El Niño–Southern Oscillation [ENSO] is an irregularly periodical variation in winds and sea surface temperatures over the tropical eastern Pacific Ocean, affecting much of the tropics and subtropics. The warming phase is known as El Niño and the cooling phase as La Niña.
The SST anomaly for September 2017 fell for the third consecutive month to -0.43°C in Niño region 3.4, and looks likely to usher in a La Niña event during this coming winter (fig 1). The convoluted way that a ONI event occurs, depends on a three-month running anomaly of -0.5°C or lower (fig 2), so the earliest it could be declared is probably December (combined October-December anomalies), unless the anomaly decides to crash during October!


This summer I volunteered with Swim Drink Fish and have been helping out with their water sampling team. The Swim Guide stores all of the data from the water sampling team – and is an excellent resource for figuring out if your local beach is safe to swim. I take water samples for E.Coli, measure the water temperature and clarity, and occasionally take a dissolved oxygen measurement. I also help with processing and analyzing the samples back in the lab.
The City of Toronto has several combined sewer overflow (CSO) locations. During large rain events, stormwater overwhelms the sewer system, and the wastewater treatment plants cannot keep up with the inflow. There are a few locations with tanks that store the excess water during rain events. Even then, not all of it can be stored, and will overflow directly to Lake Ontario. This is a mixture of stormwater and wastewater.
All of that to say – there is raw sewage being dumped into Lake Ontario!
Bathurst Quay is one of these CSO locations. It is regularly not meeting recreational water quality standards for E.Coli – meaning yup there is too much poop in there for you to swim! Click here to see the Bathurst Quay past data.
The Rees Street Slip is another sampling location. The sailing school for the Harbourfront Centre takes off from here – so there are kids going in and out of boats all summer long. It has failed 34% of the time this past summer.
You can read more about CSO issues from the City of Toronto and from Swim Drink Fish.


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The lifeboat crew launched both lifeboats on Friday morning to go to the Town Quay area at Newton Abbot in response to a report of a person in the water.
The Two Annes lifeboat launched first at 6.56am followed by the Arancia at 7am. The report was of a person in the River Teign between Town Quay and the River Lemon. Due to the tidal conditions as it was two hours after low water the Arancia could travel further up the river and the crew found the casualty and recovered him to the lifeboat. The casualty was transferred to an ambulance at Town Quay.
The lifeboats and crew returned safely to station and were refuelled and ready for service at 8.50am.


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Fire is seen outside the High Court at around 6 pm on Sunday. Photo: City Broadcasting Channel of CityU/Facebook
Dec 9, 2019 2:10pm
Govt slams arson attacks at two court buildings
The government denounced what it termed as arson attacks outside the premises of two high-level courts on Sunday, warning that it will not tolerate violent acts that undermine the rule of law.
"The arsons outside the Court of Final Appeal and High Court Building today (December 8) not only disrupted social peace, but also undermined Hong Kong's reputation as a city governed by the rule of law," the Department of Justice said on Sunday.
"The government will not condone any acts of sabotage against the Judiciary or damage to the rule of law," it said in a statement issued late in the night.
Reminding citizens that arson is a "serious offence" and the maximum penalty upon conviction is life imprisonment, the department urged the public not to break the law.
The statement came after news that some people had set fires at the entrances to the High Court and the Court of Final Appeal on Sunday evening when hundreds of thousands of citizens took part in a rally to mark six months of the current protest movement.
Fires broke out as petrol bombs were thrown outside the two court buildings as the massive march organized by the Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF) was underway.
While the large-scale public event was peaceful in general, some of the protesters began to block roads and confront the police in the evening.
Sometime after 6 pm, the High Court building came under petrol bomb attack and the exterior walls of the building were spray-painted with graffiti.
Police said they first received a report from a security guard that a fire had been set outside the shutter gate of the High Court on the LG4 level – which connects the building to the nearby Pacific Place mall and surrounding office buildings, RTHK reported.
In addition to that the gate was left with burn marks after the fire was put out, the outer wall of the building was sprayed with graffiti including a message in Chinese that read: "the rule of law is dead".
Following the incident, shattered glass and towels were seen strewn on the ground.
Then at around 8 pm, a fire was reported at an entrance of the Court of Final Appeal building. The attack left the wooden door and the wall near the door with burn marks.
Expressing deep regret after learning about the arson incidents, Civic Party lawmaker Dennis Kwok Wing-hang, who represents the legal sector, said no one should, no matter what the motive, do things that can endanger courts or staff of the Judiciary.
Meanwhile, Kwok also criticized the government, accusing it of repeatedly playing with legal procedures, trying to settle political disputes in courts and conniving with police to hand out instant punishments without trial.
Melissa Kaye Pang, president of the Law Society of Hong Kong, said she cannot accept that some people hurled petrol bombs at courts and damaged the facilities just to vent their discontent.
Violent attacks will not help resolve the problems, she said, adding that such acts must immediately cease.
Speaking on a radio program on Monday morning, CHRF convener Jimmy Sham Tsz-kit said he doesn't see any reason why courts had been targeted on Sunday.
As the High Court had in November decreed that the anti-mask law was unconstitutional, the marchers had no reason to attack the court, he said.
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A wooden door and the wall near the door of one of the entrances of the Court of Final Appeal building are seen charred after a fire was reported at around 8pm on Sunday. Photo: TVB News/screenshot

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This week, we'll publish articles from open source professionals who have been working in the field for a significant portion of their careers or who have at some point in thier careers worked on an open project.
Do you have a job in open source? Would you like to tell us a little bit about what you do? Get an account and tell us in the comments.
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The future of scientific discovery relies on open by Marcus Hanwell, an interview with Ross Mounce of the University of Bath on scientific research in the open.
How to think like open source pioneer Michael Tiemann by Bryan Brehrenshausen, an interview with Michael Tiemann of Red Hat on open source's past, present, and future.
Everyone's your partner in open source by Nicole Engard on her experience working for ByWater Solutions and with Koha communities, an open source library system.
4 lessons from the trenches of community management by Jason Hibbets on what it's like to be the community manager at Opensource.com.
From bench scientist to open science software developer by Marcus Hanwell on his journey from the sidelines to the frontlines of science discovery and research that matters.
Does having open source experience on your resume really matter? by Aseem Sharma on the critical role software plays in today's economy.
We cannot do modern science unless it's open by Peter Murray-Rust of the Blue Obelisk community gives an exclusive at the past, present, and future of open science.
Want a fulfilling IT career? Learn Linux by Shawn Powers gives tips on how to get a job in Linux.
Everyday I help libraries make the switch to open source by Kyle Hall on his job with ByWater Solutions, helping libraries upgrade to open source with Koha.
Upgrading libraries to open source Koha system by Nicole Engard, an interview with Melissa Lefebvre on her jobs as an operations manager for ByWater Solutions, implementing Koha in libraries.


