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The Story of the Chicago Bears (NFL Today (Creative))
Nate LeBoutillier
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Choice of Colours: The Pioneering African-American
John Danakas
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Terry Bradshaw (Football Hall of Famers)
The National Sports Center is the home stadium and training facility for Minnesota United FC of the North American Soccer League. A charity walk with a purpose: Man plays 72 holes of golf in one day A Chattanooga man is playing 72 holes of golf all day to support families at the Ronald McDonald House. #FNF3 Game of the Week: Ooltewah at Rhea Co. airs live on 3.2 No surprise that Ooltewah at Rhea County is our Game of the Week.
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Adrian Peterson (Football Superstars)
Clifford W. Mills
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Bo Jackson: A Biography
Sports Advantage even has you covered when you need practical experience, with training devices catered to specific sports. Student-athletes often receive scholarships to colleges in recognition of their athletic potential. More >> Dallas quarterback Dak Prescott's NFL career is off to a great start. For the Abilene High Eagles, the impact had by special teams is more subtle this season, but no less effective. More>> Will Fuller had a tiebreaking 67-yard punt return for a touchdown and the Houston Texans earned a 27-20 win over the Tennessee Titans on Sunday in their first game without J.
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Barry Sanders (Football Superstars)
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Ben Roethlisberger (Football Superstars)
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Football's Finest 1993 (Year in Sports, 1993)
Bob Italia
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Tom Brady (Football Superstars)
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Magazine: 8 December 2018
MagazineIssue: 8 December 2018Radio
Kate Chisholm
Death becomes her | 6 December 2018
Plus: why are we still so attached to LPs?
From magazine issue: 8 December 2018
'Without death,' says Salena Godden, 'life would be a never-ending conveyor belt of sensation.' For her death is what gives meaning to life and to be able to imagine your own death should make you try harder to be a better person. Mrs Death Misses Death on Radio 4 (produced by Cecile Wright) is not a programme for the faint-hearted. Godden, a poet, novelist and musician, faces with robust clarity what many of us would prefer to distract ourselves from thinking about. She argues that Death is much more likely to be a woman; not the usual caricature of a hooded male figure carrying a sickle. She's that invisible woman who can be found anywhere and everywhere: the careworn mother sitting beside us on the bus, or the cleaner in the hospital corridor we walk past and don't notice. She lives among us in different guises; that's the point. Death really is part of life. When we use different words to anaesthetise its meaning, set it apart from us, then it becomes terrifying. But, says a doctor interviewed by Godden who has sat with many people on the brink of death, 'it's not actually that difficult to be dead; it's much more difficult to be alive'.
Godden visits a Death Café where people gather to drink tea, eat cake, and be up front about a subject that has become since Victorian times almost a taboo, something impolite or socially inept to raise in conversation. There are so many ways not to say it, to hide behind euphemisms and words without meaning: she passed away, or even more obtuse, she passed on. Stranger still is when we say she lost her fight with cancer, she battled with depression, as if she had a choice, as if this isn't what was meant to happen. We all know a lot of dead people now, says Godden, yet we don't know how to 'unfriend' them or erase them from our smartphones. Yet to talk about death, says Godden, is to talk about life, 'to celebrate the everyday miracle of survival'.
Vicky Phelan was confronted with those terrible words, your cancer has returned 'and I can't do anything for you', last year. She was given six months to live and offered 'palliative' chemotherapy. By chance, at the hospital in Ireland where she was being treated for cervical cancer, she caught sight of her medical records and discovered that in 2011, when the results of her smear test were reviewed in an audit process, abnormal cells had been found. But she was never told. Phelan set about finding out why she had not been informed, and whether any other women had been put at risk because they, too, had not been told about a changed result. Her campaign opened up a much bigger debate in Ireland about the way women's health problems have been disregarded over the years because the medical profession has for so long been dominated by male doctors, one of whom was reported to have said: 'Nuns don't die of cervical cancer.'
In Vicky Phelan: The Woman Who Changed Ireland, as part of the World Service's 100 Women season, celebrating the unsung work of remarkable women, Phelan was asked whether she thinks about her own death as she campaigns for all the women now suffering from cancer. 'The thought often crosses my mind but I don't get too cut up about it,' she says. 'Every day I can do it [walk along the beach near her home in Limerick] is great for me… This is where I will be spread… ashes. I've already made all those things in my head.'
This might all seem a bit heavy for this time of year. It's grisly enough outside without dwelling on those things that are too difficult to bear. But listening to people talking about what matters, really matters, can be strangely consoling when darkness falls at four and there's no escaping the tinsel froth. In a different vein on 3, David Hepworth's series of essays, The Lost World of the LP (produced by Jordan Thomas), brings back memories of buying that first album, dusting the shiny black vinyl before placing it on the spindle, the sound of the needle running through the groove. Why are we still so attached to LPs when cassettes and CDs have no such resonance? It's nothing to do with the music, says Hepworth, but all about what makes us human; the connection to a physical object that in itself is nothing remarkable (a flat, black disc) yet within its 33 and a third rpm conveys moments of meaning.
More than that, says Hepworth, the LP, with its 35 to 40 minutes of play time, its demand that we stop and listen until the last groove, taught us how to focus, to concentrate. Now, when anything we want to hear, from Dusty to Duruflé, is available so easily, through a few clicks, a barked instruction to the digital DJ, music has become incidental, nothing but a soundtrack. In those 35 minutes, that period specified by the size of the 12-inch disc, things happened, states were altered. It was a different way of listening.
'It's not actually that difficult to be dead; it's much more difficult to be alive'
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What's the difference between artisan and craftsperson?
(n.) One who professes and practices some liberal art; an artist.
(n.) One trained to manual dexterity in some mechanic art or trade; and handicraftsman; a mechanic.
(1) The retailer has put in thousands more staff to improve service and has been testing new ideas in existing stores, such as artisan bakeries run by Euphorium, a specialist baker based in Islington in London; and upmarket Harris + Hoole coffee shops and Giraffe restaurants – all businesses that Tesco has invested in over the past two years.
(2) It was an idea that fitted nicely with the ethos of the Martin Margiela Artisanal collection, which is rooted in making fashion out of found objects.
(3) Owner Sergio has 15 artisanal beers on the menu every week and serves very generous G&Ts and delicious Aperol Spritz.
(4) Highlighting the performance in the capital, the firm said would-be brewers had been encouraged by the success of artisanal beer-makers such as The Kernel in London's Bermondsey and the Camden Town Brewery, sold last year to drinks giant AB InBev in a deal reportedly worth £85m .
(5) Centro Cerámica Triana Facebook Twitter Pinterest Photograph: Alamy Housed in an old ceramics factory built on the site of a 16th-century one, inevitably plonked on a Roman one, this museum (€2pp, Calle Antillano Campos 14) could do more to trumpet the industry that spawned Triana, created the look and feel of Seville, and inspired Lisbon's artisans to have a go at the whole tile thing.
(6) So, rather than giving up bread, the real-bread movement suggests you eat the old-fashioned stuff – supporting artisan bakeries or baking your own.
(7) The results can be summarized as follows: a. the times of the two main meals show a high stability, both in working and in free-days, at about 1230 for lunch and 1915 for dinner, with a higher variability for the dinner-time; b. there are no relevant differences between men and women; c. there is a progressive advance of the breakfast-time (together with sleeping and waking times) with oncoming age; d. industrial workers advance the breakfast-time, on work days, compared to housewives, clerks, artisans and tradesmen, while the latter delay dinner-time as compared to the others; e. shiftwork breaks up the usual timetables interfering with at least one of the main meals, according to the different shifts (morning, afternoon, night); f. morning types anticipate meal and sleeping times in comparison to evening types, both while working and, above all, on free-days.
(8) "Union Jacks is all about bringing back nostalgic British classics using the best of artisanal ingredients.
(9) The proliferation of artisan roasteries across Britain has ballooned in the past five years, as coffee lovers have become more interested in ethics, and have developed a more discerning palate.
(10) They know it doesn't match with artisan values they are trying to make money out of.
(11) Improving our tax collection would allow artisanal mining to boost local development." Whether it's Mexico's gold or Zimbabwe's diamonds, mining is riven with violence and business is complicit Read more Anor is also working on setting up a national gold refinery that will be responsible for certifying and hallmarking gold for export.
(12) The proportion of smokers increased with age, being the highest in the children of managerial and commercial classes or skilled artisans, and was strongly linked to the smoking habits of the parents.
(13) A lot of gins look like artisan gins, but they're not really.
(14) Gin sales in the UK are expected to top £1bn for the first time this year as younger drinkers supplement their taste for vodka with a double shot from a new generation of artisanal distilleries.
(15) Marketing any product will only take an organisation so far." Facebook Twitter Pinterest Vicki Hughes at work in the Redwood coffee house In much the same way that the craft beer phenomeneon has helped breathe some much-needed life into the dying pub trade, so it is that the independent or 'artisan' coffee shops appear to be reinventing the way people now take their caffeine.
(16) This was the beginning of the movement which led to the creation of the Union de Défense des Commerçants et Artisans (Udca), an organisation that spread through neighbouring departments to cover most of France and certain areas in Algeria.
(17) Research in the home care setting will thrive if it attracts more and more nurses with scientific skills similar to those identified by Sir Medawar: "Among scientists are collectors, classifiers, and compulsive tidiers-up; many are detectives by temperament and many are explorers; some are artists and others artisans.
(18) I've heard all the complaints about how the Starbucksification of coffee didn't keep artisanal coffee special – but that's because it wasn't about artisanal coffee at all.
(19) The group, whose shares have risen sharply since they were first listed in London in November 2014, was founded in 2005 to provide high-quality mixers for the rapidly growing market in premium spirits such as artisan gin.
(20) We're seeing restaurants push the boundaries and, for the first time, PE is experiencing a foodie culture of food trucks, pop-up diners and local markets, such as the monthly Valley Market : an alfresco celebration of food, artisanal crafts and a great place to meet genuine PE people.
(1) Controlling for age, education, and their interaction, professional men (e.g., doctors, lawyers, and teachers) scored higher on intimacy motivation than did men in other occupational categories, while among women the occupational groups with highest intimacy motivation were service workers and craftspersons.
(2) Any of the tools requires a skilled craftsperson to use them properly, but the skills can be learned.
(3) Although some occupational therapy aides were occupational therapists, many were teachers, artists, and craftspersons.
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Q: Easier way to change every user in every database to default schema = dbo? There was recently a domain migration where our SQL Server is hosted.
I have two servers and about 30 DBs on each. Every user was changed to the new domain but in doing so, their default schema changed from to their domain when we want in defaulted to DBO.
I'm currently changing them manually by clicking on a DB -> Security -> Users then in the general properties tab, manually typing dbo in the default schema box.
Is there a way to write SQL code to run and adjust the default schemas for all of my users across all DBs?

