With 3,000 miles of public rights of way to explore in Hampshire, and 173 recommended routes right across the county, we've got your next walk sorted, come rain or shine.
We wanted to find some of Hampshire's best walks, and who better to ask than those who spend their lives out in Hampshire's countryside. We spoke to six countryside staff members about their favourite walks in Hampshire to help make your decision a bit easier.
Julian Sheppard, one of our countryside rangers said, "The walk around Normandy Lagoon (at Lymington Keyhaven Nature Reserve) is one of my favourite walks because of the landscape, the views and you can also see a bit of the history.
Jean Cheadle, one of our rangers at Yateley Common said, "I love walking around Yateley Common because of the variety of animals, plants and wildlife you get to see around here.
Maybe you might be looking for a Sunday afternoon stroll with a few pubs on the way. Ashlea, our ranger at Queen Elizabeth Country Park said, "One of my favourite walks is the Staunton Way, there's numerous little pubs you can stop at along the way.
Or you might be an avid hiker, in which case Kate, who is one of our catering managers at Queen Elizabeth Country Park, recommends the South Downs Way. She said, "I really like long distance walking and one of my favourite walks in Hampshire is along the South Downs Way.
If you're looking for a walk along the coast, Adam, one of our Rangers at Lepe Country Park suggests the Lepe Loop. He said, "One of my favourite walks in this area is the Lepe Loop which heads from our new building here, partly down the coastline and loops round into our gorgeous countryside.
With six country parks scattered across the county and a mixture of woodland, grassland, heathland and wetland, there's something for everybody.
Brisk walking at a pace that gets your heart pumping faster and makes you feel slightly out of breath can make a huge difference to your health. Over time it can help to lower the risk of serious illnesses like heart disease and type 2 diabetes, as well as improving mental wellbeing.
For Hampshire residents who want to start walking, there are a number of free, short walks available every week as part of Walking for health. These are led by friendly, specially trained volunteers who are on hand to provide support and make sure no one gets left behind. Open to everyone, they are especially aimed at those who are least active or who have a long-term health condition.
Find out about more walks across Hampshire on our website.


