Didymochlaena truncatula is a maidenhair type fern that develops a short trunk over time hence the name 'Tree Maidenhair Fern'. Tree Maidenhair Ferns grow naturally in a moist well drained soil in a filtered shade position and are also known as also known as the Mahogany Ferns.
The name Mahogany fern comes from the colour of the new emerging fronds, they turn to a deeper green as they age.
In cultivation they are mostly grown as indoor plants.
Didymochlaena truncatula (Tree Maidenhair Fern) prefer a moist shady position and can be grown in containers indoors.
A well lit area but with indirect light is best. Try an African Violet potting mix for growing indoors.
A combination of strong filtered light (not direct sun), good humidity and regular fertiliser will improve growth rate.
Keep moist at all times.
Fertilise only from mid spring to late summer.
Be patient when waiting for it form a trunk, this can take a number of years.
Height – Over time up to 2m in height.


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A record number of students with Master's degree and within business administration – Maija will go from graduation party to A&E and peacekeeping
Maija Väyrynen completed the English-language Bachelor of Health Care degree and will give a speech at the graduation ceremony.
Annika Kovero, Maija Väyrynen and Jenni Holopainen on the graduation day at Vanha viertotie Campus in Helsinki.
It is important to make friends during studying, Maija Väyrynen (in the middle) says.
120 out of overall 2 000 Metropolia graduates celebrate on Vanha viertotie Campus in Helsinki.
It's time for roses, and party with family and friends!
More than 2,000 students will graduate from Metropolia this spring. Graduation ceremonies are held on the campuses on 24 May. One of the graduates is Maija Väyrynen, who has completed an English-language Health Care degree.
Master's degrees are more and more popular. This time there is a record number of more than 270 Master's degree graduates, and almost 1,750 Bachelor's.
Another record is the number of business administration students, with more than 200 graduates this spring.
"Warm congratulations to all graduates! We know that our graduates develop the labour market successfully and innovate their sectors. We want to continue to be your partners on your path of continuous learning," says President and CEO, Riitta Konkola.
Going to a dream job – Metropolia spirit was my thing
Maija Väyrynen will also receive her degree certificate and rose at Vanha viertotie Campus in Helsinki. She completed the English-language Bachelor of Health Care degree and will give a speech at the graduation ceremony.
"I think a community spirit is important. I have made many friends for life and I hope that this aspect of studying will be emphasised more," says Väyrynen, who acted as head tutor and the student organisation's board member.
The very next Monday she will start work in her dream job, in the A&E of the central hospital in Lappeenranta. This is one of the most challenging jobs for a fresh graduate.
"Theory studies combined with good practical training have prepared me to manage in any environment."
"When considering where to study, Metropolia really was the only option. Its values and spirit seemed to match mine," says Väyrynen.
Going out there to change the world
Maija Väyrynen, who will soon turn 24, completed her voluntary military service in between her studies and, following her job at the A&E, is seeking a position in crisis management as a peacekeeper to fulfil her dreams.
"There is a huge demand for nurses and my plan is to be a soldier performing field hospital duties–following my father's footsteps into peacekeeping."
Riitta Konkola knows that Metropolia graduates will leave their alma mater and change the world.
"Our four campuses and innovation hubs form the basis of joint learning. Examples of experimental cooperation include extended reality in the Helsinki XR Center in the Arabia Campus, and Urban Farm Lab, specialising in future farming technologies at the Myyrmäki Campus."
"We hope that in future we can also encourage our alumni to join in this type of cooperation," says Konkola.
President and CEO, Riitta Konkola, firstname.lastname@metropolia.fi, tel. +358 50 548 6069.
Metropolia Match Recruiting Event — Boost Your Business! On March 5, 2020
Time: Thursday March 5, 2020 at 12—15 Place: Metropolia's Myyrmäki Campus, VantaaLanguage: English
The event is open for all English-speaking students and other international talents in the field of Business.
Do you want to boost your career in Finland? Come meet potential employers int...
Joint application for the International Degree Programmes starts on 8.1.2020
Planning an international career and looking for studying in English language? Make the choice of your life and choose Metropolia, located in the metropolitan area of Finland.
The joint application for the English taught Bachelor's and Master's Degrees is from 8 to 22 January 2020. The studie...
Master's students created a publication about future cities and sustainability
Master's students from the international Construction and Real Estate Management (ConREM) degree programme have published a book "Sustainable Cities II" as part of their Master's studies. The students have written, edited and illustrated the articles themselves. In addition, ...
Metropolia's Kidmove project participates in European Commission conference in Espoo
Safe physical activity and sport for children and youth is one of the focus areas of the programme of Finland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union. On 24 September 2019, a conference for experts in the field of sports held in Hanasaari in Espoo gathered sports and physical activit...
A-STEP 2030 - Third Transnational Meeting in Vantaa
Last week Metropolia University of Applied Sciences welcomed members of the A-STEP 2030 "Attracting Diverse Talent to the Engineering Professions of 2030" research team to the third transnational meeting, which was hosted in Vantaa.
The team, which won the Erasmus+ funding in 2018 comprises ...
Metropolia's network and IT services down during October 11-15, 2019
All Metropolia UAS's network and information technology services, including Metropolia's website (www.metropolia.fi), are shut down on Friday, October 11, 2009 at 4:00 pm.Equipment and network will be transferred from Metropolia's former Leppävaara property in Espoo to the new Myllypuro ...
Future Competence Needs anticipated through Artificial Intelligence in the Helsinki Metropolitan Universities of Applied Sciences
Universities of Applied Sciences Haaga-Helia, Laurea and Metropolia work together to anticipate future competence needs with the help of artificial intelligence. Based on the results, they aim to develop their educational offering.
Riitta Konkola, President and CEO of Metropolia UAS, and Teemu Kokko, Pr...
Match Up - The XR Event 20th Nov 2019 4 -9 PM
Welcome to meet and greet & experience the Finnish XR!
Time: 20 Nov 2019, 4 pm - 9 pm
Place: Hämeentie 135 D, 00560 Helsinki
The biggest XR event in Finland - Match Up the is an annual SLUSH pre-event in Helsinki, focusing on AR/VR industry, technologies and solutions. The event is held now f...
The robot bus trial experiences in Helsinki positive - the challenge level rising
The capital city of Finland, Helsinki, strives to be carbon neutral by 2035. Various trials have been conducted to find ways to reduce transportation emissions. Smart Mobility projects of Metropolia University of Applied Sciences have introduced robot buses to the streets of Helsinki in residential ...
Climate University drives sustainability education
Today's global challenges can best be tackled with science-based and multidisciplinary approaches. Climate University, a joint project between eleven Finnish universities, builds knowhow and e-learning materials on climate crisis and other global sustainability challenges. Apart from universities, ...
U!REKA Eyes New EU European Universities Bid
The collaboration platform U!REKA intends to participate in the second 'European Universities' pilot in 2020, as soon as the application guidelines are announced.
This is a grant programme for cooperative European higher education institutions, which aims to educate a new generation of European students...
Metropolia welcomes around 3300 new degree students
The results of spring 2019 joint application have been published. In the autumn around 3300 new students begin their degree studies at Metropolia UAS. A total of 383 students will be studying in our International Degree Programmes conducted in English.
In total, 30 800 candidates applied to Metrop...
First Sri Lankan graduated with a Top-up Bachelor Degree in Nursing
The first Sri Lankan student with a Top-up Bachelor Degree in Nursing graduated on 18.6.2019. Mr Chandra Pradeep Kankanigei received his degree diploma at Metropolia's Myllypuro campus in Helsinki.
Mr Kankanigei held an Advanced Diploma in Nursing from the International Institute of Health Science...
Metropolia celebrates the Pride week with flags on the campuses
Metropolia UAS participates in the Pride week.
"Parity and equality are part of education in the university communities. The importance of those values are never reminded often enough in the global world", President and CEO Riitta Konkola says.
The pride flags are out during the celebration week at Met...
Helsinki XR-Center Housewarming Party & Grand Opening
We have a pleasure to cordially invite you to the Housewarming party & Grand Opening of Helsinki XR Center - the home of Extended Reality.
Please join us for drinks and hors d'oeuvres on 5th of September from 4 pm to 8 pm. Our honorary guests cut the red ribbon of the first class XR showroom...
10 Days 100 Challenges all about women in tech and buying sustainably
This year the inspiring themes of the 10 Days 100 Challenges programme were Future of Work and Sustainability. Around 90 participants from 3AMK have worked on the challenges.
10 days 100 Challenges is an open innovation programme and a part of Professional Summer School where participants learn new work...
Brainstorming solutions for health technology in Digital Wellbeing Sprint
Digital Wellbeing Sprint took place for the third time in May. The program is a part of 3AMK Professional Summer School and the aim was to solve challenges given by companies in health technology. Solving the challenges required knowledge from very different fields.
Digital Wellbeing Sprint is an open i...
SIMHE-Metropolia and SIMHE at University of Helsinki Presented Their Services at the World Village Festival in Helsinki