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Johnson & Johnson Says Its One-Shot COVID Vaccine Is 85% Effective
January 30, 2021 / 6:09 AM / CBS San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) -- Johnson & Johnson says its vaccine will either prevent you from getting COVID, or if you have it, it would be a much milder case. The company plans to get emergency authorization in the U.S. within a week, and supply 100 million doses by June.
It's first one-shot COVID vaccine and is offering the world a potentially new weapon against the mutating virus. Data shows that the vaccine is 72% effective against moderate and severe COVID-19 in the U.S.
It's 85% efficient in preventing serious symptoms in global trials.
"In this moment what are we trying to get to, we are trying to get to herd immunity, we are not trying to get to perfection," said UCSF Infectious Disease Expert Dr. Monica Gandhi.
Dr. Gandhi says if she had a choice, she would be okay with getting one-dose of the Johnson & Johnson shot.
"There is an efficacy advantage to Moderna and Pfizer, but the one dose, two-dose thing, may end up pushing Johnson & Johnson over with an advantage to get it into people quickly," she added.
Dr. Gandhi also said trials are already underway to determine the efficacy of two-doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
There are concerns over its 57% efficacy rate in South Africa. It's highly-contagious variant is now in the U.S.
"This is a wake up call," said Dr. Anthony Fauci. "That we will continue to see the evolution of mutants... So that means that we as a government, the companies, all of us that are in this together, will have to be nimble to be able to just adjust readily to make versions of the vaccine."
Dr. Fauci said children under 16 could get vaccinated by early summer. Vaccines are not yet approved for children.
"From my perspective, having seen the serious consequences of disease on both children and adults, for me thinking about that choice, it's really thinking that it's a safer way to develop immunity," said Stanford University School of Medicine Professor of Pediatrics Dr. Grace Lee.


I have to say that I absolutely loved reading all your comments on the book meme last post. Why is it that talking about books is almost as much fun as actually reading them? Perhaps that will remain one of the great mysteries of life.
Does your physical environment influence the type of book you'll get in the mood for? For example, if I'm backpacking by myself in the forest, I will tend toward analytical philosophy. If I am on a bus, I want a page-turner. If I am sitting in bed in my pajamas, a deeply thoughtful novel.
To that question, I offer a resounding yes. I'm not brave enough to go backpacking by myself in the forest, but if I'm taking a trip to a place far removed from my regular world, I take deeply thoughtful books when I know I will have the mind-space for their ideas to really sink in. Bus-riding definitely requires a page-turner, as you said. And -- dare I confess it? -- toilet breaks require books that can be read and picked up in two-minute intervals. Erm.
Do you ever skim books or parts of books? I do. I feel guilty EVERY time, too. But sometimes the author is describing a house or something for three or four pages and I just don't care. Or a character is giving a 13-page speech to tell us exactly what the point of the book was. Urgh. Sometimes I must skim.
Again, I say YES. I love words, but I love words used concisely. I want every word to advance the story, not slow up the pace and try to distract me in non-essentials. This shameful act of skimming may occur in books that otherwise deserve to be read more respectfully. Then again, there are some books that also don't deserve the benefit of a devoted word-for-word reading. My friend Anastasia the other day used the term 'skim-worthy' and I think that's awesome. Some books require skimming and not too much attention.
Therefore, I don't recommend skimming wholesale, but I am guilty of it myself.


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Shawn served in the U.S. Marine Corps before getting his start with a National Roofing Company in 1998. After just a few years, he started ACI Exteriors and quickly became a "Peak Performer" which is the highest level certification a roofing contractor can earn under Elk (now GAF). Shawn has built ACI Exteriors, offering various types of roofing, siding, windows, and gutter solutions to both consumer and commercial markets.
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CNNI Press Releases
CNN International to Launch on SiriusXM
CNN International, which reaches more than 354 million television households around the world, will expand its presence in the U.S. by launching on SiriusXM beginning Thursday, August 17.
CNN International will be available through the SiriusXM app on smartphones and other connected devices, online at www.siriusxm.com/player, and select SiriusXM radios on channel 454.
With a distinctive programming lineup featuring renowned journalists such as Christiane Amanpour, Richard Quest, Becky Anderson and Hala Gorani, CNN International offers in-depth reporting and analysis of news from around the world.
"We are thrilled to partner with SiriusXM at a time when audiences in America are seeking more context around stories with global implications," said Mike McCarthy, Senior Vice President and GM of CNN International. "CNN International is committed to providing outstanding journalism across a variety of platforms, and we welcome SiriusXM listeners who are curious about the world."
SiriusXM, which has more than 32 million subscribers nationwide, will simulcast CNN International's North America feed.
About CNN International
CNN International is the world's leading international news network, reaching more than 354 million households in more than 200 countries. With production centers in Atlanta, Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong and London, CNN International's programming lineup includes news, business, sport and feature shows: Amanpour, Quest Means Business, Connect the World with Becky Anderson, The World Right Now with Hala Gorani, International Desk with Robyn Curnow, CNN Newsroom, CNN Newsroom Live from LA, CNNMoney with Maggie Lake, Quest Express, World Sport, CNN Business Traveller, CNN Style, Living Golf, Vital Signs with Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Talk Asia, Inside Africa and many more. Find CNN International online at www.cnni.com.
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Southern Illinois University Edwardsville College Student Personnel Administration (CSPA) graduate students are refining their leadership and organizational skills, building professional networks and developing personally as they take a step outside their comfort zones and complete competitive field placements in seven states across the nation.
CSPA graduate students are currently placed at 12 institutions, including Florida International University, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Washington University in St. Louis, Randolph Macon College in Virginia, Cedar Crest College in Pennsylvania and the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, among others.
Groveland native Chelsea Gilles was drawn to Cedar Crest College for both the professional opportunities it held and the personal perseverance it would require to spend a summer that far from home.
Gilles' summer placement is through the National Association for Orientation, Transition and Retention (NODA). Upon completing her degree, she aspires to work in either student success of first-year experience areas of higher education.
Conversely, Mason Prata, of Haverhill, Mass., is spending his summer closer to home as he works at UMass Lowell.
Prata's summer placement has boosted his confidence, and offered experience in effectively navigating the various positions and roles that everyone plays among a large staff.
The SIUE CSPA program is one of the few programs in the region to offer placements at professional colleges, community colleges and historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs).
According to Sasso, CSPA students who engage in rigorous field placement opportunities are often complemented by additional experiences within graduate assistantships in student affairs at SIUE or at neighboring partner institutions in the St. Louis Metropolitan area.
Photos: SIUE College Student Personnel Administration graduate student Chelsea Gilles stands (far left front) with fellow student orientation leaders during her summer field placement at Cedar Crest College in Pennsylvania.
SIUE College Student Personnel Administration graduate student Mason Prata secured a competitive national field placement at UMass Lowell.


