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What the Climate Is Like in Different Regions of Canada
December 20, 2019 by Stuart
Canada's moniker as "the Great White North" has given many people the perception that it is a cold, icy place. While that can certainly be true in certain areas and during certain times of the year, it's really only half the story.
Occupying approximately 3.8 million square miles stretching from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic, Canada is the second-largest country in the world. It's also one of the most geographically diverse. As such, Canada's climate has a similarly broad range, from the northernmost territory's heavy snowfall and frigid temperatures to the warm, rainy weather of those areas surrounding the Rocky Mountains.
It's important, then, before you start planning a vacation to the Hudson Bay or looking at homes for sale in Vancouver, to educate yourself about what kind of climate you're likely to encounter
This is the region that gives Canada its chilly reputation. Dominating the north of Canada is a vast, largely unpopulated tundra. There are only two seasons here: a brief three-month "summer," wherein temperatures climb to just above freezing, and a long, bitter winter whose dark nights often reach as far down as 30 to 40 or even 50 degrees below zero.
In stark contrast to the uniform cold of the arctic area, the Rocky Mountain region offers highly varied but generally mild climates. It encompasses a large portion of western Canada, notably the southern half of British Columbia, the northern half of the Yukon Territory, and, of course, the Rocky Mountains. Summers range from warm to hot, with more humidity and precipitation along the western slopes while the eastern inland areas experience dryer, cooler temperatures.
Comprising a relatively small sliver of land bordering the Pacific Ocean, Canada's West Coast has an agreeable "oceanic" climate characterized by sunny summers that are warm rather than hot and rainy winters that rarely see temperatures dip below freezing. The region's proximity to the westerly wind-belts, meanwhile, accounts for an above-average level of precipitation.
Boreal region
The largest of Canada's climate areas, the Boreal region covers the majority of Canada's central landmass. It is also the second-coldest after the Arctic region, with winters reaching the negative-30/40 degree range. However, Boreal summers are some of the hottest in the country, at times reaching close to 90 degrees. This region, therefore, represents the most drastic variance between extremes and, overall, one of the most well-rounded seasonal cycles in Canada.
Prairies region
Similar in many ways to the Boreal region, the Prairies region nevertheless distinguishes itself with more humid, rainy springs and summers that stand in juxtaposition to the overarching dryness of the Boreal region. Despite this, the Prairies generally experience low precipitation in the winter. This region is composed of a stretch of flatland positioned between the Boreal region and the Canadian-U.S. border.
East Coast region
Canada's East Coast comprises those portions of land near Great Lakes in the south, then reaching up and around to the area neighboring the Atlantic Ocean. This is the part of Canada housing most of the country's major urban centers, including Montreal, Toronto, and Ottawa. The reason for that is simple: precipitation is steady and reliable throughout the year, and the Atlantic Ocean helps moderate the climate, resulting in warm summers and modest winters.
Enjoy your time in Canada!
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Suspended sentence for beggar found with car ferry ticket to France
A District Court Judge described as 'laughable' that a man caught begging on the streets of Galway had the money to book a ferry ticket to France.
Galway District Court heard a begging case against Sultan Berceni of no fixed abode, at Castle Street on September 15 last.
Berceni had been observed sitting on a duffle bag holding out a paper cup to people passing by begging for money.
Brian Gilmartin, defending, said his client was due to travel to France on June 19 on a ferry from Rosslare. He had booked a vehicle at a cost of €247.
The Court heard evidence through an interpreter, that Berceni, a married man with children, was bringing the car to France for someone else.
The Court was also told that the ferry may be affected by the ferry cancellations.
Berceni had €15 only to his name, according to Garda evidence.
Judge Mary Fahy said it was laughable that he was begging people for money while he had booked a ferry to France.
She described his evidence as 'balderdash' and wondered had he been dropped into the city for the purpose of begging.
She imposed a one-month prison sentence, suspended on his own bond of €200, on the condition that he stay away from Galway City and county and be of good behaviour.
Another man in an unrelated but similar case of begging also appeared before Judge Fahy.
Nicolae Muntean of 10 Willow Green, Willow Park, Athlone, pleaded guilty to begging on the footpath of Abbeygate Street at 4.15pm on December 15 last.
He too had been observed holding out a cup to pedestrians.
Muntean, who has a number of previous convictions, was given 100 hours of community service in lieu of one month in prison.
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Blue Teapot instilling creativity in people with intellectual disabilities
Dara Bradley
Graduation day at Blue Teapot's Performing Arts School for people with intellectual disabilities can be bitter-sweet, according to the school's co-ordinator, Ana Belle Alvarez.
"In some ways, you feel very sad when they're gone when they graduate. After three years of sharing moments, and sharing so many things, it can be sad. But then it's exciting when you have the new people coming in as well," she said.
The Performing Arts School at Munster Avenue in the city is one strand of the Blue Teapot brand, which is now inviting new recruits for the semester beginning next September.
The other better-known strand is its Ensemble, also based at Munster Avenue, which includes a professional troupe of actors, who stage performances at their own theatre space and elsewhere, throughout the year.
One aim of those who join the former is, ultimately, to land a role in the latter.
"That's the dream. We don't have the capacity (to meet demand) but that's the aim of everyone," said Ana, a Spaniard, who has been with Blue Teapot for almost six years.
Many in the professional Ensemble were schooled in the Blue Teapot Performing Arts School.
Two students who graduated last year are now part of the 11-strong Ensemble, which had two spaces available.
But even those who don't progress to a professional career in theatre with Blue Teapot will benefit from the course which is Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) accredited, according to one of a handful of well-known teachers at the school, Rod Goodall.
"To be trained in the arts – drama, dance, music and so – does not mean that the student will achieve a career in these disciplines. It means that they'll enjoy more creativity, more confidence and be better equipped for social interactions in their lives," said the drama tutor and theatre director.
There is some crossover, though.
"Sometimes, it has been the case where the students of the Performing Arts School, participate in a production with the professional actors," explained Ana.
"Parallel to that, our drama teacher sometimes produces a theatre show just for the students to showcase to their family members," she said.
The three-year programme leads to a certification in QQI Levels 2 and 3. It is an opportunity for people with intellectual disabilities, who are aged 18 and over, to access formal training.
Modules include drama, music, drawing, costume, design and event participation. The programme also incorporates life-skills training including interpersonal skills, online safety, health and fitness.
Literacy and IT supports are provided by Galway Adult Basic Education Services.
"Every training programme is very structured and the students work really hard in the classes, learning so many skills and it's all very practical but they have fun as well," said Ana.
When asked to describe the sort of people with intellectual disabilities the school is looking to recruit, Ana said: "Anyone who has a passion for the arts; a passion for performing arts; anyone who has a passion for the theatre."
