Are you sure your proposal is complete?
Please consult the generalities regarding the 2019B Call for Proposals.
PIs have the option of requesting a delay in the reporting of the metadata with appropriate justification in their proposals. This can be done via Northstar by checking "Yes" to the "Exception to the Community/World proprietary periods and metadata release" in the Observing request tab and writing your justification in the box that appears. The metadata includes the name and coordinates of the targets. Unless the release date for the metadata is extended, they will become available immediately at CFHT and CADC.
For Canadian proposals, the name of the PIs will be withheld from the proposals sent to the Canadian TAC to avoid gender bias issues; the top corner of each page will have "(blank)". The proposal will instead list the name of the authors in random order. However, accepted proposals will be created under the PI's name as previously.
During the semester 2019B, PI programs have access to 43 dark nights available with the Moon illumination less or equal to 50%, and 42 bright nights when the Moon illumination is greater than 50%. The dark time is split between MegaCam and SITELLE and the bright time between ESPaDOnS, WIRCam and SPIRou. The 43 nights of dark time available to PIs corresponds to approximately 258h of validated time and the 42 nights of bright time correspond to approximatively 273h of validated time.
MegaCam PI programs that overlap in RA with the Large Programs will suffer from the competition with the LP unless they request grey or bright time, and/or a poorer Image Quality.
Following a SAC 2014 recommendation: "Beginning with the proposals submitted in the March 2010 round, when CFHT performs its technical evaluation (which is then communicated to the TACs), CFHT will flag any proposal which has conflicts in RA and observing conditions with an existing LP. During their ranking process, the national TACs which are participating in both the conflicting PI programs and LP(s) will provide information to CFHT on the relation and priority of each of those, although agency balancing will continue to be the first decision point for CFHT" (see SAC recommendation #12 from Nov 2009).
Starting in 2017A, the QSO SNR mode (using condition-driven exposure times with a SNR goal rather than fixed exposure times) is used by default for all programs except non-sidereal observations, short exposures (<30s), or observations that require precise timing. To opt out of the SNR mode, include a justification in your proposal.
The PH1 system has been changed to have users include the values of the exposure time calculators into their proposals. Proposals cannot be submitted if this field is not filled. This is not counted toward the page charge.
All agencies are invited to encourage their community to submit snapshot programs. These programs must be able to accept an Image Quality worse than 1.2" or significant levels of extinction. Snapshot programs are used not only during bad weather conditions but also to fill gaps in the queues when no A, B or C program are available or suitable. Snapshot programs are not counted toward an agency's allocation.
Non-sidereal guiding is now offered. The non sidereal tracking option is still available (following a target with non-sidereal rates, but without guiding on stars), but the telescope shows drifts on exposures of 2-3min or longer. If you have questions or concerns related to this option for your proposal, please do not hesitate to contact the QSO Team (qsoteam -=at=- cfht.hawaii.edu).
The exposure time calculator for MegaCam and WIRCam, DIET, have been merged together and now use a different interface, and different options. The ETC was also updated to include a galaxy profile mode. Please read the updated information about the new modes for point sources and extended sources. Note that between the most convervative (large aperture) and most aggressive (PSF photometry) modes, the exposure times for the same SNR vary by more than a factor of 3. Be sure to know what type of SNR you are requesting! Please present in your Technical justification the details of your exposure time calculations.
The new galaxy profile mode was added to the previous point-source and extended source modes. This new mode corresponds to galaxies more extended than a point-source, but where the seeing still matters. The galaxy profile itself is based on Sersic profiles with indices varying from 1 (exponential disks) to 5 (4 corresponds to de Vaucouleurs. profiles, typical of elliptical galaxies). The width of this profile is settled by the half-light radius, given in arcsec. The galaxy profile is then convolved with the seeing profile to make the exposure time or signal-to-noise ratio computations. This new feature is intended to replace the .galaxy" choice in the previous ETC. For larger galaxies where the seeing does not matter, you can either use the galaxy mode with a large half-light radius, or the extended source mode if you plan to reach a given surface brightness in the outskirts of the galaxy.
The primary mirror was recoated in August 2017. Note that there is a 10% drop seen in the u-band per year.
For Canadian proposals: the Science justification is now limited to 2 pages, and the Technical justification to 1 page. For all other agencies, the page limits are 3 pages and 2 pages respectively.
For more information about the submission of your QSO proposal(s), contact the QSO Team qsoteam -=at=- cfht.hawaii.edu.
For each proposal, there can only be one submitter. However, co-I may be invited to view and edit the proposal too. The PI may also be different than the proposer (contact author). Note that if a proposal is accepted, it will get registered in PH2 under the PI's name, not the name of the contact author or the submitter! Each program belongs to its PI and requires the PI's login information in PH2.
For MegaCam, you may select QSO Regular programs or QSO Snapshot program. QSO Regular programs include all of the normal QSO programs, with fixed or Solar System objects. Target-of-opportunity (TOO) programs submitted at the same time as all other CFHT proposals may simply be submitted as a QSO regular program. Snapshot Programs must request bad sky conditions and accept a low completion level.
The proprietary time for the data is 3 months following the end of the semester.
Note that the chance of such programs to be executed, even partially, during a semester can be quite high.
The probability of observing a specific program depends strongly on the image quality requested versus the statistics of the site. The chance that your program is performed is less if you request an IQ of 0.55" than if 0.8" is required. Of course, science should be the priority in your selection of IQ but beware that it cannot be the only criterion in your choice. So, do not request a better image quality than what is really needed for your program. For guidance, the table below describes the seeing statistics on Mauna Kea. These data are for the R-band and were taken with FOCAM at CFHT between 1993-1995 (more recent statistics confirm these values). Note that with MegaPrime we globally achieve about the same IQ distribution than with CFH12K, but not much better.
For your information, the table below gives the average weather statistics for Mauna Kea. Note that the "A" semester is usually more affected by bad weather; time lost during the first few months of the winter can be as high as 50% and even more.
In queue mode, the time requested is in HOURS.
If the total time of your program is fractional (e.g. 32.4 hr.), please indicate so (.4 hr in a queue mode is possible).
In your calculation of integration time, only add 40s of overheads for each exposure (for readout).
Slewing and acquisition of a guide star SHOULD NOT be accounted for in your calculations.
CFHT provides instrumental calibrations (e.g. flats) and photometric standard stars for the broad band filters only. Photometric standard stars for narrow-band filters, and any other on-sky calibration MUST be included in the proposal and in the time requested. The "Calibration Requirements" box may be used to present those calibrations.
Any time constraint or scheduling constraint must be indicated in the proposal: the need for a certain number of consecutive nights, the need for long blocks of time (for example, 8 hours) per night, the need to coordinate CFHT observations with observations taken by another telescope, etc.
By default, the proprietary period of QSO data extends to 1 year + 1 month starting at the end of the QSO semester. If an extension is requested and approved by TAC, a new date will be set for this program through the QSO system. The release date for the data is indicated in the fits headers by the keyword REL_DATE. For snapshot programs, the proprietary time is 3 months following the end of the semester.
The Additional issues tab is used to link various proposals together, if need be.


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Q: Dwolla - Linked Transactions or Duel Payments Scenario - Want to have a customer purchase a product on our site with the payment going directly to the vendor and at the same time trigger a payment from the vendor to us.
Can this be done with Dwolla?

A: Are you looking to take a percentage of the order, or just apply a fee on top of dwolla's fee? Also, what environment are you working in?  i.e. Are you coding in php, ruby, etc, or using one of the simple links that Dwolla provides for non-coders?
Edit: You can do a fixed fee or a percentage for the facilitator fee.  Here's a link to the api:
https://developers.dwolla.com/dev/pages/facilitator  You can change that programmatically per transaction if you so desire according to the documentation.
If you are using Dwolla's non-coder links then I don't know.

A: Yes this can be done using the transactionSend() API call where your Dwolla account would send money to the vendor's Dwolla account. As stated above, you can take a facilitator fee from this transaction (facilitatorAmount is one of the transactionSend() options).

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Vienna is the capital of Austria and also the cultural center of this country. Considering its irresistible charm and luxurious architecture, it's no wonder it represents one of the most sight worthy places in Europe. Vienna is known as the city of waltz, which was inhabited by the most talented composers such as Mozart and Beethoven. It is the centre of music even today! Here we will show you all its glory with some quotes about Vienna that you might like.
Before getting to Eastern Europe, you have to go through this city.
Maybe it is just liberty that makes the city so peaceful.
Vienna welcomes friends from all over the world.
The profound culture foundation of Vienna makes it different from other cities.
This place is so attractive, and you cannot resist it.
You don't know the real coffee until you have tried this one.
Everything is possible if you make up your mind!
It is one of the cultural centers of western countries.
You will never forget this beautiful city once you have been there.
There's no way for someone to go unnoticed here!
There is a strong cultural atmosphere in Vienna.
Beethoven remained to be a powerful symbol of this city.
It helped balls and waltz rise to the international fame.
The deep impression that Vienna left on this famous composer.
In Veinna, coffee shops were very popular places to go in the early 20th century.
Quotes about Vienna show us the images of daily urban life in Vienna.
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Transport operators must embrace ICT- Titus Glover
A Deputy Minister for Transport, Daniel NiiTei Titus Glover has urged Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies in the country to embrace the ICT reality in order to enable them meet up with the technological challenge posed by Uber in their business activities.
His call came in the wake of protests by transport operators especially taxi drivers that Uber was taking them out of business.
The Deputy Minister denied claims that the Ministry has directed online portal based transport company, to spray/brand its cars for easy identification.
The Tema East Member of Parliament said Uber was only asked to liaise with all relevant stakeholder agencies including the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority (DVLA), the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU) and the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) to enable it formalise its operations especially with regards to the payment of taxes.
He hinted that government will consider engaging with stakeholders to draft policy guidelines to the various District Assemblies to regulate the taxi subsector of the transport sector of the economy.
The Minister who was speaking on Accra based Citi fm, breakfast show denied knowledge of any memorandum of understanding (MoU) between Uber and the Ministry of Transport.
By Christian Kpesese/ ghanamps.com.

