The mechanics of the horse revolve around how the horse is built and how his body works, just as the nature of the horse pertains to the horse's psyche and how the horse's mind works. Equine mechanics deal with the way in which the horse moves across the earth. A horse drives from behind, turns on his center and pulls with his front. The better you understand how a horse moves, the better you'll be able to understand how to control his feet.
Riding is communicating with the horse's mind to control the horse's feet. When you want a horse to go to the right, you must have his feet go to the right. When you want a horse to back, you have to get his feet to move backward. When you want a horse to load into a trailer, you must first get his feet into the trailer.
When you understand where your horse's feet are at all times, you better understand your horse and, therefore, become a better horseman.
When looking at a prospect for the kind of riding you want to do, ask yourself if the horse is bred to perform the tasks he needs to do and if he's physically capable of doing them. For example, if you want to ride in endurance races, get a horse that's bred for long-distance work, such as the Arabian. If you're looking for a smooth-riding trail horse, check into the gaited breeds, such as Missouri Fox Trotters or Paso Finos. If competing in speed events is your game, a good bet would be a race-bred Quarter Horse. And if you want to work cattle, it makes sense to consider a Quarter Horse with cutting-horse bloodlines.
Through selective breeding, horsemen have carefully and purposefully bred certain physical and mental characteristics into the gene pools of today's modern equine breeds, giving riders the best chance of suc ¬cess in whatever sport they choose.
Conformation becomes really important in any type of performance. The better a horse is put together, the easier it is for him to do what's required. Take reining as an example. It's hard for a horse that's heavy on the front end, thick-necked or slight in the hindquarters to perform the spectacular sliding stops reining horses are known for. Those stops require horses that are refined and balanced in their necks, light in their front ends (so they can lift them in the classic reiner's pedaling motion) and heavily muscled in the hindquarters to hold the ground and slide "" over and over again.
In general, however, a good horse is a good horse, and good conformation is good conformation.
"¢ A pretty, refined head with big soft eyes, large nostrils and an alert look. A soft, "gentle" eye can say a lot about a horse's character.
"¢ A refined neck in proportion to the horse's body, one that comes out of the shoulders level, neither too high nor too low. A clean throatlatch makes it easy for the horse to break at the poll and therefore give to the bit.
"¢ A balanced body in the shape of a trapezoid, meaning the back is short, the underline long; slanting shoulder and hip angles should match. A well-balanced body is an athletic one.
"¢ Good height to the withers, to hold a saddle in place.
"¢ A big heart girth for heart and lung capacity.
"¢ Strong loins and hindquarters for maxi ¬mum power and stability.
"¢ Straight legs, with good bone, a short cannon bone.
"¢ Good oval-shaped hooves, large enough to support the horse's weight.


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Q: intersection normal distributions and minimal decision error Assume controls $H_0 \sim \mathcal{N}(\mu_0, \sigma_0)$ and cases $H_1 \sim \mathcal{N}(\mu_1, \sigma_1)$, where $\mu_0  < \mu_1$ and $\sigma_0 = \sigma_1$.  Let $c_1$ be the only intersection of the two distributions, i.e.,
$$f_H{_0}(c_1)−f_{H_1}(c_1)=0$$
Figure 1 shows an example. bi-normal curves.
Let $\alpha$ be the area of the $H_0$-distribution to the right of a decision threshold (False Positive errors) and $\beta$ be the area of the H1 distribution to the left of the decision threshold (False Negative errors).
Let c be the point where the minimum of $(\alpha + \beta)$ is reached
$$\min(\alpha + \beta)$$
$$=\min[(1-P_{H_0}(H_0 < c)+P_{H_1}(H_1 < c)]$$
$$=\min[\int^c_{-\infty}(f_{H_1}(t))dt-\int^c_{-\infty}(f_{H_0}(t))dt+1]$$
Simulations in R showed that $c = c_1$ (at least, very near).
How can you prove (or disprove) that $c = c_1$?
N.B. Schisterman, E. F., Perkins, N. J., Liu, A., & Bondell, H. (2005). Optimal cut-point and its corresponding Youden Index to discriminate individuals using pooled blood samples. Epidemiology, page 73–81, gave prove for a closely related problem, which I cannot reproduce (c.q., fail to understand).

A: In the case of a single threshold:
If c < c1, then $c \in  (- \infty, c1)$
$$\int_{-{\infty}}^{c1} f_{H1}(t)dt-f_{H0}(t)dt= \int_{-{\infty}}^{c} f_{H1}(t)dt-f_{H0}(t)dt + \int_{c}^{c1} f_{H1}(t)dt-f_{H0}(t)dt$$
$$\int_{-{\infty}}^{c} f_{H1}(t)dt-f_{H0}(t)dt= \int_{-{\infty}}^{c1} f_{H1}(t)dt-f_{H0}(t)dt-\int_{c}^{c1} f_{H1}(t)dt-f_{H0}(t)dt$$
For values < c1 $f_H0 > f_H1 \Rightarrow -\int_c^{c1} f_{H1}(t)dt-f_{H0}(t)dt > 0$
Therefore, the minimum is reached when c = c1.
Likewise, if c > c1, then $c1 \in  (- \infty, c)$
$$\int_{-\infty}^{c} f_{H1}(t)dt-f_{H0}(t)dt= \int_{-\infty}^{c1} f_{H1}(t)dt-f_{H0}(t)dt + \int_{c1}^{c} f_{H1}(t)dt-f_{H0}(t)dt$$
For values > c1 $f_H1 > f_H0 \Rightarrow \int_c^{c1} f_{H1}(t)dt-f_{H0}(t)dt > 0$
Therefore, $min(\int_{-\infty}^{c} f_{H1}(t)dt-f_{H0}(t)dt)$ is reached when c = c1.
Any comment is welcome.

A: In the case of two thresholds ($\mu_1 > \mu_0$ and $\sigma_0 \neq \sigma_1$) fig 2:
(In many cases, the second intersection is irrelevant, as its densities of both distributions are close to 0. In other cases (such as in fig 2), two intersections weaken the test, prevent a simple interpretation and would logically lead to the application of two thresholds. Nevertheless, in diagnostic instruments the existence of such a second intersection is often ignored, and a single threshold is applied. The probable reason for this is that in classical detection tools such as ROC curves, intersections are invisible.)
Let c1 and c2 respectively be the left and the right intersections (c2 > c1).
When $σ_1 < σ_0$ and for a threshold c, when c < c1 → $f_{H1} < f_{H0}$, when c1 > c > c2 → $f_{H1} > f_{H0}$, and when c > c2 → $f_{H1} < f_{H0}$. Furthermore, ($f_{H0}(c1) = f_{H1}(c1))  > (f_{H0}(c2) = f_{H1}(c2))$.
Let c be the minimum of $(α + β)$. If c < c1, the proof that $min(\int_{-\infty}^c (f_{H1}(t)-f_{H0}(t)) dt)$ will be reached when c = c1, the proof is equal to that given for the single intersection case. Idem, if c1 > c > c2, the proof is equal to the case of a single intersection and c1 > c.
If c > c2 → c1 in (-∞, c2) and c2 in (-∞, c):
$$\int_{-\infty}^c (f_{H1}(t)-f_{H0}(t)) dt = \int_{-\infty}^{c1} (f_{H1}(t)-f_{H0}(t)) dt+\int_{c1}^{c2} (f_{H1}(t)-f_{H0}(t)) dt+\int_{c2}^c (f_{H1}(t)-f_{H0}(t)) dt$$
As $\int_{c1}^{c2} (f_{H1}(t)-f_{H0}(t)) dt > 0$, and $\int_{c2}^c (f_{H1}(t)-f_{H0}(t)) dt < 0$, but $\int_{c1}^{c2} (f_{H1}(t)-f_{H0}(t)) dt > \int_{c2}^c (f_{H1}(t)-f_{H0}(t)) dt$, therefore $\int_{c1}^{c2} (f_{H1}(t)-f_{H0}(t)) dt + \int_{c2}^c (f_{H1}(t)-f_{H0}(t)) dt > 0$, and consequently the minimum will be reached when c = c1.
When $σ_1 > σ_0$ and for a threshold c, when c < c1 → $f_{H1} > f_{H0}$, when c1 > c > c2 → $f_{H1} < f_{H0}$, and when c > c2 → $f_{H1} > f_{H0}$. Furthermore, ($f_{H0}(c1) = f_{H1}(c1))  < (f_{H0}(c2) = f_{H1}(c2))$.The proof is along similar lines with some reversals, and the minimum is reached for intersection c2 instead of c1.
In both cases, the other intersection is where the sum of the left tail of H0 and the right tail of H1 is minimized, the opposite of what we want when $µ_1 > µ_0$.
This proof is dependent on visual inspection, especially the dependency of the relative pattern on the sigma parameter. The next question is whether the same also holds for other kinds of distributions. When the same relative pattern of the two distributions occur, this seems to be true. Schisterman et al. seem to assume that it holds for Gamma distributions, which is probably true for the distributions they consider, and which have forms that do not differ too much from normal distributions. I wonder whether it also holds for distributions that differ more considerably. Clearly, the relative pattern of two non-normal distributions, would be dependent on the parameters of the non-normal distributions.
Any suggestion, comment or help is welcome.