A: So what you need to end up with is something like this, for all users in any database that don't already have a default schema of dbo:
USE db1;
ALTER USER user1 WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA = dbo;
ALTER USER user2 WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA = dbo;
ALTER USER user3 WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA = dbo;

USE db2;
ALTER USER user4 WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA = dbo;
ALTER USER user5 WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA = dbo;
ALTER USER user6 WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA = dbo;

Here is one way to do this, using aggregate concatenation and nested dynamic SQL, that gets something very close (the USE command is repeated for each user in any database, something you can probably resolve through more tweaking, but not sure it's necessary):
DECLARE @sql NVARCHAR(MAX) = N'', @innersql NVARCHAR(MAX) = N'';

SELECT @sql += N'SELECT @innersql += ''USE ' + QUOTENAME(name) + ';
  ALTER USER '' + QUOTENAME(name) + '' WITH DEFAULT_SCHEMA = dbo;
  '' FROM ' + QUOTENAME(name) + '.sys.database_principals
  WHERE type_desc IN (N''SQL_USER'',N''WINDOWS_USER'')
  AND default_schema_name <> ''dbo''
  AND name NOT IN (N''dbo'',N''guest'');'
FROM sys.databases WHERE state = 0;

EXEC sp_executesql @sql, N'@innersql NVARCHAR(MAX) OUTPUT', @innersql OUTPUT;

-- you can just print the command to preview it
-- (though it may be too long to review the whole thing):

PRINT @innersql;

-- once you're happy with it, uncomment this and run it all again:
-- EXEC sp_executesql @innersql;

