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 * DirectionSlider.java
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 *
 * To change this template, choose Tools | Template Manager
 * and open the template in the editor.
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package net.java.nboglpack.visualdesigner.tools;

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
import javax.swing.JSlider;

/**
 *
 * @author Samuel Sperling
 */
public class DirectionSlider extends JSlider implements IRefreshable {

    private boolean isDragging;
    private ArrayList<Callable> callables;

    /** Creates a new instance of DirectionSlider */
    public DirectionSlider() {
        super(-10000, 10000, 0);
        initComponents();
    }

    private void initComponents() {
        this.setBackground(new Color(1f, 1f, 1f, 0.5f));
        this.setOpaque(false);

        addMouseListener(new MouseListener() {
            public void mouseClicked(MouseEvent e) {
            }
            public void mouseEntered(MouseEvent e) {
            }
            public void mouseExited(MouseEvent e) {
            }
            public void mousePressed(MouseEvent e) {
                isDragging = true;
            }
            public void mouseReleased(MouseEvent e) {
                isDragging = false;
                resetValue();
            }
        });
    }

    public void paint(Graphics g) {
        Rectangle bounds = this.getBounds();
        g.setColor(this.getBackground());
        g.fillRoundRect(0, 0, bounds.width, bounds.height, 8, 8);

        super.paint(g);
    }

    private void resetValue() {
        this.setValue(0);
    }

    public boolean needsRefresh() {
        if (!isDragging) return false;
        return (callables != null);
    }

    /**
     * @return Returns a value between -1.0 and 1.0 depending on the sliders
     *         relative position
     */
    public float getRelativeValue() {
//        if (this.getValue() < 0)
            return (float) this.getValue() / this.getMinimum();
//        else
//            return (float) this.getValue() / this.getMinimum();
    }

    /**
     * Add a Listener that will be called while the slider is beeing moved
     * in a frequency defined by the attached refreshing-thread.
     */
    public boolean addSlidingListener(Callable callable) {
        if (this.callables == null)
            this.callables = new ArrayList<Callable>();
        return this.callables.add(callable);
    }

    public boolean remoceSlidingListener(Callable callable) {
        if (this.callables == null) return false;
        return this.callables.remove(callable);
    }

    public void refresh() {
        for (Callable callable : callables) {
            try {callable.call(); }
            catch (Exception ex) {}
        }
    }

}


The feeling of needing to rise to meet expectations is still a foreign one to me, and it's fantastic. I love it. I'm far more used to bounding up in excitement and thwacking my head against the ceiling, and then having to stand on a chair and use my fist (and perhaps a mop handle) to smash above expectations anyway.
I can count the times I've been really pushed on one hand. Number theory my senior year of high school. A few classes and projects at Olin. Running the community test group at OLPC.
AND THEN THIS ENTIRE FREAKIN' SUMMER.
I'm not used to being asked to step into larger shoes than I'd already planned myself - not used to having to run faster than I'd already planned on pushing in order to keep up with people far smarter and faster than I am - not used to having roles to grow into instead of things to prove I've grown out of.
I like it. I really, really like it. It's wonderful to be able to struggle to grow into something I'm expected to become. Hungry for more.


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Within the cooperation project between the University of Naples Suor Orsola Benincasa and the Archaeological Mission in Hattuša of the German Archaeological Institute of Istanbul, directed by Andreas Schachner, in agreement with the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism, the workgroup of the University of Naples, since 2014, is conducting an extensive research, still ongoing, aimed at the digitalization and study of extensive archaeological contexts and architectural structures, such as: the Nișantaș inscription, the Kammer 2 in the Südburg, the whole rocky site of Yazılıkaya, the entire area of the gorge and, since 2019, the area of the Great Temple. The research aims to investigate the potential use of different 3D digitization systems applied to different architectural and decorative contexts of the city of Hattusa, with reference to scalar data management procedures, aimed at the analysis of monuments and the development of future procedures of simulation and advanced use of models. During 2017, activities focused on an area of particular interest because it is on the edge of the city's eastward expansion, where the orography of the area takes on complex shapes due to the considerable height differences of the rock outcrops. This is the rocky complex that, from the Ambarlıkaya massif, through a narrow gorge (characterised by the presence of a rock formation which is called "Minaret" due to its particular shape) crossed by a stream, up to the slopes of the southern ridge of Büyükkaya. The area, and in particular the gorge that divides the two rock formations of Ambarlıkaya and Büyükkaya, presents various problematic aspects in terms of the urban and defensive structure of Hattusa (Fig. 1). In fact, the fortification wall had to pass through this gorge, descended from the northern slope of Büyükkale to the south-eastern ridge of Ambarlıkaya, ascended along the southern rocky spur of Büyükkaya. The traces of workmanship (and holes), at the top and on the intermediate levels of the various rock formations, as well as along the walls of the gorge itself, relating to the preparation of the surfaces for the housing of the elements that were to substantiate the elevation of this section of the fortification, have led in the past to various reconstructive hypotheses regarding the architectural and engineering characteristics, especially in relation to the "jump" over the gorge. At the base of the southern slope of Büyükkaya the presence of two sections of a tunnel, certainly excavated in ancient times and not completed, designed to cross the rocky spur in an east-west direction, poses significant problems of interpretation not only related to its functionality, but above all related to the construction techniques and the system of knowledge necessary to define the design "process" to support such a work. The work carried out during the last campaign of 2017 consisted in the creation of a geo-referenced network of markers, using a Leica TCR405 total station, within which three-dimensional surveys were carried out with TOF laser scanners. These were supplemented by detailed photogrammetric digitization procedures using a Nikon D810 camera and general digitization of the entire topography of the area with a GoPro camera, focusing on the northern slope of Büyükkale, the Ambarlıkaya cliff, the gorge with the "Minaret" and the whole southern spur of Büyükkaya. In addition to these activities, detailed surveys were carried out by means of a Sense bodyscanner, in particular focusing on two holes in the rock detached from the Ambarlıkaya wall, of interest for the analysis phases of the uses and transformations of the places. These activities were all aimed at creating a basic topographic model, in which the specific models of the walls and surfaces of the gorge can be managed. A detailed photographic campaign of all the traces of workings/predisposition of the rock surfaces was associated with the scanner surveys, not only in the gorge area, but also at the top of Ambarlıkaya (Bolatti Guzzo 2017).
The city walls on the Hattusa gorge. From digital survey to the signs of an architecture.
Leopoldo Repola
3D survey, Spatial analysis, 3D modeling, Hittite architecture