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Often this Gospel is used as an occasion to prove the Church's control of the forgiveness of sins and even to demand more frequent confession. The Church, in this perspective, has a monopoly on forgiveness and must be stern in its use. Patently this narrowly circumscribes the passionate forgiveness of God which Jesus came to reveal. God may be generous with forgiveness, it is implied, but the Church cannot and should not. Yet the story of Thomas, immediately after suggests that such an interpretation of the words of Jesus missed the points. Believing in Jesus, the Risen Lord, even when we do not see him, compels us to live as forgiving people. Sometimes it is very hard to realize that we must believe if we are live the unusual life Jesus calls us to.
Once upon a time not so very long ago, 16-year-old twin brothers received invitations to the big party the senior basketball players were throwing at the lake over the Memorial Day weekend. Now the twins knew their parents would not be too pleased at the idea of them attending this party, especially since the parents knew that the party thrower's parents believed that they should supply beer for their son's parties as a way to control the amount of drinking the young people did. The twin's parents were well aware of the beer, hard liquor, and drugs that the partygoers would bring on their own. The twins decided they would wait until a day or two before the party to tell their parents about the event, hoping that would give the parents less time to check up on the party plans. Of course, as most teenagers do, the twins underestimated their parents and the parental grapevine that spread the word about goings on at the school. The twins also forgot that the weekend of the party was the weekend of their Grandfather's 75th birthday and that the family was traveling to another city for the celebration. On the Wednesday before the weekend they told their parents about the party, only to be reminded about their grandfather's party. Of course, the boys tried to find reasons why it would be ok for them to skip Grandpa's party. They were quickly reminded that they did not have an option on this. It was a family gathering. All the relatives would be there, including the cousins they that are constantly begging their parents to invite for a visit. And so the twins went to the family party, complaining all the way there and all they way home about how unfair it was that they had to miss the party at the lake. Shortly before they arrived home, they heard a radio flash about an automobile accident that had killed two teens and injured four others. The car was coming from the basketball team party and one of the teens that was killed and one that was injured were juniors and friends of the twins. The driver of that car had an alcohol level well above that of sobriety.


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Poet Peter Sears has died. He served as Oregon's Poet Laureate from 2014 to 2016 and was active in the state's literary community for more than 40 years.
While Sears carried a folder everywhere, to jot down poems in progress, he called teaching and working with other poets a huge part of his life.


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Ala Kahakai Trail by the Sea
Ala Kahakai Trail is one of the more magnificent and scenic Hawaii hikes that follows the coastline paths of ancient Hawaiians. This historically and culturally significant trail was established as a National Historic Trail in 2000 to preserve native Hawaiian culture and natural resources. The trail has been in continuous use since Polynesians first arrived on Hawaii Island more than 1500 years ago, connecting communities of an ancient civilization.
Interesting archaeological treasures, artifacts, fishponds and remains of ancient dwellings can be found all along the Ala Kahakai National Historic Trail. The trail more or less follows the coastline for 175 miles (282 kilometers) from 'Upolu Point (northernmost point of the Big Island), along the entire west coast to Ka Lae (South Point), then northeast up to Waha'ula Heiau at Puna.
Ala loa is the Hawaiian term for a long coastal trail around an island. Kahakai means shoreline. Ala Kahakai is the name originally given to the section of the ala loa trail from 'Upolu Point to Kailua, then later used as the name for the entire 175 mile National Historic Trail.
The Ala Kahakai corridor combines remnants of the ancient (pre-1778 contact with westerners) ala loa trail, with historic (1778-1892) trails that developed along the same routes following contact with westerners, as well as more recent trails or roadways that create links between the surviving ancient and historic trails.
The entire Ala Kahakai Trail is comprised of short segments of many Big Island trails, crossing through public as well as private land. Shoreline access points lead to sections of trail connecting some of the best Big Island Hawaii beaches, particularly along the west coast.
The trail along the Kona-Kohala coast is particularly breathtaking. Notice how vivid the ocean appears as you stand directly above the coast, with the turquoise shallows extending out toward the deeper blue depths. The dazzling clarity of the water is mesmerizing as the shoreline drops abruptly into the ocean along the black lava cliffs. Waves create interesting patterns as they find their way through the many beautiful inlets and coves. We frequently see dolphins in the distance, and even humpback whales.
Hiking the Ala Kahakai Trail
The exact location of portions of Ala Kahakai remains a mystery, hidden by time. Some of the best hiking begins north of Kona near the Honokohau small boat harbor. Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical Park is a great starting point and one of our favorite areas to explore. The hiking is relatively easy through here, with an abundance of interesting historical and natural features to enjoy.
Several miles north of Kaloko-Honokohau is Kekaha Kai State Park. The trail runs behind Mahai'ula Beach and across a half-mile of lava to splendid Makalawena Beach, then continues north along a rough stretch of road toward Kua Bay – Manini'owali Beach.
To hike north from Kua Bay, pick up the rocky trail that more or less follows the shoreline, over lava rocks and coral to Kikaua Beach. It is possible to continue along the shoreline north of Kikaua, across Kukio Beach to Ka'upulehu Beach and Kahuwai Bay fronting the Four Seasons Resort. There are shoreline access trails through the Hualalai Resort to Kikaua Beach, Kukio Beach, and north at the Four Seasons Resort.
Four miles north of the Hualalai Resort is stunning Kiholo Bay. You will find relatively easy hiking and fun exploring here, in an area of unparalleled scenic beauty.
Jumping north five miles to Anaeho'omalu Bay (A-Bay) in the Waikoloa Resort area, another popular stretch of the Ala Kahakai trail snakes across roughly 15-miles of coastline to Spencer Beach near Kawaihae. Numerous access points linking the beaches make it possible to enjoy shorter hikes along this section.
The hike from Anaeho'omalu Beach in front of the Marriott Hotel north to the Hilton is splendid, an easy and mostly smooth trail with gorgeous scenery that is well worth exploring. This also provides a nice perspective of all there is to see and do at the Hilton resort. Just past the lagoons on the north side of the Hilton the trail climbs up alongside the golf course. The large statue of Buddha makes a nice turnaround point.
If you continue past the golf course, the trail becomes more difficult for the next couple of miles as it climbs through massive piles of sharp a'a lava. There is much evidence of the ancient settlements and fishing trails through here.
There is a brief respite from the sharp lava when you reach Honoka'ope Bay, the southernmost point of the Mauna Lani Resort area. The trail passes behind Honoka'ope Beach, a small and scenic gray/black sand beach that is also called 49 Black Sand Beach. Continuing north from Honoka'ope Bay, the trail is again sharp and rugged.
Around the bend on the north side of Honoka'ope Bay, the trail is nicely improved as it passes in front of the Francis H. I'i Brown Golf Course at Mauna Lani Point, into the beautiful beach at Makaiwa Bay. The trail remains easy all the way north past the Mauna Lani Bay Hotel to the Fairmont Orchid and beyond, with scads of interesting fishponds, anchialine pools, and historical remnants throughout.
Jumping north, between Hapuna Beach and Spencer Beach is another delightful and very manageable hike of less than three miles, crossing Mauna Kea Beach and Mau'umae Beach along the way. We highly recommend at least walking the short section linking Mauna Kea Beach and Hapuna Beach. This is a wonderful shoreline trail with dramatic ocean views, less than a mile between the beaches.
Take your time, pick a section of trail, and start exploring! This pristine shoreline with stunning views and widely varying terrain makes the Ala Kahakai Trail a favorite Hawaii hike.
Ala Kahakai Scenic Hiking Tour
Not sure where to go? Join our private Ala Kahakai trail hiking tour to experience some of the most scenic and easily accessible sections of this historic coastal trail.
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Першиков — русская фамилия. Известные носители:

 Першиков, Василий Анатольевич (1961—1999) — Герой Российской Федерации, военный лётчик, подполковник.
 Першиков, Фёдор Фёдорович (1909—1958) — Герой Советского Союза, участник Великой Отечественной войны, старший сержант.