School is on Monday to Thursday, 10am-3pm. Much of the programme focuses on personal development where learners can fulfil their artistic potential.
"To be able to develop their own potential and their own ideas, everything we do with tutors is based in the student's own creativity and their own ideas. If they're creating a mask, for example, it's based on their own research of what they like, and they transform what they like, and their own personality and creativity, and they transfer that into their final work," she said.
The company liaises with organisations such as Ability West and Brothers of Charity during its recruitment drive, and it also contacts schools for school-leavers with intellectual disabilities who are seeking a new challenge.
Ana's biggest problem is that they have capacity for an intake of just five people every year.
"It's very hard because we have many people applying for the Performing Arts School, and we only have five places. You'd love to take everyone, but the reality is we don't have the capacity," she said.
*The deadline for applications is Friday, February 3, at 5pm. For further information or to request a brochure visit the website, email or contact 087 652 0146.
"Photo: Blue Teapot members Michael Hayes and Valerie Egan on the set designed by Sabine Dargent and with costumes designed by Charmian Goodall).
Taoiseach to look at Minor Injuries Unit for Galway
An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said the Government will consider a new Minor Injuries Unit for Galway.
During Leaders Questions in the Dáil on Tuesday, Independent TD for Galway West, Noel Grealish made the case for a new Minor Injuries Unit (MIU).
Deputy Grealish said there are 15 of these MIUs dotted around the country, but none in Galway . . . and they are proven to help relieve pressure in Emergency Departments.
"The Emergency Department at UHG remains one of the busiest in the country, without the relief that would be provided by thousands of people being redirected to a Minor Injuries Unit," he said.
Mr Varadkar replied that MIUs worked extremely well "with people with minor injuries not having to go to very busy and crowded emergency departments and, more important, people with minor injuries who need to be seen and to receive healthcare getting that healthcare in an uncrowded and more humane setting within a few hours.
"We are happy to give consideration to a Minor Injury Unit for Galway but I am not at liberty to make that commitment here and now. We will certainly take it seriously, however," said An Taoiseach.
Deputy Grealish has also stated that it is unrealistic to believe that a new elective hospital for Galway could be built within four or five years.
"Realistically, it could take 15 years or more, given that the recently-opened radiotherapy unit in Galway took over 14 years to deliver.
"And the Taoiseach himself acknowledged in his response to me that so many important projects in the west have been delayed, particularly the emergency department and the paediatric and maternity units at University Hospital Galway, which, in his own words, should have been under construction by now, let alone have gone to planning.
"Given the track record of the HSE in delivering projects, I believe that a new elective hospital could be years away and a minor injuries unit should be provided in Galway to help provide some relief. I intend to pursue this further with the Minister for Health and the HSE over the coming months," Deputy Grealish said.
Groundbreaking coronary operation at UHG offers vision of future healthcare
The announcement this week that Galway University Hospitals carried out the first robotic guided coronary intervention in Ireland and UK, has given researchers a glimpse into the future possibilities presented by this medical breakthrough.
Currently, University Hospital Galway is the centre of excellence for cardiovascular medicine for one million people in the West and North West.
It's where patients from Sligo, Donegal and elsewhere go for coronary procedures, such as the insertion of stents to relieve blockages in the arteries of the heart.
That involves hours of travel, on top of lengthy procedures, which can be exhausting for patients.
But one potential benefit of new robotic technology is the prospect of remote procedures, explained Professor Faisal Sharif, Consultant Cardiologist, who carried out the first procedure in Ireland or UK, at UHG.
"I think we will see in the future more advantages, and value, when these procedures can be done remotely," Prof Sharif told the Tribune.
This would involve a patient going to Sligo University Hospital or Letterkenny University Hospital to have a stent procedure, which would be carried out via the internet by a robotic 'hand' controlled by a consultant cardiologist based at UHG.
Obviously, the basic structures and a trained crew would need to be available in Sligo or Letterkenny, including nurses and junior doctors.
And Prof Sharif cautioned that for remote procedures to become reality here, there needs to be more research and development and more funding.
"That's the potential and that's the future but it hasn't come yet," he said.
What has come is exciting, too, though.
Before Christmas, Prof Sharif carried out three procedures which combined the benefits of coronary intervention with the precision of robotics.
The new technology is used in stent procedures to relieve blockages in the arteries of the heart. It allows for greater precision in positioning stents, allowing the interventional cardiologists to move the stent a millimetre at a time.
It also allows the medical team to have an enhanced, close-up view of the angiographic images and information during the entire procedure.
The new technology allows interventional cardiologists to use the robot as an extension of their own hand, allowing for robotic precision and details visualisation when positioning of guide catheters, guide-wires and balloon or stent catheters.
Prof Sharif said the technology was beneficial both to the patient and to the cardiologist.
"The main advantage of robotics is that it is safe and very precise in stent placement. It allows the accurate placement for up to 1mm at a time," he said.
For the patient, this increased precision means less metallic material in the arteries, "and so less long-term side effects from that metal".
The use of robotics also benefits staff, meaning fewer back injuries, less exposure to radiation and more precise placement of stents, he said.
Prof Sharif said UHG would be performing these procedures more regularly. They've started with straightforward cases, and over time, when they understand more about it, and the volume increases, they will increase complexity.
Seven more procedures are planned for the next fortnight but won't entirely replace the traditional method, he said.
"Physicians learn a technique to do things over many years. That's our livelihood, that's what we do. If we bring machines in, there is going to be resistance. But at the moment, it's to see the positive side of things, see how it can improve outcomes, how it can do things more safely, how it can take the load off physicians, who will still be fully trained to do it.
"It is just assistance. I think we need to learn what the potential is. It won't replace anything. If any hospital has 10 operators, four or five may adopt it, others may stay the traditional way. I think the change will be slow. But I hope over time when they see the results they might like to change," he said.
Originally from Pakistan, Prof Sharif's home for 26 years is Ireland. As well as clinical work, the academic part of his job involves University of Galway tutoring and research commitments.
He's a founder member of a university programme on medical device innovation called BioInnovate Ireland, which has developed start-ups over 10 years.
That synergy, as well as funding through Science Foundation Ireland, led to the first robotic procedure in Ireland and the UK taking place in Galway.
"In Galway we have a big medical device sector. It's the ideal place to be for medical device developments, especially cardiovascular," he added.
Chris Kane, General Manager of Galway University Hospitals welcomed the new technology.
"Innovations such as this are transforming medicine . . . this state-of-the-art robotics will enhance patient care for our patients across the West and Northwest of Ireland," she added.
(Photo: The robotic guided coronary intervention at UHG. It was the first such procedure in Ireland and the UK).

