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Board approves shift to hybrid for second semester
The return to the "yellow" zone of the gating criteria will take effect Wednesday, Jan. 20
By Ben Wieland
The school board meets to discuss COVID-19 gating criteria.
Ben Wieland, Mill Valley News editor-in-chief
The school board unanimously voted to return to hybrid learning for secondary students Wednesday, Jan. 20 — the first day of second semester. The decision followed a recommendation by the district COVID-19 advisory board to shift to the "yellow" zone of the gating criteria.
The decision came in conjunction with the advisory board's recommendation to modify the interpretation of the gating criteria to a scale-based system that makes it easier to remain in the hybrid model.
The COVID advisory board announces multiple changes to their interpretation of the gating criteria — most notably, a shift to a scale-based system for determining learning models. pic.twitter.com/5RZEeLVsYN
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Superintendent Frank Harwood, speaking for the advisory committee, explained the latest trends in COVID-19 district data and the reasoning behind the shift to a more lenient interpretation of the gating criteria.
"We have seen student-to-student spread, though not from classroom contacts. We have also seen adult-to-adult spread from outside the classroom but within the buildings. The most common spread comes from athletics," Harwood said. "Schools are able to deal with larger amounts of community spread than we originally thought."
The board decided to return to hybrid on Wednesday, Jan. 20 instead of an immediate return after winter break in the interest of staff. Board members Ashley Spaulding and Rick Amos led a push to ensure that educators wouldn't have to spend the holidays planning for a new model.
"We've got great staff who are going to do the best they can with what they have to work with," Amos said.
"They deserve a break," Spaulding added.
The board also unanimously elected to guarantee the benefits of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act to staff members through the end of the school year, even if the federal government fails to renew the program for 2021. The FFCRA guarantees a variety of benefits to employees affected by COVID-19, most notably paid leave for employees required to quarantine or self-isolate.
De Soto Teachers' Association president Emily Valdez expressed her support for the measure.
"The DTA advocated for the FCCRA extension until the end of the 2020-21 school year," Valdez said. "Hearing the district recommend our request and the board's motion to approve it lets us know our voices are being heard."
We've got great staff who are going to do the best they can with what they have to work with."
— board member Rick Amos
Multiple teachers spoke during patron input, offering various viewpoints on the district's decision-making process. One educator told the district that some staff "feel like we are being taken advantage of" and urged the board to "please think about our families and our mental health."
Another teacher added that, though she understands the reasoning behind hybrid and remote learning "it pains me to see [my middle school students] falling further behind."
Though the board did ultimately accept the advisory committee's recommendation, it discussed the potential for future changes to the committee's role. Some, like board member Ashley Spaulding, acknowledged the committee's hard work but added that they might change their considerations of the recommendation as the year progresses.
"The gating criteria aren't being modified, but they are open to our interpretation," Spaulding said.
Board member Bill Fletcher was more straightforward with his distaste for the committee's recommendation. He urged his fellow board members to "throw yellow out the door" in favor of a full reopening, and reminded the board that they have ultimate control over gating criteria decisions.
"I understand the committee's recommendations, but the decision comes down to the board," Fletcher said. "I'm not saying we should do this, but we can eliminate the committee in one swipe if we want to."
Second semester's hybrid learning will likely look different from the previous versions of the model. Board president Danielle Heikes suggested that when students are virtual, they are still asked to participate in class; Amos urged staff to "begin coming up with the hard solutions." Ultimately, the re-evaluation of hybrid learning will be done at the building level by principals.
I continue to ask our community to support our teachers and help our students get back in school full time."
— board president Danielle Heikes
The board also unanimously approved a minor schedule shift: Friday, Jan. 15 will now be a half day for both elementary and secondary students, and the afternoon will be used for a staff collaboration day.
No further calendar decisions were made, though Harwood noted that he would not recommend adding a full spring break to the second semester. Doing so, he said, might encourage travel and further spread of COVID-19.
Board members like Heikes continued to implore community members to follow CDC recommendations, wear masks, and do their best to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
"I was disheartened that, of the 71 patron comments I read, so many patrons wanted us to accommodate their Christmas and New Year's Day parties and vacations," Heikes said. "I can't prevent people from doing that, but I continue to ask our community to support our teachers and help our students get back in school full time."
The board's next meeting is scheduled for Monday, Jan. 11.
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Kaye Fred Nelson
1932 - 2009 (77 years) Submit Photo / Document Has more than 100 ancestors and 12 descendants in this family tree.
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Name Kaye Fred Nelson
Birth 10 Mar 1932 Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
Census 1940 Price, Carbon, Utah, United States
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8 14 Don G Nelson Head Male White abt 1905 35 Married Idaho Teacher
9 14 Gladys Nelson Wife Female White abt 1910 30 Married Idaho
10 14 Kay Nelson Son Male White abt 1932 8 Single Idaho
11 14 Frannie Nelson Daughter Female White abt 1937 3 Single Utah
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Initiatory (LDS) 12 May 1961 SLAKE
Death 11 Jun 2009 St. George, Washington, Utah, United States
Burial 17 Jun 2009 Hurricane City Cemetery, Washington, Utah, United States
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Father Don Giles Nelson, b. 8 Sep 1904, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 25 Jan 1985, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 80 years)
Mother Gladys Benson, b. 12 Nov 1909, Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States d. 27 Jan 1995, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States (Age 85 years)
Marriage 8 Dec 1930 Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming, United States
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2. Eric Nelson
3. Kirsten Nelson
4. Marta Nelson
Birth - 10 Mar 1932 - Preston, Franklin, Idaho, United States
Census - 1940 - Price, Carbon, Utah, United States
Initiatory (LDS) - 12 May 1961 - SLAKE
Death - 11 Jun 2009 - St. George, Washington, Utah, United States
Burial - 17 Jun 2009 - Hurricane City Cemetery, Washington, Utah, United States
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Obituary: Kaye F. "KF" Nelson 1932 ~ 2009 Kaye F. "KF" Nelson, 77, of Hurricane, Utah, passed away on June 11, 2009 at Dixie Regional Medical Center in St. George, Utah. He died as the result of injury complications from a bicycle accident while doing what he loved most, participating in a triathlon and acting as a Scoutmaster.
KF was born in 1932 to Don and Gladys Nelson in Preston, Idaho, but lived mostly in Utah after an eleven-year stay in Southern California. KF married his sweetheart, Marilyn Mae Stanton, in 1954. Their marriage was later solemnized in the Salt Lake Temple. He was a graduate of the University of Utah with an MS in Electrical Engineering. After retirement, he was an adjunct instructor at Dixie State College. He was a faithful member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served twice as Bishop and as a Scoutmaster for some 30-plus years, receiving the Silver Beaver award and influencing the lives of hundreds of young men, including countless Eagle Scouts.
Additionally, Kaye also fulfilled two missions, first in Mongolia and most recently in the Philippines, with his beloved wife and companion, Marilyn. KF is survived by his wife, Marilyn; four children, Bradford (Kim), Eric (Shari), Kirsten (Rick) Skow, and Marta (Thomas) Cooney; grandchildren, Bret (Ashlee), Kara (Mathew) Fullmer, Kristin (Scott)Mabb, Katelyn (Nelson) Gaston, Kourtney, Tayler, Parker, Cole, Morgan, Joshua, Aaron, and Rory; great-grandchildren, Tyler, Corrinne, Jace, and Emily.
We will all miss him terribly and hope there are triathlons waiting for him to compete in, for he truly enjoyed the race and loved the competition. KF participated in some 30 plus marathons, half-marathons and several triathlons. His enthusiasm for these events was infectious and many people love these sports today due to his influence.
Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 1:00 p.m. in the Hurricane 11th Ward Chapel, 452 North 2600 West, Hurricane, Utah. A visitation will be held from 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the church, just prior to services. Interment will take place at the Hurricane City Cemetery. Arrangements are made under the direction of Spilsbury Mortuary, 110 S. Bluff St., St. George, UT (435) 673-2454.
Death: United States Social Security Death Index