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The two-sided relativistic outflow in Cygnus A: extragalactic jet physics at extreme spatial resolution
Boccardi, Biagina (2015). The two-sided relativistic outflow in Cygnus A: extragalactic jet physics at extreme spatial resolution. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.
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Extragalactic jets are collimated and magnetized outflows of relativistic plasma produced by accreting supermassive black holes. Although their understanding has significantly progressed over the years, the physical processes driving their launching, acceleration and collimation are still unclear. One reason is that the crucial mechanisms for jet formation take place on extremely small scales, and the angular resolution achievable in observations is only recently becoming sufficient. This thesis aims at investigating the nuclear regions of the jet in the radio galaxy Cygnus A through Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) observations down to millimeter wavelengths. The large viewing angle of this jet (θ ∼ 75 deg) facilitates the study of the intrinsic properties of the flow thanks to the reduced geometrical and relativistic effects, and allows a counter-jet to be detected. At the source redshift (z=0.056), mm-VLBI can achieve a resolution of only ∼200 Schwarzschild radii (Rs ). This thesis starts with an introduction to the physics of active galactic nuclei (AGN), with an emphasis on the radio-loud class (Chapter 1). A review of the currently most favored jet launching models is given in Chapter 2, complemented by a comparison with results from state-of-the-art observational studies. A large part of the work for this thesis was spent for the calibration and imaging of VLBI data, therefore Chapter 3 is dedicated to the description of this elegant and challenging observational technique. Chapter 4, 5 and 6 are focused on the study of Cygnus A, and the main findings are summarized in Chapter 7. Monitoring of the source at 43 GHz (Chapter 4) reveals that the flow is parabolic in its acceleration region, which extends for ∼10^4 Rs. Results are in agreement with predictions for a magnetically-driven jet confined by an external medium with mild pressure gradient. The presence of a speed transverse gradient with spine-sheath structure, likely giving rise to the limb brightening observed, is also inferred at 43 GHz. Its origin is further investigated in Chapter 5 at 86 GHz. At this frequency, the improved resolution enables to trace the limb-brightened structure down to the base of the two-sided flow, suggesting that stratification is a direct result of the jet launching mechanism. The minimum jet transverse size of 135±27 Rs is much larger than the radius of the Innermost Stable Circular Orbit (1–9 Rs), implying that the launching region must involve also the outer part of the accretion disk. A spectral analysis in the frequency range 8–86 GHz (Chapter 6) constrains the location of the true central engine to coincide with a prominent gap of emission seen at 43 GHz and at lower frequencies, at a distance of ∼1000 Rs from the 86 GHz core. The gap is a synchrotron self-absorbed region which becomes partially optically thin at 86 GHz. The counter-jet exhibits a flat or inverted spectrum up to high frequencies, compatible with the presence of a compact absorber extending between ∼0.5 and 1.5 pc from the central engine. Spectral fitting indicates that the absorber may have a second, more diffuse component spread over the entire source.
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Polaris 380 vacuum...OR Something else??
Should I get the Polaris 380 included in my pool package purchase (which the PB is itemizing it at $1200) or should I take the 1200 credit off my price and use it to buy something better on my own?....recommendations?
Pros , cons of the Polaris system?
A lot of people like the 380 cleaners and I'm sure they're good units but at $1200 you could get a robot and not have to run the main pump and a booster pump if that's a consideration. Hopefully you'll get other advice as I have a suction side cleaner I was just telling you how I would approach it.
I also recommend looking elsewhere. If you're sure you want a pressure-side cleaner, I'd recommend The Pool Cleaner, since it is less expensive to buy and less expensive to run (no booster pump). A suction cleaner would work just fine for that size pool, as would a robot.
ok I just read the 2 posts above mine after I posted the above...I see alot of you recommend the Polaris 280 over the 380, and someone mentioned a Pool Cleaner and also the Blue Pearl in the other thread??
Also, take into consideration what kind of debris and how much will be going into your pool. If there are other pools near you you might want to find out from the owners what they deal with in terms of dust, sand, silt, wind, plant debris, etc. Then with comments from TFP members you'll be armed with more information to make the best choice.
Is the pool going to be flat bottom or have a steep slope from deep to shallow. That will be a factor also, especially if you go with a robot.
The Polaris 280 has been around forever and is about as reliable as these things get. However the booster pump system used with the 280/380 uses more power than any of the other possible approaches. A larger pool would benefit from a good robotic cleaner, as they tend to be sized for larger pools than the 280/380 are. Some of the robotic cleaners also allow remote control, which is nice for driving over to a specific spot of dirt and picking it up quickly. Some of the robotic cleaners also include extremely fine mesh bags that help filter the water more, which a Polaris doesn't.
Well my old Aquabot circulates and filters about 3K gallon an hour. That's a lot of water movement. Some of the newer faster robots can do 4K + gallons per hour. Not sure about the Pool Rover Jr but lots of people with flat bottoms love them.
The bags I use for Aquabot filter virtually as finely as the fine filtering Aquabot bags. They are aftermarket Nasty Bags. I've been using mine since beginning of the year and they are still in good shape. I rinse them out and wash several at a time cold/gentle, with a little vinegar.
Under normal circumstances, when I use my suction cleaner I have to backwash my big filter once a week. Using the Aquabot I can go four weeks between backwashings. Either cleaner needs to be run a few hours a 24 hour period to keep the microscopic, cementous dust in check. With rare exceptions virtually all people have less microscopic dust than I have and virtually no one has the "cementous" dust, so very few people will need to run their cleaners as much as I do.
Out of all I've owned the Polaris 280, helped with two Pool Skims, does the best for leaves in fall and winter. I like using the aftermarket Aquawerx bags as they are larger than the Polaris 280 leaf bags and filter as finely as the Polaris 280 sand/silt bag.
Well my old Aquabot circulates and filters about 3K gallon an hour. That's a lot of water movement. Some of the newer faster robots can do 4K + gallons per hour.
But still, to my mind, that's not quite as good as having an extra return that roams all over the pool. That's essentially what the Polaris is(from a circulation point of view).
Well, again, my Aquabot goes all over the pool and up the walls, moving much more water than a Polaris 280 can. When my Aquabot is in the 10 ft deep end there is a disturbance on the surface of the water from the huge powerful blast of water coming out the top. My and other Polaris 280s have two tiny jets that shoot water up into the bag and some out the tail. This is high pressure but in very small volume compared to the amount of water that is driven through the robot.
I've had Polaris 280s since they hit the market. (I couldn't use the 180 prior to the 280 because the throat was too small for our acorns.) I just sold my 280 to a friend in interest of cutting down on electric use runnig it about 10 hours a day. That's a lot of electric use. The only bags that can capture most, but not all, of our microscopic dust is the disposable EZ bags, about $5.00 a piece. I wash them out but they only hold up for about 36 hours before disintegrating. The Polaris keeps the dust stirred up. I can run the suction cleaner for much less time, upping only the VF pump speed, less expensive than running booster pump, or use the Aquabot for several hours a day for pennies in electricity to do a much better job keeping the pool clarity at maximum possible. The downsides are suction cleaner loads the filter fast so lots of backwashing; Aquabot is heavy. I have to put a fresh fine bag in daily when our dust is at its least.
The slower moving Aquabots (and other brands) hardly stir up the dust at all. They are recommended for environments with lots of dust. See the Internet site, I Love My Aquabot. Faster moving ones would stir up my dust too much. The ones with jet scrubbing instead of brush scrubbing stir up dust more too. I had a Verro 300 that used jets to scrub and no brushes. It did stir up the dust more than the rubber brushes. It moved at about the same speed as old Aquabot, moving and filtering about the same 3K gallons per hour, but only had one pump for locomotion and suction/jets so it couldn't make it up my steep slope when the bag became only slightly loaded/clogged and it didn't go up the walls.
There are lots of advantages to the Polaris 280. And it is the least hassle. I may be sorry that I didn't keep my Polaris 280, in late October, when the leaves from our forest really start hitting the pool. Polaris 280 is the absolute best for huge amounts of leaves.
However, just to clarify my statement, what I meant is that the Polaris is connected to the pump through a dedicated return, so functionally it is actually a return on a hose! Therefore, as it roams the pool it not only stirs up the water, but it is blowing around filtered water everywhere it goes.
Once again, that was just to clarify my previous statement. Whether or not it is truly better, I don't know. The more I explain it, the less sure I am... :?
Depending on what filter media one uses for their DE filters onc can approach 1 micron. Cellulose and products like Aqua Pearl, similiar to DE but without the dangerous, when airborne, silica, actually filter better than DE and filter closer to 1 micron and if the flow of water going through the filter is pretty low, supposidly the DE filters, in general, filter even better.
*The only feasible way one can get the best filtration, using most of the pressure cleaners is to use a DE filter and use special bags that filter better than the EZ disposible bags. I made some bags for the Polaris 280 out of white frost cloth material, material that is similar to the material used in the aftermarket Nasty Bag, for robots. My special Polaris bags filtered too well. I was changing them out in minutes, rather than hours, due to the pores getting clogged so fast with dust. Those bags would give you a boost in filtering but moving far, far less water. BTW... the only time I get a noticable disturbance on the top of the water, coming out of the Polaris bags is when it gets up on the second step.
The bottom line is that the Polaris pressure cleaner doesn't move nearly the quantity of water that the larger robots do. That being said, I haven't put a pressure guage on the water coming out of the dedicated booster return but it is pretty obvious with just naked eye observation.
Of course all of this is moot in pools that have very little or "normal" amounts of fine dust going into them. The smallest stuff my Polaris sand/silt bag and/or the Polaris bag sock catches is sand which goes into my pool in far less quantities than dust, bugs, and plant debris.
BTW... we average about 7-10 hours of South Park a week.
Grandmas ain't what they used to be; well a lot aren't. And I'll bet that not many acid wash their pools in 100+ temps. A little hint.... I had to really clean up my "act" and mind my P's and Q's when I attended Baylor University Nursing School (Southern Baptist) in the early 90's.
I was a "Flower Child", Conservationist, Hippie, Left Leaning politics, and occasional protester of coal mines and some other environments issues in the late 60's and 70's along with some political marches to this day but more active during the Vietnam "war". I haven't totally sold out (but not a true bleeding heart or tree hugger per se and I'm not a member of PITA but do contribute to ASPCA). And, although, basically a Democrat, I/we occasionally vote for a Republican, but that's pretty rare.
When I met DH he was the Dallas Hippie Psychiatrist but I didn't even know he was an M.D. for several weeks. We met at an event at SMU where Father Daniel Berrigan was the speaker.
A few weeks late I took him to UTD, where I was studying Physics, to see Carl Sagan.
DH maintains our first "real" date was a trip to Austin for a political action workshop.
DH, at the time, was very active protesting psychiatric abuses of patients and a strong advocate of patient rights even to the extent of "breaking" some patients out of mental hospitals. He and his best friend, a lawyer, were instrumental in changing some abusive laws and regulations.
In the early 80's he went back for a residency in an additional specialty, more surgical.
DH still wears Birkenstocks and wears them to work and hasn't had a suit on in at least 10 years. He has to buy a new suit anytime he needs to wear one every ten years or so. We were supporting member of DMA for years so he owned a Tuxedo and wore it more than suits, for opening events.
A few years ago we both cut our pony tails, together. How sweet.
He's still a warrior. I'm mostly background support and caretaker of the "farm".
I don't dress like a teenager or young adult but I don't dress like a "typical" granny either.
I have a vague memory of that SP episode. "Old Timers". DH is going to locate it.
Granny you're one in a million! I love it!!!
BTW, that SP episode is called "Grey Dawn". Here's a link if you want to watch it on the computer: Grey Dawn.
Thanks bunches. DH's computer is hooked up to HDTV so we'll watch it tonight.
I'm kinda new here and am researching pool cleaners. I'm leaning toward the Aquabot. How are they for reliability?
Would it be worth the extra $$ for the Turbo or should I just go with the standard?


