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Guinevere Capital announces new esports facility at Eden Park
Sports and esports investment and advisory firm Guinevere Capital has unveiled the Eden Park Esports High Performance Centre, a destination venue, content creation hub, and training facility.
Located in Auckland, Eden Park is New Zealand's largest sports stadium and a common stamping ground of the All Blacks, the country's national rugby union team. The Eden Park Esports Facility is expected to open in Q3 2020.
Photo credit: Eden Park
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The new facility will provide professional practice spaces, stream booths, and broadcast capabilities to the best teams in ANZ, including Dire Wolves. The news comes as part of a week of significant announcements for the Dire Wolves, which has named a new management team as part of a major period of expansion.
The Eden Park Esports High Performance Centre will act as a community hub for gaming, with weekly leagues planned for the likes of New Zealand's fighting game community, Standing Fierce. As well as performance and broadcast-orientated facilities, the centre will also feature LAN areas for larger events and be equipped with 5G and fiber capabilities.
Nick Sautner, CEO of Eden Park, shared his belief that the new space may welcome a younger audience that may have never attended a rugby or cricket match at Eden Park. "New Zealand's national stadium is iconic and at the centre of many special memories for both Kiwis and tourists around the world," he said. "The Esports High Performance Centre will showcase Eden Park's ongoing ability to diversify, evolve, and be at the forefront of new technology."
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The Eden Park Esports Facility is the latest in a series of esports performance centres located at famous sports grounds that Guinevere Capital has played a part in launching. In 2017, Guinevere was involved with the opening of Australia's first Esports High Performance Centre at the Sydney Cricket Ground, whilst in 2019, it helped British organisation Excel Esports find a home at Twickenham Stadium.
David Harris, Managing Director of Guinevere Capital, told Esports Insider that he believed the combining of esports spaces with traditional sports stadiums was a proven model that would continue to succeed. "From the very start, we've always had a strong belief in bringing together the traditional sports world and esports, be that from a commercialisation or a performance point of view.
"And there's just so much unutilized space in some of the traditional sports stadiums, it makes it a win-win model. Particularly for a lot of the stadiums, be they the Sydney Cricket Ground, which has a membership base which is definitely ageing and probably not as diverse as they'd like it to be, and similar to Eden Park. So, I think the organisations in charge of these facilities are always very open to connecting with new audiences and esports is a fantastic medium for that.
He continued, "I certainly can't take sole credit for Twickenham, but from the very first time I met Kieran and Joel [Holmes-Darby, of Excel Esports], we were very much aligned on philosophically, how those types of facilities made sense. And obviously what we did at Sydney Cricket Ground originally has been a model that's been replicable in other markets. It's a win-win for everyone involved when you do these facilities. And it's a model that we've now done in multiple regions and multiple countries. I feel like there's an opportunity to keep rolling out further and further across the world as the industries start to converge a bit between esports and sports."
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Harris added that he believed that, while esports was "breaking ground in a lot of areas" where sports would follow, esports "can always learn from the traditional sports," especially when it comes to training spaces.
"I think that having these facilities is great for a hub where you can build your sports science and your training philosophies around it," Harris said. "And also, it's great for credibility with the mainstream. Not that you should be purely focused on that, but if you bring sponsors or investors to a facility in a traditional sports ground, they manage to get their head around it a little bit more quickly. And you suddenly get that bit of authenticity, even though esports is its own thing. It puts it sometimes in a context where other people, who haven't grown up with esports, can understand it."
Esports Insider says: We've seen Excel's esports facility at Twickenham Stadium, and if the Eden Park Esports High Performance Centre will follow in the same footsteps, the Auckland community has a lot to be excited about.
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やっと秋終わります。Finally it will be over in autumn.
真っ赤に燃え上がるIt blazes up in red.
暦の上では春ですなSpring is on the calendar.
ないものねだりThat's crying for the moon.
良い写真とはWhat is a good photo?
札幌の絶景A magnificent view of Sapporo.
秋晴れの中島公園Nakajima Park in autumnal weather.
機材のあれこれThis is a thing of the equipment.
2018年 あけましておめでとうございます。Happy New Year in 2018.


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University College Hospital in London Introduces Treatments Delivering Faster Form of Radiotherapy | Varian
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University College Hospital in London Introduces Treatments Delivering Faster Form of Radiotherapy
LONDON, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Two female brain tumor patients have become the first people in the south of England to be treated using a faster form of radiotherapy that extends more advanced care to more patients. RapidArc technology from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE: VAR) makes it possible to deliver image-guided IMRT (intensity modulated radiotherapy) two to eight times faster than is possible with conventional IMRT.
Clinicians at University College Hospital (UCH) carried out the pioneering treatments in October, making it only the second hospital in the country to introduce the technique routinely. Both patients were treated using a single arc - or rotation- of the machine around the patient and the treatments were delivered in under two minutes, compared with 10-15 minutes for conventional IMRT.
"RapidArc performed very satisfactorily in its first treatments, addressing what would have otherwise been difficult brain tumor volumes," says Susan Short M.D., consultant clinical oncologist in charge of the brain unit at UCH. "It delivered lower overall dose to tissue outside the target area compared with IMRT, which was particularly important in the first case because the patient had received previous radiotherapy." Minimizing dose to healthy tissue reduces the possibility of complications.
"The radiotherapy department is very impressed and it is quite a straightforward treatment from the patient's point of view," she added, explaining that benign brain tumors can cause cranial nerve problems and visual problems if untreated. "We won't know yet whether it has been successful in shrinking the tumors as it can take some time to determine that, but certainly the shorter treatment time is more convenient and allows for a more comfortable treatment for our patients."
Anna Cassoni, lead clinical oncologist at University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH), said, "RapidArc produced a lower dose to the optic nerve than conventional IMRT treatment and its precision minimized exposure to surrounding critical tissues."
"The treatment is very quick and that's a good thing," said Jet Payne, aged 24, from Muswell Hill in London, who is undergoing the treatment to remove traces of her tumor following surgery at The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, which is part of UCLH. "I just want everything to be back to normal again and I am looking forward to continuing with my life." Ms Payne was diagnosed in April when a scan revealed that a benign, but locally aggressive tumor, was pressing on her optic nerve. "I just woke up one morning with double vision. I thought it was a trivial sinus infection, I never for a moment thought it could be something this serious."
Faster treatments allow for greater precision, since there is less chance of patient or tumor movement during treatment delivery and, with less time on the treatment couch, also allow for greater patient comfort. Conventional IMRT treatments are slower and more difficult for radiotherapy radiographers because they target tumors using a complex sequence of fixed beams from multiple angles.
Since its introduction in early 2008, more than 270 hospitals worldwide have introduced RapidArc radiotherapy treatments into their clinical routine. Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology in the Wirral became the first in England to introduce RapidArc late last year and several other English cancer centers including hospitals in Exeter, Norwich, Leicester, Stoke, Ipswich and London have installed the system and will commence treatments early in 2010.
About University College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
UCLH comprises six hospitals - the flagship University College Hospital which opened in 2005 and five specialist hospitals including The National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.

