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Posted by Trevor K on August 19, 2015
About 60 people died immediately during the actual evacuations in Fukushima Prefecture in March 2011. Between 2011 and 2015, an additional 1,867 people in Fukushima Prefecture died as a result of the evacuations following the nuclear disaster. These deaths were from ill health and suicides.
From the UNSCEAR estimate of 48,000 person Sv, it can be reliably estimated (using a fatal cancer risk factor of 10% per Sv) that about 5,000 fatal cancers will occur in Japan in future from Fukushima's fallout. This estimate from official data agrees with my own personal estimate using a different methodology.
In sum, the health toll from the Fukushima nuclear disaster is horrendous. At the minimum
Over 160,000 people were evacuated most of them permanently.
Many cases of post-trauma stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety disorders arising from the evacuations.
About 12,000 workers exposed to high levels of radiation, some up to 250 mSv
An estimated 5,000 fatal cancers from radiation exposures in future.
Plus similar (unquantified) numbers of radiogenic strokes, CVS diseases and hereditary diseases.
Between 2011 and 2015, about 2,000 deaths from radiation-related evacuations due to ill-health and suicides.
An as yet unquantified number of thyroid cancers.
An increased infant mortality rate in 2012 and a decreased number of live births in December 2011.
Non-health effects include
8% of Japan (30,000 sq.km), including parts of Tokyo, contaminated by radioactivity.
Economic losses estimated between $300 and $500 billion.
New evidence from Fukushima shows that as many as 2,000 people have died from necessary evacuations, writes Ian Fairlie, while another 5,000 will die from cancer. Future assessments of fatalities from nuclear disasters must include deaths from displacement-induced ill-heath and suicide in addition to those from direct radiation impacts.
"The Fukushima accident is still not over and its ill-effects will linger for a long time into the future … 2,000 Japanese people have already died from the evacuations and another 5,000 are expected to die from future cancers."
Official data from Fukushima show that nearly 2,000 people died from the effects of evacuations necessary to avoid high radiation exposures from the disaster.
The uprooting to unfamiliar areas, cutting of family ties, loss of social support networks, disruption, exhaustion, poor physical conditions and disorientation can and do result in many people, in particular older people, dying.
Increased suicide has occurred among younger and older people following the Fukushima evacuations, but the trends are unclear.
A Japanese Cabinet Office report stated that, between March 2011 and July 2014,56 suicides in Fukushima Prefecture were linked to the nuclear accident. This should be taken as a minimum, rather than a maximum, figure.
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Posted by Trevor K on August 6, 2015
800 terabecquerels of Cesium- 137 by 2016.
A professor from Japan's Fukushima University Institute of Environmental Radioactivity (Michio Aoyama) told Kyodo in April that the West Coast of North America will be hit with around 800 terabecquerels of Cesium- 137 by 2016.
EneNews notes that this is 80% of the cesium-137 deposited in Japan by Fukushima, according to the company which runs Fukushima, Tepco:
(a petabequeral or "PBq" equals 1,000 terabecquerels.)
This is not news for those who have been paying attention. For example, we noted 2 days after the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami that the West Coast of North America could be slammed with radiation from Fukushima.
We pointed out the next year that a previously-secret 1955 U.S. government report concluded that the ocean may not adequately dilute radiation from nuclear accidents, and there could be "pockets" and "streams" of highly-concentrated radiation.
The same year, we noted that 15 out of 15 bluefin tuna tested in California waters were contaminated with Fukushima radiation.
In 2013, we warned that the West Coast of North America would be hit hard by Fukushima radiation.
And we've noted for years that there is no real testing of Fukushima radiation by any government agency.
Indeed, scientists say that the amount of the West Coast of North America could end up exceeding that off the Japanese coast.
What's the worst case scenario? That the mass die-off of sealife off the West Coast of North America – which may have started only a couple of months after the Fukushima melt-down – is being caused by radiation from Fukushima.
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Giant Ice Wall at Fukushima
Posted by Trevor K on June 8, 2014
Japan to Start Building Giant Ice Wall at Fukushima:
Japan to Start Building Giant Ice Wall at Fukushima
Japan Wants to Build an Ice Wall to Contain Fukushima's Radioactive Water
Radioactive water full of carcinogenic chemicals is leaking out of the Fukushima power plant at a… Read more
Following examination of the Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) plans to build the gigantic ice wall, the Nuclear Regulation Authority has given the go ahead for construction to commence. While similar techniques have been used in the past, it's never been undertaken at the same scale as the proposed Fukushima plans. Speaking to PhysOrg, an anonymous official explained that:
"We had some concerns, including the possibility that part of the ground could sink. But there were no major objections to the project during the meeting, and we concluded that TEPCO can go ahead with at least part of the project as proposed after going through further necessary procedures."
In June, then, engineers will begin building a 0.9-mile frozen wall that should stem the flow of radioactive groundwater. We've explained how it will work before:
The idea is to drive vertical pipes spaced about a meter apart between 20 and 40 meters into the ground and to pump coolant through them. This would effectively create a barrier of permafrost around the affected buildings, keeping the contaminated water in and groundwater out.
Despite the fact the plan is to go ahead, TEPCO may have to review other parts of the project as it progresses. There are some concerns that the ice wall may affect existing infrastructure—drains, utilities and the like—which will all have to carefully monitored once the project goes ahead.
Source: Gizmodo.com
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TEPCO might freeze the exploded nuclear reactor
TEPCO estimated that between 20 trillion and 40 trillion becquerels (units of radioactivity representing decay per second) of radioactive tritium have since leaked into the ocean:
In lieu of the Japanese government doing the right thing and finally coming clean about the epic environmental catastrophe that is Fukushima, which it hopes to simply dig under the rug even as the inconvenient reality gets worse and thousands of tons of radioactive water make their way into the ocean, one is forced to rely on third-party sources for information on this tragedy. We present a useful primer from Scientific American on Fukushima "water retention" problem and "what you need to know about the radioactive water leaking from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean."
Radioactive Water Leaks from Fukushima: What We Know
Scientists on both sides of the Pacific have measured changing levels of radioactivity in fish and other ocean life since the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami triggered a nuclear meltdown at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. On Aug. 2, 2013, when Japan's Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) gave its first estimate of how much radioactive water from the nuclear plant has flowed into the ocean since the disaster, the company was finally facing up to what scientists have recognized for years.
"As an oceanographer looking at the reactor, we've known this since 2011," said Ken Buesseler, a marine chemist at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute in Woods Hole, Mass. "The news is TEPCO is finally admitting this."
TEPCO estimated that between 20 trillion and 40 trillion becquerels (units of radioactivity representing decay per second) of radioactive tritium have leaked into the ocean since the disaster, according to the Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun. The Fukushima plant is still leaking about 300 tons of radioactive water into the ocean every day, according to Japanese government officials. [Infographic: Inside Japan's Nuclear Reactors]
Japan is haunted by two lingering questions from this aftermath of the disaster: First, how the radioactivity might seriously contaminate ocean life that represents a source of seafood for humans; second, whether it can stop the leaks of radioactive water from the Fukushima plant.
