Looking for a new vacuum cleaner? Where do we start? Prices range from about £50 to more than you can think possible, and you can choose between upright or cylinder, bagged or bagless – plus specialist vacuum cleaners to help you cope with different surfaces, pet hair or allergy problems.
As we've said there are two basic types of vacuum cleaner: upright and cylinder. Both have their pros and cons, Cylinder vacuum cleaners tend to be harder to store than uprights but some newer ones do have a clip to keep the nozzle in an upright position where as an upright can be stored much more easily and you don't have to drag the vacuum cleaner behind you!
So should I buy a bagged or bagless unit? Again there are pro's and cons. Not withstanding that there is really not much in the way of a performance advantage the only real difference is that with a bagless vac you don't have to keep replacing the dust bags, however the trade-off is that emptying the dust container can be messy and a problem for allergy sufferers.
If you notice a loss of suction try cleaning the vacuum cleaner's filter Vacuum cleaner filters can clog up and need cleaning or changing at least once a year. Spare filters are often included in replacement packs of bags. A vacuum cleaner's reach can range in length from 6 to 15 metres which is a sizeable distance when cleaning large rooms. Look out for a vac with a long cord if you are short on power sockets or have large rooms to clean.
Some vacuum cleaners come with extra gadgets and brushes for cleaning upholstery and curtains, or around the edges of a room. Often these are stored on board the unit itself but sometimes these have to be stored elsewhere. A turbo brush may improve dust and pet hair pick-up but in some cases standard nozzles can be just as effective. Getting rid of pet hair can be a difficult task with the wrong vacuum, so read the specs before buying. Upright vacuum cleaners tend to be more effective than cylinders at cleaning pet hair. They have motorised brush heads that are better at removing fur away from the carpet.
Favourite brands of vacuum cleaners include Dyson, Electrolux, Morphy Richards, Panasonic and Hoover.


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Following the conclusion of the War of 1812, alliances with American Indians became more complicated. While some tribal groups still traded and maintained a relationship with British and Canadian allies from during the war, others felt betrayed by the lack of a provision in the Treaty of Ghent establishing boundaries for tribal lands. Shifting economies also put less importance on Native trading partners, as both Canadians and Americans began emphasizing instead agriculture and industry.
Following the expulsion of the British, the Americans saw little need for military alliance with Native peoples. In the region where the middle ground had once flourished, US territories and eventually states emerged.
The 1795 Treaty of Greenville allowed American expansion and trade into the Northwest Territory.
Immediately following the War of 1812, the British in Canada continued to lavish gifts on their Indian allies, which undermined the ability of the Americans to establish peace with many tribal groups, such as the Ojibwe, Menominee, Ho-Chunk, and Sauk and Fox. American officials feared an uprising led by Tenskwatawa and supported by the British, and thus the Americans occupied old British forts and began constructing many new fortifications. Dramatic American losses at the hands of British-allied Indians during the war—in the Battle of the River Raisin in southeastern Michigan and the Fort Dearborn massacre in present-day Chicago, for example—reinforced pre-existing American attitudes towards Indians. Ultimately, such fears of a new British-Indian military alliance were unfounded. Many Native people felt that the British had abandoned them in the Treaty of Ghent, and indeed British economic interests had begun to shift from furs (a trade in which Native suppliers were central) to grain and raw materials.
Once the United States gained control of the Great Lakes region (and after their own failed attempt to preserve a peaceful middle ground), the Americans began to ignore the patterns of communication and exchange that had characterized the long-standing relationships between Indians and Europeans. Following the expulsion of the British, the Americans saw little need for military alliance with Native peoples. In the region where the middle ground had once flourished, US territories and eventually states emerged. The gradual loss of Native economic and political power after the War of 1812 meant the consolidation of American influence and a transition from an amorphous frontier to increasingly rigid borders.


