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Ireland: distribution of rugby union supporters in 2012, by age group
Distribution of the rugby union fan base in Ireland in 2012, by age group
This statistic illustrates the results of a survey on the distribution of the rugby union fan base in Ireland in 2012, by age group. During the survey period in 2012, it was found that five percent of respondents who stated that they are rugby union fans, were between the age of 18 and 24 years. More information about rugby can be found in the Dossier: Rugby in the United Kingdom.
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Revenue breakdown of Ski Club Great Britain (GB) in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2016 to 2017, by club activity (in 1,000 GBP)Ski Club GB: revenue breakdown United Kingdom (UK) 2016-2017, by source
Turnover of the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) in Scotland from 2017 to 2018, by source (in million GBP)Scotland: turnover breakdown of the Scottish Rugby Union from 2017 to 2018, by source
Revenue of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) in Great Britain (GB) from 2014 to 2018, by source (in million GBP)Great Britain: revenue breakdown of the Lawn Tennis Association from 2014 to 2018
Turnover of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) from 2012/2013 to 2018/2019 (in thousand GBP)Turnover of England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) 2012-2019
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Staff costs of the UK Sports Council Lottery Distribution Fund in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2014/2015 to 2017/2018, by type (in 1,000 GBP)UK: staff costs of the UK Sports Council Lottery Distribution Fund from 2015 to 2018
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Italy: number of rugby union fans in 2012, by level of interest
France: share of people who are interested in rugby union in 2012, by income level
Ireland: number of rugby union fans in 2012, by level of interest
England: number of rugby union fans in 2012, by level of interest
Ireland: share of people who are interested in rugby union in 2012, by age group
Ireland: share of people who are interested in rugby union in 2012, by income level
England: share of people who are interested in rugby union in 2012, by age group
Italy: share of people who are interested in rugby union in 2012, by income level
France: number of rugby union fans in 2012, by level of interest
Italy: distribution of rugby union supporters in 2012, by age group
England: share of people who are interested in rugby union in 2012, by income level
France: share of people who are interested in rugby union in 2012, by age group
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Income distribution of Sport England from 2013/2014 to 2016/2018, by source
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Income of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) in England from 2014/2015 to 2017/2018, by source (in million GBP)
Income breakdown of the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018 (in 1,000 GBP)
Income of Swim Wales in Wales from 2016/2017 to 2017/2018, by source (in 1,000 GBP)
Income breakdown of British Triathlon in Great Britain from 2017 to 2018, by source (in 1,000 GBP)
Income breakdown of Triathlon England in 2018 (in GBP), by source
Income of the Welsh Hockey Union in Wales from 2015 to 2018, by source (in 1,000 GBP)
Income breakdown of the Scottish Hockey Union* in Scotland from 2015 to 2016, by source (in 1,000 GBP)
Operating income of Scottish Athletics in Scotland from 2014 to 2018, by source (in 1,000 GBP)
Income breakdown of England Hockey in England for financial year 2017/2018, by source (in 1,000 GBP)
Income breakdown of the British Mountaineering Council (BMC) in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2018, by source (in 1,000 GBP)
Income of the English Volleyball Association in England in 2019, by source (in thousand GBP)
Income of the Amateur Swimming Association in England from 2016 to 2018, by source (in million GBP)
Income of UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2014/2015 to 2017/2018, by source (in 1,000 GBP)
Income breakdown of Scottish Gymnastics in Scotland from 2015/2016 to 2017/2018, by source (in GBP)
Turnover of the Football Association (FA) in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2014 and 2018, by source (in million GBP)
Turnover of the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) in Wales from 2014 to 2018, by source (in million GBP)
Turnover breakdown of the Welsh Amateur Boxing Association in Wales for finanical year 2017/2018 (in GBP)
Revenue breakdown of Ski Club Great Britain (GB) in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2016 to 2017, by club activity (in 1,000 GBP)
Turnover of the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) in Scotland from 2017 to 2018, by source (in million GBP)
Revenue of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) in Great Britain (GB) from 2014 to 2018, by source (in million GBP)
Turnover of the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) from 2012/2013 to 2018/2019 (in thousand GBP)
Turnover of the Scottish Football Association in Scotland from 2010 to 2018 (in million GBP)
Total expenditure of the UK Sports Council Grant-in-Aid and group in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2014/2015 to 2016/2017 (in million GBP)
Expenditure of the UK Sports Council Lottery Distribution Fund in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2014/2015 to 2016/2018, by type (in 1,000 GBP)
Expenditures of the English Sports Council Grant-in-Aid in England in 2018, by type (in 1,000 GBP)
Expenditure breakdown of sportscotland in Scotland in 2017/2018 (in million GBP)
Distribution of expenditures by the Scottish Football Association in Scotland in 2018
Expenditure of the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) in Scotland from 2011 to 2018 (in million GBP)
Expenditures of England Hockey in England from financial year 2012/2013 to 2017/2018 (in thousand GBP)
Direct expenditures of the Welsh Hockey Union in Wales from 2015 to 2018, by type (in 1,000 GBP)
Expenditure breakdown of the Scottish Hockey Union* in Scotland from 2016 to 2017, by type (in 1,000 GBP)
Expenses of the Rugby Football Union (RFU) in England from 2013/2014 to 2017/2018, by type (in million GBP)
Expenditures of Swim Wales in Wales from 2014/2015 to 2017/2018, by type (in 1,000 GBP)
Expenditures of the Scottish Amateur Swimming Association (SASA) in Scotland from 2014/2015 to 2017/2018, by type (in 1,000 GBP)
Expenditure of British Cycling* in Great Britain from 2013 to 2018 (in million GBP)
Expenditures of the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) in Ireland from 2013/2014 to 2017/2018, by type (in million euros)
Expenditure of the British Horseracing Authority in United Kingdom (UK) from 2015 to 2019* (in 1,000 GBP)
Expenditures of the English Volleyball Association in England in 2019, by source (in thousand GBP)
Staff costs of UK Sport in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2017 to 2018 (in 1,000 GBP)
Staff costs of the UK Sports Council Lottery Distribution Fund in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2014/2015 to 2017/2018, by type (in 1,000 GBP)
Staff costs of Sport England in England from 2015 to 2018, by type of costs (in 1,000 GBP)
Total staff costs of Sportscotland in Scotland in 2018, by type (in 1,000 GBP)
Staff costs of England Netball in England from 2013 to 2018, by type (in 1,000 GBP)
Staff costs of the Scottish Hockey Union* in Scotland from 2013 to 2016, by type (in 1,000 GBP)
Group and company average staff costs of the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) in Wales from 2014 to 2018, by type (in million GBP)
Employee costs of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) in Great Britain (GB) from 2014 to 2018, by type (in 1,000 GBP)
Staff cost breakdown of UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2014/2015 to 2017/2018, by type (in 1,000 GBP)
Staff costs of the British Horseracing Authority* in Great Britain from 2014 to 2017, by type (in 1,000 GBP)
Staff costs for Horse Sport Ireland (HSI) in Ireland from 2013 to 2016, by type (in Euros)
Average number of staff (full time equivalents) during the year of UK Sport in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2014/2015 to 2017/2018
Number of employees of the Football Association (FA) on a monthly average in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2014 to 2018
Average number of staff members of Sportscotland in Scotland from 2014 to 2016, by center
Number of employees of the British Horseracing Authority in Great Britain in 2017, by business unit
Number of full time employees of UK Athletics in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2008/2009 to 2017/2018
Average monthly number of persons employed by the Scottish Rugby Union (SRU) in Scotland from 2014 to 2018, by category
Average monthly number of employees of the Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) in England from 2017 to 2018, by category
Average monthly number of employees of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) in Great Britain (GB) from 2014 to 2018, by category
Monthly average number of employees of the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) in Wales from 2014 to 2018, by type
Number of Horse Racing Ireland stable staff employees in Ireland from 2012 to 2018
Average staff number of UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) in the United Kingdom (UK) from 2014/2015 to 2017/2018, by type
Number of rugby union fans in Italy in 2012, by level of interest (in million)
Share of people who are interested in rugby union in France in 2012, by income level
Number of rugby union fans in Ireland in 2012, by level of interest (in million)
Number of rugby union fans in England in 2012, by level of interest (in million)
Share of people who are interested in rugby union in Ireland in 2012, by age group
Share of people who are interested in rugby union in Ireland in 2012, by income level
Share of people who are interested in rugby union in England in 2012, by age group
Share of people who are interested in rugby union in Italy in 2012, by income level
Number of rugby union fans in France in 2012, by level of interest (in million)
Distribution of the rugby union fan base in Italy in 2012, by age group
Share of people who are interested in rugby union in England in 2012, by income level
Share of people who are interested in rugby union in France in 2012, by age group
Share of people who follow or love rugby union in 2012, by country
Share of people who are fans of rugby union in 2012, by country and income level
Number of registered rugby union players in Italy in 2012, by demographic profile
Income of the English Sports Council Grant-in-Aid in England in 2018, by source (in 1,000 GBP)
Distribution of the staff of Sport Wales in Wales in 2016, by ethnicity
Number of registered members of the Royal Dutch Lawn Tennis Association (KNLTB) from 2014 to 2018
Turnover of the Welsh Amateur Boxing Association in Wales from 2013 to 2018 (in thousand GBP)
Expenditure breakdown of the British Horseracing Authority before statutory adjustments from 2016 to 2017, by type (in thousand GBP)


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Eugene Joseph McCarthy (29. března 1916 - 10. prosince 2005) byl americký politik, ekonom a básník. Od roku 1949 do roku 1959 působil v Sněmovně reprezentantů Spojených států a v letech 1959 až 1971 v Senátu Spojených států. McCarthy usiloval o demokratickou nominaci v prezidentských volbách v roce 1968 a vyzval dosavadního Lyndona B. Johnsona na platformě odporu proti válce ve Vietnamu. McCarthy se pětkrát ucházel o prezidentský úřad, ale nikdy ho nezískal.