Radioactivity is not created equal
The Fukushima plant is leaking much less contaminated water today compared with the immediate aftermath of the nuclear meltdown in June 2011 — a period when scientists measured 5,000 to 15,000 trillion becquerels of radioactive substances reaching the ocean. Even if radioactivity levels in the groundwater have spiked recently, as reported by Japanese news sources, Buesseler expects the overall amount to remain lower than during the June 2011 period.
"The amount of increase is still much smaller today than it was in 2011," Buesseler told LiveScience. "I'm not as concerned about the immediate health threat of human exposure, but I am worried about contamination of marine life in the long run."
The biggest threat in the contaminated water that flowed directly from Fukushima's reactors into the sea in June 2011 was huge quantities of the radionuclide called cesium. But the danger has changed over time as groundwater became the main source for leaks into the ocean. Soil can naturally absorb the cesium in groundwater, but other radionuclides, such as strontium and tritium, flow more freely through the soil into the ocean. (TEPCO is still coming up with estimates for how much strontium has reached the ocean.)
Tritium represents the lowest radioactive threat to ocean life and humans compared with cesium and strontium. Cesium's radioactive energy is greater than tritium, but both it and tritium flow in and out of human and fish bodies relatively quickly. By comparison, strontium poses a greater danger because it replaces the calcium in bones and stays for much longer in the body.
Not fishing for trouble
A number of fish species caught off the coast of the Fukushima Prefecture in 2011 and 2012 had levels of cesium contamination greater than Japan's regulatory limit for seafood (100 becquerels per kilogram), but both U.S. and Japanese scientists have also reported a significant drop in overall cesium contamination of ocean life since the fall of 2011. The biggest contamination risks came from bottom-dwelling fish near the Fukushima site.
The radioactive groundwater leaks could still become worse in the future if TEPCO does not contain the problem, U.S. scientists say. But they cautioned against drawing firm conclusions about the latest impacts on ocean life until new peer-reviewed studies come out.
"For fish that are harvested 100 miles [160 kilometers] out to sea, I doubt it'd be a problem," said Nicholas Fisher, a marine biologist at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, N.Y. "But in the region, yes, it's possible there could be sufficient contamination of local seafood so it'd be unwise to eat that seafood."
The overall contamination of ocean life by the Fukushima meltdown still remains very low compared with the effects of naturally occurring radioactivity and leftover contamination from U.S. and Soviet nuclear weapons testing in the 1960s. Fisher said he'd be "shocked" if the ongoing leaks of contaminated water had a significant impact on the ocean ecosystems.
Source of radioactive water
TEPCO is facing two huge issues in stopping the radioactive water leaks. First, groundwater from nearby mountains is becoming contaminated as it flows through the flooded basements of the Fukushima plant's reactor buildings. The water empties into the nuclear plant's man-made harbor at a rate of about 400 tons per day — and TEPCO has struggled to keep the water from leaking beyond existing barriers into the ocean.
"This water issue is going to be their biggest challenge for a long time," said Dale Klein, former head of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. "It was a challenge for the U.S. during Three Mile Island [a partial nuclear meltdown in Pennsylvania on March 28, 1979], and this one is much more challenging."
Second, TEPCO must also deal with contaminated water from underground tunnels and pits that hold cables and pipes for the Fukushima nuclear plant's emergency systems. The underground areas became flooded with highly radioactive water during the initial meltdown of the Fukushima plant's reactors, and have since leaked water into the ocean despite TEPCO's efforts to seal off the tunnels and pits.
TEPCO has also been racing to deal with the problem of storing hundreds of thousands of tons of radioactive water from the Fukushima plant, said Hiroaki Koide, a nuclear engineer at Kyoto University in Japan. The Japanese utility is testing a water decontamination system called ALPS that can remove almost all radioactive substances except for tritium, but has put much of the contaminated water in storage tanks in the meantime.
"The tanks are an emergency solution that is not suitable for long-time storage," Koide said. "Water will leak from any tank, and if that happens, it will merge with the groundwater."
What must be done
So what solutions exist beyond building more storage tanks? Klein reviewed a number of possible solutions with TEPCO when he was picked to head an independent advisory committee investigating the Fukushima nuclear accident.
One possible solution involves using refrigerants to freeze the ground around the Fukushima plant and create a barrier that stops the inflow of groundwater from the mountains. TEPCO is also considering a plan to inject a gel-like material into the ground that hardens into an artificial barrier similar to concrete, so that it can stop the contaminated groundwater from flowing into the ocean.
Such barriers could help hold the line while TEPCO pumped out the water, treated it with purification systems such as ALPS, and then figured out how to finally dispose of the decontaminated water.
"My priority would be stop the leak from the tunnel immediately," Klein said. "Number two would be to come up with a plan to stop the inflow and infiltration of groundwater. Number three is to come up with an integrated systematic water treatment plan."
Meanwhile, both Japanese and U.S. scientists continue to gather fresh scientific data on how the radioactivity impacts ocean life. Despite low contamination levels overall, studies have shown great differences in certain species depending on where they live and feed in the ocean.
"The most straightforward thing the Japanese can do now is measure the radionuclides in fish tissue, both at the bottom of the ocean and up in the water column at different distances from the release of contaminated groundwater," Fisher said.
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Fukushima fuel rods melted through concrete floor
Fukushima fuel rods may have completely melted:
Fukushima fuel rods may have completely melted
Fuel rods inside one of the reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant may have completely melted and bored most of the way through a concrete floor, the reactor's last line of defence before its steel outer casing, the plant's operator said.
Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) said in a report that fuel inside reactor No 1 appeared to have dropped through its inner pressure vessel and into the outer containment vessel, indicating that the accident was more severe than first thought.
The revelation that the plant may have narrowly averted a disastrous "China syndrome" scenario comes days after reports that the company had dismissed a 2008 warning that the plant was inadequately prepared to resist a tsunami.
Tepco revised its view of the damage inside the No 1 reactor – one of three that suffered meltdown soon after the 11 March disaster – after running a new simulation of the accident.
It would not comment on the exact position of the molten fuel, or on how much of it is exposed to water being pumped in to cool the reactor. More than nine months into the crisis, workers are still unable to gauge the damage directly because of dangerously high levels of radiation inside the reactor building.
"Uncertainty involved in the analysis is significant, due to the uncertain nature of the original conditions and data used," Tepco said in a report. It said the concrete "could have been penetrated", but added that the fuel remained inside the reactor's outer casing.
Previously, the firm had said that only some of the fuel had burned through its inner pressure vessel and dropped into the containment vessel.
