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Earthquakes and New Lab Test Contracts Shake Up Christchurch's Pathology Marketplace
Jul 16, 2012 | Laboratory Hiring & Human Resources, Laboratory News, Laboratory Operations, Laboratory Pathology
It's been a challenging year for this New Zealand city's medical laboratory testing professionals
CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND—Two private clinical laboratory companies in this city have had quite a roller coaster ride during the past 18 months. Included in the ups and downs were a series of destructive earthquakes, a new contract bidding cycle that eliminated one of the two existing private medical laboratory companies, and a lab acquisition.
For pathologists and clinical lab administrators in other countries, there are useful lessons to be learned in the aftermath of the Christchurch earthquakes. Among other things, one clinical laboratory company needed to move its testing facility six different times in a year! That's because aftershocks and ongoing engineering inspections revealed significant damage to these different buildings at different points in time.
Two Major Earthquakes within Six Months in Christchurch
It was September 4, 2010, when a magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocked the city, causing considerable damage but no fatalities. Just six months later, on February 22, 2011, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake hit Christchurch. This second earthquake caused substantial damage and loss of life. For this event, experts noted that the "intensity and violence of the ground shaking was measured to be… among the strongest ever recorded globally in an urban area."
During a site visit to the recently-opened clinical laboratory facility of Southern Community Laboratories in Christchurch, New Zealand, CEO Peter Gootjes (left) showed Dark Daily Editor Robert L. Michel (right) the new automated chemistry and immunoassay line that is now operational. All the pre-analytical and automated specimen processing modules have been delivered and will be hooked up to the existing automated line in coming months. Sharp-eyed readers will recognize that Roche Diagnostics is the supplier of this automated system.
Not only was the damage to buildings and infrastructure widespread in Christchurch, but 185 people lost their lives. Numerous and significant aftershocks have been recorded over the past 18 months. More than 20,000 homes were destroyed or damaged. In downtown Christchurch, it is estimated that 90% of the existing buildings will need to be demolished.
During his visit to Christchurch last week, your Dark Daily editor, Robert L. Michel, was able to interview the executives from the two main clinical laboratory organizations in the city. He conducted a site visit to the newest lab facility for the private clinical lab company. There was also a tour of the "red zone" in the core of Christchurch where the public is not allowed to go and where the demolition of damaged buildings is proceeding seven days per week.
Three Clinical Laboratories Provided Testing in Christchurch
Prior to the first earthquake, three major pathology laboratories provided services in Christchurch. Canterbury Health Laboratories (CHL), which is part of the Christchurch Hospital, handles inpatient testing and complex testing. Separate contracts to provide testing services to office-based physicians in the region where held by MedLab South (a business unit of Sonic Healthcare, Ltd. [AU: SH]), and Southern Community Laboratories (a business unit of Healthscope,Ltd. [AU: HSP]).
Following the February, 2011 earthquake, the District Health Board (DHB) in Christchurch decided to launch an early tender process for community lab testing—which describes the medical laboratory testing that originates from clinics and physicians' offices. The DHB had two goals.
One goal was to contract exclusively with one private laboratory company to provide community lab testing. The second goal was develop a collaborative relationship with the lab company that won the contract tender and Canterbury Health Laboratories. This collaboration is expected to contribute to better integration and standardization of the clinical laboratory testing services provided by both lab organizations.
It was Southern Community Laboratories that was awarded the contract, which was effective on April 1, 2012. Once the contract award was announced last December, Southern made an offer to acquire MedLab South. That deal was approved by regulatory authorities and completed in recent months. This left Southern Community Laboratories as the exclusive private clinical laboratory provider in this region.
Following the February 22 earthquake, the buildings which housed the laboratories for MedLab South and Southern Community Laboratories were declared unsafe. In the case of MedLab South, the lab building was evacuated immediately and patient specimens could not be retrieved and moved to another location.
Into the breach stepped Canterbury Health Laboratories. Its laboratory facility survived the earthquakes in good enough shape to continue lab testing operations. It helped MedLab continue testing in support of physicians in the community. CHL also supported the effort to recall and redraw those patients whose specimens were unrecoverable because they were trapped in MedLab's earthquake-damaged lab facility.
For Southern Community Laboratories, it was a similar story. Its laboratory facility was also deemed unsafe following the February 23 earthquake. However, several intrepid pathologists—in the company of engineers or building contractors—did get back in the building and retrieve patient specimens.
In fact, this aspect of the disaster's aftermath offers a lesson for pathologists and clinical laboratory managers around the globe. Emergency protocols should anticipate how patient specimens should be handled if a laboratory facility is damaged or made inaccessible. That would include a priority ranking for retrieving specimens, since biopsies and tissue samples would be more difficult to recollect than blood and urine specimens. It should also identify how any patient redraws or specimen recollections would be conducted.
Clinical Laboratory Facility Was Moved Six Times
The anecdote that may be of keenest interest to Dark Daily readers is the remarkable challenges that Southern Community Laboratories had before it found a structurally sound building to house its laboratory. From the time its original laboratory building was condemned after the February 22, 2011, earthquake, the company moved lab testing operations into six different buildings.
In one case, building inspectors notified management on a Wednesday afternoon that the building housing the laboratory was unsafe and operations needed to be moved. Lab executives at Southern Community Laboratories announced this to the staff on Friday, just 48 hours later. By Monday, the lab facility was relocated into another building and was operational!
More needs to be said about the goals of the Canterbury District Health Board to use an approach called "alliance contracting" as the tool for bringing together the hospital-based laboratory (CHL) with the community-based laboratory (Southern Community). This is an effort to establish the type of integrated clinical laboratory service organization that is required to deliver proactive care across both inpatient and outpatient settings.
Clinical Lab Professionals Rose to the Challenge
Finally, the collaboration and the resilience of the pathologists, clinical biochemists, and laboratory scientists throughout these highly disruptive events in Christchurch reflects well on the laboratory medicine profession. There are numerous stories of pathologists and laboratory scientists who stood by and kept the laboratory safe and in operation dispute the turmoil and destruction caused by the earthquakes.
For anyone who would like to know more about the earthquake damage and recovery effort in Christchurch, this link is a good starting point. (Or copy this URL and paste it into your browser: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/christchurch-earthquake/news/headlines.cfm?c_id=1502981)
Your Dark Daily Editor,
Robert L. Michel
e-mail: rmichel@darkreport.com with your comments.
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namespace bogdanfinn\TmdbBundle\Http;

use bogdanfinn\TmdbBundle\Conversion\SeasonTransformer;

