SOMETIMES ONE DRIVER CAN VASTLY IMPROVE TRAFFIC.
I live in Seattle and my two daily commutes last about 45 minutes. (That's when I'm lucky; sometimes it's more like two hours each.) This has given me an immense amount of time for watching the interesting patterns in the cars. Boredom led me to fantasize about the traffic being like a flowing liquid, with cars acting as giant water molecules. Over many months I slowly realized that this was not just a fantasy. Why had I never noticed all the "traffic fluid dynamics" out there? Once my brain became sensitized to it, I started seeing quite a variety of interesting things occurring. Eventually I started using my car to poke at the flowing traffic. Observation eventually leads to experimentation, no? There are amazing things you can do as an "amateur traffic dynamicist." You can drive like an "anti-rubbernecker" and erase slowdowns created by other drivers. But first, some basic phenomena.
Have you ever been driving on an interstate highway when traffic suddenly slows to a crawl? You inch along for many minutes while waiting to see the accident which must have caused the jam. At the same time you also curse the "rubberneckers" who are causing the whole problem. But then all the cars ahead of you take off at high speed. The jam is over, but no accident, no police cars, nothing. WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT?!! A traffic jam with no cause? In the rear-view mirror you see all the poor saps behind you still stuck in the jam. But why? If all those people could just speed up at the same time, the whole traffic jam would evaporate. Why don't they ever do that? What caused the mysterious slowdown in the first place?
After experiencing many of these "invisible accidents", I came up with the following explanation. To best understand this, imagine that you look down on traffic from an aerial view point. Pretend you're in a Traffic Reporter's helicopter looking downwards.
Above in fig. 1 I've drawn a one-lane road, an accident, and a row of cars stuck behind the wreck. Other cars are approaching from the left and stopping too. Suppose that the "wrecked" car (the red one above) has simply become temporarily stuck. Maybe it spun out on ice. What will happen when the red car moves and unplugs the flow?
Refer to fig. 2 above. In the top row at 2a, the flow is suddenly unplugged. But not all the cars can move, since most cars are stuck behind drivers who are stopped. Figure 2B shows the traffic a few moments later, and figure 2C shows it a few moments after that. Notice the orange car in 2A, and see how it eventually becomes unjammed in 2D and begins moving. At the same time the red car in 2A approaches the jam and is swallowed up.
A MOVING WAVE OF "JAM"
After the wreck is removed, there seems to be no reason for the traffic jam to persist. Yet it does. The reason for this is sensible: if I am stuck behind a car that is stopped, then I have to stop too, and so does the car behind me. All the cars in the jam are in this situation. Even though the wreck is gone, they remain locked at standstill because if they want to move, they ALL have to move at once. They never do, because each driver is waiting for the car ahead to move. If I am in the traffic jam, I'm not going to move forward because I have no room to do so. I'd bump the car ahead of me. We all think like this, so none of us can move.
When the car in front of me leaves, I still cannot accelerate instantly, so I will remain stopped for a moment. I must delay leaving for a moment. If I started up instantly, I'd stay too close to the car ahead of me, and that would not be safe. Each departing car must delay in the same way, and this causes the jam to "evaporate" starting from the forward downstream end. It evaporates in a wave which begins at the forward end of the jam, (near the wreck). The wave eats into the jam from right to left, yet new cars are piling onto the back end of the jam.
Starting at figure 2A, the cars depart from the jam in sequence. In 2B the wave of "evaporation" has moved away from the wreck site, and in 2C and 2D it is far from the wreck. But notice an interesting thing: even though the CARS THEMSELVES are moving from left to right, the "wave of evaporation" moves in the opposite direction. It moves leftwards as it eats into the traffic jam.
There is a second important thing to notice. While some cars are still jammed, more cars are piling up behind them at the trailing end of the jam. Even after the wreck is removed, more cars are still "condensing" onto the back of the jam. The traffic jam is like a solid object whose front end is evaporating and whose back end is growing like a crystal. Cars move left to right, yet look at the the group of stopped cars. The stoppage is creeping slowly upstream, in the opposite direction to the moving cars. The accident is gone, but a "moving wave" of stopped cars remains behind. It's not a traffic jam, it's a shock wave which propagates through the "automotive material". It's a traffic-clot in the blood vessel. It's a traveling wave of traffic-condensation.
These sorts of travelling waves are common during heavy traffic conditions. An accident isn't needed to create them, sometimes they are caused by near-misses, by people cutting each other off, by merging lanes at a construction site, or simply by extra cars entering from an on-ramp. In traffic engineering lingo, they can be caused by "incidents" on the highway. A single "rubbernecker" could cause one by momentarily stopping to look at something interesting. Whenever you slow way down in order to merge across a lane to get to your upcoming exit, YOU could create one.
Sometimes the traffic waves have have no real cause at all. They arise from nothing because tiny random motions can trigger large results. They are like sand ripples and sand dunes, and they just build up for no clear reason. They are like ocean waves caused by the steady breeze, or like the waves which move along a flapping flag. They just "emerge" spontaneously from the writheing lines of traffic. In the science of Nonlinear Dynamics this is called an EMERGENT PHENOMENON."