Kaisaniemi park and the Rautatientori square in Helsinki were the arena for the World Village festival last weekend. The festival gathered some 400 non-governmental organisations, Finnish as well as international artists and many speakers displayed their services and debated over common interests. The fe...
The Finnish game industry professionals chose Bit1 2019 winners
The best Finnish student game was chosen in Bit1 Game Awards in Tampere at 7.-8.5. The 12 finalist teams had been selected from regional PreBits arranged in Helsinki, Tampere and Turku. Oulu region didn't have PreBits this year, but they had three teams to send to the finals. During Bit1, the judges gave...
Metropolia UAS Annual Report 2018 Published
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences has published its Annual Report 2018.
The report covers the reviews of the Chairman of the Board, Henri Kuitunen, and the President and CEO, Riitta Konkola, financial statements and graphics of the UAS' key figures.
Metropolia turned ten in August 2018, m...
CERN BootCamp started with kick off days in Tikkurila
CERN BootCamp is a 3AMK-program targeted for students in master's programs. It digs into global challenges. CERN BootCamp is organized now for the second time.
Learning café takes place during the kick off days. The aim is to get the students to know the challenger and each other and also b...
Various business ideas were developed in Cambridge Venture Camp
Cambridge Venture Camp -program aims for developing business ideas. It is currently on its 11th round. The program consists of two intensive weeks - the first is executed around Helsinki and metropolitan area. The second week students spent in Cambridge, UK.
The Finnish week has been busy. During the we...
Van Lang University and Metropolia strengthen their cooperation - focus on cleantech and sustainability
Van Lang University in Vietnam and Metropolia UAS signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam on 10th of April 2019. The agreement is for the fields of Business, Culture and Technology.
The aim is to strengthen mutual academic cooperation both in staff and teacher exchange as well ...
Financial statements 2018: Metropolia posts an improved result and enhances its social impact through innovation hubs
Metropolia chose social impact as the focus of its operations in 2018. To this end, the UAS has concentrated its RDI activities at five phenomenon-based innovation hubs.
Financial statements 2018
Turnover and other operational income totalled EUR 96.2 million. Operating expenses amounted to EUR 94.4 m...
Helsinki XR Center - the gateway to Finnish VR and AR
Helsinki XR Center (HXRC), a Digital Innovation Hub of XR technologies was founded by Metropolia University of Applied Sciences and FIVR - The Finnish Virtual reality Association in January 2019. It aims to become the largest innovation, development and startup center in the Nordics dedicated to VR and A...
Spotlighters, a European project supporting learners with self-regulatory practices from the science of stress
Spotlighters (Illuminating student paths to resilience with the science of stress) is a 36-month project, within the framework of the European 2018 Erasmus+ call for the promotion of projects concerning education, training, youth and sport, coordinated by the Interactive and Distributed Technologies for ...
The Relocation of Metropolia's Leppävaara Campus to Karamalmi in Espoo Has Been Confirmed
The operations of Metropolia's Leppävaara Campus will move into the premises at Nokia's Karaportti 2, which are located in Karamalmi in Espoo, in stages beginning from August 2019.
Metropolia closed its Leppävaara Campus on 4 March for safety reasons, after the owner of the property, the City ...
Mr Jari Olli appointed member of Industry Consultative Committee at University of Colombo's Faculty of Technology
Mr Jari Olli, Head of School of Smart and Clean Solutions at Metropolia UAS, has been appointed as a member of Industry Consultative Committee at University of Colombo's Faculty of Technology in Sri Lanka. The faculty includes the fields of Agricultural Technology, Environmental Technology, ICT and...
A statement: Competence Clusters, Internationalisation and Funding for Higher Education Institutions Must Be Strengthened to Safeguard Welfare
A statement by the cities and institutions of higher education in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area: Competence Clusters, Internationalisation and Funding for Higher Education Institutions Must Be Strengthened to Safeguard Welfare
With its constituent cities and institutions of higher education, the Helsin...
Extending Design Realities – Technologies For Urban Participation And Resilience
When: 28 May 2019, 10am–3pm Location: Hämeentie 135 D
Extending Design Realities explores the use of rapidly evolving extended reality technology (XR; augmented, virtual and mixed reality) in participatory urban planning to create better participation and enhance urban resilience.
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Separate application period for Metropolia´s international degree programmes in spring 2019 by SAT test
This spring Metropolia UAS provides an opportunity of a separate application for three English Bachelors Degree Programmes:
Bachelor of Business Administration in International Business and Logistics Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology
Degrees in ...
Metropolia UAS initiates negotiations on relocating the Developer Campus for Smart Solutions from Leppävaara to Nokia´s facilities in Karamalmi
Metropolia University of Applied Sciences will start negotiations to relocate the Developer Campus for Smart Solutions from Leppävaara, Espoo, to Nokia Corporation´s facilities in Karamalmi.
The Karamalmi facilities are located three kilometers from the current Leppävaara site.
Sohjoa Baltic Opened Procurement for Robotbuses to Helsinki and Tallinn
Project Sohjoa Baltic (Interreg BSR) promotes emission-lowering, last mile public transportation smart mobility solutions across Baltic Sea Region. The project's automated, electric minibus piloting in Helsinki is calling for service providers capable of operating such vehicle in urban areas, to le...
Metropolia closes Leppävaara campus from 4.3.2019 onwards - Until then teaching will be reorganised with special arrangements
Metropolia's Board of Directors has decided today Thu 21.2.2019 in its meeting that Leppävaara campus operations will be closed after week 9, and thus Metropolia will move its operations away from Leppävaara campus.
During 25.2.-3.3.2019, there will not be any contact teaching, but the t...
City of Espoo announced about the poor condition of Leppävaara Campus – Relocation planning has started
City of Espoo, the owner of Metropolia´s Leppävaara campus property, announced on February 14th 2019 about the poor condition of the campus´ supporting structures, urging Metropolia to move its operations away from Vanha maantie 6 and to find temporary facilities.
Metropolia has begun t...
Thank you to all applicants for our international degree programmes
This spring's first joint application period for Bachelor's and Master's degree studies conducted in English ended on Wednesday 23.1. at 15.00 o'clock. In total, over 2500 applications were submitted to Metropolia.
Metropolia has in its offering six Bachelor's degree programmes i...
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National Commission on the Future of the Army visits Meade to discuss reserve component issues
Army Brig. Gen. Marion Garcia, deputy commander of the 200th Military Police Command, discusses reserve component issues during a meeting with the National Commission on the Future of the Army July 14, 2015, at Fort Meade, Md. The commission is tasked with making recommendations concerning component roles, force structure design, organization, employment and reserve forces policy. (U.S. Army Reserve Photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jacob Boyer/RELEASED)
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Murder charge filed against 'armed and dangerous' suspect in Clinton cop-killing
Will Schmitt
News-Leader
The shooting death of a Missouri police officer late Sunday night spurred a search for the suspect, who the Missouri State Highway Patrol considers "armed and dangerous."
Hours later, a first-degree murder charge was filed against Ian McCarthy of Clinton, who remains at large and is the subject of an ongoing manhunt in western Missouri.
Officer Gary Michael, 37, was shot and killed after pulling over a driver near Clinton, a town about 90 miles north of Springfield.
According to a news release from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, Michael pulled over a Dodge Nitro for a traffic stop. The release said the suspect got out of the vehicle and started shooting, striking the trooper.
Michael was taken to a Clinton hospital, where he died as a result of his injuries. The vehicle was found crashed against a tree about two blocks away, the Associated Press reported.
Authorities were searching for McCarthy, 39, following Michael's death.
The highway patrol said McCarthy should be considered "armed and dangerous" and urged people with information about his whereabouts to call 911 and avoid contacting him.
Sgt. Bill Lowe with the highway patrol said authorities from multiple agencies were searching Clinton and surrounding Henry County for McCarthy. Authorities have searched his home and have determined the type of weapon used in the shooting, Lowe said, though that information is not being released at this time.
"We're looking at a big search area," Lowe said, adding that due to the hours elapsed since the shooting, McCarthy may still be on foot following the crash of his vehicle or he may have found a ride.
Online court records indicate that McCarthy had a warrant out for his arrest stemming from a previous run-in with the highway patrol. McCarthy was charged in late 2015 with unlawful possession of a firearm, a class C felony, but the warrant was never executed.
The Clinton Police Department posted a statement late Monday in Michael's memory.
"We are saddened and horrified that Officer Gary Michael has been taken from his family, his department and his community," the department said on Facebook. "His life (was) cut short by the act of a cowardly and evil man.
"As we search for his killer, we are all reminded of what a good person Gary was and how much he cared about his family and the City of Clinton. We are reminded of his gentle way and how easily he smiled. We have all lost something today. "


