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Leola Anderson was the first African American candidate to run for judicial office in St. Bernard Parish when she ran for this position in 2014, and is making a second attempt this year. Anderson also ran for State House of Representatives for district 103 In 2015 on a platform of raising the minimum wage and equal pay for women, but lost in the primary. She has legal experience with appeals court, insurance defense, and in personal injury law. Anderson is running on a boilerplate platform of integrity, impartiality, and being tough on violent crime. It's nice to see a little humor and liveliness in her campaign with her promise of "no more good ole boys" and Saints fans will appreciate her posting a picture in a referee uniform, announcing she can judge these calls. Anderson has done a lot of canvassing in St. Bernard, and held voter registration drives and meet and greets. She has the endorsement of State Senator Joe Bouie, Jr.
William M. "Billy" McGoey is another "law and order" candidate promising merciless punishment with a cheery smile on his face. He argues in his campaign that St. Bernard needs a return to the safe days of his youth, and that the parish needs a prosecutor, not a defense attorney as a judge. Voters, if you think the problem with our criminal system is that it's not harsh enough, vote for this guy! McGoey has practiced law for 35 years, working as a prosecutor for the St. Bernard District Attorney and currently in Drug Court. Steve Scalise spoke at his campaign kickoff event.
A lawyer and former Marine, Cullen Tonry, like so many judges, is running on his area roots and happy family. His campaign site happily announces "He's One of Us!" and promises he won't have a "political agenda" on the bench. He has also pointed to his diverse legal experience as well as his time on St. Bernard's Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Committee. Tonry previously ran for a state house of representative seat and comes from a family with a political history in Louisiana. His father was a state and then national congressional representative, who served briefly as the last Democrat to hold the House seat currently held by Steve Scalise. The elder Tonry resigned early in his term and was ultimately convicted of campaign finance violations. In his time in office, he fought against a right-to-work bill that ended up passing, bringing Louisiana in as the second-to-last right-to-work state in the South.
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The current incumbent, Jacques Sanborn, was arrested for drunk driving after hitting another car in April of 2020. He ran unopposed in 2014.
Eric Bopp has been active in Louisiana state democratic politics since the 1980s, served as delegate to multiple national democratic committees and served on the state democratic central committee. Bopp has a varied legal practice, both at the state and federal levels. He previously served on the St. Bernard Parish Chamber of Commerce. He has received the endorsement of the Greater New Orleans AFL-CIO.
Justin Stephens has been an active attorney for 14 years, with a diverse portfolio of cases, both at the state and federal levels. His campaign slogan is "A judge who will be tough on crime." He reported to a local conservative talk radio host that he is a "defend, not defund" candidate, referring to his stance on police funding. Stephens has an extensive history of Republican Party activism and formerly served on the staff of Republican Congressman Billy Tauzin. His father, Jack Stephens, is a former sheriff of St. Bernard. Stephens has stated that he wants to bring more technology to the courthouse, especially by making it easier to pay fines and tickets online and opening up a satellite courthouse.
Jill Wilhoft is a partner at Baldwin Haspel, Burke, and Mayer, where she focuses on maritime law, personal injury, bankruptcy and employment law. Her campaign slogan is "incorruptible, impartial, and fair." Her campaign facebook page emphasizes that she was born and raised in St. Bernard Parish, and that she supports local small businesses. Wilhoft is a member of the Knights of Columbus ladies auxiliary. The Knights of Columbus is a Catholic organization that opposes marriage equlity, abortion rights, and access to birth control.
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Lianhe Zaobao, ZBSingapore, Page 7
Tuesday, 15 August, 2017
Title: Five polys partner Fidor to launch a FinTech education curriculum
Synopsis: The five local polytechnics have partnered with Fidor to launch a fintech education curriculum that costs close to $800,000 to develop. This is the first time Fidor has introduced such a programme in the APAC region, with the aim to help boost Singapore's growth as a fintech hub in the region. A pilot run of this programme has started at NP. Students from the Diploma in Financial Informatics are learning to develop innovative applications for the financial industry using Fidor API.
For example, final-year students Zhang Zhuang Yu, Chen Yao Hui and Zuo Fengda have developed an e-wallet app. Users can sign up for an account that can be used to pay for their online purchases. They will also receive loyalty points that can be used for rebates. Zhuang Yu said: "Not everyone has a credit card. We hope that our app will allow people to also enjoy the ease of online shopping." Feng Da added: "The Fidor programme offers 'electronic money' that allows us to test our technology." In its full rollout, the programme stands to benefit some 500 students across the five polytechnics.
"Students have access to a sandbox. This is an environment that enables students to design and test solutions for the fintech industry," said Mr Ng Poh Oon, director of NP's School of Infocomm & Technology.
Lianhe Zaobao © Singapore Press Holdings Limited. Reproduced with permission.

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Apollonio may refer to:

Giorgia Apollonio (b. 1988), Italian curler
Federica Apollonio (b. 1991), Italian curler
Nicholas Apollonio, (1843–1911) American baseball franchise owner
Zvest Apollonio, (1935–2009) Slovenian painter
Giacomo Apollonio, (1584–1654) Italian painter
Apollonios of Kition, ancient Greek physician
Agostino Apollonio, Italian renaissance painter
Apollonio Buonfratelli, Italian renaissance miniature painter

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Horticoop sought reputable businesses for the sale of its wholesale activities. This sale does not exclusively cover the activities themselves, for Van Iperen and Koppert Biological Systems will also be maintaining all associated Horticoop employees. 'In doing so, we can ensure that the knowledge and expertise developed by our staff will be upheld for the industry'. According to Igo Janssen, managing director of Horticoop, this was a crucial condition for the sale.
The fertiliser and chemical crop protection business, including associated logistics and distribution, will be taken over by Van Iperen as from 1st November 2018. In addition, Van Iperen will be operating Horticoop's distribution hub in De Lier.
The biological crop protection business, inclusive of logistics and distribution, will be taken over by Koppert Biological Systems as from 1st November 2018.
Sales and deliveries of Substrafeed liquid fertilisers will be taken over by Mertens as from 1st November 2018.
Over recent years, Horticoop has developed to become, among other activities, a leading supplier and developer of advanced horticultural technology and a producer of high-grade substrates. The added value of these products and services - in the form of innovation, expertise and service - has been increasingly acknowledged by the industry. And it is precisely this business model that Horticoop seeks to specifically invest in over the coming years; that of a specialist offering added value. The same strategy has led the company to decide to discontinue its wholesale activities in crop protection and fertilisers.
Wholesale activities in horticultural necessities will, in contrast, be continued by Horticoop and the company is currently studying the most appropriate form and location for this activity.
What changes can customers expect from now to the 1st of November?
Up to the 1st of November, the current situation will remain unchanged and customers will receive products and services as usual and according to existing Horticoop practice. Horticoop and its acquiring parties have already made considerable efforts to ensure that the transition after November 1st will be made as smoothly as possibly. We will keep customers posted during the coming weeks, so that they know exactly where they stand.
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Some museums are lucky enough to have a good fairy watching over them ; the one at the Denver Art Museum is 85 years old, made his money in the oil business and his name is Frederic C. Hamilton. This collector, who was on the msueum's Board of (...)
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Le Havre, "a sea port which intends to remain that way", as General de Gaulle might have said, was a "temple of commerce and money" at the turn of the 20th century, built notably thanks to the importation of coffee, cotton, spices and wood. The (...)