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Defender baby names and what they mean, for defender, guardian, protector, protection, with 126 results. These boy names reached the height of their popularity in the 1900s (USAGE OF 9.59%) and are now significantly less conventional (USAGE 4.12%, ▼57%), with names like Randall becoming somewhat dated. The most trendy baby names here are Liam (#2), Kai (#145), Jasper (#209), Titus (#283) and Xander (#201), while Alvero (TOP 64%) and Zinder (86%) are familiar surnames. Here is the list of Defender names for girls.
Based on Hebrew. "Protect, shelter." Akiva is an uncommonly used male name. Also used for girls. Also variant of Yaakov.
Derivative of Greek element. "Man's defender." Not in popularity charts. Also used for girls. Scottish Gaelic form of Alexander, often ..
Based on Russian, Greek languages. "Man's defender, warrior." Adoption of Alek was well-received among parents in 2011 and is lower today. See also Alick. Russian form of Alex.
Stems fr. Scottish, Greek. "Man's defender." Unique. Allaster is not found in the US Demographics. See also Allyster. Variant spelling of Alistair ..
.. man was to protect his home .. Also a girls' name. Popular as a birth name, Andreas is similar to the conventional Andrea.
From Old English element. "Awesome guardian; noble guardian." Aylward is unique as a children's name. See also Aliard.
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Thomas Mical is the head of AUT's School of Art and Design
Bigger than agriculture: How design became a multi billion dollar industry
Henry Oliver | Guest writer
According to a new report, the design sector contributed over $10 billion to the New Zealand economy in 2016. Henry Oliver asks Thomas Mical, the head of AUT's School of Art and Design, what that means for New Zealand design.
Designers know that their work creates value, but a recent report from DesignCo – commissioned by ten New Zealand institutions including AUT – confirms it, by quantifying design's growing impact on the New Zealand economy. According to The Value of Design to New Zealand report, the design sector contributed approximately $10.1 billion to the New Zealand economy in 2016, about 4.2% of New Zealand's GDP.
And if design were treated as its own industry rather than a sector within various industries, its contribution to the economy would be larger than agriculture ($8.1 billion) and on the heels of retail trade ($10.6 billion) and food, beverage and tobacco product manufacturing ($10.6 billion). Product design and interactive design are the two biggest contributors towards design's economic impact, along with manufacturing, human health, financial, environmental and construction industries.
But it's not just design for design's sake. The report shows a strong design sector and national prosperity and economic growth. Further, design is a powerful tool of urban regeneration and a way to help solve complex and hard-to-solve problems in both the private and public spheres.
Thomas Mical, the head of AUT's School of Art and Design, was trained as an architect and has thought a lot about the interaction of public and private spaces. He sees reports like The Value of Design as vital, not just for the design industry to prove it's worth to the government and the private sector, but for designer's themselves to understand their economic impact and the value of the work they do. And for Mical, who sees the future of design everyday in his student's work, its value is only going to grow.
Thomas Mical is the head of AUT's School of Art and Design (Photo provided).
You're the head of the AUT School of Art & Design. What do you teach?
I was appointed as a professor. All my degrees are in architecture but I'm kind of a generic, garden-variety, humanities, cultural studies guy. I do a lot of research about mixed-use spaces and how people use different types of spaces for different agendas. How spaces in movies or literature or media get turned into real spaces, and how real spaces start to influence other forms too. Sculptors work in clay, I work in theories of space.
So did you take part in the Value of Design To New Zealand report published this year?
AUT was one of many sponsors. DesignCo's report is based on the British Design Council's report which was organised by the leaders of the design schools and industry to persuade the government that design actually had a significant economic benefit. DesignCo's report was more focused. Three universities – Vic, Massey and AUT – came together and worked with PwC to map and quantify everything.
That result just came out last month and the important number is ten billion a year. That's bigger for New Zealand's economy than agriculture. .
The report was intended, not only as a provocation or a justification but, for designers themselves, as a moment of reflection. They two biggest projected growth areas are interaction design and product design. One's very 21st century, one's very timeless. Some sectors are growing and some sectors are diminishing.
So how do you define in the design sector?
There is an organisation called the Designers Institute of New Zealand, that works with interior design, communication design, graphic design, digital design. There is a growing range of design practices now and they are increasingly becoming digital and experiential. When the students in product design make surfboards, we expect smart surfboards that can monitor sharks, temperature, stuff like that. Even when a textile student designs, we expect smart textiles so, for example, you can use them for signalling and communication. It's infinite. They're actually starting to invent disciplines that didn't exist ten years ago, like service design, experience design, strategy design. These new design industries are in many ways, not just the future, but they're already present here. Air New Zealand, for example, hires experience designers so all of the environment is taken into consideration. There's been a significant understanding in corporate culture of the importance of design thinking. That argument has more or less been won.
So the design sector is expanding, both in terms of the types of work that it does and the money it's generating for the New Zealand economy?
Yeah, it's like a garden that's gone wild. The traditional craft knowledge and the analogue equipment that went with it are disappearing. You used to do a manual poster design, or you would make shoes. Now you can expect our product designers to design shoes that are multi-purpose and biodegradable, with seeds in the sole so when they go into landfills, they turn into trees. Imagine door knobs that can deliver vitamins simply through touch. It's a fascinating time. It's like magic. Literally.
There is a type of empathy and emotional intelligence that's showing up in design skills. That was always part of design but that's becoming more rare for other parts of industry and society.
Most of this is coming from the private sector, right? Is there sufficient public sector support of design?
The government support for design education tends to be secondary and tertiary education. For example, I'm told one of the biggest consumers of advertising is actually the New Zealand government. They are highly selective consumers of design. Many designers run practices of one or two people, so it's still at the New Zealand start-up scale. Here's a couple major firms that dominate, like Weta in Wellington dominating digital animation. But designers are told they need to do a better job of actually advocating the value that they add and the report was about quantifying the value they add. Often we are so busy on their craft it might seem less important than the work but it is important. There is still not that clear communication.
When you say advocating, to who do you mean? Advocating to the world or to our government? Or to citizenry?
As an outsider, it seems everyone in New Zealand seems to be an amateur real estate speculator, and if something doesn't improve the value of their home or property, like a coffee shop around the corner, they don't seem that interested in it. There is still evidence of that suburban mentality. But there are grassroots movements, for example in design and social justice initiatives. I'm told the Auckland Council now is seriously looking at bike lanes and sustainable transportation instead of highways.
For right now, we're going through a type of creative renaissance, I think, within the local and the larger global economies. With the polarisation that's happening in most countries between the haves and have-nots, you're finding lot more pop-up urbanism, a lot of spontaneous sharing economies. Like in my home country, the United States, the public services feel they are being contracted, if not collapsed, and leaving people on their own. Or, like in London. It's one of the most creative cities in the world, which also has one of the biggest disparities between rich and poor. The creativity comes from the friction between the two. That's Richard Florida's old argument too. It's the diversity – the socio-economic, racial, cultural diversity of a city – that determines its longevity in terms of creative industries.
As someone relatively new to New Zealand, how do you think those issues are being approached here?
I'm kind of new here, so I'm still studying it. There are many fascinating design practices here, intimate knowledge networks, and easy connections. I note more international companies are interested in New Zealand due to its unique demographics.
I recently taught in Vienna, and Vienna is considered one of the most well designed and beautiful cities in the world. My architecture and urban planning colleagues spent their whole lives there and they work in it, often ignoring what is excellent to outsiders. But I'm like, "You guys should be publishing the case studies of what you do because it would be globally useful." I've always felt that about New Zealand designers too. There's a humility here which puzzles me, and even our best designers don't think they're as good as they really are.
As an American, you figure something out and you might say, "Oh I deserve a Nobel Prize." If a Kiwi wins a Nobel Prize, they might say , "Oh it's not one of the better ones." You know? As a consequence, I think there is less recognition of the inherent strengths and quality of design, design culture, design sensitivity present here. Even if it's work with wire and tape and the do-it-yourself, fix-it-yourself imperative! It's probably one of the few countries where people still imagine building eccentric functional devices, maybe even a time machine in their basement. You still get those kind of 19th century inventor mentalities here, and that is encouraging. I just find it fascinating because a lot of the world has become globalised, homogenised and stratified.
What is New Zealand's strength in design? Is it that distance?
There's a type of design outcome that has a "funky pragmatism", but even the most slick work is always a bit edgy. It's often highly socially responsible. The ethos of the landscape filters in, as do the cultural values of inclusion. There's a greater shared sense of responsibility, it is an ethos that shows up in design so we don't have as many frivolous or wasteful or flakey things as you would find in US or Australia.
The ethos also comes from not being wasteful, not designing something that causes harm as much. I see this a lot of the students when they go into their profession too. Design is to accomplish good, not simply to produce wealth.
How do you think that quality finds its way into the sector's economic value?
Sector value is a quantification of the financial benefit – to get the attention of the politicians, to say to them that they've got a huge, huge, unique resource and a significant point of difference here that points to future industries and future social impact. Design for us is where the future is.
But the good designers aren't grandstanding, they are just getting on with it. They don't spend a lot of time reflecting or writing books about theories of design like they would in New York or London. They get busy and they stay busy.
As someone who has come from lots of places and studied spaces, what's your take on the way that Auckland is approaching its public space?
It's healthy. I take public transportation but I do that deliberately. Where I live, in Onehunga, I have lots of options to get around the city so it's actually quite good. It's more effective for me, cost- and health- and time-wise to use public transportation and that wasn't the case in the past. There's an increasing respect for healthy lifestyles, sustainable design principles, and we are seeing growing support for a lot of very enlightened policies around inclusive design.
The future of Auckland I would imagine would be in the aspects that are more attuned to subtleties of the environment, the climate, the cultural nuances. The old city planning techniques that served their purpose don't really work with 21st century lifestyles. The number of people around the world buying automobiles in older economies is going down, and the traditional fuel that propels vehicles is also increasingly getting priced out by alternatives. In many ways, this is how good design innovation gains traction.
My only concern is that things move a little slower here than I'm used to. But I see great promise and great potential and I'm intrigued and sometimes surprised by the insights and outcomes of my colleagues and students. Designers are expected to live a bit in the future, to see signals and traces of the networked future in present scenarios, and this is how I imagine the spatial future Auckland.
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EXPLAINED: What Norway's revised budget means for you
Frazer Norwell
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Norway's revised budget has been proposed with the aim of helping the country recover from the pandemic. Photo by Pixaby, Pexels.
Norway has presented its revised budget for 2021, designed at helping the country recover from the coronavirus pandemic. Here's The Local's round-up of some of the key proposals and how they may affect you.
What is the revised budget?
The original provisional budget for 2021 was presented in October 2020, but the government has reviewed and revised the original budget with the aim of reducing the long-term effects of the coronavirus pandemic, and strengthening the country's efforts to reopen society.
"The reopening of society has started. Vaccination is well underway, and within months, most of the adult population will be offered vaccines. We have been in this crisis together, and together we shall leave it behind. With the revised budget, we strengthen the effort to create more jobs and include more people in the job market," PM Erna Solberg said at the budget's unveiling.
The budget was presented by Norway's Finance Minister Jan Tore Sanner, and the country will be leaning heavily on its oil fund to finance its recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.
"It has been necessary to face the crisis with strong measures, and it is in line with the rule of action to increase the use of oil money in times of crisis like this," the finance minister said.
The government is proposing extending financial support for businesses and employees, extra funding for hospitals, and airports. In addition to this the government wants to extend the cut in VAT until the end of summer, set up a new tax scheme for startups and tax wind farms.
Here's how some of the proposals may affect you.
Funding for quarantine hotels until November
The Directorate of Security and Emergency Preparedness will receive more than 1.1 billion kroner in extra funding so that the quarantine hotel scheme can run until November 10th.
"The quarantine hotel scheme has proved to be an essential tool for limiting import infection as much as possible. Our proposal means we have the necessary budget to continue the scheme," Justice Secretary Monica Mæland, said in a statement.
A further 29.1 million kroner of funding has also been set aside for the country's entry registration system.
Everyone entering Norway from so-called "red" countries – those with high infection rates – is required to fill out a registration form prior to their arrival. Part of the funding will go to call centres that deal with travellers queries, where demand has been much higher than expected.
Extension of support schemes
The government's various Covid-19 support schemes will be extended, with some being reduced.
Support for workers made redundant due to the coronavirus, called permittering, will now only be able to benefit for a maximum of 26 weeks, beginning in July.
Workers on permiterring are laid off either fully or partially. Workers laid off at least 40 percent of regular hours can access financial support from NAV. Workers will receive either 80 or 60 percent of their wages from NAV, depending on how much they earn.
Workers on hourly contracts are paid an average based on their earnings.
The government has pledged to extend the compensation scheme for businesses, wage support scheme and loan guarantee scheme for companies until October 2021, but they may be phased out from September if there is little demand.
"We emphasise that temporary crisis measures should be temporary. When Covid-19 measures are gradually lifted, the compensation schemes must also be scaled down," finance minister Sanner said.
VAT reduction extended to the end of summer
Last year the government cut VAT for certain industries and businesses to 6 percent. This cut will stay in place until the end of the summer.
The lower VAT rate will be in place until September 30th 2021, after that it will return to 12 percent.
The lower rate applies to passenger transport, hotels and accommodation, public broadcasting, cinemas, museums, amusement parks and sporting events.
This means anyone planning activities or a staycation in Norway this summer as society reopens could save a pretty penny thanks to the reduced VAT rate being extended.
More money for healthcare
Hospital budgets will be boosted to the tune of 7.3 billion kroner this year.
Around 800 million kroner is already earmarked to cover the costs of laboratories' analysis of the Covid-19 virus. A further 1.5 billion kroner will be used to compensate hospitals for revenue lost to the Covid-19 pandemic.
There will also be increased funding for IVF treatment.
Estimated growth of 3.7 percent
The government forecasts economic growth based on GDP of 3.7 percent in 2021. This is down compared to the 4.4 percent the government predicted in its original budget last fall.
READ MORE: Rising house prices: What's next for the Norwegian economy?
However, this isn't cause for concern as 3.7 percent is only 0.2 percent higher than what is considered the ideal growth rate of 3.5 percent. This is regarded as the sustainable rate an economy can grow without facing any adverse side effects.
Tax on wind farms
Government is introducing a tax on the production of wind turbines from 2022.
The tax has been described as "moderate" by government.The money raised by the tax will go to municipalities that host wind turbines,
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More money for airports
Avinor, which operates Norway's airports will receive an additional one billion kroner in funder, taking total funding for 2021 to 3.8 billion kroner.
Government will also pay out 212 million kroner in lost revenue to Top Sandefjord and Haugesund airports.
Government is proposing a new tax option scheme for companies in the start-up and growth phase. The scheme will make taxes simpler for companies and employees and will provide a more favourable tax treatment to encourage growth in the start up sector.
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No matter how you like to Caribbean, you've never done it like this. Onboard the world's most revolutionary ship Anthem of the Seas. Feel the rush skydiving right on the deck of the ship with the RipCord by iFLY skydiving simulator. Or play at the SeaPlex, an activities space that's a real game changer, offering bumper cars, a roller rink, circus school and more. If leisurely pursuits are more your speed, enjoy breathtaking island sights from the best seat in any house, the North Star. Take in transformative entertainment at Two70. Or grab a drink at Bionic Bar, where mixology meets technology. There's only one way to Caribbean like this. Only on Royal Caribbean.


