So i just purchased from this site - 2 diffusers & oil. On completion of my order i see the amount is in USD???? WTF?? Where oh where does it say this when browsing the site?? VERY DISAPPOINTED & IT'S SO WRONG - I want to cancel my order!!
Do not buy from these people. I wish I had read the reviews too. I purchased a diffuser just prior to Christmas. It never ever work properly. When I was first in contact with them they were very friendly and assured me that they would sort the problem. No such luck. I have sent numerous emails and they are just ignoring me. They are happy to take your money but they aren't happy to help out when there's a problem. I would NEVER EVER buy anything from them again. Beware.
I'm still waiting for the diffusers I purchased on the 21/11/18. It's now 22/1/19. After complaining so many times they finally answered and said they had been resent on 27/12/18. Still no sign of them. I have asked for a refund but they don't reply. BEWARE. Don't waste your money.
I've sent you a PM to get more information, as all Jennifer's on that order date have received their diffusers. If you are still waiting this long, or there are still issues with your order I'd be happy to get you a refund right away.
BEWARE>>>>These people need to be shut down, and FAST.. They stole $400 from one of my friends accounts, she had ordered off of these thieves for Christmas for her daughter and mine, and she seen where they kept taking money out of her account , $20 & $30 increments so it wouldn't be easily noticed, until it added up to over $400, WOW, unbelievable!! So watch your accounts closely.
Sorry to hear your friend had problems. I'd like to clarify a few things though.
1) Our prices are in USD, we've had some customers mention this is a surprise due to the exchange rate. We do display this on our checkout page and FAQ.
2) When I customer places an order, we offer a few extra products such as oils, bracelets and other accessories. If a customer chooses to buy these, they show up as separate charges on the account. This is just the way the billing processor handles these additional items (not our choice).
I believe I know which order this is, as it was fairly rare. The customer had placed 4 completely separate orders, each with accessories added on. I'm guessing she didn't realize we charge in USD and was surprised as we never charged her more than the cost of the products she purchased.
I wish she would have contacted us first, we could've easily clarified this or refunded her right away. We try to do as much as we can for customers with issues but they need to reach out to us and let us know if there is a problem.
My purchase took almost 8 weeks to show up and when it did the boxes were crushed.
I ordered 2 diffusers and 2 different packs of essential oils. One of the packs of oil was like scented water! Maybe not even oil at all!
Neither remote control for the diffusers worked and the quality was terrible for both diffusers.
I'm extremely disappointed and wish I had read the reviews before spending over 100 dollars!!!!
I have sent numerous e mails regarding this...with no response. I'm furious!
We do quote 4-6 week (usually 4 week) delivery times depending on your location. That being said, 8 weeks is far too long. We did have an issue recently due to the Canada Post Strike. If you are from Canada, that would explain it. Otherwise it could've been held by customs or delayed some other way (out of our control). It also sounds like you might have purchased our fragrance oils, which are listed at $10. These are not pure or therapeutic grade essential oils, which we do mention and is also why they are fragrance oils and not essential oils. We'd be happy to work with you to make you feel better about your purchase. If you did e-mail us, we would've responded within 24 hours. Feel free to send us another message with your order number and I can look into this more for you.
I purchased the bundle with the diffuser, oils and bracelet. Got ripped off with the price. My $65 purchase became $105 due to AU$ currency conversion AFTER checkout. Have received the diffuser after some weeks but the horrible box was squashed and damaged. After many many attempts to have this attended to, apparently the instagram DM isn't monitored by staff. I was told by someone in the support message group that the products come separately which wasn't mentioned at the sale time. I don't want this product and I expect a full refund... if only I could get a response from these scammers. I'm not letting go of over $100!!
We do mention our prices are in USD at checkout and in our FAQ. The box being damaged is not good to hear. It sounds like the postal service mishandled the package. If the diffuser itself was damaged at all, we'd be happy to refund/replace it right away. I am not aware of any Instagram messages, that being said, our Instagram is very rarely used compared to Facebook, so it is possible we missed it. We do also mention that the products do some separately - but this is only seen in our FAQ/Shipping, Thank You Page & e-mail confirmations. We also accept returns for any non-damaged products for 30 days (after you receive it). If this hasn't been sorted out yet, please contact us on facebook or our contact us page and we'll work on getting you the refund.
Persistence has finally paid off for me. I have lost count of the numerous emails i have sent 5 minute deals regards my broken diffuser. In the end i decided i would give up as I was over it. And interestingly i received a new diffuser in the mail today. Completely unexpected as the way i was being given the run around i thought they would never replace it. It is just a shame the company made me jump through so many hoops to get here. It has left a bad taste in my mouth. Fingers crossed this one keeps working..
We've been working on improving response times for customer service tickets. Although, in this case I am guessing they must have mis-labeled it. I am happy to hear you received a new diffuser and I hope it works. We do have a 1 year warranty on all diffusers. We've made it a lot easier recently to send out replacements.
I wish i had read the reviews on this site before buying from 5 min deals. Like everyone else i was asked to upload images and videos of my faulty diffuser. I have emailed them for weeks to replace my diffuser which does not work and beeps incessantly when turned on. Now no one is even acknowledging my messages. I will never buy from them again. I have a one year warranty on a useless diffuser which they appear to be not at all interested in replacing. Crooks. I have never experienced such poor customer service. Wish i had paid more and bought from a reputable company.
Item arrived over a month later. Looked like they had used it for a football. No way to return it to the mailing address (in CHINESE - first clue). Obviously was broken - did not work. Add for item did NOT disclose country of origin. Waste of fifty bucks. I will never use this site again and will spread the word. I am going to try to get bank to reverse charge to company of origin. Caviat emptor!!!!!!!!
We do quote 4-6 week (usually 4 week) delivery times depending on your location. It sounds like the postal service mishandled the package. If the diffuser itself was damaged at all, we'd be happy to refund/replace it right away. Our do mention we ship products from different parts of the world (including China). Our diffusers are shipped directly from the manufacturer we work with.
1) If the product is damaged/defective - we ask for the video/photo proof so we can quickly re-send a new one. In these cases, we do not need you to return your old one.
2) If it is a typical return, we do offer return service to our Canadian address. (We mention this in our return policy).
I wish you would've contacted us to fix this for you. Feel free to reach out if you have not received a refund yet.
We do mention on our FAQ & during Checkout that our prices are in USD. That being said, we always want to make it more clear. Due to limitations of a lot of payment processors, we are forced to charge only in 1 currency (USD in our case).
Any messenger block would have been automated due to spam posts on our page. A simple message to us would've very quickly resolved this.
I ordered two mini USB diffusers, both arrive after many months. They work, but not well; the lid is always loose, and the cord barely fits. They sent me an email about a free diffuser necklace, I foolishly paid the 1 dollar shipping fee. It has been 8 months, and my credit card was used for overseas purchases. I'm pissed.
Sorry to hear about the dissatisfaction with the USB diffusers. Occasionally defective units get through - in this case, we can replace/refund the diffusers - we do offer a 1 year warranty on all diffusers.
The diffuser necklace should've arrived within 4-6 weeks.
The credit card issue is unfortunate to hear but completely unrelated to us. We use one of the largest payment processors in the world and do not have access to any customer payment information on our end.
It was good to find these reviews, as their website only has positive feedback.
We also have an issue with the lead on the diffuser which doesn't fit properly. We were also asked to take a video of diffuser, with water, and switched on, which was dangerous as it kept switching on and off. They said to try the other lead to test it, but the second diffuser was a gift to my daughter, so we couldn't do it.
They offer a 12 month warranty, but has anyone else received a replacement? It seems they make you go through hoops, as though you are not being dishonest. It's been a very stressful experience.
Surely it is illegal not to honour the warranty. Any suggestions?
We've made it a lot easier recently to send out replacements. In this case, I believe a photo of the lead not fitting properly would've been enough to instantly get a refund/replacement. We do stand by our 1 year warranty, even if the customer runs the diffuser 24/7. If this is something we can still help fix for you, please feel free to reach out.
Bought a diffuser last year, loved it, worked fine. Bought two more as gifts. Neither worked. When I advised them about this, I had to sent videos of each diffuser 'not working'. This was hard as one of them was for an elderly relative and they don't use phones to video.
I eventually managed it. Then replacement cords were posted. Took weeks! Neither of those worked. I was asked to send videos of those not working. Did that. Then I was asked to send videos of them not working using first the initial cord and then the replacement in the SAME video. Absolutely ridiculous. Embarrassing also for the time this has taken for the people I bought it for. Once again whoever's emailing me as 'sent them to their supervisor'. I'm not letting this go, as I see now so many others with similar issues.
Also, their reviews on their own site have to be filtered as they are SO different to those on independent review sites.
Hi J W. We've made it a lot easier recently to send out replacements. Sorry to hear about the trouble. Honestly, this sounds like a case of really bad luck on both of our ends. In regards to reviews: We do have a lot of positive reviews & some negative reviews. We request reviews on our site, whereas we didn't know this site existed until recently. Most of our customers are satisfied and those that are not, we try to always fix/make right. That being said, if the customer does not contact us, we can't do much about it. If this situation is still an issue, please let me know and I can get it fixed right away. We stand by our 1 year warranty.
We've made it a lot easier recently to send out replacements. Sorry to hear about the trouble. I'll get support to follow up with you about this (if you haven't received a response yet). We do reply within 24 hours of any e-mail (except during weekends). I'm hoping you e-mailed the correct address. Either way, we'll follow up and check this out.
WARNING Please dont buy from these people. I was sent a faulty diffuser. They asked me for videos and photos of the broken diffuser. Over 14 emails back and forth they said I didnt show clearly there was water in it ( of course I put water in it ) in total frustration I sent a photo of it in the bin. As it was broken I didnt want it just sitting as an ornament. They then wrote back and said as its in the bin the warranty is void. I posted a review of how disappointed I was online and they deleted it. Be Warned. This company does not back their products !!
We've made it a lot easier recently to send out replacements. Sorry to hear about the trouble. We request videos/photos so you do not need to wait for your broken diffuser to be returned before we send out a new one. It should've never taken 14 emails though - I'd be happy to look into this case personally for you.
The difusers I got on time and in good nick but just cardboard box so not very nice to give as present...have given one as a present so I see how it goes...keeping fingers crossed.
We do quote 4-6 week (usually 4 week) delivery times depending on your location. I'm assuming you've received the diffuser by now. If not, please get in touch with us for a refund. 6 weeks is usually the longest a customer waits, unless there is an uncontrollable issue, such as weather or a postal strike.
The worst customer service. I waited forever for the diffuser and never received the oils. I asked about them, but no answer. DO NOT ORDER!!!!
I ordered a product in October 2017 contacted them multiple times because I had never received my order. It finally shows up in January 2018 and the box is smashed I return the package according to instructions from the company still no refund and now they are telling me the post office hasnt marked it returned this company is a joke and I do not recommended ordering from them at all.
I recently ordered two diffusers. When I received them they were not the quality I expected and wanted to return them. They said I had to return them to Canada, which would cost about $25.00 to return them. They were shipped out of California and I asked why I couldn't return them to California they just said no, it had to be Canada. This is clearly a ploy to prevent returns. The products they sell are out of China and poorly crafted. BUYERS BEWARE DO NOT BUY FROM 5 MINUTE DEALS.
Just be aware when ordering from them that the merchandise ships from China and will take a long time for delivery. I ordered on 11/27/17 and received on 1/04/18, over 5 weeks. I haven't used it yet but it was packed in a flimsy cardboard box with no packing material. It appears to be intact. It looks okay but the material is plastic. Instructions are not clearly written. I am guessing the water fill line is the only line in the tank but it is not marked as such. I am accustomed to diffusers by another company and I pay a good bit more for those. Was hoping to save a little money but will see if the savings pay off with good service from this diffuser.
I ordered diffusers. They are really nice and the quality seems to be fine. However, the packaging was poor and one of them had a piece broken off when it arrived. I immediately took pictures and informed customer services. They wrote back that they would have to speak to a supervisor. After about a week no further action. I write again and received the same template reply. Now I have this broken item and no body bothers to refund me so far!
ordered a product 8/26/17 never received, credit my pay pal acct and cancel.
ordered the black tulip diffuser over a month ago still have not received it yet and tracking does not work. I have left numerous messages which have never been answered. I want a refund but no one gets back to you to do so. NOT IMPRESSED AT ALL!!!!!!!!
I tried the link to track my shipment and it doesn't even exist. Every email I send has an automated reply. I think this company is bad and I will spread the news fear and wide! !!
Why was the money for my order deducted from my bank account but doesn't show up as a Paypal payment?
Where is my diffuser? Ordered on Novembe 23. Money was deducted from my bank account,but doesn't show up on my Paypal account. Scam?
where it my item. Item \no.106141. It has taken far too long to get to me.
where is my diffuser. Item No 106141.
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Агармы́ш (, ) — горный массив в Крыму, самая восточная часть внутренней гряды Крымских гор. На территории массива в 1975 году основан комплексный памятник природы общегосударственного значения — Агармышский лес с общей площадью 40 га. Располагается рядом с городом Старый Крым.

