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Lights out: Inside the final days of Ford's Aussie manufacturing
By Bruce Newton, 07 Oct 2020 Features
Four years ago today Ford completed the shutdown of its local manufacturing. Bruce Newton visited the employees at Broadmeadows in the factory's final days
AND just like, that Brian Makin's face crumples. His cheeks redden, his eyes become glassy and he brings his hands to his face, embarrassed to be brought near to tears by my question.
Lights out was originally published in the November 2016 edition of Wheels
Makin is a Ford lifer. He's spent nearly 42 years doing his best for the Blue Oval in Australia in a variety of roles that started with an apprenticeship when he was just 17 years old. But when he finishes with Ford, so too Ford finishes as a manufacturer in Australia.
"How does that make you feel?" I'd asked.
"Really bad ... yeah, I uh…" he'd started to reply. And then the emotion had overwhelmed him. "I get a bit choked up," he'd muttered, as he took a moment to compose himself.
"The thing that concerns me is that, yes, [some] people are transferring to other areas of Ford and they'll be successful; Ford always looks after people, trains them well and nurtures them well.
"But obviously other people will leave Ford and my concern is their welfare and their opportunities for employment in the district or elsewhere.
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"I just know the impact of Ford and manufacturing has had on this country; it will leave a big hole."
Nowadays Makin has a long title that essentially means he is one of the most senior blokes at Ford's Geelong manufacturing site. He joined in 1975 and will exit this month, aged 59. Before him, his father started at Ford Australia in 1941.
Our interview, arranged by Ford Australia, had started with Makin upbeat; a happy bear of a bloke well dressed and cheerfully clasping my hand in a solid handshake, a gold watch presented for 25 years of service on his wrist.
It wasn't a facade that had eventually crumbled. It was something much more palpable, worthy and structural to his being; a painful reminder that so much he had worked for, so much he had loved, would not be there anymore after October.
The giant presses will cease stamping those beautiful single-piece bodysides. The blocks for the in-line six-cylinder engine will no longer be cast. No more trucks will arrive to ship the parts up the highway to Broadmeadows for assembly as they have done for 56 years.
And then the last Falcon will come down the assembly line and then… Nothing. Except memories. Twelve months from now it won't only be Ford departing either, as Holden and Toyota close their plants and the automotive manufacturing industry as we know it in Australia ceases to exist.
"The thing that I personally see is the opportunities presented to people as a result of being involved in manufacturing right though from designing, finance, purchasing to sales and marketing are no longer going to be there," Makin reflects. "I've enjoyed those opportunities and so have many, many other people.
"The thing that strikes me about Ford ceasing, Holden ceasing and Toyota ceasing, is that the skills we have as a country are going to diminish and that leaves a big hole for me because as a country, we're going to reduce our capabilities."
Makin's anguish is so easy to understand. As a Geelong boy born-and-bred, he knows the Ford factories have stood on the Melbourne road in the city's east since early last century, sturdy evidence of Ford's power and prestige and Geelong's vitality as an industrial hub and employer. This was the first home of Ford Australia and where it built its first cars locally.
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A group of photos stuck on the site's security hut wall shows the original plant alone in a field, with Geelong Grammar off in the distance one way and Corio Bay in the other.
Now it is pressed in on all sides and eventually it will be eaten up. Just as the old product development centre across the road became a Bunnings, and up the hill towards town Plant 5 is now a carpet factory.
Graffiti daubs the red brick walls, while the billboard which once proudly promoted the latest Falcon, Fairlane or LTD in all its 24-sheet glory is now a derelict wooden frame with weeds growing all around. A few people stroll around in yellow hi-vis vests but there is none of the urgency that energised this place as recently as the noughties when BA, BF and FG Falcon sales were still strong and Territory was proving a critical and commercial success.
Inside the office building where we meet there are rows of empty cubicles and ample evidence of an era now gone. There are posters of racing Falcons winning at Bathurst. Now Ford doesn't even sponsor a team. Qualifying for this year's 1000 will be underway when business finally ends here.
"I remember all this office area being full of people. But with technology and reduced volumes, things have changed," Makin muses.
"I've got no idea how many people have been employed on this site or overall by Ford Australia. Hundreds of thousands? They are people who may have worked here for a month and some for 40 years.
"I look back at this site and this building was built 15 years before the second world war and there were activities done here to support the war effort.
"And then after the war right through; the decisions were made to build the Falcon and this plant being a stamping plant, iron casting, machinery and assembly operation.
"It's an incredible journey and it's just supported so many lives along that journey."
Among them is Nick De Giorgio, whose father worked at Ford in Geelong before him and then took his son in for an interview in 1989, five years after he'd retired. Nick got the job the job as a press operator the next day.
"When I started I think there were 5000 people at the Geelong plant," he remembers. "I met a lot of people, there were a lot of good times."
In a 25-year career he rose through the ranks in the stamping plant to become a team leader. He says the place was buzzing at its height; a heaving mass of characters and cultures from all over the world, which all left their impact on him.
"You'd meet a lot of people from different nationalities. You'd learn more about people there than you did anywhere else [in terms of] their cultures and all that.
"You'd teach them something and they'd teach you a lot of things; how they lived life, how a lot of them don't each junk food, how they would make their own food from scratch."
De Giorgio says the workforce remained positive about the future despite the various swells and sways over the years. He remembers regular staff meetings with Geoff Polites, the dynamic leader of Ford Australia from 1999 to 2004, for their directness and honesty.
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"We didn't think it [closure] was going to happen though. We just thought it was going to keep going and going and going. We heard all the rumours but they never seemed to come true," he says.
But he changed his mind when he met Bob Graziano, the American who arrived to become president of Ford Australia in 2010.
"The first impressions we got from the way he spoke to us just made us think he'd come to shut us down," De Giorgio says.
Of course, whether that is true or not is something only a few people in the higher reaches of Ford could know. But De Giorgio doesn't hold that against the company. Married with two young kids, he took a package and left in 2015 to start up his own courier business, grateful for the long notice Ford gave and the support it handed out to its employees.
"All the help we needed; they gave it to us and I just utilised to my advantage," De Giorgio says. "They probably offered more support than they should have done and they did it for everyone."
Luke McSeveny has also moved on, but in a very different direction to De Giorgio. After nine years at Ford as an engineer, he left in 2014, only months after the closure plan was announced, to begin a Masters of Divinity. Although he is originally from Sydney, he wants to return to Geelong when he graduates as a Paster of the Presbyterian Church in 2018.
He has no doubt his Christian faith helped him face the future with confidence and also allowed him to extend a helping hand to those around him as the reality of the closure impacted.
"I am strongly persuaded that life is more than what we see and feel, so when these tensions and strains came up I could look forward and look above," the 33-year-old says.
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"Some people were quite anxious and worried and stressed and certainly I tried to encourage people based on the convictions I have; a belief that life was more than a job and that human relationships and people are a lot more value than bits of metal and a paycheck."
McSeveny's new career is a dramatic change for a bloke who says his career highlight was being part of the team responsible for reinstalling the V8 engine line at Geelong after the purchase of Ford Performance Vehicles in 2012, some 30 years after the last V8s were built there.
"That was beautiful," he smiles. "We had to create a quality control system using nothing we had ever done previously, because everything else before was high-cost and [required] mechanical interlocking protection to avoid errors.
