Catching Thunder tells the story of the Sea Shepherd vessel the Bob Barker, captained by you, and its record-breaking pursuit of the notorious illegal fishing vessel, the Thunder. Why did you and your crew give chase to this ship? What was it doing that needed to be stopped?
For 10 years, Sea Shepherd had been pursuing the Japanese whaling fleet in the Antarctic, high-profile campaigns that ultimately resulted in the government of Australia taking the government of Japan to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague. The ICJ ruled that the Japanese whaling program was illegal and thus the Japanese whaling industry took a one-year hiatus from whaling as they re-worked their whaling program in bid to subvert the ICJ ruling. That one-year hiatus gave Sea Shepherd the opportunity to focus on a different Antarctic poaching issue altogether — namely the poaching of Patagonian and Antarctic toothfish. In the years of chasing Japanese whaling vessels, Sea Shepherd ships would often come across abandoned fishing gear in the Southern Ocean, but crews were unable to confiscate the nets as they were in hot pursuit of whalers.
On research it was discovered that the F/V Thunder, which had been poaching in the Southern Ocean for over a decade, had eluding law enforcement authorities by changing name, flag and registry constantly. Thus came the idea that as long as we physically pursued the F/V Thunder, then it would be impossible for them to change their identity. We would be able to provide law enforcement will real-time intelligence. There would be no excuse not to act.
This book documents one particular pursuit, but of course the chase of the Thunder was part of a wider attempt by Sea Shepherd to curtail illegal fishing. Just how widespread and 'big business' is this illicit industry, at the time of the chase and now?
When my crew and I first found the F/V Thunder, the notorious poacher was one of six vessels that we came to call the 'Bandit Six', which, despite the crackdown against toothfish poaching in the early 2000s, had continued to fish without a license — and to fish using prohibited fishing gear. The chase of the F/V Thunder was great at galvanizing government action against the other five bandits: Indonesia detained and sank the F/V Viking while the others were detained in Cabo Verde, Senegal and Malaysia. Within two years of the F/V Thunder chase, all of the 'Bandit Six' had been brought to justice.
In the wake of the 'Bandit Six', two toothfish poaching vessels have taken up the helm, one of which was arrested in Indonesia just the other week. We have almost succeeded in shutting down illegal fishing in the Antarctic.
However, globally, illegal fishing remains a massive problem. Between 15-40% of the global catch of fishing is caught through illegal, unreported or unregulated (IUU) fishing.
Throughout the chase there were several nerve-wracking and perilous moments, both as a result of the actions of the Thunder and the natural challenges of stormy seas and ice floes. What was the hairiest moment from your perspective?
The hairiest moments for me are always those that involve ice and storms. Although there was danger involved in chasing the F/V Thunder, the greatest dangers are brought by the weather systems that plague the Southern Ocean. However, the most nerve-wracking part of the chase was the uncertainty. Not knowing how, or when, the pursuit would end … that was the most psychologically-challenging, especially considering we had the fuel to stay at sea for over two years. On board the M/Y Bob Barker, we would speculate endlessly regarding possible conclusions and some of those potential scenarios involved our own ship being detained and arrested, perhaps by a corrupt state actor, or other criminal vessels coming to the aid of the F/V Thunder. As the book Catching Thunder shows, for much of the chase, we were a long way from rescue.
Governments and policy-makers don't really seem to be doing much to stop illegal fishing. Why do you think this is?
Thankfully governments are now doing more to stop illegal fishing and that is undoubtedly thanks to leadership by the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Indonesia and Norway. All five of those countries have been instrumental in pushing for illegal fishing to be treated as transnational organized crime.
Historically, little has been done against fish poachers simply because offences such as fishing without a license, or fishing in a prohibited area, have been seen as administrative matters.
However, more and more, authorities are also pursuing owners and operators for the convergence crimes that accompany the fisheries offence. In other words, police authorities now pursue the additional charges that make the fisheries offence possible — from corruption to money laundering to forgery to human trafficking. For the first time, illegal fishing is being seen as part of a broader maritime security issue, a criminal operation that threatens the rule of law and the livelihoods of local artisanal fishermen.
Challenges remain however. The transnational nature of IUU fishing, means that regional and global cooperation in the fight to stop IUU fishing needs to be expanded. Law enforcers need more legal tools to pursue criminal operators. And developing countries with the political will to stop illegal fishing, need the support of civil society, like Sea Shepherd, to assist them in taking their seas back from poachers.
How did you first gravitate towards marine preservation – and why Sea Shepherd specifically?
When I was 14-years-old, I saw a photograph of a whale being pulled up the slipway of an 8,000 tonne factory whaling ship plying the Antarctic. I knew then that I wanted to be one of the people who gets between the whales and the whalers pursuing them. When I was 18, Iceland, after taking a 15-year hiatus from whaling, applied to rejoin the International Whaling Commission (IWC) in order to start commercial whaling under the guise of scientific whaling, a loophole within the 1986 Moratorium on Commercial Whaling that allows for whaling to continue. Iceland became a member of the IWC in a vote of 19-to-18, and it was my native-country of Sweden that cast the deciding vote. Surprisingly, Sweden had voted incorrectly and within minutes of voting, asked for a re-vote; but the protocols of the IWC did not allow for a do-over: a vote cast was a vote cast.
As an 18-year old I remember feeling exasperated that hundreds of whales were now condemned to die as a result of an antiquated rule by a unyielding bureaucracy.
In consequence, I lost a lot of faith in 'the system'. Sea Shepherd appealed to me because Captain Paul Watson and the organization delivered direct results. In the wake of the IWC vote, and Iceland's re-ascendancy as a whaling nation, Sea Shepherd was planning to directly intervene in the slaughter. I submitted a crew application just months later, I was aboard my first Sea Shepherd ship.
What do you think are the pressing emergencies facing our oceans today – what should we all try to act upon before it's too late?
Overfishing and plastic pollution are two of the most pressing emergencies facing our oceans today.
If current trends continue, then by 2048 all of the world's major fisheries will collapse. At the same time, the amount of plastic in the oceans will outweigh the amount of fish.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations estimates that two-thirds of the world's fisheries are fully-exploited and 26% are overexploited, meaning that just 10% of the world's fisheries are healthy. When 15-40% of the global catch of fish is caught through IUU fishing, then combating IUU fishing is critical to stopping overfishing.
What Sea Shepherd operations are you currently or involved in next?
Since the chase of the F/V Thunder, Sea Shepherd has signed 'ship rider' agreements with the countries of Gabon, Liberia, São Tomé and Príncipe and Tanzania, providing civilian offshore patrol vessels, an operating crew and fuel for patrols. Our government partners station law enforcement agents on board the vessel, with the authority to board, inspect and arrest IUU fishing vessels.
With 90% of the world's fish caught in the sovereign waters of countries, we are prioritizing working with countries with the political will to combat IUU fishing, but whose economic resources are stretched to the point that they cannot cover the entirety of their waters using existing assets. Since catching the Thunder, over 23 fishing vessels have been arrested for fisheries crimes, thanks to these unique partnerships. The chase continues.