Henry A. Giroux, Truthout: "We live at a time that might be appropriately called the age of the disappearing intellectual, a disappearance that marks with disgrace a particularly dangerous period in American history. While there are plenty of talking heads spewing lies, insults and nonsense in the various media, it would be wrong to suggest that these right-wing populist are intellectuals."
Yana Kunichoff, Truthout: "The decision by the Department of Justice to sue Arizona over its harsh immigration legislation is expected to block implementation of the law, but immigrant rights activists argue that this is only the first step to minimizing the harmful impact of unfair enforcement practices."
Michael Winship, Truthout: "Many seem to have found yet another way to take advantage of the gruesome economy some of them helped to create, skipping out on their mortgages 'at a rate that greatly exceeds the rest of the population.' According to the newspaper, 'More than one in seven homeowners with loans in excess of a million dollars are seriously delinquent, according to data compiled for The New York Times by the real estate analytics firm CoreLogic. By contrast, homeowners with less lavish housing are much more likely to keep writing checks to their lender. About one in 12 mortgages below the million-dollar mark is delinquent."
Dean Baker, Truthout: "A few years back, there was a fear in some parts about black UN helicopters that were supposedly taking part in the planning of an invasion of the United States. While there was no foundation for this fear, there is basis for concern about the attack of another international organization, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)."
Joshua Mitnick, The Christian Science Monitor: "Six weeks after Israeli commandos killed nine pro-Palestinian activists to prevent a Turkish aid ship from reaching the Gaza Strip, tensions are on the rise as a Libyan-sponsored vessel sets out to challenge Israel's naval blockade of the Hamas-controlled territory."
Les Blumenthal, McClatchy Newspapers: "They may not be the 500-pound 'Frankenfish' that some researchers were talking about 10 years ago, but a Massachusetts company says it's on the verge of receiving federal approval to market a quick-growing Atlantic salmon that's been genetically modified with help from a Pacific Chinook salmon."
Chris Hedges, Truthdig: "A close reading of the new health care legislation, which will conveniently take effect in 2014 after the next presidential election, is deeply depressing. The legislation not only mocks the lofty promises made by President Barack Obama, exposing most as lies, but sadly reconfirms that our nation is hostage to unchecked corporate greed and abuse."
At least 64 killed in two bombings in Uganda; Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai reportedly wants UN to remove 50 ex-Taliban officials from the UN's terrorism blacklist; if new cap works, gushing oil from BP spill could stop soon; following Justice Department lawsuit, State Gov. Jan Brewer worried about the November elections; energy industry sours on efforts to rein in emissions.
Dahr Jamail, Dahr Jamail's Dispatches: "Clint Guidry is a shrimper from Lafitte, Louisiana. As we sit together, he shows me a picture of his house with 18 inches of water in it as a result of Hurricane Ike in 2008. In his deep voice, he looks me in the eye and says, 'My fear is repeating this situation, but with this water with oil on top of it.'"
James Howard Kunstler, Truthout: "Saturday in mid-July in my corner of the country, when everyone else is cavorting on Million Dollar Beach at Lake George, or plying the aisles of the home Depot, or riding their motorcycles in faux-outlaw hordes, I like to slip away to the neglected places where nobody goes. I seek out the places of industrial ruin - there are many around here in the upper Hudson Valley, and they are mostly right along the river itself, because there are many spots where the water tumbles and falls in a way that human beings could capture that power and direct it to useful work."
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Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch: "In triumphant testimony before a joint committee of Congress in which he was greeted on both sides of the aisle as a conquering hero, Gen. David Petraeus announced the withdrawal this month of the first 1,000 American troops from Afghanistan. 'This is the beginning of the pledge the president made to the American people to draw down the surge troops sent in since 2009,' he said, adding, 'and yet let me emphasize, as I did when I took this job, that our commitment to the Afghan government and people is an enduring one.'"
Alissa Figueroa, The Christian Science Monitor: "For almost a quarter century, Cynthia Johnson, a Boston homeowner, has paid the mortgage on her three-bedroom single-family house on time. But in July, for the first time, she'll miss a payment. 'I'm on [the bank's] doorstep at this point, saying, "The savings are gone. I can't pay you as promised,"' she said."