/**
 * Client for accessing The Movie Database /tv-seasons endpoints
 * Documentation for the endpoints can be found at https://developers.themoviedb.org/3/tv-seasons
 *
 * All responses are deserialized JSON objects as stdClass or Modelinstances based on config
 */
class SeasonClient
{
    /**
     * @var TMDbClient
     */
    private $tmdbClient;

    /**
     * @var SeasonTransformer
     */
    private $seasonTransformer;

    /** @var  bool */
    private $useModels;

    /**
     * MovieClient constructor.
     * @param TmdbClient $tmdbClient
     * @param SeasonTransformer $seasonTransformer
     * @param bool $useModels
     */
    public function __construct(TmdbClient $tmdbClient, SeasonTransformer $seasonTransformer, $useModels = true)
    {
        $this->tmdbClient = $tmdbClient;
        $this->seasonTransformer = $seasonTransformer;
        $this->useModels = $useModels;
    }

    /**
     * Get the primary information about a TV season by its season number
     *
     * @link https://developers.themoviedb.org/3/tv-seasons
     *
     * @param string|int $id
     * @param string|int $season_number
     * @param string $language
     * @param array $append_to_response
     * @return \stdClass
     */
    public function getSeason($id, $season_number, $language = 'en', array $append_to_response = [])
    {
        $append_to_response = $append_to_response ? implode(',', $append_to_response) : null;

        return $this->transformSeasonResponseToModels($this->tmdbClient->json("tv/$id/season/$season_number", compact('language', 'append_to_response')));
    }

    /**
     * @param $apiResponse
     * @return mixed
     */
    private function transformSeasonResponseToModels($apiResponse){
        if($this->useModels){
            return $this->seasonTransformer->assignSeasonToModel($apiResponse);
        }
        return $apiResponse;
    }

}

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Q: Azure Table Storage null values in query result I am building project to store sensors data from IoT devices. I use IoT Hub, Stream Analytics and Table Storage.
I have Web API which I want to return values from Table in Table Storage. I don't know why I getting null values in response from Table Storage only in custom columns. I know that columns in Table Storage are case-sensitive and I remembered about it.
What is really interesting when I add Row to Table from .NET SDK and next query it also with SDK, I'm getting correct values (not null :) )
This is how data looks like in Storage Explorer in Azure Portal:

This shows that columns have correct case-sensitive names:

Here is TableValue Entity from my code:
public class TableValue : TableEntity
{
    public TableValue() { }

    public TableValue(string id, string deviceId)
    {
        PartitionKey = deviceId;
        RowKey = id;
    }

    public string Humidity { get; set; }
    public string Pressure { get; set; }
    public string Temperature { get; set; }
    public string SentTimestamp { get; set; }
}

Here is my code responsible for querying values from table storage
public async Task<List<TableValue>> Handle(Query request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
{
            var table = _tableClient.GetTableReference("iotinsights");
            var condition = TableQuery.GenerateFilterCondition("PartitionKey", QueryComparisons.Equal, "Develop1");
            var query = new TabyleQuery<TableValue>().Where(condition);
            var result = table.ExecuteQuery(query);

            return await Task.FromResult(result.ToList());
 }

Here is result I got from request in Postman:
    {
        "humidity": null,
        "pressure": null,
        "temperature": null,
        "sentTimestamp": null,
        "partitionKey": "Develop1",
        "rowKey": "0131560c-d1d7-4dc3-93f0-14a4c676baa5",
        "timestamp": "2020-12-28T12:21:55.9198819+01:00",
        "eTag": "W/\"datetime'2020-12-28T11%3A21%3A55.9198819Z'\""
    },
    {
        "humidity": null,
        "pressure": null,
        "temperature": null,
        "sentTimestamp": null,
        "partitionKey": "Develop1",
        "rowKey": "022bc3f8-c8d5-4ff5-88b6-57e53c720aa9",
        "timestamp": "2020-12-28T12:27:22.9991905+01:00",
        "eTag": "W/\"datetime'2020-12-28T11%3A27%3A22.9991905Z'\""
    }, ...

What should I do to get correct values from this Table?

A: I found solution, it was easier than i thought. Custom Table Entity properties must have correct data types
    public class TableValue : TableEntity
{
    public TableValue() { }

    public TableValue(string id, string deviceId)
    {
        PartitionKey = deviceId;
        RowKey = id;
    }

    public Double? Humidity { get; set; }
    public Double? Pressure { get; set; }
    public Double? Temperature { get; set; }
    public DateTime? SentTimestamp { get; set; }

}

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Viktor Julius Friedrich Siemerling (* 3. Februar 1823 in Neubrandenburg; † 1. Januar 1879 ebenda) war ein deutscher Apotheker, Kaufmann und Bankier.

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Viktor Siemerling war ältester Sohn und eins von fünf Kindern des Neubrandenburger Apothekers und Kaufmanns Ludwig Siemerling (1791–1853) und dessen Frau Pauline, geb. Meyenn (1804–1852), Tochter eines Rostocker Tuchfabrikanten. Er absolvierte ein Studium in Jena, wurde zum Dr. phil. promoviert, übernahm 1848 die Apotheke seines Vaters und wurde nach dessen Tod 1853 auch Inhaber des Kaufmannsgeschäfts. Zudem war er auch als Bankier tätig und besaß das Rittergut Arnhausen in Pommern.