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Best May Ever for Sci Fi Channel in All Key Demographics!
Sci Fi spins the numbers for the month of May.
[via press release from Sci Fi]
SCI FI Ranks #4 Among Adults 25-54 and Shows Year-over-Year Increases Six Nights of the Week
New York, NY � May 30, 2007 - SCI FI Channel scored its best May ever and enjoyed double digit increases vs May 2006 with deliveries of 596,000 Adults 25-54 (up 25%); 529,000 Adults 18�49 (up 29%); 215,000 Adults 18�34 (up 65%) and 1,084,000 Total Viewers (up 22%). SCI FI ranked #4 among entertainment cable networks among Adults 25-54.
Among fully distributed cable networks, SCI FI has the #3 largest year-to-year gain among Adults 25-54 (25%), and the greatest in that category among the top ten cable networks.
SCI FI's record May includes increases on six out of seven nights of the week, with double digit increases on five of those six nights compared to a year ago.
The Star Trek Enterprise stack (8-11p) on Monday has led to significant increases among Adults 18-49 (+75%) and Adults 25-54 (+82%)
Tuesday's 8-11p lineup culminating with ECW has led to growth among Adults 18-49 (+75%) and Adults 25-54 (+46%).
Ghost Hunters on Wednesday nights displayed gains of +13% among Adults 18-49 and +3% among Adults 25-54.
Movies on Thursday nights led to a +10% boost in performance among Adults 25-54.
Sci Fi Friday, consisting of original episodes of Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, and Painkiller Jane outperformed the same time period last year by +64% among Adults 18-49 and +58% among Adults 25-54.
Strong performances from movies on Saturday nights, the "Most Dangerous Night of Television", led to increases of +17% among Adults 18-49 and +11% among Adults 25-54.
SCI FI's year-over-year increases mark SCI FI's best gains for May since May 2000 among Adults 25�54 and best since May 1999 among Adults 18�49. Additionally, SCI FI had its best May ever among key male (18-34, 18-49 and 25�54) and female demographics (18-34 and 25-54). SCI FI ranked in the top ten among Men 18�34, 18�49 and 25-54.
SCI FI Channel is a television network where "what if" is what's on. SCI FI fuels the imagination of viewers with original series and events, blockbuster movies and classic science fiction and fantasy programming, as well as a dynamic Web site (www.scifi.com) and magazine. Launched in 1992, and currently in 89 million homes, SCI FI Channel is a network of NBC Universal, one of the world's leading media and entertainment companies.
· ECW (SYFY)
· GHOST HUNTERS (A AND E)
· PAINKILLER JANE (SCI FI)
· STAR TREK: ENTERPRISE (UPN)
· STARGATE ATLANTIS (SCI FI)
· STARGATE: SG-1 (SCI FI)


This brave cat is not afraid of any obstacles. And that may be afraid of a black cat, who through life trying to get rid of all that he crossed the road? He challenged all cat lads and it will be all the mazes, no matter how difficult they may be. And you'll help him, manipulating the arrows.