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Soldiers patrol Kolkata after election violence
Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel conduct route march in a street ahead of the seventh and last phase of general election, in Kolkata, India. -Reuters
Soldiers patrolled the centre of Kolkata, the capital of West Bengal, on Wednesday a day after rival political supporters clashed during campaigning for the country's general election.With the third highest number of parliamentary seats among Indian states, West Bengal has emerged as a battleground where the BJP is attempting to make inroads to offset likely losses elsewhere and retain power.
The BJP is facing stiff opposition from the Trinamool Congress (TMC), a regional party that controls the state and is one of Modi's biggest critics. More than 100 supporters of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were detained for violence in West Bengal on Tuesday, police said.
The state police said no Trinamool member had been detained, but the independent election commission said it planned to investigate allegations of vandalism by party supporters. The clashes broke out as BJP president Amit Shah led a campaign procession through Kolkata, and rival party supporters threw stones and water bottles at each other.
"The reason behind the violence is Trinamool Congress, not Bharatiya Janata Party," Shah told reporters on Wednesday.The TMC, led by firebrand politician Mamata Banerjee who is a contender for prime minister, blamed the violence on BJP "goons" and said it planned to hold a rally on Wednesday.
Authorities said soldiers were deployed in the city to ensure there was no further violence.The seven-phase election started on April 11 and ends on May 19. The results will be announced on May 23.West Bengal has a history of election-related violence, initially between the communists who ran the state for nearly three decades and the main opposition Congress party.
But now the BJP and the regional TMC have emerged as the frontrunners and clashes are erupting frequently between their supporters. "Elections matter in Bengal much more than most other states because party is the only form through which people tend to organise themselves," said Dwaipayan Bhattacharyya, a political science professor at New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru University.
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2023 Hall of Fame Results: How Former New York Yankees Fared on Voting
The National Baseball Hall of Fame gets a new third baseman.
The Baseball Writers' Association of America voted Scott Rolen to Cooperstown Thursday night. An eight-time Gold Glover who played for the Phillies, Cardinals, Blue Jays and Reds, Rolen received 76.3 percent of the vote in the BBWAA vote in his sixth year.
Candidates must receive at least 75 percent of the votes for anchoring. Only Rolen met that requirement, though former Rockies first baseman Todd Helton (72.2 percent) came close.
A handful of former Yanks also appeared on the ballot, although neither received more than 60 percent of the vote.
Andruw Jones, best known as Atlanta Brave before ending his career in New York, led ex-pinstriper with 58.1 percent of the vote on his sixth attempt. A 10-time Gold Glover in the middle, Jones saw his share of the vote increase notably after earning 41.4 percent last year. Jones was arrested on a battery charge following allegations by his wife in 2012 that could affect his Hall of Fame chances as he nears 75 percent, as off-field behavior has historically affected other candidates' cases.
Gary Sheffield, who spent three seasons with the Yankees, also made significant gains as his vote share rose from 40.6 percent in 2022 to 55 percent this year. However, the former hitter with ties to performance-enhancing drugs has just one year of eligibility left, meaning Sheffield will need an even bigger boost next year if he wants to take part in a BBWAA vote.
Carlos Beltrán, the first player linked to the 2017 Astros sign-theft scandal to appear on a Hall of Fame ballot, received 46.6 percent of the vote on his first attempt. Beltrán spent portions of three seasons with the Yankees after spending some of his prime with the Mets.
Alex Rodriguez, on the other hand, received only 35.7 percent of the votes on his second attempt. Rodriguez, fifth on the all-time home run list but one of the faces of baseball's PED era, received 34.3 percent of the vote last year.
Andy Pettitte, a five-time World Series champion with his own ties to PEDs, received 17 percent of the vote on his fifth attempt, after collecting 10.7 percent last year. Bobby Abreu, who spent three years with the Yankees, posted a similar increase from 8.6 percent last year to 15.4 percent this year.
And then there's the often injured Jacoby Ellsbury, who received zero votes in his first and last election attempt. Players need at least 5 percent of the votes to remain eligible.
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How is the size of a distant planet determined?
How is an object's size determined from other solar systems than our own? How are new large bodies being found in our solar system currently?
planet distances space-geometry
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Peter Erwin
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One method of finding planets orbiting stars is to analyze the transit effect. This is when a planet crosses the face of a star between the star and observer. This will block some of the light reaching the observer. By measuring this decrease in light from the star we can determine how much of the surface area of star is occluded.
The speed of a planet across the face of a star will let us calculate the orbital radius considering a circular orbit. The temperature of the star can be determined from its brightness and location on HR diagram and spectroscopic data. Combining this information lets us determine the size and of the planet.
Using space-based or ground-based telescopes and automated data collection and analysis methods large regions of the sky can be viewed for these transits. This method is highly accurate and will probably surpass the radial velocity method as most common method to discover new planets.
Another method for finding planets is known as the radial velocity method. When a planet orbits a star it is really the planet and star rotating about the center-of-mass of the system. Hence the star wobbles due to the bodies orbiting the star. It wobbles because usually the center-of-mass is inside the star and this results in the star rotating about an axis running thru the star but offset from the center. By doing a doppler analysis it can be determined whether the star is revolving or not and the period of revolution. The radial velocity method is the most effective method. The transit method is very limited by the viewing angle, the planet must pass between observer and star.
A good source to better learn about these methods is here.
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$\begingroup$ According to Wikipedia, as of 1st June this year there were 4071 known exoplanets, of which 2662 were discovered with the Kepler space telescope. Kepler only used the transit method, so your statement "[the] radial velocity method is responsible ... for most of the planets located to date" is not correct. $\endgroup$ – Martin Bonner Jun 6 at 9:09
$\begingroup$ The statement was taken directly from my source but source may be dated to the early years of the Kepler mission. I will edit my answer. It was pointed out in the reference that Kepler had found hundreds of candidates so there may be a difference in the reference between actual planets and candidates. But I'm just guessing really. $\endgroup$ – jmh Jun 6 at 21:22
The size of a planet is determined by
The amount of gas & dust available to build it.
The type of star it orbits.
Its distance from the star.
Whether or not the sort of resonances we see in Bode's Law come into play. We don't know for sure whether Bode's Law operates for all stars, some stars, or only our star.
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$\begingroup$ Bode's law does not operate for any star. $\endgroup$ – Sir Cumference Jun 29 at 1:23
$\begingroup$ How do you know? $\endgroup$ – Michael Walsby 2 days ago
$\begingroup$ Because it completely failed to predict Neptune's orbit? The "law" was simply a hypothesis with no theory behind it, and now that it has failed there's no reason to expect it to hold for exoplanets, let alone Solar System planets. $\endgroup$ – Sir Cumference 2 days ago
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Another packed PDF below for you to view and a great time to update your calendars! Open the PDF below for all the info.
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The Haunted Oxford Castle
Oxford Castle, Oxford, Oxfordshire
Oxford Castle Ghosts
Believed to be one of the most haunted buildings in the UK, Oxford castle has had its share of dark and ominous history stretching back almost 1000 years. People have been put to death here, and it's served as a royal residence for a time and county jail.
With a dark history that stretches back almost an entire millennia, it's little wonder so many spirits have been witnessed here.
Perhaps the most terrifying report comes from one of the security guards on his nightly patrol. The security has long been very wary of the location and had experienced several things before, such as unexplained sounds, bangs, and the usual phenomena.
However, one night, one of the guards was coming to the end of his patrol when his dog stopped and shuffled quickly backwards, growling at something in front of him.
It was then two large shadow figures appeared before him. As anyone would do, he ran as fast as he could in the opposite direction. A few days later, his dog died suddenly, and he believed he had been frightened to death!
Other reports include:
The ghostly figure of a woman has been seen walking the Castle Mound. The murderer Mary Blandy was executed at the castle in 1752, and it's her ghost that people have believed to have seen in the area where she would have been hanged.
Sometime in the 1970s, a group was carrying out a seance in one of the cells when poltergeist activity suddenly erupted. Things got so bad that a priest had to be called to exorcise whatever they had awoken.
A white mist has often been reported rising a flight of stairs only to disappear once it reaches the top.
Disembodied footsteps are often heard around the prison wing corridor.
Related pages: The 5 Most Haunted Places in Oxford | Oxfordshire's Most Haunted Places
Oxford Castle History
This Norman Medieval Castle on the west edge of Oxford is believed to have been built shortly after the Norman Conquest of England in 1066.
Originally the castle was a moated wooden motte and bailey castle built to dominate the town, which had taken considerable damage during the Norman Conquest. It was replaced with stone towards the end of the 11th century, is was later an integral part of the conflict of the Anarchy.
During the 14th century, the castle lost its value as a military stronghold and became the location for all county administration dealings and detaining prisoners.
A vast majority of the castle was damaged during the English Civil War. Later, in the 18th century, the castle was again used to detain prisoners, but this time prisoners were only local, not from across the county.
In 1785 a new prison complex was built on the castle's grounds, which was expanded upon in 1876 and was later to become HM Prison Oxford. The prison was closed in 1996 and was later redeveloped as a hotel, now known as Malmaison Oxford.
Visiting Oxford Castle
Admission to Oxford castle is via guided tour only. Opening times are Mon – Thurs (10:30am – 4:30pm), Fri – Sun (10:00am – 5:00pm).
Tours are every 20 mins and priced at £14.45 for Adults, £9.45 for children (5-15), Students and Seniors are £13.45, Carers and under 5's go free.
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Address: 44-46 Oxford Castle, Oxford OX1 1AY
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A Gadsden physician's medical license has been temporarily suspended while he is being investigated for sexual misconduct in the practice of medicine, distributing controlled substances for non-medical reasons and application fraud, according to court documents.
Dr. Louie Franklin Hood, who has an office at 821 Rainbow Drive, had his license temporarily suspended on Wednesday and is scheduled to appear Jan. 22 before the Medical Licensure Commission in Montgomery. The Alabama Board of Medical Examiners on Sept. 18 filed an administrative complaint and petition to have his license suspended.
Larry Dixon, executive director of the Alabama Board of Medical Examiners, said the board took the actions because its members think Hood is an immediate danger to his patients. He said the hearing in January is Hood's chance to prove the board was wrong in suspending his license.
Hood could not be reached for comment and an employee at his office said Monday it was closing.
The complaint said Hood came to the board's attention after it received documents about April 12, 2012, from the Superior Court of Gwinnett County, Ga., implicating him. One of the documents was a letter written by Hood on behalf of a criminal defendant and female patient of his, listed only as JH.
JH pleaded guilty to illegal possession of a controlled substance about that time after she was stopped by police and the controlled substance was found in the console of her car during a search. The medication had the name of another patient on it.
Hood's letter said he placed the medication in JH's console while on a social date with her and he had forgotten to tell her he left it there for her to help treat the anxiety and panic attacks she had been experiencing. Further investigation by the board, according to the documents, revealed Hood and JH were having an intimate relationship at the time he gave her the controlled substance, and that his relationship also violated the board's policy about sexual boundaries in the practice of medicine.
The complaint against Hood said his sexual and drug-related misconduct did not end there. During the investigation, Hood sought a diagnostic assessment and psychosexual evaluation at an out-of-state facility in September. During this assessment and evaluation, additional violations were confirmed in a report to the board.
The report documented a pattern of professional sexual misconduct over the past 27 years and recommended that Hood should not practice medicine at this time.
Dixon said this was all determined because Hood said the board referred him to the facility and, as a result, he had to sign a release to share information with the referring physician or organization. He said the investigation would not have been made public unless wrongdoing had been found, because of the high volume of frivolous claims against doctors.
"If (the investigation) had turned up with him innocent, I wouldn't be able to confirm it," Dixon said.
Hood was alleged to have made false statements on May 18, 1990, on his application of qualification to practice medicine in Alabama. He said he had not had any judgments rendered against him, but admitted to the evaluator that there was an action settled for sexual misconduct in 1986.
The complaint also alleges that Hood lied on his 1994 license renewal application when he said he had not been the subject of an investigation by any licensing board or agency in the last year. However, it is alleged that he consented to a reprimand in Florida for failing to notify the Florida board prior to changing the address of his primary place of practice. The complaint said he lied on his application three months after he agreed to the reprimand.
Dixon said while the lies on the applications may seem like incidental charges, compared to the allegations of sexual misconduct and distributing controlled substances for non-medical reasons, they are serious charges in their own right.


