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Senate Education Committee Approves 15-Point Scale; Principal Preparation Changes Sent to Governor
In addition to releasing a compromise budget proposal this week, House and Senate members also approved several important education policy bills and sent several education bills to the Governor for final approval. Members of the Senate Education Committee approved a bill on Wednesday which would make permanent the 15-point school performance grading scale, as well as direct the State Board of Education and State Superintendent to study and make recommendations to improve our school performance grading system. The North Carolina Association of School Administrators (NCASA) would like to thank Rep. Craig Horn (R-Union) and Sen. Rick Horner (R-Nash) for working with NCASA to maintain the current 15-point scale, which is one of NCASA's Top 5 Legislative Priorities this session.
Another bill which NCASA has been extensively involved with, Senate Bill 227, is expected to be signed into law by the Governor before the end of the week. This bill will merge the Transforming Principal Preparation Program (TP3) with the Principal Fellows Program, while maintaining the current administration of TP3 for current grant recipients. NCASA would like to thank the bill sponsor, Sen. Jerry Tillman (R-Randolph), for working with NCASA and outside education groups to generate the final version of the bill, which will expand and improve principal preparation opportunities across our State.
Action/Expected Action by Governor
S219: Modify Teacher Licensing Requirements
This bill makes various changes related to testing to the initial professional teacher (IPL) licensure statutes; creates a one-year IPL extension for certain teachers; creates a new limited teaching license for individuals who do not meet the criteria for a continuing professional license and for out-of-state teacher licensees; authorizes local boards of education to determine experience credit for newly employed teachers to pay them at the commensurate level on the State salary schedule during the first year of employment; and reduces the service requirement for a lifetime teaching license from 50 years to 30 years.
STATUS: Passed Senate 6/24, Presented to Governor 6/26
S227: TP3/Principal Fellows Consolidation
This bill would maintain the existing administration of the Transforming Principal Preparation Program (TP3) for current grant recipients until 2021 and expand the Principal Fellows Commission to include the TP3.
S556: GSC People First Language 2019
This bill updates current statutes to replace the phrase "mental retardation" with "intellectual disability" or "intellectual or other developmental disability."
H57: Create Term For Public Schools & Codify NCVPS
This law creates a new definition for the education chapter of the General Statutes for the term "public school unit" to refer collectively to multiple types of public schools in the State; codifies the North Carolina Virtual Public School Program (NCVPS).
STATUS: Signed by Governor 6/26
H411: Modify School Qual./Student Success Indicator
This bill combines career and college readiness indicators for both school performance grades required under State law as well as for federal reporting purposes under the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA); requires the State Board of Education to include additional career and college readiness information on annual school report cards.
STATUS: Passed Senate 6/27, to be sent to Governor
H664: myFutureNC/Postsecondary Attainment Goal
This law establishes a postsecondary educational attainment goal for the State
STATUS: Passed House 6/19, Signed by Governor 6/26
H886: Study Participation of Operators in NC Pre-K
This bill studies the challenges of child care facility operators participating in the North Carolina Prekindergarten (NC Pre-K) Program.
STATUS: Passed Senate 6/26, to be sent to Governor 6/28
Session Votes/Action
S366: 10th Grade/ College Transfer Pathways
This bill does all of the following: (i) expands the career and technical education pathway to high school freshman and sophomores to include construction and business technologies courses; (ii) expands the college transfer pathway to certain high school sophomores; (iii) requires that those sophomores receive academic advising on entering college early and get parental consent before participating in the pathway; and (iv) makes changes to adjunct CTE instructor hiring.
STATUS: Conference committee appointed 6/26
S399: Rehire High-Need Teachers
This bill allows retired teachers to return to work in certain high-needs schools without adversely impacting their retirement benefits.
STATUS: Passed House 6/25, sent to Senate for concurrence
S500: Modify Advanced Math Course Enrollment
This bill clarifies requirements for advanced math course enrollment and requires reporting on advance math course enrollment. Additionally, for the 2019-2020 school year only, it exempts certain schools from the requirement that 7th grade students who score at the highest level be enrolled in a high school math course in 8th grade. Additionally, the Conference Committee Substitute (CCS) would expressly authorize local boards of education to provide supplemental content enrichment to students enrolled in a high school level math course, if needed. Additionally, it would clarify that schools that are exempted from the 8th grade math placement requirement in 2019-2020 may still offer high school math in 8th grade if they choose.
STATUS: Placed on Senate Calendar for 7/1
H924: Teacher Contract Changes
This bill clarifies how much time a teacher must have already worked for a local board of education in order to be eligible for an extended employment contract. It also requires a new course in economics and personal finance (EPF) as a graduation requirement for students and requires professional development for teachers of that course. Finally, it would also clarify the requirements for the existing high school civics course, and require the State Board of Education to revise the standards for the social studies standard course of study.
STATUS: Scheduled for 6/27 House Calendar
House K-12 Education (6/25)
S230: Excused Absences for Military Children
This bill provides for a minimum of 2 days per academic year for excused absences related to a parent or legal guardian's service in a combat zone.
STATUS: Approved, sent to House Rules
S343: Changes to Education Reports
This bill makes changes to various education reports including date changes, repeals of certain reports, and modifications of information to be reported. The bill as revised in the committee would also (i) clarify the Education Workforce Innovation Commission's membership; (ii) stagger the appointments to the Professional Educator Preparation and Standards Commission; and (iii) exempt the State Board's charter actions from contested case provisions.
S354: Sam's Law
The committee's revised and approved version of Senate Bill 354 deletes all the contents of the original bill (Student Notice/Charter School Closure/Restr.) and replaces it with the contents of House Bill 955, Sam's Law. This latest version would require seizure action plans for students who have seizure disorders and training for school employees on how to assist and provide medication to these students.
S621: Testing Reduction Act of 2019
Senate Bill 621 would make the following changes to testing:
Eliminate the North Carolina Final Exams (NCFEs).
Replace end-of-grade assessments (EOGs) with a "through-grade assessment model" similar to the NC Check-Ins.
Replace end-of-course assessments (EOCs) with a nationally recognized assessment of high school achievement, such as the ACT or SAT.
Require reporting on and reductions in local testing.
Prohibit graduation projects as a condition of graduation.
Require a review of the third-grade reading end-of-grade test to ensure alignment with the Read to Achieve alternative assessment.
Senate Education/Higher Education (6/26)
H107(=S101): PED Oversight/EPP Changes
The bill was amended in committee to require the State Board to annually review the accountability status of each educator preparation program (EPP) and develop rules based on the assignment of warned, probation, or revoked statuses.
STATUS: Approved, sent to Senate Rules
H362: 15-Point Scale For School Performance Grades
The bill would permanently extent the 15-point scale for calculating school performance grades. It was amended in committee to require the State Board and State Superintendent to study and make recommendations on the school performance grading model by February 15, 2020.
H668: Various Higher Education Changes
The bill was amended in committee to: (1) authorize community colleges to use adequate insurance coverage in place of bonds for employees handling institutional funds and property; (2) rename the University Of North Carolina Center For Public Television as The University Of North Carolina Center For Public Media; (3) authorize the Board of Governors to establish policies that allow certain lease purchase agreements; and (4) allow evidence of North Carolina high school graduation for students to rebut the presumption that the student's residence is the parent's residence for in state tuition purposes.


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SA ranked world's 8th-highest-taxed country
Published by capeetc on July 3, 2019
The South African government has become increasingly reliant on personal income tax as a source of revenue and a recent report on the latest national tax data from Stats SA shows that SA locals are among the world's highest taxpayers.
From 2017 to 2018, personal income tax accounted for R1.22-trillion in taxes collected by the national government and ranks as the country's number-one source of tax, accounting for 38% of all tax revenue. Just behind this is value added tax or VAT accounting for 24%, followed by company income tax, which accounts for 20%.
Just ten years ago, the amounts were much lower and personal income tax only accounted for 31%, while company income tax accounted for more at 30%.
This shift in tax percentages is due in part to the 2008 to 2009 economic recession which reduced the revenue from company income tax and caused the percentage collected to grow much more slowly than personal income tax.
Despite weak economic growth in the country over the years, tax revenue has continued to grow. The tax-to-GDP ratio shows just how excessive the tax burden in South Africa is, with 2017 to 2018's ratio being 25.9%. The higher the percentage, the higher the amount of tax collected relative to the size of the economy.
Because of these excessive figures, South Africa finds itself among the world's top-ten-highest-taxed countries in the world according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Out of 115 countries with substantial tax data, South Africa ranks as the 8th-most-taxed country in the world, just behind New Zealand and Sweden. Namibia and Lesotho are even more highly taxed, however, featuring in second and third place just behind Denmark which took the top spot as the world's most taxed country.
The world average for tax according to the IMF was 15.4% in 2017 and South African residents pay more taxes than the United Kingdom (25.7%), Australia (22.2%), Brazil (12.7%) and the United States (11.9%).
This surely comes as no surprise to South Africans, who feel the burden of taxes each month and feel nothing is really being done with all the money that is being taken from them.
Countries mentioned on the list with particularly high GDP-to-tax ratios are not as badly off, as although the taxes are high, these countries also offer some of the highest living standards in the world as well as various free services such as health care and schooling, but South Africa cannot say the same.
At the same time a low tax-to-GDP ratio demonstrates an inefficient tax system and can have negative effects on a country and cause problems with service delivery or public space and building maintenance.
Steep tax percentages alone do not demonstrate anything; rather it is what each country does with the taxes and how they serve their populace with the money they receive from residents. It goes without saying that South Africans do not feel their tax money is being used correctly and are concerned that personal income tax percentages may continue to grow irrespective of the country's economic state.
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package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"strconv"
	"strings"
)

