Thanks to Voice of the Mainland for putting this together (see today's earlier post). I'm not ready to say that LULAC has experienced irreparable harm, but this move by Roger Rocha is beyond the pale.
Thanks a million to Austin American-Statesman/Ahora Sí journalist, Liliana Valenzuela, for giving our efforts locally and nationally some ink. Specifically, our national organization met last weekend to discuss accomplishments and steps going forward.
Founded in 2000 by Pedro Pedraza and Melissa Rivera, NLERAP's genealogy is connected to civil rights and represents folks nationally in states like California, Chicago, Milwaukee, New York, and Texas. The history of this organization and its key initiative of growing its own educators is covered in my recently-published edited volume, Growing Critically Conscious Teachers (NY: Teachers College Press).
It was exciting to have most of the chapter contributors present as follows: Dr. Julio Cammarota, Dr. Jennifer Ayala, Dr. José Cintron, Dr. Adele Arellano, Dr. Margarita Berta-Avila, and Dr. Barbara Flores.
It was a real treat, as well, to have Arizona civil rights Attorney Richard Martinez and his wife, Deya Nevarez Martinez, too. Richard was honored with the "Pedraza-Rivera Award for Outstanding Leadership in Latino/a Education." Richard was the lead attorney in the Mexican American Studies precedent-setting lawsuit out of Tucson, Arizona about which I have blogged herein significantly.
Thanks again to Dr. Victor Saenz, Chair, Educational Leadership and Policy, and Dr. Leonard Moore, Interim Director, Division of Diversity and Community Engagement for their support, as well as to Herlinda Zamora and Marina Islas of the Mexican American Culture Center, for the space and support to help us make this summit as successful as it was.
And thanks to all that volunteered and attending. As evidenced by our own GYO educator site, Academia Cuauhtli, ours is a vibrant, promising agenda to infuse teachers and teacher preparation with the requisite knowledge on how to teach to a Latin@ demographic, and students of color, generally.
Among other things, we call for sociopolitical, sociocultural, community-anchored, social justice, participatory action research perspectives and approaches in the preparation of future teachers.
A final detail, that Martha Cotera's photo below reminds me of, is the importance of our elders and generational approaches as this grounds, deepens, and guides our sense of purpose. Thanks, Martha, for always being there!
Marta Cotera, activista, autora y miembro de la comunidad, estuvo presente en el evento educativo el 27 de enero en el ESB-MACC. LILIANA VALENZUELA / ¡AHORA SÍ!
En muchas escuelas del país existe una falta de representación de diversos grupos étnicos entre los maestros. A nivel de pre-kínder, primaria y educación especial, los maestros anglosajones representan el 82.9% de los maestros en Estados Unidos, según un estudio del National Center for Education Statistics del 2011-2012. Y del resto de los maestros, sólo el 7.1% es latino, el 7% afroamericano, 1.9% asiático y 0.4% indígena estadounidense.
Para remediar esta falta de representación, un movimiento nacional y local llamado Grow Your Own (cultiva a tus propios maestros) está proponiendo ideas para asegurar que más estudiantes hispanos con conciencia social vayan de la preparatoria a la universidad para después volver a sus comunidades como maestros.
Profesores académicos, maestros de escuela, padres de familia, miembros de la comunidad integrado e integrantes de la organización National Latino/a Education Research and Policy (investigación y políticas educativas latinas nacionales, o NLERAP) se reunieron en el Centro Mexicano Americano Emma S. Barrientos (ESB-MACC) el sábado 27 de enero para discutir estrategias y compartir logros.
El movimiento trata de concientizar a los estudiantes sobre su cultura y sus valores.
"También es un proceso de crítica, de investigar los asuntos que impactan a la comunidad y a ellos, cómo definirlos, analizarlos y qué acción tomar", dijo la activista y miembro de la comunidad Marta Cotera.
Parte de esta estrategia son las escuelas de lenguaje dual, en donde los estudiantes reciben instrucción en su idioma materno y el inglés. Varios maestros asistieron al evento en el ESB-MACC para compartir ideas y sentirse parte de una comunidad más amplia.
"Los niños latinos van aumentando su español académico mientras aprenden el inglés. También fomentamos un ambiente en donde su identidad y su cultura son importantes y valoradas", dijo Luz Álvarez-Sims, maestra de cuarto grado en la primaria Travis Heights.
Otra estrategia es la AcademiaCuauhtli, que desde 2014 ha dado instrucción sobre la cultura y la historia mexicoamericana a estudiantes de cuarto grado de unas escuelas de Austin que asisten algunos sábados al ESB-MACC.
"Nosotros tenemos que entrenar a nuestras propias maestras y maestros para que sepan cómo concientizar a nuestros hijos de manera que sean pensadores y que tomen acción a favor de sus intereses personales, pero también los intereses de la comunidad", dijo Cotera.
La meta de Grow Your Own es lograr un respeto en el sistema educativo hacia la cultura de los estudiantes y su idioma materno, y eso comienza con tener a suficientes maestros hispanos capacitados.
Este movimiento intenta generar un cambio social, crítico y transformativo de la educación.
"Tratamos de seguir esa necesidad que tiene nuestra gente de conseguir que las escuelas públicas funcionen bien para ellos y para la próxima generación que viene", dijo Tony Báez, oriundo de Puerto Rico y presidente de NLERAP, quien también asistió al evento.
Check out Roger Rocha's letter to Donald Trump below.
This is a terrible, indeed profoundly disgraceful, development involving Roger C. Rocha, Jr., national president of the largest and oldest Latino—predominantly, though not exclusively, Mexican-American—civil rights organization in the U.S., namely, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC).
Founded in 1929 in Corpus Christi, Texas, LULAC has approximately 132,000 members throughout the U.S. and Puerto Rico, and has historically advocated for Latinos' civil rights. It boasts over 1,000 LULAC councils nationwide, state-level offices in each state, as well as a national office in Washington, D.C. where Roger Rocha is perched.
You can learn more about the history here to sense just how profound a betrayal this is of our history, identity, politics, and ancestors.
While the strength of the organization has always been at the local level—which accounts for its endurance over time—this action by Rocha reflects distressingly on us all.
Check out the article appearing below. I'm sure there will be others coming out shortly. In expressing support for President Trump's fascist "vision" on immigration in the letter appearing at the bottom of this post, he is aligning himself and, in effect, our organization, to the evil and corrupt politics and agenda of white supremacy.
He does not speak for me. He does not speak for us and that is why we are asking folks to sign this online petition to impeach him.
I'm hoping for at least 132,000 signatures. Our credibility is at stake.
On Tuesday, several Republican congressional leaders touted to reporters that Trump's immigration proposal had been endorsed by the League of United Latin America Citizens (LULAC)—a Latino civil rights group that for years has advocated for a path to citizenship for young immigrants known as Dreamers.
While LULAC's president Roger Rocha did in fact write a letter to President Trump over the weekend thanking him for "taking the lead" on immigration reform and declaring that the White House framework was one "LULAC can support," staff at the organization tell TPM that they were completely blindsided by Rocha's action and were not consulted before the letter was sent.
Perez said the organization's bylaws do allow Rocha to write such a statement on his own without checking first with the group's other leaders. "Unfortunately, that's the reality. But it's not the reflection of the membership," he stressed.
When Senate Republicans cited Rocha's letter on Tuesday afternoon, however, they characterized it as an endorsement from the organization itself.
Rocha did not respond at press time to TPM's inquiry as to why he wrote the letter and who in the organization he talked to before sending it to President Trump.
Signs of a backlash from the group's membership were apparent on social media Tuesday night.
"Moves from the top don't represent our membership!" wrote Misael Jimenez, the secretary of LULAC's chapter on the campus of Texas A&M and a member of their national Young Adult Coalition.
LULAC's official Twitter account liked and retweeted several messages from members criticizing Rocha's letter, including the one below, but later deleted them.
A hearing on Mexican American Studies curriculum for secondary public education in the state of Texas is happening today at the Texas State Board of Education meeting at the William B. Travis Building, 1701 North Congress. Feel free to join us, beginning at 1PM.
As a member of the K-12 committee of the National Association of Chicana Chicano Studies-Tejas Foco Working Group [@NACCSTejasFoco] referenced below, and as expressed by another member, Dr. Trinidad Gonzales, who penned this op-ed, let's get this matter resolved in a way that honors teachers throughout the state that are already teaching Mexican American Studies.
The board can simply vote to have the innovative course curriculum become the official TEKS standard, or have the TEA develop the state standard from the various curricula.
The Tejas Foco working group can help provide experts on Mexican-American studies to develop new state standards — if the board chooses the latter option. The first option is the most ideal though, because it is already approved curriculum.
Hoping that the board simply votes for having the existing innovative course curriculum get approved. This has been a long hard, indeed historic, struggle for curricular inclusion. Stay tuned.
The Board of Education is considering the development of state standards — formally known by educators as Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills — for a Mexican-American studies course Tuesday during its general meeting.
The first time this course was proposed was in 2014 — by Ruben Cortez, the board's District 2 representative. Instead of creating the course, the board sought the submission of textbooks for a possible class as a compromise between supporters and those who were against the idea.
Three years later, the issue of creating the course has arisen again — though this time, the debate is whether the State Board of Education will allow the creation of state standards for a widely taught course. During the intervening years, the Texas Education Agency approved an innovative Mexican-American studies course. The innovation course — and Mexican-American history dual-enrollment classes — both have sweeping support across the state.
VIEWPOINTS: Will this be the year for a Mexican-American studies curriculum?
The National Association of Chicana Chicano Studies-Tejas Foco Working Group has determined that during the last school year, more than 400 students took a Mexican-American studies course across the state. The research is based on data from the TEA and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board data.
Prior to these pathways toward teaching Mexican-American studies, instructors utilized the Social Studies Special Topics course to teach it. The course focuses on research skills, so a wide range of content can be used for instructional purposes. TEA data only indicates how many special topics courses are taught, not what their content is. As a result, courses on Mexican-American studies taught under this category are not included in the working group's calculation. The Working Group's estimates is likely an undercount.
• The board can simply vote to have the innovative course curriculum become the official TEKS standard, or have the TEA develop the state standard from the various curricula.
• The Tejas Foco working group can help provide experts on Mexican-American studies to develop new state standards — if the board chooses the latter option. The first option is the most ideal though, because it is already approved curriculum.
There are three reasons for the need of curriculum alignment: First, because of the fragmented nature of the curricula, it is time to establish statewide standards to help bring coherence to a widely taught course. Second, publishers have not sought to create textbooks for the course because of a lack of input to help authors align the text to statewide standards. Third, while many school districts have developed courses on Mexican-American studies, many cannot because they lack the curriculum experts to do so — and because there is a lack of official textbooks that they can use. Establishing the TEKS standard would solve these issues.
It is time to recognize that courses on Mexican-American studies exist in Texas — and that the only way forward is for the state board to approve the creation statewide standards. There are no longer any pedagogical or bureaucratic reasons not to do so.
Gonzales is a history instructor at South Texas College and a member of the National Association of Chicana Chicano Studies-Tejas Foco Working Group.
Excellent report! You can download it here [pdf].
and represent, in my view, grassroots democracy at its best.
Let's lend our support to community schools.
This brief examines the research on community schools, with two primary emphases. First, it explores whether the 2015 federal Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) opens the possibility of investing in well-designed community schools to meet the educational needs of low-achieving students in high-poverty schools. And second, it provides support to school, district, and state leaders as they consider, propose, or implement a community school intervention in schools targeted for comprehensive support. The brief is drawn from a larger research review, available at https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/comm-schools-equitable-brief. The online research compendium can be found at https://learningpolicyinstitute.org/product/online-research-compendium.
So great to see this step forward in St. Louis that involves a reaccreditation of St. Louis Public Schools, involving the AFT's collaboration with the school district. This is not only a victory for public education, but potentially a model for other places throughout the country.
WASHINGTON— AFT St. Louis and its national affiliate, the American Federation of Teachers, have cheered the full reaccreditation of Saint Louis Public Schools, highlighting the collaborative work between the union and the district that set the stage for the decision.
At its meeting earlier today, the Missouri State Board of Education approved the district's reaccreditation, 16 years after it was partially removed.
Collaborative work between the local union and the district drove the turnaround after the board stripped power from the elected school board, replacing it with a three-member appointed Special Administrative Board in 2007.
The St. Louis Plan, jointly administered by the union and the district, focused on building shared responsibility for teacher-led support for instructional change by strengthening professional learning, as well as many other collaborative steps to drive improvement in the classroom. Richard Gaines, of the SAB, was crAFT St. Louis and its national affiliate, the American Federation of Teachers, have cheered the full reaccreditation of Saint Louis Public Schools, highlighting the collaborative work between the union and the district that set the stage for the decision.
The St. Louis Plan, jointly administered by the union and the district, focused on building shared responsibility for teacher-led support for instructional change by strengthening professional learning, as well as many other collaborative steps to drive improvement in the classroom. Richard Gaines, of the SAB, was critical in encouraging cooperation between the district and the union.