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La Communauté de communes de la Région de Château-Thierry est une ancienne structure intercommunale française, située dans le département de l'Aisne.

Historique
Par l'arrêté préfectoral  du , la communauté de communes de la Région de Château-Thierry est dissoute le  pour fusionner le  avec la communauté de communes du canton de Condé-en-Brie et de la communauté de communes du Tardenois et l'intégration de vingt-une communes de la communauté de communes de l'Ourcq et du Clignon (Armentières-sur-Ourcq, Bonnesvalyn, Brumetz, Bussiares, Chézy-en-Orxois, Courchamps, Gandelu, Grisolles, Hautevesnes, La Croix-sur-Ourcq, Latilly, Licy-Clignon, Monthiers, Montigny-l'Allier, Neuilly-Saint-Front, Priez, Rozet-Saint-Albin, Saint-Gengoulph, Sommelans, Torcy-en-Valois et Vichel-Nanteuil), afin de former la communauté d'agglomération de la Région de Château-Thierry.

Administration

Composition

Elle était composée des communes suivantes :

Démographie

Compétences

Voir aussi

Articles connexes
Liste des intercommunalités de l'Aisne

Liens externes
Splaf, Site sur la population et les limites administratives de la France

Références

Region de Château-Thierry
Château-Thierry

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Q: Tune Redis connection inside an Azure Function to prevent timeouts TL;DR
How does one amend the min number of threads for redis within an Azure Function?
Problem
I have an Azure Function that uses redis (via StackExchange.Redis package) to cache some values, or retrieve the existing value if already exists. I'm currently getting timeout issues that look to be because the Busy IOCP threads exceeds the Min IOCP thread value.

2016-09-08T11:52:44.492 Exception while executing function: Functions.blobtoeventhub. mscorlib: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. StackExchange.Redis: Timeout performing SETNX 586:tag:NULL, inst: 1, mgr: Inactive, err: never, queue: 4, qu: 0, qs: 4, qc: 0, wr: 0, wq: 0, in: 260, ar: 0, clientName: RD00155D3AE265, IOCP: (Busy=8,Free=992,Min=2,Max=1000), WORKER: (Busy=7,Free=32760,Min=2,Max=32767), Local-CPU: unavailable (Please take a look at this article for some common client-side issues that can cause timeouts: https://github.com/StackExchange/StackExchange.Redis/tree/master/Docs/Timeouts.md).

According to the docs on timeouts, the resolution involves adjusting the MinThread count:

How to configure this setting:
In ASP.NET, use the "minIoThreads" configuration setting under the  configuration element in machine.config. If you are running inside of Azure WebSites, this setting is not exposed through the configuration options. You should be able to set this programmatically (see below) from your Application_Start method in global.asax.cs.
Important Note: the value specified in this configuration element is a per-core setting. For example, if you have a 4 core machine and want your minIOThreads setting to be 200 at runtime, you would use .
Outside of ASP.NET, use the ThreadPool.SetMinThreads(…) API.

In an Azure Function a global.asax.cs file is not available, and the use of ThreadPool.SetMinThreads has little information associated with it I can parse!
There is a similar question on webjobs that is unanswered.
My specifics

*

*Redis = Azure Redis Cache Standard 1Gb

*Azure Function = version 0.5

*

*StackExchange.Redis = version 1.1.603

Redis code is in a separate file to main function.
using StackExchange.Redis;
using System.Text;

private static Lazy<ConnectionMultiplexer> lazyConnection = new Lazy<ConnectionMultiplexer>(() =>
        {
            string redisCacheName = System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("rediscachename", EnvironmentVariableTarget.Process).ToString();;
            string redisCachePassword = System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("rediscachepassword", EnvironmentVariableTarget.Process).ToString();;
            return ConnectionMultiplexer.Connect(redisCacheName + ",abortConnect=false,ssl=true,password=" + redisCachePassword);
        });

public static ConnectionMultiplexer Connection
{
    get
    {
        return lazyConnection.Value;
    }
}

static string depersonalise_value(string input, string field, int account_id)
{
    IDatabase cache = Connection.GetDatabase();
    string depersvalue = $"{account_id}:{field}:{input}";
    string value = $"{account_id}{Guid.NewGuid()}";
    bool created = cache.StringSet(depersvalue, value, when: When.NotExists);
    string retur = created? value : cache.StringGet(depersvalue).ToString();
    return (retur);
}

A: Ultimately, we needed to pursue @mathewc's answer and added a line into the connection multiplexer code to set the min threads to 500
readonly static Lazy<ConnectionMultiplexer> lazyConnection =

    new Lazy<ConnectionMultiplexer>(() =>

    {
      ThreadPool.SetMinThreads(500, 500);

Additionally, further tuning was required and the code enhanced via a SO code review. The main importance here, is the drastically upping of timeouts.
using StackExchange.Redis;
using System.Text;
using System.Threading;

readonly static Lazy<ConnectionMultiplexer> lazyConnection =
    new Lazy<ConnectionMultiplexer>(() =>
    {
        ThreadPool.SetMinThreads(500, 500);
        string redisCacheName = System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("rediscache_name", EnvironmentVariableTarget.Process).ToString();
        string redisCachePassword = System.Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("rediscache_password", EnvironmentVariableTarget.Process).ToString();
        return ConnectionMultiplexer.Connect(new ConfigurationOptions
        {
            AbortOnConnectFail = false,
            Ssl = true,
            ConnectRetry = 3,
            ConnectTimeout = 5000,
            SyncTimeout = 5000,
            DefaultDatabase = 0,
            EndPoints = { { redisCacheName, 0 } },
            Password = redisCachePassword
        });
    });

public static ConnectionMultiplexer Connection => lazyConnection.Value;

static string depersonalise_value(string input, string field, int account_id)
{
    IDatabase cache = Connection.GetDatabase();
    string depersvalue = $"{account_id}:{field}:{input}";
    string existingguid = (string)cache.StringGet(depersvalue);
    if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(existingguid)){
        string value = $"{account_id}{Guid.NewGuid()}";
        cache.StringSet(depersvalue, value);
        return value;
    }
    return existingguid;
}

A: We don't have a good way for you to perform app level initialization like this currently. This is tracked by an issue in our repo here.
For now, your only real workaround would be for you to put this init code into a shared helper that you invoke at the beginning of your function. The shared init method should have logic in it such that it is only performed once.

