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Posted: 11th January, 2019 Category: Architecture, Culture, Food, Gardens, People, Shopping
As another glorious year in Faversham unfolds, we catch up with who's been doing what since they featured in Faversham Life.
Words Amicia de Moubray, Sarah Langton-Lockton, Posy Gentles Photographs Lisa Valder and various
Wild Bread (FL 20 January 2017) Until a few years ago, the rather large and unappealing building in The Mall was a motorcycle showroom with a workshop and garage at the rear. Then it was empty until last year when the showroom was refurbished, renamed Branching Out, and a group of antique dealers set up shop. This year, in early spring, the back part of the building, with its entrance round the corner in Nelson Street, will become the home of James Thorn's expanding Wild Bread sourdough bakehouse.
'It will be a commercial space,' says James, 'with a little bit of character to it'. Downstairs will be the bakehouse and shop, separated for fire safety purposes by a partition wall with fireproof vision panels. Customers will be able to watch the bakers at work while they have a coffee. Behind the existing heavy metal shutter at the entrance, a new glazed shop front is being installed to flood the space with natural light.
The shop will initially be open five days a week, from Tuesdays to Saturdays, since they already bake bread for those days, and maybe Sundays in due course. James is thinking of doing pizzas in the evening for people to collect, and stocking some food made by others. Baking classes will be up and running again and there are other plans in gestation, such as a grain-growing project with a local farmer (a flour mill will be bought for the bakehouse).
Could you make bread like this?
Faversham Open Gardens and the Garden Market Day (FL 23 June 2017) will take place this year on Sunday 30 June 2019.
An Abbey Street garden
Our Lady of Mount Carmel (FL 7 September 2016) The Catholic church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Tanner Street is facing a huge roof repair bill of more than £200,000, and while the Carmelite order has given financial support, more money needs to be raised. Faversham Life readers will know its beautiful Ardizzone altarpiece, and there will now be an opportunity to learn more about this remarkable work on 24 February when Alan Powers, author of the recent book, Edward Ardizzone: Artist and Illustrator, is giving a talk on the painting and its significance. Tickets are £10 and can be be bought at the Fleur de Lis in Preston Street, and also at Top Hats and Tales (FL 21 September 2018), the bookshop at 110 West Street. The talk starts at 2pm and a glass of wine and canapes are included in the price.
Alan Powers, the author of Edward Ardizzone Artist and Illustrator, will be speaking at Our Lady of Mount Carmel to raise money for the roof
The Doddington butcher SW Doughty (FL 10 November 2016) is celebrating its centenary this year. In a laudable bid to reduce its use of plastics, it has introduced a new cotton shopping bag which is usefully strong when lugging home a 7kg gammon.
After we wrote about the natural health centre and shop Apotheca Health (FL 13 November 2016) at 14 West Street, herbalist Milena Moore expanded into the spacious but, at the time, slightly dilapidated premises next door. Milena put in a kitchen area and a WC. Beautiful old floor boards came from France. Milena's husband, who imports antiques from France, and her mother who lives in Burgundy, helped source vintage furniture and other artefacts.
While the conversion work was underway, Milena decided to keep and renovate the existing building. The former shop has become a studio with underfloor heating, ideal for yoga and pilates. In total there are five treatment rooms and Apotheca has expanded its team of therapists and health practitioners. As winter bites, one of the shop's bestselling remedies is the immune tonic containing echinacea, elderberries and wild garlic and concentrates of blackcurrants and rosehips.
Apotheca: the studio with underfloor heating is ideal for yoga and pilates
Following our Faversham Life article about the potter Lucy Rutter (FL 16 June 2017), she was invited to join Frank (FL 23 February 2018), the shop and gallery in Whitstable that now regularly stocks her work and where she exhibited as part of the Whitstable Biennale Satellite Show, along with artist and photographer Lesley Davies-Evans. Among others around the country, the fiendishly fashionable Hauser and Wirth in Somerset is now stocking her work, as well as Yorkshire Sculpture Park which is renowned for its ceramics.
This summer, Lucy worked in a master class with Roelof Uys, the lead potter at the Leach Pottery in St Ives and experienced working in Bernard Leach's old studio. Most recently, Lucy has produced work for the Turner Contemporary to complement its Patrick Heron exhibition.
A piece by Lucy Rutter, inspired by her time working in Bernard Leach's studio
Edibleculture (FL 6 July 2018) At the moment they're planting orchards – 800 trees this winter. On 1 March, Chris Williams and Dave Ware, founders of Edibleculture, the nursery and garden centre with a difference that they have set up in the former horticultural unit of The Abbey School, will reopen to the public and launch their sustainability strategy. One initiative is the Posipot, a point-of-sale pot, invented by Dave, who holds the copyright. Posipots are made from folded cardboard secured by a wooden coffee stirrer, which also does duty as the plant label. The pots are wholly biodegradable and will break down within a few days. When customers buy a plant it will be removed from its growing pot (plastic pots will still be used sustainably) and put in a Posipot with mycorrhizal fungi in the bottom.
There will also be terracotta pots for sale and curved-side bags, the gardening equivalent of supermarket bags for life. Customers will be able to buy a 50-litre plastic sack of a good-quality, peat-free, organic compost for £6.50, return the empty sack and get a bag-for-life refill for £5. Plant food, lawn seed and birdseed will also be sold loose in brown paper bags or customers can bring their own containers. This year Edibleculture will offer a bigger range of plants, all slow grown. Deliveries will be made in an electric van.
The biodegradable Posipot
Francesca Baur of Fable and Base (FL 12 November 2016) has been working on the Kent Cloth project which is continuing through 2019. She describes the project as: 'A journey of natural cloth which explores the Garden of England through natural colour and local fibres.' Francesca will develop a series of textile works based on seasons, exploring the landscape of Kent based in four locations culminating in an exhibition at The Rochester Art Gallery on 4 October 2019 to 4 January 2020.
Workshops will take place throughout the period and include natural dyeing workshops with Fergus the Forager using foraged materials such as seaweed, berries, mushrooms and flowers, and seasonal walks and natural dye print workshops with Francesca.
As part of the project Francesca will be sowing the seeds for a new dye garden at The Pines Calyx and distributing flax seed packets to raise awareness of local fibres. You can follow @kent_cloth on social media #kentflax and sign up to the Newsletter www.kentcloth.co.uk.
Francesca Baur sows the seeds for the Kent Cloth project
2019 will see the launch of a new collection of organic designs from The School of Upholstery (FL 3 March 2017) which is now offering weekend classes and three-day classes with textile design and printmaking expanding. This Sunday 13 January 2019, the School's creator Alex Law, will be appearing on Channel 4's Sunday Brunch television programme to talk about craft upholstery and promote his book, The Upholsterer's Step-by-Step Guide, which is currently being reprinted. He says: 'I will be taking along samples of work and hopefully teaching the two main presenters how to do a stitch or two.'
An example of squab-stitching learned at The School of Upholstery at Creek Creative
To celebrate the centenary of women's suffrage, sound-sculptor and musical inventor, Henry Dagg (FL 11 November 2016) composed a piece of music entitled DerbyshOramiCoda in association with the composer Laura Rossi's Carpe Vitam. The works were premiered at The Stoller Hall in Manchester in November 2018. DerbyshOramiCoda is intended as a tribute to the electronic music and sound effects pioneers of the BBC's Radiophonic Workshop, Daphne Oram and Delia Derbyshire. Henry's piece overlapped for a couple of minutes with Rossi's Carpe Vitam and then continued alone. To perform the work, Henry set up a miniature radiophonic workshop on stage, dusting off old equipment, using old tape machines and even found a replica of Delia Derbyshire's famous green industrial lampshade which she was fond of using for its sound effects. He recorded Laura Rossi's voice and recording, looping and overlapping created a choir. There was an improvised central section. Film and live visuals were created by Romana Bellinger and Mike Eden of The Hot Tin (5 October 2018). Faversham Life is rather hoping we might see a performance of DerbyshOramiCoda in Faversham.
Henry's musical gates and railings for Rochester Independent College were formally inaugurated on 16 September 2018 with 11 members of the City of Rochester Symphony Orchestra wearing silent disco system headphones playing Henry's piece, wittily entitled Pigs with Altitude, on the Aerochords which form the uprights of these beautiful gates.
Musical gates performance with re-mixed sound from Richard Fleury on Vimeo.