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Wilhelm SCHMIDT
Undulatory Propulsion
Science & Teknologie ( 1970 )
GB 916667
Improvements in or relating to propulsion means for vehicles for movement on land, water or in the air
Inventor(s): SCHMIDT WILHELM
Applicant(s): FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM DER LUFTFAHR
Classification: - international: B62D57/04; B64C23/00 - European: B62D57/04; B64C23/00AIDT
Abstract -- A vehicle is propelled by generating a stream of flowing medium, which is deflected by flow diverting means consecutively on to different sides, including two opposite sides, of a body extending in the direction of propulsion. In Fig. 1, a stream of moving fluid 1 generated by an air screw or water screw 2 is directed over a flap 4 oscillated about an axis 3, so that the stream is deflected to impinge alternately on to the opposite faces of a streamlined body 5. This is stated to allow a reduction in the difference between the velocity of the generated stream and the velocity of the surrounding medium, both relatively to the vehicle, resulting in improved thrust and less noise generation. The flap 4 is driven from a shaft 7 through suitable gearing 8 and an electromagnetic slipping clutch 10 controlled by a potentiometer 11. In Fig. 2 the fluid stream passes through a hollow twin shelled body 12, the part of the flow within the annular space 15 being cyclically controlled by revolving shutters 19, 20, to issue alternately through inwardly directed slot nozzles 17, 18 and thus deflect the main flow through the body in alternate directions. Valves 21 control the flow through space 15, and the speed of revolution of the shutters 19, 20 is controlled by gearing 22. In a further embodiment, the flow is divided wholly between two nozzles, each directing the flow on to one face of body 5, and the nozzles are closed cyclically. There may be more than two nozzle, the body 5 then being pear shaped. In another embodiment, the fluid stream is electrically charged or inoculated with charged particles and deflected by an alternating electric or magnetic field. In, Fig. 6, the tail pipe 32 of a jet propulsion engine contains a deflecting element comprising a bullet 33 and eccentric portion 34, which are rotated by a furbine shaft 27 through epicyclic gearing 39. A similar rotating deflector may be used in a slipstream casing downstream of a propeller. The deflector is movable axially for control purposes by a linkage 38. The tail pipe may be surrounded by a duct 35 also conveying the fluid stream. The pipe 32 and deflector 34 may then rotate together. The tail pipe may have an eccentric nozzle instead of the deflector and be rotated. The downstream ends of pipes 32 and 35 may comprise displaceable overlapping plates for varying the outlet areas. The body 5 may comprise members 44, 45 which are adjustable to deflect the fluid flow.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
We, FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM DER LUFTFAHRTINDUSTRIE, Landstrabe, Konigsbrucker, N 2 Dresden, Eastern Germany, a nationalised corporation organised and existing under the laws of Eastern Germany, do hereby declare the invention for which we pray that a patent may be granted to us and the method by which it is to be performed, to be particularly described in and by the following statement: -
The invention relates to propulsion means for vehicles whether for movement over land, water or in the air, in which the thrust of a generated stream of flowing medium is utilised to propel the vehicle.
A stream of flowing medium which is utilised for the purpose of imparting forward thrust may take the form, for instance, of the propeller slipstream of an aircraft, the jet issuing from the tail pipe of aircraft and rocket jet propulsion units, and the race of the screw of a ship The forward thrust is produced by the velocity differential of the streaming medium over the speed of travel of the vehicle It is known that this thrust is the greater the larger the cross section of flow and the higher the velocity differential On the other hand, the efficiency of the process is better the smaller the velocity differential, i e the closer the velocity of the streaming medium approaches the velocity of travel or flight To obtain a high thrust and at the same time a satisfactory efficiency it has hitherto been the practice as far as possible to enlarge the cross section of flow and to reduce the velocity differential to the minimum possible However, in many cases, the maximum possible cross section of flow is reached before satisfactory efficiencies 40) are obtained. Obviously this will apply to a ship in shallow waters and to a propeller driven sledge. Moreover, limits are imposed in the case of propeller-driven aircraft by the fact that efficiency falls when the tips of the airscrew reach sonic velocity In jet 45 propelled aircraft technical and structural reasons also impose limits upon the maximum possible cross section of the jet, and the efficiency of such plant is still substantially lower than that of aircraft driven by 50 propellers.
Apart from efficiency, the development of noise likewise depends upon the velocity differential The noise becomes greater as the velocity differential increases and this is an 55 other reason for keeping the velocity differential at as low a value as possible.
The object envisaged by the invention is to improve the propulsion means in craft in which a flowing stream of medium is gener 60 ated to provide forward thrust, by substantially reducing the velocity differential below that which was hitherto possible without reducing the thrust and without being dependent upon an increase in the cross section of the 65 propulsive stream.
The solution offered by the invention consists in exploiting the Knoller-Betz effect otherwise known as the Katzmeyr effect, which may be likened to the principle in 70 volved in the development thrust by the flapping of wings in the flight of birds.
The present invention provides propulsion means for vehicles in which the thrust of a generated stream of flowing medium is 75 employed to propel the vehicle, characterized in that the straight initial stream of medium is deflected, by means which change the direction of flow, consecutively upon different sides of a body extending in, or approximately in, 80 the direction of propulsion, and at least upon two opposite sides of such a body.
The invention will be more particularly described by reference to the accompanying drawings.
Figure 1 is a perspective view of propulsion means according to the present invention wherein deflection of the streaming medium is effected by means of body which is hingeably moved to and fro,
Figures 2 and 3 are a perspective view and a side elevation respectively, showing the medium deflected by flow pulses,
Figure 4 is a side elevation showing the medium deflected by means of an electric field, and
Figures 5 and 6 are side elevations showing the medium deflected by revolving deflector bodies.
These drawings show the manner whereby the streaming medium is deflected on to the longitudinal sides of the impingement body, said deflection being effected in Fig 1 by means of a body which is hingeably moved to and fro, in Figs 2 and 3 by flow pulses, in Fig 4 by means of an electric field, and in Figs 5 and 6 by revolving deflector bodies.
In Fig 1 the stream 1 is generated by a propeller 2 This stream is alternately deflected by a body 4 which flaps up and down about an axis 3 alternately on to the so upper and lower side of a profiled aerodynamically cross-sectioned body 5 The angle of incidence of the current in relation to the direction of forward thrust is therefore alternately greater and smaller than 00.
To raise and lower the deflecting body 4 alternation gear means 8 of known kind are actuated by shaft 7 provided for transforming the rotary motion of shaft 7 into an up and down flapping motion of body 4, as indicated by arrow 9 To control the frequency of reversal of body 4 a regulating element 10 is provided, for instance in the form of an electromagnetic clutch incorporated in shaft 7, of which the slippage can be controlled by a variable resistor 11 Instead of being thus pivotally deflected, body 4 may be oscillated at least approximately perpendicularly to the direction of flow for instance by means of a suitable crank motion, the frequency of oscillation being likewise controllable.
In Fig 2 the stream 1 which passes for instance through a hollow body 12 is deflected alternately upon the upper and lower face of an aerofoil S by the impingement of supplementary flow pulses 13 and 14 The angle of incidence of the pulses in relation to the principal stream is greater than 00 and less than 90 The hollow body 12 may be in the form of a twin shell and the space between the shells may then be used to conduct an additional stream 16, this latter stream 16 being allowed to emerge at the outlet end alternately from two opposite slots 17 and 18 controlled by revolving coupled shutters 19 and 20, as indicated by dotted lines Conveniently the stream 16 inside the space 15 may be controlled, for instance, by adjustable flaps 21 and the speed of revolution of the shutters 19 and 20, for instance, by a controllably variable gearing 22 which is only schematically indicated If required, the direction of the pulsed flow 13 and 14 may be arranged to be controlled by the appropriate adjustment of the outlet ends of hollow body 12.
In Fig 3 the upper and lower faces of the aerofoil 5 are alternately exposed to a stream emerging from two outlet nozzles 23 and 24 which are inclined towards these two faces The total stream may be divided between these two outlet nozzles 23 and 24 and, since the medium is to impinge upon the two faces of the aerofoil 5 in alternation, each nozzle may be closed in predetermined rhythm by appropriate shutter means On the other hand, each of the outlet nozzles may be associated with a jet engine of its own and the two jet engines may be arranged to fire alternately If the jet engines supply a transonic or supersonic stream the outlet nozzles may be located parallel with the longitudinal axis of the aerofoil with obliquely cut ends in such manner that the planes of the two sections are inclined towards opposite sides of the aerofoil An alternative possibility consists in providing more than two outlet nozzles of the said kind and to provide a pear-shaped impingement body in such manner that its peripheral surface will be exposed on different sides in alternation or in succession to the streams emerging from the several nozzles In such form of construction it is likewise preferred to provide means for controlling the magnitude of flow and/or its angle of incidence with respect to the impingement body 5 and/or the frequency of the pulses.
Another possibility is schematically illustrated in Fig 4 and consists in electrically charging the flowing medium 1 and/or inoculating the same with charged particles and in then deflecting the same by exposing it to a rhythmically fluctuating electrical field on to at least two opposite faces of an impingement body 5 It is expedient to provide means for controlling the voltage and/or frequency employed for generating the electrical field Moreover, in appropriate circumstances an electromagnetic field may be employed instead of an electrical field.