"We went from that to this one guy just building his own engine on a trolley.
"We developed this iPad interface so every guy got an iPad and they went through taking a couple of hundred photos of every engine in the build process and had to tick off every control.
"Towards the end we could really stretch what was normal to be able to make it work. That was fun; building a V8 is one of the nicer jobs. I've got one out there with my signature on it."
That emphasis on quality and innovation is something Boris Zaroje understands. He joined the workforce at the Broadmeadows assembly plant in the body shop in 1976. Through a variety of roles he has been focussed on the improvement of vehicle assembly ever since.
'Broady' looks to have changed little since the first XK Falcons rolled out in 1960. A series of low, flat, white buildings stretch across an often windswept plain, bounded by the Hume Highway to the east and a railway line to the west. Hundreds of gleaming Falcons and Territorys sit waiting for transportation to dealerships and their owners.
Zaroje knows the building internals have been modified, upgraded many times as the local management and the workforce strived for improvement, relevance and survival.
"There were 700 payroll people physically building cars in the body shop in 1976," he recalls. "It was very old school when I joined, manual conveyors pulling everything.
"And there were these things called roundabouts which were around three to four metres in length and three metres in width with the tooling on the top. They used to circulate with the weld guns all suspended overhead and you physically had to jump on top of the drawn cart, spot weld and so forth and jump off.
"It was absolutely amazing. You had no control over the facility; the facility controlled absolutely everything. And it was quite dirty and quite dark."
But the balance changed as the thoughts, belief and knowledge of the line-workers were incorporated into the process.
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"If you want to know something, you have to go to the source," says Zaroje. "If someone is on a weld gun, or if someone is on a metal finish task making sure the skin quality is good, there is nothing better than getting the input of the man who looks after it."
"You would not recognise the place now," he says proudly. "All your merry-go-round type fixtures are done away with, all the lines are fully automated, people don't have to jump on any carriers.
"It's well lit, the noise has been taken away, it's safe and clean."
And it's over, something Zaroje is philosophical about. He came to Broadmeadows with his family from Croatia when he was 13, and has worked almost all his adult life for Ford. He's married, has kids and grankids, a home up the road in Craigieburn and now a caravan which will be towed around Australia behind a Ford Ranger… naturally.
"On October 7, I'll exceed 40 years and four months working at Ford. I leave on October 14; that's the agreed date.
"If I look at the 40 years of service, that in itself is a milestone. If I look at what Ford means to me, it is a whole lot. If I wasn't loyal, if I didn't think much of the product, I wouldn't be here. It's that simple.
"Have I learned a lot? Yes. Has Ford provided the ability to learn; the stepping stones for the progressions? The answer is yes.
"Everything I have; I'd suggest to you I have Ford to thank for. I can't deny that. You have to look at the positives.
"Will I continue to love Ford? The answer is yes. After 40 years it becomes part of you, whether you like it or not."
Love of Ford is something Suzanne McConchie never had a choice in. She is one generation of a Ford family that bleeds blue and has known little else except working for Ford at Broadmeadows.
In her family there are two brands of car, Ford and Junk. Her two-year old nephew has already been coached in that – just as she was when she was a toddler.
Her grandfather worked at Broadmeadows for 25 years, her father for six months and her brother for six years. She met her husband Patrick at Ford because he also worked there. He still does; as does Patrick's brother.
McConchie bought her 1970 XW Falcon with a former boyfriend who also worked at Ford, and they restored it together.
"There's a photo of me when I'm just walking and I have a Ford visor on that says 'Telstar Car of the Year'. I'm at the Melbourne motor show holding my grandfather's hand," she recalls. An engineer and former member of Ford's graduate program, McConchie joined the blue oval 13 years ago.
And like Brian Makin, she has shed her tears. The day – May 23, 2013 – when Graziano called the Broadmeadows assembly plant workforce together in the staff canteen to tell them manufacturing would end in three years' time, she couldn't hold back.
"On that day I cried a lot," she recalls with a small smile and almost embarrassed laugh.
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"I think the first reason that happened was I realised I wasn't going to achieve my goal of being the first female plant manager because that job was no longer going to exist.
"My plan for the next 10 years was gone. I was like, 'what am I going to do now and what are all these people going to do now?'."
Understandably, considering her deep ties, she talks of the Broadmeadows workers as her extended family. There are so many long-term employees on the line and in the offices that she knows well.
"It's really like a family. I know that sounds cliched but I would know 80 percent of the people's names," she says. "I actually avoid coming down here [to the plant] too often because I can't walk from one side to the other without hugging 50 people."
But over time many of the familiar faces have disappeared as the wind-down has got underway and people have accepted redundancy packages and departed.
"I've often wondered about the first Monday after they leave; they have been coming here for 25 or 30 years and they wake up and don't come in. I wonder what they think about sitting at home going, 'I don't go there today'.
"And more than likely you won't see them ever again."
Now Suzanne and Patrick are having their first child and he or she will be born into the Ford ways too, as both parents are amongst the 160 staff to move from manufacturing to Ford Asia-Pacific Engineering.
This is very much the silver lining in the dark cloud that is the closure of Ford's Australian manufacturing operations. Come 2018, Ford will be Australia's biggest automotive employer, with 1100 design and engineering employees spread across Geelong, the You Yangs testing ground and at Broadmeadows, where the old HQ building is currently being converted to office space for the product development team.
"In July 2014 I got a job in product development," McConchie recounts. "I'd worked for 11 years in manufacturing, but I really wanted to work in design.
"But I wouldn't change it; I learned so much about how to build a car. I've worked in sheetmetal, I've worked in trim, I've worked in final, I've worked in quality, I've worked in product logistics.
"So now I'm moving into product development with much more knowledge of how a car is built versus those who have only ever done it virtually on a computer.
"I'm now doing studio engineering. So I have a team of guys who liaise between the designers and the engineers. The designers say, 'we want it [a future model] to look like this' and the engineers are like, 'no, it has to be a square box' and then we work between them to try and find a compromise.
"We turn design fluffiness into a real car," she says as she laughs that light laugh again. It inhabits this empty room and this tired-looking place with youth and energy and hope.
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As much as her new future excites her, McConchie is conscious of the closure that has to be dealt with first. Her baby is due the week before so she probably won't be there to watch the final Falcon be completed.
"I kind of feel relief that I won't be here," she admits. "There has to be a last car ... then the emptiness.
"That's just weird."
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I awoke a little later this morning. The cribbage tournament has taken a bit of a turn for the worse for RICK. I am now three games up, a massive lead. Rick had last count and on two occasions lost a game stuck in the final hole while I sailed by…He uses very effusive sailing talk when that occurs. I look forward to it happening one more time.
I wish I knew what the prize for the tournament was? He says it depends who wins.
The plan for the day is simple; We replace the halyard for the staysail and change the furling line to the genoa. Shouldn't take long at all providing the ships ghosts don't intervene and cause mayhem.
And then, we are going to re-locate to Jost Van Dyke and visit an anchorage neither of us has been to yet. Foxy's taboo at Diamond Cay. There is not much wind today. I managed to sleep some the little fan I have in lieu of AC kept the temp down to 100.
Sounds like you are sleeping in a culvert…..
My days in the culvert were part of treasured memories and achievement…I am following your adventures as well. Kings Cribbage has led to the massive card cribbage tournament aboard Grand Cru. I am three games up. Tell Julie that I am a competent counter now but I have to make sure these are transferable skills to kings cribbage. I have asked for a Kings Cribbage kit for XMAS.


