Our boy TCT, also known as Torture Chamber Tubes, is back at it again and he came up with this cool little take on a more typical mini beaker or rig called a Pocket Watch. This particular pocket watch has a custom hammer perc fitted for the can and a sparkling red color used throughout the piece. By taking the rounded base of a beaker and flipping it on it's axis you can get all the benefits from a rounded can but take up less space. This allows TCT to create an optimally functioning rig in the smallest can possible. This pocket watch uses a 14mm male joint that leads directly into the floating 4 hole angled hammer perc. The perc and accents on top of the can use an experimental green color. On the back of this rig there is an encased opal inside of a flower petal marble. The water flowing from the hammer perc drifts around the can sidewalls using the pocket watch's shape to the pipes advantage. On the base of the pipe is a TCT stickman signature and includes a matching 14mm female jointed hand rolled dome. This pipe is 7" tall by 6.75" long and 2" at it's widest point.


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3 SURPRISING USES FOR BOTULINUM TOXIN
In the last decade or so, botulinum toxin (also known as Botox) has garnered itself a great reputation for its safety and efficacy in smoothing wrinkles. It really does deserve its place as a gold standard anti-ageing "go-to". Thing is, because it's so good at its job in the aesthetic world, people don't realise it was actually developed for therapeutic use.
The origin of botulinum toxin begins in Belgium in the early 1920s. It was there that scientists discovered clostridium botulinum, a bacterium responsible for causing a paralytic illness known as botulism. Twenty years later, in the 70s, a new generation of scientists would figure out a way to isolate the bacterium's paralysing element, botulism toxin, and start putting it to good use. Initially experiments included correcting strabismus (crossed eyes) in monkeys, during which dramatic wrinkle-smoothing was noticed as a "side effect"! You can then fast forward to 2002 where, after many years of off-label use for aesthetic purposes, botulinum toxin gets FDA approval for official use for cosmetic purposes, with several more medical applications to follow.
So, wrinkles aside, what else can botulinum toxin treat? Here are just a few of its other uses and some of them might surprise you.
Hyperhidrosis is a condition characterised by uncontrollable sweating. In the past, treatment options where either nerve surgery or a life resigned to using clinical strength anti-perspirant after several showers a day.
Now, however, thanks to botulinum toxin that can block the nerves responsible for activating the sweat glands, patients can get real relief without having to resort to surgery. If you're interested, chat to your doctor at Skin Renewal. We treat hyperhidrosis affecting underarms, hands, feet and more and the results last between three to for four months.
Tension and migraine headaches are still not well understood. Still, when many patients getting botulinum toxin for wrinkles told their doctors that it was also helping reduce the severity of their headaches, researches started running tests. In one study, nearly half the people given two rounds of Botox shots reported that their monthly headache days were reduced by half. After five rounds of treatment, the number of people reporting this relief increased to 70-percent.
Doctors believe it's working because botulinum toxin blocks the neurotransmitters that carry the pain signal to your brain. Again, botulinum toxin for migraine relief is something we offer at Skin Renewal and treatment usually lasts between six and nine months.
Yep, it's true! At Skin Renewal we use botulinum toxin to correct a gummy smile. All this in-and-out treatment requires is just a few quick and painless shots delivered on either side of your nose and just above your lip. The goal is to relax your mouth to the point that you can smile, but aren't able to lift your lip as high, so you don't expose your gums.
While it takes about a week to kick in, our patients love the results and return every four months to maintain their locks. As it requires so little botulinum toxin, this particular treatment is very easy on the pocket.
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Renewal Institute offers its clients a holistic and integrated approach to anti-aging. This includes non - surgical anti-aging procedures - weight loss programmes, body sculpting procedures as well as health renewal diagnostic screening, nutraceutical supplements, IV detoxification and gene screening for hereditary diseases. The aim is to provide optimal health and well-being and to restore the aesthetic beauty of our patients. 16 Luxurious clinics can be found across Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town and Durban. There are also 24 Medical Doctors all with a special interest in aesthetic medicine and integrated healthcare. They are supported by a qualified team of registered nurses and fully trained therapists. Renewal Institute was founded by Dr Maureen Allem in 2005 and its fast paced expansion and growth is testament to its team's aesthetic knowledge, professionalism and personalised care of each of its clients. The choice to join the company's Radiant Loyalty Programme is offered to all new clients. It's generous and easily attainable rewards is the company's way of giving back and rewarding its client loyalty. Most Popular Procedures include: Skin Renewal: Injectable treatments using Botulinum toxin and Dermal fillers, chemical peels, pigmentation and rosacea treatments, lips and eye rejuvenation, sun damage reversal, age-defying facials, jaw line definition and acne treatments. Body Renewal: Medical weight loss programmes, cellulite and body sculpture with fat freezing treatments, hair and vein removal (sclerotherapy), stretch mark treatment, and hand, neck and décolleté rejuvenation. Health Renewal: Health renewal integrative consultation, bio-identical hormone balancing, nutritional supplement advice, IV vitamin therapy and IV detoxification. Oasis Spas: Five of the Skin, Health & Body Renewal branches offer their clients spa treatments providing massages, facials, hair waxing, manicures and pedicures. To find out more about holistic anti-aging: www.skinrenewal.co.za 0861 SKIN SA (7546 72)
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This is Vattenfall's yearly statement on slavery and human trafficking following the introduction of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the "Act"). We are proud of the steps we have already taken, and we are committed to continuous improvement of our practices to identify and combat slavery and human trafficking throughout our value chain.
Vattenfall AB is the parent company of the Vattenfall Group (the "Group") and is 100% owned by the Swedish state. The Group owns and operates a diverse range of energy businesses and is involved in the generation, distribution and sales of electricity and heat. It is one of Europe's largest generators of electricity and heat. Further details can be found at www.vattenfall.com.
The Group's activities are divided into six different business areas: Generation, Heat, Wind, Markets, Distribution, and Customers & Solutions. Sourcing and purchasing operations for the six business areas are consolidated into four different streams: Goods & Services; Commodity Fuels; Nuclear Fuel; and Heat Fuels.
Vattenfall is a signatory of UN Global Compact and recognizes that business has responsibility to respect all internationally recognized human right aspects with reference to the international bill of human rights. Our Human Rights Policy is the foundation of our work, and is based on The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, The International Labour Organization´s (ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, The OECD guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, United Nations Global Compact and UN Guiding principles for Business and Human Rights. Vattenfall has a number of policies governing its and its suppliers' behaviour. Internally, the Code of Conduct and Integrity defines policies for conducting business with integrity in the context of Vattenfall's four principles: Open, Positive, Active, and Safety.
We do not tolerate bribery nor any other form of corruption …Our procurement processes are fair, transparent and responsible, and we only work with those who share our commitment to doing business in an appropriate and ethical manner.
It is every employee's responsibility to report anything that does not seem appropriate or safe. Examples include: …the possible infringing of a person's human rights, potential damage to people, the environment or the business.
The Code of Conduct and Integrity also establishes a whistle blowing system available to employees, consultants, contractors and suppliers, to report serious irregularities concerning Vattenfall.
The Group's Code of Conduct for Suppliers defines our basic requirements in the area of human rights and working conditions, the environment and business integrity. It was updated during 2017 and explicitly address modern slavery and human trafficking. As described above, it states that our suppliers should agree to UN Global Compact Ten Guiding Principles. Embedded in the Code of Conduct for Suppliers are specific clauses regarding Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining; Forced Labour; Child Labour and Young Workers; Non-discrimination; Health and Safety; and Wages and Benefits.
We systematically identify, assess and manage human rights risks and impacts through due diligence processes which cover our own operations as well as sourcing and purchasing. We aim for continuous improvement. In some cases, adverse human rights impacts cannot be avoided, and we work to remedy those impacts caused or contributed to by Vattenfall's operations.
a) Vattenfall Code of Conduct for Suppliers as well as the adherence to UN Global Compact are included in all new supplier contracts, which form the base for supplier assessments and are part of requirements in our entire suppliers cycle.
An independent Human Rights Impact and Risk Screening conducted in 2016 showed that our highest risks of causing or contributing to adverse human rights impacts are through our supply chain in high risk countries. Risks connected to our own operation are mainly related to subcontractors, local communities and indigenous peoples, as well as privacy (personal data and information).
In our supply chain, we continue to integrate and expand human rights aspects in our activities. In 2018, we performed a pilot human rights dialogue with Russian uranium suppliers over the course of multiple visits and will use the assessment as a blueprint moving forward. Following our first enhanced human rights due diligence and risk assessment in Colombia, we performed a follow up visit with other Bettercoal members to further conversations with the mining companies around the recommendations in our Colombia report. Our 3rd party auditor has also begun using an expanded sustainability checklist which includes additional human rights aspects.
In our operations, we focus on dialogue with local stakeholders, in particular indigenous peoples, and sharing best practices and lessons learned throughout the organization.
4. The effectiveness of processes and actions in combating slavery and human trafficking in the value chain.
This statement is made pursuant to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes the Group's slavery and human trafficking statement for the financial year ending 2018-12-31. This statement was approved by the Board of Directors on December 17, 2018 and is valid for the Group and its subsidiaries, including the UK subsidiaries listed in the Annex.