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74 Fowler St.
Torney/Hemphill House 2012
One House. Two families. 180 years of History. The history of this two-story log farmhouse in many ways chronicles the history of the village. Built for/by John Torney, the building was home to Mr. Torney, his wife, 10 children and various workers. It was from here that Mr. Torney ran his farm and tannery. After it was sold to William Hemphill, it housed six generations of his family until it was sold in 2012. These two families typified the work ethic and spirit present among many inhabitants of the village. Both families have an interesting story to tell.
Much of what we know about the Torney family comes from a newspaper article that appeared in the Ottawa Citizen, in 1924. The article chronicles the reminiscences of Miss Isabelle Wills, a granddaughter of John Torney. According to Miss Wills, John Alfred Torney was a man "of some means" who arrived in Hull in 1812 (however on the 1842 census, Torney is listed as being in Canada for 22 years which seems consistent with his age) and worked there until he moved to Richmond in 1822. Before moving, he married Isabella Harriet Foster, a niece of John Scott of Nepean. It is said that the wedding took place at Richmond Landing (Nepean Point near the present day Lebreton Flats) with Mr. Torney bringing the minister with him from across the river in Hull. Upon his arrival in Richmond, Mr. Torney opened a tannery and began a farm, both of which seem to have prospered.
The site of the Torney home (lot 13 east side of Fowler St) was transferred from the Crown to John Turney (Torney) in February 1834 but we do not know when he built his log home. The house is unique in the village as it appears that few two-storey log homes were constructed and none remain today. The next 10 years John Torney accumulated the Patent deeds for another 21 acres of land within the village limits, and the Census of 1842 listed John Tirney (Torney), tanner, as owning 115 acres. Although the 1842 entries are not always reliable, the Torney household (including servants and workers) seems to have been enormous with 18 members. Of this number 7 were children. Three people were listed as non-resident family members. This is not surprising as Miss Wills recounts that in the early 1840's John Alfred Torney Jr. was a student at McGill and after graduation he took a contract for building the first telegraph line between Bytown and Montreal. Miss Wills also says that the second oldest son, Hugh, also graduated from McGill around the same time and became a lawyer in Bytown.
Location of the Torney Home and Tannery
Walling Map 1863
In 1842, much about the family farm seems typical for the area except for the potato harvest – 1300- bushels. The farm prospered and in the 1852 Census John Torney is listed as a tanner, as is one of his employees, and he has an apprentice. He has at least one other hired man running the farm as well as a female servant. By 1861, the now 63 year-old John Turney (Torney) is still a tanner as are his two youngest sons. He has one other tanner and one labourer working for him, and two female servants. Mitchell's 1864 Directory listed John Torney as a "leather manufacturer" on Murray St. Had he moved from Fowler St.? From the village? His name does not appear on the 1871 census. Miss Wills tells us that he moved to Merivale.
But John Torney contributed more to the village than just his farm and trade skills. He and his family were strong supporters of St. John's Anglican Church and all contributed generously to the building of the present church in 1860. Lovell's Canadian Directory for 1857-1858 listed Mr. Torney as a village councillor.
The property was deeded to William Hemphill in 1875 and remained in the Hemphill family until 2012. William Hemphill was not new to the village. The 1861 census listed William Himpell (Hemphill) as a servant; he, his wife, Mary, and son, John A. were living with the Lyon family. His name appears in Mitchell's Directory of 1864 as a tanner but no address is given. In 1871 William was a tanner living with his wife and 5 children in his own home. In the 1880's William Hemphill began to expand his holdings and owned not only the house and tannery but also the block directly west of his house. Although Morrey's Directory of 1899 listed William Hemphill as a tanner, he identified himself as farmer/tanner in the 1891 census.
William's son, also William, concentrated on farming and amassed a large area of land within the village. The tannery fell into disuse and no remnants remain. Mrs. Jean Meakin, William Hemphill's granddaughter, recounted that at one time, as well as the main property, William owned a large portion of the original Estate of George Lyon south-west of the corner of Ottawa & Fortune Streets, fields east of McBean Street near Ottawa Street, and a hundred acre bush lot west of the village near the intersection of Joy Side Road and Ottawa Street.
A prominent community member, William was the village Reeve for 12 years, president of the cheese factory on Lennox St. from 1928 until 1949, and a founding member of the Richmond Hydro Commission. One event he had the dubious distinction of attending was the bank robbery of 1938. He was a customer in the bank when it was robbed at gunpoint. This was an event talked about in the village for decades.
Another son of the elder William, John, was the village postmaster from 1912-1941.
The house on Fowler St. was passed to William Horace Hemphill, son of William Jr. Horace continued farming and maintained a herd of about 30 cows with the help of hired men. In the mid twentieth century, many Richmond households awoke to the sound of clinking bottles as Mr. Hemphill delivered milk from his dairy to villagers' front porches. It was a business he began almost by accident when one local lady asked him to provide milk for her family, the word passed quickly, and soon he had many customers. After the death of Horace Hemphill in 1972, all signs of the business disappeared and the house became a simple residence of first his widow and then his granddaughter and her family.
Architecture :
This two-storey Ontario Log house has been covered over time with stucco & clapboard. Its symmetrical design and central hall plan are consistent with that of a pioneer Ontario farmhouse.
The house has had considerable interior renovation: it started with a central hall plan with 2 rooms on each side and 4 bedrooms upstairs, then it was divided in the middle to make 2 houses side by side, after 1970 it became a duplex with one family up and one down, and then about 1990 the interior was restored to its original configuration and an addition was built at the rear. The addition has a wall in which the original logs have been exposed.
Goulbourn Township Historical Society Files.
"Old Time Stuff". The Evening Citizen, Feb 7, 1924.
"Hemphill" file in GTHS files at Richmond Library.
Interviews with Jean Meakin, daughter of Horace Hemphill and Jennifer O'Heron, granddaughter of Horace Hemphill, April 30, 2009.
Menger, J. " Social Life in the Village", Richmond: South Carleton High School. nd.
"Mitchell & Co.'s County of Carleton and Ottawa City Directory for 1864-1865." Toronto: 1864.
Neville, George and Iris Neville. "St John's Anglican Cemetery". Ottawa: Ottawa Branch, Ontario Genealogical Society, 1975.
Stanzel, Jim. "Land Patent Holders Goulbourn Township and Village of Richmond". Ottawa: Ottawa Branch, The Ontario Genealogical Society, 2001.
Walling, H.F. "Map of the County of Carleton, Canada West" Prescott: 1863.
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A distinguished veteran with 20 years in the U.S. Army received the annual "Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence" award during a special ceremony hosted by the MHC Kenworth RoadReady Center in Chillicothe, Ohio.
For the fifth consecutive year, Kenworth teamed with the FASTPORT Trucking Track Mentoring Program and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation's Hiring our Heroes Program to find America's top rookie military veteran, who made the successful transition from active duty to driving for a commercial fleet.
Truck driver Ivan Hernandez of Werner Enterprises received the keys to a Kenworth T680, the top award in the recognition program. T680 features the complete PACCAR Powertrain with a PACCAR MX-13 engine, PACCAR 12-speed automated transmission, and PACCAR 40K tandem rear axles, and includes a 76-inch sleeper equipped with the Kenworth Driver's Studio package of premium elements for a luxurious, relaxing and comfortable living environment. The T680 was produced by employees at the Kenworth Chillicothe plant.
Hernandez enlisted in the U.S. Army as an infantryman at the age of 20. Over the course of his military career, Hernandez deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan four times. In 2006, while serving in Iraq, Hernandez was wounded in action. For his heroism, Hernandez received two Bronze Star medals and a Purple Heart.
"I'm truly honored to receive this award from among an outstanding group of military veterans who served our country and have excelled in their new career as professional truck drivers," Hernandez said. "I'm excited about the opportunities that this Kenworth T680 offers for me. Thanks to Werner Enterprises, Hiring our Heroes, FASTPORT and Kenworth for their support of this important program that encourages and supports veterans making the transition into the trucking industry."
"We appreciate the service of Ivan Hernandez to this country and we wish him continued success in his trucking career. It was an honor to present Ivan with the keys to the Kenworth T680 on behalf of Kenworth and all our employees," said Lisa Berreth, Kenworth marketing director.
Featured speakers at the special recognition event were Sherri Garner Brumbaugh, American Trucking Associations (ATA) Chair; Kevin Burch, former ATA chair; Brad Bentley, FASTPORT president; Adam Rocke, Hiring Our Heroes ambassador; Gregg Softy, 2017 Transition Trucking winner and selection committee member; Lisa Berreth of Kenworth; and Joey Mendel, MHC Kenworth RoadReady general manager.Mendel noted that MHC Kenworth plans to provide Hernandez with a $2,500 gift card for dealer services.
"We are pleased to recognize Ivan Hernandez for his 20 years of military service and continued service to his community. We are grateful for Kenworth's ongoing commitment to veteran owner-operators in the industry as the T680 will greatly support Ivan's success," said Eric Eversole, president of Hiring Our Heroes.
Under the program, runner-up Ray Miller (U.S. Army/Stevens Transport was awarded $10,000, while finalists Gail Losee (U.S. Army/Stevens Transport) and Shaun Mason (United States Marines Corps and U.S. Army/Prime Inc.) each received $5,000.
The four finalists were determined by tallying scores from a selection committee. The four advanced to an online vote on the Transition Trucking website (https://www.transitiontrucking.org/), where people could view a video of each driver and vote their choice for the top military rookie driver. Hernandez received the highest overall tally.
"Ivan Hernandez had an accomplished military career with a Purple Heart and Bronze Star. The discipline that Ivan learned during his time in the service has helped him achieve success in the trucking industry," said Brad Bentley, FASTPORT president."Earning his CDL from Roadmasters, then completing a Registered Apprenticeship program at Werner allowed him to learn a new skill and continue serving our nation."
Other truck drivers, who achieved the prestigious Top 10 status, are: Patrick Blevins/U.S. Air Force/Melton Truck Lines, Matthew Fowler/United States Marine Corps/EPES Transportation, Marcia Luchenbill/U.S. Army/Knight Transportation, John Shepard/U.S. Army/Roehl Transport, Kyle Smith/U.S. Air Force/Averitt Express, and Wade Wanner/U.S. Navy/US Xpress.
Drivers were nominated by trucking companies that have made a hiring commitment and pledge to hire veterans on www.truckingtrack.org, members of the National Association of Publicly Funded Truck Driving Schools, and Commercial Vehicle Training Association member schools.
For further information on the "Transition Trucking: Driving for Excellence" award program, please visit https://www.transitiontrucking.org.
About FASTPORT
FASTPORT is a veteran employment software company with the sole mission to help all members of our nation's military community find meaningful civilian employment. FASTPORT is also the U.S. Department of Labor's industry intermediary for the Transportation sector. In that role, they also help connect transitioning service members, military spouses and veterans to Registered Apprenticeship opportunities. For more information, visit www.fastport.com or www.nationalapprenticeship.org.
About Hiring Our Heroes
Hiring Our Heroes (HOH) is a 501(c)3 organization under the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. The non-profit launched in March 2011 as a nationwide initiative to help veterans, transitioning service members, and military spouses find meaningful employment. Working with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce's vast network of state and local chambers and other strategic partners from the public, private and nonprofit sectors, Hiring Our Heroes has helped hundreds of thousands of veterans and military spouses find meaningful employment through its comprehensive training and hiring events, fellowship programs, and online tools. HOH programs and services are available in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, and on military installations around the world. For more information on programming and initiatives: HiringOurHeroes.org; @HiringOurHeroes on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
U.S. Army Veteran Gail Losee: Transition Trucking – Driving for Excellence Finalist
For Gail Losee, enlisting in the military was never a question, rather it was a matter of deciding in which branch to serve. "My dad and brother served in the Navy and my grandpa fought in World War II with the Army," said Losee. "I've had several other family members serve as well – it's in the family. My […]