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Yüksel Yeşilova (born 30 October 1968 in Adana, Turkey) is a retired Turkish football player and current coach.

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People from Adana
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We have joined up with Bowtech Archery to offer a pretty awesome giveaway during our Open House on August 19th. The giveaway is for a Bowtech Carbon Icon and all you have to do is either clink the link http://bit.ly/2tklxXA or Text "LongRange" to 313131 to register to win. The stipulation is that you need to be able to pick the bow up in our shop before September 2nd.
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John Pirie Secondary School is a school which is characterised by progressive approaches to teaching and learning. If you want to be part of a close knit learning community and a stimulating professional environment, come to John Pirie Secondary School.
Port Pirie is a safe, friendly country community which offers excellent housing, shopping (extended hours, 7 days a week), and facilities.


This course will assist you in understanding the impact that stress is having on your lives and how to build personal and organisational resilience. By the end of the course, you will have developed a personal action plan and increased knowledge of various wellness and resilience techniques to apply during stressful situations.
Welcome to the Wellness and Resilience for Frontline Workers and Managers course.
This course will assist you as Frontline Workers or Managers in understanding the impact that stress is having on your lives and how to build personal and organisational resilience. By the end of the course, you will have developed a personal action plan and increased knowledge of various wellness and resilience techniques to apply during stressful situations.
Yes, definitely! Many aid workers can experience anxiety, post-traumatic stress, depression and burnout. As a result, even if you are committed and experienced, you can become unable to function at your best, meaning that crisis-affected people may not be receiving the assistance and protection that they need.
Investing in humanitarian staff wellbeing and resilience has therefore become a necessity.
The Frontline Workers stream provides innovative, accessible information to humanitarian workers across the globe. The course represents a shift from treatment to prevention, is applicable across all sizes of organisations, and emphasises that wellbeing is a joint responsibility of both the individual and the organisation.
The course will build your wellbeing capability and provide skills for managing stress and increasing resilience. The course includes a toolkit to support you as well as a facilitation guide.
As a Manager, it's important to be aware of the issues your team is facing as well as dealing with organisational challenges such as high workloads, limited resources, and managing staff care after a critical incident. The learning will be supported by links to best practices and examples of organisational protocols.
Understand the stress that you experience as part of your job.
Be able to identify the warning signs to look out for in yourself and in your colleagues.
Develop strategies and techniques to reduce stress and help you cope with various stressful situations.
Have guidance on embedding a culture of wellness and resilience within your organisation.
It should take you about 120 minutes including pre and post assessment.
Yes! You will be able to download a certificate and claim a digital badge after you have completed pre-assessment, the module, post-assessment and the feedback form.
Psychological First Aid (PFA) for Children course will introduce you to the concepts and steps involved in providing support to children following a distressing event. It includes activities that focus on the core elements of PFA and how to apply them in a humanitarian context.
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Vietnam: An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975 BY MAX HASTINGS. Harper, 2018, 896 pp.
Road to Disaster: A New History of America's Descent Into Vietnam BY BRIAN VanDeMARK. Custom House, 2018, 656 pp.
These two books take on a familiar topic but manage to be original and thought provoking-and very different from each other. Hastings covers the war from the Communists' uprising against the French in 1945 to their victory over the South in 1975. As a foreign correspondent, he was one of the last to leave Saigon. In this masterly and engrossing account, he uses the same techniques that have served him well in his histories of the two world wars, exploring the war from the bottom up as well as the top down. He is scathing about delusionary U.S. decisionmaking and the hopeless efforts to compensate for the South's political weakness by military means. But he is also harsh in his depiction of the callous North Vietnamese and the Vietcong. The strengths of the book lie in Hastings' ability to describe, with extensive use of diaries, memoirs, and interviews, the chaos of battle in a war of ambushes and without obvious frontlines.


Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble." 6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, 7 casting all your anxieties on him [in prayer], because he cares for you.
These Psalms specifically contain the words "pray/prayer" and "cry/cry out". There are many more prayers in Psalms that don't contain these specific words.
Hear my prayer, O Lord; let my cry come to you!


Despite clear support from such luminaries as Mr. Coase, the utility of the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendments' emissions credit trading program is not beyond dispute. The program has been criticized for its "somewhat breathtaking cheekiness," as sounding "a little kooky" and as being "exotic." Indeed, condemnation abounds in every direction, and some of the concerns are valid.
Notwithstanding its faults, however, the trading scheme provides important societal benefits that outweigh temporary costs and long-run uncertainties. The involvement of the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) and the effective regulatory power of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) are crucial to the success of such a trading program.
To highlight the desirability of the evolving emissions allowance market, this Note briefly analyzes the Act itself, the expected benefits of the trading program, the role and responsibilities of the CBOT and CFTC and current market development. Next, the Note looks at some of the criticisms of the program itself, particularly those focusing on regional concerns and barriers to implementation. Finally, the Note proposes a possible solution that addresses these concerns while retaining a smoothly functioning market and the integrity of the program.


