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Video: Mother, children narrowly escape getting hit by an out-of-control vehicle in Napa
Lauren Hernández April 16, 2019
This screenshot from surveillance footage shows a woman and her two young children narrowly escaping getting slammed by a vehicle that lost control in a parking lot, launched off a curb and crashed onto the empty patio of a Mexican restaurant in Napa on Monday, April 15, 2019. Napa Police Department released the footage on Tuesday, April 16, 2019.
Photo: / Napa Police Department
A woman and her two young children narrowly escaped getting slammed by a vehicle that lost control in a parking lot, launched off a curb and crashed onto the empty patio of a Mexican restaurant in Napa.
Surveillance footage released Tuesday by the Napa Police Department shows the mother carrying plastic bags filled with food in one hand while holding the storefront door open for her children with her other hand at Villa Corona Cocina Mexicana.
The two children follow their mother out onto the wet sidewalk until suddenly they both break into sprints, cover their heads with their hands and forearms, and run just out of frame.
Within seconds, a blur of tables and chairs were flung across the patio, and the restaurant's outdoor lights swung from the storefront after the vehicle came to a stop.
"My first thought was, 'the lady and her kids had just left. Are they alive?'" said Vivian Saldivar, 27, who was working at the time of the crash on Monday afternoon.
Saldivar had just started her shift at the restaurant about 15 minutes before the crash.
She was peering out the window from her post when suddenly she saw debris "flying everywhere" at the storefront. She didn't see the vehicle traveling from a parking lot just south of the restaurant before it barreled through a number "gigantic" pots bursting with succulents and flowers, through five patio tables, 12 chairs, and a traffic sign.
Shaking, Saldivar walked outside, finding debris covering the sidewalk and approached the two children and their mother. She said the boy was calm and the girl was crying and shaking. Their mother was in shock, she said.
"Even I was shaking," she said.
Saldivar helped translate the family's statements for responding emergency personnel, she said.
"I asked the little girl, who is about 2 and a half years old, to use her finger to point where it hurt," Saldivar said. "She pointed to her forehead, her arm, her belly and her leg."
The girl was taken to a nearby hospital with minor injuries, Saldivar said. The driver, who was not identified by police, was also taken to the hospital with unknown injuries, she said.
"Only minor injuries were reported when it was all said and done," police said in a statement. "This family was just stepping out of a restaurant when the driver the car lost control."
It's unclear how fast the driver was traveling at the time of the crash, or whether they were cited by law enforcement.
Saldivar said she is grateful the rainy weather averted the restaurant's normal rush of customers around dinnertime.
"The patio could have been packed with customers and we could have been cleaning up the patio area," she said. "I'm glad the kids just ran away on their own. They could have been hit. It was just like a miracle."
A group of about 6 men who witnessed the crash helped restaurant crews clear the broken tables and chairs from the patio soon after the crash, she said.
Napa Police Department did not provide additional information on Tuesday.
Lauren Hernandez is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: lauren.hernandez@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @LaurenPorFavor
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Sooner is house-trained, excellent on a leash, loves to go for walks, and very vocal – he will talk to you spontaneously! He is neutered, up-to-date on shots, and microchipped.
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Henry Albert Partridge
Pilot Officer Henry Albert Partridge
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Son of Franklin Stratton Partridge and Ellie May Partridge, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
RUNNYMEDE MEMORIAL
Surrey, United Kingdom
Panel 177.
During the Second World War more than 116,000 men and women of the Air Forces of the British Commonwealth gave their lives in service. More than 17,000 of these were members of the Royal Canadian Air Force, or Canadians serving with the Royal Air Force. Approximately one-third of all who died have no known grave. Of these, 20,450 are commemorated by name on the Runnymede Memorial, which is situated at Englefield Green, near Egham, 32 kilometres by road west of London. The design of the Runnymede Memorial is original and striking. On the crest of Cooper's Hill, overlooking the Thames, a square tower dominates a cloister, in the centre of which rests the Stone of Remembrance. The cloistered walks terminate in two lookouts, one facing towards Windsor, and the other towards London Airport at Heathrow. The names of the dead are inscribed on the stone reveals of the narrow windows in the cloisters and the lookouts. They include those of 3,050 Canadian airmen. Above the three-arched entrance to the cloister is a great stone eagle with the Royal Air Force motto, Per Ardua ad Astra". On each side is the inscription:
IN THIS CLOISTER ARE RECORDED THE NAMES OF TWENTY THOUSAND AIRMEN WHO HAVE NO KNOWN GRAVE. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM IN RAID AND SORTIE OVER THE BRITISH ISLES AND THE LANDS AND SEAS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN EUROPE In the tower a vaulted shrine, which provides a quiet place for contemplation, contains illuminated verses by Paul H. Scott."
Photo of Henry Partridge – Partridge, Henry Albert - Pilot Officer. Born 19th March, 1920, at Humboldt, Sask. Educated at Norquay, Sask., and Rossburn, Man. Entered the service of the Bank 2nd August, 1939. Served at Watson, Sask. Enlisted 7th April, 1941, from that branch in R.C.A.F. Sergeant Pilot in January, 1942; Flight Sergeant 1st February, 1943; Pilot Officer 26th February, 1943. Trained at Brandon, Man., Edmonton, Alta., Boundary Bay, B.C., and Claresholm, Alta. Overseas in January, 1942. Attached to 83 Squadron, R.A.F. Made 26 operational sorties over enemy-occupied territory, including Bremen, Essen, Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg, Turin, Lorient and St. Nazaire. Awarded Permanent Pathfinder Force Badge by 83 Squadron. Missing after air operations on 5th March, 1943, when the Lancaster bomber of which he was pilot failed to return from a raid on Essen. Officially presumed dead 19th February, 1944. From a memorial booklet prepared by the Canadian Bank of Commerce.
Memorial – Entrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Memorial – Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Memorial – Stone of Remembrance - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Memorial – Panels - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Memorial – Inscription - Runnymede Memorial - September 2010 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
Memorial – Pilot Officer Henry Albert Partridge is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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Chester FC 2-2 Grimsby Town
GRIMSBY Town let a two-goal lead slip as Chester came back to claim a share of the spoils at the Deva Stadium.
The Mariners looked to be on their way to a fifth consecutive league win when goals from Ollie Palmer and Jon-Paul Pittman either side of half-time put them in control.
But after the visitors changed formation in an attempt to hold onto their lead, Chester instead found a way back into the game when defender Ben Heneghan pulled one goal back and then substitute John Rooney equalised from the penalty spot.
Town kept the same side that won at Woking last week, with Lenell John-Lewis ruled out with a foot injury after he had been expected to come back into the team.
That meant it was James McKeown in goal, with Carl Magnay, Toto Nsiala, Shaun Pearson and Gregor Robertson across the defence.
Jack Mackreth started on the right side of midfield, with Craig Disley and Craig Clay again forming the central partnership and Nathan Arnold continuing on the left.
With John-Lewis out, the strike duo of Palmer and Pittman remained in place, while the substitutes were Paul Bignot, Scott Brown, Ross Hannah, Christian Jolley and Daniel Parslow.
An early free kick for the Mariners led to the first corner of the game on three minutes, which saw Pearson have a header blocked before the ball was worked back for Mackreth to have a shot that deflected through to keeper Jon Worsnop.
At the other end, McKeown appeared to have lost the ball after a cross from Matty Hughes but recovered to gather it at the second attempt as the hosts launched their first real attack.
Disley hit Worsnop with a half-volley from a narrow angle as the fast start to the game continued.
An opportunity for Chester came when Nsiala gave the ball away on 10 minutes and the hosts broke, with George Thomson crossing for Bradford loanee Oliver McBurnie, who went down under a challenge from Robertson but the referee waved play on.