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Min (Minoru) Tsubota
"I had it in my backpack. I couldn't wash it. Okaasan collected 1,000 stitches at Tule Lake from 1,000 different women, one stitch for one. If you were born in the Year of Tiger, you can stitch as many as you want because tigers are strong and it's good luck."
Min Tsubota, a 442nd Regimental Combat Team veteran, was showing his 60-year-old "senninbari," a long sash with 1,000 stitches. Though it has a few small stains, it still looks almost brand-new; it is made of a rice sack. He thinks life must have been particularly hard at the …
Paul Hosoda
"Equality and justice, that's the foundation," Paul Hosoda says about his beliefs. "[We] all should be given the same chance to be treated equally as everyone else…That's God's gift.".
Sitting next to Paul, his wife Mary smiles. They have been together for 48 years, since they met at Blaine Memorial United Methodist Church after the war.
"We (Fort Lewis Nisei) spent weekends in Seattle and on Sundays, I went to church—of course, to meet girls. It's a good place to meet," he smiles. His faith in justice comes from Christianity, but was also affected strongly by his experiences in the …
Mitsuru Takahashi
"[A] Bronze Star doesn't really mean very much. Every soldier that was overseas got it. This is the Silver Star and this is the Purple Heart. Dog Tag. And the Presidential Citation. And this is the discharge paper," explains Mitsuru Takahashi showing the framed memoirs with a smile. His wife June, the high school sweetheart from Minidoka Camp, put it together.
"Where did you get hurt?" I asked him.
The expression on his face turned stiff and he answered, "I got wounded in the shoulder. The bullet grazed but missed the bone and the lungs. No surgery or anything. I …
Pat Hagiwara
"I feel lucky; my life was (lucky) all the way from my birth. In Alaska, I was growing up very close to each other (other Nikkei)… there was only one school, from kindergarten to high school, in one building… In wintertime, the main drag (Stedman St., Ketchikan) was a hill; the stores blocked off the street with boards, so kids could slide for several blocks…"
Pat Hagiwara talks cheerfully, as though it happened yesterday. He was one of four Nisei soldiers from the Alaska National Guard. Now, he enjoys a quiet, ordinary life.
Pat's father, originally from Nagano-ken, immigrated to …
Art Susumi
"No, I wasn't afraid. I saw a lot of dead bodies around me during the war," said Art Susumi, who became an undertaker at the age of 22.
That was his answer to the question, "Are you afraid to sleep under the same roof with dead bodies?"
Art received a Bronze Star during World War II for rescuing wounded soldiers of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team in spite of his own injuries. After the war was over, he became the only Japanese American funeral director in Washington State. He retired from E. R. Butterworth Funeral Homes in 1991 after 43 …
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Features March 31, 2010
Niners Draft History – 1961
1961 With the 6th pick of the 1961 NFL Draft, the San Francisco 49ers selected Jimmy Johnson, cornerback, out of UCLA. This was the first of three picks the 49ers held in the first round…
Kicker Andrus comes back with a one-year deal
The Niners today brought back kicker Shane Andrus with a one-year deal: The 49ers re-signed kicker Shane Andrus to a one-year contract today, and will likely expect him to handle the backup duties at placekicker…
Smith Comfortable With Not Having To Learn New Offense
The National Football Post reports that QB Alex Smith is happy he doesn't have to learn a new offense in 2010: For the first time since the San Francisco 49ers invested the first pick in…
1960 With the 11th pick in the 1960 NFL Draft, the San Francisco 49ers selected Montford Anthony "Monty" Stickles, tight end, out of the University of Notre Dame. Stickles, would go on to spend 8…
Gore Wouldn't Like Being In A Three-Back System
The Sac Bee says that running back Frank Gore isn't interested in being in a three-back system: When asked about a three-running back situation, a possibility raised by 49ers Director of Player Personnel Trent Baalke…
Niners Draft History – 2nd 1959 Pick
1959 With the 8th pick of the 1959 NFL Draft, the San Francisco 49ers selected Dan James, offensive lineman, out of Ohio State University. But James did not play a down for San Francisco. In…
1959 With the 5th pick of the 1959 NFL Draft, the San Francisco 49ers selected the 6-foot, 192-pound Dave Baker, a defensive back, from the University of Oklahoma. After a successful collegiate career-a member of…
1958 (2nd pick in 1st round) With the 9th pick of the 1958 NFL Draft, the San Francisco 49ers selected, Charlie Krueger, defensive lineman, out of Texas A&M University. In college, Krueger was coached by…
1958 With the 8th pick in the 1958 NFL Draft, the San Francisco 49ers selected Jim Pace, halfback, from the University of Michigan. That pick however did not amount to anything as Pace would only…
1957 Selecting third in the 1957 NFL Draft, the 49ers selected San Francisco native, John Brodie. He was a 6'1", 198 pound quarterback, out of Sanford University. During his rookie season, he saw limited action….


Ashland, Gateway, and Maysville Community and Technical College libraries hosted the first AA HWY Library Staff Conference on May 21 in Maysville. The theme, Road to Success, aimed to bring together public, school, and academic libraries. Over 70 library staff members from Boone to Bourbon to Boyd counties shared, collaborated and learned from the featured workshops on How to Write a Book Review for the Newspaper, According to Wikipedia: a Teaching Moment, Using Google Apps, Graphic Novels, Consumer Health Resources, Social Networking, Romance Genre, and the The Lonesome Road of the Professional Writer: Martha Bennett Stiles. Mr. Gurney Norman, Kentucky Poet Laureate, as the keynote speaker shared his childhood experiences with books and emphasized the importance of the care and instruction he received from the librarians in his life. Library staff members also earned Kentucky Certification Renewal Points for each session attended. A number of door prizes were distributed, rounding out a day long learning experience.


Make this the year you take your dream vacation in Maine.
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Relax on your next vacation on the coast of Maine in a cabin that sleeps 2 – 5 people with one bedroom and a loft, kitchen, living room, bathroom, shower, spacious front porch and private cove. Oceanville Cabin rents by the week. Owners and hosts Steve & Roberta Johnson live on the property.
Green Island is a beautiful island in Stonington harbor. Take a picnic and enjoy an afternoon lounging in the sun and taking a dip in the fresh water quarry pond. The island features a short, relaxing, shady hiking trail, flower meadow with a view of the ocean and an historic granite quarry that is over 100 years old.


overview : As the Earth wrestles with its agonising birth, the peoples of this barren and desolate world struggle to survive. Driven by animal instinct they compete against the harsh conditions, their giant predators, and warring tribes. When two people from opposing clans fall in love, existing conventions are shattered forever as each tribe struggles for supremacy and Man embarks on his tortuous voyage of civilisation.