Mit seinen Geschäften hatte Siemerling wesentlichen Anteil an der wirtschaftlichen Entwicklung der Stadt. 1847 wurde er Mitglied des Vereins der Freunde der Naturgeschichte in Mecklenburg. Er war 1868 neben den Rostocker Unternehmern Friedrich Witte, Carl Josephi, Wilhelm Scheel u. a. beteiligt an der Gründung des Allgemeinen Mecklenburgischen Handelsvereins. 1872 gehörte er zu den Gründungsvätern des Neubrandenburger Museumsvereins, der bis in die 1930er Jahre das heutige Regionalmuseum Neubrandenburg im Treptower Tor betrieb.

Viktor Siemerling war befreundet mit Fritz Reuter, mit den Bürgermeistern Wilhelm Ahlers und Friedrich Brückner, dessen Bruder, dem Arzt Ludwig Brückner, und mit den Historikern Ernst und Franz Boll. Für Fritz Reuter war Siemerling nicht nur Freund, sondern auch Bankier. So übernahm er etwa 1858 die Druckkosten für "Kein Hüsung" und gewährte Reuter finanzielle Unterstützung bei dessen Gesellschaftsreise nach Konstantinopel im Jahre 1864. Fritz Reuter setzte ihm dafür ein literarisches Denkmal in "De Reis' nah Konstantinopel" (1868) und in "De Urgeschicht von Meckelnborg" (1877).

Viktor Siemerling war seit 1849 mit der Malchiner Kaufmannstochter Ottilie, geb. Lüders (1826–1903) verheiratet, mit der er fünf Söhne und zwei Töchter hatte. Der Jurist und Landgerichtspräsident Carl Piper (1837–1919), der ab 1872 als Staatsminister von Mecklenburg-Strelitz amtierte, war sein Schwiegersohn.

Nach  Siemerlings Tod führte zunächst seine Witwe das Kaufmannsgeschäft weiter, bis es der Sohn Peter (1862–1903) übernahm. Die Apotheke war bereits 1867 verpachtet und 1871 mit der angeschlossenen Miniralwasseranstalt unter der Auflage verkauft worden, dass alle späteren Besitzer sie als "Siemerlingsche Apotheke" führen mussten. Viktor Siemerlings Grab befand sich auf dem Neubrandenburger Alten Friedhof. Fotos davon sind nicht bekannt.

Siemerling-Sozialpreis
Als Würdigung des sozialen Engagement der Siemerling-Familie haben der Dreikönigsverein Neubrandenburg e.V. und dessen Dreikönigs-Stiftung den Siemerling-Sozialpreis ins Leben gerufen, einen Sozialpreis für Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, der seit 1994 jährlich vergeben wird. "Er soll innovative und effektive Projekte und Initiativen im sozialen Bereich würdigen und engagierte Personen oder Gruppen auszeichnen." Der Preis ist mit 10.000 Euro dotiert, daneben erhalten die Preisträger die von dem Franziskanerpater Laurentius Ulrich Englisch geschaffene Bronzeplastik "Das Lamm im offenen Buch".

Namensgeber für den Preis waren Christian Siemerling (1719–1796), Arzt, Apotheker und Kaufmann und Begründer der Neubrandenburger Familie und sein Urenkel Viktor Siemerling, der "als sozial handelnder Apotheker, aber auch als Bankier die markanteste Persönlichkeit der Familie Siemerling war."

Literatur

 Carl Lüdtke: Apotheker um Fritz Reuter. – IV. Fritz Reuter und der Neubrandenburger Apotheker Viktor Siemerling (1823–1877). In: Otto Beßler, Hans Seel, Rudolph Zaunick (Hrsg.): Beiträge zur Geschichte der Pharmazie und ihrer Nachbargebiete. Band 2, VEB Verlag Volk und Gesundheit, Berlin 1956, S. 16–48 (hier: S. 39–43). (Volltext, TU Braunschweig, PDF; S. 44–ff).