Local Private Tour Guide | Lviv, Ukraine | Iryna T.
Dear Guests! Do you know, how many lions are there in Lviv?
In what city of Europe was the first surgery performed at night with the light of a gas lamp? Who, when and where in Europe opened the first coffee shop? What is the taste of the famous Ukrainian borshch (beetroot soup)? You will hear the answers to these and many other questions if you come and see me in Lviv, Ukraine.
My name is Irene (Iryna in Ukrainian, Irena in Polish, Irina in Russian). I am a civil engineer, later got MBA degree with internship in Wayne State University, USA. I am also a professional guide since 1988. I keep saying that my tour guiding is my first love and my second job. Since 2007 I am lecturing on the courses, which are licensed to prepare tour guides in Lviv. I provide classes for English speaking guides.
I was born and brought up in the Ukrainian city of Lviv. The city is named after Lev (Leo, Lion), son of the city founder - Prince Danylo. The first record about the city dates back to 1256. In 1998 Lviv was put on the UNESCO heritage list.
I am eagerly waiting for you in my old and always young Lviv, in the city of never ending legends, tales and reality, where people are dancing under the sky, where grownups are smiling like children and kids are walking as snobby grownups. . .
Lviv is a Holiday, which is always with those, who visited it at least once, the city, which penetrates into your heart and soul by the simplicity of its narrow and crooked streets, "fat" cobble stones, benches, street-lamps, lanterns and street lights, which are shining as small sparkles during all your further life, attracting like a magnet and inviting to come back again.
We will walk along the "tracks of our lions" (we have many of them in sculptures and different decorations), and they will tell you our mysteries and secrets, inspiring and striking by their uniqueness and love.
Everyone can find something interesting, dear and very special for himself in Lviv. I will be glad to compose an itinerary on your request.
•"Lviv Pockets" Tour of Lviv courtyards - something hidden from an ordinary view.
•Lviv Museums - we have 21 museum in Lviv and I would be glad to help you discover them.
•"The Golden Horseshoe of Lviv" tour of three castles, which are located around Lviv.
Why should you choose me? I am reliable, flexible, exstraordinary, never boaring. . . Do you think I am boasting? Just come to visit and check!
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As this election season has proven, the political environment is more heated than ever. And, as a result, organizations are more exposed than ever to external political pressures.
Consider Amazon, which is the second most trusted institution in the United States, behind the military, according to a new survey.
Yet, in early October, Amazon came under fire and announced a move to pay all of its U.S. workers, regardless of contract, part-time or seasonal status, a $15 minimum wage. Amazon employs about 566,000 people around the world.
In this Intelligence Briefing, we take a look at Amazon's decision, what led to it, and how we can learn from the challenges they faced.
Amazon's workforce more than doubled to 566,000 between 2015 to 2018, due to growth and the company's acquisition of Whole Foods, which added 87,000 employees to Amazon's global workforce.
Several years ago, maintenance and repair technicians at Amazon filed a petition with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) announcing their intention to form what would have been Amazon's first union. Ultimately, the union couldn't muster enough support.
Since then, Amazon has remained union free in its warehouses.
Just a few weeks ago, Amazon reported a third-quarter profit of $2.9 billion, or $5.75 a share, which topped a quarterly record set just three months earlier, as well as most analyst expectations.
In addition, the company's CEO Jeff Bezos has a net worth of around $140 billion, making him the richest person in the world.
Many employees, on the other hand, felt like they weren't sharing in the wealth.
Highlighting company profits and executive salaries is part of the labor organizing playbook, so it isn't a surprise that a grassroots labor campaign for "better pay" leveraged this in their push for a $15 minimum wage at Amazon.
Pile onto that the claims of unfair working conditions and things are starting to look like the early 20th century again. Is it a fair comparison? No. Is it happening? Yes.
As a result of the grassroots effort, workers and shoppers mobilized to boycott Amazon on Prime Day — the annual shopping event that brings in more than $2 billion for the company. While the effort made a splash on social media, it isn't clear whether it had any measurable impact on profits.
The grassroots minimum wage movement at Amazon had an impact on lawmakers, as well.
Before, and even after Amazon agreed to the minimum wage increase, politicians have been applying pressure. Another tactic from the union playbook.
The Senators sent a letter to Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos regarding a video that allegedly warns managers at Amazon's Whole Food Markets about the dangers of union organizing and asked the company to respond to worker allegations.
The media reports over the past few years that chronicled widespread abuses of workers certainly had an impact on Amazon's current situation.
In a 2011 essay for the Atlantic, former employee Vanessa Veselka shared her perspective on working at an Amazon warehouse outside Seattle, revealing she took the position for the sole reason of organizing the employees.
Veselka was eventually fired from her temp position, but the public relations pile on was just getting started. Following the Atlantic piece, warehouse workers told Business Insider that time- crunched employees were using trash bins to go to the bathroom.
Employees also described an alleged work atmosphere rooted in fear of missing productivity targets, and said that employees spent most of their lunch breaks waiting in line for security screenings. Former Amazon workers have also said they were pressured to under-report warehouse injuries.
With the recent announcement of the two "HQ2" locations in Long Island City, New York and Northern Virginia, it remains to be seen how Amazon will move forward and keep up its positive momentum with employees while also building trust in two new communities.
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News Gadgets Nokia Promises To Make Comeback, to Release New Phone This Year
Nokia Promises To Make Comeback, to Release New Phone This Year
Khazin Muzaffar
Nokia, once a mobile-maker giant but no longer in the reckoning now has once again given feelers about it entering the mobile market but only uncertainty prevails till now.
The company on Sunday confirmed at the Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona that it's pressing ahead with plans to sell smartphones but the dates are yet to be confirmed.
"There's no timeline, there's no rush," said Nokia Chief Executive Rajeev Suri at a press event. "It could happen in 2016, it could happen later."
The Nokia CEO Sunday made it clear that Nokia is just waiting for the right partner and right time rather than to just rush back into the field they were once one of the best . As he has previously maintained, the company will not make the phones but will license the Nokia brand to a manufacturer.
Nokia's reign in the mobile world had begun in the early 90's and lasted for more than 20 years. With the launch of iPhone in 2007, feature phones made by Nokia started to lose their shine. The company's popularity gradually decreased over time.
The smartphone market created a wave over the whole world and as they started to spread their magic, magicians aka mobile-makers like Samsung, Micromax and other choose the Android OS and on the other hand Nokia remain stuck with Windows OS. The Android OS gained popularity and with that Samsung and Micromax became favorites whereas the popularity of Nokia gradually decreased.
The company, whose phones were once a favorite with consumers, sold its devices business to Microsoft in 2014 for $7.2 billion. It has since regained the rights to sell smartphones under the Nokia brand. We've only seen the company release one Android tablet over the past year. In July, Nokia hinted it would re-enter the phone market in 2016, but then it went quiet, until now as quoted by the cnet.com website.
It may prove to be a controlling partner, though. "We want to be in a position to design the devices in question with appropriate control measures in case they don't meet expectations," said Suri. When asked whether Nokia would partner with Foxconn, which also works closely with Apple to manufacture iPhones, he said he did not know yet.
Nokia is currently out of the fray as far as the smartphone market is concerned but if it is able to recreate the same kind of magic that it has created in the past the Samsung, Micromax and others would be facing a real tough time condition to which is Nokia entering the mobile market again.
Khazin Muzaffar is a Tech enthusiastic, he writes about technology and all viral tech stuff. He is a senior editor and keeps eye on all tech related things.
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Feds sue to block $37B Aetna-Humana deal
The Department of Justice rejects deals involving Aetna and Humana and the Anthem-Cigna deal.
Feds sue to block $37B Aetna-Humana deal The Department of Justice rejects deals involving Aetna and Humana and the Anthem-Cigna deal. Check out this story on courier-journal.com: http://cjky.it/2adCJcV
Grace Schneider, @gesinfk Published 9:10 a.m. ET July 21, 2016 | Updated 6:49 p.m. ET July 21, 2016
Reduced competition and higher customer costs were cited as reasons by the Department of Justice to block a planned merger between Humana and Aetna. 7/21/16(Photo: Marty Pearl/Special to The CJ)Buy Photo
Louisville leaders may have been warned earlier this week that the federal government was getting ready to sue to block health-insurance giant Aetna's $37 billion takeover of Humana. But when it happened Thursday morning, their response reflected deep concern for what's ahead for the city's homegrown health care giant and one of the region's biggest employers.
The city is "monitoring" the situation and remains in contact with Humana executives, Mayor Greg Fischer's office said an email.
A disappointed Kent Oyler, the president and chief executive at Greater Louisville Inc., the chamber of commerce, noted that the two companies had "logged thousands of hours working" on the merger. Investors, however, embraced news from Humana that it expects to post better than expected earnings per share by year's end, which kicked the stock price up $13 per share to $171.53 by the market's close.
It all came after the U.S. Department of Justice ended months of closed-door negotiations by filing separate but related suits in federal court in the District of Columbia to derail the Humana-Aetna deal and the $54 billion Anthem-Cigna acquisition. The government claimed in its 39-page complaint and during a live-streamed news conference opened by Attorney General Loretta Lynch that folding five of the nation's biggest insurers into three would fundamentally reshape the industry.
Since Humana and Aetna compete for Medicare Advantage, the market alternative to Medicare, in thousands of locations across the country, the competition benefits consumers, particularly seniors who visit doctors and hospitals twice as much as the average person. The merger would end "this rivalry and deny consumers its benefits," according to the suit.
Expecting smaller insurers to step in to fill the void is unrealistic because they "lack the scope and scale" and can't compete with either company on the innovation they provide. Regulators also claimed that Aetna has aggressively expanded into 300 new counties in the last four years to grab new Medicare Advantage customers.
The two companies now compete in more than 600 counties - nearly 90 percent of the counties where Aetna offers Medicare Advantage plans. That fierce competition has led to lower premiums, better benefits, better provider networks and improved coordination of care, the suit said.
