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Real help for the homeless
Portraits of true compassion and gospel transformation
A homeless man outside the Union Gospel Mission in Seattle Associated Press/Photo by Jae C. Hong (file)
Oct. 10 is "World Homeless Day." According to its publicity, "people around the world will mark World Homeless Day in many varied ways and change the lives of people experiencing homelessness in their local community."
In 1995 and early in 1996, I researched lots of ways people tried to change the lives of people experiencing homelessness. I found the best results arose among those who received challenging, personal, and spiritual help at Christian homeless shelters. What follows are columns I wrote at that time about four formerly homeless men. WORLD did not start putting articles online until mid-1996, so we're reprinting them here.
Unwrapping the gifts of the '60s
It's still trendy on the Christian left to link homelessness with supposed Reagan-era government cuts in social services: They say budget dips sink ships. The truth is different: Many of the lives sinking in recent years had holes cut into their hulls 25 years ago, during liberalism's golden age.
Take as a case study the story of Rudy Jones, 45. He grew up in a middle-class household in Washington, D.C., and as a teenager reacted, '60s-style, to school "regimentation." He became a voracious reader of political thrillers and worked for Hubert Humphrey's campaign in 1968. Then he went to college, where drugs were more important than studies, and learned about LSD, speed, and surrealistic painting.
After college, Jones moved to Los Angeles and "tried to get into the film business. That's where I really got into some fast circles. I was doing a lot of powdered cocaine out there." The infantilized gratification-seeking that characterized late-1960s politics and culture stayed with him as he moved back to Washington and worked at a television station as a production technician and then as film and tape editor.
By 1984 Cal Ripken Jr., 30 miles to the north, had already begun his streak of showing up for work day after day, but it was hard for a child of the '60s to be an iron man. A stripper in a strip-tease joint in 1984 introduced Jones to crack cocaine, which he had heard of before as a drug that led middle-class people to "sell their houses and break up their lives." He had scoffed at such reports, but when he took his first hit "the bells were going off in the center of my brain."
Jones had learned during the '60s to satisfy his impulses, and he spent the mid-1980s turning theory into practice. More cocaine, more disintegration in his life: "It was like a slow-motion train wreck. A big long pile up." Unable to work consistently because of his drug use, Jones left his job in 1988 and began a series of freelance assignments that would give him the money for crack without the obligation of regular labor.
The culmination came in September 1994, when he received a check for $1,500 from a public television station: "I just went nuts. Didn't sleep or eat for four days in a row, doing crack all the time. That's when I realized I needed to do something drastic." Drastic for Jones was entering a live-in, anti-addiction program at the Gospel Mission in a rundown area of Washington.
Ironically, it was '60s reasoning—don't think about right and wrong, just show me where I can get a buzz—that led him into a program built on right and wrong: Jones based his decision to enter the Gospel Mission not on faith in Christ, but on research showing that religious anti-addiction programs are more successful than others: "I wanted to get results, I didn't care how."
Suddenly there was power to change, because God was helping.
Pragmatism changed to awe as Jones went through the Gospel Mission's Bible studies and counseling programs, however. The transformation, he says, began when he stopped thinking of God as "a bunch of physics laws" and started to see Him as "a personal entity that man could relate to." Suddenly he could pray, for he knew God was listening. Suddenly there was purpose that went outside self-pleasing, for God was watching. Suddenly there was power to change, because God was helping.
After five months Jones felt "completely changed." When I interviewed him in February 1995, he spoke of no longer living for each day's pleasures, as he had done since the 1960s, but dying to self and seeing God rather than man as the center of things.
Complete changes sometimes short-circuit; time heals all wounds and also tests all spiritual swoons. I've checked on Rudy Jones: He stayed clean and was judged ready to move out of the Gospel Mission in order to live with and care for his mother, who is now in her 80s and in need of help. He's working in telecommunications and volunteering twice a week to teach English and writing to newcomers at the Mission. Stuck in the '60s for three decades, he has finally grown up. And it's time that the apologists for infantilism did so, also.
Beyond thumb-sucking pig life
One of my children's favorite movies is a hilarious Western parody, The Three Amigos. It contains no obscene language but it does have an insulting reference to some bad guys, who are called "scum-sucking pigs." One 5-year-old stumbled on a theological truth the other day when he quoted from the movie in a way that made sense to him: "Thumb-sucking pigs," he said with a laugh.
I like that usage, even though those of us who took public school biology know that what separates pigs from human beings is the porkers' lack of an opposable thumb. "Thumb-sucking pig" is a good way of describing what we are like when envy rules our lives: We want what we do not have and, instead of working for it with our own hands, we self-absorbedly suck our thumbs and wallow in our slop, hoping to be given what we have not earned.
Calvin Trillin, author of the funny food book American Fried, praises the role of envy when ordering in restaurants. Do not study the menu or listen to a waiter's prattle, he writes; instead, see someone at an adjacent table eating a steak with great joy, point at him and his food, and tell the waiter, "I want some of that." The Bible is less bullish on envy, however; Hebrew and Greek words for "envy" appear 23 times, and 22 of the usages are negative.
There is one positive use: The apostle Paul in Romans 11:14 hopes that he "may somehow arouse my own people to envy and save some of them." Last week's march in Washington provided multi-millions of dollars of free publicity to the Nation of Islam and probably prompted some envy among onlookers, but manmade religions cannot bring salvation and end up being destructive in this life, as well. Christians need to arouse non-believers to constructive envy by showing through love that the gospel turns around lives on earth, and proclaiming with credibility that it leads to eternal life in heaven.
Look, for example, at how God used Christians to help change the life of 41-year-old Jerry Minor. Minor started using heroin and cocaine when he was 19; over the next few years, he turned from "recreational user" into a drug-focused wreck of a man. Minor sold drugs on the streets but did not net much cash in the process, "because I was using as much as I was making. Most of the money went right back into my body."
Minor did some jail time for drug-selling; he sometimes stayed at government-funded homeless shelters and treatment programs with the hope of stomping on his habit, but he found there "a lot of the same things that I was always doing. A lot of drugs, a lot of fights." Not until he walked into the Washington, D.C., Gospel Mission in 1992—out of desperation, not belief—did his life begin to change: "I started seeing other people accepting the Lord, and realized they were getting better. I wanted some of that, because I had tried everything else. And it was the grace of God that finally did it."
"I started seeing other people accepting the Lord, and realized they were getting better."
Three years and a lot of constructive envy later, Minor is working as a drug counselor at the Gospel Mission. He does not have the classroom hours that would allow him to be licensed by the government. But he knows the tricks of the drug trade and isn't easily taken in by scams; he's stood up to bullies before and isn't easily possessed by fear; he's learned to live with little and isn't readily subject to greed. Constructive envy of the kind that possessed Minor does not occur when homeless men are thrown together into a shelter that treats them as if they did not have souls and opposable thumbs. What reached out to Jerry Minor at the Gospel Mission was love and challenge that crossed the lines of class and race and obvious sin. When Christians do not provoke constructive envy, urban warriors turn to a Farrakhan, not realizing that the paths away from Christ are those of destructive envy.
Constructive envy can grow only when Christians become both hearers and doers of the word. Organizations like CUTS and the Gospel Mission proclaim the gospel in words that are coupled with love so that the hurting and the lost say with Jerry Minor, "I want some of that." Many Christians talk about racial reconciliation, but if we do not pray for it and work for it, we ourselves are self-absorbedly envying a complete meal. We ourselves are thumb-sucking pigs.
Love means more than having to say you're sorry
It's been a year since I met Willie Wilson, a 29-year-old Washington, D.C., resident. One night he told me how he started using cocaine seven years ago, first by sniffing it, then by smoking coke freebase, at its most potent. That's when he was DJing in a nightclub, and "the more drugs I took, the better I felt I was at the turntable, making people dance."