McCarthy se narodil v obci Watkins ve státě Minnesota a po doktorátu na University of Minnesota se stal profesorem ekonomie. Během druhé světové války luštil nepřátelské šifry pro ministerstvo války USA. Pak se stal členem Minnesotské demokraticko-farmářské-labouristické strany (minnesotská pobočka Demokratické strany) a v roce 1948 byl zvolen do Sněmovny reprezentantů, kde působil až do svého zvolení do Senátu v roce 1958. McCarthy byl prominentním zastáncem Adlaie Stevensona pro demokratickou prezidentskou nominaci v roce 1960 a sám byl kandidátem na demokratickou viceprezidentskou nominaci v roce 1964. Pomáhal prosadit zákon o přistěhovalectví a národnosti z roku 1965, ačkoli později vyjádřil politování nad jeho dopadem, a stal se členem Federace pro americkou imigrační reformu.

Během šedesátých let se McCarthy postupně stal prominentním odpůrcem Johnsonova postupu ve vietnamské válce. Poté, co Robert F. Kennedy odmítl požadavek skupiny protiválečných demokratů vyzvat Johnsona v demokratických primárkách v roce 1968, McCarthy vyhlásil svou kandidaturu na protiválečné platformě. Ačkoli mu byla původně dávána malá šance na výhru, ofenzíva Tet snížila podporu války a McCarthy skončil v primárkách v New Hampshire na druhém místě. Poté vstoupil do soutěže Kennedy a Johnson oznámil, že nebude usilovat o znovuzvolení. McCarthy i Kennedy každý vyhráli několik primárek, než byl Kennedy v červnu 1968 zavražděn. Demokratická národní konvence v roce 1968 nominovala viceprezidenta Huberta Humphreyho, Johnsonem preferovaného kandidáta.

McCarthy neusiloval o znovuzvolení ve volbách do Senátu v roce 1970. Usiloval o demokratickou prezidentskou nominaci v roce 1972, ale v primárkách se mu vedlo špatně. Poté kandidoval ještě v několika dalších volbách, ale nikdy nebyl zvolen. V prezidentských volbách v roce 1976 kandidoval jako nezávislý a získal hlasy 0,9 % voličů. Byl žalobcem v přelomovém soudním sporu o financování volebních kampaní Buckley v. Valeo a podporoval Ronalda Reagana v prezidentských volbách v roce 1980.

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Sensors help select against feather pecking in hens
Combined sensor, "-omics" approach shows promise in developing a breeding program to select against complex behavioral traits.
In a collaboration among the Wageningen University & Research (WUR) Animal Breeding & Genomics unit, Breed4Food and the COST Action GroupHouseNet, a review paper was written on how sensor technologies can aid in selecting against feather pecking (FP) in laying hens, WUR said in an announcement.
Under commercial conditions, livestock and poultry are often kept in large groups, and identifying and monitoring individuals in these groups can be a challenge, especially for monitoring damaging behaviors such as FP in laying hens, WUR said.
FP in laying hens often leads to welfare and economic problems in commercial poultry production. FP is a socially affected trait, i.e., it depends both on the hen's ability to avoid being pecked (direct genetic effect or victim effect) and on the pecking behavior of her group mates (indirect genetic effect or actor effect), the announcement explained.
So far, behavioral observations have been used to collect information on activity, fearfulness and FP behavior. However, this is time consuming and difficult to apply in commercial situations, WUR said. With the use of sensor technologies, such as ultra-wideband (UWB) tracking, computer vision (CV), accelerometers or radio-frequency identification (RFID), there is potential to track and monitor individuals in large groups and to identify FP and its victims.
Furthermore, WUR said developments in the field of animal breeding can be used to link information obtained from sensor technologies to an individual's genotype, which could help researchers identify regions or gene expression patterns that offer further insights into FP behavior and provide tools to reduce the incidence of FP behavior.
In the collaboration, researchers studied how sensor technologies can aid in studying FP in laying hens. The goals of this study were to provide an overview of sensor technologies that can be used to identify individual birds and phenotype FP behavior, describe the use of "-omics" approaches to understand FP and discuss indicator traits from both -omics and sensor technologies as well as discuss applications to animal breeding, WUR said.
The review paper with the results from this study was published recently.
Sensor technologies
According to WUR, a variety of sensor technologies could be used to identify and monitor individual birds kept in a group. So far, most of the studies focus on using body-worn sensor technologies in small groups or using body-worn sensors to monitor pop holes, range and nest usage.
Previous studies in the the WUR Phenolab showed that the UWB system was able to detect the location of a bird with 85% accuracy compared to a human observer. Furthermore, the system was able to detect differences in activity between hens selected as high-FP birds and low-FP birds. The UWB system could also be used to examine the proximity of hens in relation to each other.
CV has been used to recognize and follow individual animals, but application in poultry is limited. The collaboration researchers said it is difficult to identify individual birds due to: (1) problems in initial object recognition, i.e., separating birds from a uniform background (litter), (2) the birds piling on top of each other and (3) the birds flocking together.
However, they said a combination of different sensor technologies might offer solutions. For instance, the combination of RFID/UWB and accelerometers enables investigators to register the location of a bird and the directional movement and speed, which could indicate FP behavior, whereas a combination of RFID/UWB and CV enables investigators to monitor distribution patterns of birds and register proximity.
Current developments in -omics and sensor technologies offer possible solutions to reduce FP, WUR said, noting that the collaboration partners argued that a combined sensor and -omics approach shows great promise in contributing to breeding programs to select against complex behavioral traits such as FP, particularly when different sensor types, such as CV and RFID/UWB, are combined.
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Car insurance relief in sight for young Ontario drivers
By Adam MayersPersonal Finance Editor
Fri., Nov. 1, 2013timer4 min. read
Parents in the Toronto area who are trying to get out from under the high cost of car insurance can be forgiven for wishing their teenage drivers lived somewhere else.
There may be some relief in sight next year when a variation of a Quebec program by insurer Industrial Alliance comes to Ontario. It will not be run by Industrial Alliance, but will be loosely based on its Mobiliz program, which is aimed at 16- to 24-year-old drivers.
It involves installing a small wireless device in a car's diagnostic port to measure such things as speed, time of travel and distance, how often you hard brake, how fast you accelerate and how quickly you turn
In the past 18 months, the program has reduced accident claims by this high risk group by about 40 per cent, allowing Industrial Alliance to reduce the cost of its insurance they pay by an average 23 per cent.
When a 20-year-old male insuring his first car is paying $3,000 a year in the GTA, reducing that by $690 or more, is a big deal.
An application is before the Ontario insurance regulator, the Financial Services Commission of Ontario (FSCO), to launch such a plan. FSCO doesn't comment on applications, but Paul-André Savoie, whose Montreal firm Baseline Telematics is working with a large insurer to launch the program, hopes to have approval and a product available within three to six months.
"The savings for young drivers will be substantial," Savoie says. "It's going to be a game changer."
Savoie's company developed software that allowed Industrial Alliance to introduce Mobiliz. These so-called telematic products measure how you drive — and the results are available to you and your insurer online.
Suzanne Michaud, a vice president of client services with Industrial Alliance, says the Mobiliz program has exceeded expectations.
"Are we happy? Yes, very much," she said. The company is a small player in the national auto insurance market and has no plans to bring Mobiliz to Ontario.
Quebec-based Desjardins Insurance introduced a usage-based plan in Ontario in the spring. Spokesman Joe Daly says a third of eligible new customers are trying its Ajusto program and it has 40,000 people in Ontario and Quebec using it.
Daly says the average savings is 12 per cent, though the company says you can earn up to 25 per cent by exceeding all its benchmarks. Unfortunately for many GTA commuters, the scheme penalizes those who drive more than 15,000 kilometres a year. These drivers cannot earn more than a 15 per cent reduction, no matter how well they drive.
Savoie, who described himself as a serial entrepreneur, founded Baseline Telematics 17 years ago and says usage-based policies will have a lot of appeal to young Ontario drivers. They control what they pay through good driving habits.
Savoie has six projects underway with Ontario insurers, including the one he hopes to see available by the spring. He says insurers are eager to explore the potential of telematics. For example, it can help them target niche markets, whether it is the worst drivers, low mileage drivers or urban vs. rural drivers.
Savoie explored a partnership with Desjardins, but they could not come to an agreement. Even so, he has teamed up with German-based software giant SAP Inc. to market his system to car insurers in Europe.
Applying for a Mobiliz policy is easy and quick. The online form asks for your age, gender, postal code and make of car and instantly returns a quote with the monthly payment. This compares to the more normal 30 to 40 questions in other online applications.
The tracking device measures four things — the car's speed relative to the posted limit, hard braking and rapid acceleration and the speed of turns. In an acknowledgement that actual highway speeds no longer reflect legal limits, Industrial Alliance has set 118 km/h as its base speed for measuring highway speed, Savoie says.
A difference between Mobiliz and Ajusto is that the Ajusto online information shows your driving pattern, while Mobiliz shows yours and how it compares to all others in the program. Another difference is that the Mobiliz adjustments are monthly, rather than annually upon renewal. The instant reward is a powerful incentive for young drivers on tight budgets, Savoie says. It pairs good driving with immediate saving.
"Waiting a year to get a reward is far too long in my opinion," he says.
The use of telematics and usage-based insurance policies is just getting going. A recent article on industry website Property Casualty 360 notes that the global market share of usage-based insurance has doubled in the past year. One area where insurers see potential is wearable technology devices that can monitor your heart rate and blood pressure among others.
"Health Insurance companies are starting to take a long look at this type of technology," says Carole Beatty with SAP Canada.
With two 20-something occasional drivers in our household, I'd just be happy with a break on my car insurance.
More articles by Adam Mayers
Reach Investment and Personal Finance editor Adam Mayers at amayers@thestar.ca