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Among probably the most frequent electrical wiring thoughts is on how to wire a change. Though using switches at home is fairly quick, wiring just one may not be that quick for everybody. An ON-OFF switch is really quite simple to wire. You will discover different kinds of switches, but for this example, let us say that you are putting in a single-pole toggle switch, an extremely widespread switch (along with the easiest).
There are three colors of wires in a standard single-pole toggle switch: black, white, and environmentally friendly. Splice the black wire in two and connect them to the terminal screws - a single on top rated along with the other within the base screw with the change. The white wire serves as a resource of uninterrupted ability and is particularly ordinarily linked to some gentle coloured terminal screw (e.g., silver). Hook up the environmentally friendly wire for the ground screw of your respective switch.
These actions would commonly be ample to produce a standard change function without having a problem. However, should you usually are not confident you can complete the job correctly and safely and securely you better enable the professionals get it done in its place. Just after all, there is a explanation why this undertaking is probably the most commonly encountered electrical wiring issues questioned by a lot of people.
For a few rationale, ways to wire a ceiling fan is usually among the most widespread electrical wiring inquiries. To simplify this undertaking, you may use a single swap for your single ceiling fan. To wire the enthusiast, it can be only a issue of connecting the black wire from the ceiling fan to the black wire on the swap. When there is a lightweight, the blue wire ought to be related towards the black wire of your change too.
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Top movies in 2020
Showing the Top Rated Drama Movies
A comedy about fear of commitment, hating your job, falling in love and other pop favorites.
Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance,
John Cusack, Iben Hjejle, Todd Louiso, Jack Black, Lisa Bonet,
Hack The Planet!
Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller,
Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Jesse Bradford, Matthew Lillard, Laurence Mason,
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)
One of the most inventive, funny coming-of-age films in years!
Comedy, Drama,
Emile Hirsch, Kieran Culkin, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jena Malone, Jake Richardson,
Ego (2013)
Drama,
Martin Wallström, Mylaine Hedreul, Sissela Kyle, Peter Andersson, Emil Johnsen,
"Perception" (2012)
Crime Scene Differently
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Tv Series,
Eric McCormack, Rachael Leigh Cook, Kelly Rowan, Arjay Smith, LeVar Burton,
Barneys Version (2010)
First he got married. Then he got married again. Then he met the love of his life.
Paul Giamatti, Macha Grenon, Paul Gross, Atom Egoyan, Mark Camacho,
Hard Core Logo (1996)
4 guys - 5 nights - 3000 miles - 764 gallons of gas - 987 bottles of beer - 3457 cigarettes - 1 last shot
Comedy, Drama, Music,
Hugh Dillon, Callum Keith Rennie, John Pyper-Ferguson, Bernie Coulson, Julian Richings,
Cry_Wolf (2005)
Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller,
Julian Morris, Lindy Booth, Jared Padalecki, Jon Bon Jovi, Sandra McCoy,
Follow Your Dreams!
Aniello Arena, Loredana Simioli, Nando Paone, Nello Iorio, Nunzia Schiano,
There is no turning back
Josh Duhamel, Dan Fogler, Miracle Laurie, Christie Burson, Peter Michael Goetz,
La source des femmes (2011)
Leïla Bekhti, Hafsia Herzi, Hiam Abbass, Saleh Bakri, Biyouna,
Mockingbird Lane (2012)
Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery,
Jerry O'Connell, Portia de Rossi, Charity Wakefield, Mason Cook, Eddie Izzard,
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976)
Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller,
Alan Arkin, Vanessa Redgrave, Robert Duvall, Nicol Williamson, Laurence Olivier,
This might hurt a little.
Documentary, Drama, History,
Michael Moore, Tucker Albrizzi, Tony Benn, George W. Bush, Reggie Cervantes,
Kingdom of Heaven (2005)
Be without fear in the face of your enemies. Safeguard the helpless, and do no wrong
Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War,
Martin Hancock, Michael Sheen, Nathalie Cox, Eriq Ebouaney, Jouko Ahola,
A Prairie Home Companion (2006)
Radio like you've never seen it before.
Marylouise Burke, Woody Harrelson, L.Q. Jones, Tommy Lee Jones, Garrison Keillor,
Protect What's Yours
Kevin Bacon, Garrett Hedlund, Kelly Preston, Jordan Garrett, Stuart Lafferty,
La pianiste (2001)
Drama, Music, Thriller,
Isabelle Huppert, Annie Girardot, Benoît Magimel, Susanne Lothar, Udo Samel,
Altiplano (2009)
A lyrical tragedy about sacrifice and redemption in the Andes.
Magaly Solier, Jasmin Tabatabai, Olivier Gourmet, Arturo Anacarino Zarate, Malku Choquehuillca,
A, B, C... Manhattan (1997)
Lucy Knight, Erin Norris, Sara Paul, Maisy Hughes, Nikolai Voloshuk,
Palo Alto, CA (2007)
Aaron Ashmore, Johnny Lewis, Justin Mentell, Autumn Reeser, Ben Savage,
"The Sopranos" (1999)
Made in America. (season 6, part 2)
Crime, Drama, Tv Series,
James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli, Dominic Chianese,
Il postino (1994)
Dreams do come true.
Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance,
Philippe Noiret, Massimo Troisi, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Renato Scarpa, Linda Moretti,
Disgrace (2008)
What is a mad heart?
John Malkovich, Jessica Haines, Eriq Ebouaney, Fiona Press, Antoinette Engel,
Family Album (1994)
Behind the scenes of a successful acting career, lies the misery of the break up of her family.
Jaclyn Smith, Michael Ontkean, Joe Flanigan, Kristin Minter, Leslie Horan,
Powder (1995)
Pure energy has a name
Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci Fi, Thriller,
Mary Steenburgen, Sean Patrick Flanery, Lance Henriksen, Jeff Goldblum, Brandon Smith,
Rancid Aluminium (2000)
Those who should know, KNOW!
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller,
Rhys Ifans, Joseph Fiennes, Tara Fitzgerald, Sadie Frost, Steven Berkoff,
The Blind Side (2009)
Based on the extraordinary true story
Biography, Drama, Sport,
Sandra Bullock, Tim McGraw, Quinton Aaron, Jae Head, Lily Collins,
"Murder, She Wrote" The Perfect Foil (1986)
Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Tv Series,
Angela Lansbury, Barbara Babcock, Peter Bonerz, Cesare Danova, George DiCenzo,
Gin gwai (2002)
What if the reflection you see is not yours
Drama, Horror, Thriller,
Angelica Lee, Lawrence Chou, Jinda Duangtoy, Yut Lai So, Candy Lo,
Hard Ball (2001)
In a place where all bets are off, he's got nothing to lose.
Drama, Sport,
Keanu Reeves, Diane Lane, John Hawkes, Bryan Hearne, Julian Griffith,
The Lost Symbol (2017)
Writer Danny Strong
Drama, Mystery,
Tom Hanks,
"The Wire" (2002)
A new case begins... (second season)
Crime, Drama, Thriller, Tv Series,
Dominic West, John Doman, Deirdre Lovejoy, Wendell Pierce, Lance Reddick,
Imagining Argentina (2003)
An extraordinary story of love, compassion and danger.
Drama, Romance, Thriller,
Irene Escolar, Fernando Tielve, Hector Bordoni, Antonio Banderas, Emma Thompson,
The Alumni Chapter (2011)
Moving on is complicated.
Sean Warner, Scott Javore, Laura Mecsey, Hilary Staton, Abba Lessing,
Guilty by Association (2003)
Urban-Action
Action, Crime, Drama,
Bryce, Jeff Edward, Morgan Freeman, Daemon Moore, Jammie Patton,
White Nights (1985)
A whole new motion picture experience is on the horizon.
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, Jerzy Skolimowski, Helen Mirren, Geraldine Page,
Stay Hungry (1976)
If you've got an appetite for life:
Drama, Comedy,
Jeff Bridges, Sally Field, Arnold Schwarzenegger, R.G. Armstrong, Robert Englund,
The English Patient (1996)
In love, there are no boundaries.
Drama, Romance, War,
Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Kristin Scott Thomas, Naveen Andrews,
The Quiet (2005)
Isn't it time everyone hears your secrets?
Elisha Cuthbert, Camilla Belle, Edie Falco, Martin Donovan, Shawn Ashmore,
The Last Emperor (1987)
He was the Lord of Ten Thousand Years, the absolute monarch of China. He was born to rule a world of ancient tradition. Nothin
Biography, Drama, History,
John Lone, Joan Chen, Peter O'Toole, Ruocheng Ying, Victor Wong,
At 1:55 a.m. Joe Ferrone and Artie Connors went looking for kicks. They found it 7 minutes later in "The Incident."
Crime, Drama,
Victor Arnold, Robert Bannard, Beau Bridges, Ruby Dee, Robert Fields,
King David (1985)
Adventure, Biography, Drama, War,
Richard Gere, Edward Woodward, Alice Krige, Denis Quilley, Niall Buggy,
Amarufi: Megami no hôshû (2009)
Yûji Oda, Yûki Amami, Erika Toda, Kôichi Satô, Nene Ohtsuka,
Best. Night. Ever.
Comedy, Drama, Romance,
Topher Grace, Anna Faris, Dan Fogler, Teresa Palmer, Chris Pratt,
Amar (2009)
Luis Ernesto Franco, Diana García, Tony Dalton, María Aura, Pedro Damián,
The Eyes of the Amaryllis (1982)
Ruth Ford, Martha Byrne, Guy Boyd, Jonathan Bolt, Katharine Houghton,
Boxing Helena (1993)
Beyond love, beyond obsession, there hides something beyond reason.
Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller,
Julian Sands, Sherilyn Fenn, Bill Paxton, Kurtwood Smith, Art Garfunkel,
A true story [International]
Biography, Drama, Romance, Sport,
John Hurt, Gregory Jones, Mick Dillon, Ann Bell, Jan Francis,
Cashback (2006)
Sometimes love is hiding between the seconds of your life
Michelle Ryan, Sean Biggerstaff, Erica Ellis, Jay Bowen, Shaun Evans,
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120 Degree Arc East-Southeast
Arts, Lifestyle, Miami
Faena Art invited guests to explore perceptions of light, color and space through Phillip K Smith III's oceanfront installation, "120 Degree Arc East-Southeast" at Faena throughout Miami Art Week 2017.
Unifying a large swath of Faena's beachfront is artist Phillip K. Smith III's 120 Degree Arc East-Southeast, a new iteration of the work he created earlier this year at Desert X in the Coachella Valley.
What was once a sacred circle in the desert of California is here converted into an arc that seems to hold the sea, a mirrored cove that opens up towards the Caribbean. The work creates a reflective space within the beach environment—the mirrored steel structural elements disappear and meld into the pure elements of water and sky.
The artwork directly engages with the ocean surrounding and the endless heavens above. As the light shifts over the course of the day and the viewer moves through the installation, land, water and sky are separated, merged, and displaced, sub- verting one's assumed relationship with the horizon and natural boundaries. It is a constantly morphing installation that can never be seen the same way twice.
I'm interested in an idea of universal beauty," Smith III says. "Of something that, like the sunset or the clouds, forces all of us as human beings to stop…
Born and raised in the Coachella Valley, Smith III rose to international acclaim in late 2013 after his Joshua Tree light installation, "Lucid Stead," dazzled viewers across the world. Mirrors on a homestead shack reflected the desert landscape by day and radiated his now patented color-sequencing program by night.
"I'm interested in an idea of universal beauty," Smith III says. "Of something that, like the sunset or the clouds, forces all of us as human beings to stop, no matter what our background is, no matter where we are—that experience of being on the edge of the Grand Canyon or seeing that ray of light coming through the clouds… I think that the art world is a bit leery of the word 'beauty' because, how can beauty be universal? It's so much in the eye of the beholder. But I would argue that it's not. I think there's actually something that can be tapped into, that rises above all of that, that is a universal sense of beauty and sense of awe that makes us all want to stop and look."
Phillip K. Smith III received his Bachelor of Fine Arts and Bachelor of Architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design, after growing up in Southern California's Coachella Valley. From his Palm Desert studio, he creates light-based work that draws upon ideas of space, form, light, environment, and change. Featured in hundreds of online and print publications, he is known for creating large-scaled temporary installations such as Lucid Stead, Reflection Field and Portals at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival, ¼ Mile Arc in Laguna Beach, and The Circle of Land and Sky at this year's inaugural Desert X exhibition. All of these installations are featured in his recently released catalog titled "Five Installations" published by Grand Central Press. His public artworks are sited in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Kansas City, Nashville, Oklahoma City and beyond. The artist was recently commissioned to create permanent, light-based works for the cities of West Hollywood, California and Bellevue, Washington.
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Miami's exclusive art- and culture-based private members club offers an unparalleled roster of diverse events and extraordinary experiences to a dynamic, engaged community. Here is a snapshot of recent events.
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A New Year's Eve for the Disco Queens and Kings
Dust off your sequin bellbottoms and white leisure suits and hustle your way over to Faena for a night of disco fever on New Year's Eve.
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Holidays in Casa
Raise a glass to the holiday season at Casa Faena, where legendary playwright Tennessee Williams once stayed and famously introduced a toast at sunset. The hotel's historical roots are reflected in its Spanish Colonial architecture dating back to the 1930s, best showcased in the property's sun-drenched courtyard atrium, wrought iron balconies, and terracotta touches.
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The fine dining temple of Los Fuegos from Argentine grillmaster Francis Mallmann is where one can find a bounty of flavor-packed vegetables smoked, grilled and charred to perfection. The restaurant's latest menu takes inspiration from the chef's recently released vegetarian cookbook: Green Fire.
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Updated 10:05 AM CST, Fri, January 03,2020
We Make Teasers announces its official support of the Board Game and Video Game industries. We Make Teasers specializes in creating video advertisements, video teasers, game trailers, and product explainer videos for use on popular platforms like Kickstarter, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and even Twitter!
Tampa, FL -- (ReleaseWire) -- 01/03/2020 -- We Make Teasers launches a video production service that specializes in creating video advertisements, video teasers, game trailers, and product explainer videos for board game and video game designers.
We Make Teasers is a video production company that serves clients internationally. The video company began in last July when its founder, Bryce Walter, pinpointed an opportunity for improvement in the video production industry.
"Our heart is to bring high-quality, live action video, 3D animation, and sound design to game designers who have had a lackluster experience with other production companies. We've found many video partners aren't as transparent about their process, pricing, or results as they should be. We set out to fix those problems." Company Founder, Bryce Walter validated.
Using his background in indie board game design, Bryce Walter created a video service that provides game designers with a value driven and transparent purchasing experience for their video production needs. Because of the emphasis that We Make Teasers places on value and transparency, the company provides a detailed breakdown of their pricing, process, and results, all of which are accessible directly on their website.
We Make Teasers has focused on building video options for companies of all different sizes and has had the opportunity to work with brands like Bicycle Games, North Star Games, and Druid City Games.
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Montessori School 31 children are shown a basic concept and then guided to build on that idea. Arranging groups of objects from left to right, top to bottom, large to small, concrete to abstract, forms a pattern that children carry over naturally to reading, writing, and calculating. Each skill is developed to interlock with another. The children learn each segment at their own pace, and move on to the next as each one is mastered.
A solid academic foundation is provided in a stimulating environment. Montessori instructional materials allow children to learn at their own pace through discovery activities Art, music, literature and philosophy are integrated into the instructional program The child-centered learning environment fosters a strong sense of community and commitment for students, parents and staff. Children entering the school after pre-kindergarten must be previously enrolled in a certified Montessori program.
Montessori is a method of education named after Dr. Maria Montessori. Montessori education has worked in every culture throughout the world, with children from every level of intellectual ability and economic background. As more and more schools incorporated core elements of her model—multi-age classrooms, early childhood education— Montessori became widely recognized as being ahead of her time. Remarkably, her visionary ideas remain viable concepts that have profoundly influenced the entire educational landscape.
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60 to 70 million Americans suffer form heart attacks. Over 550,000 will die this year from heart attacks and the numbers are increasing. The cost of treating heart attacks in the US is estimated at 50-60 billion dollars a year. Conventional treatments for heart disease have been, by pass surgery and angioplasty. These life saving treatments have been recognized by the medical industry the standard necessary procedures.
Chelation therapy has been known about for over 60 years, The medical industry prefers not to recognize a procedure that has the ability to prevent much unnecessary surgery and suffering. Heart disease is a very big and profitable business. It's very easy to pay the overhead on a large medical facility when the operating rooms are constantly filled with heart patients.
Chelation therapy as practiced in Florida has been proven to increase blood flow and to remove plaque build up in the arteries. Chelation therapy is a safe and effective method of eliminating scale or plaque, that is the primary cause of cardiovascular disease. Other benefits of chelation therapy are reversal of arteriosclerosis, prevention of heart attacks and strokes, and eliminates the need for bypass surgery and angioplasty.
Chelation comes from the Greek word chele meaning "to claw" or "to bind". The use of chelation therapy goes back to the 1950's when it was found to be effective in removal of lead. Studies published in reputable medical and scientific journals have repeatedly confirmed the effectiveness of I V (intravenous) chelation therapy. Over five hundred thousands patients in the United States during the last 40 years have used chelation therapy safely. Even though the FDA has not approved chelation therapy for cardiovascular problems over 1000 physicians recommend and administer chelation.
The American College For The Advancement Of Medicine and the American Board Of Chelation Therapy have established a specific and safe protocol for chelation therapy treatments. This therapy is performed on an out patient basis, is painless and takes approximately one and one half hours. The average number of treatments is determined by the physician but is usually between 20-30 session. According to Garry Gordon, M.D. of Arizona, a carefully tailored nutritional program including vitamins and mineral supplements should be part of the total program. A whole foods diet, low fat diet with exercise also play an important role.
Doctors are not all knowing, Dr. Gordon's recommended treatment method of adding mineral supplements during or after chelation is contradictory to the basic concept of doing chelation in the first place. Chelation is the process of removing harmful minerals such as calcium and other minerals that are the cause of cardiovascular problems.
Chelation therapy binds calcium that accumulates inside cells and allows it to be flushed from the vessel walls. An additional benefit is reduction of free radical production which is known to be one of the causes of arterial damage.
In a double blind study in 1989 with patients suffering from peripheral vascular disease who were treated with intravenous chelation therapy, 88 percent of the patients reported a marked improvement after 10 treatments.
When Angioprim is used and procedures are followed, noticeable health improvements of reduced fatigue, improved breathing, greater strength and stamina, reduced pain or tightness of the chest and usually this will be realized within a few days or weeks.
There has been much confusion about the effectiveness of oral chelation therapy and that it is a vastly different and less effective than Intravenous chelation. That is true for some forms of oral chelation when use of nutritional supplements such as, garlic, vitamin C, carrageen, zinc, niacin, cayenne pepper lecithin and a multitude of products with one form or another of EDTA. These chelators either IV, oral or suppository work very slowly and are only in the body a short period of time and unable to clean the arteries very effectively.
The type of EDTA used for chelation is very important and the right blend of synergistic amino acids working with the EDTA are critical. Few forms of EDTA will go through the stomach without being broken down by stomach acids and others are very slow acting and ineffectual once in the body.
Many people ask why haven't they heard of this therapy before and why is there no FDA approval? The answer is simple, the patent on the chemicals for chelation therapy have expired many years ago and it is unlikely that a pharmaceutical company would invest the millions of dollars needed to get FDA approval without patent protection. There is also some skepticism among doctors because no major pharmaceutical company promotes this product. The patent laws in America protect a patent holder for 16 to 20 years on new patents and procedures. The patent holder has the right to exclusively manufacture for resale that product. Without a patent there is not much restriction and usually no big profit.
Because heart disease is the number one killer in America and the fact that angioplasty and bypass surgery is risky, expensive and the benefits are unproven, you should consider oral chelation therapy as a viable choice.
Oral chelation is simple, easy and very inexpensive. Why do we offer this knowledge? Today I know, I was unnecessarily subjected to very traumatic by-pass surgery that saved my life but took many months to regain my health. I was further treated to Angioplasty surgery that was effective for about 14 days. A repeated angioplasty left me with a stent in the wrong place that resulted in my walking out of the hospital in worse shape than when I went in.