A Town corner soon afterwards caused no problems for the home defence and a Mackreth cross from the visitors' next attack eluded the head of Palmer.
A cross from left-back Ibou Touray at the other end was caught by McKeown, before Grimsby's best chance so far saw Palmer play a ball with the outside of his foot for Arnold, who volleyed wide of the target.
Another volley, this time from Pearson, was blocked as the Mariners continued to look for the opening goal.
The Mansfield loanee did the rest, lifting the ball over Worsnop and into the net. And that breakthrough came on 22 minutes, when Arnold broke into the box and after the ball came back to him from a blocked shot, he played it to Pittman, who in turn found PALMER.
The hosts responded with a cross that flicked off the head of Nsiala but the ball went through to McKeown, who gathered it.
A chipped ball into the box by Kingsley James looked to have created an opening for the hosts but Hughes could not capitalise and the Grimsby lead remained intact at the half-hour.
A break looked to be on when Clay lost possession in midfield soon afterwards but the former Chesterfield man got back well to win the ball back.
Thomson was forced off with an ankle injury on 35 minutes, meaning home boss Steve Burr had to make his first substitution and he opted to send Craig Mahon on.
James was caught offside when he looked to get onto a ball from Brad Abbott as Chester attacked in search of a leveller before half-time.
Pittman had a chance to double the Town lead when his pace saw him beat defender Michael Kay but the striker could not beat Worsnop, who got a hand to his shot and sent the ball out for a corner.
Town were pushing for a second goal and an opportunity to get it looked to be on its way when Disley made a forward run but Palmer delayed in passing the ball and when he did look to play it to the skipper, it was blocked.
Arnold had a shot blocked as the game moved into two minutes of added time at the end of the first half.
And that proved to be the last opportunity before the break, meaning the Mariners held their one-goal advantage as the teams went into the dressing rooms.
It eventually led to Pittman turning and shooting into the side-netting after good work by Palmer. The second half started with Town getting an early free kick for a foul on Palmer by Ben Heneghan.
At the other end, a Chester free kick was headed clear by Disley and the home side then had a spell of pressure as the open nature of the game continued.
Abbott beat the Town offside trap to race through and shoot wide for the hosts, who were starting to create more danger going forward, with Mahon to the fore.
Arnold had a shot blocked for Town on 59 minutes, before a cross from Kane Richards for Chester was cleared by Magnay, who got to the ball ahead of McBurnie to head it away.
Pearson again got to the ball first and this time, the referee's whistle blew for a free kick in favour of the defender. Robertson conceded a corner on the hour and that eventually led to another one when Pearson headed behind.
Robertson and Arnold combined down the left to earn a Grimsby corner three minutes later and Pittman almost got a boot to the ball after Nsiala had headed it but instead, it came off the post and was cleared.
That proved to be the start of a more positive spell for the Mariners, who were now keeping possession and doing more attacking after their hosts had made most of the running after half-time.
Arnold's initial shot was blocked and a second attempt from the winger was pushed onto the post by Worsnop but PITTMAN was there to put the rebound into the net and give Town a two-goal cushion. And that spell led to what looked like it would be a crucial second goal for the visitors on 67 minutes.
Richards was replaced by John Rooney after the goal and McKeown was called into action soon afterwards to tip away a deflected shot from Mahon as Chester looked to hit back and keep themselves in the game.
Town boss Paul Hurst made his first substitution on 72 minutes, swapping Palmer for Parslow and changing the formation slightly as the sub took up a position in front of the back four in a bid to hold their lead.
The ball was crossed from the right and HENEGHAN applied the finish, shooting past McKeown. Kay was spoken to by the referee after a foul on Mackreth and shortly afterwards, the hosts were back in the game as they pulled a goal back.
The game had now taken on a different complexion with 15 minutes to go, as Chester began to push forward in search of what had seemed an unlikely point.
Chester retained possession though and kept up the pressure on the Town defence. A free kick from Rooney was headed away by Robertson and Touray's return ball was also cleared, this time by Disley.
ROONEY stepped up to send McKeown the wrong way and make it 2-2. And the home side were given their ticket back to level terms when Hughes went down under a challenge from Robertson inside the Town box and the referee pointed to the penalty spot.
It could have got worse for Grimsby when Touray flashed an effort just wide of McKeown's goal on 85 minutes.
Jolley's first touch let him down though, allowing keeper Worsnop to come out and make the block. Jolley replaced Arnold with five minutes to go and the former Newport man had a chance to rescue all three points when he was found by a ball from Arnold.
Clay had a shot blocked, then an effort from Robertson had the same result and McKeown had to race off his line at the other end to keep McBurnie out.
Three added minutes were signalled by the fourth official and another Chester substitution saw Craig Hobson replace Abbott.
The hosts were still pushing for a winner and they nearly had it when Nsiala lost possession on the edge of his own box but Rooney's shot was blocked.
Seconds later, Town could have won it when an attempted clearance from Kay hit Jolley but bounced just wide of Worsnop's goal.
That proved to be the last chance for either side to snatch all three points as the game ended level.
Town are next in action when they face fellow play-off contenders Eastleigh in a big game at Blundell Park on Saturday.


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Authorities confirmed they are now searching for 12 missing people, up from 3 yesterday. They are believed to be from the same group of people at a social function in Wimberley, but this is not confirmed. Some of those believed to be missing were attending a fluid social situation with people coming and going, so that is part of the issue with determining just how many are missing. Authorities are working from visual statements from witnesses.
There is no more information about the deceased male found in San Marcos Sunday. Police are attempting to identify him.
Authorities are requesting that well-meaning individuals and organizations who want to donate material items to please hold off until those items can be properly catalogued, stored and distributed. Right now the rescue and recovery operation is still in place and people's immediate needs are being taken care of by government agencies and local charities. It is suggested that monetary assistance to charity organizations and volunteering for the American Red Cross would be the best way to help at this time.
More rain is expected in the Hays County area later today. Depending on its impact shelters could reopen. Authorities are asking people not to return to damaged areas as roads still have water on them, and those that don't could have structural issues making them unsafe. Also, water is contaminated.
Social service agencies are assisting government agencies. The American Red Cross is staffing shelters in the affected area and the Salvation Army is providing food. Regional grocer HEB, which has a large distribution center in San Marcos, is providing hot meals for disaster workers and those affected by the floods at the Texas State Stadium parking lot located behind the Hopkins Street HEB, San Marcos, from Noon to 2 p.m. and from 5-7p.m. until further notice.
Search and rescue operations are using infrared on ground, in air when weather allows. Most fire departments are equipped with them. Also using drones. State and federal equipment is being used as well as local agency equipment.
Evacuees who did not sign in at a county shelter (Wimberley HS or San Marcos Activity Center) are asked to call 512-393-7725 so that we can include them on the "safe" list. (Note: this is an updated number from Sunday).
The curfew will begin at 9 p.m. for the same areas as yesterday, but will end at 6 a.m. instead of 7 a.m. to allow for school start times. Curfew is for Cities of Wimberley and San Marcos and their ETJs, as well as the unincorporated area of Hays County south of FM 150.
The Ranch Road 12 bridge over the Blanco River at Wimberley will have limited access during the day so expect delays. The bridge will close to all traffic at 8 p.m. and reopen at 6 a.m. until further notice.


Jocelyn and her team took on a wedding with 2 brides, 10 bridesmaids and one mom like a rockstar. She had everything to deal with from curly hair, to bone straight hair to short hair. Jocelyn was a gem to work with, very professional, she listened to what you wanted and gave thoughtful feedback. All of the girls walked out to the salon looking like super model and we could not have been happier. If I could do it all over again, she would definitely be my hairstylist of choice. If you are in the Mendocino area run don't walk to Jocelyn's salon. I wish I lived closer so that I could go to her regularly.