Creme de les Femmes presents Classic Rock Night!
Aww sooky sooky, it's time for a another night of burlesque fun with all your Creme de les Femmes faves. This classic rock inspired show is sure to keep you jamming to classic rock all night.
After all the Classic Rock Night burlesque fun is done, get ready to feel the funk with Krazy King Productions karaoke. Come on and keep the party going; sing your hearts out till 2:00 in the morning.
Don't be a jive turkey–come to the show June 8th at Indy's Jukebox!
Classic Rock Night inspired drink specials all night! Can you dig it?
DJ MICROMACHINE will keep the energy going all night long! This groovy lady is an extraordinary DJ with vast experience in spinning all genres of music. She is always one step ahead and magically always has more than enough music to fit the theme of the evening.


Yesterday was a tough day. Sorry no blogs, it has been very busy as we have gone through three countries to get from Cochem on the Moselle to Richardmenil on Canal des Vosges. Yesterday when we arrived at the Liverdun lock (on the Moselle) at 8.30, we found a large 110 metre barge sitting waiting to go through. It turned out he was very important to us.
Nuala rang the lock keeper as there was no sign of the gates opening. He firstly told Nuala that the locks did not open until 9 am (a big shock to us as having spent the last four months on highly used large commercial waterways of Germany and France where locks are open 23 hours a day, we had forgotten the restricted hours and more leisurely pace on small less commercial waterways). The lock keeper was equally surprised to hear that there was a barge sitting outside the lock.
He said that because of a sports day on the canal, that the system was due to be shut during the day (this is France). The lock keeper arrived post haste and we were both let into the lock behind the barge and so it was for the next six locks. We think that at the second last lock, at Toul lock, the sports event had to be suspended for one hour to let us through. So without the barge we would not have got through that day- this turned out to be even more important.
In Liverdun, the lock keeper came down all the way from the control room to have a chat with us and I recognised that we had met him before and that he regularly visits Ireland. Nuala gave him a gift of an Irish key ring (she keeps a supply for giving out) and told him we were going down the Canal des Vosges and asked if was all ok and the system open. He said he did not know and the conversation finished as the lock was full and the Captain of the large barge was keen to leave.
When we got to the next lock in the lashing of rain, the lock keeper came down to tell us that there was a problem with the Canal des Vosges and that it would be shut for the rest of the year (in two days' time). He emphasised that we might not make it and that we must go as fast as we could. If we did not get through the Canal des Vosges then we could not get to Chalon where the boat is booked into for the winter.
We think that the lock keeper in the first lock, after talking to us, went to check on the situation and found that the canal was closing. He then rang the next keeper and asked him to tell us. When we got to the third lock the keeper also came rushing down and told me to hurry up and follow the barge quickly into the lock.
If we had not met the barge and got through the supposed to be shut locks, we would have lost a day. If we had been a day later we would not have got onto the Canal des Vosges, before they closed. If we had not met and given the present to the friendly lock keeper, we would not have known the system was due to be shut. Now we have a number of VNF staff minding us, knowing where we are trying to get to….Now that is what you call the luck of the Irish!
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What a wonderful story, I think the best yet.


This occurs when there is an optimal distribution of goods and services, taking into account consumer's preferences.
A more precise definition of allocative efficiency is at an output level where the price equals the Marginal Cost (MC) of production. This is because the price that consumers are willing to pay is equivalent to the marginal utility that they get. Therefore the optimal distribution is achieved when the marginal utility of the good equals the marginal cost.
At an output of 40, the marginal cost of the good is £6, but at this output, consumers would be willing to pay a price of £15. The price (which reflects the good's marginal utility) is greater than marginal cost – suggesting under-consumption. If output increased and price fell, society would benefit from enjoying more of the good.
At an output of 110, the marginal cost is £17, but the price people are willing to pay is only £7. At this output, the marginal cost (£17) is much greater than the marginal benefit (£7) so there is over-consumption. Society is over-producing this good.
Allocative efficiency will occur at a price of £11. This is where the marginal cost (MC) = marginal utility.
Monopolies can increase price above the marginal cost of production and are allocatively inefficient. This is because monopolies have market power and can increase price to reduce consumer surplus.
Monopoly sets a price of Pm. This is allocatively inefficient because at this output of Qm, price is greater than MC.
Allocative efficiency would occur at the point where the MC cuts the Demand curve so Price = MC.
The area of deadweight welfare loss shows the degree of allocative inefficiency in the economy.
Productive Efficiency is concerned with producing goods at the lowest cost. This occurs on the production possibility frontier (PPF).
(Note producing on the production possibility frontier is not necessarily allocatively efficient because a PPF only shows the potential output. Allocative efficiency is concerned with the distribution of goods and this requires the addition of indifference curves.


Access organized by period of analysis appropriate for potential use.
Examples of use: compare stations or classify observed events. Use this approach when more than one point in space or time is of interest.
Examples of use: compare results or classify observed events at locations at which no measurements are available.
Examples of use: single, local design. Use this approach in the context of specific, spatially and temporally confined applications.


Metal organics are compounds containing metals and organic ligands, which would give them solubility in organic solvents or volatiles. Chemical compounds of metal organics contain at least one chemical bond between carbon atoms and metals, including alkaline metals, alkaline earth metals and transition metals, and sometimes extend to include metalloids like boron, silicon and tin. Bonds to "inorganic" carbons (such as carbon monoxide, cyanides, or carbides) are generally considered to be metal organics except for bonds to organyl fragments or molecules. The field of metal organics combines traditional inorganic chemistry and organic chemistry.
Industry: Metal organics are widely used as commercial catalysts for both homogeneous and stoichiometric reagents. For example, organoaluminium compounds are useful in stoichiometry and also used to catalyze many polymerization reactions. Many semiconductors are made of trimethyl gallium, trimethyl indium, trimethylaluminum, and trimethyl antimony. These volatile compounds are decomposed with ammonia, arsine, phosphine and related hydrides on heated substrates by the metal-organic vapor phase epitaxy (MOVPE) process in light-emitting diode (LED) production.
Organic chemistry: Negishi coupling is the powerful carbon-carbon bond-forming cross-coupling reaction which combines an organohalide and an organozinc halide reagent in the presence of a nickel or palladium catalyst. The organic halide reactant may be alkenyl, aryl, allyl, or propargyl. Alkyl zinc coupling with alkyl halides such as bromides and chlorides has also been reported with an active catalyst, such as Pd-PEPPSI precatalyst, which strongly resists the elimination of β-hydride. In this reaction, a diorganic substance or an organozinc halide may be used as a coupling partner. These reagents are among the most effective metal nucleophiles in palladium despite the low reactivity of organic reagents to organic electrophile.
Catalysis chemistry: Metal organics are commonly used for catalysis. Major industrial processes include hydrogenation, hydrosilylation, hydrocyanation, olefin metathesis, olefin polymerization, olefin oligomerization, hydrocarboxylation, methanol carbonylation and hydroformylation. Organometallic intermediates are also used in many heterogeneous catalysis processes, similar to those listed above. Almost all processes involving carbon monoxide rely on catalysts. The production of acetic acid from methanol and carbon monoxide is catalyzed by metal carbonyl complexes in the Monsanto process and Cativa process. Most synthetic aldehydes are produced through hydroformylation. The bulk of the synthetic alcohols are also produced by hydrogenation of hydroformylation-derived aldehydes. Similarly, the Wacker process is used in the oxidation of ethylene to acetaldehyde by using the metal organics as catalysts.
In addition, it is assumed that organometallic intermediates are used in Fischer-Tropsch process. Organometallic complexes are also commonly used in small-scale fine chemical synthesis, especially in cross-coupling reactions that form carbon-carbon bonds. Suzuki-Miyaura coupling, Buchwald-Hartwig amination and Sonogashira couplings for aryl amine production with aryl halides are the typical reactions using metal organics as catalysts.