How long will the "traffic wave" last after the accident is cleared? Its lifetime depends upon the amount of traffic, and on the number of cars trapped in the jam, but sometimes these things can persist for many hours. When traffic is slight, the jam might shrink rapidly to nothing. But if traffic remains heavy, then there's no reason for the travelling wave to ever dissipate at all. Also, if the conditions are just right (if the "condensation" happens faster than the "evaporation",) then even a tiny wave could grow large and larger. Sort of like dropping a tiny seed crystal into a supersaturated solution. When traffic is heavy and unstable, the normal faster/slower "noise" produced by driver can make the traffic freeze into a gigantic crystal. Like Kurt Vonnegut's end of the world story CAT'S CRADLE it's the "Ice Nine" of the highways.
2009 - Traffic soliton wave model: "jamitons"
2004 - 1st accurate sim of traffic waves: some cars must aggressively accel then brake hard.
1998 - Traffic waves only appear during self-organized "sychronized flow"
Note that traffic physicists have a different name for traffic waves: the pinch effect.
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Queensland - Organisation
Leslie Wilson Home, Emu Park (1938 - 1954)
Convalescent Home, Holiday Home, Home and Non-denominational
Bush Children's Home, Emu Park (Also known as)
The Leslie Wilson Bush Children's Home, Emu Park (Also known as)
Leslie Wilson Home for bush children, Emu Park (Also known as)
Sir Leslie Wilson Home, Emu Park (Also known as)
The Leslie Wilson Home, situated at Phillip Street, Emu Park, was opened by then Queensland Governor, Sir Leslie Wilson, on 21 June 1938. The Home was run by a committee from the Royal Queensland Bush Children's Health Scheme and provided short term accommodation for children from rural areas of Queensland in need of medical or dental treatments and recuperation. The Home closed in 1954 when the committee ceased to exist and the building was sold. The proceeds from the sale went towards a new purpose-built Home in Yeppoon which opened in 1958.
Leslie Wilson Home, Emu Park was opened on 21 June 1938 by Sir Leslie Wilson, then Queensland Governor, to accommodate children from western Queensland in need of medical and dental care.
The Home was temporarily closed in 1942 due to the Second World War. The building was offered to the military however it was not used. The Home reopened on 1 October 1945. It closed again for several months during the polio epidemic of 1951. Following this it was condemned due to the building's dilapidated state, and the last children went through the Home in March 1954.
The building was sold in November 1954 and the proceeds of the sale along with donations and fundraising led to the new purpose-built Leslie Wilson Home in Yeppoon operating from December 1958.
The publication Royal Queensland Bush Children's Health Scheme: The Train is in. Where to now?: 75 years of caring states:
Yeppoon (Rockhampton) Home - This Home began in 1937 at "Stratford House" Emu Park. In 1959 a new Home to accommodate 24 children was built at Yeppoon, another extension was built to care for a further 8 children, together with additional staff to care for the larger number when this was completed in 1966. Changes in buildings continued throughout the years. Then in 1992 , houses were built for children to be accommodated in regular domestic settings rather than the dormitory style accommodation that had been used earlier.
Location - The Leslie Wilson Home, Emu Park was situated at Phillip Street, Emu Park. Location: Emu Park
1938 - 1954 Leslie Wilson Home, Emu Park
1958 - 1994 Leslie Wilson Home, Yeppoon
Royal Queensland Bush Children's Health Scheme (1935 - )
Leslie Wilson Home, Redcliffe (1936 - 1990)
Royal Queenland Bush Children's Health Scheme, Royal Queenland Bush Children's Health Scheme: The Train is in. Where to now?: 75 years of caring 1935 - 2010, Brisbane, 2011. Details
'"Stratford House"', Longreach Leader, 20 March 1937, p. 18, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article37361779. Details
'Leslie Wilson Home Ready to Receive Western Children', Morning Bulletin, 2 November 1937, p. 6, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55958372. Details
'"A Very Happy Day" says Governor: Official Opening of Leslie Wilson Home', Morning Bulletin, 22 June 1938, p. 8, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article55979102. Details
'Bush Children's Homes in North', Courier Mail, 6 March 1939, p. 2, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article39010781. Details
'Major visits Leslie Wilson Home', Morning Bulletin, 3 December 1945, p. 7, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article56439359. Details
'Few Children for Seaside Homes', Townsville Daily Bulletin, 3 November 1952, p. 4, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article63479269. Details
'Bush Children's Health Scheme', The Central Queensland Herald, Rockhampton Newspaper Company, Rockhampton, Queensland, 26 May 1955, p. 28, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article79249737. Details
'80 years of BUSHkids', in Timeline 1935-2015, BUSHkids, 2015, http://bushkids.org.au/1935timeline2015/files/assets/basic-html/page-1.html. Details
Sources used to compile this entry: 'Bush Children's Health Scheme', The Central Queensland Herald, Rockhampton Newspaper Company, Rockhampton, Queensland, 26 May 1955, p. 28, http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article79249737; '80 years of BUSHkids', in Timeline 1935-2015, BUSHkids, 2015, http://bushkids.org.au/1935timeline2015/files/assets/basic-html/page-1.html; Royal Queenland Bush Children's Health Scheme, Royal Queenland Bush Children's Health Scheme: The Train is in. Where to now?: 75 years of caring 1935 - 2010, Brisbane, 2011.