A NEW plant with an old name is promising to simplify good soil management and cut back on fertilizer costs for hard-pressed farmers everywhere. It is a recently developed alfalfa variety with nearly twice the nitrogen-fixing capacity of ordinary strains along with one other significant attribute: It can be grown as an annual in the Snowbelt. This makes it far more attractive as a soil-building option for farmers reluctant to tie up land for the four to six years necessary to get similar results with conventional alfalfa.
Tests show that Nitro, as the new strain is named, will yield three hay cuttings in a season and still leave 94 pounds an acre of fixed nitrogen in the soil for succeeding crops. In contrast, the best conventional varieties put back about 59 pounds of nitrogen in a year.
Nitro is the result of a decade-long effort by a University of Minnesota research team, headed by Donald K. Barnes, Gary Heichel, and Craig Sheaffer.
``Minnesota has accomplished by conventional breeding techniques what was once considered possible only through genetic engineering,'' says United States Department of Agriculture spokesman Russell P. Kaniuka.
Significant production of home-grown nitrogen fertilizer for the following year's crop. Dr. Heichel sees it as ``a workable alternative for shaving nitrogen bills in these times of low profitability.'' Nitro can be used in rotation with more than grain crops such as corn and wheat, Mr. Kaniuka points out. It would also benefit truck farming's vegetable crops. Meanwhile, Nitro rates high in protein, making it valuable for pelleting or as a straight hay crop.
Control of soil erosion. Worked into erosion-prone, row-crop rotations, Nitro would act as a cover crop, its deep roots anchoring soil against wind, rain, and snow melt for most of the year.
The fact that it is winter-killed makes it ideal for no-till plantings where the new crop is sown in slits that are cut into the old cover. As well as adding nitrogen to the soil, the deep, fibrous root system adds considerable organic matter to the soil.
Agriculture that is less susceptible to rising energy costs. The United States is not self-sufficient in anhydrous ammonia, the principal feedstock for nitrogen fertilizer, so conserving it becomes important.
Now that Nitro has simplified the inclusion of alfalfa in a rotation program, the hope is that a majority of grain farmers might one day opt for this soil- and energy-saving approach.
When researchers began their concentrated effort to breed a super strain of alfalfa, they were looking only for improved nitrogen fixation. An annual hadn't been seriously considered.
But among the thousands of test plants, they noticed a few that tended to continue growing long after the others had begun to go dormant and ``harden off'' for the winter.
By enhancing this trait, the researchers came up with the present strain, which continues growing vigorously until stopped cold by plunging winter temperatures.
This extended growth period allows the plants to fix much greater quantities of nitrogen in the soil. In the process, they do not harden off in preparation for winter and are readily winter-killed in the North, effectively making them an annual.
Meanwhile, added reasons to return to good soil-management systems on US farms are contained in a lengthy article in the March issue of Scientific American. The authors, J.F. Power and R.F. Follett, both veteran soil scientists with the Agricultural Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture, have concluded that mono-cropping (repeated growing of the same crop on the same soil year after year) is losing its economic advantage because of degrading soils and an adverse environmental impact in general.
Nitro seed stocks (available through the Petersen Seed Company, in Savage, Minn. and the Andrews Seed Company of Ontario, Ore.) have been sold out for this year, but the expectation is that seed supplies will be plentiful next year.
The Minnesota scientists believe that they have only just begun. Commercial seed producers are now using Nitro as a genetic baseline to develop further one-year varieties. According to Dr. Barnes, these ``probably better varieties'' will be available in three to five years.