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This heartwarming novel is the first illustrated holiday gift book for adults that deals with an interfaith family celebrating both Christmas & Hanukkah. Claire is Jewish; her husband, Paul, is a fallen-away Catholic. Claire takes their two children to a reform Jewish temple, but they observe the Christian holidays, too - partly for Paul & partly for Paul's mother, Teresa, a devout catholic who is Claire's dearest friend. Then, just as the holidays approach, Claire's five year-old-son gets sick. As the weeks pass & he doesn't recover, Claire is reminded of the uncertain diagnosis of her own mother's final illness. She wants to lean on Teresa--but how can she, when their religious differences are so deep? Have her own religious decisions been a mistake? This moving book, illustrated with eleven black- & -white drawings, will touch anyone who has ever known an interfaith family--their own or a friend's-- & anyone who has ever worried about the fate of a child. Award-winning author Ellyn Bache (Willa Cater Fiction Prize recipient for short fiction; best known for her novel, Safe Passage, that became a Susan Sarandon feature film) is Jewish, married to a man from a large Catholic family. They have four children. Less
Guillory, Jasmine, author.
Vivian Forest has been out of the country a grand total of one time, so when she gets the chance to... More
Vivian Forest has been out of the country a grand total of one time, so when she gets the chance to tag along on her daughter Maddie's work trip to England to style a royal family member, she can't refuse. She's excited to spend the holidays taking in the magnificent British sights, but what she doesn't expect is to become instantly attracted to a certain Private Secretary and his charming accent and unyielding formality. Malcolm Hudson has been the Queen's Private Secretary for years and has never given a personal, private tour...until now. He is intrigued by Vivian the moment he meets her and finds himself making excuses just to spend time with her. When flirtatious banter turns into a kiss under the mistletoe, things snowball into a full-on fling. Despite a ticking timer on their holiday romance, they are completely fine with ending their short, steamy fling come New Year's Day...or are they? Less
So This is Christmas
Holiday, Jenny (Romance author), author.
Matteo Benz has spent his life serving at the pleasure of the Eldovian crown. His work is his life ... More
Matteo Benz has spent his life serving at the pleasure of the Eldovian crown. His work is his life and his life, well...he doesn't have much of one. When he is tasked to aid a management consultant who has been flown in to help straighten out the king's affairs, he is instantly disturbed by her brash American manner--as well by an inconvenient attraction to the brainy beauty. Cara Delaney is in Eldovia to help clean up the king's financial affairs, but soon finds herself at odds with the very proper Mr. Benz. As intrigued by his good looks as she is annoyed by his dedication to tradition for its own sake, she slowly begins to see the real man behind the royal throne. As they work together to return Eldovia to its former glory during the country's magical Christmas season, Matteo discovers he is falling hopelessly in love with the unconventional American. But a man who has devoted his life to tradition doesn't change easily. Can he become the man Cara needs, or will their love be another sacrifice to the crown? Less
The Holiday Trap
Parrish, Roan, author.
Greta Russakoff needs some space from her overbearing family. Truman Belvedere needs a place to hea... More
Greta Russakoff needs some space from her overbearing family. Truman Belvedere needs a place to heal after a devastating heartbreak. The solution is obvious: Truman and Greta decide to swap houses for the month of December. Can a change of scenery be the start of something new? Less
The Road to Christmas
Roberts, Sheila, 1951- author.
Michelle and Max are not planning on a happy holiday. Their marriage is in shambles and the D word ... More
Michelle and Max are not planning on a happy holiday. Their marriage is in shambles and the D word has entered their vocabulary. But now their youngest daughter, Julia, wants everyone to come to her new house in Idaho for Christmas, and she's got the guest room all ready for Mom and Dad. Oh, joy. Their other daughters, Audrey and Shyla, are driving up from California and hoping to meet a sexy rancher for Audrey along the way. What they don't plan on is getting stranded on a ranch when the car breaks down. The ones with the shortest drive are Grandma and Grandpa, also known as Hazel and Warren. It's still a bit of a trek, and Hazel doesn't like the idea of driving all that way in snow, but Warren knows they'll have no problem. They have a reliable car, and snow tires and chains if they need them. They'll be fine. Surprises lie in store for all three sets of intrepid travelers as they set out on three very different adventures, all leading to one memorable family Christmas. Less
Santa's Little Yelpers
Rosenfelt, David, author.
Lawyer Andy Carpenter and his humorous investigating team return in Santa's Little Yelpers, th... More
Lawyer Andy Carpenter and his humorous investigating team return in Santa's Little Yelpers, the next Yuletide mystery in David Rosenfelt's bestselling series. 'Tis the season in Paterson, New Jersey: Lawyer Andy Carpenter and his golden retriever, Tara, are surrounded by holiday cheer. It's even spread to the Tara Foundation. The dog rescue organization, not used to having puppies, has their hands full with a recent litter. Eight puppies are a lot to handle, and Andy is relieved when his co-worker Chris Myers agrees to foster them. Myers, a newer employee at the Tara Foundation, did time for a crime he swears he didn't commit. When Myers discovers a key witness against him lied on the stand, he goes to Andy to ask for representation in getting the conviction overturned. Myers thinks they can have this wrapped up by Christmas, no problem. But when the witness is murdered, and Myers is arrested for the crime, things go from bad to worse. Suddenly, it's all elves on deck to make a list and check it twice, so they can prove Myers is innocent. Less
Monroe, Mary, author.
Free-spirited, living on the fly, Vanessa Hayes is still always down for traditional family holiday... More
Free-spirited, living on the fly, Vanessa Hayes is still always down for traditional family holiday fun--until now. She's making her oft-delayed wish finally come true: Christmas in Paris, the glittering City of Lights. But when her passport gets delayed, it's too late for Vanessa to rebook. Now it looks like the Yuletide she longs for won't happen. Until a stranger suddenly enters her life, and changes it forever ... Overwhelmed by responsibility, Judith Guthrie is too busy worrying about her seriously ill brother to have time to celebrate. She's taken a leave from her teaching job to care for him as he's on the waiting list for a life-giving transplant. A trip to France is a kind of happiness she can't imagine. But when she accidentally receives Vanessa's passport, Judith can't resist delivering it in person so Vanessa will at least have her holiday dream. She can't anticipate that her small gesture will result in a series of big choices, big miracles, and lifelong rewards that all will be thankful for over many Christmases to come. Less

