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UK Bookmaker William Hill Issues Gloomy Profit Forecast After Taking $25 Million Hit in December
William Hill's 2016 profits came in £20 million ($25 million) lower than expected, thanks to a late run of unfavorable sporting results. Unfavorable to the bookmaker, that is. Customers scored and scored big, dwindling the company's profits substantially.
Kicked to the curb: thanks to a glut of customer-friendly results, such as Chelsea's victory against Bournemouth (pictured),William Hill was down $25 million in December. (Image: chelseafc.com)
A string of customer-friendly outcomes in the UK in December forced a profit warning this week, adding to the company's woes and capping off a testing year for the bookmaking giant.
William Hill cited Boxing Day (December 26) soccer outcomes, which it said were the worst on record, with 18 of the top 20 most-backed teams winning their games. The bookmaker said it lost £2.5 million ($3 million) alone on the game between Chelsea and against Bournemouth, won convincingly by the favorites, Chelsea, at 3-0.
Meanwhile, Chelsea's 13-match winning streak and an 18-match run for Scottish champions Celtic bolstered accumulator wins.
Horseracing over the holiday period also contributed to the bookmaker's malaise, with many of the favorites romping home, such as Thistlecrack at the King George VI Chase and, two days later, Native River at the Welsh Grand National.
Unexpected Killer Victories
Big hits for bookmakers earlier in the year, like Leicester's 5,000-1 Premier League win, plus one of the worst Cheltenham meetings on record, had been handsomely offset by the European Championship soccer tournament in the summer. By November, William Hill said it expected to come in somewhere at the top end of its profit guidance.
But then December happened, and it was brutal.
"Importantly, the improvements we saw in wagering online and Australia in the second half have continued in recent weeks," said interim Chief Executive Philip Bowcock. "All four divisions saw customer-friendly results at the back end of the year, which translated into profits being around £20 million below our prior expectations.
"With key underlying trends continuing to be positive, the recent run of sporting results have not changed our confidence in a better performance in 2017," he added.
A Year to Forget
In 2016, it was the year that William Hill saw its status as Britain's biggest retail bookmaker toppled by the merger of Ladbrokes and Gala Coral. Meanwhile, it ousted CEO James Henderson, reportedly for his failure to improve the firm's digital arm. Six months later, Hill has failed to yet find a permanent successor.
Meanwhile, its own merger attempt with Amaya was wrecked by a shareholder revolt, and the bookmaker was forced to fend off an unwanted acquisition attempt from 888 Holdings and the Rank Group.
Nicholas Hyett, equity analyst at Hargreaves Lansdown, told the London Evening Standard that despite the upbeat message from its interim CEO, William Hill's problems go beyond a mere short-term losing streak.
"We can forgive a run of poor sporting results," he said. "The bigger problem is that although performance in online is improving, it's doing so at a snail's pace."
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Pierre Mosca est un footballeur puis entraîneur français, né le  à Demonte en Italie. Il joue au poste de défenseur latéral ou de milieu de terrain du milieu des années 1960 au milieu des années 1970.

Formé au SO Montpellier, il évolue ensuite à l'AS Monaco. Reconverti entraîneur, il est instructeur de l'INF Vichy puis dirige notamment le FC Sochaux, le Stade rennais, le Montpellier PSC, le Toulouse FC, le Sporting Toulon Var et le Nîmes Olympique.

Biographie

Pierre Mosca nait le  à Demonte, village de la région du Piémont en Italie. Ses parents, ouvriers, émigrent en France et s'installent dans le Gard. Il commence le football au collège et ses performances sont remarqués par le Gallia Club Lunel, où il évolue jusqu'à l'âge de dix-huit ans, tout en continuant ses études.

Il rejoint en 1964 le SO Montpellier où il évolue pendant trois ans avant de rejoindre l'AS Monaco où il joue six ans.

Après sa carrière de joueur, il devient entraîneur tout d'abord comme instructeur à l'INF Vichy puis dirige les clubs professionnels du FC Sochaux, du Stade rennais, du Montpellier PSC, du Toulouse FC, du Sporting Toulon Var et du Nîmes Olympique. C'est avec ce dernier club qu'il dispute la Coupe d'Europe des vainqueurs de coupe 1996-1997, emmenant les crocodiles jusqu'en huitièmes de finale.

En 2005, il entraîne l'équipe martiniquaise du Stade Spiritain puis devient directeur sportif des Aiglons du Lamentin. En 2007, il rejoint l'Entente sportive Uzès Pont du Gard comme directeur sportif, poste qu'il exerce jusqu'en 2011.

En 2012, il devient entraîneur de l'AC Arles-Avignon par intérim.

Carrière de joueur
 1964-1967 : SO Montpellier
 1967-1976 : AS Monaco

Palmarès de joueur
 Finaliste de la Coupe de France en 1974 (Monaco)

Parcours d'entraîneur
 INF Vichy : instructeur jusqu'en 1981
 FC Sochaux : 1981 à 1984
 Stade rennais : 1984 à 1987
 Montpellier HSC : 1987 à 1989
 Toulouse FC : 1989 à 1991
 Sporting Toulon Var : 1991 à 1992
 Nîmes Olympique : 1995 à 2001
 Stade Spiritain (Martinique) 2005-2006
 Aiglon du Lamentin (Martinique): 2006 à 2007 (DH)
 Entente sportive Uzès Pont du Gard (CFA2) : 2007-2011 (Directeur Sportif)
 AC Arles-Avignon : 2012-2013 par intérim

Palmarès d'entraîneur
  INF Vichy
 Vainqueur de la Coupe Gambardella en 1978, 1980

  FC Sochaux Montbéliard
 Troisième du Championnat de France de football en 1982

  Stade rennais FC
 Troisième de  en 1985

  Montpellier HSC
 Troisième du Championnat de France de football en 1988

  Nîmes Olympique
 Champion de Championnat de France de football National en 1997

  Aiglon du Lamentin
 Vainqueur de la Coupe de France de football (zone Martinique) en 2006.

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Footballeur français
Joueur de l'AS Monaco
Joueur du Montpellier HSC
Entraîneur français de football
Entraîneur du Montpellier HSC
Entraîneur du Toulouse FC
Entraîneur du Nîmes Olympique
Entraîneur du FC Sochaux-Montbéliard
Entraîneur du Stade rennais
Entraîneur de l'AC Arles
Naissance en juillet 1945
Naissance à Demonte

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(littéralement, La Terrible vérité) est un film muet américain réalisé par Lynn Reynolds, sorti en 1915.

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 Titre :
 Réalisation : Lynn Reynolds
 Scénario : Lynn Reynolds, d'après une histoire de Harvey Gates
 Producteur :
 Société de production :  Rex Motion Picture Company
 Société de distribution :  Universal Film Manufacturing Company
 Pays d'origine :
 Langue : film muet avec les intertitres en anglais
 Métrage :  (1 bobine)
 Format : Noir et blanc — 35 mm — 1,33:1 — Muet
 Genre : Film dramatique
 Durée : 10 minutes
 Dates de sortie :
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 Myrtle Gonzalez : Mary Anne Phelps
 Alfred Allen : Dave Phelps, le père de Mary Anne
  : Tom Sanford
  : Steve Redding

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Articles connexes
 Films américains sortis en 1915

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Film américain sorti en 1915
Film dramatique américain
Film réalisé par Lynn Reynolds
Film en anglais
Film muet américain
Film américain en noir et blanc
Film distribué par Universal Pictures


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MORR Program Helps First Responders Prevent Opioid Overdose Deaths
February 3, 2021 | Robin Stanley
When Julio Santos woke up in the emergency room after an overdose, he saw John Potter, a clinical manager from Rushford.
After meeting with Potter, Santos entered the MORR (Meriden Opioid Referral for Recovery) program and credited the MORR team with saving his life. In this video, Santos recounts his past experiences with drugs and his road to recovery.
MORR — funded by a four-year, $2 million federal grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMSHA) — provides first responders with Narcan to reverse the effects of opioid overdose. First responders are then empowered to connect appropriate people with the Rushford MORR team for follow-up assessment, clinical treatment and case management services that are critical in the days after an overdose. Since the program launched in 2019, it has seen 150 referrals.
In Connecticut, state health officials in December projected more than 1,300 overdose deaths in 2020, up from 1,200 in 2019. According to the CDC, there have been 26.5 percent more deaths involving cocaine and 34.8 percent more deaths involving psychostimulants such as methamphetamine during the pandemic.
With overdose deaths at an all-time high, the team behind MORR is educating the public on the importance of calling 911 during a suspected drug overdose and the meaning of Connecticut's Good Samaritan Law.
"Anyone should feel comfortable calling 911," said Johnisha LaFrazier, LMSW, a clinician in the MORR program. "If you are in partnership with anyone who has overdosed, you will not get in trouble, you will not get arrested. There are no repercussions, no consequences behind that. You also saved a loved one's life."
Rushford and the Hartford HealthCare Behavioral Health Network offer Medication Assisted Treatment Close to Home (MATCH) programs for treatment of addiction to drugs or alcohol.
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Defense industry players Ultra Electronics Holdings plc and Sparton Corporation have abandoned plans to merge after the Department of Justice and the U.S. Navy raised questions about the deal. Today, Sparton announced the termination of their July 7, 2017 merger agreement. The Justice Department also issued a statement, saying that the transaction—valued at more than $234 million—threatened to permanently combine the only two qualified suppliers of sonobuoys to the U.S. Navy.
Sonobuoys are used in support of multiple underwater missions for detection, classification, and localization of adversary submarines during peacetime and combat operations, the Justice Department explained. Ultra has had a 50/50 sonobuoy joint venture with Spartan's Engineered Components and Products division since 1998—ERAPSCO.
The combination of U.S.-based Sparton and U.K.-based Ultra apparently raised red flags at both the Justice Department and at the U.S. Navy. According to Spartan, both agencies suggested that "Sparton and Ultra should enhance its ability to independently develop, produce and sell sonobuoys and over time work toward the elimination of their use of Sparton's and Ultra's ERAPSCO joint venture for such activities." According to Ultra, ERAPSCO has a long-standing position as a provider of all current production sonobuoys to the U.S. Navy.
Sparton also disclosed that the Justice Department was prepared to go to court to block the deal. Further, the Justice Department intends to investigate the parties' ERAPSCO joint venture.


