrinter. The whole evolution of humanity was needed to get us where we stand today. Humanity is ready to move forward from old tools in advertising and mass communication to a new era when power is given to stories and messages that serves humanity for good.
Would you rather be good at a lot of things or an expert at one thing?
I prefer to be a master at anything I have decided to do. It's about exploring the limits of human potential.
Our future is filled with an endless number of potentials. There is nothing we can do about the past, except to accepting and giving thanks for being here.
Tell us something you are learning right now.
I wake up every day with the decision to learn something new and impactful. That way I grow every day and I'm able to learn a lot about my potential. In my opinion, every person is capable of so much more than one can ever imagine. As I can only imagine what I already know, I want to know more every day.
Dreams that are too big for accomplishing them alone.
For me, it is not about liking what I do but rather loving the way I am. Ask yourself what it is that you need to know to move forward in life in your highest expression and follow the answer. You'll know.
Our future is filled with an endless number of potentials. There is nothing we can do about the past, except to accepting and giving thanks for being here. Here we can make a choice to either continue to consistently, low consciously destroy our planet, or we can choose to shift to a civilization that is based on goodness. I am excited to see that more and more people every day are starting to operate in the knowledge and in the choice of not to kill the planet. I really want to leave this planet to my children in better condition than I received it.


Fortune's Children: The Brides: Meet the Fortune brides - six special women who perpetuate a family legacy that is more than mere riches!
CELEBRATION 1000 THE MAN ON THE BEDROOM FLOOR… was straight out of Kathy Maxwell's dream.
Daughter: Six-year-old Patrice - a.k.a. "Killer"
The G-Man: Secret agent Daniel Lawless… double-crossed by his own agency!
The Beast: Gus Wydowski, a brooding bachelor with a weakness for beautiful women - but not for bouncing babies!
Mr. September The Single Dad: Wealthy bachelor Alex Hightower has three women on his mind… .
His Sassy-Mouthed Teenage Daughter: A girl with training bras on her mind.
MR. MAY Man: Cade Austin, CEO of BrenCO Mission: To lure pretty Kylie Brennan out of the boardroom and into the bedroom!
Slung over the broad shoulders of her ex-fiance as he kidnapped her from the church was not the way Lorelei Mason had envisioned her wedding day to her new fiance.
SINGLE MOM STUCK IN BATHTUB!
COULD SHE GET HER MAN?


MARTELLO HALL OPEN MIC JAM | Every fortnight from 4pm - 8pm Commencing 2nd of July Martello Hall wants you! Calling all singers, musicians, rappers, producers, instrumentalists, spoke word artists & D.J's, Martello Hall wants you! Whether you want to perform or jam with other musicians - this one is for you. Description / We are giving this evening to you! We wanted to create a platform for under estimated, unfound, unheard talent. Our aim is to get you heard! As we all know how hard it is for musicians out there, this evening is all for you! Whether you want to jam and collaborate, sing a song or a perform with your band, get in contact and get involved! No age restrictions | No genre restrictions You can sign up in advance by contacting us at Info@Martellohall.com or Alternatively come down at 3pm and sign up on the day. See you soon! You can book a table by emailing bookings@martellohall.com or alternatively come down and grab a seat. This event is open to all ages.


My sister sent this to me today and I know it's a bit old but I certainly found a few laughs from it *^_^* Enjoy!
Good ol' Bill Maher! Great clip!
Hi there! Just found your site (saw that you left a comment on Sam de Bretagne's blog). Welcome to France!
I'm an American and have been living here for almost 3 years. It took me just over 2 years to decide that I really want to live here and learn the language (went through major culture shock)! Although my French is better than it once was, I have a loooooooong way to go!
Good luck to you and have fun!


Each week I read where social media is replacing traditional media.
I believe when you start realizing the value of connecting online through social media site, websites, blog sites you really start to see how these channels really compliment traditional marketing channels like booths at trade shows, brochures, displays, signage, etc.
At the heart of this whole matter is customer care. Customer care has to be the driver behind all of your marketing initiatives. How can we keep a presence with our clients and potential clients. We work on this matter each and every day. If you make it easy for clients to get a hold of you then you have effectively opened communication. Here is a list of items that have really come to light through this whole process of marrying traditional marketing channels with new, innovative channels.
Post your address and phone number on your website. Do you want people to contact your company or not? I still see so many websites that hide their contact information.
Make sure a "live voice" is the first contact people have with your company. Do you want a person's first experience to be an automated voice message with menus.
Change your voice message. Give people the option to leave a voice message or an email message. Yes – people will send you more emails if you let them know what it is on your voice message. With smartphones, this option really is valuable to people trying to contact you.
Make sure all clients are greeted by someone who walks in the door.
Make sure you have people who's main job is client service.
Respond back to people in a timely manner, even off hours. Make sure your contact page sends the question to your email address so you can respond back to the client from your smart phone.
Monitor all mentions to you and your company on social media sites. People should always reply back to people who inquire about you.
Show you care. You never know who you could be talking to. Treat clients as if they will be a life-long client.
Don't forget your current clients. It's too easy to focus on new clients. Why not show you care by checking on current clients to see how they are doing.
Make sure you are connecting with clients both locally and online. You never know what the future holds.
Customer care should always be your focus with respect to marketing.