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Tens of thousands in Cornwall waiting up to year and a half for NHS dentist
Problems recruiting staff are being blamed
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The number of people waiting to access NHS dental services in Cornwall has topped 22,000 with people waiting on average 529 days.
NHS England revealed the latest figures for dentist waiting lists at a meeting of Cornwall Council's health and adult social care overview and scrutiny committee on Wednesday (July 3).
However health officials also explained that the number of procedures commissioned from dentists would be enough to tackle the waiting list three times over.
But continued problems with recruiting and retaining staff have meant that dentists have been unable to fulfill the contract.
In 2018/19 NHS England commissioned 915,285 units of dental activity (UDAs) from 72 dental service providers in Cornwall.
Yet the number of UDAs delivered in that time was 709,615 - a shortfall of 205,670.
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NHS England said in a report to councillors: "For planning purposes, we allow for three UDAs per patient per annum. If all contracted activity had been carried out it is estimated that 68,556 additional patients would have been able to access an NHS dentist in Cornwall. This is three times as many people as are currently on the waiting list in Cornwall for NHS dentistry."
The report added that money is reclaimed from practices that underperform on their contracts.
In Devon and Cornwall a dedicated helpline has been set up to help people find an NHS dentist and/or urgent treatment. It is the only helpline of its kind in England.
NHS England said: "Practices are encouraged to point prospective new patients towards the helpline so they can be added to a central waiting list rather than being taken on directly. As a result people are sometimes under the impression that no practices are taking on new NHS patients. This is not correct.
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"Instead patients are allocated in batches as capacity becomes available, so those who have waited longest get priority. People who are prepared to travel further are likely to be found a place sooner that those who are not."
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The number of people being added to the waiting list has been climbing over the past 12 months along with the average wait.
In April 2018 1,124 patients were added to the waiting list in that month while 911 were allocated a dentist and the total waiting list stood at 18,047. The average waiting time for the patients allocated a dentist that month was 433 days.
But jump forward to March 2019 when there were 1,155 people added to the list, 761 were allocated a dentist and the total waiting list was 22,062. The average waiting time for people allocated a dentist was 529.
Overall the number of people added to the list from April 2018 to March 2019 was 14,900 and in the same period 11,918 were placed with a dentist.
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Figures have also been provided for the different areas of Cornwall - divided by the former district council boundaries.
The highest number of people waiting for an NHS dentist are in Restormel - covering St Austell, Newquay, Fowey, Lostwithiel, St Blazey and St Columb - with 4,722 on the list.
In Carrick - Truro, Falmouth, Penryn, Perranporth and surrounding areas - there were 4,152 and in Kerrier - Camborne, Redruth and Helston - there were 3,975.
Penwith - covering Hayle, Penzance and St Ives - has 3,243 on the waiting list and Caradon - Liskeard , Looe , Callington, Saltash and Torpoint - has 3,169.
The lowest number is in North Cornwall - covering Bodmin , Wadebridge , Padstow , Camelford and Bude - with 2,801.
Between April 2018 and March 2019 the dental helpline received 24,000 calls from people looking for an NHS dentist.
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In a sample month they have provided details of the reasons for contact: 29.7% had not seen an NHS dentist for more than two years; 26.8% had recently moved to the area; 20.2% had been deregistered by an NHS dentist; 7.4% had an NHS dentist but wanted to change to a different one and 3.9% were with a private practice but wanted an NHS dentist. The reasons for another 12% were not included.
NHS England said that if practices had been able to fulfil their contracts "there would have been sufficient capacity not just to eliminate the waiting list but to offer care to around 45,000 additional patients".
It said it does not know the size of the shortfall of dentists in Cornwall but has estimated it to be around 30 full-time dentists.
The report adds: "The reasons for the unwillingness of dentists to come to Cornwall are not necessarily different to those affecting other sectors of the health and social care system. Cornwall is viewed as a lifestyle choice by both the medical and dental profession and, due to the poor transport links and limited training opportunities, the younger generation often tend to favour the larger cities."
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To improve the situation NHS England is looking to support recruitment and is planning a recruitment open day to try to attract more dentists to Cornwall.
It is also working with dental providers to ensure existing contracts are delivering to their maximum potential and are looking to commission extra NHS work from practices that have capacity.
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Hon. Prof. Steve Azaiki OON
PROF. STEVE AZAIKI: CELEBRATING AN UNASSUMING INTELLECTUAL COLOSSUS
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By, Dason Nemieboka – Portharcourt
The leis of honour haven't ceased hanging on the neck of the member representing Yenagoa/Kolokuma-Opokuma Federal Constituency, Bayelsa State Prof. Steve Azaiki, OON. He is gradually becoming a tremendous national human resource. This man of a small physical frame from the bowels of the Niger Delta; has, since his return to the country after his educational pursuit overseas, continued to contribute his quota to national development. Interestingly, the activities of Steve Azaiki have not gone unnoticed.
The Bayelsa-born technocrat has left indelible marks from the public service, academia, international relations, and currently in the nation's parliament. The globetrotting representative has continued to draw down from his network to improve the net worth of Nigeria and indeed the Ijaw Nation in particular. Steve returned to Nigeria and founded the most organized environmental NGO in the country, the World Environmental Movement for Africa, WEMFA. Propelled by the achievements of WEMFA, Young Dr Azaiki noticed the lack of intellectual depth in policy formulation and so mobilized some of the finest brains around to start the National Think Tank. That was to help the Nigerian government to tap from substantial human resources. The NTT began in March 2008. Repeatedly organized public workshops, specialized conferences, and seminars to brainstorm on issues of national concern, thereby supplying valuable suggestions to solve tough national challenges.
Hon. Professor Steve Azaiki, a former Secretary to the State Government of Bayelsa, is a rare breed. Even as a first-time parliamentarian, his contributions to the legislature are glaring. A member of seven Standing Committees of the House of Representatives, in addition to being the Chairman of an adhoc Committee, Azaiki is giving back to society through his strategic intellectual interventions. An agriculturalist by training, Azaiki is an international scholar and technocrat. With vast administrative experience in public and private sectors. He is the founder of the Azaiki Public Library, Yenagoa, and the Institute of Science and Technology, Yenagoa. He Chairs the board of the Azaiki Foundation and sits on several other committees. As a role model for youths who are drawn to the pursuit of knowledge for social development, Steve is a multi-tasking personality who easily fits into many roles.
Prof Azaiki had been a member of the Governing Councils of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, and Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island. He was also Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of the NDU, thus justifying his service as president of the International Society of Comparative Education, Science and Technology (ISCEST), Nigeria. An organisation that is promoting research, development of knowledge, and skills, which he introduced to Nigeria. Azaiki is also active in education, enabling organisations such as Comparative & International Education Societies of America (CIESA), World Congress of Comparative Education Societies (WCCES), co-opt him into their Executive Committees. He is also an Executive Member of both the Under-Represented Group Societies (UREAG), and Southern African Comparative and History of Education Society (SACHES).
At the federal level, he had served as Special Adviser to Ministers at various ministries exposing him to leadership at all levels. No wonder he successfully expanded the influence and visibility of the Global Organisation of Parliamentarians Against Corruption, GOPAC, Nigeria, after he was elected President in Doha, Qatar, a few years ago. Only in October 2021 was he again honoured with the Uhuru/Raila Peace Accord award by the London Political Summit in London. Just after he was elected to the board of the Global Parliamentary Network. That Prof Azaiki was elected to a ten-member board of the global organisation is by itself an honour to him and Nigeria. Indeed, Prof Steve Azaiki is becoming a serial awardee, with honours and recognitions coming worldwide.
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Home » World News » Tiny British island enjoys pre-Covid time warp as it's never had single case
Tiny British island enjoys pre-Covid time warp as it's never had single case
A tiny British overseas territory has – to date – not recorded a single case of Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, it has been revealed.
At just 120 square kilometres and home to only 4,500 people, the island of St Helena is located in the middle of the southern Atlantic Ocean.
The tiny island is best known for being the place where Napoleon Bonaparte was exiled and where he later died in 1821, news.com.au reports.
Due to its Covid-free status, people in St Helena are not required to wear masks or socially distance from one another.
Instead, people are merely asked to be mindful of personal hygiene – to wash their hands and cough into their elbows.
Apart from the plummet in tourists visiting the island, it's almost as if the pandemic never happened.
The tourists who have visited the island, however, have been required to complete 14 days' quarantine at Bradleys Camp, which was initially built as temporary accommodation for airport workers.
But in June this year, this was reduced to 10 days' quarantine.
Throughout the pandemic, the UK has listed St Helena at green on its traffic light system.
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Tourists must also show a negative Covid-19 test within 72 hours of departure and be tested for a second time on arrival in St Helena.
They are then tested for a third time at the end of their quarantine period.
The island's government established a three-phase plan for managing the pandemic.
The first phase is to prevent Covid from reaching the island, the second is to contain its spread should it be detected, and the third is to delay the spread to reduce the number of serious cases.
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20 months into the pandemic, St Helena is still only in the first phase of its plan.
"We are in the Prevent Stage, and all resources have been deployed to ensure we remain at this stage for as long as possible," the government website states.
However, there have still been a few close calls.
In March 2020, there was a suspected case, but no testing facilities were set up on the island at the time.
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The person had been self-isolating, but a later test came back negative.
In March this year, there were several cases of coronavirus on a fishing vessel off the coast of the island.
Despite the fact that life on St Helena has not changed much since the start of the pandemic, the residents have still opted to get their vaccine – a whopping 97 per cent of the island's adult population have so far been jabbed.
St Helena's Head of Visitor Information Services, Matthew Joshua, told the BBC the island's Covid-free status has "put St Helena on the map" and resulted in an "increase in inquiries".
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Saturated fatty acids - Definition, structure & examples
Jan 2014 Home › Fats deficiency › Saturated fatty acids - Definition, structure and examples
Saturated fatty acids (SFA) are long-chain carboxylic acids characterized by the presence of carboxyl group. Their structure does not contain double bonds between the individual carbon atoms.
SFA usually contain between 3 carbon atoms (propionic) and 36 carbon atoms (hexatriacontanoic). The chain of carbon atoms has the maximum possible hydrogen atoms for its structure. In nature, many saturated FAs occur and the difference between them is the number of carbon and hydrogen atoms present in their structures.
Definition of saturated fatty acid
Saturated fatty acid definition: "a fatty acid whose carbon chain cannot absorb any more hydrogen atoms; found chiefly in animal fats" definition by wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn.
Definition of saturated FA: " A fatty acid, such as stearic acid, whose carbon chain contains no unsaturated linkages between carbon atoms and hence cannot incorporate any more hydrogen atoms" as defined by medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com.
Structure of saturated fatty acid
To understand the structure of SFA, we can take the example of butyric acid. Its chemical formula is CH3CH2CH2-COOH.
1.example of chemical structure of saturated FA
The structure shows that the carbon atoms contain no double bonds between them.
2.Example flat structure of SFA
In the diagram of flat structure, the positioning of the carbons and hydrogen atoms in relation to one another is clearly seen.
3.Example of ball-and-stick model of saturated FA.
The ball and stick model shows the positioning of atoms in a long-chain SFA is well defined.
Butric or butanoic acid is present in many milk products such as milk, butter and cheese. It is also produced by anaerobic fermentation in the intestines.
Examples of saturated fatty acids and structures
Lauric acid contains 12-carbon atoms and is a carbon-chain example of SFA. It is a medium chain FA with the molecular formula C12H24O2. It is a white powdery solid. Coconut oil is a rich source. It is also present in smaller quantities in milk including breast milk. This FA has been found to increase the level of total cholesterol, particularly high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol. Increase in HDL decreases the risk of atherosclerosis.
Myristic acid is an example of long chain SFA. It contains 14 carbon atoms in a chain. Its molecular formula is C14H28O2. Its boiling point is 250.5 °C. It acts as an anchor in biomembranes. Esters of this SFA, known as myristate have high skin absorption rate and are used in cosmetic preparations and topical medicines. Nutmeg butter is a very rich source of this SFA. It is also present in coconut oil and animal lipids. It is also found in high concentrations in sperm whale oil.
Palmitic acid is an example of long chain SFA. It contains 16 carbons in a chain. It appears as white crystals. Its molecular formula is C16H32O2 and its melting point is 62.9 °C. It is the most common SFA found in vegetable oils and animal lipids. Palm oil, palm kernel oil, and coconut oil are major plant sources of this SFA. It is also present in dairy products and meat. Its salt or ester is known as palmitate.
Stearic acid contains 36 hydrogen atoms and 18 carbon atoms in a long chain. Its an example of long chain SFA. It appears as white waxy solid with the melting point of 69.6 °C. Its molecular formula is C18H36O2. It present in both animal and plant sources of SFA. Animal lipids, cocoa butter and shea butter contain abundant quantities of this SFA. Stearates are salts and esters of this SFA.
In general, intake of saturated fatty acids is directly linked to increase in cardiovascular risks.
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After the holidays, where do all those brown boxes go?
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Drive down most any street this time of year, and you'll probably notice some hallmarks of the holiday season. Lights adorning eaves and lining driveways. Wreaths hung with care on front doors. Trimmed trees shining through living room windows.
And corrugated boxes piled high on doorsteps.
As people continue to do more of their holiday shopping online, it's a sight that's becoming increasingly more common. In fact, according to Salesforce, e-commerce is anticipated to grow 13% this season.
But as more and more people skip the holiday lines in favor of online shopping, the demand for quality corrugated boxes that safely get products from retailers to residences also continues to grow.
The good news is, much like the art of regifting, industry today is focused on giving these used boxes a new life. And one of the ways papermaker Georgia-Pacific — a subsidiary of Koch Industries — is rising to meet the growing need for new boxes is by recycling old ones.
"Recycling has long been an important part of our paper-making process," says Marc Forman, president of Georgia-Pacific Recycling. "As a paper-based packaging producer, we not only are committed to responsible use of our resources, but also count on recycled fiber as an important part of our fiber supply."
Every year, Georgia-Pacific collects approximately 6 million tons of recovered paper products, or about 300,000 truckloads, from large retailers, grocery stores and distribution warehouses for recycling.
In 2018, about 2.65 million tons of this paper consisted of old corrugated containers, or OCC as it's known in the industry. And roughly 1.25 million tons of this corrugate was then turned into new paper for boxes at Georgia-Pacific mills.
If that sounds like a lot of boxes, it is. To put it into perspective, Georgia-Pacific facilities recycle so many corrugated boxes that if you were to pile them all up, every two days they would fill a basketball arena from floor to ceiling.
It's all in line with where the industry is heading. For eight years, the recovery rate for corrugated containers had regularly hovered around 90%, but that number jumped to more than 96% in 2018, per the American Forest and Paper Association.
"Even with a reliable supply of recycled fiber, we take to heart our commitment to use our resources responsibly," said Brian Reilly, vice president of research and technology at the Georgia-Pacific Innovation Institute®. "That's why we also focus on doing more with less … engineering packaging that meets our customers' needs without using more fiber than necessary."
Engineering for better
If the notion of a paper company actively working to use less of the very same shipping material it produces seems counter-intuitive, it's actually the goal of the Innovation Institute — to produce lighter, stronger boxes more efficiently, using fewer resources.
Here, scientists are working to develop better boxes for some of the world's biggest retailers. The objective is to create shipping solutions that provide an optimum level of protection for precious cargo that can endure all kinds of conditions, while keeping box size and wasted space to a minimum.
This doesn't just help keep shipping costs and fuel consumption down as packages make their way to you — it ensures holiday gifts, like televisions, laptops and toys for the kids, arrive at their final destinations intact and ready to be wrapped.
There's a lot of engineering that goes into every brown box, at every stage. But at the end of the day, it's this engineering that makes all the difference between a damaged delivery and a happy holiday.
Learn more about what Georgia-Pacific is doing with these boxes to create a better, more sustainable future.
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Q: Action of Non-Split Torus in Deligne-Lustzig induction Recently I have been trying to understand Deigne-Lustzig induction in the case of $G = \text{Sl}(2,\mathbb{F}_p).$
In this case the appropriate Deligne Lustzig variety is given by $X:xy^q-y^qx = 1,$ aka the Drinfeld curve. The action of $G$ on affine space fixes $X$ and in addition commutes with the action of the $q+1$ roots of unity, $\mu_{q+1},$ by scaling. In almost all expositions I have read on Deligne Lustzig induction,  $\mu_{q+1}$ is noncanonically identified with a nonsplit torus of $G.$ However for the action of $T$ we choose does not seem to be the action of $G$ restricted to $T.$
My question is rather vague. If we are only interested in the action of $T$ after identifying it with the roots of unity, why is it important to mention it at all? Perhaps this generalizes in some way that explains this but it is not clear in the case of $ \text{Sl}(2,\mathbb{F}_p).$ Thanks.