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Rahi Sarnobat, Manu Bhaker, Parth Makhija Among Winners At National Shooting Trials
Manu Bhaker denied Rhythm Sangwan yet another gold in an Haryana clash this time in the Junior Women's 25M Pistol. Manu prevailed 19-14 in a pulsating encounter.
Bhaker-Foroughi Pair Wins Air Pistol Mixed Team Gold In President's Cup
Among the other Indians in the field, Abhishek Verma paired with Ukranian Olena Kostevych to finish sixth, while the pairing of Saurabh Chaudhary and Swiss Heidi Gerber Diethelm also made it among the top-eight semifinalists to finish seventh.
Junior Shooting Worlds: Manu Bhaker, Naamya Kapoor, And Rhythm Sangwan Strike Gold
This was Manu's fourth gold of the competition to go with one bronze, while it was the 14-year old Naamya's second gold of the championship.
Shooter Manu Bhaker Crowned Junior World Champion
India's other competitor in the women's Pistol, Rhythm Sangwan finished fourth. In the men's 10M Air Pistol, India finished outside the medals with Naveen finishing fourth and Sarabjot Singh and Vijayveer Sidhu finishing sixth and eighth respectively.
Olympics: Manu Fifth, Rahi 25th After 1st Qualification Round In 25m Pistol
Indian shooters Manu Bhaker and Rahi Sarnobat were placed 5th and 25th respectively in the women's 25m pistol qualification (precision) at the Tokyo Olympics
Manu shoots gold with world record; Anish gets bronze
Suhl (Germany): Teen sensation Manu Bhaker fired an individual gold medal with a world record score while Anish Bhanwala bagged a bronze as India continued their dominance at the ISSF Junior World Cup here on Wednesday. The 16-year-old Manu shot 242.5 in the 24-shot final to win the yellow medal in the 10 metre air […]
Five potential medal winners for India at Tokyo Olympics
New Delhi: In the last 24 Olympic Games that India have participated so far since 1900, only 28 medals have been won by the country which now has a population of more than 1.3 billion. Of these, nine were gold, six silver and 11 bronze medals. In the 2016 Rio Olympics, India managed to win […]
Manu-Saurabh Win Gold, Unprecedented Finish For India
Rio de Janeiro: Manu Bhaker and Saurabh Chaudhary staged a remarkable comeback to claim the mixed 10m air pistol gold, ending India's campaign on a rousing note in the World Cup here. Representing the other Indian team in the same event, Yashaswini Deswal and Abhishek Verma won the silver as India picked up the maximum […]
14 Indian Shooters To Take Part In ISSF WC Finals
New Delhi: Fourteen Indian shooters will be participating at the upcoming World Cup Finals, scheduled to be held in Putian, China between November 17 and 23. As per an ISSF press release, athletes from 35 nations have qualified in the eight events after entries for each event have been increased from this year to 18 […]
Shooter Deepak Kumar Bags Bronze And Manu Bhaker Wins Gold
Doha: Deepak Kumar secured India's 10th Olympic quota in shooting while Manu Bhaker claimed the women's 10m air pistol gold medal in the 14th Asian Championship here on Tuesday. Deepak gifted himself a bronze medal in men's 10m air rifle on the opening day of the championship. The Jakarta Asian Games silver medallist shot 227.8 […]
Manu Bhaker Shoots Gold At ISSF World Cup Final
Putian (China): Young Indian sensation Manu Bhaker created history on Thursday as she bagged a gold medal in women's 10m Air Pistol event at the ongoing ISSF World Cup Final. 17-year-old Manu scored 244.7 in the final round, a junior world record score, and clinched the top honours. It was also India's first gold this […]
After Manu, Elavenil, Divyansh Win 10m Air Rifle Golds At WC Final
Putian (China): Elavenil Valarivan and Divyansh Singh Panwar added two gold medals to India's tally at the ongoing ISSF World Cup Final after clinching the top honours in their respective 10m Air Rifle event on Thursday. 20-year-old Elavenil clinched the gold in the women's category with a score of 250.8 in the final round. She […]
Manu Bhaker wins gold medals in senior, junior 10m air pistol events in Nationals
Bhopal: Manu Bhaker fired her way to twin gold medals in the women's 10m air pistol senior and junior events of the National Shooting Championship here on Tuesday. The 17-year-old shot 241 in the final of the senior event to claim the gold medal and 243 in the junior category to finish on top of […]
9 PM 9 Minute: Indian Sports Icons Urge To Support PM Modi's Appeal To Back COVID-19 Warriors
Mumbai/New Delhi: Following PM Modi's appeal to stand united and light up diyas and candles for backing the COVID-19 warriors, several Indian sports icons have come forward and urged the citizens across the country to extend their support for '9 PM 9 Minute'. Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli on Sunday urged the people of […]
Manu Bhaker To Represent India In Three Events In Olympics, Elavenil Valarivan Included As Chinki Misses Out
New Delhi: World number one Elavenil Valarivan was on Sunday included in a 15-member Indian shooting contingent for the Tokyo Olympics where the highly accomplished Manu Bhaker will represent the…