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Isaac Arnsdorf
A different A. Hamilton on Eli minds
Isaac Arnsdorf & Thomas Kaplan 12:00 am, Jan 24, 2008
Yalies are accustomed to receiving campus-wide e-mails — from Police Chief James Perrotti, from University President Richard Levin or from Yale College Dean Peter Salovey. But a new name in their inboxes Wednesday evening had many students scratching their heads.
An e-mail addressed to "Members of the Yale Community" condemned a "disturbing series of racist, homophobic, and sexist acts [that] have occurred on campus" and quoted the University's harassment policies.
The message — ostensibly prompted by the recent surfacing of a photograph in which pledges from the Zeta Psi fraternity are seen in front of the Yale Women's Center holding up a sign reading "We Love Yale Sluts" — was signed simply "Andrew D. Hamilton."
In an informal survey of 40 students on Cross Campus Wednesday night, 32 of the students said (or demonstrated) they hadn't a clue who Hamilton was. As many students interviewed confused him with Alexander Hamilton, the 18th-century treasury secretary, as could identify him as the current University provost, its second-highest administrator.
"Yes," one student scoffed when asked who Andrew Hamilton is, seeming offended. "He's on the $10 bill. He fought with Aaron Burr."
"He was like a politician back in the day," another said.
"The first secretary of the treasury."
"One of our forefathers."
Other students mistook even Alexander Hamilton's identity.
"One of our presidents," one answered.
"Wasn't he a president?" another said. "Sounds like a president."
Whereas messages from Perrotti, Levin or Salovey usually include their respective titles, only students who noticed the sender's e-mail address — provost@yale.edu — could determine Hamilton's position from the e-mail.
"I heard he's the provost, but I had never heard of him before," Kaitlyn Sanders '10 said. "He's had no connection with my life at Yale."
As provost, Hamilton is the chief educational and administrative officer of the University — a job of paramount importance but of virtually no visibility to students. In fact, it was not immediately clear why Hamilton would have sent the message — he has not sent any similar campus-wide e-mails in the last year.
"Any type of harassment — racial, homophobic and sexual — is personally humiliating and demeans us all," the e-mail reads. "It deeply corrodes the learning and teaching atmosphere of any educational institution. It does not belong in a university. It does not belong at Yale."
Hamilton did not return a telephone message left at his home Wednesday night. Salovey could not be reached for comment, nor could Levin, who is in Davos, Switzerland, attending the World Economic Forum.
Hamilton — the Benjamin Silliman Professor of Chemistry and the former chair of that department — was appointed provost in Oct. 2004. His scientific research focuses on molecular recognition; according to the Web site of the Chemistry Department, Hamilton and his researchers have "used careful design and computer modeling to construct a family of receptor molecules containing hydrogen bonding, electrostatic and hydrophobic interactions."
Chemistry prowess aside, in becoming provost, Hamilton joined a line of distinguished administrators who have used the position — intentionally or not — as a springboard for top jobs at other colleges. His predecessor, Susan Hockfield, departed Yale to become president of M.I.T. And Hockfield's predecessor, Alison Richard, left the University to take the helm of Cambridge University.
While Hamilton may not be the most famous Hamilton of all, he actually wields significantly more financial clout than the former Secretary of the Treasury who shared his surname.
In the 1790s, Alexander Hamilton founded a national bank authorized to hold $10 million in captial. In 2008, meanwhile, Andrew Hamilton was responsible for devising a University operating budget worth a total of $2.4 billion — 20 times the worth of the former Hamilton's bank, even after adjusting for inflation.