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Octopus Professional Lens Adapter that can convert other brand lens to Fujifilm X-Pro Series Camera. The lens adapter can manual control, such as manual focus and manual exposure.
Although the lens will fit physically,automatic diaphragm,auto-focusing,or any other function will not operate correctly while using this adapter.
In this case "stop-down mode" will need to be used when metering since the lens does not have the ability to have its aperture controlled by the camera body. You can shoot with manual mode or aperture priority mode.
Fujifilm X-Pro1, X-T1, X-E1, X-E2, X-M1, X-A1.


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Q: align td width joining multiple tables? This might sounds stupid, but I have to accept that I couldn't change the html markup.
How can I push LA and 2015 to the right and the width is the same with the table's td above? Like LA should under Havard and 2015 should under 2015. The challenge here is I have 2 tables.
I think of using Javascript but want to know what's the alternative.

table, th, td {
    border: 1px solid black;
}
<!DOCTYPE html>

  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
  <title>JS Bin</title>

    James
    12
    Havard
    2016

    LA
    2015


Fluorescence decays (a) and fluorescence anisotropy decays (b) of poly(dGdC).poly(dGdC) (red), dGMP (green) and dCMP (blue) recorded by the upconversion technique at 330 nm.
The DNA double helix poly(dGdC).poly(dGdC) is studied by fluorescence upconversion spectroscopy with femtosecond resolution. It is shown that the excited state relaxation of the duplex is faster than that of the monomeric components dGMP and dCMP. This contrasts with the behavior of duplexes composed exclusively of adenine-thymine base pairs, for which an overall lengthening of the fluorescence lifetimes with respect to that of an equimolar mixture of dAMP and TMP was reported previously. Despite the difference in the excited state deactivation rate between the two types of duplexes, the signature of ultrafast energy transfer is present in both of them. It is attested by the decrease of fluorescence anisotropy decay of the duplexes on the sub-picosecond time scale, where molecular motions are inhibited, and is corroborated by the fact that their steady-state fluorescence spectra do not change with the excitation wavelength. Energy transfer involves excited states delocalized over at least two bases, whose existence is revealed by the UV absorption spectrum of the duplex, clearly different from that of an equimolar spectrum of dGMP and dCMP.


The late Ron Santo finally has been inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame by the veterans committee. This guy should of been voted in many years ago. It's a happy day for us long time Cub fans, but at the same time it's sad Ronnie was not alive to finally get the phone call he always dreamed of getting informing him he was in baseball's hall of fame.


Well, going to the original post on Tilly's blog, I got really excited!
So after seeing that, I'm set on making a jacket like this. Only problem: I probably won't be able to get my hands on this pattern, so I need to find a nice, fitted jacket pattern somewhere (probably some other vintage pattern will do) and add the scallops myself.
So, this is the newest addition to my Sewing-List, but I probably won't start it until end of summer/fall.


SUPER DUPER darling Dollar store WALL art made at Frugal Life Project HERE.
THE MOST adorable "Felt" fishing set ever at Just Another Day in Paradise HERE.
Gorgeous "IN LOVE" re-done armoire done at Edge Designs HERE.
SUPER cute MAIL CENTER REDO at A Glimpse Inside HERE.
Yummy pudding made in DARLING edible bowls at From the Kitchen of Mrs. Bettie Rocker HERE. I need to make these, my kids would love this.
Numbered Place mats made at Oopsey Daisey HERE. I think this idea is just so so so darling.
Darling Rosette shirt (and skirt) made at The Scrap Shoppe HERE. LOVE IT!
Gorgeous Stepping Stone(s) with deep beautiful colores, made at Unexpected Surprises HERE.
Beautiful RECYCLED SNAPPLE bottles, turned vases at The Hand Me Down House HERE.
YOU GUYS ROCK, KEEP THE TALENT COMING!
Yay! Thanks for featuring my fishy!
Thanks, Jenn, for featuring my t-shirt makeover! Made my morning. 🙂 Hope you have a FANTASTIC weekend!!
Aww, Thanks for the feature!
Those are all so cute. I love the fishing pole…adorable. The wall art is great too.
Thanks hon! You're so sweet!
Jen, you just make my day!! Thanks so much for featuring my numbered placemats!! Enjoy your weekend, my friend!
I just LOVE that armoire turned changing table and the stepping stones! There were so many amazing links in the party! Awesome!


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Gisèle d'Estoc, pseudonym of Marie-Paule Alice Courbe (27 March 1845 – 8 May1894), was a French writer, sculptor, and feminist. She was also a duellist and cross dresser. Madame Paule Parent Des Barres was either her married name or another pseudonym, while her pen names included, Gyz-El and G. d'Estoc.

Biography
Gisèle d'Estoc was born as Marie-Paule Alice Courbe on 27 March 1845, in Nancy. She studied sculpture with Delorme and Chapu, exhibiting her works at the Salon, the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris, until 1899. She exhibited Un peintre, a bas-relief in plaster in the sculpture section at the Palais des Champs-Elysées on May 2, 1881, her entry in the event catalogue referring to her as "PARENT DES BARRES (Mme Paule-Marie-Alice, nee COURBE)". The following year, at the same event, she exhibited Tête d'Etude, a bust in dyed plaster, the catalogue referring to her by the same name as the year before. During this time, she began a very strong, friendly relationship with Marie-Edmée Pau, also an artist, in which the two young women developed their affinity for Joan of Arc by exploring gender identities, according to Melanie C. Hawthorne.

At the end of the Second French Empire, continuing to refer to herself as "Mme Paule Parent-Desbarres", she moved to Paris and began a literary career, her favorite themes being social justice and feminism. She maintained women should be accountable for their actions, notably criticizing the journalist Séverine in 1890 for having sent her husband to fight a duel for her. She concluded her diatribe with "à capacités égales salaire égal" (equal skills, equal pay).