Общая информация
Высшая точка — гора Большой Агармыш (высота 722,5 м над у. м.). Это обособленный массив, идущий с юго-запада на северо-восток, протяжённостью около восьми километров. Вершину горы занимает одноимённая яйла. Имеет несколько вершин: г. Большой Агармыш (722,5 м), г. Лысый Агармыш (точная высота неизвестна в связи с карьерными работами), г. Малый Агармыш (665 м), г. Шпиль (491 м), г. Фантальная (413 м), г. Боченко (425 м).

Топонимика
Массив Агармыш (с крымскотатарского ağarmış — «побелевший», «побледневший», «поседевший») имеет и другие названия: Большой Агармыш, Агермиш, Агирмиш-Даги. Лысый Агармыш (Таз-Агармыш) (на крымскотатарском таз означает «лысый»). Малый Агармыш (Хадыр-Оба, Кадрион, Османчугская гора; Хадыр — мужское имя, Османчик — бывшее название села Холодовка). С запада к Агармышу примыкают горы Бака-Таш и двухвершинный Яман-Таш — Большой и Малый (на крымскотатарском языке baqa — «лягушка», yaman — «плохой», «злой», taş — «камень»).

История и Агармыш
В долине под Агармышем в 1956—1959 годах экспедиция Т. Н. Кругликовой (АН СССР) г. Москвы нашла стоянку первобытного человека, её возраст 50—70 тыс. лет. На встрече с жителями города Старый Крым, профессор М. Крамаровский сказал, что уже 14 000 лет здесь постоянно живут люди. В средние века от водосборных галерей Агармыша в долину к городу Солхат были проведены глиняные водопроводы. Таким образом Агармыш способствовал процветанию средневекового города. Часть «галерейки» (так называют местные жители старинный галерейный водопровод) функционирует до сих пор. На самом Агармыше сохранились остатки крепостной стены древнего Солхата. Именно отсюда начинал свою топографическую съёмку А. Л. Бертье-Делагард в 1925 г. для определения границ древнего города.

Пещеры Агармыша
Агармышский карстовый район имеет классический средиземноморский тип. Вода, растворяя верхнеюрские известняки, образует разнообразные гроты, колодцы, шахты, пещеры.

 Пещера «Бездонный колодец» (колодец Чингиз-хана, Хулах-ерным (Ухо Земли), Сычёв провал. Вход в пещеру закрыт железобетонной плитой. Во время исследования в 1964 году была определена глубина (42 м), ширина дна (10,4 м х 5,7 м) и наличие газа на глубине. По высокому содержанию углекислого газа и метана Бездонная — единственная в Крыму. Средняя температура +8 °C. Относится к 1 классу сложности и труднодоступности.
 Пещера «Глубокая» — самая большая. Высшая категория сложности. Закрыта для посещения.
 Пещера «Драконья нора». Находится над Дерипнольной балкой Большого Агармыша Здесь в 1941—1983 годах ленинградскими археологами было найдено таврское святилище.
 Пещера «Заячья нора» длина 5 метров, глубина 1 метр.
 Пещера «Каменный мешок» имеет глубину 6 метров.
 Пещера «Комариная» Длина 10 метров.
 Пещера «Лисий хвост». Расположена в Волчьем яру. В 1905 г. в ней была типография социал-демократов, в 1943 г. здесь был партизанский оружейный склад.
 Пещера «Ломоносова» — самая длинная. Глубина 120 метров. Открыта в 1986 году. Высшей категория сложности. Закрыта для посещения.
 Пещера «Медвежье ухо» имеет размеры 3х4 метра, но в ней постоянно холодный воздух.
 Пещера «Маска» Протяжённость от входа около 10 метров, глубина — 2 метра. Находится в Волчьем яру. Наскальные рисунки в виде масок подтверждают, что это место было святилищем тавров. Относится ко второй категории сложности.
 Пещера «Паучья» находится на северном склоне Агармыша.
 Пещера «Погреб» находится на горе Шпиль (напротив Грушевки около Симферопольского карьера). В 1861 году здесь был найден клад с драгоценностями.
 Пещера «Стонущая». Глубина 42 метра. Постоянно падающие с потолка капли издают звуки похожие на стоны. На дне есть озеро глубиной 0,5 метра. Пещера труднодоступна и труднопроходима.

Агармышский лес

Агармышскому лесу более 200 лет. В 1964 году объявлен заповедным. Бук, дуб, граб — основные породы старокрымского леса. В том же 1964 году также взят под охрану крымский бук. Здесь встречается редкий вид граба — граб восточный, произрастающий в основном в виде кустарниковых форм. Встречается 2 разновидности дуба: пушистый и скальный.

