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Temperature dependence of the toxic effects of phenytoin on peripheral neuromuscular function of the rat tail
Joaquín Romá, Ana Maria Cuervo, Fernando Macian-Juan, Angel Raya, Juan Gallego, J. Emilio Llopis, Francisco J. Romero
We studied the acute effects of a single dose of phenytoin (250 mg/kg) on peripheral neuromuscular function. The evoked muscle action potentials of the dorsal segmental muscles in the rat tail, and the conduction velocity of the dorsal nerve trunk which innervates them, were measured before and after the intraperitoneal injection of phenytoin. The experiments were performed at different temperatures, 27 (physiological tail temperature), 36 and 37°C (physiological central temperature) in different groups of animals. The amplitudes of the evoked muscle action potentials in the treated groups showed no significant modifications at 27°C, at 36°C a small nonsignificant decrease could be observed, and a complete block occurred at 37°C. The mean blocking time was approximately one hour. No significant variations of conduction velocity were observed at 27 and 36°C, whereas it decreased significantly after 30 minutes at 37°C. The results presented confirm phenytoin toxicity. How far these results, especially the decrease of nerve conduction velocity observed at 37°C, confirm a previous hypothesis which supported that peripheral and central nervous system are affected by phenytoin by similar mechanisms, is discussed.
Neurotoxicology and Teratology
Peripheral Nervous System
Intraperitoneal Injections
Motor nerve conduction velocity
Muscle action potential
Peripheral neuromuscular function
Romá, J., Cuervo, A. M., Macian-Juan, F., Raya, A., Gallego, J., Llopis, J. E., & Romero, F. J. (1990). Temperature dependence of the toxic effects of phenytoin on peripheral neuromuscular function of the rat tail. Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 12(6), 627-631. https://doi.org/10.1016/0892-0362(90)90075-N
Temperature dependence of the toxic effects of phenytoin on peripheral neuromuscular function of the rat tail. / Romá, Joaquín; Cuervo, Ana Maria; Macian-Juan, Fernando; Raya, Angel; Gallego, Juan; Llopis, J. Emilio; Romero, Francisco J.
In: Neurotoxicology and Teratology, Vol. 12, No. 6, 1990, p. 627-631.
Romá, J, Cuervo, AM, Macian-Juan, F, Raya, A, Gallego, J, Llopis, JE & Romero, FJ 1990, 'Temperature dependence of the toxic effects of phenytoin on peripheral neuromuscular function of the rat tail', Neurotoxicology and Teratology, vol. 12, no. 6, pp. 627-631. https://doi.org/10.1016/0892-0362(90)90075-N
Romá J, Cuervo AM, Macian-Juan F, Raya A, Gallego J, Llopis JE et al. Temperature dependence of the toxic effects of phenytoin on peripheral neuromuscular function of the rat tail. Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 1990;12(6):627-631. https://doi.org/10.1016/0892-0362(90)90075-N
Romá, Joaquín ; Cuervo, Ana Maria ; Macian-Juan, Fernando ; Raya, Angel ; Gallego, Juan ; Llopis, J. Emilio ; Romero, Francisco J. / Temperature dependence of the toxic effects of phenytoin on peripheral neuromuscular function of the rat tail. In: Neurotoxicology and Teratology. 1990 ; Vol. 12, No. 6. pp. 627-631.
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What is Osteoporosis and how can I avoid getting it?
According to Healthline.com, Osteoporosis is a bone disease where the bone loses strength and density because the spaces have increased within the bone (as seen in the images above). This often occurs in people of any age, but is more common in adults (especially women) over the age of 50 and some men over 70. These people have the unfortunate possibility of breaking bones, especially hips, ribs, wrists and spine. Not something any of us want to experience! Hips, in particular, are a serious issue as once the hip is broken other conditions can set in which can have fatal results.
Unfortunately, you probably won't know you have osteoporosis unless something happens to a bone, but there are some early symptoms that might appear, such as receding gums, weakened grip strength, and/or weak and brittle nails. And without some kind of treatment, it can worsen because bones will get thinner and weaker, increasing the risk of fracture.
Some causes of this disease are: age, menopause, medical conditions, and medications. Your risk factors increase if you are: female; an older adult; Caucasian or Asian; have a family history of osteoporosis; poorly nourished; inactive; a smoker; on certain medications; someone of low body weight and small-boned framed. Improving your diet and starting an exercise program can have positive effects on your bone health.
There are many medications that can help, but those things I leave up to you and your medical team to both suggest and take appropriate action with. Your doctor/medical professional may suggest increased intake of calcium and vitamin D. Please be careful with the addition of calcium to your diet as there are known unwanted side effects that can happen with this supplement, including additional risk of heart attack/stroke, and kidney stones. The prescription medications can also have some nasty side effects, so it is prudent on your part to make sure to discuss these with your medical team.
There are also natural treatments for Osteoporosis in the supplement area, such as red clover, soy (maybe not for ladies in particular), and black cohosh. Make sure to speak with your medical team/pharmacist to ensure you aren't taking something that could either interact with these supplements, or that could have other unwanted side effects.
To check for osteoporosis, you can have a bone density test that your doctor can arrange. The test is called a bone densitometry, or dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) that uses X-rays to measure your bone density in your wrists, hips, or spine. The test only takes about 10-30 minutes and is totally painless. I've had several of these over my life time.
Dietary wise, you can help strengthen your bones by including natural calcium and vitamin D from your food sources, as well some other nutrients to help bone health are protein, magnesium, vitamin K, and zinc. You can go to Dr. Axe's web site for an Osteoporosis diet plan with the appropriate foods and some natural treatments to help you. Some of the foods include: raw cultured dairy like Kefir, yogurt, raw cheese; wild-caught fish such as salmon; sea vegetables like nori, wakame, agar, or kombu that are high in minerals critical for bone formation; green leafy vegetables that are full of vitamin K and calcium; and alkaline foods such as plenty of fruits and vegetables because your osteoporosis could be caused by an acidic body environment and these promote a more alkaline environment. I regularly consume collagen in my water to help with bone, skin, hair and nails.
Exercise is vital in helping maintain your bone density. Some of these include: climbing stairs; resistance training like leg presses, squats, push-ups; weight training using resistance bands, dumbbells, or resistance exercise machines. But, please make sure to check with your medical team to ensure it is OK to do these or any type of exercise.
How can you prevent osteoporosis? Unfortunately, once this disease gets started, it's not that easy to correct, if at all. It can be prevented by getting plenty of calcium and vitamin D; do weight bearing exercises, stop smoking (if you currently do); and for women in particular, find out if hormone therapy is appropriate for you.
Update – Feb. 2019: With stem cell therapy becoming more common these days, it seems it might provide a solution for some people with this condition. Always check with your medical team when thinking of doing anything with your body!
I hope this information is of some value to you. I know it sure is for me and some of my friends and family.


Just a quick note today since I'm trying to get back into my normal posting schedule of 1-2 times a week! Today I am working on posts about Brazil and Chile!
Today is a is a day full of protests. The economic crisis, high prices for food and basic necessities, the blocking of Capriles from government office, and the brief takeover of the legislative branch of the government have brought about massive protests today. The largest protests are in Caracas, but they are happening all over Valencia too.
My friends and I have the day off of work and we are too tired to do anything fun like go to the beach like some people. Instead, we were going to go out to brunch here in Valencia. We decided to go to a restaurant that we could get to without crossing any of the major streets in town.
We got 3/4ths of the way there, only to have streets blocked off by riot police. We tried to go around them and found people walking through the streets with Venezuelan flags draped over their shoulders. Everyone from gray-haired ladies to young kids were wearing Venezuelan hats, flags, or shirts representing their nation.
People love their country and they are ready for a change. The fact that Maduro has armed 40,000 civilian militia members has some people scared but from all accounts, that has not stopped them from protesting today even after one teen was shot dead. I don't think, "A gun for every militiaman!" is the answer and I hope that the protests in Valencia are more peaceful than those in Caracas.
*Please excuse the poor quality pics today as all of them were taken while I was sitting in the back seat of a moving vehicle and were then reformatted to a small enough size so my excrutiatingly slow internet would be able to upload them.
Whoa…be careful and take care of yourself!! Scary!
School was cancelled tomorrow for the children but it is still a workday for us teachers so hopefully the streets stay clear in my neighborhood!


