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Hamilton Central was the name of a now-defunct railway station on the East Coast Main Trunk line which runs through the city of Hamilton in the Waikato region of New Zealand. The station was located in Hamilton's CBD and was made an underground station for the latter years of its existence before being closed. The underground platform still exists.

For most of the time since a station opened on the site in 1879, it was named Hamilton. It had closed to regular passenger services when the present Hamilton station opened in 1975, so there was little need for formal renaming. There have been several proposals to reopen the station, often using the name 'Hamilton Central'.

The East Coast Main Trunk line is still well used by freight trains. In 2018, 163 trains a week passed through, 36 between 8am and 5pm weekdays, 90 of them outside those hours and 37 at weekends.

History
The station probably opened as Hamilton on 22 March 1879, with a lean-to station building, though in July 1879 it was said that it should take about a month to complete the extension. It only had 282 passengers in the year 1880/81 and closed on 19 February 1881. Probably it was affected by delays in opening Claudelands bridge; the   Eureka contract to Morrinsville was signed on 5 December 1883, though tenders had been invited over two years earlier.

On 1 October 1884 the station reopened as Hamilton West, when the Morrinsville line opened. By 1884 it had a 4th class station building, platform, cart approach,  by  goods shed and loading bank. In 1896 there was also a stationmaster's house, urinals and a passing loop for 38 wagons. In 1892 the station got improved and increased accommodation, with further improvements in 1897, 1899 and 1900, when a verandah was added.

The station was renamed Hamilton from 1 March 1899. In 1902 it was described as being, "of wood and iron, and has a ladies' waiting room, a public lobby, stationmaster's room, a long passenger platform, and a large goods shed. Four trains pass the station daily, each way." In 1905 the stationmaster's house was shifted and a porters room, parcels office and store added. The luggage room and verandah were extended in 1909. A crossing keeper controlled the Victoria Street crossing from 1912, when the platform was extended  west and asphalted. In 1924 a new, larger storeroom at the Frankton end replaced one at the other end.

Work to underground the station began in 1961, with removal of sidings, a loading shelter and the goods shed. The line was lowered in 1964. Its platform was moved to a cutting from 1 September 1964. It lost its railcar service to Te Puke on 11 September 1967 and to Rotorua on 11 November 1968. It then lost its station building, which is now a café at Waikato University. In 1969 a new 3-storey,  Administration Building opened, built by Holm Construction Ltd. for the Ministry of Works and linked by a covered walkway to the Road Services terminal in Ward Street and the underground rail platform. By the mid-1970s most of the station had been covered by carparks, which were later covered by the Centre Place shopping centre. When the current Hamilton station opened on 6 August 1975, the rarely used platform was renamed Hamilton Travel Centre.

The station was once served by several named trains, including the Rotorua, Geyserland, Thames and Taneatua Expresses.

Traffic grew to a peak in World War 2, as shown in the graph and table below.

New Zealand's first underground station

Level crossings at Lake Rd, Seddon St and Victoria St, and rising population and levels of rail and road traffic, resulted in re-routing proposals from 1912, when council suggested the line could be lowered. It was turned down again in 1919, proposed as a diversion south of Frankton in 1929 and costed at £529,000 in 1938.

The National Roads Board then opted for it and, in September 1959, the Ministry of Works started the project. The platform was lowered about  into a cut & cover tunnel approached on 1 in 80 gradients, with road over-bridges at River Rd, Tristram/Hinemoa, Seddon Streets and Lake Rd. The new route and platform opened on 19 September 1964, after which Anglesea St was extended north of Ward St.

An NZR bus station (replaced by the Transport Centre in 2001) was built on top of the station, with a ramp link to it. The underground station was used by the Kaimai Express and Geyserland Express from when they started running in December 1991 until 1994 when the station was closed due to vandalism and concerns about passenger safety. The ramp was closed when the Warehouse was built in 2004, though a plan had been prepared to maintain access.

In 2020 reopening, possibly with 3 tracks and possibly just to the west, in Seddon Park, was put forward as a COVID-19 recovery scheme, as part of schemes to upgrade services to Auckland and relay tracks to Cambridge.

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 1905 express at station, which now has a canopy and lights
1938 aerial view showing Anglesea St ending at the station
1965 low level platform and ramp to the original station building and station building
 NZR bus station, built on top of station
 underground platform with working lights and little graffiti

Buildings and structures in Hamilton, New Zealand
Railway stations opened in 1879
Rail transport in Waikato
Defunct railway stations in New Zealand
Railway stations located underground