If you have coded modifications, additions or language files for TeamCal Pro share it with others here.
I had to hack apart the authentication section of tclogin.class.php to get LDAP auth to work correctly. While doing this I ended up refactoring the (rather messy) branch structure of login() at the same time.
* I added another config option $CONF['LDAP_TLS'] to allow people to configure tls encryption of the LDAP connection.
* There are a couple of extra return codes from ldapVerify now, which will probably need error messages associating with them.
thanks for your work on this. I am getting ready to revisit TeamCal Pro shortly and will then incorporate this.
where can i download this module from, i am keen to have ldap support enabled in my instance of teamCal.
unfortunately it is not integrated yet. If you want it right away you need to code it yourself using Aleks's diff of function.tcpro.php.
in the directory you've unpacked tcpro into.
Should LDAP auth be working in 3.3.009 or does it still need this stuff incorporated in it?
I'm not sure if I have the settings wrong or the code is still not working, but I'm getting "LDAP error: LDAP username not found.".
I cant work out how to incorporate alex's changes using Patch on Win XP and I don't know if I still need to be at this date.
I haven't changed the LDAP code. It should still work as described here. I could not test it tho either.
Oh and there's a 'could not instantiate email function' error on here too. After submitting.
good to know you found a solution.


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Many North American makers, distributors and users of commercial and institutional air filters may soon lose their say on testing standards through ASHRAE. The organization votes in less than one month on whether to abandon 25 years of standard filter performance testing for a Euro-centric standard that may leave many in the industry scrambling to conduct expensive filter requalification.
ASHRAE Standard 52.2 (Method of Testing General Ventilation Air-Cleaning Devices for Removal Efficiency by Particle Size) is used to test filters for efficiency and provides a useful tool for evaluating filtration effectiveness. The test measures the fractional particle size efficiency (PSE) of a filter, indicating its ability to remove particles of differing sizes between 0.3 and 10 microns in diameter. A MERV, or Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value, is assigned to the filter based on a minimum PSE. A MERV 1 is least efficient, while a MERV 16 is most efficient.
The original ASHRAE standard was introduced in 1992 and subsequently updated in 1999, 2007 and 2012. The current version of the standard contains an optional appendix (Appendix J, reported as "MERV-A" results), which allows filter makers to subject the filters to extreme loads of fine KCl (potassium chloride) particles prior to testing. This optional step serves to discharge electret-treated filters, essentially removing the mechanism by which these treated filters capture particles at high efficiency.
ISO 16890 (Air Filters for General Ventilation) is used outside of North America to measure filter performance in removing particles of sizes from 0.3-10 microns in diameter. Unlike the ASHRAE Standard, it assigns four ratings or classifications to filters (ePM1, ePM2.5, ePM10 and Coarse) and measures the fractional efficiency of ePM1, ePM2.5, or ePM10, depending on the filter's performance. This measurement scale reflects the European market, where higher end pocket filters make up a majority of the market.
Also unlike the ASHRAE Standard, ISO 16890 requires all filters to be tested before and after a conditioning step to determine an "average" efficiency. That conditioning step completely neutralizes charged filters of their particle-attracting electret treatment by using an isopropyl alcohol (IPA) vapor. This required step unnecessarily stacks the deck against a fair percentage of filter manufacturers, and attempts to negate the value of charged media, a technology that provides end users good sub-micron filtration while keeping pressure drop low.
This point is critical because ISO 16890 was designed primarily with the European market in mind, where HVAC systems use outside air and are most often equipped with pocket filters that use large amounts of media to reduce pressure drop. This is critical to bear in mind, as systems in North America are primarily equipped to use pleated filters that use less filter media and thus need to have a higher air permeability in order to keep pressure drop low. Undermining the value of charged media takes away a valuable tool for enabling low pressure drop.
Will North American Industry Lose Control?
One concern with replacing ASHRAE 52.2 with ISO 16890 is the lopsided representation afforded to individual countries in shaping the standard. The ASHRAE technical committee responsible for approving and updating ASHRAE 52.2 contains 17 members representing a cross-section of the industry. With more than 100 voting member countries, ISO affords only one vote per country, giving large countries like the U.S. equal weight to smaller countries with much smaller filter industries and far fewer commercial and institutional buildings. Moreover, the North American market will be more likely to be represented by larger companies within the industry, thus reducing the influence and input of the many companies that are have a domestic or regional focus.
North America represents about 40% of the worldwide filter industry but would have a tiny fraction of control over the future of an important industry standard if ASHRAE adopts ISO 16890.
ISO 16890 has been adopted in Europe and other parts of the world, where most commercial and institutional filters are pocket-style filters instead of the pleated filters commonly used in North America. It is geared towards locations where the primary use of filters is in heating and ventilation systems and where air-conditioning is not common.
ISO 16890 uses outdoor air measurement values of PM1, PM2.5 and PM10 to calculate a how efficiently a filter captures particles. The standard assumes that indoor environments contain a great deal of outdoor air.
In North America, virtually all commercial buildings use recirculating HVAC systems and allow for only up to 30% outside air. This means that most airborne particles are generated from inside the space. ISO 16890 does not represent the exposure that filters in North American buildings have to actual particles generated from both outdoor and indoor sources.