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FORM 8-A
FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF
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*Not for trading, but only in connection with the listing of the American Depositary Shares on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC. The American Depositary Shares represent the right to receive ordinary shares and are being registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, pursuant to a separate Registration Statement on Form F-6. Accordingly, the American Depositary Shares are exempt from the operation of Section 12(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, pursuant to Rule 12a-8.
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 1. Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered.
Vaccitech plc (the "Company") hereby incorporates by reference (a) the description of its ordinary shares, nominal value £0.000025 per share, contained under the heading "Description of Share Capital and Articles of Association," (b) the description of its American Depositary Shares, each representing one ordinary share, nominal value £0.000025 per share, contained under the heading "Description of American Depositary Shares" and (c) the information set forth under the heading "Material Income Tax Considerations," in each case, in the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-1, as originally filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 9, 2021, as amended from time to time (the "Registration Statement"). In addition, all of the above-referenced descriptions included in any prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement subsequently filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference herein.
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Under the "Instructions as to Exhibits" with respect to Form 8-A, no exhibits are required to be filed with this registration statement because no other securities of the Registrant are registered on The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC and the securities registered hereby are not being registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.
Date: April 27, 2021 By: /s/ William Enright
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I know I've been MIA for a little bit so here's an update of what went down.
Around October 5th, I put my hair up in Senegalese twists, it took around 10 hours and I had them up for approximately 16days.
I could not take it any longer they were way too heavy. I had braided them fairly chunky and did them around classic length (just under my bootybutt.) it took 9 packs of RastAfri super silky kenkalon hair. But before I put them in, I made sure I did a protein treatment and a deep conditioning.
Since I am considered the family queen of birthday cakes, they decided I was not going to make my own cake this year and got me a bunch of cakes lol. Here's a few pics of some.
October 21st I took down the braids lol I couldn't take it. They were too heavy and nightly headaches were not cool. I was so happy and really missed my hair. this had lead me to start thinking about ditching twists with extensions all together. My hair seems to be doing well with my regular use of heat so I think I am just going to do that. A heat styled natural. Woah lol. Sounds kind of contradictory doesn't it? Well oh well. That what I am ganna do. Because there are no set rules for hair and its my dang head lol :D. I also find my hair is way easier to style when it is straightened and I don't have as much breakage so until something horrible occurs we are just ganna ride this out lol.
The best time though, would have to be spending time with these little guys and my dad and all the love I received on my birthday. Hands down this has been one of the best birthdays ever for me and it didn't even take much hah.
Thanksgiving break is coming soon, I will mos def be posting more frequently then!
Those cakes are beautiful! I really do want to learn to bake myself.


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Fancy fins adorned more than just cars in the 1950s
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This past weekend, Tyson Hugie featured as our Pick of the Day a 1957 DeSoto Fireflite being offered for sale in a 2-for-1 deal that included a matching vintage fiberglass boat.
For some, that article may have been your introduction to an era when fiberglass runabout boats, such as the 1957 Herters Flying Fish featured with the '57 DeSoto, were designed with tail fins and other car-like features that duplicated those on Detroit's newest products. If so, hopefully you will be fascinated to learn there's a niche within the collector car hobby that focuses on such boats, and the cars on which they are patterned.
A 1959 Chevrolet Impala convertible and a Reinelle Jet Flight boat with the same tail treatment | La
In fact, those boats have brought people who collect boats into the collector car hobby as well. I know this because I met a bunch of them in 2009 in Beloit, Wisconsin, where the Midwest All-Classics boat show featured just such cars and boats.
As I reported in a story I did at the time for The New York Times, tailfinned fiberglass boats can be traced to two sources, both of which were inspired by the concept cars displayed at the General Motors Motorama shows in the 1950s.
1957 Chevrolet convertible and 1958 Glastron Seaflite
The late Robert Hammond, at the time 80 years old, told me in a telephone interview from his home in Texas that he was working for the Lone Star boat company in 1956 and wondered how those GM design cues would look on a boat, so he designed one, which went into production as the Meteor.
Hammond soon left Lone Star and started his own company, Glastron, which specialized in producing fiberglass boats with car-like features. If you remember the scene in the James Bond movie Live and Let Die with the boat flying over a Louisiana levee, that boat was a Glastron.
He said only once did a Detroit automaker (Chrysler) object to having its designs appropriated for his boats.
The other primary producer of boats with car-like details was Wisconsin-based Evinrude, which commissioned famed industrial designer Brooks Stevens to create the boating version of the concept car. That boat, with '59 Cadillac-style fins that stood 2-foot proud, was called the Lark, with versions by Evinrude and the Sea Lark by the Michigan-based Cadillac boat company.
1956 Lone Star Meteor
Some collectors of finned boats start with a car but learn about the boats and search for one that matches their car. Others, however, are boat collectors who go car-hunting to find a matching tow vehicle.
For example, Kevin Mueller, a jeweler in northern Illinois, inherited his grandmother's 1957 Chevrolet sedan as a high school graduation present. He later collected several Chrysler classics and a red-and-white '57 Chevy Bel Air convertible, which he uses as pull his 1958 Glastron Seaflite, a fiberglass boat with '57 Chevy-style fins.
Mueller has become well-known within the finned fiberglass boat-collecting community and hosts the boatsinthebelfry.com website, where you can find links to other sites that focus on such finned fiberglass watercraft.
Unlike vintage wood boats that need much maintenance, Muller noted that while the gelcoat may appear terrible, the fiberglass itself typically remains intact (cars are barn-found, vintage fiberglass boats often are found submerged in lakes).
Shark awaiting restoration
Flying Scot
1957 Vali IV
"As long as I keep it drained, I can leave a fiberglass boat sitting out for 20 years before I restore it," he said. "Then once you restore it, it stays restored."
Mueller said there were around 150 serious finned-boat collectors. The boats were produced from the mid-1950s into the early '60s.
Among other cars that inspired the boats, and thus often are seen in tandem, were the 1958 Oldsmobile (1959 Marlin Marine Glass Slipper), '59 Pontiac (South Seas Samoan), '59 Chevy (Reinelle Jet Flight), '59 Dodge Coronet (CarAqua), '58 Plymouth Belvedere (Herter's Flying Fish), and the Studebaker Lark (Bee Line Sapphire).
For additional information, check out Peter Hunn's book, Tail Fins and Two-Tones: The Guide to America's Classic Fiberglass and Aluminum Runabouts.
1958 Glass Slipper
This article, written by Larry Edsall, was originally published on ClassicCars.com, an editorial partner of Motor Authority.
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As usual, many meetings were held between key investigators and collaborators from pharma and biotech. MedSIR is growing and consequently coming into contact with an increasing number of potential collaborations. New, and potentially practice-changing, molecules lurk on the clinical development horizon. Each and every one represents an opportunity to spark the interest of the many minds developing strategic ideas for MedSIR.
Additionally, Drs. Javier Cortés and José Perez both had the chance to actively speak during important sessions. It is always an honor to see our talented collaborators spread their knowledge to the large audiences that fill congress rooms.
However, the most emotional event for MedSIR was its MedSIR Match dinner event. Over 90 people representing both Clinical Research and Industry joined the MedSIR Team to celebrate a recent company milestone: the enrollment of the 1000th patient in a MedSIR'S studies. A huge thank you to all who have helped along the way!
See you all at AACR and ASCO!