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It's down to the last 3 days in the campaign, by 3:23 pm Friday afternoon PDT it will all be over, and who knows where the total will be? However, the project now has less than $3000 to make the goal, and is 77% funded, so it's looking a lot better than it did last week!
I've also purchased another round of ads on Facebook, the first round produced really good results so I'm hoping for at least the same results for this next round.
Please continue to share the link around to friends and groups who might be interested in the book!
Honestly, I'm ready to be done with the fundraising aspect of the campaign and onto the work on the book, so enough about the business aspect and on to fun research material!
Archive.org is a great resource for finding catalog resources, and these two are two great gems, dated about 10 years apart.
This catalog from W.B. Corsets, dated about 1907-1908, doesn't have images for each corset style, which is a real pity, but they do have lovely line drawings showing the very distinctive transitional styles between the straight front styles of the early 1900s and the long line styles of the 1910s.
Just about 10 years later, there's a lovely selection of corsets in the mailorder catalog from the Canadian company Simpsons, from the end of WW1. Can you imagine? When this catalog was being looked at, the Armistice was being signed.
Here, all the styles are illustrated, with details about each corset, including types of boning, fabric and number of hose supporters.
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GOD Remembers Noah – The Rains Dry Up (G-8-HBS)
Jerry December 15, 2019 2 Comments on GOD Remembers Noah – The Rains Dry Up (G-8-HBS)
THE RAINS CEASE
We are given the record not only of the building up of the Flood but also of the prevailing and now the assuaging of the Flood.
We are told that "God remembered Noah"—how lovely—and that "God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters assuaged." It did not happen just overnight. The buildup of the waters took over 150 days, and then there were 261 days in the assuaging.
That looks to me like it is something more than just a local flood.
Genesis 8:1-12 KJV
[1] And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
[2] The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
[3] And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
[4] And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
[5] And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
[6] And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
[7] And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
[8] Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
[9] But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
[10] And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
[11] And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
[12] And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
And God remembered Noah, and every living thing, and all the cattle that was with him in the ark: and God made a wind to pass over the earth, and the waters asswaged;
Then God remembered Noah.
God's covenant with Noah brought provision and protection in the midst of severe judgment. The remnant was preserved and God initiated steps toward reestablishing the created order on earth.
the waters subsided.
God used the wind to dry the ground; evaporation returned water to the atmosphere. We are given the record not only of the building up of the Flood but also of the prevailing and now the assuaging of the Flood.
The fountains also of the deep and the windows of heaven were stopped, and the rain from heaven was restrained;
The fountains also of the deep, and the windows of heaven, were stopped,….
The passages which let out the subterraneous waters in great quantity upon the earth, and the clouds of heaven, which poured down water upon it like spouts, were stopped from sending forth any more, as they had from the first of the flood unto one hundred and fifty days from thence.
And the rain from heaven was restrained:
This seems to confirm what has been before observed, that after the rain of forty days and nights it ceased not to rain, more or less, though not so vehemently, until the end of an hundred and fifty days, and then it entirely ceased.
And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
And the waters returned from off the earth continually,….
Or "going and returning"; they went off from the earth, and returned to their proper places appointed for them; some were dried up by the wind, and exhaled by the sun into the air: and others returned to their channels and cavities in the earth, or soaked into it:
And after the end of the hundred and fifty days, the waters were abated; Or began to abate, which days are to be reckoned from the beginning of the flood, including the forty days' rain.
From the time of the ceasing of it, so that there were from the beginning of the flood one hundred and ninety days, six months, and ten days of the year of the flood now past.
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month, upon the mountains of Ararat.
And the ark rested in the seventh month, on the seventeenth day of the month,….
That is, five months after the flood began, and when the waters began to decrease; for this is not the seventh month of the flood, which lasted only five months, but of the year; the mountains of Ararat.
These were in the region of the Caucasus, also known as ancient Urartu, where the elevation exceeded 17,000 feet.
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month: in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen.
And the waters decreased continually until the tenth month,….
The decrease of the waters was for wise reasons exceedingly slow and gradual – the period of their return being nearly twice as long as that of their rise.
In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, were the tops of the mountains seen; not the tenth month of the flood, but of the year, the tenth from when the rain began.
And it came to pass at the end of forty days, that Noah opened the window of the ark which he had made:
It is easy to imagine the ardent longing Noah and his family must have felt to enjoy again the sight of land as well as breathe the fresh air.
And it was perfectly consistent with faith and patience to make inquiries whether the earth was yet ready. We could say that this is the beginning of the end of the Flood. Notice what Noah does:
And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
The smell of carrion would allure it to remain if the earth were in a habitable state. But it kept hovering about the spot, and, being a solitary bird, probably perched on the covering.
Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
Also he sent forth a dove from him,….
Frankly, Noah becomes a bird-watcher. He sends out these two birds, the raven and the dove. Seven days after he had sent out the raven, as in Genesis 8:10.
to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; for the dove is a creature that delights in cleanness, flies low, and goes far off, so that if it returned not again, he might conclude that the waters were gone off the earth.
But being a sociable creature, and familiar to men, and especially loving to its mate, if they were not gone off, it would certainly return again.
But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark,….
It being a creature that feeds upon seeds it picks off from the ground, and loving cleanness, it could find no place where it could alight, and have food to live upon, and retain its cleanness; for though the tops of the mountains were clear of the waters, yet they might be muddy and filthy with what the waters had raised up in them, or left upon them; and therefore it returned to Noah again, and not only like the raven unto the ark, but into it.
For the waters were on the face of the whole earth: there was no place dry, and so neither food nor footing for this creature.
Which was an emblem of a sensible sinner, who finds no rest in anything short of Christ; not in worldly enjoyments; nor in external duties, not in hearing, reading, praying, fasting, nor in external humiliation and tears; nor in the law, and in the works of it; nor in natural descent, nor in education principles, nor in a profession of religion, and subjection to ordinances.
Only in Christ, where it finds rest from the burden and guilt of sin, and the tyrannical power of it; from the bondage, curse, and condemnation of the law, and from a sense of divine wrath and fear of it; and though not from afflictions, yet it finds rest in Christ amidst them.
Then he put forth his hand and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark: she hovered about it, and got near the window, which Noah opened and took her in; Which may represent the gracious reception sensible souls meet with from Christ, who apply to him.
He kindly embraces them, and they find room in His heart and affections, fulness of everything they want, and security from all danger.
And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark;
And he stayed yet other seven days,….
As he had stayed seven days between the sending out of the raven and the dove, so he stayed seven days more after he had sent out the dove, and it returned to him, waiting patiently for his deliverance, and the signs of it; though he could have been glad to have known its near approach, for which he made the experiments be did.
And again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; very probably the selfsame dove he had sent out before.
And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf pluckt off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth.
And the dove came in to him in the evening,….
It having been out all day delighting itself in a free air, and perching upon the trees, but yet not finding sufficient food, or a proper lodging, it returned to Noah at the evening for food and dwelling in the ark: and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off.
Which might easily be done, and even an "olive branch", as the word sometimes signifies, and is by some rendered; for it being now the summer season, young branches sprouted out, which being tender, were easily cropped.
So Noah knew the waters were abated from off the earth.
By this he perceived not only that they were gone off the mountains, but the lower grounds, at least the hills on which olive trees delight to grow; and yet that they were only abated, and not entirely gone off, since the dove returned to him.
This dove sent out the second time, and returning, may be considered as an emblem of a Gospel minister, comparable to a dove, for the dove like gifts of the Spirit of God, by which he is qualified for his work, and for his simplicity, harmlessness, meekness, and humility.
The olive leaf in its mouth may be an emblem of the Gospel, which is from Christ, the good olive; is the Gospel of peace, which an olive branch is a symbol of, proclaiming and publishing peace and reconciliation by Christ.
And as that is ever green, the Gospel always continues, and is the everlasting Gospel, and which was brought, and more fully and clearly dispensed in the evening of the world.
And by it, it is known that the waters of divine wrath are assuaged, and the people of God may be assured they will never return to come upon them.
And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
After the dove had returned:
and sent forth the dove;
the same dove again:
which returned not again unto him any more:
the earth being dry, it found rest for the sole of its feet, sufficient food to eat, and a proper place for its habitation; and liking to be at liberty, and in the open air, chose not to return to the ark, even though its mate was there:
I want you to see a great spiritual truth that we have here in the eighth chapter in this account of the raven and the dove. After Noah had spent over a year in the ark, he sent forth a raven, and the raven never came back.
But the dove kept coming back and even brought in its beak a little bit of greenery, an olive leaf. I do not know why the dove and olive leaf have always been symbolic of peace, but they are.
I cannot quite see that that is exactly the message of the dove's second return. But when the dove did not return at all, that was the sign that the judgment was over and that peace had returned to the earth.
But, of course, man going out of the ark is the same type of man that all the sons of Adam were who had provoked the Flood as a judgment from God in the first place.
You are going to see that there is not too much improvement in man after the Flood; in fact, there is none whatsoever. There is a great spiritual lesson here which I would not have you miss for anything in the world.
Noah is engaged here in "birdwatching." He sends out the raven, and the raven does not come back.
Why didn't that raven come back?
You must recognize what that raven eats—it feeds on carrion. There was a whole lot of flesh of dead animals floating around after the Flood, and that was the kind of thing this old crow ate.
He did not return to the ark because he was really going to a feast, and he was having a very wonderful time. The raven was classified as an unclean bird, by the way.
The dove is a clean bird and is so listed later on in Scripture. Remember that Noah took into the ark both the clean and the unclean animals.
The dove brought back information: it was a regular homing pigeon. With the dove's second trip, Noah was now a confirmed birdwatcher—and the dove brought back evidence that the dry land was appearing.
The third time, the dove did not return, and Noah knew that the waters of judgment were gone. I have said before that all great truths of the Bible are germane in Genesis.
The Bible teaches that the believer has two natures, an old and a new nature: "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new" (2 Cor. 5:17).
The clean and the unclean are together. You and I as believers have these two natures. Our Lord said: "That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit" (John 3:6).
And Paul writes: "for I knew that in me (that is, in my flesh,) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not" (Rom. 7:18).
Paul spoke of a struggle between the two natures. And there is a struggle today between the old nature and the new nature of a believer.
The raven went out into a judged world, but he found a feast in the dead carcass because that is the thing he lived on.
The bloated carcass of an elephant would have made him a banquet; I tell you, it would have been for him a bacchanalian orgy. Back and forth, he restlessly went up and down.
May I say to you, that is the picture of the old nature; the old nature is like that raven. The old nature loves the things of the world and feasts on them.
That is the reason so many people watch television on Sunday night and do not go to church. Don't tell me that you have some good excuse for that.
You do have an old nature, but that is no excuse because you ought not to be living in the old nature. The dove went out into a judged world, but she found no rest, no satisfaction, and she returned to the ark.
The dove represents the believer in the world. The old raven went out into the world and loved it.
When he found that old carcass, he probably thought the Millennium had arrived!
You see, it is a matter of viewpoint. A professor said to me, "This matter of what's right and wrong is relative."
He's right; it is. It is what God says is right, and it is what the professor says is wrong—and he does not find very much that is wrong, by the way. What God says is wrong is wrong.
The believer is told, "Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world . . ." (1 John 2:15). You and I are living in a judged world today. We are in the world, but not of it.
We are to use it, but not abuse it. We are not to fall in love with it, but we are to attempt to win the lost in this world and get out the Word of God.
Our Lord told us, ". . . Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature" (Mark 16:15). Let's take care of our job down here and get out the Word of God—that is the important thing.
The dove recognized what kind of a world she was in, and she found no rest. She found rest only in the ark, and that ark sets forth Christ, if you please.
Let me ask you these very personal question:
What kind of bird are you?
Are you a raven or a dove?
If you are a child of God, you have both natures—but which one are you living in today?
Do you love the things of God, or don't you?
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LineCowley says:
One of my first memories as a child learning about the Bible, was Noah sending out the dove to find dry land.
And the the rainbow as a sign from God at the end of the flood. And this beautiful Bible story is still being shared around the world today.
This is a timely reminder about the greatness of God and how he looks after us and those that obey him.
Thank you for another comment on this website.
And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
And God said unto Noah, This is the token of the covenant, which I have established between me and all flesh that is upon the earth.