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Q: Improving performance of sql query I have a query that I am writing in my C# code to retrieve results from database.
Based on the user input, my query will change.
I have a user input say 'challenge'. And 'challenge' can have three values 0,1 and 2, based on what user selects in UI.
If user selects challenge 0, the query will be different.
If user selects challenge 1, the query will be different.
And if user selects challenge 2, the query will be union of query for challenge 0 and query for challenge 1.
Below is how my code for generating sql query looks at present:
         string sql = @"SELECT
            tbl.given_id, name, message, tbl.emplid, category, created_date
        FROM
            dbo.myTable tbl

        WHERE
           created_date >= @dtFrom
            AND created_date < @dtTo
        ";

    //Include only challenge 0
         if(challenge == 0)
                        {
                            sql += " AND emplid IN (" + sb.ToString() + ")";  //sb.ToString() is list of emplids selected from UI.
                        }

    //Include only challenge 1
         if (challenge == 1)
                        {
                            sql += " AND given_Id IN (SELECT DISTINCT rec.given_Id  from dbo.Recipient rec WHERE rec.given_Id = tbl.given_Id AND rec.emplid IN (" + sb.ToString() + ")) ";
                        }

//Include both challenge 0 and 1

    if (challenge == 2)
                    {
                        sql = String.Format(@"
    SELECT * FROM
    (
        (
            SELECT
                tbl.given_id, name, message, tbl.emplid, category, created_date
            FROM
                dbo.myTable tbl
            WHERE
                created_date >= @dtFrom
                AND created_date < @dtTo
                AND tbl.emplid IN ({0})
        )
        UNION
        (
           SELECT
                tbl.given_id, name, message, tbl.emplid, category, created_date
            FROM
                dbo.myTable tbl
            WHERE
                created_date >= @dtFrom
                AND created_date < @dtTo
                AND given_Id IN (SELECT DISTINCT rec.given_Id  from dbo.Recipient rec WHERE rec.given_Id = tbl.given_Id AND rec.emplid IN (" + sb.ToString() + "))

        )

    )
    ", sb.ToString());

                    }

So, if(challenge == 2), is generating the query by the union of query generated in challenge = 0 and challenge = 1.
The query code in challenge = 2, is just repetitive of both the above queries.
Is there any other way of writing such query, so that I can improve my query and increase the perfomance?
Thanks.
Edit - Writing just the queries generated to simplify my question:
Query 1 -
SELECT
                tbl.given_id, name, message, tbl.emplid, category, created_date
            FROM
                dbo.myTable tbl
            WHERE
                created_date >= @dtFrom
                AND created_date < @dtTo
                AND tbl.emplid IN (@lst_emplids)

Query 2
SELECT
                    tbl.given_id, name, message, tbl.emplid, category, created_date
                FROM
                    dbo.myTable tbl
                WHERE
                    created_date >= @dtFrom
                    AND created_date < @dtTo
                    AND given_Id IN (SELECT DISTINCT rec.given_Id  from dbo.Recipient rec WHERE rec.given_Id = tbl.given_Id AND rec.emplid IN (@lst_emplids)

Query 3
SELECT * FROM
        (
            (
                SELECT
                    tbl.given_id, name, message, tbl.emplid, category, created_date
                FROM
                    dbo.myTable tbl
                WHERE
                    created_date >= @dtFrom
                    AND created_date < @dtTo
                    AND tbl.emplid IN (@lst_emplids)
            )
            UNION
            (
               SELECT
                    tbl.given_id, name, message, tbl.emplid, category, created_date
                FROM
                    dbo.myTable tbl
                WHERE
                    created_date >= @dtFrom
                    AND created_date < @dtTo
                    AND given_Id IN (SELECT DISTINCT rec.given_Id  from dbo.Recipient rec WHERE rec.given_Id = tbl.given_Id AND rec.emplid IN (@lst_emplids)

            )

        )

A: The nested IN business in the second and third queries doesn't look very good. It might be personal preference over anything else but I have seen cases where the optimizer can't create an optimal plan because of nested IN operators. Especially if your DISTINCT gets in the way - I'm not sure whether this will be dutifully ignored or actually executed, when all you really need is a single EXISTS (see the bottom of this answer). Without seeing the generated plan I can't say too much more though.
In fact the way you have written the subquery is redundant - you are using both WHERE given_Id IN and a correlation WHERE rec.given_Id = tbl.given_Id. This is probably the real problem. We only want one of these.
What would I do? First of all, I would pull the correlated subquery stuff out as a join:
select tbl.given_id, tbl.name, tbl.message, tbl.emplid, tbl.category, tbl.created_date
from dbo.myTable tbl
join dbo.Recipient r on tbl.given_Id = r.given_Id
where created_date >= @dtFrom
and created_date < @dtTo
and r.emplid IN ( ... )

Second of all, in the "both" case I would run away from UNION in favor of OR. The duplicate elimination is unnecessary and costly:
select tbl.given_id, tbl.name, tbl.message, tbl.emplid, tbl.category, tbl.created_date
from dbo.myTable tbl
join dbo.Recipient r on tbl.given_Id = r.given_Id
where created_date >= @dtFrom
and created_date < @dtTo
and (r.emplid IN ( ... ) or tbl.emplid IN ( ... ))

Note I am assuming your sb.ToString() is safe, which is probably a bad idea. In my book, dynamic SQL is an ultimate last resort. You could write this into a stored procedure; instead of the IN, you would pass a table-valued parameter then join against it.
I'm also assuming some things about your schema; you may indeed want a single DISTINCT on that last query. Or frankly you can change it to an EXISTS:
select tbl.given_id, tbl.name, tbl.message, tbl.emplid, tbl.category, tbl.created_date
from dbo.myTable tbl
where created_date >= @dtFrom
and created_date < @dtTo
and (tbl.emplid IN ( ... ) or exists (
    select 1
    from dbo.Recipient r
    where r.given_Id = tbl.given_Id
    and r.emplid IN ( ... )))