Miskolc in Hungary has rolled out 75 new MAN Lion's City CNG city buses, 40 standard and 35 articulated. The 12metre variant is powered by the Euro6 E2876 272hp engine, whilst the articulated bus at just under 19m long is rated at 310hp. The vehicles' tanks hold 1,460litres of natural gas. The vehicles are part of the renewal of the city under its 'Smart & Green' programme and are being run by local transport operator MVK Zrt.


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I loved the soundtrack; when Morse is listening to Porgi Amor from Marriage of Figaro with a sad expression on his face, I just wanted to reach into the television and hug him.
Thaw adopted a more likable and sensitive character than his novelistic counterpart, and it is this portrayal that I do prefer.
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Especially when other people get died too. I liked this book because the story was absorbing and breath-taking. Bachelor Inspector Morse is a melancholy man who has never been married.
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Conforce reveals a harder-edged side on the '24EP', which includes a stonking remix from Gesloten Cirkel! We're not sure what dancefloor he's been hanging out on, but it's certainly had a heavy impact on Conforce's style here, from the unrelenting snares and acidic dirve of 'Grain' to the athletic skip-and-parry of 'Vulcan' and the pistoning swing and cavernous rendering of '24'. However, the best of a great bunch has to be Gesloten Cirkel's remix of '24', dropping to the tempo to a thrusting 120bpm powered by welting kicks while adding hypnotic vocals and dark, twirling synth ribbons with the touch of a master craftsman. For this cut at least it's a bit a crucial purchase.


Josey Orr is the co-founder of Dyer and Jenkins, a men's clothing brand which specializes in raw denim jeans, shirts, jackets, and more - all of which is made from beginning to end in America. They've got a large and growing Instagram account, @dyerandjenkins, and coined the tagline "Forge Your Own Path" - which I dig. He's an incredible story teller, and takes us on a journey from growing up on his family owned scrap yard, to rehab and loosing everything that was important in life, to his first and now second company. ENJOY!


HELP!!! Zoning for a Drug & Alcohol Rehab Ctr.
The City which I work for has somewhat antiquated zoning regs and has failed to mention the land-use for a Drug & Alcohol Rehab Ctr. The problem is now one is completing the necessary paperwork to locate in an area which would not be beneficial to the city. I am not 100% against such a Ctr. they have there places in society (much better than imprisonment) but I do think a lot of thought needs to be put into the issue.
Does anyone have any suggestions on what and what not to do? Wanted to get an idea of how other city's have dealt with this issue and where such a land-use is acceptable.
Our code is also rather old, but rather than continually updating the permitted uses in each zone, we stipulate that the location of "unclassified" uses are subject to the Plan Commission's determination.
If the facility you are referencing is a Community Based Residential Facility, you'll want to reference the Fair Housing Act. Otherwise, without knowing much more about the facility it sounds like it would fit into an Institutional district, and I would lean towards a "conditional use" classification rather than a "permitted use".
Addressing them in the future as conditional use is not a bad idea and you might want to take a serious look at what your plan permits where, and what the document says. I worked one place where when I started the zoning ordinance had no severability clause. As far as the one going in it is probably too late already. If they've filled out the applicaiton etc. it's already a done deal for most purposes and you'd just get yourself in trouble by trying to stop them onces they are leagally vested.
The use is not a permitted use in any of the zoning districts. Which I tend to think would belong in an institutional zone, however at this time the Council has put a freeze on the classification until further review by staff and a rec. from P&Z. I lean toward a special use in an instutional zoning.
Question? In your city does such a use require a special public hearing and then the normal rezoning procedures?
And thanks again for all the input everyone.
It would be unclassified by our code too, but I would recommend to our Commission that they require a special use permit following a conditional use grant. Institutuional Zoning would be recommended as well.
The court appointment for residents does tend to complicate the matter!
In the last city I worked for there was a provision that if a use wasn't covered by the ordince it was addressed as the most similar use in the ordinance as determined by planning commission. Do you have any provisions like that to work with?
I know a bit about group homes, having lost an $8 million suit over one.
If you have the time, the best is to not allow it under the "if a use is not listed, it is prohibited" concept. Then work on your zoning. Institutional may include schools, churches, parks, prisons, hospitals, etc. Do you need another district? If so, jails, penal half-way homes, and any other court ordered resiential setting should be a conditional use with public hearing.
A detox rehab house usually does not fit the category of "group home" that has been protected by the courts and state statutes--but ask your attorney.
If you don't have the time, then the "similar use" concept may work. Usually the Board of Appeals has the statutory right to interpret the zoning code. Remember that a court-ordered detox center is not a residential land use.