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Journal of microbiology, biotechnology and food sciences
Vol. 12 No. 1 (2022): August - September /
GENETIC DIVERSITY ANALYSIS OF COMMON BEAN (PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L.) GENOTYPES USING SCOT POLYMORPHISM
Zuzana Hromadova Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra; Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences; Institute of Biotechnology; Tr. A. Hlinku 2; 94976 Nitra https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3718-3440
Lucia Mikolasova
Zelmira Balazova
Martin Vivodik
Milan Chnapek
Zdenka Galova
https://doi.org/10.55251/jmbfs.5919
common bean, dendrogram, genetic variability, gene specific markers
Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) is legume crop of worldwide importance and due to optimal content of proteins and other essential compounds it has a potential as a functional food. Genetic diversity studies are significant from the point of obtaining information important for breeding process. The goal of present work was to analyze genetic diversity among 34 genotypes of common bean from different countries using 5 SCoT (Start Codon Targeted) markers. Altogether 82 DNA fragments were amplified, out of which 66 fragments were polymorphic with an average of 11 polymorphic fragments per primer. The highest number of polymorphic fragments was detected by marker SCoT 59 (15). The percentage of polymorphism ranged from 57.17% (SCoT 2) to 78.57% (SCoT 19) with an average of 67.3%. PIC values varied from 0.719 (SCoT 19) to 0.886 (SCoT 3) and average PIC value was 0.802. The DI values varied between 0.722 (SCoT 19) and 0.888 (SCoT3), with an average of 0.804. The dendrogram of 34 genotypes of common bean, constructed based on hierarchical cluster analysis separated genotypes into two clusters (I and II). Cluster I was formed by two subclusters. Thirty-three genotypes were included in cluster I and genotype Albena (Slovak Republic), which significantly differed from other genotypes in seed size was included in cluster II. Obtained results support the effectiveness of SCoT markers in the analysis of common bean useful for genotypes differentiating and assessment of genetic diversity in the set of common bean germplasm.
Hromadova, Z., Mikolasova, L. ., Balazova, Z. ., Vivodik, M. ., Chnapek, M. ., & Galova, Z. . (2022). GENETIC DIVERSITY ANALYSIS OF COMMON BEAN (PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L.) GENOTYPES USING SCOT POLYMORPHISM. Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences, 12(1), e5919. https://doi.org/10.55251/jmbfs.5919
Vol. 12 No. 1 (2022): August - September
Copyright (c) 2022 Zuzana Hromadová
All papers published in the Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences are published under a CC-BY licence (CC-BY 4.0). Published materials can be shared (copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format) and adapted (remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially) with specifying the author(s).
Lucia Mikolasova, Eva Ivanisova, Marian Tokar, Marek Snirc, Judita Lidikova, Zelmira Balazova, THE EFFECT OF THE ADDITION OF VARIOUS TYPES OF OILS ON THE TECHNOLOGICAL QUALITY OF WHEAT DOUGH AND BREAD , Journal of microbiology, biotechnology and food sciences: Vol. 12 No. 2 (2022): October - November
Martin Vivodik, Zelmira Balazova, Milan Chnapek, Zuzana Hromadova, Lucia Mikolasova, Zdenka Galova, MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND GENETIC DIVERSITY STUDIE OF SOYBEAN (GLYCINE MAX L.) CULTIVARS USING RAPD MARKERS , Journal of microbiology, biotechnology and food sciences: Vol. 12 No. Special issue (2022): 20 Years Anniversary - Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences
Lucia Mikolášová, Zuzana Hromadová, Martin Vivodík, Milan Chňapek, Zdenka Gálová, Radomíra Hornyák Gregáňová, Zelmira Balazova, GENETIC VARIABILITY OF FAGOPYRUM SP. GENOTYPES DETERMINED BY GENE-TARGETED MARKERS , Journal of microbiology, biotechnology and food sciences: Vol. 12 No. Special issue (2022): 20 Years Anniversary - Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences


Anyone who has worked in an office, or had a garage, has likely accumulated a collection of items on a desk, or in the garage, and at some point they likely vowed to purge the things no longer needed. However, a popular reason for not getting rid of the excess is the belief that as soon as it is gone, a use will be found for it. With that in mind, imagine the anxiety level of someone who has to decide how to store a digital mountain of video and audio data while still having access to it at a moments notice.
B ut there is good news for those who tasked with making those decisions. Archiving technology has advanced enough so that the need for archive managers to decide what to keep and what to delete has been progressively reduced, thereby raising the question can everything be saved?
"That's honestly the trend," says Molly Rector, Spectra Logic Corporation's chief marketing director. "People are leaning more towards saving everything forever because you never know what will be useful five years from now," she said.
Most claims involving video date archiving are subject to debate, but there is no disputing that the amount of data being produced worldwide has grown exponentially. A recent Gartner survey shows data growth is the biggest data center infrastructure challenge. A little more than a decade ago, there was about an exabyte of data (one exabyte equaled one quintillion (1,000,000,000,000,000,000) of data bytes. That number had increased ten times by 2010, and it has increased another ten times through 2011. "Now that the world has created more data in the last year than was created in the first several thousand years of man's existence the question is what can we do with it," Rector said.
That has created problems for those who need to keep video data, says Rector, who provides Saudi Arabia's security service as an example. In Mecca, the Saudis use their surveillance systems to record everyone who enters and exits Mecca, but—lacking any incident requiring investigation—the Saudi would only save the resulting video for up to four weeks. "Because of the way technology has evolved, on platforms such as ours, the Saudis can now save almost everything for longer periods and go back and look at trends," she says. That includes reviewing the highest volume of visitors, identifying potential terrorist suspects and deciding what all that means in terms of overall security.
In November, Spectra Logic introduced, what the company says is, the highest capacity data storage system in the world. That configuration—which was created by combining eight of its "T-Finity" robotic library units—is capable of maintaining an archive of 3.6 exabytes of data, and it was. Spectra's T-Finity base configuration starts with 100 "linear tape open" (LTO) slots and scales up from there. It operates robotically to check the health of the data saved with 30 different metrics during the life of the tape. The tape undergoes carbide cleaning to ensure the integrity of the data as it is loaded. Five years ago, 40 terabytes of data storage was ample for many organizations, but that is now considered just enough for a small company. Big organizations, especially those storing high definition video, are now archiving well into the pedabytes (a pedabyte is ten times great than 100 terabytes). In addition, research by Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) forecasts that the total worldwide cumulative digital archive capacity will grow to 300,000 petabytes by 2015.
An ongoing change-over from tape to hard disk began picking up momentum a few years ago once the capital investment for each solution became about equal in costs, and within the past two years storage technology began migrating from hard drives back to digital tape cartridges. "When you get to one hundred terabytes, tape becomes less expensive from a capital investment standpoint," Rector said.
T hose with smaller archive needs will still have a higher component of hard drives. Hard drives are considered by many to be easier to coordinate with a tape system. In fact, worldwide external disk storage system-makers revenues reached year-over-year growth of 12.2 percent, totaling just over $5.6 billion, in the second quarter of 2011, according to International Data Corporation.
According to ESG, tape currently commands a 38 percent share of the overall digital archive volumes and is set to experience a six-fold increase in digital archive petabytes stored through to 2015.
"Migration of media is a manual and tedious process," says Rector, who adds that archive managers must migrate the data on a hard drive every three years, while migration of digital tape content is only required every seven to ten years making broadcasters enthusiastic about tape. In addition, broadcasters are migrating content from single definition to high definition, a process that requires ten times the original archive capacity.
Power usage cost is also a factor because power costs are 15 times lower for archiving 100 terabytes of data on tape compared to archiving that data on hard drives. Contributing to those costs is the need to cool the heat produced by storage units.
With costs in mind, the return on investment (ROI) in a storage system is a central focus in the configuration of ViewCast's Media Platform (VMp), according to Bob Morley, ViewCast's director of VMp sales. ViewCast has compiled its customer's ROI data, and the "VMp is saving them a significant amount of money," he says.
T he VMp software application sits on IBM Content Management server hardware to integrate all the functions associated with the video production process. That includes the VMp talking to its content management application interface to manage stored data files and calling on the storage solution it has been configured to use. "What is key to the VMp architecture is that the storage solution can be designed with the right amount of performance, redundancy and capacity to satisfy the client's business need and budget," Morley says.
In addition, Morley says clients are at different stages of dealing with their digital archives. Some customers are simply attempting to organize assets that are spread out across their operation so they can be searched and retrieved, while others have come to the realization that their archive is now a strategic part of their business and will be used to generate revenue, communicate a consistent brand or deliver content. "It is this valuable asset that commands near-line storage and can justify the associated expense," he says.
Morley says broadcasters that are transferring video stored on tape to disc need ingestion strategies that are aimed at capturing the video in the highest feasible quality for the application. An encoder is a key component, Morley adds. Viewcast's Niagara Pro II encoder runs on two of the company's proprietary software applications, Niagara SCX and Simulstream, pre-figured and ready to use. Simulstream allows creation of added data output from the same sources in different formats as well as simultaneous streaming in multiple resolutions, formats and bit rates.
The resulting product is then encoded in the VMp repository. Another option is to capture the video in a workstation running Adobe Premiere or Final Cut Pro. The video can then be placed in a VMp Hot Folder. Retrieved video can be sent anywhere from a content delivery network, website or physical media.
For users with patience and time to wait a bit, Masstech Group Inc. will soon be releasing its next-generation INDIGO asset management all-in-one suite. The INDIGO will allow broadcasters to manage all their media from ingest to editing and play-out without multi-vendor integration issues, according to the company. The INDIGO will feature IBM System x3650 M3 servers and Pulsar content quality verification throughout the workflow. The Indigo is designed so that there will be no additional costs or reliance on third party hardware to integrate critical functions. It will be equipped with the Masstech-developed Transcode Engine, a full library of format blades and operate on both MS Windows and Apple OS. It will present the look of nonlinear editing and support dual head VGA displays.
Military video system grows with EditShare hardware.
Acquiring, managing, archiving and distributing video has become a must to government entities in this age of mission critical endeavors and mandated transparency.