As the world grows more "global" it becomes increasingly important to expose young people to cultures other than their own. No matter what a student's cultural background might be, an increased awareness of other cultures ought to promote dialogue, discussion and deeper mutual understanding. The more we learn to speak and to listen in mutually respectful ways, the greater the likelihood that the adults of the future will successfully navigate multicultural settings, in both national and international arenas.
One of the easiest ways to help augment students' cultural understanding, I believe (and as an author, I'm admittedly incredibly biased about this) is to captivate them using story. Even mere exposure to excellent works of literature increases our respect for the culture in which that example of art was born. When I first came across Chinua Achebe's oeuvre, for example, I was struck by his writing – and the admiration of another writer's skill, alone (even without an examination of the writer's reflection on society) is, in itself, an act of acceptance, at some level.
Reading literature that brings to life a distant culture can serve as an excellent starting point for the study of the culture. Global narratives thus lend themselves to activities that help students develop critical thinking skills – such as activities that encourage readers to conduct background research on the part of the globe where a particular work of fiction is set. Such activities have the added advantage that they might be interdisciplinary and cross-curricular (involving both social studies and English Language Arts skills, for example).
Many global narratives do, of course, highlight important historical or current social justice issues. This adds to their significance and strength. But it also means that when we discuss a culture other than our own in the context of the novel, we need to be careful that we condemn injustice without alienating this other culture, or implying that this other culture is inherently inferior to our own. We must also recognize that one author's voice is just one voice – one story is just one story – it may be representative of a culture but cannot possible contain all that the culture has to offer.
One way to guard against unintentionally deprecating or stereotyping another culture might be to explore dissimilar characters and their attitudes if they're shown in the novel one is reading. Encourage students to explore similarities and differences in multicultural narratives by inquiring into how a character's roots and socioeconomic background within the culture may influence the character's viewpoint. Or, compare majority and minority perspectives within that culture on a specific topic, as depicted by the novelist. I'm quite certain that regardless of what culture one is reading about and what issue one focuses on, there will always be a wide variety of reactions and opinions within a culture – after all, we don't all think the same, regardless where we're from. Expose students to other books (fiction and nonfiction) as well as other texts (nonfiction from disparate sources) that may shed light on people working to fight against injustice from within the culture. It's always enlightening to compare fiction and related non-fiction informational texts – and this can be used as a starting point to hone writing, speaking and thinking skills.
It's also enlightening to draw parallels between problems in a distant country and problems in our own. For instance, the protagonists in my most recent novel, THE BRIDGE HOME, are strong, independent, intelligent young people who overcome different kinds of adversity – hunger, poverty, homelessness and domestic abuse. The grinding poverty they experience is unique to the place and time to which they belong, and it's a horrific reality that millions face in India today. These problems are, of course, also seen in other countries, including ours. Despite our nation's wealth, children in the United States experience hunger, poverty, homelessness and domestic abuse. It's important both to discuss and understand the specific issues seen in the location that is home to the characters in the novel, and to broaden and expand the scope of discussion to accommodate the understanding of these issues worldwide. From an academic standpoint, a student's creative and critical thinking skills are undoubtedly employed and enhanced when they draw parallels between events in a story set in another time/place with events occurring in today's America, or explore similarities between global historical events and American history, or discuss and debate links that may exist among social problems, economic policies and politics.
As for discussing a book set in another part of our world, I must make a plea (even though my training is in the sciences) to never dissect a book. By which I mean, please don't discuss the life out of it. Part of the reason I studied science instead of literature is that some teachers tended to discuss a poem or story to death. So, allow student interest to guide the direction and nature of the discussion. But it might be useful to pay attention to our language as we discuss. My daughter asked, for example, why, even today, people often use the possessive pronoun when referring to a person who was enslaved – and it was a discussion that ensued after she'd read books written by a variety of authors that featured protagonists who had been enslaved. When we retroactively examine a global story that deals with social justice issues, we also need to make sure we steer clear of sympathy. When we read a good book, we can't escape empathy, but when we're done reading and we run the risk that instead of showcasing characters' strengths by referring to them as heroes and survivors, we might describe them as victims (which no character and no author would want, I'm sure). Pity isn't a deep emotional response. Compassion is.
Compassion is, in my opinion, the most important feeling a book can evoke. Such compassion has, in the past, served as a call to action. Oliver Twist and other novels by Dickens brought to light issues in a manner that elicited empathy and led to social change. Many other books (fiction, poetry and nonfiction) have spurred activism, too. That's why dictators are quick to silence writers as soon as they come to power. Dictators are among those who're most keenly aware of the magical strength words possess.
And this magical strength is, I think, of particular importance in today's world. Increased cultural competency is vital, if we're ever going to navigate toward the high ideal of world peace – or even just for self-preservation and the protection of our Earth's physical environment. Novels that invite us to travel to other places can do much more than transport the reader to another location; they can transform the reader by allowing the reader to experience the culture from within. When we see not only through the narrator's lens, but also from within the narrator's soul, when we live for a little while in another part of the world by living inside a character's skin, we start, slowly, in small ways, to become citizens of the world.
At a time when extreme nationalism appears to be on the rise in many countries, when the United States seems more politically divided than ever, when the majority of scientists agree that the world's climate is being catastrophically altered by human activity, there is an urgent need to imbue our young people with a sense of global stewardship, and fortify the feeling – however trite it may sound – that all of humanity is one indivisible (if dysfunctional) family. And a well written novel – that shrinks our world by expanding our hearts and minds – can do just that.
Acknowledgement: A few years ago, I participated in a presentation along with Dr. Diane Kern and Ms. Jennifer Hanson, during which we explored the use of literature in social studies classrooms. Although this essay showcases my views and opinions, it builds on what I learned from our cooperative endeavor, and in the time since, during which I've given a lot of thought to the importance of global narratives.
Award winning American author, Padma Venkatraman, has worked as chief scientist on oceanographic ships, spent time under the sea, directed a school, and lived in 5 countries. Her 3 novels, A Time To Dance, Island's End, and Climbing the Stairs, were released to multiple starred reviews (12), received numerous honors (> 50 best book e.g. ALA, IRA Notable; Booklist, Kirkus, NYPL, Yalsa BBYA; IBBY outstanding; and > 10 state lists), and won national and international awards. She gives keynote addresses, serves on panels, conducts workshops, and visits schools and author festivals worldwide. Visit her at: www.padmavenkatraman.com.
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Tamworth Club of Zonta president Stephanie Cameron says the group is "absolutely delighted" it will continue running the Queen of Country Music Quest for the next two years. Deputy mayor Helen Tickle said Zonta had done "an amazing job" for the past two years and the council was "very pleased" to award it the contract after opening up expressions of interest. Entries will open early next month for the next quest, which includes a range of development and representative activities in the lead-up to the January 2019 festival. The program will be "reasonably the same over the next couple of years", Mrs Cameron said. Read also: "One of the changes we've made is that we're going to hold an alumni event where we'll call all previous queens and princesses and even some past entrants to come together." Mrs Cameron said the quest was "really important to the young women of Tamworth". "It gives them an opportunity to develop themselves both professionally and personally, much more beyond the actual country music queen quest itself." She said the program was "really about having a female ambassador for Tamworth". "The Tamworth Club of Zonta is really keen to support this issue, because our vision is to empower women and girls to speak out about issues that affect women. "We feel that by doing the development program with the queen quest, they will develop the skills and the confidence needed to be representatives for Tamworth."
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Tamworth Club of Zonta president Stephanie Cameron says the group is "absolutely delighted" it will continue running the Queen of Country Music Quest for the next two years.
Deputy mayor Helen Tickle said Zonta had done "an amazing job" for the past two years and the council was "very pleased" to award it the contract after opening up expressions of interest.
Entries will open early next month for the next quest, which includes a range of development and representative activities in the lead-up to the January 2019 festival.
The program will be "reasonably the same over the next couple of years", Mrs Cameron said.
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"One of the changes we've made is that we're going to hold an alumni event where we'll call all previous queens and princesses and even some past entrants to come together."
Mrs Cameron said the quest was "really important to the young women of Tamworth".
"It gives them an opportunity to develop themselves both professionally and personally, much more beyond the actual country music queen quest itself."
She said the program was "really about having a female ambassador for Tamworth".
"The Tamworth Club of Zonta is really keen to support this issue, because our vision is to empower women and girls to speak out about issues that affect women.
"We feel that by doing the development program with the queen quest, they will develop the skills and the confidence needed to be representatives for Tamworth."
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Are you looking for a small, original and humorous present that will become a commemoration of a special life moment? Then the Czech Mint has prepared the counter called "Today is your day" just for you.
There is an infinite number of reasons to celebrate in the life of each of us and it is not just about anniversaries, extraordinary achievements or breakthrough events. Every day we pursue great goals and forget that we should know how to enjoy little things. Such is also the message of this commemorative counter, which expresses the joy of success simply through dance. After all, the beginnings of the dance have been traced back to the period of the mankind society when the ritual ceremonies intensified, helped the members of the old tribes to achieve their desired goals and became a traditional form of success celebration.
The reverse side of the counter made by gifted young medal maker Erika Jislova presents a group of celebrating people when dancing. They are surrounded by rays of discotheque lasers and stroboscopes. The icing on the cake is then the hologram on the obverse side of the counter in the form of a disco ball surrounded by the inscription TODAY IS YOUR DAY. This three-dimensional pattern, like the disco ball, consists of a number of light-reflecting surfaces in different ways.
A gift box together with thematic certificate of authenticity is a part of each counter.


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Goose Creek CISD Honors Board for School Board Recognition Month
Goose Creek CISD board members, honored at a recent board meeting for School Board Recognition Month, are (front, from left) Agustin Loredo, III; Howard Sampson, secretary; Shae Cottar; Tiffany Guy; (back, from left) Ben Pape, vice president; Richard Clem, assistant secretary; Jessica Woods, president.
By: Susan Passmore
Goose Creek CISD joins 1,024 school districts throughout Texas in celebrating January as School Board Recognition Month with the theme, "Navigating to Success."
"Our school board members are volunteers who assume critical responsibilities and make difficult decisions for our district. Their goal is always focused on the future success of the children in our district," said Dr. Randal O'Brien, Goose Creek CISD superintendent. "Celebrating School Board Recognition Month is one way we can thank them for all they do, and they certainly deserve to be honored for their dedication."
Serving as a link between the community and classroom, school board members are elected to establish the policies that provide the framework for public schools. The Goose Creek CISD board is responsible for an annual budget of $243 million, nearly 24,000 students, more than 4,000 employees and 28 campuses. Under the board's leadership and approval from the community for the 2019 Bond, a new junior school, an elementary school and a replacement school for San Jacinto Elementary are underway along with other bond projects. The district has recently held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Education Service Center, which houses the Special Education Department, instructional specialists, the Testing Department as well as an Employee Fitness Center and an Employee Wellness Clinic. Phase 3 of Stuart Career Tech High School is nearing completion, and Phase 4 has begun, The Global Business Academy at Goose Creek Memorial High School was recently recognized as a Model Academy by the National Career Academy Coalition, joining Ross S. Sterling's Health Science Academy and Robert E. Lee High School's STEM Academy in earning this status. Several academies throughout the district have been remodeled, and the Career Academy for Future Educators (CAFÉ) at Sterling is accepting applicants for the 2021-2022 school year. As part of a large energy saving project with ABM, new turf was installed on sports fields at the three high schools. The district is expanding its pre-kindergarten program and Dual Language Two-Way Program. In December 2020, Goose Creek CISD's district theme, "Here, We Grow Giants," was recognized as one of 12 exemplary programs in the state in Texas School Business magazine's Bragging Rights publication.
The board was honored at a recent board meeting with opening ceremony performances by the Horace Mann Junior School choirs, appreciation banners from each campus displayed in the board room, a special dinner prepared by the dual credit culinary arts students at Stuart Career Tech High School and cookie bouquets created by Aramark. Many campuses placed messages thanking the board on their marquees, and a book was placed in each campus library in honor of the board. Mayor Brandon Capetillo presented a proclamation declaring January 2021 as Board Recognition Month.
Board members serving the district and the year they were first elected include Jessica Woods, president, 2015; Ben Pape, vice president, 2017; Howard Sampson, 2009; Richard Clem, assistant secretary, 2017; Shae Cottar, 2019; Tiffany Guy, 2019 and Agustin Loredo, III, 2006.
"It's more important than ever before that communities stand up for public education so that today's students are prepared to be productive citizens and the leaders of tomorrow. Please take a moment to tell our school board members thank you for caring about our children and for their dedication to the district as well as to our community. We can all show our support by letting them know that their service is recognized and truly appreciated," said O'Brien.