Prepared by: Lee Butterworth and Nicola Laurent
Created: 9 July 2013, Last modified: 24 April 2018
Convalescent Home
Cite this: https://www.findandconnect.gov.au/ref/qld/biogs/QE00614b.htm

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Getlets extend the Interwiki technology, allowing users to access the data of other servers, such as Google, SourceForge, national telephone books, Wikipedia, and many more, merely limited by copyright restrictions. They can be best seen as shortcuts, with a simplified syntax for queries. Parts of the Getlet are translated on the wiki server to perform a predetermined action on a foreign server. Getlets are designed to fetch and integrate data into the wiki page, but hide the technical details at the same time: the wiki server may use complicated wget or curl actions to retrieve the foreign contents, but the user only has to write get:server:item (get:shortcutforserver:searchitem). These contents can dynamically - or as an alternative (user option -p for permanent) - statically be added to the wiki page bearing the Getlet.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Issues a Statement Regarding Black History Month
February is Black History Month, a time of the year in which Canadians are encouraged to honour and recognize the vast impact Black Canadians have had on the world.
With that in mind, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau issued the following statement with regards to Black History Month:
"Today we begin Black History Month, a time to honour and celebrate the many achievements and contributions that Black Canadians have made to our country.
"The theme for this year's Black History Month is 'Black Canadian Women: Stories of Strength, Courage and Vision'. Jean Augustine, Viola Desmond, Michaëlle Jean, Jully Black, Afua Cooper – these are just a few women of African descent who have shaped Canada into the country it is today. Yet all too often their stories go untold."
Throughout February, VisionTV will present a broad selection of films, including "Race to Freedom: The Underground Railroad," which can be seen Monday, February 12 (Midnight ET/9pm PT) & Tuesday, February 13 (9pm ET/6pm PT).
Continued Trudeau: "Earlier this week, the Government of Canada announced that Canada will officially recognize the UN International Decade for People of African Descent. This International Decade, which spans from 2015 to 2024, is an opportunity to highlight and celebrate the important contributions that Black Canadians have made to Canadian society.
"The International Decade also offers a framework to better address the very real and unique challenges that Black Canadians face. By working together, we can combat anti-black racism and discrimination, and deliver better outcomes for Black Canadians.
"This month, I invite all Canadians to take part in community events for Black History Month, and learn more about the vital role that Black Canadians have played – and continue to play – in shaping the diverse, compassionate, and prosperous country we know today."
This Black History Month, join VisionTV for a special encore presentation of "Songs of Freedom with Measha Brueggergosman," a documentary event that follows the beloved opera singer on a personal journey and historical quest as she performs an intensely powerful selection of spirituals.
Standalone episodes air Fridays, Feb. 2, 9, 16 and 23 at 10pm ET/7pm PT. The feature documentary airs Tuesday, Feb. 6 at 9pm ET/6pm PT.


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Foo Fighters: Back and Forth
DVD • April 5, 2011 • 2h 30m • NOT RATED
Music, Documentary
FOO FIGHTERS BACK AND FORTH chronicles the 16 year history of the Foo Fighters: from the band's very first songs created as cassette demos Dave Grohl recorded during his tenure as Nirvana's drummer, through its ascent to their Grammy-winning, multi-platinum, arena and stadium headlining status as one ... More of the biggest rock bands on the planet. Less
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The excitement for the Pittsburgh Penguins versus the Philadelphia Flyers outdoor game grows!
Early on February 2, the organization unveiled it's full uniform for the NHL Stadium Series game that will take place at Heinz Field. The uniform boasts the already released marigold yellow sweater but is now accompanied by predominantly marigold yellow and black pants and matching helmet.
Winger Bryan Rust was chosen as the designated model for the official announcement. This makes him the first Penguin to skate in the full "Pittsburgh Gold" uniform.
The jersey itself is unique with its sleek, streamlined look. It will also be emblazoned with two different patches, one on each shoulder. One will commemorate the Stadium Series event itself and the other will pay homage to the City of Pittsburgh and its rich heritage as the "City of Champions."
"I love the color. I think I like the bright yellow helmets the most. It's something different...something you don't see to often."
The Penguins (via Dana Heinze) also released the gear that the goalies will be wearing for the game as well.
Matt Murray will be back in black from head to toe. His mask is designed with angles of the Pittsburgh area skyline silhouetted on the yellow stripe.
Mark Andre Fleury will be donned in the fan-favourite gold pads. His helmet, however, is very unique. It pays tribute to "...some of his favourite team mates with images and names." (per Heinze on his personal Twitter account).
The Battle of PA has never had a bigger stage. The puck drops on the Saturday, February 25.


To put this very bluntly, and without naming names, I've been a bit disappointed with the so-called summer blockbusters that have come out this year from the big publishing houses. I've been waiting for someone to get beyond same-old, same-old, and well, here it is. I can honestly say that The Monster's Daughter is an original. It begins in a normal enough way for a crime novel, with the discovery of a dead body, but trust me, there is nothing at all normal about this book. And that's a good thing.
There are three different things going on here: first, one of the two main narrative threads has its roots in science/speculative fiction; second, the other thread follows a police investigation into murder, and third, when the two come together, the book serves as a vehicle for exploring a century of South Africa's troubled past and its repercussions in the present. It's this third aspect, I think, that made this book so incredibly interesting to me -- what a great way to take on such a difficult topic. So what you get in The Monster's Daughter is a sort of hybrid mix of sci-fi, crime and history, and if that's not original, I don't know what is.