Thanks. This is helpful. Could differenciate between morden and traditional organzational structures, especially in international business organization?
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Thank you, a very helpfull presentation! However, I would suggest to use a more clear visual representation of a matrix division structure.
2. Organization Structure Organization is defined by the formal structure, coordination and control systems, and the organization culture. It's the formal arrangement of roles, responsibilities and relationships within an organization. It's a powerful tool with which to implement strategy.
3. Vertical Differentiation: Centralization V/S Decentralization. Vertical Integration: The issue of determining where in the hierarchy, the authority to make decisions stand. Centralization is the degree to which high level managers, usually above the country level, make strategic decisions and pass them over to lower levels for implementation. Decisions made at foreign subsidiary level are considered decentralized, and those made at HQ are considered to be centralized.
4. Centralization V/S DecentralizationCentralization Decentralization Decisions made by senior level  Decisions made by managers at HQ. employees, who are closest to the Facilitates coordination of value situation. chain  Employees who directly deal with Ensures decisions are consistent with customers, markets, etc strategic objectives. Senior executives have authority to  Motivates employees to exercise direct major change. initiative. Preempts duplication of activities  Enables more flexible response to Reduces the risk of making wrong rapid environmental changes. decisions at low level  Permits to fix better Ensures consistent dealings with all accountability. stakeholders.  Puts the org at risk for bad Discourages initiative among lower – decision making. level employees.  Cross – unit coordination is at stake for favouritism.
5. Horizontal Differentiation: The Design of the Formal Structure Horizontal Differentiation: The way a co. designs its formal structure to perform the following functions;1. Specify the set of organizational tasks.2. Divide these tasks into jobs, departments, subsidiaries and divisions to get the work done.3. Assign authority relationships to get the work done in a way that supports co. strategy.
7. 1. Functional Structure Specialized jobs are grouped according to traditional business functions. CEO Ideal for Co. having a narrow product line, Production Marketing sharing similar technology. India USA India USA Helps maximize economies of scale Highly efficient.
8. 2. International division structure. Grouping each international business activity into its own division. Creates a critical mass of international expertise. Creates quick response to environmental changes enabling them to deal with different CEO markets. Prevents duplication of activities. Industrial Division Automotive Division Aerospace Electronics International Division Often struggles to get resources Division from domestic divisions. Diesel Electronics Brake This structure is suited for Company (France) Company (France) Company (Mexico) multidomestic strategies that demand little integration and standardization between domestic and foreign operations. Frustrates its ability to exploit economies of scale.
9. Product Division Structure These are popular among international companies with diverse products. Similar products are grouped under one product head e.g. Perfumes and Cosmetics, each CEO focusing on a single product segment for its global market. Suited for a global strategy Power Systems Group Industry And Defense Group There may be duplicate functions and activities Electric Elevatoe Construction among divisions. Company (Belgium) Meter Company (Argentina) Company (Belgium) Products Company (Italy) No formal means by which one product divison can learn from another international expertise.
10. Geographic (Area) Division Structure These are used when foreign operations are large and not dominated by a single country or region. Useful when managers can gain economies of scale on a CEO regional rather than on global basis. Europe and Latin America North America and Pacific Division Division Drawback is the potential of duplication of work among U.K. Venezuela Italy U.S. Japan Canada areas as the company locates similar value activities in several places rather than consolidating them in the most efficient place.
11. Matrix Division Structure This tries simultaneously to deal with competing pressures for global integration and local responsiveness. Institutes overlaps among functional and divisional forms. CEO Gives functional, product, and geographic groups a common focus. It makes each group share responsibility for foreign operations Textile Agricultural Europe- Latin and enables each group exchange Groups Products Africa Group America Group information and resources more Group willingly. Drawbacks- Stop championing their group's unique needs, and thereby eliminate the multiple knowledge- Mexico generating and decision making U.K. relationship that it is supposed to engage.


To have straight and sleek hair is a dream of every woman. Curly hairs are difficult to manage. Much care has to be taken if you have curly hair. Moreover, the hairstyles are limited for curly hair. Though care has to be taken for straight hair too, but they are manageable when compared to the curly hair. When we talk about hairstyles, there are a lot of haircuts which can be experimented with straight hair.
Now, if you don't have straight hair and want to have straight hair, then the question is how to get the straight hair and what should you do? The answer to it is the straightening iron or flat iron. If you are going for some party and wish to look beautiful with straight hair, then you can use flat iron at home and get straight hair easily. Washing the hair with a good shampoo is the first step. Leave the hair to dry but don't dry them completely. Part your hair in some section and use brush and flat iron to get straight hair. Run the comb through your hair and after that comb run the flat iron through the hair. Pull out the flat iron in light manner. Don't do it in a harsh manner otherwise your hair can get damaged. Do this section by section and cover your whole hair. Overheating of iron can cause damage to your hair, so don't apply overheated iron on the hair. By using flat iron, you can get straight hair in just a little time. But remember to be careful while using flat iron. Also the straight hair look will remain till you wash your hair next time. After washing the look will go away and you will have to use flat iron again if you want straight hair.
You can use blow dryer instead of flat iron to get straight hair. You first have to wash the hair with some shampoo and if you want to condition it, use a conditioner too. After you have washed them, leave them to dry but till they become damp. Now you can blow dry to make them straight. Run the comb from roots till tips of the hair and simultaneously run blow dryer. When using blow dryer there are chances that you will have to repeat the usage of dryer on same hair again and again to make them straight. This look too is temporary. When using flat iron or blow dryer, you can use hair gel or hair spray at the end to make them look shiny.
If you are bored up of straightening your hair again and again, then you can go with the permanent straightening. In permanent straightening of hair, strong chemical solution is used to make the hair straight. These chemicals can damage the hair with regular use. The straight hair obtained with chemical use will remain for months even if you wash them frequently. But much care of hair has to be taken for this kind of straight hair, like you should not use any more chemicals on the hair as this can result in dry and brittle hair.
There are some natural ways which can be used if you are not in a hurry of getting straight hair. Cream obtained from the mixture of coconut milk and lemon should be applied on the hair and cover the hair with some hot towel. After some time wash it away normally and comb them after they get half dry. Doing this regularly will give shine to your hair and will make them straighter. You can also use iron which is used for ironing clothes to straighten your hair. Wrap some paper or cloth around the hair and then iron in the same away as if they are clothes. This is temporary but effective way of getting straight hair.
Straight hair looks good on every face and there is not need of much maintenance. You should too try the above given tips, for getting straight hair and you will surely look beautiful.


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Nishant Gokhale is doing a Ph.D. in law at Cambridge University under the supervision of Professor Paul McHugh. Nishant obtained his undergraduate degree in law and humanities at NUJS, Kolkata and an LL.M. from Harvard Law School. Before starting at Cambridge, Nishant worked for several years including as a judicial clerk at the Indian Supreme Court and as a litigator in criminal and capital cases.
At Cambridge, Nishant's research is a multi-sited history of the British East India Company's engagement with law at home and in India. Examining archival sources in the United Kingdom and India, his research delves into the Company's project of legal ordering of the indigenous Bhil communities in Khandesh province (western India). His research examines the diverse manifestations of Bhil agency which resulted in the Company reordering itself at local levels. His research adds to the growing scholarly interest in the role that local and regional officers played in the project of legal ordering and will help situate indigenous communities in the imperial world of the 19th century.
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What My Dog Does When I Leave!
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yes..he just missed you so much..
We take some time to tell our dogs that we are going for so and so long and that we are coming back. When we are actuele leaving they seem to understand and are very calm.
It makes me sad to think they do that each and every day.
Poor baby has severe separation anxiety. He/she needs a mate to roam with while tthe owners are away. Can cause a dog great stress.