A: It would be helpful to know what sources you are consulting, since the rank 1 case is only a warm-up to the general Deligne-Lusztig theory.   Their 1976 Annals paper (followed by a considerable amount of detailed work by Lusztig and others)
treats arbitrary finite groups of Lie type and their complex characters in a novel way, but at the cost of using the full structure theory of reductive groups over a finite field together with sophisticated algebraic geometry.     Two different textbook accounts of the basic theory were given: Roger Carter's large 1985 book
Finite Groups of Lie Type and the more narrowly focused 1991 book Representations of Finite Groups of Lie Type by Francois Digne and Jean Michel.
Contrasting with all of these approaches is the recent elementary introduction by Cedric Bonnafe Representations of $SL_2(\mathbb{F}_q)$.   Here the Drinfeld curve provides the concrete geometric setting for the "induction" construction which later got  generalized by Deligne-Lusztig to extend traditional Harish-Chandra induction.  In this concrete setting the variety is described independently of the ambient algebraic group, so the actions involved are down-to-earth, including the commuting action of a finite cyclic group.   Implicitly that cyclic group is the group of rational points of an algebraic torus, but the action here ignores that interpretation at first.
In the general theory the Deligne-Lusztig variety is realized in terms of the algebraic group, so that the finite group of Lie type together with a twisted version of a maximal torus act in a natural way on the $\ell$-adic cohomology of the variety.    Here all the steps become less concrete and intuitive.   But Bonnafe adds to his account of the rank 1 case a brief introduction to Deligne-Lusztig induction in general.   The transition is not elementary, but does point to the essential role played by the various twisted tori (relative to the Weyl group and Frobenius map) in the study of different "series" of irreducible characters of the finite group.   In effect the complex characters of these finite tori are essential data needed to parametrize the characters of a more complicated finite group of Lie type.
P.S. I realize I haven't exactly answered the (admittedly vague) question raised here, but it's really necessary to grapple with some of the ideas in the general construction.  What I'd emphasize is that the Deligne-Lusztig variety acquires two natural commuting actions, by the finite group $G^F$ on the left and by the finite torus $T^F$ on the right.   Then the Euler characteristic of $\ell$-adic cohomology for the direct product group is the basic object of study (affording a generalized character), with a finer decomposition in terms of the complex characters of the finite torus, etc.   How to get to this point from the Drinfeld curve in rank 1?   It takes at least a minor miracle.