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Don Macpherson: Energy East could be this generation's Meech Lake
The ill-fated constitutional proposal divided the country, leading to Quebec sovereignists' near-victory in the 1995 referendum.
Don Macpherson
A sign — Don't spill in our home — near Highway 40 in the small town of Donnacona, 226 kilometres east of Montreal protests against the Energy East pipeline in this September 2015 photo.	Dario Ayala / Montreal Gazette
Canada is gradually and blindly stumbling toward this generation's Meech Lake.
That's the familiar name of the 1987 agreement among Ottawa and the provinces proposing to grant Quebec a form of special status in the Constitution. The proposal was controversial in English Canada, leading to a national-unity crisis, the ultimate rejection of the proposal, and the Quebec sovereignists' near-victory in the 1995 referendum.
Like Meech Lake, the Energy East project, to build a pipeline across Quebec to deliver oil from Alberta and Saskatchewan mainly to port on the Atlantic for export, is dividing Canada between Quebec and other regions of the country.
Only this time, it's Quebec that's on the defensive against the proposal. The West, which is suffering from the collapse of oil prices, and New Brunswick, where the pipeline's eastern terminal would be located, want the pipeline for economic reasons. Quebec public opinion mostly doesn't want it, because of environmental concerns.
Quebec is not the only province where there is strong opposition to the construction of a pipeline across its territory. British Columbia and Ontario are others. Much of the opposition comes from First Nations.
It hasn't helped the project in Quebec that its promoter, Calgary-based TransCanada Corp., only belatedly realized the importance of persuading public opinion in the province. Until recently, TransCanada appeared to assume arrogantly that it could go over the heads of Quebecers and have Ottawa impose its pipeline on the province.
Nor has it helped that doubts have been raised about the impartiality of the National Energy Board, also based in Calgary. The NEB is the federal regulatory body asked to recommend Energy East to the federal government for approval.
The National Observer website recently disclosed that senior officials of the board had sought and obtained a private meeting with Jean Charest, at a time when the former Quebec premier was being paid by TransCanada to promote Energy East. As a result, the NEB had to suspend hearings on the project.
Yet it's Quebec that has borne most of the brunt of the West's anger over delays in the construction of new pipelines. Western politicians and commentators have angered Quebecers by calling them welfare bums, happy to have their province collect federal equalization payments while resisting a measure to create the prosperity in the West that provides them.
Recent developments have not been encouraging.
In a speech last week in Calgary, former prime minister Brian Mulroney raised the stakes on Energy East by declaring it, with characteristic hyperbole, a "grand nation-building exercise."
And he called on his current successor, Justin Trudeau, to show leadership and invest his popularity in building a national consensus in favour of the project.
But as Chantal Hébert of the Toronto Star commented, "if there is one former prime minister who should know the limits of the persuasive powers of a top-down policy consensus, it should be Mulroney." That's because Mulroney was prime minister during the Meech Lake crisis.
If Trudeau does heed Mulroney's advice, he may have trouble finding political allies in Quebec. Premier Philippe Couillard, who was believed to favour Energy East, appeared to take a step back from it this week.
In an interview in New York with Bloomberg.com that received little notice back home, Couillard said Quebecers' concerns about the pipeline, which would cross hundreds of water sources, including the Ottawa and St. Lawrence River, are legitimate.
He added, "we will not compromise our people's security and safety as far as water is concerned."
And at least one prominent Quebec sovereignist is counting on Energy East to help revive his movement, as Meech Lake did.
Jean-François Lisée, who appears to have the momentum in the current Parti Québécois leadership campaign, predicted in an interview with Le Devoir on Saturday that with time, Trudeau will "show his incompatibility" with Quebec.
And one of the issues on which Trudeau will do so, Lisée said, is Energy East.
domacpherson@postmedia.com
Twitter: DMacpGaz
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Area Export Report: Locker Rooms
Lighting is also an important feature of locker rooms. The lighting should be adequate enough for the space. There are certain lights that are to be used for the damp locations of a locker room such as the showering areas and their quality and price vary based on the materials used (Plaza, 2012). The locker rooms should be well-lit and the walls and ceilings should also be painted with lighter colors. By keeping the space light and bright, this also helps to avoid theft by not having dark areas and corners (Hightower, 2011). The lighting used also helps to bring out the comfort and warmth of the locker room space. This encourages the members to feel more comfortable and 'at home'. (Dandes, 2014). There should also be vertical lighting around the grooming station and mirrors. LED lighting is the most common and sustainable light source to use in the humid and wet atmosphere. LED lighting is also decreasing in cost although their quality stays consistent (Dandes, 2014).
Other amenities such as weight scales should also be put in a private section of the locker room. Many people are concerned with their weight and don't want others to see (Shelley, 2011). Soaps, Shampoos, razors, wall sconces, and towels are also examples of amenities that clubs should have available for their members in the locker rooms (Shelley, 2011). Showers, soap dispensers, water faucets, towel dispensers, toilets, urinals, and hand dryers are also becoming hands-free and is done through motion activation. Locker rooms should also contain amenities such as internet access, whirlpools, and ice baths (Dandes, 2014). Ceiling height should also be above 10 feet in height to allow more space in the locker room and to make the locker room feel more open and airy (Dandes, 2014). If possible allowing natural light into a locker room or lighting that feels like daylight is now preferred in locker rooms. This helps to make the locker room feel less basement-like (Dandes, 2014). A nursing room within the locker room or a family room within the locker room is also important for mothers or fathers that bring their children with them. Having outlets located around vanities and lockers are also valuable and important to make sure that the members are able to plug their devices into and are not fighting over outlets (Ocken, 2014). Vanities should be separate from where the sinks and showers are to keep electricity away from the humidity and moisture (Ocken, 2014).
Problems with Locker Rooms
A problem with locker rooms is that trends and designs are constantly changing and being upgraded to more eco-friendly and aesthetic features. Colors in restrooms or locker rooms change quickly and soon become outdated. (Zowie, 2011). One year green and brown can be in trendy color, then the next year it could be neon colors or pastels. This problem can be avoided by using materials that are durable and can last a long time. Baby changing stations should also be included in...
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Here at Trillium Dental in Ottawa, our family dentists take great pride in providing their patients with exceptional dental services. We understand that not everyone loves going to the dentist, and if this sounds like you, you certainly aren't alone. Everyone is welcome at Trillium Dental, whether you are switching dental offices or are new to general dentistry altogether, and we will stop at nothing to make you feel right at home in our dentist's chair.
We want all of our patients to know what to expect during their first dental visit, as this can help ease some of the anxiety you may be feeling as you prepare to have someone new clean your teeth. That being said, here is what an initial general dentistry appointment at our Ottawa dental clinic entails!
As a family dental clinic, our dentists take all the precautions necessary to ensure that your teeth and gums are healthy before moving on to any dental cleaning, flossing, or fluoride application. Upon arriving at Trillium Dental for your first general dentistry appointment, we will conduct a thorough inspection of your oral cavity, which includes an oral cancer screening and a periodontal screening. This allows us to become aware of any underlying issues you may be experiencing so that we can proceed accordingly with gum treatments or an oral cancer treatment referral if need be. More often than not, this is not the case, and we will move on to X-rays.
Dental X-rays allow our dentists to inspect your teeth and gums in a way that is not possible without the most advanced dental tools and technology. We will have you bite a small plastic strip on one side as we snap the photo, then switch over to the other side and repeat the process. While this only takes a few seconds to complete, it is critical for us to identify any tooth or jawbone decay, tumors, abscesses, and other issues that may have gone under the radar during the periodontal and oral cancer screenings.
After completing the preliminary dental screenings and X-rays, your dental hygienist will perform a thorough dental cleaning. This includes a tooth scaling treatment, during which your dentist will use a dental scaler to gently scrape away any plaque and tartar that has built up along or below the gum line. If you have a significant amount of tartar buildup under the gumline, we might clear it out using the Cavitron®, a device that uses gentle ultrasonic waves.
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Q: SSIS: Why won't my Text Delimiter work? Originally I had wrote the following:

Environment:
  - SSIS 2012, Microsoft Visual Studio
Files Involved: Destination Manager: OLEDB SQL Server Table
Source Manager: FLATFILE - CSV File
    FORMAT: Delimited
    HeadRowDelimiter: {CR}{LF}
    Column Delimiter: Comma {,}
    Text qualifier: " (manually set)
    Header rows to skip: 0
    Column Width: 100
    Column Type: DT_STR

My File has the following columns:
Year, Lg..., Div Finish, Playoffs, PF, PA...OSRS, DSRS

I wish to only retrieve:
Year, Lg..., Div Finish, Playoffs

But instead of:
|2015,'NFL',...,'2nd of 4',NULL,...,-4,0.3
|2014,'NFL',...,'3rd of 4',NULL,...,0.6,-4.4

The SSIS package would fail with a message similar to this:
[NFL_Team_List [52]] Error: Data conversion failed. The data conversion for column "Playoffs" returned status value 4 and status