На Агармыше можно проследить границу между областями произрастания двух видов бука: восточного и лесного, которые в результате естественной гибридизации образуют много переходных форм. Также здесь можно встретить ясень, вяз, липу, клён, а из кустарников — кизил, лещину, боярышник, скумпию. Южный склон Агармыша довольно плотно покрыт зарослями, состоящими из можжевельника пирамидального, барбариса, терновника, шиповника, ежевики. Можжевельник высокий и подснежник складчатый являются реликтами третичного периода.

А в самом низу этого склона, сразу за трассой Симферополь-Керчь, находится большой искусственный сосновый бор, посадка которого началась ещё до Великой Отечественной войны и была продолжена после её окончания.

Источники Агармыша
Агармыш — важное место формирования водных ресурсов восточного Крыма. Многочисленные источники делают этот регион одним из самых водных. Карстовые полости собирают воду, которая потом выходит наружу у всех склонов массива. На севере выходит самый мощный источник Агармыша — Су-Баш. На юге имеются многочисленные источники и родники, которые текут в город. Часть этих источников собирается в старый галерейный водопровод. Самым известным источником южного склона является Малый Чокрак (Молла-Чокрак). Во́ды с север-восточной части массива (Таз-Агармыш) выходят на поверхность многочисленными родниками в районе села Кринички, которые в свою очередь дают начало реке Кхоур-Джила.

Красная книга Агармыша

 Ежевик гребенчатый
 Цикламен Кузнецова
 Подснежник складчатый
 Тимьян кальмиусский
 Некоторые виды пионов (тонколистный, Биберштейна и др.)
 Некоторые виды можжевельника (высокий, пирамидальный, древовидный).
 Бук — восточный и лесной (обыкновенный).

Экологическая обстановка
За время существования горных карьеров на Агармыше произошли значительные изменения экологической обстановки, как в данном регионе, так и в регионе влияния. Высота Лысого Агармыша уменьшилась не менее чем на 70 м, что в свою очередь повлияло на распределение воздушных потоков. Постоянные взрывы в карьерах приводят к тектоническим смещениям в скальных породах массива, в результате чего происходят обвалы в карстовых полостях Агармыша, которые изменяют направления течений в подземных реках. Некоторые родники исчезают, так как водяные пласты, питающие эти родники, уходят глубже под землю. Исчезновение водяных пластов ведёт в свою очередь к засыханию целых частей леса.

Интересные факты
 На Лысом Агармыше снимались некоторые сцены из фильмов «9 рота» (2005), «Обитаемый остров» (2008) режиссёра Фёдора Бондарчука и эпизоды сериала «Афганский призрак» (2008).
 Существует легенда, согласно которой именно в пещерах Агармыша спрятано ожерелье французской королевы, украденное в 1777 году Жанной Валуа де ла Мотт..

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 Массив Агармыш
 О массиве Агармыш (с фото)

Примечания

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\end{figure}

For a random walk at the boundary of a regular $p$--branching Cayley tree, each $\gamma$--level
block of Parisi matrix, ${\bf W}$, consists of $p^\gamma$ equal elements, that depend on $\gamma$
only. For example, $w(3|4)=w_1,\, w(3|7)=w_3,\, w(5|8)=w_2$,  \emph{etc} -- compare
\fig{fig:sup01}a and \fig{fig:sup01}b. The random walk in the ultrametric space is specified by a
choice of transitions $w_{\gamma}$ which are supposed to be $w_{\gamma}=p^{-(\alpha+1) \gamma}$,
where $\alpha>0$ is some parameter -- see \cite{Avetisov1}. The exponential decay of transition
probabilities is the most common situation in nature and, as it is shown in \cite{alpha=1}, is
fully consistent (for $\alpha=1$) with the contact probabilities in a human chromosomes map
provided by HiC method in \cite{Mirny}.

It is known (\cite{VVZ}) that the symmetric transition operator in the right hand side of \eq{eq:3}
is diagonalizible by the $p$-adic Fourier transform, and for unbounded ultrametric space its
non-zero eigenvalues are $\lambda_{\gamma}= -p^{-\alpha\gamma}$. Since all eigenvalues are
negative, the hierarchically folded conformations given by \eq{eq:3} have a well defined ground
state with a specific \emph{set of eigenvalues, one for each fold of a given scale}. The chain
conformations are subjected to the action of a hierarchy of strong constrains, and the temperature
is supposed to be much lower than the critical temperature of the coil-globule phase transition.

It has been shown in \cite{Avet-Nech3} that it is naturally to describe the transitions in a
hierarchical network by the critical behavior in a system of Ising spins with block-hierarchical
interactions, the so-called ``hierarchical Dyson model'' \cite{Dyson,baker}. The Dyson model has a
family of phase transitions with decreasing temperature, producing a tree of hierarchically
embedded clusters of correlated spins. This behavior suggests a new way of analytic approach to a
fractal globule unfolding, based not on the coordinate representation, which defines the position
of a given monomer in a real Euclidean space, but on a natural ``intrinsic'' $p$-adic encoding of
folds, which attributes a given unit to a particular set of crumples of all hierarchical levels.
The precision of such a description is restricted by the chain length in the unit, i.e. in the
crumple of minimal scale, $g^*$. Such a description \emph{is not a theory of coil--to--fractal
globule} phase transition in a common sense, but rather the \emph{theory of a fractal globule
melting}, since we are interested in the destruction of hierarchical set of folds only (without
refereing to their coordinate representation), which happens \emph{within} the globular phase of a
polymer.

\section{Supplement 2}

A typical conformation of hierarchically collapsed polymer chain and its elastic network are shown
in \fig{fig:sup02}a and \fig{fig:sup02}b respectively. The benchmarks A, B and C depicted in the
\fig{fig:sup02}b are used to visualize the relaxation trajectories of the elastic network (see
\cite{Mikh} for details).

\begin{figure}[ht]
\epsfig{file=cr_fsup02.eps,width=8cm}
\caption {(a) Typical shape of hierarchically folded globule. Representative nodes are shown in
red, other monomers are green; (b) The elastic network. Blue (A), green (B) and yellow (C) colors
mark the three nodes constituting the 3D coordinate system for the visualization of the network
dynamics.}
\label{fig:sup02}
\end{figure}

To represent the slowest degrees of freedom, a triangle ABC (marked by blue, green, and yellow
nodes in the \fig{fig:sup02}b) is chosen in such a way that the changes of the distances along the
sides AB ($\delta u_{12}/u_{12}^{(0)}$) and BC ($\delta u_{13}/u_{13}^{(0)}$) correspond to the
slowest relaxation modes. The particular selection of benchmarks A, B and C is fixed by the
following procedure. Computing the spectrum of elasticity matrix, we extract the eigenvectors,
${\bf e}_1$ and ${\bf e}_2$, corresponding to slowest relaxation modes. Then the points A, B and C
are defined by the condition that the projections of the average changes of $|{\rm AB}|$ onto ${\bf
e}_1$ and of $|{\rm BC}|$ onto ${\bf e}_2$ are maximal.