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


· Monitor the day-to-day financial operations within the company.
· Superior mathematical skills and leadership skills.
· Organisational, planning, research, analytical, critical thinking & problem-solving skills.
· Oversee and participate in the preparation and cooking and serving of main meals, snacks, cakes, etc. in accordance with specified menus.
· Determine quantities to be cooked and size of portions to be served, taking into account diets to meet medical, ethnic and personal needs.
· Check quantity and quality of stock received and notify suppliers of deficiencies.
· Oversee washing and cleaning of floors, crockery, utensils, work surfaces and other kitchens equipment to ensure that the necessary hygiene and health and safety standards are maintained in the kitchen and dining room as appropriate.
· Ensure that the appropriate clothing, including head wear, is worn at all times in accordance with the health guidelines.
· Co-operate fully with the statutory inspections and implement recommendation as appropriate.
· To undertake such other duties as may be assigned from time to time.
· Ability to prepare and serve well-presented and attractive meals to individual requirements.
· A positive attitude and commitment to providing nutritious meals and offer a range of choices including to those with specific dietary requirements.
· The ability to form positive relationships with colleagues.
· Knowledge of prevailing regulations on Hygiene.
· Performing general medical duties such as diagnosis and treatment of disease and injury.
· Ordering and interpreting medical tests.
· Performing routine medical and surgical procedures.
· Referring patients to other practitioners.
· Ensuring economic use of equipment and supplies.
· Any other related duty as may be assigned from time to time.
· Higher Diploma in clinical medicine from a recognized institution.
· Registered by the Clinical Officers Council.
· Minimum 3-4 years' experience.
· Ensuring patient care, including medication, orders and treatment.
· Assisting the physicians/clinical officers in performing special procedures.
· Monitor closely cardiac and physical status of patients under the direction and guidance of the Matron.
· Assisting in emergency nursing procedures necessary for promote control of changes in patient(s) physical conditions.
· Ability to perform the techniques of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, accurately and effectively.
· Keeping abreast of changing techniques in critical accurate nursing and maintaining high level of professionalism.
· Maintaining accurate medical records in liaison with records officer.
· Counselling patients and family.
· Has a Registration Certificate with Nursing Council of Kenya.
· Have a valid practicing license Strong commitment to care of patients.
· Strong commitment to care of patients and general customer service.
· Must have good communication skills.
· Minimum 4 years' experience.
· Requisition drugs and other related commodities.
· Storage of drugs and health related commodities.
· Dispenses medicines and related commodities.
· Any other duty as may assigned from time to time.
· Diploma in Pharmaceutical Technology.
· Valid Registration and license by Pharmacy and Poisons Board.


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La Cumbre is still being monitored on Fernandina Island
Galapagos: change in temperature will influence the appetite of marine animals
The temperature of the sea will affect the food webs of theGalapagos Islands. This according to a study developed in the archipelago, byJohn Bruno, of the University of North Carolina and the Ecuadorian MargaritaBrandt, of the San Francisco University of Quito.
This investigation was carried out in coordination with the Directorate of the Galapagos National Park. Based on mathematical models, used worldwide, and in previous scientific studies that predict that by the end of this century the sea temperature will rise more than 3 ° C on the planet.
Therefore, Bruno revealed that water warming will fundamentallychange the way marine food webs work, accelerating animal movements andintensifying interactions between species.
"The inhabitants of the sea, for the most part, are cold-blooded, the temperature of their body is regulated by the temperature of the water that surrounds them. The colder the water, the colder your bodies get and your metabolism is slower. But when their bodies heat up, their metabolism speeds up, so they breathe faster and require more food to survive, "he explained.
Brandt, for his part, explained that sea urchins need more seaweed in warmer waters to satisfy their hunger, while in lower temperatures they do it in a normal way.
Experts agree that the same would happen to a wide range of creatures, including marine iguanas, fish and sea turtles.
This higher caloric demand by the species may not be satisfied bythe ecosystem, considering that it has a limit for the amount of animals it cansustain. (I)
Source: https://www.expreso.ec/actualidad/galapagos-temperatura-mar-especies-animale-apetito-XI2468572
The third revolution of the great Ecuadorian cocoa arrives
The Assembly dismisses Sofía Espín and Norma Vallejo as assembly members


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package ch.ninecode.sim

import java.net.InetAddress
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap

import org.apache.spark.SparkEnv
import org.apache.spark.sql.SparkSession
import org.apache.spark.util.AccumulatorV2
import org.slf4j.Logger
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory

/**
 * Determine the executors available at runtime.
 *
 * @param session The Spark session.
 */
case class SimulationExecutors (session: SparkSession)
{
    val log: Logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass)

    /**
     * Get the list of workers.
     *
     * Uses the memory status report to get the executor names.
     *
     * @return a list of executors available
     */
    def getActiveWorkerHosts: List[String] =
    {
        val driver = session.sparkContext.getConf.get("spark.driver.host")
        val hosts = session.sparkContext.getExecutorMemoryStatus.map(_._1.split(":")(0)).toList
        hosts.diff(List(driver))
    }

    /**
     * An accumulator to collect executor information from the cluster.
     *
     * @param executors the list to fill with executors
     */
    class ExecutorAccumulator (var executors: ConcurrentHashMap[String, String]) extends AccumulatorV2[ConcurrentHashMap[String, String], ConcurrentHashMap[String, String]]
    {
        def this () = this(new ConcurrentHashMap[String, String]())

        /**
         * Returns if this accumulator is zero value or not. e.g. for a counter accumulator, 0 is zero value; for a list accumulator, Nil is zero value.
         *
         * @return true if the accumulator is empty, false otherwise
         */
        override def isZero: Boolean = executors.isEmpty

        /**
         * Creates a new copy of this accumulator.
         *
         * @return a new copy of the accumulator with the same value as this
         */
        override def copy (): AccumulatorV2[ConcurrentHashMap[String, String], ConcurrentHashMap[String, String]] = new ExecutorAccumulator(executors)

        /**
         * Resets this accumulator, which is zero value.
         */
        override def reset (): Unit = executors.clear()

        /**
         * Takes the inputs and accumulates.
         *
         * @param v the map to add to this accumulator (same as merge)
         */
        override def add (v: ConcurrentHashMap[String, String]): Unit = executors.putAll(v)

        /**
         * Merges another same-type accumulator into this one and update its state, i.e. this should be merge-in-place.
         *
         * @param other the map to merge into to this accumulator
         */
        override def merge (other: AccumulatorV2[ConcurrentHashMap[String, String], ConcurrentHashMap[String, String]]): Unit = executors.putAll(other.value)

        /**
         * Defines the current value of this accumulator
         *
         * @return the map held by this accumulator
         */
        override def value: ConcurrentHashMap[String, String] = executors
    }

    /**
     * Get the list of executors by sending a bogus flood task out to the cluster.
     *
     * @return a map of executor name to host address
     */
    def getActiveWorkerHostSet: ConcurrentHashMap[String, String] =
    {
        val accumulator = new ExecutorAccumulator()
        session.sparkContext.register(accumulator, "executors")

        var foundNewHosts: Boolean = true
        val hosts = getActiveWorkerHosts.size
        if (0 != hosts)
        {
            while (foundNewHosts)
            {
                val old = accumulator.value
                val dataSet = 1 to hosts * 1000
                val numTasks = hosts * 100
                val data = session.sparkContext.parallelize(dataSet, numTasks)
                data.foreach(
                    _ =>
                    {
                        val identifier = SparkEnv.get.executorId
                        log.info("""executor id: %s""".format(identifier))
                        val host = InetAddress.getLocalHost
                        val name = host.getHostName
                        log.info("""localhost is %s named %s""".format(host, name))
                        val split = identifier.split("=")
                        val id = split(0)
                        val worker = if (split.length > 1) split(1) else name
                        log.info("""worker %s id: %s""".format(worker, id))
                        val executor = "executor_" + worker + "_" + id
                        val address = host.getHostAddress
                        log.info("""executing on %s @ %s""".format(executor, address))
                        val v = new ConcurrentHashMap[String, String]()
                        val _ = v.put(executor, address)
                        accumulator.add(v)
                    }
                )
                val newSet = accumulator.value
                foundNewHosts = newSet.size > old.size
            }
            accumulator.value
        }
        else
            new ConcurrentHashMap[String, String]()
    }
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