I would be honored to be chosen as your teacher. I'll do my best to help you learn English in an interactive way. Together let's have fun and enjoy the language. A little bit about me: my nickname is Xiang. I love watching anime and I enjoy reading manga. I listen to Japanese songs, and I'm a big fan of One Ok Rock and Sato Takeru. Thank you! Ja ne!
Teacher Khrisiah is from Cebu, Philippines. She took Bachelor of Psychology. She loves travelling and listening to music.
Saramat po! It's always ang galing and sobrang fun to talk to you! A lesson is too short. I hope kuya will find the way for Fumiya to enter bahay ni kuya for the final edition somehow...I'm counting on kuya! Paalam and makitakita ulit!


How is the minimum average calculated?
The 85% minimum average calculation for high school students includes the most recent three years of final grades on the student's transcript. Cegep students must have a minimum R score of 29.
If the official transcript in your province only shows the last two years of final grades, that transcript will be sufficient to apply.
I am currently a student at a university or college. Can I still apply for your award?
No. Current post-secondary students (with the exception of students attending Cegep) are not eligible for our awards.
I am a student applying from outside of Canada. Can I apply?
Yes, but only if you are a Canadian citizen or permanent resident. You should apply to the direct pool.
I am interested in attending a university that is not on your list of participating universities. Am I still eligible for your awards?
Loran Awards are only tenable at participating universities in Canada, but finalist and provincial awards are tenable at any accredited public university in Canada.
I am interested in attending a private university. Am I eligible for this award?
None of our awards are tenable at private institutions.
When are applications available? Where can I get them?
Please note that our 2018-2019 application period is now closed. Please check back in fall 2019 for information on applying for the 2020 Loran Award.
The application process is entirely online. If you would like to submit a sponsored application, please contact your guidance counsellor to inquire about the sponsorship process at your school. Students at Cegeps can also consult the list of Cegep representatives.
The application deadlines for the 2019 Loran Award have now passed. Please check back in fall 2019 for our 2019-2020 application period.
We accept transcripts that are produced by either the school or the Ministry of Education. For Cegep students, we require school academic records that show the R score as well as grades. Generally, Cegep students can view and print these records from Omnivox.
Who can write my reference letter and how do I submit it?
You must request a reference letter from a teacher, a member of the community or someone else who is familiar with your activities. The reference writer may not be a family member or a friend.
After your application is finalized, your reference writer will receive a reference request email from info@loranscholar.ca. This email will contain a link to the online sponsorship form, where your reference writer will be able to see your application and access the online reference form (250 words maximum).
For sponsored applicants, the online reference form must be completed before sponsorship confirmation, and both forms must be completed before the October 17th, 2018 deadline. For direct pool applicants, the online reference form must be completed before October 24th, 2018.
What is the difference between a sponsored and direct pool application?
A sponsored application is one that is nominated by the school. Each high school can sponsor up to three students, and each CEGEP may sponsor up to eight. Sponsored applicants have the opportunity to attend regional interviews, if they are shortlisted as semi-finalists. Historically they have received more provincial awards and honour citations.
Direct pool applications do not include school sponsorship and can be submitted one week later (October 24, 2018). Direct pool applicants, if they are shortlisted as semi-finalists, will be interviewed via videoconference instead of attending regional interviews.
How do I request sponsorship from my school?
Please contact your guidance counsellor, teacher or school administrator to express interest and to learn about the sponsorship selection process at your school. If you are currently attending a Cegep, you can consult our list of Cegep representatives for the right person to contact at your school. You will then need to select Sponsored by my school in the online application, and subsequently enter the name and email address of a school contact in the Educational Background section.
When both the application and reference letter have been completed, the school contact will be asked to review your application and fill out a short online form confirming whether or not your application is sponsored. Applications that are not sponsored will be evaluated in the direct pool.
What should I do if my school will not sponsor anyone?
See your guidance counsellor and stress the importance of school sponsorship. Remind them that, historically, more provincial awards are granted to sponsored applicants than direct pool applicants. If your school still declines to sponsor any students, please contact us at info@loranscholar.ca. If you are not sponsored, then you may still apply as a direct pool applicant.
We do not accept any late applications. Students who miss the sponsored application deadline of October 17, 2018 (8:00PM EST) can still apply to the direct pool (deadline October 24, 2018 at 8:00PM EST).
If my reference writer or school sponsor is away, can I get an extension?
No. Both the reference and school sponsorship forms must be completed before the application deadline.
If your reference writer or school sponsor is unable to complete their task before the deadline, you may ask another qualified individual to do so. For example, a vice-principal may agree to complete the sponsorship form if your principal or guidance counsellor is unexpectedly away.
If the school sponsorship form is not completed before the application deadline of October 17, 2018, you may submit a direct pool application without sponsorship, provided that both your application and reference are completed before October 24, 2018.
Once your application is fully submitted, you will receive a confirmation email.
Afterwards, only applicants selected as semi-finalists are notified of the status of their application.
In mid to late November we notify shortlisted sponsored applicants (semi-finalists) via email, with their school contact carbon-copied, to invite them to regional interviews. After these interviews, successful sponsored applicants will be invited to national selections.
We contact shortlisted direct pool applicants (semi-finalists) directly to arrange an initial video interview. After these interviews, successful direct pool applicants will be invited to national selections by early January.
How do I support a student's application?
Please check out our Information for Schools page for detailed instructions.
Technical support will be available up until 8:00 PM EST on October 24th, 2018.