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Just as a portfolio of shares needs to be managed constantly to yield the best return, a portfolio of property investments also needs to be managed on a continuous basis for the same reason. Until recently, most institutional property investors didn't have this approach. Properties were managed as assets, and not as investments. One reason for this was that until recently investors could not invest outside South Africa, which caused institutional investors to invest relatively large percentages of their total assets in fixed properties. Investors were caught off guard by changes in the market, and as a result they have properties in their portfolios that are no longer performing well as investments. Institutional investors are now trying to reduce their exposure to properties. The objective of the study was to determine the factors that a property portfolio manager must consider to maximize the return of the portfolio at an acceptable risk. From these factors a questionnaire was developed to evaluate an individual building. The questionnaire was linked to a decision tree by means of a points system. The decision tree can be used by the portfolio manager as a qualitative decision making tool to enhance the property portfolio. According to the points scored, a general classification is given to the building (A-grade to E-grade), as well as on the location, technical aspects, profitability, and potential of the property. There are five possible outcomes to the decision tree: keep the property in the portfolio; keep the property in the portfolio, but do the necessary upgrading; keep the property in the portfolio, do the upgrading, but sell within five years; sell the property as soon as possible; and demolish the existing building, and redevelop the property. The most important criterion for enhancing the portfolio, is the location of the specific property. If the location of the property is classified as "A-grade", the property will be kept in the portfolio, except when the technical classification of the property is "E-grade", in which case the building is demolished, and the property redeveloped. If the location of the property is classified as "B-grade", the property will be kept and upgraded if the technical classification is not lower than "B-grade". If the location of the property is classified as "B-grade", and the technical classification is "C-grade", the portfolio manager should look at the profitability and potential of the building. If the profitability and potential of the of the property is classified as "C-grade" or better, the property should be upgraded, and sold within five years. If the location of the property is classified as "C-grade" or lower, the property should be sold as soon as possible. The portfolio manager should bear in mind that the decision tree does not take economic conditions (for example supply and demand in the property market) and the investor's portfolio enhancement strategy (for example to reduce the portfolio's exposure to a certain type of property), into account. However, the decision tree can be applied to give the portfolio manager an indication whether a specific property should be kept or sold.


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Met Office To Provide Space Weather Warnings For Planet Earth And Forecasts For Exoplanets
The UK Met Office's weather and climate model is being adapted to help understand space weather at Earth and the atmospheres of planets orbiting other stars. Two teams of scientists will present their work at the National Astronomy Meeting in Manchester on 29th and 30th March.
Artist's impression of exoplanet HAT-P-7b.
Credit: ESA/NASA/G. Bacon (STScI)
The Met Office plans to expand its services to provide operational space weather forecasts for the UK. It is pooling skills with the UK's space weather research community to extend its 'Unified Model' upwards to include the Earth's thermosphere, a region about 90-600km above the Earth surface. The impact of space weather events is very commonly seen in this region.
"Space weather can affect the aviation and power industries, as well as a whole range of activities that rely on GPS timing and positioning, radio communication or satellite-based observations," said the Met Office's Dr David Jackson, who will present the project on Friday 30th March.
The Earth's upper atmosphere, as seen by the Space Shuttle Discovery during the STS-96 mission in 1999.
Credit: NASA
"To develop a more accurate and useful advanced-warning system for space weather, we need to develop a system of interconnected models that describe the whole domain – the conditions on the Sun, interplanetary space, the layers of the Earth's atmosphere, all the way down to the Earth's surface. The more accurate we can be in representing interactions between the lower atmosphere and thermosphere, the more we can enhance thermospheric forecasts, and thus improve space weather forecast products for users," Jackson continued.
A second team of researchers is adapting the Unified Model for extra-solar planet climatology – the study of atmospheric properties of planets orbiting other stars. The team, led by Prof Isabelle Baraffe of Exeter University, comprises astrophysicists, climate scientists and meteorologists.
"The Met Office has developed a sophisticated tool for Earth weather forecasting and climate studies. It could be of vital importance in the interpretation the wealth of observational data on extra-solar planets we expect to come within the next decade," said Dr David Acreman, who will present the project at the National Astronomy Meeting on Thursday 29th March.
"Most of the hundreds of extra-solar planets discovered to date are gas giants orbiting very close to their host star. These planets are strongly irradiated by the parent star, with one side experiencing permanent day and the other in permanent night. The day side of the planet is much hotter than the night side and this temperature difference causes high speed winds to flow. These winds can be as fast as a few kilometers per second. Although these conditions are unlike anything seen on Earth, the Unified Model is capable of handling these extreme circumstances," said Acreman, who is part of the Astrophysics group at the University of Exeter.
The project aims to help understand the redistribution of heat from the dayside to the nightside, determine the key parameters affecting the efficiency of such heat redistribution and study the deep circulation patterns driven by the winds and their effects on the planet's internal structure. In the longer term, the project will be extended to the study of Earth-like exoplanet atmospheres, where conditions may resemble those found in the early or present day Solar System, and to the determination of biosignatures, potentially revealing the presence of a biosphere and life.
Future observational projects will shed new light on extra-solar planets, but interpreting the data will require an increased understanding of the planets being observed.
"By adapting the Met Office model to the conditions found on those planets we can interpret these observations, and use them to understand how the physics governing our weather and climate behaves in an environment very different from our own," explained Nathan Mayne of the University of Exeter. "The feedback will provide valuable tests of our numerical models under extreme conditions and demonstrate its adaptability and robustness."
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http://www.jodrellbank.manchester.ac.uk/meetings/nam2012/


"Costa Rica Dog Lover" meets "A Dull Roar"!!!
It has been a really fun and interesting few days here in Puerto Viejo for us. A couple of nights ago we met Casey Bahr, his wife Tamara, and son Sean. Casey writes a blog called A Dull Roar which has chronicled his move to Perez Zeledon in Costa Rica and does chronicle his life since he got here. I have read his blog for a little over a year now and so was delighted when he emailed and said that they would be coming to Puerto Viejo for a quick trip. We met for dinner at The Flip Flop Restaurant in downtown PV and had just a great time! They are all so interesting and engaged in their lives. Sean, who is twelve, goes to school in the town they live in and seems to have assimilated very well. And – he is a very tolerant twelve year old – very patient with the older crew as we talked on and on He wasn't sure that he liked the sour taste of the starfruit though………… Tamara is an artist who does beautiful mosaic tile work – you can find examples of her work on Casey's blog. And Casey is just as entertaining in real life as he is on his blog. All in all it was a great night. We will definitely plan on going to their part of the world for a visit in a few months.
Last night we went to the newly remodeled Bar Penn – soon to be renamed "The Point". An expat from the U.S. – actually Colorado to be exact – has taken over running a long lived establishment just down the road from us and has turned it into a sports bar/restaurant. It looks great, the beer is cheap, and the people we have met there are fun. Last night there was a band that had our neighbor Carter playing drums with them. The singer had a terrific voice and played a variety of songs. His name is Joaquin Teran and he and his bass player evidently play all over the world. We really enjoyed ourselves immensely. I also was able to meet some of our other neighbors so that made it doubly enjoyable.
The weather here has been absolutely stunning the last few weeks. We actually need some rain and hope to get some in the next few days. In the meantime though, I am just going to enjoy this time, kick back, and RELAX (just like these dogs)!!!