A: There are a number of things you can do.  First, it would be worthwhile to have SQL do the heavy lifting.  You can pass the parameters to it and let it figure out how to arrange the query based on the arguments.
To take best advantage, you'd wrap your SQL up in a pre-defined procedure or function.  In this case, I think I'd go with a function - but either is fine.  My example is a function.
In either case, you can have SQL treat your list of employeeIDs as a table.  To have that support, you'd create a table type in SQL:
create type dbo.IntIdsType as table ( Id int )

Table types are just declarations of structure - they're not table's per se.  You can subsequently declare variables of that type.
Once you have a table type, your function would take all the arguments and figure out what to do:
Edit 2: I provided some sketchy conditional logic earlier - this has been modified in the function below:
create function dbo.GetMyTable
(
    @from datetime,
    @to datetime,
    @challenge int,
    @employeeIds dbo.IntIdsType readonly
)
returns table as return
    select
        tbl.given_id, name, message, tbl.emplid, category, created_date
    from
        dbo.myTable tbl
    where
        created_date >= @dtFrom
        and
        created_date < @dtTo
        and
        (
            (
                @challenge = 0
                and
                tbl.emplid in ( select Id from @employeeIds )
            )
            or
            (
                @challenge = 1
                and
                given_Id in
                (
                    select
                        rec.given_Id
                    from
                        dbo.Recipient rec
                    where
                        rec.given_Id = tbl.given_Id
                        and
                        rec.emplid in ( select Id from @employeeIds )
                )
            )
            or
            (
                @challenge = 2
                and
                (
                    (
                        @challenge = 0
                        and
                        tbl.emplid in ( select Id from @employeeIds )
                    )
                    or
                    (
                        given_Id in
                        (
                            select
                                rec.given_Id
                            from
                                dbo.Recipient rec
                            where
                                rec.given_Id = tbl.given_Id
                                and
                                rec.emplid in ( select Id from @employeeIds )
                        )
                    )
                )
            )
        )

Note the lack of a union - and how this lets SQL decide to use a predicate based on the value of the arguments.  Also - notice how the passed in table-valued parameter is used just like it was a table.
Setting up the call is a little noisy - maybe something like:
async Task GetMyData( DateTime fromDate, DateTime toDate, int challenge, params int[ ] emloyeeIds )
{

  using ( var connection = new SqlConnection( "my connection string" ) )
  {
    connection.Open( );  // forgot this earlier
    using ( var command = connection.CreateCommand( ) )
    {
      //--> set up command basics...
      command.CommandText = @"
        select
          given_id, name, message, emplid, category, created_date
        from
          GetMyTable( @from, @to, @challenge, @employeeIds )";
      command.CommandType = System.Data.CommandType.Text;

      //--> easy parameters...
      command.Parameters.AddWithValue( "@from", fromDate );
      command.Parameters.AddWithValue( "@to", toDate );
      command.Parameters.AddWithValue( "@challenge", challenge );

      //--> table-valued parameter...
      var table = new DataTable( "EmployeeIds" );
      table.Columns.Add( "Id", typeof( int ) );
      foreach ( var Id in emloyeeIds ) table.Rows.Add( Id );
      var employeeIdsParameter = new SqlParameter( "@employeeIds", SqlDbType.Structured );
      employeeIdsParameter.TypeName = "dbo.IntIdsType";
      employeeIdsParameter.Value = table;
      command.Parameters.Add( employeeIdsParameter );

      //--> do the work...
      using ( var reader = await command.ExecuteReaderAsync( ) )
      {
        while ( await reader.ReadAsync( ) )
        {
          //...
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

An advantage of all this - besides the hoped-for performance gains - you avoid weird logic to build out the SQL strings and the SQL injection attack surface that approach brings.
EDIT:
In light of the comments: In the c# code, it's not returning a string to a caller - it's showing the setup of the command object, how to add parameters to it, and then how to execute it.  This is probably currently being done in the procedure that is calling your string-building code now.  This is a fairly typical setup for things like this - but there are lots of variations.  For example, the calling code could hand you the command object, and you fill it out.  Lots of different patterns get employed.

A: Why not write a single query along the lines of:
SELECT <stuff in first query>
WHERE ...
AND @Challenge in (1,3)
UNION
SELECT <stuff in second query>
WHERE ...
AND @Challenge in (2,3)

And let the query optimizer do the hard work for you.

A: A more sensible solution would be to call this code from a stored procedure and use dynamic sql in that to build your query , and use parameterised query rather then concatenating values from the UI, it makes your code prone to sql-injection.
I would do it something like......
CREATE PROCEDURE my_SP
   @dtFrom      DATE
 , @dtTo        DATE
 , @Sb          VARCHAR(8000)
 , @challenge   INT
 AS
 BEGIN
   SET NOCOUNT ON;
DECLARE @Sql NVARCHAR(MAX);

SET @Sql = N'  declare @xml xml = N''<root><r>'' + replace(@Sb,'','',''</r><r>'') + ''</r></root>'';
SELECT tbl.given_id, name, message, tbl.emplid, category, created_date
FROM  dbo.myTable tbl
WHERE created_date >= @dtFrom
 AND  created_date < @dtTo'

+ CASE WHEN (@challenge = 0)
         THEN N'AND emplid IN ( select r.value(''.'',''varchar(max)'') as item
                                from @xml.nodes(''//root/r'') as records(r))'
       WHEN  (@challenge = 1)
         THEN N'AND given_Id IN (SELECT rec.given_Id
                                from dbo.Recipient rec
                                WHERE rec.given_Id = tbl.given_Id
                                AND rec.emplid IN ( select r.value(''.'',''varchar(max)'') as item
                                                    from @xml.nodes(''//root/r'') as records(r))
                                )'
        WHEN (@challenge = 2)
          THEN 'AND
                    ( emplid IN ( select r.value(''.'',''varchar(max)'') as item
                                  from @xml.nodes(''//root/r'') as records(r))
                      OR
                      given_Id IN (SELECT rec.given_Id
                                from dbo.Recipient rec
                                WHERE rec.given_Id = tbl.given_Id
                                AND rec.emplid IN ( select r.value(''.'',''varchar(max)'') as item
                                                    from @xml.nodes(''//root/r'') as records(r))
                                )
                     )'
         ELSE N'' END

Exec sp_executesql @Sql
                  ,N'@dtFrom DATE, @dtTo DATE, @Sb VARCHAR(8000)'
                  ,@dtFrom
                  ,@dtTo
                  ,@Sb
END

A: I don't like concatenated SQL queries. Prefer to have separate query for each condition or one query which operates this condition. Depending on difficulty.
As there are only two separate conditions and one else combining it - we could use boolean logic.
SELECT
    tbl.given_id,
    name,
    [message],
    tbl.emplid,
    category,
    created_date
FROM
    dbo.myTable tbl
WHERE
    created_date >= @dtFrom
    AND created_date < @dtTo
    AND ((@challenge <> 2 AND tbl.emplid IN (@lst_emplids))
      OR (@challenge <> 1 AND given_Id IN (SELECT DISTINCT rec.given_Id  from dbo.Recipient rec WHERE rec.given_Id = tbl.given_Id AND rec.emplid IN (@lst_emplids)))

If @challenge = 1 or 3 will be filtered all items tbl.emplid IN (@lst_emplids)
If @challenge = 2 or 3 will be filtered all items given_Id IN (...)
So if @challenge is 3 - will be extracted all items, but if 1 or 2 - only one subset.