"Almost no fuel remains at its original position," Tepco said. The simulation shows that the fuel may have penetrated the concrete floor by up to 65cm, just 37cm from the reactor's outer steel wall.
Tepco said that about 60% of the fuel in the two other reactors that experienced meltdown had dropped onto the concrete base, but had caused less damage.
After the tsunami, workers at the site stopped injecting reactor No 1 with water for about 14 hours, resulting in more serious damage than sustained by the two other reactors.
The company added, however, that fuel in all three reactors was being kept stable by cooling water, adding that the erosion had stopped.
It said the findings would not affect plans to bring the reactors to a safe state, known as cold shutdown, possibly by the middle of the month.
Japanese authorities may announce cold shutdown on 16 December, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported on Friday. That stage is reached when water used to cool the fuel rods remains below boiling point, thereby preventing the fuel from heating up again.
Stabilising the reactors is just the first stage of the operation to resolve the crisis. Tepco has said it won't be able to begin removing the fuel for another 10 years. Decommissioning the plant could take at least 30 years.
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Fukushima leaks Radioactive Cesium for years on end
Fukushima: Massive Leaks Continuing On a Daily Basis … For Years On End:
Graphic shows 'direct discharge' going from Fukushima Daiichi reactors into Pacific
Tepco – the operator of the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plants, announced a large leak of radioactive water. The cooling system in the spent fuel pools at Fukushima has failed for a second time in a month. Experts say that Fukushima is currently releasing up to 93 billion becquerels of radioactive cesium into the ocean each day. How much radiation is this? A quick calculation shows that it is about ten thousand times less than the amounts released by Chernobyl during the actual fire at the Russian nuclear plant. But the Chernobyl fire only last 10 days, and the Fukushima release has been ongoing for more than 2 years so far. Indeed, Fukushima has already spewed much more radioactive cesium and iodine than Chernobyl. The amount of radioactive cesium released by Fukushima was some 20-30 times higher than initially admitted. Fukushima also pumped out huge amounts of radioactive iodine 129, which has a half-life of 15.7 million years. Fukushima has also dumped up to 900 trillion becquerels of radioactive strontium-90, which is a powerful internal emitter which mimics calcium and collects in our bones, into the ocean. And the amount of radioactive fuel at Fukushima dwarfs Chernobyl and could keep leaking for decades, centuries or millennia. Tepco graphics of the Fukushima plants even appear to show water directly flowing from the plant to the ocean. And see this. The bottom line is that the reactors have lost containment. There are not "some leaks" at Fukushima. "Leaks" imply that the reactor cores are safely in their containment buildings, and there is a small hole or two which need to be plugged. But scientists don't even know where the cores of the reactors are. That's not leaking. That's even worse than a total meltdown.
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Fukushima tsunami threat data withheld from Tepco chairman
Tepco knew in 2006 of Fukushima tsunami threat:
Tepco knew in 2006 of Fukushima tsunami threat
The Nuclear and Industrial Security Agency and Tokyo Electrical Power Co. had been mindful at least by 2006 that the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant was at threat of having its power knocked out by enormous tsunami, NISA officials mentioned Tuesday. According to the officials, the awareness was shared at a study session attended by a number of utilities that was held in response to the 2004 Sumatra quake and tsunami in Indonesia. A paper compiled in August 2006 indicated the participants acknowledged that "there is a chance that power gear could lose their functions if 14-meter tsunami hit the Fukushima plant, with seawater flowing inside the (reactor) turbine buildings." The agency, nonetheless, did not confirm no matter whether the utilities disseminated this details internally, the officials said. Countermeasures against massive tsunami were not taken and the plant on the coast of Fukushima Prefecture lost most of its power sources and hence the capacity to keep its reactors and spent fuel pools cooled after enormous tsunami overwhelmed the complex minutes after the March 11, 2011, Great East Japan Earthquake. Tepco Chairman Tsunehisa Katsumata, who was the utility's president in 2006, testified Monday just before a Diet plan-appointed panel investigating the crisis that he had not been presented the tsunami-threat data.
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Positive Energy change for Japan
Posted by Trevor K on March 8, 2012
What appears to be an array of metal flower petals is not an art installation but part of a cutting-edge solar-power system meant to address the critical power shortage Japan now faces in the wake of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011.
The disaster, which triggered a crippling nuclear accident at the Fukushima Daiichi plant, reignited worldwide debate about the safety of nuclear power and forced Japan to reevaluate its energy strategy. Of Japan's 54 nuclear reactors, 52 have been shut down for maintenance; the remaining two are set to go offline this spring. The reactors are likely to remain inoperative while Japan's central and local governments assess which (if any) of them can be restarted, leaving the country to make up for a 30-percent loss in power generation. Rising electricity prices and limited supply threaten to hamper the recovery for manufacturers. So it makes sense that Solar Techno Park, the country's first solar-power research facility, is operated not by the government but by a unit of the Tokyo-based JFE, the world's fifth-largest steelmaker. Given the energy-intensive nature of steel production, reliable power will be key to the future of Japan's steel industry. The facility, which opened in October last year, is developing advanced technology in solar light and thermal power generation that it aims to apply both in Japan and overseas. Located along the industrial coast of the port city of Yokohama, the Solar Techno Park aims to achieve a combined output capacity of 40 to 60 kilowatts this spring. The facility's most notable apparatus is the HyperHelios (seen here), a photovoltaic system consisting of rows of heliostats with mirrors that follow the sun and a receiving tower. Two types of solar thermal power systems are also being developed in the park.
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Just a thought. Have you ever wondered how networking and self-esteem are linked?
If you find the thought of active networking repellent, you are not alone. We are bombarded with messages that we should all be networking like crazy; it's the best way of doing business, through personal contact, or through networking sites and social media like Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and many others.
For those of us who grew up learning that talking about yourself is as big a sin as showing off, the thought of putting yourself out there and telling everyone what you do, how good you are and how useful you could be is very frightening – it goes directly against the grain of our conditioning. It is tantamount to being a bighead and being seen as rude, arrogant and self-promoting. I for one grew up in a household where expressions like 'empty vessels make the most noise' were held in high regard as a guide to good behaviour, which meant I tended to keep quiet and listen more. Although learning to listen is a very admirable and useful skill (and would it would be great if more people had mastery of it) there are times when not expressing who you are and what you think be disabling.
People with lowish self-esteem can also use these excuses to stop promoting themselves. They don't like to put themselves and their thoughts out into the world because they are frightened that no one wants to hear what they have to say anyway, or that their view is in anyway important. The risk for these sensitive souls is that they could find out it's true – nobody does care what they have to say, and they are ignored, or not heard. The feelings of frustration, rejection and worthlessness are ones that are so unpleasant, they must be avoided at all costs, and they find networking and it's associated risks terrifying, so don't do it.