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Einzelnachweise

Apotheker (19. Jahrhundert)
Bankier
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Gestorben 1879
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A Revisit of the Magical City of Dubai: What to Shortlist
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Welcome to Dubai A city that is renowned for its extravagance and luxury. A city that is known for its opulent hotels, luxury shopping, and delicious food.
But there is so much more to Dubai than just that. This city is a melting pot of cultures, with people from all over the world coming to live and work here. You can find mosques and temples next to towering skyscrapers and chic shopping malls.
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Another historic sight is the Dubai Creek. The Creek has been an important part of Dubai for centuries, serving as a port for trading vessels and a source of freshwater. These days, it is a popular spot for tourists who want to take a traditional abra ride across the water.
Dubai is also home to some impressive mosques, including the Jumeirah Mosque and the Grand Mosque. These mosques are not just places of worship, but also cultural centers where events and exhibitions are held.
Arabian Adventure: Activities and Attractions
Dubai city of Emirates is a city that is full of surprises. From its bustling metropolis to its pristine beaches, there is something for everyone. If you're looking for some adventure, there are plenty of activities and attractions to choose from.
For starters, you can go on a camel ride through the desert or take a helicopter ride over the cityscape. There are also plenty of water sports to enjoy, such as jet skiing, windsurfing, and parasailing. And if you're feeling adventurous, you can even go skydiving or sandboarding.
So if you're looking for a relaxing getaway, you'll be spoilt for choice. From opulent palaces to exotic beach resorts, Dubai has something to suit every taste and budget.
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But if you're looking for a bargain, then you'll want to check out the Gold Souk. The Gold Souk is a street in downtown Dubai that is home to hundreds of gold shops. You can find everything from gold necklaces to gold watches at bargain prices.
Nightlife in Dubai – Indulge in Luxury and Unwind Outdoors
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Experience the Culture of Dubai
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Shaheer Sheikh shares a captivating picture in a bathrobe immediately after leaving the shower
One of the television's huge heart throbs is Shaheer Sheikh. The actor is not only loved and supported for his acting chops, but his social media presence is always the talk of the town. Currently, the actor has grabbed a lot of attention, that's because he recently made his relationship with ladylove Ruchikaa Kapoor Instagram official.
Shaheer had taken to his Instagram handle and shared a picture of Ruchika and called her 'My Girl.' Ever since then the netizens can't help gushing all over the cute couple. And now, his Instagram handle is full of the pictures of his girlfriend, Ruchika Kapoor. But, recently, the actor took a break from mushy posts with Ruchika and left everyone drooling over his latest post.
It was on November 4, 2020, when the actor took to his Instagram handle and shared a drool worthy picture. In the picture, we can see Shaheer dressed in a white bathrobe. The actor seems to have just stepped out of a bath as he looks all fresh and handsome.
The picture is a mirror selfie, and the actor can be seen gazing intensely into the camera. The picture took over the internet with a storm as soon as it went online. From fire emojis to heart emoticons, the fans were seen gushing all over the heart throb Shaheer Sheikh.
The actor shared a caption along with the picture, saying "Aaj ka kya plan hai?? #madMe #shaheersheikh." The comment section was filled with hilarious replies. In fact one of the fans had replied saying "'Safai ka plan hai, Diwali aarahi."
Meanwhile, on the work front, the actor will be next seen in Ekta Kapoor's web series called Paurashpur along with Shilpa Shinde. The promo of the series was recently released and it managed to grab a lot of attention on social media.
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Bristol Rovers FC
Everything Wael Al-Qadi has said about Bristol Rovers' new stadium and what has actually happened
A closer look at the club's stadium saga
John Evely
Wael Al Qadi
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Bristol Rovers' pursuit of a new stadium has now been nearly a decade in the works and yet the League One club are still at the Memorial Stadium.
In February, 19, 2016 the Al-Qadi family bought a 92% stake in Bristol Rovers and the youngest of three brothers, Hani, Samer and Wael, was named club president.
The Jordanian family's wealth stems from the family business - the Arab Jordanian Investment Bank - which was set up by their father Abdulkader in 1978.
Wael Al Qadi's latest stadium claims for Bristol Rovers leave more questions than answers
Wael, who remains an assistant general manager at AJIB said he had been looking to invest in a football club since 2014, exploring options in Spain and Belgium before moving his sights to England.
On September 26, 2015 Wael discovered Bristol Rovers could be up for sale, the next day he flew from Spain to Bristol to have a meeting to discuss a takeover.
The rest is history. However this was never going to be a takeover in the Manchester City fashion, where Abu Dhabi Royal family member Shekih Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan has spent millions of his own money to propel the club to the top of the Premier League with apparently little interest of making a return on his profits.
Wael al Quadi celebrating with Bristol Rovers fans.
Back in 2016 Wael explained: "I dragged my family into this .
"My father and my brothers – Hani, the eldest, is the guy in charge at the bank, a Harvard Business School honours' graduate – they're conservative and they look at business with numbers and charts. So to try to convince the family to come into football, something they see as just a game … they had no clue about the industry, about how it has grown."
And while he went on to say they have gone on to "catch the football bug" investment has been solid rather than spectacular.
The promises and dreams have been big but the reality has been disappointing for many long suffering loyal fans.
But Wael never promised overnight transformations, stating regularly, "It's evolution not revolution.
"It's not about wasting or spending money on certain aspects of the game that might get you short term success - we are after long term success."
But after at least two failed stadium deals and the club's training ground 'The Colony' on indefinite hold we at Bristol Live have examined what the Gas president has said and what has actually happened when it comes to Rovers' new stadium.
Bristol Rovers' new owner, Wael Al-Qadi (Image: Neil Brookman/JMP)
First message after arriving at Rovers
February, 19, 2016
"This football club requires and needs a new stadium. Once we are ready to go ahead with that project, we will.
"There's a lot of work that has been done, but I have to come in and verify or make sure everything is in order, 100%, before taking the next step."
When the Al-Qadi's came in at Rovers they inherited a complex situation with the stadium with the club having lost a battle in the High Court with Sainsbury's in May 2015 over redeveloping the Memorial Stadium site.
In December 2011, Rovers agreed a deal with the University of Western England (UWE) and Sainsbury's to build a new stadium on university land while the supermarket chain would redeveloping the club's Memorial Stadium in Horfield.
The contract to buy the Memorial Stadium for £30m was signed in December 2011.
However planning permission for the new supermarket on the Memorial Stadium site was not granted until January 2013 and was further delayed by judicial review.
When the Al-Qadi's arrived Sainsbury's had moved on and with them the majority of the funding had fallen out of the project.
However discussions with UWE continued and the outlook was positive.
Wael al-Qadi with Bristol Rovers winger Alex Rodman
Slow progress with UWE
October, 31, 2016
"If we want to succeed, a new stadium has to happen.
"A new stadium has to be built. We cannot be sustainable if we stay at the Memorial," Al-Qadi said.
"But we inherited this situation and we did find some issues which we had to address, and it takes time because UWE are a public institution; it's not a private company where the CEO can say: 'Let's get rid of this condition.' We hired Ernst & Young, they're doing the feasibility study and they should be done very soon, so it's a gradual process. But if we want to succeed, a new stadium has to happen."
In hindsight this was a clear indication there was trouble going on behind the scenes with the two parties struggling to agree on significant details. Nine months later the club confirmed discussions had "come to a close as the parties were unable to agree acceptable terms".
On August 3, Rovers chairman Steve Hamer who had been the club's point man on the project said: "I just think this whole deal has been jinxed, it just never seems to have been running in the right direction," revealing the to some degree the extent of the conflict going on behind the scenes.
Artist's impression of planned new home for Bristol Rovers
Stadium deal with UWE collapses
"We've always had a fall back plan"
"That is to look into regeneration of the Mem, it's a beautiful piece of land - spacious. I believe there were two sets of planning permission in the past for the Mem to be built up into a proper football stadium which offers fantastic facilities for our supporters. That's what we want to do now.
"Our aim is to provide supporters with modern beautiful facilities to watch great football in."
Despite publicly stating the club were looking at ways to redevelop the Memorial Stadium in reality it appears to have been a non-starter due to local residents not wanting a bigger ground and the traffic it brings with it, on their doorsteps.
The club had originally hoped to build a 21,000-seater venue at Stoke Gifford on the outskirts of the city.
With the deal with UWE "dead in the water" according to Al-Qadi, the club privately began a search for a new location to build the stadium.
Bristol Rovers owner Wael Qadi at Nova Creu Alta Stadium in Sabadell, Barcelona (Image: Bagu Blanco/JMP)
Option A, B, C being explored
"We all know what we want, but it's about getting there."
"There are several options and the Memorial Stadium is included. You always have to have a plan A, plan B and plan C.
"We have been very busy over the summer to supply our fans with a better experience at the Mem, but we see these as temporary solutions.
"I don't want to give timelines but I can assure you we are working very hard [to get] this club where it should be."
In perhaps his most frustrating update, at the start of the 2018/19 season Wael essentially said everything was on the table but suggested in public the club's future was always from the Memorial Stadium.
Behind the scenes Rovers were considerably down the road trying to come to an agreement on a second new site to build a stadium which has never been disclosed.
Wael Al-Qadi and former Bristol Rovers boss Darrell Clarke
Plans for a second stadium site fall through
Just days after manager Darrell Clarke left the club a statement from Bristol Rovers confirmed a deal for a second site for a new stadium for the club had fallen through for undisclosed reasons.
The statement read: "Hard work continues behind the scenes. Whilst it is not possible to share all details due to confidentiality arrangements, we wish to put on record our extreme disappointment that another development site that the club have been pursuing is no longer under consideration.
"Many months of effort, and not inconsiderable cost, have been put into this possibility of a new stadium and training ground development but we have now been left with no option but to explore and identify alternative solutions."
Back to the drawing board for a second time was the general consensus with rumours the club were looking for outside investment rife.
Wael Al Qadi meeting with fans at Bristol Rovers Open Training Session (Image: Rogan Thomson/JMP)
A third party could pursue planning after a second deal fell through in December
"Regarding the stadium, we need a new stadium and we have been working for two years now on a site and we had agreed everything, like we issued a statement earlier on that we were disappointed the other party decided not to go ahead with that.
"We have spent two years at considerable cost to get this project up and going but we were denied at the end. So we are now focused on finding a new site to try and get this project up and going again.
"There are several options and there is a lot of work being done, with considerable cost. There is a lot of work that is going on with the various parties involved in all this and as soon as it is determined which site is a green light we will announce it.