Fig 5 illustrates a deflecting body 26 mounted on a shaft 27 indicated in dotted lines and rotated by suitable drive means.
The stream 1 of medium utilised for imparting forward thrust to the craft is in the illustrated example generated by a rotating propeller 28 The stream 1 is deflected by face 29 of the rotating deflector 26 in such a way that it will impinge upon the sides 916,667 flow prior to its deflection, and in which the shape of the deflector is such that it will block or open at least one roughly sectorial or segmental portion in at least one part of the internal circular section of the hollow body 32 It will then be advisable to provide the deflector 26 with a substantially sloping conformation facing the stream in such manner that the angle of deflection will be greater than 00 and less than 900 Furthermore, the hollow body 32 may be surrounded by a further hollow body 35 extending beyond the inner hollow body at the outlet end and through the space 36 enclosed between the two hollow bodies 32 and 35 A pulsating or continuous flow of medium may be conducted, which may for instance be tapped from the generated initial stream of medium.
When employing two such hollow bodies 32 and 35, of which one surrounds the other, the inner hollow body 32 may be rotatably driven and the deflector 26 rigidly secured to the same, at least one roughly sectorial or segmental part of the internal section of the hollow body 32 being covered or left open thereby Moreover, the rotated hollow body 32 may be closed at its outlet end with the exception of an eccentrically placed outlet nozzle, a special deflector 26 becoming unnecessary, and said outlet nozzle may have a clear exit section of oval or rectangular shape The surrounding hollow body 35 in such a case is also omitted Should the flowing medium emerge from the rotating hollow body 32 at transonic or supersonic velocity, then in the absence of a deflector 26 and a surrounding hollow body 35, the hollow body 32 may have an obliquely cut end, thus inducing a deflection of flow as required by the invention The deflector 26, and in the above described embodiment the deflector 26 including hollow body 32, may be conveniently mounted to be longitudinally displaceable on axle 27 To this end it will be an advantage if a ball bearing 37 is provided between shaft 27 and deflector 26 For displacing the assembly in the manner described a lever linkage 38 may be provided and, as shown in dot-dash lines, connected with the deflector 26 The longitudinal displacement of the deflector 26 permits the effect of the flowing medium to be controllably regulated.
Rotation is imparted to deflector 26 through a gearing 39, such as an epicyclic gearing, and the adjustability of the gearing will then provide a further means of controlling the effect of the flowing medium To this end the gearing could be replaced by other means for varying the speed of rotation of the deflector 26, such as an electromagnetic clutch manually operable by means of a suitable control member or by an appropriate regulator such as a centrifugal governor for automatically adjusting and/or stabilising the speed of rotation The effect of the flowing of an aerofoil or pear-shaped impingement body 5 located behind the deflector, and thus give rise to the Knoller-Betz effect If the impingement body 5 is in the shape of a symmetrical aerofoil, then the deflected flow in the form of an undulating flow pattern will impinge upon the same alternately from above and below However, the same effect can be achieved by using a pear-shaped impingement body or one which combines both forms Another possibility consists in structurally combining the deflector 26 and the propeller 28 For this purpose the propeller 28 may be imagined as being displaced along the axis of rotation towards or into the deflector 26, both parts being then rigidly secured together Although the stationary ambient medium contributes towards maintaining the flow pattern if the velocity of travel is suitably high, the ambient medium prevents the deflected flow from freely continuing in the deflected direction Curved baffle plates 30 and 31 are arranged concentrically around the axis of rotation 27 in the illustrated example to ensure that none of the dynamic energy will be lost and the flow be guided on to the impingement body as required.
In Fig 6 the power unit is assumed to be a jet engine, the flow 1 being conducted through a hollow duct 32 with a circular inside section, said duct in the illustrated example representing the tail pipe of the jet power unit The rotating deflector 26 located inside the tail pipe here likewise fulfils the functions of deflecting the jet on to different sides of an impingement body 5 and of thus giving rise to the Knoller-Betz effect Instead of providing only one impingement body 5, several such bodies may be provided both in the present example and in any of the other embodiments of the invention The deflecting body 26 in the present instance may be regarded as having been developed from a symmetrical pear-shaped or coneshaped body of revolution 33, shown partly in dotted lines, said body penetrating into an approximately obliquely cut, symmetrical, cylindrical body of revolution 34 with a domeshaped end on the down-flow side, likewise shown partly in dotted lines The shape of the deflector body 26 is, however, by no means restricted to that illustrated in Fig 6 and can be formed in some other desirable way For example, if suitably shaped, the deflector body might be arranged to revolve about an axis perpendicular to the direction of flow Moreover, given an appropriate shape, the deflector body may be located in a hollow body for conducting the flow and having a cross section deviating from the circular form However, a very useful form of construction is that shown in Fig 6 in which the axis 27 of the deflector 26 is located in the original direction of central 916,667 medium may also be controlled by arranging the outlet cross section of the hollow body 32 and/or the surrounding hollow body to be variable for constricting or expanding the same, and to this end the outlet end of the hollow body 32 and/or 35 may consist, for example, of relatively displaceable over-lapping plates.
Rotation can be imparted to the deflector 26 by coupling shaft 27 with a drive means which is in any event already available, such as in the present case the compressor turbine of the power unit If speed control of the deflector 26 is not required, the deflector may of course be rigidly coupled with the turbine 40 Alternatively the deflector 26 may be provided with drive means of its own, for instance by fitting the deflector with a fan with a windmill action A useful arrangement is to provide the bearing member of turbine 40 with an aerodynamically shaped hub cap 41 to prevent the flow pattern from being adversely affected A member 42 is provided for supporting bearings for shaft 27 If advisable shaft 27 may of course have several bearings at different points The impingement body 5 situated in the extended axis of the original central stream of medium may in this form of construction have the shape of an aerofoil or of a pear-shaped body of revolution, or it may be a combination of both forms.
A particularly advantageous form of construction is to form the impingement body 5 of several members 43, 44, 45 and, as indicated in dotted lines, to arrange at least two of these members (in the illustrated embodiment members 44 and 45), so that they can be adjustably moved for the purpose of deflecting or changing the direction of the overflowing stream of medium The provision of complicated adjusting elements, as are required in known jet deflecting devices, can then be dispensed with At the same time the impingement body 5, which is always exposed to the stream, and which of course must be exposed to the stream, will not give rise to drag which might adversely affect forward thrust This feature is of considerable advantage in modern aircraft with jet propulsion units, and it is naturally not restricted in application to a jet which is deflectable by a rotary deflector In fact it is applicable irrespectively as to the nature of the deflecting means that are employed.
USP 3666212
Propulsion Arrangement
The present invention relates generally to propulsion arrangements, and more especially to propulsion arrangements for craft which move in a fluid medium.
In my prior U. S. Pat. Nos. 3,111,928 and 3,215,371 I have disclosed driving or propulsion arrangements of the general type here in question, for land-, water-and air-craft. The basic concept involved is to provide a hull in the region of its trailing end with a device for undulating a fluid stream which flows from the leading end towards the trailing end and which may be produced in various ways. The undulated stream is then caused to become deundulated by impinging alternately against the opposed sides of a profiled deundulator which is arranged downstream of the undulator. For more specific details, reference may be had to the above-mentioned U. S. Patents.
In these prior constructions the undulator and the deundulator are invariably arranged at the trailing end of the hull. I have now found that it is not only desirable but possible to substantially improve the efficiency of these arrangements, and in addition to impart to craft which are so constructed a greatly enhanced degree of stability and of maneuverability.
It is, accordingly, an object of the invention to provide the above outlined improvements.
A more particular object is to provide a propulsion arrangement of the type under discussion which has a substantially improved degree of propulsion efficiency.
Another object is to provide such an arrangement which allows better maneuverability of a craft so provided.
Still a further object is to provide an arrangement of this type whose use substantially enhances the stability of a craft which utilizes the arrangement.
In pursuance of the above objects, and others which will become apparent hereafter, the invention resides, briefly stated, in a propulsion arrangement of the type under discussion which combines a hull configurated as a lifting body and propulsion means including drive means and undulator means. The latter is driven by the former and produces an undulatory rearwardly flowing fluid stream which is deundulated by contact with surfaces of the hull. According to the invention the undulator means is located ahead of or at the leading portion of the hull so that the latter can, as just pointed out, serve to effect deundulation of the fluid stream.
The hull is a "lifting body," which is to say that it provides "lift" or buoyancy in a fluid medium. It may be airfoil shaped, teardrop shaped, or it may have positive buoyancy as by being provided with gas-filled compartments or the like. In any case, the hull itself constitutes a deundulator for the fluid stream and this increases the thrust of the same. The thrust will be the larger, the more the leading end portion of the hull is conformed to the elongate shape of the vanes utilized in the undulator device.
The arrangement according to the present invention is intended for use in conjunction with the undulator/deundulator drive provided at the trailing end of the hull, as known from my aforementioned prior U. S. Patents. When used in this manner, my novel arrangement substantially improves the thrust, reduces resistance to movement, increases the stability of the hull about its longitudinal axis, and improves the maneuverability of the craft.