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Johnston: Where are we going now?
James Johnston / Local Columnist
Our guy Allawi came in third in the elections in Iraq. The Shia, who hate Prime Minister Allawi, were the top vote getters. The Kurds did well. My fear is when the constitutional smoke clears, we will have a theocratic state in Iraq which will burn with hate for the United States and its people.
In short, a theocracy is a government in which religion is the rule of law. The Koran will be the basis of government and law there. The real ruler of Iraq under a constitution crafted by the Shia may be Grand Ayatollah Sustani. He is linked to the Shia in Iran. That must be clearly understood.
For better or worse, Saddam sat on the Shia, the Kurds, and the Sunni. There were no problems of any consequence from Iraq after the Gulf War. Saddam hated Osama and his ilk. He kept Iraq free of his rival nut cases. He also did not embrace the concept of theocracy. This was not bad for us.
Last week Secretary of State Rice traveled to Europe to lecture the Europeans on the subject of Iran. What she did was to undermine Franco-German efforts to rein in Iran in its development of atomic weapons of mass destruction. This may not have been a wise thing for her to do. She should not have acted like a cranky schoolmarm.
Last week the president threatened Syria and Iran. The Moslems believe that we are out to crush them. Do our actions seem to give support to their fears? How much are we biting off, and how much can we chew? Our military is stretched to paper thinness in Afghanistan and Iraq. We also have troops in South Korea, states side, and deployed about the planet. Where are troops going to come from to support all of these potential wars?
People are not joining the armed forces in record numbers, although a guy with 11 children (and another on the way) did just join up. That made national news. Also many men have had their tours of duty extended beyond their terms of enlistment.
Some 4,000 men who have been out of the armed forces for as long as eight years have been called up to duty again. Some of them are in their mid- to late 30s and in their 40s. According to contracts they signed on entering the military, they can be called up until they turn 60. As I said, 4,000 individuals have discovered this the hard way. In fact, this was covered on PBS's "Now" just a short time ago and is the subject of court battles.
What happens if our President decides that a preemptive strike will be needed against Syria and Iran? He's done that before. This is his last term of office. Do I hear the word "draft"?
George Santaryana once remarked that those who do not learn the lessons of history are doomed to repeat their failures. We have waged wars of culture in the past. Vietnam is the principal memory in this regard. Forty years later, Vietnam is seen for the horrible mistake it was. The question now comes, have we learned nothing?
I guess that this may be the case. There are wars that have needed to be fought. World War II was such a war and should be the test of our national interest in making war.
We are a democracy, and our democratic ideals are at war with Islam. The word "Islam" itself means "submission" to the will of God. In Islam everybody's role is delineated. The role of men, the role of women, and the duty of each is mapped out. This is the culture of a huge portion of the earth's population. We are now telling them that our way is the only way and that their way is fraught with error. From the Islamic theocratic point of view, democracy is at war with their faith and religion.
Does the concept of individual freedom to believe in a chosen belief system extend to a whole culture? Consider, for example, in our own country the position of our government toward various Christian sects and their belief systems. It has been interesting to say the least.
Let's consider two cases. Some dozen or so years ago a little boy, who was four years old, suffered from a twisted bowel. He was in great pain and belonged to a Christian sect that did not believe in the use of modern medical treatment.
The social welfare department got involved and took the parents to court. The court upheld the religious right of the parents to withhold medical treatment from their son who died a death of total horror worse than any torture you could imagine.
A few years later, the boys father had an attack of appendicitis. He took himself right off to the hospital, thus abandoning his religious scruples in favor of release from is own pain.
Another New Hampshire Christian sect beat their children on a regular basis for the good of their souls. The children were taken away from their parents for their own safety. They were then returned by court order to their holy and abusive parents.
Should the Islamic world invade us because of state sanctioned child abuse? Should we be saved from ourselves by an Islamic Crusade?
It's something to think about as our kids march off to the culture wars. Where are we going now?


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Q: Test data for unique and not null How can I quickly check to see if the data from the test table 'test_table', and selected columns are unique and not null.
Summary, at the entrance gets a table name and a list of columns in the output are expected , eg . flag 1 or 0.
Table is big so unfortunately i must posibly fast execute;

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Jonathan Stoughton
Jonathan enlisted in the United States Army as an infantryman in 2007. His first assignment was with the 3rd Infantry Regiment "The Old Guard" in Washington, D.C. He then moved to Schofield Barracks, HI, where he took over as a rifle squad leader in 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry Regiment. After leaving the Army in 2014, he earned his B.A. from St. Edward's University, graduating in 2018. Jonathan is currently pursuing his J.D. at Texas A&M University School of Law as a member of the Class of 2021.


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Aigue Nègre – potok we Francji, przepływający przez teren departamentu Ardèche, o długości 4,6 km, będący pierwszym prawym dopływem Loary. Znajduje się na terenie Parku Regionalnego Gór Ardèche.

Przebieg potoku Aigue Nègre w całości znajduje się na terenie gminy Sainte-Eulalie. Przybiera kierunek południowy aż do ujścia do Loary.

Nazwa rzeki została nadana z powodu czarnego koloru jego wód, który ma związek z obecnością skał wulkanicznych. Erupcje wulkanów były częste w tych okolicach jeszcze 12 000 lat temu.

Zobacz też
 Rzeki Europy

Przypisy

Dorzecze Loary
Rzeki w departamencie Ardèche

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Where did all the mentees go?
From frustration –> some satisfaction.
So today as usual we finished our normal lecture and headed off to provide support to our allocated group of mentees. I left the class with an enthusiastic mood looking forward to meeting the mentee hoping that today there will be a big turn up, given the fact that the mentees have a task to accomplish next week as one of the requirements for their Becoming an Educationalist module. Today we were going to support the mentees with building and /or finishing their posters which they are to present in week7 in the Multi-modal exhibition. Since we had been in the same situation last year, the task was not going to be had.
We started off with four mentees hoping that the group would get bigger; unfortunately to my surprise no other student joined the group, despite the class having over 30 mentees. When I made inquiries from another mentor group, they also had about 6 mentees turning up. This has not been the first time that the mentees do not turn up in a big number as they are supposed to. For the last three weeks all our mentor groups have been experiencing the same problem. So why is this happening? Could it be that the mentees know what they are doing and they do not need our support? Or is us the mentors that we do not know what we are doing or lack organisation skills?
This situation made me reflect on my own behaviour, that this could be the same feeling teachers get when I or my peers do not turn up to class, worst still without letting the teachers know of their absence. From this moment I confirmed that there is no doubt that students can absolutely injure the dignity of the teacher, and it is only natural for the teacher to feel exasperated if a student does not turn up at school or in class (Chandra and Kumar Sharma , 2004).
I think the lecturers need to put up some intervention in place so see that this problem is solved for the benefit of both mentors and mentees, because much as I learn from supporting them, they also benefit a lot from my support because peer mentoring is a two way learning process.
You know when you get into a contract with somebody you get held by that. Because today made me think twice whether I did the right choice for choosing peer mentoring as a module. But then I thought twice and said, at least it is not an empty class since there are some mentees best show them some respect.
We asked them whether they would like any help with the finishing of their posters and they all seemed fine. So we asked them whether there is any other help they need. So everyone had their own questions, and since we were also 4 mentors who turned up today, so our session turned out to be a one to one. I worked with one student who approached me to give her some insights on what she has to do or go about writing a research proposal. She claimed did not understand how to do it and would like to make a start so she does not follow behind with her assignment. I went through it with her and showed her the layout following what was written/drawn in their module hand book.
Working with one to one change my mood and I felt some satisfaction at the end of the session because I felt I had helped one to achieve something even though that was not what was planned to be. It made me feel that some active learning for both me and the mentee has taken place, which I believe is one of the most rewarding feeling for any educator. Knowing that the pupils/ students who came to your class did not leave the way they came is amazing.
And this was my satistaction in the end.