ISO 16890 reflects an unrealistic and over-simplified version of the factors influencing particle levels in indoor air. It does not take into account the air exchange rates and type of HVAC systems and filters found in North America.
Adoption of ISO 16890 will force North American filter manufacturers to invest significant capital in re-testing and re-qualifying filters. For large filtration companies with an international reach, this may be an expense that is already being incurred, but for domestic and regional manufacturers, re-testing and re-classifying filters will represent new, fully incremental costs. These additional costs would likely be borne throughout the filter supply chain, negatively impacting the businesses of many manufacturers as well as filter distributors.
Smaller filtration businesses will likely feel the cost impact particularly hard.
Will it Cause Confusion among Users?
The ePM1, ePM2.5 and eEPM10 filter classifications in ISO 16890 imply that filter users would eliminate PM1, PM2.5 and PM10 particles from their indoor air. This is a misleading assumption that does not take into account the activities in indoor environments that create particles. IAQ cannot be predicted with a single-pass filter test. Despite the way it's being marketed and promoted, ISO 16890 will not improve indoor air quality. In and of itself, it will not reduce PM1 and may confuse filter specifiers or lull them into a false sense of security when it comes to IAQ improvement strategies.
The most effective way of reducing PM1 exposure in North America is through the use of filters with higher PM1 capture efficiency afforded by electret-treated media.
The 17 members of the ASHRAE 52.2 Technical Committee meet on June 24 to consider replacing ASHRAE 52.2 with ISO 16890. Kimberly-Clark and many of our business partners do not support this effort. We agree that 52.2 could use some refinement to simplify MERV ratings and make it a better tool for improving indoor air quality. However, adoption of ISO 16890 puts us at the mercy of an international body that does not care about our filter market or filter users.
Let your connections on the ASHRAE 52.2 Technical Committee know where you stand on this important issue. If you're attending the June ASHRAE meeting, be sure to attend the committee meeting on Saturday, June 24 from 8 a.m. – 12 p.m. in the Renaissance Hotel's Broadlind 1 Room. You can also join the discussion on LinkedIn's Air Filtration Systems discussion board.


At least four of us crashed this week.
Looking forward to a day of catch-up at work and interviewing job candidates, I drove and sang along with the KSGN team yesterday morning.
Brake lights and screeching interupted the worship. I slammed on my brakes and stopped just in time.
Whump! The SUV slammed into my Acura, shoving me into the Dodge I just missed hitting a few seconds before. Sunglasses flew into the windshield. Purse and contents soared into the air. My Acura hurled from the Dodge to the SUV, once, twice, three times, and a fourth time. Finally, the rocking back and forth stopped. Silence.
Dazed, I pulled at my seatbelt. Locked! I pushed and pulled until it released.
I open the door, swing my legs out the doorway, and sit there, rubbing my knees.
Go see if anyone else was hurt.
Sir, your car is leaking; we need to get you out of the car. I'll take you to my car. There, you can rest.
The SUV driver and I were transported to hospital emergency departments. I'm praying that Steve is okay. I was released and will be fine, just a little banged up. I gave Steve my card, and he promised to call me to let me know how he is.
Life can come crashing down on us just when we think everything is going well. Christians have the hope and promise that Jesus is with us–even in the crash. He promised that He is with us always (Matthew 28:20). In fact, He takes us through the valley of the shadow of death and nourishes us in the presence of our enemies (Psalm 23).
I am convinced that Jesus and His angels were with Steve and me on Friday, as well as the other drivers.
The first responders blessed me with gentleness and true caring. Thank you to AMR paramedics Becky and Will from the Redlands district.
I was reminded that in Jesus, I find my protection, my refuge, my answer in times of trouble.
Jesus is there for you in your times of trouble. He also sends other people to help you in times of trouble.
Father, thank You for your protection yesterday. I pray that You will place Your healing touch upon Steve, and enable him to feel Your presence in his pain. Thank You for the paramedics, firefighters, and highway patrolmen who responded. Bless them with the knowledge of Your love and protection. Please pour out a special blessing upon Becky and Will, my paramedics. Father, You are good, and I thank You, that You are my Father.
Thank you, Denise, God's hand was protecting me as well as the other drivers. I am so blessed. There's a lesson in this. Perhaps that's it–God protects, preserves, and lifts up. God is raising up the next generation–He always has a remnant who are His. Bless the Lord, O my soul! Bless His holy Name! May the God of all Blessings preserve you and keep you. May His face shine upon you and bless you.
Good word and grateful that you are doing well….
I often think of a portion of Aaron Shust's song lyrics for 'My Savior, My God.' There is a phrase that goes, 'I am not skilled to understand, what God has willed, what God has planned.' When life crashes around me, these words go through my mind. How often in the past have I been stuck with wanting to know the question 'why?' All that accomplished within was to immerse my emotion in 'meism.' That only proved to propel me to dark depths. In the last few years in particular I've committed to get to know who Jesus is through consistent daily Bible study and prayer. How this has elevated my trust towards greater heights! Increasingly I can trust His heart when I cannot understand His ways. I now understand the statement, 'My joy is found in the Lord.' Often in my pain His sweetness mixes with sorrow as I turn and look ever more fully to Him. I've only heard these kinds of expressions before but felt so lost as to how to experience them for myself. Finally,the more I've learned to relinquish my will to Him in daily surrender, the closer I've grown to the Lord. Step-by-step, I'll follow Him towards my heavenly home!