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United States Coast Pilot: Atlantic Coast. Cape Henry to Key West
miles off Molasses Reef lighthouse; then 234° true (SW.58 W. mag.) for 161/2 miles to 114 miles off Alligator Reef lighthouse.
From 114 miles off Alligator Reef lighthouse make good the course 234o true (SW.58 W. mag.) for 11 miles to 114 miles off Tennessee Reef buoy (nun, No. 4); then 247° true (SW. by W. 34 W. mag.) for 11 miles to 2 miles off Coffin Patches beacon "C", then 2520' true (WSW. 1/4 W. mag.) for 9 miles to 114 miles off Sombrero Key lighthouse; then 253° true (WSW. 38 W. mag.) for 17 miles to 13% miles off Looe Key beacon "G"; and then 257• true (WSW. 5/8 W. mag.) for 261/2 miles, passing 11/2 miles off American Shoal lighthouse and to a position 2 miles off Sand Key lighthouse.
At night.-From 2 miles off Fowey Rocks lighthouse make good the course 189°_true (S. 58 W. mag.) for 1372 miles, keeping in the white rays of Fowey Rocks lighthouse, until Carysfort Reef lighthouse is in sight showing white and up to Pacific Reef light, distant off 2 miles; then 205o true (SSW. 18 W. mag.) for 11 miles to a position 2 miles off Carysfort Reef lighthouse.
A number of vessels have been lost on the reefs between The Elbow and Molasses Reef, and extra caution should be observed in this locality. The extremely variable current against the vessel should be carefully considered in determining the position off Carysfort Reef light, from which to shape the course to lead well clear of The Elbow. (The establishment of Molasses Reef lighthouse will undoubtedly minimize the danger in this locality.)
From a position 2 miles off Carysfort Reef light make good the course 212° true (SSW.78 W. mag.) for 161,2 miles to a position 212 miles off Molasses Reef lighthouse; then 234° true (SW.578 W. mag.) for 17 miles to a position 212 miles off Alligator Reef light. The edge of the red sector of Carysfort Reef light leads close to the reefs between the light and The Elbow.
From a position 212 miles off Alligator Reef light make good the course 234° true (SW 578 W. mag.) for 1612 miles until Sombrero Key light is in sight showing white; then 255o true (WSW. 1/2 W. mag.) for 15 miles to 2 miles off Sombrero Key light; then 254° true (WSW. 12 W. mag.) for 23 miles to 214 miles off American Shoal light; and then 259• true (WSW.78 W. mag.) for 2012 miles to 2 miles off Sand Key Light.
SAND KEY TO DRY TORTUGAS. On the south edge of Florida Reefs between Sand Key and Dry Tortugas there is broken ground with rocky, very uneven bottom, which, like other parts of Florida Reefs, rises abruptly from the deep water of the Straits of Florida. As a measure of safety this broken ground, including the areas with depths less than 10 or 12 fathoms lying southward and westward of Rebecca Shoal and Dry Tortugas, should be avoided by vessels of the deepest draft. The 50-fathom curve is about the least depth that can be depended upon to insure clearing this broken ground when skirting it, except southwestward and westward of Dry Tortugas. A vessel is reported to have struck an obstruction with about 18 feet over it lying 11 miles 147° true (SE. 78 S. mag.) off Rebecca Shoal lighthouse; the least depth found in this locality by a careful examination is 512 fathoms. A vessel is also reported to have struck an obstruction 2 miles 285° true (WNW.78 W. mag.) off Rebecca Shoal lighthouse.
STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO CAPE HATTERAS.
The currents near the edge of the bank in this locality are variable, being influenced by the winds, by differences in barometric pressure in the Gulf and outside, and by the tides. There are strong tidal currents through the passage westward of Rebecca Shoal; a velocity of 1.5 knots has been observed in the passage, and 1.0 knot (north and south) on the edge of the bank southward of the passage. The tidal current on and off the edge of the reef should also be considered.
From a position 2 miles off Sand Key lighthouse make good the course 2650 true (W.5/8 S. mag.) for 41 miles, passing nearly 4 miles southward of Marquesas Rock nun buoy, the same distance southward of a gas and whistling buoy marking a wreck 212 miles westward of Marquesas Rock, and to a position 13 miles from Rebecca Shoal lighthouse bearing 8o true (N. 42 E. mag.). Then make good the course 287° true (WNW. 34 W. mag.) for 27 miles to a position 1112 miles 228° true (SW. mag.) of Dry Tortugas lighthouse.
DIRECTIONS, STRAITS OF FLORIDA TO CAPE HATTERAS. On the eastern side of the Gulf of Mexico for a distance of possibly 100 miles outside the 100-fathom curve, southeasterly currents prevail and velocities as high as 2.5 knots have been reported. The Gulf Stream investigations indicated that the strongest current into the Straits of Florida is found near the 1,000-fathom curve westward of Dry Tortugas, and that velocities of 1.5 to 2 knots are frequent in that locality. Approaching Dry Tortugas from the Gulf should therefore be regarded as a difficult run, as a vessel will overrun her log, and observations are the principal guide; currents may be expected at all times, but variations occur both in direction and velocity, due to the season of the year and the winds. Approaching the passage westward of Rebecca Shoal from northward, a number of vessels have stranded on New Ground Shoal, indicating an easterly set.
From Florida Straits to Cape Hatteras, vessels follow the Gulf Stream, pass about 12 miles southwestward of Dry Tortugas lighthouse, about 14 miles southward of Rebecca Shoal lighthouse, then follow Florida Reefs about 8 miles off, and pass Fowey Rocks at a distance of 10 to 12 miles and Jupiter Inlet lighthouse 15 miles. The velocity of the current varies greatly in different localities, and is also subject to sudden changes, due to wind, differences in barometric pressure, and the like, so that no fixed hourly rate can be given. Frequently high velocities will be carried between certain points, and suddenly dropping off between others. The position should therefore be checked whenever possible by bearings. The ship speed plus supposed rate of current should not be assumed to fix the position. The greatest velocity will be found between Carysfort Reef and Jupiter Inlet, ranging from 2 to 412 knots.
From 15 miles off Jupiter Inlet lighthouse make good the course 1° 30' true (N. 18 E. mag.) for 208 miles to latitude 30° 25' N., longitude 79° 40' W. This should lead from 12 to 18 miles outside the 100-fathom curve and should give a current nearly equal to the average made between Fowey Rocks and Jupiter.
From latitude 30° 25' N. and longitude 79° 40' W. make good the course 26° true (NNE. 38 E. mag.) for 50 miles to latitude 31° 10'
N., longitude 79° 15' W. Then 45° 30' true (NE. 14 E, mag.) for 243 miles to latitude 34° 00' N., longitude 75° 50' W.
It is stated that between latitude 30° 30' and 32° 30' N. heavy tide rips will be experienced, indicating a change in the direction of the stream and not an increase in the velocity, and creating in stormy weather a very uncomfortable sea.
From latitude 34° 00' N. and longitude 75° 50' W. make good the course 22° true (NNE. 38 E. mag.) for 69 miles and pass eastward of Diamond Shoal light vessel. Then follow the tracks to ports northward as described in the southbound routes on page 36.
When approaching Diamond Shoal great care must be taken to have a correct location for the vessel. The currents are subject to wide variations, as indicated by the observations on the light vessels. At times during both summer and winter the Gulf Stream has great velocity; at other times none will be found, or a southerly set may be experienced with northerly winds. The general direction of the stream is northeast with a velocity of 1 to 2 knots, but on nearing Diamond Shoal light vessel the current is said to set well to the eastnortheast and at other times nearly north. Overallowance and this northerly set have been fatal to many vessels. If a northerly gale is encountered between Jupiter and Cape Hatteras, some navigators keep closer inshore to get on soundings before reaching Diamond Shoal.
The courses given from Jupiter to Hatteras follow nearly the axis of the Gulf Stream. If followed, the best current will usually be obtained, but good observations are essential to avoid overrunning or underrunning. Due regard should be given to the seasons of the year. It is stated that winter currents are much lighter, often dropping to nothing after long spells of northerly and northeast winds.
DIRECTIONS FOR ENTERING STRAITS OF FLORIDA THROUGH PROVIDENCE CHANNELS.
The greater number of sailing vessels bound to the Gulf of Mexico from ports in Europe, British North America, or the northern Atlantic ports of the United States, and a large number of steamers from European ports, enter the Straits of Florida from eastward through the Providence channels, which have a least width of 22 miles between Great and Little Bahama Banks.
The point for which a course is shaped, and the first land sighted, is the south point of Great Abaco Island, known as Hole in the Wall. Vessels coming from northward, if at all doubtful of their reckoning, should make latitude 26° 30' N., well eastward of the eastern end of Abaco Island, so that in case the wind falls light or the weather becomes thick they will not be picked up by Elbow Key. At night, in a sailing vessel, if the wind is from southward when in this locality. and the light is not sighted or the reckoning is doubtful, the vessel's head should be kept eastward, as the lead will be of little use to give warning of danger. Near the northeastern end of Great Abaco Island the currents are strong and variable and have caused many wrecks in the vicinity of Elbow Key.
Caution:—A branch of the North Equatorial Current runs strongly on the eastern side of Bahama Islands, and several vessels have stranded between Hole in the Wall and Elbow Key. The current
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generally sets north-northwestward; its velocity is about 1.5 knots, increased during southeast winds, but it sometimes sets in an opposite direction.
In the Northeast Providence Channel the currents are variable and the reefs and keys should not be approached too closely in light winds. In the Northwest Providence Channel, between Great Stirrup Key and Great Isaac, the flood sets southward on the Great Bahama Bank and the ebb northward off the bank. In the middle of the channel there is generally but little current, except after northerly winds, when it frequently sets eastward with a velocity of about 1 knot. The tidal current has a velocity of about 1 knot on the banks, setting directly on and off on the rising and falling tide, respectively.
Steamers bound to ports in the Gulf of Mexico, after passing Great Isaac, will find it to their advantage to stand across the Straits of Florida for Fowey Rocks Lighthouse and follow the Florida Reefs into the Gulf. The reefs are so well marked in the daytime, and at night by the red sectors in the lights, that no uncertainty as to the position of a vessel is possible with ordinary care. This route is also shorter than the one along the western edge of Great Bahama Bank and across Salt Key Bank.
Sailing vessels after passing Great Isaac stand along the western edge of Great Bahama Bank for a distance of about 75 to 80 miles and then stand for the northwest end of Salt Key Bank; or, if not over 18 feet draft, they can cross Salt Key Bank, passing either side of Dog Rocks (30 feet high) and south of Double Headed Shot Keys, thus avoiding the strength of the Gulf Stream, which is weaker here than on its western side. From Salt Key Bank the wind generally decides whether the vessel bound into the Gulf of Mexico crosses the Straits of Florida so as to make Sand Key lighthouse, or follows the north shore of Cuba and crosses the straits so as to pass westward of Tortugas.
Vessels of less than 12 feet draft can stand across the northwest end of Great Bahama Bank after entering the Northwest Providence Channel, but this should not be attempted unless in the daytime, when the rocky patches can be seen so as to be avoided. A vessel using this route will leave the western edge of Great Bahama Bank about 78 miles southward of Great Isaac lighthouse, and southward of Orange Key.
THROUGH PROVIDENCE CHANNELS TO GREAT ISAAC AND FOWEY Rocks.--When Hole in the Wall lighthouse is made, shape the course to pass from 3 to 5 miles southward of it; a narrow bank of soundings with depths of 9 to 12 fathoms extends 5 miles between the bearings southeastward and east-southeastward from Hole in the Wall. Then make good a 281° 30' true (W. by N. mag.) course for 100 miles, passing 5 miles northward of Great Stirrup Key lighthouse and to a position near the edge of the bank with Great Isaac lighthouse bearing_231o true (SW. 12 W. mag.) distant 7 miles. Then round Great Isaac lighthouse at a distance of about 4 miles in a depth of about 12 or 13 fathoms.
The principal dangers are the Gingerbread Ground and the rocks and reefs lying between it and Great Isaac lighthouse, which have a total length of about 30 miles; and the greatest caution and attention to soundings should be observed in approaching this dangerous
locality, as the flood tide sets directly on the reefs, and in places parts of it are only about 11/2 miles from the edge of the bank. From westward of Stirrup Keys to eastward of the Gingerbread Ground the northern edge of the bank is clear and the lead a safe guide, and vessels sometimes anchor here during light winds.
From northward of Great Isaac lighthouse steamers shape the course across the Gulf Stream for Fowey Rocks lighthouse. On this course an allowance should be made for a northerly current, averaging about 214 knots for the entire run. It will therefore be necessary to shape the course for a position some 8 or 10 miles southeastward of Fowey Rocks light to allow for the northerly set. When fixing the position by bearings on the light, keep in mind that while outside the 100-fathom curve the vessel is probably in the full strength of the Gulf Stream, where the northerly current may average a velocity of 4 knots; if the light is on the starboard bow, the vessel will be much closer to it than indicated by the distance run between the successive bearings on it. On account of the strong current and the abrupt shoaling inside the 100-fathom curve the greatest caution should be observed in approaching Fowey Rocks and in fixing the position from which to shape the course southward. (See the caution as to currents in the Straits of Florida on p. 38.)
TO STAND ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF GREAT BAHAMA BANK.If possible, daylight should be selected for the run.
Having rounded Great Isaac lighthouse at a least distance of 3 miles, steer 223° true (SW. 14 S. mag.) for 10 miles to pass outside Eldorado Shoal (depth 10 feet), taking care in the night not to come within the depth of 10 fathoms, or to bring the light to bear northward of 51° true (NE. 12 E. mag.) until the shoal is passed. The course may then be altered more southward to follow the edge of the bank in not less than 10 fathoms and pass outside Moselle Shoal buoy.
After passing North Bemini the keys must be closely hugged in order to avoid the Gulf Stream, which sometimes comes close to the rocks. A short calm within a mile of the edge of this part of the bank might drift a sailing vessel so far northward as to oblige her to run around Little Bahama Bank and to enter again from eastward. Therefore, instead of attempting to beat along
with a light wind it is more prudent to anchor under North Bemini and await a slant of wind to get around the elbow.
In the winter when near Great Isaac, if the weather indications give warning of a northwester, it is advisable for a sailing vessel to remain in the Northwest Providence Channel and be guided by bearings on Great Isaac until the wind draws northward, which it usually does in 24 to 48 hours.
Vessels proceeding westward from Great Bahama Bank should endeavor to strike soundings on the northwest end of Salt Key Bank. Should the wind be scant from westward they may run in on the bank on either side of Dog Rocks and pass off southward of the Double Headed Shot Keys; or, should the wind be light and tending to calm, they may anchor on the bank to avoid being set northward. At night vessels had better run down westward of the bank, paying great attention to the lead.
It is advisable for sailing vessels not to stand over for Salt Key Bank until after reaching Orange Key. In the summer months, when