Estoc was bisexual. After 1862, she began a romantic relationship with Guy de Maupassant, who remained close to Estoc until her death, then with Rachilde, a writer and cross-dresser like herself, whom Estoc later criticized in a leaflet. She also had a difficult affair with a rider from the Cirque Medrano, Emma Rouër, whom Estoc eventually beat in a duel, injuring her left breast. Her last companion was Léo d'Arkaï (alias, Louis-Joseph Pillard). It was with him that Estoc moved to Nice two years before her death in order to take advantage of the Mediterranean climate.

Using the name "G. d'Estoc", she joined the "Ligue de l'affranchissement des femmes" (League for the emancipation of women), just founded by Marie-Rose Astié de Valsayre in 1889. The capital "G." gives her first name an epic tone, while the surname, "d'Estoc" evokes her practice of fencing and cross-dressing. Estoc also joined the Group of Fencers, again under the influence of Astié, who believed in the need for a group of women to take up the sword to defend their causes. A year before her death, Estoc was a candidate for the 1893 legislative elections. She died 8 May 1894, in Nice of leprosy, at the age of 49.

Legacy
After Estoc's death, her life was examined by Pierre Borel, a biographer, who created an unflattering image of her, describing her as a "fin de siècle ghoul". Madeleine Pelletier (1874–1939) admired in Estoc a "way of luminous emancipation" through the practice of fencing and cross-dressing. Mélanie C. Hawthorne wrote a biography of Estoc in 2013.

Selected works

Sculptures
 Mme Paule-Marie-Alice PARENT DES BARRES, Un peintre, 1881
 Mme Paule-Marie-Alice PARENT DES BARRES, Tête d'Etude, 1882

Publications
 G. d'Estoc, Comme quoi les Jésuites pourraient bien ne pas descendre du singe - avis à Darwin, 1880
 G. d'Estoc, La Vierge réclame, "Les Gloires malsaines", 1887
 Gyz-El, Noir sur blanc, récits lorrains, 1887
 G. d'Estoc, "Cahier d'amour" (1893), Guy de Maupassant - Poèmes érotiques, 1993

Notes

References

Further reading
 Artine Artinian, 1952, Maupassant and Gisèle D'Estoc: a Warning

1845 births
1894 deaths
19th-century French non-fiction writers
19th-century French women writers
19th-century French sculptors
19th-century pseudonymous writers
Artists from Nancy, France
French women sculptors
Female-to-male cross-dressers
Pseudonymous women writers
French bisexual writers
French duellists
Female duellists
Writers from Nancy, France


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AFL: Steve Johnson makes GWS Giants walk taller, says Stephen Coniglio
By Rob Forsaith
Greater Western Sydney vice-captain Stephen Coniglio emphatically disagrees with the 'No' camp, but he respects plenty of their opinions and has no issue with dignified debate about Steve Johnson.
All eight remaining AFL clubs have selection conundrums they must solve this week. None are quite as high-profile as that of what GWS do with Johnson.
The retiring goal-sneak only had eight disposals and minimal influence in the Giants' final-round loss to Geelong.
The 34-year-old has struggled for consistent form in his last season, in no small part because he is carrying a knee injury.
Three-time premiership coach Mick Malthouse has seen enough to declare the 291-game star should be axed for Thursday night's final against Adelaide at Adelaide Oval.
"I don't think he's capable of doing the things that he would want to do," Malthouse said on Monday morning.
Coniglio countered with the most emphatic statement to come from GWS about the three-time premiership forward.
"If I was a selector I'd pick him," the foundation Giant said.
"A lot of people from outside our footy club looking in, they've seen how his form has deteriorated a little bit.
"In these big games Stevie has proven himself on multiple occasions. Having those type of guys out there, you could say you walk a little bit taller."
Coniglio noted Johnson's guidance was as helpful as his guile.
"The education when he is out there, especially at quarter-time, halftime, during the week - it's imperative for our club," he said.
Coniglio added that Malthouse was a respected figure at GWS, having addressed players during the club's early existence.
"We understand a lot of guys are going to have different opinions. My opinion is to pick him," he said.
"Mick had to make some hard calls during that Collingwood era ... and got it right."
Former Fremantle utility Matt de Boer is likely to be recalled if Johnson is dumped, while Tim Taranto and Matt Kennedy are other contenders.
"Finals football is pressure football ... you have to pick a side that's going to win, not hope to win," Malthouse said of Johnson, who kicked a game-high four goals when Geelong defeated Collingwood in the 2011 grand final.
Mark Williams, a former senior assistant coach at the Giants, expressed similar sentiments.
Johnson's former teammate Jimmy Bartel and Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin suggested coach Leon Cameron should give the veteran another chance.
"The whole point of him getting to the Giants is for this," Bartel told radio station RSN927.
"De Boer is ... not the better option.
"He's only kicked one goal in 10 finals."
Stephen Coniglio

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The development of technology allowed people to do great things. For example, we can turn grapes into a strong drink, we can make popcorn and remote controls.... Now that the animal tutorials are uploaded for the day, how about I make today movie night by making a tutorial on "how to draw popcorn", step by step.
Learn how to draw Shopkins Season 2 Poppy Corn! Poppy Corn is a popcorn with a red and white stripped box and is a common Shopkins, from the sweet treats section!


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We welcome Professor Dr. Wilkesmann to the September meeting of the Society.
only those in the medical profession , but also those taking important decisions when they lack all the information they need.
In their daily work, physicians have to deal with incomplete decision-making. Mostly, they have no time or no resources to gather all relevant information before they make a diagnosis or administer a therapy. Inconsistent decisions made can lead to further suffering. In the worst case ignorance can cause death. From the management's point of view, inconsistent decisions can lead to cost escalation, lengthier treatment periods, or legal actions.
Using the case of German physicians, Prof. Wilkesmann will present four different dimensions of ignorance and give some practical insights on how individual, organizational and cross-organizational aspects influence dealing with ignorance. The research, which is funded by the German Research Foundation, is based on 42 interviews with physicians who work in different medical fields (pathology, internal medicine, surgery and anesthesiology) and at different hierarchical levels (medical director, head of department, senior physicians, assistant physicians) in Germany.
The aim of the presentation is to investigate the "dark side of knowledge", i.e. how physicians – who already possess comprehensive knowledge – deal with things they do not know. Ignorance is an important thing to explore because especially in the case of physicians ignorance hurts.