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In 2018, the national venture philanthropy organization New Profit brought together pairs of donors and social entrepreneurs from their community for candid conversations on the future of social problem-solving. These "unlikely duos" were given thought-provoking questions to respond to and discuss on the spot, and we were able to see where a conversation can go when it's centered on getting to know another person and her or his perspective, rather than the technical aspects of change-making. Relationships are fundamental to problem-solving, and these duos show us the power of two people from different backgrounds sharing insights and ideas on forward-leaning solutions.
In Episode Three of this video series, philanthropist Roch Hillenbrand (Founder, Stony Brook Investments) and social entrepreneur Aaron Walker (Founder and CEO, Camelback Ventures) talk about supporting entrepreneurs from diverse communities.
Giving Compass spoke with Hillenbrand about his path to philanthropy, how New Profit has helped make him a better donor and advice he'd give other philanthropists.
Roch Hillenbrand's philanthropy was born from a vivid memory of his school days.
"[There were] grade school and high school friends of mine who were told by a teacher that they were stupid when I knew they weren't," Hillenbrand said. "They lost confidence."
And, in some cases, these friends never reached their full potential for success. Hillenbrand went on to work in the financial sector, holding executive positions at Goldman Sachs, where he encountered out-of-the-box thinkers. It led to a realization:
"[My colleagues] found a way to capitalize on the way they thought differently and learned differently instead of being hindered by it," he said.
Upon retiring from Goldman Sachs, Hillenbrand turned to philanthropy, seeking out education organizations, such as All Kinds of Minds, a nonprofit that builds teachers' expertise about how students learn.
He's also involved with Peer Forward (formerly College Summit) which harnesses peer influence to help more students go to and finish college.
New Profit: Part of a Philanthropist's Toolkit
As an individual donor, Hillenbrand encountered a common obstacle in philanthropy: Finding the right organizations to support. He often relied on friends to make recommendations. It was his partnership with New Profit that opened door to "the universe of what's out there."
While funders may know what causes they want to support, organizations like New Profit, which have deep background and experience, can help "hone your interests," Hillenbrand said.
New Profit's venture philanthropy model also allows Hillenbrand to be involved with organizations beyond just writing a check. He serves as an advisor to New Profit in its K-12 education work, including helping to select and support the seven organizations in its Personalized Learning Initiative and becoming the Board Chair of one of the selected organizations, PowerMyLearning.
"The New Profit model is … not just about giving grants and money to organizations to help them grow," Hillenbrand said. "It's more important in my mind to [partner with them on] strategic support to help them think through business planning, strategy, board development."
This support has proven to help younger organizations, in particular, scale more quickly. This is just one takeaway from Hillenbrand's philanthropic journey. He shared other insights with Giving Compass.
Find a community. Identify a group of funders that gives you a forum to talk about what you're interested in, what successes you've had and what mistakes you've made. "There's nothing like hand-holding among your peer-group to share experiences both good and bad to have better outcomes for everybody."
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Get beneficiaries involved. Understand that your perspective is only one in the crowd. "The more opinions and inputs you have from individuals from different backgrounds, the better decisions you ultimately make."
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MoPayment é baseado no Laravel Cashier e fornece uma interface para controlar assinaturas do moip.com.br