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Loni Peristere (ZOIC studios) tells SCI FI Wire there's hope for "Serenity 2" Movie
Tuesday 10 January 2006, by Webmaster
Serenity Might Fly Again?
Loni Peristere, visual-effects supervisor for the SF movie Serenity, told SCI FI Wire that there's hope for future flights of the cast and crew of the movie, which just came out on DVD. Director Joss Whedon-who also created the canceled Fox TV show Firefly, on which the movie is based-expected that the movie might draw the low numbers it did in its theatrical release, Peristere said in an interview. But he added that the movie's sales on DVD, which came out on Dec. 20, are running neck-and-neck with the hit comedy Wedding Crashers, which bodes well for a possible Serenity sequel.
"We kind of expected this from our audience," Peristere said. "We did so well on [Amazon.com] with the Firefly box set and the performance of that helped us get the movie made. We wish the audience would get up and go to the theater, but it shows that they like to keep coming back and revisiting the world Joss created." Serenity made $25 million at the domestic box office after it was released Sept. 30.
Whedon and his crew are waiting to see how well the DVD numbers go before proceeding with a Serenity sequel, Peristere said. "We really hope to return to this work," he said. "We love the characters. It's fun storytelling, and we all love using our talents. ... It all depends on Joss. He's not giving up on the characters. He had incredible writers who had a million stories to tell, and we're all just hanging out and seeing what the world has to give us, and given the opportunity we'll make more."
In the meantime, fans of both show and movie can enjoy the DVD's various extras, which include an Easter egg: a featurette about the making of the Fruity Oaty Bar commercial that appears in the film. "In the main menu, if you play around with the buttons you'll find a featurette of the Fruity Oaty Bar," Peristere revealed. (From the main menu highlight "play," then press left, which will highlight a marker on the right side of the menu; press enter to see the featurette.) "It's all a lot of fun," he said.


This twice life-size mature female bullfrog features ten organ systems and a detachable 3 chambered heart. Includes comprehensive key and a fully-labeled illustration of the reproductive system of a male frog. Dissects into 4 parts. Dimensions: 21x15x4 inches.
Just-over-life-size, this adult female bullfrog features ten organ systems. Includes comprehensive key and a fully-labeled illustration of the reproductive system of a male frog. Dimensions: 17x1x4 inches.


In this course we will be focusing on three of the six Foundation Doctrines, and they are Repentance, Faith, and Baptisms. We explain that repentance is Biblical and give the definition of repentance and of dead works. We also discuss the fruit of repentance as well as how the believer could practice dead works. The topic Faith Towards God underlines the importance of faith, the operation and the foundation of faith. It also explains the results of faith and how to increase your faith. Baptisms discusses the four different baptisms that you get, who baptizes, who gets baptized, and what the element of each is.


An "Infinity Warp" created by Gamora when she came into possession of all six Infinity Stones. She essentially folded the universe in half, creating "warps" of existing people in the universe (where two people were merged together to create a single new person). At this time it's only clear that Titania is one of the people used to create this warp.


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Q: Concatinating several values into one row works in MySQL console but not in PHP When I try to run the following code in the MySQL console it gives me a valid output that is correct:
SELECT * , GROUP_CONCAT( phonenr
SEPARATOR  ', ' )
FROM employee AS e
JOIN phonenr AS p ON p.ssn = e.ssn GROUP BY e.ssn

When I run the same code in PHP:
$result = mysql_query(
'SELECT * , GROUP_CONCAT(phonenr
SEPARATOR  ', ' )
FROM employee AS e JOIN phonenr AS p ON p.ssn = e.ssn GROUP BY e.ssn');

I get the following error when I launch the website:
Warning: mysql_query(): supplied argument is not a valid MySQL-Link resource in C:\AppServ\www\test.php on line 17
Could not query:
Have no clue why PHP rejects this.

A: It's a quote issue. You're wrapping your query in single quotes which conflicts with the single quotes you  use in the GROUP_CONCAT function.
$result = mysql_query(
"SELECT * , GROUP_CONCAT(phonenr
SEPARATOR  ', ' )
FROM employee AS e JOIN phonenr AS p ON p.ssn = e.ssn GROUP BY e.ssn");

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Białoruś na Zimowych Igrzyskach Olimpijskich 2010 – kadra sportowców reprezentujących Białoruś na igrzyskach w 2010 roku w Vancouver.

W reprezentacji znalazło się 55 zawodników – 40 mężczyzn i 15 kobiet. Wzięli oni udział w 28 konkurencjach w sześciu dyscyplinach sportowych – biathlonie, biegach narciarskich, hokeju na lodzie, łyżwiarstwie szybkim, narciarstwie alpejskim i narciarstwie dowolnym. Po raz pierwszy, odkąd Białoruś startuje w igrzyskach jako niezależny kraj, w reprezentacji zabrakło przedstawicieli łyżwiarstwa figurowego i skoków narciarskich.

W gronie 55 powołanych do składu Białorusinów 47 zawodników (33 mężczyzn i 14 kobiet) wystąpiło przynajmniej w jednej konkurencji. Dla 27 z nich występ w Vancouver był zarazem debiutem olimpijskim.

Białorusini zdobyli w Vancouver trzy medale – po jednym z każdego kruszcu. Złoty medal i tytuł mistrza olimpijskiego w skokach akrobatycznych mężczyzn zdobył Alaksiej Hryszyn. Został tym samym pierwszym białoruskim złotym medalistą zimowych igrzysk olimpijskich od początku startów tego państwa. Ponadto srebrny i brązowy medal zdobyli biathloniści – Siarhiej Nowikau w biegu indywidualnym mężczyzn i Darja Domraczewa w biegu kobiet. Zdobyte medale pozwoliły Białorusi na zajęcie siedemnastego miejsca w klasyfikacji medalowej, ex aequo ze Słowacją.

Najmłodszą reprezentantką w kadrze była alpejka Maryja Szkanawa (w dniu otwarcia igrzysk miała 20 lat i 126 dni), natomiast najstarszym – hokeista Aleh Antonienka (38 lat i 231 dni), który pełnił rolę chorążego reprezentacji podczas ceremonii otwarcia igrzysk. Chorążym podczas ceremonii zamknięcia był biegacz narciarski Leanid Karnijenka.

Był to piąty start Białorusi na zimowych igrzyskach olimpijskich od czasu osiągnięcia przez państwo niepodległości. W igrzyskach wystąpił biegacz narciarski Siarhiej Dalidowicz, dla którego był to piąty występ olimpijski w karierze.

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Występy na poprzednich igrzyskach

Białoruski Komitet Olimpijski został utworzony w marcu 1991. W marcu 1992 został zatwierdzony przez Międzynarodowy Komitet Olimpijski jako tymczasowy, a we wrześniu 1993 jako pełnoprawny członek. Podczas Zimowych Igrzysk Olimpijskich 1994 w Lillehammer po raz pierwszy Białoruś wystawiła reprezentację jako niezależne państwo po rozpadzie ZSRR. Włącznie do 1988 roku Białorusini startowali w barwach Związku Socjalistycznych Republik Radzieckich, a w 1992 roku – Wspólnoty Niepodległych Państw.

W czterech startach w zimowych igrzyskach olimpijskich w latach 1994–2006 Białorusini zdobyli sześć medali – trzy srebrne i trzy brązowe. Trzy z nich – srebrny i dwa brązowe – wywalczyli w narciarstwie dowolnym, dwa – srebrny i brązowy – w biathlonie, a jeden – brązowy – w łyżwiarstwie szybkim. Do 2006 roku jedynym Białorusinem, który zdobył dwa medale na zimowych igrzyskach, był narciarz dowolny Dzmitryj Daszczynski – wicemistrz olimpijski z Turynu i brązowy medalista z Nagano. Daszczynski wystąpił również w Vancouver, podobnie jak Alaksiej Hryszyn – brązowy medalista z Salt Lake City.

W latach 1994–2006 najliczniejszą reprezentację na zimowych igrzyskach olimpijskich Białoruś wystawiła w Salt Lake City – 64 zawodników. Cztery lata wcześniej skład białoruski liczył 59 zawodników. Białorusini startowali w zawodach olimpijskich w dziesięciu dyscyplinach – biathlonie, biegach narciarskich, hokeju na lodzie, kombinacji norweskiej, łyżwiarstwie figurowym, łyżwiarstwie szybkim, narciarstwie alpejskim, narciarstwie dowolnym, short tracku i skokach narciarskich. We wszystkich czterech igrzyskach znaleźli się reprezentanci kraju w biathlonie, biegach narciarskich, łyżwiarstwie figurowym, łyżwiarstwie szybkim, narciarstwie dowolnym i skokach narciarskich.

Szanse medalowe
Przed rozpoczęciem igrzysk olimpijskich w Vancouver w gronie białoruskich pretendentów do medalu wymieniani byli Darja Domraczewa (biathlon) i Anton Kusznir (narciarstwo dowolne). Nadzieja na medal Domraczewej wynikała z faktu, że plasowała się w czołowej dziesiątce klasyfikacji generalnej Pucharu Świata w biathlonie. W sezonie olimpijskim raz stanęła na podium zawodów PŚ – 2 grudnia 2009 w Östersund zajęła trzecie miejsce w biegu indywidualnym na 15 kilometrów. Kusznir natomiast w sezonie olimpijskim wygrał cztery z sześciu zawodów Pucharu Świata w skokach akrobatycznych, raz był drugi i raz trzeci, dzięki czemu zdobył Małą Kryształową Kulę w tej konkurencji. Był również liderem klasyfikacji generalnej Pucharu Świata w narciarstwie dowolnym po 20 konkursach.