The good news is that there is a wonderful little tool now on the market called a Snapaband. A Snapaband works by helping you overcome the thoughts and feelings that can get in the way of whatever it is that you want to achieve. So if you want to expand your networks, but are fearful of the processes involved in doing so, try one out. By overcoming the thoughts and feelings that come up when you look at making a change or taking on something new, you are freed up to move forward into whatever it is that you want. Applied in a networking situation, it could mean that people will get to hear what you have to offer, which they would not have done before.
You never know – they might like it, and want to be in your network too!
Have a look at http://www.snapaband.com – it could make all the difference.


Here is how 2018 batting average leaders fared in Box-Toppers points. Players are listed from highest batting average. Also shown are their 2018 Box-Toppers points (BTP) and their rank in Box-Toppers tops among all players.
It is a little unusual for batting average leaders to be among Box-Toppers point leaders for batters. Usually, power hitters—who are among the season leaders in home runs and runs batted in— dominate the Box-Toppers batting leaderboards.
But 2018 was a very different year. In a trend that has continued most of the current decade, batters' overall performance is declining. It was the first season in which batters recorded more strikeouts than hits. Batters, who in 2009 and before, earned about half or more of all Box-Toppers points awarded, have earned less than half since 2010 and less than 40 percent in 2018.
So what happened this year? Let's make mildly-educated, wildly-speculatative guesses. Players who hit for power are swinging and missing, striking out more. Players who are making contact and getting hits—even singles—are being rewarded, helping teams to win more games, simply because players who hit for power are not hitting for power. They are striking out.
Box-Toppers looks at games one by one. And it seeks the one player who most helped their team win each game. Using standard box score statistics, Box-Toppers uses a simple formula to determine a Player of the Game for each Major League Baseball game played. That player is the person who contributed most to his team's win. In regular season games, players earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being named Player of the Game and can earn bonus points for being Player of the Day or top player or batter in their league for the day.
Betts led all players in 2018 with a batting average of .346. He had 10.9 Box-Toppers points, third among all batters and 38th among all players. Teammate Martinez was second with a batting average of .330. He had 12.5 Box-Toppers points, most among batters and 28th among all players. Yelich was third with a batting average of .326, highest among National League batters. Yelich had 11.5 Box-Toppers points, most among NL batters, second among all batters and 34th among all players.
Two of the three leading players in batting average also won league Most Valuable Player awards in 2018, with Yelich winning in the NL and Betts winning in the AL.
Mike Trout of the Angels had the fifth-highest batting average (.312) and the 76th-best Box-Toppers point total in 2018 (8.0). Trout was fifth among AL batters in 2018 Box-Toppers rankings.
Freddie Freeman of the Braves had the seventh-highest batting average (.309) and the 100th-best Box-Toppers point total in 2018 (7.5). Freeman was 11th among NL batters in 2018 Box-Toppers rankings.
Jose Altuve of the Astros, consistently one of the AL leaders in batting average, had the fourth-best average of all batters in 2018 (.316). But frequently, Altuve doesn't rank high in Box-Toppers rankings. In 2018, he had 3.5 Box-Toppers points, 293rd among all players. In 2017, when he led all players with a .346 batting average (and was voted AL MVP), he had just 2.5 Box-Toppers points, 387th among all players. But in 2016, Altuve also had a high batting average (.338, third among all players), but those hits were apparently more key to his team's wins, as he earned 12.5 Box-Toppers points that season, 26th among all players.
Only one player in the top 10 in batting averages fared worse than Altuve in Box-Toppers rankigns in 2018: Michael Brantley of the Indians ranked ninth with a .309 average, but earned just 1.0 Box-Toppers point, ranking 648th among all players.


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Courses are taught in English Language by professors and teachers having necessary work experience and teaching and research experience and have a very industry focused attitude.Students are given lectures and tutorials along with projects and case studies which they have to work either singly or as a group. Real life problems are asked to solve so that the students develop the problem solving and decision making skills.
Students are encouragged to interact with the peers and business proofessional to gain practical know-how and collaboratively learn. Students are also given internships to implement their knowledge and help gain practical experience.
Danish People are very good in English so international students are required to have high standard in English to join the educational programs in Denmark. Various English Language tests like TOEFL, IELTS , CAE scores are required to prove the eligibility. Normally the IELTS score should be within 6.5- 7.5.
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Marines, Val-d'Oise
3rd Battalion 6th Marines
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We got an inside look at the United States Marine Corps' intense 13-week basic training program. Senior video correspondent Graham Flanagan spent five days at the Marine Corps Recruit Training Depot in Parris Island, South Carolina, where he observed different companies at various stages of training. Recruits endure a series of intense physical challenges such as entering a gas chamber, rappelling down a 47-foot-tower, and fighting each other with "pugil sticks." The Marine Corps is the only US military branch that separates male and female recruits during basic training. In a statement to Business Insider, a spokesperson from the Marine Corps Recruit Training Depot at Parris Island said, "The same gender platoon model allows for appropriate acclimation to the training environment, development of key relationships with drill instructors, and optimal focus during the beginning of their transformation." After weeks of extreme physical and psychological challenges, training culminates with "The Crucible," a 54-hour event where recruits endure exhausting combat scenarios while running on minimal food and sleep. MORE BOOT CAMP: What New Navy Plebes Go Through On Their First Day At Annapolis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXjN5ln-2TQ What It Takes To Survive Coast Guard Boot Camp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBtJet6kmZ0 How Border Patrol Agents Are Trained https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7W7Ir0yZReA ------------------------------------------------------ #Marines #BootCamp #BusinessInsider Business Insider tells you all you need to know about business, finance, tech, retail, and more. Visit us at: https://www.businessinsider.com Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/businessinsider BI on Facebook: https://read.bi/2xOcEcj BI on Instagram: https://read.bi/2Q2D29T BI on Twitter: https://read.bi/2xCnzGF BI on Amazon Prime: http://read.bi/PrimeVideo What New Marine Corps Recruits Go Through In Boot Camp