This detached property at 20 Tidefall Drive, Toronto, M1W1J2 is currently for sale for $1,199,900. This property has been listed on Home.ca for 4 days and can be financed with an estimated mortgage of $4,065 per month*. Yearly property taxes for this home are approximately $4,754.
20 Tidefall Drive is a Alum Siding Detached Sidesplit 5 home with frontage to the West. The home's closest main intersection is Pharmacy/Huntingwood. The lot dimensions of this property are 50 x 150 Feet. The property is located in the L'Amoreaux neighbourhood in the city of Toronto, in the regional municipality of Toronto. Nearby neighbourhoods are Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan, Steeles, Agincourt South-Malvern West, Milliken, Pleasant View.
This home has 6 beds and 4 bathrooms . The main level contains the living room, dining room, kitchen room. The lower level contains the family room. The 2nd level contains the master room, 2nd br room, 3rd br room. The 3rd level contains the 4th br room, 5th br room, br room. The bsmt level contains the rec room.
This home has a finished, sep entrance basement. The garage is attached and there are 2 parking spots. The property has central air for air conditioning. This home does have a inground pool.
20 Tidefall Drive has a total of 13 rooms. Date of possession for this property is Tbd 60/90. This home was listed by RE/MAX CROSSROADS REALTY INC., BROKERAGE according to MLS® Reciprocity.
This home is located at 20 Tidefall Drive, Toronto, M1W1J2 and is situated in the neighbourhood of L'Amoreaux.This is a five sidesplit home. Normally this style home is a split-level, in which the split level is visible from the front. Taxes are approximately $4753.58 on an yearly basis. This home does not have a fireplace. Air conditioning is provided via central air. It's located near Pharmacy/Huntingwood has of land and was built aproximately years ago. This home has 0 Attached garage spaces. Property taxes in 2018 were $4753.58 per year. Lot depth is 150 and width is 50. Possession date is Tbd 60/90.
20 Tidefall is a residence the community of L'Amoreaux of Toronto. While Tidefall Drive has 1 homes currently available, the district of L'Amoreaux has 94 postings available. That's just 0.7% of the 12726 total properties for sale in the city of Toronto.
Homes in L'Amoreaux are listed for an average asking price of $718,628, or an estimated monthly mortgage of $2,434. That is 1.8 times less the average list price of $1,312,269 in Toronto. L'Amoreaux listed properties average 792 sq ft, 2.8 beds, and 2.5 baths. Apartments make up 24.5% of homes for sale in the neighbourhood around 20 Tidefall Drive. If this home is not to your liking check out other condos for sale in L'Amoreaux or in other areas of Toronto. *Monthly mortgage payments are an estimate based on a 20% down payment on a home.


The history of biltong goes back hundreds of years and is rich in folklore.
The history of Biltong is a rich inheritance from our forefathers.
The word BILTONG is derived from the words "BIL" (BUTTOCK) or meat and 'TONG" or strip. So it is just a strip of meat.
For centuries mankind has endeavoured to preserve meat. Seafarers, centuries ago, pickled meat in large wooden caskets and devoured this during the months they were at sea. No wonder they suffered from scurvy!!
African folklore has it that migrating African tribesmen, herding their stock, would place strips of venison under the saddles on their horses as the chaffing would tenderise the meat and the sweat of the animals would spice it! This must be when vegetarians were born!!
There is nothing like real South African Biltong and…. you can make it yourself!
BILTONG as we know this delicacy today, is a rich inheritance from pioneering South African forefathers who sun dried meat during their trek across the African Subcontinent.
The basic spicing is a dramatic blend of vinegar, salt, sugar, coriander and other spices. These were in abundance in the then Cape Colony, as the French Hugenots produced wine and vinegar from their grape crops and the colony was the halfway stop for seafarers plying the spice routes of the East. Various brine recipes and marinades were created and handed down for generations!
Today BILTONG and DROE WORS (dried South African sausage) is a massive industry and the most sought after delicacies in Southern Africa.
Today Biltong is made by hundreds of thousands of private people worldwide as a way to have access to this South African delicacy.
Massive Biltong Factories and thousands of small and medium home industries have sprung up to satisfy the enormous market there is for biltong everywhere.


For ages 6 Plus, Our Fit Kids classes are run by qualified instructors who love to work with kids.
The classes are broken down into two age groups with the youngest being 6 – 8 they play games, work on balance, coordination and fitness in fun workouts. Our older kids do a combination of workouts, games, strength, endurance, gymnastics, and working as teams or individuals. The workouts are fun and great for the kids to do what the adults do.


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FDA Failed to Warn Public of Serious Side Effect Linked to Antibiotic Levaquin
FDA Failed to Warn Public of Levaquin Side Effect
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) failed to disclose a serious side effect associated with the family of antibiotics known as fluoroquinolones identified in a 2013 agency report.
In an investigation, Cleveland television station ABC5 obtained a 2013 FDA report that raises concerns about possible "mitochondrial toxicity" associated with fluoroquinolones, which are marketed under brand names including Levaquin and Cipro and the generic form levofloxacin. These powerful antibiotics have been used to treat anthrax cases and are used for pneumonia and kidney infections.
Since 2008, fluoroquinolones have carried a black box warning, the FDA's most serious drug label warning, to alert doctors to side effects including ruptured tendons and nerve damage. ABC5 obtained an FDA database of adverse effects and found 3,000 deaths and 200,000 complaints of serious effects associated with Levaquin and similar drugs.
Cindy Rapkin is among those who experienced serious side effects with Levaquin, ABC5 reports. She stopped taking the drug after developing vision problems and sore tendons. "I was having such horrible, horrible pain, my knee was killing me," said Rapkin. Karen Paddock had so much pain she was needed to use knee pads and wooden board on rollers to move around, her husband said. Karen Paddock took her own life, because of "an accumulation of the various pains from that [Levaquin] and other health conditions that pushed her over the edge," according to Bob Paddock.
The FDA has not disclosed its findings about mitochondrial toxicity, according to ABC5. Symptoms of mitochondrial toxicity include muscle weakness, peripheral neuropathy (numbness of fingers and toes), and pancreatitis. The most severe symptom is lactic acidosis, in which a build-up of lactic acid in the tissues leads to loss of energy, organ failure, and eventually death. According to the Mayo Clinic, the most common organs to experience damage are the brain, heart, liver, muscles, kidneys and the endocrine system.
Dr. Charles Bennett, a drug safety advocate who holds an endowed chair in Medication Safety and Efficacy at the Centers of Economic Excellence at the University of South Carolina, has been studying the side effects associated with Levaquin and similar drugs for a number of years. While Bennett does not recommend removing fluoroquinolones from the market, he calls for increased warnings about the side effects. Bennett says, "Mitochondria are the gas tank, mitochondria toxicity means there's no gas in the tank and your body really cannot function."
Bennett filed a citizens petition with the FDA in June 2014, urging additional warnings based on the 2013 report on mitochondrial toxicity. The FDA did not add the warning and notified Bennett that it had "been unable to reach a decision" and would continue to study the issue. Bennett says the review could take years and delays could cost additional lives. Reporting drug side effects to the FDA is voluntary and Bennett argues that the only about one percent of adverse events are reported. If Bennett is correct, based on the 3,000 deaths acknowledged in the 2013 FDA report, the actual number of death may be closer to 300,000, according to ABC5.
Tagged With: Antibiotics, Levaquin, side effect, Toxic, warning


A fabulous quality antique English, solid 12 carat gold (tests thereabouts, possibly closer to 15 carat) brooch; beautifully made, and set with a cluster of brightly foiled citrines.
CONDITION: Very good. Slightest signs of wear & faint foil deterioration commensurate with age and use - see pictures. Pin clasp & safety chain old replacements/additions.
DIMENSIONS: 41 x 36 mm (1 inch = 25.4 mm). To give an impression of scale, the coin is 19 mm or ¾ of an inch diameter.