Топоним
 Першиков — посёлок, Суражский район, Брянская область

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The Port & Corridor Cooperation believes that the development of key areas of economic development in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), such as agricultural development and water management, significantly depends on the quality of infrastructure and access to transportation in and out of the region. Below you find 5 stories about the following SADC corridors: South Africa corridor, Dar es Salaam corridor, Maputo corridor, Trans-Kalahari corridor and Lobito-Lusaka corridor.
Transport is a significant sector in the SADC, in that it reduces transactional costs in enhancing intraregional trade. To facilitate regional infrastructure development, governments in the SADC region promote the expansion and improvement of development corridors. Corridors are the focal point for regional development initiatives. Transport corridors have been around for centuries, but it is only in the last few decades that they have been recognized for what they are and, more importantly, what they can become as well as the value they can add to economic growth. They serve to open up markets and promote increased trade and investment.
Almost half of the SADC member states are landlocked and thus they require efficient regional transport links for access to the sea. Linking landlocked countries to their neighbours, and thus to the ocean, not only improves the operational and economic efficiency of these states, it also creates many new economic opportunities.
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No one corridor can serve the needs of SADC. Dar es Salaam Corridor plays a key role of serving need of Malawi, Zambia and Democratic Republic of the Congo. Dar es Salaam Corridor Group Ltd (DCG) is investing 6 million dollars into dry port locating in Kisarawe, 30 km from Dar es Salaam. Click here for the full story: Dar es Salaam corridor.
The Trans-Kalahari Corridor (TKC) was established with a political and economical vision to pursue or contribute towards deeper regional integration programs of SADC, SACU and NEPAD. The corridor connects the port of Walvis Bay (east coast) to the port of Maputo (west coast) and serves southern Africa. Click here for the full story: Trans-Kalahari corridor.
The Maputo Development Corridor (MDC) was launched as a Spatial Development Initiative (SDI) in 1996 as the governments of South Africa and Mozambique sought to rebuild their economies and restore trade and investment ties. Click here for the full story: Maputo corridor.
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PROPOSED COMPLEX LOSES TAX CREDITS
BATTINTO BATTS JR. Staff WriterSUN-SENTINEL
First, Oak Tree Estates ran into trouble because too many oak trees would have to die to build the apartment complex.
Now the state has axed tax credits that would bring low-income apartment housing to west Hollywood.
On Friday, the Florida Housing Finance Agency withdrew $6 million in tax credits from KLO Inc., the Pompano Beach-based builders planning to build Oak Tree Estates. The agency issues federal tax credits to Florida developers who want to build moderate-income projects.
Without the tax credits, the complex probably won't be built, said Thomas Andrews, a KLO representative.
"We are disappointed that this has happened," Andrews said.
Oak Tree Estates, a 156-unit development, would have been built at the intersection of Sheridan Street and State Road 7. City officials estimate that at least 1,400 oaks are in the area. The Hollywood City Commission delayed the project because the members feared it would destroy too many oak trees.
KLO had applied to the finance agency for the tax credits last year, said Glen Bowman, planning manager for the finance agency. The agency had set a December deadline for KLO to resolve concerns with the city and residents about cutting down the oak trees.
"We've got a waiting list of other developers," she said. "It doesn't look like [KLO) will start by December."
The credits for KLO will be allocated to another developer for another project, Bowman said.
Community development officials say Oak Tree Estates would have met a need for affordable housing in Hollywood. KLO had been working with Hollywood officials for months to reach an agreement on the project.
"There is very limited new construction taking place in Hollywood that is for low to moderate incomes," said Jed Baumwell, community development director.
Baumwell didn't have statistics on how many affordable housing units are available in the city.
During the commission meeting on Wednesday, the developer submitted a proposal that would have saved more than half of the trees at the site.
In the agreement, at least 800 of the trees would be spared. The developer also would have created a 2.75-acre conservation area of oaks in the western part of the complex.
Commissioners declined to vote on the project before they could examine it more closely.
Residents of the neighborhood where the complex would have been built came to the meeting to stress concerns about the project.
"There have been so many trees destroyed already," said Ted Pulvano, of West Hollywood. "We would like it to stay the way it is."


Do you often find yourself doing two or more things at once? Maybe you respond to emails during meetings at work. Or maybe you talk on the phone while you're running errands. Sometimes it seems like multitasking is the only way to get everything done. I know I'm guilty of it myself. But multitasking has some drawbacks.
When you multitask, your brain has to switch back and forth between tasks. This can make it hard to retain information. And it's all too easy to get distracted. You may not do as well on the tasks you're trying to do as you would have if you had done them one at a time. That means you may actually make more work for yourself if you try to do too much at once.
Plus, multitasking may be more draining, mentally and physically. If you thought it would be easier on you to do a few tasks at the same time, think again. You may be wearing yourself out faster.
So if multitasking is your usual method of getting things done, why not try something new? Instead of racing to do 10 things at once, try to focus on one thing at a time. If you need some help, try practicing mindfulness.
Mindfulness is a form of meditation. When practicing mindfulness, you are aware of all that is happening in the present moment. You focus on what is going on around you in the moment, rather than thinking about what you need to accomplish for the day, as we so often do. If you do start thinking about something else—like work tasks, errands, or chores—that's okay. You can notice it, let those thoughts pass, and then get back to focusing on the present moment.
One way to practice mindfulness is to focus on your breathing. Find a relaxing place to sit—somewhere you are not likely to be interrupted. If you like, you can close your eyes. Clear your mind of everything else and just focus on your breathing. Let your breath come in, and go out. Just breathe naturally. Your breathing may change on its own as you relax. It's OK to notice the change, but don't try to control it. If your mind starts to wander, bring it back to your breath.
Practicing mindfulness can help you focus your attention on the task at hand. It can help you learn to focus on one task at a time; to devote your full attention to that task; and to be fully present while you are accomplishing that task.
Instead of spending dinner with your family thinking about a problem at work, set those work worries aside and focus on dinner. Be present with your family. Notice the taste of your food. Listen to your spouse and your children while they are speaking. Let yourself be completely in the moment. Set aside another time to think about work.
You may find that mindfulness helps you accomplish your tasks just as well, if not better, than multitasking. And it may leave you feeling better too.


All sample and field measurement collection methods follow those documented in the councils Field Monitoring Procedure Manual (NRC, 2010). All laboratory sample analysis was carried out following the procedures in the 'Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater' (APHA, 1998).
The ANZECC guidelines have been used to assess water quality for aquatic ecosystems, while the levels of then indicator bacteria (Escherichia coli) have been used to assess water quality for recreational bathing and drinking water. The water clarity guideline from the Regional Water and Soil Plan (RWSP) for Northland (NRC, 2007) has also been used to assess water quality for recreational bathing.
The results are compared to the Australian and New Zealand Environmental and Conservation Council (ANZECC) trigger values for the protection of aquatic ecosystems in New Zealand (ANZECC, 2000).
It is important to note that the trigger values are used to assess the risk of adverse effects on the ecosystem and when results are outside trigger values further investigation is recommended to determine whether there is adverse effects on the environment and to what extent. There are two sets of trigger values; one for upland rivers, which only includes one site in the network (Waipoua River), and one for lowland rivers, as shown in table 1 (below).
Similarly the levels of E. coli can be compared to the NZ drinking water standard of less than 1 E.coli/100mL (MoH, 2005) to determine whether the water is safe for human consumption. Note this standard is the Maximum Acceptable Value (MAV) for microbiological contamination for drinking water leaving a treatment plant. Untreated water from surface water systems will rarely meet this standard and therefore it is recommended that surface water is treated to ensure it meets the drinking water standards. On the other hand groundwater is rarely contaminated by harmful pathogens and therefore more likely to be suitable for human consumption without treatment.
Water clarity is also important for recreational users, partly for aesthetic reasons but also because elevated bacterial levels are often associated with turbid water. Water clarity readings can be used as a measure of the aesthetic appeal of water. Public perception of water quality is typically based on colour and clarity. The Resource Management Act (1991) requires that there be no conspicuous change in colour and clarity under sections 70 and 107. The Regional Water and Soil Plan has a guideline for the management of waters for contact recreation purposes of a visual clarity greater than 1.6 m (NRC, 2007, p53). This guideline comes from the 'Water Quality Guidelines No. 2: Colour and Clarity' (MFE, 1994), which is currently the only water clarity guideline for the purposes of contact recreation and aesthetics in New Zealand.
For the trend analysis all values below detection limit or denoted with a less than value, were replaced with half of the detection limit. Because of this, caution should be taken when interpreting results where more than 15% of the samples were below detection (Gilbert, 1987).
The trend analysis was carried out on both the raw water quality data and flow adjusted data. All data was flow adjusted in TimeTrendsTM. Where there was no flow record for a sample, the sample was deleted from the analysis. The Seasonal Kendal test in TimeTrendsTM was used for the trend analysis.