// Version

type Version struct {
	Major int
	Minor int
}

func MakeVersionFromString(version string) (Version, error) {
	split := strings.Split(version, ".")
	if len(split) != 2 {
		return Version{0, 0}, errors.New("Invalid version string.")
	}
	return MakeVersionFromMajorMinorString(split[0], split[1])
}

func MakeVersionFromMajorMinorString(major, minor string) (Version, error) {
	majorNumber, err := strconv.Atoi(major)
	if err != nil {
		return Version{0, 0}, errors.New("Invalid major version number.")
	}
	minorNumber, err := strconv.Atoi(minor)
	if err != nil {
		return Version{0, 0}, errors.New("Invalid minor version number.")
	}
	return Version{majorNumber, minorNumber}, nil
}

func (v Version) Compare(v2 Version) int {
	if v.Major < v2.Major {
		return -1
	} else if v.Major > v2.Major {
		return 1
	} else if v.Minor < v2.Minor {
		return -1
	} else if v.Minor > v2.Minor {
		return 1
	}
	return 0
}

func (v Version) Valid() bool {
	return v.Major != 0 || v.Minor != 0
}

func (v Version) String() string {
	return fmt.Sprintf("%d.%d", v.Major, v.Minor)
}

// Functions

type ParamModifier int

const (
	ParamModifierValue ParamModifier = iota
	ParamModifierArray
	ParamModifierReference
)

type FunctionsInfo struct {
	Versions           []Version
	DeprecatedVersions []Version
	Categories         []string
	Passthru           map[string][]string
}

type Parameter struct {
	Name     string
	Type     string
	Out      bool
	Modifier ParamModifier
}

type Function struct {
	Name              string
	Parameters        []Parameter
	Return            string
	Version           Version
	DeprecatedVersion Version
	Category          string
	SubCategory       string
	Offset            string
	GlxRopCode        string
	GlxSingle         string
	WglFlags          string
	GlxFlags          string
	DlFlags           string
	GlfFlags          string
	GlxVendorPriv     string
	GlextMask         string
	Extension         string
	VectorEquiv       string
	GlxVectorEquiv    string
	Alias             string
	BeginEnd          string
}

type Functions []*Function
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func (p *Parameter) String() string {
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		out = "out "
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	fmt.Fprintf(s, "%s %s(", f.Return, f.Name)
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		fmt.Fprint(s, p)
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			fmt.Fprint(s, ", ")
		}
	}
	fmt.Fprintf(s, ") (v%v, d%v)", f.Version, f.DeprecatedVersion)
	return string(s.Bytes())
}

func (fs Functions) Find(name string) *Function {
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		if f.Name == name {
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type Enums map[string]string
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}

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	for _, enums := range e {
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			return true, val
		}
	}
	return false, ""
}

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type TypeMap map[string]string

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	// HACK: return t if type is not part of the spec
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		return t, nil
	}
	if t == "PIXELFORMATDESCRIPTOR" {
		return t, nil
	}
	if t == "LPCSTR" {
		return t, nil
	}
	if t == "LAYERPLANEDESCRIPTOR" {
		return t, nil
	}
	if t == "COLORREF" {
		return t, nil
	}
	if t == "HDC" {
		return t, nil
	}
	if rt, ok := tm[t]; ok {
		return rt, nil
	}
	return t, fmt.Errorf("Unable to resolve type: %s.", t)
}

// Packages

type Package struct {
	Enums     EnumCategories
	Functions FunctionCategories
}

type Packages map[string]*Package

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With not much left in the tank our North London Minor Mosquito Nationals lost a tough semi final game to the Simcoe Giants. Simcoe went on to win the tournament.
Another great tournament showing Nationals, be proud!


A man who is not with a woman is a dead man.
Posted yesterday under the Men's Quotes in the left column of this page, there is a video titled "Dear Woman" made by "Gay Hendricks, Arjuna Ardagh and a group of Conscious Men from around the world offering apologies to women for thousands of years of imbalance between masculine and feminine energy, as well as a vision of a new era of co-creation". We thank them. If you watch the video, you may have an emotional release and a blessing.
You may want to write down any responses that come up for you in order to help process how you are feeling. How would you like to participate in the co-creation of a new era? Would you like to honor the feminine? And if so, how?


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When Transportation and Healthcare Intersect
Submitted by Jacobs on 28th May 2020.
A journey to the future of public transportation
Jacobs VP, Global Transportation Kevin Slack takes jacobs.com readers on a journey to the future of public transportation in a post COVID-19 world in this piece.
Current measures to control the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) center around physical separation, restricting mobility and enhanced disinfection and cleaning measures. As the world quarantines at home and works remotely, the demand on our transportation systems has dropped dramatically. Consider this:
Air travel globally is down as much as 90%. The daily total number of passengers leaving Hong Kong can at times fit on a single plane – sometimes with open seats.
The use of public transportation in some major metropolitan areas has dropped by more than 90% while systems have remained open to serve essential, front-line healthcare workers and first responders. Public transportation agencies around the world are encouraging the public to avoid using their systems outside of emergencies or essential duties.
Movement of goods through the world's busiest ports began to slow in early 2020 as production slowed in early impacted countries in Asia. As production has come back on line in Asia, consumption has slowed in Europe, the United States (U.S.) and other western economies.
The cruise industry has shut down though there are tens of thousands of crew stuck at sea.
In the U.S., personal vehicle travel is down on average between 40 and 60% with the most reduction in commuter travel in more populated urban areas.
As the spread of COVID-19 slows in some countries, and additional measures are being developed to supplement (or eliminate the need for) physical distancing, including vaccines, therapeutics, disease and serology testing, contact tracing, enhance disinfection, etc., governments and economies around the world are in various stages of reopening and beginning to return to and rely on transportation systems to move people and goods around the world.
It's difficult to predict when pre-COVID-19 travel demand will return, but we know that travel, particularly on public transportation systems will be different. Agencies will face new and difficult decisions around how they continue to protect their workers and the traveling public from COVID-19, or any future bio threat, while providing efficient and essential transport services.
As we look to the future of transportation, we see a new and essential nexus between transportation experts who develop, plan, design, construct, operate and maintain transportation systems and public health experts who understand how to protect the population from the current and/or similar bio threats. At Jacobs, we're unique in that we have the collective health systems and public health experts, coupled with transportation professionals who fully understand the development and operational requirements of systems across all modes of transportation.
As our health and transportation teams are collaborating with our clients to reinvent how we will safely transport people and goods locally, regionally, and globally in a post COVID-19 world, we know the needs of each client are different. A one size solution does not fit all challenges, from mode of transportation to level of travel demand to geography, but we creatively develop specific solutions to fit each client's needs.
In aviation, regulation and the modelling of revised passenger processes will drive airport outcomes. We're working with clients to analyze different scenarios based on varying levels of intervention and risk in order to be prepared for emerging regulatory requirements. All scenarios point to the need to deliver passenger confidence as a prerequisite of the approach with a combination of health checks and physical distancing supporting the confidence factor. Given the congested nature of most large airports, finding adequate space for additional facilities will be a challenge. We're helping clients explore the use of temporary structures within parking lots or in underutilized parts of ticketing lobbies. We're modelling the potential impact of new passenger screening facilities and investigating if quarantine lounges where infected passengers can be evacuated or high-risk travelers isolated, may be needed. And, we're helping airports look at ways these new types of spaces could be combined with existing border check process or potentially implemented prior to check in or at their originating airport.
In transit, the range of solutions also includes enhanced cleaning and disinfection protocols using new strategies, such as longer lasting disinfectants and ultra-violet lights previously used in healthcare settings for stations, vehicles and facilities. Mobile payment and information strategies are being used to reduce touch points and in-person contact similar to many retail environments. Many agencies are working with major employers and local chambers of commerce to encourage staggered work hours or alternative schedules to better manage ridership and allow for continued social distancing. Face coverings, temperature checks and distancing in stations, on platforms and on vehicles will help safe guard riders and front-line transit workers.
While public transportation will be forever different going forward, the transportation experts and public health experts at Jacobs are working together with seamless collaboration to leverage the latest technologies to reinvent a more integrated, smarter and safer public transportation system for the future.
Kevin Slack brings more than three decades of transportation experience, ranging from project development and planning to design, design-build and program management. He began his career as a transportation engineer and gained extensive experience conducting highway safety research for the Federal Highway Administration and the National Cooperative Highway Safety Research Program, including serving as the Co-Principal Investigator for the development of Guidance for implementation of AASHTO's Strategic Highway Safety Plan.
Bringing Aviation and Health Solutions to a Brave New World
In this Jacobs.com article, we feature insights from Joseph Butler, Regional Solutions Director, Aviation and Matthew Holmes, Global Technology Leader, Healthcare on the nexus between aviation and health for the industry to restart their engines and take to the skies.
The Future of Assisted Living Accommodations is Looking Up
Can architecture help us successfully respond to the COVID-19 crisis? Jacobs Global Director for Architecture Solutions Pierluigi Montanini draws from lessons in history to consider what the future may hold in store for assisted living facilities.
Jacobs Shares Efforts to Move Transportation Safety Forward
Road safety is everyone's responsibility — from drivers and legislators, to engineers and policy makers. In this article, Jacobs announces a campaign to highlight information about road safety and remind each of us of the undeniable statics like that road traffic injuries are now the leading killer of people aged 5-29 years.