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TheTimeChamber > Sites > The Royal Observer Corps
Cuckfield ROC Post open days 2018 are now over, keep an eye on the website or www.facebook.com/cuckfieldnuclearbunker for details of the 2019 dates.
A brief introduction.
The Royal Observer Corps was first formed loosely in 1914 in response to the threat of bombardment from the air, the objective of this newly formed organisation was to aid in the identification of any incoming enemy aircraft. This role was initially fulfilled by special constables reporting to directly to the Air Ministry, but as WW2 loomed this role was increasingly formalised and the Observer Corps developed into a professional uniformed network of posts and headquarters. The Observer Corps served with distinction during WW2 and as recognition of this the King awarded the organisation the title 'Royal'. With the war in Europe and the Pacific coming to a close the ROC was stood down in 1945.
Cyril Carter and Bob Leake at Cuckfield Observer Corps Post in 1945
In the late 1940's the threat of atomic attack by the Soviet Union rapidly increased with the escalation of tensions in Eastern Europe and Germany and the marked the beginning of a new period of hostilities and nuclear stand off, now commonly referred to as the 'Cold War'. This new era brought about the need to track Soviet bombers and monitor nuclear fallout post-attack in order to provide warning and support to the civilian population. As the ROC already had in place a network of posts, HQ's and a proven field force (albeit stood down), this new responsibility fell to the ROC and the Corps were re-activated in 1947, initially performing the same role as they had during WW2, but by 1955 the fallout reporting role was introduced and the first underground protected post was built at Farnham in 1956. Between 1956 to 1968 a rigorous building program ensued and saw 1563 underground posts and 40 protected group headquarters built up and down the British Isles to meet this new challenge.
Cuckfield Underground ROC Post in the 1960's
These new underground posts were organised into 'Sectors' consisting of approximately 4-5 'Groups'. These 'Groups' were made up of approximately 20-40 posts and a HQ. Within these 'Groups' the posts were arranged into 'Clusters' of 3-4 with one being designated a 'Master' post. The Master post was equipped with a radio as well as the land-line based loud speaker telephone which ensured that communication was possible from all posts to the group HQ's.
Bedford No7 Group ROC HQ in the 1980's. Courtesy of Bob McIntosh
To read about the differing roles and history of the Corps, click the following links:
The Early Years: 1914 – 1939
The Wartime Years: 1939 – 1945
The Cold War Years: 1947 – 1995
To explore more about the structures and buildings of the Corps, click the following links:
WW2 and 1950's Concrete Orlit Aircraft Spotting Post
Cold War ROC Group Headquarters
Cold War ROC Sector Headquarters
Cold War ROC Monitoring Post (Cuckfield)
Key Dates in the History of The Royal Observer Corp
1914 – The idea of 'Air Defence' and observation is first suggested
1925 – The Observer Corp is formed
January 1929 – The Air Ministry takes control of the Corps, an Air Commodore is appointed as Commandant and the motto 'Forewarned is Forearmed' is adopted
24th August 1939 – The Corps is mobilised at the start of the Second World War
July – October 1940 – Battle of Britain
9th April 1941 – King George VI grants the title 'Royal' for services during the 'Battle of Britain'
10th may 1941 – Rudolf Hess secretly flies to Great Britain and is successfully tracked by Scottish Observer Posts
September 1941 – Women are admitted to the Corps
June 1944 – The Seaborne Venture, in support of D-Day
May 1945 – Stand Down, end of Second World War
January 1947 – Corps re-forms
11th April 1950 – King George VI becomes the first Air Commodore-in-Chief and the Royal Observer Corps medal is instituted
2nd June 1953 – Queen Elizabeth II assumes the appointment if Air Commodore-in-Chief
1955 – The nuclear reporting role is introduced
24th June 1956 – Review of the Corps by HM Queen Elizabeth II. Presentation of the Royal Observer Corps banner.
1968 -Re-organisation, reduction in establishment and closure of some posts
1971 – Data transmission introduced and a close association formed with the Danish Home Guard
1975 – Golden Jubilee of the Corps
1981-5 – Installation of new, modern, communications networks begins
27th June 1985 – Golden Anniversary Garden party
25th July 1991 – Review of the Corps by HM Queen Elizabeth II accompanied by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh
30th September 1991 – General Stand down of the Corp (except NRC/NBCC cells)
1995 – final stand down of the remaining NBCC cells and the end of the Corps
Buckton H, 1994, Ashford, Buchanan and Enright, Forewarned is Forearmed: Official Tribute and History of the Royal Observer Corps ISBN 9781852532925
Catford, N, 2010, Folly Books, Subterranean Britain: COLD WAR BUNKERS ISBN 9780956440525
Cockroft W, Thomas R, 2003, English Heritage, COLD WAR: Building for Nuclear Confrontation 1946 – 1989 ISBN 9781873592816
Dalton, M, 2011, Folly Books, The Royal Observer Corp Underground Monitoring Posts ISBN 9780956440556
Winslow, T, 1948, Forewarned is Forearmed: A History of the Royal Observer Corps
Wood, D, 1976, Macdonald and Jane's, Attach Warning Red: The Royal Observer Corps and the defence of Britain 1925 – 1975 ISBN 9780356084114
Various ROC training manuals from 1939 to 1989
Modified: 7th Aug 2018
Below is a list of pages related to the Royal Observer Corps
Operational Equipment – Early/Aircraft Role
Operational Equipment – Nuclear Role
Uniforms, Insignia and Badges
Paperwork, Journals and Literature
A video (in 2 parts) is available that explains the role of the ROC. Please follow these links, which all open in a new window.
Forewarned is Forearmed Part 1
Excerpt from 'Secrets of Underground Britain' DVD
You may also be interested in viewing the following pages for other ROC restorations and projects around the UK that TheTimeChamber and Cuckfield ROC Post are closely aligned with, aswell as a couple of websites with further information.
Portadown ROC Post Museum, Belfast
Threlkeld ROC Post Museum, Cumbria
Abernyte ROC Post Museum, Scotland
Craigiebarns Sector and Group HQ, Scotland
The UK Cold War Nuclear Attack Warning System
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Tag Archives: Ingrid Neitsch
Changeover Event: A time for reflection on the past year and visualizing the year to come
Posted on July 25, 2019 by Nelson Scott
PDG Ingrid Neitsch pins DG Tracey Vavrek during Changeover Event on June 27
For outgoing District Governor Ingrid Neitsch (RC of Edmonton West), the District Changeover held on June 27 was an opportunity to reflect on the previous 12 months and highlight the many achievements of 2018-2019.
For incoming District Governor Tracey Vavrek (RC of Grande Prairie After Five), it was a chance to set the agenda for the next Rotary year.
Before passing the title of District Governor to Tracey, Ingrid described her "fabulous adventure" to approximately 200 Rotarians from across the District who were in attendance at the Chateau Louis Conference Centre in Edmonton.
"It has been my honour and privilege to lead and represent this District," she said. "Our theme was 'Be the Inspiration!' I set out to inspire our members, and our members inspired me! The commitment and passion that I witnessed first-hand is unforgettable."
Of her visits to the 57 clubs in our District, she said, "I thoroughly enjoyed the many community tours and community events, some of which were unique."
Ingrid recalled that a year earlier, at the June 2018 changeover event, she had presented her vision and plan for 2018-2019. "I explained our District planning process and the integrated Strategic Plan. I announced a new direction and initiative and outlined important goals I wanted our District to accomplish."
Becoming a Peacebuilder District
The major goal for this past year was to be recognized as a Peacebuilder District by Rotary International, for which a donation of US$25,000 to support RI's Peace Centres was a key criteria. The support for this initiative exceeded Ingrid's expectations.
"I am absolutely thrilled by the support from our clubs, individuals and District. YES! We achieved Peacebuilder status — for TWO years!"
"Peace Centres provide an opportunity for individuals who have been sponsored and strenuously vetted by a Rotary District, to be chosen to attend a three-month peace certificate or a two-year master's program in peace and conflict resolution, all paid for by Rotary."
Menasha Nikhanj from Edmonton is currently enrolled in the three-month professional certificate program at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok, Thailand.
Ingrid promises that achieving a Peacebuider District is just the beginning. "We will continue to develop peace building activities and sessions during this next year," she says.
"As a result of our new collaborative work with our educational institutions, the University of Alberta and Concordia University hosted an open-to-the public peace building session which was well received. Another project is planned for next year."
RI will also maintain its focus on peace building. "At the Peace Symposium in Hamburg (held in connection with 2019 RI Convention), senior Rotary leaders announced that steps are being taken to have Rotary become a world leader in peace building," Ingrid said.
Goals set, goals achieved
Other 2018-2019 goals related to membership, creating awareness of The Rotary Foundation (TRF), enhancing Rotary's public image, and celebrating our youth programs.
The year saw the establishment of several new clubs, including a new Interact Club at W.P. Wagner High School (sponsored by the Rotary Club of Edmonton Strathcona); the Rotaract Club of Concordia University (sponsored by Edmonton Northeast); a satellite club of the Rotary Club of Dawson Creek) in Chetwynd, B.C.; and the YEG Passport Club (sponsored by Edmonton Whyte Avenue).
In addition, two existing clubs in Whitehorse, YT became part of our District on July 1.
Ingrid congratulated the TRF team, led by chair Wayne Kauffman (RC of Edmonton Riverview), for its efforts to create awareness of the foundation's good work.
"All the funds donated support projects by our clubs around the world, in the form of grants."
Related to public image, Ingrid noted that the District "created a communications plan to develop and improve our public image in our District and the community."
In part, this was achieved through Ingrid's posts to the District Facebook page, increased social media engagement, articles on the District blog, Rotary International District 5370 News and a District newsletter.
"Inspire, our District newsletter, went to each District member, not just the presidents, so everyone received the same information at the same time," she said.
"We made a concentrated effort to expand community awareness of Rotary. Presentations were made to several community groups and we began a collaborative project with the University of Alberta, which will expand next Rotary year.
"We had significant coverage of Rotary stories in the capital region newspapers in print and online, and in community papers around the District."
Shifting to youth programs, Ingrid said, "We have outstanding opportunities for our youth to participate in many activities, such as the RYLA, RYLE, RYPEN programs.
"We did a lot of work to ensure that our youth exchange program is directly aligned and compliant with Rotary International guidelines, with everyone involved with our youth programs having a mandatory security check."
DG Tracey lays out her plans for 2019-2020
Following Ingrid's summary of 2018-2019, it was Tracey's turn to reveal her vision for 2019-2020.
"It is an honour to stand before you as your governor for 2019-20. I am humbled to step into the shoes of Ingrid and others, and also appreciate the support of each of you through this Rotary journey," she said.
Throughout her presentation, Tracey emphasized that the world needs Rotary and Rotarians.
"People identify Rotary for our service, our dedication to make change for others, and for our commitment to eradicate polio," she said.
"You have stepped up to make your communities a better place. You tackle problems and find solutions for tough issues. You explore ideas and share a vision to make life better for others. Your passion, drive and desire to make a difference inspires me," she said.
"When people of all ages, cultures and demographics invest time and money into something, it is with organizations that do good in the world. People commit to a cause, not an organization."
Rotary: 114 years-old and still strong
Tracey believes that there are reasons why Rotary continues to be relevant.
"Rotary is 114 years old and has stood the test of time due to its values, objectives and service, both locally and globally, plus for our dedication to eradicating polio."
She noted that RI has adapted to changing times, which is in contrast to other organizations that have failed to do so. She cited Kodak as a company which resisted change and as result has lost the leadership position it once occupied.
"For Rotary to stay relevant, we at the club and District level must focus on our culture and adapting to the needs of our members," Tracey said.