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Q: MUST we ALWAYS remove the variables which are linear combinations of others? I am always told to remove the variables which are linear combination of other variables. This makes sense for me for the methods which need to use covariance matrix, for example linear regresson, if we don't remove such variables, there will be problem of ranks, inversibility, etc. However for other methods which don't make use of covariance matrix (e.x. boosting, tree), does this practice still hold?

A: If you know the variables are linear combos of other variables then you should remove them. They do not add anything, but only make everything a little harder, in some cases, such as inference and OLS estimation, quite a bit harder.

A: For a cluster analysis, you may be able to run the analyses with linearly dependent variables. However, the cluster solution will most likely attach extra (or less) weight to the variables associated the linear combination...particularly if a distance metric is being used. If this is desired, then it may be reasonable. Otherwise, I cannot recall any references that recommend such a move.
That said, I have been curious about non-horizontal/non-vertical linear breaking patterns in CART analyses. My inclination is that such an analysis would require the linear combinations of subsets of the variables being used in the clustering process. However, I have not fully explored this enough to be able to answer definitively. Hopefully others with more experience in this domain can share their thoughts.


On this internetpage we offer some information, reports and evaluations about the the Dutch migrant detention centres in English. It also has the conclusions on the investigation by The Dutch Safety Board in the fire at the detention centre Schiphol-Oost (Amsterdam Airport).
"It was unbearable for my daughter. She was petrified. She kept asking me why we were there and even asked me: 'Dad, have we done something wrong?'" stated an Iranian father who was in immigration detention with his daughter of six years old.
The No Child in Detention Coalition, including Amnesty International, Defence for Children, Stichting INLIA, Kerk in Actie, Stichting Kinderpostzegels Nederland, Stichting LOS, Unicef - the Netherlands and the Dutch Council for Refugees, has published a report based on interviews with eight families who were put in border detention or immigration detention in the Netherlands. Click here to download and read the report in English.
According to the report, the number of children detained with their families in the Netherlands has been increasing since 2010.
The organisations stress that placing migrant children in detention is not in the best interest of the child and urge the Dutch Government to ensure that alternatives to detention, which should be in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child, are in place.
Twenty unreturnable migrants, detained for a forced deportation that can never happen, tell their own moving stories. Website in English, Dutch, French and Hungarian.
Click here to check out this website and read.
In this story Gurucharan Singh shows his change from guest worker to illegal immigrant and how he was hunted down and locked up by the Dutch authorities in a harsh jail system although he had not committed any crime at all.
Unfortunately this testimony is not unusual in a cynical and sometimes lethal bureaucracy that crushes individuals.
October 2011 the Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) of the Council of Europe carried out a periodic visit to the Netherlands. Again the Committee had a lot of critical remarks about the detention of migrants. Click here to read more.
Commissioned by International Organization for Migration (IOM) Mieke Kox has studied the effects of prisons on undocumented aliens. She wrote a report about this project with the title "Leaving Detention?"
A few conclusions: the immigration prison and forced return as a deterrence will not work because the motives for undocumented workers to come here are more important. The Dutch government has no influence on most of these motifs.
Only 6 percent of cases, prisoners cooperate in their forced return.
Justitia et Pax Netherlands has published the report 'Humanity in migrant detention'.
The Netherlands: The detention of Irregular Migrants and Asylumseekers - is the title of a very comprehensive and critical report from Amnesty International about migration prisons in the Netherlands. It makes clear that the daily practice of Dutch migration detention is violating many human rights. The report describes several clear cases of ill-treatment, but it also gives a lot of realistic recommendations to avoid human rights abuses in future. Click here to download the full report in English as a PDF document (500 kB).
Data from all sources converge in demonstrating that prolonged detention has adverse mental health and psychosocial impacts on adults, families and children. Click here and read more in this PDF document.
The Netherlands have to stop immigration detention at boats 'at the earliest opportunity'.
The Netherlands has to set an 'absolute time limit' for migration detention, 'as is already the case in the majority of European countries'.
Placement in an isolation cell should 'rarely last for more than a few hours'. The common practice of restraining detainees in isolation for lengthy periods for small issues 'could very well be considered as ill-treatment'.
Medical care has to be extended.
The regime in the migrant prisons is far too tough. Often the migrants have to stay at their cells for 21 hours a day.
The training of the guards is 'insufficient to enable such staff to undertake other than passive security duties, thus reinforcing the carceral atmosphere already very evident on the (detention) boats.
Making telephone calls is too expensive for the prisoners. They should also have more possibilities to receive visitors.
The Dutch government reacted in a letter to the parliament. It denied some criticism and promised to 'think about' other remarks of the committee.
The regime and living conditions in several migration prisons are 'excessively severe', 'particularly harsh', 'entirely unsuitable', 'grim', 'dehumanising'.
These prisons will make migrants ill. They are 'pathogenic' and 'generate or aggravate psychological and psychiatric disorders'.
The use of isolation cells 'only worsens their psychological condition'.
Undocumented migrants 'should only be deprived of their freedom as a last resort'.
* Complete report: 'The conditions in Centres For Third Country National (detention camps, open centres as well as transit centres and transit zones) with a particular focus on provisions and facilities for persons with special needs in the 25 EU member states'; European Parliament; Directorate-General Internal Policies; Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs; Brussels, December 2007; PE 393.275.
Click here to download the complete report (306 pages) in English.
The Dutch Safety Board came to a devastating conclusion on Schiphol detention centre fire killing 11people, some of them even unlawfully incarcerated. The Board has completed its investigation into the fire at the detention centre Schiphol-Oost, that took place in the night of 26 October 2005. In its report about the incident, the Board concludes among other things that three governmental services - the Custodial Institutions Service (DJI), the Government Building Agency and the municipal of Haarlemmermeer - failed to live up to their responsibilities. Especially fire prevention did not get appropriate attention.
For this research, data were collected from twenty-three children and adolescents who have been in immigration detention, via interviews with the children, their parents or volunteers who counsel them. Detention duration varied from two weeks till 9 months, with a mean duration of 4 months.
The age of the children and adolescents who were interviewed, or whose mothers were interviewed, varied from two years to twenty-four years. For some children more than one year has passed since release. Except one seventeen years old boy, all the children were at least seven years in the Netherlands or were born here.
This research has been carried out under supervision of a university supervisor, Defence for Children International and the Johannes Wier Foundation for Human Rights and Healthcare.
Click here to download, print and read the abstract in English.
Under the title "Migration-Related Detention: A research guide on human rights standards relevant to the detention of migrants, asylum-seekers and refugees" Amnesty produced a comprehensive study on this subject.
Click here to download the Amnesty International study.
Thousands of casualties among all that tried to reach Europe.
Info and documentation on migrant detention centres in het U.K.
This site contains (among many other things) 4 translated chapters from the original dutch version of the publication 'Over de grens'.
is dedicated to asylum seekers and undocumented migrants in administrative detention in Europe.
A comprehensive map of camps, migrant detention centres and prisons in Europe done by the French organisation Migreurop gives a sinister and detailed picture where all these camps are located. In short: All over the place.
A short 2 pages overview on this violation of human rights, written by Astrid Essed, Dutch League for the Human Rights.
Click here and download this document.
Testimony by an ex-detained refugee is at the centre of this brochure on the detention of refugees and undocumented migrants. This man was detained in the deportation-prison (border-prison) 'Tafelbergweg' in Amsterdam for half a year from the end of 2002 on, because his asylum request was refused.
Click here to download the complete story in English.
Claims by hundreds of asylum-seekers that they have been beaten or abused by British guards during their detention and removal from this country are to be independently investigated for the first time, The Independent has learnt.
A scandal involving systematic physical, mental and verbal abuse of asylum seekers in British migrant detention centres is being investigated amid calls for the government to create a new watchdog to monitor the welfare of detainees.
An Observer investigation can reveal that a series of incidents has led to a criminal investigation and civil claims for damages over a series of alleged assaults, reportedly involving beatings and, in one case, a death. Read the article by Jamie Doward, social affairs editor.
The true cost of using migrant detention centres to lock up failed asylum-seekers has been exposed by statistics showing the extent of self-harm among those held.
Figures show that in the last four months of 2007, 42 people needed medical attention for self-harm in Britain's 10 centres.
This represents 2 per cent of the 2,095 people held at that time. As well as these cases, one in five people held were considered to be at risk of self-harm and being formally observed. Colnbrook detention centre, near Heathrow, was worst, with 18 cases of self-harm treated in four months, and 126 people under formal watch.
Meanwhile, at Yarl's Wood in Bedfordshire, where this week mothers have been on hunger strike in protest over the detention of their children, 52 inmates were under formal watch, and eight people required medical attention because of self-harm.
The statistics, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, support the views of many immigration experts and MPs that prolonged detention of migrants is unethical.
A spokeswoman for the Refugee Council said: "These figures confirm our huge concerns about detaining vulnerable people for indefinite periods. Many of these people will have undergone extreme trauma and in some cases torture and detention in their home countries.
"We urge the Government to consider alternatives to detaining people, given the severe effect it has on their mental health."
Emma Ginn, of the National Coalition of Anti-Deportation Campaigns, said she hoped the statistics would act as a wake-up call to the UK Border Agency.
"Some self-harm attempts are just a cry for help, but some of these were serious suicide attempts. Why would any so-called bogus asylum-seekers make an attempt on their life? It's an indication of the living hell that they're going through."
Ms Ginn believes that the only option is to close the centres. "An alternative must be found," she said, "because they're driving people to make attempts on their own lives."
Click here for a photo special by Dutch newspaper Volkskrant.