In this series, I hope to highlight the benefits of certain worship practices that are sometimes missing from the free-worship traditions. I do not mean to patronize those already doing so; I hope to show how a wise use of these practices can only improve the worship we offer God.
A Call to Worship is often missing from the free worship tradition. Instead, worship in many such churches begins with a warm and friendly welcome, a comment or two about a sports game, the weather, and how happy and blessed the church is that everybody graced the church with their presence. From this chatty start, one is usually directed to a rousing 'opening hymn' – an anthem intended to spiritually caffeinate the still-yawning parishioners.
A Call to Worship is not a prescribed element of worship; it is one of the applications of a prescribed element of worship. The prescribed element of worship is the reading of Scripture (1 Timothy 4:13). A Call to Worship is a useful and wise use of the reading of Scripture to prepare the congregation for worship. There is nothing wrong with a warm greeting or welcome, and even a preliminary announcement or two. However, beginning corporate worship with Call to Worship achieves many things in one.
Firstly, it calls believers' attention to their purpose in coming. Certainly, as David Peterson argues in Engaging With God, believers worship in all of life. However, I'm not convinced that every time we meet, the primary task is edification. There are many time when we meet for edification, instruction, fellowship and service of one another. However, I do think there are times when believers meet for the explicit purpose of hearing and responding to God's Revelation in worship. This is why we are called a spiritual temple (1 Peter 2:5), and changing (or extending) the image, priests offering up praises to God (2:9). This is why Luke says that the church was worshipping in Acts 13:2. The point is, at these times, it is necessary to make it known that believers are together, in such a meeting, to worship. Edification, fellowship, instruction will all be part of that time, but worship is the primary reason for meeting.
Thirdly, it arrests attention. The Call to Worship is analogous to the blowing of the shofar. At the blowing of the shofar, an assembly was being called, or an announcement was being made. When the words of Scripture call for worship, they simultaneously call for a halt to other activities (including chatting, sipping coffee, and texting). This stands in stark contrast to chatty transitions which are aimed at slowly 'warming up' disinterested believers. The Call to Worship breaks into the distracted state of how most enter a church service, and demands attention.
Fourthly, it demands a response. The Call to Worship is , in fact, a call. God has worship that is due to Him (Ps 29:1-2); the call to worship calls us all to joyfully pay our dues.
The Call to Worship could take more than one form. It could be a simple reading of a portion of Scripture that calls for worship, such as Psalm 95:1-2, 96:1-3, or 100:1-4. It could be a text that celebrates the privilege and joy of worship such as Psalm 84 or Psalm 122. It could be a responsive reading between leader and congregation, such as Psalm 118:1-4 or any other appropriate Scripture. A musical Call to Worship could involve the singing of a Scriptural call to worship God by choir or congregation. Because choir 'numbers' are often evaluated as performances, I would take special care to direct the congregation to the words being sung, so that it truly performs its function of calling the congregation to worship.
The key is, worship ought not to feel like a movie with several trailers before it really begins. We don't need to transition people into worship with a chatty commentary. When corporate worship is about to begin, it should begin with the authoritative announcement of Scripture. When that is made, believers are now responsible to enter into the posture of corporate worship.
Thank you. At the suggestion of this article, I offered a call to worship (Ps. 95:1-6) yesterday, between announcements and the rest of our service.
I'm looking forward to the rest of this series. I've been wondering lately whether such things as the recitation of a creed or the corporate confession of sin and assurance of pardon (or Law and Gospel) are compatible with the RP.