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Client Story: Empower
Appalachian Electric Cooperative
Visualizing power and promise.
Since 1945, Appalachian Electric Cooperative (AEC) has provided electric service to several East Tennessee counties with electric energy purchased from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).
The rural, nonprofit Cooperative is controlled by its 45,000 member-owners. Its mission is to provide reliable, cost-effective electric service and to be proactive in its approach and policies. AEC sends the unifying message to its membership, "You're not just a utility customer. You're a Co-op member."
AEC wanted a new, integrated brand identity system to reflect both 75 years of commitment and service and a promising future. When Designsensory approached the project, we considered, "How do you symbolize an organization that enlightens, energizes and empowers?" Research and collaboration with the client resulted in a new visual brand vocabulary, including a new logo, 75th anniversary crest, video and marketing pieces.
ChallengeCraft an integrated brand system that visually signifies AEC's past, present and future and the promise of safe, efficient service. AEC Brand Identity→ See Project
AEC Brand Guidelines and Video→ See Project ChallengeSet guidelines for consistent use of AEC's brand signature and promote that new brand story in a video.
ChallengeMaecenas varius, augue a scelerisque tincidunt, lorem neque sollicitudin justo, id interdum massa nisi vel justo. AEC Brochure and Billboard→ See Project
Shining a light on commitment and heritage.
Strong brands often hold a lot of history and symbolism. They celebrate values and culture. An integrated brand identity system can make a lasting impression on its community.
AEC is celebrating 75 years of being both power distributor and partner in these communities. The Cooperative strives to set the standard for distributors of TVA power and to earn the trust and respect of its members. Its customers are informed, motivated to take charge of their energy use with greater control and flexibility.
"How do you symbolize an organization that enlightens, energizes and empowers?" With a modern, bold identity. One that expresses the AEC brand promise and values upheld to stakeholders, now and in the future.
With the new symbol—a celebration of AEC's history and future—here's to another 75 years of AEC leading the way in the industry.
Let's achieve great things together.
Bristol Motor Speedway →
State of Tennessee →
Roane Alliance →
Tennessee Reconnect →
We do more than pretty advertising, we help deliver brand moments of truth, experiences that inspire people to act.
©2020 Designsensory, Inc. All Rights Reserved.


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Tuapse (ru. Туапсе) este un oraș din regiunea Krasnodar, Federația Rusă. Are o populație de cca 65 mii de locuitori. Este centru administrativ al raionului omonim și o importantă stațiune balneară pe țărmul caucazian al Mării Negre.

Geografie

Climat

Orașe din ținutul Krasnodar
Stațiuni la Marea Neagră


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This gorgeous five-tier cake is sure to catch every eye in the room! Iced entirely in our signature perfectly smooth buttercream, this cake is decorated with gems and satin ribbons and bows. The top tier features a beautiful pearl mesh topper for some added sparkle and glamour! Change the colors of this cake to match your event and create the perfect centerpiece for your special day!