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Stigmella monella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the Russian Far East, Japan (Hokkaido) and probably north-eastern China.

There are probably at least two generations per year.

External links
Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the world
Japanese Species Of The Genus Stigmella (Nepticulidae: Lepidoptera)

Nepticulidae
Moths of Asia
Moths described in 1984

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UK board 'Not too worried' about Conor Benn's legal threats
Geaux Rocket Ride First Debut for Battery Oak Stud
Home/Boxing/Eddie Hearn's Verdict on Fury-Chisora and Whether Derek Should Retire
Eddie Hearn's Verdict on Fury-Chisora and Whether Derek Should Retire
Eddie Hearn watched on to watch Tyson Fury defend the WBC heavyweight belt against Derek Chisora at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, but believes the action is 'hard to watch'.
Hearn and Chisora have been involved in the sport for a long time, with most of 'Del Boy's recent matches taking place under the Chamber banner. This one doesn't, but that doesn't stop the promoter from tuning in.
Talking to IFL television, The first Hearn pointed out a problem with the narrative of the event – namely the word inconsistency Angerpromoter and man behind the war, Frank Warren.
"You know, it's hard to watch. Look, Del is a diamond. He will never stop trying. I don't like to point out what's been said in the past because it seems like I've got it all figured out anyway, but Frank Warren said like two years ago 'Derek Chisora should retire, it's a shame when they let him fight' and then someone mentioned the Fury-Chisora battle and he said 'oh, that was a joke' and then, two years later, pushed the fight.
He echoed the thoughts of many fans that, at some point, the match made viewers uncomfortable.
"The problem with boxing is that in that fight, people were watching saying 'you have to stop this fight' but nobody really stopped it. Do you know what I mean?
"Very difficult, because Don Charles knows Derek Chisora better than anyone. Derek Chisora is never going to give up. Never. And I'm sure Don Charles knows that. You need an introduction, and I think Victor Loughlin made a good jab – it should have been done three or four rounds earlier. And listen, Tyson Fury actually supports him a bit too."
"In a situation like this, Derek could have given Tyson Fury the best shot he had in the tank and it wouldn't have hurt him at the time, and he's losing every round. fight. So if you can't win the war…"
Finally, Hearn replies whether he thinks it's time for the heavyweight warhorse, Chisora, to call it a boxing day – in the ring at least.
"I think so. It's hard because when you beat Pulev – Pulev was a top 15, Chisora beat him, so he didn't want to retire. But then he got paid some money. well against Fury and Fury is clearly a notch above him.He can turn around and fight a Zhang [Zhilei]or he can fight a [Filip] Hrgovic… Fabi Wardley. However, he has also made a huge amount of money over the past few years. We all love him, and I think now is a great time to hang them."
While Chisora's future is uncertain, Fury now looks set to head for an undisputed fight with another heavyweight champion, Oleksandr Usyk, in early 2023.
Starbucks employees are not satisfied with this new change
Male birth control research is starting to make progress : Shots
Shocking referee admits to helping Manny Pacquiao win the match
Gareth A Davies compares 'dangerous' Eubank-Benn to two other fights
Tyson Fury says Anthony Joshua lacks "ball" to fight him
Jake Paul Ready to Fight Conor McGregor 'In The Cage'
Gervonta Davis looks down on Hector Luis Garcia


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Q: mix-blend-mode not working with elementor wordpress website As my site http://newwebsite.outfit24.com.au (still being built) is heavily image-based, I want the header text colour to change so that it stands out from the background (both dark and light images). I have used Elementor for the bulk building of my site and I'm using the "Custom CSS and JS" plugin to write my CSS and change the header colour. In elementor, I set the header CSS class to "custom-header".
I have tried using "mixed-blend-mode: difference;" but mixed-blend-mode is highlighted red and doesn't seem to be working. Here is a screenshot of mix-blend-mode not working: https://ibb.co/MNbf84z
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}
.custom-header {
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I expect for the CSS to work, changing the colour of the header allowing it to be visible whether it's in front of #fff, #000, and any image on the site but for some reason, mix-blend-mode is highlighted red and isn't working. Does anyone know why this is happening?
Thanks for your help:)

A: Blend mode does not work when you have any z-index value for the section or its parent section.

A: For anyone who might still need that. I tried using mix-blend-mode in wordpress for a while, being hit by that "unknown property mix-blend-mode" error. As far as I noticed, the css editors provided by wordpress have that error, but if I make my own html section (as many themes support, I guess all of them) and make a <style>.blahblah {mix-blend-mode: difference;}</style>, that makes it work. Worth trying.
Conclusion: Don't use wordpress css editors. Use an html section and write styles in it.

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The need to identify qualified individuals who can provide essential professional forensic services has long been recognized. In response to this need and to promote ethical and professional practices among its participants, the IAI Certification Program was established to provide a program of certification in the profession of forensic identification, investigation, and scientific examination of physical evidence. In purpose, function and organization, the IAI Certification Boards are thus analogous to the certifying boards of other specialties and scientific fields.
The Certification Boards were established to set the standards and qualifications for those who practice specific disciplines within the forensic sciences; to establish voluntary certification testing of applicants who meet or exceed the training, educational, professional experience requirements set by the specific Certification Board; and to annually review, and if necessary, revise the standards and qualifications, as well as the specific Board's provisions in the operations manual.
Each course offered by Tri-Tech Forensics has been presented to each of the certification boards applicable to the subject matter of the training. As new courses are added to our course catalog, these new courses are also submitted to this review. Upon review, courses meeting the requirements of the respective boards are approved for certification and/or re-certification training credit. The courses listed on the following table have been approved for the number of hours reflected in the table. Please refer to the certification manual at the following URL for training requirements of the various boards and further details.
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Who Was West Ford? by Linda Allen B. Hollis
John Augustine Washington's sons, Bushrod and Corbin, made a gift of West to their mother, Hannah Washington, following the death of their father. In 1802, Hannah Washington's Last Will and Testament decreed that "the lad called West" was to be set free at the age of 21. Around the year 1806, West Ford was, in fact, granted his freedom. To commemorate the occasion, an artist came to Mount Vernon and sketched his portrait.
In 1812, West Ford married Priscella Bell, a free woman. Their four children – William, Daniel, Jane and Julia – were educated on the Mount Vernon Plantation, despite laws which restricted the instruction of blacks in those times. In 1829, Bushrod Washington died on the estate. In his Will he gave 160 acres of land adjacent to Mount Vernon to West Ford, who continued to live on the Mount Vernon plantation as a caretaker. A detailed entry in the Fairfax County Register of Freed Slaves, dated October 17, 1831, describes West Ford as "a yellow man, about Forty seven years of age, five feet eight and a half inches high, pleasant countenance, wrinkle resembling a scar on the left cheek, a scar on the left corner of the upper lip." In 1833, West Ford sold his land and purchased 214 acreas adjacent to it. The area is known today as the Black community of Gum Springs, Virginia.
Over the next several years, West Ford was frequently highlighted in the media, making his private life a matter of public record. In 1850, two Virginia newspapers – the Alexandria Gazette and the Virginia Advertiser – carried articles describing his prestigious position and authority at Mount Vernon. In 1857, an entry in the Fairfax County Deed Books noted that Ford divided his land among his four children, giving each of them 52-3/4 acres. In 1858, Ford was sketched a second time, by reporter and artist Benson Lossing. Harper's New Monthly Magazine featured an interview with West Ford in 1859, in which he spoke about his property on Little Hunting Creek where he planned to retire after the Washington estate was no longer in the Washington family.
In June 1863, an ailing West Ford was brought back to the Mount Vernon estate by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association. The Association cared for West Ford until his death on July 20, 1863. The following day, the Alexandria Gazette carried his obituary, stating:
"West Ford, an aged colored man, who has lived on the Mount Vernon estate the greater portion of his life, died yesterday afternoon, at his home on the estate. He was, we hear, in the 79th year of his age. He was well known to most of our older citizens."
Ford oral history states that West Ford was buried in the old tomb of George Washington on the estate.
Information cited are excerpts from the book, "I Cannot Tell a Lie: The True Story of George Washington's African American Descendents," pages 441-454. To read more on West Ford visit www.westfordlegacy.com.
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Preston, Washington – January 2013 - National Precision Bearing is excited to announce the opening of a new ISO Class 6 (Class 1000) cleanroom facility. This new facility more than doubles NPB's capacity for bearing relubrication services. The additional space and new equipment will make it possible to meet increasing Aerospace, Defense, Medical, and Food Processing industries' demand for specialty bearing relubrication. NPB relubricates new parts from inventory to meet special lubrication and fill requirements on standard parts, as well as customer owned inventory to help manufacturers and other distributors meet shelf life and on-hand inventory requirements.
"We have more than doubled our capacity for relubrication to match ever increasing demand. With the support of our bearing suppliers, NPB fills a critical need in this market. Our new facility ensures our lead time on new orders cannot be beat", notes Kent Ross, Mechatronics' President.
The cleaning and relubrication process at NPB is audited and certified by both customers and 3rd party inspectors. Among other standards, the cleanroom facility is certified to ISO 14644-1, 14644-2 and the entire process is included in National Precision Bearing's AS9100 Rev. C certified quality system. National's cleanroom is also factory certified for lubrication by major bearing manufacturers such as NHBB and RBC. Complete traceability and documentation is available for all orders. In addition to quality, the cleanroom staff consists of National Precision's most experienced supervisors and technicians, with over 150 years of combined relubrication experience.
NPB stocks a wide variety of specialty lubricants including food grade, low outgassing, and corrosive resistant greases. NPB has over 100 different lubricants in stock and regularly relubricates bearings with customer provided lubricants. Standard or special lubricant fill rates can be requested depending on type of bearings. Standard fill for miniature ball bearings is 25-35% fill, standard fill for many airframe type bearings is 80-100% fill. Grease Plating, centrifuge, and other special application methods are available on request.
Can My Expired Airframe Control Bearing Inventory Be Saved?
Imagine you are tracking right ahead of a tight deadline for production. Your machined components stock-in, the bearings are pulled from stock for assembly, and a technician on the line discovers some of the bearings have exceeded recommended lube life. Now what? With new bearings at 20-30 week lead times, buying replacements is a problem. Fortunately, NPB can relubricate many types of bearings with a very short turn-around time. Read more about airframe control bearings, their shelf life, and common considerations for relubrication.
Airframe control bearings are a category of bearings generally designed for use in heavy load, oscillatory applications on aircraft flight control systems. These bearings are often full complement, meaning they have no separators between the balls, so they are generally not designed for high speed rotation. The industry specification covering the largest number of airframe control bearings is SAE-AS7949. Some of the most common airframe control bearing part number specifications are MS27641 and MS27646.
Shelf life for airframe control bearings is often limited by the lubricant, which is most commonly grease. Lubricant shelf life in a bearing is commonly defined by a manufacturer's guideline, a government specification, or industry standards. Shelf life for the most common AS7949 standard is 36months. If a bearing exceeds the 36month shelf life, it often cannot be used or installed into an aircraft. However, a bearing exceeding its recommended lube life does not mean it must be thrown away. Many manufacturers, distributors, and repair stations are forced to hold inventory for more than three years. Writing down or throwing away this expired inventory can result in significant losses of value. A good and viable solution is to have these bearings re-lubricated by an AS9100 re-lubrication facility that maintains factory authorization.
Many common airframe control, needle, metal-on-metal spherical, and rodend bearings can be relubricated or refreshed. Some cannot, like self-aligning stake shielded, or ball bearing rodends, due to their design features. Those, if they can be relubed at all, should be done by the manufacturer. The most common types that can be relubed are listed in a table below this article.
Some bearings for aircraft applications allow for lubricant to be refreshed or additional lubricant to be added through a lube hole or grease fitting. In some cases, aircraft bearings cannot be washed or old lubricant cannot be purged. In this case, the relubrication can be provided as a "refresh" depending on customer requirements.
If you have an expired part and would like to know if it can be relubricated, please contact your NPB Sales & Marketing Rep or Regional Sales Manager with the bearing specification, drawing, or a picture of the part. For more information contact your local sales representative.