William J. Baer, assistant attorney general over antitrust, described the mergers as a "convenient shortcut to profits" and blasted the remedies offered by the companies as "incomplete and inadequate" to address the potential for monopoly. "These are so-called solutions we cannot accept."
Baer added that the legal standard centers on whether the status quo in the marketplace would be preserved. "We have zero confidence that the mergers" would do that.
Aetna released a statement earlier Thursday saying that both companies intend to vigorously fight in court.
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The company said that the government should take a broader view of competition in the Medicare Advantage market and include the government's traditional Medicare option in its analysis. According to a Bloomberg report, Aetna presented two divestiture plans to the Justice Department. Under one scenario, one of two competitors with a national footprint would buy all of the business that Aetna plans to divest.
Under the second, Aetna would sell assets to three regional health insurers. Aetna and Humana have contended that seniors who want Medicare Advantage plans that cover providers in more locations will gain options under the merger. Cost cuts in the deal would help the combined firm offer more low-cost Medicare Advantage plans.
Both suits raise the potential to delay the deals and in some instances have forced companies to ditch the merger. That was the case when the DOJ sued to block Swedish-based Electrolux's bid to buy General Electric's appliances division a year ago. After settlement talks dragged on, GE pulled the sale last December and put the division back on the block.
Parent GE eventually pocketed $5.4 billion from the China-based Haier Group, or more than $2 billion higher than Electrolux had offered.
That outcome isn't what's expected to happen with this deal. But Aetna and Humana are joined at the hip for the foreseeable future unless they agreed to recast the sale agreement, which includes a reverse breakup fee of $1 billion that Aetna would pay to Humana if Aetna failed to fight any action that jeopardizes the takeover.
On Thursday, after news hit of the suits, two Humana employees — one jumping on a rental bike on Main Street downtown and another headed back into the Waterside building after a lunch break — expressed confidence that the companies would get beyond a bump in the road. "This may delay us for six months or a year," said the cyclist, who declined to identify himself. But he said regulators and the companies would resolve which markets the companies needed to pull out of to ensure there's adequate competition.
A woman returning to Waterside's cool confines also declined to share her name but predicted the companies would win in court eventually.
The day was capped by another positive announcement from Humana - that the federal Department of Defense had awarded the company an expanded chunk of TRICARE, which covers active-duty military members and their families. Humana had the South Region contract, but under the new terms, the service would combine current North and South Regions, covering about 6 million beneficiaries in 30 states.
Reporter Grace Schneider can be reached at 502-582-4082 or gschneider@courier-journal.com.
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Artizan Artists on Tour
24th March - 23rd April
An Exhibition at the Cockington Court Kitchen Gallery
"For this external show we will be joined by four Torbay and South Devon artists, all uniquely talented in their own fields."
Artizan on Tour
Artizan is privileged to have been invited to exhibit at the Cockington Court Kitchen Gallery with a selection of artists as part of their 2018 series. For this external show we will be joined by four Torbay and South Devon artists, all uniquely talented in their own fields.
This gorgeous space is situated at the front of the court overlooking the main green and hosts a range of exciting exhibitions throughout the year including their annual "Pewter Now" show featuring unique and unusual works of local and national pewter artists.
Joining us in the space will be: Kirsteen Titchener, a wonderful photographic artist who blurs the lines of reality through skilled photomanipulation and an inspiring imagination; F. G. Davis, a leading contemporary artist known for his pure abstraction and mixed media collage works exhibited internationally; Jo West, the UKs first colour changing resin artist; and Susan Cavaliere, influential Torbay surrealist artist inspired by folklore and mythology. The show runs until the 23rd April during the courts normal hours.
Artist Preview: 24th March // 12:00-14:00
Kirsteen Titchener
Kirsteen Titchener is a self-taught photographic artist born in Surrey, now living in Devon, UK. Using digital editing techniques to combine multiple photographs allows the final image to go beyond what can be created in a single traditional photograph. By drawing on a background in psychology her work often reflects the depth and fragility of human emotions.
Kirsteen's images have received international recognition. Recent accomplishments include the Visual Art Gold Medal awarded by The Royal Photographic Society (2018), runner up in The Societies Pictorial & Fine Art Photographer of the Year in 2016, and 3rd place in Neutral Density Photography Awards Open Category 2017.
F. G. Davis
George Davis is a leading contemporary artist who has exhibited widely in the UK and internationally, sharing his working time between his homes in Devon and the South of France. Known principally for his exquisite use of colour, texture and pattern, he explores many and varied themes with acrylic, collage, watercolour, gouache and mixed media. His work is unique in its diversity, encompassing a wide range of subject matter taken from his everyday experiences and memories, working in a full range of scales, from intricate detailed pieces to bold large works. Interpretations are often witty and playful, capturing the essence of his starting points with a keen perceptive insight, frequently completed as part of an extensive series of work which testify to his love of experimentation and his unerring ability to tantalise the viewers' imagination. His work retaining a painterly integrity which shines through.
Jo West
Jo is the first UK colour changing resin artist. She has been selling professionally since 2016, has had many commissions and has gained interest from galleries. She was born in Plymouth and still lives in the beautiful south coast of Devon. A contemporary self-taught artist who is heavily influenced by her rural upbringing, she explores themes around nature. Her passion for understanding the human mind led her to study Psychology at Cardiff University and she went on to work with vulnerable people for over 15 years. She attributes focussing on the needs and feelings of others as inspiration for much of her work. Jo has trained in stained glass and jewellery making and uses some of the techniques she learnt to create her paintings.
Jo and her husband built their home 3 years ago. After having their second child, she is now able to work from home in her studio enabling her to spend more time with her children and reconnect with her lifelong love of painting.
To create her beautiful paintings she uses acrylics, mixed media and resin. There are many different processes she uses to create a painting and a lot of her work is done outside. She uses a mixture of tools to create layers and adds crystals, metal leaf, fine glitter, iridescent powder and fibre in the resin to add depth and interesting aspects. Jo has recently started using semi-precious and precious stones in some of her work as she is interested in the healing properties of crystals and is also experimenting with pressed flowers. She uses a multi layered approach, drawing the viewer into the depth and having the desire to touch the painting. Each piece is original and unique and is finished with a final coat of high gloss resin giving a glass effect.
Jo loves experimenting and is excited to see how her style will develop. Her aim is to make you smile and take you to a happy place. She loves the use of colour and how it can influence how you feel. Colour is nature's signalling system and she is fascinated how it can affect behaviour.
Jo finds painting very therapeutic and follows her heart with every painting she does, she has so many ideas in her head, any chance she has, she paints. The Resin somehow brings a calmness and tranquillity to her paintings, she views it as slow running water. As much as she loves colour and glitter, the resin balances it out.
'I always want to help people feel good about themselves, we are surrounded by illness and chaos in our lives and sometimes just stopping and breathing in natures beauty can change how we are feeling'
'With all the stress we are under these days I like to create paintings that brings a smile to your face, imagine a place where you can relax and forget reality for a while.'
For the last year Jo has been experimenting with colour change products and has produced beautiful pieces. She is fascinated how the atmosphere can change and how it can affect feelings. She has always been excited by the idea of an evolving painting so this has given her the opportunity to develop this concept. As the painting warms up, the colour gradually changes to another or changes to a spectrum of colours. Jo endeavours to bring a little bit of nature into your home.
'The endless colours surrounding us and the natural changing elements evoke emotion which I try to convey through my paintings.'
Susan Cavaliere
My work has been inspired by an admiration of surrealism and abstraction and is driven by an interest in mythology, folklore and fantasy. In earlier years, I lived on Salisbury Plain and had some family connections with Stonehenge, which developed an early interest with the myths and legends surrounding Druids and Pagans. When I lived in London, my attentions diversified and I began to explore historical sites like the Tower of London, drawn to its Ravens and the tales surrounding it. After finally settling in Devon, I became fascinated by the King Arthur legend and visited Tintagel and Glastonbury. Now I regularly visit different castles to soak up the atmosphere and learn about the folklore.
It is from here that I work in my Torquay studio, a very important place for me to focus on my art. In this space, I can bring my inspirations and create totally from imagination, shutting out unwanted interference. Once ensconced here, days often turn to night as I work.
Art and paintings have always been a big part of my life and the fine art groundings from my studies at Salisbury School of Art had a big impact, providing me the confidence and inspiration needed to experiment with new methods, such as combination practices using both oils and waxes. Artists that have made an impression on me include, Botticelli and Leonardo da Vinci, as well as impressionists including Cezanne and Van Gogh, later also Odilon Redon and Klimt. More recently I have enjoyed the Polish surrealist Zdzisław Beksiński, a leading figure in contemporary Polish art in the late 60s.
I create my pieces through colour and tonal layering and balance in my work is hugely important. To a degree, this structuring offers a form of meditation, when I feel happy and relaxed I know that a piece is finished. The eye must be led around the painting leaving room for the imagination to fill in details.
For me a painting must provoke interest and for this reason narrative features heavily in my work.Most of my pieces have a story or a reason behind them, often based in a specific folktale or myth. However, this narrative is never definitive and I always encourage people to bring their own views to my work.
I love to exhibit my paintings and have done so many times over the years. An extensive career has meant that I now have the privilege of a number of works being held in international collections including in the USA, Far East and European homes.
Exhibited works will be available to view here shortly, but for now please feel free to browse works of our other artists.
Message from Nowhere 2
The Black Hills
Blue Fold
Stifled - Missing Series
From Sea to Silver Sea
Enchantment 2
Along For the Ride 1
Winter Open 2018
Summer Love I