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Let the 2016 Circus Begin!
by Michael Sean Winters
There is nothing quite like the race for the presidency, for the most powerful office in the world, to guarantee one the giggles. Yes, the 2016 presidential nominating process has begun and it guarantees to be just as entertaining as 2012.
As a man of the political left, I take more delight in the foibles of Republican candidates. But, I don't think it is just me. What does anyone make of Dr. Ben Carson's claim that homosexuality is "absolutely" a choice and, when asked for evidence to support his claim, Carson said, "Because a lot of people who go into prison go into prison straight -- and when they come out, they're gay. So, did something happen while they were in there? Ask yourself that question." Let's not linger over that question, although Carson's comment did make me wonder if he keeps on his bed stand a picture of the "hot convict" Jeremy Meeks whose mug shot went viral and landed him a modeling contract.
Dr. Carson, who is this year's answer to Herman Cain, without the bad pizza, has quite a following among Tea Party types – he polled fourth in the latest Iowa poll of potential GOP voters – in part because he also has no background in electoral politics. This shows in both men's style of speech. There is a frankness that is admirable, neither Cain then nor Carson now, indulges the kind of hyper-cautious, calibrated speech we have come to expect of politicians and, what is more, both men reduce all complex problems to simple, easily digestible truisms and bromides: America is the greatest nation on earth; There is nothing the people can't achieve if government would only get out of the way; The liberal media can't be trusted; &c.
Of course, politicians learn to be cautious because most Americans really do not wish to have a president who says really stupid things like suggesting the sexual behavior of incarcerated people explains the origins of homosexuality. Carson tried to walk his comments back, but they were so obviously candid, and his apology so obviously strained, it is not hard to know that the problem here is not a bad choice of words, but an anti-gay animus that is as ugly as it is obvious.
Another would-be president is Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker. Now, we know he is a public liar of the highest order after he took office, slashed taxes on rich people and corporations, and then used the resulting budget deficit as a reason to go after organized labor, which was akin to voting to cut local taxes that support your emergency crews and first responders, then starting a fire in one's house and complaining that the fire department was not quick enough to save the structure. In London last month, Mr. Walker was asked if he believes in evolution and instead of lying, he punted. The British interviewer expressed some dismay, but Walker insisted he was not going to answer what he subsequently labeled "gotcha" questions. (I am wonder if 4th grade science students can use that excuse at exam time?)
To be clear, when asked if one believes in evolution, the correct answer is "no." Evolution is a scientific theory, not an article of faith and it is only the latter that requires belief. Evolution and other scientific theories are demonstrated, not believed, and are only supplanted in the face of contrary data or a theory that is accept to be better at analyzing and interpreting the data. A religious belief is relatively immune to such fluctuations in data and their interpretation. That said, I do not think this is the reason Sen. Walker punted on that question. I suspect he was concerned about fundamentalist voters in Iowa who believe the theory of evolution challenges their reading of the Bible. I do not think Gov. Walker is himself a man who thinks that the world came into existence in six twenty-four hour days only a few thousand years ago. I think his reticence sprang from a political, not a scientific or religious, calculation.
The cartoonish quality of a Republican nominating process is at its best when the party's surrogates take to the airwaves. They are distinguishable mostly by their shamelessness. One of the memes I have heard from several Republican strategists is that this election cycle, the GOP has a robust stable of candidates, as opposed to 2012 when, as one such talking head put it, the race consisted of "Mitt Romney and a bunch of Lilliputians." If memory serves, Newt Gingrich, a reasonably successful Speaker of the House and gifted spokeman for a worldview I do not share but which is hardly the stuff of fantasy, was a candidate in 2012. So, too, was the four-term Governor of Texas, Rick Perry. So, too, was two-term Sen. Rick Santorum, a many with whom my disagreements are many but who nonetheless won election twice in a blue state. What do Walker, or Sen. Rand Paul, or Sen. Marco Rubio have on these guys?
On the Democratic side, the humor is dark humor, as the nation is becoming reacquainted with all the things about the Clintons that we did not like, the penchant for secrecy, the sense that they get to play by different rules, the Manichaean worldview that divides people, and especially the press, into friends or enemies. I will write about Mrs. Clinton's candidacy another day but I hope the senior leaders of the party are thinking long and hard about the prospect of a Clinton candidacy. She has stumbled, and stumbled badly, even before getting to the starting gate.
This election silliness is to me what catnip is for a cat, I just can't get enough of it. I have seen the movie "Game Change" more than a dozen times, almost never from start to finish after the first viewing, but when it goes on to HBO, I just can't help myself from tuning in for a bit. Make no mistake, this coming election will be very consequential and all of us need to get past the fun stuff and look to the future of our democracy with intellectual rigor and with a healthy skepticism about the claims the candidates make. But, every once in awhile, it is fun just to watch and to laugh.
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The SPU women claimed its ninth GNAC outdoor track & field title while the CU men earned its first. After going 3-1 in the tournament, Western Oregon won its second-straight GNAC crown.
PORTLAND, Ore. – In a week full of postseason action, it is the trio of Seattle Pacific women's and Concordia men's track and field along with Western Oregon baseball that are the year's final Red Lion/GNAC co-Teams of the Week.
Over the weekend, the Seattle Pacific women claimed its ninth GNAC outdoor track and field championship while Concordia earned its first-ever GNAC men's outdoor track and field title. Western Oregon, meanwhile, claimed its second-consecutive conference title after going 3-1 at the GNAC Baseball Championships in Ellensburg, Wash.
On Saturday, Seattle Pacific's Renick Meyer paced the Falcons as she won the 100 meters in 12.16 seconds and finished second in the 100-meter hurdles in 14.13 seconds. The performances, combined with her heptathlon win last week and her win in the long jump on Friday, gave Meyer a share of the Field Athlete of the Meet Award. Teammate Grace Bley, meanwhile, won the 200 meters with a surge over the final 15 meters to outlast Marie Ries of Alaska Anchorage with a time of 24.70 seconds.
Meyer and Bley opened the day with teammates Julia Stepper and Becca Houk in winning the 4x100-meter relay. Their meet-record time of 46.60 seconds surpassed the previous record of 46.60 seconds set by Alaska Anchorage in 2014.
The individual titles helped Seattle Pacific win the team title with a score of 154.5 points. Central Washington and Concordia tied for second place at 121 points. Western Washington was fourth at 105 points and Alaska Anchorage placed fifth with 100 points.
On the men's side, it was the throws that paced Concordia to a healthy lead heading into Saturday. Led by a pair of conference titles by Josh Koch and Jakob Chamberlin, the Cavaliers scored 56 of their 63 first-day points in the throws, taking the top-three places in the discus and the top-two places in the shot put. Chamberlin won the discus with a mark of 174 feet, 5 inches. Caleb Bridge was second with a mark of 166 feet and Koch placed third at 163 feet.
Koch, who was the GNAC champion in the shot put in 2016, reclaimed his crown as he finished with a mark of 58 feet, 7.25 inches in the shot put. Bridge placed second with a mark of 52 feet, 1.75 inches. Entering the final day of the meet, Concordia held a 15-point advantage over second-place Western Washington.
Concordia's Carlos Ortiz won both the 100 and 200 meters and Jacob Slate won the hammer, helping Concordia sew up the team title with a score of 138 points. The Cavaliers also claimed the men's indoor track and field team title in February.
Coming down to the final game of the tournament, No. 2 seed Western Oregon outlasted No. 1 seed Montana State Billings for an 8-4 win to claim the 2018 GNAC Championships title, the Wolves second in as many years.
The Wolves claimed a 4-3 walk-off win over Central Washington on the opening day of the tournament after Griffey Halle lifted a one-out home run over the right-field fence. On Thursday, WOU continued its dominance by defeating GNAC regular-season champion Montana State Billings 14-8 to advance to Friday's championship game. After falling to the Yellowjackets' 6-4 in Friday's opener, Western Oregon limited the MSUB offense to just four runs on six hits as the Wolves' Jacob Fricke tossed nine innings for his first complete game of the year in the tournament finale.
Western Oregon's Jacob Martinez was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player after finishing the tournament by going 9 for 16 with two RBIs and a .750 on-base percentage as the leadoff hitter. The title was the Wolves' 15th in program history.


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There is something magical about butterflies that captures a child's imagination. Getting up close and personal with them will have your little ones feeling on top of the world.
At the Bribie Island Butterfly House the knowledgeable volunteers bring this magic to life every Wednesday and Sunday.
Located a 45-minute drive from Brisbane, The Bribie Island Butterfly House offers visitors an up-close experience with a wide variety of butterflies from $7 for a child's entry.
As you enter the Butterfly House, children can view the life cycle of the Butterfly, including Chrysalis and some recently emerged butterflies. You are also provided with a Butterfly identification card, which forms a great activity for older children to try to spot them all.
After entering through the tunnel, you will emerge into a beautiful garden of flowering shrubs and hundreds of butterflies. Be sure to take your time and look all around, view them flying overhead, perched on flowers or feeding at the refuelling stations. The best part is trying to encourage them to land on you!
Although there is a strict no-touch policy, you are encouraged to stand still and have them land on you. The butterflies were most active in the warm sun and seemed to be attracted to the lighter coloured clothing. Another tip is to hold your Butterfly identification card out still, in two hands and let them land on this.
The Butterfly House is wheelchair and pram friendly, however, it is easier to access if you leave the pram in the car. Amenities and baby change facilities are also available.
There is no food available on site, so either pack a picnic to enjoy at the tables provided or visit one of the closed venues such as Sandstone Point Hotel while you are in the area.
What other nature experiences have you had in Brisbane? Tell us about it in the comments. We would love to hear from you!


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Please make the necessary entries on all copies of the Price Bulletin in your possession.
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Includes finned brake drums with built-in cooling fins, front brake air scoops, power brakes with dual circuit master cylinder and special sintered, metallic linings (available only when 365 H.P. engine, 4-speed transmission and positraction rear axle are ordered which must be shown separately on order form and will be invoiced as individual options.
Includes H.D front and rear springs, H.D. front and rear shock absorbers and H.D. front stabilizer bar (available only when 375 H.P. engine, 4-speed transmission and positraction rear axle are ordered which must be shown separately on order form and will be invoiced as individual options).
Current order forms do not show these options, thus when ordering, please use the blank spaces on the Corvette order form (OSD-806).
In connection with the release of the above options, your attention is directed to the Special Performance Package (RPO-Z06) initially released for the 1964 model Corvette. The contemplated design modification and refinements did not materialize. However, in line with customer and dealer requests, the basic performance suspension and brake components have been separated and re-released as indicated above. Thus, the customer can now select the option that meets his particular requirements or order both of them depending on the intended usage of his Corvette.
Just as a reminder, if you have not already done so, we wish to remind you that 50% of your orders for January are already past due. We suggest that you bring your orders in line up to at least the 75% mark, as soon as possible, and if you so desire you can cover your full schedule for January by return mail.
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what is dsg gearbox? how does it work?
Volkswagen defines the DSG transmission as a manual transmission with manual gearbox speed. Like conventional automatic gearboxes, they can only move and stop their cars with gas and brakes without using a DSG gearbox and a driver clutch pedal. Known as the double conceptual transmission, the DSG transmission is known for its fast gear shifts and comfortable driving style.
DSG gearboxes do not have a clutch pedal as in other conventional automatic gearboxes, and they have Park, P, Drive-D modes as well. Once you're in action, the gearbox makes gear shifts and controls you. You can also choose the Sport (S) mode to allow your car to stay up to the same speed as the same upstate and move with better acceleration. In this mode your car will move in sport mode. Manual (M) mode also allows you to change gears without shifting the clutch, or if the car is equipped with a steering wheel behind it, the driver can shift gears.
How DSG Transmission Works
This shift system with its original name "Direct Shift Gearbox" uses a double clutch. Volkswagen uses expectation as a key word for its working principle. Two electronically controlled spindles allow the driver to select the gear according to the next gear anticipation.
The first shaft selects the first gear when the driver operates the vehicle and takes drive mode (D), while the second shaft remains in the standby mode. When the second run is passed, the second run is activated and the first run goes to the third run. Gear shifting continues upwards with a similar logic. The two mille controls allow for quick gear shifting and smooth gear shifts. There are two different clutches for two miles, namely two different clutches. The current 7-speed DSG controls the 1st gear odd gears (1, 3, 5, 7) and the second shaft controls the even gears and reverse gear (2, 4, 6, R).
DSG Gearbox advantages and disadvantages
Conventional automatic gearbox vehicles have more fuel consumption than manual gearbox cars and cause part of the engine power to be lost. In the DSG transmission, two clutches are used with automatic control, making power transmission more effective and contributing to the fuel economy with the reason of having a high number of gears. It also offers faster gear shifting and more comfortable driving on this track.
Although it is good in fuel economy and efficiency, it is an expensive gearbox due to its hardware and technology. In addition, since a shaft is in continuous standby mode, that is to say without waiting for a full clutch, there is a potential for clutch failure in long-term use.
Nowadays DSG gearbox is widely used. The same name is used in vehicles of the Volkswagen group, namely Skoda, Seat brand vehicles. This system is used in Audi with the name S tronic and also in Porsche with the PDK name. The Volkswagen group, which is widely sold in our country, is also widely used by most people for its vehicles.