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Takeshi's Challenge is getting a smartphone port in Japan
Now you can Beat Takeshi on a bus
One of the most famously awful games ever made is Takeshi's Challenge on the Famicom. You can find many chronicles of people attempting to beat the game and getting horribly frustrated. The development cycle of the game, which was based on Takeshi Kitano's TV show, took a turn for the worst when the legendary director (a.k.a. Beat Takeshi) started to share his ideas for how he wanted the game to play.
I guess as a cruel joke, he deliberately made everything obscure and even gave players the ability to assault NPCs, typically resulting in getting your ass kicked at almost every turn. Due to that and a lot of various other reasons, the game has consistently been rated the #1 "kusoge" game (or poor quality) of all time in Famitsu magazine.
If you want to relive the horror of this title and happen to live in Japan, you can do so starting tomorrow. On August 15, Takeshi's Challenge will be getting ported to smartphones in the land of the rising sun. Along with containing all of the deliberately vague directions and controls, you'll also get widescreen support and a brand new level. Even more game to play!! You can nab it for a cool 840 yen, or roughly $7.50.
I just have to marvel at the existence of such a port. You'd think a game this terrible would be relegated to the past, but the age of smartphones has given rise to literally anything getting released. I mean, Takeshi's Challenge is bad, but it certainly has nothing on Steam Greenlight's deluge of awful.
Takeshi's Challenge Headed To Smartphones With New Elements And Stage On August 15 In Japan [Siliconera]
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Middle Atlantic States Pennsylvania Mahanoy City
Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania
Mahanoy City was incorporated as a borough in 1863.
The Mahanoy City Water Company was incorporated on February 15, 1866, probably by E. S. Silliman, Sr., G. F. Wiggan and H. M. Parmley.
The water company was purchased by the new Inland Utilities, Inc. in 1929, which was merged into the Southeastern Gas and Electric Co. in 1931.
The Mahanoy Township Water Authority was incorporated on September 23, 1940 and bought the Mahanoy City Water Company in October, 1942. The Borough of Mahanoy City was vehemently opposed to this action.
Water is provided by the Mahanoy Township Authority.
1882 Mahanoy City, from Engineering News, 9:58 (February 8, 1882)
1882 Mahanoy City from "The Water-Supply of Certain Cities and Towns of the United States," by Walter G. Elliot, C. E., Ph. D.
1888 "Mahanoy City," from Manual of American Water Works, Volume 1.
1892 "The Dam Burst - A Night of Terror and Destruction," The Tri-Weekly Record (Mahanoy City. Pennsylvania), June 18, 1892
1929 "Consolidate Eleven Utility Companies in the East," Chicago Tribune, June 22, 1929, Page 3.
Inland Utilities formed to own water gas and water companies, including Mahanoy City Water Company.
1933 History of Mahanoy City
The Mahanoy City Water Company was organized in February 1866 at 44 N. Main Street. The first owners of the Company were: E. S. Silliman, Sr., G. F. Wiggan and H. M. Parmley. In June 1929 the Company was sold by the descendants of the first owners to the Inland Utilities. At a later period, 1931, it was made a part of the Southeastern Gas and Water Company, the present owners.
The town has two sources of water supply, Gravity system and Pumping system. The Gravity system is situated two and one half miles north of town, and is made up of four reservoirs and two feeder basins with a total capacity of 83,,000,000 gallons.
# 1 Reservoir has a capacity of 10,599,991 gallons and is 1695 feet above sea level.
# 3 Reservoir has a capacity of 4,987,230 gallons and is 1687 feet above sea level.
1941 "Start Mandamus in Mahanoy Water Case," Pottsville Republican, May 10, 1941, Page 7.
Council would force Burgess to sign order. Refuses to okay purchase of water works, after veto is overridden.
1941 "To Fight Water Co. Purchase," Pottsville Republican, June 21, 1941, Page 9.
1942 "Complete Water Company Sale," Pottsville Republican, October 23, 1942, Page 6.
The sale of the Mahanoy City Water Company to the Mahanoy Township Water Authority has been culminated, and the purchase made from the Southeastern Gas and Water Company for $780,000.


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PM's Office names 2019-2022 Suhakam commissioners
Posted on June 27, 2019, Thursday at 12:20 AM Nation
PUTRAJAYA: The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) yesterday named the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) appointees for 2019-2022, with Tan Sri Othman Hashim as chairman.
In a statement, it said the three-year appointment effective April 27, 2019, was made under subsection 5(2) of the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia Act 1999 [Act 597] with the consent of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
Other than Othman, the commissioners are former Court of Appeal judge Datuk Seri Mohd Hishamudin Md Yunus, economist Medaline Berma, Datuk Godfrey Gregory, Datuk Mah Weng Kwai, Datuk Lok Yim Pheng, Assoc Prof Dr Nik Salida Suhaila Nik Saleh and Jerald S Joseph.
The PMO said in accordance with subsection 6 (1) of Act 597, the King had also consented to the appointment as Suhakam chairman of Othman, who is a former Foreign Ministry secretary-general. — Bernama
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Magical Mermaid and Dolphins (yes, again) by:Doreen Virtue REST This angel card and your angels are asking you to get some well deserved rest. You have pushed yourself beyond the point of exhaustion and your mind, body and spirit are crying out for a break. Congratulate yourself on what you have accomplished with humility and gratitude. You had the perseverance, tenacity and mental strength to achieve one or more very important goals in the last few months. Inhale, slowly. Exhale, slowly. You deserve a break today! Trust that anything you elect not to do at this moment won't wither up and die. It can and will wait. Doreen says "Give yourself a hug, look in the mirror and say, "I love you. I promise to treat you with the respect and care you deserve. You're wonderful"" I will add getting enough fresh air, exercise and wholesome food is all apart of taking care of the most important person in your life - you. Should you believe this is not true, ask yourself this question. If YOU are not the most important person, who is? How can and will you care for THAT person if you do not take care of YOU? Just asking. Don't feel bad or selfish. Take the time to nurture yourself and let yourself REST. Thank you so much for reading this week's angel card. Please heed the words. REST!


This week on the InSession Film Podcast: Extra Film segment, we discuss Pixar's latest in Cars 3 and also the little indie from William Oldroyd in Lady Macbeth.
If you listened to our review of The Book of Henry on Episode 226, you'll probably know that we set ourselves up for some interesting feedback given our takes on that film and how it rubs up against the majority opinion. Well, our reviews for Cars 3 and Lady Macbeth will only continue that trend. Even if you disagree, hopefully you enjoy the conversation anyway.
On that note, have fun listening to this week's Extra Film segment and let us know what you think in the comment section below. Thanks for listening!
This week's episode is brought to you by our great friends at the True Bromance Film Podcast, Next Best Picture and The Atlantic Screen Connection Podcast.


The Change Through Compassion Core Skills Intensive is based on the Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) program developed by Kristin Neff, PhD and Chris Germer, PhD. The Change Through Compassion Core Skills Intensive provides participants with an introduction to the practices of Mindfulness and Self-Compassion and an opportunity to deepen their own wisdom through an emphasis on practice.
The Change Through Compassion Core Skills Intensive meets on Thursday 3/21 and Friday 3/22 from 6-8:30pm and Saturday 3/23 9am-4pm, with lunch provided (dietary options available). The tuition for participants is $190. We are able to offer 11 American Psychological Association – approved CE's for attending the Core Skills Intensive, at an additional processing fee of $30.
Teacher: Lesley Huff, PsyD, Licensed Psychologist and Certified Teacher in MSC.


SEHA is the corporate marketing name of Abu Dhabi Health Services Company, an independent public joint stock company that owns and operates all public hospitals and clinics across the emirate. 'SEHA' is a phonetic rendering of the Arabic word for health.
The company was established by Emiri Decree No 10 of 2007 and is a leading participant in the reform of Abu Dhabi's healthcare sector. The reform seeks to upgrade and improve healthcare delivery to the public at a level comparable to the finest healthcare systems in the world. The program began by separating management and regulation – SEHA assumed responsibility for public healthcare centers and hospitals, while Health Authority-Abu Dhabi (HA-AD) was established to regulate the public and private sectors. The two organizations replaced the General Authority for Health Services (GAHS), previously responsible for both roles.
In keeping with the Government's strategy to identify best global practices and explore competitive ideas, SEHA entered into a number of partnerships with international healthcare institutions. Their world-class capabilities have contributed much to SEHA's growth and development in knowledge transfer, education, promoting healthcare excellence, and achieving goals with competitive advantage.
Over time, the partnership agreements have evolved to apply to more sophisticated areas, as SEHA acquired the capabilities to become a fully-fledged operator and manager. Current partners include Johns Hopkins Medicine International, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, and Fresenius Medical Care.