As I said earlier, the novel begins with the discovery of a dead body in the small South African town of Unie. It's December, 2010, and the victim has been burned beyond recognition, so it's going to be a tough job just trying to figure out who the victim is. Plus, the method of death is one that the detectives haven't seen in this area, so it's definitely unusual and seems to be some sort of smokescreen, creating a puzzle for the detectives to solve. As we're meeting the main characters from the present, the story then goes back in time to 1901, when the British were trying to get rid of the remaining Boers and were sending families to concentration camps. At one of these camps some bizarre experiments are taking place (and here's where the sci-fi edge comes in); eventually all of this comes to an end, but a bit too late and at a terrible cost. This movement from present to past continues throughout the book until, of course, the two storylines merge.
As the crime story moves forward, Alet Berg, who is working on the crime, begins to uncover some pretty disturbing things that may not only jeopardize her already faltering career, but may also have some bearing on her personal life. She also discovers that the death of this victim may be one more in a long-running series of murders where the killer has never been caught. As time moves forward from 1901, we get a serious look at South Africa's violent apartheid history through the story of Tessa, who finds herself constantly having to change identities and homes to ensure her own survival.
So -- I have to admit that when I first came across the parts about the experiments at the concentration camp, I did a major eyeroll since this is so normally not my thing, but as things turned out, I just decided to suspend any disbelief, relax, and roll with it and The Monster's Daughter turned out to be pretty darned good. I will say that it tends to get a bit boggy because there are so many things going on here -- for example, the author throws in some conspiratorial subplots that while important and germane to both present, past, and the novel's title, received (imo) way too much attention and time when all I really wanted to do was to get back to Tessa, South African history, and to the murder investigation. Then again, I'm not a big conspiracy fiction person, so that may just be a matter of personal taste. However, as I am so fond of saying, less is more, and this one could have been pared down some without any damage. Other than that, though, as I said, this book is definitely original, and would be well suited for historical fiction and crime readers who don't mind suspending disbelief (and let's get real here -- we do that in most cases anyway), and I'd also say for readers who are interested in the human costs of racism. Given the direction of today's politics, it might very well be worth taking a look at the past as so well presented in this novel.
I really need to thank TLC book tours and to Melville House (one of my favorite publishers!!) for my copy of this novel. I'm just one of several readers of this book, so clicking on the link will take you to their thoughts as well.
This book sounds interesting and if it delivers all your praise worthy comments, then it is quite an unusual blend of sub topics. I have to admit that visions of the concentration camps (a necessity to keep alive forever) is something that fills me great horror and sorrow, but your sincere enthusiasm for this novel make me want to read it.


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On Tuesday, May 10th the Marshfield Common Council will be deciding if they want to maintain their standard of clean indoor air by including e-cigarettes into their local clean indoor air ordinance. The meeting will be held in the Council Chambers, Lower Level, City Hall Plaza at 7:00 PM.
On April 7, 2016 a coalition member submitted a letter to the editor in the Marshfield News Herald about how e-cigarettes threaten the standard of clean indoor air set by Wisconsin over five years ago.
On April 22, 2016 the coalition was interviewed about recent data released by the FDA. The data showed that e-cigarette use is on the rise among high school students.
In a letter to the president, 30 groups pointed out that it has been five years since the FDA first indicated it would seek to regulate all tobacco products.
The CDC released a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) focused on youth use of tobacco products from 2011-2015. The report found that in 2015, e-cigarettes remained the most commonly used tobacco product among middle and high school students. Between 2014 and 2015, current use of e-cigarettes increased among middle school students, while current use of hookahs decreased among high school students.
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Students, faculty and staff continued to celebrate UT Health San Antonio with a pumpkin carving contest on Halloween. The contest ended up in three-way tie for first place! Thank you to all who participated!
One of our winners! Pumpkin carving by Lauren Martinez & Heather Dowling, Respiratory Care students.
One of our winners! Pumpkin carving by the Dental Dean's Office.
One of our winners! Pumpkin carving by Mystique Marshall, Pathology.
UT Health staff having some fun at the pumpkin carving contest!
Respiratory Care students carving their #UTHealthoween pumpkin!
An amazing pumpkin carving by Chief Parks of UT Police!


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The I-95 shooting: What we know, what we don't
A bus driver shot another man on I-95 Monday after they'd both pulled over and gotten into an argument. Some details from the story are unclear.
The I-95 shooting: What we know, what we don't A bus driver shot another man on I-95 Monday after they'd both pulled over and gotten into an argument. Some details from the story are unclear. Check out this story on delawareonline.com: https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/crime/2018/07/31/95-shooting-what-we-know/869705002/
Adam Duvernay, Delaware News Journal Published 9:32 a.m. ET July 31, 2018 | Updated 11:33 a.m. ET July 31, 2018
A motorist who stopped to help at the scene along I-95 said the suspected shooter told him he acted in self-defense. John Jankowski Jr./SPECIAL TO THE NEWS JOURNAL, Delaware News Journal
Police are investigating a reported shooting on I-95 at Airport Road.(Photo: John J. Jankowski Jr., Special to The News Journal)Buy Photo
A fight between two men on the side of Interstate 95 Monday afternoon ended when one of them, the driver of a hospital van, shot the other in the chest, state police said.