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T-50's Case Part 2: Production
Continued from part 1.
"Part 2: condition of tank factories and reasons for removing the T-50 from production
The growth of tank production lags behind your quotas. Order #27s issued by comrade Malyshev on November 17th, 1941 instructed tank factories to produce 74 tanks per day by January 1st, 1942, and 113 tanks per day on February 1st (excluding Gorky factory).
This quota has not been achieved. As of January 1st, 29-30 tanks per day are produced, or about 40% of quota. We can expect 40-45 tanks per day by February, or 35-38% of the quota.
I consider the following to be reasons for this:
Slow restoration of evacuated factories.
Uneven distribution of metal cutting, smithing, and casting equipment between factories.
Lagging behind in hull production.
Lack of logical process at tank factories from small batch production to large batch production to mass production.
Poor work by the People's Commissariat of Tank Production apparatus.
Explanations of reasons:
Factories were scheduled to be restored from December 1st to December 15th, 1941. These deadlines were missed by factory #183, factory #37, Kolomensk factory in Kirov, and factory #174, which are responsible for 40-45% of tank production.
A huge amount of equipment of the NKTP and factories joined to it is enough to fulfil the demand, and even has reserves. However, the distribution of this equipment is uneven, which limits the full value of manufacturing centers.
It is understood that in order to fulfil the very intensive production schedule, it is good to have reserves that will, at a later date, be utilized. At the same time, extra equipment is accumulated at factories, for example factory #37 has enough metal cutting equipment to double their production, Kirov factory has enough smithing equipment to increase theirs by 30-40%, which impedes correct startup of production at these factories, leads to ineffective use, and does not allow for other production centers to reach full output.
The Kirov factory is best equipped with smithing and casting tools. It can not only fill the need for KV tanks, but the needs of other factories, but inefficient use of this equipment does not even provide enough KVs. For example, out of 7000 tons of parts planned for December, only 4300 tons were produced.
The lack of hulls being produced limits production at STZ and GAZ. Factory #37 produces tanks at the expense of accumulated spares, while its hull supplier (Podolsk factory) still has not restarted production due to having received no presses.
Two factors limit hull production: insufficient equipment (presses, rollers) and insufficient amounts of armour at certain bases to use them fully (Gorkiy base, Stalingrad base).
It is necessary to organize production of the correct equipment while taking account not only existing factories, but those being built (it is possible to produce hulls at UZTM, factory #112, and Murom factory).
Regarding armour plates, it is necessary to develop an exact plan of production, and already take measures to remove bottlenecks. Replacing the T-50 with the T-34 will only increase shortages of metal, as it needs almost twice as much armour by weight. The T-50 takes about 7.5 tons of armour, while the T-34 takes about 14 tons.
There is a lack of clear process from small batches to large batches, and to mass production (for some components). This deficiency leads to a lack of high technology mass production necessary for tank manufacturing, and leads to processes moving from hand-assembled components to car and tractor like large batches very slowly (with inefficient and low use of equipment), and therefore the production quotas are not met. This is shown in the following table.
[skipping lots of tedious details with examples of arbitrary components]
The ratio of time consumption for heavy, medium, and light tanks is 2.2 : 1 : 0.7 (where the T-34 is a point of reference). An example of this is production of T-34 or T-50 tanks using Omsk factory #172. According to calculations, we can produce 10 T-34s daily, or 15 T-50s, with all else being equal.
One of the reasons for tank factories lagging behind quota is the poor work of the NKTP apparatus. At this time, swift and correct work is needed from the apparatus in order to provide technical and material aid to the factories.
Experience shows that this work is weak and does not fully help matters at the factories. One of this is the unfocused nature of NKTP itself.
The role of the NKTP (and its departments), as an HQ of the People's Commissar, is decreased due to the presence of 9 deputy commissars, three of which are also factory directors. This number of deputy commissars and no clear boundary to their jurisdictions downgrades the Commissariat to a dispatcher role instead of a management role.
This is analogous to an army commander that has 6 deputies, three of which command their own units, and all six can give orders to the army. You can assume that the duties of this army HQ would degrade to intelligence and communications only.
If necessary measures are immediately taken at tank factories (implementation of mass production, redistribution of equipment, more effective use of metallurgy bases, corrections to scheduling), it will be possible to widen bottlenecks and begin production in amounts given in the following table.
Factory group
Tanks per day
KV tank
T-34 tank
Chkalov
Barnaul and Omsk are being constructed
Incl. GAZ
Total tanks
V-2 and V-4 engines
M-17 Engines
Total engines
From the above, you can see that the replacement of T-50 tanks with T-60 or T-34 is infeasible, with the former for tactical reasons and the latter for economic reasons. Nevertheless, let us explore what would happen if T-50 tanks were replaced with T-34 tanks. Production would decrease according to the following table:
T-34 and T-50
1st variant
Factory #183
Stroysem
The production of tanks in the T-34 and T-50 class drops drastically, and the armament of the Red Army is decreased, in quality and in quantity.
This will happen since the T-34 is about 1.5 times more complicated in production.
Casting, forging and stamping for the T-34 takes twice as long as for the T-50. Casting is especially so (in cases where both tanks have cast turrets). A T-34 needs 10.6 tons of casting, and the T-50 needs 3.7 tons, a T-34 is nearly 3 times more difficult to produce. There is a deficit of metallurgy bases (by the calculations of 8th GPI, to produce 10 T-34s at Omsk factory #173, a casting plant with 10-12 electric ovens of 5 tons each needs to be built).
An absence of casting and a lack of forging power threatens the increase of T-34 production at new factories.
Switching new factories (Omsk and others) to produce the T-34 needs as much as 2 additional months compared to the T-50. The 12-cylinder V-2 engine is more complicated to build than the 6-cylinder V-4 engine.
From the above, you can see that it is necessary to preserve the T-50 in production. Compensating for it with T-34 tanks is not possible, and will lead to a decrease in production of tanks of this class. Replacement with a T-60 is tactically unacceptable. The proximity of Gorky factory to the front line puts the production of T-60 tanks in jeopardy. One or two mass bombing runs at GAZ (and they can be expected, as the enemy is aware of tank production at GAZ) will not only knock out engine production, but will completely stop T-60 production at all factories, while the T-50 can be produced outside of the range of enemy aircraft. Of course, in that event, a double for GAZ will need to be built, or a large amount of Dodge motors be bought in America."
CAMD RF 38-11355-957
Continued in part 3.
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Part B of the Application Regulation makes arrangements for handling cargo residue and waste that are due to the shipment of cargoes. Cargo is a large source of possible waste. The largest part of the shipments concerns fixed or liquid cargo that is conveyed as bulk cargo. Inland navigation ships more than 300 million tons of such cargo a year on vessels that in many cases ship different cargo types after each other. In relation to every cargo switch, the tank holds must be cleaned out with regard to the previously transported cargo to prevent the new cargo from being contaminated. Not all cargo types are sensitive to the contaminants that may possibly result from this in equal measures. Not all cargo types have the same potential effect on the environment should traces end up in the surface water.
Processing cargo waste is an expensive process. A special factor within this context is the use of wash water as the medium to remove the residue from the hold spaces and tanks. Some substances will dissolve in that water and make processing additionally expensive. The first objective of the regulation in the Convention is, therefore, to counteract the creation of cargo residue as much as possible, that is to say, cargo that must be disposed of and processed as waste. This objective can be reached by optimising cargo discharging. The often slight value of the shipped (bulk) cargo makes the unloading of this last residue an expensive part of the process because it is time consuming and labour intensive. But discharging the cargo waste in the channels that exist for this purpose is also expensive. A basis has, thus, been found to realise regulations within the logistics chain of the relevant transport that promote the responsibilities for having a sustainable working method.
These regulations focus on ensuring that the expenses of the 'contamination' and, therefore, the costs that must be avoided are borne by either party in the chain. The Convention is based on the shipment contracting party. This party, after all, is the one that has the knowledge and resources to optimise the discharging process, to again make suitable any cargo residue after recycling for use and because this party should bear the costs for any processing through the pricing with regard to the shipment. The principle is that the vessel is made available in such conditions that an 'unimpeded' transport can be carried out, and that this vessel is again brought to the same conditions after shipment has been completed.
The addressee also has an important role in this process. In particular, the addressee is in charge of the best possible unloading and the removal of cargo residue.
The unloading process focuses on the unloading standards that have been set down in the Convention. Depending on the nature of the cargo type and the sensitivity to contamination of the environment or the contamination of other cargoes, a procedure that goes further or does not go as far is prescribed. Cargo residue and remainders must be received by the addressee. The Convention makes provisions with regard to the mandatory use of a stripping system for tanker vessels with which the unloading of liquid cargo can be optimised using the pump system of the vessel.
The correct implementation of the procedure is documented in a discharge form with which a completed transport is concluded and that must be kept available for verification on-board for the regulatory authorities. This discharge Form must be issued to the vessel by the addressee and must also specify the destination of any residue if it will be discharged elsewhere and not to the addressee.