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Fort Meade bars service members from gas station
Garrison commander says station sells prohibited synthetic marijuana
Updated: 11:23 AM EDT Jul 16, 2013
The Fort Meade garrison commander is barring service members from a Hanover gas station.The commander ordered that the Exxon station on Ridge Road in Hanover be added to the list of prohibited sites after authorities reported that a synthetic marijuana product known as Spice is sold there. It was initially placed off-limits in January but was removed in February after the owner said the station no longer sold the product.However, the Metropolitan Area Drug Task Force recently informed the board that recent surveillance found the product is still being sold to Fort Meade service members.An Exxon in Odenton and Tobacco Stop in Laurel are also on the list.Meanwhile, the Little Falls Park area in Potomac has been taken off the list.
FORT MEADE, Md. —
The Fort Meade garrison commander is barring service members from a Hanover gas station.
The commander ordered that the Exxon station on Ridge Road in Hanover be added to the list of prohibited sites after authorities reported that a synthetic marijuana product known as Spice is sold there. It was initially placed off-limits in January but was removed in February after the owner said the station no longer sold the product.
However, the Metropolitan Area Drug Task Force recently informed the board that recent surveillance found the product is still being sold to Fort Meade service members.
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Meanwhile, the Little Falls Park area in Potomac has been taken off the list.


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Basalt shooting range task force will unveil recommendations on June 6
Additional fire extinguishers have been installed at the rifle range shelter in Basalt since the Lake Christine Fire in July. "The Basalt shooting range is closed on Tuesday and Thursdays to the general public while a citizens' task force works on recommendations for Colorado Parks and Wildlife's management of the facility. It is open seven days per week to special user groups."
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The signs at the Basalt shooting range will be evaluated for thoroughness in explaining rules and regulations.
The Basalt shooting range is closed on Tuesday and Thursdays while a citizens' task force works on recommendations for Colorado Parks and Wildlife's management of the facility.
A citizens' task force will make short- and long-term recommendations about the Basalt shooting range to Colorado Parks and Wildlife at a public meeting June 6.
The meeting will be held at Basalt High School from 6 to 8:30 p.m., according to Matt Yamashita, acting area wildlife manager for CPW. The task force was created last fall after a series of community meetings about the facility.
There are six midvalley residents on the task force, representing a broad spectrum of interests. They have been holding private meetings and were sworn to secrecy until their entire package was ready to present to CPW.
"CPW will take all recommendations from the task force into consideration as we move forward with shooting range management," Yamashita said.
The shooting range is part of the Basalt State Wildlife Area, which is state land overseen by CPW.
CPW faced public pressure to increase safety measures after the Lake Christine Fire broke out at the shooting range July 3. Allison Marcus, a woman using the rifle range July 3, pleaded guilty this week to a criminal charge related to firing tracer rounds, which were banned. The fire broke out in the brush beside the rifle range and eventually burned nearly 12,600 acres, destroyed three homes and forced the temporary evacuations of thousands of midvalley residents.
The counties in the Roaring Fork Valley, state agencies and federal land managers had Stage II fire restrictions in place at the time the fire broke out. The attorneys for Marcus and Richard Miller in the criminal case argued that the rules of the fire ban weren't well-defined last summer and that the various entities weren't well coordinated with their rules.
That is one area of improvement CPW will examine with the task force.
"CPW has discussed the need for more streamlined communication with fire authorities and the sheriff during fire restrictions but has not made any official decisions on mandated closures or timing," Yamashita said in an email.
The shooting range was closed last summer after the fire and several safety enhancements were made. The facility reopened in the fall with built-up berms at the rifle range, additional fire extinguishers installed in the shooting enclosures and, for a while, staffing by a safety officer.
Posting signs with rules of the range will be among the topics discussed by the committee.
"All wording on these signs is being evaluated as a part of the process that CPW has engaged in with the shooting range task force," he said.
Hours will be another topic of discussion. The shooting range is currently closed to the general public on Tuesdays and Thursdays, though still open to special user groups.
CPW officials had no opinion on whether the plea disposition by Richard Miller, the other person who pleaded guilty this week to starting the fire, and Marcus will affect discussions on the shooting range's future. Each of them pleaded to a misdemeanor charge of setting fire to woods or prairie. The recommended sentence as part of the plea deal was 45 days in Eagle County Jail, 1,500 hours of community service, $100,000 each in restitution and five years of probation.
(Editor's note: This story was updated to clarify that the shooting range is closed to the general public on Tuesdays and Thursdays but open to special user groups seven days per week.)
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Smith, Monahan lead Flames over Predators
NASHVILLE — Mike Smith made 43 saves and Sean Monahan scored twice to lead the Calgary Flames to a 3-0 victory over the Nashville Predators on Tuesday night.
Elias Lindholm scored and Johnny Gaudreau had three assists for Calgary, winners of two of three.
Smith was stellar, especially in the second period when he turned aside 21 shots. Nashville had a two-man advantage for a full 2 minutes in the period. Smith's best save came with 12:29 remaining in the second, when he gloved Ryan Hartman's wrist shot from the left side at the conclusion of a 2-on-1 rush.
The loss was Nashville's first after a pair of road wins to open the season.
Lindholm scored the game's first goal with just under four minutes remaining in the opening period.
With Calgary on a power play, Gaudreau carried the puck through the slot and found Lindholm on the right side, where he beat Nashville goaltender Pekka Rinne with a wrist shot on the glove side for his third goal of the season.
Rinne finished with 24 saves.
The Flames doubled their lead at 5:22 of the second on a power-play goal from Monahan.
Rinne kicked aside Matthew Tkachuk's shot from the high slot, but the rebound landed right on the tape of Monahan's stick on the left side, where he had an easy tap-in.
Early in the third, Monahan carried the puck into the Nashville zone on the left side on a 2-on-1 with Mattias Ekholm defending. With Ekholm splayed on the ice, Monahan's shot hit the Swedish defenceman's left skate and slid between Rinne's pads.
Monahan leads the Flamers with four goals.
NOTES: Before the game, Nashville raised three banners, honouring last regular season's Central Division title, Western Conference regular-season championship and Presidents' Trophy. … Gaudreau, Monahan and Tkachuk have all recorded at least one point in each of Calgary' three games this season. … Gaudreau has 18 points in 13 career games against Nashville.
Flames: At St. Louis on Thursday night.
Predators: Host Winnipeg on Thursday night.