ABOVE: Maggie sports a girlie version of U.S. Secret Service sunglasses.
Maggie is still obsessed with Johnny Depp, who continues to ignore her whimpering requests for an e-mail. Still, she refuses to give up hope: Now that Johnny owns a palazzo in Venice, Maggie is confident that her skills will lead to a job as a bodyguard for Johnny and his family.
As a herding dog, Maggie is ready to keep Johnny's kids from wandering off, and she can nip at the heels of any paparazzi who make nuisances of themselves.
So how about it, Johnny? E-mail maggie (at) europeforvisitors.com when you're ready to add a celebrity service dog to your retinue.


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The ross operation in children and young adults: A fifteen-year, single-institution experience
Joseph Clark, Linda Pauliks, Ashley Rogerson, Allen Kunselman, John Myers
Background: The optimal operation for aortic valve disease in children and young adults remains controversial. The Ross operation offers avoidance of anticoagulation and the potential for growth but is technically demanding and creates double-valve disease. The goal of this study is to report our experience with the Ross operation and the need for reintervention at intermediate follow-up. Methods: A retrospective review of Ross operations in a single surgeon experience from 1992 to 2007 was conducted. All echocardiograms were reevaluated by a single cardiologist. Results: The cohort included 54 patients with a mean age of 13.5 years (range 0.5 to 35 years). Pulmonary autograft implantation was accomplished using root replacement (n = 43), root inclusion (n = 9), and Dacron tube root replacement (n = 2). Follow-up was available for 47 patients (87%) at a mean length of 6.4 years. There were no deaths. Kaplan-Meier estimates of freedom from explantation at 10 years were 100% for the autograft and 71% for the homograft. Autograft insufficiency at latest follow-up was trivial in 37 patients (82%), mild in 6 patients (13%), and moderate in 2 patients (4%). Reintervention for the homograft included balloon dilation in 3 children and conduit change in 5 children (all ≤ 2 years old at initial operation). Conclusions: The Ross operation can be performed in children and adults with low mortality and can provide a durable result for the aortic valve with a low incidence of aortic insufficiency. The need for homograft replacement during follow-up in our series was primarily limited to children who were age 2 years or younger at initial operation.
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Clark, J., Pauliks, L., Rogerson, A., Kunselman, A., & Myers, J. (2011). The ross operation in children and young adults: A fifteen-year, single-institution experience. Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 91(6), 1936-1942. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.12.070
Clark, Joseph ; Pauliks, Linda ; Rogerson, Ashley ; Kunselman, Allen ; Myers, John. / The ross operation in children and young adults : A fifteen-year, single-institution experience. In: Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2011 ; Vol. 91, No. 6. pp. 1936-1942.
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N2 - Background: The optimal operation for aortic valve disease in children and young adults remains controversial. The Ross operation offers avoidance of anticoagulation and the potential for growth but is technically demanding and creates double-valve disease. The goal of this study is to report our experience with the Ross operation and the need for reintervention at intermediate follow-up. Methods: A retrospective review of Ross operations in a single surgeon experience from 1992 to 2007 was conducted. All echocardiograms were reevaluated by a single cardiologist. Results: The cohort included 54 patients with a mean age of 13.5 years (range 0.5 to 35 years). Pulmonary autograft implantation was accomplished using root replacement (n = 43), root inclusion (n = 9), and Dacron tube root replacement (n = 2). Follow-up was available for 47 patients (87%) at a mean length of 6.4 years. There were no deaths. Kaplan-Meier estimates of freedom from explantation at 10 years were 100% for the autograft and 71% for the homograft. Autograft insufficiency at latest follow-up was trivial in 37 patients (82%), mild in 6 patients (13%), and moderate in 2 patients (4%). Reintervention for the homograft included balloon dilation in 3 children and conduit change in 5 children (all ≤ 2 years old at initial operation). Conclusions: The Ross operation can be performed in children and adults with low mortality and can provide a durable result for the aortic valve with a low incidence of aortic insufficiency. The need for homograft replacement during follow-up in our series was primarily limited to children who were age 2 years or younger at initial operation.
AB - Background: The optimal operation for aortic valve disease in children and young adults remains controversial. The Ross operation offers avoidance of anticoagulation and the potential for growth but is technically demanding and creates double-valve disease. The goal of this study is to report our experience with the Ross operation and the need for reintervention at intermediate follow-up. Methods: A retrospective review of Ross operations in a single surgeon experience from 1992 to 2007 was conducted. All echocardiograms were reevaluated by a single cardiologist. Results: The cohort included 54 patients with a mean age of 13.5 years (range 0.5 to 35 years). Pulmonary autograft implantation was accomplished using root replacement (n = 43), root inclusion (n = 9), and Dacron tube root replacement (n = 2). Follow-up was available for 47 patients (87%) at a mean length of 6.4 years. There were no deaths. Kaplan-Meier estimates of freedom from explantation at 10 years were 100% for the autograft and 71% for the homograft. Autograft insufficiency at latest follow-up was trivial in 37 patients (82%), mild in 6 patients (13%), and moderate in 2 patients (4%). Reintervention for the homograft included balloon dilation in 3 children and conduit change in 5 children (all ≤ 2 years old at initial operation). Conclusions: The Ross operation can be performed in children and adults with low mortality and can provide a durable result for the aortic valve with a low incidence of aortic insufficiency. The need for homograft replacement during follow-up in our series was primarily limited to children who were age 2 years or younger at initial operation.
Clark J, Pauliks L, Rogerson A, Kunselman A, Myers J. The ross operation in children and young adults: A fifteen-year, single-institution experience. Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 2011 Jun;91(6):1936-1942. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.12.070


A fresh Status Yellow snow and ice alert was issued by Met Éireann amid further snow and sleet showers overnight due to the polar air mass stalled over Ireland.
The alert, which will remain in place until 11am today, covers Wicklow, Donegal, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo.
Motorists were warned that snow and ice may pose potentially hazardous driving conditions on higher ground in those five counties as well as inland and northern areas.
Snow showers yesterday hit parts of Mayo, Donegal and Cavan which just last week were enjoying balmy spring temperatures.
Ireland's wild weather mix saw various parts of the country experience snow, frost, ice, hail stones, sleet, torrential rain showers and even brief spells of sunshine all in the space of just 12 hours.
A heavy frost is again likely in most parts of Ireland today with temperatures set to fall to -1C overnight with a risk of sleet and even snow showers.
It will remain very cold for the next two days with maximum temperatures never rising above 10C - some seven degrees cooler than just last week.
Blustery winds, influenced by a northern air mass over Ireland, will make it feel even colder.
"It will remain very unsettled and cold due to the Polar air mass over the country. Temperatures will remain well below average for April," forecaster Matthew Martin said.
Next weekend will see a slight recovery in temperatures of up to 11C though it will remain unsettled.
However, the week before Easter is set to offer the best weather of the month with temperatures likely climbing to 13C and many areas enjoying good spells of sunshine.
Met Éireann's spring weather summary confirmed that March proved a wet month with temperatures slightly above average.
Two storms were recorded, Storm Freya and Storm Gareth, which both helped contribute to the above average rainfall levels.
Every Met Éireann recording station showed rainfall above long-term average values, ranging from 109pc (Mace Head, Galway) to 225pc (Shannon Airport, Clare).
Two stations at Casement Aerodrome in Dublin and Newport in Mayo recorded their highest rainfall totals since March 2008.
The heaviest daily rainfall of the month was recorded at Sherkin Island in Cork on March 5 with 33.8mm.
Finner Camp in Donegal recorded a total of 26 days of rain in March.
Temperatures were above average at virtually all weather stations in March while the south east recorded above average levels of sunshine.
Malin Head in Donegal recorded the highest wind gust of the month at 130kmh.
Mícheál Ó Scannáil The country is set to bask in warm spring sunshine this week with temperatures to reach as high as 16C.