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Kashmir worsens – Christian couple from Delhi arrested and held
Filed under India, Jammu and Kashmir, newsletter-india, Persecution
Jammu & Kashmir, April 19, 2012: The Jammu and Kashmir Police has arrested a Christian couple on charges of "promoting enmity" while they were allegedly distributing pamphlets about Christianity in the border township of Bandipora in north Kashmir.
The police said the couple from Delhi, along with a local girl, was distributing pamphlets in the Bandipora market when people raised a hue and cry and called the police. Sensing trouble, the police seized the pamphlets and immediately whisked them away for sustained questioning.
The police later registered a case under section 153A Ranbir Penal Code (promoting enmity between groups on grounds of religion, race, place of birth, residence, etc) at the Bandipora police station. Under this section, the law prescribes imprisonment of up to three years, or with fine, or with both. In case of an offence relating to religion, the punishment could extend to five years.
"We have arrested the duo. The woman was seen distributing pamphlets in the market place where she had gone shopping," said Bashir Ahmad Khan, superintendent of police, Bandipora district.
The couple and the girl have been detained and questioned in the police station. Police sources said during questioning, they said they were not doing anything unconstitutional or illegal in the town.
The police said they were arrested to avoid any law and order breakdown in the area. "There was lot of hue and cry which could have created law and order problem in the area. Therefore we took them into custody as a preventive measure to avoid any crisis in the district," said a police official.
The arrest comes six months after the police arrested a Christian priest in Srinagar in November last year. A case was registered under section 153A and 295A of RPC against Rev Khanna at the Ram Munshi Bagh police station. Khanna was arrested three days after he appeared before the self-styled supreme court of Shairait, headed by the Grand Mufti of Kashmir Bashir-ud-din, who had issued summons to him.


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Architect: Cannon Design
Contractor: Kitchell Contractors
This 12 story, 490,000 sq ft (45,000 sq m) building located on the University's east La Jolla campus functions as three hospitals — the Cancer Hospital, the Hospital for Women and Infants, and the Hospital for Advanced Surgery.
This is the first ground-up hospital to use Performance Based Design. The building's overall curvilinear form was driven by the design of the patient units, but also by advanced modeling to capitalize on views, maximize daylight and minimize solar gain and glare. The geometry creates a subtle continuous flowing curve of the exterior — a dynamic form that changes as one passes around the building's perimeter.
ELEMENT provided numerous perforated and formed aluminum panels that formed a backdrop to the curtainwall glazing system designed and installed by the country's premier curtainwall provider; Enclos Corp. These oversize panels contained a variety of perforation patterns and were finished in a Kynar PVDF paint finish.
Materials: Perforated and formed aluminum sheet.
Merit Award, 2016 Institutional Category Southern California Development Forum Design Awards
Merit Award (for Central Utility Plant), 2015 American Institute of Architects, San Diego
IDA Gold Award First Prize, 2014 Industrial and Life Science Design International Design Awards (IDA)
"Jacobs Medical Center latest example of region's hospital expansion", 20 Nov. 2016, The San Diego Tribune
"UCSD Planes for Major Healthcare Projects", 23 April 2010, School Construction News
"UC San Diego opens Jacobs Medical Center", 28 Nov. 2016, University of California News
"UC San Diego Health to Open Jacobs Medical Center November 20, 2016", 17 Nov. 2016, UC San Diego Health
"UCSD Health Unveils $943 Million Jacobs Medical Center", 20 Nov. 2016, Times of San Diego


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Parton extends London Irish stay
Tom Parton has agreed a contract extension with London Irish.
The 23-year-old full-back has been one of Irish's stand-out performers this year, featuring on 11 occasions and scoring three tries in all competitions.
The Academy graduate expressed his delight at putting pen to paper with the Exiles, commenting: "I'm massively excited to commit my future to London Irish.
"I've really enjoyed my rugby lately, so I'm delighted to get the deal done.
"This is a special club – and for me, to be playing with people that I've known for a long time, some of the guys I've known since I was 14, is really something special.
"I feel the club is moving in the right direction. We feel we're improving all of the time. It's an exciting time to be playing for London Irish."
Director of Rugby, Declan Kidney, added: "We're delighted Tom has agreed to stay with the Club.
"He's had a fine season to date and is developing into a really talented full-back.
"It speaks volumes of our Academy that another graduate is committing their future to the Club having made a successful breakthrough to the senior ranks."
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Specific Type: Hyper Coaster
Manufacturer: Bolliger & Mabillard
Official Debut: 5/1/1999
In May of 1999, Six Flags Great America pulled the wraps off of the tallest, fastest, longest coaster to debut on the Gurnee, Illinois park's soil since Great America first opened gates to visitors twenty-three years before. Rising up 202 feet, dropping nearly twenty-one stories and hitting seventy-three miles per hour during the run along a 5,057-foot course, Raging Bull settled into the Illinois park'sSouthwest Territory as one of the most relentless rides around. Raging Bull comes from Bolliger and Mabillard as that company's second hyper-coaster, following Busch Gardens Williamsburg's Apollo's Chariot and B&M's third installation for Six Flags Great America, proceeding 1990's Iron Wolf and 1992's Batman: the Ride. The coaster is also the first hyper ride to twist through a cyclonic 'twister' layout, billed as the world's first hyper-twister. But the rarities don't end there. Upon boarding one of the coaster's four-abreast wide, nine-row-long trains, riders slide into 'raised' seats so that feet hang elevated above the train's floor throughout the ride, a simple T-shaped lap restraint holding each rider in place and sideless cars to give passengers full advantage of the hyper-coaster heights and speed.
The ride on Raging Bull begins from the station with a left-hand 180-degree banked turn leading to the lift hill. The train makes contact with the chain and begins the coaster's initial climb to the sky. Once the track starts leveling out and riders get to look over 200 feet to the ground below, the train heads down a small dip and makes for the sixty-five-degree 208-foot drop just ahead. The drop begins and passengers plunge down to the ground and enter a subterranean cavern before bottoming out. Exiting the tunnel, the orange track leads skyward again, this time up a steep climb to a seventeen-story banked turnaround. The Bull rages back down, crosses over the post-drop tunnel and climbs over a camelback hill, then ascends a fourth hill leading into a steep banked turn. The coaster dives down over the lift hill and then wraps around a second turnaround fan curve. The train next climbs up and enters a mid-course block brake section paralleling the lift. Off of the brakes, the ride next completes a camelback hump and banks through a curve encircling both the end of the first drop and start of the first camelback. A graceful figure-eight maneuver finally curves around and feeds into the brake run.
Starting the 2008 season, Raging Bull was re-painted its orange track and purple supports over again to make it look brilliant once again. In 2009, it received a new wooden logo at the entrance replacing its original logo which featured a bull with a nose ring appearing to charge at you.
Raging Bull is a hyper-coaster as untamable as they come.