Clarksville, TN – This article is strictly my opinion and does NOT reflect the opinion of the staff, management or sponsors of Clarksville Online and it's partners.
I've just finished watching President Trump's speech from the oval office. I watched it online and watched in horror the HATE that has consumed this country and is perpetuated by all of us in some form or fashion.
I'm no expert and I'm not trying to change the world, I'm just trying to enjoy life, my family, my grandsons and my faith. I want ALL of us to do good, to be healthy, happy and fulfilled.
Clarksville, TN – The All State, student newspaper at Austin Peay State University, earned two first place awards in Best News Editorial Artist/Illustrator and On-site Op-ed Writing and eight additional awards from the annual Southeast Journalism Conference during on Friday, February 16th, 2018.
The All State staff show their 10 awards from the the annual Southeast Journalism Conference.
Clarksville, TN – Clarksville Mayor Kim McMillan directs that the U.S., State and City flags be flown at half-staff at all City of Clarksville offices and facilities until sunset Monday, February 19th, 2018.
This is in keeping with the Presidential proclamation to fly the U.S. Flag at half-staff as a mark of respect for the victims of the Parkland, Florida, school tragedy.
Washington, D.C. – At President Donald Trump's first State of the Union address, he invited a very important guest from our own Clarksville, TN. We all know that any person who signs up for the armed services already exhibits an extraordinary character.
The sacrifice that they, and their families, make to serve our country is beyond measure. Through their commitment to protecting our nation, we are forever in their debt. America is the greatest country on earth, but it can only remain so because of the selfless acts of those who serve in our military.
Washington, D.C. – As many of you know, last Friday at midnight, the government shut down. The Democrats in the Senate showed their constituents, and every American, that they chose to forgo funding for our military, our elderly, and our children in order to fulfill their political agenda.
And if you remember, this was an agenda that President Trump was very clear on. The President told the Democrats that if they wanted a DACA deal, then they had to come to the negotiation table. Once there was funding for the border wall, an end to chain migration, and an end of the visa lottery system, President Trump would allow a DACA deal.
Washington, D.C. – United States President Donald Trump is sending astronauts back to the Moon.
Washington, D.C. – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) voted Thursday to roll back Obama-era internet regulations called "net neutrality." I fully support FCC Chairman Ajit Pai's decision on this. Let me tell you why.
There's a lot of confusion about the term "net-neutrality," which leads consumers to believe that before 2015 it was difficult to have free and fair access to the internet. This is not the case. Were you able to access the internet before 2015? Could you access websites for free? The answer is most likely yes. FCC regulations were not needed then, and they aren't needed now. But there are some big internet issues we need to solve.
Washington, D.C. – As the stories in the media on health care seemingly change from day to day, one thing remains clear: Americans deserve action. We must act. In addition to speaking with many of you, I spoke on a number of shows this week about the need to get something done on health care and what the Senate can do to make some progress on this issue.
The Senate is now considering a bill that has previously passed to repeal Obamacare with a two-year delay to allow Congress the time to craft and debate legislation that truly addresses the root problems of our high health care costs.
Washington, D.C. – Vice President Mike Pence thanked employees at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida for their commitment to America's continued leadership in the space frontier during a visit to America's multi-user spaceport on Thursday.
"Let us do what our nation has always done since its very founding and beyond: We've pushed the boundaries on frontiers, not just of territory, but of knowledge. We've blazed new trails, and we've astonished the world as we've boldly grasped our future without fear," the Vice President told employees, government dignitaries and space industry leaders in remarks at the facility's iconic Vehicle Assembly Building, where the new Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft will be prepared ahead of launches to the moon, and eventually to Mars and beyond.


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Enjoy your first gruenkern dish!
Ingredients: 250g ground gruenkern, 500ml bouillon, a cup of breadcrumbs, 1-2 eggs, chopped onion and parsley cooked in 1 tbsp. of oil, salt, pepper, nutmeg.
Soak 2 cups of ground gruenkern in 1 1/2 cups of water for at least 2 hours. Mix it with the following ingredients: 1 diced onion, 200g margarine, 4 tblsp. salad oil, 2 gloves of minced garlic, 1 cup Hefeflocken (lit. flakes of yeast – what's the correct term in English?), a few drops of lemonjuice, and according to taste a bit of mustard, black pepper, nutmeg, salt and marjoram. Add fresh herbs according to taste and season!
Ingredients: 40g of ground gruenkern, 40g fat, 1 1/4 liters bouillon, 1 egg yolk and sour cream according to taste. You can add dumplings, roasted cubes of bread or mushrooms.
Take the ground gruenkern and roast it in sizzling fat until it turns to a light brown. Pour in the bouillon and simmer for 5-10min. Thicken with egg yolk and add other ingredients.