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Minneapolis: January 29 - January 31, 2015
Here are some shows taking place in Minneapolis/St Paul from January 29 to January 31, 2015.
Extreme II: Pornograffitti (A Funked Up Fairy Tale) first came out on A&M Records in August 1990, the follow-up to the band's 1989 debut. The album is considered, according to the newly penned liner notes ...
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Thursday 01/29/15, 8pm ($49.95)
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"More Than Words" by Extreme was the #1 song of 1991 Summer. I can distinctively remember so many of my school classmates (especially the girls) were into these guys.
Like many bands from the 90s, Extreme is back, this time touring in support of their 25th anniversary of their most popular album Pornograffitti (which featured "More Than Words"). The rock band will be performing the entire album front to back, plus a few other surprises.
I have seen some of these album tours before, they can be somewhat challenging to the performers because they have to change various instruments (or have a dedicated pre-tuner) when they switch songs.
If you can't make it to a show, the band recently announced Extreme II: Pornograffitti (A Funked Up Fairy Tale) will be re-issued as a deluxe edition. You know, I love my Deluxe Editions, so this album is on my radar. Extreme II: Pornograffitti (A Funked Up Fairy Tale) will be out this January 20th and will contain the full second album, plus rare mixes and b-sides (re-mastered from the original tapes).
Since it's 25 years later, don't expect slow burning cigarette lighters at their shows, but instead, a lot of camera phone lights slowly waving in the air...
Pornograffitti tour dates:
01/18/15 Poughkeepsie, NY The Chance Theatre
01/20/15 Englewood, NJ Bergen Performing Arts Ctr.
01/21/15 Boston, MA House Of Blues Boston
01/22/15 Jim Thorpe, PA Penn's Peak
01/24/15 Westbury, NY The Space At Westbury
01/25/15 Baltimore, MD Baltimore Soundstage
01/27/15 Cincinnati, OH Bogart's
01/28/15 Chicago, IL House Of Blues
01/29/15 Minneapolis, MN Mill City Nights
01/31/15 Battle Creek, MI FireKeepers Casino
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Low came on stage as ZZ Top, complete fuzzy guitars and horseshoe moustache on drummer Mimi Parker. The band Duluth band have been busy playing support dates for Slowdive on this current tour ....
BNLX
Minneapolis' own BNLX took the stage at NYC's Pianos Thursday night, playing a 45-minute set for a small, but engaging audience. The backroom of Pianos where the band played is of …
Flavor Crystals
Flavor Crystals were up next, they played hard psych rock in poor lighting. Very little lyrics, but lots of high energy guitar playing with emphasis on psych and kraut rock. …
DRONE NOT DRONES
Friday 01/30/15, 6pm ($20)
A list of who's who in Minneapolis will be at this Drone Not Drones charity show, to raise money for Doctors Without Borders. The unified 28-hour "song" will feature everyone from Alan Sparhawk (of Low), Brokeback (ft. members of Tortoise & The Sea and Cake), Drone Man Winter (ft. members of Trampled By Turtles & Dead Man Winter), Food Pyramid, P.O.S. (drone set), BNLX, Moss Folk, Paul Metzger, Dosh, Invisible Boy (Poliça, Vampire Hands), Flavor Crystals, Chatham Rise, Jet Legs (Hammerhead, Seawhores, The Cows) and more.
Tentative schedule (subject and likely to change!):
07:00p: International Novelty Gamelan
07:30p: Jesse Petersen
08:00p: Food Pyramid
08:45p: BNLX
09:15p: Flavor Crystals + BNLX
09:30p: Flavor Crystals
10:00p: Drone Man Winter
10:45p: Alan Sparhawk (of Low)
11:30p: Michael Lewis
12:15p: Pagoda ov Thunderboldt
01:00a: Jet Legs
01:30a: Chatham Rise
02:00a: Old Moon
02:30a: Dead Gurus
03:00a: Dosh
03:30a: Comb Boats
04:00a: Transitional Species
04:45a: Andy Nuebauer
05:30a: Ghostband
06:00a: Aklo, Brainscratch, Cyclomite
06:30a: Pandemonium Defender
07:00a: Nightingale #3
07:30a: Paul Metzger (sunrise)
08:00a: John Zuma Saint-Pelvyn
08:30a: HOLDING HANDS / MQ-1
09:00a: Jeremy Ylvisaker
09:30a: TYTE JEFF
10:00a: Finger Pressure
10:30a: Sativa Flats
11:00a: Ventures Cover Band
11:30a: DKO
12:00n: DT Phone Drone
12:30p: Drone Strike Mike & the Bates Bombers
01:00p: Sagitta Gone
01:30p: Les Trembleurs
02:00p: The ---- (unconfirmed)
02:30p: (ALANS)
03:00p: Roy Orb, D.MT.
03:30p: 555
04:00p: Solar Pawn
04:30p: Tim Kaiser
05:00p: P.O.S
05:30p: Robot Rickshaw (drone robots)
06:00p: Noise Quean Ant
06:30p: StoLyette
07:00p: Invisible Boy
07:30p: Paris 1919
08:15p: Makr
08:45p: American Cream
09:30p: Brokeback
10:15p: Moss Folk
Saint Motel
Opening up for the Arctic Monkeys was Saint Motel. I had low expectations, but by the first song, they had already won me over with their brass / dance / pop / Caribbean / jazzy sound. …
Moth & the Flame
On their brief set, TMTF played tracks from their debut 2011 album and also some tracks from their Ampersand (&) EP, including "Sorry" and "Wishing Well". ....
Saturday 01/31/15, 8pm ($10)
Touring on their way to Coachella 2015 (and I'm assuming they'll likely play SXSW 2015 as well), Saint Motel will be stopping by Minneapolis' 7th Street Entry on Saturday, January 31st.
You may recall that we caught them with Arctic Monkeys last year and was blown away by their performance.
Saint Motel's latest release is My Type EP, which came out mid-August last year via Parlophone UK.
Jess' favorite band in the world The Moth And The Flame will open the show. We've been writing about TMATF since 2012, but finally got a chance to see them in person last year (their first time in Minneapolis).
01/22/15 Scottsdale, AZ Pub Rock
01/23/15 El Paso, TX Lowbrow Palace
01/25/15 Dallas, TX Three Links Event Center
01/27/15 St. Louis, MO The Demo
01/30/15 Chicago, IL Schubas Tavern
01/31/15 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
02/03/15 Denver, CO Larimer Lounge
02/04/15 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
03/06/15 Amsterdam Kleine Zaal At Paradiso
04/12/15 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival
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Brixton BID members voted emphatically in favour of a second term. The yes vote means that local businesses have chosen to work together for Brixton and to invest a minimum of £1.75m in projects to improve Brixton until 2023.
The London Borough of Lambeth declared the successful result on Thursday 1 November 2018. With a turnout of 58.87%, 80.28% of votes were in favour of the continuation of the Brixton BID and 83.76% in favour by rateable value.
Elly Foster and Laverne Walker, Co-Chairs of the Brixton BID, said: "We are extremely happy to have successfully secured a second term.
Michael Smith, Director of Brixton BID, said "Our mission to create additional opportunities for everyone carries on. We are extremely pleased with the results; the businesses have given us such a large mandate to celebrate our thriving Brixton''.