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SS Edmund Fitzgerald – amerykański jeziorowiec, zwodowany 7 czerwca 1956 roku, który zatonął w niejasnych okolicznościach w listopadzie 1975 roku. W okresie swojej służby był największym statkiem kiedykolwiek pływającym po Jeziorze Górnym. Transportował głównie rudę żelaza z kopalń leżących w pobliżu Duluth w Minnesocie do portów w Detroit i Toledo. Przez czas swojej 17-letniej służby wielokrotnie ustanawiał rekordy czasu rejsu na danej trasie, często pobijając swoje własne, osiągnięte wcześniej rekordy. Właścicielem statku było Oglebay Norton Company.

Zatonął 10 listopada 1975 roku podczas sztormu, w czasie rejsu z portu w Superior w Wisconsin do fabryki w okolicy miasta Detroit. Podczas ostatniego rejsu towarzyszył mu inny jeziorowiec, SS "Arthur M. Anderson". Oba statki zostały zaskoczone przez nagły sztorm (z falami przekraczającymi 11 metrów), wskutek czego SS "Edmund Fitzgerald" zatonął w odległości około 15 mil morskich (27 kilometrów) od Whitefish Bay - zatoki w okolicy miasta Sault Ste. Marie. Wrak spoczywa na głębokości 160 metrów pod powierzchnią. Część dziobowa i rufa leżą w pewnej odległości od siebie (statek przełamał się na pół, gdy tonął), ponadto rufa spoczywa na dnie stępką do góry. Jeziorowiec zatonął wraz z całą załogą liczącą 29 osób, jednak mimo akcji poszukiwawczej dopiero w 1994 grupa nurków odkryła ciało członka załogi statku.

Katastrofa SS "Edmund Fitzgerald" jest jedną z najlepiej znanych i opisanych w historii Wielkich Jezior. Wyciągnięte z niej wnioski przyczyniły się do bardziej szczegółowych kontroli statków poruszających się po jeziorach, a tym samym wzrostu poziomu bezpieczeństw ich załóg.