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6 Times Chris Wallace Feuded With His Right-Wing Colleagues
Chris Wallace shocked the media world on Sunday when he suddenly announced at the end of his Sunday political talk show that he was leaving Fox News, effective immediately. He will be joining the network's rival CNN to host a weekday show on the channel's new streaming service.
The Fox News Sunday moderator had long been the face of the right-wing network's "straight news" division, lending the channel an air of gravitas and respectability whenever he was on-air.
Despite working for Fox News, long criticized as a communications arm of the Republican Party and conservative movement, Wallace was equally tough on GOP politicians as he was on Democratic ones. The 74-year-old anchor received plaudits for his no-nonsense interviewing style: Rarely a Sunday went by where Wallace didn't draw headlines for "grilling" a hapless lawmaker.
That tell-it-like-it-is mantra also resulted in him calling out his own Fox News cohorts when they relied too heavily on talking points or pushed false narratives. This tendency seemingly increased in recent years—especially following Donald Trump's election and the network's opinion hosts falling in lockstep with the administration.
To mark the end of an era at Fox News, below are six times Wallace clashed and feuded with his right-wing colleagues.
Wallace and Laura Ingraham Battle Over Bill Barr
After if was revealed that Special Counsel Robert Mueller had sent a letter to then-Attorney General William Barr complaining that Barr's infamous letter summarizing the Mueller Report "did not fully capture the context, nature, and substance of this office's work and conclusions," Wallace took to Fox News airwaves said Barr's reputation would take a hit. Ahead of Barr's May 2019 Senate testimony, Wallace noted that Democrats would press Barr because they "feel he has misled the country on the essential contents of the report."
Fox News host Laura Ingraham, a loyal Trump acolyte, would jump on the broadcast a little later to bash the consummate newsman. "Now, I know Chris Wallace at the top of your hour was indicating that I guess that he kind of agrees with these other cable networks that this was an attempt by the DOJ to spin what the conversation was between Barr and Mueller," she groused. "So I don't know if Chris Wallace has information that I don't have, but that he is saying that Barr is perpetuating a lie about this conversation between him and Mueller?"
She went on to say that the "reporting on this and much of the commentary on this to be harmful and frankly very disturbing," adding that she was "watching this in real-time and this is not spin."
Hours later, Wallace returned fire, though he notably did not call Ingraham out by name.
"I know there are some people who don't think this March 27th letter is a big deal and some opinion people, some opinion people who appear on this network who may be pushing a political agenda but, you know, we have to deal in facts," he said on the broadcast of fellow "hard news" anchor Shepard Smith—who has since departed Fox News.
"A lot of people, having read now the full report or as much as it has been not redacted, you know, agree that he didn't reveal what was fully in the report," Wallace concluded. "Again, those aren't opinions. That's not a political agenda. Those are the facts."
"Get Your Facts Straight!"
During Trump's first impeachment trial, tensions boiled over during a panel segment featuring Wallace telling right-wing commentator Katie Pavlich that she needed to get her "facts straight."
At the time, some senators were considering calling former National Security Adviser John Bolton regarding bombshell claims he made about Trump holding up Ukraine aid, prompting Pavlich to say the House should have presented a "complete case" and it was too late to call Bolton to testify.
"That's not true, that's not true," Wallace exclaimed. "They hadn't all been called in the House, and in the Clinton impeachment, they'd been called by the general independent counsel. They had not been called by the House."
Pavlich, meanwhile, continued to argue that "process does matter" and that the Justice Department decided not to investigate whistleblower information, prompting Wallace to note that Pavlich's argument "just isn't true."
"So to say that in the Clinton investigation these people were interviewed by the House, one, they weren't," a frustrated Wallace eventually declared. "And to say it wasn't done by the Justice Department, because the Justice Department refused to carry out the investigation. Get your facts straight!"
Eventually, anchor Bret Baier, who was moderating the panel discussion, finally jumped in: "Okay, let's tone it down!"
"Deeply Misleading" Spin
It wasn't always pro-Trump spin artists and conservative pundits with whom Wallace found himself in an on-air struggle. Sometimes, he got into it with his other "straight news" colleagues.
After the public release of the explosive whistleblower complaint that was at the center of Trump's first impeachment, Wallace took issue with daytime anchor Sandra Smith essentially parroting White House talking points to claim it was all much ado about nothing.
"Did it change anything?" Smith wondered aloud, prompting Wallace to retort: "Oh, I think it's changed quite a lot, Sandra. And the spinning that has been done by the president's defenders over the last 24 hours since this very damaging whistleblower complaint came out, the spinning is not surprising, but it is astonishing, and I think deeply misleading."
Smith eventually echoed the Trump administration's insistence that there was no "quid pro quo" laid out in the notorious phone call between Trump and the Ukrainian president, leading the veteran newsman to vehemently disagree.
"You don't think that dirt on Joe Biden and Joe Biden's son is a thing of value?" Wallace asked.
As Smith attempted to interject, Wallace demanded that she let him answer her initial question, adding that while he didn't think there's a "hot solid case" for impeachment, he did believe that it's "clear from reading the complaint is that it is a serious allegation" and much of it had already "proven to be borne out."
Stop Bashing the Media!
Wallace also made it publicly known that he wasn't too keen on his opinionated colleagues embracing Trump's "fake news" stance and constantly trashing the rest of the media. During a 2017 interview with the Associated Press, Wallace suggested there was a growing rift between the network's hard news and opinion divisions over the subject.
"It bothers me," he stated. "If they want to say they like Trump, or that they're upset with the Democrats, that's fine. That's opinion. That's what they do for a living."
Wallace continued: "I don't like them bashing the media, because oftentimes what they're bashing is stuff that we on the news side are doing. I don't think they recognize that they have a role at Fox News and we have a role at Fox News. I don't know what's in their head. I just think it's bad form."
While he didn't name any names, it was obvious at the time that he was referencing Sean Hannity, Jeanine Pirro, and the hosts of Fox & Friends—all of whom had already taken to parroting the then-president's attacks on the press and defending him on every issue.
"I Don't Think That's Right!"
Another instance of Wallace clashing with Pavlich, this time over vigilantism and whether it is justified. After teenager Kyle Rittenhouse killed two men and shot another during fiery Black Lives Matter protests in Kenosha—Rittenhouse was recently acquitted of murder charges on the basis of self-defense—Wallace took issue with Pavlich's seeming endorsement of "vigilante justice" during an August 2020 broadcast of midday roundtable show Outnumbered.
"I've got to push back on something we said at the end of the last segment," he remarked. "Because there seemed to be the implication that somehow vigilante justice was understandable or justified by the lack of sufficient police action and authority and presence in some of the cities."
With co-host Melissa Francis and Pavlich objecting, claiming the conservative commentator didn't say that, Wallace pushed back as the rest of the panel piled on.
"Vigilantes were filling the void from police," he asserted, repeating Pavlich's earlier argument. "Just as it is fair to say that rioting and looting is a completely inappropriate response to George Floyd or Jacob Blake, vigilante justice is a completely inappropriate response to the rioting in the street. There is no justification for what happened in Kenosha. And vigilante justice is a crime and should be punished as a crime."
After anchor Harris Faulkner insisted that "we did not say that before," Wallace stood his ground: "You were saying to 'fill a void.' I don't think that's right."
Wallace Objects to Bosses About Tucker Carlson's Deranged Doc
Weeks before he announced he was leaving Fox News for good, Wallace reportedly made his displeasure known to management about Tucker Carlson's revisionist Jan. 6 documentary Patriot Purge. The three-part series, which aired on Fox News streaming service Fox Nation, promoted a number of baseless and outright false claims about the Capitol insurrection—such as the conspiracy theory that it was a "false flag" operation orchestrated by the federal government.
According to NPR, Wallace and Baier both shared their objections with Fox News president Jay Wallace. Their complaints over the content of Carlson's special—which suggests "legacy Americans" are the target of a "new war on terror"—eventually rose all the way to Lachlan Murdoch, the CEO of Fox News' parent company.
Beyond internally pushing back on the inflammatory program, Wallace also gave airtime to Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) to criticize both Carlson and Fox News for airing the "un-American" and "dangerous" docu-series. And Wallace himself appeared to throw shade Carlson's way.
"You know, there were always divisions and we've always argued about policy," Wallace said. "What strikes me as different now but not just now but in recent years is that we argue over facts. We argue over the truth."
"Congresswoman Cheney, there is talk now that January 6 was a false flag operation. That it was a case of liberals in the deep state setting up conservatives and Trump supporters," he added. "Is there any truth to that?"


Residents are getting ready to go cuckoo to mark the start of spring at a well-loved Marsden festival.
Hundreds of visitors are expected to turn the village into a thriving cultural hive when the annual Cuckoo weekend arrives on April 25 and 26.
More dance acts than ever before have been enlisted to help celebrate the 22nd year of the quirky festival in response to requests from previous years.
Groups such as the Spiral Dancers and the Marsden Belly Dancers will take over central areas such as Argyle Street, Peel Street and Marsden Park on the main event day on Saturday from 11am, along with more than 10 performing arts groups from around the county and local schools.
They will be joined by numerous vintage engines, donkeys, craft and activities stalls and rides, who will entertain crowds in the run up to the festival's most popular moment when the grand cuckoo procession rolls through the streets at 3pm.
This will be followed by the Mellor Bridge duck race and an outdoor band evening which will run at the United Church.
Meanwhile, on Friday evening young revellers will be led by story teller Alan Schofield on the fantastical catch the cuckoo walk around the area while the Black Joak Folk night will open its doors to performers and musicians at the Marsden Band Room from 8pm.
The festival was established to commemorate the local legend which states that upon discovering the cuckoo, which was believed to mark the start of spring, Marsden residents built a structure to try capture it so that the good weather would stay.
One of the event's committee members and National Trust community engagement officer Alyssa Young said: "We're really excited about this year's festival and hope that the good weather stays with us while we celebrate.
"The festival is an important tradition in Marsden and it's a pleasure for the National Trust to be involved with this community event.
Tickets for the duck race can be bought on the day from the National Trust stall.