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The United Kingdom Central Electricity Board (CEB) was established by the Electricity (Supply) Act 1926. It had the duty to supply electricity to authorised electricity undertakers, to determine which power stations would be 'selected' stations to generate electricity for the board, to provide main transmission lines to interconnect selected stations and electricity undertakers, and to standardise generating frequency.

History
In 1925 Lord Weir chaired a committee that proposed the creation of the Central Electricity Board to link the UK's most efficient power stations with consumers via a 'national gridiron'. At that time, the industry consisted of more than 600 electricity supply companies and local authority undertakings, and different areas operated at different voltages and frequencies (including DC in some places). The board's first chairman was Andrew Duncan.

The CEB established the UK's first synchronised AC grid, running at 132 kilovolts and 50 Hertz, which by 1933 was a collection of local grids, with emergency interlinks, covering most of England. This started operating as a national system, the National Grid, in 1938.

After completion of the National Grid the role of the CEB changed from planning and construction to operating and managing the regional grid systems.

The CEB established laboratories at Croydon and Waddon to undertake research on high voltage transmission problems.

The CEB co-existed with the Electricity Commissioners, an industry regulator responsible to the Ministry of Transport.

The CEB ceased to exist when the electricity industry was nationalised by the Electricity Act 1947 and taken over by the British Electricity Authority.

Key people

Chairmen
There were four chairmen of the Central Electricity Board between 1927 and 1948:

 Sir Andrew Duncan (1884–1952), Chairman 1927–35.
 Sir Archibald Page (1875–1949), Chairman 1935–44.
 Harold Hobson, Chairman 1944–46.
 Sir Johnstone Wright (1883–1953), Chairman 1947–48.

The board
Upon its establishment in 1927 the Board comprised a full-time chairman and seven part-time members, all appointed by the Minister of Transport. The inaugural part-time members were:

 Sir James Lithgow (1883–1952), businessman.
 Sir Duncan Watson, former Chairman of the London and Home Counties Joint Electricity Authority.
 Sir James Lyne Devonshire  (1863–1946), Vice-President of Tramways, Light Railways and Transport Association.
 William Walker, vice chair of Manchester Corporation Electricity Committee.
 Walter Kennedy Whigham (1878–1948), Director of the Bank of England.
 Vernon Willey (1884–1982) (Lord Barnby).
 Frank Hodges, labour representative, Secretary to the International Miners' Federation.

Other key CEB staff
Under the board were a General Manager, Secretary, Chief Engineer, Commercial Manager and support sections. Some key people were:

 Sir John Brooke, Secretary to the Board; an Electricity Commissioner from 1929.
 Sir Archibald Page (1875–1945), Chief Engineer and General Manager; CEB Chairman from 1935–44; a former Electricity Commissioner.
 Harold Hobson, Supply Engineer; Commercial Manager 1932–35; General Manager from 1935; CEB Chairman 1944–46.
 Sir Johnstone Wright (1883–1953), Deputy Chief Engineer; Chief Engineer 1933–44; General Manager 1944–47; CEB Chairman 1947–8.
 David Coates, Chief accountant, Finance Officer.
 Richard Hodding Fox, Board solicitor, Secretary to the Board from 1929.
 J.W. Beauchamp, Commercial Manager 1935–37.
 Edgar R. Wilkinson, Commercial Manager from 1937.
 Sir Ralph Lewis Wedgwood (1874–1956), Board Member from 1930.
 R.P. Sloan, Board Member from 1936.
 Sir Andrew Watson, Board Member from 1939.
 Lord Barnby (1884-1982), Board Member from 1940.

Earley power station
In 1940 the Electricity Commissioners in agreement with the Central Electricity Board proposed a programme of new generating capacity to mitigate war risks and the growth in demand associated with the development of munitions factories. The programme entailed the installation of 180 MW of plant in four existing stations and two new stations one at Earley east of Reading () and the other at Castle Meads, Gloucester. Earley was the only power station owned by the CEB; it was operated by Edmundsons Electricity Corporation until nationalisation in 1948.

The supply from Earley commenced on 8 December 1942, only 22 months after the start of construction. The plant initially comprised a Parsons 40 MW steam turbo-alternator fed from three boilers with a total steam capacity of 600,000 lb/hr at 635 psi at 850 °F (75.6 kg/s, 43.8 bar at 454 °C). The boilers were fed with pulverised coal. The plant was extended in 1944–45 with a second 40 MW set and boilers with a capacity of 400,000 lb/hr (50.4 kg/s). A third 40 MW set with 400,000 lb/hr boilers was installed in 1945–47. In its final configuration there were seven International Combustion boilers each with a capacity of 200,000 lb/hr (25.2 kg/s). Generation was at 33 kV and transmission at 33 kV and 132 kV. Cooling water was abstracted from the river.

Upon nationalisation of the British electricity supply industry in 1948 the ownership of Earley power station was vested in the British Electricity Authority, and subsequently the Central Electricity Authority and the Central Electricity Generating Board (CEGB).

Earley was also the site of a pioneering main-service gas turbine, this was a 56 MW machine driven by four Rolls-Royce Avon jet engines and was commissioned in 1965. A second diesel-fired gas turbine was installed later.

The operating parameters and electricity output of Earley power station is given in the following table.

The steam plant and generators were decommissioned in the 1970s. The gas-turbine plant and the whole station were decommissioned in 1982, the two chimneys demolished in 1982.

Locations
The CEB headquarters was at Trafalgar Buildings, 1 Charing Cross, London SW1.  There was also an establishment at Horsley Towers, East Horsley, Surrey.

References

Further reading

External links

1926 establishments in the United Kingdom
1947 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
Electric power in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom

