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The Economics of Marijuana
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One of the most socially charged arguments is that of the legal status of marijuana. This topic sparks many debates in a social sense, such as the push by the D.A.R.E. program to warn adolescents of its dangers, but is hardly ever analyzed from an economic point of view. When looking at the reasons for either legalizing or maintaining a criminal status for marijuana, it would appear that the rationale for legalization holds more weight than the rationale for continued prohibition. Given that this issue is quite complex as it involves the use of a known drug, the debate is far from being over and still will require a great deal of time before any sort of real, national law is either passed or rewritten. Regardless, the benefits of the legalization of marijuana have distinct, apparent positives that would generate a great deal of revenue for the country's economy.
Perhaps the greatest argument for the legalization of marijuana comes from the money that would be generated from the taxation of the product. For example, a study showed that in a free-market model, a distributor of marijuana sold 0.5 grams of the substance for $8.60 while the cost of production was only $1.70, meaning that the producers generated $6.90 in profit for every 0.5 grams sold (Moffat). If the government was to tax the sale of marijuana, they could generate a significant return on taxation as it is clearly shown that users of this substance are willing to pay a very high mark up price from the original amount it takes to produce the substance. That means if the government wanted to place taxation on marijuana that was similar to that of the cigarette industry, it could "have revenue of $7 per unit," (Moffat). Based on the model similar to that of cigarettes, that generates over 2 billion dollars on the sales alone.
Another argument for the legalization of marijuana comes in the money that it would save both the government and the individual annually. According to a Forbes report, "a 2007 study found that enforcing the marijuana prohibition costs tax payers $41.8 billion annually," (Bradford). If the substance was legalized, the taxpayers who could then put it back into the economy and help boost the areas that are currently in the largest deficits could save this money. From a government point of view, a great deal of money is spent on the policing of the substance to keep it illegal. It is reported that we spend roughly 150 billion dollars per year on policing and courts, and of all the drug arrests made, 47% are related to marijuana (Klein).
For all of the pros to the legalization arguments, there exist some cons as well, however, the vast majority of them are linked to social arguments instead of economical ones. The film, Weed, addresses this topic. The major economic argument against the legalization of marijuana that is, at least, related stems from the legitimating of the drug through the taxation process. The basis of this argument is that by taxing the drug, the nation is saying that drugs are all right and will lead to the use of stronger, more dangerous drugs such as cocaine or heroin (Erb). Even this argument, though it appeals to economics in some sense because it deals with the taxation of the product, is mostly rooted in the morals and values side of the reasoning for the continued prohibition of the substance, however.
The major arguments against the legalization of marijuana all stem from a moral or social feeling of the perceived evils of the substance. Many feel that the drug is a gateway drug and will lead people to try other, more dangerous substances. Others feel that the use of the substance is just morally wrong. There are those that feel the legalization of the substance will tempt more people, both adults and children, to trying marijuana. Others argue that the legalization of marijuana will lead to more criminals being on the street. And, some feel that the legalization will lead to more traffic accidents as more and more people are driving under the influence (Keel). This last argument does have interesting economic implications. If this idea were to be true, then the cost of dealing with an increase of vehicle accidents could be analyzed to see if the legalization of the substance is detrimental to society from an economic point of view by answering the question: does the amount spent on dealing with and preventing the potential traffic accidents that result from the use of marijuana warrant us to keep the drug illegal when compared to the benefits in revenue that the drug produces from being legal? The answer to this question, however, seems rather apparent.
The benefits of the legalization of marijuana appear to completely outweigh the cons from an economical point of view. It is of this author's opinion that the substance should be entirely legalized because of two major reasons. First, the economics behind the legalization of the substance would lead to a great amount of generated revenue for both the government, through taxation and regulation, and the individual, through businesses and money saved on policing the substance. Secondly, the major arguments against the legalization are based almost entirely upon an old, outdated ideology that has no real economic substance today. Marijuana was originally made illegal because it posed a threat to many industries because of the use of hemp, a by-product of growing marijuana that has no real relationship to the recreational use of marijuana as a drug. Back when marijuana was deemed illegal, the hemp industry posed a significant danger to industries such as the paper industry, and today hemp could be used as a means of providing alternatives to many other industries. So, not only does the recreational use of marijuana generate a great amount of return in a monetary sense, but the use of this other, related product, hemp, could also see a great amount of return to society in a monetary sense. It is for these reasons that marijuana should be entirely legal in every sense on a national level; the benefits clearly outweigh the rational against and society should realize that marijuana is not an evil product.
Bradford, Harry. "14 Ways Marijuana Legalization Could Boost The Economy." Huffington Post. 07 Nov 2012: n. page. Web. 16 Mar. 2013. <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/11/07/marijuana-economy-14-reasons_n_2089107.html
Erb, Kelly Phillips. "Stirring the Pot: Could Legalizing Marijuana Save the Economy?." Forbes. 20 Apr 2012: n. page. Web. 16 Mar. 2013. <http://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2012/04/20/stirring-the-pot-could-legalizing-marijuana-save-the-economy/>.
Keel , Robert. "Pros & Cons of Legalizing Marijuana." UMSL . n.d. n. page. Web. 16 Mar. 2013. <http://www.umsl.edu/~keelr/4380_ss08_wiki/ba0e099eb51f95fb9dfc0d6d2f268372.html>.
Klein, Joe. "Why Legalizing Marijuana Makes Sense." Time. 02 Apr 2009: n. page. Web. 16 Mar. 2013. <http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1889166,00.html>.
Moffatt, Mike. "Should Governments Legalize and Tax Marijuana?." About Economics. n.d. n. page. Web. 16 Mar. 2013. <http://economics.about.com/od/incometaxestaxcuts/a/marijuana.htm>.