Women tried to change Wilson. When he moved in with one whose sister was on crack cocaine and did not want him to be, he said he was sorry, and stopped for two months. The woman was happy until she found out Wilson had switched to booze big-time and was sleeping with another woman.
Fatherhood could have changed Wilson. That second woman became pregnant and had their child, and Wilson "promised to give her and the baby all the money I could. … But when I had money in my hand, I bought a small portion of crack cocaine, maybe a $50 rock, planning to leave. I wanted to test its quality right away … and once I tested the crack, I couldn't go nowhere, because I got paranoid, so I ended up spending all the money at the crack house." He was sorry, but it was too late.
Steady work could have changed Wilson. He held onto a job for a time and received each week a check for $280; then "everything would just go. No money the next day." Later he had other jobs, but "It seems like every time I got money in my hands, I started using crack. And I saw myself blowing everything I had in the paycheck. I spent $598 in one day." Each time he was sorry; each time the money was gone.
A mother's love could have changed Wilson. One day he went to his Mom's house because she had not given up on him. "She left me in the house alone for a few minutes. I went into the bedroom and took her $200 camera, ran out, and sold it for a $50 rock of cocaine." Sorry … sorry … sorry … but the behavior that produced sorrow continued.
Government programs could have changed Wilson. He entered a 28-day, government-funded detox program in Laurel, Md., but the program merely treated the symptom of his problem, addiction, and not the problem itself, his separation from God. When Wilson came out he fell into the old pattern: temporarily trading cocaine use for alcoholism.
There were other jobs. There was help from an aunt, from whom Wilson then stole. There were other women; he has fathered three children but been a true father to none of them. There were other times he said, "sorry," to no lasting avail.
Only when Wilson started going to a church where he heard the gospel did something long-lasting happen; he realized that only Christ could change him. But although God at some point gave Wilson a new heart, he did not yet have a new life, and outwardly his next theft was worse than his previous ones: $10,000 worth of equipment stolen from the church, sold for drugs.
This time, though, when he came down from his huge high, he "wanted to jump in front of the Metro. I was so disgusted with myself. How can I take from the house of God?" This time Wilson did not merely say "sorry." Instead, he took action: he entered the anti-addiction program at the Gospel Mission in inner-city Washington.
Wilson has been there now for 18 months, and random drug tests reveal that he is staying clean. Wilson studies and works; crucially, he has confessed past sins, prayed to stay clean, and begun the work of restitution. "Only the power of Jesus will let me do that," Wilson says.
Life at the Gospel Mission also puts him in constant contact with other Christians: "I get strength from them because I can see where they came from and where they're going." Where they're coming from is a realization that love means more than always saying "sorry." Love means a reliance on the man of sorrows who suffered with us and died for us.
Remembering gospel missions
On Memorial Day we should remember soldiers from the armed forces and those with the hardest tasks in Christ's armies, as well. My thoughts turn to directors of Biblically-faithful homeless shelters who will assemble in New Jersey on Memorial Day weekend to take part in the annual convention of the International Union of Gospel Missions—and I think of how they can look beneath the surface of men like Ferdinand Banks.
Banks, 45, a resident of the Gospel Mission in Washington, D.C., during 1994 and 1995, had a "terrible skin disease" from infancy that left him hating to look in the mirror and hating the alcoholic father who treated his unattractive son with contempt that became physical abuse. As a teenager, Mr. Banks regularly "started getting high, or drunk. That was the only thing that made me feel like a regular person." Soldiering in Vietnam was followed by police work in Washington beginning in 1974—but the drug habit stayed with him. In 1985 he was convicted of drug-selling, dismissed from the force, and put in jail for a year.
The day of his release, Banks did crack cocaine; over the following five years he had many different jobs but lived in shelters and in the street because every time he received a paycheck he would immediately use it for drugs. Despite his conviction, he says he also received a retirement check for $16,000 from the police department and went on a drug binge: the money was gone in a week. Finding jobs and making money was easy, and so was spending it: "The last job I had was driving a trash truck, making very good money, almost $1,000 a week. It all went to support my habit."
Banks flamed out in four different state-approved anti-drug programs that offered material help without Biblical challenge. He always ended up in city shelters that were full of drugs and sported occasional murders. His laconic answers to my questions of life in the shelter and welfare world illustrate the nature of government-funded "compassion": "Did anyone ever help you in any way in the shelters?" "No." "Not at all?" "No." "What did they do for you?" "They gave me a cot, and a blanket, and a shower. That's it." "Did they ever try to help you change?" "They had counselors. They knew I was getting high. I looked terrible every day. They never came to me."
Finally, Banks says, he decided to shoot himself but lacked the courage to pull the trigger, so he meandered through mean streets until he saw the cross at the front of the Gospel Mission building. "My grandfather used to tell me, 'God can heal all things, if you clearly love him.' That day I had done a drug run and still had $300 in my pocket, but I was tired and I wanted to be healed. I stumbled through the glass doors." The first two weeks were hard but he was "scared to go outside the building, because if I went out I would not come back … I prayed and cried and prayed some more."
As his self-image changed, his ability to work consistently and help others increased.
Banks stayed at the Mission, concentrated on Bible studies, accepted the challenge to change, and started to think of himself as a person with dignity created in the image of a wonderful God. As his self-image changed, his ability to work consistently and help others increased. Banks took a job with the Metro, Washington's subway system. He spent time with his ill grandfather. He gained a girlfriend capable of looking beyond appearance to a newly scrubbed spirit. He volunteered to help others, saying, "I don't have the pain anymore." The Bible tells about God healing skin diseases; Christ did not do that for Banks but did something far more important in curing his heart disease.
Gospel missions a century ago helped the ravaged people who stumbled through their doors. Some missions over the years fell into the practice of merely offering "three hots and a cot"—food and shelter that enabled people to stay in poverty, but not to rise above it. But shelters like the Gospel Mission, the Allentown (Pa.) Rescue Mission, and many others around the country, are coming back now to tough Biblical compassion that is challenging, personal, and spiritual. The mission leaders who are determined to be agents of real change, not distributors of spare change, deserve our prayers and support.
Request for reader help: Jones, Minor, Wilson, and Banks all received help at the Gospel Mission, but I last saw them 25 years ago. I checked recently, but current Mission officials have no information on their current whereabouts. If any readers know, please let me know. —Marvin
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How can I find out which Christian ministries in the DC or Baltimore area are offering "real help" these days?
Ruth T
Thanks family8plus6sofar and Big Jim... that's what I get when I skim.
On another note: World Mag comment people, commenting is glitchy - I click "comment" or "reply" and it just takes me to the top of the page, so I have to scroll all the way down again. Heck of a deterrent.
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Ruth T: These stories were written years ago, in the 90s I assume. Jones was 45 in '95. Marvin said in the final paragraph (in italics) that he hadn't seen them in 25 years.
In Jones' story above, the numbers don't add up. If he's 45 years old, how is it he worked on Humphrey's 1968 campaign?
Big JimRuth T
The story was written ~ 1995 and Mr. Jones' age at that time was ~ 45. So he would have been born in ~ 1950 and hence would have been about 18 in 1968.
In business, we generally tried to evaluate results. If we invest in a new marketing campaign, for example, it has only a limited time to prove itself. Investment takes risk, but also requires knowing when to stop. How ironic, then, that efforts to treat poverty (at its deepest level, such as homelessness or even less extreme such as low income programs for kids, college education, etc.—the ever-expanding list of examples of 'poor among us') are excluded from this evaluation. More money to poverty and education is almost never the answer. If it was, there would be no poverty and our students would be the most educated in the world. Indeed, many arguments for spending more evaluate the USA against other countries on just that measure... "The USA spends only x% compared to *those* [model] countries! If we spent like them, our problems would be *solved*."