"Planning is the big issue here, do you buy the site and then go for planning or do you make sure that you can get planning before buying the site?
"This is the issue that takes a lot of time, because you cannot just go and take a huge risk, acquire land and find out that you can't get a project up and going there.
"It's about making sure that you can get the stadium that you want and going ahead.
"It's a long process but I can assure you we are determined to do this. If we cannot do this and we feel anybody else can follow through and do this project, we will definitely involve the. We're determined and we know it's needed."
Following rumours of outside investment Wael conceded other parties could be involved in delivering a new stadium.
There were also several references to the cost involved, and no wonder. When Bristol Live spoke to Kieran Maguire, a lecturer in football finance at the University of Liverpool and the creator of the Price of Football website, he said: "Looking at the accounts the stadium project falling through with UWE has been something of a disaster from what I can make out.
"That has cost them around £2m in terms of project planning which the club have had to write-off.
He said: "They [the Al-Qadi family] have had to write-off a large amount of money because of that project.
"Unless they can find a new site quickly, and get planning permission, and then of course they are going to have to factor in the cost of the new stadium. I am a season ticket holder at Brighton and their new stadium cost the owner £90m and then he spent another £30m on training facilities, so it is going to be an expensive project."
Bristol Rovers president Wael Al Qadi (Image: Richard Calver/JMP)
The fruit market confirmed as possible site
"We have identified one site, along with others, we are very interested in. We have options but one of the sites is the site at the fruit market - we are very interested in that site.
"We have already started the work that goes into planning permission. As you know it's a very long process and there's a lot of technical work that must be done to get approval from the Council."
Al Qadi was unable to provide specifics as to what stage this process was at, adding, rather confusingly, "the process has started. The most important thing is all the technical aspects of the process of a planning permission is underway".
When pushed by host Geoff Twentyman if the plan was to purchase the land and then develop it, Al-Qadi added: "To get this huge project done, it's all about arranging and figuring out agreements with all the parties involved. The most important one is planning because if we get that everything else falls into place."
It appears Bristol Rovers and Bristol City Council have been in private discussions over the feasibility of the site but it will be some time until we discover their results and whether the current owners of the Wholesale Fruit Centre are willing to sell.
Last night (Monday, August, 5) a shareholder at the Bristol Fruit Market told the BBC an offer to buy the 11 acre site was made around three months. It didn't come directly from the Gas but a third party. The offer was not accepted.
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Michael Berg, NSCA-CPT
Struggling to build muscle? Follow ripped bodybuilder Simeon Panda's 6 principles of growth to build the body you desire!
Name: Simeon Panda
Weight: 220 lbs. offseason, 215 contest
Birthplace and Current Residence: London, England
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As a 16-year-old growing up in London, Simeon Panda was lean—like, really lean—and his 6-foot-1 frame only made it more obvious. Sure, he was athletic—he played rugby and ran track—but he knew that having a bigger muscular engine was the next step in improving both on and off the field.
So he took up weight training. At first, his approach was formless, and his results were inconsistent. He went through the same struggles everyone goes through. But the difference is that he rode out the storm, took meticulous notes, and ended up transforming that skinny teenage body into one of the most recognizable and aesthetic physiques in the fitness realm today.
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What transported the 215-pounder from scrawny to swole? It wasn't magic. It was these six principles, each of which you can put into use today.
Pick your plan and don't deviate
Experienced lifters talk about "beginner's gains" in reverent terms. However, more often than not, beginning lifters are simply too fickle and impatient to experience these gains. They'll start a workout program, but their initial gung-ho spirit fades faster than a Snapchat. Soon, they're either adding in heaps of new exercises to an already flawed routine, or they've checked out altogether, disappointed by a lack of instant results.
"Once you've started a specific training program, you need to stick with it for a significant amount of time to see its benefits," Panda instructs. "People tend to add things they've read about or otherwise change [programs] up, but at the start, you need to focus on the basics before adding anything more complicated."
The minimum time to give a program? Two to three months at least, which gives your body time to adapt. That may sound like an eternity, but those of us on the other side know you only get to experience it once, so it's crucial to milk it for all it's worth. The results you earn now—initially, you'll see strength increases, followed by muscular adaptations—will lay the foundation for everything that comes later.
"Once you've started a specific training program, you need to stick with it for a significant amount of time to see its benefits."
Train like a bodybuilder from Day 1
When it comes to newbie training splits, the standard-issue advice is to either do all-in-one full-body workouts or some version of an upper body/lower body split, hitting all your muscle groups over the span of two workouts.
Like many enthusiastic young men, Panda initially worked every muscle every day. Once he got more systematic, everything came together. "I did single body parts and trained almost every day," says Panda. That means tackling each major body part on its own day during every seven-day stretch for up to an hour: back, chest, legs, shoulders and arms, with abs tacked on at least twice a week, doing multiple exercises for 3-5 sets apiece.
There is a caveat to this advice, however. "The decision depends on the time frame you have available," he says. "If you have the time to dedicate to five workouts per week, then this one-body-part-per-workout approach is good. But, if your schedule doesn't allow it, you may have to do an upper/lower split, and that's OK."
More crucial than the nature of your split, he insists, is that you find a dedicated time to fit it into your schedule. "I go at 5 in the evening every day," Panda says. "It's from my former 9-to-5 days. I always used to get out of work and go train, so I'm still in that habit now."
Determine what time works best in your own schedule and don't miss a session, whether it's the morning, the lunch hour, or a quiet gym at 2 a.m.
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Use all the implements at your disposal
Some experts claim that it's best to lift only free weights as a muscle-building beginner, since they hit a target muscle and all the ancillary muscles that help balance your body from your core outward. On the other side, machine proponents contend that the safety offered by machines and the lower learning curve increases adherence and helps build the initial foundation of strength and muscularity.
Both sides have valid points. The real question is: Why are we taking sides at all? "Both machines and free weights have their place in a beginner's program," Panda explains. "You shouldn't be afraid of hard exercises, though. For example, I would say you should be doing squats and deadlifts right from the start, as long as you get the guidance needed to perform them correctly and avoid injury."
A combo of free weights and machines, which nearly all good hypertrophy-focused programs will advocate, helps you reap the best each exercise has to offer. For instance, you could get the advantages of free-weight dumbbell presses to lead off a chest workout, while also gaining the continuous tension offered by a pec-deck fly or cable cross-over later on in that same session.
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Intensity techniques are worth the wait
These intensity-boosting techniques are proven to work, but Simeon Panda advises you wait until you're an intermediate lifter to use them.
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Rest-pause
Ignore intensity techniques—for now
Panda is a firm believer in intensity techniques like supersets and rest-pause training. But he also insists they're not necessary to stimulate muscle gains in your first 3-6 months of training. In fact, because they're so demanding from a recovery perspective, they might lead you to get worn down to the point where the quality of your training suffers, or you start skipping training altogether.
"You can spend a similar amount of time in the gym as a more advanced bodybuilder would—60 minutes, even 90 for legs—but you don't need advanced techniques like supersets, dropsets, partials and others," Panda says. "Add those in as you get to the intermediate level. It can be something as simple as adding a dropset at the end of every exercise, or supersetting two of your exercises on each body part. Just little tweaks."
Panda has similar advice about training to failure: "The same thing goes for taking sets to (momentary) muscle failure," he says. "You don't need that early on to make gains, although I do recommend pyramiding up the weight from set to set."
Eat as if your gains depend on it (because they do)
Those who don't make gains on a bodybuilding program tend to blame their training first. Then they'll fire up the search engine and start on a quest for the "perfect exercise" or "perfect routine," or just start adding intensity techniques out of fear that they're not going at it hard enough.
Unfortunately, the first two items on that list don't exist. With the third, you could be onto something, but more likely, you're falling short outside the gym, not in it. "You need to take diet as seriously as you do your workouts," Panda says. For faster, more measurable results, you should track your food and macronutrient intake, which will tell you if you're falling short on your nutritional needs. Yes, that means write it down! Keep a food log, or utilize a fitness app. Look for the Myprotein app, available later this year, to track your entire regime.
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Only after you know what you're eating should you start making large-scale changes to your diet. And just like your training, your changes should be ones you can stick with for months on end—remember Panda's first principle?
Panda is a big believer in building a nutritional approach around some foolproof staple foods. For instance, he eats a lot of fish like salmon, tuna, and mackerel, all of which offer ample protein. Not that he's against chicken or steak. "Fish is just easier to prepare," he explains.
As for carbs, load up first with vegetables like broccoli, spinach, asparagus, sweet potatoes, carrots, and salads. Then, fill the rest of the hole in your stomach with whole grains. "Whole-grain rice is one of my main sources of carbs," Panda says.
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Want to compete? Don't go it alone.
Some people can be satisfied with simply training for health, appearance, and strength. For others, competition is the only motivation that will work. If that describes you, own it—and then do it right.
After six months to a year, you may be tempted to take the next step, with an eye on the competitive stage. Panda, who won the heavyweight tall class and overall at the 2013 Musclemania Europe—and earned pro status at his very first contest—recommends doing your homework before making the leap. Become a student of competition, and embrace the entire process as an educational experience from start to finish.
"Before your first competition, you should watch video religiously of some of your favorite bodybuilders posing," he says. "You may have a great physique, but if you don't know how to present it right, you won't do well in front of the judges."
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Equally crucial, he says, is to seek out others who have competed before. "Ask people who know the ins and outs of the sport to check out your physique to critique your strengths and weaknesses and watch your posing routine," Panda says. "Find a team you can trust."
If you're competing simply to boost your ego, you'll quickly find yourself dejected by the harsh honesty the stage demands. But go in with the right mindset, and you'll find there's no such thing as losing. There's just learning—and that never has to end!
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Why do you have to do any of that? However they may be moving, isn't the radius of curvature of a particle with respect to another... simply the distance between them?