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Dr. Serdar Altay is a Program Officer responsible for trade projects in the Economic Policy Program of the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), a think tank dedicated to transatlantic cooperation at its headquarters in Washington, DC. Since 2008 he has been the leading project manager at GMF on transatlantic trade and development policies. Between 2000 and 2005, he served as a Trade Specialist in the Turkish Undersecretariat for Foreign Trade of the Office of the Prime Minister (currently Ministry of Economy) in Ankara, Turkey. In the same period he taught a course as a guest lecturer on International Commercial and Economic Organizations at Baskent University in Ankara. He was on sabbatical leave between 2005 and 2008, and conducted doctoral research in Italy (Trento University), Switzerland (Lausanne University), and Washington (GMF) on services and investment rules in WTO agreements and the role of private actors in decision-making at the WTO between 2005 and 2008.
Dr. Altay is a graduate of the Middle East Technical University (Turkey) with a B.Sc. degree in International Relations and holds an M.A. degree in International Political Economy from Warwick University (UK), and PhD degrees from Trento University (International Studies) and Kassel University (Germany) in Economics and Social Sciences. He has expertise on trade, investment and development issues, World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations and agreements, International Political Economy, and international trade and investment agreements.
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I want you to love your hair like I love pizza!
And if you don't, I want to hear what's stopping you from loving it. Bring me your concerns and together we can work towards a healthy relationship between you and your hair.
There's not much that changes your appearance more drastically than a haircut (or color). Your hair is a fashion statement, and I am a firm supporter of "You do YOU!" There are no hair rules in my chair; after all, this is Portland. :) So you can bring me anything that inspires you from mullets to balayage; I do it all.
I'm currently at the 15-year mark of styling hair -- I really do love it. And there are two sides of me that come together at the salon: crafting and being my own boss -- the creativity, working with my hands, the process, the relationships, the hours! I definitely can't bring my work home with me; that would be weird.
In fact, you'll find me at my own little sanctuary Revolve Hair Studio (inner NE Portland) going the extra mile to ensure the hair we clip, any excess hair color, foils and color tubes are all gathered and mailed to a nearby processing plant for environmental repurposing. Being part of a Green Circle Salon fulfills the environmentalist in me and makes it easy for me to live my life by the 3 Rs: Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.
The product lines I support in the salon also reflect my love for the environment -- each one is cruelty free (O&M, Oway, Neuma, and Organic Chemistry) and makes me so happy to be supporting the environment in a positive way.
So when you visit the salon, you too can enjoy peace of mind knowing that the products being used for you maintain minimal impact on the environment. :) All the better to enjoy our conversation and time together.
And if you want to listen to me for a change, ask about my daughter or the latest ideas running around in my head! Nothing gives life to ideas like a good ole conversation.