The shooting victim, who drove a Dodge Durango, was taken to a hospital. The shooter, who drove a Saint Francis Life Paratransit bus, was taken into custody.
Here's what is known at this time, and what hasn't yet come to light.
Background: Man shot by paratransit bus driver in I-95 roadside dispute
WHY DID THE DRIVERS PULL OVER?
Police said the two drivers were interacting on the road, with the Durango driver getting along both sides of the bus and pointing a phone at the bus driver.
Police said the bus driver signaled that they should pull over, and both did, but it's not clear yet what motivated them to do so.
Delaware State Police are investigating a possible shooting near northbound I-95 at the Airport road off ramp, according to police scanner broadcast. (Photo: DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION)
WHAT HAPPENED DURING THE "ALTERCATION"?
State police said the drivers engaged in an "altercation" once they'd pulled over onto the side of I-95. It's not yet clear if that fight was verbal, physical or both.
The altercation escalated when the Durango driver pulled out pepper spray and pointed it at the bus driver, police said. The bus driver then shot him in the chest.
WILL THE BUS DRIVER CLAIM SELF DEFENSE?
A Bear man who stopped to help after the shooting said the bus driver told him he shot the other driver in self-defense.
The bus driver rendered his gun safe and provided aid for the man he shot.
He waited on scene for police and emergency personnel to arrive.
State police said they're conducting a first-degree assault investigation but have not announced charges for either of the drivers involved.
WHY DID THE BUS DRIVER HAVE A GUN?
Saint Francis Healthcare policy disallows employees from carrying firearms, said spokeswoman Samantha Raftovich.
WILL THE DURANGO DRIVER LIVE?
State police did not provide the condition of the 53-year-old Durango driver when he left the scene with EMS personnel for an area hospital for treatment.
State police usually say when someone in one of their cases has been killed and wait to make public that person's name until family is notified.
Contact Adam Duvernay at (302) 319-1855 or aduvernay@delawareonline.com
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Police are investigating a reported shooting on I-95 at Airport Road. John J. Jankowski Jr., Special to The News Journal
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Voxox, a provider of cloud-based rich communications, had entered into a new partnership with Emida, a company in the global prepayment and value transfer market, to enhance mobile payment options for users. In particular, Emida will process and manage account refill transactions and mobile wallet payments for prepaid Voxox customers, offering an alternative to credit card payment. This move is crucial for Voxox as it allows the company to reach parts of the world where credit card use is less common.
"Most subscribers around the world prefer to use cash to top-up their accounts and prepay for the use of mobile applications. Partnering with Emida enables Voxox to provide the most common way for users to purchase our services, further extending the reach of our unified cloud communications application," said Bryan Hertz, Voxox CEO, in a statement. "At Voxox, our mission is to simplify and enhance the way people communicate, and our new partnership with Emida enables us to meet this goal."
This is just the latest expansion for Voxox, which was described by TMCnet's Tony Rizzo (News - Alert) as 'Skype on steroids' earlier this year. The company's biggest move to date, though, was the introduction of the 'Voxox In Business' division in 2011 which is aimed directly at small to medium-sized businesses.
Its new strategic partnership with Emida also makes Voxox available throughout Emida's extensive distribution network of over 54,000 retail points, which include self-service kiosks and retail convenience stores. These points allow Voxox users to use these points to automatically refill or apply credit toward the purchase of Voxox minutes or products.
Furthermore, Voxox will offer and promote Emida's financial service offerings to its partner network of service providers, while Emida will promote and sell Voxox throughout its own distribution channel. As such, describing this as a "truly collaborative alliance" is pretty spot on.


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Southfield Arts & Tech Warriors Varsity Stymied by Stevenson, Lose 10-4
Southfield Arts & Tech Warriors Varsity Stymied by Stevenson, Lose 10-4 !st Game 4/27/19
Southfield Arts & Tech Warriors Varsityhad a tough time generating runs on Saturday, dropping their game with Stevenson 10-4.
Stevenson got on the board in the first inning when an error scored one run for Stevenson.
Stevenson pulled away for good with six runs in the third inning. In the third an error scored one run for Stevenson, Nick Olsendoubled on the first pitch of the at bat, scoring two runs, Coltrane Rubnersingled on a 0-1 count, scoring one run, and Jacob Townleysingled on a 2-2 count, scoring one run.
Aidan Arbogastgot the win for Stevenson. He allowed four hits and four runs over four and two-thirds innings, striking out six. Nick Saylorand Robby El-Houranientered the game out of the bullpen and helped to close out the game in relief.
Omar Boydtook the loss for Southfield Arts & Tech Warriors Varsity. He surrendered eight runs on nine hits over three innings, striking out one and walking zero.
Brian Caldwellwent 2-for-4 at the plate to lead Southfield Arts & Tech Warriors Varsityin hits.
Stevenson totaled 12 hits in the game. Rubner, Olsen, and Bobby Cavinall managed multiple hits for Stevenson. Stevenson didn't commit a single error in the field. Devin Bunchhad eight chances in the field, the most on the team.
Get key announcements and game updates from the official Southfield High School A & T athletic calendar!


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Steve McClaren's return, Wayne Rooney, manager search - Derby County Q&A Live
DerbyshireLive and Derby Telegraph chief football writer Steve Nicholson answers your questions
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Updated 14:38, 24 NOV 2020
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Steve McClaren has returned to Derby County for a fifth time.