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School of Computing reaffirms its research impact
School of Computing news Thursday 12 May 2022
The REF 2021 results have recognised that 99% of the submitted computing research activity is rated as either "world-leading" or "internationally excellent", with 63% rated as "world-leading".
The Research Excellence Framework (REF) is the system for assessing the quality and impact of research in UK higher education institutions along with the environment that supports this research.
This is a fantastic result for the School demonstrating the breadth and depth of our research, as well as the commitment of all concerned over a sustained period. In particular I'm delighted by the endorsement of the real-world impact that our research has had outside of academia in domains ranging from public transport scheduling, decision support systems for the built environment and digital pathology.
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View the University of Leeds REF 2021 results for all units of assessment.
Researchers in the School of Computing undertake a significant amount of genuinely world-leading and world-changing research at the University, ranging from theoretical computer science to leading edge interdisciplinary work. The REF 2021 results again demonstrate that our researchers along with their collaborators are expanding the frontiers of knowledge and achieving a real-world impact.
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83% of our impact case studies classified as "outstanding in terms of reach and significance", and all the others as ""very considerable in terms of reach and significance".
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We look forward to building on these successes as we pursue our vision to deliver sustainable, high-impact, long-term research excellence as demonstrated by outstanding outputs and the benefits which accrue to our disciplines, partners, industry, the local and wider economy, and society.
Researchers in the School collaborate with a wide range of external partners to translate their research into real-world solutions in areas such as transport scheduling, the built environment, health, and energy efficiency in the cloud.
The REF 2021 results are testament to the School of Computing's ability to attract world-class talent and how it fosters an environment that supports these researchers and their research ambitions, with 63% of our research environment having been classified as "world-leading" with the remainder "internationally excellent". Moving into the new £96 million Sir William Henry Bragg building is providing an outstanding modern research environment for our research in the heart of the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences. We are proud that the Faculty has gained the Athena SWAN Silver Award from the Equality Challenge Unit, the national body that promotes equality in the higher education sector, which recognises our strong and continued commitment to gender equality.
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A szelep folyadékok és gázok áramlásának szabályozására, irányának megváltoztatására és elzárására szolgáló gépelem. Más hasonló rendeltetésű berendezésektől (csővezetéki armatúráktól) az különbözteti meg, hogy a záróelem az ülékre  merőlegesen mozgatható. A köznyelv pontatlanul csapnak nevezi, ami azonban eltér felépítésben.  A magyar műszaki gyakorlat szelepnek nevezi a hidraulikus és pneumatikus működtetésben használt záróelemeket is, melyek tulajdonképpen tolattyúk a hagyományos elnevezés szerint.

A szelep szerkezete
A képen egy kisnyomású, kis átmérőjű átmeneti elzárószelep látható. Az (1) szelepház vas, acél vagy bronzöntvény, átmenetinek hívják az olyan szelepházat, melyben a közeg az eredeti irányban folytatja áramlását. Léteznek sarokszelepek is, melyeknél a kiömlőnyílás a beömlésre merőlegesen (a képen ábrázolt szelep esetén lefelé) helyezkedik el. Ferdeülékű szelepet az armatúra áramlási veszteségeinek csökkentése céljából készítenek. A szelep (5) záróeleme vagy szeleptányérja a (3) szelepülékre zárható. A szeleptányért a rajzzal ellentétben általában nem készítik egy darabból a (4) szelepszárral, hanem hozzá képest a függőleges tengely körül el tud fordulni és kismértékű kotyogással biztosítható az is, hogy az ülékre helyesen illeszkedjen. A menetes szelepszár az (7) zárófedélbe illeszkedik és a (6) kézikerék elfordításával nyitható-zárható. A szelepszár melletti rést a (8) tömszelencébe helyezett tömítéssel zárják le, amit a (9) anyával szorítanak össze. A tömítés régebben zsírral átitatott kenderkóc volt, ma különböző műanyagokat használnak.

A szelepeket a közeg áramlásának megnyitása és elzárása mellett az áramló mennyiség szabályozására is lehet használni. A szabályozásra használt szelepek zárófelületei a részleges nyitásnál fellépő nagyobb közegsebesség következtében fellépő erózió folytán megsérülnek, idővel nem zárnak tökéletesen. Ezért fontosabb esetekben két szelepet építenek be egymás után, az egyikkel szabályoznak, a másikat vagy teljesen elzárják vagy teljesen kinyitják. A kifejezetten szabályozásra szánt szelepek záróelemét úgy alakítják ki, hogy a szelep nyitásával többé-kevésbé arányosan változzon az átáramló közeg mennyisége. Gőz- és vízvezetékbe a közegek eltérő viselkedése miatt más-más záróelemet célszerű használni.

A szelep csatlakozása a csővezetékhez
A szelep a csővezetékhez többféleképpen csatlakoztatható. Az ipari armatúráknál általában karimás kötést használnak, a karimákat csavarokkal (sokszor szegcsavarokkal) erősítik össze, a karimák közé a közeg minősége és a belső nyomás függvényében különböző anyagú és szerkezetű tömítést helyeznek. Ennek a megoldásnak az előnye a cserélhetőség. Nagy nyomásoknál és hőmérsékletnél a szelepházakat hozzáhegesztik a csővezetékhez. Kis átmérőjű szelepeket gyakran hollandi anyával csavarozzák a csatlakozó csőhöz, de léteznek különféle speciális kötések is.

A szelep nyitása és zárása
A legtöbb szelep kézi működtetésű: a szelepszár menettel csatlakozik a házhoz, a végére szerelt kézikerék forgatásával lehet nyitni-zárni az armatúrát. Nagyobb szelepeknél ritkábban fogaskerekes áttételen keresztül lehet mozgatni az orsót. A távműködtetésű szelepeket fogaskerekes hajtóművön keresztül villamos motorral mozgatják. A nagy ipari armatúrák akkor is motoros működtetésűek, ha a kezelő a szelep mellett tartózkodik, mert a kézi mozgatás fárasztó és lassú művelet. Ilyenkor a kézi működtetés lehetőségét is meghagyják feszültségkimaradás esetére.

A szabályozószelepeket pneumatikus vagy hidraulikus munkahenger, ritkábban elektromos motor mozgatja. Ilyen szelepeket használnak például gőzkazánok után nyomáscsökkentő szelepként, ahol az az ipari fogyasztónak változó fogyasztása esetén is közel állandó nyomású gőzre van szüksége. Mivel a pneumatika viszonylag kis nyomású munkalevegőt használ, gyakran építenek be kétüléses szabályozószelepeket a szelepszárat terhelő közegnyomásból adódó erő csökkentése érdekében. Olyan helyeken, ahol gyors működtetésre és nagy erők kifejtésére van szükség, hidraulikát használnak. Ilyen eset áll fenn gőzturbinák és nagy vízturbinák szabályozószelepeinél, ahol veszélyes lehet, ha a teljes teljesítménnyel dolgozó generátort hirtelen leválasztják a hálózatról. Ez az úgynevezett teherledobás, a szelepeket gyorsan be kell zárni, mert a hirtelen terhelés nélkül maradt gépcsoportot a teljesítményfelesleg olyan fordulatszámra gyorsíthatja, melyet az szilárdságilag már nem bírhat el.