Ever wonder how Marines are made? Take a brief look into 12 weeks of intensive and frantic recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. United States Marine Corps Recruit Training (commonly known as "boot camp") is an initial training that each recruit must successfully complete in order to serve in the United States Marine Corps. Week 1 Recruits arrive late at night and are immediately thrust into the whirlwind of in-processing, haircuts, uniform and gear issue and medical evaluations. Recruits undergo an initial strength test to ensure they are prepared for training. Week 2 During week two, recruits meet their team of drill instructors for the first time, learn Marine Corps Core Values and are introduced to the Marine Corps Martial Arts Program. Week 3 During week 3, the recruits continue MCMAP training and negotiate the Bayonet Assault Course and Obstacle Course. Week 4 During week 4, the recruits continue MCMAP training, tackle an initial Combat Fitness Test and face the senior drill instructor inspection. Week 5 Week 5 serves as the final week of Phase I, which is when recruits participate in swim qualifications and conduct an initial Physical Fitness Test. Week 6 Grass Week. Recruits hike to the rifle range and begin to learn the fundamentals of Marine Corps marksmanship. Recruits learn the proper firing positions and spend hours sitting in grass fields sighting in on practice targets. Week 7 Firing Week. Recruits take what they learned from Grass Week and apply it downrange. Week 8 During field week, recruits put their combat mindset to the test, day and night. Week 9 During week 9, recruits are put on working parties around the depot, experience what it is like to patrol areas at night and undergo a series commander's inspection. Week 10 During week 10 of recruit training, recruits complete the Bayonet Assault Course, Pugil Sticks III and the Combat Fitness Test. Week 11 During week 11 of training, recruits completed their final drill evaluation, final physical fitness test, and conquered the rappel tower. Week 12 Recruits take on The Crucible. After completing 12 grueling weeks of transformation, recruits have earned the Eagle, Globe and Anchor, and can now finally be called United States Marines. AiirSource Military covers events and missions from the United States Armed Forces: Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard. Visit our channel for more military videos: http://www.youtube.com/AiirSource Subscribe and turn on the notification bell to stay updated: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=AiirSource Help us translate our videos into your language: http://www.youtube.com/timedtext_cs_panel?tab=2&c=UCd4W_0_E64eeP-o1ZOqVN2A Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/AiirSource Google+: http://www.google.com/+AiirSource Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/AiirSource Credits: DoD | Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego Derivative Works: AiirSource Military
This branch of the U.S. military was at first created to deal with invasions from water and invading via the water, but the marines do a bit of everything now. In 1834, the marines became part of the U.S. navy, but they go back to 1775. Presently there are around 186,000 active members and 38,500 reserves. It's the smallest of the seven U.S. uniformed services – by those we mean Navy, Army, Air Force, etc. There is also a special branch of the marine corps, which is the "United States Marine Corps Special Operations Command." This command often deals with more covert operations. It's all a bit confusing as the U.S. military is comprised of so many parts, but we'll help explain everything. Welcome to this episode of the Infographics Show, 50 Shocking Facts about US Marines. SUBSCRIBE TO US -► http://bit.ly/TheInfographicsShow -------------------------------------------------------------------------- WEBSITE (SUGGEST A TOPIC): http://theinfographicsshow.com SUPPORT US: Patreon.......► https://www.patreon.com/theinfographicsshow SOCIAL: Twitter........► https://twitter.com/TheInfoShow Subreddit...► http://reddit.com/r/TheInfographicsShow -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sources for this episode: https://pastebin.com/9EbR6kSh
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We got an inside look at how United States Marine Corps recruits are exposed to tear gas during basic training. Senior video correspondent Graham Flanagan spent five days at the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in Parris Island, SC, where he observed recruits at various stages of boot camp. While wearing a gas mask, the recruits spend approximately five minutes inside a gas chamber where CS tablets are burned to create the gas. Recruits break the seals of their masks in order to feel the effects of the gas and to understand how their masks work during exposure. MORE MARINES: What New Marine Corps Recruits Go Through In Boot Camp https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0RTH57v66I How Marine Recruits Are Trained To Fight With Bayonets https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5Xv3x45Tlk ------------------------------------------------------ #Marines #BootCamp #BusinessInsider Business Insider tells you all you need to know about business, finance, tech, retail, and more. Visit us at: https://www.businessinsider.com Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/businessinsider BI on Facebook: https://read.bi/2xOcEcj BI on Instagram: https://read.bi/2Q2D29T BI on Twitter: https://read.bi/2xCnzGF BI on Amazon Prime: http://read.bi/PrimeVideo Why Marines Train Inside A Tear Gas Chamber In Boot Camp
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United States Marine Corps Recruit Training, commonly known as "boot camp", is a 13-week program of initial training that each recruit must successfully complete in order to serve in the United States Marine Corps. All enlisted individuals entering the Marine Corps, regardless of eventual active or reserve duty status, will undergo recruit training at one of the two Marine Corps Recruit Depots (MCRD): Parris Island, South Carolina, or San Diego, California. Male recruits from the 8th, 9th and 12th recruiting districts (areas west of the Mississippi River except Louisiana, and including parts of Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin and Michigan) are sent to MCRD San Diego. All recruits from the 1st, 4th and 6th recruiting districts and all female recruits are sent to Parris Island. Those desiring to become officers attend training at Officer Candidates School at Marine Corps Base Quantico, VA. Footage from Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island (often abbreviated as MCRD PI) is an 8,095 acres (32.76 km2) military installation located within Port Royal, South Carolina, approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) south of Beaufort, the community that is typically associated with the installation. MCRD Parris Island is used for the training of enlisted Marines. Male recruits living east of the Mississippi River and female recruits from all over the United States report here to receive their initial training. Male recruits living west of the Mississippi River receive their training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, California, but may train at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island by special request. More information: http://www.trngcmd.marines.mil/Units/... Subscribe for More Videos: https://goo.gl/xYDpmc See all other videos here: https://goo.gl/RGbo12 Credit to Sgt. Jennifer Schubert from Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island. Video created under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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United States Marine Corps Boot Camp Training - Officer Candidate School In order to become United States Marine Corps Officers, men and women spend a minimum of ten weeks at Officer Candidates School in Quantico, Virginia, where they are trained, evaluated and screened to ensure they possess the qualities needed to lead in the United States Armed Forces. With the United States fighting wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq, enrollment at OCS during the summer of 2009 was the second largest class size since the Vietnam War. Subscribe for More Videos: https://youtu.be/85-juko7y4g See all other videos here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrgcSjqcpKlXP1DM1cmfHnQ Credit to Matthew Hashiguchi at www.matthewhashiguchi.com. Based out of Boston, Massachusetts, Matthew Hashiguchi is an award winning documentary filmmaker and multimedia journalist whose work focuses on the diverse cultural, social and ethnic stories of American society. Video is licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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Marines, also known as a marine corps and naval infantry, are an infantry force that specializes in the support of naval and army operations on land and at sea, as well as the execution of their own operations. In the majority of countries, the marine force is part of the navy, but it can also be under the army like the Troupes de marine (French Marines) and Givati Brigade (Israeli Marines), or form an independent armed service branch like the United States Marine Corps and Royal Marines.
Historically, tasks undertaken by marines have included providing protection from war while at sea, reflecting the pressed nature of the ships' company and the risk of mutiny. Other tasks would include boarding of vessels during combat or capture of prize ships and providing manpower for raiding ashore in support of the naval objectives.
With the industrialization of warfare in the 20th century the scale of landing operations increased; this brought with it an increased likelihood of opposition and a need for co-ordination of various military elements. Marine forces evolved to specialize in the skills and capabilities required for amphibious warfare.