The novel features which are considered as characteristic for the invention are set forth in particular in the appended claims. The invention itself, however, both as to its construction and its method of operation, together with additional objects and advantages thereof, will be best understood from the following description of specific embodiments when read in connection with the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic side view of a craft provided with a propulsion arrangement according to the invention;
FIG. 2 is a top plan view of FIG. 1; and
FIG. 3 is a diagrammatic perspective of another embodiment.
Discussing firstly FIGS. 1 and 2, it will be seen that the hull 1 here is of airfoil-shaped profile. It has an unusually dimensioned cabin whose length is greater than its width, contrary to the arrangement which is customary in such craft. At the trailing end of the hull 1 I provide a rotary undulator unit 2 and a stationary deundulator unit 3. These are of the type discussed at length in my aforementioned prior patents and are therefore not in need of detailed explanation.
According to the invention I provide an additional undulator unit 4 at the leading end of the hull 1. As FIG. 2 shows, the unit 2 comprises four vanes arranged along an axis of rotation which extends transversely to the longitudinal axis of the hull, and the unit 4 according to the present invention is similarly subdivided. Of course, fewer or more vanes could be chosen, if desired in accordance with specific requirements. Drive means 5 are provided for the vanes of unit 2, and drive means 6 for those of unit 4. In each case, a planetary-gear drive is also provided for purposes of driving, adjusting and controlling the various vanes. Such drive means and drives are not specifically shown in detail because they are known, e.g. from my aforementioned patents to which reference may be had.
The deundulator consists of two superposed vanes each of which is subdivided as in the case of the units 2 and 4. The vanes of unit 3 are adjustable with reference to one another but do not rotate. The stabilizer 7 with the elevator 8 is located above the unit 3, as far as possible outside any turbulent fluid flow. Reference numeral 9 identifies the sidewalls of the craft, and their trailing ends are configurated (see especially FIG. 2) as lateral stabilizers 10 and carry the rudders 11.
Rotation of the vanes of units 2 and 4 by their respective drives 5 and 6 causes the vanes to convert a portion of the imparted energy into thrust. The residual energy attempts to flow off rearwardly in form of wave energy, that is in form of an undulatory fluid stream. However, this stream impinges either upon the hull 1 or the device 3, both of which serve to deundulate the fluid stream and thus to convert the escaping energy into thrust. This substantially improves the thrust capacity of the units 2 and 4, and the suction effect exerted by the unit 2 in addition serves to reduce the resistance offered by the hull 1 to forward motion, especially if the hull is relatively thick.
It has already been pointed out that the vanes of the units 2 and 4, as well as those of the unit 3, can be adjusted in their relative positions. If the vanes of the unit 2, and those of the unit 3, are adjusted to strongly positive position, that is with their trailing edge facing downwardly, then the fluid stream about the hull 1 is deflected strongly in downward direction with a concomitant strong increase in the lift.
A further increase in lift can be achieved by also and simultaneously adjusting the vanes of unit 4 in negative sense to an extent greater than that used during normal flight. The lift attainable with these measures is so substantial even for a hull having a greater depth than width, that such a hull is enabled to fly. This is analogous with the effect obtained by a jet stream deflector, but the use of the undulator units 2 and 4 affords -- by contrast with such a deflector -- a greater efficiency and a substantial reduction of the total resistance.
Furthermore, the rotating units 2 and 4 serve as stabilizers which prevent undesired tilting or rolling of the hull about its longitudinal axis. The stabilizers 7 and 10 serve, as in conventional airplanes, for stabilizing the hull against movement about its transverse and vertical axes, respectively. The rudders 11 and 8 provide directional control and, if operated in identical sense, serve for vertical control purposes, while they serve for lateral control if operated in opposite senses.
Naturally, and as already pointed out, the invention is not limited to flying craft or to hulls having an airfoil-shaped profile. It is also applicable to hulls of airships and underwater craft which float in their respective medium and require no dynamic lift. Such hulls are usually of more or less teardrop-shaped configuration. This would not be entirely advantageous in conjunction with the already described configuration of the vanes of the unit 4, and it is therefore advantageous to modify the leading end of the hull in such a case (at least over the width of the unit 4) to cooperate better with the unit 4.
Such a construction is shown in FIG. 3 by way of example. The hull is here identified with reference numeral 1a and has teardrop-shaped lateral walls 12 which may be provided with windows 13.
The units 2 and 4 correspond to those in FIGS. 1 and 2. The deundulator unit 3a is provided for the same purpose as the unit 3; however, it is provided with elevators 8a for vertical control. Reference numeral 14 identifies supports for the unit 4, and the front portions of the supports 14 are provided with vertical rudders 15 which are turnable about respective upright axes 15a.
In this as in the preceding embodiments, the intimate connection of the propulsion arrangements with the hull results in a substantial decrease of resistance offered by the craft to movement through its respective fluid medium. Here, also, the unit 2 serves the additional purpose of producing suction on the boundary layer of fluid flowing along the hull; it prevents separation of the boundary layer in the region of the trailing end and thus permits the use of exceptionally thick, and hence shorter, hull shapes.
During movement of the craft shown in FIG. 3, the rudders 11 and 8a control the direction of displacement. The latter rudders serve as light rudders and transverse rudders, depending upon whether they are moved in identical or in opposite directions. This is of course already known.
However, the craft can be directionally controlled even if it floats without a forward component of movement. The vanes of units 2 and 4 rotate in clockwise direction; if they are for instance adjusted in slightly negative sense, meaning with their rear or trailing edge upwardly inclined, then they will provide forward propulsion. If, on the other hand, the hull is to be lifted or lowered, then the vanes of the units 2 and 4 must be adjusted slightly positive or strongly negative, respectively.
By adjusting the vanes of unit 4 to provide rearward propulsion, and those of unit 2 to provide forward propulsion, with adjustment of the rudders 15, 11 in identical directions, the fluid stream producted by the units 2 and 4 is deflected laterally in the same direction and its component of thrust compensated in direction lengthwise of the hull; this results in displacement of the hull in parallelism with itself to one side or the other, depending upon the adjustment of the rudders 15, 11.
On the other hand, if the units 2 and 4 are operated as just described but the rudders 15 are moved in a direction opposite that of the rudders 11, the hull 11 will rotate in place and about an upright axis. This movement, incidentally, is achievable also without using the rudders if the units 2 and 4 each have a set of vanes located at one side of the hull and a separate set located at the other side of the hull, with each set being independently controllable as to its rotation. In that case, the sets of vanes of the units 2 and 4 at one side of the hull are rotated to produce forward thrust, and the sets of vanes at the other side are rotated to produce reverse thrust, with resultant turning of the hull in place.
Naturally, the craft of FIG. 3 could also be utilized as a lighter-than-air flying craft. In that case, the main hull would accommodate gas-filled cells while cabins for passengers and/or holds for cargo would be provided in the sidewalls 12, with still other possibilities suggesting themselves readily to those skilled in the art.
It will be understood that each of the elements described above, or two or more together, may also find a useful application in other types of constructions differing from the types described above.
While the invention has been illustrated and described as embodied in a propulsion arrangement for craft which move in a fluid medium, it is not intended to be limited to the details shown, since various modifications and structural changes may be made without departing in any way from the spirit of the present invention.
Without further analysis, the foregoing will so fully reveal the gist of the present invention that others can by applying current knowledge readily adapt it for various applications without omitting features that, from the standpoint of prior art, fairly constitute essential characteristics of the generic or specific aspects of this invention and, therefore, such adaptations should and are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalence of the following claims.
US Patent # 3111928
Driving Arrangement for and / Air / Water Craft
Driving Arrangement...
Improvements...
DE 3120345
Propeller drive
Inventor(s): SCHMIDT REINHOLD
Classification: - international: B63H1/14; B64C11/16; (IPC1-7): B63H1/26; B64C11/18; B64C27/20 - European: B63H1/14; B64C11/16
Abstract -- A propeller drive, in particular for aircraft and watercraft, has at least two propeller blades (2), which are arranged on a drive shaft (3), are aligned with respect to the axial direction, and have an intake side (4) and a thrust side (5). In order to provide a propeller drive suitable likewise for watercraft and aircraft, including inter alia VTOL aircraft such as, for example, helicopters, the thrust that can be used for propulsion being substantially increased in conjunction with an equal or smaller diameter (D) than conventional propellers, the noise development of which propeller drive is lower, at least in subsonic operation, than known propellers, and which propeller drive is suitable for gaseous working agents for use in supersonic operation and which, furthermore, effectively utilises for propulsion the underpressure produced and unused on the intake side (4); in conventional propellers, radial blades (2) having an axial extent (L) and bounded at the end face by a disc (6) adjoin the propeller blades (1) on the thrust side (5), flow surfaces (12) being arranged over a portion of the axial extent (L) between the radial blades (2) from the drive shaft (3) approximately up to the circumferential rim (11) of a disc (6), and it holds for the ratio of the axial extent (L) of the radial blades (2) to the diameter (D) of the propeller blades (1) on their intake side (4) that L/D >/= 0.25.