This is a specialised investigation which can provide information about the blood flow in the coronary arteries and is useful in patients with chest pain in investigating for ischaemic heart disease. In a normal heart when the heart rate increases, heart muscle moves in a coordinated manner. If however there are narrowings in the coronary arteries (ischaemic heart disease) the muscle moves abnormally. The movement of the heart muscle can be observed using a heart scan (echocardiogram). One way of increasing heart rate is by infusing a medication called dobutamine into a vein, which mimics the effects of exercise on the heart.
- You will be advised to either continue your usual medication or to stop certain medication for 1-2 full days before the test.
- You should eat no more than a light meal beforehand, but avoid tea and coffee (unless decaffeinated) and also avoid alcohol and smoking before attending for the test. Insulin treated diabetics may need to take additional carbohydrate or reduce their insulin to prevent hypoglycaemia after the test.
- You should wear loose comfortable clothing (ladies should not wear 'long line' or 'all in one' under garments). You should also have with you any medication that you are taking.
- You should inform the staff performing the test if there has been any change in your symptoms since you were last seen.
A dobutamine stress echocardiogram may be performed on an outpatient basis or as part of your stay in a hospital. As opposed to walking on a treadmill you will lie down on a couch and frequent scans of your heart are taken to look at the movement of the heart muscle. You will be connected to an monitor that records the electrical activity of the heart and monitors the heart during the procedure using small, adhesive electrodes. Your heart rate and blood pressure will be monitored during the procedure. An intravenous (IV) line will be inserted in your hand or arm for injection of medication.
The dobutamine infusion will begin at a rate determined by your weight. The rate of the infusion will be increased every few minutes until you have reached your target heart rate or until the maximum dose of dobutamine has been reached. If your heart rate increases slowly small doses of another medication, atropine, may be added. After the dobutamine is started and after each increase in the dobutamine rate, your blood pressure will be checked, an ECG tracing will be performed and echocardiogram images will be obtained. You may also have a contrast agent injected in to your vein at each stage of the test to improve the image quality. Once all the images have been taken, the ECG electrode pads and IV line will be removed. You may then put on your clothes. The results are usually available immediately and you can usually go home within half an hour after the procedure has finished.
Since the test involves stressing the heart, there is a very small risk of causing a change in rhythm of the heart or exceedingly rarely a heart attack. However, even in patients who have recently experienced a heart attack, the chance of a serious problem occurring during a test is only one in 700. You will be carefully observed during the test and treatment will be available should a complication occur.
WHY IS A DOBUTAMINE STRESS ECHOCARDIOGRAM USEFUL?
A dobutamine stress echocardiogram can give detailed information about the heart during exercise. This is commonly useful for evaluating the cause of chest pain. It can provide information about the blood flow in the coronary arteries which cannot be detected on the ordinary resting ECG. The test gives better results than a standard exercise test. This is an excellent, relatively inexpensive way of non-invasively investigating for the presence of coronary artery disease.