text "Text was truncated or one or more characters had no match in the
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However, looking at the data that did go through a couple of times, I
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So we're off. Our journey has begun. And this time it's not just a preliminary jaunt to British Columbia.
"Has it sunk in?" I asked Debi on the plane.
The final weeks at home were such a whirlwind of activity that we're still carrying some of that whirlwind as a personal weather around our heads. And how do you say goodbye to so many people you love? The night before our flight –- that is, the night before last -- a few friends stopped by to say goodbye and share a beer or glass of wine.
In the morning we couldn't find Ana Maria anywhere. Her room was already locked up from the outside. She told us today by phone that she deliberately left her room early because she couldn't bear to say goodbye. She watched us leave secretly instead – from a window across the street, as she cried.
There was sweetness and irony in saying goodbye to Nate and Caitlin at the airport. This time it was they who stayed and waved and waved until we rounded the last corner and passed out of sight. This time it was the parents who left a mess behind that their children would have to figure out what to do with.
"It's like you guys are going off to college this time," Caitlin said.
We're in our friends' Allison and David's loft in Atlanta, not far from Ebenezer Baptist Church and the birth home of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We're listening to Bill Evans as I type.
Tomorrow we drive to Gee's Bend, Alabama, to stay with Mary Ann Pettway and to visit with her and other Gee's Bend quilters.
You don't have to plot a disaster (although sometimes that comes in handy, too). You just have to be prepared to exploit it. When the moment comes of that glazed, traumatized look in the victim's eyes, your focus isn't on how to provide some compassionate relief – but rather what you see is the exact moment for pushing through your whole agenda.
At the heart of the problem is the fiction/idol of a "free market." My God, how successful that brainwashing has been. I can't think of one more successfully virulent. I suspect most people "believe" in it without even asking themselves what they're believing in. They think it's just another law of nature.
And since it's a law of nature -- not arrangements worked out by hardscrabble boys on a playground, not humanly composed at all -- there is no ethical dimension to it. And since it's not humanly composed, entities within it, like corporations, are just bounding billiard balls following laws of nature. And the one central law is profit, or greed. This isn't a humanly decided value; it's not something composed and inculcated into an institution -- and thus no one is responsible. Of course, your company profits (as much as possible) from a disaster. This isn't anyone's personal decision. It's a law of nature.
Step 1 is to assume that a company has no moral responsibility towards the commonwealth within which it is embedded and dependent.
Step 2 is to assume that the government doesn't either. That in fact it twins the corpocracy.
"Disaster capitalism" becomes more than piecemeal corporate greed when the government becomes its unifying focal engine. That is, when instead of protecting the commonwealth, it makes the most penetrating assaults upon the commonwealth itself, opening the body so that the smaller predators can have more intimate access to the flesh, organs, and marrow.
Ok. So the whirlwind's finally hit.
But our three week trip to the Pacific Northwest was preliminary to our final cut-this-damn-boat-from-its-moorings departure. And we're back in the Bay Area with a million things to tie up and get in order before we leave.
We've moved Ali up to Eugene for her sophomore year at the University of Oregon. Caitlin is slowly – I mean, slowly – moving into her own apartment in downtown San José. Our car got hit. We're getting some immunizations tomorrow. Visas on Wednesday. We're packing and storing stuff. We're renting our house to our son Nate and two friends ("Really?" you innocently ask.) We thought we had finally gotten rid of our two damn cats (the girls are taking them). But now Nate's bringing two new ones back.
I'm reading The Art of Pilgrimage by Phil Cousineau. He explains how different a vacation is from a pilgrimage. In a vacation, you know where you're going, more or less where you're going to stay, and when -- and to what -- you're going to return. If you're lucky, you have a few side-adventures along the way.
In a pilgrimage, all hell breaks loose.
And just before you're about to leave – right on the threshold of your adventure – the dragon suddenly rises up. Every possible obstacle appears. All the reasons why it would make more sense – just for now, mind you – to hover a little nearer home. Your mettle is tested. Or rather, your intention is.
But I've managed to finagle a year off work. So I'll be damned if I'm stopping now.
And so I keep telling Chris, "Hey, do you even get it? We're leaving in two weeks." And "Yes, we ARE going to Cape Dorset"!
He nods serenely from his writing desk. (It's either that, or he has a full-blown panic attack). But maybe (I'm crossing my fingers now), just maybe, it's finally beginning to sink in.
I hate to shop. I really hate to shop. In fact, I'm not even sure what the verb "shop" really means. But whatever it means, Debi is a master at it. This is just one of the ways we contradict – erh, I meant to say, complement – each other.
And I found this place. Not Debi. Me. I wandered in here while avoiding shopping.
It's Maiwa Handprints. And I started to get it as soon as I wandered through the door. Here and there amid the textiles, I find a book subtly perched. Each book describes a traditional weaving culture from around the world. And each cloth I pick up is handwoven, naturally dyed, beautiful. My hands understand everything at once.
Debi arrives. She understands even more quickly than I.
I pick up a brochure from the counter. "Craft is the language of a culture," it reads.
Charllotte Kwon, the founder of Maiwa, is leaving the next day for an exhibition on the Sunshine Coast. No matter. We ask if we could talk with her, and suddenly she appears and whisks us upstairs into offices that are more like the textile archives for someone wanting to research the resilience of artisanal weaving around the world.
She takes out handcrafted textiles almost too beautiful to bear. I'm scribbling madly. It takes me awhile to realize we're learning a business model here. Charllotte spends six months of every year in India. Maiwa holds workshops every year, and symposia every other year, bringing artisans from rural villages who learn how to present their own work, teach a class, and give an exhibit.
A recent Maiwa symposium brought together weavers from a rural village in India and quiltmakers from Gee's Bend in Alabama. The women couldn't understand the others' spoken language. That was no impediment. They understood the weaving. A Hindu woman took a quilt from a Gee's Bend quilter's hands and began working on it herself. The Gee's Bend quilter took up the Indian weaving in turn herself. It went on and on that way.