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Ontario Suppliers Explore New Horizons
February 2011 | Features
Offering mining equipment and services ranging from basic 'big iron' to high tech, companies in the Sudbury/North Bay/Timmins area are taking a hard look at export-market opportunities
By Russell A. Carter, Managing Editor
Canada's Northern Ontario, a region larger than France and Germany combined—representing about 90% of the land area of the entire province, but containing only a small fraction of its people—is geographically distant from most population centers but is solidly emplaced in the nexus of world-class mining districts that form the backbone of the global minerals industry. The region's Sudbury Basin is host to one of the world's largest deposits of nickel and copper, and offers such favorable prospects for additional mineral wealth that it has attracted billions of investment dollars from both Canadian and international mining giants such as Brazil's Vale (Vale Ltd., formerly Inco) and Switzerland's Xstrata plc (Xstrata Nickel, formerly Falconbridge).
The dollars continue to flow in. The Ontario Mining Association reports that Vale plans to invest $3.4 billion in its Sudbury area operations, including $200 million to upgrade the Clarabelle mill, $360 million to bring the Totten mine into production and up to $2 billion on an Atmospheric Emissions Reduction (AER) project to cut sulphur dioxide emissions by 80%. Quadra FNX intends to spend $200 million on Sudbury area expansions and North American Palladium, north of Thunder Bay, is sinking $270 million into an expansion of the Lac des Iles mine.
Somewhat obscured by the reputations and revenues of the region's world-famous mines, is the scope of mining-related commerce that has developed in support of the industry. A recent study commissioned by the Ontario North Economic Development Corporation (ONE-DC) estimates the total value of the service and supply sector's output at $5.6 billion annually, encompassing about 500 companies with 23,000 employees that derive at least half of their revenue from sales of mining-related goods and services.
Covering the Equipment Spectrum
During a recent tour of Northern Ontario mines and mining vendors, E&MJ had the opportunity to discuss business objectives and challenges with a number of suppliers, which range from international companies such as Atlas Copco, Boart Longyear and J.S. Redpath to local machine shops whose financial survival often hinges on renewal of a single contract or two for specialty items used by larger fabricators.
One of the larger local companies is Mining Technologies International Inc. (MTI), which employs more than 300 workers and operates manufacturing facilities in Sudbury and North Bay producing a wide range of underground mining equipment, including hydraulic drill jumbos, LHDs, dump trucks, shaft drilling jumbos, long hole jumbos, in-the-hole (ITH) drilling rigs, computerized drill rigs, automated ITH drills with rod handlers, rail haulage systems, mine locomotives, buckets and bucket lip assemblies, bucket wear parts and low profile crushing plants as well as custom equipment for specific underground requirements. In addition, MTI also manufactures a full line of drill string components for drilling large diameter raises, blast holes, exploration holes and ITH applications.
Ask Robert Lipic, the CEO of MTI, about the history of the company, and he'll walk you through the mergers, acquisitions and growth that followed his buyout of Smith International's Drillco unit in 1986, when that division was marked for closure by the parent corporation. Lipic explained that present-day MTI incorporates a number of well-known past brands within the industry, including Drillex, Continuous Mining Systems and John Clark. MTI also bought Ingersoll-Rand's underground product line and currently supplies (and repairs) Montabert rock drills on its various rig models.
As a direct competitor against larger, multinational companies—such as Atlas Copco, Caterpillar and Sandvik in the mobile underground equipment market, for example—MTI has to make sure its products meet the customer's needs, Lipic explained, and the best approach for reaching that goal is to design them with the demands of the job in mind, then build them with top-grade materials. "The lab we use for our research and development is every mine that buys our equipment," he said. "And, there are only about three mills in the world that we trust to supply our steel with the quality we demand."
Lipic plans to expand MTI's market share in the North and South American tunneling business, offering its Tunnel Runner 1LB and 2LB jumbo rigs featuring larger, more rugged carriers. Its line of LHDs ranges from 0.5 m3 to 5.4 m3 bucket capacity, and all except the smallest model employ load-sensing hydraulics for operational efficiency. Currently the company's most popular model is the LT-350, a 1.9-m3 LHD with rated load capacity of 3,636 kg (8,000 lb) and an all-mechanical drivetrain.
The company also is looking ahead to adopt new technology to its traditional mining equipment—testing, for example, a hybrid diesel-electric LHD as well as hydrogen-injection systems for conventional diesels, a concept that offers high potential for cutting emissions and improving fuel economy.
Other regional players in underground equipment supply include Minesteel Fabricators, and its sister company, Nordic Mine Technology. Both are located under the same roof at a facility in North Bay, but as Business Development Manager Phillip Brown explained, Minesteel focuses on designing and building equipment primarily intended for vertical movement of ore—headframes, skips and cages, etc.—while Nordic specializes in horizontal transport of ore, involving mine cars, chutes and dump stations.
Acquired by the Canadian company in 2006 after its startup in Sweden in 1967, Nordic Mine Technology's track haulage systems can be outfitted with either end-hinge or side-hinge cars in capacities ranging from 2.5 m3 to 20 m3, while its chute sizes include 1,520 x 900 mm up to 2,438 x 1,828 mm (5 x 3 ft to 8 x 6 ft). According to Brown, Nordic's use of tapered roller bearings in its mine car wheel assemblies allows the use of smaller locomotives due to lower rolling resistance, and its car design allows for continuous loading while the train is in motion, when used with Nordic loading chutes. The chutes are supplied in sections for easy installation, and can be reused in new stope or ore-pass locations. They are available with direct, local remote or distant TV-remote control options.
Another innovative haulage concept is being advanced by Rail-Veyor Technologies, incorporating the use of light rail track with a series of interconnected, two-wheeled cars, creating an open trough capable of continuous movement. The cars are connected to allow articulated movement for curves and dumping, and trough lengths are designed to meet tonnage requirements. Sealing of the gaps between cars is accomplished with flexible flaps that prevent material leakage and form a chute for product discharge.
This technology, according to Mike Romaniuk, president and CEO, was originally developed in the 1960s in France, but was not put into an actual production environment until many years later—by Harmony Gold in South Africa in 2005, where it has been transporting roughly 3.7 million mt/y of ore at the Phakisa mine. A test installation has been in place at Vale's Frood-Stobie mine in Sudbury since 2007 and Vale recently announced it plans to install at least one Rail-Veyor system at its Copper Cliff mine in Sudbury later this year and may be interested in using it at other operations as well.
The current version of the system employs 30-in.-wide cars, but Romaniuk sees potential benefits in expanding the technology to larger, 48-in. cars in surface mine applications.
Mindoka Technology, North Bay, approaches high technology in mining from a completely different direction: It has developed the Mindoka Information Resource System (MIRS), a suite of complementary personal productivity functions that stands by itself but also supports other modular software solutions from this developer. Of particular interest to the mining industry is Mindoka's D3C technology.
According to Todd Shortt, vice president of operations at Mindoka, its D3C document conversion engine allows workers to maintain and publish job-related documentation using tools they are already familiar with. In order to publish a document to the Web, a user simply drags the document into a D3C folder, and the D3C engine converts proprietary file formats such as Adobe PDF or Microsoft Word to common HTML format, offering users the ability to produce Web-ready content in seconds. Each of the converted documents is completely searchable from both inside and outside the document, saving valuable time and reducing the possibility of on-the-job errors caused by lack of pertinent information.
The technology has attracted mining-industry clients such as Atlas Copco, Fordia and others that have mounting demands for providing updated, easily accessible information to enterprise-wide users, such as a drill mechanic in a remote location who needs parts or diagnostic information for a specific rig. According to Shortt, customers have the option of setting up their document management systems employing D3C either as a server-based system they manage themselves, or as a Web-hosted system "in the cloud."
Looking at Market Expansion
Although many of the products and services provided by Northern Ontario vendors seem to have industry-wide applicability, the market presence of many of these suppliers doesn't extend significantly beyond Canadian borders. The ONE-DC study mentioned previously showed 81% of sales from Sudbury/North Bay/Timmins/Thunder Bay mining-related businesses was to Canadian buyers; of that share, 62% of sales was to Northern Ontario customers, 7% elsewhere in Ontario and the remaining 12% elsewhere in Canada. Of the 19% of sales outside Canada, 5% was to U.S. buyers, 8% went to buyers outside of North America and the remaining 6% of sales was to unspecified regions.
In addition to having a predominantly domestic focus, many of these suppliers are heavily dependent on just one or two major customers: The study indicated 48% depend on one customer for almost 30% of sales, while 51% rely on two customers for at least 50% of sales. Almost two-thirds (63%) of "best customers" as well as 54% of "second best customers" are mining companies; while another 16% of best customers are manufacturers of complete mining systems and another 6% manufacture components for such systems.
Not surprisingly, many of these Northern Ontario enterprises would like to expand their market horizons. However, survey participants listed several barriers to expanded market presence: lack of market intelligence ranked at the top of this list, followed by lack of connections to complementary companies that might facilitate access to broader markets. About one-quarter of participants felt their product pricing was noncompetitive while 18% believed that entering the export market would require unaffordable investment. Interestingly, only 4% thought their products weren't competitive from a quality standpoint.
The study offered several recommendations for companies interested in market expansion: 1) develop an "e-quartermaster" capability—essentially, a virtual inventory of products and services to raise potential customer awareness of the sector's capabilities; 2) establish a Northern Ontario Best Practices Standard to promote the assertion that suppliers are world-class caliber, and offer an avenue for lesser-known suppliers to penetrate offshore markets; 3) overcome barriers of scale by establishing consortia among various regional suppliers, able to support specialization of goods and services by mining sector (gold/base metal, underground/surface, etc.) as well as provide capability for quick response to global opportunities; and 4) establish a foreign market entry program that would facilitate market-broadening efforts in terms of partnerships, distributors and product/service profiles.
Some of these concepts are already being tested and explored, according to various Northern Ontario business leaders, and the sector as a whole appears to be optimistic about the future—83% of surveyed businesses expect to see significant revenue increases over the next three years.
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The music of the "Strausses" has lost none of its fascination down the years. Their waltz and operetta melodies resound in concert houses and at the traditional New Year's concert, which is broadcast to the whole world from Golden Hall of the Musikverein. In the Museum of the Johann Strauss Dynasty, which was opened in 2015, music lovers will find an opulent wealth of original historic pictures and documents from the period of the Viennese Biedermeyer to the Ringstrasse era of the late nineteenth century.
The triumphal march of the waltz. Joseph Lanner and Johann Strauss Sr.
The Vienna World Exhibition of 1873 and "Die Fledermaus"
Vienna's Ringstrasse as an overall work of art.
Special exhibition: "Johann Strauss international"
The Johann Strauss family has achieved worldwide fame. Based on the traces of countless concert tours, the exhibition tells the sensational story of the "Strausses" in almost all European countries, in Russia and in the United States of America. With exquisite contemporary historical documents and audio samples.
MyVienna Recommendation: Strauss Tour - experience a city tour through Vienna following the traces of the famous Strauss dynasty - with descriptions and locations in the city map.
Strauss City Walk by Tita Büttner - a PDF download with detailed historical information and anecdotes for special strauss fans.
Cover page of the first edition for piano: "Du und Du" waltz by Johann Strauss Jr.


Here is a complete listing of the best online resources for AP Physics 1 free response questions.
The College Board has provided sample questions for the latest version of the AP Physics 1 free response sections.
Video solutions to all of the 2015 free response questions. This entertaining video will give you a good idea of how to approach these types of questions.
More from Flipping Physics on the 2015 Physics 1 exam. Some very good insights that are presented in a goofy video.


TalkTools | Ask a Therapist – Tagged "bite block exercises"
I have a student who is using the red bite blocks. He just started. When I put the bite block #2 between his teeth he slides them over. Is this normal or should I reposition them?
I have another student who is having a very hard time holding the tongue depressor between his lips. He has a hard time dissociating between his lips and his tongue and jaw. His tongue is retroflex for l. He is currently working in l in the final positing of words and is having a hard time bringing the tongue forward and not back. Any advice?
I would definitely reposition. I often have to have the patient bite a couple of times until it is positioned correctly especially with patients with severe weakness. You may even want to practice the biting without the bite block for correct position first and then go in with the bite block. Sometimes that helps as well.
As far as the second part of the question, I would make sure that I have addressed any jaw weakness first. That is typically the foundation of the issue. As far as the tongue placement I would work on stimulating with the toothette the forward placement of the tongue. I would touch with the toothette on the alveolar ridge where you want the tongue tip to touch and then I would touch the tip of the tongue with the toothette. You can use vibration with the toothette if your client will accept that. This has helped many patients I have worked with find the appropriate placement.


• A live round - Committees can organise a live solving of the task in a fixed time slot.
The judges for LRs should be company representatives and professors. Winners of Local Rounds will pass to the Final Round, where they will compete with their colleagues from other LCs for the winner of the competition by resolving the final task given by the company sponsor(s).
There are also ambassadors representing every LC of EESTEC, who promote EC on local level.
LC Xanthi has organized its first local round on March 2018.