Senior industry sources claim the two companies will reveal their plans at next month's 3GSM telecoms conference in Barcelona, al-though Google insiders deny an announcement is due in the near future.
But the rumours will once again throw the spotlight on Google's mobile strategy, which has been the subject of much conjecture over the last year.
There had been widespread talk of Google launching its own handset, known as the "Gphone", to go up against Apple's iPhone, which launched in November last year.
But the world's largest search engine surprised the industry by announcing an operating system for mobile phones called Android. The software makes it easier for developers to create mobile applications that run on many different handsets.
Android, which will be available this year, will bring all of Google's online services to mobile users.
At present, mobile phones use a variety of operating systems to access the internet, including systems from Microsoft and London-based Symbian.
Marketing Week revealed last year that Dell was also planning a move into mobile phones after poaching Motorola executive Ron Garriques to run its new global consumer group (MW March 1, 2007).


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Out of Water – Chapter Fourteen
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Randal found them huddled under blankets near an emergency cache just outside the hull access corridor. Lauren was shivering slightly in spite of the warm air, her eyes focused somewhere in the middle distance and her clothes, those that he could see around the edges of her blanket, still wet and clinging. Herrigan had a blanket over his own shoulders and was hunched by another bedgraggled man. Both looked considerably dryer than Lauren, but then they were dressed for the local weather and she wasn't.
Almost as soon as the three were in sight Sudbury and Hathoway pushed past him and hustled over to Lauren, both men radiating concern. Randal and Sam drifted over to Herrigan, giving the Aussies a few moments of privacy. Sam knelt down by his cousin and flipped the semi-conscious man he had in custody over. The three trenchman stared at him for a moment then Sam asked, "Anyone know who this is?"
"Never seen him before," Herrigan said, straightening up and stretching. "I caught him, that means someone else gets to look into him. I vote for Ramon."
Randal shook his head and leaned against the wall. "That's something you can work out later. Do you want to leave him here until Walker gets the power back on or try and drag him into a holding cell now?"
"Just leave him," Sam said. "I'd like to call in a proper team to move him. You never know what these unhinged types are going to try. We'll get him somewhere we can help him get his head on straight but until then he's pretty much the scariest thing we've had in the ward since it was built."
Herrigan's eyes slid over to the knot of Australians a few steps away. "And those guys?"
"I dunno," Randal mused. "I think once they're over your nearly getting a member of their delegation killed they'll be ready to sit down and talk. I'm just not convinced talking is what they're interested in yet. It's been really hard to read their intentions when they're worried because one of their delegation got dragged into a life and death situation!"
"Lauren's job here is to be a sounding board for our culture and provide the ambassador with the perspective of a normal person," Herrigan said. "Was there a better time for her to see the rougher side of life down here?"
"What, she just told you what her job was?" Randal demanded.
"It was guesswork," he admitted. "But it has a certain ring of truth about it."
"And you thought the best way to let her sample the sights was to get her drunk and go chasing an unstable man through the guts of the colony." Sam wasn't asking a question.
"Best part of who we are, if you ask me," Herrigan replied with a grin.
"Right." Randal knew better than to jump between the cousins when they got like this. "And leaving the Newcastle girl in the middle of our technical hubs?"
"Her job is to communicate anything they find with the surface. From what she said when things here went south, I'm guessing communications is her specialty and what we've got here is ages behind Australia's tech." Herrigan shrugged. "I'm not a coding expert but I doubt she could parse our computer security set-ups in a couple of days, much less a couple of hours. I looked at some source code for the computers they run on the surface and if what we've got is Greek to me, they're stuff is Hindi. If they're going to talk to the surface they're going to do it with something they've already got on hand. Thus, letting her look at our computers for a little while isn't costing us much."
"Other than showing them how far behind we are," Sam said.
"Other than that," his cousin admitted. "But if there's someone here who's going to try something underhanded my bet is it'll be the ambassador."
"Sudbury?" Randal raised an eyebrow.
"Well, he'd have diplomatic immunity on the surface, right?"
That was something he hadn't considered before. "Yes, he would."
"'Course, no reason we'd have to extend it to him here," Sam mused. "We aren't exactly covered by those conventions…"
Randal laughed. Then realized Sam had definitely not meant it as a joke. "For now, let's consider that he does. Shooting messengers isn't just bad form, it's stupid. And I don't want my name living in infamy because we went off half cocked and started a war with Australia. Let's just get them a place to stay and sleep on it." Randal glanced at his watch and realized with a jolt that it had been less than twelve hours since he'd gone to meet Erin's Dream with Sam. "I don't know about you folks but I'm tired and it hasn't even been a long day. Let's just head home and see what the situation looks like in the morning."
"All right, Randal," Sam said, getting to his feet. "You're the boss."
Of course it wasn't as simple as that. But in ten minutes or so the power was back, comm lines were open again and Ramon showed up with a couple of other deputies and took the as-of-yet nameless fish out of water off to find him some tranquilizers and trained psychiatric care. Once he was out of sight he offered Lauren a hand and pulled her to her feet. She was still shivering slightly, although Hathoway had given her something that seemed to have helped.
"Tomorrow morning, first thing, we're getting all of you some clothes that will hold up a little better down here," Herrigan said. "Otherwise you'll catch cold and the fabrics will begin to rot. Assuming they're not synthetic."
"I have no idea what my clothes are made out of," Lauren replied. "Is he going to be alright?"
"I'd like to say sure, but it's mostly up to him now," Herrigan said. "All of us down here are where we are because we were judged a menace to society, it'd be kind of sad to have to lock him up in the middle of the biggest lock up on Earth. But we might have to."
"Isn't that a little hypocritical of you?" She asked.
"Maybe. But we won't stop trying to help him. Hopefully that will be enough of a difference." He gave her a tired smile. "Hopefully you folks won't give up on us, either."
Lauren smiled back. "We're doing the best we can. So far, I think it's working."
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Out of Water – Chapter Thirteen
Herrigan grimaced as lukewarm water sloshed over the tops of his shoes. A gasp came from Lauren then she said, "Is there a hatch open already?"
"No." Herrigan knelt and dipped a finger into the water, sloshed it around a moment to wash any sweat off of it, then touched the tip of his finger to his tongue. "Fresh water." He spat out the water, which didn't taste great but wasn't salt water either. "The whole area would flood in minutes if there was an exterior hatch open. My guess is he plugged up the drainage channel and is letting it back up."
He stood back up and waded a few steps further in, Lauren tentatively following. The light from her flashlight as she pointed it down to examine the floor. Herrigan wasn't particularly interested, short of sticking a snorkel out of the water and lying in wait there wasn't much chance that the fish could be anywhere in this section. They would have heard him by now.
"How deep in here can he be?" Lauren asked.
"Not too deep," Herrigan murmured. "At this incline it would only be four or five more sections before he'd be under water."
"And we're not sure that's what he wants?"
"I don't know." Herrigan reached down and slowly pulled out his riot gun, his body lapsing into a cautious, quiet state with senses alert and muscles half tense, the rest perfectly relaxed. "I'm not a psychologist. Quietly, now."
He didn't actually hear Lauren's teeth click together as she shut her mouth. At least he was pretty sure that was his imagination. For a second he felt bad, since the silence was more to help him clear his head than to attempt stealth. Any sound they were making was being carried straight through the water in the drainage channel to wherever their fish was. Regardless of how much noise they made now the cat was already out of the bag. Question was what to do about it. With a flick of his finger he took the safety off of his riot gun.
With eight shots of quickly expanding foam that would adhere to pretty much any solid surface, riot guns were a great way to tangle up and take down someone without causing them any kind of serious long term injury. But in the current situation the weapon was less comforting than normal. For starters, the close quarters made it less useful than otherwise, although in tight spaces it was just as easy and almost as effective to stick foam on the walls or floor and let people run into it as shoot it directly at someone.
The problem was the water. Riot foam was designed to bond quickly on wet surfaces, which normally made it harden near instantly on the always damp clothes, walls and floors on Alcatraz. But hitting standing water caused the foam to deploy early and being submerged turned a sticky lump of foam into a football sized lump of hard but squishy plastic in a couple of seconds.
Then he had an idea. "Lauren."
There was a half second pause. "Are we done being quiet?"
"Sort of." He turned around and handed her his flashlight. "The cat's already out of the bag, most likely."
"Oh." She took his flashlight tentatively. "And?"
"Cats like fish."
"A truly stupid thing to say," Lauren muttered five minutes and a quickly whispered explanation later. "A cat would never do something as silly as this."
Herrigan didn't reply because he had stayed in the previous compartment because he apparently thought he was a reincarnated crocodile. She'd been given both their torches and Herrigan's revolver and essentially become the bait in their little fishing expedition. Another decidedly uncatlike thing. Cats expected their food delivered, they didn't go hunting for it. Alcatraz didn't have cats in the first place.
To be fair, the idea was pretty sound. She just wished she didn't have to be the bait. Sure, it made sense to have the person who'd actually had a little hand to hand training be the one to try and catch their target by surprise but that didn't mean she had to be happy about being dangled out on the end of a fishhook for whoever to come out and grab.
After some fumbling she'd decided to hook one torch to her belt and keep the other held out a bit to the other side at shoulder height, not only letting her see a fair bit more of the hallway but hopefully at least giving the impression of two people still poking through the corridor rather than just one. The gun he'd given her was in the other hand, it's rubberized grip firm but scratchy. The torch, on the other hand, was made of that smooth, vaguely textured ceramic Herrigan had been so proud of and he'd assured her it was completely watertight which was good because the water was now all the way up to her mid thighs and soon the one on her belt would be completely underwater.