Historia

Budowa i charakterystyka statku
Statek został zbudowany na zlecenie NorthWestern Mutual Life Insurance Company przez Great Lakes Enginering Works (GLEW). Głównym powodem złożenia zamówienia na jeziorowiec były inwestycje firmy w przemysł wydobywczy (głównie rud żelaza) i konieczność transportu towaru w obrębie kopalń i hut położonych na brzegach Wielkich Jezior. Zamówienie zostało złożone w 1957 roku z zastrzeżeniem, że statek ma osiągnąć rozmiary określone przez seawaymax, czyli 222 metry długości, 22,9 metra szerokości, wysokość kadłuba bez nadbudówki miała wynosić 12 metrów, a wysokość ładowni 10,16 metra. 7 sierpnia 1957 roku została położona stępka pod budowę statku. Przy nośności 26 000 ton SS "Edmund Fitzgerald" był w czasie zwodowania największym statkiem pływającym po Wielkich Jeziorach. Tytuł ten został mu odebrany dopiero 17 września 1959 roku wraz z ukończeniem innego jeziorowca SS "Murray Bay" (222,5 metra długości). Jeziorowiec posiadał trzy główne ładownie oddzielone od siebie stalowymi grodziami. Załadunek miało umożliwić 21 wodoszczelnych luków załadunkowych (3,4 na 14,6 metrów każdy). Pierwotnie statek był poruszany dzięki turbinie parowej; od 1972 roku statek po przebudowie kotłów zamiast węgla jako paliwa używał ropy naftowej. Od 1969 roku statek posiadał stery strumieniowe umieszczone na dziobie. Umożliwiały one łatwiejsze manewrowanie.

Statek posiadał 2 kajuty dla gości, dużą kuchnię, system wentylacji pomieszczeń, a także kilka łazienek. Kajuty załogi posiadały również lepszy standard niż ten, który występował na innych jeziorowcach z tego okresu.

Nazwa i zwodowanie
Nazwa statku odnosi się do byłego właściciela firmy NorthWestern, Edmunda Fitzgeralda, w którego rodzinie od pokoleń kultywowano tradycje związane z marynistyką (jego dziadek był kapitanem jeziorowców, a ojciec właścicielem firmy remontowej i suchych doków). W uroczystości wodowania statku, która miała miejsce 7 czerwca 1958 roku, wzięło udział około 15 000 osób. Już podczas trwania ceremonii statek według obserwatorów zdradzał oznaki swojej pechowości. Kiedy żona kapitana, Elizabeth Fitzgerald, próbowała rozbić butelkę szampana o dziób statku, nie udało jej się to, wystąpiły również problemy z usunięciem podpór blokujących statek, co wydłużyło ceremonię o pół godziny. Po zejściu na wodę statek wzburzył ogromną falę, która zalała część widowni. Po zwodowaniu statek przeszedł dziewięciodniowy okres prób na wodach jeziora, który ukończył pomyślnie 22 września 1958 roku.

Służba
Statek był wykorzystywany przez Oglebay Norton Corporation po wykupieniu go na okres 25 lat od NorthWestern, co było normalną praktyką stosowaną przez armatora w tamtych czasach. Po pozyskaniu statku Oglebay uczyniło z niego natychmiast swoją jednostkę flagową floty transportowej. Statek znakomicie sprawdzał się w roli transportowca, ustanawiając wiele rekordów. Osobistym rekordem jednostki w czasie jednego kursu było zabranie w czasie pojedynczego rejsu 27402 ton rudy, czego dokonał w 1969 roku. Przez 17 lat służby statek wykonał 748 kursów, głównie pomiędzy Duluth a Toledo i Detroit, stąd nazwa nadana jednostce przez marynarzy: Toledo Express. Statek nosił również przydomki Pride of the American Flag (duma amerykańskiej flagi), Mighty Fitz (potężny Fitz) czy Titanic of the Great Lakes (Titanic Wielkich Jezior).

Załadunek rudy do ładowni trwał około 4,5 godziny, natomiast rozładunek zabierał 14 godzin. Rejs pomiędzy Superior w stanie Wisconsin a Toledo w Ohio trwał zwykle pięć dni. W 1969 roku SS "Edmund Fitzgerald" otrzymał nagrodę za nienaganną służbę (nie uległ żadnemu wypadkowi czy kolizji przez 8 lat). Jeszcze tego samego roku statek utknął na mieliźnie, a w 1970 odnotowano kolizję z innym transportowcem SS "Hochelaga". W 1974 statek stracił swoją oryginalną kotwicę na rzece Detroit. Mimo tych wypadków statek zachował swoją dobrą opinię.

Zatonięcie
Ostatni rejs jeziorowca rozpoczął się 9 listopada 1975 roku o godzinie 14.15 po południu. Statek wypłynął pod dowództwem kapitana Ernesta M. McSorleya i płynął z ładunkiem rudy żelaza do huty na Zug Island w pobliżu Detroit. W ostatni rejs statek wypłynął z ładowniami niemal całkowicie wypełnionymi ładunkiem, przewożąc 26 116 ton rudy. Wkrótce jednostka osiągnęła maksymalną prędkość 14 węzłów i dołączyła do drugiego statku SS "Arthur M. Anderson" pod dowództwem kapitana Jessego B. Coopera. Wody jeziora były spokojne, lecz przewidywano sztorm w okolicach 10 listopada. SS "Wilfred Sykes" był statkiem, który utrzymywał kontakt radiowy zarówno z SS "Edmund Fitzgerald" jak i z SS "Arthur M. Anderson", jednak jego kapitan zdecydował się na obranie innej trasy z uwagi na ostrzeżenie o sztormie wydane przez National Weather Service. O godzinie 19.00 NWS ponownie nadało ostrzeżenie o zbliżającym się sztormie, wobec czego oba statki zmieniły kurs na północny w nadziei na to, że uda im się zbliżyć do wybrzeża, gdzie skutki sztormu będą mniej odczuwalne. O 1.00 statki napotkały na swojej drodze sztorm. SS "Edmund Fitzgerald" odnotował prędkość wiatru 96 km/h i fale o wysokości około 10 metrów. Według relacji kapitana "Sykesa", który prowadził nasłuch, kapitan McSorley zredukował prędkość z uwagi na warunki pogodowe.

O godzinie 14.00 ponowiono ostrzeżenie o złych warunkach pogodowych na całym akwenie. Oba statki poruszały się z prędkością ok. 23 km/h, jednak wkrótce (około 15.00) "Fitzgerald" zaczął oddalać się od SS "Arthur M. Anderson" tak, iż oba statki straciły ze sobą kontakt. Widoczność dodatkowo utrudniała śnieżyca. W momencie zerwania kontaktu SS "Edmund Fitzgerald" był około 16 mil (26 kilometrów) przed towarzyszącą jednostką. Krótko po 15.30 kapitan Sorley nadał przez radio komunikat do sąsiedniej jednostki w którym poinformował ich, że statek zaczął nabierać wody, zwiększył się również przechył jednostki. Wobec zwiększającej się ilości wody kapitan Sorley zarządził uruchomienie wszystkich sześciu pomp, mających usunąć wodę ze statku. "Fitzgerald" znacznie zmniejszył swoją prędkość, co pozwoliło na zbliżenie się obu statków na odległość około 16 kilometrów. Umożliwiło również kontakt radarowy pomiędzy jednostkami.

O godzinie 16.39 Anderson skontaktował się ze strażą przybrzeżną by otrzymać informację o prognozowanych warunkach pogodowych. Przed południem 10 listopada pogoda znowu się pogorszyła, statki w rejonie południowego brzegu Jeziora Górnego zanotowały prędkość wiatru dochodzącą do 93 km/h. Na otwartych wodach jeziora prędkość ta przekroczyła 130 km/h. O godzinie 7.10 rano doszło do ostatniego kontaktu radiowego pomiędzy SS "Edmund Fitzgerald" a SS "Arthur M. Anderson" podczas którego kapitan "Fitzgeralda" zapewnił, że załoga daje sobie radę z kontrolowaniem statku. Ostatnie słowa kapitana Ernesta M. McSorleya brzmiały We are holding our own (trzymamy się). Statek zatonął parę minut później, dziesięć minut po ostatnim kontakcie załoga SS "Arthur M. Anderson" straciła kontakt radarowy ze statkiem.