"Culture is how people feel when they are part of something that is important to them. Culture is created and is the base of moving from good to great. Culture is an environment of welcoming, inclusiveness, diversity; where people feel a sense of belonging, feel valued. And (it) is a place built on trust. We serve together in many ways with the common goal—to make a difference for others—and when we do this, we build relationships and connect with people of like interest."
Tracey said that the 2019-2020 theme, "Rotary Connects the World," means that, "We share values and follow the four-way test, we collectively take action for a better world and we are doing this together," she said.
"Rotary provides us with the means and opportunities to connect with the world and each other. Rotary connects us to people who need our help, and through Rotary we are connected globally through countless projects and programs."
People of Action together creating positive change
Tracey asked the Rotarians in the audience to image a world without Rotary: "Imagine what would happen to polio if we stopped now. Imagine the people who would go hungry in our own communities or around the world. Imagine the children who would not have the extra support to reach their dreams. The children of today and of tomorrow need Rotary.
"RI has given us the tools to be successful and has provided flexibility to do things differently with meeting structure and attendance, and (it) encourages us to invite our families to be part of our journey.
"When you see the difference we have made for children, families and communities around the world by our commitment, we know we have changed lives. We have given others opportunities and most of all, we have given people hope.
"And that's Rotary. People of action who come together to make positive change in themselves and around the world."
Tracey concluded her presentation by encouraging Rotarians to register for the District 5370 People of Action Conference in Grande Prairie October 3-5, 2019.
"This is your conference and a place to connect, grow and to be inspired."
Posted in Rotary District 5370 Conference, Rotary International District 5370, The Rotary Foundation	| Tagged Concordia University of Edmonton, Eradicating Polio, Ingrid Neitsch, Peacebuilder District, People of Action, Rotary Connects the World, Rotary Peace Centers, Tracey Vavrek, University of Alberta	| 2 Replies
Spring 2019 Leadership Assembly prepared incoming club leaders for the next Rotary year
Posted on April 16, 2019 by Nelson Scott
This spring's Leadership Assembly (March 8 and 9) was an opportunity to celebrate the successes of 2018-2019 and set the table for the next Rotary year, which begins on July 1.
Approximately 175 Rotarians attended this event, including District leaders and club presidents-elect and members of their leadership teams, including for the first time, the presidents-elect of Rotary Clubs of Whitehorse and Whitehorse Rendezvous.
Effective July 1, these two Yukon clubs will become part of District 5370.
District Governor-Elect Tracey Vavrek used the assembly to introduce the 2019-2020 theme set by incoming Rotary International President Mark Maloney (RC of Decatur, Alabama): Rotary Connects the World.
Watch as Mark announces the theme to DGEs at the International Assembly in San Diego in January and read about the course he has mapped out for Rotary's future in an interview in the March 2019 issue of The Rotarian.
"When you reflect on the theme, what comes to mind?" Tracey asked.
"For me, it is that we share values and follow the Four-Way Test, we collectively take action for a better world, and we are doing this together," she said.
"We connect with friends we would never otherwise have met. Rotary connects us to people who need our help and through Rotary we are connected globally through countless projects and programs."
"The world needs Rotary. As you reflect on the unrest and challenges around the world, it is concerning. We know the work we do and our service do create peace within families, communities and around the world. By bringing fresh water to a community, we bring peace and economic wellbeing to the individuals living there."
Tracey referred to being part of the Project Amigo work week in mid-February with past and future District Governors as "an example of how we connect with others. It's life-changing—we are helping people reach their dreams."
DGE Tracey Vavrek introduced the 2019-2020 theme during Spring Leadership Assembly
She also asked participants in the assembly to imagine a world without Rotary. "Imagine what would happen with polio if we stopped now. Imagine the people who would go hungry in our own communities and around the world. Imagine the children who would not have extra support to reach their dreams. The children of today and of tomorrow need Rotary."
Continue to grow Rotary
Tracey asked participants to think about how to grow Rotary.
"Membership is a critical topic," she said, noting the importance of attracting younger people to Rotary. "Only five per cent of Rotary members are under the age of 40."
"Few organizations span generations and professions and build personal connections the way Rotary does. We blend tradition with innovation and use trust and respect to close the generation gap."
"Many of us have been able to get younger generations to visit a meeting or participate in a project but getting them to join our clubs has been more difficult," Tracey said.
She stated that Rotary can offer younger people what they want. "They crave connections—a network of more experienced professionals, mentors with insight, with clout. They also crave experiences. They want to do good."
PDG and Zone Membership Coordinator Jim Adamson from Washington State (District 5060) followed up Tracey's presentation by reminding participants of the importance of inviting the right people to join Rotary.
"None of us would have joined Rotary if someone hadn't asked us. We need to ask them," he said.
"We aren't just looking for bodies. We are looking for quality people."
DG Ingrid highlights 2018-2019 successes
Current DG Ingrid used her time on the stage to "share some highlights of our Rotary year to-date and emphasize the need to follow through on current plans.
"My District Governor journey has been amazing, engaging and rewarding—confirming the true value of Rotary and why we are doing this service work. I am immensely proud to be a Rotarian and the District Governor of this District."
Ingrid's favourite experiences so far this year?
"Absolutely, it has been visiting our clubs, engaging in our community projects, and connecting with our members."
She has visited all 57 clubs, making repeat visits to some.
DG Ingrid Neitsch highlighted successes during 2018-2019 during Spring Leadership Assembly
"Each area of our District is unique and the range of projects is astounding. Some clubs shine with their welcoming atmosphere and signature projects. Some clubs are passionate about international projects and concentrate on fundraising. Some clubs focus mainly on keeping current members engaged in fellowship and attracting new members. Some clubs have chosen to focus on aligning Rotary projects with peace-building activities. Some clubs collaborate, support other clubs' projects and focus on hands-on projects."
She emphasized that the culture and value base established in the club is what keeps members engaged.
Highlights Ingrid identified were:
"The District Conference 2018 was fabulous! Some clubs are still following-up with some of our amazing speakers. Thanks to all who participated as volunteers, conference committee members or attendees."
She reminded her audience of the 2019 District Conference that will be held in Grande Prairie October 3-5.
A second highlight was the relocation of the District office to the Orange Hub in west Edmonton. "It's a bright, cheerful space accessible to all, with security and maintenance in place."
Ingrid also referred to the goals in the District strategic plan. "Many goals are completed, some are in progress and some are ongoing."
She encouraged clubs to create their own plans. "To be change-makers, your club needs a plan of action."
"One of the main goals this year is to reverse the declining membership trends these past several years. I mentioned that in every single one of my club visits. Every club was asked to retain the current membership and attract three new members," she said.
"I want to regain the minus 110 members lost last year, plus make a net gain of 50 members by the end of June."
She urged club leaders to "treat your membership list like a gift. Just because you haven't seen someone for a while, do not take them off your list. Reach out. Find out what is happening in their world. They are Rotarians and at one time were passionate about Rotary."
The District membership plan includes establishing new clubs, including the Passport club which is being formed in Edmonton. "We are launching a new Passport club for new and former Rotarians and plan to charter it before June 1."
5370 reached goal to become a Peacebuilder District
A key District initiative for 2018-2019 was for the District to become a Peacebuilder District, which Ingrid announced during the District changeover event on June 11, 2018, and to sponsor a peace scholar.
"We achieved the peace scholar, as was announced at the District Conference. Out of 1,100 applicants from around the world, only 50 master's and 30 certificate applicants were chosen, including our applicant, Menasha Nikhanji.
The goal of becoming a Peacebuilder District was also reached.
"We needed to donate $US 25,000 to the Rotary Peace Centres to receive Peacebuilder status within Rotary International. "We have had tremendous support. Clubs and individuals donated close to $24,000, which along with $20,000 in District Designated Funds brings us close to $50,000," Ingrid says.
"We have reached the goal for this year and are very close to two years of support for the Peace Centres."
Ingrid closed with words of encouragement for the rest of 2018-2019: "Let's finish strong! Keep the positive momentum going, finish blazing our trail and we will continue to flourish as we inspire each other as 'Rotary Connects the World!' "
Posted in Rotary District 5370 Conference, Rotary International District 5370	| Tagged Four-Way Test, Ingrid Neitsch, Mark Maloney, Peacebuilder District, Project Amigo, Rotary Connects the World, Rotary Passport Club, Rotary Peace Centers, Rotary Peace Fellowships, Spring Leadership Training, Tracey Vavrek	| Leave a reply
Recruiting new members and creating new clubs are key to meeting our 2018-2019 membership goal
Posted on March 7, 2019 by Nelson Scott
When asked about District 5370 membership numbers, the District membership committee chair responds with just two words: "Extremely volatile!"
"These numbers have gone up and down, from up 20 to down 20, in a period of six weeks," says Jeff Reynolds (RC of Edmonton Glenora).
"In terms of the long-term trend we are declining, but we have some opportunities to grow," he says.
District Governor Ingrid Neitsch has set a membership target of 2,080 by the end of her term on June 30—an increase of 60 members from where we were on July 1, 2018.
As of March 20, there were 2,016 Rotarians in the District.
Achieving this membership target can happen in three ways—by retaining current Rotarians, by attracting new members to existing clubs, and by establishing new clubs where none exist or that are structured differently than existing ones.
To assist clubs in their efforts to grow their membership, Jeff recently recorded a webinar for membership chairs, presidents and other Rotarians who understand the importance of maintaining and increasing our numbers.
Edmonton Strathcona is one of the clubs to have increased its membership in 2018-2019
During the webinar, Jeff highlights what membership chair Dr. Ellen Weber has done to attract new Rotarians to her club, Edmonton Strathcona. As of the end of January, it had increased by six members.
"What (members of the Edmonton Strathcona Club) have been doing is focusing on truly authentic engagement with their members," Jeff says. "It's been done one-on-one, by asking:
What things do you really value?
What do you enjoy about the Rotary club?
What things do you want to get praise for?
"There has to be a value proposition in Rotary. It has to be worth their while. There has to be an opportunity for them to contribute in a meaningful way—for them to be heard, felt and appreciated."
Ellen regularly blogs about what's working in Edmonton Strathcona.
Other clubs that have led the way in growing members so far in 2018-2019 are the Rotary Clubs of Dawson Creek (+9), Dawson Creek Sunrise (+4) and Edmonton West (+7).
"We are going to look closely at what these clubs are doing," Jeff says. "What is their secret sauce?"
In addition to efforts to retain current members and grow existing clubs, initiatives are in place to charter new clubs.
Passport club will offer opportunity to serve without weekly meetings
Furthest along toward being chartered is a "passport" club in Edmonton, which is being sponsored by the Rotary Club of Edmonton Whyte Avenue.
In the February issue of INSPIRE, the District's newsletter, DG Ingrid described a passport club as "a club offering members opportunities to make a difference locally and globally in a way that fits within their time, talents, finances and lifestyle, with fewer meetings but multiple service opportunities, social gatherings, affordable dues and access to Rotary activities and resources."
Members of passport clubs are full Rotary members, paying membership dues to Rotary International and the District, but without weekly meeting costs, and enjoying the same privileges and rights as Rotarians in traditional clubs.