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Readers ask: How Long To Travel To Saturn?
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How long would it take to travel to Neptune?
For example, the Voyager 2 spacecraft was launched on Aug 20, 1977 and it reached Neptune on Aug 24, 1989. So, Voyager 2 took about twelve years to reach Neptune.
What is the most beautiful planet because of its rings?
The planet Saturn: truly massive and stunningly beautiful with its rings. It's also home to amazing moons like Titan. The planet Saturn is probably the best known and most beautiful planet in the Solar System. Saturn's rings are far more extensive and more easily seen than those of any other planet.
What planet would take the longest to get to?
How Long Would it Take to Travel to Every Planet?
Mercury, 6.5 Years (Messenger)
Venus, 15 Months (Magellan)
Moon, 3 Days (Apollo 11)
Mars, 7 Months (Opportunity)
Jupiter, 6 Years (Galileo)
Saturn, 7 Years (Cassini)
Uranus, 8.5 Years (Voyager)
Neptune (Voyager)
Does it rain diamonds on Neptune?
Deep within Neptune and Uranus, it rains diamonds—or so astronomers and physicists have suspected for nearly 40 years. The outer planets of our Solar System are hard to study, however. Beyond the lingering mystery of the diamond rain, there's a big loss in our failure to study Uranus and Neptune inside and out.
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The only spacecraft that has ever visited Neptune was NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft, which visited the planet during its Grand Tour of the Solar System. Voyager 2 made its Neptune flyby on August 25, 1989, passing within 3,000 km of the planet's north pole.
Is there life on Neptune?
To find life on Neptune, the planet would need to have a source of energy that bacterial life can exploit, as well as a standing source of liquid water. Right now, scientists don't know if there's any life on Neptune, and the conditions on the planet seem very hostile for life. It's unlikely we'll ever find any there.
Can we breathe on Ganymede?
In 1996, astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope found evidence of a thin oxygen atmosphere. However, it is too thin to support life as we know it; it is unlikely that any living organisms inhabit Ganymede.
What planet is Neptunes twin?
The size, mass, composition and rotation of Uranus and Neptune are in fact so similar that they are often called planetary twins.
What is the most beautiful moon?
Beneath the icy outer shell of Enceladus, the most beautiful moon in the solar system, an ocean that may support life sloshes. From the blue-lined cracks in its frosty white surface, geysers of glittering ice particles stream out into space, providing fresh material for Saturn's newest ring.
How long would a human survive on Mars without a spacesuit?
Without your spacesuit, you'd either freeze or instantly turn into a carbon brick, depending on which side of the planet you were standing on. If you were to venture there without any gear, you would survive for less than 2 minutes, provided that you held your breath!
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If you lived on Pluto, you'd have to live 248 Earth years to celebrate your first birthday in Pluto-years. If you lived on Pluto, you would see Charon from only one side of the planet. Charon's orbit around Pluto takes about six and one-half Earth days.
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This school is rockin'! Andrew Lloyd Webber's smash hit "School of Rock" fires up audiences. Now through May 19 at The Paramount
Posted in Arts Events, Kid Friendly, Miscellaneous Awesome	by Seattle Pockets
Review by Tony Bohn:
Based on the 2003 bestselling movie by the same name, Andrew Lloyd Webber's "School of Rock" opened last night as a part of the KeyBank Broadway season at The Paramount in downtown Seattle. Nominated for four 2016 Tony awards including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book, and Best Leading Actor, "School of Rock" follows the story of a wannabe rock star named Dewey Finn. In desperate need of money to pay rent to his best friend who he lives with, he conspires to earn the money by posing as a substitute teacher at a prestigious prep school. Woefully unprepared and unqualified to teach normal school subjects, he proceeds to transform his class of high achievers into a mind-blowing full-on rock band while turning on the charms and falling for the school's headmistress.
Filled with catchy original rock musical tunes by Webber, and a hilarious script, this show will keep you entertained and rocking in your seat for the duration. Merritt David Janes as Dewey Finn does a spot-on imitation of Jack Black from the original movie, while also bringing his own sense of flair and updates to the role. The best part of the show has got to be the remarkably talented and adorable kids that make up the rock band. They will blow your mind as they sing, dance, and jam on stage with guitars, keyboards, drums, and bass, and I couldn't get enough of them!
In a time when so many arts programs get cut in education, School of Rock is a family-friendly affair that shows us why music can still be a crucial tool in driving a child's creativity and why letting kids be kids and have fun playing, can result in more well-rounded and happy children. School of Rock plays at the Paramount now through Sunday May 19, 2019. More information and tickets can be found here.
Photo by Evan Zimmerman
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Great review; thanks for sharing, Tony! I'm sad I won't make it to the show this time…but look forward to catching it when it comes through again.


Two local entrepreneurs have started a new law firm. Hudson & Luros, a general civil practice, specializes in business formation, estate planning, contract drafting, identity theft and intellectual property law.
Hudson & Luros credits the Napa County Chamber of Commerce with taking some of the frustration out of starting a business.
Hudson & Luros will offer free one-hour consultations to potential clients. Most legal services may be negotiated on a flat-fee basis.
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MLB roundup
July 18, 2019 — 1:08am
Homer Bailey shook off a rocky start to pitch six innings, and Mark Canha and Jurickson Profar both homered twice as the Oakland A's beat the visiting Seattle Mariners 10-2 on Wednesday.
Chad Pinder and Ramon Laureano also went deep as the A's matched their season high with six homers.
"They got some hits off him early in the game but then [he] shut it down when he needed to," A's manager Bob Melvin said of Bailey.
Bailey allowed seven hits and two runs in his first start since being acquired from Kansas City over the weekend.Oakland has won six straight and 12 of 14.
Cleveland 7, Detroit 2: Mike Clevinger matched his career high with 12 strikeouts in six innings, and Oscar Mercado drove in two runs to lead the host Indians over the Tigers.
Boston 5, Toronto 4: Rafael Devers hit a solo homer and drove in four runs as the host Red Sox gave the Blue Jays' Aaron Sanchez his 13th straight loss.
Kansas City 7, Chicago 5: Danny Duffy pitched strong six innings and Jorge Soler and Nicky Lopez hit back-to-back RBI singles twice as the host Royals beat the White Sox 7-5.
Houston 11, Los Angeles 2: George Springer homered and knocked in three runs and Gerritt Cole gave up one run in seven innings as the Astros beat the host Angels.
Chicago 5, Cincinnati 2: Yu Darvish tossed six scoreless innings of two-hit ball to earn his first win at Wrigley Field as a Cub, beating the Reds.
St. Louis 6, Pittsburgh 5: Paul Goldschmidt hit a three-run homer in the seventh as the host Cardinals handed the Pirates their fifth loss in six games.
Milwaukee 5, Atlanta 4: Josh Hader struck out Ozzie Albies with two outs and the bases loaded in the ninth to preserve the host Brewers' win over the Braves. Christian Yelich hit his 34th homer for Milwaukee.
San Francisco 11, Colorado 8: Donovan Solano had four hits, including a tie-breaking home run as the Giants completed a four-game sweep in Denver.
San Diego 3, Miami 1: Rookie Chris Paddack had a no-hitter until Starlin Castro of the host Marlins homered leading off the eighth but Paddack got the next two batters out and two relievers completed the three-hitter.
Los Angeles 7, Philadelphia 2: David Freese and Justin Turner knocked in two runs apiece as the Dodgers beat the host Phillies.
Arizona 19, Texas 4: Eduardo Escobar homered twice as the Diamondbacks routed the Rangers.
Baltimore 9, Washington 2: Trey Mancini hit two home runs and the host Orioles pummeled the Nationals to split their series.
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Kevin Harvick made his return to NASCAR K&N Pro Series West and he delivered.
The Bakersfield, California, native dominated the Carneros 200 at Sonoma Raceway. Harvick held off hard-charging Sunoco Rookie of the Year contender Will Rodgers, while the rest of the field was more than nine seconds back.
Harvick won the 1998 West championship on his way up the NASCAR ladder, which culminated in his winning the 2014 Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series championship. He drove the No. 4 Fields Ford for Jefferson Pitts Racing to his eighth victory of his career in the K&N Pro West Series.
"For some funny reason, I had a feeling as far back as four weeks ago that it was going to be me and Kevin coming into turn 11 on the last lap," Rodgers said. "And sure enough, there we were. He ran a really good race, I learned a lot from him. We were able to lead some laps there in the beginning. It doesn't feel too bad to finish second today."
Championship points leader Todd Gilliland, Blaine Perkins, Todd Souza, Sheldon Creed, Chris Eggleston and Monster Energy NASCAR Cup driver Daniel Suárez rounded out the top 10.
The Carneros 200 will air on NBCSN on Thursday, June 29, at 11 p.m. ET.