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https://www.universitypressscholarship.com/search?f_0=keywords&q_0=Late%20Medieval
Keywords: Late Medieval x
Open Section Archaeology (1)
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Contrasting Images of the Book of Revelation in Late Medieval and Early Modern Art: A Case Study in Visual Exegesis
Natasha F. H. O'Hear
Religion, Church History
This study is firstly, a contribution to the history of interpretation of the Book of Revelation in the Late Medieval and Early Modern period in the form of seven visual case studies ranging from ... More
This study is firstly, a contribution to the history of interpretation of the Book of Revelation in the Late Medieval and Early Modern period in the form of seven visual case studies ranging from 1250 to 1522. Secondly, it is an attempt to understand the different ways in which images exhibit hermeneutical strategies akin to what is found in textual exegesis, but with those peculiar properties of synchronicity of both subject‐matter and effect that separate them off from the experience of leading a text. Thirdly, therefore, it explores the multi faceted character of visual exegesis as a way of exploring both the content as well as the character of a biblical text such as The Book of Revelation. The study ends with a consideration of the potential for a complementery relationship between textual and visual exegesis, if visual exegesis were taken more seriously by the biblical academy.Less
Contrasting Images of the Book of Revelation in Late Medieval and Early Modern Art : A Case Study in Visual Exegesis
This study is firstly, a contribution to the history of interpretation of the Book of Revelation in the Late Medieval and Early Modern period in the form of seven visual case studies ranging from 1250 to 1522. Secondly, it is an attempt to understand the different ways in which images exhibit hermeneutical strategies akin to what is found in textual exegesis, but with those peculiar properties of synchronicity of both subject‐matter and effect that separate them off from the experience of leading a text. Thirdly, therefore, it explores the multi faceted character of visual exegesis as a way of exploring both the content as well as the character of a biblical text such as The Book of Revelation. The study ends with a consideration of the potential for a complementery relationship between textual and visual exegesis, if visual exegesis were taken more seriously by the biblical academy.
Keywords: Book of Revelation, Late Medieval, Early Modern, case studies, hermeneutical strategy, visual exegesis, textual exegesis, synchronicity, subject‐matter, complementary
Historical Dialectology in the Digital Age
Rhona Alcorn, Joanna Kopaczyk, Bettelou Los, and Benjamin Molineaux (eds)
Linguistics, Historical Linguistics
Drawing on the resources created by the Institute of Historical Dialectology at the University of Edinburgh (now the Angus McIntosh Centre for Historical Linguistics), such as eLALME (the electronic ... More
Drawing on the resources created by the Institute of Historical Dialectology at the University of Edinburgh (now the Angus McIntosh Centre for Historical Linguistics), such as eLALME (the electronic version A Linguistic Atlas of Late Medieval English), LAEME (A Linguistic Atlas of Early Middle English) and LAOS (A Linguistic Atlas of Older Scots), this volume illustrates how traditional methods of historical dialectology can benefit from new methods of corpus data-collection to test out theoretical and empirical claims. In showcasing the results that these digital text resources can yield, the book highlights novel methods for presenting, mapping and analysing the quantitative data of historical dialects, and sets the research agenda for future work in this field. Bringing together a range of distinguished researchers, the book sets out the key corpus-building strategies for working with regional manuscript data at different levels of linguistic analysis including syntax, morphology, phonetics and phonology. The chapters also show the ways in which the geographical spread of phonological, morphological and lexical features of a language can be used to improve our assessment of the geographical provenance of historical texts.Less
Drawing on the resources created by the Institute of Historical Dialectology at the University of Edinburgh (now the Angus McIntosh Centre for Historical Linguistics), such as eLALME (the electronic version A Linguistic Atlas of Late Medieval English), LAEME (A Linguistic Atlas of Early Middle English) and LAOS (A Linguistic Atlas of Older Scots), this volume illustrates how traditional methods of historical dialectology can benefit from new methods of corpus data-collection to test out theoretical and empirical claims. In showcasing the results that these digital text resources can yield, the book highlights novel methods for presenting, mapping and analysing the quantitative data of historical dialects, and sets the research agenda for future work in this field. Bringing together a range of distinguished researchers, the book sets out the key corpus-building strategies for working with regional manuscript data at different levels of linguistic analysis including syntax, morphology, phonetics and phonology. The chapters also show the ways in which the geographical spread of phonological, morphological and lexical features of a language can be used to improve our assessment of the geographical provenance of historical texts.
Keywords: Historical dialects, Corpus-building, Digital text resources, Corpus data-collection, Regional manuscript data, Linguistic analysis, Late Medieval English, Early Middle English, Older Scots, Provenance of historical texts
Conclusion: Augustine, the Augustinian, and Augustinianism in the Later Middle Ages
Eric Saak
in Creating Augustine: Interpreting Augustine and Augustinianism in the Later Middle Ages
Religion, Church History, Theology
The Conclusion sums up the argument, and offers definitions of the terms 'Augustinianism', 'Late Medieval Augustinianism', and 'Augustinian', based on the historical reconstruction of the historical ... More
The Conclusion sums up the argument, and offers definitions of the terms 'Augustinianism', 'Late Medieval Augustinianism', and 'Augustinian', based on the historical reconstruction of the historical referents. 'Late Medieval Augustinianism' must be based, for a historical interpretation, on the religio Augustini and the textual matrix of the late medieval OESA. This thenalso has consequences for our understanding of Augustine himself, and of his reception, influence, and appropriation in the later Middle Ages. It then points to the ramifications of this reinterpretation and new understanding, offering points of departure for future research, which needs to reinterpret Augustine's late medieval heritage, as well as its relationship to Martin Luther and the emergence of the Reformation in light of the evidence for the requisite heremeutics here presented.Less
Conclusion : Augustine, the Augustinian, and Augustinianism in the Later Middle Ages
The Conclusion sums up the argument, and offers definitions of the terms 'Augustinianism', 'Late Medieval Augustinianism', and 'Augustinian', based on the historical reconstruction of the historical referents. 'Late Medieval Augustinianism' must be based, for a historical interpretation, on the religio Augustini and the textual matrix of the late medieval OESA. This thenalso has consequences for our understanding of Augustine himself, and of his reception, influence, and appropriation in the later Middle Ages. It then points to the ramifications of this reinterpretation and new understanding, offering points of departure for future research, which needs to reinterpret Augustine's late medieval heritage, as well as its relationship to Martin Luther and the emergence of the Reformation in light of the evidence for the requisite heremeutics here presented.
Keywords: Augustine, Augustinian, Augustinianism, hermeneutics, Late Medieval Augustinianism, Martin Luther, Reformation, religio Augustini, textual matrix
Miikka Ruokanen
in Trinitarian Grace in Martin Luther's The Bondage of the Will
Religion, Theology
The debate between Luther and Erasmus was basically about to what degree, if any, a sinner can freely prepare him/herself for the reception of divine grace. When rejecting the bull of Pope Leo X, ... More
The debate between Luther and Erasmus was basically about to what degree, if any, a sinner can freely prepare him/herself for the reception of divine grace. When rejecting the bull of Pope Leo X, Luther had used an exaggerating deterministic or necessitarian theological language which alarmed Erasmus. Erasmus concentrated on the application of God's grace into the human situation "from below"; Luther, on the contrary, focused on the theocentric nature of grace "from above." Erasmus promoted the commonly accepted rational view of Late Medieval Catholic soteriology: "to those who do what they can God does not deny his grace," God's justice requires that he necessarily grant grace to anyone who freely prepares him/herself to receive it, while Luther spoke the language of Biblical realism: Although human will is free in relation to the natural world, the human being is captivated by the overwhelming power of unfaith, sin, and Satan, being incapable of changing his/her ultimate psychic orientation. In his criticism Luther rehabilitated Augustine's teaching on the radical limits of human freedom and on the Pneumatological dynamism of divine grace, the view neglected in Medieval theology. Research on Luther's The Bondage of the Will has not recognized the strong Pneumatological and Trinitarian accent of his theology. Instead, the contradiction between Luther and Erasmus has been explained in philosophical terms such as free will, determinism, necessity, and predestination; this has not revealed the true nature of the profoundly theological conflict between the two "forms of Christianity." The work at hand makes critical comments on Luther research of the last hundred years and launches the task of a detailed and thorough systematic-theological analysis of the major treatise of Luther.Less
The debate between Luther and Erasmus was basically about to what degree, if any, a sinner can freely prepare him/herself for the reception of divine grace. When rejecting the bull of Pope Leo X, Luther had used an exaggerating deterministic or necessitarian theological language which alarmed Erasmus. Erasmus concentrated on the application of God's grace into the human situation "from below"; Luther, on the contrary, focused on the theocentric nature of grace "from above." Erasmus promoted the commonly accepted rational view of Late Medieval Catholic soteriology: "to those who do what they can God does not deny his grace," God's justice requires that he necessarily grant grace to anyone who freely prepares him/herself to receive it, while Luther spoke the language of Biblical realism: Although human will is free in relation to the natural world, the human being is captivated by the overwhelming power of unfaith, sin, and Satan, being incapable of changing his/her ultimate psychic orientation. In his criticism Luther rehabilitated Augustine's teaching on the radical limits of human freedom and on the Pneumatological dynamism of divine grace, the view neglected in Medieval theology. Research on Luther's The Bondage of the Will has not recognized the strong Pneumatological and Trinitarian accent of his theology. Instead, the contradiction between Luther and Erasmus has been explained in philosophical terms such as free will, determinism, necessity, and predestination; this has not revealed the true nature of the profoundly theological conflict between the two "forms of Christianity." The work at hand makes critical comments on Luther research of the last hundred years and launches the task of a detailed and thorough systematic-theological analysis of the major treatise of Luther.
Keywords: determinism, necessitarianism, Late Medieval soteriology, preparation for grace, free will, captive will, Biblical realism, Augustine's Pneumatology, criticism of Luther research
Ignatius, His Acta, and Re nais sance Culture
John M. McManamon
in The Text and Contexts of Ignatius Loyola's "Autobiography"
10.5422/fordham/9780823245048.003.0005
Religion, History of Christianity
The chapter begins by highlighting the originality of Ignatius Loyola's spirituality when viewed against the broad lines of Late Medieval hagiography. Hagiography comprises a key source for any era's ... More
The chapter begins by highlighting the originality of Ignatius Loyola's spirituality when viewed against the broad lines of Late Medieval hagiography. Hagiography comprises a key source for any era's spirituality of holiness. Rather than reflecting those Late Medieval ideals, Ignatius's spirituality resonates more closely with the ideals of humanist spirituality born in Italy during the Renaissance. That resonance is reflected in the Ignatian commitment to humanist education rooted in rhetoric, the Ignatian appreciation for the Incarnation as restoring humanity to a dignity even greater than at its creation, and the Ignatian desire for a rebirth of the apostolic age by emphasizing charitable ministries in an urban context everywhere in the world. Ignatius therefore carried on a fruitful dialogue with humanist currents of spirituality elaborated during the Renaissance.Less
The chapter begins by highlighting the originality of Ignatius Loyola's spirituality when viewed against the broad lines of Late Medieval hagiography. Hagiography comprises a key source for any era's spirituality of holiness. Rather than reflecting those Late Medieval ideals, Ignatius's spirituality resonates more closely with the ideals of humanist spirituality born in Italy during the Renaissance. That resonance is reflected in the Ignatian commitment to humanist education rooted in rhetoric, the Ignatian appreciation for the Incarnation as restoring humanity to a dignity even greater than at its creation, and the Ignatian desire for a rebirth of the apostolic age by emphasizing charitable ministries in an urban context everywhere in the world. Ignatius therefore carried on a fruitful dialogue with humanist currents of spirituality elaborated during the Renaissance.
Keywords: Ignatius Loyola, Late Medieval hagiography, humanist spirituality, Italy, Renaissance, humanist education, rhetoric, Incarnation, dignity, charity
A Geographic Analysis of Traders and Trade Goods in Japan's Late Medieval Seto Inland Sea
Michelle M. Damian
in Historical Archaeology of Early Modern Colonialism in Asia-Pacific: The Asia-Pacific Region
Archaeology, Historical Archaeology
Japan has traditionally been seen as an "isolated" country, often excluded from analyses of Asian trade and even ignored in its maritime influence on domestic trade. Examining both documentary and ... More
Japan has traditionally been seen as an "isolated" country, often excluded from analyses of Asian trade and even ignored in its maritime influence on domestic trade. Examining both documentary and archaeological evidence in the late medieval periods (fourteenth to sixteenth centuries) reveals a thriving trade network of both domestic goods and items from the mainland. Analyzing this data through a Geographic Information System (GIS) provides important information about the transshipment hubs, the multidirectional flow of trade items between communities in the Inland Sea, and even the labor patterns of the captains that plied those waters. Those trade patterns were also influenced and used by domestic "pirates," sometimes referred to as "sea lords," who controlled certain areas in the Inland Sea. They were able to procure items for their own use, possibly outside of legitimate trade channels. The thriving domestic maritime trade revealed through this analysis paints a fuller picture of the networks within the Inland Sea before Japan's contact with the West.Less
Japan has traditionally been seen as an "isolated" country, often excluded from analyses of Asian trade and even ignored in its maritime influence on domestic trade. Examining both documentary and archaeological evidence in the late medieval periods (fourteenth to sixteenth centuries) reveals a thriving trade network of both domestic goods and items from the mainland. Analyzing this data through a Geographic Information System (GIS) provides important information about the transshipment hubs, the multidirectional flow of trade items between communities in the Inland Sea, and even the labor patterns of the captains that plied those waters. Those trade patterns were also influenced and used by domestic "pirates," sometimes referred to as "sea lords," who controlled certain areas in the Inland Sea. They were able to procure items for their own use, possibly outside of legitimate trade channels. The thriving domestic maritime trade revealed through this analysis paints a fuller picture of the networks within the Inland Sea before Japan's contact with the West.
Keywords: Japan, Late Medieval period, Maritime trade, Geographic Information System, GIS, Inland Sea