The American Board of Internal Medicine Foundation started the Choosing Wisely campaign in 2012 to provide guidance and discourage the use of unnecessary medical interventions. They gradually partnered with national medical societies to provide specialty appropriate recommendations. Last month, the American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS) published their breast specific recommendations.
1. Don't routinely order breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in new breast cancer patients.
2. Don't routinely excise all the lymph nodes underneath the arm in patients having partial breast removal (lumpectomy) for breast cancer when only one or two contain cancer.
The guidelines regarding the management of the lymph nodes in women with breast cancer have changed, and once again care should be individualized. This statement is correct, but only if certain conditions are met. In some cases, we do not need to remove the rest of the lymph nodes in a woman in whom only 1 or 2 lymph nodes contained breast cancer. The goal is to avoid creating unnecessary side effects, but we also never want to undertreat cancer.
3. Don't routinely order specialized tumor gene testing in all new breast cancer patients.
Again, the key word in this sentence is "routinely." Most importantly, these tests should not be done on patients who are not candidates for chemotherapy or are unwilling to receive chemotherapy. Most of the time, these tests provide selected patients with information about their risk of cancer spreading (metastasizing) at a later date, or their risk of dying from breast cancer in order to estimate the likelihood that they would benefit from chemotherapy. Most of the time, these tests are especially helpful in selected patients with early stage, hormone receptor positive (ER + or PR +) cancers.
4. Don't routinely re-operate on patients if the cancer is close to the edge of the excised lumpectomy tissue.
This guideline was included to draw attention to the new data that confirms that a minimal rim of normal tissue is all that is needed between the tumor that is removed and the tissue that remains. If surgeons no longer demand wide margins in women with invasive breast cancer, repeat surgeries can be minimized, cosmetic outcome improved, return to normal activities facilitated, and health care costs decreased. However, if cancer cells are found at the edge of the surgically removed tumor, repeat surgery (re-excision) is still an important component of care.
5. Don't routinely perform a double mastectomy in patients who have a single breast with cancer.
Okay, this guideline is a little trickier. It is important that women newly diagnosed with cancer in one breast understand that removal of the other ("good") breast does not improve survival. Nevertheless, in certain patients, it does make sense after adequate counseling to perform a double mastectomy. This is when an honest discussion between the patient and her physicians, and careful consideration of all options taking into account the patient's priorities is critically important in determining the best treatment.
My take-home message is that guidelines help determine the usual best treatment. As always, up-to-date, individualized, compassionate care is the most important component of the art medicine.
More information is available on the Choosing Wisely website and the complete article can be found in the Annals of Surgical Oncology (open access /free).


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The first gasoline-powered automobile had arrived in Vancouver in 1904, and there were not many more by 1907. But that year someone in the local Imperial Oil office determined that filling cars with a bucket and funnel was not very safe. So the first Canadian filling station — a hot-water tank and a garden hose — was set up at the company's storage yard at Cambie and Smithe.
The 13-gallon hot-water tank sat atop a concrete pillar. It was gravity fed from the oil company's storage tank. A glass steam gauge, marked in one-gallon increments, measured the flow, which the attendant controlled with his thumb at the end of the 10-foot length of garden house. It was a primitive set-up, housed beneath a rough corrugated iron roof.
The first attendant was a former Imperial Oil night watchman, J.C. Rollston, who had been in poor health. In spite of the fumes, Rollston flourished in his new position, regaining his health and cheerful spirit in the sunshine and open air. He greeted passers-by from his kitchen chair and announced the day's commerce. A busy morning might mean all of three cars filled.
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers International Union v Imperial Oil Limited et al


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Q: WCF System.Object Serialization I have a requirement in which i have to use System.Object as a parameter in WCF. As it is not serializable,I am getting the message as the operation is not supported as it uses System.Object. Any solution to this problem.

A: When sending messages over the wire, WCF by default will only serialize what's enough to get the message across, i.e., the members of the contracts. If your message takes an "object" as a parameter, extra information needs to be sent over the wire with the type information. If you use the same assemblies on the client and the server, you can use the NetDataContractSerializer (instead of the default DataContractSerializer) in the server (and the client), and they'll be able to exchange arbitrary objects, as shown in the code below. But, as @MarcGravell mentioned, this may not be the best usage of WCF...
The code to enable the NetDataContractSerializer:
public class Post_8b2c7ad7_b1c3_410b_b907_f25cee637110
{
    public class Person
    {
        public string Name { get; set; }
        public int Age { get; set; }
        public override string ToString()
        {
            return string.Format("Person[Name={0},Age={1}]", Name, Age);
        }
    }
    [ServiceContract]
    public interface ITest
    {
        [OperationContract]
        object Echo(object obj);
    }
    public class Service : ITest
    {
        public object Echo(object obj)
        {
            return obj;
        }
    }
    public class ReplaceSerializerOperationBehavior : DataContractSerializerOperationBehavior
    {
        public ReplaceSerializerOperationBehavior(OperationDescription operation)
            : base(operation)
        {
        }
        public override XmlObjectSerializer CreateSerializer(Type type, string name, string ns, IList<Type> knownTypes)
        {
            return new NetDataContractSerializer(name, ns);
        }
        public override XmlObjectSerializer CreateSerializer(Type type, XmlDictionaryString name, XmlDictionaryString ns, IList<Type> knownTypes)
        {
            return new NetDataContractSerializer(name, ns);
        }
        public static void ReplaceSerializer(ServiceEndpoint endpoint)
        {
            foreach (var operation in endpoint.Contract.Operations)
            {
                for (int i = 0; i < operation.Behaviors.Count; i++)
                {
                    if (operation.Behaviors[i] is DataContractSerializerOperationBehavior)
                    {
                        operation.Behaviors[i] = new ReplaceSerializerOperationBehavior(operation);
                        break;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
    }
    public static void Test()
    {
        string baseAddress = "http://" + Environment.MachineName + ":8000/Service";
        ServiceHost host = new ServiceHost(typeof(Service), new Uri(baseAddress));
        var endpoint = host.AddServiceEndpoint(typeof(ITest), new BasicHttpBinding(), "");
        ReplaceSerializerOperationBehavior.ReplaceSerializer(endpoint);
        host.Open();
        Console.WriteLine("Host opened");

        ChannelFactory<ITest> factory = new ChannelFactory<ITest>(new BasicHttpBinding(), new EndpointAddress(baseAddress));
        ReplaceSerializerOperationBehavior.ReplaceSerializer(factory.Endpoint);
        ITest proxy = factory.CreateChannel();
        Console.WriteLine(proxy.Echo("Hello"));
        Console.WriteLine(proxy.Echo(123.456));
        Console.WriteLine(proxy.Echo(new Uri("http://tempuri.org")));
        Console.WriteLine(proxy.Echo(new Person { Name = "John Doe", Age = 33 }));

        ((IClientChannel)proxy).Close();
        factory.Close();