The 59-year-old has agreed a contract to act as an advisor to the board with immediate effect.
He will also assume the role of Technical Director, a position which has been identified in agreement between Rams chairman Mel Morris and Derventio Holdings, and is subject to ratification by Derventio Holdings' board following completion of the takeover.
Meanwhile, Derby's manager search continues with player-coach Wayne Rooney in charge of first-team matters along with specialist first-team coach Liam Rosenior, goalkeeper coach Shay Given and first-team development coach Justin Walker.
Derby County's moving parts and what Steve McClaren's latest return could mean
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I bought the audiobook and the Kindle book, but I found it too difficult to follow the information on the audio, as it always refers to numbers, symbols and equations. The information was worth reading, so I could get an overview on what a "mathematician world" is like. The information is way too complex to understand, at least for me who does not have any mathematical background.
As the other books from Professor Kaku, this one is also very accessible, with information being layd out in an easy to understand way. And with a very dynamic and interesting information through all the book.
The idea is good, but this book couldn't solve my problem of getting angry every time I sat in my car. But today I can say I am cured, not because of this book or any other, but because I learned to accept that other drivers also want to arrive at their destiny, and they are maybe in a greater hurry than I am, and that's why they drive like they do. I learned to be more patient and let the others go first, because I am not in a hurry and the ones that pass by me like crazy (just 10% of the drivers) are late or have an emergency.
This book is a classic. It introduced the subject of theoretical physics to me and made me love it. Now I found many other good books on this subject, but this one was the first and is my beloved one.
In this thrilling journey into the mysteries of our cosmos, best-selling author Michio Kaku takes us on a dizzying ride to explore black holes and time machines, multidimensional space and, most tantalizing of all, the possibility that parallel universes may lay alongside our own.
This book was really worth buying, it gives a complete overview of theoretical physics by a way only Professor Kaku can, simple but comprehensive.
When I got this course I expected something more about relativity (special and general), but I got a course about entropy, and at the end, I liked it very much, because I could learn more about this very interesting and essential topic, presented wonderfully by Professor Sean Carroll.
It's a short book, but the story is too extensive! It tells the story of Mandeleev and a lot of historical information that is unnecessary for the understanding of the periodic table. I was looking for a more technical book, and not a historical one.
This book shows how thermodynamics is a vast field of study. I wanted just to have an introduction of this subject, but it is complex and needs time and study to grasp the fundamentals. It is a good book for it gives an comprehensive idea of the field.
A brilliantly original and richly illuminating exploration of entanglement, the seemingly telepathic communication between two separated particles - one of the fundamental concepts of quantum physics.
A nice mix of theory and history.
Very extensive book, it is a biography of every physicist, telling his life and work, and the interaction between them. It is very interesting, but I found it a little too long.


So I ended my "novel" at 50,144 words on November 29… and it wasn't a novel. It never moved out of the realm of "diary," and I suppose that's fine because it kept me writing for a month, and I have been slacking in keeping a journal anyway. This is also my first NaNo win since losing in 2016 and 2017, so that means something.
This was also the first NaNo in which I had a midnight writing session. The entire time, I was trying to keep my word count a couple days ahead in case something came up and I fell behind. So one night, I couldn't sleep due to a variety of pregnancy-related issues, and I wrote an extra day's worth of words at midnight (Or was it 2 a.m.? Can't remember.) and didn't really feel all that tired the next day. I was able to think a little more clearly when writing at night because there wasn't any noise or anything to distract me, but I wouldn't make a habit of it. I'm still much more a morning person.
My hope was that I could get incentive to write some fiction again, whether that be a new story or picking up one of the old ones. Writing whatever happened to come into my head didn't give me any inspiration, which is surprising because it has done so in the past. Well, that's kind of a lie because I did get a bunch of blog post ideas.
In the end, I think the only thing that really gives me incentive to write fiction is to reread what I have written in the past and think that I can improve on it or get the desire to continue it. Even 100 words a day in a story is better than nothing.


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'Fauda' team sets new show in NYC • Delta 'burns' through city • How Gold's Horseradish got that way
By New York Jewish Week Staff August 6, 2021 8:49 am
Lior Raz in a scene from the new Netflix series "Hit & Run," set in Tel Aviv and New York City. (Jojo Whilden/NETFLIX © 2021)
Shabbat shalom, New York. Every Friday, The Jewish Week emails a digest of the week's best stories, which you can print out for offline reading. Sign up for "The Jewish Week/end" here. Get today's edition here.
The highly transmissible Delta variant continues to "burn" through New York City, 4 New York reports.
All five boroughs of the city are "high transmission" areas where extra precautions against COVID-19 should be taken, including universal indoor masking, according to the CDC.
Existing vaccines have proven effective protection against the variant.
Here's how NYC synagogues are adapting as the High Holidays approach:
The Jewish Center in Manhattan is "recommending" that all individuals, including the vaccinated, wear masks at the synagogue. All unvaccinated individuals and children who are not vaccinated must wear a mask.
Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun will hold an outdoor service on the High Holidays, in addition to its indoor services.
Congregation Beit Simchat Torah says they "hope" to have in-person High Holiday services with limited seating for fully vaccinated people. Either way, services will be livestreamed.
A new show from the creators of "Fauda," starting today on Netflix, takes place in Tel Aviv and New York City.