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Q: Wordpress User Management Departmental Managers In wordpress is it possible to departmentalise user accounts and then have a departmental manager oversea those accounts in same department but not other departments?

A: Yes, you could.  I had done something similar using the Eyes-Only plugin.
Create a user type for each department.
Create an architecture for each department.
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Select department managers
Create a query where department-admin can only see users of the same department.
This does require extensive work to get cross departmental work to function correctly.

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A proud alumna of Caltech, Dana Sadava earned a double degree in engineering and literature, winning an Amasa Bishop prize for study at Cambridge University, a research fellowship at JPL and the Dean's Award for Leadership. Her piano teachers included Dorothy Hwang (The Colburn School), Gabriel Chodos (Aspen Music Festival) and Sanford Margolis (Oberlin Conservatory). Her passion for conducting eventually led her to the University of Michigan, where she studied with renowned pedagogue Kenneth Kiesler. While earning a Master's degree on a merit scholarship, she was featured in a masterclass with Michael Tilson Thomas and got to conduct their first Green Opera. She lives in San Rafael, CA.


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Family-owned and operated, Mexico Lindo prepares Mexican dishes and offers a full bar.
We stopped here for lunch on the way back from the Iron Range. I had to ask the typical questions at Mexican joints in order to find out what's vegan. Turns out the rice is made with chicken stock but the beans don't have any lard in them. So I ordered a plate of vegetable fajitas, hold the rice, with beans, and corn tortillas (hold the sour cream on the side and cheese on the beans). A little convoluted, of course, but I've found this is the way it goes in most Mexican joints.
The chips and salsa was really tasty and the veggies in the vegetable fajitas were fantastic! There was a wide variety of veggies — mushrooms, peppers, zucchini, onions, and more— and they were cooked just right in a delicious chile-lime marinade. Wrapping them with some beans, lettuce, tomatoes, and guacamole in corn tortillas made great tacos.
I have to figure out that marinade. It was so good!
Vegetarian friendly, but beware of the rice as our server thought it was made with chicken stock. For vegans, beware. Despite a very friendly note on the website saying they will accommodate vegan diets, we had horrible luck with a veggie fajita plate because they included rice we asked them to remove and kept adding cheese on the beans (even after we sent the first one back because of the cheese.) Very friendly, tasty food, great salsa and chips. Just has a ways to go to live up to its promise of being accommodating to vegans.


Google posted on its blog that it has updated the Google Search algorithm to better understand and answer your questions.
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I did this of Marie when she visited me at the Brattleboro Retreat in the summer of 2015. Bizarrely, Dr Mark McGee, the incompetent psychiatrist (in my humble opinion) in charge of my "care" claimed my doing art every day and having visitors and socializing with friends from across the world qualified me for his misdiagnosis of borderline personality disorder…hah! What an idiot, right?!
Marie, you are so understanding and kind not to want to tell me what they said etc. to want to spare me! I still want to know…it could not be as bad as somethings I do know! But that said, I will never ever go or be sent back there so it really does not matter…what matters is that you did come to visit me despite their malevolence! Thank you! Thank you, my friend.
Oh I love that! Marie you are beautiful!
You got nailed with BPD because the doc couldn't find anything wrong with you, so he defaulted to the go-to one for women. He had to justify your presence there to the insurance companies so the hospital would get paid to keep you imprisoned.
Omg Marie I think someday you have to tell me all about what went on behind the scenes: I had no idea they warned you against visiting me! Those miserable wretches!
The bed was — oh he meant it even if it was a typical diagnosis. I got angry with his using that label on me because I was angry at be8ng chained up and hooded for transportation to the retreat,! He had to take that label off my chart, because I threatened to expose him. But he "got me back" on discharge summary by saying "she says"she does not have BPD so of course she does,!
"Bed" was what my iPad changed BPD to,!,!


CRANBURY, N.J. (DTN) -- Nearest delivered oil futures traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange settled lower on the day and week while Brent crude on the IntercontinentalExchange ended down while on the spot continuous chart eked out a gain as August rolled into the front-month position on Wednesday in the contango market.
NYMEX July West Texas Intermediate settled down 55 cents at $48.62 per barrel (bbl) while 71 cents lower on the week, trading in a $47.75 to $50.10 bbl range during the holiday-shortened week. ICE spot-month Brent crude futures fell 40 cents to a $49.64 bbl settlement while edging up 32 cents from prior Friday. On Thursday, Brent settled at $50.04 bbl, the first settlement above $50 on the spot continuous chart since early November 2015, while trading between a weekly low of $49.23 and high of $50.33.
NYMEX ULSD futures, with nearest delivery rolling forward from June to July on Wednesday, fell 2.07 cents on the day and 0.59 cent from prior Friday to $1.4881 gallon. The spot-month contract traded at a $1.4662 low this week and at a $1.5298 gallon seven-month high. NYMEX RBOB futures, which rolled forward alongside ULSD, settled down 2.71 cents on the session and 2.44 cents on the week to $1.6075 gallon. On the week, the spot-month contract registered a $1.5761 low and $1.6344 high.
NYMEX oil futures were set for a pullback this week after rallying in May, and the market was not surprised by the rollover of inaction on a coordinated production cut by Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries during their biannual meeting Thursday, concluding that the global oil market "is moving through the rebalancing process."
What did catch the market off balance however, was a terrible report on the U.S. jobs market that showed a paltry 38,000 jobs created in May -- 120,000 less than expected, and downward revisions of 59,000 for March and April that dropped the three-month average to 116,000 new jobs monthly. Moreover, the national unemployment rate fell 0.3% to 4.7% in May as people dropped out of the labor force.
The U.S. dollar plunged on the report, sinking to a three-week low, as growing expectations for a rate hike by the Federal Reserve when they meet June 14-15 melted away after only recently gaining traction. The weaker dollar should have propped WTI futures up, and the contract turned positive on the session if only briefly. However, the strength of the U.S. economy came under scrutiny, with economic growth a primary driver in expanding fuel demand.
Another market miss on the service sector added to the weakness in the dollar later in the morning.
The Institute of Supply Management's non-manufacturing index declined 2.8% to 52.9% in May, missing a market forecast for a 0.2% dip to 55.5%. As the service sector slipped last month, ISM reported an unexpected 0.5% gain in manufacturing for the month to 51.3%, the third straight month of expansion.
What was bandied around over the last few months was whether drilling activity in the United States would bounce back with a $50 bbl oil price, with WTI trading above the psychological benchmark twice in late May, if only briefly. Sure enough, Baker Hughes, Inc. reported active rigs drilling for oil in the United States increased nine this week to 325, the first hike in the count since a one-rig increase in mid-March. It also accounted for the hike in the overall U.S. rig count, up four to 408, for the first time since late August 2015.
WTI futures traded at a $48.33 bbl intraday low in reaction to the report.
Still, the Energy Information Administration on Thursday reported the 12th consecutive decline in domestic crude production during the week ended May 27 to its lowest point since September 2014 at 8.735 million bpd. In April 2015, U.S. oil production peaked at 9.7 million bpd.