I have long thought that many of our social problems, including poverty, illiteracy, even loneliness and isolation, have come from the state marginalizing the work of the church. In the bigger picture, excluding the church from even serving due to constitutional conflicts ("They might share their faith!!!") only shifts the burden even more to the unsuccessful and over-burdened government programs.
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March News
Welcoming spring with the impending tax deadline
Patagonia Provisions for Food Security
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Fukushima's New Energy Society
Joan Bailey from Fukushima Prefecture in the Exclusion Zone
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Keep in mind that each of the international associations in Tokyo and Yokohama offer Japanese classes that are either free or quite reasonably priced. Times and locations vary, so please check each association's schedule. Classes will begin in early April, so start the registration process now!
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The deadline for filing taxes in Japan is March 15th. Wondering what to file, where to file it, and how to even begin? Taxes are paid on income, consumption, and property at the national, prefectural, and local level. Any income earned while living in Japan, regardless of visa type, is taxable. Most employers withhold taxes for their employees; however, self-employed people must pay taxes themselves at their local tax office.
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Napoleon was a ruler of France and a great military leader. He conquered much of Europe in the early 1800 s. He ruled France for 15 years, bringing changes that still affect French life. Napoleon was a man of energy and daring, but his ambition drove him too far and he was eventually defeated. (Golden Book, 82)
Napoleon Buonaparte was born at Ajaccio in Corsica on August 15th, 1769. A few months before Napoleon was born Corsica was taken over by the French and Napoleon was born a French citizen. There is a story that he was born with a great roar, as if announcing to the world that he had arrived to take it over. (Masters 9) While Napoleon was young he a weird ability to get what he wanted. When his class split up into two teams, the Romans and Carthaginians, Napoleon refused to be a Carthaginian because he knew that they were to loose. (Connelly, 38)
At the age of ten Napoleon was sent to Royal Military School at Brienne at Champagne in the northern part of France. Napoleon had monks as teachers at this school. The conditions for living were very strict so that Poverty and Misery made a Soldier. There he was nicknamed Little Corporal because he was short. (Connelly ,45)
When the French Revolution broke out Napoleon played no active role. He merely watched from afar. He was present when a mob invaded Paris he expressed his disapproval and said that if he was king such things wouldn t be tolerated. (Masters, 25)
In 1793 France was at war with Prussia, Austria, Britain, and Holland. France was in great need of officers for the army. At the age of 24 Napoleon, as Captain-Commandant under General Carteaux, was dispatched to southern France. Lyons, Marseilles, and Avignon were in revolt against the revolutionary government in Paris. Napoleon was responsible for organizing an attack on Toulon, which caused the British to evacuate from there. Napoleon didn t get much recondition for the battle, because Paul-Franqois, the politition that sent the report of the situation, received most of the glory. Franqois proved to be a useful ally in later years. Napoleon soon found himself in an elegant society. (Masters, 34)
Napoleon was allowed a to freely go on an expedition. He decided to go to Egypt there he fought the Mamalukes and won decisively. While Napoleon was gone the war in Italy flared up again. While Napoleon was gone there were many problems with the Directory. He had to leave Egypt and come back. He knew that this would be a good time to take over the Directory for himself and his colleagues. On November 9th and 10th 1799 Napoleon and his brother Lucien took over the Directory. ( Henderson, 11)
In the next few years Napoleon totally changed the way French people were living. He changed government, laws, and totally reorganized the educational system for boys (he thought that girls were just to get married). In 1804, a group of men who wanted to return a Bourbon king to government, plotted to take over, which may have well included a plan to assassinate Napoleon. Betrayed by an informer, the ringleaders were arrested. (Masters, 25) Napoleon captured Duc d Enghein, who was absolutely innocent, had him arrested and was executed less than an hour after his trial. Napoleon knew that he had to be innocent but he needed to make an example out of someone. There were no more tries at napoleons life after that. (Masters, 26)
Napoleon saw himself as an instrument of fate, destined to make a particular mark on the world. In 1804,Napoleon was made Emperor of France. He wanted to re-establish the royal court. This did not go over well with most of the French people. They over threw the king so that a new king could take his place. (Connelly,45) Napoleon wanted a huge ceremony for his crowning. It was to be held at the Cathedral of Notre Dame. Many houses were destroyed around the Cathedral for the ceremony. The pope traditionally crowned the king but Napoleon invited him and he was to watch Napoleon crown himself.
After being crowned Emperor Napoleon wanted to increase the size of his empire. The French Navy was massacred by the British navy and was a huge loss to Napoleon. So instead of using the Navy, Napoleon marched his men to Prussia where he defeated them at Jena. He went on to Russia where there were many bloody battles. There Napoleon met with the Russian Czar, Alexander I to discuss the treaty of Tilsit. There Alexander and Napoleon were intrigued by each other and became friends in which Napoleon convinced Alexander to get Britain to be peaceful with France. (Masters, 45)
At one point in Napoleon s career as emperor the pope excommunicated him. Napoleon then imprisoned the pope. Just after that he occupied Vienna. Napoleon then went on a campaign to take over Russia entirely. He went so far into Russia that when he tried to get out he lost 500,00 men to the winter. That was the falling point of Napoleon s career. When he got back to Paris he was exiled to Elba. Then he was later exiled to St. Helena where he died in 1821.
Napoleon s career was brilliant, and his personality formidable. He was the greatest European statesman of his time, with a powerful vision of order and rationalization in society and the world. He was a great general and a great hero, but he was a hero flawed by arrogance, contempt for human life, and, most of all, by an insatiable greed for power. The Revolution had led only to Napoleon s imperial rule. After a slaughter of a king and millions of his subjects, another king, Louis XVIII, was back on the throne. As Marshal Foch, a great commander in World War I, wrote on the century of Napoleon s death: He forgot that man cannot be God; that, above man, there is moral law; and that war is not the highest goal, since above War is Peace. (Masters, 66)
Owen Connelly, Blundering to Glory. Wilmington: Scholarly Resources Inc. 1987
Anthony Masters, Napoleon. New York: Mcgraw-Hill 1981
Harry Henderson, The Age of Napoleon. San Diego: Lucent Books 1999
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Borussia Dortmund have completed the signing of Denmark international Thomas Delaney from Werder Bremen.
Also linked with Premier League clubs, the 26-year-old joins BVB on a four-year deal, with the fee involved reported to be around €20 million plus add-ons.
Having joined Bremen from Copenhagen in January 2017, Delaney had been linked with English clubs such as Everton and Brighton & Hove in the past.
Confronted with an offer from Dortmund, the holding midfielder opted to remain in the Bundesliga and return to the Champions League, where he made 14 appearances for Copenhagen between 2010 and 2016.
"Indeed, it has always been my big wish to play in the Premier League. And I also had offers," Delaney said in official news release.
"But when Borussia Dortmund called, I did not have to think for too long. BVB for me are one of the top 10 clubs in Europe, and one of the two top clubs in Germany, and the stadium is just the best in all [of] Europe."
Dortmund are in the middle of a squad rebuild following a difficult two-coach season which saw them edge Leverkusen to the final Champions League spot. They have already signed Augsburg keeper Marvin Hitz on a free transfer and versatile Frankfurt wide-man Marius Wolf for a reported fee of €5m.
Delaney thus is Dortmund's biggest transfer of the summer so far, and BVB hope the Denmark international, who will represent his country in Russia this summer, can bring a new mentality to the pitch.
"Thomas Delaney is a physically strong player with a strong character, who will be a great fit for our squad and all of BVB with his open character and his pronounced desire to win," BVB sporting director Michael Zorc said of the son of an American father and Danish mother.
"He will enrich our match with his physical presence."
Delaney played 45 Bundesliga games for Werder Bremen. He has won 26 caps for Denmark and has played in both the Champions League and Europa League for Copenhagen.