W 2009 roku rozegrane zostały mistrzostwa świata we wszystkich dyscyplinach, w których Białorusini wzięli udział na igrzyskach w Vancouver. Podczas biathlonowych mistrzostw świata w Pjongczangu trzykrotnie reprezentantki Białorusi uplasowały się w pierwszej dziesiątce zawodów indywidualnych – Darja Domraczewa zajęła piąte miejsce w biegu pościgowym i szóste miejsce w biegu masowym, a Wolha Nazarawa była dziewiąta w sprincie. Ponadto białoruska sztafeta kobiet (w składzie Kalinczyk, Domraczewa, Nazarawa, Skardzina) osiągnęła czwarte miejsce, a sztafeta mieszana (Nazarawa, Domraczewa, Waliullin, Nowikau) – dziewiąte miejsce.

Na mistrzostwach świata w narciarstwie klasycznym w Libercu jedynym zawodnikiem z Białorusi, który zajął miejsce w pierwszej dziesiątce zawodów indywidualnych, został Siarhiej Dalidowicz, który był piąty w biegu masowym na 50 kilometrów stylem dowolnym. Dodatkowo w konkurencji sztafet 4x5 km kobiet Białoruś (w składzie Wolha Wasilonak, Alena Sannikawa, Kaciaryna Rudakowa, Wiktoryja Łapacina) została sklasyfikowana na dziesiątej pozycji.

Na mistrzostwach świata w hokeju na lodzie elity w Bernie i Kloten reprezentacja Białorusi dotarła do fazy play-off. W ćwierćfinale przegrała z Rosją 3:4 i w efekcie zajęła ósme miejsce w tabeli końcowej. Indywidualną nagrodę dla najlepszego bramkarza całego turnieju zdobył reprezentant Białorusi – Andrej Mezin.

Szóste miejsce w skokach akrobatycznych na mistrzostwach świata w narciarstwie dowolnym w Inwashiro osiągnął Anton Kusznir. Był to jedyny start na tych mistrzostwach, podczas którego reprezentant Białorusi uplasował się w pierwszej dziesiątce. Reprezentanci Białorusi uczestniczyli również w mistrzostwach świata w narciarstwie alpejskim w Val d'Isère oraz w mistrzostwach świata w łyżwiarstwie szybkim na dystansach w Richmond, jednak w żadnej konkurencji nie zajęli miejsca w pierwszej dziesiątce.

Kwalifikacje i wybór reprezentacji olimpijskiej
W maju 2009 dyrektor departamentu w białoruskim Ministerstwie Sportu – Mikałaj Babiec – ocenił, że podczas igrzysk w Vancouver białoruska reprezentacja będzie zawierała ok. 50 sportowców. Już wówczas kwalifikację olimpijską wywalczyli hokeiści, dziesięcioro biathlonistów i pięcioro narciarzy dowolnych. Dodatkowo o prawo startu w igrzyskach olimpijskich wciąż starali się reprezentanci Białorusi w sześciu dyscyplinach sportowych – narciarstwie alpejskim, kombinacji norweskiej, łyżwiarstwie szybkim, łyżwiarstwie figurowym, short tracku i biegach narciarskich.

Hokeiści zakwalifikowali się do turnieju olimpijskiego dzięki zajęciu dziewiątego miejsca w liście rankingowej IIHF w 2008 roku. Biathloniści uzyskali prawo startu w igrzyskach olimpijskich dzięki osiągniętym czasom podczas mistrzostw świata w 2008 i kwotom przysługującym z zajętych na mistrzostwach lokat. Narciarze dowolni uzyskali awans na igrzyska na podstawie Światowej Listy Rankingowej uwzględniającej pozycje zajmowane w konkursach Pucharu Świata i mistrzostwach świata w sezonach 2008/2009 i 2009/2010 osobno dla poszczególnych konkurencji.

Biegacze i biegaczki narciarskie zdobyli trzy miejsca dzięki pozycjom w klasyfikacji generalnej Pucharu Świata 2009/2010. Pozostałe miejsca uzyskali dzięki zdobyciu 300 punktów na liście FIS oraz dzięki przydziałom nierozdzielonych kwot narodowych.

Kwalifikację wywalczyły dwie narciarki alpejskie. Kwotę narodową dla Białorusi określono na podstawie punktów na liście FIS na koniec okresu kwalifikacyjnego (jedno miejsce na podstawie kryterium – 120 punktów w konkurencji, drugie miejsce na podstawie kryterium – 140 punktów w dyscyplinie i uczestnictwo w mistrzostwach świata w 2009 roku).

Kwoty dla łyżwiarzy szybkich i specjalistów short tracku przydzielane były na podstawie specjalnej klasyfikacji kwalifikacyjnej utworzonej na bazie wybranych przez federację zawodów Pucharu Świata na dystansach olimpijskich, osobno dla każdej konkurencji. Z Białorusinów kwalifikację zdobyła Swiatłana Radkiewicz, która osiągnęła minimum olimpijskie (czas 39,5 sekundy) w biegu na 500 metrów. Białorusinka dokonała tego w zawodach kwalifikacyjnych w ramach Pucharu Świata w Salt Lake City w grudniu 2009, w których uzyskała czas 38,53 sekundy. O kwalifikację olimpijską walczyła również inna panczenistka – Anżalika Kaciuha, a także specjaliści short tracku – Julia Pawłowicz-Jelsakowa (reprezentantka Białorusi na igrzyskach w Turynie), Wiera Antonienka, Alaksandr Antonienka i Siergiej Jakuszkow. Nie osiągnęli oni wymaganych minimów podczas konkursów kwalifikacyjnych i nie awansowali na igrzyska.

O możliwość startu w igrzyskach olimpijskich ubiegał się łyżwiarz figurowy – Alaksandr Kazakou. Nie znalazł się na liście podstawowej, która uzyskała prawo startu w igrzyskach. Zajmował natomiast pierwsze miejsce na liście rezerwowej wśród solistów. O kwalifikację starał się występujący w Pucharze Świata 2009/2010 dwuboista klasyczny – Iwan Sobolew. Nie zakwalifikował się na igrzyska – po ogłoszeniu przez FIS kwot narodowych dla poszczególnych państw Białoruś zajęła szesnaste miejsce na liście rezerwowej.

Pierwotnie w składzie białoruskiej reprezentacji hokejowej mieli znaleźć się gracze NHL – Andrej Kascicyn i Michaił Hrabouski, a także Andrej Antonau, Andrej Baszko, Wadzim Suszko i Alaksandr Syrej. Z powodu kontuzji nie pojechali oni jednak do Vancouver w roli zawodników (Kascicyn i Antonau byli rezerwowymi), a na ich miejsce powołano Siarhieja Kołasaua, Andreja Karaua, Alaksandra Makryckiego, Dzmitryja Mialeszkę, Alaksandra Radzinskiego i Kanstancina Zacharaua.

Ostateczny, 55-osobowy skład białoruskiej reprezentacji, składający się także z zawodników rezerwowych, oficjalnie ogłoszono na początku lutego 2010 roku, na krótko przed rozpoczęciem zimowych igrzysk olimpijskich w Vancouver.

Nagrody finansowe
W październiku 2006 roku prezydent Białorusi – Alaksandr Łukaszenka – zwiększył dotychczasowe nagrody finansowe dla białoruskich medalistów olimpijskich. Jeszcze podczas zimowych igrzysk w Turynie nagrodami dla Białorusinów było: 60 000 dolarów za złoty, 30 000 za srebrny i 20 000 za brązowy medal. Począwszy od letnich igrzysk w Pekinie za zwycięstwo w zawodach olimpijskich Białorusini otrzymywali 100 000 dolarów, za drugie miejsce – 50 000, a za trzecie – 20 000. Dodatkowo nagrody dla medalistów zostały zwolnione z obowiązku opłacania podatku dochodowego.

Znaczki okolicznościowe

W styczniu 2010 Biełposzta wydała serię znaczków okolicznościowych z okazji igrzysk w Vancouver. Znaczki sprzedawane były w formie bloczków po sześć sztuk w każdym. Na jednym ze znaczków zaprezentowane zostało logo igrzysk, na pozostałych dyscypliny sportowe – hokej na lodzie, narciarstwo dowolne (skoki akrobatyczne), biegi narciarskie i dwukrotnie biathlon. Projekt znaczków był autorstwa Maryi Płachtniuk i Iwana Łukina. Łączny nakład wyniósł 20 000 bloczków o rozmiarach 132x71 mm. Sprzedawane były w cenie 3000 rubli białoruskich.

W lipcu 2010 Ministerstwo Komunikacji i Informatyzacji Republiki Białorusi wydało trzy znaczki z serii "Zdobywcy medali na XXI Zimowych Igrzyskach Olimpijskich w Vancouver". Każdy z trzech znaczków o rozmiarach 26x37 mm został wyemitowany w liczbie 56 000. Na znaczkach przedstawiono troje medalistów z Vancouver – Alaksieja Hryszyna, Siarhieja Nowikaua i Darję Domraczewą. Znaczki zostały zaprojektowane przez Iwana Łukina i Hannę Małasz.

Skład reprezentacji
Spośród piętnastu dyscyplin sportowych, które Międzynarodowy Komitet Olimpijski włączył do kalendarza igrzysk, reprezentacja Białorusi wzięła udział w sześciu. Największą część kadry stanowili hokeiści, których było 27. Ponadto dziesięcioro Białorusinów wystąpiło w biathlonie, ośmioro w biegach narciarskich, siedmioro w narciarstwie dowolnym, dwie Białorusinki w narciarstwie alpejskim i jedna w łyżwiarstwie szybkim.

Czternaścioro białoruskich olimpijczyków z Vancouver wystąpiło również na poprzednich zimowych igrzyskach, które odbyły się w Turynie. Byli to przedstawiciele czterech dyscyplin – biathlonu, biegów narciarskich, łyżwiarstwa szybkiego i narciarstwa dowolnego. W narciarstwie dowolnym dla pięciorga zawodników występ w Vancouver nie był debiutem olimpijskim. Najlepszy z nich w Turynie był Dzmitryj Daszczynski, który został wicemistrzem olimpijskim w skokach akrobatycznych. W tej samej konkurencji czwarte miejsce zajął Alaksiej Hryszyn. Spośród czworga biathlonistów najlepsze wyniki w Turynie osiągnęła Wolha Nazarawa, która zajęła w sztafecie czwarte miejsce, a w biegach indywidualnych – raz szóste, dwukrotnie siódme i raz ósme miejsce. Wśród biegaczy również czworo wystąpiło i w Turynie, i w Vancouver, a najlepszy spośród z nich – Siarhiej Dalidowicz – zajął w 2006 roku dwunaste miejsce w biegu masowym. Zarówno w 2006, jak i w 2010 roku udział w igrzyskach wzięła panczenistka Swiatłana Radkiewicz. W Turynie zaliczyła dwa starty, w których zajęła 27. miejsce w biegu na 500 metrów i 33. na 1000 metrów.

W 2006 roku Białoruś nie uczestniczyła w turnieju olimpijskim w hokeju na lodzie. Mimo to w kadrze olimpijskiej w Vancouver znalazło się sześciu hokeistów, którzy uczestniczyli już w igrzyskach olimpijskich. Czterech z nich – Aleh Antonienka, Alaksiej Kalużny, Andrej Mezin i Rusłan Salej – wzięło udział w turniejach olimpijskich w 1998 i 2002 roku, natomiast Kanstancin Kalcou i Alaksandr Makrycki uczestniczyli w turnieju tylko w 2002 roku.