Képek

Csővezetéki szelepek

Vízcsap
Azok között az armatúrák között, amiket a köznapi nyelvben vízcsapnak hívunk, vannak valóban csapok (gömbcsapok) de a legtöbb igazából szelep. Könnyen megkülönböztethetőek: a csapok 90°-os fordulattal teljesen kinyithatók, míg a szelepeknél a kézikerék több fordulata szükséges a nyitáshoz. A vízcsapok szeleptányérján általában bőrből vagy gumiból esetleg műanyagból készült lapos tömítés van. A nem jól zárt vízcsap puha tömítését az átszivárgó víz erodálja, emiatt zárt állapotban is csöpögni fog, hosszabb időn keresztül tekintélyes mennyiségű vízveszteség lesz az eredménye.

Membránszelep
Agresszív, mérgező, robbanásveszélyes vagy rádióaktív anyagokat szállító csővezetékeknél fontos, hogy a tömszelence esetleges szivárgása ne okozzon katasztrófát. Ezért ilyen esetekben membránszelepeket alkalmaznak, ahol tömszelence helyett a külső teret a közegtől rugalmas membrán választja el.

Tűszelep
Egészen kis átmérőjű szelepeknél nincs külön szeleptányér, hanem a szelepszár végét alakítják kúposra, tű alakúra. Ilyen szelepeket építenek manométerek, nyomásérzékelők és a mérendő tér közé kialakított csőbe, hogy meghibásodás vagy hitelesítés esetén a műszert átmenetileg ki lehessen szerelni a berendezés leállítása nélkül.

Visszacsapó szelep
A visszacsapó szelep önműködő szelep, melynek feladata, hogy az egyik irányban lehetőleg kis veszteséggel átengedje a közeget, ellenkező irányba viszont lezárja. Az ilyen szelepek záróelemeinek mozgatását maga az áramlás biztosítja. Néha gyenge rugó tartja zárt állapotban a szelepet. A gépkocsik és kerékpárok gumitömlőinek légszelepei szintén visszacsapószelepek. Lehetővé teszik, hogy pumpáláskor a levegő bejusson a tömlőbe, a kifelé áramló levegő nyílását viszont lezárják.

Biztonsági szelep
A csővezeték vagy nyomás alatt működő berendezések biztonságát szolgálják a biztonsági szelepek. Ezek súllyal vagy előfeszített rugóval zárt állapotban tartott szelepek, melyek kinyitnak, ha a nyomás az előre beállított kritikus érték fölé emelkedik. Folyadékot tartalmazó berendezés esetén a biztonsági szelep csak a szerkezet túlterhelése ellen véd, gázok és gőzök esetén azonban a túlnyomás robbanást is eredményez.

Dugattyús gépek szelepei

Szívó- és kipufogószelepek
A gőzgépek fejlődésének késői szakaszában alkalmazni kezdték tolattyú helyett a szelepeket, melyek pontosabb vezérlést tettek lehetővé. A belsőégésű motoroknál már majdnem kizárólag szelepeket alkalmaznak. A dugattyús erőgépek szelepeit a vezértengely bütykei nyitják közvetlenül vagy szelephimbán keresztül. Zárásukat rugó  végzi. A belsőégésű motorok hőálló acélból készült szelepinek konstrukcióját a magas hőmérséklet okozta hőtágulás nehezíti. Egyszerűbb esetben a motor szerelésekor akkora hézagot hagynak a szelepemelő és a szelep között, ami az üzemi hőmérsékleten eltűnik. Ha a szelepet hézag nélkül szerelnék, meleg motornál a hőtágulás miatt mindig egy kissé nyitva maradna. Igényesebb konstrukcióknál hézagmentes szelepeket alkalmaznak, ahol a szelep a bütyöknek vagy a szelepemelőnek egy kis hidraulikus munkahengeren keresztül támaszkodik, ami folyamatosan kiküszöböli a hézagot.

Dugattyús szivattyúk szelepei
A dugattyús szivattyúk szívó és nyomószelepeit a folyadék nyomása nyitja és zárja automatikusan. Ezek a szelepek tulajdonképpen különleges kialakítású visszacsapószelepek. A lassú járású gőzgépek korában a kisnyomású, de nagy mennyiségű folyadékot szállító szivattyúk is dugattyús gépek voltak. Ezeknél nagy keresztmetszetű, lehetőleg kis nyitású szelepeket használtak.

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Olaj- és földgázfúrásoknál a kút biztonságba helyezésére kitörésgátlókat építenek az aktuális kútfejtagra. A kitörésgátló nagy nyomásra tervezett biztonsági szerelvény, amely arra szolgál, hogy amikor a fúrólyukban a fúrófej nagy nyomású folyadékkal vagy gázzal telített réteget érint, és nem kívánt betörés (kick) történik a fúrólyukba, a felszínen lehetőség legyen lezárni a feltörő tűzveszélyes vagy mérgező közeg útját, amellyel így meggátolható a kúttartalom kontroll nélküli feláramlása, azaz a vadkitörés. A kitörésgátlót többszöri használatra szánják, működése folyamán a záróelemnek nem szabad maradó alakváltozást szenvednie. Az olajiparban használt kitörésgátló nem tekinthető hagyományos értelemben szelepnek, mivel nem alkalmasak a kútáram szabályozására, ezek valójában kizárólag zárószerelvények. A pofás kitörésgátlók működési elvükben leginkább a tolózárakhoz hasonlíthatók.

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Axel Eskil Ingemar Nordell, född 28 juni 1921 i Boxholm, död där 25 januari 2001, var en svensk målare, tecknare och grafiker.

Han var son till martinarbetaren Axel Gabriel Nordell och Anna Maria Johansson och från 1947 gift med Hjördis Margareta Ekström. Nordell arbetade först som byggnadsmålare men bedrev på fritiden självstudier och under studieresor till bland annat Norge, Frankrike och Italien. Separat debuterade han med en utställning i Norrköping 1952 som följdes av separatutställningar på Gummesons konsthall 1953, Kalmar museum och Jönköpings museum 1955. Tillsammans med Nils Bringfelt ställde han ut i Nyköping 1955 och tillsammans med Hjördis Lindblad i Luleå 1957. Tillsammans med Gösta Petterson och Arne Nilsson deltog han i Folkrörelsernas konstfrämjandets vandringsutställning Vårpaletten. Tre målare. Han medverkade i Nationalmuseums utställning Unga tecknare och i samlingsutställningar arrangerade av Östgöta konstförening. Bland hans offentliga arbeten märks en väggmålning i tempera för centralskolan i Lesjöfors. Hans konst består av stilleben, porträtt och landskap från Boxholm, Lofoten och utlandet utförda i olja, pastell, gouache eller träsnitt. Nordell är representerad vid Östergötlands museum, Norrköpings konstmuseum och Kalmar konstmuseum.