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By far the best map of Siam available to the public at the turn of the century' -H. Meinheit
Map of the kingdom of Siam and its dependencies
1900 (undated) 52.25 x 29 in (132.715 x 73.66 cm) 1 : 2000000
This is James Fitzroy McCarthy's 1900 Map of Thailand / Siam and the surrounding countries: it is the first complete, scientific map to present this region, produced at a time when French diplomat, explorer and surveyor August Pavie was surveying the same region. The two-sheet map shows all of Siam, eastern Burma, Laos, Cochinchina and the Malay Peninsula. There are inset plans of Bangkok, Chiang Mai, and Luang Prabang on the lower sheet.
McCarthy and the Surveying of Siam
McCarthy had been attached to the Survey of India in the 1870s, in the Eastern Frontier Series. When that monumental survey finished its progression through British Burma, an arrangement with King Chulalongkorn of Siam was made to extend the survey through his domains. McCarthy was placed in charge of the undertaking, and by 1885 would be made superintendent of the newly-formed Siam's Royal Survey Department.
He began by surveying from Burma to Bangkok, then triangulating the northern part of the Gulf of Siam, its rivers and canals. Once established, he produced surveys in conjunction with Siamese telegraphic expeditions; the King and the Prince of Siam - both reformers and proponents of modernization - encouraged McCarthy to persevere in his survey work in spite of frequent local opposition. His work was promptly pressed into diplomatic service, influencing boundary disputes between Britain and Siam in the Malay Peninsula. McCarthy was directly tasked by the King to conduct surveys along the West Bank of the Mekong River in order to control Chinese Haw bandits, and to reinforce Siamese territorial claims against the French in Vietnam. McCarthy began his surveys of Lao in 1884, during which he first encountered reports of French explorers and missionaries in Muang Ngan. This stage of the survey led to the fixing of the position of Dien Bien Phu (Mường Thanh, M. Teng on the map) which marked the edge of Siam's Territorial claims in the vicinity of Lao and northern Vietnam.
The Contest with France
1886 saw the naming of Auguste Pavie as vice consul for France in Luang Prabang; during his tenure he oversaw an explosive mapping of the surrounding region which would result in French control over Laos - in direct conflict with McCarthy's enterprise, even as he and the Siamese mapped the Black River valley with an eye towards entrenching Siamese claims. Pavie was able to map the region more swiftly, taking advantage of McCarthy's falling ill in 1887; by 1888, the French had installed troops in the area, preventing the Siamese survey from continuing and cementing French control over northern Vietnam and Laos.
The 1888 Map
McCarthy's first map, also entitled 'Map of the kingdom of Siam and its dependencies,' was at a lower resolution (1 : 3000000) and printed to a single sheet. Intended to accompany McCarthy's 1887 presentation to the Royal Geographic Society, it encapsulated the survey work done by him and by the Siamese. Full of detail and fixed to latitude and longitude, it superseded all maps of the region produced previously. It was lacking in new detail for southern Laos and the northern Mekong, but it provided both French and Siamese boundary lines for their mutual frontier and provided the basis for strategic planning in the coming years.
Surveys in the 1890s
McCarthy undertook a series of railway surveys in Siam, and participated in efforts to survey first the border between Siam and Burma, and then to survey the northern extents of Siam bordering the Shans. These surveys resulted in the linkage of continuous triangulations between the regions surveyed by the Indian Survey and the Siamese Survey - extending from Pahom Pok in Burma all the way to Luang Prabang (the triangulation charts themselves are to be found in the text accompanying the map.) As the survey approached the upper Mekong, McCarthy's team again encountered Pavie's surveyors at Chiang Hung in the Sipsong Panna region - both parties disappointed to find themselves surveying ground covered by the other. McCarthy's survey of along the Vietnamese border was abruptly curtailed by August Pavie's gunboat diplomacy: in 1893, France laid claim to all territory east of the Mekong, and Siam ceding a 25-mile demilitarized zone on the western shore of the river, fixing the border.
The present map, produced to accompany McCarthy's Surveying and Exploring in Siam, incorporates significant new information not present on the 1888 map. It is produced at a finer scale (1 : 2000000) than the earlier map, with sharper detail. The interior shows regional border divisions consistent with Siamese administrative reforms; Siam's new railways (both completed and prospective) are shown as well. The country's external borders reflect the loss of Siamese territory following the 1893 treaties with France. Beyond those borders, McCarthy's new map incorporates significant amounts of detail derived from the opposition's best maps, derived from the 1893 and 1895 Pavie Missions. On its publication, the map earned McCarthy the Royal Geographic Society's 'Patron's Medal' in 1900. The president of the society hailing this map as 'the first scientific map of Siam.'
Publication History and Census
The map was engraved by W. and A. K. Johnston for inclusion in McCarthy's 1900 book, Surveying and exploring in Siam. OCLC shows perhaps a dozen examples of the map, although it is occasionally miscatalogued as the earlier map. The book is well represented in institutional collections, but we only see one example having been on the market - and none since 1999. The map is scarce on the market and does not appear in catalogue or auction records.
James Fitzroy McCarthy (1853 - September 23, 1919) was an Irish surveyor and cartographer who was instrumental in the setting of Thailand's borders in the late 19th century. By 1873 he was a member of the Survey of India, and his duties with the survey led him through Burma to Siam, where he would undertake what would prove to be his most enduring work. He produced the first scientific maps of Siam, which became the documents of reference during that period's colonial conflict between the British and French over Southeast Asia. In 1885 he became the first Director-General of Siam's Royal Survey Department, later the Royal Thai Survey Department, which was established in 1885. Learn More...
Auguste Jean-Marie Pavie (May 31, 1847 - June 7 1925) was a French civil Servan, explorer and diplomat active in Southeast Asia. As resident minister in Bankok, he was instrumental in French successes of 'gunboat diplomacy' in the Franco-Siamese war, which established French authority in the Mekong river valley and resulted in the French Protectorate over Laos. (He would become Minister of the colony , and eventually the first Governor-General of Laos.) Over the course of the 1880s and 1890s, Pavie undertook four survey missions embracing over 250,000 square miles in the highlands North and East of the Mekong, traveling on foot, by elephant and by raft with a team of as many as 40 assistants. The four Missions covered 1) Cambodia and Southern Siam; 2) Northeastern Laos and the exploration of the Black river as far as Hanoi; 3) the Mekong river from Saigon to Luang Prabang; and 4),from 1894 to 1895, the Laotian borderings with China and Burma. In addition to his governmental and cartographic work, Pavie was active in the 1889 establishment of and institution for the education of future colonial administrators, the École coloniale Learn More...
Alexander Keith Johnston (December 28, 1804 - July 9, 1871) was a Scottish cartographer and map publisher active in the middle portion of the 19th century. Johnson was born at Kirkhill, near Edinburgh, Scotland. He studied at the University of Edinburgh where he apprenticed as an engraver. Around 1826, in partnership with his brother William, he founded a cartographic printing and engraving firm with the imprint "W. and A. K. Johnston." Johnston made a name for himself in educational geography, publishing numerous maps for use in schools. His brother, William Johnston, eventually left the firm to pursue a career in politics, eventually becoming the Lord Provost of Edinburgh. Alexander's son, who would bear the same name, became a geographer and explorer, suffering an untimely death on the Royal Geographical Society's 1879 expedition to Lake Nyasa. Learn More...
Henry Sharbau, (fl. 1870-1906) was a lithographer active in London and Edinburgh. While nothing is known of his early training, it is likely that his early years were spent with the navy: his earliest known works of the 1870s were on charts produced by the Hydrographic Department. The 1880s saw the beginning of a long association with the Royal Geographic Society, and then with the mapmaking firm of W. and A.K. Johnston. Over a hundred works appear in OCLC with Sharbau's imprint. Interestingly, the British Naval Lists reveal a Frederic Henry Sharbau (1867-1963!!!) working as a cartographer and draughtsman starting about 1907 and lasting into the 20s. Perhaps this Methuselah is a son? Learn More...
McCarthy, J. F. Surveying and exploring in Siam. (London, J. Murray) 1900.
Very good condition. Mended wear at junctures of folds with few areas of very minor loss. Two sheets, unjoined; the text present in good condition with two foldout trigonometric charts.
OCLC 63529781. Meinheit, Harold: 'The Man Who Mapped Siam: Kames McCarthy ands the Royal Survey Department' The Portolan Issue 105, Fall 2019 pp 9-26.
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Cost and maintenance questions linger for airliner missile defense.
Zack Phillips
By Zack Phillips
Some of them saw smoke trails and some heard a noise, but the passengers aboard a 2002 charter flight from Mombasa, Kenya, to Tel Aviv, Israel, thought their trip was routine, until they entered Israeli airspace. That's when they were informed by airline staff that the plane had been targeted, unsuccessfully, by two shoulder-fired missiles.
The incident, one of about 35 such attacks on civilian planes since 1980, jump-started efforts in the United States to defend civilian airliners against man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS), and 2006 is shaping up to be a pivotal year.
The Homeland Security Department launched its counter-MANPADS initiative in January 2004, and later that year awarded BAE Systems and Northrop Grumman Corp. $45 million each to transform military missile-defense technology for use on commercial jets. Mounted on the belly of a plane, the system detects an incoming missile, tracks it with an infrared camera, and fires a laser to jam its signal, directing the weapon away from the plane where it either self-detonates in the sky (because of an internal timing mechanism) or falls to the ground.
"We have to sense, detect, process and lase, and it has to happen about as quickly as I said those words," says Steve duMont, BAE's business development director of commercial aircraft protection.
Northrop Grumman officials say the technology was superb in tests last year, performing perfectly in 850 simulated missile attacks during 40 hours of flying time aboard a FedEx MD-11 jet. BAE officials have similar praise for their tests aboard an American Airlines Boeing 767.
But DHS has yet to submit to Congress its report on the program's second phase. It was due in April, and some on Capitol Hill are clamoring for it. The analysis might shed light on questions raised by detractors.
Critics, including the Air Transport Association in Washington, have argued the plane-based systems would be too expensive, considering they might not defend airlines against all potential threats. Some studies have estimated the cost at several million dollars per plane, and the unanswered question of who would pay for them lingers ominously. ATA officials say scarce security dollars would be better spent on other areas, such as perimeter protection at airports and international programs to get MANPADS off the black market.
"We don't balk at spending money to improve security and safety," says David A. Castelveter, ATA's vice president of communications. "We balk at spending it inefficiently."
DHS requires a price tag less than $1 million per plane for the technology, and officials for BAE and Northrop Grumman say their systems meet that threshold. Where the technology does not satisfy requirements is maintenance reliability.
Contractors say they knew from the beginning that this would be one of the primary challenges. Maintenance standards for commercial airlines are much higher than for military planes, since civilian jets fly more and operate on tighter schedules -- timetables in which sudden, unscheduled maintenance has a large financial impact.
DHS is asking for a 3,000-hour "mean time between failure," meaning the units can fly for that many hours on average before they need maintenance. The systems now last between 1,200 hours and 1,500 hours, the contractors say.
But both companies plan to exceed the 3,000-hour threshold by the end of the third phase, when the units will fly for more than 10,000 hours aboard in-use air cargo planes. "We want it to be just as reliable as all the other commercial avionics equipment," says Jack Pledger, director of business development for Northrop Grumman's direct infrared countermeasures.
One design change that will improve reliability, Pledger says, makes the unit inactive when not within range of a MANPADS. At cruising altitude the system goes to sleep like a desktop computer and reactivates when it identifies an incoming missile.
Critics have other concerns, notably how to protect the secrecy of the anti-missile technology, originated by the U.S. military, when American planes are at foreign airports. Contractors say they are making provisions to address the issue.
Those associated with the Counter-MANPADS program generally talk glowingly of its progress and dismiss decreased funding as consistent with the transition to the third and final phase. President Bush's fiscal 2007 budget requested $4.8 million for the program, down from almost $109 million the previous year. Some on Capitol Hill and elsewhere say the cut could indicate the administration's enthusiasm for the program is waning.
In an April solicitation, DHS expressed interest in alternatives to the airborne counter-MANPADS units, including ground-based defense systems. They are less expensive and would minimize plane maintenance.
But the alternatives come with their own challenges, such as ineffectiveness for international flights and potential safety implications for communities near airports. Pledger and other supporters of airborne units say ground-based defense systems are not nearly as far along in development.
Ultimately, both types of systems could be used as part of a layered approach, according to observers. Pledger says the plan always was to put counter-MANPADS technology on some, not all, planes. In that case, they would still be a powerful deterrent. "It's like the Federal Air Marshal Service," he says. "You never know which flights they're on."
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Emil Viyachki (; born 18 May 1990) is a Bulgarian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Slavia Sofia.