Warman Physiotherapy & Wellness is a premier multidisciplinary clinic dedicated to helping the residents of Warman and surrounding area achieve fitness and optimal mobility.
We are able to provide registered services for Physiotherapy, Massage and Occupational Therapy.
Our clinicians are experienced in providing treatment for chronic ailments, acute injuries and fitness promotion. Not only do we provide the usual Physiotherapy, Occupational and Massage services, but we have extensive knowledge and clinical experience in women's health, prenatal, post-partum care, osteoporosis management, sports rehabilitation, TMJ dysfunction, spinal assessment and treatment as well as infant and child development.
*Awarded WMBEXA Best New Business 2017!
We are here to help our clients be the healthiest, strongest they can possibly be from infancy to old age!
Haylie has been working in the Warman and Saskatoon areas advocating for pelvic health related issues specifically pertaining to perinatal, menopausal, and pediatric populations since she began practicing in Warman in 2012. She opened Warman Physiotherapy & Wellness in the fall of 2014, establishing the clinic as she was beginning the adventure of starting her young family; Emily was 7 months old when the clinic doors opened! Since inception the clinic has grown into the vision of having a multidisciplinary clinic focused on providing quality care in a family-friendly environment. With the growth of the clinic into a second Saskatoon location in addition to the primary clinic in Warman, Haylie's family has been completed with the addition of her son Drayton in 2017.
She has provided the Warman community with care for general Physiotherapy with ranges from acute and chronic injuries as well as working extensively in pelvic health for women, men, and children, pre & post-natal care as well as infant development assessment and treatment.
Working within pelvic health means that Haylie has completed continuing education courses after her University career where she graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a Bachelors of Science Kinesiology with Great Distinction (2009), and Master of Physical Therapy (2011). These additional courses provide her with theoretical and practical knowledge for the assessment and treatment of urinary incontinence, pelvic pain, anorectal disorders, and physiotherapy for pediatric pelvic floor dysfunction.
Being that Haylie works extensively with the perinatal population she identified a need for an exercise class to help address issues within this population in the area in an educated and practical environment. As a physiotherapist Haylie is easily able to modify exercises to increase or decrease difficulty for each client as needed.
Haylie is proud to be raising awareness for women surrounding available Physiotherapy options for women who are pregnant and post-partum, as well as urinary incontinence and pelvic pain in all ranges of the lifespan. She is passionate about providing education not only to the public, but other healthcare providers as well and has had the opportunity to guest lecture at the School of Rehabilitative Sciences for the MPT program specifically related to Sensitive Practice and as a lab assistant. In addition, Haylie in collaboration with Juliet Sargeant, another pelvic health physiotherapist, provided presentations on Pelvic Health and Pediatric Pelvic Health for the Family Medicine Grand Rounds, and Pediatric Grand Rounds in 2018 & 2019.
She looks forward to continuing her education to be able to continue to support her clients, other healthcare providers, and her staff in the pursuit of excellence in rehabilitation for health and wellness.
Shannon is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan where she earned her Bachelor of Science Kinesiology (2008) and Master of Physical Therapy (2011). In addition to her studies she was a full time student-athlete with the Huskie Women's Volleyball team (2003-09) and Certified Personal Trainer working part-time with the Human Performance Center.
Since Shannon's graduation she has been based out of Saskatoon, but worked extensively in communities in rural Saskatchewan. Her primary focus has been in orthopedics, however, her experience has gained her expertise in multiple aspects of physiotherapy such as: advanced spinal assessment, post-surgical rehabilitation, temporomandibular joint disorders (TMJ), osteoporosis, neurological disorders and exercise prescription. Shannon is well trained in delivering comprehensive programs related to every area of the body, developing and implementing graduated return to work and activity plans, and working with clients to produce appropriate goal-orientated treatment strategies.
In order to stay current and further her knowledge, Shannon has pursued many courses and certifications post-graduation. She has completed her Level II & III (Upper & Lower Quadrant) for the Orthopedic Division, and she is Bone Fit™ Trained through Osteoporosis Canada. In addition to these certifications she has recently attended courses on "Diagnosis and Treatment of Movement Impairment Syndrome [Shirley Sahrmann]", "Clinical Reasoning Through Functional Capacity Evaluation [CPTE]", "Mobilization of the Nervous System [Neuro Orthopedic Institute]", and "Graded Motor Imagery [Neuro Orthopedic Institute]". In the near future Shannon intends to complete the Intermediate Orthopedic Dvision Exam and GUNN Intramuscular Stimulation course.
As a former Huskie athlete, Shannon has first-hand experience of the demands sport requires of the body. As a result, she has a strong interest in working with athletes to educate and prevent injury, in addition to assisting athletes with their rehabilitation. She is knowledgeable in the assessment and treatment of multiple areas and types of injuries common in sport and uses her skill set and background to rehabilitate athletes and get them back to their sport.
With her recent Bone Fit™ training through Osteoporosis Canada, she has developed a keen interest in working with the osteoporotic population. She hopes to build awareness among the general population and those living with osteoporosis.
Since graduating Kendra has worked in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. She happily returned to Saskatoon in 2012, and is excited to begin working in Warman. Having grown up in a smaller community, she is happy to return to that environment.
Working out of both the Saskatoon and Warman locations during Shannon's maternity leave, she is looking forward to assisting all the new clients in both clinic locations achieve their rehabilitation, health, & wellness goals.
Lauren has been working as a Massage Therapist in the Warman area since 2012 and sees a wide variety of issues from tension headaaches, to scoliosis and much more. With a focus on health and optimal function, she is able to listen to what is going on and address the key muscles through a variety of techniques.
Lauren's training has lead her to try and improve each individuals' well-being by working through the areas at fault, but is also able to provide a relaxation massage where the focus is general relaxation and not specific tension release to correct pathology. She also provides services for hot stone massage, which is a thermotherapy technique using both warm and cool stones to improve circulation and lymphatic function.
Chelsea joined the Warman Physio family and practice in Warman in June 2015 and has recently moved to Warman. Having provided massage within Saskatoon, Chelsea is adept at treating many conditions and issues, including those who have injuries related to car and work related accidents.
She is able to provide a varied treatment to allow for her to adapt her treatment to her clients' needs at the time. Chelsea does also provide massage appointments for lymphatic drainage and prenatal populations.
Sam graduated from the Professional Institute of Massage Therapy (PIMT) in April of 2017, and has been working in Warman ever since. She has a passion for helping people with the use of massage therapy and is comfortable treating many conditions. Striving to make sure you're treatment is personalized to your needs, she is able to utilize a variety of techniques.
Her main goals are to provide a treatment leaving you relieved of any painful symptoms you were feeling. She has an interest in myofascial, and prenatal services and is looking forward to to furthering her education in these areas.
Megan's kind and caring demeanor allows her to quickly connect with the clients and families she works with. She is passionate about helping individuals learn to thrive in their daily occupations. For children and youth, these occupations include play, meeting developmental milestones, learning, self-regulating, developing friendships, social participation, completing daily living tasks, and transitioning to adulthood.
Megan attended the University of Saskatchewan where she completed a Bachelor of Arts with Distinction, majoring in Sociology. Following this she went on to complete a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy at the University of Alberta. Megan's work experience includes working in an acute care hospital and as a school based occupational therapist in rural Saskatchewan. These experiences have allowed her to gain expertise in a number of areas including assessment, consultation and treatment. Megan has a passion for continued education, therefore she has attended a number of courses to increase her knowledge including specialized training in sensory processing, visual perceptual, and visual motor skills.
In her spare time, Megan enjoys hanging out with her husband, friends and family, as well as playing recreational volleyball, yoga, traveling and crafting. Megan is excited to continue her journey as an occupational therapist at Warman Physiotherapy and Wellness.
Megan's practice at Warman Physiotherapy and Wellness caters to babies, pre-school, school aged and young adults that require particular skill development in the home, school or in the community. Generally individual therapy sessions will be completed in block sessions where the aim is to determine goals, address goals, and review progress.
Becoming a mom moved me so much, I poured through books and articles about mothering and searched until I found the perfect class on how to support new moms. Now I've taken that passion and combined it with postpartum training to become a Certified Postpartum Professional in the Warman and Saskatoon areas. I've also taken breastfeeding education from Cindy & Jana, Lactation Consultants in Saskatoon. I read avidly on parenting and all things postpartum, and then of course, I have the experience of being a mom, just like you.
My training, along with my personal experience as a mom, enables me to nurture new moms objectively and with empathy. As a postpartum doula, I provide emotional and practical support to Warman, Martensville, and Saskatoon moms. I continue to read avidly on pregnancy, babies, breastfeeding, and all things postpartum, and aim to share that knowledge with other moms through my own blog posts, social media, and virtual and in-person support.
My job is to make sure you feel loved, supported, and empowered. It would be an honour to support you during this sacred time: it may still be overwhelming and scary at moments, but my goal is to support you so you feel an abundance of peace and joy.


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Be true to your work and your work will be true to you. This sentence should be every designers' motto and good words for anyone who undertakes a creative endeavor. This book only presents the unfinished works. It tries to observe the works in the "behind the scene" porint of view.