## Instalação Laravel 5.x

Instale esse pacote pelo composer:

```
composer require potelo/mo-payment
```

Se você não utiliza o [auto-discovery](https://laravel.com/docs/5.7/packages#package-discovery), Adicione o ServiceProvider em config/app.php

```php
Potelo\MoPayment\MoPaymentServiceProvider::class,
```

Agora, configure as variáveis utilizadas pelo GuPayment no seu .env:

```
MOIP_ENV=sandbox
MOIP_MODEL=App\User
MOIP_WEBHOOK_AUTHORIZATION=seu_webhook_authorization
MOIP_APITOKEN=seu_api_token
MOIP_APIKEY=seu_api_key
MOPAYMENT_SIGNATURE_TABLE=subscriptions
MOIP_MODEL_FOREIGN_KEY=user_id
MOIP_USER_MODEL_COLUMN=moip_id
MOIP_SUBSCRIPTION_MODEL_ID_COLUMN=moip_id
MOIP_SUBSCRIPTION_MODEL_PLAN_COLUMN=moip_plan
```

Antes de usar o MoPayment você precisa preparar o banco de dados. Primeiro você tem que publicar o migration.

```
php artisan vendor:publish --tag=migrations
```

Caso precise modificar ou acrescentar colunas na tabela de assinatura, basta editar os migrations publicados. Depois, basta rodar o comando php artisan migrate.

```php
use Potelo\MoPayment\MoPaymentTrait;

class User extends Authenticatable
{
    use MoPaymentTrait;
}
```

Agora vamos adicionar em config/services.php duas configurações. A classe do usuário, sua chave de api que o Iugu fornece
e o nome da tabela utilizada para gerenciar as assinaturas, a mesma escolhida na criação do migration.

```php
    'moip' => [
        'model'  => App\User::class,
        'webhook_authorization' => env('MOIP_WEBHOOK_AUTHORIZATION'),
        'token' => env('MOIP_APITOKEN'),
        'key' => env('MOIP_APIKEY'),
        'signature_table' => env('MOPAYMENT_SIGNATURE_TABLE'),
        'env' => env('MOIP_ENV'),
        'model_foreign_key' => env('MOIP_MODEL_FOREIGN_KEY'),
        'subscription_model_id_column' => env('MOIP_SUBSCRIPTION_MODEL_ID_COLUMN'),
        'subscription_model_plan_column' => env('MOIP_SUBSCRIPTION_MODEL_PLAN_COLUMN'),
    ],
```

### Criar assinatura

Para criar uma assinatura, primeiro você precisa ter uma instância de um usuário que extende o MoPaymentTrait. Você então deve usar o método `newSubscription` para criar uma assinatura:

```php
$user = User::find(1);

$user->newSubscription('main',
    'plan_code',
    'CREDIT_CARD'
)->create();
```

### Sobrescrever valor do plano

Caso deseje sobrescrever o valor do plano, utilize o método `amount`. Ex: R$ 20,90 deve ser informado como "2090"

```php
$user = User::find(1);

$user->newSubscription('main',
    'plan_code',
    'CREDIT_CARD'
)->amount(2090)
->create();
```

### Cupom de desconto

Se necessário, você pode associar cupons de descontos para oferecer aos assinantes do seus planos. Para informar um cupom de desconto ao criar uma assinatura utilize o método `coupon`.

```php
$user = User::find(1);

$user->newSubscription('main',
    'plan_code',
    'CREDIT_CARD'
)->coupon('codigo_cupom')
->create();
```

### Checar status da assinatura

Uma vez que o usuário assine um plano na sua aplicação, você pode verificar o status dessa assinatura através de alguns métodos. O método `subscribed` retorna **true** se o usuário possui uma assinatura ativa, mesmo se estiver no período trial:

```php
if ($user->subscribed('main')) {
    //
}
```

Se você precisa saber se um a assinatura de um usuário está no período trial, você pode usar o método `onTrial`. Esse método pode ser útil para informar ao usuário que ele está no período de testes, por exemplo:

```php
if ($user->subscription('main')->onTrial()) {
    //
}
```

Para saber se uma assinatura foi suspensa, basta usar o método `suspended` na assinatura:

```php
if ($user->subscription('main')->suspended()) {
    //
}
```

Você também pode checar se uma assinatura foi suspensa mas o usuário ainda se encontra no "período de carência". Por exemplo, se um usuário cancelar a assinatura no dia 5 de Março mas a data de vencimento é apenas no dia 10, ele está nesse período de carência até o dia 10. Para saber basta utilizar o método `onGracePeriod`:

```php
if ($user->subscription('main')->onGracePeriod()) {
    //
}
```

### Cancelar assinatura
Para cancelar uma assinatura, basta chamar o método `suspend` na assinatura do usuário:

```php
$user->subscription('main')->suspend();
```

### Reativar assinatura
Se um usuário tem uma assinatura suspensa e gostaria de reativá-la, basta utilizar o método `resume`.
```php
$user->subscription('main')->resume();
```

### Faturas
Você pode facilmente pegar as faturas de um usuário através do método `invoices`:

```php
$invoices = $user->invoices('subscription_code');
```

### Assinantes
Quando você utiliza o método `newSubscription` o cliente é criado automaticamente. Porém para criar um cliente manualmente, você pode utilizar o método `createAsMoipCustomer`.
```php
$options = [
    'fullname' => 'Joao Silva',
    'email' => 'joao_silva@example.com',
    'phone_area_code' => '11',
    'phone_number' => '999887766',
    'cpf' => '01234567891',
    'birthdate_day' => '2',
    'birthdate_month' => '2',
    'birthdate_year' => '2000',
    'address' => [
        'street' => 'Rua de Cima',
        'number' => '1000',
        'complement' => 'Casa',
        'district' => 'Bairro Azul',
        'city' => 'São Paulo',
        'state' => 'SP',
        'country' => 'BRA',
        'zipcode' => '05015010',
    ],
    'billing_info' => [
        'credit_card' => [
            'holder_name' => 'Joao Silva',
            'number' => '4111111111111111',
            'expiration_month' => '08',
            'expiration_year' => '20'
        ]
    ]
];

// Criar assinante no Moip
$user->createAsMoipCustomer($options);
```

## Webhooks

[Webhooks](https://dev.moip.com.br/v1.5/reference#webhooks-1) são endereços (URLs) para onde o Moip dispara notificações para certos eventos que ocorrem na sua conta. Para utilizar você precisa configurar uma rota para o método `handleWebhook`, a mesma rota que você configurou no seu painel do Moip:
```php
Route::post('webhook', '\Potelo\MoPayment\Http\Controllers\WebhookController@handleWebhook');
```

O MoPayment tem métodos para atualizar o seu banco de dados caso uma assinatura seja suspensa. Apontando a rota para esse método, isso ocorrerá de forma automática.
Lembrando que você precisa desativar a [proteção CRSF](https://laravel.com/docs/5.7/csrf#csrf-excluding-uris) para essa rota. Você pode colocar a URL em `except` no middleware `VerifyCsrfToken`:
```php
protected $except = [
   'webhook',
];
```

### Outros webhooks
O Moip possui vários outros webhooks e para você criar para outros eventos basta estender o `WebhookController`. Seus métodos devem corresponder a **handle** + o nome do evento em "camelCase". Por exemplo, ao criar uma nova fatura, o Moip envia um gatilho com o seguinte evento: `invoice.created`, então basta você criar um método chamado `handleInvoiceCreated`.
```php
Route::post('webhook', 'MeuWebhookController@handleWebhook');
```

```php
<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Potelo\GuPayment\Http\Controllers\WebhookController;

class MeuWebhookController extends WebhookController {

    public function handleInvoiceCreated(array $payload)
    {
        return 'Fatura criada: ' . $payload['resource']['id'];
    }
}
```

Caso queira testar os webhooks em ambiente local, você pode utilizar o [ngrok](https://ngrok.com/).