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We will discuss what options for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) procedures exist, and how they can save time and money while addressing your Association's legal problems.
This session will explore the difference between Board policies, bylaws, and rules and regulations. We will discuss the creation of legal, enforceable, and compassionate policies.
We will discuss how Associations can use litigation effectively and how the Board can/should determine if litigating a matter is in the best interests of the Association.
This session will explore co-owner Constitutional rights such as free speech, gun ownership, political affiliation, religious practices, etc. in Condominiums or HOAs. We will discuss the creation of bylaws that regulate co-owner behavior without violating such Constitutional rights.
This class will examine amendments to the Nonprofit Corporation Act and Michigan Court of Appeals rulings to show what value Robert's Rules of Order or other parliamentary procedure have for Associations and Boards.
Learn various measures to address infractions of rules and restrictions in your community.
This session will explore the amendment of Condominium Master Deeds and Bylaws, with methods to explain proposed changes, tactics for receiving co-owner input, and effective practices to reach a successful outcome and satisfied membership.
We will discuss the differences between State and Federal laws, their enforcement, and options for associations. We will attempt to clear the haze by presenting recent voting results and the direction the laws are taking.
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The Dover Police Department is investigating a shooting that left two people with non-life threatening injuries on Saturday morning. At approximately 2:22AM, officers responded to the Unit Block of Nicholas Drive for a report of shots fired. Officers learned that there was a large party at the residence and a large fight broke out in the front yard of the home. During that time, an unknown black male suspect fired multiple rounds into the crowd. A 20-year-old female victim and male victim were struck in the back and transported to Bayhealth Kent General Hospital for treatment for their injuries.


It's all come down to this! After two dramatic semi-finals last weekend, the Heat and Sixers will do battle in the WBBL|04 Final at Drummoyne Oval.
The Brisbane Heat travel to Sydney to face the Sixers in the decider for WBBL|04.
Two-time champions, the Sixers were once again the WBBL's best performed team during the WBBL regular season after finishing on top of the table with 10 wins from their 14 games.
They reached their fourth successive final in dramatic fashion after a final ball runout against the Melbourne Renegades sent their semi-final into a super over before Ellyse Perry smashed them to victory.
The Heat's path to the final was equally nerve wracking. A run of good form in the back-end of the year saw the Heat finish third on the ladder before triumphing in a heart-stopping semi-final against the Sydney Thunder.
Needing four to win off the final ball, Nicola Carey looked to have sent the Thunder through to the final after she appeared to have smashed a Jess Jonassen ball over the square leg boundary. However Haidee Birkett plucked the ball out of the air on the rope to send the Heat to the decider.
Perry has reaffirmed her status as a superstar of the sport with a monumental 744 runs at an average of 93 to lead the run-scorers list for the WBBL. Her Australian and World Cup winning teammate Kimmince has been outstanding with the ball for the Heat, sitting second on the competition's wicket-takers list with 20. It's clear Perry will be a key wicket for the Heat, and Kimmince could be the strike weapon to take it.
Both keepers, both openers, both Australian players and both extremely important players to their respective team's success. Their WBBL|04 statistics are almost identical with Mooney having scored 421 runs and taken 15 dismissals compared to Healy's 427 runs and 17 dismissals.
When she gets going, Grace Harris is an absolute joy to watch. Her strike-rate of 150 is the best for the competition, while Kapp has proven herself to be one of the Sixers strike weapons with the ball. The Sixers will view Harris as a key wicket, while Grace will likely to have fours and sixes on her mind from ball one.
Sammy-Jo Johnson has had a breakout season and holds one of the keys to the Heat's championship credentials after taking 19 wickets and hitting 256 runs.
"The opportunity we have is generally exciting. They're a quality outfit and there's a reason they are in their third final in a row. But we know our best is good enough to beat them.


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I haven't blogged for a while because I haven't done a hell of a lot. Nathalie has been working and I've been a house husband :) We've got a residency at the hostel. It's really cool, we get our own room and they feed us breakfast every day and dinner every weekday, but best of all, our room has a bidet! Nathalie said I can't wizz in it :(
We're off to Greece on the 12th for Nathalie's English teaching job. It's very exciting, i'll have to start again learning a whole new language. I've been in France for under 2 months and can get by on my own so I'm sure I'll be alright. The place we're going is on the water so I'm going to enjoy some much needed swimming, lots of cheese makes me happy but it's starting to show.

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In the late 1980s, the African Research and Educational Puppetry Program (AREPP) founded "Puppets Against AIDS", a traveling puppet show that visited African villages and cities to encourage audience members to use condoms to prevent HIV/AIDS transmission.

AREPP
The African Research and Educational Puppetry Program (AREPP) was launched in 1987 in South Africa as a community trust to research indigenous puppetry and mask performances for the purpose of supplementing social and health education with puppet shows and theater promoting life skills and self-efficacy in underserved areas. AREPP used puppets to teach  "basic AIDS education" in the absence of a concerted government effort during the apartheid era.

The founders of AREPP included Gary Friedman, Maishe Maponga, Ann Wanless and Oupa Mtimkulu.

AREPP later became known as AREPP Theater for Life Trust, shifting its focus to schools in poverty-stricken areas characterized by a high prevalence of HIV infection, sexual abuse and child head of households.

Puppetry for AIDS prevention
Puppets Against AIDS built on an African tradition of outdoor performances incorporating dance, percussion and interactive audience discussion with puppeteers who performed a scripted play. In contrast to fear-based government anti-AIDS campaigns depicting "skeletons" "demons" and "graveyards", Puppets Against AIDS embraced a creative light-hearted approach, with puppeteers taking the prevention message directly to the people—at shopping centers, mines, taxi stands and health clinics.

Undergirding the initiative was the belief that all South Africans, regardless of color or status, deserved access to health care, a philosophy that challenged the abuses and inequities under apartheid.

With little or no advance publicity, only marimba and drums to attract a village crowd, a Puppets Against AIDS narrator would introduce the 35-minute performance, which included six silent puppet characters and a narrator 'doctor' who provided information about HIV/AIDS transmission. The protagonist was a puppet named Jo who did not believe in using condoms while having sex with multiple partners outside of his marriage.

Jo's behavior resulted in the transmission of HIV to his wife Mary, who in turn transmitted HIV to her unborn child. In the end, Joe's wife, along with a friend named Harry, took care of Jo while he suffered and ultimately died of AIDS. The puppets, some hand-held or glove puppets that popped out of a portable puppet booth, others life size and two meters high with giant heads worn on human bodies, featured gray faces that were racially unidentifiable in their playlets to prevent HIV/AIDS, a threat to public health in much of Africa where HIV/AIDS had been a long neglected problem.

During the interactive performance in front of a largely illiterate audience, spectators were encouraged to become "spec actors" advising the puppet characters on their choices. Rather than merely disseminate information, Puppets Against AIDS director Gary Friedman encouraged audience members, who may have been reluctant to speak freely with health officials, to express their anxiety about HIV/AIDS through discussion of the playlet's plot and puppet characters. Professor and author Loren Kruger, in her book "The Drama of South Africa" refers to this process of reforming behavior through performance and interactive theater as "reformance" to increase social agency.