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Marines is a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in northern France.
Marines has been twinned with the town of Kington in England since 1979. The two places are of a similar population. In Marines there is a residential side-street called "Place Kington", whilst in Kington there is a covered space by the market hall called "Place-de-Marines".
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3rd Battalion 6th Marines is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina. Also known as "Teufelhunden", it consists of approximately 1000 Marines and Sailors. They fall under the 6th Marine Regiment and the 2nd Marine Division.
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Battalion Landing Team/ H&S Company/ Mike Company(deactivated)/ India Company/ Kilo Company/ Lima Company/ Weapons Company
3rd Battalion 6th Marines was activated on August 14, 1917 at Quantico, Virginia as the 3rd Battalion, 6th Regiment. They were quickly deployed during October–November 1917 to France and assigned to the 4th Brigade, American Expeditionary Force. They participated in the following World War I offensive campaigns: Aisne-Marne, St. Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne. They also participated in the following World War I defensive campaigns: Toulon-Troyon, Chateau-Thiery, Marabache, and Limey. Following the war they took part in the occupation of the Rhineland, December 1918-July 1919. They returned during July–August 1919 to Quantico, Virginia. The battalion was deactivated August 20, 1919
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Offshore (1979) is a novel by Penelope Fitzgerald. It won the Booker Prize for that year. It recalls her time spent on boats on the Thames in Battersea. The novel explores the liminality of people who do not belong to the land or the sea, but are somewhere in between. The epigraph, "che mena il vento, e che batte la pioggia, e che s'incontran con si aspre lingue" ("whom the wind drives, or whom the rain beats, or those who clash with such bitter tongues") comes from Canto XI of Dante's Inferno.
List of Characters and Their Boats (in order)
Lord Jim
Richard Blake, husband, aged 39
Laura Blake, wife, also known as Lollie
Harry, Maurice's acquaintance, who uses the boat for his own purposes but does not live on board
Nenna James, mother
Martha James, Nenna's teenage daughter.
Tilda (Matilda) James, Nenna's younger daughter, who is six years old
Edward James, estranged father and husband, who visits the boat only once
Stripey (the cat)
Willis, painter, widower, 65 years old
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"Offshore", when used relative to hydrocarbons, refers to an oil, natural gas or condensate field that is under the sea, or to activities or operations carried out in relation to such a field. There are various types of platform used in the development of offshore oil and gas fields, and subsea facilities.
Offshore exploration is performed with floating drilling units.
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"Offshore" is a song by British electronic dance music artist Chicane. It was released as his debut single from the album Far from the Maddening Crowds on 2 December 1996. The song reached #5 in the United States on Billboards Hot Dance Club Songs chart, #12 in Ireland and #14 in the United Kingdom.
A bootleg by Australian DJ Anthony Pappa was given an official release in 1997 titled "Offshore '97". This version peaked at #17 in the UK.
European CD single
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Offshore '97
"Offshore" was re-released in September 1997 as "Offshore '97". A bootleg was created by Australian DJ Anthony Pappa who made a mashup of "Offshore" with the vocals from the Power Circle song "A Little Love, a Little Life". Originally a bootleg, it was turned into an official release, credited to "Chicane with Power Circle". The song peaked at #17 on the UK Singles Chart.
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Keppel delivers fifth jack-up rig to Borr Drilling
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How much is that megabyte in the window?
I've been neglecting this blog lately to work on a couple of projects. One involved a comparison of different communication methods over the years. In researching it, I learned that when the IBM PC 5150 (the first personal computer) came out, it cost $1,565 and had a whopping 40 kilobytes of RAM. That works out to $39,125 per megabyte, or $88,176 in 2007 dollars. (I used 2007 inflation figures because that was the last year used by the on-line calculator I found).
The first Macintosh, the 128K, come out in 1984. It cost more, $2,495, but the cost per megabyte was a comparative bargain — just $19,392 ($38,429 in 2007 dollars).
How about now? I assembled a hypothetical generic Dual Core Intel machine with the usual features from a 2007 price list. At $421 for the computer, including a huge hard drive and DVD burner, it included 2 gigabytes of memory. That works out to just over 42 cents per megabyte — $0.42065, to be precise.
Funny that your writing led to some comparisons of cost with personal computing.
I write a small blog on WordPress about consumer electronics and my first entry dealt with the progress of personal music listening devices over th e years. I was amazed to think back to how much has changed in just the last 20-years and what $100 today will get me versus 20 years ago.


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The purposes of an internal audit are:(1) to ensure that the policies and procedures of the credit union are followed;(2) to provide the governing body5 with a continuous appraisal of the overall effectiveness of the control systems, including proposed changes;(3) to recommend improvements where desirable or necessary;(4) to determine whether the internal controls established by the governing body5 are being maintained properly and operated as laid down in the policy, and comply
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Victories for Phoenix and San Antonio set up a second round NBA play-off clash.
It is the eight successive time the Spurs have negotiated the first round of the play-offs successfully and after losing game one they beat the Nuggests in four straight games.
"Obviously, we're thrilled with the win against a very good basketball team that is very, very difficult to guard for a lot of reasons," Gregg Popvich, the Spurs coach, said.
The Spurs will now face the second seeded Suns who beat the Lakers 119-110 to wrap up their series.
In Phoenix, Amare Stoudemire led the way with 29 points and 17 rebounds for the Suns.
Shawn Marion had 26 points while Steve Nash added eight assists.
Leandro Barbosa scored 18 points coming off the bench for Phoenix.
Despite a comfortable series lead coming into the game, a win was imperative for Phoenix to avoid an arduous trip to Los Angeles for game six.
Kobe Bryant top scored for the Lakers with 34 points but the team have not been past the opening round since 2004, when they lost to the Detroit Pistons in the NBA Finals.
"It is tough losing, extremely frustrating," Bryant, who was the league's top scorer during the regular season, said."It was difficult season. The second half was hard. We manage to get through a difficult stretch and find ourselves in playoffs."


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President Isaias loses his best friend in the US Congress
The Eritrean government has a range of foreigners who support it. Some are paid. Some are not.
Few can be stranger than the Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher of Orange County, California. He narrowly lost his seat after 30 years. He was close to the Eritrean regime, as well as being a key supporter of President Trump and the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin. [See below]
I am republishing an article written earlier.
Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher – President Isaias's friend
The Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher may seem like an unlikely supporter of the Eritrean government's cause, but there's no denying that he's consistent.
This week he sent a letter to US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo, calling for an improvement in relations with Eritrea and the resumption of military ties with the country. rohrabacher_Letter_Pompeo_-Eritrea
The letter, dated 26th April, argues that:
"Eritrea defeated the Stalinist dictatorship ruling Ethiopia to gain independence in 1991. Eritrea is a key member of the coalition led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE fighting against the Iranian backed Houthis in Yemen. Eritrea has excellent relations with Israel, UAE and Egypt. Cooperation with Eritrea to address the growing Chinese influence in the region, including their new military base in Djibouti and the ongoing fight against Islam makes sense."