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    using System;
    using System.Globalization;
    using System.Threading;

    class Printing
    {
        public static object CurrentCulture { get; private set; }

        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = CultureInfo.InstalledUICulture;

            // read input

            int numberOfStudents = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
            int sheetsPerStudent = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
            decimal price = decimal.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
            int realm = 500;

            //logic

            decimal result = ((numberOfStudents * sheetsPerStudent) / (decimal)realm) * price;

            // print result
            Console.WriteLine("{0:F2}", result);
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Hi Ellen! Can you tell us a little about your latest book?
Local Girl Swept Away (Merit Press, June 2016) tells the story of four best friends, 2 boys, 2 girls, who, in the wake of a tragedy and then revealed secrets, deal with grief, love and betrayal. It's set in Provincetown, MA on Cape Cod, a small, eccentric community where everybody knows everybody.
Many years ago when I lived in Provincetown, two young women were swept off the breakwater and into the sea. One survived, the other did not. This event disturbed my imagination for years and finally, I rearranged it to become this book.
I didn't. The publisher always decides the cover. However, I like it a lot—it has a sadness to it and a foreboding feeling.
Provincetown, MA on Cape Cod. This place has spoken to me for years. It's such an unusual town with its mix of fishermen/townies, LGBT people and artists/writers—it's like no place else on earth. It's also secluded at the very tip of a peninsula and I liked the way that isolated these characters and made them depend on each other. And the weather is fierce and beautiful.
I like writing coming-of-age novels because the teenage years are so exciting. Everything that's happening to you is new and you feel as if no one else has ever had these feelings before. I don't think there's another time in life that's as dramatic and emotional.
I always loved writing, but loved painting too. I majored in art in college, but when it came right down to it, I was a better writer than a painter. Basically, I knew I'd do something in the arts, and writing is the thing that worked out for me.
I LOVE picking character names. They have to feel right for the idea of this person I have in my head. I have three or four baby name books that I go through over and over for each character. I make lists of possibilities. To me, it's the most fun part, and I have to do it pretty near the beginning of the process so I can live with the name for a while. Sometimes names change as I go along, but not usually.
Different with every book. Local Girl Swept Away was obvious. It was the banner headline in the newspaper when one of the characters is swept off the breakwater. But sometimes it's harder and I end up with lists of possibilities. Often my editor suggests something.
My writer friends who keep on working, even when the work is hard and the publishers aren't buying.
Either the screen porch at my house or the local coffee shop.
Probably The Hunger Games. Or possibly The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
Only two? Grace Paley and Elizabeth Strout.
I never really learned to swim.
Janeane Garofalo because of her grouchy voice and self-deprecating humor.
I live in a village of 1,000 people.
I've begun another YA novel, but I'm also working on a play and thinking about starting a third screenplay. Love the movies!
Selling a screenplay and having it filmed.
I remember telling people I wanted to be a "grease monkey," but I'm not sure I really knew what that was. I liked the word and the idea that you could wear old clothes and get dirty. In reality, I've never changed a tire. As I got older, I wanted to be an artist, a painter, but that didn't work out.
Ellen Wittlinger is the author of seventeen YA and middle-grade novels. Her novel Hard Love won both a Printz Honor Award and a Lambda Literary Award. Her books have been on numerous ALA Best Books lists, Bank Street College of Education lists and state award lists. Ellen has won state awards in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. Her work has been translated into many other languages including Turkish, Croatian and Korean. She has taught at Emerson College in Boston and in the Simmons College Writing for Children MFA program. Out June, 2015 is a YA, Local Girl Swept Away, set in Provincetown, MA.


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The Community Skills Worker (CSW) provide services and supports to children who are experiencing an emotional disorder or who are at high risk of developing an emotional disorder. The CSW coordinates and implements activities within the community which will enhance the self-confidence and self-esteem of participants while following goals and an individualized support plan. Uses effective strategies of play, acceptance, curiosity and empathy in working with youth with complex trauma histories, attachment issues and challenging behaviors.
Minimum Qualifications: High school diploma or equivalent and 1 year experience working with children with emotional and behavioral difficulties. Experience needs to be verifiable and include teaching of social skills, life skills, or coping skills required. Bachelor's degree with same experience preferred.


That Grimmelmann fellow is keeping busy: he's writing an online diary every day this week for Grist Magazine, an environmental webzine. Regular updates to the Lab will be somewhat sporadic this week due to the diversion of writing attention, but you can spend the time discovering Grist and its infectious breed of optimistic realism. Or is it pessimistic idealism? No matter, really, the site's a nice dose of perspective and a good read.