Thank you soooo much for the love bomb!!! We had so much fun with all your amazing souls you surrounded yourselves with on your special day!
I have very fine hair that lacks body. Jocelyn styled my hair and I felt beautiful my hair held all evening and looked great in pictures! Her Styling and haircutting skills are one of a kind!
Thank you friend!! I miss you and all your beautiful styles we got to rock together.
Amazing services! She even brought an assistant with her to make sure that we got done in time to make the wedding. We added a girl for hair and she still managed to get us done right on time for me to spend a bit of time with my dad before walking down the aisle. She was so flexible with us and everything she did turned out amazing. Certainly would use her again for an event down in that area!
Thank you for the kind words! I look forward to seeing all the happiness captured in your images!
I worked with Jocelyn so many times when she was located on the Mendocino Coast ... miss her dearly but I know she's being loved just as much up in Washington! <3 She's really wonderful at her craft and I never saw a client who was unhappy with her work.
Jocelyn is a wonderful person, professional and creative artist - she makes every step fun and the results are always beautiful!!


Community Forklift is seeking On-Call Events Assistants to work in an "as needed" capacity with our growing green business. The Outreach & Education team needs energetic, hardworking and friendly people with excellent interpersonal and communication skills who are available to work on Saturdays and Sundays. On-Call Events Assistants will work at local events, festivals and in the warehouse; must be courteous and patient to represent Community Forklift when interacting with diverse range of people in the local communities.


The return of the whip!
Konami was gracious enough to treat us to an extensive hands-on period for their forthcoming Konami game Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin, and it seems to have the two things that are going to please long-time Castlevania fans when it comes out later this year.
The first is the same adventurous spirit that has been maintained in recent Castlevania games. You've got a lot of searching in rooms and puzzle solving to do, while there's still a traditional gathering of enemies that can be brought down. There's also levelling up to complete and different weapons to power up, like a powerful electrical attack between your two parties and a devastating boomerang that seems to cut all down to size.
But the real treat here is that Iga-san managed to give gamers what they want- the return of a character with a whip. That's right, the main character, Jonathan, doesn't use a sword in this game, but rather a whip that can be powered up and smashes through enemies with most distance and efficiency than your typical sword. Christine, his cohort, also has a few good attacks of her own, like a tri-blade that may be short on distance but is quite devastating in its own right.
One of the cooler aspects of the game is that you can switch off between the two anything during the gameplay session, meaning that you have two powers to choose from instead of just the one. This is a great battle system that allows a character to rest up while another gets fresh in the battle. The game has a rock-solid presentation, with beautiful multi-scrolling graphics with 3-D details here and there, as well as new outdoor environments that take the Castlevania series outside of the castle walls for a change. They look awesome. The music is very faithful to the series as well.
Oh, and, yes, we did have a boss encounter. We ran across a large, stomping knight with a huge sword and a spiritual head, who would lob spirit balls at us when he wasn't lunging at us every way since Thursday. It's a pretty good boss encounter, although the game is filled with enemies that require a great deal of skill to get past.
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin looks glorious and should be a thrilling addition to the Konami line-up once it arrives later this year. They closed out the session and invited us to a little bar with food and drink, and on the way out, we even gave a nod to the great Iga, sitting down and chowing down with some friends. He waved back. Awesome.


One of my co-workers posted a question last week. No log operation at offset on Aug 15. Re-capping his post, "On occasion, users can't sync because of log file off-set mismatches." Every Monday we TRUNCATE our log file in the consolidated database. Could truncating the consolidated log cause the problem?
If that is the question of your co-worker, and if this is a MobiLink client issue, then I would dare to say a truncated log at the consolidated cannot cause this problem.
This is simply because the synchronization process does not rely on the transaction log on the consolidated side but relies on the scripts you write for upload and download events.


Fairytales: More than Just a Figment of Our Imagination? When we think about fairytales in the present day, we most likely associate the term with a childish denotation of meaningless stories that lack substance. For example, we know that the Tooth Fairy does not magically visit our room and place money under our pillow for every tooth we lose. Regardless of the beliefs that have been correlated with fairy stories, there has been a significant amount of research supporting the benefits of reading them to children. When we think of these tales, we think about the characters we admire and the villains who want to hurt our protagonists. We remember the dilemmas and the obstacles the characters go through to reach a happy ending. Does that mean that we are feeding our children false stories, or is there more to it? Are we creating false hope for our children? Some may wonder if child stories are always appropriate for "read aloud" time if they always result in happy endings. Is that the truth? Are we setting the standards high for future fairytales that children will hear? It is to no one's surprise that child stories have been known to delude children from reality causing them to assume that everything will work out for them one way or another. So why would I continue to lie to my children? First of all, the idea of having a story time before a child's bedtime creates a new type of relationship and tradition between a child and a parent. It means that the parent is doing this for not only the child's enjoyment and anticipation as he looks forward to a new story, but there is a type of indirect discipline that goes into it; the tradition can only continue if the child is tucked into bed, and the child can only be tucked into bed if he has brushed his teeth, which can only happen after dinner, which can happen after homework is finished, and the list goes on. The real benefits from the fairy stories are showing children how to handle these problems; it is actually an eye-opener for adults to read these because we can relate to the characters in ways that we probably could not when we were younger. The scenarios build a type of emotional boundary that makes readers aware that these tales are not filled with only happy people and happy events; Ariel from The Little Mermaid had Ursula just as Dorothy from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz had the Wicked Witch of the West. These difficulties create awareness for children to realize that everyone in this world needs to overcome some type of obstacle before reaching the happy ending that they strive. Fairytales introduce essential traits such as politeness and good friendship, as well as situations where moral guidance is encouraged in cases where the "villains" are introduced. These stories work up their imagination as they begin to predict—or stand corrected in astonishment—with every turn in every story. With these turns of events, fairy stories can provide a good moral of the story. Children can learn from the story being The Little Mermaid and decide (with the guidance of an adult) if it is the right decision to leave your own homeland for a gentleman, or Tarzan, where Jane willingly left her civilization to be with the man of her dreams in the forest. Regardless, child stories are a part of children's lives for the betterment of their learning environment. They help children develop moral and ethical skills, helping parents create a connection with their child as they share their beliefs on what is considered "wrong" and "right". Fairytales create a good relationship and generally a good developmental stage for their lives as they transition into school and being with peers. Fairy stories are more than just an imagination—they have shaped the lives of adults, and it is nothing but beneficial for children to continue this route. We may not want to believe it, but child stories stay with us forever! So, it is your responsibility as a parent to encourage your child to read and learn rather than watching kid's movies where there's nothing much to learn.


She contributes to policy advocacy, capacity building and engagement, and has extensive social media experience, creating and curating content. Moira has a Bachelor of Arts in psychology and politics, a Bachelor of Social Administration in Social Policy and family therapy and a Master of Letters (Distinction) that included coursework in economics and ethics. Her research was a detailed analysis of Catholic Social Teaching from feminist perspectives. She also have a Certificate IV in Workplace Training and Assessment.
Moira seeks to connect in deep and direct ways to help make sense of stories, information, data ideas and apply foresight. By stimulating, facilitating, reflecting, training and supporting interactions of individuals, systems and policy, Moira co-creates and collaborates to imagine and generate novel approaches to decision-making and problem-solving. She brings a robust ethical and values-based filter to governance and organisational processes that foster inclusion and creativity.