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AVAILABILITY La Bottega Discantica
Concerti Italiani
Alberto CURCI (1886-1973)
Concerto Romantico Op.20 (1944) [16:17]
Violin Concerto [15:03]
Giovanni Battista VIOTTI (1755-1824)
Violin Concerto No.22 in A minor (1803) [27:38]
Camillo SIVORI (1815-1894)
Capriccio No.5 from XII Studi-Capricci Op.25 [3:41]
Pietro LOCATELLI (1695-1764)
Capriccio No.18 from L'Arte del Violino (1733) [3:06]
Federico FIORILLO (1753-1824)
Capriccio No.28 from the Thirty-Six Capricci Op.3 [2:57]
Fulvio Luciani (violin)
I Pomeriggi Musicali/Carlo de Martini
rec. Teatro Dal Verme di Milano, June 2006 Curci, Tartini and Viotti), Baroque Hall, SMC Ivrea, September 2006 (remainder)
LA BOTTEGA DISCANTICA BDI146 [69:10]
There are two slightly odd things about this disc; one is the programme itself, which interpolates Curci's very romantic 1944 concerto into a programme that concentrates on essentially eighteenth century works. The other thing is actually more irritating than odd. For some reason you have to download the booklet notes; the booklet itself deals with purely biographical matters concerning the performers. I don't know the reason for this, because in none of the company's other discs with which I'm familiar has this situation cropped up. Let's hope it's a one-off.
Mind you to start with the Curci and immediately work backwards chronologically is also an oddity in itself. Why not begin with the well-known Tartini, "place" the Curci and finish off with some of the virtuoso Capriccios. Still, let's follow the line-up. Curci was born in Naples in 1886 and died in 1973. He studied the violin in Naples and then with Joachim in Berlin before returning to Italy. He wrote three concertos for his own instrument and the Op.20 is the first of these. He wrote pedagogic and didactic material on the violin as well, and seems to have devoted much of his adult life to translations (Flesch, Szigeti) and to teaching as well as composing. Clearly he left behind an important legacy in Italy.
The Op.20 is indeed Romantico – if you'd said 1888 and not 1944 I'd have believed you. Its hero is clearly Bruch but there are hints of Paganinian lyricism as well, the occasional snippet of Brahmsian passagework and what I took to be a very light acquaintance with the Sibelius. The slow movement is a delightful aria and the finale is a sunny, bucolic one, full of passagework thickets for the soloist. It's hardly surprising given Curci's background that even in the fastest and tightest corners everything sounds gratefully and gracefully written for the solo instrument.
Given that Curci translated Szigeti into Italian – the notes don't specify what but I assume A Violinist's Notebook – it's apposite that we have a concerto that Szigeti played often and recorded; the famous Tartini. Here, as elsewhere, the soloist is Fulvio Luciani, a very capable and adaptable player.
Viotti's Concerto No.22 is one that many Old Timers had under their fingers. Kreisler played it often and Shumsky too. It's the kind of work that, like Spohr's Eighth, has maintained only a tentative hold on the repertory. Naturally we wouldn't expect Luciani to possess the riper and more extrovert traits of a soloist such as the ones cited but he is a conscientious and tidy player. I found his vibrato rather too slow and one-dimensional in the slow movement but this is otherwise a pleasing reading. The orchestra by the way plays modern instruments.
To complete the Italian virtuoso theme – one that the disc seeks to run from Tartini to Curci – we have the three virtuosic Capriccios from Sivori (Paganini's pupil), Locatelli and Fiorillo. There are slight intonational buckles in the Locatelli and the Fiorillo could be tidier.
A bit of an odd one this but I was pleased to hear the old fashioned Curci.
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Unicef default logo Ukraine
UNICEF provides winter assistance to help children and adults to survive winter in eastern Ukraine
Portable heaters, generators, boilers, and coal are delivered to kindergartens, schools and medical facilities near the contact line to keeps children warm.
Yulia Silina
UNICEF/UN0161807/Filippov
POPASNA, Ukraine, February 2018 - In a warm and bright room at Popasna Nursery and Preschool # 3 in Luhanska oblast, six year olds are holding hands, dancing and singing holiday songs, and a peaceful holiday ambiance permeates the two-storey green building. However, just two years ago the shells that rained down on Popasna because of the military conflict in eastern Ukraine destroyed more than half of the preschool facility.
Link to video on it's hosted site.
Aleksey Filippov
Windows to the War
If you look that way, it's only five kilometres to the contact line. Artillery shells hit us from that side. In the town, our preschool became known as 'windows to the war.'
Olena Chupryna, 51, preschool director
Olena looks out of the upstairs window of the junior nursery group's homeroom, with the children playing loudly behind her back.
Kindergarten "Romashka" is located in Popasna, Luhansk region, 15 km from the contact line in eastern Ukraine, where fighting is the most severe.
Ms Chupryna recalls that all of the windows in the preschool were shattered and all the doors blown out, while the roof, fence, and heating system were damaged.
In winter 2015, there was heavy fighting for control of our town, and we were shelled by artillery. I remember very well how worried I was about the heating, if our preschool was going to be cold. I went to the boiler room to check things there, and 20 minutes after I left the building was hit by several shells.
Olena Chupryna
She admits that even after two years she still gets shivers when remembering those days.
One of the preschool's maintenance staff died in the winter 2015 shelling, and the other employees are still upset about it. "The conflict has, of course, affected all of us. Even the children, though they are still little and don't understand everything that's going on, have become more emotional, more nervous, and more excitable. I think all of this is because of the shelling," she states. That's why the preschool staff are attending workshops on psychological stress relief, designed as part of a UNICEF programme to help the children recover from the impact of the conflict.
Warm Room and Warm Atmosphere
The weather forecast worksheet on the windowsill, completed by children from the senior nursery group, promises Popasna rain, sub-zero temperatures, and snow for December. However, the preschool is ready.
Our preschool is fully prepared for the winter: the building has been insulated, and the draughty old windows have been replaced by insulated glazing. We have received a tremendous amount of assistance from UNICEF. We would like to give our thanks separately for the electric heaters, two for each group, so that if one stops working, there will always be a spare.
She adds that without the help of international and Ukrainian donors, it would have been almost impossible to reopen the nursery and preschool following the active stage of the conflict.
During the cold months, UNICEF delivered portable heaters, generators, boilers, and coal to kindergartens, schools and medical facilities near the contact line to keeps children warm. Thanks to the support provided by the Government of Germany, UNICEF reached over 75,000 vulnerable children and adults in eastern Ukraine with winter assistance.
Now the building, built fifty years ago, is even warmer than it was in 2014, following the renovation and installation of the electric heaters.
This is the case in which bad luck was transformed into good luck. Our children have not been forgotten, and they keep receiving a lot of support, both financial assistance and through psychological workshops and training on mine safety.
Anya (6 years old) draws in kindergarten "Romashka" in Popasna, Luhansk region, 15 km from the contact line, where UNICEF has delivered portable heaters to keep children warm.
The educators at Popasna's nurseries and preschools invented a game with code words to make evacuation workshops less traumatizing for children. When the little ones hear that this game has started, they know they need to break up into pairs and go down to the ground floor of the building, to a safe place with no windows.
Children used to cry because they understood it was dangerous if they needed to go down to the hall. However, now that it's quieter they are starting to forget those days, and they think of evacuations as fun games.
Music That Is Louder Than the Sound of Shelling
Director and teachers at Popasna Comprehensive School #21 have also invented their own method to distract children from the sound of shelling during military operations. They had radios installed in the halls and classrooms, and the music that played on days when Popasna was being shelled was particularly loud.
We played the music as loud as we could and lay down in the hall with the children, covered our heads and waited for it all to end.
Marina Ustenko
Maryna, 42, was appointed director right at the time when the conflict started.
Today, the walls of the historical school that has celebrated its 128th anniversary are covered with bright scenes from school life and cartoon characters. "These are not just paintings. They are very important for us: the teachers and children painted them together in 2014 and 2015 while there was heavy fighting," Ms. Ustenko says.
The school didn't even close on the loudest days, as at least 20 of the 250 students came to class every day. The school does not have a shelter, but the school walls are thick enough to protect the children.
School You Don't Want to Skip
High school students at the Popasna school hand made a very realistic fireplace for the holiday season, decorated with garlands and candles. Although there is no real fire in it, the fireplace created a cosy atmosphere in the classroom, and the room is kept warm by electric heaters. The school's coal-based boiler room was unable to generate enough heat for the entire building, especially the damp corner classrooms.
Viktoria Savova,16 years old, speaks about the impact of the armed conflict in eastern Ukraine on her life in her classroom at Popasna School No. 21, Luhansk region.
"Our classroom is the warmest in the school, and we can even wear t-shirts. With other classrooms it was more complicated, and they were colder. But now we have UNICEF heaters, so students in other classrooms will also be able to wear t-shirts, because it will be warmer. And they'll feel more comfortable: it's much better when you don't have to wear several sweaters and don't look like a ball at school," says Viktoria Savova, 16, a friendly senior pupil.
The girl confesses that despite the ceasefire she is acutely aware that her hometown is close to the contact line.
I know that there are still mines in the suburbs, and it is dangerous to walk there. Sometimes we can still hear distant shooting. And it is so sad that we have lost contact with our friends and peers from Luhansk, who remained on the other side of the contact line.
This year, she participated in a mine safety workshop.
The friendly atmosphere of the school, filled with holiday preparations, helps the girl and her peers to cope with the negative effects of the military conflict.
You want to go to our school in the morning, you don't want to skip it. It is warm and comfortable, and fun to study here.
Armed conflict
20 мільйонів дітей у світі у 2018 році не отримали життєво-важливих щеплень від кору, дифтерії та правця
20 million children miss out on lifesaving measles, diphtheria and tetanus vaccines in 2018
Millions of people risk being cut off from safe water as hostilities escalate in Eastern Ukraine – UNICEF
ЮНІСЕФ: із загостренням бойових дій на сході України мільйони людей можуть залишитися без питної води