Career
Viyachki made his professional debut for Marek Dupnitsa in a match against Botev Vratsa in the B Group. Before that he played in amateur divisions with the club.

After the club was promoted to the A Group, Viyachki played in the first match for the team in the 1st league. In May 2020, Viyachki tested positive for COVID-19.

International career
Viyachki played for Bulgarian amateurs national team for the European Cup.

Career statistics

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External links

1990 births
Living people
Bulgarian footballers
Association football defenders
PFC Marek Dupnitsa players
OFC Pirin Blagoevgrad players
FC Lokomotiv 1929 Sofia players
FK Rabotnički players
PFC Slavia Sofia players
First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
People from Dupnitsa
Sportspeople from Kyustendil Province

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Dealing with vibrations and waves, this text aims to provide understanding of the basic principles and methods of analysing various physical phenomena. The content includes the general properties of propagation, a detailed study of mechanical (elastic and acoustic) and electromagnetic waves, propagation, attenuation, dispersion, reflection, interference and diffraction of waves. It features chapters on the effect of motion of sources and observers (both classical and relativistic), emission of electromagnetic waves, standing and guided waves and a final chapter on de Broglie waves constitutes an introduction to quantum mechanics.
Tamer B cherrawy is the author of Mechanical and Electromagnetic Vibrations and Waves, published by Wiley.


Apocolypse? Your dogs may think so; here are ways to calm their anxiety.
If you have a sound-sensitive beast, Fourth of July—heck, pretty much all of July—is a nighttime trial. Salt Lake County Animal Services reports an uptick in runaway pets this month. Advanced Veterinary Care, an emergency service in Salt Lake City, sees an increase in animals hit by cars.
July in Utah is an optimal time to test the efficacy of any anxiety-reducing practice or product.
Phytocannabinoids (a hemp derivative) entered Utah's pet store market last year with the Park City-based Healthy Hemp Pet Company. Aspen Anderson, co-owner of Desert Raw Pet in Foothill Village says phytocannabinoids calm anxiety without side effects.
"My terrier, Baxter, was struggling as the next-door neighbors shot off round after round of sparks," she says. "He tried to bury himself underneath me, whined, panted and showed other signs of distress. We gave him a hemp biscuit. Fifteen minutes later, he lay calm on the floor next to me—and unlike the popular Xanax option, he was not disoriented or uncomfortable. The fireworks continued, but his stress did not." She shared that experience with her customers, who tried the hemp product and returned with their own stories. "We've become passionate advocates for phytocannabinoids for pets because the results speak for themselves," Anderson says.
If you're a believe in Bach flower remedies, you might want to try Rescue Remedy for Pets. Add two drops to the drinking water and see if it works for your animal. $18-23. You can get them at The Dog's Meow pet stores (33rd South and in Draper).
They also carry ThunderShirts, which work by way of a gentle, steady compression. $40, small to extra-large.
If fireworks are going off in your neighborhood, Dr. Pam Nichols, DVM, of Bountiful's Animal Care Center says to make especially sure any prey-driven dogs such as terriers and retrievers are kept inside, as they have an instinct to chase after fire crackers.
If your pets have only mild concerns about the nighttime hullaballoo of these holidays, you may get by with more prosaic precautions: A common distracting sound, such as a radio or television, is helpful. Close drapes or pull shades if the flashes are nearby. Interact calmly, normally. A solicitous manner in time of high anxiety for your pet does not provide the stability needed.


"The Wish List" is a quick, fun read for anyone looking for fast fantasy fiction. You might recognize the name of the author. He also wrote the "Artemis Fowl" series.
Meg Finn is a not-so-good, but not-too-terribly-bad kid who dies when she agrees to help a local teen delinquent rob old Lowrie McCall. Belch Brennan decides to kill Lowrie during the robbery, and Meg objects, defending the old man. Both trespassers are killed through Belch's dim-witted action. Belch zooms through the tunnel to the next world and goes straight to hell as his soul mixes with that of his pit bull. Meg, however, hits the wall where the tunnel branches off between heaven and hell. Her soul is up for grabs—it is exactly balanced between good and evil.
Fighting to claim Meg are Satan and his assistant Beelzebub. They could use a creative mind in hell. However, Saint Peter is also on the lookout for Meg. The good and evil players make a bargain to send Meg back to earth to help old Lowrie carry out his final wishes. If she succeeds, she will earn her way to heaven and the opportunity to see her mother again. Unfortunately, the Belch-dog soul is set loose to thwart her.
Lowrie's last wishes are pretty wacky and add humor to the book. He learns to face his regrets about life and in her way; Meg is helping him with his salvation, just as he is helping her. The various minions in hell are former movie stars and other love-to-hate-them sorts of folks. If you'll be offended by an unorthodox look at the afterlife, this isn't your book. But if you like wacky, you'll enjoy this read.
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Tank Tracks, Peter Beale
James 17 March 2008 Tank Tracks, Peter Beale2020-03-16T13:27:12+00:00 No Comment
This is the story of 9 RTR in WW2 written by one of its officers and including material from many of the survivors and contemporary diaries, including the battalion war diary, the brigade history and at one point the radio logs. It is packed with a wealth of material, much of which is directly quoted from a primary source. If you want a feel for what life was like for a heavy tank battalion then this is the book to read. The stories told by the survivors and in the diaries don't pull any punches, and some of what is described is quite horrific, many of the casualties in the battalion are well documented and the nature of the injuries suffered by tank crews tend to be severe. The battalion re-formed in and was one of the first to be equipped with Churchills. It trained in the UK…
Taming the Panzers, Patrick Delaforce
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Taming the Panzers: 3 RTR at War, 1914-45 This is a history of 3rd Royal Tank Regiment (a battalion sized unit for those not au fait with UK Armoured regiments). It starts with a chapter of their origins in the First World War and then their subsequent peacetime evolution. 3RTR fought in the 1940 France campaign at Calais, then in Greece in 1941 followed by the western desert. They returned to the UK in late 1943 and took part in the NW Europe campaign eventually meeting up with the Russians in the Baltic. The Author was an artillery officer (with 13 RHA) who supported 3RTR in the NW Europe campaign and this gives him a connection to those that he has written about, much of the text is based on letters and conversations with the surviving officers and men of 3 RTR. Synopsis During the desperate days of May…


The soundboard version, track 1-12 and partly 13 comes a from a seed on dimeadozen in June 2007. I can't remember who shared it, sorry. The last part of track 13 and track 14 comes from The Archive. It's the same source but I guess a higher generation.
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Toronto police charge man, 20, in Yorkdale shooting | CBC News Loaded
Toronto police charge man, 20, in Yorkdale shooting
Toronto police have arrested a 20-year-old man in connection with a shooting at Yorkdale mall and charged him with a number of offences including two counts of attempted murder.
Police arrested Zion Sankar-Beharry without incident on Monday outside Trenton, Ont.
CBC News · Posted: Sep 04, 2018 10:27 AM EDT | Last Updated: September 4, 2018
Zion Sankar-Beharry, 20, pictured here in an image released by Toronto police, has been arrested and charged in connection with a shooting at Yorkdale mall. (Toronto Police Service)
Police said they arrested Zion Sankar-Beharry outside of Trenton, Ont., on Monday without incident, following the shooting at the mall last Thursday afternoon. He appeared in court on Tuesday and the case will return to court on Friday.
Toronto police name suspect in Yorkdale shooting
'A lot of chaos': Yorkdale mall locked down after shots fired
Shoppers, workers return to Yorkdale mall after shooting
Sankar-Beharry is facing eleven charges, including attempted murder, reckless discharge of a firearm and carrying a concealed weapon.
A 20-year-old man was arrested on Monday without incident and charged in connection with a shooting at Yorkdale Mall. In this photo, police cordoned off an entrance after gunfire rang out at the busy shopping centre in north Toronto. (Paul Borkwood/CBC)
Police allege an altercation between two groups of men in the mall led to one man firing a gun at least twice around 2:50 p.m. last Thursday.
The shooting caused panicked shoppers and store employees to scramble for cover, with hundreds eventually rushing out of the large building.
No one was injured, but the sprawling facility, known as one of Toronto's more upscale shopping locations, was evacuated and shut down as officers combed the area for evidence.
Shortly after the incident, police announced they were looking for Sankar-Beharry.
Police said they received many calls and tips as they investigated.
Police helped patrons leave the mall after the shooting. It was evacuated and shut down for the rest of the day as police investigated (Paul Borkwood/CBC)