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The winners of the 5th edition of "For a clean environment!" - awards ceremony
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The 5th edition of "For a clean environment!" awards ceremony, organized by ECOTIC, ALUCRO, Association for Consumer Protection and Promotion of Programs and Strategies of Romania and Hotnews, has awarded its winners on December 12, in the presence of environmental authorities, producers of electrical and electronic equipment recycling companies and environmental NGOs .
"For a clean environment!" awards ceremony is a traditional event that aims to promote initiatives and programs dedicated to environmental protection. The organizers award every year the best projects and examples of good practices to improve environmental conditions in local communities and social empowerment programs developed by companies, public institutions and non-governmental organizations.
This year's edition brought together a record number of projects (47) for environmental protection and resource reuse submitted by companies, educational institutions and non-governmental organizations.
"We are pleased with the active involvement this year in identifying and promoting ambitious projects that demonstrate a growing concern for environmental protection and efficient use of resources in Romania," said Valentin Negoita, ECOTIC President.
First prize was won by Zibo Help Association for the project "Green School for Romania".
Second prize was awarded to the Faculty of Engineering of the University Constantin Brancusi, Targu Jiu for the project "New building materials obtained from recycling industrial waste - ECOWASTE".
Third prize was won by Save the Danube and Delta for the project "Natural Park Vacaresti".
Special Diplomas were awarded to the following projects: "Let's Plant for the Planet" - MaiMultVerde Association, "Protect the environment! Get involved "- ProCreditBank," Learn to recycle "- Mega Image," Recycle "- ViitorPlus - Association for Sustainable Development".
In the awards ceremony ECOTIC awarded special prizes for contributions to the public awareness and selective waste collection to the following companies: Samsung, Altex and real, - Hypermarket Romania. The awards given by ALUCRO were: award for Education for School No. 2 Diaconu Coresi Brasov, award for companies went to Celestica Romania and the award for collector went to EcoCycle.
"We congratulate the winners of the 2013" For a clean environment! " - awards ceremony, and we thank all our partners for openness and commitment this year "said Adina Magsi, General Manager ALUCRO.
Project archive here.
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Sherlock Holmes was great – lots of action, good interplay between Holmes / Watson and Holmes / Adler. Villain was so-so.
Traditionally, Holmes has been portrayed as a brilliant mind but very reserved–he would never just be in a boxing match for the hell of it. The new Holmes is brillant but a little more vulnerable. He has to deal with his emotions ("losing" a friend to marriage, the reappearance of the only woman who stimulates his, ahem, mind) and is more human than logic machine.
He can solve a riddle before your tongue finishes telling the tale and he can smack the taste out of your mouth before you'd ever see it coming.
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In order to be considered for Legal Aid, it is usual practice to provide evidence that you or your children are or have been at risk of harm from a current or ex-partner. The disclosure of any injuries or conditions caused by domestic abuse or violence may also be necessary e.g. a letter from the police or your GP.
This evidence can then be given to your Legal Aid Solicitor.
If you have been a victim of Domestic Violence or Abuse and you require a Non-Molestation Order or you want to start Divorce Proceedings, our specialist Solicitors are here to help you.
What is the definition of Domestic Violence and Abuse?
This type of behaviour can be a range of acts with the sole purpose of making someone dependent by isolating them from any potential support. Controlling behaviour may act to exploit resources and capacities for personal gain, depriving an individual of their independence, resistance and escape and regulating their everyday behaviour.
This type of behaviour may include acts such as assault, threats, humiliation and intimidation or other abuse that is used to harm, punish, or frighten the victim.
If any of this sounds familiar, there is no need to suffer in silence, contact us today for help and assistance.
Non-Molestation Orders are civil court orders used to protect victims of Domestic Violence from being abused. The purpose is to prevent violence from the abuser, either physically or verbally. It is a type of injunction made under The Family Law Act 1996 to protect named individuals from abuse.
Breaches of Non-Molestation Orders can result in arrest and the potential sentence of up to five years in prison.
Someone you have had been in an intimate relationship with.
In cases where you feel like you are in danger and need immediate protection, you can apply for a Non-Molestation Order 'without notice'.
Contact one of our Family Law Solicitors today if you feel like you or your children are at risk, and we can advise you on the best course of action.
In order to enforce an order, this must be delivered to the abuser and the local police need to be given a copy so they are aware of its existence.
Ignoring or breaking a Non-Molestation Order is a criminal offence, meaning sentences can be imposed if the order is disobeyed. If this happens, you can decide whether the incident is brought back to the family court, or whether you go down the criminal court route.
The court will look at numerous factors before making a decision about whether to make an injunction. Our Solicitors will advise you on the likelihood of a successful application.
It's worth noting that injunctions operate for a specified time period and that you may need to make further applications if/when they run out.
Any behaviour from an ex partner which causes you to feel intimidated or harassed warrants the application of a non-molestation order. Many will think that you need to have experienced violence to apply for this, but this is not the case. Often the courts will require evidence that you are being harassed or intimidated to grant a Non-Molestation Order.
We understand the stress and difficulties associated with applying for Non-Molestation Orders against current or ex-partners, but the experienced Family Law team at Abbey Solicitors have the knowledge and experience to decide on the best course of action for your situation.
Click here to discuss any Domestic Violence issue and one of our experienced team will be able to help you.


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100% Indigenous Owned. 100% Skater Owned.
Chad Dickson - Pro model
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For the next pro graphic, Colonialism introduces their latest team rider, Chad Dickson. This pro graphic was created by Tom Dickson Jr., who is Chad's uncle. Tom Dickson Jr. comes from a long line of Tlingit artists. Tlingit means "People of the Tides." Chad's home community is Teslin, Yukon. The Tlingit language is said to be distantly related to Eyak, which is now considered an extinct language from Alaska. His language is, "spoken in the Yukon communities of Teslin and Carcross, in the Atlin area of British Columbia, and coastal settlements stretching along the Alaskan panhandle from Yakutat to Ketchikan. Given the geographic range of the language, there is relatively little dialect diversity, and all speakers can generally understand each other" (Tlingit Translation). Chad's language and cultural traditions are passed down from Elders within his community through harvesting camps, ceremonies and cultural events.
There are five clans in Teslin Tlingit
• Kuhhittan (Raven)
• Ishkitan (Frog)
• Yanyedi (Wolf)
• Deshitan (Split Tail Beaver)
• Dakl'awedi (Eagle)
Chad comes from the Dakl'awedi (Eagle) clan. According to Tlingit Translation, clan membership is based on traditional practices and each clan will determine its members. Chad's people are Inland Tlingit, who originally came from the Southeastern part of Alaska to the interior part of the Yukon. Teslin Tlingit people permanently settled where they are now when the Alaska Highway was completed in 1942. However, Tlingit Translation says, oral knowledge from Elders has suggested that Tlingit people living in the Yukon date farther back than what has been written in history. His people traditionally would travel throughout the year to different parts of their territory for hunting and fishing seasons. They would set up camp in a specific area for a particular season and have been doing this since time immemorial.
Chad Dickson grew up skateboarding in London, Ontario before coming back home out to the West. It is an honor to work with and have Chad ride and support the company. Colonialism Skateboards support all skateboarders in their pursuit to better themselves mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
About Us - Tlingit Translation. About Us: Teslin Tlingit Council. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.ttc-teslin.com/government/about-us
McClellan, C. (2019). Tlingit. In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/inland-tlingit
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The Royal Proclamation of 1763


CHARLOTTETOWN – March 26, 2015 – Carol Craswell, employment unit coordinator with the Canadian Mental Health Association, PEI Division, was the happy winner of a nice computer bag full of small gifts and promotional tools (together valued at about $150) March 25 during the Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of Commerce business mixer at the Carrefour de l'Isle-Saint-Jean. Her name was drawn from the prize basket at the RDÉE Prince Edward Island booth. RDÉE president Martin Marcoux presented the prize to the winner.