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Track 1: Risteard Mulcahy discusses the circumstances, as told to him by his father, Richard (Dick) Mulcahy, about the surrender at Ashbourne following the Rising. He also outlines the reasons why his father was not executed in the aftermath. Track 2: The vacuum which existed following the return of the republicans from English prisons after the Rising is discussed, as is Richard Mulcahy's first job after his return. The reorganisation and regrouping of the Irish Volunteers from 1918 is examined, the attempted conscription in 1918, and details of the split in the Irish Volunteers, are also explored. Track 3: Risteard Mulcahy talks about his father's skills in organisation and delegation. Richard Mulcahy's role in attempting to set up the Irish Army on the establishment of the Provisional Government, following the signing of the Treaty is discussed. Negotiations with the IRA, the Curragh Mutiny and its aftermath, and the shooting of Kevin O'Higgins are also discussed. Track 4: Negotiations with Northern Ireland at the time of the Civil War, the frustration felt by Richard Mulcahy, and the great danger of anarchy in Ireland are examined. Track 5: The women of Cumann na mBan who took the anti-Treaty side and his father's antipathy towards them is recalled. The role taken by Richard Mulcahy in Irish politics in the years following the 1916-1923 period is described. Track 6: Cumann na nGaedheal, its membership and ethos in the 1920s, are discussed. Track 7: The role of Richard Mulcahy in ensuring the co-operation of the Irish Army with the new Fianna Fáil government from 1932 onward is explained. Track 8: The executed leaders of the 1916 Rising are recalled by Risteard Mulcahy, as are his parents. The Mulcahy family's desire that their father's historical legacy should be accurately recognised is emphasised.
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Spear-Phishing
"Spear phishing is an email or electronic communications scam targeted towards a specific individual, organisation or business. Although often intended to steal data for malicious purposes, cybercriminals may also intend to install malware on a targeted user's computer."
Gone are the days when the only phishing threats were from poorly spelled emails asking you to claim Clubcard points. With the cybercrime-as-a-service (CaaS) industry estimated to be worth in the billions each year, cyber criminals are becoming increasingly organised in the way they implement their attacks. Instead of sending out random emails and hoping for the best, spear-phishing involves researching a particular organisation, probing for weaknesses, then sending highly targeted, personal phishing emails. These emails may appear as if they come from your CEO, or IT manager, or even the colleague that sits next to you. It is estimated that over 90% of successful data breaches by cyber criminals started with a spear-phishing attack. The best means of prevention is to implement an ongoing cyber security awareness program, as trained staff can detect and block spear phishing attacks before it's too late.
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New Global Ransomware 'Petya' May Be Deadlier Than WannaCry
Back in May, the world saw a global ransomware attack on a then-unprecedented scale – WannaCry. This cyber attack affected more than 230,000 computers in more than 150 countries, and is estimated to have cost businesses up to $4 billion. To say that businesses were caught off-guard is an understatement, with the malware utilising vulnerabilities in the long-obsolete Windows Server Message Block (SMB) v1 and through computers with out-of-date Windows security patches. It gets onto a network most often through human error – employees clicking phishing emails – then spreads like wildfire to other machines that are connected to the internet.
This week, however, reports came in from Ukraine and across Europe that a new mass-ransomware attack was underway. Initially theorised to have been a variant of WannaCry, cyber security experts now believe it to be a variant of Petya, a strain first seen in 2016 which was then predicted to be "the next step in ransomware evolution".
Oops, your important files are encrypted. There is currently no known way to recover files affected by Petya.
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Honda Forced to Suspend Plant After Fresh WannaCry Outbreak
Japanese carmaker Honda released a statement last Tuesday that it had halted operations in its Sayama, Japan car plant due to a recurrence of the now-infamous WannaCry ransomware. The plant, which has an output of approximately 1000 vehicles per day, was shut down on Monday after Honda discovered the virus had affected networks across Japan, North America, Europe, China and other regions. This was despite attempts by the company to secure its networks against such attacks when the initial WannaCry outbreak occurred back in May.
Just one day's downtime at Honda's Sayama plant cost production of 1000 vehicles
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Ransomware attacks may breach new EU GDPR data protection regulations.
With the introduction of the new EU general data protection regulation (GDPR) this time next year (25 May 2018 to be exact) – businesses all over the globe could find themselves in breach of the regulation and facing hefty fines should they fail to prevent a ransomware attack, phishing attack or similar. The message is finally getting out there – something needs to be done about ransomware and fast.
How Ransomware could cause a breach of GDPR?
As noted in this RTE article by @AengusCox – data protection and governance expert @DaraghOBrien, Managing Director of Castlebridge Associates, confirms GDPR is all about accountability. Not only do organisations have to comply with the regulation, they also have to demonstrate compliance through evidential proof (documentation, etc) of the controls, processes, technology, etc. that they have in place to protect the sensitive and personal data they hold on EU citizens (to include their staff, customers, vendors and third parties).
Daragh confirms that ransomware could indeed be seen as a breach of GDPR by the data protection commissioner, as ransomware typically can affect both the availability and access of personal data and can also affect the recovery of the personal data. Indeed, some viruses are known to upload personal data to hackers – a clear data breach and major breach of the GDPR.
As the GDPR comes more and more into focus through the year and into next year – security experts predict that hackers/scammers will begin to steal data with advanced ransomware and then blackmail the victims by threatening to report them to data protection commissioner.
In the RTE video interview, Daragh notes that security awareness training for staff is crucial now. Businesses urgently need to train their staff how to recognise and avoid clicking on links in phishing emails.
Many may not realise yet, but Article 39 1(b) of the GDPR regulation places a mandatory onus on organisations to undertake security awareness training for staff that deal with sensitive personal data. Read more
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Ransomware – WannaCry No More – Train and Phish your staff.
By now, many of you that have not been under a rock for the last couple of weeks have heard about the worldwide ransomware cyber-attack WannaCry Decrypt0r that began in earnest on Friday 12th May 2017. The new ransomware caused major disruption to the IT systems of 40 National Health System hospitals across the UK (resulting in most non-emergency operations being suspended). Not only that, but it also caused disruption to an additional 200,000 victims, distributed over at least 150 countries (including several banks, Renault, Nissan, FedEx Corp, Telefonica, German Railways and even the Russian Interior ministry).
Global reports from cyber security experts confirm that this ransomware gets onto a network through an unsuspecting user clicking on a link or attachment in a spam email.
The last few years and countless data breaches have shown that human error (due to a lack of security awareness training) from phishing and social engineering is the number 1 cause of cyber-attacks, ransomware and data breaches worldwide. Unfortunately, many companies including hospitals who have not invested in security awareness training and ongoing testing of their staff with simulated fake emails (to keep them savvy to the latest scams) will continue to be the most vulnerable to this and future similar style cyber- attacks.
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- NASA and SpaceX launched Crew Dragon spacecraft's first operational crew mission on Sunday, carrying four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) for a six-month stay.
The mission, dubbed "Crew-1," is the first crew rotation flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the ISS.
The spacecraft lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 7:27 p.m. EST Sunday (0027 GMT Monday), from historic Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center.
NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, and Shannon Walker, and astronaut Soichi Noguchi of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency are aboard the capsule named Resilience.
NASA confirmed main engine cutoff and separation of the rocket's first and second stages minutes after the lift-off. The spacecraft is now on its way to the ISS for its first operational mission.
Falcon 9's reusable first-stage booster has successfully landed on the "Just Read the Instructions" drone ship, stationed in the Atlantic Ocean.
The spacecraft is scheduled to dock to the space station about 27 hours and 32 minutes after the launch, at around 11 p.m. EST (0400 GMT) Monday, according to NASA.


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Pistons NBA Draft
NBA Draft Prospect Roundup: Thon Maker makes an impression as Pistons continue to work out prospects
Here's a roundup of the latest on NBA draft prospects the Pistons are working out.
By Vincent Diringer Jun 6, 2016, 10:00am EDT
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Thon Maker continues to generate buzz after workout with Pistons
Draft prospect Thon Maker left a lasting impression in Detroit -- and it wasn't just his performance. In a more light-hearted story, Vince Ellis recounts how Maker's answer to one of the reporter's questions made him reconsider his wording.
The question sounded better in my head, before I started talking.
The need to add bulk and strength is an obvious area for improvement for 7-foot NBA draft prospect Thon Mark of Sudan.
So ...
"What do you do to gain weight?" I asked.
After a brief pause and look of bewilderment, Maker answered: "Just eat."
The group of reporters at the Detroit Pistons' practice facility broke into laughter. There was probably a better way for me to phrase the question to the rail-thin 215-pounder. But Maker saved the day.
Despite the initial look of bewilderment, Maker went on to explain his diet plan and how he expects to put on enough weight to be able to compete against NBA big men and what he thinks of being nicknamed the draft's "mystery man". Various mocks have the seven footer projected to go late in the first or early in the second. While the Pistons have shown some interest in drafting him if he slips to the 49th pick, it doesn't seem realistic that he would slide that far.
Detroit hosts workout for several other prospects
After a relatively quiet week, the Pistons have brought in several players to pass the eye test at their training facility, here is the rundown on the prospects that were linked to Motown in the last couple weeks:
As previously noted, Thon Maker and Stephen Zimmerman, who had been interviewed by the team before being penciled in after the draft combine, worked out for the team, according to Pistons.com's Keith Langlois.
French forward Petr Cornelie was also present for the workout, Langlois indicated. The 20-year-old forward is currently expected to be a late first round pick and averaged 8.8 points and 3.5 rebounds per game while shooting over 39 percent from deep in his last season in Europe.
New Mexico State big man Pascal Siakham, who is projected to be selected late in the second round, also worked out for Detroit, as Langlois relayed in a different tweet. Siakham put up 20 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks per game during his last college season.
Texas product Isaiah Taylor worked out with the Pistons along with fellow point guard Anthony Barber. Taylor, who is expected to go undrafted, averaged 15 points and 5 assists this year, whilse Barber, who has been noted as a potential second round pick, averaged 23 points and 4 assists for North Carolina State this season.
Basketball Insiders' Alex Kennedy reveals that Seton Hall shooting guard Isaiah Whitehead will work out for Stan Van Gundy & Co. this week. Projected to be a late second round choice, Whitehead averaged 18 points and 5 assists during his last collegiate season.
Swingman Danuel House is rumored to have scheduled workouts with the Pistons according to Sporting News' Sean Deveney. The Texas A&M product put up 15 points and 4 rebounds per game for the Aggies this year.
Vince Ellis reports that Yogi Farrell (PG, Indiana), Ron Baker (SG, Wichita St.), Derrick Jones (F, UNLV), Thomas Walkup (SG, SFA), Marcus Paige (SG, UNC) and Tyler Harris (F, NC St.) have all been linked to a workout with Detroit. All are expected to go late or undrafted.
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Q: Why my pagedList is not updated via LiveData method .observe? I have a Dao with this method.
@Query("SELECT * FROM expense WHERE date BETWEEN :dateStart AND :dateEnd")
    fun getExpensesBetweenTheDate(dateStart: Calendar, dateEnd: Calendar):
DataSource.Factory<Int, Expense>