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Przenośniki kubełkowe są urządzeniami do bliskiego transportu sypkich materiałów masowych takich jak  ziarna zbóż, cukier, kruszywa itp. Wykorzystywane są w procesach technologicznych najczęściej do napełniania silosów lub zbiorników.
Klasyfikuje się je jako przenośniki cięgnowe członowe. Członami są kubełki przytwierdzone do cięgien, czyli taśm lub łańcuchów przewijających się przez bębny lub koła łańcuchowe, z których jedne są napędzające, a drugie napinające. Elementy nośne wykonane są z łańcucha technicznego ogniwowego, tulejkowo – rolkowego oraz pasa pędnego.

Transport może być jednokierunkowy - najczęściej z dołu do góry, lub okrężny - w tym przypadku zastosowanie kubełków zamocowanych wahliwie pozwala na ich łatwe opróżnianie w dowolnym miejscu trasy. Są to odpowiednio:
 przenośniki kubełkowe proste,
 przenośniki kubełkowe okrężne,
 przenośniki kubełkowe kołyskowe.

Najczęściej występujące przenośniki kubełkowe proste, w zależności od sposobu napełnianie i opróżniania kubełków dzieli się na:

- grawitacyjne - kubełki zasypywane są przez otwór nasypowy w stopie podajnika, gdzie zazwyczaj znajduje się bęben napinający cięgna, a opróżnianie grawitacyjne w głowicy podajnika, gdzie znajduje się bęben napędowy ciągnący cięgno z kubełkami do góry, oraz

- odśrodkowe - kubełki czerpią materiał z dna stopy podajnika - a w głowicy wyrzucają go siłą odśrodkową

Zaletami tego typu przenośników są: małe wymiary poprzeczne, duża wydajność, przy szczelnej obudowie możliwość transportu materiałów pylących. Wady: konieczność równomiernego zasypywania kubełków, duży ciężar konstrukcji, przy transporcie materiałów ścierających (kruszywa) duże zużycie elementów przenośnika.

Przenośniki kubełkowe okrężne są typowymi przenośnikami technologicznymi. Każdy kubełek może być zasypywany i opróżniany w dowolnym miejscu trasy - zwykle automatycznie.
Zalety: dowolny kształt trasy, możliwość transportu materiałów kruchych. Wady: duży ciężar i koszt urządzenia.

Osobnym typem przenośników kubełkowych są urządzenia zbudowane w oparciu o łańcuchy gumowe pomiędzy którymi zamocowane są kubełki wahliwe (przenośniki kubełkowe wahliwe). Urządzenia te pozwalają na zastosowanie wielu wysypów i zasypów, a także umożliwiają praktycznie dowolną konfigurację. Urządzenia te charakteryzuje bardzo delikatny i higieniczny transport, co jest warunkiem koniecznym przy transporcie wrażliwych produktów takich jak: makarony, cukierki, gumy do żucia, chipsy itp.

Podstawowe dane techniczne charakteryzujące przenośniki kubełkowe
 wysokość podnoszenia – odległość w pionie między zasypem i wysypem,
 pojemność kubełka – pojemność pojedynczego kubełka,
 podziałka kubełków – odległość pomiędzy osiami kolejnych kubełków,
 prędkość ruchu kubełków – prędkość liniowa poruszania się kubełków,
 wydajność – zdolność do przemieszczenia danej objętości w określonej jednostce czasu.

Bibliografia

 Mały Poradnik Mechanika. Praca zbiorowa. Część czwarta. V Urządzenia dźwigowo-transportowe. Opracował Henryk Świątkiewicz. Wydawnictwa Naukowo-Techniczne, wyd. XIV, Warszawa 1976.