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Team Rubicon – Responding Whenever and Wherever Disaster Strikes
What is America's greatest natural resource?
Some might say water from the Great Lakes and the country's mighty rivers. Others may point to massive fields of corn and wheat. Still others to our abundance of mineral resources including natural gas.
But there's another natural resource we might not think about off the top of our heads. And that's the more than 22 million military veterans living in the United States.
Their unique skills, experience and passion for serving others are what make them "America's greatest natural resource," according to Team Rubicon.
And considering how Team Rubicon has harnessed that resource and turned it into emergency response teams across the country and the world, it's difficult to argue with their assessment.
Uniting Veterans and First Responders
Since its launch in 2010, Team Rubicon has united the skills of military veterans and first responders to respond to communities affected by disasters.
To date, the organization has responded to emergencies resulting from six earthquakes, 56 hurricanes and 96 tornadoes. Plus 132 floods, 79 wildfires and 47 other severe weather events.
Team Rubicon operates in two ways. One, they work under the direction of a governmental entity or agency and integrate fully into an existing Incident Command System structure to perform disaster functions.
Two, as a voting member of the National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disasters, they can integrate into national, state or community efforts to provide services to survivors, free of charge.
Greyshirts Roll Up Their Sleeves
Team members have conducted 785 field operations and spent more than 1.2 million hours responding to disasters. Nearly 30,000 volunteers have been trained in disaster response tactics and are ready to deploy at a moment's notice.
Known as "Greyshirts," these volunteers have engaged in countless activities to help people affected by disasters. Including repairing and rebuilding homes, administering emergency medicine, and facilitating hazard mitigation.
As well as being involved in incident management, site surveys, debris management, and disaster mapping and work order management.
Basically, team members do whatever it takes as quickly as possible to help people affected by disasters – wherever they occur.
Veterans Coalition for Vaccination
One of the disasters to which Team Rubicon has responded over the past 12 months has been the COVID-19 pandemic.
The organization has committed itself to helping people receive a COVID vaccine if they wish to get it. Just last month, six organizations including Team Rubicon joined forces to form the Veterans Coalition for Vaccination (www.theveteranscoalition.com).
"Team Rubicon has over 140,000 volunteers in our ranks," said Brian Calcagono, a Team Rubicon Partnerships Associate.
"We knew that in order to make the kind of impact we wanted, at the speed we needed, and to be able to get vaccines to people in hard-to-access areas, we needed to expand the volunteer base.
"We have always worked shoulder to shoulder with other veterans organizations and knew this was the perfect opportunity to harness our collective veteran volunteer bases for one mission."
Utilizing Their Unique Skillsets
Greyshirt volunteers are currently supporting more than 40 vaccination sites
"At Team Rubicon, we have always believed that the skills and experience of veterans are an under-utilized resource," Brian said.
"Veterans have a unique skillset from their service that can be utilized to run successful disaster response operations quickly."
The goal of the vaccination mission is not unlike Team Rubicon's objectives for other deployments.
Equitable Access Is the Goal
"Our mission is to unite and mobilize a network of veterans to ensure equitable access to vaccinations for all Americans. Regardless of geographic or socioeconomic limitations," Brian continued.
"Our goals are to stand up and support vaccination sites so that medical professionals can work to administer vaccines.
"We work with cities and counties throughout the country to assess how we can support their specific needs efficiently.
"We know we are accomplishing our goals because of the number of vaccines we've been able to help distribute (1.4 million+ in over 75 cities as of May 10)."
Supporting Local Organizations
How does this work logistically?
"Once we receive a Request for Assistance from an agency, we work with them to determine what support we can provide," Brian said.
"We can stand up an operation quickly depending on the need. Once we determine if we have the ability to provide support, we work with the requesting organization to determine the scope of work, days, hours and number of Greyshirts we will need in order to be effective.
"This includes wraparound and logistical support, patient intake and monitoring, parking operations, volunteer management, and, in some cases, medical supplementation.
"Our mission is to support the local organizations in the best way we can to build trust with the community. Often, our vaccination efforts are extended beyond their original date as a result of our success."
Getting Back a Sense of Camaraderie
Bob Thomas is one of the Team Rubicon volunteers. The Little Rock, Arkansas resident served for 5½ years of active duty in the U.S. Army and two years in the reserves.
"I felt it was my responsibility to make money and support my family, but at some point I started missing the camaraderie I had in the military," Bob said. "I wanted to get something like it back.
"With the pandemic raging, I called the Arkansas governor to ask what I could do as a volunteer to help. Someone from his staff called me back and suggested I join Team Rubicon.
"It turned out to be the right answer for me. It gives you that sense of camaraderie with people from different backgrounds and allows you to serve again.
'We're Just Now Fighting It'
"I'm a self-employed independent contractor and once my bills are paid, I apply to be deployed," Bob added.
"With the pandemic or any challenge, you can run, hide or fight. Seems like we've been hiding and running from this thing, and that doesn't sit well with a former Army Ranger. We're just now fighting it and that feels better."
Bob was assigned to a vaccination site in Midland, Texas by the Horseshoe Arena and Pavilion. He and his group put up an Army tent outside the building and strived to make the process as efficient as possible.
"It was all brand new and we were learning along the way," Bob said. "There were nurses and cops and firefighters and military vets and we all had our own ideas about what would work best. There was no manual and no SOP (standard operating procedure).
"But we worked it out, got the process going and kept the line moving. We dedicated ourselves to making it run smoothly. We vets appreciated the preciseness – stop your car, roll down your window, tell us what time your appointment is – and then we'd tell them where to go and what to do."
Winter Storm Uri Rolls In
That was all well and good for the first couple of days. But then Winter Storm Uri came calling.
"We had a 70-degree change in temperature – from 80 to 10 – and we weren't really ready for it," Bob said.
"The bottom dropped out. Many of us were wearing windbreakers and tennis shoes when the cold, ice and snow came in. That's the first time I've been hit in the face with freezing fog blowing at 20 miles per hour.
"But the logistics manager got us hand warmers and we used vans as warming tents."
Hesitant Vet Receives Encouragement
Despite the extreme weather, volunteers from Team Rubicon and other organizations were able to help get the vaccinations administered.
Including a vaccine for a military veteran who showed up but was hesitant to get it.
"He had been through some rough times and had family issues," Bob said. "He was high risk and was afraid to get the vaccine.
"He came reluctantly but when he saw all the ex-military guys there, he said, 'I'm doing it if they're here and supporting it.'
"It was also great to see so many millennials ushering in their older relatives."
Aiming for Advancement
Bob, who has a commercial fishing license and gives catfish away to women's shelters and other shelters, has a high regard for Team Rubicon.
"It's a great organization with high-quality people," Bob said. "They know how to utilize people's skills and plug people in where they fit best.
"There are guidelines on the distances you can travel to serve with them because they want to use their donation money as judiciously as possible.
"But my goal is to make it to an Incident Commander and be a Team Leader."
Partnering With Team Rubicon
For the past several years, 4Patriots has been a financial partner of Team Rubicon. Your purchases of our products are what make these types of donations possible, so thank you.
Feel free to visit www.TeamRubiconUSA.org to learn more about this worthy organization.