My repository get Dao and create LiveData> object.
fun getExpensesBetweenTheDate(startDay: Calendar, endDay: Calendar): LiveData<PagedList<Expense>> {
        val factory = expenseDao.getExpensesBetweenTheDate(startDay, endDay)
        val config = PagedList.Config.Builder()
            .setPageSize(30)
            .setMaxSize(200)
            .setEnablePlaceholders(true)
            .build()
        return LivePagedListBuilder(factory, config)
            .build()
    }

My ViewModel get repository and create a variable.
val expenses = repository.getExpensesBetweenTheDate(startCalendar, endCalendar)

Finally, MainActivity observes on LiveData.
viewModel.expenses.observe(this, Observer(simpleExpenseAdapter::submitList))

All working fine, but when I try to add a new record to the database, it appears there not immediately, but after restarting the application. Similar code without a paging library works well. Maybe i do something wrong. Just in case, I give below the code of the adapter, viewHolder and layout.
Adapter.
class ExpenseAdapter : PagedListAdapter<Expense, ExpenseViewHolder>(EXPENSE_COMPARATOR) {

    companion object {
        private val EXPENSE_COMPARATOR = object : DiffUtil.ItemCallback<Expense>() {

            override fun areItemsTheSame(oldItem: Expense, newItem: Expense): Boolean {
                return oldItem.expenseId == newItem.expenseId
            }

            override fun areContentsTheSame(oldItem: Expense, newItem: Expense): Boolean {
                return oldItem == newItem
            }
        }
    }

    override fun onCreateViewHolder(parent: ViewGroup, viewType: Int): ExpenseViewHolder {
        return ExpenseViewHolder.create(parent)
    }

    override fun onBindViewHolder(holder: ExpenseViewHolder, position: Int) {
        val expenseItem = getItem(position)
        if (expenseItem != null) holder.bind(expenseItem)
    }
}

ViewHolder.
class ExpenseViewHolder(binding: ExpenseElementSimpleBinding) : RecyclerView.ViewHolder(binding.root) {

    private val mBinding = binding

    init {
        mBinding.root.setOnClickListener {
            val intent = Intent(it.context, ShowExpenseActivity::class.java)
            intent.putExtra("expense", mBinding.expense)
            it.context.startActivity(intent)
        }
    }

    companion object {
        fun create(parent: ViewGroup): ExpenseViewHolder {
            val inflater = LayoutInflater.from(parent.context)
            val binding = ExpenseElementSimpleBinding.inflate(inflater, parent, false)
            return ExpenseViewHolder(binding)
        }
    }

    fun bind(item: Expense) {
        mBinding.apply {
            expense = item
            executePendingBindings()
        }
    }
}

Layout.
<layout
        xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
        xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">

    <data>

        <variable
                name="expense"
                type="com.example.budgetplanning.data.model.Expense"/>
    </data>

    <LinearLayout
            android:orientation="horizontal"
            android:layout_width="match_parent"
            android:layout_height="wrap_content">

        <androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatTextView
                android:text="@{expense.description}"
                tools:text="Gasoline"
                android:padding="5dp"
                android:layout_weight="1"
                android:layout_width="0dp"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

        <androidx.appcompat.widget.AppCompatTextView
                android:text="@{String.valueOf(expense.amount)}"
                tools:text="123"
                android:padding="5dp"
                android:layout_width="wrap_content"
                android:layout_height="wrap_content"/>

    </LinearLayout>
</layout>

A: You have to call the simpleExpenseAdapter.notifyDataSetChanged() after the the submitList
This is happening because when you are calling simpleExpenseAdapter::submitList is equivalent to call simpleExpenseAdapter:submitList() when the list diff is not called at this time. So, you have to notify that the list has changed.
Or so, you can pass the new list as a parameter like:
viewModel.expenses.observe(this, Observer<YourObjectListened> {
    simpleExpenseAdapter.submitList(it)
})

A: try to use toLiveData with original example from Paging library overview

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Tag Archives: alaska fisheries
Thank God it's Friday's random facts: The Wood-Tikchik edition
Just north of Dillingham, thousands of king salmon are entering the Nushegak river. Just over the hill, the Agluowak is brimming with Arctic char, sockeye salmon and rainbow trout. These waterways are in the drop-dead gorgeous Wood-Tikchik State Park, where your amasser of Friday facts is currently enjoying a visit. Here are a few Friday facts about the park, and about the nearby Pebble Mine.
Wood-Tikchik State Park is the largest state park in Alaska and the United States.
At 1.6 million acres, it's about the size of Delaware.
There are 15 major lakes in the park, varying in length from 15-45 miles, and can be as deep at 900 feet.
The Agulowak provides spawning grounds for 200,000 sockeye salmon and passes 1.2 million others to higher spawning grounds in the drainage.
Some of those salmon in the park waterways will make their way to the site of the proposed Pebble Mine, which, if built, would be one of the largest gold and copper mines in the world.
Callan J. Chythlook-Sifsof from Aleknagik, Alaska was a member of the United States snowboarding team in the 2010 Winter Olympics and is training for the 2014 Winter Olympics. She has some things to say about Pebble Mine in Thursday's New York Times in a piece entitled, "Native Alaska, Under Threat."
Gold fell 23 percent in second quarter to close at $1,223.80 an ounce on Friday, the lowest it's been in about three years. Mining companies are taking it hard. If things continue, Donald Marleau an analyst at Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said that he would expect the market to downgrade mining companies.
In the past 52 weeks, Northern Dynasty's stock has fluctuated between $5.40 and $1.85. It closed on Friday at $2.09. Northern Dynasty's principle asset is Pebble Mine. In 2007, the company partnered with mining giant Anglo American plc. Which is required to fund US$1.5 billion of project costs to retain its 50 percent interest.
In the past 52 weeks, Anglo American's stock has fluctuated between $16.96 to $9.53. On Friday, its stock closed at $9.63.
In 2010, 538 Washington residents held drift gillnet and set gillnet commercial salmon fishing licenses in Bristol Bay, off of which they made a total gross estimated earnings of about $60 million.
The 2010 census counted 299 residents in both Iliamna and Newhalen, two communities closest to the mine. Out of those, only 26 had commercial fishing permits, and only 22 fished those permits, according to the Alaska's Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission.
Contact Amanda Coyne at amandamcoyne@yahoo.com
This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged alaska fisheries, alaska fishing, pebble mine, Wood-Tikchik state park on June 28, 2013 by Amanda.
Board of Fisheries confirmation expected to be whale of a fight
There are plenty of contentious issues to get through before the Legislature is expected to gavel out April 15. Oil taxes, for one. A bill that would facilitate building a bullet line to run gas from the North Slope to Southcentral Alaska. A plan to begin the work to truck natural gas from the North Slope to Fairbanks. There's Medicaid and abortion. There's school choice and guns.
And then there's the whale of politics: fish politics. On Monday beginning at 10:30 a.m., such politics will come to a head in a joint session, where both bodies will vote on Gov. Parnell's choice to re-nominate Board of Fisheries members Vince Webster. The fight, which will pit the politically active sports fishermen against the big monied commercial guys, is expected to be brutal.
The powerful Kenai River Sportfishing Association (KRSA) put out an alert to urge members to contact their reps to vote against the nomination. Read the full letter here. In short, the association accuses Webster of favoring commercial interest at the expense of the sports fisheries.
Parnell's prepping for a fight. His chief of staff, Mike Nizich, sent an email out to legislators (printed in full below) urging legislators to vote for Webster and questioning the veracity of KRSA's claims.
It's a risky move and Parnell is not one to take risks. We'll see if it pays off.
Here's the email Nizich sent to legislators:
I am aware of efforts to unfairly characterize Vince Webster's actions as a Board of Fisheries member, including the following claims:
he is supposedly singlehandedly responsible for the new late-run Kenai River Chinook salmon escapement goal;
he allegedly reframed the Board's late-run Kenai River Chinook salmon management plan agenda item to benefit setnetters at the expense of all other user groups and escapement;
he allegedly drives a personal agenda through unseemly means, including allegations related to specific fisheries.
These are misleading, incomplete, and in some cases, inaccurate statements about Vince Webster's work on the Board. Indeed, the Governor never would have re-appointed him had if he believed such allegations were true. These claims are now being made by some in the eleventh hour to influence your vote.
Before voting "no" to Vince Webster's reconfirmation, we ask you provide Vince the courtesy of a phone call to hear his response to recent allegations. Vince will make himself available to legislators to discuss his 6-year record on the Board. Although Vince is traveling out-of-state with his son, he is available to talk with you at (redacted).
Vince's broad understanding of fisheries issues statewide, experience with Board process, and respect for public input are assets to the Board. Vince has been confirmed twice to serve two 3-year terms on the Board; this is a third appointment. Members are appointed with a view to providing diversity of interest and points of view in the membership (AS 16.05.221). His confirmation should not be blocked due to misinformation.
This entry was posted in news, Politics and tagged alaska fisheries, alaska politics, board of fisheries on April 7, 2013 by Amanda.
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The first time an editor marked up an article I had written, I felt the air leaking (gushing) out of my emotional balloon. I had labored thoughtfully over every word, every comma, every simile – and she was picking it apart!
I gritted my teeth and went through each suggested change and answered her questions. I was prepared to disagree and defend the way I had written it, but as I examined her comments and made the suggested changes, I realized she had made my story tighter, clearer, and . . . yes, better.
She also helped me see the story from the reader's point of view. I saw that I was so close to the topic I had forgotten to think about how a reader might perceive and understand the story.
Even after this helpful learning experience, I still felt a twinge of dread each time I received an editor's comments on my writing. But trying to be a big girl, a positive person, and a professional, I tried to welcome this helpful feedback.
When I wrote my first book, the editor's insightful and challenging questions caused me to restructure the book altogether. Once it was finished, I remembered my original version and literally cringed.
A few weeks ago I wrote an article for the Chicago Tribune and the editor sent it back with about a dozen questions that required calling several people and re-interviewing the subject. But the worst was that I had to incorporate all sorts of additional information and still cut the piece from 750 to 450 words! That was a challenge. But when it was finished, I saw that all of the essentials were there and it was a concise yet informative article.
Today I can honestly say that I welcome editing. It's a privilege to have someone with expertise in the field and a fresh set of eyes read my material and use his or her knowledge to improve it.
Now that I'm an editor too, I try to use what I've learned to make others' books better. I completely understand when an author isn't thrilled to hear from me, but I hope as we work together he or she will know that the editor is really a friend who shares the author's desire that the book becomes a best-seller!