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Strip Club Massacre (2017) - Horror Film Review
You can pretty much tell exactly what type of film Strip Club Massacre is going to be from it's title alone; Shakespeare this is not. Instead we have an indie exploitation horror that doesn't take itself too seriously, but which does suffer from some occasional pacing problems.
After having the worst day of her life in which she gets fired from her job, evicted from her house, and finds her boyfriend cheating on her with her house mate, Megan (Alicia Watson) travels across country to stay at her best friend's house. Desperate for money she accepts a job offer from her friends boyfriend Bobby (Stefan Rollins) to work as a waitress in a local strip club, but sick with the abuse from the strippers she decides she wants to become one of them. However unknown to her three of the strippers are quite murderous and randomly kill clients and colleagues alike, and soon Megan finds herself on their hit list...
It is a good thing that Strip Club Massacre doesn't take itself too seriously as otherwise it would have completely unravelled. I had to tell myself that this film exists in an alternate reality where there are no police, as it is ridiculous that the psychotic strippers would be able to get away with not only killing people, but also the laughable efforts they go to, to conceal their crimes (for instance cutting out the teeth of one of their victims to make the body harder to identify, but then leaving the finger print covered knife they had used right next to the body). For a lot of the 100 minute run time this plays out more like a drama with little scenes of horror thrown in every now and again. The killings exist in their own story line with Megan pretty much clueless, much of the film is her slowly getting more involved with the goings on of the sleazy club. Bad stuff happens to her constantly, from everyone hurling insults at her from friend and foe alike, to people mistaking her for a hooker, and to more serious stuff. She just seems to take it in her stride though with her breaking point being even more of an abrupt turning point than the girls in Even Lambs Have Teeth.
The low budget is ever present but usually crowd scenes are covered up with close up angles and people all stood together to give the illusion of masses. This sparseness works in the context of a sleazy strip club populated by regulars, and when it comes to the special effects it actually works better due to the silly, yet entertaining scenes of violence. As well as eye gouging you get a penis sliced off with a knife (seems to be so in vogue lately), and a poor guy who gets penetrated with a crowbar repeatedly in a place that is not so pleasant! This is all spread out over most the film with the final 25 minutes where the actual plot picks up giving motivations to our heroine for the titular strip club massacre. It is kind of amusing how Megan doesn't actually ever find out her colleagues are murderous psychos and that it is just happy coincidence they happen to be, yet on top of this she also gets retribution on plenty of less deserving folk. I guess you could put it down to her mind snapping but she hardly seems the victim, more that she was waiting for a reason to go postal. While it is fun to watch her you could also argue that by doing what she does she is no better than the film's antagonists, at least the female ones.
Being an indie I expected some bad acting, but mostly it is adequate. I found the leader of the killer trio; Jazz (Erin Brown) to be an entertaining bad person, while the corrupt owner of the club (Mark Law) was also quite interesting, and probably the best actor. In fact pretty all the bad guys do decent jobs. The rest of the cast were ok, but none stood out as anything special. The plot finally picked up at the end, but up to that point there wasn't really enough going on outside of the killings, though to it's credit this is never dull. The sub-plot about Megan finding out details about her estranged mother didn't really add anything, while Megan aside there was no character development. Near everyone is just so mean spirited here, if it wasn't for the fact Megan barely ever seemed upset by this it would have left more of a nasty taste. As it is she fitted into this world just as well as anyone else.
If your going to watch a film called Strip Club Massacre your expectations are probably not sky high. With scantily clad females, stupid, yet fun (and unique) deaths, as well as a tongue in cheek attitude there is trashy enjoyment to be found here for sure. Strip Club Massacre comes out on a variety of Digital services courtesy of Midnight Releasing and Brain Damage Films on 2nd May including Amazon, iTunes, Vimeo and YouTube, it is also available to own on DVD exclusively on Amazon MOD. Check out the trailer below and see what you think...
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Commons committee backs local tax powers
By ALDC - May 21, 2009
The introduction of a local income tax, an end to capping and a return to local control of business rates are just some of the recommendations made in a report out this week from the Communities and Local Government Select Committee.
The committee chaired by Labour MP Phyllis Starkey – which includes Liberal Democrats John Pugh and Andrew George as members – also calls for stronger powers for local councils on health and policing.
The key recommendations are:
ministers should set a higher threshold before intervention
Department of Health and Home Office should work with CLG to establish a local authority commissioning model for local policing, health and healthcare.
supplementary local income tax should be introduced alongside council tax with a corresponding reduction in central taxation, business rates should return to local authority control, and capping should be scrapped.
the Government should prove its localist credentials by introducing constitutional legislation, placing the principles of the European Charter of Local Self-Government on a statutory footing.
The recommendations have already been rejected by Local Government Minister John Healey MP who said that "the government has already given councils more financial freedom to meet local needs and priorities… it is right that the Government continues to protect council taxpayers from excessive increases."
To find out more, you can read the full report or the articles on it from The MJ and the BBC.


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CA Pastor Sues State Over COVID Restrictions After Holding Huge Indoor Services August 13, 2020 Hemant Mehta
CA Pastor Sues State Over COVID Restrictions After Holding Huge Indoor Services
For weeks now, California megachurch leader John MacArthur has been holding massive in-person services at his Grace Community Church, rejecting a lot of sensible advice on how to prevent the spread of COVID. This is the same guy who said last month that compliance with the law "would be disobedience to our Lord's clear commands."
It got even worse when MacArthur condemned pastors who weren't spreading COVID around. He said "they don't know what a church is, and they don't shepherd their people." (Well, not toward death, anyway.)
Now the battle has intensified.
Late last month, Los Angeles County said that all indoor gatherings had to be limited to 100 people or 25% of a building's capacity, whichever is lower. For MacArthur, that would have meant only 100 people per service.
County officials told him he could hold larger services outdoors… but MacArthur refused. He wanted people in danger, goddammit.
And today, both the church and the county have filed lawsuits against the other side. (You can read the church's lawsuit here.)
CNN's Daniel Burke writes:
On Thursday, the church's lawyers announced they had filed suit on behalf of the church challenging California's restrictions on indoor services.
Later on Thursday, Los Angeles County sued MacArthur and his church for continuing to "hold in-person, indoor worship in violation of the State and County public health orders."
The county said in a statement that it "took this action reluctantly after working with the church for several weeks in hopes of gaining voluntary compliance with the Health Officer Orders, which allow for religious services to be held outdoors in order to slow the spread of a deadly and highly contagious virus."
MacArthur says he's doing nothing wrong, that any restrictions violate his religious freedom, and that no one in his church has contracted the virus. Then again, it's not like anyone can verify that. Given how few of the people appear to be wearing masks or social distancing in photographs, it's hard to believe everyone there has avoided a virus that has wreaked havoc everywhere else.
But we shouldn't have to wait for his church members to suffer to recognize how irresponsible MacArthur is. Apparently, he cares less about their physical health than the government. And why wouldn't he? By packing thousands of people in the building, it's much easier to take in the sort of cash that gives his ministry more than $20 million a year.
Remember that this is a church that received between $1-$2 million in PPP loans back in June. So they had no problem taking taxpayer money to pay staff when they couldn't meet in person, but now they're defying the government's sensible request to NOT HURT PEOPLE all because some Christian fanatics are so deluded they believe God can destroy a virus.
160,000 people (and counting), including many devout Christians, would say otherwise.
Trinity Co. (CA) Will Reconsider Putting "In God We Trust" Sign in Meeting Room
August 13, 2020 For a Few Minutes (and Only a Few Minutes), Pat Robertson Spoke the Truth