I flew into Kangerlussuaq on the daily flight from Copenhagen and rejoiced in the fact that I had finally arrived in Greenland and was now well north of the Arctic Circle. The airport is an old U.S. Air Force base that was given back to Greenland and Denmark following the end of the Cold War. After retrieving my backpack from the tiny luggage carousel my next destination was the grocery store on the airport grounds that was supposed to have fuel. I had tried to contact the store via email to confirm whether or not they had fuel, and what type of fuel, but never heard back from them so now I was taking a chance that they would have canister fuel for my MSR Reactor stove. For this trail I highly recommend either a pressure regulated canister stove (like the Reactor) or a liquid fuel stove (such as the MSR Whisperlite). Fortunately they did in fact have canister fuel in stock, though it was a much larger size than I needed and was a brand I had never heard of so I was unsure of how well their mixture of propane and butane would work in below freezing temps. With fuel in hand, I headed backto the terminal. After filling up on water and checking over my gear, I had a quick lunch at the cafeteria and then went to register at the local police station, as recommended in the guide book. Unfortunately no one answered the door, and since I was carrying a SPOT PLB (Personal Locator Beacon), I wasn't concerned enough to wait for their return, plus I had my biggest mileage day ahead of me (15 miles) and it was already afternoon.
The Arctic Circle Trail starts just past Kellyville (pop 7), which is basically a collection of trailers and a huge antenna pointed skyward. It's a research station where scientists study the Northern Lights and lies about 9.8 miles WSW of the airport. Some choose a road walk right from the airport but, living in Brooklyn, I've walked on enough roads and was more than happy to hire a taxi for the ride to starting point. If I remember correctly the fare was about 350 DKK ($58.34). Not exactly cheap but then again, nothing is cheap in Greenland. I asked my cab driver to take a few photos of me at the first trail marker. When she left I took a look around and realized that, not only was I now alone, I was alone in Greenland. I had crossed the Arctic Circle and was about to experience a part of the world few ever see, let alone trek through. It was amazing and I felt extremely fortunate to have the opportunity!
As you can see from the above photo, the trail is occasionally marked with rocks or cairns painted with the rising sun of the Greenlandic flag, though most of it is unmarked and when you do see a trail it is considered more of a "suggested route" than a set path. Setting off on the trail, I immediately encountered the boggy conditions I had expected to encounter when walking on tundra. Though not a huge deal with waterproof boots and gaiters, you do start to pine for some dry ground until you remember that you're in Greenland. The colors of Arctic Fall were everywhere, with dark yellow, green, and deep red being the predominant colors.
Finding water is never an issue on this trail as landscape is littered with lakes and streams fed by the winter snow melt. I had read that the first few lakes encountered should be avoided since they often have a brackish taste due to the proximity to the salt water of the nearby fjord. At many of the lakes you can even see dried up salt along the shore as evident in the picture to the right, which was taken at Lake Hundeso.
About 2 hours into the trip to the coast, I spotted my first Reindeer. I used my monocular to get a better look before he ran off. Truly a majestic sight, set against the Arctic wilderness. This was also near the first hut of the trek, Hundeso, which was the only one I'd be passing without spending the night. Hundeso looks like an abandoned set from a "Mad Max" movie but it actually quite cozy inside, though it's placement just 3 miles from the start means that it is only used by those choosing to add a road walk to the trail, and start walking from the airport terminal rather than taking a cab to the starting point.
After a brief stop at Hundeso it was time to knock out some miles. Route finding was generally easy but there were times when I would emerge from a boggy area and the trail was nowhere to be seen. I found myself frequently referencing the map and the guide book to see where the trail should have been. My monocular also came in handy when searching for distant cairns.
I reached Katiffik Hut, my destination for the night, around 7:30pm and found it completely empty. I wondered if someone else might show up from the other direction but no one ever did. I set about completing my camp chores and while filtering water from Lake Amitsorsuaq I realized that I was experiencing absolute silence! There was no wind, the water was still, no wildlife scurried in the brush, no birds called out, and neither did any people. As long I stood still and silent there was not a sound to be heard. I stood there enjoying this for a few minutes but soon went back to gathering water for the night. The water was beautiful, and a swim was tempting but it was cold, and more importantly, the outside air temperature was near freezing. I returned to the hut, made dinner, drank tea, wrote in my journal and studied the map to familiarize myself with tomorrow's route. This wasn't a trail you could follow blindly just by looking for blazes on a tree or rock. This trail required you to know where it should be, to anticipate it's next move. I relaxed in the hut, pleased that I was on schedule and looking forward to the days ahead. This hut had the feel of a rustic cabin, and, with room for 6, I had plenty of room to spread out. With no heater or fireplace (or trees for that matter) I bundled up in my 20 degree bag and drifted off to sleep on my first night in the Arctic.