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Free Speech, Free Press: Not in Mexico
President Obama's plan for the implementation of the North American perimeter is essential for the integration of North America. When completed and each of the three nations of North America has operational control of its borders, this common outer security perimeter will allow for the free flow of people throughout the continent. And with that, everything bad about our neighbors to the south will find a home in America.
The Mexican drug cartels, who already have drug distribution operations in 270 towns and cities of the United States thanks to the hard work of Homeland Security, will bring with them your worst nightmares. In Mexico their targets are men, women and children. Their targets are anyone who publishes or broadcast the crimes of the cartels, corrupt politicians, police, and the military with ties to the cartels. Over the next three decades the southwestern United States will, because of open borders, become a de facto part of Mexico where Spanish is the official language and violence is commonplace.
Free speech and the freedom to report the news does not exist in Mexico. If you write or broadcast anything against the cartels in Mexico, your life expectancy diminishes greatly. Now that threat has spread to social network blogs.
(09/15/11) Two bloggers who posted online against the cartels were brutally killed as a warning to others:
A woman was hogtied and disemboweled, her intestines protruding from three deep cuts on her abdomen. Attackers left her topless, dangling by her feet and hands from a bridge in the border city of Nuevo Laredo. A bloodied man next to her was hanging by his hands, his right shoulder severed so deeply the bone was visible." Click images.
Signs nearby said they "were killed for posting denouncements of drug cartel activities on a social network."
Two blog names, Al Rojo Vivo and Blog del Narco were listed on the placards found near the bodies. Other threats were to other blogs who wrote about cartel violence in the social media. The messages were signed Z, most likely meaning the Zetas cartel.
Reporters in Mexico are prime targets for assassination if they do their job and report the crimes. On September 1, 2011, two women journalists were found murdered in a Mexico City park. This brought the death toll for reporters killed in Mexico to 80 since 2000.
According to Radio Formula, the two women, Ana Maria Yarce Viveros, founder of the weekly magazine Contralinea and Rocio Gonzalez Trapaga, a freelance journalist who once worked for Televisa, had their clothes removed, "their hands and feet were bound and ropes left around their necks. This kind of macabre presentation is the hallmark of a drug cartel killing."
Reporters Without Borders say that:
'Mexico is one of the hemisphere's most dangerous countries for the media. Drug cartels and corrupt officials are implicated in most of the crimes of violence against journalists, which always go unpunished. As a result, journalists often censor themselves and some have to flee into exile."
"Mexico and Iraq ranked jointly as the second-most dangerous countries in the world for journalists in 2010, after Pakistan." Coming soon to America.
In addition to reporters, the cartels have another target to intimidate the enemy as well as the public. And that is children:
(04/07/11) San Luis Potosi, Mexico. "On a sunny afternoon last week, when the streets of this mountain mining city were filled with schoolchildren and parents hurrying home from work, gunmen entered a tiny apartment and started firing methodically.
'"The assassins killed everyone: the family matriarch and her adult son; her daughter and son-in-law, and finally, her 22-month-old grandaughter.
"The child was not killed by mistake. Preliminary forensics indicate that the gunmen, unchallenged, pointed a pistol at Scarlett Ramirez and fired."
Once again, "competing criminal groups appear to be killing children to terrorize the population or prove to rivals that their savagery is boundless…" There is no safe haven. Incomplete statistics show that at least 994 victims under 18 "were killed in drug-related violence between 2006 and 2010…"
Cartel assassins now target their enemy and their family:
Some "recent, sensational killings of children–shot in a car seat, dumped in a field with a bullet in the head, killed as their grandmothers cradled them–have shocked Mexicans…"
"In February, assassins went hunting for a Ciudad Juarez man, but the intended target wasn't home, so they killed his three daughters instead, ages 12, 14, and 15."
"In Juarez, they told a 7-year-old boy to run, and shot his father. Then they shot the little boy."
Children in Mexico no longer have a normal life. Their thoughts are distracted from their studies. Now they wonder, as they closely observe their surroundings, if they will die before their next birthday.
And then there are the children who wind up working for the cartels, especially the poor. "Children as young as 10 have been employed by crime gangs to watch over street corners or sell drugs…" Some as young as 14 become assassins. See the story of El Ponchis, The Cloak, who, when asked, "How many have you killed?," responded "Four." When asked how he did it, he said, "I slit their throats."
What does all this mean for America?
It means that Barack Obama and whoever follows him will take on the task of integrating North America into a trading region with governing institutions having sovereignty over American citizens. The goal is to replace the sovereign nation state and destroy the unity of its people through multiculturalism. It means the end of our language, our culture, our history, our unity.
And with the open borders for North America, courtesy of the North American perimeter that Obama said would speed up the flow of people and commerce, that hell on earth known as Mexico, will migrate to the United States. These "new Americans" will be welcomed with open arms by Wal-Mart, GM, Ford and the rest of corporate America. More cheap labor and more profit for CEOs and investors.
It also means a large part of the Southwest U.S. will be inhabited by Mexicans. Most of the governments; city, county, and state will be run by Mexicans and other Latinos. Members of Congress will also be Mexican. Spanish will be the official language and with dual citizenship, their loyalty will be to Mexico. The rule of law will be carried out by the same people who defined the art of torture and murder south of the border. Business as usual.
USNORTHCOM will be tied up with similar problems across our nation and many of the American contingent of soldiers will have to decide whether or not to join Mexican troops and possibly fight against American citizens. Please check out USNORTHCOM's site and the fact that it includes troops from Mexico, Canada and the United States training and fighting together for corporate North America.
American citizens will need to make some hard choices over the next few decades as our "leaders" continue to destroy our nation for a "new vision for North America."
Does this mean all of the drug addicts in the United States will cease their activities? No. They won't. It means that those 270 distribution centers can be expanded to supply the market.
When you destroy the unity of a nation and offer nothing in return but an overcrowded "region" with a large group reclaiming "their" land, who have nothing but hatred for America and Americans, plus dwindling resources, permanent high unemployment, and a failing U.S. government, the end of American history will not be pleasant reading.
AN UPDATE ON OUR NEIGHBORS SOUTH OF THE BORDER
(09/20/11) Headlines: "Bodies of 35 people dumped in Mexican port city."
This was a hit on the Zeta Cartel by the Gulf Cartel:
"The bodies of 23 male and female murder victims were abandoned in front of the Plaza Americas commercial area this afternoon in Boca del Rio, a suburb of Veracruz. The bodies were on board and scattered behind 2 flatbed pickups on Manuel Avila Camacho boulevard that were left at the scene during rush hour traffic at approximately 5:00 pm.
"Hundreds of horrified motorists and onlookers witnessed as gunmen on board several pickups escorted the vehicles to the site where they hung a banner, threw some of the bodies to the roadway and left." Read more.
See just another day in Mexico at publicintelligence, photos and full captions.


The Computar TEC-M55-MPW is a 55mm telecentric lens designed for high resolution megapixel cameras with a 2/3 Format sensor array. It has a working distance of 0.14 to 1.0 meters. Locking screws secure both the focus ring and aperture.


When I was dreaming up the Holiday Craft Bash, today's project is the one that was most clear in my mind. Its that project I dreamed of and envisioned, and knew I had to copy the pictures my head as closely as possible. My Santa head canvas may be my very favorite Christmas project! It's quick and easy, and the best part is that you can take the basic instructions and make whatever character you choose. You could make a penguin, reindeer, Frosty, or a tree. Whatever picture you dream up, you can use to make your own Christmas canvas. I'll be giving you instructions to make a 24″ x 30″ canvas just like mine, but feel free to change up the size of the canvas to suit you.
First we're going to draw out our design. You may find it easier to do this on graph paper. Draw out the shape of your canvas, then draw on your design. You'll be using this as a guide for cutting the pieces for the canvas because it's easy to scale on graph paper. Plus this gives you a good idea of what your finished canvas will look like.
We're going to start our cutting with the background. Cut out your background fabric so that it extends 3″ past each side of your canvas. My canvas is 24″ x 30″ so my background fabric is 30″ x 36″.
Now I want to cut out the beard. To do this, draw out the beard on the smooth (paper) side of the Wonder Under. Be sure that it does not exceed the size of the canvas or your background fabric. Cut the design out the Wonder Under, then fuse the rough adhesive side to your white fabric. Do not remove the paper. Using the Wonder Under as a guide, cut the design from the white fabric.
Repeat this step until you have cut your hat pieces and nose from the proper fabrics. Leave the paper in place on each of these pieces.
Position all of your pieces on the background fabric to your liking. Remember not to place these pieces all the way to edge of the fabric, as you have that additional 3″ on each side that you will need for wrapping.
Once you have a good idea of the arrangement you will use, you can remove the paper from the beard and fuse it right onto the background fabric. Repeat until you have fused all of your pieces.
Now you are ready to sew. This step is super easy since all of your pieces are already stabilized onto the background. All you will be doing in the way of sewing is stitching a zig-zag stitch around all the pieces to ensure that they stay put. Just be sure to use a coordinating thread!
After you have finished up on the machine, you can grab a marking tool and your embroidery floss. Draw on Santa's eyes, and use a satin stitch to fill in the space. You can fuse on some interfacing prior to embroidering if you want.
He's looking pretty good, huh?
It's time to mount your work onto the canvas. To do this, simply place the Santa head right side down on a table.
Place the canvas right side down on top of the Santa head and center as best you can. Fold under the raw edges of the fabric a bit, and fold back onto the back of the canvas. At the top center, staple in place. Pulling taut (but not stretching), fold under the raw edge and fold the fabric on the bottom side over the back of the canvas and staple in the center. Staple the top and bottom in the manner, keeping staples about 1″ apart until you are an inch or so away from the sides. Staple either side in the same manner as you did the top and bottom, neatly folding the fabric when you get to the edges. Staple the corners in place.
To attach the sawtooth hanger, simply center it at the top and hammer in place using the nails that came with the hanger.
Now find a good place for your canvas and adore your work! You've made a perfectly festive work of art.
Be sure to check out the other projects from Week Five of the Holiday Craft Bash!
We would love for you to make your home ready for Christmas with us. If you make any projects from the Holiday Craft Bash, be sure to add them to the Flickr group! We're excited to see what you make!


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Skoolie video blog

This is a collection of all my past, present and future videos and some pictures of my school bus conversion.

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Deep Dive Coding Bootcamp Jeopardy is a game I'm working on with a team of other developers. Coming soon.

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