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DOE PAGES Journal Article: Introducing single-crystal scattering and optical potentials into MCNPX: Predicting neutron emission from a convoluted moderator
Title: Introducing single-crystal scattering and optical potentials into MCNPX: Predicting neutron emission from a convoluted moderator
Neutron transport simulation codes are an indispensable tool used for the design and construction of modern neutron scattering facilities and instrumentation. It has become increasingly clear that some neutron instrumentation has started to exploit physics that is not well-modelled by the existing codes. Particularly, the transport of neutrons through single crystals and across interfaces in MCNP(X), Geant4 and other codes ignores scattering from oriented crystals and refractive effects, and yet these are essential ingredients for the performance of monochromators and ultra-cold neutron transport respectively (to mention but two examples). In light of these developments, we have extended the MCNPX code to include a single-crystal neutron scattering model and neutron reflection/refraction physics. Furthermore, we have also generated silicon scattering kernels for single crystals of definable orientation with respect to an incoming neutron beam. As a first test of these new tools, we have chosen to model the recently developed convoluted moderator concept, in which a moderating material is interleaved with layers of perfect crystals to provide an exit path for neutrons moderated to energies below the crystal s Bragg cut off at locations deep within the moderator. Studies of simple cylindrical convoluted moderator systems of 100 mm diameter and composed ofmore » polyethylene and single crystal silicon were performed with the upgraded MCNPX code and reproduced the magnitude of effects seen in experiments compared to homogeneous moderator systems. Applying different material properties for refraction and reflection, and by replacing the silicon in the models with voids, we show that the emission enhancements seen in recent experiments are primarily caused by the transparency of the silicon/void layers. Finally the convoluted moderator experiments described by Iverson et al. were simulated and we find satisfactory agreement between the measurement and the results of simulations performed using the tools we have developed.« less
Gallmeier, F. X. [1]; Iverson, E. B. [1]; Lu, W. [1]; Baxter, D. V. [2]; Muhrer, G. [3]; Ansell, S. [3]
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Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Spallation Neutron Source
Indiana Univ., Bloomington, IN (United States)
European Spallation Source (ESS), Lund (Sweden)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)
USDOE
AC05-00OR22725
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Journal Volume: 814; Journal Issue: C; Journal ID: ISSN 0168-9002
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; neutron source; neutron moderation; transport code; simulation
Gallmeier, F. X., Iverson, E. B., Lu, W., Baxter, D. V., Muhrer, G., and Ansell, S.. Introducing single-crystal scattering and optical potentials into MCNPX: Predicting neutron emission from a convoluted moderator. United States: N. p., 2016. Web. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.12.053.
Gallmeier, F. X., Iverson, E. B., Lu, W., Baxter, D. V., Muhrer, G., & Ansell, S.. Introducing single-crystal scattering and optical potentials into MCNPX: Predicting neutron emission from a convoluted moderator. United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.12.053
Gallmeier, F. X., Iverson, E. B., Lu, W., Baxter, D. V., Muhrer, G., and Ansell, S.. Fri . "Introducing single-crystal scattering and optical potentials into MCNPX: Predicting neutron emission from a convoluted moderator". United States. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.12.053. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1326470.
title = {Introducing single-crystal scattering and optical potentials into MCNPX: Predicting neutron emission from a convoluted moderator},
author = {Gallmeier, F. X. and Iverson, E. B. and Lu, W. and Baxter, D. V. and Muhrer, G. and Ansell, S.},
abstractNote = {Neutron transport simulation codes are an indispensable tool used for the design and construction of modern neutron scattering facilities and instrumentation. It has become increasingly clear that some neutron instrumentation has started to exploit physics that is not well-modelled by the existing codes. Particularly, the transport of neutrons through single crystals and across interfaces in MCNP(X), Geant4 and other codes ignores scattering from oriented crystals and refractive effects, and yet these are essential ingredients for the performance of monochromators and ultra-cold neutron transport respectively (to mention but two examples). In light of these developments, we have extended the MCNPX code to include a single-crystal neutron scattering model and neutron reflection/refraction physics. Furthermore, we have also generated silicon scattering kernels for single crystals of definable orientation with respect to an incoming neutron beam. As a first test of these new tools, we have chosen to model the recently developed convoluted moderator concept, in which a moderating material is interleaved with layers of perfect crystals to provide an exit path for neutrons moderated to energies below the crystal s Bragg cut off at locations deep within the moderator. Studies of simple cylindrical convoluted moderator systems of 100 mm diameter and composed of polyethylene and single crystal silicon were performed with the upgraded MCNPX code and reproduced the magnitude of effects seen in experiments compared to homogeneous moderator systems. Applying different material properties for refraction and reflection, and by replacing the silicon in the models with voids, we show that the emission enhancements seen in recent experiments are primarily caused by the transparency of the silicon/void layers. Finally the convoluted moderator experiments described by Iverson et al. were simulated and we find satisfactory agreement between the measurement and the results of simulations performed using the tools we have developed.},
doi = {10.1016/j.nima.2015.12.053},
journal = {Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment},
number = C,
volume = 814,
Accepted Manuscript (DOE)
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2015.12.053
Enhancing Neutron Beam Production with a Convoluted Moderator
Journal Article Iverson, Erik B ; Baxter, David V ; Muhrer, Guenter ; ... - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
We describe a new concept for a neutron moderating assembly resulting in the more efficient production of slow neutron beams. The Convoluted Moderator, a heterogeneous stack of interleaved moderating material and nearly transparent single-crystal spacers, is a directionally-enhanced neutron beam source, improving beam effectiveness over an angular range comparable to the range accepted by neutron beam lines and guides. We have demonstrated gains of 50% in slow neutron intensity for a given fast neutron production rate while simultaneously reducing the wavelength-dependent emission time dispersion by 25%, both coming from a geometric effect in which the neutron beam lines view amore » large surface area of moderating material in a relatively small volume. Additionally, we have confirmed a Bragg-enhancement effect arising from coherent scattering within the single-crystal spacers. We have not observed hypothesized refractive effects leading to additional gains at long wavelength. In addition to confirmation of the validity of the Convoluted Moderator concept, our measurements provide a series of benchmark experiments suitable for developing simulation and analysis techniques for practical optimization and eventual implementation at slow neutron source facilities.« less
Implementation of a small-angle scattering model in MCNPX for very cold neutron reflector studies
Conference Grammer, Kyle B. ; Gallmeier, Franz X.
Current neutron moderator media do not sufficiently moderate neutrons below the cold neutron regime into the very cold neutron (VCN) regime that is desirable for some physics applications. Nesvizhevsky et al [1] have demonstrated that nanodiamond powder efficiently reflect VCN via small angle scattering. He suggests that these effects could be exploited to boost the neutron output of a VCN moderator. Simulation studies of nanoparticle reflectors are being investigated as part of the development of a VCN source option for the SNS second target station. We are pursuing an expansion of the MCNPX code by implementation of an analytical small-anglemore » scattering function [2], which is adaptable by scattering particle sizes, distributions, and packing fractions in order to supplement currently existing scattering kernels. The analytical model and preliminary studies using MCNPX will be discussed.« less
https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1021/1/012060
The small-angle neutron scattering extension in MCNPX and the SANS cross section for nanodiamonds
Journal Article Grammer, Kyle ; Gallmeier, Franz X. - Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research. Section A, Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment
Detonation nanodiamonds provide an intriguing prospect for the development of a very cold neutron (VCN) source or as a high albedo material for VCN reflection helping to control leakage of cold and very cold neutrons in a moderator. The investigation of source and reflector designs necessitates the development of new simulation tools for existing Monte Carlo codes that include small angle neutron scattering (SANS). The SANS extension in MCNPX 2.7 provides an analytical model of hard-sphere scattering with variable scattering particle sizes, size distributions, and packing fractions in order to supplement currently existing scattering kernels as well as the capabilitymore » to read an experimentally determined small angle neutron scattering profile from a data file. The SANS extension is discussed and compared to nanodiamond SANS measurements.« less
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2019.163226
Replacing a 252Cf source with a neutron generator in a shuffler - a conceptual design performed with MCNPX
Journal Article Schear, Melissa A ; Tobin, Stephen J
The {sup 252}Cf shuffler has been widely used in nuclear safeguards and radioactive waste management to assay fissile isotopes, such as {sup 235}U or {sup 239}Pu, present in a variety of samples, ranging from small cans of uranium waste to metal samples weighing several kilograms. Like other non-destructive assay instruments, the shuffler uses an interrogating neutron source to induce fissions in the sample. Although shufflers with {sup 252}Cf sources have been reliably used for several decades, replacing this isotopic source with a neutron generator presents some distinct advantages. Neutron generators can be run in a continuous or pulsed mode, andmore » may be turned off, eliminating the need for shielding and a shuffling mechanism in the shuffler. There is also essentially no dose to personnel during installation, and no reliance on the availability of {sup 252}Cf. Despite these advantages, the more energetic neutrons emitted from the neutron generator (141 MeV for D-T generators) present some challenges for certain material types. For example when the enrichment of a uranium sample is unknown, the fission of {sup 238}U is generally undesirable. Since measuring uranium is one of the main uses of a shuffler, reducing the delayed neutron contribution from {sup 238}U is desirable. Hence, the shuffler hardware must be modified to accommodate a moderator configuration near the source to tailor the interrogating spectrum in a manner which promotes sub-threshold fissions (below 1 MeV) but avoids the over-moderation of the interrogating neutrons so as to avoid self-shielding. In this study, where there are many material and geometry combinations, the Monte Carlo N-Particle eXtended (MCNPX) transport code was used to model, design, and optimize the moderator configuration within the shuffler geometry. The code is then used to evaluate and compare the assay performances of both the modified shuffler and the current {sup 252}Cf shuffler designs for different test samples. The matrix effect and the non-uniformity of the interrogating flux are investigated and quantified in each case. The modified geometry proposed by this study can serve s a guide in retrofitting shufflers that are already in use.« less
Burnup calculations for KIPT accelerator driven subcritical facility using Monte Carlo computer codes-MCB and MCNPX.