And she was so focused on where her lights were and whether they'd stay on under water that she almost missed the head bobbing up over the water just to her right. It wasn't until they whipped their head around, short hair flinging water in all directions as the whites of their eyes suddenly came into view and focused on her, that she realized it was there and yelped.
Something grabbed one of her legs and yanked, she wound up in the water and got a mouth full of tepid, mold flavored swill before her hands found the floor and pushed her upright enough to get her head back above the surface. The fish, or at least what she assumed was the fish out of water they'd come for, scrambled to his feet, not particularly graceful but steady and deliberate. Lauren matched his steadiness with a frantic scramble backwards and, without thinking, threw the torch. It hit him in the shoulder but didn't slow him down as he waded forward. Belatedly she remembered she had a gun in her off hand and swung the barrel around, firing.
Of course with both electric torches underwater there was no way for her to get a clear picture of what was going on and she was pretty sure the shots missed as the only indication of a hit was a a couple of inorganic sounding thumps further down the hall. She was trying to fumble her gun into her other hand and get the flashlight off of her hip when a sudden splash preceded Herrigan, who'd apparently masked his own approach by crouching down in the water just as the fish had, suddenly rose up out of the water with his arms wrapped around the other man's waist and slammed him against the wall. Sodden chaos reigned in the hall for a second as people scrambled and grunted.
Lauren figured shooting now would be stupid, the foam from the pistol wouldn't hurt either man but sticking them together would still be bad, so she swapped gun and torch and gingerly approached the two men as the grappled. As the light steadied she could tell the fish had somehow swapped positions with Herrigan and he was now the one against the wall so Lauren dropped the gun, wrapped both hands around the handle of the torch and rammed the butt end of it into the side of Herrigan's opponent. That rocked him enough that Herrigan was able twist around and reestablish the dominant position, pressing the other man against the wall with an arm across his chest. The struggle looked like it would go on for another couple of minutes if left alone so Lauren reached over Herrigan's head and clobbered the far man's skull with the flashlight. He slumped a bit and Herrigan gave his noggin another bounce against the wall for good measure, on which the fish went entirely limp.
Herrigan nodded, stood up and gave Lauren an appreciative grin. "Nice work."
She just fished the other flashlight out of the water and held it out to him. "Let's just get out of here, shall we?"
He nodded and slung the unconscious man over one shoulder. "Lead the way. I'm ready to go somewhere dry and well lit myself."
Out of Water – Chapter Twelve
Sudbury waited until Halloway had dropped a good fifteen paces back, with Sam and his deputy to keep him company, before broaching the topic. When he did he went about it in a suitably diplomatic way. "Mr. Holman, I know that here in Alcatraz things work a great deal differently than on the surface. But I have to admit that, much like Sergeant Halloway I find Deputy Cartwright's priorities a bit… strange. I wouldn't question them," he hastened to add, "but in this case someone he and I are responsible for is at risk. So I have to ask…"
The two men hurried down the dark hallways of the station for a moment, Randal's flashlight – borrowed from the equipment locker back at the engineering hub – turning the normally drab back halls where maintenance personnel spent most of their time into a bizarre maze of dancing shadows and half-seen paths branching into the dark. Even as a lifetime resident, Randal found it eerie. Sudbury wasn't finishing his question so Randal gave him a nudge. "Well?"
"Let me put it this way…" Sudbury took a deep breath and settled his shoulders. "In Australia today suicide is considered a human right. Anyone who feels their life has lost meaning is free to leave it. It's considered an act of compassion for those who are suffering."
Randal gave the ambassador a sharp look, a flash of pure revulsion nearly driving him to step away before he controlled himself. Instead he demanded, "Is this going somewhere, Ambassador?"
A careful, placating gesture was the first response. Clearly finding a response that properly articulated his points was taxing even a professionally trained diplomatic mind. After another couple of steps Sudbury continued. "I know that, sociologically speaking, frontier settlements tend to insist on as much as the community surviving as possible so the notion of suicide becomes extremely unpalatable so it may not be a comfortable subject for you-"
"Historically Alcatraz has overcrowding problems, not understaffing ones," Randal put in woodenly, the part of him that insisted on right facts being on the table at war with the part that was mildly horrified by the other man's line of thought. "In the early days there were a lot of times when we nearly ran out of oxygen to breath. People were paid if they volunteered to get sterilizations and slow down population growth. There was talk of other measures."
For a brief moment Randal indulged his urge to make Sudbury just as uncomfortable as he was. "I've always suspected that the neoenvironmentalists who led the push to jail us enjoyed the irony of putting us at the mercy of one atmosphere after all the time we supposedly spent damaging another."
"You must appreciate the irony of the current ice age, then."
"I think you're trying to avoid going back to talking about suicide. Weird, since you brought it up. Go on."
Sudbury nodded. "Of course. My point is just… that your fish out of water has clearly suffered a serious breakdown in mental health. Many who are healthy would find a loss of mental health on this scale to be justification for suicide and we make it a point not to stand in their way if that's what they choose. It sounds like you could let that happen for your fish and still keep everyone else in this section safe. Instead, Deputy Cartwright has put himself, Lauren Cochran and possibly the rest of this section in danger in an attempt to interfere with the human right of a person who's name and circumstances we don't even know. It seems to me like an overreaction. I don't mean to judge-"
"You should." Sudbury stopped in surprise but Randal kept going, forcing the ambassador to struggle to keep up. "In Alcatraz a man without judgement gets no respect from anyone. We judged the policies of the government we used to live under repressive and evil and decided exile was better than living under them. In the early days we judged not being the kind of people who encouraged euthanasia and suicide more important than finding an easy solution to our air supply problems. And right now I'm making a judgement."
He let the statement hang in the air for a moment. "I've decided that, whether I know his name or not, that our fish out of water has a life worth living if I can only convince him to live it. Now. Whether that's worth Lauren Cochran risking her life or not is something you'll have to judge for yourself." Randal threw a glance back, not at Sudbury but at Halloway beyond him. "At least one of you already has and I respect that. But if you want to just sit there and not judge your welcome to do it. Just do it from outside the hull access. I don't want someone without good judgment getting underfoot in there."
"How much of this is there?" Lauren asked as she waited for Herrigan to work the hatch between the section of hallway they were in and the next.
"Well, a section is shaped like an oval on it's side and the internal hull access is at the top, bottom and the middle. The big hatches at top and bottom are all mechanical and have to be accessed from outside once a section's in use and there's three floors worth of these corridors around the outside."
Lauren groaned. "You mean we have other floors to cover?"
Herrigan swung the hatch open. "It spirals up and down." He looped his finger through the air to illustrate. "You may not have noticed but we're going up at a slight incline right now. This next chamber is actually the top. And no, before you ask, we don't have to backtrack to where we were. There's a ladder in every fourth section you can use for quick access to other levels."
"I'd wondered what those were for," Lauren said, following him into the final section of hallway which was anticlimactically empty.
"You could have asked."
"Didn't seem like a good time."
The end of the hallway had some kind of computer access built in to the wall over a large footlocker arrangement in the floor. Herrigan pulled out a set of keys and opened the footlocker. After a moment's rummaging he pulled out two electric torches, both at least twice the size of the one he was currently carrying, and handed one to her. "These will probably let us see better. Let's head down. We're more than halfway done."
Lauren nodded wordlessly, not feeling particularly encouraged by his reassurance. The torch was nice though. As she started down the ladder she asked, "Why put the hallways on an incline? I'd think level flooring would make getting equipment around easier."
"You may have noticed it's a little humid down here."
"Not particularly."
Herrigan snorted. "Flattery gets you nothing. Anyway, since the hull is so much cooler than the interior there's a lot of condensation that forms in this section. We have to drain it away through the channels in the floor. While we're at it we run it over a series of small hydroelectric turbines for whatever extra power we can get out of it."
"And you need the incline for that." She shook her head. "That's a lot of effort for a couple of kilowatts of electricity."
"Believe me, we need all we can get." Herrigan stepped off the ladder two floors down. Lauren gamely tagged along. So far sections of the access halls were pretty much repeats of four basic themes. Empty hall, hallway with ladder, hallway with inner hatch, hallway with exterior hatch. The section beyond this one would thus be an inner hatch, presumably the one they entered through. Beyond that would be an exterior hatch… which now that she thought about it was the most likely place to find their quarry. "Say, Herrigan -"
He swung the hatch open to the next section and stepped ankle deep into water.
" – never mind."
Dear Social Justice – Just Stop
Posted by natechen on August 5, 2016
Seven Years in Tibet was a film about a white guy going to an Asian country to find enlightenment. It was supposedly revolutionary and touching, a message about what the East had to offer Western culture in our decadent twilight years (or something). The Last Samurai was pretty much the same movie but with swords and Tom Cruise and it was supposedly a sign of a "problem" where white people go and save people who aren't white. Apparently wanting to save people isn't a good instinct in our politically correct climate. Who knew?
Now we have The Great Wall and people have lost it. If you haven't seen the American Great Wall trailer yet here it is:
I stress this is the American trailer because I'm sure the one they release in China is going to be a fair bit different. And not just because it's being released in China but because this film is the result of a collaboration between a Chinese studio and an American one and so there are a couple of big name Chinese stars in this film, along with that other guy, who will probably get top billing in their home market.
Question is, why are people upset? Because it looks silly? Because we learn nothing about the story or plot? No, apparently it's because of Matt Damon. Not that he got top billing in his home market. He just Doesn't Belong There. When studios collaborate Social Justice seems to think that means Studio A hands over a huge chunk of cash and a little technical advice and lets Studio B do whatever they want regardless of Studio A's wants and needs.
Pro Tip: That's not a collaboration. That's more like a hostile takeover.
I'm getting ahead of myself. Step back with me and let's look at the bigger picture.
A lot of people seem to have their knickers twisted over how Damon's character is just another white man saving a bunch of non-white people. But if you actually watch the trailer instead of stroking out as soon as Matt's face shows up on screen (and yes, the typical Matt Aflecaprio flavor actor has that effect on me, too, but for different reasons) the truth sounds a lot different. He talks about being a mercenary and fighting wars for money. Fair enough. That happened plenty in the time period the film portrays. What rarely happened was that the mercenary found a war that brought about a spiritual awakening rooted in the justness of the cause. But Damon's character has found a war worth fighting for.
Again, white guy goes to Asia and has a spiritual awakening. Tale as old as time. (Not necessarily a good tale, mind you. That depends on the execution, but no one's talking about that, are they?)
Tell me, in that kind of a story line, who exactly is saving who? I'd say it's the guy who suddenly finds meaning in his life. Is it such a bad thing to have a man go into a totally foreign environment and have his eyes opened? Isn't that the primary reason so many Social Justice types bang on about going away from home and experiencing other cultures?
I grant you, China doesn't have the world's most admirable culture so maybe it's not the best example for the film to hold up. For one thing, social pressures towards conformity in China is immense (although perhaps not as great as it is a short swim away in Japan). The tendency to fall in line with the culture as a whole may be one reason China produces so few actors who make it on the world stage. Creativity isn't just undervalued in that kind of culture, it can pose an active threat to the status quo that conforming cultures demand. Of course, creativity can thrive in even the most hostile environment, it's just rare.
But the glorification of Chinese culture and the Great Wall (the building, not the film) is not at issue here, in spite of the tyrannical culture and horrible slave labor that brought them about. No the average Social Justice stance demands social conformity to ideas about ethnicity, gender and ect, so long as those views are "progressive" so maybe these aspects of Chinese culture is not a negative from the SocJus point of view…
Normally when Social Justice starts hyperventilating about the cultural offense of the week is I look it over and parse whether there is a legitimate gripe at hand. If there is, I ask whether the proposed solution is worthwhile. Have a problem with the way police actions can unfold in our country? Sure, who doesn't. Want to fix it by rioting in a poor community, stealing a bunch of stuff from said poor people and starting fires in their streets? Not interested in that kind of solution. When I don't agree with the SocJus solution I try and formulate one of my own and practice it when needed. I have yet to agree with a SocJus solution so I'm not sure what happens in that case.
But if there's nothing legitimate in their gripes I tend to tune out because I just don't care. Epics could be written about the extent of my apathy. The lack of significance this little point of casting has on me reaches mythic proportions. In an effort to help you understand how little it means to me I've prepared a handy visual guide to my uninterest:
The beard is a lie!
Normally I'd lump this Matt Damon mess into category two and just ignore it. That's what I did with when Scarlett Johansson was cast as Motoko Kusanagi in the Ghost in the Shell live action movie. (For pity's sake, the franchise is about transhumanism, the woman can quite literally change between bodies like a pair of pants. What does it matter what her primary body looks like?) That's what I did when Tilda Swinton was cast as The Ancient One in Dr. Strange. But at this point, I've had enough.
If you read my blog and Social Justice is your thing we need to have a serious talk. If you can't tell from my last name I'm of Chinese descent (my father emigrated from Taiwan) and by the weird logic you guys operate under that gives me some kind of authority to speak from. I don't like that point of view but I understand it's part of how you think and I'm appealing to it in the hopes you can at least come to have understanding of my point of view.
There are basically three modes of behavior I see from people wrapped up in the Social Justice side of the "whitewashing" frenzy and they serve as pretty good parallels to the movement as a whole. I'm going to address each of these behavior patterns with no snide remarks, no funny pictures, just honest thoughts. They're harsh. That's intentional.
I've watched SocJus outrage culture snowball over the past few years from something fun to watch, in the manner of a train wreck, to something truly disturbing. I've known since my friend Mike Hudson's pen name put him in the middle of a McCarthy style witch hunt that Chinese people aren't exempted from the mindset in spite of the remarkable success they've had finding a place in American society. (Not surprising, people are people, but still somehow disappointing.) Maybe one man's two cents make no different to people who can only rave about systems and cultures but those systems and cultures seem to exist mostly in your head and if I can pull you out of there it's worth a try.
First I want a word with those of you who really, truly feel that they come from a culture of "whiteness" that's poisoned the world and that they need to feel guilty about it. These are the people that will tell me that just because I'm not offended by Matt Damon being in The Great Wall that doesn't mean it's right. That there's still a horrible wrong here and they have to fix it.
To these people: Your guilt over "whiteness" has driven you to act like the great white savior you claim to hate Matt Damon representing. You are telling me that you, knowing the horrible nature of your whiteness as well as you do, in full knowledge of what I think, are willing to ignore me and do "what's right". Again, you are trying to save me from you whether I want it or not. If this isn't being a white savior I don't know what is. You literally demand that I sit back and let you handle this situation because I'm too backwards and ignorant to make my own judgement on it.
You hypocrite.
Your guilt has blinded you and made it impossible for you to act in concert with your own beliefs. Why should I respect them? And it's not healthy to try and carry that, either.
I am here to tell you that your whiteness is not that powerful. Not that horrible. Not even something worth feeling guilty about. Assuming whiteness were even a thing that could be properly measured it's not a corrupting, racializing force that makes the meeting of China and America on even terms impossible. I know because my mother is American – qualifies for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution in fact – so my family is living proof. If the fact that I'm "part white" bothers you, maybe you need to seriously consider whether you understand anything about the behavior of racists at all.
Look, Chinese culture survived three Kung Fu Panda movies and the Great Wall survived two white guys hauling a grand piano and a cello on top of it and remixing said film franchises soundtrack there. I don't think it's going to crumble from Matt Damon showing up to shoot a movie.
In short, your whiteness is not a threat to me, you or anyone's culture anywhere. Please stop feeling guilty about it.
Now as for those of you going around and telling people to be ashamed of their culture? All those critics, editors and other self appointed cultural gatekeepers who have been wringing their hands nonstop over this kind of nonissue for years? Sit. Listen, if your haven't deafened yourself with your own insistent prattle.
There are only so many kinds of people in the world. The modern trend in politics and culture is to call people like you "authoritarians" in acknowledgement of the way you find a position of authority and then try to bully people into doing whatever you like. However I have a much more specific term for you: Pharisee.
In the New Testament Pharisees tended to have two notable characteristics: 1. They made rules for other people to keep. 2. They preached those rules only to gain status, without any interest in keeping them themselves. In your response to Matt Damon and The Great Wall you've complained about what you expect to be a Great White Savior. Then you've turned around and posed as the Great White Savior for all of Chinese cinema and pulled all those guilt ridden people who can't keep all the rules you make into doing the same. And you expect them all to praise you for it.
It's like you vomited, shoved a man's face into it and expected him to praise you. I see you for what you are. And I hold you in contempt.
Finally, a word for those Asian American actors who have been complaining once again that this was a rare role could have gone to one of them. I know the frustration – I do theater after all! – but let me make a suggestion. Rather than waiting for a project that could use Asian American actors, try starting one yourself. I'd suggest looking at a live action adaptation of Mob Psycho 100. You could play the part of Reigen Arakawa. You've already got his signature move down.
Okay there was one snide remark and funny picture in there. I regret nothing.
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Sounders grant a wish for a young player
By SPNW Staff July 16, 2014 2 Comments1 Min Read
As part of the Make-a-Wish Foundation project, the Sounders signed for the friendly with Tottenham at 1 p.m. Saturday an 18-year-old midfielder from West Virginia whose favorite player is Clint Dempsey. Xander Bailey will be signed to a one-day contract.
"It's an exciting day for the club," said Sounders coach Sigi Schmid in a club release. "We have been searching for a midfielder and we were able to find Xander. We are really excited that he is going to be joining our team and we are looking forward to him being here in time for our game against Tottenham Hotspur. We have high hopes and great expectations for Xander."
Bailey plays for the King's Warriors PDL reserve team. He began his career with the East River Raptors in 2004 before joining New River United in 2006, where he played four years. Bailey is expected to join Sounders FC training Friday.
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Yes_i'm_a_guest on July 16, 2014 4:23 pm
Might be worthy to note that this is part of the Make-a-wish program. Classy move by the club.
jafabian on July 17, 2014 7:56 am
Very cool to read. Looking forward to seeing Xander on the sidelines this Saturday.