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Posted in Represión en Cuba, Human Rights in Cuba, Important document of UNPACU, Latin America
UNPACU CONFIRMS ACCUSATIONS OF SLAVERY IN THE US CONGRESS ON CUBA'S REGIME
Following a resolution proposal of the US Congress for slavery of Cuba' regime…
Santiago de Cuba, January 10th, 2019.
UNPACU supports and confirms the accusations of "slavery" that the United States Congress pours today about the Government of Cuba in the exportation of workers in subhuman conditions to third countries. Well explained and provenly accurate, reality is, nevertheless, even more generalized and atrocious.
Sen. Bob Menéndez, a Democrat, and Republican Marco Rubio, indicated that "this form of forced labor should not go unnoticed by the international community." We must confront the regime's modern slavery scheme and support doctors seeking justice after serving in these regimes. called international medical missions ", in an interview for Diario de Cuba.
In countries like Venezuela, Nicaragua, Bolivia, Brazil before the triumph of Jair Bolsonaro, Haiti and other more than 100 states, as the Cuban regime declares, the leaders in turn, with full awareness of the crime or absolute indolence in the protection of the rights for Cuban professionals, have hired them for these "missions" that have been developed under a clear slavery status, and have constituted a heavy yoke for thousands of Cubans for years.
This is the salary of the Cuban workers and the amount charged by Cuba in the "mission" of Brazil "Mais Médicos" (extracted from the study of the Court of Auditors of Brazil -textual- and linked in in TC 027.492/2013-3 and TC nº 003.771/2014-8):
Cuban doctors earned 10.5% of the total of 4,276.25 dollars a month Brazil paid for them, 450 dollars in hand (400 them and 50 their family), and another 550 dollars that Cuba held for 3 years until they had to return to Cuba, tying with one more variable the return of its slave labor.
But furthermore, as in the case of forced prostitution, professionals were being retained their passports after passing customs, impeded from legalizing their university degrees and experience, prohibited of speaking with "native" population, denied social or sentimental relationships, or kept crowded living in degrading conditions, and forced away from their families, threatened every day.
We stand in solidarity with the brave Cuban doctor and mother who, when declaring she was staying in Brazil, had this response from the Cuban State Security agent, disguised as a "consultant" of the Pan American Health Organization, whose maximum leader in Brazil, Joaquín Molina, is a Cuban closely related to the apparatus of power in the island. "Torture will be kept hidden, as always!", they would think. But the words from Leoncio Fuentes Correa, a "disguised" PAHO consultant, were being recorded:
"Are you going to stay here? Think about it, I only suggest that. And in the end if you stay here you know that you will not come back more, you will not enter Cuba for 8 years, for 8 years. And you have family in Cuba. You have your family. And if, unfortunately – I wish it did not happen – something happened to a member of your family, you will not be able to enter the country. Whether it is fair or unfair! But it is a very big sacrifice, because you are leaving your family, which is the most important thing that a human being has. You have the evaluation and I, if the day of the flight you do not ride in, I'll report you as a job abandonment and you, when I do the file, you will not return in 8 years. That's clear!"
In other cases, companies such as Curaçao Dry Dock Company, had a final judgement that, by using Cuban slave labor with the objective of recovering Cuban debts in the aforementioned company the only way Cuba would pay, now accumulates more than 100 millions of dollars in convictions of principal and interests for compensation to only a few victims who risked their lives managing to escape from a practice that represents one of the greatest atrocities in the Western world, but with which live the people of Cuba every day.
And Pedro Sánchez, Spain's President, what does Pedro Sánchez say about this?
Meanwhile, by the way, Pedro Sánchez, President of the Spanish Government, was traveling to spend time with Miguel Díaz-Canel to show Europe that the regime "deserves an opportunity", while "trading" with merchandise made from the blood and the pain of a whole country, gave orders to his party to vote against for a condemnation of the European Chamber to Cuba for the flagrant violation of Human Rights. Sanchez traveled to a slave plantation, he conversed with the foreman in the main country house, while millions of people suffer violations of their rights and fundamental freedoms. The Head of the Spanish Government did not want to meet with the defenders of the human rights of those millions of modern slaves.
Forced exile for 8 years
Thousands of doctors and other Cuban professionals are forbidden for eight years to enter Cuba to see their families (minor children, women, husbands, parents, friends …) for the mere fact of having sought asylum in other countries with the intention of enjoying the freedom and the opportunities that deny them in their captive homeland. With their effort in exile, these professionals "deserters" support their families by sending foreign currency to the Island. Money that ends up in the coffers of the exploiting State. Family remittances represent net income higher than tourism.
As if this would sound as a little punishment, it is enough to read article 135 of the Criminal Code from Cuba in which the penalties for not returning to Cuba after completing one of the so-called collaboration "missions" are punishable with up to 8 years of prison. Or enough is to read that the one who "performs actions tending to leave" the island has sentences of 3 years in jail or, if he ruins any material good in the attempt ("force in things") he has a sentence of 8 years in prison ( Article 216 of the Criminal Code).
This is the tragedy of Cuba, a country enslaved within its borders, and outside of them. A country with millions of separated families, where more than half of its population lives in the most absolute misery and the other survives with great difficulty thanks to the emigrant relatives who remit them the money necessary to survive. A country where the average salary is just over 20 dollars a month and the liter of bottled milk costs more than two dollars.
A country where more than 100,000 prisoners languish in prisons for crimes such as pre-criminal social dangerousness ("special proclivity in which a person is found to commit crimes, demonstrated by the behavior observed in manifest contradiction with the rules of socialist morality", Article 72 of the Criminal Code from Cuba), punishable with jail up to 4 years (articles 76 to 84 of the Criminal Code from Cuba), and that is used to arrest critics, discontents, and opponents to the regime. The more than 100 political prisoners of the opposition in Cuba are, by number, an anecdotal number of prisoners if we compare them with the thousands who are convicted of pre-criminal dangerousness in Cuba. Nobody knows their names, nobody knows where they are, nobody knows about them, we can only estimate them by estimations in the prisons where we have been, those, we, that still are few but strongly growing opposition in a poor country in which, to oppose, it's imperative to assume loose a job and stop eating, go to jail and to be of course subjected to the most varied tortures.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT THE PATRIOTIC UNION OF CUBA (UNPACU):
José Daniel Ferrer, Cuba, General Coordinator
Teléfonos: (+53) 58807751 / (+53) 22695367
Luis Enrique Ferrer, Miami, Rep. In the Exterior
Teléfono: +1 786 451 8998
Email: unpacu@gmail.com
Javier Larrondo, Madrid, Rep. In the EU
Teléfono: +34 647 56 47 41 Tweeter from José Daniel Ferrer:
@jdanielferrer
https://twitter.com/jdanielferrer
http://www.youtube.com/user/unpacu
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Q: Memory leak in MongoDB cursor (OutOfMemory)? This is how I'm reading my large MongoDB table (every object has very big chunks of data in its attributes):
DBCursor cursor = collection.find(/* my query */);
while (cursor.hasNext()) {
  DBObject object = cursor.next();
  doSomething(object); // no data stays in memory
}
cursor.close();

I'm getting:
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space
at java.lang.StringCoding$StringDecoder.decode(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.StringCoding.decode(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.String.<init>(Unknown Source)
at org.bson.BasicBSONDecoder$BSONInput.readUTF8String(BasicBSONDecoder.java:463)
at org.bson.BasicBSONDecoder.decodeElement(BasicBSONDecoder.java:155)
at org.bson.BasicBSONDecoder._decode(BasicBSONDecoder.java:79)
at org.bson.BasicBSONDecoder.decode(BasicBSONDecoder.java:57)
at com.mongodb.DefaultDBDecoder.decode(DefaultDBDecoder.java:56)
at com.mongodb.Response.<init>(Response.java:83)
at com.mongodb.DBPort.go(DBPort.java:124)
at com.mongodb.DBPort.call(DBPort.java:74)
at com.mongodb.DBTCPConnector.innerCall(DBTCPConnector.java:286)
at com.mongodb.DBTCPConnector.call(DBTCPConnector.java:257)
at com.mongodb.DBApiLayer$MyCollection.__find(DBApiLayer.java:310)
at com.mongodb.DBApiLayer$MyCollection.__find(DBApiLayer.java:295)
at com.mongodb.DBCursor._check(DBCursor.java:368)
at com.mongodb.DBCursor._hasNext(DBCursor.java:459)
at com.mongodb.DBCursor.hasNext(DBCursor.java:484)

Exception is thrown after 200-300 objects are processed. Does the driver holds data in memory? I'm using
<dependency>
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A: The number of objects the driver will hold in memory depends on the cursor's batch size. I'm not sure what the default batch size is when you don't set one explicitly. Depending on the maximum size of your documents and the amount of heap space available, you should set the batch size accordingly. Keep in mind that the current maximum document size supported by MongoDB is 16MB.
See DBCursor.batchSize() in the MongoDB Java driver API docs for details.