The puppets juxtaposing the real and imaginary also allowed for the creation of puppets who "represented identifiable human beings, but human beings ... not bounded to realities of race and culture."

In addition to interactive theater, Puppets Against AIDS conducted a condom demonstration with a mannequin, in which performers showed the audience members "how to put on a condom using a life size model." Free condoms were  distributed.

Through humor, drumming and dance, the puppets encouraged discussion of two controversial subjects: sex and death. "Sex and death often being sensitive taboo issues, puppets were chosen as safe, non-threatening communicators for culturally diverse populations." Professor Marie Kruger, who studied the appeal of puppetry in African culture, referenced Puppets Against AIDS in her 2008 research paper. "It (the AIDS puppet show) creates an opportunity for people to laugh at themselves, even pity themselves for what they go through in their daily life ... challenging the audience to find solutions."

Puppetry workshops to spread the HIV/ADS prevention message were held for 15 years in Africa, Canada, Australia and Europe.

History
On December 1, 1988, to coincide with World AIDS Day in Johannesburg, South Africa, educator and puppeteer Gary Friedman launched Puppets Against AIDS. Prior to the launch of this street performance, Friedman studied puppetry for six years at the Institut International de la Marionnette in Charleville- Mézières, France, where he met his mentor Muppet creator Jim Henson, who provided the initial financing for the non-governmental African Research and Educational Puppetry Program, the sponsor of Puppets Against AIDS. Puppets Against AIDS, with an eventual 400 puppeteers, evolved at a time in South Africa when some Blacks reportedly viewed the apartheid government's condom campaign as "a political ruse to control population growth among Blacks".

AREPP also trained participants in field-work groups to design their own puppets and perform simple puppet shows.

The organization took its puppet show on the road to villages and towns in Zimbabwe, Zambia, Kenya, Botswana and Namibia. Friedman, the creator and initial director of Puppets Against AIDS, trained Kenyan puppeteers to spread the message of AIDS prevention to the poor and rural towns of Kenya, where residents seldom had access to television to learn fact from fiction.

Gary Friedman and later Brigid Schutz served as directors of Puppets Against AIDS.

Puppets in Prison--Offshoot
In 1996, the South African Department of Justice and Correctional Services invited Gary Friedman and puppeteer Nyanga Tshabalala to launch an AIDS awareness program in South Africa's prisons, beginning with a pilot project in a medium security prison in Soweto, a township outside of Johannesburg. 'Puppets in Prison', was a program in which long term incarcerated youth created several puppet shows focused on rape, prostitution, sexual practices and sexually transmitted diseases in an effort to educate prisoners about HIV/AIDS transmission. After each show, the incarcerated performers received feedback from their peers to revise future performances. The Unesco Courier, in a feature on the program, reported in 1998 that puppets, one step removed from the real world, could overcome prison racial barriers through humor, tackling otherwise taboo subjects. In 1996, Puppets in Prison submitted a proposal to South Africa's Department of National Health to train 1,000 prisoners as HIV/AIDS performer-educators, who would then reach an additional 500,000 prisoners incarcerated in South Africa's correctional system. In its proposal, Puppets in Prison cited a 30% prison infection rate, ten times higher than the general population.

The Department of Corrections, after participating in the pilot program, failed to reach consensus to support funding the more ambitious prison-wide proposal.

In 2002, Friedman moved to Australia, where he has taught puppetry for television at the Sydney Film School, produced and directed documentary films and conducted puppetry workshops.

Effectiveness and evaluation
The publication AIDS Care, a peer review medical journal that focuses on HIV/AIDS, reported in 1991 on a two-phase evaluation of Puppets Against AIDS for effectiveness in education. The first phase, an analysis of the video recording of the puppet show, concluded the play was "professional and comprehensive" in communicating its HIV/AIDS prevention message. The second phase, involving 21 live puppet performances in nine different places, assessed audience member beliefs and understandings before and after the series of live puppet shows. The evaluators determined the puppet theater, enjoyed by 97% of the audience, enhanced the audience members' knowledge of safe sex practices. "Improvements and positive changes were measured for respondents' self-perceived knowledge about AIDS, expressed concern about AIDS, perceptions of who can get AIDS, perceptions of who will not get AIDS, knowledge of the healthy carrier state, knowledge of modes of transmission, perceived fatality of AIDS, and knowledge of protective behavior." Evaluators concluded, however, that Puppets Against AIDS could be even more effective if it were "incorporated into existing community-based education programmes on HIV infection."

In 1995 a group of medical and social science researchers conducted a qualitative evaluation of the AREPP's Puppetry Against AIDS Program. The purpose of the evaluation was to provide funders of the puppet theater with an independent assessment by examining the impact of the performance on the audience. Although the researchers noted a need to include puppeteers who were HIV positive, as well as ever-evolving script changes to improve the portrayal of women and better address modern misconceptions about HIV/AIDS, researchers also noted Puppets Against AIDS was "reaching into the heart of the populace" and making connections with the target audience, delivering a much-needed message about the importance of wearing condoms to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS. Researchers urged further evaluation of the program's effectiveness.

In "Evaluation of the Role of Theater in Disseminating Information about the Scourge of HIV/AIDS in South Africa," University of Fort Hare, South Africa professors Chijioke Uwah and Elias Mathipa noted the positive participatory nature of AREPP's puppet shows, in which audience members constructed and negotiated meaning, but suggested that anti-AIDS intervention programs, in general, be designed through a cultural lens with greater emphasis on cultural norms and structural realities, such as lack of food, clothing and shelter, to work in concert with non-governmental organizations (NGO's) in addressing these realities.

Kenya Institute of Puppet Theatre
In 1994, upon the invitation of Dr. Eric Krystall of Nairobi, Gary Friedman, the creator of Puppets Against AIDS, led a group of South African puppeteers to Kenya to train local performers in the use of puppetry to combat HIV/AIDS. The Community Health Awareness Puppeteers (CHAP), the group that emerged from the training, managed its own "Puppets Against AIDS" program in Nairobi, where it later, in 2007, rebranded itself as the Kenya Institute of Puppet Theatre (KIPT). A non-profit non-governmental agency, KIPT incorporates interactive audience discourse in its puppet shows and festivals that tackle themes such as the prevention of HIV/AIDS, sexual reproductive health/rights, gender-based violence, environment and conservation, and human rights and democracy.  In addition to performances, KIPT sponsors puppetry training and folk media workshops, launching puppetry projects in other parts of Africa, including Nigeria, Southern Sudan, Eritrea, Uganda and Liberia.

References

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Theatre in Africa
Puppetry organizations

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CLEWISTON, Fla. (Feb. 7, 2016) – Pro Bradley Hallman of Norman, Oklahoma, brought just two bass to the scale Sunday totaling 6 pounds, 8 ounces, but it was still enough to earn the win at the Walmart FLW Tour at Lake Okeechobee presented by Ranger Boats. Hallman's four-day cumulative total of 16 bass weighing 71 pounds, 2 ounces earned him the win by an impressive 14-pound, 14-ounce margin over second-place pro Alex Davis of Albertville, Alabama, and $100,000 in the tournament that featured 169 of the best bass-fishing anglers in the world competing in the first FLW Tour event of the regular season.
Hallman said that his area, which he remained in throughout the entire tournament, was a long stretch of reed clumps in South Bay.
Hallman said that a key development in his area was finding the clearest water possible – a difficult task considering the strong north wind that challenged competitors throughout the event.
Hallman said that he primarily flipped a Backwater Blue-colored Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver, but also utilized a variety of other colors including Penetration and Hematoma, each time using a black and blue punch skirt. Hallman went on to say that even though he used a few different colors to entice bass, it was his technique that defined the pattern.
Overall there were 42 bass weighing 70 pounds, 9 ounces caught by pros Sunday. Seven of the final 10 pros weighed in five-bass limits.
Tim Cales of Sandstone, West Virginia, won the co-angler division and $20,000 Friday with a two-day total of 10 bass weighing 30 pounds, 11 ounces, followed by Gary Haraguchi of Redding, California, who finished in second place with 10 bass weighing 27 pounds, 5 ounces worth $7,500.
Coverage of the Lake Okeechobee tournament will be broadcast in high-definition (HD) this fall. The Emmy-nominated "FLW" television show airs on NBCSN, the Pursuit Channel and the World Fishing Network as well as FLWFishing.com and is broadcast to more than 564 million households worldwide, making it the most widely distributed weekly outdoors-sports television show in the world.
The Walmart FLW Tour at Lake Okeechobee presented by Ranger Boats was hosted by Roland & Mary Ann Martin's Marina & Resort and the Hendry County Tourism Development Council. The next event for FLW Tour anglers will be the Walmart FLW Tour at Lake Hartwell presented by Evinrude.