She has designed and implemented change management via community development strategies and enabled and supported community and organisational development activities in Mozambique, South Africa, Ghana, UK, Canada, USA, Italy, Portugal, Germany, Kazakhstan and Indonesia.
Moira has served and led in governance on statutory and regulatory bodies (e.g Medical Board of SA), not for profit boards (eg Southern Domestic Violence Service, Issues Deliberation Australia/America) as well as providing executive and strategic leadership roles including as CEO of Volunteering SA & NT Inc and Global ED of International Association of Public Participation (IAP2). She is a Non- Executive Director of Scope Global, a specialist international project management company with people as the focus of its program delivery.
Dissatisfied with the lack of gender equity in investment and contribution women led start ups, entrepreneurs and social enterprises get from the market, Moira founded Chooks SA in 2017. Learn more about this network and advocacy movement here. Please subscribe through the website to keep in touch with developments and follow on twitter @Chooks_SA. She was a Winnovation 2017 State finalist and 2017 Westpac Social Changemaker only South Australian national finalist. In July 2018 as part of the GOGO events team Moira was one of ten finalists in the Hybrid World Lab developing an idea about measurement using the Sustainable Development Goals, blockchain, machine learning with festivals and events.
For a number of years, she was a regular contributor for Pro Bono News and StartSomeGood. Moira is also a public speaker, essayist and poet.
Her latest publication is Come with a whoop! 250 child-friendly engagement activities for everyday policy and planning. In 2017 Moira founded Chooks SA, a movement to foster gender equity for women innovators and entrepreneurs.
Moira lives in beautiful Willunga, South Australia on Kaurna country and gratefully acknowledges their spiritual and ongoing relationship to the land. As she heads into Act 3 of her life she is reclaiming her family of origin by reverting to Moira Were.
Kate has spent the last 20 years working with individuals, groups and organisations to make the change they want, in complex settings. As a leader and facilitator, she is a specialist in brokering multi stakeholder collaborations, working with groups looking at how to effect change across whole systems and assist individual organisations to manage change to more effectively to meet their highest ambitions. She has facilitated change and engagement process in a wide range of settings locally and internationally and brings a depth of experience in citizen participation and capacity building networks, organisations and collaborations for influence and effectiveness . Kate has been a member of the South Australian Community Engagement Board providing advice to the Premier and the public sector on these issues.Her experience includes working with global partners on World Trade negotiations, with communities and advocates tackling HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa, with the UN and donor governments and International NGOs in the interests of disaster affected communities in Asia, Closing the Gap here in Australia and leading organisational change with two large not for profits. Recently she was CEO at a social change start up working with South Australian leaders to establish child focused collective impact initiatives across five regions. These leaders came from local communities, politics, public sector, philanthropy, services and business.
Recent clients/partners have included: SA Power Networks, Justice for Refugees, Department of Corrections, Office for the Ageing, Attorney General's Department, Opportunity Child and ac.care.
Kate is a member of IAF (International Association of Facilitators), IAP2 and trained as a Climate Reality Leader by the Australian Conservation Council with Al Gore. Kate is an active member of Engage to Act.She is deeply committed to ensuring local people are influential and to genuine partnership and exchange with the people she works alongside.
Cheryl Bencetti supports MDC with finance and administration and works on projects where these skills can enhance decision-making and action. We highly recommend her business Southern Vales Book-Keeping.
Paula Dickson is passionate about making sure people are heard and is skilled at lifting the energy of groups and individuals. Her background spans community building, policy and service development, philanthropy and evaluation. Paula is an adaptive leader who values human-centred design and aims for joyful accountability.
Paula has experience in supporting government, community, corporate and civil service organisations in capacity building, community engagement and co-designing outcome measurement systems. She established the Social Impact Measurement Network Australia – South Australia Chapter she has a keen interest in connecting funders with social investment opportunities to address complex social problems at scale. In mid 2018 Paula completed a volunteering assignment in Bali working with a permaculture project.


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Five minutes with Barbara Hammond at the Low Carbon Hub
February 3, 2020 By: GeorginaNo CommentsAlumni
We spoke to Barbara Hammond, founder and CEO of the Low Carbon Hub – a small social enterprise with big aims, now based at our Wood Centre for Innovation (WCFI). "Our vision," says Barbara, "is to replace the energy currently produced by Didcot Power Station by powering up, or shifting to renewable energy generation, and powering down by increasing energy efficiency and reducing energy demand across Oxfordshire."
This vision gives the Low Carbon Hub three key strands to their work – installing renewables; improving energy efficiency of local buildings to reduce energy demand and usage; and innovation. They are working with a variety of project partners to catalyse system change through innovation pilots and that's where their ground-breaking Project LEO comes in.
A £40m Innovate UK-funded scheme, Project LEO – that's shorthand for Local Energy Oxfordshire – is run jointly by the Low Carbon Hub and SSEN. "Effectively, it's an ambitious, innovative and holistic smart grid trial," says Barbara. "The idea is to transform the way energy is delivered and used by creating a more responsive and flexible electricity grid through local households, businesses and communities."
An industry first, Project Leo will trial a smart grid model of balancing local demand with local supply and explore how this can support growth in local renewables, electric vehicles (EVs), battery storage, and vehicle-to-grid technology. An energy system for the future.
LEO isn't the only project the small Hub team of 16 has on the go. They have two "powering down" or energy reduction schemes on their books. Cosy Homes Oxfordshire is a new home retrofit service they are operating with Retrofitworks to create more energy efficient homes. It helps with small jobs like installing insulation and fixing heating systems as well as larger home improvements. And, under the OxFutures umbrella, they are working on a EU-funded project to deliver free energy audits to local SMEs with grants available to install energy-efficient measures like LED lighting, insulation and efficient heating and temperature controls. The aim is to reduce energy bills for businesses, lower CO2emissions and, hopefully, boost the local economy.
On the powering up side, the Low Carbon Hub is already generating 4.4GWH per year from their 44 community renewable schemes – including solar panels on local schools and businesses and a hydro scheme at Sandford. They now have an £8m pipeline of new projects – mainly solar on schools and businesses but now some ground-mount schemes too. These are funded through their Community Energy Fund or, as Barbara calls it, an "Evergreen Fund", which is open to local investors, big and small. The Hub has 1000 community investor-shareholders and the profits go to support their 30 community shareholders develop local carbon-cutting initiatives – like installing panels on Kirtlington's village hall. Look out – the Hub are opening pledges for the 2020 share offer on Valentine's Day and for investment on 10th March.
Spun out of community groups in West Oxford, the Low Carbon Hub started in December 2011. It is made up of two organisations working in co-operation: the Low Carbon Hub IPS and the Low Carbon CIC or Community Interest Company. Investment goes into the IPS to fund the renewable schemes and the surplus is then passed on to the Hub CIC to fund work on local low carbon projects. The structure enables the Hub to develop renewable energy projects as well as support communities to develop their own.
We are pleased to have our first social enterprise under our roof and the Low Carbon Hub is pleased to have a new home at WCFI. They love working in a building that, as Barbara says, "expresses their values with its fabulous green credentials". If you see an increase in the number of electric bikes on site over the coming months that'll be the Low Carbon Hub!


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So, ulcers are NOT caused by stress!
mrpayroll
Location: Glendale, next to L.A.
I thought this was interesting.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051003/...el_medicine_dc
Ulcer bug Australians win Nobel medicine prize
By Patrick Lannin
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Two Australians won the Nobel prize for medicine on Monday for showing that a bacterium rather than stress causes stomach inflammation and ulcers, after one of them drank a witches' brew of bacteria to prove the point.
Experts said the discovery of the Helicobacter pylori bacterium by Barry Marshall and Robin Warren in 1982 was met with skepticism by the medical community, which did not think bacteria could survive in the acid conditions of the stomach.