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Vattnet såldes länge under devisen "Arla, särla, Porla".

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The primary responsibility of the Division of Student Affairs is the welfare of all students enrolled at UMass Lowell. We provide students with the resources and assistance for students to graduate as well rounded, active contributors to their communities.
French Club: Crêpe and Bingo Night!
Faculty, staff, and students are encouraged to submit referrals for students in distress or students who display concerning behavior.
The number of student organizations in the Manning School of Business has grown from five to 14 in the past three years, as the school has put an emphasis on student engagement.
The university's new Money Management Mentors program gives students a way to discuss their personal finances in a confidential, one-on-one setting with trained peers, with the goal to increase retention and decrease student loans.
Jaime Waldron, 20, a sophomore at UMass Lowell, is part of the state's pilot program on housing homeless students. Both of Waldron's parents died by the time she was 15, and she bounced among family members during high school. She is considered an independent orphan and has previously taken out $16,000 in student loans to pay for her year-round, on-campus housing.
Share your UMass Lowell experience on Instagram using the hashtag #UMLx throughout the Fall 2018 semester for a chance to win a $15 Amazon gift card. All submissions will have a chance to be featured on our Instagram account!
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Many pregnant women get a bit confused by the calculation of weeks, during the first ultrasound the dates can be varied. The calculation of gestational age is a calculation that is made to know how many weeks the woman is pregnant and calculate the PPD (expected date of delivery). The calculation is made by the obstetrician starting from the date of the last menstruation (DUM).
The calculation of the age of the gestation is calculated from the first day of the last menstruation until the date of the count, because it is not possible to determine the date of ovulation, the first day of last menstruation (DUM) called obstetric age.
Start by scoring on the calendar the first day of last menstruation so you can count the weeks of your pregnancy. As the day to take into account is the day of the menstruation and ovulation occurs only (in most cases) on the 14th day, there is a variation of 2 weeks, the embryo is approximately 2 weeks younger than the number of weeks counted.
There may be a change in the age calculation through ultrasonography when the physician measures the size of the embryo and the size of the gestational sac or through the amount of Hcg present in the woman's urine.
Normally the expected date of delivery is when you are 40 weeks pregnant, your baby can be born 2 weeks before, up to 2 weeks after that date.
It is often complicated to translate the weeks of pregnancy into months, here is a little help.


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Los Angeles' long, troubled history with urban oil drilling is nearing...
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Child trafficking cases have increases in recent years.
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The firefighter initially rejected the suspension before videos of the incident were released to the public.
Former LA Councilman pleads guilty to obstructing federal corruption probe
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If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.
Political fundraiser admits to bribing LA City Councilmember
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The Councilmember reportedly agreed to help the developer's real estate project in exchange for a $500,000 bribe.
Climate change fuels hellfire in the City of Angels
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Warm, dry climate change conditions have made housing in LA's "Wildland-Urban Interface" dangerous.
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"This 100% Clean Energy school district commitment demonstrates what can happen when students, parents, teachers and school district leaders work to move the needle on climate."
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Can a big city be truly sustainable in the age of climate change? Los Angeles is trying to find out.
Former LA County Sheriff faces 3yrs in prison after losing appeal
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On Wednesday, a three-judge panel from the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals decided Lee Baca's rights had not been violated during his trial – the appeals panel determined that the trial was fair and the conviction legally sound.
What LA teachers tell us about rising inequality
Sam Pizzigati - January 24, 2019
We ought to see their struggle as "a strike for democracy – against the plans of a tiny clique of billionaires to unilaterally impose their vision for the world."


In this lesson, you will select demographics that you would like to appear on your Data Wall such as Gender, Ethnicity, etc.
When searching data on a Data Wall, you can add demographic data to appear on your wall.
Hover over a column header to see a dropdown arrow appear to the right of the header.
Click the dropdown arrow and then select Columns. This will bring up an area for you to select the demographics you want displayed on your Data Wall.
Once you select your demographics, that information will be displayed to the right of the students' names.
You can sort your data wall by clicking the heading names. For example, to sort your data by gender, click the header "Gender" once. Click the header again to sort it the opposite way.
If you'd like to learn more about Data Walls, check out our manual on Data Walls.


How does ''The Presence of Light'' look from inside? This exhibition of fiber art at Southern Methodist University's Meadows Museum in Dallas (to July 29) is viewed here by one of the show's curators, critic Betty Park, in a version of her catalog essay. The other curator, Dominique Mazeaud, is director of Modern Master Tapestries in New York, where the exhibition will run from Sept. 11 to Oct. 6.
In her comprehensive work on color, Enid Verity traces a fascinating course from Descartes's hypothesis that ''light was essentially a pressure transmitted through a dense mass of invisible particles'' to Newton's observation, upon passing a beam of white light through a prism, thereby converting it to a continuous spectrum of color, that all colors are contained in white light. Verity connects the 19th-century physicist James Clerk Maxwell's introduction of the idea that matter is an electrical phenomenon - paradoxically both particle and wave - to Einstein's momentous formulation: ''The amount of energy is equal to the amount of mass, times the square of the velocity of light,'' or E EQUALS mc2.
In the arts we are instantly in familiar territory with images of light in Rembrandt, Vermeer, Turner, and Constable. Monet studied the atmospheric effects of light with the precise attention common to scientists and poets. Eva Figes describes Monet's attunement to the ''envelope of light'' which each day is presented.
Most interesting in relation to this exhibition is the work of contemporary artists who explore the act of perception as it is affected by light. David Hockney's Polaroid photos break up the picture plane into quick takes, dissolving perception into its constituent bits and pieces. Robert Irwin relentlessly tracks the light falling on his studio walls or creates energy fields of light that elicit a profoundly meditative response; for some, it is not substance but the ambiance or the viewer's experience that is compelling.
Light is clearly a pervasive presence in the arts. In art fabrics there is a peculiar affinity for the metaphorical rendering of the presence of light, owing , first of all, to the textural diversity of materials commonly classed as textiles. They range from the most fragile paper or cast resin with properties of transparency and translucency to plant and animal fibers whose sinewy or hairy surfaces present manifold facets from which light is reflected. Secondly, when this material is formed into structures, the resulting interlaced or layered composition redoubles the surfaces from which light bounces. Playful and evocative, some work in this exhibition gives us an experience like that of an infant who perceives only flowing patterns of light and shadow without discerning particular objects.
Fiber may also act as a screen or as a transmitter of light, transforming the light in passage in new and unexpected ways. Substance is mutable; as time and light pass, we read or enter these works from ever-changing perspectives.
Several artists give us landscapes of the mind and spirit, suggesting an inward passage moving beyond the limits of language toward states of consciousness for which light, fire, and light on water are most eloquent symbols.
This gift comes to us in the spirit of playful, ever-changing surface appearance or, paradoxically, as a unifying presence which is an antidote to the multiplicity of form that is our daily fare. In either case, the light impinges upon our sense of solid substance, of reliable, unchanging reality, and presents us with an image of transformation. In the presence of light, our awareness is led ineluctably to a contemplative state.