We are interested in finite groups acting orientation-preservingly on 3–manifolds (arbitrary actions, ie not necessarily free actions). In particular we consider finite groups which contain an involution with nonempty connected fixed point set. This condition is satisfied by the isometry group of any hyperbolic cyclic branched covering of a strongly invertible knot as well as by the isometry group of any hyperbolic 2–fold branched covering of a knot in S3. In the paper we give a characterization of nonsolvable groups of this type. Then we consider some possible applications to the study of cyclic branched coverings of knots and of hyperelliptic diffeomorphisms of 3–manifolds. In particular we analyze the basic case of two distinct knots with the same cyclic branched covering.


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NEWPORT, R.I.—The Bureau of Indian Affairs has abandoned its bid to acquire excess Navy property on Aquidneck Island on behalf of the Narragansett Indian tribe.
The bureau said in a letter made public Monday that it was no longer pursuing an application for the property. It did not say why.
The tribe had sought 260 acres that became available as part of the Base Closure and Realignment process.
Tina Dolen, executive director of the Aquidneck Island Planning Commission, said the property offered major economic benefits, access to Narragansett Bay and marine trade development.
Dolen said the federal BRAC program will now publish a formal notice and description of the available property in the Federal Register.


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Care from your couch: how Nurx is making it easier for consumers to keep track of their contraception
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Alexa Healthcare Digital Health Contraception Alexa Skills Health
When Varsha Rao first met the founders of Nurx, she immediately knew that she wanted to support their mission to help customers get access to affordable and accessible birth control options. She was one of the early investors in the company and came onboard as CEO in 2019. Today, Nurx states that they delivers contraception and personalized care to more than 500,000 people across the country.
Meeting Unique Healthcare Needs
People who have periods have unique healthcare needs. Individuals who can get pregnant have contact with the medical system from a young age and are tied into the healthcare system in an intimate way. Throughout their lives, these patients think about how to manage periods, prevent pregnancy, prevent STIs, preserve fertility, manage pregnancy, and navigate menopause, among other needs.
The needs of people who have periods are also different across the United States; more than 19 million of these people live in "contraceptive deserts," where they lack reasonable access to a health center that offers a full range of contraceptive methods. Other people may live in communities that have varying views of contraception. A digital health company like Nurx can provide medical care and birth control to women across the US in a speedy manner.
Healthcare Woven into Daily Lives
According to the CDC National Survey of Family Growth, 65.3% of people who have periods aged 15–49 in the United States use a method of contraception and nearly all of these people use contraception at some point in their life. However, it's not always easy to get birth control or remember to take it. Approximately 31% of oral contraceptive users say they have missed taking their birth control because they were not able to get their next supply in time, according to the 2020 KFF Women's Health Survey.
The Nurx mission is to use technological advances to make it more convenient and accessible for people to stay on top of their health and receive reliable information about their bodies and how to take care of them - that's where Amazon Alexa comes in. Nurx delivers vital health information via web, app, social media and email; with a new Alexa skill for birth control reminders and information on patient's health, Amazon Alexa offers another path for Nurx to reach people where they are to deliver the information they need to stay in control of their health.
"Giving patients access to high-quality health information and medication reminders in a way that works with their busy lives empowers them to be proactive about their health," said Nurx CEO Varsha Rao. "By creating the Nurx skill for Amazon Alexa we're able to reach our patients in a new way and in different settings to more completely partner with them in the ongoing project of taking care of themselves."
The Nurx skill for Alexa allows users to get healthcare information and reminders from their homes, a need that has grown during the COVID-19 pandemic. As more users spent more time at home, Nurx stated that they saw tremendous growth in requests for services: they experienced a 50% increase in birth control requests, more than 100% increase in demand for home STI testing, herpes treatment and emergency contraception.
With the Nurx skill for Alexa, people taking birth control can set reminders to take their daily pill at the same time every day, which is important for preventing unplanned pregnancies. When taken every day as prescribed, the birth control pill is 99% effective at preventing pregnancy, but in reality birth control pills are about 91% effective, meaning that 9 out of 100 people using the pill get pregnant each year — and that's in large part due to missed doses per Planned Parenthood. In addition to pill reminders, the Nurx skill will answer patients' most common questions about birth control and provide reliable information about sexual health. Using commands such as "Alexa, ask Nurx how the birth control shot works" or "Alexa, ask Nurx for a fun fact," users can learn more about their birth control options and get tips and insights on topics ranging from how often to test for sexually transmitted infections to whether there's truth to the rumor that their menstrual period can "sync" with a roommate's (tip: that's a myth).
Nurx believes that the adoption of digital health technologies will continue post-pandemic and that the best is yet to come. When healthcare providers and digital health practices provide patients with information and access in whatever way that works best for them in that moment — whether on the screen of a phone, through the alert of a smartwatch or through voice with Alexa — health can become seamlessly interwoven into patients' lives. Instead of healthcare being something people think about once or twice a year at the doctor's office, and then forget about until the next appointment, it can now be integrated into the everyday and lead to more informed patients, improved medication adherence and ultimately better health.
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I've been wanting to make one of this tulle skirts for a long time. I feel like I saw them all over around the holidays. I don't know if it's too ridiculous for every day wearing but I kind of like it. And really who am I trying to impress right? I love the idea of wearing this with a concert tee and I think it will look even better once I wash it a few times and soften up the tulle.
For most adult sized skirts you'll need 6 yards of 58″ tulle. You'll also need enough elastic to go around your waist and about a yard of lining fabric. Make sure that your lining fabric is not see-through. Ask why I'm telling you that, ummm yeah.
Keep your tulle folded in half width-wise (like how it comes from the fabric store. Fold it into 1.5 yard sections so that you can cut out 4 circles at once.
Pin a curve to mark your quarter circle cutting line. It doesn't have to be perfect but I've found this to be easier than trying to find something that will write on the tulle and faster than making a pattern.
Measure around your waist and divide it by 3.14 and then again by 2 to get the radius of your waist. Cut out a curve on the top part (this is the waist part) like the 3rd picture.
Cut your elastic a couple inches shorter than your waist and sew into a circle.
Pin all four layers of tulle to your elastic stretching the elastic a little.
Using a zig zag (or three point zig zag stitch) sew the tulle down to the elastic. Make sure to pull the elastic a little while you sew it on so it will fit over your hips easily.
next sew your lining into a tube. trim the length so that it is slightly shorter than the tulle. Finish the bottom edge either with a rolled edge on a serger or with a narrow hem on a sewing machine. Finish the top edge so it doesn't unravel and run basting stitches.
Gather the lining to the elastic leaving some room to allow the elastic to stretch and sew it on under the tulle.
LOVE this! Wanna make me one? I would like mine to be ankle length though! Black tulle or black with a silver or gold running through it! I wonder how the tulle would take dye. An ankle length one dyed in an ombre from black to gray would ROCK! Oh my, the ideas are just running through my little brain.
Unfortunately since I almost lost my hand in an accident I am unable to sew anymore so I won't have one anytime soon! Maybe you would try these ideas out and I can live vicariously through you! LOL TFS!
Ummm yes that sounds gorgeous! And yay I have no idea bout dying tulle but I agree that would look amazing.
Cute skirt and you make it sound so easy!
Yes, tulle does dye. To save money for consecutive weddings, I dyed yards and yards of white tulle using purple Rit dye and the washing machine. It came out a lovely lavender. (And then I had to iron it all!) Ombre may be a bit trickier, or at least time consuming, but totally possible!


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