So after all my fretting I had a great time last night. DC9 is like a block from the metro (thank you turbogrrl for explaining what they should on their website!) so that was cake. I walked in and of course there was the immediate "ugh, frowny hipsters" and it was PACKED because they hadn't let anyone upstairs yet so I ended up standing outside the bathroom with some other loiterers. And in a first in my DC showgoing experience, commenced to converse with them, friendly-like. Long story short, they turned out to be from my hometown and were funny and mocked me for going to NA and were all shocked that I'm as old as I am and good times were had.
The show itself was exciting. Liam Finn is very... compact. I ended up being able to stand about 4 feet away from him the whole time. They played a very informal and comfortable set; my favorite parts were, of course, when he got behind the drum kit and worked that magic. The crowd was a typical young DC crowd plus a few Crowded House fans who looked exactly like the kind of people I see wearing Genesis t-shirts at Genesis shows. I mean apart from me. BUT ANYWAYS. My point about the typicalness of this crowd is that they almost unanimously showed their appreciation for the music by standing very still and frowning. I danced awkwardly and grinned because damnit - the music is good.
I thought I was going to go right home after his set but instead found my loitering friends and hung out with them for another hour. Turns out she played the drums for 2 years so we had a great chat about that, and he also shares the dubious title of "Systems Analyst" so had a mutual chuckle. There were lots of NZ expats in the audience and I gently grilled one of them on why she would ever leave - and she certainly didn't sound overly amorous of the US. Finally came time to go so I wandered over to Mr. Finn and thanked him for coming and asked him to please come back.
Definitely one of the best showgoing experiences I've ever had in this city.
wait, did you go see the liam finn/christine fellows/weakerthans show? by yourself? because that's just weird, since i'm likely going to the same show, likely by myself, in orlando in a few weeks.
i guess if you can do it, i can do it, right?
The show I saw was actually Liam Finn / Miracle Fortress / The Most Serene Republic! I stayed for the second band (who were good!) but didn't see the third one.
You can totally do it! Also please go up to Liam after his set and be like, "man, I heard about your awesome show in DC a few weeks ago. you're already a legend!" or something. OK you don't have to do that.
Not cool! But I mean, wouldn't we all want to go play with Eddie Vedder.
yay! I am so glad you went and had fun and made the metro and all that good stuff.
Me too. I always forget how painless it really is.
It was very much like many interactions with people I've met from the tidewater area - NA has a mystique! A mystique of snootery. Which is richly deserved.
Yeah. I've found that many people roll their eyes a little when you say that you are a systems analyst. This is mostly from talking to people in my classes though.
Yay! I'm so glad you had a good showgoing experience!


Triggers define conditions for alarms to be raised when monitoring IoT devices. You can define simple immediate triggers, or ones that depend on multiple assets or the past history of an asset.
Assetwolf has a simple interface for setting a trigger. A typical example might be "temperature too high" or "device has not communicated for X minutes".
There are anti-noise options if you need them, such as to avoid a trigger being fired spuriously.
When a trigger fires, something needs to happen (and somebody usually needs to be notified). So Assetwolf has the concept of Procedures which are followed.
A Procedure can have multiple-steps, so that (for example) an email is sent, an SMS sent, or even that the portal should send some data to the asset in the form of a Command.
In addition, it's usual for the alarm to be logged, so that it can be recorded in a report or other display of information about the asset.
How bad is the thing that occurred?
Assetwolf has Alarm Severity Levels, so that you can always determine what state an asset is in, and thereby help users prioritise what needs to be done first.
In the first cycle, the condition begins and the trigger fires, and the asset's alarm severity level jumps from 0 ("OK") up to 3 (severe). The condition ends quickly (perhaps something got too warm but then cooled off), and before anyone could acknowledge it; so the severity level dropped to level 1.
But "1" is notable above "0" as it may be important that you know it has happened. For example, if a refrigerator got too warm because of a power cut, and the food went bad, you would want to know about it, even if the power came back on and the refrigerator cooled down again.
In the second cycle, the condition occurs again, but this time it's acknowledged quickly. Somebody responds to the problem quickly, and after some time the original condition goes away, again with the severity level going down to 0 when the normal operating situation is restored.


The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Division of Sleep Medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine is seeking a full-time faculty member in the Clinician Educator Line, at the rank of Clinical Assistant Professor, Clinical Associate Professor, or Clinical Professor, to conduct clinical care and teaching in sleep medicine. The position will be based in the Division of Sleep Medicine in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
The chosen candidate will provide clinical care in the outpatient Sleep Clinic and sleep medicine consultative services to other departments. Teaching responsibilities will be fulfilled as part of the regular clinical activities, and include supervision and didactics to sleep medicine fellows, medical students, residents, fellows, and other trainees.
Applicants must have a medical degree, must have completed training and be Board Certified in Sleep Medicine. Specialty training in pulmonary medicine, internal medicine, or psychiatry and possessing a current California medical license preferred.