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Ah Wilderness
Broadcast: 2nd November 1947
Starring: Alan Bunce, Evelyn Juster, Edgar Stehli, Eric Dressler, Anne Seymour, Rosemary Rice, James McCallion, Frank Thomas, George Zachary, Raymond Ives, Frank Dane, Lorna Lynn, Chuck Webster, Lynn Murray, Sylvia Cyril, Elsie Hitz, Eugene O'Neill
American playwright Eugene O'Neill presented his comedy "Ah Wilderness" to Guild Theater audiences on Broadway in 1933 and it was only a few short years later that the radio adaptation was aired to audiences across America and the world. Set in 'the good old days' of 1906 this is a gentle comedy telling the story of Richard Miller who is at that age where a boy becomes a man and as a result sees life through rather comically romanticized eyes. I wonder, as I listen to "Ah Wilderness" just how much of this young man's life mirrors my own years of development, I certainly heard many of my own family's voices around the Miller breakfast table.
As I listened to this charming and truly timeless comedy I came to an easy conclusion that although times have changed, family dynamics are the same as they ever were... Mom these days may be more concerned with her Son listening to rap than his reading poetry by Algernon Charles Swinburne but the concerns, the arguments and the outcomes are amusingly unaltered by time.
As the story unfolds the young Richard learns those important life-lessons that you can't get from books... and so, it seems, do those around him.
In a time of computers and rockets we can think that times like these are long-lost... but this is one radio show that proves that almost nothing has changed... thankfully.