Congressman Rohrabacher is something of an oddball. A former speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan, he is now seen as so strongly pro-Russian that he is said to have a Kremlin code-name, signifying that he is viewed as a valuable potential asset by Russian intelligence.
But he is also a man of some influence. He is chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe, Eurasia, and Emerging Threats.
Eritrean links
Congressman Rohrabacher has close ties with one of the key people the Eritrean regime uses to woo persons of influence. The Eritrean government hired Greenberg Traurig, a law firm that includes a lobbying team headed by Jack Abramoff.
Their services didn't come cheap. Greenberg Traurig's contract with Eritrea, filed under the Foreign Agents Registration Act, meant the country was paying Greenberg Traurig $50,000 a month for helping "in implementing its public policy goals in Washington."
As long ago as 2005 the New York Times revealed the links between Abramoff and Rohrabacher.
"Representative Dana Rohrabacher, a California Republican who said he had been friends with Mr. Abramoff for two decades and did not shy away from his hospitality.Mr. Rohrabacher, whose name bears the "FOO Comp" designation on the customer list, said he ate at Signatures at Mr. Abramoff's expense once or twice a month and that the meals fell under the friendship exemption in House rules. He also said he tried to take Mr. Abramoff out regularly, paying for the lobbyist's meals in return. "Just because you are a member of Congress doesn't mean you have to give up your friendships," Mr. Rohrabacher said, adding that "it was dinner with a friend and I didn't think of it as a gift."
In 2006 Abramoff pleaded guilty to bribing U.S. government officials in an unrelated case and was jailed for four years. He recently returned to lobbying, according to documents he filed with the Justice Department.
For his part, Congressman Rohrabacher has certainly been consistent in arguing for a pro-Eritrean government position.
In 2005, he argued in Congress for the State Department to take a more favourable view of Eritrea.
In July 2017 Rohrabacher proposed an amendment to the U.S. Department of Defense budget that would prompt Defense Secretary James Mattis to open negotiations with Eritrea on fighting terrorism.
In August 2017 he called for an end to sanctions against Eritrea and better ties with the country suggesting that America should follow the lead of others: "Multiple operations have been launched from Eritrean soil. Eritrean troops reportedly are involved in military operations inside Yemen. Saudi Arabia and the UAE have indicated they welcome and value Eritrea's participation. Egypt and Eritrea have greatly strengthened their already close ties in recent months, and Israel has cooperated with Eritrea for years."
So will Rohrabacher succeed? Will this weeks visit to the Horn by top US African diplomat, Donald Yamamoto lead to an ending of UN sanctions against Eritrea and even a US military base in the country?
We should know fairly soon. But perhaps Congressman Rohrabacher will have other things on his mind. He is facing re-election and right now the prospects are not too good.
Perhaps President Isaias and the Eritrean government need to think about finding a new American best friend.
Dana Rohrabacher, a pro-Russia Republican, narrowly loses House seat
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Calif.) (Damian Dovarganes/AP)
By Elise Viebeck
November 10 at 9:13 PM
A Republican congressman known for his outspoken support for Russian President Vladimir Putin narrowly lost his Orange County, Calif., seat after 15 terms, a defeat that helped Democrats further solidify their House majority.
Democrat Harley Rouda, a real estate executive, beat Rep. Dana Rohrabacher in one of the state's most closely watched congressional races, the Associated Press projected on Saturday. Rohrabacher's strong identification with President Trump and his unabashed support for Russia had made him ripe for a challenge in an affluent district that went for Hillary Clinton in 2016.
Rouda had 109,591 votes to Rohrabacher's 101,081 votes, with 52 percent of the vote to the Republican's 48 percent, according to the AP.
Democrats won the House majority on Tuesday and since then have picked up additional seats as ballots have been counted in about a dozen unresolved races.
Rohrabacher's friendliness toward Russia has raised eyebrows over the years and became a focal point in the race. Referred to as "Putin's favorite congressman," the longtime Republican lawmaker has said that Putin beat him in a drunken arm-wrestling match in the early 1990s to decide who won the Cold War.
Harley Rouda addresses his supporters at his election night party Nov. 6, in Newport Beach, Calif. (Kyusung Gong/AP)
The FBI warned Rohrabacher in 2012 that Russian spies were actively trying to recruit him. In 2015, Rohrabacher met with a woman in Russia who was later charged in the United States with spying for Moscow, an indictment the lawmaker called "bogus."
And he has expressed doubts about the intelligence community's consensus that Russia interfered in the 2016 election.
In June 2016, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said there are "two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump."
Rohrabacher has also made a number of controversial comments over the years. In May, he said it was acceptable for people to refuse to sell their homes to gay men and lesbians if they "don't agree with their lifestyle." The remark prompted the National Association of Realtors to withdraw its support for his campaign.
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Well, hello third trimester! You showed up quite quickly this time around! I can't believe we're already just 12 weeks (or so) away from meeting this little guy. Last week we spent the week at the beach for our last vacation as a family of three, which was pretty much the perfect thing for a 7 month pregnant woman. I basically laid on a lounge chair under an umbrella reading magazines on the beach while the husband played with Grayson in the waves and building sand castles. Peeerfection.
OK, so now it's time for an update! Let me tell you, looking back on my updates from last time is certainly a great way to appreciate how awesome this pregnancy is going. Cannot complain one bit, I must say.
is the size of a Chinese cabbage. He's almost 2 1/2 pounds and around 16 inches...which explains how he's causing so much ruckus in my tummy these days. He's also blinking, coughing, and sucking. Like a real human baby!
At my doctor's appointment this morning I was at 18 pounds gained. Last time I had gained 20 at this point, so I'm gaining a little slower, but I feel like I look a lot larger this time around. Maybe it's settling in different places this time? No idea. But whatever, gaining less weight makes me happy.
Pretty much nothing specific. Sweets. Cereal. Chocolate. As far as actual food goes, every day is different, and I rarely can think of anything that I just really want.
This kid is non-stop! He's already moving so much that my stomach looks like there's an alien moving around in there. He doesn't really have any specific times that he moves a lot, it's pretty sporadic throughout the day. He is super low though, so it feels like he's either head butting or river dancing on my bladder most of the time. My doctor informed me today that every baby rides a little lower than your first, and he is most definitely low, but nothing abnormal. But looking at my comparison pics above you can definitely tell how much lower he is than G was!
Still good! My body isn't sore at all so far, unless I'm super active that day, so most nights I'm sleeping really good as long as I've got a pillow to put between my knees. That's pretty much the only thing I need for a comfortable night it seems.