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Energy Performance Regulations
Owning an Older Home
Your Home's History
Looking After Your Home
Making Changes to Your Property
Energy Efficiency and Older Houses
Making Changes to Save Energy
Generating Energy
Practical Guidance on Energy Efficiency
Flooding and Older Homes
This page provides guidance on building regulations, Energy Performance Certificates and the private rented sector regulations.
Energy improvement measures may require consent
Various types of work to older buildings may require consent. Where historic buildings are designated then listed building or scheduled monument consent may be required.
It can be a criminal offence to carry out work to a listed building without consent when it's needed. In addition to these consents, planning permission may also be required.
If your building is listed or in a conservation area you're strongly advised to speak to your local authority planning department or relevant advisory body. They will be able to tell you whether you need permission or consent to implement an energy improvement measure.
The decision whether to give consent for an energy improvement measure will weigh the need for the improvement against the impact of the measure. They'll prefer measures that are inconspicuous and do not alter the fabric of historic places.
See What Permission Might I Need? and Who Do I Contact? for more information.
Energy efficiency and building regulations
You may also need to obtain consent under building regulations. These set standards for how to construct buildings to achieve a minimum level of acceptable performance. They typically cover health and safety, energy performance and accessibility requirements.
Building regulations only apply to new building work, and there's no general requirement for all existing buildings to be upgraded to meet these standards.
However, certain changes can trigger the need to comply - for example, if parts of a building are to be substantially replaced or renovated, or if there's a change of use. The requirements don't apply to normal maintenance and repair work.
Part L is the section of the regulations that deals with energy efficiency requirements.
Historic England has produced guidance, Energy Efficiency and Historic Buildings - Application of Part L of the Building Regulations to Historic and Traditionally Constructed Buildings, to help prevent conflicts between the energy efficiency requirements in the regulations and the conservation of historic and traditionally constructed buildings.
An Energy Performance Certificate (EPC) is a legal requirement when constructing, selling or renting out a building. An EPC is produced by an accredited Energy Assessor who uses standard software using property survey data to produce two ratings: one for energy efficiency and one for environmental impact. Each rating is on a scale of 1 to 100, banded into grades A-G.
What is the main purpose of an EPC?
EPCs are mainly a compliance tool rather than a design tool, for instance where an existing property is sold or rented.
EPCs do not provide a complete energy audit of a building but focus on an assessment of the building providing a list of recommended measures to improve energy performance. The type of fuel source for heating the building and providing hot water has a significant impact on the EPC rating. EPCs are also based on standard assumptions about occupancy and energy use so they do not take account of actual energy use.
As the recommended measures of an EPC are based on the cost of fuel rather than energy efficiency they can be rather misleading and may not always be appropriate for the building. This can be particularly true for older buildings where measures such as solid wall insulation may pose a risk to the fabric of the building.
The Environmental Impact Rating is based on an assessment of the amount of CO2 emissions.
Are listed buildings exempt from the need to have an EPC?
From January 2013 there has been an 'exemption' for listed buildings.
However, the exemption is qualified, it states: "Insofar as compliance with certain minimum energy performance requirements would unacceptably alter their character or appearance".
What does this qualification mean?
The qualification covers works that might be carried out to the property to improve its energy performance. These are works that would require consent under Part L of the building regulations (The Conservation of Fuel and Power) and would be included in the recommendations section of an EPC report if one was obtained. If such works would unacceptably alter the building's character or appearance, then the listed building would qualify for an exemption.
The qualification does not relate to meeting the minimum energy efficiency requirements (MEES) set out in the Private Rented Sector Regulations (2015).
How do I know if works would unacceptably alter a listed building's character or appearance?
The energy efficiency of older buildings can be improved in many different ways. Some measures might have very minimal impact on the character and appearance of the building, such as changing to a more efficient boiler. Other measures such as adding new double glazed windows or solid wall insulation could have a substantial impact. Listed buildings vary considerably in the extent they can accommodate change both internally and externally.
The guidance produced by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) suggests that "building owners will need to take a view as to whether this will be the case for their buildings".
MHCLG also suggest owners might contact their local authority's conservation officer if they're in any doubt.
However, the local authority may charge for such advice, if they are willing to provide it, and some local authorities do not have conservation officers.
Are buildings in conservation areas also exempt from the need to have an EPC?
Buildings in conservation areas now have the same exemption status as listed buildings.
However conservation areas have differing levels of planning controls depending whether or not they are covered by an Article 4 Direction, which limits permitted development rights.
Where a conservation area has an Article 4 Direction then planning consent would usually be required for changes to external materials which might include such measures as window double glazing.
Generally works that might unacceptably alter a building's character and appearance in conservation areas would be those that affect the outside of the building rather than the inside.
Are there other buildings exempt from the need to have an EPC?
Other exempt buildings include:
Temporary buildings that will be used for less than two years
Stand-alone buildings (less than 50 square metres of floor-space)
Industrial sites, workshops and non-residential agricultural buildings that don't use a lot of energy
Some buildings that are due to be demolished
Holiday accommodation rented out for less than four months per year
Residential buildings intended to be used less than four months a year
Are buildings which are exempt from the need to have an EPC also exempt from needing to comply with the Minimum Energy Efficiency Requirements stipulated in the Private Rented Sector Regulations 2015?
If the building is exempt from requiring an EPC then it does not come within the scope of the Private Rented Sector Regulations. However, if the building already has an EPC then it will be within the scope of these regulations.
Minimum energy efficiency standards for private rented property
From 1 April 2016 through to 1 April 2023 new regulations 'Energy Efficiency (Private Rented Property) (England and Wales) Regulations 2015' come into force for properties that are privately let.
From 1 April 2016: A tenant of a domestic private rented property may request the consent of the landlord to make energy efficiency improvements to the property.
From 1 April 2018: There is a requirement for all properties let on new or renewed tenancies to have a minimum EPC rating of E unless there is an applicable exemption.
From 1 April 2020: All existing domestic tenancies will be required to achieve a minimum EPC rating of E.
From 1 April 2023: All existing non-domestic tenancies will be required to achieve a minimum EPC rating of E.
Here are some common questions relating to these regulations and older buildings:
If I have no EPC because the building I own is legally exempt, do I need to comply with these regulations?
If a building does not legally require an EPC because it qualifies for an exemption then it will not need to comply with these regulations.
From January 2013, there has been a qualified exemption for listed buildings so that they are not generally required to have an EPC when sold or let. This qualified exemption now also includes buildings in conservation areas.
For more details on what the 'qualified exemption' means see the our section on Energy Performance Certificates.
If I have a listed property that already has an EPC do I need to comply with these regulations?
If the listed building already has an EPC, which may have been obtained before January 2013, then the property will be within scope of the regulations. If the EPC has an F or G rating then some energy efficiency improvements will be required so that it achieves a level E or above.
To improve a property which currently has an EPC rating of F or G, various measures can be considered which may have very minimal or no impact on character and appearance.
These might include:
Installing a more energy efficient boiler
Changing fuel source
Adding additional loft insulation
Secondary glazing to windows
Draught-proofing
For more information on this see our guidance on Energy Performance Certificates.
Are there any exemptions included in these regulations?
There are several issues that may qualify the property being placed on the National Private Rented Sector (PRS) Exemptions Register for a period of five years.
The landlord being unable to obtain third party consent for the works. This might include listed building consent or planning permission from the local planning authority.
Where the installation of measures might devalue the property by more than 5%
Where a measure such as solid wall insulation would risk compromising the building fabric.
For a full list of exemptions and their detailed conditions see the guidance produced by the Department for Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS).
Energy Efficiency and Historic Buildings - Application of Part L of the Building Regulations to historic and traditionally constructed buildings
Energy Efficiency and Historic Buildings: Energy Performance Certificates
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy


Mott MacDonald has hired Henry Luker as a Director in its UK Buildings and Infrastructure business, based from London. Luker, who joins from Max Fordham, will provide more than 28 years of experience in the delivery of advanced building solutions to the firm and its clients.
Prior to joining Mott MacDonald, Henry Luker worked at UK-based Max Fordham. Luker joined the company in 1988 as a building services engineer. During the intervening years Luker climbed the ranks, and, in his more recent role at the firm, was Director and Senior Partner. Luker most recent project work include the Zaha Hadid's Stirling Prize winning National Museum of XXI Century Arts (MAXXI) in Rome, Herzog & de Meuron's Tate Modern Extension, and Grand Musée d'Art Nantes with Stanton Williams.
Luker trained in Electrical & Electronic Engineering, holding a Bachelor of Science in the subject from the University of Manchester.
Luker has been appointed as a Director in the firm's UK Buildings and Infrastructure business. In his new role, Luker will provide the consultancy and its clients with his more than 28 years of industry experience relating to the delivery of advanced and sustainable building solutions.