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The Royal Borough of Kingston (the Council) proposes to provide a supported employment service for clients known to the Council, aged between 18-64, including: Learning Disabilities (LD), Homelessness, Drug and Alcohol misuse, Mental Health, LD Children and Young People in Transition This service will be delivered in the Royal Borough of Kingston.
The provider will be required to deliver the service in order to help people in Kingston who face complex barriers into employment by addressing these barriers, and by helping them to navigate and access the range of provision available. The Council has recently developed an 'All age Learning Disability Strategy' which aims to reduce health inequalities, maximise independence and well-being and reduce stigma and discrimination for a group of people that faces many barriers to having 'ordinary' lives.
With this in mind, the supported employment service has been designed to support the following changes:
Support more clients known to the Council's Adult Social Care (ASC) Teams into employment.
Support to access training and jobs which match growth employment sectors and other opportunities which are present in the local labour market.
Create a strongly linked network of partners across the Council and local voluntary and community sectors to ensure that this service is joined up with other agencies the client would be receiving services from.
The closing date for expressions of interest for this 3-year contract is 8 May 2019.
Information: Kim Shinhmar at kam.shinhmar@kingston.gov.uk or on 020 8547 5000.
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"But he got the nod."
So, Dawgnation, your new starting quarterback is Greyson Lambert.
Georgia's starting quarterback competition has a winner, and it's an unexpected one: Greyson Lambert, the transfer from Virginia.
Lambert will start in Saturday's season opener against Louisiana-Monroe, coach Mark Richt announced after Monday's practice.
Brice Ramsey, who had been the presumed favorite since he finished last year as the No. 2 quarterback, will share second-team snaps with Faton Bauta this week in practice.
"There may be other or others who get in the game. But right now the thing that I know that he'll start the game," Richt said of Lambert. "Very, very close competition. Still being contested in my mind. But at this point we felt it would be wise to name a starter and get him ready to play in this ballgame. … We'll start playing ball that way and see how it goes."
The quarterbacks were notified prior to Monday's practice. Richt said he and offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer were "pretty sure" on Saturday, then gave it a couple days before finalizing it.
Am I a little surprised? Well, yeah. A quarterback with less than a month in the program as the man?
Am I a little nervous? Well, yeah. I watched Lambert play a good bit last season. And I definitely get where Mark Schlabach is coming from with this:
"Either Mark Richt knows something Mike London didn't, or UGA might be in trouble at quarterback," Schlabach said. "Lambert is a really bright kid and he's UGA's tallest QB in a while. But I can't believe Ramsey didn't win the job. Clearly, Richt & Schottenheimer went with the more experienced option.
"If he doesn't make mistakes, UGA offense should be fine."
That being said, when it comes to coaching quarterbacks, I don't think it takes a big leap of faith to assume Richt knows more than London. So there's that.
What I do appreciate about the decision is that Richt and Schottenheimer knew they had to get to a point with a starter this week. It's time to get one kid focused on first team reps. Taking a chance with Lambert beats continuing to equivocate.
But, man, this sure is an interesting decision.
Take that, SEC Network.
CBS has just announced it will stream its entire 2015 SEC on CBS schedule on http://t.co/LNZktcflzO this season. For free.
— Kevin McGuire (@KevinOnCFB) August 31, 2015
CBS will also have an all-22 camera angle available for live stream for every SEC on CBS game airing.
The last minute tweaking in place, both ESPN's FPI and Bill Connelly's S&P+ projections slot the Dawgs fifth in the country, with ESPN showing Georgia as one of only four teams hitting double digits in wins before the postseason.
Filed under Georgia Football, Stats Geek!
Boom Time
If you want something a little more detailed than today's "Not your regular preseason picks" post – okay, a lot more detailed – David Wunderlich has taken it upon himself to game out the wins and losses for every SEC team's regular season. Whew.
You'll love his conclusion, which has Georgia losing to Alabama in the regular season on its way to a CFP appearance, but that's not the part of his post I want to applaud. This is:
As I said in my Auburn preview post, though, Muschamp struggles against Georgia.
If there's one thing I haven't gotten from what many pundits in the preseason expect, it's chalking up the Auburn game as an almost given loss for Georgia. For one thing, over the past ten years, the Dawgs have been competitive at the least on the Plains. For another, as David states, Muschamp's had his ups and down defending Georgia's offenses. And it's not as if Auburn is going to roll out Florida-like talent on the defensive side of the ball this season.
I'm not saying this to prove a win's in the bank for the Dawgs. I just don't understand the confidence so many have in the possibility that it's an automatic loss.
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Welcome aboard.
Of Seth Emerson's list of eleven newcomers who are sure to see the field for Georgia, eight are on defense.
And while this may not be a shock…
DL Trent Thompson: He will play. Oh, he will play a lot.
… it's certainly reassuring to hear.
Not your regular SEC preseason predictions, 2015 edition
It's that time again. You know, when I show my ass by trying to figure out what's getting ready to unfold in the SEC over the next three months. Good luck with that.
The format for my picks, in case you haven't tuned into this broadcast before, hasn't changed.
Rather than give you my predicted records, I'll list the schools in the order they finished in the conference last year, look at areas of potential improvement and decline and assess in what direction I expect each to go by comparison to 2010.
In other words, pure seat of the pants BS.
Based on that, the teams are listed in the order of their 2014 conference order of finish. Remember that, before you start freaking out over where a school shows up in this post.
So, without further ado, away we go.
SEC WEST
ALABAMA (12-2, 7-1)
Pros: Impressive team depth; Nick Saban; unparalleled program stability; best defensive front seven in the country; punter (!); great advanced stats
Cons: Secondary; Amari Cooper departure; inexperience at quarterback; schedule
Outlook: Uncharted territory – as good as this team is in places, between the schedule, breaking in a new quarterback and losing Cooper (something I don't think is getting near enough attention), I can actually contemplate the possibility of Alabama losing two regular season games. Mind you, I'm not predicting that, but I accept it could happen.
MISSISSIPPI STATE (10-3, 6-2)
Pros: Coaching stability; Dak Prescott; soft non-conference schedule; defense
Cons: Mediocre special teams; offensive line; least experienced team in the SEC West
Outlook: Having the best quarterback in the conference return is nice, but this team is going to take a hit after losing a ton of experienced players. Getting Manny Diaz to come back to replace Collins was a good move. I'm thinking eight wins, tops.
MISSISSIPPI (9-4, 5-3)
Pros: Receivers; favorable advanced stats; coaching stability; defense; favorable cross-division games
Cons: Still lack depth in comparison to top teams in West; running back; quarterback
Outlook: People forget how good this team was over the first half of the season, and most of the talent is back, especially on defense. Quarterback and running back are legitimate concerns. So is depth, which is what hurt Ole Miss over the second half in 2014. Still, with that defense, it's hard to see how Freeze's team will do any worse than last season's record.
AUBURN (8-5, 4-4)
Pros: Great offensive system with good personnel; excellent recruiting; Alabama and Georgia at home; soft non-conference schedule; strong advanced stats
Cons: Departure of Nick Marshall; question marks on defense; turnover on offense
Outlook: Last year, I wrote that "historically, Auburn doesn't do well when it's a preseason front-runner", and that's worth keeping in mind again. I think Johnson will do fine, but Marshall was perfect for Malzahn's system. Based on getting some key defensive talent back and the schedule, I do think Auburn will rebound, but not as much as some would have you believe. Nine or ten wins looks about right.
LSU (8-5, 4-4)
Pros: Loads of talent on both sides of the ball; soft non-conference schedule
Cons: Loss of Chavis on defense; quarterback; Alabama on the road
Outlook: I used to count dependably on Les Miles' teams for two losses a year. This year, LSU is the hardest team to handicap in the conference. Plug the QB black hole and keep up defensive excellence, and this is a team that has enough going for it to make it all the way to the CFP. If not, given the toughness of the division, it's not out of the question for the Tigers to lose four SEC games again this season. Tentatively, I'll split the baby.
TEXAS A & M (8-5, 3-5)
Pros: Great recruiting; addition of John Chavis; draws Vanderbilt from the East; best receiver group in the SEC
Cons: Brutal mid-season stretch against six straight conference opponents; shaky defense; unimpressive advanced stats
Outlook: Chavis is a great hire, but Rome wasn't built overnight. I'm not seeing where people predicting the Aggies to win the West are coming from. Based on a tougher schedule, I'm not sure there will be much of a change in the record over 2014's.
ARKANSAS (7-6, 2-6)
Pros: Offensive line; running backs; better defense; favorable advanced stats
Cons: special teams; schedule
Outlook: I'm still a little amazed about what gets you a $4 million/year contract these days. But the defense improved enough last season to elevate Arkansas to a tough out in the SEC West. The question is, can they build on that in 2015? Maybe a little. The Hogs look like an eight-win team that goes .500 in the conference to me.
SEC EAST
MISSOURI (11-3, 7-1)
Pros: Coaching stability; offensive line; running back; secondary; schedule; (the good) Maty Mauk
Cons: Big losses at receiver and defensive end; (the bad) Maty Mauk
Outlook: As has been the case for the past couple of seasons, the schedule shapes up to be Missouri's biggest friend. Pinkel knows what he's doing and showed it again with the hire of his new defensive coordinator. Mizzou looks like it's all about the running game (on both sides of the ball) and Mauk's ability to show out in crunch time. I've learned my lesson with the Tigers: barring injury, I don't expect more than two regular season losses. Will that be enough for a third straight division title? Stay tuned.
GEORGIA (10-3, 6-2)
Pros: Running back; offensive line; tight ends; improved defensive depth; linebackers; Jeremy Pruitt; positive advanced stats
Cons: Quarterback; defensive line; wide receiver depth; schedule; regression to the mean from conference-leading turnover margin
Outlook: As I wrote the other week, a ten-win regular season is a justified expectation. Which doesn't mean the Dawgs will win ten games. This team will go as far as its ability to avoid brain farts takes it.
FLORIDA (7-5, 4-4)
Pros: Defense; an offensive coordinator who has a clue about what to do; soft early season schedule
Cons: Offensive line; passing game; coaching staff overhaul; tough schedule (eight conference games in a row) down the stretch
Outlook: The Gators are likely to be good enough on defense to avoid making this year a debacle, but not good enough on offense to show much improvement in the record, unless McElwain can steal a win somewhere.
SOUTH CAROLINA (7-6, 3-5)
Pros: Steve Spurrier; linebacking; receivers
Cons: Unproven quarterback; secondary; defensive line; schedule
Outlook: The 'Cocks have to hope they're going to get good answers to a lot of questions, based on how last season turned out. Still, Spurrier's got that chip on his shoulder again. It's just that he can only throw the visor so many times for effect. Eight wins look about right.
TENNESSEE (7-6, 3-5)
Pros: Receiver; improving talent base; returning quarterback, defense
Cons: Offensive line; overall team depth; new offensive coordinator; preseason injuries; schedule
Outlook: On the uptick? Okay, yes. But the only way I can see the Vols living up to some of the preseason hype is if the East completely falls apart. (Stranger things have happened, but still.) I'm seeing eight wins here.
KENTUCKY (5-7, 2-6)
Pros: Improving talent base after a couple of solid recruiting classes; coaching stability; linebackers
Cons: Secondary; overall depth; schedule
Outlook: This is a team that has recruited well enough to return to bowl eligibility this season. But the schedule is tough enough to make that a close call.
VANDERBILT (3-9, 0-8)
Pros: Changing offensive coordinators; relatively decent job of stocking talent by James Franklin; regression to the mean from horrendous turnover margin
Cons: Offense; team depth
Outlook: The bottom fell out under Derek Mason's first year, as he appeared in over his head. Will he get that fixed? It's hard to see where the Commodores get better. And the scary thing is that Mason's window already appears tight, as Vandy's recruiting has fallen off from where Franklin had taken it.
"Greeney, more quarterbacks lose games for their teams than win games."
If there's something comforting about Georgia playing two quarterbacks in the opener (besides the opponent being a Sun Belt school) it's that Richt has been there before.
"I know the first thing Coach Richt said to me when he pulled me up into his office and told me I was going to start he said, 'Greeney, more quarterbacks lose games for their teams than win games. You've got a lot of good players around you. You don't need to try to be superman. Go through your reads, distribute the ball where it needs to go and do that.' "
"That was sort of our philosophy to win games," he said. "Do that, play good defense, don't turn the ball over and take what they give you. The game has certainly changed a little bit now where you've got to score 30, 40 points a game to win whereas before it wasn't quite like that. We would line up in the I-formation and try to run it off tackle. I think the same principles for what he's looking for in a quarterback haven't changed. Be solid, play disciplined ball because there's nothing that's going to scare a coach more than making a boneheaded type throw, a screen that hits the defensive tackle in the belly button. That kind of stuff keeps you on the sidelines."
… yadda, yadda, yadda.
And it'll work just fine if the defense holds up its share of the bargain.


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William Murray opened a shop in the downstairs rooms of the family home in Moy, County Tyrone. By 1910, William was selling groceries along with drapery goods.
He was born in County Armagh in 1857 and married Louisa McKee from Banbridge with whom he had nine children.
A shop inventory from 1925 reveals a varied collection of fabric for sale. These include tweeds, suiting, flannel, corduroy, serge, costume and blouse cloth. Murrays stocked a good supply of undergarments for men, women and children.
He also did a busy trade in boots, shoes and corsets and sold basic groceries such as sugar, tea, flour and miscellaneous items. William traded with manufacturers and merchants in Belfast and England, but when he died in the 1920s he left a considerable debt outstanding to these suppliers.
William's last will and testament appointed his wife Louisa and his daughters Emily and Florrie as his executors. His son Henry in New York received the sum of £100. His daughter Mary Sarah, a teacher in Canada, received £50 and there was £300 for his son Joseph who served for Canada in WW1. He fought in France but was gassed and returned home to Moy where he worked as a milk inspector.
After William's death, Louisa took over the shop, followed by daughters Emily and Florrie. Murray's stayed open until 1979. This shop front was taken to the Ulster American Folk Park in 1985. The premises in Moy is still open today trading as 'Nutmeg Treasures'.
Look at the wide variety of clothing and accessories for sale. The late 1800s and early 1900s saw a change in retail. Before then, people went to a shoemaker to buy shoes, a hat-maker to buy a new hat and so on. Now, shopkeepers were beginning to buy in ready-made goods to sell.