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Area Clerks Report Brisk Early Voting
by Racine County Eye October 31st, 2014
Area residents are turning out for early voting at a rate that could equal a quarter of all local ballots cast in the November 2014 election.
Turnout statewide is predicted at 2.5 million voters, or 56.4 percent, about the same as during the 2012 gubernatorial recall election, a story from WTMJ 4 News reads.
In the Villages of Caledonia, Mount Pleasant and Sturtevant early voter traffic was brisk, and Friday afternoon was especially busy.
At 4 p.m., with an hour still to go, Caledonia Village Clerk Kari Torkilsen said around 2,500 people had voted. There are about 16,000 registered voters in all in the village.
Mount Pleasant Village Clerk/Treasurer Stephanie Kohlhagen had similar figures; 2,500 by 3:30 p.m. and 17,700 registered voters.
"I have quite a few absentee ballots still to be entered, so I wouldn't be surprised to end up at about 3,000 ballots in early voting," she said.
Kohlhagen said there's been an increase of early voters in recent years because of changes in state law so residents don't have to give a reason why they need an absentee ballot.
Administrator/Clerk Mary Cole in Sturtevant said around noon that 400 residents had cast a ballot, and she expected another 100 before the 5 p.m. deadline.
"Traffic has been steady, especially today," she said. "I expect to get another 100 at least by the end of the day.
The general election is Tuesday.
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Since 1984 our law firm has resolved more than 55,000 cases. The cases listed below are a few of the significant settlements that we have recovered for our clients.
Resolved Personal Injury Cases
$1,250,000.00 College Campus Central Florida A college student was riding on the back of a vehicle being pulled in a college fraternity parade. Due to careless driving, he and another individual were caused to be thrown from the vehicle. He suffered a subdural hematoma. The case resulted in a settlement against the school and the fraternity. The driver's insurance carrier was sued for bad faith for failure to tender their six-figure limits without a lawsuit being filed.
$325,000.00, Auto Accident, Broward County A man and his wife were rear-ended causing approximately $1,400.00 in property damage. The man went on to have two neck surgeries and his wife went on to have a knee surgery.
Confidential Settlement Airline Crash, Sioux City Iowa This case involved injuries to a 65-year-old lady and her 66-year-old husband injured in an airplane crash. Half of the people on the plane, including their two best friends, were killed in the crash. The injured man suffered a herniated disc in the low back and his wife suffered emotional trauma from the accident, though she had no physical injuries. The case was settled prior to filing of a lawsuit and pursuant to a non-disclosure agreement.
$100,000.00 Motorcycle Accident, Broward County The defendant violated the right-of-way and struck this motorcyclist. There was a fracture of the right foot and an injury to the knee. Surgery on the knee was performed and the case settled for policy limits without the necessity of a lawsuit.
$125,000.00 Auto Accident, West Palm Beach A 59-year-old female was struck by a vehicle while driving. She underwent knee and back surgery and the case settled for policy limits without the filing of a lawsuit.
$300,000.00 Ohio, USA Young man was driving home from school in a storm. The winds toppled his neighbor's huge oak tree which crushed his car and trapped his foot for hours, causing a partial bone removal in the foot. The homeowner's policy was paid.
$1,050,000.00 Truck Accident Broward County Man working at the recycled dump had his leg crushed by a dump truck's rear door which swung open and hit the man as the bed of the dump truck was elevated.
$275,000.00, Premises Liability, Palm Beach County A gentleman was injured due to a defective deck. He already had preexisting knee problems, but this aggravated his preexisting knee resulting in a need for an additional knee procedure and a recommendation for a shoulder procedure. It was settled on the eve of litigation.
$125,000.00 Auto Accident, Broward County 21-year-old woman was rear ended. She received treatment at the hospital, with a chiropractor and underwent MRIs. The MRI of the neck showed herniated discs as did the lumbar MRI. Surgery was performed on the injured discs and the case resolved thereafter with the insurance company without a lawsuit.
$460,000.00 Automobile Accident, Broward County A 39-year-old male was sideswiped by a landscape truck in a road rage incident and the driver's door was torn off. MRI of the low back showed disc herniations. A disc replacement and fusion was done at two separate levels. The injured worker subsequently passed away as a result of an overdose of Methadone while treating for chronic pain management. The Medical Examiner ruled the death a suicide. A lawsuit was filed, an Estate was opened, various liens were litigated, and settlement was eventually obtained.
$434,000.00 Automobile Accident, West Palm Beach verdict A 38-year-old female and her minor daughter were rearended in what appeared to be a minor fender bender causing only $800.00 in property damage. It was, in fact, a more serious injury. The client developed back pain and her injury necessitated back surgery where she missed several weeks of work. Suit was filed and the case was tried to verdict. The defense appealed and the case settled for a lesser amount once the appeal was filed.
Resolved Defense Base Act Cases Worldwide & Longshore Cases USA
$821,000.00 DBA While exercising in the gym for employer Triple Canopy to stay fitness ready in the middle east, worker injured his low back and had surgery. Case settled at conclusion of treatment for a lump sum.
$318,000.00 DBA Lump sum to 70 year old injured in Syria border bomb explosion. This firm filed 8 different claims for benefits as to help this injured worker who suffered psychiatric injuries. The lump sum was paid after 4 years of litigation and after, the claimant received past lost wages of $301,600.00 plus attendant care for his wife
$100,000.00 DBA Our 39 year old injured client was hurt in an IED explosion in Baghdad in 2004. This lump sum was obtained after past benefits were awarded. $421,730.00 DBA Same 39 year old worker injured in Afghanistan working for another employer received this lump sum after 2 years of litigation of multiple claims which secured past benefits in addition to this lump sum.
$45,000.00 DBA While working in the Iraq war, worker witnessed explosions, mortar fire and deaths, upon return home, worker developed depression and hearing loss. The case settled at mediation for a lump sum.
$500,000.00 and continuing disability checks We filed a claim for permanent total disability for a 49 year old longshoreman who sustained multiple injuries. The case was won at trial and the past benefits of over $150,000.00 were paid but the carrier appealed the order of disability. While on the second level of appeal, the carrier settled the fees and costs for $115,000.00. The injured worker continues to receive disability benefits and has received over $500,000.00 in past compensation.
$175,000.00 Longshoreman - work related accident Hard working 75 year old male worker with a low back injury received a settlement of $175,000.00. We filed a claim for permanent total disability for a 49 year old longshoreman who sustained multiple injuries. The case was won at trial and the past benefits paid but the carrier appealed the order of disability. While on the second level of appeal, the carrier settled the fees and costs for $115,000.00. The injured worker continues to receive disability benefits and has received over $500,000.00 in past compensation.
$140,000.00 Longshoreman - work related accident A 40 year old worker with a neck injury received a $140,000.00 settlement and was retrained for lighter work
$11,500.00 DBA Claim against CSR A 1% hearing loss resolved in this settlement after an initial denial of the claim.
$200,000.00 DBA 55 year old American working in the Middle East earning $3,000/week was in motor vehicle accident fracturing his leg. This firm litigated and secured payment of medical bills, additional doctors to treat the patient, payment of a scheduled injury, acceptance of a back injury and once the claimant was working at another employer a lump sum to him of $200,000.00.
$94,000.00 DBA settlement For an American worker who suffered exposure to mold while stationed in the Middle East. This firm litigated and obtained medical treatment for the injured worker. The claim for lost wages was resolved via a lump sum payment, as a controversion was filed of the claim.
Undisclosed Settlement, DBA, Central Africa Worker from Panama was sent to the Central African Republic to work for AAR Lift Group. While there, he contracted malaria and died. The death case was denied and we litigated, establishing by way of laboratory testing that the worker died of 3 types of malaria. A settlement was obtained for the wife and son.
$550,000.00 work related accident, Palm Beach County 46-year-old Longshoreman who suffered a herniated disc as well as an injured shoulder when he fell at work. The claimant received a $315,000.00 settlement, which in addition to the $200,000.00 he received during the pendency of the case created over a $500,000.00 total award.
$250,000.00 Longshoreman - work related accident, Palm Beach County 56-year-old Longshoreman, with previous history of cervical and lumbar injuries, aggravated his spinal injuries as a result of a trip and fall while working on a barge. The claimant never had surgery and received only conservative treatment through physical therapy and medication. During the pendency of the litigation, the claimant received in excess of $100,000.00 worth of benefits. At the conclusion of the claimant, this firm secured a settlement for the claimant of an additional $150,000.00, thereby bringing the value of the benefits paid to over $250,000.00.
$150,000.00 Longshoreman - work related accident A settlement of $150,000.00 was secured for a 51 year old worker with a low back injury.
$126,000.00 DBA Client suffered respiratory issues due to mold exposure in Afghanistan. Upon return to the states, she received no benefits. She contacted this firm who litigated her benefits resulting in a settlement.
$105,000.00 DBA While the worker was traveling to Afghanistan, he suffered an ankle injury at the airport. He went on to have surgery upon his return to South America. This firm litigated and obtained a settlement for him.
Resolved Workers' Compensation Cases
$900,000.00 Work Related Accident, Broward County 35-year-old claimant who fell from off of a scaffold and injured his lower back, his heels and his leg and had nine surgeries received over $600,000.00 in benefits during the pendency of the case. At the conclusion, there was an additional $296,000.00 settlement, bringing the total payout in the claim to nearly $900,000.00.
$1,100,000.00 Work Related Accident, Martin County An undocumented worker involved in a rollover motor vehicle accident while returning from work received over $600,000.00 in benefits during the pendency of the case. At the conclusion, he received an additional $1,100,000.00 settlement.
$320,000.00 Work Related Accident, Broward County A claimant who suffered a left hemispheric stroke while at work received over $100,000.00 in benefits during the pendency of the litigation. At the conclusion of his case, he received an additional $220,000.00 settlement.
$5,000,000.00 work related accident, Broward County 25-year-old undocumented worker who suffered a catastrophic injury when he fell off a rooftop. The compensability of this claim was denied by all insurance companies. After extensive litigation with numerous insurance companies and contractors, this firm was able to successfully obtain a $3,200,000.00 settlement, which would pay the claimant in excess of over $5,000,000.00 over his lifetime.
$3,500,000.00 work related accident, Broward County 21-year-old undocumented worker involved in a workers' compensation accident when he fell off of a roof. As a result of this accident, the claimant was rendered a quadriplegic. During the pendency of this case, this firm successfully obtained for this claimant benefits valued in excess of $400,000.00. At the conclusion of the case, this firm received for the worker an additional $3,100,000.00, thereby bringing the total value of the case to $3,500,000.00.
$300,000.00 work related accident, Broward County Broward County Sheriff's deputy suffered a left hemispheric stroke while at work. During the pendency of his case, the claimant received in excess of $75,000.00 in benefits. At the conclusion of the case, this firm received an additional $225,000.00 settlement for the claimant, thereby bringing the total value of benefits the claimant received to $300,000.00.
$315,000.00 Work Related Accident, Palm Beach County Individual who suffered a lumbar herniated disc, as well as a rigid shoulder, when he fell while working as a Longshoreman received a $315,000.00 settlement.
$425,000.00 Work Related Accident, Broward County An individual who underwent two back surgeries as a result of a two-level disc herniation suffered in a motor vehicle accident while engaged in transporting prisoners received approximately $200,000.00 in benefits during the pendency of the litigation plus an additional $225,000.00 settlement at the conclusion of the case.
$150,000.00 Work Related Accident Miami-Dade County An individual with a pre-existing cervical injury aggravated his cervical condition as a result of a trip and fall while working on a barge as a Longshoreman. Claimant never had surgery and only received conservative treatment through physical therapy and medication. At the conclusion of the litigation, the claimant received a $150,000.00 settlement.
$1,700,000.00 auto accident and work related, Palm Beach County 22-year-old undocumented worker involved in a rollover motor vehicle accident while returning from work. As a result of this rollover motor vehicle accident, the claimant was left as a paraplegic. During the pendency of the litigation, this firm successfully received over $600,000.00 in benefits for the claimant. Additionally, at the conclusion of the case, claimant received a $1,100,000.00 settlement, thereby bringing the total value of benefits the claimant received to in excess of $1,700,000.00.
$500,000.00 auto accident, work related, Broward County Broward County Sheriff's deputy injured in a motor vehicle accident. As a result of this injury, claimant suffered two herniated discs to his lower back which required lumbar surgery. During the pendency of this litigation, the claimant received in excess of $300,000.00 worth of benefits. At the conclusion of litigation of the file, this firm obtained an additional $225,000.00 settlement for the claimant. The total value of the benefits claimant received as a result of this case exceeded $500,000.00.
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While those aspiring to oust him in the senate are busy making humongous promises, the Senator representing Abia North is busy commissioning the projects he attracted within the three years he so far spent in the senate.
Yesterday was one of such days as it was the people turn of the good people of Amodu ututu to smile.
It was indeed a happy day in the great Land of amodu ututu were both the good son's and daughters and Ndi eze ogo council of amodu ancient kingdom welcomed the most benevolent distinguished Senator Mao arukwe ohuabunwa in their community for the commissioning of the water scheme project he attracted.
During the occasion The Eze Ogo, Chief Nchege Okeke thanked the people's senator for his benevolent work in the community and lauded him for Helping a lots of their industrious children in terms of securing federal jobs and empowering them in skill acquisitions, building of their primary school blocks and many other infrastructural developments he has attracted in their community.
At the same time the amodu ututu youth leader Mr.Nwankwo Ukan happily thanked the people's senator for his good work in their community.
Responding, the senator maintained that what he is merely doing is to fulfil the promises he made in 2015 and promised them to brace up for more dividends of democracy.