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Patient attitudes towards physician nonverbal behaviors during consultancy: result from a developing country
Fahad Hanif Khan, Civil Hospital
Raheela Hanif, Aga Khan University
Rumina Tabassum, Dow International Medical College
Waris Qidwai Dr, Aga Khan University KarachiFollow
Community Health Sciences; Family Medicine
Background. Nonverbal behaviors have a significant impact on patients during consultations. This study was undertaken to find out the attitudes and preferences of the patients regarding nonverbal communication during consultations with physicians, in a tertiary care hospital.
Methods. A questionnaire based cross-sectional study was carried out at the Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan, during the months of January to March 2012. All patients (>18 years of age) coming for consultancy in the family medicine clinics were approached; out of 133, 120 agreed to participate. The subjects were asked questions regarding physician's comforting touch and eye contact and their responses were noted. The data were analyzed using SPSS and chi-square test was used to identify corelations. Results. Overall, 120 patients were enrolled. About 58.3% were men and 41.7% were women with a mean age of 34.9 ± 10.9 years. 95.8% were Muslims and 57.6% had more than 12 years of education. Among females 74% wanted supportive touch from doctors, used to comfort the patient (45%) or to show respect (27.5%) or as healing (30%). 86.1% of the respondents believe that establishing eye contact with the patient shows that the doctor is attentive towards his/her patient. The eye contact should be brief but regular (54.1%) and prolonged staring (36.7%) makes them uncomfortable.
Conclusion. Nonverbal communication helps to strengthen the doctor-patient relation as patients do appreciate positive touch and eye contact from their physicians.
ISRN Family Medicine
Khan, F. H., Hanif, R., Tabassum, R., Qidwai, W., Nanji, K. (2014). Patient attitudes towards physician nonverbal behaviors during consultancy: result from a developing country. ISRN Family Medicine, 2014, 1-6.
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Vintage January 2, 2023 January 2, 2023
Classic Review: 1968 BMW R69S By Hagerty
There is no electric starter, just a polished kickstart lever rising vertically from the left side of the bike. I stand to the side, swiftly yet softly kicking it down, perpendicular to the bike and out. A well-tuned BMW doesn't require much force—even a fluid hand push can ignite the gases in the boxer twin-cylinder engine. This is my introduction to a motorcycle that for the cognoscenti needs no introduction—the 1967 BMW R69S, arguably the most reliable and effortless touring bike from the 1960s, and, just maybe, the best motorcycle ever made.
That's a heady statement, but the fact is that the market has taken notice of these BMW cruisers. Now considered a blue-chip bike worth investing in—not just riding on long journeys—these bikes have surged in value of late, some more than doubling their worth since 2020 to around $50,000 for the best examples. That's a hefty sum for an old motorcycle. Even BMW capitalized on the popularity of this bygone era, launching the R18 in 2020, a new cruiser designed to evoke their cross-country bike roots. Enjoyable though that new bike may be, today I am after the real thing.
The engine fires and my visceral interaction with the R69S begins in earnest. At idle, the engine's arrangement—crankshaft running front to rear and opposed cylinders protruding on either side above the rider's feet—gently twists the bike with each ignition in the combustion chambers. I swing a leg over the low seat and begin my unforgettable journey as rider and owner.
After it gets to temperature, I pull the clutch lever and tap the shifter down into first. It engages with that metallic clunk, a feeling and noise familiar to riders of BMWs old and new. With an audible whir, the clutch slowly engages and the bike surges forward. At this point, it's just me, the fresh Colorado air, the scenery, and sensations of the motorcycle beneath.
The term "/2 BMW" (pronounced "slash-two") is catch-all term nowadays for BMW's top of the line twins from 1956 to 1969, rather than merely referring to the actual /2 bikes. From 1956 until 1960 they were only called the R50 (500cc, touring/sidecar), R60 (600cc touring/sidecar), and R69 (600cc, sport with higher horsepower). 1960 brought a slew of updates, most of which focused on improving the bike's power and reliability. These new models were called the R50/2, R60/2, R50S and R69S. BMW modernized them again in 1967 with the same telescopic forks that would feature on the upcoming /5 series. The bikes now went under the monikers of R50US, R60US, and R69US. Each model and update through these years provides its own unique riding experience, especially when fitted with different seats and handlebars.
All were offered with either rubber Denfeld saddle seats and two-up bench seats (which came in two widths) from the factory, and each provides a differing riding experience. The solo saddle seats are preferred nowadays for looks by many (let's face it, these help make the /2 one of the coolest looking motorcycles ever) but are more upright and provide less of a connected riding feel; they tend to wiggle a little bit and provide a more spongy ride. This isn't a bad thing at all on a comfortable cruiser like the /2. If anything, I prefer the feel of the saddle over the bench. It's also a more unique look, and that's half the fun. Riders can further differentiate the look and feel of their /2 with low sport bars without a cross brace and higher, more relaxed ones with a brace.
It's hard to imagine a bike that can be worth upwards of $50k today being ridden hard across the country in the '60s, but when you realize Ferrari 250 GTOs were once thrashed on the race track and passed between owners like the used cars they were, it makes sense that the best touring motorcycle of the day was going to be used and trusted as one. The R60 became the first motorcycle to ride from the Arctic Circle at the top of Alaska to the tip of South America when Danny Lisko completed the journey in the 1960s. Even the 1967 BMW R69S pictured above has touring pedigree. It was bought new in 1968 from Recreation Equipment Inc. in Denver and quickly was put to work as intended. The husband and wife owners took it across the country and from Colorado to Canada. Many owners on more modern bikes today wouldn't even consider trips like that.
Despite most having lived out their touring bike duties to the fullest, it seems more /2 BMWs survive today in good original condition than other bikes from the '60s. They're even frequently owned by the original owner or passed down in the family. After my own time on the saddle, I'd say their longevity and duration of ownership likely stems from a combination of two things: the /2 is a bike you can trust to get you to the end of your journey, and you're unlikely to find a mechanical companion that offers such an engaging rider/bike connection during that adventure. There aren't a lot of other bikes out there that offer both.
The engineering on these 1960s BMWs bests bikes 20 years newer, even from the same brand, and that's what fosters the trusting relationship between owner and machine. Even the effort you can't see will impress you: most other bikes of the era employ ball-end cables wrapped around a disk in the throttle housing. These can stretch over time, creating slop in throttle application. On a /2, the throttle cables are linked to a tiny chain wrapped around a geared cam disc. When you twist the throttle, a gear on the throttle tube rotates the cam disc, meaning there's no opportunity for wear or slop within the throttle housing. The /2 is the antithesis of planned obsolescence, and that's why buyers today are undaunted when they see a /2 for sale with 20,000 miles. A '60s Triumph 20,000 miles would be unheard of.
As one of the most collectible motorcycles ever and the most expensive of the line during the time, the R69S would logically sit atop the pedigree of the model range in terms of values. Yet the R50S, the R69S's less powerful and less-expensive-in-the-day model, takes top honors at $48,600 compared the R69S' $47,500. This is thanks to the R50S' limited two-year production and its riding characteristics: many prefer the 500cc sports model due to its smoother engine.
This doesn't mean every #1 R50S or R69S sells for that amount. Rather, these values ballpark their respective market's averages. What's behind the strong values #1 condition bikes? Two primary reasons: original parts are hard to come by, and production for the whole range was relatively low. For instance, while the R50US was the least expensive of the bunch, it's also the rarest by far. A perfect #1 R50US is a unicorn among unicorns, with its production numbers representing 25% of the R50S and less than half that of R69USs. As a result, when a R50US comes up for sale, it commands a premium above its original status in the lineup.
Dig deeper and you'll notice an evolving valuation brought by certain features. Earles fork-equipped earlier versions tend to fetch more than the US bikes because of their classic /2 look, for instance. That said, US bikes have come into their own recently and are increasingly appreciated by collectors. Don't be afraid of them, but don't expect them to be viewed the same by the true purists.
Considering the mechanical strength of the /2, you don't need to worry about finding a #1 bike. Just find one specced to your taste and ride it—you won't be disappointed. Care for your /2 like its prior owners did and it'll thank you with years of reliability and an experience that's truly like no other in the classic bike market.
more information: hagerty.com
Photos: James Hewitt
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Hands-free mobile phone kits with an earpiece connected to the handset by wire dramatically reduce radiation emitted around the head, a leading researcher says.
Work by a team at York University has shown that even if the hands-free wire is placed directly next to the phone's antenna, the radiation is reduced on average by about 50%.
Team leader Stuart Porter said this figure was reduced by a huge amount more when the wire is placed in a number of normal use positions - especially when it is run down close to the user's torso.
Dr Porter's findings come four years after a Which? study suggested the wire-based hands-free kits actually increased the user's exposure to radiation.
This was followed by a government funded study which appeared to contradict this.
Today, Dr Porter said: "We spend about a year-and-a-half looking at the geometry of the wire in respect to the head and how this affected exposure.
"It does reduce it by a factor of 10, if not a factor of a hundred or a factor of thousand in some positions."
He said that even when researchers wrapped the wire around the phone's antenna to maximise the contact the reduction was around 50%.
But he said the reduction was more like a factor of a thousand when the wire was run away from the antenna and in close contact with body which absorbed much of the radiation.
In the research, which was published in part last September but will be published in full in paper later this year, the team used an artificial head filled with liquid to test the Specific Absorption Rate (SAR) associated with the phone in various circumstances.