"Hit & Run" stars Lior Raz, the bullet-headed hero of "Fauda," playing a former Israeli intelligence agent trying to solve the killing of a loved one.
"This show is about grief and loss and a chase and revenge," Raz told the New York Post. Our colleagues at Kveller have intel on the new series.
A new documentary about how a college student relates to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict opens at New York's Museum of the Moving Image today.
"The Viewing Booth" focuses on an American Jewish woman as she reacts, often defensively, to videos of altercations involving Israeli soldiers and Palestinian civilians.
"We all bring our own biases to things we see," the film's Israeli director, Raanan Alexandrowicz, tells our colleague Andrew Lapin.
Alexandrowicz and Maia Levy, the film's subject, will be in person at the museum on Sunday. Details here.
BEYOND THE BOROUGHS
Long Island Jewish leaders and parents saved a local day school by buying it.
The Hebrew Academy of Nassau County planned to close down its elementary school in Plainview as it expands its West Hempstead campus. Instead, they sold the school to local leaders, who plan to hire the same staff and rename the school The Mercaz Academy.
"This school is an essential part of Jewish life in central Long Island," a Mercaz supporter told The Jewish Week.
President Biden picked Chanan Weissman as White House liaison to the Jewish community — a role the Baltimore native held in the last months of the Obama presidency.
A call to "defund" Hillel at Rutgers University never happened, JTA reports: Jewish leaders appeared too eager to believe the worst about pro-Palestinian activists at the embattled campus.
Ruth Pearl, who dedicated the latter part of her life to preserving the legacy of her son Daniel, a journalist who was murdered in Pakistan, died at 85.
Our colleagues at The Nosher recall the very New York history of Gold's Horseradish.
The company was started in the Brooklyn apartment of two Jewish immigrants, Hyman and Tillie Gold. (Hyman inherited his horseradish grinder from a cousin who peddled the root on the streets of Borough Park and somehow landed in jail.)
After years in Brooklyn and Hempstead, Long Island, the Golds' descendants sold the brand to LaSalle Capital, a Chicago-based investment firm, in 2015.
TODAY'S BIG IDEA
"Jackie Mason owed the rise, fall and rise of his career to his audience's perceptions of his Jewishness," writes Andrew Silow-Carroll. When theater-goers at last embraced him, it was because he reminded them of a Jewish ethnic identity that was fast disappearing.
A misinformation industry has spread mistrust of leaders, institutions and media. This week's Torah portion suggests the need for critical thinking to distinguish between reliable messengers and false prophets, writes Rabbi Ben Goldberg.
More wisdom: Rabbi David Wolpe says he loves reading murder mysteries because "they suggest there are solutions in the world and there is ultimate justice."
International Ladino singer/songwriter Sarah Aroeste, joined on piano by longtime Israeli collaborator Shai Bachar, draws upon her family roots from Macedonia and Greece as she performs traditional and original Ladino songs. Attend this concert, presented by the Museum and the Center for Traditional Music and Dance, in person or watch the livestream from home. Learn more and register here. Sunday, 3:00 pm.
JCRC-NY presents Jewish Heritage Night with the Brooklyn Cyclones vs. the Hudson Valley Renegades. $16 admissions package includes a limited edition Jewish heritage cap, a Brooklyn Cyclones cap and a $5 donation back to the JCRC. Get tickets for the game at Coney Island's Maimonides Park here. Sunday, 4:00 pm.
Photo, top: Lior Raz in a scene from the new Netflix series "Hit & Run," set in Tel Aviv and New York City. (Jojo Whilden/NETFLIX © 2021)
On stage: Antisemitism in France and a Black Shylock • Swastika at NYU • New tool for genealogists
By New York Jewish Week Staff February 23, 2022 7:56 am
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Another look at the Crown Heights riots • NYC lawmakers in Israel • Meet the Mustard Man
Antisemitism on the Upper West Side • A Jewish Ranger's story • Celebrating Jonas Mekas
Fired Park East rabbi starts new synagogue • Bowman's flip on Abraham Accords • 'Seinfeld' actress dies
The man who turned Park Slope into Brooklyn's literary HQ • Hasidic Jew will advise Mayor Adams • Remembering Rebbetzin Hecht
Sleep in Midge Maisel's apartment • Security $$ for small synagogues • Jared Kushner: Nobelist?


To celebrate, we decided to each compile a Best Nine Photos (like on insta) as a way to reflect back on the past year.
Yeah it is pretty wild to think that two years went by already!
My jiu-jitsu competition in Bangkok Thailand!
Fresh off the plane in Cuba with good friends Chris and Omar.
Kimberly teaching English in Chile!
Hi fives with my favorite person.
Love this picture of Kimberly with the local children in India.
Evelet having fun in the snow with her dad, Jason.
Starting at the the top left, going across and then down.
Hey guys! So a lot of my Best Nine are from my time in South America this past year. It was such a wonderful experience and something I will never forget. Every year I say it, but I'm not sure how I can top 2017!!
I started my 33rd year with a trip to Colombia to visit my dad and good friend Lina (top left). We explored new to me areas of the country and I loved getting to see Lina's hometown!
I then ventured to Chile and stayed with an amazing Chilean Family while teaching English in a local high school (top right). I am so grateful for the chance to have met them and know that I will always have family in Chile!