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Four years after the devastating tragedy in Charleston, South Carolina that shook the nation, Arbella Studios, in association with JuVee Productions and Unanimous Media, presents an SDG and Fiction Pictures Production, "EMANUEL," opening in movie theaters nationwide through Fathom Events on June 17 and 19 only. Documenting the events of June 17, 2015, "EMANUEL" is a powerful documentary that examines how faith, hope and forgiveness healed a devastated community after the heinous church shooting at Emanuel A.M.E., carried out by white supremacist Dylan Roof.
Executive produced by Stephen Curry's Unanimous Media, Viola Davis and Julius Tennons' JuVee Productions and directed by Brian Ivie (The Drop Box), the documentary compellingly weaves the history of race relations in Charleston, the significance and impact of Mother Emanuel Church, and the hope that somehow emerges in the aftermath. Featuring intimate interviews with survivors and family members, it is a poignant story of justice and faith, love and hate and examines the healing power of forgiveness.
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Province opens supportive housing for homeless in Penticton
Multiple supportive housing projects were announced by BC Housing
BC Housing opened a 62-unit housing project for Penticton residents experiencing or at risk of homelessness on Thursday.
The project, called Burdock House at 594 Winnipeg St., is a newly-completed four-storey modular building featuring 62 studio units, including four accessible units.
Each of the units includes a private washroom and mini kitchen. The building also includes communal space for counselling and community meetings, a multi-purpose room, commercial kitchen and dining room, as well as outdoor amenities including a gazebo, bike and cart storage, and a pet-friendly running area.
"These new permanent homes with wraparound supports will help people heal from the experience of being homeless and give them a stable foundation on which to build a better life," Selina Robinson, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing said in a release.
"Our government is proud to work with partners to provide people experiencing homelessness with the opportunity to move off the streets and into safe and secure homes."
READ MORE: New location for supportive housing in Penticton
ASK Wellness Society, an experienced non-profit housing operator, will operate Burdock House, and provide residents with 24/7 on-site staff and support services. These include meal programs, life and employment skills training, health and wellness support services and opportunities for volunteer work.
"Burdock residents will be challenged and encouraged to make the most of this commitment by the province of British Columbia," said Bob Hughes, executive director with ASK Wellness Society, at the opening. "Some will not make this journey. We know this having operated hundreds and hundreds of supportive housing units across three communities. Our rules and expectations can be difficult for some, but they boil down to two simple things: pay your rent and be nice.
Hughes added that drug dealing, theft and violence will not be tolerated.
"They are now part of this neighbourhood and their actions within the building and in the neighbourhood is what counts," he said. "With housing comes health and with health comes hope, with hope comes dreams and with dreams comes life. Welcome home everyone."
Mayor John Vassilaki told Black Press Media he discussed the need for more affordable housing with Robinson at the 2019 UBCM Convention last month in Vancouver.
"Not only housing for homeless people, because God knows we need lots of that here, but also affordable housing for families with young children," Vassilaki said. "She was very supportive of the information that we gave her, she's going to look into it very seriously and see what her government can come up with, and we'll be getting back together."
He said he was going to ask his staff to organize either a trip to Victoria, or to bring the minister to Penticton.
"The only real thing to do with a government is to fly over to Victoria," he said. "We need more than 15 minutes with the minister, we need hours to sit there and discuss matters."
READ MORE: Modular construction facility keeps growing in Penticton
Penticton's own Metric Modular was selected by the province to manufacture the modular units for Burdock House and several other modular projects in B.C.
The name Burdock House was chosen by ASK Wellness Society to represent the native plant that grows in the area.
Residents experiencing homelessness in the Penticton area started moving in at the end of September and the building will be fully occupied later this month. ASK Wellness Society confirmed that people had to fill out an application to be considered for one of the units and there is a waitlist.
BC Housing was busy making announcements about several housing projects throughout the week, including Burdock House as well as another affordable housing project opening later on Thursday afternoon. In Okanagan Falls, 26 new affordable rental homes for seniors were opened at South Skaha Place, located at 5081 8th Ave.
Robinson also announced a housing project in Oliver on Friday. The M'akola Housing Society is receiving approximately $4.6 million from the Province's Building BC: Community Housing Fund to build 46 homes at 5931 Airport Rd.
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Electrical engineers require a sound understanding of the principles of electric power devices and systems in order to extend the usefulness of electrical technology and to ameliorate the problems of electrical energy. Sustainable electric power systems require that we utilise renewable resources for generating electricity and that we use the energy as efficiently as possible. To achieve these goals, it is important to gain a thorough knowledge of electrical machines and renewable generators. This course covers the fundamental and applied aspects of clean energy systems based on renewable energy resources. You will apply the theory of electromagnetism to electromechanical energy conversion devices and systems. In addition to design, you will learn how to estimate the dynamic parameters of electrical machines and understand the effect those parameters have on the performance of systems incorporating electrical machines.