Since Europe, North America and areas of the Asian/Pacific region have adopted new fire safety practices, they have reduced their fire-related fatalities by up to 50%. The United States is following suit by having the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) conduct research on new fire prevention and fire safety techniques.
Since I'm a firedog, this is of particular interest to me. Who would have guessed so many injuries and deaths could have been prevented by resisting the temptation to take the battery out of the smoke-detector to put it into the television remote control? Or that beating the screeching smoke alarm to death with a broom, after making a particularly smoky batch of cookies, could actually end up putting you and your family in danger?
Some of the firefighters down at the station have been making house calls, and talking to people about how important it is to be prepared for fire. If you do simple things like creating a fire-escape plan, you can greatly increase your chances for successfully exiting a burning house.
Of course, no one likes to consider that their own home might ever catch on fire. But it's important to have a basic knowledge of fire-safety, just in case.
Nations across the globe that have adopted these fire prevention techniques emphasize the significance of maintaining a working fire alarm. Though not all families have the money to pay for a fire alarm, and while some might not be able to figure out how to install one, most communities have programs that will cover fire alarm installation for those who live in high-risk areas. If you live in one of these areas or think that you might, all you have to do is call your local fire station, and we'll be more than happy to assist you. To see the entire list of fire safety instructions, visit the RJ Westmore Inc. website. And don't forget to have a great week, and to BE SAFE!
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He's is on a mission to make life better for all of us by changing the landscape of artificial intelligence so that it can achieve its unfulfilled potential.
He's a serial entrepreneur with more than 19 years of experience of bringing high-tech start-up's to fruition, specializing in artificial intelligence, reasoning systems, and smart sensors.
He founded Beyond Limits in 2014 to drive new innovation and IP by commercializing AI programs from the NASA Deep Space program to solve challenging problems for companies on Earth.
The company's technology is an evolutionary leap beyond conventional AI to a human-like ability to perceive, understand, correlate, learn, teach, reason, and solve problems faster than conventional AI solutions. In other words, their solutions can magnify human talent, enabling people to apply their attention, experience, and their passions to solving problems that truly matter.
"What we're trying to do with Beyond Limits, we feel that those same conditions and problems that exist in space, we can apply those to some of those complex problems here on earth, in energy healthcare.
We're caputuring that human knowledge in AI in what we call cognitive agents.
We're actually are taking the knowledge of a highly skilled individual and scaling that across the organization where we're allowing less skilled individual to be able to utilize that.
…in the space business, you really have very experienced and seasoned scientists.
A lot of them they love their job. Quite of them are close to retirement. You really want to capture that knowledge and experience, and you can transfer that to the younger generation.
That a key element to crack for AI to be truly valuable in dynamic situations is to deal with situations where the data does not exist, is missing, or corrupt.
Why every company will fare well by making a conscious decision to focus on those complex, harsh, zero tolerance problems where it can make a unique impact.


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December 2021: A roundup of events
Here's a look back at the Access Card's activity from December 2021
With only a few days until we say goodbye to 2021 and hello to 2022, we'd like to take a look back at the Access Card's activity from the last month of this challenging, yet rewarding year.
The Access Card's directory saw an influx in the number of businesses and events wishing to get involved with the Access Card scheme, including I'm A Celebrity Jungle Challenge.
It was also a significant month for Nimbus Disability, having been nominated for 2 great awards. We were delighted and proud to watch our Managing Director, Martin Austin MBE, collect The Outstanding Achievement Award at TheTicketingBusiness Awards 2021.
For a full recap of events, please see below.
New Providers
I'm A Celebrity Jungle Challenge
"Explore the BRAND NEW I'm A Celebrity… Jungle Challenge. This new action-packed experience will put any campmates nerve and agility to the test! Race against each other collecting stars from a bounty of physical and mental challenges all in an epic jungle setting complete with Main Camp, The Throne and Winners Bridge!"
Terrible Thames
"Horrible Histories proudly presents a wicked new tour of the Terrible Thames! So climb aboard and prepare to hear the horrible history of the most famous river in the world! Tremble in terror at the Tower! Sizzle at the Savoy! Give Cleopatra the needle! Be washed away at Westminster! Lose yourself in Lambeth! Get gobsmacked by the Globe! Hold onto your head at London Bridge and escape from Execution Dock! Take a dive with Horrible Histories into the stories of King Henry VIII, Anne Boleyn, Julius Caesar, the Duke of Wellington, Queen Boudicca, Jack the Ripper and Captain Kidd, in this history of the Thames with the nasty bits left in!"
"The Science Museum is a major museum on Exhibition Road in South Kensington, London. It was founded in 1857 and to date is one of the city's major tourist attractions, attracting 3.3 million visitors annually."
This venue is 'Named & Famed'. Visit our FAQs page to find out more.
Dartmouth Castle
"Dartmouth Castle is an artillery fort, built to protect Dartmouth harbour in Devon, England. The earliest parts of the castle date from the 1380s, when, in response to the threat of a French attack, the civic authorities created a small enclosure castle overlooking the mouth of the Dart estuary."
Watermouth Family Theme Park and Castle
"In a stunning location overlooking the picturesque Watermouth Cove, Watermouth Castle and Family Theme Park, offers a unique and magical experience with entertainment for all ages."
Heraklion Archaeological Museum
"The Heraklion Archaeological Museum is a museum located in Heraklion on Crete. It is one of the greatest museums in Greece and the best in the world for Minoan art, as it contains by far the most important and complete collection of artefacts of the Minoan civilization of Crete."
Foodies Festival Bristol
"Foodies Festival offers a fun day out for all the family. Foodies Festival, the UK's largest celebration of food & drink where visitors can feast on a vast array of culinary activities, making Foodies Festival the social event of the summer. We have top chefs cooking in the Chef's Theatre; wine, beer, and cocktails in the Drink's Theatre, a brand new Tasting Theatre, a BBQ Arena, a live entertainment stage and kids can learn to cook too in the Children's Cookery Theatre."
This event is 'Named & Famed'. Visit our FAQs page to find out more.
Pleasurewood Hills
"Established in 1983, Pleasurewood Hills is home to your favourite rides, shows and attractions including the one of a kind Cannonball Express and the region's biggest rollercoaster attraction, Wipeout. The park has been a popular destination for generations, and is home to the park's much loved mascot and the region's beloved cuddly friend, Woody Bear."
London Eye River Cruise
"River cruise taking 40-minutes past city landmarks with a commentary & multi-language audio guides."
This attraction is 'Named & Famed'. Visit our FAQs page to find out more.
Truck Festival
"Truck Festival is an annual independent music festival in Oxfordshire, England. It had a record number of tickets sold in 2019 with 25 thousand people attending. This is for the whole weekend of campers, with an additional 10 thousand people on the independent days."
Access Card accepted as proof of access requirements when completing the Access Application Form.
Mid-Suffolk Light Railway
"The Mid-Suffolk Light Railway is Suffolk's only standard gauge heritage railway, offering steam open days and events to the general public. Services are normally steam operated on both standard open days and special event days."
"Generations of the Howard family have welcomed visitors to Castle Howard, one of the great palaces of Europe, for over 300 years and today we extend this warm welcome to you."
Mask Exemption Awareness & Support 2021
The Government has announced that the wearing of face coverings has become mandatory again on public transport and shops to help reduce the spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant.
We understand that not everyone is able to wear a face covering and so the Access Card has a mask symbol that can be added to your Access Card to show you have a legitimate and verified reason for exemption.
International Day of Disabled People is a day in which people come together to "promote the rights and well-being of persons with disabilities in all spheres of society" (The United Nations).
This year's theme is "Fighting for rights in the post-COVID era."
Administered by a user-led organisation, The Access Card helps disabled people communicate their access requirements in a more discreet way via the use of symbols relating to their different access needs; this helps to create lots more barrier-free adventures and experiences.
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Martin Austin MBE recognised with Outstanding Achievement Award
Last night, half of the team at Nimbus Disability attended TheTicketingBusiness Awards in Manchester to support our Managing Director, Martin Austin MBE who had been nominated for the Executive of The Year Award.
The grand award ceremony served to recognise the extraordinary achievements of all nominated businesses and individuals.
Nimbus was very proud to watch Martin collect the Outstanding Achievement Award in recognition of his work in ticketing for disabled people.
Happy Birthday Hāpai Access Card!
What a difference a year makes! This time last year, we were very excited to announce the adoption of the Access Card in New Zealand by The Hāpai Foundation. The Hāpai Access Card was created to help disabled Kiwis communicate their access requirements in a more discreet way.
One year on, the Hāpai Access Card has proven to be an essential tool for many people as the scheme currently has over seven hundred and fifty cardholders and over 40 registered providers, including larger chains, such as Coffee Culture.
Nimbus Disability thrilled to attend Social Enterprise UK Awards 2021
The Nimbus Team was delighted to attend The Social Enterprise UK Awards on 8th December 2021 after they were nominated in the 'Tech for Good' category for their work with the Access Card.
The UK Social Enterprise Awards run by Social Enterprise UK, the national membership body for social enterprises, recognise the nation's most pioneering social enterprises.
The nomination served to recognise the significant achievements of the Access Card scheme in making events & venues, including the ticket booking process, more accessible to disabled people.
⭐ The Access Card Team would like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas & a safe and Happy New Year ⭐
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2021: A Memorable Year
Heritage railway pulls into Access Card Directory