Technical Report Gohar, Y ; Zhong, Z ; Talamo, A ; ...
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) of USA and Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology (KIPT) of Ukraine have been collaborating on the conceptual design development of an electron accelerator driven subcritical (ADS) facility, using the KIPT electron accelerator. The neutron source of the subcritical assembly is generated from the interaction of 100 KW electron beam with a natural uranium target. The electron beam has a uniform spatial distribution and electron energy in the range of 100 to 200 MeV. The main functions of the subcritical assembly are the production of medical isotopes and the support of the Ukraine nuclear power industry.more » Neutron physics experiments and material structure analyses are planned using this facility. With the 100 KW electron beam power, the total thermal power of the facility is {approx}375 kW including the fission power of {approx}260 kW. The burnup of the fissile materials and the buildup of fission products reduce continuously the reactivity during the operation, which reduces the neutron flux level and consequently the facility performance. To preserve the neutron flux level during the operation, fuel assemblies should be added after long operating periods to compensate for the lost reactivity. This process requires accurate prediction of the fuel burnup, the decay behavior of the fission produces, and the introduced reactivity from adding fresh fuel assemblies. The recent developments of the Monte Carlo computer codes, the high speed capability of the computer processors, and the parallel computation techniques made it possible to perform three-dimensional detailed burnup simulations. A full detailed three-dimensional geometrical model is used for the burnup simulations with continuous energy nuclear data libraries for the transport calculations and 63-multigroup or one group cross sections libraries for the depletion calculations. Monte Carlo Computer code MCNPX and MCB are utilized for this study. MCNPX transports the electrons and the produced neutrons and photons but the current version of MCNPX doesn't support depletion/burnup calculation of the subcritical system with the generated neutron source from the target. MCB can perform neutron transport and burnup calculation for subcritical system using external neutron source, however it cannot perform electron transport calculations. To solve this problem, a hybrid procedure is developed by coupling these two computer codes. The user tally subroutine of MCNPX is developed and utilized to record the information of the each generated neutron from the photonuclear reactions resulted from the electron beam interactions. MCB reads the recorded information of each generated neutron thorough the user source subroutine. In this way, the neutron source generated by electron reactions could be utilized in MCB calculations, without the need for MCB to transport the electrons. Using the source subroutines, MCB could get the external neutron source, which is prepared by MCNPX, and perform depletion calculation for the driven subcritical facility.« less
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I have no idea if this will even help, as I have no idea even how to read it...but....
UPDATE: I am still having the problem, but not necessarily from rendering. Just moving video around can cause it to quit. Or selecting "Show video filmstrips"
EDIT: I sent a bug report to Apple. We'll see what they say.

A: The problem was with the cross-dissolve transition that I was trying to render. Technically, I haven't figured out the problem, but now I know what is causing the problem. I am able to render video in other sequences and that works just fine. I haven't tried rendering a cross-dissolve transition in another sequence. Thanks so much to bmike for helping me with this!
UPDATE: I have tried rendering other cross-dissolve transitions in other sequences and even in the same sequence that had a problem. It was only that edit that was having a problem. The cut that I had placed the transition on was a full 1080p video. I don't think my version of FCE likes 1080p video. When I try to do other stuff to that clip, it wil sometimes quit.

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How the World Works: Touring the United Nations Headquarters in NYC
March 28, 2017 - by Ethan Wolff
New York is not just a world capital—it's also arguably the capital of the world. On the east side of midtown Manhattan you'll find the headquarters of the United Nations, celebrating its 71st birthday and open again for public touring. The UN has recently completed a major renovation, returning all five of its buildings to world-class standing. Given the security restrictions of contemporary life, the interiors here are surprisingly accessible. Every weekday, energetic guides lead guests from around the globe through this historic landmark, which is as vital as ever, dealing with the affairs of the entire world.
Projections on Sustainable Development Goals and 70th Anniversary of the United Nations. UN Photo/Cia Pak.
Arriving at the front gate brings the first inkling of an international crossroads, this one met with New York energy. People from dozens of nations can be seen near the entrance, their presence mirrored in the colorful flags that represent each of the 193 UN member states (plus the UN flag), flown in English alphabetical order from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. It's worth noting the key distinction that the United Nations is not the world's government; instead, it's an institution where negotiation and compromise can head off, and in many instances solve, some of the planet's dilemmas.
Inside you can orient yourself with the UN's newest feature: a free mobile app (search for "UN Visitor Centre – NY" to find it, or use the QR code on the poster when you first come in). The app provides a complete guide to one of the most intriguing elements of the headquarters: the over 65 works of art and architecture gathered from around the world and installed throughout the buildings. Not only will this help inform a visit, it makes a great keepsake, should you want to show the folks back home. The app underscores the way a visit here is as much a visual experience as it is a chance to learn more about "how the world works."
Many of the works of art reflect aspiration, the hope for peace and a better future for humanity. As such, they're moving, even as they reflect the distinctive style of a time, a place, and an artist. Spanish artist Jose Vela Zanetti's mural Mankind's Struggle for a Lasting Peace stretches for 20 yards with an intense and moving survey of human suffering, and human hope.
Most New York tours are canned—the guides cover the same ground in the same way each time. The United Nations is different. Every day the guides have a 15-minute briefing on hot topics, making visits here a more organic experience, adjusted to the latest developments around the world. With group sizes limited to 20 people, you'll be visiting with an intimate gathering. An impressive number of languages are offered, serving guests who speak Arabic, English, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish.