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Robin Brooks is a collage and mixed media artist whose work is inspired by the inner and outer landscape. She studied painting in New York and earned an MFA at Parsons School of Design in 1984. Her undergraduate degree is in art education from Boston University in 1979. Robin has been working with adults and children in a variety of learning contexts for many years. Currently she teaches art at Lincoln Elementary School in Augusta, Maine. Robin maintains an art studio at home in Topsham where she lives with her husband Jon and their son Ben, aged 17. This year, she will be one of the teaching artists chosen by Arts Are Elementary to work with children in the Brunswick schools. You can see more of her work at www.robinbrooksart.com.
"I enjoy interpreting the colors, forms, and spatial rhythms of the Maine landscape—waters, woods, fields, trees, and sky. I sketch outdoors in nature and bring these ideas into the studio. As I become intimate with my subject matter, my work becomes a dialogue between what is seen, my chosen medium, and the ideas and images generated in response. I enjoy taking liberties with my subject matter and playing with color, light, and form to create energy and movement."
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Kanye West reportedly set to release 'Jesus Is King' later this month
14 Oct 2019 1:44 PM
The album, which has already been delayed a few times, is yet to be released – despite announcing a release date of September 27. But now, Kanye has set another date for the release of 'Jesus Is King: A Kanye West Experience' at an event this weekend: October 25th.
According to the rapper, the album was delayed because he was "making it better for y'all" as he told the audience. There is no official statement confirming the date yet, but this date matches with the release of Kanye's IMAX film, named as well Jesus Is King, which will bring his Sunday Services to the cinemas.
This now comes after Kenny G revealed he is set to feature on the album, after he performed in Kanye West's and his wife Kim Kardashian's house earlier this year. He said about their meeting:
"That was the day that I met Kanye. And he just could not have been nicer. It was super fun. And it was a great vibe doing that performance in their house. After that, he asked me if I want to come over to see his studio. So I said, 'Cool'. So I went with him. And he started playing me some tracks. And as he was playing the tracks, I did not hesitate to say what I thought about the tracks. And I suggested on a particular track, 'You know, I think if my saxophone was on there it would sound really good'. And he said, 'Cool'. And he pulled out the microphone, and I started playing on it."
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Should you spend 4 days or less in Rome?
Walk the city, watch the people, eat the food (not at tourist places) and drink the wine. Watch as families break for a long lunch and walk together afterwards. Savor the smells of the food, the tastes. This is Rome. The Rome We love.
The monuments are important but they are not what makes Rome a wonderful city. It's the people, the architecture, the small streets and the hustle bustle of a big city. Try not to go in July or August. It is too hot and crowded. August is European vacation time and everything is expensive and crowded. May or September are better summer months to enjoy Rome. We also went Christmas week and saw a new side of Rome. The lights, the festivities and the decorations. News Years Eve in Rome is spectacular. Millions of people in the streets with champagne.
Travel light, Don't take tours and enjoy yourself. Become a Roman even if it's for only a week. Walk to everything. In that way you will see more small streets and shops. If you get tired, stop for a drink and watch Rome go by you.
For lunch have a panini (sandwich) at a bar. For dinner have pasta (the best in the world) or pizza. You can also find wonderful meats and fish in Rome. Stopping for a gelato is one of our favorite treats. Rome is romantic, historic, full of life and unique. Enjoy it!
Yes you can see the main sights in 3 or 4 days but you will be rushed and tired. You also will miss Rome and the Romans. You have to have enough time to be relaxed and take your time. This is an Italian City. It is not to be rushed but enjoyed. Savor it!
One of our favorite side trips from Rome is Orvieto. It is an easy train ride out of Rome.
Italy is famous for its hill-top towns. They were built high up to protect from invaders and pirates. Some cities have two parts, one at the sea as a port and the other high up on a hill-top. As invaders were coming, the town people went to the hill-top part to protect themselves. Orvieto is a hill-top town between Florence and Rome in the province of Umbria. It is easy to get to by car or train. The train and car parking is at the base of the mountain. There is a funicular that travels up the hill to the town above.
The views are spectacular from any wall around the town. The town is made of small cobblestone streets with great shopping and dinning. If you can only do a day travel to Orvieto, take an early train and stay until after dinner. The Duomo (Cathedral) is amazing and incredibly large. It sits on a small piazza against one of the town walls. There is a small hotel and restaurant on the piazza as well. One has to marvel at how they built such a structure high up on a hill.
The town only allows local residents cars to drive up the windy road to the top. You can see residence walking up and down this road during the day. We took the train from Rome to Orvieto and returned to Rome in same day. The trip through the mountains was enjoyable. This is a city worth seeing and exploring. You do NOT need a guide! Just enjoy the city. Look at the wonderful leather goods and ceramics. Eat lunch and dinner at a restaurant, Trattoria or cafe. In the morning stop at a bar for coffee and a pastry. Don't forget the wonderful local white wine from Orvieto.
Orvieto has a main road that leads from the fort and funicular to the wall at the back of town. In the middle at the clocktower, turn left on a street that leads to the Duomo piazza. All along the main road are restaurants, bars and shopping. On the side road to Duomo is additional shops and restaurants. Off these main roads are smaller roads with even more shops and restaurants. Orvieto has great ceramics for sale.


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class VifeedPaymentExtension extends Extension
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For the first few months, Austin slept in his crib in our room with us. This is mainly because we live in a loft with the master bedroom on the second floor and the other bedroom on the first. And now in hindsight, I have to admit that was the best decision we made in planning for the baby. With all the night feedings and wakings, etc, I'm not sure if I would have survived walking up and down those stairs. When he turned 3 months and started to sleep longer through the night, we decided it was time for our little baby to have his own nursery. I didn't want to do a "themed" room or an all blue room. There was no method to this cuteness, I just pick up things as I saw them. In the end, I think it all came together fairly well. What do you think?
The three of us spend a lot of time in Austin's nursery. On a lazy Sunday afternoon, we'll spread out a bunch of toys on the ground and Austin will do his army crawl from one toy to another. Now that he's learned to sit up, he'll get on his tummy and then sit up and back on tummy and then sit up again all while reaching for his toys. He'll do this over and over again making circles all around the rug. It's so cute. I don't think we'll ever get tired of watching him do that.
I love everything about this room. My favorite things are the Alabama and New York "My Roots" prints. Alabama is where Gary grew up and New York is where I was born and lived in my early childhood.
I love the paint color, do you still have the name?
I love the paint color, do you still know the name?
its Lemon Ice from Glidden.
For more things seen in his nursery check out my pinterest board.