Marshall resorted to drinking a culture of the bacteria to give himself an ulcer and then to treat himself.
The findings eventually forced drug firms to rethink treatment of a condition that affects millions of people in a market worth billions of dollars.
"Thanks to the pioneering discovery by Marshall and Warren, peptic ulcer disease is no longer a chronic, frequently disabling condition, but a disease that can be cured by a short regimen of antibiotics and acid secretion inhibitors," said the Nobel Assembly of Stockholm's Karolinska Institute.
Warren, 68, and Marshall, 54, share the 10 million crowns prize.
Warren said he and Marshall were sitting in a restaurant in Perth, Western Australia, when he got the call from Stockholm telling him they had won the prize.
"I was shocked," Warren was quoted by Swedish news agency TT as saying. "When they first rang, I did not believe that it was true, that it really was the Nobel committee."
Lord May of Oxford, president of Britain's Royal Society of leading scientists, said Marshall's "extraordinary act" of becoming his own guinea pig showed outstanding dedication.
With some scientists calling their findings "preposterous," Marshall drank a broth of bacteria to show that the presence of H pylori in people with ulcers was no coincidence.
"I planned to give myself an ulcer, then treat myself, to prove that H. pylori can be a pathogen in normal people," he told a scientific review.
'TEMPORARY INFECTION'
"I thought about it for a few weeks, then decided to just do it. Luckily, I only developed a temporary infection."
Suffering stomach pain, nausea and vomiting, he underwent an endoscopy which showed the distinctive spiral-shaped E pylori crowding around the inflammation in his stomach. His wife urged him to think of his children and get treatment -- which he did.
Warren never believed he would win the prize.
"I thought it was a new and exciting discovery, but I did not believe that it was the type of discovery that one got the Nobel prize for," he was quoted by TT as saying.
Professor Brian Spratt, a molecular microbiologist at Imperial College London, said the two had "a hell of a job" convincing people about their research.
"Drug companies had to radically change their approach from containing ulcers with antacids to treating with antibiotics. Ulcers predispose people to gastric cancer -- so antibiotics also prevent cancer," he added.
Australians have been on Nobel Medicine prize-winning teams previously -- Sir Howard Florey in 1945, Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet in 1960, Sir John Eccles in 1963 and Peter Doherty in 1996. But this is the first time an all-Australian team has won.
Warren and Marshall were working at the Royal Perth Hospital in Western Australia when they made the H pylori discovery.
Due to their work ulcers are commonly treated with a course of antibiotics, plus drugs to control the production of acid in the stomach or heal any damage done by the ulcer.
The market for stomach treatments is worth $20 billion a year, said a spokesman for Anglo-Swedish group AstraZeneca 9ANZ.L: , which competes with U.S. Abbott Laboratories 9ABT.N: and Japan's Takeda 94502.T:.
(Additional reporting by Niklas Pollard, Stephen Brown, Daniel Frykholm and Peter Starck)
Back in the late 80's, when I was actually doing payroll and working 50 to 60 hours a week, I got what I thought was an ulcer, but it turned out to be acid reflux (long before it became a common term on commercials).
So, it is interesting to think that for many years everyone thought that stress caused ulcers, but now we know better.
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The most interesting thing to me is that this is very old news. Not sure why they are just now winning an award for this discovery.
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I thought this was pretty common knowledge.
However I don't think stress or other factors have been eliminated as causes, just that a bacterial infection often appears to be associated with ulcers and many ulcers can be cured with antibiotics. Maybe the bacteria are better able to do their damage when the person is under stress.
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I didn'tknow bacteria caused ulcers. But I agree with the last half of your post. Seems like people who are under a lot of stress tend to get sick, easier. It would make sense that if the immune system is weakened that the ulcer-causing bacteria would have an easier time settling in.
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Yeah that's what I thought.
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as did i. the initial work into h. pylori and ulcers is around 20y old (IIRC).
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Okay, okay, okay, point taken!
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In this country a significant portion of ulcers are caused by NSAIDs like Aspirin, Ibuprofen etc..
Initially when this was presented, Marshall used to be laughed out of conferences.
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Yes. I got a nasty bleeding ulcer from a prescribed anti-inflammatory drug. Healed right up when I stopped taking it.
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Most recipients do not receive their award until several years after their discovery. Most discoveries worthy of a nobel prize must withstand years of intense scrutiny before the significance of their work is realized. Believe me, the scientific community is very critical of novel concepts and ideas.
As far as ulcers, h. pylori is not the only cause. As others have mentioned, stress, certain drugs, and poor diet can cause an ulcer. Interestingly, it is also thought that genetics may play a role in ulcers.
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What about Low dose Aspirin regimens? I've been taking 81 miligrams for heart/stroke health for about a year now. I haven't had any problems thus far...
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Yep. Wasn't John Nash (beautiful mind) awarded decades after he came up with Game Theory?
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Normally 81mg does not increase the chance of ulcers in otherwise healthy people. Have you ever had an ulcer or stomach/gastrointestinal problem? If not, then you should be fine on 81mg. It is usually the higher doses of aspirin like that found in Excedrin (250mg) that CAN cause ulcers...but that does not mean it will cause an ulcer. There are alot of different factors that can contribute to the start of an ulcer.
Any dose of aspiring can cause ulcers, even the coated type. The people that are the highest risk for developing ulcers from medication like aspirin are the elderly and those that have had a risk of ulcers caused by aspirin like medications in the past.
Stress and poor diet can cause worsening of acid-reflux disease, which can cause symptoms similar to ulcers but it isn't the same disease.
In Europe, H.pylori accounts for about 98% of duodenal ulcers not caused by aspirin wheras in the US, that figure is somewhat lower(around 70% last I remember), meaning that in the US, there are some people who have ulcers that we can't figure out what caused them.
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That is an excellent point. I think virtually all infections are in at least some way affected by stress level and general health. Something that the general public never thinks about. General health and well being can do things that medicine cannot. But the public wants a pill for everything anyways.
It might be that H. pylori is like shingles in that once infection has occured the infectious agent lives in a dormant state. Stress could weaken the immune system to the point where an active infection can occur.
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Okay, okay, okay!
I get it! Everyone but me knew about this in the 80's!
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After an abnormally long video processing time from YouTube, we finally got this weeks episode of the Fraxial Show online. With upcoming events like GDC, there was a bunch of news and new game announcements this week. As usual we also cover the latest game releases as well as discussing our recent gaming experiences. Mike talks more about his time with the new SimCity and Nick talks about having finally beaten Spec Ops: The Line in addition to playing some Anno 2070.


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From the Product Manufacturers: How a Trash Bin Inspired These "Hotels"
By Brick & Wonder • June 5, 2019 • Perspectives
The Vipp trash bin (or really just the "bin") is something of a product design staple in Europe, and it has migrated overseas in recent years to become recognizable among designers and architects. It has even found a spot in MoMA's design collection. Created in 1939 by Danish metal worker Holger Nielsen's for his wife's beauty salon, the bin quickly populated offices, hospitals, and industrial spaces and supported a small but determined company.
So, how did this humble but sturdy bin inspire a growing portfolio of products, a modular kitchen, and ultimately a series of showrooms in the guise of a hospitality concept?
We spent an afternoon with Holger's granddaughter and company co-owner Sofie Egelund and her husband Frank Christensen Egelund also of Vipp in what will be their next "home" in Tribeca discussing how the "hotels" and their private home cum showroom are an organic underpinning to their marketing and sales efforts, reflecting the company's unique family DNA.