Poszukiwania

O godzinie 19:39 kapitan Cooper zgłosił swoje zaniepokojenie losem statku SS "Edmund Fitzgerald" na kanale 16 (kanał ratunkowy) radia UKF, z powodu uszkodzenia anteny odbiorczej przez silny wiatr straż przybrzeżna poleciła mu przełączyć się na kanał 12, aby odciążyć kanał ratunkowy. Po poinformowaniu o zdarzeniu USCG Cooper nawiązał łączność ze statkiem "Nanfri", który jednak nie mógł, podobnie jak "Anderson", zlokalizować zaginionej jednostki za pomocą radaru. O 20:25 Cooper ponownie połączył się ze strażą przybrzeżną, a o 21:03 oficjalnie zgłosił zaginięcie jeziorowca. Krótko potem USCG poleciła "Andersonowi" rozpocząć poszukiwania ewentualnych ocalałych z katastrofy ludzi, a o 22:35 nadała komunikat wzywający wszystkie jednostki zacumowane w Whitefish Bay do udziału w akcji poszukiwawczo-ratunkowej. Akcji na morzu przewodził SS "Arthur M. Anderson" wraz z innym statkiem, SS "William Clay Ford". Co prawda straż przybrzeżna wysłała do akcji stawiacz boi USCGC Woodrush ale dotarcie na miejsce zajęło mu jeden dzień. Wysłano również należący do USCG samolot poszukiwawczy Grumman HU-16 Albatross, który dotarł na miejsce o 20:53. W akcji brał udział również śmigłowiec HH-52 Seaguard z reflektorem a także kanadyjska policja, która rozpoczęła poszukiwania części wraku i ciał wyrzuconych przez morze na brzeg Jeziora Górnego. Mimo odnalezienia szczątków statku i kilku szalup nie udało się odnaleźć ciał 29 członków załogi, wśród których był kapitan Ernest M. McSorley, pierwszy, drugi i trzeci oficer, 5 inżynierów i 20 pozostałych marynarzy. Większość ofiar pochodziła z Ohio i Wisconsin. SS "Edmund Fitzgerald" jest jednym z największych statków, jaki kiedykolwieke zatonęły na Jeziorze Górnym.

Wrak

Odnalezienie wraku
Wrak został odnaleziony 14 listopada 1975 roku przez samolot marynarki wojennej wyposażony w aparaturę umożliwiającą wykrycie anomalii magnetycznych. Wykrył on anomalię w okolicach miejsca spoczynku wraku, późniejsze badania za pomocą sonaru potwierdziły obecność dwóch dużych obiektów spoczywających na dnie jeziora, 160 metrów pod powierzchnią. Wrak spoczywa około 15 mil (24 kilometry) od Deadman's Cove w Ontario i 17 mil (27 kilometrów) od wejścia do zatoki Whitefish, na wodach terytorialnych Kanady. W okresie od 20 do 28 maja 1976 roku United States Navy badała miejsce spoczynku wraku przy pomocy zdalnie sterowanego pojazdu podwodnego CURV. Pomiary wykazały, że sekcja dziobowa mierzy 84 metry długości, natomiast rufowa 77 metrów, a dziób statku był częściowo zakopany w mule. Pomiędzy obiema sekcjami znajdowała się ogromna ilość szczątków statku i utraconego ładunku.

Ekspedycje
 W 1980 roku Jean-Michel Cousteau, syn podróżnika i badacza Jacques'a Cousteau, zorganizował wyprawę nurkową na wrak statku. W nurkowaniu brało udział dwóch nurków, trwało ono jednak zbyt krótko i nie wniosło zbyt wiele do sprawy.
 W 1989 roku National Sea Grant College Program zorganizowało trzydniową ekspedycję, której głównym celem było dokładne zeskanowanie wraku. Do skanowania użyto zdalnie sterowanego pojazdu podwodnego (ROV). Część nagrań i skanów zostało w późniejszym okresie wykorzystanych między innymi przez Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum czy National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
 W roku 1994 Joseph B. MacInnis zorganizował trzydniową ekspedycję, podczas której udało się wykonać sześć nurkowań do wraku z pokładu statku Celia.
 Również w 1994 roku nurek Fred Shannon zorganizował nurkowanie do wraku, podczas którego udało się wykonać setki zdjęć i zarejestrować 42 godziny materiału wideo. Dokonał również najdłuższego nurkowania do wraku (trwało 211 minut). Podczas przebywania pod wodą Shannon i grupa towarzyszących mu nurków odkryli ciało członka załogi, leżące w okolicach części dziobowej, ubranego w kapok.
 W 1995 zorganizowano ekspedycję mającą na celu wydobycie dzwonu z pokładu jednostki. Dzwon okrętowy po wydobyciu pełnił rolę pomnika.
Eksploracja wraku wymaga licencji, za nurkowanie bez zgody przewidziane są kary. Wrak i przestrzeń wokół niego zostały uznane za podwodne cmentarzysko.

Teorie na temat zatonięcia

Warunki pogodowe
W roku 2005 NOAA we współpracy z NWS przeprowadziły symulację mającą oddać warunki, jakie panowały w rejonie Jeziora Górnego w dniach od 9 do 11 listopada 1975 roku. Symulacja zawierała dane takie, jak wysokość fal czy prędkość wiatru. Przeprowadzona symulacja wykazała, że wpływ na zatonięcie statku mógł mieć wiatr, którego prędkość według badaczy wyniosła około 80 km/h. Symulacja wykazała również, że maksymalna wysokość fal mogła wynieść do 11 metrów, a maksymalna prędkość wiatru w rejonie zatonięcia jednostki 110 km/h.

Według innej teorii do zatonięcia statku mogły przyczynić się trzy wyjątkowo duże fale, których obecność odnotowano na jeziorze w czasie zatonięcia statku. Fale takie pojawiają się często w czasie sztormu na Jeziorze Górnym i są kilka razy wyższe, niż typowe fale jeziora. Gdy fale kolejno uderzają w statek może to spowodować jego przeciążenie i w konsekwencji zatonięcie.

Kapitan statku SS "Arthur M Anderson" zeznał później, że jego statek napotkał na swoim kursie jedną falę mierzącą około 11 metrów i jedną mogącą mieć nawet 14 metrów wysokości. Spowodowały one zniszczenia na statku (między innymi zniszczyły część szalup ratunkowych). Ustalono również, że zmniejszona prędkość statku mogła wpłynąć na zwiększenie ryzyka zalania przez fale.

Nieszczelne luki

Według tej teorii do zatonięcia SS "Edmund Fitzgerald" przyczyniły się nieszczelne luki załadunkowe, przez które woda dostała się do ładowni. W wyniku zalania ładowni statek stracił stabilność i zatonął. 26 czerwca 1976 roku teorię tę wysunęła amerykańska straż przybrzeżna, co spotkało się z krytyką ze strony rodzin członków załogi.

Późniejsze badania przeprowadzone za pomocą zdalnie sterowanego pojazdu podwodnego wykazały znaczne uszkodzenie niektórych pokryw luków załadunkowych. Wiele z nich było otwartych lub wyrwanych, co zostało uwzględnione w oficjalnych raportach na temat katastrofy.

Mielizna
Jedną z hipotez jest uszkodzenie kadłuba statku przez wpłynięcie na mieliznę otaczającą Caribou Island. Wiadomo, że statek przepływał w bliskiej odległości od wyspy, co mogło spowodować jego uszkodzenie. Hipotezę tę poparły służby kanadyjskie badające przyczyny wypadku. Nurkowie wysłani w okolice wyspy nie znaleźli jednak śladów wskazujących na kontakt statku z dnem. Również oględziny steru okrętu nie wykazały uszkodzeń spowodowanych tego typu zdarzeniem.

Profesor Paul Hainault z Michigan Technological University wysunął teorię według której kadłub statku mógł zostać naruszony 10 listopada podczas rejsu przez niewidoczne z powierzchni szczyt podwodnego wzniesienia na środku Jeziora Górnego. Odkryty w 1929 pas wypiętrzeń sięga od 6,7 do 121,9 m od powierzchni jeziora. Leży również na obszarze trudnym w nawigacji, przez co stanowi poważne zagrożenie dla przepływających statków. Hipoteza zakłada, że uszkodzony kadłub w połączeniu ze sztormem który nawiedził okolicę przyczyniły się do zatonięcia statku.

Upamiętnienie

Dzień po katastrofie lokalny kościół w Detroit upamiętnił ofiary katastrofy przez 29 krotne zabicie dzwonu, co miało symbolizować 29 członków załogi statku. Tradycja ta była kontynuowana do 2006 roku, gdy zmieniono jej charakter z uroczystości poświęconej jedynie ofiarom katastrofy SS "Edmund Fitzgerald" na ogólną uroczystość poświęconą wszystkim marynarzom, którzy stracili życie na wodach Wielkich Jezior.

Dzwon okrętowy wydobyty z dna jeziora 4 czerwca 1995 roku zastąpiono repliką z wyrytymi na niej imionami członków załogi. Oryginalny dzwon znajduje się w muzeum wraków Wielkich Jezior w Whitefish Bay w miejscowości Paradise w stanie Michigan.

Oryginalna kotwica statku została wydobyta z dna rzeki Detroit i jest obecnie wystawiona w Dossin Great Lakes Museum. Każdego roku 10 listopada jest tam również obchodzona specjalna uroczystość upamiętniająca zatonięcie statku. Liczne fotografie i filmy a także dwie odnalezione łodzie ratunkowe znajdują się w Steamship Valley Camp Museum w Minnesocie.

W każdą rocznicę zatonięcia 10 listopada latarnia Split Rock w Silver Bay (Minnesota) upamiętnia zatonięcie jeziorowca przez nadanie specjalnego sygnału świetlnego w stronę jeziora.

Przypisy

Bibliografia

 National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) – Oficjalny raport ws. wypadku.
 Hultquist, T.R.; Dutter, M.R.; Schwab, D.J.- Opinia American Meteorological Society.

Amerykańskie statki
Katastrofy w Stanach Zjednoczonych
Katastrofy w 1975
Wraki statków na Wielkich Jeziorach Północnoamerykańskich
Statki z XX wieku
Statki i okręty zatopione na Wielkich Jeziorach


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