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The legal think tank of the Labour Party
Crumbling Criminal Justice Calendar
Outsourcing and Labour's PFI review. Where next?
SLL co-hosted an event at the House of Commons on 27 March 2018 with Labour Business to discuss the outsourcing of public services (which is coming under greater media and public scrutiny than ever with expensive private sector failures) and Private Finance Initiatives (PFI), a topic of particular importance to Labour, as our current policy is to "look to" take control of PFI contracts, review all of them and "if necessary" take them back in-house.
Our first expert speakers were John Tizard and David Walker, authors of the recent Smith Institute paper: "Out of Contract: Time to move on from the 'love in' with outsourcing and PFI" (which can be read here). Walker called for a review of contracts and particularly noted the lack of hard data about existing contracts. He called for information about their costs and duration to be collected and published to government and the public. Tizard summarised their recommendations as 1) setting up a 'Domesday Book', a central repository of data on public sector contracts, beginning with the most central and least risky contracts. At very least this will improve sharing of information and should reduce duplication of work; 2) a review on the impact of outsourcing policy, including how procurement relationships are managed post-contract; 3) a default of public ownership and management of public services. Any change to this should be after a test of public value, encompassing environmental and external factors, not simply price!
Simon Taylor, a barrister at Keating Chambers specialising in EU Competition law, explained the legal constraints on taking private contracts back in house, concluding that these were not insurmountable. The general principle of the EU is neutrality on public or private ownership (Article 345 TFEU) but this includes a requirement for transparent, fair procedures which do not discriminate against foreign providers. There is a mechanism in the rules specifically enabling public bodies to award in-house contracts to another public undertaking that it owns, provided this subsidiary body derives at least 80% of its income from its parent. Taking cleaning contracts as an example, a public body could directly hire cleaners to the work or could establish a subsidiary company, provided that this subsidiary doesn't then go out into market and win lots of contracts; within EU law. This is tempered by Article 106 & 102, which allows the EC to intervene where special rights are granted to a public undertaking that could lead to abuse of dominance. In our example this could apply for instance if the cleaning contract established a monopoly to one undertaking for cleaning the entire City of London. Finally, Article 1 of the First Protocol of the Human Rights Act (protection of property) may prove an additional constraint on removing existing contracts from private, although public bodies could attempt to rely on the public interest exception.
Melanie Pears, Head of Public Sector at Ward Hadaway solicitors, a leading provider of legal services for NHS Trusts and other state entities administering PFI contracts, has worked in the sector for over two decades. She drew on her experience to outline how to make the most of PFI contracts from the perspective of the state employer and how they can be lawfully terminated.
These contracts are unusually long in their duration: quite normally 25-30 years; and often become unfit for purpose at some point during that term. This can lead to absurd inefficiency: for example, construction contracts often include a standard 12-year limitation of liability, which in a 30-year contract leaves the public body to find more funds to deal with any maintenance issues caused by flaws in the original construction that arise in the thirteenth year and onwards. Contract management teams quickly evaporate and are replaced by professional managers, whose incentive is to run the contract in the interest of the private sector, not always aligned with the public interest. From the public body's point of view, few and low-grate professionals are often assigned to monitor these contracts. PFI contracts should be independently or jointly monitored and supported.
In practice, it may not be economically sensible to renationalise many PFI contracts, as they often include swap arrangements (insurance rate protections) that can cost huge sums (£25million for example) to cancel. However, there is a clear need for a review of each operational PFI scheme, looking behind the veil of intra-company loans to discover how profitable they are and undercover overcharging and inefficiency. It may be possible to exit failing contracts on the basis of default.
Samuel Townend, Vice-Chair of SLL closed the event with case studies of a poorly executed PFI contract and the negative external impact of outsourcing on public services. It is clear we must abandon unaccountable commissioning bodies and focus on improving in house skills at local authorities. With the saved time and money, we could establish programs to innovate and improve services and lost management skills to avoid 'producer capture'.
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The 2011 Cotes du Rhone Coudoulet de Beaucastel is another excellent wine from the Perrin Family. Complex and perfumed, with notions of earthy black fruits, licorice and roasted meats, it possesses sweet tannin, medium to full-bodied richness and a great finish. Drink it over the coming 7-8 years. Drink now-2021.
In total contrast, the 2009 Cotes du Rhone Coudoulet red represents the essence of Provence in its notes of ground pepper, new saddle leather, lavender, kirsch, garrigue, and abundant red and black fruits. This complex, evolved, luscious red begs for a bloody grilled steak. With a creamy, medium to full-bodied texture, this gorgeous, complex, evolved wine should be enjoyed over the next 7-8 years.
The family is a great believer in Roussanne as the white grape of the Southern Rhone, and the 2016 Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc includes 80% of that variety. Waves of honeyed pineapple and tangerine sorbet flood the senses. This is really lush, yet it's underscored by a briny sense of freshness that prolongs and lingers on the finish. It may be drunk young or aged several years.
The 2013 Chateauneuf du Pape Blanc has gorgeous tangerine, quince, honeysuckle, white flower and buttered-citrus notes in its full, fleshy, ripe and mineral-laced character. Clean and vibrant, with both richness and freshness, give it another year or so and enjoy bottles over the following couple of decades.
The 500-case production of this wine comes from a three-hectare parcel of Roussanne planted in 1909. The 2016 Chateauneuf du Pape Roussanne Vieilles Vignes takes the quality of Beaucastel's traditional white and raises it another level. Caramelized pineapple sounds sweet and cloying, but it isn't when it's backed by amazing texture, citrus zest and a briny sensation on the never-ending finish. As this was the last wine of my visit to the estate, I found it especially hard to spit out.
Similar in color to the classic white, the 2013 Chateauneuf du Pape Roussanne Vieilles Vignes is deeper and richer, with more viscosity, glycerin and minerality. Loaded with notes of buttered citrus, flowers, orange marmalade and crushed-rock nuances, this beauty hits the palate with full-bodied power, juicy, lively acidity and terrific length. Like the classic white, this does not go through malolactic fermentation, but sees slightly more oak (some new) in its elevage, which always gives it slightly more richness, as well as hints of vanilla in its youth. It's unquestionably the greatest white wine coming from the Southern Rhone, and while I prefer to drink it in its first 4-6 years, it can evolve for decades.
The 2014 Chateauneuf du Pape is a beautiful wine in the vintage, and Marc compares it to the 2012. I'm not sure I agree, but there's no denying the quality in this 2014. Sporting a deep ruby color and terrific notes of blackberries, ground herbs, pepper and Provencal spice, it shows the more forward, charming nature of the vintage and is medium to full-bodied, pure and balanced. Drink it anytime over the coming decade.
I was shocked at the quality of the 2014 Chateauneuf du Pape Hommage A Jacques Perrin and I can't think of another wine that comes close to this level of depth, concentration and richness in the vintage. Its inky color is followed by sensational notes of roasted herbs, licorice, caramelized meats and layers of black and blue fruits. Rich, full-bodied, thick and unctuous, hats off to the Perrin family for this incredible effort! Give bottles 4-6 years of cellaring and drink over the following two decades.
The less evolved 1989 boasts an even inkier purple color than the 1990. The most massive, biggest, concentrated, and structured of any of the Jacques Perrins, but it is still 5-10 years away from full maturity. It has great intensity and is extraordinary to taste, but it is not a lot of fun to drink ... if you know what I mean. In any event, this is a potentially perfect wine. The only question is, when will it hit its plateau of maturity? My guess is around 2010.


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Катастрофа Trident под Лондоном (также известная как Авиакатастрофа в Стейнсе) — крупная авиационная катастрофа, произошедшая в воскресенье 18 июня 1972 года на окраине городка Стейнс. Авиалайнер HS-121 Trident 1C авиакомпании British European Airways (BEA) выполнял плановый рейс BE548 (позывной — Bealine 548) по маршруту Лондон—Брюссель, но через 2 минуты и 30 секунд после взлёта рухнул на поле близ Стейнса и в 27 километрах от аэропорта Лондона и полностью разрушился. Погибли все находившиеся на его борту 118 человек — 112 пассажиров (включая 3 пилотов BEA) и 6 членов экипажа.

По числу погибших это крупнейшая катастрофа в истории самолёта Hawker Siddeley Trident и на момент событий была крупнейшей авиакатастрофой в Великобритании (в настоящее время — вторая, после катастрофы Boeing 747 в Локерби).

Сведения о рейсе 548

Самолёт
HS-121 Trident 1C (регистрационный номер G-ARPI, серийный 2109) был выпущен в 1964 году (первый полёт совершил 14 апреля). 2 мая того же года был передан авиакомпании British European Airways (BEA). Оснащён тремя турбореактивными двигателями Rolls-Royce Spey 512-14DW.

Экипаж и пассажиры
Самолётом управлял опытный экипаж, состав которого был таким:

 Командир воздушного судна (КВС) — 51-летний Стенли Дж. Кей (). Пилот-ветеран, налетал свыше 15 000 часов, свыше 4000 из них на Trident 1C.
 Второй пилот — 22-летний Джереми У. Кигли (). Налетал 29 часов, все на Trident 1C.
 Бортинженер — 24-летний Саймон Тайсхёрст (). Налетал свыше 1400 часов, свыше 750 из них на Trident 1C.

В кабине вместе с экипажем летел КВС Джон Коллинз (), ещё два вторых пилота — С. К. Уэйр () и Р. Е. Уайлд () — летели как пассажиры.

В салоне самолёта работали трое бортпроводников:
 Фредерик Фэри (), 31 год — старший бортпроводник.
 Алан Лэмб ().
 Дженнифер Ф. Моуат (), 19 лет.

Всего на борту самолёта находились 118 человек — 6 членов экипажа и 112 пассажиров.

Хронология событий

Предшествующие обстоятельства, взлёт
Пилоты авиакомпании BEA планировали провести забастовку в знак протеста против участившихся случаев угонов самолётов. В самой авиакомпании мнения пилотов по этому поводу разделились — одни были за её проведение, другие выступали резко против. Это приводило к обострениям отношений и внутри лётных экипажей. Также опасаясь забастовок многие пассажиры стремились успеть на ещё доступные рейсы, в связи с чем самолёты были часто заполнены полностью.

HS-121 Trident 1C борт G-ARPI выполнял плановый пассажирский рейс BE548 из Лондона в Брюссель, а время вылета по расписанию было 15:45. Разрешение на запуск двигателей было дано в 15:39, но разрешение на буксировку было получено только в 16:00. В 16:03 экипаж получил разрешение на руление к взлётной полосе. В 16:06 рейсу BE548 были даны инструкции по выполнению полёта, в том числе установка транспондера на 6615; экипаж подтвердил получение информации. В 16:06:53 пилоты доложили о готовности к взлёту, на что было дано разрешение на взлёт со взлётной полосы №28R. После задержки в 42 секунды (в 16:08:24) лайнер начал разбег по ВПП. Тормоза были отпущены примерно в 16:08:30; вся дальнейшая хронология событий отсчитывается от момента отпуска тормозов.