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I have some interesting observations about level 1 that I came up with during my preparations.
The LOC Legacy I built for my Level 1 flight was easier than many Estes kits I have built (took some of the fun out I must admit).
Throw away elastic shock cord and get tubular nylon.
Document what you are doing and ask for help and you will be overwhelmed with input from people in the club.
There probably isn't a group of people anywhere that want you to succeed as much as the members of this club do.
Some people actually scheduled when they were going to be at the launch in order to watch my L1 flight (I must say I was truly impressed with you guys).
There is nothing wrong with being cautious for your L1 flight, I used a small H128 in my Vulcanite for my cert and then did a follow-up of a LOC Legacy (smaller and half the weight) on an I200 (twice the power).
Did I mention that you shouldn't use elastic shock cord?
Sign up with NAR or Tripoli asap so you have your paperwork ready when you go for your L1.
At flight time, grab a prefect and get a good once over of the rocket and your L1 paperwork. Then get a motor from one of our fine vendors.
Go to flight line and make sure to write "LEVEL 1 CERT" on the top of the proper flight card.
Go back to prefect and get your paperwork signed by two authorized observers.
Dont use elastic shock cords.


Steenberg Vineyards invited the BLOSS Team to attend a day of pottery and wine, and I immediately volunteered! Find out what we got up to!
Energy in abundance and a positive streak par excellence. Denise Lloyd thrives on challenges. She loves good food, wine, coffee and chocolates. Decades of journalistic ink pumps through the veins of this media specialist. Two years ago she entered the exciting world of South Africa's richest industry, the motor trade. As a marketer and sales executive with vast experience in tourism, public relations, hospitality, market research and management, each day is a new experience for Denise – but the ultimate still remains the opportunity to travel and explore and to write stories about people, what they eat and where they live.
BLOSS is an international media platform for South African women who live all over the world in the age group, 20 – 35 years. We integrate print and technology through innovative and exciting ways to keep things fresh, modern and interactive.


Bring some winter fun indoors with a winter sensory bin for toddlers. When it's too cold or snowy to play outside, indoor play with a variety of materials becomes even more important. With some pretend snow, and a small shovel from your beach toys, you can easily provide some fun winter-themed sensory play for your toddler.
Sensory bins or tubs can be filled with a variety of kid-friendly materials, from pompoms to shredded paper. To make a winter sensory bin, look for materials that are white and fluffy, and offer unique sensory experiences with lots of opportunity to explore.
To make this winter-themed bin, empty a bag of white cosmetic cotton balls into a small plastic tub.
Add small bowls and a few utensils such as tongs, a small shovel, and a spatula. You can provide white bowls and tools if you prefer to maintain a white color scheme, but a bit of color can prompt conversation around color recognition and comparison.
Your toddler can begin playing in the winter sensory tub right away: exercising fine motor skills as he scoops up the 'snow' with the different utensils; using cognitive and creative skills as she chooses tools to build mountains of 'snow' or fill a bowl.
You picked up a big shovelful of snowballs.
Do you think your bowl can hold more snow?
Let's count out 5 snowballs together.
Try to stack cotton balls one on top of the other to make a snowman.
How many cotton balls can you hold in one hand? In two hands?
Can you walk across the room holding the shovel filled with cotton puffs?
What else can you add to a winter sensory bin? A dump truck or snow plow? Some arctic animals? The benefits of this sensory bin are seen in the ease of set up and the amazing return in learning opportunities.
Kids will love the play and you will love the play value!
We would love to see pictures of your child playing with their winter sensory bin. You can share them in our Facebook group or on Instagram – use #MyBoredToddler so we can all see! You can also subscribe to our newsletter for weekly toddler activities.


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SOUTH-EAST DIVISION
Top four break away, but fight remains for top spot
Kevin Braysher - SEQ South East Queensland correspondent
Wed 3 Jul 2019, 08:00 AM
Second place is on the line when the Redbank Plains Bears take on Swifts Bluebirds in Round 15 of the Rugby League Ipswich A Grade competition.
With just seven games left before the finals, the top four sides have broken away, with five points now separating the fifth-placed Tigers from the fourth-placed Eagles.
It likely means the current top four will be the sides who compete in this year's finals series, but where they fall within that top four is still up for grabs.
A top-two finish is crucial, as it provides a second chance in the semi-finals, while the teams who finish third and fourth will be facing elimination from the first week.
Brothers Ipswich took a huge step towards the minor premiership with a nail-biting 32-30 win over the Bluebirds last weekend, putting them three-points clear at the top.
Bluebirds and the Bears are currently tied for second on 35 points, with Goodna & Districts Eagles right behind them on 33 points.
The winner of Sunday's clash between the Bears and Bluebirds is guaranteed to take a stranglehold of second place and the loser is in danger of dropping to fourth if the Eagles can defeat the seventh placed Fassifern Bombers.
The Bluebirds were right in it against the competition's benchmark last weekend, but will be desperate to reverse that result this week given the congestion at the top.
They face a stiff challenge from a Bears team who are unbeaten in their last seven games, including a comfortable 34-14 win over the Bombers last weekend.
Their last loss came back on April 14 and their run includes a 22-6 win over the Bluebirds in Round 8.
Other Round 15 clashes include the Bombers hosting the Eagles and Brothers Ipswich taking on the West End Bulldogs. Northern Suburbs Ipswich Tigers have the bye.
* Image courtesy of Redbank Plains Bears
Rugby League Ipswich Round 15
Brothers Ipswich v West End Bulldogs – Sunday, July 7 at Blue Ribbon Motors Field, 3pm
Fassifern Bombers v Goodna & Districts Eagles – Sunday, July 7 at Hayes Oval, 3pm
Swifts Bluebirds v Redbank Plains Bears – Sunday, July 7 at Swifts Rugby League Football Club, 3pm
Northern Suburbs Ipswich Tigers – bye
1 Brothers Ipswich 249 38
2 Swifts Bluebirds 108 35
3 Redbank Plains Bears 72 35
4 Goodna & Districts Eagles 251 33
5 Northern Suburbs Ipswich Tigers -82 28
6 West End Bulldogs -306 21
7 Fassifern Bombers -292 20


Happy Monday! As much as people don't like Mondays, I love Mondays. I know, I know, I might be in the minority BUT hear me out. Mondays are all newness and fresh possibilities. Mondays are the day when all new things are generally started like: diets, new schedules and new projects! I love Mondays because I can slack on the weekend and be like oh I'll totally be back to an organized, good self, healthy eating person on Monday. So, you see why, Mondays are actually good and not so bad after all? Now that we've established that Mondays are good, and the perfect clean slate for being organized and eating healthy, may I suggest this super simple and super delicious Garlic Butter Salmon for your dinner tonight?
1.) This Garlic Butter Salmon literally requires no prep work…well you have to chop the garlic but that's about it. And parsley / cilantro, if you want to.
2.) There's butter involved. Okay, so strictly speaking this is not very healthy, BUT the salmon is baked in a foil packet, and well there aren't many other unhealthy ingredients involved in this recipe.
3.) It only takes like 15 – 20 minutes for this to be ready, and to be transferred to your rumbling stomach after a long day of whatever you – whether that's taking care of your very active children, work, or even doing both. You rock, you! And that's why you deserve to sit down with a plate of this delicious Garlic Butter Salmon tonight.
4.) This salmon tastes insanely delicious. It has got to be, because anything doused with butter and garlic, has to be good anyway. I mean, it's SO GOOD, for such little prep / cooking time, that it would be a crime not to make it at least once. Served with broccoli and steamed rice on the side, it's the perfect fulfilling meal!
P.S. I've got a tip for you here: Make sure that you wrap up the foil really well around the salmon, so that the salmon cooks in steam and remains juicy and moist.
P.P.S. For most people who know me in real life, they would know that I'm not a big fan of seafood. But things have been changing around here, and I've been trying to add more seafood to my diet. So for me to say something really good about anything seafood, means it has to be good.
I'm totally lovin' this Garlic Butter Salmon!
A handful of pantry ingredients.
And only 20 minutes of your life. Of which only 5 minutes are active prep work. Like what are you even waiting for. This is a recipe dream come true in my busy life!
I gotta go now…but I hope you enjoyed this post. And if you want to read even more around my blog / get to know me better go read my first post in a new series on my blog called Friday Five. It's lots of fun.
This Garlic Butter Salmon is super easy to make, with only a handful of pantry ingredients required. Perfect for quick and delicious weeknight dinners!
Preheat oven to 375 F / 190 c and prepare a baking sheet by lining it with foil.
Mix all of the ingredients (except the salmon) in a bowl.
Place the salmon on the foil and fold up all the sides of foil, and pour over the butter mixture on top of the salmon. Fold over the sides of the foil, covering the salmon completely and making sure it is sealed from all sides.
Place into the oven and bake for about 15-20 minutes, until cooked through.
Garnish with chopped cilantro or parsley, and serve immediately.