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Huge pumpkin weighing 2,175 pounds sets California record in Half Moon Bay
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Alejandro Serrano Oct. 14, 2019 Updated: Oct. 14, 2019 6:17 p.m.
Huge pumpkin weighing 2,175 pounds sets California record...
1of6Leonardo Urena won $15,225 at the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off on Monday.Photo: Cody Glenn / Special to the Chrnoicle
2of6Previous champion John Hawkley, of Napa, produced a 1,727-pound Atlantic Giant pumpkin to claim fourth place.Photo: Cody Glenn / Special to the Chrnoicle
3of6Asuncion Gijon (left) and Leroy Teixeira, riding a forklift driven by Dan Mello, helped weigh and measure the pumpkins.Photo: Cody Glenn / Special to the Chronicle
4of6Cindy Tobek from Olympia, Washington, celebrates on stage after her Atlantic Giant pumpkin which she planted in April weighed-in at 1736 pounds, making it the third heaviest of the day, during the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off on October 14, 2019 in Half Moon Bay, CA.Photo: Cody Glenn / Special to the Chrnoicle
5of6Nancy Beeman from Pacifica writes down the weights of the giant pumpkins during the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off on October 14, 2019, in Half Moon Bay.Photo: Cody Glenn / Special to the Chronicle
6of6Diane Costello from Half Moon Bay and her pug/terrier/Chihuahua mix named Dot pose for a photo with the mascot of the festival, named "Gourdy," during the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-off on October 14, 2019 in Half Moon Bay.Photo: Cody Glenn / Special to the Chronicle
Over two decades of growing giant pumpkins, a 2,000-pound gourd had always eluded Leonardo Urena.
He spent his hours after work this summer in Napa carefully fertilizing and grooming a pumpkin in a roughly 1,200-square-foot plot of land. Some nights, especially after long days in June and July, Urena would sleep between five and six hours before heading back to work as a supervisor at a ranch.
"If you are in this sport, it's because you like it and your family supports you," he said.
On Monday, he unveiled the jumbo, pale orange pumpkin he'd spent all summer cultivating to win the Safeway World Championship Pumpkin Weigh-Off in Half Moon Bay. The gourd to end all gourds in the Golden State checked in at 2,175 pounds and set a record for pumpkins grown in California, organizers said. The competition kicked off the city's Art & Pumpkin Festival, which is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.
With the title, Urena also received a $15,225 check — the prize is $7 per pound — and a green jacket with "GRAND CHAMPION GROWER 2019" embroidered on the back.
"It's difficult. It's nothing easy," said Urena, 51, after patting his pumpkin onstage to a roar of cheers from fans — many clad in orange — who gathered to watch the annual weigh-off. "You feel satisfied accomplishing this and it gives you the desire to continue with the support from family and friends."
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Urena's family was not far away Monday — in spirit, in the flesh and in the standings.
In second place, 35-year-old Ruben Frias, Urena's brother-in-law, plopped down a pumpkin weighing 2,017 pounds, which was also his first time growing a pumpkin that topped the hallowed 2,000-pound threshold.
"First and second place are good spots," Frias said. "I feel good he won."
Scores of pumpkin enthusiasts, a marching band from Half Moon Bay High School and numerous dogs convened Monday morning at a lot on Half Moon Bay's Main Street to watch, cheer and applaud gourds from all corners of the region. The annual competition has commemorated the start of fall in the area since 1974.
Ron Edwards, from Dallas, Ore., has grown pumpkins for nine years but had never gone to the Half Moon Bay competition. Part hobby, part social activity, cultivating the popular squash cultivar takes "about six months of babysitting," he said, as a forklift raised his pumpkin off of his truck and drove it to a scale.
Edwards' gourd, at 1,374 pounds, finished in the top 10, an impressive feat considering the competitive legacy of the event.
"People have always talked about it," he said. "This is one of the best in the West."
Many growers didn't expect to win but hoped for the best.
Previous champion John Hawkley of Napa started his growing season with five pumpkins and about three months ago he started focusing his energy on two promising specimens. On Monday, he had his biggest pumpkin with him. He hoped to place in the top four.
"(You) try to get the best seeds you can get your hands on," Hawkley said. "If we win a little bit of money, it will pay for my fertilizer and compost."
As organizers turned on the scale to weigh Hawkley's pumpkin, he looked straight at the audience.
"One-seven-two-seven — right on, John," an emcee shouted, as Hawley raised his arms in a V-shape to celebrate his 1,727-pound pumpkin.
His goal was on the mark and he walked away in fourth place.
While the crowd dispersed and Urena shook hands with people congratulating him in between posing for pictures, his wife, Gloria Frias de Urena,texted relatives the big news — the family had won first and second place.
"I'm happy for him," Gloria said of her husband. "It's a lot of work."
Growing pumpkins is a fulfilling experience most of the time, she added, but moments like Monday are especially sweet.
"This doesn't always happen," she said.
Alejandro Serrano is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: alejandro.serrano@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @serrano_alej
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In South Africa's Cape Province, it is possible to find Lemon Geraniums growing wild in scrub vegetation or light woodland. It is considered a sub-shrub for its herbaceous branches sprouting from a woody base to some 90 cm in height. Nevertheless, these upright bushes are also grown as annual plants in pots or beddings for combining attractive pink flowers with a pleasant fragrance. The crinkled foliage grows very dense so that plants are easily formed in any shape desired. The specific name refers to the texture of its foliage, since crispum means curly. When touched, the glandular, evergreen leaves release a strong lemon scent. They are cordate in shape and fresh green. In Arriyadh's climate, where it makes a good garden plant, it should be protected from full sun and drying winds. Short dry periods are tolerated, but this species does better with frequent watering in well-drained soil. To guarantee appropriate moisture and allow aeration at the same time, the ground is best improved by adding compost and perlite. All-purpose fertiliser can be applied frequently. Lemon Geraniums do not take frost, extreme heat is best endured in semi-shade locations. Plants stressed by adverse growing conditions are sometimes infested by spider mites or mildew. Propagation by seed is started in late winter, while softwood cuttings may be planted in late summer. The main flowering period is spring to early summer. Some varieties have been selected with more showy flowers and another cultivar, 'Variegatum', features leaves with ivory margins.