Area Governor Marilyn Mucha (RC of Edmonton Whyte Avenue), who is leading this initiative, says that nearly 35 people have expressed interest in this club structure.
"The flexible and affordable format is appealing to former Rotarians," Marilyn says. "Almost 60 per cent (of the prospective members) are past Rotarians from clubs in the Edmonton area and another 30 per cent are non-Rotarians." There are also a few current Rotarians who have expressed interest in the passport model.
The provisional club has had two meetings, so far.
"We heard many positive comments from those in attendance like, 'this is definitely easier for me to afford," and 'I can make this work with my busy schedule,' as well as 'I missed the friendships that I made in Rotary,'" Marilyn says.
"Many shared stories of their past service projects," she says. "The buzz is spreading and we are getting past Rotarians reaching out to family and work colleagues (asking them) to consider joining them."
It is anticipated the club will have monthly meetings, of which only four will be business meetings. Remaining meetings will be social events or for working on service projects. There will minimum expectations in terms of volunteer hours each year.
"Members will have a 'passport' to work on service projects and fundraisers with any club in our District, or the globe," Marilyn says.
Once 20 or more people commit to join the new club, it will be ready to be chartered.
"We anticipate that the club will reach charter strength before the end of this Rotary year," Marilyn says. "A charter committee will be struck to start the process of leveraging available bylaws from other passport clubs in North America."
They also hope to learn from the experiences of other passport clubs.
"We reached out to a number of the existing and newly chartered passport clubs in the U.S. and Canada to arrange a gathering while we are attending the Rotary International Convention in Hamburg, this June," Marilyn says. "Both Markus Muhs and I will be there to learn how these clubs are succeeding and what challenges they overcame."
She encourages Rotarians to spread the word about the passport clubs. "If you know of members of your club that have left for a variety of reasons, let them know about what the passport club is all about. Perhaps this club model will appeal to them and we will see them inspired to become 'People of Action' again."
Information about the next passport club meeting will be posted on the District's Facebook page.
Other potential new clubs include a passport club for the Municipal District of Greenview in northwest Alberta, which includes the communities of Valleyview, Fox Creek and Grande Cache, and more traditional clubs in St. Paul and Bonneyville, in northeast Alberta.
Posted in Rotary International District 5370	| Tagged Ingrid Neitsch, Membership, Rotary Club of Edmonton Strathcona, Rotary Club of Edmonton Whyte Avenue, Rotary International Convention Hamburg 2019	| 1 Reply
Meet Rotarians from other clubs this fall, in Montreal or Edmonton
If you missed the Rotary International Convention in Toronto in June but are looking to experience Rotary beyond the club level, here is some good news for you.
There will be two opportunities this fall to join gatherings of Rotarians from other clubs.
First, there is the Zones 24 and 32 Conference in Montreal, September 20 – 22. A month later, the District 5370 Conference will be held in Edmonton.
The zone conference is a first-time event. In the past, participation in zone institutes was pretty much limited to those in leadership roles at the district and zone level, but this year in Montreal will be different.
"This year's committee decided they wanted to open it up to more people than just future, current and past District Governors and other district leaders," says Laura Morie (RC of Westlock), who was District Governor in 2016-17.
There will still be a training component for District Governor nominees, District Governors-elect and current District Governors, which was an important reason for zone institutes in the past, but there will also be sessions that will appeal to all Rotarians.
"The conference will provide attendees with a macro view of Rotary, where they can see the global reach and positive potential of collaborating outside your own sphere," Laura says.
"There will be breakout sessions related to membership, The Rotary Foundation and public image, and this year we have a focus on developing our youth and the programs we offer."
Laura and District 5370 Youth Services Chair Tamara Larson (RC of Edmonton Whyte Avenue) have been invited to play a key role in the youth component of the conference.
"We are going to do the Rotaract portion. Our District has been fully involved in the youth programs for the last 10 years, since youth services became an avenue of service. We have had tremendous success. We actually have more Interact and Rotaract clubs in the District than we do Rotary clubs," Laura says.
Scholarships available for youth participation in the Zone Conference
To encourage youth participant, District 5370 is offering 10 scholarships to support the attendance of young Rotary leaders, aged 18 to 25, to attend Rotary NOW.
The scholarships include registration, accommodation and airfare.
Two additional scholarships are available for Rotarians aged 26 to 40 to attend the convention.
Ask your club president or youth services chair for additional information, which Tamara has sent to both. You can also contact Tamara directly (Larson.tamarac@gmail.com or 587-783-8880).
During two days of interactive sessions, youth participants will share thoughts on education and literacy, human rights, the environment, employment and social justice, through innovative working groups, inspirational speakers and service project opportunities.
On Friday, September 21, which is International Peace Day, the young Rotary leaders will have the opportunity to work with a Rotary Peace Fellow and to learn about Peace Fellowships, and Rotary Peace Centres.
The scholarship application process requires interested young people to write an essay, in which they describe their Rotary career path, including past and present roles and responsibilities along with future goals, and how attending the zone conference will support them in achieving their Rotary goals and objectives.
Applications for scholarships should be emailed to Tamara at youthawards5370@gmail.com by August 15.
In addition to encouraging young people to apply for District scholarships, Laura has another suggestion for clubs. "We would like different clubs to decide that, over and above the District initiative to get kids there, perhaps the club could see its way to sponsoring a dynamic young person who they feel has a Rotary career ahead of them," she says.
"The registration fee is $275. There are hostels, so accommodation is $120 and whatever the airfare is. Ballpark $1,000 per person. This might be a Rotaractor or a Rotarian in early career, who will be able to bring ideas back and take action."
District 5370 Conference October 18 – 21
The second opportunity to attend a multi-club event will be the District 5370 Conference, at the Shaw Conference Centre in Edmonton, October 18 – 21.
"Planning for the conference is actually coming along really well," says conference chair Spencer Mueller (RC of Edmonton West).
"Our committee has been working on putting the conference together for well over a year and a half. Now, we are at the stage of putting the final touches on things," he says.
"We have an excellent venue in the Shaw Conference Centre. Our conference will be occurring at a wonderful time in the river valley and our speaker lineup is incredibly strong, featuring fantastic topics and speakers from all over the world.
The conference kicks off Thursday evening with a Peace Building dinner, which reflects the priority District Governor Ingrid Neitsch has placed on District 5370 becoming a Rotary Peacebuilding District. Additional details will be released shortly about the dinner, which is being held in conjunction with the annual Paul Harris Society dinner. There's a separate registration fee for this event.
Both Friday and Saturday will include a full schedule of keynote speakers and breakout sessions.
"Now, the big focus is on getting people to continue to register," says Spencer. "We realize that for many people things slow down and Rotary takes a bit of a lower priority during the summer months. We're hoping for a strong response when people get back into routine after the September long weekend."
The committee is offering a special reduced registration rate for those who have never attended a District conference. "We're really trying to encourage both Rotarians and non-Rotarians to attend the conference. In our lineup there's something for everybody. Our lineup of speakers is very strong, even in comparison to the Rotary International convention in Toronto," Spencer says.
The registration fee includes access to the House of Friendship, breakfast and lunch on Friday and Saturday, and the Governor's Ball on Saturday evening.
"The Governor's Ball will have a 1920s theme. We have a wonderful live, large band, the Trocadero Orchestra, playing for the event. It's going to be a great way to wrap up this Rotary Conference."
Spencer encourages Rotarians to visit the conference website. "All the details and registration information are on that website and people can register right from there.
Posted in Rotary District 5370 Conference	| Tagged Edmonton, Ingrid Neitsch, International Peace Day, Montreal, Rotary International Zones 24 and 32	| 1 Reply
RI president's rep and others praise District Conference as "inspirational" and a "wonderful experience"
Posted on October 12, 2017 by Nelson Scott
MC Brent Collingwood (RC of Edmonton Riverview) opened the 2017 District Conference held September 29 and 30 in Fort McMurray by asking the 250 Rotarians in attendance: "Why do we come to a District Conference?"
By the beginning of the second day, each of his four reasons had been achieved.
We come to reconnect with fellow Rotarians we may not have seen for a while and to bond with new Rotarians, because Rotary is about forming friendships and professional connections.
We come to learn from others, whether in the House of Friendship or from some of the Rotary projects you'll hear about from the stage.
We come to hear amazing speakers telling their personal stories of courage—because no challenge is too big for us.
We come wanting to learn, and we leave wanting to do, because Rotary is about taking action to create lasting change.
Other attendees concurred with Brent's assessment that the conference fulfilled its promise of an opportunity to reconnect, learn and listen to amazing speakers.
Mary Drader (RC of Drayton Valley) said she "enjoyed this conference immensely. I found the speakers to be very inspirational."
Fran Milberg (RC of Thomasville, GA) also gave the conference and District high marks. "There's nothing I haven't liked, except maybe there was a little too much food. Otherwise, it has been a wonderful experience. I met friendly, wonderful people and I have been very comfortable with them."
Fran, who is a past District Governor for District 6900, which includes about one-third of the state of Georgia, including the city of Atlanta, attended as a representative of Rotary International President Ian Riseley.
"I'm very impressed with the District and what they do—their service projects and their Foundation giving," she said. "I'm just so impressed with this community and District for how they've come together after the crisis that occurred in this town."
Fran was also impressed by the lineup of speakers, which included David Dotson, who spoke about the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, Chris and Kathryn Linford, who work with veterans suffering from PTSD and their families, former Fort McMurray fire chief Darby Allen, and 2010 Olympian and Amazing Race Canada host Jon Montgomery.
Fran was one of those who took Montgomery up on his invitation to hold the gold medal he won in skeleton. "I just loved touching that gold medal today and wearing it around my neck. I never realized that the gold medal was so heavy. I really enjoyed that and his presentation."
Erwin Winwarkentin, a non-Rotarian from Vermilion, attending with his wife, felt that the order in which the speakers were scheduled was a factor in the success of the conference. "The idea of having the speakers in the sequence they were in was critical to the goal of communicating what they wanted to communicate. Having Jon at the end was critical to the whole thing. Having him in the beginning wouldn't have made sense."
Did you attend the Fort McMurray District Conference? What did you think? Add your impressions in the comment section below.
2018 District Conference: Save the date . . . and save money by registering early
With the Fort McMurray District Conference a success, Rotarians can begin to look forward to next year's conference. District Governor Elect Ingrid Neitsch (RC of Edmonton West) and her team have already set the day, booked the venue and lined up several speakers.
The conference will be held at Edmonton's Shaw Conference Centre, October 18 – 20, 2018.
To learn more about what's in store next fall for you, visit the conference website, which went live as the Fort McMurray conference ended. Register by November 4 to save $75.
Posted in Rotary District 5370 Conference, Rotary International District 5370	| Tagged Christ and Kathryn Linford, COPE Canada, Dolly Parton Imagination Library, Fort McMurray, Ingrid Neitsch, Jon Montgomery	| 3 Replies