We've been having a lot of good chats about how excited we are lately and how fun it will be to have another sweet little baby in the house. We're both a little apprehensive to see how things will be once he arrives - just if we will feel the same as we did with Grayson right away, how G will react, and whatnot. I'm quite sure we'll both fall head over heels in love as soon as we lay eyes on him, so I'm not too concerned :) And I know Grayson will be an amazing big brother, which makes my heart want to burst just thinking about it.
Well, obviously the beach was amazing. We also did maternity photos on the beach, and I can't WAIT to see those. Grayson looked freaking adorable in the little outfit I had him in, and A looked handsome as always. I'm hoping I didn't look too swollen or tired, but if I did I guess that captures pregnancy in it's truest form, right?
My baby "sprinkle", which is just about three weeks away. I've also got several things I want to order from Etsy, like his going home outfit and G's outfit for that day, his name banner to go over his bed (once we choose the name!), a mobile for his crib, and so on....and shopping makes me happy, so that's all fun for me. Also looking forward to our hospital tour in a few weeks - I don't know much about the hospital I'll be delivering at, I would deliver pretty much anywhere in order to do so with the OBGYN I'm using this time. But I'm still curious! It looks nice from the outside, so that has to count for something, right? My to-do list is growing by the minute, and I know three months will pass in a flash, but really I'm looking forward to every minute of it - especially meeting this sweet boy once he arrives!


That is what a four-person team has been doing during the warmer months of 2017. They are members of the University of Rhode Island's Watershed Watch, a volunteer program that monitors the health of ponds, rivers, lakes, streams, reservoirs and harbors across the state. Hundreds of monitors around Rhode Island take weekly measurements and report the results to URI's College of the Environment and Life Sciences.
These volunteers don't measure non-organic pollution — the heavy metals, oils and other contaminants that are in Mashapaug Pond — but rather biological markers such as dissolved oxygen, algae, bacteria, water clarity, temperature and acidification. Measuring these water resources allows one to see changes week to week, and year to year. Some bodies of water in Rhode Island have been monitored for decades, providing data to better understand ecosystem health over time.
Each week, two of the Mashapaug Pond volunteers take a 5-minute kayak paddle to one of the pond's deeper areas — about 15 feet — to take samples. They always go to the same spot, and once there, anchor and perform basic measurements: temperature at the surface, at a meter (39 inches) depth and at 1 meter from the bottom.
To obtain this data, they lower a weighted cylinder with a thermometer in. The cylinder is attached to a rope, and when given an artful tug, the plug on the cylinder's top dislodges and it fills with water. The volunteers also measure weekly water clarity by using a laminated wooden disk that is divided into black and white quadrants. Known as a Secchi disk, it is attached to a rope and weight, dropped over the side of the boat, and at what depth from the water's surface the disk remains visible is recorded. Just from using this simple tool, you can tell, for example, that the pond is much less clear in August than it is in early June.
Every two weeks, though, things get a little more sophisticated, as several bottles are filled from samples taken at different depths for testing later. These samples are put in a cooler in the kayak, and then once on shore at the house of a team member whose house overlooks the pond, the volunteers become lab technicians, using droppers to introduce three different chemicals which, when properly administered and combined, will enable a measurement of the dissolved oxygen present in the water.
Once all of the procedures have been completed, the volunteers record the dissolved oxygen data on a card, along with the Secchi disk reading, water temperatures, and conditions (sunlight, wind, rain) and mail it to URI. Three times per season, we collect water samples for delivery to URI so that they can determine a bacteria count.
Watershed Watch trains people to be monitors in the spring, so if you are interested in getting involved next year, sign up for a training this winter.
Editor's note: Tim Lehnert is a Mashapaug Pond Watershed Watch volunteer.


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Royal Malaysian Air Force Third A400M Upgraded with Tactical Capabilities Returned From Sevilla
The first Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) A400M upgraded with tactical capabilities has returned to Malaysia. The upgrades were implemented by Airbus in Seville, enabling the aircraft to perform new missions such as aerial delivery, full paratrooper deployment or low level flight. With more than 10,000 flight hours achieved by its fleet, the RMAF is also the A400M fleet leader, having the aircraft with more flight hours and flight cycles accumulated among the A400M customers. As fleet leader, the RMAF fleet provides a valuable reference for all existing A400M customers and Airbus.
In operation with the RMAF since 2015, the A400M has already changed the customer's airlift operative, playing a key role in all mission types, including cargo and personnel transport, humanitarian and disaster relief missions, transport of heavy equipment, support to the national strategy in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic, medical transport, as well as air-to-air refuelling operations. The RMAF became the programme's first export customer and is the first A400M operator in the Asia-Pacific region.
The Airbus A400M Atlas is a European four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft. It was designed by Airbus Military (now Airbus Defence and Space) as a tactical airlifter with strategic capabilities to replace older transport aircraft, such as the Transall C-160 and the Lockheed C-130 Hercules. The A400M is sized between the C-130 and the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III; it can carry heavier loads than the C-130 and is able to use rough landing strips. Along with the transport role, the A400M can perform aerial refueling and medical evacuation when fitted with appropriate equipment.
The maximum payload of 37 metric tons (41 short tons) can be carried over 2,000 nmi (3,700 km; 2,300 mi).[87] The A400M operates in many configurations including cargo transport, troop transport, and medical evacuation. It is intended for use on short, soft landing strips and for long-range, cargo transport flights. The A400M is large enough to carry six Land Rovers and trailers, or two light armored vehicles, or a dump truck and excavator, or a Patriot missile system, or a Puma or Cougar helicopter, or a truck and 25-ton trailer. It features a fly-by-wire flight control system with sidestick controllers and flight envelope protection.
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Karoo Brewing is one of South Africa's finest craft breweries. Set in the wine region in Paar, they brew some of the best hoppy beers in the country.
Chinook Smash is a single malt, single hop pale ale from Karoo Brewing with a well-rounded if somewhat surprisingly bland palate.
The Jackal is one of South African's finest IPAs, with citrusy hop balanced palate and a long dry bitter finish.
Passion Smash is a single malt, single hop pale ale from Karoo Brewing with a well-rounded hoppy palate and clean bitter finish.
The Impala is an American Pale ale with a balanced hoppy palate and clean bitter finish.
Azacca Smash is a single hop IPA from Karoo Brewing with a light fruity palate and clean hoppy finish.
The Kudu from Karoo Brewing is a perfect beer for those not looking for a big departure from their regular mass-produced beer they've been drinking for years.
Tuk Tuk Brew is a modern brewpub in downtown Franschoek that serves up finely crafted beers and is a real find for those perhaps tired of the area's noted wines.
Tuk Tuk IPA is a fine example of the style and if you're a bit tired of wine when in Franshoek, a stop at Tuk Tuk is a must.
Tuk Tuk Dunkel is a truly fine example of Munich Dunkles with some roast and chocolate notes in the mix.