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Der Valler Bach, auch Valser Bach, ist ein von rechts in die Rienz mündender Bach im Südtiroler Anteil der Zillertaler Alpen.

Verlauf
Der Valler Bach entspringt nordöstlich unterhalb der Wilden Kreuzspitze () und durchfließt anschließend das grob in Nord-Süd-Richtung verlaufende Valler Tal, wobei ihm von rechts wie von links zahlreiche Seitenbäche zulaufen. Ein schluchtartiger Abschnitt, die als Naturdenkmal ausgewiesene Schramme, markiert das Ende seines Oberlaufs. Die Ortschaft Vals umfließt er westlich. Nach rund 18 km mündet der Valler Bach bei der Ortschaft Mühlbach am Übergang vom Pustertal zum Eisacktal auf einer Höhe von  in die Rienz.

Nutzung
Das Wasser des Valler Bachs wird für mehrere kleine Kraftwerke, zu Bewässerungszwecken und für die Kunstschneeerzeugung genutzt.

Weblinks
 Darstellung auf der Website der Südtiroler Landesagentur für Umwelt

Fluss in Südtirol
Mühlbach (Südtirol)
Zillertaler Alpen


Breckenhill is fantastic for Teambuilding for groups of between 10 and 30, although of course we can lay on a day for larger or smaller groups.
We only take one booking at a time so the place is yours for the day. We can provide a bespoke programme for the day based on your group's requirements, whether to develop communication, leadership and management skills or just to allow colleagues to have a fun day together.
We can provide indoor and outdoor challenges to suit your group's abilities and requirements. Let us know what you hope to achieve from the day and we will tailor a programme to suit.
We pride ourselves on the fact that our activities are inclusive as it is important that everyone feels able to take part.
We have well-equipped indoor meeting and conference facilities, with good broadband and a PA system so you can design a day with a working/meeting/conference element.
Cost will depend on numbers, the activities involved and the catering requested.
We have a variety of activities specifically designed to encourage communications between team members. Our instructors try to encourage everyone to engage (in a friendly way)!
Everyone can be taught how to lead, given the right guidance. Sometimes confidence is the missing ingredient. Our instructors know how to nurture confidence not reduce it.
Setting out clear, realistic goals, within the timeframe and encouraging and leading the team to that objective, reviewing progress is what this is about.


At the time of enrollment, parents will sign a Discipline and Behavior Management Policy along with other necessary waivers.
After School Program will seek to establish and maintain a good relationship and to facilitate communication and cooperation.
Parents are welcome to visit the program at any time, especially on birthdays and special occasions. Information on special plans will be posted.
The cost of the program will be $70.00 per week. Additional children in the same family will attend at the cost of $65.00 per week.
Effective August 2017, the cost for Riverwalk and YPA Students will be $75.00 per week with each additional child costing $70.00 per week due to early dismissal on Fridays.
If your child is dropped off and the bus will not need to pick them up, the cost is $55.00 for the first child and $50.00 for any additional children.
Notify us by 12 pm of the day their student will be absent.
If your child is absent, without notification, there will be a $20 fee charged to the student's account.
If a student is late being picked up by 6 p.m. more than three times, there will be a fee of $10 for every 15 minutes they are picked up late, charged to the student's account each day they are picked up late.
If your child is absent any week, the front desk must be notified the week before, preferably on that Friday. If notified the week of (which is late) the after school account will be charged.
Payments must be made each week on Monday, the week your child is attending.
If payment is not received by Tuesday at 6:00 pm there will be an additional $25.00 dollar late fee charged to the account.
If your tuition and late fee payment is not received by Wednesday by noon, your child will not be picked up by the after school bus.
The weekly fee will be the same if your child attends part time or full time throughout the week.
We offer full-day care on teacher workdays and some holidays.
Children will need to bring their lunch and drink (snacks will be provided).
Full-day care will be $15.00 per child on teacher work days only and prorated for holidays.
Full Day Care will be open from 7:00 – 6:00.