Tryckta källor
Svenskt konstnärslexikon del IV sid 226, Allhems Förlag, Malmö. LIBRIS-ID:8390296
Svenska konstnärer, Biografisk handbok, Väbo förlag, 1987, sid 378,

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Svenska målare under 1900-talet
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Peabody's Reconstruction Schools
After the Civil War, the American South was badly battered, and improving its economic and social prospects became a central part of repairing our national union. Religious groups were the first to offer aid, including schooling for children. Then philanthropists outside of church structures took up the cause of boosting educational opportunities for young Southerners of all stripes.
Baltimore banker George Peabody took the lead. Barely a year and a half after the bullets had stopped flying, in early 1867, Peabody established America's very first formal foundation, the Peabody Education Fund, with a gift of $2.1 million and a charge to raise the standard of schooling throughout the South without racial considerations. The fund ultimately distributed about $4 million across the region, building schools, training teachers, and offering scholarships for higher education. One of its lasting achievements was in creating a high-quality college for teachers at Vanderbilt University, which sprinkled instructors throughout the southern states for generations, right up to the present. The Peabody Fund was also important for inspiring others to take up the cause of upgrading the schooling available to everyday Southerners. A half dozen very active endowments, often working in close collaboration, eventually showered money, buildings, expertise, and encouragement on Southern education for several decades, strengthening and creating institutions at the primary, secondary, and college levels alike. (See 1907 entry.)
In addition to helping heal egregious regional sores, the Peabody Fund was a leader in what education historian John Thelin calls "long-distance philanthropy"—moving dollars out of the donor's home area to locations of special need. The fund was also the first U.S. philanthropy to focus on one social problem. And it was a pioneer in relying heavily on trustees to guide its giving, and in other operational aspects that later became common in modern philanthropy. George Peabody was thus a powerful influence not only on other givers in his place and time, like Enoch Pratt and Johns Hopkins, but also on later American philanthropists like Rockefeller, Carnegie, and Gates, all of whom have cited the generous and thoughtful Baltimorean as a model and inspiration, causing historians to refer to him as "the father
J. L. M. Curry, A Brief Sketch of George Peabody and a History of the Peabody Education Fund through Thirty Years (Peabody Education Fund, 1898)
George Peabody entry in Philanthropy Hall of Fame, philanthropyroundtable.org/almanac/great_men_and_women/hall_of_fame/george_peabody
John Thelin, A History of American Higher Education (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2011)


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NASCAR, NBCSN announce 2019 regional series broadcast schedule
By Jerry BonkowskiFeb 8, 2019, 6:54 PM EDT
NASCAR and the NBC Sports Group on Friday announced the 2019 broadcast schedules for the NASCAR K&N Pro Series East and West, as well as the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour. All races will air on NBCSN.
The overall schedule features a total of 37 regional events at 27 different racetracks across the U.S., including each series' openers and championship finales.
Things kick off on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at 6 p.m. ET, with the K&N Pro Series East opener that takes place this Sunday at Central Florida's New Smyrna Speedway.
The K&N Pro Series West season opener at The Dirt Track at Las Vegas Motor Speedway airs Tuesday, March 5, at 6 p.m. ET.
The Whelen Modified Tour season opener at Myrtle Beach Speedway airs Thursday, March 21, at 6 p.m. ET.
As for airing dates and times for each series' championship races, they are: K&N Pro Series East, Friday, Oct. 11, at Dover International Speedway; Whelen Modified Tour, Thursday, Oct. 17, at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park; and the K&N Pro Series West, Thursday, Nov. 14, at ISM Raceway.
Here's the full schedule (all times Eastern):
NBCSN COVERAGE
RACE DATE SERIES TRACK AIR DATE TIME
Sun, Feb 10 K&N Pro East New Smyrna Speedway Wed, Feb 13 6 p.m.
Thu, Feb 28 K&N Pro West Las Vegas Motor Speedway Tue, Mar 05 6 p.m.
Sat, Mar 16 Whelen Modified Myrtle Beach Speedway Thu, Mar 21 6 p.m.
Sat, Mar 30 Whelen Modified South Boston Speedway Wed, Apr 03 4 p.m.
Sat, Mar 30 K&N Pro West Irwindale Speedway Wed, Apr 03 6 p.m.
Sat, Apr 06 K&N Pro East Bristol Motor Speedway Thu, Apr 11 4 p.m.
Sat, May 04 K&N Pro East South Boston Speedway (Twin #1) Wed, May 08 6 p.m.
Sat, May 04 K&N Pro East South Boston Speedway (Twin #2) Thu, May 09 6 p.m.
Sat, May 11 K&N Pro West Tucson Speedway (Twin #1) Wed, May 22 4 p.m.
Sat, May 18 Whelen Modified Wall Stadium Speedway Thu, May 23 7 p.m.
Sat, Jun 01 K&N Pro East Memphis International Raceway Wed, Jun 05 6 p.m.
Sat, Jun 01 Whelen Modified Seekonk Speedway Wed, Jun 05 7 p.m.
Sat, Jun 08 K&N Pro West Colorado National Speedway Thu, Jun 13 6 p.m.
Sat, Jun 15 K&N Pro East Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park Thu, Jun 20 6 p.m.
Sat, Jun 22 K&N Pro West Sonoma Raceway Thu, Jun 27 6 p.m.
Sat, Jun 29 K&N Pro West Douglas County Speedway Thu, Jul 04 6 p.m.
Fri, Jul 19 Whelen Modified New Hampshire Motor Speedway (All-Star) Thu, Jul 25 6 p.m.
Sat, Jul 20 K&N Pro East New Hampshire Motor Speedway Mon, Jul 29 6 p.m.
Sat, Jul 20 Whelen Modified New Hampshire Motor Speedway Wed, Jul 31 6 p.m.
Fri, Jul 26 K&N Pro East/West Iowa Speedway Wed, Jul 31 7 p.m.
Fri, Aug 02 K&N Pro East Watkins Glen International Wed, Aug 07 6 p.m.
Wed, Aug 14 Whelen Modified Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park Wed, Aug 21 6 p.m.
Thu, Aug 15 K&N Pro East Bristol Motor Speedway Wed, Aug 21 7 p.m.
Sat, Aug 17 K&N Pro West Evergreen Speedway Thu, Aug 22 6 p.m.
Sat, Aug 24 K&N Pro East/West Gateway Motorsports Park Thu, Aug 29 6 p.m.
Sat, Aug 31 Whelen Modified Oswego Speedway Thu, Sep 05 6 p.m.
Sat, Sep 07 Whelen Modified Riverhead Raceway Wed, Sep 11 6 p.m.
Sat, Sep 21 K&N Pro East New Hampshire Motor Speedway Wed, Sep 25 6 p.m.
Sat, Sep 21 Whelen Modified New Hampshire Motor Speedway Thu, Sep 26 6 p.m.
Sat, Sep 28 K&N Pro West Meridian Speedway Fri, Oct 04 6 p.m.
Sun, Sep 29 Whelen Modified Stafford Motor Speedway Fri, Oct 04 7 p.m.
Fri, Oct 04 K&N Pro East Dover International Speedway Fri, Oct 11 6 p.m.
Sat, Oct 12 K&N Pro West All American Speedway Thu, Oct 17 6 p.m.
Sun, Oct 13 Whelen Modified Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park Thu, Oct 17 7 p.m.
Sat, Oct 26 K&N Pro West Kern County Raceway Park Thu, Oct 31 6 p.m.
Sat, Nov 09 K&N Pro West ISM Raceway Thu, Nov 14 6 p.m.
Tags: nascar, NASCAR K&N Pro Series East, NASCAR K&N Pro Series West, NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour Series, nbcsn