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UConn's Adama Sanogo out at least two weeks with abdominal injury
David Borges
UConn's Adama Sanogo, left, looks to take a shot between LIU defenders Ty Flowers, center, and Eral Penn, right,, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday Nov. 17, 2021, in Storrs, Conn.
Paul Connors / Associated Press
STORRS — Adama Sanogo, UConn's sophomore center and second-leading scorer, will be out at least a couple weeks — and quite possibly more — with an abdominal injury suffered in Tuesday night's win over Maryland-Eastern Shore.
"We're still kind of getting a sense of what that is exactly," coach Dan Hurley said prior to Friday's practice. "Right now, it's looking like a couple of weeks to possibly longer. Potentially longer than that, or longer than that. We just don't really know the extent.
"A couple weeks, three weeks absolute minimum," Hurley continued. "I don't think you'll probably see him for longer than that."
Hurley said Sanogo has had an MRI that revealed what could be a tear, though it's not decisive yet. Sanogo is in a lot of pain, though wanted to participate in practice on Thursday.
Hurley on Sanogo pic.twitter.com/UKiRDblZTD
— David Borges (@DaveBorges) December 3, 2021
The Huskies are now down two of their top three scorers over at least the next couple of weeks. Tyrese Martin,who suffered a slight sprain and avulsion fracture to his left wrist last week and is likely out 2-4 weeks, per Hurley. Martin is the team's leading rebounder (7.7) and third-leading scorer (12.9).
"Next man up," Hurley said. "We've got to keep going. Every team goes through these things through the course of the season. But, I've talked a lot about our depth. So, here we go. A lot of people weren't happy with their role, wanted more minutes. Well, here you go. Go produce."
Sanogo suffered the injury about midway through the second half of UConn's 72-63 win over Maryland-Eastern Shore on Tuesday night in Hartford. The 6-foot-9 Sanogo is currently second on the Huskies in scoring (15.6 points per game) and third in rebound (6.3). He was a preseason Big East Honorable Mention selection after earning league All-Rookie Team honors as a freshman.
The 17th-ranked Huskies face Grambling State on Saturday at 4 p.m. at Gampel Pavilion.
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UConn men's basketball beat writer