Согласно принятой в авиакомпании BEA стандартной практике для данного рейса, взлёт должен был выполняться с выпущенными предкрылками и выпущенными на 20° закрылками. Далее после отрыва от ВПП скорость самолёта может быть увеличена до безопасной скорости взлёта (VNA), которая на 46 км/ч выше минимальной скорости взлёта (V2), а скорость для рейса BE548 была определена как 328 км/ч по . Через 90 секунд с момента отпуска тормозов закрылки могут быть убраны, а режим двигателей снижен, что являлось мерой по снижению шума. Затем на высоте 914 метров тяга увеличивалась, а после достижения скорости 417 км/ч убирались предкрылки. Минимальные значения скоростей в зависимости от положения рычагов были достаточно хорошо известны пилотам, а преждевременная уборка механизации крыла была запрещена законом.

Взлёт проходил в нормальном режиме, на 42-й секунде (16:09:12) была поднята носовая стойка шасси, а через 2 секунды (16:09:14) на скорости 268 км/ч рейс BE548 оторвался от ВПП. На 63-й секунде (16:09:33) на высоте 108 метров от уровня ВПП и при скорости 315 км/ч был включён автопилот, после чего воздушная скорость была зафиксирована. На 74-й секунде (16:09:44) с креном 20° лайнер начал выполнять правый разворот на ненаправленный радиомаяк Эпсом. На 83-й секунде (16:09:53) командир доложил авиадиспетчеру о выполнении взлёта, на что получил указание переходить на связь с диспетчерским центром Лондон-контроль на частоте 128,4 МГц.

Набор высоты, катастрофа

На 93-й секунде полёта (16:10:03) была начата процедура по снижению шума двигателей. Управление осуществлял КВС, который дал указание второму пилоту полностью убрать закрылки и перевести рычаги двигателей для снижения мощности. На 100-й секунде (16:10:10) командир доложил авиадиспетчеру: Проходим , на что через 3 секунды авиадиспетчер дал указание подниматься до эшелона FL060 (1830 метров). На это на 108-й секунде (16:10:18) КВС доложил: До 60; это было последнее радиосообщение с борта рейса BE548 (впоследствии на месте катастрофы был найден журнал бортинженера, в котором был указан эшелон полёта FL060).

На 114-й секунде (16:10:24) скорость полёта составляла 300 км/ч, а высота 540 метров, когда по неизвестной причине был перемещён рычаг предкрылков, в результате чего те начали убираться. Так как скорость рейса 548 в этот момент была на 117 км/ч ниже минимально установленной для убранных закрылков (416 км/ч), то для предупреждения экипажа об опасности сваливания через 2 секунды (в 16:10:26) началась тряска штурвала, а ещё через секунду автопилот отключился. Экипаж не отреагировал на появившуюся тряску штурвала, поэтому система безопасности автоматически опустила нос самолёта для увеличения поступательной скорости, но командир вновь поднял нос для продолжения набора высоты, тем самым не выводя лайнер из сваливания. На 124-й секунде (16:10:34) штурвалы отклонило второй раз, а на 127-й секунде (16:10:37) — в третий, после чего через секунду пилоты отключили систему предупреждения сваливания, при этом продолжая сохранять положительный угол тангажа. На 133-й секунде (16:10:43) из-за отклонения штурвала «на себя» угол тангажа быстро увеличился, а поступательная скорость резко упала до 86 км/ч; лайнер резко перешёл в глубокий срыв и понёсся вниз. Через 17 секунд (в 16:11:00) рейс BE548 с высокой вертикальной скоростью пластом врезался в поляну на окраине Стейнса около  и полностью разрушился. Пожара на месте катастрофы не возникло.

К месту падения рейса 548 быстро прибыли очевидцы, которые попытались найти выживших. Был найден мужчина, но он умер на месте от полученных ран. Ещё одна женщина была в сознании, но умерла по дороге в больницу. Все остальные 116 человек погибли мгновенно при ударе, но впоследствии вскрытие тела КВС показало, что он умер до падения самолёта, сидя за штурвалом.

Со 118 погибшими катастрофа рейса BE548 в 1,5 раза превысила предыдущую крупнейшую авиакатастрофу в Великобритании — катастрофу Avro Tudor в Лландоу в 1950 году (80 погибших). Саму катастрофу под Лондоном через 16 лет на второе место отодвинула катастрофа Boeing 747 в Локерби в 1988 году, более чем вдвое превзойдя её по числу погибших (270). Также (на 2022 год) это крупнейшая катастрофа в истории самолёта Hawker Siddeley Trident.

Расследование
Расследование причин катастрофы рейса BE548 проводил Отдел по расследованию авиационных происшествий Великобритании (AAIB).

Следователи быстро установили причины катастрофы:
 попадание самолёта в режим «глубокого срыва», вызванное уборкой предкрылков на слишком малой скорости;
 ошибочные действия экипажа.

Непосредственного виновника (члена кабинного экипажа), принявшего решение убрать предкрылки, установить не удалось. Командир рейса 548 Стенли Дж. Кей страдал тяжелой формой атеросклероза и мог умереть ещё до того, как был назначен командиром на рейс BE548.

Также следователям AAIB не удалось установить, из-за чего пилоты не увеличили тягу двигателей и допустили опасное снижение скорости самолёта и из-за чего КВС отключил автопилот на недопустимо малой высоте, в результате чего лайнер на самом критическом отрезке полёта стал практически неуправляемым со стороны экипажа.

Окончательный отчёт расследования AAIB был опубликован 14 апреля 1973 года.

Последствия
После катастрофы рейса BE548 на всех самолетах Hawker Siddeley Trident рычаги управления предкрылками и закрылками были объединены, а их выпуск и уборка взяты под контроль автоматики. Медицинские осмотры лётного состава стали более скрупулёзными, а пилоты-ветераны попали в «группу риска» и стали проходить обследование на предмет заболеваемости атеросклерозом.

Культурные аспекты
 Авиакатастрофа в Стейнсе показана в 13 сезоне канадского документального телесериала Расследования авиакатастроф в серии Борьба за жизнь.
 Катастрофа рейса 548 показана в сериале Выживание в небесах () (известный в Великобритании под названием Black Box) в серии Обвиняем пилота ().
 Также катастрофа упоминается в книге И. А. Муромова «100 великих авиакатастроф» в главе Самолёт «Трайдент» разбился под Лондоном.