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Entries from Monday, November 23. 2009
Face recognition Phones/App will ID people on sight
Nokia is reportedly working with Korean developers on a face recognition application for some of its upcoming phones.
This application is designed to identify the faces of the person whose photos you have clicked using your mobile phone. All the user needs to do is to identify the face in his/her album just once. Post that, the application performs a search and identifies all similar looking faces stored on the phone. Apart from the face recognition capabilities, it will also feature time and location based features.
The application will make its debut with phones running Series 60 OS and having at least a 3-megapixel camera.
Like Nokia last week, Qualcomm has been talking up the future of phones, and the company gave us a sneak peek of what to expect a short while down the road: face recognition technology tied to social network search technology, so you can find out what a stranger just tweeted simply by pointing your handset at them. Is Facebook stalking about to get a whole lot worse?
We've seen in-picture face recognition start to appear in mobile phones recently, with Sony Ericsson promising the tech will make it into the Xperia X10 early next year. But Qualcomm reckons it's going to get much more integrated and advanced.
Qualcomm Snapdragon tablet concept revealed
Gilbert admitted that the possibility raised serious privacy issues – you could theoretically pull up a person's home address through automatic whois requests – but ethics aside, it's an interesting next step for augmented reality apps, which layer data over the surroundings and have started to take off in a big way over the last year. As phones get faster and more powerful, what's to stop people integrating this form of search?
Apple iPhoto
Face.com is opening its photo-tagging system, based on facial-recognition technology, to Facebook members.
Face.com
Face.com's Photo Tagger app uses facial-recognition technology to help Facebook members tag photos of their friends.
Photo Tagger, which launched to a limited group of users in July, scans a user's photo albums on the social-networking site, then lets him tag faces it identifies. It groups multiple shots of each person, making it easy to tag large albums, and users can also adjust or remove incorrectly tagged pictures.
Once a member has been identified, the app prompts him or her to approve the tag — a crucial privacy step, since he or she may not want to be labeled in a photo. It also works with a member's current photo-privacy settings on Facebook.
For users with lots of friends and photos, Photo Tagger helps them spread the word and ensure that their contacts see relevant shots on their news feeds, said Gil Hirsch, Face.com's chief executive.
"If you don't tag an album, people don't know about it," he said. "What we're doing is basically supporting the existing mechanism and augmenting it."
The Tel Aviv-based company's facial-recognition technology specializes in pictures in which the subject isn't looking at the camera, as well as low-resolution or out-of-focus images, "what we refer to as everyday photos," Mr. Hirsch said. "All these different things that make photos real."
Photo Tagger is free, though he said Face.com is considering fee-based services that it could provide over the system. He declined to say what they might be.
Face.com is also introducing a new Photo Tagger feature, dubbed Face Alerts, along with the launch. It allows members to be notified through Facebook or email when new public photos are uploaded of them or their friends. "It's a Google Alerts for faces," Mr. Hirsch said, and a way for members to gain more control over where their image appears.
The app has taken off even in its alpha phase — he said more than 35,000 people have tried it. TechCrunch called it a "time vampire" because of its addictive nature, though VentureBeat noted that it might even work too well, and that it could lead to more people tweaking their privacy settings to avoid the limelight.
Mr. Hirsch said the company is sensitive to privacy concerns. "While for some folks face-recognition technology feels a little creepy, we've had no complaints or direct issues with the applications," he added. "In fact, we've had quite a few privacy-aware users who tried out our apps, and their feedback was very positive, and with the new Face Alerts feature felt it actually helps them gain control of their online image."
A set of articles concerning the same facial detection and recognition schemas. It seems to be available/coming soon on social networks, normal computer applications and mobile phones with bridges from one platform to another. Pushing this technology to the dark side will make possible to any one of us to be able to obtain the name, the address, or any kind of data about a person we can just see in the street, just by taking a simple picture. As the technology seems to be planned for huge deployment, people will be able to file/record their own personal/biometric data on any kind of devices/social networks, prior to any possible reaction of legal instances.
Posted by Christian Babski in Culture & society, Science & technology at 16:53
Defined tags for this entry: culture & society, identification, mobile, science & technology, software, surveillance
Utiliser les toits de Genève pour en faire une galerie nocturne, c'est l'idée exploitée par l'exposition NEONS, qui est à l'heure actuelle dans la troisième et dernière phase de son intervention, étalée sur trois années consécutives. Depuis 2007 et au rythme de deux œuvres par année, la plaine de Plainpalais a ainsi vu des sculptures de néon illuminer quelques-uns de ses toits et s'y afficher comme des panneaux publicitaires.
La galerie des Urbanités présente cette semaine une vue d'ensemble des six projets, retenus sur la base d'un concours et rassemblant des artistes autant suisses qu'étrangers.
Oeuvres lumineuses réalisées en 2007 :
Sylvie Fleury (CH) : «YES TO ALL» (angle rue Patru / avenue du Mail)
Jérôme Leuba (CH): «BREATH» (2 avenue du Mail)
Christian Jankowski (D), «What I Still Have to Take Care of» (20 avenue du Mail)
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster (F), «EXPODROME» (11 avenue du Mail)
Sislej Xhafa (Kosovo), «Axis of silence» (14B avenue du Mail)
Nic Hess (CH), «Fly a dragon kite» (6 avenue Henri-Dunant)
Site web de l'exposition: www.ville-ge.ch/culture/neons/
Via Les Urbanités
Curator and initiator of the project is Simon Lamunière, actual curator of Art Unlimited (Art Basel) with which we developed the project MIX-M and are currently writing a book about the same project. To be published next Spring by JRP Ringier.
Posted by Patrick Keller in Art at 11:58
Defined tags for this entry: art, exhibitions, lighting, urbanism
Landscapes of Energy