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Re-using the cardboard was the first idea. If they don't have to take the physical item in, and can take a picture of that item in, that would make it easier to find things to take in. Thinking of something for your child to bring that begins with a certain letter sounds simple enough, but when push comes to shove it often becomes tricky. It grows on a farm. Take white paper and lay in the bubbles.
A - apple, alligator, Ariel Little Mermaid B - Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bird Feeder Mix birdseed and peanut butter together. This content was written by Amy Tradewell. Use blue construction paper for the body and head, yellow for the beaks, and white or light blue for the wings. The panic of remembering at the last minute that show and tell is in just a few hours and your child has no idea what is in their playroom that starts with a T. The point is to look around you and try to create a fascinating story out of it. Trace circles head , wings and beaks, one for each child.
Can you take pictures of the things in? Letter J is the 10th letter of the alphabet which means after this one we only have 9 more posts left in our letter of the week show and tell series. You will also have to be as creative in using these nature walk mementoes as important elements to the jewelry that you are crafting. Our activities are widely used by teachers, moms, dads, child care providers etc. Write out what the children say in their own words, then have them find and draw balloons around letter. Blow bubbles into cup until almost overflowing. In researching their communities, students can take pictures of local historical sites or objects and research the place or item and its role in the development of their communities.
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And his costume is covered in inch rulers. All the preschools do it. The twist here is everything has to be farm or nature related. Start by having them string the beads in any order — then try to have them follow a pattern. Your child will write his or her favorite stories in each of these pocket-sized notebooks.