A freeway at 3 AM is usually not crowded but who commutes to work at that time? Travel down I 25 into Denver from the north later, and you will wish you set your alarm clock earlier. Our life so easily can resemble 8″O clock or 5 O'clock traffic-hectic, irritating, and stressful. Our focus at these times is on survival and not the refreshing time with Jesus in our quiet time. The hard truth is that our pace of life does not only diminish the quality of our time with God but usually eliminates it.
I once told a group of University of Wyoming football players I had an assignment harder than any they would get from their head coach. I asked them how many thought they could have a quiet time with God for 5 minutes every day for a week. The laughs were out of control as they all thought they could easily do that. The next week I asked them about it. Two did that for 2 days and a couple did it one day. No one did it every day. Why, when it was so easy? The enemy will always fight to keep us from the Word and a relationship with Jesus.
When it comes to discipling another person, we must get off the freeway and on to a back road or plan to leave earlier. We cannot fool ourselves into thinking we will develop a dynamic relationship with God or help someone else until we slow our rapid pace down.
Take some time this week to meditate on Psalm 23 and 46:10. What will you eliminate from your life to really get to know God and help others along the way?
What's at the end of that street? Completely following Jesus does not open the door of knowing everything that's down the road for us.
Some of us want a clear understanding of what we should do before we jump. The only explanation of what lies ahead for us is the guarantee that Jesus will be there every step of the way. Jesus is not obligated to explain anything to us unless we need to know. Check John 1:35-39.
So, my wife and I are moving from Northern Colorado to Boise, Idaho in 2 months. We know a few people there and know a little about a few ministries, but we are going with a blank sheet of paper. Only God knows what will be written on it and that is the most exciting part of the whole deal. It's considered wise in America to really think through your future and make plans that will help you accomplish your goals. It's sort of like mapping out your trip: Interstate 25 to Interstate 80 to Interstate 84 and you are in Boise (pronounced without a Z). But what if God has something up his sleeve near mile marker 247 on Interstate 80 that means you are going to have to take a different route? Personally, I believe this is where it gets exciting.
What's keeping you from experiencing the unbelievable joy of allowing Jesus to call the shots? Proverbs 19:21 in the Message says it "We humans keep brainstorming options and plans, but God's purpose prevails." And then there is the always scary James 4:13-16 "…you don't know the first thing about tomorrow…" You can thrive on uncertainty and certainty at the same time if you are completely following Jesus.


Is there a chance of tooth decay if my tooth filling was placed before my tooth was dry?
Hi i had one of my tooth filled today. After removing the tooth's decayed portion my dentist asked me to rinse. After that he straight away put the filling material in my teeth without drying my teeth. Isn't it necessary to dry the teeth before filling. Can this be a problem in future. Can decay occur under my filling.
thanks for your question. Perhaps your dentist may have done some gentle air drying using the triple function syringe attached to the chair? The same instrument sprays both water and air so both might have been done within a short period of time? Or perhaps your dentist dried it through use of cotton pellets and cotton rolls?
In my clinical practice, I do indeed find that the best results from fillings are often yielded after adequate moisture control is achieved.


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China Solar Giants Get Bigger as Glut Ignites Battle for Share
March 4, 2020 Anand Gupta 0
March 4, 2020 Anand Gupta
An aggressive expansion by the world's biggest solar manufacturers is under way, spurring a battle for market share and push to cut costs that signal more pain ahead for the industry.
Top Chinese producers of solar parts have announced expansion plans in recent weeks even as the industry grapples with the threat of the coronavirus outbreak on global renewable energy deployment.
The expansions are part of a strategy, especially of larger companies, "to block rivals from adding new capacity," said Robin Xiao, an analyst at CMB International Securities Ltd. This could worsen an oversupply of photovoltaic products and lead to price wars, he added.
The plans were already in place before the coronavirus outbreak. Companies tend to take a long-term view on expansions, and while growth in China is currently taking a hit as the world's biggest market moves away from a reliance on subsidies, there are bets the global solar industry will see brighter days from next year through 2025.
China is by far the leader in the global solar supply chain, from the production of ingots to wafers, cells and panels. The industry is dominated by several major manufacturers including LONGi Green Energy Technology Co., Tongwei Co., JA Solar Technology Co. and JinkoSolar Holding Co. Of the top 10 cell makers for instance, nine are mainly Chinese companies.
Thirteen Chinese firms led by the top suppliers plan to add at least 40 gigawatts of annual capacity in ingots, wafers and cells each by the end of 2020, according to data from BloombergNEF.
Manufacturers are boosting capacity to decrease per-unit costs, maintain their market share and keep competition at bay, said BNEF analyst Jiang Yali. This strategy is driven by a persistent oversupply in the sector, and rising investments in new technology could drive older and smaller factories out of business, she added.
A Tongwei official said in a response to Bloomberg that solar power capacity will rise in the future as it becomes "superior" to traditional fossil fuels in terms of costs and environmental benefits.
'Inevitable Result'
"Overcapacity is an inevitable result of a market economy," according to the Tongwei official. "There is room for consolidation in the industry" as some high-cost capacity is due to withdraw from within and outside of China.
LONGi said its "relatively aggressive" expansion is underpinned by its confidence in the sector's development, as well as its own technology and cost advantage. "If we're not leading, we're not expanding," the company said, adding that its products are in short supply in the market.
JA Solar didn't respond to a request for comment.
China's solar installations slumped in the past two years, reaching 30 gigawatts in 2019 from 44 gigawatts the year before and a record 53 gigawatts in 2017. The government is adopting a more market-oriented approach to ease its financial burden after years of subsidies that allowed the country to add more solar capacity than anywhere else in the world.
As demand falters and supply ramps up, the industry might experience more pain in the short term. A price war could emerge in the second and third quarters for monocrystalline wafers and cells, which are more efficient products and where the bulk of capacity additions are seen, said CMBI's Xiao. Cell prices have already halved in the past two years, BNEF data show.
Industry consolidation could also accelerate. Data from China's leading industry group show the five biggest solar cell makers accounting for almost 38% of domestic production in 2019, an increase of 8.4 percentage points from the previous year.
Further Ahead
Over the longer term, Chinese state-back researchers are projecting a steady climb in total capacity to more than 500 gigawatts by 2025 from 204 gigawatts at the end of last year. Annual capacity additions are seen at 50 gigawatts in 2021, which could then increase 10% every year through 2025, Trina Solar Ltd. Chairman Gao Jifan said in December.
Supporting that optimism is a government policy that promotes the consumption of clean power, and technological innovations that have sped up the cost reduction of renewable energy.
Here are some expansion plans announced in the past few months:
Tongwei will invest in a solar cell factory that will help raise its annual capacity to 60 gigawatts from a target of at least 30 gigawatts by the end of this year.
JA Solar plans to build a 10-gigawatt cell plant and a 10-gigawatt module plant in China's eastern Zhejiang province.
LONGi will build a 10-gigawatt solar cell project in the city of Xi'an; it also plans to buy a Vietnam-focused company to expand production of photovoltaic cells and panels in the Southeast Asian country.
The solar value chain starts from the production of polysilicon and subsequently, ingots, wafers and cells. A panel, or module, is a collection of cells connected to one another.
"Oversupply is very likely to be the theme of the market in the next few years," said Sun Xiaojing, an analyst at Wood Mackenzie Ltd. "This should be a worrying trend for manufacturers, especially those who have not upgraded their capacity to make newer high-efficiency modules."
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The 1976–77 FA Cup was the 96th staging of the world's oldest football knockout competition, The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup.  The final saw Manchester United beat Liverpool 2–1.