When I was introduced to Roderick Turner in January, he and girlfriend Renita Weaver were living temporarily in a house owned by a "former customer" of Weaver's—"back when I was selling my body," she admitted softly. Turner's prognosis for stage IV colon cancer had been gradually worsening since his diagnosis in April 2009, and as Turner's condition declined, the couple, like Brown, took to the street.
The couple now alternate their time between an abandoned building and a homeless camp under an Interstate overpass where they first met, and they will likely stay there until Turner either returns to Cooper Green or dies.
But not every homeless person with cancer started out on the streets. Sometimes the burden of cancer combined with an insufficient safety net leads to homelessness. That's how Franklin Wells, a licensed plumber in Kentucky, ended up living on the streets, where he struggled with addiction after successfully undergoing surgery, chemotherapy and radiation for lymphoma.
Wells' parents had died, six months apart, shortly after his diagnosis in 2007. Grief-stricken, Wells researched locations around the country where he might receive advanced medical care and decided on Birmingham. During treatment, he stayed at Hope Lodge, a facility sponsored by the American Cancer Society for patients who travel long distances for care or who, like Wells, have no place to call home.


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Andrew Noymer, a public health professor at University of California, Irvine, questioned how many residents would opt in due to privacy concerns and the value of the tool if they don't. He said people may find themselves paralyzed by a flood of information and it isn't clear what they'll do with it — especially if they take a coronavirus test after getting an alert and wind up negative, only to receive another alert. "In a purely epidemiological perspective, uptake is everything. If about 10% of people do it, it's useless," he said. "Even if it does get takers, it's still unproven. Because then, what do you do?"
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Chelsea hero Frank Lampard has revealed that Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer informed him that his would be equalizer should have been allowed during England's round of 16 defeat against Germany during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
The German's went on to convincingly dominate during the second half and ended up winning the game 4-1 through a second half brace from Thomas Mueller as well as goals from Lukas Podolski and Miroslav Klose.
However, on the verge of the end of the first-half, with the score at 2-1, Lampard struck the ball onto the crossbar and the ball narrowly went over the line. However, Uruguayan referee Jorge Larrionda waved play on and the goal was not allowed.
England appeared to lose momentum after this as they were comprehensively outplayed during the rest of the game. Die-hard Three Lions fans will argue that the pendulum may have swung had Lampard's goal been allowed and that the Three Lions could have went on to win the game.
During an interview with FourFourTwo magazine, Lampard reveals that he met with Neuer while on holiday and that the Bayern Munich shot-stopper admitted that the goal should have stood.


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In the UK, GDPR will replace the Data Protection Act 1998, which was brought into law as a way to implement the 1995 EU Data Protection Directive. GDPR seeks to give people more control over how organisations use their data, and introduces hefty penalties for organisations that fail to comply with the rules. It also ensures data protection law is almost identical across the EU.
At the moment, the Data Protection Act 1998 ('DPA 1998') applies to the way schools and trusts handle personal data. Most schools and trusts will be familiar with the general requirements of the DPA 1998, for example, the circumstances when they can disclose personal data and what to do if a person submits a subject access request.
From May 2018, the DPA 1998 will be replaced by the General Data Protection Regulation which is often referred to as the 'GDPR'. Although many of the principles remain the same as the DPA 1998, there are some important changes which affect the way we process data.
In general terms, the GDPR places more emphasis on transparency, accountability and record keeping.
The update to Data Protection legislation in many ways is long overdue as the 1998 Act pre-dates Facebook, Twitter and all social media. It is hard to remember, or believe, that in 1998 mobile phones were limited to making and receiving calls, and text messaging that was charged by each character. Email was being used, but not every organisation had email addresses and hard copy documents were the mainstay of storage and records.
iPhones, Blackberry's, smart phones, tablets were yet to come. Access to the internet was limited and actually required a physical dial up. There was no 3G or wireless hotspots for casting communication and Google went live in 1998 - the same year as the DPA.
The Data Protection Act was fit for purpose then, but all of the changes in the last 19 years mean that a new framework is now essential.
Compliance with the Data Protection Act principles in the UK is largely the responsibility of the Information
Commissioner. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is the regulatory and supervisory authority. The ICO has the ability to provide advice, undertake audits, access information, impose sanctions and penalties.
What does this mean for Schools?
Schools process a lot of personal data relating to pupils and staff in order to carry out its functions. They also acquire personal data relating to other people including, for example, parents / carers, local governors, trustees, members of the local community, suppliers, contractors and consultants. It is therefore important that all schools ensure they handle personal data carefully and legally.
Our Multi-Academy Trust's View
The SDBE MAT and our schools are committed to protecting the privacy and security of personal information and being transparent about the way in which we use the information we hold. It is our responsibility to make sure we, and our schools, are handling and treating information carefully and legally.
The SDBE MAT has a dedicated page on the website that covers the Trust's approach to GDPR and how, as a group of schools, we ensure compliance and develop a culture of data security and awareness. To access this information, please visit: https://gdpr.sdbemat.org
Our school collects a lot of data and information about our pupils, staff parents and carers so that we can run effectively as a school. In our documentation, we explain how and why we collect certain data, what we do with it and what rights parents and pupils have.
This Academy is an academy within the SDBE Multi-Academy Trust ("SDBE MAT"). The SDBE MAT is a charitable company limited by guarantee (registration number 10385920) whose registered office is 48 Union Street, London, United Kingdom, SE1 1TD.
The SDBE MAT is the Data Controller for all the academies within the Trust.
The Data Protection Officers for the SDBE MAT are:
Mark Burnett
dpo@sdbemat.org
Thomas Scrace
The Data Protection Lead at this school is:
Kate Penfold
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brellaBox is the first umbrella sharing service that makes it easier, cheaper, and more environmentally friendly for city dwellers, hotel guests, college students and more to use umbrellas. 'brellaBox was co-founded by New York city residents, John O'Connor and Anusha Kambhampaty. Rather than continuing to purchase flimsy umbrellas from street vendors, John and Anusha decided to create 'brellaBox as an eco-friendly alternative. Every year, we throw away enough umbrellas worldwide to build 25 Eiffel Towers! Broken umbrellas go directly into solid waste landfills, which are the biggest source of man made methane gas in the United States. At 'brellaBox, we believe that stopping the warming of our planet begins with using resources, even umbrellas, in a more mindful way. When the sun comes out, put your umbrella into a 'brellaBox rather than a trash can!
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Kentigerna ou Cáintighearnd dont le nom est d'origine brittonique est la fille de Cellach Cualann mac Gerthidi roi de Laigin des Ui Mail, mort en 715 selon les annales d'Ulster et qui régnait à Kilranelagh dans le Wicklow. Son activité missionnaire s'étend chez les Pictes où elle meurt sur l'  c'est-à-dire « l'île des nones »   sur le Loch Lomond. Initialement mariée elle est réputée être la mère de Fáelán de St Fillans et la sœur de Comgán avec qui elle émigre en Écosse mais la chronologie demeure incertaine. Sa mort est relevée sous l'année 734 par les annales d'Ulster Sa fête est célébrée le 7 janvier dans le bréviaire d'Aberdeen

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Noblesse irlandaise du haut Moyen Âge
Personnalité irlandaise du VIIIe siècle


Why is drumcondra so important to you?
Con Ahern, he's a fascinating character..?
What is a flying column?
How did he keep order in his house?
He would give you the odd thump?
Were you afraid of him?
Who do you think you were most like, your mum or your dad?
She died in the middle of the good friday negotiations?
In the meantime you did slip into the hospital…?
What impact did it have?
How would the other boys have seen you? they called you a culchie?
So you were a fighter? Were you in alot of scrapes? Would you use your fists?
Did anyone ever get the better of you?
Do you need as a leader to be ruthless to succeed?
What did you mean by that? Every trick in the book?
DId you see him doing anything that was wrong?
Why did you take it from him?
You were disappointed at how Lenihan supported you in the end?
There's a loyalty in Miriam, I didnt deserve it?
You did find love again with Celia Larkin?
What was so special about Celia? Describe her, in your words.
What breaks your heart now about the absence of Celia in your life?
Why did it break up Bertie?
You ruled out getting married?
The Mahon tribunal… are you worried about that?
Would you be upset if they did come out with a finding like that?
You believe someone out there was trying to bury you…?
Who is the real Bertie Ahern?
Are you very self disciplined?
Was it worth it all?
Ask a stupid question and you get a stupid answer.
Ask a whole interview full of stupid questions and you get a tone of drivel.
how many laws did you break ?
have you anything to say about the current state of the economy in the light of the massive debt burdens built up under your term ?
Do you think you will be able to handle the prison sentence when it comes,Mr Aherne? TRAITOR.
The most cunning ,most devious of them all,words of wisdom indeed.
Correct! Stupid question = stupid answer.