W poniższej tabeli przedstawiono skład białoruskiej reprezentacji na igrzyskach w Vancouver. W składzie uwzględniono również ośmioro sportowców, którzy byli w kadrze, jednak nie wystąpili w żadnej konkurencji – hokeistów Maksima Malutina, Andreja Kascicyna, Andreja Antonaua, Jarasłaua Czuprysa i Siarhieja Jarkowicza, biegacza Alaksandra Łazutkina, biathlonistę Michaiła Siamionaua i narciarkę dowolną Hannę Huśkową. W przypadku, gdy dany zawodnik wystąpił również na poprzednich igrzyskach, podano miejsca, które zajął w poszczególnych konkurencjach.

Statystyki według dyscyplin

Udział w ceremoniach otwarcia i zamknięcia igrzysk

Rolę chorążego reprezentacji Białorusi podczas ceremonii otwarcia zimowych igrzysk olimpijskich w Vancouver, przeprowadzonej 12 lutego 2010 w hali BC Place Stadium, pełnił hokeista Aleh Antonienka. Białoruska reprezentacja weszła na stadion jako dziesiąta w kolejności – pomiędzy ekipami z Azerbejdżanu i Belgii. Antonienka został pierwszym hokeistą, który niósł białoruską flagę podczas uroczystości otwarcia igrzysk olimpijskich.

Podczas ceremonii zamknięcia igrzysk, zorganizowanej 28 lutego 2010, chorążym białoruskiej reprezentacji był biegacz narciarski Leanid Karnijenka. Z uwagi na brak udziału reprezentacji Algierii w ceremonii zamknięcia, Białoruś była tym razem dziewiątą reprezentacją w kolejności.

Zdobyte medale
Białorusini zdobyli w Vancouver trzy medale olimpijskie – jeden złoty Alaksieja Hryszyna w skokach akrobatycznych, jeden srebrny Siarhieja Nowikaua w biathlonowym biegu indywidualnym mężczyzn i jeden brązowy Darji Domraczewej w biathlonowym biegu kobiet. Medal Hryszyna był pierwszym w historii złotym medalem zdobytym dla Białorusi podczas zimowych igrzysk olimpijskich. Zdobyte trzy medale dały Białorusi siedemnaste miejsce w tabeli medalowej igrzysk wśród 26 państw, które zdobyły przynajmniej jeden medal. Taki sam wynik medalowy jak Białoruś osiągnęła Słowacja, więc oba kraje zajęły ex aequo siedemnaste miejsce.

Do klasyfikacji punktowej igrzysk zaliczane były miejsca w pierwszej ósemce w finale danej konkurencji. Poza trzema pozycjami medalowymi Białorusini jeszcze pięciokrotnie plasowali się w pierwszej ósemce zawodów. Indywidualnie w biathlonie dwukrotnie dokonała tego Darja Domraczewa – 6. miejsce w biegu masowym i 8. w sprincie, w sztafecie biathlonowej zespół z Białorusi (w składzie Ludmiła Kalinczyk, Darja Domraczewa, Wolha Kudraszowa i Nadzieja Skardzina) zajął siódme miejsce. Dodatkowo dwa punktowane miejsca zajęły narciarki w skokach akrobatycznych kobiet Asol Sliwiec była czwarta, a Ałła Cuper – ósma.

 Klasyfikacja według dyscyplin

 Indywidualna klasyfikacja medalowa

Wyniki

Biathlon

Biathlonową kadrę narodową Białorusi podczas igrzysk w Vancouver prowadzili dwaj trenerzy – Aleksandr Popow (reprezentacja mężczyzn) i Andryjan Cybulski (reprezentacja kobiet). Białoruscy biathloniści wystąpili we wszystkich dziesięciu konkurencjach rozegranych na igrzyskach w Vancouver. Zdobyli dwa medale – Siarhiej Nowikau srebrny w biegu indywidualnym mężczyzn na 20 kilometrów, ex aequo z Ole Einarem Bjørndalenem oraz Darja Domraczewa brązowy w biegu indywidualnym kobiet na 15 kilometrów.

Ponadto w biegach indywidualnych miejsca w czołowej dziesiątce dwukrotnie zajęła Domraczewa (ósme miejsce w sprincie i szóste w biegu masowym) oraz Ludmiła Kalinczyk (dziewiąta w biegu na 15 km). W biegach sztafetowych Białorusinki zajęły siódme, a Białorusini – jedenaste miejsce w gronie dziewiętnastu startujących zespołów.

W skład białoruskiej reprezentacji olimpijskiej w Vancouver weszło dziesięcioro biathlonistów – pięciu mężczyzn i pięć kobiet. Dziewięcioro z nich wystąpiło przynajmniej w jednej konkurencji, ani razu nie wystartował Michaił Siamionau.

Biegi narciarskie

W kadrze białoruskiej w Vancouver wystąpiło ośmioro biegaczy narciarskich – cztery kobiety i czterech mężczyzn. Wszyscy poza Alaksandrem Łazutkinem uczestniczyli w zawodach olimpijskich. Spośród wszystkich dwunastu konkurencji biegowych reprezentanci Białorusi wystartowali w jedenastu. Białoruś nie wystawiła reprezentacji jedynie w męskich sztafetach 4x10 kilometrów.

Indywidualnie najlepszy wynik osiągnął Siarhiej Dalidowicz w biegu na 50 kilometrów stylem klasycznym, w którym zajął 25. miejsce. W konkurencjach drużynowych Białorusini wystartowali trzykrotnie – w obu sztafetach sprinterskich i w sztafecie 4x5 km kobiet. Sprinterki Kaciaryna Rudakowa i Wolha Wasilonak zajęły siódme miejsce w swoim biegu półfinałowym i nie awansowały do finału. Aby awansować musiałyby osiągnąć czas lepszy o blisko minutę od uzyskanego. Finalnie zostały sklasyfikowane na trzynastej pozycji wśród osiemnastu drużyn. W sztafecie sprinterskiej mężczyzn udział wzięli Siarhiej Dalidowicz i Leanid Karnijenka. Nie zostali jednak sklasyfikowani, gdyż w biegu półfinałowym Karnijenka nie ukończył szóstego okrążenia. Po piątym okrążeniu zajmowali drugie miejsce w swoim biegu półfinałowym, przegrywając tylko ze Szwedami. W konkurencji sztafet 4x5 kilometrów techniką klasyczną Białorusinki w składzie Nastassia Dubarezawa, Alena Sannikawa, Wolha Wasilonak i Kaciaryna Rudakowa uplasowały się na jedenastym miejscu w gronie szesnastu zespołów. Do Norweżek, które zwyciężyły w tej konkurencji, straciły 3 minuty i 8,9 sekundy.

Hokej na lodzie

W hokejowej reprezentacji Białorusi na igrzyska w Vancouver, prowadzonej przez trenera Michaiła Zacharaua, znalazło się 27 zawodników, w tym czterech graczy rezerwowych. Do podstawowego składu powołano trzech bramkarzy, ośmiu obrońców i dwunastu napastników. Kapitanem drużyny był występujący na pozycji obrońcy hokeista NHL – Rusłan Salej. Asystentem trenera Zacharaua podczas igrzysk w Vancouver był Dave Lewis.

W fazie grupowej Białoruś wystąpiła w grupie C, w której rywalizowała z Finlandią, Szwecją i Niemcami. Zespół białoruski przegrał dwa pierwsze mecze – 1:5 z Finlandią i 2:4 ze Szwecją. Trzeci mecz, rozegrany przeciwko Niemcom, Białorusini wygrali stosunkiem bramek 5:3. Mimo to zajęli trzecie miejsce w grupie i nie uzyskali bezpośredniego awansu do ćwierćfinału. Wystąpili jeszcze w spotkaniu rundy kwalifikacyjnej przeciwko Szwajcarii, które przegrali 2:3 po serii rzutów karnych. W efekcie do 1/4 finału awansowała Szwajcaria, a Białoruś odpadła z turnieju. W końcowej klasyfikacji turnieju olimpijskiego Białoruś zajęła dziewiąte miejsce.

Bramki dla Białorusi w turnieju olimpijskim zdobywało łącznie sześciu hokeistów. Najwięcej – trzy – strzelił Alaksiej Kalużny. Kalużny i Dzmitryj Mialeszka jako jedyni Białorusini zdobyli po dwa gole w jednym meczu – Kalużny przeciwko Niemcom, a Mialeszka przeciwko Szwecji.

W meczach przeciwko Finlandii i Niemcom bramki białoruskiej bronił Wital Kowal. Obronił łącznie 77 z 85 strzałów na bramkę, czyli wykazał się skutecznością na poziomie 90,6%. W pozostałych dwóch meczach – ze Szwecją i Szwajcarią – bramkarzem w zespole Białorusi był Andrej Mezin. Obronił 74 z 81 strzałów, czyli osiągnął 91,4% skuteczności.

Hokeiści białoruscy wystąpili w turnieju olimpijskim w strojach czerwono-biało-zielonych.

 Skład białoruskiej reprezentacji

 Faza grupowa

 Tabela grupy C

 Runda kwalifikacyjna

 Zdobywcy bramek dla Białorusi

 Klasyfikacja końcowa turnieju olimpijskiego

Łyżwiarstwo szybkie

W rywalizacji olimpijskiej w łyżwiarstwie szybkim uczestniczyła jedna białoruska panczenistka Swiatłana Radkiewicz. Wystąpiła w jednej konkurencji – biegu na 500 metrów, w którym zajęła 33. miejsce, wyprzedzając dwie sklasyfikowane zawodniczki – Anastasię Bucsis i Annette Gerritsen. Do zwyciężczyni zawodów – Lee Sang-hwa – Radkiewicz straciła 3,66 sekundy.

Narciarstwo alpejskie

W białoruskiej reprezentacji wystąpiły dwie narciarki alpejskie – Lizawieta Kuźmienka i Maryja Szkanawa. Ich trenerem był słoweński szkoleniowiec – Aleš Brezavšček. Obie alpejki wystartowały w slalomie i slalomie gigancie, Szkanawa dodatkowo jeszcze w supergigancie, w którym osiągnęła najlepszy rezultat wśród Białorusinek – zajęła 33. miejsce, wyprzedzając pięć sklasyfikowanych zawodniczek. Do mistrzyni olimpijskiej – Andrei Fischbacher – zabrakło jej 7,7 sekundy.

Narciarstwo dowolne

Trenerem białoruskiej kadry narciarzy dowolnych na igrzyskach w Vancouver był Mikałaj Kazieka. Reprezentacja liczyła siedmioro narciarzy – czterech mężczyzn i trzy kobiety. Wszyscy poza Hanną Huśkową reprezentowali Białoruś w zawodach olimpijskich w skokach akrobatycznych mężczyzn i kobiet. Huśkowa nie wystąpiła w żadnej konkurencji podczas tych igrzysk.