First round proper

Teams from the Football League Third and Fourth Division entered in this round plus Scarborough, Stafford Rangers, Wigan Athletic and Wimbledon were given byes. The first round of games were played on 20 November 1976. Replays were played mainly on 22–24, with some on 29 November, and 2 and 6 December.

Second round proper
The second round of games were mainly played on 11 December 1976, with some taking place midweek over 14–15 December and one on 20th. Replays took place on 14th or 21st.

Third round proper
Teams from the Football League First and Second Division entered in this round. The third round of games in the FA Cup were played on 8 January 1977. Replays were mainly played midweek over 10–12 January or the week after but one occurred on 24th instead.

Fourth round proper
The fourth round of games were played on 29 January 1977. Four games required a replay, played midweek on 1–2 February.

Fifth round proper
The fifth set of games took place on 26 February 1977. One game went to a replay which was played on 8 March. Holders Southampton were eliminated by Manchester United in a rematch of the previous final.

Sixth round proper
The sixth round of FA Cup games were played on 19 March 1977. There were no replays.

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

Replay

Semi-final 2

Final

TV coverage

The right to show FA Cup games were, as with Football League matches, shared between the BBC and ITV network. All games were shown in a highlights format, except the Final, which was shown live both on BBC1 and ITV. The BBC football highlights programme Match of the Day would show up to three games and the various ITV regional network stations would cover up to one game and show highlights from other games covered elsewhere on the ITV network. No games from Rounds 1 or 2 were shown. Highlights of replays would be shown on either the BBC or ITV. The BBC were only able to cover one of the three planned Fifth round ties due to a cameraman strike.

Third round BBC: Southampton v Chelsea, Cardiff City v Tottenham Hotspur, Blackpool v Derby County, Derby County v Blackpool (Midweek replay) ITV: Leeds United v Norwich City (Yorkshire & Anglia), Wimbledon v Middlesbrough (LWT & Tyne-Tees), Everton v Stoke City (Granada), Leicester v Aston Villa (ATV), Chelsea v Southampton (Midweek replay All regions)

Fourth round BBC: Colchester United v Derby County, Cardiff City v Wrexham, Manchester United v Queens Park Rangers, Derby County v Colchester United (Midweek Replay) ITV: Swindon Town v Everton (HTV & Granada), Arsenal v Coventry City (LWT), Ipswich Town v Wolverhampton Wanderers (Anglia), Birmingham City v Leeds United (ATV & Yorkshire)

Fifth round BBC: Leeds United v Manchester City, Manchester United v Southampton (Midweek Replay) ITV: Southampton v Manchester United (Southern & LWT), Middlesbrough v Arsenal (Tyne-Tees & Yorkshire), Liverpool v Oldham Athletic (Granada), Aston Villa v Port Vale (ATV)

Sixth round BBC: Manchester United v Aston Villa, Everton v Derby County ITV: Liverpool v Middlesbrough (Granada & Tyne-Tees), Wolverhampton Wanderers v Leeds United (ATV & Yorkshire) All ITV regions showed these two games

Semi-finals BBC: Everton v Liverpool, Everton v Liverpool (Midweek replay) ITV: Leeds United v Manchester United Shown in all ITV regions

Final Liverpool v Manchester United Shown live by both BBC & ITV

References
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Nov 25, 2016 Masala Grinding Project by IW Club of Chandigarh, D308, India. The Masala Project is one of the evergreen projects of Inner Wheel Club of Chandigarh, D308, India, started in the year 1975. Initially it was started at the The club has setup a grinding machine and provide Indian Spices to the children.
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Brock Commons Tallwood House is an 18-storey student residence at the Point Grey Campus of the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Canada. At the time it was opened, it was the tallest mass timber structure in the world.

It is the first phase of a complex at Brock Commons. The Brock Hall Annex located at the site will be demolished to make way for a building in phase 2. The 1958 mosaic mural "Symbols of Education" by Lionel and Patricia Thomas, commissioned by the university's 1958 graduating class, will be moved as a result.

Construction
It was built via the Tall Wood Building Demonstration Initiative (TWBDI) of Natural Resources Canada that in October 2017 led to the establishment of the Green Construction Through Wood (GCWood) program. Acton Ostry Architects designed the building with structural engineering firm Fast + Epp, which received consultation services from Architekten Hermann Kaufmann of Vorarlberg, Austria, for tall-wood construction. Before raising the building, a two-storey  mock-up was built on site to test wood-to-wood connections and the stability of the structure.

Site construction began in November 2015, and topped out in August 2016. Construction of the structure and facade began in June 2016 and was completed by a work crew of nine individuals in 57 days, rising at a rate of about 2 floors per week. The construction team described the assembly procedure to be "like Lego".

The building was subject to the 2012 British Columbia Building Code, which limits wood buildings to six storeys. This necessitated a special approval, as well as two structural reviews. The first review, completed by Merz Kley Partner ZT GmbH of Dornbirn, Austria, focussed on the timber structure. The second was a seismic review conducted by Read Jones Christoffersen Consulting Engineers of Vancouver.

The project cost $51.5 million to complete, and was designed to satisfy LEED Gold standards.

Description
The  building has a capacity to house 404 students, primarily for graduate and upper-year undergraduate students, with a floor space of . It consists of 33 four-bedroom units, 272 studios, study spaces, and lounges. The top floor is devoted to a lounge.

The frame is built of pre-fabricated engineered timber manufactured by Penticton-based Structurlam, and the structure also consists of a concrete foundation and steel components. The floors above grade are made of five-ply cross-laminated timber, anchored to the glulam columns using steel connectors. The latter were used to comply with the 2015 National Building Code seismic design requirements. The roof is steel-framed, composed of pre-fabricated steel beams supporting a metal deck. The structure is anchored by two concrete cores spanning its height for lateral stability that also function as the staircases for the building.

The wood structure is panelled with drywall, chosen to satisfy fire safety codes and more quickly obtain municipal permit approvals.

Legacy
As a result of TWBDI and the structure's construction, amendments to the 2020 and 2025 National Building Code of Canada were proposed to permit the construction of tall wood buildings. The British Columbia building code was amended in March 2019 to allow the construction of mass timber frame buildings of up to 12 storeys.

The building is fitted with accelerometers, inclinometers, moisture meters, and vertical shortening string potentiometers. The data collected will be analyzed by a research team at UBC to determine the building's performance relative to its design.

References

External links
Living at Brock Commons - Tallwood House at the University of British Columbia
Brock Commons Tallwood House at University of British Columbia Sustainability
Brock Commons Tallwood House at Naturally Wood
Overview, design process, and construction process

University of British Columbia
Buildings and structures in Greater Vancouver
Wooden buildings and structures in Canada
Buildings and structures completed in 2017


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Pagodetræ (Styphnolobium japonicum) er et mellemstort, løvfældende træ med en rundagtig vækst. Det er værd at bemærke, at træet ikke har torne. Planten tåler tørke og byklima. Blomstringen indledes først efter 15-20 års vækst.