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10.6 Heading; Severability. Headings and captions are for convenience only and are not to be used in the interpretation of this Agreement. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be illegal or unenforceable, that provision shall be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent necessary to effectuate the intent of the parties and so that this Agreement shall otherwise remain in full force and effect and enforceable.
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10.10 Force Majeure. Neither party will be liable for failure or delay in performing its obligations because of causes beyond its reasonable control, including without limitation acts of God, terrorism, war, riots, fire, earthquake, flood or degradation or failure of third party networks or communications infrastructure.
10.11 Modifications. From time to time, Metaprise may make changes to this Agreement and make the updated version available through the Service. If Customer does not accept the updates, neither Customer nor its Users will be able to access or use the Service and Customer will be required to deactivate its Customer Account and stop accessing and using the Service. If the updates to this Agreement are, in Metaprise's discretion, material, Metaprise will notify Customer of such updates via email to the email address associated with the Customer Account. By continuing to access and use the Service after the posted effective date of any updated version, Customer is representing that it agrees to the updates. Continued access and use includes continued access and use of the Service by Users.
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An Iowa woman is telling the female story of agriculture through her camera lens
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When Marji Guyler-Alaniz of Urbandale, Iowa, sat down to watch the 2013 Super Bowl, she had no idea that it would totally change her career path. She was awestruck by Paul Harvey's "God Made a Farmer" speech during the game, and the beautiful images of farmers that went with it.
But Marji also noticed that there were very few women in those images.
"Women are a part of almost every farm operation in some way or another, but why don't you ever see the women portrayed as the farmer or the rancher, or side-by-side with the farmer? So, I woke my husband up the next night and told him I figured out what it was that I was going to do, and that was photograph women in agriculture and share their stories, and work to help update the image of agriculture to include women," says Marji.
Marji quit her job in crop insurance and picked up her camera. Not sure where to begin, she called a couple of women who were interviewed in a recent article she had read about women and farming. Both were eager to be a part of Marji's project, which is a website called "FarmHer." From there, the ball was rolling.
Marji travels with her camera around the Midwest and wants to expand to other parts of the country as well. Every image that she captures has a specific goal.
"In the images you'll see that there's not always a lot of faces. You often times will see a hand, or the way their foot is positioned against a horse, or something like that that you can tell it's a female, but you may not always see the full-face shot," says Marji. "I hope to show the beauty in the work that they do. That's really what I look for."
Marji hopes that over time, her work will change perceptions of women in agriculture, and open up more resources for them.
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This is the thirteenth category of the 5th Annual AFT Film Awards to be announced. The AFT Awards are my own personal choices for the best in film of each year and the best in television of each season. The AFT Film Awards include the traditional Oscar categories and a number of additional specific honors. Nominees are pictured in the order I've ranked them. Click here to see previous years of this category.
Fast Five was a well-oiled machine that supplemented all of its eye-popping visuals with spectacular sound.


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Google and Facebook cross the privacy line and endanger American freedoms, two filmmakers told a capacity audience in Heartland Institute's Andrew Breitbart Freedom Center.
Vladimir Putin pals fund radical groups that interfere with US elections, energy, agriculture and economy.
The continuing scandal regarding National Security Agency monitoring of U.S. citizens' and residents' electronic communications makes one thing perfectly clear: If anyone is going to protect the public from unwanted snooping, the government isn't it.
Google has more capabilities, to spy on more people, in more ways, more intimately, than any other entity. This makes Google the spy tool of choice, the one stop-shop for spying, and the spymaster's dream. Meet Google-Spy.
Do Europeans really need reminding that then-candidate Barack Obama promised on the eve of his November 2008 election as U. S. President that the "fundamental transformation of America" was about to begin?


The Federal Agency for Subsoil Use (Rosnedra) has granted Gazprom Neft the extension of the license for geological survey at the Lopukhovskiy license block on the Sakhalin Continental Shelf till December 31, 2010.
Presently, the Company continues reserve evaluation works, conducts engineering surveys and develops oil well construction program. It is expected that the first exploratory well will be drilled in 2009.
Tentatively, the evaluation conducted by JSC Gazprom Neft on the basis of available data indicates that the overall reserves at the Lopukhovskiy license block may total over 100 million tons of crude oil equivalent.


Do you have a great idea for a way to use Alexa that would help people better manage their type 2 diabetes? Enter the Alexa Diabetes Challenge to win cash and the services of a technical mentor to make it happen.
Submissions are now open for the $250,000 Alexa Diabetes Challenge, sponsored by Merck & Co., Inc. and supported by Amazon Web Services (AWS). The Challenge calls on innovators to create Alexa voice-enabled solutions to improve the lives of people living with type 2 diabetes.
As voice technology continues to transform the way we live, could it shift from helping manage playlists to helping manage disease? This Challenge presents innovators with a unique opportunity to utilize the capabilities of Alexa to improve the experience of those newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
Up to five finalists will be chosen by a panel of judges to each receive $25,000 in cash and 10,000 AWS credits. They will advance to the Virtual Accelerator, where they will receive expert mentorship as they develop their concepts into solutions. At the end of this phase, finalists will present their solutions at a live Demo Day, and compete for the $125,000 grand prize.
Interested in entering? Submissions are due by 5:00 PM ET on May 22, 2017.
To learn more, watch the informational webinar. The team gives an overview of the Challenge, discusses the experience of people living with type 2 diabetes, and answers questions. Dario Rivera, Healthcare and Life Sciences Solutions Architect at AWS, also reviews what is considered an Alexa-enabled solution.
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Science Communications Fellow: turning cutting-edge research into inquiry-based activities
The U-M Museum of Natural History awards Science Communication Fellowships to graduate students, post-docs, and faculty members interested in sharing their research with the general public.
With guidance from museum program staff, Science Communication Fellows develop meaningful, inquiry-based and materials-rich table-top activities that showcase their research. We then share these activities with K-12 students and the public at various outreach events. The Science Communications Fellowship has allowed me to interact with public audiences at elementary schools and libraries; these interactions promote an appreciation and understanding of interacting supermassive black holes to many future scientists!
FEMMES: using female role models to demonstrate how women can, and do, excel in the sciences
FEMMES (Females Excelling More in Math, Engineering and Science) is dedicated to closing gender and racial divides in computer science and STEM fields. You can learn more here.
Twice a year the University of Michigan hosts a FEMMES Science Capstone event, providing hands-on STEM education to 4th - 6th graders from schools in southeast Michigan. For the 2018 Winter Capstone event, Aleksandra Kuznetsova and I organized an Astronomy demo that taught the girls about star formation, the detection of planets, and gravitational waves!
I created a fun GW demo, adapted from JPL . Using the collisions of different sized marbles in "jello spacetime", you can illustrate i) how GWs are made and ii) how LIGO detects them.
Michigan Math and Science Scholars: encouraging the next generation of researchers to develop a love of science
In the Summer of 2017, I worked with Monica Valluri to teach a course for Michigan Math and Science Scholars, titled "Black Holes: Illuminating the Abyss". This program brings high-school students from across the country to the University of Michigan, in order to learn advanced topics via 2-week courses. I led both lectures and labs, introducing students to topics such as black hole physics, galactic dynamics, special relativity, and telescope observing.
The final project for the students was to build a model of the Milky Way across the Diag, and place many of our galaxy's most interesting X-ray sources in their correctly scaled coordinates!
Harvey Swanson Elementary School: Earth & Science Festival
In the Summer of 2016, Vivienne Baldassare and I designed a hands-on lesson plan in order to introduce 2nd -- 5th graders to black holes. Our demo, called "Black Holes!", included demonstrations on how black holes form and why black holes accrete.
Get in touch at foord@stanford.edu