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Trembling Masks
Installation, 9 repurposed wooden frames initially used for domestic imagery, 9 pieces of text, paper, used metal objects, crochet, antique gardening gloves, rug, 2016
Mask 1: The Virgin
"She's too valuable to hump," the king whispers to the warrior. Queen Iseult, or the Moon Queen, in a dark blue dress quietly walks down the stairs to tell the fortune of the warrior—will he succeed in helping the King to restore his political power? She tells the king that he is the one. The ambitious warrior, who dreams to build his own kingdom someday, turns out to be the one who will save her from the old king's confinement. Having heard that her power resides in her pure soul as a virgin, the warrior brings her into his journey as his most valuable asset to remain untouched, until she becomes traumatized by the unforeseen consequences of her own magic used for his cause. In despair, she begs him to take her virginity, to save her from her own power, to take her as a 'woman.' Shortly after, she dies in the hands of his enemy who calls her a "whore."
The Last Kingdom, 2015, BBC Two and BBC America, UK and USA
Recorded 2.5 million total viewers for its first season on BBC Two
Mask 2: The Shadow
"Being too close to the sun, her entire family will burn; nevertheless, she is born to safeguard the sun." A dying shaman predicts that the daughter of a minister, Yeon-Woo (meaning 'misty rain'), will be born with a special connection with the prince whom she is destined to protect from harm. However, her fate to be his invisible half proves to be life-threatening, as the prince is ordained to get married to a corrupt noble's daughter who later dies from a magic spell. In the midst of secret feuds in the Court, her father is framed for treason, and Yeon-Woo survives the familial extermination with the help of a court shaman who stages her death and gives her a disguising identity as a newly initiated shaman. Erased from history but supposedly endowed with spiritual power, she is now the perfect candidate to be the protecting shadow of the prince, who is now the new king. Against all odds and brutality, she finally gets close enough to protect the king, only by keeping her existence and proximity unknown to him. When the truth regarding her familial extermination is revealed, she clears her family name and becomes the new queen of the king. Even as a queen, she is praised for her modesty to remain in the shadow, being likened to the quiet Moon reflecting the bright light of the shining Sun.
Moon Embracing the Sun, 2012, MBC, South Korea
Recorded 43.3% of nation-wide Nielsen ratings for its season finale
Mask 3: The Possessed
Vanessa Ives is said to be "possessed"; they say she is destined to be the Mother of Evil, the Bride of the Devil. When she finally stands by his side, the world is said to crumble. On the verge of her sexual maturity, she is diagnosed as psychosexually disturbed and committed to a mental asylum, after having sex with her friend's fiancé. Tormented by her own guilt and brutalized by torturous procedures in the asylum, Vanessa continues to seek God's absolution and protection that never comes. After traumatic brain surgery, she is released but has nowhere to go. Vanessa's family disowned her, as her mother died from the shock of witnessing her possessed in a sexual union with the Devil. Vanessa bravely resists the Devil's further attempts to dominate her, but his brother, Dracula, seduces her in disguise. In her weakest moment, she accepts Dracula's proposal that he loves her for who she is not whom the world wants her to be. Watching the evil's dominion overall life, however, she asks an old lover to kill her to save the world.
Penny Dreadful, 2014-2016, Showtime, UK
Recorded 1.45 million total viewers on its premiere, without counting non-subscribers of Showtime
Mask 4: The Demon
"She is an abject, psychopathic, demon from Hell that as soon as she gets into power is going to try to destroy the planet. I'm sure of that, and people around her say she's so dark now, and so evil, and so possessed that they are having nightmares, they're freaking out.… I mean this woman is dangerous, ladies and gentlemen. I'm telling you, she is a demon. This is Biblical. …Imagine how bad she smells, man? I'm told her and Obama, just stink, stink, stink, stink. You can't wash that evil off, man. Told there's a rotten smell around Hillary. I'm not kidding, people say, they say—folks, I've been told this by high up folks. They say listen, Obama and Hillary both smell like sulfur…And they listen, she's a frickin' demon and she stinks and so does Obama. I go, like what? Sulfur. They smell like Hell."
Alex Jones, 10/10/2016, The Alex Jones Show, Genesis Communications Networks, USA
Infowars website that features the show reaches over 7.2 million viewers monthly.
Mask 5: The Hell
"…Down from the waiste they are Centaurs,
Though Women all above,
But to the girdle do the gods inherit,
Beneath is all the fiends;
There is hell, there is darkness,
There is the sulphurous pit,
Burning, scalding, stench, consumption…"
King Lear, circa 1606
Mask 6: The Witch
"The next step of the Judge should be that, if after being fittingly tortured she refuses to confess the truth, he should have other engines of torture brought before her, and tell her that she will have to endure these if she does not confess. If then she is not induced by terror to confess, the torture must be continued on the second or third day, but not repeated at the present time unless there should be some fresh indication of its probable success."
Malleus Maleficarum, 1486, Heinrich Kramer, Germany
Written as a legal manual for identifying and prosecuting witches, Malleus ignited the Great Witch-Hunt in Early Modern Europe, which led to countless tortures, convictions, and executions of women, resulting in an estimated total of 40,000 to 60,000 deaths
Mask 7: The Sirens
"…First you will raise who spellbind any man alive,
whoever comes their way. Whoever draws too close,
off guard, and catches the Sirens' voices in the air—
no sailing home for him, no wife rising to meet him,
no happy children beaming up at their father's face.
The high, thrilling song of the Sirens will transfix him,
lolling there in their meadow, round them heaps of corpses
rotting away, rags of skin shriveling on their bones…
Race straight past that coast!"
Odyssey, circa 8th Century BC, Homer, Ionia
Mask 8: The Sinner
4 "You will certainly not die," the serpent said to the woman. 5 "God knows that when you eat fruit from that tree, you will know things you have never known before. Like God, you will be able to tell the difference between good and evil."
16 The Lord God said to the woman,
"I will increase your pain when you give birth.
You will be in great pain when you have children.
You will long for your husband.
And he will rule over you."
Genesis 3:4-16, the Hebrew Bible, circa 10th Century BC
The Bible is believed to be the world's best-selling and most widely distributed book. A recent estimate suggests that more than 6 billion copies of the Bible have been printed.
Mask 9: The Murderer
"…On or about the 13th day of July 2013, in St. Joseph County, State of Indiana, PURVI PATEL, who is more than eighteen (18) years old, and having the care of a dependent, did knowingly place that dependent in a situation that endangered the dependent's life or health by failing to provide any medical care for that dependent immediately after the dependent's birth, resulting in the death of that dependent, who was less than fourteen (14) years old. All of which is contrary to the form of the statute in such cases made and provided, to-wit: Indiana Code 35-1-4(b)(3), and against the peace and dignity of the State of Indiana…"
Probable Cause Affidavit of Purvi Patel who had a miscarriage and was subsequently charged, convicted, and sentenced to 20 years in prison on charges of feticide,
Prosecuting attorney Michael A. Dvorak, St. Joseph Superior Court, State of Indiana, 2013
Infected Instructions
Equilibrate
I Was a Spiritual Medium
Any Implement You Can Ever Imagine
Sanctuary for All
Ordinary Goddesses
I was hoping you wouldn't...
Habitual Transfer
Potential Dirt-Matter
The Centipedes
Para-Sites 2014
The Centipedes: Stories
私善党 / Sishandang
We Are All Violators
Re-Reduction
Quiet Freedom
40 Days Without Shoes
Orchestra for Two Caves
Pieces of You
Unimportant People
A Thousand Steps
Make It Double
Never, We Were Here
The Holy Book
LIVE A SECURE LIFE
The Bones of Time
Turn Turn Return
American Steakhouse
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In the project Methods and Models in the Education of Preschool Children in Kindergartens conducted at the Faculty of Teacher Education in Zagreb, we were interested in practitioners' and kindergarten teacher students' opinions, motivation, satisfaction, expectations and attitudes with regard to their work. Two open-ended questions regarding the role of the kindergarten teacher in children's lives, were set as a separate mini- questionnaire. For the purposes of this particular study, practitioners (N=69) and first-year university kindergarten teacher students (N=65) had to complete two sentences: "Children are like… because …" and "Kindergarten teachers are like… because…". Their responses were content analysed and then compared. Analysis shows that both students and kindergarten teachers perceive children in a very positive way and evaluate their job as highly valuable. They also highly value their role in children's lives (as another parent, teacher, helper, model, safe haven, etc.). The most significant difference between practising teachers and students is their perception of working conditions, where students show a more idealistic approach.