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SERAP Urges Probe of Stolen N3.8Bn in Health Ministry, NAFDAC
admin January 3, 2021
*President Muhammadu Buhari.
By Ngozi Ekhator
Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari "to direct the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice Mr Abubakar Malami, SAN, and appropriate anti-corruption agencies to probe allegations of missing N3,836,685,213.13.
SERAP also said the allegedly public funds, meant for the Federal Ministry of Health, teaching hospitals, medical centres, and National Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) are either missing, mismanaged, diverted or stolen."
The organization said the allegations are documented in Part 1 of the 2018 audited report released last week by the Office of the Auditor-General of the Federation.
The organization is also urging him to "promptly investigate the extent and patterns of widespread corruption in the Federal Ministry of Health, teaching hospitals, medical centres, neuro-psychiatric hospitals, National Health Insurance Scheme, and NAFDAC indicted in the audited report, and to clean up an apparently entrenched system of corruption in the health sector."
In the letter dated 2 January 2021 and signed by SERAP deputy director Kolawole Oluwadare, the organization said: "Corruption in the health sector can cause serious harm to individuals and society, especially the most vulnerable sectors of the population. These missing funds could have been used to provide access to quality healthcare for Nigerians, and meet the requirements of the National Health Act, especially at a time of the COVID-19 pandemic."
According to SERAP, "The Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja spent without approval N13,910,000.00 to organize a 2-day Training and Bilateral discussion with Chief Medical Directors and Chairmen Medical Advisory Council and the Ministry of Budget and National Planning to prepare 2019 Personnel Budget. ₦4,860,000.00 was originally budgeted for the programme."
SERAP said: "The National Food Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) paid N48,885,845.00 for services not rendered and goods not supplied. According to the Auditor-General, NAFDAC used fake and fictitious receipts for these payments. NAFDAC also paid N25,734,018.49 to companies/firms who were never awarded any contracts and never executed them."
The letter, read in part: "Investigating and prosecuting the allegations of corruption by these institutions would improve the chances of success of your government's oft-repeated commitment to fight corruption and end the impunity of perpetrators, as well as serve the public interest."
"Any failure to promptly investigate the allegations and prosecute suspected perpetrators, and to recover the missing public funds would breach Nigeria's anti-corruption legislation, the Nigerian Constitution of 1999 (as amended), the UN Convention against Corruption, and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to which Nigeria is a state party."
"Similarly, the Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Management Board Aro-Abeokuta, Ogun State failed to account for N28,662,265.32, which was to be used to procure drugs, implants, and other inputs, as approved by the Federal Government. The Auditor-General wants the money returned to the treasury."
"The National Health Insurance Scheme spent N355,510,475.00 on projects between 2016 and 2017 without appropriation. The Scheme also spent N32,299,700.00 to provide 'financial medical assistance' to individuals who have not been enrolled into the scheme (NHIS)."
"The Scheme also spent N72,383,000.00 on verification exercise without any supporting documents. The Scheme awarded contracts of N66,798,948.12 to members of staff for procurements, instead of making the procurement through award of contracts."
"The Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital Enugu, Enugu State paid N5,200,000.00 as salary advance to the Medical Director. However, the Medical Director was neither proceeding on transfer, on posting nor on first appointment to qualify for salary advance. The Auditor-General is asking the Medical Director to refund the money collected. Another N3,387,139.00 is said to be missing but the Hospital management has failed to report the case, or recover the money."
"The Irreal Specialist Teaching Hospital, Irrua Edo State paid N58,829,426.84 to two contractors for supplies and installations but without payment vouchers."
"Also, Jos University Teaching Hospital Jos, Plateau State failed to remit N333,386,549.15 being 25% of its internally generated revenue of N1,333,546,196.60 to the Consolidated Revenue Fund. The Hospital also failed to account for N8,572,777.25."
"The Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Lagos, failed to remit ₦945,422,478.23 to appropriate tax authority. The Hospital also failed to remit ₦237,007,828.05 to the Consolidated Revenue Fund, and failed to remit ₦22,307,735.21 being withholding tax deducted from contracts in 2018."
"The Federal Medical Centre, Owerri, Imo State also failed to remit ₦8,519,506.75 being 25% of its internally generated revenue to the Consolidated Revenue Fund. The Medical Centre also spent ₦542,877,312.77 as personnel cost between 2015 and 2016 instead of ₦12,761,350,337.00 appropriated for the same period.
"The Medical Centre failed to account for ₦898,076,719.14 of its internally generated revenue, and failed to account for ₦23,598,074.38 of personnel cost. The National Primary Health Care Development Agency, Abuja spent without approval N19,564,429.91 as estacode allowance to various staff of the Agency."
"The Federal School of Occupational Therapy, Oshodi, Lagos failed to remit ₦3,250,962.98 of its internally generated revenue for 2018 to the Consolidated Revenue Fund. The School also failed to remit N4,018,252.81 being funds deducted from various contracts. It spent ₦10,507,393.00 without any appropriation or approval."
"The Federal Medical Centre, Keffi Nasarawa State failed to remit N2,147,036.00 of its internally generated revenue to the Consolidated Revenue Fund. It also failed to remit N5,810,438.05 to the Federal Inland Revenue Service."
"The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria failed to remit N68,604,040.68 of its internally generated revenue to the Consolidated Revenue Fund."
"Allegations of corruption in the health sector undermine public confidence in the sector, and obstruct the attainment of commitments made through Sustainable Development Goals, in particular Goal 16 to create effective and accountable institutions. The allegations also show that Nigeria is failing to fulfil the obligations to use its maximum available resources to progressively realize and achieve basic healthcare services for Nigerians."
"We would be grateful if your government would indicate the measures being taken to address the allegations and to implement the proposed recommendations, within 14 days of the receipt and/or publication of this letter."
"If we have not heard from you by then as to the steps being taken in this direction, the Registered Trustees of SERAP shall take all appropriate legal actions to compel your government to implement these recommendations in the public interest, and to promote transparency and accountability in the health sector."
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Just a quick note of thanks, your prenatal yoga dvd got me through my third trimester when I was having some physical issues and my husband had to go away for four weeks, I used the dvd daily and it along with some meditation helped me find my own calm strength to get through each day and finally the labour itself. Yesterday I found "Baby Bliss" at the ABC shop and I think today has been the easiest day I've had with Hector- my now 5 month old- in a long time!
Thanks so much for your wonderful DVD!
I did yoga many years ago, and after the birth of my first son missed regularly practicing yoga. Now in my second pregnancy, I tried a local yoga school and while I enjoyed it, didn't find I could afford to practice regularly and when it was convenient. I saw a review of your DVD in a parenting magazine and decided to purchase it. I love your DVD. I enjoy the variety and flexibility of being able to practice when it's convenient for me and my family. The variations in the poses are also really helpful, depending on how my body is feeling! When my toddler woke the other day, he said 'We watch lady doing muscles' – which of course was you! While I find I am generally unable to do much of a practice when he is up, I love watching him try to copy you, it's great entertainment.
Brilliant dvd – very well thought out. Has something for everyone and all stages of pregnancy!
great way to destress at the end of a long day at work or looking after the kids. nice easy pace for pregnant women who have never done yoga before. great buy.
I'm currently pregnant with my 6th and have had quite bad lower bach ache in this pregnancy. I have been trying many different ways to ease it a little, such as hot water bottles and light exercise. This dvd managed to help me in so many ways. i knew my back was tense but didn't realise how tense until i started this dvd. This dvd is so calmimg and was so relaxful just by taking the time to stick the dvd on.
I really enjoyed Sequence 1, the Hip and Groin Opening with Leg Lengthening and Strengthening. I really struggle to walk some days due to my back but this has realy helped to strengthem my back giving me some suport.
This dvd is suitable for all pregnant women as there are easy positions which is suitable for pregnant women wishing to try simple exercising whilst pregnant.
i am so pleased i was able to try this dvd and wish i could have had the opportunity when i had my 1st child many years ago as i'm sure i could have kept it up and maintained some level of fitness throughout subsequent pregnancies.
I'm currently 37+5 weeks pregnant with my second. I have had quite bad SPD in this pregnancy and have been trying many different ways to ease it a little. This dvd proved to help in so many ways.
I never realised how tense I have been lately, the whole layout of this dvd is so calm I started relaxing even just watching the exercises.
I particularly liked Sequence 1, which was Hip and Groin Opening with Leg Lengthening and Strengthening. I find it difficult at this stage to move around. I get a lot of pain in the pelvic area but going through the sequence helped me a lot.
I also think the dvd is suitable for all pregnant women regardless of capability. There are easier positions as well as positions which may be slightly more difficult for others.
All in all, i'm very happy with this, I think it has helped me with a lot of aches and it has also prepared me for labour and the positions I could use.
I am currently 28 weeks pregnant with my 3rd girl and wanted to try some exercises which are safe to do in pregnancy which might help with my sciatica and backache, so decided to give "Bliss from within" a go. I had never tried yoga before as I simply don't have the time, but thought i'd make a bit of time for myself. I was a bit sceptical that i wouldnt be able to do many of the poses- not being the most agile of people, but was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was. It has 3 ladies at different stages of pregnancy doing exercises to suit them best, so I could copy the lady closest to my stage which was good. There was one or 2 exercises which i found a bit difficult due to my backache, but im sure if i keep trying i will get better at it.
The breathing techniques they showed have actually helped me with my breathlessness and dizzyness also.
The extra's on the DVD were also helpful in that they showed good labouring positions and massaging techniques for my partner to try out, and pelvic floor exercises which i have tried before but this explained it a lot better than my pregnancy book.
'Babyworld' Member review by Jacqueline – Mum to 2 girls and 28 weeks pregnant with 3rd girl.
I have been extremely happy with your DVD's. I used the prenatal yoga DVD throughout my entire pregnancy and it helped with all the aches and pains associated with pregnancy and I believed it contributed to helping me maintain a healthy weight. I also believe it gave me the strength to endure the 16 hour labour and I found the postures/movements suggested in your DVD and the little booklet were very helpful.
My beautiful little girl began the baby yoga DVD after 5 weeks of age. She has developed wonderfully and is above and beyond the development of her two cousins of the same age. She's been able to roll from 3 months of age, has had excellent neck and back strength and most recently (at 5months age) is trying to crawl. I thank her excellent health and development to this DVD. I have also found that the baby yoga assists in her having a better nights sleep. From about 2 months she has been able to sleep over 10 hours straight at night and now she sleeps up to 12 hours at night.
I am so hoping that you have a post pregnancy DVD available soon. I have kept using the pregnancy DVD however I need something to target the aches and discomforts associated with raising babies. I get tight in between the shoulder blades and aching shoulders from all the carrying of my baby. Sore lower back from bending over for nappy changes, bath time and play time. I would like to get the strength back into my abs and core to help keep my posture right and stop my back from aching. And even more so, use this DVD to get some much needed 'me' time.
Many many many thanks for participating in making my (2nd) pregnancy so enjoyable with the help of your DVD and to introduce me so nicely to yoga.
I have just bought your second one and I must say I am pretty desperate for your third!!!
I wanted to send you a note to let you know how much the Bliss from Within DVD is helping me! I met you and bought the DVD at the recent baby expo at Melbourne Exhibition Building, when I was 16 weeks pregnant, and have been using it since. Working as a lawyer and now being 24 weeks pregnant I am finding it increasingly hard to make it to yoga classes but have managed to maintain a reasonably regular practice of yoga by making sure I complete both routines on the DVD at least once each week. I and my unborn baby are really enjoying it – I start to feel rejuvenated immediately from the moment the DVD begins playing!
I just wanted to Thank you so much for your wonderful DVDs, they are just beautiful. I wish I had found out about them whilst I was pregnant but they will definately benefit me when I am next.
The Baby Bliss is wonderful with lots of great ideas. My little fella, Ravi is now 9 months and enjoyed doing most of the older baby section. He giggled so loudly at the song 'if your happy and you know it, roll your ankle'! it was so cute. These DVDs are definitely something which I will be telling everyone about at my next Mothers and Babies morning!
Thank you again Zoe for your beautiful energy.
I have your prenatal dvd, which I love and practiced everyday while pregnant with Airlei. I looked up your website to see if you had other dvd's and I seen that you were making a baby dvd, which I couldn't wait to get my hands on!
I do believe that your prenatal yoga helped me to have a great pregnancy (along with Herbal Medicine etc), and good recovery even after having to have a casarean section. Not many parents have babies that sleep through from 3 weeks of age, and its not just luck as many people say… it comes down to good fitness and health! I hope that you are able to keep making dvd's, as I do miss practicing everyday! I love the music on the prenatal dvd as well, its very relaxing and allows your mind to be calm. I am grateful I stumbled upon your dvd in a local bookstore.
I just wanted to tell you how much I loved your DVD! I was extremely anxious and determined to avoid natural child birth by having a Caesarian with my first pregnancy. In my mind this seemed less painful and traumatic than all those 'stories' you hear about having a baby. At 26 weeks I brought 'Bliss From Within' purely to find relief from sciatic and inguinal varicose vein pain and it changed my entire birth experience and mindset. I did a complete 360. I wanted to have a calm, natural birth and I didn't want to be scared to give birth. My daughter was born in 3 hours and 10 minutes. The pushing phase was 4 contractions. I didn't need stitches or pain relief after. I used so many of the techniques I'd learned from the DVD during my labour, it made all the difference because I just felt prepared. I'm now in the early weeks with baby number two and felt that immediate calm and readiness after getting back into your DVD. Thank you so, so much for creating such a wonderful resource!