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Les estranyetes (en anglès strangelets) són hipotètiques partícules subatòmiques compostes de petites acumulacions de quarks s. Una descripció equivalent és que una estranyeta és un petit fragment de matèria estranya, prou petit per ser considerat una partícula. La mida d'un objecte compost per matèria estranya podria, teòricament, variar des d'uns quants femtòmetres de diàmetre (com la mida d'un nucli lleuger) fins a arbitràriament grans. Una vegada que la mida esdevé macroscòpica (de l'ordre de metres de diàmetre), aquest objecte s'anomena estrella estranya. En aquest cas, es podrien produir en una Kilonova, en la qual dues estrelles de neutrons o una estrella de neutrons i un forat negre col·lideixen i són alliberats dels nuclis de les estrelles de neutrons.  El terme "strangelet" el van proposar Edward Farhi i Robert Jaffe el 1984. Els strangelets poden convertir la matèria en matèria estranya per contacte. S'han suggerit els strangelets com a candidats a la matèria fosca.

Possibilitat teòrica

Hipòtesi de la matèria estranya
Les partícules conegudes amb quarks estranys són inestables. Com que el quark estrany és més pesat que els quarks u i d, pot decaure espontàniament, mitjançant la interacció feble, en un quark d. En conseqüència, les partícules que contenen quarks estranys, com la partícula Lambda, sempre perden la seva estranyesa, en desintegrar-se en partícules més lleugeres que contenen només quarks d i s.

Tanmateix, els estats condensats amb un nombre més gran de quarks poden no patir aquesta inestabilitat. Aquesta possible estabilitat contra el decaïment és la hipòtesi de la matèria estranya, proposada per separat per Arnold Bodmer i Edward Witten. Segons aquesta hipòtesi, quan es concentra un nombre prou gran de quarks junts, l'estat d'energia més baix és aquell que té un nombre aproximadament igual de quarks u, d i estranys, és a dir, una estranyeta. Aquesta estabilitat es produiria a causa del principi d'exclusió de Pauli; tenir tres tipus de quarks, en lloc de dos com en la matèria nuclear normal, permet col·locar més quarks en nivells d'energia més baixos.

Relació amb els nuclis atòmics
Un nucli atòmic és una col·lecció d'un gran nombre de quarks u i d, confinats en triplets (protons i neutrons). Segons la hipòtesi de la matèria estranya, aquesta seria més estable que la matèria normal, de manera que s'espera que els nuclis decaiguin en estranyetes. Però aquest procés pot ser extremadament lent perquè hi ha una gran barrera energètica per superar: a mesura que la interacció feble comença a convertir un nucli en un strangelet, els primers quarks estranys formen barions estranys, com el Lambda, que són més pesants que els protons i neutrons. Només si es produeixen moltes conversions gairebé simultàniament, el nombre de quarks estranys arribarà a la proporció crítica necessària per aconseguir un estat d'energia més baix. És molt poc probable que això passi, de manera que, fins i tot si la hipòtesi de la matèria estranya fos correcta, mai es veuria que els nuclis decauen en estranyetes perquè la seva vida útil seria més llarga que l'edat de l'univers.

Mida
L'estabilitat de les estranyetes depèn de la seva mida. Això es deu a (a) la tensió superficial a la interfície entre la matèria dels quarks i el buit (que afecta les estranyetes petites més que les grans) i (b) l'apantallament de les càrregues elèctriques, que permet neutralitzar la càrrega d'una estranyeta petita amb un núvol d'electrons/positrons al seu voltant, però que requereix grans estranyetes, com qualsevol peça de matèria gran, ser elèctricament neutres al seu interior. La distància d'apantallament de càrrega tendeix a ser de l'ordre d'uns quants femtòmetres, de manera que només els pocs femtòmetres exteriors d'una estranyeta poden portar càrrega.

Es desconeix la tensió superficial de la matèria estranya. Si és més petita que un valor crític (uns quants MeV per femtòmetre quadrat), aleshores les estranyetes grans són inestables i tendiran a fissionar-se en estranys més petits (les estrelles estranyes encara estarien estabilitzades per la gravetat). Si és més gran que el valor crític, les estranyetes es tornen més estables a mesura que es fan més grans.

Existència natural o artificial
Tot i que els nuclis atòmics no decauen en estranyetes, hi ha altres maneres de crear estranyetes, de manera que si la hipòtesi de la matèria estranya és correcta, hi hauria d'haver estranyetes a l'univers. Hi ha almenys tres maneres de crear-los a la natura:

 Cosmogònicament, és a dir, a l'univers primerenc quan es va produir la transició de fase de deconfinament de la QCD. És possible que es creessin estranyetes juntament amb els neutrons i protons que formen la matèria ordinària.

 Processos d'alta energia. L'univers està ple de partícules d'alta energia (raigs còsmics). És possible que quan xoquen entre si o amb estrelles de neutrons puguin proporcionar prou energia per superar la barrera energètica i crear estranyetes a partir de la matèria nuclear. Alguns van identificar esdeveniments de raigs còsmics exòtics, com el Price's event amb una relació càrrega-massa molt baixa, com a candidats estranyetes.
 Impactes dels raigs còsmics. A més de les col·lisions frontals de raigs còsmics, els raigs còsmics d'alta energia que afecten l'atmosfera terrestre poden crear estranyetes.

Aquests escenaris ofereixen possibilitats per observar estranyes. Si hi ha estranys que volen per l'univers, de tant en tant una estranyeta hauria de colpejar la Terra, on apareixeria com un tipus exòtic de raig còsmic. Si es poden produir estranyes en col·lisions d'alta energia, llavors podrien ser produïts per col·lisionadors d'ions pesats.

Producció en acceleradors
En acceleradors d'ions pesants com el Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC), els nuclis xoquen a velocitats relativistes, creant quarks estranys i antiestranys que podria conduir a la producció de estranyetes. La signatura experimental d'una estranyeta seria una partícula amb una ràtio molt alta de massa a càrrega, la qual cosa faria que la seva trajectòria en un camp magnètic fos molt propera, però no del tot, a una recta. La col·laboració STAR ha buscat estranys produïts al RHIC, però no se'n va trobar cap. El Gran Col·lisionador d'Hadrons (LHC) és encara menys probable que produeixi estranyetes, però es planifiquen cerques per al detector ALICE.

Detecció basada en l'espai
L'espectròmetre magnètic alfa (AMS), un instrument que està muntat a l'Estació Espacial Internacional, podria detectar estranyetes.

Possible detecció sísmica
El maig de 2002, un grup d'investigadors de la Universitat Metodista del Sud va informar de la possibilitat que les estranyetes poguessin haver estat responsables dels esdeveniments sísmics registrats el 22 d'octubre i el 24 de novembre de 1993. Els autors es van retractar més tard de la seva afirmació, després de trobar que el rellotge d'una de les estacions sísmiques tenia un gran error durant el període rellevant.

S'ha suggerit que es creï el Sistema de Vigilància Internacional per verificar que el Tractat de Prohibició Completa dels Assajos Nuclears (CTBT) després de l'entrada en vigor pot ser útil com una mena d'observatori estrany utilitzant tota la Terra com a detector. L'IMS estarà dissenyat per detectar pertorbacions sísmiques anòmales de fins a   alliberament d'energia o menys, i podria ser capaç de fer un seguiment de les estranyetes que passen per la Terra en temps real si s'aprofiten correctament.

Impactes sobre els cossos del Sistema Solar
S'ha suggerit que estranyetes de massa subplanetària (és a dir, meteorits pesants) perforarien planetes i altres objectes del Sistema Solar, donant lloc a cràters d'impacte que mostren trets característics.

Perills
Si la hipòtesi de la matèria estranya és correcta, i si existeix una estranyeta estable carregada negativament amb una tensió superficial més gran que el valor crític esmentat anteriorment, aleshores una estranyeta més gran seria més estable que una de més petita. Una especulació que ha resultat d'aquesta idea és que una estranyeta que entra en contacte amb un tros de matèria ordinària podria convertir la matèria ordinària en matèria estranya.

Això no és una preocupació per les estranyetes dels raigs còsmics perquè es produeixen lluny de la Terra i han tingut temps de decaure fins al seu estat fonamental, que la majoria dels models prediuen amb càrrega positiva, de manera que són repel·lits electrostàticament pels nuclis i rarament es fusionarien amb ells.D'altra banda, les col·lisions d'alta energia podrien produir estats estranys carregats negativament, que podrien viure el temps suficient per interactuar amb els nuclis de la matèria ordinària.

El perill de conversió catalitzada per estranyetes produïts en col·lisionadors d'ions pesats ha rebut certa atenció als mitjans, i es van plantejar inquietuds d'aquest tipusal començament de l'experiment RHIC al Brookhaven National Laboratory, que podria haver creat estranyetes. Una anàlisi detallada va concloure que les col·lisions RHIC eren comparables a les que es produeixen de manera natural quan els raigs còsmics travessen el Sistema solar, de manera que ja hauríem vist un desastre com aquest si fos possible. RHIC funciona des de l'any 2000 sense incidents. S'han plantejat inquietuds similars sobre el funcionament del LHC al CERN però aquests temors són rebutjats com a exagerats pels científics, pels mateixos motius.

En el cas d'una estrella de neutrons, l'escenari de conversió sembla molt més plausible. Una estrella de neutrons és en cert sentit un nucli gegant (20 km de diàmetre), unit per la gravetat, però és elèctricament neutre i, per tant, no repel·leix electrostàticament les estranyetes. Si una estranyeta colpejava una estrella de neutrons, inicialment només en convertiria una petita regió, però aquesta regió creixeria i finalment consumiria tota l'estrella, creant una estrella estranya.

Debat sobre la hipòtesi de la matèria estranya
La hipòtesi de la matèria estranya segueix sense demostrar-se. Cap recerca directa d'estranyetes en raigs còsmics o acceleradors de partícules ha observat una estranyeta. Si es pogués demostrar que algun dels objectes com les estrelles de neutrons té una superfície feta de matèria estranya, això indicaria que la matèria estranya és estable a pressió zero, la qual cosa justificaria la hipòtesi de la matèria estranya. Tanmateix, no hi ha proves sòlides de superfícies de matèria estranya a les estrelles de neutrons.