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Long-term goals are imperative, but they can make you feel overwhelmed or discouraged at times. Instead of thinking about how many dress sizes smaller you want to be in four months, focus on small everyday victories, suggests Michael Snader, BodyAware specialist and nutritionist at The BodyHoliday, a health and wellness resort in St. Lucia. "For example, today you are going to eat breakfast, fit in a workout, and drink more water," he says. Stay focused on the present, and your future will be successful.
Community centers (e.g., women's groups, community kitchens) ↓ anemia, ↑ nutrition knowledge, ↑ HH food security, ↑ HH food consumption, ↑ dietary diversity, ↑ intake of Fe-rich foods, ↑ intake of ASF, ↑ income, ↑ control over resources, ↑ decision-making ↑ nutrition knowledge, ↓/NC anemia, ↑ food expenditures, ↑ HH food security, ↑ HH food consumption, ↑/NC dietary diversity, ↑ intake of vitamin A–rich foods, ↑/NC intake of vegetables and meat, ↑ intake of fruits and ASF, NC BMI, ↓ underweight, ↑ income, ↑ control over resources, ↑ decision-making ↑ HH food security, ↑ dietary diversity
Ovulation problems are often caused by polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS). PCOS is a hormone imbalance problem which can interfere with normal ovulation. PCOS is the most common cause of female infertility. Primary ovarian insufficiency (POI) is another cause of ovulation problems. POI occurs when a woman's ovaries stop working normally before she is 40. POI is not the same as early menopause.
What you eat is even more important as you enter your 40s. Women need protein (meat, fish, dairy, beans, and nuts), carbohydrates (whole grains), fats (healthy oils), vitamins, minerals, and water. These foods have been linked to some disease prevention, such as osteoporosis, high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, and certain cancers. The American Academy of Family Physicians supports the development of healthy food supply chains in supplemental nutrition programs so as to broaden the availability of healthy food.
In addition to death occurring in pregnancy and childbirth, pregnancy can result in many non-fatal health problems including obstetrical fistulae, ectopic pregnancy, preterm labor, gestational diabetes, hyperemesis gravidarum, hypertensive states including preeclampsia, and anemia.[34] Globally, complications of pregnancy vastly outway maternal deaths, with an estimated 9.5 million cases of pregnancy-related illness and 1.4 million near-misses (survival from severe life-threatening complications). Complications of pregnancy may be physical, mental, economic and social. It is estimated that 10–20 million women will develop physical or mental disability every year, resulting from complications of pregnancy or inadequate care.[39] Consequently, international agencies have developed standards for obstetric care.[52]
Many women and teenage girls don't get enough calcium. Calcium-rich foods are critical to healthy bones and can help you avoid osteoporosis, a bone-weakening disease. Additionally, recent studies suggest that consuming calcium-rich foods as part of a healthy diet may aid weight loss in obese women while minimizing bone turnover. The National Institute of Medicine recommends the following calcium intake, for different ages:
If motivation is your hang-up, change your exercise routine every 14 days. A University of Florida study discovered that people who modified their workouts twice a month were more likely than to stick to their plans compared to those who changed their regimens whenever they wanted to. Boredom didn't appear to be a factor; it seems people simply enjoyed the variety more.
Although women in industrialised countries have narrowed the gender gap in life expectancy and now live longer than men, in many areas of health they experience earlier and more severe disease with poorer outcomes. Gender remains an important social determinant of health, since women's health is influenced not just by their biology but also by conditions such as poverty, employment, and family responsibilities. Women have long been disadvantaged in many respects such as social and economic power which restricts their access to the necessities of life including health care, and the greater the level of disadvantage, such as in developing countries, the greater adverse impact on health.
In addition, more research is needed to evaluate the impact of targeting women alone compared with targeting women alongside other members of their families and communities (e.g., with groups of other women, men, husbands, children, parents, in-laws, other family members, other community members, etc.). Interventions that targeted women with their children during child health visits or alongside other members of their communities through community mobilization and mass media campaigns showed improvements in knowledge and some health and nutrition behaviors of women. The inclusion of boys and men, for instance, as well as the inclusion of other family and community members, could enhance the impact and delivery of nutrition interventions for women through support of certain practices, reminders, time-savings, and normalization of nutrition behaviors. However, more research is needed to identify effective targeting mechanisms (i.e., alone or alongside other members of households and communities) and we expect that these will likely need to be context- and content-specific.
A related issue is the inclusion of pregnant women in clinical studies. Since other illnesses can exist concurrently with pregnancy, information is needed on the response to and efficacy of interventions during pregnancy, but ethical issues relative to the fetus, make this more complex. This gender bias is partly offset by the iniation of large scale epidemiology studies of women, such as the Nurses' Health Study (1976),[162] Women's Health Initiative[163] and Black Women's Health Study.[164][6]
It doesn't matter how many pushups you can do in a minute if you're not doing a single one correctly. "There is no point in performing any exercise without proper form," says Stokes, who recommends thinking in terms of progression: Perfect your technique, then later add weight and/or speed. This is especially important if your workout calls for performing "as many reps as possible" during a set amount of time. Choose quality over quantity, and you can stay injury-free.
Women's health is positioned within a wider body of knowledge cited by, amongst others, the World Health Organization, which places importance on gender as a social determinant of health.[22] While women's health is affected by their biology, it is also affected by their social conditions, such as poverty, employment, and family responsibilities, and these aspects should not be overshadowed.[23][24]
Adopting a plant-based diet could help tip the scales in your favor. A five-year study of 71,751 adults published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics found that vegetarians tend to be slimmer than meat-eaters even though both groups eat about the same number of calories daily. Researchers say it may be because carnivores consume more fatty acids and fewer weight-loss promoting nutrients, like fiber, than herbivores do. Go green to find out if it works for you.
The increasing focus on Women's Rights in the United States during the 1980s focused attention on the fact that many drugs being prescribed for women had never actually been tested in women of child-bearing potential, and that there was a relative paucity of basic research into women's health. In response to this the National Institutes of Health (NIH) created the Office of Research on Women's Health (ORWH)[154] in 1990 to address these inequities. In 1993 the National Institutes of Health Revitalisation Act officially reversed US policy by requiring NIH funded phase III clinical trials to include women.[119] This resulted in an increase in women recruited into research studies. The next phase was the specific funding of large scale epidemiology studies and clinical trials focussing on women's health such as the Women's Health Initiative (1991), the largest disease prevention study conducted in the US. Its role was to study the major causes of death, disability and frailty in older women.[155] Despite this apparent progress, women remain underepresented. In 2006 women accounted for less than 25% of clinical trials published in 2004,[156] A follow up study by the same authors five years later found little evidence of improvement.[157] Another study found between 10–47% of women in heart disease clinical trials, despite the prevalence of heart disease in women.[158] Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death amongst women, but while the number of women enrolled in lung cancer studies is increasing, they are still far less likely to be enrolled than men.[119]
Lipid-based nutrient supplement (LNS) programs are intended to enrich diets with micronutrients and essential fatty acids (97), and are often used in emergency settings to meet nutritional needs of pregnant and lactating women (98). Of the studies that report on women's health outcomes, LNSs provided to pregnant and lactating women increased body weight and midupper arm circumference, particularly of multiparous women and women >25 y of age (99). They were associated with increased plasma α-linoleic acid, although not plasma lipids and other fatty acids (100). LNSs did not affect women's immune responses, particularly pregnant women's anti-malarial antibody responses (101). There was limited evidence connecting LNS supplementation to unhealthy weight gain and retention, and this is being explored in ongoing studies in Ghana (97).
Three related targets of MDG5 were adolescent birth rate, contraceptive prevalence and unmet need for family planning (where prevalence+unmet need = total need), which were monitored by the Population Division of the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs.[64] Contraceptive use was part of Goal 5B (universal access to reproductive health), as Indicator 5.3.[65] The evaluation of MDG5 in 2015 showed that amongst couples usage had increased worldwide from 55% to 64%. with one of the largest increases in Subsaharan Africa (13 to 28%). The corollary, unmet need, declined slightly worldwide (15 to 12%).[37] In 2015 these targets became part of SDG5 (gender equality and empowerment) under Target 5.6: Ensure universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights, where Indicator 5.6.1 is the proportion of women aged 15–49 years who make their own informed decisions regarding sexual relations, contraceptive use and reproductive health care (p. 31).[66]
^ Jump up to: a b c Aldridge, Robert W.; Story, Alistair; Hwang, Stephen W.; Nordentoft, Merete; Luchenski, Serena A.; Hartwell, Greg; Tweed, Emily J.; Lewer, Dan; Vittal Katikireddi, Srinivasa (2017-11-10). "Morbidity and mortality in homeless individuals, prisoners, sex workers, and individuals with substance use disorders in high-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis". Lancet. 391 (10117): 241–250. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(17)31869-X. ISSN 1474-547X. PMC 5803132. PMID 29137869. All-cause standardised mortality ratios were significantly increased in 91 (99%) of 92 extracted datapoints and were 11·86 (95% CI 10·42–13·30; I2=94·1%) in female individuals
Having the proper footwear is essential for any workout, and for winter runs, that means sneaks with EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate), says Polly de Mille, an exercise physiologist who oversees New York Road Runner's Learning Series for first-time New York City Marathon runners. "Polyurethane tends to get really stiff and cold in the winter, which could increase your risk of injury." Another important feature is a waterproof and windproof upper: Look for shoes made with Gortex, or wrap your mesh uppers in duct tape to keep feet dry and warm.
Women's menstrual cycles, the approximately monthly cycle of changes in the reproductive system, can pose significant challenges for women in their reproductive years (the early teens to about 50 years of age). These include the physiological changes that can effect physical and mental health, symptoms of ovulation and the regular shedding of the inner lining of the uterus (endometrium) accompanied by vaginal bleeding (menses or menstruation). The onset of menstruation (menarche) may be alarming to unprepared girls and mistaken for illness. Menstruation can place undue burdens on women in terms of their ability to participate in activities, and access to menstrual aids such as tampons and "sanitary pads". This is particularly acute amongst poorer socioeconomic groups where they may represent a financial burden and in developing countries where menstruation can be an impediment to a girl's education.[113]
Men who choose to drink and can do so responsibly may benefit from one to two drinks a day, counting 5 ounces of wine, 12 ounces of beer, or 1.5 ounces of spirits as one drink. But women face an extra risk: Even low doses of alcohol can raise their risk of breast cancer. So women who choose to drink might be wise to limit themselves to half as much as men.