You'll get to enter the chambers of the Security Council, which has the not-so-small job of striving to maintain peace in the world. When you go in you can be forgiven for feeling like a character in a James Bond film. You can see the areas where the translators work, the iconic seats, and the general sense of gravity and grandeur that informs so many of the spaces here. (Many of the places on a U.N. tour are no longer open to audiences, so a UN tour represents a rare opportunity to visit these rooms.
That cinematic feeling is even more intense in the General Assembly, which is like the congress of the United Nations. Every nation is equal here, and there's a definite thrill to standing in an arena where so much of significance has happened—and continues to happen.
The sense of things on a big scale lingers as the tour moves on to the East Corridor of the General Assembly. Here you'll see some of the city's only unobstructed views from the west bank of the East River, looking back toward Roosevelt Island, the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park, and onto the skyline of Queens.
Guides also help visitors to tour through various displays, which help illuminate the U.N.'s mission. You'll learn about key elements of the organization, like its three pillars of security, development, and human rights. Graphics help relate the UN story, like maps depicting the 16 places in the world where the "Blue Helmets," or UN Peacekeepers, are deployed. Symbols play a significant role here and guides will help unpack some subtleties, like the partially unfinished ceiling in the General Assembly. (Working toward world peace is an effort never fully completed.)
Moving through the exhibits you'll see some startling facts, like a daily military expenditure ticker, which by the afternoon will show a running tally of $22 billion or so. (It's reset to zero each night at midnight.) You'll see the disparity in land mine economics: $3 to purchase and $1,000 to remove. There's a moving collection of artifacts from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It's somehow all the more devastating for its focus on the aftereffects on household items, plus a statue of a saint, its solid stone charred and mottled despite having stood more than 500 yards from the impact. Touch screens provide additional insight, helping visitors to understand how the practical work is carried out in the field.
For a unique souvenir, bring your passport downstairs where the gift shop and visitor café are located. The United Nations headquarters is not actually in the United States or even New York—it's international territory. You can get your passport embellished with a special U.N. impression. There's also a U.N. post office with its own set of stamps, another gift you won't find anywhere else. Drop a note to the folks back home and surprise them with the postmark (it's 49 cents for a 1-ounce letter to the U.S. and $1.15 for other countries).
Although you're asked not to record anything, photographs are encouraged. It's another unexpected element of accessibility, noteworthy in an era where governing bodies are closing themselves off to the public.
Planning Your Visit to the United Nations
Guided tours are only offered on weekdays. The U.N. is open to visitors on weekends as well; entry hours are Monday through Friday, 9am-4:30pm; Saturday and Sunday 10am-4:30pm. Visitors are asked to leave the building by 5:30pm.
Allow extra time before tours to go through security. You'll first need to register with a picture ID across the street from the U.N. at the Visitors Check-in Office, 801 First Ave., at 45th Street. All tours start in the General Assembly building, entrance at First Avenue and 46th Street.
September to December you'll find the most sessions, although you may also find less access to main rooms at those times. January and February are quieter times at the U.N. (as they are across the city), and in those months the building is closed on the weekends. Tours do not run on about 10 holidays per year. Children under 5 are allowed in the building, but because of security reasons they are not allowed on the tours.
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Transition to being ex-player happened long back for Yuvi, says mother
Gurugram, Dec 9 : A year may not have passed since Yuvraj Singh officially retired from international cricket, but the transition into being an ex-player truly happened a long time back for him, says mother Shabnam Singh.
The all-rounder, who was the hero for India on their succesfull 2011 World Cup campaign, announced his retirement in June 2019. He had last played an international match in 2017.
"The transition had already happened about one or one and a half years back and he knew he had to accept it," Shabnam told IANS. "There is no player who can escape that. There is a lot of things that he was doing with (his charity foundation) YouWeCan, with other sports, with fashion. So it was very easy for him to switch because he was ready for it.
"He is very chilled out now, very happy. He is playing other sports. He has got into tennis, golf; he is out everywhere. He is now very relaxed and I am very happy for him," she expressed.
Since retirement, Yuvraj has played in franchise based leagues around the world, the most recent of which was the Abu Dhabi T10. The 37-year-old had spoken about the limitations that come with playing with an ageing body.
"I had a back spasm today so I can't really fight my body too much," he had said after one of the matches. "I think mentally I am still young, but the body says take it easy, so hopefully I'll be fit for the next game."
Shabnam said that Yuvraj always wanted to play more but he has come to terms with retirement. "It happens with every cricketer. It's nothing abnormal," she said about him wanting to play more. "He wanted to play on but then it was not to be. He has just accepted that fact and moved on and he is very happy," she said.
Shabnam was speaking on the sidelines of an event where she was announced and felicitated as the Conseillere Economique to the Republic of Madagascar.


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Want to Hack Your Deadlines? Science Says, Make Them Flexible
Ever have the feeling of dread when a deadline is approaching? You're not alone. Deadlines, unlike most things in our working lives, seem to symbolize a finality, a hard stop. This can make projects, which were running smoothly up until the deadline, fail.
According to a new study, though, we've been thinking about deadlines all wrong because if we really want to get the most out of our projects, deadlines should be just as flexible as every other small step it takes to complete a goal.
"Our society tends to think of deadlines as less flexible than other aspects of a project, but in reality, that's often not the case," said Tom Logan from the University of Michigan where the study was written. "When we recognize that, it enables us to do some really novel things."
Logan and his team say that if organizations embrace flexible deadlines and treat them as goals instead of hard stops, they can expect a 40 percent boost to project completion. That's nothing to shake a stick at.
Basically, to get this boost, stakeholders need to understand the uncertainty that comes along with any sort of project, especially large ones. In other words, things happen. If deadlines are too strict to allow this level of uncertainty, they are hard to meet and may cause the project to fail or yield poor results.
"A deadline is just another stakeholder requirement and we all know that stakeholder requirements hold a certain amount of uncertainty," said team leader Robert Bordley.
"We can't eliminate that uncertainty, but we can often quantify it. And I've found that the value of doing that is very big."
How to Get Results
Okay, so how are you supposed to actually get these results?
According to the team, you need to sit down and have an open and honest discussion with the stakeholders to set expectations. These expectations, however, need to include optimistic and pessimistic completion dates and those dates have to go even further than they traditionally do. This is where fully discussing uncertainty comes into play.
"Stakeholders are always dealing with a complex set of uncertainties, but those uncertainties are rarely shared with project managers. The goal is to bring the two worlds closer together and incorporate the knowledge that's uncovered into the management process," Bordley said.
"I like to ask stakeholders to think of a situation that would cause a deadline to get pushed forward by a month, for example. Tell me about that situation, estimate how likely it is to happen. Focus on the extremes. That way, you end up with optimistic and pessimistic deadlines that are more than just numbers."
Once those deadlines are created, the team says that project managers need to create a 'virtual activity' within their management systems. This activity will start at the optimistic deadline and end on the pessimistic deadline.
What this is basically doing, minus all of the technical project management system jargon, is creating a bullseye. Consider this: a normal deadline is a very, very small bullseye. For this example, let's say the deadline is next Wednesday by noon. That's basically a 12-hour window on a specific day.
By broadening the deadline by adding an optimistic deadline and a pessimistic deadline, that bullseye can become larger. So, you could have the optimistic deadline be next Wednesday by noon, and then have the pessimistic deadline be Friday by EOD.