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The "Cartographic Dreams" of Artist and SVA Alumnus Nadia Haji Omar
New York's Jerry Saltz wrote that Omar's canvases "visually buzz like a hummingbird."
May 21, 2018 by Kristin L. Wolfe
Nadia Haji Omar, untitled, 2016, acrylic and dye on canvas. Photo by Jeffrey Sturges, courtesy Kristen Lorello Gallery.
The canvases of Nadia Haji Omar′s (MFA 2014 Fine Arts) are bright and complex, and enhanced by her experimentation with dyes, inks and acrylics. Looking at the works for her second solo show at Kristen Lorello Gallery in Manhattan, on view through Friday, May 25, one cannot help but try to decipher their patterns or visual language, not to mention their inspiration.
Omar currently lives and works in Warren, a small town in Rhode Island not far from Providence's thriving arts scene. She moved there from New York City in 2016 with her boyfriend, who is also an artist and now an instructor at the Rhode Island School of Design. The relocation was, in part, inspired by a desire to be away from the city's grind and closer to nature. But, she admits, "I'm still not fully committed to not being in New York. It's as if I'm treating my time in Rhode Island like a residency."
As with a residency, Omar has made the most of her time in Warren thus far. "There is less of the frantic energy and pace [here] as in New York. And a special combination of a slower pace, space and time to create, thus, the possibility to engage on a deeper level." Freed of New York City's ever-climbing cost of living, she has dedicated herself to painting full time.
Aa, is on view through July in the campus's Reilly Gallery.
A version of this article appears in the spring 2018 issue of the Visual Arts Journal.