BW: Given your history and a very select group of products, VIPP seems like a conservative company. How did the idea of creating a cabin and two other spaces that would also be hotel experiences come about? Was that a big leap?
SE: It's funny that you call us a conservative company. I think because of the scale of our company versus the scale of our competitors, we need to do things very differently because we're not very big. So I think our "being conservative" is not using a ton of money (for marketing) and risking the company and its 80-year history.
But on the other hand, we are willing to do something which is very unusual. We came from being a trash can company; so why don't we just stick with being a trash can company and make trash cans in all kinds of sizes and for all kinds of needs: for government and for hospitals, and for airports!? But we have added a lot more products. Even a kitchen … it's not the obvious choice making a kitchen that's inspired by a trash can. So we've always had the idea to do things a little differently.
BW: How did the first "hotel" concept come about?
SE The first hotel was the Vipp Cabin (dubbed Shelter) which came about when we had done a lot of the smaller items, and then we started doing bigger items like lighting and the kitchen and bathroom modules. It made sense that we create a whole scene for what you could put inside the house; we could try to make the outside scene as well! So we made a house that looked like our product. It launched 5 or 6 years ago, and we immediately got a ton of enquiries.
The Vipp Cabin
BW: So It wasn't even a hospitality space, to begin with. It was more of a showroom.
FE: And we have discussed using the same concept in the states. Just copy and paste the cabin in NYC! But we were of course super naive when we came here. We wanted to put the cabin on a rooftop, but that's not gonna happen in New York… but it would have been nice!
BW: Is the cabin a "product" for you now? That you actively sell?
SE: It could be and will be.
We moved here to New York to open a traditional street-level showroom, but we just couldn't make ends meet. It was too expensive for what we wanted to put in it and for what we wanted to be. Meanwhile, we were renovating our private home to a very high level and kept sending the bills back to Denmark saying we need a little extra here a little extra there, and they're were tearing their hair out!
BW: So your private home became the showroom?
SE: We were like, why don't we invite architects here? Here in the US, you almost always have an architect. Involved in a building project. In Europe, you don't as often have an architect involved in smaller projects like a loft. We realized, why don't we start inviting these people to come and see our product in a real setting? And the feedback was very surprisingly positive. So we're showing a kitchen that is a real kitchen, working in a real home, with real things inside.
The next step was to simply invite architects to stay there. And for them to cook! Instead of me telling them how great the product is — Maybe this is the Danish way of understating things — we rather want the architects to test it and see that it's amazing.
FE: And also, their clients could do the same.
BW: That's a very granular level to be selling and marketing. But it's been successful for you?
SE: It has. When we moved here, we were just people from Denmark, and we didn't have a rolodex of contacts. The first day when we got the internet up and running, we googled "architect Manhattan" and we got like 40,000 hits! How do I group them? Do I start with A? You need to start somewhere…
FE: I also think we quickly found out that the big firms are probably not that relevant for us in terms of selling, because price-wise we are at a high level. We learned by getting rejected a lot. In smaller architecture firms, we saw that there was a perfect aesthetic link between us. After initially inviting 10 to 15 of them and getting their responses, we had much more awareness of who our target group should be moving forward.
Another Vipp hotel, "The Loft" in Copenhagen. The third hotel, the "Chimney House" is also in Copenhagen.
BW: In terms of the hospitality concept are the homes/hotels booked all the time? How does that get managed?
SE: We have never set out to be a hospitality group. Our goal is not to get 5-star reviews on TripAdvisor. Our concept is quite different and it is not necessarily that they are booked all the time because we also use them for photoshoots and meetings and stuff like that. But we do get quite a lot of enquiries, many more than we can actually manage to host.
All the properties right now are in Scandinavia, so when we launch something over here it's going to be very very exciting to see the feedback.
BW: Who manages the day-to-day? The bookings and the actual property?
FE: It's taken care of by one of the colleagues in Denmark in the company. It's not outsourced.
BW: A healthy portion of your product is sold for industrial spaces and professionals' offices. Is this a leap into what one would call "lifestyle". Is that appealing to you? Because Invariably you suggest a lifestyle when you create an environment like that.
FE: I think that's the goal for us. But it's also an ambition to let people more have a chance to live in a Vipp space to learn our products. So we don't have to tell them how nice our products are or how durable the kitchen is, how well made it is.
SE: If there is a "Vipp way" of doing things, it's a very strong sense of direction in terms of our product and product design — not only how the shapes are looking — but in terms of lifespan and quality. We want our products to be timeless. We have a lot of clients who still have 25-year-old Vipp trash cans.
A Vipp product has a certainty to it that people when they like it will love it, they tend to buy into it. They might start with a soap dispenser… and then they buy a kitchen… and then they might buy a cabin… because the way it's thought out is the same no matter if the size is tiny or big. The longevity of the product is the same.
BW: So it sounds to me that a lot of your business and the interest in your product is almost social… it's very manual. Not like it's some big marketing effort.
SE: It's so true about connecting people. That whole patchwork of people blends up to a little fan base or a little influence base. After googling 40,000 architects, I do think that we could now point to 1000 architects that we "know". It's not 40,000, but it's the 1000 that might share this particular aesthetic. It's a very niche product. It's more a product than a kitchen. It's more furniture than a kitchen.
BW: Speaking of influencers and that sort of thing. Do you tap into the Instagram crowd? Or are you a little above that?
SE: I wouldn't say we are above that! Because we do host a lot of influencer people. But it's not important if they have 2 million followers.
FE: We target the few but the right. Instagrammers love staying in the shelter in Sweden, but we have been super selective about which ones.
BW: Have the homes informed new products?
SE: They have informed some new products. We just launched a line of furniture that will be available during the summer. A sofa and a lot more, kind of a spin-off. Our portfolio of products has grown quite a lot, but you get to a certain point where you cannot put more metal painted powder-coated steel objects into your home. So it makes sense that we are doing something that is a little more organic, a little softer.
BW: Do you keep track of how many kitchens you've sold thanks to the "hotels"? Is that a metric you consider?
SE: Since the kitchen is not something you usually buy impulse, not necessarily. I believe that we have sold a lot of soap dispensers because of the prefab house!
FE: We see people who are considering buying Vipp kitchen — and we can't win them all — Henrybuilt has to sell some kitchens too! But then they end up buying some of our lamps or our bath modules.. So they get the full experience coming into our showroom. They buy into the lifestyle.. The design.
SE: I think one of our strongest assets is that people come into our private home. So they get exposed to who we are and to our aesthetic. If they like our aesthetic, they are willing to take our advice and some of our clients end up buying into the entire concept. And yes, we are also getting asked about our opinion on wall colors and floor finishes.
It's a very high level of personalization. We get to know our clients. We see them, we speak with them, we visit them, we revisit them, and they come visit us again.
FE: It's a different business model for sure.
The modular kitchen adapts to many spaces. This one is in Nantes, France.
BW: Do you think in part that's because it is a family business, that you approach things in a different way?
FE: When Sofie tells the story that it was her granddad that invented the trash can, that changes something in the dialog with principals (of firms) and others. They think "Ok, she's here, she's taking care of the brand and the company."
BW. Do you consider legacy when you're developing a new product while going in a new direction? What's the company trajectory?
SE: We do get approached by a lot of people who are interested in buying into the company. We're still privately owned by the family. We don't have any plans for changing that. So that limits some of the things we can do because we don't have funding other than what we create ourselves.
I remember my grandfather being in the workshop. He worked until a few days before he passed away. I do think he's very present when we make decisions today. The whole mindset he had to make things that are long-lasting and very good quality. That's a thing that is implicit, and we won't compromise even though it's not written in any design manual. We still remember the first generation very clearly.
BW: Slightly nosy question, does everyone get along?