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MATT LOMBARDO
NJ Advance Media Group (TNS)
NEW YORK — One day after Penn State head football coach James Franklin was named in a lawsuit by a former University physician claiming he was pressured to rush injured players back onto the field, Giants running back Saquon Barkley shared a much different experience.
As a freshman, Barkley suffered an ankle injury in Week 4 of the 2015 season and now credits Franklin for keeping him from making a shortsighted decision at the time.
"I personally wanted to get back on the field as fast as I could," Barkley told NJ Advance Media Tuesday at the NFL100 kickoff event. "And play as fast as I could. James Franklin was awesome for me. I tried to force it and he just wouldn't allow me force it. I sat out the next two weeks and was able to come out and be healthy the rest of the season."
Despite sitting out against Army and Indiana the two weeks following his injury, Barkley went on to rush for 1,076 yards in 11 games as a freshman. Three years later, Barkley was the No. 2 overall pick in the NFL Draft.
"Coach Franklin's been nothing but a role model and mentor to me," Barkley said. "I feel like he's part of my family."
Admitting that he can't speak for every player to come through the Penn State football program, Barkley says that he never felt pressured to play hurt.
Barkley also revealed Tuesday that he plans on returning to Penn State to finish his degree, keeping a promise he made to his parents and to Franklin.
"For me, James Franklin is great mentor and a great coach," Barkley said. "My time at Penn State was amazing to me, and to all of my teammates, from what I know."
Others also defend Franklin: Barkley is not the only former player to come to Franklin's defense.
Linebacker Jason Cabinda, now with the Oakland Raiders, tweeted: "Lemme go ahead and save y'all the time of speculating … this is complete and total BS straight up."
Cabinda's mother, Natalie, also tweeted in support of Franklin: "I don't think any coach cares about his players like coach Franklin. He treats them like his sons."
Austyn Carta-Samuels, who played quarterback for Franklin at Vanderbilt, said the coach helped him after he was injured.
"I was James Franklin's QB in 2013 & tore my ACL in Game 7," he tweeted. "I wanted to play on it. Three weeks later I was cleared by the doctors to play at Florida. Franklin thought I was rushing it & chose to protect me & told me I'd start vs Kentucky the next week. Be better."
Jen Simmons, the mother of redshirt junior defensive end Shane Simmons, who missed five games last season with an undisclosed injury, said of the lawsuit, "This is ABSURD!!!
"Absolute and total BS!!!" she tweeted. "As a parent of a son with an injury, @coachjfranklin and the entire staff have been nothing but supportive of our players and have their best interest at heart. None of this is true."
The lawsuit: According to a report from PennLive, Dr. Scott A. Lynch claims in a lawsuit filed in Dauphin County Court that Franklin repeatedly tried to influence his decisions regarding whether hurt players were fit to play.
Lynch contends that his complaints about Franklin's supposed interference prompted Penn State officials to remove Lynch from his two posts charged with safeguarding the health of student athletes.
Lynch was removed as Orthopedic Physician for the football team and Director of Athletic Medicine for the university in March.
He is seeking more than $50,000 in damages from the university in his suit. He claims Penn State officials violated his rights as a whistleblower.
"As always, the health and well-being of our student athletes is of the utmost importance to us." Franklin told reporters Tuesday.
The Philadelphia Inquirer contributed to this report.