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ASER210920 Serbia - Land of the Iron Emperors Explore Vinca, the Danube-side cradle of Neolithic civilisation and visit extraordinary Gamzigrad, Emperor Galerius' retirement home. Visit Golubac and other fortresses on the banks of the mighty Danube and see the medieval new town of Kruševac, built by the heroic but doomed Prince Lazar 7637 8 20 September 2021 Worldwide Escorted Tours 3 Oliver Gilkes Serbia https://www.andantetravels.com/tours/worldwide-escorted-tours/serbia-land-of-the-iron-emperors/ https://www.andantetravels.com/media/2377/gamzigrad-serbia.jpg InStock 3575 3575 USD /tours/worldwide-escorted-tours/ 25
Serbia - Land of the Iron Emperors
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The wide lands of the Danube were the homelands to two great European peoples, the lllyrians and the Serbs. The Illyrians provided Rome with a series of martial emperors who collectively saved the Roman world, while the Serbian Kings established the shape of the medieval Balkans. The ruins of imperial retirement palaces such as Gamzigrad and iron fortresses like Krusevac, punctuate the countryside. Not only this, Serbia hosts the remains of perhaps the earliest settled agricultural community in Europe. This tour is a little off the beaten track, but the country's wealth of iconic archaeological sites - from remote prehistory until the birth of modern Europe - are not to be missed!
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Gamzigrad
Explore Vinca, the Danube-side cradle of Neolithic civilisation
Visit extraordinary Gamzigrad, Emperor Galerius' retirement home
Visit Golubac and other fortresses on the banks of the mighty Danube
See the medieval new town of Kruevac, built by the heroic but doomed Prince Lazar
The old town at Nis, a typical medieval trading city of the Balkans
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Day 1 - Belgrade
Upon independent arrival into Belgrade, one of the oldest cities in Europe, we meet the group at our city center hotel.
Day 2 - Sirmium & Novi Sad
A day of imperial connections awaits us. We drive to Sirmium, one of the lost capital cities of Europe. Three emperors, namely Galerius, Severus II and Licinius, used it as their convenient base on the Danube to intercept barbarian raids and to dominate the road network. In the afternoon, we cross the river to Novi Sad and visit the Petrovaredin Fortress, a vast edifice built by the Austrian emperors against the Turks, but never used. Owing to its size, thick walls and 400 cannons, it was considered unconquerable and earned the name of the 'Gibraltar on the Danube'. It was demilitarised in the 20th century.
Day 3 - Vinča & Belgrade
We make our way out of the city today to Vinča. This was one of the most important sites of European prehistory, and occupation here from the Neolithic era, c. 5700 BC, produced one of the first great settled farming communities that subsequently saw an explosion in both human population and in settlement. We visit the famous riverbank site, one of only two prehistoric 'tells' in Europe. Later, we return to Belgrade to visit the Serbian National and Historical Museum with its impressive archaeological collections.
Day 4 - Belgrade - Kladovo
We have an early start with a drive along the Danube. We stop first at Viminacium, a huge Roman site, both provincial capital and legionary fortress, used as a campaign base by numerous emperors. Onwards to Golubac fortress, the beginning of the Iron Gates, where a medieval and Turkish fortress cascades down the river gorge. We continue along the Danube gorge, stopping at Lepenski Vir, the extraordinary Mesolithic riverside village. The culture of Lepenski Vir is around 8,000 years old and one of the largest and most significant prehistoric archaeological sites from the Stone Age. Located on the right bank of the Danube in the Djerdap Gorge, the site was found during the preparatory work for the Danube dam project. Finally, we drive on to Kladovo, the site of the dam and location of our overnight stay.
Hotel Aquastar Danube, Kladovo
Hotel Aquastar Danube overlooks the banks of the river Danube and is located near the local beach. The hotel has a spa, two swimming pools and two restaurants, offering a wide variety of local food and specialising in fish dishes. There are also 2 bars.
Rooms are spacious and clean, featuring air conditioning, satellite TV and minibars. The hotel offers free Wi-Fi throughout.
Day 5 - Kladovo - Nis
This morning we make a quick stop to see the remains of Trajan's bridge. Built in AD 105, the great bridge across the Danube (1135m long) was intended to link the new provinces of Dacia, north of the river, with the Roman heartlands to the south. We continue our own travel southwards to Zajecar, where we see the finds from Gamzigrad that include some fine mosaics, famous inscriptions, sculptures from the temples and a magnificent series of imperial portraits. We drive on to the site, at a place named Felix Romuliana, where Emperor Galerius built himself a retirement villa, much like that of his mentor Diocletian at Split. Set in rolling countryside, a huge walled enclosure once contained this majestic country villa, but its ruins now are just as impressive. We drive on to the town of Nis, claimed to be one of the oldest cities in the Balkans and the gateway between the East and West.
New City Hotel, Nis
Directly opposite the main square of Nis, the New City Hotel is a 4 star hotel situated in an excellent location for exploring. The hotel has modern features, including a 'smart building' design to make it energy efficient.
The on-site restaurant is known for its local cuisine. Rooms feature individually controlled air conditioning, minibar, digital safes, and satellite TV. Free Wi-Fi is available throughout the hotel.
Day 6 - Nis
This morning we set out into the hills to Caricin Grad, where we discover another emperor's dream. We visit the ruins and archaeological site of Justiniana Prima. In an attempt by Emperor Justinian the Great to reduce the power of the archbishop of Thessalonika, this city was created as a new ecclesiastical center in the Balkans. Justinian chose his native village, Bederiana, as the location and the hamlet was replaced by a considerable city with a fortified inner city where the bishop's 'palace' stood, and an outer city with a collection of churches and houses of aristocrats. After discovering the story here, we return to Nis to explore the Archaeological Museum.
Day 7 - Nis - Belgrade
Constantine the Great was born at Nis and interestingly, elements of the city of his time remain. We will visit the Turkish fortress, in the heart of the old city, to find these. The citadel also has a fine set of Turkish walls dating from the 18th century and two of its four gates are well preserved. In the outskirts, we will find the huge Constantinian Roman villa at Mediana, with mosaics and a series of huge warehouses. We head back towards Belgrade stopping at Kruŝevac, where the hero Prince Lazar, last of the great medieval monarchs, had his capital. Seen as the 'once and future king', Lazar occupies a vital position in modern Serbian identity. We visit the church, the first of the Byzantine Moravan style.
Royal Inn Hotel, Belgrade
Located in the oldest part of Belgrade, the Royal Inn is the oldest hotel in the city. Yet, its features are a creative blend of modern and art deco. The cobbled street outside has a host of restaurants and shops. The hotel has a currency exchange on site, as well as a restaurant and coffee bar. The reception is open 24 hours.
Rooms are neutrally decorated and feature a minibar, flatscreen TVs with access to cable channels, and free Wi-Fi.
Day 8 - Belgrade - London
Today our tour comes to an end in Belgrade and we bid farewell to marvelous Serbia.
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WE ARE BACK! We make a welcome return to this truly fabulous location for our last event of the year. A rare opportunity to visit this record breaking venue with the largest frontage of any stately home in Europe. Up to 400 classics on display on the lawns in front of the house with live entertainment and arena and our team of judges will be in attendance with an awards ceremony at 4pm.