I cleared out [40,98] and [29,93] and rebuilt some of the barricades. However, there's nothing left inside them. Is it worth trying to rebuild them or should they just be dismantled? [28,93] has "brick piles" just outside the door, which is kind of nice for repairing barricades.
I would say repair them but we have plenty of people in area 1 that can do this stuff and upgrade the others but the want to keep building new safe houses 2 spaces from the other and its becoming irritating since its clearly posted no more safe houses in area 1 and safe houses need to be 10 spaces away i let some of the orginals stay but that's because we were just forming but now its becoming a nuisance.


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McNaughton is an unincorporated community located in Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States. McNaughton is located on Wisconsin Highway 47 northwest of Rhinelander, in the town of Newbold.

History
A post office called McNaughton operated from 1890 until May 21, 2011. The community was named in honor of a local sawmill operator.

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Unincorporated communities in Oneida County, Wisconsin
Unincorporated communities in Wisconsin


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Carnivorous humpback dinosaur surprises paleontologists
Last updated on March 20th, 2013 at 5:04 pm by Mihai Andrei
About 125 million years ago, these hunchback dinosaurs roamed today's central Spain, measuring approximately 6 meters and feasting off of smaller animals of all sorts. However, what's really surprising about the dinosaurs is its "hump", a body structure never before seen in dinosaurs. A recently exposed skeletal structure revealed some unique features that has researchers raising their shoulders. The most obvious ones are of course the last two vertebrae in front of the pelvis, in the hip area that have spines that project on its back to form the hump structure.
"Wow," Jack L. Conrad, a vertebrate paleontologist at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, said of the Spanish discovery. "Overall it's such a bizarre animal."
Paleontoloigsts can only emit guesses about it's purpose and functions so far.
"Probably the most plausible role for this structure is that of a deposit of fat, as occurs in some modern mammal such as in the zebu," said Francisco Ortega of the Universidad Nacional de Educacíon a Distancia, in Madrid.
Still, this theory is not quite satisfying, because unlike mammals, the dinosaur hump has an internal bony structure.
"A structure as striking as that presented by Concavenator could play a role also in communication between individuals of the same species," Ortega told LiveScience.
He also suggests the hump might have an ornamental design, its sole purpose being to attract mates. Another interesting thing was the little scars on the forearm, that may indicate the presence of wing feathers.
"The scars on the bone look, from what I can tell, exactly like the scars left on an arm bone of a chicken or some other modern bird, and in general those are for large wing feathers," Conrad said during a telephone interview.
If they are indeed feathers, which has not been proven yet but seems quite possible, it could be extremely interesting for the whole paleontology field, forcing scientists to rethink some of the older theories.
"If this animal had wings, that would really push back the origin of wings, and it would basically really lock in that wings didn't appear for flight first; more likely they appeared for display," Conrad said.
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Motorcyclist receives £25,000 settlement after road traffic accident results in a number of significant injuries
HomeNews & UpdatesMotorcycle Accident RelatedMotorcyclist receives £25,000 settlement after road traffic accident results in a number of significant injuries
A motorcyclist has received a £25,000 settlement after the driver of a third party vehicle caused a road traffic accident that resulted in serious injury.
Karl Wrigley, 53 from Wigan, was riding along Newton Road in Leigh when the vehicle suddenly pulled out from a carpark caused the collision.
Paramedics arrived at the scene of the accident and Karl was immediately taken to Wigan Royal Infirmary by ambulance.
Once discharged, Karl went to see his GP a few days later because he was experiencing a lot of pain in his knee.
It became apparent that Karl had sustained a fracture to his left knee and suffered significant damage to his ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament) and MCL (Medical Collateral Ligament).
On the 23rd March 2018, Karl underwent knee reconstruction surgery using his tendons and has subsequently made a good recovery.
At the time of the accident, Karl worked as a Mental Health Support Worker which was a physical career and often involved being fit to restrain patients.
Because of this, there were concerns that Karl would be unable to return to the full extent of his duties due to his ongoing symptoms.
Fletchers Solicitors', Dale Bickerstaffe and Ceri Dudley represented Karl's case which resulted in a significant settlement sum and the Aviva insured third party driver admitting liability.
Dale said: "Karl was a pleasure to act on behalf of throughout the duration of the case as he was always incredibly polite and patient with both of us.
"We wish him nothing but the best in the future."
Jonathan Maley


The Plug earphone is the first of its kind. It delivers accurate acoustical reproduction and unbelievable isolation typically found in more expensive, closed-style earphone. The Plug features a dynamic element that is positioned just outside the ear and connected to a tubular port structure that is inserted on a soft expandable cushion into the ear canal. The soft foam cushion expands for a custom fit to improve isolation and enhance deep bass and treble clarity.


Many Seeds Ministries is a non-profit organization dedicated to local and international service projects that will change lives and help to bring people to God's Truth. Some of our projects include Champion a Child, The Jamaica Farm Project, Feed One, Many Seeds for Life, local food and clothing drives and more. We also support other charitable organizations such as such as 40 Days for Life, Christadelphian Meal-a-Day, Habitat for Humanity and others.
Thanks to the generous donations of groceries from Many Seeds Ministries, I don't have to worry about finding food for at least a week, and I got some good religious reading material.
Many Seeds Ministries is doing a good thing. They help people in other countries, but also minister to the needy right here in the United States.


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Q: In WPF can i display empty rows in listview without binding to anything? Is it possible to show specified number of rows in the listview. This is because my whole listview area looks empty, but after values are binded it is ok. So is it possible to show rows before binding.
Thanks,

A: In the XAML you could do something like this:
<ListView name="myListView">
    <ListViewItem>test1</ListViewItem>
    <ListViewItem>test2</ListViewItem>
</ListView>

That would populate some test items in the list view to be displayed. You would need to clear the listview's items collection before you bound to it though or you'll get an exception:
myListView.Items.Clear()

A: See if you can use the AddChild method or just use myListView.Items.Add(new ListViewItem()).
Just an educated guess, I can't try this out right now.

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Many kisses, you see netflix with me, you like acariciarme and play with my hair and my eyelashes, which is nice with me, take me to dance and to do things together, that retailer.
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Louis Breeden (born October 26, 1953) is a former professional American football player who played defensive back for the Cincinnati Bengals (1978–1987) in the National Football League (NFL).

Career
Before his NFL career, Breeden played for North Carolina Central University. After graduating college, he was selected by the Bengals in the seventh round of the 1977 NFL draft. He ended up missing the entire 1977 season on injured reserve, but in 1978, he became a starter and immediately made a big impact for Cincinnati, intercepting 3 passes and recovering 2 fumbles. Breeden once again had injury problems during the 1979 season, playing just 10 games and recording no interceptions, but he came back full-time in 1980, and ended up leading the Bengals with a career-high 7 picks.

In 1981, Breeden set a Bengals record in a game against the San Diego Chargers by intercepting a pass from Chargers future hall of fame quarterback Dan Fouts and returning it 102 yards for a touchdown, helping his team win the game 40–17. To this day it is the longest play in franchise history, although it has been tied by Eric Bieniemy's 102 yard kickoff return in 1997 against the New York Giants, and Artrell Hawkins' 102 yard interception return in 2002 against the Houston Texans. Breeden finished the season with 4 interceptions, 145 return yards, 1 touchdown, and a fumble recovery, assisting the Bengals to a 12–4 regular season record. Cincinnati advanced through the postseason to the AFC championship game, where they once again faced Fouts' Chargers, this time in one of the coldest games in NFL history (it later became known as the Freezer Bowl).  Just like in the previous game, Breeden had a key interception that helped his team win the game. After the Bengals built a 17–7 lead, Breeden intercepted a pass from Fouts on the Chargers 5-yard line to prevent them from responding with a score.  The Chargers never scored again for the rest of the game and the Bengals ended up winning the game 27–7, and advanced to their first championship game in franchise history, Super Bowl XVI.

Breeden spent his entire NFL career with the Bengals and retired after the 1987 season. In his 10 NFL seasons, Breeden recorded 33 interceptions for 558 yards and 2 touchdowns, while also recovering 2 fumbles. His interceptions and return yards are both the second most in Bengals history behind Ken Riley.

NFL record
Fewest punt return yards (career): -12

Retired life
Breeden was the owner of Louis Breeden Promotions, an advertising company in Cincinnati. He remains good friends with former teammates David Fulcher, Barney Bussey, Isaac Curtis and John Simmons.