Ukrainian democracy activist Yulia Marushevska asks the world to stand with her country in its struggle to become the kind of free society often taken for granted in the West. Marushevska describes how corrupt politicians, bribes, rigged elections, and a smothered press culminated in the 2014 Euromaidan protests, a reflection of the Ukrainian people's desire to rid themselves of this culture of kleptocracy and impunity. Despite the aggression of Russia in Ukraine's east, Marushevska is confident that when human rights defenders join together and speak loudly, they can create a better world for all.


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La ecografía 4d o ultrasonido 4d es un procedimiento de diagnóstico que permite realizar una captura del feto en 3 dimensiones, al igual que en la ecografía 3d, pero mostrando en tiempo real lo que está sucediendo.

Gracias a ellos se puede tener una mayor claridad de los rasgos físicos del embrión y poder analizar si se encuentra con todas sus partes bien formadas o si de lo contrario se encuentra con alguna malformación.

También permite analizar el corazón del feto en cámara lenta permitiendo al médico diagnosticar si el bebé sufre una enfermedad cardíaca congénita.

Algo que también hay que destacar de la ecografía 4d es que permite ver nuevas expresiones del feto nunca antes vistas usando la ecografía 2d o 3d como lo son los bostezos, la succión, las sonrisas y los parpadeos.

Véase también
 Ultrasonido 3d

Referencias

Gastroenterología
Ultrasonido médico
Gastroenterología diagnóstica


One of my newest favorite blogs, Skinny Runner, has a great feature on her site called Celebricizing, where she posts photos of celebs working out. I'm mildly totally obsessed with it. Maybe it's motivating? Maybe it's disturbing? A little from column A and a little from column B?
Either way, I'm hopping on the celeb-loving bandwagon and starting my own feature called Celebradogs. Because what's not to love about celebs who love their dogs?
My personal favorite Celebradog, other than Teton of course, is Amanda Seyfried's dog Finn.
I swear I haven't seen a paparazzi shot of this chick without her dog in over a year. And I see a lot of razzi shots.
Here's Twilight's Nikki Reed and her new rescue puppy, Enzo. I'd say they both look pretty happy to have found each other.
Gossip Girl's Blake Lively and her favorite accessory, dog Penny.
Jessica Biel and her Pit Bull Terrier Tina workin' it on a walk.
I can't not include Jennifer Aniston and her adorable little dude, Norman, who died last May. Jenn loved Norman so much she had his name tattooed on her foot after he passed away.
Ladies, here are some hunky men and their Celebradogs just for you.
Mad Men's Jon Hamm gets props for picking up after his adorable pooch Cora.
Ryan Reynolds' dog's name is Baxter. He's been quoted as saying that he "just fell in love with him," when he first saw him at a Houston animal shelter in 2009.
Last, but certainly not least, the always hunky Ryan Gosling carrying dog George up an escalator at LAX. Too sweet.
One of the items that I received from Mr. Chewy last week was Evo Wild Craving's Weight Management Treats.
This grain-free treat boasts a hearty ingredient list that includes things like turkey, apples, carrots, peas, and pumpkin (among others). They are high in protein and low in carbs, which makes them a great treat for a pupper that's trying to stay slim.
What I gather from Teton is that these treats are nothing like SnackWells. Because, lets be honest, if you've ever uttered the phrase, "These SnackWell cookies are great! They taste just like devil's food cake!" you were lying.
I like knowing that these treats, which come in four different adorable shapes, have less calories than most of the other dog treats in our cupboard but still taste great to Teton. I imagine, from the sound of his chewing when I give him an Evo Wild Craving treat, that these have that melt-in-your-mouth quality, which sets them apart from most other hard treats. So, they'll likely be a good option if you are looking for something that's softer for an older dog or one with sensitive teeth.
Know what else rocks? A 10 oz bag of Evo Wild Cravings Weight Management Treats is just $4.99! Boom. That's a good deal.
To enter Her Dog Blog's first ever giveaway, all you have to do is leave a comment telling me who your favorite Celebradog is. Feel free to Google your little hearts out and find new Celebradogs that I didn't feature on today's blog.
I'll randomly select a winner next Tuesday. Good luck!
Posted on March 8, 2012 by Shannon	This entry was posted in Treat Jar, Web. Bookmark the permalink.
umm, john hamm needs a poo sheath. just sayin'…. my favorite celebridogs are chuck & coco from dooce.com … mostly because coco is a mini aussie like fossie and because chuck is too handsome for words.
We love President Obama's dog, Bo. Having a Portie ourselves makes us a little partial to the breed.
I'd have to go with Queen Elizabeth's dogs, mainly because I own a Corgi too.
I loved the first one with Amanda & Finn. I feel the same way, I have to rush home from our evening plans to feed/potty and play with my sweet puppies mia & lucy! That's when you know they love each other, their bond is so tight that they can't bear to be away from each other.