If you come to an agreement with your stakeholders, they should then understand that the project will likely be completed somewhere in the middle of those dates. This creates a much, much larger bullseye. In reality, this target will be even larger since we're using a very tight schedule for this hypothetical example.
"This technique can save a manager from spending a lot of time and resources on a deadline that might not matter much in the end," Bordley said. "If it's soft, the manager can quickly see that it's soft and focus resources on other requirements that are less likely to change."
In summary, what needs to happen here is that deadlines needs to become a larger targets, which will allow projects to be completed on time while not being rushed. With everyone on the same page, projects flourish better than if they had a hard stop deadline.
Putting It to the Test
With all of that figured out, the team set about testing their hypothesis using a computer model that ran 1,000 simulated projects. First, they used an industry standard model (PERT), which basically uses optimistic and pessimistic deadlines to find an ideal hard deadline. Then, they used their method that makes deadlines uncertain.
In the end, they found that their method led to 40 percent increased project success. But what does that mean?
"That improved success rate can manifest itself in a variety of ways, including more timely completion, projects that are better tailored to their original requirements and improved profitability," the university reports of the findings.
This open-ended result is likely because success means different things for different projects.
The Takeaways
Computer modeling and technical aspects aside, the takeaways of the team's findings are clear: deadlines need to be more flexible to account for uncertainty. Things come up all of the time and even the most simple project on paper can hit a few snags.
To overcome this uncertainty, deadlines need to have a window of completion starting with the optimistic deadline and ending with the pessimistic one. This will allow stakeholders to know when the project will be done while also giving the team doing the project ample room if something should come up.
In the end, the team's study argues for common sense practices when it comes to deadlines. Projects are never what they seem, and everyone involved should understand that they may be completed faster or slower given the level of uncertainty involved. We hope that more research like this comes out in the future so that we can better understand how to give our projects a boost.
The study was recently published in the European Journal of Operational Research. Read the full study for yourself here.
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23rd Army Tank Battalion (The Halifax Rifles)
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The Halifax Rifles (RCAC)
1860-1965, 2009-present
Canadian Forces Primary Reserve
Armoured reconnaissance
Royal Canadian Armoured Corps
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Canadian Forces Base Willow Park, Halifax, NS
Motto(s)
Cede nullis ("Yield To None")
Dismounted: "Lutzow's Wild Hunt"
The Halifax Rifles (RCAC) is a Canadian Army regiment that served between the years of 1860 and 1965 before being reduced to nil strength and placed on the Supplementary Order of Battle. The regiment was reactivated on May 10, 2009,[1] as a reserve force unit performing the role of armoured reconnaissance. It is the first and only regiment since the 1960s to be reactivated from the Supplementary Order of Battle.
Originated 14 May 1860 in Halifax, Nova Scotia as the Halifax Volunteer Battalion
Redesignated 28 May 1869 as the Halifax Volunteer Battalion of Rifles
Redesignated 5 November 1869 as the 63rd The Halifax Volunteer Battalion of Rifles
Redesignated 13 May 1870 as the 63rd The Halifax Battalion of Rifles
Redesignated 8 May 1900 as the 63rd Regiment "Halifax Rifles"
Redesignated 15 May 1920 as The Halifax Rifles
Redesignated 1 January 1941 as the 2nd (Reserve) Battalion, The Halifax Rifles
Redesignated 15 September 1944 as The Halifax Rifles (Reserve)
Redesignated 30 November 1945 as The Halifax Rifles
1 April 1946 converted to armour and redesignated as the 23rd Armoured Regiment (Halifax Rifles), RCAC'
Redesignated 4 February 1949 as The Halifax Rifles (23rd Armoured Regiment)
Redesignated 19 May 1958 The Halifax Rifles (RCAC)
Reduced to nil strength and transferred to the Supplementary Order of Battle on 31 January 1965
Removed from the Supplementary Order of Battle and reactivated as a Canadian Army Reserve Force regiment on 28 July 2009[2]
Perpetuations
40th Battalion (Nova Scotia), CEF[3]
Fenian Raids
The camp flag of The Halifax Rifles (RCAC).
The Halifax Volunteer Battalion was called out on active service on 6 June 1866. The battalion, which guarded the Halifax Dockyard, was removed from active service on 31 July 1866.[4]
The North West Rebellion
The 63rd The Halifax Battalion of Rifles mobilized three companies for active service on 10 April 1885 which served with the Halifax Provisional Battalion in the Alberta Column of the North-West Field Force. The companies were removed from active service on 24 July 1885.[5]
The South African War
The 63rd The Halifax Battalion of Rifles contributed volunteers for the Canadian Contingents during the South African War.[6]
The uniform ans drums of a bugler with the regimental band of the Halifax Rifles in the Army Museum of the Halifax Citadel.
Details of the 63rd Regiment "Halifax Rifles" were placed on active service on 6 August 1914 for local protective duty.[7]
The 40th Battalion (Nova Scotia), CEF was authorized on 7 November 1914 and embarked for Britain on 18 October 1915. The battalion provided reinforcements to the Canadian Corps in the field until 4 January 1917, when its personnel were absorbed by the 26th Reserve Battalion, CEF. The battalion was disbanded on 17 July 1917.[8]
Details from the regiment were called out on service on 26 August 1939 and then placed on active service on 1 September 1939 as The Halifax Rifles, CASF (Details), for local protection duties. which were disbanded on 31 December 1940. The regiment mobilized the 1st Battalion, The Halifax Rifles, CASF for active service on 1 January 1941. It was converted to armour and redesignated as the 23rd Army Tank Battalion (The Halifax Rifles), CAC, CASF on 26 January 1942 and the 23rd Army Tank Regiment (The Halifax Rifles), CAC, CASF on 15 May 1942. It embarked for Britain on 17 June 1943 as a unit of the 2nd Army Tank Brigade, 4th Canadian Armoured Division, where it provided reinforcements to units of the Canadian Corps in the field. The overseas regiment was disbanded on 1 November 1943.[9]
The regiment contributed personnel to the various Task Forces which served in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2014.[10]
Battle honours
The guidon of The Halifax Rifles (RCAC).
In the list below, battle honours in capitals were awarded for participation in large operations and campaigns, while those in lowercase indicate honours granted for more specific battles. Those battle honours followed by a "+" are emblazoned on the regimental guidon.[11]
Honorary Distinction: The non-emblazonable honorary distinction DEFENCE OF CANADA - 1812-1815 - DÉFENSE DU CANADA (awarded in commemoration of the Nova Scotia Fencible Infantry).[12]
North West Rebellion.
NORTH WEST CANADA, 1885+[13]
SOUTH AFRICA, 1899-1900+[14][15]
MOUNT SORREL 2-13 June 1916+
SOMME, 1916 1 July-18 November 1916+
ARRAS, 1917, '18 8 April-4 May 1917 and 26 August-3 September 1918+
YPRES, 1917 31 July-10 November 1917
HILL 70 15-25 August 1917+
AMIENS 8-11 August 1918+
HINDENBURG LINE 12 September-9 October 1918
PURSUIT TO MONS 28 September-11 November 1918+[16][17]
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This leaflet answers some common questions about Cytarabine Injection. It does not contain all the available information. It does not take the place of talking to your doctor or pharmacist.
All medicines have benefits and risks. Your doctor has weighed the risks of you taking Cytarabine Injection against the benefits this medicine is expected to have for you.