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Home Sports Controversy erupts over CPL's decision not to resume match
Controversy erupts over CPL's decision not to resume match
[www.inewsguyana.com] – The decision by officials of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) not to resume play during the finals on Saturday [August 16] between the Guyana Amazon Warriors and the Barbados Tridents is being called into question.
Many believe that the Amazon Warriors were treated unfairly by CPL when they decided to award the Tridents the champion of the CPL via the Duckworth/Lewis system; making it the first time that the Tridents have captured the title.
The Tridents batted first and set the Amazon Warriors a target of 153 to win. A tight finish was in prospect, but a third interruption from the rain saw the CPL officials declaring the Tridents the winners, as they were eight runs ahead on the Duckworth Lewis calculations.
Observers pointed out to iNews that even though the CPL website stated that the game will resume, it obviously never did. The stumps were in the ground for about 30 minutes and there was no rain around. It boggles the mind as to why play never resumed, since Warner Park, where the final was played, has lights.
There are rumors that the officials told the Guyana Amazon Warrior's Captain, Denesh Ramdin that based on the Duckworth/Lewis method, they needed 30 runs from 12 balls. Ramdin reportedly protested. The officials then reportedly agreed to play the full remaining four overs of the match; however Captain of the Barbados Tridents, Kieron Pollard protested this and said the rules are the rules.
This resulted in a lengthy discussion and the officials eventually decided that they won't resume play and the Barbados Tridents were declared the winners of LCPL 2014.
While there is no specific owner of the Barbados Tridents, it is being alleged that Digicel sponsored the team. Digicel also plays a major role in the operations of CPL. iNews understands that the Warriors were reluctant to do any interviews during the presentation ceremony. The interviews were eventually conducted. The Barbados Tridents will play in Champions League in India later this year as the Caribbean representative.
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Justsaying August 18, 2014 at 11:06 pm
I could say that CPL lost alot of Fans. Come on it wasnt a normal match, it was a final match!!! T20 matches are unpredictable.
CRICKETER August 18, 2014 at 11:45 am
oh no, again Barbados is the common denominator.
hello, am not happy with yall.
Act of God do not care for your rules, ok Keiron?
Even if you are desperate to move forward by hook or crook.
I wish most of you people should put more effort to match the past stalwarts of the West Indies team to bring back respect.
Mohamed Nazim August 18, 2014 at 10:54 am
The question still bugs me as to why was there a barbadian umpire and not a guyanese also…. why not neutral umpires
Tyrone agard August 18, 2014 at 10:04 am
The Amazon warriors are sour looser everyone know the rules accept defeat and move on there are more opportunity show that you are true warriors
Ronald August 17, 2014 at 11:37 pm
Y was 30 mins wasted? Were they waiting for the ground to dry? Was there a "match fixing "meeting between officials? If legal action can be taken, then so be it. Good luck Amazon Warriors.
Beverley Cyrus August 17, 2014 at 6:55 pm
not only what took place in the board room but poor umpiring also. giving wides when it should not be etc. Barbadian umpire for Barbadian game etc.


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Tosoh Finechem Corporation, a leading international manufacturer produces a wide array of basic building block chemicals based on our strategic position in organometallic and halogenated chemistries.
Alkyl aluminum is a polymerizing co-catalyst that is not only critical for the manufacture of plastics and synthetic rubbers-the cornerstones of everyday modern life but is also applicable to the production of polypropylene, medium-to-low pressure polyethylene, and polybutadiene rubber. The superior technology, extensive experience and constant innovation that Tosoh Finechem bring to bear, enables us to offer outstanding alkyl aluminum products fully compliant with rigorous standards of quality and safety. This is how we have been able to single-handedly corner the market for alkyl aluminum in Japan.
We not only the catalysts but also produce wide range of halogenated compounds based on chlorine and bromine which are manufactured from Tosoh's fully-integrated "vinyl isocyanate chain." Our products are used in pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, general chemical synthesis, paint manufacture, specialized rubbers, surfactant applications, organic light-emitting diode (OLED) manufacture, water purification, and various other industrial applications.


After eight puppies were abandoned on the side of the road in Texas, an animal shelter came to the rescue and brought them all the way from Brownwood, Texas to Wintersville, Ohio. Their journey was, by no means, a simple one.
The puppies were first found fighting for their lives in a muddy ditch. They were extremely weak and dehydrated after being forced to fend for themselves in the harsh Texas sun. Once the puppies were discovered, their journey was far from over. They were immediately brought to what is known as a "high kill" shelter, and after only a few hours, were scheduled for euthanasia. Things weren't looking good for the pups. Luckily, they were rescued once more.
The puppies would eventually end up under the care of the Jefferson County Humane Society. This is because no-kill shelters and rescue organizations often work together to aid in urgent cases. An incredible network of shelters helping other shelters enables these miracle workers to save so many pets in danger of being put down prematurely.
"We have had a lot of other rescue groups come in and they help us get some of our animals adopted out like when we're too full or things of that nature, so we kind of help each other out, and so this was a favor to help this particular shelter," said Damewood.
The JCHS has appropriately titled the puppies' journey "the freedom ride." The 20-leg trip required 16 different volunteers to drive a total of 1,300 miles. But it was all worth it to save these adorable pups!
Since arriving in Ohio, the puppies have been vaccinated and are hoping to find forever homes in the near future.