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Charlie Houchin will walk away from this Olympic Games with an Olympic GOLD Medal in the 800 Free Relay. What an honor and an amazing accomplishment for all the hard years of training as an age grouper, college swimmer and now pro-swimmer. CONGRATS to Charlie, his family, JP, Ron Turner, Jon Urbanchek, Bob Bowman and my dear friend Sean Hutchinson.
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Too few fire stations for a city so large
January 30, 2020 January 30, 2020 Labani Mahanandy1237Leave a Comment on Too few fire stations for a city so large
The city is running with 21 fire stations, whereas the final report of Karnataka State Fire and Emergency Services suggests that it should have 71.
By Labani Mahanandy
It was just two months since a fire from cylinder blast claimed the life of a mother-daughter in Chandra layout, and various other fire hazards in the country sparked concerns over the fire safety system of the city. The final report of Karnataka State Fire and Emergency Services (KSFES) which was published in 2011, suggests that the required number of fire stations in Bengaluru is 71 to cover the whole area under Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) whereas the city currently has 21 fire stations available. As per the KSFES norms, there is supposed to be one fire station for every 50,000 population. Bengaluru currently has a population of 12.9512 Million.
The data provided by the KSFES say that in the year 2018, the fire calls were 2808, whereas, in the year 2019, the fire calls rose to 3114."We have been conducting inspections in various high-rise buildings and public places regularly to ensure that the people of Bengaluru do not fall prey to more fire accidents. We suggest building owners keep their entrances clear to allow free space to bring in our vehicles in case of a fire emergency. In the year 2018, we got over almost 2500 calls, while last year the number of fire calls was way above 3000," Manjunath, Chief Fire Officer of KSFES control room told the SoftCopy.
Bengaluru is comprised of various risk zones and the suggested response times for that vary according to their individual risk factors. For high-risk zones, the response time is three minutes while for high, medium and for low-risk zones it is five minutes. K. Shivakumar, KSFES Department Director said, "Owing to the increasing amount of traffic in the city, the response times seem to be an impossible mark to reach."
Bengaluru is functioning with 21 fire stations currently, thereby running behind by 50 fire stations. J. H. Ravishankar, Deputy Director, Karnataka State Fire, and Emergency Services said, "The norms say that we are supposed to have one fire station for every two-lakh people but currently we are running with only 21 fire stations in whole Bengaluru."
The founder of Beyond Carlton, the first city-specific fire safety community who is working to spread fire safety awareness, said, "This city keeps expanding and new layouts are being formed and they are given electricity and water then why not fire stations? This shows the lack of infrastructure that we are living with and it is a worrying point. We keep pushing the department to improve the infrastructure. Currently, we are pushing them if the stations could be built by private companies and donated to the fire department. Though places where people congregate like stations, malls—should have an internal fire safety system. Given the traffic condition of the city and a handful of traffic stations, fire brigade can't reach in the suggested time."
"Ideally, multi-storeyed buildings, their fire system should always be working. We recommend checking their sprinklers, tanks, pumps to be checked regularly and maintained but those are hardly followed. So, in case of an emergency, we find that either the sprinkler isn't working or something else."
Subhash Kumar, director of 3S Life Safe Akademie, said, "Bengaluru is a developing city and currently has 170 pin codes compiling both the urban and rural areas, and each of them is supposed to have a separate fire station which is way too far from reality. Other than that, we should also be aware of the usage of LPG which can cause a fire if not maintained properly. There are certain measures that the citizens have to take to avoid any fire hazard given how the city hardly got 20 fire stations."
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Home Industry News Emefiele woos foreign investors in US, markets Nigeria's potential
Emefiele woos foreign investors in US, markets Nigeria's potential
IMF worries about food insecurity in Nigeria
Following the global economic challenge exacerbated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele has invited foreign investors to consider Nigeria and other countries in Africa, stressing that they are choice investment destinations.
Emefiele stated this while receiving the EuroKnowledge Award conferred on him by FIN Banking on Emerging Markets Forum on the sidelines of the ongoing International Monetary Fund/World Bank Annual Meetings in Washington DC. United States.
This is as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) decried what it described as the emerging food crisis in Nigeria and in other Sub-Saharan African countries, urging that there should be more targeted support to the vulnerable.
The IMF disclosed this in its Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), titled, "Living on the Edge," released yesterday.
Speaking at the award, Emefiele listed Nigeria, Angola, South Africa and Egypt as countries that investors should consider.
The apex bank governor added that business confidence in the continent was on the rise
According to him, "Today, we talk about the frontier market and what I keep telling people is that as you continue thinking about growth opportunities in the world and you are looking at Africa, naturally you will have to think about some of the big economies in Africa.
"Nigeria, Angola, South Africa and Egypt are economies that you would need to think about. And I dare say these economies hold a lot of strong opportunities with opportunities for high yields and profitable projects and I can only seize this opportunity to encourage our friends in the foreign investment community to continue to take a look at Africa. Africa years for growth and development.
"We cannot do this alone; we will continue to need the support of the rest of the world. But I can assure all of us that as you do this, the opportunities are there and you will not regret taking the opportunities.
"The opportunities are there; I can only continue to say let's give the support to Africa, let's give the support to Nigeria. We should all continue to work together for the growth, not just for our individual countries but for Africa as a whole," the CBN governor added.
Emefiele dedicated the award to his colleagues at the CBN as well as other Nigerians.
"When your credentials and all you have done is being read out to the public, you begin to wonder how you managed to do all these. But what this does is to encourage you to do more.
"When we talk about the challenges that we are currently facing, I can tell you that it hasn't been easy in the last seven and half years, where we have gone through two recessions.
"One between 2015 and 2016 and another short-lived one in the second and third quarter 2021 during the period of COVID-19. Usually as the Governor of a Central Bank of Nigeria, you never pray to go through a recession twice but we have managed to go through this with a lot of hard work and support from our colleagues at the CBN, all our departments and members of our monetary policy meeting. We really want to thank all of you.
"This award is not just for me, it is meant for all of us who have worked hard in the last eight and half years to keep Nigeria strong. To keep the Nigerian economy strong and going."
The IMF in its report stated: "123 million people or 12 per cent of sub-Saharan Africa's population are expected to face acute food insecurity, two-thirds of the worldwide total, one-third of which have become acutely food insecure since the start of the pandemic.
"And of these, a large proportion are children in circumstances in which chronic hunger can permanently curtail future health and prospects. The rapid increase in food insecurity over the past two years is mainly due to the fallout from the pandemic and the recent war in Ukraine, a worsening security situation in some parts of the region, a four-season drought in the Horn of Africa, and other climate shocks.
"Areas of particular concern include the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan, some parts of Kenya, and countries in the Sahel." It further added, "given the size of the problem, countries should enhance their capacity to expand their targeted support at the scale or pace needed."
Commenting, the Director, African Department, IMF, Abebe Aemro Selassie, said: "Nigeria could have benefited even more if there were more targeted ways of supporting people rather than the generalised fuel subsidies that are being used at the moment. So, oil prices have gone up quite significantly, but the amount of resources that are accruing to the budgets, to external accounts have been very circumscribed as a result of the very generalised subsidy that the country has.
"I think we have been long on record, flagging that generalised subsidies like this one are extremely costly. Second, they're extremely regressive. So, they support families and households that are richer than the poorer households. A better policy in our view would be to find a way to redirect these resources to the most vulnerable households and supplement that with investments in health and education that Nigerians so desperately need."
He stated that the political will has been to retain the fuel subsidies but would continue to advise against it.
Selassie added that the subsidy spend could be targeted directly to the vulnerable.
He added: "Ultimately, it is a political decision for Nigeria, and if that is how the country decides how resources should be used, that's how it will be used. But, you know, our role here is to flag that there are better options that could be done where economic efficiency could be facilitated in Nigeria.
"If we keep talking as an institution about climate change, it is exactly because of what you're highlighting now. It is not a theoretical thing for our region but it is something that is impacting people in real-time."
He mentioned that the IMF is continually at the forefront of supporting SSA countries with funds to cushion the food crisis with its new programmed food shock financing window.
He said: "So, we are very conscious of that and how we can help an institution, as well as the advocacy we continue to make about every country in the world trying to do its utmost to reduce its footprint on climate change and not to contribute to global warming. We continue that advocacy and then, of course, use our policy advice and financing role to help countries as they are being impacted by this."
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