Po pierwszym skoku rundy kwalifikacyjnej w skokach akrobatycznych mężczyzn na prowadzeniu był Anton Kusznir z przewagą 9,74 punktu nad drugim w klasyfikacji – Kanadyjczykiem Stevem Omischlem. W drugim skoku uzyskał jednak jeden ze słabszych rezultatów i w efekcie nie awansował do finału, zajmując piętnaste miejsce. Czwarte miejsce w kwalifikacjach zajął Dzmitryj Daszczynski, a siódmy był Alaksiej Hryszyn. Do finału awansował jeszcze Cimafiej Sliwiec z dwunastym wynikiem. Po pierwszym skoku rundy finałowej drugie miejsce zajmował Alaksiej Hryszyn ze stratą 6,34 punktu do reprezentanta gospodarzy igrzysk – Kyle'a Nissena, na szóstym miejscu plasował się Cimafiej Sliwiec. W drugiej serii skoków Nissen osiągnął jedenasty wynik, a Hryszyn czwarty. Dzięki temu Białorusin zwyciężył w zawodach, osiągając o 1,2 punktu więcej niż drugi w klasyfikacji – Jeret Peterson. Sliwiec zajął ostatecznie dziewiąte miejsce, Daszczynski był jedenasty, a Kusznir piętnasty.

Hryszyn został tym samym pierwszym białoruskim mistrzem olimpijskim w zimowych edycjach igrzysk od początku startów Białorusi. Był to jego drugi medal olimpijski w karierze (wcześniej, w 2002 roku w Salt Lake City, zdobył brązowy medal) i zarazem dziewiąty medal zimowych igrzysk olimpijskich dla Białorusi.

W rywalizacji kobiet rundę kwalifikacyjną wygrała Ałła Cuper, a siódme miejsce zajęła Asol Sliwiec. Obie zawodniczki awansowały do rundy finałowej. Po pierwszej serii skoków w rundzie finałowej na trzecim miejscu plasowała się Sliwiec, a Cuper była dziewiąta. W drugim skoku Sliwiec uzyskała piąte miejsce, efektem czego spadła na czwartą pozycję. Do zwyciężczyni zawodów – Australijki Lydii Lassili – straciła 16,05 punktu, a do zdobywczyni brązowego medalu – Chinki Guo Xinxin – 6,53 punktu.

Sytuacja po zawodach
Podczas konferencji prasowej w Vancouver pierwszy białoruski złoty medalista zimowych igrzysk olimpijskich, Alaksiej Hryszyn, skomentował swój występ w następujący sposób:

Prezydent Białorusi – Alaksandr Łukaszenka wyraził swoje niezadowolenie z występów białoruskich hokeistów i biegaczy narciarskich podczas igrzysk w Vancouver. Wskazał, że słabe występy Białorusinów są dowodem na braki w pracy sztabów szkoleniowych i federacji. Rozczarowanie Łukaszenki co do postawy białoruskich hokeistów wynikało zwłaszcza z dwóch wysoko przegranych meczów – 1:5 z Finlandią i 2:4 ze Szwecją.

Po powrocie do kraju, podczas konferencji prasowej w Mińsku, białoruscy olimpijczycy udzielili wywiadów dziennikarzom. Mistrz olimpijski w skokach akrobatycznych – Alaksiej Hryszyn – powiedział:

Czwarta zawodniczka rywalizacji olimpijskiej w skokach akrobatycznych – Asol Sliwiec – igrzyska skomentowała w następujący sposób:

W trakcie konferencji Cimafiej Sliwiec powiedział, że cały białoruski zespół czuł się w wiosce olimpijskiej jak w domu. Wicemistrz olimpijski w biathlonowym biegu na 20 km mężczyzn – Siarhiej Nowikau – powiedział, że nie odpowiadało mu jedzenie serwowane w wiosce olimpijskiej, a Asol Sliwiec narzekała na ściany w pokojach, które nie były wystarczająco dźwiękoszczelne.

Już podczas igrzysk pojawiły się spekulacje dotyczące zakończenia kariery sportowej przez Dzmitryja Daszczynskiego. Podczas konferencji prasowej w Mińsku sportowiec nie potwierdził tych informacji, jednak stwierdził, że po kilku latach uprawiania sportu trudno jest mu znaleźć motywację do dalszej pracy i czas pokaże, co będzie dalej.

Białoruscy medaliści zimowych igrzysk olimpijskich i paraolimpijskich odebrali nagrody finansowe z Białoruskiego Komitetu Olimpijskiego podczas ceremonii przeprowadzonej 7 kwietnia 2010 w Mińsku. W trakcie uroczystości przemawiał minister sportu – Aleh Kaczan, który wyraził swoje zadowolenie z występów białoruskich olimpijczyków i paraolimpijczyków w Vancouver. Białorusini zajęli miejsce w pierwszej dwudziestce w klasyfikacji medalowej igrzysk i pod względem osiągniętych medali były drugim w kolejności, zaraz po Rosji, krajem Wspólnoty Niepodległych Państw.

Kaczan nie krył natomiast rozczarowania w związku z występem białoruskich hokeistów w turnieju olimpijskim, którzy nie zdołali zająć miejsca w pierwszej ósemce. Zapowiedział jednak, że ze startów wszystkich olimpijczyków zostaną wyciągnięte wnioski, które pomogą w osiągnięciu lepszych rezultatów w przyszłości. Wspomniał również o planach rozwoju w Białorusi łyżwiarstwo szybkiego i short tracku.

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Białoruś na igrzyskach olimpijskich
Państwa uczestniczące w Zimowych Igrzyskach Olimpijskich 2010
2010 na Białorusi

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Taiwan Taichung Mission, 2013-16: 9-12-14 New Arriving Missionaries!
Unfortunately, we discovered at the last minute that our new missionaries were scheduled to arrive from the Philippine MTC during the week we were in Hong Kong attending the Mission Presidents' Seminar. So they were delayed a couple days and re-scheduled to arrive in the airport the same evening we landed!
As our schedule was from one end of the island to the other that weekend, they had an abbreviated orientation. Fortunately, they were able to forego some of the orientation, i.e., processing alien resident cards and introducing them to Taiwanese culture!


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Spices Can Do...What?!
The cures hiding in your kitchen cabinets
By Stephanie Castillo
You know that cilantro can work wonders on an otherwise plain bowl of rice and noodles. But did you ever suspect that it might also pack a medicinal oomph?
That's a fact, according to a recent article published in Alternative and Complementary Therapies, which found that people in Middle Eastern countries like India, Pakistan, and Morocco successfully use the herb to treat digestive disorders, anxiety, insomnia, dizziness, headaches, urinary tract infections and more. (Suffering from a UTI? Find out how to Banish The Burn.)
The conclusions piggyback on earlier research from the University of California, which found that a compound in cilantro, called dodecenal, is nearly twice as effective at killing salmonella bacteria (commonly found in raw meats) compared to commercial antibiotics.
That's not all. Despite a dearth of scientific research, cilantro is widely believed to help rid the body of metals and toxins. "While there is no evidence that coriander leaf has the ability to remove heavy metals already in the human body, there is some preclinical evidence that...cilantro leaf can reduce toxin absorption and toxic effects," says lead study author Kathy Abascal, BS, JD, RH, executive director of the Botanical Medicine Academy in Vashon, Washington. "[It] suggests that coriander should be emphasized, given the increasing contamination." (Rest assured, clean eating is simple when you ditch The Dirty Dozen.)
And cilantro's not the only kitchen seasoning that packs a healing punch. Start by stocking up on these six herbs and spices:
Parsley Two tables of fresh parsley can provide more than 150% of your daily requirement for vitamin K, which is essential for healthy blood and bones. Plus, the herb's odor-beating chlorophyll will freshen your breath—which might spice things up in the bedroom: The ancient Greeks actually used parsley as an aphrodisiac. (For more sexy dietary do's and don'ts, find out how to Eat Your Way Sexier.)
Oregano If you use only one herb in your cooking, make it oregano. This potent herb (which some chefs think actually tastes better dried) contains, on average, up to 20 times more cancer-fighting antioxidants than other herbs. It even holds its own against fruit: According to USDA researchers, 1 tablespoon of fresh oregano has the antioxidant potency of an entire apple. Gram for gram, the herb has twice the antioxidant activity of blueberries.
Rosemary Rosemary can also boost your performance on speed and accuracy tests, says a study from Northumbria University in the United Kingdom. Plus, researchers from the University of Arkansas, Iowa State University, and Kansas State University found that cooking meats with rosemary can reduce the carcinogenic compounds that form when cooking over high heat, like on a barbecue or grill.
Curcumin This antioxidant ingredient is what gives turmeric (often used in curries) a yellow color. Research has already linked the super ingredient to a reduced risk of type 2 diabetes and Alzheimer's disease—and a study in the journal Gastroenterology finds that it may helps ward off tumors associated with colon cancer.
Ginger Not only does Prevention's deputy editor Siobhan O'Connor swear by the spice, there's actual data that shows ginger can soothe stomachaches, aid circulation, suppress nausea, decrease blood pressure, curb arthritis pain, even reduce your cancer risk. Plus, we can't get enough of it in our smoothies! Try one of these 25 Delectable Detox Smoothies to see what we mean.
Cinnamon In a study of type 2 diabetics, German researchers found that cinnamon can reduce blood sugar by 10%, possibly because compounds in cinnamon activate enzymes that stimulate insulin receptors. The sweet spice has also been shown to help lower levels of cholesterol and triglycerides, blood fats that may contribute to diabetes risk. (Looking for other ways to prevent the disease? Join us in our campaign to Outsmart Diabetes—Together.)
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HomeNewsBobcats raise $30K+ for health foundation, Project Sunrise
Bobcats raise $30K+ for health foundation, Project Sunrise
Thursday, Jan. 5th, 2023
United Way Lloydminster donation gets Bobcats over the target for mental health programs. [Photo: Lloydminster Bobcats, Facebook page supplied]
With a goal of raising $25,000 for youth mental health programs ahead of the Jan. 7 game, the Lloydminster Bobcats have surpassed the target.
On Thursday, a donation from United Way Lloydminster pushed the fundraiser over $30,000 for recipients the Lloydminster Region Health Foundation (LRHF) and Project Sunrise. The drive is still ongoing in the lead up to Saturday's puck drop at the Centennial Civic Centre.
A post on the Bobcats social media indicates that players and staff will be getting buzz cuts immediately after Saturday's game in keeping with the challenge the players had laid down in the fall.
Forward Jayven Leslie is grateful for all the community support and the input of the United Way.
"They came in today with a blank cheque and said,"What do you guys need?" And then we said,"Two thousand dollars." And they said,"If your coaches shave their heads too, we will do an extra five (thousand)." You what, United Way, they really helped us carry along this entire thing. They were a huge part of us making our goal. We can't thank Tricia Hunter and the entire United Way team enough. They were unbelievable."
A previous United Way donation in December makes the overall total about $12,000 coming from the not-for-profit in support of mental health programs.
Leslie says in earlier discussions with the LRHF's CEO Stephanie Munro they had identified the need to support mental health programing at both Lloydminster school divisions.
"The Lloydminster Public and the Lloydminster Catholic school divisions could use a little bit more help in funding for their mental health departments in their divisions. So, Stephanie (Munro) asked if we would be willing to put the money towards mental health in the school divisions and I was all for it. I wanted the money to go towards mental health and Stephanie found a place for it to go and I couldn't be happier with what we are doing here."
Leslie spearheaded the mental health fundraiser effort for the Bobcats back in the fall and is grateful for all the community support.
"The community has been great to us. The community really got behind us and got behind this initiative. We had lots of big donors. We had lots of small donors. We had lots of people who wanted to be a part of what we have accomplished and we could not be happier."
The links for Buzz the Bobcats are still available on social media connecting to the LRHF page for residents who wish to continue donating.