The Christmas orders are arriving. If you have any Christmas orders to place, do it soon.
We just finished embroidery on some nice big towels. The names are 3" tall. There are a few orders for robes which should be completed this week. Then we have aprons and jackets. In the meantime, we are working on a quote for some satin jackets.
The biggest news is receiving the first order for the Mardi Gras mask for glasses. Mardi Gras is just around the corner. The butterfly masks are $15. If you want krewe masks, please let me know right away since they have to be designed before stitching can occur.
I did make a Santa Sack today. It still needs to be embroidered. The sack wasn't too hard to make. How hard could a sack be? What took time was deciding to have a cuff around the top and designing that. The designing is always the time consuming element.
Obviously, this is going to be a short week. On top of that I am cooking for Thanksgiving, which translates into I will be cooking and not working on Wednesday. However, on Black Friday I am not leaving the house to get into the craziness. I will probably be working on Friday. Sometime this week I have to get to the bank and sign some papers and that sort of stuff.
The red and green tea towels with the fringe arrived and are ready for orders. We also have black, white, and purple tea towels.
More handkerchiefs were purchased from our Etsy store this week. I use cloth handkerchiefs and I love them. It still amazes me that people buy them. That is a pleasant amazement, however. Some of the hankies are priced pretty high but those entail a lot of work because the lace is actually made and attached on the embroidery machine. Other hankies are simple to make and very reasonably priced, especially our all time best seller "You Have A Booger" hanky for merely $10.
An Illinois man left the snow-filled streets of Chicago for a vacation in Florida. His wife was on a business trip and was planning to meet him there the next day.
When he reached his hotel, he decided to send his wife a quick email. Unable to find the scrap of paper on which he had written her email address, he did his best to type it in from memory.
DEAREST WIFE: "JUST GOT CHECKED IN. EVERYTHING PREPARED FOR YOUR ARRIVAL TOMORROW. P.S. SURE IS HOT DOWN HERE."
For a couple years I've been blaming it on lack of sleep and too much pressure from my job, but now I found out the real reason: I'm tired because I'm over worked. The population of this country is 237 million. 104 million are retired. That leaves 133 million to do the work. There are 85 million in school, which leaves 48 million to do the work. Of this there are 29 million employed by the federal government, leaving 19 million to do the work. 2.8 million are in the Armed Forces, which leaves 16.2 million to do the work. Take from the total the 14,800,000 people who work for State and City Governments and that leaves 1.4 million to do the work. At any given time there are 188,000 people in hospitals, leaving 1,212,000 to do the work. Now, there are 1,211,998 people in prisons. That leaves just two people to do the work. You and me. And you're sitting at your computer reading jokes.


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Astronomers Image Lowest-mass Exoplanet Around a Sun-like Star
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Dusty Hula Hoop Rings 'Blinking' Stellar Duo
In this artist's impression, a disk of dusty material leftover from star formation girds two young stars like a hula hoop. As the two stars whirl around each other, they periodically peek out from the disk, making the system appear to "blink" every 93 days.
The dusty hula hoop itself is misaligned from the central star pair, thanks to the disrupting gravitational presence of a third star orbiting at the periphery of the system. The light yellow arcs near the two central stars indicate their movement relative to each other and the disk. It is believed that this disk will go on to spawn planets and the other celestial bodies that make up a solar system.
NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope observed this system, called YLW 16A, in the infrared light emitted by the disk's warmed gas and dust.
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., manages the Spitzer Space Telescope mission for NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Washington. Science operations are conducted at the Spitzer Science Center at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. Data are archived at the Infrared Science Archive housed at the Infrared Processing and Analysis Center at Caltech. Caltech manages JPL for NASA.
For more information about Spitzer, visit http://spitzer.caltech.edu and http://www.nasa.gov/spitzer.
An artist's conception of Kepler-78b orbiting its parent star once every 8.5 hours.
HST ACS/HRC Wide View of Fomalhaut System
This false-color near-infrared image has been processed to remove most of the scattered light from the star Kappa Andromedae to reveal its "super-Jupiter" companion, Kappa Andromedae b.
Image of the "super-Jupiter" Kappa Andromedae b
This artist's impression shows the formation of a gas giant planet in the ring of dust around the young star HD 100546.
Artist's impression of a gas giant planet forming in the disc around the young star HD 100546
A newly discovered exoplanet, Kepler-452b, comes the closest of any found so far to matching our Earth-sun system. This artist's conception of a planetary lineup shows habitable zone planets with s...
Finding Another Earth: Candidate Lineup
An artist's illustration of Kepler-64b or PH1, a planet discovered by volunteers from the Planet Hunters citizen science project. PH1, shown in the foreground, is the first reported case of a plane...
Kepler-64b: Four Star Planet
This is an artist's concept of a hypothetical 10-million-year-old star system. The bright blur at the center is a star much like our sun. The other orb in the image is a gas-giant planet like Jupit...
Gas Giants Form Quickly
Researchers have detected the first "exomoon" candidate -- a moon orbiting a planet that lies outside our solar system. Using a technique called "microlensing," they observed what could be either a...
Moon or Planet? The 'Exomoon Hunt' Continues (Artist's Concept)
The first planet to have its clouds mapped showed us what weather looked like on a planet outside our solar system.
Infographic: Profile of planet Kepler-7b
Transit data are rich with information. By measuring the depth of the dip in brightness and knowing the size of the star, scientists can determine the size or radius of the planet. The orbital peri...
Light Curve of a Planet Transiting Its Star
For a tidally locked planet there is no day or night, only freezing darkness on one side and burning constant sunlight on the other. The terminator zone is bathed in constant twilight and would lik...
Tidally locked planets (Earth at Twilight)
A dusty planetary system (left) is compared to another system with little dust in this artist concept. Dust can make it difficult for telescopes to image planets because light from the dust can out...
Seeking Planets in the Dust (Artist's Concept)
A hypothetical planet is depicted here moving through the habitable zone and then further out into a long, cold winter.
Eccentric Habitable Zones
For the first time since exoplanets, or planets around stars other than the sun, were discovered almost 20 years ago, X-ray observations have detected an exoplanet passing in front of its parent st...
Exo-eclipse in x-ray vision - illustration only
This infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope tells astronomers that a distant gas planet, a so-called "hot Jupiter" called HD 209458b, might be smothered with high clouds. It is one of th...
Cracking the Code of Faraway Worlds: an Exoplanet Atmosphere
The artist's concept depicts a comet-like tail of a possible disintegrating super Mercury-size planet candidate as it transits its parent star named KIC 12557548.
Disintegrating Super Mercury-size Planet
This image from NASA's Kepler mission shows the telescope's full field of view -- an expansive star-rich patch of sky in the constellations Cygnus and Lyra.
Two Zooms in the Kepler Field
This illustration shows one of the three newly discovered planets in the star cluster Messier 67.
Messier 67: Star Cluster
This artist's illustration shows the atmosphere of a brown dwarf called 2MASSJ22282889-431026, which was observed simultaneously by NASA's Spitzer and Hubble space telescopes.
Anatomy of Brown Dwarf's Atmosphere
This diagram compares the planets of our inner solar system to Kepler-186, a five-planet star system about 500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Cygnus. The five planets of Kepler-186 orb...
Kepler-186 and the Solar System
PSO J318.5-22 belongs to a special class of planets called rogue, or free-floating, planets. Wandering alone in the galaxy, they do not orbit a parent star. These rogue planets glow faintly from t...
Where the Nightlife Never Ends
Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) have taken the first ever image of the snow line in an infant planetary system.
ALMA image of the carbon monoxide snow line around TW Hydrae


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Mike Neal to appeal PED ban again
Published: June 5, 2012 at 07:29 p.m.
Updated: Aug. 3, 2012 at 01:37 a.m.
Green Bay Packers defensive end Mike Neal remains determined to have his four-game suspension overturned by the NFL.
Neal said his positive test for performance-enhancing drugs was triggered by Adderall, a prescription drug often used to treat attention-deficit disorder. He has already appealed the ruling once to no avail. He said Tuesday he plans to appeal again.
"It was Adderall," Neal said, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. "I'm not ashamed to say it. If I would have known, I wouldn't have had this problem. We're going through everything right now to get my prescription finalized with the NFL. … I've never took any steroids. I haven't done any HGH (human growth hormone). It was an Adderall situation and that's unfortunate."
Neal said he is training as if he'll be on the field with teammates in September.
"I'm getting ready for Week 1," he said. "I'm appealing my situation and I'm planning on playing in Week 1. So until further notice, that's where I'm standing at."
Neal is likely encouraged by the case of New York Giants running back Andre Brown, who recently has his own four-game ban overturned for Adderall use. Of course, Neal has already lost one appeal. That could be a sign that there are different factors at play.


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Art and Exploration in Anafim v'Alonim!
We have been SO busy in Beit Anafim v'Alonim ("branches" for 4th grade and "oak trees" for 5th and 6th grades)! Between launching our Sukkat Shlomecha community project, exploring a new perek in our Ya'akov v'Esav theme, and developing our skills as learning partners for studying ivrit and biblical text, the children in Anafim v'Alonim have been doing serious learning.
This week in ivrit, children supported one another in reading words with silent letters, chirik and chirik yud vowel sounds, script writing, and mastering final letters. Children take responsibility for their partner's ivrit learning as well as their own, and are practicing cooperative skills such as kindly disagreeing.
During yetzirat torah we've experimented with mixed media charcoal and collage. It is important to our community of artists that our kevutzah is creative, and children are excited to play with these modalities and fine art materials. Already they are engaged in significant exploration! Here, a child is imagining the stone altar Ya'akov builds in Genesis 28.
A child's experimentation with lifting (a charcoal technique), watercolor markers, fine tip markers, and layering paper collage.
Our big question around Sukkat Shlomecha this week was: what is shalom? Anafim v'Alonim created metaphors around peace using postcards of artwork and generated language that we associate with feeling shalom. Next week we will explore how we as individuals and as a community can recognize when we are activated and take steps to find peace and calm again.


You've got it made in the shade with this sweet "wink wink" sunglass strap that keeps your frames secure with soft, durable silicone.
The ends of the strap fit securely over your sunglass earpieces, so you can be prepared for sunny days, but won't be caught holding your sunglasses in the dark.
Great summer gift for anyone who loves traveling, boating or "beaching" and has a great sense of style.