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IWA Women in Water Award
The IWA Women in Water award acknowledges and celebrates female leadership in the field of water. Through this award, the IWA recognises those women working in the field of water who, through their demonstrated leadership, have had a significant positive impact on the development of the industry.
The award showcases an individual's excellence in leadership as demonstrated by outstanding initiatives, impact of work and inspiration to others. The award recognises the role women play in the sector, but also seeks to encourage the greater participation of women in the water sector and hopes to motivate more women to pursue leadership positions within the sector.
Demonstrable leadership within the sector which has had a positive impact in the advancement of water management
Demonstrable contributions towards the development of future leaders
Demonstrable contributions towards IWA and/or other water-related groups, Associations or institutions
Open to all women working in the water industry
Awardees need not be an IWA member
Self-nominations are permitted
How to nominate?
What must be submitted in support for the nomination?
You will need to answer the following 3 questions (on the online nomination form) to support your nomination:
Q1. How has your/your nominee's leadership within the sector had a positive impact on the advancement of water management? (200 words)
Q2. What contributions have you/your nominee made towards the development of future leaders in the water sector? (200 words)
Q3. What contributions have you/your nominee made towards IWA and/or other water-related groups, associations or institutions?
To support your nomination, you will need to also provide the following:
– 1-3 letters of support
– a personal statement/bibliography of the nominee (maximum 500 words)
– Up to 3 files showcasing professional leadership and impact in the water sector. These files or links should provide evidence of the nominee's leadership in the sector. They could take the form of articles, media items, presentations or other documents which demonstrate the impact of the nominee's leadership'.
Judging Criterea:
The award nominations will be assessed by the following criterea:
Open to all women working in the water industry.
Who is eligible to nominate?
This award is open for anyone to submit (IWA members and Non-Members)
2018 IWA Women in Water Award
Akissa Bahri
Akissa Bahri is the winner of the IWA Women in Water Award 2018. The award acknowledges and celebrates female leadership in the field of water. The award showcases an individual's excellence in leadership as demonstrated by outstanding initiatives, impact of work and inspiration to others.
Learn more about Akissa Bahri…
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Rose Kaggwa
Rose Kaggwa is nominated as the recipient of the 2016 IWA Women in Water Award. She has worked in various management levels within the National Water and Sewerage Corporation (NWSC) and is the Director of Business and Scientific Services. Rose is responsible for Capacity Development and Training, Research and Development and External Services which is the NWSC Consultancy arm. She has 24 years' of experience in the water sector.
Rose has interfaced with various players in the water sector and has spearheaded partnerships in several countries that include: Bangaladesh, Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Sudan, Trinidad and Tobago, India and Zambia. She has been a key player in the various performance improvement approaches applied in the NWSC at both managerial and supervisory level and has led the NWSC consultancy unit for the last 10 years. She is the current Second President of the African Water Association Scientific and Technical Committee. She is Vice President of the UNESCO – IHP Advisory Committee for Human settlement, water and sanitation. Her passion is capacity development and raising the profile of women in the water and sanitation sector.
She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Chemistry (Honours) from Makerere University, Uganda, a Master of Science degree in Water Quality Management, limnology and wetland ecology (with distinction) and a doctorate in Environmental Resources from UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education, The Netherlands.
Sue Murphy is the CEO of Water Corporation in Western Australia and is recognized in the industry as an innovative water manager and leader. Before her tenure as CEO for WaterCorp began in 2008, Sue had an impressive career both in the field as a site engineer and project manager and also in corporate roles with a focus on human resources, safety and engineering design management. In each year from 2009 to 2014, Sue has been listed in the top 100 most influential engineers in Australia by Engineers Australia.
Kusum Athukorala
Kusum Athukorala, Chair of NetWater and the Sri Lanka Water Partnership, was the recipient of the '2012 IWA Women in Water Award, recognising Ms. Athukorala's long association with, and deep commitment to, gender-related issues in water.
Experienced in social science and rural development, Athukorala first started her work in water in 1988 at the former International Irrigation Management Institute (IIMI) – now the International Water Management Institute (IWMI). She worked in the participatory management of farmer organizations at a very early stage, at a time when such work was, in her own words, "anathema to many people." It was then that she realized that much water-related work contributed by women went largely un-recognized. This prompted her to do a study on gender ideology titled, 'Women and Irrigation', which explored the access and control of resources by women and labor participation differentials.
Cassilda Teixeira de Carvalho
President ABES, Brasil
Ms. Teixeira is a widely known and highly respected figure in Brazil, South America and internationally through IWA. She is a drinking water treatment specialist within the utility community of Brazil and long time Director of the Water Quality Committees of both ABES and AIDIS. Ms. Teixeira conceived and launched one of the most significant utility programs in Brazil – the Brazilian Award Programme for Water and Sanitation Management called PNQS. Tied to a utility benchmarking system also developed by Ms. Teixeira, this program has resulted in competition for excellence in many areas of utility management in Brazil. The consequences have been transformational for Brazil's leading utilities. Ms. Teixeira's exceptional leadership was endorsed by Brazil's water industry through her election as the current president of ABES, Brazil's principal water association, and through her service on the IWA Board of Directors during the period 2008-2010.
Dr Joan Rose
Michigan State University professor
Joan B. Rose holds the Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research at Michigan State University in the Depts of Fisheries & Wildlife and Plant, Soil and Microbiological Science. and currently leads of the Global Water Pathogens Project in partnership with UNESCO www.waterpathogens.org; http://www.rose.canr.msu.edu/. She is the winner of the 2016 Stockholm Water Prize. She is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology. She currently serves on the EPA Science Advisory Board for the Great Lakes. Dr. Rose served as the Chair of the Health Related Water Microbiology Specialist Group for the IWA from 2003 to 2010. Elected as a Fellow to the International Water Association, 2010 and as Distinguished Fellow in 2014. Dr. Rose has served on the Strategic Council for the IWA from 2011-2015 and is Vice Chair of the US National Committee for the IWA. She received the first International Water Association Hei-jin Woo Award for Achievements of Women in the Water Profession, 2008
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