SE: It's not easy! I mean, I don't think any businesses run without sometimes having a little bit of fire going on. And it doesn't make it easier that we are also siblings…
FE: We have our discussions around the table for sure! They own the company equally so they can't go and fire each other. You have to find a solution.
SE: But there is also something very comfortable in knowing that it's family. It feels more secure than if it was three individual partners. You know, we need to have Christmas dinner together also in like 20 years; so that's the plan.
Frank Egelund is Vice President at Vipp USA
Sofie Egelund the Concept Director for Vipp and is a Brick & Wonder member
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Auckland's climate is changing, and these changes will continue. It is internationally accepted that human greenhouse gas emissions are the dominant cause of recent global climate change, and that further changes will result from increasing amounts of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. The rate of future climate change depends on how fast greenhouse gases increase.
Auckland Council and Council Controlled Organisations commissioned NIWA to analyse projected climate changes for the Auckland region and potential impacts of climate change on some of Auckland's environments and sectors. This report addresses expected changes for 21 different climate variables out to 2120, and draws heavily on climate model simulations from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report. Potential climate change impacts on important environments and sectors in the Auckland region are discussed.
Future climate changes are likely to be significant and will impact the entire Auckland region. Using a mid-range projection, Auckland's temperature is expected to increase by about 0.8°C by 2040 (compared to the late 20th century), 1.3°C by 2090, and 1.6°C by 2110. However, uncertainty about future concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and differences in the way each climate model responds to those concentrations, mean warming projections span a wide range: 0.5-1.3°C by 2040, 0.3-3.4°C by 2090, and 0.5-4.2°C by 2110. Changes to extreme temperatures are likely, with the number of hot days (days > 25°C) in Auckland projected to double by the early 22nd century under a mid-range climate change scenario and more than triple under a business-as-usual scenario. The entire Auckland region is projected to be frost-free by 2110 under a business-as-usual climate change scenario.
The seasonal distribution of rainfall is projected to change markedly in Auckland. It is likely that spring rainfall will decline and autumn rainfall will increase, but annual total rainfall may not change significantly. Extreme rainfall is likely to increase in the Auckland region because a warmer atmosphere can hold more moisture. In addition, drought is projected to become more common and more severe in Auckland due to changing rainfall patterns and temperature increases. Winds are projected to decrease in the region. There is also uncertainty about the number and characteristics of ex-tropical cyclones which may affect Auckland.
These changes are likely to have significant impacts on different environments and sectors within the Auckland region. Rainfall and temperature changes may result in drier soils and changes to river flow (both low flows and floods), as well as an increase in the occurrence of slips. Uptake of increasing atmospheric CO2 by the oceans is causing ocean acidification, impacting ocean productivity and the development of marine species. Increasing sea surface temperature is likely to encourage non-native marine species to establish and proliferate in Auckland. Sea-level rise will have major impacts on Auckland's coastal communities, infrastructure and habitats. Changes to air quality in response to climate change are likely to impact the health of Aucklanders. Indigenous biodiversity will be affected both directly by climate changes (e.g. drought and increased temperature) and indirectly by pests and habitat loss. Auckland's biodiversity, primary industries and communities may be at risk from future biosecurity issues such as plant and animal pests as well as disease vectors such as mosquitos.
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Guggenheim Fund Reserves Right to Put Up to 10% in Bitcoin Trust – Bloomberg
Count Guggenheim Partners LLC among those institutional investors casting an eye on cryptocurrencies.
Guggenheim is reserving the right for its $5.3 billion Macro Opportunities Fund — which aims for total return via fixed income and other debt and equity securities — to invest in the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust. The trust's shares are solely invested in Bitcoin, and track the digital asset's price less fees and expenses.
"The Guggenheim Macro Opportunities Fund may seek investment exposure to Bitcoin indirectly through investing up to 10% of its net asset value in Grayscale Bitcoin Trust," the firm said in a filing Friday to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Investments in Bitcoin would put Guggenheim and its Chief Investment Officer Scott Minerd in with the likes of Paul Tudor Jones and Stan Druckenmiller, who have already said they've put money into the digital asset. The largest cryptocurrency has had a strong run in 2020, nearing its December 2017 record highs above $19,000 before falling back. As of 7:30 a.m. Sunday in London it was in the mid-$17,000s.
Read more: Rocketing Bitcoin Stakes Claim as Pandemic Refuge for Brave
Guggenheim's filing, which describes cryptocurrencies as "digital assets designed to act as a medium of exchange," also lists a wide variety of risks. Those include prices that "can be highly volatile," regulatory changes, a crisis of confidence in the Bitcoin network, a change in user preference to competing cryptocurrencies, and trading on "largely unregulated" exchanges that may be more exposed to fraud and failure than regulated, established bourses for other asset classes.
Guggenheim appears to be sticking narrowly to the Grayscale vehicle as a potential source of crypto exposure, though.
"Except for its investment in GBTC, the Fund will not invest, directly or indirectly, in cryptocurrencies," the filing said.


Protocol analysis is typically used as a data-gathering tool, but it also serves as an effective teaching tool. When composition teachers use this "thinking out loud" approach as they write in the classroom, they model the challenges and successes of transferring ideas to written text.
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Yanguas, Iñigo, and Beatriz Lado. "Is Thinking Aloud Reactive When Writing In the Heritage Language?" Foreign Language Annals, vol. 45, no. 3, 2012, pp. 380-399. MLA International Bibliography, doi: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.2012.01198.x. 17 Mar. 2016.
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One of the strengths of the Prelinger Library is its extensive collection of periodicals, serials, magazines and zines. We concentrate on collecting titles within our areas of interest that are not available in most easily accessible libraries. Some of our more common titles are held offsite to make more room for more unusual or scarcer titles. Other magazines are held onsite because of their research value, high degree of interest, or useful content such as advertisements, illustrations and graphics.
Following is a list of periodicals we hold, arranged by subject. This list is still in draft form and we expect to add many new titles, plus specific holdings information on each title, as we continue to organize the library. Please contact us for information on holdings and availability of specific titles.
The Prelinger Library welcomes donations of materials that help to complete our collections of periodicals and zines in our areas of interest.
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GRENOBLE, France, March 20, 2014 – Call centres, vitally important to businesses such as airlines and credit card companies, often have agents who say they feel isolated, receiving little feedback on how they are interacting with customers. To help, Xerox researchers have invented software that uses gaming techniques to provide feedback and encourage teamwork.
"Our studies on call centres indicate that embedding game dynamics in the workplace helps agents and their managers set priorities and provides agents with a common challenge that they can collaborate on and talk about," said Xerox researcher Ben Hanrahan.
Social scientists at the Xerox Research Centre Europe (XRCE) in France studied various aspects of how call centre agents work to gain a better understanding of challenges. Building upon their findings, researchers created the Xerox Agent Performance Indicator Software (Xerox API).
Over the course of the workday, Xerox API provides agents with continuous feedback on their performance in a fun, interactive way. Using green, yellow and red color codes, agents can see how they are doing in areas such as time spent on a call, number of calls handled and other key performance indicators. Traditional feedback methods involve a manager emailing performance reports to agents once or twice a day.
Agents using the technology show significant improvement on standard performance measures such as the amount of time spent solving a customer problem. The tool also has helped streamline the relationship between managers and their team.
The technology has been deployed to 1,500 agents working in Xerox contact centres in Europe which provide customer care services for 25 Xerox customers.
Xerox plans to expand the use of the tool with planned roll outs in other countries including the United States. With more than 48,000 call centre employees supporting clients in 150 locations worldwide, Xerox is a leading provider of customer care solutions, handling more than a million consumer interactions every day via the phone and Web.