Un altre argument en contra de la hipòtesi és que, si fos cert, essencialment totes les estrelles de neutrons haurien d'estar fetes de matèria estranya i, en cas contrari, cap hauria de ser-ho. Fins i tot si inicialment només hi hagués unes poques estrelles estranyes, esdeveniments violents com les col·lisions aviat crearien molts fragments de matèria estranya volant al voltant de l'univers. Com que la col·lisió amb un únic estrany convertiria una estrella de neutrons en matèria estranya, totes, menys algunes de les estrelles de neutrons formades més recentment, ja haurien d'haver estat convertides en matèria estranya.

Aquest argument encara es subjecte de debat, però si fos correcte, mostrar que una antiga estrella de neutrons té una escorça de matèria nuclear convencional desmentiria la hipòtesi de la matèria estranya.

A causa de la seva importància per a la hipòtesi de la matèria estranya, hi ha un esforç en curs per a determinar si les superfícies de les estrelles de neutrons estan fetes de matèria estranya o de matèria nuclear estàndard. Actualment l'evidència afavoreix la matèria nuclear. Això prové de la fenomenologia dels esclats de raigs X, que s'explica bé en termes d'escorça de matèria nuclear, i de la mesura de vibracions sísmiques en magnetars.

En la ficció
 Un episodi d'Odissea 5 va presentar un intent de destruir el planeta creant intencionadament estranyetes carregades negativament en un accelerador de partícules.

 El docudrama de la BBC End Day presenta un escenari en què un accelerador de partícules explota a la ciutat de Nova York, creant una estranyeta i iniciant una reacció en cadena catastròfica que destrueix la Terra.

 La història A Matter Most Strange de la col·lecció Indistingible from Magic de Robert L. Forward tracta de la fabricació d'una estranyeta en un accelerador de partícules.

 Impact, publicat el 2010 i escrit per Douglas Preston, tracta d'una màquina alienígena que crea estranyes. Els estranys de la màquina impacten la Terra i la Lluna i hi passen a través.

 La novel·la Fobos, publicada l'any 2011 i escrita per Steve Alten com a tercera i última part de la seva trilogia Domini, presenta una història de ficció on es creen involuntàriament estranyetes a l'LHC i escapen tot destruint la Terra.

 A la novel·la de comèdia negra Humans de Donald E. Westlake de 1992, un Déu irritat envia un àngel a la Terra per provocar l'Harmagedon mitjançant l'ús d'una estranyeta creada en un accelerador de partícules per a convertir la Terra en una estrella quark.

 A la pel·lícula Quantum Apocalypse del 2010, una estranyeta s'acosta a la Terra des de l'espai.

 A la novel·la El lladre quàntic de Hannu Rajaniemi i la resta de la trilogia, les estranyetes s'utilitzen principalment com a armes, però durant un primer projecte per terraformar Mart, es va utilitzar un per convertir Fobos en un "sol" addicional.

Referències

Bibliografia
 Strange matter in compact stars, de Thomas Klähn i David B. Blaschke, Department of Physics and Astronomy, California State University Long Beach, California 90840, U.S.A, 30 de novembre 2017

Quarks

Física teòrica

Mecànica quàntica

Física nuclear

Història de la física

Història de l'astronomia

Mecànica celeste

Astrofísica


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Q: jQuery not submitting form after .load() I have a page that loads, and then when load is complete it uses Jquery to load content into a box.
That box contains a form. What I wanted it to do was to be able to submit the form via jQuery as well. However when I attempt it, the page just refreshes and I get the GET variables in the URL bar.
jQuery, does load and suppose to submit form:
$(document).ready(function(){
$("#passchangebox").load("boxes/settings_security_password.php?uID=" + uID, function() {
    $(".form_error").hide();
    $("#changepasswordloader").hide();
});
$("#passwordchange").submit(function(event) {
    $('.form_error').hide();
    var pass = $("input#pass").val();
    if (pass === "") {
        $("#pass_error").show();
        $("input#pass").focus();
        return false;
    }
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        $("input#cpass").focus();
        return false;
    }
    if(pass !== cpass){
        $("#match_error").show();
        $("input#cpass").focus();
        return false;
    }
    email = $("input#email").val();
    $.ajax({
        type: "POST",
        url: "functions/settings_passwordchange.php",
        data: $('#passwordchange').serialize(),
        success: function(result) {
            if(result == 1){
                $('input#pass').val("");
                $('input#cpass').val("");
                $('#payment_window_message_success').fadeIn(300);
                $('#payment_window_message_success').delay(3000).fadeOut(700);
                return false;
            }
        },
        error: function() {
            $('#payment_window_message_error_mes').html("An error occured, form was not submitted");
            $('#payment_window_message_error').fadeIn(300);
            $('#payment_window_message_error').delay(3000).fadeOut(700);
        }
    });
    event.preventDefault();
    return false;
    });
});

The PHP that is loaded into the page, and contains the form:
<?php
//get required config file and check login
if(!@include("../connect.php")){
    echo"

Error - Current Page

There was an error making a connection to the database. Please try again later.

    ";
} elseif(isset($_GET['uID'])){
    $uID = strip_tags(stripslashes($_GET['uID']));
    if(!is_numeric($uID)){
        echo"

Error - User

There was an error retrieving the user information. Please try again later.

        ";
    } else {
        //GET THE USERS EMAIL
        $get_custInfo = 'singleuser';
        $userInfo_ID = $uID;
        if(!include("../classes/global_userinfo_details.php")){
            echo"

Error - User

There was an error retrieving the user information. Please try again later.

            ";
        } else {
            $details = mysqli_fetch_assoc($userInfo_qry);
            $email = stripslashes($details['userinfo_email']);
            echo"<form class=\"halfboxform\" id=\"passwordchange\">
                <fieldset>

                    <input type=\"hidden\" id=\"email\" value=\"$email\" />
                    New Password:
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This field is required.

                    Confirm:
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Those passwords didnt match.

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    }
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    echo"

Error - Unknown

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Any help on this is really appreciated :D

A: Solution was the move the submit function into the load success function as below:
$(document).ready(function(){
    $("#passchangebox").load("boxes/settings_security_password.php?uID=" + uID, function() {
        $(".form_error").hide();
        $("#changepasswordloader").hide();
        $("#passwordchange").submit(function(event) {

Was confident I had tried this before and it didnt work, whether it was a combination of the changes made from comment suggestions im not sure. Perhaps someone can enlighten as to why?!
Thanks to all that commented and helped with improvements.


Dr. Emily Prouse says expectant moms in Denver now have the best of both worlds: a way to have a low-intervention birth experience in a hospital.
There's a growing trend in Colorado of moms choosing to give birth without medical intervention. But that doesn't preclude having an obstetric physician in the picture. In fact, expectant moms in the picture. In fact, expectant moms in Denver now have the best of both worlds: a way to have a low-intervention birth experience just down the hall from the support of a hospital - just in case.
What is a low-intervention birth?
A low allows labor to begin and progress naturally without medical and technological monitoring and procedures. It may seem contrary, but obstetric physicians today are very supportive of low-intervention childbirth. It's common for us to work with midwives, doulas, naturopaths and other holistic providers in tandem with out pregnant patients.
A pertinent question that expectant moms usually as is: "What if?" What if something unexpected happens during labor? That off-chance situation is why it can be a good idea to become a patient of a provider you can trust to respond quickly to any unexpected complication.
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Pictures: Why city dog walkers need to take more responsibility
Conservationists and council officers speak out over Sheffield's messy issue.
Thursday, 31 May, 2018, 10:37
Dog Walkers in Sheffield: Rebecca Allison of Pawsitive Walks in Bradway
"I understand you want to hear about dog faeces?" said a volunteer from the Steel Valley Project conservation charity, not using those precise words.
"My colleague was strimming the side of the path and hit a big pile of the stuff in the long grass. It went all over her face mask and through her visor. She wasn't pleased."
Sheffield Council woodland officer Jon Dallow used the nappy analogy. "If you had a baby with you on your walk, you wouldn't empty its nappy at the side of the path, or put it in a bag and hang it in a tree.
"So if you're a dog walker, please, please, pick up your droppings and take them home."
"We are dog friendly in Sheffield," said Sheffield Council countryside manager Dave Aspinall.
"We absolutely support people getting active, enjoying our countryside with their dogs.
"But with that comes responsibilities."
In places like Ecclesall Woods, the level of dog faeces is actually affecting the soil balance near some paths, discouraging some ancient woodland plants while boosting growth of traditional 'weeds' like nettles, which grow vigorously after fertilisation with nitrogen excreted by dogs.
The Forestry Commission advice to flick excrement off forest paths with a stick doesn't work in busy city woodlands.
"We'd rather you take it home or put it in the nearest litter bin," said Dave.
"We encourage families and children to explore our woodlands, and we certainly don't want children picking up dog mess given the risk of Toxicara."
It costs around £50,000 a year for the council to deal with the city's dog bins, Dave said, and with tightening resources, perhaps dog owners should be encouraged to take their excrement home to their own domestic bins, from where it will be incinerated.
Control is also an issue: in spring and summer particularly, dogs off leads can attack livestock, and disturb and kill chicks of ground nesting birds like curlew or nightjars on local moors. Dogs foraging in water courses have also contributed to the decline of water voles in places like Redmires and Burbage.
The boom in professional dog walking services has led the council to look into a licensing scheme, as used by other councils. Dave said there are barriers to introducing a scheme for Sheffield at present, but with at least 40 professional dog walkers in the city, he'd like to see a code of conduct to guide them and their customers.
Dave's current advice to dog walking professionals is to limit the number of dogs per walker to five, take away all their excrement, ensure they can keep all their dogs under close control (on a lead on spring and summer moorland) and to protect livestock and wildlife.
Councillor Mary Lea, cabinet member for culture parks and leisure at SCC said: "I would appeal to all dog walkers, professionals and owners, to show responsibility when using our parks, woodland and open spaces. Dog mess has such an adverse effect – on our parks' brilliant reputation, on the environment, and on council finances."
Professional dog walker Rebecca Allison has been running her 'Pawsitive Walks' service in Sheffield for seven years, and would support a monitored licensing scheme. Bad practice by some dog walkers gives responsible professionals a bad name, she said.
"I've often seen people with more than six dogs, and to me that's just an accident waiting to happen. I started counting the dogs with one walker and assistant, and lost count at sixteen.
"All you need is for one of those dogs to run into a field with some lambs, then what are you going to do?"
And keeping track of where more than a handful of dogs are defecating is impossible, she added.
Rebecca says customers should ask their dog walkers some key questions.
"Ask to see their public liability insurance, their references, and their client information sheets," she said. "Look at their transport, ask how they operate, how many dogs they take, and ask about faeces."
She added pointedly: "In my opinion, if you can't pick up the poo, don't have a dog."