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3 reasons to revisit your asset allocation strategy
A disciplined approach to investing, along with rebalancing as needed, can help you pursue your goals in up — and down — markets
WHEN THE MARKETS ARE GOING GANGBUSTERS, most people feel confident in their investing strategy. But when markets change and your portfolio starts to lose value, it can be easy to panic and wonder whether you'll get back on track to meet your goals.
For many investors, that really hit home in early 2020, when stocks around the world dropped dramatically in response to uncertainty around the coronavirus pandemic. In the U.S., it marked the fastest and sharpest drop into bear market territory the Dow Jones Industrial Average had ever experienced.1 But even minor bouts of volatility can unsettle investors.
"Your long-term asset allocation strategy acts as a roadmap to help guide you through every kind of market."
— Marci McGregor, managing director and senior investment strategist, Chief Investment Office, Merrill and Bank of America Private Bank
It's at times like these that your asset allocation strategy — or the percentage of your portfolio you've chosen to devote to different assets such as stocks, bonds and cash — can provide useful perspective. "Your long-term asset allocation strategy acts as a roadmap to help guide you through every kind of market," says Marci McGregor, managing director and senior investment strategist in the Chief Investment Office for Merrill and Bank of America Private Bank. Helping to create a personalized asset allocation strategy that's appropriate for your situation is one of the key benefits of working with a financial advisor.
The asset allocation that's most appropriate for you is shaped mainly by four key factors that your advisor can help you identify: your financial goals, time horizon, comfort with risk and need for liquidity, or access to readily available cash. And it will likely change as you go through life. Younger investors might consider investing more heavily in riskier assets like equities, since they have time to make up for market downturns. Meanwhile, someone near retirement may want to have more cash and other less risky investments to help buffer against losses in equities. Your advisor can help you revisit your allocations and make adjustments along the way.
Below, McGregor points to three potential benefits of having a thorough asset allocation strategy, and why it's never too early, or too late, to get started.
Helping you 'stay the course' in volatile markets
"When markets are volatile, it's important to stay diversified and have a strategy for rebalancing," notes McGregor. When you have an asset allocation strategy that aligns with your risk tolerance, time horizon and liquidity needs, you'll be more likely to stay the course and keep focused on your goals. Why is that important? "History shows that pulling out of the markets when they are down can put you at risk of missing out on the subsequent rebounds that have always followed market declines."
"The best days often come soon after the worst," says McGregor. And missing those days can be costly. Going back to the 1930s, if an investor missed the 10 best performing days of each decade through June 1, 2022, their cumulative return was around 38% in total. If that same investor stayed in across all days in each of those decades, the cumulative return was approximately 19,020%.
Minimizing risk through diversification
Historically, bonds tend to move in the opposite direction of stocks, so having bonds in a portfolio has generally helped to minimize the effects of a down market. In the first half of 2022, however, both stock and bond markets saw significant volatility and negative performance. This was largely due to uncertainty with regard to inflation. In the coming year, we expect a more traditional relationship between stocks and bonds to return, says McGregor. An allocation that balances riskier investments, like growth or small-cap stocks, with lower-risk investments, like high-quality bonds, can potentially offer long-term growth, perhaps with less return, without putting your entire portfolio at risk. But diversification means more than spreading your investments across different asset classes; it also means choosing a broad selection of investments within the various asset classes, including stocks and bonds and, for qualified investors,2 alternative investments, too.
"When markets are volatile, it's important to stay diversified and have a strategy for rebalancing."
Within the universe of bonds, for example, there are different sectors with varying degrees of risk, from U.S. Treasury bonds (low risk) to investment grade corporate bonds (a bit riskier) to high-yield bonds (the riskiest). You might also want to consider geographic diversification, by layering in some investments outside of the United States. Each of these types of bonds offers different fee and expense structures and potentially higher or lower returns, depending upon their level of risk.
Alternative investments, such as hedge funds, private equity funds and certain types of so-called real assets, can offer an added layer of diversification that qualified investors could consider. These types of investments are typically relatively illiquid — that is, they are not as easy to buy and sell as stocks and bonds. But their prices are often not correlated to those of more traditional investments and could offer potential for greater long-term returns, with potentially higher risk. How much you devote to alternative investments depends on your goals, liquidity needs and time horizon and could range from 5% to about 30% of your total portfolio, says McGregor. Your advisor can help determine whether alternatives are appropriate for your needs, risk tolerance and situation.
A roadmap for regular rebalancing
As time goes on, your portfolio will naturally "drift" from its initial target allocation, favoring assets that have been experiencing stronger returns.
The video below showing how an investor's allocations might change over time is based on the S&P 500 Index - Total Return, Bloomberg Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and ICE BofA U.S. Treasury Bill 3-Month Index (USD Unhedged).
Title: "How your asset allocation could change over time."
A pie graph displays: 60% Stocks, 5% Cash and 35% Bonds.
Text reads: "Consider a somewhat cautious investor who, at the end of 2008, chose a 'moderate' level of risk for her portfolio."
To the right is a date, "December 31, 2008" in a blue box.
Below is a red risk-meter with a blue arrow right in the middle of "LOW RISK" and "HIGH RISK," indicating that the investor chose a moderate portfolio in 2008.
The pie graph then shifts and displays new percentage values: 86% Stocks, 1% Cash and 13% Bonds.
New text reads: "Even with the dramatic decline in the stock market in March 2020, two years later her allocations and her risk level looked quite different from her preferred allocation. This exposes her to more risk than she's comfortable with."
To the right is a new date, "May 31, 2022" in a blue box.
The red risk-meter now shows the blue arrow closer to the "HIGH RISK" area, indicating that this investor's new portfolio is exposing her to more risk.
Resetting your asset allocation to its original proportions — a process known as rebalancing — can help you make more measured decisions about when to buy and sell investments, as opposed to trying to time the market. You can consider rebalancing on a set schedule, say reviewing your allocation status every quarter or annually — known as periodic rebalancing — or whenever an asset strays outside of a given range, for example 5% from your target — known as tolerance band rebalancing. Your advisor can help you decide on a rebalancing strategy that is in your best interest. Over the long term, rebalancing may also be used as a tool to reduce volatility in your portfolio.
Arriving at an asset allocation you feel is appropriate for your situation takes some time and planning. But given what's at stake, that's likely time very well spent."Asset allocation is a way of instilling discipline in a part of our lives that we often find very stressful," says McGregor. "If you can reduce that stress, it improves the odds that you will stick to your long-term goals."
For more insights, read "Staying the Course: A Disciplined Financial Strategy."
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1"Dow Jones Industrial Average's 11-Year Bull Run Ends," The Wall Street Journal, March 11, 2020
2 Individuals who invest in these strategies must meet certain income thresholds in order to qualify, depending on the type of alternative investment. A financial advisor can help determine whether you're qualified.
Opinions are as of 07/06/2022 and are subject to change.
Investing involves risk including possible loss of principal. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Investments have varying degrees of risk. Some of the risks involved with equity securities include the possibility that the value of the stocks may fluctuate in response to events specific to the companies or markets, as well as economic, political or social events in the U.S. or abroad. Stocks of small- and mid-cap companies pose special risks, including possible illiquidity and greater price volatility than stocks of larger, more established companies. Bonds are subject to interest rate, inflation and credit risks. Investments in high-yield bonds (sometimes referred to as "junk bonds") offer the potential for high current income and attractive total return, but involve certain risks. Changes in economic conditions or other circumstances may adversely affect a junk bond issuer's ability to make principal and interest payments. Treasury bills are less volatile than longer-term fixed income securities and are guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by the U.S. government. Investments in foreign securities (including ADRs) involve special risks, including foreign currency risk and the possibility of substantial volatility due to adverse political, economic or other developments. These risks are magnified for investments made in emerging markets. Investments in a certain industry or sector may pose additional risk due to lack of diversification and sector concentration.
Alternative investments are speculative and involve a high degree of risk.
Alternative investments are intended for qualified investors only. Alternative Investments such as derivatives, hedge funds, private equity funds, and funds of funds can result in higher return potential but also higher loss potential. Changes in economic conditions or other circumstances may adversely affect your investments. Before you invest in alternative investments, you should consider your overall financial situation, how much money you have to invest, your need for liquidity, and your tolerance for risk.
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Photography by Judy Cummings; Paintings by Louise Minks; Jewelry by John Moore; Ceramic Sculpture by Lydia Grey. Exhibited at Sawmill River Arts Gallery from Aug. 2 – Sept. 4. Opening reception Aug. 6 from 2-5 p.m. Please join us!


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Diversity Efforts at the City of Springfield
Diversity Internship Program
This program was launched in February 2013 with the goal of increasing strategic relationships with diverse job candidates. The City is committed to diversity and part of this commitment includes attracting diverse individuals to careers in municipal government for the betterment of the organization and community at-large. Diversity internships will provide an opportunity for the City to meet and build relationships with promising students who desire a career in municipal government or a career area offered by the City. In addition, the program will enable college and graduate students to enhance their academic course work, create a network of contacts, and gain valuable on-the-job experience and exposure needed in pursuing their careers. Currently the program offers at least two internships per fiscal year. Apply now.
Attendance at Multicultural Festival
Sponsored by Unite of Southwest Missouri for over a decade, the free festival takes place each January at Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts on the Missouri State University campus. The festival combines cultural entertainment and practical opportunities, such as a networking expo about education, jobs and health care opportunities.
Reaching out to diverse audiences when marketing employment opportunities
HR reaches out to diverse audiences to communicate employment opportunities by advertising in Unite of Southwest Missouri's publication and by mailing job postings to diverse community groups and leaders, as well as the Missouri Career Center and local universities. Interview questions and job descriptions incorporate diversity and inclusion elements.
HR includes a diversity education component in its Welcome to the City employee orientation program and in its customer service training. External diversity training is funded and supported for programs such as the Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce's Facing Racism program, a two-day program conducted by a consortium of trainers from Missouri State University, Drury University, and Springfield Public Schools; Society for Human Resource Management diversity conferences; MSU's Statewide Collaborative Diversity Conference. Additionally, HR's Performance Management program, incorporates diversity and inclusion elements.
Diversity education
HR includes a regular column about diversity topics in its monthly SCENE employee newsletter. HR also subscribes to the Diversity BLEND newsletter as well as Insight and Diversity, Inc., Web sites and online publications.
Springfield-Greene County Park Board
The Springfield-Greene County Park Board partners with the NAACP for the Juneteenth celebration; with the Springfield Reunion Club for the Park Day Reunion; with Springfield Sister Cities Association for the Cherry Blossom Kite Festival, Sister Cities Fiesta and Japanese Fall Festival. All of these celebrations take place in and are staffed by Parks. There are some Native American elements of Bass Pro's annual Outdoor Days at Lake Springfield Park.
Culturally and historically significant parks and greenways
Mizumoto Japanese Stroll Garden is an extension of the Sister Cities mission. Silver Springs Park is a historically significant park for the Springfield African-American community. Ozark Greenways has worked with the Trail of Tears group to map and install portions of greenways on the Trail of Tears route.
Accessible and age-inclusive programs
Parks serves adults and youth with disabilities through our Accessible Recreation Program, including Miracle League. Parks partners with Southwest Missouri Office on Aging to offer robust senior citizen programs at Northview Center. SWMOA also operates the Ray Kelly Southside Senior Center.
Contracting and procurement guidelines developed to ensure level playing field
In 2011, representatives from the City of Springfield, City Utilities, Drury University, Greene County, Minorities in Business, Missouri State University, Ozarks Technical Community College, Springfield Area Chamber of Commerce, Springfield Public Schools, and Springfield-Greene County Library District worked collaboratively to develop agreed-upon "diversity guidelines" in the areas of procurement/contracting and employee recruitment/hiring.
The intent of the guidelines are to:
Create a "level playing field" that will provide certified DBE, MBE, and WBE businesses with equal opportunity to participate in all aspects of the City's contracting and procurement programs, including, but not limited to, participation in procurement contracts for equipment, materials, services, supplies, and the construction, renovation, or repair of facilities and equipment.
Widen opportunities for vendor participation, to increase competition, and to reduce costs to the City and its citizens.
Provide information or other opportunities to certified DBE, MBE, and WBE that may also be available to all other business enterprises.
The guidelines include:
Availability in the Purchasing Division for review.
Availability of Purchasing staff to provide individual assistance to disadvantaged businesses and was successful in holding a "How to Do Business" workshop in 2013.
Tracking minority expenditures for benchmarking progress.
The Missouri Job Center hosts an annual meet-and-greet event for diverse college students. This event's purpose is to provide networking opportunities for the students and area employers. Employers present included Springfield Public Schools, BKD, CU, City of Springfield, Bank of America, CoxHealth, Mercy, Cintas, Buckhorn, Inc., Chase, Commerce Bank, Arvest Bank, Greene County, Bass Pro, and John Deere.
The Job Center hosts the annual EmployAbility Summit to promote inclusion in the workplace of those who are differently abled.
The Career Center is hiring a graduating student from MSU's multicultural program, and Director Mary Ann Rojas recently spoke at the program's commencement ceremony.
Sponsored RACE, Are We So Different (exhibit at the Discovery Center).
Committee sponsored a utility fundraiser for "Wish I May" with a "Taste of the World" luncheon.
Participated in the Multicultural Festival at Hammons. (2014 and 2015)
Sponsored a booth at the Juneteenth Celebration and the local Greene County Library Block Party.
Diversity Training/Awareness
Online mandatory "Diversity" training was administered to all CU employees in March 2014
Diversity educational questions are included on the "Diversity Corner" in ENEWS (CU weekly online letter sent to all employees) and also added to internal monitors located in outlying areas.
CU Power Web (Intranet) includes "Diversity" question and "Diversity Focus."
A "Diversity Focus and Spotlight" was added to the quarterly CU@Work employee magazine.
Met with OTC representative to discuss Diversity opportunities with their certificate programs.
Attended the Statewide Diversity Collaborative Conference.
Attended the International Banquet at MSU in November 2014.
Joined with MSU on a Dual Career Program for spouses.
Job descriptions include language that requires an applicant to have the ability to work successfully with diverse groups of people.
Diversity Committee members attended the Multicultural Festival.
Utilizing strategic diversity advertising regarding CU employment opportunities through UNITE publication and minority organizations and associations.
We partnered with the Missouri Career Center to host a meet-and-greet event for diverse college students in March 2014.
Greater SGF Center for Diversity & Reconciliation
Better Together at the City of Springfield
Mayor's Commission for Human Rights & Comm. Rel.