См. также
Авиакатастрофы вследствие взлёта с убранными закрылками и (или) предкрылками
 Катастрофа Boeing 707 в Анкоридже
 Катастрофа Boeing 727 в Далласе
 Катастрофа Boeing 737 в Буэнос-Айресе
 Катастрофа Boeing 737 в Медане
 Катастрофа Boeing 747 в Найроби
 Катастрофа MD-82 в Мадриде
 Катастрофа MD-82 в Детройте
 Катастрофа Ил-18 под Ленинградом

Примечания

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Источники

Ссылки
 Описание катастрофы на Aviation Safety Network

Литература

Суррей
События 18 июня
Июнь 1972 года
1972 год в Англии
Авиационные происшествия 1972 года
Авиационные происшествия в Великобритании
Авиационные происшествия с Hawker Siddeley Trident
Авиационные происшествия British European Airways
Авиационные происшествия вследствие потери управления в полёте

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Here's Why Fans Won't Catch Gator Queen Liz on 'Swamp People'
By Gabrielle Bernardini
Mar. 20 2019, Updated 12:53 p.m. ET
It's hunting season! Swamp People is back for another season on the History Channel, but many are wondering, what happened to Elizabeth Choate aka the Gator Queen?
In a 2015 decision, TV producers decided to let go numerous cast members from the show. Liz decided to take to social media to let her fans know that she will no longer be a part of the series.
"Due to unknown reasons by the production company Original Media, my family and myself… will no longer be participating in the Swamp People series, starting with Season 7," she wrote on Facebook. "It saddens me to know that our fans are the ones who will suffer from these unexplained actions by the new management of this production company. Reality. We will continue with our regular lives and hope to stay connected with all of you in the future. To all of my fans, with love, Gator Queen Liz."
However, the producers of the show apparently did not like her exit post and asked her to take it down. Not afraid of going toe-to-toe with execs of the television show, the Gator Queen fired back.
"Hello everyone, I was just informed [by] these people [they] want me to remove my post," she posted on Facebook. "KISS MY A$$. How you like that post! I was told they had a lot of nasty phone calls and complaints. Well, these people call this business … I'm different. I wear my heart on my sleeve, and I will die that way. My family and my heritage stay alive always until I die. I will not stop posting! And I support Louisiana 100 percent. Rather keep my pride than sell my soul to the devil!"
The History Channel series follows individuals from the Louisiana-based area who hunt alligators for a living. Most recently, Swamp People star (and new Gator Queen?) Ashley Jones opened about how a miscarriage years back led her to her life as an alligator hunter.
Ashley told The Clarion Ledger that she was depressed for three months after suffering a miscarriage.
"It was like I was dead inside," she said. "It was like just going through the motions of life without getting anything back from it. It was a hormonal imbalance and that's normal, but I didn't have anything I was passionate about to fall back on."
She continued: "I just felt like there was something missing. It was like I was meant to do something else."
After accompanying her husband Chad Jones on a deer hunting trip, Ashley began going after bigger game, like alligators.
However, she never thought her passion for hunting would lead her to a reality television show.
"I watched the show religiously and never in a million years would I have thought I would be on it. she said. "Actually, it's still surreal to me. I've watched three episodes with me on it and it still doesn't seem real."
Catch new episodes of Swamp People on Thursdays at 9 p.m. ET on the History Channel.
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A method to measure flag performance for the shipping industry
Mikhail Perepelkin, Sabine Knapp, German Perepelkin and Michiel De Pooter
No EI 2009-04, Econometric Institute Research Papers from Erasmus University Rotterdam, Erasmus School of Economics (ESE), Econometric Institute
Abstract: The subject of measuring the performance of registries has been a topic of policy discussions in recent years on the regional level due to the recast of the European Union (EU) port state control (PSC) directive which introduces incentives for flags which perform better. Since the current method used in the EU region entails some shortcomings, it has therefore been the subject of substantial scrutiny. Furthermore, the International Maritime Organization (IMO) developed a set of performance indicators which however lacks the ability to measure compliance as set out in one of its strategic directions towards fostering global compliance. In this article, we develop and test a methodology to measure flag state performance which can be applied to the regional or global level and to other areas of legislative interest (e.g. recognized organizations, Document of Compliance Companies). Our proposed methodology overcomes some of the shortcomings of the present method and presents a more refined, less biased approach of measuring performance. To demonstrate its usefulness, we apply it to a sample of 207,821 observations for a 3 year time frame and compare it to the best know current method in the industry.
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In this crazy world where we move at 100 miles per hour with a cup of coffee in one hand and our cell phone in the other it is important to slow down and engage in relaxing and stress reliving pursuits, also known as self care.
I'm sure you know the feeling. You hit the ground running in the mornings and fall in to bed exhausted at night. Your day is filled with responsibilities; your job, your kids, your spouse, your home. Where in all of that do you find time for yourself? When was the last time you took ten minutes to breathe?
When we spend our days rushing around with our head barely above water it negatively impacts our relationships as well as our mental health. When don't take time to eat well, exercise, or sleep enough our stress levels skyrocket, along with our stress hormones, too. This can lead to anxiety, fatigue, and depression.
When you are in the middle of a crisis have you ever noticed how your body feels? Your heart is racing, your breathing turns in to shallow pants, and the anxious feeling in the pit of your stomach? Have you ever felt headachey or exhausted after a stressful event?
Can you have an emotionally intimate conversation with your spouse in the middle of all of that?
Think about it… When you're tired do you feel very connected to your spouse? When you're hungry do you feel like you have a lot of patience? When you are at the end of your rope are you able to listen actively to what your children are telling you?
How can self care improve my relationships?
Taking time to nourish yourself has a ripple effect. When you take better care of yourself this leads to increased levels of patience and tolerance thereby making it easier to handle the stress in your life.
Learning to say no will help you learn to not over commit or over extend yourself which will decrease the feeling of being rushed and busy all the time. Setting effective boundaries with others will limit episodes of inappropriate behavior or emotional drama which will decrease your emotional stress toll.
What sort of things make you feel relaxed and refreshed? These are self care activities. Is it sleep, exercise, meditation?
Here are some self care ideas to get you started.
Ladies, consider a nourishing bath routine with bath bombs or bubble bath, candles, and relaxing music. Turn your tub in to a Body Spa Massage. What about a manicure and pedicure? Perhaps some window shopping will fit the bill nicely. Take a moment to drink a cup of tea or a glass of wine and read your favorite book or magazine.
Sometimes a good vent session is all you need!
The gentlemen that take this suggestion to heart have told me during coaching sessions that they love to play sports, hit the gym, watch a good movie, fiddle with their favorite hobby, and have a beer with the guys.
Take the time for yourself each day and after a week or two you'll see a measurable difference in your relationships.
JoyWork Suggestion: Practice three acts of self care daily for a week. Let me know how you're doing on the Accelerated JoyWorks Facebook page or in the comments below.
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I am so happy to have stumbled upon your page and the reminder of caring for ourselves. I was definitely supposed to find this page today!!
I am excited to learn more!
I look forward to connecting with you! I'm so glad this was helpful for you today.
I am not great at self care. Thanks for the reminder to take time for myself.
This is a great read! When I forget to go easy on myself and do some pampering I know immediately. My body simply shuts down when I put the kids to bed. I fall asleep with them :-). When this happens 2-3 times in a row I know it is time to relax.
Such a great awareness you have of your body. Do you do much self care?
Self-care is a MUST for every women living in the 21st century! We have so many demands on our limited time and attention that we often neglect to schedule in some "me-time". Result" Burnout, frustration, and a breakdown in emotional and physical wellness. Self care is the antidote. 15-30 minutes of self care a day is a great place to start. We deserve it!
You're so right, Darlene! What do you like to do for your self care?
I do aromatherapy ( lavender oil & peppermint oil are my favorites) and I burn scented candles too. I enjoy messing around in my garden, monthly manicure/pedicure. Thursday is my technology "detox" day. I turn off my phone and step away from my computer for 7-8 hours so that I can focus on volunteer work that is refreshing.
I love your self care plan!
It's so easy to forget to care for ourselves! Great reminder and some actionable advice. Thank you.