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Zondervan is an international Christian communications company, based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Zondervan's marketing department decided that an author blog would be a good companion for their upcoming book release called Everything You Want to Know About the Bible. We were contracted to create a custom blog, suited to the two authors, who had not blogged before.
"Our marketing challenge was simple: persuade 18- to 35-year-olds that Everything You Want to Know About The Bible is a great book worthy of reading and owning - and achieve this persuasion with a limited budget. Our Director of Internet Marketing at Zondervan mentioned Mike and the uneekNet team. In short, they delivered an excellent, highly creative, and affordable blog for the authors and their book. I highly recommend the professionals at uneekNet."


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Daldinia concentrica
Daldinia concentrica has various common names ie Cramp Balls and King Alfred's Cakes.
It grows on a variety of trees but does favour beech and ash and looks like small black balls of hard coal. When young it is reddish brown with a greyish tinge, turning black in full maturity. It can reach up to 7cm in diameter. The flesh consists of concentrical zones.
Yesterday I visited Bottom Wood, near Matlock, Derbyshire. I've seen Daldinia concentrica on many occasions over the years but have always wanted to see the 'internal' concentrical ridge/zone structure. Easier said than done, as the fruit body is extremely hard and I always thought a hack-saw! would be required to cut one in half.
The Daldinia I came across yesterday and touched, crumbled in half and there before me was the concentrical structure I had wanted to see for many years. What struck me is that they look just like the 'rings' on tree trunks that have been cut down and are counted to ascertain the age of the tree. On further research it seems that each zone layer on the Daldinia is representative of each season of growth. I counted eight zones so presumably this example has had eight growing seasons.
Below is a photograph showing the concentrical zones and a mature example.
Bovista - Holkham Beach, Norfolk
What is a Bovista? A Bovista is a true puffball. It is usually round, oval or pear shaped and either lacks a stem or narrows into a stem like base. Is quite small and measures no more than 4cm to 6cm across. Some are attached to the ground by either a single cord known as a mycelial strand or others can be attached by masses of slender strands also known as mycelial strands. The texture can vary but most tend to feel dry like parchment. Some are smooth, others flaky and some compromise minute pointed or flattened scales. The colour is variable from whitish grey to dark reddish brown.
The apical hole can be regular or irregular in shape and the spores are mostly brown and powdery. Usually grows in small groups of two or three on soil, grassland and pastures. Also coastal regions near or in sand dunes.
Last week I returned to Norfolk. When making my way to the Holkham Beach I spotted a small group of Bovista growing in pasture land very close to the beach. This one was attached to the ground by masses of strands in sandy soil. A spore print analysis was not done as I was away from home so an absolute identification could not be undertaken but it might be Bovista dermoxantha (pusilla).
Two photographs below and these will appear on www.fungiworld.co.uk in the future.


UPTOWN — What are homeless people in some parts of Chicago allowed to have and what's banned?
The city is spelling out the terms in a detailed memo being distributed to people living under Wacker Drive and around the Wilson Avenue viaduct under Lake Shore Drive.
The policy was negotiated with members of Chicago Coalition for the Homeless after a complaint filed last year. It dictates what "Personal Portable Possessions" can be kept, what can't be kept and how much notice city workers must give before collecting items and throwing them away.
The homeless rules for people living under Wacker and near Wilson include a limit of five blankets per person, although 10 blankets are allowed between October and April. People there can also have a maximum of two pairs of shoes or boots, two coats, three bags or suitcases and one sleeping bag (two in winter).
What's prohibited? Tents, mattresses, appliance boxes, shopping carts, couches, fire pits and potted plants.
The rules also cover the city's responsibilities when workers clean the streets in the designated areas, including a 24-hour notice of an impending cleaning and a pledge not to throw out unattended "items of special value," including "important personal documents, medication, eyeglasses, or money, if readily visible."
Although homeless advocates helped negotiate the rules, some advocates say they are being improperly applied to homeless living in other parts of the city. A group of about a dozen people, who have been forced out of the Lawrence Avenue viaduct under Lake Shore Drive were one such group. They've been moved to a nearby lakefront embankment that can be seen by drivers on Lake Shore Drive.
The city is attempting "to criminalize the homeless, in my opinion," said Patricia Nix-Hodes, the Chicago Coalition for the Homeless's director of the Law Project, noting the group was unaware of the homeless moving from under the viaduct in Uptown.
Police officials did not respond to questions about the move. The Department of Family Support Services also would not comment on the situation.
One of those moved from the Lawrence Avenue viaduct, Aniceto Valdez, said the group was told by police that if they didn't leave, they would be ticketed. About two weeks ago, they were allowed to erect tents on the embankment at night, he said.
"The viaduct is better, but they don't want us there. We have to just roll with the punches," said Valdez, 49. "But, why do they want to make something that's bad even worse? C'mon, please. They could at least give us a break."
Valdez said he had been living under the viaduct for about three months. Before that, he was employed and living in Rogers Park, he said.
"I lost my job, that's how I lost my housing. Now I'm doing whatever I have to do to survive, and it's hard when police are bothering you for every little thing," he said.
Valdez said that allowing the homeless to live under the viaduct makes it easier for social service agencies to hand out food. Also, the homeless can get handouts from people walking to the beach, he said.
The loss of the viaduct, coupled with the new rules — some in the paper handout given to the homeless and some Valdez said were delivered verbally — will make for an even more unpleasant winter than they were already planning for, he said.
Other rules given by police, Valdez said, include making the homeless take down their tents by 9 a.m. at their new site.
"These really aren't that easy to take down," said Valdez looking at the cloth canopy he's forced to call home for the moment and shaking his head. "The rules just keep changing and it's getting colder."
Ald. Harry Osterman (48th), who has worked to move the homeless off the street and into shelters, could not be reached for comment for this story.
Nix-Hodes referred to how the city cleared the viaducts of homeless along Lake Shore Drive ahead of this summer's Mumford and Sons concert at Montrose Beach.
"When the concert was going on, the city's rationale was that it was a special event and a large number of people traveling through the viaducts," Nix-Hodes said.
Now, she said, it appears authorities just want the homeless to disappear.
"Pushing people from [Lawrence] does nothing to resolve the issue," she said. The goal "should be getting them out of this situation, rather than pushing them from place to place."
The new area for those removed from the Lawrence viaduct "seems clearly less safe for people."
Authorities have been handing out summaries of the agreement but the coalition has talked to the city about distributing the full policy, Nix-Hodes added.
"Some of the information people are getting gets confusing," she said.