This medicine will be used while you are at the clinic or in hospital. If possible, please read this leaflet carefully before this medicine is given to you. In some cases this leaflet may be given to you after the medicine has been used.
Cytarabine belongs to a group of medicines known as antineoplastics. It is used to treat cancer.
Cytarabine works by preventing the growth of cancer cells and eventually destroying them. It is used alone or in combination with other medicines to treat some cancers, particularly cancers of the blood (especially leukaemia).
Cytarabine Injection may be used to treat other conditions that are not mentioned above. Your doctor will be able to tell you about the specific condition for which you have been prescribed Cytarabine Injection.
Cytarabine Injection is also used in children to treat blood cancers such as leukaemia. It is also sometimes used in combination with other medicines to treat non-Hodgkins lymphoma.
Tell your doctor if you have been given cytarabine previously.
Do not have this medicine if you are pregnant or planning to fall pregnant.
Do not have this medicine if you are breastfeeding.
It is not known if cytarabine passes into breast milk.
If you are not sure whether you should be given Cytarabine Injection, speak to your doctor.
Some medicines may be affected by Cytarabine Injection or may affect how well it works. You may need different amounts of your medicines, or you may need to take different medicines. Your doctor will advise you.
other medicines to treat cancer such as methotrexate.
You may need different amounts of your medicines or you may need to take different medicines. Your doctor will advise you.
Cytarabine is given by a slow injection into a vein or under the skin. Occasionally it may be injected directly into the fluid around the spine. Cytarabine must only be given by a doctor or nurse.
Your doctor will decide what dose, how often and how long you will receive it. This depends on your condition and other factors, such as your weight, age, blood tests and whether or not other medicines are being given at the same time.
Cytarabine Injection may be given alone or in combination with other drugs.
Overdose is unlikely as Cytarabine Injection is given in hospital under the supervision of a doctor, or nurse trained to administer medicine intravenously. However, if you are given too much cytarabine, you may experience some of the effects listed under "Side effects" below.
Immediately telephone your doctor or the Poisons Information Centre (Phone Australia 13 11 26 or New Zealand 0800 POISON or 0800 764 766) for advice or go to Accident and Emergency at your nearest hospital if you think you may have been given too much cytarabine. Do this even if there are no signs of discomfort or poisoning.
Ask your doctor if you have any concerns.
Your doctor has information on how to recognise and treat an overdose.
If you are about to be started on any new medicine, remind your doctor and pharmacist that you are being given Cytarabine Injection.
Do not have any immunisations (vaccinations) without your doctor's approval.
Cytarabine may lower your body's resistance and there is a chance you may get the infection the immunisation is meant to prevent.
If you are going to have surgery, tell the surgeon or anaesthetist that you are being given this medicine.
If you fall pregnant while receiving this medicine, tell your doctor immediately.
If you are about to have any blood tests, tell your doctor that you are receiving this medicine.
It may interfere with the results of certain tests.
Your doctor may do certain tests from time to time to make sure the medicine is working and to prevent unwanted side effects.
Be careful driving or operating machinery until you know how Cytarabine Injection affects you.
You may feel tired and weaker while you are receiving a course of cytarabine therapy.
While you are receiving this medicine, your doctor may want you to drink extra fluids so you will pass more urine. This will help prevent kidney problems and keep your kidneys working well.
Tell your doctor, nurse or pharmacist as soon as possible if you do not feel well while you are being given Cytarabine Injection.
Like other medicines, cytarabine can cause some side effects. Some of these side effects may be prevented or treated with other medicines. If side effects do occur, their severity usually depends on the dose of cytarabine you receive. Some may be serious and need medical attention.
It can be difficult to tell whether side effects are the result of having Cytarabine Injection, effects of your condition or side effects of other medicines you may be taking. For this reason it is important to tell your doctor of any change in your condition.
Ask your doctor, nurse or pharmacist to answer any questions that you may have.
These are more common side effects.
This list includes serious side effects that may require medical attention.
Other side effects not listed above may also occur in some people. Some of these side effects, for example changes in liver, kidney or bone marrow function, can only be found when your doctor does tests from time to time to check your progress.
Cytarabine Injection will be stored in the pharmacy or on the ward. It is kept in a cool dry place, protected from light, where the temperature stays between 15- 25°C.
Cytarabine Injection is a clear solution in a plastic vial.
Cytarabine Injection contains Cytarabine 20 mg/mL with Sodium Chloride in Water for Injections or Cytarabine 100 mg/mL in Water for Injections .
It does not contain a preservative.


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Centenary Year
In 2018 as we mark 100 years of the first votes for women we are at a tipping point. Women, girls and their male allies are standing together to reject misogyny, violence and sexism and to demand change.
We remember the suffrage campaigners of the past and their struggle over many decades for women's rights including the right to vote. They faced many barriers and set-backs. Yet they persisted. Their triumph inspires us to know that we too can succeed. Anything is possible.
But there are also those who would turn the clock back. Those who would undo the progress of the past. The truth is equality won't happen on its own. So we have to fight on and find the next generation who will step forward to drive change.
The moment becomes the movement. Join us.
Be a part of Millicent Fawcett's movement
Thanks to a campaign led by Caroline Criado Perez, Millicent Fawcett is now the first woman commemorated with a statue in Parliament Square – a landmark moment for the wider suffrage movement, and for women everywhere.
Find out more about Millicent Fawcett and the movement for women's suffrage by reading our centenary factsheets here.
Watch the story of how the statue of Millicent Garrett Fawcett was made below.
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It's been 100 years since some women secured the vote - but as our Sex and Power 2018 report shows, we clearly still have a long way to go. Equality won't happen if we don't fight for it. We've got to make it happen. We will continue Millicent's legacy by ensuring 2018 is a year of victories for girls and women everywhere.
Will you join our call for a fairer, more equal society? Honour Millicent Fawcett today by becoming a Fawcett member at this crucial time for gender equality.
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Centenary of women's suffrage a 'missed opportunity' unless barriers to political participation are removed, say campaigners
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A new coalition of campaigning charities, individuals and women and girls' rights organisations has today issued a challenge to government and political parties – to make the 2018 centenary of the first women's votes in the UK a year for actively encouraging women's political participation.
But they warn that unless government and parties set clear targets, adopt an action plan and act to remove barriers to women's political participation, the centenary of women's votes could be a "missed opportunity," and our politics will "fail to be relevant to women's lives".
Members of the newly-formed Centenary Action Group warn that the lack of action so far towards increasing women's participation in politics suggests this year's important anniversary, to highlight one hundred years since the vote was first granted to women in the UK, could fail to deliver any real change.
Nearly 30 leading organisations, MPs and activists have released a statement to coincide with the launch [see signatories below]:
"Increasing the number of women in Parliament is not only a matter of basic human rights and equality, but is also necessary at a time when voter participation is low, and politics is reaching a crisis of credibility.
"Women in politics face an extraordinary amount of abuse, especially on social media, partly because they speak up but also simply because they are women. This discourages women from participating in political debate.
"From the work undertaken towards women's political participation the world over, there is clear evidence that the more diverse the decision makers are, the more widely power is spread – and the less room there is for abuse and discrimination. It also makes it more likely that decisions made will benefit everyone, including the most marginalised women and girls in the UK and beyond.
"Increasing women's participation in politics is critical. It is a central tenet of the UN Global Goals (Goal 5). All countries are aiming for these goals, but most countries, including the UK, are still falling short. In the centenary year of women winning the right to vote, it's time for action."