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UMBC Signs with SAIL for NIL Advising
Mar 4, 2021 | News & Updates, Press Release
University of Maryland, Baltimore County joins Virginia Commonwealth on SAIL roster
SAIL (Student Athlete Image & Likeness) today announced it has been retained by The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) of the America East Conference to educate their student-athletes on new NCAA Name Image and Likeness (NIL) rules that are expected to take effect in 2021.
SAIL will provide face to face education, advice and guidance about NIL through a proprietary "playbook" to help guide UMBC through this unchartered territory. Through these learnings, SAIL will help athletes understand, protect and maximize their personal brand value.
"With the expected evolution of NCAA rules regarding Name, Image and Likeness, we are proud to announce this partnership with SAIL," said Brian Barrio, Director of Athletics at UMBC. "We believe having a group of experienced professionals like the team from SAIL will be extremely beneficial as we provide our student-athletes with the tools to navigate NIL. Together, we will provide the UMBC community with education and guidance as we move into a new landscape for college athletics."
SAIL is an organization formed by sports marketing companies Team Services, LLC and Maroon PR to provide expertise to schools across the country as their student athletes and athletic departments work with new NIL guidelines. Virginia Commonwealth University of the Atlantic 10 Conference was the first to sign with SAIL for these services.
"Educating student athletes and working closely with universities athletics departments with regard to this very new and substantial development is of paramount importance," said Fred Fried, Principal at SAIL. "We look forward to bringing our decades of experience to UMBC and we thank them for the opportunity to work closely with their leadership on this important and evolving issue."
About SAIL
Team Services, LLC, based in Rockville, Md., specializes in developing and selling naming rights and sponsorships as well as providing strategic consulting services for clients activating sports properties. Maroon PR, based in Columbia, Md., focuses on media relations, social media and ad buying for its clients. Team Services Co-Founders, Fred Fried and EJ Narcise, and Vice-President Chris Hudgins; along with Maroon PR President John Maroon and Vice-Presidents Matt Williams & Jennifer Renehan bring over a century of sports business experience to SAIL.
About The University of Maryland Baltimore County
UMBC is located in Baltimore, Md, with an enrollment of more than 13,000 students. UMBC features 17 Division I men's and women's sports, and our scholar-athletes are known for combining their passion for athletics with their commitment to education. UMBC teams have earned several America East championship titles in recent years, including in swimming/diving, basketball, and soccer.
UMBC recently became the second school to sign a deal with Maroon PR and Team Services LLC in preparation for upcoming NCAA name, image, likeness rules. https://t.co/GxvP0ilnRa
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SAIL Team Visits VCU
May 24, 2021 | News & Updates, Press Release
In late April, two of our SAIL team members visited VCU to talk with both the men's and women's basketball teams and staff about impending name, image and likeness (NIL) legislation. Our goal with this initial session was to begin the NIL education process with the...
SAIL JOINS PRESSBOX TO TALK NIL EDUCATION
Apr 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
John Maroon and EJ Narcise join Stan "The Fan" Charles and Gary Stein of PressBox to talk about about SAIL and our efforts to work with schools across the country to help student athletes navigate impending name, image and likeness legislation.
SAIL Featured in Richmond-Times Dispatch
Feb 23, 2021 | News & Updates
Richmond Times-Dispatch reporter, Wayne Epps, Jr. talked with SAIL Principle, John Maroon and SAIL VP, Chris Hudgins to get a better understanding of our NIL advising work with VCU and why the athletic department is eager to start educating their students on NIL...


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The new Flickr Uploadr has been built from scratch to work on Windows and Mac OSX. Before you upload you can add titles, tags and descriptions, add photos to sets and reorder your photos.
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DALLAS, Sep 22, 2011/ — Debuting at International Vision Expo West, Zeal Optics of Boulder, CO, known for launching the world's first snow goggles with GPS technology, will debut a new line of sunglasses, incorporating proprietary technology that enhances vision for people who Move at the Speed of Life™.
Zeal will be the first optical company to use a manufacturing process that is more environmentally friendly for production of its entire optical portfolio.
The new line of 18 colorful styles features the optical market's newest lens technology that is exclusive to Zeal. Hyperion™ Lens Technology produces hybrid, injection-molded de-centered lenses. They have the lightness of polycarbonate materials combined with the optical clarity of glass, resulting in wide, crystal clear views with an abbe value of 38. They meet all ANSI, EU, and AU impact-resistance standards. Most styles in the line are available with prescription lenses.
Unlike other manufacturers who apply film or coatings to sunglass lenses to improve eye protection, Hyperion Lenses embed new highly specialized SPF film and formulated resins to significantly reduce the sun's glare by 99 percent, cut 100 percent of UVA, UVB and UVC rays and eliminate 95 percent of High Energy Visible wavelengths that can lead to serious eye diseases.
The company will offer polarized and non-polarized styles in the line. "Some people prefer a non-polarized view of the world," said John Sanchez, vice president of Product Development at Zeal, "but most companies achieve this by merely tinting their lenses. Instead, we literally fuse compounds into the lens material to protect your eyes from sun damage." For polarized models, superior polarization technology is built into each Hyperion Lens to block undesirable light waves and significantly enhance color so that you can live your life in high definition.