At the end of my semester teaching, I took some time to travel before returning to the states. The Hoch was able to make a trip to visit the south of Chile with me (middle left) and we had an amazing time together (travel buddy for life)!
My adventure continued as I went backpacking with my new Aussie buds in Peru and Argentina. Some highlights shown above include Machu Picchu and the Salta and Jujuy Regions in Argentina (bottom right and top middle).
I extended my time in South America so that I could celebrate Dieciocho de Septiembre (Chile's Independence Day) with my volunteer buddies and Chilean family before returning home (bottom left). 🙂 It was such a great way to end my South America travel adventures!
I also enjoyed keeping up with David and Stef's posts while away. David's trip to Cuba had me green with envy (bottom middle). I also enjoyed learning about Jiu Jitsu from him and am so proud of his accomplishments. Also you can't have a Best Nine and not include Stef's photography with a photo of this Beautiful Mess.
One of my fave pics is of myself and my girl jennyfair (bottom middle). She is on the brink of becoming a mother any day now and I cannot wait to see how life unfolds for her.
Also, yoga has been a real game changer for me since I started late 2016. I really geared up my practice in 2017 and grew even closer to my fellow yogis. I am a better person thanks to the art of meditation and to my yogi guru Shannon Wiseman Laub (bottom right corner). She makes flexibility look effortless. I love capturing her in her best expression of herself.
2017 was full of beautiful moments. I am so grateful for every single one of them. Thank you all for support.
We are so proud of all of our accomplishments and are looking forward to what the next year entails!
Thanks again for following our blog! We really appreciate YOU more than you know!
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Your support helps children with disabilities improve their physical and psychological wellbeing by going to Sports Camp, a club run thanks to donations.
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Think back to when you were growing up. Imagine not joining in other children's games, simply because you felt like you weren't able to. Imagine missing PE because taking part felt too scary, or not being able to be part of a sports team because there were none available to you.
It's hard enough as a child, sometimes feeling like you don't fit in. But for children with disabilities, these common experiences can make their already challenging childhood even harder.
Becky Flannery is an Evelina London community physiotherapist based in Southwark and Lambeth. Her team works with children with a wide range of disabilities and physical difficulties, treating anything from knock knees to cerebral palsy.
'We see a lot of children – particularly the ones with long-term disabilities - that don't participate in sport,' says Becky. 'Partly this is a lack of understanding of what's available. It can also sometimes be due to negative experiences of sport in the past. They might have tried things, but because they can't do the same as the other children they have been put off.'
Exercise and sports bring important benefits to children with disabilities, such as improved cardiovascular fitness, muscle strength and flexibility. Engaging with peers and improving confidence is also key to their psychological wellbeing.
Thanks to donors, the community physiotherapists were able to address the issues of children missing out on these benefits.
Donations have helped set up Sports Camp, a week-long event run in the summer holidays for children with disabilities. Activities such as gymnastics, archery, basketball and go-karting are available and a wide range of ability levels can take part, from children who can walk unaided to children who use walkers or wheelchairs.
Funds help to book a range of activities; there's a disability sports coach running sessions on boccia and polybat, and even football run by Millwall FC.
'The children really enjoy themselves and have an amazing time,' says Becky. 'That's one of our biggest achievements because we want to show them that sport can be fun. PE can be a lot of these children's least favourite subject sometimes because they don't enjoy the activities, so showing them that they can enjoy sport was a massive benefit.'
Another fantastic outcome was showing parents sports that are available to children with disabilities which they may not have known about, and putting them in touch with local coaches.
Aida Hagos' eleven-year-old son, Evenez, has cerebral palsy. He attended Sports Camp in 2014, the first year it ran.
'It was helpful for him because there's not that many activities that he can do in his wheelchair, but at Sports Camp he was so happy he could play the sports that they provided,' says Aida. 'He tried sports that he'd never tried before, that we didn't think it was possible for him to do.'
Having loved it so much at Sports Camp, Evenez is now a member of a wheelchair basketball club in Bermondsey, which he goes to every Tuesday. 'He's made lots of new friends through that - it's definitely helped improve his confidence and happiness,' says Aida.
A second successful year of Sports Camp has just run, with a wider range of activities on offer and higher attendance across the sessions.
'It's really good to have an impact like this on the children's lives,' says Becky. 'Improving their strength, flexibility, balance and things like that in clinic is obviously important to their health, but what matters to the children is their hobbies and daily activities. So for them to enjoy a sport and meet other children like them is an amazing thing.
'I had so many comments from them at the end saying things like, "this was the best day ever". Comments like that are very sweet and touching.'
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Thank you to everyone who has offered knitted bonding squares for our Neonatal Unit. We'll let you know if we need more in future but for now we have plenty. We've had so many offers our cupboards will be overflowing!
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Policy for returning donations
We work hard to ensure you have the best supporter journey when you make a donation. Unfortunately, under charity law (The Charities Act 2011) we are unable to refund donations, other than in specific circumstances.
If you believe that a donation you have made should be refunded then please contact us on 020 7848 4701 or by email at info@supportevelina.org.uk and we can advise on what we can do.
How can I provide feedback or send in a complaint?
Your views are important to us and we welcome all comments and feedback about the way we work.
We always aim to provide an excellent service to our supporters, but if you are unhappy or would like to provide feedback to our team you can contact our Supporter Care team at info@supportevelina.org.uk or by phone on 020 7848 4701.