Commenting on the launch of the group, Sam Smethers, Chief Executive of the Fawcett Society, said:
"There is great emphasis on women coming forward to stand but what we won't stand for is the adverse political system and culture they are walking into. Systems and culture have to change. Unless they do, we risk the 2018 centenary being a missed opportunity. Our system of politics is failing to be relevant to women's lives, actively putting them off.
"We know now that sexual harassment is commonplace in local and national politics; we see sexist attitudes driving the way women are treated in the council chamber and in the House of Commons. Lack of entitlement to maternity or paternity leave, means our elected representatives are far from being offered a modern workplace."
Helen Pankhurst, Advisor with CARE International and Great-granddaughter of Emmeline Pankhurst, said:
"In my work I see the need for more women in politics the world over. In the UK, the challenge is that one hundred years on, women are still facing intimidation and violence for wanting to be involved in politics, and to influence decisions that affect their lives. The elections in 2017 saw the worst abuse of women MPs and candidates on record. We cannot wait another hundred years for this to end!"
Darren Hughes, Chief Executive of the Electoral Reform Society, said:
"For democracy in the UK to be effective, it needs political institutions which are representative of all its citizens. Currently, there are still too many barriers to women's political participation, from institutional sexism and misogyny to a lack of support within parties themselves.
"The fact that fewer than a third of Members of Parliament and councilors are women is holding back our progress. We need widescale reform of our political institutions to change that. The problems of under-representation stem from factors which can be fixed – if there is the will to change.
"Parties and politicians must urgently commit to removing barriers to participation. But more than that – they should be taking immediate action to ensure we have a truly representative democracy. In the centenary of the first votes for women, this is an opportunity that must not be missed."
Girlguiding advocate Sophie, 20, said:
"The centenary year is really important to women and girls. As well as allowing us to celebrate the successes achieved in the past century for women's democracy, we can use the anniversary to look at what still needs to be done to engage girls and women in politics.
"Girlguiding is calling for equal representation for women in politics and an improved political education system so girls and young women feel engaged in a key part of society. As an organisation, we work hard to engage all young women in politics, from our Girls Matter campaign to our voter registration push during the 2017 General Election."
Frances Scott of 50:50 Parliament, said:
"One hundred years after women won the right to vote the lack of women at Westminster is a democratic disgrace. The fight for political equality continues.
"Men still outnumber women by more than 2:1 in Parliament, it can hardly claim to be a representative institution when the majority of the population is so under-represented.
"Only 12 extra women were elected to Westminster at the last election, at this rate it will take over 50 years for women to gain equal representation. This is too long to wait!
"If our Parliamentary systems and democratic processes are inaccessible or unattractive to women then they need to change. 50:50 is taking action to attract women to Westminster with our #AskHerToStand campaign. We hope that Parliament and the political parties will respond by welcoming women into the corridors of power and onto those green and red benches."
The Centenary Action Group has launched with the hashtag '#StillMarching' on social media.
Sam Smethers, Chief Executive, Fawcett Society
Laurie Lee, CEO, CARE International
Frances Scott, 50:50 Parliament
Nikki van der Gaag, Director of Women's Rights & Gender Justice, Oxfam GB
Darren Hughes, Chief Executive, Electoral Reform Society
Julia Bentley, Chief Executive, Girlguiding UK
Lynne Stubbings, Chair, National Federation of Women's Institutes
Women for Refugee Women
Caroline Haworth, Chief Executive, Womankind Worldwide
Labour Women's Network
Jess Phillips MP, Chair, Women's Parliamentary Labour Party
Amelia Womack, Deputy Leader, Green Party
Liz Saville Roberts, Westminster Leader, Plaid Cymru
Angela Crawley MP, SNP Westminster Spokesperson on Equalities, Women and Children
ActionAid UK
Women's March London
Alexandra Runswick, Director, Unlock Democracy
Dr Mary-Ann Stephenson, Director, UK Women's Budget Group
Artichoke Trust
Professor Sarah Childs, Birkbeck, University of London
Dr Sumita Mukherjee, University of Bristol
Irene Cockroft, SuffrageArts
Dr J Kay Richmond, Chairman, UK Programme Action Committee, Soroptimist International
WeAreTheCity
Talat Yaqoob, Chair, Women 50:50
Further comments from signatories:
Dr J Kay Richmond, Chairman of the UK Programme Action Committee, Soroptimist International, said:
"As soroptimists we strive to improve the position of women at all levels of society, through education, enablement and empowerment. We do this through raising awareness, advocacy and action.
"We welcome a time when equality has been achieved everywhere but in order to do this everyone will need to apply the principle of equity – making resources available to those in greatest need. Without appropriate representation at all levels this will not be achieved.
"Let us ensure that the next 100 years will see gender equality achieved everywhere so that we can all reach our full potential."
Alexandra Runswick, Director of Unlock Democracy, said:
"The Centenary is a moment of celebration and a time to reflect on the great strides made towards gender equality. However, while politicians and those in power celebrate the Centenary they must not just pay lip service to the principle of equal representation; we need urgent action from politicians, not overtures.
"The lack of diversity in parliament is a canary in the mine shaft. It is symptomatic of a system that inherently benefits the status quo and cedes overwhelmingly disproportionate power to white men from privileged backgrounds.
"It is not just women who are underrepresented, but also members of minority communities. Political parties are well placed to make immediate headway towards increasing the number of women and minorities, and yet they have not.
"Let the Centenary therefore be both a celebration of how far we've come but also the impetus for going the final distance."
Caroline Haworth, Chief Executive of Womankind Worldwide, said:
"As we mark a hundred years of suffrage in the UK, we can be inspired by the strong and persistent women around the world who are being elected at local and national levels, from Nepal to Zimbabwe to Kenya.
"Like women in the UK who for a hundred years have faced down violence, intimidation, peer pressure and gender norms to make it into elected positions, our international sisters are the changemakers the world needs – in this remarkable year, let's stand with them".
Nikki van der Gaag, Director of Women's Rights & Gender Justice, Oxfam GB said:
"It is shocking that 100 years on from winning the vote in the UK, women still face discrimination, sexism and violence – just because they are women.
"Oxfam's work with women and women's organisations all over the world has shown us that having more women in positions of power – whether in parliament or on local councils – is key to ending poverty and inequality, and to promoting a fairer and more just world for everyone. It is long past time for women take their place at the tables of power."
Lucy Wake, Advocacy Officer of Amnesty International UK, said:
"Women in politics face an extraordinary amount of abuse, especially on social media, partly just because they speak up, but also simply because they are women. This is a human rights issue. It stops women from freely entering political discussions."
Lynne Stubbings, Chair of the National Federation of Women's Institutes, said:
"WI members are clear that more women are needed in leadership positions in our society. But progress has been slow. 2018 marks a hundred years since the first votes for women, yet women today remain hugely under-represented in all areas of public life.
"69% of WI members feel they have not very much or no influence over the country as a whole. Women told us that hurdles such as work/life balance concerns, barriers to getting involved in political parties and the perception that politics is an 'old boys' club' discouraged them from getting involved."
See the full press release here.
FRESH COMMUNICATIONS PRESS OFFICE
ABBY RICHARDSON
NATHALIE GOLDEN
The moment becomes the movement. Find out more about our activity across the Centenary Year here.
Read our Suffrage History Factsheets here.