A brief explanation of the requirements for both Collective and Personal Protection and a guide to the European and British standards applicable to Fall Protection products.
Under Work at Height Regulations 2007, it is the moral duty and legal responsibility of those in control of rooftop work to do all that is reasonably practical to prevent anyone falling.
Employers, employees and contractors must now carry out risk assessments, prepare a method statement and consider whether an alternative form of access would be safer.
When considering which type of safety equipment to use, the HSE advise a hierarchy of options to be considered.
1. Eliminate the Risk. Can working at height be avoided completely? Can roof mounted equipment be moved to an area of safety or could other options such as extendable equipment on the ground be used instead?
2. If working at heights cannot be avoided, the first consideration should be to install collective fall prevention (link to further down the page) measures e.g. guard rail around the perimeter of the roof in order to provide protection for everyone who has to work at heights.
3. Finally, if collective solutions are not viable personal protection systems (link to further down the page) e.g. work restraints, fall arrest, rope access should be available to all workers to minimise the distance and consequence of a fall should one occur.
Download our Fall Protection Hierarchy of Control Infographic.
Where regular planned maintenance is carried out collective protection provides the best solution for protecting workers at height.
Dependant on the suitability of the roof or structure a permanently installed system offers a passive solution for multiple workers by providing a physical barrier to the fall hazard, allowing them to concentrate on the job in hand rather than the safety system.
Although permanently installed, counter weighted systems allow installation to roofs without the need to penetrate the roof so not affecting water-proofing and allowing the system to be installed without affecting the use of the building.
Other options include fixing guardrails to metal roof sheets or to structurally suitable parapet walls and folding systems which can be left out of view when not in use.
Other fall hazards such as roof access hatches or skylights can also be protected.
For one off tasks, e.g. roof or gutter repairs, scaffolding, access platforms or mobile elevated work platforms (MEWPS) can be used, what should considered when these options are selected is the fact that they require specialist contractors or in the case of MEWP's user training and certification and require suitable hard standing and space next to the building or structure they are accessing. As these options are not typically available immediately, this leads to workers taking risks where they consider a task to be too short to warrant a time consuming set up time for the safety equipment, this would be avoided if a permanent solution was in place.
Typically chosen when irregular maintenance tasks (i.e. less than once a year) are required to be carried out and it is deemed not to be 'reasonably practicable' to provide a collective solution due to cost, unsuitability of structure or aesthetics/planning permission.
Although generally less expensive than collective protection options there a lot more considerations to be taken into account, including hidden costs such as annual (as a minimum) inspection and certification, user training, specialist PPE and in some cases rescue equipment and training. In the case of engineered systems they are installed and maintained by specialist companies.
Personal fall protection systems and anchors normally require the user to wear a full body harness and the use of a connecting element such as a lanyard, flexible rope & grab or self retracting block.
Wire systems or Horizontal Lifelines are most often thought of when people think of Personal Fall Protection products but other options such as single point anchors, deadweight anchors (non-penetrative) and temporary anchors are also commonly used.
Safe access must also be considered as should the actual walking surface, roofs are not typically designed to be walked on and a dedicated walkway will minimise slips and trips, protect the roof from damage and be used as demarcation to ensure workers stay within certain areas or away from hazards. Demarcation systems, providing visual indications of 'no walk' areas can also be a useful addition to fall protection systems when used with a safe method of work.
Two common terms associated with Personal Fall protection products are 'Fall Arrest' which allows access to a fall hazard and is designed to safely arrest the user in the event of a fall and 'Restraint' (also referred to as Fall Restraint or Work Restraint) a system that allows the user to reach the fall hazard but prevents the user from falling by the use of a restraining lanyard.
Restraint must always take precedent where possible when designing a Personal Fall Protection system and in some scenarios where there is minimal unobstructed fall distance available it is the only solution.
Where Fall Arrest has been selected, the Working at Height regulations requires a rescue plan to be in place.
Standards, the European standard EN795:1996 relates to the design and testing of personal protection systems, BS7883:2007 provides guidance on the installation of EN795 systems and BS8437:2005 is a code of practice for their selection use & maintenance. Walkways without guardrail are required to be designed to EN516.
HSG-33 Health & Safety in Roof Work HSE Guidance document for roof work.
British Standard gives recommendations and guidance on the selection, use and maintenance of personal fall protection systems and equipment for use in the workplace to prevent and/or to arrest falls from a height, including systems and equipment suitable for use in rescue. It also gives guidance on rescue of persons working at a height, in the event of an accident.
It is intended for use by employers, employees and self-employed persons who use personal fall protection systems and equipment. It is also intended for use by designers, e.g. architects and structural engineers, including those who are responsible for the design of safe access routes on buildings and structures, by those who commission work at a height, e.g. building owners and contractors, and by those involved in training persons for work at a height.
Applies to installations for roof access (building products) permanently fixed to the load-bearing construction of pitched roofs, to stand or to walk on during inspection, maintenance and repair of facilities on the roof. Specifies essential dimensions, materials to be used, requirements with respect to the load-bearing capacity of the installation for roof access fastened to the roof construction including their fastening system, and the extent of testing.


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Q: Out of memory error java.lang.OutOfMemoryError So I'm trying to see what is producing this error but I can´t see where is the problem. . I know that this error is produced because some images are too big so memory can´t be reserved for it. but I have been a couple of days trying to see what image is making this error to show but I can´t see it.Hope someone can help me. This is stack trace:
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError:

A: So it's a user crash. You are out of luck then. So you have a user with a cheap device that can't handle that image. :)
The best I can suggest:

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*Create a downscaled version of the image

*Do a try/catch in ActivityWorkout.onCreate

*Capture the out-of-memory exception

*Set a "this is a low-memory device" flag in the settings (use SharedPreferences)

*Before loading the layout, read that flag

*Depending on its value, conditionally use either the full, or the downscaled version of the image