Rare diseases affect over 350 million people worldwide, 50% of which are children [1, 2]. Because each disease is rare, a general physician may have never seen a patient with a particular disease in their entire career . Symptoms can also vary considerably between individual cases, making correct diagnosis difficult . Misdiagnosis and incorrect treatment are extremely costly and potentially dangerous, so it is important to quickly refer patients to specialists that are experts in their condition. To facilitate this referral process, we trained machine learning models to predict the expertise of each researcher in each rare disease, based on their publication record. We compared the performance of three methods on a dataset of 209,110 disease-author associations, and were able to classify rare disease experts from GeneReviews with 76% accuracy and predict 21,224 new disease-expert associations.
We hypothesized that it is possible to distinguish experts from non-experts in a particular disease based on their publication record for that disease. The more frequently a researcher publishes on a disease, the more likely they are to be an expert.
To test this hypothesis, we compiled a data set of 2,160 known disease-expert associations and 206,950 unknown disease-author associations, based on the authorship of publications associated with rare diseases (see Figure 1). Rather than attempt to identify whether or not a disease is the topic of an article based on its abstract, we obtained a curated list of associated publications for each rare disease from OMIM, an online catalog of rare inherited diseases . Known disease-expert associations were obtained from GeneReviews, a resource with high-quality peer-reviewed summaries of a variety of inherited conditions . GeneReviews chapters are written by one or more experts and focus on a specific condition or disease. The positive disease-expert associations from GeneReviews publications were combined with the unlabeled disease-author associations from OMIM to form the complete data set.
Figure 1: Data analysis workflow.
To combine these data sets, author names needed to be extracted from both OMIM references and GeneReviews articles and then merged, and GeneReviews articles needed to be linked to diseases in OMIM. The formatting of author names differed between OMIM and GeneReviews, so we used the combination of the full last name, first initial, and middle initial (if present) to uniquely identify an author. We identified 98,705 unique authors, with 1,724 having published in both GeneReviews and articles included in OMIM. GeneReviews chapters frequently include a table of OMIM identifiers, with 95% of the 664 chapters we analyzed linking to one or more OMIM records. The GeneReview authors were considered to be experts in each linked OMIM record if they had at least one other publication associated with that OMIM record. Unlabeled disease-author associations were taken from the 1,292 OMIM records with at least one associated GeneReview article. OMIM records can correspond to either diseases or disease-associated genes, but we did not distinguish these cases.
We designed 8 features to discriminate the disease-author associations of experts from non-experts: 1) number of publications by the author on the disease, 2) standardized number of publications by the author on the disease (zero mean and unit variance across authors per disease), 3) number of diseases that the author has published on, 4) number of first-author publications by the author on the disease, 5) number of last-author publications by the author on the disease, and the number of publications by the author on the disease in the last 6) 3 years, 7) 5 years, and 8) 10 years.
We trained three learning algorithms, an SVM classifier , Random Forest  and naive Bayes , on the 2,160 positive disease-expert associations and 2,160 randomly-selected unlabeled disease-author associations which served as negative examples. We averaged the performance across ten separate iterations of 10-fold cross-validation, each with a different randomly selected set of negative examples.
The SVM classifier outperformed the other methods in accuracy, precision, and F1 measure, with both precision and recall of 76% (see Table 1). The Random Forest and naive Bayes models performed slightly worse, though the naive Bayes model achieved higher recall than the SVM (78%).
Most disease-author associations were confidently classified by the SVM, and misclassified cases were often confidently misclassified (see Figure 2). While the SVM classifier scored most negative disease-author associations below 0.2, some associations were scored very highly. We used unlabeled associations as negative examples under the assumption that most authors that have published on a disease are not experts in that disease. However, a substantial fraction of these unlabeled associations will represent real expertise where the author has simply not published in GeneReviews. The classifier predicted 21,224 disease-expert associations out of 206,950 unlabeled associations (10%).
Figure 2: Distributions of the posterior probability from the SVM classifier for positive (left) and negative (right) test data during one iteration of cross-validation.
Using an SVM model, we were able to accurately predict the disease expertise of researchers based on features extracted from their publication history. This method can improve the referral of patients to rare disease specialists, thereby reducing the time to eventual diagnosis. Additionally, this method can be used to suggest journal reviewers or conference invitees where expertise in a specific disease is desired. In future work, we plan to incorporate author disambiguation to improve the accuracy of the author publication history. This work also depends on the accuracy and completeness of OMIM's curated references, which could be augmented by using text mining to automatically identify publications associated with rare diseases.
Rare Disease Day 2016 - 29 Feb - Article.http://www.rarediseaseday.org/article/what-is-a-rare-disease. Accessed: 2016-08-22.
J. Mendlovic, H. Barash, H. Yardeni, Y. Banet-Levi, H. Yonath, and A. Raas-Rothschild. Rare diseases DTC: Diagnosis, treatment and care. Harefuah,155(4):241–253, 2016.
Rare diseases strategy - Publications - GOV.UK.https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rare-diseases-strategy. Accessed: 2016-08-22.
H. Singh, T. Giardina, A. Meyer, S. Forjuoh, M. Reis, and E. Thomas. Types and origins of diagnostic errors in primary care settings. JAMA Internal Medicine, 173(6):418, 2013.
Roberta A Pagon. GeneReviews. University of Washington, 1993.
Ting-Fan Wu, Chih-Jen Lin, and Ruby C Weng. Probability estimates formulti-class classification by pairwise coupling. Journal of Machine Learning Research, 5(Aug):975–1005, 2004.
Leo Breiman. Random forests. Machine learning, 45(1):5–32, 2001.
Harry Zhang. Exploring conditions for the optimality of naive Bayes. International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence, 19(02):183–198, 2005.


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Ajay Devgn's digital debut is built on a solid foundation – Rudra: The Age of Darkness is the official adaptation of the popular British television series Luther. For a crime thriller that focuses as much on the antagonist as it focuses on the fast-paced protagonist, casting director Kavish Sinha says it was important to choose the right actors. "Casting for the villains was a big challenge," says Sinha of the series, which includes Esha Deol-Takhtani, Atul Kulkarni and Raashi Khanna among others.
Rudra (above) is a remake of Luther
While Devgn and Deol were a part of the project from the very beginning, the casting director was given the responsibility of forming the supporting cast. "When you have powerful actors, you have to cast an equally strong ensemble cast. Rashi auditioned with the director [Rajesh Mapuskar]Along with other artists including Atul, Ashwini [Kalsekar] and blessing [Vidyarthi], Rudra [focuses on] villain in each episode [studies] A different crime and criminal. [actors who played] The criminals had to be powerful actors like Ajay. Sameer Nair [of Applause Entertainment] And the BBC was instrumental in getting new actors," says Sinha, who also worked on the casting of Rocket Boys.
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The brief given by Mapuskar was simple: even though the series was inspired by a British offering, Rudra was originally meant to be desi. Sinha says, "Rajesh wanted to capture the essence of Mumbai through the series. When I read the Rudra episode, I realized it's not the same [Luther], [save for] His relationship with the people around him. We have Indianized it for the audience here. So, I didn't audition for any actor to see Luther.
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It would be great to have a quick link at the top of the mobile page (and the desktop?) that is a one click to a list of the militias groups we are in.
Right now as far as I can tell, I have to tap the menu, units, and then search for a specific unit that I am in.
On the mobile site it does not. I get the map and a list of militias. I have to scroll through the pages to find my unit or do a search.
On the desktop site I do have a side bar with my unit listed very conveniently.
im seeing my unit as first on mobile yours is not?