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Wales Business News > Business Events > Wales France Business Forum launched in Paris
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Wales France Business Forum launched in Paris
Posted by Rhys Gregory February 25, 2019
L-R - Celine Jones, Chair of Le Club, Lord Edward Llewellyn OBE, British Ambassador to France, Rt Hon Alun Cairns MP, Secretary of State for Wales, Marie Brousseau-Navarro, Honorary Consul of France in Wales
Dog grooming business that launched following death of beloved family pet now boasts more than 200 canine clients
Le Club – the Franco Welsh Business Forum was officially launched on Friday 22nd February, at the British Embassy in Paris by Lord Llewellyn OBE, the British Ambassador to France, and the Secretary of State for Wales, Rt Hon Alun Cairns MP.
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This not-for-profit business group aims to help stimulate business and partnerships between companies that have a link to both Wales and France, whether through their people, supply chains or business operations.
Le Club was founded by its Chair, Céline Jones, Solicitor and Head of the French Desk at Geldards LLP, and Dan Langford, Group Marketing Director at leading recruitment firm Acorn.
Céline Jones explained why initiatives like Le Club are needed in Wales and France: "The origin of Le Club builds on the clear desire of existing businesses and government organisations in France, Wales and the wider UK to develop and grow cross-border business relations.
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"With a vibrant and growing French business community across Wales, we wanted to create a forum that would facilitate connections between them and Welsh business people, and open doors to new trading opportunities between the two nations. We have received nothing but total enthusiasm and support for this initiative from businesses and governments alike."
France was the second biggest export market for Welsh products in the year to June 2018, with £2.7billion of Welsh products going over the Channel. France exported £0.8billion worth of French products to Wales during that year.
Celine continued: "These figures show that particularly now, in light of Brexit, developing the mutual understanding and collaboration between Wales and France will become ever-more critical.
"Le Club is designed to complement, support and help leverage the work already being done by both the Welsh and UK governments, not to duplicate it. Through this forum, we are aiming to galvanize and engage our private sector members so we can work together with all three governments, to support everyone's objectives and continue to make Wales a great place to do business."
"I am very proud to be chairing Le Club through its early development and to see it officially launched in Paris. We look forward to seeing it evolve over the next few years."
Le Club has already attracted sponsorship and support from Bouygues, Keolis, Acorn Recruitment and Geldards.
Le Club will be unveiling events during the spring on its website www.walesfrance.com and through its social media https://twitter.com/WalesWeekParis.
The launch of Le Club was the first event of the inaugural Wales Week à Paris, part of the Wales Week Worldwide initiative following the success of Wales Week in London over the last two years, and which now also sees Wales Weeks taking place this year in different places across the world including New York, Melbourne, Washington, New England, Essex, Newcastle, Ohio and Germany.
Rhys Gregory February 25, 2019
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We'd love your help. Let us know what's wrong with this preview of Shatterbones by Robert Brown.
The first day of The Shattering nearly becomes an extinction level event when the hope for humanity's future mutates into ancient monsters of folklore. Size, strength, and speed are among their abilities. A hunger for human flesh or blood are among their needs.
Rounded up and placed in camps, the survivors of the apocalypse are helpless against the abilities their captors The first day of The Shattering nearly becomes an extinction level event when the hope for humanity's future mutates into ancient monsters of folklore. Size, strength, and speed are among their abilities. A hunger for human flesh or blood are among their needs.
Rounded up and placed in camps, the survivors of the apocalypse are helpless against the abilities their captors now possess. The choice to allow humans their freedom or keep them enslaved and used as cattle is made independently by mutants around the globe.
A vampire called The Angel, decides she will not allow the world to remain a place where the slavery of mankind is permitted to exist. Gathering likeminded mutants to her cause, The Angel goes to war to free humanity. If she is successful in saving humans from their oppressors, how will she and her kind be able to coexist with man? If she fails, what future remains for the human race?
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Humanity as we know it ended when the earth was bathed in a blue haze from the skies. The future of our world, adolescents facing the already mind-boggling effects of puberty are mutated into creatures of fantasies, nightmares and science fiction. The transformation began with their bones shattering and rebuilding, it ended with their need for flesh and blood and the clock is ticking to the demise of the human race. How can teens, already chomping at the bit for independence handle what Fate has Humanity as we know it ended when the earth was bathed in a blue haze from the skies. The future of our world, adolescents facing the already mind-boggling effects of puberty are mutated into creatures of fantasies, nightmares and science fiction. The transformation began with their bones shattering and rebuilding, it ended with their need for flesh and blood and the clock is ticking to the demise of the human race. How can teens, already chomping at the bit for independence handle what Fate has thrown at their feet? Even their parents are fair game. Governments will collapse and battle lines will be drawn, not only between human and mutant, but mutant against mutant as young minds in superhuman bodies will battle for supremacy, and what little time remains for humanity.
SHATTERBONES by Robert Brown is a fast-paced post-apocalyptic tale that spans the events of a world in crisis, with little idea on how to deal with what has happened. Youthful heroes will rise, as will evil, and for once, adults do not have all the answers.
Robert Brown has created an intriguing young adult read that doesn't get bogged down in the details, but allows us to use our own imaginations to fill in any blanks we may or may not find. I found myself impressed with the maturity of some of these "mutants," as well as their ability to maintain self-control over their need to feed. There will be villains, fierce battles, conflict and revelations. Mr. Brown has done a good job or bringing out the worst and the best in his characters without becoming dark. An interesting read that held me from the start through the twists and hair-raising turns to the very end.
Shatterbones was really a surprise. The plot twists was totally unexpected. This is a must read. Makind's future may be in jeopardy.
If I were the type of person who could stop reading a book once I'd started this would be a DNF for me. The plot is clichéd, the characters are one-dimensional, it hardly makes any sense, and it reads like a history book if it was written in the present tense for some reason.
The basic plot is that one day the sky turns flourescent blue and all children between the ages of 10-14 (although apparently one is 9 for some reason) mutate into different kinds of 'mutants' (they're mostly pretty much vampires with zero weaknesses). Many of these new 'mutants' now decide they're in charge and humans are toys and food. One super-amazing-so-pretty-and-also-the-nicest girl just sort of becomes a leader for no apparent reason and tries to protect a bunch of humans and restore order. In one chapter she starts dating a guy. She's 12 years old, but because they've mutated into adult bodies (boobies!) and are also fighting a horrific war, this is a-ok.
Every single character talks exactly the same.
Supposedly the only scientist who knows anything about what is happening?
No one has personal growth. This is explained because some vampires have mind-reading abilities and so you can tell people's intentions. Or just avoid having any 'evil' character ever change for the better or 'good' character struggle with dark desires.
I got this book while it was free on Amazon so I didn't expect much. I rarely give 5 stars. Check out my other book reviews for proof. This book deserved it. Great characters, a unique plot that kept me enthralled throughout the story. If you like horror, apocalyptic adventures or sci-fi, you should give this a chance. This won't be my last Robert Brown book and I will be happy to pay for the next one.
Robert Brown has an Active membership with the Horror Writers Association and is passionate about writing. He is a happy husband since 1999 and a proud father of four starting in 2006. He is a traveler; born in San Diego, California, he learned not to live in one place for too long as his family passed along restless genes. After six months in California he lived in Germany, Texas, Colorado, Hawai Robert Brown has an Active membership with the Horror Writers Association and is passionate about writing. He is a happy husband since 1999 and a proud father of four starting in 2006. He is a traveler; born in San Diego, California, he learned not to live in one place for too long as his family passed along restless genes. After six months in California he lived in Germany, Texas, Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Illinois, Hawaii again, Nevada, New Hampshire, South Dakota, and finally has chosen Oregon as his place of permanent residence.
His hobbies revolve around his family, photography, prepping, reading, firearms, travel, and avoiding yard work.
He believes in lifelong education both in and out of academia. He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Education social studies/history and continued studies in Biochemistry.
He enjoys shooting, hiking, apocalyptic/horror/zombie media of all sorts, and chick flicks.