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1953 births
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Living people


HERSHEY, Pa., Feb. 15, 2017 – Hershey Area Playhouse is proud to announce the third of its 2017 Dark Night Series productions, Icons of Swing – The Bands, The Singers, The Songs, an evening featuring a concert and dance by the Unforgettable Big Band, preceded by swing dance lessons for those interested in getting the most out of the event.
The two Icons of Swing performances will highlight music from the Swing era. Each evening will begin with a reception in the Playhouse lobby and optional dance lessons led by local choreographer, Kelly Strange, followed by the Unforgettable Big Band concert and dancing on the Playhouse stage.
Founded in the summer of 2000, the Unforgettable Big Band started out as just a bunch of local musicians playing for the enjoyment of traditional big band music. Since those early days, the band has played to raise thousands of dollars for local charities and boosted its annual schedule to help keep the music of the big bands alive and vital in central Pennsylvania. Showcasing iconic music from Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and others, the band bridges generations with timeless melodies and toe-tapping rhythms from one of the 20th century's most important musical genres.
Icons of Swing will be held March 10-11, 2017, at the Playhouse, located at the corner of Sand Hill Road and Cherry Drive; the reception and swing dance lessons begin at 6 p.m., and the concert and dancing begin at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $25 and are available via the Playhouse's website, www.HersheyAreaPlayhouse.com or by calling the Playhouse's box office at 717-533-8525.


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How to Sand Concrete [Complete Guide]
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Before switching to a finer grit, go over the whole concrete surface meticulously with a coarse grit. To get the required polish, you must sand the whole surface numerous times, each time with a finer grit. Be cautious and take your time. Sanding a concrete surface may be necessary for a variety of reasons.
In this post, we'll go through concrete sanding techniques and give detailed instructions for finishing a concrete sanding project.
Does Sanding Concrete Work?
It can be difficult to think that one can sand concrete given that it is a surface that is so tough and resilient that it can withstand extreme damage. Concrete may be sanded with the correct equipment and materials. Unless it's a tiny area, you might not want to try to manually sand the concrete's surface, but power sanders and grinders are quite good at doing the job.
Any concrete surface, whether a wall, countertop, driveway, patio, or cellar floor, is sandable.
Can Regular Sandpaper Be Used To Sand Concrete?
Concrete may be sanded using standard sandpaper. Similar to wood, concrete may be polished to a smooth surface or removed in greater quantities using discs made to fit concrete sanders. Using the proper grit of sandpaper is essential.
How to Sand Concrete the Best
Concrete may be polished with a variety of instruments, ranging from big floor polishers to hand sanding blocks. We'll discuss each tool in more detail below so you can decide one is ideal for your project.
Sanding Concrete by Hand
Concrete may be hand-sanded to create smaller, oddly shaped items. It enables you to reach areas that mechanical sanders cannot, including tight spaces and curved surfaces. For ornamental items that cannot be securely sanded with a big angle grinder or belt sander, hand sanding is also appropriate.
Naturally, hand sanding is far more time-consuming because your arm has to perform all of the work. Large surfaces like a driveway or patio cannot be sanded because of this. Even manually sanding a concrete countertop may be time- and labor-intensive. Additionally, when sanding big areas by hand, it might be challenging.
A belt sander has a motor with two drums that rapidly rotate a loop of sandpaper. There are portable belt sanders and stationary belt sanders. The material is rubbed against the stationary belt sanders. The latter can be used to sand concrete.
For flat surfaces, a portable belt sander is a terrific tool, making countertops a perfect candidate. When used with fine-grit sandpaper, it has the capacity to remove substantial amounts of material to smooth out irregularities and polish a countertop to a bright, flawless surface. A belt sander makes it rather simple to get a uniform finish.
Handheld sanders shouldn't be used on bigger areas like a patio or garage floor because they are still very tiny.
An angle grinder consists of a motor with a handle on the side, a circular grinding blade, and a grip on the body. Angle grinders may also be used to grind cement, despite their initial purpose of grinding down metal. They come in sizes ranging from 4-1/2 inches to 9 inches.
Grinders may remove more material at once than standard sanders because they utilize hard discs rather than softer sandpaper. They are therefore perfect for surfaces with severe irregularities. When outfitted with fine-grit discs, they can polish concrete to a flawless finish due to the tremendous amount of force they create. Additionally, they are appropriate for bigger projects since they can cover more land more rapidly.
Great power entails enormous responsibility. In this situation, if one isn't cautious in how they use an angle grinder, it's simpler to make gouges or uneven regions in the concrete than it is with sandpaper. This is because an angle grinder can remove more material more rapidly.
Unlike a belt sander, which can only be pushed forward and backward, this sort of portable sander moves in a random circular pattern, making it easier to move in all directions. Because of this, the orbital sander is perfect for sanding some surfaces, such a countertop or even the concrete floor of a bathroom. The orbital sander is simpler to operate than other sanders since it allows for a wider range of motion.
Just remember that not every orbital sander is made equal. Stronger orbital sanders might not have enough force to make a significant dent in concrete. Select an orbital sander with more power and amps capable of tearing through concrete.
Floor Concrete Grinder
Floor concrete grinders are big, mobile devices with a large, roughly 10-inch-diameter grinding wheel. When the motor rotates the grinding or polishing pad, you control a floor grinder by pushing it while standing. Floor grinders are perfect for sanding expansive surfaces like a whole driveway or a sizable patio due to their size. Although these devices are pricey to buy, they are reasonably priced to rent.
Best Sandpaper for Concrete
It's essential to choose the proper grinding pad, disc, or sandpaper for the instrument you want to use to sand concrete.
Start with coarser 40–60 grit sandpaper if you need to remove a lot of material to smooth out uneven surfaces or change the appearance of the concrete. Start with sandpaper with an 80 to 120 grit rating to smooth concrete that has few imperfections. Use sandpaper with a grain between 200 and 400 if all you're aiming for is a smooth finish. You must progressively raise the grits to 800 or higher if you want the concrete to have a glossy finish.
How to Sand Concrete Countertops or Floors
It's time to start sanding the concrete once you've determined which tool you'll employ. We'll go through each action you need to do to finish a concrete finishing project in detail below.
Step 1: Prepare Yourself and the Space
Start the procedure by using plastic sheeting to cover any furniture that cannot be moved out of the area. You must use goggles or safety glasses that completely enclose the eyes and wear a respirator since sanding concrete will cause the air to become contaminated with hazardous particles. Wear clothing that covers all exposed skin since concrete contains silica, which can irritate skin when ground into tiny particles that can fill the air.
Step 2: Examine and Correct
Look for any cracks or chips in the concrete surface, and then fill up those places using concrete filler. Before beginning to sand, let the filler dry fully.
After it has dried, wash the area with a solution of water and laundry detergent. To remove any stains from the concrete, use an industrial-strength cleaner like hydrogen peroxide, TSP, or ammonia. When handling these chemicals, ensure sure the location is sufficiently ventilated and that you are wearing gloves and eye protection.
Step 3: Select Your Sandpaper
To start the sanding operation, decide between sandpaper and turbo cups. Both are available in a wide variety of grit sizes, from coarse to fine.
You may utilize turbo cups, which have a metal disk and a diamond-studded edge, with a hand-held grinder. The grinder can remove more material with each pass thanks to turbo cups, which have a diameter of between 5 and 6 inches and can cut through concrete more quickly than sandpaper.
Turbo cups have varying grit levels, just like sandpaper. The disc is coarser the lower the number.
Use a handheld grinder and turbo cup if you need to remove a thicker layer of material to get the finish you want. Use an orbital sander and sandpaper if you only intend to conduct light sanding and polishing.
Diamond pads are an additional choice. Diamond pads are made of thin plastic that has diamonds embedded throughout. They are less effective because they are less forceful than cups. They are available in grit sizes ranging from coarse 50 grit to fine 3,000 grit, which are perfect for polishing surfaces.
It's crucial to sand in a specific order, whether you're using sandpaper, diamond pads, or cups. Start with a coarse grit of around 50 and progressively move to finer grit levels by going to 200, 500, and finally 3,000 for polishing. Avoid trying to skip forward since the scratches made by 50-grit sandpaper won't be able to be removed by very fine sandpaper.
Think about the finish you want when selecting your sandpaper. The top layer of the surface must be polished to a smooth finish in order to smooth the concrete. The surface will become more reflective the finer the grit you use to polish it.
A more severe sanding process entails removing a tiny portion of the top layer of the surface to reveal the sand beneath. As a result, the concrete has a salt-and-pepper appearance.
An exposed aggregate finish will be produced by more thorough sanding that entails removing a sizable amount of debris, allowing the concrete's aggregate to be seen. Depending on the size of the work, you'll need to use either a floor grinder or an angle grinder to get this sort of finish.
Step 4: Begin sanding
Choose between a wet and a dry approach before you start. Water is used as a lubricant during the sanding process in wet sanding. By lowering friction, the pads are kept cool and last longer. Dust can also be reduced by being dampened; this reduces the quantity of dust that becomes airborne.
In addition to being dirty, wet sanding wastes a lot of water by producing a slurry that must be cleaned up and disposed of as you go. It's extremely challenging to get a glossy finish using this technique.
You can get better results by dry sanding, especially if your concrete surface has a glossy finish. No water is wasted, and no pasty residue is left behind for you to clean up. While dust is undoubtedly a problem, many concrete grinders and polishers now feature dust extraction systems that collect dust as it is generated, reducing the amount that is released into the atmosphere.
Start sanding with coarse grit to get rid of any stains or irregularities. After the concrete is stain-free, use an 80 grit sandpaper or grinding disc that is finer. As you move from one corner to the next, be sure to cover the full space.
Move on to a finer 150 grit level when you've done sanding the concrete with the 80 grit disk or sandpaper, then move on to 200 and 400 grit levels. Although 400 grit is frequently sufficient to polish concrete to a shining finish, you might want to move up to a higher grit level if you're not happy with the result. Make sure you've eliminated all the scratches left by the preceding pad before switching to a finer grit.
Step 5: Apply a hardener
After sanding is finished, use a chemical hardener. Concrete will be solidified by a hardener to provide a tough finish that will withstand wear and tear better. Apply the concrete after using an 80 grit disk if it is moderately hard. Apply the hardener after using a 200-grit disk for harder concrete.
To properly spread the hardener throughout the surface, you will need a sprayer.
6th step: polish
Wait for the hardener to dry before using a 3,000 grit disk or sandpaper to polish the concrete surface. Make sure to cover the whole area. The concrete will be polished to a very glossy appearance using this high grit sandpaper or grinding disk.
Polishing is finished using a buffer once any dust has been removed from the surface.
Step 7. Sealant application
Apply a concrete sealer after giving the countertop plenty of time to cure, especially if you used the wet approach to sand or grind it. With the help of this sealer, the surface you've worked so hard to repair will be shielded against stains caused by water, oil, and other liquids.
Sanding Concrete Walls
As with the aforementioned technique, start by washing the walls with dish soap and water. Make use of an industrial-strength cleaner to get rid of tough stains. Sand the wall using a portable grinder equipped with a diamond sanding pad after allowing it to dry.
From one end of the wall to the other, push evenly on the wall going back and forth and up and down, being careful not to miss a place. In the same manner as previously, start with coarse grits and then go to finer grits to polish the wall to a smooth finish. When finished, add a hardener and a sealer to shield the wall from more stains.
Steps for Sanding a Concrete Patio
Start by removing all patio furniture and grills, then protect any neighboring vegetation from the concrete dust by covering it with drop cloths. Clean up any dirt on the patio floor with a brush. Use a dish detergent or chemical cleansing solution to get rid of any stains if necessary.
Put the sanding disks on a floor grinder with an orbital drive. Pass the grinder over the floor, moving it from side to side to smooth down the surface and eliminate irregularities, fissures, and other flaws.
As you progress from 300 to 800 grit disks, add finer ones until you have the finish you want. Use a 1,500-grit disk for a glossy shine. Clean up by removing any concrete dust with a shop vacuum.
Clean the patio completely with a power washer, then give it two days to dry. Using a long-handled roller brush, treat the patio with penetrating sealer twice.
How to Hand Polish Concrete
Even if machine polishing of concrete can be the preferable technique, hand polishing of concrete is also an option. In some circumstances, manually polishing concrete is the best option.
You'll need the appropriate tools for this. When hand polishing concrete, conventional sandpaper isn't tough enough to leave much of a dent. The best solution is diamond polishing pads, like those from Toolocity.
These pads with diamond studded surfaces are strong enough to cut through the concrete. When using power techniques, you should begin with coarse grit and work your way up to finer grits. Avoid skipping steps because course sanding blocks leave marks that can't be removed by finer grit sanding blocks.
Should Concrete Be Sealed After Sanding?
Although it's not required, sealing the concrete after sanding only makes sense if you're going to the trouble of sanding and polishing it. Concrete is porous, which makes it a fluid-absorbent material. This means that concrete may be readily stained by oils and chemicals. Additionally, it becomes more prone to cracking and chipping.
Concrete may be protected by sealing it to make the surface water resistant. In addition to safeguarding the concrete's surface, sealing also gives it a completed appearance by intensifying its color and giving a glossy sheen.
What is the best way to sand down concrete?
Use sandpaper with a grain between 40 and 60 for basic sanding. Use 80-120 grit sandpaper to smooth up little imperfections. Use superfine sandpaper with a grit of 200–400 for a flawless finish and smoothness. If there are significant flaws, a floor grinder or specialized diamond disc is required.
What is the best tool for sanding concrete?
A hand grinder or orbital grinder is the best choice for finely sanding concrete countertops or other tiny, precise surfaces. A walk-behind grinder will cover the largest surface area if you wish to polish bigger surfaces, such as whole concrete floors, slabs, or patios.
Can rough concrete be smoothed?
If the concrete is exceedingly rough or has bigger flaws that sandpaper cannot remove, a concrete grinder could be required. If there isn't enough vertical room for additional layer of concrete, a grinder might be useful. By doing this, the floor may be smoothed without the need for additional surface thickness.
What kind of sander is used for concrete?
When sanding concrete, the orbital sander is the best instrument to use. This will substantially lessen your work and give the counter or fixture a consistent shine. The fact that they are portable and have small faces is the only drawback. Look for something larger if you are sanding a whole concrete floor.
Can I sand concrete with a belt sander?
To sand concrete to a shining surface, use a disc, belt, or concrete grinder together with ordinary sandpaper discs or diamond-encrusted pads. There are several justifications for taking on such a difficult endeavor.
How do you make concrete smooth?
In order to level out a sloping concrete floor, self-leveling cement can be used. Applying and pouring Ardex or other comparable self-leveling cementitous mixtures on the surface and then grinding it afterwards to get a smooth sheen are also options.
Can I sand concrete with sandpaper?
You might be wondering if you can sand concrete with normal sandpaper given the make-up of concrete and how difficult it is. Concrete may be sanded, although ceramic and aluminum oxide sandpaper aren't the best options for the job. Use diamond sanding or polishing pads as much as possible.
How do you sand and polish concrete?
Using a wet diamond polishing disc (100 grit or 200 grit) linked to a standard random orbit sander is the easiest and fastest way to accomplish this. Spray some water over the concrete to moisten it, then use the diamond disc to "sand" the surface to remove the burnished finish.
Why does my concrete look rocky?
Your concrete seems rough mostly because it wasn't properly tamped and floated. What you are truly seeing when you look at a smooth concrete patio, driveway, sidewalk, or set of steps is cement and sand. This is the result of masonry workers smoothing the surface after tamping the stones down.
What is the cheapest way to level a concrete floor?
Self-leveling coatings are available for filling voids and fissures. If you want to make the change more gradual, you may also consider utilizing vinyl floor tiles. The most straightforward (and affordable) solution would be to purchase a large diamond grinding wheel and bevel the lip.
Should I use water when grinding concrete?
The main justification is that utilizing water while operating a concrete grinder on a slab enhances performance and results, and this alone can be sufficient. By adding lubrication between the tooling and slab while using water, heat and friction are reduced.
What is the fastest way to grind concrete?
An aggressive wheel removes material more quickly but creates a rougher surface since it may remove up to 1/4 in. of concrete. A less aggressive wheel leaves a smoother surface and removes less concrete.
Should you grind concrete wet or dry?
Wet concrete grinding is more worse for the environment than dry concrete grinding, unless it is absolutely essential. Slurry, a combination of concrete particles and cooling water, is the byproduct of wet grinding.
Can I use an orbital sander to polish concrete?
There are better choices available, and using an orbital sander to polish concrete is not ideal. But it's not insurmountable; with a little work and the right equipment, you can create a polished concrete surface that is smooth.
How do you fix rough broomed concrete?
There are two ways to improve the imperfect finish. One is to grind or polish the surface, which would smooth the concrete's surface and eliminate the rough broom finish. Your walkway and patio would have a wonderful smooth ornamental look since some of the aggregate would be exposed.