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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnsons Win Electoral Victory Setting Up The UK's Removal From The European Union By Late 2020
Defying the opinions of international observers, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Conservative Party won an overwhelming victory in the UK general elections, setting up the conclusion of the Brexit process.
UK prime minister Boris Johnson, secured a crushing victory in the December 12 UK general election as voters backed his promise to "get Brexit done" and take the country out of the European Union by the beginning of 2020. The Conservative Party captured 364 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons, a comfortable majority of 80 seats and the party's best showing in a parliamentary election since 1987. Prime Minister Boris Johnson will now move swiftly to ratify the Brexit deal he sealed with the European Union, allowing the UK to exit the bloc, more than 40 years after it originally joined, at the end of next month, nearly a year later than initially planned and three-and-a-half years after UK voters held a referendum on the issue. Prime Minister Boris Johnson must now negotiate a multi-part deal governing the UK's future relationship with the world's largest trading bloc, a process most experts think could take years, but he has promised can be completed during an 11-month transition period due to end in December 2020.
The Labor Party, whose leader, the veteran socialist Jeremy Corbyn, had presented voters a manifesto offering a second Brexit referendum and a radical expansion of the state, was plunged into bitter recriminations after the party won just 203 seats, its worst result since 1935. Labour lost seats it had held for long decades in former industrial areas in the Midlands and north of the country England as voters who had overwhelmingly backed Brexit in the June 2016 referendum swung towards the Conservatives. His critics blamed the party's losses on Corbyn's ambiguity over Brexit and said voters had expressed antipathy to him during the campaign. Corbyn, who was elected leader in 2015, has alienated moderates by shifting the party firmly away from the center that brought Labour three successive election victories under Tony Blair.
As well as promising to "get Brexit done", Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged to increase spending on health, education and the police and was handed a boost early in the campaign when arch-Eurosceptic Nigel Farage said his Brexit party, which failed to win any seats, would not compete in hundreds of seats to avoid splitting the pro-Brexit vote. His thumping majority should now allow him to ignore the threat of rebellion by Eurosceptics in his own party, possibly opening up the prospect of a softening in the hardline approach he has so far adopted towards Brexit.
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The Mayor of Ipswich Jane Riley cuts the ribbon at the official opening of Bargain Buys in the Rosehill Shopping Centre.
Discount store Bargain Buys has opened its doors in the town with over £3,000 worth of giveaways for the first customers.
The new store, owned by Poundstretcher, opened on Tuesday at the Rosehill Centre in Felixstowe Road and sells a range of homeware, toiletries and food and drink.
To celebrate the opening there was a ribbon-cutting with the mayor of Ipswich Jane Riley and games, quizzes and prizes on offer.
The first five customers also had the chance to receive a faux leather double bed for £19.99 and the next 175 could get a washable rug for £4.99.
Gerry Loughran, property director at Bargain Buys, said: "We are pleased to be opening a brand new store to the people of Ipswich with loads of fantastic branded products, all at bargain prices, and look forward to opening another 50 stores over the coming months, creating over 1,000 jobs."
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"The team is working hard to deliver an outstanding shopping experience, great service, and an enjoyable shopping environment for all our new customers."
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Thai Restaurants in Las Vegas – Strip & Downtown
While food influenced by Chinese, Italian, and French cultures can be found all over the place, finding Thai food in Las Vegas tends to be a more challenging proposition.
As options are limited, I figured it would be helpful to create a rundown of Thai restaurants in Las Vegas, both on the Strip, near the Strip, and on Fremont Street, so that those hunting for it can get their fix.
For each restaurant, I'll be sure to link to their menu so you can scope it out before making the trip!
Thai Restaurants on the Strip
Lemongrass at Aria: Ranking among the more popular spots to enjoy Thai food on the Stirp, Lemongrass at Aria offers "a mix of authentic fare and more modern interpretations".
On the menu are items that span the Thai spectrum including noodle dishes, curry, rice, and seafood.
While there are some spendy items on the menu (such as the $145 green curry Maine lobster), most entrees land in the $20 – $40 range.
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Noodles at Bellagio: while not devoted exclusively to Thai cuisine, Noodles offers a number of Thai selections on their menu. Options include spicy Thai shrimp noodles, calamari in a Thai chili sauce, and pad Thai.
TAO Asian Bistro at Venetian: While not exclusively Thai, TAO Asian Bistro combines "Culinary elements from China, Japan, and Thailand" to create their unique offerings. Notable Thai food options on the menu include pad Thai, Thai duck fried rice, and Thai sweet and spicy shrimp with tamarind and bell pepper.
Thai Restaurants Downtown Las Vegas
Le Thai on Fremont: Located right across the street from El Cortez, Le Thai is steps away from the Fremont Street Experience canopy. One of your only Thai options on Fremont Street, Le Thai serves an assortment of Thai noodles, fried rice, curry, and stir-fry.
Le Thai is also a budget-friendly restaurant, with most items costing between $10 – $15. While you wouldn't always associate low prices with high quality, the masses have awarded Le Thai 4.5/5 stars on TripAdvisor after 1,000+ reviews.
Notably, a lunch special is offered Monday through Friday from 11 am – 3 pm where a selection of items are available at a price point of $12.
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Additionally, Le Thai offers one of the more unique happy hours on Fremont Street Monday through Friday from 3 pm – 6 pm. During that timeframe, beers like Tsingtao, Chang, Singha, Tiger, and Lucky Buddha are all $5.
Bangkok Street Thai Street Kitchen: Also steps away from El Cortez across the street (closer to the Container Park), Bangkok Street Thai Street Kitchen can assist in tamping down your Thai cravings.
While a menu isn't available online, and they don't appear to have a website, pictures of menu items can be viewed on their Instagram profile, here.
Thai Restaurants Near the Strip
While the Thai restaurants below aren't as convenient as those on the Strip or on Fremont, they do come highly recommended by reviewers, and in Vegas-centric social media communities.
Lotus of Siam: Located a short distance away from the Strip on Flamingo Road, Lotus of Siam serves an assortment of Thai food at a reasonable price with most entrees costing around $15 – $25.
The menu includes noodle dishes, fried rice, seafood, curries, BBQ, soups, and northern Thai specialties.
Earning 4.5/5 stars on TripAdvisor after 400+ reviews, it's safe to say that Lotus of Siam is a winner.
Weera Thai: With locations near the north end of the Strip in Chinatown and along W. Sahara, Weera Thai boasts a rock-solid 4.5/5 star rating on TripAdvisor after 600+ reviews.
On the menu, you'll find a wide variety of Thai street food, soups, noodles, seafood, fried rice, curries, and more at a price point of around $20 or less.
Although options are severely limited on the Strip and Downtown, there are a few notable Thai restaurants in Las Vegas. Hopefully, I was able to help you find one that works for your itinerary!
See Also: Need additional dining inspiration? Check out these guides:
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Oyster Bars in Las Vegas – On the Strip & Nearby
French Restaurants in Las Vegas
Prime Rib in Las Vegas – Where the deals are!
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Department of Veterinary Medicine: The courses of medicine are designed to learn application of the knowledge of basic and preclinical sciences in diagnosis, etiology, prevention, treatment and prognosis of diseases of livestock, poultry, pet and zoo animals and maintenance of ethics during all clinical procedures.
UNIT-1 (GENERAL)
History and scope of Veterinary Medicine, concept of animal diseases. Concepts of diagnosis, differential iagnosis,
treatment and prognosis. General systemic states, hyperthermia, hypothermia, fever, septicemia, toxemia, shock, allergy, anaphylaxis, oedema, coma, anaemia, common clinical poisonings and dehydration. Estimates of diseases, patterns of disease, disease monitoring and surveillance, herd health and quarantine.
UNIT-2 (SYSTEMIC DISEASES)
Etiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of the following
diseases of cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat, horse, pig, dog, cat and poultry: Diseases of digestive, respiratory, cardiovascular, urinary, nervous, musculoskeletal, haemopoietic, and lymphatic systems, skin, sense organs including affections of peritoneum, liver and pancreas. Emergency medicine and critical care.
UNIT-3 (METABOLIC AND DEFICIENCY DISORDERS)
Diagnosis and management of diseases caused by deficiency of iron, copper, cobalt, zinc, manganese, selenium, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iodine, vitamin A, D, E, B complex, K and C. Diseases of neonates, Alternative or integrated or ethno veterinary medicine in animal disease management. Aetiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, differential diagnosis, treatment prevention and control of metabolic or production and endocrine diseases of cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat, horse, pig, dog, cat and poultry i.e. Milk fever, eclampsia, osteodystrophy fibrosa, lactation tetany, downer cow syndrome, ketosis, fat cow syndrome, hypomagnesaemia, Nutritional haemoglobinuria, azoturia, diabetes, hypothyroidism, Cushing syndrome, Addison's disease and Gout.
UNIT-4 (ZOO AND WILD ANIMAL MEDICINE)
Principles of zoo hygiene, public health problems arising from zoos. Prevention, control and treatment of infectious,
parasitic, nutritional and metabolic diseases in zoo and wild animals including exotic birds. Acts and Rules related to Zoo and wild animals. National and international organizations and institutions interlinked to wild and zoo animals – role and functioning.
UNIT-5 (BACTERIAL, FUNGAL AND RICKETTSIAL DISEASES)
Aetiology, epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of bacterial, fungal and rickettsial diseases of livestock: mastitis, hemorrhagic septicaemia, brucellosis, tuberculosis, Johne's disease, listeriosis, leptospirosis, campylobacteriosis, actinomycosis, actinobacillosis, bordetellosis, glanders, strangles, ulcerative lymphangitis, colibacillosis, fowl typhoid, pullorum disease, fowl cholera, avian mycoplasmosis, spirochaetosis, salmonellosis, swine erysipelas, contagious caprine pleuropneumonia, contagious bovine pleuropneumonia, anthrax, clostridial infections, ehrlichiosis, chlamydosis, Q fever, anaplasmosis, dermatophilosis, aspergillosis, candidiasis, histoplasmosis, sporotrichosis, coccidiodomycosis, mycotoxicosis and rhinosporidiosis.
UNIT-6 (VIRAL AND PARASITIC DISEASES)
Aetiology, epidemiology, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, treatment, prevention and control of viral and parasitic diseases of diseases of cattle, buffalo, sheep, goat, horse, pig, dog, cat and poultry: Foot and mouth disease, rinderpest, bovine viral diarrhoea, malignant catarrhal fever, infectious bovine rhinotracheitis, ephemeral fever, blue tongue, sheep pox, goat pox, PPR, classical swine fever, rabies, equine influenza, equine infectious anemia, equine rhinopneumonitis, canine distemper, infectious canine hepatitis, canine parvoviral disease, corona viral infection, adeno virus infection, feline rhinotracheitis, feline pan leucopenia, feline infectious peritonitis, avian influenza, New Castle disease, Marek's disease, avian leucosis, infectious bronchitis, infectious laryngotracheitis, avian encaphalomyelitis, chicken reo virus, fowl pox, infectious bursal disease, chicken infectious anemia, inclusion body hepatitis-hydropericardium syndrome, emerging and exotic viral diseases of global importance. Parasitic diseases: Trematodes, cestodes, nematodes, protozoan infections and external parasites of clinical importance.
UNIT-7 (JURISPRUDENCE, ETHICS, AND ANIMAL WELFARE)
Legal duties of veterinarians, laws related to medicine, evidence, common offences against animals and laws related to these offences. Examination of living and dead animals in criminal cases. Cruelty to animals and bestiality. Legal aspects of: Examination of animals for soundness, examination of injuries and post-mortem examination. Causes of sudden death in animals. Collection and despatch of materials for chemical examination, detection of frauds-doping, alternation of description, bishoping etc. Cattle slaughter and evidence procedure in courts. Provincial and Central Acts relating to animals. Glanders and Farcy Act 1899 (13 of 1899). Dourine Act 1910 (5 of 1910), Laws relating to offences affecting Public Health. Laws relating to poisons and adulteration of drugs. Livestock importation act, liability and insurance. Code of conduct and ethics for veterinarians - the regulations made under the Act. Animal welfare organizations and its role in animal welfare, welfare assessment, behaviour and animal welfare, principles and philosophy of animal welfare, animal welfare ethics, improving animal welfare through legislation and incentives, assessment of physiological, behavioural, disease and production measures of animal welfare, assessing welfare in practice, environment enrichment, euthanasia, welfare of animals used in education and research and transportation, religion and animal welfare, human and animal welfare conflict, veterinary disaster management, human−animal interactions, economics and animal welfare and veterinarians as animal welfare educators.
Collection of history and general clinical examination. Collection, preservation, packing and dispatch of samples from clinical cases. Nasogastric and orogastric intubation in animals. Oxygen therapy in veterinary practice. Gastric and peritoneal lavage. Collection and examination of cerebrospinal fluid. Blood transfusion.
Special examination of cardiovascular system. Examination of urinary system. Special examination of respiratory system. Special examination of gastrointestinal system. ECG, Echocardiography, Ultrasonography, Endoscopy. Special examination of sense organs. . Examination of eye and ear. Collection and examination of peritoneal fluid. Peritoneal dialysis. Neurological examination in animals. Lymph node biopsy and bone marrow aspirate. Methods of medication. Disease Estimation.
Management and restraint of zoo and exotic animals. Drug delivery in zoo and wild animals. Visit to Zooor Sanctuary. Examination of veterolegal cases.
TB, JD and Mallein testing in animal. Brucellosis testing in animals. Physical and chemical tests for detection of mastitis. Application of molecular and serology techniques on clinical samples for disease diagnosis. Pen-side diagnostic tests for infectious diseases. Practical approaches to disease outbreak investigation and its control.
Collection and examination of skin scrapings- Parasitic, fungal, bacterial. Examination of blood for parasites. Dark field microscopy. Application of Molecular and serological techniques or clinical samples for diagnosis of viral and parasitic diseases.
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Paper-II 5, 6 and 7 100 20
Paper-I 1, 2 and 3 60 20
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Figures at page 8 or 9 (of PDF) are instead properly visible (even though left justified, but it's not a problem!).
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Middleware with configuration.