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shilly-shally (v.)
"to vacillate," 1782, from adverbial expression to stand shilly-shally (1703), earlier shill I, shall I (1700), a fanciful reduplication of shall I? (compare wishy-washy, dilly-dally, etc.). From 1734 as an adjective, by 1755 as a noun. Related: Shilly-shallying (1816).
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wishy-washy (adj.)
1690s, "feeble or poor in quality," reduplication of washy "thin, watery." Meaning "vacillating" is attested by 1873.
dilly-dally (v.)
"loiter, delay, trifle," also dillydally, 1741, probably a reduplication of dally (q.v.). Related: Dilly-dallying.
higgledy-piggledy
"confusedly, hurriedly," 1590s, a "vocal gesture" [OED] probably formed from pig and the animal's suggestions of mess and disorder. Reduplications in the h-/p- pattern are common (as in hanky-panky, hocus-pocus, hinch(y)-pinch(y), an obsolete children's game, attested from c. 1600).
Edward Moor, "Suffolk Words and Phrases" (London, 1823), quotes a list of "conceited rhyming words or reduplications" from the 1768 edition of John Ray's "Collection of English Words Not Generally Used," all said to "signify any confusion or mixture;" the list has higgledy-piggledy, hurly-burly, hodge-podge, mingle-mangle, arsy-versy, kim-kam, hub-bub, crawly-mauly, and hab-nab. "To which he might have added," Moor writes, crincum-crankum, crinkle-crankle, flim-flam, fiddle-faddle, gibble-gabble, harum-scarum, helter-skelter, hiccup-suickup, hocus-pocus, hotch-potch, hugger-mugger, humdrum, hum-strum, hurry-scurry, jibber-jabber, prittle-prattle, shilly-shally, tittle-tattle, and topsy-turvy. Many of these date to the 16th century.
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Whose Leadership Should We Choose: Putin or Obama? by Thomas Martin Saturday
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President Barack Obama's address to the United Nations General Assembly today marking the 70th Anniversary of the founding of this great instrument for peace and cooperation took that fork in the road less traveled, decisively, yet again, even as Vladimir Putin, the bellicose and prideful tyrant leading Russia took that so traveled road in human history to nothing but real politick via large power diplomacy and war.
The contrast on this day could not be more stark. Is the United States and its democratic experiment launched on behalf of the American people in 1776, and affirmed in our Constitution, and re-affirmed in a bloody civil war that permitted the experiment of people governing themselves to go on to continue or would we take the most traveled road in direct contravention of our professed ideals– those self-evident truths Jefferson so ably wrote of?
Was Obama going to essentially take the easiest path, and most emotionally and immediately gratifying road of exerting overwhelming American military power on the land, sea, and in the air? Where Americans might watch on their HD television systems U.S. Marines in the honorable and noble best traditions of the Corps kill tens of thousands of ISIS fighters?
Where we would make common cause with Putin to preserve and expand the influence of the Assad regime to permit our troops to succeed better. It is, after all, what Putin most wants us to do after his bold moves in the Middle East in the great power chess game we have lost and are losing so badly.
Obama's largely, nay hugely successful world diplomacy, in Libya and Syria at least, are nothing but dismal failures. Yet who has succeeded in bringing peace that is stable, reasonably benevolent, and protecting of human rights in those countries? No one yet.
Putin's peace demands Assad return to full power, and as necessary by killing still more hundreds of thousands of his own people, the majority having left for Europe and elsewhere burdening the world with their tears for justice and safety, and the unsettling need to settle these people in new lands. Putin's solution is Assad's solution.
The entire range of Republican candidates for President in this country, their party, and so many Americans with traditional notions of the use of American power in the Cold War context, are out for blood. It is what they depend upon to bolster American prestige, and influence over our world. Conservatives overwhelmingly turn to fear, hate, ignorance, and factional division backed by a level of military might that has not even been equaled in the history of humankind as their foreign policy default setting.
Should Republicans and their ilk be successful in 2016, I say to Americans prepare for war, and prepare for war on many fronts, in many lands, and for a rate of American deaths and war casualties in numbers that will dwarf what we have seen to date in Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria.
The logic is overpowering. When you base your diplomatic efforts upon sabre rattling, military might, and fear and anger you will have to satiate its demands. This monster you will have built, but you will lose control of it in the end at such great cost to American citizens, and any shred of democracy and free government that is left.
Political pundits all over the media are tearing apart the President's legacy, and demanding bold super-power like action, while labeling and defining President Obama's foreign policy as a total failure– weak American leadership worldwide.There are already calls for explanations as to how Putin could so outmaneuver us on foreign policy grounds we thought we were at least his equals. They want Obama's political head on a stick.
Let me tell you truly, Obama is playing chess on a much more advanced level then either Putin, Republican opponents at home, and most of the leaders representing some 170 nations plus in the UN.
He is playing it in the great halls of human justice, peace, loving concern for one another, amidst the challenges of a multitude of world conflicts, any one of them with the prospect of obliterating humankind He is playing chess on a board that is so much more spatially complex as to confound opponents and friends alike, who are so accustomed to how we have responded to conflicts and challenges since World War II.
To use real world examples:
Do we favor Nixon's bombing during Christmas of innocent civilians during the Vietnam War? It certainly was fully successful in finally bringing the North Vietnamese to the bargaining table, and for a time, ending the conflict. But was this success a lasting one? No, it was not. Americans saw our troops and embassy staff airlifted out of Saigon just before North Vietnamese Army units took the South's capital and imposed a dictatorial regime within a few years of that exertion of raw military force.
Consider this? What about just one human being, with a vision for a world of peace, justice, communal cooperation, and yet the use of the force of moral authority, coupled with the desire of a whole people to govern themselves and not be under the heel of an empire, however celebrated. Mahatma Gandhi's long walk on his Salt campaign so humbly, non-violently, and passively resisting the exercise of tyranny won out over that empire. Though not Gandhi, President Obama is tapping into this vision for human society.
Will we exalt leaders like Putin in ages to come? Or will free peoples look instead to Gandhi, Mandela, King, and yes even Churchill and Roosevelt, and most of all, Lincoln, when that last extremity for national self-preservation does threaten people directly.
On this point the President of the United States unequivocally told the world body that the United States will exert all of its military might, and if necessary, unilaterally, to protect the American people. He made no apology for acting in that way should he be forced to in future. He could say no less as our Constitution specifically charges him with that task as Commander-In-Chief. Lest we think Obama is truly lacking in nerve, perseverance, and decisive bold leadership, we look of course to his unilateral destruction of Osama Bin Laden as he had promised even prior to becoming our Chief Executive, and his leadership in getting health care for sixteen million more American citizens.
President Obama today enunciated more forcefully and clearly than ever before what the policy of the United States is in relation to the world and the United Nations in particular on this anniversary of its founding, largely via the efforts of the United States of America in 1945 and beyond.
He chose to lift up the words of Jefferson in our founding document, and it's self-evident truths before an even as yet disbelieving world, attuned to big power politics, more war, killing, and bloodshed for the sake of power and nothing else.
Do we as Americans yet place our ultimate hope in free government, where the consent of those governed is a guiding principle, along with the essential equal value of every citizen despite color, religion, creed, and economic or family structure and station in life?
Obama's central message or proposition was that Jefferson is right. That democracy itself is the ultimate antidote to social strife, war, and a host of human conflicts and ills. For this American, I was so proud of his statement of such a policy so aligned with what is and remains our most essential self-evident truths as to who we are as a nation and people, and what hope we ourselves still hold for our common destiny.
In contrast, the President's opponents and lukewarm defenders alike have so undermined his foreign policy to date, and what seems certain will be his entire presidency, that no president other than Abraham Lincoln, has been so disrespected,
vilified and condemned, for so many reasons, almost all of them totally unjustified.
Successful and unsuccessful presidencies alike have had at least some measure of common support from the Congress and both parties, if for nothing else not to totally tie the hands of the president then serving all of us. Are we as a people now mature enough to see beyond the petty politics, and the almost naked lusting for power, and not service to the American people?
Do we have the maturity and raw courage to actually live out the nation's creed as Martin Luther King Jr. so forcefully said in Washington that hot day in August 1963? Thus far in this current Presidency too many do not. I'm horribly ashamed so many of them lack that maturity and raw courage.
It is easy to call for war, to call for the demonization of an enemy, to ruthlessly sweep away via hate and fear your enemies. Super or hyper patriotic flag waving is the way of cowards. A mature human being, as a nation, and a world, requires that we accept the fundamental propositions our nation was founded upon. For if we have any claim to being its true heirs, we too have to take that road less traveled, the hard road where the bumps and discomforts are many, and the immediate rewards are few.
President Obama today in the United Nations, displayed that courage, and called upon the world community to look up to those higher things, Lincoln's better angels of our nature—to lift up and support democracy and all its attendant rights and freedoms collectively as a world community, and not just a multitude of squabbling tribes and religions.
Will he be there at that much rarer last extremity to lead us in war? Will he be able to issue that last call once more into the breach, where the threat to peace from a violent foe will be met with the fury of a free people forced into war? Could it ultimately be ISIS or Putin moving into the Ukraine?
Abraham Lincoln had both kinds of courage outlined here. Barrack Hussein Obama damn sure has it in abundance, but an abundance of good judgment. Mark that. Our enemies and friends alike should know he will act as necessary to protect the peace of the world in cooperation with other nations, and where our military power is directly harnessed to those great principles of human freedom that are self-evident.
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I have been teaching catechesis for the past eight years. Recently I was requested to prepare a twelve year old boy with Autism for his First Communion. I told my coordinator that I was not trained to teach Special Needs children. I became upset because I do not have the confidence and knowledge of what to teach. He insisted that I could do it and that I should pray and trust in God. He said there is no one else and that I am the most suitable person. I really do not feel I am able to do it. This is making me feel very guilty. I really do not want to disappoint my Parish priest and the family. What should I do? Should I go ahead and try to help the boy?
One of my first ministries, back when I was a teenage seminarian, was to teach the catechism to intellectually challenged children at a facility in Ebensburg, Pennsylvania. I had no formal training. I was fresh out of high school. First, I did not panic. Secondly, I sought advice and guidance from people who already did such work. Third, I assessed the various needs for each of the children (they were not the same). Fourth, I sought to form a friendly relationship with them. I used images and employed a great deal of repetition. I tried to make the learning fun, even turning the study into a game with cards. As a kid I loved comics— and I used a comic book about Jesus with one young girl. Her language skills were poor but she loved pictures. Some liked to draw and color. The bishop was generous and told us that the children could receive the Eucharist if they could identify Holy Communion as Jesus. That is where I placed the emphasis. I would show a picture of the host and then an image of our Lord. I did the best I could. That is all the Pastor is asking of you. Parishes that have special education teachers are surely blessed; but most church communities must do without. You have decided to be a catechist. That means that you are called to teach children— not just the kids judged smart or quick, but also those viewed as slow or who process information differently. These children have as much a right to the faith and to your services as any other. If you were a parent, would you neglect a special child for those deemed "normal"? Push yourself and show everyone that inclusion matters. Every child is precious and irreplaceable. Every child has something to share. Give of yourself so that the "special" child may make a gift of himself for you to know.