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Dentists across the globe facing shortage of masks due to coronavirus outbreak.
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According to the British Dental Council, if the shortage of face masks caused by coronavirus outbreak continues, some of the dentists in the United Kingdom will have to "down drills".
Current guidelines suggest that dentists must wear face masks when treating patients. All practices in UK are now restricted to ordering only 100 masks per day. While this may be sufficient for smaller clinics, larger hospitals with several dentists are running out of supplies.
While the dentist trade union is getting calls from members regarding shortage of masks, ministers said that centre stockpiles of masks were available.
China is the world's major manufacturer for masks and the outbreak of coronavirus has lead to the increase in price by as much as three times and also increase in use of face masks by the civilians has led to acute shortage.
" Our imminent interest is the safety of our patients, who face imminent disruption to thier care." the president of British Dental Association, Mick Armstrong said.
"Unless we see a rapid increase in supply, dentists without face masks will have little choice but to down the drills." he added.
The BDA said it had been contacted by concerned dental practices, some of whom had upto 13 dentists mentioning that dentists would be running out of masks very soon if the situaion prevails.
"One of the things that we were thinking about, as far as what we could do if we did run out – we would probably use reusable masks that you would wash and sterilize and use again.," said Stacey Sabin, a clinical administrator in Oregon
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If a critical shortage of equipment occurred, dentists would be asked to "only take those cases that are urgent or require emergency intervention as per the statement of Ontario dental Association.
Various global health organizations are working together to anticipate and address any shortages that may occur.
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