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Q: How to set up multiple images in azure pipelines I want to set up my CI in Azure-pipelines to run my tests in:

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*Python 3.6 / Linux

*Python 3.7 / Linux

*Python 3.6 / Windows

*Python 3.7 / Windows

I see that I can test with different Python versions easily by using matrix, but I'm guessing if there is a simple way to do the same with the images. I think it might be possible to use templates for it, but I'd like to keep everything simple and in a single file if that's an option.
This is what I've got so far for testing py3.6/py3.7 in Linux:
- job: 'Test'
  pool:
    vmImage: 'Ubuntu 16.04'
  strategy:
    matrix:
      Python36:
        python.version: '3.6'
      Python37:
        python.version: '3.7'

  steps:
  - task: UsePythonVersion@0
    inputs:
      versionSpec: '$(python.version)'
      architecture: 'x64'

  - script: python -m unittest discover tests
    displayName: 'Run unittest tests'

A: It looks like there is no way to implement this with a matrix-like way (it should be implemented at some point in the future). The two options are:

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*Using a template to define the steps in a separate file, and call the template with different images

*Have one job for each vmImage, and repeat the steps in each
Source: https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/vsts-docs/issues/1855#issuecomment-425191025


← BVA–IT ISN'T THE IVDU, TRUST ME.
The VA flyer for the Minneapolis 3-day Flu Clinics (late Oct.) arrived today but is silent about the Walgreens option. Not exactly in the "partnership" frame of mind yet, I guess. The Minn. VAMC is about 35 miles away so my spouse agreed to be a test case and went to Walgreens last Saturday instead of waiting.
A staffer consulted her instruction papers and asked for his VA ID card. She entered some info. into the computer. Then she asked if he had any other insurance cards like Medicare. He provided his Medicare Advantage card. She entered more information into the system and confirmed his allergy history.
She said that the VA is the secondary payer if the vet has other insurance and that Walgreens bills Medicare or the private insurance first. (She asked if he wanted a three or four quad vaccine but said not all insurances pay for the quad.) He opted for the three.
After filling out a brief questionnaire, the pharmacist then gave him a safe injection (one needle, one syringe, used only one time) in a private room. The whole thing took 10-15 minutes. No co-pay. The record of the vaccination was transmitted to the VA electronically and should show up in his medical records.
We should get some balance reward points for the shot. And because he had it before Oct. 13 deadline for the Get a Shot. Give a Shot. UN vaccine donation program got a donation. Staffers said the program was nationwide. In fact, whoever heads this pilot program, might actually deserve a modest bonus if the roll-out is a big success because many veterans don't get a flu shot for a variety of reasons. But only if there is NO co-pay for any enrolled vet.
By not informing vets that they can go to Walgreens for the shot is simply one of their control games. Please, please, don't waste our time, energy and taxpayer money for massive mailings and leave out facts vets deserve to know. But wherever you get a flu shot, be sure it's not attached to a multi-dose vial or god forbid, the new "state-of-the-art jet injectors that medical device companies are still trying to push.
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THURSDAY: LT. GOVERNOR WYMAN TO VISIT WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES IN WATERBURY, BERLIN AND HARTFORD
Tour Highlights Success of Small Business Express Job-Creation Program
Lt. Governor Nancy Wyman on Thursday will visit five women-owned small businesses in Waterbury, Berlin and Hartford that have received assistance to grow and create jobs through the state's Small Business Express (EXP) program.
In the past two years, the program has loaned or granted more than $85 million in assistance to approximately 650 businesses - creating or retaining more than 8,500 jobs. Nearly 500 businesses have applications pending, and Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's proposed budget includes $100 million in additional EXP funding over the next two years.
The Lt. Governor's schedule is as follows:
Dottie's Diner II
146 Grand St., Waterbury
Lt. Gov. Arrival: 11:45 a.m.
The second location for a well-established eatery in Woodbury, Dottie's has become one of the most popular restaurants in downtown Waterbury for breakfast and lunch. Wa terbury Mayor Neil O'Leary and other Waterbury economic officials will join this stop.
The Dutch Bulb Lady
180 Grand Street, Waterbury
Lt. Gov. Arrival: 12:15 p.m.
Originally from Holland, owner Susan Occhino earned her degree in horticulture and worked for one of the premier florists there. Upon arriving in the United States, she began a small online business from her home that provided bulbs and wedding favors. She outgrew her home and found her current retail space, which has described as a huge downtown success. Several Waterbury economic officials are expected to join this stop.
Richards Machine Tool Co., Inc.
80 Massirio Drive, Berlin
Lt. Gov. Arrival: 1:05 p.m.
High-tech, precision machine shop, principally providing replacement components for Sikorsky helicopters. Also make some components for special forces weapons. Berlin Mayor Adam Salina will join this stop.
LSC Distribution
30 Arbor St. B-North, Hartford
Lt. Gov Arrival: 1:55 p.m.
Importer and distributor of the Solidea brand of compression garments, designed to relieve swelling in cancer patients. Owner and cancer survivor Susan Callison recognized a business opportunity and has doubled her sales each year.
American Masons & Building Supply Co.
3250 Main St., Hartford
Distributors of Drywall, Steel building studs, insulation, acoustics, masonry and concrete. Owners Cindy Westerman and her husband Dave - a thirty-year veteran of the trade - purchased the business two years ago and have been growing sales ever since, despite competing for business with shops as far away as New Haven and Massachusetts.
Twitter: https://twitter.com/@LGWyman
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LtGovWyman