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Archive - M
Molecular Motor
Go 'round and 'round with me.
What molecule am I?
The term "molecular motor" was introduced in the 1990s to describe protein "machines" that produce motion at the cellular level. At the same time, chemists initiated attempts to "build" molecules that, upon input of energy, performed work, typically rotating a portion of the molecule. The energy could be in the form of heat, light, electricity, or chemical reaction.
One of the first researchers to create molecular motors was Ben Feringa at the University of Groningen (The Netherlands). In 1999, he and his co-workers reported the synthesis of a photochemically driven molecular rotor. Last year, he and two other chemists were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their pioneering work in this field.
Earlier this year, Feringa and colleagues created a more complex machine: a molecular motor coupled to a rotor. The molecule, shown in the image, consists of a tricyclic fluorene group attached to a bicyclic indane via a double bond (the "motor axis"). The other ring of the indane is attached by a single bond (the "rotor axis") to bicyclic naphthalene.
UV (365 nm) irradiation of the molecule at –60 ºC induces the double bond to isomerize and cause the indane–naphthalene moiety to rotate around the fluorene. The stereochemistry is such that only one side of the naphthalene ever faces the fluorene.
Feringa's next objective is to "create machines that can amplify the molecular machines' motion to larger movements or transmit motion over longer distances."
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How did San Jose's Lighthouse Travel & Tours win the Silicon Valley Concierge Association's 2004 Hospitality Award for Best Guided Tour in Silicon Valley?
The answer: people, people, people. From partnerships with award-winning local tour guides to the personalized services provided for each tour group, Lighthouse brings people and ideas together to guide the way to San Jose and to bring home the 2004 award for Best Guided Tour.
"This is a giant leap forward for tourism in the Silicon Valley,"
said Donna West, founder and owner of Lighthouse Travel & Tours.
She celebrated the award by thanking strategic partnerships with Guided Solutions tour guides and other local specialists and historians, as well as the company's foundation of creating personalized services through research and direct contact with clients to ensure efficient, top-quality tours.
Email us for a complete listing of Hospitality Awards. Donna West is available for limited interviews.
SAN JOSE, Calif. – The San Jose travel and tourism industry was given a huge boost on Tues. April 27, when the Silicon Valley Concierge Association announced the 2004 winner for Best Guided Tour: Lighthouse Travel & Tours.
"This is a giant leap forward for tourism in the Silicon Valley," said Donna West, founder and owner of Lighthouse, based in Santa Clara. "Six years ago when I asked people if they would like a tour of San Jose, they said no way. But I believed there was a market and now these visions are becoming reality."
West celebrated the achievement by thanking several strategic partnerships made in 2003: Guided Solutions and Dulcey Branch (Best Tour Guide 2003, Silicon Valley Concierge Association); wine tasting specialists in the Santa Cruz Mountains, Carmel and Monterey; Santa Clara Valley; California gold country historians; and event planner, California Special Occasions. From these collaborations, West created a huge variety of small group tours, from South Bay wine tasting to their most popular, the San Jose to San Francisco driving and walking tour.
"My best ideas have come from listening to what people wanted," said West. Along with these strategic partnerships she has built Lighthouse on a strong foundation of customer service. As a result, each tour has an individual flair, depending on the tastes of the client and the personal stories provided by the local tour guide.
"We let the groups determine what they want to do, which is different from the larger tour companies," West added.
West begins researching destinations months in advance to keep the tours up-to-date and to cater to each client's specific needs. This year Lighthouse has expanded to include an overnight tour to the Historic Gold Country and extended night tours to Bodega Bay and Sonoma, Hearst Castle and Solvang. In the future, Lighthouse will go international with "April in Paris", a week-long tour escorted by a French-speaking tour guide.
With all of its success, Lighthouse remains true to its roots, emphasizing tours that reveal the rich history of San Jose to visitors who are unaware of all there is to see in the South Bay. West's past experience working in high tech firms makes her a perfect host for clients who are in town for a conference or working at high-tech companies and want to learn more about the history of modern Silicon Valley.
"I am always in the process of planning future tours," she said, "but I am primarily in the business of creating memories."
The two runners-up for the award were guided tours at Intel Museum and the Computer History Museum. West includes both of these in her local tours of San Jose.
Lighthouse Travel & Tours is a registered seller of travel in California that specializes in creating personalized services for San Jose and Greater San Francisco Bay Area residents and visitors. The dedicated staff works with clients from the planning stages to the event follow-up to ensure the most efficient and high quality tours.


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World's first net-zero standard for companies
Energy transition Energy industry Climate protection
The Science Based Targets Initiative has published a new corporate standard for net-zero targets
An increasing number of companies aim to make their business models and economic activities carbon neutral. By setting net-zero targets, they seek to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to nil by implementing directed strategies and measures. However, this endeavour previously lacked guidance and models.
"Companies currently set their own net-zero targets," states Alberto Carrillo Pineda, Co-Founder and Managing Director of the Science Based Targets Initiative" (SBTi), an independent partnership of renowned organisations including the WWF, UN Global Compact, World Resources Institute and CDP. This is why the SBTi has created a basis for climate protection goals built on science: the Net-Zero Standard, which was published by the Initiative in late October 2021.
Initiative audits and certifies climate protection plans
The basis for the Standard was provided by the Paris Climate Agreement, in which 197 nations agreed at the UN Climate Conference in Paris in December 2015 to limit global warming to significantly under two degrees Celsius – a goal that more and more companies are adopting. To this end, they can set themselves a science-based target (SBT) – a reduction goal that takes account of the state of the art in climate protection.
SBTs specify the requirements that companies must meet in order to be in line with the Paris Climate Agreement. Once this has been accomplished, the Initiative reviews the plans and issues certifications.
Energy giant RWE is among those which have set themselves ambitious targets. The company's emission reduction goals for 2030 have been certified by the Initiative as being compliant with the climate targets since December 2020.
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Indirect emissions must also drop to nil
Reducing greenhouse gas emissions to zero is an extremely complex process. Here, companies must differentiate between direct and indirect emissions, which can be broken down into three categories:
Scope 1 encompasses direct emissions, e.g. those produced generating electricity in power stations;
Scope 2 covers emissions resulting from purchases of energy in the form of electricity and heat; and
Scope 3 consists of emissions arising along the supply chain.
The SBTi is convinced that emissions must be reduced in all areas in order to achieve a net-zero target. This means that its is not enough for an energy company to reduce the carbon dioxide emissions of its power plants alone (Scope 1). Indeed, the company must also look to the emissions generated in producing and transporting goods along its entire supply chain, for instance when it buys and installs new wind turbines (Scope 3). These must be considered in its decarbonisation plans as well.
The basics of SBTi
The development process began after the paper titled Foundations for net-zero target setting in the corporate sector was published in September 2020. The main fundamentals include:
focus on rapid, far-reaching emission reductions: The Net-Zero Standard covers the emissions of a company's entire value chain, i.e. Scope 1, 2 and 3.
setting near- and long-term targets: Companies must establish both short-term and long-term goals backed by science. In addition, they must quickly lower their emissions, cutting them in half by 2030. By 2050, they must ensure that production is nearly free of emissions and develop concepts to neutralise all unavoidable remaining emissions.
not claiming to be net zero before hitting long-term targets: A company is not considered to be bet-zero until it has achieved its long-term SBT. This usually entails reducing emissions by at least 90 to 95 percent by 2050.
looking beyond one's own value chain: The SBTi recommends making investments in areas other than the SBTs in order to mitigate climate change elsewhere as well. Moreover, investments in climate protection should be made on top of far-reaching emission reductions and not in place of them. Companies should follow the hierarchy of emission reduction and pledge to reduce their emissions within the value chain before investing in lowering emissions outside of their value chain.
Clear plan based on scientific findings
With the Standard, the SBTi provides "companies with a clear path for bringing their net-zero plans in line with scientific findings," says Johann Rockström, Director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Professor of Earth System Sciences at the University of Potsdam.
Says Alberto Carrillo Pineda: "The SBTi Net-Zero Standard provides companies with the first solid certification with which they can prove to consumers, investors and regulatory authorities that their goals reduce emissions at the speed and to the extent necessary to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius."
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