Tonight in Cambridge, Massachusetts, New Geographies will be kicking off its second issue, "Landscapes of Energy," with a launch party and panel discussion. The new issue includes many contributors, ranging from Kazys Varnelis and Mirko Zardini to the Center for Land Use Interpretation and Carola Hein, and it was edited by Rania Ghosn.
[Image: Some page spreads from the new issue, designed by Thumb].
Things kick off at 5pm tonight—Friday, November 20—in Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall, 48 Quincy Street, Harvard. Be sure to stop in and say hello!
Via BLDGBLOG
Signaled by Geoff Manaugh from BLDBLOG: the launch of the second issue of a magazine (New Geographies) about speculative/critical geography that looks interesting.
Defined tags for this entry: architecture, geography, magazines, speculation, territory
The Why Factory (T?F)
MVRDV together with Delft University of Technology run a new think tank: The Why Factory (T?F). It is organized as a foundation. T?F wants to give argumentation back to the architectural and urbanistic world. TU Delft Faculty of Architecture Julianalaan 132-134 2628 BL Delft
Via Archinect
T?F (MVRDV & TU Delft)
After Volume (OMA & C-Lab), yet another "propaganda unit & magazine" for architecture coming from holland. ;)
Defined tags for this entry: architecture, research, speculation, territory, thinkers
Demonstrating a CO2 Recycler
Sandia scientists successfully test a machine that creates fuel from carbon dioxide.
By Tyler Hamilton
Sun to syngas: This prototype, known as the CR5, was designed by Sandia researchers to convert carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, or water into hydrogen, using concentrated solar energy. The carbon monoxide and hydrogen can be combined later to produce syngas, a building block for most transportation fuels. The first working prototype, shown above, has demonstrated that the process works, but efforts are underway to make it more efficient.
Credit: Tyler Hamilton
Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have successfully demonstrated a prototype machine that uses the sun's energy to convert water and carbon dioxide into the molecular building blocks that make up transportation fuels. The "Sunshine to Petrol" system could ultimately prove a practical way to recycle CO₂ from power and industrial plants into gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel, assuming the process can become at least twice as efficient as natural photosynthesis.
Until recently, the system had only been validated in a laboratory in small batches. A hand-built demonstration machine was successfully tested this fall. "This is a first-of-its-kind prototype we're evaluating," says Sandia researcher Rich Diver, inventor of the device.
"In the short term we see this as an alternative to sequestration," says James Miller, a chemical engineer with Sandia's advanced materials laboratory. Instead of just pumping CO2 underground for permanent storage, Miller says, the sun's abundant energy can be used to achieve "reverse combustion" that essentially turns carbon dioxide back into a fuel. "It's a productive utilization of CO2 that you might capture from a coal plant, a brewery, and similar concentrated sources."
The cylindrical metal machine, called the Counter-Rotating-Ring Receiver Reactor Recuperator (CR5), relies on concentrated solar heat to trigger a thermo-chemical reaction in an iron-rich composite material. The material is designed to give up an oxygen molecule when exposed to extreme heat, and then retrieve an oxygen molecule once it cools down.
The machine is designed with a chamber on each side. One side is hot, the other cool. Running through the center is a set of 14 Frisbee-like rings rotating at one revolution per minute. The outer edge of each ring is made up of an iron oxide composite supported by a zirconium matrix. Scientists use a solar concentrator to heat the inside of one chamber to 1,500 º C, causing the iron oxide on one side of the ring to give up oxygen molecules. As the affected side of the ring rotates to the opposite chamber, it begins to cool down and carbon dioxide is pumped in. This cooling allows the iron oxide to steal back oxygen molecules from the CO₂, leaving behind carbon monoxide. The process is continually repeated, turning an incoming supply of CO2 into an outgoing stream of carbon monoxide.
Miller says the same process can be used to produce hydrogen, the only difference being that water, instead of carbon dioxide, is pumped into the second chamber. The two separately retrieved gases--hydrogen and carbon monoxide--are then mixed together to make syngas, which can be used to make a "drop-in replacement" for traditional fuels, says Miller.
Diver originally designed the machine with the hydrogen economy in mind. The idea was to avoid the inefficiency of electrolysis and build instead a solar heat engine that could produce hydrogen and oxygen directly, cutting out electricity as the middleman. It's an approach also being pursued by researchers in Japan, France, and Germany.
But the Sandia team soon realized that the same process could turn CO2 into carbon monoxide. Even if the hydrogen economy didn't take off, they still had a way to make the fuels we depend on today in a way that limits the impact of burning coal and natural gas for electricity and other industrial processes.
Diver says the challenge now is to improve the efficiency of the system. If the Sandia team can demonstrate higher efficiency, "it could be a significant step forward," said Vladimir Krstic, director of the Centre for Manufacturing of Advanced Ceramics and Nanomaterials at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario.
Scientists figure it will be 15 to 20 years before the technology is ready for market. In the meantime, the goal is to develop a new generation prototype every three years that shows an increase in solar-to-fuel conversion efficiency and a decrease in cost. Part of that will come from the development of new ceramic composites that release oxygen molecules at lower temperatures, allowing for more of the sun's energy to be converted into hydrogen or carbon monoxide.
"Our short-term goal is to get this to a few percent efficiency," says Miller. "It might seem like a low number, but we like to compare that to photosynthesis, which is actually a very inefficient way to use sunlight."
He says the theoretical maximum efficiency for photosynthesis is around 5 percent, but in the real world it tends to fall to around 1 percent. "So we may be starting very low, but we'd like to keep it in the context of what we have to beat. Ultimately, we believe we have to get in the range of 10 percent sunlight-to-fuels, and we're a long way from doing that."
Copyright Technology Review 2009.
Posted by Patrick Keller in Science & technology, Sustainability at 11:14
Defined tags for this entry: energy, pollution, research, science & technology, sustainability