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Maybe the most foreboding peaks I've yet to lay my eyes upon, the Vajolet Towers of the Italian dolomites are stunning to see. They tower above you from this vantage point, with a menacing pose, and if I could ever say a mountain looked evil, it would be these. During our travels in the area, Erin Babnik and I stayed at the hut right at the base, which you juuuuust see in the fog here, a refugio that had remarkable charm and character relative to the norm. The walls were adorned with relics of the past. Old boots, stretchers with 75 year old blood stains, pictures from the world war I era. Going to fantastically impressive natural areas such as this, mixed with such a unique taste of European culture is one of my favorite experiences ever. On this day, the passing blustery summer weather had just enough of a break to allow for a quick moment of dramatic light. Perfect for complimenting the mood of this place. I named this shot after the spikey metal crown that sits on the heads of the villains of the Lord Of The Ring series, The Nazgûl, as that's what I think of every time I look at this image.
An Andean Condor floats through the sky above Cuerno Principal during a moody day in Torres Del Paine National Park in Chile.
The dramatic spire of Cerro Torre dodges the passing clouds being kicked up by the icefields to the west, giving a great isolated view of the famous peak. The murky glacial waters flow out of the lake at the base of the range.
A spectacular beam of morning light shines on Fitz Roy and a section of the glacier falls into Lago Sucia, pulverized into snow from it's tumble down the cliffs face. To read more about the story behind this image, click here.
Lightning strikes in distance behind the famous Tre Cime peaks in the Italian Dolomites.
Soft late morning light pours down onto the brilliantly turquoise waters of Sorapiss lake in the Italian Dolomites.
The morning sun just peaking through the unique formations of Cinque Torri in the Italian Dolomites.
A myriad of fall color sets the stage for the majestic Fitz Roy in Argentinas Los Glaciares National Park.
Hurricane Force winds causing ocean like waves, and huge clouds of mist picked up from the surface of a lake in front of the impessive peaks of Torres Del Paine National Park, Chile. The most exciting time I've ever had shooting in the wilderness.
A flash freeze overnight caused lots of interesting patterns in the surface of a lake at the base of Cerro Torre in Los Glaciares national park, Argentina. The night before I had one of the most frightening run ins with wildlife I've ever had. You can read more about that HERE.
An iridescent cloud gets illuminated by shafts of light, and the larch trees glow orange in the Canadian Rockies during autumn.
A frigid morning of -25c made for some very interesting conditions at Bow Lake, Canadian Rockies.
Predawn alpenglow on Mt. Assiniboine and Sunburst Peak in Canadian Rockies of Banff Canada.
The position of the clouds in the reflection on this particular morning interacted in an interesting way with the vegitation on the bed of Vermillion lake in Banff, Canada. Sunburst mountain is in the distance.
The Owens river meanders through Owens valley next to the impressive Sierra range, the morning sunlight just touching the peaks.
The rising sun breaks through a thin opening in the clouds, lighting up a peak in Death Valley National Park. Perfectly geometric tiles are formed in a dried up lake bed.
Nothing catches light quite like a Cholla Cactus. Here, mixed with Brittlebush blooms, and a long exposure sky, the scene makes for a dramatic morning image.
Wizard island seemingly floats in the reflective surface of Crater Lake, Oregon during sunrise.
A crescent moon floats in a soft morning sky above Owens River. Eastern Sierra, Ca.
Broken Top Mountain was obviously favored over south sister on this morning as the rising sun illuminated her from behind, and the clouds raced overhead in her direction. A long exposure was used to render the capture the movement of the clouds.
A large snow cave in the Broken Top area of the cascades, Central Oregon.The melting snow dripped from the ceiling 20 feet above, creating the vertical lines being back-lit by the bright light shining in from the opening.
Golden morning light illuminates Smith Rock in central Oregon. One of the hottest climbing spots in the country, if not the world. I'm sure you can see why.


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So I'm working on a Seattle Metropolitans Update. I have an Idea of what I want for the Primary logo ( Below), and I plan to add a secondary and a word mark as well as jerseys! Hope you guys enjoy and Look forward to hearing your thoughts and Opinions. I'm torn between two color schemes as well as which logo to go with, let me know what direction to go and how to improve the logo! Maybe even what you would like to see in the secondary!


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Sooner or later it had to happen. While the two arch-competitor Brabus and G-Power tried to overtake each other, creating a super-power and ultra-fast road rockets, engineers from studio "Mansory" focused mainly on the tuning of the exterior and interior.
This year Mansory engineers was offered a package of "pumping" the top model Mercedes-AMG 5.5-liter from 900 hp to 1300 "Newton" torque.
At the Frankfurt Motor Show will present the company's coupe Mansory Mercedes-AMG S63 with engine capacity of 1000 hp and 1400 torque. About how the engine was modified and how motorists Mansory managed to raise output to 1000 hp, you can write a dozen articles, but in this situation there is the highest professionalism and experience that have made over the last few years the German tuning studio. If earlier Volkswagen motorists had to spend more than one year, in order to create a unique engine capacity of 1001 hp W16 for the Bugatti Veyron, and then long to bring to mind the cooling system, the Mansory motorists were able to cope with a similar task in less than two years. Of course, much of the work was done by AMG engineers, but the result is still impressive.


ABINGTON, Pa. — Penn State Abington athletics has announced that Roy Watson, who led a high school program to multiple championships, will be the women's volleyball head coach for the 2019 season.
Watson joins the Abington coaching staff after leading the New Hope-Solebury High School program to three consecutive Bicentennial League Championships, three consecutive Suburban One AA District Championships, and three consecutive PIAA state tournament appearances. He is a two-time recipient of the Bicentennial Athletic League Coach of the Year award.
Watson is a club director at High Line Volleyball Club, where he serves as the lead technical coach, club administrator and head coach for several Junior Olympic teams. Over the past decade, Watson has coached successful Junior Olympic programs for ages 13 through 18.
Watson is a Double-Goal member of the Positive Coaching Alliance and a two-time attendee of Gold Medal Squared Coaching Clinics. He is certified CAP II through USA Volleyball.
"I am sincerely looking forward to getting into the gym and starting the work to build Abington volleyball into a winning, sustainable volleyball program," Watson said. "We have several very strong athletes returning from last season, and we will rely on our senior leadership to help begin the process of creating a culture of competition and winning that will make the students and faculty of Abington proud. We will work hard and get better together! Always!"
Watson earned a master's degree in education and a graduate certificate in applied behavior analysis from Penn State. Watson is a Pennsylvania Highly Qualified, Instructional two-level teacher in the areas of special education, elementary education, mid-level math, mid-Level English, and mid-level social studies.


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Preah Vihear Temple or Prasad Preah Vihear
Preah Vihear Temple or Prasad Preah Vihear Preah Vihear Temple was built in the reign of King Suryavarman I and Suryavarman II in the 11th – 12th centuries on top of Dangrek Mountain which is 525 meters high (1722 feet). It is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva and is an outstanding masterpiece in the…
Prasad Thom at Koh Ker group
Prasad Thom now known as Koh Ker Temple was built during the reign of King Jayavarman IV and Hashavarman II in the years 928-944 AD. It is located around 120km (75 miles) from Siem Reap city and was the capital city of the Khmer Empire at one time. This amazing Temple has 7 levels and…
Banteay Srei temple (ប្រាសាទបន្ទាយស្រី)
I would like to write you detail about Banteay Srei temple and why you should go there. Banteay Srei is located around 37km from Siem Reap city and is widely regarded as the most beautiful temple in the Angkor Area. Construction began during the reign of Rajendravarman II and was completed around 967. Now people well known…
Beng mealea
A relaxing hour's ride for 65km drive north east of Siem Reap to Prasat Beng Mealea which was a strikingly similar floorplan to Angkor Wat but which has been mostly reclaimed by the Jungle, and therefore usually called – The Great Jungle Temple. Far from the worst of the Angkor crowds, you can wander around…
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