An estate agent has been fined £200,000 after a prospective house buyer who was viewing a property fell into a 30ft (nine-metre) deep garden well.
The 39-year-old woman suffered head injuries in the fall in Malmesbury, Wiltshire, last April.
Swindon Magistrates' Court heard she stepped on to a wooden board placed over the well which gave way.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) found Strakers had been warned about the well and the board being unsafe.
The woman suffered concussion in the fall, and was submerged in water in the well for an hour before being rescued.
The court heard she also suffered post-traumatic stress disorder as a result of the fall.
Insp Matthew Tyler said it could have "easily become a fatal tragedy".
He added: "If, when warned of the unsafe well, the company had properly checked to see if it was secure the trauma this individual has gone through could have been prevented."
Bosses at Strakers, which is based in Market Place, Devizes, pleaded guilty to breaching section 3 (1) of the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, and were fined £200,000 and ordered to pay costs of £2,474.
Antony Bulley, Strakers managing director, said directors and staff had been "deeply distressed" by the incident.
"We wish to make it known that Strakers have carried out extensive internal investigations and have fully cooperated with the Health and Safety Executive throughout culminating in a plea of guilty at the earliest opportunity presented."
He added that the company's aim is "to ensure that everything possible is done to avoid any similar incident occurring in the future to any member of the public or our staff".


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Later when we saw these pictures with my sister, we decided that I look a bit like a rocker and I just lost somewhere my bike :D What you think?
Love the headband! You look gorgeous!
I love how you always put quotes with your posts!
great outfit. i love this and every previous on your blog.
LOVE you in sneakers!! More with tennies on please?


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Twelve IRGC Terrorists Killed and Eight Injured in Clashes with Kurdistan's Peshmerga Forces
The Central Command of Kurdistan's Peshmerga Forces issued a statement regarding clashes with Iran's terrorist Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on 11 August, 2018, which occurred on Mount Kelashin outside the Kurdish city of Shno (Oshnavieh) in eastern (Iranian) Kurdistan.
Around 01:00 on 11 August, 2018, a Peshmerga platoon was ambushed by a large force of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Mount Kelashin. During the ensuing battle, which lasted for five hours, twelve members of the IRGC were killed and eight others were severely injured.
The Peshmerga platoon was attacked from three sides. Unfortunately, one Peshmerga was martyred in the first wave of attacks and three others were injured. Due to the lack of opportunity to transfer the three injured Peshmergas and following a heroic battle that lasted for more than two hours, the three injured Peshmergas took their own lives with hand grenades.
The remaining Peshmergas managed to breach the ambush and flank the enemy, killing and injuring several IRGC terrorists. Unfortunately, two other Peshmergas were martyred in the counterattack.
In the ensuing battle, which lasted for close to three hours, at least twelve IRGC members were confirmed dead and eight others were severely injured. The Peshmerga Forces managed to push back the enemy on several fronts. However, the IRGC, once defeated by the Peshmergas, resorted to shelling the Peshmerga positions. As a result, two other Peshmergas were injured. After a heroic five-hour battle against a large IRGC force, the remaining Peshmergas made a tactical withdrawal from the battleground.
Of the six Peshmergas that were martyred in this clash, two served in an Urban Peshmerga Unit.
The names of the martyred Peshmergas are as follows:
Abdulsalam Abdi
Suleiman Mohamedzadeh
Abdulwahid Sohrabi
Ismail Eranmensh
Osman Rahmani (Served in an Urban Peshmerga Unit)
Mehran Tehapor (Served in an Urban Peshmerga Unit)
The Central Command of Kurdistan's Peshmerga Forces vowes to avenge the martyred Peshmergas and to continue the struggle against the Islamist regime until victory is achieved.
PDKI sends its deepest condolences to the martyred Peshmergas' families, friends, fellow Peshmergas, and the people of Kurdistan.
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