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Eschweiler Update: Developer Stands By Stance to Raze Historic Buildings
Casey Ernsting June 18, 2012
The debate around the Eschweiler Buildings has waged back and forth for the past few months with the latest stance coming from Barry Mandel, the site's developer. Mandel believes razing the historic buidlings are the only workable course of action for the property. An excerpt from Jim Price's Patch.com article has more of the story:
After a month of pondering alternatives, Barry Mandel, who wants to buy and redevelop the Eschweiler Campus on the County Grounds, repeated Wednesday that he would need to demolish three out of four historic buildings for his plan to work.
But preservationists were out in force to condemn any course that failed to preserve the buildings as a group, which they said has always been Wauwatosa's intention and official position.
Mandel, president of Mandel Group, with lead staff and consultants, made a second presentation Wednesday night to the Wauwatosa Historic Preservation Commission, after first coming to the panel on May 3. No formal proposal was made then or now, and no action was contemplated by the commission, but the message was strong.
For more, please see Patch.com.
In Milwaukee Tags Eschweiler, Eschweiler Buildings
State Official: County Violated State Law In Selling Eschweiler Buildings
Casey Ernsting May 16, 2012
Here's an update on the Eschweiler Buildings for those following along with our posts. It seems that Milwaukee County acted improperly in the original sale of the Eschweiler buildings to the UWM Real Estate Foundation. The attorney for the WI Historical Society, Chip Brown, is now involved and has forwarded the issue to the Attorney General. The following is an excerpt from Fox 6 West Allis' coverage of the story. Click the link at the end of the clip for the complete story.
A legal specialist for the Wisconsin Historical Society has notified the Attorney General's Office that he believes that the sale of the Eschweiler Campus Historic District by Milwaukee County to the UWM Real Estate Foundation violated state law.
He went on to say because of that, Wauwatosa should deny any request to demolish any of the Eschweiler buildings — and that in one scenario, the violations could result in as drastic an action as vacating the original land sale.
Chip Brown, an attorney and government assistance and training specialist, said the county failed to notify the state Historical Society of the sale of the historic property and failed to obtain a conservation easement to protect it.
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Help Save the Wauwatosa Eschweiler Buildings
Casey Ernsting May 2, 2012
URGENT – Please plan to attend the May 3, 2012 Wauwatosa Historic PreservationCommission meeting! The project developer may present a proposal to demolish four of the 1912 buildings. We need people on-hand to defend these architecturally and historically significant buildings and support their re-use as part of the site's overall development plan.
The Tudor Revival Style buildings were designed by Alexander Eschweiler for the Milwaukee County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy. All of the remaining buildings are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
AGENDA WAUWATOSA HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION MAY 3, 2012
COMMITTEE ROOM #2 Wauwatosa City Hall 7725 W. North Ave.
Approval of meeting minutes
Eschweiler Buildings Redevelopment Update – Initial discussion of proposed plans
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Dominika Strumilo (* 26. Dezember 1996 in Sint-Niklaas, Belgien) ist eine belgische Volleyballspielerin mit polnischen Wurzeln.