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Woman led companies are outpacing the market, says EY
15 June 2018 Consultancy.uk
Female led companies are projected to see solid growth rates over the coming year. However, new research highlights that female led companies find gaining access to funding considerably more difficult than male led companies – with access to venture capital particularly difficult.
In light of various studies which have pointed toward improved diversity in a corporate culture yielding improved results, some companies have made efforts to shatter the glass ceiling at their firm. Notable examples including consulting firm Brickendon – which announced last year that 50% of its senior management will be female by the end of 2019 – and Accenture, the North American arm of which recently targeted total gender equality by 2025.
In spite of this, however, a recent report into company governance across the UK's largest companies more generally revealed that businesses continue to drag their feet when it comes to practical implementation of diversity policy. Only 14% of FTSE 250 companies were able to say that more than a third of their directors were female, while reporting on diversity among these companies also declined in recent years. In 2014, 30% of FTSE 250 companies worked to outline company diversity in detail, compared to 11.2% last year.
Business leaders have once more been prompted to take a long hard at how they are operating, however, thanks to a new a new study conducted by EY. The report by the Big Four firm, titled 'Is the x chromosome the x factor for business leadership?', involved 2,766 C-suite participants from 21 countries across the globe, and found that women leaders tend to operate companies that are focused on improving their customers' experience – something which has become increasingly vital for success amid a crowded market place, littered with digital disruptors utilising technology to win customers via improved consumer experience offerings.
Such leaders see customer demand as the biggest driver for innovation, cited by 34% of women in contrast to 16% for men. The same proportion of both, 25%, state that investment in technology is to improve customer experience. The focus on customers is likely to become increasingly important, particularly as women increasingly account for a larger role in the market as consumers. Currently the income of the group stands at $18 trillion and by 2028 they could account for 75% of discretionary spending.
Companies led by women are also substantially more confident of their potential for growth than their counterparts led by men. At the top end, 30% of companies run by women expect revenue growth in excess of 15%, compared to 5% of firms run by men. Meanwhile, 14% of woman led companies and 22% of man led companies project growth of between 11-15%.
Traditionally, business has been a domain dominated by men, fostering a hyper-masculine dog-eat-dog approach to operations, and making cooperation unlikely. This is also evidenced as strong alliances are marginally more likely to be formed between with woman led businesses at 25%, than man led businesses, at 22%. As many firms work toward strategic partnership models in order to spread risk and share in success, the traditional mode of 'masculine' business looks increasingly out-dated, and something which could well be more of a hindrance than a help in future.
Old Boys Club
In spite of woman led businesses seemingly tapping into global trends more tightly, however, they are still less likely to be awarded funding. EY researchers found that a stunning 52% of woman led companies have no outside funding, while 70% of man led companies had access to external investment. 20% of woman led companies meanwhile had no plans on accessing funding, compared to just 3% of counterparts bossed by men.
This lack in confidence in the ability to obtain funding on the part of woman business leaders suggests that such applications, while potentially lucrative, and enabling an accelerated growth trajectory for successful firms, are ultimately a waste of time. Instead, funding sources are disproportionately accessed by firms led by men. Reservations among funding sources regarding woman led organisations would appear to play a role in the awarding of funding then, even though other metrics such as whether an organisational culture allows for failure, a firm's talent strategy and customer understanding demonstrated little difference between the groups.
EY's study also noted that woman led companies are relatively new, with 26% having commenced trading less than five years ago, compared to 11% of man led companies. Strikingly however, many of these young woman led companies had no venture capital backing, particularly if the leader is also a founder. In this case, just 10% of all venture capital funding went to companies with a woman founder, and only 3% to a company with a woman as CEO. A lack of funding can have long-term negative impacts on companies, and evidence suggests that the inclinations displayed by private equity also play into the wider attitudes of the financial sector as a whole – the area with the largest gender pay gap in the UK.
The paper concluded that more than half of woman led companies have no external funding, compared to under a third of man led companies. As a result, the funding gap means companies with high growth potential fail to secure early investment have a harder time scaling up.
Eri Sekiguchi, an Assurance Partner and Leader of EY's Japan Winning Women Network, said, "While access to capital is a significant barrier at a global level, what we observe in Japan is that female leaders also face the challenge of a perceived lack of management knowledge when compared to their male counterparts. To provide support and mentorship to female entrepreneurs and help them succeed, the EY Entrepreneurial Winning Women program is operating in this market, as well as in more than 50 countries around the world."
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Q: Whatever happened to the idea that vitamin C can boost your immune system and prevent colds?
Vitamin C is crucial for making collagen, the substance that lends structural support to tendons, ligaments, bones and blood vessels. Vitamin C is also a potent antioxidant. As the cells in our body do their jobs, they produce a group of harmful chemical waste products called "free radicals." These free radicals are also created by environmental factors such as tobacco smoke, ultraviolet rays and air pollution. Antioxidants can chemically combine with free radicals, rendering them harmless.
The recommended daily allowance for men is 90 milligrams per day. Women should get 75 mg per day. If you are a smoker, add 35 mg per day to your recommended amount. Taking vitamin C supplements in amounts far higher than the RDA offers no proven health benefits, but it probably won't hurt.
Most people meet the RDA for vitamin C through their diets. Citrus fruits are rich in vitamin C. Sweet red pepper is another excellent, but less well known, source of vitamin C.
Just because vitamin C doesn't appear to boost your immune system doesn't mean there are no "natural" immune system boosters. Indeed, if you want to strengthen your immune system and boost your ability to fight off colds, try exercise. Regular moderate aerobic exercise can bolster your protection from common respiratory infections. Sleep is also important. People who get enough sleep are less prone to upper respiratory infections.
People who eat diets high in fruits and vegetables also appear to be less likely to catch colds. (Though it's less certain that the diet alone is responsible.) Some studies also found increased susceptibility to colds with increasing levels of stress.
DR. ANTHONY KOMAROFF is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. Go to his website to send questions and get additional information: www.askdoctork.com.