Olympus' new lightning-fast OM-D E-M1X is here, with its sights set on sports and wildlife shooters wanting speed but not size or weight. So is this new 'big' Micro Four Thirds camera the best tool for the job?
Olympus is not a company that does anything in a rush. Consider the Japanese company's newest camera, the OM-D E-M1X. It's been more than two years since the last Olympus flagship pro camera was announced, the E-M1 Mark II, and in the intervening years we've seen a big change in the industry. Almost all the other major camera brands now offer, or plan to offer, full frame mirrorless cameras, yet Olympus has doggedly continued to commit to the smaller Micro Four Thirds format.
But in a way, this just makes Olympus' newest camera even more interesting. After all, Olympus was the camera company that introduced in-body image stabilisation, in-body sensor cleaning, Live View and a host of other technologies to market, and it has always focussed its attention more on usability and functionality than getting caught up in a sensor-size arms race.
Combine this with the size and weight advantages of Micro Four Thirds, and Olympus' track-record of excellent weather-proofing, and suddenly the company's targeting of sports and wildlife photographers makes a lot of sense. It's worth noting that the new OM-D E-M1X isn't intended to replace the E-M1 Mark II. Instead it sits alongside the E-M1, with both cameras marketed as Olympus' flagship bodies.
We were given access to the OM-D E-M1X at a two day event in NSW's Hunter Valley ahead of its global launch on 24 January 2019. As this was a pre-release camera, neither Adobe or Capture One support for reading Olympus RAW files were yet available, so the images below were edited to taste using the Olympus RAW converter and then converted to JPEG.
Externally it is a feature-rich camera with all the buttons to prove it. I especially appreciated the dedicated AF controls on the left of the top panel, and I'm really pleased Olympus have also included a dedicated ISO button on the right of the top panel, a feature sorely missed on the E-M1 Mark II.
Inside is a 5-axis sync stabilisation system that promises approximately 7.5 shutter speed stops of stabilisation when used in combination with a M.Zuiko IS PRO lens. When used with the excellent built-in ND filter (more on this below) I was able to handhold sharp 1s exposures at ISO 64. The other major benefit of the IBIS is for video, allowing for crisp, smooth shots even without a gimbal.
Unsurprisingly, the X is also dust, splash and freezeproof, with the weather-sealing maintained even when plugging in external sources like a mic or headphones. Olympus tell me that the weather-sealing meets international standard IPX2, which means it will continue to work even if caught in a downpour.
So what about that battery grip? Go to any motorsport and count the number of shooters using a battery grip and you'll quickly see they are popular for a reason. If you also consider that the X is relatively light, weighing just 997g, compared to 1,281g for a Canon 5D Mark IV with grip, and smaller too, then you'll realise that the X is unique. Olympus could have made the grip removable, but I'm told this would affect the (impressive) weather sealing.
In all honesty I quickly forgot about the grip while shooting. The advantages for tired hands are welcome, and the benefits to the camera's performance are also appreciated. And of course the battery-life is excellent, with my first battery still at 20% after filling a 32gb SD card with RAW files in very hot weather.
CLICK TEST IMAGES TO VIEW ORIGINAL HIGH-RES FILES.
Olympus OM-D E-M1X, 12-100mm F/4 lens. 1/10000s @ f4, ISO 800. Click image to view original high-res file.
Yes, the pilot really is flying about 3 metres above the ground. There's rolling shutter visible on the propeller in this image, but it is generally well controlled on the OM-D E-M1X. Olympus OM-D E-M1X, 12-100mm F/4 lens. 1/8000s @ f4, ISO 800. Click image to view original high-res file.
Big dust clouds and 40+ degree heat made for fun shooting conditions. Olympus OM-D E-M1X, Olympus M.7-14mm F/2.8 lens. All images 1/10000s @ f4, ISO 800. Click image to view original high-res file.
Before. Olympus OM-D E-M1X, Olympus 12-100mm f/4 lens. 1/250s @ f6.3, ISO 64. Click image to view original high-res file.
After. Using the built-in ND filter in the middle of the day. Olympus OM-D E-M1X, Olympus 12-100mm f/4 lens. 1s @ f16, ISO 64. Handheld. Click image to view original high-res file.
The X also contains a built-in GPS sensor, temperature sensor, manometer (for measuring pressure) and compass, all of which can be added to image EXIF data if you so wish. I must admit I haven't ever found myself needing a manometer when shooting, but these features, and the GPS feature especially, are nice to have.
Images retain plenty of detail. Olympus OM-D E-M1X, Olympus 12-100mm f/4 lens. 1/100s @ f8, ISO 400. Click image to view original high-res file.
The handheld feature takes advantage of the 5-axis stabilisation system, and neatly stacks images in-camera quite quickly. Like the ND filter mode, I found this a useful addition to add to the quick menu for easy access. We'll add a link to download a full resolution RAW file once the software to read the files is made available.
Downsized from a 41mb still, this high res image retains plenty of detail. Click the image to see it at full resolution. Handheld. Olympus OM-D E-M1X, Olympus 12-100mm F4 lens. 1/1250s @ f8, ISO 800. Click image to view original high-res file.
However if sports and wildlife are your thing, and the idea of taking advantage of the smaller lenses and handy crop-factor of Micro Four Thirds would be beneficial to your photography, you'll be impressed with the usability and ruggedness of the OM-D E-M1X. It offers the best Micro Four Thirds autofocus system we've used, along with impressive battery-life and excellent stabilisation and image quality.
Stand-out features include the solid five-axis stabilisation system, fast continuous shooting speeds, the built-in ND filter and high resolution mode. Olympus have packed a heap into this camera.
Want more? Read our Q&A with Toshi Terada, Olympus GM Olympus Global Imaging Department, here.