## Installation

[npm][]:

```bash
npm install attach-ware
```

## Usage

`x.js`:

```js
module.exports = function (ctx, options) {
  return options.condition ? transform : null;

  function transform(req, res, next) {
    res.x = 'hello';
    next();
  }
}
```

`y.js`:

```js
module.exports = function (ctx, options) {
  return options.condition ? transform : null;

  function transform(req, res, next) {
    res.y = 'world';
    next();
  }
}
```

`index.js`:

```js
var ware = require('attach-ware')(require('ware'));
var x = require('./x');
var y = require('./y');

var middleware = attachWare()
  .use(x, {condition: true})
  .use(y, {condition: false});

middleware.run({}, {}, function (err, req, res) {
  console.log(res.x); // "hello"
  console.log(res.y); // undefined
});
```

## API

### `AttachWare = attachWare(Ware)`

Create a new `AttachWare` based on the given middleware constructor.

###### Parameters

*   `Ware` ([`Ware`][ware])

###### Returns

`Function`.

### `AttachWare()`

Create configurable middleware.  Works just like the given
[`Ware`][ware].

### `AttachWare#use(attacher[, input...])`

###### Signatures

*   `attachWare.use(attacher[, input...])`
*   `attachWare.use(attachers[, input...])`
*   `attachWare.use(list)`
*   `attachWare.use(matrix)`

###### Parameters

*   `attacher` (`Function`) — One attacher
*   `attachers` (`Array.<Function>`)
    — List where each value is an `attacher`
*   `list` (`Array`)
    — List where the first value is an `attacher`, and further values
    are `input`
*   `matrix` (`Array`)
    — Matrix where each entry is a `list`

Invokes `attacher` with [`context`][context] and all `input`.

If `attacher` returns another function (`fn`, which can be synchronous,
asynchronous, or a generator function), that function is [added to the
middleware][ware-use], and will be invoked when [`run()`][ware-run] is
invoked like normal middleware.

### `AttachWare#context`

The first argument for `attach`ers.  When this is falsey, the instance
itself is used.

## License

[MIT][license] © [Titus Wormer][author]

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[npm]: https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/install

[license]: LICENSE

[author]: http://wooorm.com

[ware]: https://github.com/segmentio/ware#ware-1

[ware-use]: https://github.com/segmentio/ware#usefn

[ware-run]: https://github.com/segmentio/ware#runinput-callback

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