The position would include regular entries about ongoing political events & a focus on criminal activities by enemies of the state.
Наталья Поклонская рассматривает старшую редакционную должность в Аниме правые новости.
Anime Right News (ARN) — A noted far-right activist Russian politician, Natalia Poklonskaya has been instrumental in a number of operations & has been formally invited to write for Anime Right News. This also extends to a senior editorial position.
Natalia, who was appointed Head of the Japanese-Russian Friendship Society, is expected to fit in well.
As per the above secret backchannel with the State Duma, we hope she accepts our invitation, to bring more hard-hitting truth to this new news network.
Whenever I see her I think of Lucid Hurricane.
Is she single??? I call dibs.
Я хотел бы передать свое личное приглашение Ньяше. Если она согласится, мое (настоящая жизнь) княжество сделает ее баронессой через патент на письмо.


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More signs of a radical shakeup in the global semiconductor industry emerged on Wednesday as Japanese number four chipmaker Mitsubishi Electric announced it was seeking a tie-up with its rivals.
The company would not name its potential partners, but a report in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun tipped NEC and Hitachi - numbers two and three in the chip market after Toshiba.
For Mitsubishi, such an alliance would mean that it - and Hitachi - would effectively have given up almost all their solo chipmaking capabilities.
The dynamic RAM (DRAM) market is heavily oversupplied, and volatile prices have caused havoc for companies which make them that goes well beyond the turmoil in the tech sector at large.
Realignment is seen by analysts as essential if the main players in the market are to recover their equilibrium.
Thousands of jobs have been lost by the main protagonists in Japan in the past 12 months, as losses have mounted to record levels.
In response, Toshiba for one has given up on the DRAM market altogether, concentrating on the more lucrative and less competitive static RAM chips common in mobile phones and handheld devices.
According to the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, the proposed Hitachi-NEC-Mitsubishi joint venture - dubbed Elpida - would also include their own SRAM ventures.
If the deal goes ahead, the resulting company would take fourth spot worldwide in the DRAM market with an 11.1% market share, ahead of Germany's Infineon with 9.7%.
Shares in all three companies rose on Wednesday, bucking the Tokyo stock market's wider trend.
Further up the league table, world number one Samsung is still surviving, but the saga of bankrupt Korean chipmaker Hynix - the world's third biggest DRAM vendor - and its on-again, off-again takeover by the USA's Micron seems to be far from over.


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Sexual harassment claims jump
Retaliation still tops the charts
According to the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the agency that enforces the anti-discrimination laws such as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), retaliation continued to be the most frequently filed charge filed with the agency, followed by sex, disability and race. The agency also received 7,609 sexual harassment charges — a 13.6 percent increase from FY 2017 — and obtained $56.6 million in monetary benefits for victims of sexual harassment.
EEOC Acting Chair Victoria A. Lipnic indicated that the EEOC "cannot look back on last year without noting the significant impact of the #MeToo movement in the number of sexual harassment and retaliation charges filed with the agency."
Specifically, the charge numbers show the following breakdowns by bases alleged, in descending order:
Retaliation: 39,469 (51.6 percent of all charges filed)
Sex: 24,655 (32.3 percent)
Disability: 24,605 (32.2 percent)
Race: 24,600 (32.2 percent)
Age: 16,911 (22.1 percent)
National Origin: 7,106 (9.3 percent)
Color: 3,166 (4.1 percent)
Religion: 2,859 (3.7 percent)
Equal Pay Act: 1,066 (1.4 percent)
Genetic Information: 220 (.3 percent)
EEOC legal staff filed 199 merits lawsuits alleging discrimination in fiscal year 2018, which ended September 30, 2018. The lawsuits filed by the EEOC included 117 individual suits and 45 suits involving multiple victims or discriminatory policies and 37 systemic discrimination cases. At the end of the fiscal year, the EEOC had 302 cases on its active docket. The EEOC won in 95.7 percent of all district court resolutions.
Given these statistics, the EEOC has evidence supporting stronger enforcement of sexual harassment provisions. Employers who have not addressed this issue would benefit from doing so, as prevention is the best tool to eliminate sexual harassment in the workplace, and training can go a long way to help avoid claims. Claims can include back pay, compensatory and punitive damages, and injunctive relief.
This article was written by Darlene M. Clabault, SHRM-CP, PHR, CLMS, of J. J. Keller & Associates, Inc.
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Posted by Tulis McCall | Feb 16, 2014 | Reviews
Credit: Jeremy Daniel
In the revival of Dinner With Friends, Donald Margulies is doing his best to tiptoe around the chaos of marital plans that can engulf one relationship while leaving another untouched. Or at least not destroyed. Sort of the way a tornado whips through a town, picking and choosing which properties will survive and which won't. Indeed, this tornado seems as arbitrary when it picks Beth (Heather Burns) and Tom (Darren Pettie) as the ones who will be torn apart and leaves Gabe (Jeremy Shamos) and Karen (Marin Hinkle) to survive but not without damage.
The play begins – after a long-winded explanation about an Italian cooking vacation that has nothing to do with the rest of the play – with Beth confessing to Gabe and Karen that Tom has left her. That Tom told her he was dying in their marriage and had found someone else. As the play progresses we discover that this is more a a shock to Gabe and Karen than it is to Tom and Beth. This is a foursome that was supposed to "grow old and fat together," and when Tom takes a dive off the bus it sticks a crowbar into the wheel-works.
This is one of those universal occurrences that any of us could imagine, and have probably been through either as the couple breaking up or the sad witnesses left to re-examine and re-define our relationships with the parties involved. So it would seem an excellent choice for subject matter. In this production, however, Ms. McKinnon's direction seems to be focused on speed rather than the depth of the emotional upheaval.
Beth's announcement is followed by a fight with Tom who feels betrayed that she told their best friends without him. This is prelude to frantic sex which I not only didn't see coming, but I didn't believe for a nanno second. Tom hi-tails it over to Gabe and Karen's to tell "his side of the story," and this proves to be a bad move all around.
We are then whisked back in time to the day that Tom and Beth met – at Gabe and Karen's house on the Vineyard. Then swoop forward to months after the breakup when Beth announces a new love interest to Karen, and Tom boasts of being a new man to Gabe. Both these conversations bring out the grief that Karen and Gabe are experiencing, and Beth and Tom are only baffled.
In the final scene Karen and Gabe are side by side in bed wondering what life is all about. If your best friends are no longer your best friends because the choices they made resulted in the unexpected end of your relationship – if THAT can happen, what about everything else. These two finally see they have gotten lost to one another because the minutiae of life has overtaken them. The break up of their friends is more than a wakeup call – it is a May Day. What will happen now?
We leave Karen and Gabe in that question. What we don't have, however, is any attachment to the outcome. These two couples have no visible chemistry or connection to one another. Frankly, they are just some fairly well-off white people sitting around wasting time asking important questions with no more passion than if they were making oatmeal for the kids. Maybe less. Under Ms. MacKinnon's direction, this production lacks a pulse. We are told there are lives at stake, and occasionally see a flare up to that effect, but by and large we see only lips moving when what we want is to see hearts exploding.
Dinner With Friends – By Donald Margulies; directed by Pam MacKinnon
WITH: Heather Burns (Beth), Marin Hinkle (Karen), Darren Pettie (Tom), Jeremy Shamos (Gabe) and Alex Dreier and Aimee Laurence (Children's Voices).
Sets by Allen Moyer; costumes by Ilona Somogyi; lighting by Jane Cox; music and sound by Josh Schmidt; hair and wig design by Charles G. LaPointe; fight director, Thomas Schall; production stage manager, Charles M. Turner III; production manager, Aurora Productions; general manager, Nicholas J. Caccavo; associate managing director, Greg Backstrom; associate artistic director, Scott Ellis. Presented by the Roundabout Theater Company, Todd Haimes, artistic director; Harold Wolpert, managing director; Julia C. Levy, executive director; Sydney Beers, general manager. At the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theater, 111 West 46th Street, Manhattan; 212-719-1300, roundaboutunderground.org. Through April 13. Running time: 2 hours.
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