Beskrivelse
Gamle træer får en åben og lys krone. Stammen er kort og slankt opret i ungdommen, men senere bliver den mere kroget. Hovedgrenene har uregelmæssig vækst, og de bliver efterhånden overhængende eller næsten vandrette. Barken er først glat og mørkegrøn med lyse korkporer, senere bliver den grå, og til sidst får gamle grene og stammen en furet, gråbrun bark. Knopperne sidder spredt, men er skjult under den opsvulmede bladfod hele sommeren igennem. Bladene er uligefinnede med ægformede, helrandede småblade. Oversiden er mørkegrøn og mat, mens undersiden er blågrøn på grund at et fint hårlag. Bladene bliver siddende længe og får efterhånden en svagt gul høstfarve.

Blomstringen sker i juli-august, og den består af gulligt hvide ærteblomster, der er samlet i endestillede, åbne klaser. Frugterne er bælge, som er karakteristiske ved, at de er sammensnøret mellem frøene.

Rodnettet består af en kraftig pælerod med vidt udbredte siderødder.

Højde x bredde og årlig tilvækst: 18 x 15 m (40 x 35 cm/år). Tilvæksten er dog betydeligt nedsat efter det 30. år.

Hjemsted
Tidligere mente man, at træet kun var kendt i dyrket form, men i dag ved man, at det er hjemmehørende i det vestlige Kina. Ernest H. Wilson skrev, at træet var "en vigtig del af vegetationen i de tørre dale i det vestlige Sichuan".

I Taihan bjergene ved Qinbei vandkraftdæmningen (Henan provinsen) vokser træet sammen med bl.a. Træpæon, Fraxinus chinensis, Juglans mandschurica, Kejser-Eg, Pinus populiformis, Pteroceltis tatarinowii, Vitex cinerea, Vitex heterophylla, Vitex negundo og Østligt Livstræ.

Note

Træer
Haveplanter
Hvide blomster


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Nqoko ka Gcaleka (about 1770 - 1822) was a regent and king of the Xhosa nation.

Nqoko was the third son of Gcaleka ka Phalo and took over the throne as regent when his oldest brother King Khawuta ka Gcaleka died in 1804 and served until 1820 when his nephew Hintsa ka Khawuta took over.

Nqoko died in 1822.

Xhosa people
Rulers of the Gcaleka
1730 births
1792 deaths


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Home / News / A Patriot Grandma Living in a RV is Being Wrongfully Prosecuted After Antifa Attacked Her
A Patriot Grandma Living in a RV is Being Wrongfully Prosecuted After Antifa Attacked Her
The first time I met Kimberlee was in the back of a police paddy wagon. It was January 11th, 2021, and I had been arrested for attempting to attend the first legislative session in Olympia, WA since the Covid-19 lockdowns began. Many disillusioned Washingtonians had gathered at the state capital to protest our unconstitutional exclusion from the legislative assembly. I was the only one, however, who crossed their yellow tape (which rather fittingly said "crime scene—do not cross"). The time was 11:00 am and the first session was starting. Immediately, I was swarmed by about eight State Troopers. They grabbed me forcefully, breaking my umbrella as they tore it from my hands. I was led into the basement of the capitol building, where I was processed and searched for weapons—I had none. A neon yellow wristband numbered '004' was put on my arm. Next, they brought me to my holding cell, which was a cramped space in the back of a paddy wagon.
I waited in that cell for hours. Someone would periodically jump in the cab to turn the engine on and off. I had nothing to do but listen to the pop-country music playing on their radio and stare at the bolts holding the partitions together. One of the bolts was missing. At one point I made a snide remark as somebody jumped in the cab, "You've got a bolt missing on your paddy wagon!" The response I got confused me. "I don't know what good that's gonna do us," replied a female voice. It didn't sound to me like something a Cop would say. I had nothing to say to that, so I stayed quiet for a little while longer. Then she asked what I had been arrested for. I didn't feel comfortable spilling too many details to the mysterious person, who I thought was likely a cop in the cab of the truck. She asked me what number was on my armband. "004," I said. Hers was "001." That makes me wonder if some other people were arrested that we just haven't been told about. I cracked a joke about how they just assumed the right-wingers would want to listen to country music while they were detained. Then she told me all about her story: her harrowing night being harassed by Antifa, her grandson named Unity, and her ongoing battles with the corrupt Child Protection Services. I couldn't believe what she endured the night before and how unjustly she had been treated. As she regaled me, I made a silent vow that I would make sure her story was heard.
On the night of January 10th, she and her family had parked their RV, nicknamed the "MAGA Monsta," among a caravan of other campers in what they presumed would be a quiet part of town—Boy, were they wrong. Roving bands of left-wing militants (who identify as "Antifa") had mobilized to terrorize the influx of conservative protestors camped out across the city. One of these leftists even live-streamed their harassment of the sleeping grandmother. They banged on her RV, spewed obscenities, ordered them to leave, and challenged members of the caravan to a fight. An especially aggressive leftist repeatedly told members of the caravan to shoot themselves in the head. If you watch footage from that night, you will hear the leftists shout at nearby law enforcement, yet for some reason, the police never intervened in any meaningful way. That is until Kimberlee and the rest of the caravan fled to safety.
Kimberlee found a new spot near the capitol grounds, where she hoped the beefed-up security would discourage Antifa from attacking her. What she didn't count on was that law enforcement would harass her and lay hands on her instead. Security at the capitol had been heightened to an almost absurd degree. After Jan 6th, Governor Inslee wasted little time surrounding the capitol grounds with fencing and hundreds of National Guardsmen. State Troopers and capitol police worked together to patrol the grounds beyond the fence. Their heightened state of paranoia led them to see this harmless grandmother as a terrorist and a threat to democracy, all while seditious anarchists (who openly recant their allegiance to the U.S.A. with chants of "Death to America") were left unmolested to terrorize conservative protestors. Police initially detained all members of the caravan who were present with her. Eventually, they let everyone go—everyone except for Grandma Kimberlee.
The whole ordeal seemed unbelievable. She had brought a grill to cook food for rally-goers. They were cooks, not criminals, but the police were treating her like a terrorist. Police took her into the basement of the Capitol. WA State Patrol made a public statement on Twitter at 8:23 am that:
"One arrest has been made at the Capitol Campus today. A female driver used an RV to block a roadway and refused to comply with orders to move and was taken into custody. This situation created a security concern and was dealt with appropriately."
It seemed like a specious justification, considering that the roads in and out of the capitol grounds were barricaded with roadblocks. Streetside parking along Capitol Way (parking that used to be open to the public) was occupied for months on end by government vehicles that were never used. The nearby capitol campus' public parking lot was blocked off by the Department of Enterprise Services. Kimberlee didn't have many parking choices between the government-induced parking scarcity and the lawlessness of nighttime parking lots ruled by belligerent leftists. For the crime of not parking to their liking, she was held for hours in the cramped confines of that paddy wagon. They released her before me. I told her I'd try to stay in touch. That didn't work out as I hoped.
When I got out, I searched social media. I couldn't find her anywhere. A month later, on February 6th, I attended a free speech protest at the state capitol. After the event was over, I walked to my vehicle only to spot three known Antifa activists in the neighborhood. I suspected they would take pictures of me getting in my vehicle, so I kept walking around the block. By some divine providence, I stumbled onto a live streamer who uses the moniker 'PrimeTimePatriot' as he interviewed none other than Grandma Kimberlee herself. I was ecstatic. We exchanged contact information and have kept in touch ever since.
That's why she reached out to me when she got the bad news: Thurston County had deemed it necessary to prosecute her for obstruction. I met her for lunch and she showed me the summons: Tuesday, February 8th, 12:30 pm, Thurston County District Court. I was floored. We live in a state where police aren't permitted to pursue real criminals. But at least they're keeping their thumbs on our grandmothers! There's no telling what havoc they could wreak. God help us if they should continue to be free to bake cookies and knit sweaters. Meanwhile, let's forget about the masked goons who burn our cities, peddle drugs, and rob us blind. The blatant inconsistency with the enforcement of law in the Pacific Northwest needs to end. Prosecuting people like Kimberlee is not justice—it's persecution.
We will be Rallying for Kimberlee on Feb 8th at 12:30pm outside the Thurston County District Court in Olympia WA.
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