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COVID-19: What will happen to school grades during the coronavirus pandemic?
Secondary and post-secondary education systems will both need assessment and grading practices that reflect the realities of schooling in an emergency, says Brock U professor
The Conversation Apr 19, 2020 8:55 PM
This article, written by Louis Volante, Brock University, originally appeared on The Conversation and has been republished here with permission:
COVID-19 has brought a tsunami of change and impacted every facet and sector of society, including the lives of children, parents and teachers. UN Secretary-General António Guterres recently said that the coronavirus pandemic is the biggest global challenge since the Second World War.
When K-12 schools will reopen in Canada remains an open question, and hope is quickly fading that students will be able to finish the 2019-20 academic year with face-to-face instruction. Ontario's schools, for example, are officially closed until May 4 and that date will be re-assessed with public health advice.
Provincial education systems and school boards have responded to the challenge by developing a range of options that provide resources for parents to support home learning and opportunities for students to learn online.
Some boards and schools last week saw teachers phone or email families to assess families' capacities for remote learning or to "determine additional supports required for children with complex learning needs." Some were already hosting online classes. Ontario's guidelines now suggest weekly targets like five hours of work weekly in math and literacy for students between kindergarten and Grade 3, and three hours per week per subject in semestered high schools.
Emergency, provisional education
Although it is reassuring that provincial education systems are seeking ways to keep students learning and connected with their teachers, these emergency measures are only provisional.
With some parents experiencing layoffs, working in stressful essential services jobs or working from home, the priority should be supporting children.
With this said, some students, particularly senior high school students thinking about moving onto post-secondary institutions, are likely concerned about their grades.
Reliable assessment a challenge
It is still unclear whether students in Ontario and elsewhere will receive traditional letter or alphanumeric grades on final report cards.
Even under ideal circumstances, grading is a formidable challenge for teachers. Among other things, teachers need to balance a variety of assessment methods and carefully weigh evidence of student learning against provincial expectations in order to generate a reliable and valid grade.
In secondary schools, particularly in senior levels, grades serve as the primary basis for admission to post-secondary programs. Final report cards take on significant importance and may result in a great deal of stress and anxiety for students.
In varied ways, provincial education systems and school boards have recognized that the COVID-19 crisis will exacerbate student stress and have responded by increasing mental health supports for families and children.
Post-secondary transitions
Stephen Lecce, Ontario's minister of education, reassured students that "no graduation will be compromised" for students meant to graduate this year, and that he's working with post-secondary institutions to ensure there's "a continued application process that doesn't get delayed."
Universities across Canada have recently developed a range of approaches to generate final course grades.
Some universities such as Western University and Brock University are allowing students to decide amongst a possible alphanumeric grade, pass/fail (credit/no credit) or dropping a course with no academic penalty. Others, such as the University of Alberta, are implementing a mandatory pass-fail system.
Formative feedback
Unlike university students, who were well into their winter terms when the suspension of classes began, K-12 students still had about three months of school to complete for a regular school year.
For the majority of high school students, a pass/fail grade for this term makes sense to alleviate some pressure. Students already enrolled in e-learning credits would be the exception to this rule.
This would provide the benefit of allowing students and families to keep in mind that teacher feedback, not grading, is what must be preserved as the COVID-19 crisis deepens.
As with standard grading procedures, a pass would constitute a mark of 50 per cent or more in a course. Teachers would rely on graded work prior to school closures — along with assignments that take place between now and the official end of the school year — to determine final grades.
Moving from letter or percentage grades to a pass/fail system would help lessen the evaluation burden on teachers and also allow them to focus more attention and energy on providing formative assessment feedback that can promote student learning.
It would also alleviate some of the stress experienced by families and students.
Emergency responsive student assessment
Although most school districts and many independent schools provide e-learning, provincial education systems were understandably not equipped to make such a rapid shift to online learning for all students.
Most teachers will be relying on unfamiliar instructional approaches to promote student learning under difficult circumstances.
While online learning provides opportunities for students to continue their studies at a distance, not all students will have access to the same technology or internet access and to a parent or guardian who is available to help them or who speaks the language of instruction.
Many students — such as those from lower socio-economic status backgrounds, those who are immigrants or are enrolled in special education — will face increased academic challenges by a shift to online learning.
The digital divide should figure prominently into discussions of equity and fairness.
Schools are moving into uncharted territory. Emergency responsive student assessment will need to be adaptive to a situation which is seemingly changing on a day-to-day basis.
Of course, special provisions should be made for high school students in their graduation year so that post-secondary institutions are able to differentiate amongst applicants and offer spots in an equitable fashion.
Fortunately, the majority of admission decisions have been made. Providing mid-term alphanumeric grades in April, based on the work completed to date, will allow post-secondary institutions to make their final round of admission offers to students in Grade 12.
A bigger question is how educational systems can equitably support and envision positive transitions for all students next year and into our uncertain future.
Louis Volante, Professor of Education, Brock University
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AUSTIN, Texas--A team led by scientists at the University of Texas at Austin's Institute for Geophysics has for the first time directly observed multiple parts of Greenland's subglacial plumbing system and how that system evolves each summer to slow down the ice sheet's movement toward the sea.
These new observations could be important in accurately modeling Greenland's future response to climate change.
"Everyone wants to know what's happening under Greenland as it experiences more and more melt," said study coauthor Ginny Catania, a research scientist at the institute and an associate professor in the university's Jackson School of Geosciences. "This subglacial plumbing may or may not be critical for sea level rise in the next 100 years, but we don't really know until we fully understand it."
Each summer, the surface of the Greenland Ice Sheet melts as temperatures warm, sending meltwater into channels that drain to the bottom of the ice sheet, lubricating the underside and speeding up the ice sheet's flow toward the sea. While the basic outline of this process is understood, scientists have been puzzled about how the meltwater interacts with the bed of the ice sheet. These new observations clarify scientific understanding of how this plumbing system evolves each summer and how it may change in the future as the climate continues to warm.
The findings, published Oct. 2 in Nature, describe an efficient drainage system in which meltwater from the surface drains into moulins, naturally formed pipes that drain water through more than half a mile of ice to passageways between the bedrock and overlying ice. The higher the water level--or pressure--in the moulin, the faster the ice sheet slides, and in recent decades the amount of summer surface melting has increased.
The scientists found that while the extra meltwater does cause a rapid daily speedup of the ice sheet, the ice gradually becomes less and less sensitive to melting over the course of the summer season. This behavior suggests that a component of the subglacial plumbing system is adapting to the increased meltwater, said lead author Lauren Andrews, a Ph.D. candidate at The University of Texas at Austin.
In 2011, Andrews and her colleagues drilled 13 boreholes through ice up to 2,300 feet thick in the Paakitsoq region of western Greenland. During the summers of 2011 and 2012, they measured water pressure in the boreholes and three nearby moulins to gauge the strength of meltwater flow in the subglacial plumbing network. GPS units tracked ice velocity on the surface.
The scientists discovered that there are two key parts to the subglacial plumbing system that change on different timescales. In the first, water draining through moulins forms a network of subglacial channels that regulates daily changes in ice flow. In the second, the borehole records indicate that there are also large regions of the bed that are isolated from the channel network.
"At the beginning of the season, there's little exchange of water between these two systems, but they gradually connect over the course of the melt season, relieving pressure in the isolated regions of the bed," said Andrews. Such a connection would lower the water pressure and lead to a seasonal decrease in the ice sheet's sensitivity to melting, she added. Thus, the ice sheet may not move as much as the surface melting might indicate.
New models of Greenland's subglacial drainage system that account for these previously unknown borehole regions are now needed, Catania said.
"If we don't get this hydrology right, and if we don't couple it to models of ice flow, then we can't model the system properly and won't be able to project into the future very well," Catania said.
Scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory, Michigan Technological University, University of Zurich, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center and Dartmouth College contributed to the research.
The research was funded by the National Science Foundation, Swiss National Science Foundation and the National Geographic Society.