Xerox Europe has manufacturing and logistics operations in Ireland, the U.K. and the Netherlands, and a research and development facility – Xerox Research Centre Europe – in Grenoble, France.


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Soul Calibur V – Review
Brandon Hofer / June 8, 2016
Soul Calibur has hit consoles once again, however, it is a bit of a mixed bag. There is the standard modes that one would expect including a story mode, a mode where you can create your own fighter and, of course, an online mode where you can play against others on Xbox Live. If you are new to the series there is also a training mode that you can utilize to try and sharpen your skills. The Soul Calibur franchise has also become well known over the years for the cameo appearances that other video game characters tend to make. The last title had Darth Vader and Yoda and now this one features Ezio Auditore de Firenze from Ubisoft's popular franchise, Assassin's Creed. After spending some time playing as Ezio I think this was a great move and that he fits in perfectly with the rest of the roster. Being able to pull off some of the same moves that I have done in Assassin's Creed was a lot of fun and everything seemed to flow really well.
The story for Soul Calibur V picks up seventeen years after the events of Soul Calibur IV. A good portion of the story focuses on Patroklos Alexandra and his quest to right some wrongs committed against his family and find his long lost sister. The story mode itself is fairly underwhelming and, at times, you might not really know what is going on. It seems like that fighting games have generally been getting better over the years with the only caveat being their respective stories. There is no question that these games are built for online play, however, it would be nice to see more attention paid in the story department. With that said the story is fairly short in this game and you should have absolutely no problem working your way through it in the course of an evening.
The gameplay itself seems to be really well done and everything flows really nicely. Once you start chaining combos together and begin getting really adept at the Soul Calibur fighting style you'll be able to appreciate just how fluid the fights can be. There is a bit of a learning curve here so if you want to become really good you should be ready to spend at least a little bit of time with it. You always have access to the move list for whatever character you might be playing by pausing the game. That is where you will learn how to do both basic and advance moves alike which might be the difference between you winning and losing the round.
The character creation mode has returned from previous iterations of the franchise and I definitely had some fun with it. Along with the standard items available, you can also use items that you have unlocked as you level up your profile. You can create the character that you see fit and can customize almost everything from the type of body your fighter has, their weapon style, equipment and more. Unfortunately you can't really mess with their move sets as you will pretty much take your style from one of the fighters already on the roster. There is one exception though where Devil Jin's fighting style can also be applied. Tekken fans should be happy to hear that and it will be interesting to see if anyone takes advantage of that option.
As I alluded to before, the heart of Soul Calibur V is really in its online multiplayer. I am happy to say that my experience with Soul Calibur V online was fantastic. In all of the fights that I participated in there was absolutely no lag at all and everything flowed seamlessly. While I was in a room waiting to begin my fight I was also able to spectate the fight of people that were in line before me which I thought was a really nice touch. You have the standard ranked and player matches, however, there is also something called "Global Colosseo". This is a massive lobby where you can fight and chat with people and it is filled based on area. When you first select this mode you are asked to select your area whether it is North America, Europe, Asia or wherever. After picking North America I was given a bunch of lobbies to select from such as a New York lobby, a Los Angeles lobby, San Francisco lobby and, well, you get the idea. After I picked my lobby I was brought to a screen where I could pick to join a random match or a join a tournament that was looking for some fighters. There is also a rivals system where you can see how your rivals are doing in the overall game. Once you select a rival his gamertag will appear in a slot right under your name and you'll know about his progress throughout the whole game. It will tell you how much of the story he has gone through, how long he has spent playing on Xbox Live and many other things. It is an interesting idea that should prove to be fun for people that are competitive. Everything seemed to be really well done and multiplayer as a whole is a tremendous amount of fun.
Overall, I had a lot of fun with Soul Calibur V. I think your enjoyment of this title will be dependent on whether you like the roster and how much you enjoy playing against other gamers online. The story mode is short and really baffling at times. There are parts of it that don't make a whole lot of sense and you won't miss anything if you decide to skip it entirely. The creation suite is pretty nice and multiplayer is where this game really shines. If you are on the fence about this game I would definitely suggest that you rent it before you buy it. If you happen to be a big fan of the franchise then there should be enough here to satisfy you as long as you like fighting online.
Score: 7.5/10
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June 8, 2016 in Reviews, Xbox 360 Reviews. Tags: Bandai Namco, Soul Calibur V, Xbox 360
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In the last few weeks I've really been thinking about how our lives are going to change when we become a family of 4. For the past 2 years it's been Mummy, Daddy and Isla. I'm not going to pretend it's not tough when you're new parents and the early years are not all plain sailing, but we've nurtured this gorgeous girl and now approaching her 2nd birthday she is really blossoming into this wonderful, enchanting being. I look at her and feel enormous love for her and see her changing and growing, talking and learning and most of the time so happy. I watch her with wonderment as she says new words and makes up little games with her teddies (I'm not going to pretend that there aren't other times where I want to tear my hair out though, when she's running around naked ignoring me when it's bath time!).
I'm slightly anxious about her reaction to having a new baby in the house, she will have a little brother and I'm feeling this mixture of emotions that I didn't think I'd feel. I'm so excited about our family growing and having a new family member but I'm also slightly apprehensive as to how Isla is going to feel. I'm sure most mums feel like this in the run up to having another baby. I'm feeling a lot of guilt about how our time will have to be divided and that she won't be the centre of attention anymore. I know however that it can be great to have a sibling, and it will help with teaching the valuable lessons in life like sharing and being kind and gentle. She will be a big sister and I'm sure she will be great at it - eventually.
We've tried to prepare her for the baby and there's no getting away from the sight of my bump - and she's been told there is a baby in there, but I think she's definitely slightly too young to grasp the reality, and so it will hit when he arrives. We've bought her a present from the baby and we know that we need to tread carefully and give her lots of attention in the early days and make sure other people also don't make her feel pushed out. We're doing all the right things but it's still hard and until Baby Boy arrives I think I will continue to be anxious and lavish loads of love and attention on her in a bid to ease my conscience.
How have you found it when you're eldest is joined by a new sibling? I'd love to have your comments - be they positive or negative experiences!
I felt exactly the same before Jenson was born. I worried how Burton would react and I felt so much guilt about how he might feel pushed out. However, this is normal as other mums have said they felt the same. I also didn't think Burton knew what a baby actually was being so young.
However, he has been fine. I think the first couple of days he was a little shell shocked but soon he was kissing and prodding him! He still gets loads of attention from all of us and I think he really loves his little brother even if he is a bit too over zealous with him!
thanks Jenny! Appreciate those words! Shell shocked is probably the right description I reckon! I'm sure I'll weather the storm!
I have to say I tried not to think about it before the new baby was born!! But actually it couldn't be nicer - there's 21 months between my two boys and they idolise each other. Alex was too young to really remember what life was like without a baby and just accepted the new reality very quickly. We had a couple of restless nights with him early on but nothing more really. We were really careful, like you said, not to let him feel pushed out, and always asked if he wanted to help with nappy changing etc so as he would feel as involved as possible with the new baby, and there were a couple of occasions when both were crying when I was on my own and I had to leave the baby for a few minutes and give the older one a cuddle first, but generally he's been amazing. He seems to understand Ethan as well as I do telling me when he's hungry, tired or needs a dummy! And he loves to make him laugh. Ethan for his part adores his brother and tries to copy everything he does and when he can't just watches him and smiles. Ethans first smile was at Alex, and alexs first "I love you" was to Ethan. All very cute. So don't worry at all. You'll be amazing! And so long as they both feel loved (which they will) they'll both be happy too.
loving all your comments - they are so encouraging!!! has given me a boost!


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