        Console.Write("Press ENTER to close the host");
        Console.ReadLine();
        host.Close();
    }
}


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Q: Gimp won't start: Gtk-Message: Failed to load module "atk-bridge" All out of a sudden, gimp refuses to start. The following messages are printed at the console:
/snap/gimp/40/bin/desktop-launch: line 23: /home/mike/.config/user-dirs.dirs: Permission denied
Warning: Schema "org.gnome.system.locale" has path "/system/locale/".  Paths starting with "/apps/", "/desktop/" or "/system/" are deprecated.
Warning: Schema "org.gnome.system.proxy" has path "/system/proxy/".  Paths starting with "/apps/", "/desktop/" or "/system/" are deprecated.
Warning: Schema "org.gnome.system.proxy.http" has path "/system/proxy/http/".  Paths starting with "/apps/", "/desktop/" or "/system/" are deprecated.
Warning: Schema "org.gnome.system.proxy.https" has path "/system/proxy/https/".  Paths starting with "/apps/", "/desktop/" or "/system/" are deprecated.
Warning: Schema "org.gnome.system.proxy.ftp" has path "/system/proxy/ftp/".  Paths starting with "/apps/", "/desktop/" or "/system/" are deprecated.
Warning: Schema "org.gnome.system.proxy.socks" has path "/system/proxy/socks/".  Paths starting with "/apps/", "/desktop/" or "/system/" are deprecated.
gtk-update-icon-cache: Cache file created successfully.
gtk-update-icon-cache: Cache file created successfully.
gtk-update-icon-cache: Cache file created successfully.
Gtk-Message: 20:35:18.485: Failed to load module "atk-bridge"
Cannot open display:

Do you have any ideas what could have caused this? Or how to repair it? Gimp used to work on the day it was first installed.
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This happens on the minimal Ubuntu installation.
Gnome's Calculator app also stopped working all out of a sudden. Looks like one of the most recent updates broke something here.
Thank you.

A: It seems like some permissions got messed up. In case it happens to you, try the following:
Launch Ubuntu Software, search for Gimp and display the details of the list entry that is marked as installed. Hit the permissions button and grant all permissions. After that, gimp was working fine again.


If you cook, play, walk and spend time outdoors you know that minor cuts and scrapes are part of a normal life. Especially when you have children, be prepared to care for wounded fingers, elbows, hands, legs or knees.
Our first aid experts have gathered the best guidelines which will help you tackle small hazards like a professional. Be aware that you should get immediate medical attention if the wound is deep, it has something embedded in it or if it won't stop bleeding. Our recommendation is to seek for professional help also if the wound is located on a spot where scarring is a problem, like your face.
Clean your hands. If it is possible, you should properly wash your hands with soap and water to eliminate the risk of contaminating the wound. But if you are outdoors hiking, camping or on a longer bike or car trip what can you do?
Open your Protect Life first aid kit and use either the antiseptic cleaning wipes to clean your hands or use the first aid disposable gloves. In this way you protect the injured one and you protect yourself, as the gloves are the best in preventing cross contamination.
Stop the bleeding. Minor cuts and scrapes usually stop bleeding on their own; however, if the cut is located on your head or hand, it may bleed more because those areas have more blood vessels.
You can apply gentle pressure on the wound with a clean bandage or cloth. Open your first aid kit and take any of the gauze pads which come in our emergency first aid kits in various sizes and apply gentle pressure to safely stopping excessive bleeding. If blood soaks through you can put another piece of gauze on top and keep applying pressure. Be careful not to remove the older one as you might separate the wound and the result is that you start bleeding again.
If possible, you should raise the affected part. You should immediately call your doctor if your cuts spurts blood or if it won't stop bleeding after 5-10 minutes of pressure.
Clean the wound. The best way to clean a wound is by using lukewarm water and mild soap. Keeping a scrape or a cut under running water is the best way to reduce the risk of infection. The soap should not be used on the wound, but on the surrounding area.
If you are unable to use water, take from your Protect life first aid kit one of the povidone-iodine prep pads and gently rub the iodine into and around the cut or scrape. There is a lot of controversy in the medical community as whether not to use these pads directly on the skin wounds, but the World Health Organisation confirms that it is a good idea especially when you lank other means of cleaning the wound.
After cleaning the wound, remove any dirt or debris from the wound using the metal sterilised tweezers. Use another povidone-iodine prep pad to clean the tweezers. All our survival first aid kits are stocked with tweezers so you are ready to use it whenever and wherever you need it.
You should see a doctor if you can't remove all debris or if the wound was caused by something very dirty or rusty. In the latter case a tetanus shot might be a good idea in case you haven't got one in the past 5 years.
Cover the Cut or Scrape. If the injury it is a minor scrape or scratch in an area protected from dirt which cannot be rubbed by your clothes you can decide to leave it uncovered. Our specialists recommend that for the majority of wounds it is a better idea to protect them to avoid the risk of infection or reopening the wound.
When you are in doubt, take your emergency first aid kit and use one of the adhesive bandages to keep out the bacteria. All our first aid kits are equipped with band aids in various sizes, from small to large, for knuckles and fingertips. By using the adhesive bandages, you will protect your wound from dirt, bacteria and friction caused by clothes and you will help the healing process.
The adhesive bandages are made to cover small cuts and scrapes and are more effective on wounds on your hands, fingers or knuckles as they can safely cover unusual angles.
If your cut or abrasion is on your elbow or knee you can use from our first aid kits the bandages for elbows and knees which ensure free movement and let the wound breathe.
For slices and cuts it is recommended to use a butterfly bandage as it keeps the cut closed, but it is not designated to absorb blood or prevent wound infection. Our first aid specialists use the butterfly bandages to close off the cut and apply on it a sterile gauze secured with some first aid tape roll to hold it firmly onto the wound. It should be kept for 24 hours and then removed as in this way there is no risk of infection while the cut seals itself.
If any of the bandages becomes wet and dirty you should change it immediately. If the healing process takes place normally you can change it once per day.
See a doctor if you see any signs of infection on the skin or near the wound, such as: swelling, redness, increasing pain, drainage, warmth or tenderness around it. Other signs of infection are body aches, chills, or fever.
Make sure your wound is healing and check it once per day and be careful with small children. Our specialists recommendation is to go to a doctor for treating a wound for children under 1 year old, if the wound has jagged edges as it may need stitches, if the wound is on the face or in the genital area or if the wound was caused by human or animal bite.