The editors of Health, together with a team of top experts, identify the best picks in key grocery categories.
Plamen PetkovFood shopping is a daunting task these days, especially if you're trying to eat right. With supposed health benefits screaming from labels and the actual ingredients in mighty fine print, you practically need a PhD in nutrition to bring home the right mix.
To the rescue: the Health Must-Eat List. It's "designed to help you shop healthy in every aisle of the grocery store," says Caroline Kaufman, RDN, a family nutrition expert in San Francisco. Our guide will lead you to the best choices while helping you cut through the hype and make smart decisions about which foods are worthy of your grocery dollars. "The Health Must-Eat criteria aren't influenced by marketing claims on the label," Kaufman says. "They're based on how healthy the food is on the inside—what it's made of."
Of course, fresh fruits and vegetables are automatic must-eats. But let's get real—most of us rely on packaged products, too, from crackers to cups of yogurt to frozen dinners. That's where the Health Must-Eat List comes in. Together with a panel of leading nutrition and food science experts, the editors of Health came up with a detailed but simple formula to identify healthful fare that you can truly feel good about eating.
In order to qualify, a food must not only be free of all the bad stuff you don't want or need—trans fats, tons of added sugar, potentially harmful preservatives and the like—but also contain nutrients that enhance your physical well-being. For example, it might have calcium, which boosts bone health, or live active cultures, which promote digestive health. "Think of Must-Eat foods as junk-food antidotes—they help restore the dietary equilibrium," says expert panelist Adam Drewnowski, PhD, director of the Center for Public Health Nutrition at the University of Washington.
To determine the criteria, our panel carefully reviewed years of health and nutrition research, looking at what the most scientifically sound studies have shown us over time. Once the formula was set, we dispatched a team of a dozen nutritionists and Health editors to scour supermarket shelves. We also put out an open call to food manufacturers to submit their newest and healthiest products for consideration.
The results: Of the more than 3,500 products that we reviewed, nearly 1,000 foods and beverages from 225 different brands made it onto our list. "It is encouraging that there are now many more healthy products available than there were a few years ago," says expert panelist Walter Willett, MD, Fredrick John Stare professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health.
On these pages, you'll find our best bets in four categories—frozen treats, nut butters, packaged fruit and snacks, cookies and crackers. (We'll cover more types of food in future issues of Health.) Whether you need a nutritious dinner staple or are looking for a power treat to tide you over until your next meal, each of these picks plays a key role in a balanced diet. Shop easier, eat better: It really is as simple as that.
Watch out for added sugar here; we eliminated any product that listed it as the first or second ingredient. Also avoid foods that contain artificial sweeteners, which are used to sweeten products without adding calories—but can contribute to weight gain by training us to prefer their flavors over the natural sweetness of whole foods.
Nut butters are a delicious way to get protein and healthy fats. But sugar is a potential pitfall—many nut butters that didn't make our list had sugar as the second ingredient, after nuts. Also avoid partially hydrogenated oils (a source of unhealthy trans fats), which some manufacturers use to prevent separation.
It's best to eat fruit in as close to its natural form as possible. That means saying no to fruit packaged in gels or syrups that contain lots of sugar or artificial sweeteners. Canned, jarred or cups of fruit in 100 percent fruit juice, or dried or freeze-dried fruit with no added sugar, were the only kinds that made our list.
Look for snacks made primarily from whole grains (popcorn counts!) and choose one that, when combined with your other choices throughout the day, keeps you under your daily sodium limit. Steer clear of snacks that are made only from refined grains, contain partially hydrogenated oils or shortening (sources of trans fat) or are loaded with sugar—again, an easy trick is to skip any product that lists sugar as the first or second ingredient.
You already know that your breakfast bowl is no place for multicolored marshmallows or anything shaped like a cookie. But with so many types of cereal out there, it's not easy landing on the most nutritious a.m. bite. Make it easier with these top picks from our food pros.
Whole grains have a lot going for them: They're incredibly filling and a natural source of fiber. This must-eat list will help you grab the most nutritious products.
Cheese gets a bad rap, but it can be nutritious (in addition to delicious). For one, it's a good source of calcium, which helps build bone and plays a role in muscle function, nerve transmission and regulating blood pressure. It also fuels your body with protein, vitamin D, phosphorus, and zinc.
The Health Must-Eat List is designed to help you identify truly nutritious foods in every aisle of the grocery store. To qualify for our list, a product had to meet the following criteria.
Dietary fiber. One serving must have at least 3g of fiber. Foods with only added or functional fiber are excluded. Added fiber includes: inulin (from chicory root), maltodextrin, polydextrose, soy hulls, oat fibers, sorghum fibers.
Live active cultures. Product must either a) have a seal from the National Yogurt Association that says "Live & Active Cultures" or b) contain phrasing such as "contains live active cultures" or "living yogurt cultures." Products labeled "heat-treated after culturing" are excluded.
Third, it must not be a junk food in disguise. Sometimes a product might seem like a good choice—it's high in vitamins or fiber or some other health-promoting nutrient, for instance. But it's also loaded with sugar or salt. "A candy bar with added fiber is still a candy bar," says Health Must-Eat panelist Caroline Kaufman, RDN. All products that made it through the first two rounds of criteria were evaluated to ensure they were not too high in sugar, salt (sodium) or any other potentially unhealthy ingredient.
We consulted with leading health and nutrition authorities to compile the Health Must-Eat List. These experts are on the forefront of nutrition and antiobesity research. Through their numerous books and more than 1,000 scientific studies, they have changed the way we eat and think about food.
Walter Willett, MD. Fredrick John Stare professor of epidemiology and nutrition, and chair of the department of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health.
Adam Drewnowski, PhD. Director of the Center for Public Health Nutrition and the Center for Obesity Research, and director of the nutritional sciences program and professor of epidemiology at the University of Washington.
Caroline Kaufman, MS, RDN. Registered dietitian nutritionist specializing in family nutrition, and award-winning blogger at sweetfoodie.com.
Special thanks to Colin Rehm, MPH, a PhD candidate in the department of epidemiology at the University of Washington; Anna Gabriel, MPH, RD; the Whole Grains Council; Sally Barton; Doris Chung; Cara E. Davis; Jessica E. Kim; Juli Louttit, MPH, RD.


I recently wrote an article about IT risk management and created several illustrations. One in particular stands by itself in terms of depicting a holistic view of the whole risk management life cycle in a critical path method model which I thought would be worth sharing. It would be useful to your ISO 27005 or NIST 800-30 framework based assessments.
Once the article in its entirety is published, I'll then share it as well.


The South African Women's Olympic Team captain, Janine van Wyk, believes it's crunch time for Banyana Banyana as they face Sweden in the opening match of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games on Wednesday, 3 August.
The clash will take place at the Olympic Stadium starting at 13h00 local time (18h00 South African time).
The Sasol-sponsored Banyana Banyana and Sweden are not new to each other.
The two nations also met in the first match of the 2012 London Olympic Games where South Africa lost 4-1 with their only goal in the tournament coming from the retired Portia Modise.
At the time, Banyana Banyana were ranked 61 compared to Sweden's 4th place ranking.
South African was in Group F with Japan, Canada and Sweden.
Banyana Banyana finished bottom of the group with just one point and Sweden finished top of the group but went on to lose 2-1 to France in the quarterfinals.
USA won the tournament, Brazil came second while Canada and France took third and fourth place respectively.
In Brazil, South Africa is in the same group with Sweden, China and Brazil.
SAFA Media spoke to Van Wyk ahead of the all-important match against Sweden.
Matlhomola Morake: Janine, the time you have all been waiting for has now arrived, it's crunch time.
Janine van Wyk: Yes indeed, it is crunch time. The nerves are starting to kick in – the good ones though. We have been preparing for this moment for a very long time, about eight months to be precise, and it's finally happening. The girls are feeling it and we have been talking among ourselves that this is the time we have been working so hard for. We have been meeting these girls (Sweden team) up and down the elevator, and thinking that those are the opponents we will be facing. We also were thinking that in 2012 in London it was our opening match against them and the result was not what we expected, makes it a game that is unforgettable. When people ask me today who was the toughest opponent we have ever faced, it would be Sweden who beat us 4-1 in 2012 and we were not well prepared. This time around we are looking forward to the match and going for it as best as we can, with the team high on confidence in ourselves as a group. I think we are really capable of getting a good result if we just stick together and work on the aspects we have been working on for the past eight months. This game will give us a lot of confidence going forward if we get a good result – so we are really looking forward to as it means a lot to us, probably one of the most important matches of the tournament to get a good start for ourselves.
Any of the Sweden players you recognise from four years ago?
Yes absolutely, most if not all of them and we know what a quality team they are, but so are we, their coach is also highly experienced, so we need to focus on ourselves and I think we can give them a good run if we play our game and give our best.
As you say, both teams (SA and Sweden) haven't changed much from four years ago in London, does that change things?
I think so, we are now much more fitter, stronger and more experienced in our play. There are ten players in our squad who were at the London Olympics, so the experience is there and we know what to expect around us. We played some international friendly matches against the world's best teams and we know what to expect from these teams, especially Sweden. We know what they are capable of but we can also capitalize on their weaknesses as well, we will use our strength to benefit our game and see where that takes us.
The loss to New Zealand wasn't a good end to preparations and certainly not the way to go before first game of the tournament.
Well it is a wake up call, and I am glad it happened out of competition where there were some distractions around us – from being in the Olympic Village and being overwhelmed by it all. In 2012 we were not in the Village, so this is a totally new experience for us, so all those distractions got the better of us and it wasn't a good start for us. It was an indication that we need to up our game and concentrate fully on what we are here for and what we have been working hard for, for a couple of months. We are really happy that it happened (the loss to New Zealand), that we got a shock of our lives – luckily it did not happen against Sweden in the opening match.
In London you were just one of the players, on Wednesday against Sweden you will lead the team as captain. How does that make you feel?
I have been thinking about it for a long time, leading my team out on to the field in the Olympic Games for the first time. But I have been captain for quite some time now, so it is not that new in a sense but I am pretty confident in the team that I will be leading out, hopefully we can do our best and show the world what South Africa is about.


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Q: English equivalent of the Malay idiom "Loser be ashes; winner be charcoal" I'm looking for an English idiom which is equivalent to:

Kalah jadi abu, menang jadi arang ("The loser be ashes; the winner be charcoal")
Actually, this is roughly translated. It's hard to translate Malay idioms into English because most of them don't even have overt subjects.

This idiom is about a stack of wood in a fire. The fire is symbolic of a fight and the wood could figuratively be understood as a group of people or a community who are fighting tooth and nails with each other. And when the fight comes to the end—or more metaphorically, when the fire ceases to burn—neither the loser nor the winner benefits from the fight. So they are both useless ashes and charcoal.
This idiom is used to refer to a group of people fighting without thinking of the consequences of their action, because after the fight, they won't get anything useful; rather, they'll end up being dead on their feet.

Context
The context is quite simple: a group of people were fighting and they end up getting nothing but weariness.

Is there any English equivalent to this idiom?

A: A fight in which at best results in a Pyrrhic victory for the winner is described as a no-win situation or a lose-lose situation.


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Geoffrey Majiwa is a former mayor of Nairobi.

He represents the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). He is also the Baba Dogo ward Civic Councillor. On August 3, 2009 he retained his mayoral seat beating Mutunga Mutungi of the Party of National Unity in a Nairobi City Council poll.

He stepped aside on October 26, 2010 after being charged for his alleged involvement in a cemetery land corruption scandal.

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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Mayors of Nairobi