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The pretty resort of Blanes is situated in Catalonia on the Costa Brava, and offers holiday makers a quiet and relaxing destination where they can recover from the hustle and bustle of daily life back home. Originally a small fishing village, it has retained an aura of authentic beauty whilst having developed and modernized to offer contemporary travellers the perfect combination of up to date facilities with a relaxed beach holiday. There are long crescents of golden sand as well as secluded little coves to be found along the coastline, where you can try a range of exciting water sports and keep entertained throughout the day. In the evening young people looking for a lively party scene have the option of heading to the nearby resort of Lloret de Mar, whilst couples and families will enjoy the laid back vibe of Blanes town. Airport transfers and airport shuttles from Girona Airport to Blanes centre are only 32 kilometers or 40 minutes, and Barcelona Airport is also nearby, making it the ideal choice for a summer break. Airport Transfer Service, also offer great value airport transfers, airport shuttles, airport taxis, and group transport to hundreds of other great destinations across Europe.
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Former Iraqi General Launches Attempt to Bring Tony Blair to Trial for Illegal Iraq War
TNO Staff — July 15, 2017 0 comment
Former Iraqi army general Abdulwaheed al-Rabbat has launched a High Court suit in London which aims at bringing former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and two senior Jewish members of his government to trial for starting the illegal Iraq War.
Al-Rabbat's lawyer, Michael Mansfield QC, in his opening argument yesterday said that the Chilcot inquiry's conclusion that the invasion of Iraq was unnecessary and undermined the United Nations requires the prosecution of Tony Blair, former foreign secretary Jack Straw and the former attorney general Lord Goldsmith.
In calling for a war crimes trial in Britain, Mansfield said that the offence of waging an aggressive war has effectively been assimilated into English law.
Mansfield summarised the Chilcot report's findings as: "Saddam Hussein did not pose an urgent threat to the UK, intelligence reporting about [Iraqi] weapons of mass destruction was presented with unwarranted certainty, that the war was unnecessary and that the UK undermined the authority of the UN security council."
"Nothing could be more emphatic than these findings," he said. "It was an unlawful war."
Mansfield argued that when the British prosecutor, Sir Hartley Shawcross, opened the cases against Nazi leaders at the Nuremburg war crimes trials at the end of the second world war, he acted as though the crime of aggression had already been assimilated into English law.
An initial application to launch the prosecution was dismissed at Westminster magistrates court on the grounds that Blair enjoys immunity and that the crime of aggression does not exist in English law.
The court was told that attempts to persuade the international criminal court to prosecute to the former Labour prime minister for invading Iraq have made no significant progress.
The crime of aggression was finally defined in 2010 by the ICC, the high court heard, but it has not yet been ratified by a sufficient number of states.
The high court appeal is being heard by the lord chief justice, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, and Mr Justice Ouseley.
The current attorney general, Jeremy Wright QC, has intervened in the case to argue that the crime does not exist in the statute book. "The crime of aggression is not known to English law," James Eadie QC, for the attorney general, told the court.
He also relied on a 2006 House of Lords ruling, R v Jones, which unanimously found that the international law crime of aggression is not an offence under domestic legislation in the UK.
A number of Iraqi supporters of Rabbat sat at the back of the court. Speaking before the hearing started, Sabah al-Mukhtar, of the Arab Lawyers Network, said: "This is just looking at whether the first court was right in refusing to entertain the case.
"The magistrates court dismissed it on the grounds that Tony Blair had immunity and that the crime of aggression was not part of English law. Many think they were not correct on that."
Rabbat, a former chief of staff of the Iraqi army, was not in court. He currently lives in the Omani capital, Muscat; he is said not even to own a passport.
His lawyers said he has been able to bring the case in British courts because the UK previously occupied Iraq. Under the European Convention on Human Rights he is therefore deemed to have been within the jurisdiction at a relevant time.
The high court reserved its decision and allowed a further week for Rabbat's lawyers to make additional specified submissions. If the judges do not dismiss the appeal, the issue of whether the crime of aggression exists in English law will be sent up to the supreme court to decide.
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It's extraordinary how malleable law is. When the UN was set up, there were attempts to define all aspects of international law, though of course nobody need be surprised they were biased towards the Jews who wrote most of the UN's declarations etc. And of course there have been wars ever since; if there's been any legal involvement, I doubt any victims would be impressed. So I can't imagine this action will amount to anything; but on the other hand who knows? Many people now realise Nuremberg was rigged up and to be on the safe side German leaders hanged. Shawcross was one such person: read his speech in Stourbridge, 1984.
RonH says:
Somebody has to get the SOBS Blair and Straw; we don't care who it is. Those two maggots are behind the Islamization of Britain, and must be made to pay for that treachery! Seeing their ugly, shameless kissers smirking all over the place, and without any regrets for their involvement in the Iraq war and the mongrelization of Britain, cries out for revenge. They must be made to pay!
I would think these people (correctly) attempting to sort out Blair and friends don't realize the Blair's have many friends and associates in the judiciary high league, some even closer than close, privately.
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Der Gleiskraftwagen SKL 24, auch Typ Schöneweide genannt, wurde für den Gleisbau und die Streckenunterhaltung bei der Deutschen Reichsbahn durch das Reichsbahnausbesserungswerk Berlin-Schöneweide entwickelt. Er wurde in den Spurweiten 900 mm, 1000 mm und 1435 mm gebaut. Die Serienproduktion führte ab 1971 das Werk für Gleisbaumechanik in Brandenburg durch.

Konstruktive Merkmale
Der Rahmen besteht aus U-förmigen Walzprofilen mit vier Längsträgern in Schweißkonstruktion. Das Fahrzeug wird über Blattfedern getragen. Zum Bremsen stehen eine fußbediente Druckluftbremse sowie eine Handbremse zur Verfügung.

Der Dieselmotor wirkt über die Kupplung und ein Schaltgetriebe. Die Antriebswelle des Schaltgetriebes ist mit dem Wendegetriebe verbunden. Über zwei Kettengetriebe sind beide Achsen angetrieben.

Das Fahrzeug ist mit einer 12 V-Anlage ausgerüstet. Zum Anlassen erfolgt mittels Reihenschaltung beider Batterien eine Verdoppelung der Spannung auf 24 V.

Mit einer Kuppelstange darf ein Regelfahrzeug mit einer Gesamtmasse bis 17 t mit maximal 10 km/h bewegt werden.

Ab 1976 wurden einige der Fahrzeuge mit einem Ladekran der Bauart LDK 1250 vom VEB Spezialfahrzeugbau Löbau, wie er auch auf Lkws der Bauart IFA W50 verwendet wurde, ausgestattet. Die Planung erfolgte im Forschungs- und Entwicklungswerk Blankenburg, der Umbau im Werk für Gleisbaumechanik Brandenburg.

Weiterverwendung
Betriebsfähige Exemplare werden als Zugmaschine auch touristisch und museal genutzt, so in Chemnitz-Hilbersdorf im Schauplatz Eisenbahn oder bei Landesgartenschauen wie in Oelsnitz/ Erzgebirge.

Literatur
 Harald Fritsch: Der Gleiskraftwagen (SKL) des Typs "Schöneweide" der Deutschen Reichsbahn, Modelleisenbahner, Heft 11/1978.

Weblinks

 SKL 24 auf eisenbahndienstfahrzeuge.de

Einzelnachweise

Triebfahrzeug (Deutsche Reichsbahn 1945–1993)
Bahndienstfahrzeug

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