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By Jo Case·In Bookshops· Tuesday, 19th February 2013
Weird and Wonderful Bookshops of the World
We travel vicariously to some of the world's most unusual – and beautiful – bookshops.
The Book Barge, UK
The Guardian has called The Book Barge 'quite possibly the coolest bookshop in the UK'. Located on an actual canal boat, usually moored in Lichfield, Staffordshire, it's intended to encourage a 'less hurried and harried lifestyle' - in effect, slow bookselling.
'I hoped that by creating a unique retail space, customers would realise how independent bookshops can offer a far more pleasurable shopping experience than they're likely to find online or on the discount shelves at supermarkets,' said owner Sarah Henshaw. In 2011, the bookshop went on a six-month tour of the UK's canal network, incorporating a series of onboard author events along the way, including David Vann and Per Petterson,
Lello Bookstore, Portugal
Portugal's Lello Bookstore, founded in 1906, is one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.
Designed and built by engineering professor Xavier Esteves, it is a stunning example of neo-gothic design and features stained glass, carved wood, and a spectacular art nouveau curved staircase.
Pillars are decorated with bronze bas-reliefs of Portuguese literature figures.
Photos via Travelocafe
Poplar Kids Republic, Beijing
The Poplar Kids Republic Bookstore in Beijing looks a little like it may have been created by Gene Wilder's Willy Wonka (no chocolate, though).
It's been designed to mirror the process of unraveling or discovery that's central to children's reading and imagination.
'A ribbon of rainbow carpet weaves its way around the store, running across the floor, over shelves, and along the ceiling. The ribbon begins on the stairway up to the second-floor bookstore and, after making its way around the store, leads back downstairs along the wall,' writes Entertainment Designer.
In fact, it was designed by Japan's SAKO Architects.
Selexyz Dominicanen, Holland
Selexyz Dominicanen is housed in a thirteenth-century Dominican church - used, in its previous incarnation, as an indoor bike pound. 'Church and bookshop look as if they might have been made for one another,' writes the Guardian.
A multi-storied steel structure houses most of the books, with stairs and elevators taking browsers to the roof of the church.
Image above via itravelnet.
The bookshop was designed by Amsterdam-based architects Merkx + Girod.
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