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Impact of the OBA icon on perceptions of online advertising in the UK 2013
The statistic illustrates the share of UK internet users who reported taking precautions when entering personal information into websites in 2012 and 2013. Among users in 2013, 75 percent reported refusing to allow companies to share their information with a third party.
Impact of the OBA icon on users' perceptions of online behavioral advertising and online advertisers in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2013*
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* The source provides the following explaination: "At the heart of the European Self–Regulatory Programme on OBA is an interactive pan–European icon to identify ads on all websites that are delivered to internet users through OBA. This icon, known as the OBA Icon is a consumer facing interactive symbol that links consumers to mechanisms for users to control preferences."
Trust in various organisations to hold personal data in the UK 2017, by age
Attitudes to online privacy in the United Kingdom (UK) as of October 2013
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Awareness that mobile apps access personal information in the UK 2013
Level of concern about how mobile apps use personal information in the UK in 2013
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UK: opinions on the necessity of sharing personal information online 2015
Survey on willingness to share usage information from smart device in Finland 2015
Opinions on the importance of e-mail marketing after GDPR in Belgium 2018
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Anyone who knows me knows that I am a huge animal lover and supporter of humane treatment of animals. I do have concerns about the way in which wool is sourced from factory farms and the environmental impacts of mass livestock concentrations. Recently I've seen a lot of anti-wool growing propaganda on the Internet and I've tried to be impartial and reach my own conclusions based on both sides of the issue. I like to know where my wool comes from and prefer to buy from small farms where I know the animals are well tended-to and treated more or less like pets. This isn't always possible however. Although I don't eat meat, I understand that even on some of these small family run farms sheep are "dual purpose" which means they are killed for their meat too. It's unfortunate, but there isn't much I can do about that. What I CAN do however is NOT support big farms and the animal slaughter industry. I wanted to purchase some Sharlea Merino, but at the same time make sure that the wool was sourced humanely. So when Natalie of Namaste Farms offered some sample fleece I thought I'd give it a try. Knowing where this wool came from and how the sheep are raised in a very controlled environment was reassuring.
Sharlea is a registered name for a type of Saxon Merino that has been carefully bred and raised with specific husbandry practices that result in a very fine, exceptionally clean fiber without any weather damage to the tips. Sharlea fiber diameters run from 12 to 15.5 microns (indisputably ultra-fine) and they are also the highest yielding of the Merinos, with more than 75 percent clean weight derived from the raw fleece.
The housed sheep industry began in the early 1970s when Mr Wallace Reynolds, a grazier at 'Sharlea', Horsham, Victoria and Tom Harmsworth, the Director of the Melbourne College of Textiles noticed that animals kept in sheds for drought-feeding produced an extremely high quality fibre, free from many wool faults found in grazing sheep (Cottle, 1991).
The industry gradually increased in popularity until 1990 where there were approximately 55 sheds each with an average of 300 sheep, producing a total of 250 bales per year (Cottle, 1991).
There are approximately 40 ultra fine wool housing systems in Australia, which are concentrated in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland involving an estimated 25,000 sheep.
The majority of Sharlea growers house sheep in multiple pens of 3 to 20 sheep (usually 10 to l5). The sheep housed for Sharlea wool production are usually superfine Merino wethers from Saxon bloodlines.
I wanted to learn more so I tuned in to Namaste Farms BlogTalk Radio cast where Martin Daly, a sheep expert discussed the housed sheep practice and the history and fiber properties of the Merino breed. He went on to say that sheep with this fine of a fleece must have steady and well controlled nutrition and low stress in order to grow fine micron wool without any breaks (weak spots). If an animal is stressed at all or reproducing, it can weaken the fiber. That is why they only use whethers (castrated males). These males would normally be sent to slaughter but they are valued for their prize fleece instead. Sheep who graze in a pasture can encounter all sorts of stresses such as predators, drought. and parasites. These sheep are kept in ultra clean pens and it really shows in the cleanliness and pristine condition of the raw fleece.
So, I took a look at this fiber and it is uhhh-mazing. Wowza!
Here are some photos of the fiber.
The 16.6 sample has a slightly longer staple length but it's very hard to tell the difference in softness. Both have very low grease. When I tested the strength, they made a nice sound and were solid.
This sample had weathered tips and an almost dry feel. A deep dust penetration line will result in a lower yield because the fleece is not very dense. There is a big difference between this fleece from a sheep that was raised in the desert and the housed fleece.
Natalie said the grower called the 15.4 sample "milky". It just doesn't have the same brightness to it. It's just a little less white and more on the creamy color side. It felt like it had a bit more grease in it. It's still a lovely fleece.
According to Martin, this sample has a short staple, lower yield, with quite a bit of dust penetration, and not as uniform crimp or character as the others. When you have more of a dual purpose sheep that are more selected for certain traits, you lose a lot in the quality of the wool where you gain in the growth. I also noticed that my sample had some tender sections that broke easily.
The Rambouillet is a breed of sheep also known as the Rambouillet Merino or the French Merino. The development of the Rambouillet breed started in 1786, when Louis XVI purchased over 300 Spanish Merinos (318 ewes, 41 rams, 7 wethers) from his cousin, King Charles III of Spain. The flock was subsequently developed on an experimental royal farm, the Bergerie Royale (now Bergerie Nationale) owned by Louis XVI, and built on his Domain of Rambouillet, 50 km southwest of Paris. The flock was raised exclusively at the Bergerie, with no sheep being sold for many years.
Out-crossing with English long-wool breeds and selection produced a well-defined breed, differing in several important points from the original Spanish Merino. The size was greater, with full-grown ewes weighing up to 200 pounds and rams up to 300 pounds, live weight. The wool clips were larger and the wool length had increased to greater than three inches.
In 1889, the Rambouillet Association was formed in the United States with the aim of preserving the breed. An estimated 50% of the sheep on the US western ranges are of Rambouillet blood. Rambouillet stud has also had an enormous influence on the development of the Australian Merino industry though Emperor and the Peppin Merino stud.
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Dixons Carphone's bid to renegotiate mobile operator contracts falls on deaf ears
August 17, 2018 By discountbonus_sd3n3h
Dixons Carphone's bid to negotiate more favourable contacts with mobile operators is failing, claims The Telegraph, threatening new CEO Alex Baldock's recovery plan.
Carphone Warehouse is the UK's biggest mobile phone retailer, but the market is saturating, and people are buying fewer phones. SIM-Only tariffs and SIM-free handsets are becoming increasingly popular and this is having an effect. Margins are being squeezed and sales are flat.
Baldock assumed the top job earlier this year and made renegotiations as a pillar of his strategy, arguing that the terms of its deals with EE, O2 and Vodafone were "unsustainable" and signed in the wake of the collapse of Phones 4U.
What does the future hold for Dixons Carphone?
Carphone Warehouse deals
All four major operators have invested significantly in their retail presences over the past few years and there is a suggestion that they might prefer to focus on their own channels because they are more profitable.
Meanwhile Three has no plans to return to Carphone Warehouse with CEO Dave Dyson telling TechRadar Pro that such a move wouldn't make sense. And it appears as though its rivals have no intention of making life easy for Dixons Carphone.
According to the report, Vodafone is ready to sign a new two-year deal on roughly the same terms as before, while talks are ongoing with EE, whose deal expires at the end of 2018.
Meanwhile, TechRadar Pro understands O2's contract still has years to run and that the operator is happy with the terms it had previously agreed.
In June annual profits fell from £500 million to £382 million, while the company expects profits to all again during the next 12 months. It will also shut 92 of its 700 Carphone Warehouse stores.
As well as renegotiated contracts, Baldock has also indicated his desire to overhaul the company with the increased use of data analytics, new technologies and better marketing.
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You won't find "slime eels" on menus in California, but the Pacific hagfish Eptatretus stoutii supports a small but consistent export fishery. Prized by foodies in South Korea, the depletion of Korean fisheries has sent demand abroad. This month brought the start of a new trap requirement to ensure that California's hagfish stocks stick around.
Hagfish are best known for producing buckets of thick, sticky mucous when provoked – their defense mechanism to evade predators. California's hagfish are exported live for their meat.
The new rule came about when Travis Tanaka, an environmental scientist for CA Department of Fish and Wildlife, collaborated with California's commercial hagfish fishermen to investigate which trap hole diameter allows more immature hagfish to swim free. The research was funded by CFR West and California Sea Grant, and was published in California Fish and Game last spring.
"We thought maybe there's something to 'bigger holes, bigger fish,'" he explains.
Tanaka's question was important because losing too many immature hagfish could be dangerous for the fishery. Hagfish take years to mature and produce few eggs each spawning season. By interviewing hagfish fishermen and sampling their catch, Tanaka was able to zero in on a sweet spot for trap holes.
"Going from a half inch to 9/16-inch hole diameter, you get about a 10 percent reduction in immature hagfish," says Tanaka.
As a result, 9/16-inch holes became the new Department requirement for hagfish traps on January 1 of this year. Tanaka says the new regulation affects only a few fishermen at the moment, since many are already compliant, but will come in handy during boom years.
For hagfish, that's something to slime about.


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The first mixed-use project in 'Makers District' is Pixel. Pixel's seven towers, incorporating residential apartments, co-working office space, F&B and retail, will form a key part of an exciting new neighborhood and a unique urban living destination built in the UAE capital. 'Pixel' will offer 520 residential units within 7 mixed-use residential towers that are surrounded by quiet pocket gardens and frame a centralized pedestrianized plaza, home to an artisanal mix of F&B, retail and offices, as well as a signature water feature.
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The first mixed-use project in 'Makers District' is Pixel. Pixel's seven towers, incorporating residential apartments, co-working office space, F&B and retail, will form a key part of an exciting new neighborhood and a unique urban living destination built in the UAE capital.
'Pixel' will offer 520 residential units within 7 mixed-use residential towers that are surrounded by quiet pocket gardens and frame a centralized pedestrianized plaza, home to an artisanal mix of F&B, retail and offices, as well as a signature water feature.
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Q: wrong constant name Comments.controller When I run rails s , I get the following error:

/Users/cs/.rbenv/versions/2.6.2/lib/ruby/gems/2.6.0/gems/zeitwerk-1.4.3/lib/zeitwerk/loader.rb:586:in 'const_defined?': wrong constant name Comments.controller (NameError)

How can I fix it?

A: Probably one controller's class is named Comments.controller. It should be CommentsController. Find Comments.controller in project and change it to CommentsController

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