Karriere

Verein
Strumilo begann ihre Karriere 2012 beim belgischen Erstligisten Asterix Kieldrecht, wo sie ab 2014 im Kader der ersten Mannschaft stand. Während der Zeit in der Profimannschaft wurde die Außenangreiferin zwei Mal belgische Meisterin und drei Mal belgische Pokalsiegerin.

Im Juli 2016 gab der deutsche Meister und Pokalsieger Dresdner SC die Verpflichtung von Dominika Strumilo bekannt. In der Saison 2016/17 kam Strumilo vor allem als Ergänzungsspielerin zum Einsatz, konnte besonders zu Saisonende in den Playoffs ihr Potenzial zeigen und erreichte mit dem Team den dritten Platz in der Meisterschaft. Anfang Mai 2017 wurde der Vertrag der Außenangreiferin um zwei Jahre bis 2019 verlängert. In der Saison 2017/18 erreichte Strumilo mit dem Dresdner Verein den Pokalsieg sowie den Einzug in das Playoff-Halbfinale. Anfang Juni 2018 wurde der Vertrag mit dem Dresdner SC im gegenseitigen Einvernehmen aufgelöst und Strumilo wechselte zu Vandœuvre Nancy Volley-Ball.

Nationalmannschaft
Strumilo spielt seit 2014 für die Belgische Volleyballnationalmannschaft der Frauen. Mit der Mannschaft nahm sie am Volleyball World Grand Prix in den Jahren 2014 und 2016 sowie an der Europameisterschaft im Jahr 2015 teil. Auch für die Volleyball-Europameisterschaft der Frauen 2017 steht sie im Kader Belgiens.

Weblinks

 Dominika Strumilo auf der Website des Dresdner SC

 Dominika Strumilo auf italy2014.fivb.org (englisch)
 Dominika Strumilo auf worldgrandprix.2016.fivb.com (englisch)

Einzelnachweise

Volleyballnationalspieler (Belgien)
Volleyballspieler (Dresdner SC)
Teilnehmer an den Europaspielen (Belgien)
Teilnehmer der Europaspiele 2015
Belgier
Geboren 1996
Frau