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Sheffield Property & Housing
Proposed Plans For New Housing - Loxley Valley
By DJMartin December 5, 2019 in Sheffield Property & Housing
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You may be interested in this consultation about new housing in Loxley Valley.
https://newhomesinloxley.co.uk/
'Before we submit a planning application to Sheffield City Council, we are asking the local community to have their say and help us shape our final proposals.
Our public consultation runs from Wednesday 4 December and Wednesday 18 December 2019.
Centrepin
More houses, more people, more congestion. Malin bridge is already a choke point and now you want to add more for a profit at a loss of green space.
Objected and filled in your form.
Pyrotequila
I'm amazed at the location that they're proposing to use...looks like it would be houses literally lining the river.
After all the flooding in recent years you would have thought that would be the last place anyone would want a house?
peteh1
Will this be another site where the plans state affordable housing to get planning permission only to be dropped after generally due to cost reasons (like they didnt know the costs in advance).
When will the council planning dept wake up ....
They also seem to be proposing building a number of bridges across the river, with implied use of some farm track leading to Rowell Lane.
I imagine Bovis gave up on this site for good reasons.
ohgoditsjames
People scream for more housing to be built, proposals to build new housing emerge and people moan. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
Edited December 6, 2019 by ohgoditsjames
Just to be clear - I'm a local resident and had seen this on Facebook - not connected with the housing company in any way but wanted to alert people!
I'm conflicted about this - there is a need for affordable housing (but the current proposal is unclear about this) but concerned about flood risk and whether there will still be public access through that part of the valley.
SheffBloke
Its a lovely spot although it won't get a lot of sun during certain times of the year, but.........
Once again Malin Bridge/Holme Lane/Hillsborough Corner, it's the only way in or out......how much more traffic can these roads and junctions take.
bazjea
350 Houses! Is going to increase pollution , and congestion .
i would think 350 houses will have at least 1 vehicle
What about the provision of schools Medical care etc
NewBiz
This is a massive development, which would forever change the character of the area and over-burden local infrastructure most specifically roads and schools. It will destroy what is fundamentally a rural area, within sight of Peak National Park, and is in my opinion wholly out of proportion.
I can only assume/hope the figure of 350 houses is an 'opening gambit' and not a realistic proposal. A small, sensitive development of circa maximum 60-80 houses, could I believe resolve the problem of the disused refractory without destroying the area, but as ever money talks.
10 hours ago, ohgoditsjames said:
Mainly because all too often the housing doesn't come with the increased infrastructure needed to support all those extra people.
Just more cars on the road, more pollution in the air, more kids in the overcrowded schools and more patients at the GP.
5 hours ago, bazjea said:
There's a community woodland and an 'aspiration' to plant some trees
Edited December 6, 2019 by geared
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I have really mixed feelings about this sort of development. Of course, it's very sad when yet more green spaces and lovely rural areas are swallowed up by housing developments, but on the other hand, there's no doubt that, with an ever-growing population, there's a huge need to build much more affordable and social housing throughout the UK. Ideally, the new housing developments should be built on brownfield sites, but I guess it's inevitable that there has to be at least some encroachment into greenfield areas to meet the ever-growing need.
I'm in my 60's now and I and my family have lived and grown up on the Sutton and Wisewood estates, adjacent to the Loxley area, since before I was born. When I and my brothers and sister were little kids in the early '60's, I remember our grandparents visiting us on the Sutton and Wisewood estates and remembering nostalgically how that this whole area used to be just old village housing and fields and farmland in "their day".
I do agree with previous posters that it's not just about building houses though. The whole infrastructure needs to be considered - shops, schools, doctors and dentist surgeries - and most particularly, public transport. My brother and his family live in Loxley and public transport is practically non-existent....especially in the evenings.


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Can I use bankruptcy to catch up on my house or car payments?
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Max Verstappen Ruined His Right Shoe During Heroic Drive to USGP Podium
Verstappen essentially stood on the accelerator on his way from 18th to second-place during Sunday's Grand Prix.
byCaleb Jacobs| UPDATED Oct 22, 2018 2:59 PM
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Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen faced a major deficit at the beginning of Sunday's United States Grand Prix after a qualifying mishap and an additional grid penalty landed the young Dutchman a P18 starting position. Over the course of 56 laps at Circuit of the Americas, he was able to claw his way to second place and earn the podium finish he feels he should've achieved the year prior. In post-race interviews, Max revealed that he had pushed so hard during his climb through traffic and past championship-leader Lewis Hamilton that he literally wore a hole in his right shoe by pressing on the accelerator.
"A bit unexpected but a good start, a good first lap, and then very quickly we were back into P5, P4 and we could just follow the leaders and we had really good pace," Verstappen said after finishing as the runner-up to Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen. "We made the right call to undercut Valtteri (Bottas) and from there onwards we could do our own race."
"I think in the end we could put a bit of pressure on, but unfortunately in the last three or four laps, I ran out of tires on the supersoft compared to the guys on the soft around me. But still very happy. I destroyed my shoe; I think I was pushing a bit hard, but it felt good," the 21-year-old continued.
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According to Verstappen, he had the pace to challenge for victory if it weren't for his battle with Lewis Hamilton in the final five laps.
"Following Kimi that closely, of course, it's not great for my tires, so I was struggling a bit more with the tires. So then Lewis came close and yeah, we had a few corners where I had to close the door a little bit."
"He tried around the outside—I was on the edge already in the fast corners so I was just sliding a lot. Then I saw also that Lewis ran out of room and then, of course, if you go a bit wide you get a lot of marbles on the tires so it takes like a lap before they have grip again."
Had he won, it would've been the second largest leap from starting position to victory in F1 history.
Verstappen now heads into the Mexico Grand Prix, which he won in 2017, with full confidence and the backing of his Red Bull Racing team. Although teammate Daniel Ricciardo faced yet even more reliability issues with his Renault power unit in Austin, Verstappen is banking on continued success and the benefit of an even playing field thanks to lower power outputs at high altitudes.