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Mass exodus from the UK – The Relocation Trend
Moving to a different country can be exciting and bring some major benefits that you wouldn't have at home… so what are you waiting for?
By Graham on 13th September, 2013
An overview of recent notable offshore legal moves
Some of the recent placements in the offshore legal market…
Positive news for the offshore legal market!
Increased M&A activity boosts offshore legal market in 2013….
A Lawyer's Perspective on Relocating to Cayman
Relocating to a different country can be daunting, hear from one of our recent candidates about his move to the Cayman Islands.
BVI – an attractive jurisdiction for offshore legal firms
Changes in the BVI Legal Market
By Graham on 30th April, 2013


It's helpful to know your triggers, because once you know exactly what they are, you can more easily learn how to defuse your anger and respond more appropriately in any given situation.
1. We see athletics as a way to overcome economic hardship (scholarship seekers).
2. We are overcome by anxiety over whether our child will be competitive and tough enough to succeed in life.
3. We want our kids to succeed where we failed on the field of play.
4. We have a burning desire for our children to follow in our footsteps and replicate our perceived success in a specific sport.
5. We feel vulnerable and exposed when our kids perform or underperform in public. We see our children as extensions of ourselves. We take it personally.
6. We have unresolved emotional wounds stemming from our own experiences in youth sports.
7. We become frustrated when our kids fail to mimic the stylized movements of pro athletes we see on television, though they are clearly not yet physically capable of doing so. They just can't move that way yet.
Part of learning how to recognize your triggers and defuse them is also knowing how your own sports biography sometimes sparks these triggers. Once you are aware of how your history affects your current perceptions and feelings, you can more easily identify when that is the real reason you are reacting and instead focus on the present and your child's situation. The following are four methods to strip your comments of biographical undertones.
1. Talk less; listen more. Be a witness and supporter. You don't need to be a sportscaster parent. Cut the number of times you speak up by 50 percent. Then cut that in half again. Really . . . half, then half again.
4. Frame your comments carefully. Remember to recount your child's genuine and often subtle successes. Don't criticize or overpraise him. Something simple and focused like, "Boy, that time you fell over and still got up quickly and got back on defense really seemed to help," sets just the right tone.
Why Are We So Overprotective Today?
What we know about concussions and overuse injuries today has redefined the way we look at tenacity and toughness in youth sports.
Why Shouldn't We Want to Win at All Costs?
We have found that the most successful coaches, teams, and programs are driven by different principles of success. Winning is a by-product of their efforts, not the main focus.


Service members should be in the uniform of the day when they check in. Service Dress Blue is universally accepted as a travel uniform and may be worn at check in. Khakis can be worn year-around.
Members assigned to NAS Jacksonville should report to the Officer of the Day (OOD) office located on the first floor of the NAS Jax Administration Bldg. #1. The closest intersection is Yorktown Avenue & Langley Street. Newly assigned Naval Hospital Staff go directly to the Hospital information desk located in Bldg. H-2080, on Child Street. Officer and Enlisted personnel assigned to most commands (except deploying squadrons) at NAS Jacksonville check in with the Personnel Support Detachment located in Bldg. 789, at the corner of Birmingham Avenue and Child Street. Personnel assigned to deploying squadrons check in with their squadron duty office. The Personnel Support Detachment handles personnel and pay matters for most shore commands.
Unaccompanied Personnel - The first stop is the station OOD who will endorse the service member's orders. The OOD's office is located in Bldg. #1 at the corner of Yorktown Avenue & Langley Street. The next stop will be at Central Billeting Bldg. 822 for enlisted personnel, or the Navy Gateway Inns & Suites, building 11, where temporary quarters will be assigned until permanent assignment is made. The OOD can provide directions. Permanent quarters are not guaranteed for single members E-5 and above. The service member will be required to report to the Personnel Support Detachment (PSD) building 789 at 9:00 a.m. the next working day. PSD is located at the corner of Birmingham Avenue & Child Street.
Accompanied Personnel - If service member is accompanied by family members, the first stop is the station OOD who will endorse the service member's orders. If permanent quarters have not been acquired, prior to the service members check in, temporary quarters will need to be obtained. If the service member made advance reservations at the Navy Lodge, you must check in between 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. If arriving after 6:00 p.m., you must secure the room with a credit card, or your reservation will be canceled. If you failed to make a reservation, there may still be room and you should call 904-772-6000 to inquire. If no room is available at the Navy Lodge, temporary lodging may be available at the Navy Gateway Inns & Suites located in Bldg. 11. Call 904-542-3138 to see if they have room there or in the Heritage Cottages, otherwise lodging will have to be obtained off base. The service member will then report to the Personnel Support Detachment (PSD), building 789, at 9:00 a.m. the next regular working day. All three of these temporary lodging resources are located along or near Mustin Road.
Your assigned military Sponsor should be able to guide and assist you during your reporting and check in period. If you do not have a sponsor, contact your gaining command directly for a sponsor assignment. This person is assigned to be your liaison contact with your new command. Don't be shy about asking questions. Have your spouse contact his or her spouse directly for housing and school-related questions.
It is mandatory to check in with the military housing office prior to securing off-base permanent housing!
What to do if you get Married enroute?
If you get married before you PCS, you must inform your commander and follow the procedures exactly as you are given them. The military will not pay for travel and housing of your spouse if you do not follow proper procedures.
The same goes for moving your personal effects (household goods) to your new duty assignment. You must have prior approval from the Military Transportation Office. Contact the Jacksonville office at 1-800-762-4221 if you have any questions.
You would be wise to make your Temporary Lodging reservations well in advance of your arrival to NAS Jacksonville, to eliminate one less concern while in transit. On base resources include the Navy Gateway Inns and Suites; Heritage Cottages (two-bedroom units that sleep six); and the Navy Lodge. Please refer to the Housing - Temporary category for contact information.


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Webinar: How to support people with cognitive impairments in the criminal justice system
Tuesday 25 August 2020 at 12.30 pm AEST
Our presenter is Clinical Neuropsychologist Dr Laura Anderson.
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Webinar: Community Based Initiatives for Reintegrating those who have Sexually Offended
Co-hosted by our network in conjuction with the Reintegration Puzzle Conference and QUT, this interactive webinar will present recent research on two innovative community-based programs designed to reintegrate people who have sexually offended, into the community after prison.
Time and date: July 28, 2020 12:30 PM AEST
Details here.
In April, May and June 2019, we held 'conversation'-style world cafe events in Brisbane, Sydney, Perth, Melbourne and Geelong.
In these meetings, we asking participants to discuss two questions and to be as creative as possible without a consideration of cost:
How could prison function differently to prepare people for successful release?
What conditions are needed within communities to effectively support people post-release?
Perth World Cafe venue hosted by Red Cross
The idea was to conduct a collective 're-imagining' of an inside and outside experience that would facilitate outcomes that are in the best interests of people with lived experience of prison from their point of view and a community point of view.
These events
Considered alternatives to prison that are suitable for most people in prison
Explored how could prison function differently to prepare people for successful release and the conditions that are needed on the ground within community to effectively support people post release
Allowed everyone to learn from each other's experience and perspective
Contributed to the draft platform for our solution-based reform which was presented for discussion at the annual Reintegration Puzzle Conference on 26 June 2019 in Darwin.
Brisbane World Cafe venue hosted by Amnesty International
Sydney World Cafe venue hosted by Red Cross
Geelong World Cafe veune hosted by Deakin University
Melbourne World Cafe venue hosted by University of Melbourne Criminology
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