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\section{Dynamics of a block environment}

Until recently, in geomechanics and geophysics, the theory of deformations of a rock mass as a homogeneous medium was widely used.
The dynamics of such a homogeneous medium is described by a well-developed linear theory of elastic wave propagation.
For the first time, a serious reason for revising the prevailing views was given in [1].
There, the need was indicated to take into account the block structure of rocks
in mathematical models intended for geomechanics and seismics.
The main idea proposed in [1] is to consider
the rock mass as a system of blocks of different scale levels nested into each other,
connected by layers consisting of weaker, fractured rocks.

In the simplest case, the dynamics of a block medium is studied in the pendulum approximation,
when it is believed that the blocks are incompressible, and all deformations and displacements
occur due to the compressibility of the interlayers only.
In this case, the block medium can be modeled as a lattice of point-masses connected to each other by springs.
Within the framework of this model, we study the antiplane deformation of a two-dimensional square lattice consisting
of point-masses, having the same masse $M$, connected by springs of length $L$, having the same stiffness $k$.
The values $M$, $L$, and $k$ are taken as units.

\section{Equations of motion and their solutions}

The equations of motion of point-masses have the form
$$
\ddot{u}_{m,n}  =u_{m+1,n} +u_{m-1,n} +u_{m,n+1} +u_{m,n-1} -4u_{m,n} +Q(t),
$$
where $u_{m,n}$ is the displacement of the mass in the direction orthogonal to the lattice plane;
$m,n$ are the mass numbers in the directions of the axes $x,y$;
$Q(t)=Q_0\sin(\omega _*t)H(t)\delta(n)\delta(m)$ is the sinusoidal load of amplitude $Q_0$ and frequency $\omega_*$
applied to the point with coordinates $(0,0)$;
$H$ is the Heaviside function;
$\delta$ is the Dirac function.

Applying the Laplace transform with respect to time $t$ and the discrete Fourier transform in the variables $m,n$
to the above equations, we obtain the Laplace--Fourier transform of the solution:
$$
u^{LF_mF_n}=\frac{Q^{LF_mF_n}}{p^2+2(2-\cos q_x-\cos q_y)},\quad Q^{LF_mF_n}=\frac{Q_0\omega_*}{p^2+\omega^2_*}.
$$
Here $L$ denotes the Laplace transform with parameter $p$;
$F_m$, $F_n$ denotes the discrete Fourier transforms in $m$, $n$ with parameters $q_x$, $q_y$.

Inverting thus obtained expression for $u^{LF_mF_n}$ with respect to $n$, we get
$$
u^{LF_m}_n =\frac{Q_0\omega_*(B-\sqrt{B^2-1})^{|n|}}{2(p^2+\omega^2_*)\sqrt{B^2-1}},
\qquad\mbox{where}\quad
B =\frac{p^2}{2}+2-\cos q_x.
$$

For $u^{LF_m}_n$, it is not possible to find  explicitly the inverse Laplace and Fourier transforms.
For this reason, we look for the asymptotic behavior of $u_{m,n}$ for $t\to\infty$.

The frequency $\omega=2$ is resonant for the lattice of point-masses under consideration [2].
Put by definition $\omega_*=2$ and $p=s+2i$.
Then
$$
u^{LF_m}_n\sim \frac{Q_0(-1)^{n+1}\exp{(i|q_x n|)}}{4s\sqrt{\sin^2 q_x+4is\cos q_x}}
\quad\mbox{as}\ s\to 0.
$$
Here and below, the formula $v(z)\sim w(z)$ for $z\to z_0$ means that $\lim_{z\to z_0} [v(z)-w(z)]=0$.

Using the inversion formula for the Fourier transform, we obtain
$$
u^{L}_{m,n}\sim\frac{Q_0(-1)^{n+1}}{4\pi s}\int_{0}^{\pi}
\frac{ \cos(q_x m)\exp (iq_x |n|)}{\sqrt{\sin^2 q_x + 4is \cos q_x}}\, dq_x\quad\mbox{as}\ s\to 0. \eqno(1)
$$

The asymptotics of integrals (1) as $s\to 0$, which corresponds to $t\to \infty $ in the space of originals, has the following form:

a) if $m+n$ is even, then
$$
u^L_{0,0}(s)\sim -\frac{Q_0}{4\pi s}\ln \frac{4}{s},\quad u_{0,0}(t)\sim \frac{Q_0}{4\pi}[\ln(4t)+\gamma],
$$
$$
u^L_{m,m}(s)\sim\frac{Q_0(-1)^m}{4\pi s}[\ln(s|m|)+\gamma ],\quad m\neq 0, \eqno(2)
$$
$$
u_{m,m}(t)\sim \frac{Q_0(-1)^{m+1}}{4\pi}\ln \frac{t}{|m|}, \quad m\neq 0,
$$
$$
u^L_{m,n}(s)\sim\frac{Q_0(-1)^n}{4\pi s}[\ln(s|m^2-n^2|)+2\gamma],\quad |m|\neq |n|, \eqno(3)
$$
$$
u_{m,n}(t)\sim\frac{Q_0(-1)^{n+1}}{4\pi }[\ln \frac {t}{|m^2-n^2|}-\gamma],\quad |m|\neq |n|,
$$
where $\gamma\approx 0.577$ is the Euler constant;

b) if $m+n$ is odd, then
$$
u^L_{m,n}(s)\sim\frac{iQ_0(-1)^{n+1}}{16s},\quad u_{m,n}(t)\sim\frac{iQ_0(-1)^{n+1}}{16}. \eqno(4)
$$

We emphasize that formulas (2)--(4) are more precise than similar formulas found in [2].

\section{Finding the asymptotics of an integral}

We demonstrate the method of finding asymptotics of integrals (1) by the example of
finding asymptotics of a simpler integral
$$
\int_{0}^{\pi}\frac{dq}{\sqrt{\sin^2 q+is}}.
$$
This integral is similar to (1) for $m=n=0$.
The problem of finding asymptotics of this integral was published by the author in [3].
A solution to this problem, which is different from the solution discussed below, is also published in
``The American Mathematical Monthly,'' see [3].

Put by definition
$$
h(q, s)=\frac{1}{\sqrt{\sin^2 q+is}}.
$$
Since
$$
h\biggl(\dfrac{\pi}{2}+q,s\biggr)=h\biggl(\dfrac{\pi}{2}-q,s\biggr)
$$
for all $s>0$ and $q\in [0,\pi]$, then
$$\int_0^\pi\frac{dq}{\sqrt{\sin^2 q+is}}=2\int_0^{\pi/2} h(q,s)\,dq
= 2\int_0^\varepsilon h(q,s)\,dq+2\int_\varepsilon^{\pi/2} h(q,s)\,dq. \qquad { } \eqno(5)
$$
Here $\varepsilon>0$ is a fixed sufficiently small number.
Using the notation
$h_1(q,s)=\text{Re\,} h(q,s)$ and $h_2(q,s)=\text{Im\,} h(q,s)$,
we get $h(q,s)=h_1(q,s)+ih_2(q,s),$
$$
h_1(q,s) =\sqrt{
\frac{\sqrt{\sin^4 q+s^2}+\sin^2 q}{2(\sin^4 q+s^2)}
},\qquad
h_2(q,s) =\sqrt{
\frac{\sqrt{\sin^4 q+s^2}-\sin^2 q}{2(\sin^4 q+s^2)}
}.
$$

We find separately the asymptotics of the real and imaginary parts of the both integrals on the right-hand side of formula (5):
$$
 2\int_\varepsilon^{\pi/2} h_1(q,s)\,dq\underset{s\to+0}{\sim}
2\int_\varepsilon^{\pi/2} \frac{dq}{\sin q}
 =2\ln \biggl(\frac{1}{\tan (\varepsilon/2)}\biggr)
\underset{\varepsilon\to+0}{\sim}\ln\biggl(\frac{4}{\varepsilon^2}\biggr),\qquad { } \eqno(6)
$$
$$
2\int_0^\varepsilon h_1(q,s)\,dq=
2\int_0^\varepsilon \sqrt{
\frac{\sqrt{\sin^4 q+s^2}+\sin^2 q}{2(\sin^4 q+s^2)}
}\, dq
$$
$$
\underset{\varepsilon\to+0}{\sim}
2\int_0^\varepsilon \sqrt{
\frac{\sqrt{q^4 +s^2}+ q^2}{2(q^4 +s^2)}
}\,dq\overset{\boxed{1}}
= 2\int_0^{\varepsilon/\sqrt{s}}\sqrt{
\frac{\sqrt{y^4+1}+y^2}{2(y^4+1)}
}\,dy
$$
$$
\overset{\boxed{2}}{=}\int_1^{\varphi(\varepsilon/\sqrt{s})}
\frac{dz}{\sqrt{z^2-1}}=
\ln\biggl(\sqrt{\varphi^2\biggl(\frac{\varepsilon}{\sqrt{s}}\biggr)-1}
+\varphi\biggl(\frac{\varepsilon}{\sqrt{s}}\biggr)
\biggr)
\underset{s\to+0}{\sim}
\ln\biggl(4\frac{\varepsilon^2}{s}
\biggr)\qquad { } \eqno(7)
$$
$\bigl($in (7), the following substitutions are used:
$q=y\sqrt{s}$ in order to get equality $\boxed{1}$
and $\sqrt{y^4+1}+y^2=z$ or, for short, $z=\varphi(y)$ in order to get equality $\boxed{2}\bigr)$;
$$
2\int_\varepsilon^{\pi/2} h_2(q,s)\,dq\underset{s\to+0}{\sim}
\int_\varepsilon^{\pi/2} \frac{s\, dq}{\sin^3 q}\underset{s\to+0}{\to}0,\eqno(8)
$$
$$
 2\int_0^\varepsilon h_2(q,s)\,dq=
2\int_0^\varepsilon \sqrt{
\frac{\sqrt{\sin^4 q+s^2}-\sin^2 q}{2(\sin^4 q+s^2)}
}\, dq
$$
$$
\underset{\varepsilon\to+0}{\sim}
2\int_0^\varepsilon \sqrt{
\frac{\sqrt{q^4 +s^2}- q^2}{2(q^4 +s^2)}
}\,dq\overset{\boxed{3}}{=}2\int_0^{\varepsilon/\sqrt{s}}\sqrt{
\frac{\sqrt{y^4+1}-y^2}{2(y^4+1)}
}\,dy
$$
$$
\overset{\boxed{4}}{=} -\int_1^{\psi(\varepsilon/\sqrt{s})}
\frac{dz}{\sqrt{1-z^2}}=
-\arcsin z\biggl\vert_1^{\psi(\varepsilon/\sqrt{s})}
\underset{s\to+0}{\sim}
\frac{\pi}{2}\eqno(9)
$$
$\bigl($in (9), the following substitutions are used:
$q=y\sqrt{s}$ in order to get equality $\boxed{3}$
and $\sqrt{y^4+1}-y^2=z$ or, for short, $z=\psi(y)$ in order to get equality $\boxed{4}\bigr)$.

Substituting formulas (6)--(9) into (5), we obtain
$$
{}\qquad\qquad
\int_0^\pi\frac{dq}{\sqrt{\sin^2 q+is}}\sim \ln \biggl(\frac{16}{s}\biggr)+i\frac{\pi}{2}\quad\text{as}\quad s\to +0.
$$

The above asymptotics (2)--(4) of integral (1) are obtained in the same way.

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